The new scene of "May 1" holiday consumption is rich and colorful, and the tourism market of emerging destinations is constantly "out of the circle"

  CCTV News:The popularity of "May 1" holiday travel has warmed up, and the domestic tourism market has ushered in the peak of "May 1" holiday travel booking. During this "May Day" holiday, many popular tourist destinations can be said to be hot, beautiful and varied.

  In 2024, the "May 1" holiday travel fever was higher than that in 2023.

  According to the data of several online booking platforms, the travel heat during the May Day holiday in 2024 will be higher than that in 2023. From the overall booking situation, Beijing, Shanghai, Chongqing, Hangzhou, Nanjing, Xi ‘an and other cities are popular tourist destinations.

  The tourism market of emerging destinations has risen rapidly.

  The tourism market of some emerging destinations has also risen rapidly, and food and cultural creation have driven all localities to "go out of the circle".

  There is a long queue in front of a bakery in Harbin Central Street, Heilongjiang Province. The new products such as sausage bread, potato bread and cranberry bread attract many tourists to buy.

  Wenchuang ice cream based on Harbin characteristic buildings has different shapes and tastes, which not only becomes the new favorite of food lovers, but also becomes a necessary artifact for tourists to "punch in" for taking pictures.

  Tianshui, Gansu, which is out of the circle with "Mala Tang", is still hot at the moment. With the increasing flow of people, many restaurants, coffee shops, drinks and snacks and specialty restaurants in Tianshui Ancient City, Gansu Province are booming.

  In addition to food, many unique cultural and creative products are also sought after. In Gansu Wenchuang Intangible Cultural Heritage Market Exhibition, Fuxi Temple Scenic Area and other places, different series of Wenchuang products attracted consumers. Among them, Tianshui snack series Wenchuang products with local characteristics have captured many consumers with their exquisite design.

  Demand for outbound travel is booming, and visas are welcoming the upsurge.

  During the May Day holiday, the outbound travel market was hot. Affected by comprehensive factors such as visa facilitation and air transport capacity improvement, up to now, the number of outbound tourists on May 1 has increased by about 370% compared with the same period in 2023.

  Popular outbound countries are Japan, South Korea, the United States, Australia, Britain, Vietnam, Canada, New Zealand and so on. China tourism academy predicts that the number of outbound tourists will reach 130 million in 2024.

  Weizhou Island’s "glass sea" landscape shows the unique charm of the ocean.

  These days, a unique "glass sea" landscape has appeared in Weizhou Island, Beihai, Guangxi. On a clear day, the sea is clear and transparent, and tourists paddle small glass boats at sea, as if floating on crystal clear glass.

  Under the "glass", a piece of Sargassum, a large algae, hides the forest at the bottom of the sea and moves with the waves, showing a different kind of ocean charm. The unique ecological beauty here has attracted more and more tourists to visit and experience the island. It is expected that the peak of passenger flow will be ushered in here during the May 1 ST period.

  Weizhou Island will meet the peak of passenger flow on May 1.

  With the promotion of coral reef restoration project, the underwater ecology of Weizhou Island is improving in an all-round way, and there are rich species of animals and plants. Diving enthusiasts can also witness the colorful "underwater garden" underwater.

  From the middle and late April, Weizhou Island gradually ushered in a small peak of tourism. In response to the "May 1" peak passenger flow, the route from Beihai to Weizhou Island will also be encrypted to meet the travel needs of tourists.

  In addition, Weizhou Island will also carry out water projects such as sailing, yachting and diving, and plan cultural tourism activities with island customs to enhance tourists’ holiday experience.

The price of gold hit another record high, and some people quickly realized it and some people waited and saw.

Recently, international and domestic gold prices have been rising, some people choose to wait and see, and some people quickly realize it. At the same time, some banks can’t sit still.

On March 6th, China Construction Bank announced that since 9: 10 on March 7th, 2024, Beijing time, the starting amount of the bank’s personal gold accumulation business (including daily average accumulation and optional day accumulation) has been raised from 500 yuan to 600 yuan. CCB said that it will continue to pay attention to the changes in the gold market in the future and adjust the above starting amount and limit in a timely manner.

Consumers make inquiries and spend money in gold shops. (Image courtesy of CNSPHOTO)

What are the tricks of gold accumulation?

Accumulation fund is a kind of gold investment product. According to the introduction of CCB, the term "gold accumulation" as mentioned in this method means that financial institutions open gold accounts for customers according to the agreement with customers, and record the debt business in which customers deposit a certain amount of gold in a certain period of time. The minimum business unit of gold accumulation products is 1 gram. Within the business processing time specified by CCB, individual customers can buy gold accumulated shares from CCB and deposit them in the gold accumulated account by means of regular accumulation or active accumulation, and the accumulated shares can be redeemed or exchanged for physical precious metal products.

China Business Daily reporter found that some commercial banking businesses, such as CCB and ICBC, all include the accumulated fund business. At present, other banks except CCB have not adjusted their gold accumulation business yet.

However, on March 1st, ICBC official website issued a document saying that according to the Notice of Shanghai Gold Exchange on Adjusting the Margin Ratio of Some Contracts and the Price Limit Board on February 29th, 2024 and the bank’s risk control requirements, the margin ratio of gold and silver deferred contracts for corporate clients was adjusted.

On March 5, the Shanghai Gold Exchange issued a document saying that the study decided to adopt a series of preferential measures for handling fees.

On the knowledge question and answer of the accumulated gold business, ICBC said that because the amount of each investment is fixed, the actual amount of accumulated gold purchased varies with the fluctuation of the gold price, and the gold price accumulates when it is high, and accumulates when it is low. Therefore, long-term fixed-term investment can share the cost of holding gold equally, and better dilute the price risk caused by short-term sharp fluctuations in gold prices.

Some people realize that some people are watching.

Recently, the price of gold hit a record high, and some people realized it quickly.

On March 5, Coke (a pseudonym) sold 63 grams of gold. The recycling price per gram is 497 yuan, and it is 31311 yuan. "I have been hoarding all kinds of small gold bars in 5 grams and 10 grams. I bought it from 395 yuan/gram at the earliest, and bought 6 grams at the highest price of 480 yuan, and realized it first when the price of gold rose. " Coke said.

"Recently, the amount of gold recycling is particularly large. I received seven online recycling orders this morning. Among them, the largest single recovered 300 grams. According to the recovery price of 487 yuan/gram, the customer realized a total of 146,000 yuan, and the gram price when the customer bought it was more than 350 yuan. " On March 7, when the reporter consulted as a gold customer, a gold recycling shop owner said so.

Some people choose to temporarily avoid the edge of the gold price because it is too late to get on the bus at this time.

Jun Jun (pseudonym), who has been paying attention to the price of gold for a long time, said: "At the end of February, I wanted to buy a 100-gram bracelet, and the price of gold was 500 yuan/gram. As a result, when I locked the bill and asked my husband to pay for it, it immediately showed that it was out of stock. In just a few days, the price of gold has soared and can only wait. "

The reporter noted that recently, in order to promote the trade-in of gold jewelry, some gold brand stores have launched some preferential activities.

On March 6th, Xiao Yu (pseudonym), who works in Beijing, received a message from the customer service of a gold brand store: "Only on March 6th, the old gold can be exchanged for a new one according to the gold market price of that day."

"Old gold is also calculated according to the market price of the day, which is actually quite attractive. I went to buy a gold ring and added 3 grams to the original old gold ring. " Xiao Yu said.

"In August last year, I bought a 20-gram gold bracelet in a head gold jewelry brand store. At that time, I clearly remember that the staff said that if they bought a larger gram in the future, they only needed to make up the price of more than 20 grams, and there was no need to make up any manual fees. I want to buy a 30-gram bracelet these two days. When I go to the store, the price is 645 yuan that day, and it will be 617 yuan after the reduction, and my 20 grams will be supplemented by 91 yuan per gram. In other words, I have to pay a total of 7990 yuan for adding 10 grams of gold, and I have to pay another 10 grams of manual fees, which brings me an uncomfortable feeling of’ sitting on the ground’ after the price of gold rises. " Xiaoxi (pseudonym), a citizen of Beijing, said that he intends to wait and see in the near future.

How long can the strength of gold prices last?

The price of gold has reached a record high. Is there room for growth in the future?

For the logic behind the rise in gold prices, Ma Yinchen, an analyst in the precious metals industry, believes that due to multiple factors, the trend of dollarization shown by the continuous increase of gold reserves by central banks around the world in recent years has jointly benefited gold.

However, it should be noted that at present, the market has largely taken into account the impact of the Fed’s interest rate cut. If the Fed fails to cut interest rates or the rate cut is less than expected, the price of gold may fluctuate or even fall back.

Ma Yinchen said that on the whole, due to the demand for safe haven and the demand brought by dollarization, it is expected that the international gold price will rise steadily this year. Even if the price of gold falls back after a sustained high in the future, it may remain at a high level.

At present, Wall Street analysts generally expect that the strength of gold prices will last at least until the second half of this year. Citigroup analysts predicted in the report that there is a 25% chance that the price of gold will reach a record $2,300 per ounce in the second half of this year.

For gold investment, it is generally suggested in the industry that for individual investors, the gold market actually fluctuates greatly, and there is a certain price difference in the process of buying and selling physical gold. Investors should allocate assets according to their personal risk preferences. (Reporter Wang Yuxu)

(Note: This article does not constitute any investment advice)

There are 8 confirmed cases and 4 asymptomatic infections in Shanghai, and 13 areas are classified as high-risk areas.

  According to the "Shanghai Release" WeChat WeChat official account news, today (December 1), the Shanghai Municipal Government Information Office and the Municipal Health and Wellness Commission published online to inform the city of epidemic prevention and control, regional risk level modulation and other relevant information.

  Issued by the Municipal Health and Wellness Commission: On December 1st, 8 local confirmed cases of pneumonia in Covid-19 and 4 local asymptomatic infected people were added to Shanghai society. The emergency response mechanism of epidemic prevention and control in the city and district responded immediately, carried out epidemiological investigation, investigation of relevant personnel, sampling detection and prevention and control management, and implemented epidemic prevention measures such as terminal disinfection of relevant places and environment.

  Infected person 1: female, 24 years old, living inNo.753 Yuyuan Road, Jiangsu Road Street, Changning DistrictDue to physical discomfort, the result of nucleic acid detection was abnormal, and it was positive by the disease control department, and it was diagnosed as a confirmed case of pneumonia in Covid-19 (mild). It has been transferred to designated medical institutions for isolation treatment.

  Epidemiological investigation shows that the activity track of the infected person mainly involves Building 2, No.753 Yuyuan Road, Changning District, in addition to the place of residence.

  Infected person 2: female, 25 years old, living inLane 888, Luojin Road, Meilong Town, Minhang DistrictDue to physical discomfort, the result of nucleic acid detection was abnormal, and it was positive by the disease control department, and it was diagnosed as a confirmed case of pneumonia in Covid-19 (mild). It has been transferred to designated medical institutions for isolation treatment.

  Epidemiological investigation shows that the activity track of the infected person mainly involves Shanghai Hongzhu Trading Co., Ltd., No.190 Hubin Road, Huangpu District, and Hongjie Hot Pot (Hongkou Store), No.444 Dongjiangwan Road, Hongkou District.

  Infected person 3: female, 34 years old, living inYanjisi Village, Yanji Xincun Street, Yangpu DistrictAbnormal results were found in normalized nucleic acid detection, which was positive after review by the disease control department, and was diagnosed as a confirmed case of pneumonia in Covid-19 (mild). It has been transferred to designated medical institutions for isolation treatment.

  Epidemiological investigation shows that the activity track of the infected person mainly involves No.763 Hongshan Road, Pudong New Area and Lane 385 Quyang Road, Hongkou District, in addition to the place of residence.

  Infected person 4: male, 39 years old, living inLane 1940, Xinzha Road, Caojiadu Street, Jing ‘an DistrictAbnormal results were found in normalized nucleic acid detection, which was positive after review by the disease control department, and was diagnosed as a confirmed case of pneumonia in Covid-19 (mild). It has been transferred to designated medical institutions for isolation treatment.

  Epidemiological investigation shows that the activity track of the infected person mainly involves Mustall on the first floor of Building 2, No.881 Wuding Road, Jing ‘an District, and Upstairs on the second floor of No.990 Wuding Road.

  Infected person 5: female, 29 years old, living inLane 850, Xitailin Road, Sanlin Town, Pudong New AreaAbnormal results were found in normalized nucleic acid detection, which was positive after review by the disease control department, and was diagnosed as a confirmed case of pneumonia in Covid-19 (mild). It has been transferred to designated medical institutions for isolation treatment.

  Epidemiological investigation shows that the activity track of the infected person mainly involves Jiangnan Ningbo Xiangshan Seafood Hotel (Huangpu Branch) on the 1st-3rd floor, No.600 Luban Road, Huangpu District, in addition to the place of residence.

  Infected person 6: female, 49 years old, living inLane 505, Jiudu Road, Jiuliting Street, Songjiang DistrictDue to physical discomfort, the result of nucleic acid detection was abnormal, and it was positive by the disease control department, and it was diagnosed as a confirmed case of pneumonia in Covid-19 (mild). It has been transferred to designated medical institutions for isolation treatment.

  Epidemiological investigation shows that the activity track of the infected person mainly involves Ruhai Supermarket, No.1039 Laiyin Road, Songjiang District, Beimen Deli Shop, No.495 Jiudu Road, Yikouxian Fresh Supermarket, No.540-554 Jiuyi Road, and Yibaihui Lifestyle Supermarket, No.881 Huting North Road, in addition to the place of residence.

  Infected person 7: female, 61 years old, living inLane 398, Chongfu Road, Ma Lu Town, Jiading DistrictAbnormal results were found in normalized nucleic acid detection, which was positive after review by the disease control department, and was diagnosed as a confirmed case of pneumonia in Covid-19 (mild). It has been transferred to designated medical institutions for isolation treatment.

  Epidemiological investigation shows that the activity track of the infected person mainly involves Youpin Mart Supermarket (Chongfu Road Store), No.417 Chongfu Road, Jiading District, Room 305, No.615 Anpu Road, Yangpu District (Sin Chew Nanyang), and No.25, Lane 348, Shaoshan Road, Baoshan District.

  Infected person 8: male, 49 years old, living inLane 6, Yingwei Road, Yutang 1 ST Village, Chedun Town, Songjiang DistrictAbnormal results were found in normalized nucleic acid detection, which was positive after review by the disease control department, and was diagnosed as a confirmed case of pneumonia in Covid-19 (mild). It has been transferred to designated medical institutions for isolation treatment.

  Epidemiological investigation shows that the activity track of the infected person is mainly related to Zhongli Chinese Breakfast at No.131, Lane 58, Yingjia Road, Songjiang District, JD.COM Convenience Store at No.58 Yingjia Road, Shaanxi Snacks at Room 1112, Building 4, No.456 Nanle Road, Shiwei Restaurant at No.428 Yindu West Road and Jiuxing Charging Pile.

  Infected person 9: male, 35 years old, living inNo.4068, Caoan Highway, Anting Town, Jiading DistrictAbnormal results were found in normalized nucleic acid detection, which was positive after review by the disease control department and was diagnosed as asymptomatic infection. It has been transferred to designated medical institutions for isolation medical observation.

  Epidemiological investigation shows that the activity track of the infected person is mainly related to E1-73 Shanghai Feizai Industrial Co., Ltd., No.4031 Cao ‘an Highway, Anting Town, Jiading District, and Meicai.com Logistics, No.1498 Tieli Road, Baoshan District.

  Infected person 10: male, 53 years old, living inLane 1728, Hongmei South Road, Meilong Town, Minhang DistrictAbnormal results were found in normalized nucleic acid detection, which was positive after review by the disease control department and was diagnosed as asymptomatic infection. It has been transferred to designated medical institutions for isolation medical observation.

  Epidemiological investigation shows that the activity track of the infected person is mainly related to China Post (Lianhua South Road Store), Building 4, Lane 1971, Lianhua South Road, Minhang District, and Jinhaishangwan, Lane 399, Anya Road, Jiading District.

  Infected 11: male, 42 years old, living inLongnansan Village, Longhua Street, Xuhui DistrictAbnormal results were found in normalized nucleic acid detection, which was positive after review by the disease control department and was diagnosed as asymptomatic infection. It has been transferred to designated medical institutions for isolation medical observation.

  Epidemiological investigation shows that the activity track of the infected person mainly involves No.1130 Tianyaoqiao South Road in Xuhui District, No.1700 Taihe Road in Baoshan District and No.5588 Shangnan Road in Pudong New Area (dry goods area).

  Infected person 12: female, 37 years old, living inLane 198, Zhongshan Nanyi Road, Bansongyuan Road Street, Huangpu DistrictAbnormal results were found in normalized nucleic acid detection, which was positive after review by the disease control department and was diagnosed as asymptomatic infection. It has been transferred to designated medical institutions for isolation medical observation.

  Epidemiological investigation shows that the activity track of the infected person is mainly related to Pingguolian Fresh Supermarket, No.668 Quxi Road, Huangpu District, and Apple Garden, No.160 Jiazhai Road, Xiling, except the place of residence.

  As of 16: 00 on December 1st, a total of 1011 close contacts in Shanghai have been investigated, and isolation control has been implemented. Among them, the nucleic acid test results of 739 people are as followsnegative, the rest are being tested.

  A total of 1,266,802 people were screened for related risks, of which 1,266,231 were found to have nucleic acid detection results as followsnegative, the rest are being tested.

  A total of 934 samples of articles and environment in relevant places were investigated, of which 20 samples (environmental samples of infected people’s residence and workplace) showed the following results.positive, 749 pieces of nucleic acid detection results are as followsnegative, the rest are being tested.

  According to the relevant provisions of the novel coronavirus Prevention and Control Plan (Ninth Edition) and the Notice on Further Optimizing the Prevention and Control Measures of COVID-19 Epidemic, and doing a good job in prevention and control scientifically and accurately, the Office of the Leading Group for Epidemic Prevention and Control of COVID-19 City decided to study.No.28, Lane 850, Xitailin Road, Sanlin Town, Pudong New Area; No.13, Lane 198, Zhongshan South Road, Bansongyuan Road Street, Huangpu District; No.63, Longnan Third Village, Longhua Street, Xuhui District; No.1130, Tianyaoqiao South Road, Longhua Street, Changning District; No.9, Lane 1940, Xinzha Road, Caojiadu Street, Jing ‘an District; No.1, Lane 385, Quyang Road, Ouyang Road Street, Hongk Building No.4, Lane 398, Chongfu Road, Ma Lu Town, Jiading District, No.3, Lane 6, Yingwei Road, Chedun Town, Songjiang District, No.408, Laifang Road, Jiuliting Street, Songjiang District, Building No.12, Moka Town, Lane 505, Jiudu Road, Jiuliting Street, Songjiang District, and No.35, Lane 123, Qingfeng Road, xia yang Street, Qingpu District are classified as high-risk areas, and Longhua Street in Xuhui District, Jiangsu Road Street in Changning District, Ouyang

"Paris Baby" premieres, Deng Chao’s mother-in-law supports "Three Good" son-in-law


Sun Li’s mother supports Deng Chao’s new film


The main creator went to Shanghai to promote the film

    The romantic romantic comedy "Paris Baby," starring Deng Chao and Jane Maggie, produced by Hairun Pictures, was released nationwide on August 25. Recently, the main creators were in Shanghai to build momentum for the film. As the son-in-law of Shanghai, Deng Chao showed his "home court" momentum. Not only did he show off the Pidgin Shanghai dialect to greet everyone, but Sun Li’s mother also made a special trip to cheer on her son-in-law’s new film. When asked about the title of "Three Good Dads", Deng Chao said with a smile, "Good temper is true, but English is surprise. As for cooking skills, I can only make Sun Li a boiled egg, rice noodles or something."

"Three Good Dad" is a shame, poor cooking skills are good at boiled eggs

    Deng Chao was the first to experience the ups and downs of a "trendy dad" in "Paris Baby", and played a warm and funny "cat-and-mouse game" with "daughter" Button. Button also gave a high evaluation of Deng Chao’s father’s performance, calling him "Three Good Dads", "He has good English, a good temper, and good cooking skills." However, Deng Chao, who is about to be upgraded to "Human Father" in his life, humbly said that he deserved it. "It is true that he has a good temper in the’three good ‘, but his English is surprise. As for cooking skills… I can develop it. A man who can cook is very attractive. I knew a chef in New Zealand before who would ride his bike up the mountain to prepare ingredients and ask others for their opinions on each dish. He was focused and calm." Now his beloved wife, Sun Li, is waiting to give birth at home, and Deng Chao is slowly practicing cooking, "Now that Sun Li is pregnant at home, it is inconvenient to go out to eat, and I sometimes make a boiled egg, rice noodles or something." When a reporter complained that Sun Li had revealed that Deng Chao’s boiled eggs were not cooked, Deng Chao confidently said, "Now it can definitely be cooked, and the eggs can be peeled without the skin."

Deng Chao revealed that he stopped work to accompany his beloved wife, and Sun Li’s mother joined the new film on behalf of her daughter

    Together with the buttons, Deng Chao always exudes a strong paternal love, making people feel his "good father" side. According to Deng Chao, Sun Li is at home and waiting for labor. In order to be able to accompany his beloved wife more wholeheartedly, he has recently suspended most of his work. Earlier, Deng Chao said during the promotion of the film in Chengdu that he was actually preparing for the baby to be born. "Including things like breastfeeding and changing diapers, I don’t know anything at all. I even plan to enroll in a study class to learn how to take care of children." When talking about expectations for the baby to be born, Deng Chao replied simply: "Boys and girls can do it." Regarding the child’s future, Deng Chao said, "You can’t ask for extravagant things, I hope he has a different and beautiful future."

    That night, Sun Li’s mother made a special trip to replace her daughter in labor for Deng Chao’s new film "Paris Baby", and Deng Chao ran around and took good care of it, just like a filial son-in-law. It is reported that Sun Li has not seen the film, and Deng Chao said that he will definitely let Sun Li go to the theater to see how he looks like a father.

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Shanghai: When the "reshuffle" of supermarkets and convenience stores is going on.

  Shops and convenience stores in Shanghai are being reshuffled.

  Carrefour has been operating in China for more than 20 years, and the new owner has been replaced by Suning; Metro, which entered almost at the same time as Carrefour, is also looking for the receiver of China business … … Even ordinary consumers can clearly feel this change when walking on the street — — Traditional hypermarkets such as e-mart and Tesco are gradually withdrawing from the downtown area and being replaced by various new supermarkets and convenience stores. Among them, there are foreign brands such as ALDI, the century-old supermarket chain in Germany, Costco, the second largest retail supermarket in the world, and new brands hatched by domestic capital such as Pick’n Go, Suning Store, Ole’s boutique supermarket and G-Super. Shanghai’s supermarket industry has become more and more lively.

  Every round of survival of the fittest, Shanghai’s supermarket industry is evolving itself. Every brand is constantly trying and growing in this new era of consumption, letting go of the game between technological upgrading and business model change. And all business comes from the most basic variable, the consumer.

  ■ Wen Wei Po reporter Xu Jinghui

  Giant game

  Those who can’t run fast will eventually be eliminated

  In the early 1990s, the supermarket format entered Shanghai for the first time, and it has reached the stage of standing in the thirties. However, this mature system is not calm, and "undercurrent surging" is the most appropriate adjective to describe the current state of this industry.

  At the end of last month, Suning.cn announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary Suning International planned to invest 4.8 billion yuan to acquire 80% shares of Carrefour China, thus swallowing this "behemoth" with an operating income of nearly 30 billion yuan in China. Not only Carrefour, but also the "Big Mac" supermarkets in the past seem to have a "middle-aged crisis". Lotte, e-mart, Tesco and other brands have withdrawn one after another, while Metro has been seeking to sell its China business … …

  The "vacancy" in the market has been replaced by new brands with stronger capital. Box Ma Xiansheng, hatched from Alibaba, became the main store for major shopping centers in just three years, and successfully embarked on the "C position"; Tencent invested heavily in Yonghui’s new format "super species", which expanded rapidly nationwide; Greenland Group’s G-Super Greenland, which lays out the retail industry, is preferably fully expanded in first-and second-tier cities, with 31 stores opened in Shanghai alone … … These supermarkets rooted in shopping centers have gradually replaced the original "single-family" hypermarkets.

  The same situation also appeared in the convenience store industry. Many years ago, small convenience stores such as Keke, Haode, Liangyou and Diatiantian, which were all over the streets of Shanghai, were shrinking, while Japanese brands such as Family and Rosen developed steadily, while a number of new brands such as Suning Store and Convenience Bee rose, with the blessing of giants such as Suning, Tencent and Gaoyou Capital.

  Looking at the reshuffle of the supermarket industry, behind the giant game is actually the transformation of business philosophy: when the development and reform of a format can’t beat the market and consumers, it will inevitably go downhill. In the past, the supermarket format faced a market that had not been developed by e-commerce, and consumers had to rely on the offline shopping environment. Therefore, the intensive and one-stop shopping environment was favored. With the impact and integration of e-commerce, the past business model has been difficult to meet the needs of current consumers.

  The re-opening of the supermarket industry, the traditional hypermarkets represented by Yonghui and RT Mart, and the new brands represented by Boxma Xiansheng, have similar paths — — Seamless online and offline links to speed up home service. In March last year, RT Mart’s "online ordering and offline delivery" service was fully rolled out. Bin Yuan, a new retailer in RT Mart, revealed in an interview that although this transformation is difficult, the effect is quite obvious after the integration of online and offline, which not only greatly improves the efficiency, but also makes the consumer structure younger, which is the most desirable change of traditional hypermarkets.

  Consumer competition

  Adjust the strategy according to consumer preferences

  In this round of reshuffle, the change of business model comes from the most basic variable of consumers. A report from Deloitte shows that the rapid economic development in China has stimulated the consumption demand of the younger generation. Different from the previous generation of consumers, young consumers pay more attention to convenient, personalized and high-quality shopping experience.

  Judging from the shopping habits of the main consumers, such as post-80s, post-90s and even post-00s, they are fundamentally different from the previous generation: post-80s and post-60s like to browse the promotional advertisements stuffed into mailboxes in supermarkets, then get on the free shuttle bus early in the morning and buy all the discounted daily necessities at once in the stores. However, the post-80s and post-90s are not like this. As far as their eyes are concerned, the "June 18th Promotion" and the "double 11" online carnival are the two major shopping labels at the middle and end of the year, respectively. Those daily necessities such as paper towels, toiletries and baby diapers are purchased at a low price at one time. Even if they "improvise" and move their fingers, these standard products can basically be purchased from all over the country in one day.

  The change of consumers’ shopping habits has a great impact on hypermarkets. Some surveys show that in first-tier cities, the frequency of young consumers going to large supermarkets can be calculated by "month", which makes the "Big Mac" have to make strategic adjustments around the changes in consumer demand.

  At present, a relatively successful adjustment model is the development of large-scale enterprises with ultra-miniaturization. For example, Easy Carrefour is a successful case. Its most obvious benefit lies in cost saving. On the one hand, those goods with high online shopping rate gradually withdraw from the shelves, greatly reducing the area of the supermarket; On the other hand, these supermarkets, with an area of about 1,000 square meters, mainly focus on fresh food, imported food, beverages and other products with high repurchase rate and instant consumption, which can filter the positive impact brought by e-commerce to the maximum extent.

  The development of large-scale supermarkets towards miniaturization is also helpful to its site selection. Previously, "Big Mac" stores loved "single-family" stores, with all kinds of parking lots and shuttle buses. Now, entering shopping centers is not only easier to operate than big stores, but also easier to reach young consumers, and it is also convenient for large-scale expansion.

  From a deep perspective, the miniaturization of big stores is also a reasonable combination of the whole supply chain to optimize in depth. Nowadays, these scattered supermarkets are already composed of two parts — — Front store and back warehouse. The function of "front store" further flies away in the direction of "emergency+experience", such as fresh products, beverage products and so on; The "back warehouse" has turned into a "front warehouse" for online shopping users, stocking according to big data and responding to online shopping needs.

  Cost bottom line

  Looking for breakthrough direction in "actuarial science"

  The reshuffle of Shanghai Shangchao format is also closely related to cost. At the end of 1990s, when the first batch of hypermarkets entered Shanghai, they signed multi-year leases in one breath. Now, most of them quit because the leases expired and they could not afford high rents.

  But the latecomers also have to face the cost game — — The premise of any business model is profitability. In the era of supermarkets with high rents and high labor costs, new solutions are needed.

  Starting from the "variable" of consumers, fresh products with high gross profit have become the main direction of major brands. In this matter, as big as box horse fresh, super species, Ole’ Boutique supermarkets, as small as Suning stores and Haode convenience stores, are all making efforts. As a matter of fact, the fresh-keeping strategy has achieved very good results in the early stage. This kind of goods with high repurchase rate and high gross profit margin can directly drive profit growth. Fresh products have made extremely important contributions to the reason why Box Horse Fresh Life’s first store in China can realize single-store profit so quickly.

  However, we have to pay attention to the fact that when all brands are heading for running all the way, the rapidly saturated market makes this once-tried-and-tested model "kick the iron plate". Box Ma Xiansheng has closed its store for the first time this year, and Wanda Store in Wujiaochang, the first store of Yonghui Yunchuang’s super species in Shanghai, has recently closed its doors. According to Suning.cn’s financial report, the loss of Suning Store only reached 296 million yuan in the first seven months of 2018. With the rapid expansion of the store, this loss will expand sharply. How to stop loss will be a difficult problem that these brands must face.

  To cope with the high cost, another way to solve the problem is to replace manpower with technology. For example, the newly-emerging brand Convenience Bee is equipped with unmanned payment equipment in all stores in Shanghai. In convenience stores that are open 24 hours a day, the work of the night clerk is mainly to receive goods, replenish goods, tally, etc., and the cashier work is replaced by intelligent technology equipment.

  Before this, unmanned supermarkets were indeed booming. In 2017, Taobao’s "Amoy Coffee" became popular at the Creation Festival. Since then, all parts of the country have tried water without retail. However, from the current development, the cost of artificial intelligence is much higher than that of labor, which hinders the promotion of unmanned supermarkets. A retired employee of Binguo Box, an unmanned convenience store, told reporters that the company started to lay off employees at the end of last year, and it has plummeted from more than 500 people at its peak to more than 100 people now. However, Wei Xueqi, an associate professor in the Department of Information Management and Information Systems, School of Management, Fudan University, believes that the launch of the 5G commercial tide will be of great help to unmanned supermarkets in the next year or two. Once the technical cost can be greatly reduced, it will be able to support this new format. Accelerate development.

  In addition, it is also a strategy to open a shop in the suburbs where the land price is cheaper. Whether it is a Sam member store in Qingpu or Pudong, or a market opening guest who is about to open, it is such a prudent business. Andrew Miles, president of Sam member store’s China business, calculated an account for the reporter: the cost of opening a store in the suburbs is only half of that of an urban supermarket, while the sales volume brought by strict control of product quality can reach 5 to 10 times that of an ordinary supermarket, which gives the possibility of a virtuous circle of supermarket formats.

  Personalized development

  Thousands of stores and thousands of faces, to "change" to meet the trend.

  The transformation of Shanghai supermarket industry is far from over, because from this summer, a large wave of new stores will be unveiled in Shanghai — —

  At the end of June, Oleqi, a famous cheap supermarket brand in Europe, opened two offline stores in one breath and officially entered the retail battlefield in China.

  On July 2nd, Box Horse opened a new convenience store in Shanghai — — Pick’n go, the "smallest" box horse store in history, covers an area of less than 20 square meters. It is mainly engaged in fresh food and is also the latest attempt of box horse.

  On July 4th, Yonghui Supermarket "Market Life" opened in Sanlin Impression City, Pudong, with the combination of traditional market culture and fashionable and modern farmer’s market decoration as its selling point.

  In late July, Yonghui Supermarket’s first mini community store will soon land in Nanxiang, Jiading, which is also a new exploration of Yonghui Supermarket after "super species" … …

  New brands emerge one after another, and "change" is the only constant theme. Hou Yi, CEO of Box Horse Fresh Life, once said that in addition to Box Horse Fresh Life, they are actively exploring new formats such as Box Horse Vegetable Market and Box Horse mini, and studying the best format model in different cities, different regions, different population densities and different scenarios, so as to make strategic reserves for the development in the next decade.

  Not long ago, Convenience Bee got the first hot meal business license of convenience store in Shanghai. Nowadays, in every store, you can see a hot meal sales area enclosed by a glass curtain wall, which is equipped with steaming oven, cleaning and disinfection washing pool, warm water heat preservation cabinet and other equipment and facilities for supplying hot food. After the hot meal is heated, it can be stored in the warm water heat preservation cabinet, which can maintain a constant temperature, which means that no matter the first guest or the last guest, they can get the meal with the same temperature.

  At the same time, theme stores and exclusive imported goods are also important "playing methods" for major brands. At the end of May, Rosen’s first Hello Kitty theme convenience store in the world opened in Nanjing East Road subway station. Before that, this convenience store had launched theme stores such as "Shanghai Football", "Teddy Bear" and "Detective Conan" to attract consumers to stop. The G-Super Green Space Optimization is based on the spillover effect of the import Expo, trying to improve its core competitiveness while introducing more new overseas products and bringing global good goods into the domestic market more efficiently.

  In the ever-changing, Shangchao industry is working hard in the direction of segmentation and personalization. These differentiated explorations may become the keys for brands to settle down in the future. Liu Min, deputy director of the Shanghai Municipal Commission of Commerce, said that the retail industry in Shanghai experienced the last round of information technology development, and now it has returned to quality and service again, forming a positive spiral upward trend, which will bring brand-new vitality and energy to the supermarket industry in Shanghai.

"Thunder Shazam 2" Nemesis arrival villain army into a circle powder weapon


1905 movie network news DC superhero movies are being shown all over the country! A few days ago, the film exposed the footage of the "Nemesis" feature film. In order to seize the staff of the gods, the two goddesses, Hespera and Calypso mythology, did not hesitate to attack innocent people, and the crowded museum instantly turned into a human purgatory.


Revenge grabbed the staff and turned the audience behind the scenes.


In the exposed "Nemesis" clip, the daughters of the giant god of ancient Greece, Hespera and Calypso mythology, came to a museum in Greece. They had a clear goal and went straight to the staff of the gods in the center of the exhibition hall. After the two men contacted the staff, their combat power value was instantly filled up. However, just when some clueless human beings came forward to stop him, Calypso mythology exerted the "power of chaos" on the spot, which made the victim lose his mind and become crazy, and then began to harm other innocent people. In a flash, screams and cries for help kept coming from the museum, while the two goddesses calmly withdrew from the chaos.


In fact, as the actor of the powerful villain in the film, the private harmony is completely different. As soon as they changed their cool style of painting, they were more funny on the set, and the sense of contrast in and out of the play directly fascinated the audience. Regarding how to understand that his role is defined as a villain, helen mirren once wittily explained in an interview, "I never thought we were villains, we were heroines, and I always thought that the goddess’ shirt should be an elegant white dress, but I didn’t expect it to be a pair of heavy armor"! Liu Yuling, who joined the DC universe for the first time, doesn’t care much about villains. What she values more is being able to join the "Shazam!" film series and formally become a member of DC, and she can compete with a goddess-level actor like helen mirren. In Liu Yuling’s own words, it is — — Is this heaven? The fatal charm of the two Nemesis is waiting for the audience to come to the cinema to experience it in person!


The villain army turned into a circle, and the audience shouted "It’s worth two brushes"


Thunder Shazan! As a return work, Wrath of the Gods has not only made brand-new adjustments and upgrades in visual effects production and plot setting, but also significantly improved the establishment of the main creative team and role conflict. Among them, the most enthusiastic response from the audience and the hottest topic of discussion are about the cast of Nemesis and the newly added monster legion. In this regard, producer Pete Safran once mentioned in an interview that "a comic adaptation film must have a strong villain to be wonderful, so we found top Hollywood movie stars such as helen mirren and Liu Yuling to play the daughters of Atlas, the giant god, and their wonderful performances made the drama of gods versus gods more shocking and eye-catching". Not only that, the joining of the Monster Corps this time also won the appreciation of a large number of audiences. Not only did the details of the special effects production show great points, but the scene of the monsters’ collective dispatch made the war more exciting and exciting, and the audience watched it quite well.


The movie "Thunder Shazan! The Wrath of the Gods is directed and starred by Liu Yuling and helen mirren. The film is being released nationwide!


Tianjin: new consumption experience, drawing a new picture of golden week economy

Xinhua News Agency, Tianjin, October 6th
Xinhua News Agency reporters Song Rui and Ma Bowen
In the golden autumn of October, the first two-dimensional immersive experience hall in Tianjin welcomed the first guests at the Xiannong University of Wudao in Heping District, Tianjin. With the official appearance of pop-up shop’s theme "Meow Meets Coffee" in Dali Temple Journal during the National Day holiday, the audience is no longer just a "bystander" of this domestic animation work, but can really walk into the story and be "in the same box" with the characters.
Walking into the store is like stepping into the parallel time and space of animation. A large number of original surroundings are displayed next to the bar, which provides fans with rich collection options. Cosplay free travel, role interaction and other activities attract many anime fans to make an appointment on social media in advance.
"The secondary culture conforms to the consumption pattern of a new generation of young people, and the linkage between Tianjin local national tide animation and Tianjin historical district has brought new consumption experience." Yang Kun, general manager of Tianjin Eco-city Industrial Park Operation Management Co., Ltd. said.
In Tianjin Geely Building, the National Tide Quangan Theater of "Mysteries of the Tang Dynasty Westbound" also attracts tourists. The theater is based on the real scene of the Tang Dynasty and integrates VR technology to create an immersive experience. The audience put on the VR head display, and with the changes of light, shadow and sound effects, it seems to cross the Millennium Chang ‘an and embark on a fantasy journey.
Citizen Dong Li came to experience with her mother: "I have never seen this form before. It is very novel, with the dynamic effect of wind and rain, which is particularly real. The picture of VR glasses is very clear and it feels like being there. "
The theater is based on the popular network drama "The Mysteries of the Tang Dynasty", which expands the new space of cultural consumption through "national tide+immersion experience" and further activates the market potential of traditional cultural IP.
"We hope to make traditional culture’ live’ through cutting-edge technology." Jiao Tianyu, assistant general manager of Tianjin Centennial Zhongyuan Commercial Development Co., Ltd. said, "This project is not only an entertainment experience, but also an innovative attempt of cultural inheritance, which has greatly stimulated young people’s love for traditional culture."
As night falls, the lights of the amphitheater in Tianmei Art District, Hebei District, Tianjin are getting brighter, and Cao Yu’s classic plays are being staged. The circular layout of the theater makes the audience and the actors "zero distance", and the scenery and props are close at hand-the teacups on the table, the paintings on the walls, and the clothes placed by the actors when they walk, all of which make people feel like they are in the living room on that rainy night.
The gallery lights outside the theater continued the aftertaste of the drama. The special drama exhibition "From Front to Behind the Scene" shows props, costumes and manuscripts of stage plays over the years. The audience can personally touch these "silent actors" and feel the vitality of drama art.
"We hope that through curation, the story of the stage will continue into life. After watching the performance, the audience can continue to feel the story behind the scenes. " Jiang Dafang, chairman of Tianmei Art District Operation Company, introduced.
In the "rejuvenated" China Grand Theatre, a lively and immersive "National Day Recreation Party" was staged here. The entertainment club will continue the city memory of the old theater, and let the audience enjoy tricks and flash performances of Beijing opera between the stage and balcony with a walking tour experience.
During the holiday period, Tianjin launched the 6th Nightlife Festival, Haihe Reading Season, Vibrant Hexi Nezha International Consumer Carnival and other special activities around the theme of "Night Tianjin City" and "Golden Autumn Consumption Season". Cafes and cultural and creative stores extended their business hours to attract more tourists to "punch in".
In Tianjin Italian style area, bookstores are no longer just quiet corners. Zhong Shuge Tianjin Store, which won the international architectural award, ushered in its first anniversary of opening, and the book overflowed the store door and extended to a "mobile bookstore". People read and communicate with the aroma of coffee and music, and feel the unique charm of "the city is the study".
"In the past, visiting a book fair was to buy books, but now it is more like a cultural trip." Susan Wang, a tourist, said, "Walking and reading in the block market can not only choose books, but also buy coffee and cultural creation, which makes the experience richer."
Four days before the National Day holiday, 415 commercial and trade circulation enterprises monitored by Tianjin Municipal Bureau of Commerce realized a cumulative sales of 1.6 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 5%; The cumulative passenger flow was 10.855 million, up 4.2% year-on-year.
He Xiaoyang, director of the Consumption Promotion Department of Tianjin Municipal Bureau of Commerce, said that Tianjin is making good use of policy resources, insisting on scene innovation and content upgrading, and launching diversified consumption scenes of business, culture, tourism and sports exhibitions to continuously meet the personalized, diversified and quality consumption needs of citizens and tourists.
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Chengdu, Sichuan: The traffic control department of the public security takes many measures to finely control traffic congestion and ensure smooth roads during holidays.

CCTV News:On the first day of the New Year holiday, Chengdu, Sichuan ushered in the peak of passenger flow. In order to effectively prevent and reduce the occurrence of road traffic accidents, the traffic control department of Chengdu public security has refined traffic congestion with the working mechanism of "fast, accurate and micro".

During the New Year’s Day holiday this year, most of Chengdu’s tourism is self-driving in surrounding cities, and the daily average number of motor vehicles on Jiannan Avenue in Chengdu exceeds 150,000.

Li Jinghao, Captain of the Third Brigade of the Sixth Branch of the Traffic Management Bureau of Chengdu Public Security Bureau:Before New Year’s Day, the centralized transformation of nodes and entrances and exits of Jiannan Avenue was carried out, and signal lights were set up to redistribute and adjust the flow of main and auxiliary roads.

In addition, Chengdu traffic police also use video inspection and intelligent transportation system to investigate and deal with illegal activities efficiently and improve the efficiency of road traffic operation.

Police of Chengdu Public Security Bureau Traffic Management Bureau Command Center Qi Bingsen:Collect traffic incidents every 10 minutes, properly handle the discovered incidents in time, and at the same time, collect and warn the peripheral traffic incident information based on the Internet big data platform, so as to ensure that we can discover the traffic incident information of the whole city more accurately and efficiently and ensure the safe travel of citizens.

Some rescuers lost contact in sudden rock collapse in chengdu-kunming railway.

After the first two railway interruptions, rescue workers rescued in the tunnel.

After the first two railway interruptions, rescue workers rescued in the tunnel.

The railway at the tunnel entrance was buried.

The railway at the tunnel entrance was buried.

Rock mass collapse site on 14th.

Rock mass collapse site on 14th.

  At about 12: 44 noon on August 14th, tens of thousands of high rock masses suddenly collapsed between Lianghong and Aidai Station in chengdu-kunming railway, Ganluo County, Liangshan Prefecture, and the line was interrupted again, which led to the loss of some rescue workers on site. The exact number is being verified.

  Since the end of July, chengdu-kunming railway has been interrupted for three times due to heavy rainfall, and the Ganluo section of the line has been in the emergency recovery stage for half a month. According to the announcement of the railway department, the passenger train from Chengdu to Xichang will be suspended until August 30.

  During the interruption of chengdu-kunming railway, in order to ensure passengers’ travel, the railway department tried every means to tap the transportation capacity, reconnected the EMU from Chengdu East to Kunming South, and added ordinary passenger trains from Xichang to Panzhihua and Kunming, so as to facilitate passengers’ travel along the route to the greatest extent.

  Live video display

  A lot of earth and stone poured down from the railway.

  A tunnel entrance railway was buried.

  After the disaster, the railway department immediately launched a level I response, quickly organized forces, and worked with local firefighters to fully carry out rescue. At present, the collapse of the mountain continues, which has a great impact on the rescue work. The collapse caused the catenary to trip, the communication optical cable was interrupted, the railway line was buried about 70 meters, and the line was pushed about 20 meters.

  According to on-site rescuers, the place where the collapse occurred was near the area where the Chengdu-Kunming line was blocked by mudslides on July 29. It can be seen from the video taken at the scene that when the disaster occurred, a large number of earth and stone poured down from the mountain next to the railway, and smoke and dust rolled. After the collapse stopped, a large number of stones piled up at a tunnel entrance and buried the railway.

  At present, the rescue work for people who lost contact is in progress, and the Provincial Emergency Management Department has mobilized rescue forces such as the fire rescue team and the Ganluo Mine Rescue Team to carry out personnel search and rescue at the disaster site. At the same time, Liangshan Fire Brigade and Yingjing Mine Rescue Team also rushed to the scene to reinforce.

  Travel has little impact.

  Reconnect Chengdu East to Kunming South EMU

  Maximize the convenience for passengers to travel.

  Chengdu-kunming railway is interrupted, with the greatest impact on the Chengdu-Xichang section. According to the railway department’s notification, the suspension will last until August 30th. However, during the suspension of railway passenger transport, roads and routes are still operating normally.

  "In fact, it doesn’t affect me much, because I can still take the bus." Miss Li is from Xichang and currently works in Chengdu. She told reporters that after the opening of the high-speed bus from Chengdu to Xichang, there will be fewer trains, mainly because the train time is relatively long, which takes eight or nine hours at a time, while it only takes six hours if the car is not in traffic jam.

  In addition, in order to ensure the travel needs of passengers from Chengdu and Xichang to Kunming, China Railway Chengdu Bureau Group Co., Ltd. reconnected Chengdu East to Kunming South EMU and added ordinary passenger trains from Xichang to Panzhihua and Kunming to maximize the convenience of passengers traveling along the route.

  At present, there are 5 pairs of emus from Chengdu East to Kunming Nankai, and the emus take Chongqing and Guizhou to Kunming South Station. The whole journey takes 5 to 6 hours, and there are still tickets left. There are 3 pairs of ordinary passenger trains from Xichang to Panzhihua, and 1 pair of ordinary passenger trains from Xichang to Kunming.

  The freight was not completely interrupted

  Start the freight train after each rush.

  Products along the line can be shipped out quickly.

  Chengdu-kunming railway is a national railway I-class passenger and freight co-line railway connecting Sichuan and Yunnan in China. One of its important influences is to change the long-term isolation of ethnic minority areas in the deep southwest, transport local products to the whole country and even the rest of the world, and promote local economic development. Take Yuanmou County, Yunnan Province as an example, vegetables are not only supplied to Kunming and Chengdu, but also sold well in more than 150 large and medium-sized cities in China. Every year, more than 30,000 tons of onions, tomatoes, kidney beans and chives are exported to South Korea, Japan, Russia, the United States, the European Union and Southeast Asian countries through chengdu-kunming railway through entrepot trade.

  On July 29th and August 4th, chengdu-kunming railway was interrupted twice due to the continuous rainstorm. Although passenger trains were not opened immediately after the rush, freight trains resumed operation immediately. Therefore, the interruption of chengdu-kunming railway did not completely interrupt the freight along the route.

  Why is it interrupted frequently?

  The terrain along the line is steep and prone to geological disasters.

  The rain has been interrupted three times recently.

  In fact, as early as the early 1950s, when chengdu-kunming railway was built, the areas along the line were called "railway forbidden zones" by foreign experts, and it was long considered as an impossible place to build railways. The whole line runs through mountains and valleys with steep terrain, diverse topography and complicated geology, and passes through rugged and steep mountains and hills with towering peaks and dense deep streams. The area where the line passes is called "open-air geological museum".

  According to the forecast of Meteorological Observatory and the analysis of Sichuan Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters, there has been continuous heavy rainfall in Liangshan area where chengdu-kunming railway mainly passes recently, and some small and medium-sized rivers may have obvious flood process and exceed the warning water level, and local heavy rainfall is easy to cause mountain torrents and mudslides. In particular, the slope of Niuri River on the left side of the disaster-stricken area collapsed seriously, and many weirs in the river channel have not been alleviated. The slope surface washed by debris flow in some sections is still extremely unstable, and rainfall is prone to collapse, and even mudslides and cut slopes collapse again, which is also the reason why chengdu-kunming railway has been interrupted many times recently.

  First interruption: July 29th.

  At about 11: 00 on July 29th, floods and landslides occurred between Lianghong and Adai stations and between Ganluo and Nanergang stations in chengdu-kunming railway, which led to the interruption of the line. After 93 hours of fighting day and night, at 9 o’clock in the morning of August 2, the whole line of Chengdu-Kunming line was rushed through, and the freight train began trial operation.

  Second interruption: August 4th.

  At about 9: 40 a.m. on August 4th, due to the continuous rainstorm, a mudslide occurred again at K306 of the Narrow Bangou Tunnel in the chengdu-kunming railway Aidai-Lianghong section, and about 4,000 cubic meters of mud poured into the Narrow Bangou No.1 Tunnel, burying the line for about 1,000 meters, and the maximum depth of mud was nearly 3.5 meters, which led to the interruption of the line again.

  After the water disaster, Chengtie Bureau started the emergency plan as soon as possible, and successively assembled 400 personnel and 7 sets of machines and tools to put into emergency rescue work.

  On August 10th, after nearly 152 hours of continuous fighting day and night by rescuers, the water damage from Lianghong to Adai Station in chengdu-kunming railway was successfully repaired. At 18: 25 on the same day, the first train passed through the flooded area safely for 57,180 times, and the freight train transportation order was restored in chengdu-kunming railway.

  Third interruption: August 14th.

  Less than four days before the second emergency in chengdu-kunming railway, at about 12: 44 noon on August 14th, tens of thousands of high rock masses suddenly collapsed between Lianghong and Aidai Station, and the line was interrupted again, which led to the loss of some rescue personnel on site. After the disaster, the railway department immediately launched a level I response, quickly organized forces, and worked with local firefighters to fully carry out rescue. At present, the mountain continues to collapse, which has a great impact on the rescue work.

On the Security Dilemma in Northeast Asia from Three Key Variables

  The security of Northeast Asia is in a complicated state of high stalemate and sudden change, and in the turbulent vortex of global geopolitics. The author intends to extract several key variables, namely capital, power and the relationship between major powers, from many issues and elements related to the security dilemma in Northeast Asia, and investigate and analyze them.

  Capital is constantly alienated

  Marx repeatedly mentioned the alienation of capital to labor and capital in Economic and Philosophical Manuscripts in 1844, which provided us with a scientific and effective window to understand the essential characteristics of the capital world.

  After World War II, the world economic crisis similar to that in 1929 was not repeated, and the cyclical and staged crises of capital development were no longer so obvious. Even though the global financial tsunami occurred in 2008, it did not lead to the global economic depression. The main reasons are the self-repair mechanism of the capital world and the high-intensity human intervention after the system failed.

  However, after 2008, although human intervention effectively delayed the outbreak of the crisis on a global scale, the crisis has not been cured, but on the contrary, it is accumulating risks for the next crisis, so human society has entered a huge uncertain era.

  The reason why the current world is chaotic and full of conflicts and opposites is because the underlying logic of the world economy, namely capital logic, has undergone profound changes, namely capital alienation. Due to the constant alienation of capital, capital is alienated from the creator of wealth to the destroyer of wealth, from advocating interdependence to a hobby of conflict and war, from dependence on people’s needs to a crazy preference for military supplies, from hope and enthusiastic cheers for tomorrow to fear, despair and hostility for tomorrow.

  The disorder of the logic at the bottom of the world economy is constantly producing spillover effects, from economic crisis to social crisis, political crisis and international relations crisis at the regional and global levels. Under the impact of this storm of the times, those areas with long-standing problems left over from history, high concentration of various relationships and contradictions and very sensitive areas are most likely to become hot spots, as well as explosive and flammable areas of conflicts and wars.

  Northeast Asia, which has all the above characteristics, has therefore become the eye of the storm and the frontier of geopolitical conflicts in various times. How to solve the problem of various crises, including regional crises, caused by capital alienation is a major issue related to human development.

  Power moves eastward again.

  According to the British economist Angus Madison’s estimation of gross domestic product (GDP) of all countries in history, as early as 1000 AD, China and India accounted for two-thirds of the global economy, and the global economic center of gravity occupied a solid position in the East at that time. After more than 800 years, with the arrival of the British industrial revolution, the economic center of gravity began to shift to Europe, and then to North America, and the west became the center of the world. But Angus Madison believes that the global economic center of gravity is rapidly shifting to the east and south, and by 2025, the global economic center of gravity will return to the Far East as it did in 1000 AD.

  In the 1980s, human society kicked off the shift of the center of world power to the East, and Asian countries and regions rose one after another: Japan, the "four little dragons" and "four little tigers" in Asia, China, Viet Nam and India … … In particular, the rapid rise of China has promoted the development of the Asian region to an unprecedented height, and Asia has begun to enter a new era of overall rise.

  However, the eastward shift of world power is not smooth sailing, but accompanied by huge obstacles, resistance and risks. We can see that the process of world power moving eastward is still stubbornly evolving, which has not been interrupted by the epidemic and the comprehensive suppression of China by the United States. However, American and Western forces do not want to see the power moving eastward at an accelerated pace, thus ending the era when the West dominated the world. To this end, they began to join hands and start a global layout. Whether it is putting forward the "Indo-Pacific Strategy", NATO’s eastward expansion, the rise of various military alliances, or the prediction of the new cold war, etc., it is the product of western international politics under the background of the eastward shift of power, which is intended to comprehensively contain, block, delay or even terminate this historical process and move against the trend of the times.

  Northeast Asia, as the strategic support for the rise of the great powers in the East, has become the forefront of the East-West confrontation in the process of power moving eastward. The Korean Peninsula issue, the Taiwan Strait issue and the South China Sea issue have emerged one after another, all of which have become the fuse of confrontation and conflict between the East and the West, even the powder keg.

  At present, people are most worried about whether the Korean Peninsula or the Taiwan Strait and the South China Sea will become the next new battlefield after the Russian-Ukrainian conflict and the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, and whether the new Cold War Iron Curtain with the theme of so-called autocracy and democracy defined by the West will really come.

  Northeast Asia is under great pressure brought by the eastward shift of power, and the security situation is very grim. How to resolve the opposition and conflict between civilizations is a major issue of the times related to the future direction of human civilization.

  Adjustment of relations between major powers

  Northeast Asia is the intersection of the interests and contradictions of the United States, China, Russia and Japan. Under the great changes in the past century, the balance of power in the relations between world powers is undergoing major changes. The changes of power relations among big powers, the conflicts of interests among big powers and the strategic adjustment of their relations have become important variables for the security of Northeast Asia.

  In particular, Sino-US relations, as the most important relationship in today’s world power structure, are profoundly affecting the trend of global geopolitics and promoting the transformation of the world pattern. The trend of Sino-US relations plays an important role in the security of Northeast Asia.

  At present, Sino-US relations are in the process of deep strategic adjustment, and the security situation in Northeast Asia will also be turbulent due to this, and the future trend will be confusing. It is not ruled out that there will be a tense situation in stages. However, with the gradual adjustment of Sino-US relations or staged easing, the security situation in Northeast Asia will also change accordingly.

  Therefore, the security of Northeast Asia depends to a great extent on the adjustment of relations between major powers, especially Sino-US relations. How to resolve the crisis of relations between major powers is a major issue of the times related to human security.

  So, how can we resolve these contradictions?

  The supreme leader of president, China, put forward three major initiatives to the world one after another, which are highly targeted to overcome the factors that aggravate the security dilemma in Northeast Asia. For example, global development initiatives can resolve the fission of the times caused by capital alienation; The global civilization initiative can resolve the mutual agitation between eastern and western civilizations brought about by the eastward shift of power; The global security initiative can resolve the geopolitical opposition and conflict brought about by the big country game.

  (Wu Xinbo is the director and professor of the East Asian Studies Center of Shanghai International Studies University)