Seven points of longevity and health Chinese medicine teaches you how to keep in good health.

Editor’s note: With the improvement of living standards, health has become our most concerned topic. What is healthy food? How to prevent physical diseases in life? This has become the focus of attention. People’s Health Network launched the column "Jintai Health Park" to take stock of the most healthy lifestyle for you every week and take you into the health park.

There are five decisive factors for human health, and seven points for longevity and health.

According to research, although many studies show that people’s natural life span can reach more than 100 years old, most people can’t live this age for various reasons.

There are five major determinants of human health: parental inheritance accounts for 15%, social environment accounts for 10%, natural environment accounts for 7%, medical conditions account for 8%, and lifestyle accounts for 60%, which almost plays a decisive role.

There are seven main points for a long and healthy life:

1 Be sure to eat 3 meals;

2 Be sure to sleep for 8 hours;

③ Exercise for half an hour every day;

(4) Laugh every day and be healthy physically and mentally;

⑤ Be sure to defecate every day and expel toxins;

6. Be sure to have a harmonious family;

All landowners don’t smoke, don’t drink, and walk every day.[detailed]

Beginning of autumn has just passed the summer heat to cool down, and Chinese medicine will teach you how to keep fit.

After beginning of autumn, the influence of cold air will be gradually strengthened, activities will tend to be frequent, the temperature will drop obviously, the temperature difference between day and night will increase, and there will be "one autumn rain and one cold".

Just after beginning of autumn, from the point of view of disease prevention and health care, we should take precautions against "cold", pay attention to strengthening cold-proof exercise and improve cold-resistant ability, so that we can adapt to the climate environment when strong cold air and winter season come, and avoid inducing or aggravating diseases due to meteorological reasons, such as influenza, tracheitis, pneumonia, rheumatoid arthritis and various cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases.

The ancients said: spring covers autumn and freezes, and no miscellaneous diseases are born. After beginning of autumn, we should correctly understand "thin clothes to keep out the cold", don’t add clothes and pants immediately when the temperature drops slightly, and cover yourself up. Instead, we should add clothes as late as possible, wear short-sleeved shirts, try not to wear long sleeves, wear single clothes and try not to add coats.[detailed]

Several bad habits hurt blood vessels the most.

Smooth blood vessels are the foundation of human health, and different living habits will have a great impact on blood vessel health. To protect blood vessels, it is best to understand the bad habits that damage blood vessels in life. Bad eating habits can do great harm to blood vessels.

Long-term irregular diet, overeating, thick oil and red sauce, high oil, high salt, high sugar, and more meat than vegetarian will all lead to excessive intake of nutrients. Excess lipids will not only deposit on the blood vessel wall to block blood vessels, but also increase blood viscosity, which is easy to cause thrombosis. Therefore, it is recommended to eat seven full meals, eat less grilled and pickled processed foods and fried foods, and eat less meat and more vegetables to avoid excessive fat intake.

Long-term smoking can lead to obvious atherosclerosis. Cigarettes contain many harmful substances, such as nicotine, carbon monoxide, oxygen free radicals, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and butadiene, which exchange with the gas in blood through alveoli and reach blood vessels, interfere with fat metabolism in blood, destroy vascular elasticity, damage vascular endothelium, and lead to the occurrence, development and thrombosis of atherosclerosis.[detailed]

Four ways to make up the yang at the end of the day and raise the back.

The dog days are the best time to treat winter diseases in summer, and the most important thing to get rid of cold evils in the body is to replenish yang qi, and to replenish yang qi, you must raise your back more! Now that we have entered the last stage, it is better to grab the last stage to support our backs.

The reason why we have to raise our backs is because according to Chinese medicine, our backs are yang and our bellies are yin. As long as the back is well maintained, it can make the back of the human body glow and generate a steady stream of energy. Because the yang meridian is basically distributed on the back of the human body, the spine is the main meridian of yang, and the meridian is the "sea of yang meridian", which controls the yang of the whole body, and the operation of yang of the whole body is all related to it.

On both sides of the spine are the bladder meridian of Foot-Taiyang, and the points on the back of all zang-fu organs are on the bladder meridian of the back. These points are channels for running qi and blood and connecting zang-fu. Stimulating these points can invigorate yang, harmonize qi and blood, and restore the functions of zang-fu. It can be seen that the back of human body is a very important part, which plays an important role in regulating visceral function, reconciling yin and yang and prolonging life.[detailed]

A brisk walk of 6,000 steps is enough.

Walking is the most affordable way of health care. A few days ago, researchers at Stanford University in the United States analyzed the activity level of residents in 46 countries and regions around the world based on the number of walking steps per day. The results show that Hong Kong, China and Chinese mainland are the top two favorite places to go.

It should be reminded that although walking exercise is good, it should not be excessive. Lu Yuanzhen said that modern people are polarized in sports. Many young and middle-aged office workers are used to driving, and the amount of exercise drops sharply, so that their physical strength is weak and their weight rises; Others are keen on taking steps every day and ranking, which leads to excessive exercise.

In order to be healthy, you have to walk 10 thousand steps every day, but this 10 thousand step also depends on the situation. If you walk slowly, including sporadic walking every day, 10,000 steps of exercise is acceptable, but if you choose to walk quickly, 6,000 steps a day is enough.[detailed]

Some traditional Chinese medicines are harmful to the liver if abused.

Some people think that Chinese medicine has no toxic and side effects at all, and even is abused as a health care product. Generally speaking, there are two main mechanisms of drug-induced liver damage: one is the direct toxicity of drugs and their intermediate metabolites to the liver; The second is the individual’s specific reaction to drugs. The first one is mainly related to the type and dosage. The second is mainly related to physical fitness. In life, we should pay special attention to liver injury when using the following drugs.

Polygonum multiflorum Thunb. Polygonum multiflorum Thunb. purchased or collected by itself may contain chrysophanol, an anthraquinone derivative, if it is not processed. If it is abused without authorization, it will have certain toxicity to the body. The most important manifestation is liver damage and intestinal congestion.

Senna leaf When constipation occurs, many patients will choose senna to treat it themselves. If it is taken in excess for a long time, it will metabolize anthrone-like active products in the intestine, which is easy to harm the liver. It is also not suitable for those who often have cold-aversion, warm-liking, loose stools, etc.[detailed]

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Safety "no holiday", all-round inspection of Daligang Town in Yiyang to build a safe defense line

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Daligang Town, Taojiang County, Yiyang City held a special meeting to plan and deploy the comprehensive improvement action of safety production.

Red Net News Reporter Liu Zhixiong Correspondent Yang Caizhen Zhang Ruimei Yiyang Report

Recently, the rescue situation of the collapse accident of Changsha residents’ self-built houses has touched the hearts of countless people and sounded the alarm for everyone. Safety is no small matter. In order to effectively protect people’s lives and property, Daligang Town, Taojiang County, Yiyang City urgently launched a comprehensive rectification campaign for safety production during the "May 1" holiday, striving to prevent delays and build a safe line of defense.

On April 30th, all the team members of Daligang Town and relevant departments canceled their vacations, held special meetings, set up special classes, worked out plans, and made arrangements for the construction field, epidemic prevention and control, road traffic, flood control and drought relief. Led by the town emergency office, ten professional groups of the safety production professional committee jointly conducted inspections in three groups, including the law enforcement brigade, the municipal supervision office and villages (communities), covering key industries such as construction mines, dangerous chemicals, construction and fire protection, ensuring that a problem is found and a place is rectified immediately.

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The staff is checking the fire control facilities.

Ensure that you live in peace of mind, and strictly check both new houses and old houses.

Fire safety is directly related to whether people can live with peace of mind. On the afternoon of April 30th, Wang Feng, secretary of the Party Committee of Daligang Town, once again came to Zhujiacun and Lishanhe nursing homes. He was worried about the two failed fire extinguishers found during the fire safety inspection the day before yesterday. "It’s a good thing you found it after inspection. It’s a bad thing if you find it can’t be used when you need it!" The person in charge of Zhujiacun nursing home said that after the inspection found that the fire extinguisher was invalid, he contacted the previous fire extinguisher supplier for the first time and replaced it in time to be prepared.

On May 1st, Daligang Town organized villages (communities) to build houses and held a deployment meeting for the special rectification of safety production in the construction field. Next, the town will conduct a safety hazard investigation on 26,137 houses in the town, and adopt the "four packages and one" responsibility system for 16 houses with safety hazards in the previous investigation, and "look back", requiring villages (communities) to report the situation once a day and set warning signs for dangerous and abandoned houses; Strictly implement the "three-on-the-spot" policy and the "four-package one" responsibility system for building safety in rural areas to ensure that the quality of new houses can pass the customs and live with peace of mind.

In this comprehensive rectification action of safety production, Daligang Town also inspected seven liquefied gas supply stations within the town’s jurisdiction to ensure that all stations implemented standardized gas management as required.

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The staff supervises the epidemic prevention and control work at the expressway intersection, and needs to check the health code and travel code when leaving the Daligang toll station.

Ensure that travel is relieved and epidemic prevention is smooth.

Holidays are the peak time for returnees and the masses to travel. It is necessary to ensure the safety and smoothness of roads and prevent and control the epidemic at the same time, so that the masses can travel with ease.

There are 8 big ferries and 1 high-speed exit in Daligang Town. Liu Xiangbin, deputy secretary of the town party Committee and mayor, said: "Safety is the first requirement for the ferry to sail safely and be a good ferryman for the masses." Expressway service stations are the primary line of defense for epidemic prevention and control, and police stations, traffic police, traffic control, health centers and other departments should do a solid job in joint prevention and control. "

"may dayDuring the period, at least two volunteers will be on duty at Daligang Town Expressway Service Station, each important section and persuasion station to ensure smooth roads, and three leading cadres will be on duty every day to implement "three shifts" for 24 hours. Normalization of epidemic prevention and control in various departments, units and villages (communities).

The Epidemic Prevention and Control Office conducts daily epidemic prevention and control supervision, keeps abreast of the dynamics of returnees in villages (communities), strengthens the control of key personnel, and ensures that the responsibility of "five guarantees and one" is implemented to people. At the same time, all the township and village cadres sank into the villages, mobilized those who had not been vaccinated to actively vaccinate, and widely publicized the epidemic prevention work.

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The staff is inspecting the reservoir before the flood season.

Care must be taken in production to prevent fire, flood and negligence.

In the flood season, the flood control work is gradually "clockwork", and Daligang Town will start the annual flood control training and drills to check the leakage of flood control materials and ensure the necessary needs of flood control.

The town has supervised each village to post flash flood geological disaster emergency cards. At present, two town-level hidden geological disaster points and four county-level hidden geological disaster points in the town have posted "two cards and one book" and set up warning signs nearby. In this operation, Daligang Town will once again conduct special inspections on potential safety hazards and flood prevention and preparation for 18 small reservoirs and 59 backbone mountain ponds, and rectify problems in time to ensure safety during the flood season.

When summer comes, forest fire prevention must also be vigilant. At present, the leading group for fire prevention and extinguishing has been set up in Daligang Town, and the town-level emergency firefighting team is composed of nearly 30 government functionaries. Eighteen forest rangers have been identified, and a volunteer emergency team has been set up in each village (community). The town emergency office has established a 24-hour duty system including full-time (part-time) firefighters to ensure that the fire is known at the first time.

"May Day" holiday, safety "no holiday". Wang Feng said that the special campaign of safety inspection will last for one month, during which the safety situation in key places such as residents’ self-built houses, crowded places, dangerous chemicals, road traffic, construction, non-coal mines, metallurgical industry and trade, special equipment, fireworks and firecrackers and gas fields will be strictly investigated.

Record the whole process of 2009 Fox upgrade calibration software.

  On May 31st, 2010, it was officially announced that 236,643 09 models would be recalled due to the possibility of flameout at low speed. In this matter, we contacted Changan Ford according to the recall maintenance items that netizens are concerned about and the problems that need time and later use, and recently went to a 4S shop in Changan Ford in Beijing to make a full report on the handling method of Fox recalled vehicles, and consulted with the after-sales staff in the store. In the following, I will give you a detailed report.


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  This recall of’ 09 Focus will mainly upgrade the version of PCM electronic control program for vehicles to improve the problem of flameout under low load. TCM (Transmission Computer) system will also be upgraded for automatic transmission models to improve the unstable speed when parking or starting.


I. Record of relevant data before vehicle maintenance


  From the discussion in the current domestic auto forum, we know that Fox owners are mainly concerned about whether they will increase the idle speed of vehicles to control the flameout when upgrading the calibration software. Will fuel consumption increase? This time, the editor dedicated his own car (09 Focus 1.8AT models produced in March 2010 within the scope of recall) to do this "meat cutting test".


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  The above picture shows the idling situation of parking P gear before upgrading before entering the repair shop. It can be seen from the picture that before the upgrade, it was 800 rpm.


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  From the signboard on the left side of the vehicle, you can see the owner registration information reserved every day. According to what we learned from the after-sales staff of the 4S shop, it is necessary to wait until the end of July for the recall. In addition, when asked about the process to be handled in the recall, the after-sales staff said: We will clean the recalled vehicle festival first, and then upgrade the calibration software. It is estimated that the whole process will take one and a half hours.


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  After entering the maintenance workshop, the basic inspection of the vehicle should be carried out first, such as whether the lights are on normally, the chassis situation and the basic inspection of the engine.


Second, the maintenance process records


1. Clean the throttle valve


  When the technicians began to deal with the faults of the recalled vehicles, we first recorded the starting time of the whole process: 16: 05pm.


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First of all, according to the process, to clean the throttle, the technician is removing the throttle.


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  As can be seen from this picture, the removed throttle has a thick yellow layer. (Little knowledge: Too much carbon deposit in the throttle will affect the intake efficiency and normal combustion effect, thus causing problems such as unstable idle speed of the vehicle, weak acceleration of the vehicle, increased fuel consumption and slow response of the throttle. )


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  To start cleaning the throttle, we need to use a special throttle cleaning agent. According to our knowledge and technicians, we need to use half a bottle of cleaning agent every time and dry it with a cleaning cloth.


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  When the throttle cleaning is finished, record the completion time of throttle cleaning: 16: 22pm. Judging from this time, it takes 17 minutes to clean the Fox throttle.

Professor Li Zhuofen’s speech: How to spend all the hardships in the "epidemic" environment

Professor Li Zhuofen's speech "How to spend all the hardships in the" epidemic "environment" (photo source: Fenghuang. com Buddhism)

The following is a transcript of the speech:

Moderator Zeng Yiyi:Hello everyone! I’m Zeng Shuyi, the host of Phoenix Satellite TV, and welcome to the 12th lecture on Buddhist culture of the 6th Guanyin Cultural Festival, "How to spend all the sufferings in the epidemic area". We all know that life is bitter, but in this COVID-19 epidemic, people feel different levels of suffering. There is the fear of death after being infected, the pressure of fear of being infected to others after being diagnosed, and the fact that the epidemic has affected work, so how can we get through the pain of the immediate predicament? This kind of physical suffering and mental suffering is particularly obvious in this epidemic.

It has been a whole year since the outbreak of the COVID-19 epidemic. Over the past 300 days, we have encountered the greatest threat in our lives, that is, the troubles that Covid-19 has brought to human life and life. Although for thousands of years, human beings have been suffering from various disasters in heaven and earth, as well as epidemics, but we have spent it again and again, but human beings are forgetful. And this epidemic for us, what do humans remember? How to spend all the misery? Now, let’s invite Mr. Li Zhuofen, academician of China Academy of Engineering, former vice-president of HKU and professor of lectures, to give us a lecture today on "How to spend all the hardships in an epidemic area", and please welcome the president.

Professor Li Zhuofen:Hello everyone! Happy new year! Just after 2020, many friends feel that 2020 is a very extraordinary year; The Covid-19 epidemic has had a great impact on the whole world, a great disaster. If we look back at the history of the development of human society, we can see that in the past 2000 years, this virus and this epidemic occasionally occurred. Like the book we are reading now, there are detailed statistics on the impact of plague on human society. You can see that in the past 2000 years, there were often various plagues and epidemics that affected the development of human society.

For example, in ancient Rome, measles and smallpox killed almost 5 million people. You can also see that this plague affected different countries in different historical stages, from Europe to Latin America, to China and even to the whole world. The virus may be related to measles and smallpox, typhoid fever, plague or influenza virus.

Last year, pneumonia was mainly caused by the new coronavirus. If you look at the chart (on the right), there are quite a few people killed each time, some are millions, some are tens of millions. In the course of our human history, this plague also happens from time to time. In the process of the development of our human society, besides the plague, there are some other natural disasters, such as the well-known earthquake.

Take a look at our chart. Earthquakes also have a great influence, so in Europe, in the era of the Roman Empire, in the Middle East and even to China, and even to Peru and Southeast Asia in South America, the influence is quite severe, and the number of people killed each time ranges from tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands.

If we compare the plague with the earthquake, there is a difference. The plague does not pass in a day or two. Take the Covid-19 in front of us (for example), everyone has been affected for a very long time, almost one year has passed. What about the earthquake? It’s fierce, but it usually passes at once. Of course, its impact (very serious) and the reconstruction process will take time.

However, this kind of natural disaster, like an earthquake, has less impact time than the epidemic. Speaking of natural disasters, apart from earthquakes, we all know that floods often occur in our human society, and this one has also occurred since the ancient Roman Empire. Floods in the Yellow River and the Yangtze River in China are also frequent, as are floods in other countries, and the impact of floods is also very severe. Some floods killed tens of thousands of people, and some affected millions of people. Floods are also relatively short-lived, usually lasting a few weeks or a month. Of course, the process of reconstruction is still relatively long, but it doesn’t take longer like a plague.

We talked about these plagues, earthquakes and floods. How can our human society face these disasters? How to prevent these disasters? Let’s take a look at this plague epidemic. Generally, what we can do is to work hard to develop a vaccine, develop this vaccine, and then widely apply it. If we can widely use this vaccine, we can have an effect of preventing the spread of infection.

Looking back on vaccines against plague, we can see that smallpox was introduced in 1796, cholera was introduced in 1879, and others like typhoid, plague and measles. If you look at the time when this vaccine was developed, it actually appeared in the past about 200 years. This is the development of times medicine or modern medicine.

After we had these vaccines, they were widely used, and the threats of smallpox, cholera, diphtheria, typhoid fever and plague gradually decreased. It is not completely zero, but it can be controlled. Today, we are not too worried about the impact of smallpox on the whole human society, because we have a good vaccine, and so are other epidemics.

Modern medicine has made great contributions to controlling these plagues, but it has been more than two hundred years. We are now facing Covid-19, and we all know that in the past few weeks, different countries have made great efforts to develop this vaccine, and then it has been widely used in all aspects of society. They attach great importance to the development of this vaccine, mainly because of the serious impact of Covid-19 on the whole social economy. If this vaccine is not widely used immediately, it will be even worse for the economic situation of these countries.

Everyone knows that it was Britain that first used vaccines and applied vaccines. This vaccine was first used in Britain, and it has been used for almost several weeks now. The National Health Service says that more than one million people are vaccinated every week, so are other countries. We see that it is widely used in Russia, the United States, the Middle East and Latin America, and even the vice president and president-elect of the United States have been vaccinated.

Experts in the medical field expect that after the vaccine is used, our life will gradually return to normal. This is the opinion of our frontline experts. For example, professors from the medical school of the University of Hong Kong estimate that the epidemic situation will be gradually controlled in the second half of this year after the vaccine is widely used. We can’t return to zero immediately, but most of them can be controlled, and life will gradually become normal. Maybe in another year, the situation will be greatly improved. Of course, there may be some occasional outbreaks.

Our country has also made a lot of efforts in vaccine development. Now China’s vaccine is not only widely used in China, but also very popular in many countries around the world. There are hundreds of thousands of people, many of whom have been vaccinated, and there is no special infection. It will definitely be of great help for the future life to gradually become normal.

Looking back, what happened to Hong Kong? Director Chen (Food and Health Bureau of the SAR Government) said that he hoped that Hong Kong people would be widely vaccinated in the second half of the year, and he was also prepared to vaccinate all Hong Kong people with COVID-19 vaccine free of charge. It is estimated that the situation will gradually improve in the second half of the year, and society will gradually return to normal, so next year will be even better.

I just talked about the situation in Covid-19 and mentioned other natural disasters. How do we deal with other natural disasters? Earthquakes just mentioned, such as Wenchuan earthquake and Tangshan earthquake, have a very serious impact on human beings and the country. As a scientist, I should tell you truthfully, if you ask me, when and where will the next earthquake happen? Actually, we don’t know, really. Does that mean that I don’t know where the next earthquake will happen and how big it will be, so I’ll just sit and do nothing? That’s not true either.

We can use other methods to reduce the impact of earthquakes on our human society. How can we reduce it? This kind of work is called disaster reduction and prevention, reducing its disasters. Although we can’t accurately predict the coming earthquake, we can reinforce houses and various buildings. Reinforcement is to keep them from collapsing when the earthquake comes. Although the impact of the earthquake is still there, it will not collapse, that is to say, if we strengthen the house and improve its seismic standard, then it can reduce its disasters.

There are many houses in the earthquake zone now. Where is the earthquake zone? Japan, China, Tangshan and Northwest China, California, USA. We can use these methods to strengthen the house. Here are some concrete examples. This is some methods of earthquake-resistant building design. In fact, there are several methods. In our earthquake-resistant work, one of them allows us to design the house to be more elastic. It is more elastic. It can shake around during the earthquake, but it will not collapse. This is a method called "earthquake resistance", which means it can withstand this earthquake.

The second one is called "earthquake suppression". Earthquake control means controlling the earthquake, using steel bars and various reinforcement methods to control the amplitude of the earthquake, which is also a design scheme. Another scheme is called "earthquake-free". What does it mean? It’s the foundation, the foundation, which collects the seismic energy of earthquake waves. It’s a bit like driving. The car has a vibration control device. We also put this device on the building foundation, which can also reduce the vibration amplitude. That is, I can’t accurately predict when the earthquake will happen, but I can minimize the impact of the earthquake and prevent it from causing a major disaster.

Everyone knows that there are not many earthquakes in Hong Kong. Hong Kong is not an earthquake zone. Although there are no earthquakes, there are landslides. Landslides are called "landslides" in Hong Kong and "landslides" in the Mainland. Landslide and debris flow all refer to the same thing, that is, the hillside slides down. For example, in 1972, there was a big landslide on Baoshan Road next to the University of Hong Kong. When the landslide slipped down, it washed down a building with it and bumped into a part of the building below. Think about it, the impact of this disaster is still quite great. At that time, 67 people were killed, (known as the "618 disaster"). On the same day, in addition to the landslide on Baoshan Road, there was also a landslide in Xiumaoping, Kowloon. At that time, there was heavy rain, and 71 people were killed in Xiumaoping landslide. Together, almost 140 people were killed. This kind of disaster also happened frequently in Hong Kong that year.

In the mid-1990s, there was a team in the University of Hong Kong, and I was in charge of this work. We developed a method to reinforce and stabilize the hillside, which was called soil nailing. Soil nailing is called "soil nai" in English. At that time, we had several doctoral students engaged in various research work, some of them were indoor research, and some were doing various field experiments in the wild. We have done a lot of experiments on the slope of a road in Ma ‘anshan, and also some experiments on field soil nailing to strengthen the slope in Kadoorie Farm near the rural areas of the New Territories, to ensure that this soil nailing reinforcement method is effective and usable. After we have done a good job in this field, the method of soil nailing reinforcement has been widely used.

How to do it? First, drill a hole in the hillside, put a steel bar in it, then drill a hole to fill the surrounding space with cement, and then put a nail head on each soil nail. After the soil nail reinforcement, I tied the whole hillside together. The soil and rocks on this hillside are bound together, which plays a reinforcing role, and this hillside will not slide down. After it is reinforced, it will not slide down when it is tied together. I can also plant grass and trees outside the slope. I have a safe slope, which is safe after reinforcement. At the same time, my planting grass and trees also has an environmental protection effect. When you look outside, you can only see my grass and my trees, but you can’t see my soil nails, which means safe and environmentally friendly. This is also a creation of Hong Kong.

This method of soil nailing has been widely used in Hong Kong for more than 20 years. Driving soil nails into all slopes, this is the method of soil nailing reinforcement, and this is the whole set of tools. In the past twenty years or so, tens of thousands of slopes in Hong Kong have been reinforced by this method. After reinforcement, it looks like this. You see the grass, you see the tree, you can’t see my soil nails, because the soil nails are hit inside and you can’t see them. Before using this method, we temporarily put some cement slurry on the slope to separate the rainwater, but this method looks very environmentally unfriendly. In the 1980s, many people wrote to newspapers saying that this method was not environmentally friendly. Later, we adopted the method of soil nailing and greening, and it became like that (on the right).

At present, tens of thousands of slopes in Hong Kong are planted with soil nails (reinforced), which is done everywhere. This has been done for more than 20 years, and this method has been adopted everywhere. I think if you recall, in the early years, landslides often caused casualties in Hong Kong. In the past ten years or so, you have rarely heard this kind of thing, that is, you have never heard of how many people were killed in landslides. This story has been rarely heard, basically not. Over the past decade or so, there have been basically no casualties caused by landslides and landslides. Even this method is quite useful. This method was first developed in Hong Kong. Now in China, in other countries like Britain and Canada, this method of soil nailing is used everywhere, and then planting grass and trees is an environmentally friendly method. That is to say, the landslide disaster in Hong Kong in the past, now we can basically control and solve this problem through this soil nail reinforcement and this safe and environmentally friendly method.

Another natural disaster that everyone is familiar with is flood. China used to have frequent floods, and it is a big country with many floods in the Yellow River and the Yangtze River. If we look back, why are there frequent floods in China? In fact, there are two main reasons, one is that heavy rain has caused disasters, and the other is heavy rain. In July and August of the summer of 2020, there were several weeks of heavy rain in the southern part of China, which was a disaster caused by heavy rain.

Another important reason is that we have needed a lot of wood for building houses for thousands of years. People need wood to build a house, and the emperor also needs a lot of wood to build a house. Qin Shihuang built "Epang Palace". How do you write Du Mu’s poems? "A Fang goes out, Shu Shan is bald" is bare "bald". That is, if you build a "Epang Palace" of Qin Shihuang and cut down all the mountains (trees on it) in Sichuan, then the hillside will become bare without planting any more. It’s bare and the vegetation is gone. If it rains a little, it will wash all the sediment on the hillside into the river below. After rushing into the river, the water generally flows at a higher speed in the upper reaches of the river, that is, it flows very fast, and the sediment will not settle.

In the middle and lower reaches, the Yangtze River reaches the Jianghan Plain in Hubei, the Jianghuai Plain in East China, and the Yellow River reaches the North China Plain. In the plain area, the velocity of water is relatively low, and the sediment will settle down when it flows slowly. When the sediment settled, it silted up the channels of the Yellow River and the Yangtze River, and the sediment piled up on the riverbed, slowly raising the riverbed, and after raising it, it was higher than the surrounding area.

Let’s take a look at it later. It is more than ten meters higher than the Yellow River in some places around, and the Yangtze River may be about 5 to 7 meters higher than the surrounding area. Because of this, there are often floods. Because the riverbed is high, when the rainstorm (coming), the water level of the river overflows the riverbank, and there is another big flood around it, which may be affected every time. There may be tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands of people killed. How can we face the threat of such floods?

We can’t avoid the rainstorm, even if it rains, you can’t help it. It will still rain, but we can use water conservancy projects to control and regulate the flow of rivers, which can be done. For example, in July and August last year, the whole southern region, especially Sichuan, had almost a year’s rainfall in two or three days. Not only did evening rain rise in the autumn pool, but all the rivers in Sichuan experienced a severe water rise. However, we can adjust the water levels in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River and the rivers in Sichuan through the Three Gorges Dam of the water conservancy project.

Through the Three Gorges Project, we will not let the flood suddenly flood into the Jianghan Plain downstream. What’s in Jianghan Plain? There are Wuhan and Jingzhou, all on the same plain. If this flood comes down, it will be terrible, and tens of millions of people will be affected. Through these water conservancy projects and the Three Gorges Dam, we control the flow, that is, we should stop it from rushing down immediately, and then release it slowly. When you put it slowly, control the flow under the condition of control.

I used to have many friends who lived in Wuhan. In 1998, when there was a flood in Huazhong University, almost 1 million people went to protect the embankment in Wuhan. This embankment is not only for ordinary people, but even the secretary and mayor went up and the Prime Minister came down to help. Everyone has heard about these situations. Last year, although it rained heavily in Sichuan for several weeks, the water level was quite high, and there were many flood peaks, but the flood peaks were also controlled by the Three Gorges Dam water conservancy project. It was slowly released step by step, and my friend who lives in Wuhan was also by the river, but he was enjoying the cool by the river, and he didn’t do any dike protection work. Even this water conservancy project can still work, and the flood peaks can still be safely spent.

More importantly, what our country has done in the past is that since the flood in China in 1998, we have rebuilt the mountainous areas in the west of China, that is, the vegetation forest areas in the upper reaches of the Yellow River and the Yangtze River. Rebuilding vegetation can (can) reduce soil erosion, reduce river sediment and improve the ecological environment. I’ll tell you later. I just mentioned that for thousands of years, due to the need of building houses and heating in winter, we often went to the mountains to cut down trees. After cutting, we didn’t plant them again. As a result, the vegetation on the hillside disappeared, and the topsoil was exposed on the surface. When it rained, the sediment was washed into the riverbed.

What about the result of cutting down trees? Almost all the trees in the western mountainous areas have been cut down. Before you traveled to the Loess Plateau, you would see the bare Loess Plateau, just like this. Sediment rushed into the river, and the sediment concentration in the river was relatively high. The Yellow River is even worse. Why is it called the Yellow River? In fact, many rivers in China have a relatively high amount of sediment, such as Hongshui River, Qishui River and Honghe River. Why do you call it red and yellow? That’s why its sediment concentration is particularly high.

As I mentioned just now, when the sediment rushes to the river channel, it raises the riverbed. The riverbed of the Yellow River is 13 meters higher than the surrounding ground. This means that the Yellow River is in Henan and in Kaifeng. There is a famous Kaifeng Tower in Kaifeng. You can see that the riverbed is more than 10 meters higher than the surrounding area. In this case, we call it "hanging river". It means that the river hangs in the sky, hanging in the sky.

The Yangtze River is not much better. This is a situation in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, near Jingzhou. When you see Jingzhou, it is all above it. There is a Jingzhou levee, and there is a house below. The local people say that "people walk at the bottom of the river and water flows on their heads". This is called "Jingjiang Hanging River", and Jingjiang is the name of the Yangtze River in Hubei. The Yangtze River is called Chuanjiang in Sichuan and Jingjiang in Hubei, which are actually the Yangtze River. You see this situation, where is Jingzhou section? You see the land next to it, which is the middle reaches of the Yangtze River. After crossing the street, it is basically a plain area.

You can think about it, this river is above your head. If it rains heavily and the water overflows the embankment, it will definitely be another big flood. In the history of China, if you look at some records of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, there are often such big floods, and there are tens of millions of people (affected). This is a cross-sectional view of the north and south, and (the far right) is the Yangtze River. The red section of this topographic map is calculated in kilometers, and the other is in meters. But you can also see that the Yangtze River is protected by a riverbank, and the riverbed of the Yangtze River is about five or six meters higher than the surrounding area.

The same is true of Hanshui River, the largest tributary of the Yangtze River in Central China, and the same is true of Dongjing River, a tributary of Hanshui River. That is to say, the big rivers and riverbeds in China are generally higher than the surrounding areas, and they are all suspended rivers, and every time it rains heavily, there is a threat of floods. It is for this reason that many water conservancy projects have been built since the founding of the People’s Republic of China. Like the Three Gorges Project on the Yangtze River and the Xiaolangdi Project on the Yellow River, they can basically control and regulate the flow. When the flood peak comes, it controls the flow well to prevent the flood from leaking to the downstream great plains at once.

After the flood in China in 1998, it was Premier Zhu Rongji’s time. He discussed with you how to solve the flood threat in China for a long time. At that time, he adopted the suggestions of several academicians of the Academy of Engineering. At that time, I also took part in some work in this field. We suggested that we should not cut down trees in the middle and upper reaches of the Yellow River and the Yangtze River in the future, and rebuild the vegetation in the central and western regions and the forest areas in the mountainous areas in the central and western regions.

After 1998, the vegetation reconstruction project was started in the middle and upper reaches of the Yellow River and the Yangtze River. The vegetation reconstruction project is literal. We generally call it the "Green Long March", which is to rebuild trees in our mountainous areas from generation to generation. In the western mountainous areas, including the Loess Plateau and Inner Mongolia Plateau, many deserts and deserts have replanted trees for more than 20 years. If you go to the Loess Plateau today, you will see trees planted in many places, which is different from before.

After planting trees, the problem of soil erosion will be gradually reduced. There are trees on the hillside to hold all the sediment, so that the sediment will not flow to the river bed, thus reducing soil erosion. The sediment transport capacity of the Yellow River and the sediment concentration in the Yellow River water have greatly decreased in the past twenty or thirty years, mainly because trees have been planted, and soil erosion has been reduced after trees have been planted.

If you travel to the Yellow River today, if we can go back today, you can go to Hukou Waterfall. The water in the Yellow River is much clearer. The same is true of the Yangtze River, where the sediment concentration has dropped significantly. This was observed at a hydrological station in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, and the annual sediment discharge has obviously decreased significantly.

I just said that in the past few decades, trees have been planted everywhere in the "Green Long March", including in desert areas and the Loess Plateau. If you look at the national forest coverage rate, it has tripled from 8% in the founding of the People’s Republic to about 23% today. This is a very big growth. After planting trees, the whole ecological environment has gradually improved. According to the statistics of the United Nations, the annual increment of forest area in China ranks first in the world, while other countries combined can’t keep up with the increase of forest coverage in China. This work is very remarkable. Of course, it is the result of continuous efforts of generations, and its impact on the whole ecological environment is very clear.

Just now, we talked about plagues, earthquakes, landslides and floods. These are called natural disasters, and such natural disasters continue to occur. We live on the earth, and the earth is our home to settle down. The nature around us is beautiful, but it also has an impermanent story, whether it is nature or the earth. If we look back at history, after every disaster and plague, we human beings are born through robbery. After learning from one thing, looking back at the development process of human society, we have developed on the basis of constantly overcoming difficulties and disasters.

In the face of disasters and epidemics, we need to do a lot of disaster reduction and prevention work and anti-epidemic work. This mainly depends on scientific control of this plague, mainly on modern medicine. We are in this "epidemic" environment, like for a long time in the past. As human beings, we inevitably feel anxious. Therefore, in addition to doing a good job in epidemic prevention, disaster reduction and prevention, there is also a very important need for peace of mind. How to make us face these disasters more calmly is the need for peace of mind.

But how can we reassure everyone in a disaster and an epidemic? I suggest here that we can borrow some religious philosophy and humanistic care from our eastern civilization. For example, we can refer to it. Before the disaster last year, you may remember that there was an Asian financial turmoil about 20 years ago. The Asian financial turmoil also had a great impact on Hong Kong at that time. Let’s take this as an example. If you look at this kind of news in Hong Kong newspapers in those days, what kind of big stock market crash broke out, causing many shops to stop operating, and many people became negative assets. What is "negative assets"? That is, I borrowed money and went to the bank for a loan to buy a house. The house I bought may be 10 million yuan, and the bank may lend me 7 million yuan. When the Asian financial turmoil comes, the price of that house may drop to 5 million yuan, so the money I sold the house is not enough for the bank to repay the loan of 7 million yuan, which is what I mean. Many people commit suicide because they can’t stand it.

You may remember that in the face of this adversity at that time, we had an old gentleman, a master of Chinese studies in Tsung i Jao in his 90s. Rao Lao knew that many people in Hong Kong were very unhappy at that time, and he used his methods to reassure everyone and send them a blessing. He is a great scholar and a great calligrapher. He is the president of Hangzhou Xiling Printing Society. He wrote 260 words of Heart Sutra in calligraphy. You can see that every word of Prajna Paramita Heart Sutra is quite big. At that time, after he finished writing, he hung it on the wall, and every word was written in such a big size. He asked us to help him carve this 260-word Heart Sutra on 38 pieces of wood and put it in the Heart Sutra Simple Forest in Ngong Ping, Lantau Island. Now when we go to Ngong Ping, we will see the "Heart Sutra Simple Forest", and this is how the "Heart Sutra Simple Forest" came about.

Rao Lao also went to see the Heart Sutra when it was built. Why did he write this calligraphy of Heart Sutra? Rao Lao feels that you want to make people feel at ease. You can’t just say a few words and people will feel at ease. The best thing is for us to reflect on it and study it. A Buddhist sutra full of wisdom like Heart Sutra, from which you can set your mind at ease, was Rao Lao’s idea at that time.

Why do you say that? What is the magic weapon of the Heart Sutra? I’ll give you a supplementary explanation here. The Heart Sutra is actually not long at all. It is divided into two sections. The first paragraph is actually just a few words, very short. In the first paragraph, it is said that "when you look at the Bodhisattva, you can walk deeply like Paramita for a long time, and when you see that the five aggregates are empty, you will suffer all kinds of hardships". It is written in classical Chinese, which seems not easy to understand. If we use modern words, it’s probably like this. In the vernacular, it means "observing the Buddha". Who is the Buddha? Viewing from the Bodhisattva means representing the "Guanyin Bodhisattva" next to it. Why is he called Guanyin Bodhisattva and Guanyin Bodhisattva?

In fact, it is very simple. Buddhist bodhisattvas practice both compassion and wisdom. In Buddhist language, this is called "double luck of compassion and wisdom". Both compassion and wisdom are practiced at the same time and are used in our lives. Bodhisattva If he practices compassion, like Guanyin Bodhisattva, he practices compassion to help the poor, and he will help you solve your immediate difficulties whenever you need it. That is, when you hear that you need him, he will come to help you. This is (yes) hearing about it. So when he practices compassion, we call him avalokitesvara. It is when he hears the sound of salvation and shows compassion that we call him Guanyin Bodhisattva.

In addition to practicing compassion, he also practices intelligence. How to cultivate wisdom? He practices wisdom in deep meditation, that is, through deep meditation, he can observe everything in the world, and everything has its reasons, causes and causes. Is that everything will not happen for no reason, there are his reasons behind it, and it will not happen for no reason. He saw this truth, he realized this truth, he realized this truth. Realizing this truth, he can clearly find out the causes behind everything, and he can understand the reasons behind everything, and there is also a process of karma birth and death. That is, if this reason exists, it will happen; If this reason did not exist, it would not have happened.

Let me give you an example. Don’t say something as serious as this epidemic. It’s winter now, and it will be Spring Festival in two months. Spring, what’s wrong with spring? Spring is blooming! You see a tree with flowers growing. Why do flowers grow? It is spring that comes. There is sunshine, rain and dew, sun and soil, and these conditions are all met. In spring, the temperature is warmer and there is rain. Under this condition, the tree in front of us will grow flowers, maybe a peach blossom. We like peach blossoms during the Chinese New Year, and when we see them, we come out at that time.

Why doesn’t it come out in the middle of winter and December? It is the twelfth month of winter that does not have the conditions for it to bloom. After two months, spring has come, and spring blossoms are the conditions for flowering. Everything, including the flowering of a tree, has its conditions. With conditions, it will blossom, but without conditions, it will not. Of course, I can build a greenhouse, and that’s another way. Is a simple thing, like flowering, it needs flowering conditions, flowering conditions are sunshine, rain and dew will bloom, after this condition is gone.

So what does it mean to say "karma is born and died"? That is, if conditions permit, it will blossom; if conditions do not permit, it will not blossom, as simple as that. The epidemic is the same! A condition makes the epidemic appear, and it will be there. Earthquakes and natural disasters are the same! Natural disasters also have their reasons. If conditions change, it may not happen again. Then you understand that everything has its reasons and karma behind it, so you may face it more calmly.

For example, if I am a student and my exam results are not good, then I must be very upset. No (good) may also have a reason. Why didn’t I do well in the exam? Didn’t get into my favorite university? One of the reasons is that I may not study hard, or I can’t study properly, that is, I can’t read my book effectively (efficiently). You don’t study well and you don’t study hard, which is one of the reasons why you can’t get into the university and your favorite university.

You’ll understand when you find out the reason, and it doesn’t mean you just sit there all the time. Think about it, I didn’t study hard, so I should study hard next time. I study hard, I improve this condition, I improve this karma condition, then I study harder next time, and I can be admitted to my favorite university. That is to say, you understand the reasons behind everything. If you improve this condition, you can do better. This is the reason.

If we understand every situation, every epidemic situation and epidemic situation, we understand the reasons behind it, find out its reasons and find out the solutions, we can face it more calmly, and you will be more calm in your heart, so you will not be too upset and you will be able to tide over the difficulties. The meaning of "going through all the hardships" is to get through this difficulty. To get through this difficulty, you don’t just sit there, you just (want to) find out the problem and try to solve it. Solve it, and you will be able to tide over the difficulties. This is a short first paragraph of the Heart Sutra, which may only be more than 20 or 30 words. We call it "karma view", the most important truth of Buddhism, and write this "karma view".

If you look back at these words, it’s only 25 words. These 25 words are included, telling you that there are reasons and conditions behind every suffering. If you change this condition, you can solve the problem and you can "get through all the hardships". That’s what it means.

I just said that this is the "karma view" of Buddhism. According to legend, it is one of the two truths that Sakyamuni realized under the bodhi tree that year. The first one is called "karma view", which is the truth I just talked about in the first paragraph of Heart Sutra. Second, another important truth that the Buddha realized under the bodhi tree in those days was called "four truths view". Let me introduce the "four truths" here. In Buddhist language, the "four truths" are suffering, gathering, extinction and Taoism. If we use our modern language, what is "suffering"? Suffering means that there is a problem, and trouble comes, which makes you feel very painful and unhappy. This is "suffering".

What does "set" mean? It is suggested that instead of complaining, you should try to find out the root of the problem and think calmly. Why did this problem appear? Find out the root of the problem. For example, I didn’t do well in the exam and didn’t go to college, which made me very painful and annoyed. This is "bitter". "Set", find out the root of the problem, the root of the problem is that I didn’t study hard, and my method of studying is not right. These are all, and this is the root of the problem. Find out this "set".

It is not enough to find out the "set", but the third step is to "destroy". "Extinction" means finding a solution to the problem. I know that my grades are not good, and the main reason is that I don’t study hard. I always play computer games and don’t study well. This is the problem. After finding out the root cause, I know that if I want to get better grades, I can only work harder. Then the way to find out this problem is to study harder and study my book well. This is "extinction", which means reducing this problem.

The meaning of "Tao" is to carry out this (method), stick to it, and implement the solution to the problem. I will study hard in the future, but I don’t have the final say. I have to implement it seriously. I have to stick to it to get good grades. Bitterness, concentration, extinction and Tao are actually the "four steps" to solve the problem; Is to find out the problem first, find out its reason, find out the solution, and conscientiously implement the solution, that is, suffering, concentration, extinction and Taoism.

No matter what problems you encounter in your life, you can use this "four-step" method to solve them. If we are doing scientific work, this is also a basic step of scientific methodology, which is applied to those natural disasters and major earthquakes I just mentioned. The Wenchuan earthquake brought great pain, and about 90,000 people were killed. This is a great pain. How to solve it with the "four truths" of "suffering, gathering, extinction and Taoism"?

Earthquake is "bitter", I find out its root. The root cause is that the Longmenshan fault in central Sichuan, that is, the fault on the southeast edge of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, is often dislocated and displaced, and the displacement has caused the earthquake. Just now, we don’t know when there will be another earthquake, but we can improve our seismic standards and do a good job in building reinforcement projects, which can reduce its damage and disaster; This is a process of suffering, gathering, extinction and Tao.

Earthquake is like this, tsunami is like this, you find out the reason and try to solve it. The same is true of floods. I just reported to you that the root cause of floods is that we cut down trees, rain heavily, and soil erosion. Then we should rebuild vegetation and improve our ecological environment now. This is the method of prevention and control, and it is also the method of extermination and Taoism. It is that every disaster and every problem can find some solutions.

Many years ago, we had a SARS, and we also used an epidemic prevention method, that is, we found the cause of this SARS, that is, there was a non-coronavirus or something. Now it’s the same in COVID-19. You find the root cause and try to find a solution, which is to develop vaccines. Find out the root of every problem, find out its solution, and try to implement this method. That’s it.

If people want to feel at ease, the first thing is that you should be wise first. This is what the first paragraph of Heart Sutra says. You must "see that the five aggregates are empty" before you can "overcome all the hardships". The meaning of "seeing the five aggregates is empty" means that you should find out the root of the problem and understand what is behind everything. If you can be so wise, you can feel at ease, and you can live in the present and live in the present.

Buddhism often talks about the phrase "live in the present". What does it actually mean? That is, if you can feel at ease, you can concentrate on what you need to do right now. For example, I am a teacher. I am a teacher. I concentrate on doing a good job as a teacher and teaching my books well. If I live in the COVID-19 epidemic, as I have lived in the past almost a year, I will concentrate on the epidemic prevention work, do my part, wear my mask, and I will do the isolation work. These tasks need to be done. This means "living in the present".

If I’m unlucky and I’m sick, I still have to concentrate on doing the patient’s job, cooperating with the medical staff’s treatment plan, etc., that is, you need to do a good job in every post and every moment, so you just have to concentrate on doing it well. If we can concentrate on the work at hand, then we won’t be distracted, and we won’t be paranoid. If we can’t be distracted, naturally we will have no worries.

Therefore, in fact, the so-called "living in the present" is the same thing as "having a free mind", that is, two sides of the same coin. If you can "live in the present", you can "have no worries", that’s what it means. Finish one thing, just like pressing "clear" on your computer. Clear it, and don’t dwell on it. What has been done is over, let him go, and then you can concentrate on the next job. If you can do this, even though you have endless things to do every day, you can be busy. When everything is done, just put it down. That’s what it means.

Repeating this "view of karma" teaches us that everything in the world has its reasons, whether it is prosperity or adversity. Even when the scenery is very beautiful, we won a lot of honors. Of course, there are reasons. When we encounter difficulties, there are also reasons. Difficulties also have a process of birth and death. With conditions, it will appear, and without conditions, it will not. There are conditions, but there will be no conditions, which will change.

The so-called change is impermanence, and impermanence seems a little worrying, but if you think about it seriously, it is precisely because of impermanence that you have a chance to improve. That is, I am in the middle of the epidemic, and now I am in a very difficult epidemic situation in COVID-19. Because of the development of the vaccine, I have a chance to improve, and it will not remain unchanged forever.

In the face of adversity, the method we adopt is to face it, accept it, deal with it well, and put it down after doing it well. This is also the same reason as the "four-part" of suffering, concentration, extinction and Tao I just mentioned, and put it down after finishing it. There is a short story. When Ma Yun was running, a fan told him, "You have gone through many difficult days to achieve this achievement today. If I were you, I would have been crazy after so many difficulties! " Ma Yun said: "Hard days are not sad, because you understand that hard days are impermanent, and it will change. You can actively improve the environment and make it a good day!"

Don’t be too pessimistic in suffering, but try to improve it. This kind of suffering is part of our growth. Finally, I will share a little story with you. This short story is that in a farm in the western part of the United States, there is a farmer who grows wheat, and in the United States, he grows wheat. Besides being a farmer, he is also a very devout believer. He prays to his God every night, which means praying every day. As a farmer, what do you think his prayer is asking for? Of course, it is to seek good weather and a bumper harvest in the coming year. This is what most farmers will say, and he also talks about it.

His god feels that I am still a very devout believer, so I will promise you that you will have a good weather next year, and there will be no wind injuries or pests, so that you can get a bumper harvest. The farmer was so happy that he planted the wheat seeds. I planted it in spring and saw it grow well in summer. When I harvested it in autumn, I knocked down this wheat valley and waited happily for a bumper harvest. After opening the wheat valley, he saw that the inside of the wheat was empty, and many of them were not in the millet.

What’s going on? You think that as a farmer expecting a bumper harvest, you are certainly unhappy when you encounter this situation again. Just pray with his god again, I hope god will show him. When God saw it, he understood, and said to him, "You should know that the wheat you planted is a plant, and the growth process of the plant is a natural process. This natural process includes the days when the sun shines and the days when the wind hurts the insects. The wind hurts the insects is actually a part of its growth process. Without it, its growth process is incomplete. The growth process is incomplete, and the growth of wheat is also incomplete, so you can’t grow millet. "

Of course, this story is fictional, but we must understand that in the process of wheat growth, wind injury and insect pests are part of it. The same is true in our life. We encounter all kinds of challenges and difficulties, which makes us stronger and more able to face these difficulties and hardships. It makes us more capable of facing greater challenges and may be more successful in the future. So we say that suffering is one of the growth genes of human society. Because of this hardship, we will become more capable and stronger in the process of overcoming difficulties, and there will be more successful conditions in the future.

Finally, I want to say that this epidemic reflects that there is not an ideal and harmonious relationship between us and nature. Looking ahead, we should pay more attention to the harmonious coexistence between man and nature. The Chairman of the Supreme Leader said not long ago, he said: "Humans can no longer follow the old road of only taking, not investing, only developing, not protecting, only using and not repairing." That is, you can’t always bully nature, you can’t always take the benefits of nature, you should give back to nature.

Many years ago, I listened to Mr. Tsung i Jao, who also talked about a concept called "mutual benefit between man and nature", that is, everyone takes good care of each other, that is, nature gives you many benefits, and you should also give back to nature and do something good for nature. In English, this is called "mutually beneficial". Everyone should help each other. If we can do this, slowly, this disharmony between man and nature will gradually reduce these problems. My report for today ends here. Thank you very much for your patience, thank you, thank you!

Pension will rise for 14 consecutive years next year. Expert: The increase is expected to slow down to about 5%.

  Measures such as accelerating the pace of investment and operation and enriching the social security fund with state-owned capital will be effective.

  Pensions will rise 14 times in a row next year

  Experts predict that in view of the economic transformation and the pressure of payment, the increase of pension is expected to slow down to about 5%.

  Since 2005, China’s pension level has continued to increase steadily, and by 2017, it has achieved 13 consecutive increases. Despite the rising pressure on pension payment, relevant departments have continuously introduced measures. Since the beginning of this year, a package of policies such as starting the investment and operation of the basic old-age insurance fund and transferring some state-owned capital to enrich the social security fund have been introduced one after another. Many experts said that there is no suspense in the 14 th consecutive increase in pensions in 2018. However, due to multiple factors such as slowing economic growth and accelerating aging, the increase in pensions may be slightly lower than that in 2017, about 5%.

  Many experts said that as far as China’s current policy orientation and economic growth rate are concerned, pensions will continue to rise. "The exponential growth of pension is the proper meaning in the design of pension system." Zheng Bingwen, director of the World Social Security Research Center of China Academy of Social Sciences, pointed out in an interview with the Economic Information Daily that pensions will undoubtedly rise 14 times in a row next year. "Considering that the economic growth rate will be between 6% and 7% next year, and the average social wage will also be raised, according to the important decision since the comprehensive deepening reform in 2012, the pension will be raised accordingly."

  Zhang Yinghua, an executive researcher at the World Social Security Research Center of China Academy of Social Sciences, told the Economic Information Daily that the increase of pension is to let retirees share the fruits of economic development, and at the same time, the living standard will not drop significantly due to rising prices, so the increase of pension will generally be linked to wages or prices. At present, China’s economy is changing from high-speed growth to medium-high-speed growth, and the price increase is not large, so the corresponding growth rate of wages and pensions will also slow down.

  In fact, pension adjustment, as a normal mechanism, has been growing rapidly in the past decade. In this regard, Professor Yang Yansui from the School of Public Administration of Tsinghua University told the Economic Information Daily that this was mainly due to the low salary base of retired elderly people in the past. "The pension adjustment mechanism should be linked to the inflation rate, thus ensuring the purchasing power of pensions. The pension growth rate in 2017 is 5.5%, the pension growth rate in 2018 may be 5%, and it may be 4.5% in the future, which is in line with the inflation rate. " Yang Yansui said.

  Qi Chuanjun, deputy secretary-general of the World Social Security Research Center of China Academy of Social Sciences, also said in an interview with the Economic Information Daily that the pension will increase by about 5% next year. "This is mainly due to two considerations. First, the economy has entered a new normal, the growth rate has slowed down compared with previous years, and the growth rate of fiscal revenue has also shown the same trend. At the same time, the growth rate of basic endowment insurance fund expenditure is obviously greater than the growth rate of income, and financial sustainability faces certain risks; On the other hand, the US Federal Reserve has started the process of shrinking the table, and the world may enter the interest rate hike cycle, so inflationary pressure is not great. " Qi Chuanjun said.

  Many experts also pointed out that the continuous sharp increase in pensions has also produced certain negative effects. For example, the insured person has the expectation that the pension will be raised rapidly all the time, and some insured people choose to retire early. For individuals, even under the same factors, there is a phenomenon of "upside down" that the pension of post-retirees is less than that of first retirees. "We should treat pension growth rationally. Too high expectations will increase the pressure on decision-making. Too fast growth will also bring pressure on the working generation to pay taxes, which will easily lead to intergenerational contradictions, and it is also contrary to the central tax reduction and fee reduction policy." Zhang Yinghua told reporters.

  In addition, the acceleration of aging and the rising cost of transformation have also made the ability to pay insufficient in some areas. Recently, China Social Insurance Annual Development Report 2016 issued by the Social Security Administration Center of the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security mentioned that among the income and expenditure of pension funds in 31 provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions and Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, the cumulative balance of pension funds in 13 statistical regions has been less than one year.

  Qi Chuanjun said that to maintain the sustainability of the basic old-age insurance fund, it is important to open up sources, and the expansion and reform of pension investment channels determine the direction of the basic old-age insurance fund for enterprise employees to a certain extent.

  In fact, in the face of the increasing pressure of pension payment, recently, China has intensively introduced a series of new social security policies. For example, we will speed up the research and promote the national overall planning of endowment insurance, and prepare to take the first step next year, first implementing the central adjustment system of basic endowment insurance funds. At the same time, this year’s pension started the pace of investment and operation. In November, the State Council announced the Implementation Plan for Transferring Part of State-owned Capital to Enrich the Social Security Fund, which made it clear that the central and local state-owned and state-controlled large and medium-sized enterprises and financial institutions were included in the transfer scope, and the transfer ratio was unified to 10% of the state-owned shares of enterprises. The equity dividends and operating income were earmarked to make up for the gap in the basic old-age insurance fund for enterprise employees. Investment in the basic old-age insurance fund is also developing steadily. According to the data released by the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security in November, the governments of nine provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) such as Beijing and Anhui signed entrusted investment contracts with the Social Security Fund Council, with a total contract value of 430 billion yuan, of which 180 billion yuan has been received and started to invest.

  Many experts pointed out that the introduction of a series of new policies will alleviate the pressure of pension payment to a certain extent and ensure the steady growth of pensions for retired workers. "At present, the pressure on old-age care is increasing. Under the principle of safe investment and steady investment, it is necessary to invest in the surplus funds of the old-age insurance fund in various ways, which is conducive to improving the income level and realizing the preservation and appreciation of the fund." Chu Fuling, director of the China Social Security Research Center of the Central University of Finance and Economics, indicated.

  However, in Yang Yansui’s view, to solve the problem of pension sustainability, we need to go hand in hand, build a multi-level pension insurance system, and focus on increasing the development of enterprise annuities and individual pension systems. On the one hand, it is to change the current pension structure, reduce local differences through central planning of basic pensions, and on the other hand, accelerate the reform of enterprise annuities as the second pillar, "accelerate the development of individual pensions, establish pension asset accounts through individuals, implement tax relief, let individuals choose between trusts, funds and insurance, strengthen the construction of the third pillar, and at the same time force the transformation and upgrading of such financial industries to increase pension accumulation and safeguard the rights and interests of the people." Yang Yansui said. (Ban Juanjuan)

One-armed girl transforms blind road, everyone draws rainbow road and lights up hope with love.

In Zhejiang, there is a story that warms people’s hearts. The protagonist is a one-armed girl named Fang Cunxin. She painted a colorful "rainbow road" on the blind road of the city with brushes and pigments, bringing hope and safety to the visually impaired.

Fang Cunxin lost her right arm at an early age, but this did not hinder her dream of pursuing art. She loves painting and is eager to give back to the society in her own way. Seeing that blind roads are often occupied, which makes it difficult for blind people to travel, she decided to change this situation with a brush. The creative process is full of challenges. In order to hold the brush steadily, she repeatedly practices the holding skills of her left hand. In terms of color matching, she carefully selects each color to ensure that they can attract people’s attention without causing trouble to the blind. Every stroke is devoted to her hard work, and every color matching is a test of her will. She is not only painting, but also interpreting her love for life and care for others with her actions.

At first, Fang Cunxin’s behavior was not understood by everyone. Some passers-by thought she was destroying public facilities, and some even came forward to stop her. In the face of doubt, Fang Cunxin did not flinch, but patiently explained his original intention. She told everyone that this rainbow road is to help blind people better identify blind roads and avoid danger. Gradually, people began to realize her kindness and were moved by her persistence. An old man said, "This child is really not easy. We should support her for doing something for everyone so hard." This change is not only the change of personal attitude, but also the awakening of the whole community to the concern of vulnerable groups.

With more and more people joining the ranks of helping Fang Cunxin, this rainbow road has gradually taken shape. It is not only a beautiful scenic line, but also a symbol of the warmth and tolerance of a city. The help of passers-by shows the importance of social moral construction and the possibility of building a harmonious community. In this process, everyone learned to understand and respect each other and jointly created a more friendly living environment. As a volunteer said, "Everyone can be the light in other people’s lives, as long as we are willing to lend a helping hand."

Fang Cunxin wrote a story full of love on the land of Zhejiang with her brush. The kindness of passers-by is the most touching part of this story. It reminds us that on the road of life, everyone can be the rainbow of others, as long as we have good intentions and take positive actions. No matter what difficulties you are in, you can bring hope to others in your own way. This story also makes us reflect on how to practice more charity in our daily life and make the world a better place. Fang Cunxin’s behavior not only changed the travel environment of the blind, but also touched the heartstrings of everyone who witnessed it. She proved with practical actions that true beauty is not only an external manifestation, but also the selfless love and care in her heart.

Observing that the development of acupuncture and moxibustion is experiencing "de-China", where is the acupuncture and moxibustion of traditional Chinese medicine going?

Acupuncture has become a business card for China culture to go global.

With the gradual spread to the west, the popularity of acupuncture therapy in some developed countries even surpassed that of China. It is worth noting that in recent years, with the rise of "western medical acupuncture", the development of acupuncture in the world is experiencing "de-China".

Chinese acupuncture, where to go?

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Acupuncture, hot!

In the early 1970s, there was an "acupuncture fever" in America.

In the summer of 1971, James Reston, then vice president of The New York Times, visited China at the invitation of the China government. During this period, due to sudden acute appendicitis, Reston was admitted to Peking Union Medical College Hospital and underwent appendectomy. On the second day after operation, Reston developed abdominal pain, and Dr. China treated him with acupuncture.

According to Reston’s memory, at that time, a young China acupuncturist put three needles under his right elbow and knees, and burned his abdomen with a kind of "cheap cigar-like" moxa roll, which obviously reduced abdominal distension.

On July 26th, The New York Times published Reston’s article "Now, About My Operation in Peking" on the front page, which described this experience and the magical effect of acupuncture.

Source: new york Times Archives.

Chinese acupuncture and moxibustion is based on the holistic view of "harmony between man and nature", guided by the theory of meridians and acupoints, and uses needles and mugwort leaves as the main tools and materials to adjust the balance of human body by puncturing or fumigating specific parts of the body, thus achieving the purpose of health care and treatment.

At this time, acupuncture in China has just ushered in a leap-Chinese medical workers and scientific workers have successfully created acupuncture anesthesia. This is a model of the combination of Chinese and Western medicine, which has aroused great concern of western society about acupuncture and moxibustion in China. During their visit to China, Reston and his wife also visited China’s acupuncture anesthesia.

On the front page of People’s Daily, the article "Brilliant example of integrated traditional Chinese and western medicine-hail the successful creation of acupuncture anesthesia in China" was published. Source: official website, state administration of traditional chinese medicine

In the spring of 1972, US President Nixon’s delegation to China arrived in Beijing, specifically to observe acupuncture anesthesia. As a result, more than 30 members of the delegation and journalists watched the whole process of lung resection under acupuncture anesthesia in the Third Hospital of Beijing Medical University, and it was reported that there was an "acupuncture fever" in the United States.

In April, at Wes Hospital in Chicago, American doctors performed tonsillectomy under acupuncture anesthesia for the first time.

Since then, with the surge of public demand, the American acupuncture industry came into being, and acupuncture clinics began to appear everywhere. By 1997, 10,000 people in the United States had obtained acupuncture licenses, and about 3,000 doctors carried out acupuncture therapy.

Before and after the Gulf War, DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) paid great attention to acupuncture research applied in rehabilitation medicine and brain imaging, and strongly funded acupuncture research on treating Gulf War-related diseases and chronic headaches.

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Chinese original

The origin of acupuncture can be traced back to the beginning of Chinese civilization.

Acupuncture, including acupuncture (pricking) and moxibustion (moxibustion), both originated in the Paleolithic Age, and is the oldest external therapy applied in primitive society in China.

Acupuncture was originally the "bian method", and the ancients often used bian stone to stab carbuncle and pus, and bian thorn to bleed. Since the Shang Dynasty, with the development of metallurgical technology, the metal "nine needles" have replaced Bian Shi as external treatment tools, and some of them are used for surgical diseases. According to Sun Simiao, a medical sage, the Yellow Emperor created nine needles in "Prepare for a Urgent Need". Moxibustion with wormwood appeared at the latest in the pre-Qin period, mainly using moxa cone burning moxibustion.

The period from Warring States to Qin and Han Dynasties is an important stage in the formation of acupuncture and moxibustion in traditional Chinese medicine. Bian Que, Fu Weng, Hua Tuo and other famous doctors are all good at acupuncture and moxibustion, and the earliest classic of traditional Chinese medicine, Huangdi Neijing, came out at this time, and acupuncture was discussed in great length.

In Wei, Jin, Sui and Tang Dynasties, acupuncture entered a period of rapid development. The publication of The Classic of Acupuncture and Moxibustion A and B established the position of acupuncture as an independent science. At the same time, the school-style education established by the government gradually emerged, and the Tang Tai Medical Department set acupuncture as an independent subject, which created a precedent for acupuncture school education.

In Song Dynasty, acupuncture prevailed. In the process of turning and copying acupuncture medical books, there are some problems such as missing the names of human meridians and acupoints. Therefore, the court appointed Wang Weiyi, who was working in yiguang at that time, to re-collate and collate acupuncture medical books. After three years of collating and textual research, The Illustration of Acupuncture and Moxibustion at Tongren Point was published, which established the national standard of acupoints at that time and had far-reaching influence.

At the same time, in order to enable learners and clinicians to accurately grasp the acupoints’ positioning as stipulated in the Classic of Acupuncture and Moxibustion on Tongren, the Song government also ordered Wang Weiyi to preside over the casting of a bronze model of acupuncture and moxibustion, which provided a more intuitive, vivid and accurate physical basis for the acupoints’ position of human body.

Zhou Mi, a famous litterateur in the Southern Song Dynasty, recorded the ingenuity and precision of acupuncture bronze men at that time in his classic "Wild Tales in Qidong". According to the book, the acupuncture bronze man has internal organs, and the acupoints on the bronze man are perforated. Water (in some versions, it is "mercury") is injected into them in advance, and then the acupoints are sealed with yellow wax, and then the medical workers can find a certain acupoint and acupuncture it. At that time, the bronze man was also stabbed through the clothes. If the needle was found accurately, water (or mercury) would naturally flow out after the needle was inserted.

In the Ming Dynasty, acupuncture and moxibustion were innovated and developed. There are some comprehensive acupuncture works, among which Yang Jizhou’s Acupuncture Dacheng has the greatest influence. Since its publication in Wanli, this book has been reprinted many times and spread widely. It has not only attracted the attention of academic circles in China, but also been translated into Japanese, French, German and other languages. In the Ming Dynasty, the government also set up an acupuncture department in Tai Hospital.

By the early and middle period of Qing Dynasty, acupuncture showed a trend of "returning from the doctor’s post to the doctor’s post", and it developed in a simple and safe direction. After long-term historical test and accumulation, both theoretical exposition and clinical diagnosis and treatment methods have matured.

Development and achievement of ancient acupuncture in China

Compiled by the editor from Acupuncture and Moxibustion of Traditional Chinese Medicine, China Traditional Chinese Medicine Press, 1st edition, January 2020.

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winding path amidst high peaks

In ancient times, acupuncture of traditional Chinese medicine has been widely spread in Asia. At the end of Ming Dynasty and the beginning of Qing Dynasty, with the increasing number of western missionaries coming to China, acupuncture therapy was brought to Europe and other places at that time, thus becoming the earliest beginning of the spread of acupuncture to the west.

However, by the end of the Qing Dynasty, the fate of acupuncture took a turn for the worse.

In 1822, Emperor Daoguang ordered: "Acupuncture has a long history, but it is not suitable for the monarch to use acupuncture and moxibustion, and the acupuncture department of Taichi Hospital means to stop forever." As a result, the practice of setting up acupuncture department in Tai Hospital changed. Since then, acupuncture has been excluded from the official medical system.

On the other hand, the fate of traditional medicine is closely related to the soil that breeds it. After the Opium War broke out in 1840, China never recovered. The spread of western medicine to the east broke the relatively closed and independent development pattern of traditional Chinese medicine, and gradually occupied the mainstream position of China medicine. Even, there has been a "total self-denial" caused by excessive "learning from foreigners"-in the century of national humiliation, we gradually lost our confidence in the quintessence of the country.

In the Republic of China, some people even put forward a motion to abolish Chinese medicine, which made the survival of Chinese medicine acupuncture face challenges. Of course, those who have a long-term plan still hold their ground. A group of people of insight, represented by Cheng Dan ‘an, have achieved certain results in the preservation and development of acupuncture through the establishment of acupuncture societies, the issuance of acupuncture publications and the development of correspondence education. In the process of active innovation, acupuncture of traditional Chinese medicine is pregnant with new life.

After 1949, acupuncture ushered in a good opportunity, and the government strongly supported the development of Chinese medicine. In 1951, the Experimental Institute of Acupuncture and Moxibustion Therapy of the Ministry of Health (the predecessor of the Institute of Acupuncture and Moxibustion of the Chinese Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine) was established to carry out clinical and scientific research on acupuncture, with Zhu Lian as the first director. Since then, local research institutions have been established one after another, and the scientific research of acupuncture has developed rapidly. In the same year, Zhu Lian’s New Acupuncture was published and translated into many languages.

Since the 1970s, remarkable achievements have been made in the research on the mechanism of acupuncture, especially in acupuncture analgesia, acupuncture anesthesia, and the adjustment of acupuncture on visceral function, which is one of the few disciplines in which China is currently in the leading position in the world.

In April, 1975, entrusted by the World Health Organization and approved by the State Council, the China government started international acupuncture classes in Beijing, Shanghai and Nanjing successively, and trained acupuncture talents for all countries in the world.

On November 22nd, 1987, the World Federation of Acupuncture Societies was established in Beijing. It is the first international academic organization headquartered in China in history, marking the international recognition of the advanced level and leading position of acupuncture in China.

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Western learning China.

The upsurge of acupuncture in the United States has driven more western countries to use acupuncture.

In 1970s, acupuncture got unprecedented development in Germany, and more than 30 acupuncture societies were established successively. Some scientific research institutions also gave support to acupuncture research, and more and more Germans were willing to accept acupuncture treatment.

In 1985, the French Ministry of Health set up a special committee on acupuncture, and some public hospitals often use acupuncture as a treatment, so patients can get medical insurance for it.

Since 1990, Italy has allowed clinics of local health bureaus and public medical systems or private medical institutions that have agreements with local health bureaus to provide acupuncture services. In addition, the military medical system has gradually accepted Chinese medicine, for example, the Roman military hospital officially opened the acupuncture department on December 19, 2005.

Following the establishment of "London College of Traditional Chinese Medicine" with Beijing University of Chinese Medicine in 1993, there are four universities in Britain offering undergraduate courses in acupuncture and moxibustion of traditional Chinese medicine. In 2001, he began to advocate the legislation of acupuncture and moxibustion in traditional Chinese medicine, and in 2004, he established the Chinese medicine management Committee; In 2008, the legislative group of the British Ministry of Health submitted the legislative proposal of "acupuncture, herbs and Chinese medicine" to the government. There are nearly 20 kinds of diseases treated by acupuncture, and the expenses of acupuncture treatment can be reimbursed.

In addition, acupuncture has been officially recognized by Switzerland, Austria, the Netherlands, Denmark, Belgium, Russia and other countries.

At the same time, the standardization of acupuncture and moxibustion has been paid more and more attention at home and abroad, which has further deepened the world consensus on the value of acupuncture and moxibustion.

Since 1981, the World Health Organization began to organize the work of international naming standards for acupuncture and moxibustion, and published the International Recommended Naming Standards for Acupuncture and Moxibustion in 1984.

In November 1997, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) held a hearing on acupuncture, re-evaluated the value of acupuncture and reached a consensus, and the relevant contents were published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA).

In 2006, the international standard of Acupoint Positioning of Acupuncture and Moxibustion was formulated, and the World Health Organization (WHO) established an international unified standard for the location of 361 human acupoints used in acupuncture and moxibustion in the western Pacific region.

In 2014, the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) officially published the standard of "ISO17218:2014 Disposable Sterile Acupuncture Needle", which is the first international standard issued by ISO in the field of traditional medicine in the world.

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How powerful is it?

Acupuncture researchers at home and abroad have adopted rigorous clinical epidemiological research methods and carried out large-scale clinical verification. The current research mainly focuses on the following aspects:

* Analgesia

More than 60% of acupuncture patients in the world are pain-related diseases, and the proportion of pain patients in foreign acupuncture clinics is higher.

Acupuncture treatment of pain has obtained high-quality clinical evidence. Foreign scholars analyzed the original data of 39 randomized controlled acupuncture clinical trials in western countries from 2008 to 2015 by using single-case meta-analysis, and included 20,827 patients, which proved that the curative effect of acupuncture on head, neck, shoulder and low back pain was obviously better than that of sham acupuncture (comfort acupuncture) and no acupuncture, and the analgesic effect only decreased by 15% after one year of follow-up.

Chinese scholars have proved that acupuncture as an adjuvant therapy can definitely improve the frequency and degree of angina pectoris attacks in patients with chronic stable angina pectoris, and can alleviate the anxiety and depression symptoms of patients.

Acupuncture can also activate the human endogenous analgesic system by stimulating the body surface, so as to play an analgesic role and avoid drug resistance and addiction. In October 2018, US President Trump signed a bill called H.R.6, which aims to find alternative drugs and treatments for pain and curb the proliferation of opioid analgesic drugs in the United States. The bill will include acupuncture and medical massage. All of them are included in alternative therapies to be evaluated.

* Regulating visceral function

Acupuncture can regulate and treat visceral function, which includes specific regulation of acupoints at the same segment and non-specific and extensive regulation of acupoints at different segments. These functions are based on the participation of segmental, intersegmental and systemic (supraspinal) centers of spinal cord.

China scholars’ research in recent years shows that electroacupuncture can significantly relieve female stress urinary incontinence, and can also promote intestinal movement to treat refractory constipation. These findings were published in well-known journals with high impact factors, such as Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) and Annual Internal Medicine.

Acupuncture points can adjust the function of the corresponding target organs and realize the relevant transformation. For example, acupuncture at Neiguan can significantly relieve nausea and vomiting, and it has been transformed into a wearable wristband product.

Electroacupuncture can significantly improve functional dyspepsia. Experimental studies have proved that acupuncture at Zusanli can activate vagus nerve and significantly promote gastric and intestinal movements; Acupuncture at Zhongwan point inhibits gastric movement by activating sympathetic nerves at the same segment; Acupuncture at Tianshu point has a bidirectional regulating effect on intestinal movement.

* Regulation of endocrine

Acupuncture can significantly reduce the androgen level of non-obese patients with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). Acupuncture combined with lifestyle intervention can improve the menstrual cycle and ovulation rate of obese PCOS patients, reduce the level of sex hormones, significantly improve the recruitment of oocytes and improve the quality of embryos.

However, some reports show that acupuncture has the same effect as fake acupuncture in improving the live birth rate of PCOS patients, which has aroused widespread concern and contention in the industry. For example, the evidence quality of acupuncture for pregnancy assistance is not high. There is no difference between acupuncture for pregnancy assistance before follicular secretion and after embryo transfer. The effect of acupuncture on relieving hot flashes of female climacteric syndrome is also unclear.

The regulating effect of acupuncture on hypothalamus-pituitary-gonad axis and hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal axis, in addition, acupuncture activates the skin’s inherent "skin-brain axis" (HPA axis similar to the center) to exert local and systemic neuroendocrine regulation is also a hot spot in recent years.

* Regulating inflammation-immunity

The immunomodulatory effect caused by acupuncture is mainly manifested in the effect of acupuncture on immune cells, immune molecules and neuroimmunity. Cholinergic anti-inflammatory pathway is a neuroimmune pathway based on efferent vagus nerve to inhibit inflammatory response.

The research published in Nature Medicine observed the anti-inflammatory effect of electroacupuncture on mice with endotoxemia model and multi-bacterial peritonitis model, and proved that electroacupuncture at Zusanli could reduce TNF, monocyte chemoattractant protein 1, IL-6 and INF in serum of mice with endotoxemia model. Cutting sciatic nerve or vagus nerve and initial adrenal gland can block the anti-inflammatory effect of electroacupuncture. Dopamine and its receptor D1 play a role in electroacupuncture regulating inflammation.

In 2020, Chinese and American scholars jointly published the research results in Neuron, revealing that acupuncture at body surface points can induce a variety of somatic sensory-autonomic nerve-target organ reflex pathways and play a regulatory role in immunity-inflammation.

Screenshot of the page layout of Neuron magazine.

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What are the differences between East and West?

From the above analysis, it can be seen that acupuncture is widely used in clinical treatment of diseases, and the research on acupuncture has gradually developed from traditional clinical treatment to modern experimental analysis and verification, and penetrated into modern frontier science fields. However, the purpose of clinical research in East and West is completely different.

In 1990s, in order to verify the clinical efficacy of acupuncture and provide support for health decision-making and whether acupuncture and moxibustion should be included in insurance, German federal doctors and health insurance company committees organized large-scale randomized controlled trials, RCT).

[Note: Randomized controlled trial (RCT) adopts random grouping, control and blind methods, maintains the original random grouping analysis and other measures to prevent bias, and minimizes possible bias. Therefore, RCT is considered as the gold standard for evaluating medical interventions. 】

In this experiment, "GERAC" and "ART" were set up to verify the clinical effectiveness of acupuncture in treating low back pain, knee osteoarthritis, migraine prevention and tension-type headache.

These two studies are considered to be the largest high-quality clinical trials to evaluate the effectiveness of acupuncture and moxibustion in treating pain according to modern standards, and the results were published in the famous mainstream medical journals The Lancet, JAMA, BMJ, Arch Intern Med, Ann Intern Med and BMJ. However, among the results of acupuncture randomized trials, only two proved that true acupuncture was better than false acupuncture, and six proved that false acupuncture was effective.

In China, the purpose of clinical research is often to verify or popularize that a new acupuncture treatment scheme is superior to the conventional acupuncture treatment scheme (textbook scheme), and the results are mostly positive. However, the quality of methodology is not high, especially the control of comfort acupuncture is difficult to implement. In particular, the published bias has led the international community to question the efficacy of acupuncture.

Why is there a big gap between domestic and foreign report results?

The reason is that the demand and starting point of acupuncture are different, which directly affects the research purpose and interpretation method of acupuncture RCT at home and abroad. International attention is paid to whether acupuncture is effective for a certain disease, focusing on verifying the specific efficacy caused by acupuncture. At home, RCT mainly focuses on verifying the effectiveness or superiority of acupuncture, which belongs to the comparative study of overall efficacy.

It should be noted that there are many differences between the East and the West in the study of acupuncture.

First, the theoretical basis is very different: Chinese acupuncture is guided by the basic theory of Chinese medicine and based on the theory of meridians and acupoints. However, western acupuncture does not talk about acupoints and meridians. It absorbs the research results of life science and thinks that the five major mechanisms of acupuncture are: local effect of acupuncture; The effect of acupuncture on the same spinal cord segment; The effect of acupuncture across spinal cord segments; The function of trigger point; Regulation of central nervous system.

Second, the stimulation sites are different: acupuncture in China takes acupoints as stimulation sites, and doctors need to find suitable stimulation points in acupoints by "cutting, pressing and circulating" in clinic. Western acupuncture emphasizes the stimulation point or trigger point in clinical application. The trigger point refers to the local highly sensitive tenderness point contained in the palpable tight muscle band in skeletal muscle. There is overlap between acupoints and trigger points. Although the percentage of overlap is still controversial, the overlap rate reaches 95% in the treatment of pain.

Third, the ways of stimulation are different: there are various ways of acupuncture stimulation in traditional Chinese medicine, such as filiform needle, fire needle, bloodletting, moxibustion and so on. Clinically, it pays attention to techniques and getting qi, emphasizing "qi is effective". Western acupuncture often adopts transcutaneous electrical stimulation or shallow acupuncture with weak stimulation, and the time and frequency of stimulation are also different.

Fourth, the types of diseases are different: western acupuncture and moxibustion mainly treats pain, mainly treating myofascial pain. In addition to pain, acupuncture and moxibustion in traditional Chinese medicine pays more attention to the regulation of visceral function and qi and blood of the whole body, rather than simple analgesia.

Through these comparisons, we are also more clear about the current problems faced by acupuncture in traditional Chinese medicine. Under the modern semantic framework, how to construct a modern acupuncture theory system with reasonable structure, clear hierarchy, clear concept and standardized expression, which can guide clinical practice, has become an important task at present, and can keep the foundation of the discipline.

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Is the surname of acupuncture in traditional Chinese medicine "Xi"?

In the process of acupuncture spreading to the world, modern acupuncture under the collision of East and West is facing the severe challenge of "internal troubles and foreign invasion".

In China, various acupuncture schools, techniques and special acupuncture methods are constantly emerging, and the traditional acupuncture theory of "internal anxiety" gradually loses its guiding role; In foreign countries, the embryonic form of "western medical acupuncture" has gradually taken shape, and the "medical acupuncture" whose "foreign invasion" is based on modern anatomy and physiology is gradually alienated or de-China, and the traditional acupuncture theory tends to be neglected.

Western acupuncture, which was born out of Chinese acupuncture, began to challenge the tradition in turn, leading to the query of Chinese acupuncture theories such as meridians and acupoints. This requires us to re-examine the functions and definitions of meridians and acupoints.

At the same time, the development of technology and technology is also changing the relationship between traditional medicine and patients. Under the influence of western science, which was born in industrial civilization and information age, the basic research and clinical research of acupuncture can be carried out in time through equipment.

In 2016, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) proposed the "SPARC Plan" to stimulate peripheral nerves to regulate the state of the body, that is, investing 238 million US dollars to develop peripheral nerve stimulation equipment. After the announcement of the plan, the funds of pharmaceutical companies and venture capital companies participating in the "SPARC Plan" exceeded 2 billion US dollars, and famous pharmaceutical companies such as GlaxoSmithKline and Internet giant Google all set up subsidiaries to carry out research and development.

Even, the popularity of acupuncture treatment in some developed countries has surpassed that of China.

According to the data of Arensbach Institute, an authoritative polling agency in Germany, more than 2 million Germans receive acupuncture treatment every year, and about 61% of Germans express their hope to treat diseases by combining traditional Chinese and western medicine. The number of patients receiving acupuncture treatment and the number of registered acupuncturists in the United States increased by 50% and 100% respectively from 2002 to 2012.

However, in the past 10 years, the clinical diagnosis and treatment rate of acupuncture in China has only increased by about 10 percentage points, and the number of acupuncture practitioners has increased by less than 5%.

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Regain self-confidence

Under the tide of globalization, acupuncture has become the forerunner of Chinese medicine to the world. Compared with Europe and America, the advantages of acupuncture in China are far from being brought into play. What should we do?

It is very important to develop and protect the intellectual property rights of traditional Chinese medicine.

In June, 2006, the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list in China was published, and the acupuncture projects jointly declared by Chinese Acupuncture Society and Acupuncture Institute of Chinese Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine were listed as one of them, which created good conditions for Chinese acupuncture to declare the representative list of human intangible cultural heritage.

In the same year, China also launched the declaration of the world intangible cultural heritage of traditional Chinese medicine-with the overall content of "traditional Chinese medicine", which was named "Cognition and Practice of Life Diseases of Traditional Chinese Medicine".

However, due to the rich traditional culture and philosophy of China contained in traditional Chinese medicine, its huge system, numerous schools and wide application of clinical techniques to prevent and treat diseases, in June 2009, the Intergovernmental Committee for the Protection of Intangible Cultural Heritage of UNESCO decided that the declared "traditional Chinese medicine" is an intangible cultural heritage project with unclear inheritance group, and its definition is unclear, which will lead to weak protection pertinence, so it is suggested to re-declare it after revision.

After discussion, experts in the cultural heritage industry and the Chinese medicine industry decided to choose a specific category that best reflects the traditional Chinese medicine culture-Chinese medicine acupuncture to declare.

Finally, it lasted nearly four years. On November 16th, 2010, at the fifth meeting of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Protection of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Nairobi, Kenya, "Acupuncture and Moxibustion of Traditional Chinese Medicine" was successfully selected into the "Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity" through deliberation.

Chinese medicine acupuncture is listed in the "representative list of human intangible cultural heritage" certificate.

In 2018, UNESCO designated November 15th as "World Acupuncture Day", which indicated that acupuncture in China has become the world acupuncture.

With the accelerating internationalization of acupuncture and moxibustion, under the challenge of "internal troubles and foreign invasion", how can Chinese acupuncture and moxibustion achieve better development?

Since ancient times, acupuncture and other external treatments of traditional Chinese medicine have occupied half of the treatment of traditional Chinese medicine. Inheriting acupuncture and moxibustion of traditional Chinese medicine can not be ignored. At the same time, under the background of modern medicine, how to realize the integration of traditional acupuncture and modern research, inherit the essence of traditional Chinese medicine acupuncture and incorporate the new knowledge of modern science? This is also a breakthrough in the development of acupuncture.

The World Health Organization (WHO) pointed out in its report "Meeting the Challenges of the 21st Century": "In the 21st century, medicine should not continue to take diseases as the main research field, but should take human health as the main research direction", emphasizing that "health is the basic right of human beings" and paying attention to the individual’s "ability to discover and develop self-health".

Today’s medicine is changing from "disease medicine" to "functional medicine", which means that the barrier of disease prevention and treatment has moved forward. Acupuncture is precisely by stimulating the body surface to achieve the regulation of human functions, mobilize the self-healing ability of the human body, and prevent it from gradually becoming an organic disease, which coincides with the current health concept.

[Note: Diseases begin with dysfunction, and usually turn into organic lesions after 10 to 30 years of pathological process. 】

We believe that when acupuncture, an ancient therapeutic method, embraces modern science, it can provide more possibilities for human health. Reducing drug abuse and side effects through acupuncture of traditional Chinese medicine, a green medical method, will put forward a distinctive Chinese plan for human health.

Wen | Jing Xianghong, Director of the Institute of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Chinese Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine, and Chief Physician of Acupuncture and Moxibustion Hospital, Wang Yingying.

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Notice of Guangzhou Municipal Bureau of Commerce on Printing and Distributing the Action Plan for Promoting Trade-in of Consumer Goods in Guangzhou

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  The "Guangzhou Action Plan for Promoting Trade-in of Consumer Goods" has been agreed by the Municipal People’s Government and is hereby issued to you. Please conscientiously implement it according to the actual situation. Please report the problems encountered in the implementation to the Municipal Bureau of Commerce.

Guangzhou Bureau of Commerce

June 17, 2024

Guangzhou’s Action Plan for Promoting Trade-in of Consumer Goods

  In order to thoroughly implement the relevant decisions and arrangements of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council, According to the Notice of the State Council on Printing and Distributing the Action Plan for Promoting Large-scale Equipment Renewal and Consumer Goods Trade-in (Guo Fa [2024] No.7), the Notice of the Ministry of Commerce and other 14 departments on Printing and Distributing the Action Plan for Promoting Consumer Goods Trade-in (Shang Consumer Development [2024] No.58) and the Notice of the General Office of the People’s Government of Guangdong Province on Printing and Distributing the Action Plan for Promoting Consumer Goods Trade-in (Guangdong)

  I. Guiding ideology and work objectives

  Focusing on Guangzhou’s task of accelerating the cultivation and construction of an international consumption center city, we will anchor the pursuit of "the vanguard, the leader and the locomotive", persist in deepening the structural reform on the supply side, focus on expanding the synergy of effective demand, conform to the new situation and trend of the consumer market, take standards as the traction, policies as the incentive and smooth circulation as the driving force, and promote more high-quality durable consumer goods to enter residents’ lives, and promote consumption to shift from post-epidemic recovery to continuous expansion.

  By grasping the opportunity of the state to encourage the promotion of trade-in of consumer goods, we will increase policy guidance and support, comprehensively promote the high-quality economic development of Guangzhou, and lead the implementation of new quality productivity. Strive to accelerate the elimination of passenger cars registered with emission standards of Grade III and below in the country of use by 2025, and further improve the utilization rate structure of energy-efficient new energy vehicles and hybrid vehicles; The standardized recycling and dismantling of scrapped cars in the city increased by 50% compared with 2023, reaching 72,000 vehicles. Further improve the recycling system and build 10 green sorting centers through new construction or upgrading. By 2027, the standard recycling and dismantling volume of scrapped cars in the city will increase by two times compared with that in 2023, reaching about 80,000 vehicles, accounting for more than 10% of the total recycling in the province. Reasonable layout of waste household appliances and other renewable resources recycling outlets, the city’s recycling outlets reached 3000, covering 100%.

  Second, carry out automobile trade-in.

  Starting from strengthening the construction of circular system of automobile industry and expanding automobile consumption, we should increase policy support, unblock circulation, and promote automobile consumption step by step and update consumption.

  (1) Increase financial and monetary policy support. Accelerate the implementation of the national automobile trade-in campaign, carry out the "scrapping and updating" activities of automobiles throughout the city, and organize qualified consumers to apply for subsidies through the "national unified automobile trade-in system". The city carried out the "replacement and renewal" activities of automobiles in the way of "government support and profit-making by enterprises", organized eligible consumers to apply for subsidies through the "unified automobile trade-in system in the city", and mobilized the whole city’s automobile manufacturers and dealers to superimpose car purchase concessions to make profits. Encourage financial institutions to increase the support of automobile consumption credit under the premise of legal compliance and controllable risks, and reasonably determine the down payment ratio, interest rate level and loan term of passenger car loans; Encourage financial institutions to optimize financial products and services to better support reasonable automobile consumption demand. Encourage insurance institutions to further enrich auto insurance products and services, optimize the pricing mechanism of new energy auto insurance, and provide effective and sufficient risk protection for consumers. (Municipal Finance Office, Municipal Development and Reform Commission, Municipal Bureau of Industry and Information Technology, Municipal Public Security Bureau, Municipal Finance Bureau, Municipal Bureau of Ecology and Environment, Municipal Bureau of Commerce, Municipal Market Supervision Bureau, Municipal Taxation Bureau, Guangdong Branch of the People’s Bank of China, and Guangdong Supervision Bureau of the State Financial Supervision Bureau are responsible for the division of responsibilities, which are implemented by the district governments. The following tasks need to be implemented by the district governments, and they will not be listed one by one.)

  (two) strict implementation of automobile scrap recycling standards. Strictly implement the provisions of motor vehicle scrapping standards and the requirements of vehicle safety and environmental protection inspection standards, strengthen the compliance inspection of vehicles driving on the road, strengthen the standardized inspection and verification of motor vehicle inspection stations, and eliminate old cars that meet the mandatory scrapping standards according to laws and regulations. On the basis of fully respecting the wishes of the masses, guide car owners to comprehensively consider fuel consumption, failure rate, maintenance cost, vehicle salvage value and scrapping renewal subsidies, and independently eliminate old cars that meet the standards for guiding scrapping. (The Municipal Bureau of Ecology and Environment, the Municipal Public Security Bureau, the Municipal Bureau of Commerce and the Municipal Market Supervision Bureau are responsible for the division of responsibilities)

  (3) Improve the recycling and dismantling system for scrapped motor vehicles. Guide the recycling and dismantling enterprises of scrapped motor vehicles to optimize the regional layout, support qualified enterprises to set up recycling service outlets according to their needs, improve the comprehensive recycling service platform, improve work efficiency, and build a four-level recycling and dismantling system of "owner-recycling outlets-dismantling enterprises-comprehensive resource utilization enterprises". Encourage scrapped motor vehicle recycling and dismantling enterprises to extend the industrial chain of downstream steel, non-ferrous metals and parts remanufacturing, and improve the comprehensive utilization capacity of resources. Encourage scrapped motor vehicle recycling and dismantling enterprises to expand the "internet plus Recycling" business with the help of relevant information platforms and mobile applications, and guide and promote the use of the "Guangzhou Traffic Police" WeChat official account reservation motor vehicle recycling system to facilitate car owners to sell scrapped cars and choose qualified scrapped automobile enterprises in this city for recycling. Strengthen the coordinated supervision of departments, standardize the business behavior of scrapped motor vehicle recycling and dismantling enterprises through inspection methods such as "double random, one open" and "four no two straight", continuously intensify efforts to crack down on illegal dismantling activities, and maintain the development order of the industry. Supervise and urge enterprises to implement the pre-recycling nuclear file mechanism to prevent vehicles from being cancelled normally due to illegal or mortgaged reasons. Continue to carry out the identification of green development enterprises for the recycling and dismantling of scrapped motor vehicles. (The Municipal Bureau of Industry and Information Technology, the Municipal Public Security Bureau, the Municipal Bureau of Planning and Natural Resources, the Municipal Bureau of Ecology and Environment, the Municipal Bureau of Commerce and the Municipal Market Supervision Bureau are responsible for the division of responsibilities)

  (4) Improve the service level of second-hand car circulation. We will continue to implement convenient measures to support the circulation and trading of used cars. For automobile sales enterprises that have been filed on the unified platform of the business system of the Ministry of Commerce to purchase used cars from natural persons, enterprises are allowed to issue unified invoices for used car sales in reverse and handle the transfer registration procedures accordingly. Actively promote the establishment of motor vehicle registration service stations in qualified second-hand car distribution enterprises, improve supporting services, and provide consumers with "one-stop" services such as trading, tax payment, registration and insurance. Encourage automobile manufacturers to develop and build a testing platform for new energy used car power batteries to ensure the performance and safety of new energy used car batteries. Guide the second-hand car distribution enterprises to provide a display vehicle condition table, express the basic information, price, important configuration and other contents of the vehicle, and promote the safe trading and honest management of second-hand cars. (The Municipal Bureau of Industry and Information Technology, the Municipal Public Security Bureau, the Municipal Bureau of Commerce and the Municipal Taxation Bureau are responsible for the division of responsibilities)

  (5) Further promote the export of used cars. Implement the "Several Measures for Guangzhou to Further Improve the Export Facilitation of Used Cars and Promote the High-quality Development of Foreign Trade", and improve the level of facilitation in vehicle transaction registration, license application, port customs clearance, vehicle cancellation, export tax rebate and other links. Encourage automobile production and circulation enterprises to carry out second-hand car export business and support qualified enterprises to build a comprehensive service base or platform for second-hand car export. Encourage enterprises to explore the international market, build marketing networks and after-sales service outlets in major target markets, and guide the after-sales supporting industrial chain to the sea. Increase support for export services and finance, give full play to the role of professional organizations such as trade associations, strengthen policy propaganda and practical business guidance, and give practical and effective support in overseas market compliance and industry information. (The Municipal Bureau of Industry and Information Technology, the Municipal Public Security Bureau, the Municipal Bureau of Transportation, the Municipal Bureau of Commerce, the Municipal Taxation Bureau and the Guangzhou Customs of the General Administration of Customs are responsible for the division of responsibilities)

  (6) Cultivate and expand the business entities of used cars. Promote the regulation of the main body of the second-hand car sales market, and give certain rewards to the second-hand car sales enterprises that reach the threshold of the regulation and complete the first statistical data submission. Encourage automobile production enterprises to carry out second-hand car replacement and manufacturer certification, and guide second-hand car distribution enterprises to make good use of the reverse invoicing policy, and change from "brokerage mode" to "distribution mode" to standardize their operations and become bigger and stronger. Give full play to the role of industry associations, strengthen policy propaganda and related business guidance, and accelerate the construction of compliance system for used car industry. (The Municipal Bureau of Industry and Information Technology, the Municipal Public Security Bureau, the Municipal Bureau of Commerce, the Municipal Market Supervision Bureau and the Municipal Taxation Bureau are responsible for the division of responsibilities)

  (seven) to further promote the innovation and development of automobile consumption. Promote the green consumption of automobiles, increase the incremental indicators of energy-saving vehicles and relax the qualifications for non-local household registration personnel to apply for incremental indicators of energy-saving vehicles. Further improve the infrastructure such as charging, parking and intelligent transportation, accelerate the upgrading of charging facilities such as residential communities, parking lots, expressway service areas and passenger transport hubs, guide the rational optimization of layout, and improve the convenience of charging. Expand the supply of parking spaces in cities, and further improve the supply level of parking spaces for residential construction projects according to the requirements of Guangzhou Construction Project Parking Spaces Allocation Index Regulations. Improve the information sharing mechanism between departments and promote the public use of non-confidential and non-private information in the automotive field. Guide enterprises to carry out automobile maintenance, modification, leasing and cultural events according to laws and regulations, and create a number of influential and dynamic automobile aftermarket projects. (Municipal Bureau of Industry and Information Technology, Municipal Public Security Bureau, Municipal Transportation Bureau, Municipal Bureau of Commerce, Municipal Taxation Bureau, Municipal Bureau of Planning and Natural Resources, Municipal Housing and Urban-Rural Development Bureau, Municipal Bureau of Culture, Radio, Film and Television Tourism, and Municipal Sports Bureau are responsible for the division of responsibilities)

  (eight) to create a car to promote consumption boom. Mobilize industry associations, automobile production and distribution enterprises, news media, financial institutions, used car enterprises, automobile modification enterprises, etc. to participate in online and offline linkage, and encourage cross-industry innovation and integration to hold automobile-related theme activities around automobile culture, events, go on road trip, car experience, new car tasting and other hot spots in the automobile industry. Encourage all districts to continue to hold automobile consumption festivals and set off an automobile consumption boom. Actively use all kinds of media channels, focus on automobile consumption promotion policies and activities, increase publicity and promotion, and stimulate consumers’ willingness to buy cars. (The Municipal Bureau of Culture, Radio, Film and Television Tourism, the Municipal Sports Bureau, the Municipal Bureau of Commerce, the Municipal Bureau of Industry and Information Technology, and the Propaganda Department of the Municipal Party Committee are responsible for the division of responsibilities)    

  Third, carry out the trade-in of home appliances

  Highlight the improvement of the household appliance trade-in cycle system. It is convenient for residents to deliver used household appliances, improve the recycling system of used household appliances, open up the blocking points of household appliances recycling, encourage green, intelligent and low-carbon household appliances to be replaced with new ones, and smooth the consumption cycle of household appliances renewal.

  (nine) to carry out the activities of household appliances to benefit the people. Organize the city’s green smart home appliance replacement activities, and subsidize consumers to deliver used home appliances and buy new green smart home appliances. We will mobilize enterprises producing and selling household appliances, industry associations and financial institutions to participate in many ways, encourage enterprises to make profits by overlapping, guide financial institutions to launch green smart household appliances consumption financial products under the premise of legal compliance and controllable risks, tailor-made exclusive consumer credit schemes for consumers, and encourage the rational development of special financing products such as preferential interest rates and flexible staging. (The Municipal Finance Office, the Municipal Bureau of Industry and Information Technology, the Municipal Finance Bureau, the Municipal Bureau of Commerce, and the Guangdong Supervision Bureau of the State Financial Supervision Bureau are responsible for the division of responsibilities)

  (10) Increase policy support. On the basis of implementing the current relevant tax policies, we will implement the reverse billing policy for those who sell waste household appliances to natural persons by resource recycling enterprises. Encourage financial institutions to increase investment and financing support for enterprises and key projects related to waste household appliances recycling and household appliances trade-in. Guide financial institutions to provide targeted financial services for enterprises producing and selling green, intelligent and low-carbon household appliances, and increase financial support for small and medium-sized enterprises. Guide all districts to bring waste household appliances recycling facilities into the scope of local public infrastructure land, and ensure the reasonable land demand and the long-term and stability of land use. (Municipal Finance Office, Municipal Planning and Natural Resources Bureau, Municipal Taxation Bureau, Guangdong Branch of the People’s Bank of China, and Guangdong Supervision Bureau of the State Financial Supervision Bureau are responsible for the division of responsibilities)

  (eleven) optimize the recycling system of used household appliances. Improve the recycling system of renewable resources such as used household appliances, take the convenience of urban and rural residents to sell used household appliances as the core, combine the different characteristics of cities and rural areas, make full use of recycling outlets, "two networks integration" outlets, street (town) transfer stations and green sorting centers, and rationally arrange the recycling system. Encourage recycling enterprises to "extend their tentacles" and promote professional and standardized recycling services into the streets and communities. Cultivate leading enterprises in recycling renewable resources such as waste household appliances, support industry associations to recommend the list of waste household appliances recycling enterprises, and cooperate with enterprises such as home appliance manufacturers, supermarkets and e-commerce platforms to carry out waste household appliances recycling services. Typical cities applying for recycling system of renewable resources such as used household appliances will further improve the recycling system of used household appliances through typical exploration and point-to-point, and give encouragement and support to typical enterprises evaluated by the Ministry of Commerce. (The Municipal Bureau of Commerce, the Municipal Urban Management Comprehensive Law Enforcement Bureau and the Municipal Supply and Marketing Federation are responsible for the division of responsibilities)

  (twelve) increase the cultivation of diversified recycling subjects. Guide home appliance manufacturers to implement the extended producer responsibility system, and actively mobilize enterprises to participate in the second batch of home appliance manufacturers to recycle the target responsibility system. Encourage home appliance manufacturers, supermarkets, e-commerce platforms and other enterprises to strengthen cooperation with recycling enterprises, and carry out waste home appliances recycling while selling new home appliances. Encourage the supply and marketing system to give full play to the advantages of the business service network, and actively participate in activities such as home appliances going to the countryside and trade in old ones. Support recycling enterprises to carry out "internet plus recycling" with the help of information platforms and mobile applications. Encourage enterprises to strengthen industry self-discipline and independent innovation, chain operation, agreement cooperation, etc., to implement chain operation, standardization and standardization, and cultivate a number of leading recycling enterprises. (The Municipal Bureau of Industry and Information Technology, the Municipal Bureau of Commerce and the Municipal Supply and Marketing Corporation are responsible for the division of responsibilities)

  (thirteen) to strengthen the support of household appliances standards. Encourage enterprises to lead and participate in the formulation of relevant international standards for smart home appliances and core components, and improve the internationalization level of products. Guide household appliance manufacturers to increase the supply of green, intelligent and low-carbon household appliances in accordance with relevant standards, and promote industrial upgrading and product green transformation. Guide household appliance manufacturers and industry associations to compile the catalogue of safe service life of products, widely publicize the safety risks of used household appliances and the environmental protection problems of high-energy-consuming household appliances, publicize the suggestions on the service life of household appliances, and guide the accelerated upgrading of used household appliances. Support renewable resources industry associations and recycling enterprises to initiate and participate in the revision of relevant standards, make good use of relevant standards, and carry out standardized and standardized recycling. (The Municipal Bureau of Industry and Information Technology, the Municipal Market Supervision Bureau and the Municipal Bureau of Commerce are responsible for the division of responsibilities)

  (fourteen) smooth the circulation channels of second-hand goods. Encourage production and circulation enterprises such as electrical and electronic products to develop second-hand recycling business and expand the scale of second-hand commodity transactions. Promote the standardized construction and operation of offline entity second-hand market according to local conditions. Encourage the development of "internet plus second-hand" and after-sale repurchase models, and cultivate a number of leading enterprises in the circulation of second-hand commodities with convenient service, standardization and high efficiency. Strengthen the supervision and management of second-hand commodity trading enterprises, business behavior and market order, standardize the trading behavior of second-hand commodities, support the establishment of second-hand commodity industry organizations, encourage second-hand commodity trading enterprises to carry out industry self-discipline, establish recycling information ledger and sales registration, and do a good job in popularizing the knowledge of recovering stolen goods. (The Municipal Bureau of Industry and Information Technology, the Municipal Bureau of Commerce, the Municipal Public Security Bureau and the Municipal Market Supervision Bureau are responsible for the division of responsibilities)

  (15) Improve the after-sales service level in an all-round way. In-depth implementation of home appliance after-sales promotion actions, and continue to select a number of leading enterprises in home appliance after-sales service. Guide after-sales enterprises such as home appliance repair to expand service coverage. Organize home appliance after-sales service enterprises and recycling enterprises to strengthen cooperation and jointly improve the service level. Guide relevant industry associations and enterprises to introduce home appliance service standards and promote the standardized development of services. (The Municipal Bureau of Industry and Information Technology, the Municipal Bureau of Commerce and the Municipal Market Supervision Bureau are responsible for the division of responsibilities)

  Fourth, promote the "rejuvenation" of home improvement kitchen and bathroom

  Highlight the expansion of renovation and renovation of stock houses, promote the replacement of home-improvement kitchen and bathroom consumer goods, foster new growth points of green smart home consumption, and continuously release the potential of home consumption.

  (sixteen) increase policy support. Encourage qualified districts to support residents to carry out renovation of old houses, local renovation of kitchens and bathrooms and aging renovation of homes, and subsidize the purchase of green smart home products such as green intelligent furniture and green building materials. Combined with the work related to the basic old-age service in the home community, we will cultivate the main body of home aging transformation and drive more families to carry out aging transformation. Guide financial institutions to develop financial products for the "rejuvenation" of home improvement and kitchen, and reasonably determine the repayment method, term and loan amount under the premise of legal compliance and risk control. Simplify the approval process for home improvement companies to start work, and facilitate residents to handle family decoration procedures. (Municipal Finance Office, Municipal Housing and Urban-Rural Development Bureau, Civil Affairs Bureau, Guangdong Branch of the People’s Bank of China, and Guangdong Supervision Bureau of the State Financial Supervision Bureau are responsible according to the division of responsibilities)

  (seventeen) the development of community convenience services. With the help of the pilot work of the city’s 15-minute convenience living circle, property service enterprises are encouraged to set up "home improvement convenience service points" to provide temporary storage of furniture, home improvement market information consultation and other services to facilitate residents’ housing decoration. Guide leading home improvement enterprises to carry out special home improvement promotion activities for old communities. Guide residential property service enterprises to provide convenience for decorating vehicles, recycling vehicles and other vehicles entering and leaving the residential area. Support enterprises to provide home consumer goods, such as furniture, kitchen and bathroom, with the services of "sending new products" and "collecting old products", and promote the "internet plus recycling" model to meet the diverse needs of the masses. (The Municipal Development and Reform Commission, the Municipal Housing and Urban-Rural Development Bureau and the Municipal Bureau of Commerce are responsible for the division of responsibilities)

  (eighteen) to cultivate new growth points of green smart home consumption. Support enterprises to produce marketable green smart home products around the new scene of home consumption. Accelerate the construction of digital home and develop relevant standards for digital home. Encourage relevant industry associations to speed up the production, certification and popularization and application of green building materials. Encourage home improvement enterprises to launch online and offline home improvement model rooms, and promote model rooms to enter shopping malls, communities and platforms. (The Municipal Bureau of Industry and Information Technology, the Municipal Housing and Urban-Rural Development Bureau and the Municipal Market Supervision Bureau are responsible for the division of responsibilities)

  (nineteen) standardize the market order. We will crack down on counterfeiting, cutting corners and price fraud in the fields of home improvement and home consumption according to law. Incorporate the home improvement and home furnishing industries into the selection activities of typical cases of developing business with integrity in Guangdong Province, and recommend to declare the typical cases of "developing business with integrity" in China. Encourage home improvement industry associations to explore the implementation of the industry "blacklist" system, formulate home improvement acceptance standards, and guide market players to operate in good faith. Guide home improvement enterprises to strengthen the training of employees and improve the quality of after-sales service. (The Municipal Market Supervision Bureau, the Municipal Human Resources and Social Security Bureau, the Municipal Housing and Urban-Rural Development Bureau and the Municipal Bureau of Commerce are responsible for the division of responsibilities)

  V. Organizational guarantee    

  (twenty) to strengthen organizational leadership. The Municipal Bureau of Commerce, the Municipal Finance Bureau, and the Municipal Bureau of Industry and Information Technology will take the lead in promoting the implementation of work tasks in conjunction with relevant departments, strengthen work coordination, establish a work contact system, study major problems encountered in the trade-in of consumer goods, and assign special personnel to take charge of related work and solve problems in time. All departments should attach great importance to the trade-in of consumer goods, clarify work objectives, strengthen urban linkage, refine the division of tasks, compact responsibilities at different levels, and do a good job in implementation.

  (twenty-one) to strengthen the protection of funds and factors. All relevant departments take the initiative to connect with the relevant policies and funds of the central and provincial governments, strengthen reporting to the higher authorities on the actual situation of our city, and actively strive for policies and financial support for trade-in of various consumer goods. Provide land support for the construction of recycling system of automobiles and household appliances according to laws and regulations, and provide technical and data support for automobile sales invoice data, scrap automobile recycling certificate and automobile registration information needed for trade-in activities of consumer goods.

  (twenty-two) to promote overall activities. Implement the relevant arrangements of "Consumption Promotion Year", actively hold consumption festivals and themed consumption promotion activities around the themes of automobiles, household appliances, home furnishing and home improvement, organize industry associations, production enterprises, distributors, financial institutions and insurance institutions to participate together, carry out joint profit-making promotion activities, form a policy combination boxing, stimulate market vitality, guide industry orderly competition, and create a fiery consumption atmosphere.

  (twenty-three) to strengthen publicity and guidance. Publish information on the trade-in policy of consumer goods through the official media. Give play to the role of various media platforms, industry associations and institutions, strengthen policy publicity and interpretation at multiple levels and through multiple channels, and expand policy influence and coverage.

  (twenty-four) to strengthen supervision and implementation. All relevant departments should formulate implementation plans according to specific work arrangements. All districts should earnestly do a good job in compliance guidance for the trade-in of consumer goods, strengthen risk prevention and control, and prevent local protection and enterprises from taking the opportunity to raise prices. It is not allowed to require the designated enterprises to sell used cars and household appliances, and it is not allowed to set up a subsidy catalogue with regional and technical product directionality.

National Health Commission: By 2025, the health management rate of children’s traditional Chinese medicine will reach 85%

Cctv newsAccording to the news of National Health Commission website on September 21st, the Health China Action Promotion Office, the General Office of the National Health and Wellness Commission and the Office of the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine issued the Implementation Plan for the Special Activities of Health Promotion of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Healthy China Action, which proposed to carry out the activities of health promotion of traditional Chinese medicine for women and children. Give play to the important role of Chinese medicine in prenatal and postnatal care, maternal and child health care and children’s growth and development. Clinics for prenatal and postnatal care are widely set up in Chinese medicine hospitals above the second level (including hospitals of integrated traditional Chinese and western medicine and minority medical hospitals, the same below). In maternal and child health care institutions to carry out Chinese medicine services, by 2025, the proportion of tertiary and secondary maternal and child health care hospitals to carry out Chinese medicine specialist services will reach 90% and 70%. Encourage qualified medical and health institutions to standardize the development of pediatric massage and support medical staff to participate in pediatric massage training. Increase the popularity of children’s massage health knowledge, let parents know the indications and precautions of children’s massage, and teach and promote methods such as chiropractic and Zusanli, which are easy for parents to operate. Strengthen the health management of children’s traditional Chinese medicine in basic public health services. By 2025, the health management rate of children’s traditional Chinese medicine will reach 85%.

Ministry of Industry and Information Technology: The key tasks of new industrialization will be implemented from eight aspects.

Jin Zhuanglong, Party Secretary and Minister of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, recently published a signed article in study times. The article points out that developing new quality productivity is a strategic choice to seize the commanding heights of the new round of scientific and technological revolution and industrial transformation, open up new fields and new tracks for development, cultivate new kinetic energy for development, and enhance new competitive advantages. It is also an inherent requirement and an important focus for promoting new industrialization.

At the same time, the article points out that at present, China’s development has entered a period in which strategic opportunities and risk challenges coexist and uncertain and unpredictable factors increase, and the promotion of new industrialization faces complex and severe internal and external situations.

First, a new round of scientific and technological revolution and industrial transformation has profoundly changed the global industrial development and division of labor. A new round of scientific and technological revolution and industrial transformation are booming, and a new generation of information technology, new energy, new materials, biotechnology and other fields are making rapid progress. Artificial intelligence has become a key variable for future development and will profoundly change the global industrial development and division of labor pattern. After decades of unremitting efforts, China has formed a first-Mover advantage in some key areas such as the new generation of information technology and new energy, and is more capable and qualified than ever to seize the opportunity in this round of scientific and technological revolution and industrial transformation.

Second, the increasingly fierce competition among big countries has profoundly changed the external environment for China’s development. In recent years, the United States has adjusted its strategy toward China and engaged in "small courtyard and high wall" and "decoupling and breaking the chain", which has continuously intensified the containment and suppression of China’s technological progress and industrial upgrading. At the same time, some emerging economies and developing countries actively undertake international industrial transfer and accelerate the process of industrialization. The external environment of China’s manufacturing industry has undergone profound changes.

Third, China’s industry has entered a critical period of climbing the hill, becoming stronger from big to strong, and accelerating its March to the high end of the global value chain. China has become a big manufacturing country, but the problems of "big but not strong" and insufficient development imbalance are still outstanding. Some key core technologies are subject to people, and there are still many shortcomings and weaknesses in the supply of high-quality products and industrial basic capabilities. Enterprises, especially small and medium-sized enterprises, still have many difficulties in production and operation.

The article points out that at the same time, we should also see that the development of new industrialization has many favorable conditions. China is in the stage of rapid development of new industrialization, informationization, urbanization and agricultural modernization, with a super-large domestic demand market of more than 1.4 billion people and more than 400 million middle-income groups, rich application scenarios, the most complete industrial system in the world, more than 58 million enterprises with complementary advantages and competing development, more than 700 million laborers, more than 240 million skilled talents and abundant human resources of 12 million college graduates every year, and the advantages of a socialist system that concentrates on doing great things.

The article emphasizes that we should do our best to implement the key tasks of new industrialization.Fully promote the steady growth of industrial economy.Industry plays a "ballast stone" role in stabilizing the macro-economic market. Make overall plans and comprehensive policies, strive to promote the steady growth of industrial economy, and keep the proportion of manufacturing industry in GDP basically stable. Do a good job in policy "combination boxing", thoroughly implement the steady growth plan of ten key industries, and continue to play the role of "pillar" of major industrial provinces and key provinces and cities. We will do a good job in promoting the implementation of the implementation plan for equipment renewal in the industrial field, further accelerate the implementation of major projects planned in the 14 th Five-Year Plan, and expand effective industrial investment. In-depth implementation of consumer goods "improving quality, increasing varieties and creating brands" and activities of new energy vehicles, green building materials and home appliances going to the countryside, boosting mass consumption, and actively cultivating new growth points such as smart homes and domestic products. Stabilize and expand the export of industrial products, consolidate and develop the "new three kinds" and create more export growth points.

Focus on improving the resilience and safety level of the industrial chain supply chain.An independent, controllable, safe and reliable industrial system is the prerequisite and strategic support for new industrialization. We will make overall plans to make up for shortcomings, forge long boards and strengthen foundations, fully implement high-quality development actions of key manufacturing industrial chains, and continuously enhance the toughness and competitiveness of industrial chains. In-depth implementation of industrial base reconstruction projects and major technical equipment research projects, integrated deployment, full chain promotion, "turning points into beads, beads into chains", breaking through a number of strategic landmark equipment, and continuously improving industrial base capabilities. Strengthen application traction, make good use of the first (set) of the first batch of inferior policies, and accelerate the promotion and application of innovative products and iterative upgrading. Optimize the layout of industrial chain, thoroughly implement the strategy of regional coordinated development and the strategy of main functional areas, implement special actions for the development of advanced manufacturing clusters, create a number of national new industrialization demonstration zones, give better play to the role of various parks, promote the orderly transfer of manufacturing industries in China, and promote the formation of regional industrial layout with complementary advantages and high-quality development.

  Comprehensively improve the ability of industrial scientific and technological innovation.Innovation is the fundamental driving force to promote new industrialization. Strengthen the deep integration of scientific and technological innovation and industrial innovation, enhance the ability of industrial scientific and technological innovation, give birth to new industries, new models and new formats, and develop new quality productivity. We will implement major projects of scientific and technological innovation, explore new national systems and models, and push forward major strategic technologies and product research. Strengthen the dominant position of enterprises in scientific and technological innovation, promote the gathering of various innovative elements to enterprises, promote the accelerated growth of small and medium-sized scientific and technological enterprises, and cultivate a number of leading scientific and technological enterprises. Further optimize the network of innovation platforms, increase support for manufacturing innovation centers, and build a number of experimental verification platforms and pilot platforms. Strengthen the support of industrial science and technology innovation services, improve the development policy of science and technology service industry, promote the deep integration of advanced manufacturing industry and modern service industry, and create an upgraded version of the "Torch" brand. Promote the national high-tech industrial development zone to improve quality and efficiency, give play to the role of the national independent innovation demonstration zone, and build a world-leading science and technology park and innovative highland.

  Promote the optimization and upgrading of industrial structure.The optimization and upgrading of industrial structure is the inherent requirement of new industrialization. Closely around the construction of a modern industrial system with advanced manufacturing as the backbone, adhere to both the old and the new, and promote the manufacturing industry to the middle and high end of the global value chain. Implement the guiding opinions on accelerating the transformation and upgrading of traditional industries, implement the excellent quality project of manufacturing industry, and enhance the position and competitiveness of traditional industries in the global industrial division of labor. Accelerate the extension and replenishment of strong chains in the fields of rail transit and power equipment, enhance the competitiveness of the whole industrial chain, and consolidate and enhance the leading position of advantageous industries. Make good use of the large domestic market and rich application scenarios, systematically promote technological innovation, large-scale development and application scenario construction in the fields of 5G, intelligent networked vehicles, new energy, new materials and high-end equipment, and promote the healthy and orderly development of emerging industries. Implement the implementation opinions to promote the future industrial innovation and development, create iconic products, promote the research and development and application promotion of cutting-edge technologies such as artificial intelligence, humanoid robots, metauniverse, next-generation Internet, 6G, quantum information, bio-manufacturing and deep-sea aerospace development, and build new advantages for future development.

  Promote artificial intelligence to empower new industrialization.The vigorous development and accelerated iteration of generative artificial intelligence have emerged in R&D, design, manufacturing and other fields and become an important driving force for new industrialization. Promote digital industrialization, improve the development level of integrated circuits and key software, and accelerate the integration and innovation of 5G, Internet of Things, cloud computing, big data and virtual reality. Implement the digital transformation of manufacturing industry, carry out pilot projects of digital transformation cities for small and medium-sized enterprises, and promote the popularization and application of new generation information technology in the whole chain of manufacturing industry. Promote the innovative application of artificial intelligence, with the deep integration of general artificial intelligence and manufacturing as the main line, intelligent manufacturing as the main direction and scene application as the traction, accelerate the intelligent upgrading of key industries, develop intelligent products, create an innovative ecology, and empower new industrialization at a high level. We will continue to build new infrastructure such as 5G, data center and computing power in a moderate advance, carry out the innovation and development project of industrial Internet in depth, deepen the integration and innovation of "5G+ industrial Internet", and build a number of industrial Internet platforms with global competitiveness.

  Comprehensively promote the green development of industry.Green and low carbon is the ecological background of new industrialization. We will implement the peak carbon dioxide emissions implementation plan for industrial fields and key industries, improve the industrial energy consumption structure, accelerate the research and development and promotion of energy-saving and carbon-reducing technologies, and make overall plans to promote peak carbon dioxide emissions in key industries such as steel, nonferrous metals, building materials, petrochemicals and chemicals. Build a green manufacturing and service system, implement green manufacturing projects in depth, build a number of green factories, green industrial parks and green supply chains, strengthen green manufacturing, accelerate the development of green low-carbon industries, and promote the electrification transformation of inland rivers and offshore ships. Promote resource conservation and efficient utilization, comprehensively implement circular production methods, and promote circular links and collaborative utilization among enterprises, parks, industries and regions. Accelerate the construction of a resource recycling system and promote the standardized development of renewable resources comprehensive utilization industry.

  Enhance the comprehensive strength and competitiveness of enterprises.In the final analysis, industrial development depends on enterprises, and enterprises can be strong in industry. Adhere to the "Two Unswervings" and cultivate more world-class enterprises with international competitiveness. Make state-owned enterprises stronger and better, encourage and guide central enterprises to be the "chain owners" of the industrial chain, enhance their core functions and improve their core competitiveness. Promote the development of private economy and cultivate a number of head enterprises with ecological dominance and industrial chain control. Adhere to equal emphasis on management and service, give equal attention to development and assistance, improve the working system, policies and regulations system, service system and operation monitoring system of small and medium-sized enterprises, and cultivate more specialized and innovative small and medium-sized enterprises, "little giant" enterprises and single champion enterprises in manufacturing industry. Improve the long-term mechanism to solve the problem of arrears of accounts of small and medium-sized enterprises. Promote the development of large, medium and small enterprises, guide large enterprises to open scenarios and innovative elements to small and medium-sized enterprises, support and promote the innovation of small and medium-sized enterprises, and build an enterprise innovation and development ecology in which large, medium and small enterprises are interdependent and mutually promoting.

  Improve the modernization level of industrial governance.Unswervingly deepen reform and open wider to the outside world, improve and perfect the institutional mechanism and policy environment to promote the high-quality development of manufacturing industry, and upgrade the modernization level of industrial governance system and governance capacity. Adhere to the direction of socialist market economy reform, promote the construction of a unified national market, deepen the reform of factor marketization, accelerate the cultivation of new factor markets such as data, and guide resource elements such as technology, capital and talents to concentrate on the real economy, especially the manufacturing industry. Expand high-level opening up, make good use of domestic and international markets and resources, "bring in" with higher quality and "go out" with higher level, and cultivate new advantages for China to participate in international cooperation and competition. Improve industrial policies, optimize the implementation methods of industrial policies, and strengthen the coordination between industrial policies and policies such as finance, finance, trade and talents. Strengthen accurate and effective financial services, deepen the integration of production and operation, and promote a virtuous circle of science and technology industry finance. We will build a team of high-quality talents and train a large number of outstanding engineers, craftsmen from big countries and more highly skilled talents. Improve the legal system of industry and informatization, and strengthen the construction of standard system. Inherit and carry forward the great spirit and fine traditions such as the spirit of "two bombs and one satellite", manned spaceflight, entrepreneurship and craftsman spirit, and condense the majestic power to promote new industrialization.