Improve public services, help overcome poverty, lead green environmental protection and support small and medium-sized enterprises.
Multi-win situation of government procurement

In 2019, the national government procurement scale was 3,306.7 billion yuan, accounting for 10% and 3.3% of the national fiscal expenditure and GDP respectively. The government procurement system not only regulates and saves financial expenditure, but also undertakes more policy functions, which strongly supports the development of various national undertakings. With the continuous improvement of standardization and transparency of government procurement, it has a direct role in promoting budget performance management and promoting government affairs openness.

On December 29th, 2020, the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology jointly issued the Administrative Measures for Government Procurement to Promote the Development of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises to further support the development of small and medium-sized enterprises in the field of government procurement. Government procurement helps "small" and "micro", and the measures are practical.

In recent years, the term "government procurement" has frequently entered the public eye. What policy role can this expenditure mode play? How to further improve government procurement? The reporter conducted an interview on this.

The scope of government procurement is constantly expanding and its functions are constantly upgrading.

In 2019, the national government procurement scale was 3,306.7 billion yuan, accounting for 10% and 3.3% of the national fiscal expenditure and GDP respectively. The government procurement system not only regulates and saves financial expenditure, but also undertakes more policy functions, which strongly supports the development of various national undertakings.

-Improve the efficiency in the use of government procurement funds for public services and safeguard social public interests.

"Government purchasing services" is a major innovation in the way government services are provided in recent years-from the services required by the government to public services, from the initial sanitation cleaning services to public legal services, public cultural services, public sports services, medical and health services, education services, disabled services, old-age services, youth services and other fields.

On January 3, 2020, the Ministry of Finance promulgated the Measures for the Administration of Government Procurement of Services, which regulated the subjects, undertakers and contents of purchases. "In the future, public services in the field of people’s livelihood will be more provided by the market, and the government will choose to undertake the main link and apply the relevant policies and regulations on government procurement, which will enhance the cost performance of the purchased services and safeguard national interests and social public interests." Yang Zhiyong, vice president of the Institute of Finance and Economics of China Academy of Social Sciences, said.

-purchasing agricultural products from poverty-stricken areas to help fight poverty.

At present, "poverty-relief commodities" from 22 provinces and 832 poverty-stricken counties in China are being purchased in batches by budget purchasing units on the "online sales platform for agricultural and sideline products in poverty-stricken areas" built by the Ministry of Finance and the National Supply and Marketing Federation. As of December 27th, 2020, this government procurement e-commerce platform, referred to as "832 platform", has put more than 90,000 items on the shelves, with a total turnover of 8 billion yuan.

"Integrating government procurement policies into the fight against poverty will help the poor to increase their income and get rid of poverty, and promote the stable poverty alleviation of the poor and the sustainable development of industries in poverty-stricken areas." Shen Xuefeng, a researcher at the China Academy of Fiscal Science, said.

-expanding the scope of green procurement and giving play to the demonstration effect of environmental protection.

"Coal to electricity projects, urban black and odorous water treatment, water source protection, soil pollution prevention and control projects, mainly by government procurement. In addition, the use of energy-saving and environmentally-friendly products by government procurement has a significant leading demonstration effect on the formation of energy-saving and emission-reducing and green consumption habits in the whole society. " Yang Zhiyong said.

The data shows that in the "bill" of national government procurement in 2019, the national compulsory and priority procurement of energy-saving and water-saving products was 63.37 billion yuan, accounting for 90% of the procurement scale of similar products, and the national priority procurement of environmental protection products was 71.87 billion yuan, accounting for 88% of the procurement scale of similar products.

-expand the share of procurement contracts for small and medium-sized enterprises and support the realization of national macro-control objectives.

As early as 2011, the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology issued the Interim Measures for Government Procurement to Promote the Development of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises, which expanded the share of small and medium-sized enterprises in government procurement contracts through measures such as reserving shares and evaluating preferential treatment. In 2019, the contract amount awarded to small and medium-sized enterprises by national government procurement was 2,451.91 billion yuan, accounting for 74.1% of the national government procurement scale. The new policy at the end of 2020 will further expand the share of government procurement for small and medium-sized enterprises, which will more strongly support the development of such enterprises.

Improve the standardization and transparency of procurement, and promote the openness of government affairs by "understanding accounts"

In July, 2020, with the supplier successfully completing the online decryption of bidding documents in the remote bid opening hall of "Zhengcaiyun" platform of Guangxi Government Procurement Center, the property service procurement project of Guangxi Public Resource Trading Center entered the bid opening procedure.

"Opening bids without meeting" lightens the burden of bidding enterprises, is conducive to epidemic prevention and control, and also improves the procurement efficiency, which is the latest achievement of "internet plus government procurement" reform. Online operation in the whole process of bid opening and evaluation, leaving traces step by step, and open and transparent online inquiry and response can effectively reduce corruption in the field of government procurement.

"Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the government procurement management system has been improved day by day, and the system of government procurement transactions with public bidding as the main procurement method has been continuously enriched, the’ internet plus government procurement’ has been steadily promoted, the construction of central and local electronic stores has been strengthened, the procurement efficiency has been improved, the regulations and practices that hinder fair competition in the field of government procurement have been comprehensively cleaned up, and the business environment for government procurement has been optimized." The relevant person in charge of the Ministry of Finance said.

In recent years, it is the top priority of government procurement management to establish the whole process information disclosure mechanism and carry out "transactions under the sun". In 2020, the Ministry of Finance made it clear that all procurement projects implemented by the central budget units should disclose their procurement intentions to the public in accordance with regulations, further improve the transparency of government procurement, ensure all market entities to participate in government procurement activities on an equal footing, and improve procurement performance.

In recent years, all localities have continuously improved the transparency of procurement, and achieved remarkable savings. For example, the government procurement center of the central state organs saved 3,150,650 yuan in procurement funds in the disabled elderly care service project of the China Red Cross Society Career Development Center, with a saving rate of 39.38%.

"Improving the government procurement policy not only saves financial funds, but also has a direct role in promoting budget performance management, promoting government affairs openness and curbing corruption." Yang Zhiyong said.

Accelerate the establishment of a modern government procurement system, expand the scale of procurement and improve procurement efficiency.

"China’s government procurement system has made gratifying achievements, but it is not mature enough to fully meet the requirements of the current national governance capacity and modernization of the governance system." Xu Hongcai, Vice Minister of Finance, believes that there are some problems in the current government procurement system, such as extensive management of procurement transaction system, poor policy transmission mechanism, and the performance level of procurement agencies and evaluation experts needs to be improved.

In Xu Hongcai’s view, these problems will lead to low procurement efficiency and satisfaction, and limit the implementation effect of procurement policies.

To this end, the relevant person in charge of the Ministry of Finance said that in order to solve the current problems in government procurement, relevant reform measures will be steadily promoted in accordance with the requirements of the "Deepening the Reform Plan of Government Procurement System" adopted by the Central Committee for Deep Reform.

For example, in view of the shortcomings of the current government procurement law in the implementation process, the government procurement laws and regulations are revised. For another example, based on the principle of "who purchases, who is responsible", establish and improve the purchaser’s responsibility mechanism for procurement results, improve the internal control management of purchasers, and improve the purchaser’s professional procurement ability.

"In addition, it is necessary to further improve the government procurement transaction mechanism and strengthen the government procurement policy function." The person in charge said that it is necessary to promote the realization of the procurement goal of "high quality and good price", and clarify the application of different competition scopes and different procurement methods in combination with different project demand characteristics, performance objectives and market supply and demand, so as to improve procurement efficiency and capital application efficiency. At the same time, efforts should be made to build a standard system of government procurement requirements and improve the implementation measures of government procurement policies.

"International government procurement generally accounts for about 15% of GDP, and in China it is less than 4%, and there is still great potential to be tapped." Yang Zhiyong said that the government procurement laws and regulations system should be further improved, and a more scientific government procurement system should be designed according to the requirements of incentive compatibility mechanism, so as to stimulate the enthusiasm of government purchasers and fully release the policy role of government procurement. "In the final analysis, it is still necessary to accelerate the establishment of a modern government procurement system that adapts to the characteristics of market transactions and stimulates the enthusiasm of all participants." (Reporter Qu Zhehan)

Notice on printing and distributing the Interim Measures for the administration of competitive consultation procurement methods in government procurement

Caiku [2014] No.214

Relevant departments of the CPC Central Committee, ministries and commissions of the State Council, directly affiliated institutions, General Office of the National People’s Congress Standing Committee (NPCSC), General Office of Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, High Court, Supreme People’s Procuratorate, relevant people’s organizations, finance departments (bureaus) of all provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the Central Government and cities with separate plans, Finance Bureau of Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, and centralized procurement institutions:

　　In order to deepen the reform of the government procurement system, adapt to the needs of promoting the government to purchase services and promoting the cooperation between government and social capital (PPP), according to the Government Procurement Law of People’s Republic of China (PRC) and relevant laws and regulations, the Ministry of Finance has formulated the Interim Measures for the Administration of Competitive Consultation in Government Procurement. It is issued to you, please follow it.

　　Annex: Interim Measures for the Administration of Competitive Consultation Procurement Mode of Government Procurement

the Ministry of Finance

　　December 31, 2014

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　　Interim Measures for the Administration of Competitive Consultation Procurement Methods of Government Procurement

　　Chapter I General Provisions

　　Article 1 These Measures are formulated in accordance with Item 6, Paragraph 1, Article 26 of the Government Procurement Law of People’s Republic of China (PRC) (hereinafter referred to as the Government Procurement Law) for the purpose of regulating government procurement behavior and safeguarding national interests, social public interests and the legitimate rights and interests of parties involved in government procurement.

　　Article 2 The term "competitive negotiation procurement mode" as mentioned in these Measures means that the purchaser and the government procurement agency negotiate with qualified suppliers on the procurement of goods, projects and services through the establishment of a competitive consultation group (hereinafter referred to as the consultation group), and the suppliers submit response documents and quotations according to the requirements of the consultation documents, and the purchaser determines the procurement mode of the clinched supplier from the list of candidate suppliers proposed after the review of the consultation group.

　　Article 3 Projects that meet the following conditions may be purchased through competitive negotiation:

　　(1) Services purchased by the government;

　　(two) the technology is complex or special, and it is impossible to determine the detailed specifications or specific requirements;

　　(3) The total price cannot be calculated in advance because the time and quantity of art procurement, patents, proprietary technology or services cannot be determined in advance;

　　(four) scientific research projects with insufficient market competition, as well as scientific and technological achievements transformation projects that need support;

　　(five) in accordance with the bidding law and its implementing regulations, the construction projects other than the construction projects that must be tendered.

　　Chapter II Consultation Procedures

　　Article 4 Where the procurement of goods and services that meet the standard of open tender amount intends to adopt the competitive negotiation procurement method, the purchaser shall, before the start of procurement activities, apply to the financial department of the people’s government at or above the municipal or autonomous prefecture level for approval according to law after reporting to the competent budget unit for approval.

　　Article 5 Purchasers and procurement agencies shall organize competitive consultations in accordance with the provisions of the Government Procurement Law and these Measures, and take necessary measures to ensure that the consultations are conducted in strict confidentiality.

　　No unit or individual may illegally interfere with or influence the negotiation process and results.

　　Article 6 A purchaser and a procurement agency shall invite at least three suppliers who meet the corresponding qualifications to participate in competitive negotiation and procurement activities by issuing an announcement, randomly selecting from the supplier library established by the financial department at or above the provincial level, or recommending in writing by the purchaser and the evaluation experts respectively.

　　Suppliers who meet the requirements stipulated in the first paragraph of Article 22 of the Government Procurement Law may join the supplier library before the procurement activities begin. The financial department shall not charge any fees for the supplier’s application for warehousing, and shall not use the supplier’s library to block the region and industry.

　　If the supplier is selected by the written recommendation of the purchaser and the evaluation experts, the purchaser and the evaluation experts shall issue their own written recommendations. The proportion of suppliers recommended by the purchaser shall not be higher than 50% of the total number of recommended suppliers.

　　Article 7 Where a supplier is invited by announcement, the purchaser and the procurement agency shall issue a competitive consultation announcement in the government procurement information release media designated by the financial department of the people’s government at or above the provincial level. The announcement of competitive consultation shall include the following main contents:

　　(a) the name, location and contact method of the purchaser and the procurement agency;

　　(two) the name, quantity, brief specification description or basic introduction of the procurement project;

　　(three) the budget of the procurement project;

　　(4) Qualifications of suppliers;

　　(five) the time, place and method of obtaining the consultation documents and the price of the consultation documents;

　　(6) The deadline, opening time and place for submitting the response documents;

　　(seven) the name and telephone number of the contact person of the procurement project.

　　Article 8 Competitive consultation documents (hereinafter referred to as consultation documents) shall be formulated according to the characteristics of the procurement project and the actual needs of the purchaser, and shall be approved by the purchaser in writing. The purchaser shall take meeting the actual demand as the principle, and shall not raise the procurement standards such as budget and asset allocation without authorization.

　　Consultation documents shall not require or indicate the name of suppliers or the brand of specific goods, and shall not contain conditions such as technology and services directed to specific suppliers.

　　Article 9 The consultation documents shall include supplier qualification conditions, procurement invitation, procurement method, procurement budget, procurement demand, government procurement policy requirements, evaluation procedures, evaluation methods, evaluation criteria, price composition or quotation requirements, preparation requirements of response documents, the amount and form of deposit payment, the situation that the deposit will not be returned, the contents that may be substantially changed during the consultation, the deadline for submission of response documents, the opening time and place, and the terms of the draft contract, etc.

　　Article 10 It shall not be less than 10 days from the date when the consultation document is issued to the deadline when the supplier submits the first response document.

　　The selling price of consultation documents shall be determined in accordance with the principle of making up the production cost of consultation documents, and shall not be for profit, and shall not be based on the project budget. The sale period of the consultation documents shall not be less than 5 working days from the date of commencement.

　　Before the deadline for submitting the first response document, the purchaser, the procurement agency or the consultation group may make necessary clarifications or amendments to the issued consultation document, and the contents of the clarifications or amendments shall be regarded as an integral part of the consultation document. If the clarification or modification may affect the preparation of the response document, the purchaser and the procurement agency shall notify all suppliers who have obtained the consultation document in writing at least 5 days before the deadline for submitting the first response document; If it is less than 5 days, the purchaser and the procurement agency shall postpone the deadline for submitting the first response document.

　　Article 11 A supplier shall prepare a response document according to the requirements of the consultation document, and bear legal responsibility for the authenticity and legality of the response document submitted by it.

　　Article 12 The purchaser and the procurement agency may require the supplier to pay the negotiation deposit before the deadline for submitting the response documents. The negotiation deposit shall be paid in non-cash forms such as checks, drafts, promissory notes or letters of guarantee issued by financial institutions and guarantee institutions. The amount of negotiation deposit shall not exceed 2% of the procurement project budget. If the supplier fails to submit the negotiation deposit according to the requirements of the negotiation documents, the response is invalid.

　　If the supplier is a consortium, one or more parties in the consortium can jointly pay the negotiation deposit, and the deposit paid by them is binding on all parties in the consortium.

　　Article 13 The supplier shall seal the response document and deliver it to the designated place before the deadline required by the consultation document. The response documents delivered after the deadline are invalid documents, and the purchaser, procurement agency or consultative group shall reject them.

　　Before the deadline for submission of response documents, the supplier may supplement, modify or withdraw the submitted response documents, and notify the purchaser and procurement agency in writing. The supplemented and modified contents shall be taken as an integral part of the response document. If the content of supplement and modification is inconsistent with the response document, the content of supplement and modification shall prevail.

　　Article 14 The consultative group shall consist of three or more representatives of the purchaser and review experts, and the number of review experts shall not be less than 2/3 of the total number of members of the consultative group. The purchaser’s representative shall not participate in the evaluation of the procurement projects of the department or the unit as an evaluation expert. Personnel of a procurement agency shall not participate in the review of procurement projects represented by this agency.

　　For government procurement projects that adopt competitive negotiation, the evaluation experts shall be randomly selected from the list of experts in relevant professions in the government procurement evaluation expert database. In accordance with the provisions of Article 3, paragraph 4 of these Measures, and in special circumstances, it is difficult to determine the appropriate evaluation experts through random methods. With the consent of the competent budget unit, the evaluation experts can be selected by themselves. For procurement projects with complex technology and strong professionalism, one legal expert shall be included in the evaluation experts.

　　Fifteenth evaluation experts shall abide by the discipline of evaluation work, and shall not disclose the evaluation situation and the business secrets learned during the evaluation.

　　In the process of evaluation, the consultative group finds that the supplier has committed illegal acts such as bribery, providing false materials or collusion, and shall report to the financial department in time.

　　Experts who have been illegally interfered in the evaluation process shall report to the finance and supervision departments in a timely manner.

　　Sixteenth members of the consultative group shall, in accordance with the principles of objectivity, impartiality and prudence, conduct independent evaluation according to the evaluation procedures, evaluation methods and evaluation standards stipulated in the consultation documents. The response documents that do not substantially respond to the consultation documents shall be treated as invalid responses, and the consultation team shall inform the suppliers that submitted the response documents.

　　If the contents of the consultation documents violate the relevant mandatory provisions of the state, the consultation group shall stop the review and explain the situation to the purchaser or procurement agency.

　　Seventeenth buyers, procurement agencies shall not make biased and misleading explanations or explanations to the evaluation experts in the consultative group.

　　The purchaser and procurement agency may, depending on the specific situation of the procurement project, organize the supplier to conduct on-site inspection or hold a question-and-answer meeting before the consultation, but shall not organize the on-site inspection and question-and-answer meeting with only one supplier separately or separately.

　　Article 18 When reviewing the validity, completeness and response degree of the response documents, the consultative group may require the suppliers to make necessary clarifications, explanations or corrections to the contents in the response documents that are ambiguous in meaning, inconsistent in the expression of similar problems, or have obvious errors in writing and calculation. The supplier’s clarification, explanation or correction shall not go beyond the scope of the response document or change the substantive content of the response document.

　　The response documents required by the consultative group for suppliers to clarify, explain or correct shall be made in writing. The clarification, explanation or correction of the supplier shall be signed or stamped with the official seal by the legal representative or his authorized representative. Signed by an authorized representative, a power of attorney from the legal representative shall be attached. If the supplier is a natural person, it shall be signed by himself and attached with identification certificate.

　　Article 19 All members of the consultative group shall focus on separate consultations with a single supplier, and give all suppliers participating in the consultations equal consultation opportunities.

　　Article 20 During the consultation, the consultative group may substantially change the technical and service requirements in the procurement requirements and the terms of the draft contract according to the consultation documents and the consultation situation, but shall not change other contents in the consultation documents. The content of substantive changes shall be confirmed by the purchaser’s representative.

　　The substantive changes made to the consultation document are an effective part of the consultation document, and the consultation team shall notify all the suppliers participating in the consultation in writing in time.

　　The supplier shall resubmit the response document according to the changes of the consultation document and the requirements of the consultation group, and sign or affix the official seal by its legal representative or authorized representative. Signed by an authorized representative, a power of attorney from the legal representative shall be attached. If the supplier is a natural person, it shall be signed by himself and attached with identification certificate.

　　Article 21 If the consultation document can specify the technical and service requirements of the subject matter of the procurement in detail, after the negotiation, the consultation group shall require all the suppliers who have substantially responded to submit the final quotation within the specified time, and the number of suppliers who have submitted the final quotation shall not be less than three.

　　If the technical and service requirements of the procurement target cannot be specified in detail in the consultation document, and the final design scheme or solution needs to be provided by the supplier after consultation, after the consultation, the consultation team shall vote to recommend the design schemes or solutions of more than three suppliers according to the principle that the minority is subordinate to the majority, and ask them to submit the final quotation within the specified time.

　　The final quotation is an effective part of the supplier’s response document. In case of meeting Item 4 of Article 3 of these Measures, there may be two suppliers who submit the final quotation.

　　Twenty-second suppliers who have submitted response documents may withdraw from the negotiation according to the negotiation situation before submitting the final quotation. The purchaser and the procurement agency shall refund the consultation deposit of the supplier who has withdrawn from the consultation.

　　Article 23 After the final purchase demand and the supplier who submitted the final quotation are determined through consultation, the consultation team will comprehensively score the response documents and the final quotation of the supplier who submitted the final quotation by using the comprehensive scoring method.

　　Comprehensive scoring method refers to the evaluation method that the response documents meet all the substantive requirements of the consultation documents and the supplier with the highest score is the candidate supplier for the transaction according to the quantitative indicators of the evaluation factors.

　　Twenty-fourth comprehensive evaluation criteria in the score setting should be corresponding to the quantitative indicators of evaluation factors. The evaluation criteria not specified in the consultation document shall not be used as the basis for evaluation.

　　During the review, each member of the consultative group shall independently evaluate and score each effective response document, and then summarize the scores of each scoring factor of each supplier.

　　According to the comprehensive scoring method, the price score of goods accounts for 30% to 60% of the total score, and the price score of services accounts for 10% to 30% of the total score. If there are different procurement objects in the procurement project, the procurement object with the highest proportion of project funds shall determine its project attributes. In line with the provisions of the third paragraph of Article 3 of these Measures and the implementation of unified price standards, the price of the project is not listed as a scoring factor. There are special circumstances that need to set the price distribution weight outside the above-mentioned provisions, which shall be approved by the financial department of the people’s government at the corresponding level.

　　The price score in the comprehensive scoring method is calculated by the low price priority method, that is, the price of the supplier who meets the requirements of the negotiation documents and finally offers the lowest price is the negotiation benchmark price, and its price score is full marks. The prices of other suppliers are calculated in accordance with the following formula:

　　Negotiation quotation score = (negotiation benchmark price/final negotiation quotation) × price weight ×100

　　In the process of project review, the highest and lowest quotations in the final quotation shall not be removed.

　　Article 25 The consultative group shall, according to the comprehensive scores, recommend more than three candidate suppliers for the transaction in the order of the evaluation scores from high to low, and prepare the evaluation report. In accordance with the third paragraph of article twenty-first of these measures, two candidate suppliers can be recommended. If the evaluation scores are the same, it shall be recommended according to the order of the final quotation from low to high. If the evaluation score is the same and the final quotation is the same, it shall be recommended in the order of technical indicators.

　　Article 26 The review report shall include the following main contents:

　　(a) the specific ways and relevant information of inviting suppliers to participate in procurement activities;

　　(two) the date and place of opening the response document;

　　(3) A list of suppliers who have obtained the consultation documents and a list of members of the consultation group;

　　(4) Records and explanations of the review, including the qualification review of suppliers, the review of suppliers’ response documents, consultations, quotations, etc.;

　　(5) The ranking list of the proposed candidate suppliers for the transaction and the reasons.

　　Twenty-seventh review report shall be signed by all the members of the consultative group. If the members of the consultative group disagree with the review report, the consultative group will recommend the candidate suppliers for the transaction according to the principle that the minority is subordinate to the majority, and the procurement procedure will continue. Members of the consultative group who have objections to the review report shall sign different opinions on the report and explain the reasons, and the consultative group shall record the relevant information in writing. If the members of the consultative group refuse to sign the report and do not explain their different opinions and reasons in writing, they shall be deemed to have agreed to review the report.

　　Twenty-eighth procurement agencies shall, within 2 working days after the end of the review, send the review report to the purchaser for confirmation.

　　The purchaser shall, within 5 working days after receiving the evaluation report, determine the transaction supplier from the candidate suppliers proposed in the evaluation report according to the principle of ranking from high to low, or authorize the consultation group to directly determine the transaction supplier in writing. If the purchaser fails to determine the supplier of the transaction within the time limit and does not raise any objection, it shall be deemed that the supplier ranked first in the evaluation report is determined as the supplier of the transaction.

　　Article 29 The purchaser or procurement agency shall, within 2 working days after the supplier is confirmed, announce the transaction result on the government procurement information release media designated by the financial department at or above the provincial level, and issue a transaction notice to the supplier at the same time, and announce the negotiation documents together with the transaction result. The announcement of the transaction result shall include the following contents:

　　(a) the name, address and contact information of the purchaser and the procurement agency;

　　(2) Project name and project number;

　　(three) the name, address and transaction amount of the supplier;

　　(four) the name, specifications, quantity, unit price and service requirements of the main transaction targets;

　　(5) List of members of the Consultative Group.

　　If a supplier is recommended in writing to participate in procurement activities, the recommendation opinions of the purchaser and the evaluation experts shall also be announced.

　　Article 30 The purchaser and the supplier shall, within 30 days from the date of issuing the notice of transaction, sign the government procurement contract according to the contract text determined in the consultation document, as well as the procurement subject matter, specifications and models, purchase amount, purchase quantity, technology and service requirements.

　　The purchaser shall not put forward any requirements beyond the negotiation documents to the supplier as a condition for signing the contract, and shall not conclude an agreement with the supplier that deviates from the contract text determined in the negotiation documents and the substantive contents such as the procurement target, specifications, purchase amount, purchase quantity, technology and service requirements.

　　Article 31 The purchaser or procurement agency shall return the negotiation deposit of the supplier in time after the procurement activities, except that it cannot be returned in time due to the supplier’s own reasons. The negotiation deposit of unsuccessful suppliers shall be returned within 5 working days after the transaction notice is issued, and the negotiation deposit of successful suppliers shall be returned within 5 working days after the signing of the procurement contract.

　　In any of the following circumstances, the negotiation deposit will not be refunded:

　　(1) The supplier withdraws the response documents after the deadline for submitting the response documents;

　　(2) The supplier provides false materials in the response document;

　　(3) The supplier fails to sign a contract with the purchaser, except for cases recognized by force majeure or negotiation documents;

　　(four) suppliers and purchasers, other suppliers or procurement agencies in bad faith;

　　(5) Other circumstances stipulated in the consultation document.

　　Article 32 The purchaser or procurement agency shall not organize re-evaluation for any reason, except that the qualification inspection finds errors, the scores are calculated incorrectly, the sub-items are beyond the scope of scoring standards, the objective scores are inconsistent, and the scores are unanimously determined by the consultation group to be abnormally high or abnormally low. If the purchaser or procurement agency finds that the consultative group has not conducted the review according to the review criteria stipulated in the consultation document, it shall re-launch the procurement activities and report to the financial department at the same level in writing.

　　The purchaser or procurement agency shall not change the evaluation results by testing samples or inspecting suppliers.

　　Article 33 Where a supplier refuses to sign a government procurement contract, the purchaser may determine other suppliers as the supplier and sign a government procurement contract according to the principle stipulated in the second paragraph of Article 28 of these Measures, or may resume procurement activities. The supplier who refuses to sign the government procurement contract shall not participate in the procurement activities of the project.

　　Article 34 Under any of the following circumstances, the purchaser or procurement agency shall terminate the competitive negotiation procurement activities, issue a project termination announcement and explain the reasons, and resume the procurement activities:

　　(a) due to changes in circumstances, it no longer meets the requirements of the application of competitive negotiation procurement methods;

　　(two) there are violations of laws and regulations that affect the procurement justice;

　　(3) Except for the circumstances specified in the third paragraph of Article 21 of these Measures, there are less than three suppliers who meet the requirements in the procurement process or whose quotations do not exceed the procurement budget.

　　Article 35 If the procurement task is cancelled due to major changes in the procurement activities, the purchaser or procurement agency shall terminate the procurement activities, notify all suppliers participating in the procurement activities, and report the project implementation and the reasons for canceling the procurement task to the financial department at the same level.

　　Chapter III Supplementary Provisions

　　Article 36 If there are other provisions in the relevant legal system on the competitive negotiation and procurement of government and social capital cooperation projects, those provisions shall prevail.

　　Thirty-seventh the term "competent budget unit" as mentioned in these Measures refers to the state organs, institutions and organizations responsible for compiling departmental budgets and reporting budgets to the financial departments at the same level.

　　Article 38 These Measures shall come into force as of the date of promulgation.

[Global Network Comprehensive Report] On January 17, a press conference was held at the National Health and Wellness Commission to introduce the health-related situation of seasonal solar terms. How to judge whether it is the flu or the common cold? Do I have to go to the hospital after I get the flu? Won’t you get the flu if you’ve been vaccinated against the flu? In response to these questions, the participating experts gave authoritative answers.

When cold symptoms appear, how to judge whether it is flu or common cold?

Li Dong, the chief physician of Beijing You ‘an Hospital, once said that when we have symptoms, we can initially analyze whether it is influenza or common cold from the epidemiological history and symptoms.

In the history of epidemiology, in the winter and spring when influenza is high, if you have high fever, cough, sore throat, muscle aches, fatigue and other symptoms after close contact with influenza cases, it is probably influenza. The common cold generally has no clear source of infection.

From the symptoms, the flu symptoms are more severe, and the onset is urgent, accompanied by systemic symptoms such as high fever, headache, muscle aches and special fatigue above 38.5℃. The common cold is usually low or moderate fever, or even no fever. The symptoms are mainly nasal congestion, runny nose and sneezing, which are relatively mild.

Do I have to go to the hospital after I get the flu?

Li Dong once said that for flu patients, those with mild symptoms can be isolated at home, and antipyretic and analgesic drugs and expectorant and antitussive drugs can generally recover in about 7 days. If you have high fever above 39℃ and the antipyretic drugs are not effective during home isolation, or you have severe symptoms such as severe cough, shortness of breath, chest tightness and breath-holding, as well as severe headache, frequent vomiting, confusion, etc., or the symptoms have not eased for more than 5 days, it is recommended to seek medical advice in time.

What are the precautions for home rehabilitation?

Li Dong once said that adequate rest is conducive to recovery. It is not recommended to go to work, go to school, visit relatives and friends or attend parties when sick, and avoid receiving visiting relatives and friends during illness to reduce the risk of infection. When resting at home, those who can afford it should stay in a separate room, those who can’t should try to keep their distance from their families, open more windows for ventilation, and wear masks when contacting their families. Cover your nose and mouth with paper towels or elbows when sneezing or coughing. Throw the used paper towels into the covered trash can immediately and wash your hands in time.

Li Dong once reminded that the elderly, pregnant women, children, immunocompromised people and moderately obese people are high-risk people with severe influenza. Once they get the flu, it is recommended to treat them as soon as possible under the guidance of a doctor. During the period of rest and isolation at home, we should pay attention to rational drug use and avoid abusing antibiotics, because antibiotics are ineffective against virus infection.

How to effectively prevent influenza?

Wang Dayan, a researcher at the Institute of Viral Disease Prevention and Control of China Center for Disease Control and Prevention, said that the most effective and economical way to prevent influenza is to vaccinate against influenza, which can significantly reduce the risk of morbidity and serious complications. Although vaccination is recommended before the influenza epidemic season, as long as individuals are not infected, vaccination can prevent influenza, alleviate symptoms, shorten the course of disease, and significantly reduce the risk of developing into severe illness and death.

"However, getting the flu vaccine doesn’t mean that you won’t get the flu at all." Wang Dayan said that the flu vaccine only targets the flu virus and has no protective effect on other pathogens of acute respiratory infections. After vaccination, it usually takes some time to produce enough antibodies to achieve the protective effect, so even after vaccination, protective measures still need to be taken.

In addition, Wang Dayan reminded that after the recovery of acute respiratory infections such as influenza and pneumonia, influenza vaccination can prevent influenza and other types of influenza. During the epidemic season, people who have not been vaccinated in time, especially the elderly, infants, patients with chronic diseases and their families living together, should be vaccinated as soon as possible, and early vaccination will benefit early.

Won’t you get the flu if you’ve been vaccinated against the flu?

Li Dong once said that people who are still infected with influenza virus after being vaccinated do, but compared with those who have not been vaccinated, the risk of being infected with influenza virus is significantly reduced, and the symptoms of influenza after infection are relatively mild and the risk of severe illness is lower. For example, there can be no high fever, only low fever or no fever, and the cough lasts for a short time, so you can recover faster.

Li Dong once suggested that those who have not been vaccinated against influenza this year and have not been infected with influenza yet should be vaccinated as soon as possible. People who have been infected with influenza virus can have some immunity to the subtype of influenza virus infected this time, and it is very unlikely that they will be infected with the same subtype again in a short period of time, but there is no protection for other influenza strains. At present, more than 99% of the influenza strains prevalent in China are H1N1 subtype of influenza A, which can be protected after infection, but influenza vaccines are usually trivalent or tetravalent vaccines. If you vaccinate after infection, you can also obtain the protection of influenza A H3N2 strain and influenza B strain. So even if you have had the flu once, you can gain resistance to the other two strains after vaccination.

How to use drugs scientifically for influenza patients?

Recently, mabaloxavir and oseltamivir, two influenza drugs, have attracted more attention on the Internet. Li Dong once said that at present, only mabaloxavir is approved for the treatment of influenza in China, but it has not been approved for post-exposure prevention. Pay attention to the following points when using mabaloxavir to treat influenza:

Use as soon as possible: antiviral drugs should be used as soon as possible, and mabaloxavir suggests using them within 48 hours of onset to achieve the best effect.

Applicable people: Mabaloxavir is currently only approved for antiviral treatment for people aged 5 years and above. Oseltamivir should be used in the treatment of influenza in children under 5 years old. For pregnant women and lactating women, it is suggested to choose oseltamivir for antiviral treatment because of the lack of data on the use of mabaloxavir.

Drug interaction: Mabaloxavir may interact with other drugs when used together. If you need to use this drug, be sure to inform your doctor about other drugs you are using (including over-the-counter drugs and health care products) to avoid potential drug interactions.

Pay attention to allergic reaction: If you have allergic symptoms such as rash, itching, dyspnea or other serious discomfort during the use of mabaloxavir, you should stop taking the drug immediately and seek medical attention.

Li Dong once reminded that one or two "star drugs" should not be relied too much when treating influenza. Scientific use of symptomatic drugs and adequate rest are conducive to faster recovery.

How do the elderly cope with the flu challenge?

Li Jing, the chief physician of Beijing Hospital, said that the physical resistance of the elderly is weaker than that of the young people, and the flu symptoms may be more serious, such as a long duration of fever, which may easily lead to complications such as pneumonia and respiratory failure, and the recovery rate of the disease is slow. Daily protection is very important. Influenza is a respiratory infectious disease. Older people should wear masks when going out, and try to avoid shopping malls, markets and other crowded places with poor air circulation. At the same time, we should pay attention to increasing or decreasing clothes according to the weather changes to keep warm and cold. Always ventilate at home to keep the air fresh.

Li Jing said that if the elderly are infected with flu and have mild symptoms (such as sore throat, cough, runny nose, etc.), they can rest at home first, drink more water, eat light food, keep their stools unobstructed, and use drugs appropriately to relieve symptoms. However, once there are serious symptoms such as persistent high fever, a lot of thick sputum, dyspnea and listlessness, you should go to the hospital immediately to avoid delaying your illness. When taking care of the elderly with influenza, family members should also pay attention to avoid cross-infection. Besides washing your hands frequently, you should try to wear a mask when you are in contact with the elderly.

Recently, Fred Lambert, a reporter from foreign media electrek, released a video that was tested in the Blue Ridge Mountains in North Carolina. The video shows that during the test, this version of the FSD existed many times, that is, the vehicle suddenly slowed down without necessity, and even almost drove the car to a cliff.

Fred was always ready to take over during the test. In this test, Fred only took over once, that is, the time when Tesla FSD Beta V10.12 drove the car to the cliff.

On the whole, during the 13-minute test, the overall performance of Tesla FSD beta version V10.12 is ok, but many times of "ghost braking" and wrong judgment are still frightening, and problems such as "ghost braking" still need to be solved.

Fred said that the reason why he chose to test in the Blue Ridge Mountains is that there are few intersections here and the road traffic markings are clear. He believes that in this environment, Tesla’s FSD will perform well.

This is also the case. In most cases in the test, the computer vision inspection system of FSD Beta V10.12 runs well, and Fred’s Model 3 always stays in the center of the lane.

▲ the path of FSD planning

In the middle of the test, Fred met hikers, who were close to the road and the road was not covered by shoulders. Tesla FSD Beta V10.12 version, then controlled the vehicle to slow down, and even planned to drive a little to the left to make way for the hikers.

However, in addition to these advantages, Tesla FSD Beta V10.12 has some serious shortcomings.

Fred said that the most annoying thing about FSD Beta V10.12 is that the vehicle suddenly slows down without sufficient reason.

The video shows that "ghost braking" happened several times during driving. Although Fred feels that the sudden deceleration is not so obvious when the "ghost brake" occurs, it may only be because the speed of this test is a little slow.

In addition, Fred also noticed that the speed of Tesla FSD Beta V10.12 in controlling the turning of vehicles is also somewhat inconsistent. As you can see in the video, Tesla’s FSD controls the vehicle to slow down at some corners that don’t seem to need to slow down.

▲ FSD controls the vehicle to turn.

In addition, in the 8-mile (about 12.8 km) and 13-minute test, Fred only took over the driver once, but this time it was taken over in a very dangerous situation.

In the 12th minute and 56th second of the test, Tesla FSD Beta V10.12 controls the vehicle to turn sharply too fast. When Fred found that the car was crossing two lanes and heading for the other side of the road, he immediately stepped on the brakes. It was a very scary moment.

▲ Tesla FSD turned sharply and almost threw the owner off the cliff.

Strangely, the FSD beta version V 10.12 should know that there is a sharp turn in this road and it is necessary to slow down the vehicle. Because its speed is 10 mph (16 km/h) slower than the set speed, but somehow it didn’t correctly predict that turn.

In addition, it can be seen from the predicted path (blue line) displayed on the screen inside the car.

According to Fred’s test video, there are still many problems in Tesla’s FSD Beta V10.12 version. Although this version has greatly improved the recognition of some straight roads and vehicles, the problems of "ghost braking" and automatic turning still need to be solved.

This test also reminds Tesla owners that if they use this version of the test software, they still need to be highly vigilant and ready to take over at any time to ensure driving safety.

　　According to the website of China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission, China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission continues to promote the opening of banking and insurance industry to the outside world, optimize the business environment for foreign investors in the financial sector, enrich market supply, enhance market vitality, enhance competitiveness and promote the healthy development of China’s financial industry. Recently, seven new policies and measures for opening to the outside world have been studied and released.

　　I. Encourage overseas financial institutions to participate in the establishment and investment of financial subsidiaries of commercial banks.

　　The Measures for the Administration of Financial Subsidiaries of Commercial Banks clearly stipulates that financial subsidiaries of banks can be wholly-owned by commercial banks, or jointly funded with domestic and foreign financial institutions and domestic non-financial enterprises. Introducing foreign financial institutions with expertise and international influence in wealth management and investing in bank wealth management subsidiaries is conducive to introducing advanced and mature investment concepts, business strategies, incentive mechanisms and compliance risk control systems in the international asset management industry, further enriching the supply of financial products, stimulating the vitality of market competition and promoting the healthy and orderly development of China’s bank wealth management business. China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission will guide qualified and willing banks to strengthen active contact with relevant foreign-funded financial institutions, and continue to encourage and guide bank wealth management subsidiaries to do a good job in introducing foreign capital.

　　Two, allow overseas asset management institutions and subsidiaries of Chinese banks or insurance companies to set up a foreign-controlled wealth management company.

　　China’s asset management market has a huge scale and development potential, and it is difficult for existing asset management institutions to fully meet the rapidly growing diversified market demand. Compared with international advanced asset management institutions, most of the asset management institutions of Chinese banks and insurance companies, including wealth management subsidiaries, have been established for a short time and have less experience. At present, Chinese banks, insurance companies and foreign advanced asset management institutions are mainly engaged in business cooperation, allowing joint ventures to set up foreign-controlled wealth management companies, which is conducive to introducing international advanced asset management practices and professional experience, promoting the steady development of asset management industry and capital market, giving play to the respective advantages of Chinese and foreign asset management institutions, further enriching market players and business products, and meeting the diversified service needs of investors. At the same time, the existing asset management subsidiaries of Chinese banks and insurance companies can complement each other with their foreign wealth management companies, and develop at a moderate dislocation.

　　Overseas asset management institutions and subsidiaries of Chinese banks or insurance companies are allowed to jointly set up foreign-controlled wealth management companies. In the early stage, pilot methods can be adopted to give priority to supporting the entry of mature and stable wealth management institutions recognized in foreign markets. Both RMB funds can be raised and some foreign currency long-term funds can be raised. In the pilot process, China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission will pay more attention to the professionalism, prudence and stability of supervision, pay more attention to the supervision after the event, guide the steady development of institutional compliance through on-site inspection and off-site supervision, sum up the pilot experience in a timely manner, and study and expand the pilot scope in a timely manner.

　　Three, allow overseas financial institutions to invest in the establishment and shareholding of pension management companies.

　　At present, China’s pension management market is dominated by the second pillar enterprise annuity fund management, with limited scale and growth. However, the domestic pension management company is still in the pilot stage, and the pilot adopts the method of one mature company and one approved company. There is only one Jianxin pension management company established by CCB. Allowing foreign investors to set up pension management companies is conducive to increasing the types of subjects, enhancing market vitality, introducing mature pension management experience and improving the level of pension investment management. In the next step, China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission will promote the improvement of relevant laws and regulations, and continue to adopt the method of "one mature company, one approved company", and work with relevant ministries and commissions to do a good job in the licensing of pension management companies.

　　Four, support the establishment of wholly foreign-owned or equity money brokerage companies.

　　In 2005, the State Council approved the pilot of money brokerage companies. Since the pilot, five money brokerage companies have been established to actively carry out transactions in foreign exchange market, money market, bond market and derivative products market at home and abroad, which has played a positive role in activating China’s financial market, improving transaction efficiency and reducing transaction costs. At present, the top five money brokerage companies in the world have all participated in the establishment of five money brokerage companies in China through joint ventures.

　　Further increasing the proportion of foreign shares in money brokerage companies is conducive to giving full play to the management advantages of foreign shareholders, improving the operating efficiency of money brokerage companies, promoting orderly competition in the industry, and improving the transparency and transaction efficiency of financial markets. China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission actively supports Chinese and foreign shareholders of existing currency brokerage companies to determine their own foreign share ratios on the basis of equal consultation. At the same time, on the basis of comprehensive evaluation of the impact of newly established currency brokerage companies on the existing market competition pattern, we will steadily promote the establishment of new foreign currency brokerage companies.

　　5. Shorten the transition period from 51% to 100% for foreign-funded life insurance companies to 2020.　

　　On July 2, 2019, Premier Li Keqiang delivered a special speech at the opening ceremony of the 2019 Davos Forum, saying that the original stipulation of canceling the foreign life insurance share ratio limit in 2021 would be advanced to 2020. Abolishing the share ratio restriction of foreign-funded life insurance companies will help attract more high-quality foreign-funded insurance institutions to enter the China market, introduce more advanced business concepts and more diversified life insurance products, enhance the vitality of the life insurance market and provide better services for the real economy. In the next step, China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission will promote the promulgation of "Regulations on the Administration of Foreign-funded Insurance Companies in People’s Republic of China (PRC)" and other relevant laws and regulations, and timely implement the regulations in relevant administrative licensing work. At the same time, strengthen post-event supervision and maintain market order.

　　Six, cancel the provisions of domestic insurance companies holding the shares of insurance asset management companies shall not be less than 75%, allowing foreign investors to hold more than 25% of the shares.　

　　Loosening the restrictions on the foreign shareholding ratio of insurance asset management companies is conducive to absorbing the experience and practices of excellent overseas insurance institutions, stimulating the vitality of the domestic insurance asset management market, promoting the improvement of the asset management capabilities of insurance asset management companies, and better serving the preservation and appreciation of insurance assets.　

　　In the next step, China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission will promptly revise the Interim Provisions on the Administration of Insurance Asset Management Companies and implement the opening-up measures. While opening wider to the outside world, China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission will continue to improve the regulatory requirements of insurance asset management companies, strengthen the management of shareholders’ qualifications, further strengthen the continuous compliance requirements of insurance asset management companies, and effectively guard against various risks.　

　　Seven, relax the access conditions of foreign-funded insurance companies, cancel the 30-year operating life requirement.

　　At present, foreign insurance companies to set up foreign-funded insurance companies in China need to meet the requirements of operating insurance business for more than 30 years. In recent years, with the deepening of opening to the outside world, most foreign insurance companies in Fortune Global 500 have entered China and played an active role in the insurance market in China. The cancellation of the 30-year operating life requirement has created conditions for foreign insurance companies with operating characteristics and expertise but insufficient operating life to come to China, which is conducive to further enriching insurance market players and insurance professional services and promoting the high-quality development of the insurance industry.

　　Welcome more qualified foreign insurance companies to set up business offices in China, combine their advanced experience with the reality of China, and promote each other with Chinese companies in the competition to jointly serve the real economy and the increasingly diversified financial service needs of consumers. China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission will immediately start the revision of relevant laws and regulations, and put them into practice upon completion.

CCTV News:Recently, at the meeting of the Dispute Settlement Body of the World Trade Organization held in Geneva, Switzerland, the United States was convicted of violating WTO rules, but instead, the United States used the arbitration institution to "shut down" to appeal and tried to shelve the execution of the ruling indefinitely, which was severely denounced by many WTO members.

At the closed meeting held on January 27th, five members, namely China, Norway, Switzerland, Turkey and Hong Kong, China, set eight topics, demanding that the plenary session adopt five rulings of the expert group on the violation of the new regulations on the origin marking of Hong Kong goods imposed by the United States on imported steel and aluminum products under Article 232, and demanding that the United States cancel the illegal measures. The United States appealed all five rulings before the meeting.

But in fact, since 2019, the United States has repeatedly unilaterally obstructed the selection of judges of the WTO Appellate Body, and the WTO Appellate Body has fallen into a state of complete paralysis after the expiration of the previous judge in November 2020.

According to the minutes of the meeting published by the WTO, the permanent representative of the European Union to the WTO said at the meeting that the WTO arbitration institution was "paralyzed" because of deliberate sabotage by the United States, and it was impossible to hear these appeals at present, and the United States was actually abusing its right of appeal. Abuse of the right of appeal does not help to resolve trade disputes.

The Permanent Representative of Canada to the WTO said at the meeting that all parties to trade disputes must make every effort to find acceptable solutions and fulfill their good faith commitments under the Understanding on Dispute Settlement Rules and Procedures. The suspension of the Appellate Body has brought unfairness and short-term advantages to some members.

　　　　　　 The Permanent Representative of China to the WTO said that it seems that the United States will refuse to implement any unfavorable ruling involving "national security exception", which violates the principle of "pacta sunt servanda". These disturbing behaviors in the United States clearly depict the image of the implementer of unilateral bullying, the destroyer of multilateral trading system and the disruptor of global industrial chain supply chain.

　　　　　　 What is the ruling of the United States to appeal this time? In December 2022, the WTO released the report of the expert group on the dispute settlement mechanism, ruling that the measures taken by the United States to impose tariffs on imported steel and aluminum products in 2018 violated WTO rules and suggested that the United States should correct them. In March 2018, then US President Trump imposed tariffs of 25% and 10% on imported steel and aluminum products on the grounds of safeguarding national security according to Article 232 of the US Trade Expansion Act of 1962. This decision not only led the countries concerned to file a complaint with the WTO, but also the major trading partners of the United States introduced retaliatory measures. In November 2018, the WTO Dispute Settlement Body agreed to set up an expert group to review the steel and aluminum tariff measures announced by the United States to confirm whether the measures violated WTO rules. It was not until last December that the expert group of WTO dispute settlement mechanism issued its ruling.

　　　　　　 The unilateral trade bullying behavior of the United States has aroused more and more opposition around the world. Some media commented that the United States has now become the biggest destroyer of the international trading system.

　　　　　　 Headquarters reporter Yi Xin:For a long time, the United States has been waving a trade stick at other WTO members on the grounds of "national security" and frequently violated WTO rules. The research report on WTO dispute adjudication shows that by far, the United States is the most "unruly", and two-thirds of WTO violations are caused by the United States. When the WTO expert group ruled that the United States violated the rules, the United States took advantage of the current deadlock in the appointment of members of the WTO Appellate Body to appeal the ruling, so as to evade its obligations. The WTO Appellate Body’s "shutdown" and the paralysis of multilateral trade arbitration institutions are precisely caused by the United States’ insistence on obstructing the selection of judges despite the opposition of more than 100 WTO members. At the US trade policy review meeting held by the WTO in December last year, many WTO members expressed serious concern and dissatisfaction with the US trade policy.

Convicted of violating WTO rules, instead of executing the ruling, the United States appealed by using the "shutdown" of the appellate body, trying to put the execution of the ruling on hold indefinitely.

As an arbitration institution for trade dispute settlement, the Appellate Body is known as the "jewel in the crown of WTO" and it is an important part of the WTO dispute settlement mechanism. It has seven permanent seats for judges, each of whom has a term of four years and can be re-elected once. According to the WTO, cases of trade disputes must be tried and decided jointly by three judges. If the number of judges is insufficient, they can’t accept any new cases, and they will fall into a state of "stopping".

One of the most prominent features of the Appellate Body of WTO is its independence. Under this mechanism, all 164 WTO members, regardless of their size, can obtain equal rights to appeal or defend themselves. However, it seems that the United States has always regarded itself as an exception and repeatedly abused the "one-vote veto" to arbitrarily obstruct the start of the selection process for new judges of the Appellate Body.

Since 2017, the United States has frequently blocked the start of the selection process for new judges of the WTO Appellate Body.

In 2017, three of the seven judges of the Appellate Body ended their terms, but the United States has always blocked the appointment of new judges. Counting this time, in the past two years, the United States has said no to the selection of new judges for 30 consecutive times.

In 2018, the United States vetoed the appointment of Mauritian judges for a second term by one vote, leaving only three judges in the WTO Appellate Body. Three people are also the bottom line for the appellate body to operate. In order to avoid the "lockout", in that year, 67 WTO members demanded that "the selection process for new judges of the Appellate Body should be started as soon as possible". However, the United States rejected this proposal.

In November 2019, at the regular meeting of the WTO Dispute Settlement Body, 117 WTO members once again suggested that the process of selecting new judges of the Appellate Body should be started immediately, which showed the strong political will of most members to restore the Appellate Body. However, the United States is still bent on its own way.

On December 9, 2019, the United States once again unilaterally obstructed, resulting in a draft resolution on the reform of the Appellate Body not being passed, and the selection of new judges was once again blocked.

Due to the inability to select new judges in time, from December 11, 2019, only one judge of the Appellate Body was in office, and the Appellate Body was in a state of "stopping".

　　　　　　 On November 30, 2020, the last member of the Appellate Body officially expired. At this point, all members of the Appellate Body have left their posts.

What is the core reason for the United States to do so in the face of non-implementation of WTO rulings, non-compliance with rules and deliberate sabotage? What kind of bad influence will it have? Let’s listen to the interpretation of special commentator Su Xiaohui.

Su Xiaohui, a special commentator, said that many countries see that the United States has a kind of "double standard" behavior towards rules, and they will use it if they agree, and abandon it if they disagree. At the same time, they will try their best to safeguard American hegemony by taking the leading role in rule-making and use American bullying in trade. This kind of behavior interferes with the development of the world economy and harms others, which is also the fundamental factor behind everyone’s rebound against the United States.

　　Chen Xinfeng, the person in charge of the ecological park, and the staff are carrying out professional leaf splitting, flower thinning and fruit thinning on the elevated strawberries to ensure the quality after listing. This is the second year that he has cultivated strawberries without soil. Compared with the traditional cultivation of strawberries, this cultivation technology has a better planting environment and greatly improved the picking experience of tourists.　

　　

Tourists pick and punch cards in the high-ridge strawberry greenhouse.　

　　"Our main varieties are ice cream strawberries, chocolate strawberries and cream strawberries. The output of each greenhouse is about 4,000 kilograms, and each kilogram can be sold to 45 yuan. From now until June, it is the peak season for picking, and the total income is expected to reach 300,000 yuan." Chen Xinfeng told reporters that the strawberries he planted were well received by the market. In addition to supplying local supermarkets, many customers in Zhengzhou and Luoyang booked them, which was in short supply.　

The person in charge introduced the situation of soilless cultivation of strawberries for tourists who came to pick them.　

　　Inspired by "elevated" strawberries, in 2024, Chen Xinfeng transformed the strawberry greenhouse into a smart agricultural greenhouse to plant "high-ridge" strawberries to improve quality and yield. In the transformation, he raised the ridge by 30 cm with steel frame, which is more suitable for the development of sightseeing and picking agriculture; Adopt intelligent drip irrigation and water circulation heating technology system to accurately control air humidity and nutrient supply, and ensure stable growth environment while saving water and fertilizer; Using physical pest control and biological control technology to replace traditional pesticides to ensure that strawberries are green and pollution-free; Equipped with automatic temperature control and light supplement equipment, so that strawberry growth is not limited by natural conditions; Pure water irrigation is used to provide high-quality and stable water source for strawberry growth and accurately meet water demand. At the same time, he also introduced the drone pollination technology of "low temperature tolerance, no flight and no shed collision", which not only improved the fruit setting rate of strawberries, but also improved the fruit quality, making the fruit shape correct and the taste sweet.　

　　Walking into the meat rabbit breeding base in Hanxi Village, Dading Street, rows of modern breeding cages are uniform, and fat meat rabbits are eating and drinking leisurely. The head of the base, Mao Xing, observed the growth of rabbits and carefully recorded them. "At present, there are 144 groups of modern breeding cages in our base, with a total of more than 3,400 meat rabbits, with an annual slaughter of more than 60,000, which can generate income of 500,000 yuan." Mao Xing happily talked to the reporter about the "rabbit breeding".　

Technicians check the growth of meat rabbits.　

　　There are only three or four workers in the clean and tidy breeding shed, thanks to the automatic breeding equipment introduced by the base. Automatic temperature control technology can adjust the temperature of the breeding shed in time, which is more suitable for the growth of meat rabbits; Set the feeding time on the computer, automatically start the feeding function at the point of arrival, and automatically cut off the power after feeding, feeding 1-6 times a day, which better caters to the physiological characteristics of rabbits with less food and more meals; The automatic excrement cleaning system can automatically clean excrement, reduce ammonia smell and flies and mosquitoes, reduce the disease probability and mortality of meat rabbits, and improve the survival rate of young rabbits. In addition, the rabbit manure is also used as agricultural fertilizer and exported to Fujian and Shaanxi, which increases the economic benefits.　

　　"This meat rabbit breeding project can also increase the income of the village collective by 100,000 yuan every year. In the next step, the two village committees will encourage interested people to learn rabbit breeding technology, so that meat rabbit breeding will become a characteristic industry in the village and a project to increase people’s income." Yao Jialian, secretary of the village party branch, introduced.　

　　The industry is prosperous, the countryside is strong and the villagers are rich. In recent years, mengzhou city has continuously intensified the adjustment of agricultural industrial structure. By increasing the popularization and application of intelligent agricultural technologies such as drones, Internet of Things and big data in agricultural production, it has changed the extensive production management mode of traditional agriculture, improved agricultural production efficiency, improved the output and quality of agricultural products, and promoted the sustainable development of agriculture.　

　　It is reported that in the next step, mengzhou city will promote agricultural modernization and intelligence by cultivating high-quality agricultural skilled talents in the new era, accelerating the application of smart agricultural technology, strengthening the guarantee of data elements, and strengthening the construction of talent teams, empowering the masses with smart agriculture, helping the rural areas to fully revitalize, and painting a new picture of a beautiful countryside with strong agriculture, beautiful countryside and rich farmers.　

　　(Guangming Daily full media reporter Michael Cui correspondent Hou Wei Chen Daoming)　

On January 10 th, a book called"Stop issuing performance pay scheme for COVID-19 project"The document was circulated on the Internet and signed by Beijing Kexing Zhongwei Biotechnology Co., Ltd., which mentioned that the company’s COVID-19 vaccine has been completely discontinued and the company has no COVID-19 vaccine products for sale at present.

At noon on January 10th, Jimu journalist called the product consultation hotline of Kexing Holding Biotechnology Co., Ltd., and the staff confirmed it.Kexing’s COVID-19 vaccine has been discontinued. If you still need to inject this product, you should ask the local CDC if it is in stock.

It is worth noting that there are still a variety of vaccines for new strains that can be injected in various parts of China.

Kexing COVID-19 vaccine has been discontinued.

Many companies have "got off the bus" before.

According to Jimu News, on January 10th, a document named "Stop Issuing Performance Pay Scheme for COVID-19 Project" was spread on the Internet. The date of signing the scheme was January 9th, and it was stamped with the official seal of Beijing Kexing Zhongwei Biotechnology Co., Ltd., which mentioned that at this stage, the company has stopped production of COVID-19 vaccine and the company has no sales of COVID-19 vaccine products at present, and the company decided to stop issuing performance pay for COVID-19 project for existing employees from January 2024.

Beijing Kexing Zhongwei Biotechnology Co., Ltd. is a subsidiary of Kexing Holding Biotechnology Co., Ltd. At noon on January 10,The staff of the product consultation hotline of Kexing Holding Biotechnology Co., Ltd. confirmed that at present, the COVID-19 vaccine of Kexing of the company has been discontinued. If the product needs to be injected, it is necessary to ask the local CDC if it is in stock.As for the authenticity of the online transmission of "Stop Sending Performance Pay Scheme for COVID-19 Project", the other party said it was unclear, and she was only responsible for product consultation.

In fact, since 2023, a number of companies that have been developing COVID-19 vaccine have either announced a change of direction or stopped investing, or their financial data reflect the "sequela" of "slow sales" of COVID-19 vaccine.

On July 19th, 2023, COVID-19 Microorganism Tianci Factory, one of the three musketeers of domestic mRNA vaccine, suspended its trial operation because there was no demand for vaccine production in the near future. All this was only two and a half years after it obtained the clinical approval of COVID-19 mRNA vaccine in January 2021. At that time, COVID-19 mRNA vaccine of Microorganism was the second domestic COVID-19 mRNA vaccine that entered the clinical stage.

For COVID-19 vaccine, Clover Bio, a Hong Kong-listed company, can be described as "putting all your eggs in one basket". In June, 2022, Clover Bio announced that it would give priority to the allocation of all resources to COVID-19 vaccine project, suspend the investment in the other three clinical pipelines, and reduce the investment in non-COVID-19 projects and new projects. In December 2022, COVID-19 vaccine SCB-2019(CpG 1018/ aluminum adjuvant), a recombinant protein of clover, was put into emergency use in China, and was officially launched for the first time in February 2023.

However, in the semi-annual report of 2023, Clover Bio said that due to the ever-changing and low overall demand for COVID-19 vaccine from China and countries around the world since 2023, the company predicted that COVID-19 vaccine sales in 2023 would not bring meaningful financial contribution. Its vaccine layout turned to respiratory diseases such as RSV and influenza.

In April 2023, the "low-cost operation notice" of Shangyao Kangxinuo was spread on the Internet. The content of the notice shows that it is decided to suspend the production line from April 4 for a period of 180 days. According to Red Star News at that time, the staff of Kangxinuo patient answering hotline introduced that the COVID-19 (vaccine) production line here was temporarily suspended, and there was no problem here at the headquarters. Now the demand for COVID-19 vaccine is not so great, so the production line of Shanghai Kangxinuo COVID-19 (vaccine) has been temporarily stopped, which will not affect other aspects.

Chang Rongshan: Inactivated vaccine is not recommended at present.

In February 2023, a research paper published by domestic researchers in the latest issue of China CDC Weekly stated that,"Although the protective efficacy of the third dose of Kexing inactivated vaccine can be improved to more than 70% within one month after homologous inoculation, its predictive efficacy will gradually decline to less than 50% after six months."

For COVID-19 infected people whose clinical endpoint is "COVID-19’s symptoms", the research results show that after 28 days and 6 months of intensive immunization, the protective effect of three doses of inactivated Kexing vaccine is only about 30% and 10%. Among them,The predicted protective effect of three doses of Kexing inactivated vaccine on Omicron BA.4/5 is even lower.

According to the interface news, virologist Chang Rongshan reminded that,Inactivated vaccine is not recommended at present.It pointed out that the antigenicity of the current epidemic strains has changed greatly, and the effect of inactivated vaccine will be much worse than that of other technological vaccines."It is best to play mRNA vaccine and recombinant protein vaccine."

According to JingJing. com, Xu Yue, an insider of a company that had previously researched and developed vaccines in COVID-19, said, "The research and development cost is one aspect, but the key is that you have developed it, and the virus has mutated, so the research and development speed can’t keep up at all. Vaccine iteration is too fast, and enterprises really can’t afford it, especially the cost of clinical trials. Before it is commercialized, the vaccine will be outdated first. "

Xu Yue told reporters that unlike the flu virus, which may go round and round, Covid-19 has been upgrading all the way, and the popular virus will not come again, and the old virus will not come. Therefore,Once the new COVID-19 vaccine appears, the old vaccine can be said to be "out of the historical stage".

A number of XBB vaccines were approved for use.

However, people’s willingness to vaccinate has obviously decreased.

According to Jingjing.com, on December 28th, 2023, the National Health and Wellness Commission held a press conference on the prevention and treatment of respiratory diseases in winter. Peng Zhibin, director of the Department of Respiratory Infectious Diseases of the Infectious Diseases Management Office of China CDC, said that recently, the spread of JN.1 (the second-generation sub-branch of BA.2.86 mutant in Omicron, Covid-19) has risen rapidly abroad and has become the main epidemic strain.

"The mutant JN.1 belongs to Omicron. Recently, according to the existing evidence, the World Health Organization believes that JN.1 has strong transmission ability and immune escape ability, but there is no evidence to suggest that its pathogenicity is enhanced. Previous infection and vaccination with XBB (Omicron subtype variant strain) vaccine have a cross-effect of immune protection, and it is predicted that the public health risk brought by it is low. " Peng Zhibin said.

At present, many XBB vaccines have been approved for emergency use in China. In June, 2023, the recombinant trivalent Covid-19 (XBB+BA.5+Delta mutant) trimer protein vaccine (hereinafter referred to as WEEK XBB vaccine) was put into emergency use in a certain range. In December, companies such as Shenzhou Cell, Kangxinuo and Livzon Group also announced that COVID-19 vaccine was included in emergency use.

According to the interface news, a domestic vaccine industry practitioner said,At present, the proportion of people’s willingness to vaccinate COVID-19 vaccine has obviously decreased, and the official has not clarified the requirements for vaccination indicators.All this makes "promoting vaccination in COVID-19" less urgent than before, which reduces the motivation of CDC. He said, "For example, if a company has a product approved, as long as it is developed and produced, the company will definitely want to be recognized in the market, and there is no situation in which the company is not enthusiastic. But in fact, from the step of bidding access, many provinces and cities have no enthusiasm. "

Rong Shan, a virologist, also said that the public is not willing to vaccinate COVID-19 vaccine at present. If COVID-19 vaccine is purchased, but not many people come to vaccinate it, it will easily lead to a backlog. Unlike ordinary commodities, vaccines have strict requirements for transportation and storage, and they will be wasted if they are not used after expiration.

Original title: Kexing COVID-19 vaccine has been discontinued! Many companies have long since "got off the bus", inactivated vaccines have not been recommended, and many XBB vaccines have been approved.

Conrad Murray had tears in his eyes during the trial.


The day before Jackson’s death and the day after his death

Jackson’s photo, which was exposed at the trial, also said "murder" in English.

　　On September 27th, local time in Los Angeles, the case of Conrad Murray, Michael Jackson’s personal doctor, accused of manslaughter was heard again in the Los Angeles High Court. Jackson’s parents and family members appeared in court, and a large number of media and fans were waiting at the gate of the court.

　　During the trial, the prosecutor played a final recording of Jackson’s life, which was recorded by Murray. He talked about the concert he was going to hold at that time in a slow voice, and still wanted to build a children’s hospital with the proceeds of the performance. The vague tone of Jackson in the recording was accused by the prosecutor of being evidence of Murray’s "serious dereliction of duty". In addition, the prosecutor also carefully analyzed the pictures before Jackson’s death from every angle, including the pictures of the day before his death, the pictures at home on the day of his death, and the recordings and pictures before Jackson’s death exposed this time, which surprised and shocked the world.

　　Prosecutors believe that Jackson’s slow tone in this recording shows that he had taken an anesthetic at that time, which shows that Murray knew the powerful side effects of propofol, which is probably the cause of Jackson’s death. However, after Murray injected Jackson with anesthetic, he didn’t have suitable equipment to monitor the situation after taking the drug, and he didn’t tell other doctors about his medication to Jackson. Moreover, when he found that Jackson was not well, he called "911" 24 minutes later. The prosecutor said that this was Murray’s "serious dereliction of duty" and led to Jackson’s death.

　　After this recording was exposed on the Internet, many netizens even called it "shocking", indicating that it sounded "creepy". The chief prosecutor told the jury that what Murray, a private doctor, had done was tantamount to "medical abandonment". Prosecutors said that the relationship between Jackson and Murray was that of employers and employees, not that of patients and doctors. "Murray didn’t give Jackson the treatment he deserved. He abandoned Jackson."

　　In the evidence-giving stage, the first person to testify in court was Ortega, the director of Jackson’s concert "this is it". Ortega said that Dr. Murray had assured him of Jackson’s health. Ortega also said that Jackson told himself to spend more time on concerts and leave them to fans. He also hoped to take this opportunity to let everyone go to "heal the world" and take good care of the earth and people around him.　

A large number of fans gathered outside the court.

Conrad Murray wipes his tears

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　　Conrad Murray claimed that Jackson stopped breathing at 11 am on June 25, 2009. However, according to the telephone records at the scene, it was not until 12: 21 that someone called 911. Jackson’s former bodyguard testified that on the day of Jackson’s death, Murray asked himself to call 911 after collecting the medicine. Medical staff and emergency room doctors testified that they thought Jackson died in his own bedroom before being taken to the hospital. Murray insisted on rescuing Jackson until he was sent to the hospital. The medical staff also said that Murray did not tell them that he had injected propofol into Jackson. At the same time, Murray’s cell phone records show that he spoke by phone before and after giving Jackson propofol and sedatives.

[Case Review]

　　On June 26, 2009, Jackson died, and the chief coroner of Los Angeles announced his cause of death in Houston court, saying that he was killed by injection of propofol, a powerful anesthetic, and it was a homicide.

　　On February 12, 2010, Jackson’s personal doctor Conrad Murray was arraigned by a local court in Los Angeles, but in the end, the judge found Murray not guilty of manslaughter, and Jackson’s family said they would appeal.

　　After a six-day pre-trial hearing on January 12, 2011, the judge of the Los Angeles High Court finally decided that Murray would be prosecuted again for manslaughter and revoked Murray’s medical license in the state, but Murray himself did not plead guilty.

　　On January 25th, 2011, Murray was formally charged with manslaughter.

　　On September 9, 2011, the jury selection for Jackson’s personal doctor’s manslaughter case began.　

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　　Xinhua News Agency, Chengdu, March 20th Question: Have you found the answers to all the N kinds of legends about Sanxingdui?

　　Xinhua News Agency reporters Wang Peng, Shi Yuxi and Tong Fang.

　　With the announcement of new archaeological discoveries in Sanxingdui site, people’s eyes once again focus on this magical land.

　　Since the discovery of No.1 and No.2 "sacrificial pits" in Sanxingdui site in 1986, people have never stopped discussing it. A large number of shocking and mysterious cultural relics unearthed in the "sacrificial pit" have aroused a lot of speculation in the world.

　　Have you found the answers to those legends about Sanxingdui?

　　Legend 1: Is Sanxingdui an alien civilization?

　　Sanxingdui bronze vertical mask (Xinhua News Agency)

　　Huge ears, bulging eyes, and a big mouth wide to the ears … … Some people who eat melons believe that Sanxingdui is an alien civilization, and the grotesque bronze masks, bronze statues, bronze sacred trees and other cultural relics of Sanxingdui are alien works.

　　Experts are firmly opposed to this statement! The ancient Shu civilization, represented by Sanxingdui, is an important part of the pluralistic origin of Chinese civilization. Among the cultural relics unearthed in Sanxingdui, bronze statues, bronze rings, jade Zhang, jade cong, jade bi and jade ge are consistent with the Yellow River basin, which shows that Sanxingdui has the common attributes of Chinese culture. The familiar cultural relics with strange shapes and magnificent atmosphere, such as bronze standing man, bronze sacred tree and bronze vertical mask, not only show the brilliance of ancient Shu civilization, but also show the richness and diversity of Chinese culture.

　　In other words, Sanxingdui civilization is "made in China" and has nothing to do with aliens.

　　Legend 2: Sanxingdui people "moved" to Jinsha?

　　The gold mask unearthed from Jinsha site (left) and the newly discovered gold mask in Sanxingdui (imposition picture)

　　The newly discovered gold mask of Sanxingdui "made a stunning appearance", and the sharp-eyed netizens saw at a glance: this is the same as the gold mask of Jinsha! Not only the gold mask, but also the ornamentation, jade Zhang, jade chisel, ivory &hellip on the golden crown belt of Jinsha and the golden staff of Sanxingdui; … There are many cultural relics in the two sites. So can we think that people from Sanxingdui "moved" to Jinsha?

　　Experts believe that this high similarity between Jinsha site and Sanxingdui site proves that they belong to the same cultural system, and there must be some special connection between the two sites. Combined with the archaeological findings in recent years, we can think that Jinsha culture is the inheritance and development of Sanxingdui culture, and both of them have become an important part of the development of ancient Shu civilization.

　　Legend 3: Sanxingdui Archaeological Excavated "Angry Birds" with the same pig?

　　"Angry Birds" with the same pig (Xinhua News Agency)

　　Just last July, Sichuan Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology announced that an important site — — Joint site, unearthed a large number of cultural relics. Among them, a clay pottery pig is cute and cute, which is very similar to the villain green pig in Angry Birds. Netizens exclaimed: Is this the predecessor of Angry Birds?

　　In fact, experts believe that the joint site of this clay sculpture pottery pig unearthed should be an important settlement around the ruins of Sanxingdui ancient city. The joint site covers four cultural factors, namely, Guiyuan Bridge, Baodun Bridge, Sanxingdui Bridge and Twelve Bridges. It is the first time that a complete sequence of ancient Shu civilization has been found around Sanxingdui. Among them, the main cultural factors of Sanxingdui are the most abundant in the joint site, and a large number of cultural relics similar to Sanxingdui have been unearthed.

　　There are not only "villain green pigs", but also a large number of high-handled beans, hollowed-out beans (plates) and small flat-bottomed cans have been unearthed and restored at the joint site. It is worth mentioning that the pottery with the combination pattern of dragons and phoenixes carved on the yinxian line was unearthed in the late Shang Dynasty, and it is the earliest pottery with the pattern of "dragons and phoenixes are auspicious" found in China.

　　Legend 4: The "bronze giant" holds a "selfie stick" in his hand?

　　Sanxingdui "Bronze Man" (Xinhua News Agency)

　　Among the numerous bronze statues in Sanxingdui, the "bronze giant" is well known. Its overall image is solemn and solemn, and its hands are hollow. For a long time, people have been speculating whether he holds some kind of instrument in his hand. Even naughty netizens think that he is holding a "selfie stick" in his hand.

　　At present, there is no final conclusion on this issue in academic circles. Experts discussed that the "bronze standing man" may hold ivory, jade cong or scepter. The "Bronze Big Liren" wears a high crown, narrow sleeves and a half-arm-style three-layer dress, with complex and exquisite clothes, mainly dragon patterns, supplemented by bird patterns, insect patterns and eye patterns, and plaid stripes. It seems that his identity is an ancient Shu "high priest" with extraordinary skills.

　　There is no end to the exploration of Sanxingdui civilization.

　　Up to now, archaeologists have unearthed more than 500 important cultural relics in the six Sanxingdui cultural "sacrificial pits" newly discovered at Sanxingdui site.

　　I believe that in the future, through the detection and analysis of these cultural relics, more puzzles about Sanxingdui will be revealed. The true face of this ancient civilization, which has been buried deep underground for 3 thousand years, will become more and more clear.

　　We will wait and see … …