CCTV News:Among medical workers, there is such a special and important group, that is, interventional doctors called "lead-clad people". In the interventional department, almost all operations should be completed under the guidance of X-rays. In order to prevent the damage caused by radiation, they have to wear a set of lead protective clothing weighing more than 20 kilograms during the whole operation. Today we will follow the reporter’s camera and approach this group together.

　　Wu Anle, Director of Interventional Diagnosis and Treatment Center of Ningbo First Hospital, Zhejiang Province:This lead coat weighs about 20 Jin, which used to be heavier. Now it is made of better material and much lighter. This is a lead apron and this is a lead coat. Do a good job of protection.

　　After wearing lead clothes and cleaning hands, Wu Anle walked into the operating room at two o’clock in the afternoon. A patient with liver cancer needs interventional therapy.

　　Wu Anle told reporters that he had about 40 surgeries every month, and his hands and arms were exposed to high-intensity X-rays for a long time, so he left many scars.

　　Wu Anle, Director of Interventional Diagnosis and Treatment Center of Ningbo First Hospital:We sometimes put liver drainage on patients, and our hands are under radiation, and our own hands can see them, just like mine. If you wear lead gloves, your hand sensitivity will be affected.

　　In the operating room of interventional radiology department in xuanwu hospital, Capital Medical University, Jiao Liqun, director of radiology department, and his assistants are performing carotid stenting for patients. During the operation, Jiao Liqun needs to go in and out of the operating room several times for internal and external linkage and observation to ensure the best effect of interventional therapy. At the moment, the outdoor temperature is close to 40 degrees. Although there is enough air conditioning in the operating room, the surgical gown under the lead suit is already soaked.

　　Jiao Liqun, Director of Interventional Radiology Department of xuanwu hospital, Capital Medical University:It’s really tiring to carry a lead suit weighing dozens of pounds for several hours, and now with the development of interventional technology and materials, more and more diseases begin to tend to be interventional surgery, and the proportion of operations has decreased, so the workload of interventional doctors is greater and the intensity is greater.

　　CCTV News:In 2018, North Korea put forward a new strategy of concentrating all its efforts to develop the economy. In all aspects of social economy and people’s lives, some changes are quietly taking place. Not long ago, our CCTV reporter visited Pyongyang Cosmetics Factory.

　　Pyongyang Cosmetics Factory is located in Pingchuan District, the scenic center of Pyongyang. The factory was founded in 1962, and three generations of North Korean leaders have visited and inspected it many times. The famous "Yinheshui" brand cosmetics in North Korea are produced by this factory.

　　Jin Xian, general manager of Pyongyang Cosmetics Factory, told CCTV reporter that although it has a history of nearly 60 years, the product line has been continuously enriched and the factory has developed rapidly in recent years. Just before 2015, the products of the factory were still relatively single, and only toothpaste, soap and some basic cosmetics could be produced. After continuous expansion, the factory has a number of production lines, which can produce more than 15 million cosmetics, 10 million cosmetic tools and more than 2,000 tons of soaps every year. Since 2018, seven production lines have been running almost non-stop. All products from raw materials to outer packaging use Korean domestic products and no longer rely on imports.

　　 It is worth mentioning that the "Yinheshui" brand male cosmetics developed and produced by the factory have recently become popular in North Korea, and North Korean men have begun to love beauty.

Kang Minxin, Director of Pyongyang Cosmetics Factory Research Institute

　　Kang Minxin, Director of Pyongyang Cosmetics Factory Research InstituteRecently, we have launched a men’s cosmetic set, which can be sold as a souvenir set or separately according to customer’s needs. After customers use this male cosmetic, their skin will become smoother and more elastic.

　　"Yinheshui" brand cosmetics are mainly "pure natural", and the factory claims that the raw materials contain ginseng and animal and plant extracts, which are safe and reliable without side effects. The price of a bottle of "Yinhe Water" brand emulsion is about RMB 30 yuan, which is affordable for ordinary working-class people in North Korea and is a best-selling commodity in major stores. Vendors from Russia, Iran, Australia and other countries also expressed their intention to cooperate with the factory.

　　People’s Daily Online, Beijing, July 17 (Reporter Li Qiaochu) Recently, data released by the customs showed that in the first half of this year, the total import and export value of China’s goods trade was 20.1 trillion yuan, up 2.1% year-on-year, and the scale exceeded 20 trillion yuan for the first time in the same period of history.

　　"This breakthrough was made in the context of the complicated and severe external environment and the slowdown of global trade and investment, as well as in epidemic prevention materials and ‘ Home economy ’ Pre-production ‘ One-time pulling factor ’ It is not easy to get it in the case of fading. " On July 13th, Lv Daliang, spokesman of the General Administration of Customs and director of the Statistics and Analysis Department, said at the press conference of the State Council Office that the World Trade Organization predicted that the global trade volume of goods would increase by 1.7% this year, which was significantly lower than the average of 2.6% in the past 12 years. Trade slowdown is a common challenge faced by all economies, and the difficulties are more global. Compared with the surrounding economies with published data, China’s foreign trade still shows strong resilience, and its competitive advantage is stable and consolidated.

　　This year marks the 10th anniversary of the Belt and Road Initiative and the full entry into force of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (RCEP). The great development potential released by China’s further opening up is highly anticipated.

　　Wei Song, a professor and doctoral supervisor at the School of International Studies of Beijing Foreign Studies University, said in an interview with People’s Daily that the national trade and RCEP along the "Belt and Road" came into full effect and continued to help China’s foreign trade stabilize its scale, optimize its structure and expand its market, as shown in the following aspects:

　　First, the scale of foreign trade continued to expand. In the past 10 years, the proportion of China’s imports and exports to countries along the Belt and Road has increased from 25% in 2013 to 32.9% in 2022 in China. Meanwhile, in the past 10 years, the trade between China and ASEAN has grown at an average annual rate of 9.9%, which is faster than the overall average annual growth rate of China’s foreign trade by 4.3 percentage points, and ASEAN has jumped from the third largest trading partner of China to the largest trading partner. After the entry into force of RCEP, many favorable policies, such as tariff reduction and exemption, cumulative rules of origin, have been implemented, and the economic and trade exchanges between China and ASEAN have become closer.

　　Second, the foreign trade structure has been continuously optimized. In 2022, China exported 4.44 trillion yuan of intermediate products to countries along the "Belt and Road", an increase of 23.9%, accounting for 56.3% of China’s total exports to countries along the route in the same period. Among them, the exports of textiles, electronic components, basic organic chemicals and auto parts increased by 14.5%, 21.1%, 31.3% and 24.6% respectively. In the same period, the total value of imported energy products and agricultural products was 2.46 trillion yuan and 370.41 billion yuan respectively, with growth rates of 58.8% and 13.4% respectively. In 2022, China’s import and export of intermediate products to other RCEP member countries was 8.7 trillion yuan, up by 8.5%, accounting for 67.2% of the total value in the same period. China’s export of mechanical and electrical products and labor-intensive products to other RCEP member countries increased by 13.2% and 20.7% respectively. China’s import structure from RCEP countries was mainly based on simple technology and intermediate technology-intensive manufactured products, and gradually upgraded to intermediate technology and high technology-intensive manufactured products. This aspect reflects that China’s position in the global manufacturing industry chain is constantly moving towards the middle and high end; On the other hand, it also shows the continuous strengthening of the overall scale and strength of China’s manufacturing industry.

　　The third is to promote market connectivity, accelerate the restructuring of the industrial chain, and promote the construction of a new development pattern. In the past ten years, with the joint efforts of all parties, the interconnection structure of "six corridors, six roads, many countries and many ports" has basically taken shape, and a large number of cooperation projects have taken root. China has signed more than 200 cooperation documents with 140 countries and 32 international organizations to jointly build the "Belt and Road". The total trade volume of goods with countries along the route has reached 10.4 trillion US dollars, and the non-financial direct investment in countries along the route has exceeded 130 billion US dollars, promoting the development strategy with countries and regions. At the same time, with the full entry into force of RCEP, ASEAN, as China’s largest trading partner, will bring greater convenience to the flow of factors, market connectivity and industrial integration between China and ASEAN, and help to accelerate the construction of a new "double-cycle" development pattern. Driven by RCEP, China and ASEAN will help to build a more innovative, higher added value and safer and more reliable industrial chain supply chain, and then become an important part of China’s international circular system.

　　According to customs data, in the first half of this year, the import and export of China’s Pilot Free Trade Zone and Hainan Free Trade Port increased by 8.6% and 26.4% respectively, and the role of open platform played an obvious role. On the basis of institutional opening, what supporting roles do the Pilot Free Trade Zone and Hainan Free Trade Port play in stabilizing China’s foreign trade?

　　Wei Song said that the Pilot Free Trade Zone and Hainan Free Trade Port are important measures for China to optimize the business environment and create a high level of opening up, which has a huge supporting role in stabilizing foreign trade:

　　First, it is conducive to the continuous promotion of trade and investment liberalization and facilitation. China’s free trade pilot zones are determined to forge ahead and explore boldly, and have achieved remarkable results. In the past ten years, China’s Pilot Free Trade Zone has expanded from 1 to 21, forming a pilot pattern covering east, west, north and south, and replicating and popularizing 278 institutional innovations throughout the country.

　　Second, it is conducive to the international economic and trade rules of elevation standards and steadily expand institutional opening. High-level openness is embodied in institutional openness such as rules, regulations, management and standards. It is the goal of the Pilot Free Trade Zone to adapt to the new situation, grasp the new characteristics, and strive to promote the institutional opening of rules, regulations, management and standards. Over the past five years since the establishment of Hainan Free Trade Port, more than 120 institutional innovations have been launched. Driven by a series of trade facilitation measures, China’s customs clearance efficiency has been continuously improved. The overall customs clearance time for imported goods has been reduced from about 4 days in 2017 to less than one and a half days now; The overall customs clearance time for export goods has been reduced from about 12 hours in 2017 to about 1.2 hours now. At the same time, China’s total tariff level is 7.4%, which is lower than the WTO commitment of 9.8%.

　　In the first half of this year, China’s "new three kinds" exports continued to increase. The total exports of electric manned vehicles, lithium batteries and solar cells increased by 61.6%, driving the overall export growth by 1.8 percentage points. In this context, how to further cultivate and consolidate industrial advantages and continuously gather new kinetic energy of foreign trade?

　　Wei Song said: First, we should vigorously promote the structural adjustment of foreign trade and promote the coordinated development of various foreign trade business entities. Encourage leading enterprises in the industry to extend the industrial chain and improve the level of international operation. Accelerate the formation of a number of large enterprises with transnational operation capabilities that allocate factor resources and lay out market networks on a global scale. Encourage the development of innovative, entrepreneurial and labor-intensive small and medium-sized enterprises, and support enterprises to take the road of "specialization and innovation" and coordinated development with large enterprises.

　　The second is to accelerate the promotion of international competitiveness of foreign trade. Accelerate the use of modern technology to transform traditional industries, improve the quality, grade and technical content of labor-intensive products, and push traditional industries to the middle and high end. Efforts should be made to build a technological innovation system with enterprises as the main body, market as the guidance and Industry-University-Research trade as the combination. Increase investment in scientific and technological innovation and support the original innovation of enterprises. Encourage enterprises to introduce advanced technology by means of import, overseas mergers and acquisitions, international bidding, recruiting talents and attracting talents, and promote digestion, absorption and innovation. Support domestic enterprises to set up overseas R&D centers through self-construction, joint venture and cooperation. Encourage multinational corporations and overseas scientific research institutions to set up R&D institutions in China. Strengthen the comprehensive competitive advantages of equipment manufacturing industries such as electric power, rail transit, communication equipment, ships, construction machinery, aerospace and large-scale complete sets of equipment exports, and strive to expand the export of investment commodities. Further improve the international competitiveness of strategic emerging industries such as energy conservation and environmental protection, next-generation information technology and new energy. Expand the import of advanced technology and equipment, key parts and components, and promote the adjustment, optimization and upgrading of industrial structure.

Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, December 14th Title: GDP doubled in ten years, and China’s economic strength achieved a historic leap.

Xinhua News Agency reporter Wei Yukun

More than 120 trillion yuan-

From 2013 to 2022, China’s gross domestic product (GDP) increased from 59.3 trillion yuan to 121 trillion yuan, with an average annual growth rate of more than 6%. According to the annual average exchange rate, the total economic output reached 18 trillion US dollars, ranking second in the world.

This is the scene of the 134th Canton Fair filmed on October 15th, 2023. Xinhua News Agency reporter Deng Hua photo

In 2023, the main expected goals of China’s economic and social development are expected to be successfully achieved, which also means that China’s economic aggregate will continue to grow steadily.

Since the new era, China’s economic aggregate has doubled, and its development has stood at a new and higher historical starting point:

From the time line, in 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020 and 2021, China’s GDP successively crossed 60 trillion yuan, 70 trillion yuan, 80 trillion yuan, 90 trillion yuan, 100 trillion yuan and 110 trillion yuan, and exceeded 120 trillion yuan in 2022.

In the Smart Microelectronics Industrial Park in Rizhao High-tech Industrial Development Zone, Shandong Province, staff are producing filters (photo taken on June 29, 2023). Xinhua News Agency reporter Guo Xulei photo

In 2020, China is the only major economy in the world with positive economic growth. In recent three years, the average annual economic growth of China has reached 4.5%, which is about 2.5 percentage points higher than the world average. In 2023, China’s economic growth rate will continue to be in the forefront of major economies.

Vertically, at present, China’s annual GDP increment has far exceeded the annual GDP in the early 1990s. The increment brought by the 1% growth rate of China’s economy is equivalent to about 2.1% 10 years ago.

While the economic aggregate continues to increase, the per capita GDP has achieved new breakthroughs. In the past 10 years, China’s per capita GDP has increased from 43,497 yuan to 85,698 yuan. According to the annual average exchange rate, China’s per capita GDP reached $12,741 in 2022, and remained above $12,000 for two consecutive years.

China’s economic share in the world has steadily increased, and its international influence is increasing day by day.

In the past 10 years, the proportion of China’s total economic output in the world economy has risen from 12.3% to about 18%, and the total trade in goods has been ranked first in the world for six consecutive years, with an average annual contribution rate of over 30% to the world economic growth, which has always been the biggest engine to promote the world economic growth.

This is the Tesla booth in the smart car chain exhibition area of the first China International Supply Chain Promotion Expo (photo taken on November 30th, 2023). Xinhua News Agency reporter Ren Chaoshe

Foreign exchange reserves rank first in the world. In the past 10 years, China’s foreign exchange reserves have been stable at more than 3 trillion US dollars, and the balance of foreign exchange reserves reached 3,127.7 billion US dollars by the end of 2022. Under the background of complex and severe external situation and rising uncertainty, the huge and stable foreign exchange reserves provide a strong guarantee for China’s economy to resist external risk shocks.

Groups of data witness the steady improvement of China’s comprehensive national strength, international influence and people’s living standards, showing that China’s development foundation is stronger, its development quality is better and its development momentum is more abundant.

This year is the first year of fully implementing the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, and the year of economic recovery and development after three years of epidemic prevention and control in COVID-19.

Facing the complicated international political and economic environment and arduous domestic reform, development and stability tasks, China’s economy has successfully withstood external pressure, overcome internal difficulties and achieved a recovery: the GDP in the first three quarters reached 91,302.7 billion yuan, with a year-on-year increase of 5.2% at constant prices.

This is the vision model of "Zero Carbon City" exhibited at Schneider Electric booth of the 6th China International Import Expo (photo taken on November 9, 2023). Xinhua News Agency reporter Ding Ting photo

Based on their long-term optimism about the China market, foreign financial institutions continue to "overweight" the China bond market. According to the data of the People’s Bank of China, overseas institutions have made net purchases of Chinese bonds for nine consecutive months. Since 2023, the cumulative net purchases have reached nearly 1 trillion yuan, of which the net purchases of foreign capital in October have exceeded 200 billion yuan, and it is expected that the increase in holdings in November will reach 250 billion yuan.

Recently, the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and many other international organizations have intensively raised China’s economic growth expectations and cast a "vote of confidence" for China’s economy.

The IMF raised China’s GDP growth forecast for 2023 from the previous 5% to 5.4%, while raising its GDP growth forecast for 2024. OECD raised the forecast of China’s GDP growth rate to 5.2% in 2023. The Asian Development Outlook 2023 (December Edition) recently released by the Asian Development Bank predicts that China’s economic growth rate will reach 5.2% in 2023, higher than the 4.9% predicted in September.

The just-concluded Central Economic Work Conference pointed out that, on the whole, the favorable conditions facing China’s development are stronger than the unfavorable factors, and the basic trend of economic recovery for the good and long-term good has not changed, so it is necessary to enhance confidence and confidence.

The audience learned about a miniature lathe at the Bavarian booth of the 25th High-Tech Fair (photo taken on November 15th, 2023). Xinhua News Agency reporter Liang Xushe

Han Wenxiu, deputy director of the Central Finance Office in charge of daily work and director of the Central Agricultural Office, said that in 2023, China’s contribution to global economic growth was about one-third, making it the largest engine of the world economy. "Compared with last year, compared with other countries, China’s development achievements are convincing, and it can be said that the scenery here is unique."