Collecting artificial joints will benefit more people. (Comic Source: vision china)

　　After coronary stent (heart stent), another high-value medical consumables "group purchase" was successful. Recently, the state organized the centralized procurement of artificial joint products in Tianjin, and the procurement products included the initial total hip replacement and the initial total knee replacement. The procurement period was two years. The results show that the average price of hip joint has dropped from 35,000 yuan to about 7,000 yuan, and the average price of knee joint has dropped from 32,000 yuan to about 5,000 yuan, with an average decrease of 82%.

　　"It is really a good thing that medical consumables have been greatly reduced, making people feel more at ease and emboldened to see a doctor." During the interview, many readers expressed their jubilant feelings to the reporter. When will the new price of artificial joints land? How much cheaper can the total cost be? What is the clinical situation of the new price of cardiac stent that has been implemented for more than half a year? How will the centralized purchase of high-value medical consumables develop? Guangzhou Daily’s all-media reporter recently conducted an investigation.

　　Text, map/Guangzhou Daily, all-media reporter Feng Qiuyu

　　The average price reduction is over 80%

　　It is expected to land in March-April next year.

　　It is understood that this procurement of artificial joints has attracted more than 40 enterprises at home and abroad, bidding for more than 800 products, covering artificial hip joints and artificial knee joints. The planned procurement volume is 540,000 sets, accounting for 90% of the demand of the whole medical institution. According to the purchase amount in 2020, the purchase amount of two kinds of joints in public hospitals is 20 billion yuan, accounting for 10% of the high-value medical consumables market. According to the average decline of 82%, it can save more than 16 billion yuan every year.

　　This artificial joint collection is the first time in the field of orthopedic consumables at the national level. Since 2019, Anhui, Jiangsu, Fujian, Shandong and other provinces have also carried out the collection of artificial joint consumables, with an average decline of 32.12% to 86.26%. After the state organizes the procurement of artificial joints, the related products will be applied to public medical institutions in the alliance area. On October 9, the reporter learned from an interview with the joint procurement office of high-value medical consumables organized by the state that the price and use plan of the selected products in centralized procurement will be implemented from March to April, 2022. "The specific implementation date is determined by the regions of the alliance."

　　According to the National Procurement Document of Artificial Joints with Concentrated Quantity (GH-HD2021-1), after the implementation, the hospital signed a procurement agreement with the selected enterprises on the national joint procurement platform for medical consumables. Yang Li, a senior researcher at Guangzhou Zhongcheng Medical Machinery Research Institute, said that from the perspective of national and previous provincial-level procurement of artificial joints, the price of the selected artificial joint terminal dropped by about 60%~90%, and patients enjoyed relatively cheap and high-quality medical consumables.

　　About 2/3 patients were not operated because of the cost.

　　Centralized purchasing is expected to popularize domestic consumables

　　Artificial joint replacement is one of the effective methods to treat femoral head necrosis, joint injury, osteoarthritis and other diseases caused by trauma, sports injury, degeneration and aging, which can greatly restore the joint movement function of patients and obviously improve the quality of life.

　　Zhang Xu, director of the Department of Orthopaedics, Yueyang People’s Hospital, Hunan Province, said that hip fracture in the elderly is often called "the last fracture in life". If you stay in bed for a long time with conservative treatment, it is easy to cause thrombosis and lung infection, which belongs to the "just need" in the operation of replacing artificial joints. Generally, for hip fractures in the elderly over 65 years old, surgical treatment (joint replacement) is the first choice.

　　"The other part ‘ Not just needed ’ Hip and knee are the main joints. Osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis caused by various reasons, physical deformity affects appearance and walking pain affects daily life. Joint replacement is the best treatment. In the past, due to the high price of replacement joints (joint prosthesis materials) and economic conditions, many patients who needed replacement surgery gave up. " Zhang Xu said that in some second-and third-tier cities and rural areas, there are more cases where treatment is delayed due to high costs. "From the clinical situation, at least two-thirds of patients choose not to have replacement surgery for economic reasons."

　　Artificial joints belong to high-value medical consumables. In the past, according to the bidding price and different preferential efforts of manufacturers, the pricing of hospital consumables at different levels was not exactly the same. A doctor in a 3A hospital in Shanghai said that the cost of artificial joint replacement in this hospital is between 50,000 and 70,000 yuan, and the medical insurance can be reimbursed about 20,000 yuan. After centralized procurement, the price before medical insurance reimbursement is expected to drop to 20,000 to 30,000 yuan. Zhang Xu introduced that at present, the average cost of knee replacement surgery in Yueyang People’s Hospital is more than 20,000 yuan except joint consumables, and the personal burden is about 50%; The average consumables is more than 20,000 yuan, and the personal burden of medical insurance for employees is about 70%, and the reimbursement is capped at 8,000 yuan. Therefore, after medical insurance reimbursement, individuals need to bear a total of about 24,000 yuan. After the collection, the price of mainstream knee products has dropped to around 5,000 yuan, and with medical insurance reimbursement, ordinary people can spend a lot less, and the average total cost has dropped by more than 40%, which is acceptable to most people.

　　An orthopedic surgeon in a 3A hospital in Guangzhou said that the price of hip consumables used to be as low as 10,000 to 20,000 yuan domestically, and as high as 100,000 yuan imported. The price of consumables is much higher than that of surgical treatment and medical expenses, which add up to about 15,000 yuan. "After this collection, it is expected to reduce the economic burden of patients. In the past, some patients used to choose imported consumables, and collection is also expected to popularize the use of domestic consumables."

　　According to statistics, in 2019, the number of artificial hip and knee replacement operations in China has exceeded 900,000, and it has maintained an annual growth rate of about 20%; By the end of 2020, China’s elderly population over 60 years old accounted for 18.70%. Yang Li, a senior researcher at Guangzhou Zhongcheng Medical Machinery Research Institute, believes that for the middle-aged and elderly people who need such products, the national centralized procurement is undoubtedly a major benefit.

　　Most of the heart stents fell to 700 yuan.

　　Guangdong’s procurement progress exceeds agreed expectations.

　　We still need to wait for a short time for the price reduction brought by the centralized procurement of artificial joints, and the price reduction of cardiac stents has already landed in Guangzhou. Yang Li introduced that last year, the price of coronary stents purchased by the state with centralized quantity dropped by more than 94%, and the average price dropped from 13,000 yuan each to around 700 yuan, which was very strong and was implemented on January 1 this year. Liu Zhen, deputy director of the Department of Cardiovascular Medicine of Guangzhou First People’s Hospital, told the Guangzhou Daily all-media reporter: "The price of heart stent collection has been on the ground for some time. This collection is indeed very strong, and other ancillary products have also entered the rhythm of collection."

　　As a doctor who has been engaged in cardiovascular medicine for more than 20 years, Liu Zhen has to perform hundreds of operations every year, and the heart stent can be said to be his "most familiar old friend". "In previous clinical applications, cardiac stents were made in China and imported. The domestic price was between 8,000 yuan and 11,000 yuan each, the imported price was around 20,000 yuan each, and the employee medical insurance reimbursement was about 70%; At present, the products collected in clinic will be given priority. The price of domestic and imported cardiac stents is mostly more than 700 yuan or even lower, which greatly reduces the burden on patients. "

　　It is understood that before this, Guangdong Province reported to the National Joint Procurement that the total demand for stent procurement in the coming year was 112,500, accounting for 8.4% of the country, and the usage ranked second in the country. According to the national centralized procurement document of coronary stents, the agreed procurement volume in the first year is 80% of the total procurement demand, that is, the intentional procurement volume in Guangdong Province in the first year is 90,108, which is estimated to save about 1 billion yuan compared with the average online price in Guangdong Province. According to the disclosure of Guangdong Medical Insurance Bureau, by the end of August this year, 132 hospitals in Guangdong Province had purchased a total of 82,427 stents selected in national centralized procurement, and the procurement progress exceeded the agreed expectations.

　　Expert: Centralized purchasing has become an inevitable trend.

　　Ordinary people are the biggest beneficiaries.

　　"The purpose of medical reform is to make the people afford to see the disease, see the disease well, and see the doctor conveniently. Drugs and consumables have been greatly reduced in price round by round. In the future, the collection of high-value medical consumables will further expand the scope of procurement, and all parties concerned will work together to ensure the orderly development of collection and use. " Experts in the industry believe that in the next step, it has become an inevitable trend to quickly start centralized purchasing with products with large clinical dosage and mature use.

　　"After the collection of coronary stents and artificial joints, the national medical insurance department has a comprehensive understanding of the price formation of the products of the bidding enterprises, which helps to form a scientific and reasonable pricing system. While the price of artificial joint consumables is greatly reduced, how to ensure the quality of products needs to be focused on. " Liang Jialin, secretary-general of the Expert Committee of Value Medical Consultants, believes that the efficacy of drugs in use is mostly short-lived, but implantable consumables (coronary stents, artificial joints and intraocular lenses) are mostly long-term or even accompany patients for life, so we should not only consider the quality of the products themselves, but also continuously track and monitor the medium and long-term efficacy. "In the next stage, the national level can explore the monitoring of the quality and efficacy of the winning products from the national specialized medical association of the National Cardiovascular, Orthopedic and Ophthalmic Medical Center."

　　Yang Li, a senior researcher at Guangzhou Zhongcheng Medical Machinery Research Institute, believes that, unlike stents (especially traditional metal stents), there is still much room for improvement in the overall permeability of orthopedic track. After purchasing with quantity, it is expected to usher in a significant increase in category usage, and the most important thing is that the majority of patients will benefit. "The overall market concentration and standardization of the industry will be further enhanced. After the price drops sharply, the market demand for products will increase significantly. In the long run, the industry penetration rate and market space will increase. For related manufacturers, especially those with a high proportion of revenue in this business, it is necessary to quickly improve their cost control and operation capabilities to ensure supply after winning the bid. If you fail to win the bid, you should determine the business choice and market expansion measures as soon as possible. "

　　The sound of "the strongest summer file in history" just fell, and the footsteps of the National Day file followed. Faced with one of the best box office production schedules, each film producer will naturally not miss this excellent opportunity. Up to now, there have been 11 new films, such as Rock-Solid, Volunteers: Attack by Heroes, and Ex-4: Early Marriage, among which the biggest attraction is the "peak confrontation" between Zhang Yimou and Chen Kaige, two representatives of the fifth generation directors. At present, when the domestic box office movies are almost monopolized by the directors of the 1980s, the reunion of the two directors of the 1950s makes people return to the glorious years once created by the fifth generation directors.

　　Rock-solid

　　93 International Train Robbery: Operation Moscow

　　Zhang Yimou tried "the movie version of The Knockout".

　　This year’s Spring Festival movie "Man Jiang Hong" once again made Zhang Yimou one of the leading figures in the high box office of China movies. At present, the film ranks first in the mainland box office this year with a box office of 4.544 billion yuan, and also ranks sixth in the domestic box office history list. In recent years, Zhang Yimou seems to have found the knack of shooting high-grossing movies: one is to cooperate with Professor Peking University and screenwriter Yu Chen; The second is to find a group of young actors with both popularity and acting skills to cooperate with.

　　"As Hard as a Rock", which was released on September 28th, was filmed in 2019. This is his first collaboration with Yu Chen and actors such as Lei Jiayin and Yu Hewei. This film is Zhang Yimou’s first attempt to shoot a film about anti-corruption crimes, and tells the story of a soul-stirring investigation trip by Su Jianming (Lei Jiayin), a young policeman who works in the Criminal Appraisal Center of the Municipal Bureau.

　　In addition to portraying the key figures involved in complex cases such as Zheng Gang, deputy mayor (Zhang Guoli) and Li Zhitian, a wealthy businessman (Yu Hewei), the film also deeply discusses the themes of father-son relationship, marital relationship and power alienation, and it is also considered as "The Knockout in the film version". At the moment when the anti-corruption struggle is deepening, although the film was released after four years, its timeliness is still very strong. With the east wind of "Man Jiang Hong", "As Hard as a Rock" is undoubtedly one of the most powerful competitors in this National Day file.

　　Chen Kaige directed the epic of war.

　　In the The Battle at Lake Changjin, Chen Kaige directed the part of the volunteer army "before entering the DPRK", while "Volunteers: Attack by Soldiers", which was filed until September 28th, was a war epic directed by Chen Kaige alone. The film is a series of trilogy, and Volunteer Army: The Attack of Heroes is the first film released. The film shows the whole story of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea in a panoramic and multi-dimensional way. In addition to truly depicting the tragic battle of Songgufeng, it also vividly depicts the heroes on the diplomatic front in China.

　　In the cast, Xin Baiqing, Zhu Yilong and Zifeng Zhang are all powerful actors. In addition, Tang Guoqiang, Liu Jin, Zhang Songwen and Zhang Ziyi also play important roles in the film. Although The Battle at Lake Changjin and Watergate Bridge on Changjin Lake have made history at the box office, the box office of the films directed by Chen Kaige has never exceeded 1 billion yuan. It is unrealistic for this film to replicate The Battle at Lake Changjin’s brilliance at the box office, but as the "most difficult film" ever made by Chen Kaige, the quality of this film is still expected. Zhang Hanyu, Andy Lau, re-enacted the "Great Robbery of Chinese and Russian Trains"

　　It has been 19 years since Andy Lau and Zhang Hanyu cooperated again after world without thieves. The "93 International Train Robbery: Moscow Action" released on September 29th was directed by Qiu Litao, which was adapted from the "Sino-Russian Train Robbery" that shocked China and foreign countries, and it was also the first real case of cross-border pursuit in China. In the film, Huang Xuan plays the villain, Zhang Hanyu plays the policeman, and Andy Lau plays the mysterious man in Moscow. The plot contains thrilling contents such as car chasing, gun fighting and car blasting. This film is one of the largest cooperation films between mainland filmmakers and Hong Kong filmmakers in recent years. Coupled with Qiu Litao’s many years of directing skills in the action field, the thrilling degree of the film will make people feel adrenaline soaring.

　　A "This Killer is Not Too Cold" made comedian Wei Xiang a real first-line actor. On September 28th, It’s not as if I’m so excited, starring Wei Xiang and Wang Zhi, was adapted from the Spanish film Basketball Champion, which was released in China in 2019. Wei Xiang played Wei Guozheng, a basketball coach who was very persistent in winning, and led a group of people with mental retardation to form a basketball team named "Caring House", and finally realized the dream of winning the championship. Obviously, this is a comedy film, and it is also a film in which Wei Xiang plays a leading role, which is a big test for him. The film simultaneously introduced a barrier-free version specially made for visually impaired people.

　　The professional version of Cat’s Eye shows that the most wanted audience in this new National Day film is "Ex 4: Early Marriage". "Ex-3: Goodbye to Ex-3" once earned a high box office of 1.94 billion yuan in the New Year’s Day file in 2018, which also made this series one of the IP with the most box office potential. "Ex-4: Marrying Young" is still starring Han Geng, Ryan, Kelly and other original people, and tells the story of Meng Yun (Han Geng) and Yu Fei (Ryan) who are of marriageable age, who are confused about their emotional fate and a test of coping with the "cooling-off period of marriage".

　　In addition, this National Day file also includes six cartoons, I am the Return of the Hero of Nezha 2, The Legend of the Little Mermaid’s Sea Monster, Beacon Bear: mission to mars, Kung Fu King’s Meng Tiger Climbing the Mountain, Wang Wang Team’s Great Work Movie 2: Super Adventure and Crazy Rescue.

　　In 2019, a total of 13 films were released, and the total box office in 7 days exceeded 5 billion. This year, the number of National Day holiday days has increased to 8 days. Although the number of new films released has been reduced to 11, the strength of five blockbusters, such as "As Hard as a Rock", is very strong. With the heat set by the summer file, the box office of National Day file is expected to exceed imagination. Our reporter Wang Jinyue

　　Xinhua News Agency, Taiyuan, May 21st (Reporter Lv Mengqi) The reporter learned from the Taiyuan Municipal Transportation Bureau on the 21st that all taxis in Taiyuan will be replaced by pure electric vehicles this year, thus becoming the first city in China to run all pure electric taxis.

　　Statistics show that there are 8,292 taxis in Taiyuan, which will reach the retirement age one after another this year. In order to promote energy conservation and environmental protection, from the end of last year, Taiyuan began to replace taxis with pure electric vehicles.

　　It is understood that the cruising range of pure electric vehicles replaced in Taiyuan City has reached 400 kilometers, and the market price of each vehicle is 309,800 yuan. After subsidies at the national, provincial and municipal levels, business households only need to pay 89,000 yuan to buy a car.

　　"Charge twice a day for about two hours at a time." Master Liu, a taxi driver who has replaced the pure electric vehicle, told the reporter that although charging shortens the daily passenger time, the daily electricity bill is less than that of 200 yuan, which is about 60 yuan less than that of fuel vehicles, and the income has not been greatly affected.

　　By the end of April, 3,000 taxis in Taiyuan had been replaced, and it is expected that all taxis will be replaced by the end of July. By then, the daily charging capacity of taxis in Taiyuan will exceed 200,000 kWh, and the electricity price will be three kinds of electricity prices, peak and valley, and the charging service fee will be charged at 0.45 yuan/kWh.

　　In order to ensure the normal operation, Taiyuan City is vigorously promoting the construction of charging piles. The relevant person in charge of Zhixun Parking Company, which is responsible for the operation of charging piles in Taiyuan, told the reporter that nearly 2,000 charging piles have been built in Taiyuan, and most of them have been put into use. In the future, there will be 20 charging and replacing power stations and 3,000 charging piles in Taiyuan.

　　According to reports, Taiyuan City is the electric vehicle industry base that Shanxi Province will focus on in the next step. According to the plan, by 2020, Taiyuan’s electric vehicle industry will form a bus, a passenger car electric vehicle enterprise and 5-8 key parts enterprises. The output of electric vehicles will reach 20,000, and the output value will reach 50 billion yuan. It has the independent research and development and industrialization capabilities of core parts of electric vehicles. At the end of March this year, BYD invested 4 billion yuan in an electric vehicle base and started construction.

　　Being in the ocean desert, you don’t have to worry that your mobile phone has no signal; With the touch of fingertips, the shearer at the depth of 240 meters underground can rotate the spiral blades to realize "one-key coal mining"; Within 6 milliseconds, the surgical robot 300 kilometers away can accurately complete the difficult operation … … In Zijinshan Laboratory, Jiangning District, Nanjing, the application scenarios of future network technology refresh people’s understanding of science and technology and reshape the boundary between the network world and daily life.

　　Let science fiction shine into reality, and major scientific and technological innovation platforms play an important role, becoming an important subject to break through scientific frontiers and key core technologies and a "solid base" to support the high-quality development of the industry. Since its establishment more than four years ago, Zijinshan Laboratory has carried out technical research around the strategy of strengthening the country through the network and the strategy of digital China, and achieved a series of breakthrough results: the world’s first large-scale network operating system, the world’s first backbone programmable switching equipment operating system, the first cross-border heterogeneous cloudy switching platform in China, and the world’s first cloud native computing network operating system & HELIP; …

　　"Purple Mountain Lab will continue to take the lead in undertaking national key R&D projects, support top scientists to lead original and leading scientific and technological research, focus on breakthroughs in frontier basic scientific issues including network, communication and security, and achieve autonomy and control in key areas and key links." Liu Yunjie, director and chief scientist of Purple Mountain Laboratory and academician of China Academy of Engineering, told the reporter that Purple Mountain Laboratory, as a national major scientific and technological innovation platform, has the ability to gather high-end innovative resources. The next step will be to optimize the layout, improve the overall efficiency of scientific and technological innovation, and better serve and integrate into the new development pattern.

　　"Three, two, one, get in the water!" A 300-meter-long dual-fuel power ship slowly left the dock and sailed for the riverbank wharf to wait for outfitting. The intelligent assembly production line made the whole process smooth and silky, which made the behemoth also have an elegant and agile aesthetic feeling.

　　Jingjiang shipbuilding industry started in 1970s. At first, it only produced wooden ships. Later, it was dominated by traditional ship types such as bulk carriers, oil tankers and container ships. As a traditional labor-intensive industry, backward technology and low industrial added value are the obstacles that have long plagued Jingjiang shipbuilding industry to move towards high-end market.

　　Innovation enhances the core competitiveness of shipbuilding enterprises and is the endogenous driving force to promote Jingjiang to become the highland of shipbuilding industry cluster. The Yangtze River shipbuilding industry has experienced decades of independent research and development design, technical reserve, personnel introduction, simulation experiments and other links, and realized the independent production of LNG carriers by private enterprises. New Times Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. focuses on the market segment of large-scale dual-fuel power ships, carries out special technical research, and completes the transition from low-end production to high value-added and high-tech shipbuilding field … … These achievements also indicate that Jingjiang shipbuilding enterprises have the ability to build advanced ship types by relying on scientific and technological innovation, promoting the extension of product structure to high technology and high added value, accelerating the transformation to "high-end, intelligent and green".

　　"At this stage, Jingjiang City is actively laying out and building a shipbuilding industry research institute, building a public technical service system and building a technical innovation support service platform around the fields of energy conservation and emission reduction, advanced manufacturing and supporting equipment." Wang Wei, director of Jingjiang Science and Technology Bureau, said that in the next step, Jingjiang will seize the strategic opportunity of the country to build a comprehensive industrial cluster of ships and offshore engineering equipment in the Yangtze River Delta with the largest scale and the most complete industrial chain, and contribute to further deepening the land-sea overall planning and river-sea linkage pattern and promoting the construction of a world-class advanced marine engineering equipment industrial cluster.

　　Release the efficiency of regional innovation and promote the continuous improvement of innovation ecology. "We have funds but lack technology. Thanks to the matchmaking of Changzhou Science and Education City, we can land smoothly." The person in charge of Wanbang Digital Energy Co., Ltd. said. In 2017, the technological innovation and achievement transformation institution jointly established by Changzhou Municipal People’s Government and Dalian University of Technology — — Under the active promotion of Jiangsu Research Institute of Dalian University of Technology, Wanbang Digital Energy signed an agreement with Dalian University of Technology to jointly build an electric vehicle charging technology research institute, and plans to invest 10 million yuan in five years for technological innovation in the research and development and application of high-performance charging systems, platforms and products for electric vehicles, so as to promote technological progress and product optimization and upgrading of enterprises.

　　Two years later, the research institute transferred two important invention patents to Jiangsu New Energy Vehicle Smart Energy Equipment Innovation Center, and both the institute and the enterprise cooperated to carry out research and development of industrial common technologies, personnel training of industrial technologies, creation, protection and application of intellectual property rights, resource integration and innovation, so as to promote the coordinated development in the energy field.

　　To promote the effective application of scientific and technological innovation, we must carry out in-depth organic cooperation in Industry-University-Research. In recent years, Changzhou has cooperated with universities, medical institutions and enterprises to promote basic research. In 2022, 115 projects were approved by the National Natural Science Foundation, up 51% year-on-year. Strengthen cooperation with Jiangsu Institute of Industry and Research, and add 12 joint creation centers for enterprises such as Weidekang Medical, and build 52 in total.

　　In 2023, Changzhou issued "Several Policies on Promoting Innovation and Development" to build an innovation platform with greater efforts, support innovation subjects with stronger measures, and serve innovation and entrepreneurship in a better way. "The new version of the innovation policy aims to further strengthen the overall planning of science and technology in the city, form a working pattern of departmental coordination and urban linkage, and effectively combine the strength of innovation policies with the innovative service ‘ Acceleration ’ ‘ transformed into the subject of innovation; Somatosensory temperature ’ , better play the role of innovation. " Li Lei, director of Changzhou Science and Technology Bureau, said.

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▲ Chen Yuxi is all red.

　　　　Doha, Qatar has become the focus of sports fans in Asia and even the world this winter. The Asian Cup has just reached the climax of the quarter-finals, and the FINA Swimming World Championships opened here yesterday, with a duration of 17 days.

　　　　This is the first time that the event has come to the Middle East. There will be 2,500 players from 197 countries and regions competing for 75 gold medals in six sports.

　　　　All the main players of the "Dream Team" played.

　　　　The diving competition of this World Championships will be held in Hamad Aquatic Center from February 2 to 10, and the ownership of 13 gold medals will be decided. The China team sent all the main players to fight, including Chen Yuxi and Quan Hongchan, two star players in the most popular women’s platform event, and two experienced male players who came back, Olympic champions Cao Yuan and Xie Sicai. When China came to Doha this time, there was no clear medal index. The goal was to let the athletes challenge themselves and train for the Paris Olympics.

　　　　This time, the China diving team gave up three non-Olympic events, namely, the women’s 1m springboard, the mixed 3m springboard and the mixed team competition. It is of little significance to participate in these events in the Olympic year. This will also give athletes from other countries some space to compete for gold medals, which is beneficial to promoting and developing diving events.

　　　　In the previous three World Championships, China won almost all diving gold medals. In Gwangju, South Korea in 2019, China deliberately gave up the competition for the mixed 10-meter platform in the last match day after winning 12 gold medals; In the 2022 World Championships in Budapest, the China team won all 13 gold medals; At the Fukuoka World Championships in 2023, the "Dream Team" accidentally missed the men’s platform event and also won 12 gold medals. This time, the China diving team will strive for gold in all 10 events, and at least in eight Olympic events, it is necessary to establish enough self-confidence and deter competitors from other countries in the Olympic year.

　　　　The frog king hangs a war-free card after the butterfly

　　　　Speaking of the swimming events in this World Championships, it is destined to be a "chicken rib" competition. The China Swimming Team is expected to arrive in Doha four days before the start of the competition, and the competition will be held from February 11th to 18th. In this list, the "golden couple" who dominated the international swimming world for a whole year last year-Qin Haiyang and Zhang Yufei all hung up their war-free cards and devoted themselves to winter training to accumulate physical strength for the Paris Olympic Games. In addition to these two Mesozoic stars, three veterans, including two Olympic champions Ye Shiwen and Wang Shun, and Xu Jiayu, the winner of two gold medals in men’s backstroke in the World Championships, are also trying to concentrate on the Olympic Games this year and have not been selected for the World Championships in Doha.

　　　　Pan Zhanle, the rookie of men’s freestyle, and Li Bingjie, the Asian overlord of women’s middle and long distance freestyle, are the most famous China team members who went to Doha to participate in the competition. Even Yang Junxuan, a member of the women’s 4× 200m freestyle relay champion at the Tokyo Olympic Games and a gold medalist in the women’s 200m freestyle at the Budapest World Championships, chose to stay at home for winter training.

　　　　Many world star players are absent.

　　　　As for other world masters, the five-time world champion Molly O’Callaghan, three-time world champion Kelly mckeown, kyle Chalmers, Aryan Titmes, Canadian double champion Summer McIntosh, a new generation of "flying fish" caleb Dressel (USA) and the world record holder David Popovich (Romania) are confirmed to be absent from this event. Of course, Laideji, the king of women’s long-distance freestyle in the world, has also announced that she will not participate in this World Championships. She has 21 gold medals in the World Championships and announced early that she will "concentrate on participating in the Paris Olympics" and will not go to Doha.

　　　　There are still more than five months before the Paris Olympic Games to hold such a world championship, which is held in the same year as the Olympic Games and for the first time in winter. It is very normal for star players to be absent in large numbers, because participating in the competition will disrupt their preparation rhythm. For Li Bingjie, 21, and Pan Zhanle, 19, winning the gold medal for China will be a high probability event.

　　　　Text/Reporter Liu Ailin Coordinator/Wang Wei

　　　　Photo courtesy/vision china

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