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The art of NBA rubbish is on the verge of extinction, and you will only "greet your opponent’s mother"?

        The funniest game in the second round of the NBA playoffs was the Rockets VS Clippers. In front of the performance of the two teams taking turns to draw air, the limelight was naturally taken away by saliva.

        In the Second World War between the two sides, Clippers forward matt barnes insulted Harden’s mother with insulting words such as "s..k", and he was fined a huge amount of $50,000 by the League.

        In fact, many people have heard of it. Isn’t garbage one of the cultures in the NBA? But how to speak rubbish well is definitely an art, and rubbish and abuse are two completely different things.

        Sometimes, we miss it, those dirty garbage words.

Although Harden’s mother (middle) has expressed her willingness to forgive Barnes (right), Harden and the Rockets teammates don’t buy it.

Ali, the boxing champion, is the granddaddy of rubbish.

        For China fans, sometimes the radio equipment in CBA stadium is better, and we can often hear players and coaches "greeting each other’s mother and family". The most classic is Su Wei’s English show against Marbury in that year’s finals, and the English words starting with F are quite "market-like".

        But in the NBA, the so-called rubbish has a specific explanation. Spam English is trash talk. According to Wikipedia, spam is a form of boasting or insulting in the fierce competition. It is often used to put pressure on opponents, and it can also be a humorous spirit, which cannot be equated with swearing.

        In the NBA and even the North American sports arena, saying good rubbish has become an "art on the verge of extinction". The rubbish of the older generation is full of charm and sportsmanship without crossing the bottom line.

Classic photo of Muhammad Ali.

        NBA players generally regard boxing champion Ali as the granddaddy of rubbish. In 1964, the boxing champion Ali left a photo handed down from ancient times, looked at his opponent on the ground and shouted: "Get up and fight,sucker!" " Get up and fight, asshole.

        Subsequently, Ali’s provocative but slightly inspiring words instantly became popular in the sports circle. The purpose of garbage talk is also mainly classified as "to cheer yourself up and stimulate your opponent to perform better".

Jordan and peyton.

Jordan is a revolutionary of NBA trash talk.

        When the bonfire of basketball reached the 1980s, trash talk reached its artistic peak, thanks to Jordan and Byrd. At that time, every generation of superstars must be masters of trash talk.

        Rush, a columnist of Fox Sports, said: "Jordan is the king of rubbish in NBA history, and he is also a revolutionary of rubbish in NBA. Prior to this, the garbage words in the NBA only stayed at’ kill you’ and some low-level tastes, which were not only boring but also uneducated. "

        Jordan’s favorite thing to say is "Come on, you almost held me". But former NBA player Steve Smith had an even worse experience.

        Once when he was defending Jordan, he heard the flying man chanting some numbers: "40, 38, 35 …, he kept counting in my ear until the last number became 0, and I suddenly realized that he was counting his own scores, backwards!"

        When competing with another garbage king, Jordan’s play is often more humorous.

        "Gloves" Payton once shouted at Jordan on the court, "I have already got a salary of millions! I can also buy a Ferrari! " Without looking at him, Jordan replied, "Sorry, I can’t afford it. My Ferrari was given by the manufacturer."

Jordan said he would never respect Miller.

Alternative Miller joined the fans in scolding.

        At the same time, larry bird left a famous sentence that "crossing you is like crossing the road in the morning", and Pippen told Malone that "the postman doesn’t go to work on Sunday" was also regarded as a classic. But at that time, there was also a star who was famous for his harsh words, and that was reggie miller.

        Miller’s favorite is the virtual scene, and some fabricated insults are counted on the opponent’s head. After a "greeting" to Jordan, the trapeze even wanted to beat him on the court, leaving a message that "Miller will never be respected".

        Miller’s rubbish was sprayed on the audience. After he scored the winning goal at home in new york, he jumped on the record table and shouted at the Knicks bench and fans: "This ball is dedicated to you son of bxxxx (sons of bitches).

Garnett versus spray Barnes.

Garnett: Your wife tastes like doughnuts.

        With the departure of a generation of stars such as Jordan, trash talk has also become an "NBA first-class protected heritage", and the trash talk of players on the field has gradually begun to "greet each other’s families and mothers" directly, with no technical content or aesthetic feeling at all.

        Let’s start with a joke: when Garnett was still playing for the Celtics, they played against the Hornets (now the Pelicans) at home. At that time, Celtic coach Reeves pulled Garnett aside and said to him, "KG, have you seen Austin (Reeves’ son) opposite? Can you stop spitting rubbish at the scene later? Remember, his mother is my wife. "

        Although this is just a joke, according to a survey of 173 NBA players by Sports Illustrated, 62% of the players think Garnett is the first person to talk rubbish in the NBA. However, the technical content of KG’s junk words is open to question. Besides greeting his opponent’s wife and mother sometimes, his junk words often get him into trouble.

Garnett and Anthony had a conflict.

        On January 9, 2013, a rare scene happened after the Celtics played against the Knicks. Anthony, the star of the Knicks, blocked the Celtics bus and asked Garnett to get off the bus and fight one-on-one. The reason is that Garnett said to him, "Hey, man, your wife tastes like doughnuts, and I like doughnuts best."

        Wolf king’s rubbish sometimes seems irrational. He once said to him when defending Duncan: "Happy Mother’s Day, don’t forget to say hello to her for me." But Duncan’s mother had just passed away.

        And he called Villanueva a "cancer patient", which angered netizens and patients on social networks.

Artest and Kobe’s rubbish has no technical content.

Kobe’s rubbish is comparable to Aunt Qiong Yao’s.

        In the new era of basketball, money and the market have gradually occupied the dominant position. Although there are also fighters like Garnett, the smell of gunpowder in the stadium is really a bit less.

        Kobe Bryant and James, as representatives of the new era players, have no doubt about their strength, but their rubbish is really lacking.

        In this year’s playoffs, James finally said something rubbish to the bulls and was immediately called a technical foul. In the past, he was upset and even sprayed with his mother on the sidelines. The only classic was to stimulate Arenas with words and miss two free throws.

Kobe and Howard clashed.

        And Kobe’s trash talk is just like Aunt Qiong Yao. TNT, an American television station, specially invited lip experts to interpret Kobe Bryant’s garbage words in the 2008 playoffs and Artest, and found that their conversations were as follows: "Get out of my way", "No, get out of my way", "Get out of my way" and "No, get out of my way" …

        Netizens said that Kobe might as well tie a repeater to his body.

        Think about it carefully, the only thing Kobe impressed the fans was saying to Howard, "Soft egg, don’t you dare hit me!" (soft! try me! )”

        Hey, when will the NBA be able to produce a master of both language and skills?

Sino-Vietnamese "snakeheads" colluded to organize Vietnamese to sneak into Taiwan Province via Fujian.

  On December 9, Fujian Provincial Public Security Frontier Corps organized and commanded Pingtan and Fuzhou Public Security Frontier Detachment to cooperate with each other, and simultaneously acted in Pingtan and Fuqing, and detected a case of Vietnamese smuggling into Taiwan Province by diversion, and arrested 31 people involved, including 4 smuggling organizers and transporters (2 from China and 2 from Vietnam), 27 illegal immigrants (all Vietnamese, 23 men and 4 women), and seized a vehicle transporting illegal immigrants.

  It is reported that this is a smuggling gang with the largest number of people arrested in our province this year.

  The two men have frequent contact.

  Planning and organizing smuggling into Taiwan Province

  Yesterday, Fujian Public Security Frontier Corps reported the detection of this smuggling case.

  At the beginning of June, Fujian Provincial Public Security Frontier Corps found that Qiu Mou, a 53-year-old man from Pingtan, had frequent contacts with Vietnamese and Taiwan Province.

  After further peripheral investigation by Pingtan Public Security Frontier Detachment, a smuggling gang organized by Vietnamese and Pingtan nationals gradually emerged, and border guards also learned that the gang was planning to organize a group of Vietnamese to sneak into Taiwan Province by boat along Pingtan coast.

  Due to the seriousness of the case, the Fujian Provincial Public Security Frontier Corps set up a task force. Not long after, Vietnamese man Li Mou entered the sight of the task force. Li, a 33-year-old who speaks Chinese, spent some time in Taiwan Province before. In 2013, he was sent back to Vietnam for illegally staying in Taiwan Province for an extended period of time, and then he was sent back to China for attempted smuggling.

  Investigators also learned that Qiu had been to Taiwan Province in 2012 in the name of visiting relatives, and was repatriated because of overstaying. During his stay in Taiwan, Qiu met many Vietnamese, including Li. The two men contacted each other many times, and planned to organize a group of Vietnamese nationals to sneak into Taiwan Province via Pingtan.

  "Snakehead" has a clear division of labor

  One side recruits people and the other side buys ships.

  After some discussion, Qiu and Li made a detailed smuggling plan. According to the division of labor plan of the two, Li is responsible for recruiting illegal immigrants in Vietnam and taking them to Pingtan, Fuqing and other places to find a suitable time to sneak into Taiwan Province; Qiu is responsible for buying boats for smuggling, and arranging accommodation for stowaways after they arrive in Fuqing and Pingtan.

  From June to November, Li hired a Vietnamese "Ma Zi" Huang, and successively recruited 27 stowaways in Vietnam. Among these stowaways, 23 were men and 4 were women, the youngest being 21 years old and the oldest being 46 years old.

  Li Mou and Qiu Mou intend to sneak into Taiwan Province by means of "stowaways buying boats at their own expense, driving boats by themselves, and abandoning boats when they arrive at the shore". When Li Mou recruited stowaways, he specially chose Ruan Mou and Fan Mou who knew how to sail boats.

  After the personnel were in place, Li received a deposit from each stowaway and came to Pingtan on November 28 to talk with Qiu and Du about the details of the stowaway. Du Mou has a personal face in Fuqing, mainly responsible for transporting Vietnamese stowaways to Fuqing, Pingtan and other places.

  On November 29th, Li and Qiu went to Chengtou Town, Fuqing City, and bought a wooden fishing boat for smuggling from local fisherman Lin for 53,000 yuan. At the same time, Qiu and Du rented houses in Pingtan and Fuqing respectively for stowaways to use.

  On November 30, Li returned to Guangxi, while Qiu and Du started to refuel the ship, buy quilts and food and put them in the rented room, waiting for the arrival of stowaways.

  Frontier officers and soldiers attacked

  Destroy smuggling gangs

  Soon, under the arrangement of organizers, 27 Vietnamese stowaways arrived in Fuqing and Pingtan in batches with passports or border cards after entering through Youyiguan Port in Guangxi.

  At noon on December 8, the first batch of 11 stowaways arrived in Honglu Town, Fuqing City, and Qiu and Du sent them to Pingtan rented house to wait for stowaways.

  On the 9th, the second batch of 16 stowaways arrived in Fuqing, and 12 of them were sent to Fuqing’s rental house by Qiu and Du. At 15: 00 on the same day, Qiu Mou, Du Mou and Li Mou were preparing to send the other four people to Pingtan rented house. When the vehicle was driving to the second line of Pingtan Strait Bridge, the task force attacked Qiu Mou, Du Mou, Li Mou and the stowaway. Pingtan and Fuzhou public security frontier detachments closed their nets simultaneously, arrested 23 stowaways and an organizer Huang Mou in Pingtan and Fuqing, and seized the ships and vehicles involved in the case in Aoqian Town, Pingtan. This major smuggling case was solved.

  All the stowaways involved were punished by administrative detention and a fine of 500 yuan, and four stowaway organizers were detained in criminal detention.

  According to the investigators, these stowaways have contacted their relatives or friends in Taiwan Province in advance. Once the fishing boat arrives in Taoyuan, Taiwan Province, the stowaways will abandon the boat and go ashore, and their relatives and friends in Taiwan will take over the job.

  At present, the case is still under investigation.

  "Snakehead" and stowaways

  It’s too late to regret being caught

  On the afternoon of December 16th, the reporter saw "snakeheads" Li and Qiu in Pingtan Detention Center, and Vietnamese stowaways in Pingtan Detention Center.

  Li stayed in Taiwan Province for 8 years, including 6 years of illegal detention, and was sent back to Viet Nam in 2013. In the first two years in Taiwan, he worked as a welder, and later changed to marble processing, earning five or six thousand yuan a month, far exceeding his monthly income when he worked in Vietnam.

  After being sent back to China, Li wanted to go back to Taiwan Province to work, so he found Qiu through his friends and planned to organize illegal immigration.

  Li said that he and his wife met while working in Taiwan Province. On December 6 this year, he just came out of Viet Nam, and his wife gave birth to a boy. So far, he has not seen the child with his own eyes, and his family doesn’t know about his arrest. Now he regrets it very much. As he spoke, Li’s tears kept spinning in his eyes.

  Qiu, another "snakehead", appeared relatively calm after being arrested. He said that when Li called him, he thought that the other party was asking him to buy a boat, and later he realized that it was a smuggling. He also thought about reporting it, but he did not report it for fear of being implicated. In this smuggling case, Qiu mainly earned the difference in helping to buy a boat. He claimed that after a trip, he could earn more than 10,000 yuan except for buying a boat, buying oil, repairing the boat and other expenses.

  It is understood that Qiu’s two sons run a fishing gear shop in partnership, and the family conditions are ok. The granddaughter is now over one year old and the grandson has just reached the full moon. Qiu said that he was arrested the first time he did this, and now he is very painful and regrets.

  Chen Mou, a 33-year-old Vietnamese woman, left her old man and children at home and followed her husband to sneak into Taiwan Province to work. The couple mortgaged their house to the bank and raised the smuggling fee through a bank loan. Unexpectedly, they were arrested as soon as they arrived in Pingtan.

  Among these illegal immigrants, there are husband and wife and brothers. Because of their difficult family circumstances, many people raise enough money for illegal immigrants by means of loans or borrowing money. They don’t realize that if they go out through this illegal way, they will lose not only money, but also their lives.

  (Fuzhou Evening News reporter Lin Chunchang correspondent Ding Jichao)

Sequoia Capital, a long-simmering separation

As one of the largest VC (venture capital institutions) in the world, Sequoia Capital will be "divided into three parts" in the future. 

On the evening of June 6th, official micro of Sequoia China released a letter to the founders of Sequoia China member enterprises, announcing that Sequoia Capital will split its local funds in the United States, Europe, China and India/Southeast Asia, and conduct their own completely independent operations, which will be completed before March 31st, 2024. 

Sequoia Capital was born in the United States in 1972. By investing in more than 1,000 enterprises with distinctive technical characteristics, high growth and high development potential, it has become an investment institution with the influence of the industry vane, and is called "the entrepreneur behind the entrepreneur". By 2022, the company managed assets of about $85 billion, or about 606 billion yuan. 

In the list of global unicorns released by Hurun in 2023, Sequoia Capital has once again become the most successful unicorn investment institution in the world by investing in 238 unicorn enterprises, and is far ahead of well-known institutions such as Tiger Global Fund and Softbank. It is precisely because of its great influence that the spin-off of Sequoia Capital has also caused a lot of heated discussion in the investment community. 

In fact, this spin-off is not an emergency, but a long-simmering business restructuring of Sequoia Capital. As Shen Nanpeng, the main partner of Sequoia Capital and the founder of Sequoia China, told the media, "Now the similarities between different entities of Sequoia are much less, and discussions on the split business have been going on for the past two or three years." 

After the split, Sequoia Capital’s original three major sectors will not only have their names adjusted, but also the focus of investment will be quite different. 

Among them, Sequoia USA and Europe will continue to use the brand of Sequoia Capital, Sequoia China will continue to use the Chinese brand name of Sequoia, but it will use "HongShan" as its English name, and Sequoia India/Southeast Asia will be renamed as "Peak XV Partners". A person familiar with the matter told CNBC, "Sequoia China has diversified its investment strategy into multiple funds, while Sequoia’s US and European businesses have been reorganized to focus on Sequoia Capital Fund. Sequoia India/Southeast Asia is highly focused on the excavation and cultivation of early founders. " 

As for the reasons for the split, Sequoia’s explanation is that the deeper localization of each region makes the global centralized operation mode of some back-office functions gradually become a burden. With the internationalization of investment enterprises in different regions of Sequoia and the global competition, competition will inevitably occur, while Sequoia shares the same brand in all regions, which will bring troubles to the founders and member enterprises. 

As for why it split up at this time, it may be related to the rapid growth of Sequoia China. Although Sequoia China has brought rich economic returns to Sequoia Capital in recent years, the distribution of benefits has become increasingly prominent. After splitting up, Sequoia China will no longer share profits with Sequoia Europe and the United States. 

Sequoia revealed in the letter that after 18 years of development, Sequoia China’s investment direction is more extensive and diversified. Thanks to the opportunity of China market, Sequoia China set up a new infrastructure fund to invest in the infrastructure of China’s new economic industry, and in recent years, it developed M&A investment. These unique businesses of Sequoia China have enabled it to break through the definition of traditional venture capital and become an investment institution with diversified business. 

According to Forbes’ report in May, Sequoia China holds 10% of ByteDance’s shares, and the potential value of this investment alone is as high as tens of billions of dollars. In addition, the nearly 200-fold floating profit from previous investment in the US Mission and public comments has made Sequoia China earn a lot of money. According to the Securities Times, Sequoia China has managed over 300 billion yuan and invested in more than 900 projects. 

On the other hand, after Roelof Botha took over the top management of Sequoia USA, the "Sequoia Fund" launched was hit hard by the US stock market, and its performance was not satisfactory. Then in March of this year, the sudden "death" of Silicon Valley Bank made Sequoia America, as its big customer, also experience a test. 

In fact, under the leadership of Shen Nanpeng, Sequoia China already has a localized investment and management model, and has formed a unique system of Sequoia China in terms of business model and concept, so it needs independent operation to play a greater advantage. Coupled with the domestic fund-raising environment, state-owned funds are becoming an increasingly important source of LP. Abandoning Sequoia China as a foreign capital based on the basic situation of China will also be more conducive to its future development. 

Shen Nanpeng, the head of Sequoia China, is a "genius" in the investment field. 

Shen Nanpeng, born in Haining, Zhejiang Province in 1967, worked in Citibank, Lehman Brothers Asia and Deutsche Bank China after obtaining a master’s degree from Yale University. Later, he co-founded Ctrip.com and Home Inn, and both companies landed on Nasdaq in only four years. In 2005, Shen Nanpeng founded Sequoia China, and continues to write the legend of making wealth. 

In Forbes’ list of the world’s best venture capitalists in 2023 released not long ago, Shen Nanpeng topped the list for the fourth time with his investment in Meituan, Pinduoduo and ByteDance, which is also his 12th time on the list and his fourth time winning. Previously, Shen Nanpeng had been the best venture capitalist for three consecutive years (2018-2020), and was also the highest ranked Chinese investor for nine consecutive years since he was listed in 2012. 

Sequoia China official website shows that besides investing in the giants of their respective tracks mentioned above, there are also well-known enterprises such as Alibaba, JD.COM, Debon Logistics, noah wealth, DJI Innovation, BYD, Weilai, Gaode, Aauto Quicker, Huolala, Vipshop, Huada Gene, Jumeiyoupin, Qihoo 360 and ZTO Express. 

In fact, an important factor for the success of Shen Nanpeng and Sequoia China comes from the strategy of "investing early and investing small". Through the forward-looking judgment of industry trends, we choose the fields with the most promising investment opportunities and make an early layout, instead of spending a lot of money on strategic investment later. According to statistics, Sequoia China invested more than half of all fields before the A round (including the A round). 

Moreover, Sequoia China’s investment logic has experienced a gradual change in three stages: the whole track-the key track-the subdivision track in the key track. By dividing the broad investment fields more finely, it can help it to judge the next round of enthusiasm more accurately in advance. In addition, paying attention to post-investment management also enables Sequoia China to find risks in time, grow together with the invested enterprises, and give follow-up strategic guidance, so as to maximize profits. 

Through observation, it is not difficult to find that, in addition to science and technology industry, Sequoia China’s main investment fields include medical and health care and traditional consumption tracks. With the continuous emergence of new tracks, Sequoia China has also begun to exert its strength in these new fields. In a previous public speech, Shen Nanpeng revealed that "in recent years, hard technology projects such as artificial intelligence and high-end manufacturing have exceeded 80% of Sequoia China’s portfolio". 

According to Zhou Kui, a partner of Sequoia China, Sequoia China will capture new trends along three frameworks in the future, namely, low carbon, cloud/end structure evolution and industrial digitalization. 

Zhou Kui explained, "Traditional energy is resource-driven, new energy is innovation-driven, and all aspects of power generation, energy storage and application are improving efficiency through science and technology, so we will pay attention to the release of existing industrial capabilities and innovation and progress of new energy. As for the evolution of the cloud/end structure, although there have been various ups and downs and great changes in the world, the pace of technological progress and industrial development of the communication revolution has not stopped. We have seen opportunities for core software and chips, as well as the original information industry institutions. Gradually restructuring. " 

Resume of child prodigy: I know nuclear reactor and studied calculus.

  Xinhua News Agency, Changsha, April 21st (Reporter Xie Ying) A selection of 8000 students who can only admit 60 students has attracted a group of excellent kindergarten "Niu Wa Resumes" who know about nuclear reactors and learn calculus. These prodigies, who have been teased as "surpassing Einstein", have been brushing their screens in the circle of friends in recent days.

  Because parents are eager to accumulate advantages for their children’s smooth further education, "rushing to learn" and "advanced education" have become very common among preschool children. However, experts pointed out that "leading education" caused children to "lead" is only a temporary illusion. Imposing knowledge and skills that are ahead of children’s development process on children who are not fully prepared for their abilities may bring serious consequences of "pulling out the seedlings to encourage them" and staging a modern version of "hurting Zhongyong".

  The frequent emergence of "Niu Wa" has triggered a collective "spit"

  Recently, an article entitled "I’m afraid Niu Wa was not reincarnated as Einstein" has been widely circulated in the circle of friends. It is mentioned in the article that there are more than 8,000 applicants from a famous school. After three rounds of online selection, computer examination and interview, only 60 students were finally admitted, and the degree of competition is staggering. Under the aura of prestigious schools, many parents have carefully written "Niu Wa Resume", hoping to win a "admission ticket" for their children.

  Some screenshots of "children’s resumes" published in the article show that these "self-introductions" written in a child’s tone have become "writing competitions" for parents.

  "I inherited the language ability of Fudan master’s mother. After three and a half months, I began to speak and expressed my wishes skillfully at the age of one. During the trip, I will also take the initiative to talk to American tourists about Medusa and Curie & Hellep in English; …”

  "With the powerful mathematical genes of Dr. Tsinghua’s father, I can perform mixed operations within 100% in the middle class, and I also know decimals, fractions and negative numbers … …”

  "I learned time management when I was in shift, and I knew about nuclear reactors, base pairing and RNA transcription. I learned functions and limits by listening to calculus with my father. My favorite game is programming, and I can write codes in Swift language … …”

  The frequent appearance of "highly educated" parents, advanced ability and even some proper academic terms in resumes has made many netizens call it "an eye-opener", which has even caused netizens to "spit": "Other people’s babies have never let me down" "It is against the law of human development to speak after three and a half months" "There will be so many kindergartens, so what primary schools are there to attend? Teachers don’t know as much as you do "… …

  “‘ Resume of Niu Wa ’ We don’t know whether there is any suspicion of exaggeration, but it is not difficult to see that ‘ Niu Wa ’ Behind them are a group of anxious parents and a group of children who are afraid ‘ Lose at the starting line ’ Parents who want to "run". " Ding Jiayong, a professor at Hunan Normal University, said.

  The phenomenon of "rushing to learn" and "advanced education" is common in kindergartens.

  Zeng Lian is the parent of a child. Recently, her child is going to primary school, which makes her extremely anxious. "I took my children to visit my favorite school. I heard that 4,800 people robbed 120 enrollment places. If you want to pass the initial test, you must put out your child’s specialties, activities, certificates and rewards one by one ‘ Competition ’ 。”

  "There are too few things taught in kindergartens. Small classes only let children learn to count from 1 to 5. How can they compete with others?" Ms. Jiang, a parent of a young child in Changsha, told the reporter that since the small class in kindergarten, she has reported various cram schools for her children, including English, piano, Go, and robots. Both parents with high academic qualifications also help their children with pinyin, mathematics, Tang poetry, and classical Chinese.

  Some parents told reporters that a list of "Puwa", "Niu Wa" and "Super Niu Wa" circulated on the Internet has become a reference list for many parents to let their children learn. The reporter saw that Puwa "has a literacy of 700, recites 100-word stories, can add and subtract within 20 minutes, and can read English simply", while "Super Niu Wa" needs "a literacy of 1,500, recites 300-word stories, is proficient in pinyin, can multiply and divide, and can communicate skillfully in English". The knowledge that kindergarten children have to master has gone far beyond the "outline", and some children have actually learned the contents of senior primary schools and middle schools.

  Many parents are worried that their children will "lose at the starting line" and cannot enter "prestigious schools", so they send their children to training classes to "catch up". Xinhua News Agency issued Jiang Yuexin’s work

  "Everyone else is learning, so we can’t fall behind." Ms. Jiang told reporters: "In addition, we must create some different specialties for our children. The father of the child is engaged in scientific research in colleges and universities. We often take the child to the laboratory to let him know the principle of the experiment and cultivate his scientific research ability. "

  "We also know that children are too young and under too much pressure, but for the sake of their children’s future, parents can only follow the rules and create a good learning environment for their children." Zeng Lian said.

  "Many primary schools do exist now ‘ Don’t learn after class in class ’ The strange circle. Many knowledgeable children have learned it. They have no interest in the classroom, but they get high marks in the exam. Parents are still proud of it and continue to send their children to training classes after class ‘ Advanced education ’ 。” A primary school teacher in Changsha told reporters.

  "The outstanding achievements of children before attending primary school are all from extracurricular training, which requires parents to spend a lot of time and money to support them. If parents don’t have a solid knowledge ability and a solid economic foundation, there is no stepping stone in such cruel competition. " A parent said quite helplessly.

  Is it "leading education" or "pulling out seedlings to encourage"?

  "Many parents like to use advanced education to make their children look ‘ Smarter than other children ’ The state of. " Ding Jiayong said, "Being instilled with all kinds of utilitarian knowledge at an age that should be carefree, this kind of ‘ Pull out the seedlings and encourage them ’ The type of advanced education is not suitable and does not conform to the law of children’s development. "

  Ding Jiayong pointed out that scientists have demonstrated through experiments that parents "rush to run" to let their children master more skills earlier than their peers, but in fact, the "leading" advantage of early education will not last forever. After these children enter the fourth grade of primary school, they will gradually lose this advantage, and children who receive gradual education from their parents usually catch up.

  Many interviewed experts pointed out that with the growth of children, their learning interest and attitude gradually began to dominate their learning effect. The IQ advantage of children who are advanced in education in their early years is not the embodiment of their true ability, but based on their learning more knowledge than other children.

  Chu Zhaohui pointed out that the Ministry of Education has banned the teaching of Pinyin in kindergartens and resolutely prevented and corrected the tendency of "primary school" because it is easy for children to learn a lot of knowledge when they grow up to a certain age, and if they deliberately study ahead, they will waste precious time on rigid mechanical memory, thus missing the opportunity of personality development and quality cultivation.

  "Children are young, and their understanding and concentration are limited. If they are overloaded with study plans, they will have rebellious and repulsive psychology. Not only will they not learn well, but they will also feel tired of learning, and the result will be counterproductive." Chu Zhaohui said that even if it seems that children have learned it, it is easy to cause some knowledge to be superficial and not very understanding. Such study habits are not conducive to children’s future development.

  "Every child has his own characteristics. Parents should not be too eager for quick success and instant benefit. They should consider their children’s hobbies and give them time to do what they like and play what they like. These are not necessarily useful for the exam, but they will definitely be useful for his future development." Chu Zhaohui said.

Overbearing fat manager, class dismissed, Blizzard national costume reopened, Diablo?

Two months after Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard was completed, everything restarted.

Bobby Kotick, CEO of Activision Blizzard, will leave the company that he has worked hard for half his life on December 29th. On Wednesday, he issued a statement to bid farewell to all employees.

On December 21st, Microsoft reported that Cotic officially announced earlier in the day that December 29th, 2023 would be his last day in Microsoft’s game department.

"In the 32 years that I have led Activision Blizzard, our employees and all those who have helped us have continued to contribute to our success. I can’t express my pride for them." He said in the departure statement issued by Activision Blizzard.

The departure of this controversial and topical CEO is bound to affect the direction of Activision Blizzard in the future.

A gift from Microsoft. Who is it for?

Cotic, who has worked in Activision Blizzard for more than 32 years, is known as the overbearing president of Activision Xiaopang. What impact will his departure bring to Activision Blizzard?

After Cotic leaves, what kind of activision blizzard will the new owner Microsoft hope to see?

It is worth noting that some deputy leaders of Activision Blizzard will also leave one after another, including Humam Sakhnini and Thomas Tippl;; Activision’s current chief administrative officer, chief personnel officer, chief financial officer and chief legal adviser will work until next March, and then we will talk about whether to stay or not.

For China players, Activision Blizzard is a love-hate existence.

The games that love it, to be precise, are the games of Blizzard Entertainment, which passively look at mergers and acquisitions: Warcraft, Diablo, Starcraft and Hearthstone.

Hate its overbearing, stop taking clothes in 2009 and stop taking clothes during the Spring Festival in 2023, all of which are green tea performances that Blizzard wants to kidnap players and force China manufacturers to make concessions.

Can the once arrogant blizzard return to its familiar position?

Can we return to the China market under the banner of Microsoft?

In this regard, 21st century business herald reporter Cai Shuyue had an exchange with Shu Le, and this monkey thought:

The overbearing president should have finished class long ago. He achieved Activision, destroyed Blizzard and was finally kicked out of the game.

Bobby Cotic has been the CEO of Activision Blizzard for more than 32 years, but please note that his resume has been extended from Activision to Activision Blizzard, and Blizzard Entertainment was just a company annexed by Passive Vision.

In other words, the world-famous Blizzard game IP has nothing to do with Bobby Cotic, who is an heir.

Bully and fat, disaster game!

From the point of view of merits and demerits, the combination of Activision and Blizzard was achieved by him, and after the merger, the game of Blizzard Entertainment continued to decline, which is precisely because of his various problems in operating strategy as the owner of Activision.

On July 20, 2021, Activision Blizzard was sued by the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) to the Los Angeles High Court for long-standing sexual harassment and gender discrimination.

Among them, Cotic’s management style has also become the focus of internal staff criticism.

Some employees have told the media that the personnel contradiction within Blizzard has a long history, and problems such as bad cultural atmosphere and deliberately depressing employees’ salaries have always existed.

In November of the same year, nearly 1,000 Activision Blizzard employees even signed a petition demanding the dismissal of Bobby Cotic.

In a sense, the whole Activision Blizzard has fallen into many problems in recent years, such as cliff-like decline, scandal entanglement and so on, as well as the dispute with Netease over Blizzard’s game agency rights, which led to its game withdrawal from China, all of which bear unshirkable responsibility.

His resignation means that Microsoft made him responsible for the past failures of Activision Blizzard, so as to realize a new beginning of the new Activision Blizzard era under the Microsoft system.

Microsoft’s game dream, three to five years!

At present, many executives of Blizzard report directly to the president of Microsoft Game Studio, which also represents Microsoft’s ambition.

The specific future planning of Blizzard may be in three aspects:

The first is the stable operation of old games.

Including the return of the original core technicians of Activision Blizzard, to ensure that Activision Blizzard can quickly recover its combat effectiveness.

The second is the new game research and development of the old IP.

Especially in the situation that Watch Pioneer has been in succession from the league to the new works, and the old IP only has Diablo’s counterattack on the new works, it is necessary to use more and better old IP new works to consolidate Microsoft’s right to speak in the game world.

Only in this way can Activision Blizzard return to the era cognition of "Blizzard is produced and must be a boutique".

The third is the promotion of joint research and development.

It is very important to develop mobile games through Activision Blizzard IP, especially to jointly develop Activision Blizzard IP mobile games with China game manufacturers, so as to quickly form the influence of Blizzard in the mobile game market and learn the experience of mobile game research and transportation.

In the process of merger, after transferring many rights and interests of Activision Blizzard to friends, what can this blizzard bring to Microsoft? Foolish thought:

Blizzard’s product matrix is still there, but the team is scattered, and it is difficult to restore combat effectiveness in a short time.

However, the existing game super IP matrix can completely create conditions for Microsoft to consolidate its position in console games, explore trial and error in the field of cloud games, expand its territory in the field of mobile games, and establish a virtual world of Microsoft+Blizzard in the field of metauniverse.

But at present, it is limited to conditions, and its running-in period may take one or two years. If it can really form combat effectiveness, it may take three or five years.

How difficult is it to reopen Blizzard’s national service?

As for whether Blizzard can return to China, there is no suspense. Although Tencent and Netease resolutely refuse, Microsoft will definitely give a satisfactory price.

But who are the China manufacturers who can take over the offer?

Based on the idea of Microsoft’s mobile game, and the "abnormal condition" of Blizzard’s technical ability and service requirements, there are not many choices, nothing more than Tencent, Netease and Mihayou …

It’s just that the game has passed, so what if it’s an agent?

China’s game market is no longer in the 2000s, when foreign games can make money by looking for an agent casually.

Therefore, after the New Year, Blizzard’s national costume will stop serving in Zhou Nianji, and if it doesn’t come back, there is no need to come back.

Author Zhang Shule, columnist of People’s Daily Online and People’s Post and Telecommunications, expert of Zhongjing Media Think Tank, and senior TMT industry critic, has newly published "From Introduction to Mastery of Media Writing" (Tsinghua University Press).

Multi-channel expansion of employment space and employment methods are becoming more diversified.

  Figure 1: Chen Xiaoli broadcasts live in loquat forest.

  Our reporter Shao Yuzi photo

  Figure 2: Gao Dongxue (left) takes blood pressure for the elderly.

  Our reporter Dou Yuyang photo

  Figure 3: Zhou Xianyang (right) discusses the sharing of employees with colleagues.

  Photo by Ding Xiaohua

  Core reading

  There are new attempts to expand employment space through multiple channels. Cultivating talents with live broadcasts not only solves the problem of unsalable agricultural products, but also finds career opportunities for young people. Developing the smart pension industry not only provides professional services for the elderly, but also creates new jobs. Standardizing the mechanism of sharing employees not only relieves the employment problem of enterprises, but also finds jobs for idle people … … Employment patterns are becoming more diversified.

  Live broadcast with goods, Chen Xiaoli:

  Second employment, selling loquat

  Recently, Chen Xiaoli, a scenic spot commentator in Yidu Town, Fuqing City, Fujian Province, has a new identity — — "Yidu Loquat Fairy": Put on ancient costumes, braid your hair, dress up your makeup, bring a mobile phone and a simple mobile phone stand, and shuttle between the Loquat Grove and the Loquat Exhibition Hall to tell the audience watching at the other end of the mobile phone about Yidu Loquat’s "past lives" … …

  "Live broadcast with goods, you can’t sell it, you have to turn a product into a story. Creativity and content can make people more popular. When the popularity comes, the products will be sold! " Although it has only been "electrocuted" for more than a month, Chen Xiaoli has a lot of creative ideas when it comes to live broadcast skills. "I also got this from a professional team ‘ Steal the teacher ’ Come. " The professional team mentioned by Chen Xiaoli is a live broadcast team specially invited by Yidu Town Government.

  Yidu Town is a big town producing loquat. Due to the epidemic situation, loquat is unsalable. "I didn’t worry about selling loquat before, but now I’m worried about how to sell it?" Like her own loquat, Chen Xiaoli’s job as a scenic spot interpreter is also a problem. In order to solve the problems of loquat sales and youth employment, in early March this year, Yidu Town set its sights on a new model of "home e-commerce": by introducing a professional live broadcast team, a group of e-commerce experts with certain ability to carry goods were trained.

  "Live broadcast can not only help the family sell loquat, but also realize their second employment." With the encouragement of the town government, Chen Xiaoli became the first member to join the "home e-commerce" live training. Relying on the idea of "Loquat Fairy" in ancient costume, in less than a month, Chen Xiaoli sold all the loquats of her own family and relatives. Nowadays, in addition to live broadcast, Chen Xiaoli also undertakes the promotion of her own micro-store and shopping platform. The products promoted by her have gradually expanded from loquat to other special agricultural products. "After that, I have to do live broadcasts for agricultural products in other counties and cities!" For Chen Xiaoli, the live broadcast of "electric shock" and bringing goods to her hometown is not only a new thing, but also a career to focus on.

  "At present, the whole town has trained more than 100 e-commerce experts with certain ability to carry goods." Lin Xuefeng, secretary of the Party Committee of Yidu Town, said that in addition to selling Yidu Town’s agricultural products, Yidu Town Government has also cooperated with other counties and cities in the province. After the relevant agricultural products are listed, Yidu’s talent team will assist in online sales.

  Internet care worker Gao Dongxue:

  Mobile phone orders, door-to-door service

  "Xiao Lu, don’t be too hasty when you knock on the door. Remember to help the elderly divide the meal." In Shangtang Street, Gongshu District, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, Gao Dongxue, a post-95 nursing care worker, is guiding intern Lu Bocai to deliver food at home. "This is Xiao Lu’s first home service. I will follow all the newcomers and can provide guidance at any time." Gao Dongxue told reporters.

  The door-to-door meal delivery in Gao Dongxue’s mouth comes from the small program of "rattan leaf care for the elderly at home" developed by Langshi Ivy Pension Service Company. Rodin, the general manager of the company, said that the company has expanded the home-based care service, and the nursing staff can provide on-site service only by placing an order on a small program.

  Gao Dongxue is such an Internet care worker. In September last year, Langshi Ivy League and Gongshu District of Hangzhou jointly established Langshi Ivy League Shangtang "Sunshine Senior Citizen". After preliminary training and internship, Gao Dongxue was selected by the company to work in Shangtang Cooperation Point and became a nursing care worker here.

  "We have full-time care, day care and other old-age services here. Our duty is to take good care of the elderly, and we will also arrange leisure activities such as handicrafts and newspaper reading for them, and chat with them more. " Gao Dongxue said. At the end of last year, Gao Dongxue’s work scope expanded to the surrounding communities. Although the workload has increased, she feels that this way can extend the tentacles of the aged care service further and benefit more elderly people. "Some time ago, we received a service order for hospital escort. Because the elderly can’t find someone to accompany them in hospital, their families try to place an order in a small program. Our service has been recognized, and now we will contact you if there is any demand. "

  Gao Dongxue told reporters that at present, their online services mainly focus on food delivery, door-to-door bathing and so on, and they intend to expand more services in the future. Up to now, she said that she has gained a lot. "After entering the industry, I found that the elderly actually need spiritual communication more. My duty is to serve and communicate with heart, so that they will no longer feel lonely. "

  In fact, there are 52 service points such as "Sunshine Elderly" in Shangtang at present in Gongshu, which has successfully promoted the employment of 189 people. Huang Wenqi, deputy secretary and deputy director of the Civil Affairs Bureau of Gongshu District, told the reporter that Gongshu District, as the pilot city of "internet plus Pension" in Hangzhou, took the lead in developing smart and healthy pension services in the whole city and creating a "nursing home without walls".

  Zhou Xianyang, President of Public Employment Association:

  Share employees and standardize their use.

  "The income is more than expected, which guarantees my normal expenses." In the garage workshop of Qingdao Maoyuan Parking Equipment Manufacturing Co., Ltd., zhaowei, a shared employee who has been sent abroad for nearly two months, returned to his original post and resumed his "old business" — — The driller’s "shared salary" has been credited to the account in March, and the salary in April will be paid in the near future.

  Affected by the epidemic, zhaowei’s company has no new orders, and many first-line production technicians have to stay at home. Mortgage expenses and living expenses made this young man in his early thirties feel the pressure of life. When he was at a loss, zhaowei received an invitation to share employees.

  Under the organization of the Public Employment Association of West Coast New District of Qingdao, Shandong Province, a four-party agreement was signed among the association, both employers and employees, which clarified the rights and obligations of all parties and effectively protected the interests of employees. zhaowei changed from a driller to a stainless steel plate bender. It turned out that a thorough report on the rework and employment demand of the members of the association showed that "there are more than 700 enterprises with more than 400 idle employees and more than 1,800 employment gaps."

  While solving the "labor shortage", how to solve the employment of these idle people is a problem before Zhou Xianyang, president of the association. "If there is a gap and a surplus, then supply each other." After "brainstorming", the scheme of sharing employees comes out at once.

  Who will share the salary of employees? Who will protect the rights and interests? Who is responsible for the problem? Can employees come back after going out? A series of problems and concerns behind the shared employees also followed. In order to avoid labor disputes during the implementation of the shared employee scheme, Zhou Xianyang reported to the Human Resources and Social Security Bureau of the district in time, carried out relevant policy docking, and participated in the formulation of the shared employee implementation scheme and the four-party agreement.

  In order to protect the rights and interests of shared employees, the West Coast New Area Public Employment Association has also set up a "shared network online employment platform". The platform guarantees the salary security of "temporary workers". At the same time, the problem enterprises and problem employees actively conduct big data screening with human society, market supervision, taxation and other departments, implement platform credit certification, and regularly publicize the behaviors of credit-deficient units and personnel on the platform. At present, the association has exported more than 2,800 shared employees.

  "Many companies cut people in the off-season and recruit people in the peak season. Sharing employees is not only applicable to epidemic prevention and control, but also can become the norm." Zhou Xianyang introduced that they have docked with universities, conducted relevant research, and set up a working group for the unemployed, further extending the tentacles of sharing.

Israel strengthens its military deployment around Jerusalem.

  Xinhua News Agency, Jerusalem, December 7 (Reporter Du Zhen, Chen Wenxian) The Israel Defense Forces told Xinhua News Agency on the 7 th that the Israeli army will redeploy combat troops around Jerusalem to cope with the possible turmoil caused by US President Trump’s announcement of recognizing Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.

  The Israeli army said that according to the general staff’s assessment of the current situation, the military decided to strengthen the deployment of several battalions of combat troops in Samaria and Judea near Jerusalem. The Israeli army has also formulated a plan to deal with emergencies, and some rapid reaction forces have entered a state of alert.

  Xinhua News Agency reporters saw in Jerusalem that some Israeli army reservists began to go to the assembly area, and Israeli military vehicles appeared near the city center.

  In response to possible military threats, the Israeli army announced on the 6th that nine F-35 fighter jets imported from the United States since December last year were officially installed.

  On the 6th, US President Trump announced the recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, and will start the process of moving the US embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. Chana, leader of the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), said on the 7th: "December 8, 2017 will be an angry day and the beginning of a great uprising."

Han Han’s "Four Seas" debut concept song prism band "Walking on the Waves"

Poster of prism "Walking on the Waves" (the concept song of the movie "Four Seas")


1905 movie network news Take youth as the theme and sing for the whole world. On December 24th, the film Four Seas directed by Han Han exposed the concept song "Walking on the Waves" written by Plateau, composed by Chen Hengjia and sung by Prism Band — — This also means that the first chapter of "The Music Journey of the Movie" Four Seas "OST" Set out for the Four Seas "is officially opened. It is reported that this film has invited different musicians to tailor a number of songs and will be launched one after another.

The film Four Seas is starring Haoran Liu, Liu Haocun, Shen Teng, Andrew, Qiao Shan, Zhou Qi and Wang Yanlin, with Huang Xiaoming, Youhao Zhang, Jordan chan, Wan Ziliang, Wu Yanshu, Zhao Ziqi and Gao Huayang as special stars, and Feng Shaofeng as a friendly star. It will be released nationwide on the first day of the New Year in 2022.

When musicians meet "young" movies,

The prism "Walking on the Waves" opens the musical journey of "Four Seas"


Whether it’s "Never See You Later", "Riding the Wind and Waves" or "Flying Life", the songs and music in Han Han’s movies always bring unexpected joy to the audience, which also makes the music of the movie "Four Seas" always highly anticipated. On December 24th, the film officially unveiled the OST special plan of "Music Tour of the Movie Four Seas" — — Invited different musicians, tailored several songs for the film and launched them one after another. A group of creative romantic musicians can’t help but expect what kind of sparks will collide with the young and bloody Four Seas.

On December 24th, the "Starting Concept Song" and "Walking on the Waves" written by Plateau, composed by Chen Hengjia and sung by Prism Band were officially released as the first single of the first chapter of the music journey — — Accompanied by melodious and soothing melody and emotional lyrics, blue sky, sea, highway and speeding motorcycle … … The impression that the movie "Four Seas" conveyed to the audience was also carefully unfolded again with the song. "Let me tread the waves, and the meteor can’t catch up with my engine." In the prism’s "Walking on the Waves", the teenagers in the film turned into cavalry who broke the wind and rushed out of this established world and rushed to the infinite scenery. When the motorcycle roared and the wheels rolled up dust, the story of A Yao, a teenager from South Australia Island, and a group of friends began.

The mysterious lineup of "Four Seas" music tour is expected.

"Set out for the Four Seas" Sing Young Adventures


As a young band established only five years ago, Prism has written and sung a lot of popular songs, among which there are many works widely sung by young people and students. Prism’s songs have both rock and folk characteristics, and they are popular. Just like their names, they radiate unique colors and light under the penetration of sunlight. And this uniqueness and youth also complement the temperament of Han Han’s film Four Seas — — Live up to your love and tread the waves.

The film also exposed the OST plan of the music tour of Four Seas — — The upcoming "Romantic Meeting Song" composed by last night’s party, "The Stars Are Free Pigeons" and this song "Walking on the Waves" by Prism Band together constitute the first chapter "Set out for the Four Seas", the second chapter "Stop Wandering around" and the third chapter "You will have an eternal full moon" all need to be unlocked. I believe that these music can also lead the audience to embark on this journey of "singing for the whole world with the theme of youth".

The film Four Seas tells the story that Wu Renyao and Wu Renteng, the father and son of enemies who have not met again for many years, ran into orphans and brothers and sisters who had different ambitions while driving motorcycles, and also happened to meet all kinds of unreliable friends. With the roar of locomotives at night, A Yaoben’s lonely and calm life has since ushered in a huge wave, and several people have embarked on a journey of adventure together. On the first day of the New Year’s Day in 2022, let’s go to the four seas with Ayao.

German language expert: Let the world see a more open and confident China.

CCTV News:Continue to look at the series of reports on Report to the 20th CPC National Congress in the eyes of foreign experts. Meng Weina, a German language expert who participated in the polishing of the German version of Report to the 20th CPC National Congress, has participated in the translation of important documents and books such as the government work reports of the two sessions and The Supreme Leader’s Talks on Governing the Country. Meng Weina was nervous and excited to participate in the foreign translation of the report of the Party Congress for the first time. In her view, Report to the 20th CPC National Congress is full of vitality, and she hopes that the world can see a more comprehensive image of China through the foreign translation of the report.

Meng Weina, a German language expert in Report to the 20th CPC National Congress:There is a statement in the report that deeply stays in my mind, which is four concise Chinese characters — — Being upright and innovative is consistent with what I have seen and felt in China for more than ten years. On the one hand, I keep the roots of China’s tradition and culture, on the other hand, I dare to innovate.

Meng Weina, who has lived in China for more than ten years, has witnessed the development of China and personally felt the speed of China. From mobile payment to Internet industry, generate has made great innovations in all fields. In her view, the concept of Chinese modernization combines the wisdom of theoretical innovation and grassroots practice, and has profound and rich connotations.

Meng Weina, a German language expert in Report to the 20th CPC National Congress:China is good at long-term planning, and its system makes it possible to maintain the continuity of policies. Compared with the western model, "Chinese modernization" can be a new choice for developing countries in the process of modernization or in the process of finding their own development path. To some extent, "Chinese modernization" has also brought opportunities to my native Germany, such as innovation cooperation, which was also emphasized in Report to the 20th CPC National Congress.

Meng Weina said that there are still some misunderstandings about the development of China. Through Report to the 20th CPC National Congress, China is also showing a more comprehensive image of a big country.

Meng Weina, a German language expert in Report to the 20th CPC National Congress:It can be seen from Report to the 20th CPC National Congress that on the one hand, the more China develops, the more confident it is as a big country, including cultural self-confidence, institutional self-confidence, road self-confidence, etc. On the other hand, China emphasizes peaceful development and harmonious coexistence, and China’s ideas of "community of human destiny" and "Belt and Road Initiative" are a common wealth for the international community.

A picture says five years: social security benefits continue to improve and the days are more practical.

  "Last year, the pension rose by 170 yuan, and this year it rose by 151 yuan. Now it is 3,787 yuan per month, and life is more secure." Song Lizhong, a 64-year-old retired worker in Benxi City, Liaoning Province, nodded. In recent years, the state has continuously raised pensions, which has made the old people feel a lot more secure.

  This is the five years that social security coverage has been continuously expanded, and China has established the social security system with the largest population coverage in the world — —

  By the end of 2016, the number of people participating in basic pension, unemployment, industrial injury and maternity insurance in China reached 888 million, 181 million, 219 million and 185 million respectively, and the number of people covered by basic medical insurance exceeded 1.3 billion. The dream of "universal medical insurance" came true. China’s achievements in expanding the coverage of social insurance have been fully affirmed and highly praised by the international community. In 2016, at the 32nd Global Congress of the International Social Security Association, the government of China was awarded the "Outstanding Achievement Award in Social Security", becoming the second country in the world to receive this honor.

  This is a five-year period of continuous improvement of social security benefits, and the people share more of the fruits of development — —

  The average monthly basic pension for enterprise retirees nationwide increased from 1686 yuan in 2012 to 2362 yuan in 2016, with an average annual increase of 8.8%. In 2017, the state continued to raise the pension at an average level of 5.5%. Serious illness insurance covers more than 1 billion urban and rural residents, and the payment ratio stipulated by the policy is not less than 50%.

  This is a five-year period of continuous breakthroughs in social security reform, and the fairness and convenience of social security have been significantly improved — —

  In China, the old-age insurance systems of government agencies, institutions and enterprises are merged, a unified basic old-age insurance system for urban and rural residents is established, and the basic medical insurance system for urban and rural residents is integrated. At present, the "expressway" for direct settlement of hospitalization expenses across provinces and different places has been fully completed, connecting all medical insurance co-ordination areas, and opening 7,226 designated medical institutions for direct settlement of hospitalization expenses across provinces and different places. Eligible insured people have bid farewell to "funding" and "running errands" since then.