Blinken’s intention of "extinguishing fire" in the Middle East is difficult to achieve.

  Xinhua News Agency, Jerusalem, February 1st(International observation) Blinken’s intention of "extinguishing fire" in the Middle East is difficult to achieve.

  Xinhua news agency reporter

  US Secretary of State Blinken ended her three-day trip to the Middle East on January 31st. He visited Egypt, Israel and Palestine successively, and cooling the tension between Palestine and Israel became the main purpose of this trip. However, analysts believe that Blinken has not brought any substantive measures, and the political and security situation in Palestine and Israel is complicated and grim, so it is difficult for this visit to bring substantial changes to regional peace and stability.

  The same old story is insincere.

  Recently, the tension between Palestine and Israel has escalated and violent conflicts have continued. In this context, "fire fighting" for the Palestinian-Israeli tension has become one of the top tasks of Blinken’s visit.

  This is a photo of US Secretary of State Blinken taken on April 7, 2022. Xinhua News Agency reporter Zheng Huansong photo

  Egypt is one of the important mediators in the Palestinian-Israeli issue. During the talks with Egyptian President Seyce, Blinken said that the United States hopes to actively coordinate with Egypt to cool the situation between Palestine and Israel. The Egyptian Presidential Palace said in a statement that Sethi reiterated Egypt’s firm position on the Palestinian-Israeli issue, that is, to promote a just and comprehensive solution and safeguard the rights of the Palestinian people in accordance with international standards.

  In their talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Abbas respectively, Blinken reiterated the United States’ support for the "two-state solution" to the Palestinian-Israeli issue.

  The repeated Palestinian-Israeli conflicts are rooted in the fact that the "two-state plan" has not been implemented so far, and the reasonable demands of the Palestinian people for independent statehood have not been realized for a long time. Analysts pointed out that although the US government has always claimed to support the settlement of the Palestinian-Israeli issue through the "two-state solution", the United States has long been partial to Israel, and Blinken’s trip has also failed to show sincerity.

  The Palestinian people did not expect much from Blinken’s visit, and many Palestinian political factions also held negative attitudes. The People’s Front of Pakistan called on Abbas not to succumb to the pressure from the United States, and called on the people to oppose Blinken’s visit.

  Abu Zeyad, a former official of the Palestinian National Authority, pointed out that on the surface, the United States attaches great importance to the Palestinian-Israeli issue, but judging from Blinken’s position, the United States just keeps repeating the same old tune, or stays at the level of supporting the "two-state plan" and avoids talking about substantive issues such as ending the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territory. Palestine should stop betting on the United States to solve the Palestinian-Israeli problem.

  The problem is out of focus and inconsistent

  Israel is an important ally of the United States in the Middle East. As for Blinken’s current visit, analysts believe that its purpose is to coordinate with the new Israeli government, which took office in December last year, on common strategic priorities.

  On January 27, 2023, Palestinian protesters clashed with Israeli soldiers in Beit Dejan, the eastern village of Nablus in the West Bank city. Xinhua News Agency (photo by Nidal)

  The new Israeli government is composed of right-wing forces and far-right forces, and is called "the rightmost government" in Israeli history by the media. Among them, itamar Ben-Gewell, the leader of the extreme right, visited the Temple Mount (called "Noble Forbidden Area" by Muslims) in the old city of Jerusalem after he became the Minister of National Security, which triggered strong protests from countries in Palestine and other regions.

  Michael Milstein, an expert at the moshe dayan Center for Middle East and Africa Studies at Tel Aviv University in Israel, pointed out that Blinken’s visit is aimed at clarifying the US position on some policies of the new Israeli government, so that Israel can clearly define the US "red line" on the Palestinian-Israeli issue.

  However, the new Israeli government does not want Blinken’s visit to focus on the Palestinian-Israeli issue, but tries to focus on the Iranian nuclear issue and how to promote the normalization of relations with Arab countries.

  After meeting with Netanyahu, Blinken stressed the importance of cooling down the situation between Palestine and Israel. However, Netanyahu made no mention of the current tension, but talked about Iran’s threat to the region, expressing the hope that the United States would promote the normalization of relations between Israel and more Arab countries, on the grounds that the settlement of the Israeli-Arab contradiction would help resolve the Israeli-Palestinian issue.

  Assault "fire fighting" is difficult to work

  Analysts believe that because the diplomatic focus of the United States is not on the Palestinian-Israeli issue, and the political and security situation in the region is complicated and grim, Blinken’s trip to the Middle East may not bring substantial changes to the current tension between Palestine and Israel.

  On January 27, 2023, Palestinian protesters clashed with Israeli soldiers in Beit Dejan, the eastern village of Nablus in the West Bank city. Xinhua News Agency (photo by Nidal)

  On the one hand, the tough line of the new Israeli government on the Palestinian-Israeli issue is likely to continue. Ghassan khatib, a professor at Birzeit University in Palestine, pointed out that after four years of political turmoil and frequent elections, the new Israeli government will continue to take a tough line against the Palestinians and escalate its military operations in the West Bank in order to prevent the extreme right forces from withdrawing from the ruling Coalition and causing the government to collapse.

  On the other hand, the Palestinian National Authority’s ability to control the anti-Israel activities of Palestinians in the West Bank is also weakening. At present, parts of Jenin are controlled by Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) and Islamic Jihad (Jehad). Samir Abdallah, a Palestinian political analyst and former government official, said that Blinken had put pressure on the Palestinian leadership to cool down the conflict, but it was now difficult for the Palestinian leadership to control the people’s resistance to Israel.

  At the same time, the Palestinian people generally believe that the United States will only take sides in the Palestinian-Israeli issue and engage in double standards, which will not have a substantial effect on promoting the settlement of the Palestinian-Israeli issue.

  Recently, the United States has sent senior officials such as national security adviser Sullivan and director of the Central Intelligence Agency Burns to visit the Palestinian-Israeli region. However, analysts pointed out that solving the Palestinian-Israeli issue is not the top priority of American diplomacy at present. Milstein said that the priorities of the United States are still its internal affairs and the Ukrainian crisis.

  Mukhtar Gobashy, vice chairman of the Egyptian Arab Center for Political and Strategic Studies, said that Blinken’s purpose is to ease the situation between Palestine and Israel, but unless the US government really puts pressure on Israel, this visit will not have an impact on calming tensions. (Participating in reporters: Lu Yingxu, Zhang Tianlang, Liu Weijian, Yao Bing, PG One)

How to do cross-border e-commerce for your own products? What cross-border e-commerce is suitable for individuals?

How to do cross-border e-commerce for your own products? What cross-border e-commerce is suitable for individuals?

In China, the development of the Internet has made domestic e-commerce increasingly prosperous, saturated and increasingly fierce. Under the background of such a domestic e-commerce market environment, many sellers have turned their attention to overseas cross-border e-commerce, ranging from the United States to Southeast Asia, the Middle East and Africa. What kind of cross-border e-commerce is suitable for individuals? How to do cross-border e-commerce with your own products? I will introduce it to you today.

There are only a few mainstream platforms for cross-border e-commerce. What we are mainly talking about here is cross-border export, that is, selling products from China to foreign countries.

Most people do wish, Amazon and AliExpress. Compared with other platforms, these three platforms are relatively stable, and the operating system is relatively mature after years of development. What are the characteristics of different platforms? We made a comparison and said why we recommend you to be an Amazon platform.

For small and medium-sized sellers who want to cross the border, they must first know the application threshold of mainstream cross-border e-commerce platforms. Amazon platform and wish platform can be applied by individuals or companies; Individuals on the AliExpress platform cannot apply, but only in the name of the company.

Amazon’s registration threshold is also lower.

The Amazon platform can be registered with a credit card that supports US dollars, and the wish platform needs the URL address of the applicant’s store in other e-commerce platforms; AliExpress platform needs more materials, including ID card, company business license, tax registration certificate, bank account opening and address proof materials.

Of course, since it is selling goods, more sellers are concerned about the billing cycle. Amazon usually issues orders in 7-15 days, and novice sellers can do it in two weeks from uploading products to issuing a single order, especially in the discount season of the fourth quarter. As long as online optimization is done, the order will be faster. From this aspect, we can also see that the traffic of Amazon platform is very large, and large traffic can ensure that small sellers also have sales.

Wish platform is 15-20 days for billing. The competition of AliExpress platform is fierce. If it is a novice seller, the order may be in the foreseeable future.

The following is the introduction of mainstream platforms:

At present, the four mainstream cross-border e-commerce platforms are Amazon, wish, ebay and AliExpress.

1) Amazon

At present, the platform has the highest sales volume and the highest profit is Amazon platform. Amazon firmly occupies the mid-to-high-end market of cross-border e-commerce. It is best to have better supplier cooperation resources when choosing Amazon. The quality of suppliers needs to be very stable, and it is best to have strong research and development capabilities. To be Amazon, products are king.

2)ebay

Ebay is the oldest cross-border e-commerce platform, just like Amazon. At present, there are more and more sellers on ebay who rely on overseas warehouses to make big goods. Of course, ebay is still far ahead of Amazon in some categories represented by auto parts and geek modification and tool workbench. For the choice of eBay, there should be regional advantages of products, such as the target market of products in Europe and the United States. EBay is relatively simple to operate with little investment, and people with certain foreign trade resources can try it.

3)wish

It rose in 2013. Wish is the platform with the simplest background operation, the easiest to use and the lowest threshold among the four platforms. Sellers must have low prices to have an advantage.

4) AliExpress

Amazon is firmly occupying the high-end consumer groups in e-commerce. Because AliExpress is inherently weak in logistics, the income of natural consumers is relatively low. If your target market and your products are mainly oriented to Russia, then AliExpress is your best choice.      

In addition, to do cross-border e-commerce, there are not only third-party platforms such as Amazon, eBay and AliExpress. For a seller, it may benefit more than choosing a third-party platform. E-commerce self-built station allows sellers to have more free control and can accurately divide user groups. At the same time, it can also be linked with online stores on third-party platforms to accumulate its own brand effect.      

The next step in choosing a good platform is to tap the sub-categories and analyze the target market. Some products sell well in China, but may not sell well abroad. This is the first hurdle that sellers have to face. Don’t think that doing e-commerce operation routines is the most important thing. These are icing on the cake, and products are the core competitiveness. Selection includes positioning, positioning itself and positioning customers. With positioning, you know which style, price and category of products you want to go to, which is the most basic.

A small amount of stocking water, find the explosion and keep up in time. If you can’t find the explosion, you can’t talk about continuous sales. Looking for explosions, we must also analyze the data of stores and product operations. Amazon background database is perfect, the key is to be able to read and analyze.

Continuous drainage paves the way for sales. It’s not enough just to put the product on, and drainage is another big difficulty. As a newcomer to Amazon, have you ever been exposed to overseas social platforms? How to use social platforms to bring popularity to stores? How to cooperate the drainage method with the promotion method to maximize the product income is a problem that sellers need to consider.

Seemingly simple steps, you will know when you actually do it, and it is better to have someone to guide you. Especially with an experienced tutor to guide you, you can take many detours less. After all, we can’t fight alone in this era, and we need a place to exchange experiences with each other.

Take Amazon, a cross-border e-commerce platform. In fact, if you don’t make many products, you can send them directly to the FBA warehouse in the United States after you choose a product. If there is an order, the warehouse in the United States will directly help you deliver the goods. You just need to pay attention to your own product inventory. The background data shows that the product inventory is almost sold out, so you need to replenish it in time according to the sales situation. Secondly, you need to check your email regularly. If there are any emails, take time to reply. Generally, there are few emails in newly opened stores.

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The 2025 Audi Q7 went on sale for RMB 609.8-804.8 million.

A few days ago, the 2025 Audi Q7 was officially launched, and the new car launched five models with a price range of 609.8-804.8 million yuan. As an annual modified model, it mainly adjusts the vehicle configuration, and other changes are not significant.

The appearance of the new car remains the same as that of the current model, equipped with the iconic Q family octagonal grille, and designed with a large honeycomb mesh single frame grille. The new car comes standard with matrix LED headlights, and the lighting effect is even better. In terms of car colors, nine car body colors are available: Sakil Gold, Istanbul Red, askari Blue, Waitomo Blue, Kara Labai, Tianyun Grey, Legend Black, Glacier White and Satellite Silver.

In terms of models, the new Audi Q7 cancelled the 45TFSI S line sports model and added the 55TFSI S line Darth Vader version, which has a unique black appearance kit and red calipers. In terms of configuration, the Darth Vader version is upgraded with functions such as front seat ventilation, adaptive cruise, lane change assistance and active lane keeping.

In terms of power, the new Audi Q7 uses the 2.0T engine of the fourth generation EA888 and the 3.0T V6 engine of EA839 +48V. Their maximum horsepower is 265 and 340 horsepower respectively, and their peak torque is 370 Nm and 500 Nm. The transmission system is matched with an 8-speed Tiptronic transmission.

Sam member stores embody the value of membership with differentiation strategy.

SHENZHEN, May 8, 2017/PRNewswire/-Sam member stores have strengthened their differentiated product strategy, developed high-end products that meet the preferences of China consumers, upgraded existing word-of-mouth products, and continued to expand their competitive advantages. Sam continues to intensify the research and development of its own brand Member’s Mark food. More than a dozen new products and upgraded star products have appeared in the recent "Taste Sam" activity, covering baking, fresh food, cooked food and other categories, which fully meet the discerning taste buds of high-end members. Among them, Matcha Melaleuca cake, organic vegetables and Australian imported beef are expected to drive a substantial increase in sales.

As a high-end membership store, Sam Member Store has opened 15 stores in 13 cities in China, serving nearly 1.8 million members. Andrew Miles, president of Sam member store’s China business, said: "Sam has developed rapidly in recent years, thanks to our continuous provision of quality goods, excellent member service and good shopping experience. Whether the membership value of Sam can be reflected is one of the important considerations in our commodity development strategy. We organically combine the consumption trend with the needs of members, and further expand our competitive advantage through differentiated commodity strategy. We will continue to upgrade and optimize the product structure, so that members can feel the concept of’ better life in Sam’, and welcome more consumers who value quality and shopping experience to become members of Sam. "

Sam opens "Taste Sam" month.


Sam opens "Taste Sam" month.

Sam’s commodity development emphasizes high quality and continuous innovation. Taking the baking category as an example, Sam is extremely strict in screening its own brand suppliers. Besides routine evaluation and factory inspection, it also requires suppliers to have experience in cooperating with five-star hotels. With its excellent market acumen and innovative spirit, Sam has launched many products highly sought after by its members, such as Member’s Mark Durian Melaleuca Cake, which has been ranked as the national baking sales champion in Sam for one year. After five months of repeated testing and adjustment, Sam recently launched a Melaleuca Matcha cake. In the research and development process, in order to better balance the fragrance of matcha and cream, the toughness of egg skin, and the taste and fragrance after thawing, Sam tried dozens of kinds of green tea powder at home and abroad, and finally chose the matcha powder certified by Uji, Japan, and carried out destructive tests in storage, transportation and other aspects. The fresh taste of this product is especially suitable for summer, and it is expected to boost sales with durian Melaleuca cake.

Sam New Member's Mark Star Product Matcha Melaleuca Cake


Sam New Member’s Mark Star Product Matcha Melaleuca Cake

The research and development of new products in Sam is based on the in-depth understanding of members’ living habits and dietary preferences, such as cooked beef rolls and fried food wrapped in powder suitable for fast-paced life in "Taste Sam"; More than a dozen new products such as seasonal vanilla ice cream. In addition, Sam’s organic vegetables have achieved double-digit growth year after year, which reflects the growing demand of members for organic vegetables. Because organic vegetables are easily influenced by uncontrollable factors without pesticides, it is difficult to ensure the supply. Sam has selected more than ten organic vegetable farms certified by national authorities, and launched seven new products of Member’s Mark organic vegetables for the first time, and ensured uninterrupted supply throughout the country.

"Healthier" and "higher-end" are also the focus of food upgrading in Sam. Take Member’s Mark Zongzi as an example. After listening to the feedback from members, Sam boldly improved the formula and production technology of this traditional food, and the lard content was reduced by about 25% compared with last year. The glutinous rice and Moganshan pollution-free Zongzi leaves in the south of the Yangtze River were selected in this season, and the outer packaging passed the 8,000-time beating test, which effectively prevented bumps and cracks, and ensured the taste of the members.

Sam's own brand Member's Mark Zongzi.


Sam’s own brand Member’s Mark Zongzi.

As a star commodity in Sam, the annual sales of imported beef from Australia increased by more than 50% in recent three years. This year, Sam cut all Australian beef more finely, covering nearly 20 parts, which is suitable for Chinese and Western cooking methods, and also added Australian Angus cattle, which is juicy and tender, especially suitable for Western cooking. In terms of vegetables, vegetable seedlings have shown great growth potential. Sam’s vegetable seedlings are all picked at the seedling stage, and the average growth period is about one third of the total growth period, which makes them taste more crisp and tender. At present, they account for about 40% of leafy vegetables sales. In the future, Sam will increase the variety and quantity of vegetable seedlings, which is expected to account for 50% of leafy vegetables.

In addition to constantly improving the quality of goods, Sam will provide more cost-effective products for people’s livelihood through various activities, so that members can gain more value brought by membership, which is very popular among members. Sales of products such as baked mixed nuts and flexible handkerchief paper by Member’s Mark doubled in the activity of "Great Member Value with High Membership Value" which lasted for the whole year, and sales of northeast super rice by Member’s Mark in April doubled year-on-year.

In addition, Sam member stores cooperate with major banks and payment platforms from time to time to hold preferential activities to give back to members (such as Bank of Communications, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, Alipay, etc.). Sam members can enjoy preferential treatment from more than 350 selected high-quality merchants by virtue of their Sam membership, covering the fields of catering, entertainment, lifestyle, culture and art, healthy living and professional services. While creating savings for members, Sam member stores attach great importance to members’ shopping experience; In Sam, members can experience a spacious and comfortable shopping environment and plenty of parking spaces. At the same time, members can also purchase conveniently through www.samsclub.cn, an online platform in Sam, the "Sam Member Store" App and the JD.COM flagship store in Sam. Sam has opened the distribution of fresh goods in 12 cities, providing the service of one-stop purchase and one-order delivery for normal temperature, cold storage and frozen goods in a single temperature zone.

PC and mobile advertising are almost saturated, and intelligent technology helps the new direction of growth.

  On May 9, 2018, the Smart TV Big Data Alliance (STVA) held the second board meeting of the first session of the Alliance in Xi ‘an.

  Meeting site

  At the second board meeting of the first session of the Alliance, the licensees, operators, terminal manufacturers, content providers, 4A companies and other professionals came to the meeting site.

  First of all, Xiao Jianbing, Secretary General of the Alliance and Deputy General Manager of China Guangshi Sophomore Media Research (CSM), gave a report on the work of the Alliance at the meeting.

  Xiao Jianbing, Deputy General Manager of China Guangshi Sophomore Media Research (CSM)

  Since its establishment, Smart TV Big Data Alliance has grown rapidly after a year of development. At present, six new member units have joined the alliance. They are: Changrong Media Co., Ltd. (Changrong), Simei Media Co., Ltd. (Simei), Zhuhai Kaihe Technology Co., Ltd. (Kaihe Technology), Yinshitong Information Technology Co., Ltd. (Yinshitong), Hangzhou Dangbei Network Technology Co., Ltd. (Dangbei Network) and Beijing Tongshi Mingtai Digital Technology Co., Ltd. (Suning Sports). At the meeting, everyone had an in-depth exchange on the development of new members of the alliance and held an awarding ceremony.

  Last year, the achievements made by the Smart TV Big Data Alliance are obvious to all. In the new stage of development, the Alliance proposed to "focus on the OTT advertising ecology and build an alliance business ecological chain". The directors and governing units of the Smart TV Big Data Alliance will continue to "jointly develop, standardize and scientifically develop". The concept promotes the Smart TV Big Data Alliance to deepen the smart TV advertising industry, based on advertisers’ core demands for OTT. Establish an industry ecological development system with alliance ID(UID) as the core, and solve the problems that advertisers care about the authenticity of OTT, terminal-based advertising frequency control, TA effectiveness and brand launch safety.

  01

  Work together to promote UID establishment

  At the meeting, the ecological construction of alliance ID(UID) was released. UID is the only authentication code of smart TVs in the alliance after unified coding, and UID makes every smart TV truly visible. It can be used in the planning, delivery and post-broadcast evaluation of smart terminal advertisements, which can effectively help the TV big-screen advertising market to establish a real and reliable delivery environment.

  Alliance UID can not only authenticate the authenticity of intelligent terminals, but also be used to establish an advertising optimization system, which helps advertisers and advertising agencies to realize advertising frequency control based on terminal cross-platform (including cross-patch advertising and on-off advertising, cross-live advertising and OTT on-demand advertising), and improve the efficiency of digital advertising on large screens.

  UID scientifically ensures that smart TV terminals are truly developed and utilized by the industry, and promotes the standardized development and scientific development of OTT advertising industry. At the meeting, Mr. Xiao Jianbing called on the member units of the alliance to work together to promote the construction of the alliance UID, and at the same time promote the industry to adopt the intelligent terminal authentication service based on UID to provide effective support for the benign development of TV large-screen advertising.

  02

  Build an alliance OTT DMP

  Yu Liangxing, Chairman and &CEO of Gouzheng Data, introduced the OTDMP construction and future upgrade plan to the members of the alliance. It is reported that since the establishment of the alliance, as a professional and basic data exporter, Gouzheng Data has joined forces with alliance members such as the terminal side, the media side, and the data side to exchange efforts to build OTDMP, break the limited status quo of data islands, dig deep into data granularity, and achieve phased results. Gouzheng Data expressed its willingness to join hands with all parties to promote the alliance OTDMP upgrade and help the industry develop rapidly.

  Promoting the upgrade of OTDMP, the big data alliance of smart TV, has certain value significance from three levels. First, based on the core appeal of advertisers to OTT, OTT DMP can solve the media delivery problems such as the authenticity and TA effectiveness that advertisers care about OTT; Second, to maximize the value of data resources for all parties, data-driven operation; Third, it can achieve more accurate and effective planning and delivery of OTT industry advertisements, which plays a vital role in the ecological establishment of OTT advertising market.

  Yu Liangxing, Chairman and &CEO of Gouzheng Data

  03

  Release OTT advertising monitoring system

  Ms. Zhao Mei, assistant to the general manager of CCTV Market Research (CTR), general manager of CTR Media Intelligence and executive vice president of CTR Media Convergence Research Institute, released the OTT advertising monitoring system for the first time on behalf of the alliance, which provided the basis for the authenticity of advertising exposure terminals, the visibility of advertising exposure and the scenes of advertising exposure through three certifications, and provided monitoring products and solutions that comprehensively covered OTT advertising paths.

  With PC and mobile advertising almost saturated, smart TV big screen has become a new growth point in digital marketing. In 2017, OTT achieved rapid growth in advertising revenue. However, due to the lack of objective evaluation data of OTT, the difficulty in monitoring advertising effect, and the endless stream of false traffic, advertisers still have great concerns about OTT’s advertising. It is urgent to help advertisers establish a scientific, objective and reasonable OTT advertising marketing service system.

  Zhao Mei, Assistant General Manager of CCTV Market Research (CTR), General Manager of CTR Media Intelligence and Executive Vice President of CTR Media Convergence Research Institute.

  Since its establishment, Smart TV Big Data Alliance has been committed to the promotion of alliance authentication clients and the construction of smart TV Big Data Pool. On this basis, we will ensure the authenticity of advertising exposure, assist the industry to establish a fair, just, objective and self-disciplined advertising ecology, purify the market and promote the healthy development of the industry.

  Group photo of members of Smart TV Big Data Alliance

Gansu mala Tang is on fire! Random incense stuns a person who has never eaten it.

  Compared with Sichuan Mala Tang and Northeast Paste Mala Tang, Gansu Mala Tang has also caught fire recently. This low-key northwestern province has quietly brought the shape of Mala Tang, a national snack, to another extreme.

  In Gansu Mala Tang Restaurant, the dishes are usually placed in bundles with bamboo sticks strung together, usually one or two yuan a string, which will never become your wallet "assassin". Hand it to the boss after picking it up as you like. All kinds of ingredients are cooked in the hot soup base, selected into the plate, scooped into the original soup, and finally poured with two spoonfuls of oil and spicy seeds, and the aroma will explode in the bowl.

Gansu mala Tang is on fire! Random incense stuns a person who has never eaten it.

  Attractive selling not only evokes the taste buds of netizens all over the country, but also makes many people embark on an intriguing journey of "leaving and leaving", holding handfuls of "vegetable bouquets" and waiting in line for delicious food.

Gansu mala Tang is on fire! Random incense stuns a person who has never eaten it.

Gansu mala Tang is on fire! Random incense stuns a person who has never eaten it.

Gansu mala Tang is on fire! Random incense stuns a person who has never eaten it.

  Gansu is big, and the mala Tang in different places is not exactly the same.

  Tianshui and other places in the southeast of Gansu are not far from Sichuan and Shaanxi. The spicy red oil here is much more moist. You can add soup or choose dry mix. The dishes and powder are cooked separately, and you can have two bowls of hot and spicy taste at the same time.

Gansu mala Tang is on fire! Random incense stuns a person who has never eaten it.

  Walking to the north, in Zhangye and Jiuquan, mala Tang is generally less soup and thick sauce. Besides chili pepper, there are additional seasoning artifacts-sweet sauce and salty sauce made by the store. The spicy and salty sauce mixed with thick oil red sauce is enough to open the door to the new world.

Gansu mala Tang is on fire! Random incense stuns a person who has never eaten it.

  Bowls of seemingly simple mala Tang, bringing together the scenery of all parts of Gansu, jointly propped up the world of mala Tang in Gansu, and every element is indispensable.

  pepper

  Is the soul of this bowl.

Gansu mala Tang is on fire! Random incense stuns a person who has never eaten it.

  Speaking of the "soul" of Gansu Mala Tang, it must be rich and colorful.

  Every household has its own secret about how to make spicy oil seeds: Usually, they are ground with anise, fragrant leaves, pepper and other spices to taste, with a little chopped walnuts, white sesame seeds, sugar, and then poured with fried hot oil such as onion, onion, parsley, etc., so that the pepper is fragrant and spicy, and the taste buds are held in an instant.

Gansu mala Tang is on fire! Random incense stuns a person who has never eaten it.

  Although the appearance is strong, the spicy taste of Gansu oil spicy seeds is not sharp, but mainly fragrant, and even a little sweet when it is refined. This rich taste experience is by no means something that ordinary peppers can bring. Tianshui Gangu pepper is the first choice for many mala Tang shopkeepers.

  Gangu County, Tianshui City is one of the earliest counties for pepper cultivation in China. Due to the unique natural conditions such as soil and climate, the pepper meat in Gangu is thick and oily, and the aromatic substances are more abundant. Grinding dried chilies into flour, the hot oil is spicy and does not burn the burner, which is the legendary cooking artifact of "soaking the soles of shoes".

Gansu mala Tang is on fire! Random incense stuns a person who has never eaten it.

  At present, the planting area of pepper in Gangu County is 30,000 mu, and there are more than 100 processing enterprises. Gangu County also vigorously promoted Gangu pepper through the online e-commerce platform, and the total transaction volume of e-commerce reached 4.372 billion yuan.

  The wonderful taste of Gansu Mala Tang is not only achieved by oily spicy seeds. In the seasoning stage, some bosses will sprinkle a handful of pepper noodles on mala Tang to add a touch of strength to the spicy taste.

  Zanthoxylum bungeanum is an economic tree species in Gansu, which is second only to apples and walnuts in cultivation area. Wudu District of Longnan City is the first batch of "the hometown of China’s famous and excellent economic forest Zanthoxylum bungeanum". Among the main Zanthoxylum bungeanum producing areas in China, Wudu Zanthoxylum bungeanum ranks first in terms of area, yield, quality and farmers’ income.

Gansu mala Tang is on fire! Random incense stuns a person who has never eaten it.

  potato

  It is the satisfaction of this bowl.

Gansu mala Tang is on fire! Random incense stuns a person who has never eaten it.

  The attraction of Gansu Mala Tang lies not only in the rich salty flavor of oily spicy seeds, but also in the attractive appearance of potato powder hanging full of juice.

  Compared with the choice of instant noodles and vermicelli, which are popular in other areas, the potato powder of Gansu Mala Tang has more changes, such as wide powder, leek leaves and fine powder, and various forms are varied. Among them, kuanfen is the most heroic in the northwest diet.

Gansu mala Tang is on fire! Random incense stuns a person who has never eaten it.

  In the mala Tang shops in Tianshui and other places, hand-rolling powder occupies a dominant position. The hand-rolled flour made by the store with potato starch and noodles cut into strips has different thicknesses, the surface is covered with bubbles, and the taste is extremely soft and smooth.

Gansu mala Tang is on fire! Random incense stuns a person who has never eaten it.

  As the "pillar" of Gansu’s diet, potatoes not only appear in mala Tang in the form of "powder", but also potato chips and potato balls are essential in the bowl (in Gansu, people call potatoes "potato").

  Gansu is rich in potatoes, among which Dingxi is the most famous potato. "There are three treasures in Dingxi, Gansu, potato and potato", a saying shows the pillar position of Dingxi potato.

Gansu mala Tang is on fire! Random incense stuns a person who has never eaten it.

  △ anding district, Dingxi, Gansu called Gouyi Town Potato Demonstration Base.

  Thanks to the complex geographical location and special soil and climate conditions, Dingxi is very suitable for potato planting and growth. The potato here has large potato pieces, smooth potato skin and neat potato shape, and its yield and quality are at the first-class level in the country.

Gansu mala Tang is on fire! Random incense stuns a person who has never eaten it.

  In recent years, Dingxi has continuously expanded its industry, and "Dingxi Kuanfen" has successfully registered a geographical indication certification trademark. In 2023, there were 120 processing entities of Dingxi Kuanfen, with a production capacity of over 200,000 tons and sales exceeding 3 billion yuan.

Gansu mala Tang is on fire! Random incense stuns a person who has never eaten it.

  △ Farmers are drying vermicelli in Dingxi, Gansu.

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Gansu mala Tang is on fire! Random incense stuns a person who has never eaten it.

  Although potato is delicious enough, Gansu Mala Tang is not just a "carbohydrate feast", but vegetarian dishes are also one of the important protagonists.

  Speaking of "cold knowledge", Gansu is actually a hidden vegetable province, and it is also an important base for "transferring western food to the east" and "transporting northern food to the south" in China. In 2023, the planting area of vegetables in Gansu province reached 9.85 million mu, the output reached 29.55 million tons, and the output value of the whole industrial chain reached 99 billion yuan.

Gansu mala Tang is on fire! Random incense stuns a person who has never eaten it.

  Yuzhong County, Lanzhou City is located in the hinterland of the Loess Plateau in central Gansu, with a cool climate. It is a natural green vegetable planting area, known as the "Plateau Vegetable Capital" and has the characteristic industry of "Lanzhou Plateau Natsuna". There are more than 30 varieties of vegetables planted here, such as celery, cauliflower, broccoli, cabbage, bamboo shoots and baby cabbage.

Gansu mala Tang is on fire! Random incense stuns a person who has never eaten it.

  Yuzhong County was also selected as the first batch of special bases for "food basket" in Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. From May to November every year, Yuzhong County supplies vegetables to Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, and the daily supply varies from 30 to 60 tons.

Gansu mala Tang is on fire! Random incense stuns a person who has never eaten it.

  In addition to vegetables, fungi in Gansu are also a must.

  Zhangye, Gansu, has a low annual average temperature, a cool and dry climate and a large temperature difference between day and night, which is conducive to the accumulation of flavor substances. The edible fungi produced here have excellent flavor and quality. The seafood mushrooms are crisp and delicious, with outstanding "seafood" taste, and their characteristic aroma components are higher than those of similar products in other producing areas.

Gansu mala Tang is on fire! Random incense stuns a person who has never eaten it.

  Kangxian County, Longnan City is the origin of Auricularia auricula in China. It is cultivated with natural Quercus variabilis wood segments or sawdust unique to Qinling Mountains, and placed in mountainous areas or forest areas. The production water is mountain streams and rainwater, so that Auricularia auricula is in a natural growth state throughout its growth cycle.

Gansu mala Tang is on fire! Random incense stuns a person who has never eaten it.

  Kangxian Auricularia auricula is a symbol product of chinese national geography, with soft taste and rich nutrition. Its protein content is as high as 13.6g/100g, which is 16.14% higher than that of domestic similar products. The content of soluble dietary fiber is 3.29g/100g, which is 15.44% higher than that of domestic similar products.

  Bowls of fragrant mala Tang are the happiness available to Gansu people. The simple smell of red oil is their important taste memory of this land. Nowadays, this kind of happiness has made more netizens yearn for this delicious food through the Internet.

  However, it is a bit difficult to bring this delicious food to the whole country intact. At present, there is only one way: go to Gansu and try it yourself!

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Xinhua Full Media + | empowering thousands of industries, Zhejiang promotes the in-depth development of intelligent manufacturing "cross-border"

  Xinhua News Agency, Hangzhou, July 16 (reporter Gu Xiaoli, Zhang Xuan) walked into the Future Science and Technology City, Yuhang District, Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province. Several office buildings stand on both sides of the wide road, and the artificial intelligence town in the Future Science and Technology City is a busy scene. The dynamic entrepreneurial atmosphere has brought many entrepreneurs together to witness the rapid development of the intelligent manufacturing industry.

  Qualcomm China Thunder Software Joint Innovation Center, Civil Unmanned Aviation Pilot Zone, Alibaba-Zhejiang University Frontier Technology Joint Research Center, China Academy of Information and Communications Technology 5G Research Center… In recent years, a large number of enterprises in the frontier technology field have settled in the town, and digitalization has become one of the development "engines" of these enterprises.

  In the office building of Smart Town, a staff member showed reporters an intelligent bionic hand controlled by "thought", which uses brain-computer interface technology to convert data into instructions to help people with disabilities regain hand function.

  "We focus on promoting the industrialization of digital technology, and we can quickly match the upstream and downstream of the industry." He Xiyujin, senior vice president of Qiangnao Technology, told reporters that the platform and ecology are very important for the development of intelligent manufacturing enterprises today. In the future technology city, they have been able to quickly find the most suitable application scenarios for new products in various industries.

  "Such a highly flexible bionic hand allows friends in the medical community to see the infinite possibilities of the’cross-border ‘growth of intelligent manufacturing. In the future, the development of intelligent manufacturing technology will not be limited to factories in urban industrial areas. In various fields such as clothing, food, housing, transportation, science, education, culture and health, people will gradually feel the wonderful power of intelligent manufacturing." He Xiyujin said.

  In Zhejiang, intelligent manufacturing has been integrated into the development of various industrial fields in recent years. Various high-quality cutting-edge technologies have deeply empowered thousands of industries, and a large number of components have been applied in "industrial brain" capability centers in various places. Many enterprises have also expanded new models such as platform design, personalized customization, and service extension in the use of intelligent technologies, and explored new forms of industrial organization such as "cloud factory" and "cloud production line".

  Luban locks, Kongming locks, wooden puzzles… Wooden toys from a number of small and medium-sized enterprises in Yunhe County, Lishui City, Zhejiang Province can be booked and ordered in real time by international merchants in various regions of the world "without leaving home" in the exhibition hall of Ningbo Beifa Group. An Jiang, general manager of Beifa’s merchandise industry complex, said that the construction of the "Wenqi Cloud" platform has made business collaboration across 10,000 miles "just a click away".

  "’Wenqi Cloud’ is a digital platform we have created in the stationery industry. Through this platform, Beifa has strengthened the technical cooperation between upstream and downstream partner companies in the industrial chain. The idea of Beifa Stationery Industrial Design Center is bringing new vitality to the production lines of more and more small and medium-sized enterprises." An Jiang said that since the beginning of this year, wooden toys have helped Cloud and small and medium-sized enterprises to expand their revenue by millions of dollars.

  Driving more upstream and downstream enterprises in the industrial chain to achieve common development has become a common choice for many leading enterprises in the Zhejiang industry. Industry analysts believe that relying on the "industrial brain" to deepen the industrial chain and supply chain integration and coordination, strengthen the digital management and integration of design, procurement, logistics, manufacturing, sales and other links of business, and drive the digital capacity enhancement and industrial resource sharing of upstream and downstream enterprises in the industrial chain is the key to adding new impetus to the "digital and real integration" of intelligent manufacturing.

  In the next step, Zhejiang will focus on "415X" advanced manufacturing clusters by promoting six main tasks such as digital transformation of the manufacturing industry, and empower the transformation of production methods, the restructuring of industrial chain organization, business model innovation and industrial ecology with "industrial brain + future factory".

Peacock Watch Group empowers Polaris Watch Group to boost the development of China’s watch industry

On December 23rd, Peacock Watch Group and Yantai Guofeng Group officially signed the "Property Transfer Agreement" of Polaris Watch Group, marking that Peacock Watch Group and Guofeng Group will work together to quickly and deeply carry out comprehensive cooperation and promote the development of China’s watch industry.

Focusing on Chinese core, boosting the comprehensive upgrade of the watch industry

Peacock Watch Group has built a Chinese tourbillon watch manufacturing base in Dandong, China, with 65 years of ingenuity and ingenuity. It has mastered the design and manufacturing capabilities of mechanical movements and ultra-complex movements that represent the high-precision technical level of international watch manufacturing. Peacock "China Movement" products cover seven series such as self-designed and developed thin automatic mechanical movements and tourbillon movements, and more than 300 colors of 26 basic varieties. It has become a leading enterprise in the domestic mechanical watch movement manufacturing industry.

Peacock Watch Group Modern Factory

Polaris Watch Group was founded in 1915 and has a history of 108 years. It has become the largest mechanical clock production base in China and the most complete variety in the world. It has successively won the honors of "China’s first ten well-known trademarks", "China famous brand products", and "China time-honored brands". It has become an enterprise in the Chinese watch industry that has both movement and clock top technology, and is recognized as the Chinese "clock king" in the industry.

Polaris Watch Research Institute Company and Mechanical Clock Assembly Line

The Peacock brand and the Polaris brand are both representative Chinese national brands in the Chinese watch industry. They both focus on the independent research and development and manufacturing of China’s "core" in the inheritance of ingenuity. In order to complete the great dream of the revival of national watch brands and conform to the consumption trend of the revival of traditional culture and national tide, through integration, we will further increase resource integration, accelerate the implementation of brand strategic planning, and use "core" to promote the comprehensive upgrading of the national watch industry.

"Double drive linkage", counterattack to build China’s "watch kingdom"

In 2021, Peacock Watch Group invested in the construction of a "one million high-end mechanical watch intelligent R & D and manufacturing base" in Dandong, Liaoning. After completion, the construction area of the watch park will exceed 100,000 square meters, which will comprehensively improve the flexible production, information management and intelligent manufacturing management level of the Dandong watch industry base, and strive to create a new pattern of the watch industry with outstanding characteristics.

Peacock Watch Industry Millions of High-end Mechanical Watches Intelligent R & D and Manufacturing Base Renderings

In the future, Peacock Watch Group will empower Polaris Watch Group, with the most cutting-edge technology, equipment and perfect business philosophy, and do its best to lead Polaris Watch Group to build a modern garden factory, help it in brand technology, output value and economic benefits can be further leapt and improved, so as to make it a business card of Shandong! In the birthplace of China’s watch industry, the new glory of China’s century-old brand of watches and clocks!

With the continuous upgrading of the two industrial bases in Dandong and Yantai, it will also open up the opportunity for China’s watch manufacturing industry to become a powerhouse. Peacock Watch Group will lead Polaris Watch Group to fight the "clock & watch" linkage battle, complement each other’s advantages, combine attacks, and develop with dual drivers. Together, we will brew a new round of national core and national tide, and build China’s "watch kingdom" against the attack.

Ingenious and intelligent digitization 

Dialogue with world clocks with high-end manufacturing technology

In recent years, our country’s watch manufacturing industry has gradually increased investment, strengthened research and development, and actively expanded the transformation and upgrading of "intelligent +" in the manufacturing industry. The status of China’s watch industry is also entering the core circle from the peripheral circle of the world watch industry, and gradually becoming the protagonist from the supporting role.

Peacock Watch Group and Polaris Watch Group, as two typical traditional manufacturing enterprises with a long history, have made full preparations for "overtaking the curve" in the "ingenious manufacturing digital industrial chain". Peacock Watch Industry, with its high-end core technology with independent intellectual property rights, adheres to the core concept of "excellence, precision manufacturing" and creates a new chapter of intelligent manufacturing. Polaris Watch Group has started system reform in the three business segments of "watches, clocks, and time synchronization systems" to stimulate the vitality of enterprises. At the same time, various high-tech precision timing products such as "large area time system, ship mother clock, and marine chronograph" have covered most of the technical clock markets in our country.

Peacock CLASSIC series Return of the King double tourbillon watch 

Polaris clock

The two watch groups have formed a comprehensive advantage in new technologies, new materials, new processes and new equipment. In the future, Peacock Watch Group will further increase its high-end innovation and integrated innovation efforts, highlight its advantages, move from manufacturing to intelligent manufacturing, use digitalization to continuously expand into new time control application fields, and use high-end R & D and manufacturing technology to dialogue with world watches and clocks, and finally create a digital supply chain that stands tall on the world watch stage.

China core empowers China star "clock & watch" will become a legend in the future 

The 108 commemorative watches jointly launched by Peacock Watch Group and Polaris Watch Group made a brilliant appearance. Several watches paid tribute to Polaris Watch Group from different angles "from the birth of Polaris in 1915 to the completion of the mixed reform in 2022". It is worth mentioning that all the commemorative watches use different characteristic movements designed and developed by Peacock Watch Group. When the Chinese "core" empowers the Chinese "star", the bright starlight is inspired to shine more intensely, and the Polaris watch heralds more possibilities in the Chinese watch market in the future with a new attitude. In the future, Peacock Watch Group and Polaris Watch Group can be expected to create a "clock & watch" double legend!

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Drawing the "Belt and Road Initiative" aviation and trade map to "navigate" for promoting economic and trade cooperation

  Xinhua News Agency, Shanghai, September 3 Title: Drawing the "Belt and Road Initiative" Air and Trade Map to "Navigate" for Promoting Economic and Trade Cooperation

  Xinhua News Agency reporter Jia Yuankun

  The "Belt and Road Initiative" trade volume index, the "Belt and Road Initiative" freight volume index, and the "Maritime Silk Road" freight rate index, the three data streams are combined into a "Belt and Road Initiative" air trade map, which is the "Belt and Road Initiative" air trade index officially released by the Shanghai Shipping Exchange on July 11, 2017.

  Like the "chart" used by ocean-going freighters, the "Belt and Road Initiative" air trade index has not only become a "barometer" that comprehensively and objectively reflects the economic and trade exchanges between countries and regions related to the "Belt and Road Initiative", but also enhances market transparency through information services, providing an important reference for promoting economic and trade cooperation.

  Three data streams plot the "barometer" of air trade

  The "Belt and Road Initiative" initiative brings new opportunities for trade and economic cooperation between relevant countries and regions. Where are the cooperation opportunities? How much flow of each product and where are the main markets? When information is not shared and demand is not communicated, the market is often in a wait-and-see state, and all parties need clear market information as a reference for decision-making.

  In line with the original intention of providing information services for the market and enhancing market transparency, since 2015, the Shanghai Shipping Exchange has started to develop the "Belt and Road Initiative" air trade index.

  "A single freight index cannot fully reflect the trade trends of countries and regions under the Belt and Road Initiative, and it is difficult to meet market demand. On the basis of developing the traditional strong freight index, the Shanghai Shipping Exchange has also explored the two dimensions of trade volume and trade volume. The purpose is to improve market transparency, truly reflect market supply and demand, and promote the long-term and healthy development of the market." Zhang Yi, president of the Shanghai Shipping Exchange, said.

  Due to the different types and values of goods, the relationship between trade volume and trade volume is not linear. For example, clothing, luggage and other trade volume is large, but the trade volume is relatively low, while the same volume of machinery and electronic products, the trade volume is much higher. The trade volume, trade volume data and the freight data of the corresponding route can comprehensively and objectively reflect the market active level and demand trend.

  The "Belt and Road Initiative" shipping index information is comprehensive, covering 65 countries along the "Belt and Road Initiative", distributed in North Asia, Central Asia, South East Asia, West Asia, North Africa, Europe and Oceania and other regions. The index is not limited to containers, but also includes bulk materials such as coal, railway stones, and crude oil. The mode of transportation is not limited to sea freight, but also includes rail transportation.

  To serve as a "barometer" of market trends, the authenticity and accuracy of information are essential. The "Belt and Road Initiative" air trade index data is widely collected by making full use of the membership advantages of the Shanghai Shipping Exchange. At present, the members of the Shanghai Shipping Exchange include about 130 well-known domestic and foreign shipowners, cargo owners and brokers from various transportation segments, and have high international recognition.

  "Weathervane" for going out, please come in "Service Station"

  The research and development of the "Belt and Road Initiative" air trade index is not only to serve shipping companies to open up routes and cargo owners to open up markets, but also to provide an information platform to enable enterprises in countries and regions along the route to communicate with each other, increase exchanges and promote trade.

  Since its official release on July 11, 2017, it has been published by the Shanghai Shipping Exchange on the China "Belt and Road Initiative" website every month. The "Belt and Road Initiative" air trade index consists of both monetary indicators, which reflect changes in trade volume and overall scale, quantitative indicators, which reflect the growth of specific trade flows, and price indicators, which reflect changes in market supply and demand and competition.

  "As a third-party platform, the freight index published by the Shanghai Airlines Exchange is highly influential, fair and just, and has been widely recognized by cargo owners and agents," said the shipping companies interviewed.

  "Chinese companies need to understand market information to explore overseas markets, and foreign companies need scientific services to enter the Chinese market," Zhang said. "Through the air trade index platform, companies can grasp the trade demand and trend of the market, the import volume and export volume of a certain product, and which regions mainly flow to China. This data information is an important basis for foreign companies to understand the supply and demand of the Chinese market."

  The "Maritime Silk Road" comprehensive index covers the freight rates of major cargo types, major routes, and major ship types of shipping. Its application is not only reflected in investment decisions, but also in risk avoidance, such as spot index linking and freight forward transactions.

  "The freight index is a bellwether that reflects the market level. At present, 45% of coal shipments along China’s coast are subject to index-related agreements to varying degrees, laying a good foundation for the promotion and application of the Belt and Road Initiative’s air trade index," said Liu Yue, manager of the information department of the Shanghai Shipping Exchange.

  Launch a shipping service brand and build an international cooperation platform

  Air trade information is a service product. To further promote its application and win the trust of enterprises in countries and regions along the route, it is necessary to use its comprehensiveness and scientificity to launch this shipping service brand. "The application of the Belt and Road Initiative air trade index has just started, and it is still necessary to continuously optimize and expand the connotation of the index. We also expect other national institutions to participate in the compilation and expand the application scope of the index." Zhang Page said.

  In addition to shipping and railways, in terms of transportation methods, the "Belt and Road Initiative" air trade index will include road and air transportation in the index system in the future; in terms of route layout, transportation routes between "Belt and Road Initiative" countries and regions will also be developed.

  At the same time, the Shanghai Shipping Exchange will also accelerate the application of the "Belt and Road Initiative" shipping index in the economic and trade fields of countries and regions related to the "Belt and Road Initiative", encourage traders and shippers in various countries to use the "Belt and Road Initiative" shipping index for index linking when signing trade and transportation contracts, and make the index a hedging tool for managing market volatility risk.

  The establishment of the information platform relies on a wider range of information sharing to create a data aggregation effect. In the process of promoting the application of the index, the Shanghai Airlines Exchange has simultaneously recruited other national institutions to participate in the compilation of the "Belt and Road Initiative" trade and freight index between countries and regions.

  "Behind the realization of policy communication, facilities connectivity, unimpeded trade, financial integration and people-to-people connectivity, the flow of data and information is covered. Relying on the index platform and related information, jointly developing with countries and regions along the route, and creating the’Belt and Road Initiative ‘trade and freight big data platform will further upgrade data and information services," Zhang Page said.