Xinhua News Agency, Chongqing, February 18th　Title: Make the water clearer and the fish happier — — Protection of rare fish in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River

　　Xinhua News Agency reporters Zhang Guilin, Zhou Wenchong and Lin Bifeng

　　"In the past two years, there have been more and more fish in the river, and fish species that were rare in the past can often be monitored." Liu Hong, a fish keeper in Jiangjin section of the Yangtze River in Chongqing, stood at the stern and looked at the misty Yangtze River. From time to time, fish jumped out of the water.

　　The upper reaches of the Yangtze River are the spawning grounds and gene bank of germplasm resources of rare and endemic fish such as Yangtze sturgeon, mullet and rock carp. However, for a period of time, rare and endemic fish were once faced with survival crisis due to the destruction of ecological environment such as sewage discharge, overfishing, dredging and quarrying. In recent years, with the deepening of "joint protection and no development" in the Yangtze River basin, the ecological environment in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River has been greatly improved, the total amount of fish resources has been accelerated, and more and more rare and endemic fish have reappeared in the river.

　　The water is getting smoother and smoother, and rare fish are seen again.

　　"In the special monitoring carried out last year, we caught the national second-class protected wild animal rock carp almost every day. But a few years ago, I couldn’t get one in a year. " Since 2005, Yao Weizhi, director of the Fishery Resources and Environment Research Center of Southwest University, and his research team have been tracking and monitoring the fish resources in the national nature reserve of rare and endemic fish in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River.

　　Comparing the catch of a research fishing boat in one day is an important means for the research team to investigate the changes of fish resources. Yao Weizhi said that since the opening of the Yangtze River Protection in 2016, the total fish resources in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River have obviously recovered, the population structure has been improved, and the frequency of rare and endemic fish has also increased. Last year, the research team also found 33 Yangtze sturgeons in Dingjiatuo fish spawning ground in the Yangtze River.

The staff recorded the monitoring situation at the Yudong Ecological Observation Point in Zhenxiong County, Zhaotong City, Yunnan Province (photo taken on January 11, 2022). Xinhua News Agency reporter Lin Bifeng photo

　　In Chishui River, a tributary of the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, rare and endemic fish also frequently appear. Walking into the ecological observation point of Yudong, Zhenxiong County, Zhaotong City, Yunnan Province, the slogan "Clear water every day, fish every year" was particularly eye-catching, and Yao Mingchang, a staff member, was busy recording the monitoring situation. At the beginning of 2022, four kinds of rare and endemic fish in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, namely Schizothorax kunming, Schizothorax szechuanensis, Cremastodon latissimus and Loach bainite, were observed at the Yudong ecological observation point.

　　Jia Shipeng, deputy director of the Yunnan Management and Protection Bureau of the National Nature Reserve for Rare and Endemic Fish in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, said that the number of fish species monitored in the Yunnan section of the Chishui River Basin has recovered from 36 in 2020 to 42 at present. Among them, the age of indicative species and dominant species groups such as Schizothorax Kunming and Hymenoptera yunnanensis is increasingly optimized, and the proportion of sexually mature fish in the catch is increasing; The number and proportion of medium-sized and large-sized fish sensitive to environmental pressure in the monitored catch increased significantly, "this shows that the recovery of fish biodiversity in the Yunnan section of Chishui River shows a good trend".

　　The return of rare and endemic fish is inseparable from the protection and restoration of fish habitats in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River. Since 2020, Zhaotong City has completely dismantled the dams of 17 small hydropower stations in Yunnan section of Chishui River, restored river connectivity, and made fish migration channels smoother.

　　Illegal docks and illegal sand mining, which pose a great threat to the spawning grounds of rare fish, have also been included in the focus of rectification. Wang Wei, director of the management office of Chongqing National Nature Reserve for Rare and Endemic Fish, said that in recent years, the Chongqing section of the reserve has regularly carried out work such as ship cleaning, net cleaning, Qingjiang River cleaning and shore cleaning, and timely curbed the illegal and illegal signs such as sewage discharge, shoreline occupation and river construction, and continued to maintain rectification results.

　　After years of continuous management and restoration, the upper reaches of the Yangtze River are now gradually showing a beautiful scene of birds flying and fish jumping and green scenery on the shore.

　　Fishing is forbidden to protect fish, and fish have a safe home.

　　

Liu Hong (right), the captain of the Honghu Fish Protection Volunteer Team, led the team members to patrol the Jiangjin section of the Yangtze River in Chongqing (photo taken on September 2, 2022). Xinhua News Agency reporter Huang Weishe

　　Liu Hong, who grew up along the Yangtze River, is now back on the Yangtze River. However, his status has changed from "fisherman" and ancient building repairer to "fish keeper".

On February 7, 2023, members of the Honghu Fish Protection Volunteer Team patrolled the Jiangjin section of the Yangtze River in Chongqing (photo of drone). Xinhua News Agency reporter Huang Weishe

　　In 2014, with the support of the local government, Liu Hong set up the Honghu Fish Protection Volunteer Team to lead dozens of fishermen and volunteers to conduct voluntary inspections along the Yangtze River in Jiangjin, Chongqing, his hometown, to help law enforcement agencies stop illegal fishing. "In the years before the establishment of the fish protection volunteer team, criminals were rampant in electric fishing, and fishermen often failed to catch a few kilograms of fish a day." Liu Hong said.

　　Suijiang County, Zhaotong City, Yunnan Province launched a patrol operation against fishing (photo taken on December 31, 2020). Xinhua news agency

　　Overfishing was once an important factor endangering the survival of fish in the Yangtze River. To this end, as early as 2017, the Chishui River Basin took the lead in opening the no-fishing mode. Since January 2020, the national nature reserve of rare and endemic fish in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River has completely banned productive fishing. A year later, the "ten-year fishing ban" in key waters of the Yangtze River Basin was fully launched. The regulatory authorities in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River vigorously cracked down on illegal fishing, and fishermen along the Yangtze River retreated to shore one after another, making rare fish have a safer home.

　　In the Jiangjin section of the Yangtze River in Chongqing, the retired fishermen of the Honghu Fish Protection Volunteer Team took advantage of their familiarity with fish conditions and skillful sailing skills, and were responsible for water patrol and night patrol. The local regulatory authorities installed 25 video surveillance equipment on the riverbank, basically realizing the "synchronization of civil air defense technology and defense". In zhutuo town, Yongchuan District, Chongqing, the police office, law enforcement station and patrol station were jointly set up by the Yangtze River shipping public security, agricultural comprehensive administrative law enforcement and nature reserves to carry out normalized joint supervision, and illegal and criminal acts such as electric fishing and poaching were effectively curbed. In the main tributaries of Chishui River, no fishing and fish protection have also achieved grid management.

　　This is the scenery of Zhongba Island in Chongqing (photo taken on January 7, 2020, photo of drone). Xinhua News Agency reporter Liu Yushe

　　Many residents of Zhongba Island, the first island where the Yangtze River enters Chongqing, have been fishing for generations. Today, all fishermen on the island have completed the retreat and changed production. Zhao Lianglu, a retired fisherman, planted sugar cane on the island and started a transportation business with an annual income of nearly 60,000 yuan. In May last year, Zhongba Island also established the Sichuan-Chongqing Judicial Cooperation Ecological Protection Base, a national nature reserve for rare and endemic fish in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River. Inter-provincial joint management mechanism has made the serious border waters stolen in the past a "safe haven" for rare fish.

　　The ecological awareness and the concept of rule of law of the people along the Yangtze River have also been constantly improved. Shen Rui, director of Zhenxiong Management and Protection Station of Yunnan Management and Protection Bureau, a national nature reserve for rare and endemic fish in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, said that since the launch of the "10-year ban on fishing", the management and protection station has made great efforts to strengthen the publicity of the ban on fishing and fishing, and jointly issued more than 200,000 copies of the "10-year ban on fishing" notice and posted notices of the ban on fishing in 14 towns and villages on both sides of the Chishui River. Ma Banghui, a 42-year-old villager from Cangshang Village, Hualang Township, Zhenxiong County, said that the village has formulated village rules and regulations to protect the Chishui River, and now it has become the conscious behavior of the masses to ban fishing and protect fish.

　　Breeding fish proliferates, allowing more rare fish to regenerate.

　　Despite the increasing protection, the existing populations of some rare and endemic fish in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River are still limited, and it is difficult for some fish to continue and expand their populations only by natural reproduction. In this regard, the government departments along the Yangtze River have cooperated with universities, colleges and leading enterprises to carry out artificial breeding of rare and endemic fish, and at the same time continue to increase the proliferation and release of rare fish to help them achieve new life.

This is the rare fish domestication base in the Three Gorges reservoir area (photo taken on February 25, 2022, drone photo). Xinhua News Agency reporter Tang Yushe

　　Chongqing Wanzhou Fisheries Research Institute, located in the Three Gorges reservoir area, successfully realized the artificial propagation of Myxocyprinus asiaticus in 1970s. After years of scientific research and practice, it has built a national original seed farm for Myxocyprinus asiaticus. Over the past 10 years, this research institute has put more than 70 million rare fry into the Three Gorges reservoir area. At present, Wanzhou Fisheries Research Institute reserves more than 100 parents of Acipenser Changjiang, a national first-class protected animal, and is strengthening research to further improve the artificial reproduction ability of Acipenser Changjiang and help its population recover.

The proliferation and release activities of Yunnan section of the national nature reserve for rare and endemic fish in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River were held in Shuifu City, Yunnan Province (photo taken on April 23, 2021). Xinhua news agency

　　"Proliferation and release can supplement and restore the population of fish resources, improve the fish population structure, and at the same time improve the level of biodiversity." Jia Shipeng introduced that since the establishment of the Yunnan Management and Protection Bureau of the National Nature Reserve for Rare and Endemic Fish in the Upper Reaches of the Yangtze River in 2019, a targeted plan for the proliferation and release of the reserve has been formulated, and 308,900 fry of national first-and second-class protected wild animals such as Yangtze sturgeon, mullet and Jinsha carp have been released, and 969,700 fry of Spinibarbus sinensis, Schizothorax Kunming and Yunnan smooth-lipped fish have been released.

　　This is an artificial fish nest photographed on the bank of Jiangjin section of the Yangtze River in Chongqing on February 7, 2023. Xinhua News Agency reporter Huang Weishe

　　During the spawning period, artificial fish nests are also built in various places along the Yangtze River to provide places for fish to breed, grow and seek bait, so as to help restore fish resources. In 2021 and 2022, the management department respectively built 6,000 square meters and 7,000 square meters artificial fish nests in Shaonvping section of Xiangjiaba Reservoir Area in Shuifu City, Yunnan Province. The monitoring results show that in 2021, the actual number of eggs laid in artificial fish nests was more than 150 million, and in 2022, the number of eggs laid and the rate of hatching increased, effectively improving the population structure and quantity of wild fish. This year, Shuifu City has started to build the third batch of artificial fish nests.

　　After continuous clean water, fish protection and fish breeding, the recovery of some rare fish populations has gradually ushered in the dawn. In the Sanpaohe section of Jiangjin, Chongqing, the riverbank damaged by sand excavation and quarrying in the past has achieved remarkable results in natural restoration through recuperation in recent years. "With the improvement of ecological environment and hydrological conditions, it may become a wild spawning ground for rare fish such as Yangtze sturgeon in the future. We will continue to observe and prepare for the return of breeding groups." Yao Weizhi said.

　　Video reporters: Zhao Xiaoshuai, Lin Bifeng, Long Wu.

　　Poster design: Excellence

　　On January 1, 2020, the RRR cut came as scheduled, and the central bank decided to comprehensively reduce the deposit reserve ratio of financial institutions by 0.5 percentage points from January 6. The central bank said that the RRR cut will release about 800 billion yuan of long-term funds and reduce the cost of bank funds by about 15 billion yuan.

　　What impact will the RRR cut have on various wealth management products? Liu Yinping, a researcher at Rong 360 Jianpu Technology Big Data Research Institute, believes that after the RRR cut, the market liquidity will be further relaxed and the price of funds will drop, resulting in a decline in the yield of fixed-income products; However, the RRR cut will be beneficial to some equity assets, and the income of fixed-income products will decline, and some funds will flow to equity assets, thus prompting asset prices to rise.

　　interpret

　　Impact 1

　　Bank deposit interest rates will fall, and small banks may last for a long time.

　　Since 2019, the central bank has been guiding the interest rate in the loan market to fall, thus solving the problem of financing difficulties for small and micro enterprises. At present, the interest rates of various types of deposits in banks are at a high level. In order to avoid narrowing the deposit-loan spreads, banks will lower the interest rates of various deposit products, including time deposits, large deposit certificates and structured deposits.

　　Liu Yinping pointed out that different types of banks have different capital pressures, and the progress and extent of interest rate reduction will be different. Large and medium-sized banks may take the lead in lowering the deposit interest rate, while small banks have great difficulty in raising deposits, and the reduction of deposit interest rate may be one step behind.

　　Impact 2

　　The average yield of bank wealth management will fall below 4% again.

　　Since last year, the bank’s wealth management yield has continued to fall, and at the end of December, the yield has rebounded. According to the data monitored by Rong 360 Data Research Institute, the average yield of bank wealth management products rose to 4.11% last week.

　　Liu Yinping said that the RRR cut will lead to loose liquidity, and most of the underlying assets of bank wealth management are fixed-income assets, and the yield of such assets will drop, so will the yield of wealth management products, which is expected to fall below 4% again in the short term. However, the impact of RRR cuts on the income of wealth management products such as equity, commodities and financial derivatives is uncertain, which may push some equity assets higher.

　　Impact 3

　　The average yield of the money fund will fall to the range of 2.4%~2.5%.

　　The monetary fund yield behind all kinds of baby financing has always been sensitive to changes in market interest rates. Since the end of November last year, the yield of money funds has continued to rise. According to the data monitored by Rong 360 Big Data Research Institute, the average yield of goods-based babies last week was 2.69%, a 39-month high.

　　Even if the RRR is not lowered, the funds will gradually loosen after New Year’s Day, and the yield of the money fund will also fall. Lowering the benchmark will further loosen the liquidity and accelerate the decline of the yield of the money fund. It is expected that the average yield will fall to 2.4%~2.5% in the short term.

　　Impact 4

　　Theoretically speaking, RRR cuts are good for the stock market.

　　After the RRR cut, there will be more funds in the market, and some of them will flow to the stock market. Moreover, the increase in corporate credit will help improve the operating conditions of enterprises. Theoretically, the RRR cut is good news for the stock market.

　　However, judging from the performance of the stock market after previous RRR cuts, the stock index has been mixed. Liu Yinping pointed out that there are many factors affecting the stock market, including policies, economic environment, the development of all walks of life, market confidence and so on. Today is the first working day after the RRR cut, and all major stock indexes rose in the morning, so it seems that the market confidence is sufficient.

　　Text/reporter Cheng Wei

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　　A-shares welcome the new year and make a good start. The net inflow of northbound funds exceeds 10 billion.

　　(Reporter Liu Shenliang) A shares ushered in a good start in 2020 yesterday, and the three major stock indexes strengthened across the board. The Shanghai Composite Index once approached the 3100-point integer mark, and the Shenzhen Component Index and the Growth Enterprise Market Index rose nearly 2%. The total turnover of the two cities was 751.5 billion yuan, the industry sector closed up across the board, technology stocks led the gains strongly, and online celebrity live broadcast concept stocks continued to rise.

　　Specifically, the Shanghai Composite Index closed up 1.15% to close at 3085.20 points; The Shenzhen Component Index rose 1.99% to close at 10,638.82 points; The growth enterprise market index rose 1.93% to close at 1832.74 points. The net inflow of northbound funds was 11.395 billion yuan yesterday, which has been a net inflow for 32 consecutive trading days.

　　Citic Securities pointed out that the main macro factors that suppressed A-share earnings in 2019 will be significantly alleviated in 2020, and the fundamentals will stabilize and rebound under the counter-cyclical policy, credit expansion and replenishment. Under the macro-economic decisive victory, capital market reform and the recovery of corporate profits, A shares are expected to usher in a "well-off cow" for two to three years.

　　Xun Yugen, chief strategist of Haitong Securities, stressed that technology and brokers will become the leading industries in this bull market. The superposition of scientific and technological progress and policy dividends will promote the performance of the science and technology sector to rebound. With the arrival of the era of equity financing, with the diversification of business in the future, the performance of securities firms is expected to revive.

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　　A few days ago, Ada released a set of publicity photos with intellectual style. Four styles were monochrome-themed, and four colors of black, blue, red and orange appeared simply. Facing the camera, Ada showed a confident smile and was full of intellectual elegance. Earlier, she attended a brand endorsement event in Beijing, interacted enthusiastically with the audience, and sang a new song "Love Reuters Spring", which once caused riots on the spot. In the group interview after the event, Ada’s quick words were amazing, not only revealing the embarrassing incident of being blocked by fans in the toilet, responding to online controversial topics, but also revealing her weight and claiming to be fat, which made people sigh that the crew of "The War of Two Women" was closed for three months.
　　
　　When fans express their self-deprecation and are thick-skinned, filming encounters a big photo in front of the toilet.
　　
　　"I love diving very much, and then leave a message for others." The first question thrown by the reporter is to let Ada read a blog post @ Ada that was just searched out on the Internet. The netizen in the article made a disgusting confession to Ada and asked Liu Yanjie if he didn’t mind his fat. "I just found this myself. It depends on where his fat grows. I don’t know him, but thank him for his love for me." Seeing that netizens sang for themselves and sent their own selfies, Ada ridiculed: "This piece is eight pounds, and the side looks quite like me!" Anyone familiar with Ada knows that Ada often dives online, and from time to time, she replies to fans, leaving messages to netizens, which surprises people, so that fans who are used to her hobby often leave messages online actively, expecting Ada’s "flirting", and once she replies, she shouts that she has been "flipped" by the goddess. For this kind of behavior, Ada laughed and said that he was also enjoying it. He also said that he was actually very cheeky, and no matter what netizens said, he rarely felt embarrassed.
　　
　　But it is this Liu Dadan who claims to be cheeky, but he has encountered embarrassing things in the crew. Ada revealed that when filming "The War of Two Women" in Shanghai, the conditions were difficult, and changing clothes was often done in a small tent that could only accommodate one person. If you encounter clothes with zippers on the back, you should turn your back to the tent door and ask the dressmaker to reach in and help. But what embarrassed her was that she once filmed in the street and met a group of middle school students who rode bikes for an outing. Although they were educated youth, the students quickly recognized Ada and began to chase after him by bike, so Ada got on the prop bike of the crew and started running all the way. After getting off the bus, Ada was shocked. She was a little embarrassed because her little friend for an outing persevered in chasing after her all the way, because her original intention was not to avoid the onlookers, but to take a three-minute leave with the crew and rush out to go to the toilet. "I really wanted to go to the toilet. I was wearing a costume and riding and riding with two very rustic braided hair. They chased and chased, hahahahahaha. Finally, I took photos with them at the door of the toilet, which was a little embarrassing." Speaking of this episode, Ada is also very happy and affectionate.
　　
　　Just after making the media reporters laugh, Ada suddenly put away his smile and said seriously, "In fact, I like to search for my own news, not narcissism, but I like to search for photos that I was photographed while filming or hosting. I will see what kind of person Ada is from their perspective. Some people say that I love being black, I am not being black, I am really telling the truth, I am not perfect. "
　　
　　Respond to the variety show and say: I just really want to win and don’t want to disappoint my friends.
　　
　　Since her debut, Ada, who is riddled with topics, has inevitably encountered very spicy questions in every interview, and her every move, no matter what the original intention is or under what circumstances, will attract a lot of disputes. In the variety show "The Chamber of Stars" broadcast not long ago, Ada took advantage of the opportunity that Sun Jian gave up, allied with Zhou Mi, and PK lost Xie Yilin, and finally won the championship of the current program. Once the program was broadcast, it was criticized by netizens. Many netizens went to Ada’s personal homepage to leave a message questioning. For a time, Ada was portrayed as a scheming woman with great talent.
　　
　　In this group interview, a reporter did throw out this hot question and asked Ada to respond to the online scheming. "I’m actually aboveboard, but I can understand why people say I’m scheming, because people are not satisfied with me and Zhou Mi League PK Xie Yilin. In fact, I did that because I really wanted to win, because that was the chance that Sun Jian gave me at the expense of himself. How can I not cherish it and not fight? As for the alliance, Zhou Mi squeezes out Xie Yilin, it is really because Zhou Mi and I are friends, and of course we will choose to ally with him. I also know why women are embarrassed, and I also appreciate Xie Yilin in private. " Ada replied.
　　
　　Despite the constant controversy, Ada’s popularity in the circle in recent years is obvious to all and undeniable. It seems that no matter how the outside world slanders this woman and throws dirty water on her, it is just paving the way for her popularity. Talking about the reason, Ada said: "That’s because my charm comes from my diligence, and I have positive energy."
　　
　　Married before the age of 35 like Jay Chou, then who, waiting for me to come to you?
　　
　　Good things happened in the entertainment circle in November, and Wong Cho Lam proposed marriage successfully, ending the long-distance running of love; Gao Yuanyuan married Taipei, Mark Chao, and became the perfect spokesman for the love between brother and sister. Ada, who became best friends with Gao Yuanyuan in last year’s hit TV series "Let’s Get Married", was also invited to the wedding. Unfortunately, she was tied up with work and could not go. Naturally, Ada’s lifelong event has become a topic of common concern to the media and fans, and it is also a question that she has been asked repeatedly.
　　
　　"I’m sure I still think about feelings. I hope to get married before the age of 35, just like what Jay Chou said about getting married at the age of 35. I still have a little time, so I’ll refuel. "Ada, who just spent his 34th birthday in Pancake Man, claimed to be married before the age of 35, probably because he realized that the task was arduous and the time was short. In the end, Ada himself could not help laughing. Despite this, she still released her brave words to the future Mr.Right: "You wait, I will come to you." Although this person hasn’t been around, Ada doesn’t feel lonely. "I have my Ada studio, which was just set up two months ago, and then I have my own new game studio. There are many friends around me. The person who is missing is of course better. " It seems that Ada, who keeps saying that she hates to marry, has put more thoughts and fun into her work.
　　
　　Ada, who has always been called "Liu Dadan", often speaks amazingly. His views on many things can be described as a burst of blood, and he also exposes himself from time to time, which makes people feel ashamed. "I won’t go on a diet. I’m really a fat girl among actresses in the entertainment industry, and I’m not afraid to reveal my weight. The last time I weighed it, I seemed to weigh 102, and I was only 163. I really should have hit the wall and died. But I don’t recommend girls to go on a diet. "

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　　Jiangsu, China Network February 22-February 22 is the first day of work. Some migrant workers also came to the city early, hoping to catch up early to find a good job. On the first day of opening, Nanjing Banqiao Anda Labor Market attracted nearly 1,000 laborers to apply for jobs.

　　The monthly salary starts at 3,300 yuan, which is the same as last year.

　　At 9: 30 in the morning, when the reporter drove 40 minutes from downtown to the market, the market was full of job seekers inside and outside. At the age of 34, Jinyang from Ankang, Shaanxi, and his companions looked at the dense recruitment information from window to window with big bags and small bags. Jinyang worked as an assembler in an auto parts factory in Jiangning last year, with a monthly salary of 4000 yuan. "The factory often has to work overtime. I want to see if there are better opportunities before the factory starts on the fifteenth day of the first month." However, I didn’t see a satisfactory position after turning around Jinyang. "Those who earn more than 5,000 yuan are skilled workers such as welding and carpentry, and I can’t do it."

　　"The market wage price at the end of last year was this market." Tang Qinghua, director of Anda’s human resources marketing department, said that after the beginning of the year, the wages of various types of jobs in the labor market did not increase significantly. If operators count overtime wages, the monthly salary generally does not exceed 4,000 yuan, and the monthly salary of restaurant waiters and security guards with large demand is around 3,500 yuan. The lowest-paid handyman earns about 3300 yuan a month. "Workers are basically not recruited below 3,000 yuan, and the monthly salary of some skilled jobs can reach 6,000 yuan." According to reports, some jobs that need skills and suffer hardships have higher monthly income. For example, the monthly salary of Yueyue is more than 6,000 yuan, and the monthly salary of long-distance bus drivers can be as high as 12,000 yuan.

　　According to employment experts, with the transformation from manufacturing in China to creating in China, the speed in China is changing to quality in China. In the next few years, the wage increase of low-end workers is limited, and the market demand for skilled workers, especially those who are tired and tired, is growing, and their wage increase is also growing.

　　It is difficult for small and medium-sized enterprises to recruit workers, and young people are more picky about job hunting.

　　Together with nearly a thousand laborers, there are also some recruitment managers of small and medium-sized enterprises. At 10: 00 am on the 22nd, the parking lot outside Anda Human Resources Market, which can accommodate 60 parking spaces, has been filled by recruitment enterprises. Ms. Song from Nanjing Yixintong Electric Co., Ltd. rushed to the market at 8:30 in the morning to recruit. "We completed the recruitment of management and R&D personnel in Nanjing talent market years ago, and mainly recruited laborers after the year." On the same day, the company recruited 10 cable connector workers, aged between 20 and 35. The unskilled company can provide paid training, but the candidates are required to bear hardships, and the monthly salary is between 3,400 yuan and 6,000 yuan according to their work performance. One morning, more questions and fewer candidates. Finally, a young man studying electrical came up and asked-"How long do you work every day?" "How many days off a week?" "Is there social security?" After getting satisfactory answers, I turned my head and left when I heard that it was outdoor homework.

　　In desperation, Ms. Song relaxed her age to under 40, and still failed to recruit suitable personnel. Ms. Song said that the company needs a large number of front-line workers to expand its scale this year. Tomorrow, it will go to Suzhou where migrant workers are concentrated, and then try its luck in Nanjing’s major human resources markets.

　　As helpless as Ms. Song, there is Liu Cuiling, the hiring manager. In the morning, a young man in his early thirties came in looking for a driver position, saying that he lived in Tiexinqiao and hoped that his work unit would be closer to home. "Meishan Street, there is a construction site near Xishan Bridge to recruit a driver to transport construction waste. He works 5 days a week, 8 hours a day, and the monthly salary is 4,000 yuan. Are you interested?" "Meishan? It’s a little far from my home. " "Take the bus for up to 15 minutes!" "Carrying construction waste is a bit dirty." "Is there a job to transport electric cars to the east of Banqiao willing to do it?" "It’s too far over there." In this way, Liu Cuiling recommended three driver positions, and the young man was either too dirty and too far away or too long working hours.

　　Employment channels have increased, and fewer migrant workers go out blindly.

　　Although the supply and demand of Anda human resources market were booming on the first day of its opening, not many young people went to the scene to apply for jobs.

　　"Nowadays, young people rarely go out blindly for job hunting." Xiong Kaigui, the head of Nanjing Pengda Labor Consulting Company, said that with the improvement of the education level of the new generation of migrant workers, many people applied for enterprises directly in vocational and technical colleges. "Now big companies and big labor dispatch companies are also directly recruiting from schools, and rarely recruiting people in the labor market."

　　At the same time, with the popularity of mobile phones and Internet information, it is more convenient for migrant workers to find jobs, and many people go straight to employers through WeChat and online recruitment. This makes the traditional labor market and labor distribution center in the city less lively after the holidays in previous years. As an important railway hub in China, South Square of Nanjing Railway Station is a gathering place for migrant workers seeking jobs in Nanjing. Every year after the Spring Festival, many migrant workers with luggage case and snakeskin bags gather there to ask each other where there is a boss who needs to be recruited. However, on the morning of the 21st, the reporter visited the South Square of Nanjing Railway Station, but there was no migrant worker looking for a job.

　　On the morning of the 21st, Tang Xianfeng, a migrant worker from Chuzhou, Anhui, who transferred to Kunshan at the South Square of Nanjing Railway Station, broke the current situation of migrant workers’ job hunting: "It is very convenient to find a job now. If you want to go out to work, you can find a fellow villager to introduce you, and there are many opportunities to take care of your home." With the rapid economic rise in northern Jiangsu and central and western China, many traditional labor exporting places have also experienced the phenomenon of lack of jobs. In order to do everything possible to retain the villagers who return home for the New Year, many traditional labor exporting counties and cities in northern Jiangsu have held various recruitment activities intensively in local crowded places since the beginning of the New Year’s Day. The reporter learned from the Provincial People’s Social Welfare Department that from the first day of the Lunar New Year to the end of March, there will be more than 1,000 jobs in all parts of the province. The employment authorities in Huai ‘an, Yancheng, Xuzhou and other places also issue invitations to return home to migrant workers in the station square every year, organize buses to invite them to visit local development zones and industrial parks, feel the changes in their hometowns, and attract them to stay in their hometowns for employment and entrepreneurship.

　　Reporter Huang Hongfang

　　From July this year, the credit card bills of the five major banks will be fully electronic. Without paper bills, banks have provided more electronic ways for customers to query detailed bill information.

　　(Reporter Cheng Jie) Beijing Youth Daily reporter learned yesterday that Bank of Communications will provide fully electronic accounting services for credit cards from July this year, and will no longer provide paper bills. The Agricultural Bank of China also said that it will gradually cancel the paper statement delivery service from May 10 this year. As early as last year and the year before, ICBC, CCB and BOC had taken the lead in announcing the cancellation of paper bills. The withdrawal of paper bills of Bank of Communications means that the credit card bills of the five major banks will soon be fully electronic.

　　Banks provide bills to customers in various ways.

　　In April 2014, CCB announced that it would upgrade to provide electronic bills for credit cards, and paper bills would no longer be mailed. ICBC also began to promote the use of electronic bills, and stopped sending paper statements from July 2014. In 2015, Bank of China also issued a notice saying that it is necessary to comprehensively upgrade the electronic billing service of credit cards and will no longer send paper bills from April 2015.

　　In addition to the five major banks, other banks have taken similar measures. On January 16, 2015, Industrial Bank announced that it would no longer mail paper bills to customers except in special circumstances. Even banks that have not announced the cancellation of paper bills encourage customers to take the initiative to apply for electronic bills by rewarding points.

　　Without paper bills, banks have provided more electronic ways for customers to query detailed bill information. The bank will automatically push the credit card statement for the cardholder every month through SMS, Email, etc. The cardholder can also conveniently check the accounting information at any time by logging in to online banking, mobile banking, mobile client, official WeChat, calling the credit card customer service hotline, etc. In order to ensure that the statements are received on time every month, banks require customers to confirm and update their contact information in time, especially their email addresses.

　　Some customers need paper bills and can communicate with customer service separately.

　　Of course, canceling paper bills is not across the board. A number of banks said that some middle-aged and elderly customers don’t use online banking or even email, so it is not convenient to use electronic statements. If customers insist on using paper statements, they can call the bank’s customer service to communicate, and the bank can continue to provide them for customers. If customers need paper bills of a certain time as reimbursement vouchers or for other purposes, they can also print them at bank outlets or contact customer service to obtain them. ICBC credit card customer service said that credit card paper bills within two years can be sent to customers with a phone call, and those over two years need to be retrieved through the background, and the process will be more troublesome.

　　ICBC saves hundreds of millions of yuan a year by canceling paper bills.

　　The reporter of Beiqing Daily noticed that banks generally said that the cancellation of paper bills was in response to the call of building a conservation-oriented society, advocating low-carbon environmental protection and saving paper. Miss Zhang, who works in a financial institution, said that when the bank had not announced the cancellation of paper bills a few years ago, she took the initiative to change to electronic bills. "Because I still know the bill by email, SMS, etc., I am too lazy to read the statement sent every month, and I am afraid of leaking information when selling waste products, which is particularly troublesome. The most important thing is that it is not environmentally friendly. I don’t know how many trees have been destroyed. "

　　In addition to environmental factors, effectively reducing costs is also the main purpose of banks to promote electronic bills. According to the analysis, the postage of a paper bill is generally between 0.80-1.20 yuan, plus the cost of printing and paper. On average, the cost of 12 months a year in 1.2 yuan is almost the same as that in 15 yuan. The number of credit cards issued by ICBC exceeds 110 million, and the number of cards issued by other big banks is also tens of millions. The implementation of electronic bills can save at least several hundred million yuan in costs every year. In addition, compared with paper bills, electronic bills can provide more functions, such as facilitating customers to handle consumption installment and online repayment, and displaying credit card preferential activities comprehensively and vividly.

On June 1st, the first domestic super-large diameter slurry balance shield machine "Yuan ‘an" successfully crossed the Yuanjiang River in Changde, Hunan Province, marking the end of the river bottom project of the largest underwater shield tunnel in Hunan Province-Changde Yuanjiang River Crossing Tunnel. This is also the first time that the atmospheric tool changing technology has been successfully applied to the domestic shield machine.

The excavation diameter of the equipment is 11.75 meters, and the length of the whole machine is 132 meters. It is jointly developed by China Railway Construction Heavy Industry and China Railway 14th Bureau. Because the cutter head looks like a blooming peach blossom, it was praised by the media as "the most beautiful shield machine in history" when it was born last year.

Not only is the face beautiful, but also the "kung fu" is high. The equipment was launched at the end of December last year, and the strata it passes through are silty clay and round gravel, which are rich in water content and have the characteristics of high formation strength, high permeability coefficient and high water pressure. Especially in the shield section of Jiangbei levee, the geology is more complicated, and a series of unexpected situations, such as mud cake on cutter head, blockage of central flushing pipeline, and sudden surge of groundwater, are prone to occur during construction.

According to Zhang Keqiang, service manager of Changde Yuanjiang Tunnel Project of Railway Construction Heavy Industry Co., Ltd., "Yuan ‘an" has achieved outstanding achievements since its initial excavation, with the highest daily excavation of 11 rings and 22 meters and the highest monthly excavation of 181 rings and 362 meters. As the first domestic super-large diameter slurry balance shield machine with atmospheric tool change, the application of atmospheric tool change technology has also achieved gratifying results. Up to now, in the construction operation, the equipment has been changed for 20 times, and 134 tools have been successfully changed. The tool changing operation is stable, efficient, safe and reliable, which indicates that the shield machine independently developed by China Railway Construction Heavy Industry is maturing in the research and development and application field of atmospheric tool changing technology.

It is understood that in the past, if the domestic slurry shield machine needed to replace the cutter, it was necessary to pressurize the pressure chamber behind the cutter head to ensure that it maintained a considerable pressure with the formation environment. The staff was "fully armed" to replace the cutter in a high-pressure environment twice higher than the normal air pressure, and the risk factor was high. Normal pressure tool changing technology effectively avoids the risk of tool changing under pressure by the staff of slurry shield machine, and greatly improves the efficiency of tool changing operation. According to the application situation, it only takes 40 minutes to change a knife under normal pressure, while it takes 1 day to change a knife under pressure.

At present, the construction of Yuanjiang tunnel in Changde is advancing the follow-up work safely and orderly, and it is expected that the whole project will be completed by the end of July.

[Editor: Wang Li]

1905 movie network news Recently, the State Film Administration issued a notice on the filing and publicity of the national film script (synopsis) in August 2023. Among them, the animated film "Escape from the British Museum" was established. The film, written by Wang Xuewen, tells the story of China cultural relics who fled the British Museum more than 100 years ago and returned to China for the New Year because they missed their motherland.

Previously, by two UP owners (Media creator) Escape from the British Museum, a self-made short play, was popular. In the play, a sentence "Family, I have been wandering outside for a long time" made many netizens break the defense. It is reported that there are about 23,000 China cultural relics in the British Museum, most of which were stolen and looted to Britain that year.

Since joining the work in 1982

Qi Xinglei has been at the grassroots level.

Committed to beef cattle research and technology promotion.

He presided over the breeding of the first in China.

A new beef breed with independent intellectual property rights — — Xia’ nanniu

Known as "the father of Xia ‘nan cattle"

Created a precedent for beef cattle breeding in China.

Fil that blank of beef cattle breeds in China.

Establish a milestone in the development of beef cattle industry in China

　　At present, Xianan cattle and its frozen semen have been spread to 27 provinces and cities in China, with a quantity of nearly 10 million doses, and have become the main beef cattle breed in China and the characteristic industry in Henan Province. In 2018, the output value of Xia ‘nan cattle industry in Biyang County exceeded 15 billion yuan, becoming the pillar of the county economy.

"Create" the first cow in China

　　In the early 1980s, with the rapid improvement of agricultural mechanization, the demand for cattle for service declined gradually, and the market demand for beef cattle increased, so it was imperative to improve the quality of beef. Unfortunately, there was no special beef cattle breed in China at that time.

　　In 1986, in order to break the situation that foreign beef cattle breeds dominate the world, Qi Xinglei’s scientific research team undertook the scientific research project of "Nanyang cattle introduced Charolais cattle to cultivate new meat varieties" issued by Henan Animal Husbandry Bureau, and began the scientific research long-distance running of Xia ‘nan cattle cultivation.

　　In the past 21 years, the personnel of the technical research team have been adjusted several times, and the older ones left their jobs, feeling bored and changed jobs, and the personnel changed one after another, while Qi Xinglei gave up the opportunity of changing careers and promotion for four times and chose to stick to it.

　　He traveled all over the country in more than 2,000 villages in 24 townships, with a journey of more than 100,000 kilometers, wearing out more than 30 pairs of shoes and riding 13 bicycles.

　　Where there’s a will, there’s a way. Xia Nanniu passed the examination and approval of the expert group on January 8, 2007; On June 29th, 2007, the Ministry of Agriculture announced that the first beef cattle breed in China, Xia ‘nan Cattle, was born in Biyang.

　　In 2009, Qi Xinglei was elected as one of the top ten people who moved the Central Plains in 2009. As the award speech said, "Qi Xinglei persisted in the glorious moment by keeping the loneliness of time and enduring the temptation of fame and fortune, and after 20 years of lonely scientific research and long-distance running. Even if the black hair becomes bald, there is no regret for the youth to pay for the cattle. "

Create the first beef cattle brand in China.

　　Biyang County has established the headquarters for the industrialization development of Xia ‘nan cattle, and set up the industrial planning group, technology research and development group, industrial development group, leading enterprise service group and brand creation group, taking the industrialization development of Xia ‘nan cattle as the "No.1 Project" to promote the county’s economic development, and put forward the development goal of "building the first beef brand in China and the first beef food city in China".

　　In 2008, the Ministry of Agriculture took Xia ‘nan cattle as the only beef cattle breed promoted nationwide. In 2009, the work report of Henan provincial government called for vigorously promoting Xia ‘nan cattle; The Ministry of Agriculture issued the Twelfth Five-year Plan for the Development of National Animal Husbandry (2011~2015), and Xia ‘nan cattle is the only beef cattle breed promoted nationwide. The development of Xia ‘nan cattle industry has been included in the revitalization plan of the old revolutionary base area in Dabie Mountain, which has become one of the 25 major economic development strategies in Henan Province.

　　Entrusted by the National Standards Committee, Qi Xinglei, as the chief scientist, presided over the formulation of "National Standards for Xia ‘nan Cattle", which provided an important basis for the identification and grading of Xia ‘nan cattle varieties and the popularization and application of people. Presided over the completion of the scientific research project of "Integration and Application of Production Technology in Xia ‘nan Cattle", with the main technical and economic indicators leading in China, and won the first prize of the National Agricultural Technology Promotion Award from 2011 to 2013; He presided over the scientific research project of "Nanyang Cattle Germplasm Innovation and Cultivation and Industrialization of New Varieties of Xia ‘nan Cattle" and won the second prize of National Science and Technology Progress Award in 2013.

　　Where Xia Nanniu goes, Qi Xinglei and the team’s service will follow. At present, in addition to Tibet, Xinjiang, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, Qi Xinglei’s team has promoted more than 1 million live Xia ‘nan cattle and more than 8 million doses of Xia ‘nan cattle frozen semen to the whole country, totaling no less than 10 million doses. His footprints are all over more than 200 cattle farms in 16 provinces and cities.

　　In 2018, there were 364,000 Xia ‘nan cattle in Biyang County, and 220,000 were slaughtered. The output value of Xia ‘nan cattle industry exceeded 15 billion yuan, which has formed a whole industrial chain management pattern integrating breeding, breeding, slaughtering, processing and sales. Xia ‘nan cattle have played an important role in county economic development and industrial poverty alleviation.

　　Relying on the national beef cattle industrial technology system, Qi Xinglei actively cooperated closely with experts and professors from seven scientific research institutes, including Northwest A&F University, to carry out production technology research in 16 aspects, such as breeding and improvement of Xia ‘nan cattle, research and development of high-grade beef production technology of Xia ‘nan cattle, and cultivation of new strains of Xia ‘nan cattle without horns, and summed up six production technology integrations, which provided technical support for the efficient and rapid development of Xia ‘nan cattle.

The selfless dedication of a child’s heart.

　　Qi Xinglei gave up four opportunities for promotion and refused many invitations from classmates and friends to do business in the sea for his beloved Xia Nanniu career, and of course added a lot of helplessness and guilt to his family, wife and children … …

Why did Qi Xinglei refuse to be promoted?

The answer he gave was touching.

　　In March, 2008, Biyang County People’s Government held a commendation meeting for Xia ‘nan cattle breeding, and Qi Xinglei received a circular commendation and won a prize of 100,000 yuan. But after the meeting, he didn’t go home, but solemnly handed over the 100,000 yuan bonus to the unit.

　　He thinks that 100,000 yuan is not a small sum for a working-class family, and it can do many things, but it is needed more in the follow-up research work of Xia ‘nan cattle. This 100,000 yuan spent on the promotion of Xia ‘nan cattle will create greater value.

　　In March 2008, Qi Xinglei initiated the establishment of Biyang Xiananiu Science and Technology Development Co., Ltd. and served as the chairman of the board, in order to do a good job in the rapid propagation and popularization of Xiananiu cattle and ensure the supply of Xiananiu cattle germplasm. Through scientific management, the company has grown from small to large, from weak to strong. It is a state-owned comprehensive scientific and technological enterprise integrating beef cattle breeding, breeding and frozen semen production and supply, beef cattle breeding, beef cattle production technology research and development, and technical services. Now it has become a national-level beef cattle standardization demonstration field and Henan Xia’ nan cattle engineering technology research center with total assets of more than 70 million yuan.

　　In December 2010, Qi Xinglei voluntarily withdrew from the shares of Biyang Xiananiu Technology Development Co., Ltd., and generously and selflessly donated the company and surplus assets to Biyang County People’s Government to free up more time and energy for the research and development and promotion of Xiananiu.

　　In 2015, Qi Xinglei was gloriously elected as a national advanced worker, and was cordially received by Party and state leaders such as General Secretary of the Supreme Leader and Premier Li Keqiang.

　　In the same year, Qi Xinglei voluntarily resigned from the party and government post of Biyang County Animal Husbandry Bureau, withdrew from the status of civil servant, devoted himself to the research and promotion of Xia ‘nan cattle, and continued to work hard to make the Xia ‘nan cattle industry bigger and stronger.

　　On the stage of the release ceremony of the most beautiful scientific and technological workers in 2019, Qi Xinglei revealed his dream to cultivate a new strain of Xia ‘nan cattle with stronger ability to produce high-end beef, so that all Chinese can eat high-quality and cheap Xia ‘nan beef.

　　I believe that in the near future, Qi Xinglei’s dream will definitely come true!

Indifferent to fame and fortune, selfless dedication

Qi Xinglei has an indissoluble bond with cattle all his life.

He spent 21 years.

Breeding the first beef cattle breed with independent intellectual property rights in China

Special "cow"!

　　CCTV News:A few days ago, the All-China Federation of Trade Unions, the Ministry of Justice and the All-China Lawyers Association jointly issued a notice to launch the public welfare legal service for migrant workers in the new year.

　　The notice made it clear that in 2023, local trade unions, judicial administrative departments and lawyers’ associations will jointly carry out actions to provide public welfare, professional and comprehensive legal services for workers with new employment forms, mainly migrant workers. Promote and improve the long-term mechanism to protect the legitimate rights and interests of workers in new employment forms, and provide support for meeting the diversified legal service needs of workers in new employment forms and building harmonious and stable labor relations.

　　The circular requires local trade unions and judicial administrative departments to strengthen cooperation with people’s organizations, courts, representative organizations of enterprises and other departments, strengthen the source management of labor disputes in the field of new employment forms, promote the establishment of various forms of communication and dialogue mechanisms within enterprises, and require local trade unions to explore and promote the establishment of trade union legal service stations in arbitration courts and people’s courts where there are many labor dispute cases and workers’ demands are concentrated, so as to provide "one-stop" laws such as legal consultation, document drafting and case agency for workers in new employment forms.

　　In addition, all localities will also organize social professional lawyers to connect with industry associations, platform enterprises and their cooperative employment enterprises in the field of new employment forms, gain an in-depth understanding of the employment situation of new employment forms, organize the "legal physical examination" activities of employment, and provide legal risk assessment and consulting services for enterprises with concentrated workers in new employment forms.

On April 3, the Guangzhou Municipal Development and Reform Commission released the reform plan of tap water price in downtown Guangzhou, and plans to hold a hearing in the near future.

According to the plan, the scope of price reform is mainly the price of tap water supplied by the municipal water supply company in the water supply service area of downtown Guangzhou (including Yuexiu District, Liwan District, Tianhe District, Haizhu District, Huangpu District, Baiyun District, University Town and so on). In the reform, two schemes are given for comparison and selection. The first scheme is based on the principle that residents’ domestic water consumption is guaranteed at a low profit and other water consumption is reasonably profitable. The principle of the second scheme is that the first step water price of residents’ domestic water is priced at cost and other water is reasonably profitable.

How will the tap water price reform change? What impact will the change have on residents’ and non-residents’ water use? The Guangzhou Municipal Development and Reform Commission issued a detailed interpretation plan.

Q: Why should the existing tap water price mechanism be reformed?

Since the implementation of the current tap water price in Guangzhou in 2012, there is a gap between the current tap water price and the requirements put forward by the state in recent years, such as improving the green development price mechanism and promoting the reform of urban water supply price. Coupled with macroeconomic growth, investment in water supply construction, adjustment of water resource fee collection standards and other factors, the cost of urban water supply has changed greatly. In order to improve the quality of water supply and promote the high-quality development of water supply industry, the reform plan of tap water price in Guangzhou was studied and put forward.

Q: Why didn’t the tap water price reform policy come out after the last round of hearing? Is this a good time?

Guangzhou Municipal Development and Reform Commission organized a hearing on tap water price reform in December 2020. Considering the repeated epidemic in COVID-19, in order to protect people’s livelihood and help enterprises to bail out, the reform of tap water price was not introduced as scheduled. During the COVID-19 epidemic, Guangzhou actively took measures to reduce the water price of non-residents in stages, "non-stop payment of arrears" and other policies to warm enterprises, with a preferential amount of 120 million yuan.

In 2023, Guangzhou’s price situation and the prices of important commodities for people’s livelihood operated smoothly. In 2024, in order to speed up the green transformation of development mode and make resource conservation and ecological environment protection become the endogenous driving force of market players, after careful study, the price reform of tap water was steadily promoted.

Q: How much is the current tap water price standard to be adjusted? How to verify?

According to the relevant provisions of the Measures for the Administration of Urban Water Supply Price (Decree No.46 of the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development of the National Development and Reform Commission), the urban water supply price is set, based on cost supervision and examination, and approved according to the method of "allowable cost plus reasonable income".The unit pricing cost of this round of tap water is 2.46 yuan/m3 (excluding tax), and the approved permitted rate of return is 5.8%. The average water supply price is planned to be adjusted from 2.53 yuan/m3 (including tax) to 3.4 yuan/m3 (including tax).

Q: How much is the water price for classified users to be adjusted?

There are two comparison schemes for classifying user water prices, namely:

Option 1:The three ladder water prices of domestic water are adjusted from 1.98 yuan/m3, 2.97 yuan/m3 and 3.96 yuan/m3 to 2.60 yuan/m3, 3.90 yuan/m3 and 7.80 yuan/m3 respectively; Add residents’ combined water price, and the standard of residents’ combined water price is 2.86 yuan/cubic meter; The price of domestic water for non-residents was adjusted from 3.46 yuan/cubic meter to 4.56 yuan/cubic meter; The price of special water is adjusted from 20 yuan/m3 to 25 yuan/m3.

Option 2:The three ladder water prices of domestic water are adjusted from 1.98 yuan/m3, 2.97 yuan/m3 and 3.96 yuan/m3 to 2.46 yuan/m3, 3.69 yuan/m3 and 7.38 yuan/m3 respectively; Add residents’ combined water price, and the standard of residents’ combined water price is 2.71 yuan/cubic meter; The price of domestic water for non-residents was adjusted from 3.46 yuan/m3 to 4.81 yuan/m3, and the price of special water was adjusted from 20 yuan/m3 to 25 yuan/m3.

Q: How are the two comparison schemes for classifying water prices of users considered?

The average water supply price of the two mandatory schemes is 3.4 yuan/m3 (including tax), mainly because residents and non-residents share the rising water supply price differently. The first step of residential water price in scheme 1 is basically the same as the adjustment range of non-resident tap water price, which better balances the burden of residents and non-residents; In the second scheme, the residential first-step water price is priced at cost, and non-resident users bear the pressure of more rising tap water costs.

Q: What happened to the price cost of tap water this round?

The current tap water price in Guangzhou has been implemented for nearly 12 years since 2012. Influenced by many factors, such as macroeconomic growth, investment in water supply construction, and adjustment of water resource fee collection standards, the cost of urban water supply has changed greatly.

Among them, in terms of raw water cost, the water resource fee collection standard in Guangdong Province has been adjusted from 0.12 yuan/cubic meter to 0.2 yuan/cubic meter since 2016; In terms of plant and station network construction, the cumulative investment in the past ten years is about 15 billion yuan, including the construction and commissioning of the first phase of the northern water plant and its supporting projects, the promotion of water supply renovation of 71 villages in the city, the completion of the secondary water supply facilities of 109,500 old residential areas and the renovation of 3,123 kilometers of old pipe network, and the smart water supply renovation project.

Q: What other reform measures are there in this round of tap water price reform?

In addition to adjusting the water price of classified users, there are three main reform measures in this round of tap water price reform. They are:

(a) improve the residential water ladder price system.First, the price difference ratio of the three steps of residential water price is adjusted from 1: 1.5: 2 to 1: 1.5: 3 according to regulations. Second, the upper limit of the first step water base for domestic residents with four people (inclusive) is lowered from 26 cubic meters to 21 cubic meters, and the upper limit of the second step water base is lowered from 34 cubic meters to 27 cubic meters. Third, for residents who have not implemented "one meter per household, meter reading to households" (including non-resident users who implement the price of domestic water), 110% of the first-step water price of residents will be implemented.

(two) the implementation of non-residential water (including special water) over quota progressive price increase system.Non-residents (including special water users) will be charged at a price increase of 1, 2 and 3 times of the classified standard water price for the part with water exceeding the quota within 20% (inclusive), 20% to 40% (inclusive) and more than 40%.

(3) Establish a dynamic adjustment mechanism for tap water prices.The first is to establish a linkage mechanism between upstream and downstream prices of urban water supply. When the water resource fee (tax) and raw water price are adjusted, the tap water price is linked in the same direction according to the formula. The second is to establish a periodic supervision mechanism to carry out cost supervision and examination every three years. When the fluctuation of water supply cost exceeds 20%, the price adjustment will be started according to the procedure. The fluctuation threshold of water supply cost in each regulatory cycle after the next round is clearly defined in combination with the corresponding water supply planning.

Q: What is the impact of this round of tap water price reform on residents?

According to estimates, the per capita water charges of the first-step residential users (accounting for more than 80%) and the second-step residential users (accounting for about 10%) in Scheme I will increase by about 3.2 yuan/month and 6.4 yuan/month respectively, while the per capita water charges of the first-step and second-step residential users in Scheme II will increase by about 2.5 yuan/month and 5.4 yuan/month respectively. As for the third-step residential users (accounting for less than 10%), the two schemes have a great impact on the water charges of this kind of users, and the per capita monthly water charges increase by about 20 yuan, which helps to strengthen users’ awareness of water conservation.

Q: How can we ensure that the lives of low-income residents, survivors of martyrs and special care recipients are not affected?

In order to ensure that the lives of low-income residents are not affected, the poor people, survivors of martyrs and special care recipients will remain unchanged according to the original tap water price standard. Specifically:

Each person’s monthly water consumption below 7 cubic meters (including 7 cubic meters) is charged at 0.7 yuan/cubic meter, and the excess is still charged at 1.98 yuan/cubic meter. The above-mentioned user identification standards shall be implemented in accordance with relevant regulations.

Q: What is the impact of this round of tap water price reform on non-residents?

(A) the impact on industrial users

In 2023, the average water consumption of industrial users in downtown Guangzhou was about 839 cubic meters per month. The prices of the above two schemes affect the water fee expenditure of industrial users to increase by 923 yuan/month and 1132 yuan/month respectively.

(B) the impact on business users

In 2023, the average water consumption of commercial users in downtown Guangzhou is about 204 cubic meters per month. The prices of the above two schemes affect the increase of water charges of commercial users by 225 yuan/month and 276 yuan/month respectively. Among them, it is estimated that the water expenditure of catering industry will increase by 126 yuan/month and 154 yuan/month respectively, and the water expenditure of hairdressing and beauty service industry will increase by 28 yuan/month and 35 yuan/month respectively.

Q: What is the impact of this round of tap water price reform on special water users?

The special water price of both schemes is adjusted from 20 yuan/m3 to 25 yuan/m3, and the water fee expenditure of such users will increase by 25%.

Q: Will the sewage treatment fee be adjusted together?

According to Sui Fa Gai [2022] No.54 and Sui Fa Gai Gui Zi [2017] No.4, the step water volume of domestic sewage is adjusted with the step water volume of tap water. The step price collection standard of sewage treatment fee is still implemented according to the original charging standard, which is not within the scope of this adjustment.

Q: After the reform, what improvements will be made in tap water supply capacity and service quality?

Based on the 14th Five-Year Plan of Guangzhou Water Development, we will promote raw water projects such as Xijiang Midway Pumping Station, and the expansion projects of North Water Plant Phase II, Nanzhou Water Plant and Suiyun Water Plant to further optimize the allocation of water resources and improve the capacity of water supply system. New water supply trunk lines such as South Line, North Line and Linjiang Avenue will be built to speed up the transformation and upgrading of the old pipe network and improve the water quantity and quality supply guarantee capacity; Promote the renovation of shared water facilities in 100,000 old residential areas, implement maintenance and management of outdoor water supply facilities that are handed over to water supply enterprises after renovation, implement water supply grid services, and open up the "last mile" of water supply services; Continue to promote the transformation of water supply in rural areas and villages in the city to help equalize basic public services in urban and rural areas; Continuously improve the convenience of customer service, optimize the online handling process of water business, and enhance the public’s happiness in water use.

Wen Zhen reporter Hang Ying correspondent Sui Faxuan