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It’s 2023. Is it reliable to be an online writer?

By the second decade of the 21st century, what would have been regarded as an unprofessional profession has gained more and more recognition, such as e-sportsman, net writer, video blogger or network anchor.

Ten years ago, when these employees returned to their hometown, they might all be classified as "computer sellers." But now, no one in my hometown has a smart phone, and everyone can be an audience of games, online texts, videos and live broadcasts with 4G&5G&Wi-Fi coverage.

It is not spring to stand out from the crowd, but it is spring to be colorful. If you take a look at the major video websites, most of the popular domestic animations and many domestic TV dramas are adapted from the classic web IP, whether it’s Douluo Mainland, which is coming to an end, or Fighting through the Sky, which was very popular last year, or Full-time Masters before that, etc.

In the network text, video content, games, and the surrounding industrial chain, the network text is always upstream. If there is no online text, then the annual drama nirvana in fire, Joy of Life and The Beginning will not exist, and even the original novel of the TV series Big Rivers with a strong sense of the times is also an online novel.

In other words, the content will be rich and colorful when the IP is circulated.

In 2002, qidian was born, and then a lot of news about the myth that online writers made money appeared. When many writers worked hard for several years to write a novel and publish a paper book, the final royalty income was only tens of thousands of yuan, a number of online writers were able to earn seven or eight figures.

It is true that the "28 Law" and even the "19 Law" are distributed in most industries. For example, many young people who are inexperienced have dreams of becoming e-sports masters, but the reality is that only a handful of players at the top of the pyramid can "kill one person ten steps at a time, leaving a thousand miles behind", and more people can only be unknown.

By 2023, the profession of online writers is unfamiliar and familiar to most people. We have read online writers more or less, and the legend of online writers has never stopped, but it seems that in real life, we haven’t met many people who are online writers.

Probably, it’s because once a net writer doesn’t have a uniform like a white coat or a red vest, the work of a second net writer is done in front of a computer, so there is no need to contact people in reality.

In fact, according to the previous public data of China Audiovisual and Digital Publishing Association, the number of online authors in China has exceeded 20 million. In the first half of 2022, Reading Group added about 300,000 writers and 600,000 works, with an increase of 16 billion words.

On social media, the discussion of online writing and entry skills has also increased. According to third-party data, Xiaohongshu adds more than 200 notes related to online writing and introduction every month, with an annual reading volume of over 10 million.

Why does the group of 20 million net writers seem to have less sense of existence than the group of more than 4 million doctors and 17 million teachers?

The answer is a key word: sideline.

From a certain point of view, the author and the actor are similar, and there is a kind of "performance". Some small fresh meats are either paralyzed all the time or hysterical, showing no acting skills, just like some authors wrote "The First People’s Hospital of Los Angeles" and "Wake up from a 500-meter-long bed every day", which are the results of lack of life experience and lack of relevant knowledge.

Of course, an excellent author can make up the online world where it is difficult to distinguish between true and false. Here, the firm but gentle is vertical and horizontal, and idolize is month by month, and the so-called sincerity is the killer skill. If the police write detective stories, forensic doctors write evidence, and officials write officialdom, it will naturally be more handy and allow readers to be there.

The 2022 Report on the Development Trend of Realistic Internet Literature shows that most of the authors come from 57 categories of national economic industries, such as education, health, internet and related services. Although they are part-time writers, they have created as many as 188 professional images in their works, such as the police in Captain Detective, the communication engineer in Dancing with the Cloud, and the internet operation in Smart Travel Elite, all of which come from their personal experiences.

Hexiao, a mother of two children, has a rich professional experience. As a sideline writer of realistic themes, she has also achieved remarkable results. In this sideline, she has published more than one million words, published a children’s literature "Legend about My Sister", and her masterpiece "Biography of Shanghai Mortal" won the first prize in the 6th essay contest of realistic themes online literature of Reading Group.

She told Ai Faner that the reason why she took online writers as a sideline came from "loneliness and desire to talk":

At that time, I was pregnant and rested at home. Every day after my husband went out to work, I had ten hours to spend alone. I don’t know where I learned the precepts of pregnancy and followed them devoutly, so I automatically filtered out sports, TV, eating, drinking and having fun. I sat by the sofa, and there happened to be a newly bought notebook on the mobile desk. When I opened a document, my original intention was to record the growth of a fetus, and then I thought, it is better to write a prequel and record the love of his parents. As a result, my first book, Love Record of Magic Capital, which was only shyly shown to a few people, was born. Thanks to a few people and their enthusiasm and encouragement, I really walked on the road of online writers in the next few years.

There are not a few people like He Xiao who started to write online articles on a whim, but not many people can persist through the funnel of time and perseverance. He Xiao’s sideline is not smooth, and he will encounter difficulties as well. How to allocate time with occupation and life, how to deal with time conflicts and how to overcome the idea of breaking shifts are common problems for people who regard net writers as sideline businesses, including He Xiao. He Xiao said:

When I saw such words as "lack of energy, time conflict, and want to break the clock", I felt inexplicably guilty and always suspected that my editor was taking the opportunity to give me a blow.

The above state is indeed the state I often face when I write "Weekend Couples". At that time, the main business I was engaged in was facing an industry inspection, which was related to the economic subsidies for the next two years. The boss took the lead in working overtime, and employees like me had to accompany me. Even if Lu Xun really said that time is like water in a sponge, I really can’t squeeze it out. Hard squeeze can only be deducted from sleep time. The guaranteed daily update of 4,000 words was forced to be changed to 2,000 words. Sometimes there is no time code for 2,000 words, while standing with your eyes open, you can’t help but retreat, thinking, it’s not a big shot in the net, so what’s wrong with breaking it?

The idea of breaking more lingered in my mind, but it didn’t really break in the end. This is also what I am proud of-we are a person with a sense of responsibility and mission. The difficulty is to test the stone. Only a determined person can pass the test. Writing is my determined hobby.

This will is also what she thinks is the biggest gain from the sideline of online writers. Besides income, it is this will and action that gives her the greatest confidence in educating her children. Example is greater than words:

The way I go to bed late and get up early every day to write, the way I bring back a stack of books from the library to read and look up information, and the way I board the first prize podium of the sixth realistic online literature essay contest of Reading Group will affect my children silently.

He Xiao’s journey as an online writer may have some contingency, but it has certain inevitability here in Qianliying (pen name). She is the winner of the most popular prize in the second Greater Bay Area (Shenzhen) Online Literature Competition, and also the CEO of an enterprise.

She said to Ai Faner:

People who choose to be online writers are all interested in words, right? Or it won’t start. That’s the same as all hobbies: if you don’t do this, you will feel that the day is incomplete.

One of my goals in life since I was a child was to write a novel in my life. One day in 2019, I opened the backstage of the writer’s assistant, and when I saw the realistic theme essay, I started to work, and I never wanted to stop.

When talking about the advantages and disadvantages of becoming a part-time online writer, Qian Liying and He Xiao’s first reaction is "to advance and attack, and to retreat and defend", but they also believe that sincerity and love are the driving force to go further. After all, compared with part-time jobs with stable income and controllable expectations such as convenience store clerks, the competition among online writers is more intense and the expectations are more uncontrollable. Some people earn a golden house in Yan Ruyu, while others leave empty-handed. Therefore, Trinidad Eagle commented on the advantages and disadvantages of online writers like this:

The advantage of being an online writer is "like and bury the possibility of being popular", and the disadvantage is that from the perspective of income, the great probability is "busy for nothing".

From all angles, it is not an easy thing to regard online writers as a sideline. Getting started requires certain writing skills, persistence requires long-term love and firm will, and success depends on the probability.

However, from the perspective of personal acquisition, Qianliying belongs to the crowd that does not value money income, and the sense of existence of "having been here" is what she values most:

Every era must have a recorder, so I insist on writing realistic themes, recording the marks left by people belonging to our era, and creating possibilities for future generations to discover one day.

Together with the keyword "sideline" mentioned earlier, "cross-border" is also one of the top ten keywords of online literature in 2022 released by the surging and reading group.

In many film and television works adapted from online texts, the original author is often listed in the screenplay column, sometimes out of respect for the original work, and sometimes the original author does participate in the screenplay work.

However, in recent two or three years, it has its own particularity, and the film and television industry and the script-killing industry have been hit hard, so many screenwriters and script-killing writers have come to the online world in the opposite direction and become online writers. As a weather vane, in the qidian 2022 Twelve Kings selection results, he was a screenwriter before leaving 80,000 miles (pen name); Nanqiang North Tune (pen name) used to be a game planner and script killer.

Running away from 80,000 Li is the first graduate of Zhejiang Media College majoring in drama, who has experienced the prosperity of the film and television industry and survived the difficult period of the industry by relying on the transformation of online writers.

Similar to He Xiao, it is a bit accidental to leave 80,000 miles to go online. In 2020, because of the epidemic, the drama was rescheduled for two years, and he was trapped in his home in Hangzhou for a long time out of thin air, and his anxiety gradually spread. So, as a senior reader of the net text, he ran away for 80 thousand miles and began to create the net text.

Even though he was a professional and experienced writer, it was not smooth sailing from the screenwriter to wait for him, and the test work "I use idle books to become a saint" was rejected one after another.

When a screenwriter writes a script, there will be corresponding pictures to present the plot together, but there are only words in the online text, and there is a huge difference between them. At the submission stage, a version of "I use idle books to become a saint" will be very wonderful if it is placed in a film and television drama, but if it is online, it will make readers unknown so.

After many revisions, "I became a saint with idle books" was finally put on the shelves and finally exploded.

In the process of creation, some of the writers’ methodology also helped to run away from Calvin’s predicament. The creation of online texts is both physical and mental. Under the high-intensity update, it is very difficult to ensure the plot to advance and the rhythm to be carefree. It is very easy for the author to encounter creative bottlenecks. Unlike most people who create online articles alone, the work mode of screenwriters is brainstorming. Whenever Calvin leaves, he will communicate with his peers and readers and broaden his mind.

At present, he still keeps his job as a screenwriter after leaving for 80 thousand miles, but he has also begun to decide to focus on the creation of online texts and reduce the workload of screenwriters. For him, the balance of the main business and sideline has tilted to the other side.

In the interview, Trinidad Eagle mentioned:

Professionalism in writing can already realize personal commercial and social value. I admire the writers who have reached this point, and I hope I can become such a person one day. Who doesn’t want to change from an amateur to a professional?

Regardless of sideline, cross-border, or full-time, in essence, online writer is a real career, even if the production results are online.

▲ Electronics factory workshop

Different from the white-collar workers or gold-collar people mentioned above who devoted themselves to the creation of online articles, Song of Thorns (pen name) chose to work in an electronics factory in Guangdong after graduating from high school in 2008, working at least 10 hours a day and at least 6 days a week. With such hard work, the monthly income is only two or three thousand yuan. Under the high-intensity work, reading online texts is one of her few leisure ways.

Then, in 2015, Song of Thorns returned to her hometown in Henan from Guangdong, and began to engage in beauty-related work. The fragmentation time also increased, and she also changed from a net reader to a net author. Unlike most web writers who sit in front of a computer to create, Thorn Song didn’t have its own computer when it started, and the writing tool was a mobile phone.

The first work "Counterattack with a System" is closely related to my own beauty work, but Song of Thorns, who was only trained in school writing, is not an excellent author at this time, and her work has not produced much influence.

At this time, a reader who found fault with her work and got a positive response rewarded 200 yuan, which made Thorn Song begin to realize that his work was valuable. By the end of 2016, when her second work "The Story of Youth" began to be written, the income of Thorn Song began to rise.

By the middle of 2017, her income was enough for her to buy two small houses in her hometown in Henan, one for her parents and one for herself.

Today, the total writing of Thorn Song is close to 10 million, and it is a senior writer with female frequency as the starting point. The leap from a migrant girl in the south to a high-income online writer may be an inspirational template for many people to devote themselves to it. Of course, there are reasons for their incessant writing, but Thorn Song believes that it is the only way to maintain the continuity of creation by seriously experiencing life and reading and thinking all the time.

Just as her first work is about beauty, Thorn Song’s advice to beginners is to write about their own life experiences, or to enlarge them by knowing more aspects, and then weave some materials to describe them, which will be more realistic. Secondly, there will not be too many bugs that some readers don’t like, and they will gradually improve their control over writing.

The working experience of Thorn Song exists in her works in the form of fictional adaptation, and she had a period of orthodontics and a lot of food restrictions, which also became the driving force for her to write about food: she wanted the characters in the book to taste all the food instead of her.

One of the small worries of Thorn Song now is that she loves to grow flowers, and she is considering writing a Xianxia novel related to growing flowers, but she has no good inspiration and can only put it in the theme to be written.

Lalalin, editor-in-chief of the Reality and Short Channel of Reading Group, noticed that online literature has developed for more than 20 years, with a variety of themes and a lot of works. The theme of fantasy crossing and repairing truth is enduring and the competition is fierce. In addition, there are also new trends. From the recent film and television market, especially from the trends and changes of the East Asian film and television market, there are a large number of films and television works with special themes based on the realistic background, such as combining social suspense, criminal investigation, social problems, women’s themes, etc., among which a large number of explosions appear, and these works can be regarded as the realistic theme background in the theme classification.

In the field of online literature, the overall development of realistic theme is slow. On the one hand, it is subject to the theme cognition, and many authors will define realistic theme as the main theme, which is difficult to control. On the other hand, the realization mode is relatively special and it is relatively difficult to succeed in the subscription market. However, realistic themes have a lot of commercial realization value, such as physical publishing and film adaptation. The novel length of several hundred thousand words required further reduces the cost of creation time, and the overall income is not low.

Whether it is the first step to find a sideline writing from a novice or the blue ocean field of creation, reality is a key word that can’t be bypassed. The assertion that art originates from life and is higher than life still applies here.

Even though the first work went 80,000 miles away, the inspiration and core setting of "I Become a Sage with Casual Books" still originated from his college major, interest and career direction.

▲ stills of the movie "The Story of the Boat"

To some extent, becoming an online writer is not an option to make quick money. Winners are like the song of thorns, and the first year is also very bleak, but writing is not only the present time, but also their own life experiences for many years.

Therefore, when it comes to what foundation and ability are needed to become a part-time online writer, Lalalin thinks that besides qualified narrative skills, the first condition is a very strong creative consciousness. Because part-time creation needs to squeeze a lot of the author’s life time, especially in online literature, because of its long serial nature, it is even more necessary for the creator to invest a lot of energy in creation and conception every day. At this time, if there is no self-discipline and consciousness in creation, writing may not last long without the initial creative impulse.

As a sideline and even a career choice, online writers can actually be divided into two types. In Lalalin’s view, many practitioners in Fengkou industry have a life choice, and they don’t necessarily want to take creation as the main source of income. For example, the authors of Dancing with the Sand and Dancing with the Cloud, which are based on the novel prototype of Huawei engineers, have the conditions and opportunities to create and participate in online literature after years of precipitation in related industries.

There are still many people who are engaged in traditional industries, and their income may not be high. The income from online literature creation can indeed provide them with better material living conditions and even provide another possibility of life.

In the end, whether it is sideline or cross-border, or respect for reality or path choice, it still boils down to one key word: life.

Even if I become a full-time writer, I think I still have to have a life and accumulate materials in my life,’ said Qian Liying, an online writer. Lalalin, the editor of the net, said that part-time creation needs to squeeze a lot of the author’s life time. He Xiao, running away for 80 thousand miles and the song of thorns all prove that writing without life accumulation is a castle in the air.

Is it contradictory?

In fact, there is no contradiction. When you are determined to become an online writer, it is actually the beginning of respecting life. What is compressed is the original wasted part.

▲ The title picture is a stills of the TV series "Beginning"

In order to strengthen its military strength, Poland continues to "buy in buy buy" and is ready to buy an airborne early warning aircraft.

  Poland will purchase the "Eye of the World" airborne early warning aircraft from Sweden to enhance the strength of the air force.

  The "Eye of the World" early warning radar has a maximum detection range of about 550 kilometers and has strong airborne early warning aircraft and command and control capabilities.

  According to the US "Defense News" website reported on May 24th, the Polish Defense Minister is negotiating with Sweden on the purchase of AEW&C by the Polish Air Force.

  "Eye of the World" is an airborne early warning and command and control system developed by Saab, a Swedish defense and security company. The system consists of Erieye extended-range radar of Saab and sensors of the mission system. It can be installed on the "Global" 6000/6500 long-range business jet produced by Bombardier. The maximum detection distance of the radar is about 550 kilometers, the maximum number of detected targets exceeds 300, and the mission life is about 11 hours.

  According to reports, Poland plans to spend 689 million US dollars to purchase two "Eye of the World" early warning aircraft, and reserve the right to purchase the other two. The two aircraft will be delivered to Poland before 2027.

  At present, the main equipment of the Polish Air Force includes 48 F-16s, 28 MiG -29 fighters (some of which have been handed over to Ukraine), 18 Su -22 fighter-bombers and trainers. In recent years, in order to enhance the air force’s combat capability, Poland has accelerated the pace of purchasing new fighters. In 2020, Poland spent $4.8 billion to purchase 32 F-35A stealth fighters.

  Last September, Poland signed an arms purchase agreement with South Korea, and Poland will spend 3 billion US dollars to buy 48 South Korean F/A-50 light fighters. According to the agreement, the first batch of 12 aircraft will be delivered in the second half of 2023, and the second batch of 36 aircraft will be delivered between 2025 and 2028. In August last year, Poland and South Korea signed another military purchase contract. Poland will buy a batch of K-2 Panther main battle tanks and K-9 self-propelled artillery from South Korea, with a contract value of 5.76 billion US dollars. In addition, Poland also plans to purchase 96 Boeing AH-64E Apache helicopter gunships with a total value of 12.5 billion US dollars.

How do children "charge for 5 minutes and talk for 2 hours"

  I remember the first time I saw the slogan "charge for 5 minutes and talk for 2 hours", I immediately thought of those children who were alive and kicking all day. They are almost tireless in playing. They will be noisy in scenic spots or playgrounds until all the electricity is consumed. Then, in their parents’ arms or in the back seat of the car, they are still drinking or talking one second and falling asleep the next.

  Next, it may often take only an hour to rest, and they can "resurrect with blood" and continue to play wildly. The reason why the baby is so tired is also a great reason.

  However, although we all know this feature of children, do you know the reasons behind it? Why is there so much energy in their small bodies?

  Comparable to triathletes.

  At present, the most famous research on the amazing potential of children in anti-fatigue is an experiment done by researchers at the University of clermont-ferrand: they recruited three groups of volunteers, each with 12 people, who were national male athletes engaged in triathlon, cycling or long-distance running; 12 boys with an average age of 10 and a half; And 12 ordinary adult men who rarely engage in strenuous exercise participated in the study.

  These three groups of volunteers were asked by the researchers to do two sets of 7-second cycling sprints, and then pedal their bicycles as soon as possible for 30 seconds.

  After exercise, the researchers compared the energy production of different groups of volunteers, including aerobic exercise and anaerobic exercise. Among them, anaerobic exercise does not consume oxygen, but will produce a lot of lactic acid, which will cause muscle fatigue.

  After that, the researchers compared the recovery rate of heart rate, blood oxygen level and lactate clearance rate of different groups of volunteers after exercise. Finally, the researchers found that children are not easily exhausted by cycling, which is equivalent to the fatigue of professional athletes.

  In fact, in all tests, children’s physiological function performance is better than that of untrained adults, and their physical strength recovery speed is faster than that of professional athletes.

  Muscle structure has advantages.

  Although the experimental results are surprising, this advantage of children’s undeveloped body is not accidental, it is the result of children’s special body structure.

  Don’t treat children as miniature adults, they are all "Little Superman" — — As far as muscle composition is concerned, children’s muscles are composed of 70% red muscle fibers and 30% white muscle fibers, while in adults’ bodies, red and white muscles account for 50% respectively.

  This particularity of muscle structure means two completely different energy production mechanisms. White muscle fibers are mainly supplied with energy through anaerobic, that is, creatine phosphate (a high-energy molecule) and sugar (glucose) are directly supplied with energy, which can make muscles release strong explosive force in a short time. In contrast, red muscle fibers are powered by aerobic respiration.

  Red muscle contains a large number of "small factory" mitochondria, which can use more oxygen and make the production more efficient. Therefore, although it is inferior to white muscle in explosive power and strength, red muscle has stronger endurance.

  If an adult still has a lot of red muscle fibers, it is mostly inherited or the result of high-intensity training. But children do not benefit from training, but are born to be comparable to endurance athletes.

  Small body shape is more divided

  Children’s infinite energy not only comes from their unique muscle structure, but also benefits from their small body shape, which makes them have an extremely fast oxygen supply speed before their height soars in adolescence, and can deliver oxygen to all motor muscles in a short time to provide energy in time.

  "It’s like the difference between a mouse and an elephant. Mice are small in size and have high oxygen demand, mainly relying on aerobic energy supply system; Elephants that are huge and bulky rely on anaerobic energy supply systems. " Sebastian Ratel, the leader of the research project, said, "In small animals, it takes much shorter time to transport oxygen."

  As for the recovery speed, the experiment shows that the recovery rate of heart rate in children’s group is 85%, that of athletes is 60%, and that of untrained adults is only 40%.

  Researchers attribute this outstanding performance of children to a more effective acetylcholine inhibition mechanism — — This neurotransmitter can slow down the beating speed of the heart through the parasympathetic nervous system (controlling the autonomous operation of the body).

  Children also have outstanding performance in removing metabolic waste from the body. You know, metabolic waste is the culprit that disturbs muscle contraction. The research team tested the content of lactic acid in the blood of the tester — — Lactic acid is a metabolite produced by muscle fatigue. The test results show that compared with endurance athletes, children’s lactic acid disappears faster, and ordinary adults are far behind in this respect.

  "Lightning speed" is the wonder of researchers for children’s physical recovery ability. They analyzed that this may be because children are smaller and their muscles are closer to the oxygen-rich blood pumped by the heart, so they can use oxygen more effectively. Children’s extra energy comes from slow muscle fibers, which contract slowly, protecting children from being injured by excessive exercise.

  No need to exercise deliberately.

  Although the metabolic ability is not limited by body shape, children’s legs are not strong enough, coordination is insufficient, and the toughness repair ability of tendon system is weak, which leads to low body efficiency and limited mechanical movement ability. It is true that children’s quick recovery makes people feel never tired, but it is not the case when they exercise for a long time.

  After children enter adolescence, their bodies gradually turn to rely on anaerobic system, which, like their adult parents, makes them tired easily and slows down their recovery. Therefore, before puberty comes, it is best to focus on cultivating their sports skills and action effectiveness through coordinated exercise and motor function exercise, so as to improve sports efficiency, rather than focusing on improving aerobic metabolism, because children’s aerobic metabolism efficiency is already very high.

  Therefore, there is no need to deliberately do aerobic exercise in childhood. On the contrary, from adolescence, it is necessary to continuously improve the motor function and efficiency of the body. Since children’s bodies grow rapidly and have a brand-new body cognition after entering adolescence, it is necessary to focus on improving aerobic metabolism at this time to maintain the body’s rapid recovery ability, delay the onset of fatigue, and prevent diabetes, obesity, insulin resistance and cardiovascular diseases.

  Mentality and sleep also help.

  In addition to the characteristics of physiological function, children’s mentality is a model of "living in the present". They devote themselves wholeheartedly to the present activities, crying if they want to, smile happily, naive and carefree, while we adults bear all kinds of pressures and worries of life every day, and have a lot of depressed negative emotions, which is also a great consumption of physical vitality and energy.

  Needless to say, children can generally get much more abundant sleep recovery time than adults. According to the statistics of national data, the average sleep time of children under 5 years old is 10 ~ 12 hours, which is beyond our adults’ reach. (brown squirrel)

General Administration of Market Supervision: It will issue opinions with relevant departments to improve the consumption environment and start the establishment of a national demonstration city for a

Cctv newsThe State Council Press Office held a routine briefing on the State Council policy this afternoon (July 31). Kuang Xu, director of the Law Enforcement Inspection Bureau of the General Administration of Market Supervision, introduced at the meeting that as the lead department for protecting consumers’ rights and interests, the General Administration of Market Supervision thoroughly implemented the decision-making arrangements of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council, made great efforts to create a secure consumption environment and promote consumption quality and expansion. Specifically, it includes three aspects: building the system, keeping the bottom line and raising the line.

First, constantly improve the laws and regulations and consolidate the institutional foundation of the consumption environment.General administration of market supervisionFocusing on new situations and new problems in the field of consumption, we actively responded to consumers’ concerns, and revised a series of rules and regulations, such as the Measures for the Supervision and Administration of Online Transactions, the Provisions on Clearly Marking Prices and Prohibiting Price Fraud, the Measures for the Administration of Internet Advertising, and the Measures for the Administration of Contract Supervision, so as to promote the overall construction of a coordinated supervision pattern of the consumption environment. Focus on new formats such as blind box management, duty-free online shopping, and new energy vehicles, issue normative guidelines, carry out administrative guidance, and implement defective product recalls, and guide emerging fields such as home appliances, automobiles, duty-free, blind boxes, and e-commerce to improve after-sales service and boost consumer confidence.

The second is to continuously strengthen supervision and law enforcement and purify the market consumption environment. Safety is the premise of consumption. Market supervision departments continue to promote the "iron fist" action in the field of people’s livelihood, and severely crack down on the problems that the masses have strongly reflected, such as illegal food addition, fake and shoddy products, advertisements of "magical medicine" and medical beauty chaos. Since the beginning of this year, more than 350,000 cases in the field of people’s livelihood have been investigated. Focusing on consumers’ concerns, we have successively carried out special actions such as lighting up hundreds of e-commerce platforms, protecting the safety of children’s and students’ supplies, improving the quality of dairy products, and improving the quality of catering, so as to enhance the satisfaction of people’s daily consumption. This year, the General Administration will also comprehensively publicize consumer complaint information, promote the formation of a closed loop of consumption-evaluation-supervision, and guide operators to enhance their awareness of honesty and law-abiding and the quality of goods and services.

The third is to comprehensively carry out consumer confidence actions to enhance consumers’ sense of acquisition.General administration of market supervisionTogether with 26 departments, we will guide all industries and regions to improve the soft power of the consumption environment, fully mobilize the enthusiasm of operators and consumers, and build a large number of regional brands such as assured shops, assured markets, assured neighborhoods, assured scenic spots, assured villages and "satisfied consumption Yangtze River Delta" nationwide to stimulate urban and rural consumption. Actively explore the transformation of credit assets of assured consumers, and use financial "assured loans" to enhance the sense of acquisition of the real economy and small and micro enterprises. Continue to promote offline return without reason, local shopping in different places, advance payment and rapid return, and 654,000 physical stores across the country have returned about 5.38 billion yuan. Improve the online dispute settlement mechanism of the national 12315 platform, promote 132,000 enterprises to settle in the platform, and promote 16.5% of consumer disputes to be directly resolved at the source. Carry out the food safety "you check me" service to benefit people’s livelihood. More than 60 million people have participated in the spot check activities, and the sampling amount is close to 320,000 batches, building a "heart-to-heart bridge" to serve the people.

Kuang Xu said that in the next step, the General Administration will also issue opinions with relevant departments to improve the consumption environment, launch the creation of a national demonstration city for assured consumption, give play to the role of traction and incitement in the overall creation of the city, and drive the consumption environment in various places to further upgrade.

Eye-catching "report card" shows development confidence and confidence. China economy shows "tough strength"

CCTV News:On February 1st, "News Network" reported the financial revenue and expenditure of China in 2023, the scale of service trade, the new breakthrough of Xiamen Port’s "Silk Road Shipping" route, etc. Combined with the recent new achievements in the fields of people’s livelihood, opening up to the outside world and energy supply, it can be seen that China’s economy will carry forward the past and forge ahead into the future, and the new year will surely sail and sail.     

[Promote the economy to achieve effective improvement in quality and reasonable growth in quantity]

In 2023, fiscal revenue maintained a recovery growth trend.

At the press conference held by the State Council Office on February 1, the relevant person in charge of the Ministry of Finance said that in 2023, China’s fiscal revenue maintained a recovery growth trend, and the national general public budget revenue exceeded 21 trillion yuan, an increase of 6.4%, and the fiscal revenues of 31 provinces all achieved positive growth; The national general public budget expenditure exceeded 27 trillion yuan, an increase of 5.4%. Social security, employment, science and technology and other key expenditure areas are strongly guaranteed.

This year, the central government will appropriately raise the level of central and provincial investment subsidies for the construction of high-standard farmland, and the structural tax reduction and fee reduction policy will focus on supporting scientific and technological innovation and manufacturing development, so as to promote the effective improvement of quality and reasonable growth of the economy.

Ministry of Finance: Take effective measures to support scientific and technological innovation in 2024.

Scientific and technological innovation is an important direction of China’s fiscal expenditure. The relevant person in charge of the Ministry of Finance said that in 2024, China will take more powerful and effective measures to promote the construction of modern industrial system with scientific and technological innovation and develop new quality productivity. 

Vice Minister of Finance Wang Dongwei:In terms of policy orientation, it pays attention to strengthening the main position of enterprise innovation. Pay attention to the role of demand traction. Pay attention to improving the toughness and safety level of the industrial chain supply chain. Pay attention to stimulating the vitality of researchers, support the pilot reform of salary system in universities and research institutes, accelerate the pilot reform of ownership or long-term use right of post scientific and technological achievements, and fully mobilize the enthusiasm and creativity of researchers.

Wang Dongwei said that in 2024, in terms of the use of funds, efforts will be made to deepen the reform of the allocation and use mechanism of financial science and technology funds, strengthen the overall planning of scientific and technological tasks and funds, and highlight key support points. It is necessary to increase investment in basic research, applied basic research and cutting-edge research, and support the promotion of original innovation ability; Fully guarantee to win the key core technology battle, support the layout and implementation of a number of major national science and technology projects, and accelerate the seizure of the commanding heights of science and technology; At the same time, we should focus on national laboratories, national scientific research institutions, high-level research universities and leading enterprises in science and technology, and support the strengthening of national strategic scientific and technological strength; It is also necessary to strengthen the overall planning of innovative resources such as projects, funds, bases and talents, strengthen performance management, and strive to improve the use effect of science and technology funds.

Ministry of Finance: The subsidy level for high-standard farmland construction will be appropriately raised.

In 2023, China’s grain production achieved another bumper harvest and maintained growth for many years, which is inseparable from the support of state financial funds. At the press conference, the relevant person in charge of the Ministry of Finance said that in 2024, the central government will appropriately raise the level of central and provincial investment subsidies for high-standard farmland construction.

Li Xianzhong, Director of the Treasury Department of the Ministry of Finance:In 2024, the central government will appropriately raise the level of central and provincial investment subsidies for the construction of high-standard farmland, continue to support the seed industry revitalization action, the short-board action of agricultural machinery and equipment, and agricultural socialization services, explore the establishment of an inter-provincial horizontal interest compensation mechanism for grain production and marketing areas, improve the diversified investment mechanism, and at the same time, strengthen supervision over the use of funds and the implementation of policies to better ensure national food security.

According to reports, in 2023, the central government allocated 92 billion yuan to support the construction, renovation and upgrading of 80 million mu of high-standard farmland, and launched a pilot project for comprehensive utilization of saline-alkali land. Raise the minimum purchase price of wheat, and expand the coverage of full cost insurance and planting income insurance for the three major grain crops to all major grain-producing counties in China. 

[The scale of China’s service trade reached a record high in 2023]

According to the data released by the Ministry of Commerce on February 1, 2023, the total import and export of services in China was 6,575.43 billion yuan, up 10% year-on-year, and the scale of service trade reached a record high. Among them, travel services have the fastest growth. The import and export of travel services in the whole year was 1,485.62 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 73.6%.

At present, China is comprehensively deepening the pilot of innovation and development of service trade, and at the same time carrying out a comprehensive pilot of expanding and opening up the service industry, and continuously releasing the pilot system dividend. There are already 112 export bases of special services in China, covering seven fields, including culture, digital services, geographic information, intellectual property rights and language services.

[The first batch of special loans for urban village reconstruction projects will benefit people’s livelihood]

The reporter learned from China Development Bank and China Agricultural Development Bank that the first batch of special loans for urban village reconstruction projects have been distributed in Guangzhou, Zhengzhou and other cities since January 30th, involving more than 100 projects.

On January 30, China Development Bank issued a special loan of 9.08 billion yuan for the renovation of villages in cities, involving nearly 100 projects in Guangzhou, Zhengzhou, Jinan, Nanjing and other cities, benefiting more than 100,000 residents and building 238,400 sets of resettlement houses. China Agricultural Development Bank has also issued special loans to urban village reconstruction projects in more than ten cities including Shijiazhuang, Jinan, Chengdu, Wuhan, Ningbo, Hefei and Guiyang since January 30th.

Wang Xinfeng, Deputy Director of Housing and Urban Construction Business Department of China Development Bank:The special loan funds are earmarked for the preliminary work of the transformation of villages in cities, the construction of compensation and resettlement housing communities, and the related supporting infrastructure (construction) of the communities. The use of funds is closed and earmarked. In the process of fund management, we strive to reduce the cost of funds and provide low-cost and efficient financial support for the transformation of villages in cities.

At the end of last year, the Central Economic Work Conference proposed to accelerate the construction of affordable housing, the construction of public infrastructure for ordinary and emergency use, and the reconstruction of villages in cities.

Dong Ximiao, Principal Investigator of Zhaolian:The special loan for urban village reconstruction has the advantages of stable source, large amount of funds, low interest rate and long term, which is helpful to solve the problems of large capital demand and long period in the early stage of urban village reconstruction. The landing of the first batch of special loans for the reconstruction of urban villages means that the reconstruction of urban villages has been accelerated.

[China will build a highland for cooperation with Africa in the inland province of Hunan]

Ministry of Commerce: Support Hunan to accelerate the development of cooperation with Africa

Recently, the Overall Plan for the Construction of China-Africa Economic and Trade Cooperation Pioneer Zone was approved by the State Council and officially issued. At the special press conference held on January 31, the relevant person in charge of the Ministry of Commerce said that by giving full play to Hunan’s industrial and geographical advantages, it will further optimize the accumulation and allocation of non-cooperative resources and support Hunan to accelerate its development of non-cooperation with Africa.

According to reports, the "Overall Plan for the Construction of China-Africa Economic and Trade Cooperation Pioneer Zone" clearly requires that the pioneer zone should focus on the construction of an innovative zone for economic and trade cooperation with Africa, a leading zone for deep economic and trade cooperation with Africa, a bearing zone for industrial chain cooperation with Africa and a "meeting room" for economic and trade exchanges and cooperation with Africa, and build an African non-resource product distribution and trading center, a China-Africa cross-border e-commerce cooperation center, a China-Africa industrial chain cultivation center, a China-Africa financial cooperation center, a China-Africa logistics center serving the central and western regions and a China-Africa

In addition, the Pioneer Zone relies on the China (Hunan) Pilot Free Trade Zone, meets international high-standard economic and trade rules, strengthens policy integration and innovation in optimizing China-Africa trade structure, deepening capacity cooperation, promoting financial logistics service innovation, and strengthening people-to-people exchanges in think tanks, and comprehensively improves the level of China-Africa economic and trade cooperation, and timely summarizes and evaluates new experiences and practices, so as to replicate and promote them in a wider scope.

The construction of the pioneering area will emphasize "depth" and "pioneering"

At the special press conference held on January 31, the relevant person in charge of the Ministry of Commerce said that the construction of the pioneering zone of China-Africa deep economic and trade cooperation will highlight the two aspects of "depth" and "first", and strive to promote the in-depth development of China-Africa cooperation, improve quality and increase efficiency.

Deepen cooperation in key areas. The pioneer area will focus on trade, investment, finance, personnel exchanges and other fields, promote the liberalization and facilitation of the flow of resource elements, and accelerate the cooperation between China and Africa in the fields of digital economy, green and low carbon, transportation and logistics; Deepen the docking of domestic and foreign markets, strengthen the docking of the pioneering zone with Chinese enterprises in Africa and overseas economic and trade cooperation zones, promote the development of industrial agglomeration in China and Africa, and close the cooperation between China and Africa; We will further promote the participation of all sectors of society and build a good platform for more domestic departments, localities, enterprises and financial institutions to exchange and cooperate with Africa.

In terms of "going first", we should try first to expand opening up and facilitate cooperation with Africa. Further optimize market access, strengthen market distribution function, cultivate new formats of cross-border e-commerce and carry out product processing cooperation; We will take the lead in linking the Pilot Free Trade Zone and innovating the policy measures for cooperation with Africa. Relying on the Hunan Pilot Free Trade Zone, we will promote the introduction of supporting policies for the Pilot Free Trade Zone and form a pattern in which the Pilot Free Trade Zone and the Free Trade Zone promote each other.

[Clean energy helps to build Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area’s energy security defense line]

After 30 years of safe operation, Daya Bay Nuclear Power Station has supplied 310.4 billion kWh of electricity to Hong Kong.

Daya Bay Nuclear Power Station was officially put into commercial operation on February 1, 1994, and has been safely put into operation for 30 years. On February 1, China Guangdong Nuclear Power Group said that in the past 30 years, Daya Bay Nuclear Power Station has supplied 310.4 billion kWh of electricity to Hong Kong.

Daya Bay Nuclear Power Station is the first large-scale commercial nuclear power station in mainland China, with six million kilowatt nuclear power units. By the end of last year, the cumulative on-grid electricity consumption of six units reached 939.1 billion kWh, equivalent to reducing the consumption of standard coal by over 280 million tons and reducing carbon dioxide emission by over 770 million tons, equivalent to afforestation of about 2.11 million hectares. Among them, 80% of the on-grid electricity of Units 1 and 2 of Daya Bay Nuclear Power Station was delivered to Hong Kong, and the cumulative power supply to Hong Kong reached 310.4 billion kWh, accounting for nearly 30% of the social electricity consumption in Hong Kong.

Land construction of the platform for the second phase of "Deep Sea No.1" project was completed.

China CNOOC was released on February 1st, and the land construction of the comprehensive processing platform for the second phase of "Deep Sea No.1" project was completed. At the same time, underwater construction is also stepping up, laying the foundation for scheduled production.

The comprehensive processing platform of the second phase of "Deep Sea No.1" project consists of underwater jacket and water production blocks, with a total height of about 136 meters, equivalent to the height of nearly 49-story residential buildings, and a total weight of 12,215 tons, equivalent to the weight of more than 8,100 cars. Among them, the deck plane of the water production block is 57.5 meters long and 36 meters wide, and the projection area is equivalent to the size of five standard basketball courts.

At the same time as the construction of land facilities in the second phase of "Deep Sea No.1" project is stepping up, the underwater construction is also advancing. Recently, the underwater jacket supporting the platform successfully slipped into the water near Sanya and was accurately positioned. It is planned to be installed with the water production block during the Spring Festival.

"Deep Sea No.1" gas field is the first 100 billion cubic meters ultra-deep water gas field independently explored and developed in China, with the maximum water depth exceeding 1500 meters. The second phase of "Deep Sea No.1" project is about 70 kilometers away from "Deep Sea No.1" energy station. The design adopts intelligent joint control data sharing scheme, and the oil and gas produced is remotely controlled by the energy station. The treated natural gas is transported to the natural gas receiving terminal in Zhuhai, Guangdong Province through pipelines and supplied to Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.

Up to now, the cumulative natural gas production of "Deep Sea No.1" exceeds 7 billion cubic meters, and the cumulative oil production exceeds 700,000 cubic meters.

[Shipping+Land Transport Paves a New Way for the Belt and Road Initiative]

Xiamen Port’s "Silk Road Shipping" route has exceeded 10,000 times.

According to Xiamen Customs, the "Silk Road Shipping" route originating from Xiamen Port exceeded 10,000 ships on February 1, and the container throughput was 11.16 million TEUs.

Zhejiang: China-Europe trains ushered in a "good start" in the first month, with a year-on-year increase of 26.8%.

On January 31st, the X8020 China-Europe train with 110 TEUs of small commodities and hardware supplies slowly left Yiwu West Railway Station. This train will leave the country via Alashankou Port in Xinjiang and go to Malashevich, Poland.

The reporter learned from Hangzhou Railway Logistics Center of Shanghai Railway Bureau that in January this year, 110 trains were operated in Zhejiang Central Europe, and 12,000 TEUs of goods were delivered, a year-on-year increase of 26.8%, which ushered in a "good start" in the first month.

["Small package" mapping vitality China has taken many measures to smooth the "microcirculation" of people’s livelihood happiness] 

With the approach of the Spring Festival, the business volume of postal express delivery has gradually increased. At present, nearly 500 million pieces of express delivery are received and sent every day. According to the State Post Bureau, due to the large business volume of postal express delivery in Spring Festival travel rush this year, the Spring Festival is relatively late and the pre-holiday promotion lasts for a long time, the business volume mainly based on new year’s goods is larger than in previous years. Going out empty-handed has become a new trend this year, and more and more people send their luggage, gifts and specialties home by express delivery. In addition, the recent rainy and snowy weather period is at the peak of the delivery of new year’s goods before the Spring Festival, and the areas seriously affected by rain and snow are located in the central transportation hub provinces of China, which has put great pressure on the delivery of new year’s goods. The State Post Bureau has deployed a large-scale investigation and rectification campaign for the hidden dangers of major accidents in the postal express delivery industry to ensure the safe operation of the express delivery business.

Company Frontline | Adjustment and update of the theme points of Huayou Cobalt Industry

  () F10 data shows that on March 3, 2024, the theme points of () were updated and adjusted:

  It is planned to jointly build a project invested by KNI Company.

  In December 2023, the company plans to sign the Revised and Restated Joint Venture Agreement with Vale Indonesia, Ford Motor Company and KNI Company through its wholly-owned subsidiary Huaqi Singapore, and the Revised and Restated Definite Cooperation Agreement with Vale Indonesia and KNI Company, stipulating that all parties plan to jointly build a wet process project of nickel hydroxide with an annual output of 120,000 tons (nickel metal quantity) of KNI Company in Indonesia, with a total investment of about 3,842,200. On December 26, 2023, the company, Ford Motor Company and Vale Indonesia recently completed the signing of delivery documents, share subscription payment and filing procedures for equity change related to this transaction. After the completion of this transaction, Huaqi Singapore, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the company, holds 73.2% equity of KNI, Ford Motor Company holds 8.5% equity of KNI, and Vale Indonesia holds 18.3% equity of KNI. Within the agreed period, Ford Motor Company will finally choose to participate in the subscription of 8.5% or 17% of the shares of KNI Company, and Vale Indonesia will have the right to exercise up to 30% of the participation options of KNI Company. The final shareholding structure of KNI Company will depend on the actual exercise of the parties.

  It is planned to invest 1.278 billion euros in the ternary positive electrode project for high-nickel power batteries.

  In June, 2023, the company plans to invest in the construction of ternary positive electrode project for high-nickel power battery in Hungary through its holding subsidiary Bamo Technology Hungary Kft (Chinese name: Ba Maw Science and Technology (Hungary) Co., Ltd., hereinafter referred to as "Hungarian Ba Maw"). According to preliminary calculation, the total planned investment of this project is 1.278 billion euros, of which the first-phase investment scale is 25,000 tons/year, and the first-phase planned total investment is 252 million euros. The company’s development strategic plan during the "Tenth Five-Year Plan" period takes the new energy lithium battery material industry as its core business. This investment in the construction of new energy lithium battery material project in Europe is an arrangement made by the company according to the medium-and long-term development strategy, and it is also an important step of the company’s internationalization strategy, which meets the demand of the rapid development of new energy automobile industry for new energy lithium battery materials.

  $422 million for Zimbabwe lithium mine

  The company has completed the acquisition of 100% equity of Prospect Lithium Mine Company. In March, 2023, all the production lines of Arcadia lithium mine development project of Prospect lithium mine have completed the equipment installation and commissioning, and put into trial production, successfully producing the first batch of products. Specific acquisition plan: In December 2021, the company plans to acquire Prospect, an Australian listed company, through its subsidiary Huayou International Mining (Hong Kong) Co., Ltd. for US$ 377,755,267.

Zimbabwe Prospect held by Prospect Minerals Pte Ltd (PMPL), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Resources Ltd ("Prospect Company").

87% equity of Lithium Zimbabwe (PVT) Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Prospect Lithium Mine Company") and the related creditor’s rights of Prospect Lithium Mine Company under the Inter-company Loan Agreement. At the same time, the company plans to acquire Kingston, a natural person, for US$ 44,244,733 through Huayou International Mining.

Mr. Kajese holds 6% equity of Prospect Lithium Mine Company and 7% equity of Prospect Lithium Mine Company held by Tamari Trust Family Trust. The total amount of this transaction is USD 422 million. After the acquisition, Huayou International Mining will hold 100% equity of Prospect Lithium Mine Company and related creditor’s rights under the Inter-company Loan Agreement. Prospect lithium mine company owns 100% interest in Arcadia lithium mine in Zimbabwe. As of October 2021, the JORC(2012) standard resources of Arcadia project published by Prospect Company are 72.7 million tons, with lithium oxide grade of 1.06%, tantalum pentoxide grade of 121ppm, lithium oxide metal quantity of 770,000 tons (equivalent to 1.9 million tons of lithium carbonate) and tantalum pentoxide metal quantity of 8,800 tons. Among them, the reserve is 42.3 million tons, the grade of lithium oxide is 1.19%, the grade of tantalum pentoxide is 121ppm, the metal content of lithium oxide is 504,000 tons (equivalent to 1.24 million tons of lithium carbonate), and the metal content of tantalum pentoxide is 5,126 tons.

  Join hands with Vale Indonesia to develop nickel resources.

  In September, 2022, the company signed a cooperation framework agreement with PT Vale Indonesia Tbk (referred to as "Vale Indonesia"), and the two parties planned to jointly build a high-pressure acid soaking project. The limonite required for this project was supplied by Vale Indonesia at Sorowako Mine in South Sulawesi, Indonesia. In this project, high-pressure acid soaking technology will be used to process laterite nickel ore and limonite in Sorowako mine in Vale, Indonesia. The project plans to produce 60,000 tons of nickel cobalt hydroxide (MHP) annually. If the available limonite increases, both parties will consider expanding the production capacity of this project. Huayou Cobalt will build and implement this project, and Vale Indonesia will have the right to acquire up to 30% of the shares of the project company according to the agreement. Vale Indonesia has the right to approve new investment projects by investors. Both parties will underwrite MHP products according to their shareholding ratio in the project company. The company signed a cooperation framework agreement with Vale Indonesia to jointly develop nickel resources in Indonesia again, which will further give full play to the advantages of both sides in resources, technology and industrial chain, and build a leading platform for supplying nickel raw materials for new energy power batteries.

  Supply Tesla

  In August 2022, Huayou New Energy Technology (Quzhou) Co., Ltd., a holding subsidiary of the company, and Huayou (Hong Kong) Co., Ltd. signed the Production Pricing with Tesla,Inc and Tesla (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.

Agreement》。 According to the agreement, the company plans to supply ternary precursor products of battery materials to Tesla from July 1, 2022 to December 31, 2025.

  Lithium battery recycling business

  The company actively laid out the recycling business of lithium batteries, and established Recycling Technology Co., Ltd. and Renewable Resources Co., Ltd., and the company’s Quzhou manufacturing platform was successfully selected into the list of the first batch of five enterprises that met the "Industry Standard Conditions for Comprehensive Utilization of Waste Power Batteries in New Energy Vehicles" issued by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. The company cooperated with a number of well-known vehicle companies to develop and undertake the recycling of retired batteries, cooperated with a number of well-known battery companies in the strategic cooperation mode of exchanging waste for materials, and reached cooperation with a number of domestic and foreign vehicle companies in the recycling and recycling of retired batteries. With the development of business, the company is forming a new energy lithium battery industry ecology from cobalt and nickel resources, smelting and processing, ternary precursors, lithium battery cathode materials to resource recycling.

  Co-established a subsidiary with LG Chem to develop cathode materials.

  The company plans to establish joint ventures Huajin Company and Leyou Company through a wholly-owned subsidiary Huayou New Energy and LG Chemical. The registered capital of Huajin Company is 159 million US dollars, of which Huayou New Energy invested 81.09 million US dollars, accounting for 51% of the registered capital. The registered capital of Leyou Company is 285.36 million US dollars, of which Huayou New Energy invested 139.8264 million US dollars, accounting for 49% of the registered capital. The first-phase production scale of Huajin Company is 40,000 tons/year of precursors, and then both parties can expand the production scale of the joint venture company to 100,000 tons of precursors through consultation according to customer demand and market conditions. Leyou Company’s first-phase production scale is 40,000 tons/year of cathode materials. After that, both parties can expand the production scale of the joint venture company to 100,000 tons of cathode materials through consultation according to customer demand and market conditions. This joint venture with LG Chem will effectively integrate the advantages of technology and market channels of the company and LG Chem in ternary precursors, ternary cathode materials, automotive lithium-ion power batteries, etc., which will help the two sides to carry out all-round cooperation in technological research and development, raw material supply and marketing of lithium-ion new energy materials products, and jointly build an internationally competitive industrial chain of lithium-ion new energy materials.

  Non-ferrous business

  The company’s non-ferrous plate is mainly engaged in the deep processing business of new cobalt materials, and its business is concentrated in the subsidiary factories of Huayou Quzhou and Tongxiang Headquarters. The main products are cobalt chemicals such as cobalt tetroxide and cobalt sulfate, among which cobalt tetroxide is mainly used as cathode material of 3C lithium batteries, and cobalt sulfate is mainly used as precursor of ternary materials for power batteries. The non-ferrous plate has formed a business structure with cobalt as the core and nickel, copper and manganese as supplements, and has comprehensively broadened and improved the production line around the company’s new energy lithium battery industry development strategy, and built a wealth of products.

  New energy lithium battery material high-tech enterprise

  The company is mainly engaged in the R&D and manufacturing of new energy lithium battery materials and new cobalt materials. It is a high-tech enterprise with an integrated industrial chain from cobalt and nickel resources development to lithium battery materials manufacturing, and is committed to developing low-carbon and environmentally-friendly new energy lithium battery materials. After more than ten years of development and accumulation, the company has completed the spatial layout of its headquarters in Tongxiang, its resources are guaranteed overseas, its manufacturing base is in China, and its market is in the world, forming an industrial pattern of integrated and coordinated development of three business sectors: resources, nonferrous metals and new energy. The three business segments form a vertically integrated industrial chain within the company. At the same time, the company is still laying out the recycling business, and is striving to create a new energy lithium battery industry ecology from cobalt and nickel resources, smelting and processing, ternary precursors, lithium battery cathode materials to resource recycling. The N65 series ternary precursor products of the company have been applied to the world-renowned automobile enterprises such as Volkswagen MEB platform, Renault Nissan Alliance, Volvo and Ford through POSCO-LGC battery industry chain, and the multi-element high-nickel series new products have entered LGC, CATL, () and other important customers and automobile industry chains respectively. The non-ferrous industry sector has successfully developed 301A3, 302A4, 300A4 and other high-voltage new products of cobalt tetroxide, achieving a major breakthrough in 4.45V high-voltage cobalt materials.

  The largest supplier of cobalt products in China.

  At present, the company is the largest supplier of cobalt products in China, and its production and sales scale ranks among the top in the world. The company’s strategic layout is the development of Indonesian nickel and cobalt resources, which has obvious industry leading advantages in the stable supply of low-cost raw materials for new energy lithium batteries. At the same time, the company is also one of the main suppliers of cathode materials and ternary precursor products for lithium batteries in China, with production and sales scale and technical development capability in the forefront of the industry. The company has established a sales network covering domestic and foreign markets, established a stable cooperative relationship with major downstream customers in the industry, and ensured the smooth sales and high-end application of the company’s products. Among them, part of the company’s ternary precursor products are applied to world-renowned car companies such as Volkswagen MEB platform, Renault Nissan Alliance, Volvo and Ford through the POSCO-LGC battery industry chain. The company signed a long-term supply contract with POSCO and its affiliated enterprises totaling about 90,000 tons, and signed a number of long-term strategic cooperation agreements with Rongbai Technology, () and Funeng Technology. The company’s high-nickel cathode materials have greatly increased the supply of LG New Energy and CATL, which are used in the world-famous brand automobile industry chain respectively. Multi-element high nickel, ultra-high nickel and medium nickel single crystal high voltage series cathode new products have entered LG New Energy, CATL, EVE, Funeng and other important customers and automobile industry chains respectively.

  New energy business

  The company’s new energy business mainly focuses on the research and development, production and sales of lithium battery cathode materials, including ternary cathode materials and lithium cobaltate materials. The products are mainly used in electric vehicles, energy storage system batteries, consumer electronics and other fields. According to the positioning of "rapid development, high-end breakthrough, benefit-oriented, and seizing the commanding heights of new energy lithium battery materials", the new energy business implements the competitive strategy of "product leading and cost leading", and continuously improves the production organization ability and product quality control level with the support of scientific and technological innovation, so as to realize that the output, quality and new product development are at the leading level in the industry. Lithium battery cathode materials products have been widely used in the international high-end brand automobile industry chain, the international energy storage market and the consumer electronics market. The company’s ternary cathode materials have been supplied in large quantities (), and LGES and other global head power battery customers have formed a rich industrial ecological chain, which is widely used in well-known brands of electric vehicles at home and abroad. The company’s lithium cobalt oxide products are gradually upgraded to high-rate and high-voltage, and have fully entered the global mainstream consumer electronics supply chain, covering Samsung, Apple, Huawei, Xiaomi, VIVO and other terminal mobile phone factories. As the strategic focus of the company’s transformation to the field of new energy lithium battery materials, the company’s new energy business plays a leading role in the company’s future industrial development.

Central Meteorological Observatory: There will be obvious rainfall in the late May Day holiday, and the temperature in most parts of the country will still be low.

CCTV News:According to the website of the Central Meteorological Observatory, in the next 10 days (May 1-10), the cumulative precipitation in southern Jianghan, Jianghuai, Jiangnan, central and northern South China, Chongqing, eastern Guizhou and southeastern Tibet will be 50-100 mm, and some areas will be 120-180 mm; The cumulative precipitation in the eastern part of northwest China, western North China, northeastern Inner Mongolia, northeastern China, Huanghuai and other places is 10 ~ 30 mm; The precipitation in most of the above areas is 30 ~ 70% more than normal, and the local area is more than twice as much. Precipitation in meteorological arid areas of Yunnan, southern Sichuan and western Guangxi is still less, and the drought will continue to be maintained and developed.

  In the next 10 days, except for the central and eastern Inner Mongolia, Northeast China and Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, the average temperature is about 1℃ higher than normal, and the average temperature in most other parts of the country is 1~2℃ lower than normal, with some areas in Xinjiang, Gansu and western Inner Mongolia being more than 3℃ lower.

  Main weather process

  On May 2-4, there were moderate to heavy rains in Jianghuai, Jianghan, northern Jiangnan and Huanghuai, and there were heavy rains in some areas, local heavy rains and strong convective weather such as thunderstorms and strong winds.

  From May 5 to 7, there will be a large-scale rainfall process in the central and eastern regions, including heavy rain in parts of Jiangnan, northern South China, Chongqing and eastern Sichuan, and local heavy rain.

  Long-term weather outlook

  In the next 11-14 days (May 11-14), the accumulated precipitation in Jiangnan, South China, Southwest China and Southeast Tibet will be 10-40 mm, and the precipitation in most parts of the south will be 20-50% less than normal.

  In the next 11-14 days, the average temperature in the eastern part of Northwest China, western North China, Inner Mongolia, Northeast China, Jianghuai, Jiangnan, South China and Southwest China will be 1-2℃ lower than normal, with Inner Mongolia, Yunnan and Guizhou being more than 3℃ lower.

  High-impact weather and concern

  1. There is an obvious rainfall process in the late May Day holiday.

  From May 2, there were moderate to heavy rains in Jianghuai, Jianghan, northern Jiangnan and Huanghuai, and there were heavy rains in some areas, local heavy rains and strong convective weather such as thunderstorms and strong winds. The accumulated rainfall in eastern Hubei, southeastern Henan, southern Anhui and other places will probably approach or reach historical extremes. On 5-7 days, the rain belt will gradually press southward to the south-central part of the south of the Yangtze River to the south of China.

  The temperature is low in most parts of the country.

  In the next 10 days, the average temperature in most parts of the country will be 1~2℃ lower than normal, and some areas in Xinjiang, Gansu and western Inner Mongolia will be more than 3℃ lower. The main impact period of cold air is 3-6 days, and there will be sand dust or sand blowing weather in parts of the eastern part of northwest China and northern North China.

Basic knowledge of e-commerce: introduction of supply chain products

With the development of e-commerce, many people know that a very important competitiveness of enterprises lies in the supply chain, but what is the supply chain? Most articles on the Internet talk about some concepts, which makes it difficult for practitioners to implement them. This paper will talk about the understanding of e-commerce supply chain based on the author’s own experience, and welcome all interested parties to exchange and learn together.

Baidu Encyclopedia tells us: "Around the core enterprises, through the control of information flow, logistics and capital flow, starting from purchasing raw materials, intermediate products and final products are made, and finally the products are delivered to consumers by the sales network. It is a functional network chain model that connects suppliers, manufacturers, distributors, retailers and end users as a whole. "

Simply put, it is the process of goods from [supplier] to [seller] to [demander]. Of course, there are many roles involved in this process, and these roles are interrelated and form a complex network model. An enterprise may play multiple roles in both supplier and seller, so the chain of supply chain will be shortened. Logistics, from [supplier] to [demander]; Capital flow from [demand side] to [supply side]; Information flow, various roles pass each other.

What is a good supply chain? My understanding is: better goods (quality and price), faster transportation, better service and better cost.

Most of the articles on the internet now make you feel particularly reasonable, as mentioned above, but after reading them, I still don’t know how to apply them to my products.

The design of e-commerce supply chain, the most important thing is based on business. There are many types of e-commerce business. Here, I will talk about my own understanding only for the most common business. There are many ways to classify e-commerce business. Here, we will explain e-commerce business from the perspective of commodity source, commodity sales and warehousing and distribution.

Source of goods: self-production, self-mining, investment promotion, etc. Self-production means that goods are produced by themselves, such as herbs; Self-mining refers to purchasing goods from suppliers, such as most of the goods of Netease koala; Merchants, merchants enter the platform for sale, such as Tmall.

Commodity sale: own platform, third-party platform, wholesale, etc. Own platform, refers to the development of their own platform to sell goods, such as Gegejia; Third-party platforms refer to opening stores for sale on third-party platforms, such as Tmall and JD.COM; Wholesale, the downstream of this business does not actually reach the consumer, and it may reach the consumer through other sellers many times, so it is listed separately, such as dolphin supply chain.

Warehouse delivery: Do you build your own warehouse and deliver the goods yourself?

Of course, most companies include the above businesses, such as Netease koala, and the sources of goods include self-mining and merchants’ settlement; Commodity sales include self-owned platforms and third-party platforms; Warehouse delivery, including self-built warehouses and cooperative warehouses, is the responsibility of third-party companies.

Let’s assume that the e-commerce business is as follows

Source of goods: self-mining;

Commodity sales: own platform;

Warehouse delivery: self-built warehouse, third-party company delivery.

Then the positive process of e-commerce supply chain products is roughly as follows:

  1. The supplier is the supplier, and the goods are originally in the supplier’s place;
  2. Enterprise system (ERP) establishes purchase orders through purchase plans, and collects goods from suppliers into its own warehouses;
  3. The warehouse system (WMS) manages the inventory of goods in the warehouse system through transport documents/receipt documents, associated purchase orders, or other warehousing methods;
  4. After the enterprise system (ERP) obtains the commodity information and inventory information, it transmits the commodity information to consumers through its own platform for commodity sales.
  5. After receiving the order information, the order system (OMS) processes the order (customer review, financial review, warehouse selection, opening and closing, etc.) and monitors the order. After the order is processed, push the order information to the corresponding warehouse; (The most direct experience of users to e-commerce enterprises is logistics, so the processing and monitoring of orders directly affect the user experience, including the "full link of orders" proposed by Tmall, which aims to improve the user experience here)
  6. After receiving the order information, WMS performs operations such as billing, sorting, inspection and delivery, and delivers the order to a third-party courier company for distribution.
  7. Goods reach consumers through express delivery.

There are several systems involved here. Let me explain the terms first:

  • ERPEnterprise Resource Planning, which mainly refers to the internal systems of the company, including procurement management, commodity management, marketing management, CRM, after-sales work order management, financial management, employee management, etc.
  • WMS: Warehouse Management System, which mainly refers to the system used inside the warehouse, including the management of warehousing, warehouse distribution and delivery (billing, picking, inspection, delivery, etc.).
  • OMS: Order Management System, which mainly refers to the operation and monitoring of orders, such as customer orders, financial review, warehouse selection, opening and closing orders, etc. Monitor and deal with all kinds of timeliness and anomalies of orders. OMS is also a part of ERP system conceptually. Because it is particularly important in the supply chain system, it is listed separately here.

Another common type of e-commerce business

Source of goods: merchants settle in;

Commodity sales: own platform;

Warehouse delivery: there is no self-built warehouse, and the third party company delivers the goods.

Then the positive process of e-commerce supply chain products is roughly as follows:

  1. As the supplier, the settled merchants initially have the goods there;
  2. The settled merchants release commodity information and manage commodity inventory through the merchant background system;
  3. Enterprise system (ERP) examines the commodity information of merchants, and manages and sells the commodities of merchants;
  4. After receiving the order information, the order system (OMS) processes the order (such as customer review, financial review, merchant selection, order splitting and order merging) and monitors the order. After the order is processed, push the order information to the corresponding merchant;
  5. The settled merchants get the order information through the merchant background system, and operate and deliver the order;
  6. Goods reach consumers.

An excellent e-commerce supply chain not only means that we can get good goods (quality and price) offline, but also requires the close and efficient cooperation of all the roles on the chain (suppliers, sellers, warehouses, etc.) and various online systems (ERP, OMS, WMS, TMS, merchant systems) in order to achieve faster distribution, better service and better cost. This should be the core of e-commerce enterprises.

E-commerce supply chain system is a complicated system. Today is the first day of 2017. Let’s write a big framework first, and strive to improve each part step by step this year. Welcome interested friends to communicate!

 

Author: nonsense, micro-signal: wangboforeversmile

This article was originally published by @ nonsense. Everyone is a product manager. Reprinting is prohibited without permission.

According to the micro-survey, 20% of more than 600 primary school students said that "they can only break up with their mobile phones for one day at most"

The child is staring at the mobile phone screen. Photo by reporter Jin Siliu

  At the beginning of school, Ms. Li, who lives in Jiangxia, Wuhan, "panicked". "The balance of the bank card is insufficient. When I checked the consumption flow, the 12,000 yuan in the card was all recharged by the children playing games to buy props."

  Ms. Li’s child is a "online game fan" this year. During the summer vacation, children play online games to kill time and buy equipment in the online game mall through WeChat coin purse. Ms. Li knows nothing about this.

  How do primary school students deal with APP in their leisure time? In the past few days, the reporter launched the "APP survey commonly used by primary school students in Wuhan" online and offline. As of 18: 00 on August 31, more than 600 valid questionnaires were collected, including 431 online surveys and 175 offline surveys. Statistics show that chatting, short videos and game apps have won a lot of "juvenile hearts".

  Nearly 60% of primary school students have exclusive mobile phones or iPad.

  According to this survey, 58.7% of primary school students have their own smart phones or iPads, and mobile phones or iPads have become "playmates" and "study companions" for many primary school students. 60.09% parents have time restrictions on their children’s use of electronic products such as mobile phones, 36.66% parents only allow their children to study, and only 3.25% parents have no restrictions on electronic products and can use them at any time.

  It is noteworthy that in this survey, 56.15% of primary school students said that they used their mobile phones or iPads for less than one hour every day, 35.5% used their mobile phones or iPads for 1-3 hours, 6.03% used their mobile phones or iPads for 3-5 hours, and 2.32% used their mobile phones or iPads for more than 5 hours every day. Experts generally recommend that children use electronic products for no more than one hour every day.

  Some primary school students said frankly.

  "You can only break up with your mobile phone for one day at most."

  In the survey "How long do you think you can live without your smartphone or iPad at most", 20.42% choose a day, 33.41% choose a week, 23.2% choose a month and 22.97% choose a year or more.

  "You can only break up with your mobile phone for one day at most!" A 10-year-old boy named "Mark" told reporters that he has his own iPad. Besides online classes, he also downloaded many commonly used apps and online games, such as WeChat, homework help, Tik Tok, Snake and Cool Dog Music. Parents stipulate that you should not use the iPad for more than one hour every day, but it is not strictly enforced on weekends and summer vacations. After a summer vacation, he felt that his eyesight had declined, but he was afraid to tell his parents.

  China Children’s Development Report (2019) released by China Children’s Center and Social Science Literature Publishing House on August 2019)— — Children’s life outside school shows that children spend an average of 43.24 minutes using electronic products every day on school days. It takes longer to use electronic products on weekends, with an average of 96.27 minutes.

  Excessive use of electronic products is not conducive to children’s physical and mental health. A survey shows that the longer children use electronic products, the lower their social skills and anti-frustration scores, and the higher their myopia.

  Chat, short video, game APP

  Won the "juvenile heart"

  In the "APP you use most often" option survey, 63.11% of the respondents checked "APP related to learning", accounting for the highest proportion. Followed by social apps such as QQ and WeChat, accounting for 61.72%; Short video apps such as Tik Tok and Aauto Quicker accounted for 37.82%, game apps such as the glory of the king accounted for 24.13%, and other apps accounted for 15.31%.

  Children put learning-related apps in the first place when filling out the questionnaire, but when the reporter actually investigated and visited, it was found that the latter three types of apps were the most interesting and used by children: social, short videos and games. China Child Development Report (2019)— — The Situation of Children’s Life Outside School also shows that children’s liking for watching Tik Tok, cartoons and Aauto Quicker for entertainment (4.19 points), playing online games and chatting online (4.00 points) has reached or even exceeded 4 points (out of 5 points).

  More than 30% of respondents occasionally brush short videos.

  Regarding "Do you pay attention to Tik Tok, Aauto Quicker, Volcano, bilibili and other short video apps", 47.33% choose "I know but I’m not interested", 36.43% choose "I pay attention to it and brush it occasionally", 10.9% choose "I brush it often and find it very interesting" and 5.34% choose "I not only brush it, but also try to upload it myself".

  It can be seen that short video has attracted more and more attention after the rapid development in recent years. The children interviewed all know short video apps such as Tik Tok and Aauto Quicker, and the proportion of using them for 1-3 hours every day has reached 15.55%.

  "According to your observation, what types of short videos do peers around you like to brush? In a survey, pupils’ responses mainly focused on five aspects, among which "parody in life" accounted for 54.99%, "entertainment circle related to idols" accounted for 34.34%, and "game explanation tutorial" accounted for 36.19%. However, "related to learning and professional skills" accounted for 37.35%, and "related to natural and cultural landscapes" accounted for 23.2%.

  In the item "Why did you start to brush short video apps", children said that they often saw them online, accounting for 33.41%; Secondly, "curious, take the initiative to use" accounted for 29.23%, "classmates often brush" accounted for 20.88%, and "parents often brush" accounted for 16.47%.

  Zhou Lina, a teacher of ideological and political course in Chongren Road Primary School, said that there are more and more APP softwares, which are constantly updated. Many softwares are helpful for children’s learning, which stimulate students’ interest in learning through entertaining, and the game mode meets children’s curiosity. However, for teenagers and even adults, we should have self-control. Parents need to set an example in front of their children, not to let their children drift, and not to ignore communication with them. It is suggested that we can accompany our children to study and discuss together, control the use time reasonably, pay attention to scientific use of eyes and protect our eyesight. In addition, the home and school closely cooperate to check the APPs used by children. Any app that contains pornographic violence, online games, commercial advertisements and other content and links, or uses exam-oriented education to increase students’ academic burden should be uninstalled.

  Luo Hongwen, the principal of Qipanjie Primary School in Wuchang District, believes that it is obviously unrealistic for new technologies to keep pouring in and affect students’ lives and blindly block them among children. To teach children to identify and use them reasonably, teachers and parents should also guide them in ways that children are willing to accept, thus effectively improving the quality of education. (Reporter Xiang Jie governs Yang Feng)

Oral: Zhang Liangsheng, researcher of Chinese Academy of Sciences: the first postgraduate exam in 1978.

[Editor’s note]What subjects were there in the college entrance examination 60 years ago? How was the postgraduate exam conducted 40 years ago? The Paper interviewed Mr. Zhang Liangsheng, a researcher at the Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and asked him to talk about two "big exams" in his life and his experiences and anecdotes in high energy physics research.

Zhang Liangsheng was born in June 1939 in Wuxi, Jiangsu. He participated in the college entrance examination in 1957 and entered the nuclear physics major of Nankai University. In 1978, he was admitted to the first postgraduate after the resumption of college entrance examination, and entered the Institute of High Energy Physics of Chinese Academy of Sciences, where he studied under Professor Zhang Wenyu, the founder of high energy experimental physics in China. Mr. Zhang Liangsheng devoted his life to the experimental research of high-energy physics in China.

Zhang Liangsheng is being interviewed.

Learn with one heart

Our family was very poor before liberation. My father was an apprentice at the age of 13 and worked as a clerk in a grocery store. Eldest brother is also about 13 years old (as an apprentice); The second brother is a little older and became an apprentice at the age of 16. After liberation, my father spent some money on a small stall, selling some soy sauce, salt and so on. He wanted to get rich.

My father asked me to inherit his career and run a small stall after I graduated from primary school. He taught me how to purchase goods, how to keep accounts and how to use abacus. I said I wouldn’t do this, but I had to go to school. Finally, my father and I reached an agreement. He said that if you were admitted to Wuxi No.1 Middle School, you would go to school. If you failed, you would work with me. No.1 Middle School is a public school, and the quality is very good. It doesn’t cost any money to get into No.1 Middle School, and there are state grants. As a result, I was admitted, and my father said, then go to school. At this time, it was just liberated, and tuition was free. Moreover, I applied for a grant after I went to school and went to high school.

I study very hard in middle school, and I like to study hard at ordinary times. I read my brother’s middle school physics book in primary school and was very interested. Once a classmate pulled a roller to repair the playground. The roller got stuck in the pit and couldn’t be pulled. He asked me what to do. I said you turned it upside down, pulled it back, and then jerked it forward and rushed over. They did it according to my method.

I took the college entrance examination in 1957, which was the most difficult one before the "Cultural Revolution". I was very stuck, and I volunteered before the exam. I’m afraid I won’t get into Tsinghua Peking University, so I’m conservative and applied for Nankai University. When I was in high school, I chose science. I took seven courses in Chinese, mathematics, foreign languages, politics, physics, chemistry and biology in the college entrance examination, and I got 96 points in physics. If I applied for Peking University, I could get into it.

In 1957, Zhang Liangsheng was photographed when he graduated from high school.

I studied nuclear physics in the physics department of Nankai University for five years. At that time, universities were all five years. Graduated in 1962, then stayed in school to tutor the basic course of nuclear physics, and then came to Lanzhou University, where he was promoted from a teaching assistant to a lecturer.

Want to go to Lanzhou to do something.

On October 16, 1964, our country exploded the first atomic bomb. At that time, the Ministry of Higher Education had planned to concentrate on two places in the north to engage in nuclear physics and radiochemistry, one was the Department of Physics of Peking University, and the other was the Department of Modern Physics of Lanzhou University, because Lanzhou was in the northwest and close to the nuclear test site. The Ministry of Higher Education intends to move some majors in nuclear physics and radiochemistry from Nankai University and Shandong University to the Department of Modern Physics of Lanzhou University.

Nankai took active action. In the summer of 1965, all the teachers, students and equipment of nuclear physics and radiochemistry were moved to Lanzhou. In order to move these equipment, the Ministry of Railways also specially prepared a special train, and the whole train was loaded with instruments and equipment.

There are about 100 students and teachers in the two classes going to Nankai. When moving, let everyone go home first, and then go to Lanzhou to concentrate, so everyone will arrive in Lanzhou early and late. I arrived in Lanzhou on August 23rd, and I was the first one to arrive in Lanzhou. At that time, I was in a state of mind, hoping to see what Lanzhou was like, hoping to do something in Lanzhou.

At that time, the whole country was preparing for war, and Lanzhou University had professional knowledge and technical conditions. The Lanzhou Military Region hoped to equip the PLA with some equipment for detecting nuclear radiation. The two sides hit it off, and we helped them to make a device called "automatic gamma ray alarm device". After the nuclear explosion, the gamma rays would whir to a certain extent, and the response was not bad. Later, a "automatic gamma ray recorder" was further developed, which was a little more advanced. It will record the intensity of gamma rays after the nuclear explosion by itself, and it has a wide range. It has four gears and will automatically shift gears as a daily monitor in the chief’s room to see if the radiation exceeds the standard. Later, these two devices won four awards at the National Science Conference in 1978, one was the Science Conference Award, the other was the Ministry of Chemical Defense, the Gansu Provincial Science and Technology Progress Award, and the other was the Lanzhou Military Region Award.

The other is to participate in nuclear tests. I won’t say much about this, but I have to keep it a secret. At that time, I also went to the proving ground. The school sent two people, one was me, who was engaged in nuclear physics, and the other was engaged in radiochemistry, both of whom were from Nankai University. However, we didn’t wear radiation masks, long boots and lead clothes like others, and after finishing half a bucket of sweat, it wasn’t that bad. We just tested gamma rays in the house, which was still a certain distance from the central area of the nuclear explosion, and it wasn’t as hard as their first line.

I also went to factories and rural areas to attend classes while taking part in labor. At that time, I chose three teachers, and I was one of them. I took a class of students to Xi ‘an 262 Factory to "open a school", where I gave them technical lessons. After I came back, the factory sent people to Lanzhou and invited me to give lectures to the students of 721 University in their factory. 721 University was very common at that time, which was equivalent to an enterprise university. Because enterprises should have their own technical talents, in order to cultivate talents, they chose some workers from the factory, did not study full-time, and hired teachers from outside to respond to Chairman Mao’s "721 instruction" and learn to work, learn agriculture and learn the army.

The level of students of workers, peasants and soldiers is uneven, some don’t understand, some don’t have enough to eat, so we should take care of everyone when teaching and be relatively relaxed when graduating. Teachers are also urging teachers to learn, so I have never given up my major. Moreover, in the late period of the "Cultural Revolution", the atmosphere on campus began to love reading. There are also some old intellectual families. Although the state does not attach importance to it, there are still some wishes and practical actions for children to learn. There is a kind of person who always has a desire to pursue knowledge no matter what social environment.

I also keep a hope that one day the country will be normal, and it can’t go on like this forever. There has been no enrollment for ten years. What will the country do after that? How can we do it when everyone is illiterate? I think the normal enrollment of college entrance examination will be resumed one day.

The First Postgraduate Examination after the Cultural Revolution

At the beginning of 1978, I was taking part in a nuclear test in our country when I knew I wanted to recruit graduate students. There were many people who took part in the nuclear test that time, and everyone communicated with each other. I heard the news of recruiting graduate students, but I didn’t know it in detail. Because the national college entrance examination for undergraduates was resumed in 1977, it was not surprising at all to get the news of resuming postgraduate recruitment, which was expected.

The Admissions Office in Lanzhou is located in a school in the city. I learned that it is really necessary to recruit graduate students, and the age range has expanded to 40, and my age is also included. I am very happy and feel that I have finally had a chance after waiting for so many years. The recruitment method is basically the same, that is, the process of registration, written examination and re-examination.

I came back and prepared an inch of photos, so I went to register. When you register, you should give the photo to the Admissions Office. After that, it will be posted. I went to see it, and it has my name, so that the formal registration is successful. After I signed up, I got an admission ticket, which I still have.

Admission ticket

There is basically no time to review before the exam. On the one hand, I have to work, and on the other hand, I have two children to take care of. It is because of my physical skills in college and my interest to take the exam. After the "Cultural Revolution", the country was not ready for the first postgraduate exam, but just wanted to open it, so there was neither an exam outline nor exam materials, and they were all in a hurry.

The formal exam is also in the school where I signed up. It seems that there is only one test center in Lanzhou, and there are only twenty or thirty people in an examination room. I am one of the oldest in it. I remember that my position is next to the north wall, the penultimate row. The exam is a table for one person, which is relatively apart to prevent looking at each other. There are two or three invigilators, the admission ticket is on the table, and the invigilators should check the photos so as not to be replaced by others.

In the middle of the exam, everyone is generally more disciplined and cherish this opportunity. During the "Cultural Revolution", some people basically lost everything they studied and did something else. Even if you asked him to take the exam, he didn’t have the heart to take it. However, there are still a small number of people who haven’t left their studies for so many years and hope to resume the exam one day. These people who took the exam basically belong to this category, that is, they usually study hard and have some foundations, so it is not easy to have such an opportunity, so they didn’t cheat in the exam.

I’m not too nervous during the exam. I think I’ll do whatever I get in the exam. I want to keep my mood relaxed. At that time, I took three exams, one political course, one foreign language course and one specialized course. My specialized course was high-energy physics, and I got 95 points.

I felt very uncomfortable when I took the physics exam. I still remember the general content, saying that there was a ball, and particles were emitted from the surface of the ball, and at the same time the ball fell. I asked how long it would take for the ball to fall in a vacuum. I think the conditions of this question are confused. If particles are sprayed in one direction, just like jets or rockets, they are different from spraying in all directions. If particles are sprayed in all directions, it is necessary to know how big, how much and how fast the particles are, and the results are different. These conditions were not given, so I simplified it at that time. After the exam, I always thought that there was something wrong with this question, so I wrote a letter to Gao Neng Institute, in which I wrote my calculations and some ideas. When I went to the High Energy Institute for a second interview, I heard that this question was cancelled. They might think it was reasonable after reading my letter. This question was simply left out, so I asked where I was wrong. They checked it for me and said that I didn’t have a particularly big mistake, that is, one point was deducted. Anyway, there were some omissions. In some places, the answer was incomplete, not a big problem, and finally I got 95 points.

The political examination is mainly about current events, such as the destruction of the Gang of Four, which brought the national economy to the brink of collapse. It was mainly based on the accumulation of reading newspapers and listening to the radio at ordinary times. At that time, everyone paid close attention to some political trends and knew about general state affairs.

There are some questions in the English exam that are similar to Shakespeare’s translation, and there are no textbooks, that is, I always read some English materials, and I go to attend the English class at school, and I read some physics journals in English, so I have never abandoned them. Besides, it was not difficult to do the first exam in good conscience.

After the written test, I wasn’t sure whether I could get in. At that time, the institute of high energy recruited 20 people, but hundreds of people signed up and later told me to go to Beijing for a second interview. At this time, I was a little sure in my heart. At that time, it happened that my wife was steaming steamed buns. I grabbed two steamed buns and left with a bag of paper, because the two steamed buns were still hot and covered, and I had diarrhea after eating them.

During the interview, I was asked why I took the postgraduate exam, why I took the high-quality college exam, and what I had done before. I chose the high-energy physics major of Chinese Academy of Sciences. One reason is that after I stayed in Nankai University, I was sent to the Institute of High Energy for a period of time. After that, I hope to go to the Institute of High Energy in the future. Another reason is that after the "Cultural Revolution", Deng Xiaoping made up his mind to grasp high-energy physics, and found more than 100 high-energy physics students from all over the country, and concentrated on recruiting them to Beijing, which was unprecedented in history, because it was very difficult to enter Beijing, but later I couldn’t be directly transferred to Beijing, so I had to enter the Institute of High Energy Studies of the Chinese Academy of Sciences by examination. I just like physics and want to study it all my life.

Later, someone asked me if you would like to be a graduate student of Director Zhang Wenyu, and I said of course I would. Zhang Wenyu is the first director of the Institute of High Energy Physics, and he has done pioneering work in muon atomic physics in the world. When Li Zhengdao and Yang Zhenning won the Nobel Prize, the state sent him to Sweden to do their work, and Yang Zhenning also publicly stated that Zhang Wenyu was his mentor.

Shortly after the interview, I received a letter saying that you have been officially admitted as a graduate student of Professor Zhang Wenyu. I was very excited after receiving the letter. I used to hear and see it in the illustrated newspaper on the radio. Now the relationship is so close, I went to the reference room of our department to find the relevant pictures. People’s Pictorial has a picture of Mr. Zhang Wenyu. I studied it for a long time and thought about it. I was very happy at that time.

In the summer of 1981, Zhang Liangsheng and his tutor Professor Zhang Wenyu (right) took a group photo in front of the main building of High Energy Institute.

When Lanzhou University took the exam as a lecturer, five people were admitted to each applicant. On September 29th, Lanzhou University held a school committee, which was equivalent to the highest-level meeting. At the meeting, it was discussed that five people were admitted to graduate schools, and Lanzhou University, as a school, would not let people go. Finally, it was considered that this was a major national policy and agreed to let people go and study with pay.

I joined the work in 1962, and by 1978, I had been waiting for 16 years. I was 39 years old when I took the exam. This was a very rare opportunity, and I seized it. By the second year, I was stuck.

Graduate student with Mr. Zhang Wenyu

After I arrived in Beijing, I studied basic courses first. I was old and my brain was failing. It was very difficult to learn. Other students were playing outside, so I studied in the house. People came back to see me studying there after playing, always sitting, always studying.

After finishing the basic course, I did my graduation thesis. At that time, there was no high-energy accelerator in our country, so it was not necessary to do high-energy physics experiments. Mr. Zhang Wenyu suggested that I do the work of high-energy detector-multi-wire detector, which is to detect the tracks of microscopic particles invisible to the naked eye.

Professor Zhang Wenyu particularly emphasized the need to do experiments. He said that "experiments are the basis of theory and the source of knowledge". He himself published an article in People’s Daily stressing the importance of experiments. Don’t sit there all day dreaming and don’t do practical things. He particularly emphasized this point. According to Zhang Wenyu’s teaching, I started from the basic things, including how to punch holes, how to draw wires, how to glue, how to package, how to ventilate, how to measure, how to record data, and finally analyze and write papers. These are all done by myself, and the experimental results are published in High Energy Physics and Nuclear Physics.

On this basis, I also quantitatively explained a new international experimental result, that is, the experimental group directed by Professor Xia Pake, who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1992, used the "multi-step avalanche chamber" filled with argon gas to let a high-intensity charged particle beam pass through it and make it run at a high counting rate, thus obtaining the breakdown data of the "multi-step avalanche chamber" when it was running at a high counting rate. They didn’t give a quantitative explanation for the result themselves, but only gave a qualitative explanation. I have a different view, so I established an equation for quantitative calculation. The calculation results confirmed my assumption that the decay life of the substances accumulated near the anode wire in the multi-step avalanche chamber is consistent with the metastable life of argon, which shows that the metastable state of argon plays a decisive role. After my explanation was published at home and abroad, an experimental group of Kyushu University in Japan made an experiment by experts to test whether my explanation was reasonable or that of Professor M.Atac in the United States. The experimental results supported my explanation and called it "Zhang Model".

In 1992, at CERN, Zhang Liangsheng (left) congratulated Xia Pake (right), winner of the 1992 Nobel Prize in Physics.

After the thesis defense, everyone thought that my level was higher than that of the master’s degree. An international experimental result was not explained correctly. I explained it quantitatively, but it was not appropriate to give it to my doctor directly, because our high-energy institute trained experimental high-energy physics, and I engaged in detectors, which are also in the category of high-energy physics, but there are still some differences when we talk about it carefully. The institute wanted me to continue my PhD, but my wife and I were separated, and I still had a child at that time. This situation made me stay for a few more years, which was really not good. I told the company that it was difficult to separate at home. So he graduated in 1981 and assigned work according to his master’s degree.

Dedicated to the research of high-energy physics all his life.

There have been many schemes or ideas for high-energy accelerators in China. There is a saying called "eight ups and seven downs", one of which was presided over by Premier Zhou during the Cultural Revolution. The scheme was put forward, and all the money was available, and it was ready to be done. As a result, the Gang of Four made trouble and failed to make it. It was called "eight ups and seven downs".

In 1978, Deng Xiaoping made up his mind to do it, and put forward a plan, namely the ring accelerator, which made a name for itself. After exploring the terrain in the Ming Tombs, he dismounted. The reason for dismounting this time was that the pace was too big and the national economy could not support it.

Later, Professor Li Zhengdao proposed an electron-positron collider to accelerate positrons and negative electrons respectively and focus them on one point for collision. Of course, the collision is worse than hitting a static target, and the electron itself is relatively small in mass, which is relatively easy to do. Everyone agrees to use the electron collision method. Finally, this project was completed. The state awarded a grand prize and held an award ceremony in Huairentang, Zhongnanhai. I was one of the winners in it, and the certificate was signed by Premier Li Peng at that time.

Zhang Liangsheng’s award certificate

In 1984, Professor Ding Zhaozhong came to China to recruit students to engage in high-energy physics experiments in the Mark-Jay Group in West Germany. Ten people were found in the high-energy institute and asked to review before taking the exam. Two of them did not take the exam, and only one of the remaining eight people was admitted. Later, I recruited another batch, and this time I was recruited, and I was admitted alone; Later, I took the exam twice, and two more people were admitted. Ding Zhaozhong took several of our admitted students to Beijing Hotel for an interview, which was mainly about high-energy experimental physics. He asked me about "proton decay", and I replied that according to the "grand unification" theory, "baryon number" and "lepton number" are no longer conserved quantities, so protons can decay. Only by answering this sentence, he felt satisfied. He asked his mind to be clear and not verbose. The more you talk, the more confused you are, which means that you don’t understand. Simply point out the most critical points and he will know that you know the problem. So I went to West Germany in 1985.

In 1985, Zhang Liangsheng (first from the right) took a group photo with Ding Zhaozhong (second from the right) in the MARK-J group.

At the end of 1992, I was once again sent to work in a European nuclear research center for more than a year. After I came back, I worked in a high-energy institute until I retired. After I finished my studies, I made a contribution to my country.

High-energy physics is widely used in reality, and the Internet is one of them. At CERN, there was a group mainly engaged in the transmission of high-energy data. On this basis, a concept of high-energy network was gradually developed, and this concept gradually became the Internet. With the advice and help of Professor Li Zhengdao, the Internet established by our country with foreign countries through the Institute of High Energy is also for the purpose of transmitting high-energy experimental data. With this foundation, our country has invested heavily in developing the Internet, and China has a large population, a large base and a scale effect, so the Internet has developed rapidly in China, which is still very advanced internationally. Our country’s high-energy physics is now in the international leading position in some aspects.

In retrospect, taking the first postgraduate exam after the resumption of the college entrance examination was an opportunity for me to change my fate, and it was also the only opportunity for many students after ten years of interruption of the exam during the Cultural Revolution. Ten years of "Cultural Revolution", ten years of fault, talent training was abandoned in the "Cultural Revolution". Restoring the college entrance examination made everyone feel that there was hope and a way. They could gain a sense of accomplishment through their own efforts and have their own glory in it at a certain stage. This is a good thing that benefits the country and the people, and it is a major move after the country is on the right track.

If a country wants to stand on the top of the world, it must have world-class leading talents. Everything in exam-oriented education is to cope with exams, cramming and memorizing, which stifles learning enthusiasm. We should encourage everyone to study hard, have their own opinions, give full play to their strengths, be active and creative, have a strong thirst for knowledge and interest, and don’t become an examination machine.