The image ambassador of Sichuan Wenlv made a stunning appearance, and the giant panda "Ease" took you to Sichuan!






Eating bamboo can make a fire, selling cute coquetry can make a fire, and even sitting and doing nothing can make a fire. As a "group pet" of Sichuanese, the giant panda has its own online celebrity attribute. But today, this giant panda in Sichuan is a bit unexpected-the giant panda has a new job and has become an ambassador for cultural tourism in Sichuan!

On September 25th, a naked-eye 3D promo featuring giant pandas with great visual impact kicked off the 6th China (Sichuan) International Tourism Investment Conference and the 7th Sichuan International Tourism Fair, which attracted attention.

In this naked-eye 3D promo, the giant panda "Anyi" came from ancient times, crossed many just visiting, and finally came to the scene of the 6th China (Sichuan) International Tourism Investment Conference and the 7th Sichuan International Tourism Fair, making a stunning appearance! This naive giant panda is the cultural tourism mascot launched in Sichuan. The mascot "Ease" carries many expectations of Sichuan cultural tourism. As the image ambassador of cultural tourism in Sichuan, "Ease" should go to the whole country and the whole world, and even more, it should enter thousands of households and invite tourists from all over the world to go to Sichuan in ease.

The emergence of "comfort" is expected.

Over the past year or so, the propaganda slogan of Sichuan cultural tourism, "Abundance in Three Ninth, Ease in Sichuan", has been widely known at home and abroad. With the continuous integration of cultural tourism in our province, new projects, new consumption scenes, new development models, new discoveries in resources, new achievements in undertakings, and new members of famous counties have sprung up like mushrooms after rain, and many "new" are constantly presented.

Flowers are blooming, and focus is needed. An image symbol that can gather many cultural and tourism characteristics of Sichuan and is easy to be recognized by the public-the giant panda "comfort" came into being.

Why is "Comfort" a giant panda?

As China’s national treasure, the giant panda has a high reputation and influence in the world. Taking the image of a cute giant panda with strong affinity as the mascot of Sichuan cultural tourism is conducive to telling Sichuan stories to tourists, enhancing Sichuan’s reputation, promoting Sichuan cultural tourism brands and showing Sichuan’s comfortable and beautiful life.

It is understood that the Sichuan tourism image ambassador launched this time highlights Sichuan’s "comfortable" culture from different angles, reflecting the humanistic spirit of Sichuan people’s openness, tolerance, friendliness and comfort. The panda’s "ease" is lively and lovely, humanized and friendly, and easy to spread. It is the best choice to be the ambassador of Sichuan cultural tourism image.  (grey hair Image courtesy of Sichuan Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism)

The holiday effect appears and the consumer demand increases. All localities make scientific policies to keep the "vegetable basket" of the masses.

  CCTV News:At present, winter vegetables are listed one after another. All localities should do a good job in ensuring the supply of vegetables in winter, keep the "vegetable basket" of the masses, and ensure sufficient supply of vegetables and stable prices.

  According to the vegetable production information dispatch of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, at present, the vegetable field area in China is 88.48 million mu, an increase of 1.15 million mu year-on-year; In late November, the output was 29.61 million tons, an increase of 750,000 tons.

  Shenxian county is an important vegetable planting area in the north of the Yangtze River, and the local annual vegetable output reaches more than 5 million tons. The reporter saw in the agricultural products trading market in Shilipu Town that at dawn, local vegetable farmers came to the vegetable trading market early to sell all kinds of vegetables just picked.

  At present, in the demonstration industrial base of returning entrepreneurs in Dongxiang District, Fuzhou City, Jiangxi Province, more than 4,000 mu of Phyllostachys praecox bamboo shoots have ushered in the harvest period. The villagers are busy collecting, sorting, loading and exporting, and the harvesting period will last until the end of March 2024.

  At present, in Shaohuomiao Village, Chuanhui District, Zhoukou City, Henan Province, the edible fungi planted in the intelligent cabin are welcoming the harvest season. Due to the computer control of temperature and humidity in the process of edible fungi cultivation and scientific management, the annual income of the two cabins can reach about 100 thousand yuan.

  In order to ensure the continuous and efficient supply of vegetables in winter, Shenzhou City, Hebei Province set up 20 vegetable technical guidance groups to scientifically guide growers to plant in succession, so that the greenhouse will not be idle in winter and the supply of vegetables will be uninterrupted.

  Various measures have been taken to prevent cold wave and ensure vegetables to survive the winter smoothly.

  In view of the recent cold wave weather in many parts of the country, the production and supply of vegetables are facing challenges. All localities actively take scientific measures to do a good job in cold protection and warmth to ensure the smooth wintering of all kinds of vegetables.

  In Hengyuan Street, Linyi County, Shandong Province, in order to cope with the sharp cooling and strong wind brought by the recent cold wave weather, the local government sent meteorological service information to vegetable farmers in a targeted manner and provided "point-to-point" assistance. According to the growth situation of different vegetables, it provides targeted scientific anti-freezing schemes for vegetable farmers to ensure the smooth listing of vegetables.

  In the vegetable greenhouse in Maozhuang Town, Taikang County, Henan Province, agricultural technicians are checking the growth of vegetables and urging farmers to do a good job of heat preservation and antifreeze to avoid the sudden drop in temperature from affecting the growth of vegetables.

  In Huai ‘an District, Huai ‘an City, Jiangsu Province, in order to cope with the coming cold wave, Yao Bingqing, a big planter, is busy covering 31 newly installed facilities in 2023 with two or three films before the rain and snow, and strengthening the cold protection measures through "three films".

  The seasonal decline in the overall price of vegetables is expected to pick up later.

  Affected by factors such as area increase and yield increase, the overall price of vegetables has fallen seasonally, and some varieties are significantly lower than the same period in 2022.

  Haijixing International Agricultural Products Logistics Park, located in Changsha County, Hunan Province, is the largest vegetable hub in Central and South China. Vegetables from more than 20 provinces in China gather here, and more than 10,000 tons of vegetables are sent from here to Guangdong, Guangxi and other provinces and regions every day, ensuring the vegetable supply of residents within 600 kilometers.

  According to the relevant person in charge of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, recently, the prices of some vegetable varieties have fallen sharply, mainly due to the high price in 2022. In 2023, the planting area increased steadily, the weather in autumn and winter was warmer, the yield level was significantly improved, and the local vegetables were listed on the market, and the staged supply pressure increased. From the later trend, vegetable prices will turn into seasonal upward trend according to the perennial law.

  Near New Year’s Day and Spring Festival, the holiday effect is gradually emerging, and the demand for vegetable consumption is expected to increase. Because vegetables have increased steadily in the field area, winter storage vegetables such as cabbage and radish have increased in the early stage, the overall supply of vegetables is guaranteed, and it is unlikely that the price of vegetables will rise sharply.

The Great Wall 2.4T off-road gun went on the market, and many configurations were upgraded! Pre-sale of Shanhaiguan Crossing Edition

On August 30th, the Great Wall 2.4T off-road gun was officially launched at Chengdu Auto Show, and the price of the whole vehicle was 178,800-188,800 yuan. The biggest change of the whole vehicle is that it is equipped with a diesel engine with the model GW4D24, and combined with a rich off-road configuration, it can be said that it is very cost-effective. In addition, the crossing version also appeared on the same stage.

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2.4T off-road gun

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From now until September 30th, you can enjoy a cash discount of 10,000 yuan, a replacement subsidy of 10,000 yuan, a lifetime warranty of the first owner’s engine and transmission, a three-year zero interest rate (up to 100,000 yuan), a discount of 3,000 yuan/set for Great Wall owners, and a number of preferential services such as basic services, intelligent control services, and free OTA online upgrade.

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The diesel 2.4T engine equipped with the 2.4T off-road gun can provide the maximum power of 135kW and the peak torque of 480N·m, which is the first torque of single turbine diesel pickup truck in China. In addition, the vehicle engine can support excellent low-torque performance, and it only needs 1500 revolutions to reach the peak torque range, which is not a problem in the face of extreme off-road scenes.

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The vehicle engine is also equipped with 850W high-performance cooling fan, which matches the industry’s first off-road thermal management mode to meet the demand for vehicles under high temperature weather and continuous heavy load off-road conditions; Using AGM large-capacity battery, the cold start current reaches 850A, and the capacity reaches 92Ah, leading at the same level; It has higher capacitance stability and low-temperature reliability, and it can be used in extremely cold environment with excellent low-pressure glow plug. The DPF carrier of the Great Wall Gun was upgraded to 4.89L, and the carbon accumulation of the 2.4T off-road gun was larger, and the regeneration mileage was increased by 53%.

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The whole vehicle is matched with the Great Wall self-developed longitudinal 9AT gearbox, which can bear the maximum torque of 750N·m and is suitable for various engine combinations such as gasoline and diesel. At the same time, this gearbox is also the first 9AT gearbox in China, which has the core advantages of smooth shifting and smooth power connection.

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As an off-road pickup truck, the whole vehicle is equipped with part-time 4wd system, which can not only meet the needs of heavy off-road, but also has the characteristics of firmness, reliability and durability. At the same time, the off-road gun is the first pickup truck in China to provide six all-terrain driving modes, such as snow, mud, sand, 2H, 4H and 4L. Switching to the four-wheel drive low-speed (4L) mode can amplify the torque by 2.48 times, which can release more power in the process of getting rid of severe off-road conditions such as cross shafts and bullet holes.

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2.4T off-road gun adopts high chassis design, with minimum ground clearance of 228mm, approach angle of 30, departure angle of 26, and wading depth of 700 mm. With the off-road expert mode pioneered by the same level, in the process of extreme off-road, the power output and electronic control settings are arranged and combined by the driver, and the vehicle control right is returned to the driver 100%, which is suitable for the old off-road gun to play at will.

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In addition to the above-mentioned off-road configuration, thanks to the excellent four-wheel drive system of the whole vehicle, it also provides crawling mode, tank turning, transparent chassis, upgraded high-performance cooling system, etc. At the same time, it is also equipped with hard-core equipment such as K-MAN nitrogen shock absorption, front and rear axle electronically controlled differential lock, Bailuchi KO2 all-terrain tire, winch, wading throat, off-road side pedal, and front and rear iron competitive bars. The above configurations are uniformly equipped by the original factory, so there is no need to worry about the annual inspection of the license, which is worry-free and labor-saving.

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In addition, the 2.4T off-road gun is also equipped with the first domestic original factory standard 3mm thick chassis metal armor, covering 100% important parts such as engine, transmission, transfer case and fuel tank, which can effectively protect the chassis. The vehicle also uses 540 panoramic images and more than 10 intelligent driving assistance functions. With the new generation ESP body stability system +6 airbags+high-strength cage body+collision fuel cut/unlock function, the safety performance can be described as almost full.

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In terms of intelligence, the whole vehicle provides a comprehensive display function of off-road information, which can display information such as altitude, air pressure, slope and compass, and enhance the safety and information collection during driving. The interior of the vehicle is covered with a large area of soft coating, with 7-inch color LCD instrument +12.3-inch Zhilian touch screen, which integrates the intelligent configuration of a new generation of intelligent network connection system and wireless fast charging of 50W mobile phone.

Shanhai artillery crossing edition

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The mountain and sea artillery crossing version was pre-sold at the Chengdu Auto Show, and the pre-sale price was 249,800 yuan. This car is a global long-life and high-performance luxury pickup truck based on the tank platform. It is a high-end wide-body pickup truck that can take a family to travel comfortably and conquer the global mountains and seas calmly.

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According to official information, Shanhai Gun Crossing Edition is currently the longest endurance pickup truck in China, and one box of oil can cross from Lhasa-—800km Qiangtang no man’s land-southern Xinjiang; Four boxes of oil can cross G318 (5476km), and eight boxes of oil can cross G219(10065km), the longest national highway in Wan Li, China. The whole vehicle is also a pickup truck with double fuel tanks, which can supply oil independently and support independent oil display.

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The whole vehicle is equipped with 2.4T+9AT power system, so the crossing cost is low; Low twist is strong, bad road crossing is more leisurely, and with the high penetration rate of diesel gas stations, even in desolate places, there is no refueling anxiety; At the same time, the whole vehicle also supports further expandable cargo containers, which can bear all the needs of long-distance cross-country crossing.

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In terms of off-road configuration, Shanhai Gun Crossing Edition supports nine all-terrain driving modes, providing nine driving modes such as economy, sports, mud, sand, rocks and experts, and is equipped with intelligent off-road configurations such as tank turning, crawling mode, 360-degree look around, transparent chassis and off-road information display. Standard three mechanical hard locks, Borg Warner 4A+MLock super four-wheel drive system, transfer torque capacity up to 1900N·m, electromagnetic control, faster response, mechanical locking, more reliable.

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In addition, the original factory comes with millions of off-road equipment such as front and rear competitive metal bars, wading throats, 18-inch off-road AT tires and K-MAN nitrogen reduction (optional), which makes long-distance cross-country more comfortable.

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Shanhai Gun Crossing Edition is based on the world’s leading intelligent professional off-road platform-tank platform, which is born with high performance and high reliability genes. The application of chassis high-strength steel exceeds 99%, and the four doors, floor and roof are all designed with anti-collision steel beams, and it is the only pickup truck model that won the Top Ten Chassis Special Award in China in 2024, which makes travel more leisurely.

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Not only is the off-road performance strong, but the household attributes of this car are also in place. The width is nearly 2m, and the elbow width is 1.6m The first electric 33 adjustable rear backrest is the largest, widest and most comfortable in its class, which can provide comfort comparable to that of a large luxury SUV. At the same time, the vehicle also supports 100km/h cockpit noise as low as 67 decibels, which is comparable to the SUV level of the same class.

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Shanhai Gun Crossing Edition has L2-level intelligent driving assistance, which can realize ACC adaptive cruise and intelligent cruise, and is not tired when crossing long distances. The intelligent experience is newly upgraded. The whole system is equipped with smart car networking, supports online OTA upgrade, supports HiCar/ICCOA mobile phone interconnection, high-tech team formation, etc., and the new functions are experienced in time; The industry’s first ball control function, the car condition information display is more intuitive, and the car is more secure.

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In addition to the above configuration instructions, this car also supports the factory’s own C6 towing qualification, meets the 3.3-ton trailer certification, and can tow medium and large RVs, with China pickup truck being the strongest trailer; Reserved 24 anchor points +220V external power supply, the design of split tailgate is the first in China, which is convenient for camel modification, changing the life of containers and playing the life of pickup trucks in the whole scene.

The General Administration of Financial Supervision issued the Measures for the Administration of Insurance Sales Behavior.

  Cctv newsAccording to the website of the General Administration of Financial Supervision, in order to protect the legitimate rights and interests of the insured, the insured and the beneficiaries, standardize the insurance sales behavior and unify the supervision requirements of insurance sales behavior, the General Administration of Financial Supervision recently issued the Measures for the Administration of Insurance Sales Behavior (hereinafter referred to as the "Sales Measures") according to the Insurance Law of People’s Republic of China (PRC) and the Guiding Opinions of the General Office of the State Council on Strengthening the Protection of Financial Consumers’ Rights and Interests, which will take effect on March 1, 2024.

  There are 6 chapters and 50 articles in the Sales Measures, which divide insurance sales behavior into three stages: pre-sales behavior, in-sales behavior and post-sales behavior, distinguish the characteristics of different stages and regulate them respectively. The first is the behavior management before insurance sales, which regulates the business scope, information system, terms and terms, information disclosure, product classification and grading, sales staff grading and sales promotion of insurance companies and insurance intermediaries. The second is behavior management in insurance sales, which requires insurance companies and insurance intermediaries to know customers and sell them properly, prohibit compulsory tying and default checking, inform the identity and related matters when selling, and prompt the responsibility to be relieved and exempted. The third is the behavior management after insurance sales, which puts forward requirements for policy delivery, return visit, notice of change of long-term insurance personnel, prohibition of behavior after personnel change, and surrender.

  "Sales Measures" is an important measure taken by the General Administration of Financial Supervision to implement the people-centered development idea and effectively improve the sense of acquisition of insurance consumers. It is also the basic link to improve the behavior supervision system and build a supervision framework for insurance sales behavior. The promulgation of the "Sales Measures" reflects the political and people-oriented nature of financial supervision, helps to improve the standardization of sales behavior in the insurance industry, and effectively enhances the sense of acquisition and satisfaction of insurance consumers.

The gangster theme "Disaster" exposed the international poster starring Song Joong Ki 0.


1905 movie network news Starring in the gangster movie "Disaster", an international poster was released, directed by Jin Changxun, and new actors Hong Sibin and Jin Xingxi participated. The film was shortlisted for the "One Concern" unit of the 76th Cannes International Film Festival.

The film is known as "film noir of two dangerous men struggling to get rid of the reality with no future", which is the first time that Song Joong Ki has challenged the film noir genre. It is reported that the film "Trouble" is a work selected by Song Joong Ki and co-produced by a Song Joong Ki brokerage company, which belongs to a low-budget film with a small production scale. Surprisingly, as the starring role of the film, Song Joong Ki did not receive any remuneration, but starred at 0. This has also greatly increased everyone’s curiosity about movies.

The film tells the story that in order to get rid of the hellish reality, Yan Gui meets Qi Jian, the middle boss of the organization, and enters a dangerous world together. Song Joong Ki plays the role of the middle of the organization that believes in and leads "Yangui"bossFor him, the role of "Qi Jian" is a brand-new breakthrough different from his previous roles. Hong Sibin plays the 18-year-old boy "Yan Gui". In order to get rid of the tragic and dark reality, he devoted himself to the rough world.

Song Joong Ki said before: "Can participate in"disaster and turmoilI am very happy, this work is also a new challenge for myself, and I am deeply touched. "


The first The Lancet Countdown China Report was released. …

  The latest Global Report on Countdown to The Lancet in 2020 (hereinafter referred to as the Global Report) and the first China Report on Countdown to The Lancet (hereinafter referred to as the China Report) focus on the impact of climate change on the health of people in the world and China respectively. According to the report, since 1990, the death toll related to high temperature and heat wave in China has increased fourfold. Experts said, "The report reveals that achieving carbon neutrality will bring huge health and economic dividends, and China needs to constantly improve its health care system to enhance its resilience and cope with the impact of climate change."  
  Global Report: No country is immune from the health hazards of climate change.
  The global report was jointly completed by more than 120 experts from more than 30 top academic institutions around the world. By continuously monitoring the health impacts caused by climate change, the global report should make an independent assessment of the actions on climate change and provide policy recommendations to governments. This year is the fifth global report released by The Lancet countdown.
  The global report includes 43 indicators. Compared with last year, the new indicators include: heat-related premature death, climate migration and displacement, accessibility of urban green space, extreme high temperature, and economic cost of heat-related labor productivity loss.
  New evidence shows that in the past 20 years, the number of elderly deaths related to high temperature has increased by 54%; In 2019, the number of days that people over 65 were exposed to the risk of heat wave increased by 2.9 billion days, almost twice the previous record.
  In terms of coal consumption, it continued to rebound after a brief decline in previous years. In 2018, it increased by 1.2% compared with 2017 and 74% higher than that in 1990. In terms of outdoor air pollution, the total number of premature deaths related to outdoor air pollution in the world is still rising. 
  China report: Climate change has aggravated health inequality.
  On the occasion of the fifth anniversary of the landmark Paris Agreement, the first China report compares the significance of climate action to the health of people in China through 23 indicators. The report was written by more than 70 experts from 19 domestic and international institutions, including Tsinghua University and University College London.
  Shockingly, since 1990, the death toll related to high temperature and heat wave in China has increased fourfold. Like the COVID-19 epidemic, climate change has aggravated health inequality. Compared with the early 2000s, every elderly person in China will have to endure 13 days of high temperature and heat wave in 2019, and the death risk of the elderly in high temperature days is 10.4% higher than that in non-high temperature days.
  The report shows that all provinces and cities in China are affected by various health problems caused by climate change to varying degrees. Cai Wenjia, one of the chief authors of the China Report and an associate professor of the Department of Earth System Science in Tsinghua University, said: "Judging from the special weather and climate events this year, the Northeast has been hit by a typhoon’ triple whammy’ within half a month, which has never happened before." At the same time, the health threats faced by different regions are different, and targeted measures need to be taken.
  In fact, China’s policy changes in recent years have proved that actively responding to climate change can significantly improve the health level of people in China. Affected by the surge in renewable energy investment, the share of coal in the total primary energy supply has decreased year by year, which has reduced the concentration of fine particulate matter pollution (PM2.5) by 28%, directly leading to a decrease of 90,000 deaths caused by air pollution every year.
  At present, 51 countries in the world have formulated national adaptation planning documents combining climate change with population health, and 48 countries have completed scientific assessment of the impact of climate change on population health. At present, only three provinces and cities in China have formulated the above-mentioned planning documents, and six provinces and cities are carrying out related evaluation work.
  "On the one hand, our report shows that China is facing huge health challenges, and it also reveals that achieving carbon neutrality will bring huge health and economic dividends." Professor Gong Peng, director of the Department of Earth System Science in Tsinghua University and co-director of Countdown Asia Center in The Lancet, added, "To do this, China needs to constantly improve its health care system to enhance its resilience and cope with the impact of climate change."

(Author: Lu Jian Source: "China Meteorological News" December 11, 2020 Third Edition Editor: Wang Meili)
  

The first commercial cloned cat full moon in China can provide reference for cloning pandas.

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Cloned cat

  On the 19th of this month, the first commercial cloned cat in China was officially announced. This cloned cat named "Garlic" was born on July 21st this year. "Garlic" is also the first cloned cat in China.

  It is understood that Huang Yu, the owner of the cloned cat "Garlic", chose cloning technology to restart a new life in order to commemorate the dead pet cat. This cloned cat was born on July 21st through natural delivery of surrogate cats.

  Is the cloned cat "Garlic" the same as the deceased pet cat? Why is the coat color changed? Weekly reporter interviewed experts from Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Xenotransplantation to reveal the story behind cloning.

  Cloning: the asexual reproduction of an organism

  In 1963, Haldane, a population geneticist, first put forward the term "cloning" in a speech entitled "Biological Possibility of Human Race in the Next 20,000 Years".

  In 1997, the news that a sheep named Dolly was born through cloning technology immediately attracted the attention of all over the world. Since then, cloning has become a hot topic for everyone.

  Clone is a transliteration of the English word clone. Its original meaning refers to the cultivation of plants by asexual propagation or vegetative propagation of seedlings and shoots. With the passage of time, the connotation of cloning has expanded, which generally refers to the asexual reproduction of organisms through somatic cells and the population composed of offspring individuals with the same genotype formed by asexual reproduction; Usually, individuals or populations with exactly the same genes as the original individuals are produced by asexual reproduction using biotechnology.

  In fact, cloning is no stranger to us. We often use this biological method of asexual reproduction in our daily life. For example, whenever spring blossoms, people who like to plant flowers and grass will do experiments in plant cutting. From a plant, cutting branches and cutting will get many plants with the same genetic material, which is cloning. Asexual reproduction is more common in lower organisms. The division and reproduction of bacteria and planarian is that the parent splits vertically or horizontally into two daughters, and then leaves the parent and becomes an independent individual, which also belongs to cloning.

  However, does asexual reproduction exist in higher organisms? Scientists once thought that it was impossible to reproduce asexually from a mature somatic cell into a complete animal. Although a somatic cell contains a complete genetic information of an animal, somatic cells have been specialized. Generally speaking, liver cells can only produce liver tissue, and breast cells can only produce breast tissue … … The birth of Dolly sheep completely changed people’s understanding, and it pioneered the cloning of higher animals.

  "First, the nucleus of a donor cell containing genetic material is transplanted into an egg cell with its nucleus removed, and then the two cells are integrated by micro-current stimulation, and then this new cell is promoted to divide and reproduce and develop into an embryo. When the embryo develops to a certain extent, it is implanted into the uterus of a surrogate animal to make the animal pregnant, and an animal with the same gene as the donor can be born." Li Rongfeng, a researcher at Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory of Xenotransplantation, introduced the cloning process of higher organisms.

  She said that cloning technology does not need male-female mating, and does not need the combination of sperm and eggs. It only needs to extract a single cell from an animal, cultivate it into an embryo by artificial methods, and then implant the embryo into a female animal to breed a new individual. This cloned animal cultured with single cells has exactly the same characteristics as the single cell donor and is a "replica" of the single cell donor. Scientists in England and Oregon in the United States have successively cultivated Dolly, a cloned sheep, and Dolly, a cloned monkey. Scientists in China have gradually cultivated cloned cattle, cloned rabbits, cloned pigs and the latest cloned cats.

  Wonderful cloning technology has shown broad application prospects, such as cultivating excellent livestock and producing experimental animals, producing transgenic animals, producing human embryonic stem cells for cell and tissue replacement therapy, replicating endangered animal species, preserving and spreading animal species resources, and maintaining ecological balance.

  Four surrogate mothers gave birth to a cloned cat.

  On January 9 this year, Huang Yu, the owner of the deceased pet cat, formally proposed to Beijing Xinuogu Biotechnology Co., Ltd. to clone "garlic" because he missed it too much.

  After exploring the pre-experiments such as in vitro maturation culture conditions and parthenogenetic activation conditions of oocytes, the research and development experiment of cloned cats was officially started in August 2018, with a total of 152 experiments. Up to now, one surrogate cat has been successfully delivered, and one surrogate cat has been tested for pregnancy and delivery. In the "Garlic" project, a total of 4 surrogate cats were embryo-transferred. Among them, the surrogate cat CNTR258 was born naturally on July 21st, 2019, 66 days after embryo transfer, and the cloned cat Garlic was successfully produced. Garlic is a very cute British short-haired cat.

  "Like the general principle of cloned sheep and cloned pigs, we knock out and enucleate the genes of surrogate cats after obtaining the oocytes of surrogate cats, and then implant the cells of cloned cats to form a fused cloned embryo for activation." Wang yining, deputy general manager of Beijing xinuogu biotechnology co., ltd, introduced the birth process of cloned cat "garlic".

  "Judging from the current level of cloning technology, from the pregnancy of four surrogate cats, a cloned cat was successfully produced, and the success rate was high." Chen Dayuan, a researcher at the Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, believes. Li Rongfeng also said that as a new cloned species, the pregnancy rate of 25% is very high. Take the cloned pigs of Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory of Heterogeneity Transplantation as an example. At present, one to three transgenic cloned pigs can be obtained after transplanting 100 embryos, and the cloning efficiency is about 3%.

  Shi Zhensheng, a professor at the College of Animal Medicine of China Agricultural University, said: "The reproductive physiological characteristics of cats are different from those of most animals, because cats are not spontaneous ovulation animals, but one of the few ovulation-inducing animals. Their reproductive cycle is special, and cloning technology is difficult and complicated to operate. This successful breeding of cloned cats is one of the few successful cases in the world, marking a big step for China in the field of cloning. "

  "For the public, spending 250,000 yuan to clone a cat may not be understandable. But I was very happy when I knew that the cloning price was 250,000 yuan. " Huang Yu, the owner of "Garlic", said that he had searched online, and there was a cloning company in South Korea that cloned cats and dogs at a price of 400,000 to 500,000, which was unacceptable. The domestic cloned cat price of 250,000 yuan is acceptable.

  It can provide reference for cloning pandas.

  On August 21st, the cloned cat "Garlic" was full moon. From the photos of garlic published on the Internet, we can find that there is a slight difference between the cloned garlic and the original garlic: there is a small black piece on the chin of the original garlic, but the cloned cat is gone; There are patterns on the left leg of the body, and the pattern of cloned cats grows on the right leg.

  "There are epigenetic problems in the process of animal cloning. The so-called epigenetic problem is that environmental factors will lead to different gene expressions in organisms, but the genes themselves will not change." Li Rongfeng explained that the genes in the cloned cat’s gene nucleus are the same as the original genes from the cat’s cells, but there will be differences in gene expression during the reprogramming of somatic cells. The genes are inherited from the previous cats, but some genes are not expressed or over-expressed; In the cloned cat "garlic", there is a phenomenon that the coat color related genes are not expressed correctly.

  Beijing Xinuogu Biotechnology Co., Ltd. also responded: "Cloning ensures that more than 99.9% genes are the same, but the hair gene expression is random. There are patterns on the body, and there is no guarantee of 100% consistency. " At the same time, Beijing Xinuogu Biotechnology Co., Ltd. also pointed out that cloned cats can not guarantee the same living conditions and feeding environment as ontologies, and their personalities may change.

  So what changes may occur in personality? Li Rongfeng said that there are many acquired factors in the formation of cloned cats’ personalities, just as human twins will have different personalities in different environments; But there are some basic personality-determining genes. If they exist in the nucleus, their personality will not change greatly even if the environment is different.

  What is the significance of the birth of the cloned cat "Garlic"? Li Rongfeng said that from the economic point of view, it is not as important as meat animals, but it caters to the emotional needs of some people, such as pet owners; It is also of great significance to be able to play a companion role.

  "There is also a great significance in cloning cats, which are closer to giant pandas than pigs and dogs." Li Rongfeng said that the giant panda is a rare and endangered species and it is difficult to clone. The success of cloning cats can provide reference for the cloning of rare and endangered species such as giant pandas.

  Reporter Zhang Xuan

The film festival "Midnight Surprise" reveals the secrets! "Scream" helps out

Since the establishment of the "Midnight Surprise" unit in 2017, Shanghai International Film Festival has always been well received by fans. Series, series and other batch of film approval lists make fans scream again and again. The "Midnight Surprise" unit of this year’s Shanghai International Film Festival will bring an alternative horror party, with not only English thrillers but also the restored version of legendary horror films, which will once again let the audience enjoy a frightening journey in the dark cinema!

 

The list of "Midnight Surprise" units includes: Psyche, which won the best feature film award of Fuchuan Choice Award at Fuchuan International Fantasy Film Festival; Phenomenal campus horror film classic "Scream"; Zarava, which won the International Film Critics Week Award at the Venice Film Festival in 2021; Gorgeous visual retro thriller "fright night in Soho District"; The latest Japanese horror film "May Everyone Have Happiness" premiered in Shanghai International Film Festival. Let’s take a look at the specific introduction.

 

Psychic medium

2021


Aspect: whether it is a god or a demon, psychics are also big.

 

Banjong pisonthanakun ("Ghost"), the great director of Thai horror movies, is the latest hit, and the Korean director () is the producer. The film tells the story of a documentary team visiting all parts of Thailand to learn about the life of shaman. When they plan to shoot a female shaman, the nightmare begins. Based on animism, Banzhuang depicts the painful secret history behind a family step by step in the way of mockumentary through follow-up, interviews, surveillance videos, etc., and shows the super-scale supernatural horror phenomenon intuitively from zero distance. By blurring the boundary between ghosts and gods, the 30-minute exorcism scene presents a chilling doomsday carnival. Won the Best Feature Film Award of Fuchuan Choice Award of Fuchuan International Fantasy Film Festival.

 

Scream in fright

1996


Aspect: Phenomenological school horror film classics.

 

The master of horror film directed the story of Sydney, a girl from a small town high school, who found the real murderer who killed her mother in a serial murder case. The film combines the classic scenes of American horror movies, which not only plays with the series created by craven himself, but also makes a reversal on the basis of innovation, especially the 12-minute opening phone threatening paragraph, which makes horror movie fans crazy. At a low cost of $15 million, the film earned a global box office of 170 million, which became the first masterpiece of the revival of campus horror films in the 1990s. Since then, five authentic sequels have been derived, and there are countless parodies and Asian horror films copied from this film.

 

Zarava

2021


Aspect: a rare Iranian horror film

 

There have been many bizarre deaths of villagers in remote villages, and the officers in charge of the investigation and mysterious exorcists were involved. Is it because of demon possession or collective unconscious madness? Director Asalam Amiri wrote and directed a feature film debut, with a chilling prop — — The empty glass jar unfolds the story, and the plot reversal comparable to "Crying" is started around "whether the devil exists in the jar". Covered with exorcism stories and folk culture, the film alludes to the social subversion brought about by the Islamic revolution in Iran with conflicting characters, exposing the complexity of faith and the fragility of modernity. Won the 2021 Venice Film Festival International Film Critics Week Award and the parallel unit Fabisi Film Critics Award.

 

Fright night in Soho District

2021


Aspect: gorgeous visual retro thriller

 

Inspired by classic horror films and his yearning for London, the fashion capital of the 1960s, the British director made this retro-style horror film. The film tells that Alois, who came to London to study, had hallucinations in her old apartment, as if she had traveled to the 1960s and witnessed a murder. Wright imitated the gorgeous visual style of lead and yellow movies, cooperated with a large number of rock songs of that year, and pushed suspense and reversal to a climax in the gorgeous psychedelic scene. The most colorful passage in the film is the scene of two women and a man dancing together. With the subtle camera movement and the position of two actresses, it creates a god-synchronized effect that makes computer stunts sigh.

 

May everyone have happiness

2023


Aspect: Japanese horror movie awards, the first crown, the extended edition, the world premiere

 

Adult granddaughter came back from Tokyo to visit her grandparents in the countryside, but she always felt something strange at home, and eventually she would face the cruel truth of completely subverting her cognition. In 2021, Kakukawa founded Japan’s first film collection competition "Japan Horror Film Award" for horror films. The first winner was Shimoju Youtai’s short film "May Everyone Have Happiness", and then he made this award-winning work into a cinema feature film. The film is supervised by the chairman of the jury of the award and the master of horror movies who has created such classic works, and recently starred by high-profile actresses. With the theme of "everyone’s happiness is based on the sacrifice of others", the director explores the chilling dark nature behind the so-called happiness through the unconstrained setting, bringing unforgettable horror experience to the audience. The film has not been released in Japan, so the screening of Shanghai International Film Festival will be its world premiere, which is also the first time that the "Midnight Surprise" unit has ushered in the world premiere.


The college entrance examination focuses on preventing mobile phone cheating: to keep a hundred secrets from being sparse.

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  Less than a month before the 2023 college entrance examination, the college entrance examination work was put on the agenda. On May 9, the Ministry of Education and relevant departments held a video conference on the safety of the 2023 national college entrance examination. The Minister of Education made arrangements for the 2023 college entrance examination, emphasizing the prevention of cheating on mobile phones as the top priority of this year’s college entrance examination.

  This year’s college entrance examination is the first one after the Covid-19 epidemic, which means that the epidemic has little impact on the college entrance examination, and we will concentrate on the "safe college entrance examination". One of the arrangements for the "Safe College Entrance Examination" is to strengthen comprehensive management, and preventing mobile phone cheating is the top priority of this year’s college entrance examination security. To this end, the Ministry of Education emphasizes that mobile phones cannot be brought in, used or sent out.

  The reason why preventing mobile phone cheating is the top priority of college entrance examination security is because everyone has a mobile phone today. If the prevention is not strict, the mobile phone will easily become a cheating tool. More importantly, in recent college entrance examinations, although it is explicitly forbidden for candidates to bring wireless communication devices such as mobile phones into the examination room before the college entrance examination, and metal detectors are supplemented during security inspection, and various measures are taken to shield wireless signals, mobile phone cheating cases still occur.

  For example, in the college entrance examination in 2021, a candidate in Hubei illegally brought his mobile phone into the examination room. In the examination, he hid the mobile phone under the draft paper to shoot questions, and distributed it to a training institution to seek answers at the beginning of the examination. In the college entrance examination in 2022, a candidate in Gansu illegally brought his mobile phone into the examination room. After the examination, he took the test paper and sent it to QQ group for an answer. These events have aroused social concern and affected the reputation of the college entrance examination.

  The college entrance examination is a life test for the majority of candidates. Only a standardized college entrance examination order can ensure the fairness of the college entrance examination. Although the mobile phone cheating in the above cases failed to achieve the goal, it still revealed that the security of the college entrance examination seemed to be well deployed, but in fact there were some loopholes. In order to maintain the fairness and justice of the college entrance examination, preventing mobile phone cheating has been mentioned in an important position in this year’s college entrance examination.

  The so-called "no entry" is to strengthen the security inspection of test sites and prevent candidates from bringing their mobile phones into the examination room from the source. If the security personnel of the test center are serious and responsible for their work, and with the help of advanced technology such as metal detectors, candidates with mobile phones can be found in time and prevented from entering the examination room.

  "I can’t use it" means to strengthen the responsibility of the invigilator in the examination room. Even if candidates carry their mobile phones through the security clearance, they will not have the opportunity to use them in the examination room, which is a supplementary defense against possible security omissions. "Unable to transmit" means to improve and upgrade the wireless signal shielding equipment, so that even if candidates use mobile phones in the examination room, they cannot achieve the purpose of obtaining answers.

  In order to maintain the order and fairness of the college entrance examination, this year, the safety of the college entrance examination was clearly defined, and specific requirements were put forward to form a "full chain" supervision at the test sites. The effect is worth looking forward to. First, "taking the prevention of mobile phone cheating as the top priority of the college entrance examination this year" is a shock to candidates with cheating tendency. Second, this will further compact the supervision responsibility of the three links and ensure that mobile phone cheating cases will not appear.

  However, considering that the total number of candidates is likely to exceed 10 million this year, the number of candidates in some provinces has increased, and the idea that individual candidates still cheat on mobile phones is not ruled out. At the same time, considering that there are as many as seven or eight thousand test sites in the national college entrance examination, it is not excluded that there are omissions in the security inspection of individual test sites. In addition, there are hundreds of thousands of college entrance examination rooms every year, and there are more than one million invigilators, not to mention the negligence of invigilators.

  After the Ministry of Education emphasized that preventing cheating on mobile phones should be the focus of this year’s college entrance examination security, all localities must make further detailed arrangements to truly pursue secrecy and prevent one from being sparse. There are still more than 20 days before the college entrance examination. I hope that all relevant departments at all levels, the person in charge of each test center and each invigilator can make full preparations, strictly perform their duties and responsibilities, guard the discipline and fairness of the college entrance examination, and hand over satisfactory answers to the majority of candidates and the public.

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Tesla has brakes. Why do many people hate its single pedal mode?

Not long ago, Tesla crashed into the tank 300. Although it was finally characterized as "misoperation", it still caused many people to vomit about Tesla’s single pedal mode. But in fact, Tesla’s models still have brake pedals, and the "single pedal mode" that many people on the Internet spit out is actually a spit on Tesla’s "kinetic energy recovery technology", or more specifically, a spit on Tesla’s cancellation of the "kinetic energy recovery mode strength adjustment function".

What is the single pedal mode?

From the clutch, brake and throttle of manual transmission to the brake and throttle of automatic transmission, and then to the new energy vehicle, the car can be controlled only by the switch. In the propaganda of some new energy vehicle manufacturers, we can see such things: the single pedal mode not only changes the driving mode of the owners, but also changes the sense of anxiety and leg fatigue when driving in urban congestion.

The single pedal mode was originally a technology used in racing cars. As the name implies, the acceleration and braking operations of vehicles were completed by one accelerator pedal. Of course, the single pedal mode of a normal private car actually has two pedals, one accelerator and one brake. Step on the accelerator to accelerate, release the accelerator to slow down, and use a pedal to realize the functions of acceleration and deceleration. In the new energy vehicle, the single pedal mode represents the kinetic energy recovery technology, which recovers energy by loosening the throttle and then carries out a reverse charging.

Advantages and disadvantages of kinetic energy recovery

Kinetic energy recovery technology can effectively extend the battery life and increase the cruising range of new energy vehicles, at the same time, it can also reduce the fatigue of the owner’s leg and relax the other foot. But from another point of view, the change of driving habits brought about by the simplification of driving mode also has great security risks.

Different from the three-pedal driving mode of manual transmission to the two-pedal driving mode of automatic transmission, although the clutch pedal operation is missing, the acceleration and braking operations are still independently operated, while the single-pedal mode, although the brake pedal is still effective, gives priority to encouraging the owner to rely on the accelerator pedal to complete the acceleration and braking operation. In the single pedal mode, only sudden braking requires stepping on the accelerator, while the rest of the deceleration is completed by loosening the accelerator, and the strength depends on "habit". In case of an emergency, it is easy for some car owners to make mistakes. Should we use a loose pedal or a brake to slow down?

Fortunately, the single pedal mode of most private cars can decide whether to use the kinetic energy recovery function by adjusting the deceleration of the throttle. At one time, many Tesla owners adjusted the deceleration of the single pedal mode to the minimum to get the experience equivalent to the double pedal. Similarly, the kinetic energy recovery function in this mode is basically equal to nothing.

What is Tesla’s problem?

Tesla’s problem is that it cancels the "adjustment of kinetic energy recovery", which is equivalent to directly depriving users of their right to choose, so that all Tesla owners can only use "high kinetic energy recovery", that is, mandatory single pedal mode. Although the brakes are still there, not all Tesla owners like the driving experience of single pedal mode.

summary

Tesla’s cancellation of the dynamic adjustment function of "kinetic energy recovery" is obviously not good for the owner. It not only cancels the option of new owners, but also makes new owners get used to the single pedal mode, which increases the learning cost and the risk of misoperation, and also reduces the driving experience. The so-called relieving leg fatigue in single pedal mode has no practical significance, because as long as there is a brake pedal, your left foot can’t leave the brake pedal. Since the posture will not change, how can you relieve leg fatigue?

But for Tesla, there are many benefits to canceling this function. That is, it cultivates users’ habits and increases the learning cost for users to choose other brands; It can also reduce the CRBS function. After the compulsory kinetic energy recovery, the battery life of Tesla models will also be enhanced, which can be said to be harmless. Many people think that this is a reason for Tesla to cancel the dashboard, which is entirely based on cost saving, not on consumer experience, just like Apple’s mobile phone cancels the charger for environmental protection. What do you think?