2026-02-14 Saturday
2026-02-22
20:33:08
The General Office of the Guizhou Provincial People's Government recently issued "Several Policy Measures on Cultivating and Strengthening Business Entities," proposing to increase efforts in cultivating specialized, refined, and innovative enterprises, establish and improve the development promotion mechanism for specialized, refined, and innovative SMEs, strengthen professional services and digital transformation, strive to create a number of specialized, refined, and innovative "little giant" enterprises and manufacturing single-item champion enterprises, accelerate the development of unicorn and gazelle enterprises, promote the full coverage of R&D institutions and R&D activities for specialized, refined, and innovative SMEs, support "little giant" enterprises in building provincial-level or above R&D platforms, and strive to cultivate more than 100 provincial-level specialized, refined, and innovative SMEs annually during the "15th Five-Year Plan" period, with the total number of provincial-level specialized, refined, and innovative SMEs reaching more than 1,800 by 2030.
20:32:01
The General Office of the Guizhou Provincial People's Government recently issued "Several Policy Measures on Cultivating and Strengthening Business Entities," which proposes to strengthen the cultivation and service of listed companies, implement an enterprise listing cultivation action, dynamically optimize the reserve pool of companies for listing, and build a tiered promotion mechanism of "cultivation-guidance-application-listing." The measures also support enterprises with prominent main businesses, strong profitability, and good growth potential to list and raise funds in domestic and foreign multi-level capital markets, and support enterprises in the province to carry out equity acquisitions, mergers and acquisitions, and other activities around the industrial chain, and cultivate a number of listed companies in a tiered and categorized manner.
20:30:56
Guizhou has issued "Several Policy Measures on Cultivating and Strengthening Business Entities," aiming to expand and strengthen industrial enterprises, implement an action plan for cultivating industrial enterprises, establish enterprise cultivation databases by category, promote leading enterprises in the industrial chain to build industrial chain collaboration platforms, attract industrial supporting projects through business-to-business investment, cultivate leading enterprises in the industrial chain in stages, and strengthen policy incentives to expand the number of large-scale industrial enterprises. During the "15th Five-Year Plan" period, the province will add more than 400 new large-scale industrial enterprises to the database annually, and strive to add 2 industrial enterprises with operating revenue of 100 billion yuan, 2 with 50 billion yuan, 14 with 10 billion yuan, and 50 with 1 billion yuan by 2030.
20:17:11
The General Office of the Guizhou Provincial People's Government recently issued "Several Policy Measures on Cultivating and Strengthening Business Entities," proposing to promote provincial state-owned enterprises to focus on their core businesses and optimize their layout, guiding high-quality resources of provincial state-owned enterprises to concentrate on key areas such as "six major industrial clusters," "three characteristic industries," new quality productivity, and major infrastructure to consolidate and enhance their leading position in the industry. This includes cultivating Fortune Global 500 companies in the liquor industry, promoting the creation of billion-yuan-level enterprise groups in the energy, chemical, financial, and transportation industries, continuously expanding and strengthening billion-yuan-level enterprise groups in the tourism, logistics, mining, big data, and water conservancy industries, and promoting the professional integration and integrated operation of enterprises in the civil aviation, railway, and shipping industries. The goal is to strive to form a fleet of provincial backbone enterprises by 2030, including one Fortune Global 500 company, five billion-yuan-level enterprises, one 50 billion-yuan-level enterprise, and seven billion-yuan-level enterprises.
20:17:06
The General Office of the Guizhou Provincial People's Government recently issued "Several Policy Measures on Cultivating and Strengthening Business Entities," proposing to implement a new round of state-owned enterprise reform, continuously deepen the reform of the labor, personnel, and distribution systems, improve the classified assessment and evaluation system, and improve the "one enterprise, one policy" assessment mechanism to comprehensively enhance the effectiveness of state-owned asset supervision. It also calls for the orderly promotion of cross-level integration and restructuring of provincial, municipal, and county-level state-owned enterprises with high relevance to the province's leading industries, promoting optimal resource allocation and comprehensively enhancing core competitiveness. Simultaneously, it emphasizes promoting the reform and transformation of financing platforms, orderly advancing their market-oriented, substantive, and rule-of-law transformation, supporting classified enterprise integration and restructuring according to the principle of "merging within the same industry and industry relevance," promoting the transformation of platforms towards market-oriented businesses such as urban operation and industrial investment, guiding financial institutions to support the resolution of existing debt risks in accordance with laws and regulations, guiding cities and counties to formulate and improve reform and restructuring plans after the exit of financing platforms, and strictly prohibiting the establishment or transformation of various types of financing platforms.
20:15:56
The General Office of the Guizhou Provincial People's Government recently issued "Several Policy Measures on Cultivating and Strengthening Business Entities," proposing to focus on accelerating the construction of a modern industrial system with Guizhou characteristics, strengthening efforts to promote industry, projects, investment attraction, and business entities, promoting the improvement of the quality, expansion of the number, and unleashing the vitality of business entities, consolidating the foundation of the real economy, and by 2030, the total number of business entities in the province will steadily increase, the structure will be continuously optimized, and the quality will be significantly improved, with enterprises accounting for about 30% of the total number of business entities, and the total number of "above-scale" enterprises reaching about 25,000.
20:03:09
Sichuan University has attached great importance to the reports concerning its faculty member Wang Zhuqing and has established a special task force to conduct a comprehensive investigation. The investigation involved interviews with faculty and students, in-depth review by experts, and audits of project funding. The investigation revealed that Wang Zhuqing engaged in research misconduct, including falsifying and altering experimental research data, publishing duplicate papers, and improper authorship. Of the 28 papers reported, 6 had issues, including 4 with falsified or altered image data (1 of which also had issues with duplicate image publication and improper authorship), and 2 with duplicate image data publication. In addition, among her unreported papers, 1 had duplicate image publication and 1 had improper authorship. Of these problematic papers, 2 were journal articles and 6 were conference papers. Wang Zhuqing also failed to complete the necessary procurement procedures for academic conference services and failed to return surplus conference funds to the university. In light of issues such as misappropriating 10,000 yuan in research funds, inappropriate communication methods with graduate students, and significant conflicts with some students, the university has decided, in accordance with the "Regulations on Disciplinary Actions for Staff Members of Public Institutions" and relevant university regulations, to demote Wang Zhuqing (from specially appointed researcher to specially appointed associate researcher), suspend her graduate student recruitment qualification, disqualify her from applying for government-funded science and technology projects for 5 years, and report the research papers and projects related to her research misconduct to relevant departments. The university will also respect the students' wishes by adjusting the advisors for those supervised by Wang Zhuqing and provide them with care and support. The university will hold relevant responsible units and individuals accountable, and will further strengthen fund management, comprehensively enhance research integrity education and professional ethics among faculty members to maintain a clean and upright educational environment. Finally, the university thanks the public for their concern and supervision.
14:42:59
[The Ministry of Finance and two other departments issued a notice regarding preferential import tax policies for energy resource exploration, development, and utilization during the 15th Five-Year Plan period] The Ministry of Finance and two other departments issued the "Notice on Preferential Import Tax Policies for Energy Resource Exploration, Development, and Utilization during the 15th Five-Year Plan Period." The notice states that for self-operated projects conducting oil (natural gas) exploration and development operations in my country's marine areas (referring to China's inland waters, territorial sea, continental shelf, and other marine resource jurisdictional areas, including shallow beaches and tidal flats, the same below), as well as offshore oil and gas pipeline emergency rescue projects, equipment (including technical data imported with the equipment according to the contract), instruments, spare parts, and special tools that cannot be produced domestically or whose performance cannot meet the needs, and which are directly used for exploration and development operations or emergency rescue, will be exempt from import duties. For Sino-foreign cooperative projects conducting oil (natural gas) exploration and development operations in my country's marine areas (including "old" foreign cooperative projects approved before December 31, 1994), equipment (including technical data imported with the equipment according to the contract), instruments, spare parts, and special tools that cannot be produced domestically or whose performance cannot meet the needs, and which are directly used for exploration and development operations, will be exempt from import duties and import-related value-added tax. For imported natural gas (including pipeline natural gas and liquefied natural gas, hereinafter the same) received by cross-border natural gas pipelines and imported liquefied natural gas receiving and storage facilities projects approved by the National Development and Reform Commission, as well as imported liquefied natural gas receiving and storage facility expansion projects approved by provincial people's governments, a certain percentage of import-related value-added tax will be refunded. This notice is valid from January 1, 2026 to December 31, 2030. (Ministry of Finance)
14:27:02
[The Ministry of Finance and two other departments issued a notice regarding preferential tax policies for imported seeds and seed sources during the 15th Five-Year Plan period] The Ministry of Finance and two other departments issued a "Notice on Preferential Tax Policies for Imported Seeds and Seed Sources during the 15th Five-Year Plan Period." To improve agricultural quality, efficiency, and competitiveness, support the introduction and promotion of improved varieties, and support the import and utilization of military and police working dogs, from January 1, 2026 to December 31, 2030, imported seeds and seed sources, military and police working dogs, etc., will be exempt from import value-added tax. (Ministry of Finance)
14:20:46
[Search for "New Year's Eve Dinner Delivery" Surges Over 600%] This Spring Festival, home delivery and takeout for New Year's Eve dinners have become popular choices for many. Data shows that compared to the first week of January, searches for "New Year's Eve dinner delivery" increased by over 600% in the first week of February. A restaurant in Hangzhou was fully booked for its New Year's Eve dinners in January. To meet the dining needs of more consumers during the Spring Festival, they launched a New Year's Eve dinner takeout service for the first time this year, offering free delivery within 5 kilometers. In Luohe, Henan, to meet the New Year's Eve dinner ordering needs of some consumers, many catering companies have specially added multiple free delivery teams, capable of delivering pre-ordered New Year's Eve dinners to rural areas more than 30 kilometers away. Data from a certain platform shows that compared to the first week of January, searches for "takeout New Year's Eve dinner" increased by over 900% in the first week of February, searches for "New Year's Eve dinner rankings" increased by 420%, and searches for "New Year's Eve dinner sets" increased by 357%. (CCTV Finance)
13:39:16
[Local Car Rental Surges, New Energy Vehicle Bookings Up 600%] With the Spring Festival holiday approaching, the demand for returning home to visit relatives and traveling is increasing. The 9-day holiday has led many to choose self-driving trips, causing the pre-holiday car rental market to heat up. With the continuous improvement of civil aviation and railway transportation networks, the "comprehensive transportation + local car rental" model, with its efficiency and flexibility, is widely favored by families traveling and returning home. Data shows that this year's Spring Festival car rental market is characterized by early start, long rental periods, and high growth, with both rental orders and user scale achieving year-on-year growth. In terms of vehicle selection, many consumers prefer intelligent and green new energy vehicles. Data shows that during this year's Spring Festival travel rush, bookings for new energy vehicle rentals increased sixfold year-on-year. (CCTV Finance)
13:23:35
[Department of Homeland Security Shuts Down Due to Funding Impasse, Key Positions Remain Operational] The U.S. Department of Homeland Security began a shutdown this Saturday due to a congressional funding impasse with no prospect of a short-term solution. The impasse was triggered by strong public opposition to the Trump administration's large-scale immigration enforcement actions, coupled with Congress being in recess and failing to reach an agreement on Democratic demands for new restrictions on immigration enforcement methods. The initial impact of the shutdown is expected to be limited, but will expand over time. Unlike the historic 43-day shutdown at the end of last year, funding for most other departments has been maintained until September 30th. Furthermore, since over 90% of Department of Homeland Security employees are considered key personnel, they will continue working during the shutdown. Therefore, core functions such as immigration raids, citizenship approvals, airport security, cybersecurity, and Coast Guard operations will continue as normal.
11:45:44
[Four Departments Including the People's Bank of China: Strengthen Multi-Sectoral Financial Coordination and Encourage Financial Institutions to Issue Special Financial Bonds for Micro, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises and Agriculture] The People's Bank of China, the State Financial Regulatory Commission, the China Securities Regulatory Commission, and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs jointly issued the "Opinions on Coordinating the Establishment of a Regular Financial Support Mechanism to Help Prevent Poverty and Promote Rural Revitalization." The Opinions require strengthening multi-sectoral financial coordination, leveraging the financing function of the bond market, and encouraging financial institutions, especially local legal person financial institutions in underdeveloped areas, to issue special financial bonds for micro, small and medium-sized enterprises and agriculture. It also calls for building a comprehensive capital market support system and continuing the "green channel" policy for enterprise listing. Furthermore, it emphasizes the innovative development of insurance products and services. The Opinions stress strengthening policy guarantees and implementation, fully leveraging the incentive role of monetary and credit policies, and guiding financial institutions to continuously increase credit resources for rural revitalization, especially for those preventing poverty and those in underdeveloped areas. Finally, it calls for establishing and improving a regular statistical and dynamic monitoring mechanism for the effectiveness of financial assistance policies, and regularly tracking and analyzing the implementation results.
11:45:20
[Four Departments Including the People's Bank of China: Improve the Long-Term Mechanism for Development-Oriented Financial Assistance to Key Groups and Adjust and Optimize Microcredit for the Impoverished Population] The People's Bank of China, the State Financial Regulatory Commission, the China Securities Regulatory Commission, and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs jointly issued the "Opinions on Coordinating the Establishment of a Regular Financial Support Mechanism to Help Prevent Return to Poverty and Promote the Comprehensive Revitalization of Rural Areas." The Opinions propose to improve the long-term mechanism for development-oriented financial assistance to key groups, adjust and optimize microcredit for the impoverished population, improve policies for small-scale credit loans to farmers, and provide regular support for those preventing return to poverty. It also emphasizes leveraging the role of finance in supporting industrial development, encouraging financial institutions to develop loans for distinctive and advantageous industries, and allowing eligible regions to increase the upper limit of guaranteed loans for entrepreneurship. Furthermore, it calls for establishing a tiered and categorized financial support mechanism for underdeveloped areas, prioritizing new financial funds and financial services for key counties supporting rural revitalization. Finally, it emphasizes increasing the allocation of financial resources to ethnic minority areas, old revolutionary base areas, and border areas.
11:19:13
[Five Departments Including the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology: Cultivating a Group of High-Quality SMEs, Leading Backbone Enterprises, Manufacturing Single-Item Champion Enterprises, and High-Tech Enterprises in Tea Deep Processing] The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and four other departments issued a notice on printing and distributing the "Guiding Opinions on Upgrading the Quality of the Tea Industry (2026-2030)," which mentions cultivating deep processing enterprises. The notice emphasizes strengthening the tiered cultivation of enterprises, leveraging the multiplicative and synergistic effects of processing and manufacturing on the entire tea industry chain, accelerating the integrated application of advanced technologies and equipment, supporting enterprises in carrying out deep processing of tea and the resource utilization of by-products, and cultivating a group of high-quality SMEs, leading backbone enterprises, manufacturing single-item champion enterprises, and high-tech enterprises in tea deep processing.
11:17:28
[National Energy Administration Conducts Survey on Power Supply Guarantee for the 2026 Spring Festival and the National People's Congress and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (NPC & CPPCC)] On February 12, He Yang, member of the Party Leadership Group and Deputy Director of the National Energy Administration (NEA), led a team to Beijing for on-site research to supervise the power supply guarantee work for the 2026 Spring Festival and the NPC & CPPCC. The research team visited key power supply sites to understand the power supply security and guarantee work of relevant units. During the research, He Yang emphasized that all relevant units must take a "no room for error" approach and ensure that all aspects of power supply guarantee work for the Spring Festival and the NPC & CPPCC are implemented thoroughly and meticulously. During the Spring Festival, priority should be given to ensuring people's livelihood, and during the NPC & CPPCC, close attention should be paid to key event venues to ensure a safe and reliable power supply. Emergency duty should be strengthened, and strict precautions should be taken against natural disasters and timely handling of emergencies to ensure a stable and orderly national power safety production situation. Officials from the NEA's Electricity Safety Supervision Department, Electricity Department, North China Energy Regulatory Bureau, Beijing Municipal Commission of Urban Management, and State Grid Corporation of China participated in the research. (National Energy Administration)
11:16:59
[Bridgewater Releases Q4 Holdings Report: Increases Holdings in AI Hot Stocks and Gold Producers] On Friday, Eastern Time, Bridgewater Associates, the world's largest hedge fund, released its latest 13F report on its US equity holdings. The report shows that as of December 31, 2019, Bridgewater's total holdings reached $27.4 billion, up from $25.5 billion in the third quarter. During the reporting period, Bridgewater continued its focus on the artificial intelligence theme, increasing its holdings in popular AI stocks such as Nvidia, Amazon, and Micron Technology. Meanwhile, against the backdrop of continuously strengthening gold prices, Bridgewater also increased its holdings in Newmont Corporation, one of the world's largest gold producers. Overall, Bridgewater added 191 new holdings in the fourth quarter, increased its holdings in 450 stocks, reduced its holdings in 395 stocks, and completely liquidated 165 stocks. The top ten holdings accounted for 36.33% of the total market value.
10:21:42
[Spain Hit by Eight Storms "Niels," Leaving One Dead and Several Injured] The Iberian Peninsula has been hit by eight winter storms this year. Storm "Niels," the eighth storm, began affecting Spain on the 11th, resulting in at least one death and several injuries. Spanish Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Luis Planas Puchardes, stated that "these eight consecutive storms" have indeed had a significant impact, causing severe damage to approximately 14,000 hectares of berries, citrus fruits, olives, and other crops, a figure that could rise considerably. "We need to consider whether this phenomenon is rare or if it may become more frequent in the future." The meteorological department stated that it will continue to closely monitor storm movements and issue further warnings as needed. The Iberian Peninsula is at the forefront of European climate change. For years, the region has been experiencing increasingly longer heat waves and more frequent and intense rainfall. (Xinhua)
09:58:41
[Flight Bookings Double: "Reverse Travel" Becomes a New Choice for Spring Festival Reunions] No longer fixated on "the hometown as the only destination for the New Year," many families have reversed their travel plans this Spring Festival. From "young people returning home for the New Year" to "bringing parents to big cities for the New Year," "reverse travel" has become a new trend for family reunions. According to data from online travel platforms, during the 2026 Spring Festival holiday, many "reverse travel" routes to Beijing, Shanghai, Chengdu, Guangzhou, and other destinations are extremely popular, with flight bookings doubling. Among passengers flying to Beijing, those aged 60 and above have increased by 1.6 times compared to the same period in the 2025 Spring Festival holiday. (CCTV)
