CCTV News:Look at the economy through data, and look at achievements through the economy. Today (January 7th), the data released by the State Administration of Foreign Exchange showed that China’s foreign exchange reserves were stable at more than 3.1 trillion US dollars in 2023, and the scale of foreign exchange reserves rose steadily throughout the year. At the beginning of the new year, all parts of the country seized the opportunity and the construction of key projects was promoted in an orderly manner. In addition, the "ice and snow economy" rose rapidly, and Harbin took the lead in "going out of the circle" to detonate the whole country, becoming another "top flow" city after Zibo. In a vivid picture, in a group of "thermal" data, the tenacious and colorful "energetic" China continues to promote the effective improvement of the quality and reasonable growth of the economy.
In 2023, China’s foreign exchange reserves will be stable at more than 3.1 trillion US dollars.
By the end of December 2023, the scale of China’s foreign exchange reserves was $3,238 billion, an increase of $66.2 billion or 2.1% compared with the end of November 2023. Compared with the end of December 2022, it increased by 110.3 billion US dollars, or 3.5%. The scale of China’s foreign exchange reserves rose steadily throughout the year. The relevant person in charge of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange said that at present, China’s economy continues to pick up and make solid progress in high-quality development, which will provide support for maintaining the basic stability of foreign exchange reserves.
Hainan Free Trade Port released six innovative cases of system integration.
On January 6th, according to the principle of "initiative, integration, implementation and good effect", Hainan selected 6 cases of system integration innovation from more than 200 cases declared by more than 40 departments for centralized release. The six cases of system integration innovation released this time include the "five-in-one" comprehensive management system reform of intellectual property rights, the first global "plastic ban" system, the new mode of comprehensive management service of yacht industry, the integrated, unaffected and intelligent supervision of medical and pharmaceutical devices, the deepening of the "three-in-one" reform of maritime trials, and the construction of a high-quality development mechanism for leisure fisheries in the whole chain.
Technological Impetus: China’s 40th Antarctic Expedition
At present, the "Snow Dragon 2" carrying out China’s 40th Antarctic expedition mission is currently carrying out an investigation in amundsen sea. On January 6th, Beijing time, the expedition team successfully deployed the deep-water eco-submersible marker in amundsen sea, which is the first time that China deployed the eco-submersible marker in the polar region, and it can detect the upper ocean krill for a long period by optical and acoustic means. This Antarctic expedition includes the investigation of amundsen sea sea area, which includes abandoned observation, navigation observation of nutrients and chlorophyll in marine water, and comprehensive station surveys such as temperature and salinity profiler and vertical trawl.
Ice and snow economy and "village supermarket" have driven the consumption of cultural tourism to be "hot"
China tourism academy’s Report on the Development of Ice and Snow Tourism in China (2023) predicts that the number of ice and snow leisure tourists in China is expected to reach 520 million in the ice and snow season from 2024 to 2025, and the income of ice and snow leisure tourism will reach 720 billion yuan.
The first "top flow" city in 2024 is Harbin. This winter, Harbin attracts tourists from home and abroad with its beautiful ice and snow scenery, endless ingenious ways to welcome guests and warm and generous hospitality. Harbin has entered the national and even global vision. The analysis believes that after the local city’s cultural tourism "explodes", we should seize the opportunity of cultural tourism consumption recovery, take advantage of the situation to fill the shortcomings, and let the city’s charm continue, so that the cultural tourism consumption will move from "a good start" to "a long red".
Yesterday, the 2024 Guizhou "Village Super" qualifier started, which also means that the new season officially started. From May last year to now, "Village Supermarket" has attracted more than 5 million tourists to Rongjiang, achieving a comprehensive tourism income of nearly 6 billion yuan. "Village Super" brand has attracted many enterprises to settle in. Last year, the sales of agricultural special products reached more than 400 million yuan, an increase of 58%. Nowadays, the "fun" of rural football in Rongjiang County, Guizhou Province is being transformed into a "way" for rural revitalization.
The construction of key projects in various places has been promoted in an orderly manner.
Today, the construction of Xihoumen Highway-Railway Dual-purpose Bridge, the key control project of Zhoushan-Ningbo Railway in Zhejiang Province, has made progress in stages. Xihoumen Highway-Railway Bridge has a total length of 3,118 meters and a deck width of 68 meters. It is the world’s largest span highway-railway bridge under construction and the world’s widest sea-crossing bridge.
On January 6th, the world’s largest span 1800-type continuous rigid frame bridge with corrugated steel webs was completed. The bridge spans the main line of Yujiang River from Pinglu Canal to Nanning Port, with a designed navigation width of 112m and a clearance height of 18m, which can meet the navigation requirements of 6000t ships in Pinglu Canal.
On the morning of January 6, the west line tunnel of Jinan Yellow River Jiluo Road North Extension Project was successfully connected. The project is to build a double-hole tunnel for public rail, with a two-way six-lane highway on the upper floor and reserved rail transit space on the lower floor. Pass through Hanji Railway and Queshan Reservoir by shield tunnel.
At the beginning of the new year, the underground structure of the new T2 terminal of Fuzhou Changle International Airport Phase II expansion project was completed, and the main structure of the terminal entered the construction stage. The second phase expansion project of Fuzhou Changle International Airport has a total construction area of about 480,000 square meters. It is estimated that after the completion in 2026, the annual passenger throughput of Changle Airport will reach 36 million passengers and the cargo and mail throughput will reach 450,000 tons.
On January 6th, the Waitangfan Tunnel of Hangqu Railway was successfully completed, which also marked the completion of all 38 tunnels, laying the foundation for the opening and operation of Hangqu Railway. With a total length of 278.05 meters and a design speed of 250 kilometers per hour, Waitangfan Tunnel is one of the control projects of Hangzhou-Quyu Railway, and it is the most difficult and risky tunnel in Hangzhou-Quyu Railway construction.
Recently, four working faces at the exit of Tianshan Shengli Tunnel on Urumqi-Yuli Expressway have been successfully connected. Tianshan Shengli Tunnel is 22.13 kilometers long and has a maximum buried depth of 1,112.6 meters. After the opening of Wuwei Expressway, the journey from Urumqi to Korla Highway will be shortened from nearly 7 hours to about 3 hours.
Comprehensive measures of medical insurance policy to reduce the burden of medical treatment for the masses
After six years of continuous adjustment, the national medical insurance catalogue has added 744 kinds of drugs. The number of drugs for diabetes treatment in the catalogue increased from 41 to 82; The number of targeted drugs for tumors increased from 0 to 74. Up to now, the cumulative burden reduction for patients has exceeded 600 billion yuan. In the first three quarters of 2023, the medical insurance assistance policy benefited 129 million rural low-income people, helping to reduce the burden of medical expenses by 130 billion yuan.
At the same time, in order to promote a more transparent and balanced inter-provincial price of drugs, the National Medical Insurance Bureau has recently deployed a comprehensive investigation against the existing prices of drugs linked to the Internet nationwide, and promoted the special treatment of drug prices. By the end of March 2024, the inter-provincial price unfairness of the same kind of drugs will be basically eliminated, and the price behavior of pharmaceutical companies will be more fair and honest, and the inter-provincial price will be transparent and balanced, so as to effectively safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of patients and reduce the burden of drug use.
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