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For Lin Li, a Shanghai woman who runs a Chinese restaurant in new york, her "cold winter" began as early as the day when Wuhan was closed, and there is no sign of "thawing" until the summer.

In May last year, Lin Li and her church friends set up a stall in the food city in Queens, new york, mainly engaged in special stir-frying. The wall was full of pictures of 50 special dishes, from the crab powder cage in Shanghai to the diced chicken in chili pepper, boiled fish and yellow croaker noodle soup with Guangdong characteristics. Five workers are employed in the store, who are responsible for cashing, preparing meals and packing, and each has its own division of labor.

The food city is located in Amherst, in the west of Queens, a community famous for immigrants from all over the world, especially from Asia. This food stall, which was converted from a supermarket, accommodated 26 merchants. The scarlet letter signboard and the red and white flags hung on the eaves of the wall were striking. From cold rice noodles to Xinjiang cuisine, from fried rice noodles to mala Tang, I suddenly had the illusion of returning to China. Lin Li’s shop is located in the corner of the food city.

When Lin Li returned to the store after her 10-day Spring Festival holiday in China, the noisy voices in the past had disappeared and were replaced by the sighs of the empty hall and other stall owners. Rumors and discrimination have begun to permeate the lives of ordinary people. Many people regard Chinese food and Chinese people as carriers or sources of infection, and avoid eating in Chinese restaurants.

The empty streets in new york The pictures in this article are all taken by Pang Yuhong.

"As far as I’m concerned, restaurants are more hygienic than other restaurants, because we have been reading domestic information all morning, and we all know the seriousness of this problem, so we may be much more cautious than those foreigners." Lin Li said. For safety reasons, Lin Li also asked employees to wear masks and gloves. As the number of guests in the dining hall decreased greatly, she was worried about the wages of the workers every day. "Later, we finally got the wages for the workers, but we had no money to earn, and we still owed a lot of rent, water, electricity and gas, and we couldn’t pay them at all."

New york citizens wearing masks one after another.

China, the oldest city in Manhattan, is usually crowded with pedestrians, tourists and vendors selling fruits and vegetables, but it suddenly became an empty city in February, and even the amount of garbage collected in the garbage bins within its jurisdiction has dropped every day. Grace Young, a food writer, has lived in China for more than 40 years, and she knows a lot about restaurants in China. On a weekend at the end of February, she found that the Xixi Roast Meat Restaurant, which she often went to, was closed because of poor business, so she began to actively appeal to everyone on social media and radio to support the business of these Chinese restaurants.

Both the small restaurants in China and the food city where Lin Li is located have a common feature, which is cheap and good. You can buy a bag of fruit from a street vendor for two or three dollars, a bowl of wonton for 6.5 dollars, and a bowl of rice with Sichuan style stew pork for 9 dollars in Lin Li’s shop, which is far lower than most supermarkets and restaurants in new york.

"Many Chinese restaurants are small businesses, and their net interest rate is very low. They all rely on the sales volume to make profits. How much profit can you leave after a bowl of wonton is stripped of labor, raw materials, water and electricity, rent, tax and insurance?" Grace looked at the Chinese restaurant that was empty at rush hour and said to me with great regret.

As the discrimination against Asians continues to ferment, some violent incidents have also started to appear in the news frequently. Grace began to worry about her own safety after seeing reports that Asians were inexplicably attacked on the street and abused on the subway for wearing masks for several days. "I know that many of my friends have such unpleasant experiences. Our society is too crazy now." Speaking of this topic, she suddenly became nervous, then paused and muttered in a low voice: "I even think it is scary to talk about this topic. Who knows what will happen."

Lin Li’s son, who is going to college in other places, also specially called her to ask about her safety. Unlike Grace, who has scruples, Lin Li is more outspoken. "I think Americans are too arrogant. Especially after Trump took office, he made this racial discrimination clear and made it public, and then some Americans’ hatred was aroused."

When the timeline advanced to March, the United States became the "epicenter" of the epidemic. Compared with the concern about discrimination, the survival of restaurants has become a more urgent issue. On March 16th, the Governor of New York, Andrew Cuomo, ordered all restaurants to close their in-house dining business, allowing only takeout and self-help meals. In the next week, Lin Li watched the Vietnamese rice noodles, Japanese food, cold rice noodles, saute spicy chicken, mala Tang and other stores in the food city close one by one. By the 23rd, only her restaurant in the huge food city was still open.

"Do you remember the end of Titanic? I watched our lights go out one by one, and I remembered the scene at the end of the movie, when four musicians played "Closer to My Lord" on the boat, and then people rushed to jump into the boat and escape. This felt very strange. " Lin Li said on the phone.

All the workers she used to hire took time off to go home for fear of the epidemic. As a result, all the tasks of maintaining the operation of the restaurant fell on Lin Li and her partners. In order to protect their own safety, she and her partner will lock the door from the inside every day after they arrive at the store, and put up notices on the gate asking the takeaway riders to wait outside.

Go out at 8 o’clock every morning, and when you arrive at the store, you just prepare the goods, prepare the take-away list, stir-fry and pack, and you can’t eat your first meal until 4: 30 in the afternoon. Lin Li vividly called this process "handing in homework".

In late March, thousands of supermarkets in new york City were temporarily closed due to logistics obstruction and manpower shortage, including three supermarkets near the food city. The wholesaler of vegetables and meat that used to deliver goods to the door disappeared, and the supermarket that often went shopping closed, which made Lin Li’s daily meal preparation process become a "treasure hunt" for driving to find supermarket supplies. "I used to shop around, but now as long as I can find a supermarket to open the door, I will go in and give the list to the boss, take the goods and leave, and I won’t compare prices at all." Lin Li said.

The difficulty in stocking has brought about changes in the dishes. There were 20 products on the take-away menu, but now it has been reduced by nearly half. One day, I received two orders for pickled bullfrogs, both of which made Lin Li feel embarrassed. When she went to the market to stock up the night before, she only bought a live bullfrog. Seeing that the time was too late, she could only contact the second customer who placed the order to cancel the order.

Not only are the raw materials difficult to find, but even the packing box has once become a problem. It turned out that the Aolong Catering Wholesale Market, where Lin Li often went, announced the suspension of business at the end of March, so she had to temporarily replace the lunch box. I didn’t expect to receive a complaint from a guest just two days after I changed the lunch box. A frequent visitor in the store asked why the amount of food suddenly decreased in the WeChat group. Lin Li sincerely apologized in the group in time and explained to the customer that it might be the visual difference caused by the change of the shape of the lunch box.

"Before, if you were missing something, you could borrow it from the restaurant next door, but now it’s gone, and if you are missing something, you will be told by the guests." Lin Li sighed. At this time, she received a WeChat prompt, showing that the number of WeChat steps on that day was 19,000, ranking first in the circle of friends.

While Chinese restaurants are struggling to find the source of goods, the sharp increase in the demand for take-away delivery has also prompted Lang Tao, who specializes in take-away business in new york and New Jersey, to change his strategy urgently. In 2014, he and his partners established a platform dedicated to the distribution of Chinese group meals-Yunban Newspaper, which regularly transports authentic Chinese food distributed in Flushing, Brooklyn and other places to the business districts and schools in Manhattan. Every day at noon and evening, it is often seen that white-collar workers and students queue up to take meals at their mobile distribution points.

In the face of the menacing Covid-19, the number of 100 merchants stationed in Yunban Newspaper has dropped sharply to 20, and Lin Li’s restaurant is one of the few merchants. Because most companies take home office and students take classes online at home, the original shopping route centered on the business district of Yunban newspaper can no longer meet the needs of users. Lang Tao discussed with the team urgently, and began to plan to deliver meals to some residential areas with dense Chinese, and adjusted the menu on the platform to cancel cold dishes and only heat dishes.

"Eating is just a need, so the average unit price of our orders has doubled during this period of time. But now, after all, the transportation capacity is limited. We may need to deliver hundreds of orders for dinner every day, which is already running at full capacity. " Wolf Tao said.

The delivery staff of Yunban newspaper goes to the merchant’s shop in Flushing every afternoon to pick up meals-they have a new dress code: protective clothing, gloves and masks, all of which are indispensable. Lin Li always secretly hopes that the delivery staff will come slowly. She usually deals with loose orders from Grubhub, Seamless, Uber Eats and other platforms at noon, and prepares dozens of group meals from Yunban newspaper in the afternoon. She and her partner are busy in the empty food city, fearing that they will not be able to prepare meals before the delivery staff arrives.

Heavily armed delivery staff

After entering April, the turning point of the epidemic in new york was delayed, but Zhang Wen, who was resting at home, couldn’t hold back and decided to return to work quietly.

Zhang Wen has been running Aolong Restaurant Wholesale Company in Flushing, new york for four or five years, with clients covering hundreds of Chinese restaurants in new york, Chicago, Maryland and New Jersey. After the outbreak began, the first thing he felt was that drivers were too difficult to hire, and sometimes he had to drive himself to farms and dealers to pull goods. After some supermarkets were closed, residents who wanted to stock up poured into the wholesale market to purchase. Zhang Wen looked at the sudden emergence of a large number of individual customers in the warehouse. First, he shortened the business hours and canceled the delivery service on March 23, and finally decided to temporarily close down at the end of March. At this time, 80% of the restaurants he had worked with had closed down.

"We were also very flustered at the time. After all, we were doing wholesale business. Suddenly, we saw so many families coming to shop, people came and went, and employees felt unsafe." Zhang Wen recalled, "In fact, the food reserves in the United States were abundant, but everyone rushed to buy them. As a result, the prices of ginger, garlic, spices and vegetables also rose."

A rare week of rest at home is not very enjoyable for Zhang Wen, who can’t help himself. "Every day, except playing with children, I just eat and sleep. After staying for a week, I feel that life is boring." During the rest at home, some old customers still call him to buy goods. In order to prevent a large number of passengers from entering the wholesale market again, Zhang Wen did not open to the outside world this time, but quietly opened the wholesale market to serve old customers.

The two-month stay-at-home order not only brought challenges to Chinese restaurant owners like Lin Li, but also gave birth to many fresh delivery platforms dedicated to serving Chinese people, distributing all kinds of meat, fruits and snacks sold by Chinese supermarkets to customers’ homes far away from Super League. This is an unexpected turn for Zhang Wen. "It turned out that the goods sold in Wechat business that we contacted were relatively simple, but now Wechat business, which comes to us to get the goods, has more diverse needs for fresh food, spices, fruits, rice noodles and snacks." Wechat business’s joining has brought new customers to Zhang Wen, and also made him pay attention to the development of online shopping sales model.

In the third week of April, Zhang Wen’s circle of friends, which had been silent for a long time, posted several photos of high-piled wholesale boxes. He wrote, "Chicken feet, South American golden wings, fat beef, ribs and pork have arrived … There are not many goods, so come and get them as soon as possible." A few days later, Mr. Zhang told me that some Chinese restaurants began to open their doors for take-out, and his wholesale market would resume normal business.

Almost at the same time, the number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the United States exceeded one million, and the number of infected people in new york still ranked first in the United States. Queens is the most densely populated area in COVID-19, new york, and Amherst Hospital, which was full of patients at the beginning of the epidemic, is only 5 minutes’ walk from the food city.

The handyman in the shop forwarded an article to Lin Li with the title "Look at crying, new york dies every 17 minutes, and the body is overloaded". In the face of such a situation, Lin Li is also scared. "When I buy goods every day, I see everyone lining up outside the supermarket. When I enter the supermarket, it is all the smell of disinfectant. Sometimes I feel flustered, I am afraid that I can’t get the goods and I can’t eat on time. "

"He just wanted to hint that I should go out of business quickly, but I know there are still many people who need to buy rice at this time. If you go out of business and watch the rising figures panic at home every day, it is better to be busy. " Now, she puts a gospel leaflet in every meal. She thinks that at this time, people may need some light and spiritual support. And herself, at the end of the day’s work, looking at the order quantity displayed on the mobile phone, can only sigh happily and anxiously, "I have to work hard to hand in my homework tomorrow."

(At the request of the interviewee, "Lin Li" in the text is a pseudonym. )

The administrative offices of the Union, the Municipal People’s Government, the commissions, offices, departments and bureaus of the autonomous region, and major enterprises and institutions:

　　The measures for the implementation of the pilot reform of water resources tax in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region are hereby printed and distributed to you, please conscientiously implement them according to the actual situation. All regions should promptly report the progress of the pilot work to the Finance Department, Local Taxation Bureau and Water Resources Department of the autonomous region. ?

December 29, 2017

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　　Measures for the implementation of the pilot reform of water resources tax in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region

　　the firstIn order to fully implement the spirit of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, conscientiously implement the decision-making arrangements of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council, strengthen the management and protection of water resources, and promote the rational development and utilization of water resources, according to the Notice of State Taxation Administration of The People’s Republic of China of the Ministry of Finance on Comprehensively Promoting Resource Tax Reform (Caishui [2016] No.53) and the Notice of the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Water Resources of the State Administration of Taxation on Printing and Distributing the Implementation Measures for Expanding the Pilot Reform of Water Resources Tax (Caishui [2017] No.80), ?

　　the secondThese Measures shall apply to the pilot collection and management of water resources tax in the autonomous region. ?

　　ArticleExcept as provided in Article 6 of these Measures, other units and individuals that directly access surface water and groundwater are taxpayers of water resource tax, and shall pay water resource tax in accordance with the provisions of these Measures. ?

　　The direct use of surface water and groundwater mentioned in the preceding paragraph refers to the direct use of surface water and groundwater by water intake projects or facilities, including gates, dams, channels, artificial rivers, siphons, pumps, wells and hydropower stations.

　　Article 4?Taxpayers of urban public water supply are urban public water supply enterprises. ?

　　Article 5Taxpayers of water resource tax shall apply for water permit in accordance with the Water Law of People’s Republic of China (PRC), Regulations on the Administration of Water Permit and Water Resource Fee Collection, and Implementation Measures for the Administration of Water Permit and Water Resource Fee Collection in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. ?

　　Article 6The following circumstances, do not pay water resources tax:

　　(a) the rural and pastoral collective economic organizations and their members take water from the ponds and reservoirs of the collective economic organizations; ?

　　(two) family life and sporadic free-range, captive livestock and poultry drinking a small amount of water; ?

　　(three) the water conservancy project management unit is to allocate or dispatch water resources to take water; ?

　　(four) in order to ensure the construction safety and production safety of underground projects such as mines, it is necessary to take temporary emergency water (drainage); ?

　　(five) in order to eliminate the harm to public safety or public interests, temporary emergency water intake; ?

　　(6) It is necessary to take temporary emergency water for drought relief in agriculture and animal husbandry and for maintaining ecology and environment. ?

　　According to the Implementation Measures of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region for Water Permit and Water Resource Fee Collection and Management, the term "small amount of water intake" as mentioned in the second paragraph of the preceding paragraph refers to the annual water intake of less than 1000 cubic meters. ?

　　Article 7?Water resource tax is levied on surface water and groundwater. ?

　　The surface water mentioned in the first paragraph of this article refers to the general name of dynamic water and static water on the land surface, including rivers, lakes (including reservoirs) and other water resources;

　　The groundwater mentioned in the first paragraph of this article refers to various forms of water resources buried below the surface. ?

　　Article 8The water resource tax shall be levied according to the quantity quota. ?

　　Except in the circumstances stipulated in Articles 9 and 10 of these Measures, the formula for calculating the payable water resource tax is: tax payable = actual water consumption × applicable tax. ?

　　The applicable tax amount mentioned in the preceding paragraph refers to the applicable tax amount where the water intake is located. ?

　　Article 9The formula for calculating the water resource tax payable for water intake for hydropower generation and thermal power generation through tubular cooling is: tax payable = actual power generation × applicable tax. ?

　　The first paragraph of this article refers to the way in which thermal power plants take water from rivers, lakes (including reservoirs) and other water sources, and directly discharge the water into the water source after cooling the units. ?

　　The applicable tax amount mentioned in the first paragraph of this article refers to the applicable tax amount where the water intake is located. ?

　　Article 10The calculation formula of water resource tax payable for urban public water supply is: tax payable = actual water sold × applicable tax. ?

　　The term "urban public water supply" as mentioned in the first paragraph of this article refers to the provision of water by urban public water supply enterprises to residents and units in their lives, production and other constructions through public water supply pipelines and ancillary facilities. ?

　　The applicable tax amount mentioned in the first paragraph of this article refers to the applicable tax amount for different types of water users. ?

　　Article 11The water resource tax is levied according to the actual water consumption and applicable tax amount for circulating cooling water intake of thermal power generation. ?

　　The circulating cooling water intake for thermal power generation as mentioned in the first paragraph of this article refers to the water intake method that thermal power generation enterprises take water from rivers, lakes (including reservoirs), underground and other water sources and introduce it into the self-built cooling tower, and then return it to the cooling tower for recycling after cooling the unit.

　　The applicable tax amount mentioned in the first paragraph of this article refers to the applicable tax amount where the water intake is located. ?

　　Article 12Water resource tax is levied according to the actual water consumption and applicable tax amount for drainage. ?

　　The term "drainage" as mentioned in the first paragraph of this article refers to the activities of destroying the groundwater layer and causing underground water gushing in the process of mining and engineering construction. ?

　　The actual water intake mentioned in the first paragraph of this article shall be determined according to the displacement. ?

　　The applicable tax amount mentioned in the first paragraph of this article refers to the applicable tax amount where the water intake is located. ?

　　Article 13Ground source heat pump collects water resource tax according to actual water consumption and applicable tax. ?

　　The ground source heat pump mentioned in the first paragraph of this article refers to pumping groundwater by a water pump, exchanging heat energy and then returning it to the ground through a recharge well. ?

　　The applicable tax amount mentioned in the first paragraph of this article refers to the applicable tax amount where the water intake is located. ?

　　Article 14　In addition to directly under the central government and inter-provincial (autonomous regions and municipalities) hydropower water, overall consideration of water resources in our region, the level of economic and social development and water conservation and protection requirements, in the "Ministry of Finance, State Administration of Taxation, Ministry of Water Resources on printing and distributing.

　　The tax standard for water intake from hydropower stations directly under the central government, across provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) and in our region is 0.005 yuan per kWh. If the tax standard of water resource fee for hydropower generation of inter-provincial (autonomous regions and municipalities) Jiehe Hydropower Station is inconsistent with the water resource fee collection standard of non-pilot provinces involved, it shall be implemented according to the higher standard. ?

　　Article 15　The types of water intake are divided into direct surface water intake, direct groundwater intake, special forms of direct water intake and urban public water supply. ?

　　Direct access to surface water and direct access to groundwater can be divided into centralized drinking water projects for the production of agriculture and animal husbandry, domestic water for the population in rural pastoral areas, and water access for special industries and other industries; Special forms of direct water intake can be divided into hydropower generation water intake, thermal power generation tubular cooling water intake, drainage and ground source heat pump; Urban public water supply is divided into residents, special industries and other industries according to the types of water users. ?

　　The term "water intake for agriculture and animal husbandry production" as mentioned in the second paragraph of this article refers to water intake for planting, animal husbandry, aquaculture and forestry (except for water intake for business planting and breeding in enterprises and institutions). ?

　　The centralized drinking water project mentioned in the second paragraph of this article refers to the water supply project for the rural and pastoral population with a water supply scale of 1000 cubic meters/day or more than 10,000 people and operated by enterprises and institutions. ?

　　The term "water intake for special industries" as mentioned in the second paragraph of this article refers to water intake for car washing, bathing, golf courses and ski resorts. ?

　　Article 16The water resource tax standard is determined according to the following principles:

　　For the use of groundwater, water for special industries, and water for exceeding the plan (quota), the tax amount shall be determined from a high level; For water intake for agricultural and animal husbandry production exceeding the prescribed limit, centralized drinking water project mainly for rural and pastoral population, recycled drainage and ground source heat pump, the tax amount shall be determined from a low level. ?

　　Strictly control over-exploitation of groundwater. For the same type of water intake, the groundwater tax is higher than that of surface water, and the groundwater tax in water shortage areas is much higher than that of surface water; Distinguish serious over-exploitation areas, over-exploitation areas and non-over-exploitation areas, and set differential tax: the tax standards for groundwater utilization in serious over-exploitation areas and over-exploitation areas shall be implemented according to 3 times and 2 times of the tax standards for non-over-exploitation areas respectively.

　　If groundwater is used in the area covered by urban public water supply network, the tax amount is higher than that in the area not covered by urban public water supply network, which is higher than the price of urban public water supply for similar purposes in our district. ?

　　In addition to special industries and agriculture and animal husbandry production, taxpayers who use groundwater will be unified in tax standards under the same conditions. ?

　　In addition to urban public water supply enterprises, if the taxpayer’s accumulated water intake in that year exceeds the annual water intake plan or water intake quota approved by the water administrative department, the competent tax authorities shall levy a water resource tax of 1-3 times on the basis of the original tax amount according to the excess ratio. ?

　　During the pilot period of water resource tax reform, water resource tax will be levied on urban public water supply according to the principle of shifting taxes and fees, without increasing the burden on residents’ domestic water and urban public water supply enterprises. ?

　　Article 17The specific applicable tax standards for various types of water intake in our region shall be implemented in accordance with the applicable tax table of water resources tax in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region (see annex). ?

　　The specific scope of serious over-exploitation areas, over-exploitation areas and non-over-exploitation areas in the autonomous region, which are implemented in conjunction with these measures (including annexes), shall be separately specified by the Water Resources Department of the autonomous region in conjunction with the Local Taxation Bureau of the autonomous region.

　　Article 18?In the following circumstances, the water resource tax shall be exempted or reduced:

　　(1) The water used for agricultural and animal husbandry production within the prescribed limits shall be exempted from water resource tax; ?

　　(two) the use of sewage to treat reclaimed water is exempt from water resource tax; ?

　　(three) in addition to access to the urban public water supply network, the military and armed police forces take water by other means, which are exempt from water resource tax; ?

　　(four) pumped storage power generation water, water resources tax exemption; ?

　　(5) Water resources tax shall be exempted if the oil production drainage is reinjected into a closed pipeline after separation and purification; ?

　　(six) other exemptions or reductions of water resources tax as stipulated by the Ministry of Finance and State Taxation Administration of The People’s Republic of China. ?

　　Article 19The water resource tax shall be collected by the local tax authorities. ?

　　Twentieth in addition to the urban public water supply enterprises, the time of tax payment obligation of water resources tax is the day when taxpayers take water resources. ?

　　The tax obligation of water resources tax of urban public water supply enterprises occurs on the day when taxpayers sell water resources. ?

　　Article 21 In addition to water for agricultural and animal husbandry production, water resource tax shall be levied quarterly or monthly, which shall be determined by the competent tax authorities according to the actual situation. If the tax payment cannot be calculated according to the fixed time limit, the tax payment can be declared by time. ?

　　The water resource tax on water intake for agricultural and animal husbandry production exceeding the prescribed limit shall be levied annually.

　　Article 22Taxpayers shall declare and pay taxes within 15 days from the date when the tax payment expires or the tax payment obligation occurs. ?

　　Article 23 In addition to the circumstances stipulated in Article 26 and Article 27 of these Measures, taxpayers shall declare and pay the water resource tax to the tax authorities where the production and operation are located. ?

　　In the administrative area of the autonomous region, the tax payment location needs to be adjusted, which is decided by the financial and local tax departments of the autonomous region. ?

　　Article 24Water resources allocated in accordance with the water allocation scheme approved by the people’s government of the autonomous region or its authorized department across the cities and counties (cities, districts) shall be subject to water resource tax by the tax authorities transferred to the location of the region. ?

　　Article 25 The water selling behavior between enterprises in the production, supply and marketing of urban public water supply shall be paid by the urban public water supply enterprises that ultimately sell water resources to users. ?

　　Article 26 The water resource tax for water intake for hydropower generation in Wanjiazhai and Nierji comprehensive water control projects across provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) shall be distributed between the autonomous region and relevant provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities). The specific distribution ratio shall be determined by the Finance Department of the autonomous region in conjunction with the Local Taxation Bureau of the autonomous region by referring to the tax distribution methods such as value-added tax and enterprise income tax specified in the Guiding Opinions of the Ministry of Finance on the Tax Distribution of Inter-provincial Hydropower Projects (FB [2008] No.84), and submitted to the people’s governments of Shanxi, Heilongjiang and other provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) for determination. ?

　　The competent tax authorities shall, in accordance with the hydropower generated in the proportion determined in the preceding paragraph and the tax standard of 0.005 yuan/kWh, levy a water resource tax on the water used for hydropower generation in Wanjiazhai and other comprehensive water control projects across provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities).

　　Nierji and other comprehensive water control projects involving relevant provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) are not included in the pilot scope of water resource tax reform, and the water resource fee collection standard for hydropower generation is inconsistent with the tax standard of 0.005 yuan per kWh, according to the higher standards of the autonomous region and relevant provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities). ?

　　The comprehensive water control project mentioned in the first paragraph of this article refers to a water conservancy project that undertakes many tasks such as power generation, flood control, irrigation, industrial water supply, shipping, etc., and the flooded area and dam site cross the autonomous region and relevant provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities). ?

　　Article 27The water resource tax for hydropower generation across allied cities of comprehensive water control projects such as Haibowan and three sheng Gong is distributed among relevant allied cities in our region. The specific distribution method shall refer to the Guiding Opinions of the Ministry of Finance on Tax Distribution of Inter-provincial Hydropower Projects (FB [2008] No.84) and the relevant provisions of Article 26 of these Measures, and the Finance Department of the autonomous region shall, jointly with the Local Taxation Bureau of the autonomous region, put forward specific opinions and submit them to the people’s government of the autonomous region for approval and implementation. ?

　　The comprehensive water control project mentioned in the preceding paragraph refers to a water conservancy project that undertakes many tasks such as power generation, flood control, irrigation, industrial water supply, shipping, etc., and the flooded area and dam site are all within the administrative area of the autonomous region and across the Union City. ?

　　The water resource tax for water intake by hydropower generation across counties (cities, districts) of the comprehensive water control project in our district is distributed among the relevant counties (cities, districts) in our district. The specific allocation method shall be implemented with reference to the provisions in the first paragraph of this article.

　　The comprehensive water control project mentioned in the preceding paragraph refers to a water conservancy project that undertakes many tasks such as power generation, flood control, irrigation, industrial water supply, shipping, etc., and the flooded area and dam site are all within the administrative area of the same Union city and across counties (cities, districts). ?

　　Article 28The water consumption of agricultural and animal husbandry production exceeds the water consumption quota (excluding the part of purchasing water rights), and the water consumption units and individuals shall pay the water resource tax. ?

　　With the implementation of these measures, the "water quota standard and water quantity verification method" for agricultural and animal husbandry production shall be formulated separately by the Water Resources Department of the autonomous region in conjunction with the local taxation bureau of the autonomous region. ?

　　Article 29 Mineral resource tax is levied on underground hot water and mineral water, and water resource tax is not levied. ?

　　Article 30 The water administrative department and the local tax authorities shall, in accordance with the water resource tax collection and management mode of "tax collection and management, water conservancy verification, independent declaration and information sharing", carry out the water resource tax collection and management, that is, the tax authorities shall collect and manage according to law; The water administrative department is responsible for verifying the water intake; Taxpayers shall file tax returns according to law; The tax authorities and the water administrative department shall establish a tax-related information sharing platform and work coordination mechanism, and exchange tax collection and water utilization information on a regular basis. ?

　　Article 31Establish a cooperative taxation mechanism between tax authorities and water administrative departments. ?

　　The water administrative department shall regularly send relevant information on water resources management, such as water intake permit, actual water intake, over-planned (quota) water intake, and punishment for illegal water intake, to the tax authorities. ?

　　Taxpayers declare and pay taxes to the tax authorities according to the actual water intake approved by the water administrative department. The tax authorities shall collect water resources tax according to the approved actual water consumption, and regularly send the taxpayer’s tax declaration and other information to the water administrative department. ?

　　The tax authorities regularly analyze and compare the information declared by taxpayers with the information sent by the water administrative department. Problems found in the process of collection and management shall be jointly checked by the tax authorities and the water administrative department. ?

　　Article 32 The coverage of urban public water supply pipe network shall be demarcated year by year by the administrative department of urban public water supply in Union City and counties (cities, districts) according to the actual coverage of urban public water supply pipe network, and the demarcated scope shall be sent to the local tax authorities at the same level before January 31st each year. On this basis, the local tax authorities determine the applicable tax standards for taxpayers. ?

　　Article 33Taxpayers of water resource tax shall take water according to the plan approved by the water administrative department. ?

　　Units or individuals that take water without the approval of the water administrative department shall not issue plans or quotas for taking water. ?

　　Article 34?In addition to urban public water supply enterprises, the taxpayer’s accumulated water consumption in that year exceeded the annual water consumption plan or water consumption quota approved by the water administrative department, and the competent tax authorities shall levy water resources tax according to the following provisions:

　　(a) the amount of water that exceeds the planned or quota by 20% (inclusive) shall be doubled on the basis of the original tax standard. ?

　　(two) the amount of water that exceeds the planned or fixed amount by 20% to 40% (inclusive) shall be levied twice on the basis of the original tax standard. ?

　　(three) more than 40% of the planned or fixed amount of water, on the basis of the original tax standard plus 3 times the collection. ?

　　For the water resource tax that exceeds the quota for water intake in agricultural and animal husbandry production, the policy of levying additional water in the preceding paragraph shall be implemented on the basis of the corresponding tax standard. ?

　　Article 35For units or individuals that have not been approved by the water administrative department to take water, the water administrative departments at all levels shall, in line with the principle of "based on reality, simplified procedures and classified handling", complete the examination and approval procedures for water permit within the prescribed time limit; If the water permit is not approved, the reasons and basis for disapproval shall be informed in writing. The specific measures (including time limit) shall be stipulated separately in the "Measures for the Administration of Specific Collection of Water Resources Tax" referred to in the second paragraph of Article 37 of these Measures. ?

　　Article 36Taxpayers shall install water metering facilities in accordance with national technical standards. ?

　　Taxpayers fail to install metering facilities for water intake or metering facilities cannot accurately measure water intake, and the water intake shall be verified according to the maximum water intake (drainage) capacity for 24 hours a day or other methods determined by the Finance Department, Local Taxation Bureau and Water Resources Department of the autonomous region. ?

　　Article 37The water resource tax is collected and managed by the tax authorities in accordance with the Law of People’s Republic of China (PRC) on Tax Collection and Management, the Notice of the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Water Resources of the State Administration of Taxation on Printing and Distributing the Implementation Measures for Expanding the Pilot Reform of Water Resource Tax (Cai Shui [2017] No.80) and the relevant provisions of these Measures. ?

　　The specific measures for the collection and management of water resource tax shall be formulated separately by the local taxation bureau of the autonomous region in conjunction with the water resources department of the autonomous region. ?

　　Article 38 During the pilot period of water resource tax reform, all the water resource tax revenue belongs to our region. The water resource tax is distributed between the autonomous region and the union city according to the current resource tax ratio of 65: 35; The share ratio between Union cities and counties (cities, districts) shall be determined by each Union city. The return base of the autonomous region to the Union City is determined on the basis of the actual collection of the Union City in December 2016 and January-November 2017. ?

　　After the proportion of water resources tax sharing between Union City and counties (cities, districts) is determined, it should be reported to the Finance Department and Local Taxation Bureau of the autonomous region for the record, so as to ensure that the water resources tax revenue levels of the collection and management software are correctly maintained and run on time.

　　Article 39Take into account the financial interests of the taxpayer’s production and operation location and the government where the water intake is located. ?

　　Where the taxpayer’s production and operation location and the water intake location belong to different counties (cities, districts) in the same union city, the distribution principle and proportion of water resource tax revenue shall be determined by the union city; If they are not in the same union city, the distribution ratio of water resource tax revenue shall be determined by the relevant union cities through equal consultation, and the finance of the autonomous region shall handle relevant adjustment matters through year-end settlement; If it is difficult for the relevant union cities to reach an agreement through consultation, the application of the relevant union cities shall be studied and handled by the Finance Department of the autonomous region with reference to relevant measures. ?

　　Article 40The income from the inter-provincial (autonomous regions and municipalities) water resource tax for hydropower generation of Wanjiazhai Comprehensive Water Control Project belongs to our region, which is collected by the competent tax authorities and distributed among the relevant union cities, counties (cities, districts). Specific measures for collection and distribution shall be put forward by the Finance Department of the autonomous region in conjunction with the Local Taxation Bureau of the autonomous region, and submitted to the people’s government of the autonomous region for approval and implementation. ?

　　Article 41 After the introduction of water resource tax, the collection standard of water resource fee dropped to zero. Before June 30, 2018, the water resource fee collection and management department will pay the water resource fee owed, deferred or postponed by the water intake units and individuals into the non-tax revenue account of the financial department. ?

　　After the water resource tax is levied, the balance of the water resource fee account can be offset against the water resource tax payable by the units and individuals who pay the water resource fee in advance; If the payment has not been completed by June 30, 2018, the remaining water resources fee will be returned by the local authorities. ?

　　Article 42During the pilot period of water resource tax reform, the water resource tax levied on urban public water supply enterprises according to the principle of shifting taxes and fees will be included in the comprehensive water fee of water users, and the price and tax will be separated, which will not be included in the tap water price, and will not be used as the tax basis for value-added tax, and will not increase the water burden of residents and the burden of urban public water supply enterprises. ?

　　The specific handling methods specified in the preceding paragraph at the operational level shall be separately determined by the development and reform commission of the autonomous region, the local taxation bureau and the Inner Mongolia State Taxation Bureau according to their respective functions. ?

　　Article 43 During the pilot period of water resource tax reform, the relevant expenditures of the water administrative department shall be arranged and guaranteed by the financial budget at the same level. The original water resource fee collection and management personnel shall be arranged by the people’s government at the same level. ?

　　Article 44The establishment of the autonomous region water resources tax reform pilot organization and leadership, overall coordination and overall guidance of the pilot reform, the office is located in the Department of Finance of the autonomous region. ?

　　All Union cities and counties (cities, districts) should set up corresponding organizations and leading bodies to provide organizational guarantee for the pilot reform of water resources tax. ?

　　Article 45 All regions should strengthen the publicity and interpretation of the pilot policy of water resource tax reform, respond to social concerns, stabilize social expectations, and create a good environment for reform. At the same time, the "Emergency Plan for the Pilot Reform of Water Resources Tax" was formulated to prevent and efficiently handle all kinds of emergencies and ensure the smooth and orderly progress of the reform pilot. ?

　　Article 46The policy issues involved in the pilot reform of water resources tax shall be answered and explained by the departments of Finance Department, Local Taxation Bureau, Water Resources Department, Development and Reform Commission and Inner Mongolia State Taxation Bureau according to the division of responsibilities; Is a national level research decision, by the relevant departments for instructions from the Ministry of Finance, State Taxation Administration of The People’s Republic of China, Ministry of Water Resources, etc. to be clear. ?

　　Article 47Taxpayers and tax authorities, water administrative departments and their staff violate the "Ministry of Finance, State Administration of Taxation, Ministry of Water Resources on Issuing

　　Article 48 These Measures shall come into force as of December 1, 2017. Notice of the People’s Government of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region on Printing and Distributing the Collection Standards and Relevant Provisions of Water Resources Fees in the Autonomous Region (No.127 [2014] of the Ministry of Internal Affairs) shall be abolished at the same time. ?

　　Attachment: Applicable Tax Table of Water Resources Tax in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region

District and County Labor and Social Security Bureau:

　　In order to ensure the smooth implementation of the Notice on Adjusting the Standards of Social Insurance Subsidies and other related issues (No.47 [2007] of Beijing Labor Service), we hereby notify the registered unemployed in cities and towns about enjoying social insurance subsidies again and other related issues as follows:

　　I. I have enjoyed self-employment (self-employment) and flexible employment.

　　Urban registered unemployed persons with social insurance subsidies may apply for self-employment (self-employment) social insurance subsidies again according to regulations.

　　(a) to apply for a second time to enjoy the conditions of self-employed (self-employed) social insurance subsidies.

　　1 women over 40 years of age, men over 50 years of age (hereinafter referred to as "4050" personnel) and moderate and severe disabled persons (see Annex 1 for the classification criteria of moderate and severe disabled persons);

　　2. During the period of unemployment, he has applied for the "business license of individual industrial and commercial households" and "tax registration certificate" according to law, and has been operating normally for more than 3 months, and has gone through the employment registration formalities according to regulations;

　　3 in the city or district, county employment service center for the individual entrusted filing procedures.

　　(two) to apply for and approve the social insurance subsidy program for self-employment (self-employment) again.

　　1. Self-employed (self-employed) personnel go to the street (township) social security office (hereinafter referred to as "social security office") where their registered permanent residence is located to submit their ID card, employment registration card of urban unemployed in Beijing, re-employment concession card, business license of individual industrial and commercial households (copy), tax registration certificate (copy), documents entrusted by individuals and provide business premises.

　　2. Within 7 working days after accepting the application materials, the Social Security Institute will organize a preliminary examination of the applicant’s conditions, investigate its business conditions, and fill in the opinions of the Social Security Institute in the Approval Form for (Re-) Applying for Self-employment (Self-employment) Social Insurance Subsidies, and report them to the district and county labor and social security departments for review.

　　3 county labor and social security departments to investigate and verify the application materials within 5 working days, and report to the municipal labor and social security department for approval. The municipal labor and social security department shall verify the application materials within 10 working days, and issue a reply to those who meet the requirements.

　　4. The Social Security Institute shall, within 5 working days from the date of receiving the approval, notify the personnel who have been approved to enjoy the social insurance subsidies for self-employed (self-employed) and sign the Agreement on Social Insurance Subsidies for Self-employed (self-employed) personnel (see Annex 3). Apply for basic pension, unemployment and basic medical insurance subsidies and handle individual payment procedures from the month of approval; If it is not approved, notify the applicant in writing.

　　(three) stop enjoying self-employment (self-employment) social insurance subsidies.

　　1. Failing to report the employment status to the Social Security Institute for more than 30 days;

　　2. Failing to pay the social insurance premiums that individuals should bear on time and in full for more than 30 days;

　　3 for various reasons, closed down, closed down, sublet and individual business license failed to pass the annual inspection;

　　4. Individuals put forward higher than the prescribed standards and enjoy social insurance subsidies;

　　5. Other forms of employment have been achieved;

　　6. Self-employed (self-employed) social insurance subsidies expire;

　　7 to reach the retirement age stipulated by the state or have enjoyed the basic old-age insurance benefits;

　　8. Fraud, defrauding social insurance subsidies;

　　9. Other circumstances in violation of laws, administrative regulations and relevant documents.

　　Second, the urban registered unemployed who have enjoyed self-employment (self-employment) and flexible (flexible) employment social insurance subsidies can apply for flexible employment social insurance subsidies again according to regulations.

　　(1) Conditions for applying for social insurance subsidies for flexible employment again.

　　1 women over 40 years of age, men over 45 years of age (hereinafter referred to as "4045" personnel) and moderate and severe disabled people;

　　2. Engage in domestic service in the community and form a service relationship with community residents, or engage in community service work such as bicycle repair, recycling of renewable resources, convenient haircut, fruit and vegetable retail, etc. under the unified arrangement of counties, streets (townships) and communities, as well as other flexible employment work that can obtain legal income without fixed work units, irregular posts and irregular working hours;

　　3. Flexible employment has been achieved for 3 months, and personal employment registration has been handled in the labor and social security department of the district and county where the household registration is located.

　　(2) Procedures for re-applying and approving social insurance subsidies for flexible employment.

　　1. Flexible employees shall go to the street (township) social security office where their registered permanent residence is located and submit their "ID card" and "Re-employment concession card". Disabled persons shall submit "People’s Republic of China (PRC) Disabled Persons’ Card" and "Beijing Urban Unemployed Employment Registration Card" (photocopy) and fill in the "Approval Form for (Re-) Applying for Social Insurance Subsidies for Flexible Employment" (see Annex 4).

　　2. Within 7 working days after accepting the relevant materials, the Social Security Institute will conduct a preliminary examination of the actual situation of the applicant, and if it meets the conditions, report it to the district and county labor and social security departments; The county labor and social security department shall review the application materials within 5 working days, and report to the municipal labor and social security department if it meets the requirements; The municipal labor and social security department shall issue a reply to the qualified materials within 10 working days.

　　3. The social security office shall notify the applicant within 5 working days after receiving the approval, and notify the applicant in writing if it is not approved.

　　(three) stop enjoying the social insurance subsidies for flexible employment.

　　1. Establish labor relations with the employer and sign a "labor contract";

　　2. Stop flexible employment;

　　3. Failing to pay the social insurance premiums that individuals should bear in full and on time for more than 30 days;

　　4. Failing to report flexible employment for more than 30 days without justifiable reasons;

　　5. The social insurance subsidy for flexible employment expires;

　　6. Has officially gone through the retirement formalities or reached the statutory retirement age;

　　7. Fraud, defrauding social insurance subsidies for flexible employment;

　　8. Other circumstances in violation of laws, administrative regulations and relevant documents.

　　Three, enjoy self-employment (self-employment) and flexible employment social insurance subsidies.

　　(a) the "4050" unemployed and moderately disabled people can enjoy social insurance subsidies for self-employment (self-employment) for three consecutive years.

　　(two) "4045" unemployed people and moderately disabled people can enjoy social insurance subsidies for flexible employment for three consecutive years.

　　(3) Persons who are less than five years away from the statutory retirement age and severely disabled persons can enjoy social insurance subsidies for self-employment (self-employment) or flexible employment for five years in a row.

　　Four, self-employment (self-employment) and flexible employment social insurance subsidy standards.

　　(1) The basic old-age insurance is based on 40% of the average monthly salary of employees in Beijing in the previous year, and the insurance premium is paid at the rate of 20% (8% of which is included in personal accounts), with 14% subsidy and 6% paid by individuals.

　　(2) Unemployment insurance is based on 40% of the average monthly salary of employees in Beijing in the previous year, and the insurance premium is paid at the rate of 2%, with a subsidy of 1.5% and an individual paying 0.5%.

　　(3) The basic medical insurance is based on 70% of the average monthly salary of employees in Beijing in the previous year, and the insurance premium is paid at the rate of 7%, with 6% subsidies and 1% for individuals.

　　Five, self-employed (self-employed) and flexible employment social insurance subsidies in the basic old-age insurance, unemployment insurance subsidies base, from 2008 to 2011, respectively, adjusted to 45%, 50%, 55%, 60% of the average monthly salary of Beijing workers in the corresponding year. The adjustment year of social insurance subsidy standard is from April 1st of each year to March 31st of the following year.

　　If there are other adjustments to the social insurance payment standard in Beijing, the new standard shall prevail.

　　Six, enjoy self-employed (self-employed) and flexible employment social insurance subsidies (hereinafter referred to as subsidies), should be before the 5th of each month (postponed in case of legal holidays) to the social security office truthfully report the relevant employment situation. Those who enjoy subsidies should pay the social insurance premiums that individuals should bear on time and in full.

　　Seven, enjoy subsidies can be in the city or where my account is located in the county employment service center archive, according to the price department approved the personal filing fee of 50% to pay the filing fee, enjoy the filing services.

　　Eight, enjoy subsidies to stop enjoying social insurance subsidies, by the social security office to fill in the "stop self-employed (self-employed) personnel enjoy social insurance subsidies approval form" (see Annex 5) or "stop flexible employment social insurance subsidies approval form" (see Annex 6), approved by the county labor and social security departments, reported to the municipal labor and social security departments for the record, by the social security office written notice to enjoy subsidies.

　　Nine, the self-employed personnel for a one-time payment of unemployment insurance, must be in a one-time payment of unemployment insurance after the number of months, in accordance with the provisions of the application for flexible employment social insurance subsidies.

　　Ten, cheat self-employed (self-employed) and flexible employment social insurance subsidies personnel shall not enjoy self-employed (self-employed) and flexible employment social insurance subsidies again.

　　XI. This document shall be implemented as of July 1, 2007.

Attachment:
　　　　　　 1. Criteria for the classification of moderate and severe disabled persons
　　2. (Again) Approval Form for Applying for Social Insurance Subsidies for Flexible Employment
　　3 stop flexible employment social insurance subsidy approval form

Beijing Municipal Bureau of Labor and Social Security
June 5, 2007

CCTV News:This year, China’s foreign trade data has performed brilliantly, among which the automobile export performance is outstanding. In the first 11 months of this year, China’s automobile exports increased by 108.4% compared with the same period of last year, among which the export of new energy vehicles grew fastest, and a number of domestic new energy vehicles became the explosion of landing in overseas markets. Look at the report.

Reporter Bai Wei:The car I’m sitting in now is a new energy car of domestic independent brand that will be exported to Thailand. We can see that its steering wheel is the right rudder, and its intelligent interactive system also shows Thai. In the whole workshop, one new energy vehicle can be rolled off the assembly line every 110 seconds, and 32 vehicles can be produced in one hour. It is estimated that 2,500 such vehicles will be exported to Thailand by the end of this year.

This new energy vehicle with a cruising range of nearly 500 kilometers has been selling well in the Thai market. The production line of the enterprise has been produced at full capacity in double shifts, even so, it can only meet half of the orders in overseas markets.

This year, three new energy vehicles launched by the company have been recognized in Europe, Southeast Asia, South America and other markets.

Wang Yinming, Vice President of Great Wall Motor:At present, the penetration rate of new energy (vehicles) in Europe is very high, and our country has entered the new energy track very early, so we have a special advantage.

In an automobile production workshop in Shiyan, Hubei, all production lines are also running at full capacity. The performance of this new energy vehicle in the picture in the European market this year can be described as extremely bright. From the listing in early March this year to the end of October, it won more than 40,000 orders in just 8 months. In September, the export volume reached 5,164 vehicles, accounting for one-third of the export volume of new energy vehicles in China that month.

Chen Meng, Vice President of Yi Jie Texin Energy Automobile Co., Ltd.:In fact, the understanding, manufacturing and research and development of new energy vehicles by manufacturing enterprises in China are ahead of the international first-class level, so we have actually done a lot of work in the development of batteries and electronic controls, the testing of the whole new energy, the security guarantee and the needs of customers.

Today, Chen Sicheng is the screenwriter and director, starring Bo Huang and Rong Zishan, and the film Mozart in Outer Space starring many stars and newcomers such as Yao Chen, Fan Wei, Jia Bing, Xu Juncong, Mei Ting, Yu Yang and Lang Lang is officially released nationwide.

The story line full of childlike interest and imagination, the ugly alien Mozart and excellent special effects production level are all very suitable for young children to watch, which can be said to fill the gap of this kind of domestic films for more than ten years.

The film’s reflection on Chinese family education and intergenerational communication can make parents and children in Qian Qian and China see their own shadows, which is of great practical significance and is really suitable for the whole family to watch in summer.

For a long time, besides animated films, most of the young children in China have grown up with Hollywood magic, fantasy and monster blockbusters such as Harry Potter, Where are the magical animals going, Jurassic Park, Jurassic World and Disney fairy tales.

Many domestic children’s sci-fi (fantasy) movies that China audiences can remember, the classic with a long history is "Babe from the Thunderbolt" released in 1988, and the latest one seems to be "Changjiang No.7" released in 2008, which has passed 14 years.

This type of domestic film is hard to find in the China film market, on the one hand, because of the high level of special effects production and large capital investment; On the other hand, there are also various factors such as the difficulty in writing stories and finding suitable actors.

Mozart in Outer Space is another excellent domestic fantasy comedy children’s film in recent ten years. It tells that Ren Dawang (played by Bo Huang) is eager to make his son become a dragon, and he is bent on forcing his son Ren Xiaotian (played by Rong Zishan) to learn piano, but Ren Xiaotian likes astronomy since he was a child, so the father and son quarreled constantly until the mysterious alien Mozart appeared …

The story of this film is full of childlike interest and rich imagination. It is full of fantasy and comedy, which is not only ornamental and entertaining, but also full of romance and aestheticism..

There are three main bridges that left a deep impression on the author:

First, Mozart, an alien, used his energy to move a lot of stones to build a ladder around, helping Ren Xiaotian and his classmates climb the towering chimney and overlook the whole city of Beijing. Second, three children flew from Beijing to the Great Wall in a beautiful spaceship at night, and the bustling and beautiful night scene of Beijing was unforgettable; Third, three children walk between high-rise buildings with books on their feet.

In the film, the ugly and ugly alien Mozart is very cute, which is one of the main jokes of the whole film. It not only helps Ren Xiaotian to fight with his father Ren Dawei, but also helps him and his good friends to show their great power in front of their classmates. Moreover, coming to earth shoulders an important mission, and the mystery is not revealed until the second half of the film.

The above-mentioned fantastic scenes and scenes with wide brain holes, as well as the rich expressions and actions of Mozart, an alien, fully reflect the excellent level of special effects production in the film, which makes the audience pleasing to the eye.

Chen Sicheng has always been good at using classic songs to set off emotions and atmosphere in movies. For example, in the series of detective chinatown directed by him, The Past can only be recalled in the first part and The Pink Memories in the second part are all old songs by Han Baoyi, a female singer in Taiwan Province, China, but they make people feel very compatible with the film atmosphere.

In Detective Chinatown 3, when Masami Nagasawa appeared for the first time, Teresa Teng’s old song "Don’t pick wild flowers on the roadside" suddenly made the audience smile; During the trial, the episode "Straw Hat Song" of the Japanese classic film "Witness" sounded, which suddenly evoked memories of countless middle-aged audiences and could not help but wet their eyes.

At the end of the film, the use of Michael Jackson’s classic song "Heal the world" is very appropriate, which expresses the theme core of "world peace". Chen Sicheng revealed in an interview with the media at that time that the crew spent $1 million to buy the copyright of Michael Jackson’s song.

This time, in Mozart in Outer Space, Chen Sicheng also attached importance to the use of classic songs, and the most impressive thing was the repeated use of the classic English song Moon River.

In the film, this song first appeared in the bridge where three children boarded the big chimney, which gave people a romantic and aesthetic atmosphere at once, and the lyrics and melody artistic conception fit the fantasy color of the film very well.

Mozart in Outer Space is not only a fantasy comedy suitable for young children, but also a film reflecting on Chinese family education and intergenerational communication, which has strong practical significance.

In the film, Bo Huang’s father Ren Dawang liked rock music when he was young, and Fan Wei’s grandfather liked singer Hu Songhua. They are eager to succeed in their children, and they all educate and train their children according to their own interests and wishes. The mantra is "I am your father, and I am doing it for your own good".

Ren Dawang was bent on training his son Ren Xiaotian as a piano player like Lang Lang, regardless of his son’s real interest in astronomy, which led to the tension between father and son, so that Ren Xiaotian could not help but say angrily to his father, "My future has been arranged by you, so what’s the point of my living?"

In fact, this kind of family education and father-son relationship is common in China families, and it has a strong sense of substitution, which can arouse the emotional resonance of thousands of audiences in Qian Qian.

Bo Huang’s performance in this film is very wonderful, and it is a good interpretation of the image of strict father with a sense of joy. Rong Zishan’s temperament and image are very suitable for the role of Ren Xiaotian, and her performance is vivid and natural.

Several young actors who play Ren Xiaotian are also very suitable for the role. Yao Chen, Fan Wei, Jia Bing and other stars performed well in the film.

Mozart in Outer Space is not only suitable for teenagers to watch movies together, but also suitable for parents to take their children to watch movies with their families, and each can find his own shadow in the film.It can also make children and parents understand each other better and feel the answer to repairing parent-child relationship.

Since directing "Beijing Love Story" in 2014 and transforming into a film director, although there are not many films directed and supervised by Chen Sicheng, each one has been a great success at the box office, which shows his skillful control over commercial films.

The detective chinatown series directed by him and the Sheep Without A Shepherd series supervised by him have made successful or beneficial explorations in the sequel development, genre development and innovation of domestic commercial genre films and even the creation of the movie universe of domestic commercial genre films, which can be regarded as contributions to the industrialization process of China films.

Mozart in Outer Space is another exploration of domestic commercial films by Chen Sicheng. He doesn’t continue to shoot suspense detective comedies or romantic films that he is familiar with, but deliberately walks out of the comfort zone of creation and challenges the real-life fantasy comedies from the perspective of teenagers. This spirit of innovation is commendable.

Judging from the standard and effect of the film, Mozart in Outer Space is not only a successful attempt, but also the most suitable film for summer release, which is expected to ignite the summer movie market this year.

Beijing, May 9 (Zuo Yukun), a client of Zhongxin. com, found that a total of 12 or 3 tea shops were opened in a small commercial street with a length of 200 to 300 meters in his hometown when he was shopping in Xiao Xu’s May Day holiday in a third-tier city.

"Can this really make money?" Xiao Xu is very confused.

In the face of such fierce industry competition, Xiao Xu feels that the brand may run out of the advantage through low-price strategy. However, after going to several stores, I found that the price increase of milk tea has become the mainstream.

Milk tea, what’s the matter?

Consumers order at a tea shop. Zhongxin. com Zuo Yukun photo

New tea set off a "price hike"

Not long ago, the news that the beverage giant Coca-Cola announced the price increase made many "happy water lovers" feel that they would never be happy again, and also attracted many people to ridicule: "You can afford more than a dozen pieces of milk tea, but you still care about this three-dollar Coca-Cola?"

Nowadays, it seems that not only the price of three yuan of cola will increase, but also the price of more than a dozen pieces of milk tea will also want to flee.

Not long ago, there were many new Xia Rixin products on the brand of milk tea, and the prices of some home-made products were also refreshed. The prices of signature products such as Yangzhi Ganlu, Golden Coconut Oolong and 1L Fruit Tea were all raised in 2 yuan.

The prices of some products of CoCo Coco, a brand of milk tea, have also risen. The prices of Mo-flavored milk tea, Miss Hong Guo and Passion Fruit Double-Soup Gun have been raised by 1-3 yuan, and even the small ingredients have not been spared. The prices of pearls and coconuts have been raised from 1 yuan to 2 yuan, with an increase of 100%.

Earlier, "in order to continuously provide high-quality drinks and services, we will fine-tune the price of drinks on February 1, 2021." At the beginning of the year, many stores put out such notices and announced price increases.

The same price increase is also Yihetang, which previously focused on parity. In the past, the price of Standard Honey Snow Ice City has been rising all the way. The price of Yihe Roasted Milk, a signature product, has increased by one third from 6 yuan to 8 yuan.

The price of the same milk tea drink rose by two yuan.

Among the new tea brands with "10 yuan+"price band, the trend of price increase has already spread. This price band carries the largest share of milk tea consumers, and the game between quality and price may be between one and two yuan, which also makes them particularly sensitive to price.

"When I first started drinking CoCo, the original milk tea was only a cup of 4 yuan, and now the prices of new products it launched have begun to’ guarantee 20 for 30′." Some netizens recalled.

The sound of "rising" attracted a spit. "What about the current tea shop? The price of the old one is one or two yuan, and the new one is directly above 20 yuan. My economic ability can’t keep up with the price increase of milk tea." Some consumers concluded.

The price increase is only because the milk tea cup is expensive?

What is the reason for the price increase? A "Letter to Tea Powder" sent by Wang Xiaolong, the founder of Chabaidao, was circulated on the Internet, which mentioned that due to the influence of the environment, the prices of raw materials such as fruit equipment and packaging rose, and the price of drinks would be fine-tuned.

Generally speaking, just as the CEO of Coca-Cola Company attributed the brewing price increase to the rising price of raw materials, the reason for this wave of price increase of milk tea is that the wind of rising commodity prices has blown from the upstream raw material supply chain to the milk tea cups of every consumer.

"The ups and downs of the price of a single raw material are normal, every year, but it is the first time that so many raw materials have risen together." Some people in the tea industry told the media.

Not long ago, Ms. Liang joined a chain tea shop. She told Zhongxin. com that it was still quite difficult to apply for joining this first-line tea brand. In addition to the registration, preliminary examination, interview and training in the process, before the store opened, Ms. Liang had invested nearly 600,000 yuan.

But what worries Ms. Liang is still behind.

Consumers order at a tea shop. Zhongxin. com Zuo Yukun photo

"I chose to join this milk tea brand because I liked it before, drank it often, and felt that it was cost-effective. So I was shocked when I received the new menu. Why did my price increase when I opened this business? " Ms. Liang said, "But when I really started to do business, I found that the costs of all links are indeed rising."

The first is the raw material end. Ms. Liang takes the fruit perfume lemon as an example: perfume lemon has become a common raw material for fruit tea because of its lower acidity than ordinary lemon. Since this year, the price has soared by more than four times. "In previous years, the purchase price of almost 4 kg in 5 yuan has now risen above 20 yuan."

There are two main reasons for the price increase of perfume lemon: first, some areas of Guangdong, its main producing area, are affected by the climate, and the output is lower than in previous years; Second, there is a "Southeast Asian wind" in the new tea industry this year. A variety of lemon teas are popular, and the demand for perfume lemons is higher than in previous years. The price rises under the contradiction between supply and demand.

At the same time, due to the influence of international trade, some fruits with relatively high imports, such as grapefruit and pineapple, have also seen quite obvious price increases. "I am counting on the summer, and a large number of fruits such as watermelons are on the market. After the price comes down, the cost of raw materials can be pulled down." Ms. Liang said.

In addition to fruit raw materials, there are many "invisible" parts of consumers that are also experiencing price turmoil.

For example, after the Spring Festival this year, the prices of copper, stainless steel, aluminum and other metals have risen in turn, which has affected the pricing of various tea-making equipment such as sealing machines and smoothies; The price increase of plastic particles, paper, PE film, etc., has a few cents of cost floating on each milk tea cup; The cost of raw materials such as seemingly inconspicuous leaflets, take-away packaging bags, corrugated cup holders, etc. has increased by several thousand yuan per ton, which adds up to the same amount.

Ms. Liang also mentioned that the "plastic ban on straws" that began on New Year’s Day this year also made many milk tea shopkeepers "feel a pain in their hearts". At the beginning, tea shops basically changed into paper straws with relatively low cost, but they got a bad review because of the disadvantages of not being able to open and often soaking. Later, most head brands were replaced with PLA straws.

"The cost of each PLA straw is about a dime more expensive than that of plastic straws and a few cents more expensive than paper straws. On average, the store consumes hundreds of straws every day, which is still very heartbreaking. " Ms. Liang said.

Competition intensifies, can the new tea bear it?

"If the milk tea that was originally ten dollars rose to twenty, why didn’t I add a few more dollars to buy hi tea directly?" In the consumer’s feedback on the price increase, "Do you have any points in your milk tea" is the loudest.

Practitioners also said that the impact of this price increase on brands in the price band above 20 yuan is not so great, and the biggest impact is on regional small brands. "They sell about 10 pieces of fruit per cup, and their gross profit is not high and their ability to resist risks is weak."

Consumers line up to buy milk tea. Zhongxin. com Zuo Yukun photo

"I think for our store owners, even more than consumers, we don’t want to raise prices." Ms. Liang said that the price increase may be a matter of buying or not buying in another store for consumers, but for new tea brands with fierce competition, the price increase of one or two yuan may mean sending the hard-earned consumer groups to competitors.

Since the development of new-style tea, fresh fruit, high-quality tea and fresh milk have become "standard". The price of "genuine materials" is that the industry has long since lost its initial profiteering, and it is even said that the net profit of new-style tea is only 10%. When all aspects of costs are rising, small brands that have to rely on price increases to maintain costs also lose their low-price advantage.

In the eyes of the industry, low-priced brands may usher in a reshuffle.

Milk tea brands are making waves in the tide of price increase, which one would you choose? (End)

1905 movie network news The Sino-French co-produced film, which was supervised by luc besson, has been registered in major cinemas in China on November 8th. The film was produced and written by Qiao Wei, directed by An Jianjun and Yang Huilong, and produced by Liu Yongsheng. French movie stars Vanessa Guide and Juliet Besson joined hands with domestic powerful actors Liu Peiqi, He Zhengjun, Du Xudong, Cao Yutong, Ding Jiali and Cao Li. The film has won the best feature film and the best China film recommended by the Spanish Sebastian Film Festival.

The audience calls for the era of high-quality film recording.

The film betrothal tells the story of a French female journalist, Si Nuo, who happened to come to China in the early 1980s after the reform and opening-up, and met a rural guy, Liu Changgen, and they had a wonderful time together. Si Nuo recorded what he saw and heard with his camera, witnessed the process of young people’s love and marriage entanglement in China at that time, and left an unforgettable romantic love story with Changgen.

After the film was released, it received rave reviews on major social media platforms. The audience said in succession that "the chronological films of Sino-French cooperation are full of pure love and beauty, without material infiltration, only the perfect pursuit of spirit. Chinese and Western young people are handsome and handsome, and the senior old drama bones are deductive. Each role is unique and has the brand of that era, which is true and natural. " "My favorite screenwriter Qiao Wei and directors An Jianjun and Yang Huilong jointly created the works, and I also invited my favorite foreign director luc besson to supervise the production. The effect really didn’t disappoint me, which is probably the greatest happiness for fans." "The long-awaited film of Qiao Wei and An Jianjun working with Luc Besson has finally been released! A film that has a sense of the times, a wonderful storyline, a powerful old-fashioned interpretation, and many simple and sincere unsung heroes have carefully created an international award. I really love it, and I believe everyone does not want to miss it! " "The era of reform and opening up is memorable. The love story of this impetuous era is very meaningful. Sino-French cooperation is really amazing! Looking forward to the new work! " The film betrothal was recognized by many audiences on its first day of release, which shows that the quality of the film is really good.

A bold attempt of co-production between China and France: a new chapter in international cultural exchange

The film betrothal was recognized by the audience on the first day of its release, which is not only due to the quality of the film, but also related to the friendly exchanges between China and France. The film was produced by the famous French director luc besson. He has been in film for 36 years, and has directed such famous films as Blue Sea and Blue Sky and sci-fi action movies.

As a world-renowned director, luc besson not only personally produced this film, but also provided his own manor as the French shooting location of this film. In addition, luc besson introduced Europa, an old French film company, to participate in the production, partnered with the first-class domestic production team, and personally received the crew when they went to France to shoot, which can be said to provide strong support for the final high-quality completion of the film. The French people, represented by Luc Besson, and the French people, represented by Qiao Wei and An Jianjun, bear the mission of establishing friendly diplomatic relations between the Chinese and French peoples.

As an important bridge of cultural exchange between countries, film plays an important role.The Chinese-French co-production film betrothal is also deeply in the hearts of the people. It is worth mentioning that the film profoundly expounds the historical changes in China’s reform and opening up and the rural areas, and shows the course and style of rural changes in China and the progress and awakening of people’s consciousness. On the other hand, it reflects the changes of the times, the impact of culture and the progress of society. It is also an opportunity for the broad masses of people to review and summarize after their hard work. From this perspective, betrothal is undoubtedly a film with great times value, which can give us the courage and motivation to continue to deepen reform. At the same time, it also serves as a cornerstone of the bridge between Chinese and French cultures, so that ordinary audiences can find the meaning and direction of their lives through watching movies. It is really worth walking into the cinema at this time to feel immersed.

Author | Liang Keke

　The 50th anniversary of the band’s dissolution.

《Don’t let　me　down》

Crashing hit a wall

Right now I need a miracle

Hurry up now I need a miracle

Stranded reaching out

I call your name but you’re not around

I say your name but you’re not around

I need you I need you I need you right now

Yeah I need you right now

So don’t let me don’t let me don’t let me down

　

Fifty years ago, in April 1970, paul mccartney of the Beatles.（Paul McCartney）The announcement of solo flight not only broke the hearts of millions of fans, but also shocked three other band members. It was regarded as a symbol of the official dissolution of the Beatles, and an American reporter called it "a milestone in the decline of the British Empire". With lead singer John Lennon（John Lennon）Being shot, the world will never see this great band perform on the same stage again.

　

There are different opinions about the reasons why the band broke up. At first, it was difficult for fans to understand and accept it, but as time went by, the truth gradually emerged. The gap between the four has a long history, since the band’s Bole and agent Brian Epstein in 1967.（Brian Epstein）After his death, the Beatles often had disputes because of economic disputes and different creative demands, and everyone was exhausted. The financial situation of the co-established Apple Studio was in chaos. Paul was very dissatisfied with Lennon’s practice of obtaining cash from the studio privately, and had a disagreement when introducing new management. He hoped to invite his father-in-law to manage it, but this suggestion was not recognized by the other three Beatles, and Paul refused to sign the final letter of appointment. All kinds of emotions piled up and finally broke out after Lennon met his second wife.

Many people think it is Japanese artist Yoko Ono Lennon.（Yoko Ono）The appearance of Lennon cut off the spiritual bond between Paul and Lennon. Since her high-profile combination with Lennon, they have been inseparable all day. Under her influence, Lennon became interested in avant-garde art and actively participated in contemporary art and anti-war performance art. Lennon said, "Yoko is a part of me now. We are John and Yoko, we are together. " This new enthusiasm also affected Lennon’s time devoted to the band itself, and the members who were left out in the cold felt unhappy and increasingly dissatisfied. Paul even said in an interview: "John fell in love with Yoko, and he no longer loved the other three of us."

　

In fact, Lennon’s love for Yoko Ono Lennon made up for the trauma of single-parent family, which not only brought him endless emotional comfort, but also inspired Lennon’s creative inspiration. Just eight years ago, Paul finally explained to the public that as far as he was concerned, the dissolution of the band had nothing to do with Yoko Ono Lennon.

　

In fact, Lennon wanted to fly solo earlier: in September 1969, Lennon proposed to quit the Beatles. At that time, the Beatles were negotiating with EMI to renew their contract, so they were put on hold. He still attended the Toronto Rock Music Festival with Plastic Ono in the same month, and on February 11th, 1970, he played a new solo "Instant Karma" on the British TV program "Pop Songs", in which Yoko Ono Lennon sat behind him and knitted while covering her eyes with sanitary napkins.

　

Finally, in 1969, the rooftop performance on the red brick roof at No.3 Saville Street became the curtain call performance of the Beatles. In a cold English winter, four people improvised on the roof for 42 minutes, singing Get back and Don’t let me down respectively. For the Beatles, who like to be spontaneous and good at breaking the rules, this farewell may be the most in line with the characteristics of the band, and the police’s suspension adds a touch of more sadistic flavor to all this. In the documentary, the four people smiled simply in this performance, but their singing remained sincere and natural. As all members of the band pointed out, despite personal conflicts, they still liked the music they had composed together.

　

beatlemania

《Strawberry Fields Forever》

Let me take you down
‘Cause I’m going to Strawberry Fields
Nothing is real
And nothing to get hung about
Strawberry Fields forever

Living is easy with eyes closed
Misunderstanding all you see
It’s getting hard to be someone
But it all works out
It doesn’t matter much to me

　

The Beatles were born in the declining old industrial city of Liverpool, England. In the 1950s, when noise jazz was popular in Britain, Lennon was only a teenager.(Born in 1940)I met Paul, who is two years younger than him.(Born in 1942)Attracted by each other’s talents, they formed a band called Quarrymen. Soon george harrison.（George Harrison）Joined and became the third guitarist. Since then, the core trio has changed including Peter Best.（Pete Best）A series of drummers, including Ringo Starr.（Starr）The accession in 1962 stabilized.

　

Before the appearance of rock music, the mainstream of American pop music was jazz, as well as swing music and country music played by jazz bands. Elvis Presley Elvis Presley（Elvis Pressley）The combination of country music, blues and mountain rock music formed a new style with distinctive personality, which strongly shocked the music scene at that time. His signature hip twisting movements, excellent dancing skills and the transformation of mainstream music ignited the passion of the younger generation, and the door of rock and roll was opened.

　

When this trend swept from the United States to Britain, the conservative middle class music aesthetics was the mainstream in Britain. Lennon and others were deeply influenced by rock music culture. After listening to a sad hostel recorded by Elvis Presley in 1956, he became interested in pop music. At the beginning, the Beatles sang mainly about love, with a simple and catchy rhythm, and their works mainly covered American rock. As the band became more and more mature, it gradually absorbed the essence from the initial noise jazz, and then merged it with folk songs, blues, R&B and rock music, forming its own unique style.

　

It can be said that before the 1950s, music was mostly passed down from top to bottom. Adults passed down mainstream and classical music forms to children, but since the Beatles, young people began to decide everything.

　

In 1961, the band was renamed "The Beatles". Brian, a music agent, noticed many people asking about an album called My Beauty this year. He found that the accompaniment of the album came from a little-known band in Liverpool. So, he made a special trip to the cave bar to watch the Beatles’ performance and felt a frenzy caused by this young band. Brian signed a contract with the Beatles at the end of 1961. He transformed the band, which used to hang out in Hamburg Club full of prostitutes and wandering poets, into a neat and clean group of four young idols who played blues, thus achieving great success. From the single "LOVE ME DO" in 1962 to the movie soundtrack "Help" in 1965, the Beatles became popular in Europe and America in just three years.

　

In the past, people’s understanding of the British was still a rigid gentleman’s style, but the Beatles’ youthful appearance and lively and spicy typhoon broke this convention. Their anti-upper-class, anti-orthodox artistic posture catered to the depressed resentment of contemporary young men and women and was regarded as the embodiment of the ideal of anti-cultural movement at that time. Four young boys responded intelligently and tactfully in front of the camera, teasing the reporter’s questions. Even Queen Elizabeth II of England.(Queen Elizabeth II)In Buckingham Palace, when he personally presented order of the british empire to every member of The Beatles, Lennon thanked him and said, The poor clap your hands, and the rich please shake your jewelry.

　

In 1964, the Beatles made a public appearance in the United States, which immediately caused public madness. This phenomenon was later called "British invasion"（British Invasion）There is even a special word "Beatles fan"（Beatlemania）The suffix mania stands for this phenomenon of "obsession" and means mental illness.

　

On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the band’s dissolution, the wooden stage recording the original story of the Beatles was auctioned as a lot.

　

When the band members arrived at Kennedy Airport, thousands of young girls gathered together, and the police set up a cordon in front of the crowd. The girls’ faces were twisted with excitement, and they screamed and pushed, and finally broke through the cordon, and people fainted constantly, and the scene was in chaos. As for why there is such a Beatles craze, people generally think it belongs to the adolescent behavior of fans. And just the year before, shortly after the assassination of beloved President Kennedy, the United States was still immersed in sadness. When the Beatles landed in the United States with the song "I want to hold your hand", they immediately set off a crazy "Beatlemania".

　

Since the release of "Rubber Soul" in 1965, the Beatles began to change their music style and showed a more complicated world view in their music. The music structure has changed from simple and straightforward to richer, and a large number of variant chords, as well as the use of the Indian classical instrument Sita Qin, make the song full of mysterious charm. During this period, they boldly and sharply intervened in sensitive social issues, and challenged the secular behavior on the stage, which became the leading force of the youth and social and cultural movements of that era. It can be said that they are the most commercial band and the most experimental band.

　

Until "Sgt. pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band", the Beatles’ creation reached its peak, and the album constructed a whole story, which was called the pioneering work of the conceptual album. The whole album was based on a virtual sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Heart Club Band, which catered to the illusory, decadent, psychedelic and hippie background at that time and also completed the transformation of the spiritual connotation of rock music.

　

There is no denying that the Beatles are the most successful rock band in history, with certified sales in the United States exceeding 183 million and estimated global sales of 600 million. All four members were elected to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. In 2008, it topped the list of the most successful artists of all time on Billboard Hot 100. The band won seven Grammy Awards, four British Music Awards and an Academy Award.(Best original song soundtrack of the 1970 film Let It Be)And fifteen Ivor Novello prizes. Time magazine listed them as the 100 most important people in the 20th century.

　

Why is it great?

《Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band》

It was twenty years ago today,

Sergeant Pepper taught the band to play,

theyve been going in and out of style,

but theyre guaranteed to raise the smile.

So may I introduce to you,

the act youve known for all these years,

Sergeant Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band.

　

Why is the Beatles called great? It was related to the social and cultural background of the world at that time. After World War II, the population of the United States increased rapidly, the economy developed rapidly, and the society prospered unprecedentedly. The baby boomers who grew up in stable social progress and excellent families coincided with entering the adolescent stage in the 1950s. The wave of consumerism enables them to choose their own entertainment and consumption methods, which embodies the freedom of consumption brought about by economic prosperity.

　

In Britain, it’s a different scene. The social class division is becoming more and more obvious, and people’s preferences for music are also broken. Young British people from working-class families resonate with rock music, while other American cultures such as jazz and blues are welcomed by the middle class. The working class has been upgraded in both resources and status, and their cultural needs have also expanded. The new generation of young people are not satisfied with finishing school and just engaging in traditional jobs, but want freedom and independence. Therefore, the emergence of rock music in the 1950s just met the cultural needs of young people in Britain and America.

　

In addition, the prosperity of rock music can not be separated from the help of mass media. The progress of science and technology and the keen intuition of the recording industry make rock music "prosperous". Record owners aim at the rise of baby boomers after World War II, seize the rebellious spirit of teenagers, analyze and study the preferences of consumer groups, formulate business strategies and marketing methods, and produce and sell rock music in large quantities.

　

Due to the technical revolution of record promotion, the production cost is greatly reduced, the recording quality is greatly improved, and the price of record sales is sharply reduced. The right of propaganda and discourse of mass media seeks commercial interests in this process, and makes teenagers immerse themselves in rock music and fall into infatuation. According to the Recording Industry Association of America, the Beatles are the highest-selling band in American history, with 177 million records sold.

　

The role played by the band manager is also extremely critical. In just two years, Brian turned four boys from working-class families in Liverpool into music idols that the whole world was crazy about. In addition to changing the image of the band to be closer to that of an English gentleman, he put on a wool suit, cut-out shirts and trousers, and also negotiated business cooperation with record companies on their behalf, asking EMI Records to sign the Beatles and complete the recording of the first album in Abbey Road Studio. Before he brought the band to the United States, he had been promoting the Beatles’ songs for several weeks, and the band also appeared on the famous American program "Sullivan Theater Show", which was the highest-rated program in the United States at that time, with an audience equivalent to 40% of the total population of the United States.

Rebellious rock

　

《HEY JUDE》

Hey Jude, don’t make it bad.

Take a sad song and make it better.

Remember to let her into your heart,

Then you can start to make it better.

　

The influence of the Beatles on western society has now been taken for granted. Their names often appear in various European and American dramas and movies, appear on the covers of countless magazines, and have countless related theme museums, documentaries, movies and other cultural materials. From Haruki Murakami to Jobs, countless cultural celebrities were deeply inspired by the Beatles.

　

But the most profound influence is the rebellious rock spirit represented by the Beatles. Rock music has a strong appeal because it creates an atmosphere in which listeners can indulge and interpret themselves. In almost crazy performances, young people feel mania, shock and love. This kind of music is fascinating because it makes the audience and musicians find resonance together and become an outlet to vent their emotions. In that confused and turbulent era, rock music broke national boundaries, eliminated cultural barriers, dissolved hierarchy to some extent, and expressed contempt for the shackles of political ideas.

　

John Lennon and Yoko Ono Lennon initiated the "Peace in Bed Movement", and they jointly drew BAGISM.

　

The most famous case is the "Peace in Bed Movement" jointly created by Lennon and Yoko Ono Lennon. In Amsterdam, the capital of the Netherlands, Lennon and Yoko Ono Lennon stayed in Room 1742 of Queen Elizabeth Hotel for seven days. During this time, they do almost nothing but lie in bed all day. The door is always open, receiving all kinds of media reporters, artists, cultural celebrities and politicians who heard the news, shouting "Make love, don’t fight"（make love，no war）Anti-war manifesto.

　

Rock music represents freedom from imprisonment, and it is also a way for young people to express their thoughts, feelings and know the world. Since then, rock musicians have been brave enough to express their views on social public issues, constantly singing the theme of love and peace, and expressing their anti-war and anti-violence demands through music, which has influenced them to this day.

　

In the transformation of western pop music, rock music has also extended many branches, infiltrating into soul, funk, reggae, disco, rap and other music categories. The Beatles combined all kinds of fresh elements with rock and roll, especially the exploration and pursuit of music in the later period, which made rock and roll develop in a more free and casual artistic direction. Rock music has always had a close relationship with pop music in the future, and rock musicians are also proud of maintaining their unique personality.

　

Although business made the Beatles, it also laid the seeds for the dissolution of the band in the later period, and the invasion of music by business became a contradiction that musicians could never avoid. Almost all aspiring musicians are exploring how to maintain creative autonomy under the record industry system, and the balance between commercial mechanism and independent creation has become an eternal problem.

　At the auction held by Julien‘s Auctions in April this year, the manuscript of Hey Jude was sold for 910,000 dollars.

At 22: 49 on December 8, 1980, Lennon was shot dead by mark chapman, an American fanatical male fan who was said to be mentally ill, in front of his apartment in new york. He died at the age of 40. Today, people have not forgotten this band that was popular all over the world. At the auction held by Julien‘s Auctions in April this year, the manuscript of "Hey Jude" was sold at a sky-high price of 910,000 US dollars.

　

Although the Beatles finally had to disband, it seems to be part of their growth to find their own way out in the cracks. We see the Beatles in countless rock musicians, but rock music itself is getting softer and more peaceful. As people say, we have been living in a world without the Beatles ever since.

　

References:

1. Wang Qian’s "Looking at the Essence of Music from the Development of the Beatles"

2. Wang Yuebo’s Music Industry Theory　

Author | Liang Keke

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Proofreading | Wei Zhuo

　　Great times need the guidance of great thoughts. Based on the height of the times and the overall situation, the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China solemnly put forward Socialism with Chinese characteristics Thought, the supreme leader in the new era, and established this thought as our party’s guiding ideology, realizing the party’s guiding ideology to keep pace with the times again and becoming the fundamental guide for us to better uphold and develop Socialism with Chinese characteristics. This is the soul of the 19th Party Congress, a historic decision and the most important contribution of the 19th Party Congress.

　　New ideas: a guide to action to win the great victory of Socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era

　　Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the CPC Central Committee with the Supreme Leader as the core has persisted in emancipating the mind, seeking truth from facts, advancing with the times, seeking truth and being pragmatic, adhering to dialectical materialism and historical materialism, closely combining the new conditions and practical requirements of the times, deepening the understanding of communist party’s ruling law, socialist construction law and human social development law with a brand-new vision, carrying out arduous theoretical exploration, achieving great theoretical innovations and creating the Supreme Leader’s Socialism with Chinese characteristics Thought in the new era.

　　The Supreme Leader’s Socialism with Chinese characteristics Thought in the new era systematically answered the major issues of the new era, such as what kind of Socialism with Chinese characteristics to adhere to and develop and how to adhere to and develop Socialism with Chinese characteristics, and the basic questions of adhering to and developing Socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era, such as the general goal, general task, overall layout, strategic layout and development direction, development mode, development power, strategic steps, external conditions and political guarantee. And according to the new practice, it makes theoretical analysis and policy guidance on economy, politics, rule of law, science and technology, culture, education, people’s livelihood, nationality, religion, society, ecological civilization, national security, national defense and army, "one country, two systems" and reunification of the motherland, United front, diplomacy, party building and other aspects. The report of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China summed up the main content of this thought with "eight definiteness". The new ideas cover various fields such as reform, development and stability, internal affairs, foreign affairs and national defense, and governing the party, country and army, and constitute a scientific system with complete system, strict logic and internal unity.

　　The Supreme Leader’s Socialism with Chinese characteristics Thought in the new era has achieved another leap in combining the basic principles of Marxism with China’s concrete reality, and opened up a new realm of Marxism, Socialism with Chinese characteristics, the party’s governance of the country and the party. Socialism with Chinese characteristics Thought of the Supreme Leader in the New Era is the inheritance and development of Marxism–Leninism, Mao Zedong Thought, Deng Xiaoping Theory, Theory of Three Represents and Scientific Outlook on Development, the latest achievement of Marxism in China, the crystallization of the practical experience and collective wisdom of the Party and the people, an important part of Socialism with Chinese characteristics’s theoretical system, and an action guide for the whole party and people to realize the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, which must be adhered to and continuously developed for a long time.

　　New Strategy: Adhering to and Developing Socialism with Chinese characteristics’s Action Program

　　In order to implement the Supreme Leader’s Socialism with Chinese characteristics Thought in the new era, the report of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China put forward the basic strategy of upholding and developing Socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era, which was summarized as "fourteen adherences". The basic strategy with the content of "Fourteen Persistences" comes from the great practice of nearly 40 years since the reform and opening up, especially from the brilliant practice of forging ahead since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, which is the "road map" and "methodology" for realizing the goal of "two hundred years" and the Chinese nation’s great rejuvenation of the Chinese dream.

　　The basic strategy is to carry out the practice of the spiritual essence and rich connotation of the supreme leader Socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era. Its specific contents are: adhere to the party’s leadership over all work, adhere to the people as the center, persist in comprehensively deepening reform, adhere to the new development concept, adhere to the people being the masters of the country, adhere to the comprehensive rule of law, adhere to the socialist core value system, adhere to safeguarding and improving people’s livelihood in development, adhere to the harmonious coexistence of man and nature, adhere to the overall national security concept, adhere to the party’s absolute leadership over the people’s army, adhere to "one country, two systems" and promote the reunification of the motherland, and persist in promoting the construction of a community of human destiny. The "Fourteen Persistences" include upholding the Party’s leadership and strictly administering the Party in an all-round way, covering the overall layout of "five in one" and "four comprehensive" strategic layouts, and covering national defense and army building, safeguarding national security, and foreign strategies. It is an important part of the Supreme Leader’s Socialism with Chinese characteristics Thought in the new era.

　　New ideas and new strategies: complement each other and develop together in practice.

　　Socialism with Chinese characteristics Thought of the Supreme Leader in the New Era is the expression of guiding ideology, and the basic strategy of adhering to and developing Socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era is the expression of action program, which together constitute a systematic and complete Socialism with Chinese characteristics Thought of the Supreme Leader in the New Era, which clearly embodies the theoretical characteristics of the unity of theory and practice and the combination of strategy and tactics. The report of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China pointed out that we must fully implement the Party’s basic theory, line and strategy, and better lead the development of the cause of the Party and the people.

　　"There is no end to practice, and there is no end to theoretical innovation." The unity and interaction of practical innovation and theoretical innovation gave birth to Socialism with Chinese characteristics Thought in the new era. We should base ourselves on China and look around the world, combine the basic principles of Marxism with the reality of contemporary China and the characteristics of the times, especially the practice of Socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era. In the great practice of governing the country, we will continue to systematically summarize, continue to promote practical innovation and theoretical innovation, and enrich and develop Marxism in China in the 21st century.

　　It is an important reason why our Party can always maintain its vitality to guide new practice with developing Marxism and take the innovative achievements of Marxism in China as a guide to action. Facing the new era and new mission, we should firmly establish the "four consciousnesses", thoroughly study and understand the Supreme Leader’s Socialism with Chinese characteristics Thought in the new era, comprehensively and accurately implement the basic strategy, and use Guangdong’s creative practice to make the Supreme Leader’s Socialism with Chinese characteristics Thought in the new era take root and blossom in southern Guangdong.

　　The author is Jiang Bin, Deputy Director of Propaganda Department of Guangdong Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China and Party Secretary of Guangdong Academy of Social Sciences.

　　Siti guess is the first master in the 70kg kicking boxing field at present, ranking first in both kicking boxing and WMC and WBC Thai boxing, ranking first in both kicking boxing and Thai boxing. There is no need to describe the strength in words. There have been countless masters prostrating themselves before Siti guess, with K-1 king alone accounting for five. The "baby-faced killer" is not called in vain.

　　Then the question is coming. Siti guess if he has been beaten by KO? The answer is yes. Although Siti guess is hard to beat in boxing, it was defeated by TKO in Muay Thai. In the competition held in Omoni boxing field, Siti guess and Yi Q Sang competed for the final championship. In this pure Thai competition, Yi Q Sang kicked Siti guess in the shoulder with her fierce sweeping kick, and finally she had to abstain, but Yi Q Sang got 300,000 baht as she wished.

　　It’s no accident that Yi Q Sang was able to TKO Siti guess. He participated in more than 200 games after a break, and the winning rate reached more than 90%. He can have such a terrible winning rate in Thailand, and his strength can be seen. Moreover, most of the games he lost after a break were lost because he was too embarrassed and too ostentatious. In other words, if he played the game seriously after a break, few people could beat him.

　　Come out and hang out, you have to pay it back sooner or later! It’s no exaggeration to use this sentence in the fighting circle. In this year’s Sino-Thai competition in Wulin Wind, Xie Lei took revenge at home, and everyone was sweating before the game. In order to prepare for this game, Xie Lei specially closed the training camp for a month, and he was not happy when he got cold feet. Xie Lei, who was fully prepared for the battle, performed well in the ring, took advantage of his fast pace and flexible pace, and cooperated with the leg-throwing technique to always control the distance of the race in the middle and short distance, which made it impossible to make a strong break, while Xie Lei frequently suppressed a break with a combination boxing, making a small climax from time to time, and finally perfectly revenged Xiong Ziqiang.

　　In fact, Xie Lei killed more than one Muay Thai master, and there was a heavyweight master! That’s Durban Joan. Is this name familiar to you? That’s right, it’s Durban Joan, the champion of Lumpini, who once won a whirlwind Kang En in China, and was Yasankeli’s younger brother. Xie Lei’s victory over a break was a cross-level challenge (after all, a break was mainly 70kg and Xie Lei was mainly 65kg-67kg), so he won the point control, but in the face of Durban Joan, it was a bit like killing a chicken with a knife. In the first round, Xie Lei directly knocked down Durban Joan with a uppercut, and then a wave.

　　Dealing with Thai players is not Xie Lei’s best skill, but dealing with Japanese players is Xie Lei’s specialty. At present, Xie Lei has won seven consecutive victories against Japan, including Kubo Youtai, who was once the third in the world. Yesterday, Kubo Youtai won the K-1 world championship, which means that Xie Lei helped him get through the second pulse of Ren Du! In fact, in addition to Kubo Youtai, Xie Lei also killed Victor, the runner-up of clash of the titans, but this game is a commercial competition, and many people don’t know.

　　After killing so many masters, Xie Lei has a new challenge! That is to participate in the glory competition. Next month, Glory will hold the competition in China for the first time, and Xie Lei’s opponent is the famous Pepa Nong. Pepa Nong is the champion of Lunpini. He played with Wei Rui for four rounds and lost the competition because of being pressed. His strength is quite strong, which is also a big challenge for Xie Lei. Moreover, Xie Lei and Wei Rui are both from Liaoyang Innovation Club. They used to be teammates.

　　Rick Siti guessed the nemesis, KO Durban Joan, and defeated Kubo Youtai. This is the strongest policeman in China-Xie Lei! This time, she will participate in the glory competition, and Xie Lei has become the first China player in China to participate in two world-class competitions, K-1 and glory. I wish Xie Lei good luck and hope to play a more exciting game!