CCTV News:The press conference of the 2021 National Cyber Security Publicity Week was held in Beijing on September 30. According to the person in charge, the 2021 National Cyber Security Publicity Week will be held nationwide from October 11th to 17th. Among them, important activities such as the opening ceremony of the National Cyber Security Publicity Week and the Cyber Security Summit Forum will be held in Xi ‘an, Shaanxi.

　　It is reported that 2021 National Cyber Security Publicity Week is jointly organized by the Central Propaganda Department, the Central Network Information Office, the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Ministry of Public Security, the People’s Bank of China, the State Administration of Radio and Television, the All-China Federation of Trade Unions, the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League, the All-China Women’s Federation and other departments, and continues to take "cyber security for the people and cyber security depends on the people" as the theme, with rich forms, strong pertinence and wide coverage.

　　In addition to the opening and closing ceremonies, it also includes important activities such as cyber security Expo, cyber security technology summit forum, cyber security online theme party, cyber security education cloud class, cyber security events, cyber security going to the grassroots level, and national cyber security "double first" commendation; In addition, a series of theme days will be arranged, such as campus day, telecommunication day, rule of law day, financial day, youth day and personal information protection day.

　　The opening ceremony will be held in Xi ‘an International Convention and Exhibition Center on the morning of October 11th, and nearly 1,000 guests from the government, scientific research institutions, universities, social organizations, enterprises and media will be invited to attend. On the afternoon of October 11th, the main forum of the Cyber Security Summit Forum will be held, focusing on the "14th Five-Year Plan" and the long-term goal in 2035, and conducting exchanges and discussions on cyber security technologies, industries, standards and personnel training. Focusing on new fields, new hotspots, new progress and new achievements, several sub-forums will be held simultaneously, such as youth network security protection, network security industry development, network security standards, automobile data security, zero-trust security practice, cyberspace security discipline construction, data security, artificial intelligence, new smart cities, personal information protection and so on.

　　On the eve of the opening ceremony of Cyber Security Week, a cyber security theme exhibition will be launched at Xi ‘an International Convention and Exhibition Center. Combined with the theme of the centenary of the founding of the Communist Party of China (CPC), this paper focuses on the great achievements in the field of network security since the 18th CPC National Congress, and shows the cutting-edge technologies, latest products and demonstration applications of network security enterprises at home and abroad. Set up five exhibition areas, such as the theme exhibition hall of "Striving for a Powerful Network in a Hundred Years", the action of Silk Road Network in Xi ‘an, the protection of key information infrastructure, the innovation driven by network security, the intelligent life escorted by network security and the interactive publishing hall of network security, and set up an interactive experience area to attract the deep participation of the masses.

　　At the same time, during the National Cyber Security Publicity Week, an online exhibition hall was opened in official website, and an online digital exhibition was held for one year. Through technologies such as Web3D, digital reproduction, VR, 360 panorama and H5 multimedia, multi-dimensional online exhibition was realized.

At the Chongqing Auto Show a few days ago, Changan Ford officially released the "Sports Edition".

This car is not a derivative of the familiar Mondeo sedan-it is a model with a 2.0T powertrain.

To be more specific, this "Mondeo Sport Edition" was actually made by Ford China for the China market before, but now with the help of powertrain adjustment, the product name has been changed to below Mondeo.

01

origin

According to Changan Ford, Mondeo is actually a "family sequence" now. The addition of this sports edition expands Mondeo’s product line, and also makes Mondeo family become a mid-to high-end car product line with four powertrains, including 1.5T and 2.0T fuel assemblies of cars, a 1.5T hybrid assembly and the 2.0T hybrid assembly carried by this sports edition.

As for changing EVOS to "Mondeo Sports Edition", is it ok? Personally, I don’t think there is anything wrong with it. A good and well-known product line, constantly expanding derivative models is also the routine operation of car companies, but it is rare to keep only one product line.

For example, Chinese people are familiar with it. In fact, there were hatchback version, sedan version and coupe sports products at the beginning. The latest car company to do this is Toyota-expanding from a single model brand to a product line including cars, sports coupes.

Therefore, "Mondeo", as the best-selling and most recognized product of Changan Ford in China market at present, can be regarded as "bringing the old with the new" by adding a previous "unpopular" model, and may receive additional effects.

Moreover, considering that Mondeo doesn’t have many new car moves in the China market this year, it is also very reasonable to continue to drive the popularity of Mondeo by adding a "Mondeo Sports Edition".

02

motive force

So, what about the Mondeo Sports Edition after switching to Ford’s "high-horsepower E-hybrid"?

First of all, Mondeo Sports Edition is a powertrain with only E-hybrid 2.0T EcoBoost, and the 2.0T+8AT version has been cancelled. This is also different from the power version of Mondeo car, which has the strongest power output in the family, so it is reasonable to call it "sports version".

This 2.0T hybrid adopts the power split configuration E-CVT gearbox, so like most hybrid models of Toyota and Honda, it can only be blue.

But the biggest difference between it and hybrid products such as Toyota and Honda is that Ford, an American brand, is very persistent in its pursuit of performance.

First report the parameters of Mondeo Sports Edition:

The 2.0T high-power engine with 212kW and 403N·m is the most powerful engine in the hybrid powertrain. Compare the high thermal efficiency engines that hybrid models like to use now. Most 2.0T hybrid engines are only 150 and 160kW at most, and the high thermal efficiency of 1.5T is about 110kW. Even for the 2.0T engine used for pure fuel vehicles, the power above 200kW is actually very limited-the torque is mostly below 400 N m.

Not only that, Mondeo Sports Edition also has a high-power motor of 140kW and 320N·m, which is much stronger than the output of Toyota THS motor with the same configuration of only 83kW, and also more than the 135kW of Honda iMMD, even stronger than many P3 motors with DHT architecture.

Of course, the gearbox of Mondeo Sports Edition is still in power split configuration, so the output power cannot be directly superimposed. The comprehensive power output of this set of E-hybrid 2.0T is 227kW, which has reached the output level of 3.5L V6 engine in terms of performance. Although it is less than Ford’s 2.7T V6 in that year, the torque output is estimated to be comparable.

Changan Ford said that with the help of Mondeo Sports Edition and the motor, the zero-hundred acceleration can run within 6 seconds, while the middle acceleration of 40-80kph can achieve 2-second acceleration. Therefore, Mondeo Sports Edition is really worthy of the title of "sports" at least in terms of motivation.

In actual driving, Mondeo Sports Edition still retains three driving modes: standard, energy saving and sports, and at the same time, it has an L gear, which is equivalent to strong kinetic energy recovery. However, there is no choice of pure electric mode, which may be a difference between Mondeo Sports Edition and Japanese Hybrid.

In the standard mode, the output of Mondeo Sports Edition will be abundant, and the throttle opening of about 10% and 20% will be smoother and smoother than that of traditional fuel vehicles. Moreover, when the full throttle goes down, the speed can be pulled up very smoothly, and the power output is also very direct, but there is no shift feeling of the traditional gearbox.

Compared with the standard mode, the sport mode mainly makes the output more rapid at the initial throttle opening of 5%, and there will be a feeling of rushing out. And the acceleration of the whole middle section will be sharper, especially in the corner, when you turn out and add the throttle, the release of the whole power will feel faster. It is guessed that 2.0T will stay in the high-speed range more. This actually shows that the power split configuration is closer to the driving feeling of the oil truck, and the motor mainly participates in the middle and low speed working conditions.

The energy-saving mode can be said a little more. First of all, the starting state will be smoother and the power will be slightly restrained. It is suitable for starting with a small throttle opening, which is very soothing. In the energy-saving mode, the acceleration feeling of basically stepping on the throttle opening of 30%-50% will not be too strong, that is, the normal speed increase, which is very oily, not the surging output of the motor. When the full throttle is depressed, there will be an obvious power lag, which seems to confirm whether the driver really needs power, and there will be an obvious power release after about two seconds.

In addition, there is a problem in the energy-saving mode, that is, in the state of following the car at a speed of 30 to 40 kilometers per hour, you can obviously perceive the state of electromechanical coupling, and there will be some slight rush.

As for the fuel consumption performance, it should be said that it is the advantage of Ford Mondeo Sports Edition, with an average speed of about 40 kilometers per hour, 22-degree air conditioning and 3 wind protection throughout the journey, and the average fuel consumption is 5L/ 100 kilometers. Compared with other media, this figure is really a little high. Some media even ran out of 3.9L/ 100 km without air conditioning, while most media ran out of 4.7L. Later, I summed up the reason why my car ran out of 5L, which should be that I kept driving L gear and skidded too little (L gear is more suitable for downhill road conditions).

03

control

The motivation of Mondeo Sports Edition is enough, but in terms of chassis control, this car is not as "sporty" as expected, but prefers more comfort that China consumers like. This is actually consistent with the current Mondeo sedan. After all, the chassis structures of the two models are also consistent.

In terms of driving experience, Mondeo Sport Edition uses a 20-inch wheel hub size, and matches the low rolling resistance and some sporty tires like Mapai EC6. Therefore, at first, you will feel that the contact feeling of this car is hard when driving to road joints and potholes, and the vibration transmission is still relatively high. Just thanks to the soft cushion, the problem of hard contact can be better solved.

However, when you drive in continuous curves and national roads for an hour, you will find that the chassis of Mondeo Sports Edition is still a comfortable route. When encountering a big pothole, the compression of the whole suspension is still very large, so as to make the impact softer as much as possible, and the left and right shaking of the whole body is more obvious.

Moreover, in corners, as long as you turn sharply with a faster speed, the roll of the whole body is relatively obvious. Fortunately, the roll rate will be slower, and it will not suddenly collapse. If you meet the acceleration belt in the corner and you are still accelerating, the rear axle will slip more, which is very similar to the Mondeo car.

Because I have been driving for a long time, personally, I feel that the Ford Mondeo Sports Edition is not as "whole" as the electric horse on the chassis, and the whole body swings relatively large, which may also be related to the different rigidity of the body, and the whole suspension is indeed softer.

However, it is also beneficial to adjust the direction of comfort. When driving on a flat national road, the vehicle will have a good sense of suspension, and the bushing can control the ups and downs of the road properly, which is a classic American cart feeling.

In addition, during this test drive in Dali, there were a lot of dense speed bumps and pavement patches on a section of the road. This kind of high-frequency vibration will actually bring very uncomfortable driving feeling to sports vehicles. For example, I have driven on the same section, which can only be said to be unsatisfactory.

But this time, if you switch to the Ford Mondeo Sports Edition, you can obviously feel the high-frequency vibration generated by driving through the dense speed bump, but it is soft enough to be transmitted to the driver. The suspension can eliminate many shocks in a short time, and there will be no feeling of jumping at the tail of some cars, which is more comfortable than the electric horse.

In terms of steering, Ford’s adjustment of Mondeo Sports Edition is also in line with the "taste" of China consumers, and the whole steering feel is light and the electronic taste is obvious. Especially at low speed, it is easy to turn the steering wheel, and the virtual position is slightly larger, which is obviously different from the global model Ford electric horse.

Perhaps Ford China’s thinking is not to adjust the steering wheel too heavily when driving a big car in China. After all, it is inconvenient to cross the street and back into the warehouse. Fortunately, after the speed rises, the steering with the speed will be heavier and the center will be good, which is suitable for long-distance driving.

04

static

After talking about the dynamics of the new Mondeo Sports Edition, let’s briefly review the static performance of this "not a new car".

The first thing to say is that this car is called "Mondeo Sports Edition", which means that Changan Ford does not think it is an SUV, but a hatchback. Changan Ford also emphasizes that the height of the sports version is 1.6 meters, which is just stuck on the dividing line between SUV and car, so it is still the positioning of hatchback coupe.

But you said that it is not an SUV-in fact, the full-load ground clearance has reached 168mm, which is even superior to many urban SUVs in terms of passability.

Besides the selling point of powertrain, another main selling point of Mondeo Sport Edition is space.

In terms of size, the length of the car is about 4.92 meters, the width of the car is about 1.92 meters, and the wheelbase has reached 2945 mm.

According to the actual measurement, the leg space in the back row of this car is quite ample, and the knee space is close to one meter. On the premise that the second row is upright, it has a trunk space of 527L, and the platform is quite flat. After the second row is put down, it becomes a large space of 1550L, which is also practical enough.

In terms of appearance, the new car mainly adds the body color of Xiao Ri Orange, and comes standard with 20-inch wheels. The ordinary version and the ST-Line version are also different in design: including bright black ornaments on the outside, bright black window strips, ST-Line logo, etc. On the interior, the ST-Line version uses bright red decorative strips, as well as sports seats, ST-Line embroidery and so on.

The rest of the configuration is no different from the previous EVOS, and the 27-inch 4K large screen, SYNC+ 2.0 system, Wolong awakening welcome induction system and so on are retained.

05

Summary of driving an official

In terms of price, the Mondeo Sports Edition is not expensive either-starting from 209,800 yuan, and the ST-Line version is 229,800 yuan.

The extra 20 thousand yuan is mainly because the ST-Line version has a separate appearance kit. The seat configuration is equipped with heating and ventilation memory and B&O audio, and the safety configuration is equipped with front radar, knee airbag, panoramic image and parallel auxiliary functions. Obviously, Changan Ford is probably thinking that young consumers don’t care about this 20,000 yuan, and they can sell a little more.

In a word, Changan Ford added a sports version to its own Mondeo family, which brought the strongest power system in the whole Mondeo family, a more dynamic and personalized appearance. I think it is also an innovation of Changan Ford in the mid-to high-end car market, further amplifying the sound volume and product options of Mondeo.

For some young consumers, they want a big car with better sports performance, and if they think L is too serious-then Mondeo Sports Edition is very suitable.

And the Mondeo Sport Edition is not behind in the powertrain. The high-horsepower hybrid is superior to any opponent with a price of 200,000 yuan, and it will not lose face.

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　　On the evening of October 24, the three major US stock indexes opened mixed, with the Dow down 0.22%, the Nasdaq up 0.62% and the S&P 500 up 0.27%.

　　Large technology stocks were mixed, with Meta up 0.81%, NVIDIA up 0.63%, Amazon up 0.40%, Microsoft up 0.10%, Google down 0.31% and Apple down 0.26%.

　　Tesla’s share price soared by 16.08%, and its market value rose by 109.748 billion US dollars (about 781.166 billion yuan).

　　After the US stock market closed on Wednesday, October 23rd, EST, Tesla announced the financial data for the third quarter of 2024.

　　The data shows that Tesla’s revenue increased by nearly 8% year-on-year in the third quarter, which is still lower than expected, butProfit surprise, the gross profit margin rose by 195 basis points to 19.8% instead of falling year-on-year, and the gross profit margin of automobile business rose to 17.1% beyond expectations;The revenue from "selling carbon" increased by more than 30% year-on-year, hitting a single season high.

　　In the third quarter, the calculation of artificial intelligence (AI) training increased by more than 75%. In this quarter, Tesla deployed a cluster of 29,000 NVIDIA H100 chips in Gigafactory, a Texas super factory, and conducted training. It is estimated that it will have a production capacity of 50,000 H100 chips by the end of October.

　　Tesla proudly announced in the shareholder report that on October 22, it had produced 7 million cars, andThe latest Cybertruck has become the third best-selling pure electric vehicle in the United States, second only to Model 3 and Model Y. Tesla did not announce the specific sales volume of each model..

　　Musk said thatHe predicted that Tesla car sales will increase by 20% ~ 30% next year; Cybercab will be mass-produced in 2026, with the goal of producing at least 2 million units per year.

　　Musk said thatWhen Tesla’s cheap electric car model comes out, the unit price will be less than 30 thousand dollars; Tesla will not produce cheap cars that lack a driverless version; The conventional $25,000 electric car will be "meaningless".

　　Tesla CFO Vaibhav Taneja said that the cost per unit vehicle hit a record low in the third quarter, which will be a trend we pay attention to, and promised that the company will continue to focus on cost reduction; Due to the release of FSD function, the profit rate of automobile business has improved.

　　According to Xinhua Financial News, in the early morning of October 24th, Beijing time, the Federal Reserve released the latest national economic situation survey report (commonly known as the "Beige Book", the same below). The Beige Book shows that, on the whole, since the beginning of September, the economic activities of almost all the American regions surveyed have not changed much. However, two regions experienced moderate economic growth. Although the uncertainty is still high, the respondents are slightly optimistic about the long-term prospects, and inflationary pressures continue to ease.

　　Looking at the inflation situation specifically, the Beige Book shows that the sales prices in most areas have increased slightly or moderately, but the prices of some foods such as eggs and dairy products have increased greatly. In many areas, house prices rose slightly, but rents were flat or slightly decreased. Many areas are concerned about the increase in consumer sensitivity to prices.

　　On October 10th, the latest inflation data of the United States showed that the CPI (Consumer Price Index) of the United States rose by 2.4% year-on-year and 0.2% quarter-on-quarter. Excluding volatile food and energy prices, the core CPI of the United States increased by 3.3% year-on-year and 0.3% quarter-on-quarter in September. Overall, the inflation value dropped to a three-year low, but the "cooling" rate of inflation was slightly lower than expected.

　　National business daily is integrated from Xinhua Finance and Public Information.

　

　　Sinopec employees work on the site of the new refinery project in Kuwait. Kuwait is one of the first countries to respond to China’s "Belt and Road Initiative". Photo courtesy of Xinhua News Agency

　　As one of the highlights of the second "Belt and Road" summit forum, today’s forum will hold an entrepreneur conference for the first time. Yesterday, Chen Zhou, vice president of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade, revealed at the press conference held at the summit forum that nearly 900 representatives from international organizations, government departments, trade and investment promotion institutions and associations, enterprises, etc. will attend the conference, including 90 Fortune 500 enterprises and 78 Fortune 500 enterprises in China. The conference will organize nearly 1,000 one-on-one talks between Chinese and foreign enterprises, and a number of cooperation projects will be signed on site.

　　achievement

　　The localization rate of overseas institutions of central enterprises exceeds 85%

　　According to Xia Qingfeng, director of the Propaganda Bureau of the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission, there are currently 3,120 projects undertaken by central enterprises along the Belt and Road, which are distributed in various fields such as infrastructure construction, energy resources development, international capacity cooperation and industrial park construction. At present, among the infrastructure projects that have started or are planned to start, the number of projects undertaken by central enterprises accounts for more than 60%, and the contract amount accounts for nearly 80%.

　　In terms of infrastructure construction, central enterprises have promoted the interconnection of countries along the route, and in terms of international capacity cooperation, central enterprises have also promoted the economic development of relevant countries. Xia Qingfeng introduced that central enterprises have successively carried out more than 60 oil and gas cooperation projects in more than 20 countries, strengthened technical exchanges and sharing with partners in mineral resources development, and effectively improved the capacity and level of energy and mineral resources development in relevant countries.

　　In addition, central enterprises have also helped the economic transformation and upgrading of the host country. For example, Xia Qingfeng said that the Sino-Belarus Industrial Park jointly developed by SINOMACH and China Merchants Group is the largest project of economic and trade cooperation between China and Belarus. At present, 43 enterprises have entered the park, with an agreed investment of nearly 1.1 billion US dollars, which has promoted local employment and tax revenue, and deepened the professional cooperation between Belarus and other countries, including China; The sugar factory project undertaken by SINOMACH and SDIC in Ethiopia has made Ethiopia the country with the largest sugar production capacity and the most advanced technology in Africa.

　　At the same time, central enterprises still insist on localized development in the local area. Nearly 85% of the employees in the overseas institutions of central enterprises are local, and the localization rate of some enterprises, such as the Indonesian branch of PetroChina and the Pakistani branch of China Mobile, is as high as 99%.

　　In addition to providing direct jobs, central enterprises have also promoted local indirect employment and provided high-quality training for overseas employees, such as selecting outstanding employees from CCCC for training in China, which has improved their professional quality and ability.

　　274 private enterprises participate in the construction of the "Belt and Road"

　　Since the "Belt and Road Initiative" was put forward in 2013, the willingness and ability of private enterprises to participate in the "Belt and Road" construction have been continuously enhanced, and the degree of internationalization and competitiveness have also been continuously improved.

　　Ma Jun, director of the Liaison Department of the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce, said that in 2017, the total import and export trade between private enterprises and countries along the Belt and Road was US$ 619.98 billion, accounting for 43% of the total trade volume between China and countries along the Belt and Road, with a growth rate of 12.1%. Among them, the export value was 432.54 billion US dollars, accounting for 55.9%, with an increase rate of 8.9%; The import value was US$ 187.44 billion, accounting for 28.1%, and the growth rate was 11.9%. According to the report of the Top 500 Private Enterprises in China, 274 private enterprises in China participated in the Belt and Road construction in 2017, accounting for more than 50%, such as Huawei, Geely, TCL and Sany Heavy Industry, which promoted the infrastructure improvement and economic development of the host country and made positive contributions to solving local employment.

　　"At present, China has established 113 overseas economic and trade cooperation zones, with private enterprises leading the majority." For example, Ma Jun said that the Sihanoukville Special Economic Zone built in Cambodia by Jiangsu Hodo Group Co.,Ltd. attracted 153 enterprises from China, Europe, America, Japan, South Korea and other countries and regions to settle in and created 29,000 jobs. Up to now, 113 enterprises have settled in the Thai-Chinese Luo Yong Industrial Park built by Zhejiang Huali Group in Thailand, which has solved more than 30,000 local jobs and driven China enterprises to invest more than 3 billion US dollars in Thailand.

　　This year, in order to further improve the guidance service for private enterprises to participate in the "Belt and Road" construction, the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce will regularly participate in bilateral and multilateral institutional activities under the framework of national cooperation, including in-depth participation in the 2019 China International Import Expo, full implementation of the four tasks of the Beijing Summit of the China-Africa Cooperation Forum in 2018, and holding activities such as the China-Africa Private Economic Cooperation Forum with the theme of "Helping China-Africa Manufacturing Cooperation".

　　scale

　　900 delegates attended the meeting.

　　Chen Zhou, vice president of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade, said that this entrepreneur conference has three characteristics: large scale, high level and strong representation of participating enterprises. A total of nearly 900 representatives from international organizations, government departments, trade and investment promotion institutions, associations and enterprises attended the meeting, including 500 Chinese representatives and more than 300 foreign representatives.

　　Among the participating enterprises, Chinese enterprises include mainland and some Hong Kong and Macao enterprises, while foreign enterprises cover all 88 countries and regions attending the summit forum, achieving full coverage of foreign leaders attending the forum.

　　These enterprises include well-known enterprises such as Tesla, small and medium-sized enterprises, leading enterprises in traditional industries such as energy and agriculture, and outstanding representative enterprises in new economic formats such as cross-border e-commerce, including 90 Fortune 500 enterprises, 78 China Fortune 500 enterprises, more than 100 central enterprises and more than 200 private enterprises.

　　Chen Zhou introduced that the agenda of the entrepreneur conference includes four links, the first is the plenary session; The second is the signing ceremony. There will be a number of cooperative projects between Chinese and foreign enterprises involving a wide range of fields, covering a wide range of countries, with great basic role, strong demonstration effect and many livelihood projects for on-site signing, and follow-up services will be provided for the implementation of these projects after the meeting; The third is the docking negotiation between Chinese and foreign enterprises; The fourth is the closing ceremony, which gives a brief summary of this conference.

　　Text/reporter Dong Xin

　　□ Rule of Law Daily reporter Wang Wei

　　According to a recent report by DPA, the plenary session of the European Parliament passed the draft authorization of the Artificial Intelligence Act with an overwhelming majority of 499 votes in favor, 28 votes against and 93 abstentions. This means that the bill enters the final negotiation stage of EU legislation to strictly supervise the application of artificial intelligence technology, and the European Parliament, the European Commission and member States will conduct "tripartite" negotiations to determine the final terms of the bill. The German "Business Daily" said that the "Artificial Intelligence Act" is expected to be finally approved by the end of this year, but it may take several years before it fully takes effect.

　　Be prepared for negotiations

　　According to the report, the European Parliament decided to add more security control measures to generative artificial intelligence tools such as ChatGPT to ensure that the research and development and application of artificial intelligence comply with relevant EU laws and regulations.

　　As the world’s first comprehensive legislation aimed at artificial intelligence through parliamentary procedures, the draft has formulated detailed rules in terms of security, privacy, transparency and non-discrimination. According to the website of the European Parliament, the European Parliament "is ready for negotiations to formulate the first artificial intelligence bill in history". According to the legislative agenda, the European Parliament will hold "tripartite" negotiations with the European Commission and member States on this draft authorization, and European legislators hope to reach a consensus on the final version of the bill before the end of this year.

　　In May this year, the Market Committee and the Civil Liberties Committee of the European Parliament passed the draft negotiating authorization for the proposal of the Artificial Intelligence Act put forward by the European Commission in April 2021. Previously, the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union had made several rounds of revisions and discussions on the draft, and after the emergence of generative artificial intelligence applications such as ChatGPT, EU legislators urgently discussed the issues not covered in the original draft. The European Parliament stated that this proposal, if formally approved, will become the first regulation on artificial intelligence in the world.

　　The draft will apply to entities that put artificial intelligence systems on the market or put them into use in the EU (whether in the EU or in a third country), entities that use artificial intelligence systems in the EU and entities that use artificial intelligence systems in a third country, but the output of the systems is used in the EU or has an impact on people in the EU.

　　Risk classification supervision

　　A prominent feature of the draft authorization of the Artificial Intelligence Act is that it pays attention to formulating a supervision system based on risks, so as to balance the innovative development of artificial intelligence and safety norms. The draft divides the risk of artificial intelligence into four levels: unacceptable risk, high risk, limited risk and minimal risk, corresponding to different regulatory requirements. Among them, the use of high-risk artificial intelligence must be strictly regulated, and system providers and users must abide by the provisions of data management, record keeping, transparency and artificial supervision to ensure the stability, accuracy and safety of the system. For those who violate the regulations, the draft sets a fine of up to 30 million euros (1 euro is about 7.895 yuan) or 6% of the global annual turnover.

　　The draft strictly prohibits artificial intelligence systems that pose unacceptable risks to human security, including systems that deploy subconscious or purposeful manipulation techniques, exploit people’s weaknesses or use them for social scoring, and expands the classification of high-risk areas of artificial intelligence to take into account the harm to people’s health, safety, basic rights or the environment. The draft also requires artificial intelligence companies to maintain artificial control over their algorithms, provide technical documents, establish a risk management system for "high-risk" applications, and set up a special supervision system for generative artificial intelligence such as ChatGPT. Each EU member state will set up a supervisory body.

　　In addition, the regulatory sandbox (which means that enterprises are allowed to test innovative products, services and business models with real individual users and enterprise users in a real market environment by setting restrictive conditions and formulating risk management measures) mechanism is introduced to control risks and promote innovation, and the artificial intelligence system is developed, tested and verified to reduce risks before it enters the market or is put into use. The draft also proposes that this mechanism is also allowed to test innovative artificial intelligence under realistic conditions to encourage artificial intelligence enterprises to continue to innovate.

　　Face important challenges

　　The EU’s attempt to establish a unified legal supervision framework for artificial intelligence is an important symbolic example in the development of global artificial intelligence. The discussion and attempt of effective regulation on artificial intelligence in the EU will have a global impact, which may lead to more and more countries trying to follow up the exploration of relevant regulations.

　　Regarding the decision of the European Parliament, the German Social Democratic Party expressed its support: "The potential and risks of artificial intelligence should be concerned by the whole society." However, some opponents worry that excessive supervision may bring higher costs and excessive burdens to European artificial intelligence companies.

　　Companies that are in a leading position in the development of artificial intelligence are, to some extent, technology companies that have faced the risk of antitrust violations, violated existing laws and caused information leakage in the past decade. Based on this, Sam altman, CEO of OpenAI, said that he would lead his team to withdraw from the European market if the AI Act over-regulated AI.

　　Experts say that the EU’s promotion of artificial intelligence legislation is conducive to maintaining the EU’s leading position in the fields of digital sovereignty and science and technology, and through such a comprehensive legislation, it will seize the opportunity of global artificial intelligence supervision. But it has its own limitations. It adopts horizontal legislation, not aiming at specific artificial intelligence application fields, but trying to bring all artificial intelligence into the scope of supervision, and will face a lot of interpretation problems at the implementation level.

　　Some voices further pointed out that the EU has not reached a consensus on what impact artificial intelligence technology may bring to mankind. From a dialectical point of view, artificial intelligence can not only benefit and serve human beings, but also bring threats or injuries to human beings if it is not used properly. How to balance innovation and constraints is a very important challenge facing the EU legislature. In addition, the unified legal framework does not involve specific legal norms, and the actual implementation effect may be "greatly reduced".

　　The international community believes that at present, the development of artificial intelligence technology is still in the exploration period. At this time, the EU enacted the "Artificial Intelligence Act", which released a strong signal that the EU is strengthening its regulations in the digital field. How to better balance and link technological innovation and institutional innovation needs to be constantly revised in practice.

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Architectural magazine.

The only periodical publishing unit directly under the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development is an important public opinion position of the housing and construction system. ■ Urban and Rural Construction magazine (bimonthly, founded in 1956, with the title inscribed by Comrade Deng Xiaoping) ■ Architecture magazine (bimonthly, founded in 1954, with the title inscribed by Marshal Zhu De) ■ Future Urban and Rural Research (internal magazine, published irregularly).

Famous historical buildings

Office building of Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development

(Former Construction Engineering Department)

Location: No.9 Sanlihe Road, Haidian District, Beijing

Completion time: 1954

Designer: Gong Deshun

Coverage: It covers an area of 10 hectares, with a building area of 37,740 square meters, and has a 7-story brick-concrete structure.

Honor: It was included in the 20th century architectural heritage project in China.

Architecture is the carrier of solidified music and culture, the embodiment and inheritance of urban context, and the nostalgia and memory of generations.

Architecture is a silent history and the most objective witness of the years.

Architecture is an important carrier of scientific and technological development achievements and the crystallization of design innovation, material innovation and construction technology.

These characteristics are all presented in the office building of the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development (referred to as "the office building of the Ministry of Construction").

The office building of the Ministry of Construction was built in 1954, and it has been put into use since 1955. It is an important landmark building in Sanlihe area, which has had a wide influence in China’s construction industry and is an objective witness to the development of the Republic’s construction industry.

The office building of the Ministry of Construction is large in scale, simple and majestic, with coordinated overall layout, proper simplicity, economical and reasonable internal layout, simple and generous external decoration. After decades of use test, it is still enduring and attractive, and has been well received by the architectural community. It is one of the best buildings in Beijing after the founding of the People’s Republic of China and a successful design masterpiece in modern architectural history.

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On March 31st, 1981, People’s Daily published a news in the 8th edition. Since the founding of the People’s Republic of China in 1949, 37 buildings in China have been listed in the History of World Architecture published in Britain, including the office building of the Ministry of Construction.

In 1993, the office building of the Ministry of Construction won the "Excellent Architectural Creation Award of China Architectural Society (1953-1988)". In 2017, it was selected as "the first batch of China 20th century architectural heritage projects" (jointly organized by China Cultural Relics Association and China Architectural Society).

Famous architect Gong Deshun

The office building of the Ministry of Construction was designed by Gong Deshun, a master architect (once the director of the Design Bureau of the Ministry of Construction, and a senior architect (professor level) of the Architectural Design Institute of the former Ministry of Construction of China Construction Science and Technology Group, and was awarded the title of "Master of Architectural Design" by the Ministry of Construction in 1989). It was one of the first buildings built after the establishment of New China, and the office areas of various ministries in the State Council were located in the western suburbs (Yuetan area). At that time, the western suburbs were still large areas of farmland and there were no high-rise buildings. After the completion of the main building, it was very conspicuous in the empty western suburbs at that time. After the completion of the North-South Annex Building, a complete building complex was formed, and the main building was even more magnificent.

Comrade Liu Shaoqi inspected the office building of the Ministry of Construction.

In late spring and early summer of 1955, Comrade Liu Shaoqi inspected the office building of the Ministry of Construction. Designer Gong Deshun and his comrades answered some questions raised by Comrade Liu Shaoqi. For example, the office building has one floor underground and seven floors above ground. The designed floor height is 4.5 meters, the top floor height is 4.0 meters, the other floors are all 3.6 meters, and the five-story auditoriums at both ends are 7.2 meters high. The brick-concrete structure was adopted in the project. At that time, the seismic grade of the area south of Erligou was 6~7. Comrade Liu Shaoqi also inquired about the cost of the office building of the Ministry of Construction, which is 140 yuan/m2. Finally, Comrade Liu Shaoqi also asked Gong Deshun: "What do you personally think are the shortcomings of this design?" Gong Deshun replied: "The nearby people have given this building a nickname, called’ Nine Dragon Wall’, because it is really thin from the north-south direction of the building now, like a shadow wall, and it will not feel thin when the north-south annex building is built in the future. As for the shortcomings, mainly in the design of the five-story auditorium at the north and south ends of the building, for the treatment of the main facade and cornice, the height of two floors is occupied, about 7.2 meters, and the area of one floor is missing; It is a pity that a lot of money was spent on making fake beams during the decoration. These two auditoriums should be converted into two-story offices, so that the two ends of the building will be six floors. The seven-story office in the middle of the building should be properly raised and converted into an auditorium, which is ideal, not only increasing the construction area, but also reducing the cost per unit area of the building. "

Construction background

The design and construction period of the office building of the Ministry of Construction coincided with the first "Five-Year Plan" period (1953-1957), and the national economy entered a planned and rapid development period.

At that time, the architectural design unit learned the design experience focusing on industrial architectural design, and initiated by some influential experts, set off a creative activity of exploring "national forms" characterized by large roofs. In 1954, all kinds of waste in economic construction became increasingly obvious, and the government felt that it was urgent to oppose waste. Subsequently, a large-scale anti-waste action was launched in the construction industry. As an anti-waste measure, the state has proposed to control the construction investment index and reduce the cost of office buildings: 100~160 yuan/square meter for public buildings; The residential building is 30~40 yuan/m2. In this context, the office building of the Ministry of Construction did not adopt the big roof architecture form that was generally designed at that time, but was designed with a flat roof, and the cornice parapet did not use glazed tiles, but was made of water brush stone, which was more economical and applicable, and created the feasibility for adding stories and buildings later.

Basic technical indicators

The office building of the Ministry of Construction covers an area of 10 hectares, facing Sanlihe Street, with a building area of 37,740 square meters and a 7-story brick-concrete structure. Under the technical conditions at that time, building such a high building with brick-concrete structure reflects the innovation consciousness and construction level, and it is also challenging. In the plane and vertical traffic treatment, the route is reasonably shortened and the traffic area is compressed, and proper measures are also adopted for fire prevention and earthquake resistance. This building passed the test of Tangshan earthquake in 1976, and there was no safety problem, and it is still as strong as ever today.

The beam and slab of the load-bearing structure of the office building of the Ministry of Construction is designed according to 3.0m× 6.0m, but the elevation is treated according to 6.0m× 6.0m, in order to avoid the vertical lines of the elevation being too dense and the appearance being more light.

The original main building is 30 meters high and 90 meters wide. Later, the main building and the five-story annex building of the north and south wings built later were integrated into a whole, with a total width of 220 meters, which was basically a national form of axially symmetric buildings.

Planning and design characteristics

The office building of the Ministry of Construction retreats from the red line, forming a Little Square, which is even more magnificent when viewed from a distance. The architectural design fully embodies the "Chinese but new" style advocated by Mr. Liang Sicheng at that time, that is, a modern building with China characteristics. The architectural appearance is mainly flat roof modeling, and the overall modeling is simple and lively, which is both magnificent and economical. Between the south and north annex buildings and the main building, the scale is appropriate and the connection is smooth, and the overall effect of the building is more magnificent.

At that time, the design requirements had a certain height and boldness of vision. Considering the characteristics of the new China architecture, the designer absorbed the characteristic modeling elements of the traditional national architecture in China from the ancient stone que, such as adopting the eaves treatment method which was common in the Yuan Dynasty in China, and the facade was treated as a double cornice. The diameter of reinforced concrete overhangs, tiles and dripping water is 18 cm. No matter from which angle, the proportions of all aspects are very appropriate.

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Agility and vitality

The office building of the Ministry of Construction has successfully used the traditional symmetrical layout of the central axis, with the solemn and magnificent 7-story main building as the central main building and the five-story buildings in the north and south as the wings, thus shaping a national office building with the traditional enclosed space form of China. In the design of architectural style, China’s traditional architectural forms and decorative arts are skillfully used to innovate.

The design of the entrance hall of the office building of the Ministry of Construction is also very clever. The entrance treatment is to highlight a porch in front of the building, and the entrance hall is located in the building. This design requires the height of the entrance hall to be increased, which will make it look spacious.

The passage connection not only has the transition space of the front hall, but also reflects the heaviness, solemnity and atmosphere through the beams and columns. The decoration of glazed tiles not only reflects the inheritance of traditional architecture in China, but also shows agility and vitality through carved stone. The passage and the doorway below expand the overall width and add a solemn atmosphere.

The window cover on the bottom floor is semicircular arch, showing a powerful and strong visual effect. The sill wall under the window of the standard floor is embedded with simple decorative patterns to enrich the aesthetic effect of the facade.

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Beauty of symmetry

Generally speaking, the functional requirements of office buildings are relatively simple, and there are fewer restrictions on function and content when determining the body shape. Therefore, when determining the body shape, we should first consider whether the building height is in harmony with the surrounding environment and its influence on the city appearance. Building a single main building on an empty site, symmetrical style can better meet the requirements of public aesthetics, especially the shape of the building itself should pay attention to the effects from all angles to avoid "a thin sheet" shape. For example, before the building of the Ministry of Construction was connected to the north and south wings, the masses called it the "Nine Dragon Wall" and the "Great Wall of the People". After the construction of the north-south annex building, the situation has completely changed. It can be seen that symmetry is very important for a large office building.

According to Han Aixing, former deputy director of the Standard and Quota Department of the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, the main building and annex building were built and rebuilt several times separately. For the first time, only six floors of the main building were built, and then four floors of the north-south annex building were built. Later, it was found that the main building was not high enough, and the seventh floor of the main building was added. After the addition of the main building, it was found that the annex building was not high enough, and finally the fifth floor of the north-south annex building was added. Finally, the current architectural complex pattern of the main building and the annex building was formed.

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See the foundation for details.

In architectural design, the architect fully considered the traditional elements of China architecture, combined with local residential styles, stone buildings, decorative patterns, etc., and finally presented both the historical and cultural heritage of China architecture and the diversity, reflecting the characteristics of national architecture. For example, creatively drawing lessons from the overhanging practice of ancient stone chambers more than 1,000 years ago, the double eaves are decorated with glazed hooks and dripping water, and the traditional patterns such as moving beam heads, sparrows and colored paintings are skillfully used to express architectural details, especially the overhanging eaves, tiles, porches, stone pillars and stone steps. The cornice is picked out by reinforced concrete rafters with reference to the cornice-overhanging technology of traditional buildings in China. Due to repeated full-scale model tests in design, the cornice proportion and size are very appropriate. The exterior wall is made of water brush stone, which is durable.

Another detail of the office building of the Ministry of Construction is very reasonable, that is, the main staircase in the office building is set in an obvious position facing the gate. Because the general working hours are concentrated, there are many contacts between the upper and lower floors during office hours, and spacious stairs are particularly suitable. At the same time, in addition to the main staircase, another set of stairs is set on the north and south sides respectively, which is beneficial to solve the problem of crowded people going upstairs and downstairs during peak hours.

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Exquisite and elegant demeanor

The architectural details are decorated with simplified China traditional architectural components and patterns, which reflects the traditional architectural style of China. The decorative patterns distributed in various positions of the building are ingenious and exquisite everywhere, which makes the whole building add delicate artistic beauty to its majesty.

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remain unshakable and become even firmer as time goes by

According to Gong Deshun’s recollection, the detailed treatment of this building was inspired by the traditional stone buildings in China. The cornice overhang and the size and spacing of the rafters were made of plywood, which were put in place and checked repeatedly at the construction site before they were finally determined.

Gong Deshun raised the parapet on the roof of the five-story conference room on both sides and connected the eaves on the sixth floor to a horizontal plane. The eaves on the sixth and seventh floors and the main entrance and exit porches were designed as small slopes with rafters under the eaves picked out one by one. The architectural details were handled perfectly and played a good aesthetic effect on the facade. The whole building is simple and proper, solemn and generous, simple and magnificent. After decades of tests, it is still a classic building with unique style and is deeply loved by the broad masses of the people.

Mr. Xu Ronglie, the former chief engineer of the Ministry of Construction, once recalled: "The majestic, solemn, elegant, generous and China-rich architectural charm emanating from the artistic style of the office building of the Ministry of Construction has greatly attracted many experts, scholars and people in the industry at home and abroad, especially us young people. After more than half a century of ups and downs, this building is still one of the proud leaders among many high-rise buildings in Beijing. "

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Green energy saving

Compared with the classic appearance, the interior space of the building is also remarkable. Whether it is corridor or indoor office space, it shows spacious and bright atmosphere. In order to save energy, the designed wall is thick and the ratio of window to wall is moderate, which can not only meet the lighting requirements, but also achieve the thermal insulation effect, and has the comfort of warm in winter and cool in summer.

At that time, the original appearance of the wooden window was designed, and the two-story window had good thermal insulation effect. According to the memories of the leaders who used to work here, the original windows also have external shading, roller blinds and shading pages made of pine.

After 2000, a maintenance and decoration was carried out, the building was strengthened and the windows were replaced.

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Architectural model

The Beijing Declaration issued at the 20th International Association of Construction (Beijing) Conference held in 1999 pointed out that the development direction of world architecture in the 21st century will be "the localization of modern architecture and the modernization of regional architecture", and the idea of creating "Chinese but new" local modern architecture has risen again, that is, China’s modern architecture is localized, not imported. From this point of view, looking at the office building of the Ministry of Construction today, although it has experienced nearly 70 years of wind and rain, it still stands tall, full of traditional architectural cultural elements, and embodies the modern, cutting-edge and fashion trends, and is still an important representative building to carry forward China’s traditional architectural culture.

Feng Jicai, a famous writer, once said, "Historical buildings retain a historical space. Because this space still exists, history becomes beyond doubt. In the meantime, history seems to be suddenly enlarged by flesh and blood. The past life forms seem to be called back at any time. Those empty narratives in the history books are all magically and richly resurrected here, and even the spirit of the past can be truly touched. "

Every autumn, the two ginkgo trees in front of the office building will bring gorgeous colors, attracting office workers and residents in nearby communities to enjoy the scenery and take pictures, which reflects the vitality and vitality of the solemn and elegant office building.

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The rain and the hurricane are one child, making contributions to the Sanli River.

The office building of the Ministry of Construction is the representative and epitome of Beijing’s modern administrative office building. After nearly 70 years of wind and rain, it is still majestic, solemn, elegant, generous and simple, with the charm of China traditional architecture, and is hailed as a milestone of China’s architectural modernization.

Compared with ancient buildings with a heavy history, the office building of the Ministry of Construction is closer to our work and life, which embodies the life memories of several generations of builders. The people who have worked in this building from generation to generation, although they have experienced rapid modernization changes, feel extremely cordial and familiar whenever they see it. At the same time, it is an indispensable part of a city’s historical memory, reflecting the history and inheritance of Beijing’s capital.

references

Gong Deshun, Architect

Xiao Tong’s 50 Years in the Construction Industry

Li Xiankui’s Living Protection of Architectural Cultural Heritage

For the original text, see the 20th issue of Urban and Rural Construction.

Special thanks to China Architectural Design and Research Institute Co., Ltd. for providing many precious historical photos!

Original title: "Red Buildings Remember Classics | Office Building of the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development"

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　　News from the Central Broadcasting Network (Reporter Bi Qiang) On the morning of May 20th, the groundbreaking ceremony for the major infrastructure of the 2022 Dalian Taiping Bay Cooperative Innovation Zone was successfully held at the site of the water purification plant project of the Taiping Bay Cooperative Innovation Zone, which was hosted by the Dalian Taiping Bay Cooperative Innovation Zone Management Committee and China Merchants Taiping Bay Development and Investment Co., Ltd.

Hu Yong, General Manager of China Merchants Taipingwan Development and Investment Co., Ltd. (photo by reporter Bi Qiang from Yangguang. com)

　　Hu Yong, general manager of China Merchants Taipingwan Development and Investment Co., Ltd., and Li Qi, member of the Dalian Municipal Party Committee and director of the Taipingwan Cooperation and Innovation Zone Management Committee, attended the ceremony. In his speech, Li Qi welcomed all the guests attending the groundbreaking ceremony and congratulated on the commencement of major infrastructure construction. He said that Taiping Bay focuses on the strategic positioning and mission of "deepening cooperation between the central and local governments and helping the revitalization of the Northeast". Focusing on the overall requirements of "taking shape in two years and becoming a scale in five years", it is based on the layout of industrial projects with "one area and multiple parks", innovating institutional mechanisms, increasing investment attraction and fully promoting development and construction. The commencement of this major infrastructure indicates that the development and construction of Taiping Bay has pressed the "fast forward button" and started the "acceleration". After the completion of these projects, it will effectively optimize the development investment environment, enhance the quality image of Taiping Bay and increase the capacity of public services, which is of great significance for expanding effective investment and cultivating new economic growth points.

The groundbreaking ceremony site (photo by reporter Bi Qiang from Yangguang. com)

　　Taiping Bay Cooperative Innovation Zone is located at the northwest end of Dalian, at the core of Bohai Economic Circle and Northeast Asia Economic Circle, and it is a triple policy overlapping area of Belt and Road, Northeast Revitalization and Liaoning Coastal High-quality Development Economic Belt. Taiping Bay Cooperative Innovation Zone is a major strategic industrial project jointly built by China Merchants Group, Liaoning Province and Dalian City, which bears the important task of cooperation between the central and local governments and green development. Taiping Bay covers an area of about 260 square kilometers. It plans the overall development pattern of "one axis, one belt, five districts and many towns", constructs the functional layout of "port, production, city, finance and innovation", and builds a harbor new city with interdependence between port and city, integration of production and city, livability and suitability for business.

Project planning (Photo courtesy of China Merchants Taipingwan Development and Investment Co., Ltd.)

　　Regional development and infrastructure construction should go ahead. Taiping Bay Cooperation and Innovation Zone attaches great importance to the construction of basic supporting facilities, works out the layout with a high starting point and high standards, organizes relevant planning in advance, actively carries out the feasibility study of the project, and innovates and breaks through the project preparation work such as land requisition and transfer, bidding organization and formalities. In 2022, Taiping Bay Cooperation Zone plans to start construction of transportation supporting projects such as Shugang Highway, the first development zone road and supporting pipe network, No.3 road in the port area, livelihood supporting projects such as raw water pipelines, water purification plants, sewage plants and supporting pipelines, energy communication supporting projects such as natural gas, heating, electricity, communication and network, shipping supporting projects such as public waterways and revetment, environmental transformation supporting projects such as venture parks and wetland parks, and industrial supporting projects such as standard workshops and research and development centers in new energy industrial parks.

　　Integration of Hong Kong and Hong Kong industries and empowerment of new cities. Taiping Bay Cooperative Innovation Zone will give full play to the central enterprises’ solidarity, integrate resources, gather and play the role of the park platform, innovate and copy the Shenzhen Qianhai cooperative development model, link the strengths of all parties, and make every effort to build the most dynamic and competitive cooperative innovation zone in Northeast China, so as to contribute to the implementation of the national "double carbon" strategy, build a state-owned state-owned enterprise pilot zone, serve the revitalization of Liaoning, and support the strategic goal of Dalian’s GDP exceeding one trillion in three years.

　　Japanese rite of passage

　　Overseas network April 1 STAccording to Japan’s Yomiuri Shimbun, the amendment to Japan’s Civil Law came into effect on April 1, and the adult age in Japan was officially lowered from 20 to 18. According to the amendment, at the age of 18, you can independently sign financial contracts such as credit card processing, investment and consumption, but you still need to be at least 20 years old to smoke, drink or participate in public gambling.

　　In 1876, Japan in Meiji era defined 20 years old as the age of adulthood for the first time. Japanese media pointed out that this is the first time that Japan has adjusted the age of majority in the Civil Law after 146 years. Since most countries in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) adopt the form of "18-year-old adults", Japan has also decided to adjust to international standards. Specifically, Japanese adults over the age of 18 can sign contracts such as mobile phones and credit cards without their parents’ consent, and can also apply for passports valid for 10 years. The marriage age of women is adjusted from 16 to 18, just like that of men.

　　Earlier, some media pointed out that the aging of Japanese society is becoming more and more serious, and lowering the age standard for adults is intended to encourage young people to enter society early and participate in social life. However, some experts worry that many 18-and 19-year-olds lack social experience and are easily deceived without the protection of guardians. The current Japanese law stipulates that minors or their guardians have the right to cancel contracts signed without the consent of their guardians. After the new regulations come into effect, people aged 18 and 19 will lose relevant legal protection. (Overseas Network-Wang Shanning)

　　Refine the definition of domestic violence and make it clear that it is also domestic violence that commits violations through the internet; Improve the mandatory reporting system, and include those who are unable to report due to old age, disability, serious illness, coercion, intimidation and other reasons into the protection object; Creatively expand the protection object, and make it clear that minors who witness domestic violence are victims of domestic violence …

　　A few days ago, the Measures for the Implementation of the Anti-Domestic Violence Law of People’s Republic of China (PRC) in Guangdong Province (hereinafter referred to as the Measures) was voted by the 22nd meeting of the Standing Committee of the 13th National People’s Congress of Guangdong Province and will be implemented on October 1, 2020.

　　It is understood that the "Measures" have a number of highlights reflecting Guangdong characteristics. The relevant person in charge of the Guangdong Women’s Federation, the drafting unit, said that it is of great significance for the Measures to innovate relevant work systems and measures and strive to build an anti-domestic violence prevention and control system with Guangdong characteristics to promote the province’s anti-domestic violence work, safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of women and children, promote family harmony and maintain social stability.

　　Chen Yongkang, deputy director of the Social Committee of the Guangdong Provincial People’s Congress, introduced that during the drafting of the Measures (Draft), relevant systems were established to solve the problems existing in the current anti-domestic violence work, such as unclear division of responsibilities among departments, nonstandard handling of complaints, difficulty in giving evidence to victims of domestic violence, and insufficient assistance to victims, and efforts were made to legislate against the problems and solve the problems through legislation. At the same time, learn from the experience of brother provinces, adapt to local conditions, and do not simply transplant.

　　Li Mingshun, secretary of the Party Committee and professor of China Women’s University, believes that the overall characteristics of the Measures are the most striking: First, it highlights the responsibility of public power to moderately intervene in domestic violence; Second, it is emphasized that the prevention and treatment of domestic violence must adhere to the victim-oriented principle and give priority to the rescue of victims.

　　It is understood that the "Measures" innovate relevant work systems and measures, presenting ten highlights.

　　Highlight 1: Domestic violence is expressed by sub-items, and "freezing hunger", "stalking", "harassing" and "spreading privacy" are clearly defined as domestic violence.

　　The Measures itemize domestic violence from five aspects: injury, restriction of personal freedom, threat to personal safety, mental aggression and other domestic violence. According to the needs of work practice and in response to social concerns, freezing hunger, confinement, stalking, harassment, slander and spreading privacy are clearly defined as domestic violence. Clearly through the Internet and other means to implement the relevant violations, but also domestic violence.

　　Highlight 2: Anti-domestic violence implements social co-governance, and if the victim is found to face personal safety threats, he should call the police in time.

　　Several articles of the Measures respectively stipulate the responsibilities and obligations of people’s organizations, village (neighborhood) committees, social organizations, enterprises and institutions to carry out anti-domestic violence. It is stipulated that any unit or individual has the right to dissuade the ongoing domestic violence, and the victim who is threatened by personal safety shall report the case to the public security organ in time.

　　Highlight 3: Build a comprehensive prevention system for anti-domestic violence work, and bring domestic violence prevention work into grid management.

　　The "Measures" respectively define the responsibilities of all parties concerned around strengthening the publicity and education of family virtues and anti-domestic violence laws and regulations, conducting business training, promoting the construction and sharing of information resources, and resolving conflicts and disputes between marriage and family. Among them, people’s governments at all levels are required to incorporate family education guidance services into the urban and rural public service system; Require the civil affairs department to guide the marriage registration authority and provide marriage and family counseling services for the parties involved in marriage registration; Schools and kindergartens are required to carry out self-protection awareness publicity and education for students and children.

　　Highlight 4: Establish and improve the linkage mechanism of anti-domestic violence, and handle major cases with bad social impact together.

　　The Measures clarify the responsibilities of the people’s governments at or above the county level to establish and improve the linkage mechanism against domestic violence. Require the first department and unit to do a good job of acceptance, follow-up and referral according to their job responsibilities; Major cases of domestic violence involving the responsibilities of multiple departments and units or cases of domestic violence with bad social impact shall be handled jointly with other relevant departments and units.

　　Highlight 5: Improve the mandatory reporting system and expand the protected objects and reporting subjects.

　　In terms of mandatory reporting, people who cannot report due to old age, disability, serious illness, coercion, intimidation and other reasons are included in the protection object, and people’s mediation organizations and their staff are added as the subject of mandatory reporting.

　　Highlight 6: Standardize the public security organs to receive the police, and issue a warning in "four situations".

　　The public security organs are explicitly required to include the domestic violence alarm in the scope of the "110" police service. After receiving the domestic violence report, they should go to the police in time, make a police record, and do a good job in stopping domestic violence, collecting evidence, finding out basic facts, assisting in rescue, identifying injuries, assisting in asylum, and informing victims of their rights. The public security organ shall accept and investigate domestic violence in violation of public security administration according to law; Anyone suspected of committing a crime shall file a case for investigation according to law. The public security organ shall issue a warning if the circumstances of domestic violence are relatively minor, and the public security administration punishment is not given according to law, which is in line with one of the four situations, such as "failure to obtain mediation from the victim".

　　Highlight 7: Enrich the measures of personal safety protection orders, and you can apply for multiple protection measures, and the court will make them in batches.

　　The Measures stipulate that the personal safety protection order can take the following measures: prohibition order, departure order and removal order. Where the applicant is required to apply for a number of habeas corpus measures, the people’s court may make them several times in batches.

　　Highlight 8: Special chapter provides assistance to victims of domestic violence, and temporary shelters should protect the privacy of victims.

　　Attach importance to the assistance to victims, and set up a special chapter on "assistance to victims of domestic violence" to provide victims with multi-level, diversified and three-dimensional assistance from temporary shelter, social assistance, legal aid and judicial assistance, covering temporary accommodation, legal needs, psychological services and difficult assistance.

　　Highlight 9: Improve the family investigation system and the lawyer’s investigation and evidence collection system, and promote the solution to the problem of difficult proof.

　　It is clear that in the civil action of domestic violence, if the victim cannot collect evidence by himself due to objective reasons, he can entrust a lawyer to investigate and collect relevant evidence according to law.

　　Highlight 10: Creatively expand the object of protection, and minors who witness domestic violence are victims of domestic violence.

　　Strengthen the protection of minors and make it clear that minors who witness domestic violence are victims of domestic violence.

Original Bajiuling Wu Xiaobo Channel

It may be difficult for pharmaceutical companies to embark on the road of OEM, but it is not a long-term solution after all.

Text/Ba Jiuling (WeChat WeChat official account: Wu Xiaobo Channel)

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These things you bought online are probably branded products.

Have you bought scar cream, hair tonic, warm palace stickers, diet pills and other health care products online? If these products come from well-known pharmaceutical companies such as Renhe, Tongrentang and Xiuzheng, will you have more trust, even if its price is higher than similar products, will you pay for them?

But in fact, the products you bought are probably not from the pharmaceutical companies’ own factories, but are OEM products.

For example, Tmall’s "Medicine Capital Renhe Flagship Store" has a monthly sales of 10,000+and more than 7,000 comments. According to the product details page, this product is from Renhe Pharmaceutical, but it does not appear in the product list of Renhe Pharmaceutical official website.

According to the approval number of this product "G20180064", minibus found the registration information of this product in official website of the Food and Drug Administration, which showed that the manufacturer was "Guangzhou Aifuyi Biotechnology Co., Ltd.", and the last remark information also stated that its actual manufacturer was: Guangzhou Tengyu Cosmetics Co., Ltd.

Enterprise investigation shows that Guangzhou Aifuyi and Guangzhou Tengyu have no equity relationship with Renhe Pharmaceutical. This is a typical OEM product.

On the platform of investor interaction, many investors have raised a similar topic to Renhe Pharmaceutical, such as "What is the relationship between anti-alopecia lotion and Renhe Pharmaceutical", and they are concerned about the actual relationship between such branded products and Renhe Pharmaceutical.

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The OEM model has spread to the medical field.

Today, the OEM model has been very popular in all walks of life. The most typical is the Antarctic people. Open a shopping platform, there will be many shops related to Antarctic people, and the products are countless, from shoes and clothing to bedding, from electric irons to gas stoves.

Antarctic people were originally a company that started from making underwear. Since 2008, Antarctic people have closed all the production lines of their own factories, and since then they have changed from "selling products" to "brand authorization", earning a lot of money. In 2019, Antarctic people earned 1.3 billion yuan through brand authorization. In 2020, the gross profit margin of Antarctic OEM service will reach 93.26%.

In recent years, the OEM model has spread to the medical and health care industries. Renhe, Tongrentang, Xiuzheng, Sunflower and many other well-known pharmaceutical companies increase their income through brand authorization.

Taking Renhe Pharmaceutical as an example, according to its 2020 annual report, the company achieved a total operating income of 4.106 billion yuan. The company’s products are divided into self-owned products and OEM products. From the perspective of income, self-owned products and OEM products basically account for half.

The OEM model supports half of the revenue of an old pharmaceutical company, which is enough to prove the dependence of well-known pharmaceutical companies on the OEM model.

Compared with R&D, OEM is obviously an easier shortcut. Accustomed to taking shortcuts, they are even more reluctant to take the difficult but correct path.

According to the third quarterly report of 2021 disclosed by Renhe Pharmaceutical, in the first three quarters, the company’s R&D expenses were 42.76 million yuan, and its revenue was about 3.659 billion yuan. The proportion of R&D expenses in revenue was only 1.1%. According to the annual report of Renhe Pharmaceutical for nearly 4 years, its annual sales expenses are 14-26 times as much as R&D expenses. Renhe’s characteristics of "emphasizing marketing and neglecting research and development" are often criticized by the outside world.

However, this is not the problem of Renhe. According to the survey report of the consulting industry in China, the R&D expenditure of large international pharmaceutical companies generally accounts for 15%-20% of the total sales, while the R&D investment of domestic pharmaceutical companies accounts for only 2%-3% of the sales revenue on average.

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Want to win by branding? I’m afraid not.

Although the road to OEM is easy, it is not once and for all.

Just like Antarctic people, they thought they could "win" by brand authorization, but these two years have not been easy.

Since July last year, the share price of Antarctic e-commerce has dropped from the highest point of 24.41 yuan to around 7 yuan today, and its market value has evaporated by nearly 40 billion yuan. According to its 2021 semi-annual report, in the first half of 2021, the net profit of Antarctic e-commerce attributable to shareholders of listed companies was 246 million yuan, down 42.85% year-on-year.

The OEM model is like a double-edged sword, which not only contributes a lot of profit to the enterprise, but also brings various negative problems to the brand, such as product quality, word of mouth and even false propaganda.

There are many complaints about branded products of pharmaceutical companies on the websites of Black Cat Complaint and 315 Consumer Protection Complaint. Most of the complaints revolve around "invalid products", "fake goods", "no refund" and "false propaganda".

Minibus searched Pinduoduo for a wound care ointment. According to the industry details page, this product comes from a national brand-Amendment. Its function is "scar removal without leaving any trace", and it has been put on record by the Drug Administration, with good safety effect.

The actual manufacturer of this ointment is "Jiangxi Bingshuangjiefu Industrial Co., Ltd.", which has no equity relationship with Xiuzheng Pharmaceutical and belongs to OEM products.

According to the record number "Ganzhang Machinery Equipment No.20190083" provided by it, the minibus made an inquiry on the website of National Medical Products Administration, and the record information showed: "This product is ointment. The contained components have no pharmacological effects. The ingredients contained cannot be absorbed by the human body. Non-sterile. "

The "intended use" item is blank.

The minibus inquired about other brands of scar-removing ointment of the same type, and the column of "expected use" said "suitable for inhibiting and relieving hyperplastic scars caused by burns, trauma, surgery and other reasons".

In other words, this ointment probably has no scar removal effect. If so, then this product has the problem of false propaganda.

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How can you post it? Who is responsible for the problem?

Who should be responsible for the quality problems of OEM products? The minibus consulted Chang Dongyue, the director of Shanghai Law and Craftsman Law Firm, and he thought that once the branded goods had quality problems, the brand supplier was the direct responsible person, and the processor was also liable under normal circumstances. Moreover, this is based on the quality problems of legally produced products, and it is necessary to bear civil liability.

However, more and more enterprises don’t talk about "martial arts", and many enterprises alienate OEM into pure lending brands, which is very problematic without any quality supervision on quality. In this case, if the illegal production leads to extremely bad social consequences, the brand and producer of OEM products not only need to bear civil liability, but also need to bear administrative responsibility and even criminal responsibility.

Chang Dongyue also said that the safety of food and drugs is related to people’s right to health and even life. Quality problems may cause irreversible damage to the body, and no matter how strict the quality supervision of food and drugs is. Regrettably, although China’s Food Safety Law, Drug Administration Law and Product Quality Law all stipulate product quality responsibility, the sanctions for violating food and drug safety are still too light, so that the food and drug field in China is still not safe enough. In this regard, the United States and Japan’s practice of using heavy codes to control food and drug safety is quite good and worth learning.

Relying on legal sanctions is the last step. As an enterprise, it should be its duty to abide by the rules. How can have no martial ethics, a post it?

According to Shi Lichen, the founder and strategic marketing expert of Beijing Dingchen Management Consulting Co., Ltd., OEM is not illegal, and the key is how to continue to control quality while authorizing. Whether you are OEM or OEM, consumers only know that they are buying your brand. Pharmaceutical companies should pay special attention to quality, otherwise, as the authorized products become more and more miscellaneous, the quality can not be controlled, and finally the reputation of the main business will be affected, which will not be worth the candle.

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Difficulties and new ways for pharmaceutical companies

The advantages and disadvantages of OEM mode are very clear, and it can easily make money, but it is difficult to control the quality and the brand is easily damaged. The reason is very simple. The question is, those old pharmaceutical companies that have spent a hundred years settling down should have cherished their feathers. Why are they addicted to OEM?

Shi Lichen explained the reasons behind it: in recent years, the competition in the pharmaceutical industry has been fierce, and the operating pressure of pharmaceutical companies has increased. The old pharmaceutical companies have to find a way out. First, solve the fundamental problems and increase investment in research and development; Second, based on its own cost advantage, to achieve economies of scale. But these two roads are not easy to walk.

"In contrast, the OEM business has almost no cost and high net profit, so those pharmaceutical companies with brand awareness and strong premium ability naturally embarked on this road."

From this point of view, it is difficult for the old pharmaceutical companies to embark on the road of OEM, but this is not a long-term solution after all. Is it possible to open up a new road?

There is indeed a new road that has emerged-the field of cross-border beauty cosmetics and daily chemicals for pharmaceutical companies.

With the strong growth of functional skin care products, pharmaceutical companies such as Renhe, Pien Tze Huang, Tongrentang, Ma Yinglong, Yunnan Baiyao, Panlong Yunhai, Dong ‘e Ejiao and Xiuzheng Pharmaceutical have all set foot in the cosmetic and daily chemical industry.

Pien Tze Huang disclosed the 2020 financial report, and the company achieved operating income of 6.511 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 13.78%; The net profit was 1.672 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 21.62%. Behind the growth, the cosmetics sector contributed a bit. Its holding subsidiary Fujian Pien Tze Huang Cosmetics Co., Ltd. achieved revenue of 611 million yuan, up 42.01% year-on-year, and net profit of 114 million yuan, up 41.23% year-on-year.

In July this year, Renhe Pharmaceutical announced that it planned to acquire 80% equity of seven cosmetics companies for 719 million yuan. One of them, Shenzhen Miura Natural Cosmetics, has been independently producing Renhe brand cosmetics, and some of the products distributed by the other six target companies come from this company.

In this regard, Shi Lichen analyzed that there is a huge Japanese industry called cosmeceuticals, which is not available in China, but we can make some functional cosmetics. Well-known pharmaceutical companies have natural advantages in making cosmetics across borders. For example, if brands can support the premium of products, they can get higher profit points. In addition, pharmaceutical companies themselves already have strong management teams, marketing teams and capital levels, which are not available to ordinary enterprises.

"The difference is nothing more than that some pharmaceutical companies, such as Renhe, have cultivated Renhe brand cosmetics related products through OEM before, and some products already have a certain market share, brand awareness and user base. At this time, it is logical to conduct mergers and acquisitions. Some pharmaceutical companies have had less involvement in this area before, so they may have to do it from scratch. "

In this way, pharmaceutical companies cross-border to make beauty cosmetics and daily chemical products. Originally, they just wanted to be a sideline through brand authorization. In the future, they may become one of their main businesses and gain new profit growth points by creating explosive IP products.

Author | Li Mengqing | Duty Editor | Zhang Wenlong

Editor | He Mengfei | Editor | Zheng Yuanmei | Tuyuan | vision china

Original title: "Old pharmaceutical companies learn from online celebrity brand. Have you ever bought such branded products? 》

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