41 domestically listed Chinese companies, 7 overseas listed Chinese companies, and the amount of IPO financing increased month-on-month.

36 Chinese companies are supported by VC/PE institutions, among which domestic listed companies account for 90%

JD Logistics received the highest IPO financing amount this month, and the logistics industry ranked first in financing amount

The number of listed companies in Guangdong Province remains the leading; Beijing and Shanghai have both raised over RMB 10 billion in financing

 The China Securities Regulatory Commission will study and formulate a package of institutional measures to prohibit improper shareholding by resignees from the system to make up for the shortcomings of the system

According to data from Zero2IPO Private Equity, there are 48 Chinese companies in May 2021[1]The number of IPOs completed in various global trading markets increased by 100% year-on-year; the total financing amount was 64.405 billion yuan, and the financing amount increased by 149.5% year-on-year and 17.6% month-on-month. Chinese companies that completed their IPO this month involved 16 primary industries and landed in 7 trading markets. The average IPO financing amount of Chinese companies was 1.342 billion yuan, an increase of 49.4% from the previous month. The highest single financing amount was 20.229 billion yuan. A total of 36 VC/PE-backed companies went public this month, involving 205 institutions, with a VC/PE penetration rate of 75%.

Figure 1 The number of domestic and overseas listings and total financing amount of Chinese companies from May 2020 to May 2021

Source: Private Equity Pass 2021.6 www.pedata.cn

The total financing amount of IPO companies in the top ten in May accounted for 69.1%

The three IPO companies with the largest amount of financing this month are: JD Logistics listed on the main board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, raising a total of 20.229 billion yuan; Hehui Optoelectronics listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange Science and Technology Innovation Board, raising a total of 7.106 billion yuan; The Shanghai Stock Exchange was listed on the Science and Technology Innovation Board and raised a total of 2.901 billion yuan.

Table 1 Top 10 IPO corporate financing in May

Source: Private Equity Pass 2021.6 www.pedata.cn Table 2 Top 10 listed Chinese companies in financing supported by domestic and overseas VC/PE IPOs in May Source: Private Equity Pass 2021.6 www.pedata.cn Registered listed companies accounted for more than 50%, and the amount of overseas listed financing increased month-on-month In May, there were 41 domestic listed Chinese companies, accounting for 85.4% of the number of Chinese companies IPO this month. The initial financing amounted to 39.646 billion yuan, accounting for 61.6% of the total financing for the month. In May 2021, 11 and 14 companies were successfully registered and listed on the Growth Enterprise Market and the Science and Technology Innovation Board, accounting for 52.1% of the total number of listed companies in the month, and initial financing accounted for 31.6%. In May, 4 Chinese concept stocks were listed on the U.S. stocks, with a financing amount of approximately RMB 3.093 billion; 3 companies were listed on the main board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, with a financing amount of approximately RMB 21.666 billion. The amount of financing in the U.S. and Hong Kong stock markets both increased from last month. Figure 2 Distribution of domestic and overseas listings of Chinese companies in May 2021 (by listing sector) Source: Private Equity Pass 2021.6 www.pedata.cn Figure 3 The distribution of Chinese companies listing in the domestic market under different IPO systems from May 2020 to May 2021 Source: Private Equity Pass 2021.6 www.pedata.cn Guangdong Province leads the way in the number of IPOs, and Beijing ranks first in terms of financing According to private equity statistics, in May 2021, the number of IPOs in the five provinces and cities of Guangdong, Jiangsu, Shanghai, Zhejiang and Beijing is 5 or more, a total of 32; the initial financing amount plus a total of RMB 50.99 billion, accounting for the country The total amount is nearly 80%. Among them, Guangdong Province leads other provinces in the number of listings of 9 Chinese companies; Beijing and Shanghai have raised financing amounts of more than 10 billion yuan respectively, and Beijing ranked first in the amount of financing raised by Chinese companies listed at 24.988 billion yuan, accounting for about 38.8%. Table 3: Geographical distribution of Chinese companies’ domestic and overseas listings in May 2021 Source: Private Equity Pass 2021.6 www.pedata.cn The May IPO involved 16 industries, with the logistics industry having the highest amount of financing In May 2021, the IPO will involve 16 industries. The number of listed companies in machinery manufacturing, biotechnology/medical health, chemical raw materials and processing industries is 5 or more. In terms of financing, the logistics industry IPO financing was 21.09 billion yuan, accounting for 32.8% of the total financing of Chinese enterprises, ranking first; semiconductor, electronic equipment, and machinery manufacturing industries ranked second and third respectively, with financing amounts exceeding 7 billion. yuan. Figure 45: Industry distribution of the number of IPO companies and financing amount in month 45 Source: Private Equity Pass 2021.6 www.pedata.cn The VC/PE penetration rate of listed companies in May was 75% Among the listed companies this month, 36 Chinese companies were supported by VC/PE institutions, of which 33 were listed domestically, accounting for 91.7%. There are 7 and 13 IPO companies on the ChiNext Board of the Shenzhen Stock Exchange and the Science and Technology Innovation Board of the Shanghai Stock Exchange, respectively, which have received support from VC/PE institutions. The book returns of VC/PE-invested companies listed on domestic listings have dropped. In May 2021, the book return multiples (calculated at issue price) were 1.96 times, a decrease of 27.4% from the previous month and a year-on-year decrease of 35.1%; the book returns of overseas listings in May 2021 increased significantly year-on-year , An increase of 97.21%. Figure 5 Trend of VC/PE-backed IPO penetration from May 2020 to May 2021 Source: Private Equity Pass 2021.6 www.pedata.cn Figure 6 Distribution of book returns of VC/PE supporting IPOs in domestic and overseas markets of Chinese companies from May 2020 to May 2021 (issuance date) Source: Private Equity Pass 2021.6 www.pedata.cn 16 VC/PE institutions have won no less than 2 Chinese IPOs Among the listed companies this month, 36 Chinese companies received support from VC/PE institutions, a decrease of 12.2% from the previous month. Among them, 16 institutions have invested companies with no less than 2 IPOs. The book return of Lieliang Fund in the Waterdrop IPO was as high as 98.26 times. Table 45 Listed in VC/PE Institution Invested Companies (Partial Institutions) Source: Private Equity Pass 2021.6 www.pedata.cn Note: 1. The IPOs listed in the above table refer to companies headquartered in China (excluding Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan) that are first listed on domestic and foreign stock exchanges within the scope of the statistics in 2021. Companies listed in the second listing and multiple listings are not listed. Included; 2. The investment institution only lists the named shareholders appearing in the prospectus; 3. The book amount is the number of shares held by the institution before the initial issuance of the invested project (excluding the cornerstone wheel/strategic placement) * issue price It is calculated that part of the book value may be biased because the number of shares held before the IPO was not disclosed in the prospectus. The China Securities Regulatory Commission issued the Guidelines for the Supervision of the Shareholding Behavior of Retired Persons from the Securities Regulatory Commission System, clarifying the verification requirements for the participation of the resigned employees The China Securities Regulatory Commission has always attached great importance to the supervision of shareholders of companies to be listed, continuously improved the shareholder supervision system and mechanism, and made great efforts to prevent illegal and illegal “creation of wealth”. In February of this year, the China Securities Regulatory Commission issued the “Guidelines for the Application of Regulatory Rules Regarding Information Disclosure of Shareholders of Listed Companies Applying for Initial Public Offerings”, which strengthened the regulatory constraints on surprise share purchases, abnormal share prices, transfer of interests, and “shadow shareholders”, and compacted the information of companies to be listed. Disclosure responsibility and intermediary agency verification responsibility to guide legal and compliant investment in companies that are to be listed. During the implementation of the system, the China Securities Regulatory Commission insisted on cutting its blade inward, and simultaneously studied and formulated a package of system measures to prohibit improper shareholding by system resignees to make up for the shortcomings of the system. While strengthening anti-corruption supervision and management and improving the independent review system, we have specially formulated and issued the “Guidelines for the Application of Regulatory Rules Issuance No. 2” (hereinafter referred to as the “Guidelines”) to clarify that the retired personnel of the China Securities Regulatory Commission will participate in the public offering and listing or the New Third Board. The verification requirements of selected-tier listed companies highlight the targeted supervision of resigners who fall within the scope of the specification, compact the verification responsibilities of intermediary agencies, and maintain the “three public” order in the market. The “Guidelines” mainly include the following: One is to clarify the circumstances of improper shareholding. The resignation personnel of the CSRC system used the influence of their original position to seek investment opportunities, the process of shareholding has the transfer of interests, the shareholding during the shareholding prohibition period, the shareholding as an unqualified shareholder, the source of the shareholding funds violates laws and regulations, etc., are considered to be improper shareholding. The second is to strengthen the verification responsibilities of intermediary agencies. In the process of verifying shareholder information, intermediary agencies should comprehensively check whether there is a shareholding situation of resigned personnel specified in the Guidelines and determine whether it is an improper shareholding situation. In the case of improper share purchase, it shall be cleared up. When the issuer and the intermediary institution submit the application documents for the issuance and listing (listing), they shall make a special explanation on the relevant verification status of the resigned personnel of the CSRC system. After submitting an application for issuance and listing (listing), if an improper shareholding situation is discovered or a major media question arises, the intermediary institution shall check and report in a timely manner. The third is to strengthen audit supervision and establish an independent review system. Review the issuance and listing (listing) review process involving the participation of departed employees to ensure that the review process is fair, just, and in compliance with laws and regulations. If clues of violations of law and discipline are found, they shall be handed over to relevant departments for handling. Key case analysis of this month: JD Logistics, Hehui Optoelectronics, Electric Wind Power JD Logistics is listed in Hong Kong, and another listed company is added to the JD department On May 28, 2021, JD Logistics officially listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange under the stock code of “02618.HK”. It is the second listed company incubated by JD Group. JD Health has been listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange before this. The issue price of JD Logistics is HK$40.36 per share per share, and it plans to issue 60,160,800 shares, with a market value of approximately RMB 202.294 billion. On the day of issuance, the closing price was HK$41.7, and the net proceeds from the IPO were approximately HK$24.113 billion. JD Logistics is a technology-driven supply chain solution and logistics service provider under JD. It was born out of JD Group’s self-built logistics. In 2012, it officially registered a logistics company. In 2017, JD Logistics Group was established. On February 16, 2021, JD Logistics submitted a prospectus on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and officially launched the IPO. Three months later, JD Logistics officially launched a global public offering of shares. JD Logistics’ IPO has attracted attention from many parties. On May 20, JD Logistics’ IPO subscription ended ahead of schedule. JD Logistics was subscribed by more than 1 million people, oversubscribed by more than 700 times, and frozen funds exceeded 550 billion Hong Kong dollars. According to data from the JD Logistics prospectus, in 2018, 2019 and 2020, JD Logistics’ revenues were 37.9 billion yuan, 49.8 billion yuan, and 73.4 billion yuan, respectively. Among them, there was a year-on-year increase of 31.6% in 2019 and a year-on-year increase of 47.2% in 2020, almost compared to 2018. Doubled. In the first quarter of 2021, JD Logistics’ revenue reached 22.4 billion, a year-on-year increase of 64.1%, and continued to maintain rapid growth. At the same time, JD Logistics already has profitability. According to previously disclosed public data, after excluding changes in fair value such as equity incentives that do not affect the company’s value, JD Logistics has a profit of more than 1.7 billion in 2020. Source: Private Equity Pass 2021.6 www.pedata.cn Display panel manufacturer Hehui Optoelectronics goes public, with an issue market value of RMB 35.529 billion On May 28, 2021, Hehui Optoelectronics “688538.SH” was listed on the Science and Technology Innovation Board of the Shanghai Stock Exchange with an issue price of 2.65 yuan per share. It plans to issue 2.681 billion shares, with a total financing amount of 7.106 billion yuan and a market value of 35.529 billion yuan. . The closing price on the day of listing was 4.2 yuan, with a turnover of 6.441 billion yuan. The controlling shareholder of Hehui Optoelectronics is Lianhe Investment. Before this issuance, Union Investment held a total of 8.05 billion shares of the company, accounting for 75.12% of the company’s total share capital. The actual controller of the company is the Shanghai State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission, which holds 100% equity of Lianhe Investment. Hehui Optoelectronics is a well-known AMOLED semiconductor display panel manufacturer in China, focusing on the R&D, production and sales of small and medium-sized AMOLED semiconductor display panels. According to the prospectus, Hehui Optoelectronics has focused on small and medium-sized AMOLED since its establishment. It is the first domestic manufacturer to achieve mass production of AMOLED semiconductor display panels in the industry, breaking the foreign monopoly. At present, Hehui Optoelectronics has two production lines of the 4.5th generation and the 6th generation, both of which can produce rigid and flexible AMOLED panels. Among them, the production capacity of the 4.5th generation AMOLED production line is 15K/month, the planned production capacity of the 6th generation AMOLED production line is 30K/month, and the mass production capacity is 15K/month, and the 15K/month production capacity is expected to be mass-produced in the second quarter of this year. However, although Hehui Optoelectronics believes that the future growth rate of flexible AMOLED is better than that of rigid AMOLED, it is also known that the flexible display scene has not yet appeared on a large scale, so it is still mainly based on rigid AMOLED. Hehui Optoelectronics’ rigid AMOLED panel mass production capacity ranks first in China and second in the world, while the revenue of flexible products in 2020 is only 71,500 yuan. Source: Private Equity Pass 2021.6 www.pedata.cn “The first share of state-owned assets split” electric wind power successfully listed on the Science and Technology Innovation Board of the Shanghai Stock Exchange On May 19, 2021, Shanghai Electric Wind Power Group Co., Ltd. “688660.SH” was listed on the Science and Technology Innovation Board of the Shanghai Stock Exchange, with an issue price of 29.01 yuan per share, 533 million shares issued, and a market value of 7.253 billion yuan. According to the announcement, about 2.901 billion yuan of raised funds will be invested in “new product and technology development projects”, “Shanghai Electric Wind Power Group Shandong Haiyang Test Base Project”, “post-market capability improvement project” and other projects, and Reasonably arrange capital investment. Electric Wind Power was established in 2006 and is a holding subsidiary of Shanghai Electric Group Co., Ltd. As the first state-owned company to split a listed stock, in June last year, Electric Wind Power submitted a listing application to the China Securities Regulatory Commission. After nearly a year, it successfully listed on the Science and Technology Innovation Board. At present, the company’s products cover a full range of wind turbines from 1.25MW to 8MW, basically achieving full power coverage. In addition, the company firmly grasps the major development trends of industry refinement, customization, and large megawatts, and conducts active product development and layout in the onshore 4.X series, 5.X series and the offshore 5.X series and 8.0MW series. . In addition to the overall design technology of wind turbines, the company also has the core technology research and development capabilities of wind turbines represented by blade technology and control technology, and has formed technical research and development capabilities and advantages in key components and key technologies

The origin of this incident is that some cities have made a wish for a “digital economy”, admiring the name of “smart cities”, and they want to build “urban brains” one after another. This is a good thing. Who doesn’t want to be a fan of the computing power economy? If the local government builds the platform down-to-earth and the manufacturer deploys the product honestly, there is nothing to write about. But there are some weird phenomena, which creased this pool of spring water. Attention, there is weirdness! For example, more than half a month ago, a city’s artificial intelligence computing center project was completed and put into use to provide services such as public computing power for the artificial intelligence (AI) industry. What a good thing! However, in the media reports on the computing power of the center, such a strange appearance appeared: “The first phase of the center’s construction scale is 100P FLOPS artificial intelligence computing power… Its computing power is equivalent to 50,000 high-performance computers.” XX release, investment XX, a little information XX, etc. “The computing power of artificial intelligence is equivalent to 50,000 high-performance computers”, which is typically misleading. Coincidentally. Two years ago, when a large-scale intelligent computing project was launched in a city, the computing power released to the outside was “100PFLOPS”, and the topic was forcibly added: “Domestic AI training clusters enter the field of supercomputing”… The AI ​​dedicated smart computer became an all-round supercomputer at once, wonderful! Speaking of dollar as a “knife” and intelligent computers as supercomputers, who is pretending to be confused? Sorry for joining the stage! Is it really all the media? not necessarily. Regardless of whose pot it is, but see that the unhealthy wind is getting longer. In some places, in order to quickly launch the computing power project, the computing power is not discriminated, as long as the number is beautiful enough. Perhaps the local area did not spend a particularly large amount of capital, and built the so-called tens of P, hundreds of P computing power, thinking that it can compete with the national supercomputing center and launch a wave of computing power to drive the economy. Unexpectedly, when they invited supercomputer experts to ask, it didn’t seem to be the case. Why? You get what you pay for computing power. In order to quickly launch the computing power project, the smart computer and the supercomputer are stupidly unclear, and they are even more confused about what is the reasoning performance and what is the training performance. As a result, I thought that I spent a small amount of money to build a world-class supercomputer. It may cost a lot of money to build a machine with only reasoning performance. What does that sentence say? “ The gift of all destiny , The price has already been secretly marked . ” Today we will talk about the mystery of this. Smart computer VS super computer, can’t tell the difference? First of all, supercomputing is supercomputing. Some machines dedicated to AI computing are also called supercomputing, which is questionable. The Linpack test, which is currently used in the industry to measure supercomputers, tests the “double-precision floating-point computing capabilities” of supercomputers, that is, the calculation of 64-bit floating-point numbers (FP64), which is a high-precision numerical calculation. Among the digital precision expressed in binary, there are single precision (32-bit, FP32), half-precision (16-bit, FP16), and integer types (such as INT8, INT4). The higher the number of digits, it means that people can reflect the changes of the two values ​​in a larger range of values, so as to achieve more accurate calculations. Unlike many scientific calculations, the computing power required by AI does not need to be too high-precision. For example, some AI applications need to process speech, pictures, or videos. Inference or training can be completed by running low-precision calculations or even integer calculations. This kind of special computer processing AI algorithm is fast and low energy consumption, which is determined by its characteristics. To sum up, we can distinguish as follows: Smart computer Is a kind of dedicated computing power, they Good at intelligent calculations such as reasoning or training , But because AI reasoning or training generally only uses single-precision or even half-precision calculations, and integer calculations, most intelligent computers do not have the ability to perform high-precision numerical calculations. This also limits its use in application scenarios other than AI computing. In contrast, supercomputer It is a kind of general computing power, and its design goal is Provide complete and complex computing capabilities They are more capable of high-precision computing and have a wider range of applications. For example, scientists often use supercomputers for planetary simulation, new material development, molecular drug design, genetic analysis, and other scientific calculations and big data processing. Chen Zuoning, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, once vividly used supercomputing for AI calculations “Big Horse-drawn Car” , To illustrate that although supercomputing is “decathlon”, it is not tailor-made for AI after all; in order to do things cheaply, intelligent computers have emerged. The fusion of AI and supercomputing, which was once hyped before, is also an improved high-performance computer “AI Specialization” Strictly speaking, they no longer belong to the category of supercomputing in our traditional discourse system. Nowadays, regardless of the completion of the supercomputing center or the intelligent computing center, they all claim the computing power “FLOPS”. In fact, this unit is “floating point computing power per second”, and the unit of some smart computers is actually “OPS” – ―The number of operations per second. If there is no distinction, it is easy for everyone to mistake it for the same calculation accuracy and the same calculation ability. This also leads to Some places think that they have spent a small amount of money to build the world’s top “big supercomputing”, which seems to have taken advantage of it; when the project was launched and introduced to the supercomputing industry, they were dumbfounded. . Sorry, it’s on stage again! Use new indicators to guide the healthy development of the industry To avoid misleading and chaos in the industry, the concepts of smart computers and supercomputers must be clearly distinguished. As mentioned above, there is another misleading in the industry, that is, the reasoning performance and training performance of fuzzy intelligent computers. Compared with inference, training performance often requires higher calculation accuracy, such as 32-bit or even 64-bit. Most AI chips with “dazzling” performance often refer to their inference performance, and may only be theoretical values. For AI computing, training performance is often more important-many intelligent models depend on this. If you want to draw a schematic diagram of the computing power required by AI, “inference” is at the bottom of the computing power matrix, because half-precision computing power (FP16) or integer computing power (such as INT8) can meet the inference needs. The top one is “training”, which generally requires the use of single-precision computing power (FP32) or half-precision computing power (FP16); the most demanding computing power is the brain-like “simulation”, which requires double-precision computing power. Both computing power (FP64) and low-precision computing power are supported at the same time. In order to achieve better guidance, A simple and effective indicator is needed to help judge the AI ​​computing power of the system and the development status of the entire high-performance AI field . November 2020, Researcher of the Institute of Computing Technology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Secretary General of the High Performance Computing Professional Committee of the Chinese Computer Society Zhang Yunquan Joint Professor of Tsinghua University Chen Wenguang , Researcher of Argonne National Laboratory Pavan Balaji And professor at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich Torsten Hoefler , And the ACM SIGHPC China Committee jointly initiated the “International Artificial Intelligence Performance Computing Power 500 Ranking” (ie AIPerf500) based on the AIPerf large-scale AI computing power benchmark evaluation program. Those who are interested can look through this list, The computing power unit of the machines on the list is OPS . “Supercomputing and AI computing, one yard equals one yard, requires a new scale to guide the AI ​​computing industry on the path of healthy development.” Zhang Yunquan said. Can’t get around Nvidia?Domestic AI chips are waiting to be fought The computing power starts with the chip. On the AI ​​chip track, my country has chip design companies such as Huawei N Ten, Baidu Kunlun, and Suiyuan, but even so, domestic smart computers rarely bypass the American GPU giant Nvidia. This is a helpless reality: Nvidia is a tangible beneficiary of the many intelligent computing centers launched in China . AI chips that specialize in intelligent computing can achieve faster speeds and performance that is several orders of magnitude higher in low-precision calculations as long as the number of cores is large enough and the main frequency is high enough. However, if a computing cluster requires both high-precision calculations and low-precision calculations, the requirements for AI chips are high. This is also the killer of NVIDIA GPUs. Their computing power in various precisions is outstanding and very balanced (of course AI computing power is stronger), not to mention NV has a better software stack and application ecology. Sorry, it’s on stage again! This is one of the reasons why it is difficult for most domestic AI chips to compete head-to-head with NVIDIA GPUs. And if Nvidia finally successfully acquires ARM, it will be even more powerful and take off completely. However, domestically produced AI chips are not entirely without opportunities. first of all, At present, my country’s computing power infrastructure has a strong willingness to localize. Even if giants such as Nvidia and Intel take the lead, the tide of localization is still unstoppable due to various factors such as comprehensive cost and ecology. Secondly As far as the current development of AI is concerned, scenarios, data, models, and computing power are indispensable, which means that China will be a place where global AI computing power is rich in the future. As a core requirement, AI chips cannot be monopolized by one form or one ecology. The outstanding domestic AI chips such as Cambrian and N-Teng still have huge room for development. Furthermore Although the chip is the main source of computing power and the most fundamental material basis, the production, aggregation, scheduling, and release of computing power is a complete process that requires the cooperation of the software and hardware ecology of a complex system to achieve “effective computing power.” Therefore, we should not only pay attention to the single performance index of the chip, but also pay attention to the upper-level software application ecology. Is it impossible to develop AI without huge computing power? Finally, let’s talk about the development trend of AI. Behind the confusion of the concept of computing power is the soaring demand for computing power in AI computing like a wild horse. This is not surprising. The amount of AI training is determined by the amount of parameters. What is the scale of the parameters for training AI now? Hundreds of billions, trillions! OpenAI, an artificial intelligence non-profit organization jointly established by a number of Silicon Valley “tycoons”, launched its new generation of unsupervised translation language model GPT-3 in May 2020. It currently has 175 billion parameters and a training data volume of 45TB ( About 1 trillion words). The GPT-3 model has made major breakthroughs in semantic search, text generation, content understanding, and machine translation. Its greatest value is to verify the machine’s unsupervised self-learning ability, and to verify that performance can be improved purely by scaling up. The trillion-parameter model is already on the way. In early June, Beijing Zhiyuan Artificial Intelligence Research Institute released “Enlightenment 2.0”, claiming to reach 1.75 trillion parameters, surpassing the Switch Transformer previously released by Google, and becoming the world’s largest pre-training model. The rapid growth of the parameter volume also means higher computing requirements-some may require thousands of GPUs to provide the necessary computing power. For giant models like GPT, the demand for computing power is not a joke. Is it impossible to develop AI without huge computing power? Experts believe that in the current stage of AI development (perceptual intelligence and cognitive intelligence), computing power is still the first. In fact, the development of AI can be improved through computing power, or through the algorithm revolution, but at the current stage of “capital orientation”, Compared with the uncertainty of the algorithm model breakthrough, the increase of computing power is the easy choice. However, it must be pointed out that the use of huge computing power is not the only direction for the development of artificial intelligence. Giant models such as GPT-3 also have shortcomings, such as lack of common sense; and explore the mysterious mechanism of the human brain to realize small data learning and migration learning. It is also an important means. After all, the power consumption of the brain is only about 20W, and the realization of a smart system with low energy consumption may be a more important direction for efforts. (This article was written under the strong guidance of experts in the field of supercomputing such as Zhang Yunquan, Senior Commissioner of the Chinese Computer Society, and I would like to thank you!)

Industry collects billions Record sums for biotech companies

Status: 15.06.2021 10:46 a.m.

The successes of biotech companies such as BioNTech attract investors: The industry has a new financial record in Germany. But the exuberance could be followed by disillusionment. By Thomas Spinnler, tagesschau.de The entire biotech industry is currently benefiting greatly from the attention generated by the rapid and successful development of corona vaccines. The pandemic has given a boost to a sector that is already in the focus of many investors due to technological and medical advances in recent years. As the “Financial Times” (FT) reports, the venture capitalist Flagship Pioneering – one of the major investors in the Vaccine manufacturer Moderna – around $ 3.5 billion for a new fund. Its aim is to promote the next generation of biotech companies.

Fund tries a new model

When investing in the biotech industry, investors must calculate with particular risks. Many of the companies to invest in do not yet have a product on the market. It is uncertain whether this will ever be the case, as the path from research to a marketable product is very long and often fails.

01/06/2021

Flagship Pioneering is now trying a different way. What is special, according to “FT”, is that the fund’s goal is not the usual search for newly founded companies in which to invest. Rather, modern biotechnologies are to be developed in-house in certain segments under the umbrella of the fund. Only then are plans to set up companies as offshoots.

The profits are gushing

Unsurprisingly, financiers are on the lookout for business ideas; they smell a gigantic business. Just a look at the rapidly rising share prices of many companies in the past few months shows how convinced the market players are of a lucrative future for the sector. In fact, profits are gushing – at least for the best-known representatives who have successfully launched products. BioNTech generated a net profit of 1.1 billion euros in the first quarter of 2021. In the first quarter of 2020, the Mainz-based company had to accept a net loss of 53 million euros due to high research and development costs.

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The US vaccine manufacturer Moderna made in the first quarter profit – equal to a billion dollars. In the previous year, Moderna had to cope with a loss of 124 million. The turnover multiplied from eight million to 1.9 billion dollars. $ 1.7 billion of this comes from corona vaccine revenue. While Moderna shares rose by more than 200 percent in the past twelve months, BioNTech shares gained over 340 percent in the same period.

Lighthouse companies in particular benefit

In Germany, the biotech industry set a new financial record last year. As the experts from the testing and consulting company EY calculated in their Biotech Report 2021, financing in Germany reached a peak of 3.1 billion euros in 2020. A comparison with the USA shows the order of magnitude. According to EY, around $ 100 billion went into biotech financing for venture capitalists.

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“Covid-19 is a huge catalyst for the entire biotechnology industry,” said Alexander W. Nuyken, Head of the Life Sciences Sector in Strategy and Transactions at EY and co-author of the study. In their report, the experts at EY point out that the investments essentially relate to the flagship company BioNTech, which alone accounted for 51 percent of the financing volume in 2020. According to Nuyken, biotechnology is part of the solution to a problem that is a matter of fate for humanity. “That has come to mind.”

More help from the state?

This year it’s going on at a high pace: The “Handelsblatt” quotes from preliminary figures from the Bio Deutschland Association. Accordingly, the industry received a total of 870 million euros in capital from January to May. That is around three and a half times as much as in the same period last year. Nuyken campaigns for the state to help even more: “I hope that politicians show more will to improve framework conditions.” There is now an opportunity for the biotech scene to play a major role in this country in the long term or to play an even greater role in the future.

Hope for new products

In fact, taxpayers have already made a major contribution to making the industry so successful: Since the beginning of the pandemic, governments have allocated tens of billions to research and development on vaccines, which are now generating sales and profits for companies. However, it is uncertain whether, thanks to the many fresh billions, the supply of innovative medical products will make a leap. Nuyken warns of disappointing expectations: “If investors with no biotech experience think they can make a quick buck here, they’re wrong.” After the boom, the expert warns, disillusionment could quickly set in.

Deliveries to companies Farms are waiting for more vaccine

Status: 14.06.2021 12:44 p.m.

Company doctors have been able to vaccinate their employees for a week. But the amount of vaccine allocated is nowhere near sufficient. In the second week, fewer vaccine doses are delivered than in the first. From Jens Eberl, WDR BMW has big plans. The automobile manufacturer has set up a total of 29 vaccination lines at its locations in Germany. In Munich alone there are six vaccination lines at two locations. The company said it could do up to 2,500 vaccinations a day. This means that the entire workforce in Germany can be vaccinated within a few weeks. The problem: there isn’t enough vaccine. A little more than 5000 employees were vaccinated in the first week. The situation is similar with the consumer goods manufacturer Henkel. A vaccination center was set up in a company building in the immediate vicinity of the factory premises in Düsseldorf. Up to 1500 employees per week can be vaccinated. In the first week, however, there were only 640.

Fewer vaccine doses in the second week

“Many companies have prepared themselves really well,” says Wolfgang Panter, President of the Association of German Company and Company Doctors (VDBW). “6300 company doctors are available nationwide and have ordered vaccines.” But it is only arriving slowly. The distribution is based on the number of company doctors in the company. Last week there were 102 doses per doctor. This week it should be 84. “Originally, 804 cans per head were planned, but it was clear that this would never be the case,” said Panter. The company doctors are now relying heavily on July. Here one reckons that the vaccination turbo will be switched on. Be prepared.

FAQ 06/08/2021

High demand from the staff

At Thyssenkrupp, vaccinations are carried out every five minutes at the Essen site, on four vaccination lines, with seven doctors from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Should more vaccine be delivered, vaccinations can also be carried out in the evening and on weekends and a 5th vaccination line can also be used. 50,000 people work at Currenta, which manages and operates one of the largest chemical sites. They had ordered 20,000 doses here; if these had arrived, the vaccination would be finished in two to three weeks. But only 3000 came. According to the company, the vaccination lines of Deutsche Telekom have a capacity of up to 10,000 vaccinations per week. Telekom has 89,000 employees in Germany. Due to the approval of priority group 3 by the federal states, vaccinations had already been carried out in the company. The company expects up to 30,000 employees to take advantage of the opportunity to be vaccinated by company doctors. Telekom has set up 18 vaccination lines nationwide for this purpose.

06/02/2021

IT facilitates rapid processes

Many companies have also adapted their IT to vaccinate. For example, BASF has developed its own online booking system together with an IT service provider. Employees can use this to register. The navigation along the entire Impfstraße is completely digitized from check-in to check-out. The vaccination center went into operation on April 14th. Up to and including Friday, around 16,000 BASF employees had received an initial vaccination. Initially, the vaccination sequence prescribed by the state of Rhineland-Palatinate was followed and priority groups II and III were vaccinated. Since June 7, all BASF employees at the Ludwigshafen site have been able to register for a vaccination appointment. At the Vonovia real estate group, a random generator determines who receives a vaccination offer for which location based on the activity performed. First, the random number generator selects employees with direct customer contact.

Prioritization canceled in many places

In the meantime, many companies have completely removed the prioritization. The Deutsche Post says that there is no longer any personal prioritization in the sequence of vaccinations. “Through the choice of location and the allocation of appointments, we ensure that employees in the operational area have at least equal access to operational vaccination appointments,” says the company. At RWE, employees have been able to make appointments using an online tool or by telephone since last Monday. RWE does not plan to prioritize vaccinations. The President of the Association of German Company and Company Doctors has established that every company has a different approach to prioritization. From his point of view, employees who are exposed to a higher risk should still be given preference, for example field staff or fitters; People who have a lot of contacts. Of course, you can’t dictate that, says Panter.

With many different boycott content, but which of course includes mixed opinions about this popular tourist resort, most recently, participants suddenly received a warning from Facebook when join this group. Community Violation Notice from Facebook Specifically, the message: “This group has allowed posts that violate our community standards. Please review this group before joining” will appear to new members, when clicking join the group. Despite being warned to violate Facebook’s community policy, the Dai Nam Boycott group is currently continuing to increase in number of new members joining the group. Compared to the time of May 25, there were more than 800 members, as of May 29, it increased to 2.4k members and today (May 30) it has increased to 3.2k members (calculated at the time of screen capture). Figure). And it seems that the number of members joining this group has not shown any sign of stopping at the present time. The number of members of the group is still increasing Previously, the review content of Dai Nam resort was also posted on this group and received a lot of attention from the members. Of course, in the boycott group, it is not unusual that the majority of comments expressed dissatisfaction about this resort. The opinion that they will not come back again because most of the people who have gone (some have gone several times) say that they will not come back again. However, it is worth mentioning that there are netizens who have not yet gone but boycotted (?!). However, there are still some actual review comments that are quite “contemplative” when actually recounting their experiences in Dai Nam with fair comments. There are compliments, there are clear criticisms and at the same time give some advice on experience for those who intend to go to Dai Nam. Most of the comments were criticized for many different reasons. However, there are still people who insist that they will still go after the epidemic is over.

Major cities such as Shanghai, Beijing, and Guangzhou are expected to welcome large numbers of tourists during this year’s holiday season. A section of the Great Wall is crowded during a holiday. (Photo: GT) “The number of people will basically return to the level of the same period in 2019 “, said the official. At the section of the Great Wall at Badaling, 36 kilometers from Beijing, hundreds of people crowded around. Many of these tourists are not wearing masks. Before the May 1 holiday begins, Chinese people flock to train stations across the country with long lines lining up in front of crowded departure halls. Although China’s economy has recovered from the COVID-19 recession, consumption has not yet recovered to the pre-pandemic level. In the context of the complicated development of the epidemic, Chinese authorities require tourist attractions to limit the number of visitors and have a ticketing system to control the flow of people. Visitors also need to register at the attractions and present a “health code” – an electronic certificate on their phone that proves they are not at risk of infecting others.

Millions of Chinese people started their Labor Day holiday (May 1) today. Many tourist attractions and large restaurants are crowded with people. Some took the opportunity to visit family after a long period of restrictive measures in the country. Photo of tourists at Beijing Daxing Airport on May 1. Photo: Reuters. About 265 million passengers will travel by road, train or boat this week, said an official from China’s Ministry of Transport. This is an impressive number last seen in 2019 before the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic. In the photo, a group of tourists arrive at Baiyun Airport in Guangzhou on April 26, before a five-day holiday. Photo: Bloomberg. Before the holiday season, passengers had gathered at train stations around the country. People lined up in crowded departure halls. The image shows passengers preparing to board a train at Hangzhou East Station, east China’s Zhejiang province on April 30, ahead of the Labor Day holiday. Photo: AFP. People have been looking to famous tourist destinations during the holiday period. Hundreds of people walk daily on the busy road along the top of the Great Wall in Badaling, about 60 kilometers from downtown Beijing. West Lake in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province was also packed with tourists on May 1. Photo: AFP. Although China’s economy has bounced back from the Covid-19 recession in 2020, consumer activity has yet to match the recovery pace of industrial production. However, retail sales increased by 34.2% year-on-year in March 2020, painting a more optimistic picture of consumer demand. Passengers wearing face masks are seen arriving at a train station in Shanghai. Photo: Reuters. Important cities such as the capital Beijing, as well as Shanghai and Guangzhou, are expected to be crowded this Labor Day holiday, traffic official Li Huaqiang said. “The number of people will basically return to the level of the same period in 2019,” he added. In the photo, people are walking on the Bund during the holiday on May 1, 2019. Photo: AFP. However, Chinese authorities have issued cautionary notes ahead of the holiday, warning that tourist attractions should limit the number of visitors and have a ticketing system to control the flow of people. Visitors also need to register at the attractions and present a “health code” to prove they are not at risk of infecting others. In the photo, tourists flock to Tiananmen Square in Beijing. Photo: RTHK.

According to Izvestia, the Udav pistol purchased by the Russian Ministry of Defense includes two main versions: a mass-use version for the army with code 6P72 and a specialized version with code 6P72-1. Udav gun. Talking about the need for a new gun model, Albert Bakov, general director of the Central Research Institute of Precision Mechanics of Russia (TsNIITOCHMASH, part of the state-owned high-tech corporation Rostec) said that Udav first and foremost needs it. Essential for mobile forces, the users of the Makarov pistol (K-59) were no longer suitable both in terms of firepower and ammunition reserves to carry. “When bad actors have access to a weapon, even if it’s illegal, so there are situations like when a law enforcement officer encounters an 18-round gun object. while this employee only has 8 bullets,” said general manager TsNIITOCHMASH. In order to increase the power of each shot of the Udav, the company has now successfully developed the most powerful ammunition model in the world for the 9x19mm pistol – the caliber of the Udav. This ammunition has the ability to penetrate level 2 bulletproof armor and at a greater range than other similar ammunition. Reliability, ease of use, and power are the main advantages of Russian pistols, and the new 9x19mm pistol also converges these characteristics, but at a higher range, according to a review from the US site National Interest. The American newspaper said that, along with the new 9x19mm gun, most experts have recognized the Udav pistol of TsNIIITOCHMASH as an invention with a number of technical improvements applied in this project. The first improvement, the design features of the barrel ensures that the “closed shutter” cannot move backwards on its own, the trigger rod cannot be moved, and the trigger is locked. The second improvement, the frame of the gun is made in the form of a special stamping die. The result is an increased product life. Next, the fact proved the high accuracy of the gun. The next revolutionary of the gun is the opening of the safety pin that ensures complete safety when handling the weapon. Even if the loaded pistol is directly hit with the trigger, no “trigger snatching” will occur. In particular, the gun is very convenient in close combat, ensuring maneuverability and fast reloading. The gun can be held securely with wet hands, when wearing gloves and allows comfortable shooting with either right or left hand. The Udav gun reloads very quickly: as soon as the cartridge is empty, the barrel lock is retained and the empty magazine is ejected with the push of a button on the handle. As soon as the new magazine is inserted, the first bullet will automatically reload and can be fired immediately. In addition, special patents are granted for silencers with replaceable heat-absorbing modules (special forces version), for cartridges and ammunition. The Udav pistol is capable of using all 9x21mm ammunition.

1. Using insufficient dosage: Applying too little sunscreen prevents the skin from receiving optimal protection from UV rays. Dermatologist in Okemos (Michigan, USA) explains on Real Simple : “With products with SPF 15, if not applied enough, the sun protection effect will be equivalent to products with SPF 8”. The amount of sunscreen the size of the palm of your hand is enough for the body. On your face, you should apply sunscreen that is the size of a dime. Image: Carilion Living. 2. Do not reapply sunscreen: Sunscreens of any kind, including water-resistant ones, degrade after 2 hours of use in the sun. If you swim or sweat a lot, the above time will be shorter. When reapplying sunscreen, you can use makeup remover to remove the previous layer. In case makeup must be maintained, reapply with a powder sunscreen. Image: Lanxel. 3. Just look at the SPF number: SPF (Sun Protective Factor) is an index that protects the skin from UVB rays (which cause sunburn). Meanwhile, UVA rays from sunlight also bring many harmful effects. Carrying a longer wavelength than UVB rays, UVA rays penetrate deeper into the skin, destroying collagen structures and leading to skin aging. Use a broad-spectrum sunscreen that says “broad-spectrum” on the packaging. For sunscreens that use the PA character, choose a product that has the PA character with plus signs after +++ or more. Image: Chophealth. 4. Failure to follow the instructions for use on the packaging: Chemical sunscreen ingredients take a while to activate their ability to absorb UV rays. When using chemical sunscreen, you need to apply it about 20 minutes before going out in the sun. This information is noted on the packaging in the instructions for use. In contrast, 2 physical sunscreen ingredients – titanium oxide and zinc oxide – will act immediately upon application. With a physical sunscreen, you don’t have to wait for the sunscreen ingredients inside to take effect. Image: Byrdie. 5. People with brown skin do not need to apply sunscreen: Dermatologist Jeanine Downie of Montclair (New Jersey, USA) said: “Dark skinned people often have a natural SPF of 5 to 8. That excess melanin can minimize the risk of burning caused by However, they are not enough to protect the skin from UVA rays – the leading cause of aging, skin cancer.” Image: Allure. 6. Apply sunscreen only to the face: Your ears, lips, and nape also need to be protected with sunscreen. As for lips, you can use lip balm containing SPF over 30. Photo: Allure. 7. Relying on Sunscreen Only: Sunscreen plays an important role in protecting the skin from UV rays. However, it’s not the only thing. When out in the sun, you should wear long, dark clothes. Outfits made of dark fabrics with tight seams provide extra sun protection. Image: The Skin Cancer Foundation. 8. Using sunscreen for too long: In unopened condition, sunscreen usually has a shelf life of about 2-3 years. If opened, this period is reduced to 6 months. Do not apply sunscreen that has expired, has changed in texture, color or scent. Image: Business Standard. 5 habits that make your skin age faster Some daily actions cause wrinkles to appear on the face soon.

Illustration. The hack brought down the pipeline, now in its sixth day, and led to panic buying and gas shortages in the Southeastern United States. Colonial said it began reopening its pipeline late Wednesday afternoon, a process that could take days, but declined to comment on the ransom issue. Colonial is working closely with law enforcement, the Department of Energy, and US cybersecurity company FireEye to minimize damage and restore operations. Colonial and government responses to the breach are being closely watched following one of the most direct hacking attacks on US critical infrastructure after years of warnings. Ransomware attacks have increased in number and ransom prices, with hackers encrypting data and seeking cryptocurrency payments to unlock. Investigators in the Colonial case say the malware was distributed by a gang known as DarkSide, which consisted of Russian-speaking people and evaded attack targets in the former Soviet Union. DarkSide previously said that it has no intention of meddling in geopolitics and will be more careful about its affiliates going forward. On Wednesday, the group said on its website that it was “dropping” data from three other victims, including a technology company in Chicago. Officials have so far found no significant connection to the Russian government, concluding instead that the pipeline company that supplies 45% of the US East Coast’s oil was crippled by the attack. ransomware. DarkSide allows “affiliates” to infiltrate targets in different places, then handle ransom negotiation and data release. Two people involved in the Colonial investigation said the man linked in this case was a Russian criminal with no special ties to the government.

Australia has been repeatedly damaged by rats in recent years. Photo: Guardian. Australia’s National Science Service and the Department of Animal Health have agreed to issue an emergency license to the country’s pesticide agency to produce double doses of rat poison in an upcoming series of products. The dose and percentage of the drug in the wheat fields remained the same, but the amount of zinc phosphide (Zn3P2) in each dose was doubled. Zinc phosphide is an inorganic chemical compound, consisting mainly of two elements, zinc (Zn) and phosphorus (P). This compound exists mainly as a gray solid, with some commercial samples being dark or even black. It is mainly used as a rat poison. In addition, there are applications in the production of semiconductors. Zinc phosphide is very toxic. In many labels, the substance is marked “Highly Hazardous,” meaning that in amounts between 1 and 50 mg can be lethal. For many years, zinc phosphide has been widely used, but strictly controlled. However, for farmers in the eastern and southern states of Australia, the current dose of zinc phosphide is not enough to prevent rat infestations. Researcher Steve Henry of the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) said that rats have a mechanism to quickly develop an aversion to lures, if the dose of zinc phosphorus in the drug is increased. “We call it the curry effect. If you go out, eat some food, and feel nauseous when you get home, you won’t go back to that restaurant,” he explains. This basis helps CSIRO boldly increase the dose of toxicity, although it increases the risk of death in humans, if accidentally exposed to the decoy. The high-dose drug will be on the market soon, and it will cost farmers about $1 more per kilogram. In eastern Australia, including parts of New South Wales and southern Queensland, where rats ravage crops and cause significant damage to hay and grain stocks, companies and farmers have been allowed to experiment. new drugs. Before that was agreed, scientists had hoped that heavy rain and colder temperatures would reduce the harmful effects of rats. However, that didn’t happen. In most of the affected towns, the rats, which can breed from 6 weeks old and give birth every 21 days, continue to destroy crops and even attack livestock. The New South Wales Farmers’ Association, said conventional rat poison products were in short supply, and prices skyrocketed. They needed a new direction, effective and immediate. The organization has partnered with the National Women’s Union, calling for a financial aid package for the rat epidemic. This group proposes, each farm is provided with $ 25,000 for the cost of rat poison. A survey of 1,100 farmers across New South Wales found that 94 per cent of their farms had been attacked by rats. On average per capita, each individual spent up to 150,000 USD on rat poison. A third of those surveyed revealed that the loss of grain and fodder stockpiles ranged from $50,000 to $150,000. 5& this number claims, they have lost more than 250,000 USD. Some farmers had to abandon the entire spring-summer crop. About 40% of farmers planted less seeds this past winter. More than 80% of respondents reported damage to machinery and infrastructure. And only a third suffered less than $150,000 in damage. Lisa Minogue, a farmer in the Barmedman area, said she washed her clothes 38 times in just three days. “The smell of rats is horrible. It’s impossible to know exactly how many are in the house,” she said. Rats have even attacked rural hospitals, biting patients. Many local health authorities have reported an increase in rat-related diseases. In New South Wales, about a third of farmers surveyed admitted their health was directly affected by the outbreak and 85% had trouble sleeping. Australian Women’s Union president, Danica Leys, said: “Everyone has been affected, from farms, to hotels in the area, to retail food businesses, to bakeries, supermarkets, malls, etc. child care centers and nursing homes. These financial and health ramifications all followed an unprecedented drought that triggered catastrophic wildfires. It’s time for the state government to act.” The Premier of New South Wales, Gladys Berejiklian, acknowledges the problems posed by the nasty rodents.” On 2GB radio, she said: “Depends on living, but the problem seems to be getting worse. more, due to the shortened reproductive time of mice. They are now too crowded, to the point of being difficult to control. The authorities are doing everything they can to avoid a natural disaster.” New South Wales Deputy Premier and National Leader, John Barilaro, said the state government and the Australian Government were speeding up lobbying to change the codes of conduct. “We need to support farmers so that they have enough bait to kill rats in the near future,” he told the National Assembly. New South Wales Agriculture Minister Adam Marshall left open the possibility of controlling diseases that can be spread by rat populations. Among them, the most dangerous and scary is the plague. “There is currently no clear suggestion to solve. Maybe, the government has to use strong measures, including ways that are considered illegal. All to help farmers fight the disease,” he said. emphasize. In the immediate future, Australian farmers still use traditional methods such as setting traps or using drones to drop bait with rat poison from above. However, the problem has only just begun, considering the rapid reproduction rate of mice. A pair of mice can give birth to new cubs after 20 days, giving birth to more than 500 young in a season. Adult female mice can lay litters 3 weeks apart.

Spices in our country are mainly used fresh and abundant in nature, easy to find, convenient but not for long storage. Vietnamese chefs often like to mix spices in their own style, sometimes even the improvisation to give a new taste and is also very unique. In addition to the common types that each region has such as, pepper, garlic, onion, coriander, ginger, chili, fish sauce, the typical spices of the regions are as follows: Northwest region The Northwest is the land of ethnic minorities with the characteristics of the Thai, Mong … creating a very different culinary culture that no other place can have. If anyone has ever set foot in this land, they will enjoy dishes with famous spices in the Northwest such as: cocoon, diagonal with more popular varieties such as pepper, cinnamon, chili ,. .. All create a color, a very unique culinary flavor. Northeast With the view of eating combining vegetables, roots and fruits available in nature, the dishes of this place give diners a common feeling that is very unique and interesting. In the Northeast, guava seeds are a typical spice with a very attractive and attractive aroma. There is also a leaf that is molasses – a leaf used in casseroles or steaks. The North Plain The culinary feature of the Northern Delta region is the dish that has a moderate, frugal and mild taste with a slight sour taste for hot summer days, not very spicy, sweet, and fatty. The spices used in many Northern dishes are galangal, batch, lemon, vinegar, crocodile, pepper, chili, ginger, onion, garlic, basil, … Favorite ingredients of the region The North is easy to find vegetables or seafood such as shrimp, crab, fish, clams, and mussels … North Central Region North Central food with all its unique properties is reflected in its distinct flavor, more spicy, sour and salty dishes than northern and southern foods, with a rich, vibrant color blend. favors red and dark brown. The peculiarity of this regional culinary culture stands out in its very unusual spice style. You can see people stocking chicken with a handful of onion, some lemon leaves; or braised fish for turmeric or even dried mandarin shells. Highland Liberal lifestyle, close to nature, the cuisine of the community of ethnic groups in the Central Highlands is very rich and diverse. Especially, the way of combining spices together to create unique, delicious and exotic dishes is nowhere to be found. In addition to the é leaves, which are already so famous in chicken hot pot, chili is the most popular spice here. Any dish of the Central Highlands people, chili is always present, from grilled dishes, fried dishes, stir-fried dishes to boiled dishes, soup dishes. Chili helps the dish become more delicious, more flavorful and … makes rice easier. Southeast region Southeast cuisine is very diverse and plentiful, not picky in decoration but still very attractive because of the freshness and abundance of processed ingredients and has a very unique character that does not mix. The main spices that are seasoned in everyday dishes include green onion, diluted fish sauce, sour tamarind and sugar. South West The dishes of the Southeast are simple, not as picky as the people here. The dishes are diverse, unpredictable with sweet, spicy and fatty flavors due to the use of coconut water. Typical dishes that use a lot of sweet: cakes (in cakes, glazes, small cakes, beef cakes …), tea (sword tea, banana tea), sticky rice, baked rolls, chicken porridge, roasted chicken … are all used. Coconut water or coconut nuggets to increase fat, sweet taste. The specialties from the specialties to the popular, traditional or modern Vietnamese are indispensable to accompanying spices. The art of using spices also makes an impressive breakthrough in regional culinary culture.

Retinol is a highly effective and long-acting anti-aging agent for the skin. Retinol is a highly effective anti-aging agent and its effects on the skin are very long lasting. It improves skin tone by speeding up the normal exfoliation process, giving skin a much brighter, smoother and more even color. It is also stimulating hyaluronic acid inside skin, keep skin moist, hydrated and plump. Because skin cells interact with retinol Much better than many other ingredients in cosmetics, so it stimulates collagen in the skin, helps keep the net collagen Under the skin becomes firmer and fades wrinkles during use. Should use retinol with dosage like? A pea-sized amount is safe for you to start This depends on the type retinol that you are using as it comes in so many variations of different intensities. If you use it retinol In spa and salon treatments, you need to ask the specialist about its extent and ask them about the dosage they are going to take. You can trust the therapist you choose or suspect, ask them to safely reduce their dosage by 1/3. Also in case you use it yourself retinol At home, the mantra “less is better” is always true. A pea-sized amount is safe for you to start. Use retinol is it possible everyday? OK. We can use retinol every day, because it is still Vitamin A, which is essential for the skin and has the power to fight aging. But you also know retinol has properties that cause dryness and flaky skin when it accelerates the elimination of dead cells, so if you apply it daily, having beautiful skin today but getting irritated tomorrow is something. predictable. To be even safer, use retinol twice a week. So it is not always recommended retinol everyday we need to rely on the health and extent of the skin damage at that time. For more safety use retinol twice a week (Wednesdays and Sundays are the best because your skin will have enough rest between uses). After the first few weeks, you can increase it to three times a week, four times a week depending on your skin’s needs Getting started retinol at what age Should consider using from the age of 25, because collagen It starts to decline and deplete around this age. However, if you are in use retinol To aid in the treatment of skin conditions such as acne, inflammatory acne … there is no age limit that will be decided and prescribed by dermatologists. So if your skin is perfectly healthy and no problem, then there is no need to use products containing dosage. retinol outperforming too soon, especially for those who are very young at 19-20 years old. Should use retinol With what substances to achieve the effect? Anything you use with retinol and vitamin A is highly dependent on your health and the nature of your skin. Moisturizing ingredients like glycerin, peptides, ceramides, when combined with retinol Both help support the beauty and anti-aging effectively. But the most important is SPF, anti-aging without sun protection, how to get integrity. Should be SPF and retinol Best formula for an adult skin. In the end, you should listen to your skin and let it serve as a guideline for the use of any cosmetic product. Besides, remember to learn and study carefully the methods before rushing to follow the trend.

Illustration. Cosmetic allergy is often caused by an overdose; incorrect methods, wrong indications, and skin intolerance of cosmetic active ingredients; Poor quality products, expired. Reactions on the skin of each person to different cosmetics are different, depending on the immune properties of each body. Usually, when you have a cosmetic allergy, you will often have symptoms such as itching, acne, causing pain, fever, in some places it feels like something is on, people who are severe may have reactions such as dizziness, vomiting … For people who are allergic to pigments, in places where cosmetics are used, pimples and pigmentation spots appear on the skin, even people with skin sores. More seriously, cosmetic allergies can lead to complications that damage the skin irreversible, causing anaphylaxis, and death if the user is not treated promptly. Knowing how to prevent and manage cosmetic allergy is a necessary skill, especially for women. Even if you use expensive cosmetics, there is a risk of allergy or irritation. Safe products do not mean expensive products, but products that are suitable for your skin type and used in the right amount and at the right amount. Avoiding cosmetic abuse is the first secret when it comes to preventing cosmetic allergy. Only choose the right products and the right ones that you feel you need. Cosmetics cannot completely help your skin look beautiful, but also depend on factors such as proper care and protection of the skin from the impact of the environment, eating in moderation, exercising regularly … Illustration. Even if you have thoroughly checked the ingredients in the product, test it directly on a small area of ​​the skin. You can check the reaction on the skin of the cosmetics by applying on the inside of the arm or a small corner of the face. Apply cosmetics and leave for 24 – 48 hours, if there are no reactions, allergies or irritation, it means you can use the product safely on your face. Currently, on the market, there are countless kinds of cosmetics from low-end to high-end, with countless attractive advertisements. You need to check the origin before buying because there are many reputable brands that are counterfeited, which are difficult to detect. Women should be smart consumers, choosing products with clear origins and suitable for skin types. Illustration. Washing your hands and skin before using cosmetics is an important rule to prevent cosmetic allergies. Our hands can contain a lot of bacteria from coming into contact with a lot of objects. If you do not wash your hands and just touch your face, you will inadvertently spread bacteria on your face, making the skin susceptible to inflammation and acne. Choosing the right and right product is not enough. You need to take care to preserve and keep cosmetic hygiene during use. Please preserve cosmetics carefully, away from sunlight and high temperature. Also, do not share cosmetics with others.

Although Indonesia still ranks 5th globally in the number of ransomware attacks detected, it has dropped from 1,158,837 cases in 2019 to 439,473 cases in 2020. This downtrend also also appeared in other countries in the region including Vietnam, the Philippines, Malaysia and Thailand. China remains at the top of the list for the number of ransomware cases globally in both 2019 and 2020. Meanwhile, Brazil and Russia have swapped the 2nd and 3rd place in the rankings, with Brazil currently ranked 2nd by 2020. “When I look at the statistics for individual ransomware groups, I find that this trend is in line with an overall drop in the number of detected cases,” said Fedor Sinitsyn, security researcher at Kaspersky. This is mainly due to the decrease in the number of cases involving WannaCry. This group makes up a significant portion of all the ransomware discovered to date, although for more than three years these have not been supported by the “originator” and exist only as one. “zombie” “. One of the most persistent cyber threats facing small and medium businesses in the region is still ransomware, malicious code designed to infect the computers of organizations and individuals, and encrypting data. Data inside and block access to the computer. The attackers will then request a fee from the victim in exchange for re-activation of the system. Ransomware attacks may be on the decline, but Kaspersky has been warning businesses of all sizes in every sector about the increasing activity of Ransomware 2.0, also known as ransomware. have purpose. Mr. Yeo Siang Tiong, General Manager of Kaspersky Southeast Asia commented: “We should not be optimistic that the number of detected ransomware cases has decreased. Since last year, we have noticed a number of changes to this threat. The ransomware teams are now more concerned with quality than quantity. This means that instead of randomly and passively waiting for an unsafe user to bite, the attackers are now actively hunting for victims ”.

In particular, the number of attacks on Vietnamese enterprises fell sharply, from 536.6 thousand cases in 2019, to 204.7 thousand cases in 2020. This pulled Vietnam’s ranking to 11 worldwide. , improved from the 7th place in 2019. In Southeast Asia, Singapore remains the country with the least number of detected attacks, ranking 78 globally. However, out of six Southeast Asian countries, Singapore is the only one experiencing an increase in the number of ransomware infection attempts. Number of detected cases increased from 2,275 in 2019 to 3,191 in 2020. Number of attacks on SMEs detected by Kaspersky in Southeast Asian countries. Although Indonesia still ranks 5th globally in terms of the number of ransomware incidents detected, the country has dropped from 1,158,837 cases in 2019 to 439,473 cases in 2020. This downtrend also coincides with export. currently in other countries in the region including the Philippines, Malaysia and Thailand. China remains at the top of the list for the number of ransomware cases globally in both 2019 and 2020. Meanwhile, Brazil and Russia have swapped the 2nd and 3rd place in the rankings, with Brazil currently ranked 2nd by 2020. Ransomware is designed to infect organizations and individuals’ computers, encrypt the internal data and block access to the computer. The attackers will then request a fee from the victim in exchange for re-activation of the system. Ransomware attacks may be on the decline, but Kaspersky has been warning businesses of all sizes in every sector about the growing activity of ‘Ransomware 2.0’, also known as software. targeted extortion. In the new method, the criminals do not ask for ransom to unlock the data, they threaten to publicly disclose the data they hold, adding pressure to the victims to pay the ransom to protect their reputation. .

For Vietnamese people, the use of herbal based health protection solutions “apply, rub, drink, paste” is always a priority because it is automatically considered “less harmful”, especially above. It is very easy for social networks to find “antidote” products that are rampant for sale with miraculous functions. This type of patch is instructed by the seller to stick to the soles of the feet and then rest assured to sleep, get up to peel off the black substance and the viscous fluid on the patch is the “toxin” that is sucked out … But with modern medicine or traditional medicine, anywhere on the body can not use patches or massage but can suck toxins out of the body. So why is it black and mucus (which makes users believe it’s toxic) after overnight? In essence, it is the chemical reaction of the patch when it meets moisture. If the patch has been peeled off for a long time not in use, it will still be black because it encounters moisture in the air. Look on the packaging of the product to see the components of the patch are recorded as: wood vinegar, dextrin, chitosan, tourmaline, pearl powder, silica and glycolic acid … Of which silica is sand, and dextrin and chitosan are metabolites. viscous, viscous when peeling off moisture from the body’s sweat. Particularly, glycolic acid is a strong acid with high solubility that often appears in exfoliating products in strict doses, because it is an extremely toxic substance if overdosed. In fact, some hospitals have received many cases of poison patches, the next morning the soles of the feet were burned and the skin was peeled according to the patch. So far, the Ministry of Health has not licensed any antidote products, meaning that the poisonous patches on the market are floating, of unknown origin, even if they are advertised “ portable ”brought back from countries with advanced medical backgrounds.

After the slogan “Shoes are not fried” was called out by the platform again, the minibus of the shoe-fried shoemaker typed “Hehe”.

Recently, The limited edition Li Ning sneakers were fired up to 40,000 yuan a pair on the trend trading platform Dewu, and they were removed from the Dewu App and the transaction account was blocked. , The madness and danger of fried shoes has once again attracted the attention of the public.

The last time I was severely hit was in October 2019. The central bank issued a document warning of the financial risks behind the “shoe speculation fever”, including naming and criticizing the trendy shoe trading platforms such as Dewu, nice, stock, and 95 points. At that time, Dewu (formerly known as “Poison App”) and Nice issued a statement that “shoes should not be fried”, but only from the interaction on Weibo comments, netizens did not buy it.

Image source: Weibo screenshot

After a year and a half, the platform once again made a sound of cracking down on fried shoes. Will the market for fried shoes cool down?

Since Li Ning’s sneakers were fired in early April, reporters from the “Daily Business News” interviewed more than ten senior shoe speculators with a long “shoe age”. They generally believe that: The shoe market is temporarily calm, but driven by interests, brand owners, trading platforms, and shoe buyers are still at the “card table”, and the shoe market will not be quiet.

The rise of platforms, opening up the C2C market

Retail investors flood into the “secondary market” of sneakers

In the post-80s to post-95 youths, wearing a pair of Nike and Adi sneakers will automatically “walk with the wind” to gain the capital to show off in the class. NBA enters China, “Slam Dunk” is popular, basketball has become a national sport, and “shoe culture” also has soil in China.

Recalling when he was in middle school, Zhou Shou felt that there were only three things that attracted the attention of others, “playing well, studying well, and looking handsome”, but he didn’t account for the same. Until one time, when he went to school wearing a pair of Nike shoes, he unexpectedly discovered that he was part of the group.

“Going back to the early stages of users, especially in China, students can best demonstrate their individuality in shoes.” Yang Bing, born in Jiangxi in 1986, said in an interview that he has developed a strong interest in basketball since middle school. Like other basketball enthusiasts, good sneakers are what he dreams of.

With interest and business opportunities, Yang Bing and Zhou Shou started their business when they were in college. The former founded the sports information website Hupu and derived it, and the latter founded nice. These two apps quickly developed into the main platform for online sneaker trading, and the business rooted in sneaker culture began.

Image source: Screenshot of Dewu APP

Before these two platforms came out, the sneaker enthusiast Hu Ge mainly bought shoes through the forum. He still retains the bbs website that he used before, although it is now a link that cannot be clicked. “At that time, you had to leave a message in the forum to buy shoes, add QQ to other people, make appointments for offline transactions, and also look at the credibility of the other party.” Brother Hu told reporters.

After Dewu, nice and other apps that carry trendy shoe trading functions are launched, the threshold for buying and selling sneakers has been lowered, and the threshold for frying shoes has also been lowered.

“Before there was a platform, there were transactions in private. Everyone made profits by their own ability.” The shoemaker minibus revealed to reporters, “After the platform appeared, disputes about transactions, such as disputes over defective shoes, were reduced. It’s easier to trade.”

“If the brand sells limited editions, wholesalers get the goods and then sell them to agents, it is the primary market for sneaker trading; then countless retail investors frequently buy and sell sneakers through the platform, which is the secondary market for sneaker trading.” Five-year-old Xiaoyi said, “When I first entered this industry, there was no platform. To buy shoes, you must have dealer resources to get the goods; to sell shoes, you must also have customer resources to ship. The platform has opened up a C2C market. You don’t need to have shoes on your hands, you don’t need to have customers on your hands, you can plunge into the heat of frying shoes.”

In Xiaoyi’s view, the platform has promoted the “shoe-fried shoe fever.” “In 2016 and 2017, I used AJ shoes with discounts, and now there are no discounted shoes. Because of the large number of people playing, the high popularity, and the high demand, the price naturally rises. I can say that the price of sneakers fluctuates like this. It’s so big, 80% of the reason lies in the platform, which gives the public link the entrance to fry shoes. Before the information was blocked, there were few people participating, and there were not so many “downs” in the middle. Now anyone can buy and sell frequently on it, and the number of flips increases, and the price will definitely come up. ”

“Great God” earns one million a month, buys luxury houses and luxury cars

No amount of financing risk can withstand the temptation to make wealth

In order to improve transaction efficiency, the American shoe speculation platform took the lead in launching the Adi, Nike, and AJ index, and nearly ten domestic shoe trading platforms followed suit. Sales charts, ups and downs, price curves…The data that the platform beats is money that never tires, and it stimulates the nerves of players all the time.

At the craziest time, some small platforms even sold sneaker tickets. Retail investors can buy 0.3 pairs of AJ and 2.5 pairs of Adi, and sneakers have completely become virtual securities products. Small loan companies also ran into the market to provide instalment and leveraged services for the shoe speculation platform. The financial snowball of speculation shoes is getting bigger and bigger.

And no matter how high the financing cost and the big financing risk are, it can’t resist the temptation to create a rich myth by speculating shoes.

Image source of Nike stores: Photo by reporter Zhang Jian

“In more than three years, I have made more than 1 million yuan in shoes.” Li Da, who entered the shoe market in 2018, has established his own supply channels in just a few years and has many fixed merchants downstream. When business is good, Li Da can sell two to three thousand pairs of shoes a day. “For example, the AJ bargain that was very popular before. The price I got was 4,000 yuan/pair, and I sold it to merchants at 10,000 yuan. A pair of net profit was 5,000 or 6,000.”

“I’m still earning less.” In Li Da’s mind, the “great gods” in the industry are those “predecessors” who earn millions of dollars a month to buy luxury houses and luxury cars through their shoes.

When he first entered the industry, Xu Huan was also making money. “By directly collecting sneakers at the sale site, I made a small profit of more than 20,000.” Xu Huan recalled to every reporter that since then, she has been out of control. Without a stable source of front-end supplies, she can only sell in the secondary market. Get shoes at a higher price.

Sneaker resale platform trading volume source: nice APP screenshot

“I don’t know how many times my shoes have turned hands.” After the sneakers were priced up layer by layer, Xu Huan’s profit was meager. In order to make another charge, she began to borrow money from people around her, and she had nowhere to go. After borrowing, they will add leverage to third-party institutions in the form of installments to continue to fry shoes. “Ribunli, now I can’t support it anymore.”

Xu Huan did not disclose the specific amount owed, but she said that she has been unable to repay her debts by frying shoes, and now she has decided to withdraw from the shoe market. “The risk of speculating shoes is high, and once the capital chain is broken, I will lose my money. I understand all these principles, and I blame me for being too young.”

In the shoe market, some people make a lot of money, while others lose money. In Xu Huan’s view, the platform is always the one that makes steady profits without losing money.

Every time the reporter noticed, considering a pair of sneakers priced at 3477 yuan, if you sell on nice, you need to pay 1.2% of the share to the platform, or 41.7 yuan; and for the goods, you need to pay a 5% share to the platform. , Which is 173.82 yuan. However, there is a “cap” on the commission for the goods. When the transaction amount reaches 5,000 yuan and above, the platform share is fixed at 249 yuan. How exactly is the commission rate for gains determined? Every time the reporter asked about getting things, but as of press time, no response has been received.

Nice (left) and Dewu commission comparison. Picture source: Photo courtesy of the respondent

There are also shoe speculators who believe that platform commissioning is not a big problem. “If you don’t have something, nice, where would you go to sell it? (Fried shoes) have already made so much, so don’t worry about the platform’s share. No matter it is the 5% handling fee or higher, I can accept it. “Shoe-fried shoemaker Ahao told reporters that the handling fee for trading sneakers on overseas platforms is higher. “A pair of more than $250 shoes will cost about $30.”

No matter how the market for frying shoes changes, whether it is a high price or a sharp drop in the dive, the shoe fryers need to take risks, but the platform is a stable commission “driving and flooding to ensure income.” Zhang Yi, founder and CEO of iiMedia Consulting Group, pointed out in an interview with reporters that after deducting promotion and operating costs, “the platform is still profitable.”

Image source: iiMedia Consulting

You can grab 200 pairs of sneakers at one time

The robot is the “efficient” ordering program

Those who don’t want to become “leeks” know that for those limited editions with hype value, taking shoes from the “secondary market” means that the price may have been overturned several times. In the “primary market” that is the source of the brand, the cost will be lower if the goods are bought at the selling price.

But getting goods from the “primary market” is not easy. Through open channels, the brand’s limited edition sneakers are as difficult as buying a house lottery. To pass the online lottery, after winning the lottery online, you have to draw another lottery offline before you can finally be eligible for purchase.

In order to increase the “lottery winning rate”, shoe speculators have long used the “scratch plug-in”. “The main purpose of using plug-ins is to receive reminders before the sneakers are sold, so that they can raid the sale pages more accurately and quickly.” Ahao told reporters that there are many free plug-ins in 2016 and 2017, but The charging mode is now open. “The one-stop membership system is about 25 to 35 yuan per month.”

Using plug-ins to grab shoes can only be said to be a step ahead, but whether they can be grabbed and how many can be grabbed in the end is unknown. This has prompted the industry to evolve a more advanced gameplay-robot grabbing shoes.

“Our team’s channels are abroad, and they mainly use robots to grab shoes, and they can grab about 200 pairs of sneakers at a time.” According to Ahao’s description, the robot is equivalent to an “efficient” order processing program. The use of robots can help shoe speculators improve the efficiency of grabbing shoes on overseas official websites when sneakers are on sale.

Nowadays, even the price of robots has risen, and it has become a limited amount of sweet pastry. “There are good robots both abroad and domestic, which is equivalent to selling you an ID, and you have the authority to pay for the ID.” Ahao said, “ The current price of robots ranges from 2,000 yuan/unit to 130,000 yuan/unit, most of which are still between 20,000 and 50,000/unit. With robots, regular renewal is required. In fact, the original price of the robot is not that expensive, but it is basically impossible to buy it now, so there is a high premium. ”

From plug-ins to robots, tools for fry shoes are also being fired.

There are a large number of second-hand sneakers transaction information on the platform. Image source: APP screenshot

In fact, in terms of production links, the sneaker manufacturing industry, which has already been industrialized and mass-produced, basically does not have the problem of technology and capacity supply. But for the brand, selling high-end limited edition sneakers can increase brand value. Scarcity brings “nobleness”, and a game of “hunger marketing” has been played since the beginning.

Take a domestic brand sneaker that has recently been pushed up in the secondary market. The shoe vendor Xiaoye discovered that the store where he often took the goods quickly controlled discounts. “We used to get a 40% discount on shoes, but now we can only get a 20% discount, and there is even no discount. When we get the shoes at the original price and put them on the secondary platform, the price will definitely be higher than before.”

“Later I couldn’t get the shoes at all, and I just asked if I didn’t. Now the store manager just likes to answer, and he sends a message to reply four or five sentences a day. He said that he would sell my shoes at a discount, but in the end they were all released with pigeons, or just “Original price.” Xiaoye vomited, “When I asked for the first time, she said that the store was too busy; the second time, she said that she would consider it, and only the third time she agreed to give me some.” In short, as the prices of certain brands have risen. In order to get shoes that were not so popular before, the shoe-fried shoemaker needs to grind hard and soak with the brand channel.

In Xiaoye’s view, the brand can bear the blame for the price increase of sneakers in the secondary market.

Shoe-fried people are mostly Generation Z

The borders of emerging markets are ambiguous, and supervision is almost blank

The more people interviewed, the harder it is to define each individual involved in shoe-making with a simple “black” or “white”. For example, a minibus whose side business is to fry shoes. His hobby is to study sneakers. “If the price of my hoarded sneakers goes up, the reason for being happy is not just making money, but it also proves that my vision has been affirmed. If I fall severely, I usually wear them myself.”

In this emerging market with ambiguous borders, rules and supervision are almost blank, traps and scams are proliferating, and every shoe speculator will encounter big and small “pits.”

Chen Ru, who only stepped into the “shoe circle” in 2019, “for a time doubted his commercial ability.” Every time the reporter interviewed more than a dozen shoe speculators, most of them were born in 1995 or even after 00. Chen Ru is a middle-aged man with decades of business experience.

“At that time, for investment immigration, I set up a trendy brand store and opened fire. After returning to China, there was nothing wrong with me. I felt that I could do a good job in frying shoes. The amount of money invested in a shoe alone was quite large. I became famous because I lost tens of millions.” Chen Ru told reporters.

Li Ning Sports Brand Image Source: Photo by reporter Zhang Jian (data map)

“I have been trading in the secondary market for luxury goods very early, and the hype price of Rolex’green water ghost’ far exceeds sneakers. But we are basically dealing with mature businessmen. When I placed an order, a watch was worth 70,000 yuan. Even if it was up to 75,000 yuan when it was delivered, normal suppliers would basically hand it over to me at the original price. But these little friends who fry shoes will “pigeon” you without any shame. “

“He (Chen Ru) was deceived by the’pigeon’, and I was deceived directly.” Xiaoyi, a shoemaker sitting next to Chen Ru, said to every reporter: “I once gave people money to get the goods, but they took the money and didn’t ship the goods, so they just rolled the money and ran away.”

Later, the middleman who ran away was arrested. He defrauded a total of more than 6 million yuan, and 1 million yuan from Xiaoyi. And this middleman is just a 21-year-old young man. “With millions in his hand, he can’t control so much money. He may have squandered it. He didn’t realize that this kind of deceptive behavior would bring himself more than ten years of imprisonment.”

Young age, weak legal awareness and risk awareness, these are common problems existing in mainstream shoe speculators.

And what responsibilities does the platform have to shoulder in it?

In 2019, after being named by the central bank as the “financial risk of speculating shoes”, nice issued a statement to comprehensively rectify speculation on the platform, including: offline and shutting down the transaction curve, increase list, and sales list; clear the guide in the community , Content and comments that instigate fried shoes.

On April 14th, every reporter opened nice and saw that the sales curve, the increase list, the sales list, and the comments in the community have already made a comeback. Regarding the content displayed on the nice platform, every time the reporter inquired about the nice aspect, as of press time, no response has been received.

Image source: Screenshot of the trading platform

In fact, if the platform wants to monitor the speculation of shoes, the easiest way is to monitor those shoes whose prices fluctuate particularly greatly. “The obvious deviation from the normal brand premium is caused by the hype premium.” Xiaoyi said. “But I think the most important thing to reflect on is that those who come in with a sense of wealth and speculation will not lose money on shoes, but they will also stumbling on others.”

(In the article, the interviewed shoe buyers are all pseudonyms)

Reporter’s Notes | Beware of the aging of the fried shoe market

Generation Z is a buzzword, it seems that once something is grafted to “Generation Z”, it seems a little bit of magic.However, when the shoe-fried shoes meet the Z generation, it is a phenomenon worthy of vigilance.

It is true that on the sneaker trading platform, ID cards are required to be uploaded, and registration is not allowed under the age of 18, but there is no shortage of middle school students who are keen to fry shoes under the age of 18.

Even if they are between 18 and 21 years old, most of them are undergraduates who have not yet graduated. They do not yet have a stable source of income, where does the principal of the shoes come from?

Liu Yonghao once said that his son also invested in the sneaker business and invested 20,000 yuan, but the other party ran away. Liu Yonghao felt that this was a good business education for his children.

The problem is that not every young person comes from a wealthy family, and the greed that cannot stand the temptation of wealth and profiteering is human nature. At this time, if high-interest Internet lending methods that can be mortgage-free are opened to them, once there is a runaway The collapse and the financial snowball are the students who lack the ability to resist risks.

reporter:Ding ZhouyangDu Wei Shu Dongni

Intern: He Qiwei

Editor: Dong Xingsheng Song Hong

Video Editor: Zhu Xingyun

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GQ Espana has listed common mistakes when buying perfumes. Try the smell directly at the store When choosing perfumes, many people have the habit of testing scents at the store. After each spray, the space is changed and saturated so easily that the smell is contaminated. Therefore, this medium is no longer ideal to try because it is mixed with many different scents. You can hardly spot the exact smell. You can request a sample and smell it in less impurities, away from the olfactory clutter. You should not spray your perfume before trying a new product. Photo: 123RF. Before choosing a new fragrance, you should not use old products. Old odor is also a contaminant factor, hindering the recognition of new scent. The essences grow better when the skin is in perfect condition. For this reason, it’s a good idea to apply a bit of an unscented moisturizer on areas like the wrists or the back of your hands. Select or discard after 10 seconds Fragrances develop in 3 distinct stages. The surface layer, also known as the top scent, is described as volatile, lasting about 15 minutes. The middle scent forms the core of the perfume. It has medium volatility, which takes place about 2 hours after spraying. After 5 hours, the final stage appeared. This is the most durable scent class and creates the essence of the fragrance. If you want to test the change, keep the piece of paper soaked in perfume and let it develop in full 3 stages. With the same perfume bottle, it can smell different from person to person. Photo: Pinterest. Try too many products The right time to buy perfume is in the morning. This is when your sense of smell works best. After a long exposure to a variety of scents, you may experience a “blind” nose state. When you no longer sense a scent, you tend to increase your perfume dosage. Be sure to spray 3-4 times as a sufficient dose in areas with pulse (behind the ears, on the neck, the inner wrists, chest and behind the knees). This is where the body temperature is higher, helping the fragrance to emit the correct scent. To get rid of this, push your nose inside your elbow and take a few deep breaths. You should limit the number of fragrance tests, to about 3 scents at a time. Photo: A Cup of Jo.

Kien Giang has difficulty in preventing and fighting against Covid-19 epidemics

According to leaders of the Department of Health of Kien Giang province, at present, controlling immigration is extremely important. In the context of complicated epidemic developments in Cambodia, Kien Giang and the western provinces are taking drastic measures to block the routes.

“We have maintained this for more than a year. However, with a long border, epidemics in your country are complicated, so the risk of omitting illegal entry on land and at sea is very high”, leader of the Kien Giang Department of Health said.

Currently, Kien Giang has 56 km of land border with neighboring countries, more than 200 km of sea and 62,000 km of sea surface. Many fishing vessels of domestic and international fishermen are in operation. This province has set up 112 road posts, 9 fishing boats and 2 highways, more than 1,000 border guards day and night to check the bar. However, the leader of the health sector in Kien Giang admits that controlling export is very difficult.

Border guards spray disinfectants at schools in Phu Quoc (Kien Giang). Photo: Pham Ngon.

Illegal entries in Kien Giang include expatriates who often return home on holidays and Tet. In the time before Cambodia’s outbreak, Kien Giang did not record positive cases from this group.

The second group of subjects is freelance labor in your land. They left illegally before. After the community infection event on February 20 in Cambodia, many of these subjects returned home, including those who were returned by your country.

Since February 20, Kien Giang has recorded 1,262 people entering from Cambodia, of which 36 cases were positive for SARS-CoV-2. Kien Giang also recorded 8 cases of unclear infection, under the direction of the Ministry of Health, the province still organized treatment for the patient even though there was no code.

“The rate of people entering the country infected with SARS-CoV-2 that Kien Giang recorded is nearly 4%. This is quite a high number. There are days when 10 people from Cambodia cross the border back to their home country, we record all. are positive for SARS-CoV-2. This makes it difficult for us “, representative of Kien Giang said.

At the conference, the leader of the health sector in Kien Giang said that with specific characteristics of patients from Cambodia, the province had difficulty in applying the concentrated isolation plan, treatment facilities according to the Ministry of Health.

With this situation, Kien Giang has submitted a proposal to set up a field hospital to treat patients with Covid-19.

“This field hospital is located in Ha Tien city to accommodate and treat patients from Cambodia, will operate for 1-2 years or more, until the epidemic in your country is stable. We cannot take advantage of the Medical Center. Ha Tien City Hospital is a field hospital because if it is prolonged, it will affect the people’s health care, “said a representative of the Kien Giang Department of Health.

Kien Giang suggested the Ministry of Health soon approve the establishment of a field hospital because Cambodia is in a blockade period. Until the quarantine scope is removed, this province can welcome a very large number of returnees.

The province also proposed to allocate and give priority to injecting Covid-19 vaccine because of the large number of frontlines. Besides, this province is having difficulty in buying biological products, medical machinery and supplies because of concern about price difference.

“I hope that the Ministry of Health will soon summarize the practice in Hai Duong into experiences for localities to learn. I hope the Ministry of Health will soon go to the South West to survey the actual situation in the locality”, representative of Kien Giang said. recommendation.

Director of An Giang Health Department Tu Quoc Tuan said on April 15, this province tested and found that two Vietnamese people from Cambodia had positive results. All lucky F1 cases were negative.

Five people who entered illegally were taken to Phu Quoc Medical Center (Kien Giang) on ​​the morning of March 31. Photo: Real Vinh.

“The border of An Giang is very hot and we hope to have more vaccines for the front line to fight the epidemic soon”, Mr. Tuan said.

Responding to Kien Giang, Mr. Nguyen Trong Khoa, Deputy Director of the Health Department of Medical Examination and Treatment, Ministry of Health, said that according to the ministry’s policy, field hospitals have 2 types. One is to make use of existing facilities with waste treatment systems such as medical centers and hospitals. The second is to make use of civil facilities (dormitories, schools, sports grounds), to assign general hospitals to establish and maintain long-term operations.

“This civilian model in Hai Duong, Ho Chi Minh City operates effectively. Kien Giang can refer to and apply this model in the construction of field hospitals”, Mr. Khoa said.

Director of Department of Preventive Medicine Dang Quang Tan shared the difficulties facing Kien Giang province. Mr. Tan suggested the province continue to implement a plan to control well people entering the border.

Regarding the proposal to support additional vaccines, with the second phase allocation decision of the Ministry of Health, Kien Giang has 15,200 doses. Mr. Tan suggested that the province soon deploy vaccination. When receiving the next number of vaccines, the Ministry of Health will consider allocating more to the province.

The outbreak in Cambodia and Thailand is a lesson for Vietnam

Concerned about the purchase of materials and biologicals for Covid-19 testing with Kien Giang, the leader of Binh Duong Department of Health said that the current cost of materials is different from the previous period.

Provinces have difficulty in procurement bidding mechanism but dare not buy at too high price. Binh Duong suggested the Ministry of Health to guide localities in this work soon or fix prices.

Online meeting to strengthen prevention and control of epidemic Covid-19 chaired by the Ministry of Health on the morning of April 16. Photo: Tuan Dung.

Responding to Kien Giang and Binh Duong, the Ministry of Health said that this agency is approving the bidding plan and has not yet purchased equipment and biological products. Therefore, after purchasing, the department will publish the price to the locality as a base.

Director of the Department of Preventive Medicine Dang Quang Tan said that Thailand had a new outbreak related to activities and events that gathered crowds of people such as bars and karaoke.

In particular, in recent days, the epidemic of Covid-19 in Cambodia has also been very complicated, starting from February 20 through centralized isolation management.

“Some centralized isolation cases have been known to bribe prison guards to go out. This has spread the epidemic in the community, and the number of cases has skyrocketed. Yesterday, Cambodia had been,” said sources. the capital blockade order. The situation in Laos is similarly complicated, “said Tan.

In Vietnam, by the evening of April 15, the total number of cases was 2,758. Over the past 21 days, Vietnam has not recorded new cases in the community. However, in recent days, the Ministry of Health has recognized that new cases of people entering from Cambodia and Japan are quite high. The management of people who enter illegally through the quota is also very difficult.

The Ministry of Health identified the outbreak of the disease in Thailand and Cambodia as a great lesson for Vietnam in controlling infection. In this situation, the southwest and southwest border areas are hot. Therefore, the ministry will set up a mission to these localities to inspect the prevention and control of Covid-19 epidemic.

By 2021, the total number of personal computers (laptops and desktops), tablets and smartphones will reach 6.2 billion units globally, according to the latest forecast from research firm Gartner. .

According to the report, the number of laptops and tablets in use by 2021 will increase by 125 million units compared to 2020. By 2022, the number of these devices globally will reach 6.4 billion units, an increase 3.2% compared to 2021. Gartner believes that the number of laptops and tablets will increase by 8.8% and 11.7% by 2021, respectively. will decrease from 522 million units in 2020 to 470 million units by 2022.

Although the number of smartphones will decrease by 2.6% by 2020, it will increase by 1% by 2021. Ranjit Atwal, Gartner Senior Research Director, said: “The pandemic has permanently changed the way the device is used. employee and consumer Family education has shifted to digital education, interactive games to cloud computing… The variety and number of devices will continue to increase ”.

Gartner also predicts a 32% increase in PCs in Q1 2021, to 69.9 million units over the same period last year. This is the fastest growth rate in 21 years. During a pandemic, people need computers to work from home or study online. Shipments in Q1 this year remained the highest since 2015 of 71.7 million units.

Lenovo is still the largest PC maker in the world, with 25.1% market share, up from 23.3% a year ago. HP and Dell ranked second and third with market shares of 21.4% and 16.5%, respectively. Apple, Acer and Asus ranked fourth through sixth.

According to Gizchina

The liver and kidney are two organs that excrete drugs, some drugs are eliminated mainly through the liver, others are eliminated mainly by the kidneys. Therefore, when kidney disease, kidney function is impaired, the use of drugs in people with kidney disease has 3 risks, that is, nephrotoxic drugs that decrease kidney function worse.

Second, the drug is eliminated slowly and will accumulate in the body, causing an increased effect.

Third, causing homeostasis due to renal failure, thereby susceptible to drug toxicity even at the appropriate dose.

Some drugs are toxic to the kidneys

With a healthy kidney, when suffering from a certain disease, drugs must be used, the kidneys will be cleaned normally, but for people with kidney disease, especially kidney failure (all kidney functions have been impaired) when Taking certain medications puts you at risk of further kidney damage.

Some drugs can be toxic to the kidneys, especially long-term use, high doses and especially self-medicating for self-healing not under the prescription of the doctor. For example, some antibiotics of the amynoglycoside group (streptomycin, gentamycin, amikacin …), quinolone group (ciprofloxacin, ofloxacin …), vancomycin group, cyclin group, cephalosporin group 1, 2 or antifungal (amphotericin B, ketoconazole …) or Vietnamese, Oriental medicine of unknown origin; Contrast drug used for X-ray with high permeability or some cancer treatment chemicals (cisplatin, methotrexate …).

People with kidney damage should pay attention when using the drug.

In addition, some drugs are not directly toxic to the kidneys but cause kidney anemia, reducing glomerular filtration rate or if used long term will cause renal entity failure. For example, antihypertensive drugs, when used in overdose cause hypotension cause renal anemia and impaired glomerular filtration, especially the class of ACE inhibitors and angiotensin II receptor antagonists. Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (indomethacin, diclofenac …), inhibiting prostaglandin synthesis are factors that cause vasodilation leading to kidney anemia.

Note when using drugs in people with kidney problems

We all know, drugs (Western medicine or Vietnamese medicine, Oriental medicine) all have a curative effect and all drugs that are put into the body pass through the kidneys and are filtered here. Therefore, when suffering from kidney disease, especially kidney failure, it is very important to check the function of the kidneys (that is, follow the test order of the doctor) before using the drug to know and know. the exact state of kidney disease, glomerular filtration rate and kidney function must be checked during drug use, especially when taking long-term medication.

Comply with the instructions and instructions when taking drugs of the doctor to avoid adversely affecting the kidneys.

Do not buy, take drugs by yourself or do not change the dosage by yourself or change the drug without consulting your doctor to avoid harming the kidneys due to improper use of the drug.

In addition, drink enough water every day to facilitate drug purification (there are drugs when used need to drink a lot of water to help the kidneys purify drugs better).

Dr. Panta Rouhani Schaffer, a dermatologist in New York (USA), said the Y gene – people born between 1981 and 1996 – is interested in taking care of yourself earlier than the previous generation. They fully believe in current aesthetic methods.

According to Schaffer, the number of young people getting botox injections has increased dramatically over the past few years. “This trend exploded strongly after the pandemic, when people were spending too much time working and playing on screens,” said Schaffer.

Botox injection is a favorite beauty method. Photo: Windsor Dermatology.

Botox was once considered the “secret beauty weapon” of celebrities and the wealthy, according to the report New York Times.

They injected botox to melt wrinkles, slim the jaw and have a more satisfactory face. In the past few years, this solution has become a common activity for middle-class and up people and those with abundant income.

Besides Millennials generation, Z gene (born in 1996 onwards) also started to worry about aging and fading beauty from a young age. For example, applying sunscreen is a must before going out with Generation Z, but that is not the priority of the group of people born in the 1980s.

Rushed to inject botox

Leah Walkiewicz (27 years old, living in Manhattan) had a botox shot in the forehead three years ago. She decided to use this solution after seeing wrinkles on her skin and observing the aging of her family members.

“I see obvious wrinkles on the forehead and the makeup on them. If someone told me about the benefits of botox earlier, I would have given it an injection, ”said Walkiewicz. New York Times.

Despite concerns about the harmful effects of botox, Walkiewicz still conducts his doctor’s schedule, about every 10 months. Recently, the 27-year-old girl tried to inject more crow’s feet next to her forehead and the area between her eyebrows.

Many young people look to aesthetic methods to retain their beauty after Covid-19. Photo: BBC.

Kathryn Gongaware (32 years old, from Chicago), a yoga teacher and comedian, is always curious about botox. But it wasn’t until she received the encouragement of her friends that she had the courage to go for an injection two years ago.

“The more people open up about botox, the less stigmatized it will be,” she stressed.

This change is especially evident with women of color – subjects often do not appear in ads about cosmetics and beauty.

Dr Onyeka Obioha, a Los Angeles-based dermatologist who has been using botox injections since the age of 25, said that in the past, most beauty advertising did not focus on targeted audiences. lack of numbers.

But now the media is gradually paying more attention to the fact that women of color also go for cosmetic surgery. As a result, the stigma directed at them also decreased.

Regardless of the consequences

However, the popularity of botox on online platforms has some downsides. Many young people think they need to start using botox because their friends are doing it.

“I met 20-year-old girls in college who had no knowledge of botox. They want an injection because their friends are doing so, even though they don’t think it’s necessary. I will not agree to give injections to anyone in this age group and will try to explain the reasons for them, ”said Dr. Sheila Farhang, a plastic surgeon.

The change in botox management has also motivated young people to try this method. When botox first launched, people used it to “freeze” the muscles under the skin, preventing them from contracting and deepening wrinkles, Dr. Schaffer said.

At that time, doctors were only using 20-30 units for one area or muscle, this number has dropped significantly over the past 10 years.

Abuse of botox will leave unpredictable consequences for the health of users. Photo: New York Times.

“Less-dose injections are prevalent, you can still see the effect through the soft feel and structural balance in your face,” she said.

“Baby botox” is similar to traditional botox, but it is injected in smaller amounts, most commonly on the forehead, wrinkles, eyebrows, and the corner of the eye. When done correctly, the user’s face is still “refreshed” but not frozen.

Although these injections do not last as long as traditional botox because of its lower dosage, “baby botox” can still make a difference in a person’s appearance.

Most patients in their 20s and 30s are looking to this beautification to smooth wrinkles and prevent the speed of aging in the future.

While less risky than filler injections, botox is not always a miracle cure. Botox injections are a medical procedure, not a business model. Overuse of it will severely affect its users.

Dr Farhang said that some people who inject high doses in their 20s feel their skin gradually thinning.

A few weeks ago, Farhang received a fiancé with drooping eyelids due to the injection too low and deep in the forehead and eyebrows.

“I can’t really do anything to help her other than prescribe eye drops to activate muscles in those areas. This is just a temporary way, she looks tired, ”said Farhang.