CCTV News:In the first quarter of this year, the total import and export value of China’s goods trade reached 9.89 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 4.8%. The import and export of foreign trade improved month by month and achieved a good start. The accumulated new advantages and the sustained growth of new kinetic energy have also made the foreign trade industry draw more surprising trajectories.

　　Starting today (April 20th), we will launch a series of reports on "New Routes of Foreign Trade", so as to follow the pace of foreign trade, embark on "new routes" and explore more possibilities along new directions. Today, first of all, focus on the "new three" products with outstanding export performance: electric manned vehicles, lithium batteries and solar cells in new energy vehicles.

　　At noon, at the Haitong Wharf outside Shanghai, a car ro-ro ship slowly berthed, and one new energy vehicle sailed on board one after another, which was about to be sent to Thailand.

　　Zhong Xiaogang, head of customs affairs at BYD:There are two deliveries this week, and tomorrow we will also send 900 cars from here to Australia.

　　CCTV reporter lin li:This is a car yard about two kilometers away from the dock, and most of the exported cars will come here three to five days in advance. Just now, the staff made a simple calculation for me. At present, there are more than 10,000 cars waiting for export every day, of which about 40% are new energy vehicles.

　　Xie Xiaoqing, Director of SAIC International Purchasing Department:The growth rate of new energy (export) is still relatively large. In 2022, the proportion of new energy should be around 16%, and it may increase to nearly 25% in 2023.

　　Also hot is the export of lithium batteries. In a battery enterprise in Taizhou, Jiangsu Province, a batch of lithium batteries are being packaged and will be sent to South Africa soon. The person in charge of the enterprise told the reporter that this year, overseas customers’ demand for household energy storage has further increased, so they have added a production line for lithium batteries.

　　Wang Shuai, Manager of Delivery Department of Lithium Battery Product Line of Shuangdeng Group Co., Ltd.:This year, our household energy storage output has gradually reached expectations, and the output has increased by more than 60% compared with the same period last year.

　　It is understood that clothing, furniture and household appliances were once called the "old three" in the foreign trade industry to promote export growth; Nowadays, while the "old three kinds" industries are constantly upgrading, the "new three kinds" have also sprung up: electric manned vehicles, lithium batteries and solar cells in new energy vehicles have further enhanced the driving force for exports. According to customs statistics, in the first quarter of this year, the total export of "new three products" increased by 66.9%, with a year-on-year increase of more than 100 billion yuan, which increased the overall export growth rate by 2 percentage points.

　　Li Jirong, Deputy Director of Statistics and Analysis Department of Shanghai Customs:Our country has also made good use of the advantage that the traditional manufacturing industry chain is relatively close and the supporting facilities are relatively complete, and has quickly achieved very good advantages in the new three industries. In the first quarter of this year, the export of electric manned vehicles in Shanghai more than doubled year-on-year, the export of lithium-ion batteries increased by more than 200%, and the export of solar batteries also increased by 57%.

　　The market is concerned about the recovery of offline retail.

　　The long-lost () recently attracted great attention from the market because of a cooperation news.

　　On May 8, Yonghui Supermarket’s share price went up by a daily limit, closing at 2.62 yuan that day, with a total market value of 23.7 billion. However, one day later, at the close of May 9, its share price fell back to 2.55 yuan/share, down 2.67%.

　　In the news, on May 7th, Yu Donglai, the chairman of Fat Donglai, appeared in Yonghui Supermarket in Zhengzhou, Henan Province. At the closed meeting after this visit, Yu Donglai made a decision and started to help and reform Yonghui Supermarket.

　　In this regard, the relevant person of Yonghui Supermarket told 21st century business herald that "we are learning from Fat East now, and the company will put performance first, so it is not convenient to disclose the progress of assistance".

　　As two major supermarket brands born out of low-tier cities, Yonghui and Pangdonglai have similar growth genes. However, when Yonghui made great strides in the first-tier market in the past two decades, Pangdonglai chose to deepen the Henan market and became popular on social networks with high cost performance and "meticulous service" last year. This cooperation between the two has once again strengthened the market’s expectation for the recovery of offline retail.

　　Zhu Danpeng, a senior researcher at China Food Industry Research Institute, said in an interview with 21st century business herald that the offline retail consumer market in China has entered a diversified and multi-level node, and the market must use multiple formats to meet and match the core needs and demands of consumers. "Some people talk about cost performance, some talk about quality and price ratio, some talk about brand tonality, some talk about differentiation, and some talk about high quality." Zhu Danpeng said that the advantage of Fat East is actually an extension of the "five-plus strategy" of multi-brand, multi-category, multi-scene, multi-channel and multi-consumer groups, which can better meet the diverse needs of Chinese people. Help Yonghui Supermarket and BBK

　　21st century business herald reporter learned that the two start-up stores of Fat Donglai are Yonghui Supermarket Hanhai Beijindian Store and Xinxiang Baolong Plaza Store, and the renovation work is expected to start at the beginning of June and the end of June respectively. In the process of helping the reform, the team from Fat Donglai will be responsible for leading the management work, and Yonghui Supermarket will also set up a special "Yonghui Supermarket Reform Team" to cooperate with and support the smooth progress of the whole reform work.

　　In terms of specific transformation measures, referring to the previous adjustment and reform of BBK by Fat Donglai, it mainly involves three aspects: adjusting the layout of stores to provide more convenient and smoother shopping routes; Adjust commodities to provide first-line brand commodities with better quality and more reasonable price; Improve the treatment of employees and stimulate their heartfelt sense of service.

　　According to relevant media reports, for the adjustment and reform of Yonghui, first, in terms of merchandise in the store, we will comprehensively refer to the commodity structure of Pangdonglai, focusing on Yonghui’s existing supply chain system, with Pangdonglai as a structural supplement to greatly improve the quality of goods. Second, it will improve the salary of Yonghui-related store employees and shorten working hours.

　　The adjustment and reform will focus on the team management of Pangdonglai, with Guan Na, the general manager of Pangdonglai Supermarket, and Wang Ming, the general manager of Pangdonglai Xinxiang as the two places. Zhang Xuansong, the chairman of Yonghui Supermarket, is located in Zhengzhou, and transferred the national elite to form the "Yonghui Supermarket Adjustment and Reform Team" to cooperate with the on-site adjustment and reform.

　　However, it is worth noting that it seems more realistic to interpret the cooperation between the two companies as "mutual benefit" than the outside world’s belief that Fat Donglai unilaterally "helped" Yonghui Supermarket. As Yonghui Supermarket, which is known for its advantages in supply chain, it is natural to make up for its own shortcomings in store design and operators while its business situation is improving.

　　According to the report of Yonghui Supermarket in the first quarter of 2024, in the first quarter of 2024, Yonghui achieved an operating income of 21.665 billion yuan, an increase of 30.87% from the fourth quarter of 2023; The net profit of returning to the mother reached 736 million yuan, a year-on-year increase of 4.57%; The net profit of returning to the mother after deduction was 599 million yuan; The weighted average return on equity reached 11.68%, an increase of 2.58 percentage points. In 2023, Yonghui achieved a revenue of 78.642 billion yuan last year, a year-on-year decrease in net profit attributable to its mother of 1.434 billion yuan, and a cash flow from operating activities of 4.569 billion yuan.

　　In fact, this is not the first time that Fat Donglai has replicated and promoted his own business model.

　　From March 31st to April 2nd this year, at the invitation of Wang Tian, the founder of BBK, Yu Donglai led a senior management team to Hunan to start the adjustment and rectification of BBK. As the first modified store, BBK Meixihu Store has made a comprehensive adjustment from the aspects of store layout, product structure, quality and price, environment and personnel service.

　　According to public information, before the reform, the store had an average daily sales of about 150,000 yuan and an average daily passenger flow of 2,000 people. On the first day of the reform, the sales reached 210,000 yuan and the passenger flow reached 4,200. On April 20th and 21st, the store’s sales exceeded 1.42 million yuan for two consecutive days. On the first day of the May Day holiday, the store sales reached 2.4 million yuan, and the sales passenger flow reached 17,700.

　　In addition to BBK after the "explosive reform", there are all kinds of self-owned brand products from Fat East to attract consumers to the store. According to Cailian News Agency, on April 11th, online celebrity’s "Big Moon Cake" was sold out soon after the sale. On April 12th, Fat Donglai’s own brand products, such as DL brewed wheat beer, DL fruit juice and DL free-love liquor, were put on the shelves one after another, and were also quickly snapped up. "Fat East" mode

　　Pang Donglai was once called "the existence of China retail industry" by Lei Jun.

　　According to public information, Pangdonglai Trading Group Co., Ltd. was established in 1997, and has never carried out large-scale chain expansion. Due to years of deep cultivation of services and products, and not excessive pursuit of scale exaggeration, Pangdonglai has become a representative of the supermarket industry. At present, its stores are only opened in Xinxiang and Xuchang.

　　However, at the moment when physical retail is facing difficulties, Fat Donglai is living very well. According to Yu Donglai’s introduction, Fat Donglai’s revenue in 2023 is estimated to exceed 10 billion, with a tax revenue of 300 million to 400 million and a profit of 300 million to 400 million.

　　Previously, when asked why he didn’t open a shop in Zhengzhou, Yu Donglai explained that compared with Xuchang, Zhengzhou’s store cost and employee benefits were much higher, so it was not suitable for copying.

　　Regarding the question of "can’t leave Henan", he also responded in an interview: "Fat Donglai wants to be an example and let more people learn, not how many companies he wants to be, and he has not left the concept of Henan."

　　In fact, the "password" of Fat Donglai, which lasted for many years and became popular on the Internet in the near future, is also hidden in the refined service and warm corporate culture.

　　Previously, because of service problems, the management staff of Fat Donglai were all demoted for three months, and they came to apologize for customers with gifts and 500 yuan Service Complaint Award.

　　But at the same time, Fat Donglai is also very protective of employees. It stipulates that customers’ rights and interests can be fed back through complaint channels, but they can’t yell at employees at the scene. This is a serious act that hurts personality and dignity. Where is the offline retail going?

　　In fact, in the eyes of the industry, the capital market’s violent reaction to Fat Donglai’s help to Yonghui Supermarket, in addition to individual stock factors, implies more expectations for the supermarket format to get out of the current predicament.

　　Previously, Shanghai Chengchao’s parent company "Shanghai City Supermarket Co., Ltd.", which had been deeply cultivated in Shanghai for more than 20 years, suddenly announced its closure. According to the "Notice" issued by Shanghai City Supermarket, the operation of Shanghai City Supermarket has been difficult in recent years, and it is still difficult to continue despite various self-help measures. Therefore, it was decided to dissolve and stop the operation of all stores in Shanghai City Supermarket from April 16, 2024.

　　Shanghai City Supermarket, established in 1995, deals in local delicacies all over the world, more than 80% of which are imported goods. It was once one of the largest imported food and daily necessities supermarkets in Shanghai and even the Yangtze River Delta. Due to the focus on high-end imported boutique supermarkets, Shanghai City Supermarket’s stores in Shanghai, such as Shangcheng Store, Jinqiao Store, Lianyang Store and Tianshan Store, are all located in the traditional "high-end residential area".

　　However, in today’s developed e-commerce, the high-input mode of selling imported goods has not helped Shanghai Chengchao to form a differentiated advantage, but has led to unprecedented difficulties in its operation.

　　According to an interview with its founder Cui Yixiong in 2016, Shanghai Chengchao has more than 20,000 products, of which more than 8,000 products are directly purchased from abroad, and its sales account for more than 60% of the total sales. In order to ensure the quality, Shanghai Chengchao has set up direct agricultural bases in Pujiang, Maqiao, Huacao and Huating, Hainan and Yunnan in Shanghai since 1997, and even the employees, feed and seeds used in them are directly controlled by the company. In addition, the company has established direct production bases and logistics.

　　A consumer said that the earliest contact with imported food began in Shanghai city supermarket. Although the price was a bit high, the product quality was not bad. "Later, imported food was available everywhere, so I wouldn’t go to the city supermarket specially."

　　The closure of Shanghai city supermarkets is not a case. According to incomplete statistics, in the first quarter of 2024, at least 31 supermarket brands and more than 140 stores in China closed down, involving well-known brands such as Wal-Mart, RT Mart, Yonghui, Wumei, over the rainbow Supermarket, Boxma Xiansheng and CP Lotus. Among them, there are also some first stores in cities or regions, such as the first store of Wal-Mart in Nanjing, the first store of Yonghui in China, the first store of Fuzhou Pingxi, and the first store of Zhuji in wu mart.

　　Pei Liang, president of China Chain Store & Franchise Association, pointed out to 21st century business herald that the core reason why offline supermarkets in China are in trouble at present is that the production end and brand end of China are too strong, and the client is slightly weak.

　　"China is the largest production base of FMCG in the world, and brands have very rich choices in channels. They can sell their products through e-commerce platforms and other channels. Retailers in Europe and the United States are very strong, occupying a great voice in the channel, so its dominant market position can ensure that it takes the initiative in the development and sales of its own brands, but this is particularly difficult in China. This is determined by the different national conditions and environments of the two places. " Yan Liang said.

Yet we called and urged a thousand times before she started toward us! The second model of Xiaomi Auto, YU7 (pronounced Y-U-7), was officially announced, positioning a pure electric SUV, and it is expected to be officially launched to the market during June and July 2025.

The body size of YU7 is 4999mm long, 1996mm wide and 1600mm high, with a wheelbase of 3000 mm.. The styling design continues the SU7 style, especially the details such as the front contour, headlights and taillights, which are the "family" characteristics of Xiaomi.

According to the application information, YU7 will be adopted. The peak power of the front and rear motors is 220kW and 288kW respectively, and the top speed is as high as 253km/h with Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited.

Tyre size has two options, the basic version is 245/55 R19 and then 245/50 R20, and the front rim is small and then large. Optional upgraded version of the front 245/45 R21 and rear 275/40 R21 specifications, the rim size is the same, but the front is narrow and the rear is wide, which is a typical sports orientation. The brake disc is perforated and ventilated, and the front wheel is equipped with Brembo four-piston calipers.

Combined with the official map and some information previously exposed, we can see the detailed design adjustment and partial configuration of YU7. Comprises a headlight without a lampshade design, and the upper part is changed into a hollow air inlet; Unique black layered wheel arch; Full-coverage front cover and hidden inner button door handle, etc., these details are "heart to heart" with Ferrari.

The black bump on the lower edge of the front windshield may be integrated with a wrap-around HUD. Previously, a test car was photographed with a similar configuration. There is a camera on the B-pillar, which is likely to be a smart driving sensor, or the supporting face will be unlocked.

Lei Jun said that the reason why it will not be listed until the middle of next year is because a lot of road tests are still needed. After the appearance is announced, the body camouflage can be removed, making the test more comprehensive and detailed.

During the first half of next year, it is very likely that Tesla’s new version of Huan will be officially launched, when the two cars will face direct competition. Do you think Xiaomi’s new car sales can surpass Tesla’s? How much will you start pricing this car? Leave your opinion in the comments section.

Writing is the foundation of civilization and an important symbol of human civilization. Chinese characters are the most important carrier to record and inherit Chinese culture, and they are the cultural ties to build the Chinese nation’s sense of community, which invisibly influences and shapes the Chinese nation’s ideas.

Chinese characters record Chinese culture.

Characters are symbols of recording languages. Oracle Bone Inscriptions, the Shang Dynasty, is the earliest systematic and mature script in China, and has been able to record Chinese completely. As an original script, before Oracle Bone Inscriptions, Chinese characters had a long development process. Academic circles have been concerned about the formation and development of Chinese characters. When did Chinese characters finally form a system that can completely record the language? Meng Weizhi thought it was early summer, while Qiu Xigui thought it was the time of Xia and Shang Dynasties. The theory of "one series of three generations of characters" should be credible. Huang Dekuan once advocated that the characters in the late Shang Dynasty should be taken as a reliable starting point, and traced back to the early period, so as to make a reasonable speculation on the whole Chinese characters in the Shang Dynasty. This change from known to unknown is indeed a possible path to explore the formation and development of early Chinese characters.

The formation and development of Chinese characters are of great significance and must be explored in depth. According to the literature, "Cang Xie wrote a book, but it rained heavily, and ghosts cried at night" ("Huai Nan Zi Ben Jing Xun"). As for whether Cang Xie, the historian of the Yellow Emperor, created Chinese characters, we don’t need to delve into it, but the emergence of Chinese characters is indeed an earth-shattering and weeping feat. Chinese characters are super-epochal, which can cross the time barrier, record the long history of the Chinese nation and bear the civilization of the Chinese nation for 5,000 years. Chinese characters are super-regional, which can cross spatial boundaries and maintain information communication in different dialect areas of ethnic families, and people living in different regions can communicate smoothly.

"Thousands of years in ancient and modern times, tens of thousands of miles." Chinese characters break through the limitation of time and space and completely record and inherit Chinese culture. In front of countless Chinese sons and daughters, she is undoubtedly a long bond, firmly casting the Chinese nation community.

Chinese characters contain cultural mysteries.

"Every painting is learned." Observing each Chinese character statically, its glyph itself accumulates the profound mystery of Chinese culture. "The single body is a text, and the combination is a word." "Wen" is a single character, and the glyph itself cannot be divided; "Zi" is a combined character, and the glyph can be subdivided. Therefore, the word "Wen" can only be said, but the word "Zi" can be interpreted, and the name "Shuo Wen Jie Zi" is sincere. Xu Shen, known as "the ancestor of literate Sect", has long understood the mystery of "writing".

The older the Chinese characters, especially the pre-Qin characters such as Oracle Bone Inscriptions and Jinwen, the stronger their pictographic or ideographic elements, so they contain more cultural information of the word-making era. For example, the word "rainbow" of a rainbow is shaped like a [~ symbol ~] in Oracle Bone Inscriptions, which looks like two big worms winding down before and after. This is in line with the legend that the rainbow has two songs and can drink the water from rivers. It is recorded in Oracle Bone Inscriptions that "a rainbow comes from the north and drinks in the river" (Oracle Bone Inscriptions Collection 10405), to the effect that a rainbow comes out from the north and drinks in the river. The ancients could not give a scientific explanation for the natural phenomenon of rainbow in the sky, so they imagined it as a bug drinking water in a river. Later, the glyph evolved into a combined Chinese character. In Shuowen, it is a knowing word from insects to Shen (electricity), but most of the time it is a knowing word from insects, that is, the "rainbow" that is still in use today. However, in the silk script, there was once a glyph from the sound of rain workers. No matter from "Shen (electricity)" or "rain", it shows that the ancients have realized the relationship between rainbow and rain.

In fact, every Chinese character is a vivid existence of China culture. Through the typical Chinese character configuration related to human body, animals and plants, we can perceive the colorful world; Through the typical Chinese character configuration related to clothing, diet and living room, we can understand people’s basic necessities of life. Through the typical Chinese character configurations related to sacrifice, war and marriage, we can know people’s manners and customs. Through the typical Chinese character configuration related to national territory, land and clan, we can feel the feelings of Chinese sons and daughters about home and country.

The evolution of Chinese characters witnessed the cultural inheritance.

It is even more magical to observe Chinese characters dynamically. In the era of Oracle Bone Inscriptions, Chinese characters have entered a mature stage. Then, it went through bronze inscriptions, bamboo slips and silk books, seal characters and currency characters. From seal script to official script, from official script to official script, until today, simplified Chinese characters have been followed for thousands of years. In the meantime, although the form of Chinese characters has been constantly changing, its basic system has always been maintained, and its evolution can be clearly found.

Most of Oracle Bone Inscriptions in Shang Dynasty carved with a knife, and a few wrote with a brush. It is time-consuming and laborious to carve words on Oracle bones, so it is necessary to change the circle into a square, to fill in the outline, and to change the thick pen into a fine pen. The difference between writing carrier and tools will have a great influence on the font. In order to facilitate writing communication, Oracle Bone Inscriptions has been simplified. During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the characters were abnormal, the vulgar style was popular, and the simplification was prominent, which was a reflection of the great changes in economy, politics and culture at that time. The change of seal script into official script is the most important change in the evolution of Chinese characters. It makes Chinese characters change from characters that need to be drawn with the body into simple characters composed of straight strokes, which greatly improves the writing speed and contributes to cultural communication.

Chinese character recording language contains culture, and each glyph has its own times. "One word is a cultural history." Rich cultural connotation indicates that every Chinese character is a treasure that needs our efforts to develop. Strengthening the interpretation of Chinese characters, digging deep into the historical, ideological and cultural connotation behind Chinese characters, and refining and displaying the essence of Chinese excellent traditional culture are not only the inevitable requirements for inheriting and developing Chinese excellent traditional culture, but also the proper meaning for enhancing the vitality and influence of Chinese culture. (Author: Qi Hangfu, deputy director of Chinese Character Civilization Center of Zhengzhou University)