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Notice of China National Intellectual Property Administration on continuously and strictly regulating the behavior of patent application

Notice of China National Intellectual Property Administration on continuously and strictly regulating the behavior of patent application
Guo Zhi Fa Bao Zi [2022] No.7

Intellectual property offices of all provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the Central Government and Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, Sichuan Intellectual Property Service Promotion Center and relevant local centers; All departments of China National Intellectual Property Administration Bureau, all departments of the Patent Office, other directly affiliated units of the Bureau and various social organizations:

High-quality development is the theme of China’s economic and social development in the 14 th Five-Year Plan and even in a longer period, which is related to the overall situation of China’s socialist modernization. Cracking down on abnormal patent applications is not only an important measure to implement the decision-making arrangements of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council, but also an inevitable requirement to maintain the stable operation of the intellectual property system, strengthen intellectual property protection and promote high-quality development. In 2021, local intellectual property management departments optimized the patent assessment index system, cleaned up and improved various patent-related incentive policies and qualification assessment policies, and severely cracked down on abnormal patent applications, achieving phased results. However, there are still some problems in some places, such as insufficient attention to standardizing patent applications, insufficient understanding of the dangers of abnormal patent applications, limited supervision of agencies, imperfect relevant working mechanisms, and outstanding abnormal patent applications. In order to further solve the pain points in work, establish and improve a long-term mechanism, promote the formation of joint efforts of up-and-down linkage and collaborative governance, eliminate abnormal patent application behavior that does not aim at protecting innovation, standardize the order of patent application, and effectively promote China’s transformation from a big country that introduces intellectual property rights to a big country that creates it, and from pursuing quantity to improving quality, relevant matters are hereby notified as follows:

First, continue to improve and improve the information communication mechanism.China National Intellectual Property Administration regularly reports information about abnormal patent applications, withdrawals, complaint handling, the proportion of high-quality patent applications and abnormal patent applications, the proportion of authorization in the closing of invention patents and the proportion of invalidation after only paying the annual fee for the first year after authorization. The abnormal patent application problem is outstanding, depending on the circumstances in the China National Intellectual Property Administration municipal government website and related media public, to be informed. Support business environment innovation pilot cities to study and establish a linkage mechanism for rapid disposal of abnormal patent applications, smooth information exchange channels, and realize the first-time notification, first-time treatment and first-time feedback of abnormal patent applications. The provincial intellectual property management departments should regularly summarize the reported cases, clues of key issues, the handling of active verification and reporting clues, the formulation and adjustment of funding policies, etc., and submit them to China National Intellectual Property Administration in a timely manner. Local intellectual property management departments should take the initiative to inform the departments of science and technology, education and health about abnormal patent applications.

Second, strengthen the precise management of patent application behavior.Improve the efficient and accurate investigation mechanism for abnormal patent applications and promote the establishment of a precise management system for patent applications. The provincial intellectual property management departments clearly define the conditions, procedures and exit mechanism for inclusion in the list of precise management, strictly verify the R&D situation and innovation ability of relevant units and individuals, and submit them to China National Intellectual Property Administration for review and publicity. China National Intellectual Property Administration will reduce the frequency of abnormal patent applications for listed applicants. If the applicant on the list has an abnormal patent application, China National Intellectual Property Administration will remove it from the list, and the local intellectual property management departments will deal with it severely according to the law.

Third, improve the active verification and reporting mechanism.All local intellectual property management departments should continue to increase the active verification of abnormal patent applications. All intellectual property protection centers, fast rights protection centers and patent agencies should establish working mechanisms in patent acceptance, pre-trial and enterprise filing, and actively investigate abnormal patent application behaviors. Local intellectual property management departments should set up special lines, strengthen the role of special lines, and encourage the public to report abnormal patent application behavior, illegal index setting and funding incentive policies.

Fourth, strengthen hierarchical and classified governance.The local intellectual property management departments shall focus on the units and individuals that submit abnormal patent applications within their respective jurisdictions, such as project declaration, funding incentives, pre-trial services, priority review, etc., and carry out classified rectification according to different situations. If there is no objection to the applicants, they shall urge them to withdraw voluntarily; If there are objections to the applicant, guide the timely submission of complaint materials and follow up the handling of the complaint; For those who refuse to withdraw and submit the complaint materials and sufficient written evidence, the local intellectual property management departments shall strictly deal with them according to the circumstances, cancel the qualification of enjoying the relevant local preferential policies, cancel the qualification of declaring the national intellectual property demonstration and advantageous enterprises, the enterprises registered in the intellectual property protection center, and the qualification of declaring, participating in or winning the China Patent Award.

Five, strengthen the governance of key violations.All local intellectual property management departments should focus on the key clues of suspected violations of laws and regulations, such as an unusually large number of applications, fraudulent use of other people’s information, repeated applications for abnormal patents, profiteering and selling abnormal patent applications, and patent applications by "three noes" shell companies with no R&D investment, R&D personnel and no production and operation, continue to overcome difficulties, increase disposal efforts, dig deep into the root causes of the problems, and strengthen comprehensive rectification.

Sixth, strengthen departmental collaborative governance.It is necessary to cooperate with and support the departments of science and technology, education and industrial informatization to further improve and perfect the evaluation standards related to patent work, strengthen the evaluation of patent quality in the evaluation and identification of work management, effectively use the patent evaluation report, and highlight the quality orientation. It is necessary to cooperate with market supervision, science and technology, finance and other departments to gradually reduce all kinds of financial support for patent authorization by at least 25 percentage points every year until it is completely cancelled before 2025. The number of patent applications and authorizations shall not be directly regarded as the main conditions for enjoying the reward or qualification evaluation policy. Resolutely put an end to repeated funding, over-funding, zero-clearing incentives, disguised funding, and large-scale incentives. All local intellectual property management departments should cooperate with market supervision, public security, credit supervision and other departments to check the clues of key issues suspected of violating laws and regulations in the field of abnormal patent application and deal with them strictly according to law.

Seven, strengthen the credit supervision in the field of patent application.Promote the revision of relevant laws, regulations and rules such as the detailed rules for the implementation of the patent law, and provide a strong legal guarantee for effectively cracking down on abnormal application behavior and strengthening the credit supervision of intellectual property rights. We will implement the Measures for the Administration of the List of Serious Violations of Laws and Trustworthiness in Market Supervision and Management and relevant policy documents, and list the submission of abnormal patents and engaging in illegal patent agency acts as acts of dishonesty according to laws and regulations, and manage and publicize them.

Eight, strengthen the supervision of agency behavior.Deepen special rectification actions, and constantly increase the crackdown on the agency of abnormal patent applications and unqualified patent agents. Strengthen the sharing of regulatory information on abnormal patent application agency behavior between regions, and improve the efficiency of cross-regional supervision. Strengthen cooperation with relevant regulatory authorities, give full play to the advantages of comprehensive supervision, strengthen supervision over illegal activities such as engaging in abnormal patent application agency, and improve supervision efficiency. Strengthen the performance appraisal of local agency supervision work, compact local supervision responsibility, promote local supervision power allocation, and strengthen the guarantee of working conditions.

All local intellectual property management departments should further unify their thinking and understanding, strengthen their sense of responsibility, give full play to the vertical linkage between provinces and cities and the horizontal synergy of departments, establish a long-term governance mechanism, and promote the continuous and in-depth implementation of the work; It is necessary to actively publicize the progress and effectiveness of the work, interpret policies and measures, expose typical cases, popularize useful experiences, guide the public to consciously resist abnormal patent applications, and protect and use intellectual property rights legally, reasonably and fully.

I hereby inform you.

China National Intellectual Property Administration
January 24, 2022

National Health and Wellness Commission： Trace element detection should not be taken as a physical examination item for children.

　　CCTV News:The National Health and Wellness Commission recently issued a notice, stressing that non-diagnostic treatment needs not to carry out trace element testing for children, and trace element testing should not be used as a physical examination item for children.

　　Trace elements refer to minerals with a content less than 0.01% of body weight. Although the amount is small, it affects human health. For example, zinc deficiency may cause children’s growth retardation and decreased immune function; Iodine is an important trace element to maintain thyroid function. Long-term insufficient and excessive intake will do harm to health. Some parents are worried that children’s lack of trace elements will affect their growth and development, and some medical institutions have also included this test in the routine items of children’s physical examination.

　　However, experts believe that according to the current living standard, as long as complementary food is reasonably added to the baby, there is generally no shortage of trace elements. Even for older children, normal diet can meet the demand for trace elements. In addition, the application of trace element detection is very narrow, and it is usually used for the auxiliary diagnosis of heavy metal poisoning such as excessive blood lead in children, as well as severe malnutrition and other diseases. However, in recent years, this technology has been abused. In order to promote drugs and health products, some pharmacies and maternal and child stores provide free trace element testing for customers, using "finger-pinching" or taking hair as a specimen for testing.

　　Experts say that these detection methods are unreliable, and the relatively accurate method is blood test, but trace elements still exist in tissue fluid in large quantities, and the concentration in blood sometimes doesn’t explain anything. For example, the calcium content in blood is not only very small, but also easily influenced by diet and metabolism, which is of little reference significance for monitoring children’s growth and development.

Ministry of Industry and Information Technology： We should make every effort to promote steady industrial growth, stabilize enterprise expectations and boost industry confidence.

On July 25th, the symposium of responsible comrades of the national industrial and information technology authorities was held in Beijing. The meeting thoroughly studied the spirit of the series of important speeches by the Supreme Leader General Secretary, comprehensively implemented the spirit of the 20th Party Congress and the spirit of Politburo meeting of the Chinese Communist Party, summed up the work since this year, analyzed the current situation, deployed key tasks in the next stage, solidly promoted new industrialization, accelerated the construction of a manufacturing power and a network power, and ensured the full completion of the annual objectives and tasks. Jin Zhuanglong, Party Secretary and Minister of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, attended the meeting and delivered a speech. Zhang Kejian, member of the party group, vice minister and director of the State Bureau of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense, presided over the meeting. Wang Jiangping and Xin Guobin, members of the party group and vice ministers, Ye Min, member of the party group and head of the discipline inspection and supervision team stationed in the Ministry, Xu Xiaolan, vice minister, Zhang Yunming, member of the party group and director of the State Tobacco Monopoly Bureau, Zhang Jianmin, chief engineer of the Ministry, and Gao Dongsheng, chief economist of the Ministry attended the meeting.

The meeting pointed out that since the beginning of this year, under the strong leadership of the CPC Central Committee with the Supreme Leader as the core, industrial and information systems have been developed.Adhere to the guidance of Socialism with Chinese characteristics Thought of the Supreme Leader in the New Era, comprehensively implement the spirit of the 20th Party Congress,Carry out in-depth education on studying and implementing the theme of Socialism with Chinese characteristics Thought of the Supreme Leader in the new era,In accordance with the arrangements made by the Central Economic Work Conference and the two sessions of the National People’s Congress, we implemented the tasks of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council, adhered to the general tone of striving for progress while maintaining stability, implemented the new development concept completely, accurately and comprehensively, accelerated the construction of a new development pattern, made great efforts to promote high-quality development, and made positive progress in all key tasks.Promote the steady recovery of the industrial economy,In the first half of the year, the added value of industrial enterprises above designated size increased by 3.8% year-on-year, and that of manufacturing enterprises above designated size increased by 4.2% year-on-year.Solidly promote innovation in key areas,Important progress has been made in tackling key technical products. The C919 large passenger plane has been put into commercial operation, and the first domestic large cruise ship has been successfully docked.Vigorously cultivate advanced manufacturing clusters,Start the cultivation and upgrading of national advanced manufacturing clusters.Promote high-end, intelligent and green development,There are more than 270,000 industrial Internet logo analysis system service enterprises, more than 240 influential industrial Internet platforms, and nearly 8,000 digital workshops and smart factories have been built in various places.Promote the orderly transfer of manufacturing industry,Hold docking activities for manufacturing transfer and development and promote the signing of a number of major projects.Solidly promote the specialized and innovative development of small and medium-sized enterprises,Improve the policy of benefiting enterprises, optimize enterprise services, continue to do a good job in preventing and resolving the arrears of accounts for small and medium-sized enterprises, strengthen the cultivation of specialized and new small and medium-sized enterprises, and promote the development of large and medium-sized enterprises to achieve new results.Promote the high-quality development of the information and communication industry,A total of 2.937 million 5G base stations have been built and opened, and 110 "Gigabit Cities" have been built. The application of "5G+ Industrial Internet" convergence has been accelerated, and the tasks of communication services, network security and radio security for major events have been successfully completed.Comprehensively promote open cooperation,China-ASEAN Forum on Emerging Industries was successfully held.

The meeting stressed that to do a good job in the next stage, the whole system should adhere to the guidance of Socialism with Chinese characteristics Thought of the Supreme Leader in the New Era.Fully implement the spirit of the 20th Party Congress and the spirit of Politburo meeting of the Chinese Communist Party, take the theme education as an opportunity, conscientiously implement the decision-making arrangements of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council, and do a solid job in the implementation of the 14th Five-Year Plan, industrial base reconstruction, major technical equipment research, industrial science and technology innovation, industrial structure optimization and upgrading, information and communication industry development, national defense science and technology industry capacity building, and stable development of the tobacco industry, so as to ensure the completion of the annual objectives and tasks and promote the quality and effectiveness of the industrial economy.

The meeting stressed that we should make every effort to promote steady industrial growth,Do a good job in publicizing and implementing the work plan for steady growth of key industries, study policies and measures to promote technological transformation, improve the normalized communication mechanism with enterprises, give full play to the joint efforts of various policies, stabilize enterprise expectations and boost industry confidence.Effectively ensure that key industrial chains are autonomous and controllable,Strengthen overall scheduling and supervision, compact the responsibilities of all parties, improve industrial policies, strengthen the construction of talent teams, and enhance the quality of industrial development and the advantages of the whole industry chain.Pay close attention to the transformation and upgrading of traditional industries,In-depth implementation of the "three products" action of increasing varieties, improving quality and creating brands, promoting the excellent quality project of manufacturing industry, accelerating digital transformation, building a waste recycling system, promoting green and low-carbon development, striving to improve the level of high-end, intelligent and green, and doing a good job in industrial transfer.Focus on cultivating and expanding emerging industries,Do a good job in the construction of the national manufacturing innovation center, enhance the ability of industrial scientific and technological innovation, strengthen the forward-looking layout of future industries such as general artificial intelligence, 6G and quantum technology, and create new competitive advantages.Promote the specialized and innovative development of small and medium-sized enterprises,Thoroughly implement the "Opinions on Promoting the Development and Growth of Private Economy", adhere to the "Two Unswervings", pay equal attention to management and service, and give equal attention to assistance and development, further promote the special action to clean up the accounts owed to small and medium-sized enterprises, speed up the digital transformation of small and medium-sized enterprises, strengthen the construction of public service system for small and medium-sized enterprises, and enhance the sense of enterprise acquisition.Strengthen research on major issues in the fields of industry and information technology, such as new industrialization,Strengthen theoretical interpretation, plan ideas and measures, enrich work grasp, and enhance work foresight, initiative and creativity. Strengthen the construction of data mining ability, case analysis ability and problem judgment ability, and continuously improve the level of industrial economic operation analysis. Improve the industrial policy system in the new development stage, constantly optimize the implementation mode of industrial policies, and promote the synergy between industrial policies and policies such as finance, taxation, finance, trade, investment and talents.

The meeting stressed that to do a good job in the second half of the year, time is tight, tasks are heavy, and requirements are high. It is necessary to effectively unify thoughts and actions with the decision-making and deployment of the CPC Central Committee.Promote the theme education to go deeper and deeper, build the soul by learning, increase wisdom by learning, correct the wind by learning, promote dry by learning, and promote high-quality development with new weather and new actions to achieve new results.To master the correct working strategies and methods,Daxing investigates and studies, plans some tractive and provocative work, strengthens departmental coordination and departmental linkage, fully mobilizes the enthusiasm of all parties, strengthens the exchange and promotion of local typical experiences, and solidly promotes key tasks to make progress from time to time and achieve results on schedule.We should put formalism and bureaucracy in a more prominent position,We will build a dam to implement the spirit of the eight central regulations and their detailed rules for implementation, and continue to rectify the "four winds".We should get up the spirit of starting a business,Vigorously carry forward the spirit of "two bombs and one satellite", the spirit of manned spaceflight, the spirit of artisans, etc., advocate a strict and meticulous work style, unity and cooperation, professionalism and standardization, and firmly hold the three red lines of "honesty, confidentiality and safety".We must adhere to the people first and life first., do a solid job in the protection of communication facilities and emergency communication support, coordination and support of industrial and credit emergency products, carry out in-depth investigation and rectification of potential safety hazards in key industries, and resolutely prevent serious and serious production safety accidents.

Responsible comrades of the competent departments of industry and information technology in Beijing, Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Sichuan and Hunan made exchange speeches. Responsible comrades of the Discipline Inspection and Supervision Team of the State Commission for Discipline Inspection of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection in the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, responsible comrades of the competent departments of industry and information technology in all provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the Central Government and Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, responsible comrades of the Comprehensive Department of the State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense, the Office of the State Tobacco Monopoly Bureau, and various departments of ministries and agencies, and responsible comrades of party and government in subordinate units and universities attended the meeting.

Ministry of Industry and Information Technology： Resolutely and severely investigate and punish violations in the field of information and communication

Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, March 16 (Reporter Gao Kang, Zhang Xinxin) According to the information released by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology on the 16th, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology will severely investigate and deal with a group of apps and enterprises that have recently been exposed by the media for collecting personal information through harassing calls, and order the basic telecommunications enterprises to immediately shut down the voice lines of these illegal enterprises to make harassing calls, stop the transparent transmission of illegal numbers, and strengthen the standardized management of communication resources.

It is understood that the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology will check and deal with call center enterprises such as Yige Technology, Yilong Core, Secondy Technology and Lingwo Network, which are involved in violations. At the same time, the linkage disposal mechanism of Application stores was launched, requiring Tencent, Baidu, Huawei, Xiaomi, 360 and other major domestic Application stores to completely remove the "Social Security Pocket Pass" app, and check and deal with Hangzhou Dijin Network Technology Co., Ltd., the main body responsible for the "Social Security Pocket Pass" mobile app, and fully organize the investigation and testing of similar apps, and request rectification for similar problems.

The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, together with relevant departments, will continue to promote the special campaign to comprehensively rectify harassing calls and strengthen the source management, aiming at jointly cutting off the interest chain of harassing calls and creating a good communication environment. We will continue to strengthen the protection of personal information of telecommunications and Internet users, severely investigate and deal with enterprises involved in accordance with laws and regulations, and include enterprises that violate the rules in the list of bad telecommunications business operations.

Micro-observation of current politics： Feeling China’s economic vitality from the annual ＂report card＂

　　On January 17, 2023, China’s annual "report card" was announced — —

　　The annual GDP exceeded 126 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 5.2%; The national urban survey unemployment rate decreased by 0.4 percentage points over the previous year; The per capita disposable income of the national residents actually increased by 6.1% year-on-year & hellip; … The main expected goals were successfully achieved.

　　This "report card" is hard to come by.

　　In 2023, the international environment is complex and severe, and the tasks of domestic reform, development and stability are arduous and arduous, and the complexity and challenge of economic work have not been seen for many years. On the one hand, the world economy continues to slump, the global industrial chain supply chain is profoundly adjusted, and the international circulation faces some difficulties and challenges; On the other hand, problems such as insufficient domestic effective demand, overcapacity in some industries, weak social expectations, and still many hidden risks need to be solved urgently.

　　Facing the complicated and severe international environment and the arduous and arduous tasks of domestic reform, development and stability, under the strong leadership of the CPC Central Committee with the Supreme Leader as the core, China’s overall economic recovery has been solidly promoted to good and high-quality development, and solid steps have been taken to build a socialist modern country in an all-round way.

　　Through this annual "report card", Current Affairs Micro-observation takes you to feel the pulse of China’s economic development.

　　Economic structure — —

　　Constantly optimize and actively promote transformation and upgrading.

　　Recently, at the 2024 annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, China’s global green and low-carbon transformation plan received wide attention. Previously, GAC Ai ‘an Intelligent Ecological Factory was selected as the "Global Lighthouse Network" of the World Economic Forum in Davos, becoming the only new energy vehicle lighthouse factory in the world.

　　In recent years, Guangzhou Automobile Group has continuously promoted manufacturing intelligence. From factories to products, from parts to vehicles, from research and development to systems, the company is making every effort to lay out an "intelligent" industrial chain. The fully automatic production line supports the mixed production of customized products and spot products, and a customized new car can be rolled off the assembly line every 53 seconds.

　　△ Assembly production line of Guangzhou Automobile Aian New Energy Automobile Co., Ltd.

　　In April 2023, when General Secretary of the Supreme Leader visited Guangzhou Automobile Research Institute, he pointed out: "The economy should develop continuously, and there should be no ups and downs. What is very important here is science and technology, education and talents. "

　　Guided by scientific and technological innovation, China’s manufacturing industry has embarked on a new track of high-end, intelligent and green development.

　　New energy vehicles also ran out of acceleration. In 2023, China’s automobile production and sales exceeded 30 million, ranking first in the world for 15 consecutive years; The production and sales volume of new energy vehicles ranked first in the world for nine consecutive years, and the export volume reached a new high. The export volume of electric manned vehicles increased by 67.1% year-on-year.

　　Further promote the green and low-carbon transformation, China will also form a huge development increment in the fields of green infrastructure, green energy, green transportation and green life. According to estimates, the investment and consumption market will reach 10 trillion yuan every year, with great potential.

　　△ On December 31, 2023, tourists visited Harbin Ice and Snow World Park.

　　From the economic "report card" in 2023, we can also see that as the "main engine" to promote economic growth, China’s consumer market has recovered. The total retail sales of social consumer goods exceeded 47 trillion yuan, an increase of 7.2% over the previous year, a record high; The contribution rate of final consumption expenditure to economic growth reached 82.5%, an increase of 43.1 percentage points over the previous year.

　　From Zibo BBQ "one is hard to find" to "southern potato" courageously breaking into Harbin, from long queues of catering stores to the fastest record of breaking 10 billion yuan at the movie box office … … With the full recovery of normal operation of economy and society, consumption has become the main driving force of economic growth again.

　　△ On March 26th, 2023, the first "beautiful countryside" Basketball League Finals was held.

　　The recovery of consumption benefited from the strong support of the super-large market with a population of more than 1.4 billion in China.

　　The Central Economic Work Conference regards "focusing on expanding domestic demand" as one of the key economic tasks in 2024, and calls for stimulating potential consumption, expanding effective investment, and forming a virtuous circle in which consumption and investment promote each other.

　　At present, there are many favorable conditions to support the sustained recovery of consumption. For example, the advantages of super-large-scale market are still obvious, and consumption hotspots such as recreational tourism and sports events are heating up. In addition, the integration of urban and rural development and the advancement of urbanization have provided broad space for consumption growth.

　　People’s livelihood security — —

　　Powerful and effective, and the overall employment price is stable.

　　"Our goal is grand and simple. In the final analysis, it is to let the people live a better life." In his New Year message, the General Secretary of the Supreme Leader said with deep affection, "The upbringing and education of children, the employment of young people and the medical care for the elderly are family affairs and state affairs. We should work together to do these things well."

　　Through the 2023 economic "report card", we can feel the temperature and intensity of China’s economic development — —

　　In 2023, the per capita disposable income of residents increased by 6.1% year-on-year, and the income of urban and rural residents increased steadily; We made every effort to stabilize the overall employment situation. In the first 11 months, 11.8 million new jobs were created in cities and towns across the country, an increase of 350,000 over the same period last year.

　　△ On January 5, 2024, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region Employment Assistance Month special service activity site.

　　Employment is the foundation of people’s livelihood and concerns thousands of families. Since 2023, the funds directly supported by governments at all levels in China have exceeded 200 billion yuan, and the situation of gradual improvement in employment is more obvious.

　　It is worth noting that the employment of migrant workers and other groups has been effectively guaranteed. In 2023, the total number of migrant workers reached 297.53 million, an increase of 1.91 million over the previous year, and the average unemployment rate of migrant agricultural registered population in cities and towns was 4.9%, a decrease of 0.7 percentage points over the previous year. From January to November, the number of unemployed people in cities and towns was 4.75 million, and the number of people with employment difficulties was 1.56 million.

　　The person in charge of the National Bureau of Statistics said: "The overall judgment of this year’s employment situation is that the pressure still exists, and the structural contradictions of employment in some groups and some industries will still be more prominent. However, with the economic recovery, industrial transformation and upgrading are accelerating, and the positive factors of stable employment are also accumulating, and the employment situation in China is expected to remain stable. "

　　Today’s China is more determined and capable than ever to continuously improve people’s well-being.

　　△ Old people are enjoying lunch in the elderly canteen in Qingcheng Community, Gulou District, Fuzhou City, Fujian Province.

　　At noon, the elderly canteen in Qingcheng Community, Gulou District, Fuzhou City, Fujian Province was bustling. Lunch with reasonable nutrition is steaming, and the old people can enjoy it only by spending 9.9 yuan.

　　At present, there are more than 500 canteens for the elderly in Fuzhou, benefiting more than 600,000 elderly people. "A hot meal is a trivial matter of people’s livelihood, but it is a major event for many families. By innovating the system and reforming the supply, the problem of eating difficulties for the elderly will be solved, benefiting thousands of households. " Qingcheng community staff said.

　　In Shanghai, the multi-level rental housing supply system of "one bed, one room and one suite" is enabling more "new Shanghainese" to realize their "dream of living in peace".

　　… … … …

　　Prices generally maintained a moderate rise, with investment in the production and supply of electricity, heat, gas and water increasing by 23%, and investment in agriculture by 9.3%, faster than all investment … … In 2023, China’s investment in people’s livelihood continued to increase, and people’s livelihood security was strong and effective.

　　Global contribution — —

　　Promoting stability and improving quality is the biggest engine of world economic growth.

　　Vertically, in 2023, China’s economic growth exceeded 6 trillion yuan, equivalent to the annual economic aggregate of a medium-sized country; Per capita GDP reached 89,358 yuan, an increase of 5.4% over the previous year.

　　Horizontal ratio, in 2023, China’s economic growth rate of 5.2% is higher than the estimated global growth rate of about 3%, and its contribution rate to world economic growth is expected to exceed 30%, which is still the biggest engine of world economic growth.

　　Under the background of global trade shrinking by about 5% in 2023, China’s total import and export volume is basically the same year-on-year, with a slight increase in exports, accounting for more than 14% of the international market, and its position in the world economic cycle has been consolidated and enhanced.

　　△ Guangxi Qinzhou Port Wharf

　　In winter in Guangxi, the Beibu Gulf is blue and blue, and 10,000-ton ships shuttle back and forth.

　　In 2023, the direct flights between Beibu Gulf Port, Malaysian Guan Dan Port and Brunei Mora Port were opened one after another, and the "Two Bay Express" jointly built with Guangzhou Port realized domestic and foreign trade transportation on the same ship.

　　In December last year, when General Secretary of the Supreme Leader visited Guangxi, he emphasized that "to play this game of high-quality development in Guangxi, the chess eye is on expanding opening up." "Deepen and expand cooperation with ASEAN countries in various fields, actively serve to build a China-ASEAN community of destiny, and take the initiative to accelerate development."

　　China has always insisted on common development and sharing new opportunities with other countries in the world.

　　As a major trading partner of more than 140 countries and regions, China’s total tariff level has dropped to 7.3%, which is close to that of developed WTO members. In the past five years, the rate of return of foreign direct investment in China is about 9%, which is at a high level in the world. China market has become a big market shared by the world.

　　△ China International Fair for Trade in Services site in 2023

　　Under the background of weak global economic growth, China’s domestic demand is stable, inflation remains low, the added value of manufacturing industry ranks first in the world for 14 consecutive years, and the scale of import and export is growing against the trend, which is the stabilizer of the global economy.

　　Looking ahead, the basic trend of China’s economic recovery to be good and long-term good has not changed.

　　Give full play to its unique advantages, strengthen its confidence, and constantly promote Chinese modernization with high-quality development, and China’s economic ship will surely be able to break the waves and make steady progress.

　　Producer: Geng Zhimin

　　Producer Xing Lai

　　Editor-in-Chief Ning Lili

　　Written by Luan Xiyan

　　Visual sense Jiang yuhang

Looking at Haier from China International Import Expo(CIIE)： From Single Product to Full Scene Ecological Solution

　　Magnetic proton therapeutic instrument, the first domestic ultra-high-speed centrifuge, the panoramic ecosystem for the use of hazardous chemicals, and the first global aviation temperature control industry ecological platform … At the 5th China International Import Expo (referred to as "China International Import Expo(CIIE)"), Yingkang, a big health ecological brand of Haier’s Internet of Things, made its debut with a number of cutting-edge scientific and technological innovations.

　　From the single display of scientific and technological innovation products to the self-developed innovation achievements reaching the international leading level, to the whole scene of ecological solutions landing and going to overseas markets, looking back on the three years of participating in China International Import Expo(CIIE), Gong Wenwen, the chief strategy officer of Yingkang Life, lamented the tremendous changes it brought. "China International Import Expo(CIIE) has built a bridge for global trade opening and circulation, bringing a global vision to China enterprises, not only displaying innovation achievements, but also building a platform for China enterprises to explore overseas markets and accelerating business integration and technological innovation."

　　From "0" to "1" to "n" Haier independently researched and developed to open up a new situation of industrial development.

　　In recent years, with the implementation of relevant policies and industrial planning, the medical device industry has continuously made new innovations, and medical device manufacturers have paid more and more attention to independent research and development and innovation to pry open a new situation of industrial development. Yingkang, a subsidiary of Haier, is a leader in this period.

　　The key to medical innovation lies in scientific and technological innovation. Scientific and technological innovation is the foundation of enterprise’s survival and the source of development. Only through continuous innovation and finding more new opportunities and new directions can we achieve sustainable and high-quality development.

　　The "Xiangyun" ultra-high-speed centrifuge, which is being exhibited for the first time in the world at the 5th China International Import Expo(CIIE), is one of the scientific and technological innovations independently developed by Haier Biomedical under Yingkang Lifetime. This is also the first time that China has broken through the technical bottleneck of ultra-high-speed centrifuges and has completely independent intellectual property rights.

　　As an essential instrument for the scene of sample separation in the laboratory, centrifuges are mainly used for the separation and purification of biological macromolecules, organelles and viruses, and the determination of relative molecular weight, etc. The greater the rotating speed, the finer the sample separation. The "Xiangyun" ultra-high-speed centrifuge independently developed by Haier Biomedical has a rotating speed of 50000rpm and a maximum centrifugal force of 135557xg, which can separate specific membrane proteins of tumor cells, identify tumor cells, provide a basis for the research and development of tumor-targeted drugs, and provide equipment support for the research and development of cutting-edge technologies in life sciences, medical innovation and other fields.

　　In the planning perspective of Yingkang’s life, scientific and technological innovation is not limited to the breakthrough in a single direction, but runs through the whole process of the medical and health industry chain.

　　Breakthrough begins with every obstacle on the road to localization. In the field of bio-safety, as an important part of the medical and health industrial chain, aviation temperature control is regarded as an international "life transport line". But for a long time, in the field of aviation temperature control logistics, China enterprises have always lacked industry "breakers".

　　Meng Zhigang, general manager of the aviation temperature control industry of Haier Biomedical Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Yingkang Lifetime, introduced that Haier Biomedical has surmounted the three mountains of technical barriers, no standard to follow and supply blockade in the absence of domestic experience, and overcome the technical problems of active aviation temperature control technology in terms of temperature uniformity, battery life and energy consumption, realizing accurate and uniform control of the internal temperature of the box and fully automatic real-time recording, and innovating the first active aviation temperature control container in the industry.

　　"Compared with similar foreign products, Haier Biomedical’s self-developed active aviation temperature-controlled container not only prolongs the battery life by nearly 50%, but also makes it more convenient for users to use; It has also reduced power consumption by 20%, which is more green and energy-saving. " According to the person in charge, it took Haier Biomedical only one year to complete the research, development and listing of the first product, and pushed the high-end aviation temperature control scheme in China to the world. "This is all due to Haier’s complete scientific and technological innovation system."

　　"10+N" open innovation ecosystem promotes the rapid transformation of innovation achievements

　　"Two-way integration" between industrial chain and innovation chain is the necessary way to realize the commercial value of scientific and technological innovation and the high added value of industrial chain. This is not only an important starting point to promote the conversion of old and new kinetic energy, but also a necessary way to achieve high-quality growth.

　　At present, Yingkang has formed a development model of "technological independent innovation+scene fusion innovation" all his life, which is based on tackling core technologies and driven by user needs, accelerating the iteration from technology to patent to standard, and promoting the breakthrough and innovation from "0" to "1" in the industrial field.

　　Take ——INFINI head gamma knife, a radiotherapy "sharp blade" independently developed and produced by Yingkang for example, its radiotherapy accuracy has reached nearly three times of the international standard, and it has successively obtained several authoritative certifications such as CFDA certification in China, FDA certification in the United States and SS&D certification. While ranking first in installed capacity in China, Yingkang is also the only China brand that exports gamma knives to developed countries and "Belt and Road" countries. In July of this year, this scientific and technological achievement also ushered in a rapid transformation. Yingkang Yisheng Medical Device Digital Wisdom Ecological Park officially signed a contract with Qingdao High-tech Zone, planning to integrate a large-scale medical equipment production base, a high-end medical equipment research institute and a shared laboratory, and at the same time build a CDMO medical device industry ecology.

　　According to statistics, in the past 10 years, Haier has created more than 170 original scientific and technological innovations that have a significant impact on the industry, and all the innovations have been quickly transformed into the industrial chain.

　　"Where is the user, where is the research and development." In Haier’s view, each R&D center is not a walled garden, but should build a local innovation ecosystem and cooperate with the global R&D platform. Taking R&D center and innovation center as nodes, Haier has connected various innovation platforms, forming a global contact network, which can link more than 1 million first-class technical resources. This is the idea clarified by Haier’s "10+N" open innovation ecosystem.

　　Haier’s "10+N" open innovation ecosystem, that is, in the top 10 R&D centers around the world, N innovation centers, innovation networks and an expert community of innovation partners with more than 10,000 people are connected in parallel at any time according to users’ pain points, with a total of 71 research institutes, 259 design centers and more than 1,000 laboratories, which can be said to condense global resources to promote uninterrupted innovation.

　　With the blessing of policies and the acceleration of independent innovation of domestic equipment, Yingkang will continue to be user-centered and market-oriented, increase investment in research and development of medical devices, accelerate the development of deep integration of Industry-University-Research, and look forward to working together with first-class partners at home and abroad to continuously open up new tracks for economic development and promote the high-quality development of the medical device industry.

　　From cross-border "going out to sea" to global layout, scientific and technological innovation accelerates the globalization of national brands

　　With the development of independent innovation with China characteristics, more and more national brand enterprises have gone from cross-border "going out to sea" to seeking global distribution.

　　"Take root in China and look at the world." Gong Wenwen said that Yingkang has been deeply involved in the three major industries of biotechnology, medical devices and medical services all his life. The industrial chains of two listed companies, Haier Bio and Yingkang Life, have been aggregated and coordinated, and the global layout is also advancing.

　　For example, Yingkang Life has realized the independent export of large-scale radiotherapy equipment. As mentioned above, the head gamma knife has first landed in the United States, Europe, Latin America and Asia with its unique technical advantages and excellent clinical effects. Haier Bio is actively promoting the overseas replication of the scenario model and further promoting the layout of "network+localization". At present, there are more than 700 overseas distribution networks, and the localization response ability has been continuously improved in Europe, America, Southeast Asia and other regions, and the multi-category comprehensive scheme including ultra-low temperature storage products has been continuously upgraded to cover liquid nitrogen, biosafety, biological culture and other series, which has been applied in more than 130 countries and regions around the world.

　　It is understood that at the beginning of 2022, Haier Group established a Science and Technology Committee, which will implement core scientific and technological research in five common key technical directions: green double carbon, security privacy and compliance, chips and operating systems in professional fields, AIoT/ perception and interaction, and data productivity, and break through core technical problems in industries such as smart brain, smart home operating system, industrial intelligent BaaS engine, and sophisticated radiotherapy system. Support the high-quality development of business with original, independent and controllable differentiated technologies, products and scenarios, improve and upgrade the "four-level" R&D system, and promote the continuous iteration of technological innovation, global coordination of innovation capabilities and continuous upgrading of innovation systems.

　　Incorporating into the global layout under Haier’s scientific and technological innovation, Yingkang Lifelong said that it will increase international exchanges and cooperation, explore new modes of cooperating with Industry-University-Research at home and abroad, build a global smart supply chain system, continuously improve the international and efficient market service level, create value together with partners with an open attitude, and inject new momentum into the development of the big health industry.

　　(Source: New Vision)

Last year, the price control target was achieved.

According to the data released by the National Bureau of Statistics on January 11th, in 2020, the national consumer price (CPI) rose by 2.5% compared with the previous year, and the year-on-year increase remained in the "2 range" for the third consecutive year, successfully completing the goal of "about 3.5%" proposed in the 2020 Government Work Report. In 2020, the ex-factory price (PPI) of industrial producers decreased by 1.8% compared with the previous year; In the month of December, CPI rose by 0.2% year-on-year and 0.7% quarter-on-quarter; PPI decreased by 0.4% year-on-year and increased by 1.1% quarter-on-quarter.

Price operation is "high before and low after"

Dong Lijuan, senior statistician of the Urban Department of the National Bureau of Statistics, said that in December 2020, all regions and departments consolidated and expanded the achievements of epidemic prevention and control and economic and social development, and the consumer demand of residents continued to grow. At the same time, due to special weather and rising costs, the CPI turned from falling to rising.

From a year-on-year perspective, the CPI in December 2020 changed from 0.5% in November to 0.2%. Among them, the food price changed from 2.0% in November to 1.2%, which affected the CPI increase by about 0.26 percentage points. The core CPI excluding food and energy prices rose by 0.4% year-on-year, and the growth rate dropped by 0.1 percentage point from November. From the ring comparison, CPI changed from 0.6% in November to 0.7%. Among them, the food price changed from 2.4% in November to 2.8%, which affected the CPI increase by about 0.62 percentage points.

Guo Liyan, director of the Institute of Market and Price of China Macroeconomic Research Institute, believes that the main feature of CPI operation in December 2020 is that the prices of food and energy have turned from falling to rising, contributing about 85% and 15% to the increase of CPI respectively. Among them, due to the extreme cold weather, the production and transportation in some areas are slightly blocked, and the market supply is tight. In addition, the price of pork, fresh vegetables, eggs and other foods has increased from the previous month, which is the main factor to promote the CPI recovery; Affected by the rise in international crude oil prices, gasoline and diesel prices rose slightly month-on-month, which also supported the CPI recovery to some extent. The month-on-month and year-on-year increase of core CPI excluding food and energy are basically the same as those in November 2020, indicating that the current economic operation is basically stable, the supply and demand are dynamically matched, and the stability of CPI operation is further enhanced.

"In 2020, the CPI operation showed an obvious trend of’ before high and then low’, rising by 2.5% for the whole year, maintaining a reasonable operation range, and successfully achieving the annual price control target." Guo Liyan analyzed that after the outbreak of COVID-19, according to the decision-making arrangements of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council, the relevant departments fully implemented the work of ensuring supply and stabilizing prices of key commodities for people’s livelihood, strengthened the foundation of "vegetable baskets" and "rice bags" in various places, intensified efforts to restore production and supply, and accurately put in place measures such as emergency support, reserve adjustment and import adjustment. Since the second quarter, CPI has shown a steady downward trend. Although the prices of individual commodities fluctuated in the third and fourth quarters due to seasonality, extreme weather and sporadic epidemics, the overall trend continued to decline steadily, and the annual trend was in line with expectations.

The price of industrial products continues to rise.

"In December 2020, domestic demand recovered steadily, and the prices of some international commodities continued to rise, driving the prices of industrial products to continue to rise." Dong Lijuan said.

From a year-on-year perspective, the PPI decreased by 0.4%, which was 1.1 percentage points narrower than that in November 2020. Among them, the price of means of production decreased by 0.5%, and the decline narrowed by 1.3 percentage points; The price of means of subsistence fell by 0.4%, and the decline narrowed by 0.4 percentage points.

From the ring comparison, PPI rose by 1.1%, an increase of 0.6 percentage points over the previous month. Among them, the price of means of production rose by 1.4%, an increase of 0.7 percentage points; The price of means of subsistence rose by 0.1%, the same as in November 2020. Among the major industries, affected by the international crude oil price increase and other factors, the price of oil and natural gas mining industry rose by 7.9%, the price of oil, coal and other fuel processing industry rose by 5.3%, and the price of chemical raw materials and chemical products manufacturing industry rose by 2.3%, all of which expanded, which affected the PPI to rise by about 0.37 percentage points. As the domestic market demand continues to pick up, and the prices of international commodities such as iron ore and non-ferrous metals rise more, the prices of metal-related industries continue to rise. As the temperature at the end of the year was lower than normal, the demand for heating increased rapidly, which led to the increase of gas production and supply, coal mining and washing industry by 1.3 percentage points.

Guo Liyan believes that due to the rising prices of international crude oil, iron ore, non-ferrous metals and other bulk industrial raw materials, the prices of "three blacks and one color" industries such as domestic petroleum and petrochemical related industries, ferrous and non-ferrous metal smelting and pressure processing industries have risen to varying degrees, thus supporting the PPI. The year-on-year decline has accelerated and narrowed, and it has fluctuated slightly around zero.

From the situation of the whole year, "with the acceleration of the resumption of work and production in major domestic industries, the circulation blocking points were opened in time, the supply and demand cycle and the market cycle were unblocked, and the upstream raw material prices gradually stopped falling and rebounded, returning to a reasonable fluctuation range, thus supporting the continuous narrowing of PPI year-on-year decline." Guo Liyan said.

Prices will be moderate in 2021.

Many interviewed experts believe that in 2021, CPI will show a trend of "first suppression and then promotion" and run within a reasonable range; The year-on-year increase of PPI is expected to turn from negative to positive, achieving a slight increase.

Guo Liyan believes that in early 2021, due to the high base, large negative hikes and the wrong month of the Spring Festival, the year-on-year increase of CPI may be at a low level and will remain in a reasonable operating range throughout the year. The decline of PPI will continue to narrow with the rebound of commodity price fluctuations, and it may turn from negative to positive in the first half of the year, and it is expected to increase slightly throughout the year.

Zhou Maohua, an analyst in the financial market department of China Everbright Bank, believes that CPI will show a steady upward trend in 2021. Affected by the high base in the next few months, the year-on-year increase of CPI may be in the contraction area, but then it will gradually pick up, and the price performance will be moderate throughout the year. Due to the good situation of domestic epidemic prevention and control and the continuous release of the effect of expanding domestic demand policy, China’s domestic demand will gradually return to normal level in 2021. The gradual spread of global vaccination and the introduction of unprecedented demand support policies by major economies will drive the price centers of energy and other commodities to a slightly higher level, and the prices of domestic industrial products will also gradually improve.

"Affected by the hikes and the overall weak demand, the year-on-year increase of CPI in the first quarter of 2021 may be negative. With the gradual recovery of demand, the year-on-year increase of CPI is expected to gradually return to positive after the second quarter, and inflation is expected to be moderate throughout the year. " Liu Xuezhi, a senior researcher at the Financial Research Center of Bank of Communications, believes that with the continuous acceleration of industrial production, PPI is expected to continue its upward trend, and positive growth is expected in the first quarter of 2021. (Reporter Xiong Li)

Jiang Wen Donnie Yen filmed Star Wars for children.

　　Chinese has finally appeared in the Star Wars series, and this time it’s not one, it’s not "playing soy sauce". Jiang Wen and Donnie Yen, as the most appealing stars in China at present, also appear in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, which will be released on January 6th next year. Yesterday, the film held its premiere in the Water Cube. Talking about the reasons for taking the film, the two stars also said that they took the film at the request and encouragement of their children, and they were "cool dads" in their children’s hearts.

　　Jiang Wen found the feeling of filming at school.

　　"Grand Theft Auto I" is the first independent story in the Star Wars series. The story happened before the later Jedi knights appeared. A group of warriors gathered together and planned to steal the design of the imperial weapons of mass destruction "Death Star". The film is directed by gareth edwards, the director of Godzilla. Felicity jones, diego luna, Jiang Wen, Donnie Yen, mads mikkelsen, etc.

　　Jiang Wen plays weapons expert Bates Mabus in the film. He has long hair and carries a heavy submachine gun. In the film, he didn’t believe in the "Force" at first, but only believed in the weapons in his hand. A reporter commented that Jiang Wen’s role was "the cosmic version of Zhang Mazi", and Zhang Mazi was Jiang Wen’s role in Let the Bullets Fly. "I think he’s right. I don’t object." Jiang Wen answered with a smile.

　　Talking about the filming process, Jiang Wen said that he was very happy, and the biggest feeling was that he found the feeling of "no distractions" when filming in Chinese opera school. However, when Mr. Jiang was stood up on the set, he once went to the scene to shoot at 4 am, and the filming didn’t start until 4 pm.

　　Jiang Wen’s greatest sense of accomplishment comes from his children. His son has been asking to attend the premiere. "I suddenly became cool in the hearts of children." Regarding the role played by Jiang Wen, diego luna, the leading actor, said that Bates, played by Jiang Wen, was a warm man and middle-aged uncle. "I really want to hug him."

　　Because Jiang Wen is busy filming his new film "Xia Yin", yesterday’s premiere was the only publicity activity he participated in recently. "People always say that I am a villain, but I really have something to do." When Donnie Yen said "welcome" to the foreign star, Jiang Wen interrupted: "(Beijing) is not your home, it is our home." He revealed that it was the winter solstice, and after the premiere, the actors would be invited to eat jiaozi together.

　　Donnie Yen designed the role of the blind for himself.

　　"I have played so many plays, and only this time the child strongly asked me to take him to the premiere." Donnie Yen said that, with the encouragement of her children, she also served as the piano accompaniment of the China version of the promotion song "The Faith of Decisiveness" sung by Jam Hsiao. Donnie Yen plays a blind monk, Qilu Yingwei, who is skilled in martial arts. Donnie Yen revealed that the original design of this role was not blind, but after communicating with the director, he thought that this character would be "more interesting" if it had physical defects. This is also the first time that he plays a blind person. He has to wear contact lenses during the filming. After wearing them, he finds that he is "more painful than expected". He has to take them off every three hours and rest for 20 minutes. The glasses also affect his visual communication with other actors. "I can’t see clearly, which affects eye contact and can’t find a reaction point. I underestimated the difficulty of playing a blind person."

　　Director Edwards said that "Grand Theft Auto 1" is a brand-new independent story, and it will be a great success if the audience comes home after watching it and is interested in watching the Star Wars series again.

　　Edwards wants Grand Theft Auto 1 to have a rough sense of reality in style, just like his directorial debut Monster. "I want this film to look more natural, realistic and vivid, just like a real world."

　　Our reporter Wang Jinyue Photography Ji Chen

Is Qualcomm Huawei’s only choice because of the urgent need for chips？

Without Kirin’s high-end chips, the only choice for Huawei’s flagship to maintain the competitiveness of high-end products in the Android camp is Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 series flagship chips.

Even under the current gloom, Qualcomm and Huawei, the two leading enterprises in the communication industry between China and the United States, still have a balance point of competition and cooperation.

Kirin chip is about to stop production

Cooking without rice, sighing. Yu Chengdong, CEO of Huawei Terminal, admitted a few days ago that due to the second round of sanctions imposed by the US government, Huawei chips will stop production after September 15th. Mate 40, Huawei’s upcoming flagship product, will be equipped with Kirin 9000 chip (originally named as 1020) with 5nm technology, but it is also the last generation of chips that TSMC OEM for Huawei, unless the US government lifts the sanctions against Huawei.

Although Kirin chip itself has made many technological breakthroughs, in the field of chip manufacturing, the process of domestic chip manufacturers in China still lags behind the mainstream of the industry, which can not meet the demand of high-end Kirin chips developed by Huawei based on 5nm process. Last year, the first wave of sanctions in the United States did not affect TSMC, the foundry of Huawei’s Kirin chip. However, the second wave of sanctions in May this year finally forced TSMC to "cut off supply" to Huawei, which also made Kirin 9000 a swan song without a manufacturing factory.

Previously, Google was forced to stop providing Google services for Huawei’s mobile phones, which has caused Huawei’s new products to suffer a heavy blow in overseas markets (the models before sanctions can continue to be sold); This time, TSMC has no choice but to cut off the supply, which makes the future of Huawei’s flagship suffer a drastic cut, including the production capacity of Mate 40. This is undoubtedly a huge blow to Huawei, which just topped the global smartphone shipment list in the second quarter of this year.

However, the US government’s second round of sanctions against Huawei was issued on May 15th, giving Huawei a four-month buffer time, which came into effect on September 15th. In other words, TSMC will no longer accept new orders from Huawei after May 15th, and will no longer supply Huawei after September 15th. During these four months, Huawei has already made preparations, and the patent licensing agreement with Qualcomm is one of the key steps.

Finally reached an authorization agreement.

On July 30th, when Qualcomm released its financial report, it announced that it had reached a multi-year patent licensing agreement with Huawei, so Qualcomm will count $1.8 billion in patent licensing revenue in the fourth fiscal quarter. It should be emphasized that this fee is the licensing fee accumulated by Huawei since 2017, covering 3G and 4G LTE patents, not the future licensing fee for both parties. Boosted by this news, Qualcomm’s share price rose sharply from less than $93 on July 29th to $108 at present, and its market value also reached a new high.

In January 2017, after Apple filed a patent lawsuit against Qualcomm, it suspended the payment of patent licensing fees to Qualcomm. Qualcomm subsequently sued Apple iPhone for patent infringement, and successfully applied to ban the sale of some models of iPhone in Germany and China. In April of that year, Huawei also postponed the patent licensing fee for Qualcomm, but the relationship between the two parties was not as tense as that between Apple and Qualcomm. The two companies reached an interim agreement, and Huawei still paid part of the patent fees to Qualcomm regularly (paying $150 million every quarter) during the negotiation between the two parties.

In April last year, Apple and Qualcomm reached a settlement and multi-year patent licensing agreement, and paid a total of $4.7 billion in patent fees that were overdue for more than two years. In addition, Apple will purchase 5G baseband chips from Qualcomm for the iPhone 12 series released this year. Now Qualcomm has reached patent licensing agreements with all major OEMs, and Huawei is actually the last one to reach an agreement. A patent agreement with Huawei may bring as much significance to Qualcomm as a licensing agreement with Apple.

In addition to receiving $1.8 billion in patent fees payable, Qualcomm has completed the patent licensing agreement with major manufacturers in the whole smart phone industry. From 3G to 4LTE, and then into the 5G era, Qualcomm has always firmly occupied the leading position in the development of the smart phone industry by virtue of its basic invention advantages. In the field of communication technology, patent strength is not simply measured by quantity, but by quality. Although the absolute number of patents in the field of 5G in Qualcomm is not one of the best, most of them are core patents with higher quality and value.

Why pay Qualcomm?

This licensing agreement is also of great significance to Huawei. On the issue of patents, the two mobile communication giants actually have the same consensus: only by respecting intellectual property rights and paying for patents can we have enough revenue to ensure technological innovation, promote the development of the communication industry and form a virtuous circle. Both companies have invested 15%-20% of their annual revenue in technological innovation, and only in exchange for tens of thousands of communication technology patents have they become the two major innovators leading the 5G communication industry.

As an industry leader in the field of carrier equipment, Huawei also has a strong patent pool for communication technology and has reached extensive cross-licensing agreements with major telecom operators around the world. Huawei also has a large number of patents to seek authorized revenue, and its intellectual property rights need to be respected by its partners. Since 2015, Huawei has accumulated nearly $1.5 billion in patent licensing revenue. Earlier this year, Huawei also filed a patent lawsuit against Verizon, the largest mobile operator in the United States, demanding that the latter pay a patent licensing fee of up to $1 billion.

Huawei has spanned both telecom operators and consumer terminals, while Qualcomm is not involved in the manufacturing of terminals and basic equipment. This is the fundamental reason why Huawei must pay the patent licensing fee to Qualcomm. However, considering that both Huawei and Qualcomm have a large number of patents that need cross-licensing, perhaps Huawei is the most powerful manufacturer in the smart phone industry. However, as the largest manufacturer in the smart phone industry, the patent licensing fee paid by Huawei to Qualcomm with an annual shipment of more than 200 million units will not be a small number.

In the past three years, Huawei has been the fastest growing manufacturer in the smart phone industry, surpassing Apple and Samsung, and finally topped the industry in the second quarter of this year. Although it was banned by the US government last year, which slowed down the growth of Huawei’s mobile phones, it did not stop the rise of Huawei’s mobile phones. According to Yu Chengdong, the US ban last year caused Huawei to ship 60 million mobile phones less. In the first half of this year, Huawei’s consumer business realized revenue of 255.8 billion yuan and mobile phone shipments of 105 million units.

Huawei’s flagship is short of chips.

However, the chip is the "Achilles heel" of Huawei’s mobile phone. Huawei cannot cover every aspect of the chip industry. After TSMC was unable to OEM Kirin high-end chips for Huawei due to the ban, Huawei urgently needs to find a new chip supply for its flagship mobile phone to fill the supply chain gap of its high-end product line. And they only have three choices: Samsung, MediaTek and Qualcomm.

MediaTek was originally a supplier of Huawei chips. Earlier this month, the media reported that Huawei and MediaTek signed a cooperation intention and purchase order, and will purchase 120 million chips from MediaTek. However, a large number of MediaTek chips can be used in the low-end market, but there is no guarantee that Huawei’s flagship will continue to ensure its hard-won competitiveness in the high-end market.

It is also unlikely that Samsung will supply Orion to Huawei’s flagship. On the one hand, Samsung does not have a history of supplying Orion chips to the outside world on a large scale, nor does it have the corresponding customer support capabilities. Because the supply of chips is not only a simple sales volume, but also requires extensive technical cooperation and support. On the other hand, Huawei is Samsung’s main competitor at present. In the Android flagship market, Huawei’s two flagship P series and Mate series are almost in direct competition with Samsung’s S series and Note series. It is no exaggeration to say that supplying Huawei is a direct blow to the sales of its flagship products. Previously, Samsung, which also has the OEM capability of 5nm chips, also refused to OEM Kirin chips for Huawei.

As far as the current reality is concerned, without Kirin’s high-end chip, the only choice for Huawei’s flagship to maintain the competitiveness of high-end products in the Android camp is Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 series flagship chip, which is also the general processor of all high-end flagships in the Android camp. Although some unique functions of Kirin chip can no longer be realized, at least Huawei can stand on a competitive platform with other Android manufacturers and form a differentiated advantage through its own research and development accumulation. Crucially, Qualcomm doesn’t set foot in the terminal business himself, and has always maintained close cooperation with mainstream mobile phone manufacturers in China such as Xiaomi, OPPO and vivo, and is also a long-term chip supplier of Huawei. The business model determines that Qualcomm is happy to see Huawei’s flagship continue to maintain strong sales with the support of Snapdragon’s 8 series chips.

Qualcomm openly opposes the ban.

As early as the end of May this year, John Vinh, an analyst at KeyBanc Capital in the United States, predicted that Huawei would soon reach a patent licensing agreement with Qualcomm, and would also purchase Snapdragon 8 series chips from Qualcomm to make up for the supply difficulties of its Hisilicon chips due to the limited supply chain. According to mainstream media reports in the United States, Qualcomm has been lobbying the US government for the past few months, hoping to obtain an export license from the BIS of the US Department of Commerce to supply Snapdragon mobile chips to Huawei’s 5G mobile phones.

For Qualcomm, they do not compete with Huawei in the field of terminal hardware; If we can supply Huawei with Snapdragon flagship chips, it will not only win each other, but also benefit the development of the whole industry. As for Huawei, if it can get Snapdragon’s flagship chip, it can ensure that it will continue to maintain its competitiveness in the high-end field of smart phones even if Kirin stops production, and save its own strength, waiting for the improvement of domestic chip manufacturing technology in the future.

This is not the first time that Qualcomm has called on the US government to release Huawei. Although it has its own Kirin chip, Huawei has been sourcing Snapdragon chips from Qualcomm for smartphone products in the mid-market. After the US Department of Commerce listed Huawei in the entity list last year, Qualcomm CEO Molenkov made it very clear that he hoped to continue cooperation with China partners no matter how the situation changed. Qualcomm will continue to focus on the development of 5G and will not be affected by government policies. In addition, Qualcomm, together with Silicon Valley giants such as Google and Intel, lobbied the US government to relax the ban and continue to supply chips to Huawei.

In September last year, in a speech to China media, including Sina Technology, Morenkov said that Qualcomm has been trying to supply Huawei, despite the regulatory problems faced by the US government. At that time, Morenkov said, "Every American company will be restricted by trade supervision to a certain extent, but in fact, Qualcomm has restarted its supply to Huawei and has been trying to ensure continuous supply in the future."

Despite the recent deterioration of the political environment, Qualcomm’s management has been speaking out against the current, calling for attention to the common interests between the two countries, and stressing that the two countries have opportunities to achieve win-win growth through cooperation in many fields. Qualcomm President An Meng said last month that Qualcomm has cooperated with China’s mobile communication industry for more than 25 years, which is a stable force in the technology industry, while China is leading the development of the world’s 5G industry.

Balance of interests in competition and cooperation

The U.S. government banned Huawei mainly because of political factors. They were worried that Huawei’s rising position in the communications industry would bring "national security risks" to the United States. Their purpose is to limit Huawei’s business to China as much as possible, which is also the main reason why the United States is trying to dissuade Britain, Australia, Japan, France, Italy and other allied countries from adopting Huawei’s 5G equipment. On the contrary, major American technology companies have always opposed the government’s ban on Huawei.

In fact, Qualcomm and Huawei have always had a benign relationship of cooperation and competition. On the one hand, both companies are investing heavily in the research and development of mobile communication technology, and each has its own advantages in the formulation of 5G communication standards, which objectively accelerates the pace of 5G commercialization; On the other hand, Huawei has been purchasing a large number of chips from Qualcomm and is an important customer of Qualcomm. This multi-year patent licensing cooperation also means that the two companies have found a balance of interests. Moreover, both companies are jointly expanding the smart phone market, especially popularizing 5G communication technology. It is in the fundamental interests of Qualcomm and Huawei to enlarge the whole ecosystem.

China is not only the largest smartphone market in the world, but also the largest smartphone production and supply chain base in the world, the most valued mobile communication market and partner base in Qualcomm, and the largest revenue source country in Qualcomm. In the American science and technology industry, Qualcomm, Apple, Microsoft and Intel have been firmly cultivating the China market and supporting the industrial development of China, and have always supported the common growth of Sino-US cooperation.

Although there are some negative factors in the current policy environment because of the US government, which is beyond the control of one or two companies, the trade and cooperation between Chinese and American technology companies will continue. Even under the current gloom, there is still room for competition and cooperation between Chinese and American technology companies, and there is a balance of interests for common benefits, especially in the 5G era.

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Intelligent standardization

China Consumer News reported.(Xie Jinling journalistGu yanwei"Beihai’s consumer satisfaction ranked first among the 14 cities in the whole region for two consecutive years, with the complaint reporting transfer rate of 100% and the deadline settlement rate of 100%, saving consumers an economic loss of 5,498,300 yuan … …” During the "March 15th" this year, Guangxi Beihai Market Supervision Bureau announced the city’s achievements in consumer rights protection in 2021, which made people shine.

Since last year, Beihai Municipal Market Supervision Bureau, while comprehensively promoting the work related to consumer rights protection, has made great efforts to develop the intellectualization of farmers’ markets, standardization of parking charges and standardization of catering services, promoted the intelligent traceability system of food safety in farmers’ markets, carried out special law enforcement actions to standardize parking charges in the whole city, formulated and introduced service standards for catering industry, and strived to make consumers feel more at ease, more at ease and happier in Beihai.

Intelligent traceability system promotes market integrity management

"Boss, two potatoes." The voice of Mr. Huang, a citizen, just fell. The food stall operator of Beijing Road Smart Market put potatoes on the electronic traceability scale for food safety. The information of the business license, the weight, the unit price and the total cost of the purchased goods immediately appeared on the display screen of the traceability scale. Then the operator handed Mr. Huang the small ticket printed by the electronic traceability scale, and Mr. Huang scanned the traceability QR code on the small ticket with his mobile phone, and quickly inquired about the business owner’s subject registration information, honest business information, the source of purchased goods, testing situation and other related information.

"I prefer to buy food here. These food safety electronic traceability claims to make me feel at ease when buying food." Mr Huang told the reporter of China Consumer News.

The staff is guiding the market operators to use the electronic traceability scale for food safety.Information picture

According to Manager Yi, the person in charge of the market management, Beihai Market Supervision Bureau helped the market to upgrade, equipped the business households with electronic food safety traceability, and installed a food safety traceability management system to make the commodity prices more transparent, traceable, accurate in measurement and more honest in operation. Nearby neighborhoods prefer to buy food here.

According to Pang Shaoqing, chief of the Market Construction Section of Beihai Market Supervision Bureau, China Consumer News reporter, at present, there are 663 sets of food safety traceability electronic scales put into use in Beihai. The implementation of these devices has provided intelligent shopping experience for the public, and also avoided the shortage of goods in the market and promoted the honest operation of the market.

Standardize parking charges to make people feel at ease.

In the parking lot of Beihai International Passenger Terminal, the law enforcement officers of Beihai Market Supervision Bureau are checking the clearly marked public signs and charging system on the spot to check whether the parking lot is priced by the government and clearly marked according to regulations. The person in charge of the parking lot said: "The market supervision bureau often helps us standardize the charging service, and now our parking lot has not received any complaints from customers about parking charges."

Law enforcement officers are guiding the parking lot to carry out the standardization of parking charges.Information picture

According to Long Wenfeng, deputy detachment leader of Beihai Municipal Market Supervision and Law Enforcement Detachment, in order to further solve the problem of parking service charges that the masses are more concerned about, in recent years, Beihai Municipal Market Supervision Bureau has taken "standardization of parking charges" as one of the main grips of "I do practical things for the masses". On the one hand, the city’s parking lot business units are instructed to make public signs with clearly marked fees according to the unified and standardized templates. At present, 80 parking lots have completed the production and installation; On the other hand, three local standards of Beihai City, such as "Parking Service Management Standard", were formulated to solve the phenomenon of irregular parking fees that people are concerned about. At the same time, through the special rectification of property fees, a "sword" was shown to the chaos of property fees, and 52 residential quarters were ordered to clear the illegal overcharged property fees of 197,700 yuan, effectively rectifying the property price order in the city.

Standardized catering service makes consumers comfortable and satisfied.

Yuansheng Restaurant is a catering enterprise in Beihai with the theme of Nanzhu culture in Beibu Gulf. There are more than 40 standards and responsibilities on the back kitchen wall of the restaurant, ranging from the dress code of employees to the management responsibilities of chopping boards. The person in charge of this enterprise told the reporter of China Consumer News: "Our enterprise has deepened around Beihai Catering Service Standard System according to its own development characteristics, introduced the 4D food safety on-site management system, and formulated 4D management norms. After standardized management, the restaurant was optimized and refined from more than 300 dishes to more than 100 dishes, which not only reduced the waste of ingredients, but also improved the labor efficiency. Only the labor cost saved more than 100,000 yuan, and the cost of large equipment also saved more than 50,000 yuan. "

The person in charge said that since the standardized management of catering services was implemented, all aspects from kitchen to staff management have been greatly improved, which not only increased the goodwill and trust of customers, but also further enhanced the image of Beihai as a tourist city.

Staff guide the standardization of catering services in catering enterprises.Information picture

"Since the standardization of catering services was implemented in restaurants, the overall team’s awareness of comprehensive implementation has increased by 60%, job efficiency has increased by 70%, and cost loss has been reduced by more than 70%." Mr. Mao, the person in charge of Qijiapeng Restaurant in Beihai City, said that with the blessing of standardization, Qijiapeng has become a "punch-in" restaurant in online celebrity for tourists to understand the catering culture of Qijiapeng, which is also inseparable from the standardization of catering services in restaurants.

Yi De, chief of the Food and Catering Safety Supervision Section of Beihai Market Supervision Bureau, told the reporter of China Consumer News that in order to further improve the quality of catering services, Beihai Market Supervision Bureau has formulated Beihai Catering Service Standard System, which covers 64 standards in three frameworks: general basic service standard system, service guarantee standard system and service provision standard system, leading supervision by standards and improving the service quality of catering industry by standards.

In the interview, the reporter learned that in addition to strengthening the guidance of standards, the market supervision department of Beihai City also strengthened the supervision of the tourism market, and standardized the seafood catering business behavior, guided consumers to consume rationally, and carried out special rectification of the tourism market by issuing the Reminder and Warning on the Standardized Business Behavior of Seafood Catering Industry in the City and the Convention on Honesty and Trustworthiness of Seafood Catering. In 2021, 4,472 travel-related business units were inspected, 26 cases were filed, and 135 households were ordered to rectify. The number of complaints about seafood catering was the same as that of the previous year.

Beihai Municipal Market Supervision Bureau’s devotion to doing practical things for the people has not only won the respect of enterprises, but also won the praise of consumers in the face of the improving consumption environment. "The satisfaction of the masses is the greatest affirmation of market supervision and the ultimate goal of market supervision departments to continuously improve the consumption environment." Cai Biyu, deputy director of Beihai Municipal Market Supervision Bureau, said. In the future, the market supervision department of Beihai will persist in taking the people as the center, continue to intensify the rectification of the consumption environment, and further enhance the people’s sense of happiness and gain in consumption activities.

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