Group buying in online community: a new way of shopping

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  "A box of fresh free range eggs 55 yuan, a piece of Pizza Hut steak 23 yuan, and a bag of pasta 17 yuan." On October 26, as soon as the group announcement of "Head of Mission" was released, the residents in the WeChat group responded quickly. In just a few minutes, the buyers had already picked up the long queue.
  Simple purchase, timely delivery, time-saving and labor-saving … As a new online shopping mode, online community group purchase is mainly carried out through the way that community residents buy online orders and then deliver them to the community in a unified way, which can not only help reduce logistics costs, but also help consumers avoid "difficulty in choosing" and effectively improve shopping efficiency.

Socialization and group buying win-win situation

  "The group dish group in our community was established last year by the elder sister who opened the laundry in the community. At that time, many people in the community organized dishes at his place. The group purchase price was cheap and the dishes were very fresh." Ms. Zhao, a citizen of Taiyuan, said that at first group buying was for convenience, and now it has gradually become a habit.
  In fact, the emergence of online community group buying has already changed people’s traditional consumption concept. The "team leader" posted a message in the group, and the user placed an order in advance as needed, and it could be delivered for delivery the next day. Through group buying, community residents can get goods at lower prices, and at the same time avoid the time and energy needed to go shopping in supermarkets.
  "Neighbors in the community often bask in the fresh dishes bought by the group. Everyone exchanges and interacts together, which not only brings the neighborhood closer, but also allows everyone to have a more intuitive understanding of the items bought by the group, because everyone is familiar with each other, which is different from the kind that is praised by online stores, and can help everyone avoid the pit more effectively." Ms. Zhao said that with the accelerated pace of life, like most young people, they are increasingly choosing online shopping, especially for food and daily necessities, and more consideration is given to price and delivery time.
  Obviously, social communication is an important driving force of community group buying, which can effectively expand the influence of group buying and attract more users to participate. But at the same time, social communication also faces some challenges, such as information overload, user loss, trust problems and so on.

Supervision and self-discipline go hand in hand.

  With the growing prosperity of the online community group buying market, large-scale e-commerce platforms and various new players are accelerating their entry, making the community group buying market more dispersed and diversified. For the residents of the community, some of the "heads" are familiar neighbors, but more are strangers.
  "Sometimes other people in the group don’t know what link to send, and it’s either a group buying applet or a stranger’s online shop." Ms. Zhao said that she chose to be trustworthy when buying a group. Instead of shopping in an unknown small program, she might as well place an order on big platforms such as JD.COM and Taobao.
  In fact, there are not a few people who step on the pit in online community group buying. A series of problems, such as false propaganda, substandard goods and shoddy goods, have also caused many consumers a headache. A few days ago, a case involving "community group buying" announced by the General Administration of Market Supervision said that in March this year, because the operator of a food store falsely exaggerated the function of disease prevention and treatment for ordinary food, it induced consumers to buy it, and was finally made by the local market supervision department. Administrative punishment was imposed and the final fine was 125,000 yuan.
  Is the group purchase activity reported? Where does the supply come from? Is delivery and refund guaranteed? ….. Faced with these problems, Shanxi Provincial Market Supervision Bureau issued "Guiding Opinions on Standardizing Group Buying Operation Behavior in Online Communities" (hereinafter referred to as "Opinions"), aiming at the group buying operation behavior in online communities, promoting the supervision mode of fair competition in online markets, realizing the whole chain, all fields and normalization supervision before and after the event, and promoting the healthy and sustainable development of group buying standardization in online communities.
  In terms of the prohibition of group buying in online communities, the Opinions clearly pointed out that unfair price behaviors such as low-price dumping, price collusion, price gouging and price fraud should not be implemented, and monopolistic behaviors should not be illegally implemented through monopoly agreements, abuse of market dominance, and illegal concentration of operators; Do not engage in acts of unfair competition such as commercial confusion, commercial slander, and speculation, which will endanger the market environment of fair competition; Do not deceive or mislead consumers in a false or misleading way.
  Lawyer Liang Yi of Shanxi Shuoming Law Firm reminds consumers that the formal platform is guaranteed in terms of goods quality, distribution and after-sales, and priority should be given to the community group purchase package organized by the formal network platform. Once the "head" is lost, goods are delayed for a long time, product quality problems, etc., relevant evidence materials will be provided to public security organs, market supervision and other departments in time to protect their legitimate rights and interests to the greatest extent. At the same time, it also warns merchants of group buying platforms that they must conscientiously abide by the E-commerce Law, the Measures for the Supervision and Administration of Online Transactions and other laws and regulations, and strengthen industry self-discipline, otherwise, they will face severe punishment.

Our reporter Wang Yang.

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Expand new channels of consumption

  In recent years, new consumption channels, such as online shopping, live delivery and community group buying, have risen rapidly, bringing huge business opportunities to the retail industry. In the first 10 months of this year, the online retail sales of physical goods nationwide increased by 8.4% year-on-year, accounting for 26.7% of the total retail sales of social consumer goods. The rise of new consumption channels is of great significance to promoting the recovery and development of physical retail industry.
  Online and offline exploration attempts have promoted the rise of new consumption channels. During the epidemic, more and more consumers gradually became familiar with and accepted consumption patterns such as instant retail and community group purchase. The new consumption channel provides consumers with a more convenient and personalized shopping experience, which not only reduces the shopping cost, but also meets diversified needs, and also urges online and offline businesses to move from competition to cooperation to achieve a win-win situation online and offline.
  On the one hand, new consumption channels have expanded the boundaries of the retail market. The traditional retail market is limited by geographical location and time, but the new consumption channels have broken these restrictions, allowing consumers to shop anytime and anywhere. This makes the retail market cover a wider range of consumer groups and provide more sales opportunities. Take instant retailing as an example. Consumers place orders on the online trading platform, and offline physical retailers take orders. From picking, packaging and delivery to door-to-door, it is basically completed within one hour, thus achieving the goal of "relying on local retail supply to meet local instant demand".
  On the other hand, new consumption channels have promoted the digital transformation of retail industry. In order to adapt to the development of new consumption channels, retailers have increased their investment in digital technology and promoted the digital transformation of the industry. Digital transformation not only improves the operational efficiency of retailers, but also provides consumers with a more convenient and intelligent shopping experience. With the help of online platform, entities can expand their sales channels, and at the same time, the sales data precipitated by online platform can help entities to operate more finely.
  We should also see that the rise of new consumption channels has also brought challenges to the retail industry. Not only is the competition increasingly fierce, but it also puts forward higher requirements for retailers’ data capabilities and supply chain management capabilities. In this regard, the retail industry should actively respond, seize new opportunities and meet challenges.
  Strengthen the research on new consumption channels, deeply understand consumers’ needs and shopping habits, and provide strong support for the development of new consumption channels. Facing the omni-channel competition brought by "embracing online", entity enterprises should use online to develop business, maintain and expand new consumer groups, reduce the cost of commodity distribution, and realize online and offline two-way drainage.
  Increase investment in digital technology and promote the in-depth development of digital transformation. Through digital technology to improve operational efficiency, optimize shopping experience, and provide consumers with more convenient and intelligent services. Online enterprises are not simply "1+1" with physical enterprises. They should use big data intelligent recommendation to achieve accurate matching between supply and demand, and constantly strengthen the capabilities of enterprise traffic support, marketing and digital systems to meet the diversified needs of consumers.
  Strengthen supply chain management and improve the flexibility and response speed of supply chain. Strengthen cooperation with suppliers to ensure product supply and inventory balance.
  New consumption channels have also played an important role in consumption expansion, industry innovation and social employment. Retail industry should seize new opportunities, continuously expand and make good use of new consumption channels by strengthening research, increasing investment and strengthening cooperation, so as to promote the consumer market to better meet consumers’ needs with richer and more more innovative business models and consumer goods, and stimulate new consumption.

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Global Connection | The deep cooperation between Airbus and China aviation industry chain builds a bridge of China-EU cooperation.

    From design drawings to aircraft parts production and assembly, from flying in the blue sky after aircraft delivery to retirement and recycling … Airbus planes were born in China, witnessing the deep integration of China-EU aviation industry chain.

    Complete the architectural planning and design of the new factory building, build the enclosure guardrail, and promote the power system construction … The preparations for the second production line of Airbus A320 series aircraft in Tianjin are in full swing.

    Since 1985, Airbus has cooperated with China. Now more than 30 years have passed, and the total value of industrial cooperation between Airbus and China has also increased from 34.5 million dollars in 2005 to about 1 billion dollars in 2020. The continuous acceleration of cooperation between Airbus and China also witnessed the deep integration of industrial production between the two sides.

    Today, there are about 200 suppliers in China providing products to Airbus, and all Airbus civil aircraft models have parts made by China. In addition to civil aircraft cooperation, Airbus will also expand its cooperation to the helicopter field.

    More than 30 years of in-depth cooperation has not only made Airbus develop rapidly in China, but also made Airbus full of confidence in the China market.

    Reporter: Li Shuai Henry Hui Wang

    Produced by Audio and Video Department of Xinhua News Agency

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Zhejiang people’s "park at home", it’s just right to relax on weekends!

The park is a blank space in the city.

Take a walk in the park on weekends.

It’s so cozy

Parks in front of several homes in Zhejiang

No need to travel far.

Let’s go right away!

Linhai Donghu park

@ 亵亵亵亵

East Lake Park is located in the east of Fucheng, Taizhou, with traffic on one side and Fucheng, which has been inherited for thousands of years.

"Hangzhou has the West Lake, Taizhou has the East Lake, the victory of the East Lake, and the small West Lake." East Lake, with a total area of 280 mu, is an extremely exquisite garden lake, although it is not big. There is both the beautiful atmosphere of Hangzhou West Lake and the graceful and meticulous classical gardens.

@ 京京京京/photo

Zhoushan Changqiao Ocean Park

Zhoushan Islands Tourism

This unique online celebrity punch point collects all the romance and tenderness about the sea.

The pilot whales swim in the blue water, close to the glass, as if they can sense people’s existence and play and swim in front of the glass intimately. There are also Antarctic Papua penguins, whose embarrassing appearance makes people call it so cute!

Zhoushan Islands Tourism

Haiyan Guanhaiyuan Park

@ "Seawall Scenery" Fang Fang

Every year, countless tourists arrive in Haiyan at 5 am, just to see the romantic sunrise of exclusive sea salt, and the most beautiful sunrise of sea salt is in Guanhai Garden.

Walking into Guanhai Garden, the endless seawall line will always bring great visual impact to people, and the heart will suddenly become wider with the line of sight.

Yiwu Yiwu International Racing Park

@ Wenlv Yiwu

Yiwu International Racing Park is a sports tourism park with the theme of automobile sports and gliding flight. In 2017, a national A-level championship was held here, which was full of speed and passion.

The wildest speed brings the most uncertainty and the most exciting experience, which is why countless people are fascinated by it. Wear a helmet and change clothes handsomely, and compare speed, strength and skill on the field. The wind that flies by brings you an immersive experience that you can’t miss.

Songyang Shuangtongshan Style Camping Park

@ Lishui Wenlv

Shuangtong Mountain is steep and steep, with many cliffs and precipices. The strange peaks and rocks with myriad manners set each other off with the forest waterfalls.

There are mountains and water here, which can not only embrace nature at zero distance, but also release vitality to the fullest! Here, the mainstream high-altitude experience projects at home and abroad are integrated, so that you can experience what is really "scared" in minutes.

Quzhou Fushan Park

@ Voice of Ke Cheng Wenlv Body

Quzhou Fushan Park, with lush trees and winding paths, is an urban forest in the ancient city of Quzhou. The ancient name of Fushan Mountain is Zhengrong Mountain, and it is named Guifeng because the middle of the mountain rises and the top is flat, which looks like a turtle shell.

Under the Zhong Ling Tower, the cinnabar plums are full of peach blossoms, and the flowers are just right. Shuttling through the winding and quiet trails, red makeup and thin shadows, fragrant spring scenery, moving around for a change of scenery, painted a freehand brushwork picture with a long meaning.

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Ningbo Meishan Bay Beach Park

@ Ningbo Meishan Bay Beach Park

Meishan Bay Beach Park has a rare offshore blue bay in the Yangtze River Delta, a crescent-shaped beach of 320,000 square meters and a coastline of 1.88 kilometers, which is enough for you to walk all day.

Standing on the beach, looking at the horizon, the endless blue is intoxicating, and the cool sea breeze is blowing in my ear, listening carefully to the waves, and all the troubles roll away with the waves, and finally turn into a pleasant message.

@ Ningbo Meishan Bay Beach Park

Fuyang Dongwu Cultural Park

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Fuyang is the hometown of Sun Quan and the largest settlement of descendants of Sun Shi. People built Dongwu Cultural Park here, facing Fuchun River and backing Lushan Mountain, to show the historical figures of Dongwu period.

Entering the park, the atmosphere of the Three Kingdoms is full, bringing people’s thoughts back to that stormy but heroic era. A close look at the city gate is heavy, solemn and magnificent, which divides the inside and outside of the gate into two worlds. From a distance, Fuchun Pavilion on the top of Lushan Mountain is looming in the clouds.

The content is integrated from the poetry and painting Zhejiang Wenlv Information and Fuyang release.

Original title: "Zhejiang people’s" park at home ",just relax on weekends! 》

How to prevent love from losing to distance

In clinical psychological counseling, couples or couples often encounter the problem of separation. The more you consult these questions, the more you can find that there is a natural conflict between love and distance. If we don’t handle it carefully, the probability of love losing to distance is still quite large. Therefore, whether it is a couple in love or an old couple who have been married for many years, it is a problem that we need to face up to and pay attention to.

The following analysis and suggestions can also provide reference for the situation that the family cannot be taken care of for some reasons.

Whether it’s a couple in love or an old couple who have been married for many years, being away from home is a problem that we need to face up to and pay attention to; Image from the network)

Why distance

Have such a great influence on love?

Speaking of this question, I have to talk about three essential elements of perfect love: intimacy, passion and commitment. The three elements of love were put forward by Robert Robert Jeffrey Sternberg, a professor of psychology at Yale University. He pointed out that different stages and types of love can be interpreted as different combinations of these three elements. For example, with the development of two people’s romantic relationship, the focus of each component will change. For example, there will be more passion at first, but gradually, commitment will become more important. Robert Jeffrey Sternberg also found that the duration of a relationship based on a single factor is not as long as that based on two or three factors.

Three elements of love: intimacy, passion and commitment; The size of the triangle indicates the degree of admiration, and the larger the triangle, the higher the degree of admiration; Each horn represents a unique type of love; Different combinations form seven different types of love; Image from the network)

Usually, the intimate relationship with the longest persistence and the highest satisfaction is obtained by the efforts of both partners to maintain intimacy and enhance their sense of responsibility.

In a long-distance relationship, intimacy is easily affected. Sometimes what can be solved by a hug leads to misunderstandings and the accumulation of negative emotions because of the obstacles of emotional expression.

Coupled with the cumulative effect of different living environments and different social circles, over time, it is likely that two people will have less and less common language and it will become more and more difficult to understand each other.

What is even more frightening is that it will wear away trust. There are many uncertain factors for two people who live in different places for a long time, such as a message or phone call that can’t be answered in time, a photo taken with other members of the opposite sex, a lie that hides their whereabouts, and so on, which may lead to the collapse of trust.

Therefore, the lack of intimacy is the key reason why many long-distance relationships lose to distance and time.

Lack of intimacy is the key reason why many long-distance relationships lose to distance and time; Image from the network)

How to overcome the troubles in different places?

Then how can we overcome the unfavorable factors brought by different places and maintain a harmonious and long-lasting relationship? We suggest that couples or couples who are experiencing the test in different places need to do the following work:

First, learn to communicate deeply and build a building of trust.

The hardest part to deal with in different places is communication. Many people think that communication mainly depends on language, but in actual communication, the influence of language information is very small, accounting for only about 7%, and tone, facial expression and body account for 93%. Therefore, when two people communicate in different places, it is impossible to fully understand each other’s emotional state, even if it is a video, it lacks the participation of touch and smell, and it is impossible to achieve a comprehensive experience. Therefore, it is very important to improve the depth and efficiency of communication.

For communication in different places, we suggest that the big principle is "report every day, learn to share, and don’t have a cold war".

(The principle of communication in different places: report every day, learn to share, and never have a cold war; Image from the network)

Many couples in different places are busy at work, so it may be unrealistic to report from time to time, but it may become a burden to each other. However, it is necessary to give a brief report every day, especially for men. Before going to bed, they should briefly talk about their day’s situation and the next day’s arrangements, voice messages or short calls. With such a habit, mutual trust will be enhanced.

By sharing your own life, you can let each other know about your living environment and dynamics and enhance each other’s sense of security.

But no matter how good two people are, conflicts are inevitable. Quarrel is not terrible, but couples in different places should not use the cold war to deal with conflicts.

Second, strengthen the sense of ceremony, and farewell is better than marriage.

The preservation of two people’s love needs a sense of ceremony, and it is more urgent for both parties in different places to achieve the state of "a little farewell is better than a new marriage" by strengthening the sense of ceremony.

We can strengthen the sense of ritual in getting along from two aspects, one is to make rules, and the other is to create romance.

You can strengthen the sense of ritual in getting along in two ways: making rules and creating romance; Image from the network)

At the beginning of different places, it is necessary to make some rules to ensure the constant love interaction between two people. For example, talk every day, say good night to each other every day, and make regular video calls; Regarding communication, we must speak out if there are contradictions, instead of holding them in our hearts and fighting for the night; Regarding trust, no matter how busy you are, you should explain it in advance and share it briefly, and you must explain the unexpected situation afterwards. These agreements will subconsciously make us cherish our feelings and make the feelings in different places more stable.

In creating romance, many couples, especially girls, need to feel loved, so don’t ignore each other’s needs and set aside time to take care of her emotions and express their feelings. Properly expressing your thoughts and love for each other can make each other feel cared for. You can also often create some surprises for each other, such as writing a few love words to each other and singing a love song to each other. If you travel frequently, when you meet again, you should buy some carefully selected gifts for the other party, such as what the other party mentioned to you, to let the other party know that you are thinking about her at any time, so as to achieve the effect that parting is better than getting married.

Third, create romantic expectations and give full play to the power of commitment.

For a long-distance relationship, commitment is an important driving force for each other to overcome the current difficulties. If there is no expectation for the future, it is difficult for two people to resist the suffering of loneliness and missing. Therefore, when you are in a different place, you must increase the chances of meeting as much as possible, and before each separation, you can start to create the expectation of meeting next time, and try to be specific and look forward to it together. For example, "Let’s meet in a month, and I’ll cook you a big seafood dinner, so that you can taste my loving cooking skills.".

(When you are in a different place, you must increase the chances of meeting as much as possible, and before each separation, you can start to create the expectation of meeting next time, try to be specific and look forward to it together, but don’t break your promise; Image from the network)

Expectation can be divided into short-term goals and long-term goals.

Short-term goals can be aimed at mutual interests, such as traveling together, shopping together, climbing mountains together, watching movies together, etc. You can make a detailed plan, work together and implement it one by one, so that more connections can be built.

Don’t break your promise, if it doesn’t come true, and blame each other, the balance of your emotional savings account will be less and less.

The long-term goal is about the expectations of being together in the future. Couples in love can look forward to the wedding picture together, how romantic the wedding is, how exquisite the home decoration is, and how interesting the future life will be. For example, "When we get married in the future, we must raise a lovely kitten at home and have a particularly lovely child. I will take pictures of you, the kitten and the child, and I will be very happy when I think about it."

For married couples, how to solve the problem of separation between the two places is a very realistic topic. The other party may understand the needs of temporary career development, but if career development is always put above the needs of the other party, the probability of emotional problems is still very high if two people get together for a long time, so it is necessary to take care of how long to solve the problem in different places and how to make up for each other’s feelings, and give a promise to make the other party really feel at ease.

This paper is adapted from Intimate Relationship Management —— How to Deal with Conflicts in Intimate Relationship Rationally.

If you have other questions about marriage or physical and mental health, please feel free to give us feedback, and we will choose appropriate topics to answer questions on popular science.

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Original title: "Better Police Body and Mind | How to Keep Love from Losing to Distance"

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Warm reminder! It is related to the examination of motor vehicle drivers in rainy and snowy weather.

Jining News Network News On February 1st, Jining Vehicle Management Office issued "Warm Tips on Motorists’ Examination in Rain and Snow", as follows:

According to the meteorological department, from February 2 to February 5, there were still rain, snow and strong winds in Jining. In view of the snow and ice on the road, dmv, the Municipal Public Security Bureau, has launched an emergency plan for bad weather, timely investigated the road conditions of the examination room, and made a good job of snow removal and ice melting to meet the test requirements as much as possible.

However, it is still uncertain whether the automobile subject II (venue) and subject III (road test) can be organized normally by then. If, after work, the examination room still does not meet the normal examination conditions, the vehicle management office will release the news at the first time through the "Jining Vehicle Management Office" WeChat WeChat official account and the driving school work WeChat group, and notify the candidates in time, and the vehicle management office will cancel the examination in a unified manner; If the examination room has the examination conditions, and remote candidates can’t get to the examination room to take the exam due to extreme weather, the vehicle management office will cancel the exam the next day. The above cancelled exams will not be counted as the number of exams, and no fees will be charged, which will not affect the candidates’ ranking for the next exam. If a candidate’s driving certificate is about to expire or under other special circumstances, please report it to the vehicle management office in time through the traffic control 12123 voice service hotline or the driving school where you are located, and we will serve you wholeheartedly. I apologize for the inconvenience caused by the delay in the examination process due to the weather. Thank you for your understanding and support of the traffic police vehicle management work!

Please pay attention to safety when traveling in rainy and snowy weather! As the Spring Festival approaches, I sincerely wish you all good luck, peace, joy and happiness in the Year of the Dragon!

Tel: 0537-12123

Jining Bureau of Public Security dmv

February 1, 2024

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The latest voice of the central bank! It is related to real estate, rectification of platform enterprises, RMB exchange rate …

  BEIJING, Jan. 13 (Zhongxin Finance Shao Wanyun) On the 13th, the State Council Office held a press conference on financial statistics in 2022, and the relevant person in charge of the central bank responded to issues such as real estate, rectification of platform enterprises, RMB exchange rate, inflation and digital RMB.

  Introduce structural tools to focus on supporting the smooth operation of the real estate market.

  Zou Lan, director of the Monetary Policy Department of the People’s Bank of China, said at the meeting that we are studying and launching several other structural tools recently, which mainly focus on supporting the smooth operation of the real estate market, including the Baojiaolou loan support plan, the housing lease loan support plan and the private enterprise bond financing support tool, etc., and we will make some detailed disclosure and release after the introduction.

  In addition, at the end of September last year, the People’s Bank of China and China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission issued a notice, clarifying that eligible city governments can decide to relax the lower limit of the interest rate of the newly issued first home loan in stages in the fourth quarter. Zou Lan introduced that the interest rate of new personal housing loans in December was 4.26% nationwide, which was the lowest level in history since statistics were available in 2008.

  Zou Lan also said that in view of some adjustments in the real estate market, the People’s Bank of China, together with relevant departments, made efforts from both supply and demand in accordance with the deployment of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council to promote the smooth operation of the real estate market. With the effects of relevant policies gradually emerging, the financing environment of the real estate industry, especially high-quality housing enterprises, has improved significantly in recent days. From the data, from September to November last year, real estate development loans increased by more than 170 billion yuan, an increase of more than 200 billion yuan year-on-year. In the fourth quarter of last year, domestic real estate corporate bonds issued more than 120 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 22%.

  In terms of risk prevention, the relevant departments drafted the Action Plan for Improving the Balance Sheet Plan of Quality Housing Enterprises. The action plan focuses on high-quality real estate enterprises that focus on their main business, operate in compliance, have good qualifications and have certain systemic importance, and focuses on promoting 21 tasks in four aspects: "asset activation", "debt continuation", "equity supplement" and "expected promotion", comprehensively implementing policies to improve the cash flow of high-quality real estate enterprises and guide the balance sheets of high-quality real estate enterprises to return to a safe range. The plan sets the conditions for high-quality housing enterprises, and there is no specific list, which is independently grasped by financial institutions.

  The rectification of 14 large-scale platform enterprises such as Ant Group has been basically completed.

  Ma Jianyang, head of the Financial Markets Department of the People’s Bank of China, said that since November 2020, the financial management department has guided and urged 14 large-scale platform enterprises such as Ant Group to carry out solid rectification in view of the outstanding problems in the past financial business, such as unlicensed operation, regulatory arbitrage, disorderly expansion and infringement on consumers’ rights and interests. At present, most problems have been basically rectified, large-scale platform enterprises operate in compliance and compete fairly, consumer protection awareness has been significantly enhanced, and financial business has been continuously standardized.

  At the same time, the financial management department has issued a series of targeted institutional documents in the fields of third-party payment, personal credit investigation, Internet deposit, insurance, securities, funds, etc., and the regulatory framework for the normalization of financial business of platform enterprises has been initially formed, laying a good institutional foundation for the subsequent normalization supervision.

  Ma Yuyang said that in the next step, the financial management department will conscientiously implement the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China and the Central Economic Work Conference, adhere to the "two unwavering", pay equal attention to development and standardization, and support the healthy development of the platform economy.

  First, continue to push relevant platform enterprises to speed up the rectification of the remaining few problems, and complete the rectification work from the beginning to the end. The second is to improve the level of normalized supervision, further improve the regulatory system and mechanism, strengthen the construction of regulatory scientific and technological strength, support platform enterprises to operate in compliance, develop financial business prudently, and have zero tolerance for illegal financial activities. The third is to study and formulate financial support measures to promote the healthy development of platform economy, support platform enterprises to improve their scientific and technological innovation ability and service quality and efficiency, consolidate and enhance their international competitiveness, and show their talents in leading development, creating jobs and international competition.

  It is predicted that China’s inflation level will remain moderate in 2023.

  Zou Lan said that from a global perspective, last year experienced a wave of high inflation that had never happened in decades. In sharp contrast, China maintained the basic stability of the price level, which was not easy. In the past five years and ten years, the average annual increase of consumer prices in China has remained at around 2%. This fully proves the superiority of China’s socialist system and the effectiveness of macro-control.

  Zou Lan mentioned that in 2023, China’s inflation level is expected to remain moderate overall, but we should also pay attention to the potential possibility of inflation rebound.

  On the one hand, China’s overall supply is abundant, demand is still recovering, and there was no excess currency in the past, so inflation is expected to remain stable. At present, China’s economy is still in the process of recovery and development, the industrial chain and supply chain are running smoothly, the lack of effective demand is still the main contradiction, and the output gap is still negative. In the short term, inflationary pressure is generally controllable. In the medium and long term, China is one of the major producers in the world, with a generally balanced economic supply and demand, stable monetary policy and stable inflation expectations of residents, which has favorable conditions for maintaining a basically stable price level.

  On the other hand, the uncertainty of price trend still exists, so we should not take the inflation situation lightly, and pay close attention to the potential of its future warming. Domestically, China’s M2 growth rate has been in a relatively high position for some time, which does not rule out that the impact on prices is lagging behind. With the optimization of epidemic prevention and control measures, residents’ consumption kinetic energy will be gradually released, and the total demand tends to heat up, which may also be accompanied by some upward pressure of inflation. From an international perspective, geopolitical conflicts still disturb the global energy supply, and inflation in developed economies is still at a high level, so imported pressures also need to be vigilant.

  In the next stage, the People’s Bank of China will adhere to the general tone of striving for progress while maintaining stability, organically combine the implementation of the strategy of expanding domestic demand with the deepening of structural reform on the supply side, give prominence to the work of stabilizing growth, employment and prices, maintain a prudent monetary policy that is precise and powerful, give consideration to short-term and long-term economic growth and price stability, internal balance and external balance, strengthen coordination and cooperation among policies, and promote the effective improvement of quality and reasonable growth of the economy.

  Increase credit support for private small and micro enterprises

  Ma Jianyang mentioned that in recent years, due to the repeated impact of the epidemic and the unstable international situation, China’s economy is facing greater downward pressure, making it more difficult for private enterprises to operate. The People’s Bank of China has continuously improved the financing environment of private small and micro enterprises by innovating structural monetary policy tools, improving credit support policies and broadening diversified financing channels.

  In the next step, the People’s Bank of China will adhere to the problem orientation, focus on social concerns, guide financial institutions to treat all types of ownership enterprises equally, and create a better financial environment for the development and growth of private economy and private enterprises.

  First, further increase credit support for private small and micro enterprises, continue to make good use of structural tools and increase efforts. The second is to further expand the scale of private enterprise bond financing. The third is to further improve the financial service level of private small and micro enterprises. The fourth is to further promote the standardized and healthy development of platform enterprises.

  Keep the RMB exchange rate basically stable at a reasonable and balanced level.

  Since 2022, major developed economies such as the United States, the euro zone and the United Kingdom have substantially tightened monetary policy and raised interest rates, which has had a tightening effect on the global financial system, and cross-border funds in emerging market economies are facing outflow pressure.

  Xuan Changneng, deputy governor of the People’s Bank of China, said that the market has certain expectations for the Fed to raise interest rates in 2023. The autonomy and stability of China’s financial system are enhanced, and the expected stability of RMB exchange rate is helpful to buffer and cope with external risks, especially the spillover effect brought by interest rate hikes in developed economies. Generally speaking, the adjustment of monetary policy in developed economies has limited impact on China, and may have greater impact on other smaller emerging market economies.

  With regard to the RMB exchange rate situation, since mid-November, 2022, with the effectiveness of domestic policies and measures to stabilize the economy, measures to optimize epidemic prevention and control and financial support for real estate policies have been introduced one after another, and the market expects that the Federal Reserve will slow down the pace of raising interest rates, the US dollar index has dropped to a high level, and the RMB exchange rate against the US dollar has gradually turned to an appreciation trend. On December 5, the spot exchange rate rose back to within 7.0.

  Xuan Changneng said that the current and future trend of RMB exchange rate will be affected by multiple factors such as domestic and international economic and financial situation, balance of payments, market risk preference, etc., and short-term uncertainty is inevitable. Generally speaking, there is a solid foundation for maintaining basic stability.

  Recently, China’s economy has generally continued to recover, and the epidemic prevention and control has been dynamically optimized. In the context of high global inflation, we have maintained the basic stability of prices. Considering the decline in the economic prosperity index of major economies, the growth rate of China’s trade surplus may have slowed down. Under the comprehensive action of various forces, China’s RMB exchange rate will generally maintain a stable operation. After years of financial reform and opening up, the depth and breadth of China’s foreign exchange market have been greatly improved, the flexibility of RMB exchange rate has been enhanced, market expectations have been stable, cross-border capital flows have been orderly, and international payments have been independently balanced. The RMB exchange rate will continue to remain basically stable at a reasonable and balanced level.

  Digital RMB into M0

  From December, 2022, financial statistics will include digital RMB data in M0 (currency in circulation) statistics.

  In this regard, Xuan Changneng said that the digital RMB is the legal tender in digital form issued by the People’s Bank of China, and like the physical RMB, it is essentially a monetary component. From the point of view of statistics and management, it is necessary to make statistics, combined analysis and overall management of the two.

  Xuan Changneng further stated that in recent years, with the gradual deepening of the digital RMB pilot, the application scenarios of digital RMB have steadily expanded, the transaction amount and stock have also increased, and the relevant management and statistical systems have been continuously improved. Incorporating digital RMB into M0 statistics can more accurately reflect the overall size of currency in circulation. By the end of 2022, the stock of digital RMB in circulation was 13.61 billion yuan, and the year-on-year growth rate of M0 was 15.3% after it was included. (End)

Dozens of films are piled up, and the film market is welcoming "warm spring"?

March and April are often regarded as "unpopular periods" by people in the film industry, but this year’s film market is particularly lively: there are different types and themes of films released every weekend. In March, 37 new films have been filed together, and in April, 29 new films will be filed, and major film companies and new films are being filed one after another. Among them, films such as "Keep You Safe", "Journey of Bells and Buds" and "Titanic" have been the dark horses and explosions predicted by major film platforms. In this chilly spring season, the "warm spring" of China’s films is coming.

"Keep you safe" poster

"Keep you safe" leads the way

The film market was very lively in March.

In the past few years, March and April have been the traditional off-season of the mainland film market: from the audience’s point of view, students return to campus, and office workers also start a year of intense work; From the market point of view, Chinese New Year blockbusters have been released one after another, and the box office trend that is still being released has also reached a dead end. However, it is too early for May Day, and the audience’s willingness to go into the cinema is not strong, so few domestic films choose to be released in this schedule.

This year, both the arrangement of statutory holidays and the booking of new films are somewhat different from previous years: there is only one holiday in Tomb-Sweeping Day on Wednesday, April 5 this year, and five holidays on May Day, which means that there will be no small holiday before May Day this year. This did not affect the willingness to file movies. According to the Lighthouse Professional Edition, more than 100 movies were scheduled from February to April, a record high in the past three years. It can be said that the film market in China is breaking the popular habit of "relying on" small holidays and other holidays in the past few years.

In 2023, the box office has broken 15 billion yuan

The successful model is Dapeng’s new film "Keep You Safe", which was originally planned to be released on holidays, and finally the schedule was chosen on March 10, which is no small challenge. It is gratifying that this film became the first film with a box office of 400 million yuan after the Spring Festival, and the total box office predicted by Cat’s Eye Professional Edition also rose from 400 million yuan+to 700 million yuan+,exceeding the market expectation before the film was released.

In addition, Cloister Pavilion, which was released on the same day as Keep You Safe, is about to reach the 200 million mark from the original forecast of tens of millions. In March of this year, there were Broken Net, Wasteland and Thunder Shazan! The wrath of the gods, Megan and other films have been released one after another, breaking the dilemma of "the cold spot after the Spring Festival" in previous years.

"The reason why the national box office has been doing well in the past two months this year is that the Spring Festival movie market is hot and the long tail effect is obvious. After the Spring Festival, the abundant supply of movies can not only stimulate the audience’s desire to return to the cinema, but also lay a solid foundation for the recovery of the market and box office. When a certain number and quality of films are released every week, we are confident that the audience will return to the cinema, "Lighthouse Professional Data Analyst told reporters.

According to the professional edition of lighthouse data, the number of people watching movies this year has exceeded 40% of the total number of people watching movies last year, but the number of screenings is less than a quarter of the total number of screenings last year, which shows that the attendance rate has risen sharply. As of 17: 00 on March 19th, the total box office of China movies in 2023 has exceeded 15 billion yuan, about two months ahead of 2022, and the film market has obviously picked up compared with the previous two years. Judging from the films currently on file, it is estimated that by the end of March, the box office in the first quarter of this year will reach 15.3 billion to 15.5 billion yuan, and the box office in the whole year is expected to recover to more than 50 billion yuan, hitting the 60 billion yuan mark again.

Poster of Cosmic Exploration Editorial Department

There is an ample supply of films to be shown.

Titanic may become an explosion again.

In March and April, 2022, due to the epidemic, half of the cinemas in the country were closed, and the box office was even more bleak. The national box office was even less than 10 million yuan for several consecutive days. In March and April of this year, the "off-season" of the film market was not "light"-according to the data of Cat’s Eye Professional Edition, as of March 12, 37 Chinese and foreign new films had been released in March, and 29 new films will be released in April.

In the last week of March, the film market was very lively. The films released were mainly comedies, fantasy films and realism, and the overall atmosphere of the cinema was relaxed and happy.

As for comedies, the domestic films Great Night and Cosmic Exploration Editorial Department will be released on March 31st and April 1st. Cosmic Exploration Editorial Department is a high-scoring film with a wide brain opening. After the film appeared at Pingyao International Film Festival in 2021, it scored 8.7 points in Douban. The film tells the story that Tang Zhijun (Yang Haoyu), editor-in-chief of the editorial department of Cosmic Exploration, accidentally receives an abnormal signal from the depths of the universe, so he gathers his friends in we are both unhappy — to the sky’s end and embarks on a journey to find aliens. On Douban. com, nearly 160,000 people clicked "Want to see" this film where the earth people and aliens meet thousands of miles away.

Poster of "Journey of Bell Bud"

As for imported comedies, the Swedish-American co-production Otto has been released, as well as "Made in India" from India and "Mrs. Harris Breaking into Paris" from Britain will be released on March 31st (Friday). Domestic films also have realistic themes such as "Not Stop" and "Loyal Dogs and Eight Men". So many films are released together, which can be compared with the "Qingming file" in previous years.

Fantasy films are mainly imported from the United States and Japan. On March 31st, two American fantasy adventure films were released, including Dungeons and Dragons: Glory of Grand Theft and Escape from Cretaceous 65, which tells the story of traveling back to prehistoric earth 65 million years ago. The fantasy animated film "Journey to the Bell Bud" directed by Japanese Makoto Shinkai premiered on March 24th, and the pre-sale box office of the film had exceeded 100 million yuan the day before its release, making it the first imported film to break 100 million yuan at the box office in the three years since the epidemic.

"It’s not just the single-day box office on February 14th, May 20th and July 7th of the lunar calendar. On March 8th this year, the single-day box office of Women’s Day reached 57,659,400, an increase of at least three times compared with the previous two days. Therefore, although this year’s Qingming file only has a one-day holiday, it is still very attractive to the film, "said Mr. Cao, a staff member of a cinema in quancheng road.

Titanic poster

Judging from the number of films to be shown at present, during the first week of April, where Tomb-Sweeping Day was located, movies were shown almost every day: the 25th anniversary of Titanic was shown on April 3rd, Detective Conan: The Dead of Baker Street was restored and shown on April 4th, the Super Mario Bros. movie was shown in Tomb-Sweeping Day on April 5th, and the Dragon Horse Spirit and Notre Dame de Paris were shown on Friday April 7th.

Among them, the replayed classics have the most explosive faces. "Titanic" won nearly 1 billion yuan at the box office when it was re-released in 2012. Every time it is shown on a small scale at major film festivals, it will become the "popularity king" snapped up by fans. The theatrical version of Detective Conan’s The Dead of Baker Street is a lot of childhood memories of the post-90s generation, and the IP influence of Super Mary is also huge. These films can capture many young audiences, and Titanic is likely to become one of the most popular films in Tomb-Sweeping Day this year.

Poster of "Journey of Bell Bud"

Limit gear setting phenomenon disappears.

The market is developing healthily.

Mr. Cao, a staff member of a cinema in quancheng road, said that as a staff member of the cinema, he deeply felt that the film market was gradually recovering and developing in a healthier and more stable way.

In addition to the recent good trend of "there are new films every week", Mr. Cao said that what makes him most happy is that the phenomenon of "limit booking", which has been common in the past few years, has not appeared again so far this year.

According to reports, the film side has carried out purposeful publicity and distribution around the film release schedule, which is already a relatively perfect business model. For example, films for National Day and Spring Festival are scheduled several months in advance. Mainly to give fans time and opportunity to fully understand the material information of the film, which is conducive to mobilizing the enthusiasm of the public audience. In the past few years, the phenomenon of "sudden withdrawal of files" and "limit file setting" frequently occurred, which are two direct factors affecting box office performance.

"Endless" poster

"Fortunately, this year’s Spring Festival and May Day films were announced early, and some small and medium-sized films in March and April were also promoted rhythmically. As the terminal of film screening, the cinema usually needs to consider how to arrange films according to the audience’s preferences, which gives the studio staff more leisurely time to prepare for film screening and gives the audience more choices, "Mr. Cao said.

There are also some films that fans are looking forward to, which have already been made and are now able to return to the big screen. For example, Ke Bai, Vivi and Zhang Songwen starred in "Endless", which was released on March 24th, and took advantage of the popularity of Zhang Song’s diploma The Knockout to promote it. This film tells the story of an investigative reporter who went deep into a dark place at the beginning of this century to expose social reality, which is quite like another Dying to Survive.

New Yellow River reporter: Xing Yuan

Editor: Liu Dan

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