Press conference on promoting high-quality development series.

Time: March 28th, 2024 at 10:00 a.m.

Venue: Press Release Hall of Shenzhen Municipal Government

Record content

Moderator Su Rongcai (Deputy Director of Propaganda Department of Shenzhen Municipal Committee and Director of Information Office of the Municipal Government):

Good morning, media friends! Welcome to today’s press conference. In order to implement the spirit of the provincial high-quality development conference and the city’s high-quality development promotion conference, and further play a strong voice of high-quality development, this year, the Information Office of the Shenzhen Municipal People’s Government will hold a series of press conferences to promote high-quality development. Today is the first of a series of press conferences, which mainly introduces Shenzhen’s promotion of high-quality development and the creation of the best investment destination, and answers questions from reporters on issues that everyone cares about.

Present at today’s conference are:

Ms. Guo Ziping, Director of Shenzhen Development and Reform Commission;

Mr. Ye Wenge, Deputy Director of Shenzhen Municipal Bureau of Commerce;

Ms. Huang Xiaoyu, Deputy Director of Shenzhen Investment Promotion Bureau;

I am Su Rongcai, deputy director of the Propaganda Department of Shenzhen Municipal Committee and director of the Information Office of the Municipal Government.

Next, we invite Ms. Guo Ziping, director of the Municipal Development and Reform Commission, to introduce the overall situation of Shenzhen in promoting high-quality development and creating the best investment destination. Please welcome!

Guo Ziping: Good morning, friends from the media! Investment is the basic driving force of economic growth, and grasping effective investment means grasping high-quality development. As an important window of China’s reform and opening-up, Shenzhen has been attracting all kinds of high-quality resources from all over the world and striving to build the best investment destination. By February 2024, the total number of commercial entities in the city had reached 4,257,500, including 2,613,100 enterprises, 11 local Fortune 500 enterprises, and about 300 Fortune 500 branches settled in Shenzhen, which injected a steady stream of momentum into economic and social development. Below, I would like to briefly introduce the practice and effect of Shenzhen as the best investment destination.

First, we will continue to introduce influential and competitive industrial policies. We have always maintained the sensitivity to seize the industrial outlet, issued a series of systematic and precise industrial support policies, helped the upstream and downstream enterprises in the industrial chain to complement each other, develop in a gradient and grow together, and accelerated the construction of a modern industrial system with Shenzhen characteristics and advantages. Strategic emerging industries and future industries are the new pillars and tracks to lead industrial development, and also the main positions to develop new quality productivity. As early as 2009, Shenzhen began to plan the development of strategic emerging industries and future industries. For example, in 2009, Shenzhen was selected as the first batch of pilot cities for demonstration and promotion of new energy vehicles in China, and continuously launched a series of support policies around R&D, manufacturing, application demonstration, popularization and encouraging consumption of new energy vehicles, and issued dozens of local industry standards to help the new energy vehicle industry gradually grow into a new pillar industry. In 2023, the output and ownership of new energy vehicles in Shenzhen reached 1.79 million and 970,000 respectively, ranking first in the country. Entering the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, Shenzhen continued to implement the "20+8" industrial cluster action, and strategic emerging industries entered a new round of rapid development, with an average annual growth rate of 7.5%, and the added value exceeded 1.4 trillion yuan, accounting for 41.9% of GDP. This year, we iteratively launched the "20+8" industrial cluster policy version 2.0, and focused on a number of special policies, such as the high-quality development of car-grade chips and power semiconductor devices, the cultivation of core supply chain enterprises with hot-selling single products, and the cross-border integration and development of "fashion new products". The implementation of these policies,It will definitely put our enterprise on the fast track of development. Paying attention to the development of service industry is another distinctive feature of Shenzhen’s industrial policy. On March 18 this year, the city held a high-standard conference to accelerate the high-quality development of the service industry. The Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government have issued opinions on accelerating the high-quality development of service industry, and various departments will also launch a series of policies around key areas of service industry, forming a "1+N+X" policy system for the high-quality development of service industry, and promoting the potential sub-sectors to be different every year, different in three years and brilliant in five years. For example, around the professional service industry, we have issued special support policies in the fields of human resources, lawyers, certified public accountants, asset appraisal, etc. Next, we will formulate implementation plans to promote the high-quality development of the professional service industry, introduce and cultivate professional service institutions with international competitiveness, and provide first-class professional services for enterprises to invest and start businesses. For another example, the headquarters economy is an important embodiment of the city’s core competitiveness. Last year, we issued the implementation opinions to promote the high-quality development of the headquarters economy, and gave all-round support to the headquarters enterprises in settling down, renting and buying houses, using land and talents. We also planned and laid out 40 headquarters economic clusters in the city, including Shenchao Headquarters, Xiangmihu and before the gulf, and introduced world-class headquarters enterprises to settle down.

The second is to establish and improve the innovation system with enterprises as the main body. Shenzhen is a city of innovation. Over the years, we have actively integrated into the global innovation network, gathered global innovation resources, and established an innovation system that is market-oriented, industrialization-oriented, and enterprise-oriented, so that enterprises want to innovate, dare to innovate, and can innovate. In 2023, the R&D investment of the whole society reached 188 billion yuan, accounting for 5.81% of GDP, of which the R&D investment of enterprises accounted for 94.9% of the total R&D investment of the whole society, ranking first in the country. Shenzhen has the strong support of a national strategic platform. We have built Bright Science City with high level and standard, laid out a number of major scientific and technological infrastructures such as Free Electron Laser and National Supercomputing Phase II, and accelerated the construction of a comprehensive national science center in Greater Bay Area. Materials genomics, brain analysis and simulation, synthetic biology research and other facilities have been built and put into trial operation, and will be further opened to enterprises in the future. In August last year, the State Council officially issued the Development Plan of Shenzhen Park in Hetao Shenzhen-Hong Kong Science and Technology Innovation Cooperation Zone. We will give full play to the advantages of Shenzhen-Hong Kong cooperation and accelerate the comparison with international high-standard innovation rules, so as to make the cooperation zone a pilot zone for Shenzhen-Hong Kong science and technology innovation and open cooperation, an experimental zone for international advanced science and technology innovation rules, and a pilot transformation gathering area in Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. There are innovative carriers with diverse structures here in Shenzhen. The city has more than 3,600 innovative carriers, and has established a high-level laboratory system including 1 national laboratory, 13 national key laboratories, 4 laboratories in Guangdong Province, and more than 390 key laboratories in Shenzhen.It was approved to build the third-generation semiconductor national technology innovation center, the national high-performance medical device innovation center, the national bio-manufacturing industry innovation center and other national industrial innovation carriers. In addition, we are speeding up the layout of a number of concept verification centers and pilot platforms to provide enterprises with full chain services for technical research, concept verification and achievement transformation. There are world-class innovative talents here in Shenzhen. We provide all kinds of talents with preferential personal income tax in Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, financial support for outstanding talents, second-batch settlement, living allowance and other package policies to help enterprises better gather and retain talents. By the end of 2023, Shenzhen had gathered more than 6.79 million talents, 98 full-time academicians, 24,000 high-level talents, 1.534 million high-skilled talents and over 200,000 returned overseas students. More and more top talents in the world are accelerating to gather in Shenzhen.

The third is to provide convenient and complete cost-effective factor guarantee. Last year, we introduced specific measures to implement "20 measures to reduce manufacturing costs" and continued to promote comprehensive reform of market-oriented allocation of factors. In terms of industrial space that enterprises are generally concerned about, according to the principle of relative agglomeration layout and centralized contiguous development, we plan to build 20 advanced manufacturing parks and 20 scientific and technological innovation clusters in the city, innovatively launch industrial affordable housing, promote the development and construction of centralized contiguous areas, and promote the construction of large projects with "overall planning of large areas" to ensure that high-quality projects, whether newly put into production or increased capital and expanded production, have land to fall in Shenzhen. In terms of capital elements, Shenzhen has a multi-level capital market system with Shenzhen Stock Exchange as the core. The comprehensive strength of banking, insurance, securities and other industries ranks among the top three in the country. The asset management scale of various wealth management institutions exceeds 28 trillion yuan, and an industrial fund group of 100 billion levels has been established around the "20+8" industrial cluster. We will take the initiative to connect the resources of various financial institutions to provide enterprises with life-cycle financing services. This year, more than 800 billion yuan will be added in small and micro loans, manufacturing loans, technology-based enterprise loans and green loans. In terms of data elements, we will attach great importance to the function of data, a new production factor, to empower thousands of industries, build a national data trading platform with international influence based on Shenzhen Data Exchange, introduce third-party management institutions for data transactions, data vendors and data circulation transactions, and register data property rights. By the end of 2023, we have gathered 305 data vendors nationwide.The transaction volume was 6.49 billion yuan, of which cross-border transactions exceeded 100 million yuan, ranking first in the country. Next, according to the development needs of artificial intelligence and other industries, we will focus on promoting the socialized application of government data such as people, places, things, things, feelings and organizations in cities, actively strive for the pilot of data assets entering the table, and fully release the social value of data elements.

The fourth is to create a first-class business environment in accordance with international standards. In January this year, we also held a press conference on the theme of business environment here. We will put forward a work plan for optimizing the market-oriented, rule-based and international business environment in 2024 and a work plan for optimizing and upgrading the business environment assessment standards of the World Bank, and introduce a number of practical and effective methods based on the needs and feelings of enterprises. In terms of market access, we will accelerate the full implementation of 24 measures to relax market access in Shenzhen, and further relax market access in telecommunications, medical care, energy and other fields. For example, taking the opportunity of promoting the "Hong Kong-Macao Medical Machinery Link", we will support innovative drugs that have been listed overseas, promote the application of real-world data in the clinical evaluation of Shenzhen’s life cycle, and further accelerate the process of listing new products. In terms of examination and approval services, we will pay attention to improving the examination and approval efficiency of private investment projects, set up special classes for project coordination and docking, and implement "starting with land" for major private investment projects to promote early start, early completion and early production of projects. In terms of policy enjoyment, we rely on the "I Shenzhen" and "Shenzhen I Enterprise" APP to launch the through train platform for benefiting enterprises and realize a large number of policies, such as "one-click confirmation, application-free enjoyment". For example, in 2023, 159 items such as post expansion subsidies were introduced, and more than 50 items will be added this year, so that more policies can be enjoyed directly.

Shenzhen is a hot spot and a broad stage for the development of global enterprises. We will adhere to the principle of "sincerity+itinerary" to attract investment from all over the world and the whole country, and continue to provide guarantee for enterprises to invest in all factors, provide good services throughout the chain and optimize the environment in all directions. We sincerely invite entrepreneurs, investors and scientists to invest in Shenzhen to create a miracle and win-win future! Thank you!

Su Rongcai: Thanks to Director Guo Ziping for his briefing. Next, let’s enter the questioning session. Please inform the name of your news organization before asking questions. Now start asking questions.

Reporter: A reporter from the Central Radio and Television General Station asked questions. We have been paying attention to the development of private economy in Shenzhen, and would like to ask Director Guo Ziping what measures Shenzhen will take to further support the development of private economy? thank you

Guo Ziping: Thank you for your question. The private economy has always been an important engine of Shenzhen’s economic and social development. I have a set of data here to report to you. Our private economy contributes about 40% of the city’s fixed assets investment, 50% of GDP, 60% of import and export, 70% of tax revenue and 80% of technological innovation. From this set of data, we can see the important position of private economy in Shenzhen’s economic and social development. In 2023, Huawei, BYD and other private enterprises in Shenzhen were selected into the world’s top 500. Among the top 500 private enterprises in China, 27 enterprises came from Shenzhen, and the top 10 enterprises in Shenzhen accounted for 4 seats, which has become the city with the most active private economy and the most concentrated private enterprises in China. We have always grown and developed together with the private economy and private enterprises, and always regard private enterprises and entrepreneurs as our own. On the basis of implementing the "20 Articles of Private Economy" launched last year, we will launch more measures this year to support the private economy to become bigger, better and stronger. First, further reduce the operating costs of private enterprises. Accelerate the construction of high-quality industrial space such as headquarters economic cluster and advanced manufacturing park, implement zero investment in pipeline connection projects outside the red line such as water supply, power supply, gas supply and drainage, promote the green transformation of 100 industrial parks, and reduce the cost of land and energy use for enterprises. Smooth financing channels for private enterprises, continue to promote the linkage among the government, banks, business associations and enterprises, and promote government affairs data to become a "passport" for private enterprises’ financing, and accurately match the financing needs of private enterprises. Strengthen the employment service guarantee of private enterprises,Support schools and scientific research institutions to build professional and practical training bases with private enterprises in an order-based mode, optimize and improve the high-end talent service system, and provide solid talent support and intellectual support for the development of private enterprises. The second is to increase the application scenarios and market opening for private enterprises. Focusing on the goals and tasks of building a pioneer city of ultra-fast broadband, a pioneer city of artificial intelligence, a pioneer city of digital twins, a pioneer city of digital energy, a city of super-charging, a new generation of world-class automobile city, and a city of Euler in HarmonyOS, we will open application scenarios such as smart city operation and management, low-altitude distribution, unmanned driving, charging and replacing facilities, and whole-house intelligence to private enterprises, and provide the best "testing ground" for new technologies and new products of enterprises. We will introduce some measures to expand private investment, support private enterprises to participate in bidding and government procurement on an equal footing, strictly implement the provisions that the number of finalists in state-owned capital investment projects should not be less than one-third, dynamically update the list of major projects, industrial projects and franchise projects recommended to private capital, and support private capital to deeply participate in the construction and operation of affordable housing, "flat and emergency" public infrastructure, urban village reconstruction, old-age care and new infrastructure. The third is to support private enterprises to participate in international competition. Improve and perfect the "going out" comprehensive service platform, give full play to the network functions of 93 sister cities, 26 sister ports, 11 overseas economic and trade liaison offices, 4 overseas economic and trade representative offices and the majority of business associations, and support private enterprises to "go out to sea in groups".Integrate all kinds of resources to provide more convenient and efficient foreign-related legal services, industrial policy consultation, investment risk early warning and other support for overseas enterprises, and increase consular protection for overseas enterprises. Make good use of the list of products from Shenzhen’s dominant enterprises covering 222 enterprises and 228 products and services, help private enterprises to expand overseas markets, vigorously explore emerging markets such as the Middle East, Southeast Asia, Central Asia, Latin America and Africa, and increase the "depth" of the global market. thank you

Reporter: The Economic Daily asked a question. Recently, a conference on accelerating the high-quality development of the service industry was held in Shenzhen, and it was proposed to build a new high-quality and efficient modern service industry system with Shenzhen characteristics and advantages. Excuse me, Deputy Director Ye Wenge, what is the work foundation and work goal of this year in accelerating the high-quality development of service industry in the business field?

Ye Wenge: Thank you for your question. Let me answer this question. Here, I would like to briefly introduce some situations of accelerating the high-quality development of the service industry in the business field. The first is wholesale and retail. Last year, the added value of wholesale and retail in our city was 292.3 billion yuan, accounting for 8.4% of GDP, but there is still much room for growth. This year, in the wholesale industry, the Municipal Bureau of Commerce will focus on four tasks: First, accelerate the introduction and cultivation of a number of wholesale enterprises. The second is to highlight the development of wholesale business related to the supply chain of manufacturing industry chain. The third is to take the import and export business as an important starting point for the wholesale industry. Fourth, vigorously develop wholesale business related to bulk commodities and high-quality consumer goods. In the retail industry, the Municipal Bureau of Commerce will focus on the following three tasks: First, introduce and cultivate more retail enterprises that are marketable and lead the demand; Second, from the needs of residents and tourists, constantly optimize the layout of the city’s retail industry; The third is to vigorously develop e-commerce, especially cross-border e-commerce. Our import and export target for cross-border e-commerce this year is 300 billion yuan.

The second is the convention and exhibition industry. Last year, the exhibition industry in our city achieved leap-forward development, and the number of exhibitions held, the exhibition area, the revenue of exhibition enterprises and the number of conferences held all achieved the best level of growth in history. However, we need to make greater efforts in the quantity and quality of holding international conferences and national conferences. This year, the Municipal Bureau of Commerce will focus on the following three tasks: First, cultivate and build a number of professional exhibitions and fine exhibitions. Strive to increase the number of new industries and future industrial exhibitions by 10% throughout the year. The second is to turn the popularity of convention and exhibition economy into the kinetic energy of development. Strive to hold an exhibition area of 12 million square meters throughout the year, and give full play to the role of exhibitions in promoting investment, facilitating transactions, exchanges and cooperation. The third is to improve various supporting facilities and services around the needs of participating in the exhibition.

The third is trade in services. Last year, our city comprehensively deepened the pilot of innovation and development of service trade, and promoted the full implementation of 102 measures in the pilot list. The import and export of service trade reached US$ 130.07 billion, an increase of over 20%. It can be said that the demonstration effect of service trade innovation in our city continues to expand, among which four service trade innovation cases, such as "Simplifying the Maritime Procedures for Yacht Free Travel in Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao", were selected as the third batch and the fourth batch of "Best Practice Cases" of the the State Council Inter-Ministerial Joint Conference Office for the Comprehensive Deepening of Service Trade Innovation and Development, and 20 enterprises and four projects were promoted to be selected as key national cultural export enterprises and key projects in 2023-2024. Last year, we also issued the Work Plan of Shenzhen Municipality on Implementing the Construction Plan of Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Digital Pilot Area for Global Trade, comprehensively promoting the digital transformation and upgrading of the whole trade chain, and promoting the digital development of new trade industries, new formats and new models.

On March 22nd, the Ministry of Commerce issued Special Administrative Measures for Cross-border Trade in Services (Negative List) (2024 edition) and Special Administrative Measures for Cross-border Trade in Services in Pilot Free Trade Zone (2024 edition), which are important measures for China to actively benchmark international high-standard economic and trade rules and promote institutional opening, and will provide new opportunities for global open cooperation in service trade. We will carefully sort out the contents of the list and make further innovations. We in Shenzhen are confident of achieving more and greater results in service trade.

Promoting the high-quality development of service industry is a systematic project. Next, under the deployment of the Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government, the Municipal Bureau of Commerce will formulate policies related to the high-quality development of service industry segments and make systematic arrangements to implement them. In 2024, Shenzhen’s service industry has great potential, unlimited prospects, great potential and just the right time.

thank you

Reporter: Phoenix TV reporter asked questions. We would like to pay attention to the current foreign investment confidence in Shenzhen, and ask Deputy Director Huang Xiaoyu what specific measures the government has to optimize the business environment for foreign investment? thank you

Huang Xiaoyu: I am very grateful to the reporters of Phoenix TV and the media friends present for their attention to the foreign investment in Shenzhen. Attracting and utilizing foreign investment is an important part of promoting high-level opening to the outside world and building a new open economic system. In 2023, 8002 foreign-invested enterprises were established in the city, up by 86.6% year-on-year, and the actually used foreign capital was 62.62 billion yuan, indicating that the momentum of foreign investment in Shenzhen has not diminished, and multinational companies are still optimistic about the investment prospects in Shenzhen. In 2023, the Shenzhen Global Investment Conference negotiated and signed more than 380 projects, involving an investment of over one trillion yuan.

From January to February 2024, the actual use of foreign capital in the city was 7.04 billion yuan, and the newly established foreign-invested enterprises in the city were mainly concentrated in the service industry, among which the newly established foreign-invested enterprises in scientific research and technical service industry increased by 97.1%.

In order to further optimize the foreign investment environment, improve the level of investment promotion and increase the intensity of attracting foreign investment, the following three aspects are mainly done:

The first is to expand the breadth and depth of opening up. Vigorously implement the 24 policies and measures to stabilize foreign investment issued by the State Council, strictly implement the negative list of foreign investment access, and completely cancel the restrictions on foreign investment access in the manufacturing sector. We will further implement the new negative list of foreign investment access in the country, continue to reduce the restrictions on foreign investment access, and carry out access pilots in areas such as medical care and value-added telecommunications that foreign-funded enterprises are very concerned about. We will further promote the reform and opening-up of major platforms such as Qianhai Shenzhen-Hong Kong Modern Service Industry Cooperation Zone and Hetao Shenzhen-Hong Kong Science and Technology Innovation Cooperation Zone, increase the comprehensive pilot demonstration of service industry expansion and opening-up, support more qualified foreign-funded institutions to carry out business in banking, insurance, bond funds and other fields, and encourage foreign investors to set up private equity funds and carry out various investment activities according to law.

The second is to increase the guidance of foreign investment. Combined with the relevant documents of the state and our city, we will speed up the introduction of the implementation measures for further attracting and utilizing foreign capital and the methods for identifying the headquarters enterprises of multinational corporations (revised version), strengthen the publicity of investment opportunities and policies for the whole world, give play to the dynamic role of policies, promote the docking of investment promotion and the matching of projects, and introduce a number of influential foreign-funded landmark projects.

The third is to strengthen foreign investment promotion and service guarantee. We will implement the round-table meeting system for foreign-invested enterprises, answer policy questions that foreign-invested enterprises care about, give full play to the all-round and multi-level service role of Shenzhen’s public service system for foreign investment promotion, provide enterprises with one-stop service throughout their life cycle, and coordinate and solve difficulties and problems in the operation of foreign-invested enterprises in a timely manner. Next, we will upgrade the foreign investment promotion and service system, deepen the normal exchanges with foreign-funded enterprises and foreign business associations, continuously improve and optimize the level of foreign investment services, and continue to create a market-oriented, rule-of-law and international first-class business environment, so that Shenzhen will always become a hot spot for transnational investment, allowing foreign-funded enterprises to enter, stay and develop well. thank you

Reporter: Southern Finance all-media reporter asked questions. It is understood that the "single window" of international trade in Shenzhen has played an important role in improving the level of cross-border trade facilitation and the high-quality development of foreign trade services. Can Deputy Director Ye Wenge please tell us about the current operation of "single window" and what new measures will be taken in 2024? thank you

Ye Wenge: Thank you for your questions. The single window of international trade is an important digital infrastructure for the high-quality development of foreign trade. By the end of 2023, the single window of Shenzhen international trade had been launched in 36 business fields and 165 business modules, providing over 2,000 services. There are 148,300 registered enterprises on the platform and over 500,000 enterprises serving the whole country. Business indicators rank among the top in the country. In 2023, major business applications exceeded 53 million votes, accounting for 66.2% of the province and 14.1% of the country.

With regard to the construction of a single window for international trade, according to the work arrangement of the Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government, the Municipal Bureau of Commerce has studied and formulated the Action Plan for the Construction of a Comprehensive Foreign Trade Service System for China (Shenzhen) International Trade Single Window, and put forward 23 specific measures from four aspects: strengthening digital processing capacity, promoting data aggregation and sharing, optimizing and innovating public services, and supporting the development of new formats and new models, so as to improve the convenience of international trade business through digital empowerment.

In 2023, focusing on the logistics cooperation between Shenzhen and Hong Kong, we developed and launched the "Shenzhen-Hong Kong Seamless Customs Clearance" service, realizing the "one-time entry and two-place declaration" of customs clearance documents between Shenzhen and Hong Kong in the "single window" of international trade in Shenzhen, and reducing the import and export business cost of each ticket between the two places by more than 60%; Focus on improving the efficiency of tax refund, research and develop an online electronic filing document system for export tax refund and collaborative service for export tax refund, and reduce the tax refund cycle of users to three working days; Focus on the docking of financial services between banks and enterprises, research and develop the online "foreign trade financial supermarket", realize the "full-process online operation" of international settlement, empower financial institutions to optimize foreign trade credit products through data, realize more than 220,000 trade verification services, and settle and pay more than 8.1 billion US dollars online, helping SMEs to increase their average credit line by more than 660,000 yuan and reduce their average interest rate by 2.1 percentage points. At the same time, the country’s first full-mode sunshine public service platform for cross-border e-commerce was built, providing one-stop sunshine services of "customs clearance, remittance and tax", and the declared business volume reached 2.3 billion votes.

In 2024, the Municipal Bureau of Commerce will closely follow the theme of promoting the high-quality development of foreign trade, accelerate the application of new technologies such as "blockchain+big data+artificial intelligence", and launch a number of "foreign trade+customs clearance+logistics+finance" public services with local characteristics in Shenzhen, further enrich the digital service benchmarking scenarios such as intelligent customs clearance, smart logistics, smart tax rebate, international settlement, freight insurance and trade financing, and make every effort to build a big data base for shipping trade in Shenzhen.

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Su Rongcai: Dear media friends, our graphic record of this conference will be released in Shenzhen and official platforms such as Shenzhen Government Online. At the same time, there will also be video playback on media platforms such as Read Special, Shenzhen I and Shenzhen I.. This is the end of today’s press conference. Thank you for your publishers and media friends’ support. Thank you!

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Recently, the red theme film "Shuang Shan Blocking War" jointly produced by Anhui Fang Quan Film Group, Hefei East Xincheng Wenlv Media Co., Ltd., Anhui Film Group and Anhui Wenyi Investment Group was selected for the 3rd Hong Kong Bauhinia International Film Festival, and Feidong element went international.

Movie poster. Photo courtesy of Peng Hongling

It is understood that the Hong Kong Bauhinia International Film Festival, approved by the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, is a grand ceremony with the theme of China’s new mainstream films. Its purpose is to promote the internationalization of China’s new mainstream films, show the theme of the new era, new genre and new strength, unite outstanding filmmakers at home and abroad, and work together to show the new mainstream high-quality films that are harmonious, empathetic and resonant, and resonate with the new era.

The movie "Shuang Shan Blocking War" is full of elements in Feidong, and it is a theme film with the theme of anti-Japanese war, in which Feidong is the screenwriter, Feidong is the chief producer, Feidong County invests and the story takes place in Feidong. The 105-minute film tells the story of the Japanese invasion of Jianghuai during the Anti-Japanese War. Xu Daqiang, a company commander of the New Fourth Army, and Zhou Shanwen, a company commander of the Kuomintang, were ordered to stick to Shuang Shan, Qiaotou Town, Feidong County, and stop the Japanese invaders from going west. The joint operation of the two companies repelled several Japanese attacks, which showed the heroic spirit of China soldiers who died and fought bloody battles to the end.

The film was filmed in September, 2021, with a strong cast, written by Xu Zefu, a member of Chinese Writers Association, a member of China Television Artists Association and a native writer in Feidong, produced by Zheng Hui, chairman of Anhui Fang Quan Film Group, directed by Chen Yin, vice president of Hangzhou Traditional Culture Promotion Association, starring Hong Wei, a national first-class actor, and starring Guo Guangping, Liu Guanlin, Li Mingyu and Jiajia Ge.

The film was released in major theaters on January 26th, 2024, and the audience responded well. It is the second red theme film invested and filmed by Feidong County after the revolutionary historical film Yaogang 1949.

Feidong is a hot spot with a glorious red revolutionary tradition. Whether it is the origin of Hefei Central County Committee, the bonfire of eastward anti-Japanese war and the storm of crossing the river, it has stirred up powerful notes here, and countless people with lofty ideals have emerged, leaving behind 44 red sites and countless earth-shaking red stories, such as the memorial hall of the General Front Committee of the Crossing River Campaign, the Hefei History Museum of the Communist Party of China and the Cai Yongxiang Memorial Hall, which provide rich fertile soil for the creation of red theme films.

At present, Feidong County has created many patriotic film scripts such as Guild Wars at Huangtuan Temple, and it is expected to meet the audience one after another in the later period. (Peng Hongling)

　　The 10-day 20th Shanghai International Automobile Industry Exhibition 2023 (hereinafter referred to as "2023 Shanghai Auto Show") closed at the National Convention and Exhibition Center (Shanghai) on April 27th.

　　The 2023 Shanghai Auto Show with the theme of "Embracing the new era of the automobile industry" is an international A-class auto show covering the whole vehicle, automobile supply chain and automobile technology enterprises, which has been highly valued by the global automobile industry. The total exhibition area exceeds 360,000 square meters, and 1,413 vehicles are exhibited in the vehicle exhibition area; 93 world first cars (including 28 world first cars of multinational companies) and 64 concept cars; There are 271 new energy vehicles (including 186 new energy vehicles of China automobile enterprises) and 513 new energy exhibition vehicles. This year’s auto show received more than 13,000 Chinese and foreign media workers competing to report the grand occasion of the auto show, with 906,000 visitors at home and abroad.

　　On April 18th and 19th, two media days, major automobile manufacturers held 151 press conferences. During the same period of the exhibition, more than 20 forums, summits, seminars and technical exchange activities were held, focusing on hot topics such as new energy, intelligent networking, hydrogen energy and smart cars, providing a communication platform for mutual promotion and integration for the future development of the global automobile industry.

　　The transformation of new energy sources in the global automobile industry is accelerating. The number of new energy vehicles released exceeded that of fuel vehicles for the first time, and new energy vehicles firmly occupied the absolute C position of most booths. Many China brands have become the hottest booths in this auto show, which shows the all-round rise of China brand new energy vehicles. The technical senior management teams of foreign brands frequently appear on the booths of China brands to seriously study "independent research and development technology", which shows that China brands have the ability to talk to the world in the fields of new energy and intelligence. Localization of foreign enterprises and internationalization of Chinese enterprises go both ways. At this year’s auto show, more and more exclusive products and technologies have been released for the China market, and foreign brands have said that "only by making decisions on the spot can we develop products that satisfy China consumers." On the other hand, China car companies are accelerating their global distribution, and the ways of "going out to sea" are becoming more and more diversified. This two-way trip also shows that the internationalization of China’s automobile industry has entered a new stage. The iteration speed of the new round of technological upgrading is accelerating. As one of the most important communication platforms in the world automobile industry, Shanghai Auto Show has always been adhering to the "technology leading" and has become the "wind vane" of the global automobile industry. At this year’s auto show, automobile power technologies including pure electric, hybrid, hydrogen fuel power and extended range have also become more diverse and rich, providing consumers with more personalized and diversified car purchase options.

　　The 20th Shanghai Auto Show witnessed the growth and leap of China auto industry.

　　The new Shanghai Auto Show was founded in 1985, and this year is the twentieth. The auto show was originally a window for China to see the world, but now it has grown into a window for the world to see China, and its position in the international auto show is particularly important. The growth of Shanghai Auto Show is the growth of China’s automobile industry, which has promoted the popularization of automobile culture, promoted automobile consumption and greatly promoted the development of China’s automobile industry. In this feast, the core market of global automobile consumption is turning to China, and China consumers are also becoming the "protagonists" of the global automobile market. The competition in the new era of automobiles has begun, and the Shanghai Auto Show will continue to convey deeper and more influential market insights and changing trends to the industry and set off to a new height again.

　　At 11: 00 am on March 4, the press conference of the first session of the 13th National People’s Congress was held in the press conference hall of the Great Hall of the People. Zhang Yesui, spokesman of the conference, introduced the conference to Chinese and foreign media and answered questions from reporters. China Youth Network reporter Yang Yushe

　　At 11: 00 am on March 4, the press conference of the first session of the 13th National People’s Congress was held in the press conference hall of the Great Hall of the People. Zhang Yesui, spokesman of the conference, introduced the conference to Chinese and foreign media and answered questions from reporters. China Youth Network reporter Yang Yushe

　　China Youth Network Beijing, March 4 th(Reporter Song Chen intern reporter Wang Mengsi) At 11: 00 am on the 4th, the first session of the 13th National People’s Congress held a press conference in the press room of the Great Hall of the People. Zhang Yesui, the eighth spokesman of the National People’s Congress since its establishment, appeared to answer questions from Chinese and foreign journalists on the agenda of the Congress and the work of the NPC.

　　谈本次大会：关键之年召开的重要会议

　　“十三届全国人大一次会议是一次换届的大会，是贯彻党的十九大精神的开局之年、改革开放四十周年、决胜全面建成小康社会、实施‘十三五’规划承上启下的关键一年召开的重要会议，是我国人民政治生活中的一件大事。”张业遂表示，大会将在以习近平同志为核心的党中央坚强领导下，高举中国特色社会主义伟大旗帜，深入贯彻习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想和党的十九大精神，坚持党的领导、人民当家作主、依法治国有机统一，认真履行宪法和法律赋予的职责，开成一个民主、团结、求实、奋进的大会。

　　张业遂介绍，大会将于3月5日上午开幕，3月20日上午闭幕，会期15天半，比十二届全国人大一次会议的时间稍长。大会期间共有十项议程，将共举行八次全体会议以及十四场记者会。

　　张业遂还强调，本次大会将首次举行宪法宣誓活动，此外还将首次组织代表通道集中采访活动，邀请部分代表在人民大会堂中央大厅接受记者的集体采访。

　　On constitutional amendment and legislation: providing legal guarantee for national social development

　　In the questioning session of Chinese and foreign journalists at the press conference, a total of 11 journalists asked questions, nearly half of which were related to constitutional amendment and legislative work, and Zhang Yesui answered them one by one.

　　In response to a reporter’s question about "Why do you want to amend the Constitution at this time, and what aspects will you consider to amend it?" Zhang Yesui said that an important task of this conference is to amend part of the Constitution, review and pass the constitutional amendment. Only by constantly adapting to the new situation, absorbing new experiences, confirming new achievements and making new norms can the Constitution have lasting vitality. In order to give full play to the important role of the Constitution in upholding and developing Socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era, it is necessary to make appropriate amendments to the current Constitution, so that the major theoretical innovations, practical innovations and institutional innovations achieved by the Party and the people in practice become constitutional provisions.

　　"Taxation is closely related to the national economy and people’s livelihood. Governing taxation according to law is an important part of comprehensively promoting the rule of law. Implementing the statutory principle of taxation is an important reform task put forward by the CPC Central Committee." In response to a reporter’s question about "the progress of real estate tax law", Zhang Yesui said that real estate tax legislation is an issue of general concern to the society. Accelerating real estate tax legislation is an important task put forward by the CPC Central Committee. The the National People’s Congress Standing Committee (NPCSC) Budget Working Committee and the Ministry of Finance have taken the lead in organizing the drafting. At present, work is being accelerated in drafting and improving the draft law, demonstrating important issues and soliciting opinions internally, so as to complete the preparatory work for submitting it to the Standing Committee for initial deliberation as soon as possible.

　　In response to a reporter’s question about "legislation and supervision of pollution prevention and control", Zhang Yesui said that in 2018, the National People’s Congress Standing Committee (NPCSC) will continue to pay close attention to environmental protection work, formulate the law on prevention and control of soil pollution, revise the law on prevention and control of environmental pollution by solid waste, review the annual report on environmental conditions and the completion of environmental protection targets, and carry out law enforcement inspections on the air pollution prevention and control law and the marine environmental protection law, in an effort to provide a solid legal guarantee for winning the battle of pollution prevention and control.

　　It is understood that an important agenda of this conference is to review the draft supervision law. When answering a reporter’s question about the draft supervision law, Zhang Yesui said that the supervision law is the national legislation against corruption. It is of great and far-reaching significance to strengthen the unified leadership of the party over anti-corruption work, build an authoritative and efficient supervision system and promote the modernization of the national governance system and governance capacity by formulating supervision law, implementing institutional innovation and organizational innovation, and upgrading the practices and experiences that have been proved to be effective in practice into legal systems.

　　Regarding the "2018 Legislative Plan", Zhang Yesui said that in 2018, more than 20 laws will be formulated or amended, including various divisions of the Civil Code and related separate tax laws. At the same time, we will do a good job in the work related to authorization decisions and reform decisions, and strengthen the filing review system and capacity building.

　　On China’s Diplomacy in the New Era: Promoting Two "Constructions"

　　"The 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China comprehensively summed up the historic achievements of China’s development, and proposed that Socialism with Chinese characteristics has entered a new era, and that the diplomacy of a big country with China characteristics in the new era should promote the construction of new international relations and the building of a community of human destiny." When answering a reporter’s question about "China’s diplomacy", Zhang Yesui said that China insists on taking its own road, neither importing foreign models nor exporting China models. China has always followed the path of peaceful development, pursued an open strategy of mutual benefit and win-win, and developed friendly cooperation with other countries on the basis of the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence. China is willing to actively participate in the reform and construction of the global governance system, and hopes to promote the development of the international order in a more just and reasonable direction.

　　对于“朝鲜半岛形势”问题，张业遂表示，朝美是朝鲜半岛问题的主要当事方，如果把朝韩关系和朝美关系比作两个轮子的话，我们希望朝韩关系这个轮子能够继续转下去，希望朝美关系这个轮子能够尽快地转起来，也就是说，我们希望看到朝美双方能够尽早启动对话。中国在半岛问题上的立场是一贯的、明确的，就是我们坚持实现半岛无核化，坚持维护半岛的和平稳定，坚持通过对话协商解决问题。

　　“中美关系是当今世界最重要的双边关系之一，保持中美关系的稳定发展，不仅符合两国和两国人民的根本利益，也是国际社会的普遍期待。双方的共同利益远大于分歧，合作是双方唯一正确的选择。”在回答有关“中美关系”问题时，张业遂表示，中方愿同美方一道，认真落实习近平主席和特朗普总统北京会晤达成的重要共识和成果，坚持相互尊重，增进战略互信，避免战略误判，聚焦互利合作，妥善管控分歧，确保中美关系沿着正确的轨道不断向前发展。

Original title: National Fitness-Sports at the Right Time

On March 20th, residents and merchants participated in the tug-of-war competition. Xinhua News Agency reporter Faye Wong photo

On the vernal equinox of the same day, a tug-of-war competition was held in the shopping mall of Erdaoqiao Community, Erdaoqiao Street, Tianshan District, Urumqi, to advocate national fitness and enjoy the warm sunshine in spring.

On March 20th, residents and merchants participated in the tug-of-war competition. Xinhua News Agency reporter Faye Wong photo

On March 20th, residents and merchants participated in the tug-of-war competition. Xinhua News Agency reporter Faye Wong photo

On March 20th, residents and merchants participated in the tug-of-war competition. Xinhua News Agency reporter Faye Wong photo

On March 20th, residents and merchants participated in the tug-of-war competition. Xinhua News Agency reporter Faye Wong photo

　　BEIJING, Beijing, June 20 (Reporter Yue Chuan) Nowadays, every time a football match comes, female fans will become an indispensable topic on and off the court, and various versions of the "most beautiful fans" atlas in the hands of photographers are even more eye-catching tools. The European Cup in France, which is in full swing, is no exception. In this new upsurge created by football, the camp of female fans is getting bigger and bigger.

　　Although the game is not at home, there is still a time difference when watching the ball, but this does not affect the enthusiasm of the female fans around. As long as you brush your social tools, you will be surprised at the wide coverage of this special group. One after another, the crash handbook for female fans also shows that this group is becoming more and more important in the football world. For some of them, the reason why they are excited about football is not just because of their face value, but because of their true love.

　　Senior female fans: football portrays time rings crazier than boys.

　　Xiaonuo, who was born after 1980s, is a middle-level person in an enterprise, and she usually shows herself as a rigorous and capable professional woman. But as long as you hook up with football, Xiaonuo immediately looks like a different person.

　　Despite his busy work, Xiaonuo still can’t give up his love for football. Since the start of this European Cup, Xiaonuo has watched many games and stayed up all night. In order not to affect her work, most of her spare time outside watching football is used by her to make up her sleep. In the eyes of colleagues, Xiao Nuo is "torturing" herself, but she thinks it is worth it for the European Cup every four years.

　　For Xiao Nuo, the World Cup and the European Cup, which alternate every two years, have become her way of recording time.

　　Xiao Nuo first met football in 1996, which was also the European Cup. It is also because of that contest that Xiao Nuo fell in love with the German team, and it has been 20 years since then. For this figure, Xiaonuo himself seems a little surprised. "The impression of winning the golden ball in Erlhoff is still very deep. I didn’t expect time to pass so quickly."

　　Xiao Nuo recalled that at that time, because she could only see the Bundesliga and Serie A broadcasts, she had great feelings for the two leagues. Posters of Klinsmann, Baggio and batistuta had been hung in her bedroom for a long time. In order not to miss the stories around her idol, Xiaonuo accumulated hundreds of issues of football clubs and contemporary sports, at the expense of almost never eating breakfast in high school. "Younger fans may not even know these two magazines," Xiao Nuo sighed.

　　Baggio, who once charmed countless female fans, has now lost his hair.

　　Besides these, in the twenty years since she became a female fan, Xiaonuo has done many crazier things. It goes without saying that Xiao Nuo was desperate to watch the World Cup group match between China and Brazil in college.

　　"I still remember that it was June 8, and it was almost 11 o’clock after watching the game. The dormitory was turned off and the gate was closed, so I had to go back over the wall." As a result, Xiao Nuo was expelled from the school student union because of this.

　　Not only that, during the World Cup in Germany in 2006, Xiao Nuo, who had just joined the work, almost fought with male fans when he went out to watch the ball with friends. In order to get a commemorative jersey of the German team, Xiaonuo did not hesitate to mobilize all his friends around him to help, and finally entrusted someone to bring one back from abroad … … All these, there are many.

　　Xiao Nuo told reporters that her biggest wish this year is that the German team won the European Cup. But for why she loves football so much, Xiaonuo can’t give a general answer. She just said, "Like is like. If girls really like football, they will be crazier than boys."

　　Louis’ tears, Xiaoxue can understand.

　　"Ordinary" Female Fans: From "Bored" to "Tears"

　　Xiaoxue was born in 1990 and has just worked for one year. Her career as a female fan began four years ago, also because of the European Cup. In the summer vacation of sophomore year, under the guidance of friends, Xiaoxue entered the world of football.

　　Because of that European Cup, Xiaoxue fell in love with Spain and Iniesta. After the contest, Xiaoxue began to pay attention to La Liga, and then he liked Barcelona, followed by Messi, Suarez and Neymar. Now, talking about the stars who have played in Barcelona in recent years and the achievements made by the club, Xiaoxue is like a few treasures. In this competition, she hopes that Spain can defend its title.

　　Xiaoxue also told reporters that in fact, when I first started watching the ball, I felt that football was quite boring. "I didn’t score a goal for a long time. I don’t understand why everyone is so excited because of a ball game."

　　"Until the World Cup semi-final two years ago, Germany’s 7-1 massacre against Brazil, I watched the ball among a group of German fans, and I couldn’t stop crying in the first half." As a fan of Neymar, Xiaoxue had a personal experience for the first time.

　　Nowadays, Xiaoxue watches the ball every week and occasionally stays up late on weekends. Around her, there is also a small circle of female fans, and everyone will meet to watch the ball together from time to time. "By the way, I also went to the Bird’s Nest to watch the South American Derby! Super excited! " It can be seen that football has become a part of Xiaoxue’s life.

　　But even so, Xiaoxue still thinks she is a fake fans, even though she has watched more games than some boys who claim to be real fans in recent years. "I don’t have a deep understanding of tactics, and sometimes I feel quite confused when listening to the commentator analyze the game." However, Xiaoxue also said that she likes the feeling of watching the ball now and will not deliberately move closer to the "real" fans.

　　The German team now relies not only on face value, but also on strength.

　　Female fans studying abroad: Football makes me meet new friends in a foreign land.

　　Lizi is a college student majoring in Korean. She watched the ball for the first time with several Korean students. It was two years ago in the World Cup, a game in which the German team participated. Chestnut’s friend happened to be a fan of the German team, so she also liked this team.

　　However, Chestnut is a pure fake fans. Even her favorite German team, she can only name a few key players. Even so, Chestnut thinks that this will not affect her interest in watching the ball. "I didn’t know the rules very well, so I like the lively atmosphere."

　　Now, Chestnut is studying in Korea as an exchange student. In this European Cup, the German team has played two games, and Chestnut watched the live broadcast with her classmates. Among them, a small number are China students, and most of them are Koreans. In chestnut’s view, football gave her the opportunity to make new friends in a foreign land.

　　"Football is very popular in Korea. Even for girls, if there is a game on the pedestrian street, many people will stop to watch it," Chestnut told reporters. "Watching the game together has enhanced the friendship between my classmates and I have made some new friends. After all, people with common interests are easier to get along with."

　　Besides, Li Zi said that watching football can also help her change her mood, which is also a way to vent negative emotions. "After all, it is very important for me to study abroad alone," said Li Zi. (Some characters in the text are pseudonyms) (End)

Many new players have been added to the folding screen track, and OPPO and vivo have launched their folding screen models. So far, all domestic mainstream manufacturers have folding screen mobile phones.

It should be noted that each folding screen mobile phone emphasizes one point, that is, the number of folds, which is also the focus of many interested users.

For example, vivo X Fold claims that it can achieve lossless folding times of 300,000 times, OPPO Find X is 200,000 times, Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 3 is also publicized for 200,000 times, and Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3 folded up and down is also 200,000 times.

So are these data credible? After all, there is no actual data support, but there are many real netizens.

Recently, some foreign netizens conducted the ultimate folding test on Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3. In addition to daily folding, they also covered the mobile phone in dust and dirt and dipped it in water to fold it.

The data shows that when the Flip 3 was folded to about 350,000 times, the hinge began to become loose, and occasionally it could not be folded. After being folded for 418,503 times, it could not be opened and closed normally.

Compared with the official 200,000 folds, the 410,000 folds are unexpected. It seems that the manufacturer’s propaganda on folding life is still conservative. Of course, the above data are for reference only, and it is better to be careful in actual folding. After all, changing a screen is not cheap.

　　CCTV News (World Weekly):How many children went to the circus on Children’s Day? Circus performance is one of the good memories of childhood for many people. Today, in some large theme parks, the most popular performance is circus. But on May 21st, a 146-year-old "Lingling Circus", known as "the greatest performance on earth" and one of the three largest circuses in the world, held its final curtain call in new york and announced its closure. The news made many people feel particularly sad, but it also made others jump for joy. What does the closure of Lingling Circus mean?

　　　Wonderful performance bid farewell to "the greatest performance on earth"

　　On May 21st, the farewell performance of Lingling Circus was held in Nassau Veterans Memorial Gymnasium in Long Island, new york, USA.

　　Before the performance, Kenneth Field, CEO of the American Field Entertainment Company, the parent company of Lingling Circus, gave a speech in the center of the stage.

　　After a tense 10-second countdown, the performance officially began.

　　The whole performance lasted for 2 hours and 30 minutes, which was wonderful and won applause from the audience.

　　After this final performance, the 146-year history of Lingling Circus came to an end.

　　Audience: It was very interesting. The performance was fantastic, but it was very sad. My children just cried and asked me, Mom, why is the circus closed? Today, I brought my mother, aunt and friends to watch the performance. It was a little sad, but I was glad that we could come. I saw their circus when I was a child.

　　Audience: Unfortunately, the circus has become a symbol of American culture.

　　Past lives of Lingling Circus

　

　　The history of Lingling Circus can be traced back to 1871.

　　At that time, Phineas Taylor Barnum, an American, organized a circus performance by showing rare animals and people with strange shapes, which was very popular with the audience.

　　Ten years later, barnum cooperated with his main competitor, james bailey, and established "barnum and Bailey Circus", the predecessor of Lingling Circus.

　　After barnum and Bailey died, another "Lingling Brothers Circus" formed by five brothers from Wisconsin bought "barnum and Bailey Circus" and merged into "Lingling Circus".

　　At the beginning of the 20th century, Lingling Circus began to change its style. Instead of taking animal exhibitions as its selling point, it trained animals to perform with circus actors, among which elephant training became the signature program of Lingling Circus.

　　In 1967, Lingling Circus was bought by the Field family. The circus continues to expand, hiring a large number of employees and paying a lot of money to collect the world’s rare animals. Every year, Lingling Circus will tour more than 100 cities and become an important part of American entertainment culture. Together with two rising stars: new york Big Apple Circus and Cirque du Soleil, it is known as the three largest circuses in the world.

　　The golden age of circus performance is fading away.

　　However, with the rise of film and television entertainment, electronic games and the Internet, the golden age of circus performance is gradually fading away.

　　Due to high operating costs and declining ticket sales, many circuses have closed down in recent years.

　　In November 2016, the 39-year-old new york Big Apple Circus declared bankruptcy and auctioned its assets in January this year.

　　Jonathan Iverson, head of Lingling Circus: It’s a pity that today’s society no longer pursues miracles that can’t be seen on the Internet.

　　In addition to the pressure of operation, the criticism from public opinion has also put the circus featuring animal performances in an awkward position.

　　Double pressure of management and public opinion crushed Lingling Circus.

　　Members of animal protection organizations: They mistreat animals.

　　Audience: Never mind? ? They won’t do that.

　　Members of animal protection organizations: They abuse animals with tools.

　　Audience: Have you really seen these behaviors you are talking about?

　　In the eyes of animal protection organizations, circus is the hardest hit area of animal abuse.

　　Because most performing animals will be forcibly taken away from their parents after birth. In the process of training, animal trainers will use various ways to destroy their will.

　　Elephant performance was once a classic performance of Lingling Circus.

　　The elephants on the stage look docile and clever, but their growth process is full of fear and helplessness.

　　He was separated from his parents at an early age and received human training. During the training process, the animal trainer will tie up the limbs of the elephant with ropes. Once the elephant’s performance fails to meet the requirements, the animal trainer will stab their sensitive parts with the hook stick in his hand, forcing the elephant to obey because of fear, and finally achieve the goal of domestication.

　　Even if they are trained successfully and become star actors, the situation of these animals is equally pitiful.

　　Because most circuses use the way of touring performances and travel all the year round, the train has become the home of circus members. They married with children, living on the train, look romantic. But animals are different. On endless roads, they are always chained by cold chains and live in narrow carriages.

　　In 2011, for violating the Animal Welfare Law, Field Entertainment paid a fine of US$ 270,000, or about RMB 1.86 million, to the US Department of Agriculture.

　　However, Field Entertainment does not admit that it has abused animals.

　　Their attitude made animal protection organizations increase their protests against the circus.

　　Every time Lingling Circus holds a performance, members of animal protection organizations can be seen outside the venue. They seriously discourage the audience who come to watch the performance.

　　Members of animal protection organizations: Now they will go in and watch the performance without looking back, and when they realize the seriousness, they will stand on our side.

　　Member of animal protection organization: If you don’t want your children to be treated like this, why do you have the heart to let other people’s children suffer from this?

　　Under the pressure of public opinion, finally, in May 2016, after completing the last elephant performance, Field Entertainment decided to retire the elephants in the group and send them to the Florida Animal Protection Center.

　　Without the elephant in the town, the circus ticket revenue "dropped sharply".

　　In January this year, Lingling Circus announced that it would be completely closed at the end of May due to high operating costs and declining ticket sales. After the closure, all the animals in the group will be sent to other suitable places, but the company did not disclose the specific place.

　　Field, CEO of Field Entertainment, USA: Circus has experienced world wars, every economic cycle and many changes. People don’t like circus as much as they used to.

　　Circus should also keep pace with the times. Cirque du Soleil’s "O" show relies on technology instead of animals.

　　Today, among the three major circuses in the world, the only one left is Cirque du Soleil from Canada.

　　This circus, founded in 1984, found a new way, not relying on animal performances to attract attention, but relying on high-tech dance design to gather the world’s best acrobats and gymnasts, coupled with a Hollywood blockbuster-like plot, to present a gripping performance, which soon became a great success and has received rave reviews so far.

　　"Thirty years ago, a circus without animal performances would be regarded as deceiving the audience, but now people like a different circus."

　　-Denver Post

　　Conclusion: More humane, safer, more environmentally friendly and healthier entertainment.

　　Some people say that the closure of Lingling Circus marks the decline of this traditional form of entertainment.

　　However, many people are still optimistic about the future of circus, thinking that circus performance is also advancing with the times, seeking changes in form and content.

　　Indeed, with the change of social concepts and the development of scientific and technological means, people’s entertainment methods have been constantly updated. What we expect is that the mainstream development direction will become more humane, safer, more environmentally friendly and healthier.

　　Yesterday, Young Sangji, adapted from Mao Dun literature prize winner Alai, appeared at the Shanghai International Film Festival. Director Zhang Guodong, art consultant Reed and producer Peggy Chiao appeared at the event site. In an exclusive interview with Chengdu Business Daily-Red Star journalist, several creators revealed the behind-the-scenes story of the filming.

　　Director Zhang Guodong/

　　Hit it off with the original author Alai.

　　Juvenile Sanji is adapted from the literary work Three Cordyceps by the famous writer Alai, which is a novella created by Alai and first published in January 2016. From the world in a child’s eyes, the film "Juvenile Sanji" tells the story of the Tibetan teenager Sanji’s self-drifting journey in pursuit of knowledge and taking Cordyceps as a clue. On this adventure journey, the fantasy drifting of three cordyceps sinensis presents a variety of human beings, and the innocence of children shines brightly in the gloomy secular world.

　　Director Zhang Guodong revealed the origin of filming "Young Sanchi". He said that it was in the process of turning over a circle of friends that he suddenly saw a fragment of Alai’s original work. "It was a circle of friends sent by a friend of mine. After watching it for 15 minutes, I felt that this was the story I needed. The story he talked about digging cordyceps was actually very similar to my experience. At this time, I picked up the phone and called Teacher Alai. As a result, we hit it off with Teacher Alai.

　　Zhang Guodong had filmed a documentary on Tibetan subjects before, which made Alai feel more at ease to give him the work. "I showed the documentary to Teacher Alai at that time, and after watching the film, he said ‘ You can take it and shoot it as you like. I don’t care about anything ’ In this way, Teacher Alai handed "Three Cordyceps" to me, and I took the team for about 20 days. The scene of the heavy snow shot by the little actor should actually be helped by God, from 4 am to 7 pm. After we finished work, the snow stopped. "

　　In the film, Sanji’s actor is very eye-catching and has been well received by many audiences. The director said, "At that time, so many children caught me by his acting skills, so I took him from the snowy mountain to Chengdu, and we lived together for 15 days. I took him to see elephants and monkeys, and didn’t give him any training or invite a professional teacher to play in the zoo."

　　The director revealed that during the filming process, the little actor almost didn’t need to talk about the play. "I never called him to the room alone to talk about how to shoot this play, especially the scene with the principal. He said ‘ Director, can I do it again ’ , he said ‘ I should drop the book on the floor to express my anger ’ . I feel that he is like a genius. I think this little actor is equivalent to a real Cordyceps sent by Snow Mountain. Like a gem, he is the brightest and also lights up our movie. "

　　Screenwriter reed/

　　Some viewers don’t go to the cinema to seek affection.

　　It is particularly worth mentioning that Reed, a famous screenwriter who once created classic films such as Farewell My Concubine and Living, served as the artistic consultant of Young Sanchi. When he mentioned why he joined this small-budget film, Reed replied: "Its type determines the number of audiences. It is not a commercial blockbuster, and this film actually has no pressure from commercial blockbusters, because the investment is very small and the shooting process is very frugal. In fact, the reason why I was willing to participate at that time was that the story was unpretentious, which touched me very much. "

　　At the event, Reed also mentioned the current situation of the film market in China. He said: "Everyone knows that there are some very vulgar phenomena in China films. China’s movies are far from the real social life because of excessive entertainment and commercialization. When entering the cinema, some viewers are actually looking for entertainment instead of seeking to be moved, so excessive entertainment has caused very bad consequences. " Reed later mentioned the differences between Young Sanchi and some entertainment films. "The function of this film is to carve time. This film carves Tibetan life, children’s experiences and stories, and it also carves Tibetan people’s life very truly today. This is the significance of this film."

　　When asked if there were any differences with director Zhang Guodong in the creative process, Reed said, "As a creative work, there will be differences at any time. In fact, I may like this child too much, and I hope he can get this book. Of course, this is a wishful feeling. We feel that as a documentary type, the ending is also right. Not everyone’s dreams will come true, not that everyone’s wishes can be easily realized. This child, I hope he will get this book when he grows up. "

　　Zhang Guodong also said that Reed is a senior, which has helped him a lot: "We started to cooperate with documentaries, and then we will cooperate with three films, all of which are made by Mr. Reed as an art producer and script consultant. In fact, Mr. Reed has been supporting me and cultivating me, and we will have some disputes in this process. I was particularly moved by teacher reed’s remark ‘ We should not be sloppy in our creation. We should be strict with ourselves and not let go of every detail of the film. If you relax a little here and there, the whole film will fall ’ . In the 10 years of contact with teacher reed, I know movies, study movies, and shoot movies. I think filmmakers should do what filmmakers should do. They never tell lies when making movies. When I make movies, I may slack off, but Teacher Reed is like an anchor. My movie today can look like this, which was cultivated by Teacher Reed all the way. "

　　Chengdu Business Daily-Red Star Journalist Zhang Shihao from Shanghai.

　　Elephant News Oriental Jinbao reporter Gong Fengshuo correspondent He Quanyi/graphic

　　Cross history and explore cultural roots. Focus on books and feel the humanistic context. On March 18th, 2024, the 7th "Tracing China — Entering the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, the launching ceremony of the historical culture and reading festival was held on the beautiful campus as scheduled, and all teachers and students participated in the ceremony.

　　First of all, President Shine Wong made a speech for this historical, cultural and reading festival. The rolling river of history and the profoundness of culture have quietly flowed into the blood of Huaxi students. President Wang not only brought the children back to the past dynasties, but also learned about the brilliant cultural and artistic achievements of Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties. Encourage everyone to talk to history in practice, lay a foundation for life, wish everyone to meet a better self in reading, make reading a habit, and let books float all over Huaxi.

　　Northern Dynasty folk songs, Mulan legend, women disguised as men, went out on behalf of their fathers. Some students in Grade One and Grade Two of the school brought excerpts from the speech of Brother Liu from Mulan, Henan Opera, with a unique accent, lovely appearance and majestic momentum, just like an audio-visual feast, and the students called it "wonderful"!

　　During the Wei and Jin Dynasties, literature was brilliant, Jian ‘an was strong and talented. Then, all the students in Class Four and Class Four brought "Short Songs", and the students crossed time and space together to touch the beating heart of the heroes in the world. Cherish the present together and write a brilliant life with diligence!

　　Reading history can make us transparent and open-minded, and reading can make us have excellent knowledge. At the launching ceremony, the sixth-grade students Wang Jiahan, Li Yuetong, Li Zhuoyi and Li Xinyi, as students’ representatives, shared their reading achievements and issued the initiative of this historical, cultural and reading festival.

　　When spring is blooming, let’s embark on the long river of tracing China together. It is beneficial to open books, be diligent and thoughtful, broaden our horizons, strengthen our historical self-confidence and cultural self-confidence, and appreciate great ideas and splendid culture. Let books fill the campus of Huaxi, and let history fill our lives.