Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, December 3 (Reporter Li Yanxia) The central financial work conference held at the end of October put forward higher requirements for doing a good job in financial supervision in the new era. Next, how to implement the spirit of the Central Financial Work Conference? How to effectively improve the effectiveness of financial supervision? In this regard, Xinhua News Agency interviewed Li Yunze, Party Secretary and Director of the State Financial Supervision and Administration.

　　Continuously improve the effectiveness of supervision

　　Q: The Central Financial Work Conference called for "effectively improving the effectiveness of financial supervision". How does the General Administration of Financial Supervision further improve the quality and efficiency of supervision?

　　A: The CPC Central Committee requires that the General Administration of Financial Supervision be responsible for the supervision of the financial industry except the securities industry, and strengthen institutional supervision, behavioral supervision, functional supervision, penetrating supervision and continuous supervision. Since the establishment of the General Administration of Financial Supervision, it has systematically reformed the organizational structure, integrated and optimized the allocation of resources, explored and improved the supervision methods, and strived to lay a good foundation for comprehensively improving the quality and efficiency of supervision. In the next step, we will focus on strong supervision and strict supervision, resolutely achieve "long teeth with thorns" and continuously improve the forward-looking, accurate, effective and synergistic supervision.

　　First, comprehensively strengthen the "five major supervision". Adhere to the risk-based principle, grasp access, grasp legal persons, grasp governance, and strengthen institutional supervision. Adhere to all kinds of financial activities in accordance with the law, protect the legitimate rights and interests of financial consumers, and strengthen behavior supervision. Adhere to the principle of "one business, one standard" and strengthen functional supervision. Adhere to the principle of "substance is more important than form" and strengthen penetrating supervision. Adhere to the whole cycle of financial institutions, the whole process of financial risks and the whole chain of financial business, and strengthen continuous supervision.

　　The second is to strictly enforce the law and dare to show the sword. In-depth rectification of financial market chaos, so as to adhere to principles, dare to face difficulties, treat people equally, and be fair and just. Focus on the "key things" that affect financial stability, "key people" that cause major financial risks, and "key behaviors" that undermine market order, and really hit the board accurately and hurt. In conjunction with relevant departments, we will seriously deal with illegal third-party intermediaries. Strengthen the linkage between supervision and trial, the convergence of execution, and the integration of discipline and law, and effectively increase the cost of violating laws and regulations.

　　The third is to strengthen supervision and protection. Further improve the financial rule of law, do a good job in the "reform and abolition" of laws and regulations, keep pace with the times, improve prudential supervision rules, and tighten the "iron fence" of the system. Accelerate the supervision of the construction of big data platforms, make full use of scientific and technological means, and quickly and effectively identify and accurately lock financial risks. At the same time, we will stick to the cutting edge inward, strengthen the supervision of supervision, and earnestly "strike while the iron is hot."

　　Achieve full coverage of financial supervision

　　Q: The Central Financial Work Conference emphasized "eliminating regulatory gaps and blind spots". How do you understand this? What is the focus of the next step?

　　A: Achieving full coverage of financial supervision is an inevitable requirement for comprehensively strengthening financial supervision. Initially, the essence of full coverage includes three aspects: First, it is more important to control the illegality, and always adhere to the principles of financial franchising and licensed operation. Second, the management industry must manage risks and strictly guard against the alienation of general commercial activities into illegal financial activities and the derivation of financial risks. Third, the General Administration of Financial Supervision took the lead in establishing a bottom-up supervision mechanism. This is an important institutional arrangement to achieve full coverage and an important task clearly deployed by the CPC Central Committee. We are duty-bound to resolutely carry the burden with iron shoulders.

　　In the next step, under the overall leadership of the Central Financial Committee, the General Administration of Financial Supervision will work together to build a full-coverage financial supervision system and mechanism, so as to share the same responsibility, answer the same questions and work in the same direction to ensure that there are no dead ends, blind spots and exceptions in supervision. Mainly includes:

　　First, the central financial management departments divide their troops to guard their respective regulatory fields, not only to control "illegal driving" but also to control "driving without a license". Second, the competent department of the industry should prevent and cooperate with the disposal of illegal financial activities in this field within the scope of its duties. Third, relevant functional departments strictly control registration, advertising and marketing, and resolutely prevent financial chaos. Fourth, the General Administration of Financial Supervision will take the lead in establishing a regulatory responsibility attribution claim mechanism and a bottom-up regulatory mechanism to ensure that all financial activities, especially illegal financial activities, are watched, managed and held accountable. Promote the clarification of the ownership of regulatory responsibility for financial activities such as cross-sectoral and cross-regional and new formats and new products. If it is really difficult to define the responsibility, the General Administration of Financial Supervision shall be responsible for the bottom.

　　Effectively prevent and resolve financial risks

　　Q: The Central Financial Work Conference pointed out that "there are still many hidden dangers in economic and financial risks" and demanded that "the risks of small and medium-sized financial institutions should be handled in time". How will the General Administration of Financial Supervision implement it?

　　A: Risk prevention and control is the eternal theme of financial work. For the current financial risks, we should not only face up to the difficulties, but also strengthen our confidence. China has unique political and institutional advantages. At the same time, its economy has strong resilience, great potential and full vitality, and its long-term positive fundamentals have not changed. This is our greatest confidence, guarantee and support for preventing and resolving financial risks.

　　At present, China’s financial industry is generally stable and has strong overall risk resistance. By the end of the third quarter of this year, the non-performing loan ratio of commercial banks was 1.61%, the provision coverage ratio was 207.89%, the capital adequacy ratio was 14.77%, and the comprehensive solvency adequacy ratio of the insurance industry was 194%. We are fully confident, qualified and capable of increasing vitality through reform, solving problems through development and increasing inventory to properly cope with various financial risk challenges.

　　In the next step, we will adhere to goal orientation and problem orientation, resolutely fight tough battles and protracted wars, with the focus on accelerating the reform of small and medium-sized financial institutions. First, adhere to a safe and orderly manner. Seize the current favorable opportunity, adhere to the principle of marketization and rule of law, and intensify efforts to promote risk disposal. Grasp the timeliness and efficiency, fully consider the affordability of institutions and markets, carry out work in a planned and step-by-step manner, and effectively prevent the risk of handling risks. The second is the precise policy of classification. Give full play to professional advantages, strengthen guidance and coordination, and promote "one province, one policy", "one line, one policy" to formulate risk disposal plans to avoid "one size fits all". The third is to deepen both the symptoms and the root causes. Promote small and medium-sized banking institutions to optimize their structure, improve quality and increase efficiency. We will promote the return of insurance companies to their original sources, highlight their security functions, and guide institutions such as asset management and non-banking to stick to their positioning and differentiated development.

　　Be a staunch defender of the legitimate rights and interests of financial consumers

　　Q: The Central Financial Work Conference emphasized "adhering to the people-centered value orientation". What are the key ideas and measures of the General Administration of Financial Supervision in doing a good job in consumer protection?

　　A: Doing a good job in protecting the rights and interests of financial consumers is a concentrated expression of the political and people-oriented nature of financial work. This institutional reform clearly requires that the General Administration of Financial Supervision be responsible for the overall protection of the rights and interests of financial consumers, which is the trust and trust of the CPC Central Committee and the political mission that the General Administration of Financial Supervision must undertake. We will firmly establish the concept of "supervision for the people", always take safeguarding the fundamental interests of the overwhelming majority of the people as the starting point and the end result of supervision work, solve the urgent problems of the masses with heart and affection, and be a firm defender of the legitimate rights and interests of financial consumers. In the next step, we will focus on four aspects:

　　First, speed up the construction of the "big consumer protection" work pattern. We will promptly establish and improve the coordination mechanism for the protection of financial consumers’ rights and interests and the diversified solution mechanism for financial consumption disputes, compact the main responsibilities of financial institutions, and promote the construction of a clear, efficient and smooth consumer protection system.

　　The second is to grasp the key of appropriateness management. Improve the appropriateness management methods and operating procedures, and urge financial institutions to strictly implement the "three appropriateness" requirements of financial products, sales channels and target customers. Improve the information disclosure system of financial products, promote financial institutions to do a good job in evaluating customers’ risk preferences, and severely crack down on false propaganda and misleading sales.

　　The third is to smooth the channels and implement grading management. Establish a financial consumer complaint reporting process and standard system, formulate "effective complaints" identification standards and screening methods, and improve the "transfer, acceptance and handling" processing mechanism to ensure that the reasonable demands of the masses are promptly responded and properly resolved.

　　The fourth is to address both the symptoms and the root causes and resolve outstanding contradictions. Focusing on the relatively concentrated areas of complaints such as insurance surrender, credit card complaints, auto insurance claims, and early repayment of personal housing loans, we will systematically study solutions and strengthen source management. At the same time, strengthen the publicity and education of financial consumers and improve the financial literacy of the whole society.

　　Tourists visit the Slender West Lake Scenic Area in Yangzhou, Jiangsu.

　　Photo by Meng Delong (People’s Vision)

　　The picturesque scenery of Dalan Tea Garden in Yuyao, Ningbo, Zhejiang attracts tourists.

　　Photo by Hu Xuejun (People’s Vision)

　　China tourism academy recently released "Analysis of Tourism Economy Operation in the First Quarter of 2021 and Trend Prediction in the First Half of the Year", which shows that the tourism economy in the first quarter of this year is running better than expected, and the fundamentals of recovery are more stable. It is estimated that the number of domestic tourists will reach 1.722 billion in the first half of this year, an increase of 85% year-on-year; Domestic tourism revenue will reach 1.28 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 102%.

　　Tourism recovery is unstoppable.

　　The report shows that in the first quarter, China’s tourism economy rebounded steadily, consumer confidence was further restored, industrial kinetic energy was further accumulated, and industrial policies were further optimized. Urban leisure and rural holiday are all hot, and red tourism is obviously warming up. Local culture and tourism products are innovated, and tourists pay attention to local in-depth tours, including hotels, high-end hotels, museums, art galleries, libraries, historical and cultural blocks and leisure trails around the city.

　　The tourism industry is optimistic about the May Day holiday. Where to go data shows that this year’s "May 1" air ticket booking volume has significantly exceeded the same period in 2019, an increase of more than 25 times compared with the same period in 2020. Ctrip predicts that the upcoming May Day holiday is expected to become "the hottest golden week in history".

　　Dai Bin, Dean of china tourism academy, said that the second quarter is a traditional peak season for travel, including Qingming, May Day and Dragon Boat Festival, which is likely to become a strategic turning point in the fight against epidemic. According to the data of holidays in Tomb-Sweeping Day, there were 102 million domestic tourist trips, which increased by 144.6% compared with the same period before the epidemic, and returned to 94.5% in the same period before the epidemic. The domestic tourism revenue was 27.17 billion yuan, which increased by 228.9% compared with the same period before the epidemic, and returned to 56.7% in the same period before the epidemic. 83.19% will travel in the next three months. The tourism consumption psychology of urban and rural residents began to change from cautious to positive. Judging from the leading indicators such as the search volume of tourist destinations, the number of flights and hotel reservations, domestic tourism is expected to approach or exceed the level of the same period in 2019 during the May 1 ST period. Tourism products will move from the current "low price and high quantity" to "low price and high quantity", and local areas and individual industries may have "high price and high quantity". The report suggests that all localities should seize the "May Day" and Dragon Boat Festival holidays and guide the healthy and orderly development of the tourism market with the satisfaction of tourists as the guide.

　　Red tourism enthusiasm is high.

　　Red tourism continues to heat up this year. Red scenic spots such as Jinggangshan in Jiangxi, Yan ‘an in Shaanxi and Xibaipo in Hebei are favored by tourists. Many red scenic spots have launched a combination route of "Red Theme Tour+Historical Humanities Tour+Beautiful Landscape Tour", so that tourists can not only appreciate the humanistic feelings brought by red tourism, but also experience the ecological tour, and the tourism experience has greatly increased.

　　The latest statistics from the same journey: Zunyi, Gutian, Xibaipo, Shaoshan, Yan ‘an, Jinggangshan, Jiaxing, Shanghai and other well-known red tourist destinations with historical sites and memorial venues such as the Communist Party of China (CPC)’s development history, anti-Japanese war history and liberation war have attracted much attention. Red tourism will become a hot spot for May Day travel. In the second quarter, the red tourism market will gradually heat up, reaching a peak around July 1st.

　　Hu Heping, Minister of Culture and Tourism, introduced at a news conference in the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China a few days ago that in recent years, people’s desire to learn revolutionary history and feel revolutionary culture has become increasingly strong, and visiting revolutionary sites, memorial halls and museums has become a common practice, and red tourism has gradually developed. From 2004 to 2019, the national red tourism resources have been continuously expanded, and more and more precious revolutionary cultural relics have met with tourists. The number of people participating in red tourism has also increased from 140 million to 1.41 billion every year. Many red scenic spots have become the experience places for middle-aged and elderly people to relive their passionate years and feel the changes of the times, and become the "punching places" for young people to listen to red stories and pay tribute to heroic models.

　　To celebrate the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China (CPC), the Ministry of Culture and Tourism will launch "100 Excellent Red Tourism Routes in the Centennial of the Party", hold a red story commentator contest, organize excellent commentators to enter institutions, schools and troops, tell red stories and other activities, and also organize red study tours, hold a red tourism planning creative contest for college students and other activities to actively guide young people to follow their ancestors’ footsteps and experience the struggle process.

　　Smart tourism leads innovation.

　　Mass tourism, which has fully recovered after the epidemic, is entering a new stage of sustained growth, demand classification and consumption stratification. The demand for innovative products that can stimulate travel motivation and meet quality and diversified consumption is huge, and smart tourism will lead industrial innovation. At present, 90% of tourists have experienced tourism information services, including online booking, personalized customization, paperless admission and electronic payment.

　　The National internet plus Tourism Development Report (2021) jointly released by the Resource Development Department of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism and china tourism academy recently shows that "internet plus" has become a new scene for mass tourism and a new kinetic energy for smart tourism. Internet and digitalization have become the infrastructure of smart tourism, the life content and consumption scene of mass tourism. The Internet penetration rate of tourists’ consumption has risen steadily, and the total online travel consumption has reached the trillion level.

　　Dai Bin believes that virtual experience products such as "Cloud Exhibition", "Cloud Performing Arts", "Cloud Travel" and "Data Museum" promoted by AR, VR and AI have realized the process from concept introduction to market acceptance. "internet plus Tourism" not only sets up a highway for both the supply and demand sides, but also weaves an ecological network interwoven with warp and weft for the tourism industry, where the market subject and the consumer subject coexist. Cross-border technology enterprises will subvert the traditional mode of production in the field of tourism and provide brand-new kinetic energy for the high-quality development of cultural tourism integration.

　　National Development and Reform Commission (data map) Zhongxin. com reporter Jin Shuo photo

　　BEIJING, March 30 (Xinhua) According to the website of the National Development and Reform Commission, recently, with the approval of the State Council, the National Development and Reform Commission issued the Provisions on Projects that Must Be Tendered (Order No.16 of the National Development and Reform Commission), greatly reducing the scope of projects that must be tendered.

　　According to the Bidding Law, in 2000, the former State Development Planning Commission reported and approved by the State Council to issue the Standard Provisions on the Bidding Scope and Scale of Engineering Construction Projects (Order No.3 of the State Development Planning Commission, hereinafter referred to as Order No.3), which clarified the specific scope and scale standards of engineering projects that must be tendered. Since the promulgation and implementation of Order 3, China has formed a relatively complete system of compulsory bidding, which has played a positive role in promoting the popularization and application of bidding system, standardizing bidding behavior, ensuring fair competition, improving the quality and efficiency of bidding and purchasing, and preventing and punishing corruption.

　　With the continuous development of China’s economy and society and the deepening of reform, the scope of Order No.3 is too wide and the standard is too low. At the same time, according to Decree No.3, all provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities have generally formulated the specific scope and scale standards of the projects that must be tendered in their own regions, which has expanded the scope of compulsory tendering to varying degrees, caused the rules to be inconsistent, and further increased the burden on market participants.

　　In view of the above problems, the National Development and Reform Commission and the relevant departments of the State Council revised Order No.3, and formed the Regulations on Projects Subject to Bidding, which was issued after being submitted to the State Council for approval and officially implemented on June 1, 2018.

　　Mainly revised three aspects: First, narrow the scope of projects that must be tendered. Judging from the nature of the funds used, the "projects that use state-owned funds or state financing in whole or in part" stipulated in Article 3 of the Bidding Law are clearly defined as projects that use budget funds of more than 2 million yuan, and the funds account for more than 10% of the investment, and projects that use funds of state-owned enterprises and institutions, and the funds occupy a controlling or leading position.

　　From the specific project scope, the development and reform department of the State Council is authorized to work with the relevant departments of the State Council to formulate the specific scope of large-scale infrastructure, public utilities and other projects related to social public interests and public safety in accordance with the principle of being really necessary and strictly limited, and submit them to the State Council for approval. At present, the National Development and Reform Commission, together with the relevant departments, has formed a draft of the relevant specific scope, which has been greatly reduced compared with Order No.3. It is proposed to be submitted to the State Council for approval and released before the formal implementation of the Provisions on Projects Subject to Bidding.

　　The second is to improve the scale standard of projects that must be tendered. According to the level of economic and social development, the bidding limit for construction will be raised to 4 million yuan, the bidding limit for the procurement of important equipment, materials and other goods will be raised to 2 million yuan, and the bidding limit for the procurement of services such as survey, design and supervision will be raised to 1 million yuan, which is twice as high as that of Decree No.3..

　　The third is to clarify the unified scale standards for national implementation. The stipulation that "the people’s governments of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government may, according to the actual situation, stipulate the specific scope and scale standards that must be tendered in their own regions, but they shall not narrow the scope that must be tendered as determined in these Provisions" was deleted in Decree No.3, and it is clear that uniform rules are applicable throughout the country, and no further adjustment shall be made in all localities.

　　In the next step, the National Development and Reform Commission, together with relevant departments of the State Council, will do a good job in the implementation of the Provisions on Projects Subject to Bidding, and organize to clean up the provisions that are inconsistent with the Provisions on Projects Subject to Bidding, so that the effect of decentralization can be implemented. At the same time, we will further innovate and improve the bidding system, speed up the revision of the Bidding Law, give better play to the role of bidding competition and promote sustained and healthy economic and social development.

1905 movie network news　Later, another Guo Zairong love movie filmed in China will be launched soon, which is the movie starring Bao Beier and Xin Zhilei. According to the creator, compared with the original, Xin Zhilei’s role has become a bit barbaric, which makes Bao Beier feel sorry for the role he will play when he reads the script.

　

On the morning of June 15th, My Robot Girlfriend was launched in Shanghai. When director Guo Zairong appeared at the press conference, he even introduced himself with "I am director China". Starring Bao Beier, Xin Zhilei and Wei Xiang also appeared in succession. Talking about the creative process of this film, Director Guo Zairong said: "After filming The Barbarian Girlfriend, I wanted to make a more powerful play, so I wrote this script in the way of the robot girlfriend. I didn’t have a girlfriend when I was young, so I wrote it according to the mentality of’ girlfriend who doesn’t belong to me’ and gave this story to others. "

　

Lin Zhenghao, the producer of three films with director Guo Zairong, also said that Guo Zairong is both his master and his partner. This time, when shooting "robot girlfriend", I want to create an alternative and different "CP sense" when choosing actors. Hoping to be fun and moving, I decided to star Bao Beier and Xin Zhilei.

　

At the press conference, Bao Beier revealed that in order to build feelings with Xin Zhilei, he played mahjong once before shooting. He didn’t win any money, just hoping to make Xin Zhilei feel real and get less beaten on the set.

　

As for the first collaboration with director Guo Zairong, Bao Beier said, "I’ve seen many plays in which the hero has a miserable ending. I hope the director can go easy on me. With these excellent actors, I should study more, work hard and strive for a happy working atmosphere. Shoot this play healthily. "

　

With Bao Beier, Xin Zhilei doesn’t seem to "show mercy". Speaking of the Japanese version she has seen, she said at the scene that she had already begun to imagine how to play it when she watched it. The robot she played this time is "a powerful, protective and particularly handsome and cool robot." I am looking forward to presenting a particularly different robot girlfriend. Protect him well. "

　

Xin Zhilei also specially sent a bottle of calcium tablets to Bao Beier at the scene, hoping that he would get ready before shooting. Although there will be a lot of drama about "savage girlfriend", Xin Zhilei said with a smile that he is not worried about Bao Beier’s injury at all, because he is "a person who is quite resistant to beating. Not a person who was injured in a dozen. "

　

　　This is the banner of the BRICS Summit filmed in Johannesburg, South Africa on August 17th. Xinhua news agency

　　This year is the BRICS "South Africa Year". At the invitation of South African President Ramaphosa, the Chairman of Supreme Leader will attend the 15th meeting of BRICS leaders in Johannesburg, South Africa and pay a state visit to South Africa from August 21st to 24th. In the meantime, the Chairman of the Supreme Leader will co-chair the China-Africa Leaders’ Dialogue with President Ramaphosa. This is the first time that the Chairman of the Supreme Leader of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China has participated in the BRICS leaders’ meeting and visited Africa offline. All walks of life in South Africa are full of expectations for this, and believe that the visit of the Supreme Leader will definitely promote the development of BRICS cooperation, Central South Africa and China-Africa relations, and open a new vision for China-Africa and Central South Africa cooperation.

　　Fuehrer’s diplomacy deepens China-South Africa cooperation

　　Vincent Magwenya, a spokesman for the South African presidential palace, said that the South African government has made all preparations for the visit of the Supreme Leader. This visit will further deepen South China relations, and the leaders of the two countries will sign a number of cooperation agreements to jointly push bilateral relations into a new era. Xie Shengwen, South African ambassador to China, said that the contact and interaction between the two heads of state will help promote the in-depth development of bilateral relations, and then the two countries will send delegations from many fields to exchange visits.

　　General Secretary of the ANC of South Africa Fickley MBalula said that under the strong leadership of the Supreme Leader, the social, political and economic relations between China and South Africa and Africa have been developing continuously. Since the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and South Africa 25 years ago, especially since the first visit of the Supreme Leader Chairman to South Africa 10 years ago, the relations between the ANC and the Communist Party of China (CPC) have made great progress, and the economic and trade relations between the two countries have achieved leap-forward development, which has continuously benefited the two peoples. Practice fully shows that countries with different social systems and cultures can also carry out close cooperation and exchanges, which is also the cornerstone of the development of China-South Africa relations in the next 25 years. The development of China-Africa relations can also provide reference for solving geopolitical dilemmas in the world. Only through unity, cooperation and common development can all countries achieve the goal of modernization. Balula expressed his gratitude to China for its support to South Africa as the rotating presidency of the BRICS, and believed that President Xi’s visit would deepen South China’s cooperation in economy, trade, energy and other fields.

　　Promote economic and trade cooperation to a higher level.

　　Ibrahim Patel, Minister of Trade and Industry of South Africa, said that South Africa regards China as its most important economic and trade partner. Since the establishment of diplomatic relations between South and China, bilateral economic and trade cooperation has achieved many pragmatic results, laying a good foundation for the further development of bilateral relations. The visit of the Supreme Leader will continue to promote cooperation in the field of trade and investment between South and China and promote the better development of bilateral economic and trade relations.

　　Stavros Nicolau, South African representative of BRICS Business Council and senior executive of Aspen Pharmaceutical’s strategic trade planning department, said that the bilateral trade volume between South Africa and China accounts for about 68% of the total trade volume with BRICS countries, and China is the largest trading partner of South Africa among BRICS countries. In 2022, South African exports to China increased by 7%, and imports from China increased by about 16%. Chairman Supreme Leader’s visit and China’s increasing investment and imports in Yugoslavia will create new opportunities for narrowing the trade deficit with China.

　　Nikolao pointed out that the BRICS countries are playing an increasingly important role in the global economy, accounting for 31.5% to 32% of the global economy, surpassing the Group of Seven, including the United States, Britain and Canada, which accounts for about 30% of the global economy. This is the first face-to-face meeting of BRICS leaders in four years. The theme of the BRICS Summit is "BRICS and Africa: deepening partnership, promoting mutual growth, achieving sustainable development and strengthening inclusive multilateralism". South Africa invited other African countries to attend the meeting, and the whole African continent is currently implementing the FTA, which will provide opportunities for cooperation between China and African business circles.

　　Call for a more just and rational international order

　　Meng Dawei, a well-known South African scholar and director of the Center for Africa-China Studies at the University of Johannesburg, said that President Xi’s visit is of great importance to both China and South Africa. The Chairman of the Supreme Leader has put forward a number of initiatives that are beneficial to South Africa and Africa. South-China relations have risen to a comprehensive strategic partnership, and South Africa’s trade deficit with China is gradually improving, and it is developing in the direction of trade balance. The relations between the two countries have undergone favorable changes in many fields. This year marks the 25th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between South and China, and the two countries have many consistent positions on international occasions, both of which are members of the G20 and BRICS countries. South Africa is also the leader of the African continent, playing a key role in the AU, and promoting the better connection between the AU’s Agenda 2063 and China’s Belt and Road Initiative. China is building more and more infrastructure projects on the African continent. We expect South and China to better promote the reform of the UN Security Council under the BRICS mechanism, jointly promote the response to the global crisis through multilateralism, and promote China-Africa cooperation in trade, climate change, health and other fields. In addition, South China and China will participate in the G20 Summit to be held in India later this year. It is believed that the outcome of the BRICS Summit will affect the G20 Summit in India to some extent.

　　Meng Dawei said that the current global media are paying attention to the expansion of the BRICS, and many countries also want to join the BRICS. In today’s world, the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, and the World Trade Organization are all international institutions dominated by the United States and the West. Western developed countries rarely consider the concerns of developing countries on many issues. When these countries apply to join the BRICS, they hope to use the BRICS mechanism to enhance the voice and influence of developing countries and build a more just and reasonable international order, which is consistent with the spirit of the Bandung Conference and closely related to the global development initiative, global security initiative and global civilization initiative put forward by China. Leaders’ meetings between BRICS countries and African countries, presidents of African regional organizations and the China-Africa round table co-chaired by China and South Africa will push the world towards multipolarization.

　　Tan Zheli, a senior researcher at the Mbeki Institute of African Leadership at the University of South Africa and an expert on China, said that this is the fourth visit to South Africa since the Supreme Leader took office as president. In 2013, the Chairman of the Supreme Leader visited South Africa (including Tanzania and other countries) for the first time and put forward four proposals, which became the cornerstone of China’s Africa policy. Chairman Supreme Leader’s trip to South Africa in 2015 and 2018 also promoted the in-depth development of China-South Africa relations and China-Africa cooperation. We expect that this visit will once again inject new impetus into China-South Africa cooperation and China-Africa cooperation. At present, the voice of reforming the international order, especially the international financial order, is rising, and more and more countries apply to join the BRICS. The members of multilateral organizations such as BRICS and SCO are mainly developing countries, and efforts are being made to promote the international order in a more just and reasonable direction. Therefore, the importance of Chairman Supreme Leader’s visit is self-evident.

　　(Johannesburg, August 19 th, our reporter Wang Chuanjun)

　　Zhongqingbao Zhongqingwang reporter Xia Wei

　　On May 31st, the General Office of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism issued the Notice on Strengthening the Prevention and Control of Epidemic Situation and Implementing the "Fuse" Mechanism of Inter-provincial Tourism (hereinafter referred to as the "Notice"), and for the first time, the administrative unit of the "fuse" policy of inter-provincial tourism was adjusted from a province (autonomous region, city) to a county (city, district, flag) and a district (county) of a municipality directly under the Central Government.

　　The insiders believe that the implementation of the "Notice" has narrowed the affected scope of travel agencies under the epidemic situation, which is obviously beneficial to the normalized inter-provincial team tour organization, especially with the approach of summer vacation, which can effectively boost consumers’ travel confidence and promote the healthy development of the tourism market.

　　According to the news from the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, the inter-provincial tour ushered in a slight recovery during the booking period of the Dragon Boat Festival. Some travel booking platform data show that cross-provincial travel products accounted for nearly 30% more than the previous day. According to incomplete statistics, by the summer vacation, more than 300 scenic spots across the country have introduced policies of price reduction or free tickets, and the tourism industry is showing an accelerated recovery trend. This Dragon Boat Festival holiday will become a key node of tourism recovery.

　　The Ministry of Culture and Tourism, while implementing strict, scientific and accurate epidemic prevention and control measures, launched the "Four Seasons Good Scenery in Rural Areas — — There are 113 national rural tourism boutique routes.

　　During the Dragon Boat Festival, there is a strong traditional festival atmosphere in various places, and festivals such as dragon boat rowing, making zongzi and making sachets with ethnic characteristics are held in succession. At the same time, many scenic spots offer free tickets or preferential activities to attract many local and surrounding tourists. According to the data of some online travel platforms, local tours, Zhou Bianyou and other "micro-vacations" still dominate the people’s travel during the Dragon Boat Festival holiday. As one of the hottest micro-holiday products this year, camping will continue to lead the Dragon Boat Festival holiday.

　　According to the data of the B&B booking platform, during the Dragon Boat Festival, the booking volume of rural residents reached more than 50%, and the booking volume of rural residents in some cities increased compared with the same period of last year. For example, during the Dragon Boat Festival holiday in Chengdu, the number of reservations for country houses has doubled compared with the same period last year; Nanning and Wanning increased by 50% compared with the same period of last year. Young people represented by the post-95 s and post-00 s prefer camping, accounting for 83% of the scheduled camping population.

　　With the effective control of the national epidemic, the resumption of tourism in Beijing, Shanghai and other places has been promoted in an orderly manner, releasing a strong signal of tourism recovery. It is worth mentioning that with the improvement of the epidemic situation in Beijing, Beijing suburban homestays such as Mentougou, Pinggu, Huairou, Miyun and Yanqing have gradually resumed normal reception services. Huairou Scenic Area, Yanqing Leisure Resort, Pinggu City, Miyun Gubei Water Town and other places have high bookings.

　　Based on the current situation of epidemic prevention and control, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism reminds tourists that while enjoying holidays, they should always keep in mind the epidemic prevention and control, pay close attention to the domestic epidemic dynamics and changes in medium and high-risk areas, and do not travel to medium and high-risk areas; Know the prevention and control policies of departure and destination in advance; Understand and inquire about measures such as ticket reservation and passenger flow restriction in tourist attractions in advance; During the trip, consciously abide by the local epidemic prevention and control regulations such as wearing masks, washing hands frequently, gathering less, ventilating frequently, taking temperature and checking health codes, and keep social distance from other tourists to avoid gathering; When you have symptoms such as cold and fever, you should stop sightseeing and seek medical advice in time.

CCTV News:Recently, as various macro policies have exerted remarkable effects and positive factors have accumulated, we are confident that we will continue to promote economic recovery and achieve the expected goal of economic growth this year. Below, let’s take stock of what are the new highlights in many fields.

Ministry of Commerce: In the first quarter of this year, consumption grew steadily, demand was booming and there were many bright spots.

The State Council Press Office held a press conference on April 19th, and the relevant person in charge of the Ministry of Commerce introduced that consumption increased steadily in the first quarter, with strong demand and many bright spots.

The steady growth is mainly reflected in bulk consumption, automobiles, home appliances, home appliances and other commodity categories. In the first quarter, the sales volume of new cars was 6.72 million, up 10.6% year-on-year, among which new energy vehicles increased by 31.8% year-on-year. The retail sales of household appliances above designated size increased by 5.8% year-on-year, and the growth rate was 1.1 percentage points higher than the total social zero. The performance of building materials is even brighter. The growth rate of retail sales turned from negative to positive, which was -7.8% at the end of 2023. After the first quarter, the growth rate turned positive to 2.4%.

The strong demand is mainly reflected in service consumption. In the first quarter, the retail sales of services increased by 10.0% year-on-year, and the growth rate was 6 percentage points higher than the retail sales of goods. The per capita service consumption expenditure of residents increased by 12.7% year-on-year, accounting for 43.3% of the per capita consumption expenditure. The national catering revenue was 1.34 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 10.8%.

Most of the highlights are mainly reflected in new consumption. In the first quarter, the national online retail sales reached 3.3 trillion yuan, up 12.4% year-on-year, and the online retail sales of physical goods reached 2.8 trillion yuan, up 11.6%, accounting for 23.3% of the total social output. The concept of green consumption has been deeply rooted in people’s hearts, and the sales of green organic food in retail enterprises have increased by about 14% year-on-year.

In the first quarter of this year, the delivery business volume of China’s postal industry increased by more than 20% year-on-year

On April 19th, the State Post Bureau released the operation data of the postal industry in the first quarter, and the delivery business increased by over 20% year-on-year. The overall operation of the industry started well, showing a good trend of steady progress and steady progress.

Data show that in the first quarter, China’s postal industry delivered a total of 41.73 billion pieces, up 22.1% year-on-year. Among them, the express delivery business totaled 37.11 billion pieces, a year-on-year increase of 25.2%.

In the first quarter, the business income of the postal industry totaled 394.37 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 10.7%. Among them, the revenue from express delivery business totaled 311.69 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 17.4%.

In the first quarter, postal express delivery enterprises actively supported the promotion activities of e-commerce platform, met the needs of the masses for holiday delivery, focused on the fields of seasonal fresh food and online red tide products, and provided customized solutions for products such as spring tea and flowers and trees to promote the continuous growth of business scale.

China Securities Regulatory Commission: Public Offering of Fund’s transaction cost management regulations will be implemented on July 1.

On April 19th, China Securities Regulatory Commission formulated and issued the Regulations on the Management of Securities Transaction Costs of Public Offering of Securities Investment Funds (hereinafter referred to as the Regulations). The Regulations came into effect on July 1, 2024.

There are four main contents in the Regulations, including lowering the commission rate of fund stock trading, lowering the upper limit of the proportion of fund managers’ securities trading commissions, comprehensively strengthening the relevant compliance and internal control requirements of fund managers and securities companies, and clarifying the disclosure contents and requirements of fund managers’ trading commission information.

The General Administration of Market Supervision approved the issuance of a number of national standards.

The reporter learned on April 19 that the General Administration of Market Supervision (National Standards Committee) approved the release of a number of national standards, covering production and life, green sustainability and other fields.

The two national standards of intelligent networked vehicle operation safety test can promote the improvement of intelligent networked vehicle operation safety level, support the safe passage of intelligent networked vehicle on the road and public test road management, and lead the formulation of intelligent networked vehicle operation safety test standard system.

The national standard of artificial intelligence machine learning system can promote the development of artificial intelligence system with machine learning as the core, and guide the practice of artificial intelligence in various industries and the functional verification of machine learning related products.

The national standard of green product evaluation logistics turnover box puts forward evaluation index requirements and encouraging requirements from three aspects of resources, environment and quality, leading the green upgrade of logistics turnover box products.

Two national standards, biological sibling relationship and forensic individual identification technology, set a unified DNA identification and evaluation criterion for sibling relationship identification and forensic biological sample identification in judicial practice, which improved the accuracy and scientificity of forensic identification activities.

China’s largest freight train runs

On the morning of April 20th, a freight heavy-haul train with a total length of over 4 kilometers and a load of 30,000 tons will be transported from the second largest passage of China’s "West Coal to East" — — The Shuohuang Railway departs from Suning North Station and is expected to arrive at Huanghua Port Station after more than three hours of transportation. This is the heavy-haul train with the longest railway formation and the largest load in China. After successful operation, it will play an important role in improving China’s coal transportation capacity and exploring the frontier level of heavy-haul technology. Heavy-haul railway is actually a railway with heavy trains, large volume and long distance, which is mainly used for the transportation of large-scale raw materials and goods.

The screening program for high-risk population of cardiovascular disease has covered 31 provinces.

The reporter learned from the National Cardiovascular Center on April 19 that under the guidance of the Ministry of Finance and the National Health and Wellness Commission, the central government has transferred funds to local public health service projects, and the early screening and comprehensive intervention projects for high-risk groups of cardiovascular diseases have covered 31 provinces.

Up to now, the early screening and comprehensive intervention project for high-risk groups of cardiovascular diseases has screened more than 5.247 million community residents, detected 1.464 million high-risk objects of cardiovascular diseases, and completed 4.657 million follow-up visits for risk monitoring and intervention, fully grasping the distribution characteristics and prevention and control status of cardiovascular diseases. At the same time, the project carried out a survey on the service capacity and quality of more than 3,600 primary medical and health institutions covering 31 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) and Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps.

Hu Shengshou, director of the National Cardiovascular Center and head of the early screening and comprehensive intervention project for high-risk groups of cardiovascular diseases, said: "The exploration of this model and technology will really shift cardiovascular diseases from treatment-oriented to prevention-oriented in the future, and implement it at the grassroots level, which will have a very important impact."

Ministry of Education: The pilot work of basic subject education and teaching reform has been pushed forward in an all-round way

On April 19th, the Ministry of Education deployed the "101 Plan", which is a pilot project of basic subject education and teaching reform, and promoted the undergraduate education and teaching mode from "knowledge-oriented" to "ability-oriented". At present, it has been fully promoted in nine fields, including computer, mathematics and physics.

According to reports, the pilot reform of basic subject education and teaching is a fundamental project to cultivate top-notch innovative talents. The key task is to build a number of first-class core courses with high order, innovation and challenge, a number of first-class core textbooks reflecting the international academic frontier and with China characteristics, a first-class teacher team and a number of first-class practical projects integrating science and education, production and education. In December 2021, the pilot work was first started in the computer field.

Zhou Tianhua, director of the Higher Education Department of the Ministry of Education, said: "The basis of computer language is a binary number consisting of 0 and 1, so we use ‘ 101’ To name this plan, I mainly want to create first-class educational elements. "

At present, the pilot work has been carried out in nine basic disciplines, including computer, mathematics, physics, chemistry, biological sciences, basic medicine, Chinese medicine, economics and philosophy.

Lin Yifu, the leader of the "101 Plan" in the field of economics and a professor from Peking University, said: "We design courses and textbooks in each field based on the independent knowledge system and the needs of national development to determine experimental projects and train teachers."

National Energy Administration: The new version of Power Supply Business Rules will be implemented on June 1.

The reporter learned from the National Energy Administration on April 20 that a new version of the Power Supply Business Rules (hereinafter referred to as the Rules) will be implemented in China from June 1. This is also the first time that the Rules have been revised since their implementation in 1996 for 28 years.

According to reports, the "Power Supply Business Rules" is an important supporting regulation of China’s "Electricity Law", and its main content covers all aspects of power supply business activities. This revision highlights the optimization of the business environment and the protection of the rights and interests of the people. In the revision of the Rules, new clauses emphasize that users’ obligations should not be increased without authorization, and users’ rights should not be impaired. At the same time, relevant clauses should be adjusted and improved. For example, after the causes of power failure or power limitation are eliminated, the power supply recovery time will be reduced from three days to one day, so as to fully safeguard the people’s energy demand for a better life.

Song Hongkun, deputy director of the National Energy Administration, said: "In the revision of the Rules, we focused on key issues such as contract management, liability for breach of contract, liability for tort, etc., redefined the rights and obligations, and put the old version in many places ‘ Power supply enterprise regulations ’ Revised as ‘ Both parties agree that ’ It fully reflects the equal dominant position of power supply enterprises and power users in power supply and consumption activities. "

At present, there are about 3,000 power supply enterprises and 700 million power users in China. With the deepening of the power system reform, the old version of the Rules has been difficult to adapt to and meet the requirements of the new situation and new development. The new version of the Rules has further improved and improved the laws and regulations system in the field of power supply and consumption, which will have a far-reaching impact on the power supply activities of power supply enterprises and power users.

The Central Network Information Office and other three departments have further promoted the deployment and application of IPv6.

The reporter learned from the Central Network Information Office on April 19th that the Central Network Information Office, the National Development and Reform Commission and the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology jointly issued the Work Arrangement for Deepening the Deployment and Application of IPv6 in 2024.

It is proposed that by the end of 2024, the number of IPv6 active users will reach 800 million, the number of IPv6 connections in the Internet of Things will reach 650 million, the fixed network IPv6 traffic will account for 23%, and the mobile network IPv6 traffic will account for 65%. IPv6 network performance has been significantly improved, and the use experience has been significantly improved. The IPv6 standard system has been continuously improved, and 50 national standards for IPv6 have been established.

China (Guangxi) Pilot Free Trade Zone Nanning Area Collaborative Development Zone was officially unveiled.

On April 19th, the China (Guangxi) Pilot Free Trade Zone was officially unveiled. At the end of 2023, the People’s Government of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region officially approved the establishment of China (Guangxi) Pilot Free Trade Zone in Nanning, Qinzhou, Chongzuo, Beihai and Fangchenggang. Among them, the first batch of coordinated development zones in Nanning area covers an area of about 70.2 square kilometers, covering three areas: Nanning Airport Economic Demonstration Zone, Nanning East New City and Nanning Yongning Emerging Industrial Park.

In the first quarter of this year, Xizang received more than 4.22 million domestic and foreign tourists.

In the first quarter of this year, Xizang’s tourism market achieved rapid growth, receiving more than 4.22 million domestic and foreign tourists, a year-on-year increase of 65.2%; The total tourism revenue exceeded 3.8 billion yuan, up 89.6% year-on-year.

In recent years, the category of mala Tang in China has developed rapidly, forming a competitive pattern of Yang Guofu Mala Tang and Sean Mala Tang, and it was once difficult for middle-waist brands to break through.

However, with the gradual rise of Sichuan-style mala Tang brand featuring dry mixing and dish-plate, the competitive pattern of mala Tang category is changing.

In 2022, the scale of mala Tang market will be about 130 billion yuan.

Thanks to the category advantages of "rich ingredients and high cost performance", even during the epidemic period, the market scale of Mala Tang is further expanding.

1. The scale of mala Tang market is expected to continue to rise in 2023.

According to red meal big data, the market size of mala Tang in China increased from about 96.8 billion yuan in 2016 to about 130.6 billion yuan in 2019. Affected by the epidemic, the national mala Tang market shrank to 114.2 billion yuan in 2020, but rebounded to 129.1 billion yuan in 2021, with a year-on-year growth rate of 13.0%.

Affected by the epidemic, the growth rate of the national mala Tang market slowed down in 2022, and the market size was about 130 billion yuan. With the optimization of epidemic prevention and control measures, the scale of the national mala Tang market is expected to maintain an upward trend in 2023.

2. Mala Tang takeaway market accounts for over 30%.

The market scale of mala Tang in China has maintained a positive growth during the epidemic period, which has a lot to do with the expansion of the take-away market. Because of its rich ingredients and affordable price, Mala Tang has always been an important part of snack fast food track.

During the epidemic period, due to the limited food in the dining hall, snacks and fast food categories suitable for take-out were relatively less affected, such as mala Tang. According to red meal big data, the scale of the national mala Tang takeaway market has rapidly increased from about 5.5 billion yuan in 2016 to 43.8 billion yuan in 2021, with a compound annual growth rate of 51.4%, and reached 45 billion yuan in 2022, accounting for about 35% of the overall market size of mala Tang.

At the same time, the topic of Mala Tang in 2022 is also heating up. Tik Tok index shows that from January 2022 to March 2023, the Tik Tok index of Mala Tang is on the rise, which may reflect that consumers are paying more attention to Mala Tang to some extent.

Dry-mixed, plate-by-plate hot spicy dip emerged.

1. The degree of chain is high, and the characteristics of category pyramid are obvious.

Because the category of mala Tang is easy to achieve standardization, its scale effect is obvious. According to the big data of Red Meal, the restaurant chain rate in the national mala Tang market is about 23% in 2021, which is higher than the restaurant chain rate of about 15% in China catering market in the same year. At the same time, in 2023, the average urban occupancy rate of mala Tang category (the average urban occupancy rate of all brands in this category) was 5.8%, which was higher than that of popular categories such as tea (5.5%) and lo mei (4.9%), and it was in the leading position in the catering industry.

To sum up, mala Tang is a category that has a greater chance of running out of the "10,000-store scale" in snack fast food track. This can be seen from the scale of stores of Mala Tang Head Brand. The number of stores of Yang Guofu Mala Tang and Sean Mala Tang both exceeds 5,000.

In addition, the market prospect of chain mala Tang brand is also broad. Nowadays, consumers have a strong demand for a safe and healthy diet, and brand mala Tang stores can just provide better protection in this respect.

Although the chain rate of mala Tang category is high and the market prospect is broad, there are not many mala Tang chain brands with brand appeal in the market at present. Except for Yang Guofu Mala Tang and Sean Mala Tang, there are no more than 1,000 stores in other brands.

The pyramid characteristics of mala Tang category are obvious, and the overall market is scattered. Under the two head brands are waist brands with 200~900 stores and numerous street mala Tang, which together form the "long tail" of the category.

In recent years, some mala Tang waist brands are also expanding, and the speed of opening stores has obviously accelerated. For example, Liu Wenxiang Mala Tang maintained a rapid growth trend during the epidemic period, with more than 400 new stores opened in more than nine months from June 2022 to now, and now the number of stores has reached more than 960, making it the Mala Tang brand with the largest number of stores after Sean and Yang Guofu.

The growth rate of sister Xiao Gu’s spicy-spicy-mixed and spicy-spicy stores is also relatively fast. In 2021 and 2022, more than 300 stores were added respectively, and the number of stores has reached 950 at present. Laojie called Pan Mala Tang a dark horse brand of mala Tang category. It was founded in Chengdu in 2020, with more than 300 new stores opened in 2021 and more than 600 new stores opened in 2022. Red meal big data shows that the brand currently has more than 920 stores.

Even though the number of stores of many brands is growing rapidly, on the whole, there are still few mala Tang brands with more than 500 stores. According to the big data of red meal, in the category of mala Tang in 2022, the proportion of brands with more than 500 stores was only 3.4%.

Over 70% of mala Tang brands have no more than 100 stores, and the proportion of brands with more than 100 stores has increased. It can be seen that the chain process of mala Tang category is accelerating.

The variety of SKUs and rich ingredients are the characteristics of mala Tang, but they are also the factors that limit the development of mala Tang. Too many SKUs make it difficult to centralize the supply chain and realize the scale development of the brand. Take Yang Guofu as an example, it has invested nearly 400 million yuan to set up a factory in Chengdu, Sichuan, and this kind of investment is difficult for small and medium-sized brands. Therefore, the supply chain has become the basic threshold for Mala Tang brand to achieve large-scale chain development.

2. The quality of mala Tang is popular, and brands have started to upgrade.

As a popular category of snacks and fast food, "rich in ingredients, delicious and affordable" was once the general cognition of many consumers for mala Tang. However, in recent years, consumers’ consumption demand for mala Tang has become more diverse.

According to the big data of red meals, among the consumption evaluation words of Mala Tang consumers, the frequency of "taste praise", "service enthusiasm", "fresh ingredients" and "healthy dishes" is higher, followed by "high cost performance" and "affordable". It can be seen that consumers’ attention to Mala Tang has gradually shifted from the price to the level of ingredients and experience, which puts forward higher requirements for the quality and service of ingredients in Mala Tang stores.

In order to meet the diverse needs of consumers, Mala Tang brands have been upgraded one after another, and the upgrade covers many aspects such as ingredients, store environment and brand tonality. For example, Sean Mala Tang opened a 1,500-square-meter Haxi flagship store in Harbin as early as 2021, and introduced seafood ingredients such as lobster and abalone into the store.

Yang Guofu once shouted the slogan of benchmarking Starbucks. In the prospectus, he admitted the need to upgrade and improve the Mala Tang restaurant and reshape the brand image. In addition, dear mala Tang, Mi Jie and other mala Tang brands are also promoting the upgrading of mala Tang quality.

In the future, more Mala Tang brands will choose to upgrade their food quality and store environment. However, it is worth noting that the brand that takes upgrading as a drainage gimmick is doomed to be short-lived. Only brands that provide ingredients and environmental experience that match high prices can be finally recognized by the market.

3. Sichuan-style dry-mixed mala Tang is popular, and dish mala Tang is emerging.

In recent years, Sichuan-style mala Tang, which is characterized by spicy, dry-mixed and dish-packed, has sprung up everywhere. Since the second half of 2021, various brands of "Pan Pan Mala Tang" have sprung up in many places across the country, and the number of stores representing brands has grown rapidly, which has attracted great attention. For example, Laojie called Pan Mala Tang quickly expanded its store in 2021-2022, and the spicy Pan Mala Tang, which was established in Chengdu in 2021, completed the A round of financing of 10 million yuan in March 2022.

At present, many first-line and new-line cities have seen the sight of "dish mala Tang". For example, Jin Zhangye Panpan Mala Tang in Shanghai has opened more than 10 local stores. Chengdu has developed more than 160 stores for cooking small baskets and plates of mala Tang. In addition, there are many brands such as Wen Lixin, Weigan Mala Tang in Beijing, Yan Xiaoman, who is in Chongqing, and Ducan Mala Tang in Chengdu. According to the enterprise survey data, in 2022, the number of new registrations of malatang-related enterprises in the country doubled compared with 2021.

Compared with Northeast Mala Tang, which is more common in the market, the difference of Sichuan Pan Pan Mala Tang is that the meal is dry mixed, the taste is mainly spicy, and the dishes are close to Sichuan hot pot ingredients, such as tribute dishes and crispy meat. Food is served on a large plate, served with hot pot and dry dishes, and usually braised snacks and desserts such as chicken feet, fat intestines and brain flowers are added. The per capita price is 30~50 yuan, which is slightly higher than the common northeast mala Tang restaurant.

Some insiders believe that one of the most important reasons why "Pan Pan Mala Tang" can get out of the circle quickly is that its plate bigger than the face has a high film output rate, which makes it widely spread on social media such as Xiaohongshu. In addition, "Pan Pan Mala Tang" has also stepped on the cusp of upgrading the mala Tang category.

Before this, "Mala Tang" was popular in the market. Although some brands focused on the product form of "Ma Spicy Mix", it was not popular on a large scale. Today’s "dish mala Tang" has been upgraded in all aspects, such as ingredients, taste, product form, dining environment and price, which can be described as an upgraded combination boxing.

Nowadays, under the leadership of dish-dish mala Tang, dry-mixed mala Tang has also entered the fast lane of development. For example, Sister Xiaogu’s store, which occupied this track earlier, is growing rapidly, adding more than 300 stores in 2021 and 2022 respectively.

Even the mala Tang head brand wants to catch up with this trend. For example, in July, 2022, Sean Mala Tang introduced super-dish Mala Tang, which was dipped and mixed in two modes, with two flavors: secret Sichuan flavor and strong and spicy compound taste. In August, 2022, Sean Mala Tang introduced a new variety of spicy and spicy mix, and its taste also focused on spicy red oil.

4. Topping, oil splashing, and surrounding the furnace, new species of mala Tang are frequent.

In addition to Sichuan-style hemp ironing, some varieties of mala Tang are gradually emerging, such as Thai mala Tang, stove mala Tang and topping mala Tang.

First, in recent years, Thai Mala Tang featuring Dongyin Gongtang and curry soup has been increasingly welcomed by consumers. Some representative brands have a good momentum of development, such as Super Thai Mala Tang, which opened more than 40 stores in 2022. According to Red Meal Big Data, as of March 2023, the number of its stores has reached more than 70, mainly distributed in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai.

At the same time, Yang Guofu also launched a Thai mala Tang brand in 2022, with its first store in Shanghai. According to Yang Guofu, Mola Mola is targeted at young men and women aged 18 ~ 35, and the per capita consumption price range is 35~50 yuan. At present, consumers’ evaluation of the store is mostly positive, and the scene of queuing for meals also happens from time to time in the store.

In the whole category of mala Tang, the taste of soup base is almost concentrated in two camps: spicy and not spicy. It remains to be seen whether Thai mala Tang can set off a wave in the future.

Secondly, with the popularity of "cooking tea around the stove" in the catering industry, the string of mala Tang, which was spread all over the stalls many years ago, began to rise again. After upgrading from the stall to the store, the environment of the store is relatively clean and hygienic. Some merchants also customize the taste of the bottom of the pot for customers, and one customer occupies a pot. Compared with eating hot ingredients directly, the string of mala Tang eaten around the stove has a stronger experience.

Thirdly, as a new species in the field of mala Tang, topping mala Tang has also begun to emerge. At the beginning of the new year in 2023, Tiger Mix, which focuses on "topping mala Tang", announced that it had won the investment of Angel Wheel.

Topped Mala Tang changed the traditional mode of eating vegetables and drinking soup, but provided a variety of toppings for consumers to choose from, and used toppings to match dishes, which enriched the diversity of Mala Tang. At the same time, the mode of separating toppings from dishes is more suitable for take-away scenes. At present, Tiger Mix has opened three stores in Chengdu.

In fact, the topping mala Tang is not the first of tiger mixing. Founded in 2019, Xiaowei topping mala Tang has been firmly established, with a variety of toppings such as signature duck blood tofu and milky fragrant corn. At present, it has opened more than 150 stores. The insiders believe that toppings are more suitable for rice noodles, and toppings with side dishes do not conform to most people’s eating habits. Therefore, whether toppings can go long-term remains to be verified by the market.

Fourthly, oil-spilled mala Tang is also a new force rising in recent years, which represents every taste and customer in Chongqing, and has now developed more than 100 stores in the local area. Every taste and every guest takes "oil spill" as the entrance to occupy the subdivided track, which is essentially an upgrade to Mala Tang. It mainly promotes a variety of oil-splashed mala Tang with different tastes and is eaten with rice. At the same time, its stores also provide a variety of dining forms such as mala Tang, dry mixed mala Tang and so on.

As entrepreneurs continue to try and innovate, there will be more new species of mala Tang in the catering industry. On the one hand, these new species will promote the prosperity of Mala Tang Raceway, on the other hand, it will also intensify the competitive situation of "big melee".

Food innovation makes up for shortcomings, and ocean development finds new ways.

1. Food innovation is one of the directions of evolution.

Throughout the mala Tang stores in the market, the types of dishes are very similar, and there are few differences in taste. Based on the rich dish genes of Mala Tang, it is an innovation for all kinds of raw materials of Mala Tang, or one of the evolutionary directions of Mala Tang categories.

Whether focusing on a certain ingredient and focusing on it, or upgrading the existing dishes and integrating the characteristics of local snacks, it is an innovative attempt for dishes and an important strategy to achieve differentiation.

2. Overseas market has become a new growth point of mala Tang category.

In recent years, mala Tang has also received more attention in overseas markets. In the future, it also has some room for growth in foreign markets. According to the Jost Sullivan report, the international Chinese catering market has begun to recover in 2022, and it is expected to increase from $261.1 billion in 2021 to $409.8 billion in 2026, with a compound annual growth rate of 9.4%.

Both Sean Mala Tang and Yang Guofu Mala Tang have begun to lay out overseas markets to seek incremental growth. According to the news announced by Sean Mala Tang official WeChat official account, Sean Mala Tang officially laid out overseas markets in 2019. By February 2023, nearly 50 boutique stores had been built in 30 cities in 10 countries around the world.

In 2023, Sean will continue to vigorously explore overseas markets. Yang Guofu also said in an interview that by 2025, there will be 9,000 domestic stores and 1,000 overseas stores.

Generally speaking, the number and scale of stores in Yang Guofu Mala Tang and Sean Mala Tang have almost touched the ceiling of market capacity, and the opportunity for latecomers is not to follow and learn, but to upgrade and innovate. In this catch-up process, brands with strong supply chain management capabilities have a greater chance to take the lead in breaking through.

(Contributed by: Red Meal Brand Research Institute, with pictures provided by enterprises and posted by Yangguang.com)