What are the recent major news at home and abroad?

Recent major news at home and abroad

1. Domestic aspects

1. During the "August 1st" period, soldiers and civilians from all over the country warmly celebrated the founding of the Chinese People's Liberation Army in various forms. 88th anniversary of the military.

2. As of July 31, the total box office revenue of the domestic film market in 2015 reached 25.853 billion yuan, an increase of 48.7% over the same period last year, of which domestically produced films accounted for 57.2% of the market share. Driven by a series of outstanding domestic films in the summer, the total national box office in July reached 5.49 billion yuan, and the market share of domestic films reached 95.6%. Many records, including the highest box office for an animated film, also hit new highs that month.

3. The two-and-a-half-month fishing moratorium in the South China Sea will end at 12:00 on August 1, and nearly 9,000 fishing boats in Hainan Province will be able to go to sea for fishing operations. It is reported that approximately 40,000 fishermen and crew members were involved during this fishing moratorium.

4. A set of data is exciting: Since its listing on April 21, the Fujian Pilot Free Trade Zone has launched 29 innovative measures that are the first in the country, and 2 innovative measures have been copied by the General Administration of Customs to other countries across the country. Trade Zone; as of July 20, there were 3,429 new enterprises with a registered capital of 86.557 billion yuan, including 324 new foreign-invested enterprises, an increase of 2.85 times, and contracted foreign investment of 8.19 billion yuan, an increase of 3.62 times.

5. Wu Wenxue, deputy director of the National Tourism Administration, predicts that ten major areas will become hot spots for tourism investment: construction of tourism theme towns and characteristic tourism towns; development of rural tourism products; construction of leisure vacation products; large-scale tourism equipment Manufacturing; cultural tourism products; medical and health tourism and health care and elderly care tourism products; tourism commodities and tourism outdoor leisure products; construction of tourist RVs and self-driving camps; development of online tourism products and construction of smart tourism products; research tourism bases, science popularization tourism bases, Construction of tourism education base.

6. Data released by the China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing and the Service Industry Survey Center of the National Bureau of Statistics on August 1 showed that China’s manufacturing purchasing managers index (PMI) in July was 50%, which was 50% higher than the previous month. down 0.2 percentage points. Major sub-indexes such as production and orders also fell. The non-manufacturing business activity index for the month was 53.9%, a slight increase of 0.1 percentage points from the previous month and rising for two consecutive months.

7. Liu Yandong, member of the Central Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, deputy prime minister of the State Council, led Beijing’s 2022 bid The Winter Olympics delegation returned to Beijing on the afternoon of August 2 and was warmly welcomed by representatives from all walks of life in the capital.

8. The General Office of the State Council recently issued the "Opinions on the Comprehensive Implementation of Critical Illness Insurance for Urban and Rural Residents", calling for accelerating the construction of the critical illness insurance system and building a solid basic medical security network for all people to benefit more people. .

9. In the first half of this year, my country's production safety situation further improved. The number of accidents and deaths nationwide dropped by 10.9% and 5.3% respectively year-on-year. There were no particularly major accidents in coal mines for 28 consecutive months. Key industries Field accidents continue to decline.

10. Entering the second half of the year, the growth of P2P online lending has shown a steady trend. July P2P online lending industry data released by P2P Online Loan Home on August 1 showed that the overall transaction volume of the online lending industry in July reached 82.509 billion yuan, a month-on-month increase of 25.10%, which was 3.8 times that of the same period last year.

2. International aspects:

1. China-ASEAN (11) Foreign Ministers’ Meeting, ASEAN and China, Japan and South Korea (13) Foreign Ministers’ Meeting, East Asia Summit Foreign Ministers’ Meeting and The ASEAN Regional Forum Foreign Ministers' Meeting and other East Asia Cooperation Foreign Ministers' Meetings will be held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from August 4. Against the historic background that the ASEAN Community will be established by the end of this year, it is of extraordinary significance for China and ASEAN countries to focus on development and plan cooperation on the platform of the East Asia Cooperation Foreign Ministers' Meetings.

2. On August 2, Egyptian Foreign Minister Shoukry held a strategic dialogue with visiting US Secretary of State John Kerry in Cairo. This is the first such dialogue between Egypt and the United States since 2009. The joint communique issued after the strategic dialogue stated that in order to advance common interests, the two countries need to deepen their nearly 40-year alliance and cooperation. This also reflects the roles played by the two countries in the region and internationally, as well as their pursuit of The need to solve various complex problems.

3. The intergovernmental negotiation meeting on the post-2015 development agenda held a plenary session at the United Nations Headquarters in New York on August 2, and all parties reached an agreement on the final document of the post-2015 development agenda. The document will be submitted to the United Nations General Assembly for formal adoption at the United Nations Development Summit to be held in September this year.

4. A research report recently published by the Cologne Institute of Economics in Germany shows that European people, especially those in countries affected by the European debt crisis, are rapidly losing confidence in their country's political, economic and social systems. Michael Schutte, director of the Cologne Institute of Economic Research, emphasized that "Europe has fallen into a vicious cycle of economic crisis and political trust crisis."

5. The Israeli Security Cabinet held a special meeting on the evening of August 2 and unanimously agreed to take more stringent measures to combat Jewish extremists.

6. The "World Population Prospects" report recently released by the United Nations shows that Africa's current population is about 1.2 billion, and this number is expected to reach about 2.5 billion in 2050.

According to the report, the African continent currently has the highest birth rate in the world. It is expected that by 2050, more than half of the world's new population will come from Africa.

7. The U.S. Department of Defense announced on August 3 that U.S. military fighter jets have recently provided "fire cover" to the Syrian "moderate opposition" trained by it in northern Syria to assist in the fight against "Israeli" The extreme power headed by "Lan Country". This is the first time since the outbreak of the Syrian crisis that the United States has provided direct military support to the Syrian opposition. The U.S. plan to use "agents" to intervene in the Syrian issue has entered a new stage.

8. US Secretary of State Kerry held consultations with the foreign ministers of the Gulf Arab countries in Doha, the capital of Qatar, on August 3. Kerry said the United States would strengthen ties with Gulf Arab states and accelerate the pace of arms sales to them.

9. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe stated at the Senate Special Committee on August 4 that if the United States’ surveillance of important Japanese institutions is true, Japan would feel “very sorry” and would continue to strongly demand that the United States confirm the facts. Condition.

On October 3, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu announced that Russia’s new military service, the Aerospace Force, has been formed. This means that the presidential decree issued by Russian President Vladimir Putin at the end of 2014 has been officially completed, and Russia's military reform has taken a big step forward.