Beijing, China, September 11 (Reporter Tong Yatao) According to World Finance, the economic voice of the Central Radio and Television General Station, the latest data shows that in the first eight months of this year, China’s foreign trade import and export gradually stabilized and improved, and the situation was better than expected. Gao Feng, spokesman of the Ministry of Commerce, said at the press conference held on September 10th that the foreign trade situation this year was supportive and stressful.

　　According to data released by the General Administration of Customs recently, in the first eight months of this year, the total value of China’s foreign trade import and export was 20.05 trillion yuan, down 0.6% from the same period of last year, and the decline was 1.1 percentage points narrower than that in the first seven months. Exports have achieved positive growth, with a year-on-year increase of 0.8%. At the press conference on September 10th, Gao Feng summarized China’s foreign trade performance in the first eight months of this year as "gradually stabilizing and improving, and the situation is better than expected." As for the foreign trade situation this year, Gao Feng used two words to describe it: support and pressure.

　　"On the one hand, it is ‘ Have support ’ . Since the beginning of this year, a series of policies and measures to stabilize foreign trade in the State Council have been continuously implemented, and the policy effects have been continuously released. The demand in the international market has partially picked up, and the PMI index of some major international economies has improved in August. " Gao Feng said, "On the other hand, it is ‘ There is pressure ’ . At present, the global epidemic has not been fully and effectively controlled, and the demand in the international market has shrunk severely. The latest global trade prosperity index released by the WTO has hit a record low, unilateralism and protectionism have risen, and uncertainties and unstable factors have increased significantly. The situation facing China’s foreign trade development is still severe and complicated. "

　　Gao Feng introduced that in the next step, the Ministry of Commerce will closely focus on the objectives and tasks of promoting stability and improving quality of foreign trade throughout the year, pay close attention to the implementation of stable foreign trade policies, and ensure that relevant policies benefit market players as soon as possible. "Accelerate the cultivation of new foreign trade formats and new models, guide the gradient transfer of processing trade and stabilize the development of processing trade. Actively promote the innovative development of border trade. Speeding up import trade and promoting the construction of innovation demonstration zone. Support export products to domestic sales. Continue to improve the level of trade facilitation. "

　　As a "barometer" of China’s foreign trade, the 128th China Import and Export Fair, the Canton Fair, will be held online from October 15th to 24th, with an extension of 10 days.

　　In recent years, with the rapid development and wide application of digital technology, digital economy and trade have flourished and become the highlight of economic development and international economic and trade cooperation in various countries. Data show that in 2019, the added value of China’s digital economy reached 35.8 trillion yuan, accounting for 36.2% of GDP. At the just-concluded 2020 Service Trade Fair, many places and departments have also put forward relevant layout plans to accelerate the development of digital trade.

　　Gao Feng introduced that since the beginning of this year, the Ministry of Commerce, together with the Central Network Information Office, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and other departments, has studied the framework of digital trade system, put forward a digital trade work plan, and selected the first batch of 12 digital service export bases based on comprehensive evaluation, supported and guided these bases to try first, and promoted the improvement of digital trade policies and systems in the practice of digital trade.

　　"In the next step, the Ministry of Commerce, together with the Central Network Information Office and other departments, will continue to push forward the pilot work of comprehensively deepening the innovation and development of service trade, regard digital trade as an important part of the new round of pilot projects, guide relevant pilot areas to actively explore, continuously optimize the allocation of digital resources, and stimulate the development potential of China’s digital economy and trade." Gao Feng said.

　　This report is compiled in accordance with Article 50 of the Regulations of People’s Republic of China (PRC) Municipality on the Openness of Government Information (hereinafter referred to as the Regulations on the Openness of Government Information).

　　I. General situation

　　In 2021, the Changping District Government earnestly implemented the Regulations on the Openness of Government Information, continuously expanded the open content, innovated the open forms, improved the open system, strengthened the open supervision, and promoted the open work of government information and government affairs in an orderly manner.

　　(A) the implementation of open process specification

　　The first is to compile the "Changping District Government Information and Government Affairs Disclosure Work System Manual", refine nine system rules, and standardize the government affairs disclosure work process in the whole region. The second is to strengthen the voluntary disclosure of government information, standardize the setting of government information disclosure columns, and timely release the statutory voluntary disclosure content. Special topics such as "the construction of two districts" were established, and information in key areas such as the approval and implementation of major construction projects, the allocation of public resources, people’s livelihood, law enforcement supervision, and urban and rural construction was actively disclosed, and 3,401 pieces of information were released throughout the year. The third is to optimize the mechanism of disclosure according to the application, and actively respond to the needs of enterprises for government information disclosure. The whole region has handled 923 applications for government information disclosure. The fourth is to strengthen the business guidance for the open work of all units, combine the online business training of the universality of government affairs disclosure with the offline analysis and discussion according to the application difficulties, and promote the continuous improvement of the standardization level of government information and government affairs disclosure in the whole region.

　　(2) Strengthen the management of open platforms.

　　First, strengthen the construction of the website platform of the district government and improve the application efficiency of data classification management of government websites. Strengthen the construction of information content on government websites to ensure timely information release and update. The second is to complete the development and testing of the "Pingping" function module of the government service intelligent robot and the development of WeChat applet, expand the knowledge base data by more than 14,000 pieces, realize the voice interaction function, and provide instant question and answer service for the enterprise masses. The third is to strengthen the application of cutting-edge monitoring and inspection technologies such as big data and cloud monitoring, refine the assessment rules for new government media, and implement the monthly notification system for government websites and new government media work.

　　(3) Improve the interaction mechanism between the government and the people

　　The first is to expand public participation in policy formulation. For policy documents concerning people’s interests and people’s livelihood, the function of "I want to make suggestions" is set to collect people’s opinions and give play to the role of public participation in the process of policy formulation. The second is to intensify the policy interpretation, and interpret 17 district-level policy documents in an easy-to-understand way, such as illustrated cases, policy questions and answers, videos, etc., so that enterprises can understand and understand them well. Third, we will actively carry out a series of activities of "I do practical things for the masses", hold four "policy public lectures" and 11 "government open days" around optimizing the business environment, improving people’s livelihood and safe production, strengthen the interactive communication between the government and the people, and guide the public to participate in social governance in an orderly manner.

　　(D) to strengthen the assessment and supervision.

　　Incorporate government information and government affairs disclosure into the performance appraisal scope of the district government, and further optimize the appraisal rules. Carry out third-party evaluation of government information and government affairs disclosure on a quarterly basis, and report the evaluation results. There was no accountability in the whole year.

　　Second, the initiative to disclose government information

　　Iii. Receiving and handling applications for government information disclosure

　　Four, the government information disclosure of administrative reconsideration and administrative litigation.

　　V. Main Problems and Improvements

　　The main problems are as follows: First, the disclosure of government information by various units lacks depth and breadth, and the disclosure ratio of government information concerned by enterprises and the masses is not high. Second, the underlying content management platform system of government websites cannot fully meet the requirements of intelligent and digital applications of government websites. The operation and maintenance management of new government media is not standardized. Third, the staff’s professional ability needs to be improved, and the work norms and standards need to be further strengthened.

　　Improvement: First, we will promote the integrated development of government information, government affairs disclosure and government affairs service, combine the disclosure of statutory contents of government information with the disclosure of information needed for handling affairs, and promote the whole process of handling services to fully meet the personalized service needs of handlers. The second is to continuously upgrade and explore the in-depth application of new technologies in the government information disclosure platform, and promote the integrated development of government websites and government new media knowledge bases. The third is to establish a normalization mechanism for government information and government affairs publicity training, form good measures into typical cases, adopt video, offline meetings and other forms of experience exchange, earnestly do a good job in business guidance, and improve the business ability of government information and government affairs publicity staff in all units in the region.

　　Vi. Other matters that need to be reported

　　This unit collects information processing fees according to the Measures for the Administration of Information Processing Fees for Government Information Disclosure. In 2021, there were 0 pieces of charge notices, with a total amount of 0 yuan. The total amount actually collected is 0 yuan.

Xi ‘an Jansen became history, Novartis spun off Sandoz, Pfizer Vaccine Division changed coaches, and Abbey’s position as the "king of medicine" was not guaranteed … Since September, many multinational pharmaceutical companies have experienced great changes from personnel to department structure to R&D pipeline.

Over the years, Greater China has been an important market component of many multinational pharmaceutical companies, and it is also the main driving force for their performance contribution. In the post-epidemic period, factors such as the difficulty in research and development of innovative drugs, declining performance, fierce competition in the same industry and continuous changes in industry policies are all affecting the strategic adjustment and personnel changes of multinational pharmaceutical companies in China. How to go in the second half of 2023? These pharmaceutical companies have taken the lead in making adjustments.

Johnson & Johnson: The History of Xi ‘an Janssen

The brand rejuvenation of the former giant Johnson & Johnson attracted the most attention. On September 14th, Johnson & Johnson announced that it would integrate its medical technology and pharmaceutical businesses into Johnson & Johnson’s name. Among them, Jansen changed its name to Johnson & Johnson Innovative Pharmaceutical, which also means that the logo of "Xi ‘an Jansen" will become history.

Once upon a time, the advertisement of Xi ‘an Jansen, "Stomach power is insufficient, please help with motilium", went deep into thousands of families in China, so that its Dakening, Sismin, Caile, Tylenol … all became necessities at home. The history of Xi ‘an Jansen dates back to 1961, when the Belgian scientist Dr. Paul Jansen joined Johnson & Johnson with his Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies. Since then, the strength of the Johnson & Johnson pharmaceutical sector has been greatly enhanced, and the research and development of prescription drugs has also been on the right track. However, after 2002, the OTC products that Xi ‘an Jansen relied on for a living began to decline. The fundamental reason was that the original star products, Motilium and Dyclonine, were already in the decline period of product life cycle, and the follow-up new products were unsustainable. Johnson & Johnson Group never gave Xi ‘an Jansen any new product support.

In 2021, under the pressure of cost, Johnson & Johnson began to carry out drastic reforms, divesting the consumer health business and listing it independently, becoming a dual-business company spanning the two major sectors of medical equipment and medicine. This series of reforms has also kept its performance growing in recent years. The semi-annual report in 2023 showed that its total revenue exceeded the $50 billion mark, among which the revenue of pharmaceutical business in the first half of the year increased by 3.7% year-on-year to $27.144 billion. Immunity and tumor were the main sources of performance in Johnson & Johnson’s pharmaceutical business.

In the future, Johnson & Johnson will focus more on the fields of tumor, immunity, nerve, cardiovascular, pulmonary hypertension and retina, and develop cutting-edge drugs. In terms of personnel structure, Joseph Wolk, chief financial officer of Johnson & Johnson, said last year that due to economic pressure and the separation plan of consumer health business, Johnson & Johnson may moderately reduce the number of employees.

Pfizer: structural adjustment

Since September, the structure of Pfizer China’s Hospital Emergency Division and Vaccine Division, as well as the changes of relevant responsible persons, have come into effect. Among them, the head of the Vaccine Division changed from Zhang Lingyan to Yang Bei, and there are North China District, South China District and Market Platform under the charge of Hao Yikai, Shi Yinli and Jin Xinqing respectively. It is understood that although Yang Bei is the new leader of the Vaccine Division, she has been working in Pfizer for 25 years, and the other three responsible persons have been in Pfizer for more than ten years.

Some insiders speculate that the coaching change of Pfizer Vaccine Division may be related to the performance pressure of its vaccine products. According to Pfizer’s forecast, the revenue of its two major COVID-19 products, vaccine (Comirnaty) and oral medicine (Paxlovid), will be about $13.5 billion and $8 billion in 2023, respectively, down by 64% and 58% compared with 2022, and the gross profit of COVID-19 vaccine will be equally divided with BioNTech.

At the same time, another star product of Pfizer, 13-price pneumonia vaccine Pei Er 13, successfully expanded its age in April this year, but with the catch-up of domestic pharmaceutical companies, Pei Er 13 is no longer the only choice in the China market. In 2020 and 2021, watson biological’s Woanxin and Minhai Bio’s Weimin Feibao were listed successively, and the prices were 598 yuan/dose and 458 yuan/dose respectively, which were significantly lower than Pei Er’s 698 yuan/dose. And as early as before Pei Er’s 13th birthday, the vaccination targets of Woanxin and Weimin Feibao were infants and children from 6 weeks to 5 years old (before the 6th birthday).

However, judging from the coaching change, Pfizer remains optimistic about the vaccine field and the China market. According to the data of the semi-annual report, Pfizer increased the cost of vaccine product research and development by 530 million US dollars in the first half of this year. As of June this year, Pfizer has 12 vaccines under research, and 1/3 of them have entered Phase III clinical practice.

Lilly: preparing for diet pills

On October 1st, Yuan Ping, the current acting head of Lilly’s Diabetes Alliance Division, was appointed as the national executive sales director of Diabetes Portfolio Division, and the head of Diabetes Alliance Division was replaced by Liu Aihua, the current head of Cancer Portfolio Division. This change may be a warm-up for the launch and promotion of the slimming and hypoglycemic drug telpotide in the second half of this year.

The semi-annual report shows that Lilly’s total revenue in the first half of the year was 15.272 billion US dollars, up about 7% year-on-year; The net profit was US$ 3.108 billion, up about 9% year-on-year, of which Telpotide achieved sales of US$ 980 million. Not only has the performance increased significantly, but under the expectation of diet pills and new drugs for Alzheimer’s disease, as of September 25th, Lilly’s total market value has reached as high as $524.3 billion, with a share price of $522. Telpotide, like Novo Nordisk’s Smegrupeptide and Liraglutide, belongs to the most popular GLP-1 drugs at present. The indications for weight loss of Lilly Telpotide injection were declared and listed in China in August, and it is expected to be listed at the end of the year.

Abbey: Looking for the Next "King of Medicine"

Recently, AbbVie terminated two agreements with innovative pharmaceutical companies in China. Tianjing Bio announced on September 22nd that AbbVie had terminated the agreement with lemzoparlimab, a candidate drug for CD47 antibody jointly developed and sold by the company in 2020, and the termination agreement will take effect on November 20th this year. It is understood that CD47 is another hot target after PD-1. Another project that was terminated was an authorized cooperation between AbbVie and Jiakesi Pharmaceutical, a domestic biopharmaceutical company, on SHP2 inhibitors. Garcos announced the termination of the project in July this year, and within 180 days of handover, AbbVie will continue to reimburse all expenses under the pre-approved development plan.

Many people were surprised by AbbVie’s decision to give up two innovative drugs from China. Some insiders speculate that it is because clinical trials have not reached expectations. In order to save costs, it is reasonable for AbbVie to give up these two projects.

In the past 20 years, Hummel, the "drug king", has brought more than $200 billion in revenue to AbbVie. However, at the beginning of this year, Amjevita, the first bio-similar drug of Hummel, officially entered the American market. In addition, nine bio-similar drugs competed with Hummel, resulting in a decline in its sales. In the first quarter of this year, AbbVie’s revenue was US$ 12.225 billion, down over 8% year-on-year, while Hummel’s revenue was US$ 3.541 billion, down over 20% year-on-year. AbbVie previously predicted that the franchise of Hummel will be eroded by about 45% in 2023, and AbbVie, who is eager to find the next "drug king", has been forced to terminate the research and development of seven ADC drugs.

Roche: Layout "New Troika"

Chen Shaofeng, the head of Roche’s specialty medicine field (ophthalmology, neuroscience, anti-infection and immunity) in China, resigned at the end of July. Since August 31st, Chen Kaijuan, the head of global integration strategy of Sufuda in Roche headquarters, has taken over the position of head of specialty medicine field, reporting directly to Bian Xin, president of Roche China.

Since last year, Roche has continuously optimized its strategic product portfolio in China. With the patent protection of "Troika" of Avastin, Herceptin and Rituximab expiring one after another, Roche is laying out a new "Troika", that is, expanding from a single tumor field to three major fields of "tumor, neuroscience and ophthalmology".

To this end, Roche has announced an additional investment of nearly 250 million yuan in China as working capital. Including this investment, Roche has invested a total of 1.4 billion yuan in the China market in three years. At present, Roche’s investment has achieved initial results. According to the data of the semi-annual report, Roche’s total business income was 22.681 billion Swiss francs (about 181.624 billion yuan), an increase of 8% year-on-year; Among them, the pharmaceutical business income in China was 1.505 billion Swiss francs (about RMB 12.052 billion), up 3% year-on-year, accounting for 6.6% of Roche’s global pharmaceutical business income.

Sanofi: Stick to the "Slimming Plan"

On August 31st, Sanofi, a French pharmaceutical giant, announced that Bill Hibbard, the head of its global specialty drugs, had resigned. On September 18th, Sanofi sold its 11 central nervous system products to Pharmanovia, another multinational pharmaceutical company.

In the past two years, Sanofi has been actively "slimming" by selling consumer health care brands and 17 drugs in the fields of central nervous system diseases and vascular diseases. This series of "sale plans" has been advocated by Paul Hudson, the current CEO of Sanofi, since he took office. In 2019, he put forward the "play to win" plan, aiming to focus Sanofi’s business on key research and development fields such as immune inflammation, rare diseases, tumors and vaccines from 2020 to 2025.

At present, the slimming plan has not changed. As of the first half of this year, Sanofi has at least 78 clinical projects, most of which are concentrated in the above key areas. According to the semi-annual report, Sanofi’s sales in the first half of this year reached 20.187 billion euros (about 156.389 billion yuan), a year-on-year increase of 2%. Among them, the core product, that is, Duplex monoclonal antibody in the self-exemption field, sold 4.878 billion euros (about 37.77 billion yuan). Two new drugs approved last year: Enjaymo, which is used to reduce the demand for red blood cell transfusion caused by hemolysis in adults with cold agglutinin’s disease (CAD), and Xenpozyme, which is used in children and adult patients with acid sphingomyelinase deficiency (ASMD), have achieved an increase in volume, with an increase of 1800% and 750% respectively in the first half of the year. It can be seen that after getting rid of the non-main business, Sanofi has played a "home court advantage" more easily.

Novartis: Spinning off Generic Drug Subsidiary

On September 15th, Novartis announced that on October 4th, Sandoz, a subsidiary of Novartis, which specializes in generic drugs and bio-similar drugs, was officially split.

It took Novartis nearly five years to divest Sandoz. The initial split news came out in 2018, when Sandoz’s performance showed a downward trend and dragged down Novartis. Although Sandoz, Tiwa and Huizhi dominate the world’s top three in the field of generic drugs, Sandoz’s generic drugs brought Novartis only one-fifth of the total revenue in 2022, and the rest were created by innovative drugs. The data shows that in 2022, the revenue of Novartis innovative drugs was 41.296 billion US dollars, accounting for 82% of its total revenue; Sandoz’s revenue is $9.249 billion.

In order to become a truly innovative drug company, Novartis has been split up in recent years. In addition to Sandoz, Novartis also split Alcon, one of the largest ophthalmic products and equipment companies. In addition, in the field of treatment, Novartis has also focused on cardiovascular, kidney and metabolism, immunity, neuroscience and tumor from more than 10 original concerns.

At present, Novartis is moving towards the goal of being the largest innovative pharmaceutical company in the world. In the first half of this year, Novartis’s net sales were US$ 26.575 billion (about RMB 194.314 billion), a year-on-year increase of 5%; The net profit was US$ 4.611 billion (about RMB 33.715 billion), a year-on-year increase of 32%.

Immena: poor performance for "veteran"

Inmina, the leader in gene sequencing, announced on September 20th that Li Qing, the company’s global senior vice president and general manager of Greater China, had left. The day before, Waters announced the appointment of Li Qing as the company’s vice president and general manager of Greater China.

Imina is a global leader in gene sequencing and chip technology, and its product line covers scientific analysis instruments such as sequencing platforms, chip scanners and in-vitro diagnostic sequencers. But in recent years, the performance in China market is not good. In the fourth quarter of 2022, the revenue of Mina China dropped by 22%, and in the first quarter of 2023, the revenue dropped by 28% to 91 million US dollars (about 665 million yuan). According to this year’s semi-annual report, in the second quarter, Mina’s performance in China was still declining, and its revenue was US$ 115 million (about RMB 841 million), down 3% year-on-year.

In this regard, Immena explained that global inflation, exchange rate, slowing economic growth, and market competition have caused poor performance. Now that "veteran" Li Qing has gone, the challenge is still there, because it is still unknown whether Mina’s performance will pick up in the second half of the year.

GSK: R&D has been frustrated repeatedly

Recently, GSK announced that Dr. John Lepore, Senior Vice President and Director of R&D, had left the company. Dr. Kaivan Khavandi, the new R&D director who will succeed him, will lead GSK’s restructured respiratory and immunology department. On September 11th, WestlyYu, the current vice president of GSK China and head of respiratory business, was appointed as vice president and head of special medicine business, and continued to be one of the leading teams of GSK China, reporting directly to Qi Xin, general manager of GSK China. There are indications that the GSK changes not only personnel, but also internal structure and research and development direction.

In recent years, GSK has had a hard time, especially in the research and development of new drugs with high investment and high risk. In November 2022, an ADC drug under GSK was stopped by the FDA; In February of this year, the CEO of GSK announced that he would end all investment in gene therapy; In addition, GSK’s PD-1 drug Jemperli, which was acquired by acquiring Tesaro for $5.1 billion, sold only $8 million in the first half of 2022, far below GSK’s expectations.

GSK’s executive adjustment may be to change the status quo of making ends meet. GSK divides the R&D department into three groups: respiratory and immunology, vaccines and infectious diseases, and oncology, which are dedicated to initial discovery and early clinical research. GSK also said that it will not reduce investment in research and development, and will accelerate the development of products in the future.

AstraZeneca: Increase investment in China.

According to the British "Daily Mail" reported on September 10th, the CEO of AstraZeneca may leave as soon as next year. Although changes are on the way, AstraZeneca’s development in China is becoming more and more "localized". In 2023, AstraZeneca celebrated its 30th anniversary in China. Over the past 30 years, the China market has become increasingly important in AstraZeneca’s global strategic position, with R&D investment in China reaching 1.5 billion US dollars and investment exceeding 1 billion US dollars. At present, China has developed into AstraZeneca’s second largest market in the world, and is gradually changing from the original "main sales place" to "main production place" and "main creation place".

Following the formal signing of the domestic production and supply base of Budigefu inhalation aerosol with a total investment of about 450 million US dollars with Qingdao High-tech Zone on March 25th this year, AstraZeneca planned to invest another 250 million US dollars in Qingdao inhalation aerosol production and supply base project on August 14th, in order to increase the canning production capacity and build an inhalation aerosol packaging production line, and further expand the production and supply base capacity. In addition, it is reported that AstraZeneca will also set up a research and development center in Hong Kong.

Bayer and Bojian: A wave of layoffs is coming.

On September 15th, it was reported in Reuters that Bill Anderson, CEO of Bayer, was considering cutting management, and the specific plan will be put forward at the recent internal strategy meeting. On the same day, Oliver Kohlhaas, head of Bayer strategy, announced his resignation.

Although Bayer’s global spokesman declined to comment, Bayer’s layoffs have already begun. In February of this year, Bayer launched the "Resignation Option Plan" in California, USA, which laid off 55 employees who were over 55 years old and had served for 10 years. In August, BlueRock Therapeutics, a cell therapy company owned by Bayer, announced that it would lay off about 50 employees. In addition, since 2023, Bayer’s share price has only increased by 6%, far less than its peers, and Novartis’s share price has increased by 18% in the same period. It is reported that in the next few months, Bayer will formulate a more official comprehensive restructuring plan to boost the company’s share price, and many investors hope that it can split the two major departments of agriculture and medicine and go public independently.

Bayer is not the only one to reduce costs and increase efficiency. In July, Bojian, who just made a major breakthrough in the field of drugs for Alzheimer’s Harmo, announced that it would try to save $1 billion in operating expenses by 2025 by laying off 1,000 people and stopping the research and development of at least four drugs, and spend $300 million of it on the research and development of new drugs.

Survival, operational efficiency and clinical demand have always been the three driving forces for the continuous reform of domestic and foreign pharmaceutical companies. The reform and adjustment of multinational pharmaceutical companies are also inseparable from these three factors. In addition, in the face of a more complex and huge China market, it will take more effort. How innovative drugs can enter medical insurance, how to promote them after entering medical insurance, and how to compete with similar products have forced multinational pharmaceutical companies to make constant adjustments in structural changes, internal resources and key teams.

At present, the policy that has the greatest impact on the performance of pharmaceutical companies in the second half of the year is undoubtedly the medical anti-corruption action that is expected to last for one year. Tang Aijin, chief analyst of Cinda Securities Medicine, believes that medical anti-corruption will affect the sales rhythm in the short term, but it will not be broken. Strengthening the restriction and supervision of the whole industry will benefit the long-term healthy development of the industry, and pharmaceutical companies will pay more attention to R&D and innovation after the sales expenses are limited.

Camp of Wu ‘a Highway Project Department of China Hydropower Company. On January 28th, the project department was attacked by Sudanese rebels, and 29 China workers were kidnapped. Information photo This version of the picture is based on the website of China Hydropower Corporation.

Asphalt pavement construction of Sudan Wu ‘a highway. Information photo

　　29 kidnapped Sudanese workers are still under the control of anti-government forces and are in South China; The whereabouts of one abductee is unknown.

　　■ "The Chinese enterprise Sudan was attacked and more than 20 Chinese were missing" tracking.

　　Comprehensive Xinhua News Agency The Embassy of China in Sudan confirmed on the 30th that 17 China workers of China Company who were attacked a few days ago have been transferred to a safe place by Sudanese government forces.

　　In addition, 29 previously kidnapped China workers are still under the control of Sudanese rebels.

　　A total of 29 China workers were abducted.

　　A person in charge of China’s embassy in Sudan told Xinhua News Agency that China Hydropower Corporation was attacked by the anti-government armed forces "Sudan People’s Liberation Movement" (Northern Bureau) at a highway project site in South Kordofan, Sudan, and 29 China workers were kidnapped. Other personnel in the construction site scattered and hid near the construction site in time. Sudanese government forces then found 17 China workers and moved them to a safe place.

　　At present, the Embassy of China in Sudan and other relevant departments in China are continuing to communicate with the Sudanese side and actively rescue the 29 China workers who were abducted.

　　The embassy sent a working group to assist in the rescue.

　　China’s embassy in Sudan said on the 30th that it had sent a four-member working group to help the Sudanese government rescue 29 China workers who were abducted by local rebels.

　　An embassy official said that a working group consisting of three diplomats, including the Political Counselor, and a person in charge of China Hydropower Corporation went to Bailly, the capital of North Kordofan State, to meet 17 China workers who were safely transferred by Sudanese government forces. Subsequently, the working group will participate in helping to rescue the hijacked workers in China.

　　An official of China’s embassy in Sudan said that all communications between the kidnapped China people and the outside world were cut off. South Kordofan, where the attack occurred, borders South Sudan and is one of the most rampant areas of anti-government armed activities. Anti-government forces are mainly entrenched in the Nuba Mountains in the state.

　　There are 47 China workers on the construction site.

　　On the 28th, a highway project site of China Hydropower Corporation in South Kordofan, Sudan was attacked by the anti-government armed forces "Sudan People’s Liberation Movement" (Northern Bureau).

　　At the time of the incident, there were 47 China workers in the construction site, 29 of whom were abducted by anti-government forces, and the other 18 workers scattered and hid near the construction site in time. The Sudanese government forces then found 17 China workers who were not abducted and moved them to a safe place, but the whereabouts of one China worker are still unknown, and the Sudanese government forces are continuing to search for his whereabouts.

　　An official of China’s embassy in Sudan said that 29 kidnapped China workers are still under the control of anti-government forces.

　　■ reaction

　　The Ministry of Commerce issued a security reminder.

　　The Ministry of Commerce issued a message yesterday, reminding China’s relevant enterprises and personnel in Sudan to do a good job in safety precautions, pay close attention to the changes in the local security situation and ensure the safety of life and property.

　　"There is no problem in the capital." Mr. Liu, an employee of China Hydropower Company who works in Khartoum, said that the situation in Khartoum, the capital of Sudan, is relatively safe and life has not had much impact. The Embassy and the Commercial Counsellor’s Office require Chinese companies in the Soviet Union to be vigilant and take various measures to ensure safety.

　　According to Mr. Liu, in Sudan, Chinese specially grows vegetables from China and supplies them to Chinese-funded units. South Kordofan, Sudan, which was attacked on the construction site in China, is located on the border between North and South Sudan. Usually, the living conditions of workers are quite good, and the company has uniform accommodation standards. Like Khartoum, the food we eat is also grown in Chinese and then delivered.

　　According to a senior official of a state-owned investment enterprise who once lived in Sudan, both state-owned enterprises and private enterprises in China have many projects in Sudan. In the area north of Khartoum, because of the low population density, the people are very comfortable and the social order is good, but there is always a conflict between herders and aborigines at the junction of the south and the north. According to its introduction, most of the state-owned projects are in the north, but they are gradually going to the south. The hydropower highway project in this accident belongs to the famous "Six Roads and One Bridge" project in South Kordofan, where there are many conflicts.

　　■ statement

　　"Beifangju or pressure the government by kidnapping"

　　In response to the hijacking incident, the reporter interviewed He Wenping, a researcher at the African Institute of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. He Wenping pointed out that this is a rare large-scale kidnapping of China workers in recent years. She thinks that the kidnapping is unlikely to be aimed at China workers, possibly for financial purposes, and it is unlikely to have much impact on China’s investment in Sudan.

　　Since the Northern Bureau has not indicated the purpose of kidnapping China workers so far, He Wenping analyzed two possibilities. First, it was politically motivated. Because of its anti-government armed nature, the Northern Bureau may have pressured the government by kidnapping China workers, so as to get the government to agree to some of their demands; The second possibility is the purpose of money, that is, kidnapping for ransom He Wenping also pointed out that because the kidnapping place is the focus of the conflict between the Northern Bureau and the government forces, it does not rule out the possibility that the Northern Bureau did not plan it, but just stole the China workers.

　　He Wenping pointed out that the hijacking incident raised a new problem for China’s overseas investment, that is, how to consider the security cost of outsourced projects, such as the construction of projects in a complicated country like Sudan, and the risk level naturally increased. He Wenping pointed out that although unstable factors increase the cost of engineering safety, certain strategies can be adopted to balance risks. For example, assess and investigate the risk areas in Africa, classify the risk levels, and observe the changes of local risk levels at any time.

　　■ progress

　　"Some robbed China workers were rescued" is not true.

　　On the 30th, members of the Sudanese delegation attending the 18th African Union Summit in Addis Ababa denied reports that 29 China workers kidnapped in Sudan had been partially rescued.

　　The member of the Sudanese delegation, who asked not to be named, said that 29 Sudanese workers kidnapped in the border area between Sudan and South Sudan are currently in South China, and the report that some of the kidnapped workers were rescued is not true. He said that the Sudanese side kept close contact with the kidnappers and would do everything possible to rescue the workers in China.

　　Earlier, foreign news reported that Sudanese government forces successfully rescued 14 China workers abducted by anti-government forces on the 30th. Our reporter connected Liu Zhenyong, spokesmen of the China Embassy in Sudan, and told reporters that the Sudanese military rescued 17 workers from China. These 17 workers were not the 29 abducted China workers, but other workers hiding near the Chinese camp. These people were not injured. For safety reasons, Liu Zhenyong said that the details of the rescue and the location of the rescued workers could not be disclosed.

　　He said that at present, the embassy is closely carrying out search and rescue work, actively contacting relevant Sudanese departments, and will disclose the progress to the outside world in a timely manner, but can not disclose specific details for the time being.

　　Armed groups promised to release China workers.

　　In the early morning of January 30th, Beijing time, Yasser arman, secretary general of Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (Northern Bureau), an anti-government armed force in Sudan, said in an interview with CNTV reporter that Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (Northern Bureau) would never oppose China and Chinese, and guarantee the safety of China workers and release them.

　　Arman also said: "We are a force for peace, stability and global coexistence. The leadership of Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (Northern Bureau) and myself — — The Secretary-General and Chairman are doing their best to get accurate information about Chinese’s detention from our troops at the front line in South Kordofan. If China citizens are with the army of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (Northern Bureau), please rest assured that we will ensure their safety and release them. "

　　■ The kidnapping of China workers in Sudan.

　　On October 3, 2011, a PetroChina worker was killed by unidentified gunmen in South Kordofan, Sudan, and another was injured.

　　On October 18, 2008, nine employees of PetroChina were kidnapped by local rebel militants at a construction site in southwest Sudan, five of them were killed and four were rescued.

　　On March 26th, 2004, two China workers were killed by mobs in Sudan. They were pilots of Sudan Project Department of Liaohe Oilfield Road Construction Company under China Petroleum and Natural Gas Group Corporation.

　　This version of the manuscript (except signature) is integrated with CCTV.

　　Our reporter Danielle Courbe Chu Xinyan Jin Yu Shen Yuqing and other reports.

Original bad review jun bad review

Li tiaotiao was sent a letter.

But I’m not surprised because it’s only a matter of time.

Introduced by friends who are not familiar with "Li Tiaotiao", Li Tiaotiao is an Android App that can help you skip open-screen advertisements.

We have recommended Li Tiaotiao to everyone many times. You can also see a bunch of grass planting posts by just searching on social media platforms.

There are many bad reviews of Watching Pioneer 2.

Why is it so popular? Let me tell a cousin’s story:

One day, my cousin opened the mobile App to quickly check important information. At this time, a 5-second open-screen advertisement appeared in front of him.

He was a little impatient, but he had to squint like a hunter and look for the "skip" button all over the screen.

However, the button was too cunning. It was almost five seconds before he lit it-

And because the button is too small, he actually clicked on the advertisement. . .

He hates himself. Why can’t his fingers be as small as jumping buttons? It must be his problem!

Just when my cousin was disheartened, I recommended Li Tiaotiao to him.

Since then, my cousin has been upgraded, and he is no longer fighting alone.

The moment the advertisement pops up, Li will say: Let me do it.

After about 0.0925 seconds, Li Tiaotiao successfully found "Skip" and clicked it.

Cousin was so frightened that he didn’t even see the advertisement clearly.

He also found that Li Tiaotiao has built-in multiple scanning modes, and even if the advertisement has a fake skip button, Li Tiaotiao can get to the truth.

And such a software, it doesn’t cost money, it doesn’t need to be connected to the internet, and it doesn’t have to worry about privacy. . .

Now, you can understand why Li Tiaotiao has received countless praises.

Ok, let’s tell the story from another angle.

Imagine that you are a small company owner with a mobile phone application. For the sake of the company’s operation, you opened the advertising space.

Generally speaking, the charging method of open-screen advertising is CPC, which charges according to the number of times the advertisement is clicked.

You find that because of the existence of software like Li Tiaotiao, the number of times users click advertisements is much less.

Accordingly, your income has also decreased, and your salary will not be paid next month.

Whether you are angry or not, whether you want to fuck them or not, you even think that you have done it correctly, and the other party is in the wrong anyway.

That’s what I said at the beginning. It’s reasonable that Li Tiaotiao was engaged, because it affected the interests of others.

Let’s go back to the matter itself.

In the early morning of the 24th, Li Tiaotiao announced on the official WeChat official account that "the software will stop working indefinitely" and attached a lawyer’s letter.

The lawyer’s letter is coded and it can be seen that it comes from a large internet company.

The reason given by the other party is unfair competition.

It probably means that the software interferes with the operation mode and profit mode of the browser by shielding and filtering the advertisements of a browser, which constitutes unfair competition.

Let’s not talk about whether Li Tiaotiao can constitute unfair competition software.

There are many similar cases in the past, which can be used as reference.

Adblock Plus (hereinafter referred to as ABP), an advertising blocking plug-in in Germany, has been sued many times, basically for "constituting unfair competition".

In these cases, ABP has lost and won.

In 2015, ABP was considered as unfair competition by the Frankfurt state court and ruled that a temporary injunction was issued.

In 2018, Springer, the publisher of Le Monde, filed a lawsuit against ABP, and the German Supreme Court ruled that ABP did not violate the competition law.

People’s courts think that users have the right not to watch advertisements, just like advertisements in newspapers and magazines, and everyone can choose to ignore or turn pages.

After a year, Springer said that ABP infringed, and sued again in a different posture, but ABP still won.

The court will generally pay attention to two key factors-subjective will and degree of influence.

For example, in 2016, the court in Cologne, Germany, ruled that ABP itself did not violate the competition law (but other aspects lost), mainly saying two points.

First, ABP is not targeted to hinder others.

ABP is an open source software, which filters the advertisements of corresponding websites according to the list.

Note, however, that the list is public and can be modified and used by anyone.

ABP only intercepts content according to the list provided by users.

To make an inappropriate analogy, whether a kitchen knife is bought to cut vegetables or people depends on the buyer’s subjective will, and the kitchen knife is only responsible for "cutting".

Therefore, ABP is technology neutral and does not hinder others.

Second, ABP did not harm others excessively.

The court held that although ABP affected the plaintiff’s model: advertising+free content, there was no evidence that the plaintiff could not provide content without advertising. In addition, the plaintiff already has the technology to block users who use plug-ins.

This means that ABP does not affect other people’s business models too much.

There are similar cases in China.

In 2015, ADsafe was sued by Aiqiyi and PPTV, and violated the Anti-Unfair Competition Law by "infringing on others’ legitimate business model and making profits for themselves without justifiable reasons".

In 2019, Window of the World browser was sentenced to violate recognized business ethics for blocking Tencent video advertisements, which constituted unfair competition and compensated 1.89 million yuan.

In the same year, 720 browser was judged as unfair competition for intercepting and blocking mango TV advertisements, and compensated 800,000 yuan.

Although the legal provisions at home and abroad are different, the key points of such cases are quite consistent.

Blocking advertisements like 720 browser is actually a built-in ABP plug-in, which emphasizes that it is technology neutral in court.

However, the court held that he did not simply provide users with ABP technology for the benefit of users, but increased the browser’s own resources and sought more trading opportunities.

What he said about "technology neutrality" is obviously inconsistent with the facts.

The plot of the Window of the World browser case is also quite ups and downs.

At the first trial, the court held that Window of the World browser did not target Tencent video and did not cause fundamental damage, so it did not constitute unfair competition.

Later, Tencent refused to accept the appeal.

The court of second instance held that the browser violated the Interim Measures for the Administration of Internet Advertising in 2016.

"Internet advertising activities shall not provide or use applications, hardware, etc. to intercept, filter, cover, fast-forward and other restrictions on other people’s legitimate advertisements. 」

The court said that even if this provision is not considered, it is also an act of taking the initiative to directly intervene and intervene in other people’s business operations, which violates recognized business ethics and violates the anti-unfair competition law.

In addition, the court also held that Window of the World browser destroyed people’s business model, which would not only harm the interests of consumers, but also endanger the development space of online video industry in the long run.

So to sum up, the key points of this kind of cases are technical neutrality, subjective will, whether it has a far-reaching impact, and whether it violates the law and recognizes business ethics.

After reading the past cases, let’s go back to Li Tiaotiao.

First of all, the bad reviewer wants to ask a question from the operational logic:

Li Tiaotiao is a little different from filtering advertisements. It just helps people click "Skip".

It’s like I hired a brother who has been single for 30 years. He just responded a little faster and his hand was a little faster. After the advertisement appeared, he helped us to "skip".

This, this doesn’t work either. . .

Moreover, it can be seen from Li Tiaotiao’s confession that Li Tiaotiao has no profit.

In order to solve the question, the bad judge consulted a lawyer friend, who said that Li Tiaotiao may indeed constitute "unfair competition".

You may wonder, Li Tiaotiao is not profitable, and he is not an operator. How can it constitute unfair competition?

This sentence may have worked in the past, but the unfair competition law was changed in 2017.

The revision in 2017 expanded the scope of operators from the perspective of "behavioral characteristics", from the original "commodity management or profit-making services" to "commodity production, management or service provision", and the providers of commodity production and non-profit services were also included in the scope of operators.

Therefore, even if Li Tiaotiao is not profitable, he may be an operator, and his subjective will constitutes "unfair competition."

Of course, whether Li Tiao Tiao constitutes unfair competition law or not, at the end of the story, Li Tiao Tiao all chose to stop the watch indefinitely. . .

I don’t think people need to feel too bad.

First, as long as there is an installation package, you can continue to use it, but the App can’t be updated and maintained later.

Second, we should be clear about what phenomenon Li Tiaotiao is the product of.

It is the phenomenon that advertisers cross the sea, show their magical powers and try their best to deceive and mislead users to click on advertisements.

Some advertisements have no skip buttons, some have fake skip buttons, some are so small that they are almost invisible, and some skip buttons need to be pressed twice.

Some advertisements put a "fake play button", some put a "fake return button", and some put a "fake message pop-up".

Even some obviously click skip, but there is still a certain probability to enter the details. . .

At that time, as soon as we opened the mobile App, we had to fight with advertisers and fight with each other on a few inches of screen.

Under this kind of internet advertising chaos, Li Tiaotiao appeared.

For users, Li Tiaotiao is Robin Hood who robs the rich and helps the poor. If it is done by the iron fist of capital, most people will naturally take their side.

But that was before.

Since May 1st this year, the State implemented the Measures for the Administration of Internet Advertisements, which explicitly prohibited all kinds of situations of cheating and misleading users to click on advertisements, the above phenomenon has actually decreased a lot.

Of course, you can’t say no.

I want to say that the demand for this kind of software is negatively related to the standardization of advertising.

The more standardized your advertisement is, the less people will resent it, and the fewer people will naturally use Li Tiaotiao.

If one day, when all the open-screen advertisements can make users simply find the skip button and click it quickly and conveniently, then everyone doesn’t need Li Tiaotiao. . .

To some extent, Li Tiaotiao has a sense of Dying to Survive. They are not absolutely correct products, and they will not be invincible in the law because they are widely supported by everyone.

However, as a former beneficiary, as a user who was deeply poisoned by open-screen advertisements, I still want to say thank you to the developers behind Li Tiaotiao.

Written by: Hedgehog Editor: Mangshan welding head Noodle Cover: Huan Yan

Pictures and data sources:

China Intellectual Property News: Blocking other people’s advertisements was awarded millions of compensation.

Wang Heshu, Beijing Yuntian Law Firm: An Analysis of the Illegality of Advertising Interception —— A Comparative Demonstration Based on Extraterritorial Judgments

Because of the built-in advertisement interception function, another domestic browser developer was sued by the video website, claiming 1 million yuan.

Measures for the Administration of Internet Advertising

Adblocking Does Not Constitute Copyright Infringement , Court Rules

Court hands adblock startup Eyeo victory against Axel Springer

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Li Tiao Tiao WeChat official account

Original title: "Li Tiaotiao, who helped you jump the advertisement, received a lawyer’s letter. Is this reasonable? 》

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The third week of May is National Nutrition Week.

This year’s theme is "How to cook, how to choose and how to read labels"

Learn to read nutrition labels

Do on-demand meal preparation and nutrition catering.

Koppjun believes that

This is a compulsory course for everyone.

So, how do we read food labels?

Make a reasonable meal plan?

The higher the ranking of ingredients, the more content.

It is stipulated in our country that all prepackaged foods must be printed with nutrition labels on the outer packaging, including ingredient list, nutrition ingredient list, nutrition claim, etc. Otherwise, it is an illegal product.

Just know one key point about the ingredient list: the higher the content, the higher the ranking.

Therefore, no matter how extravagant the advertisement is, you can understand it at first glance.

For example, if you buy dried fruit, if white sugar is at the top of the ingredient list, or if there is edible salt and oil, it is not recommended to give it to children, which will easily lead to excessive sugar and sodium in one day.

In addition, we need to pay attention to the food additives in the ingredient list.

The purpose of food additives is to meet the needs of color, fragrance, seasoning, preservation, preservation and processing technology.

The following ham sausage and instant noodles cover almost all additives.

Image source: Weibo

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↓ View food additives for various purposes ↓

● Color matching-colorant, color fixative and bleach.

● Flavoring-edible essence

● Seasoning-salt, flavor enhancer, sweetener, sour agent, salty agent and umami agent.

● Anticorrosion-preservatives and antioxidants

● Preservation-antioxidant

● Processing technology needs-thickener, emulsifier, etc.

● Nutritional fortification-nutritional fortifier

To sum up, the conclusion can be drawn from the ingredient list is that materials are the best for food, and the shorter the ingredient list, the better.

Understand the nutrient composition table

There are usually three main contents in the nutrient composition table. From left to right, the names of the nutrients, the contents of the nutrients and the nutrient reference values (NRV%) are listed.

The contents that must be marked in the nutrient composition table are:

01

Nutrients that need to be listed:

China adopts the "1+4" model, that is, energy+four core nutrients (protein, fat, carbohydrate and sodium). Except for some exempted foods, all nutritional ingredients must have these five ingredients on the list.

In addition, when there are raw materials (hydrogenated and/or partially hydrogenated vegetable oil, non-dairy creamer, etc.) that may contain trans fatty acids in the ingredient list, it must be marked.

Merchants can also selectively add some nutrients. For example, dairy products usually add "calcium" and coarse grain products often add "cellulose".

Examples of nutritional components of basic models in GB 28050-2011

02

Specific values corresponding to five items:

Generally speaking, how much is contained in "every 100g", drinks are used in "every 100ml", and many snacks with high energy will be used in "each serving" or "each package".

03

Nutrient reference values percentage (NRV%):

The country has a recommended daily intake value for ordinary adults for each nutrient, and the latter percentage value represents how much share you used today when you ate 100g/ml of this food.

After learning the above "basic knowledge"

It helps to know yourself.

How many calories have you eaten?

How do you know what you eat?

How much heat is there?

According to the national standard, the content in the table of nutrients is per 100ml, or per 100g, or in a serving of food.

net content

If it is 100g or 100ml, it needs to be combined with the "net content".

For example, the net content of a bottle of beverage is 500ml, and the energy value in the nutrition table is 190 kilojoules per 100ml, so the energy of the whole bottle of beverage is 190×5=950 kilojoules.

a part; a portion; a share

According to the "one copy", the specific amount of "one copy" will be written.

For example, if a packet of instant coffee powder is 15g, its nutrient content table may be "one serving (15g)", so you can look at it directly without counting.

convert

In addition, the energy unit of food labels is kilojoules (KJ), which is an internationally used unit for labeling calories, but the calories we normally say are kilocalories (Kcal), which are also called calories and calories. The conversion relationship between them is as follows:

1kcal=4.184kJ

Calculate daily requirements according to NRV

As we said earlier, NRV% is the content that must be marked in the nutrient composition table. NRV is short for Nutrition Reference Values, which is translated into Chinese as Nutrient Reference Values.

Nutrient reference values refers to the amount of certain nutrients that ordinary people should eat every day under normal circumstances.

The NRV value of each nutrient is given in the national standard General Rules for Nutrition Labeling in prepackaged foods (GB 28050-2011):

Understand what NRV is, add a percent sign and write it as "NRV%" or "nutrient reference values%", which means that the actual content of a nutrient in this food accounts for the proportion of its NRV.

It is difficult for ordinary consumers to see the level of a certain nutrient in food from the digital surface. For example, the fat content in a nut nutrient composition table below is 53.2g/100g, and consumers can’t know whether the "53.2 g" here is high or low, but it is easy to understand if it is expressed by NRV%. Eating 100 grams of this food can probably meet 89% of the fat I need in a day, and other foods with more fat should be eaten less!

NRV%= content ÷NRV×100%

The above picture shows the nutritional composition table of a dairy product. We can see that every 100ml of dairy product contains 110mg of calcium, and nutritionists suggest that adults consume 800mg of calcium every day, and 110÷800×100%=13.75% (about 14% in the composition table), which is the meaning of our NRV%.

If the whole box of milk has 250 ml, when you finish it, you have completed 34.4% of today’s calcium intake task.

Friends who have special needs for food, such as gaining muscle, losing weight and controlling salt, need to pay special attention to NRV%. Through these values, calculate your daily intake.

How’s it going?

Want to achieve "can cook and choose, can read the label"

Isn’t it that difficult?

Congratulations!

Understand ingredient list, nutrient composition list, NRV%

Next time I go shopping in the supermarket

You can compare and choose ~

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Fuzhou Meteorological Observatory changed the release of high-temperature red warning signal at 13: 46 on August 21st: It is estimated that the highest temperature in some towns (streets) in Fuzhou city and high-tech zone will reach 38 ~ 40℃ this afternoon, with some exceeding 40℃.

The meteorological department reminds relevant units and personnel to pay attention to heatstroke prevention and cooling, especially those working outdoors or under high temperature conditions should take necessary protective measures! (General Station reporter Wu Yanmin)

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[Editor’s note] Insight into the trend and look forward to the future. At the beginning of the new year in 2024, Xinhuanet planned the all-media column of "Seeing 2024", inviting experts, scholars and entrepreneurs to put new hotspots and new trends in the pulse industry, and to enlighten intelligent thinking and reflect industrial changes with professional insight to help high-quality economic and social development.

Xinhuanet Beijing, February 5 (Ren Yuxi) Chain operation is a highly large-scale business model. Chain enterprises and brands can carry out specialized division of labor under the overall planning, and implement centralized management on the basis of division of labor, thus improving the overall operational efficiency and realizing economies of scale.

Throughout the past development process, the chain operation industry in China has shown remarkable development potential and resilience in different formats. Recently, Peng Jianzhen, President of China Chain Store & Franchise Association, made a guest visit to "See 2024" on Xinhuanet, and made an in-depth analysis and prediction on the development of chain store business in China.

Q: With the development of economy, the chain operation industry in China has experienced a process of growing from scratch, from small to large. Looking back on the data in 2023, what is the performance of chain operation in China?

Peng Jianzhen:Judging from the latest data released by the National Bureau of Statistics, the overall consumer market is improving. Judging from the development of various formats in the chain industry, different formats have different performances. In 2023, the department store industry ushered in a recovery growth, with an increase of 8.8%; The supermarket industry decreased by 0.4%; Convenience stores, specialty store and specialty stores increased by 7.5%, 4.9% and 14.5% respectively. Generally speaking, the chain operation market is recovering, and different formats have different performances.

At the same time, some new features have appeared in the whole market. Before 2020, the consumer goods industry showed a trend of consumption upgrading. The trend of consumption classification after 2020 is obvious. In the past few years, almost all enterprises that have more accurate positioning of target consumers have achieved outstanding business performance.

Q: People’s demand for fast and convenient consumption methods is increasing, which provides opportunities for the development of chain enterprises. Based on the performance in 2023, please predict the development of chain operation in China in 2024.

Peng Jianzhen:In 2024, the general trend of consumption classification will continue. At the same time, there are new opportunities in the retail market. Take instant retailing as an example. Instant retailing is the cooperation between e-commerce platform and offline entities. In the past two years, instant retailing has developed rapidly. When consumers place an order on the online platform of instant retail, they can get the goods in about 30 minutes at the earliest. Behind the birth of this format is the change in people’s consumption patterns.

In the past few years, instant retailing has grown at a rate of more than 50% every year. Now the market scale has reached about 800 billion yuan, and will soon reach the trillion level.

With the change of people’s consumption lifestyle, new formats will have great opportunities for development. In addition, in addition to material consumption, spiritual consumption in the future is also the main point to pay attention to, such as concerts, cultural performances, sports leagues and so on. There is still a lot of room for excavation in this area.

Q: 2024 is full of opportunities and challenges for chain enterprises and brands. What should we do in 2024? Please give some development suggestions to the enterprise from a professional perspective.

Peng Jianzhen:In 2023, overall, regional retail enterprises performed better than national enterprises, and FMCG brands performed slightly better than retail terminal channel enterprises. Based on the existing trends, we also give some suggestions for the development of enterprises in 2024.

Twenty years ago, most enterprises would focus on expansion. In the past two years, the association has observed that more and more enterprises have gradually shifted their focus to internal cultivation. Take Shangchao as an example. When Shangchao surpasses, it will focus on staking and occupying the market. But now we will pay great attention to the construction of commodity power. Department stores and shopping centers are no exception. In the past, the focus was on attracting investment and introducing good brands, but since last year, special attention has been paid to the in-depth operation with brands and how to serve the consumer groups well. In addition, the deep cooperation between retailers and consumer goods enterprises is also strengthening. Through customized brands and own brands, they can jointly improve their operational capabilities and better serve the target consumers. It is suggested that enterprises can follow up from these aspects.

From the perspective of industry observers, when enterprises develop rapidly, decision-making is relatively simple. Because as long as the performance increases, many problems can be covered up. But now enterprises have gradually realized this and paid more and more attention to scientific decision-making. The so-called scientific decision-making is the basis of making decisions with numbers, and reducing costs and increasing efficiency through digital means. In this respect, the power invested by enterprises is gradually increasing. It is suggested that enterprises can learn from the cases of excellent enterprises, and help enterprises to make judgments through scientific decision-making, so that every step can be practical.

Q: The development of the whole chain operation industry is inseparable from the joint efforts of the government, associations and enterprises. What are the key work directions of China Chain Store & Franchise Association in 2024, and what benefits will these work bring to the industry?

Peng Jianzhen:China Chain Store has made a plan for the work in 2024, specifically in the following aspects.

First, focus on promoting the ecological cooperation between retailers and brands, retailers and consumer goods enterprises. Retailers and consumer goods enterprises are not only buying and selling, but more importantly, ecological cooperation. This cooperative relationship needs to create value for consumers by studying consumers and building commodity power. The association will then advocate enterprises to do this work.

Second, pay attention to the construction of commercial civilization. In the chain operation format, most enterprises that have done well have established modern enterprise systems. Enterprise internal governance is relatively transparent, in line with the modern enterprise system. In the past, China retail enterprises paid more attention to "home" culture, loyalty and winning the battle, which was very important. At the same time, it is essential to improve the modern enterprise system, which can help enterprises to make a qualitative leap. The association hopes that the construction of commercial civilization will bring new development impetus to chain enterprises.

Third, strengthen international exchanges. For domestic enterprises, going to sea is a great opportunity. Many tea and catering enterprises in China have developed well in Southeast Asia, Europe and America, and achieved good results overseas. In particular, China has been at the forefront in the exploration of digitalization in the past few years, and the international market has recognized the digital application of retail business scenes in China. On the one hand, the association will help enterprises connect with overseas resources and encourage them to find more growth in the international market; On the other hand, it is to promote international cooperation, because China retail enterprises have explored more online and offline business models, and many foreign enterprises have come to China to study and study. In addition to helping enterprises learn better overseas experience, the association will also introduce China’s excellent business model to overseas counterparts.

Fourth, ESG construction will be taken to a new level. ESG is a key indicator of enterprise development. Many enterprises simply interpret ESG as corporate social responsibility. In fact, ESG’s scoring system reflects whether the whole enterprise can develop sustainably in the long run. At the same time, if ESG scores high, it will also get the attention of many investment institutions. The association will promote the industry to pay attention to ESG together and improve the overall ESG level.

Q: The retail industry in China has developed rapidly in recent 30 years. Influenced by social environment, culture and history, China’s retail industry presents different characteristics in the world retail industry, and its development situation also shows obvious differences. Please talk about the characteristics of the development of China’s retail industry and make suggestions for the future development of China’s retail industry.

Peng Jianzhen:Generally speaking, the current situation of China’s retail industry is similar to that of the United States at a certain stage in its history. From 1945 to 1979, the economy of the United States grew rapidly, from about $100 billion to $2.6 trillion. During this period, American business consumption showed an overall upgrading trend, and China was similar to it before 2019. Then, from 1980 to 2010, there was a consumption classification in the American market. For example, supermarkets such as Costco appeared during this period, and many boutique supermarkets and organic supermarkets were gradually born. This process also appeared in China at this stage.

The overall trend is similar, but the difference is that the United States has a trend of consumption classification since the 1980 s. At the same time of consumption classification, enterprises have achieved differentiated development and provided targeted services according to different target customers. Enterprises have a very obvious "label" in consumers’ minds, which is based on the establishment of consumers’ minds. However, around 2012, China’s retail industry encountered the rapid rise of e-commerce before it had time to complete the expansion from scale to differentiation, which disrupted the development process of offline retail industry. The first challenge facing Shangchao is the decline in passenger flow. Offline enterprises are beginning to do omni-channel, hoping to open up online and offline through online business and retain passenger flow. But the reality is that offline customers are still on a downward trend, because it is difficult for offline enterprises to get through online and offline; Therefore, before and after 2016, enterprises began to try to digitize, and only after the underlying digital foundation was completed can they hope to get through online and offline business. Generally speaking, from 2012 to 2020, China’s retail industry has invested in omni-channel and digitalization. During this period, the commodity power of enterprises has not been well improved, the differentiation of enterprises has not been formed, and the positioning and image in the eyes of consumers are not prominent. That is to say, the basic capacity building of enterprises is not enough, and they have not established their own "labels" in the eyes of consumers and failed to establish their own moat.

Based on this situation, it is suggested that enterprises "make up lessons" from the following three aspects. First, strengthen scientific decision-making, only scientific decision-making can enable enterprises to achieve scientific operation on a certain scale; Second, in order to have a deeper insight into consumers, we must find and focus on target consumers and clarify the positioning of enterprises; Third, improve the modern enterprise system. In the past, enterprises usually only used the "home" culture to gather strength. On this basis, a perfect modern enterprise system can make enterprises develop sustainably in the long run. In the future, from these three aspects, the retail enterprises in China will have a strong vitality in generate.

　　China Weather Network News In the next three days (November 18-20), most of the country will maintain a sunny and dry weather pattern, and the temperature will gradually rise. The maximum temperature of 20℃ will obviously rise northward. After the temperature rise, the temperature in many places will be 6-10℃ higher than normal, but the temperature difference between day and night will widen, so the public needs to increase or decrease clothes in time.

　　Snowfall in Northeast China and other places has obviously weakened, and most of the country has started a sunny and dry mode.

　　Yesterday, a large range of rain and snow continued in the northeast, and the intensity of local snowfall was high. The monitoring shows that moderate to heavy snow or sleet appears in parts of eastern Heilongjiang, eastern Jilin and Shandong Peninsula, and there are local blizzards in Mudanjiang, Shuangyashan, Jiamusi and Hegang in Heilongjiang, and local blizzards in Shuangyashan and Hegang.

　　Today, the snowfall in Northeast China and other places will be obviously weakened, and there will be rain and snow weather in southern Sichuan and Yunnan under the confrontation of cold and warm air. The Central Meteorological Observatory predicts that there will be small to medium snow or sleet in parts of northeastern Inner Mongolia, eastern and northern Heilongjiang, eastern Jilin, eastern Tibet and central and southern Sichuan Plateau. There are small to moderate rains in parts of southeastern Tibet, eastern and southern Sichuan, southern Chongqing, central and western Guizhou, and most of Yunnan. Among them, there is heavy rain in western Yunnan.

　　From tomorrow on, most of the country will have little rain and snow, and precipitation will only appear in Xinjiang and other places. It is estimated that there will be light snow or sleet in parts of eastern and southern Heilongjiang, eastern and northern Jilin, northern Xinjiang, areas along Tianshan Mountain and southeastern Tibet. There is light rain in parts of Junggar Basin and Ili Valley in Xinjiang, southeastern Tibet, southern Sichuan and western Yunnan.

　　The day after tomorrow, there will be light snow or sleet in parts of Xinjiang along Tianshan Mountain and Ili River Valley, and eastern Tibet. Among them, there will be moderate to heavy snow in parts of Xinjiang along Tianshan Mountain and Ili River Valley, and there will be heavy snow locally.

　　In the next three days, most of the country will be short of rain and snow. Under the control of dry, cold and northerly winds, the minimum relative humidity in the northwest to Jiangnan and South China is generally only about 30%. The weather is dry, so the public should pay attention to hydrating and moisturizing. From the 21st, due to the influence of cold air, the northeast of Inner Mongolia, the northeast, the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River and other places will once again usher in the process of precipitation weather. At present, the forecasting time is far away, so we need to pay attention to it.

　　Most of the country has stepped into the temperature rising channel and will reach a recent high on the 19th to 22nd.

　　In terms of temperature, the impact of cold air on China came to an end yesterday, and some areas in Northeast China and North China experienced 4~8℃ cooling.

　　Starting from this weekend, most of the country will start the warming mode, and it will reach the recent high temperature from 19th to 22nd, and the maximum temperature of 20℃ will be pushed northward to central Henan and northern Anhui. After warming up, the temperature in many places may be 6~10℃ higher than normal. For example, the highest temperature in Shenyang yesterday was still below freezing point, and then the temperature went up all the way, and it will rise to 12 C on the 21st. The highest temperature in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River is as high as 22~23℃ from 21st to 22nd, showing obvious warmth.

　　However, compared with the rapid warming during the day, the warming process of the minimum temperature is slower. In the next few days, the temperature difference between day and night in most parts of the country is generally above 10℃, and it can even reach about 20℃ in the northern part of the country. It is recommended that the public increase or decrease clothes in time according to the temperature change to guard against catching a cold.