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Atsuko Maeda’s new film held a press conference to tell the interesting story of being proposed at the shooting scene

According to Japanese media reports, recently, a film meeting was held in Tokyo, starring Atsuko Maeda, Ryo Kase, Tokio Emoto and director Kiyoshi Kurosawa. Atsuko Maeda also confessed that he was proposed by a local man at the shooting location.


The script was originally written by Kiyoshi Kurosawa, and it tells the story of the TV program group coming to Uzbekistan in search of the legendary strange fish, and the growth process of the host Ye. The leaf is played by Atsuko Maeda, the photographer Iwao is played by Ryo Kase, and the director Sasaki is played by Tokio Emoto. The film was filmed in Uzbekistan for one month.

Atsuko Maeda was exposed to a ligament injury a few days ago. At the event, she said, "It’s all right now, which worries everyone." Regarding the impression of Uzbekistan, she said: "In fact, I didn’t even know the name before. After I went, I felt very interesting and left a good memory."

The host also revealed that Atsuko Maeda was proposed by the local people when filming. The audience was very surprised. Atsuko Maeda said: "Once when we were all having dinner together, I went out alone. As a result, an uncle suddenly talked to me. I didn’t know what he said. I asked someone else before I knew that he said’ Marry me’, but all the actresses who went were proposed!"

Kiyoshi Kurosawa said: "I was there at the time, but there were many things at that time, so I naturally accepted it." Tokio Emoto said with a wry smile: "I am worried that the other party is entangled and has been paying attention, but it is okay." Facing the men’s reaction, Atsuko Maeda said, "It’s a harsh world. I will work hard tomorrow." The film will be released in Japan on June 14th.

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Nearly 1,600 cars participated in the competition for the auto market in the second half of the year, and new energy is still the protagonist of this year’s Chengdu Auto Show.

On August 25th, the 26th Chengdu International Automobile Exhibition (referred to as "2023 Chengdu Auto Show") opened. The theme of the 10-day 2023 Chengdu Auto Show is "Enjoy Chengdu with wisdom and see the future with control". According to the organizing committee, this year’s auto show will bring nearly 1,600 cars from 129 automobile brands including German, American, French, Japanese, Korean, joint ventures and independent companies.

As the largest and highest-standard annual automobile event in the western region, Chengdu Auto Show has always been regarded as a weather vane and barometer for the development of the automobile industry in the central and western regions, which is of great significance to boosting automobile consumption and stimulating the vitality of the automobile market. Shell Finance reporter learned from the organizing committee that at the 24th Chengdu Auto Show, the total sales of new cars reached 37,700, with a total sales of 6.516 billion yuan.

Since the beginning of this year, promoting automobile consumption and expanding the consumption of new energy vehicles have been mentioned many times. In order to further stimulate automobile consumption, at this year’s Chengdu Auto Show, the organizing committee launched car purchase discounts, and exhibitors and dealers also launched car purchase discounts or car purchase vouchers.


Two venues are specially set up for the new energy automobile pavilion.

New energy vehicles are still the well-deserved "protagonists" in this year’s Chengdu Auto Show. Halls 10 and 11 are even set as "special pavilions" for new energy vehicles. The two pavilions attracted 18 new energy vehicle brands such as "Wei Xiaoli", Extreme Krypton, Extreme Fox, Lantu, Extreme Star, Wei Pai and Deep Blue. On the first day of the auto show, the venues were crowded.

Among the new car-making enterprises, Weilai exhibited all models, the third-generation power station, and the full-stack self-developed intelligent technology; At the Xpeng Motors booth, as the key model to drive sales this year, Tucki G6 became the focus of the exhibition; LI released the latest progress and layout planning of the "dual-energy strategy" at this auto show, and revealed that the ideal MEGA for pure electric vehicles will be officially released in December this year.

It’s not just the new power enterprises that build cars that are making efforts, with a view to adding more help to the competition in the automobile market in the second half of the year through new models or new technologies. Independent brands are also making great efforts to compete for the automobile market in the second half of the year.

BYD brought its BYD, Tengshi, Equation Leopard and Wangwang brands to the Chengdu Auto Show, and each brand was displayed in the form of an independent booth. As a strategic model of BYD Ocean Network’s impact on the medium-sized car market, Seal DM-i started pre-sale at Chengdu Auto Show, and the pre-sale price of six models was 176,800-246,800 yuan. Leopard 5, the first strategic model of the newly launched Equation Leopard brand, was also officially released at the auto show, and the blind order price was 300,000-400,000 yuan.

Byd seal DM-i Figure/BYD official website

The five brands of Great Wall Motor, Haval, Weipai, Euler, Tank and Great Wall Gun, landed at Chengdu Auto Show with nearly 30 products. The Haval brand was unveiled with the new energy product matrix, and the first new energy off-road SUV Haval Raptors made its debut and announced the pre-sale price of 160,000-190,000 yuan. The launch of the above-mentioned models has filled the market gap of Haval brand’s new energy off-road SUV within the price range of 200,000 yuan. So far, Haval brand has completed the two-line product layout of new energy city SUV+ new energy off-road SUV. Weipai New Energy presented with Gaoshan DHT-PHEV and Lanshan DHT-PHEV, in which Gaoshan officially opened the reservation and released the reservation rights.

The tank brand is also accelerating the layout of off-road new energy, making its debut at the auto show with the all-Hi4-T new energy lineup. The tank 400 Hi4-T was officially pre-sold, including the pre-sale price of the functional version of 285,000 yuan and the pre-sale price of the super version of 295,000 yuan. The tank brand said that the new energy transformation of all products will be accelerated in the future. The performance version of the pickup mountain and sea gun under the Great Wall Gun is the world’s first show, and 2023 black bombs are listed.

Tank 400 hi4-t. Figure/Great Wall Motor official website

In addition, the investment of joint venture car companies in this year’s Chengdu Auto Show should not be underestimated. Hyundai, Kia, Volkswagen and other brands will all exhibit new products or technologies at this year’s Chengdu Auto Show. Such as KIA EV6 listing and EV5 pre-sale; Beijing Hyundai brand-new Elantra, brand-new Elantra N Line and MUFASA Musa high-end customized version appeared. "The new Elantra is priced at 99,800 yuan to 133,800 yuan, providing consumers with a sales policy of’ oil level rights’." Beijing Hyundai said that in the past year, after many discussions, the senior management of both shareholders reached a series of strategic consensus, such as the globalization of technology, cooperation with local ICT enterprises in China, and the export of domestic products.

Beijing Hyundai Elantra. Figure/Beijing Modern official website

In the fierce market competition, the joint venture brand has continuously increased the China market and made localization measures in order to boost the competitiveness of the track.

"New energy products continue to be launched, covering a wide range of price segments and vehicle categories. The product features cover all market segments, and the promotion enthusiasm of mainstream manufacturers is at a high level." Cui Dongshu, secretary-general of the Association, believes that with the promotion of the central government’s consumption promotion policy and the active marketing activities such as auto shows, the market consumption is generally good.

Exhibitors and dealers offer car purchase discounts to stimulate consumption.

According to the statistics of the Ministry of Public Security, by the end of June this year, the number of cars in Chengdu had exceeded 6 million. According to the data of Chengdu Economic and Information Bureau, from the consumption side, Chengdu is the fastest growing area of automobile consumption in China. From January to May this year, 74,100 new energy vehicles were promoted in Chengdu, a year-on-year increase of 20.5%, ranking fourth in the country in sales volume. By the end of May, a total of 531,000 new energy vehicles had been promoted, accounting for 7.9% of the city’s total vehicle ownership, ranking sixth in the national cities and first in the non-restricted cities.

The automobile market is about to usher in the traditional peak season of "Golden September and Silver 10". As an important automobile market in the west, Chengdu Auto Show plays an important role in it. The reporter of Shell Finance noticed that despite the media day on the first day of the auto show, the sales staff of many auto brands distributed leaflets in the passage outside the exhibition hall and continued to promote them.

In addition, in order to speed up the recovery and boost automobile consumption and stimulate market vitality, Shell Finance reporter learned from the organizing committee that at this year’s Chengdu Auto Show, the organizing committee launched a car purchase discount activity, and all brand manufacturers of Chengdu International Auto Show will bring exclusive car purchase discounts to the auto show, and dealers will also introduce cash deductions and car purchase vouchers.

"The new cars listed at the Shanghai Auto Show in April have played a good role in boosting the sales volume of the new energy market. After this Chengdu Auto Show, it is about to enter the peak season of’ Golden September and Silver 10′. It is expected that the Chengdu Auto Show will relay the Shanghai Auto Show, and the new cars listed are expected to become the core boost to the new energy auto market in the second half of the year." Galaxy Securities Research Report pointed out.

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Ministry of Finance: Impose a 10% consumption tax on ultra-luxury cars in retail.

  The industry believes that a consumption tax on luxury cars in the retail sector will not only reasonably guide consumption, but also increase fiscal revenue.

  The Ministry of Finance and the State Administration of Taxation issued a notice yesterday, saying that in order to guide rational consumption and promote energy conservation and emission reduction, with the approval of the State Council, consumption tax will be imposed on ultra-luxury cars. This regulation will be implemented as of December 1, 2016.

  Tax will be increased by 10% on the sales of ultra-luxury cars.

  The notice pointed out that the sub-tax item of "super luxury cars" will be added under the tax item of "cars". The scope of collection is passenger cars and light commercial buses with a retail price of 1.3 million yuan (excluding value-added tax) and above, that is, ultra-luxury cars in the sub-tax items of passenger cars and light commercial buses. For ultra-luxury cars, on the basis of the consumption tax levied at the current tax rate in the production (import) link, the consumption tax is levied at the retail link, and the tax rate is 10%. The notice makes it clear that the units and individuals that sell ultra-luxury cars to consumers are taxpayers in the retail link of ultra-luxury cars.

  10% consumption tax will not be levied on the sold vehicles for filing within 5 days.

  For distribution channels, will the vehicles that have signed automobile sales contracts before November 30 be affected by the adjustment of the consumption tax on ultra-luxury cars? It is understood that for ultra-luxury cars that have signed automobile sales contracts before November 30 (inclusive), but have not delivered the real thing, taxpayers will file the signed automobile sales contracts with their competent tax authorities within 5 working days from December 1 (inclusive). According to the notice information, the retail consumption tax with the tax rate of 10% will not be levied for those who are filed according to the regulations, and the retail consumption tax will be levied if they are not filed and not filed within the prescribed time limit.

  It is difficult to manage the tax after tax collection.

  According to the information, when the consumption tax was implemented in 1994, it included automobile tax items. In the consumption tax reform in 2006, the automobile consumption tax was adjusted. It is understood that the current car tax items are divided into two categories: passenger cars and medium and light commercial buses. Among them, the larger the cylinder capacity of passenger cars, the higher the tax rate of consumption tax, and the tax rate ranges from 1% to 40%. Passenger cars with a cylinder capacity of more than 4 liters will be subject to a consumption tax rate of up to 40%. The consumption tax rate of 5% is applicable to medium and light commercial buses. The taxation link is in the production and import links.

  According to industry analysts, a consumption tax will be levied on luxury cars in the retail sector, with the aim of reasonably guiding consumption and increasing fiscal revenue.

  "The consumption tax collection link is changed to the retail link. The advantage is that the final selling price of goods can be taxed, and the tax base is obviously expanded, which can increase fiscal revenue and reasonably guide consumption, but the challenge is that the collection and management are difficult." The above analysis pointed out that the relevant departments took luxury cars as a breakthrough and imposed a consumption tax on the retail sector, which is also based on the fact that there are not many 4S retail stores in China compared with retail stores such as tobacco and alcohol, and it is relatively easy to control. This will provide experience for the next stage of other tax items to move back.

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  The actual impact on car buyers will not be great.

  At present, the models with more than 1.3 million yuan are basically ultra-luxury car brands such as Bentley, Maserati and Porsche. In addition, some brands such as BMW X6, BMW 7 Series, Mercedes-Benz GL Series and Audi A8 have reached this level. Therefore, the influence of the new consumption tax policy is relatively small and fixed. But at present, it should not have much impact on the sales in this market.

  China’s automobile consumption tax was established in 1994, and the latest automobile consumption tax reform was in 2008. The tax rate for passenge cars with displacement of 3.0L to 4.0L is raise from 15% to 25%, and that for passenger cars with displacement of 4.0L is raised to 40%. Reduce the consumption tax rate of small-displacement passenger cars, and reduce the tax rate from 3% to 1% for passenger cars with displacement below 1.0L This time, the tax rate will be increased by 10% for ultra-luxury cars with a price of more than 1.3 million yuan. This adjustment mainly affects the sales of imported vehicles.

  According to the previous consumption tax policy, the tax rate of ultra-luxury cars is basically 40% high-end. Compared with the consumption tax of 40%, the current 25% tariff and 17% value-added tax have become small heads, so for luxury cars with a price of several million yuan, the consumption tax itself is an important factor to increase the difference between domestic and foreign car prices. Judging from the new policy introduced this time, an additional 10% consumption tax will be imposed on ultra-luxury cars with a price of more than 1.3 million yuan, which will not have a great impact on car buyers. In fact, many 4S shops will basically increase the price of ultra-luxury cars by 100 thousand to several hundred thousand yuan above the manufacturer’s guide price before they can pick up the car, and most car buyers also acquiesce to this.

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  Whether the purchase tax on small-displacement vehicles will continue to be halved is inconclusive.

  In fact, in the automobile consumption, there is also an essential expenditure, which is the purchase tax. China’s automobile purchase tax rate is set at 10%, which accounts for a large proportion in the cost of car purchase. However, at present, China has adopted a preferential policy of halving the purchase tax for small-displacement vehicles of 1.6 liters or less, that is, it is levied at 5% of the vehicle price, which has played a significant role in promoting the consumption of small-displacement vehicles.

  The preferential policy of halving the purchase tax on small-displacement vehicles has been implemented since October 1, 2015. According to the plan at that time, the policy will expire on December 31, 2016, which means that there is still a whole month left. Up to now, there is no official explanation on whether the preferential policy of halving the purchase tax will continue, and more is speculation from outside. It is also reported that various departments at the government level have different opinions on whether to continue this policy. Earlier, some media reported that on November 1, the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Communications, the Ministry of Finance and other ministries and commissions held departmental meetings to study whether to continue this policy, but no news came out since then.

  The data shows that the prices of 1.6-liter and below displacement models are mostly concentrated below 200,000 yuan. According to the current preferential policies, the purchase tax for bicycles ranges from 3,000 to 10,000 yuan. Once this policy is cancelled next year, it is likely to drive the sales ratio of models above 1.6 liters to increase in a short time. According to the data of China Automobile Association, in 2015, the sales of passenger cars of 1.6 liters and below reached 14,508,600, an increase of 10.38% over the same period of last year, which was higher than the overall growth rate of passenger cars and accounted for 68.6% of the sales of passenger cars.

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The German air defense system mistakenly shot the U.S. UAV, and the identification of friend or foe is still the core problem in the battlefield.

According to a number of foreign media reports, on February 26th, the German F-124 "Saxony" class frigate "Hessen", which was on a combat escort mission in the Red Sea, fired two "Standard-2" (SM-2) air defense missiles at a target that failed to confirm its identity and was judged as a "reconnaissance drone".

Due to technical reasons that did not disclose details, the missile failed and crashed into the sea.

F-124 frigate launches SM-2 missile.

Afterwards, it was proved that the targeted drone was an American MQ-9 "Death" drone that was carrying out a strike mission against Houthi armed targets nearby. The series of related news was confirmed by German Defense Ministry spokesman Michael Steinfler on February 28th.

However, the spokesman stressed that "Hesse" had carried out a complete identification process before firing, including radio response, and asked the allies whether there were drones performing tasks in the airspace.

MQ-9 UAV

In addition, the failure of two SM-2 missiles has also caused waves in Germany.

Lack of air defense equipment in Germany

A spokesman for the German Federal Parliament’s national defense policy said, "We have only now learned according to the requirements that some ammunition of the frigate Hessen can no longer be purchased because it no longer has the corresponding industrial capacity. When the stocks are exhausted, the German navy can no longer replenish them and must withdraw the frigates. " In addition, he also accused the current German government of concealing the truth from the opposition party, which led to the parliament’s unwitting decision to send frigates to participate in escort operations.

The F-124 frigate takes air defense as its main task, and is equipped with advanced multi-function radar and various air defense weapons, including SM-2 Block IIIA, Evolution Sea Sparrow (ESSM) and RIM-116. SM-2 BlockIIIA suffered the ammunition inventory crisis. According to the disclosure of information about this accidental attack by the German Ministry of Defence, the ammunition has been discontinued.

SM-2 series missiles were designed earlier. SM-2 Block1 was developed in 1970s, and its production line was closed in 2013 due to lack of orders.

After the Crimean incident in 2014, the global demand for SM-2 soared. Raytheon restarted its production line in 2017 to meet the demand of more than 280 SM-2 BlockIIIA/B in the Netherlands, Japan, Australia, South Korea and other countries, and announced that the production line will be maintained until 2035. In 2021, Chile made a purchase demand for SM-2 BlockIIIA to the United States, but the quantity was very small.

At present, the latest model of SM-2 series is SM-2 BlockIIIC, which is in the initial production stage of low speed. The missile has undergone a major technical upgrade and completely changed its guidance system: SM-2 BlockIIIA uses inertial navigation, radio command correction and semi-active radar composite guidance; SM-2 BlockIIIB replaces the seeker with the dual-mode system of infrared imaging and semi-active radar on the basis of Type A; SM-2 BlockIIIC is replaced by an active radar guided seeker, which comes from the "Standard -6" extended range active missile (SM-6 ERAM).

Although SM-2 BlockIIIC has been significantly enhanced in performance, it can effectively fight against high-mobility and high-agility targets and has the ability to attack targets outside the radar detection range of warships; However, the change of guidance mode and other improvements make it incompatible with the mission management and fire control system of the existing F-124 frigate.

This also means that once the existing SM-2 BlockIIIA runs out of stocks, Germany not only needs to order SM-2 BlockIIIC missiles with a long production cycle from the United States, but also needs to carry out targeted shipboard equipment improvement and certification tests for F-124 frigates. The time required for this process may be calculated in years.

Predicament of friend-or-foe identification in UAV era

Compared with the missile inventory crisis, which mainly stems from Germany’s own political struggle and management system problems, the wartime friend-or-foe identification problem once again displayed in this accidental attack is a dilemma that all countries are facing. Especially in the era of drones, this problem is becoming more and more difficult.

Friend or foe identification transponder

From a purely technical point of view, many countries have developed a large number of IFF technologies, including cooperative and uncooperative. When the two sides interact and cooperate, they can complete the identification by means of wireless communication through the principle of "inquiry/reply"; When the target is in a non-cooperative state, the inquirer will summarize and fuse all the collected target information (radar echo signal, infrared radiation, acoustic signal, GPS information) and implement compulsory identification.

In the ideal technical test environment, it is possible to realize fast and accurate identification of friend or foe by relying on the complementary combination of these two means. However, in the actual combat environment, many factors, such as political intervention, the setting of rules of engagement, and the management system of military tasks, may completely lead to the unreliability of the existing methods of identifying the enemy or ourselves. The incident in which a German frigate accidentally attacked an American drone is a typical example.

Failure reasons of collaborative identification:

For some reason not publicly disclosed by the US, the targeted MQ-9 failed to turn on the IFF transponder, or the related equipment failed, and the German frigate recognized it as a non-friendly target without an effective response.

Failure reasons of non-cooperative identification level:

Due to the differences of interests between different countries and departments, Europe and the United States have several military operations in the Red Sea and the surrounding areas of Yemen, which are not subordinate to each other and lack a unified command and coordination structure. Due to the confidentiality requirements of military operations, it is very common for different units to be unaware of the existence of the other side, even in the army of the same country.

The Hessian frigate participated in the "Aspad" escort operation led by the European Union, while the escort mission of the US military was the earlier "Guardian of Prosperity" operation. The mistakenly attacked MQ-9 is not affiliated with the "Prosperity Guardian", but another US military operation whose name is unknown at present. The US military units participating in the "Prosperity Guardian" operation are unaware of the existence of the MQ-9 drone.

This led to the "Hesse" frigate, although it initiated consultation with the American unit responsible for the "Guardian of Prosperity", but it got the wrong answer. In the airspace where the target signal is located, the real situation is only that "there is no aircraft participating in the prosperity guardian operation", not "there is no aircraft of the US military".

The 40-kilogram unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) appeared on the battlefield in Ukraine, with a unit price of up to $15,000. It is not worth the loss to carry the traditional IFF transponder.

Compared with purely technical problems, these non-technical factors often make it more difficult to identify the friend or foe. Especially from the actual combat environment such as Ukraine and Yemen in recent years, the identification of friend or foe of drones will become more and more troublesome. The popularity of small and medium-sized UAVs and the extensive participation of civilian UAVs in military operations inevitably bring more problems, such as the following:

01For reasons such as economy and confidentiality risks, a large number of UAVs participating in the war are not equipped with IFF equipment at all.

02At the same time, the number of units operating drones on the battlefield is unprecedented, and the task information between them is not interoperable.

03A large number of unmanned aerial vehicles (especially multi-rotor aircraft) are highly similar in design, and a large number of key features are highly similar from appearance shape to acoustic signals, lacking effective means of distinction; Or both sides are equipped with a large number of equipment at the same time (more common in civilian models), and it is meaningless to distinguish models.

Undoubtedly, drones will further play a more important role in the future battlefield; How to deal with the corresponding friend or foe identification problem will be an extremely critical research topic.

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The FIFA Football World Cup has attracted 59 teams to sign up.

  Xinhua News Agency, Dalian, March 21st (Reporter Wang Jingyu, Cai Yongjun) The reporter learned from the first meeting of the organizing committee of the 2024 FIFA World Cup held on the 21st that 59 teams from 36 countries and regions have signed up for the event.

  According to the relevant personage of the organizing committee, as of March 20th, according to the feedback from the International Federation of Sports, 39 men’s soccer teams and 20 women’s soccer teams from five continents have signed up for the tournament in Dalian, and the lottery ceremony is expected to be held in mid-April.

The FIFA Football World Cup has attracted 59 teams to sign up.

  On the same day, the organizing committee heard a report on the preparations for the 2024 FIFA World Cup for the first time, and made research and deployment for the next step. Wang Jiayi, executive chairman of the organizing committee, member of the leading party group of the Ministry of Education and vice minister, said that since winning the right to host the games, Liaoning Province and Dalian City have attached great importance to organizing the games in an orderly manner, carefully planned the opening and closing ceremonies and key activities of people-to-people exchanges, provided practical services for the games, and made vigorous progress in various preparations. He stressed that it is necessary to attach great importance to this World Cup, earnestly strengthen the organization and leadership of the preparations, solidly and orderly advance various key tasks, and do a good job in organizing the training and preparation for the China team and supporting activities during the World Cup.

  The 2024 FIFA World Cup will be held from May 17 to 27, and the preparations for the event have now entered the sprint stage.

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Interview after MWC Exhibition | Whale Technology accelerates overseas layout to help customers release digital productivity

Thousands of miles away, on the other side of the ocean, Internet service applications, from mobile payment, e-commerce to small program platforms, which are very mature in China, are blossoming overseas with the successful mode of digital transformation of China market exported by a batch of outstanding enterprises. Whale technology, which is committed to becoming the world’s leading provider of digital technology and services, is one of them that deserves great attention.

"Whale Technology has been exploring the international market since 2005, and has provided digital technology and services to telecom operators, public service departments and customers in other industries in more than 80 countries and regions around the world." Cao Zhenzhong, chief marketing officer of Whale Technology (International), said in an exclusive interview with C114 after MWC24 Barcelona, "China market has rich technological innovation and practical experience in the digital field, and Whale Technology is actively applying these successful cases and technical experience to overseas market projects. On the one hand, we join hands with overseas operators to accelerate our own digital transformation; On the other hand, on top of the modern digital infrastructure of operators, the digital economy of the market we serve is also entering the fast lane of development, and the whole society is benefiting from it. "

Future first-mover connection

"Future First" is the theme of this year’s MWC24 Barcelona, and the deep integration of 5G and AI has become one of the most concerned topics of this year’s participants. From the commercialization of 5G in 2019 to the announcement that China telecom operators will start the large-scale deployment of 5G-A, the evolution and upgrading of technology has never stopped. An obvious truth is that technology empowers business value, and conversely, the realization of business value will also promote technology to go further. However, in the telecom industry, realizing such a positive cycle is becoming an urgent problem for the whole industry.

When Whale Technology was founded in 2003, the mobile communication market was still in the 2G era, and the demographic dividend made telecom operators enjoy a long-lasting barbaric and extensive growth. At that time, it was even dubbed as "the era of making money while lying down". Nowadays, most telecom operators in the world are facing the embarrassing situation that their revenue growth is slowing down, or even OTT companies are grabbing most of their profits. This is no secret in the industry. Then, as a company that has taken the communication industry as its main development channel since its establishment, how does Whale Technology help operators to meet such challenges?

"Our BSS and OSS suites are powerful tools to support operators to realize 5G realization." Cao Zhenzhong said that the latest telecommunications BSS/OSS suite exhibited by Whale Technology at MWC24 is not only equipped with AI-driven sales, marketing and service platforms, but also can help operators improve customer acquisition efficiency and the life cycle value of existing customers. At the same time, cloud native technology and process automation technology can be used to help enterprises simplify internal workflows and improve operational efficiency.

In addition, in terms of self-intelligent network, telecom operators can use the technology of Whale Technology to build a modern network and operating environment, and improve network scalability, reliability and resource utilization. As for how to monetize 5G, Whale Technology can cooperate with telecom operators, especially overseas operators, to bring innovative technologies and services that have been verified in China market to the market together, and help them gradually shift from 5G B2C to B2B and then to B2B2X and other fields, thus expanding their income sources.

Beyond connection, from paving the way to empowerment, from basic communication connection service provider to digital service provider, this is the core of the answer given by Cao Zhenzhong in an interview.

Last year, at MWC23, GSMA proposed the Open Gateway initiative, hoping to unify and open the network capabilities in the telecommunications network through API, and reproduce the magical effects brought by global voice roaming in that year, thus providing new possibilities for 5G revenue generation. This year, GSMA announced at MWC24 that as many as 47 mobile operator groups (representing 65% of global connections), including the three major operators in China, have signed the Open Gateway plan.

"We believe that the opening of telecom network capacity will bring new revenue opportunities to operators. Especially in the B2B market, operators mainly sell connectivity, cloud resources and resell third-party services. However, in order to enhance the stickiness with partners, operators must open their own capabilities and embed them into third-party services. This can not only increase the profit of B2B business, but also improve the stickiness with partners, and at the same time become a differentiation factor for operators from hyperscalers. If these capabilities are effectively standardized, it can also reduce the integration cost of global partners and promote the development of the entire ecosystem. " Cao Zhenzhong said.

It is also in this context that Whale Technology demonstrated a complete B2B solution at MWC24, covering the B2B support system of operators and TaaS(Telco as a Service). According to reports, TaaS includes a series of solutions, including not only messaging platform as a service (river map) products in the traditional network/communication capability open field, Video Intelligence in the data and AI capability open field, AIGCortex platform (large model platform) and application scenarios, but also operational capability open solutions such as SuperAPP and DMC (digital marketing cloud). Moreover, these solutions have been commercialized and verified in China, Singapore, South America and other markets. At the same time, Whale Technology is also strengthening cooperation with important industry organizations such as GSMA, hoping to actively contribute to ecological construction.

No China, no world.

Huang Yuhong, president of China Mobile Research Institute, recalled MWC2024 Barcelona, and said that besides "no 5G, no AI", there was also "no China, no globe".

In South America, which is separated from Wan Li, as a representative enterprise of China’s technology "going out to sea", Whale Technology helped South American operator Claro to build a Super APP based on small programs and build a local ecology. At the same time, the company held the "Mini Program Super APP Competition" in conjunction with Universidad de La Sabana and Claro in Colombia, aiming at inspiring the younger generation to explore and explore small programs. After receiving the professional training of Whale Science and Technology Instructor, the students of Universidad de La Sabana designed and developed a small program that can solve practical problems in campus life within two weeks. This activity not only allows students to understand and apply knowledge in practice, but also helps local people to cultivate digital talents. It also makes the innovative technology of applet more widely promoted in the American continent, and it is an attempt to integrate science and technology, business and education.

In C114′ s view, the rich ICT experience and industry insight accumulated in the telecommunications field from the 2G to 5G era, coupled with the super blessing of cloud technology and Internet industry experience, has successfully changed from a software service provider to a "digital intelligence service professional company" that understands the telecommunications ICT field, cloud services and Internet genes, which is also the basis for its ability to compete and cooperate with industry giants in overseas markets.

Take the LPC (Local Public Cloud) solution provided by Whale Technology for overseas markets as an example. This solution realizes the efficient operation of major cloud platforms through its self-developed CRE engine. "Our LPC solution enables IDC customers or carrier customers to transform into cloud service operators. They can choose a suitable cloud base scheme according to their own needs and build a cloud infrastructure that meets their own needs. Zain, a Saudi operator, is one of the successful cases. LPC not only meets the requirements of Zain and the Saudi government for data security and data protection, but also achieves sustainable development in business. " Cao Zhenzhong told us that LPC scheme can greatly reduce the threshold for customers to intervene in cloud computing and digital transformation, and provide new infrastructure options for digital transformation of overseas customers.

We have noticed that this scheme has been quoted by Gartner as the sample vendor of the "sovereign cloud". Gartner’s latest forecast also shows that by 2027, 70% of enterprises adopting generative AI will take sustainable development and digital sovereignty as the primary criteria for choosing public cloud generative AI services. In view of this, the LPC scheme is also constantly developing. At this year’s MWC24, Whale Technology launched the Local X series under the background of "digital sovereignty". Local X includes a series of local applications, such as Local Mobile Payment, LocalGPT, Local SuperAPP, Local Security and so on. These digital infrastructures can help a country to establish local, controllable facilities that meet the national regulatory requirements, while Whale Technology has the ability to plan, build and operate such digital infrastructures.

In fact, since 2005, Whale Technology has continuously increased its overseas layout. Up to now, Whale Technology has covered 150+ mainstream telecom operators in more than 80 countries or regions on six continents, serving nearly 1.8 billion end users. In the field of cloud computing and industry digitalization, Whale Technology is the core cloud MSP partner of Alibaba Cloud, and its LPC products have been commercialized in Indonesia, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, South Africa and other countries. Up to now, Whale Technology has set up several R&D centers or branches in the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Colombia, Mexico, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Thailand, India and other countries.

"A year’s plan lies in spring". After the opening ceremony of MWC24 in Barcelona, Cao Zhenzhong also conveyed to C114 the company’s determination and development goal to continue to deepen overseas markets in the future: with the arrival of the new year, Whale Technology will continue to uphold and practice the "STRATO" strategy of digital transformation 2.0 in the international market. Due to the increasing demand for digital infrastructure, supervision and security in overseas national strategies, LPC-based Local X will become an important development direction. At the same time, the company will gradually move from the telecom operator industry to the digitalization of other industries such as finance and cross-industry digitalization capacity building in order to achieve sustained growth.

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Xicheng District: "Old Books, New Knowledge, Reading to Serve the Country" Beijing Baoguo Temple Old Books Market and the First Printing Festival were held.

  With the spring breeze blowing, Beijing Baoguo Temple has once again become the cultural focus. Recently, a unique cultural feast, "Old Books, New Knowledge, Reading for the Country" was held in Beijing Baoguo Temple, and the first book drying festival was held grandly. This activity not only carried all kinds of traditional classic books, but also promoted the green sharing of culture, allowing old books to find new confidants and gain new knowledge from old books.

  This activity takes antique books as the main content, and specially launches three sections, namely "antique book area", "non-legacy creation area" and "interactive experience", and sets up a "national book-drying area", which takes into account the scholarly creation, tea cooking around the stove, flower landscape photo area, punch card interaction area, etc., and is full of books-washing, book-drying, flower viewing and tea tasting ……… the national tide cultural experience and atmosphere.

  At the scene, more than 200 booths were set up in the antique book area, which brought together many precious ancient books and old books, providing a paradise for book lovers in the form of "indoor cultural exhibition+outdoor antique book market". Including China Bookstore, Beijing Publishing Group, Confucius Old Books Network, Sinology Times, Beijing Book Building, Guotu Bookstore, China Yanshi Publishing House, Electric Power Construction Magazine and many other high-quality booksellers participated in the exhibition. Tens of thousands of fine old books were classified and neatly packed, and literary masterpieces, historical classics, people’s stories, natural sciences, human geography and other types were readily available.

  National book printing area

  The "national book-drying area" has become a highlight of this activity. Book lovers have brought their treasured books to display, exchange or share their reading experiences, forming a unique cultural landscape. "The book-drying festival takes books as the carrier, and it is classic, inheritance and development. It is what everyone knows and feels about old books." The person in charge of the event organizer said that in addition to exchanging books here, tourists can also replace flowers or coffee with their old books.

  In the lively atmosphere, book fans shuttled between booths. They either bowed their heads and carefully selected, or exchanged ideas with the stall owners. In a short time, they held thick books in their hands. A "post-90 s" book fan excitedly shared her trophy: "This is my first time here. It’s so nice to visit! There is also an unexpected joy. I have found some precious old literary books and experienced a real’ meeting friends with books’. "

  Non-legacy creation area

  In addition to old books, there are many "treasures" on the scene. Knot weaving pendant, three-dimensional paper carving notebook, hollowed-out three-dimensional stamped book, hand-made, hand account … In the non-legacy cultural creation area, various popular cultural and creative products are dazzling, attracting many young people to stop, and will also drive more young people to approach traditional culture.

  "This is a good-looking, fun and practical notebook that can write." Zhang Yingjie, chief cultural officer of Zhongqianbo (Beijing) Coin Culture Co., Ltd., pointed to the three-dimensional paper carving notebook, saying that this model is inspired by 3D building blocks, with ancient coins as elements, and presented in the form of a treasure box, which shows the appearance and color of ancient coins to the greatest extent, and forms a three-dimensional effect by hollowing out and stacking. When the page is turned quickly, the coins in the box also flow and are lifelike. "Ancient coins are not far away. More and more people know and inherit traditional culture through cultural and creative products, and our practitioners are more motivated." Zhang Yingjie said.

  Interactive experience

  Interactive experience through a series of carefully designed links, literary, rich and young activity scenes, let people find the fun of scouring books in the experience process. "In a fast-paced life, we need spiritual nourishment more. This activity is a good place to find spiritual sustenance and feel cultural charm. I spent a full weekend with three or five friends, savoring books and inheriting culture. " A visitor with a punch card experience said.

  The organizers launched the page restoration of traditional ancient books, the water extension of non-legacy wooden boards, the study of traditional culture and the Hanfu experience, so that children can better understand the profound and excellent traditional culture through these activities.

  It is worth mentioning that fans can also exchange old books for flowers and coffee here, and get a coupon with three old books, which can be exchanged for a pot of flowers from full of green or a cup of fragrant coffee. This environmental protection concept of recycling old books has also been widely praised by book fans: "I don’t need books, others may just need them, and I can get a pot of flowers by maximizing the value of good books. This form is great!"

  Comic book boutique exhibition

  It is worth mentioning that the "Looking for the Childhood Memories of Parents-Comic Book Exhibition" jointly organized by Baoguo Temple and Beijing Rongtang Comic Book Museum is equally eye-catching, and many exhibits are comic books that have won national awards.

  Li Wei, director of Beijing Rongtang Comic Book Museum, said, "We have brought four national award-winning comic books, such as Great Changes in Mountainous Areas, Chicken Hair Letter and The West Chamber, which won the first, second and third prizes. In particular, "Chicken Hair Letter" is the treasure of the town hall, created by the famous painter Liu Jiyou, and is the first comic book published by the New China State-owned Publishing House. "

  "Through this activity, I hope that more people can understand and appreciate the charm of comic book culture, dig deep into the red spirit and artistic achievements of comic books, promote the development and innovation of comic book art, better convey national cultural self-confidence and inherit excellent traditional culture." Li Wei said.

  Cook tea around the stove

  Tourists shuttle through the antique Baoguo Temple and enjoy multiple cultural experiences such as scouring books, drying books, enjoying flowers and tasting tea. When the aroma of cooking tea around the stove diffuses, it seems to travel through time and space, and the heavy history contained in ancient books is clear in the heart and completely in the body.

  "Reading starts from here and serving the country starts from here". According to the organizer of the event, Beijing Baoguo Temple Old Book Fair will be held on the weekend from March to October, 2024. At the same time, Xicheng District will also promote the prosperous and orderly development of the used book market by building an offline used book circulation platform, a normalized used book exhibition platform and a people’s used book sharing platform in the whole district, so as to re-circulate valuable used books, make more people fall in love with reading, create a profound cultural atmosphere, and make traditional culture glow with new vitality and vitality.

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You need to know these things in advance to play around the top ten Chinatowns in the world!

Chinatown detective 2


Special feature of 1905 film network The second part of the "Tang Detective" series has met with you in the Spring Festival. If the first action reasoning comedy is a new attempt, then the director Chen Sicheng is even bolder in the second part. He opened a brand-new "detective universe" similar to the Marvel movie universe in his new film. Then, that is to say, the "Tang Detective" series is bound to travel all over the world in Chinatown!


Chinatown is an area where Chinese live in concentrated communities abroad, which is what we call China City. Up to now, except Antarctica, there are many Chinatowns on every continent, totaling nearly 70. Detective chinatown has been to Bangkok and new york.


As a witness to the history of overseas Chinese, Chinatown gives countless wanderers a sense of belonging. Besides Chen Sicheng, there are also many directors who are willing to tell stories related to Chinatown in movies, such as roman polanski’s. But there are not many real shots in Chinatown.

Today, we have carefully selected ten amazing Chinatowns. Let’s go shopping with the movies. I would also like to make a suggestion to director Chen, and "Tang Tan" can go in this order next!


Chinatown, New York, USA


Features: Bearing the ancient history.


New york’s Chinatown is located in Lower Manhattan, the southern tip of new york City, with an excellent geographical position, not far from the city government and only a few feet away from Wall Street. In Detective Chinatown 2, Haoran Liu and Wang Baoqiang parachuted into new york, investigating the case of Wu Zhihao, the grandson of the godfather of Chinatown, who died suddenly. The story started in Chinatown and spread to the whole Manhattan City.

Chinatown in new York

New york’s Chinatown is quite old, which was first formed in 1890. It is centered on Don’t Street and includes Kennedy Street, Baiye Street, Laffille Street and East Broadway Avenue. There is also a Confucius Square on one of the streets. Most of the people who came here were Cantonese and Fujian. In the early days, Americans passed the Chinese Exclusion Act because the Chinese robbed them of their jobs, and it was not until the end of World War II that it was abolished.


The restaurants in Chinatown are always the places that people pay the most attention to. There is an old-fashioned Cantonese dim sum restaurant "Nanhua Tea Room" in Chinatown in new york, which has been visited by many celebrities and its interior decoration is quite retro. In the movie, Yuan Wah and Ceng Jiang appeared in Chinatown, and both the buildings and the signboards were full of Chinese style.

Chinatown detective 2

In addition, in a film co-produced by several directors, the part starring Shu Qi was also filmed in Chinatown.

New York, I Love You

The story of Chinatown Detective 2 is related to the godfather of Chinatown. In fact, in history, there really existed a very famous boss, Chen Zichao, who was once one of the four famous detectives in the Hong Kong police field and also the head of the "Anliang" Chamber of Commerce and Industry. After that, he left new york and returned to Nanyang for development.


When it comes to Chinatown in the United States, we must talk about Chinatown in San Francisco. San Francisco Chinatown is the largest Chinatown in the western United States, which is formed by a number of Chinatowns. The snacks, milk tea, etc. here are as good as new york’s Chinatown, and they are all worth tasting.


chinatown, san francisco


Chinatown in Bangkok, Thailand


Features: Gold shops, theaters and temples are three treasures.


The first film of detective chinatown took place in Bangkok, Thailand. The Chinatown in Bangkok is one of the most prosperous business districts in the city, which is mainly composed of Sanpin Street, Yaohuali Road and Shilongjun Road, and the main location of Tang Tan is Yaohuali Road.

Chinatown in Bangkok

The Chinatown in Bangkok is dominated by Chaoshan people. Basically, as long as you can speak Chaozhou dialect, you can definitely walk unimpeded. In the Chinatown area of Bangkok, gold shops, theaters and temples are the most common buildings.


The gold shops here occupy 70% of Bangkok, and the jewelry is piled up in piles, among which the most famous one belongs to "Zhenhe Xingda Gold Store". There are many theaters in Chinatown, more than half of which are Chaozhou theaters. As Thais believe in Buddhism, so do Chinese. There is more than one Chinese-style temple here, which is used as spiritual sustenance by local Chinese.

In "detective chinatown", the paragraph in which Tang Ren was chased by the police took place in Chinatown, which is full of roadside stalls and open-air markets. You can see it clearly from the signs in Chinese and Thai on the street.


Chinatown in Tokyo, Japan


Features: Roasted duck dumplings are a unique skill.


The eggs in "Tang Detective 2" have revealed that the third part will take place in Tokyo, Japan, and Tokyo Chinatown is bound to be the main location of the story. Tokyo Chinatown is a business center for old overseas Chinese living in China. There are many Japanese strongholds in Ikebukuro, and there are many Japanese restaurants, Internet cafes, beauty salons and so on.

China restaurant in Ikebukuro

The China restaurant in Ikebukuro has these dishes, which are very powerful. First, roast duck. The roast duck here includes roast, stir-fry and duck soup. Followed by dumplings, there are many kinds of fillings and they are very cheap. Finally, the small appetizer, that is, some snacks and cold dishes. It has attracted many tourists, and at the same time, it has given the wandering stomach a warm home.


Besides, Yokohama, which is only 20-30 minutes away from Tokyo by tram, has a Chinatown, which is the largest Chinatown in Asia. In the street of this harbour city, Cantonese cuisine, Sichuan cuisine, Shanghai cuisine and Jiangsu and Zhejiang cuisine are all available and authentic. Among them, Guangdong cuisine is the most popular, followed by Shanghai cuisine with more fish.

yokohama

In addition to the Chinatowns in the above three places, there are many Chinatowns worth visiting in the world — —


Australia Melbourne Chinatown


Features: The largest overseas Chinese history museum.


Melbourne Chinatown

Melbourne Chinatown is located in the center of the city of Moore. It is the largest Chinatown in Australia and the longest among all Chinatowns. This street, also known as Little Burke Street, is about 900 meters long and 6 meters wide. In this street, you can see cinemas, nightclubs, bookstores, pharmacies and so on, where Chinese is the main language.

Melbourne’s Chinatown has a long history, and the hall built here is just a witness. The plaques of Chaozhou Guild Hall, Fujian Guild Hall and Nanfanshun Guild Hall alone have been over a hundred years. There is also the largest Chinese history museum in Australia in Melbourne Chinatown, which records the story of Chinese people coming here to work hard.


Toronto Chinatown, Canada


Features: large pattern and many Chinese.


There are six residential areas in Toronto Chinatown, which started from a laundry and gradually developed to the present scale. But until now, the number of laundries is still the largest. In addition, there is also the largest local Chinese massage center.

Toronto Chinatown

The food in Toronto Chinatown is very rich. We can eat all the Cantonese, Sichuan, Hunan, Northern, Fujian and so on in China. Vegetable and fruit markets, clothing stores and craft stores can also be seen everywhere.


Besides, the biggest feature of Toronto Chinatown is that it will celebrate some festivals in China, including Dragon Boat Festival and Spring Festival. Generally, dragon boat races and dragon and lion dances are held. 


Canada Vancouver Chinatown


Features: Hot morning tea and antique park.


Vancouver Chinatown in Canada is the most prosperous and beautiful China city in North America, second only to San Francisco Chinatown in the United States. There are the most Cantonese people here, and there is no obstacle to Cantonese communication here. Cantonese tea drinking is quite famous here, and restaurants are crowded during morning tea time.

In Vancouver’s Chinatown, the Zhongshan Park named after Dr. Sun Yat-sen and the bronze statue of Mr. Sun Yat-sen are located behind the Zhonghua Gate. The architectural style of Sun Yat-sen Park is mainly Ming Dynasty style and Suzhou gardens, and everything in it comes from China.


France Paris Chinatown


Features: pubs and restaurants are all over the Seine.


quartier chinois de paris

There is more than one Chinatown in Paris, which is mainly a few streets in the 13th, 19th, 3rd and 4th districts. But usually what we are talking about is actually Chinatown in the southeast of the thirteenth district, which is located on the Seine River. Most of the people here are Chinese who fled from Southeast Asia in the 1970s.

The Chinatown in the 13th district is dominated by chaozhou people. The buildings here are built according to the traditional style, and the front of every store will be hung with the guise and wine banners that are rarely seen in China now. There are a large number of Chinese enterprises in the 13th district, which are not limited to restaurants, cakes, haircuts and beauty salons, but also shopping malls, real estate, electrical appliances stores and so on. Like many Chinatowns, there will be a parade to welcome the Spring Festival here every year, and many foreigners will join in.


Chinatown in London, England


Features: Being in Cantonese Lane.


Chinatown in London

London’s Chinatown is located in West End of London, in the most prosperous area, not far from Buckingham Palace and Downing Street. In this street, there are three red archways with couplets written on them, the first words of which are "London Chinatown". In addition, there are many street lamps and painting kiosks beside the street.

 

There are about hundreds of restaurants in London’s Chinatown. Previously, the dishes here were mainly southern dishes, and later many northern dishes were added. Little Sheep hot pot, Sichuan cuisine, jiaozi and steamed bread are all available. Originally dominated by Hong Kong people, many foreign students have now poured in. Tourism, consulting and other services have gradually enriched the industry in Chinatown.


Peru Lima Chinatown


Features: The most famous in South America.


Lima Chinatown is the most famous Chinatown in South America. It is located in Barullo Street, Capone Street and Valyaga Street in the city center. At the entrance of Barullo Street, there is a "Zhonghua Square" archway with four most common words in Chinatown written on it — — "The world is public". In addition to all kinds of restaurants, there are various restaurants here, including the largest Guohua restaurant, which can accommodate 3,000 people.


In the center of Chinatown, there is a Peruvian General Administration of Tonghui, which is composed of eight Chinese clubs. The "General Manager of Tonghui" on the plaque is the only one inscribed by Emperor Guangxu for overseas Chinese communities.


Port Louis Chinatown, Mauritius


Features: Hakka dishes are authentic and delicious.


Port Louis Chinatown, formed in the early 20th century, is the most famous commercial street in Mauritius. The earliest Chinese who came here were Hakkas in Meixian County, Guangdong Province. Here, they can often hear Hakka dialect and have authentic Hakka dishes to eat. Every April and May, there will also be a food culture festival here.

Port Louis Chinatown


In addition, overseas Chinese in Mauritius have established many Chinese organizations, and Renhe Guild Hall is the oldest one, with a history of 134 years. Chinese Spring Festival is a legal holiday in Mauritius. There is a Chinese in every government in Mauritius, and even a portrait of Chinese minister Zhu Meilin is printed on the local 25 rupees coin.


These are the top ten world-famous food streets (no, Chinatown). Which one have you been to?