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Time draws back to 2004. When Professor Xu Kaihua, the founder of GEM (Shenzhen GEM High-Tech Co., Ltd.), returned to Jingmen, not far from his hometown in Hubei, to start his own business with the first prize of Guangdong Science and Technology Progress Award, people would never dream. I thought that Xu Kaihua used a small waste battery to recycle, which opened the prelude to the battery recycling industry and also started the black-and-white battle between the “regular army” and the “guerrilla”.

“Car owners cannot find or are not sure whether the recycling point is formal or not. Some power batteries recycled from traditional 4S shops and other channels also flow into small workshops.” Yu Puritan, secretary general of the Zhongguancun New Battery Technology Innovation Alliance and chairman of the Battery Hundreds Association In an interview with Chuangyebang, he revealed the inside story of the industry.

The business of “small workshops” is booming, while the supply of retired batteries in 4S stores of regular car companies is constantly losing. This makes people wonder whether battery recycling and cascading use of electric vehicles is a good business?

In the face of a large amount of goods flowing into the black market, formal enterprises are forced to trade with “small workshops”. As the leader of domestic new energy vehicle battery recycling, GEM Chairman Xu Kaihua warned new players in the battery recycling industry:

“Don’t come in, it’s a waste of money. Only the top five in the industry can survive.”

However, investors don’t think so. Just last month, Bocui Cycle, a power battery recycling solution provider, has just completed tens of millions of Pre-A rounds of financing, and Lanchi Ventures has made an exclusive investment.

“ At present, the investment circle is paying too much attention to the battery recycling track. In fact, the capacity of the industry that has been approved for construction has exceeded the battery capacity. “The person in charge of a battery recycling company said.

Why everyone refuses to talk about battery recycling

Industry giants have invested huge sums of money, investors and entrepreneurs are gearing up, coupled with national policy support, it seems that it is only a matter of time before the battery recycling industry becomes the next outlet.

According to data from the China Automotive Technology Research Center, the total number of domestic power batteries retired in 2020 will exceed 200,000 tons (about 25GWh). Where did the 200,000 tons of retired batteries go?

However, when the reporter visited a number of car companies, power battery companies, and battery recycling companies, they found that most companies avoid battery recycling, and new outlets in the 100-billion-level market have even become “taboos.” As a leading company in the field of new energy vehicles in China, BYD has launched the layout of power lithium battery recycling very early. At present, BYD’s battery recycling channels mainly entrust authorized dealers to recycle used power batteries. When there is a customer’s request or when a scrapped vehicle needs to replace the power battery, the dealer will take out the power battery and transport it to BYD Baorong factory for preliminary inspection. If the used batteries can be reused and continue to be used, the used batteries will be further tested at the Baorong factory. These batteries will continue to be used in the field of home energy storage or base station backup power in the future. The reporter wrote to BYD, but the other party was unwilling to reply. Yu Qingjiao stated that in terms of battery recycling ecology, at present, car companies, battery recycling companies and battery manufacturers have not yet formed a unified pricing for battery recycling, and the recycling business model is not perfect. Car companies “peek-a-boo”, power battery manufacturers and battery recycling companies have also played “Tai Chi.” “We have communicated with the relevant departments of battery recycling and will not accept interviews this time.” The relevant person in charge of AVIC lithium battery told reporters. Qingyan, who has had technological innovations in the echelon utilization of power batteries, also said that the relevant person in charge also said that it can only provide an introduction to its battery echelon utilization technology. As for the business model and pricing model of battery recycling, it is inconvenient to answer. “Enterprises have avoided talking about the recycling and utilization of decommissioned power batteries, and they are less motivated. The main reason is that the technical route of battery cascade utilization is not clear.” said Lin Boqiang, dean of the China Energy Policy Research Institute of Xiamen University. The energy storage path, what direction it will take in the future, and whether it is economical, requires both government supervision and government policy support. According to the calculations of Battery China.com, it is estimated that by 2025, the recycling value of power batteries produced in the two directions of cascade utilization and recycling will exceed 50 billion yuan; its potential market value may exceed 100 billion yuan in 2030. The industry is waiting for the “wind.” However, the recycling channels of many formal and qualified enterprises are not smooth, and a large number of retired power batteries flow into the black market. Some formal battery recycling companies even have to cooperate with black market vendors to purchase batteries from the latter to maintain the operation of the factory’s machinery and business promotion. This has undoubtedly contributed to the prosperity of the black recycling market. While pushing up the purchase price, it has also increased the difficulty of making profits for formal recycling companies. “One is because the number of companies is small and the coverage of outlets is limited; the other is that small workshops often use the banner of’high-price recycling, on-site recycling’ to obtain more waste battery resources.” Yu Qingjiao said. Due to technical problems in small workshops, the recovery rate of effective ingredients is not high, and there is a serious problem of waste pollution. The market is still in a period of disorganization, and it is difficult to guarantee the profitability of recovery. “Small workshops” generally have several treatment methods after recycling the batteries. Among them, the most common is to disassemble the battery and extract precious metals such as cobalt and lithium for sale. The price of non-renewable cobalt metal reached more than 600,000 yuan per ton when the price of non-renewable cobalt metal was the highest. In addition, the “Small Workshop” will sell the batteries to low-speed electric vehicles, electric bicycles and other echelon utilization areas not advocated by countries after recycling, causing great hidden dangers to the driving safety of the latter. “Batteries are taken from the black market. The source of waste battery materials is very poorly consistent. There are batteries of all types and types. This poses a big challenge to engineering design and project operation. Some foreign countries’ compliance with waste The collection is well classified, which will reduce the difficulty and cost of later collection, storage, and transportation.” Lin Xiao, founder and CEO of Bocui Cycle, told Chuangyebang. Yu Qingjiao pointed out that the current policies and regulations are still in the exploratory period. Although they have released a clear signal to support battery recycling, there is no real system formed, especially the circulation legal system. Second, traceability management and other regulatory mechanisms need to be strengthened to guide the upstream and downstream of the industry chain to strengthen battery recycling collaboration. “The first is the unblocking of recycling channels. Car companies in my country assume the main responsibility for power battery recycling. Recycling companies need to strengthen close cooperation with car companies, and strengthen battery life cycle traceability with battery companies to reduce recycling costs; secondly, through technology Innovate, increase material recycling rate, and increase recycling revenue.” Yu Qingjiao believes that the battery recycling industry is still in the early stages of development, and scale is also a key factor affecting profitability. The state should guide, regulate, supervise and provide financial support. Is battery recycling a good business? Although the recycling channels of decommissioned batteries need to be improved, and the material recycling rate and recycling efficiency of batteries need to be improved, some companies have already begun to deploy battery recycling business and have gradually become the industry’s leading company. Bangpu Cycle is one of them. “The constant has something.” Directly in front of the desk of Li Changdong, the founder and general manager of Bangpu Cycle, hung these four Chinese characters written in seal script. In Li Changdong’s eyes, Bangpu recognized the battery recycling, and it lasted 16 years, which is the best explanation of these four characters. In 2001, Li Changdong served as the production plant manager at Highpower Battery Factory. At that time, most people only focused on the front-end production of the battery and the intermediate consumption link, and the recycling link was often regarded as “garbage picking” and “recycling tatters.” Li Changdong found that the profit of battery production is getting lower and lower, and the scraps and defective products generated in the battery production process are also difficult to deal with. Handing over to the Environmental Protection Agency for processing will require a huge processing fee, and failure to pay will result in substandard emissions. “Can these battery waste be recycled for subsequent recycling?” This idea often appeared in Li Changdong’s mind. So he quit his job in the battery factory and raised 500,000 yuan with his partners. In 2005, Bangpu Recycling was formally established, with Li Changdong as the general manager, focusing on the recycling business of consumer lithium batteries. In 2008, the promulgation of the “Circular Economy Law” provided policy support for the development of talents and technology for battery recycling companies such as Bangpu. More and more scientific research institutions and talents are paying attention to battery recycling. In 2011, Li Changdong decided to further expand the scope of battery recycling business. He began to focus on power batteries from consumer lithium batteries to extend the battery recycling industry chain. Source: Bangpu Cycle At present, Bangpu has formed four major industrial sectors: battery recycling, automobile recycling, minerals and new materials, specializing in the recycling and processing of power batteries (power batteries for electric vehicles), gradient energy storage utilization; traditional scrap car recycling and dismantling, and key components Remanufacturing; and the provision of industrial production and commercialized recycling service solutions for high-end battery materials and automotive functional bottleneck materials. In 2015, in order to develop a circular economy and form an ecological closed loop, CATL acquired Guangdong Bangpu Cycle, realizing a circular industrial chain integrating R&D, production, sales, and recycling. Bangpu Cycle has now become China’s largest recycling base for used batteries. In September 2018, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology announced the first batch of “whitelists” of enterprises that comply with the “Industry Standards and Conditions for Comprehensive Utilization of Waste Power Batteries for New Energy Vehicles”. Five companies including Bangpu Cycle, GEM, Huayou Cobalt, Highpower Technology, and Guanghua Technology were selected. However, from 2017 to 2018, the battery recycling market is still in its infancy. The relevant person in charge of Ningde Times told Entrepreneurship that the number of retired power batteries from 2017 to 2018 was relatively small, and the types and regional distribution were concentrated. About 17,000 new energy vehicles produced during the “Ten Cities and Thousand Vehicles” period are the mainstay. The decommissioned power batteries are about 27,200 tons (1.22GWh), of which about 95% are lithium iron phosphate batteries. From 2019 to 2020, buses, rental and other operating vehicles that entered the market in the early stages have reached the mandatory scrapping period. Early private user vehicles have begun to choose complete vehicle scrapping due to factors such as the decline in power battery performance, the lack of spare parts for old batteries, or the high replacement cost. Retired. Starting in 2020, my country’s power batteries have begun to enter a wave of large-scale decommissioning. During the period 2021-2025, my country’s new energy vehicles will enter a stage of rapid growth. New energy vehicles that entered the market in 2014-2018 will enter a period of obsolescence. With the continuous expansion of the scale of decommissioned power batteries, some people believe that the use of cascades should be increased to maximize the effectiveness of decommissioned batteries. Some people also believe that as battery prices continue to drop, the cost advantage of cascading utilization will gradually disappear or even hang upside down, and it should be directly recycled. The 2020 battery survey report released by Bloomberg New Energy Finance shows that by 2030, battery prices may exceed 58 US dollars (about 370 yuan) / kWh, and the use of solid-state batteries will accelerate the process of battery price reductions. By then, the battery cost will even be lower than the cost of cascading utilization. “It needs to be divided into different situations, mainly with technical support, able to accurately detect the condition of retired batteries, select batteries with better battery performance (safety, cycle life, energy density, etc.), and use them in cascades, which is more economical; Those with poor performance are directly recycled to avoid hidden dangers such as safety.” Yu Qingjiao said. Three problems of power battery recycling At present, the power battery recycling model has two major trends, one is echelon utilization, and the other is recycling, dismantling and recycling. Echelon utilization is the dismantling and reorganization of used batteries and re-applying them to energy storage power stations, low-speed electric vehicles, small electrical appliances and other fields that do not require high energy density. It is mainly suitable for lithium iron phosphate batteries with longer life and more stable performance; Recycling is the extraction of valuable metal materials from waste batteries, which is suitable for ternary lithium batteries containing expensive metals such as cobalt and nickel. The recycling of lithium iron phosphate batteries faces the problem of poor economy. Echelon utilization is still in the stage of trial and exploration. The main reason is that the battery specifications and models produced by various manufacturers are different, which makes it difficult to recombine. The battery materials used by each manufacturer are different, and the battery life is different; the battery performance of each manufacturer is different, and the combination Later security is more difficult to guarantee. The relevant person in charge of the Ningde Times pointed out that the economic value of cascade utilization at the current stage is still low, and further technical and industry standards are still needed. The recycling and dismantling can be said to have formed a certain scale, whether it is from the national policy or the market scale, we can get a glimpse of its trend. Although both are positive trends, the problems they face are also extremely challenging. The current battery recycling industry is facing three problems in process technology, policy and profitability. The first is process technology. Whether it is echelon utilization or dismantling and regeneration, they are facing severe barriers. The current biggest obstacle to echelon utilization is the remaining battery life and performance evaluation. In general, the recycling technology is relatively mature, but key technologies and equipment such as the efficient extraction of valuable metals need to be upgraded, and the level of pollution prevention and control in the dismantling and treatment of waste power batteries needs to be improved. At present, hydrometallurgy and physical repair methods are the main technologies for the recycling of used power batteries. The comprehensive recovery rate of metal elements such as nickel, cobalt and manganese in hydrometallurgy can reach 98%. The second is the policy aspect. At present, relevant departments have successively issued systems and regulatory documents that guide and support the development of the industry, and have sorted out a clearer direction for battery recycling. However, how to further effectively manage, rationally build a power battery recycling system, effectively implement full life cycle traceability management, and guide the upstream and downstream entities of the industry chain to fulfill the responsibility of power battery recycling requires the government to consider the market and industry. Planning and overall planning. In 2018, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology issued the “Interim Measures for the Management of Recycling and Utilization of Power Batteries for New Energy Vehicles”, which for the first time clarified the responsibilities of automobile companies, battery companies, and comprehensive utilization companies in the recycling process, and pointed out that automobile manufacturers bear the main responsibility for power battery recycling. Perform corresponding responsibilities in all links of power battery recycling to ensure the effective use and environmental protection of power batteries. Finally, it is difficult to make profit. At present, the batteries that have really entered the scrap stage are still the earliest batch of batteries when new energy vehicles first entered the market. The number is not that large. Among them, lithium iron phosphate batteries account for a larger portion, which is more suitable for cascading use. In terms of economic benefits, recycling and dismantling The benefit is not high. In contrast, ternary lithium batteries have greater recycling value. But the reality is that it will take time for the ternary battery decommissioning flashpoint to arrive. Currently, the retired power batteries on the market are mainly lithium iron phosphate batteries. Because they contain less precious metal elements, the recycling value of lithium iron phosphate batteries is not high. However, due to its good safety and long service life, it is suitable for cascading utilization. The ternary lithium battery contains rare metals such as nickel and cobalt, so it has a high recycling value. According to the current technical level of ternary lithium batteries, the capacity density of power batteries commonly used in electric vehicles is 260Wh/kg. According to this energy density, at 20,000 kilometers a year, calculated based on shallow charge and shallow discharge, the cycle life is at least 1,000 times . If used properly, it can be used for at least 5 to 8 years on an electric vehicle. In the battery recycling industry, several leading companies have formed a certain scale of regeneration processing capacity, and their technical routes are in a stage where a hundred flowers bloom. Relying on its subsidiary Bangpu Cycle, CATL has created an ecological closed loop of “battery production→use→cascade utilization→recycling and resource regeneration”. Bangpu Cycle will uniformly process the recycled power batteries for electric vehicles. First, the battery modules are completely discharged, the battery cells are separated, and then sorted. After testing and evaluation, disassemble the batteries that do not meet the echelon utilization. Disassemble and separate components such as the positive electrode, negative electrode, electrolyte and diaphragm, and then leaching and removing the electrode material, and then prepare the scrapped power battery into the precursor of the power battery positive electrode material through processes such as ion exchange, precipitation, and adsorption. . Bangpu’s existing capacity for processing waste batteries exceeds 120,000 tons per year, and the total recovery rate of core metal materials for battery products has reached 99.3%. Due to the continuous decrease in the cost of lithium batteries in recent years, the annual report shows that CATL’s revenue of lithium battery materials in 2020 is 3.429 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 20.35%. Source: Grammy As one of the leading companies in the domestic battery recycling industry, GEM’s power battery recycling business only began to make a profit in 2019, three years after the initial production. GEM’s advantage lies in the start of the recycling and utilization of waste batteries. It has accumulated 20 years of experience. In addition, it also has industrial layouts such as home appliance recycling and end-of-life automobiles to play a synergistic role to drive the recycling of power batteries. At present, the flourishing business model and technical route of battery recycling make the future market prospects still confusing, and it is still unknown whether it can effectively solve the pain points of the industry. From the perspective of business models, the current battery recycling is more dependent on other businesses, the tiered utilization is mainly dependent on energy storage, two-wheeler PACK plants or battery factories, and the recycling is dependent on the hydrometallurgical plant. If a company survives only on ladders or regenerative businesses, it may lose money. “How to do the most effective echelon utilization, as the scale of retired power batteries in the market becomes larger and larger, the technical route will gradually become clear.” Lin Boqiang told Chuangyebang. Where are the opportunities for entrepreneurs? Behind the black-and-white war between the “regular army” and the “guerrilla”, a group of start-up technology companies in the battery recycling industry are quietly emerging. In 2019, Lin Xiao, Ph.D. and senior engineer of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, established Bocui Cycle to provide a full set of solutions for battery recycling. According to Lin Xiao, due to the domestic garbage embargo, the issuance of the European mandatory battery law, and the accelerated deployment of battery recycling, ESG and other industries abroad, it is hoped that new links in the power battery industry chain will achieve a strong East Asian power battery manufacturer. breakthrough. The company’s overseas customer demand exceeds expectations, accounting for more than half. The obsolescence cycle of domestic power batteries is also very urgent. As of 2020, domestic new energy vehicles have sold more than 1 million units for three consecutive years, and 900,000 units have been sold in the first May of 2021. “Three years ago, the first batch of electric vehicles with an annual sales of one million units was calculated based on the service life of 5-8 years, that is, 1 million vehicles would be scrapped in two years at the earliest, and the battery pack of each vehicle was calculated at 400~500 kg. Therefore, in the next three years on the market, more than 500,000 tons of waste batteries will be scrapped every year. This amount is actually quite large, and the recycling market needs to be prepared.” Lin Xiao said. In the battery recycling market, everyone hopes to have mature technology and equipment solutions that can be quickly replicated and promoted. If a national processing capacity of 500,000 tons needs to be built in three years, at least 100,000 tons will have been running well in two years. Production capacity, and there are 2-3 kinds of technical routes to choose from, it is possible to achieve five-fold expansion within a year. In other words, one year later, there will be at least 20,000-30,000 tons of mature technology and production lines that can be replicated for battery recycling. In addition, the ratio of “paper-based recycling capacity” and actual battery output is seriously out of balance, which is also a big “blocker” in front of start-ups. In Lin Xiao’s view, the battery has entered the obsolescence cycle for more than five years, leading to a large paper production bubble in the battery recycling industry. “For investors, many of the leading companies that are currently being recycled, such as whitelisted companies, have already been listed or do not need financing. At the same time, paper production capacity is too high and supply exceeds demand. The opportunity for entrepreneurs is that there are still No company can really do this well, and there are still opportunities to try innovation and breakthroughs, although many companies may be eliminated, just like the development of the lithium battery manufacturing industry chain in the past few years, from the hills to the top.” Lin Xiao pointed out. The business opportunities that will be generated in the field of battery recycling need to be paid attention to also include the realization of material regeneration through battery recycling, thereby realizing the closed loop of the industrial chain, and changing the existing industrial structure and profit distribution. The technical direction of recycling will gradually move closer to battery materials, because in essence, battery recycling is a collection of resource collection and material recycling. There will also be many new variables in the collection channels of battery materials and the direction of the material recycling industry. For example, after the battery exchange mode, the requirements for recycling channels will become weaker, but it will give rise to another industry demand, such as battery exchange equipment and batteries. Asset management, etc., and whether it is possible to directly recycle used batteries at the grid swap point. There will also be many new variables in the collection channels of battery materials and the direction of the material recycling industry. For example, after the battery exchange mode, the requirements for recycling channels will become weaker, but it will give rise to another industry demand, such as battery exchange equipment and batteries. Asset management, etc., and whether it is possible to directly recycle used batteries at the grid swap point. “We think that battery recycling will definitely have great technical and market demand. It is just the beginning. This is a big track where few Chinese companies can lead the way from the beginning. It is different from the chip, lithium battery manufacturing and other industries starting from the beginning. , We can take a different development path. Once we can continue to lead the recycling technology and industry at home and abroad, and close the new energy industry chain, we can open up basic industries such as energy, resources, materials, and transportation.” Lin Xiao said. Under the wave of global electrification, the prospect of battery cascade utilization and recycling is beyond doubt. “It’s only a matter of time before the market scale exceeds tens of billions, hundreds of billions, or even trillions of dollars. As the industry chain matures, some high-quality companies will definitely be nurtured.” According to Puritanism, despite the bright future market prospects, battery recycling still lacks uniform pricing, the recycling business model is not perfect, and “small workshops” are rampant, battery recycling is still a game among leading companies. “Without recycling sources, this business is not your turn.” “At present, for entrepreneurs, the business model of battery recycling is very important. After all, it needs to be profitable. However, it is not ruled out that some companies can make the capital market pay, but at least there must be some visible business models before the capital market is willing to pay. “Lin Boqiang said to Chuangyebang. For entrepreneurs, everything is still full of variables

To this day, whether it is the remake of “The Legend of Sword and Fairy” or the new work in the series, or the production of related works of the Fairy Swordsman series, Hu Ge will be topped invisibly: what is the name of Fairy Sword and Qi without Hu Ge Xia Biography.

I thought that the explosion of “Legend of Sword and Fairy” would make his future smooth, but he didn’t expect that his life would change drastically after just over a year, and all of this stemmed from an accident.

After waking up, he not only lost his life friend, his face was ruined, and he was once blind in his right eye. Although his career was put on hold for a long time, it was fortunate that he did not get depressed, and Xue Jianing happened to be taken care of by him on the sick bed.

After Hu Ge is fully recovered, he will be able to come back, and he has successively produced many hits such as “The Myth” and “The Legend of the Sword and Fairy 3”. Of course, it has further established Hu Ge’s position in the circle.

With reputation and ratings in hand, such a career is an achievement that many people dream of. But at this time, Hu Ge did not take the script crazy because of the skyrocketing heat, but began to hone his acting skills and slowly embarked on the road of transformation, and began to remove his idol aura.

If it is lucky because of a big fire in a drama, Hu Ge is definitely the exception in luck.

Some people fancy the crazy exposure of market dividends, some people want to be photographed by paparazzi every day, and some people have to market their appearance and body even if they are not good at acting skills.

But what about Hu Ge? With enthusiasm and holding works, he slowly became a “missing person” in the entertainment circle. At one time, he thought that he wanted to leave the circle to find no one, but he returned with a high-profile work.

Whether it’s the 2015 “Pretender” and “Langya Bang”, or the big screen work “The Gathering of Southern Station”, Hu Ge has proven with his strength that his potential is unlimited, and any role as a true acting artist can be Perfect grip.

However, all this changed until after the official announcement of “Flowers”.

As we all know, Wong Kar-wai’s painting style is unique and very venomous, and his works are guaranteed of quality. From his self-written and directed debut “Carmen in Mong Kok”, to later “Chongqing Forest”, “A Grand Master”, “In the Mood for Love”, etc., Wong Kar-wai not only contributed one classic work after another, but also sent Tony Leung. A higher position in the film world.

Their cooperation is tacit enough, and their achievements are enviable. They belong to partners and achieve each other. Even today, their works and status are still talked about by the audience, and it is impossible to talk about transcendence.

Hu Ge, as a resident male god in the entertainment industry, will only increase in popularity no matter how much exposure, even if it is just because of appearing in the audience of Xue Jianing’s drama, he will be praised and talked about, and needs work for a while. The room came out to refute rumors and calm public opinion.

To say that he is the top class is worthy of his name, to say that he is a strong man in his career, all the data is also a testimony.

Now these two “kings” have joined forces to collaborate on the new drama “Flowers”. I thought it would be a carnival for fans, but I didn’t expect it to be a questioning and wild flattery.

“Will Hu Ge be the next Tony Leung?” “The only one who can succeed Tony Leung is Hu Ge!” “Under the lens of Director Wang Jiawei, will Hu Ge be compared to Tony Leung?”

In this regard, I just want to say one thing: Hu Ge is Hu Ge, he will not be a copy of others, and Tony Leung is not a tool for comparison.

Time will pass, the market will change, and everyone’s aesthetics will continue to change. Moreover, the classics are shaped by themselves, and the future is forged with strength. Hu Ge may be the next actor and the myth of the future, but he is always just himself. .

Because from nothing, from the unknown to the film and television boss, Hu Ge is down to earth, without the help of other people’s light, can also become his own sun.

Next, let us look forward to the new Abao, the new Hu Ge and the high-quality “Flowers”.

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On July 16, 2010, a young man named Strom took a picture of his girlfriend Schutz and a yellow puppy with his mobile phone while on vacation in Mexico. This is the first photo released by the photo app he developed. Soon, within a week, this App had 100,000 users. Two years later, Facebook bought it for $1 billion. This is Instagram.

Strom’s original idea for founding Instagram was because social platforms such as Facebook and twitter were too complex and the right to speak was monopolized. Young people need their own expression space, eager to find the same kind, show their beautiful life, resist the boredom of reality, so as to alleviate the loneliness of life.

Eliminating boredom and loneliness has always been an inexhaustible Internet bonanza, with a steady stream of fresh ideas and applications. This is true not only in Silicon Valley, but also in China. Taking the social field as an example, Momo after WeChat and Aichao after Momo are all the same. Relieving loneliness and fighting against boredom is also a basic law in China’s social field. . However, with the new development of the network and users, new requirements have been placed on social platforms.

Who stole the original intention of making friends?

In 1903, the great philosopher Georg Simmel said in “Metropolis and Spiritual Life” and “Bridges and Gates”: “The mutual relations and various affairs of people in big cities are often various. , Complex. This makes modern ingenuity more and more a calculation. With so many people living together, the stakes are vastly different.” “The complexity and extensiveness of life in big cities force life to keep time and plan carefully. To be accurate, while the external life is rich and colorful, the internal one has to accept a rational, regular, and most impersonal character.”

“This kind of mental state between people in big cities is generally called reserved. As a result, they become indifferent and emotionless.” This kind of urban ecology has caused people’s group loneliness. Young people are particularly lonely due to factors such as social relations and economic ability.

American psychology author Maria said that the Internet naturally has the attributes of alienating people. For young people, social media is becoming a black hole of time and attention. It firmly controls the entire life of young people.

In an article about loneliness economy “Why is loneliness a good business?” “Mentioned: “More than 20% of people check WeChat more than 50 times a day, and their age is basically under the age of 25. In NetEase Cloud Music, there are as many as 2,000 songs related to the theme of loneliness. There are only 160 albums related to Kaixin. On Douban, there are more than 150 pages of posts related to loneliness. Just the book One Hundred Years of Solitude has more than 99,539 comments.”

“As of now, on Zhihu, 130822 people have paid attention to the topic of loneliness, and there are as many as 15,898 related issues. “Can loneliness destroy a person? “, there are 16,787 answers, more than 45,000 likes. “When are you the loneliest?” “There were more than 27,000 answers, most of them were young people.”

On the one hand, it is the intense loneliness of the urban population. The data of real social apps love to chat shows that 21-22 o’clock in the evening is the peak time for users to make friends, because after a busy day, it is most likely to feel lonely in the middle of the night. On the other hand, it is the chaos of making friends on the Internet.Or People with unpredictable intentions take advantage of the loneliness at the bottom of people’s hearts and make illegal profits, which leads to chaos in the social field.

The original intention of making friends is to relieve loneliness, relieve loneliness, and meet interesting people. However, on the Internet, cloud blind dates, killing pigs, financial fraud, etc. have emerged one after another, leading to a large number of negative injuries caused by inadvertently making friends. At the same time, because of the virtual nature, it has brought a lot of harassment and harm to female users, thereby reducing the fun of making friends and the probability of success, casting a shadow on both users and the platform.

According to a report in China Youth Daily, from 2016 to 2020, only one institution of the People’s Procuratorate of Huqiu District, Suzhou City, “handled 46 cases of fraud using the Internet, involving 249 people, including 18 cases of online emotional fraud and 156 people. , Accounting for 39% of the cases and 63% of the people involved. These online emotional fraud cases present new features such as intertwining with pyramid schemes, linking with money laundering, and difficulty in recovering stolen goods.” “The marriage rate has fallen, the divorce rate has soared, and the unmarried population has grown… The problem of marriage and love is prominent, which has spawned a large number of online dating platforms, and online emotional fraud has become one of the main criminal forms of telecom fraud.”

Authenticity, the first day of making friends

The first driving force of social interaction is actually very simple, it is to eliminate and alleviate loneliness. WeChat is to connect friends and work relationships; Weibo is to share all kinds of information in time; Douyin Kuaishou is to watch short videos; Aichao is to provide young people with a platform for social and emotional communication.

But the Internet is virtual. In 1993, “The New Yorker” published a cartoon by Peter Steiner. A puppy sitting in front of a computer said to another dog: “On the Internet, no one knows you are a dog. “The anonymity of social networking allows anyone to play any role, good or bad.

It is precisely because of this virtual property that online dating has become complicated. It was originally to relieve the beautiful original intention of loneliness, but in the end it brought harm. According to incomplete statistics, in 2019 alone, the Beijing News reported that 570 people were defrauded in online emotional dating, involving more than 130 million funds.

The main reason why so many negative incidents have occurred is Some users who participated in social networking did not submit real information and used the cover of the network to harm the rights and interests of other users and undermine the safety factor and healthy development of the entire social platform . However, many platforms, due to positioning and historical reasons, are unable to further regulate the authenticity, which has formed a big pain point. Among them, more than 80% of the victims are women.

With the development of the times, users have a stronger need for social authenticity. New requirements have been put forward for policy management, platform and user words and deeds. Authenticity becomes a rigid demand. According to a survey of netizens in Shanghai, 60% of netizens value the authenticity of member information most. The top three requirements for social platforms are authenticity, safe dating, and high success rate.

Such psychological changes have also aroused the interest of related researchers. A study by the Harvard Psychology Group shows that in the short term, the virtual nature of the Internet allows people to play any role at will and publish various speeches. At the same time, you can use beautiful pictures and filters to beautify your image and life, and give people a sense of pleasure to vent and beautify.

but In the long run, the virtual nature of social networks will increase people’s insecurity, loneliness, and distrust, thereby reducing people’s social well-being. . True and trusting communication, psychologically, will greatly enhance happiness. The sense of connection between people will also greatly increase. Over-virtual and over-packaged social relationships will reduce people’s sense of connection and happiness. It can even produce depression and anxiety.

In response to frequent social fraud incidents, the People’s Daily published an editorial in May 2020, “True identity is the public’s most basic expectation of dating websites. If this is fundamentally shaken, then dating websites will lose their value of existence. Today, A large number of dating websites use real names as marketing gimmicks to attract users to register and charge service fees. However, the reality of media exposure is still worrying. Some dating websites’ “release water” on the authenticity of their identities are obviously driven by interests. .”

In September 2017, the three ministries and commissions jointly issued guidelines for youth marriage and love work, requiring social networking sites including marriage and love to strictly implement the real-name system, “Strictly implement the real-name system for online dating and dating platforms, link the real-name system with the credit evaluation system, and improve marriage and dating information Platform, matchmaking agency supervision and evaluation system, multi-departmental coordination and co-governance.”

Who will meet the needs of users for making real friends?

The results of the seventh national census were announced. As of November 1, 2020, the total population of the country was 1,41178 million, and the total fertility rate was less than 1.5.

According to statistics from the Ministry of Civil Affairs, “In 2018, my country’s single adult population reached 240 million, of which more than 77 million adults lived alone, and the ratio of men to women was imbalanced. The population living alone increased year by year, and it is expected to rise to 92 million by 2021. “Among them, the post-90s accounted for 47.68%, the highest proportion. This is destined for emotional social interaction, which is a long-term rigid demand for young people.

In China and the United States, a group of new social apps that focus on solving the pain points of making friends stand out. The capital market has also increasingly recognized this track. Including overseas match, bumble, domestic love chat and so on.

Match has more than 45 dating App brands. Including Tinder, Match.com, Meetic, TWOO and other different types of dating sites, which are currently listed in the United States, with a market value of 38 billion U.S. dollars. Bumble, which is characterized by being friendly to women, has a market value of US$5.7 billion and a price-earnings ratio of 70 times. Domestic love to chat, focus on real social interaction, close to 100 million single young users, more than 10 million users chat and interact every day, and women are very active on the platform.

One of the biggest differences between the popular social apps and the previous ones is that they emphasize authenticity and safety, while at the same time being easy to use, fun, and efficient. From the perspective of the development process of making friends, from strangers to marriage, there are generally four stages: safety acquaintance, relationship breaking ice, feeling warming, and holding hands. Among them, authenticity, ice-breaking, and efficiency are the three key elements for making friends. Who can really solve these three key pain points can win new social user groups.

It is precisely the rigid demand for authenticity. All the starting points for the social interaction of Aichao platform are based on truth, “seeking truth and being pragmatic.” Aichao focuses on authenticity and brings emotional socialization back to the original intention.

From registration to operation, a series of machine + manual measures have been adopted to ensure the authenticity of the platform, and the “review before posting” and “triple review” mechanisms are strictly implemented. The content posted by users, including avatar photos, manual review, System face recognition, voice signature authentication, 7*24 hours of uninterrupted manual review, and finally multiple reviews by the editor-in-chief. Currently, more than 90% of users have passed real-person authentication.

Through AI intelligent investigation + big data recognition, for early warning of abnormal login behaviors, it automatically identifies high-risk users and high-risk actions, such as fraud, pornography, etc., and provides risk reminders to users who may be victimized by fraud and SMS dissuasion reminders. Strict measures such as banning or even permanently banning users and accounts suspected of fraud and violation of regulations.

Because the structure of the single population in real life is more men than women, this has also resulted in far more men than women on social networks. In the past, traditional social platforms met the social needs of users and often caused excessive harassment of women. In this way, the success rate of men making friends is very low, and guiding users to socialize effectively, sincerely, and with a high success rate is the key.

From the perspective of caring for women, the Aichao platform sets up points and other mechanisms to protect women and socialize friendly This effectively filters out a lot of invalid harassing information and draining advertisements, and protects women’s rights and interests, thereby helping women maintain high-frequency activity on the platform. For male users, this also helps them improve the efficiency of social interaction.

The efficiency of social interaction has become the core of whether a platform can continue to attract users. Starting from the function, Aichao has set up many interesting functions, including “emotional warming”, etc. When both parties have the willingness to understand, the design of the platform’s intelligent recommendation and guiding language will help break the ice, and the two will interact with each other to give gifts and become intimate. Degrees rise rapidly, and feelings heat up. All functions can be unlocked only after reaching a certain intimacy value. It not only protects female users, but also helps to strengthen the full understanding of both men and women in the chat process.

Give the user the initiative to make friends. For those who want to know more about the friends, check the information, tags, dynamics and other materials to deepen their understanding, and establish contacts through text, voice, video and other methods. When encountering the opposite sex, take the initiative to contact and communicate. If you are not interested, you can terminate friendly at any time. You do not have to bear the social pressure of traditional apps, let alone time-consuming.

The English poet John Donne said in the 17th century: “No one is an island, alone in the sea. Everyone is like a small piece of soil, connected to form an entire land.” This is actually the driving force for social platforms to continue to innovate. In every era and every group, there are social products that belong to them.

In the United States, the new social platform MATCH GROUP has been listed, and its stock price has skyrocketed from US$8 to a maximum of US$174. As of June 2021, the company’s market value was US$38.1 billion. The emerging real social networking will surely trigger a new round of capital craze. More domestic investors began to look for the next possible MATCH listing.

When it comes to keywords Two! Three! (the name of a song by the group), the members suddenly remembered how special this song became to both them and their fans. Video sharing BTS’s feelings about the past time. The members happily reminisced about the past. Suga revealed that all the hardships they went through were with ARMY: “We had a hard time but ARMY was also hurt a lot. We should have shielded all the oppression but ARMY has endured it with us. Through this song, I feel it has become a ‘secret code’ for ARMY and us.” Suga thanked fans for always accompanying the group. Leader RM shared about the group’s toughest years and how those moments made them who they are today. “This is what I think. During the three years of 2015, 2016, 2017, it was difficult for us and the fans because there were so many haters. ARMY tried so hard to protect us and the group. tried harder than anyone else when it came to creating new products and doing other things. When I look back on those three years, they mean a lot to me.” Song Two! Three! in the album Wings , released in 2016. The song became a comfort to the members and fans. The members also always thank ARMY for always supporting and protecting BTS against everyone’s attacks.

Artwork: Internet On the morning of May 9, the Ministry of Health said that there were 832,635 people vaccinated against COVID-19 nationwide. With the motto “Where to get vaccinated safely to there”, the procedure for vaccination against COVID-19 in Vietnam has been carried out methodically and differs from other countries in the world, including advanced countries. up. Up to 16:00 on May 8, 2021, a total of 832,635 people were vaccinated against COVID-19, phase 1 and 2 in the provinces / cities. COVID-19, health workers perform tasks such as sampling, testing, tracing, members of community COVID-19 groups, Steering Committee for epidemic prevention at all levels, police forces. , army. TS.BS. Pham Quang Thai, Immunization Specialist – Head of the Northern Regional Expansion Immunization Office, said: Currently, Vietnam is one of the leading countries in ensuring the COVID-19 vaccination process. With the motto “Where to get vaccinated safely,” the procedure for vaccination against COVID-19 in Vietnam has been carried out methodically and differs from other countries in the world, including the first countries. up. While in many countries, they organize injections, injections in the community (carry the syringe to each house), inject at mobile sites (people pass by, stop the injection, and then continue), inject in drugstores or supermarket. In Vietnam, ensuring safety of COVID-19 vaccination is always on top priority; strictly comply with each step, step by step at all immunization facilities. The COVID-19 vaccination establishment must have facilities and equipment (with sufficient means to prevent shock), and have a team that is well trained for safe vaccination. These facilities themselves are also regularly supervised, as well as vaccination operators are regularly trained to update new vaccines and safe injection procedures. This is the strength of the vaccination system in Vietnam and has been recognized by the world. In addition, Vietnam is also one of the very few countries that have a national immunization information system that manages each person to be vaccinated. Data from the system helps ensure injection safety

Both me and the West like it There is no specific statistic from the authorities or the local authorities of the western provinces that each year, from the resources … the hamster, how much money people make. In fact, passing through many western provinces and cities, especially areas with large areas of rice, sugarcane, pineapple (fragrant), cajuput, … large like Can Tho, An Giang, Kien Giang, Dong Thap. , Hau Giang, Long An, wherever we go, we also see the shop’s label selling “specialty” processed from hamsters. And, in daily life, the dish is processed from hamsters (Ben Tre, Tra Vinh also has coconut mouse, hamster), for a long time it has been a familiar dish in the meal, even at home. There were parties, guests, this specialty was brought to the top of the party. Grilled hamster is a favorite dish not only for us but also for Western guests. Photo: ĐSA. Not long ago, I returned to the Red Flag (Can Tho) and met Mr. Huynh Van Hoang (known as Hoang “the army”). His house is next to the People’s Committee of Co Do town. Unlike a few times before, with his forte dish he cooked the best (salt-fried lemongrass mouse), this time, he treated me to … dried rat. Seeing the rats that had been cleaned, seasoned, and dried for 2-3 consecutive days by him, we found it intriguing. When he put it on the hot charcoal stove, and then the scent of the rat’s flesh spread across the neighborhood, we just looked quickly until we were seated at the table. The landlord directly chops the raw mango, picks the herb leaves, then rips the mouse meat by himself, … In fact, for many people in the West, hamsters can be processed into many delicious dishes that cannot compare to anything else. When we returned to the Hong Ngu border area (Dong Thap) in the fourth lunar month, we learned that it was the time of the most delicious rat meat. Local people explain that due to the preparation for the rainy season, the weather is warm, fresh, the plants are green and sprouted many young shoots … Enjoy the “lucky” so the hamsters are fat this season, freshly baked, the fat flows down the sizzling coal, fragrant. At that time, we also went to the back of the water gantry, directly participating in the rat-making process. Unlike dry food, freshly baked rats do not need to be seasoned with any spices other than a little garlic and a little fish sauce. The rats were clamped on fresh bamboo branches, split in half and then put on a charcoal fire. We have eaten many times of the grilled coconut mouse and hamster, but that time, we still had to blurt out because of the sweet and fragrant taste in each mouse meat … The special thing is when I asked the dipping sauce for this rustic delicacy, the owner, a farmer over 80 years old, ran to the back of the kitchen, and later brought up a plate of pure copper fish sauce. As I ate, the host couple enthusiastically showed me how to prepare a variety of delicious dishes from hamsters, which are store of laksa leaves, boiled wort (with wine), boiled batch, sautéed leaves, stir-fried onions, stir-fried vegetables. , beware of coconut water, roast, roast, roast satay and steamed rice dishes … When I got back to Cao Lanh city, my colleague also let me enjoy the “pearl pearl” (part of the genitals of male mice) sautéed the palanquin and said that it belonged to “he ate, she praised”. Because it can be processed into so many delicious dishes, for a long time, people have … “honored” rat meat with squirrel meat. Many people call this fun “squirrel copper” also because of that. In Phung Hiep (Hau Giang) and Thanh Hoa (Long An), every day, tons of hamsters are loaded into trucks and transported to Ho Chi Minh City. There is a very special thing is that Western guests also love rat meat. Many times I endlessly witness “foreign visitors” tearing roasted hamsters, eating deliciously is like tearing grilled chicken. An Giang Provincial People’s Committee leader said, when he came to An Giang for a survey early last year, Mr. Jan Zahradil, Vice Chairman of the European Parliament’s International Trade Commission (INTA), Chairman of the Friendship Parliamentary Group European Institutes (EP) and Vietnam, surprised him and many of the members of the delegation with the grace of having lunch with a meat dish “squirrel”. Proposal was met immediately. That day, in addition to specialties such as sesame fish sauce, cotton fish cooked sour soup – braised fish, deep fried fish, … the table also added 3 dishes from the hamster, which is a dish. Rats roast, fresh grilled mice and sauteed rats. And that day, this Western guest was only eating mouse dishes. He said many times to Vietnam, eating many delicious dishes but did not have the conditions to enjoy the hamster dish. Many of his friends, including the Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the National Assembly XIII Nguyen Van Giau said “if you go to the West, you must try once to tell”. Finished dinner that day, Mr. Jan Zahradil kept whining and said “very gossipy”. The plan achieves two goals Returning to the story of spending billions of money to fight mice, after the press reports, the leaders of the People’s Committee of Can Tho city explained that it was a story related to the implementation of a directive of the Ministry of Agriculture and Agricultural Development. village. Based on the fact, Can Tho develops a plan to prevent and control plant infestation for the period 2021-2025. Specifically, in terms of rice crops from 2016 to 2020, 19,415 hectares of rice were damaged by rats. Can Tho’s plan is … if rats damage 5% of the production area, in the next 5 years, the total amount expected to be spent to support the people in coping with the epidemic is over 29.6 billion VND. And if the actual damage is like that, the proposed capital of the local budget is more than 22.5 billion dong, the remaining 7 billion dong, people “bear”. Traders come to Thanh Hoa district, Long An province, weigh the mouse to load them into a truck and transport them to Ho Chi Minh City. With this money, Can Tho is expected to organize more than 1,500 training courses, support 112,500 traps for farmers to control rats and 5,625 kg of bio-drugs. “The reality will depend on the situation each year. If this year, the prevention of rats is good, the following year will surely reduce the damage of rats. The detailed cost estimate plan was appraised and submitted to the authority to arrange the implementation in accordance with the regulations, but Can Tho was not available nearly 30 billion VND for prevention and control, ”said Vice Chairman of Can Tho City People’s Committee Nguyen Ngoc Summer, the person signed to issue the above plan. To make the public understand more about this plan, the Can Tho Department of Crop Production and Plant Protection explained that unlike pests and diseases, it only causes a decrease in yield, but if it is destroyed by rats, rice is often bitten off the base. , almost complete damage. “If based on the scenario of 11,200 ha of rice severely damaged by 50% of the area and 50% of the yield by the rat, it is estimated that 5,600 ha of rice would be damaged. With this area, if the rice yield is 7 tons / ha, there will be 39,200 tons of rice. And a loss of 50% in yield would result in a loss of 19,600 tons of rice. Calculated at the average selling price of 6,000 VND / kg, the number of damage is over 117 billion VND ”, this officer gave a calculation and also said that the weather factor was very favorable for mice to reproduce. A pair of parental mice after a year can produce 2,064 (?). Concerned about the fight against “copper squirrel”, many people, including agricultural experts, have different opinions. Professor Vo Tong Xuan, Rector of South Can Tho University, said the plan to spend nearly 30 billion dong to kill rats is too much money. “Using biological drugs to kill rats is not sure that this drug is not toxic and does not affect the environment. When sprayed, bio-drugs follow the water line, especially in the rainy season, it will spread to many places. As for the mouse trap, the State subsidizes it, whether the people will preserve it well, ”said Professor Vo Tong Xuan. The above plan to kill rats is budget-consuming but not likely to bring about high results, while farmers have many initiatives and tools to kill rats and take responsibility for their own fields. “These things, let the farmers take care of them. Every farmer is responsible, the rat bites his field so that the State takes care ”, Professor Vo Tong Xuan said and cited in the past time, pests and diseases in rice, farmers also actively sprayed. . Regarding community mousetrap (also known as plant traps), Professor Vo Tong Xuan concurred with the involvement of government officials. However, this method is only done when rats have high densities, potentially causing much harm. Professor Vo Tong Xuan also described the community mousetrap model, that is, on a rice field, functional departments rent about 500m² of paddy fields in the middle of the field, lure rats in, then catch and sell. With this approach, a commune in the key rice growing area of ​​the West can make 2-3 community mouse traps. The proceeds from the sale of rats can compensate for the rent of the paddy field. Professor Vo Tong Xuan said that in Son Kien commune, Hon Dat district, Kien Giang province, there was a farmer who worked as a community mouse trap model and brought about economic efficiency. On the sidelines of a recent conference held in Can Tho, Mr. Le Van Thiet, Deputy Director of the Plant Protection Department – Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development said that killing rats or any other object should use total measures. In addition, in addition to manual methods (using traps, baits), the most effective method is to trap community because this method can kill rats on an area of ​​up to 100 ha. According to Professor Vo Tong Xuan, in the first phase, the locality can experiment with the model of the Australian community mouse trap that has announced by the International Rice Research Institute. Since then, to see if luring mice into traps is effective or not, if seeing results, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development should widely disseminate them.

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In the current overall framework of Sino-US relations, what are the special features of climate change cooperation issues? Shanghai once again played the role of a “bridge” at an important moment in Sino-US relations. What are the considerations for this arrangement? Almost at the same time Kerry arrived in Shanghai, a so-called “unofficial delegation” led by the former US Senate arrived in Taipei. The United States has recently played the “Taiwan card” frequently. What does it mean?

Reading Zhengguan exclusively connected with Renmin University of China EU “Jean Monnet” Chair Professor Wang Yiwei, Director of the Institute of International Affairs for interpretation.

Interest groups influence Biden government’s climate policy

Political View: Kerry is the first senior official of the Biden administration to visit China. What is the background and significance of this arrangement? In the overall framework of Sino-US relations, what is the weight of climate change cooperation issues?

Wang Yiwei: China and the United States account for more than 40% of global carbon emissions, and tackling climate change requires the two countries and other countries in the world to work together. Biden will host a climate summit next week, after the US government has officially issued an invitation to China.

Regarding Kerry’s trip to Shanghai, although some Republicans reacted fiercely, the White House has made it clear that the United States will engage with China at all levels, and that the US-China relationship is not confrontation but competition. I think that Kerry came to Shanghai to promote some substantive cooperation. Behind the Biden administration is the support of emerging industry interest groups represented by clean energy companies. This is an important foundation for the United States to seek cooperation with China in climate policy.

Looking back at history, climate change cooperation is a bright spot in Sino-US relations during the Obama administration. At that time, Biden, the vice president, and Kerry, the secretary of state, were both promoters of relevant policies. Relevant interest groups and environmental protection organizations have played an important role in the formulation of the Obama administration’s climate change and energy policies. Today, these groups still play similar roles and exert influence on the Biden administration. U.S. emerging industry interest groups represented by clean energy companies hope that the Biden administration can urge China to take more actions in terms of carbon emission reduction.

On the other hand, climate change is a very malleable topic, involving the construction of the future international structure, especially the game of financial international structure and rule-making. Now, the United States has revealed its intention to build a carbon emission dollar system and wants to link the dollar with carbon emission data. At the same time, the EU is building a carbon emissions trading system to promote the development of the carbon emissions trading market. There are similar considerations behind this.

Responding to climate change, China, the United States and Europe have broad space for cooperation

Political View: Not long ago, at the Sino-US high-level strategic dialogue held in Anchorage, although China and the United States had differences on some issues, both sides agreed to strengthen dialogue and cooperation in the field of climate change, and the two sides will establish a Sino-US climate Joint Working Group on Change. In the context of facing differences in some areas, why did China and the United States take the lead in reaching a consensus on strengthening dialogue and cooperation in the field of climate change?

Wang Yiwei: Since the Biden administration came to power, climate change cooperation has been generally regarded as an area that can be expected in Sino-US interaction. It should be said that there is a certain inevitability and rationality in this. The promotion of climate cooperation between China and the United States on the right track conforms to the interests and expectations of the world.

In my opinion, there are roughly two dimensions that influence the direction of the international pattern in the 21st century. One is climate change and new energy development, and the other is digitalization and intelligence. Both involve the transformation of human production mode, lifestyle and thinking mode. For developed economies such as the United States and Europe, achieving carbon emission reduction is mainly to seek breakthroughs in transportation and lifestyle; for China, carbon emission reduction is from production and lifestyle, transportation, housing and other fields. Apply force directionally. China is not only the “world factory”, but also the world’s largest consumer market. Climate change is a common problem facing the world. China, the United States and Europe have joined hands to address this challenge. They are highly complementary and help avoid disputes caused by homogeneous competition among all parties.

The China-France-Germany Leaders’ Climate Video Summit will be held soon, and the China-EU Investment Agreement will also include new energy development and climate change cooperation as an important content. These are all manifestations of China’s active international cooperation in the climate field. In fact, in the field of climate change, China, the United States and Europe have extensive common interests and room for cooperation. In the next step, the key is to do a good job in carbon reduction, carbon neutralization and related time nodes and procedures, as well as the connection of the rules behind.

In comparison, international cooperation in the digital field faces some practical problems and differences due to factors such as data sovereignty and privacy protection. Of course, the development of a new energy industry will also involve the processing of massive amounts of data, and the response to climate change itself also requires digital assistance. All parties should not only strengthen cooperation, but also play games with each other in the formulation of international rules, especially safety standards.

The Biden administration’s China policy has not yet been finalized

Political View: Recently, the Biden administration has started to play the “Taiwan Card” frequently. According to media reports, on the afternoon of the 14th, former U.S. Senator Chris Dodd led a so-called “unofficial delegation” and arrived in Taipei with two former U.S. Deputy Secretary of State. What do you think about this?

Wang Yiwei: At present, the Biden administration’s China policy has not yet been fully finalized, and it is still in a transitional period. But what has become apparent is that the new administration has inherited the strategy of blocking and squeezing China in the high-tech sector during the Trump era. It is actually an attempt to obstruct China’s high-end development momentum in the global industrial chain, supply chain, and value chain. This is a core issue of the Sino-US game. Whether it’s frequently making a big fuss on the Taiwan issue or forming the US-Japan-India-Australia alliance, it is because the US wants to reshape the global industrial chain and supply chain and suppress and restrict the Chinese economy, especially the high-tech industrial chain and supply chain.

Just earlier this month, U.S. Senator Menendez and others threw out the “Strategic Competition Act of 2021”, requiring the Biden administration to adopt a comprehensive “strategic competition” policy with China. On the 14th, the U.S. Senate Foreign Affairs Committee discussed and voted on the “Strategic Competition Act of 2021.” The various actions of the United States are precisely to hinder the development of China’s high-tech industries.

Political View: At the end of July 2019, the twelfth round of China-US high-level economic and trade consultations was held in Shanghai. After a lapse of 20 months, China’s special envoy for climate change affairs Xie Zhenhua and Kerry held talks in Shanghai. Shanghai once again played the role of a “bridge” between the two sides at an important moment in Sino-US relations.

Wang Yiwei: In his first foreign policy speech in February this year, Biden proposed that US diplomacy will be “middle-class diplomacy.” And Shanghai can be regarded as a pronoun for the rise of the middle class.

In addition, Shanghai has historically served as a bridge and link between China and the United States. On February 28, 1972, China and the United States issued the “Joint Communiqué” in Shanghai, ending the two-year isolation between the two countries and opening a new chapter in Sino-US relations. In 2009, the then-U.S. President Obama made Shanghai the first stop of his visit to China.

The location of the China-US meeting in Shanghai is hoped to eliminate political ideological interference, which to some extent shows the sincerity of the two sides in climate change cooperation.

The reporter shared, “With Seo Ye Ji, the atmosphere was not good. They said that Seo Ye Ji hated seeing employees, including the manager and the personal makeup artist, interacting with other members of the crew. When these staff tried to talk to others on set, Seo Ye Ji turned around and glared at them. Upon seeing her, the staff ran away. ”

Journalist said that in 2014, Yunho and Seo Ye Ji became a hot topic because of dating rumors. However, the two actors insisted they were just friends. According to Lee Jin Ho, most of the time, Seo Ye Ji’s manager and Yunho always park their cars next to each other.

“The two were found to spend a lot of time together in a car in the middle of resting, waiting for the next scene. The staff sometimes heard Seo Ye Ji scream loudly,” Lee Jin Ho said.

“When shooting started Diary of a Night Watchman, the atmosphere on set is still bright and cheerful. Yunho is friendly with all staff, regardless of whether they are male or female. However, he gradually talked less with the staff, “Lee Jin Ho revealed.

“According to an employee, Yunho got his make-up done during filming. At first, Yunho was quite friendly but suddenly once, he became uncomfortable. He stood up, tilted his head, put his hand behind his back and said: ‘Hurry’, ‘Don’t touch my face’, ”Lee Jin Ho said.

Foreign Ministry spokesman Trieu Lap Kien.

“The oceans are not Japan’s trash, the Pacific is not Japan’s sewage trench. The world does not have to pay the price for Japan’s discharge of radioactive water. On some Japanese officials say,” “Nothing will happen even if you drink this”, please drink first, then we will talk, “Foreign Ministry spokesman Trieu Lap Kien said at a press conference on the 14th. / 4.

“We call on the Japanese side to be aware of their responsibilities, to adhere to a scientific approach, to fulfill international obligations and to take into account the serious concerns of the world community and neighboring countries. and the people of our own country, “added the Chinese diplomatic representative.

Earlier, on April 13, the Japanese government announced a plan to discharge more than 1 million tons of radioactive contaminated water from the Fukushima nuclear plant into the Pacific.

According to the roadmap, the discharge will begin in about two years, and the entire process is expected to take decades.

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said that the decision to release polluted water into the Pacific was the “most realistic” and “inevitable” option to achieve the recovery of Fukushima “.

Japanese Deputy Prime Minister Taro Aso affirmed that this water source has been treated, diluted, will be very safe, drinkable, and said that Japan should discharge water sooner.

About 1.25 million tons of water has accumulated in the area of ​​the Fukushima nuclear plant after the tsunami hit in 2011.

The amount of radioactive water is increasing by about 140 tons per day, is currently stored in more than 1,000 tanks and is expected to run out of storage space by next fall.

Japanese Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide said the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and other third parties will be involved in the plan, ensuring the discharge of treated wastewater in Fukushima into the sea is carried out. transparent way.

In a recent statement, the IAEA confirmed to support this decision, because radioactive elements, except tritium, will be removed from the water or reduced to a safe level before being discharged. The IAEA has also shown that nuclear plants around the world use a similar process to treat wastewater.

However, Japan’s discharge has met with opposition from fishing communities in this country as well as concerns from neighboring countries such as China and South Korea.

South Korea expressed “serious concern” that the Japanese decision would have a direct and indirect impact on the safety of its people and the surrounding marine environment.

South Korea urged Japan to provide more information on its wastewater discharge and said it would measure and monitor the radiation itself.

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The above comments of Mr. Konstantin Roginsky, deputy director of the Institute of Oceanography of the Russian Academy of Sciences shared with the media on April 13.

“The amount of wastewater announced by the Japanese side is a small amount. This is a drop of water in the ocean. Even in the worst case, if the wastewater is poorly treated, this heavy water will sink to the bottom and lie at a depth of 5-6-8 km, ”said Mr. Roginsky.

The waste water is planned to be discharged into the ocean, not posing a threat to the ecosystem of the Sea of ​​Okhotsk, because the currents in that area go from north to south in the direction of the Russian scientist. Japan”.

The wastewater discharge will begin in about two years and the entire process is expected to take decades. (Image: Reuters)

According to Roginsky, the discharge of wastewater from the Fukushima nuclear power plant does not pose a threat to the Sea of ​​Japan, which is separated from the Pacific by islands of Japan. “US naval bases are much more harmful to Japan’s coastal fisheries,” added Roginsky.

“About 1.5 million tons of wastewater will be dumped into the ocean. Accordingly, the water is diluted, losing its natural salinity. This can be more harmful to marine organisms than it is with poor radiation release. They are used to living at a certain salinity, at a certain depth, in a certain chemical composition of water, ”explained the Russian expert.

Also commenting on the contemporary Japanese announcement of the discharge of wastewater from the Fukushima nuclear power plant, the expert of the Federal Council on Agricultural Policy – Food and Environmental Management, Ms. Natalia Sokolova undertook that if the wastewater is properly purified, there will be no radioactive threat to Russia.

“Right now, the amount of liquid accumulated is very large. Most of it is regular water. If purified from all harmful impurities, including tritium, the wastewater can be safely discharged into the oceans, as well as the coastal waters of other countries will not be affected. “, Ms. Sokolova shared with Sputnik.

According to the ecologist, discharging water from nuclear power plants is a common process for operating plants. But Fukushima is an emergency, so it is not known whether or not an operation will be able to proceed. It will become clear by 2023 whether wastewater can be filtered to the required parameters.

“Rigorous laboratory analyzes should be performed during the entire wastewater purification process. Two years prior to discharge is called approximate figure. I am sure that the Japanese government will make a decision on the outcome of the wastewater purification process. So far, these are just plans and the reality is that not all wastewater can be 100% purified ”, believes Ms. Sokolova.

Japan insists it is safe to discharge water from the plant as it has been treated to remove most of the radioactive elements and will be diluted. (Image: Reuters)

Meanwhile, Dmitry Lisitsyn, President of the Far East (Russia) environmental protection organization, said that the discharge of wastewater from the Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan would lead to radioactive pollution. was brought to the heart of the North Pacific, where Pacific salmon are inhabited.

“The Fukushima nuclear power plant is located on the Pacific coast of Honshu Island. When radioactive pollution enters the Pacific off the coast of Honshu, they are quickly transported to the northeast by the Kuroshio currents, then into the North Pacific stream. All polluted wastewater is sent directly to the North Pacific. How does this threaten Russia? The fish forage in the North Pacific, then infiltrate the Russian table and there will be more before the polluted wastewater completely disappears, “RIA quoted Mr. Lisitsyn.

Lisitsyn noted six Pacific salmon species live in the Far East. They spawn in rivers, feed and grow in the ocean. Specifically in the central region of the North Pacific. This is exactly the site where this pollution was done.

What does the IAEA say?

Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Rafael Mariano Grossi, welcomed the decision of the Japanese Government to discharge wastewater from the damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant into the sea and promised that the organization would assistance to avoid negative consequences.

“I welcome Japan’s announcement of how they will treat wastewater stored at the Fukushima nuclear power plant. The IAEA will work with Japan before, during and after discharge to help ensure this is done without negatively affecting health and the environment, ”wrote Grossi on Twitter.

According to Mr. Grossi, the controlled discharge of water into the sea is regularly used by nuclear power plants operating in the world and in the region, they comply with strict environmental safety standards and regulations. .

The start of wastewater discharge is expected to be around 2023. At the current rate of storage in reservoirs, all available reservoirs will be filled by the end of 2022.

Earlier, speaking at a press conference on April 13, Japanese Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide announced that it would discharge more than 1 million tons of wastewater from the Fukushima nuclear power plant into the sea, saying that the discharge of water into Thai waters Binh Duong was the “most realistic” and “inevitable” option to achieve the recovery of Fukushima.

Comrade Do Trong Hung, Member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People’s Council, Head of the Youth Union delegation of Thanh Hoa province talked to members of Ham Rong Club.

In a warm atmosphere, Provincial Party Secretary Do Trong Hung informed members of Ham Rong Club with three contents, including: Performance of the tasks in the first quarter of 2021 of the province and public orientations. major impact of the province in the coming time; the key work that the province has implemented since the 19th Provincial Party Congress, especially the implementation of Resolution 58-NQ / TW of the Politburo; the results of the 11th session of the 14th National Assembly and the preparation for election of deputies to the XV National Assembly and People’s Councils at all levels for the term 2021-2026.

Comrade Do Trong Hung, Member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People’s Council, Head of the delegation of National Assembly of Thanh Hoa province attended the Ham Rong Club meeting.

Accordingly, the first quarter of 2021 is the first time to implement the Resolution of the XIII Congress of the Party, Resolution No. 58-NQ / TW of the Politburo (term XII), the Resolution of the XIX Party Congress. and resolutions of Party congresses at all levels, for the term 2020-2025. Like many localities in the country, besides the advantages, our province also faces many difficulties, challenges and many disadvantages; especially the COVID-19 pandemic continues to be complicated in many countries around the world. In our country, after a period of good control of the situation, the 3rd COVID-19 epidemic wave broke out in many localities around the time of the Lunar New Year, negatively affecting people’s lives, causing difficult for many areas of production and business.

Comrade Do Trong Hung, Member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People’s Council, Head of the Youth Union of Thanh Hoa province informed members of Ham Rong Club about important issues of the province.

In that context, thanks to the synchronization and timeliness of the party committees, authorities and the political system; The agreement, support, active and responsible participation of the business community and all strata of the people, Thanh Hoa province has successfully implemented “dual goals”, while focusing highly on epidemic prevention and control. illness, economic development, at the same time, leading and directing the preparation to elect deputies to the 16th National Assembly and People’s Councils at all levels for the term 2021-2026.

Regarding the major working orientation of the province in the coming time, Comrade Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee Do Trong Hung informed members of Ham Rong 6 club with 6 key tasks to realize the Resolution of the Party Congress of the province. XIX, term 2020-2025, build and develop Thanh Hoa, strive to 2025 in the group of leading provinces in the country – a new growth pole, together with Hanoi, Hai Phong, Quang Ninh form a quadrilateral development in the North of the country; By 2030, it will become a modern-oriented industrial province, with its people having a living standard higher than the national average.

Provincial Party Secretary Do Trong Hung also informed Politburo Resolution No. 58-NQ / TW (Session XII) and stated: This is a very special concern of the Politburo, departments, branch in the central to our province. Thanh Hoa province hopes that the Resolution will create new conditions for Thanh Hoa’s development.

The resolution is a political platform, a major policy of the Central Government towards Thanh Hoa that has outlined the direction for Thanh Hoa to develop. But for the Resolution to come to life or not, it must be the Party Committee, the authority and the people of all ethnic groups in Thanh Hoa province.

With regard to the great works implemented by the Provincial Party Committee after the XIX Party Congress, Comrade Secretary Do Trong Hung stated: Since the 19th Provincial Party Congress, the Standing Committee, The Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee focused on leading and directing to perfect the institution, quickly bringing Resolution No. 58-NQ / TW of the Politburo and the Resolution of the XIXth Provincial Party Congress into practice.

Along with the serious organization of studying, grasping and implementing the resolutions of the Party, the Provincial Party Committee, the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee has urgently consolidated, assigned the Party Committee level, promulgated the working regulations of the Executive Committee. Provincial Party Committee, Provincial Party Committee Technical Committee, Full-term working program of the Provincial Party Committee, Program of inspection and supervision for the term and year 2021 of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee, Program of action to implement Resolution No. 58-NQ / TW of the Politburo (Session XII), Action Program to implement the Resolution of the 19th Provincial Party Congress and many other important contents; at the same time actively led functional agencies to urgently build key programs and breakthrough stages in the spirit of the Resolution of the XIX Party Congress.

Also at the meeting, the Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee informed the results of the 11th session of the 14th National Assembly and would like to thank the good feelings that Ham Rong club members gave their homeland. love throughout the years, especially the support and companionship with provincial leaders in the work of leading, directing, administering and implementing the tasks.

In the coming time, Comrade Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee Do Trong Hung respectfully hope that Ham Rong club members continue to contribute their efforts and wisdom to accompany the Party, government and people of all ethnic groups in the province. Thanh Hoa’s hometown is beautiful and growing.

He wished Ham Rong Club members health, longevity, full of joy and happiness, continued to be spiritual support, and be a good example for generations and descendants to follow.