China News Express: Hong Kong and garbage

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A garbage revolution in Hong Kong

As of 1 April this year, Hong Kong residents will be obliged to pay for... garbage removal. The Department of Environmental Protection of the local government estimated that spending of a three-man household would increase by PLN 33-51 (approx. PLN 17-26). Persons who neglect to comply with the garbage disposal regulations, including their segregation and will litter the city, will be punished with a fine of 1500 HKD (approx. PLN 758). The second time with a mandate of 25000 HKD (about 12630 PLN). For a serious violation of regulations (distortion of protected areas, seas, etc.) offenders are in danger of being arrested for up to 6 months. In the event of persistent violation, the financial punishment will be 50 1000 HKD (approx. PLN 25 thousand) with an additional six-month detention penalty.

The waste disposal fee will be calculated in 2 categories. Residents will account for the volume of garbage bags (bags from 3 to 100 m³, at a rate of 0,11 HKD (approx. PLN 0,06) per m³.

In the case of commercial and production facilities, the rate will be calculated by weight.

The mediocre families will receive monthly support from the government for waste disposal fees of 10 HKD (approx. PLN 5).

At the first phase of implementing this order, the Hong Kong government plans to distribute free garbage bags to all housing units in the city.

Source: https://www.shobserver.com

162 billion shipments

In 2023, Chinese post delivered more than 162 billion shipments to recipients. According to the State Post Office (chin. 国家邮政局), this means an increase of 16.5% from year to year (r/r). Among these shipments, 132 billion were express shipments. This in turn means an increase of 19.5% y/y.

Source: https://item.btime.com

Energy retention 2023

At the end of last year, the combined power retention capacity connected to the grid in China reached 86.5 GW. It's a 45% increase a year. The share of fresh energy warehouses increased from 21% in 2022 to almost 40% in 2023. According to the preliminary statistic of the Institute for Industrial investigation (chin. 工业研究所) in 2023 more than 70 1000 (!!!) energy retention companies were registered in China. This is, among another things, the effect of expanding usage in this energy sector of lithium-ion batteries and a successive decrease in the cost of their production.

Source: https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_25938564

Railways in China 2023: longer lines by 3637 km

According to authoritative data, China State Railway Group Co., Ltd. (chin. 中国国家铁路集团有限公司) investments in the railway sector in 2023 in China amounted to RMB 764.5 billion (PLN 422 billion), which means an increase of 7.5% y/y. During this period:

Total 3637 km fresh railway lines, including
2776 km high-speed railways.

The full dimension of railway lines in China at the end of 2023 was 159 1000 kilometres, including 45 1000 kilometres of high-speed railway lines.

Source: https://k.sina.com.cn

MouTai for Dragon Year

The Chinese fresh Year (10.02.-17.02.2024) is close by large steps. All food companies are preparing something peculiar for this occasion. Of course, it is dominated by red (a symbol of happiness and success) and dragon – a sign of this fresh year in the Chinese calendar.

KweiChow MouTai Liquor Company (chin. 贵州茅台酒股份有限公司) maker of the most celebrated Chinese baijiu (chin. 白酒), means high-percent (52%) alcohol distilled from sorghum, evidently does not fill pears in ash. For decades MouTai is part of the celebration of Chinese fresh Year in many Chinese houses. Many besides cannot imagine a worthy celebration of the fresh Year without raising a toast with this unique (according to Chinese) drink.

This year, KweiChow MouTai Liquor Company prepared a peculiar edition of Baijiu in a gift box.

In this set the dragon is to bring happiness, and the baijiu year of abundance. In the box, we will find 2 bottles of 200 ml. 1 contains baijiu FeiTian (chin. 飞天), the another contains baijiu FeiTian (chin. 飞天), and the another contains MouTai (chin. 茅台), both with a power of 53%. In addition to bottles, we will find 5 glasses with dragon symbols, 5 shorts with signs of happiness, prosperity, prosperity, wellness and long life, and bags for these glasses.

The price of the set depends on the age of both baijiu. A set with the youngest baijiu, aged only 5 years, costs 2699 RMB (approx. 1490 PLN).

It is not amazing that the KweiChow MouTai Liquor Company is 1 of the wealthiest food manufacture companies in China.

Source: https://mall.ifeng.com

Chinese academics most frequently quoted in 2023

According to data compiled by the list prepared by Clarivate Plc, the most frequently cited technological publications in 2023 were the works of scientists from the Chinese Academy of Sciences (chin. 中国科学院). The second place in this competition was the work of scientists from the American Harvard.

Claribate Plc is simply a British-American investigation company listed on the stock exchange, which operates a collection of services based on subscription, in areas of bibliometrics and science, business / marketplace intelligence, and profiling competition for pharmaceuticals and biotechnology, patents and compliance, trademark protection and domain and brand protection. In the academic and technological environment, Clarivate is known as a company that calculates the “impact factor” of activity and “weight” of technological work published by researchers and scientists from the most crucial academic centres on the globe scale.

Source: https://clarivate.com

China's largest car exporter in the world

According to preliminary data from the Chinese Association of individual car Manufacturers (chin. 中国乘用车制造商协会) in 2023 China for the first time in past overtook Japan and became the largest exporter of cars and various types of vehicles in the world. Last year China exported 5.26 million cars. Japan 4.3 million.

The Chinese automotive marketplace increased by 5.3% in 2023. This is the 3rd consecutive year of increases in the harsh price war between Chinese producers. Sales of electrical cars themselves increased by 20.8% in the erstwhile year (in 2022 by 74.5% y/y). Sales of hybrid cars, more attractive than EV, increased by 82.5% y/y during this period.

The marketplace share of home car brands is constantly increasing. By 2023, 56% of all cars sold in China came from home production.

Sales of home cars are expected to account for 63% of full sales of passenger cars in China this year.

In the past year, the biggest losses in marketplace shares were made by French brands (41% decrease), nipponese (-10.7%) and American (-1.4% decrease).

The increases were recorded by German-brand cars (+2.5%) and Chinese (+15.7%).

Source:

https://new.qq.com
https://www.yoojia.com
https://zhuanlan.zhihu.com

Cai Jin Qing manager XiaoMi

The interest of Chinese media prompted the appointment of the managing manager of XiaoMi Group (chin. 小米集团) Mrs Cai Jin Qing (chin. 蔡金青). She's the first female in this position in a world-famous Chinese corporation.

Mrs. Cai has managed the sale and improvement of Chinese brands specified as Gucci or Balenciaga since 2018. She is besides known in the environment with many awards, among others, included in the lists:

“Forbes China 100 Outstanding Business Women”,
“China’s Most Influenced Business Women List”
‘Fortune Chinese Network’ and
"2023 luck China’s Most Influenced Business Women".

Market observers wonder if Mrs Cai's appointment as Managing manager means XiaoMi intends to go towards luxury products and...cen. XiaoMi was known to date primarily for its very solid products sold at balanced, attractive prices. But present there are cars among XiaoMi products too phones, smart watches, scooters, or robot vacuum cleaners.

Source: https://tech.ifeng.com

Crime statistics

The Ministry of Public safety (chin. 公安部) reported that in 2023 the number of public safety cases investigated and dealt with at national level was in rule the same as in 2022, and the number of criminal cases filed decreased by 4.8% compared to 2022.

Security authorities have investigated and judged 192,000 crimes related to online activity.

Source: https://news.xinmin.cn

The fight against corruption continues

At the late completed plenary of the Central Discipline Control Commission of the Central Committee of the Communist organization of China (chin. 中国共产党中央纪律检查委员会) the directions for further intensifying the fight against corruption were adopted. peculiar attention will be paid to areas specified as finance, energy, infrastructure, pharmaceuticals and state-owned enterprises. On state tv CCTV is broadcast a documentary series entitled "Still efforts to deepen knowledge" (chin. 持续发力纵深推进) showing various cases of corruption, and above all presenting infamous figures associated with this phenomenon.