Hubei: Practicing "Three Strictnesses and Three Realities" and Building an "Iron Army" for Poverty Alleviation to Overcome Difficulties

  Xinhua News Agency reporters Pi Shuchu and Li Wei

  Accurate poverty alleviation, no one is left behind. Hubei promises to take the lead in building a well-off society in the central region in an all-round way, and by 2019, all the 5.9 million poverty-stricken people in the province will be lifted out of poverty. Since the beginning of this year, the reporter has gone deep into 10 poverty-stricken counties in Hubei and found that all localities have focused on solving the three core problems of "who to help", "who to help" and "how to help" in precision poverty alleviation. According to the requirements of "three strictness and three realities", the main position of poverty alleviation has been regarded as a learning and education testing ground for "two studies and one work" and an "iron army" has been built to help the poor.

  Cadres "sink" and the real situation "floats up"

  "After four months, 256 audit cadres were dispatched to carry out accurate identification audits, and 527,800 non-poor people with doubtful identities were eliminated. In time, 175,900 people who returned to poverty due to floods this summer were included in the filing card." Liu Changyi, deputy director of the Hubei Provincial Poverty Alleviation Office, told the reporter that Hubei strictly abides by the "accurate" and "real" bottom line, nails the "first button", improves the dynamic management mechanism, and ensures that "drip irrigation" reaches households to people.

  In April this year, Tengchong Village, Fangfan Town, Dawu County, appeared the phenomenon that "the village announced poverty alleviation, and there were poor households after investigation", which caused widespread concern in society for a while. Today, Hubei emphasizes the strict criteria for listing poor villages and "looks back" on the work of filing and establishing cards.

  In Zhaofengtai Village, Yesanguan Town, Badong County, Enshi Autonomous Prefecture, at the villagers’ "yard meeting" hosted by town and village cadres, cadres talked about policies, and the masses acted as "referees", which was regarded as "accurate accounts" recognized by the people. Let cadres go among ordinary people and settle accounts under the eyes of the masses. This is the accurate poverty alleviation experience explored by Badong County.

  "Look at the house, look at the grain, look at whether the labor force is strong or not, look at whether there is a book reader, look at what industry is busy, and look at some possessions." In Fangxian County, Shiyan City, the "indigenous method" of knowing the true poverty summarized by local poverty alleviation cadres made Mao Jianquan, who came from Beijing to participate in poverty alleviation, feel very practical. Mao Jianquan said that the method of "six views" to know the real poverty has grasped the main factors that reflect poverty. As long as party member cadres "sink", the real situation will "float".

  "There are three people in the family, and their right foot is disabled and lacks labor. Because of disability, they are poor. The land in the family is 4 or 5 mu, and I hope the land will be transferred. Children at home go to college, the tuition fee is high, and the financial burden of family education is heavy … …” Open the "poverty file" of Yin Youyong, a poor household in Xinwu Village, Wangying Town, Yangxin County, and it is clear at a glance about his family situation and causes of poverty. Wang Xunhe, the village party secretary, told the reporter that this provided a first-hand decision-making basis for accurate assistance and facilitated "the right medicine".

  In order to get through the "drip irrigation" channel of accurate poverty alleviation, Hubei has comprehensively established a full coverage mechanism for poverty alleviation teams in poor villages. Each team member guarantees no more than four poor households, and it is absolutely not allowed to discount the pairing guarantee work.

  "It is better for cadres to peel off their skins than for the masses to really get rich."

  "I really didn’t expect my rice to sell at such a high price, and someone will keep buying it in the future!" In the farmhouse of poor household Zhang Shouguo, he said happily that his own rice was ordered. "Thanks to Director Zhou, there is no sorrow in building this house, and I will dare to think about it in the future!"

  It turned out that Zhou Yujuan, a poverty alleviation cadre in Baocun, danjiangkou city, helped his family to replace improved rice varieties and sold them at high prices. Nowadays, poverty alleviation cadres in Hubei are playing the role of "information officers", inspiring poor households to get rid of poverty.

  During the interview, the reporter found that grassroots cadres and the masses have confidence in getting rid of poverty through personal struggle after finding the right industry, but they are most worried about the factors of returning to poverty due to illness and unequal educational opportunities. Finding the right pain point is the focus of poverty alleviation. In practice, Hubei has explored powerful measures such as precision education and precision treatment to help the poor.

  Yu Ming, secretary of the Party branch of Datun Village, Xuanhuadian Town, Dawu County, told the reporter that 50 poor households were identified through accurate identification. After re-classification of poor households, 13 poor students from 11 households were given precise poverty alleviation grants at the beginning of this year. Wang Zuhe, a poor household, has two children who are studying in junior high school and primary school respectively. According to the standard of accurate poverty alleviation and schooling assistance formulated by Dawu County, each person can enjoy subsidies of 5,200 yuan and 4,400 yuan each year, which solves the most general poverty problem in the family.

  Some remote rural areas are far away from health centers, and villagers receive subsidies but can’t buy medicine or get money to buy medicine. Wang Gonggao, director of the Zigui County Poverty Alleviation Office, said that Zigui explored the direct drug supply system and changed the money to direct regular drug delivery to achieve accurate treatment.

  "It is better for cadres to peel off their skins and for the masses to really get rich." During the "Twelfth Five-Year Plan" period, 3.53 million rural poverty-stricken people in Hubei Province were lifted out of poverty, and more than 20,000 poverty alleviation teams and nearly 100,000 party member cadres ran in the fields. Accurate poverty alleviation became the main battlefield to test the style of cadres.

  "It is normal for cadres to report logs every day in Yunxi!" He Changsen, deputy director of the Organization Department of Yunxi County Committee, said that the local communication technology of "GPS++mobile phone+network" has formed an operation mode of "daily reporting, two-level management and three major mechanisms", and a "supervision network" for the daily work of poverty alleviation cadres has been closely woven.

  Compacting responsibility and reshaping assessment orientation, cadres’ poverty alleviation is not "one-vote veto"

  During the interview, the reporter found that all parts of Hubei Province have compacted the main responsibility and given "uncapping" time. In order to prevent the phenomenon of "digital poverty alleviation", Hubei has defined precise management, broadened the supervision space in all directions, and strengthened discipline and accountability.

  Since the beginning of this year, in Yunyang District of Shiyan City, Yangxin County of Huangshi City, Tongshan County of Xianning City and other places, a group of poverty alleviation cadres have been "recalled" for accountability because of the slow progress of poverty alleviation work in poor villages.

  As Hong ‘an County, an old revolutionary base in Dabie Mountain, the local government regards the evaluation of poverty alleviation as an important basis for the promotion and use of cadres, the annual assessment and the evaluation of the first, and establishes reward and punishment standards for county and township cadres respectively, rewards those who complete ahead of schedule within the target responsibility, and resolutely implements interview accountability for unfinished tasks within the time node.

  "The key to getting rich is not getting rich, but cadres". The person in charge of the Organization Department of Hubei Provincial Party Committee said that the task of tackling poverty depends on the work of Qi Xin, the broad masses of cadres and people in party member in poverty-stricken areas, forming a joint force to tackle poverty.

  This year, Hubei took the lead in interviewing nine county party secretaries who were lagging behind in poverty reduction. In order to make good use of the "baton" of assessment and supervision, Hubei has also issued a special policy to conduct annual evaluation and assessment of party committees, government leading bodies and major leaders in 37 poverty-stricken counties in the province. The achievements in poverty alleviation are directly linked to the appointment and dismissal of cadres.

The epidemic situation in the mainland of China has further improved, and four kinds of Omicron mutant branches have been found in Chongqing.

  China news agency, Beijing, October 14th Comprehensive news: On the 13th, there were 1,259 new cases (diagnosed+asymptomatic) in China mainland, which decreased for three consecutive days, and the scope of infection was reduced, with the number of provinces involved dropping from 29 in the previous two days to 26.

  The increasing number of local infections in China mainland has dropped for three consecutive years, and the epidemic situation has further improved.

  National Health Commission, China, reported on the 14th that there were 313 newly confirmed cases of COVID-19 in China on the 13th, including 64 imported cases and 249 local cases. There were 1143 new asymptomatic infections, including 133 imported cases and 1010 local cases. There were no new deaths.

  As of 24: 00 on the 13th, there are 4,456 confirmed cases in China, with 5,226 cumulative deaths and 255,168 cumulative confirmed cases reported. There are 632 confirmed cases imported from abroad, with a total of 24,882 confirmed cases and no deaths.

  According to the official data, the number of new local infections in China has dropped sharply for three consecutive days, from 2,089 cases on the 10th to 1,259 cases on the 13th, and the scope of infection has been reduced, involving 26 provinces from 29 in the previous two days, and the epidemic situation is further improving.

  On 13th, 249 new cases were confirmed in mainland China, coming from 17 provinces. The top five are: 56 cases in Inner Mongolia, 53 cases in Guangdong, 28 cases in Xinjiang, 19 cases in Liaoning and 16 cases in Beijing; On that day, there were 1010 new cases of asymptomatic local infections from 25 provinces. The top five are: 302 cases in Xinjiang, 181 cases in Inner Mongolia, 53 cases in Shanxi, 51 cases in Heilongjiang and 50 cases in Yunnan.

  There are more than 5,000 local infected people in Inner Mongolia, and many infected people in Guangzhou were found in community screening.

  On the 13th in Inner Mongolia, 56 new cases were diagnosed locally and 181 cases were asymptomatic, and the number of local infections decreased for three consecutive days. On the same day, there were 35 newly diagnosed cases and 89 asymptomatic infected cases in Hohhot. As of 24: 00 on the 13th, there were 5041 cases of local infection in Inner Mongolia (974 cases were diagnosed and 4067 cases were asymptomatic), including 4351 cases in Hohhot.

  The epidemic in Hohhot started on September 28th, and the virus belongs to the evolutionary branch of Omicron BF.7 mutant. According to Hohhot, on October 14th, the city adjusted the epidemic risk level in some areas again. At present, there are 456 high-risk areas and 168 medium-risk areas in this city.

  On the 13th, 53 new cases were confirmed in Guangdong province and 21 cases were asymptomatic, mainly from Guangzhou (25+3) and Shenzhen (21+11). As of 24: 00 on the 13th, there are 440 confirmed cases and 203 asymptomatic cases in Guangdong province.

  According to the report, in addition to the 12 cases transferred from asymptomatic people to confirmed cases, among the 16 new cases of local infection in Guangzhou on the 13th, 4 cases were isolated control personnel, 10 cases were found in community normalized nucleic acid screening, and 2 cases were found in the investigation of medical personnel, suggesting that the epidemic situation has a greater risk of social transmission. On the 13th, there were 32 new cases of local infection in Shenzhen, all of which were found among people in centralized isolation and home isolation, and there was no social increase.

  There are still social infections in Beijing and Shanghai, and more than 100 cases of local infections have been added in Beijing in the past two months.

  Beijing reported on the 14th that there were 21 new cases of local infection in the city on the 13th, including 3 social screening personnel; From 0: 00 to 15: 00 on the 14th, Beijing reported another 6 cases of local infection, among which 2 cases were still found through social screening. Since September 29, Beijing has reported a total of 112 cases of local infection, involving 11 districts, mainly imported cases and their related cases.

  Beijing officials said that the city will further strengthen the prevention and control of social epidemics, especially in key units and industries such as construction sites, supermarkets, entertainment and fitness institutions, and catering institutions. It is necessary to establish staff ledgers and strengthen epidemic prevention measures such as nucleic acid testing and health monitoring; It is necessary to do a good job in environmental epidemic prevention management and strengthen the cleaning and disinfection of key places and public goods; Key personnel such as security, express delivery, logistics, catering, cleaning, property management, etc. should carry out nucleic acid detection according to the prescribed frequency, do a good job in personal protection, and strictly implement various epidemic prevention regulations.

  There were 49 new cases of local infection in Shanghai on the 13th, of which 47 cases were found in isolation control and 2 cases were from normalized nucleic acid screening. From July 3rd to October 13th, Shanghai reported a total of 194 confirmed cases and 1028 asymptomatic infected cases.

  According to Shanghai’s notification, on the 14th, there were one newly diagnosed and one asymptomatic infected person in Shanghai, both of whom had recently returned to Shanghai from other provinces, and were found in the normalized nucleic acid detection. Recently, most of the sources of infection in Shanghai epidemic are imported from other provinces, involving multiple transmission chains. At present, the social risks of the epidemic in the city still exist.

  Four Omicron variants were found in Chongqing, and the Suihua epidemic situation in Heilongjiang is still developing.

  The Chongqing Municipal Health and Health Commission said on the 14th that there were 11 newly diagnosed cases and 13 asymptomatic infected cases in the city on the 13th, and 191 newly infected cases in the past week. Among them, 41 cases were people from outside Chongqing who returned to Chongqing and closed-loop control, and the risk of social communication was low. However, the infected people in many epidemics have social activity tracks before being isolated, and the possibility of recurring cases is not ruled out. Among them, the "October 8" epidemic in Yubei (Joy City) has reported 91 cases of infected people (including 37 Joy City staff), involving 11 districts, and the risk of social transmission is high.

  It is reported that Chongqing CDC has sequenced 28 viral genes of infected people since October 8th, and found four branches of Omicron mutant strains: BA.5.2, BF.7, BA.2.75 and ba.2.76.. In recent days, the number of newly infected people in this city has shown a downward trend, mainly from the control population. The rapid rise of the epidemic has been effectively curbed, but the risk of hidden spread of the epidemic still exists.

  On the 13th, there were 11 new confirmed cases and 51 asymptomatic infections in Heilongjiang Province, including 2 confirmed cases and 49 asymptomatic cases in Suihua City. As of 24: 00 on the 13th, there were 73 cases of local infection in Suihua City, 70 of which were in Zhaodong City.

  According to the report, the epidemic situation in Zhaodong City is still developing, but all the positive people detected at present are found at the isolation control point, and the epidemic situation is well controlled. The epidemic in Zhaodong started on October 10th, and three cases of infected people were found in the nucleic acid test of the people who were exposed to the foreign investigation. On the same day, Zhaodong City initiated temporary control measures. At present, Zhaodong City decided to extend the temporary control period until 20: 30 on October 18. (End)

Chinese and foreign artificial intelligence enterprises jointly compile and publish international standards in the field of large-scale model security.

From April 15th to 19th, the 27th United Nations Conference on Science and Technology was held in Geneva, Switzerland. During the conference, the World Institute of Digital Technology (WDTA) issued two international standards, namely, the Safety Test Standard for Generative Artificial Intelligence Applications and the Safety Test Method for Large Language Models. This is the first time that an international organization has issued an international standard in the field of large model security.

Since the popularity of large language model technology last year, the security of large language model has been the focus of international attention. World Institute of Digital Technology (WDTA) is an international non-governmental organization established and registered in Geneva in April 2023. It follows the guiding framework of the United Nations and is committed to promoting digital technology and international cooperation on a global scale. It transcends national boundaries and corporate interests and advocates global unified standards and governance mechanisms.

Professor Peter Major, the founding chairman, said, "Our goal is to set global digital standards, lead technological innovation and strengthen international cooperation." It is worth noting that OpenAI, Google, Microsoft, Meta, Ant Group, Huawei, Iflytek, International Data Space Association (IDSA), Flawn Hough Institute and China Electronics are all members of WDTA.

World Institute of Digital Technology attending the meetingArtificial intelligence safe, credible and responsible working groupTeam leader Huang Jinjin said that as artificial intelligence systems, especially large language models, continue to become an indispensable part of all aspects of society, it is crucial to solve their security challenges with a comprehensive standard. These two standards bring together the wisdom of experts in the field of global AI security, fill the gaps in the field of security testing in large language models and generative AI applications, provide a unified testing framework and clear testing methods for the industry, and help to improve the security of AI systems, promote the responsible development of AI technologies, and enhance public trust.

WDTA takes the lead in "Safety Test Standard for Generative Artificial Intelligence Applications"

It is understood that among the published international standards, WDTA is the lead unit for the Safety Test Standard for Generative Artificial Intelligence Applications.

Huang Jinjin introduced that the "Safety Test Standard for Generative AI Applications" provides a framework for testing and verifying the safety of generative AI applications. The standard covers the key areas of AI application life cycle, including basic model selection, embedding and vector database, prompt execution/reasoning, intelligent behavior, fine-tuning, response processing and runtime security of AI applications. The main goal is to ensure that the behavior of AI applications in the whole life cycle is safe and meets the expected design.

It is understood that the AI STR (Safe, Trusted and Responsible) program is the core initiative of the World Institute of Digital Technology, aiming at ensuring the safety, credibility and responsibility of artificial intelligence systems.

Official website, a reporter of Beijing News Shell Finance, visited the World Institute of Digital Technology and found that its introduction said that the AI STR plan "represents a paradigm shift in how we develop and deploy AI technology. Advocating safety, trust and responsibility in artificial intelligence system has laid the foundation for a more ethical, safer and fairer digital future. Artificial intelligence technology is the promoter of progress, not the source of uncertainty and harm. The production AI application security testing and verification standard is one of the AI STR standards. "

In addition, a framework for the development of generative artificial intelligence talents was released at the same time as the standard. According to the introduction of the World Institute of Digital Technology, generative artificial intelligence applications such as ChatGPT and Stable Diffusion quickly attracted people’s attention and imagination all over the world, thanks to their wide practicability-almost anyone can use them to communicate and create-and more natural man-machine dialogue. Even the latest generative AI applications can perform a series of daily tasks in employees’ work, such as data classification, business report generation and even automatic test code generation. A wide range of stakeholders are trying to cope with the impact of generative artificial intelligence on business and society, and more people need to understand and participate, so as to form a consensus on the scope, how to use, application scenarios and constraints of artificial intelligence, and truly realize that "artificial intelligence is human."

Two standards and a development framework issued by the World Institute of Digital TechnologyThe file picture is from official website, the World Institute of Digital Technology.

China enterprises actively participate in international standards.formulate

The reporter of Shell Finance noticed that there were many face of china during this meeting. For example, in the panel discussion on "Safety of Generative Large Model", experts from Canadian Academy of Engineering, Privacy AI, NVIDIA, Microsoft and Ant Group talked on the same stage.

Chinese and foreign experts participate in the large-scale model safety panel discussion. Photo from official website, World Institute of Digital Technology.

In fact, the two international standards released this time were compiled by many experts and scholars from OpenAI, Ant Group, Iflytek, Google, Microsoft, NVIDIA, Baidu and Tencent.

Among them, Ant Group is the lead unit for the Safety Testing Method of Large Language Model. This standard provides a comprehensive, rigorous and practical structural scheme for the safety evaluation of the large model itself. It puts forward the security risk classification of large language model, the classification and grading method of attacks and the testing method, and takes the lead in giving four classification standards of attack methods with different attack intensities, providing strict evaluation indexes and testing procedures, which can solve the inherent complexity of large language model, comprehensively test its ability to resist hostile attacks, enable developers and organizations to identify and alleviate potential vulnerabilities, and ultimately improve the security and reliability of artificial intelligence systems built using large language models.

As a representative of the standard participating units, Wang Weiqiang, general manager of the machine intelligence department of Ant Group and chief scientist of Ant Safety Laboratory, said, "With the rise of generative artificial intelligence, we believe that it will release huge productivity, but it will also bring various new risks. Be highly vigilant. Large technology companies should play a key role in promoting the safe and responsible development of generative artificial intelligence, use their resources, expertise and influence to promote best practices, and build an ecosystem that gives priority to safety, privacy and moral considerations. For example, by formulating industry standards and guidelines, it provides clear guidance for developers and institutions to develop and deploy generative artificial intelligence systems; Invest in research and development and open tools to ensure the safety of generative artificial intelligence to form industrial co-governance. "

Shell Finance reporter found that at present, mainstream manufacturers at home and abroad are focusing on the safety of large models. For example, OpenAI invested 20% of computing resources in four years and set up a special team to build solutions.Alignment problemSuper AI, Google and other 12 organizations jointly released the "Model Safety Assessment Framework", NVIDIA launched the "guardrail" software to prevent the AI model from getting out of control, while 360 and Chianxin released the safety big model and launched the business for the safety of the big model.

The release of the two international standards provides a unified testing framework for the industry.

"The development of these two standards brings together the wisdom of experts in the global AI security field, filling the gap in the field of security testing in large language models and generative AI applications. They provide clear testing requirements and methods for AI enterprises, help to improve the security of AI systems, reduce potential risks, promote the responsible development of AI technology and enhance public trust. Call on the industry to actively adopt these two standards, work together to improve the security and reliability of AI systems, and participate in the standard formulation of WTDA AI STR, and constantly improve the standards in the process of rapid iteration of AI technology. " Huang Jinlin said.

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Strong institutional advantages of basic people’s livelihood security are fully demonstrated —— Interpretation of main economic data in 2020 by relevant officials of the National Bureau of Statistics

  In 2020, in the face of the sudden COVID-19 epidemic, China’s economy recovered rapidly after the impact at the beginning of the year, and embarked on an exciting rebound curve. Various economic indicators turned from negative to positive, which confirmed the steady progress of China’s economy. At the same time, the indicators of people’s livelihood have also been continuously improved: the number of new jobs in cities and towns in the whole year was significantly higher than the expected target; The urban consumer market continued to improve; The per capita disposable income of residents is basically synchronized with economic growth. In 2020, the per capita income of national residents will double that of 2010.

  Steady recovery of investment and continuous optimization of structure

  Director of Investment Department Zhai Shanqing

  In 2020, the growth rate of fixed assets investment rose steadily, the structure continued to be optimized and the recovery trend continued to be consolidated.

  First, the growth rate of investment continued to rise.

  Affected by the COVID-19 epidemic, the national investment in fixed assets dropped by 24.5% from January to February in 2020, and then the decline narrowed month by month, falling by 3.1% in the first half of the year, and the growth rate turned from negative to positive in the first three quarters. The annual investment increased by 2.9% over the previous year, and the growth rate was 0.3 and 2.1 percentage points faster than that from January to November and the first three quarters respectively.

  The growth rate of investment in the four major regions all turned positive. In 2020, the investment in the eastern region will increase by 3.8% over the previous year, the investment in the central region will increase by 0.7%, and the investment in the western and northeastern regions will increase by 4.4% and 4.3% respectively.

  The three industrial investments all achieved positive growth. In 2020, the investment in the primary industry will increase by 19.5%, the investment in the secondary industry will increase by 0.1% and the investment in the tertiary industry will increase by 3.6%.

  Second, investment in the three major areas continued to improve.

  Infrastructure investment grew steadily. In 2020, infrastructure investment will increase by 0.9% over the previous year. Among them, investment in information transmission industry increased by 16.0%, investment in ecological protection and environmental management industry increased by 8.6%, investment in water conservancy management industry increased by 4.5%, and investment in road transportation industry increased by 1.8%.

  The decline in manufacturing investment continued to narrow. In 2020, manufacturing investment decreased by 2.2% compared with the previous year. Investment in raw material manufacturing industry increased by 2.1%, among which investment in ferrous metal smelting and rolling processing industry increased by 26.5%, and investment in oil, coal and other fuel processing industries increased by 9.4%.

  Investment in real estate development increased rapidly. In 2020, investment in real estate development increased by 7.0% over the previous year. Among them, residential investment increased by 7.6%, the funds in place of real estate development enterprises increased by 8.1%, and the newly started housing area of real estate development enterprises decreased by 1.2%.

  Third, the growth rate of private investment has accelerated.

  In 2020, private investment increased by 1.0% over the previous year. Among them, private investment in agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry and fishery increased by 13.5%, private investment in real estate development increased by 6.8%, and private investment in infrastructure and manufacturing narrowed by 0.8 and 1.5 percentage points respectively.

  From a regional perspective, private investment in the eastern region increased by 1.2%, private investment in the central region decreased by 2.4%, and private investment in the western and northeastern regions increased by 4.8% and 3.5% respectively.

  Fourth, the investment in high-tech industries has a significant pulling effect.

  In 2020, the investment in high-tech industries increased by 10.6% over the previous year, driving the total investment to increase by 0.8 percentage points. Investment in high-tech manufacturing industry increased by 11.5% and investment in high-tech service industry increased by 9.1%.

  V. Rapid growth of investment in people’s livelihood.

  In 2020, investment in social fields increased by 11.9% over the previous year. Among them, education investment increased by 12.3% and health investment increased by 29.9%.

  With the support of proactive fiscal policy and prudent monetary policy, the investment funds in place in 2020 will increase by 7.8% over the previous year, of which the growth rate of national budget funds is as high as 32.8%, and sufficient funds provide an important guarantee for the gradual recovery of investment. In 2020, the planned total investment of newly started projects will increase by 11.9%, which is 10.8 percentage points faster than the previous year. The rapid growth of the planned total investment of newly started projects will bring good support to the investment growth in 2021.

  Consumption continued to recover, and the retail market picked up.

  Dong Lihua, Director of the Department of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation

  In 2020, the strategy of expanding domestic demand and various policies to promote consumption will be effective, market sales will improve quarter by quarter, and business model innovation and consumption structure upgrading will continue to develop.

  First, the market sales continued to pick up, and the recovery of consumption was gradually consolidated.

  Market sales are improving quarter by quarter. In 2020, the total retail sales of social consumer goods was 39,198.1 billion yuan, down 3.9% from the previous year, and the decline was 3.3 percentage points narrower than that in the previous three quarters. Market sales show a quarterly recovery trend. In the first quarter, the consumer market was obviously hit by the epidemic, and the market sales dropped by 19.0%. In the second quarter, the decline in market sales was obviously narrowed, and the growth rate in the third quarter turned positive for the first time. In the fourth quarter, the total retail sales of consumer goods increased by 4.6% year-on-year.

  The recovery of the consumer market continued. In December 2020, the total retail sales of social consumer goods continued to grow, and the market sales increased positively for five consecutive months.

  Second, the urban and rural markets recovered quarter by quarter, and the rural market recovered better than the urban market.

  The urban consumer market continued to improve. In 2020, the retail sales of urban consumer goods decreased by 4.0% over the previous year. The growth rate of rural consumer goods market is higher than that of cities and towns. In 2020, the retail sales of rural consumer goods decreased by 3.2% over the previous year. Among them, the retail sales of rural consumer goods increased by 5.6% in the fourth quarter.

  Three, the retail scale of goods is close to the level of last year, and the consumption of catering and other services continues to recover.

  Retail sales of goods recovered quickly. In 2020, the retail sales of commodities decreased by 2.3% compared with the previous year, and the decline rate was 2.8 percentage points narrower than that of the previous three quarters, and the retail sales scale of commodities was close to that of the previous year. Judging from the recovery process of commodity retail sales, the monthly scale of commodity retail sales has recovered to the same level as early as July, and the recovery speed is faster than the overall level of the consumer market, and it has been growing positively for six consecutive months.

  Accommodation and catering business improved. In 2020, the catering revenue decreased by 16.6% compared with the previous year, and the decline was 7.3 percentage points narrower than that in the previous three quarters. Among them, the catering revenue in the fourth quarter increased by 0.2% year-on-year, and the scale of the catering market in the quarter returned to the same level of the previous year.

  Fourth, the development of new consumption patterns has accelerated, and the consumption of physical stores has improved significantly.

  Online consumption grew rapidly. Affected by the epidemic, the demand for home consumption has increased significantly, and the "home economy" has accelerated the development of new consumption patterns. In 2020, the national online retail sales increased by 10.9% over the previous year.

  Offline consumption has improved significantly. In 2020, the retail sales of goods in supermarkets above designated size increased by 3.1% over the previous year, and the decline of retail sales of department stores, specialty store and specialty stores narrowed by 6.8, 3.8 and 5.4 percentage points respectively compared with the previous three quarters.

  Five, the retail momentum of upgraded goods is improving, and the automobile sales market is obviously picking up.

  The retail performance of upgraded goods is bright. In 2020, the retail sales of consumption-upgrading commodities such as cultural office supplies, sports and entertainment supplies, cosmetics and communication equipment of units above designated size will increase by 5.8%, 8.4%, 9.5% and 12.9% respectively over the previous year, and the growth rate is significantly higher than the average level of commodity retail.

  The scale of automobile sales is close to the level of last year. In 2020, the retail sales of automobile products above designated size decreased by 1.8% compared with the previous year, and the scale was close to the previous year’s level. Especially since the second half of the year, the retail sales of automobile products have maintained rapid growth for six consecutive months.

  The employment situation improved and the expected goal was achieved.

  Zhang Yi, Director of Population and Employment Statistics Department

  In 2020, under the impact of the epidemic in COVID-19, employment faced enormous pressure that had not been seen for many years. With the implementation of a series of policy measures to reduce burdens, stabilize posts and expand employment, the employment situation gradually stabilized and improved, and the expected employment objectives and tasks were successfully completed.

  First, the national urban survey unemployment rate continued to fall, and the employment situation gradually improved.

  Under the impact of the COVID-19 epidemic in early 2020, economic activities were restricted, enterprises stopped production, and the job market was obviously affected. In February, the national urban survey unemployment rate rose to a high of 6.2%. With the continuous promotion of resumption of work, the urban survey unemployment rate dropped to 5.7% in June.

  In the second half of the year, the social production and living order was further restored, and the unemployment rate dropped to 5.4% in September. In the fourth quarter, the employment situation further stabilized and improved. In December, the unemployment rate dropped to 5.2%, which was the same as the same period in 2019.

  Second, the employment pressure of migrant workers has gradually eased, and the overall employment situation of college graduates is stable.

  At the beginning of 2020, the employment situation of migrant workers was once very severe. At the end of February, the number of migrant workers in rural areas decreased by 54 million compared with the same period of last year. In March, the unemployment rate of migrant agricultural registered population in cities and towns reached an all-time high of 6.7%. By the end of the year, the number of migrant workers had recovered to 97.3% of the previous year, and the unemployment rate of migrant agricultural registered population in cities and towns was basically the same in December.

  In 2020, the number of college graduates in China will reach 8.74 million, a record high. With the impact of the epidemic, the employment pressure is very prominent. In July, the unemployment rate of urban people aged 20 to 24 with college education or above (mainly college graduates) increased by 3.3 percentage points year-on-year. Various regions and departments actively broaden the employment channels of college graduates, the employment situation of college graduates gradually improves, and the unemployment rate tends to decline. In December, the unemployment rate of people aged 20 to 24 with college education or above dropped by 7.2 percentage points compared with July, which was the same as the same period in 2019.

  Third, comprehensively strengthen the employment priority policy, and successfully achieve the expected employment goals.

  Since 2020, all localities and departments have solidly promoted the work of stabilizing employment, reduced taxes and fees on a larger scale to reduce the burden on enterprises, lifted unreasonable restrictions on flexible employment, encouraged entrepreneurial innovation to promote employment, highlighted the employment of key groups, vigorously carried out vocational skills training, comprehensively strengthened various employment services, and promoted the smooth completion of various employment expectations. In 2020, the national average annual urban survey unemployment rate will be 5.6%, which is lower than the expected target of around 6%; In 2001, the number of new jobs in cities and towns was 11.86 million, 2.86 million more than the expected target of 9 million. At the end of the year, the registered urban unemployment rate was 4.24%, which was lower than the expected target of about 5.5%.

  In 2020, China has withstood the severe test of the epidemic, and the employment situation has gradually stabilized and improved under great pressure. In 2021, the epidemic situation and external environment are still facing uncertainties, but with the support of a solid economic foundation and sufficient policy tools, the national economy will further recover steadily and the employment situation is expected to remain generally stable.

  Income growth promotes the growth of people’s livelihood expenditure

  Fang Xiaodan, Director of Household Survey Office.

  In 2020, the per capita disposable income of the national residents will double that of 2010; The income of rural residents continued to grow faster than that of urban residents, and the income gap between urban and rural residents further narrowed. Residents’ consumption expenditure has steadily recovered, and basic people’s livelihood expenditure has grown steadily.

  1. In 2020, the per capita income of the national residents will double that of 2010.

  Residents’ income growth is basically synchronized with economic growth. In 2020, the per capita disposable income of the national residents was 32,189 yuan, a nominal increase of 4.7% over the previous year. After deducting the price factor, the per capita disposable income of the national residents actually increased by 2.1%.

  In 2020, the per capita income of the national residents will double that of 2010. After deducting the price factor, from 2011 to 2020, the per capita disposable income of the national residents increased by 7.2% annually in real terms, with a cumulative real increase of 100.8% in 10 years.

  The relative income gap between urban and rural residents has further narrowed. The income of rural residents continues to grow faster than that of urban residents. In 2020, the per capita disposable income of rural residents will be 17,131 yuan, and that of urban residents will be 43,834 yuan.

  Second, the growth rate of various incomes rose steadily, and the policy of ensuring employment and people’s livelihood continued to be effective.

  Employment protection measures have been effective and promoted the growth rate of wage income to rebound. In 2020, the per capita wage income of the national residents will be 17,917 yuan, an increase of 4.3%.

  In 2020, the per capita net transfer income of national residents was 6,173 yuan, an increase of 8.7%. The basic pension standard for urban and rural residents has been raised, and the per capita pension or retirement pension of the whole country has increased by 7.8%.

  The better agricultural production situation has prompted the net operating income to increase from decline. In 2020, the per capita net operating income of the national residents was 5,307 yuan, and the growth rate of per capita net operating income turned positive.

  3. Residents’ consumption expenditure recovered steadily, and basic people’s livelihood expenditure grew steadily.

  The decline of residents’ consumption expenditure narrowed quarter by quarter, showing a sustained recovery trend. In 2020, the per capita consumption expenditure of the national residents will be 21,210 yuan, down by 1.6% over the previous year.

  Basic livelihood expenditure continued to grow steadily. In 2020, the per capita commodity consumption expenditure of residents was 12,173 yuan, an increase of 4.3%. Affected by the increase in home time, the per capita expenditure on food, alcohol and tobacco and the per capita expenditure on housing increased by 5.1% and 3.2% respectively.

  The level of consumption expenditure such as health communication has risen, and the per capita expenditure on medical alcohol, masks and other medical and health appliances has increased by 2.0 times. Residents’ communication needs have increased, and online shopping behavior has increased substantially. In 2020, the per capita communication service expenditure of the national residents will increase by 6.2%.

  The ownership of durable consumer goods continues to increase. In 2020, the number of family cars owned by every 100 households in China was 37.1, an increase of 5.2% over the previous year; The number of mobile phones per 100 households was 253.8, an increase of 0.2%.

  Prices gradually fell, and production prices rebounded.

  Wang Youfen, Director of Urban Department

  In 2020, the relationship between supply and demand in the market will continue to improve, CPI will gradually fall from the high point, PPI will rise steadily from the low point, and the price trend will be basically stable throughout the year.

  First, the price increase in the consumer sector has dropped.

  The monthly CPI is higher than before and lower than before. In 2020, CPI rose by 2.5%, down 0.4 percentage points from the previous year. In terms of months, the year-on-year trend was generally high before and low after. In the first two months, affected by the COVID-19 epidemic, the "pig cycle" and the Spring Festival, the prices of pork and other foods rose rapidly, driving the CPI to rise more, up 5.4% and 5.2% respectively. The increase of CPI began to fall in March, and CPI continued to fall in August, and it turned down by 0.5% in November. In December, CPI rose by 0.2% due to factors such as low temperature weather, increased demand and rising costs.

  Food prices have increased considerably. In 2020, food prices rose by 10.6%, an increase of 1.4 percentage points over the previous year, which affected the increase of CPI by about 2.2 percentage points, which was the main factor to promote the increase of CPI. In food, the price of pork rose by 49.7%, an increase of 7.2 percentage points over the previous year, which affected the increase of CPI by about 1.6 percentage points, accounting for more than 60% of the total increase of CPI. The price of fresh vegetables rose by 7.1% in the whole year, which affected the increase of CPI by about 0.18 percentage points. Affected by the high comparison base in the same period of last year, the prices of fresh fruit and eggs decreased by 11.1% and 10.8% respectively, which affected the CPI by about 0.27 percentage points.

  The overall change of non-food prices is small. In 2020, non-food prices rose by 0.4%, down by 1.0 percentage points from the previous year, affecting the CPI increase by about 0.28 percentage points. Among non-food products, due to weak demand and lower international crude oil prices, the price of industrial consumer goods changed from 0.6% in the previous year to 0.8%.

  Second, prices in the production sector rebounded at a low level.

  The overall PPI fell first and then rose. In 2020, the PPI decreased by 1.8%, an increase of 1.5 percentage points over the previous year. By month, due to the epidemic situation and other factors, the demand for industrial products was sluggish at the beginning of the year, and the PPI entered a downward range from February to February. As the domestic epidemic prevention and control situation continues to improve, the PPI has stopped falling and turned up since June, and the year-on-year decline has steadily narrowed. In December, PPI rose by 1.1% month-on-month, the biggest increase since January 2017, down by 0.4% year-on-year.

  Prices of related industries such as oil, steel and coal fell. In 2020, the prices of domestic oil-related industries generally declined due to factors such as the fluctuation of international crude oil prices and the epidemic situation. The prices of oil-related industries, such as oil and gas exploration, oil, coal and other fuel processing, chemical raw materials and chemical products manufacturing, chemical fiber manufacturing and so on, dropped by an average of 5.9% to 27.4% in the whole year, which affected the PPI by about 1.27 percentage points, accounting for 70% of the total PPI decline.

  Prices of other major industries have gone up and down. In 2020, the price of agricultural and sideline products processing industry will increase by 4.8% due to the price increase of livestock slaughter, vegetable oil processing and feed processing; The prices of culture, education, industry, sports and entertainment products manufacturing, wine, beverage and refined tea manufacturing, medicine manufacturing and food manufacturing rose between 0.6% and 3.3%. The total impact of the above five industries on PPI rose by about 0.36 percentage points. The price of equipment manufacturing industry is generally stable.

  Source: Economic Daily

Two strong earthquakes in two days, why are earthquakes frequent in California?

  On July 4th and 5th, local time, strong earthquakes of magnitude 6.4 and 7.1 occurred in southern California, setting a new record for the strongest earthquake in the past 20 years. At present, both Lester County and San Bernardino County in Riziq, California have declared a state of emergency, but no deaths have been reported. Seismologists predict that the possibility of another earthquake of magnitude 7 and above will not be ruled out in the coming week.

  Refresh the record of strong earthquakes in recent 20 years.

  According to data from the US Geological Survey, the magnitude of the earthquake on July 4 was 6.4, and the magnitude on the evening of July 5 was 7.1, which was the strongest earthquake in Southern California in the past 20 years.

  The earthquakes for two consecutive days are located in the same fault zone, and the epicentres are very close. They are located near the town of Riziq Lester in southern California, about 270 kilometers away from Los Angeles and surrounding cities, and about 380 kilometers away from Las Vegas, Nevada. The earthquake on the 5th made both Los Angeles and Las Vegas feel shocked. Residents nearby described the experience at that time as follows: "The house was shaking violently, just like an airplane was bumped by airflow" and "the earth was roaring".

  Seismologists believe that because the two earthquakes are less than 48 hours apart and the epicentres are close, the magnitude 6.4 earthquake is only a foreshock, and the magnitude 7.1 earthquake is the main shock, and its intensity is six times that of the previous one, releasing 12 times as much energy.

  According to the US Geological Survey, since the earthquake on the 4th, there have been more than 2,300 aftershocks in southern California, of which 300 have a magnitude of 3 or above, which makes people feel strong enough. There are also 50 earthquakes of magnitude 4 and above, which have enough energy to cause damage.

  Experts predict more aftershocks will occur in the future. According to the prediction of USGS, the probability of an earthquake of magnitude 6 in the next few days is 50% or even greater. Some experts estimate that there is a 10% chance that Southern California will experience an earthquake of magnitude 7 and above again next week.

  "Outbreaks" every 10 to 20 years?

  Although California is called "paradise on earth" with its sunny beaches, it has also become one of the most dangerous places on earth because of frequent earthquakes.

  In the early morning of April 18th, 1906, an earthquake of magnitude 8.3 occurred in San Francisco, which was one of the most serious natural disasters in American history. The epicentre is located on the San Andreas fault near San Francisco, and the fault slips as high as 6 meters.

  After the earthquake lasted for dozens of seconds, San Francisco turned into rubble and triggered a fire that lasted for three days and three nights. According to statistics, in this earthquake and fire, 10 square kilometers of urban area was reduced to ashes, at least 3,000 people died and the direct economic loss was about 400 million US dollars.

  After the San Francisco earthquake, Americans began to pay attention to earthquakes, gradually cultivated the awareness of earthquake disasters, and promoted the development of earthquake science. The last time California suffered an earthquake of magnitude 7 or above was 20 years ago. On October 16th, 1999, the Mojave Desert in Southern California was hit by an earthquake of magnitude 7.1, but it did not cause serious losses.

  "In California, we expect an earthquake of magnitude 7 every 10 to 20 years," said Lucy Jones, a seismologist at the California Institute of Technology. On January 17, 1994, a 6.6 magnitude Northridge earthquake occurred in Southern California, the epicenter of which was located in the densely populated Los Angeles area, causing dozens of deaths and billions of dollars in property losses. On August 24, 2014, an earthquake of magnitude 6.0 occurred in the San Francisco Bay Area of California, injuring more than 100 people and damaging more than 2,000 buildings.

  The boundary between plates is the "culprit"

  California is prone to earthquakes because of its special geological conditions. California is located between the North American plate and the Pacific plate, with criss-crossing fault systems and other active systems under it, and the crust moves frequently.

  It is reported that there are hundreds of known geological faults in California, and more than 70% of the population lives within 50 kilometers around the faults where strong earthquakes may occur. There are more than 200 large and small faults in Southern California, which can cause earthquakes ranging from 5.0 to 7.8.

  Among them, the San Andreas fault is the eternal fear of Californians. Palm Springs, Los Angeles, San Francisco and other densely populated large and medium-sized cities are all located on the San Andreas fault. This fault is one of the regions with the most frequent stratigraphic activities on the earth, and it accumulates seismic stress every year. It is estimated that the fault system will have a large destructive earthquake every few decades.

  The outside world is worried about whether the California earthquake will have a potential impact on the San Andreas fault, and will there be a stronger earthquake next?

  Some seismologists believe that the idea that these two earthquakes will trigger the Santandrea earthquake is far-fetched. The fault near Lester County, Riziq is close to a fault named garlock. Although the fault finally intersects with Santandrea, the distance between them is far away.

  However, some experts said that the San Andreas fault has been very quiet in recent years, but this does not mean that it has been dormant. In fact, the great earthquake of the San Andreas fault has been postponed. The longer this time drags on, the more stress is accumulated, and the more terrible the power of the earthquake may be.

  A report by the Geological Survey last year warned that the risk of a major earthquake hitting California is increasing. In the next 30 years, the probability that California will experience an earthquake of magnitude 8 or greater will increase from about 4.7% to about 7%. (trainee reporter Yang Wei)

Liaoning Provincial Party Committee Standing Committee held an exchange meeting on theme education research results.

  Reporter Fang Liang Qi Wang reported that on July 28th, according to the unified arrangement of the central authorities on theme education, the exchange meeting of research results of Liaoning Provincial Party Committee Standing Committee on theme education was held in Shenyang. The meeting thoroughly implemented the spirit of the important exposition and instructions of the Supreme Leader General Secretary on investigation and research, combined with the analysis of positive and negative typical cases, carried out the exchange of research results, and promoted the research results to be better transformed into concrete measures and practical results to promote the practice of Chinese modernization in Liaoning. Hao Peng, secretary of Liaoning Provincial Party Committee, presided over the meeting and delivered a speech. Li Lecheng, Deputy Secretary of Liaoning Provincial Party Committee and Governor, and Zhou Bo, Chairman of Provincial Political Consultative Conference attended the meeting.

  Since the launch of the theme education, the Liaoning Provincial Party Committee has resolutely implemented the spirit of the important speech of the Supreme Leader General Secretary and the decision-making arrangements of the CPC Central Committee, firmly grasped the general requirements of "learning ideas, strengthening party spirit, emphasizing practice and building new achievements", focused on the theme, embodied characteristics, and carefully organized and arranged, taking Daxing investigation and research as an important part of the theme education, closely following the 12 aspects clearly defined by the CPC Central Committee, and focusing on the most prominent and difficult issues in Liaoning’s revitalization and development and comprehensive and strict management of the party. The members of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee took the lead in determining one key topic and one special topic to conduct research, adhered to the combination of "going on" and "going out", investigated, studied and solved problems, and solidly promoted the orderly development of research work, which achieved phased results.

  At the exchange meeting, members of the Standing Committee of Liaoning Provincial Party Committee, in combination with their respective investigations, put themselves in, analyzed and discussed two typical cases of "promoting the high-quality development of Liaoning’s equipment manufacturing industry and earnestly safeguarding national industrial security" and "deeply reflecting on a series of corruption cases in Liaoning and promoting the comprehensive and strict management of the party", and examined the gaps. Focusing on "research on policy measures to strengthen comprehensive revitalization and achieve new breakthroughs", "building fine chemical industry clusters" and "accelerating ‘ Industrial machine tool ’ And IC equipment development ",the meeting achieved the expected results. Everyone agrees that through the exchange of research results and the analysis of typical cases, we have further deepened our understanding of the important exposition of the Supreme Leader’s General Secretary on investigation and research, deeply felt the truth power and practical power of the Supreme Leader’s Socialism with Chinese characteristics Thought in the new era, strengthened our political consciousness of firmly supporting the "two establishment" and resolutely achieving the "two maintenance", and made clear a series of ideas and measures related to the revitalization and development of Liaoning. This investigation and study on theme education is a process of concentrating on casting souls and tempering ideological will.It is also a process of changing work style and keeping close contact with the masses; It is a process of taking pulse and solving practical problems, and it is also a process of improving ability and promoting scientific decision-making.

  In his speech, Hao Peng pointed out that at present, the theme education in Liaoning Province is in a critical period of deepening, and it is of great significance to do a good job in investigating and studying the "second half of the article" for continuously promoting the theme education. We should continue to deepen our understanding of the Supreme Leader’s Socialism with Chinese characteristics Thought in the new era. Continue to work hard on comprehensive and systematic "learning", persistently study the learning materials stipulated by the CPC Central Committee, follow up and study the latest important speeches and instructions made by General Secretary of the Supreme Leader in a timely manner, and continue to use Socialism with Chinese characteristics Thought of the Supreme Leader in the New Era to guide the research practice; Continue to work hard to achieve a comprehensive understanding, seriously study and profoundly understand the spirit of the important speech and instructions of the Supreme Leader General Secretary on the revitalization and development of Northeast China and Liaoning, truly deepen the learning results of internalization theory, and continuously improve the scientific, targeted and effective investigation and research; We will continue to work hard on the integration of knowledge and practice, focus on pragmatism and apply research to practice, and effectively turn learning results and research results into concrete practices to promote the realization of the goals and tasks of the three-year action.

  Hao Peng stressed that we should continue to do a good job in rectifying and implementing the problems found in the investigation. Adhere to the classification and stratification to promote problem solving. For those that can be solved in the short term, it is necessary to clarify the time limit for completion, stand up and do it quickly. For those that need to be promoted for a long time, we must dare to touch the real thing and be brave enough to cut the edge inward, and pay close attention to the rectification and implementation of the problem with the spirit of nailing; In order to solve the problems found in the investigation, we should pay attention to optimizing the solutions from the aspects of ideas, working mechanisms and methods, and study and put forward practical and effective measures; Strengthen supervision and return visits and follow-up questions, dynamically establish account sales numbers, and promote the solution to the difficult and painful problems of blocking points.

  Hao Peng stressed that it is necessary to continuously promote the transformation and application of research results. Pay attention to the transformation of research results into practical results to promote high-quality development, and actively promote the transformation and application of research results in accelerating the construction of a modern industrial system, deepening reform and opening up, exchanges and cooperation between the central and local governments, and the integration of cultural tourism, and form specific ideas and policies. Pay attention to transforming the research results into practical results to solve the urgent problems of the masses, seize employment, education, medical care, pension, housing and other issues, constantly improve the system and mechanism, and effectively enhance the people’s sense of gain, happiness and security; Pay attention to transforming the research results into the actual results of preventing and resolving risks, strengthen pre-judgment, improve the plan, strive to resolve risks at the source, and resolutely hold the bottom line that systematic risks do not occur; Pay attention to transforming the research results into the actual results of comprehensively and strictly administering the party, study and put forward the countermeasures of strict management and strict management, adhere to the strict tone, strict measures and strict atmosphere for a long time, and promote the continuous development of comprehensively and strictly administering the party.

  Hao Peng stressed that we should continue to make good use of this family heirloom. Strengthen the normal research thinking, give full play to the exemplary role of leading organs and leading cadres, continuously improve the institutionalized and standardized level of investigation and research work, and promote investigation and research to become a common practice; Continuously improve the style of research, avoid formalism and bureaucracy, effectively enhance the effectiveness of research work and reduce the burden on grassroots; Strengthen the overall connection of the two batches of thematic education, plan and arrange the second batch of thematic education investigation and research work, so as to achieve seamless docking, stubble pressing and organic integration, and fully promote the high-quality and efficient development of thematic education investigation and research.

  Standing Committee of Liaoning Provincial Party Committee, Deputy Director of the Standing Committee of Provincial People’s Congress, Vice Governor of Provincial Government, Vice Chairman of Provincial Political Consultative Conference, President of Provincial Court, Procurator-General of Provincial Procuratorate, and principal responsible comrades of relevant provincial departments attended the meeting.

Analysis of Comprehensive Utilization of Coal Gangue

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Polaris solid waste network news: Coal gangue is a black-gray rock with a low carbon content and harder than coal, which is produced in the process of well construction, excavation, coal mining and coal washing. Coal gangue is solid waste produced in the process of coal production and processing, and its annual emission is equivalent to about 10% of the coal output in that year.
1. The production of coal gangue
In the coal mining industry, for every 100 million tons of coal produced in China, about 14 million tons of gangue are discharged. In the coal washing industry, for every 100 million tons of coking coal washed, 20 million tons of gangue are discharged, and for every 100 million tons of power coal washed, the amount of gangue discharged is 15 million tons. In recent three years, the output of new coal gangue is about 650 million tons.
As the largest coal-producing country in the world, China has a large number of coal gangue, which can be utilized as resources and improve the ecological environment of mining areas to ensure the green and sustainable development of modern coal mining enterprises.[1].
2. Relevant laws and regulations of coal gangue
In 1998, the State Economic and Trade Commission and other eight departments jointly issued the Management Measures for Comprehensive Utilization of Coal Gangue, which was revised in 2014. In order to guide and standardize the comprehensive utilization of coal gangue, reduce its impact on land resources occupation and environment, promote the development of circular economy and promote the construction of ecological civilization, detailed guidance was given to its comprehensive management and encouragement measures. Technical Policy Essentials of Comprehensive Utilization of Coal Gangue in 1999 took power generation, building materials production, backfilling and harmless treatment of coal gangue as the main direction of comprehensive utilization technology, and developed high-tech and high-value-added coal gangue comprehensive utilization technology and products. In 2012, the Technical Guidelines for the Utilization of Coal Gangue made detailed requirements for the use of coal gangue in different fields. In 2021, Guiding Opinions on Comprehensive Utilization of Bulk Solid Wastes in the Tenth Five-Year Plan pointed out the direction for the comprehensive utilization of bulk solid wastes such as coal gangue.
3. The characteristics of coal gangue
3.1 Physical characteristics
When coal gangue is piled up for a long time, it will spontaneously ignite when the internal temperature reaches a certain value, so coal gangue is often divided into undisturbed coal gangue and spontaneous combustion coal gangue. Among them, the appearance of undisturbed coal gangue is mostly black or gray-black, and the surface is mostly adhered with slime and fine coal gangue. Spontaneous combustion coal gangue has low carbon content, relatively high porosity, and the bulk density is between 0.9 and 1.3 g/cm3. The surface layer is mostly pottery red or pottery yellow, and there will be black centers due to insufficient internal carbon combustion.[2].
Fig. 1 undisturbed coal gangue (a) and spontaneous combustion coal gangue (b)[2]
The water absorption characteristics of coal gangue have great influence on its comprehensive utilization. Its porosity determines the water absorption characteristics of coal gangue, with water absorption of about 2.0-6.0% and plasticity index of about 3.0-15. The water absorption of spontaneous combustion coal gangue is about 3.0-11.6%, and the plasticity index is about 1.03-0.8.
3.2 chemical characteristics
The main chemical compositions of coal gangue are Al2O3, SiO2 and C, followed by CaO, Fe2O3 and MgO. The mineral components are mainly kaolin, hydromica, bauxite and carbon.[3]. The composition of coal gangue is influenced by different regions, and the composition of coal gangue varies greatly in different regions of China, so I won’t repeat it here.
3.3 Hazards of Coal Gangue
Coal gangue is a solid waste produced with coal mining. Except for partial filling and comprehensive utilization, most coal gangue is piled up for a long time to form a gangue hill, which occupies land resources. The harm of coal gangue to the natural environment is mainly reflected in the following aspects: 1. Coal gangue will form fine dust in the process of stacking and transportation, which will be suspended in the atmosphere under the action of wind, causing harm to human health. On the other hand, due to its own characteristics, coal gangue is prone to spontaneous combustion, releasing a variety of harmful gases and producing a large number of explosive smoke, so it will have different degrees of impact on the surrounding atmospheric environment and the growth of animals and plants. 2. In the process of coal gangue storage, the harmful elements in it will dissolve and enter the water body or soil environment under the action of rainfall, which will cause certain damage to the nutrients in the soil, and even lead to acidification of the land around the coal gangue hill, which will affect human health and vegetation growth.
4. Application of coal gangue
China began to use coal gangue as early as the middle of last century, and its comprehensive utilization began gradually in the middle and late 1970s. The comprehensive utilization of coal gangue is influenced by factors such as the ratio of aluminum to silicon and the content of carbon and sulfur, and it is mainly used for producing alumina, fuel, chemical raw materials, ceramic raw materials, building materials and road engineering filling.
Fig. 2 keyword co-occurrence analysis of comprehensive utilization of coal gangue in HowNet.
4.1 Production of Al2O3
There are many useful substances such as SiO2 _ 2 and Al _ 2O _ 3 in coal gangue. If it is extracted and utilized as bauxite, it can not only reduce the negative impact of coal gangue on the ecological environment, but Al2O3 alleviate the shortage of bauxite resources in China. At present, the methods of extracting alumina from coal gangue are similar to fly ash. The essence is to leach Al2O3 from coal gangue, mainly by acid leaching.[3]Alkali leaching method[4]Wait a few kinds. At present, the alkali method has been widely used in the actual production process. Acid leaching method is to use acidic solution to transform soluble components into salts and leach them into the solution, remove impurities from metal salts by adding reagents, and finally transform aluminum salts to form Al2O3. The main reactions are shown in (1)~(4). In order to improve its leaching effect, pre-activation is needed to improve the reactivity of coal gangue. Most of the extractant used in this process is strong acid, which requires high materials for industrial operation equipment and pipelines, and at the same time, there are many impurities accompanying leaching, which is difficult to meet the requirements of metallurgical grade Al2O3, limiting its industrial application in Al2O3 recovery.
Al2O3 + H2SO4 → Al2(SO4)3 + H2O (1)
Al2(SO4)3 + NH3·H2O → Al(OH)3 + (NH4) 2SO4 (2)
Al(OH)3 → γ-Al2O3 + 3H2O (3)
γ-Al2O3 → α-Al2O3 (4)
The alkaline leaching method is mainly Bayer method. The basic principle is to extract the crushed coal gangue with NaOH solution to obtain leaching solution of sodium aluminate and solid red mud containing silicon. After filtering and adding NaOH for seed decomposition, Al(OH)3 product can be obtained, and Al2O3 product can be obtained after calcination. The main reaction is shown in (5):
Al2O3·H2O + NaOHNaAl(OH)4 (5)
4.2 Production of building materials
Using coal gangue to prepare building materials mainly includes brick making, cement raw materials, ceramic materials and so on. Brick making. Brick making from coal gangue usually uses the calorific value of coal gangue itself to provide the required energy for drying and baking. The calorific value of coal gangue in China is 3300~6300 kJ/kg.[5]When the calorific value is low, some coal can be added for production, so making bricks with coal gangue can significantly reduce energy consumption. At present, the technology of making bricks from gangue in China is relatively mature, and solid gangue bricks, porous load-bearing gangue bricks and hollow gangue bricks have been developed and produced. Produce cement. The main components of coal gangue are SiO2 _ 2 and Al _ 2O _ 3, which are similar to the chemical composition of clay and can replace part of clay to produce cement. The crushed coal gangue is mixed with lime according to a certain proportion, and the clinker with calcium silicate as the main component is obtained after calcination, and then it is ground with gypsum and other materials to obtain cement with high compressive strength. Concrete aggregate. When coal gangue is used in aggregate, it usually needs a certain heat treatment to remove carbon and organic matter in coal gangue, so as to reduce weak components in coal gangue aggregate, at the same time, make the minerals in it edge, generate active substances and improve the surface activity of its aggregate. Wang Aiguo et al.[2]This paper studies the present situation of using coal gangue to prepare concrete aggregate in China, discusses the technical means to improve the performance of coal gangue aggregate concrete for a long time, and analyzes the existing problems.
4.3 Backfill and subgrade materials
Backfill. Because coal gangue is produced in the process of well construction, excavation, coal mining and coal washing, if the pollutant content is low, it can be used to fill the valleys, coal mining subsidence areas and low-lying areas for construction projects.[6]. Subgrade materials. As a road base material, coal gangue can be used for surface decoration of public squares, paving roads or parking lots, which can reduce the cost of subgrade, foundation or dam foundation construction and reduce the occupied land area. Backfilling and subgrade materials can realize the mass consumption of coal gangue, but these utilization methods fail to fully reflect the resource value of coal gangue, and valuable metals or other elements in it are not effectively utilized.
4.4 Other applications
Coal gangue can also be used to prepare building materials such as molding sand, ceramsite and ceramics, and multifunctional materials such as thermal insulation materials, refractory materials and cementitious materials, which are not described in detail here.
5. Insufficient utilization of coal gangue
Although the comprehensive utilization of coal gangue has made great progress, there are still some problems as follows. 1. The overall utilization level is not high. 2. The basic research on comprehensive utilization technology of coal gangue needs to be strengthened. 3. The research on comprehensive utilization technology of coal gangue is not deep enough. According to the "Guiding Opinions on Comprehensive Utilization of Bulk Solid Waste in the Tenth Five-Year Plan", it is necessary to strengthen the comprehensive utilization capacity of coal gangue, expand its utilization scale and orderly reduce its stock in the follow-up work. And make breakthroughs in key bottleneck technologies and establish its comprehensive utilization innovation system. We will continue to promote the application of coal gangue in engineering construction, subsidence area treatment, mine filling and other fields, guide the use of coal gangue to produce new wall materials, decoration materials, etc., and further promote its application in agriculture and the extraction of valuable components under the premise of controllable risks, and strengthen the application and promotion of high-yield and high value-added products.
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Wuling Binguo car purchase manual has a face value.

Nowadays, consumers pay more and more attention to space when buying a car, which is worth mentioning in terms of space performance. So whether this car is a mule or a horse, let’s take a look at its actual performance.

Let’s take a look at the appearance of Wuling Binguo. The front of Wuling Binguo is exquisite and unforgettable. At the same time, the headlight presents a fashionable and sporty design style, which is very visually impactful. The car is equipped with LED daytime running lights, etc. Come to the car side, the car body size is 3950MM*1708MM*1580MM, the car uses simple lines, the car side looks very cool, with large thick-walled tires, eye-catching shape. In the design of the rear end, the rear end and the front end echo each other from a distance, and the taillights look very simple and fashionable, and the sense of neatness is vivid.

Sitting in the car, the interior design of Wuling Binguo looks more round and lovely, and the overall design atmosphere is still in place. Made of leather, people can’t put it down Take a look at the central control. The car is equipped with a touch-sensitive LCD central control screen, which makes the interior design quite layered and gives people an eye-catching feeling. Finally, let’s take a look at the dashboard and seats. The car is equipped with a simple dashboard and full of technology. The car adopts imitation leather seats, which are wrapped in place and have good support and comfort.

Wuling Pingguo is 50KW, with a total torque of 125N.m and a maximum speed of 130 km/h..

The car is equipped with traction control (ASR/TCS, etc.), Bluetooth /WIFI connection, cruise control, voice control, intelligent key and other configurations, and the configuration performance is quite good, bringing drivers and passengers a comfortable car experience.

To sum up: this class of cars is usually the first choice for most people. First of all, the price is not expensive, and secondly, all the configurations are quite complete, which is still very worth starting with.

"Big guy" debuts at full power, Jiangling Lexing new energy "full scene" shines at the 2023 Guangzhou Auto Show

At present, our country’s new energy vehicle market continues to make breakthroughs and usher in a high-quality development moment. When it comes to new energy transformation, we mostly think of passenger cars. In fact, China’s commercial vehicles have already started "synchronized walking and sprinting" in the field of new energy, and now they have entered the fast lane of new energy.

As a backbone enterprise in our country’s automobile industry and a large-scale enterprise group with commercial vehicles as its core competitiveness, Jiangling Automobile has been deeply researching the field of new energy in recent years. In March this year, the new brand "Jiangling Avenue" of Jiangling pickup truck was officially released in Beijing, and the new "sky survey architecture" technology platform carried by its models is compatible with fuel, range extension, pure electricity, hydrogen energy and other power systems. In October this year, Jiangling Ford’s latest replacement product, T8, was launched, and the Jiangling Ford E Quanshun brand made a heavy appearance. As the first pure electric platform of Jiangling Ford Light Passenger, the launch of Jiangling Ford E Quanshun accelerated the electrification process of Jiangling Light Passenger.

Wu Xiaojun, vice president of Jiangling Automobile joint stock company and CEO of Jiangling Lexing New Energy, said at a forum not long ago that new energy light commercial vehicles based on urban logistics scenes can greatly reduce fuel consumption, green and efficient, which is an inevitable way to reduce the cost of logistics enterprises and improve operational efficiency.

The determination of Jiangling commercial vehicles to practice the green road is clearly visible. At the just-held 2023 Guangzhou International Automobile Exhibition, Jiangling New Energy Commercial Vehicles made an unprecedented appearance. On the booth, Jiangling Lexing New Energy led Jiangling Avenue EV, Jiangling Ford E Quanshun, Jiangling Lexing E Luda and other "E series" legions to the stage, fully demonstrating the new achievements of Jiangling Light Commercial Vehicles in the era of digital intelligence.

Is the new energy army that Jiangling Lexing participated in this exhibition reliable? Is the motivation enough? In what aspects has intelligence been achieved? Pragmatic Jiangling uses data to speak and product descriptions.

At the auto show, Jiangling Avenue EV shone brightly. This new masterpiece, which integrates hard-core aesthetics and contemporary model technology, is an important product on the road of Jiangling’s practice of green and intelligent new paradigm of light commercial vehicles. For it, Jiangling has high hopes and will "inject" a number of hard nuclear power into it.

The power domain control battery pack on the EV on Jiangling Avenue was developed by Jiangling in cooperation with Ningde Times and Times Xin’an. This high-density and highly integrated product adopts the latest generation of CTP technology of Ningde Times, and the energy density of a single cell can reach 188Wh/kg. In addition, the "seven-in-one" power domain control integration technology is also applied to deeply integrate the software and hardware of the control module of the vehicle, electric drive and power battery, reducing weight, improving power and ESP response speed. At the same time, the vehicle is equipped with Bosch IPB intelligent integrated braking system, and the energy recovery ratio of CLTC operating conditions is 27%, which greatly improves the cruising range. The system has fast braking response and can implement all braking functions, including ABS anti-lock braking, EBD braking force distribution, TCS traction control, VDC body stability control, EPB electronic parking brake, etc., to enhance driving safety.

In terms of battery quality and quality assurance, Jiangling Avenue selects a new generation of long-term quality assurance lithium iron phosphate batteries in Ningde era, and the battery system quality assurance is 8 years or 400,000 kilometers. With Jiangling TMS 1.5 thermal management system, the batteries are stable and reliable in different temperature environments, and the battery life is extended.

Jiangling Avenue EV has a maximum operating range of over 500km and a maximum speed of over 140km/h. It has a large cargo space and an innovative super front box. Whether it is urban traffic, suburban travel, camping and fishing, or task modification, it can bring users an efficient and easy car experience.

On the booth, the "all-scene smart light passenger" Jiangling Ford E shines brightly. This is a light passenger with an actual battery life of more than 300km. Although it is powered by electricity, Jiangling Ford still continues the power performance elements of American vehicles, and has also achieved advanced intelligence and comfort.

In terms of power, the Jiangling Ford E Quanshun is equipped with an integrated battery pack and adopts an LFP battery system, which can achieve a cycle life of 3,500 times. The BMS hardware functional safety level of the Jiangling Ford E Quanshun is C. The integrated battery pack with a central layout can ensure that the energy absorption area of the battery is longer and safer during the front, back and side collisions. The low-speed collision battery pack has no effect at all. If there is a high-speed collision, it will complete the high-voltage power down within 41ms after the collision. In addition, the car battery is also monitored by the cloud platform 24/7.

Jiangling Ford E Quanshun applies Bosch IPB + RBU + EPB integrated braking system, efficiently integrates brake master cylinder & ESP, braking response is faster and brake response is more sensitive. Enhanced third-generation wheel hub bearings can be maintenance-free for life.

In terms of intelligence, the Jiangling Ford E is equipped with basic voice control, and can be equipped with a variety of intelligent solutions such as reversing image + AVM, Bluetooth key, remote air conditioning & automatic air conditioning, electric side door, etc.

Jiangling Lexing E-Luda was really the "big guy" on the booth, and its large physique made it gather more attention from the scene. It had a cool and technological front face at full speed "changing electricity", canceling the traditional China net and replacing it with a crystal blue label. In the dark, it came domineering like a mighty mecha warrior.

It also uses a mid-mounted integrated battery pack, which is placed in the middle of the frame to leave more space for the car body. Together with Ningde Times, Jiangling Lexing E Luda’s battery pack has a battery cycle life of up to 3,500 times. To make users feel at ease, the quality assurance cycle of the battery pack is 8 years or 400,000 kilometers. It is worth mentioning that the battery pack has achieved a waterproof grade of IP68, and there is no risk of continuous immersion in one meter of water depth.

Jiangling Lexing E Luda uses a flat-wire motor, which has strong heat dissipation, higher output power, and can suppress electric drive noise, and can adapt to temperature conversion in the range of minus 40 ° to plus 55 °.

Although it is a big guy, it can still achieve low wind resistance and self-rolling resistance due to its ingenious design. The car is equipped with an integrated shroud, which can reduce the air impact at the front of the container. The 13 ° gold A-pillar inclination and the integrated front face design take into account the shape and drag reduction. The wind resistance coefficient of the whole vehicle can be as low as 0.38, and the low roll resistance tires further reduce the resistance of the vehicle forward.

Jin Wenhui, the party secretary and first executive vice president of the joint stock company of Jiangling Automobile, is optimistic about the future pickup market in China. He said: "The scale of China’s pickup truck market may reach one million, two million or even three million."

It is worth rejoicing and pride that in the critical period of the collective transformation of our country’s automobiles to new energy, and in the critical stage of the high-quality development of China’s automobiles, Jiangling pickup trucks have achieved a smooth transition to new energy. Pickup trucks, light trucks and light trucks have the characteristics of large loading capacity, large volume and high weight commercial vehicles, which means that they must solve more problems in the process of transformation to new energy, but Jiangling has done it, and this booth is the best presentation of its results. In the future, Jiangling will continue to upgrade the above models on the existing basis, and promote large trucks, pickups and light trucks to a new field that integrates electric, intelligent and efficient.

What should I do with my prepaid consumption if the business closes down or runs away because of the epidemic?

  Since the outbreak of COVID-19, many businesses and institutions have closed their stores. Our reporter Yan Ying photo

  Since the outbreak of COVID-19, many travel agencies, restaurants, gyms, barbershops, fruit supermarkets and offline education and training institutions have been greatly impacted. These businesses usually use prepaid cards to attract consumers. Now, some businesses have suspended business or shut down because of the epidemic. What should consumers do?

  Beijing Sunshine Consumer Big Data Research Institute and Consumer Network made a summary analysis of prepaid consumer disputes during the epidemic period, and found that the problems mainly focused on four aspects: suspension of business during the epidemic period, refund of fees, change of service methods, limited use period, and closure of businesses or running away.

  Merchants suspend business or fail to perform their duties,

  How to refund the fee?

  Due to restrictions on travel and venues, many prepaid consumption contracts could not be realized during the epidemic prevention and control period, and the resulting prepaid consumption disputes increased significantly. The first thing to bear the brunt is the refund dispute caused by the suspension of business or failure to perform the contract.

  For example, Mr. Ke, a consumer in Beijing, reported that he recharged 4,000 yuan in a hotel to apply for a card and booked a Chinese New Year banquet, but later he could not spend it because of the outbreak of the epidemic. He went to the hotel and asked for a refund, but the hotel refused. The person in charge of the hotel said that the amount in the card can be consumed after the epidemic. However, Mr. Ke usually works in other places. Except for the Spring Festival holiday, it is impossible to go back to his hometown for consumption.

  In addition, many consumers have booked tourist routes or hotels, and they are required to cancel (refund) for fear of the epidemic. Some businesses refund their fees, while others do not.

  In this regard, Chen Yinjiang, deputy secretary-general of china law society Consumer Law Research Association, believes that the COVID-19 epidemic is unforeseeable, unavoidable and insurmountable, which is undoubtedly a force majeure factor. However, considering the regional and persistent characteristics of the epidemic, it is necessary to combine the factors such as specific areas, specific time and specific effects to determine the force majeure factors of the epidemic. For example, when the country officially announced the types of epidemic and the level of prevention and control, and the specific measures taken by relevant departments to prevent and control the epidemic.

  The New Year’s Eve is on January 24th, and National Health Commission listed novel coronavirus as a Class B infectious disease on January 20th, and took measures to prevent and control Class A infectious diseases. Therefore, according to the Contract Law, both Mr. Ke and the hotel have the right to terminate the contract, and neither party is liable for breach of contract. If the consumer has spent some money before, he can ask for a refund of the remaining money deducted from the consumption; If consumers have paid a deposit before, they also have the right to demand a refund. If the consumer’s booking of the project does cause the operator to have actual expenses, both parties shall negotiate and share the relevant expenses reasonably.

  After the outbreak, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism asked the national travel agencies to suspend group tours and air tickets plus hotel services, and consumers also faced the problem of refund.

  According to the decision of the Ministry of Transport, the Civil Aviation Administration of China and China National Railway Group Co., Ltd., starting from 0: 00 on January 24, all passengers who have previously purchased train tickets, bus tickets, boat tickets and air tickets will be exempted from the refund fee if they want to change their itinerary voluntarily. Consumers can refund their tickets for free.

  However, the refund of some hotels and scenic spots should be implemented according to local conditions. For example, Ao Liyong, deputy director of Hainan Provincial Tourism Department, said on January 22nd that all hotels, travel agencies and scenic spots should cancel their reservations on the grounds of preventing Covid-19 infection.

  Meituan, Ctrip, Tongcheng and other online travel platforms have also launched hundreds of millions of emergency service guarantee funds to handle the refund of various travel orders such as hotels, homestays, scenic spots tickets, vacations, air tickets and train tickets for consumers. Consumers can apply for a refund through the platform.

  Offline training is transferred to online,

  How to calculate the difference?

  The epidemic coincides with the winter vacation, which is the peak of education and training. The enrollment of various winter vacation classes and spring classes is hot. However, due to the epidemic, offline training institutions all over the country suspended teaching, and some institutions transferred courses online, which also caused consumer dissatisfaction.

  For example, a consumer, Ms. Liu, enrolled a winter vacation English training class for her children at a training institution for 3,800 yuan. Since offline training cannot be carried out after the outbreak, the training institution changed to online training.

  "Although the teaching is still the previous teacher, the children are used to offline training methods and their eyesight is not good. We can’t accept replacing offline training with online training, so the training institutions are required to refund all the fees." Ms. Liu asked the organization for a refund, but she was rejected.

  Chen Yinjiang believes that considering the epidemic prevention and control and life health and safety, the training institution changed the offline training to online training, indicating that it has made active efforts to achieve the contract purpose. If it does not affect the training effect or have other negative effects, both parties should make mutual understanding and make joint efforts to achieve the purpose of the contract. But at the same time, it should also be considered that offline training is changed to online training. Although the training content has not changed, the training method has changed obviously, which belongs to some contract changes. According to the relevant provisions of the Contract Law, it is necessary for both parties to reach an agreement through consultation to change the contract. If the child is really not suitable for online training, it may affect the training effect and may also cause harm to the child’s vision. In this case, if the consumer refuses to accept the contract change conditions and asks to terminate the contract, the training institution should refund the relevant training fees.

  According to the reporter’s understanding, in view of the conversion between offline training and online training, some training institutions have postponed classes, and some institutions allow consumers to withdraw from classes and refund fees. If they are willing to switch to online, they will give some discounts or compensation coupons. However, the price difference between offline and online is not fixed. Some educational institutions can get a 30% discount on the online price, but some institutions only compensate vouchers ranging from 400 yuan to 600 yuan, and all of them are unilaterally decided by the institutions. Consumers have to accept or not accept them, and there is no room for negotiation.

  The business is closed,

  How to calculate the validity period of prepaid cards?

  Ms. Wang, a consumer, has set up a fitness annual card in a fitness club. The membership period is from June 15, 2019 to June 14, 2020. At the beginning of the epidemic, the fitness club was not closed, but Ms. Wang never went to the club for fitness for safety reasons. Later, due to the development of the epidemic, the club was closed. "The clubhouse has never informed its members, nor has it told how to solve the problem of not enjoying services during the epidemic." Ms. Wang is worried that after the membership card expires, the club will not extend the membership period.

  Chen Yinjiang believes that because the epidemic is a force majeure factor, it is understandable that the club will suspend business. However, during the suspension of business, consumers did not enjoy the membership service, which should belong to the unfulfilled contents of some contracts. After the epidemic is over, the club should extend the service period of members appropriately or refund part of the membership fees according to the ratio. The extension or conversion of membership time should be calculated not only according to the business hours of the club, but also according to the time period when the relevant departments announced the start and termination of epidemic prevention and control. If the clubhouse is still not open for business after the epidemic is announced, it should be calculated based on the actual service time.

  After the card was issued, the business closed down.

  What should we do?

  When handling prepaid cards, consumers are most afraid that businesses will close down and run away, so that their money will go to Shui Piao. Because of the epidemic, this phenomenon is more common. Mr. Leng, the consumer, caught up with such a bad worry.

  In November 2019, Mr. Leng set up a 2,000-yuan haircut card in a hairdressing salon. He only had one haircut and then he encountered an epidemic. The hairdressing salon was closed. Recently, many barber shops have opened one after another, but this hairdressing shop has not been open, and no one answered the phone. Mr. Leng later learned that there was something wrong with the capital chain of this store, and it was probably impossible to continue business. He is worried that this card will be invalid and he doesn’t know how to defend his rights.

  Chen Yinjiang said that whether it is the cause of the epidemic or its own business problems, the barber shop will be shut down or closed down, and consumers’ advance payment cannot be taken for themselves.

  According to the Law on the Protection of Consumer Rights and Interests, if an operator provides goods or services in advance, it shall provide them as agreed; If it is not provided in accordance with the agreement, it shall fulfill the agreement or return the advance payment according to the requirements of the consumer, and bear the interest of the advance payment. If no settlement can be reached through consultation with the operators, consumers can complain to the relevant administrative departments or bring a lawsuit in court to safeguard their legitimate rights and interests according to law.

  After receiving consumer complaints, the relevant departments should promptly investigate the businesses involved. If it is really affected by the epidemic or poor management, it can be implemented in accordance with the corresponding bankruptcy procedures. However, if there are other problems such as illegal transfer or misappropriation of advance payment, it is likely to be suspected of illegal fund-raising or fraud, and should be transferred to the public security organ for investigation according to law.