Plastic recycling is difficult: how to deal with takeaway waste

  Anji County, Zhejiang Province has promoted the "garbage does not fall to the ground" model in county villages, implementing fixed-point garbage delivery and regular collection, and the people’s awareness of garbage classification and environmental protection has been significantly improved. The picture shows villagers (right) in Melianwu Village, Lingfeng Street, Anji County, preparing to put domestic garbage into mobile garbage collection trucks on August 3. Xinhua News Agency reporter, photo by Weng Xinyang

  In Lancuiyuan Residential Area, Peninsula Community, Jinggang Town, Shushan District, Hefei City, Anhui Province, each household has its own "smart QR code card". When dumping garbage, residents scan the "smart QR code card" to select recyclable garbage (including paper, plastic, etc.), kitchen waste and toxic hazardous waste, and the corresponding box door automatically opens. Residents can get corresponding points and redeem daily necessities. The picture shows residents dropping garbage according to classification on July 16. Photo by Ge Yinian (People’s Vision)

  At noon, Xiaoxia, a media person working in Beijing’s Haidian district, finished lunch. Since the company does not have a cafeteria, he and his colleagues usually use their mobile phones to order takeout for lunch. After a meal, Xiaoxia counted, rice, main course, side dishes, soup… One person’s meal cost four plastic lunch boxes. In the trash can in the company corridor, the takeaway lunch boxes have piled up into hills.

  The rapid growth of the online takeaway industry has greatly facilitated people’s eating and filling their stomachs, but it has also created more waste to a certain extent. And plastic lunch boxes go straight to the garbage dump, which brings hidden dangers to the environment.

  How to reduce the number of plastic lunch boxes piled up higher and higher? How to make the takeaway industry achieve green development? This is a difficult problem that requires multiple measures.

  ① Plastic lunch boxes are widely used

  How popular is takeout? According to data released by Internet takeout platforms such as Meituan Takeaway, Ele.me, and Baidu Takeaway, the daily order volume of the three takeout platforms is about 20 million orders nationwide. Due to the fast delivery, rich variety and convenient payment, many foreigners in China have commented that in addition to "high-speed rail, Alipay, shared bicycles, and online shopping", Chinese takeout should also be classified as the "New Four Great Inventions".

  The outbreak of takeaway business has caused the overuse of lunch boxes. An environmental group studied and analyzed 100 takeaway orders and found that an average of 3.27 disposable plastic lunch boxes/cups were consumed per order. This means that there are currently more than 60 million plastic lunch boxes used every day on China’s Internet food ordering platforms.

  In fact, not only lunch boxes, but also plastic bags, plastic tableware, and plastic outer packaging used for takeaway food delivery belong to plastic waste. The main component of ordinary plastic lunch boxes and tableware is polypropylene, and the main component of plastic bags is polyethylene, which is non-degradable ordinary plastic. It is reported that the plastic bags used by takeaway platforms can cover 420,000 square meters every day, and can cover a West Lake in about 15 days.

  For many catering companies, the use of plastic lunch boxes is also a helpless move. Some industry insiders say that Chinese food contains more soup and grease, and it is more suitable to use plastic lunch boxes. Although some catering companies currently use cartons and other packaging, most degradable lunch boxes are not suitable for Chinese food. They are easy to seep water and oil, making rice sticky and difficult to be accepted by consumers. In addition, the cost of lunch boxes is also a consideration for catering companies. Some people in charge of catering companies say that takeaway packaging accounts for about 2% of the total cost.

  In fact, the plastic lunch boxes currently used for takeaway are not "useless". A reporter’s investigation found that most plastic lunch boxes are printed with recyclable labels, which can be recycled through the process of garbage recycling. But the reality is that most consumers throw away the lunch box directly after using it. Even if there are leftovers in the lunch box, most of them are "covered". Plastic waste and kitchen waste "mix and match", which brings a lot of trouble to the recycling of takeaway waste.

  ② Plastic recycling channels are not smooth

  Even if it enters the garbage recycling process, the recycling value of takeaway lunch boxes is not high. According to industry insiders, the price of plastic recycling is low and the cost of recycling is high. Recyclers generally do not want to pick up takeaway lunch boxes full of oil stains. Even if they are picked up, it will take time and effort to clean them. Therefore, plastic lunch boxes are not popular in the recycling market. Whether it is garbage recycling companies or the city’s "scavengers", they are "uninterested" in recycling plastic products.

  At the same time, China has not yet formed a complete recycling system. Plastic lunch boxes, as low-value-added recyclables, are difficult to enter the recycling channel of renewable resources. Even if consumers take the initiative to sort plastic waste, due to the incomplete recycling system, sanitation trucks may also mix all kinds of waste away when transporting garbage.

  Since it is difficult to recycle, plastic lunch boxes can only be "mixed" into municipal solid waste, enter the waste treatment system, and eventually be incinerated or landfilled as ordinary waste. However, if different plastic components are incinerated together, it is easy to produce air pollution; and before landfill, large plastic waste is generally simply incinerated, which will generate a lot of exhaust emissions. Therefore, allowing plastic lunch boxes to enter the waste treatment system is by no means a cure.

  In fact, the "white pollution" caused by plastic products is not unique to China. Countries around the world also face the same problem. If there is a relatively sound waste sorting system, plastic lunch boxes and other products can be effectively recycled through recycling channels. But data show that only 14% of plastic packaging in the world is currently recycled.

  In terms of the cost of recycling lunch boxes, there are also experiences and lessons worth learning. For example, in Japan, the cost of recycling lunch boxes is borne by consumers; in Europe and the United States, the processing fee is borne by the manufacturer. In China, Shanghai implemented the "Interim Measures for the Administration of Single-use Plastic Lunch Boxes" in June 2000, and the management department charged the manufacturer of single-use plastic lunch boxes 3 cents per lunch box as a recycling fee. However, the implementation of this system was not smooth and was abolished in May 2014.

  ③ Strengthen classification, recycling and treatment

  Experts said that to solve the problem of takeaway waste, we should start from the source and downstream ends. It is necessary to take measures to reduce the generation of takeaway waste, and to strengthen the professional recycling of takeaway waste. It is necessary to vigorously improve the efficiency of using and processing "stock waste", and strictly control the generation and scale of "incremental waste".

  Strengthening classification and recycling and strengthening resource treatment are the main countermeasures to solve the problem of takeaway waste. In March this year, the National Development and Reform Commission and the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development issued the "Implementation Plan for the Domestic Waste Classification System", requiring 46 cities across the country to implement mandatory classification of domestic waste first, and the recycling rate of domestic waste will reach more than 35% by the end of 2020.

  In this regard, experts say that because the identification of takeaway waste is relatively simple, it can be used as a breakthrough to promote waste classification management. For example, in areas where students and office workers are relatively concentrated, targeted takeaway waste sorting and recycling will be carried out. After the initial implementation of classification and collection, professional companies will be designated for unified recycling.

  Sheng Min, secretary-general of the recycled plastics branch of the China Renewable Resources Recycling Association, said that there is currently no corresponding subsidy mechanism for the recycling of waste plastics and other renewable resources in China. He said that there are two ways to learn from, one is the European model, through the government to adopt mandatory policies to subsidize the recycling of renewable resources; the other is the Japanese model, through the cultivation of national quality, do a good job of waste sorting at the source.

  Song Guojun, a professor at the School of Environment of Renmin University of China, believes that the mandatory source classification policy should be firmly implemented, following the polluter pays principle, implementing the extended producer responsibility system, incentivizing polluters to reduce waste output, and at the same time using resource recycling revenue to make up for the social cost of waste management.

  In response to the classification and recycling of low value-added recyclables such as plastics, some cities in China have also formulated some measures, such as establishing funds to issue subsidies and punishing those who violate the rules. Some industry insiders pointed out that in the specific implementation, it is also necessary to continue to explore and solve the problems of pre-subsidy in the industrial chain, uncertain punishment targets, high statistical supervision costs of recyclables, and excessive investment.

  ④ Innovative takeaway packaging methods

  From the source of takeaway waste, it is necessary to strengthen the regulation and supervision of takeaway enterprises to reduce takeaway waste. Among them, the most important idea is to seek innovation in takeaway delivery packaging and methods.

  Experts suggest that relevant companies can subsidize their scientific and technological research and development, reduce taxes on degradable products, and block "white pollution" at the source, so that the public can obtain more convenient and environmentally friendly alternative products.

  At present, some catering companies have used degradable materials such as pulp lunch boxes and sugarcane fiber plates, but the cost of such lunch boxes is often higher than that of plastic lunch boxes, so it will take time for them to be fully popularized.

  In June this year, Meituan Takeaway, the China Cuisine Association, and the China Environmental Protection Foundation jointly launched the "Green Takeaway Industry Convention (Green Ten Articles) " with dozens of catering takeaway brands, which proposes "promoting the use of green tableware" and other content, and issued "hero posts" to the supply chain to find healthy and safe green tableware for small and micro enterprises in the catering industry. There are also takeaway platforms that are cooperating with scientific research institutions to develop degradable and environmentally friendly lunch boxes.

  Experts suggest that binding regulations should be made on the reduction and recycling of takeaway packaging materials, and in accordance with the principle of "whoever pollutes will control", garbage disposal fees should be added to takeaway, and merchants, platforms and consumers should pay for the recycling of takeaway garbage.

  Some people also pointed out that it is possible to follow the international garbage recycling deposit system and innovate recycling channels. Consumers pay part of the deposit to the platform when purchasing takeaway food, and after the meal is completed, the takeaway lunch box will be sent to the self-service recycling machine or manual recycling point. After the platform confirms, the deposit will be returned to the consumer, so as to promote consumers to establish a healthy and good consumption concept and garbage recycling awareness.

Huawei, Ningde Times, and Changan worked hard to build, and Avita 011 jointly released a limited edition

  Avita has officially released the official picture of its first model, the Avita 011 joint limited edition. The new car was designed by Givenchy creative director Matthew M. Williams and is limited to 500 units worldwide

  As the first model launched by Changan Automobile’s new energy high-end brand Avita, Avita 11 is positioned as a pure electric coupe SUV, based on the intelligent electric connected vehicle platform (CHN) jointly developed by Changan Automobile, Huawei and Ningde Times.

  Unlike the regular version, The joint limited edition of Avita 011 is painted in black The whole car went black to the end, very cool.

  The car uses a slip-back design, with a significant sports style and a more dynamic feel. The front face is a split-type headlight, which is particularly distinctive in shape and is quite recognizable when lit.

  The rear design of the car is round and plump, very simple, and adopts a through-type taillight, which is lit and matched with a dark body, which is full of appeal.

  The interior of the car was also revealed for the first time, and the limited edition is equipped with a multi-functional sporty sense of direction. And the central control screen is a typical Huawei Hongmeng cockpit style at a glance In addition, the car also uses integrated sports seats, which are also painted in black and are full of personality.

  In terms of power and battery life, according to official data, The comprehensive cruising range of the new car can reach 700 kilometers, and the acceleration of 0-100 kilometers per hour is less than 4 seconds It also supports 200 kW high-voltage super fast charging, and is equipped with 3 lidars, 6 millimeter-wave radars, 12 ultrasonic radars, and 13 cameras. The computing power can reach 400 Tops, enabling convenient and safe intelligent driver assistance.

  According to the plan, the official has said that Avita 11 will be released in the second quarter and delivered in the third quarter. The price is unknown, but since it is positioned at the high end, it is destined not to be too affordable.

  [Source: Fast Technology] [Author: Fallen Wood]

Guangzhou plans to improve the taxi price formation mechanism

  The industry has been developing steadily and the price formation mechanism has been improved. On February 26, the Guangzhou Municipal Development and Reform Commission issued the "Hearing Plan for the Optimization and Adjustment of Guangzhou Cruise Taxi Freight Rates" (hereinafter referred to as the "Plan"), adjusting the government pricing to the government guide price, and proposing 2 specific plans. They will be implemented in stages to gradually expand the floating range. According to relevant announcements, Guangzhou will hold a hearing on the "Plan" on March 28, 2024.

  Starting price Renewal price Waiting fee Participate in fluctuation

  The current cruise car freight in Guangzhou is subject to the same price in the same city, including: the starting price is 12 yuan for the first 3 kilometers; the part exceeding 3 kilometers is 2.6 yuan per kilometer; the cruise car operating speed is less than 10 kilometers per hour, 44 yuan per hour; the return air fee is subject to a ladder addition, 15 to 25 kilometers will be charged 20% according to the renewal price, and more than 25 kilometers will be charged 50% according to the renewal price; the night service fee (23:00 – 5:00 the next day) will be charged 30% according to the renewal price; the cruise car freight price is linked to the retail price of LPG fuel.

  The "Plan" points out that in order to enhance price flexibility, the freight management method of cruise cars is adjusted from government pricing to government-guided pricing, and a "benchmark freight ± floating range" model is adopted. The starting price, renewal price, and waiting time fee participate in the float; the return air fee, night service fee, and the additional Spring Festival surcharge do not participate in the float.

  In terms of benchmark freight rates, the starting price, renewal price, and standby fee benchmark freight rates implement the current standards. In terms of floating range, the floating range of freight rates can be selected according to the peak period and the peak period, and two specific plans are proposed, which will be implemented in stages to gradually expand the floating range.

  More specifically, the first plan is that in the first stage, during the peak period (7:00-10:00 and 16:00-21:00 daily, the same below), you can choose two grades of 0% and 10% floating range, and during the peak period (10:00-16:00 daily, the same below), you can choose four grades of 0%, -10%, -20%, and -30% floating range; in the subsequent stage, you can choose four grades of 0%, 10%, 20%, and 30% floating range during the peak period, and you can choose four grades of 0%, -10%, -20%, and -30% floating range during the peak period.

  The second plan is that in the first stage, you can choose 0% and 10% of the floating range during the peak period, and 0%, -10%, -20%, -30%, and -40% of the five-speed floating range during the peak period; in the subsequent stage, you can choose 0%, 10%, 20%, 30%, and 40% of the five-speed floating range during the peak period, and 0%, -10%, -20%, -30%, and -40% of the five-speed floating range during the peak period.

  According to the analysis of the "Plan", it is expected that in the first stage, the range of changes in the freight level of cruise vehicles in Plan 1 and Plan 2 is (-7.5%, 3.93%), (-10.17%, 3.93%); in the subsequent stage, Plan 1 and Plan 2 may be expanded to (-7.5%, 10.79%), (-10.17%, 14.21%).

  How to divide the two stages? According to the "Plan", the first stage of freight floating will be implemented from the date of implementation of administrative normative documents. Cruise vehicle enterprises will choose a floating range during the peak period and the peak period according to the freight floating rules, and report it to the municipal and district transportation bureaus under their jurisdiction for determination and implementation. The subsequent stage of freight floating will be started on demand, and the municipal transportation bureau will organize and implement it after a comprehensive evaluation of the first stage freight implementation effect. The specific implementation measures for floating freight rates will be issued separately by the municipal transportation bureau.

  During the Spring Festival holiday, an additional 10 yuan will be charged for each shipment.

  In addition to establishing a floating mechanism for freight rates, the "Plan" also proposes to optimize the freight structure and add a surcharge for major holidays (Spring Festival). During the Spring Festival holiday, an additional 10 yuan will be charged for each shipment. The date of the Spring Festival holiday is subject to the notice of the General Office of the State Council.

  After the implementation of the adjustment of the freight mechanism, what is the impact on citizens’ travel and drivers’ income?

  The relevant person in charge of the Guangzhou Municipal Development and Reform Commission said that the reform has limited impact on the overall freight level. Especially in the first stage, the increase rate of the two plans is controlled within 3.93%, while the decline rate can reach 7.5% to 10.17%.

  It is also estimated that during the Spring Festival holiday, an additional 10 yuan will be charged for each shipment, affecting about 1.39% of passengers (times) throughout the year; during the Spring Festival holiday, an additional 10 yuan will be charged for each shipment, and drivers are expected to receive an additional 1118 yuan/person, which will help motivate drivers to stay in business during the Spring Festival, and will also help attract drivers to return and stabilize the driver team.

  At the specific implementation level, the "Plan" makes it clear that the background real-time adjustment of freight rules will be realized through the upgrade and transformation of the new intelligent vehicle end point of taxis, and the transformation cost will be borne by the enterprise. It is expected to take one month from the start to the completion of the pricing system transformation, meter update and clear price marking work. Only when the new intelligent vehicle end point is upgraded can it participate in the freight fluctuation.

  In order to protect the public’s right to know about the cruise car freight mechanism, Wu Xiaojun, secretary general of the Guangzhou Taxi Association, said that the association will publish the city’s cruise car enterprise freight standards on the association portal. At the same time, the cruise car enterprises will also post the freight fluctuation range and specific standards in a prominent position in the cruise car; the vehicle end point screen displays the current time period and the fluctuation range of all time periods of the day. When the passenger gets on the bus, the driver will actively prompt the passenger of the fluctuation range of the corresponding time period.

How to turn on BYD car air conditioner?

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Want to turn on the air conditioner of BYD car,Just press the AC key in the car.

It should be noted that adjusting the temperature knob clockwise can increase the air outlet temperature, and adjusting the temperature knob counterclockwise can decrease the air outlet temperature. BYD is a China automobile brand, which owns various high-,medium-and low-end series fuel cars, dual-mode electric vehicles and pure electric vehicles.

BYD Auto’s models include: BYD Han, BYD Tang, BYD Song, BYD Song PLUS, BYD Song Pro, BYD F3, Surui, Qin New Energy, Fowler, Sirui, BYD S1, BYD M6, BYD e5, etc.

BYD brand was born in Shenzhen and was established in 1995. Its business spans four major industries: automobile, rail transit, new energy and electronics.

Wancai weekly

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  Huawei Yu Chengdong was angry about the hot search on the car emperor "cheat people" and asked the community to respond to the winter test results

  Recently, Knowing Car Emperor has tested the pure electric endurance achievement rate of about 20 hybrid models in severe cold conditions. Among them,Looking up to the first, 85.08% endurance achievement rate; butThe M7 extended-range version jointly designed by Auto and Huawei is the lowest, with only 31.6%.

  In response to this test, Yu Chengdong, managing director of Huawei, CEO of BG and chairman of BU, a smart car solution, issued a document calling it "cheat people’s test! Science and rigor are the basic rules that should be followed! "

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  Liu Wei, Housing and Construction Department of Guangdong Province: Guangdong real estate risks are being steadily and orderly resolved.

  On December 15th, Guangdong Real Estate Industry Association and Guangdong Bofu Investment Holding Co., Ltd. held the 2023 Annual General Meeting and the first Good Life Industry Innovation Conference in Jiangmen.

  At the meeting, Liu Wei, member of the Party Committee and Deputy Director of the Guangdong Provincial Housing and Construction Department, delivered a speech, pointing out that the current relationship between supply and demand in the real estate market has undergone major changes. The CPC Central Committee and the State Council attached great importance to it, deployed various localities to adjust and optimize real estate policies, made efforts to stabilize the real estate market, and actively resolved real estate market risks. The real estate market in Guangdong Province is also facing unprecedented difficulties and challenges. Generally speaking, under the unified arrangement of the provincial party committee and the provincial government, with the joint efforts of all, the real estate market in Guangdong Province is generally stable, the real estate risks are being steadily and orderly resolved, and the real estate market order is further standardized.

  Liu Wei pointed out that the demand for rigid and improved housing in Guangdong still has great potential, and the real estate market still has great room for development. She suggested that housing enterprises stick to the initial quality and build a "good house" for the masses to live in peace of mind; Adhere to the determination of transformation and take the road of green, low carbon, safe and intelligent high-quality development.

  Wang Shao, President of the Provincial Housing Society: Nearly 60% of urban families in Guangdong have a per capita living area of less than 30 square meters.

  At the 2023 Annual General Meeting of Guangdong Housing Society held on December 15th, "Housing Development in Guangdong Province""officially released. Wang Shao, president of Guangdong Housing Society, believes that the rigid demand for housing in Guangdong continues to be strong, the demand for improvement is increasing day by day, and the housing market prospect is still broad.

  Zhu Rongbin: Real estate companies can’t die, or sub-health can maintain their operations.

  "We don’t expect Guangzhou to blow out as soon as it liberalizes the purchase restriction transaction. Now there will be no unilateral recovery as soon as it is regulated. Now the regulation is to seek stability and return to normal transition." At the 2023 Annual General Meeting of Guangdong Housing Society held in Taishan, Guangdong Province on December 15th, Zhu Rongbin, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Group, pointed out in his report on "Analysis of the current situation and future trends of real estate" that although the market was still in a downward inertia after the introduction of the policy in August this year, the transaction volume has begun to slowly return and pick up.

  In China real estate industry, Zhu Rongbin is a legend, and he also has his own flow. Nearly 30 years of experience, once worked in China Shipping, R&F,The core of well-known housing enterprises such as Sunshine City.Now, as the chairman of the board of directors of the group, Zhu Rongbin has experienced the development of the real estate market in China and has profound and unique views on the market.

  Cheung Kong Guo Ziwei: There is a great opportunity for funds to return to real estate, which is expected to be in the second half of next year.

  Recently, the Hong Kong Housing Authority said that as of November 30, the Inland Revenue Department had received 183 applications for "exemption before levy" on house purchase stamp duty. This measure has achieved results in facilitating foreign talents to buy houses in Hong Kong and attracting foreign talents to stay in Hong Kong for development.

  Guo Ziwei believes that once talents apply to enter Hong Kong, there is a very obvious demand for real estate. However, because there is a lot of work to be prepared and the time period is long, it will not greatly boost the Hong Kong property market at once.

  "At present, the interest rate on time deposits in Hong Kong is 4%-5%, which is double the rate of return on real estate, so many investors dare not take it easily. along withIt is expected that the capital will have a great chance to return to real estate, which is expected to be around the second half of next year. "

  Personnel

  Due to job transfer,Director Fang Donghong resigned for less than one year.

  On December 14th, the board of directors of Shenzhen Tianjian (Group) Co., Ltd. (000090.SZ, hereinafter referred to as "") received the resignation report submitted by Fang Donghong, the company’s director.

  It is understood that Fang Donghong will no longer serve as the director of the company and all other positions of the company due to job transfer. According to the Company Law, Articles of Association and other relevant regulations, Fang Donghong’s resignation report will take effect as of the date it is delivered to the company’s board of directors.

  [Anti-corruption]

  CGB (China Guangfa Bank)GuangyinThe former supervisor, Qi Yan, was double-opened, and several cadres of the bank were investigated during the year.

  On December 15, according to the State Commission for Discipline Inspection of the Central Commission for Discipline InspectionNews from the Discipline Inspection and Supervision Team and the Supervision Committee of the Liaoning Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection: Recently, the Discipline Inspection and Supervision Team of the State Commission for Discipline Inspection of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the Qingyuan County Supervision Committee of Fushun City, Liaoning Province conducted a disciplinary review and supervision investigation on the serious violation of the law by the former deputy secretary of the Party Committee, the chairman of the board of supervisors and the secretary of the Disciplinary Committee of Guangfa Guangyin Finance Co., Ltd.

  After investigation, Yan Yan lost her belief, flouted party discipline and state laws, ignored the spirit of the eight central regulations and the rules of honesty and self-discipline, accepted gifts and gifts in violation of regulations, and gave gifts to relatives of public officials in violation of regulations; Incorrect performance of duties, helping relevant enterprises to win the bid in violation of regulations in the centralized procurement review of projects; Violating life discipline and affecting the image of public officials; Taking advantage of his position to seek benefits for others and illegally accepting huge amounts of property.

  The chairman of 20 billion listed central enterprises was investigated, and the average annual salary during his tenure exceeded 3 million.

  According to the Supreme People’s Procuratorate news, the case of Zhou Qingyu, former member of the Party Committee and vice president of the National Development Bureau, who was suspected of taking bribes and using his influence, was investigated by the National Supervisory Commission (NSC) and transferred to the procuratorate for review and prosecution. A few days ago, under the jurisdiction designated by the Supreme People’s Procuratorate, the People’s Procuratorate of Jilin Province made an arrest decision on Zhou Qingyu on suspicion of accepting bribes and using influence to accept bribes. The case is being further processed.

  Zhuang Enyue, former Party Committee member and vice president of 1.6 trillion assets central enterprises, was investigated.

  On December 13, according to the website of the State Supervision Commission of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection:Zhuang Enyue, former member of the Party Committee and vice president of Asset Management Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as ""), is personally suspected of serious violation of discipline and law, and is currently under disciplinary review by the Discipline Inspection and Supervision Group of the State Commission for Discipline Inspection of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection in the State Financial Supervision and Administration Bureau and supervision investigation by the Anshan Municipal Commission of Liaoning Province.

  Xu Guojun, the principal of the biggest bank corruption case since the founding of New China, was sentenced to life! The amount involved is 2.3 billion.

  According to the official WeChat official account of Jiangmen Intermediate People’s Court, on December 13, the Jiangmen Intermediate People’s Court of Guangdong ProvinceXu Guojun, the former president of Kaiping Sub-branch, publicly pronounced the case of corruption and misappropriation of public funds, and decided to execute life imprisonment on the defendant Xu Guojun for several crimes of corruption and misappropriation of public funds, deprived of political rights for life, and confiscated all personal property; The proceeds of crime and their fruits shall be recovered. Xu Guojun said that he would obey the court’s decision and not appeal.

Can artificial meat be eaten? Is online celebrity food reliable? Here comes the expert answer.

As the Spring Festival approaches, law enforcement officers of the Yushui District Market Supervision Bureau in Xinyu City, Jiangxi Province conduct on-site rapid detection of vegetable pesticide residues at Guanxia Smart Farmers Market. Photo by Liao Haijin/Bright Picture

A college student food festival was held in Shanghai. The picture shows the "fleshy" Mu Si cake as a dessert in the dining hall of Shanghai Ocean University. Xinhua news agency

Citizens and tourists visit the Chongqing New Year Food Festival. Xinhua news agency

Villagers in Kangzhuang Village, Qukou Town, Xianghe County, Hebei Province are drying red and white sausages. Xinhua news agency

  Is "artificial meat" edible? Is online celebrity food reliable? Are probiotics really useful? What foods have you paid attention to in the past 2019? What troubles have they brought you? Food safety concerns people’s health and life safety. At the "Media Communication Meeting on Scientific Interpretation of Food Safety and Health Hotspots in 2019", which was directed by China Association for Science and Technology and hosted by chinese institute of food science and technology recently, experts combed and interpreted the hot events of food safety that the public paid attention to in the past year, and made suggestions for food safety supervision by popularizing food safety knowledge through examples. This edition extracts some hot topics to interpret.

"artificial meat"

Scientific and technological problems to be solved, standards and regulations to be improved.

  Interpretation expert: Wang Shouwei (Director of China Meat Food Comprehensive Research Center and Dean of Beijing Food Science Research Institute)

  "Artificial meat" is synonymous with foods that are not naturally produced and have a similar taste to meat. It is usually divided into two categories: vegetable protein meat and cell cultured meat. The emergence of "artificial meat" on the one hand is to meet the rapidly growing meat demand of consumers, on the other hand, it provides a way to effectively reduce the land occupation of animal husbandry, the use of water resources and greenhouse gas emissions, and solve the problems of environmental protection and sustainable development.

  In recent years, the processing technology of vegetable protein meat is becoming more and more mature at home and abroad, and many enterprises have developed vegetable protein meat products with vegetable protein as raw materials. The research on using animal stem cells to produce cells to cultivate meat has also made great progress, and many enterprises have announced that they can develop cells to cultivate meat in the laboratory. Vegetable protein meat has great market potential and a high degree of commercialization. In the future, developing products more similar to real meat has become a direction for the food industry and scientific and technological circles.

  In the innovation and development of "artificial meat", it is necessary to increase scientific and technological input and solve the existing scientific and technological problems of "artificial meat". For example, research on the formation mechanism, raw material supply and processing technology of vegetable protein meat should be carried out to build a new research and development system. In the process of industrialization, we pay attention to improving the flavor, texture and nutrition of products, and constantly meet the increasingly diversified needs of consumers. Carry out research on the basic theory and key production technology of cell-cultured meat, and establish a production technology system of cell-cultured meat suitable for human food manufacturing.

  While innovating and developing, adhering to product quality and safety is the foundation of the development of "artificial meat". It is suggested that the new ingredients and new production technology added in the production of "artificial meat" should be systematically evaluated for safety, and an independent standard system and an objective supervision system should be formed in the evaluation of product safety and nutritional components, so as to promote the benign development of the industry.

  Scientific and rigorous standards are the cornerstone of the healthy development of the industry. In China, the development momentum of vegetable protein meat industry has been formed, and the product categories are relatively mature, but the existing laws and regulations are not suitable for product innovation and industry development; The development of its standard should be carried out as soon as possible, and the definition, classification method and production technology should be clearly defined, which will provide convenience for government supervision and provide reference for the direction of production and innovation of products in the industry. In addition, the research and development of cell-cultured meat in China is still in its infancy, but the development speed is very fast, and the research on standards and supervision methods has just begun; The division of supervisory responsibilities and division of labor system should be clarified, and a strict system of standards and laws should be formed. In addition, public science popularization should be carried out to guide consumers to correctly understand and rationally consume "artificial meat".

Online celebrity food

Strictly guard against the transformation of "red and black"

  Interpretation expert: Ma Guansheng (Head of the Department of Nutrition and Food Hygiene, Peking University College of Public Health)

  Some sellers make use of social media’s special publicity and marketing methods to dress up homemade food as "online celebrity" food, which is popular in the circle of friends. From home-made delicious food to home-brewed fruit wine, from morning tea snacks to midnight snacks, from beauty soup to dietary remedies, there are all kinds of foods in the circle. Online food attracts waves of consumers with its novel appearance, photos or taste. However, when consumers buy food, they often ignore the quality of the food itself, including raw materials, production date, shelf life and production address.

  Due to the special sales channels (such as WeChat circle of friends, micro-stores), online celebrity food has some problems, such as difficult management and lack of effective supervision mechanism. Taking the incident of "there is no milk in milk tea" in online celebrity as an example, China’s national standard "Tea Beverage" (GB/T 21733-2008) defines milk tea drinks and milk tea-flavored drinks as liquid drinks prepared by taking water extract of tea or its concentrated solution and tea powder as raw materials and adding one or more of milk or dairy products, sugar and/or sweeteners, and edible milk flavor essence. Although there is a requirement for the protein content of milk tea in this standard (≥ 0.5%), but milk or dairy products are still only one of a variety of optional ingredients, not a hard requirement. Therefore, due to the lack of clear standards for existing milk tea, there is an embarrassing situation that "milk tea does not contain milk", which increases the maneuverability of merchants and brings blind spots to food safety supervision.

  It is suggested to improve the supervision mechanism and clarify the responsibilities and supervision methods of all parties in the business activities of non-traditional foods such as online food sales. At the same time, strengthen regular sampling and random inspection, and urge network platforms and production operators to implement the main responsibility. Strike hard at illegal food safety behaviors in online sales, strictly investigate and deal with behaviors such as "brushing the bill" and "false comments", and protect consumers’ rights and safety with strict supervision.

  Online celebrity food is mainly sold through the online platform, so the online platform should assume the responsibility of screening and supervision. The network platform should establish a mechanism to help the superior and limit the inferior, strictly control the entry threshold of merchants, inspect and regularly review their retail qualifications and relevant licenses for selling products, and prevent counterfeit and shoddy foods from being sold on the network platform. Food enterprises and individual food producers should strengthen the construction of industrial chain safety, ensure the safety and traceability of product sources, make the product chain clear, and prevent and control risks. As consumers themselves, they should constantly improve their health literacy and food safety literacy, make rational purchases, and not blindly "chase after the red".

probiotics

The efficacy has the specificity of strains and people.

  Interpretation expert: Chen Wei (Academician of China Academy of Engineering, Chairman of Probiotics Branch of chinese institute of food science and technology, Vice President of Jiangnan University); He Guoqing (Vice Chairman of chinese institute of food science and technology Probiotics Branch, Professor of Zhejiang University)

  Probiotics have a strict definition: they must be living microorganisms, which are beneficial to the health of the host when ingested in sufficient quantities. Moreover, the health function of probiotics should be based on scientific and rigorous clinical trial evaluation and evidence-based medical evidence. At present, tens of thousands of published academic papers have studied the functions of different probiotic strains, confirming that the core function of probiotics is to improve the health of human gastrointestinal tract. In addition, in vitro experiments such as cell model, animal experiments and human experiments show that probiotics may have potential beneficial functions to improve metabolism and nervous system. However, in vitro experiments and the actual human digestive system are completely different worlds, and the results of in vitro experiments can never be used to claim the functions of probiotics. Animal experiments can be used as a reference, but it needs to be confirmed by large-scale and deeper human or clinical experiments.

  It is a long-term, rigorous and scientific process for human beings to explore the efficacy of probiotics. At present, there are various probiotic products with claimed functions on the market. However, it should be emphasized that the academic community has reached a consensus that the core function of probiotics is to improve gastrointestinal health.

  Generally speaking, the mainstream probiotic strains in the market are all isolated from healthy people and fermented foods with a long history of safe use. Most of them are considered as non-pathogenic symbiotic microorganisms, and their safety has been recognized by authoritative organizations. Of course, for sick individuals, such as patients with severe infection or immunodeficiency, they should be used with caution or consult a doctor.

  It should also be noted that the efficacy of probiotics has the specificity of strains and people. There are differences in probiotic efficacy among different strains; There are also differences in physiological regulation of probiotics among different hosts. Therefore, in the future, we should confirm the relevant probiotic functions at the strain level, judge and apply the individual functions of probiotics according to the individual characteristics of different hosts, and pay attention to personalized precise nutrition. Of course, the industrial application of probiotics must also be verified by scientific and rigorous processes. For example, the species, even the genetic composition and basic physiological and biochemical characteristics of the strain are first studied, and then the adaptability, safety and probiotic characteristics of the strain are evaluated in turn, and finally the probiotic dosage and probiotic combination with satisfactory efficacy are selected.

  In addition, consumers should choose probiotic-related products scientifically and reasonably. For lactic acid bacteria drinks, consumers should pay attention to distinguish product types when purchasing. According to the relevant standards in China, the labels of lactic acid bacteria drinks should be marked with live bacteria (non-sterilization) or non-live bacteria (sterilization), and they can be distinguished by labels when purchasing. When consumers buy yogurt, they should keep it reasonably according to the label. Low-temperature yogurt should be sold in cold storage. When they return home after purchase, they should put it in the refrigerator as soon as possible and drink it in time to ensure the activity of its strains.

  Probiotics have individual differences in their effects on health, and there is no "all-purpose" probiotic strain, which is suitable for everyone and all physical conditions. We should further strengthen the popular science education of consumers, popularize the professional knowledge of probiotics and clarify the scientific concept of "quantity" of probiotics, so that consumers can rationally choose probiotic products.

Self-heating food

It is necessary to cross the safety hurdle of "self-heating package"

  Interpretation expert: Lu Fuping (Vice President of chinese institute of food science and technology and Vice President of Tianjin University of Science and Technology)

  Self-heating food is a product that heats food with flameless self-heater and quickly reheates it to edible state. In recent years, a series of self-heating products represented by self-heating hot pot have developed rapidly. Besides the common self-heating hot pot and self-heating rice, there are also self-heating porridge, noodles, rice noodles, soup, etc., which are diverse and meet the urgent needs of consumers for hot food in more consumption scenarios.

  Although the safety of self-heating food is generally controllable, the safety risk of "self-heating package" should be paid full attention to. Since self-heating food uses the chemical reaction between heating agent and water to generate heat to heat the food. Occasional phenomena such as "self-heated food rupture" or "unstable temperature of self-heated food" have aroused people’s concern about the safety of self-heated food.

  Under the current self-heating technology in China, the chemical self-heating package used for self-heating food is mostly magnesium/iron for military use and aluminum-water for civilian use. No matter what kind of heating package, a small amount of hydrogen will be produced when heating. If individuals eat or a small number of people gather to eat, even in a closed environment, the amount of hydrogen generated by the heating of the heating package is far from the limit that can cause explosion. Under normal circumstances, the normal products will be eaten according to the normal operating procedures, and there will be no risk and safety problems such as cracking. However, if people eat a lot of self-heating food at the same time in a closed environment, or if the vent hole on the self-heating food packaging box is blocked, there may be potential safety hazards, which need to be paid full attention to.

  It is suggested to increase the research on the safety of self-heating package and develop a self-heating package with high efficiency and good safety. By developing energy-efficient formula and new heating device, the generation of hydrogen and water vapor can be controlled or reduced, the demand for energy efficiency release and utilization can be improved, and the safety level can be improved. Develop a new type of physical self-heating device, use renewable energy and reduce pollution. In addition, it is necessary to enhance the effectiveness and support ability of the self-heating device in various scenarios.

  The rapid development of self-heating food industry has attracted a large number of enterprises to join. However, due to the imperfect standards and specifications of self-heating food, the enterprises that have joined the self-heating food industry are mixed, which seriously affects the healthy development of the industry. At present, only the group standard "Self-heating Convenient Cuisine Products" issued by China Business Federation in 2017. From the perspective of regulating the industry, self-heating food needs more stringent standards to ensure its healthy development. It is understood that the industry is actively exploring how to establish a unified standard, for example, by standardizing the chemical composition and proportion, heating intensity, hydrogen production and other indicators contained in self-heating food heating packages, and making clear requirements for the treatment of final wastes, so as to improve the entry threshold of the industry and standardize the healthy development of the industry.

Special medical food

Not for everyone

  Interpretation expert: Ren Fazheng (Academician of China Academy of Engineering, Vice Chairman of chinese institute of food science and technology Probiotics Branch, Professor of China Agricultural University)

  Special medical food is formula food for special medical use, which is specially processed and prepared to meet the special needs of people with limited eating, digestive and absorption disorders, metabolic disorders or specific disease States for nutrients or meals. It also has a very strict classification, which is currently divided into two categories: people aged from 0 months to 12 months and people over 1 year old.

  On the basic functions of special medical food — — At present, there is a broad consensus on nutritional support, including improving the treatment and rehabilitation effect, shortening the course of disease, reducing medical expenses, increasing the turnover rate of hospital beds, and reducing the readmission rate, which can be solved through nutritional support and special medical food. The World Health Organization has proposed that if more money is invested in nutrition and health care, less 8.5 yuan can be spent on treatment and the cost of rescue in 100 yuan can be saved. It can be said that the nutritional support function of special medical food is indispensable in clinic. Of course, it can’t replace drugs.

  Special medical food is a new industry in our country, and our government attaches great importance to it, and has made very strict management regulations at the beginning of the industry development. Special medical food should be registered by the food safety supervision and administration department of the State Council, and the formula of special medical food should be based on the research results of medicine and nutrition, and its safety and clinical application effect need to be scientifically confirmed.

  According to news reports, some illegal enterprises produce ordinary solid drinks, pass off as special medical milk powder and mislead consumers. This kind of behavior belongs to false propaganda, which should be severely cracked down and strengthened management. In addition, when the special medical food is registered and put on record, the product formula and production technology are strictly regulated. Food enterprises should produce special medical food according to the registered formula, and cannot produce special medical food without obtaining the registered formula and production license.

  The demand emphasizes that special medical food is special and not suitable for everyone. Moreover, different special people need different special medical foods. We should strengthen the popularization of special medical food, let consumers know its particularity and eat it according to the doctor’s advice.

Reduce salt, oil and sugar

Science and technology lead, scientific implementation

  Interpretation expert: Chen Junshi (Academician of China Academy of Engineering, General Consultant of National Food Safety Risk Assessment Center)

  The diet of Chinese residents is high in salt, oil and sugar. "Three reductions" is not an isolated matter, it is an important part of the whole reasonable diet. Whether it is the government supervision department, food industry or consumers, it is necessary to raise awareness and establish the concept of "reasonable diet".

  Carrying out the "three reductions" action is not a matter for any department or enterprise, but should be coordinated and promoted by all parties. The government should formulate corresponding policies to lead the "three reductions" action, and catering and food processing enterprises should provide diversified products with different levels of salt, oil and sugar for consumers to choose by reducing the use of salt, oil and sugar. Residents gradually reduce the use of salt, oil and sugar in their daily cooking.

  In particular, the food industry and catering industry should accelerate the transformation and upgrading of nutrition according to the health needs of consumers, and take the initiative to take measures to reduce the use of salt, oil and sugar in food. This requires increasing scientific and technological support, laying a solid scientific foundation, solving the problems such as product flavor change and shortened shelf life that may be caused by "three reductions", innovating and developing new foods, and leading a healthy transformation with science and technology. In addition, there are different dietary nutrition problems in different regions and different groups of people, so nutrition science education should be targeted and reflect differentiation. Nutrition intervention should be precise, and the implementation of policies should be based on science and practical. Focus on guiding enterprises to provide more differentiated products for consumers to choose, and guide consumers to choose products that suit them reasonably.

  The action of "three reductions" needs to be carried out step by step in line with China’s national conditions, instead of "eating a fat man at one breath". It takes time to change people’s tastes, not quick. The improvement of cooking, methods and food processing technology also takes time, which cannot be achieved overnight, and should be carried out step by step in accordance with scientific laws. The transformation of consumer health concept needs long-term positive guidance and popularization of scientific knowledge. Therefore, the implementation of the "three reductions" action must be gradual, and various problems must be solved step by step.

Food fraud

Counterfeiting detection technology needs to be upgraded

  Interpretation expert: Wu Yongning (Chairman of chinese institute of food science and technology Food Authenticity and Traceability Branch, Technical Chief of National Food Safety Risk Assessment Center); Chen Ying (Vice President and Chief Engineer of China Academy of Inspection and Quarantine)

  Food quality, food safety and food truth are three attributes of food. The authenticity problems such as food fraud and forgery exist at home and abroad. For example, as the saying goes in China, "selling dog meat by hanging sheep’s head" and the "horse meat passing off as beef" that happened in Europe a few years ago. The World Health Organization once pointed out that apart from food-borne diseases, more and more food fraud and food fraud problems need to be paid attention to.

  Ensuring the authenticity of food is not only to protect public health, but also a necessary measure to curb the market chaos of "bad money drives out good money", standardize the market competition order and boost food consumption confidence. At present, China has basically met the public’s requirements for the quantity and quality of food, and the concern for food safety has reached a higher level. However, for a long time, the investment in food authenticity technology is relatively lacking, and it is difficult to guarantee the scientific supervision of "food authenticity". If food fraud is "a magic height of one foot", then the detection technology of counterfeit identification must be "a magic height of one foot".

  It is suggested to increase the scientific and technological investment in food authenticity research and overcome the technical difficulties and supervision problems of food authenticity. At the same time, speed up the transformation of technical standards of food authenticity, formulate corresponding detection methods and standards, and provide technical support for scientific supervision of food authenticity in China.

  (This edition of the article was compiled by our reporter Chen Haibo)

New energy automobile industry accelerates technological breakthrough and becomes an important force to stabilize industry.

  CCTV News:At the press conference held on May 17th, Meng Wei, spokesperson of the National Development and Reform Commission, said that at present, China’s new energy automobile industry is facing unprecedented development opportunities, and various measures will be taken to expand the consumption of new energy vehicles.

  In the first four months of this year, the production and sales volume of new energy vehicles in China reached 2.291 million and 2.222 million respectively, up by 42.8% year-on-year. From the monthly trend, in the first four months of this year, the growth rate of production and sales of new energy vehicles showed a trend of low opening, high going and continuous acceleration.

  From the international market, January — In April, China exported 348,000 new energy vehicles, a year-on-year increase of 1.7 times. More than 10,000 cars of various brands are waiting to be shipped out to sea at a car ro-ro terminal in Shanghai Waigaoqiao Port Area.

  Chen Shihua, Deputy Secretary-General of China Automobile Industry Association, said that although the sharp year-on-year increase in production and sales was influenced by the low cardinal utility in the same period last year, overall, the new energy automobile industry is developing steadily, and its supply capacity and quality are constantly improving, and it is becoming an important force to stabilize the industry.

  The National Development and Reform Commission and the National Energy Administration recently issued the "Implementation Opinions on Accelerating the Construction of Charging Infrastructure to Better Support New Energy Vehicles to the Countryside and Rural Revitalization", proposing to speed up the realization of areas suitable for the use of new energy vehicles, "full coverage of counties and counties" of charging stations and "full coverage of villages and towns" of charging piles, and enhance the support and guarantee capacity of rural power grids, so as to gradually crack the "blocking point" and "pain point" of purchasing and using new energy vehicles in rural areas.

  The insiders believe that China’s new energy automobile industry has entered a period of comprehensive market expansion, but the profitability, independent innovation and comprehensive competitiveness of the industrial chain need to be further improved. The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology said that it is working with relevant departments to study and introduce relevant policies and measures to stabilize automobile consumption and expand domestic demand growth. At the same time, accelerate the technological breakthroughs and industrial applications of new system batteries, automotive chips and automotive operating systems, and enhance the overall competitiveness and development quality of the new energy automobile industry.