News of major events at home and abroad

First, the domestic side.

1. During the "August 1st" period, the military and civilians throughout the country warmly celebrated the 88th anniversary of the founding of the China People's Liberation Army in various forms.

2. As of July 3 1 day, the total box office revenue of domestic film market in 20 15 reached 25.853 billion yuan, up 48.7% year-on-year, of which the domestic film market share was 57.2%. Driven by a series of excellent domestic films in summer, the total box office in July reached 5.49 billion yuan, and the market share of domestic films reached 95.6%. The highest daily box office, the highest daily movie attendance rate, the highest weekly box office, the highest domestic movie box office, the highest domestic cartoon box office and many other records also hit new highs in that month.

3. The two-and-a-half-month summer fishing moratorium in the South China Sea ended on August 0 12, and nearly 9,000 fishing boats in Hainan Province will be able to go fishing. It is reported that about 40,000 fishermen and crew members took part in the fishing moratorium.

4. A set of exciting data: Since April 2 1 was listed, Fujian Pilot Free Trade Zone has launched 29 innovative measures, and two innovative measures have been copied to other free trade zones in China by the General Administration of Customs; By July 20th, there were 3,429 new enterprises with a registered capital of 86.557 billion yuan, including 324 new foreign-funded enterprises, an increase of 2.85 times, and contracted foreign investment of 86.5438+0.9 billion yuan, an increase of 3.62 times.

5. Wu Wenxue, deputy director of the National Tourism Administration, predicts that ten areas will become hot spots for tourism investment: the construction of tourist theme towns and characteristic tourist towns; Rural tourism product development; Construction of leisure and holiday products; Large-scale tourism equipment manufacturing industry; Cultural tourism products; Medical health tourism and health care old-age tourism products; Tourism commodities and tourism outdoor leisure products; RV and self-driving camp construction; Online tourism product development and smart tourism product construction; Construction of research tourism base, popular science tourism base and tourism education base.

6. According to the data released by China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing and Service Industry Research Center of National Bureau of Statistics in August 1 day, the PMI of China's manufacturing industry was 50% in July, down 0.2 percentage points from last month. Major sub-indices such as production and orders also declined. The index of non-manufacturing business activities in the month was 53.9%, up 0. 1 percentage point from the previous month, rising for two consecutive months.

7. The bidding delegation for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, led by Li Liu Yan Dong, deputy general manager of China Central Committee, government, administration, bureau, commission, State Council and Academy, returned to Beijing on the afternoon of August 2, and was warmly welcomed by representatives from all walks of life in the capital.

8. The General Office of the State Council recently issued "Opinions on Full Implementation of Serious Illness Insurance for Urban and Rural Residents", demanding that the construction of serious illness insurance system be accelerated and a national basic medical insurance network be built to benefit more people.

9. In the first half of this year, the situation of production safety in China further improved. The number of accidents and deaths in China decreased by 10.9% and 5.3% respectively. No major accidents occurred in coal mines for 28 consecutive months, and accidents in key industries continued to decline.

10. In the second half of the year, the growth of P2P online lending showed a trend of breaking bamboo. According to the P2P online loan industry data released by Online Loan House in August 1, the overall transaction volume of online loan industry reached 82.509 billion yuan in July, up 25. 10% from the previous month, 3.8 times that of the same period last year.

Second, internationally:

1. China-ASEAN (10+ 1), ASEAN, China, Japan and Korea (10+3), East Asia Summit, ASEAN Regional Forum and other East Asian cooperation foreign ministers' meetings were held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from August 4th. Under the historical background that the ASEAN Community will be completed before the end of this year, it is of extraordinary significance for China and ASEAN countries to jointly focus on development and plan cooperation with the East Asia Cooperation Series Foreign Ministers' Meeting as a platform.

2. On August 2nd, Egyptian Foreign Minister Choucairy held a strategic dialogue with visiting US Secretary of State Kerry in Cairo. This is the first such dialogue between Egypt and the United States since 2009. The joint communique issued after the strategic dialogue said that in order to promote common interests, it is necessary for the two countries to deepen the alliance and cooperation that has lasted for nearly 40 years, which also reflects the role played by the two countries in the region and internationally and the need to seek solutions to various complex problems.

3. The Intergovernmental Negotiating Conference on the Post-20 15 Development Agenda held a plenary meeting at the United Nations Headquarters in new york on August 2, and all parties reached an agreement on the final document of the Post-2015 Development Agenda. The document will be submitted by the United Nations General Assembly to the United Nations Development Summit in September this year for formal adoption.

4. A recent research report published by the Cologne Institute of Economics in Germany shows that the confidence of European people, especially those in countries affected by the European debt crisis, in their own political, economic and social systems is rapidly losing. Michael Shute, director of the Cologne Economic Research Institute, stressed that "Europe is caught in a vicious circle of economic crisis and political trust crisis".

The Israeli security cabinet held a special meeting on the evening of August 2, and unanimously agreed to take more severe measures to crack down on Jewish extremists.

6. According to the World Population Prospects Report recently released by the United Nations, the current population of Africa is about 654.38+0.2 billion, and it is estimated that this figure will reach about 2.5 billion in 2050. According to reports, the birth rate on the African continent currently ranks first in the world. It is estimated that by 2050, more than half of the new population in the world will come from Africa.

7. The U.S. Department of Defense announced on August 3 that U.S. warplanes have recently provided "fire cover" to the Syrian "moderate opposition" trained by them in northern Syria to help combat the extremes, extremes, potentials and forces led by "Iraq, Sri Lanka and Syria". This is the first time that the United States has directly provided military support to the Syrian opposition since the outbreak of the Syrian crisis. The plan of the United States to intervene in the Syrian issue with the help of "agents" has entered a new stage.

On August 3rd, US Secretary of State Kerry held consultations with the foreign ministers of the Gulf Arab countries in Doha, Qatar. Kerry said that the United States will strengthen its relations with the Arab countries in the Gulf and accelerate the pace of arms sales to them.

On August 4, 9, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told the Senate Special Committee that Japan felt "very sorry" if the US surveillance of important Japanese institutions was true and would continue to urge the United States to confirm the facts.

10 On August 3rd, Russian Defense Minister Sergei shoigu announced that a new Russian service, the Air and Space Force, had been established. This means that the presidential decree issued by Russian President Vladimir Putin at the end of 20 14 was officially completed, and Russia's military reform took a big step.