Retail flameout, force on the public?

Text/"Tsinghua Financial Review" Bai Haochen

In 2024, commercial banks have not got rid of the quagmire of retail stall.

Recently, the annual reports of most state-owned and joint-stock banks in domestic listed banks have been released. The annual report shows that the growth rate of net profit of state-owned banks and stock banks has generally slowed down, and some institutions have even experienced a significant decline. For example, the net profit of Minsheng Bank has shrunk by 9.85% compared with the previous year, and Ping An Bank has dropped by 4.19%.

Table 1: Net profit of some state-owned and joint-stock banks in 2023 and 2024 (100 million yuan)

Source: Wind, bank annual report

In terms of revenue, according to the business caliber, the classified revenue of the counted commercial banks is very different. Among the state-owned banks, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China and Bank of Communications account for a relatively large proportion of public business revenue, while the retail business of agriculture, construction, China and postal services exceeds public business. Among the stock banks, CITIC Bank, Minsheng Bank, Shanghai Pudong Development Bank and Zheshang Bank account for a relatively large proportion of corporate business, while the retail business of China Merchants Bank, Ping An Bank and China Everbright Bank exceeds corporate business.

Figure 1: Revenue of some state-owned and joint-stock banks in 2024 (broken down by retail company, RMB 100 million)

Source: Bank Annual Report

Judging from the change of revenue, the performance of commercial banks in public business revenue is generally better than that in retail business. In terms of retail business, the retail business income of most commercial banks has decreased compared with the previous year, and only a few banks have achieved growth. In particular, the retail business of Ping An Bank, China Everbright Bank and Shanghai Pudong Development Bank declined significantly. The retail business income of Ping An Bank dropped by 25.90% to 71.255 billion yuan, while the decline rate of Shanghai Pudong Development Bank and China Everbright Bank also exceeded 10%.

In terms of public business, more than half of the listed banks achieved growth in 2024, while the banks that did not achieve growth did not experience a sharp decline. The largest increase in corporate business was Ping An Bank. Although the retail business shrank sharply, its corporate business increased by 19.15% in 2024, and its revenue to the public was 63.841 billion yuan during the year. Postal Savings Bank, Zheshang Bank and Shanghai Pudong Development Bank are also growing significantly on the public side.

Figure 2: Changes in the revenue of some state-owned and joint-stock banks in 2024 compared with the previous year (split by retail size)

Looking at the profit again, according to the business caliber, in 2024, the profit performance of corporate business is also significantly better than that of retail business. In terms of retail business, except for workers and peasants China Construction and China Merchants Bank, the retail profits of other banks are very small, and Zheshang Bank even experienced retail losses, with a loss of 2.663 billion yuan during the year. The performance of corporate profits is satisfactory. Except for some large state-owned banks or those banks featuring retail business, corporate business has become the main pillar of bank profits.

Figure 3: Profits/losses of some state-owned and joint-stock banks in 2024 (broken down by retail size, RMB 100 million)

In terms of profit changes, in 2024, the profit points of most banks have obviously shifted-the profit of corporate business has increased rapidly, while the profit of retail business has dropped sharply. In terms of retail business, the retail profits of listed banks generally declined compared with the previous year, among which Everbright Bank and Ping An Bank declined significantly, and Everbright Bank decreased by 95.83% to 281 million yuan. Ping An Bank dropped by 94.81% to 356 million yuan. On the public side, most banks’ profits have improved, and there are not a few that have greatly improved. In 2024, the profit of the Agricultural Bank of China to the public increased the most, with an increase of 68.92% to 244.892 billion yuan during the year. China Construction Bank, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, Bank of China and China Merchants Bank also increased by over 20%.

Figure 4: Changes in profits of some state-owned and joint-stock banks in 2024 (split by retail size)

In terms of characteristics, both revenue and profit show the trend of corporate expansion and retail contraction, or it can be explained as the strategic turn of bank operation. The reason is mainly the cyclical rotation of bank retail and corporate business-in the past, retail business performed strongly and was under pressure on corporate business, but now it is in the opposite form.

In the early years, China’s banking industry was dominated by corporate banking. After 2010, the background of interest rate marketization superimposed residents’ wealth accumulation and consumption upgrading, prompting commercial banks to shift their strategic focus from corporate to retail. With the optimization of the top-level design of retail business, such as the pilot expansion of consumer finance companies, the relaxation of credit card installment business supervision, and the gradual improvement of personal credit information system, in 2016, joint-stock banks led by China Merchants Bank and Ping An Bank took the lead in the wave of the development of retail business characteristics, subverting the traditional business logic centered on corporate business and upgrading retail business to another growth pole of commercial banks besides corporate business.

Based on a huge customer base, retail business can provide considerable business volume, and because of the high basic interest rate of retail loans, it can also alleviate the pressure of bank interest margin, which is one of the best tracks for commercial banks to enhance their profitability and improve their operating level. Under the background of "expanding domestic demand and promoting consumption", the value of retail business is rising, and its importance is becoming more and more prominent. Commercial banks have also carried out retail business transformation in order to adapt to macro-development, alleviate the current operating difficulties, occupy a favorable position and seize the first opportunity in industry competition.

However, in recent years, the retail business of banks has gradually entered a bottleneck period. Since 2023, commercial banks have been in a state of collective stall at the retail end for two consecutive years. According to incomplete statistics, the retail revenue of most large and medium-sized banks that have published results has been hit, and the retail business revenue has generally shown a negative growth trend. There are two main reasons for the huge decline in retail business of commercial banks:

On the one hand, the downward cycle of real estate continues to curb residents’ willingness to consume. After decades of prosperity, China’s real estate market suffered periodic pains, and the growth rate of national real estate development investment declined for three consecutive years. The downward trend of the housing market had a direct impact on residents’ asset value and income expectations. First, the shrinking asset value directly affects residents’ willingness to consume. In order to cope with potential economic risks, more residents tilt their financial focus from consumption to savings, which inhibits mainstream personal credit businesses such as credit cards and consumer loans. Second, the continuous decline in housing prices will continue to hit the confidence of mortgage buyers and raise the risk of default, which will lead to a surge in non-performing rates.

On the other hand, credit cards, consumer loans and other products face high homogeneous stock competition. After years of market development practice, China’s urban credit card and consumer loan markets are gradually saturated. At present, the retail product matrix of each bank is highly homogeneous, and it mainly relies on the preferential strength and location advantages of commercial banks for stock competition. In addition, with the rise of internet finance, online consumer credit products, with their convenience and flexibility, further aggravate the operating pressure of credit card and consumer loan business. According to the Blue Book of China Bank Card Industry Development 2024, the total amount of credit card transactions in 2023 was 39.8 trillion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 5.6%, and the transaction amount declined for two consecutive years. The average decline of credit card transactions in state-owned/joint-stock banks has reached 23.44%. With the stall of the main retail businesses such as credit cards and consumer loans, the growth momentum of bank retail has fallen into a bottleneck.

Under the long-term influence of multiple factors, the non-performing rate at the retail end of banks has risen and the incremental space has been continuously compressed. Under the realistic background that weakness is difficult to solve in a short time, commercial banks need to resort to other businesses to ensure high-quality and stable operation.

The performance of the public business is bright, and the bank’s break is dawning.

In the context of the collective stall of retail business of commercial banks in 2024, the resilience shown to public business may become the way to break the bank’s operation. For a long time, corporate banking has been an indispensable part of bank credit business, although in recent years some banks have shifted their focus to retail business. However, the foundation of public business is still there. In the context of the current lack of growth momentum of retail business, it is relatively wise for commercial banks to shift their business focus to corporate business, which is embodied in the following points:

First, it has strong anti-cyclical ability for public business. Compared with the retail business, which is highly influenced by the fluctuation of economic cycle, the public business has stronger anti-cyclical ability relying on policy support and industrial chain coordination. The stability of corporate customers’ cash flow is higher than that of retail customers, which plays a role in smoothing the fluctuation of asset quality in the overall operation of banks.

Second, the corporate business has more abundant business scenarios. Corporate business has the nature of "credit+",while corporate business has the nature of "credit+",which can promote the coordinated development of intermediary business, thus generating the multiplier effect of comprehensive income. By providing services to corporate customers, banks can simultaneously explore retail business opportunities such as payroll and employee wealth management, and realize the value transfer chain from enterprises to individuals to enterprises.

Third, the development of corporate business is in line with the current policy orientation. Under the current macroeconomic policy environment, the state emphasizes that finance supports the real economy and promotes industrial upgrading and structural adjustment. As one of the core channels of banking service entities, corporate business is highly compatible with policy guidance such as serving the real economy and supporting national strategic industries, which not only helps banks optimize their credit structure, but also effectively connects with national policies and helps the rapid development of national strategic industries. By developing corporate business, banks can deeply understand the needs of enterprises and provide customized financial services, thus promoting industrial upgrading and high-quality economic development. At the same time, the development of public business can also promote the development of related industrial chains, form a virtuous circle and inject new impetus into economic growth.

Two-wheel drive for public retail, and banking is not biased.

Ji Guangheng, president of Ping An Bank, said at the performance meeting that no strong bank was biased in the end. Without development loans, there will be no mortgage. Without a new account, there will be no waiting list. We still have a process of balanced development. In fact, corporate and retail businesses are not binary opposites, but more like two sides of banking business. Corporate businesses can naturally penetrate the upstream and downstream small and medium-sized micro-customers and employees’ personal financial service needs by serving the core enterprises in the industrial chain; The consumer behavior data accumulated by retail business can feed back the bank’s accurate judgment on the operating conditions of corporate customers.

Looking forward to the future, commercial banks must adhere to "walking on two legs" in order to achieve high-quality development. We should not only deepen the basic advantages of retail business, but also grasp the strategic opportunities of public business. This two-wheel drive business model is not only a pragmatic choice to meet the current challenges, but also a long-term plan for the future.

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Sun Lijun, former member of the Party Committee and vice minister of the Ministry of Public Security, was sentenced in the first instance for accepting bribes, manipulating the securities market and i

On September 23, 2022, the Intermediate People’s Court of Changchun City, Jilin Province publicly pronounced the case of Sun Lijun, former member of the Party Committee and vice minister of the Ministry of Public Security, accepting bribes, manipulating the securities market and illegally possessing guns. The defendant Sun Lijun was sentenced to death for accepting bribes, suspended for two years, deprived of his political rights for life, and confiscated all his personal property. After his death sentence was suspended for two years, he was sentenced to life imprisonment without commutation or parole. He was sentenced to eight years’ imprisonment for the crime of manipulating the securities market and fined one million yuan. He was sentenced to five years’ imprisonment for the crime of illegal possession of firearms. He decided to execute the death penalty, suspended for two years, deprived of his political rights for life, and confiscated all his personal property. After his death sentence was suspended for two years, he was sentenced to life imprisonment according to law, without commutation or parole. The proceeds and fruits of Sun Lijun’s bribery crime shall be recovered according to law and turned over to the state treasury.

It was found through trial that from 2001 to April 2020, the defendant Sun Lijun took advantage of his position as deputy director of the Foreign Affairs Department of Shanghai Municipal Health Bureau, director of the Comprehensive Business Department of the Foreign Affairs Office of Shanghai Municipal People’s Government, deputy director of the General Office of the Ministry of Public Security, director of the Domestic Security Bureau, and member of the Party Committee and deputy minister of the Ministry of Public Security, as well as the convenient conditions for the formation of his authority and status, to provide assistance to the relevant units or individuals in matters such as enterprise management, job adjustment and case handling, and illegally accept property directly or through others. In the first half of 2018, at the request of others, Sun Lijun instructed the relevant personnel to influence the stock trading price and trading volume through centralized capital advantage and other ways to help others avoid losses of more than 145 million yuan. Sun Lijun also violated the regulations on gun control and illegally held two guns.

The Changchun Intermediate People’s Court held that the defendant Sun Lijun’s behavior constituted the crime of accepting bribes, manipulating the securities market and illegally holding guns. Sun Lijun received a huge amount of bribes. After accepting bribes, he sought job promotion and adjustment for many people, used his power to intervene in case handling, and intervened in normal economic activities in the fields of people’s livelihood such as medicine and finance. The circumstances of the crime were particularly serious and the social impact was particularly bad, causing particularly heavy losses to the interests of the country and the people. On the crime, he should be sentenced to death; Sun Lijun manipulated the securities market, and the circumstances were particularly serious; Illegal possession of guns, if the circumstances are serious, should also be punished according to law, and combined with the crime of accepting bribes. In view of the fact that Sun Lijun provided other clues to major cases after his arrival, which were verified to be true and made great contributions, and voluntarily confessed some of the bribery facts that the case-handling organ did not yet know, truthfully confessed all the criminal facts, and was able to plead guilty and repent, and actively cooperated with the pursuit. Most of the stolen money and fruits have been recovered to the case, which is a statutory and discretionary lighter punishment, and he may be sentenced to death without immediate execution. According to the facts and circumstances of Sun Lijun’s crime and the serious harm to the country and society, it was decided that after his death sentence was commuted to life imprisonment at the expiration of the two-year suspension period, he was sentenced to life imprisonment without commutation or parole. The court then made the above judgment.

(CCTV reporter Yan Danni Zhang Sai)

Six kinds of inflammation should be treated quickly! One sixth of all cancers in the world are caused by bacterial and viral infections.

● Long-term existence causes genetic damage, and once it is out of control, it breeds a variety of diseases.

The front page of the 1712th issue of Life Times

Interviewed expert: Chen Jinfei, chief physician of oncology department of the First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University.

Pan zhigang, director of general medicine department of Zhongshan hospital affiliated to Fudan university

Our reporter Yu Ye

In the 1960s, a German pathologist Rudolf Wilshaw observed a large number of white blood cells in cancerous tissues. White blood cells are part of the body’s inflammatory response, which are activated to fight "invaders" such as pathogens and heal damaged tissues. Wei Erxiao speculated that the origin of some tumors may be related to inflammation. His basic ideas have stood the test of time. According to the epidemiological survey results of new cancers in various countries in recent years, the International Center for Research on Cancer shows that 1/6 of all cancers in the world are caused by bacterial and viral infections, which are commonly known as "inflammation".

Six kinds of inflammation are confirmed to be related to cancer

Inflammation is one of the most powerful weapons of our body’s immune system, which can occur in various tissues and organs at any time. Pan Zhigang, director of the General Medicine Department of Zhongshan Hospital affiliated to Fudan University, said that when the body encounters the invasion of harmful organisms from outside, it will produce an immune response to eliminate these inflammatory factors. Some immune reactions are to remove foreign "invaders" and promote the rapid repair of damaged tissues, which will cause inflammatory reactions; Others are that after immune cells are activated, they not only attack foreign "invaders", but also attack their own normal tissues, causing inflammation of their own tissues. When people encounter virus infection, external trauma, pollen allergy, etc. every day, they will cause inflammation, such as rhinitis, gastritis, pneumonia, hepatitis and nephritis. These inflammations will have some common manifestations, such as wound pain, redness and swelling, rising temperature, and possibly general fever.

Pan Zhigang said that normal inflammatory reaction can reduce the damage of the body, but sometimes inflammation may become an accomplice to the growth and spread of cancer cells throughout the body. In particular, chronic inflammation persists for a long time, and the relevant parts are in a state of "tinkering all the time but unable to be completely repaired", and cells are constantly dividing, proliferating and aging … In the long run, it is possible to break through the limitation of cell aging because of occasional mistakes in DNA replication during cell division, that is, cancer cells appear. Individual cancer cells appear, which are easily recognized and cleared by the immune system. However, if the front line is stretched too long, the more cancer cells appear, the higher the risk of immune escape.

"Inflammation and cancer are actually in cahoots." Chen Jinfei, chief physician of the Department of Oncology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, said that some cancer patients’ immunity will decline, which makes them more prone to inflammation, and cancer chemotherapy may further weaken their immune function. Taking gastric cancer as an example, patients often have pneumonia, pharyngitis and even enteritis during treatment. Of course, not all chronic inflammation is related to cancer. For example, arthritis is not related to cancer, but the following six types of evidence have clearly shown that it can progress to cancer:

Chronic hepatitis. Both hepatitis virus and fatty liver can cause liver cancer. After hepatitis B virus infection, it is easy to integrate virus gene fragments into normal cell fragments in the process of repeated cell repair, thus causing cell mutation and forming tumors. Studies have shown that part of liver cancer is caused by aseptic inflammation caused by the accumulation of fat in liver cells, and cells mutate under long-term infiltration of inflammation, which eventually leads to liver cancer.

Chronic atrophic gastritis. At present, it is believed that mild atrophic gastritis can generally be reversed by treatment; Moderate and severe timely intervention, most of them will not progress to gastric cancer; A few severe atrophic gastritis will become cancerous. It should be noted that the progression of chronic atrophic gastritis to gastric cancer is highly related to the combination of Helicobacter pylori infection.

Chronic ulcerative colitis. Colitis can be divided into Crohn’s disease and chronic ulcerative colitis, both of which are intestinal inflammatory diseases in principle. Epidemiological investigation shows that chronic ulcerative colitis is more likely to turn into cancer. The probability of canceration of chronic colitis is less than 1% after 8 years, and the probability of cancer will increase by 0.5%~1% every year, and the probability of canceration will reach 5%~10% after 20 years.

Cervicitis. Inflammatory changes in the cervix will cause clinical manifestations such as increased vaginal discharge and contact bleeding. If cervicitis combined with human papillomavirus infection, cervicitis may develop into cervical cancer.

Pancreatitis Generally speaking, there are only three steps from pancreatitis to pancreatic cancer: the first step is the occurrence of acute pancreatitis; Step 2 If acute pancreatitis is not completely cured and recurs, it may lead to chronic pancreatitis (which is rare) and cannot be completely cured; The third step, pancreatic pseudocyst, mostly secondary to acute and chronic pancreatitis and pancreatic injury, is likely to lead to pancreatic cancer if it is not found or treated in time.

Periodontitis. At present, many epidemiological surveys have shown that periodontitis is one of the high-risk factors of oral cancer, and it is also related to the increased risk of intestinal cancer, pancreatic cancer and breast cancer.

Common soil for many diseases.

Mitchell Lazar, an academician of the American Academy of Sciences, once published an article on the "Yin and Yang" function of inflammation in the authoritative journal Nature, in which he mentioned that the inflammatory reaction can resist foreign invasion on the one hand and cause damage on the other. When the rise and fall of inflammatory factors are not controlled, cancer, heart disease, diabetes and even diseases such as COVID-19 will develop. Excessive inflammation can lead to septic shock, and uncontrolled "cytokine storm" can lead to multiple organ failure, which has also been widely reported in COVID-19 epidemic.

Pan Zhigang said that if the inflammatory reaction goes beyond a certain range of action, it may become a common soil for many diseases.

Cardiovascular diseases Excessive or long-term activation of inflammatory response will lead to the release of a large number of proinflammatory factors by the immune system, which can lead to arterial wall damage and plaque formation, and is an important factor contributing to the development of vascular inflammation and atherosclerosis. In addition, proinflammatory factors can cause platelet aggregation, which can form thrombus and block blood vessels in severe cases, leading to myocardial infarction or stroke.

Obese or overweight. Studies have shown that fat cells can produce chemicals that cause inflammation. In addition, adipose tissue is not only composed of fat cells, but also includes important cells of the immune system, such as macrophages. Too much fat accumulation and macrophage infiltration in adipose tissue can further aggravate the low-grade inflammatory state.

Diabetes. In the development of diabetes mellitus, inflammatory reaction will damage endothelial cells in blood vessels and tissues through oxidative stress mechanism, affect the transport and absorption of insulin in tissues, and thus induce insulin resistance. Inflammatory stimulation will cause abnormal metabolism of adipocytes, and the secretion of too many inflammatory factors will continue to damage islet cells, accelerate the occurrence and development of diabetes, and enter a vicious circle.

Nervous system diseases. If the inflammatory reaction is not controlled, it will directly poison the nerve and damage the neuron cells. Taking dementia as an example, some cells in the patient’s brain can release inflammatory factors when they have an inflammatory reaction, which can accelerate the speed of neuronal degeneration.

Depression. In the acute episode of depression, both inflammatory reaction and inflammatory insulin factor release are extremely active. Some research evidence shows that persistent chronic inflammation can increase the risk of depression.

Take daily anti-inflammatory measures.

Many factors in life can cause inflammation. Biological pathogens such as bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites are the most common causes, and physical factors such as high temperature, low temperature, ultraviolet rays and mechanical damage can also induce inflammation. Pan Zhigang said that inflammation will accompany a person’s life, and it is not necessary to excessively "talk about inflammation and discoloration". In fact, the current tumor immunotherapy is also improved by activating inflammatory response. However, when there is no tumor, everyone should learn to reduce the possibility of inflammation endangering health and try to avoid chronic inflammation and inflammation out of control.

Adjust "dynamic" anti-inflammatory factors. During exercise, muscle contraction will secrete some cytokines and actin with small molecular weight, which can reduce inflammatory reaction when entering the blood circulation. It is suggested to carry out moderate-intensity aerobic exercise for more than 30 minutes three to four times a week, with strength training to increase muscle strength.

Eat some anti-inflammatory food. Foods high in fat, sugar and salt can disturb the environment of intestinal flora and induce chronic inflammation; Foods and barbecues containing trans fatty acids can also aggravate the inflammatory reaction. It is recommended to have a light diet and eat more fresh fruits and vegetables, eggs, garlic, ginger and other foods that can help anti-inflammation.

Stay away from polluting the environment. Avoid contact with harmful substances, pay attention to indoor hygiene and cleanliness, avoid using hair dyes and pesticides as much as possible, and stay away from chemical factors such as strong acid, strong alkali and formaldehyde.

Reduce "stress inflammation". Carrying great pressure will reduce the body’s ability to regulate inflammation. Staying up late will disturb the biological clock and induce a variety of inflammatory diseases. Therefore, it is suggested to be optimistic, actively adjust bad emotions and work and rest regularly.

Chen Jinfei said that patients with chronic inflammation must be monitored and treated according to the doctor’s advice, and it is best to have a general physical examination every year. Taking chronic atrophic gastritis as an example, patients should not only do gastroscopy regularly, but also pay attention to screening Helicobacter pylori and timely treatment. Pan Zhigang said that sometimes the combination of traditional Chinese and western medicine is an effective way to regulate chronic inflammation. For example, there is no specific medicine for the treatment of chronic ulcerative colitis at present. Western medicine adopts intestinal flora planting (transplanting some flora into the intestine again), but sometimes the new flora can’t adapt to the intestinal environment and can’t succeed, and Chinese medicine can use enema to repair it.

Two experts stressed that non-bacterial inflammation, do not use antibiotics indiscriminately. Chronic inflammation is often not caused by bacteria, either aseptic inflammation or viral infection. Even if the virus infection is combined with bacterial infection, you must go to the hospital and use antibiotics according to the doctor’s advice. ▲

Interview with Ren Zhengfei by CCTV: The root of Sino-US trade friction lies in education, and the strong foundation of the country also lies in education.

CCTV News:On the afternoon of May 21st, Ren Zhengfei, founder and CEO of Huawei, was interviewed by a CCTV reporter at Huawei headquarters in Shenzhen.

In a joint interview with a number of media before the interview, Ren Zhengfei mentioned that "no matter how poor you are, you can’t be poor teachers", and you should let the best people train better people. In an exclusive interview with CCTV reporters, Ren Zhengfei also spent a lot of time talking about basic research and basic education.

Dong Qian:When the outside world is worried about Huawei’s life-and-death moment, you are a little detached and want to talk about education. Education is still your most concerned thing. Why?

Ren Zhengfei:We don’t think we will die at all. Why do we take death so seriously? I care about education, not Huawei, but our country. If we don’t pay attention to education, we will actually return to poverty.

What is the strong foundation of a country, such as hardware, railways, highways, transportation facilities, urban construction, tap water and other hard facilities, which have no soul. The soul lies in culture, philosophy and education. A country has hard infrastructure and must have soft soil, without which no crops can grow. If we don’t start with basic education in rural areas, if we don’t start with basic education at different levels, our country can’t compete in this part of the world.

In this twenty or thirty years, a great revolution will surely break out in mankind, and everyone has seen the horror of this revolution, especially the United States. Only when they can see clearly can they hit you, an early bird. They didn’t expect that we were ready to destroy it long ago. They didn’t expect that. They thought that the era when several guns were set up to scare a country, or that era, might be misjudged. It is also wrong to think that arresting a person in our family will destroy our will. Therefore, I think our country actually starts from today. If many children in our rural areas are doctors and masters in 20 or 30 years, it will fight for the country in new areas of innovation and strive for a new future and destiny for the country. This is the future.

With the escalation of Sino-US trade war and the obvious unfair suppression of Huawei, Ren Zhengfei’s anxiety about national basic research and basic education has become more and more intense.

Ren Zhengfei:Repairing bridges, roads and houses has become a habit, as long as it costs money. This chip can’t cost money. It has to cost mathematicians, physicists and chemists. China should work hard in mathematics, physics, chemistry, neurology and brain science, and make changes in all aspects. We may stand up in this world.

Let’s broaden the background of this talk about education. If education is such a current situation, how can we face the Sino-US trade dispute that is likely to continue now and in the future?

I think the fundamental problem of Sino-US trade is the level of science, education, science and technology education. Only when the country is open can it have a future, but when it is open, it must keep fit, and the ultimate goal of keeping fit is to have cultural quality.

Developing new productive forces and promoting high-quality development of agriculture

Agriculture is the foundation of a country and a strong country. In the new era, our Party attaches great importance to the work concerning agriculture, rural areas and farmers. On the basis of the work since the founding of New China, especially since the reform and opening up, we have solved the problem of feeding more than 1.4 billion people with limited resources, and all farmers have got rid of absolute poverty and entered a well-off society in an all-round way. The great achievements in the work concerning agriculture, rural areas and farmers are universally recognized. At present, China’s agriculture has entered a stage of high-quality development. General Secretary of the Supreme Leader pointed out: "Developing new-quality productive forces is an inherent requirement and an important focus to promote high-quality development". It is of great significance to accelerate agricultural modernization to promote the high-quality development of agriculture and the continuous progress of agricultural productivity with the development of new quality productivity as the important focus.

The workers, materials and objects in agriculture are undergoing profound changes.

Agricultural modernization is a dynamic evolution process, which is essentially the continuous development and improvement of agricultural productivity. With the new round of scientific and technological revolution and the in-depth development of industrial transformation, profound changes are taking place in the laborers, labor materials and labor objects in China’s agricultural field.

In terms of workers, with the deep integration of information technology and biotechnology with agricultural production, agricultural workers who can skillfully use "new farm tools" such as mobile phones and smart devices are becoming the most active and dynamic factors to promote agricultural modernization. They are increasingly using intelligent agricultural equipment, changing the traditional agricultural labor pattern and promoting the transformation of agricultural production from labor-intensive to technology-intensive.

In terms of labor materials, the rapid development of new agricultural labor tools, such as drones, agricultural machinery and modern facility agriculture, has promoted more intelligent agricultural production management, making agricultural labor materials no longer limited to traditional farm tools and simple biological materials; Biological feed, biological fertilizer, agricultural vaccine and degradable agricultural film are gradually replacing traditional feed, chemical fertilizer, pesticide and agricultural film, which can reduce the negative impact of agricultural production on the ecological environment and improve the quality and competitiveness of agricultural products.

In the aspect of labor object, conventional animal and plant varieties are improved and cultivated through biological breeding technology, and the source of crop species is constantly jumping in the direction of high yield, high quality and stress tolerance; Relying on intelligent equipment to carry out agricultural production, the constraints of natural resources such as land are decreasing, expanding agricultural production space and technical boundaries, and giving birth to new labor objects.

The leap of new laborers, new labor materials, new labor objects and their optimized combinations can not only greatly increase crop yield per unit area and agricultural total factor productivity, but also give birth to new industries, new models and new kinetic energy for agricultural development, providing strong impetus and support for high-quality agricultural development.

The foundation and conditions for developing new quality productive forces and promoting high-quality agricultural development have been continuously improved.

At present, the foundation and conditions for developing new quality productive forces and promoting high-quality agricultural development in China are constantly improving.

The digital village strategy was implemented in depth. China has deeply grasped the application of information technology in the economic and social development of agriculture and rural areas and the general trend of improving farmers’ modern information skills, vigorously implemented the digital village strategy, accelerated the deep integration of modern information technologies such as the Internet of Things, geographic information and intelligent equipment with rural production and life, deepened the innovative application of big data in agriculture and rural areas, and established a new spatial and intelligent rural statistical information system. In this process, we insist on urban-rural integration, innovate the system and mechanism of urban-rural information integration development, guide urban network, information, technology and talents to flow to the countryside, and promote the rational allocation of urban and rural elements. At present, China’s rural information infrastructure has been accelerated, modern agriculture with online and offline integration has been accelerated, and the rural information service system has been accelerated.

Artificial intelligence technology is widely used. Artificial intelligence is a strategic technology that leads this round of scientific and technological revolution and industrial transformation, and it has a "head geese" effect with strong spillover drive. Accelerating the application of artificial intelligence in agricultural production and management can promote the automation and intelligence of the whole agricultural production process and expand the space and possibility of development. In practice, artificial intelligence technology has been widely used in the field of agricultural production in China, and the quality detection and control of agricultural products are more accurate and efficient, which greatly improves the efficiency of agricultural production and the quality of agricultural products. In particular, the application of intelligent agricultural robots can not only accurately identify crop diseases and pests and take corresponding control measures in time, but also accurately fertilize and weed, and significantly optimize the agricultural production process.

The market demand is more diverse. With China’s economic and social development and the improvement of the income level of urban and rural residents, the consumption of agricultural products is characterized by personalization and diversification, especially the food needs of ordinary people are more diverse. Firmly grasping this development trend, China has continuously deepened the structural reform of agricultural supply side, established and practiced the concept of big food, built a diversified food supply system, optimized the structure of agricultural products, made great efforts to promote agricultural quality and efficiency, and developed food resources in all directions and in multiple ways. This has also promoted the continuous improvement of China’s agricultural quality and efficiency, and broadened the field of agricultural production space in all directions.

Focusing on improving total factor productivity and accelerating the high-quality development of agriculture

Facing the future, it is necessary to further deepen the structural reform of agricultural supply side, focus on improving the total factor productivity of agricultural production, and continuously improve the quality, efficiency and sustainability of agricultural production. At present, we can focus on the following aspects.

First, strengthen scientific and technological innovation around the formation of a modern agricultural production structure and regional layout that meets the market demand and matches the carrying capacity of resources and environment, increase key core technology research of seed sources, speed up the selection and promotion of independent fine varieties that are urgently needed for production, promote the expansion of biological breeding industrialization, and fundamentally ensure national food security. Second, accelerate the popularization and application of green and applicable technologies in agricultural production, accelerate the development of agricultural circular economy, promote the application of new fertilizers, promote green manure planting and diversification of straw returning to fields, reduce the amount of chemical fertilizers, and realize a virtuous circle of agricultural production, rural construction and rural life ecology. The third is to focus on the advanced industrial base and the modernization of the industrial chain, promote the postponement of the first production, the connection of the second production and the third production, fill in the shortcomings of the industrial chain, forge the long board of the industrial chain, promote the promotion of the whole link, the value-added of the whole chain and the integration of the whole industry, and enhance the value of the entire agricultural industrial chain. Fourth, focusing on improving the quality of science and technology, vocational skills and management ability, we will intensify the implementation of various rural talent training plans and accelerate the training of leading agricultural science and technology talents and innovative teams. Fifth, closely focus on the changes in market demand, take increasing farmers’ income and ensuring effective supply as the main goal, and promote a better combination of effective markets and promising governments.

To develop new quality productive forces and promote high-quality agricultural development, we must adhere to the party’s rural policy, and the first thing is to adhere to the basic rural management system. We should adhere to the collective ownership of rural land by farmers, the basic position of family management, and the stability of land in contract relationship. At the same time, based on the characteristics of national conditions and agricultural conditions, the characteristics of agricultural industry and rural areas, we should adhere to the principle of "establishing first, then breaking, and implementing classified policies", step by step and for a long time.

(The author is Dean of China Rural Revitalization Research Institute of Hunan Normal University)

People’s Daily (May 31, 2024, 09 edition)

Five-star red flag I am proud of you! This year’s "the first lesson of school" came too timely!

  CCTV News:On September 1, 2019, as an "open TV class" for primary and secondary school students all over the country, "The First Lesson of School Opening" met with TV viewers all over the country as scheduled. The program is jointly sponsored by Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China, the Ministry of Education and the Central Radio and Television General Station. With the theme of "Five-Star Red Flag, I am proud of you", the program will accompany the students to greet the 70th anniversary of the founding of New China by telling the touching story of unremitting struggle to make the five-star red flag fly high. The program once again aroused the patriotic feelings of the audience and made people realize the unshakable position of the five-star red flag. After the program was broadcast, experts from the media, education and culture circles affirmed and spoke highly of the program. They agreed that this class was too timely and necessary.

  Kang Zhen, a professor and doctoral supervisor at Beijing Normal University, believes that the patriotic lesson "The First Lesson of School" is necessary and timely. "Patriotism is the core essence of the Chinese national spirit. Only when everyone is patriotic can we jointly safeguard national unity, territorial integrity, happiness and tranquility, and unite powerful forces to benefit people’s livelihood, build the country and revitalize the nation. Only when everyone is patriotic can we dedicate all our wisdom and wisdom to the motherland, push the country’s major scientific and technological innovation to the international front, gather China’s strength, make China’s voice known to the whole world, unite as one, and make the Chinese nation stand forever among the nations of the world. Every story of the program is really touching, full of confidence, strong in connotation, rhythmic and powerful. It is the first lesson for children, a compulsory course for China people, the first lesson for loving the party and patriotism education in the new semester, the first lesson for encouraging students to carry forward the spirit of the Chinese nation, and the first lesson for students on the road to self-achievement, serving the country and moving towards the future. The program wins by content, from ‘ Embroidered red flag ’ To ‘ China ladder ’ From the escorted sea to the back of the moon, it has brought considerable surprises, shocks and touches to the national audience in the transformation of time and space. "

  Kang Zhen, Professor and Doctoral Supervisor, School of Literature, Beijing Normal University.

  Xu Mei, director of the Information Office of the Ministry of Education, inspector of the General Office of the Ministry of Education and spokesperson of the Ministry of Education, was moved to sob after watching the program. "The program has a compact rhythm and a complete story line, which is very attractive. ‘ Embroidered red flag ’ Our performance is well designed. From Dong Qing’s reading to sitcoms, to songs, and finally to stories told by witnesses, it gives children and audiences an unprecedented feeling of being there. The first lesson of school is a pure public welfare program, which has been broadcast continuously for 12 years from 2008 to now. The theme of this year is patriotic education, which is very important and not easy. Patriotism is a lofty spirit. At the beginning of such a high pattern, programs, as literary works, also have the ultimate pursuit of artistic expression. In such intensive cultivation, the program can bring us a steady stream of positive forces. "

  Director of the Information Office of the Ministry of Education, inspector of the General Office of the Ministry of Education, and spokesperson of the Ministry of Education Xu Mei

  Distinguished professor Hu Zhifeng, dean of the School of Art and Media of Beijing Normal University and a Changjiang scholar, said: "This year’s First Class is very timely and necessary. Through storytelling and focused design, the program has political, social and educational significance at the same time. First of all, the program can assess the situation, focus on the national flag at the beginning of school, the upcoming 70th anniversary of the founding of New China and the current situation, so that the theme is more vivid and prominent, and meet the urgent needs at present. Its social significance is reflected in its leading role in topics and values. Five in the program ‘ Narration under the national flag ’ Let us relive the story of unremitting struggle under the five-star red flag, which has great potential for amplification and fermentation, and can trigger more people’s discussion and form a wide influence, prompting us to think about how to face the national flag and how individuals can establish relations with it. Moreover, this class is not only a special education, but also a daily education; It is not only school education, but also mass education and media education. The conception and presentation of this program this year are worthy of high praise. "

  Distinguished professor Hu Zhifeng, Dean of School of Art and Media, Beijing Normal University, Changjiang Scholar.

  Opera performance of "Embroidering Red Flag" in the program

  Professor Yu Hong, deputy dean of the School of Journalism and Communication, Peking University, believes that this year’s "First Class" includes faith education and aesthetic education. "For everyone in China, this is always a lesson, and it is always a new lesson. The topic of the program is accurate, the story is classic, the characters are wonderful, the emotions are full and the significance is far-reaching. Whether it is the red flag embroidered in prison or the red flag displayed at the top of Mount Everest, the theme is very clear about the relationship between the national flag and the country and faith. These stories let us know the history of the national flag and the country, and its hard-won. Through this kind of education, we can further determine the future direction of struggle. " Talking about the artistic expression of the program as a whole, she said, "The program is ‘ Language ’ The expression is exquisite, it captures the children’s authentic feelings, and the truth can move us more. This makes the explanation of the program decent and the narrative convincing. "

  Professor Yu Hong, Vice President of School of Journalism and Communication, Peking University

  In the program, Macao Haojiang Middle School and student representatives received the national flag from the flag bearer.

  Leng Song, Secretary-General of the World Media Research Center of the Journalism Institute of China Academy of Social Sciences and Doctor of Radio and Television Arts of China Communication University, believes that the broadcast of "The First Lesson of School Opening" on September 1st opened the prelude to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the founding of New China, which played a preheating role. "The intuitive feeling that the program gave me is that it tells us what a hero is, how to pay tribute to the hero and how to surprise the hero. This is very rare. For example, the hero in The Red Rock represents the past of Do not forget your initiative mind, and it is given to those who are out of danger with a replica version of ‘ Different five-star red flag ’ Just to surprise her. " He summed up the function and charm of the program with "patriotic orientation, introduction of plot story, revealing character narration, refined literary presentation and cross-time scene linkage". "The 1.0 version of" The First Lesson of School "was upgraded to the 2.0 version. Through the narration of events in the sky, in the ground and across the sea, and the multi-screen linkage, the program opened up the time vertically and linked the scene horizontally. This year’s "The First Lesson at School" is also the first lesson in life. If there is only one lesson left in life, it should be a lesson in patriotism. Through the structural design of looking back, facing each other and looking forward, the program links the flag-raising with everyone’s life and sublimates the patriotic feelings. "

  Leng Song, Secretary-General of the World Media Research Center of the Press Institute of China Academy of Social Sciences and Doctor of Radio and Television Arts of China Communication University.

  Han Qiaoling, vice president of Shijia Education Group and a Beijing-level backbone teacher, said: "The program is full of positive energy, especially in the 70th anniversary of the founding of New China, with ‘ Five-star red flag, I am proud of you ’ It’s very good to be the theme of opening school. The first lesson of school is not only a class for students, but also very instructive for adults. Now there are many exquisite egoists, probably because of the lack of patriotism in their hearts. To cultivate reliable builders and socialist successors for the country, it is precisely to promote the spirit of patriotism. Red should be the foundation of life, the love for the country, and the sense of responsibility for the country as a guide to behavior. The program has played a very specific and powerful role for Lide Shuren, and I advocate teachers to watch it together. In teaching, I will play the clips of this year’s program for students, which must be quite shocking and impactful. Children can gain a lot through such learning. "

  Vice President of Shijia Education Group, Han Qiaoling, a key teacher at Beijing level.

  Hou Zhigang, director of moral education in fangcaodi international school Yuanyang Primary School, affirmed the significance of the program from the perspective of moral educators. "The first lesson of school in 2019 is very thirst-quenching. From the perspective of national moral education and education for minors, it is of special significance to highlight the core values of patriotism with the specific manifestations of the national flag. This program gives us a very good material for moral educators, and we will use it directly in moral education activities and courses in the future. Moreover, we are very concerned about ‘ Learning situation ’ There are nearly 300 million teenagers in our country, and children from cities to rural areas and mountainous areas need to know the national conditions. From the very beginning, the program has taken this into account, and has carried out rich designs, including many different forms and perspectives, creating a good learning condition for them. "

  Hou Zhigang, director of moral education at fangcaodi international school Yuanyang Primary School.

  "Legless Old Man" Xia Boyu tells the story of "China Ladder"

  Patriotism is a life-long lesson, which is necessary and a "must-see" for many families and schools. As an important participant in cultivating the audience’s outlook on life, world outlook and values, The First Lesson of School Opening has become an important role in school opening activities. At the beginning of the new school year and on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the founding of New China, The First Lesson at the Beginning of School sends out the strong voice of the main theme of the times with its outstanding ideological content and bright main line, which gives a touching patriotic education to both students and adults.

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Overall, the Audi Q5L Sportback has won the approval of Autohome owners for its unique design style and outstanding performance. The owner said that the appearance and color have won her heart, and it is light and powerful to drive, which has become a special gift for her 40th birthday. This is enough to prove that the Audi Q5L Sportback is undoubtedly a reliable choice for consumers who pursue quality and personalization.

Tony Leung and Carina Lau made her first public appearance after marriage, accompanied by Lin Qingxia (Photos)


Tony Leung (left) and Carina Lau bid farewell to everyone before entering the cabin.



Tony Leung (from right) and Carina Lau made their first appearance in Bhutan after marriage, facing the camera generously with Brigitte Lin.



Carina Lau expressed her support for Li Yapeng.


  China News Service, July 25. Tony Leung (Wei Zai) and Carina Lau flew out of Bhutan on a private plane early yesterday morning. This was their first public appearance after marriage, and they flew to New Delhi, India at 11:30 am. The couple was so pretty that even if the media rushed into the VIP room of the Bhutan airport to take pictures, they were not driven away. Lin Qingxia, who was traveling with her, was asked if she wanted to be a "light bulb"? She laughed but did not answer.


  According to Taiwan’s United Daily News, after a day of rest, Tony Leung and Carina Lau appeared radiant. Carina Lau did not wear her 12-carat pear-shaped diamond wedding ring. They chatted and laughed with Lin Qingxia in the VIP room. Even if the reporters went in to take close photos, they did not annoy them. They were very polite and put their hands together to greet everyone.


  When the media repeatedly asked Wei Zai, Wei Zai played the wife card: "Ask my wife." Asked about Li Yapeng’s beating up of reporters at Bangkok airport, Liu Jialing immediately expressed her solidarity: "Li Yapeng is a family man, and we support him."


  Before Wei Zai entered the boarding gate, he smiled and waved to the media and bowed: "Thank you for your hard work, SF Wind!"


  After arriving in New Delhi, Wei Zai, Carina Lau, and Qingxia Lin had agreed to take a taxi to pick them up, but due to formalities, they had to wait for a while before driving to the hotel in the city. Once they checked into the hotel for dinner, they couldn’t wait to go to the street to sweep the goods.

Editor in charge: Lu Wei

The operation does not stop? "Extreme Challenge" is suspected of plagiarism and then picking rare plants, is it not scolded enough?

Tachibana found that it is really difficult for humans to learn from each other.

Why do you have this emotion?

Let’s start with today’s two hot searches.

Just looking at the title makes people confused about the two hot searches.

In fact, these two hot searches are all talking about the same thing, that is, in the "Extreme Challenge Treasure Line" broadcast last night, singer Liu Yuning picked a snow lotus flower according to the program team’s guidelines, which was pointed out by netizens as a national second-class rare plant jellyfish snow rabbit.

What are the consequences of illegally picking and destroying state-level protected plants?

According to the "Forest Law", the sentence should be fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, detention or public surveillance.

The picking of more than two plants is considered serious and shall be sentenced to imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than seven years and a fine.

Unfortunately, each of the three guests in the show had just entered the ranks of "serious circumstances".

Could it be that another guest is going to face a lawsuit because of the variety show?

Tachibana will first give you a popular science about what a jellyfish snow rabbit is.

Jellyfish Snow Rabbit, also known as Ganqing Snow Lotus, is a precious medicinal material that grows very slowly and in rare quantities. It usually grows in areas above 4,500 meters in altitude. It is listed in the "National Key Protected Wild Plants List (Exposure Draft) " and is listed as a national second-class protected plant.

But it is worth noting that the jellyfish snow rabbit is only included in the "exposure draft", which means that the jellyfish snow rabbit is not an official national second-class protected plant at present.

(Although the list of national key protected plants has not been updated for 20 years)

So is the behavior of the "Extreme Challenge" program team reasonable?

No.

Snow Lotus’s Baidu entry clearly states:

Since 2000, the State Council has banned the mining of wild snow lotus.

In last night’s "Extreme Pick", the program team also spent more than ten minutes showing the process of picking snow lotus by the three guests.

Even gave a close-up.

If the picture is not obvious, please upload the moving picture to everyone.

The guest could clearly be seen pulling out the snow lotus.

In fact, this behavior could have been avoided.

When looking for Snow Lotus, Liu Yuning took out his mobile phone and prepared to search for Snow Lotus.

Maybe he saw the ban on picking snow lotus when he searched?

The result…

Died without a network.

Then Liu Yuning issued an apology, saying that the snow rabbits they picked were props prepared by the program team.

The original intention was to "promote Tibet through the process of going through hardships and finally obtaining treasures."

Tachibana was actually a little confused when he saw this. Is there any direct connection between picking snow lotus and promoting Tibet?

Isn’t this a wrong demonstration, making the audience feel that there is no problem with picking the snow lotus?

This is not a superfluous concern.

What’s more, the program never mentioned the use of snow lotus to promote Tibet, let alone the protection of snow lotus.

In the process of finding the snow lotus, he only said that "the precious snow lotus has to work hard".

After exchanging the snow lotus for the game prop "holy water" at the end of the show, the intention of the program team also fell into the "spirit of poverty alleviation in the new era".

Even the symbolic flower is the gesang flower instead of the snow lotus.

From beginning to end, the only thing mentioned was the preciousness of snow lotus. Only the village cadres said when arranging the task, "Snow lotus is a precious treasure in our village".

Then the program team turned around and asked the guests to pick snow lotus in exchange for holy water.

What is the preciousness of snow lotus?

After reading the orange, I will only think of this snow lotus, as long as you can resist altitude sickness, just pick it.

Let’s talk about the controversy over whether this Snow Rabbit is a prop for the program team.

In fact, long before the broadcast of the program, Liu Yuning had posted a selfie of holding a snow rabbit on Weibo.

At that time, some netizens pointed out that this is not an ordinary snow lotus, but a cherished jellyfish snow rabbit

(Once again, it is illegal to pick any variety of snow lotus without permission!!!)

Liu Yuning responded in the comment area that this is not true, but a prop.

I thought this was the end of it, but after the program was broadcast yesterday, it was hammered by professionals in the biological field.

Head teacher botanist: "I would like to know the prop master who has different roots, leaves and flowers."

Netizen: Craftsman-level craftsmanship in a big country.

Guangming Daily named: The number is extremely rare, and scientists are reluctant to even collect specimens for scientific research.

(As a result, you picked up three.)

The experts have all been certified, why does Liu Yuningfang still insist on being a prop for the program team?

In the end, Lemon Xylan, a teaching assistant at the School of Biology at Long Island University, gave the answer:

The props are indeed props, but they are also stuck in the cracks of the stones with real jellyfish snow rabbits for the guests to pick.

That is to say, the program team illegally bought jellyfish snow rabbits sold locally, and placed them in the stone seam area in advance to guide the guests to pick them. In the eyes of the guests, it was indeed a prop, and the program team was suspected of purchasing state-protected plants.

Some people will say that it is also the problem of the local seller, and the program team does not know that it is a second-level protected jellyfish snow rabbit.

Tachibana didn’t want to say the cliché "no sale, no killing". As a TV variety show with high ratings, "Extreme Pick" conveyed to the audience that it should protect, not destroy and pick cherished plants that were clearly stipulated not to be picked.

What’s more, who can guarantee that if the local can’t buy it, the program team won’t really pick snow lotus to make props?

What’s more, due to the illegal sale and purchase of jellyfish snow rabbits caused a heated debate, "Extreme Pick" is not the first one.

As early as last year, a wild food blogger @Wild Food Brother caused a heated debate by cooking instant noodles with snow rabbits in a video.

He later deleted the video and apologized, saying that the snow rabbits used to cook noodles were picked after seeing that they could be purchased locally, and it was not clear how cherished the snow rabbits were.

(Now he has deleted the video and apologized.)

Can’t help but suspect that this extremely provocative storm will be slowly forgotten by everyone like the wild food brother, what should the program team do?

Speaking of the program team.

From last night’s broadcast to now, apart from Liu Yuning’s apology, the official blog of "Extreme Challenge" did not respond, and the episode of Cai Xuelian was not removed from the shelves.

He even deleted the dynamics of a small video of the process of picking snow lotus that was originally released.

Not only that, but also two words that looked unfamiliar and familiar crept up the hot search.

That’s right, it’s the Thai endangered species that was accidentally eaten in South Korea’s "Kim Byung-man’s Law of the Jungle", the (che) clam (qu).

It turned out that someone pointed out that in another program of Oriental Satellite TV, "Perfect Summer", Wu Xuanyi and other guests used scissors to smash the tridacna that caused a storm before.

Then the whistleblower clarified: It’s just an oolong, and the show is not a clam but an oyster.

At this time, this kind of oolong is still on the hot search. It is difficult not to suspect that it is blocking the gun for a show that really hurts cherished plants.

(Not in content)

Looking back at the series of operations in "Extreme Pick" since Go LIVE, you will find that it is simply a basic operation to cause trouble and push the guest to block the gun.

As early as going LIVE, Jituan had a hot search because of plagiarism.

Friends who like to watch Han Zong have discovered that the new season’s extremely picky games are simply the shadow of "New Journey to the West" everywhere.

Whether it’s a classic cone cap kick?

Or mc Jiang Hudong’s faceless male style?

Even Kyuhyun’s lamp god shape, which was frequently cued because of his participation in "Masked Singer King", was copied one by one.

The obvious and blunt plagiarism was laughed at by Korean netizens.

After plagiarism became a hot search, the accounts of suspected members of the producer were pulled out.

Not only arrogant, but also not ashamed of plagiarism.

Also complacent with audience ratings.

What kind of socially responsible content can a production team of this quality expect it to produce?

The last sentence.

To the "Extremely Pick" team:

Can’t the punishment of the production team of "Kim Byung-wan’s Law of the Jungle" sound a wake-up call for you?

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Consumers are harassed for giving bad reviews. Why is the bad review mechanism of takeaway platforms useless?

  investigation motive

  Ordering food through takeaway platforms has become a dining choice for many people. Due to considerations such as smooth consumer rights protection and internal management, most takeaway platforms have set up an evaluation mechanism for takeaway brothers. However, this evaluation mechanism is somewhat out of shape in practice – consumers are not satisfied with the service and give bad reviews. The takeaway brother was fined for working for a day, which caused conflicts between the two sides, and even caused some disputes. An evaluation mechanism with good intentions, why has it become a "trigger" for conflicts?

  I ordered takeaway, and it was one hour beyond the delivery time. Call the takeaway brother, and the takeaway brother hangs up; call the merchant, and the merchant says the takeaway brother didn’t come to pick up the meal.

  After being hungry for more than an hour, Beijing citizen Jiang Xuelian was ready to complain. The merchant kept explaining to her that the delivery brother was not easy, and customer complaints would lead to the delivery brother being deducted.

  In the end, Jiang Xuelian chose to admit that she was unlucky. Jiang Xuelian did this not because she was persuaded by the merchant, but because she was worried about harassment, retaliation and even more extreme behavior due to complaints or bad reviews.

  These concerns are not unfounded, but there are already cases. "Although there are user evaluation mechanisms for online shopping, takeout, etc., but look at the threats and injuries caused by bad reviews, who would dare to complain or give bad reviews," Jiang Xuelian said.

  What happened after giving a bad review?

  "I may be a little stubborn, but I really can’t bear it." This year, Beijing resident Xue Qi gave bad reviews after ordering takeout twice, which in the eyes of friends is only done by "female men".

  This was the first time that Xueqi had ordered the takeaway with red oil, but when she received the takeaway, she found that it was clear soup and water. Xueqi negotiated with the merchant and got a reply: "Sorry, the chef is new here, something went wrong in her busy schedule, you can just eat it, it won’t be like this next time."

  "After saying this, the merchant hung up the phone directly. For merchants with this attitude, of course, they have to give a bad review. However, thinking that the takeaway brother delivered it in advance, I gave the product 1 star and the takeaway quality 5 stars." Xue Qi said that when she checked the merchant’s homepage again, she found that the merchant’s homepage showed that she gave an average score of 3 points for the takeaway order. "I later found out that if I want that order to have only 1 point, it means that I have to give the takeaway brother a bad review, but the takeaway brother will be deducted from his salary for a few hundred yuan. In the end, I still felt sorry for the takeaway brother and gave up the idea of giving a bad review. This experience taught me that even if it is delivered on time, the delivery guy will still be affected by such a scoring system. "

  The second time I gave a bad review was because a takeaway platform has opened a on-time delivery service, and if it is delayed, it will be compensated. "At that time, I ordered at a relatively remote place. Usually, when I ordered food at that time, the delivery time would be 20 minutes later than expected. I wanted to see if the on-time delivery service of the takeaway platform could really be delivered on time. After ordering, the on-time delivery time passed, but the takeaway staff ordered it and it was delivered when it was still two kilometers away from me." Xue Qi said that she chose to complain.

  However, what Ling Xueqi didn’t expect was that the next day, the delivery brother called and begged to withdraw the complaint. "The delivery brother said that he was deducted 300 yuan because of this complaint. After receiving the call, I asked the customer service’withdraw the complaint, what should I do ‘. The reason for saying this is to test whether the platform cares about the customer’s reason for withdrawing the complaint. As a result, the customer service quickly replied,’ If you agree, I will withdraw the complaint for you ‘. After confirming that he agreed to withdraw the complaint, the delivery brother never contacted me again."

  "Through these two complaints, I realized that the various disputes between the delivery brother and the customer reported by some media were the product of this simple management method. It was the delivery company that put the delivery staff and the customer on the opposite side," Xue Qi said.

  You can check who gave a bad review in the background.

  In the interview, the reporter learned that in order to attract more consumers, some takeaway platforms have set up a reward and penalty system for their "riders". For example, if the food is not delivered within the specified time, the takeaway "rider" will be deducted 20 yuan; if the customer complains (overtime is one of the main reasons for the complaint), 200 yuan will be deducted. However, the basic salary of the takeaway "rider" is only 3,000 or 4,000 yuan a month, and it must be guaranteed that more than 600 orders will be delivered a month to get the basic salary. More than 600 orders will be rewarded according to each order, and once the money is deducted, it is equivalent to 3 orders being given away for free, and the complaint is equivalent to a day in vain.

  Gu Feng (a pseudonym) is a delivery staff of a takeaway platform. He told reporters that before taking up his job, the platform will provide relevant training on preventing complaints or bad reviews. For example, if a customer does not answer the phone, he usually waits 5 minutes to send a text message. The content of the text message is similar to "Hello, I am a delivery staff. I will deliver food to you. If you are not here, you have to deliver other food first. Please call back quickly when you see it. I wish you a happy meal." "These are all templates. If the time is very short, you must come back to deliver to this customer first; if it is indeed far away, you must discuss with the customer. In addition, for the situation of missing meals, be sure to explain to the customer. If the customer says it’s okay, then there is no need to pay; if some meals can’t be eaten without soup, most of them have to pay. I have paid a bowl of beef noodles, more than 30 yuan. In the words of our webmaster, bad reviews and complaints depend on your service attitude, overtime cannot decide the complaint, attitude is decisive. In addition, if a customer gives us a bad review, we will not be deducted, only if the service attitude is not good will be deducted. "

  At the same time, Gu Feng also revealed to reporters that the so-called "anonymous evaluation" of many platforms cannot be anonymous at all. The experience of some consumers confirms this statement.

  Last month, Liu Rui, a white-collar worker in Beijing, gave a bad review to the delivery guy because of the delivery timeout problem. Then, Liu Rui received a call from the delivery guy and asked why she gave the bad review. Putting down the phone, Liu Rui realized a question. She was obviously anonymous. Why did she still receive this call? 

  In September, a takeaway ordered by Yang Chunwei, a Beijing resident, was delivered an hour later than expected because the delivery brother took the wrong meal at the restaurant. Half an hour after delivery, the delivery brother started calling Yang Chunwei and asking him why he gave a bad review. "I said I didn’t give a bad review, but he said I asked my friend to check it in the background. Later, the delivery brother texted that the merchant gave a bad review. This means that the delivery brother can find out who gave a bad review through the background within a few minutes. The so-called anonymous review has no use for anonymity."

  In this regard, Gu Feng did not say much about the specific method of background inquiry, but said, "The takeaway brother can check the consumer’s name, address, and contact information according to the historical order within one day. Generally speaking, the app will automatically block the customer’s information one day after the order is completed. However, as long as the customer comments, the backstage can still check it immediately. Therefore, the customer can comment the next day after the order is completed, so that although the takeaway brother can recall which order gave a bad review, he can’t remember the customer’s information, unless the takeaway brother has the habit of taking screenshots and recording customer information every day."

  The evaluation and punishment mechanism is criticized

  The reporter found in the investigation that many takeaway brothers expressed "very helpless" about the bad review mechanism.

  Hu Haicheng, who also works as a delivery boy in Beijing, said that there are often reports of food delivery rides and casualties. "We are also very helpless. The delivery time card is too tight, and our rules and regulations are particularly strict. A complaint call will result in a fine."

  Hu Haicheng said that the most serious penalty is the delivery staff who ordered delivery in advance, and was fined 500 yuan. Generally, complaints will be fined 200 yuan, but depending on the situation, sometimes the fine will be 500 yuan, and sometimes it will soar to 2,000 yuan. Gu Feng agreed with this point. "If the customer calls to complain, just say four words: bad attitude. Then the delivery brother’s 2,000 yuan will be gone."

  During the rainy season in July this year, Hu Haicheng was busy from noon to evening, and there was no time for a sip of water in between. There was a takeaway at that time, which was half an hour late. "I kept apologizing to the customer, but as soon as I went downstairs, they gave me a bad review." For this bad review, Hu Haicheng was fined 200 yuan.

  As for the reasons for giving bad reviews, Gu Feng said, "Most of them are because the delivery is too slow." However, there are many reasons for the slow delivery. "Sometimes it’s not the delivery guy’s problem, but when the customer is angry, they can’t listen to the explanation. If the delivery is slow and the review is bad, no matter what the reason is, the delivery guy can still figure it out. However, because the merchant doesn’t taste good, the delivery guy gets a bad review together, which makes people especially angry. The company won’t listen to the explanation, but will only ask the delivery guy to get the customer’s understanding." Gu Feng said, "However, not every customer can make sense. So, meeting some customers who can’t listen to the explanation is equivalent to a hard day in vain."

  "Some takeaway platforms handle bad reviews roughly. A bad review will deduct two or three hundred yuan, which means that the takeaway brother will lose all his salary for a day because of a bad review. In addition, the takeaway brother has very few appeal channels, and most of them can only find ways to get the customer’s forgiveness." Cheng Rui, who has done research on the takeaway market and has been experimenting with the takeaway industry for more than a year, told reporters.

  "The service evaluation system involves the interests of three parties – consumers, service personnel, and company management. The establishment of a service evaluation system is of course to safeguard the interests of the company’s management. Because the interests of the management are linked to the company’s income, and the company’s income is related to consumer choice. The quality and attitude of service personnel directly affect the choice of consumers and the company’s income. Naturally, the company’s management needs a service evaluation system." Cheng Rui said that after the management adopts the service evaluation system, it is necessary to deal with bad reviews. "Objectively speaking, there are many reasons why consumers give bad reviews, not necessarily the fault of the service personnel. For example, if the food is delivered too late, it may not be due to the inattentive delivery of the courier, but it may be due to bad weather. However, in terms of measures to deal with bad reviews, the management often chooses to be lazy, not to distinguish the reasons why consumers give bad reviews, but to think that as long as the money is deducted, the problem can be solved. "

  In the eyes of the industry insiders interviewed, consumers’ bad reviews have become the reason for management to deduct wages, which is the root cause of the problem. As service personnel, there is no complaint mechanism for bad reviews, and they can only silently accept the results of bad reviews.

  "The evaluation system was originally used as an auxiliary means to improve the service level, but the management of the enterprise did not use the evaluation data in this way, nor did it have supporting procedures to improve the service level, which resulted in the service staff or the serviced to bear the relevant contradictions." Of course, the service evaluation system is also important for consumers to protect their rights, Cheng Rui said, and it cannot be said that bad reviews will bring harm to people who are "not easy". If you want to change this situation, you need to further refine the service evaluation system. Bad reviews need to give reasons, and service personnel can appeal and defend. The company can punish service personnel or improve objective conditions according to the specific reasons for bad reviews.