Due to the large power supply load gap, many industrial zones in Guangdong Province stopped production in turn and started off-peak electricity consumption to cope with the power supply problem.

According to "Zhongshan Daily" reported on May 26th, due to the acceleration of economic recovery and the continuous high temperature, the demand for electricity in Guangdong Province has been rising, and some areas in Guangdong have started the peak-shift electricity consumption mode. Some enterprises in Zhongshan have responded to the difficulties by purchasing generators and adjusting working hours.

"Zhongshan Daily" quoted a staff member of Chaozhou Power Supply Bureau as saying that the current load growth in some areas far exceeds expectations, and the power supply is tight or even insufficient at peak hours. If the power is overloaded, "the line is prone to collapse, causing a large-scale load trip and power outage, so some users need to cooperate with the peak shift to control power consumption".

Staggered peak power consumption refers to a series of measures to guide users to adjust their production arrangements in order to solve the short-term imbalance of power consumption load, and transfer part of the load in the peak period of power consumption to the low period of power consumption, so as to reduce the load difference between peak and valley.

According to the interface news, the peak electricity consumption has been in Guangdong Province for two weeks. By the end of May, the power rationing situation continued to increase, the scope was expanded and the time was lengthened. In some places, factories had been open for three times and stopped for four times, which had a negative impact on the order fulfillment of factories, and workers could only be arranged to work in shifts in the morning and evening on the day when the power supply could be normal.

On May 14th, a kitchen equipment manufacturer in Panyu District, Guangzhou disclosed a notice of off-peak electricity utilization, which showed that on May 16th, at the request of the superior power supply bureau, off-peak electricity utilization will be implemented every Saturday and work normally on Sundays, and the off-peak electricity utilization cycle is expected to last for three months.

Subsequently, Foshan, Shantou, Dongguan, Huizhou, Zhuhai, Zhongshan, Chaozhou and other places began to implement off-peak electricity consumption.

On May 18th, Shantou City, Guangdong Province began to implement the "five stops and two stops" orderly power consumption. Industrial users need to take two days off every Tuesday from the benchmark date, and stop producing electricity at 9-12: 00, 14-17: 00 and 18-21: 00 during the peak hours of power consumption, and only keep the security and heat preservation load.

On May 19th, Humen Power Supply Bureau of Guangdong Power Grid issued a document saying that the customers of industrial transformer in the whole town need to implement the orderly power consumption plan from May to December, and impose an additional penalty of 48 hours of power outage on enterprises that unconsciously implement orderly power consumption.

On May 24th, Guzhen Town, Zhongshan City, Guangdong Province began to implement the "five stops and two stops" scheme. According to the notice issued by Guan Wei of the Party and Mass Service Center in Gusan Village, Guzhen Town, from now on, the peak-to-peak power outage will be on Sunday every week, and the power transmission will be stopped from 7: 00 am to 23:00 am every Sunday, and the elevator may not be used.

In addition, some industrial users can’t use electricity for production and work, and can’t turn on high-power electrical appliances, such as air conditioners, even if they have electricity during off-peak electricity consumption.

Since 2014, China’s economy has entered a new normal, the growth rate of electricity demand has slowed down, and the phenomenon of power rationing has rarely occurred. Even if it appears, it is mostly in the peak period of electricity consumption in July and August. Why did it appear in May earlier this year?

Ceng Ming, director of the Energy Internet Research Center of North China Electric Power University, told Interface News that there are four deep-seated reasons.

The first reason is that the electricity consumption plan arrangement is not accurate, which leads to the deviation of electricity demand arrangement on the power supply side; The second reason is that climate factors have a great influence on the demand for electricity. The high temperature weather in Guangdong has led to a significant increase in peak and valley load compared with the past. "Lack of electricity is the lack of peak load."

The third reason is that, due to the great compression of coal-fired power in recent years, the multi-energy complementarity between renewable energy and traditional energy is uncoordinated, which leads to power shortage. The fourth reason is that most of Guangdong’s electricity depends on external calls, and this year’s external calls may deviate from the original plan.

According to the news of Guangdong Electric Power Trading Center, according to the historical data of the 13th Five-Year Plan, May is in the alternate period of dry season and flood season, and the power generation capacity of the main clean energy hydropower is limited, and the maintenance of superimposed units and engineering power outages are relatively concentrated, which is actually the month with the smallest supply margin for the whole year.

From June to September, it entered the summer peak period, and the system load reached the highest value of the year. However, hydropower also entered the annual peak period, and the bidding space of market units was reduced.

But this year, Guangdong Province entered the summer ahead of schedule. The Guangdong Energy Bureau reported on May 21st that since May, the high temperature in Guangdong Province has been continuously high, with a temperature of 35℃, which is 4℃ higher than that in the same period last year, resulting in the rising demand for electricity, which has exceeded the highest load last year.

At the same time, the economic recovery is accelerating, especially the demand for electricity in the secondary and tertiary industries is strong. From January to April, the electricity consumption in the province increased by 32.2% and 40.2% respectively.

On May 10th, the Plan for Orderly Electricity Use in Guangzhou in 2021 approved by Guangzhou Bureau of Industry and Information Technology has shown that the overall power supply in Guangdong Province is expected to be tight in 2021.

Among them, the situation of power supply and demand in the province is severe during the alternation of dry season and summer peak period, and there is a big risk of power shortage. Affected by this, the power supply in Guangzhou power grid may be tight or even short at that time.

According to the research data of Guotai Junan Securities, as of 2018, the proportion of calls from outside Guangdong also exceeded 30%. Among them, Yunnan hydropower is a major power source.

However, in May this year, Yunnan, due to reasons such as not entering the flood season, had a gap in its own power, which led to the inability of western power to increase its power transmission during the tight power supply in Guangdong.

A pre-notice of emergency peak shifting preparation issued by Yunnan Power Grid on May 10th shows that the main reservoirs in Yunnan are seriously overdrawn, the coal storage in thermal power continues to decline, and the power generation is seriously less than expected. There is a power gap of about 700,000 kilowatts at the peak of electricity consumption that day.

The wet and dry seasons are distinct in most parts of Yunnan, with the dry season from November to April of the following year and the rainy season starting around May. According to the China Meteorological Bureau, the southern region entered the flood season late this year, and there was less precipitation in Yunnan in May. Recently, Lijiang City, Yuxi City and other places in Yunnan Province have issued orange warnings for drought.

Interface News contacted the relevant staff of China Southern Power Grid Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as China Southern Power Grid) for matters such as power shortage and off-peak power consumption in Guangdong, but the person did not give a direct response.

Founded in 2002, China Southern Power Grid is responsible for power supply and service in Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan, Guizhou and Hainan provinces.

　　Recently, many places have further optimized the housing provident fund policy: the down payment ratio of the first and second housing provident fund loans has been reduced to 20%, and the amount of provident fund loans has been raised to one million yuan. It is worth noting that some first-tier cities such as Guangzhou, Shanghai and Shenzhen have also introduced optimization measures.

　　Wang Qing, chief macro analyst of Oriental Jincheng, told the Securities Daily reporter that the recent intensive adjustment of housing provident fund policies in many places across the country was mainly due to the fact that the property market weakened again in the second quarter, and all localities generally increased their support for the real estate industry. Appropriately optimizing the household provident fund policy within the scope of its own authority is in line with the principle of city-specific policy, and is conducive to supporting rigid and improved housing demand. It is an important part of the current policy combination boxing in various places.

　　The first and second sets of provident fund loans in many places

　　Down payment reduced to 20%

　　Recently, many places have optimized the provident fund policy and reduced the down payment ratio of the first or second housing provident fund loans.

　　For example, Bijie Housing Provident Fund Management Center of Guizhou Province issued six new measures to support employees to purchase houses, including adjusting the maximum loan amount, implementing preferential policies for families with many children, reducing the down payment ratio of second homes, etc., to support the rigid and improved demand for housing provident fund to pay employees to buy houses.

　　Among them, in terms of reducing the down payment ratio of the second suite, the above measures pointed out that if the paid employees settle the housing loan of the first suite, the minimum down payment ratio for purchasing the second suite to apply for provident fund loans will be adjusted from 30% to 20%; If the first suite of employees is paid as a commercial loan, the minimum down payment ratio for applying for the second suite personal housing provident fund loan is 30%.

　　In addition to reducing the down payment ratio of the second suite, Lianyungang and other places have recently lowered the down payment ratio of the first suite. On June 26th, Lianyungang Housing and Construction Bureau issued the Notice on Further Promoting the Stable and Healthy Development of the Real Estate Market to reduce the down payment ratio of housing provident fund loans. Specifically, the minimum down payment ratio will be adjusted from 30% to 20% if the employees’ families are paid to purchase the first set of housing for provident fund loans.

　　In addition to the adjustment of the down payment ratio, the maximum amount of provident fund loans in many places has also increased significantly. At present, among the first-tier cities, Guangzhou, Shanghai and Shenzhen all propose to increase the amount of provident fund loans for families with many children. Guangzhou Housing Provident Fund Management Center issued a notice on June 28th. In order to implement the positive birth support measures, if families with two or more children (at least one child is underage) use housing provident fund loans to purchase the first self-occupied housing, the maximum amount of housing provident fund loans will rise by 30%. In addition, Shanghai has implemented the housing provident fund support policy for families with many children, and the maximum loan limit for eligible families has been raised by 20%.

　　Wang Qing said that the recent continuous optimization of policies and measures by first-tier cities in terms of provident fund will help to reverse the weak property market since May. More importantly, this has released a signal that the policy of stabilizing the property market will be further overweight, which will drive other second-and third-tier cities to actively implement policies and guide the national real estate market to stabilize and recover as soon as possible.

　　Stable property market policy

　　Or continue to be introduced.

　　Since the beginning of this year, housing purchase support policies have been introduced intensively in various places, among which optimizing the provident fund policy is one of the important means to support housing consumption in various places. Chen Wenjing, director of market research at the Central Finger Research Institute, told the Securities Daily that since 2023, many policies have been introduced to increase the amount of provident fund loans, reduce the down payment ratio of provident fund, allow provident fund to pay down payment, support "business-to-public" loans, and increase the amount of provident fund for renting houses, which will not only increase the support of provident fund for buyers, but also improve the efficiency of provident fund use.

　　Chen Wenjing believes that there were some limitations in the extraction of housing provident fund before, but the policies of paying down payment and rent by urban provident fund and piloting flexible employment provident fund were introduced one after another, which expanded the scope of the use of provident fund, reflecting that the policies of various cities were more flexible, and there was still room for further improvement in most urban provident fund policies.

　　For the future, Wang Qing believes that the recent policies are increasing the support from both the supply and demand sides of the real estate industry, in combination with the gradual introduction of moderate relaxation of restrictions on purchases and sales, the issuance of housing subsidies, the extension of the time limit for the payment of land transfer fees, the implementation of the dynamic adjustment mechanism of mortgage interest rates, the increase of housing provident fund support, and the central bank’s continued implementation of the loan support plan for guaranteed housing. To some extent, this can also be regarded as an integral part of "strengthening macro-policy control". The follow-up real estate support policies are expected to be further strengthened, among which it is most critical to guide the downward trend of residential mortgage interest rates. (Reporter Peng Yu)

　　The press in Shijiazhuang was greatly influenced by the Beijing-Tianjin press. In the early 1930s, there were nine foreign newspapers stationed in Shijiazhuang, and the sales of foreign newspapers in Shijiazhuang were also increasing. According to the statistics of Ta Kung Pao reporters in Shijiazhuang, "Tianjin Ta Kung Pao has the largest sales volume, with a daily sales volume of more than 200 copies; More than ten copies of the newspaper; More than 30 copies of Oriental Daily; Shanghai declared more than 30 copies; More than ten news reports; Seventy copies of Beijing (Tianjin) Yishi newspaper; Fifty copies of the vernacular newspaper; Forty small daily newspapers; The rest of North China Daily, World Daily, Qunqiang Daily, Beijing Daily, Morning News, Morning News, Shih Pao and Pinbao have sold more than 50 copies. Since then, it has become more prosperous. " Faced with the pressure from other places, local newspapers in Shijiazhuang compete with foreign newspapers in publishing content, distribution channels and sales prices. At the same time, there is competition among several local newspapers. Whoever wins the first place in layout and printing quality will cause dissatisfaction and tension among other newspapers.

　　Li Huimin reporter An Wenlian

　　The Beijing-Tianjin press has a great influence on Shijiazhuang newspapers.

　　Several local newspapers in Shijiazhuang can’t compete with the newspapers in big cities in terms of overall content, especially domestic and foreign news reports and comments.

　　Before the "July 7th Incident", the sources of important international and domestic news and commentary of all local newspapers came from the Central News Agency. After the fall of Shijiazhuang, most of the important international and domestic news and commentary articles that newspapers can use came from the telegrams of the Japanese "Allied Society"; After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, the important international and domestic news and commentary contents of newspapers mainly copied the news recorded by the Kuomintang Central News Agency by radio.

　　At that time, Shijiazhuang already had the conditions to send news by telegraph to foreign journalists. The charge for Chinese telegrams was two cents and five cents per word, while that for foreign news telegrams was five cents per word. However, the utilization rate of local newspapers was not high, and most of the users were accredited journalists from foreign newspapers. Later, each newspaper had its own receiver, which could receive and translate telegrams at any time. In 1946, Shimen Daily often published all kinds of news at home and abroad in the name of "the report of the first radio room of this newspaper". Local news is generally contributed by special correspondents of local newspapers abroad, while a large amount of news in some tabloids relies on editing and editing of big newspaper news, with Shanghai News, Guangzhou News and Nanjing News as the news headers, serving as important news sources.

　　Every newspaper has "visitors"

　　In the competition of newspaper content, Shijiazhuang newspapers can only be reflected in local news, making a big fuss about local authorities’ notices, social trends, commercial ups and downs, cases of robbery and robbery, anecdotes of entertainers and civil conflict lawsuits.

　　Newspapers generally have "reporters", and most of them get information materials from chambers of commerce, police stations, trade associations and other departments or organs. During the Republic of China, Mr. Di Zhong, who worked as a reporter and editor in several newspapers in Shijiazhuang, said in his memoirs that the main organs and units he interviewed in that year were the social science department, the education department, the administrative department of the municipal police station, the court, the publicity department of the 11th Commission, the municipal chamber of commerce, banks, banks and Daxing cotton mill.

　　In the 1930s, Business Daily systematically reported the contents of all previous meetings of Shimen Chamber of Commerce and trade associations, and tracked and reported all kinds of notices and cases detected by the police station in detail. At that time, the number of employees in newspapers was generally small, and often one person held several jobs, working as a reporter, editing and even proofreading. After the Kuomintang took over the Shimen Daily, "there are only one or two reporters, and seven or eight articles have to be handed in every day". Therefore, it is extremely common to reprint the contents of other newspapers or simply edit and process some ready-made articles provided by local authorities.

　　Due to the shortage of reporters who go out to interview, the shortage of press releases, and the lack of professional quality and social responsibility of journalists, some hearsay news is compiled and distributed to newspapers without any investigation and verification, which leads to the low quality of most newspaper manuscripts and the phenomenon of inaccurate news often occurs. For example, when the People’s Liberation Army annihilated Hu Zongnan and his men and recovered Yan ‘an, the press release issued by Shijiazhuang newspaper still said that "Yan ‘an was impregnable and the communists suffered heavy casualties". On the eve of the liberation of Shijiazhuang, the third army of Chiang Kai-shek’s direct forces was completely annihilated in the battle of Qingfengdian in Baoding, and all the commanders and deputy commanders were captured alive. However, the press release still ignored the facts and reported that the national army had won a total victory and the third army had successfully returned to Shijiazhuang.

　　Pursuing the effect, reporting the adventure and novelty

　　Anecdotes and anecdotes are a means for newspapers to attract readers. During the Republic of China, Shijiazhuang newspapers "described in detail the incidents of murder, fire, grand theft, grand fraud, etc. reported from police stations, courts or social contacts, so as to make people feel sensational, thus attracting readers and expanding newspaper distribution."

　　In order to increase the attractiveness of newspapers, some newspapers even paid the price of distortion. At that time, people in the press unilaterally believed that the more thrilling and bizarre it was, the more newsworthy it was. Therefore, during the Republic of China, unconventional social news topics were common in Shijiazhuang newspapers, some of which were simply to cater to them.

　　The general public class people’s curiosity reading preferences, and some also published some "articles touting celebrities or prostitutes." In 1933, in order to attract the public’s attention, Shimen Daily held the first evaluation of famous prostitutes in Shimen, and selected 12 famous prostitutes in Shimen, including President of Huaguo, Vice President of Huaguo, based on flowers, Baoxing, Venus, Silver Star, Red Star, Yellow Star, Blue Star, White Star, Purple Star and Yaxing. In the news published in the newspaper, many reports are about cases of theft, hooliganism, drug abuse, gambling and assassination in urban society.

　　In the Business Daily in 1930s, you can often see reports of social disputes and lawsuits such as Why Hit a Woman in the Face Again, Son Fraudulent Mother, A Girl’s Weird Behaviour Senses Tourists, How can a Crazy Woman Make a scene in Wu Gong Temple, and Coal-black Staging of Men’s and Women’s Martial Arts Drama. In order to pursue the news attraction, newspapers are inevitably mixed with mud and sand, which seriously pollutes the social and cultural air. Therefore, during the Republic of China, all kinds of newspapers in Shijiazhuang generally had the characteristics of "except exaggeration and distortion, they are dazzling".

　　When running a newspaper in vernacular Chinese, use the comma to the end.

　　In the early 1930s, Shimen Daily was published in four editions, the first edition was news, the second edition was a serial of novels, the third edition was a supplement and the fourth edition was social news. Zheng Yan Bao also has four editions, but the layout is slightly different. The second edition is a supplement and the third edition is a special supplement.

　　In the late 1930s, Shimen New Newspaper was published in folio every day. Later, due to a slight shortage of paper sources, it was changed to folio every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, and folio every Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday. The first edition is news, the second edition is local news, the third edition is local news, and the fourth edition is a supplement. After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, the first edition of Shimen Daily is news and editorials at home and abroad, the second edition is social news of this city, the third edition is a supplement, and the fourth edition is an advertisement. Awakening People Daily, founded in 1945, is also a tabloid with four editions and four editions, without its own characteristics.

　　In 1928, the National Government stipulated the unified use of punctuation marks. Since then, Shijiazhuang newspapers and periodicals have been founded, and all of them are in ordinary vernacular, so it is not difficult to read broken sentences. However, the general use of punctuation in newspapers is often a tease to the end, with commas in the whole paragraph, or a sentence to the end, or a full stop in the whole paragraph. From the aspect of layout design, the first edition of the newspaper has 14 columns, each column is 120 lines with 10 words in each row. Most newspapers have always been mechanical and lack artistry, and the text is arranged vertically from right to left. At that time, newspapers were all printed with movable type, and there was no paper type. When the type was continuously worn, the handwriting was often blurred and the printing quality was relatively poor. In the 1930s, some small newspapers often used different font sizes because of their incomplete font sizes. For example, titles of different sizes often appear in Business Daily, which seriously affects the aesthetic effect of the layout. After the 1940s, especially in some big newspapers, there have been obvious changes in newspaper type, edition number, opening, layout arrangement, edition design, title making and so on.

　　CCTV News:According to CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection’s website, this year is the year of transition, and it is a top priority to choose good people and use good people. Regarding the discipline of strict change, the work report of the Seventh Plenary Session of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection requires: "Implement the Party Central Committee ‘ The opinions of the discipline inspection and supervision organs must be listened to, and complaints and reports with specific clues must be investigated ’ The request for a veto of a politically problematic vote. "

　　Political problems of cadres are no less harmful to the party than corruption.

　　General Secretary of the Supreme Leader said: "Political problems of cadres are no less harmful to the party than corruption, and some are even more serious than corruption."

　　In recent years, many cases have been investigated and dealt with, which show that party member’s cadres are politically incompetent and have political problems, which often do more harm to the party’s cause. Take the middle-ranking cadres investigated and dealt with in recent years, their most prominent and worst behaviors are often political problems — —

　　Huang Xingguo, acting secretary and mayor of the former Tianjin Municipal Party Committee, seriously violated political discipline and rules, discussed the central government’s major policies and undermined the party’s centralization and unity;

　　Lu Enguang, a member of the former party group of the Ministry of Justice and director of the Political Department, made a comprehensive fraud on his age, party membership materials, work experience, education background and family situation, and deceived the organization for a long time;

　　Yu Haiyan, former member of the Standing Committee of Gansu Provincial Party Committee and vice governor, organized a group to cultivate private forces, opposed organizational censorship, wooed corrupt discipline inspection cadres and patrol cadres, inquired about patrol information, and interfered with supervision and discipline work … …

　　It is also worthy of our vigilance that political issues and economic corruption are intertwined through interest transfer, forming interest groups and endangering the political security of the party and the country. For example, Chen Shulong, the former vice governor of Anhui Province, has long used his power and position to conduct business and profit-making activities, grabbing huge economic benefits, and bringing the principle of commodity exchange into the party’s political life, where political issues are intertwined with economic issues.

　　In view of this situation, the analysis of the Supreme Leader General Secretary hit the nail on the head: "Corruption and political problems often go hand in hand. Can’t we do these things, such as forming gangs and buying people’s hearts, without material means? If you can’t do it, you have to do crooked ways to find money. Conversely, if there is corruption, then you will think about how to find a safe passage for yourself and find an umbrella, you will engage in group gangs, and even want to influence the organization’s decision on the leadership team for your own self-interest. "

　　These cases also reflect that not talking about politics and engaging in political nothingness are the main contradictions facing the current political life within the party: disloyalty and dishonesty to the party, one set ahead of others, one set behind others, duplicity, and "two-faced"; The implementation of the central government’s major policies and decision-making arrangements is not resolutely in place, and the local area and the area in charge are regarded as private territories; Worship the pier and set up an antenna, choose people to be crony, engage in small hills and form a party for personal gain, which seriously pollutes the political ecology.

　　To solve these problems in inner-party political life, party member cadres are required to tighten the string of political discipline and rules at all times. Political discipline is the most fundamental and important discipline of our party, and observing political discipline is the basis of observing all disciplines of the party. When Ji Gang is abolished, why is nothing born? Since 2016, 51 middle-ranking cadres who have been disciplined by the Party for serious violations of discipline have been notified by the website of the Supervision Department of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, and almost all of them have violated political discipline and rules. The most common situations include: organizing gangs, forming gangs, opposing organizational censorship, engaging in superstitious activities, and so on.

　　It can be seen from this that no one can play with political discipline and rules, and those who violate them will pay the price, even senior cadres! For party member cadres, stressing politics is the first requirement. When we are serious about the political life within the Party and purify the political ecology, we must also examine and guard from the political height, always tighten the string of political discipline and rules, stick to our beliefs, stand firm, and always take the quasi-political direction.

　　This year, the party committees of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities across the country will be re-elected, and the candidates for the "two committees" and party representatives of the 19th National Congress will be produced one after another. In order to choose the right people, the good ones and the best ones, we must strictly control politics and resolutely prevent people with political problems from entering the leadership team.

　　Strictly control the candidates for general election and put political standards first.

　　Some time ago, Li, a department-level cadre in Mengla County, Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, was "rejected by one vote" in the change of county-level leadership. Li is very regretful: "I only reported personal matters based on personal memory and did not communicate with my family, so I underreported a piece of housing information. At that time, I thought that the organization was too busy to be found … …” Just because the report on personal matters was untrue, Li was reported by the real name of the masses and was verified, and finally lost the opportunity to inspect the candidates.

　　Is it serious that personal matters are underreported and concealed, and files are altered in several places? Sure! This is a test of whether party member cadres are loyal and honest to the Party organization and have a heart-to-heart disclosure. Loyalty to the party and political reliability will always be the first requirement.

　　The so-called "strictly controlling politics in the new term" means insisting on putting political standards in the first place, in-depth investigation of candidates’ political beliefs, political positions, political determination and political character, and understanding of candidates’ words and deeds and principles. In particular, we should pay attention to the performance of the candidates in maintaining a high degree of consistency with the CPC Central Committee with the supreme leader as the core, safeguarding the authority of the CPC Central Committee, implementing the decision-making arrangements of the CPC Central Committee, and safeguarding the party’s centralization and unity. Those who have problems in these areas must be rejected by one vote.

　　For example, in order to ensure the smooth transition, Xinjiang has refined the criteria for cadres’ political qualification into 22 specific manifestations in four aspects: political firmness, political acumen, political discrimination and political execution, and has implemented a one-vote veto on any problematic cadre.

　　"the first pass is not enough, and the rest is not enough." Recently, Tianjin used these eight words to let the city’s leading cadres realize how important political issues are. Tianjin strictly controls the candidates for re-election, puts political standards in the first place, and vetoes the one-vote vote of engaging in small circles and not being responsible and conscientious, and being a good man — — There are 86 bureau-level cadres who have not been listed as candidates for re-election due to poor political awareness; 1260 problematic delegates and Committee members were excluded.

　　Political issues are fundamental and big issues at any time. In the process of general election, leading cadres with strong political awareness, overall situation, excellent work style and courage to take responsibility can only be truly selected into the leading group if they are unambiguous about the existing problems, one-vote veto of political problems and resolute exclusion of serious injuries in integrity.

　　After the development of carburetor, single-point EFI, multi-point EFI and multi-point sequential EFI, many luxury car manufacturers have made progress in the field of direct injection.

　　The direct injection engine is different from the ordinary engine in the fuel injection mode. The fuel is injected into the cylinder directly instead of being mixed with air in the intake manifold. With the accurate calculation of the ECU control unit of the engine, this combustion mode can control the fuel injection amount according to the working conditions of the engine, and the performance, fuel consumption and emissions of the engine can be optimized accordingly.

　　The earliest direct injection system was invented by Bosch Company in 1950s, and was first applied to Mercedes-Benz SL300 in 1955. However, it was gradually forgotten because there was no mainstream development trend at that time. It was not until 1996 that the direct injection gasoline engine reappeared in the market. Mitsubishi Corporation of Japan introduced their GDI direct injection technology into Galant’s 4G93 engine and sold it in the Japanese market. Subsequently, Mitsubishi Carisma equipped with this technology also entered the European market, and today’s "direct injection fever" developed from this.

　　Facing the problems of energy and environment and the development of engines, Volkswagen, Mercedes-Benz, BMW and Cadillac have invested a lot of manpower and material resources to explore new technical fields. In the domestic market, Volkswagen and Audi’s FSI technology has become a star product in this category, but with the arrival of Cadillac’s new CTS, BMW X6xDrive50i and other models, Volkswagen FSI engines have ushered in more competitors. At present, the mainstream models with direct injection technology in the domestic market are only some high-end models, but we have reason to believe that with the development of technology, this technology beneficial to you, me, energy and the environment will be gradually popularized.

New CTS and its SIDI direct injection engine

　　Universal SIDI

　　SIDI all-aluminum dual-mode intelligent direct injection engine adopts universal third-generation direct injection technology. Among them, dual mode refers to homogeneous combustion and stratified combustion. SIDI engine can automatically adopt stratified lean combustion mode when the throttle is half open and automatically enter homogeneous combustion mode when the throttle is full. The automatic conversion of these two modes will directly improve the effective utilization rate of fuel. The method used by general SIDI to realize layering is also different from the eddy current method of Volkswagen, and the controllable oiling process is the key step to realize layering oiling.

　　Representative model: Cadillac CTS3.6L flagship high-performance version

　　Cadillac CTS3.6L flagship high-performance version is equipped with this 3.6LSIDI engine. Compared with the previous generation CTS3.6L engine, the maximum power and torque of this SIDI engine have increased by 15% and 8%, reaching 229kW and 374N·m respectively. Due to the introduction of direct injection technology, the fuel consumption of this engine is also reduced by 3% compared with the previous generation engine, and the hydrocarbon emission is also reduced by 25% during cold start.

　　Volkswagen FSI

Volkswagen FSI has a high reputation in China.

The nozzle of FSI is below the intake pipe, and the nozzle placement of each pair is different.

　　Volkswagen was one of the first manufacturers to introduce direct injection technology into China. Nowadays, FSI (Fuel Ratio Injection) has become a familiar word for consumers. FSI refers to stratified fuel injection, which is a direct injection technology for gasoline engines. At the beginning of FSI, this technology had stratified lean combustion, but it was later cancelled for various reasons, and only the direct injection technology was retained. Audi used vortex effect to realize stratified lean combustion before. Although this technology was cancelled, the remaining direct injection technology also performed well in terms of power and fuel economy. Compared with the traditional engine that directly injects fuel into the intake manifold, the FSI fuel direct injection engine can significantly improve the power, make the output torque and power higher, and reduce the fuel consumption rate by 15%.

　　Representative model: Audi A6L3.2FSI

Audi A6L 3.2 has not only quattro four-wheel drive technology, but also FSI.

　　At present, compared with the previous 3.0LV6 engine, the 3.2LFSIV6 engine equipped on the Audi A6 model has a maximum power of 26kW and a maximum torque of 30N·m and 330N·m, and the fuel efficiency has also been significantly improved. It is a highlight of FSI technology to combine engine power and fuel economy well.

　　Bmw HPI

From this picture, we can clearly see the direct injection technology structure of BMW.

　　Many people don’t know about BMW’s high-precision injection system, HighPrecisionInjection. In fact, it is an integral part of BMW’s EfficientDynamics system and an important part of BMW’s improvement in power and fuel economy. The precise piezoelectric nozzle located between the intake valve and the spark plug can provide a pressure of up to 200Bar to fully atomize gasoline and complete the process of injecting it into the combustion chamber in 0.14 milliseconds, so that the fuel economy pursued by engineers is completely guaranteed. BMW does not add stratified combustion technology to this system, but achieves the purpose of improving fuel consumption rate through fuel atomization.

　　Representative model: BMW X6xDrive50i

BMW X6 xDrive 35i has entered China, and X6 xDrive 50i will meet domestic consumers soon.

　　The X6xDrive50i, which is about to enter the domestic market, is equipped with this direct injection system, and its power performance is also very remarkable because of its dual turbocharging system. Its maximum power is 300kW, its maximum torque is 600N·m, and its comprehensive fuel consumption is 12.5L/100km (it is worth noting that this is the data of a 4.4LV8 twin-turbo engine).

　　Mercedes CGI

The highlight of Mercedes-Benz CGI lies in its high-pressure piezoelectric nozzle technology.

　　Compared with Volkswagen and BMW, Mercedes-Benz’s publicity in this respect is somewhat low-key, but this does not mean that this German company is inferior to its competitors in this respect. Mercedes-Benz has been committed to the research on vehicle power and fuel economy, and CGI (Hierarchical-Charged Line Injection) is their research achievement. In 2006, Mercedes-Benz launched the 350CGI engine, which was the first time to apply the piezoelectric nozzle to the direct injection technology of gasoline engines. Compared with the popular mode of using vortex to produce stratified effect, Mercedes-Benz solves this problem well by using high-pressure piezoelectric nozzle, and forms the required stratified combustion mode by using the spray generated by high pressure. It is also for this reason that this engine effectively reduces fuel consumption by as much as 10% compared with the previous engine.

　　Representative model: Mercedes-Benz CLS350CGI

At present, it seems that Mercedes-Benz CLS 350 CGI has little fate with domestic consumers.

　　The maximum power of ordinary Mercedes-Benz CLS350 is only 200kW, the maximum torque is 350N·m, and the fuel consumption per 100 kilometers is 10.1L. Mercedes-Benz CLS350CGI has reached the maximum power of 215kW and the maximum torque of 365N·m, and the fuel consumption per 100 kilometers is 9.1L That is to say, after adding CGI technology, the maximum power, maximum torque and fuel consumption rate of the engine have improved by 7.5%, 4.3% and 10% respectively. Therefore, it can be seen that Mercedes-Benz is not inferior in this respect. After the successful appearance of CLS350CGI in 2006, Mercedes-Benz applied this engine to E-CLASS, S-CLASS and other models, but these models have not yet met with domestic consumers.

　　[Pacific Automobile] On September 28, the EZ-6 officially started pre-sale. The new car launched a total of 7 configuration models, with a pre-sale price range of 16-200,000 yuan. As the first model jointly developed with Changan EPA platform, the EZ-6 is based on the Changan EPA platform. It is positioned as a medium-sized car and provides extended range and pure electric options. The pure electric version has a maximum range of 600km, while the extended version has a comprehensive range of over 1300km. In addition, (|) will be officially launched on October 26, and it is expected to be delivered within 9-11 weeks after locking the order.

　　At the same time as the pre-sale of the new car, a wealth of reservation benefits is also launched, and the first 10,000 users can enjoy 3 repurchase benefits:

　　1. Order the Zhiya version model with a limited-time upgrade worth 15,000 yuan, including: 14 high-performance speakers, adaptive suspended electric tail, 50-inch high definition AR-HUD, Michelin e · Lingyue tires;

　　2. Order the Zhizun version model to upgrade the main and auxiliary zero-gravity seats worth 10,000 yuan for a limited time, with 120-degree cloud suspension adjustment and 8 massage modes;

　　3. Pre-sale plus gifts: unlimited traffic of the car and machine, and you can also get a 1:18 smart audio car model and a panoramic canopy.

pure electric version

Extended Range Edition

　　In terms of appearance, the Mazda EZ-6 continues the Mazda family’s Soul design concept. The iconic front grille shape is highly recognizable. Among them, the pure electric model uses a closed front grille, while the extended range model uses an open front grille. From the visual effect, the difference is not obvious. On both sides are slender and sharp headlight groups, which adopt a split structure, and the main light source is hidden under the daytime running lights. In addition, the light strip around the front grille, together with the light sources on both sides that look like feathers, together form an LED light group called Wings of Light, and the Mazda LOGO in the middle also has a luminous function, further highlighting the identity of the new energy vehicle.

　　On the side of the body, the new car adopts the coupe style, equipped with hidden door handles and borderless doors, and comes standard with 19-inch wheels, with a full and smooth waist line, simple and vivid curved surface, forming a new visual sensory enjoyment. However, due to the addition of batteries, the height of the Mazda EZ-6 body and the visual heaviness of the side of the car have increased.

　　The rear of the car adopts the current electric vehicle’s popular through-flow grille headlights, while the through-type taillights add four round gun downlights on both sides to fully reflect Mazda’s characteristics. The taillights complement the built-in deformable electric tail, presenting a simple and beautiful tail design.

　　In terms of body size, the length, width and height of the Mazda EZ-6 are 4921/1890/1485mm and 2895mm respectively, which is equivalent to the Seal 07 DM-i as a whole. In terms of exterior color scheme, the Mazda EZ-6 offers a total of 8 paint options, including streamer gold, moon gray, crystal soul red, platinum steel gray, polar gray, crystal diamond blue, pearl white and polar night black.

　　In terms of interior design, the Mazda EZ-6 adopts a relatively simple design concept, which is quite different from other fuel-powered models in the family. It is equipped with a 14.6-inch suspended hollow screen, a 10.1-inch full LCD instrument, and a 50-inch AR-HUD head-up display. It is also equipped with a double-spoke flat-bottomed and white gear shift, providing a strong overall technological atmosphere.

　　In addition, the interior of the new car is also wrapped in a lot of leather, and even the high-end models are equipped with NAPPA leather and suede high-end fabrics, with exquisite matte chrome-plated trims, which enhances the sense of luxury in the car. In terms of configuration, the car is equipped with a 14-speaker Sony sound system, 50W mobile phone wireless charging, 64-color ambient lights, front zero-gravity seats, heating, and the cabin also supports 13 scene mode switching, panoramic canopy, and trend.

　　In terms of smart cockpit, Mazda EZ-6 is equipped with the third-generation Snapdragon digital cockpit (8155 chip), which integrates the control of air conditioning, seats, entertainment and other functions, supports application store, analog sound wave, 3D holographic face non-sensory recognition login, four-region automatic speech recognition control, full scene visibility can be said, mobile APP remote control and CarPlay/HUAWEI HiCar mobile phone interconnection and other functions.

　　In terms of smart driving, Mazda EZ-6 is equipped with L2.5 smart parking assistance system, equipped with 5 megapixel high definition cameras, 5 millimeter wave radars, 12 ultrasonic radars and other smart driving hardware, providing such as automatic following, lane centering, smart offset, lever lane change, intelligent speed limit and other driving assistance. At the same time, it has APA in-car parking assistance, RPA remote control parking assistance, RSIO remote control entry and exit assistance, RMA remote intelligent parking, RADS tracking and reversing assistance 5 major functions, which can identify more than 150 different types of parking spaces (support vertical, horizontal, oblique, no parking line parking spaces).

　　In terms of power, Mazda EZ-6 is based on the Changan EPA platform, providing range extension and pure electric options. Among them, the extended version is equipped with a 1.5-liter four-cylinder range extender, 70 kW, driving 160 kW, and the feed fuel consumption is as low as 5.3/100 km. In terms of battery life, the battery pack with a capacity of 18.99 kWh and 28.4 kWh corresponds to the CLTC pure electric cruising range of 130 kilometers and 200 kilometers, and the comprehensive cruising range is 1300 kilometers.

　　The pure electric version of the model adopts a single-motor rear-drive layout, with a maximum drive motor of 190 kW and a peak torque of 320 Nm, both of which are 170km/h. In terms of battery life, battery packs with a capacity of 56.1 kWh and 68.8 kWh are available, and the corresponding CLTC pure electric cruising range is 480 kilometers and 600 kilometers respectively. In addition, the new car’s Weiji battery has 3C ultra-fast charging cells and CTP integration technology, which can complete 30% to 80% power replenishment in 15 minutes.

　　In terms of chassis, the Mazda EZ-6 adopts the form of a front-rear H-arm multi-link independent suspension, and adopts a 50:50 front and rear axle balanced counterweight structure, which can better control the vehicle’s dynamics and attitude, and provide clearer and more accurate road feeling feedback. At the same time, by increasing the steering force and damping in the central area, the driver’s sense of precise control of the vehicle is improved

BYD SEAL 07 DM-i official price range is: 13.98-19 5,800 yuan

FAW Toyota bZ3 official price range: 16.98-19 9,800 yuan

　　From the current market situation, Mazda EZ-6 Extended Range Edition models will compete with BYD Seal 07 DM-i, Lynk & Co 07 EM-P, and Toyota models in the future; while its pure electric models will face Toyota bZ3, 7 VIZZION, Geely Galaxy E8 and other models, currently in a relatively competitive market segment.

　　In comparison, Mazda, as an internationally renowned automobile brand, has a good brand appeal and a broad mass base. Coupled with its unique design and profound experience in control and adjustment, it has certain advantages in the face of Chinese brand models of the same level. And built on the Changan EPA platform, it provides a combination of extended range and pure electric dual power, which further broadens the market audience of Mazda EZ-6, and has been greatly improved in terms of intelligence, which makes it have a certain differentiation advantage in the face of mainstream joint venture brand models.

　　With the arrival of Mazda EZ-6, it will fill the market gap of Changan Mazda in the field of new energy, and further enhance its competitiveness in the medium-sized car market. It is expected to become one of Changan Mazda’s important pillar products in the field of new energy, and lay a good foundation for the subsequent launch of more new energy models to further promote its development in the field of new energy. Of course, how is the specific performance, we also look forward to its official price. (Text: Pacific Automobile, Wu Qixing)

　　On December 25, 2012, the 14th generation model was released in Japan. In addition to the appearance and interior design changes, the new car is also equipped with a new system, and a new power combination of 3.5L + 8AT is added. In addition, the car’s configuration has also been upgraded.

"The 14th generation Crown Royal series, the design style is more business-oriented"

"The 14th generation crown ATHLETE sports series, the design style pays more attention to youth"

　　Compared with the 13th generation, the shape design of the 14th generation crown has a relatively large change, which adopts a new big mouth front face design, the shape of the lamp group is more flat and sharp, and the lamp cavity is added. In addition, the C-pillar part of the car has more radical lines, and the side bottom lines also have a certain sense of hierarchy.

The 14th Royal Crown Series

　　It is worth mentioning that the 14th generation Crown offers consumers two series options, each with a different design style. The Royal series is more business-oriented, while the ATHLETE sports series highlights its youthful and dynamic design through details such as V-mesh metal grilles and sports multi-spoke wheels.

The 14th CROWN ATHLETE SPORTS SERIES

　　In terms of body size, the length/width/height of the 14th generation crown is 4895/1800/1450mm respectively, which is 2850mm, which is 75mm shorter than the wheelbase of the domestic 13th generation crown (the original model is the Majesta long wheelbase version). In addition, the 14th generation crown also offers 6 body colors, namely pearl white, metallic silver, noble silver, black, pearl black and red mica metallic color.

"14th generation Crown Royal series interior drawing"

"14th generation crown ATHLETE series interior drawing"

"14th generation crown ATHLETE series interior drawing, center console and seats use red color scheme theme"

　　In terms of interior, the center console part of the 14th generation crown adopts a multi-touch dual-screen design for the first time. At the same time, the streamline of the control panel tightened to both sides leaves behind the slightly rigid design of the 13th generation, and the style of the instrument panel, steering wheel and stop lever has also changed. In addition, in terms of configuration, the 14th generation crown is also equipped with an adaptive high beam system, a headlight intelligent curve auxiliary lighting system, monitoring, and an improved pre-collision system.

"Left: 14th generation Crown ATHLETE sports series, right: 14th generation Crown Royal series"

　　In terms of passive safety, the cockpit of the 14th generation crown is made of high-strength steel. The car is also equipped with front double, driver’s seat, and through side air curtains, and active safety headrests are also present on the car. The hybrid model is also equipped with pedestrian safety protection devices. In the event of a collision between the vehicle and a pedestrian, the rear cover can be quickly lifted upward to ease the impact of the pedestrian’s head.

　　In terms of power, the 14th generation Crown is equipped with a 2.5-liter V6 and a 3.5-liter V6, of which the 3.5-liter V6 can output a maximum of 315 horsepower (232 kW), with a peak value of 377N · m. The 3.5L engine is matched with an 8-speed automatic transmission, and the 2.5L engine continues to match the same 6-speed automatic transmission as the 13th generation.

"Hybrid power for the 14th generation of Crown equipment"

　　In addition to the traditional gasoline engine, the 14th-generation Crown also offers a hybrid version to choose from. This latest Hybrid system developed by Toyota consists of a 2.5-liter four-cylinder direct-injection gasoline engine and a high-power electric motor, with a maximum output of 220 horsepower (162 kW) and a fuel consumption of 23.2 km/L, approximately 4.3 L/100 km.

　　At present, Toyota’s 14th generation crown has been pre-ordered in Japan, and launched two series options (different design styles), Royal series is 3.53 million – 5.36 million yen (about RMB 259,700 – 394,400), ATHLETE sports series is 3.57 million – 5.75 million yen (262,700 – 423,100). (Text/Autohome Xingmin)

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　　Chen Yuchao, Ecological Committee of the OpenHarmony Project Group, introduced the OpenHarmony project and its ecological progress. At present, more than 210 partners have joined the OpenHarmony ecological co-construction, and a total of more than 210 commercial devices and 39 software distributions have been implemented, covering finance, education, transportation and other industries. With the advancement of industry standards and specifications, OpenHarmony has become the first choice in all walks of life. At the same time, Shenzhen, Beijing, Fuzhou, Huizhou, Chongqing and other cities have taken the lead in introducing relevant industrial policies to support the development of OpenHarmony, promoting ecological construction from the supply side and the demand side. Industrial development is inseparable from the training of talents. Ecological partners actively participate in the co-construction of talents in colleges and universities, and build a closed-loop ecological chain of talent training through teacher training, curriculum construction, vocational certification and other means. As of now, it has covered more than 200 colleges and universities.

On August 24, Meituan (stock code: 3690.HK) released the second quarter and half-year results of 2023. The company’s revenue in the first half of the year was 126.582 billion yuan, an increase of 30.2% year-on-year; the adjusted profit was 13.151 billion yuan, and the adjusted net loss was 1.528 billion yuan in the same period last year. Meituan benefited from the recovery of consumption in the first half of the year, and the growth of various businesses was stable.

Among them, Meituan achieved revenue of 68 billion yuan in the second quarter of this year, an increase of 33.4% year-on-year, and the growth rate exceeded Quarter 1. Among them, the core local business in the second quarter increased by 39.2% year-on-year, also exceeding Quarter 1. However, restricted by cold chain and logistics expenses, Meituan’s new business revenue in the second quarter increased by 18.4% year-on-year, lower than the growth rate of the business in the first quarter.

"Thanks to the arrival of the traditional peak consumption season, the company’s various businesses achieved healthy growth in this quarter," said Wang Xing, CEO of Meituan. "With the local lifestyle market showing a good trend of steady recovery, we will continue to focus on the’retail + technology ‘strategy to meet the increasingly diverse consumer needs of users, and use technology to promote the efficiency of local commodity retail and service retail."

The recovery of core local businesses accelerated in the second quarter, growing faster than in the first quarter

In 2022, Meituan adjusted and updated the statistical caliber, and adjusted the original catering takeaway, to stores, hotels and tourism, new business and other sectors to core local business and new business.

After the adjustment, the core local business segments mainly include the original catering takeaway and delivery, hotel and tourism segments, as well as Meituan flash sale, homestay and transportation ticketing.

Meituan continued to focus on meeting local consumer demand. Driven by this, Meituan’s core local business achieved steady growth in the first half of the year, with revenue of 94.085 billion yuan, an increase of 32.6% year-on-year.

Among them, Meituan’s core local business revenue reached 51.20 billion yuan in the second quarter, an increase of 39.2% year-on-year. Operating profit increased by 34.8% year-on-year to 11.10 billion yuan, and operating profit margin was 21.8%.

Meituan Quarter 1’s core local business revenue reached 42.90 billion yuan, an increase of 25.5% year-on-year. Operating profit was 9.40 billion yuan, an increase of 100.7% year-on-year; while operating profit margin increased to 22.0% from 13.8% in the same period in 2022. Second quarter revenue growth was significantly faster than Quarter 1.

Meituan’s instant retail scene and richness continue to expand. In the second quarter, the number of instant delivery orders increased by 31.6% year-on-year to 5.40 billion orders. By strengthening supply and optimizing subsidy strategies, the stickiness between users and platforms has further increased. In this context, Meituan’s monthly takeaway orders reached a record high in August.

Stimulated by numerous holiday consumption and marketing activities in the second quarter, the online penetration rate of electronic products and home appliances in second- and third-tier cities accelerated significantly, and categories such as daily necessities, beauty and personal care, and maternal and infant products all showed strong quarterly growth.

Meituan’s "Little Yellow Light Health Guardian Alliance" plans to launch digital pharmacies that can see a doctor 24 hours a day to buy medicine in 1,000 counties this year, and is expected to meet the needs of county residents 100 million times this year.

The peak order volume of Meituan flash sale exceeded 11 million orders again in the second quarter, and the demand side in turn promoted the richness of the supply side on the platform. The number of active merchants in Meituan flash sale increased by 30% year-on-year.

Meituan helps serve the digital transformation of the retail industry. The number of new merchants entering Meituan takeaway in the quarter more than doubled year-on-year, of which the growth rate of brand merchants was particularly strong; the transaction volume of the wine and hotel business increased by more than 120% compared with the same period last year, and the number of annual active merchants and annual transaction users also reached a new high.

Meituan’s hotel and tourism business saw strong growth in the second quarter as the domestic tourism industry continued to pick up. "Hotel + X" package products were enriched for leisure travel and vacation scenarios. Deepen cooperation with more hotel brands to improve pricing power. Increase the supply of overseas hotels and expand the outbound travel customer base. In terms of homestays, enhance the experience of consumers and landlords, and better match demand and supply.

New Business Second Quarter Revenue Growth Slower Than Quarter 1

The new businesses mainly include Meituan Preferred, Meituan market, catering supply chain (fast donkey), online car-hailing, shared bicycles, shared motorcycles, power banks, restaurant management systems and other new businesses.

Meituan’s new business revenue in the first half of the year was 32.497 billion yuan, an increase of 23.8% year-on-year. The operating loss was 10.222 billion yuan, and the operating loss in the same period last year was 15.243 billion yuan.

Among them, the second quarter revenue of new business 16.80 billion yuan, an increase of 18.4%. Operating loss narrowed 23.5% year-on-year to 5.20 billion yuan, and the operating loss rate improved to 31.0%.

New business Quarter 1 revenue rose 30.1% year-on-year to 15.70 billion yuan. Operating loss narrowed 40.5% year-on-year to 5 billion yuan, while operating loss ratio continued to improve to 32.0%. From this point of view, the second quarter recovery of new business is not as good as Quarter 1.

In the second quarter, Meituan Preferred transaction volume and revenue continued to grow year-on-year, but the growth rate declined due to the lower-than-expected growth rate of the overall market. Operational efficiency improved significantly compared to the same period last year. Meituan Preferred revenue, recognized on a net basis, declined quarter-on-quarter, mainly due to higher subsidies, which led to lower average price of pieces.

Meituan’s quarterly operating loss widened quarter-on-quarter, mainly due to business expansion, increased subsidies to drive growth, spending on cold chain and logistics to cope with the upcoming hot weather, and seasonal product portfolio changes.

Meituan said that although it faces difficulties in optimizing its business model in the short term, it believes that the online process of groceries will continue, and remains confident in the long-term potential of Meituan Preferred. As of the end of June, Meituan Preferred has reached 470 million cumulative trading users.

Despite a high base in the same period last year, Meituan market recorded a solid year-on-year growth in the second quarter and achieved a higher market share. The proportion of transactions of standard products and private brands continued to increase, effectively increasing the frequency of users.

In June, Wang Huiwen resigned as a non-executive director of Meituan due to personal health reasons. Subsequently, Meituan announced the completion of the acquisition of 100% of the shares of domestic and foreign entities outside the light year, and the purchase price was about 2.065 billion.

In July, Meituan drone fourth-generation new models were released. Meituan drone has been operating in multiple cities such as Shenzhen and Shanghai, and has delivered nearly 170,000 orders in two years. The financial report shows that Meituan’s R & D expenditure in the second quarter increased to 5.40 billion yuan year-on-year.

Meituan’s sales and marketing expenses increased from 9 billion yuan in the second quarter of 2022 to 14.60 billion yuan in the same period in 2023. This was mainly due to the recovery in consumption and changes in the business environment, resulting in higher transaction user incentive, promotion and advertising expenses, and higher employee benefits expenses.

The company’s general and administrative expenses decreased from $2.50 billion in the second quarter of 2022 to $2.10 billion in the same period in 2023, mainly due to lower employee benefit expenses and improved operating leverage.

Meituan CFO Chen Shaohui said that in the first half of this year, the local life sector benefited from the vigorous growth momentum of commodity retail and service retail, meeting more new demand and creating more new supply. In the future, Meituan will further promote the digital upgrade of the commodity retail and service retail industry.

Chen Weicheng, Shell Financial Reporter, Beijing News

Editor, Chao Xu

Proofreading, Liu Baoqing

　　Zhang Laifu, an order-taking champion of an online car-hailing platform, wipes the vehicle between waiting for customers. Xinhua News Agency reporter, photo by Luo Xiaoguang

　　Recently, the news that drivers of a certain online ride-hailing platform cannot withdraw cash has been hyped up, and the discussion on who will protect the labor rights and interests of online ride-hailing drivers has also become heated.

　　The sharing economy is surging, and the "threshold" for providing labor services has been lowered to the extent that everyone can participate. How to protect the rights and interests of workers under this "flexible employment" has reached a level that cannot be ignored.

　　What is the relationship between Internet platforms and workers? There is still much debate

　　Mr. Yu, a Beijing-based taxi driver, has been taking orders through a well-known online ride-hailing platform for the past two years. Talking about why he wanted to work as a taxi driver, Mr. Yu said that he was in his 40s and could not find a good job in his hometown in Hebei. He felt that the income from driving a car was not bad, so he went to Beijing to work. "The situation like mine is very common among the car drivers I know."

　　Master Yu told reporters that when he first arrived, he was employed by a certain online car-hailing platform. After signing an employment contract, his monthly salary was about five or six thousand yuan, and the company paid five insurances and one housing fund for him.

　　"But after all, it’s still someone else’s car," so Master Yu gritted his teeth and took out a loan to buy a private car worth more than 200,000 yuan. Master Yu said that now as a full-time car driver, "after deducting various operating costs, the monthly net income is about 7,000 to 8,000 yuan."

　　But Master Yu also has troubles. After the labor relationship with the last online car-hailing company was terminated, the new platform was not responsible for paying five insurances and one gold for it, and Master Yu was not willing to spend the money himself. "Now I don’t pay social security anymore."

　　Drivers like Mr. Yu are facing problems with their way out when Beijing’s online car-hailing platform begins to implement the "Beijing Citizenship and Beijing License" policy on May 1. Since there is no labor relationship with the online car-hailing platform, he has not yet figured out what to do next. "The platform has to take about 20% of the fee for each order." Mr. Yu said that discounts and subsidies for drivers have also been cut a lot in the past two years. "It is unreasonable that the platform is only responsible for taking a percentage, but it does not have any obligations to the special car."

　　Online car-hailing has worn the halo of "sharing economy" since its inception. However, for such a brand-new thing as "sharing economy", the current laws and regulations have not clearly stipulated the relationship between Internet platforms and workers, and there is still a lot of debate among academics and the public.

　　At present, the most important basis for the management of online car-hailing is the "Interim Measures for the Management of Online Booking Taxi Business Services" (hereinafter referred to as the "Interim Measures") implemented on November 1, 2016, which stipulates: "Online car-hailing platform companies… In accordance with relevant laws and regulations, according to the characteristics of working hours and service frequency, sign various forms of employment contracts or agreements with drivers to clarify the rights and obligations of both parties."

　　The regulation does not explicitly define the labor relationship between the two parties, but rather gives an open-ended option to "enter into various forms of employment contracts or agreements."

　　In this regard, Liu Xiaoming, Vice Minister of Transport, said at the press conference of the State Information Office last year that in the process of soliciting opinions on the "Interim Measures", the relevant content of the original exposure draft clearly requires the signing of employment contracts has been revised, and according to the special circumstances such as part-time in the online car-hailing, the current regulations have adopted more flexible employment methods.

　　"At present, there is no conclusive and consistent international opinion on online car-hailing," Mr. Liu said. "Even in the US, where online car-hailing originated, different states have implemented different management strategies, and their positioning, labor relations, price management and other aspects are still in the process of exploration."

　　The standards for judging labor relations should be further observed and no haste should be drawn

　　In fact, shortly after the "Interim Provisions" were issued, the Beijing Haidian Court heard the first online car-hailing traffic case in China. In this case, when a car-hailing car picked up a single passenger, it caused damages due to a traffic accident between the passenger opening the door and others. The Haidian Court held in the first instance that the driver of the online car-hailing car was assigned by the platform to perform the passenger contract between the platform and the passenger. The driver belongs to the party providing labor services, so the platform should bear the corresponding tort liability as the party accepting the driver’s labor services. Experts said that identifying the platform company as the carrier and the order assigned by the platform as the passenger contract between the platform company and the passenger actually implied that the court affirmed that there was a certain labor relationship between the online car-hailing driver and the platform company.

　　In traditional labour law theory, the determination of whether there is a labour relationship is mainly based on the theory of subordination, that is, whether it has organizational subordination, management subordination and economic subordination. Today, the basis for determining labour relations is mainly the "Notice on Matters Related to the Establishment of Labour Relations" issued in 2005. "But in the past two years, various new business models have emerged one after another, and relying solely on the" Notice "can no longer meet the practical needs." Professor Jiang Ying, dean of the law school of the China Institute of Labour Relations, said.

　　Jiang Ying analysis, the current network about the car is mainly divided into two categories: one is the B2C model, the platform company and the network about the car driver signed a formal employment contract, making it a regular employee of the company; the other is the C2C model, the network about the car driver has considerable autonomy, not fully affiliated with the company, so in defining its labor relations, the "Interim Provisions" adopted a cautious attitude.

　　Jiang Ying mentioned that in the US judicial and legal precedent, the judgment standard of labor relations mainly depends on the actual degree of control of the platform company for the driver. Through setting a number of standards for comprehensive judgment, if the degree of control is strong, it is determined that there is a labor relationship. "As for how to judge labor relations under the new sharing economy model, we should further observe and do not rush to conclusions," Jiang Ying said.

　　It is recommended that relevant departments introduce policies as soon as possible to provide stable expectations for relevant industries and enterprises

　　"However, the public needs to clarify a misunderstanding in understanding, that is, only the existence of labor relations can protect the legitimate rights and interests of employees." Jiang Ying said that it is not to protect the rights and interests of employees that they must be included in labor relations to protect them.

　　Jiang Ying said that first of all, the rights and interests of online car-hailing drivers can be protected through the relevant provisions of the employment relationship in the civil law. Second, the "Interim Regulations" allow online car-hailing drivers to sign various forms of employment contracts or agreements with platform companies, and workers can stipulate corresponding rights and obligations in the employment agreement. "Of course, the power of individuals is relatively weak, so on the one hand, government supervision and guidance are very important, and on the other hand, we must also rely on the power of market regulation." Jiang Ying believes that in order to retain a stable and excellent driver group in the market competition, enterprises need to offer more favorable conditions, which is the bargaining chip that the market may provide for negotiations.

　　"Enterprises excluded employment from the scope of labor law norms, and it did not start with the sharing economy." Wang Xiangqian, a lawyer at Shuangli Law Firm in Beijing and a director of the China Labor Law Research Association, believes that whether to incorporate this new form of employment into the field of labor law is a public policy choice that can only be made after weighing the pros and cons. Wang Xiangqian said that the main body of this game includes workers, enterprises, society and the state, and needs to balance the potentially conflicting values such as labor rights and interests, employment factors, economic vitality, social costs and so on, and make choices.

　　"It is recommended that the relevant departments investigate as soon as possible and come up with corresponding policies." Wang Xiangqian said that if this form of employment is already widespread in various industries and fields, it will hurt the bones if you want to regulate it. "By giving relevant industries and enterprises expectations as soon as possible, they can avoid the policy and legal risks in development, which is not only conducive to the development of enterprises, but also conducive to the protection of workers’ rights, and social responsibility can also be fully guaranteed." (Reporter, Zhang Cheng)