Looking at confidence through data, China’s economy is making strides along the path of high-quality development

　　CCTV news:On April 23, “Xinwen Lianbo” reported that the Shenzhou 18th was about to be launched, the second phase of the 135th Canton Fair was launched today, and 3.03 million new jobs were created in cities and towns across the country in the quarter… The Chinese economy is making strides along the path of high-quality development. .

Shenzhou 18 is about to be launched and all systems are ready

On April 23, the Shenzhou 18 manned spacecraft launch mission organized a joint training for the entire region. Under the unified dispatch of the Beijing Aerospace Flight Control Center, the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, Xi’an Satellite Measurement and Control Center and various measurement and control stations of the mission implemented joint debugging and control to comprehensively simulate various technical states and working processes during launch preparation, launch and flight.

At present, the facilities and equipment in the launch site area are in good condition, and the rocket propellant filling and launch will be carried out in accordance with the procedures. Phase adjustment work will also be carried out before the launch of the space station to prepare for the rendezvous and docking between the Shenzhou 18 spacecraft and the space station.

The second phase of the 135th Canton Fair is launched

The second phase of the 135th Canton Fair will be launched on April 23, and the exhibition time will be from April 23 to April 27.

The second phase of this Canton Fair features three professional sections: building materials and furniture, household products, and gifts and decorations, with a total of 15 exhibition areas. The total offline exhibition area is 515,000 square meters, more than 24,600 booths, and more than 9,800 exhibiting companies. . Among them, there are more than 1,400 national-level high-tech enterprises, individual champions in the manufacturing industry, and “little giants” specializing in new technologies, an increase of more than 300 compared with the previous session.

A total of 220 companies from 30 countries and regions participated in the second phase of the Canton Fair. Among them, a total of 144 companies from 18 countries co-building the “Belt and Road” participated in the exhibition, accounting for about 65%.

All work for the Chengdu Expo is ready

The Organizing Committee of the 2024 Chengdu World Horticultural Expo announced on April 23 that after more than three years of careful preparation, all work for the 2024 Chengdu World Horticultural Expo has been completed and will officially open on April 26. The theme of this Expo is “Park City, Beautiful Habitat”. In addition to flower and gardening exhibitions, a total of more than 2,000 various activities will be held, with an average of up to 10 per day, which is expected to attract 5 million visitors.

In addition, the Chengdu Expo simultaneously launched a number of convenience measures, opened a number of subways and bus lines, and advocated green and low-carbon bus travel. At the same time, innovating ticketing and payment methods, service windows such as Tianfu International Airport and the Expo Visitor Center will provide convenient international payment services for international tourists.

Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security: 3.03 million new jobs were created in cities and towns across the country in the first quarter

The Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security released data on April 23 that 3.03 million new jobs were created in cities and towns across the country in the first quarter. According to this year’s target of “more than 12 million people” in new urban employment, a quarter of the full-year task has been completed in the first quarter. The national urban surveyed unemployment rate in March was 5.2%, and the employment situation was generally stable.

Nine Chinese projects selected into the world’s top 50 iconic tunnel projects

On April 23, the International Tunnel and Underground Space Association released the top 50 landmark projects in the global tunnel and underground space industry. Nine Chinese projects including the Shenzhen-Zhongshan Corridor Immersed Tunnel, the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Immersed Tunnel, and the Heng-Guangzhou Dual-Line Dayaoshan Tunnel were selected, making it the country with the most projects selected in the world.

The price of insulin continued to be purchased across the country is stable but declining

It was learned from the National Medical Insurance Administration that the winning results of the nationwide insulin procurement were announced on April 23. A total of 53 products from 13 companies participated in this continuous procurement, of which 49 products were selected. The winning price was reduced by 3.8 percentage points based on the price reduction in the first round of centralized procurement. The successful results will be implemented nationwide in May, smoothly and orderly connecting with the previous round of centralized procurement, allowing patients to continue to benefit.

Air China launches and resumes 4 new international routes

Starting from April 28, Air China will successively launch new Beijing-Riyadh and Beijing-Dhaka routes, and resume Beijing-Madrid-São Paulo and Beijing-Madrid-Havana routes. By then, the domestic airline route network will once again cover six continents around the world.