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Starting from November 1, train tickets no longer need to be printed and reimbursed.
The State Administration of Taxation, the Ministry of Finance, and the China Railway Group jointly issued an announcement on October 18 that starting from November 1 this year, my country's railway passenger transportation field will promote the use of fully digital electronic invoices to facilitate the reimbursement of railway tickets for passengers and units. With the adoption of fully digital electronic invoices, passengers no longer need to go to train stations, ticket sales points, or self-service machines to print paper reimbursement vouchers. For units, financial personnel can carry out paperless reimbursement, accounting, archiving, storage and other services based on electronic invoices to improve work efficiency. In addition, as the use of railway paper tickets is significantly reduced, the costs of printing tickets and maintaining terminal self-service machines for railway transportation companies will also be significantly reduced.
Minimum wage standards in 31 provinces announced
Recently, the official website of the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security released the minimum wage standards for all provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities across the country (as of October 1, 2024). Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Beijing have the highest monthly minimum wages in the country. The monthly and hourly minimum wage standards in Jilin, Hunan, and Yunnan have all increased. After sorting out, it was found that after this update, there are 25 regions with first-tier monthly minimum wage standards of 2,000 yuan and above, namely Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Beijing, Tianjin, Guangdong, Hubei, Hebei, Shandong, Shaanxi, Jilin, and Sichuan , Liaoning, Hunan, Chongqing, Henan, Tibet, Heilongjiang, Yunnan, Anhui, Ningxia, Fujian, Gansu, Hainan, Jiangxi.
The 21st Beijing Printing Industry Vocational Skills Competition Launched
Recently, the Beijing Municipal Press and Publication Bureau issued a document: In order to thoroughly study and implement Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping’s series of important instructions on the work of skilled talents, vigorously promote the spirit of model workers, the spirit of labor, and the spirit of craftsman, and accelerate the training of To cultivate a group of highly skilled talents in the printing industry with strong abilities and professional skills, and promote the high-quality development of Beijing's printing industry, according to the work arrangement, the Beijing Municipal Press and Publication Bureau and the Beijing Municipal Human Resources and Social Security Bureau decided to jointly organize the Beijing Printing Industry Vocational Skills Contest.
The competition has two categories: student group and employee group. Each group of the competition is divided into three stages: preliminary, semi-finals and finals. Each stage of the competition includes two parts: theoretical examination and practical operation. Among them, the theoretical examination accounts for 30% and the practical operation accounts for 70%.
Announcement of the list of units to be supported by Beijing’s physical bookstore support project in 2024
According to the website of the Beijing Municipal Press and Publication Bureau, in accordance with the "Beijing Physical Bookstore Support Project Management Measures (Revised)", the Propaganda Department of the Beijing Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China organized and completed the 2024 Beijing Physical Bookstore Support Project. After application collection, district-level preliminary review, reconnaissance review, and final review, it is planned to support 346 physical bookstores in four project categories such as rent subsidies and demonstration bookstore rewards, and 2,138 reading cultural activities. Recently, the list of units to be supported will be announced to the public. The specific list can be found at the bottom of "Read the original text".
The 76th Frankfurt Book Fair sets up "Asia Stage" for the first time
The 76th Frankfurt Book Fair opened on the evening of the 15th at the Frankfurt Exhibition Center in Germany. For the first time, the book fair has set up an "Asia stage", and Chinese publishing institutions have made an appearance with a large number of books. The Frankfurt Book Fair is one of the important platforms for the export of Chinese publication copyrights. China Book import and Export (Group) Co., Ltd. organized nearly 70 domestic publishing institutions to participate in the exhibition. The China joint booth at this book fair covers an exhibition area of 580 square meters, displaying more than 3,500 kinds of books, focusing on more than 1,000 kinds of publishing trade books. During the exhibition, many Chinese publishing organizations will hold foreign language book launches, signing ceremonies, copyright export signing ceremonies and other activities. China Book import and Export (Group) Co., Ltd. will host the China-EU Copyright Negotiation Conference and the 2025 Beijing International Book Fair Promotion Conference.
Business list
Tianwen Printing reaches strategic cooperation with Hamilton Publishing House in Greece
On the morning of October 16, local time, in Frankfurt, Germany, Hunan Tianwen Xinhua Printing Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Zhongnan Media, and Hamilton Publishing House of Greece held a strategic cooperation signing ceremony at the 76th Frankfurt Book Fair. This strategic cooperation marks that the two parties will cooperate more closely in resource sharing, technical cooperation and other aspects in the global market in the future, opening a new chapter in global cooperation in high-quality printing.
This strategic cooperation symbolizes another development achievement of Tianwen Printing in the European market. It is not only an in-depth cooperation between the two parties in the field of printing, but also an important opportunity to promote Hunan Publishing to achieve more results on the road to internationalization in the future.
Nine Dragons Paper applied for a patent for all-wood pulp high-white offset paper and its preparation process
According to news on October 17, information from the State Intellectual Property Office showed that Nine Dragons Paper (Dongguan) Co., Ltd. applied for a patent titled "A kind of all-wood pulp high white offset paper and its preparation process." The patent abstract shows that the invention belongs to the technical field of offset paper, and in particular relates to an all-wood pulp high-white offset paper and its preparation process, including in weight percentage: long fiber pulp 10% to 15%; short fiber pulp 65% %～75%; homemade chemical pulp 15%～20%; the freeness of the long fiber pulp is 300ml～340ml; the freeness of the short fiber pulp is 330ml～370ml; the freeness of the homemade chemical pulp is The freeness is 330ml ~ 370ml; the whiteness of the finished paper can reach 100 degrees (normally 90 degrees), the paper bulk is above 1.3 (normally 1.2), the L value is above 93 (normally 90), and the physical strength index is increased by about 20%. The proportion of all-wood pulp can greatly reduce the use of virgin chemical pulp. The paper produced has low cost and large profit margins, and has great market development potential. It can also further promote the in-depth application of clean production and circular economy technology in my country's paper industry.
Shanying International plans to sell its entire stake in Nordic Paper for approximately 1.1 billion yuan
Shanying International recently received notice from its subsidiary SUTRIV Holding AB (hereinafter referred to as "Swedish Holding") that Strategic Value Partners, LLC (hereinafter referred to as "SVP"), through its subsidiary Coniferous Bidco AB, in accordance with the acquisition rules of Nasdaq Stockholm, It plans to issue a public cash offer to shareholders of Nordic Paper to acquire all of their shares at a cash offer of SEK 50.00 per share. based on Nordic Paper's current total share capital of 66.9088 million shares, the total consideration for this offer is approximately 3.345 billion Swedish kronor, equivalent to approximately 2.277 billion yuan. Shanying International indirectly holds 48.16% of Nordic Paper's shares through SUTRIV Holding AB, and the total transaction consideration is approximately 1.611 billion Swedish kronor (approximately RMB 1.097 billion).
Shanghai Electric plans to acquire industrial robot assets
Shanghai Electric announced on October 19 that Shanghai Electric Automation Group Co., Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of the company, plans to acquire 100% equity of Shanghai Ningsheng Industrial Co., Ltd. from the company’s controlling shareholder Shanghai Electric Holding Group Co., Ltd. in cash, with a transaction price of 30.82 billion. This transaction integrates the superior resources of both parties, especially in key areas such as lithium battery production, photovoltaic cell production and aviation automation assembly. In the future, we will jointly carry out joint research on production line technology and design based on customer needs. It is expected that this acquisition will not only improve the automation group's integration level in key areas of intelligent manufacturing, improve the overall capabilities and core competitiveness of the automated production line, but also help accelerate the overall development of the company's automation industry and enhance the company's market competition in the field of intelligent manufacturing. efforts to further expand the company's future development space and improve the company's profitability.
Jinjia Shares transfers the equity of its holding subsidiary Kunming Color Printing
Jinjia Shares announced on the evening of October 18 that the eighth meeting of the seventh board of directors held in Shenzhen Jinjia Group Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as the "Company") in 2024 reviewed and approved the "Proposal on the Transfer of Equity Interests in Controlled Subsidiaries" 》, on the same day, the company and Lucky Strike International Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Lucky International"), the company's wholly-owned subsidiary China Hong Kong International Tobacco Group Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "China Hong Kong"), and the company's holding subsidiary Kunming Color Printing Co., Ltd. The company (hereinafter referred to as "Kunming Color Printing" or the "Target Company") jointly signed the "Equity Transfer Agreement of Kunming Color Printing Co., Ltd." (hereinafter referred to as the "Transfer Agreement" or "this Agreement"). The company and China Hong Kong will respectively 10% and 41.61% of the equity held by Kunming Color Printing were transferred to Haocai International. The total equity transfer price was 59.8676 million yuan. The other shareholders of Kunming Color Printing unconditionally gave up their right of first refusal in this equity transfer. After the completion of this equity transfer, the company will no longer directly or indirectly hold the equity of Kunming Color Printing, and Kunming Color Printing will no longer be included in the company's consolidated statements.
Big picture of data
IDC releases 2023 China collaborative robot market report
According to news on October 17, market research organization IDC released a report on my country's collaborative robot market share in 2023 on October 16, and estimated that in the next three years, collaborative robots will be the product that users plan to purchase with the highest willingness, accounting for 57%. Market development The outlook is optimistic. The report points out that the overall scale of China's collaborative robot market will exceed RMB 1.48 billion in 2023, with sales and shipments exceeding 30,000 units.
The application market size of collaborative robots in the industrial field exceeds RMB 1.1 billion. They are mainly used in automated production lines such as automobiles, 3C electronics and metal processing, and perform diversified functions such as welding, handling and inspection.
The digitalization rate of production equipment of Yunnan manufacturing enterprises reaches 47%
On October 14, the reporter learned from the 55th World Standards Day that Yunnan Province strengthened standards leadership to promote high-quality leap-forward development press conference. Since the "14th Five-Year Plan", the Yunnan Provincial Department of Industry and Information Technology has promoted digitalization and greening. Transformation is the focus to further empower the upgrading of the manufacturing industry, and the digitization rate of production equipment of manufacturing enterprises in the province has reached 47%. From January to August this year, the added value of the province's designated industries increased by 3.8% year-on-year, and the added value of the manufacturing industry increased by 2.2%. Among them, high-tech manufacturing increased by 23%, green aluminum increased by 17.6%, new energy batteries increased by 15.6%, and silicon Photovoltaics grew by 13%, and the transformation of the manufacturing industry achieved remarkable results.
In the first three quarters, sales revenue of core industries in my country’s digital economy increased by 7.7% year-on-year.
Recently, I learned from the State Administration of Taxation that the latest value-added tax invoice data showed that in the first three quarters of this year, my country's economy was generally stable and making progress. The development of new productive forces was accelerated, the unified market was steadily advancing, and the green and low-carbon transformation was accelerated. There are positive highlights in many fields such as industrial operations, new energy industries, equipment updates and consumer goods trade-in. The sales revenue of the core industries of the digital economy increased by 7.7% year-on-year, reflecting the steady advancement of digital industrialization. In September, the sales revenue of high-tech industries and core industries of the digital economy increased by 11% and 4.9% year-on-year respectively, 2.1 and 1.3 percentage points faster than the growth rates in August respectively.
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