The hidden rules of high-end car sales are exposed again: is it compliant to increase the price by hundreds of thousands?

  Xinhua News Agency, Shanghai, April 22nd Question: High-end car sales are exposed again "hidden rules": Is it compliant to increase the price by several hundred thousand yuan in addition to the price tag?

  Xinhua News Agency "Xinhua Viewpoint" reporters Zhao Yihe, Lu Wenjun and Wang Chenyang

  If the vehicle is clearly marked with a price of more than 770,000 yuan, an additional price increase of 300,000 yuan is required to pick it up, and you can’t buy a car without the price increase … … "Xinhua Viewpoint" reporter recently visited a number of automobile 4S stores and found that the price increase of some high-end models has become a "hidden rule" in the market. Is the price increase sales compliant and legal? Whose pocket did the extra money go into?

  Mr. Wu of Shanghai recently bought two top-selling Toyota cars. In addition to the price of more than 770,000 yuan, he increased the price of each car by about 180,000 yuan. "The price increase of high-end hot-selling cars is the market ‘ Unspoken rules ’ 。” Mr. Wu said.

  Mr. Tian from Luoyang, Henan Province, recently had a similar experience. "I bought a Japanese LX570(5-seat version) car with an original price of 1.417 million yuan and a price increase of 300,000 yuan. After going to several dealers, you need to increase the price. If you don’t increase the price, you can’t get the car. " Mr. Tian said.

  The reporter visited several dealers in Shanghai on the spot and consulted the quotation of a hot-selling car of Toyota. A seller in Minhang District provided a quotation to the reporter. The column of "car price" on the quotation showed that the price was 774,000 yuan, and the column of "price increase" marked "208,000 yuan". On the quotation given by another dealer, the column of "original car price" says "77.4", and the car price after discount says "77.4+28.5". The salesperson said that 285,000 yuan is a fare increase.

  The reporter also consulted several other dealers, and the price increase of this model ranged from 250 thousand yuan to 350 thousand yuan. The reporter asked a salesperson of a Toyota store in Minhang District, Shanghai if he could wait a little longer without increasing the price. The salesperson said that "all of them have to increase the price".

  The reporter’s investigation found that at present, it has become a "hidden rule" for some high-end models to raise the price in addition to the clearly marked price. For example, in some areas, a high-end off-road vehicle of Mercedes-Benz needs to increase the price by about 500,000 yuan.

  The new automobile sales management measures implemented in July 2017 stipulate that dealers should clearly state the price of selling automobiles, accessories and other related products and the charging standards for various services in an appropriate form at the business site, and may not increase the price or charge extra fees beyond the marked price.

  According to industry insiders, in fact, dealers also know that price increase is an improper act. Therefore, when selling cars, most of them will not let the word "price increase" clearly appear in relevant sales agreements and bills.

  The reporter’s investigation found that some dealers increase their prices without issuing invoices to consumers. Mr. Henan Tian said: "I paid a total of more than 1.7 million yuan in two times, but I only got an invoice of 1.417 million yuan. I don’t want to invoice the money that was increased." Mr. Dong, who bought a Japanese LX570 car in Henan, also confirmed to the reporter that the car was paid, but the dealer only invoiced the price of the car, and the price increase was not shown on the invoice.

  Some dealers said that if the fare increase part needs an invoice, they need to pay additional tax points. A Toyota salesperson in Minhang District, Shanghai told the reporter that if the fare increase part is invoiced, it needs to bear 13% of the tax point. The reporter counted the quotations of many dealers and found that the tax points increased ranged from 13% to 17%. Part of the invoice for the fare increase can be issued on the car price, which means that consumers have to pay more purchase tax. If the price increase part is invoiced separately, only service fees, decoration fees, maintenance fees and accessories can be invoiced.

  Whose pocket did the fare increase go into? A number of salespeople told reporters that this part of the income mainly went into the pockets of dealers. A variety of models sold at a higher price are "tight goods" in the market. After dealers get the goods, they will naturally raise the prices.

  Jia Xinguang, executive director of china automobile dealers association, said that automobile dealers have formed a price alliance to some extent, and consumers are in a weak position when buying cars, which is one of the reasons for the phenomenon of dealers increasing their prices.

  Because most of the dealers’ price increases are high-end cars, some voices on the Internet believe that the price increase of high-end cars is purely "one is willing to fight and one is willing to suffer". In this regard, industry experts believe that, in fact, this kind of price increase behavior infringes on the legitimate rights and interests of consumers and must be taken seriously, otherwise it will eventually hurt all consumers. Liu Chunquan, a lawyer of Shanghai Duanhe Duan Law Firm, said that according to the Consumer Protection Law, consumers have the right to fair trade. Dealers charge after the retail price is announced, which infringes on consumers’ right to fair trade.

  The person in charge of the automobile office of the Shanghai Consumer Protection Committee said that the price increase without express indication and the consumers could not make a choice obviously infringed on the consumers’ right to choose independently.

  According to the provisions of the automobile sales management measures, dealers are not allowed to increase sales or charge extra fees beyond the price tag. In violation of the provisions, the local competent commerce department at or above the county level shall order it to make corrections, and may give a warning or a fine of not more than 30,000 yuan.

  Zhang Wenbin, a lawyer of Beijing Hairun Tianrui Law Firm, said that the warning and the fine of less than 30,000 yuan stipulated in the automobile sales management measures are relatively light compared with the price increase of several hundred thousand yuan, so it is difficult to really play a warning role. Dealers don’t make out invoices or open tax receipts of other names at will, which is suspected of tax evasion.

  It is worth noting that in recent years, in several disputes between consumers and dealers caused by increasing the price of cars, the court supported consumers’ demands for rights protection. In 2016, Beijing Baideli Star Automobile Sales Company was sued by consumers for selling a high-end off-road vehicle of Mercedes-Benz at a price increase of 145,000 yuan. The Haidian District People’s Court of Beijing ruled in the first instance that Baideli Company returned 145,000 yuan to consumers. Subsequently, Baideli Star Automobile Sales Company refused to accept the appeal. In 2018, the Beijing No.1 Intermediate People’s Court rejected the appeal in the second instance and upheld the original judgment.

  Industry insiders suggest that the relevant regulatory authorities should urge dealers to clearly mark the prices of vehicles and related services, and disclose the specific service items contained in them to prevent the behavior of "boring the package"; Support consumers to complain about price increase sales and defend their rights through legal channels. In addition, consumers should also resolutely say "no" to fare increases, not blindly follow the trend, rationally consume, and cut off the "black hand" of fare increases from the source. (Participating in reporters Zhang Mengjie and Zhou Rui)

Ministry of Finance: In August, the national lottery sales totaled 34.476 billion yuan, an increase of 1.867 billion yuan.

  CCTV News:Recently, the Ministry of Finance released the National Lottery Sales in August 2022.

  First, the national lottery sales

  In August, a total of 34.476 billion yuan of lottery tickets were sold nationwide, up 1.867 billion yuan or 5.7% year-on-year. Among them, the sales of welfare lottery institutions was 12.671 billion yuan, an increase of 1.220 billion yuan, an increase of 10.7%; The sales of sports lottery institutions reached 21.805 billion yuan, up 647 million yuan or 3.1% year-on-year.

  From January to August, the national lottery sales totaled 247.909 billion yuan, an increase of 617 million yuan or 0.2%. Among them, the sales of welfare lottery institutions was 99.913 billion yuan, an increase of 9.506 billion yuan or 10.5% year-on-year; The sales of sports lottery institutions reached 147.996 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 8.889 billion yuan or 5.7%.

  Second, the sales of lottery tickets by type

  In August, the sales of lottery digital lottery tickets reached 13.327 billion yuan, an increase of 517 million yuan or 4.0%. The sales of quiz lottery tickets was 13.739 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 236 million yuan or 1.7%. The sales of instant lottery tickets was 4.803 billion yuan, an increase of 1.129 billion yuan, an increase of 30.7%; Keno lottery sales reached 2.607 billion yuan, up 457 million yuan or 21.3% year-on-year. In August, the lottery sales of digital lottery, quiz lottery, instant lottery and Keno lottery accounted for 38.7%, 39.8%, 13.9% and 7.6% of the total lottery sales respectively. The sales of video lottery tickets was RMB 0.0002 billion, an increase of RMB 0.0001 billion year on year.

  From January to August, the sales volume of major lottery varieties fluctuated year-on-year due to the delisting of high-frequency fast-opening games, the promotion of lottery prizes, the expansion of sales scope of Keno lottery tickets, and the European Cup events in the same period last year. Lotto digital lottery sales reached 102.992 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 6.133 billion yuan or 5.6%. The sales of quiz lottery tickets was 82.617 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 8.873 billion yuan or 9.7%. The sales of instant lottery tickets reached 43.068 billion yuan, an increase of 9.394 billion yuan or 27.9%. Keno lottery sales reached 19.232 billion yuan, up 6.229 billion yuan or 47.9% year-on-year. From January to August, the lottery sales of digital lottery, quiz lottery, instant lottery and Keno lottery accounted for 41.5%, 33.3%, 17.4% and 7.8% of the total lottery sales respectively. The sales of video lottery tickets was RMB 0.0053 billion, a year-on-year decrease of RMB 0.0017 billion.

  Third, the sales of lottery tickets by region

  In August, compared with the same period of last year, the lottery sales in 21 provinces increased, among which Guangdong, Hubei, Shandong and Shaanxi increased more, increasing by 400 million yuan, 194 million yuan, 170 million yuan and 163 million yuan respectively.

  From January to August, compared with the same period of last year, lottery sales in 15 provinces increased, among which Guangdong, Xinjiang, Hunan and Zhejiang increased more, increasing by 2.342 billion yuan, 1.850 billion yuan, 596 million yuan and 537 million yuan respectively.

  Lottery agencies at all levels should closely follow and analyze new situations and new problems, effectively strengthen the issuance and sales of lottery tickets, and ensure the smooth operation of the market. Financial departments at all levels should further strengthen lottery supervision, actively create a good external environment, maintain market order, and promote the sustained and healthy development of lottery.

People’s Republic of China (PRC) vaccine management law, you can be more perfect.

Last night, I was lying in bed, swiping the screen to complete the last purchase of the Double Eleven, and I was caught off guard by the fans that the draft of People’s Republic of China (PRC) Vaccine Management Law (hereinafter referred to as "Vaccine Law") was released.

This morning, many friends of media reporters call me on WeChat and asked me to express my views. I read the draft for comments carefully and gave the following 14 points.

Viewpoint 1: The vaccine law is higher than the vaccine regulations and more comprehensive.

Previously, the most authoritative normative document in the field of vaccines was the State Council Order No.668 promulgated in 2005 and revised in 2016-Regulations on the Administration of Vaccine Circulation and Vaccination (hereinafter referred to as "Vaccine Regulations"). After consulting a senior legal person, I learned that if the vaccine law is formally promulgated, it should be passed by the National People’s Congress and signed and promulgated by president, and its status is higher than the vaccine regulations.

As a practitioner in the field of vaccines, my ass determines my head. I support our country to regulate the production, circulation and vaccination of vaccines with proprietary laws on the basis of the existing drug administration law. This shows that the country attaches great importance to the vaccine as a special drug and public health, and it is a great opportunity for the development of the vaccine field. As a vaccine person, I also feel a great responsibility.

Both the Vaccine Regulations and the Vaccine Law regulate the two fields of vaccine circulation and vaccination. The Vaccine Law also puts forward many new requirements for production enterprises in the second to fourth chapters, and the ninth and tenth chapters also strengthen the definition of supervision and management and legal responsibility.

In the full text of the vaccine law, there is no mention of the relationship with the vaccine regulations. I wonder if it is an omission? According to my understanding, it should be that once the vaccine law is implemented, the vaccine regulations should be abolished.

Viewpoint 2: Vaccines are related to national security.

Article 1 [Legislative Purpose] This Law is formulated to ensure the safety, effectiveness and accessibility of vaccines, standardize vaccination, safeguard and promote public health and safeguard national security.

The first article of the Vaccine Law links vaccines with national security, which is an unprecedented formulation.

In fact, it is not surprising that vaccines mainly prevent infectious diseases.

Like smallpox, a deadly infectious disease of the reaper, it was eliminated by vaccination in the last century. Polio is also a disease that seriously endangers children’s health. At present, it has been eliminated by vaccination against polio in China. The next disease to be eliminated should be measles.

However, there is also an infectious disease that poses a great threat to life-influenza, and its vaccination rate in China is less than 2%. If a mutated influenza virus causes a global epidemic of plague, such vaccination rate can’t stop the pace of death at all. Especially this year, due to various accidents and poor coordination, the supply of influenza vaccine in China has been reduced by more than half compared with the same period of last year.

If an influenza pandemic really occurs this year, the serious shortage of influenza vaccine will lead to the epidemic situation being uncontrollable, and public health and the national economy are likely to be hit hard.

Therefore, linking vaccines with national security is by no means alarmist.

Viewpoint 3: Relevant definitions and terms need to be clarified.

Article 2 [Scope of Application] The term "vaccine" as mentioned in this Law refers to preventive biological products used for human immunization in order to prevent and control the occurrence and epidemic of diseases.

At the beginning of the formulation and revision of the Vaccine Regulations, vaccines were defined as: …… preventive biological products of vaccines. As you can see, there has been a phenomenon of using "vaccine" to explain vaccines, which is really inappropriate.

The definition of vaccine in vaccine law avoids the embarrassment of circular explanation, but this definition is still not perfect.

Are there only vaccines for preventive biological products? Actually, it is not.

China is a big country of hepatitis B. For babies whose mothers are carriers of hepatitis B, our strategy to prevent them from being infected with hepatitis B is to vaccinate them with hepatitis B vaccine and hepatitis B immunoglobulin. Hepatitis B immunoglobulin also meets the definition of vaccine in the vaccine law here, but it is not a vaccine.

The essence of vaccine is to make the human body actively produce immunity against diseases, and its purpose is prevention for the time being, and it is likely to include treatment in the future.

Vaccines in the Vaccine Law should refer to vaccines for preventive use, so its definition is suggested to be changed to: …… preventive biological products used for human body to actively generate immunity.

The term [immunization] also appears in the definition of vaccine, and the other parts of the full text use [vaccination], so it is suggested to unify it into a more popular [vaccination]. In the full text, it is also suggested that [immunization program] be changed to [vaccination program] in a unified way.

Viewpoint 4: Vaccine classification should be simple and clear.

Article 2 [Scope of Application] Vaccines are divided into immunization programs and non-immunization programs.

Vaccines are divided into the first category and the second category in the vaccine regulations, and it is necessary to explain to the public what are the first and second categories. The new classification of vaccine law essentially corresponds to the second classification in the vaccine regulations, but it does not reduce the difficulty of understanding. It is necessary to explain what immunization planning is at the end of the full text.

China CDC has a National Immunization Planning Center. If vaccines are divided into immunization vaccines and non-immunization vaccines, then does the National Immunization Planning Center manage non-immunization vaccines?

In fact, whether it is the first type of vaccine/the second type of vaccine, or the immunization program vaccine/the non-immunization program vaccine, the vernacular is free vaccine/self-funded vaccine.

I strongly recommend that vaccine classification return to its essence and use the free vaccine/self-funded vaccine classification that can be seen by the public at a glance. Free vaccines can also be divided into: national free vaccines and local free vaccines (this concept corresponds to the national immunization program vaccine and other immunization programs vaccines in Article 36).

Viewpoint 5: Reward whistleblowers and avoid small evils from forming big evils.

Article 12 [Social Co-governance] Any organization or individual has the right to report illegal acts of vaccines, get information about vaccines from relevant departments according to law, and put forward opinions and suggestions on vaccine supervision and management.

This time, there was a serious violation of regulations in the production process of Changchun Changsheng vaccine. It is said that after an insider reported it, the flight inspection of the relevant state departments finally confirmed the problem. However, its violation has existed for four years, and it has not been discovered during this period.

In my opinion, China should establish a system of rewarding whistleblowers (also called whistleblower system), and use 10% of the fine to reward whistleblowers, and publicize the rewards, but protect their privacy. Only in this way can enterprises be conscientious, abide by all kinds of rules and regulations on thin ice, and avoid doing evil from the source. Or once there is a small evil, it will be reported by insiders to avoid a small evil like Changchun Changsheng to develop a big evil.

Although China’s traditional culture does not encourage reporting, it is through reporting that vicious incidents like Changchun Changsheng were discovered. If there is no reporting system, many corrupt officials and moths will always be at large. In my opinion, as long as it is beneficial to the public interest, the report of corporate evil should be explicitly encouraged by the government, and the way to encourage it is to reward it heavily.

Viewpoint 6: Publicize the details in batches and give full play to the advantages of big data governance (the most important viewpoint of this article).

Twenty-fifth [vaccine batch issuance] batch issuing institutions shall publish the results of vaccine batch issuance in a timely manner for public inquiry.

The publication of batch issuance is very, very, very critical. However, if we only publicize whether the vaccine has been issued in batches, it is a step in the same place and does not jump out of the thinking mode of piecemeal treatment.

In order to ensure the quality of the vaccine and realize the survival of the fittest, I strongly suggest that the detailed test report of the vaccine, that is, the test value of each index (as detailed as the routine blood report), be publicized.

At present, most vaccines in China can be issued in batches. However, the indicators of vaccines issued in batches are also good or bad, some just pass the exam, and some are excellent. Who doesn’t want to get a vaccine with excellent indicators and appropriate prices?

As long as the batch inspection report of each batch of vaccines can be publicized, we can use the big data of thousands of batches of vaccine inspection reports every year to score each vaccine product of each manufacturer based on a scoring system, and the results can be provided to the public through WeChat applet for free inquiry.

When parents take their children to vaccinate, it will be no longer difficult to choose vaccines of various brands. Just take out your mobile phone and check the score calmly, and then make the most rational choice in combination with its price. A vaccine product with no price advantage and the lowest score will only be eliminated if it does not strive to improve the quality and reduce the cost.

People who often fly will use Fei Changzhun’s mobile APP. Among them, there are the punctuality data of major airlines’ flights. If the prices are similar, then passengers will definitely choose to avoid flights with low punctuality, right?

Through thorough data disclosure, we can play the invisible hand of market economy and force vaccine manufacturers to regard vaccine quality as their lifeline. In the past, enterprises passively accepted supervision, but now enterprises actively improve vaccine quality and reduce production costs in order to survive, which naturally improves the overall vaccine quality level in China. The regulatory measures and penalties set in the vaccine law to ensure the quality of vaccines are extremely expensive and the effect is difficult to guarantee. Is it really necessary?

Issuing test reports in public does not need to increase the cost (the data is ready-made), but it can greatly improve the level of social governance and reduce management expenses, and can completely become a model of government governance.

I really can’t think of any reason why the government doesn’t publicize the approval of the test report.

Viewpoint 7: Expired vaccines can be recycled through medical waste disposal channels.

Article 39 [Vaccine Supply and Distribution] The holder of the vaccine marketing license shall supply vaccines to provincial disease prevention and control institutions in accordance with the provisions of the procurement contract, and shall not supply vaccines to other units or individuals.

The holder of the vaccine marketing license is responsible for distributing the vaccine to the provincial disease prevention and control institutions, which are responsible for distributing the vaccine to the inoculation units. Vaccine marketing license holders and provincial disease prevention and control institutions shall have the conditions for cold chain storage and transportation of vaccines, or entrust qualified distribution enterprises to distribute vaccines.

In the vaccine regulations, vaccine manufacturers can only supply vaccines at their own expense to county-level CDC (free vaccines are supplied to provincial CDC); In the vaccine law, vaccine manufacturers can only supply vaccines (including free vaccines and vaccines at their own expense) to provincial CDC.

I support this change, because it can make full use of the existing cold chain storage and distribution resources of provincial CDC and reduce the vaccine distribution cost of production enterprises.

However, a loophole that must be filled is that provincial CDC can not only entrust qualified enterprises to distribute vaccines, but also entrust them to store vaccines. All vaccine storage and distribution services are entrusted to enterprises, which provide one-stop service, which is convenient for supervision and can reduce the government’s investment in cold chain hardware for provincial CDC.

If this loophole is not filled, the provincial CDC will build a huge cold storage to store vaccines, and distribution companies often drive several huge refrigerated trucks to the CDC to extract vaccines, which brings inconvenience to the daily management of the CDC. Shanghai CDC has outsourced all storage and distribution services to qualified enterprises, so it is almost impossible and unnecessary to rebuild the cold storage.

It is mentioned in this clause that the provincial CDC is responsible for distributing the vaccine to the inoculation unit. Can the municipal CDC and the county CDC participate in this process? If they can’t participate, the cold chain equipment and managers of these two levels of vaccine storage and distribution will withdraw from the historical stage, which will have a great impact (especially the county-level CDC may have increased the investment in related software and hardware after 2016).

If only the provincial CDC can deliver the vaccine to the inoculation unit, does the provincial CDC have the ability to do it (especially in a vast area)? This must be investigated.

Viewpoint 8: The monitoring of vaccine transportation temperature should be based on science and should not encourage fraud.

Article 42 [Provisions on Vaccine Sales Records] … If the temperature monitoring records of this transportation process cannot be provided or the temperature control does not meet the requirements, it shall not be accepted or purchased …

This clause will make the temperature record of vaccine transportation untrue.

It is difficult to avoid the actual vaccine exceeding 8 degrees during transportation. If a temperature record of 10 degrees is monitored, must such a vaccine be rejected? Is it necessary to be so strict?

Scientifically unnecessary. At present, it has been confirmed that the vaccine can tolerate a certain degree of high temperature exposure, which is beyond the imagination of ordinary people. Continuous exposure at 37 degrees for 12 hours will not lead to unqualified quality of any existing vaccine. All vaccines have been tested for thermal stability before going on the market.

Therefore, although it is necessary to monitor the temperature of vaccine storage, transportation and transportation, vaccines should never be rejected because of one or two overtemperatures, which will only lead to a large number of qualified vaccines being scrapped and a tight supply of vaccines; Or it is caused by the falsification of temperature monitoring records, and all parties are tacitly aware.

I suggest that the state collect the data of vaccine thermal stability test from vaccine manufacturers and make it public. If the vaccine is over-temperature during storage and transportation, it can be compared with the published data to determine whether it needs to be rejected or scrapped.

Electronic temperature monitoring data is still important, which can be used to find out the out-of-control links during storage and transportation, and then improve the temperature control of these links, but it should not be used as the final basis for judging whether the vaccine is rejected/scrapped.

In addition to electronic temperature monitoring, there is a more intuitive solution, which is the vaccine temperature label (VVM) highly recommended by the World Health Organization and UNICEF. By sticking VVM on the vaccine package, the high temperature exposure of the vaccine in the whole circulation process can be recorded, and it can be recognized by users with intuitive colors.

In the picture below, the earthquake and tsunami in Indonesia caused the house of vaccination clinic to be damaged, and the vaccine refrigerator or cold storage was cut off for many days. However, because the vaccines are all affixed with VVM, it is judged by naked eyes that the purple depth of the center square of VVM of OPV exceeds the surrounding purple, and the vaccine must be scrapped. Although the VVM of the other five vaccines also changed color, they did not exceed the limit, and these vaccines can be used. BCG (BCG) was scrapped directly because it was not affixed with VVM.

I think that China should actively promote the use of vaccine VVM. At present, the cost of single chip of VVM is around 0.5 yuan, which is unacceptable for some vaccines. However, VVM can be attached to the packaging of vaccines, that is, every 10 vaccines are attached to the packaging box, and the cost of a single vaccine is only 0.05 yuan.

With VVM, it is possible to judge whether it is necessary to reject/scrap vaccines by looking at VVM in the process of vaccine delivery and handover. VVM can filter out most of the occasional temperature exceeding the standard, and electronic temperature monitoring records can present real records, which can promote us to find the weak links of temperature control and improve them.

With VVM, the recipients can also intuitively see the temperature exposure of the vaccine from production to inoculation on themselves, without consulting the complicated electronic temperature monitoring records, so as to make the recipients feel at ease to inoculate the vaccine.

Viewpoint 9: Expired vaccines can be recycled through medical waste disposal channels.

Article 43 [Destruction of Expired Vaccines] … Expired vaccines shall be uniformly registered and recovered by county-level disease prevention and control institutions …

For expired vaccines, management should be strengthened. However, the practice of recycling by county-level CDC seems professional, but it is the old road of closed management.

Any inoculation unit must be a medical institution, and medical institutions must implement the Regulations on the Management of Medical Wastes. Compared with various infectious wastes produced in clinic, expired vaccines are safer wastes. Expired vaccines can be treated in time through the medical waste disposal channels of medical institutions, and can be recycled by county-level CDC without hoarding.

It is impossible for county-level CDC to recycle expired vaccines in real time, and the expired vaccines of vaccination units must be hoarded for a period of time before being recycled. The possibility of misuse cannot be ruled out by hoarding expired vaccines, so seemingly professional regulations will increase the risk of misuse of expired vaccines.

It is suggested that this article be changed to: Expired vaccines should be handed over to the medical waste disposal channels of medical institutions for recycling in time and registered properly.

Viewpoint 10: The situation of vaccination units in the jurisdiction should be dynamically grasped and announced.

Article 48 [Conditions for Inoculation Units] 

It is suggested to add: each province should publicize the list of vaccination units (including unit name, address and contact number) on the website, and update it at least once every quarter.

Viewpoint 11: change the concept, not to complete the work, but to provide services.

Forty-ninth [vaccination responsibility area] vaccination units shall undertake the vaccination work of the national immunization program in the responsible area, and accept the technical guidance of the local disease prevention and control institutions and the supervision of the health administrative department.

The vaccination unit should undertake the vaccination of all vaccines, not just the national immunization program vaccine (that is, the national free vaccine). In addition, we should change our ideas and regard vaccination as a basic public health service for the public, so as to form a sense of serving people, instead of completing a cold job that must be completed by superiors.

It is suggested that this article be changed to: The vaccination unit shall provide vaccination services for the people in its jurisdiction and accept …

Viewpoint 12: It is the most appropriate for maternity hospitals to issue vaccination certificates.

Article 53 [Vaccination Certificate System] The State practices a vaccination certificate system for children. Within one month after the child is born, his guardian shall go to the vaccination unit where the child lives to undertake vaccination work to apply for a vaccination certificate for him.

The idea of applying for vaccination certificate after one month is quite outdated. There are several problems in this practice: first, the vaccination record is secondary registration, which is easy to make mistakes. Obstetric institutions are registered on specific documents, which are taken to the inoculation unit in the place of residence by parents and copied on the inoculation certificate; Second, the vaccination certificate is not the original vaccination record, and the legal evidence is not strong enough; Third, it is impossible to play the propaganda role of vaccination certificate.

At present, the hospital delivery rate of children in China is very high, and obstetric institutions are also officially recognized vaccination units. The BCG vaccine and the first dose of hepatitis B vaccine vaccinated in obstetric institutions after birth should be registered on the vaccination certificate issued by obstetric institutions.

Shanghai, Hebei, Guangdong and other places have fully realized that maternity institutions have issued vaccination certificates and registered vaccines for newborns. There are a lot of knowledge and instructions on the vaccination certificate in Shanghai, which can be used as publicity materials to provide information for parents, rather than just recording vaccination information.

Viewpoint 13: Children who miss vaccination must be able to attend nursery school.

Article 54 [Inspection of Vaccination Certificate] When children are enrolled in kindergartens and schools, nursery institutions and schools should check the vaccination certificate. If children who have not been vaccinated according to the national immunization plan are found, they should report to the vaccination unit where the children live, and cooperate with the vaccination unit to urge their guardians to replant in the vaccination unit in time after the children are enrolled in kindergartens and schools, unless they cannot be vaccinated for medical reasons.

Many professionals and the public mistakenly believe that missed vaccines are not allowed to enter kindergarten. This article emphasizes that missed vaccines should be replanted after entering kindergarten, which is very good, but it is suggested to emphasize that children should not be restricted from entering kindergarten because of missed vaccines.

Viewpoint 14: Respect science and take public health as the first goal.

Article 90 [Punishment for Illegal Inoculation] If the inoculation personnel violate the vaccination norms during the inoculation process, causing serious consequences, the health administrative department at or above the county level shall give a warning or order them to suspend their practice activities for more than six months but less than one year; If the circumstances are serious, his practice certificate shall be revoked; If a crime is constituted, criminal responsibility shall be investigated according to law.

The key to this clause is how to define the violation of [vaccination norms].

Vaccination norms include normative documents with different sources and authorities. Take influenza vaccination norms as an example:

Egg allergy is taboo in the instructions of most influenza vaccines, but the latest influenza vaccine guide document of China CDC points out that the 2015 edition of Pharmacopoeia has cancelled the taboo of egg allergy, and foreign studies have also proved that egg allergy is not a contraindication for influenza vaccine inoculation.

In other words, the taboo in the manual is set incorrectly. So, can the vaccination doctor vaccinate people who are allergic to eggs with flu vaccine?

At present, there are a large number of clauses with China characteristics lacking scientific basis in China’s vaccination standards. The general starting point of these clauses is to avoid getting into trouble for yourself, not to put public health first. If such vaccination norms are taken as the basis of punishment, it will lead to the tragedy in Dying to Survive.

Personally, I suggest that this excessively severe penalty be abolished. In reality, if there is a vaccination error or accident, the parties will be punished to some extent, and there is no need to increase the penalty.

Authors: Vaccine and Science, Tao Lina, a vaccine expert, a member of China Medical Media Alliance, and an author of er interesting science in medical education.

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Kenyan experts refute Xinjiang-related slander: the United States is once again fighting for geopolitical influence

  Overseas Network March 30thAccording to WeChat WeChat official account of the Chinese Embassy in Kenya, on March 27th, Kenya’s Star published a commentary by Ken Ndegewa, an expert on media relations, refuting the smear and slander about China’s policy concerning Xinjiang, arguing that this is another black hand of the United States for geopolitical influence, but a lie is a lie after all, and the truth will always prevail over a lie.

  The article indicates that the United States and other western countries have recently fabricated lies about Xinjiang, China for ulterior motives, or absurdly accused China of "genocide" against the Uighurs in Xinjiang, or fabricated the existence of forced labor on cotton farms in Xinjiang. Behind the lies is actually an attempt by the United States to discredit China and destroy China. After former US President Trump’s trade war with China suffered a fiasco, Xinjiang became the "last straw" of the US game against China. Biden, the current president of the United States, recently threw out that "China will not become the most powerful country in the world during his term of office", further exposing the true intention of the United States.

  The article lists the development data of Xinjiang in economy, population, education and other aspects one by one, and quotes the statements made by State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi of China, Deputy Permanent Representative of China to the United Nations Dai Bing and the recent press conference of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China on Xinjiang-related issues, pointing out that 64 countries have issued a joint statement at the UN Human Rights Council to support China’s position on Xinjiang-related issues, but western countries are obviously unwilling to accept first-hand information about Xinjiang facts and are more willing to believe false reports. Their real purpose is to create problems in Xinjiang and undermine China’s economic development and stability.

Central Meteorological Observatory: The temperature will continue to be low in most parts of China, with rain and snow in the south.

  CCTV News:The Central Meteorological Observatory issued a weather bulletin. During the day, there was snowfall in Yantai and Weihai, Shandong Province. In the next three days, the national temperature will continue to be low, paying attention to the impact of strong cold air on the central and eastern regions from the 18th to 20th. The high altitude areas in western Guizhou pay attention to the icing effect of freezing rain on transmission lines, wind farm fans and other facilities. China’s offshore waters are windy, and we are concerned about the harm of strong winds at sea.

  First, the weather situation

  Snowfall weather in Yantai and Weihai, Shandong Province;During the day, there were small to medium snows in Yantai and Weihai, Shandong Province, and there was a local snowstorm in Yantai, with a precipitation of 12 mm; There is freezing rain in the western part of Guizhou. There are 6 ~ 8 gusts in Fujian and Zhejiang coastal areas, and the local level is 9 ~ 11.

  Second, the key weather forecast

  1. The temperature will continue to be low in most parts of China.

  In the coming week, the temperature in most parts of China will continue to be low. It is estimated that from 20: 00 on December 17 to 20: 00 on December 20, the daily minimum temperature in parts of northern Xinjiang, central and eastern Northwest China, Inner Mongolia, North China, Northeast China, Huanghuai, Jianghuai, Jianghan, northern Jiangnan and Guizhou will be more than 5℃ lower than the historical period, and the daily minimum temperature in parts of eastern Northwest China, Inner Mongolia, North China, Northeast China, central and eastern Huanghuai and eastern Jianghuai will be 7℃ lower than the historical period.centreThe Meteorological Observatory continued to issue a low-temperature yellow warning at 18: 00 on December 17.

  In addition, from 20: 00 on December 17 to 20: 00 on the 18 th, there will be strong winds of 5~6 and gusts of 7~8 in southern Xinjiang, central and northern Tibet, central and western Inner Mongolia and Hexi, Gansu; There will be strong winds of magnitude 7-8 and gusts of magnitude 9 in the southwestern part of the East China Sea, the Taiwan Province Strait, the bashi channel, and the northern and central parts of the South China Sea, with winds of magnitude 9 and gusts of magnitude 10 in some parts of the central and eastern South China Sea (see Figure 3).The Central Meteorological Observatory at 18: 00 on December 17Continue to issue a gale blue warning.

  It is estimated that from 18th to 20th, a new strong cold air will affect the central and eastern regions from north to south, and the temperature will drop by 4 ~ 8℃ in parts of central and western Inner Mongolia, eastern Northwest China, North China, Huanghuai, Jianghuai, eastern Jiangnan and central and eastern South China, and the temperature will drop by more than 10℃ in parts of northwestern Shanxi, eastern Liaoning and eastern Jilin.

Figure 1 Forecast chart of national average temperature anomaly (from 20: 00 on December 17 to 20: 00 on December 20)

Figure 2 National lowest temperature forecast map (20: 00 on December 17 -20: 00 on December 20)

Figure 3 National Gale Forecast Chart (20: 00 on December 17th-20: 00 on December 18th)

  There is rain and snow in the south.

  From the night of 17th to 19th, there will be rain and snow in most parts of the south, sleet or snow in some areas such as Jianghuai area, light rain and local rain in Jiangnan and South China. From the night of 17th to 18th, there was freezing rain in high altitude areas such as north-central and eastern Guizhou, western and southern Hunan.

  Third, the specific forecast for the next three days

  From 20: 00 on December 17 to 20: 00 on December 18,There is light snow or sleet in parts of southeastern Tibet, southern Qinghai, southeastern Northwest China, western Huanghuai, northern Sichuan Plateau, Jianghuai and Jianghan, among which there is moderate to heavy snow (5 ~ 7 mm) in parts of southeastern Tibet, north-central Anhui and north-central Jiangsu. There are small to moderate rains in parts of the eastern part of Southwest China, the central, eastern and southern parts of Jiangnan, northern South China, Hainan Island and Taiwan Province Island. There are 4 ~ 6 winds in parts of central and western Inner Mongolia, Hexi in Gansu, Liaodong Peninsula and central Zhejiang, and there are 7 ~ 8 winds locally (see Figure 4).

Figure 4 National Precipitation Forecast Chart (from 20: 00 on December 17th to 20: 00 on December 18th)

  From 20: 00 on December 18 to 20: 00 on December 19,There is light snow or sleet in parts of central and eastern Liaoning, southeastern Jilin, central and southern Jiangsu and Anhui, western Jiangxi, northeastern Hunan and central and eastern Guizhou, among which there is moderate to heavy snow (5 ~ 6 mm) in central Liaoning and other places. There is light rain in parts of south-central Jiangnan, southern Guizhou, western and northern Fujian, most of Guangxi and Hainan Island. There are 5 ~ 6 winds in parts of Liaodong Peninsula, northern Hebei, Shandong Peninsula and northern Zhejiang (see Figure 5).

Figure 5 National Precipitation Forecast Chart (20: 00 on December 18th-20: 00 on December 19th)

  From 20: 00 on December 19 to 20: 00 on December 20,There is light snow in parts of Ili Valley in Xinjiang, eastern Jilin and Shandong Peninsula. There is light rain in most parts of Zhejiang, Fujian, southwestern Guizhou, central, eastern and southwestern Yunnan, southeastern Guangxi, southwestern Guangdong, and northwestern Hainan Island. There are 5 ~ 6 winds in parts of Liaodong Peninsula, northern Hebei, Shandong Peninsula, northern Zhejiang and southeastern Guangxi (see Figure 6).

Figure 6 National Precipitation Forecast Chart (20: 00 on December 19 -20: 00 on December 20)

Russian media: Russia expands the "blacklist" of EU countries that are prohibited from entering Russia.

  BEIJING, Sept. 24 (Xinhua) According to reports from Sputnik, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Zacharova told the media on the 23rd local time that Russia decided to expand the "blacklist" of EU countries banned from entering Russia, and said that the move was based on the principle of reciprocity in response to the EU confrontation line.

  Data map: Moscow, the capital of Russia. China News Service reporter Wang Xiujun photo

  According to reports, Zacharova said, "Recently, the EU has taken a series of unfriendly measures towards Russia and Russian citizens. As in the past, the EU has bypassed the existing international rules, continued to expand sanctions, and often imposed sanctions for far-fetched or even absurd reasons. "

  Zacharova said, "In response to the EU’s move, Russia has decided to expand the list of representatives of EU member States and EU institutions who are prohibited from entering Russia, and the number of sanctions targets in the list will be equal to that in the European sanctions list."

  Zacharova pointed out that the above restrictions are based on the Law of the Russian Federation on Exit and Entry Administration.

A wild giant panda in Baoxing, Sichuan Province died after being rescued.

  When the giant panda was found, it could not move.

  On March 14th, the staff of the Forestry Bureau of Baoxing County, Sichuan Province confirmed to the media that a wild giant panda suspected of being ill in this county died after being rescued. On February 20th, the giant panda was found in the wild and sent back to the county for treatment.

  On March 15th, the reporter learned from the Propaganda Department of Baoxing County Committee that because there was no rescue center in the county forestry bureau, the giant panda was found and sent to chengdu research base of giant panda for treatment the next day. At present, they are also waiting for the test results to determine the specific cause of death.

  An industry insider who has been engaged in wildlife-related work for more than 20 years said that it was a bit surprising that the news said that the giant panda was only in his teens. The wild giant panda can live to be around 20 years old, and his teens are in their prime. At the turn of winter and spring, the death of wild animals is relatively concentrated, but the natural elimination is mainly the old, weak and sick wild animals.

  He was sent to Chengdu Panda Base for treatment.

  Currently waiting for the test results.

  According to previous media reports, on February 20th, a wild giant panda in Baoxing County, Ya ‘an stayed in a mixed forest for several hours and remained motionless. After observation, the giant panda has no trauma on its body surface, but it has been running nose and is in poor spirits. It is initially suspected that it is sick. After receiving the news, the staff of local forest public security and forestry departments rushed to the scene, put the giant panda into a cage and transported it back to Baoxing County, where the local forestry department treated the giant panda.

  On the 14th, the staff of Baoxing Forestry Bureau confirmed to the media that the wild giant panda died after being rescued. According to its introduction, the giant panda was found in the wild and sent back to the county for treatment. The giant panda is over 10 years old, and the specific cause of death is still unclear. "I haven’t got the test report yet," but judging from the effusion found in the giant panda’s chest at that time, it is preliminarily inferred that it was due to illness.

  On the 15th, the reporter learned from the Propaganda Department of Baoxing County Committee that the county forestry bureau did not have a treatment center because of the insufficient treatment conditions in the county. The giant panda was found and sent to Chengdu Panda Base for treatment the next day. They are also waiting for the test results. For some online speculations, the other party said that there is no basis for judgment without the test report. I hope everyone can wait patiently and the test results will prevail.

  In his teens, he is in his prime.

  Pleural effusion or caused by inflammation

  For the news that the wild giant panda died after being rescued, an industry insider who has been engaged in wildlife-related work for more than 20 years said that in terms of time, it is more difficult for wild animals to find food in winter, and at the same time, in order to keep out the cold, the energy demand is greater, which is a hurdle for many animals, so the turn of winter and spring is a time when wildlife deaths are concentrated. Many old, weak and sick wild animals will be eliminated naturally. During this period, when he was in the field, he also saw the bodies of many animals by the river, including pronghorn and rock sheep.

  "According to the current news report, the giant panda is most likely ill." According to the insiders, the giant panda is in his teens, in the prime of life, and has almost no natural enemies in the wild. In terms of large mammals, besides giant pandas, there are also some bears and snow leopards in Baoxing County, which pose a certain threat to adult giant pandas. However, it’s really hard to tell the winner when the two sides fight, so people rarely hear the news that adult giant pandas are attacked by other animals. At the same time, the giant panda was found to have no trauma, indicating that it had not experienced a fight.

  The insider said that as far as he knows, various parasitic diseases are one of the diseases that wild giant pandas are prone to, typically including roundworms in the body and scale mites on the body. Ascaris is familiar to everyone, but animals can’t take medicine like people. Regarding the discovery of hydrops in the chest mentioned in the news, he said that hydrops indicates inflammation, and the chest cavity is the heart, lungs and pleura, some of which may be diseased. Of course, the final exact cause of death still needs to wait for the test report.

  Injured pandas have been found before.

  Suspected of being attacked by other wild animals

  The reporter noted that due to the large number of wild giant pandas in China, it is not the first time that Baoxing County has found a giant panda that needs help because of illness and injury.

  According to media reports on May 6, 2016, villagers in Baoxing, Ya ‘an found a wild giant panda with obvious injuries on its ears, back, right hind legs and tail. The staff rescued him from the mountain. The injured giant panda was a male, 4 years old, weighing 44 kilograms. After that, he was sent to Ya ‘an Base of China Giant Panda Protection and Research Center for treatment. After consulting with surgical experts in Ya ‘an People’s Hospital and trying all possible rescue methods, the giant panda died at 14: 50 on the same day because of his injuries and ineffective rescue. According to experts’ analysis, this giant panda may have been injured because it was attacked by other wild animals.

  Chengdu Business Daily-Red Star Journalist Zheng Ran Lin Cong

  Comprehensive Sichuan news

Finnish man’s severed finger can be directly plugged into a computer by implanting a USB flash drive (Figure)


Jerry shows the thumb drive.



U disk finger in use



Jerry’s thumb drive


  Finnish man amputated his finger and implanted a USB flash drive directly into the computer with a capacity of 2GB.


  According to Finnish media reports, in May last year, Finnish man Jerry Chalahua lost a finger in a car accident. When the doctor learned that Jerry had been a computer hacker, he suggested that he install an invisible USB flash drive when repairing his fingers, and Jerry readily agreed. Although the finger of this USB flash drive looks a little strange, Jerry obviously likes it very much because all his information is stored in his finger.


  Lose one’s finger in a car accident


  Jerry’s friend Henry Bogos revealed in his blog that Jerry is a young software engineer in Richmarki, Finland.


  Last May, Jerry, who was driving a motorcycle on the road, accidentally hit a deer that was about to cross the road. He flew out of the motorcycle on the spot. Fortunately, Jerry only lost one finger, and he only needs a doctor to repair his finger and install a fake finger to return to normal life.


  Fake finger USB flash drive


  However, just as the doctor was preparing to rebuild Jerry’s silicone finger, he inadvertently learned from his chat with Jerry that he was a software engineer and had worked as a computer hacker. The doctor put forward a novel suggestion to him: an invisible U disk could be implanted when installing the prosthetic finger, and Jerry readily agreed on the spot. As a result, Jerry’s finger became a USB flash drive with a capacity of 2GB. The fly in the ointment is that when ten fingers are stretched out flush, the strange fingers on the U disk are very different.


  Upgradeable


  Although it doesn’t look good, Jerry obviously likes this finger very much. When he got home, he couldn’t wait to unplug this USB flash drive and plug it into the computer. He downloaded and installed software such as Billix, CouchDBX and Ajatus for this USB flash drive. After that, all he had to do was gently unplug the ring finger.


  Now, Jerry can not only use this USB flash drive to transfer data from his fingers to the computer, but also transfer his brain’s thoughts to his fingers through the computer. At present, Jerry has put forward higher requirements for this USB thumb drive. He said, "I am eager for the doctor to help me upgrade as soon as possible, with larger capacity and higher technology content, and to look more beautiful with removable nails!"

Editor: Peng Wei

Weihai reported the main itinerary of 14 local COVID-19 infected people, involving buses, hospitals, etc.

According to the website of ahava Health Commission on the 9th, from 0: 00 to 24: 00 on March 8th, 2022, Weihai reported a confirmed case of COVID-19 and 13 asymptomatic infected people. After preliminary epidemiological investigation, the main itinerary is as follows:

No.17: Male, asymptomatic infected, living in Zone B of Changhong Community, Torch High-tech Industrial Development Zone (Keji Road and changchun road).

On March 1st, I went to Room 208, the second floor of Zhenjiabao (Donghe North Branch) for dinner in the evening.

On March 2 -3, I sent my family to work in the North Campus of Weihai Stomatological Hospital (Haigang Road).

On March 4th, I went to Yuanyuan Bathhouse (Guzhai East Road) in the afternoon.

On March 5, in the morning, I scraped with a white Beijing Hyundai in Area B of Changhong Community, and handled the accident for about 1 hour.

On March 6th, I sent my family to work in the North Campus of Weihai Stomatological Hospital (Haigang Road).

On March 7th, I went to Leda Department Store in Xilaotai in the morning, and then to Ant Quick Repair Auto Repair Shop (opposite to Shining Auto Repair in the east of Keji Road).

No.18: Male, asymptomatic infected, living at No.10 Suzhou Street, Jingyuan Sub-district Office, Huancui District.

From February 28th to March 4th, I walked to school every morning and walked home from school in the evening. There is no history of activities in other places except family and school.

On March 5, I didn’t go out at home.

On March 6th, I went to Zhang Cun Sports Park Library in the morning and went to Zhang Cun Xiaoerge Dumpling Shop for dinner at noon.

On March 7th, I went to Xinxing Kindergarten (Changfeng Community) for nucleic acid detection in the morning.

No.19: Male, asymptomatic infected, living in Building 110, Guzhai East Road.

On March 1st, I went for a walk in Huancuilou Park in the morning.

On March 2nd, I went to work in Weihai Seaside Forest Farm, had lunch and dinner in the unit canteen, and lived in Gaojiao Mountain at night.

On March 3rd, I went for a walk in Huancuilou Park in the morning.

On March 4th, I took a bath in Yuanyuan Bathhouse (Guzhai East Road) in the afternoon.

On March 5th, I went to work in Weihai Seaside Forest Farm in the morning, had lunch and dinner in the unit canteen, and lived in Gaojiao Mountain in the evening.

On March 6th, I went for a walk in Huancui Building in the morning.

On March 7th, I took a bath in Yuanyuan Bathhouse (Guzhai East Road) in the morning and went to the municipal hospital for nucleic acid detection in the evening.

No.20: male, confirmed case, living at No.154 Xinwei Road, Huancui District.

From March 1 ST to March 7 th, life is more regular. In the morning, take bus No.12 at Ceramic Road Station and get off at TV Station, and go to work at Yuanyuan Bathhouse (Guzhai East Road) in Torch High-tech Industrial Development Zone. In the evening, take bus No.12 and get off at TV Station and get off at Ceramic Road Station.

On March 4th, I went to the Shantou store next to Jiajiayue in Tashan Morning Market to buy steamed bread.

On March 5, in the morning, I went shopping in the shop near Yuanyuan Bath (Guzhai East Road), and in the afternoon, Zhenhua took a bath to get the express delivery.

On March 7th, I went shopping in the shops near Tashan Morning Market, bought medicine at Yanxitang Pharmaceutical Chain (Zhaizi Store) at noon, and took a taxi to Weihai Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital for emergency treatment after lunch.

No.21: Male, asymptomatic infected, living at No.116 Tongde Road, Huancuilou Street, Huancui District.

From February 28th to March 3rd, I stayed on campus and didn’t go out.

On March 4th, I went to Yuanyuan Bathhouse (Guzhai East Road) in the afternoon.

On March 5, I didn’t go out at home.

On March 6th, we went to the nucleic acid detection point of Limin Hospital in Torch High-tech Industrial Development Zone for nucleic acid sampling.

No.22: Male, asymptomatic infected, living at No.98 Guzhai East Road, Torch High-tech Industrial Development Zone.

On March 1st, I went to Jinyuan Decoration Material Store in the morning and then went to work in Weihai Tianjun Decoration Co., Ltd..

On March 2nd, I went to Yingchuang Meiyu Hangao Store for shopping in the morning, then went to Mingren Nanfang Hardware Store for shopping, and went to Wanjiatuan Jiayue (wearing a mask) for shopping in the afternoon.

On March 3, I went to work in the company in the morning, decorated and purchased in Jinyuan at noon, then purchased in Mingren Nanfang Hardware, and bought food in Wanjiatong Market in the evening.

On March 4, I went to work in the company in the morning, then went to Daguanghui Yousheng Hardware Purchase, and then went to Jiangjiazhai Agricultural and Sideline Market; In the afternoon, I went to the neighborhood Committee to buy insurance, and then I went to Yuanyuan Bathhouse (Guzhai East Road) to take a bath.

On March 5, I went to work in the company in the morning, then went to Deyi Hardware Store and then went to Qincun Market.

On March 6th, I went to work in the company in the morning, ate at Huya Fried Chicken Restaurant in the food court on the fifth floor at noon, and went to Haixitou Village in the afternoon and then to the company.

On March 7, I went to work in the company in the morning and then went to the municipal hospital for nucleic acid testing; Go to the community clinic at noon, and then ride home without going out.

No.23: Male, asymptomatic infected, living in Zhaiku Garden, Huancui District.

On March 1st, I went to work in the 123 Computer Technology Co., Ltd. (Lotte Twin Towers) in the morning, went home for dinner at noon, went to work in the company in the afternoon, and went to Jiajiayue (Zhaiku Store) and Peony Garden Community in the evening, and didn’t go out at home.

On March 2, I went to work in the company in the morning, ate at Mingding Steamed Bun (Changfeng Store) at noon, went to Changqing Fortune Building at noon and returned to work in the company. After work, I went to Peony Garden Community and didn’t go out after returning home.

On March 3rd, I went to work in the company in the morning, ate at Sean Mala Tang (Lotte Twin Towers) at noon, and ate at Yilang Barbecue Buffet Shop on the 3rd floor in the evening.

On March 4, I went to work in the company in the morning, ate in the company at noon, and went home from work in the evening.

On March 5, I went to work in the company in the morning, went home for dinner at noon, and went home from work in the evening.

On March 6, I didn’t go out at home in the morning. At noon, I went to the second floor to buy men’s clothes, and I didn’t go out after I got home.

On March 7, I didn’t go out at home in the morning, and was transferred to isolation in the afternoon.

No.24: Female, asymptomatic infected, living in Zhaku Garden, Songshan Street, Huancui District.

On March 1st, I sent my children to Xinxing Kindergarten (Changfeng Community) in the morning and took bus No.92 to take them home in the afternoon.

On March 2, I sent my children to Xinxing Kindergarten (Changfeng Community) in the morning, went home after arriving at Weihai Commercial Bank, and took bus No.92 to pick them up in the afternoon.

On March 3rd, I sent my children to Xinxing Kindergarten (Changfeng Community) in the morning, took the No.12 bus to the Young Seedling Quotations Rehabilitation Center, and took the No.92 bus to pick them up in the afternoon.

On March 4th, in the morning, take bus No.53 (from Zhaiku Station to RT Mart Station) to attend classes in Chunmiao Yulu Rehabilitation Center, and then take bus No.41 (Lanhua Office Supplies Station-Changfeng Station). In the afternoon, I picked up my children at Xinxing Kindergarten, and then got off at Bus No.92 (Changfeng Station-Zhaiku Station). I didn’t go out after I got home.

On March 5, I didn’t go out at home.

On March 6, I rode an electric car to the Economic and Technological Development Zone at noon and actually bought clothes.

On March 7, I didn’t go out at home.

No.25: Male, asymptomatic infected, living in Zhaku Garden, Songshan Street, Huancui District.

On March 3, I didn’t go out at home.

On March 4th, I went to Xinxing Kindergarten (Changfeng Community) in the morning and went home in the afternoon.

On March 5, I didn’t go out at home.

On March 6, I went to the Economic and Technological Development Zone at noon and actually bought the second floor, and then returned home without going out.

On March 7, I didn’t go out at home.

No.26: Male, asymptomatic infected, living in Pomegranate Garden, Songshan Street, Huancui District.

On February 28th, I went to the Shunxin Barbecue Restaurant on Unify Road for dinner in the evening, then took a bath in Koryo, Economic and Technological Development Zone, and went home without going out.

On March 1st, I bought breakfast at Laotaimen Steamed Bun in Zhaku in the morning, bought rice at MengMeng Steamed Bun Shop in Changfeng at noon, and went to Changfeng Freight Market in the afternoon.

On March 2, I went to Wenbifeng Ancestral Hall in the morning, and then I went to Songshan Community to collect nucleic acids.

On March 3, in the afternoon, I went to Jimo Dingxin Fruit Market to purchase goods, and then I went to Huainan beef soup for dinner.

On March 4th, at noon, I went to Kaijia Automobile Maintenance Center in Zhaku, then to Hongfang Hotel for dinner, and then to the Mulberry Picking Garden in Wendeng District to purchase goods. In the afternoon, go to Wharf Primary School, and then have dinner at Shuiwan Hotel.

On March 5, in the morning, I went to the hot spring wholesale market and Nanqufu FAW Pentium Automobile Hospital to get the goods. In the afternoon, I went to Sifang Road to have a fresh food room, and then I bought food at Sifang Road Vegetable Shop and Jiajiayue Supermarket in the south of Xiangyang Community.

On March 6th, I went to the picking garden in Wendeng District in the morning, and there was a fresh food room in Housifang Road to get the goods. In the afternoon, set up a stall in Huaxia Wash Square.

No.27: Male, asymptomatic infected, living at No.374 Guzhai East Road, Tianhe Street Office, Torch High-tech Industrial Development Zone.

From March 1 ST to March 3 rd, I went to work in Weihai Training Center of Zhongyuan Oilfield in the morning, ate in the unit canteen at noon, and didn’t go out after returning home in the afternoon.

On March 4th, I was at work in the morning, went to Yuanyuan Bathhouse (Guzhai East Road) in the afternoon, and had dinner at Mingdeyuan Hotel, a bathing beach in Torch High-tech Industrial Development Zone in the evening.

On March 5th, in the afternoon, I went to Baojiahui Shopping Mall of Qunyi Vehicle Management Office of Torch High-tech Industrial Development Zone, and then went to the supermarket upstairs of Xiyuding Neighborhood Committee.

On March 6th, I went to Ximen Aquatic Products Market in the morning.

On March 7th, I went to work in the morning, ate in the canteen at noon, went to Yuanyuan Bathhouse (Guzhai East Road) in the afternoon, and drove to Weihai Municipal Hospital to collect nucleic acid at night.

No.28: Male, asymptomatic infected, living in Building 21, Lily Garden, Huaxia City, Huancui District.

On March 1st, I went to work in Weihai Training Center of Zhongyuan Oilfield in the morning, went to Haiyuan Park in the afternoon, and went to Zhajiang Noodles (Torch High-tech Industrial Development Zone) for dinner, Olufang Night Market and Olufang Shopping Mall in the evening.

On March 2, I went to work in the morning, sent a colleague to Qijia Banker at noon, and went to Xiangyun Fire Theme Park at night.

On March 3rd, I drove to work in the morning, went to CITIC Bank in Beizhudao at noon, and took a walk near my community at night.

On March 4th, I drove to work in the morning, went to Suning Chen to Ma Lamian Noodles for dinner in the afternoon, and went to Zhaizi RT Mart, Whale Garden Zunhui Pharmacy and Harbour Park in the evening.

On March 5th, I went to CITIC Bank in Wenhua Middle Road for business in the morning, and went to Sunjiatuan Jinhai Accord Hotel and Qianhaiyu Hotel (Torch High-tech Industrial Development Zone) in the evening.

On March 6th, I had breakfast in the Northwest Mountain Jingren Pie in the morning, then went to work in the unit, bought food in Changfeng market in the afternoon, and went home at Xiangyun Fire Theme Park in the evening.

On March 7th, I drove to work in the morning, went to Changfeng market to buy food at noon, went to grandma’s house (Lily Garden) for dinner in the afternoon, and walked around grandma’s house for about 1 hour in the evening.

No.29: Female, asymptomatic infected, living in Tongde Road, Huancuilou Street, Huancui District.

On March 4th, in the afternoon, I picked up my children from Weihai No.2 Experimental Primary School and went back to my parents’ home in Tongde Road, Huancuilou Street, Huancui District for dinner. I didn’t go out after returning home.

On March 5, I didn’t go out in the morning, went to my parents’ house for dinner at noon, went to Fortune Plaza in the afternoon, and returned home after dinner at my parents’ house at night.

On March 6th, I went to Ruisi English (Weihai Fortune Center Store) in the morning, then picked up the courier at the entrance of Weihai Meteorological Bureau, picked up the children at Ruisi English at noon and returned to my parents’ home. In the afternoon, I went to Master Street Dance Chain (downtown store) and returned home in the evening.

On March 7th, I sent my children to Weihai No.2 Experimental Primary School in the morning, and then went to work in Weihai Meteorological Bureau. At noon, I ate in the canteen of the unit. In the afternoon, I drove with my colleagues to Haogang Trading Firm in Huancui District, sampled nucleic acid at Limin Hospital in Gaoqu District, and returned after dinner.

No.30: Male, asymptomatic infected, living at No.10 Suzhou Street, Jingyuan Sub-district Office, Huancui District.

On March 1st, I went to work in Weihai Training Center of Zhongyuan Oilfield in the morning, ate in the canteen at noon, and went to Harbour Park for exercise and running in the evening.

On March 2, I went to work in the morning and bought wine at Qigutuan Red Sorghum Brewery at noon.

On March 3, I went to work in the morning, ate in the canteen at noon, and then went to Zhang Cun Shuiyuan Jinzuo Community; Go to the North High-speed Railway Station for car inspection in the afternoon.

On March 4th, I went to work in the morning, ate in the canteen at noon, and stayed at home in the afternoon.

On March 5th, I stayed at home.

On March 6th, I went to Zhang Cun Shuiyuan Golden Tower in the morning, had dinner at Xiaoerge Dumpling Shop at noon, and then went to the express delivery point (now to Tesco) to get vegetables.

On March 7th, I went to work in the morning, ate in the canteen at noon, and then arrived at Zhang Cun Shuiyuan Golden Tower.

Can Singapore raise the stamp duty on foreigners’ real estate to 60% to buy a house?

  With the global major housing market cooling down, Singapore’s real estate prices have risen for 12 consecutive quarters. In order to solve this problem, at the end of April, the Singapore government raised the additional buyer stamp duty (ABSD) for foreigners to purchase residential properties by 30 percentage points to 60%, with immediate effect from April 27th.

  This has caught many real estate agents and property buyers off guard. "Take a private house worth 2 million Singapore dollars as an example, which means that the extra buyer stamp duty that foreign buyers have to pay will soar from 600,000 Singapore dollars to 1.2 million Singapore dollars (about 6.21 million yuan)." Deng Minjie, executive director of AsianPrime Properties, told the First Financial Reporter.

  The New Deal was introduced because with the high housing prices, Singaporeans are increasingly worried about being squeezed out of the housing market, and high housing prices may also make Singapore less attractive as an international financial center.

  According to the latest data from the Urban Renewal Authority of Singapore, the price of private housing in Singapore rose by 3.3% in the first quarter, compared with only 0.4% in the previous quarter. In 2021 and 2022, local house prices increased by 10.6% and 8.6% respectively.

Singapore (Source: Xinhua News Agency)

  The third round of cooling in two years

  In other major international metropolises, the proportion of ABSD is much lower. For example, the tax rate for foreigners to buy a house in Vancouver is 29%, while the tax rates in London, Melbourne and Sydney are around 14%. New york’s tax rate is only 4.3%.

  In a joint statement, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of National Development and monetary authority of singapore explained the new policy: "The demand of local people to buy their own houses has been particularly strong, and local and foreign investors have shown renewed interest in our residential real estate market.If not controlled, the price may exceed the economic fundamentals. At the same time, there is a risk that the ratio of price to income will continue to rise."

  Deng Minjie told CBN that under the risk of high loan interest rate environment and global economic challenges, stabilizing real estate prices is the top priority of the Singapore government. "This round of cooling measures is to slow down the purchase demand, especially the purchase demand of investors and foreigners."

  In fact, this is the third cooling measure for real estate since the COVID-19 epidemic. In December 2021 and September 2022, the government took similar early preventive measures, which had a "mitigation effect".

  For example, the stamp duty of foreign buyers in Singapore increased from 20% to 30% in December 2021, which led to a decrease of 16.5% in the number of apartments purchased by foreigners in 2022. But in fact, the local real estate prices are still not loose.

  According to a research report of Orange Tee&Tie, a Singapore brokerage company in 2022, Singapore is still the primary investment destination for foreign investors after several rounds of cooling measures.

  "Despite the interest rate hike and the cooling measures implemented in December 2021, foreign buyers bought more luxury apartments with a price of S $5 million (about RMB 25.87 million) and above in 2022," the report said. "The purchases of luxury apartments by foreigners and those who have obtained permanent residency in Singapore have almost returned to the level of 2019."

  According to the buyer’s inquiry data provided by Juwai Iqi Group, a global real estate technology company headquartered in Kuala Lumpur, Singapore is the favorite overseas purchase destination for China buyers. Since 2021, Singapore has entered the top 10 overseas inquiries of China buyers, ranking ninth that year. Although the Singapore government raised the stamp duty on foreign buyers at the end of 2021, Singapore has been ranked tenth in the inquiry list for the next two years.

  What will be different this time?

  Foreign buyers account for only a small proportion of Singapore’s real estate sales. According to the data of the Urban Renewal Authority of Singapore, foreign buyers accounted for 4.7% of Singapore’s house purchases last year, rising to 7% in the first quarter of this year.

  Nicholas Mak, chief research officer of MOGUL.sg, a real estate information platform, therefore believes that if only 10% of purchases are affected, then these measures have limitations. "How can we cool the market if it has little impact on the other 90%? It’s like you have a burning oil plant, and these people don’t use the right tools to put out the fire. "

  At the same time, people who can afford to buy real estate in Singapore may not care about paying more taxes.

  Kashif Ansari, co-founder and CEO of IQI, told the First Financial Reporter that the high housing prices in Singapore have eliminated a number of foreign buyers. High-net-worth people who plan to buy Singapore real estate now may not change their decision to buy a house because of a 30% tax increase.

  Of course, those who specialize in real estate speculation will be discouraged. On the other hand, foreign buyers aiming at global allocation may turn their eyes to luxury houses in Malaysia or Dubai."He said.

  Deng Minjie said that according to past experience, foreign buyers often balk after receiving the news, especially this time the increase has doubled.

  However, after the introduction of the New Deal, one of her clients, the foreign buyer who originally planned to look at the house, did not change her mind. "We have communicated with them in time about the tax increase, and they are still willing to continue the house purchase plan. Their feedback is that Singapore will be the place where they want to invest in immigrants. " She also revealed that,Her buyers reported that the unit price of houses in Singapore was reasonable, but the tax was very high.

  Sun Yanqing, research director of Orange Easy Industry, told the First Financial Reporter: "Cooling measures may curb demand in the next few months. This may provide time for more housing completion and housing supply. When there is a better market balance, the price may stabilize. When demand shrinks, price increases may also slow down. This will help first-time home buyers and HDB upgraders to buy their first home. "

  "We have slightly lowered the price forecast for the whole year of 2023 from 5%-8% to 4%-7%." Sun Yanqing said.

  Deng Minjie predicted that as first-time buyers of Singapore citizens and permanent residents will not be affected under the New Deal, these groups will become the main demand drivers in the coming months. According to the data in 2022, this group accounts for about 90% of residential real estate transactions.