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Silent AI: How does Ascension AI solve the problem of sign language learning with a large model?

Have you ever encountered this kind of special take-out or express delivery, which can only be delivered by SMS instead of telephone reminder? At this time, if short messages are ignored, the problem of language communication appears.

"Why don’t you answer the phone?" "Why did you put the courier at the post office without my permission?" These problems can be easily explained to the listener, but the deaf workers can’t hear the customer’s demand for telephone transmission, which leads to misunderstanding between the two sides.

Deaf people are even more vulnerable when they encounter the urgent need for defense or legal proceedings, which emphasize the rigor of communication. On these occasions, if the deaf use written expression, it will not only reduce efficiency, but also bring more twists and turns because of inaccurate translation. Whether deaf people with litigation needs can express their wishes in sign language and be accurately understood will directly affect the result of safeguarding their own rights and interests.

According to the second sampling survey of disabled people, the number of hearing impaired people in China is close to 30 million, which is the largest disabled group in China. Among them, the total number of hearing-impaired children is more than 4.6 million, and the number of hearing-impaired children under 7 years old is 800,000, and more than 20,000-30,000 hearing-impaired newborns are added every year. For such a huge crowd, sign language is their "window" to communicate with the world, but the way to learn sign language seems to be not so simple and smooth.

Communication barriers of millions of hearing-impaired people

In the news broadcast, we have all seen this scene, the sign language host in the lower left corner of the TV screen, and their skillful gestures of flying up and down are as beautiful as dancing. However, according to the cross-regional survey of nearly 10,000 deaf people conducted by Beijing Normal University in 2012, only 8% of the deaf can understand the sign language news of many TV stations, 56% of the deaf can understand some, and 29% of the deaf can hardly understand it.

CCTV anchor’s Mandarin can be understood by people who speak various dialects in the north and south, but a small number of deaf people can’t understand CCTV’s sign language anchor gestures. This problem is a persistent challenge in sign language learning and education.

1. Sign language standards are not uniform. Sign language is different from national sign language and natural sign language, which is similar to Mandarin and dialects of Chinese. Besides, national sign language is not as popular as Mandarin in China, but only appears in news, conference translation and school teaching. Most deaf people use natural sign language. However, there are great differences between national sign language and natural sign language, and between different regions, which leads to poor communication between deaf people and deaf people, and between deaf people and listeners.

2. Teachers are relatively lacking. Sign language teachers in special schools are mostly listeners from special education background. For the growing deaf population, the teachers are generally nervous. In addition, teachers in special education schools play the national standard sign language, not the natural sign language that students are used to since childhood, so the efficiency of sign language teaching is affected to some extent.

3. Lack of sign language vocabulary. At present, there are about 8,000 words in sign language, which can meet daily study and communication, but it is difficult to cover all scenes. For example, some professional words such as "artificial intelligence" or new words such as "meta-universe" are difficult to fully express in sign language, and only compound words can be combined word by word in the form of synonyms, which makes it difficult for deaf people to easily understand the meaning of the combined words. In addition, there is no universal sign language grammar standard in sign language teaching, which also makes it difficult to learn and use sign language.

These obstacles and high learning costs in sign language communication make the communication between deaf people and the outside world seem to be separated by a huge transparent shell, which makes it difficult for outsiders to get in and people inside to get out.

How to make deaf people learn sign language efficiently, realize smooth communication and shorten the "time difference" of information exchange has become the direction of many technology companies. More and more enterprises have begun to use the power of AI technology to spread the "seeds" of digital inclusion to this vast land.

Intelligent "Soul" of Sign Language Learning —— Ascending and Thinking MindSpore AI Framework

Qianbo Information, based on Huawei Ascension AI and Ascension MindSpore AI framework, has built an all-in-one machine for sign language teaching and examination by using Zidong Taisan modal model of Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, which is specially used to help students with hearing impairment learn, practice and take exams, and help improve the communication quality of deaf people.

So how did the framework of Ascension AI and Ascension MindSpore AI become the intelligent "soul" injected by the sign language teaching and examination machine?

1. The deployment of high-performance small models is the core ability to support the integrated teaching and examination machine. The large model of sign language is distilled by knowledge to form a usable small model with high performance, which is deployed on the sign language teaching and examination integrated machine equipped with Ascension AI chip to provide its core support.

2. Understanding and translation are more accurate with the ability to recognize pictures, expressions and lips. Based on the expression-driven and lip language calculation in the sign language model supported by Shengteng AI basic software and hardware platform, the sign language virtual human can express sign language by combining expression and lip language, making its translation more vivid and accurate and realizing graphic association.

3. Small sample learning to improve the intelligibility of sign language translation. In the limited corpus environment, small sample learning in sign language model can improve the intelligibility of sign language translation and make the translation habits of sign language virtual people closer to the cognition of deaf people. At present, real-time sign language vocabulary recognition ability has been initially realized.

For hearing-impaired students, they can learn animated versions of gestures, expressions, lips and even more abstract concepts with the help of equipment; For teaching institutions, the sign language teaching and examination machine can realize the automatic teaching process such as learning, assessment, setting questions and comprehensive evaluation, reduce the basic teaching pressure of teachers, and release more humanistic care and innovative education ability.

The sign language teaching and examination machine can provide deaf people and sign language interpreters with the learning, training and examination ability of national standard sign language. Not only can deaf people communicate smoothly and enjoy social life and public services better, but also can help deaf people communicate with people who don’t know sign language, so that everyone can enjoy the convenience of digital intelligence life.

The infinite future of digital inclusion "seed"

We have all heard this saying: to test the civilization of modern society, it is never to see how prosperous the city is and how rich the culture is, but to see whether the society pays attention to and takes care of a few vulnerable groups. With the development of artificial intelligence, the "fruit" of technology is benefiting the whole society. Under the public welfare advocacy of digital inclusion, pursuing humanistic care and realizing social value has become the choice of more and more responsible enterprises.

Based on the results of the big model of Ascension AI and Ascension MindSpore AI, through the strong generalization ability of the big model, many enterprises in the industrial ecology are empowered to help the application blossom in the industry scene.

The sign language teaching and examination integrated machine launched by Qianbo Information is one of the typical applications of industrial model landing. In addition to caring for special groups, AI can not only help people with disabilities in the field of public welfare, but also make a difference in short-term weather prediction. Short-term and imminent weather forecasting is closely related to daily life. With global warming and frequent meteorological disasters, timely and accurate forecasting can effectively guide disaster prevention and mitigation. The short-term and imminent weather prediction model created by Huawei in cooperation with Plateau Institute and University of Electronic Science and Technology can improve the accuracy of short-term and imminent weather prediction to reduce life and health and property losses, which will bring great economic, social and ecological value.

In academic circles, large-scale model innovations emerge one after another, but few really go to large-scale industrial deployment, and there are breakpoints in scientific research innovation and industrial application.

Huawei opened up Industry-University-Research, and jointly established an industrial alliance platform around the big model with scientific research institutes and enterprises, so as to promote all kinds of enterprises in the industry to incubate industrial applications based on the big model, so that the big model can truly empower the industry, realize industrial agglomeration and create greater value.

We can see that the large model based on the framework of Shengteng AI and Shengsi MindSpore AI has landed in the industry, which not only empowers traditional industries to improve quality and efficiency, but also benefits the social welfare field. The two cases in this paper are just the "tip of the iceberg" of the industrialization of large models, but they show us that Huawei practices different slices of digital inclusion.

Let life have more temperature, and technology has never stopped exploring. Huawei continues to gather industrial potential, improve people’s livelihood through science and technology, and make the cross-border connection between technology and public welfare closer and closer. The power of science and technology is breaking the "isolated island" of the past human environment and making the society warmer. In the future, the "seeds" of digital inclusion will gradually increase and drift further. As these "seeds" become forests, we will be closer and closer to a happier intelligent life.

Thirteen years later, scientists in China found that it was the "initiator" of the SARS virus.

  CCTV News:In 2002, SARS was first discovered in Guangdong, China, and gradually spread to Southeast Asia and even the whole world, which triggered a global epidemic of infectious diseases. It has been 15 years since the first SARS case was reported in December 2002. Where is the source of SARS virus? Recently, a scientific research achievement has attracted the attention of the scientific community: experts from Wuhan Institute of Virology, Chinese Academy of Sciences discovered a natural gene bank of bat SARS coronavirus in Yunnan, China, and the research revealed the possible recombination origin of SARS virus.

  The SARS epidemic broke out in 2002, and two years later, that is, from 2004, the research team began to pursue the source of the epidemic, which was 13 years. How is the host of the virus source locked in bats? Finding the possible recombinant origin of SARS virus means that the source of SARS virus has been found? Get close to this research team, uncover the secret of the source of SARS virus, and explore the scientific process behind finding the source of SARS virus.

  SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome), the epidemic situation announced by WHO, showed that from the end of 2002 to August 2003, SARS spread to 32 countries and regions around the world. There were 8422 cases of infection and 916 cases of death worldwide, with an average mortality rate of 10 .8%. In 2004, when the deadly epidemic finally subsided, the research on the traceability of this unknown virus began immediately.

  Shi Zhengli, a researcher at Wuhan Institute of Virology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and the research team of emerging viruses led by her, also started the traceability research of SARS virus at this time. Soon, the researchers detected SARS coronavirus from civet cats in the wild animal market. However, further experiments show that civet cats are the direct source of infection, but they do not seem to be the "initiators".

  Hu Ben, Assistant Researcher, Wuhan Institute of Virology, Chinese Academy of Sciences: "The most direct source of infection is it the most fundamental source? This is not necessarily the case. So in order to find the fundamental source of this virus, we need to find its natural host. Finding its source can fundamentally prevent this disease. "

  Hu Ben, an assistant researcher, is responsible for the genetic evolution of the virus. The natural host he mentioned must carry the virus for a long time and not get sick by itself. In addition, in the natural state, these natural host animals must have a certain group infection rate. However, by investigating farms and wild civets, the results are surprising. So, where did these deadly viruses come from? Who is its natural host? Some experts put forward a bold idea.

  For scholars who study viruses, bats have a special position. Among mammals, it is the second largest group after rodents, and its species account for 20% of the number of mammal species, which is widely distributed in the world. Bats are also natural hosts of many viruses, including Ebola virus, Marburg virus, rabies virus, Hendra virus and Nipah virus. Because of the bat’s special immune system, it rarely shows symptoms when it carries the virus. In the long course of evolution, bats have become the natural hosts of hundreds of viruses.

  In the 1990s, there were two kinds of serious zoonotic viral infectious diseases, which broke out in Australia and Southeast Asia respectively, and both originated from the same animal — — Bat. This puts forward a possibility for the research team tracking the source of SARS virus, whether the source of SARS is also bats.

  By detecting 408 bats belonging to different families and genera for antibody and nucleic acid monitoring, the target was gradually clear, and finally a coronavirus similar to SARS virus was found in the bat. Juglans bat, named after its horseshoe-shaped nose leaf with complex structure, is an important host of many animal-derived viruses such as rabies. This discovery was published in the international authoritative academic journal Science that year, which attracted much attention.But soon, the question came again. "S gene", also known as spike protein gene, is responsible for the combination of virus and receptor. When a virus infects a cell, it must first combine with the receptor on the cell surface before it can invade the cell and cause infection.

  Bats lie in the daytime and come out at night. In the evening, the researchers will go into the bat cave armed to the teeth or set nets at the mouth of the cave to catch bats. When they come back, they will take virus samples overnight on a makeshift workbench in the wild. Despite wearing gloves, the risk of being bitten by bats still exists.Bats carry a variety of virulent viruses, including rabies. Therefore, before each field sampling, the team members will inject rabies vaccine in advance. Wherever they go, they always insist on non-invasive sampling. Minimize the damage to bats and habitats.

  These samples were taken back to the laboratory and stored in a freezer at-80 C.Until 2011, the S gene of SARS-like coronavirus, which is more similar to SARS virus, was detected for the first time in a bat cave in Yunnan. In 2013, the laboratory of Wuhan Institute of Virology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, isolated the first live bat SARS-like coronavirus from samples, and the S gene was similar, which enabled this virus to use the same receptor as SARS virus and infect human cells. It was named "WIV1" after the English abbreviation of Wuhan Institute of Virology to show the important value of this discovery.This achievement was published in the November 2013 issue of Nature. The "key" was finally found. But this small cave reveals more secrets than researchers expected.

  The successful isolation of WIV1 has made the differences and debates on the origin of SARS virus "tend to be consistent" among scientists all over the world. The goal of this long-term pursuit has become clearer — — SARS coronavirus originated from the bat.After years of hard work, the source of SARS was finally traced, but scientists did not stop, because there were more secrets hidden in this bat cave where S gene was first discovered.

  By comparison, the SARS-like coronavirus found in bat cave has the highest similarity with SARS virus, which is highly homologous. Genetically, this means that the most direct ancestor of SARS virus comes from these bat viruses. Experts said that although no virus exactly the same as SARS virus has been found at present, this discovery fully confirmed that SARS virus originated from bats and revealed its possible production mode — — Gene recombination.

Directly hit the peak of Beijing railway return passenger flow: crowds are like streams, and the rhythm is orderly.

(People’s Daily Health Client reporter Zhao Mengmeng/Wen Niu Hongchao/Photo) On October 7, the national railways ushered in the peak of return passenger flow, and it is estimated that 19.05 million passengers will be sent. Similarly, the Beijing Railway ushered in the peak of return passenger flow, and the passenger flow was concentrated at the arrival time. The hubs such as Beijing West Railway Station, Beijing South Railway Station and Beijing Railway Station were crowded, and there were passengers dragging suitcases and carrying backpacks everywhere. The air was mixed with dialects, luggage rollers and broadcast prompts, painting a busy and orderly scene.
Beijing Railway Station: The front of the station building is full of fireworks, and the subway entrance is full of warmth.
On the exit square of Beijing Railway Station, the passengers returning to Beijing are bustling, and the air is full of lively fireworks. In front of the station with a sense of retro and solemnity, someone took the joy of reunion, dragging a suitcase and carrying a bag with relatives and friends; The child curiously looked at the strange and familiar city and was dragged by his family to shuttle between the building columns; There are also passengers who stop and look around while contacting the docking station.
Under the striking red characters of "subway entrance", passengers are lining up in an orderly way. Young people skillfully turn on their mobile phones and prepare to scan the code to enter the station. Parents carefully lead their children and protect their luggage through the crowd. Despite the dense passenger flow, the team has always maintained order, and the warmth of returning home quietly flows in the crowd.
Beijing South Railway Station: underground transfer hall, transfer and rush to play "Concerto"
In front of the East Gate 3 of the underground transfer hall of Beijing South Railway Station, the outbound passengers dragged their suitcases and flocked to the subway gate area like streams flowing into rivers. Under the signs of Line 4 and Line 14, there are crowded passengers who scan their heads and enter the station … The crowds are surging and rushing, or they are going to all corners of the city to transfer to the subway, or they are going to the ground transportation hub to connect with the follow-up trip, which conveys the busy atmosphere of the return peak everywhere.
Beijing West Railway Station: The connection area is orderly, and the outbound passage is crowded with people.
The car connection area of Beijing West Railway Station network is a busy point for centralized evacuation of return passengers. Passengers drag their suitcases, or wait quietly in designated areas, or prepare to board the bus after confirming the information with the driver with a smile. Under the guidance of the staff, the parked vehicles are orderly and crowded, moving in the direction of "reaching the destination smoothly".
The south exit passage of Beijing West Railway Station is crowded with people. Children use the suitcase as a pulley car to continue the happiness of the festival with the help of parents; Between the shoulders, the young man put his backpack on his back. The sound of the wheels of the suitcase and the sound of conversation are intertwined into a "return symphony", and the return scene is outlined here.
Transportation department: 8 subways are delayed, and bus and taxi are guaranteed.
In order to cope with the large passenger flow that arrives in Beijing at night, the Beijing transportation department has deployed in advance and coordinated multiple lines to "support the bottom" for passengers’ return trip. In terms of rail transit, eight lines of Beijing Metro Lines 2, 3, 4, 7, 10, 14 and 19 and Daxing Airport Line have extended their operation hours, among which the last bus of key lines around Beijing West Railway Station and Beijing South Railway Station will arrive at 2 am at the latest, and all efforts will be made to get through the "last mile" of passengers arriving in Beijing late at night.
Synchronous ground transportation: the bus system will increase night shift capacity to ensure that passengers can smoothly connect with the bus when they get off the train; Taxis and network cars start the "point-to-point scheduling" mechanism, and more than 3,000 security vehicles circulate around the stations, so that passengers can wait for the bus less and get home early through dynamic deployment.
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What policies are worth looking forward to after the meeting of the Finance Committee?

  At the critical moment, the the State Council Finance Committee made a move.

  On March 16th, the State Council Financial Stability and Development Committee held a special meeting to study the current economic situation and capital market issues. As soon as the news came out, the screen was quickly swiped, and market confidence was boosted.

  In the afternoon to evening, financial management departments such as China People’s Bank, China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission, China Securities Regulatory Commission, and Foreign Exchange Bureau voiced their opinions one after another, saying that they would resolutely implement the spirit of this special meeting and stabilize market expectations. The Ministry of Finance also made a public statement on the real estate tax.

Screenshot of Chinese government network

  It must be said that it is rare for high-level meetings to face market concerns like this, and it is rare for relevant departments to make such intensive statements. A series of policy actions to stabilize market expectations have been introduced one after another.

  — — China Clearing announced on the 17th that it will reduce the minimum settlement reserve for stock business from 18% to 16% from April 2022, and reduce some registration and settlement fees.

  — — The Shanghai and Shenzhen Stock Exchanges and the North Stock Exchange have also indicated that they will reduce the related expenses of listed companies in 2022 … …

  With the recovery of market confidence, people are more concerned about what kind of "combination boxing" the follow-up policy of stabilizing expectations will play. Then, let’s take a look at the important information that has come to us in the past two days and see what policies are worth looking forward to.

  (1)

  "Monetary policy should take the initiative to respond, and new loans should maintain moderate growth."

  China People’s Bank Building. Xinhua News Agency reporter Ding Hongfa photo

  At present, both the domestic economy with increasing downward pressure and the increasingly complex international environment have put forward higher requirements for monetary policy.

  The special meeting of the Finance Committee put forward the following requirements: "Monetary policy should take the initiative to respond, and new loans should maintain moderate growth."

  The central bank said that it strongly supports small and medium-sized enterprises, firmly supports the development of the real economy, and keeps the economy running in a reasonable range. China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission said that to meet the reasonable financing needs of market participants and increase financing supply … … Promote the increase, expansion and price reduction of financing for small and medium-sized enterprises.

  The recent rise in global commodity prices has increased the pressure of imported inflation, the pace of tightening monetary policy in major developed economies has accelerated, geopolitical risks have warmed up, and the uncertainty of the external environment has increased.

  In the face of the pressure and challenges of economic development, monetary policy needs to be more forward-looking and precise.

  At the beginning of this year, the central bank once proposed to open the monetary policy toolbox bigger, keep the total amount stable and avoid the "credit collapse". In this context, in the first two months of this year, China’s new loans exceeded 5.2 trillion yuan, an increase of about 270 billion yuan over the same period last year.

  Despite this, the current problems such as insufficient effective demand and rising costs still have a certain impact on small and medium-sized enterprises. The recovery foundation of these market players is not solid enough. The pressure to achieve the annual economic growth target is not small, and the internal and external risk challenges have increased significantly. Monetary policy needs to be more flexible and accurate, and "actively respond".

  The Federal Reserve announced a rate hike on the 16th, raising the target range of the federal funds interest rate by 25 basis points to between 0.25% and 0.5%.Facing the recent complicated external environment, the market pays special attention to every move of the Bank of China.

  At this time, China’s monetary policy should not only adhere to the principle of "focusing on me", but also "focusing on the front".Take the initiative, do things quickly, look ahead, walk in front of the market curve, and guide expectations.

  (2)

  "Timely study and propose a powerful and effective response plan to prevent and resolve risks"

  One is building a property. Xinhua News Agency reporter Zhang Nanshe

  The risk problem of real estate enterprises is an important aspect of recent market concerns.

  In view of the real estate sector, the Finance Committee meeting made it clear that it is necessary to study and put forward a powerful and effective risk prevention and resolution response plan in a timely manner, and put forward supporting measures for the transformation to a new development model.

  The People’s Bank of China said that it should persist in striving for stability and prevent and resolve risks in the real estate market. China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission said, actively promote the transformation of the development mode of the real estate industry, encourage institutions to carry out M&A loans steadily and orderly, and focus on supporting high-quality housing enterprises to merge and acquire high-quality projects of difficult housing enterprises, so as to promote the virtuous circle and healthy development of the real estate industry. The relevant person in charge of the Ministry of Finance said that considering all aspects, there is no condition to expand the pilot city of real estate tax reform this year.

  Last year, affected by multiple factors, some real estate enterprises encountered difficulties in sales repayment and financing, and industry risks were constantly emerging. The real estate industry has a large scale, long chain and wide coverage, which has an important systematic impact on economic and financial stability and risk prevention. This kind of worry is reflected in the market.

  From all indications, the policy context of the real estate market is very clear:

  We should not only adhere to the position that houses are used for living, not for speculation, but also maintain the continuity and stability of regulatory policies, and pay attention to avoiding too intense adjustment and preventing the risk of disposal risks. To this end,It is necessary to take effective measures to prevent and resolve risks and promote a virtuous circle and healthy development of the industry.

  Break and stand. On the one hand, it is necessary to prevent and resolve risks, on the other hand, it is necessary to actively introduce supporting policies to promote the transformation of the real estate industry to a new development model. Previously, China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission and the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development issued documents to further strengthen financial support for the construction and operation of affordable rental housing. After the deployment of the Finance Committee meeting, more policies are worth looking forward to.

  (3)

  "China government continues to support all kinds of enterprises to go public overseas"

  Recently, due to the influence of various international and domestic factors, the stocks listed in the United States have continued to fall, and pessimism has even been transmitted to the Hong Kong market and the A-share market.Some market participants are worried about Sino-US cooperation in auditing and supervision and the prospect of overseas listing of China enterprises.

  This meeting of the Finance Committee clearly showed our attitude: "The China Municipal Government continues to support all kinds of enterprises to list overseas."

  The CSRC said that it will continue to strengthen communication with the US regulatory agencies and strive to reach an agreement on Sino-US audit supervision cooperation as soon as possible. We will promptly promote the implementation of new regulations on the supervision of overseas listing of enterprises, support all kinds of qualified enterprises to list overseas, and keep the overseas listing channels open.

  At the same time,China has been unswervingly promoting the two-way opening-up of the financial sector, and even when globalization is going against the current trend, this determination and impetus have not changed at all.

  Judging from these positive signals, the mainstream between Chinese and American securities regulatory authorities is to promote equal consultation, and cooperation is the way to solve the problem. The Sino-US cooperation and consultation on audit supervision has made positive progress, which is in line with the expectations of global investors. An early agreement is expected to alleviate the concerns about the delisting of China Stock Exchange.

  After the implementation of the new regulations on the supervision of overseas listing of enterprises, the internal and external supervision coordination around overseas listing will be further optimized, and the "red light" and "green light" of overseas listing activities of enterprises will be more clear. I believe that the implementation of the new regulations will not only support the financing development of various qualified enterprises, but also provide more investment opportunities for global investors.

  (4)

  Platform economic governance "red light and green light should be set well"

  2018 Cyber Security Expo site. Xinhua News Agency reporter Jiang Hongjing photo

  The standardized governance of the platform economy since last year has caused some people to misunderstand and interpret some normative measures as "suppression".

  This meeting revealed many new trends worthy of attention: "Steadily promote and complete the rectification work of large platform companies as soon as possible"; It is the first time that "red light and green light should be set well" … … The implication of these expressions is:The supervision of platform enterprises is not only standardized and not developed, but developed in standardization, and standardization is for better development.

  The meeting emphasized that through standardized, transparent and predictable supervision, the rectification work of large platform companies should be steadily promoted and completed as soon as possible.

  In April last year, the financial management department jointly interviewed some online platform enterprises engaged in financial business, and put forward the requirements for self-inspection and rectification.

  It is believed that after a period of supervision and inspection, the rectification work has achieved phased results, and the regulatory authorities have a more comprehensive and in-depth grasp of the risk base of platform enterprises, and the rectification direction is clearer and the regulatory measures are more accurate.The supervision system of platform economy, which pays equal attention to standardization and development, will be gradually improved to promote the long-term healthy development of platform economy.

  The governance of platform economy involves enterprises, industries, society, finance and other aspects, and needs the cooperation of multiple regulatory departments. Forming a virtuous circle of platform economy development is inseparable from the joint efforts of relevant departments. From a global perspective, this is a challenging subject. It is believed that with the deepening of regulatory practice,Our supervision of the platform economy will be more mature and perfect.

  (5)

  "Regulators in the Mainland and Hong Kong should strengthen communication and cooperation"

  In the current round of stock market decline, the Hong Kong market has suffered a lot.

  On the issue of financial stability in Hong Kong, the meeting proposed that the regulatory agencies in the Mainland and Hong Kong should strengthen communication and cooperation.

  In recent years, the interconnection and integration of capital markets in Hong Kong and the Mainland have been deepening, and the stable operation of finance in the two places is more closely related. Further strengthening the communication and cooperation between the regulatory agencies of the Mainland and Hong Kong will play a very important role in promoting the healthy development of the capital markets of the two places and maintaining the status of international finance centre.

  The CSRC said that it will further promote high-level opening up, strengthen pragmatic cooperation between the mainland and Hong Kong capital markets, and jointly safeguard the healthy and stable development of the Hong Kong market.

  In fact, in recent years, many new economic enterprises have chosen to go public in Hong Kong, and the products of Shanghai-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect, Bond Connect and ETF have been running smoothly, and the mutually beneficial cooperation between the two markets has been expanding and deepening. Under the new situation, it is worth looking forward to how the mainland market and Hong Kong market can further complement each other and carry out in-depth and all-round cooperation.

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  "Maintain the stability and consistency of policy expectations"

  The expectation is stable and the market is stable. Market turmoil often comes from uncertainty.

  For the policies that may have a significant impact on the economic and financial fields in the future, this special meeting of the Finance Committee gave a very clear direction, and even the wording was harsh.

  "Actively introduce policies that are beneficial to the market and prudently introduce contractive policies", "Respond to hot issues of market concern in time", "Strengthen coordination and communication, and hold accountability when necessary" … …

  This is actually a further deepening of the spirit of the Central Economic Work Conference held in December last year. Economic and social development is an interrelated and complex system. We should prevent the emergence of fallacy of composition, do not divide the troops and guard the pass into taking care of ourselves and not being as good as the rest, and avoid the negative effects caused by the superposition of local reasonable policies.

  At present, the task of economic development is heavy and the challenges are severe and complicated, which is a "required question" for all localities and departments. This puts higher demands on the systematicness and coordination of policies.In the future, the formulation and implementation of policies should still adhere to systematic concepts and practical standards, follow economic laws, and test the success or failure of policies with practical results.

  The capital market is a concentrated reflection of all kinds of information and confidence of all parties.The meeting put forward that "all policies that have a significant impact on the capital market should be coordinated with the financial management department in advance to maintain the stability and consistency of policy expectations", which is a concentrated expression of stabilizing market expectations and confidence.

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  "Welcome long-term institutional investors to increase their shareholding ratio"

  Image source: Xinhua News Agency

  "Welcome long-term institutional investors to increase their shareholding ratio." This sentence about "real money and silver" is also a very interesting expression in the meeting of the Finance Committee.

  Bank insurance institutions are an important source of long-term funds. China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission said that it is necessary to give full play to the advantages of long-term investment of insurance funds and guide insurance institutions to allocate more funds to equity assets. Support insurance companies to increase capital market investment, especially the stock investment of high-quality listed companies, through various channels such as direct investment, entrusted investment and Public Offering of Fund.

  The CSRC said,It will improve the institutional mechanism conducive to long-term institutional investors’ participation in the capital market., increase the cultivation of Public Offering of Fund and other institutional investors, and encourage long-term investment and value investment.

  In the future, with the maturity of China’s capital market, the proportion of long-term institutional investors allocating equity assets is expected to continue to rise. With the continuous establishment and improvement of the third pillar of pension, pension-related financial products will continue to emerge, injecting more long-term funds into the capital market.

  To sum up a word, face up to market concerns, send a clear signal, manage expectations well, and introduce pragmatic measures to boost market confidence.(Reporter Liu Hui, Li Yanxia, Wu Yu) 

Sanya, Hainan: Let more state-owned scenic spots "return the scenery to the people"

  From June 1st, Tianya Haijiao Tourist Area in Sanya, Hainan Province was opened free of charge. This is a year since Luhuitou Scenic Area and Cave-in-the-Sky Tourist Area were opened free of charge one after another, and another state-owned scenic spot in Sanya has implemented a free ticket policy. In recent years, Sanya has practiced the new development concept of cultural tourism integration, accelerated the structural reform of tourism supply side, and constantly explored the feasible path of "cultural return" and "returning scenery to the people" in tourist attractions, effectively stimulating the growth of cultural tourism consumption and enhancing tourists’ sense of gain and happiness.

  National sharing of state-owned scenic spots has become a new trend.

  The Tianya Haijiao Scenic Area received nearly 20,000 visitors on the first day of free opening. The scenic spot has planned many activities, such as Tianya market, float parade, concert, etc. Many citizens and tourists choose to bring their children here to feel the romantic atmosphere of the scenic spot.

  As early as July 1st and October 1st last year, Sanya Luhuitou and Daxiongdongtian Scenic Spots were opened free of tickets, and a series of festivals and new product formats were launched. The popularity of scenic spots continued to heat up, enriching the tourist experience of citizens.

  Sanya Tianya Haijiao Tourist Area, Luhuitou Scenic Area and Dongtian Tourist Area all have rich historical background and profound humanistic connotation. On July 1st last year, after the opening of Luhuitou Scenic Area, the number of tourists increased greatly, and it was linked with Sanya Bay, Dadonghai, Linchunling and other scenic spots to build Sanya’s "city meeting room", to create an open scenic spot that involves tourism, always provides services, has beautiful scenery everywhere and is experienced by everyone, to continuously enhance the image of Sanya as a tourist city, attract the attention of the world, and make Sanya a happy city with both value and temperature. Tianya Haijiao Tourist Area deeply digs into the cultural connotation and brand value of Tianya Haijiao, and integrates it into the "Tianya Story" series to build a platform for lovers to express their love and romance, young people to pin their poems on distant places and professionals to express their feelings; The research tour products launched let children "go wild" to understand the local culture and realize the research significance of "knowing where to go".

  Zheng Conghui, Party Secretary and Chairman of Sanya Travel Group, said that in order to better tell the Hainan story to domestic and foreign guests, Sanya Travel Group will continue to build a tourism development platform, promote the development of the tourism industry chain in all factors, industries, processes, directions and all time, accelerate the realization of the whole island’s urbanization and the whole city’s scenic spots, and vigorously promote the global support of tourism services, the global coverage of tourism governance, the global linkage of tourism industries, and the sharing of tourism achievements by all people, and "subtract tickets"

  Tickets are free in scenic spots. What does the income depend on?

  Tickets for scenic spots are free. What does the scenic spot rely on to make money? Huang Xingwu, deputy mayor of Sanya, said that Sanya relies on the free opening of state-owned scenic spots to promote the transformation of state-owned scenic spots from ticket economy to comprehensive consumption economy, optimize the operation and management mode of state-owned scenic spots, vigorously develop diversified, universal and equal tourism consumption products, actively expand tourism consumption space, and promote the formation of a new pattern of developing global tourism. "That is to say, we will do’ subtraction’ on tickets and’ addition’ on services. Through event planning and tourism marketing, we will continuously enhance the international attraction and competitiveness of Sanya’s tourist city, create a city boutique public scenic spot shared by host and guest, and further enhance the experience and satisfaction of the general public tourists." He said.

  Sanya will deepen the field of "tourism+cultural creation", continue to develop diversified and compound cultural tourism products popular with tourists, dig deep into the cultural and brand values of scenic spots, and develop a series of cultural and creative products. At the same time, it will further enrich the business projects with strong experience, such as homestay, camping and ocean sports, and meet the play needs of citizens and tourists in multiple dimensions.

  Luhuitou Scenic Area integrates and innovates elements such as the background of Luhuitou story and the culture of South China Sea, and creates a self-operated brand "Lucheng Time" Wenchuang Store. The series of jewelry, fans, bags and other products with the image of "deer" are well received by tourists. Constantly dig deep into the cultural connotation of the legend of Luhuitou, enhance the soft power, further improve the cultural tourism system of "Luhuitou looking up at Lucheng" with the theme of "holding your hand to Luhuitou", and form a tourism industrial chain system of "Love Luhuitou at first sight"; Four brand festivals were launched, namely, the Spring Carnival in spring, the International Beer Festival in Qingshan in summer, the feast of macaques in autumn, and the International Happy Festival in Spring in warm sunshine in winter, which attracted a large number of tourists and returned romantically.

  Zheng Conghui introduced that in the future, Sanya will continue to deepen the IP of the "Heart of Sanya" Urban Tourism Festival and introduce diversified formats such as high-end catering and entertainment to bring sufficient immersive experience to citizens and tourists. In the coming summer, Sanya will successively launch promotional packages and theme activities such as islanders’ special offers, graduation season activities, summer camps, destination weddings, etc., so as to guide tourists to visit Sanya in the wrong peak. Brand events will be held, internationally renowned IP will be introduced, and high-quality large-scale tourism cultural and sports festivals such as Hong Kong and Taiwan star concerts will be held. A series of "going out" tourism promotion and business exchange activities will be carried out for important source cities at home and abroad, and various forms of combination boxing such as business development negotiations, tourism promotion and field visits will be held to promote the introduction of resources and the investment and construction of free trade ports, creating more potential tourism cooperation opportunities at home and abroad.

  Adhere to the development of tourism quality and "travel with confidence"

  The most intuitive embodiment of the high-quality development of tourism is the improvement of product and service quality. The reporter learned that in recent years, Sanya has strengthened the concept of high-quality tourism development, and all kinds of new formats and new products have been well received by the market, which continues to attract tourists from all over the world to spend money in Sanya. In order to better protect the rights and interests of tourists, Sanya has introduced the "advance payment" system and expanded the "advance payment" fund pool to 10 million yuan to meet the demand for advance payment of various tourism consumption complaints.

  Sanya has also innovated the supervision mechanism, built a linkage working mechanism of "paying in advance" and "market supervision", accelerated the handling process of travel-related complaints, and strived to "settle non-major travel-related complaints within one day" to create a high-quality tourism market environment.

  Chen Zhenyu, director of tourism, culture, radio, film and sports in Sanya, said that "paying first" is a solemn commitment made by the Sanya Municipal Party Committee and the municipal government to the vast number of tourists across the country, indicating that Sanya adheres to the development concept of putting tourists first and quality first. Relying on the "first payment" system, we will also build a star rating system for Sanya’s rest assured travel merchants, refine and optimize the service standards for all elements of eating, living, traveling, traveling, shopping and entertainment, strengthen the training of employees, make the concept of quality development cover the whole industry and many fields, and make quality service the bright spot of high-quality tourism development.

  In recent years, under the guidance of the Municipal Party Committee and the Municipal Government, Sanya has made great efforts in the construction of public service system, market supervision and rectification, and the training of tourism talents, built a multi-level and full-time tourism consumption system, launched a series of "goodwill" and "pet tourists" activities, held cultural and sports events that the public loved, and made Sanya a "happy tourism" destination.

  Huang Xingwu said that after free opening, citizens can enjoy the historical, cultural, ecological, leisure and tourism public service resources of the scenic spot. At the same time, the major scenic spots in Sanya will continue to polish their brand characteristics, optimize their service experience and extend the tourism industry chain, so as to show the beautiful coastal scenery, long history and culture and rich and colorful ethnic customs of Sanya to domestic and foreign tourists in all directions. (Chen guanchao)

Photo: Middlesbrough 1-4 Manchester United suffered a four-game losing streak in the league.

  


  Sohu Sports News On October 27th, Beijing time, the 11th round of Premier League staged a focus battle, and Middlesbrough, a guest at Old Trafford, lost 1-4 to Red Devils Manchester United. Middlesbrough, which suffered the first defeat in the Dream Theater in the last five league games, suffered four consecutive defeats and six rounds, and failed to win in the last nine league games against the "Big Four" with four draws and five losses. The picture shows the wonderful picture of this game.



  


  On October 27th, Beijing time, the 11th round of Premier League staged a focus battle. Middlesbrough, a guest at Old Trafford, lost 4-1 to Red Devils Manchester United. Middlesbrough, which suffered the first defeat in the Dream Theater in the last five league games, suffered four consecutive defeats and six rounds, and failed to win in the last nine league games against the "Big Four" with four draws and five losses. The picture shows the wonderful picture of this game.



  


  On October 27th, Beijing time, the 11th round of Premier League staged a focus battle. Middlesbrough, a guest at Old Trafford, lost 4-1 to Red Devils Manchester United. Middlesbrough, which suffered the first defeat in the Dream Theater in the last five league games, suffered four consecutive defeats and six rounds, and failed to win in the last nine league games against the "Big Four" with four draws and five losses. The picture shows the wonderful picture of this game.



  


  On October 27th, Beijing time, the 11th round of Premier League staged a focus battle. Middlesbrough, a guest at Old Trafford, lost 4-1 to Red Devils Manchester United. Middlesbrough, which suffered the first defeat in the Dream Theater in the last five league games, suffered four consecutive defeats and six rounds, and failed to win in the last nine league games against the "Big Four" with four draws and five losses. The picture shows the wonderful picture of this game.



  


  On October 27th, Beijing time, the 11th round of Premier League staged a focus battle. Middlesbrough, a guest at Old Trafford, lost 4-1 to Red Devils Manchester United. Middlesbrough, which suffered the first defeat in the Dream Theater in the last five league games, suffered four consecutive defeats and six rounds, and failed to win in the last nine league games against the "Big Four" with four draws and five losses. The picture shows the wonderful picture of this game.



  


  On October 27th, Beijing time, the 11th round of Premier League staged a focus battle. Middlesbrough, a guest at Old Trafford, lost 4-1 to Red Devils Manchester United. Middlesbrough, which suffered the first defeat in the Dream Theater in the last five league games, suffered four consecutive defeats and six rounds, and failed to win in the last nine league games against the "Big Four" with four draws and five losses. The picture shows the wonderful picture of this game.



  


  On October 27th, Beijing time, the 11th round of Premier League staged a focus battle. Middlesbrough, a guest at Old Trafford, lost 4-1 to Red Devils Manchester United. Middlesbrough, which suffered the first defeat in the Dream Theater in the last five league games, suffered four consecutive defeats and six rounds, and failed to win in the last nine league games against the "Big Four" with four draws and five losses. The picture shows the wonderful picture of this game.



  


  On October 27th, Beijing time, the 11th round of Premier League staged a focus battle. Middlesbrough, a guest at Old Trafford, lost 4-1 to Red Devils Manchester United. Middlesbrough, which suffered the first defeat in the Dream Theater in the last five league games, suffered four consecutive defeats and six rounds, and failed to win in the last nine league games against the "Big Four" with four draws and five losses. The picture shows the wonderful picture of this game.



  


  On October 27th, Beijing time, the 11th round of Premier League staged a focus battle. Middlesbrough, a guest at Old Trafford, lost 4-1 to Red Devils Manchester United. Middlesbrough, which suffered the first defeat in the Dream Theater in the last five league games, suffered four consecutive defeats and six rounds, and failed to win in the last nine league games against the "Big Four" with four draws and five losses. The picture shows the wonderful picture of this game.



  


  On October 27th, Beijing time, the 11th round of Premier League staged a focus battle. Middlesbrough, a guest at Old Trafford, lost 4-1 to Red Devils Manchester United. Middlesbrough, which suffered the first defeat in the Dream Theater in the last five league games, suffered four consecutive defeats and six rounds, and failed to win in the last nine league games against the "Big Four" with four draws and five losses. The picture shows the wonderful picture of this game.

Editor: Zheng Hongwei

Many ministries and commissions intensively investigate the risk of "triangular debt" involving various enterprises.

Many ministries and commissions intensively investigate the risk of "triangular debt"

All kinds of enterprises are involved; Accounts receivable of listed companies surged by 45%

The reporter of the Economic Information Daily recently learned from many authoritative sources that the rising risk of "triangular debt" of enterprises has been highly valued, and many ministries and commissions such as the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the China Banking Regulatory Commission and the Ministry of Commerce have started intensive research, and will form a report on research and policy suggestions in the near future and report it to the State Council.

"The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology held a seminar on the’ triangular debt’ of enterprises instructed by the State Council on the 22nd, and invited five industry associations of coal, electric power, machinery manufacturing, steel and non-ferrous metals to attend the meeting to find out the debt risks of related industries." A person close to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology said that the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has started research on related issues.

The reporter also learned that the CBRC invited relevant industry associations to hold a meeting on the 21st to study and discuss the scale and risks of the current "triangular debt", and has distributed relevant reports to several important state-owned commercial banks and policy banks.

After receiving the report instructed by the State Council, "the Ministry of Commerce attached great importance to it, and has conducted discussions with relevant departments and associations in the organization department and started to go to various places for investigation. The main content of the survey focuses on the foreign exchange collection of foreign trade enterprises and the collection of accounts receivable of domestic trade circulation enterprises. " A person close to the Ministry of Commerce said.

The reporter was informed that in addition to the above three departments, the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, the People’s Bank of China, the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission and other departments have also received relevant instructions from the State Council and started investigations. At the same time, some trade associations, such as the coal industry association, also plan to conduct a thorough investigation on the "triangular debt" problem of enterprises in this industry in the near future.

The reporter learned that the above-mentioned report, which attracted the State Council’s great attention and gave instructions, was written by the Enterprise Research Institute of the State Council Development Research Center, "We should be highly alert to the current new enterprise’s’ triangular debt’ problem". The report pointed out that during the recent large-scale investigation and study on the transformation and development of enterprises in China, many enterprises reported that accounts receivable were on the rise, it was more and more difficult to withdraw funds, and the phenomenon of mutual default was more common. In the early 1990s, the problem of "triangular debt" which had seriously troubled enterprises in China was coming back.

The report pointed out that with the development of economy and society, the connotation and extension of the concept of "triangular debt" have changed greatly, which can generally be regarded as overdue debts due to mutual arrears of loans and expenses between enterprises, credit exchanges between banks and enterprises, and payment between government and enterprises; At present, the problem of "triangular debt" of enterprises is more manifested as "debt chain" Judging from the absolute indicators reflecting the "triangular debt" problem of enterprises, it is very serious that the accounts between enterprises are in arrears with each other at present. As of March 2012, the accounts receivable of industrial enterprises nationwide was 7.12 trillion yuan, an increase of 17.74% over the same period of last year; The proportion of accounts receivable in total credit was 12.47%, the highest level in the same period since 2009. The updated data shows that from January to May 2012, the accounts receivable of industrial enterprises nationwide rose to 7.54 trillion yuan.

The Economic Information Daily reporter consulted the interim reports of listed companies. As of August 23, the overall scale of accounts receivable of 1,437 listed companies that have published interim reports reached 803.9 billion yuan, a surge of about 45% compared with the scale of 555 billion yuan in the same period last year.

The report also pointed out that it is difficult for enterprises to recover the payment for goods, and the cycle of the whole cage is getting longer. From January to May 2012, the turnover rate of accounts receivable of state-owned enterprises nationwide was 4 .9 times, which was 0 .32 times lower than that of the same period last year. In terms of regions and industries, except for Hebei, Hubei, Guangdong, Hainan, Yunnan, Xinjiang, Xizang and Shaanxi provinces and seven industries, such as electricity, tobacco, materials, supply and marketing, catering, service and finance, the turnover rate of accounts receivable of enterprises in most provinces and industries has declined to varying degrees compared with the same period of last year. However, the problems such as serious arrears of accounts, rising proportion of accounts and declining turnover rate of accounts are more prominent in strong cycle industries such as equipment manufacturing. The accounts receivable and payable of listed companies in these industries increased significantly in the first quarter of 2012: the average accounts receivable of iron and steel enterprises was 977 million yuan, up 39.19% year-on-year; The average receivable amount of equipment manufacturing enterprises was 4.05 billion yuan, up 14.35% year-on-year. At the same time, the enterprises in the above industries began to default on the loans of their upstream enterprises, and the potential "triangle debt" crisis has begun to spread to upstream enterprises.

Li Yang, vice president of China Academy of Social Sciences, recently said that in 2011, corporate liabilities in China accounted for 107% of G D P, the highest in the world. According to OECD standards, it is dangerous for corporate liabilities to account for more than 90% of G D P.

It is worth noting that, unlike the "triangle debt" crisis in the early 1990s, this "triangle debt" problem presents new features. The above report pointed out that, unlike the last time, all kinds of enterprises were involved, and small and medium-sized enterprises and private enterprises were more serious; Local investment and financing platforms and large-scale infrastructure projects have become one of the sources of triangular debts; The debt situation shows great differences among industries, which is related to the position of enterprises in the industrial chain.

Insiders pointed out that although it can’t be characterized as a "triangle debt" crisis of enterprises, there are hidden concerns, which are potential crises and realistic problems. If the economic downturn is not handled properly or the business environment of large enterprises continues to deteriorate, a potential crisis may break out. Reporter Zhang Mo Sun Shaohua

Li Hongzhong went deep into Binhai New Area overnight to inspect, dispatch and handle the epidemic situation, and insisted on quickly curbing the spread of the epidemic situation.

  (Reporter Wei Yu Chunfeng) At 0: 30 am on September 27th, Li Hongzhong, secretary of the municipal party committee, went to Binhai New Area overnight to inspect and dispatch the epidemic situation. Li Hongzhong stressed that it is necessary to thoroughly implement the important instructions of the Supreme Leader General Secretary on "the epidemic situation should be prevented, the economy should be stabilized and development should be safe", adhere to the principle of "fast control and fast development", strengthen the control and control of key risk areas, quickly curb the spread of the epidemic situation, and resolutely build a strict defense line for epidemic prevention and control.

  At the new epidemic prevention and control headquarters, Li Hongzhong listened in detail to Lian Maojun, member of the Standing Committee of the Municipal Party Committee and secretary of the Binhai New Area Party Committee, on the determination of key epidemic-related areas, isolation and transshipment, and nucleic acid detection in the whole region. Subsequently, Li Hongzhong made video connection with the Municipal Epidemic Prevention and Control Headquarters, the Municipal Health and Wellness Commission, the Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention, and the responsible comrades in relevant districts, listened to the situation of risk area closure and control management and epidemiological investigation in detail, judged and discussed the epidemic situation, and deployed further key prevention and control measures.

  Li Hongzhong pointed out that the epidemic situation in Binhai New Area was characterized by rapid spread, strong concealment, and aggregation and outbreak. It is necessary to adhere to the bottom line thinking and extreme thinking to the top, strengthen the belief of winning, compact the responsibility of prevention and control, strengthen the measures of "external defense input and internal defense rebound", implement the requirements of "encirclement, screening, fishing and extinguishing", and resolutely block the spread of the epidemic with powerful, orderly and effective work measures. It is necessary to pay attention to overall planning of work, adhere to the balance between efficiency and science, strength and accuracy, scientifically delimit static management areas, strengthen traffic management in key areas, and strictly take community prevention and control measures to minimize the flow of personnel and prevent new communication risks. It is necessary to race against time, quickly mobilize the city’s flow adjustment forces, and quickly carry out nucleic acid testing for all staff in Binhai New Area. It is necessary to make good use of the method of "nucleic acid detection+epidemiological investigation", so as to achieve the follow-up collection, delivery and inspection, further enhance the efficiency of each link, and dynamically track and lock the risk personnel, risk areas and action trajectories. Accelerate the push of big data information, implement control measures in a timely manner, and dig deep into the resources of isolation points to ensure that they should be turned around and separated. It is necessary to strengthen the "external defense input" initiative, strictly implement the management measures for personnel in high-risk positions, and resolutely plug the risk loopholes. The new district should effectively coordinate the prevention and control of epidemic situation and economic and social development, coordinate development and safety, and do a good job in ensuring material supply and maintaining social order.Resolutely be responsible and conscientious. It is necessary to release authoritative information in a timely manner, inform the latest progress of the city’s prevention and control measures and epidemic disposal, respond to the hot issues that the masses care about with heart and emotion, face up to the problems and shortcomings in the work, introduce in detail the next improvement measures for epidemic prevention and control, and strive for the understanding and support of the masses. The whole city will work together, actively organize and cooperate with the prevention and control work, strictly abide by the requirements of prevention and control regulations, and make every effort to win this tough battle.

  City leaders Wang Lijun and Wang Jianguo attended.

Guangdong Provincial Defense General: Emergency rescue must race against time and go all out.

On April 20, a continuous heavy rainfall caused by a squall line swept across Guangdong from north to south in an "arcuate" path, resulting in heavy rains in many places in central and northern Guangdong Province and even local torrential rains. This is the second heavy rainfall in Guangdong since the flood season this year, and the rainfall area is highly overlapping with the previous round. Affected by this, the water level in the Beijiang River Basin in northern Guangdong Province has risen, and it is expected to usher in a once-in-50-year flood. There are 32 hydrological stations in the province that have exceeded the warning water level.

In the face of the raging flood, the Guangdong Provincial Defense General upgraded the flood control response level twice in a row on the same day, and finally upgraded to level II. At the same time, the Water Resources Department of Guangdong Province also upgraded the emergency response of water conservancy and flood control from Grade III to Grade II. Guangzhou, Shaoguan, Heyuan, Qingyuan and other places have also started or improved flood emergency response, and issued early warning signals one after another.

The heavy rainfall continues, the water level of rivers rises sharply, and the flood control and rescue work is being carried out against time. Government departments at all levels stick to their posts, and emergency rescue teams rush to the front line of flood control to build a solid defense line with the broad masses of the people to protect the safety of thousands of households.

The whole territory of Guangdong is ready to go all out to meet the challenge of heavy rainfall. As of April 19th, the accumulated rainfall of large-scale stations in central and northern Guangdong in April has reached a record high in the same period. By 8: 00 on the 20th, the accumulated rainfall in Shaoguan in April had reached 584.4 mm, far exceeding the historical record in the same period. With the continuous heavy rainfall, there may be more areas in central and northern Guangdong to refresh the historical extreme value of rainfall in April.

On the morning of 20th, Guangdong Provincial Defense General upgraded the emergency response to flood control from Grade IV to Grade III, and then upgraded it to Grade II again that night. On that day, a total of 11 rivers in the province experienced super-alarm floods, and the emergency response of water conservancy and flood control in the province was also upgraded to Grade II. Under the severe defense situation, all departments in Guangdong acted quickly and devoted themselves to heavy rainfall prevention and emergency rescue with a high sense of responsibility.

The emergency command center of the Guangdong Provincial Emergency Management Department is brightly lit all night, and the staff is on duty 24 hours a day, paying close attention to the rain and flood situation in the province and the real-time situation of major water conservancy projects. A dispatch telephone keeps dialing to key areas to command and dispatch all localities to do defense work. The Water Resources Department of Guangdong Province closely monitors the defense dynamics in various places and scientifically dispatches water projects, such as dispatching Feilaixia Reservoir and Lechangxia Reservoir in Beijiang in recent days to pre-discharge the reservoirs in advance, effectively exerting the flood control and disaster reduction functions of water conservancy projects. At the grassroots level, various defensive measures are deployed and implemented intensively.

Foshan Nanhai, Shunde, Gaoming and other places launched a Class III emergency response to prevent rainstorms, and strengthened inspections of urban waterlogging sites, hidden dangers of geological disasters, dilapidated houses, construction sites, temporary sheds and other places. The water level in Qingyuan continues to rise, so it is urgent to transfer the masses urgently. By noon on the 20th, Yingde had transferred 1963 people in advance, and by 15: 00 that day, Feilaixia Town in Qingcheng District had transferred 119 people in advance.

In the face of disasters such as waterlogging and landslides caused by heavy rainfall, rescue forces responded quickly and transferred the trapped people in time. For example, on the evening of April 19th, Zhaoqing Fire Department received an alarm, and there was an old man in the old town of Wei Town, Aozai Town, Huaiji County who needed to be transferred urgently because of water in his home. After the firefighters arrived at the scene, they found that there was serious waterlogging in the house and surrounding areas, and three people were trapped. Firefighters quickly assessed the rescue route and successfully moved the trapped people to a safe place after doing a good job of safety protection.

At 10: 00 am on April 20th, a seriously ill old man was trapped at home due to rising water at No.22 Dongfeng Road, Maba Town, qujiang district, Shaoguan City. The fire rescue station immediately went to the rescue after receiving the report. In the face of rising water, rescuers carried stretchers and braved the water to go deep into the trapped place. The deepest part of the accumulated water is close to the thigh, and the rescuers steadily lift the stretcher and wade step by step to safely send the elderly to the ambulance.

Continuous heavy rainfall caused landslides in jiangwan town, Wujiang, Shaoguan. Liu Yanhui, director of Guangdong Geological Disaster Emergency Rescue Technology Center, said that the center has sent professional and technical personnel to the site for emergency investigation and disposal to provide technical support for rescue work. Liu Yanhui specially reminded that the current rainstorm process is still going on, the soil water content is saturated, and the risk of secondary disasters such as urban and rural waterlogging, flash floods, mudslides, landslides and collapses is extremely high. He called on the masses to stay away from risk areas such as waterlogging-prone low-lying areas, geological disaster-prone areas and mountain torrents-prone areas, not to risk wading, strictly abide by the instructions of transferring and avoiding risks, and not to return without authorization before the danger is lifted to ensure personal safety.

Heavy rainfall has a certain impact on transportation and power supply. As of press time, traffic control has been implemented in many sections of Guangdong Province. In this regard, all localities and departments actively responded, striving to minimize the impact of heavy rainfall on people’s lives and disaster losses.

For example, the railway department takes measures to stop and turn back the ordinary speed trains passing through Shaoguan of Beijing-Guangzhou Railway to ensure the safety of trains and passengers. At the same time, from 10: 00 to 18: 00 on April 21, some ordinary trains passing through the Beijing-Kowloon Railway were stopped. Starting from the morning of the 20th, the railway department and the local government carried out transshipment for the affected passengers in Shaoguan East, Hengyang, Chenzhou and other railway stations of the Beijing-Guangzhou Railway, and minimized the impact on passengers’ travel by adding high-speed trains, adding stops along the way, and using empty seats of existing trains.

On April 20th, China Southern Airlines Guangzhou launched a red warning of large-scale flight delay. The staff of China Southern Airlines answered the questions of transit passengers on the spot, assisted in the change procedures, and set up a baggage claim area for canceling flights at Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport, adding more manpower to help passengers quickly claim their luggage.

Guangdong Power Grid Corporation of China Southern Power Grid started the Level II response of wind and flood prevention at 19: 00 on April 20th. According to Wei Ruizeng, an expert from the Equipment and Environment Monitoring and Evaluation Institute of Guangdong Electric Power Research Institute of China Southern Power Grid, 3,448 potential flood hazards have been identified, and early warning information has been sent to front-line operation and maintenance personnel. By 16: 00 on the same day, Guangdong Power Grid Corporation of China Southern Power Grid had dispatched 3,769 emergency repair personnel, 1,278 emergency repair vehicles and 14 emergency power generation vehicles. More than 70% of the 610,000 users in Guangdong Province affected by the rainstorm have resumed power supply.

A 20-meter-long dam in Dongfengwei, Daping Village, Gushui Town, Guang Ningxian, Zhaoqing was destroyed by the flood, which affected about 300 villagers in five natural villages, including Jiangtou Village, Youyu Village, Duiwu Village, Longjiang Village and Hongwei Village, and flooded about 100 mu of farmland. Gushui Town immediately launched an emergency plan, organized more than 100 people, including emergency teams and party member people, to go to the affected villages for emergency rescue, and dispatched rubber boats to help the surrounding people pass.

Zhaoqing City, Guang Ningxian Emergency Management Bureau and County Water Conservancy Bureau quickly arrived at the scene to determine the emergency repair plan together with the local town government. Rescuers, hook machines and transport vehicles were quickly assembled, and a 24-hour shift system was implemented for emergency repair. As of press time, the gap at the bottom of the dam has been repaired.

The whole province of Guangdong, with one heart and one mind, resolutely performs its duties of flood control and disaster relief, goes all out to do the most important flood control and disaster relief work at present, and is confident and capable of winning this heavy rainfall defense war.

Do you think the eight "bans" in the new regulations of the escalator "Left Walking and Right Standing" should be advocated?

  CCTV News:In the past few days, Shanghai Metro has issued the "latest version of escalator riding instructions", which has aroused heated discussion. The biggest change is — — The previous advocacy of "walking left and standing right" was cancelled and replaced by "no walking and running while taking the escalator", and this "new ban" ranks first among the eight "bans", and its importance can be imagined. "No walking and running" has become the first rule of taking stairs, so the question will follow. Is the "walking left and standing right" advocated before out of date? What is the reason for this change?

  The reporter saw at Nanjing West Road Station of Shanghai Metro Line 2 that there are seven escalators with new version of the instructions for taking the escalator, the first one is "No walking or running". However, many pedestrians still take the stairs according to their original habits.

  However, there are different voices in the society against "going left and standing right". Previously, "standing on the right and rushing on the left" was considered as a civilized expression of taking the escalator, which not only facilitated many pedestrians who were in a hurry by taking the escalator, but also maintained the traffic order to a certain extent.

  From the point of view of safety, the step height of escalator is quite different from that of stairs. According to the current national standards, the step height of escalators is generally 21cm, and the maximum height should not be greater than 24cm, which is 13 cm-18 cm higher than the design height required for stairs in public places; In addition, according to the regulations, the step depth of escalators should not be less than 38cm, which is far higher than the national minimum requirement for the step width of ordinary stairs of 22cm. Therefore, if people walk on the escalator, it is easy to step empty or stumble, and it is easy to bump into other passengers on the escalator during walking, resulting in accidents.

  In addition, the speed of elevators in shopping malls is generally 0.5 m/s, while the speed of elevators in subways is a little faster, about 0.65-0.7 m/s, which belongs to "high-speed elevators". If someone gets up and down in a hurry, it is easy to "take a big piece" once they fall or have an emergency. Especially passengers who are dragging their luggage in a hurry are more likely to cause danger.

  There are some historical reasons for the emergence of "walking left and standing right".

  Britain was the first country to put forward the idea of "standing on the right and passing on the left" on escalators. In 2008 and before the Shanghai World Expo, China also advocated the escalator method of "walking left and standing right". In 2015, Wuhan also proposed to promote this civilized escalator method. However, with the passage of time, the suggestion of "standing on the right and rushing on the left" was gradually cancelled by many cities.

  Like Nanjing and Shanghai, Guangzhou does not advocate "going left and standing right". In August last year (2018), Guangzhou Metro Group announced that it did not advocate "standing on the right side and passing on the left side" on the elevator. The main consideration was the safety and mechanical wear of the elevator. Previously, Beijing West Railway Station also made it clear that passengers were not advised to "stand left and right" when taking the escalator, but hoped that passengers would "stand firm and help well". Hong Kong advocated "walk left and stand right" earlier, because as an earlier subway city, there were only elevators without stairs in the subway, so as to leave a passage for pedestrians in a hurry and special circumstances. However, since 2010, Hong Kong has no longer advocated this line of work, and instead it has also advocated passengers to "stand firm and help".