The delivery staff received "safe delivery".

Recently, the traffic police detachment of Fuxin Public Security Bureau, the Fuxin Municipal Committee of the Communist Youth League, and the Fuxin Branch of China Mobile brought "traffic safety takeout" to the takeaways. The police combined the work characteristics of the takeaways and common traffic violations to remind the takeaways not to run red lights, retrograde or speed in order to grab time during the delivery process, and always keep in mind safety first.

Leng Jifeng, our correspondent in Fuxin, photo by Sun Chengchao

Read behind Google’s "cheap sale" of satellite imagery company: the advantages outweigh the disadvantages

  For Google, there are too many assets under its command, and it is in the order of "100 million" at random. However, the satellite image company that was acquired for 500 million dollars was recently reported to have been sold for 300 million dollars. Although we can’t guarantee the true accuracy of the figures, industry rumors say that Google sold it at a low price. That is to say, this business is sold at a loss by Google, which may also indicate that Google has diluted the satellite image market, or has restarted planning for future development, and even needs to divest these assets. Of course, maybe Google is gradually transforming into a "lightweight" company and needs to divest some less important businesses. It’s just that Google Maps was such a beautiful product line for a while. Won’t divesting satellite image business like this affect map products? What is Google’s ambition behind the scenes, or is it helpless?

  Has the industry reached a consensus on "selling at a low price"?

  Google and mapping start-up company Planet Labs announced on Friday that the latter will acquire Google’s satellite imagery company Terra Bella, which Google bought for $500 million about two years ago. Under the agreement reached between the two parties, Planet Labs will acquire the Terra Bella business and satellites, while Google will continue to provide satellite imagery for its map products through licensing. Obviously, Google still needs maps urgently. Although it is sold, it still needs the business product line.

  According to insiders, Planet Labs’ acquisition price is lower than Google’s $500 million when it acquired Terra Bella at the time, but the price of this transaction is still more than $300 million. The source also revealed that Google will become the majority shareholder of Planet Labs and continue to invest in Terra Bella based on the expectation of long-term success. This also shows that Google cannot give up the map business, and it cannot give up. Too many product lines still need the support and support of Google Maps, and the divestiture may be just the divestiture of assets.

  The market interpreted the deal as the latest effort by Google’s parent company, Alphabet, to manage expenses, which it is currently taking company-wide. The subconscious is that Google has gone to great lengths to manage expenses, and it may have to divest everything that can be divested. This may also be to "streamline" and help Google have a better financial forecast, right?

  In fact, over the past year, Alphabet has scrapped plans to offer internet services through solar-powered drones, stopped expanding its Google Fiber internet service, and slowed down the development of drone delivery services. In addition, several company executives have also left. It is reported that several map executives have been poached by Uber. For a ride-hailing platform, maps are also life infra.

  In addition, Alphabet’s earnings report last month showed that the company’s "Other Bets" business suffered a loss of $1.088 billion in the fourth quarter of 2016, with revenue of $262 million. Perhaps this is the internal factor that forced Google to keep shrinking, and it is also a loss of $1 billion. If it cannot be transferred and adjusted in time, the burden in the future may become more and more large. Even if Google is rich, it cannot withstand such tossing. It may be the best way to shake hands earlier.

  Poor Terra Bella?

  For Terra Bella, formerly known as "Skybox Imaging," which Google bought in 2014 for $500 million, it has seven data collection satellites and provides services to third parties in addition to Google Maps.

  Google spun off this business because "it is more cost-effective to buy image data directly from a third party than to launch and operate its own satellites." Google, which used to be not short of money, now needs to be careful, just like Apple wants to sue Qualcomm. The original patent fee is just a drop in the bucket, but when the performance declines, and the share and profit both decline, Apple has to cut back on revenue and needs to "wipe oil" from Qualcomm. For Google, is it also a bit of "sympathy for the same disease"?

  In fact, no matter who the owner is, it has little impact on Terra Bella. Its business is still within its familiar range. For Planet Labs, this acquisition will make it more competitive. Of course, for some experts at Google itself, it may be necessary to "invest in another owner". In fact, some executives have chosen to leave.

  Planet Labs has been struggling to find customers, according to people familiar with the matter. It operates dozens of satellites, each weighing around 10 pounds (4.5 kg), but can only provide low-resolution images. Terra Bella’s satellites, by contrast, are more powerful and capture higher quality images. The acquisition will undoubtedly help Planet Labs expand its business.

  There is also a saying in the market that with the third-party industrialization of the map business, it is also a good thing for other application users, such as Apple and many mobile phone manufacturers, online car-hailing platforms, etc. After all, after not being under Google’s control, the competition may be more fair. Of course, for Google, there are other secrets.

  The glorious decade of Google Maps

  The mapping business was once an unusually prosperous and glorious business for Google. For a time, the application of time was also overwhelming. Google Maps began as a living atlas, with MapQuest, the leader in the online mapping industry at the time, providing a printable list of directions. But Google took a different path: superimposing navigation paths on the map.

  Moreover, Google Maps can also load maps directly on the web browser, making it convenient for users to explore the whole world anytime and anywhere. There is no need to install special software. At that time, the experience was super strong, and many people quickly fell in love with it. In 2005, no one could really understand the potential of web maps, and no one knew that it would play a crucial role in the future of online life. But it turned out that this business is too powerful. It is reported that the users of Google Maps have already broken through the 1 billion. It has become Google’s second largest asset after the search engine.

  Google Maps has promoted the concept of "location" on the Internet from the very beginning. In fact, we are now one of the most commonly used in map applications about "location". The reason why modern maps have developed to this day may also be due to the appearance of Google Maps, of course, including the emergence of various LBS applications. Of course, Google is not the first to make maps. As early as 2003, Google had a product called "Search byLocation" (search by location). The service was launched in September 2003 as an experimental project in Google Labs, which was probably Google’s first map-related project.

  In 2004, Google made three modest acquisitions of Keyhole, Where2 and Zipdash. Keyhole was the largest of the three deals, but the exact price has not been disclosed. At the time, the three-year-old company, which had 30 employees, was selling an enterprise-grade satellite mapping software for $69.95. The key technology was to stitch together satellite imagery into large maps of the world and then cut them into millions of pieces, allowing users to get a bird’s-eye view of the earth and then locate specific locations. In 2004, Zipdash, a start-up company with only three employees, was developing a mobile transportation app. Interestingly, because they were not registered, it was not even a "company". At the time, Zipdash only supported Nextel phones. Zipdash only sold for 2 million dollars. Google picked up a big bargain. Where2 developed a web version of Google Maps, Keyhole developed a desktop version of Google Earth, and the mobile version of Google Maps developed by the smallest Zipdash became the most important product.

  It is reported that Google Maps’ traffic has been rising due to two things: Google Maps has added satellite data from Keyhole, allowing people to overlook their homes from the sky; Google has optimized the code to make Google Maps run faster. Since then, Google Maps’ growth has been uncontrollable. Selling the satellite imagery business now does not mean that Google does not make maps. On the contrary, it is one of the important pivots of Google. Especially in the era of mobile Internet, this business is indispensable.

  Uber’s Small Ambitions

  It is reported that Uber plans to invest $500 million to start drawing its own maps, and the plan also includes launching map viewing vehicles in the United States and Mexico to collect data and images. Uber’s ride-hailing service has always relied on Google Maps, and Google has no plans to enter the ride-hailing service field, so there is no conflict of interest between the two companies, and the two companies are also happy to cooperate on maps.

  However, as both companies move towards autonomous driving that relies heavily on maps, the former partners have become competitors, and neither company expects further cooperation on maps. It makes sense for Uber to create its own maps to replace Google Maps.

  Moreover, Uber’s mapping needs are focused on the accuracy of roads and locations, and Google Maps currently includes too much content, some of which is not relevant to Uber’s business. As Uber points out, "Google is great, but information like ocean terrain has nothing to do with Uber."

  So Uber wanted to start from scratch and create its own maps. They hired Brian McClendon, the head of Google Maps, as a vice president and in charge of the map business. Then, a multi-year partnership agreement was reached with DigitalGlobe, a satellite imaging company, whose satellites would provide Uber with high-definition images.

  Then, after Brian McClendon, Uber hired a second Google Maps executive, Manik Gupta, director of product management for Google Maps, who has been with Google Maps for seven years, to become director of mapping products.

  Uber hopes to get rid of its dependence on Google Maps by strengthening its mapping business, so as to better control its own assets. In the future, more products or physically connected applications may come from third-party providers, so as to better participate in the competition. Of course, making maps is also a lot of pressure for Uber, and both technology and investment are key.

  Google’s sale of its satellite imagery business is undoubtedly beneficial for divesting assets and reducing expenses. Coupled with the fact that its own product space will not be greatly affected, it may also be a better choice for Google Maps to divest its "hardware" business and focus on its own content. With the rapid development of the mobile Internet, mobile applications will become more diverse, and the demand for maps will also give rise to more development opportunities. This is not just a mobile application, including unmanned cars, unmanned aircraft, etc., will rely on the simultaneous follow-up of maps, and the extension of technology will also be more diversified. We also believe that more technologies and products will emerge, truly allowing users to have a better application experience.

Ministry of Transport: Guide and urge all localities to promote new energy buses and taxis

  China News Service, June 8, according to the website of the Ministry of Transport, the Ministry of Transport issued the "Notice on Doing a Good Job in Promoting Consumption Expansion and Quality of Transportation" on the 8th, saying that it is necessary to promote the development of green consumption in transportation, guide and urge localities to further promote the application of new energy buses and taxis, and gradually promote the electrification and cleanliness of urban public transportation and urban logistics distribution vehicles.

  According to reports, in order to implement the decision-making and deployment of the Party Central Committee and the State Council on expanding domestic demand, promote the expansion and quality of consumption, promote the formation of a strong domestic market, serve the "Six Stability" work, and implement the "Six Guarantees" task, with the approval of the Ministry of Transport, the relevant work notice on promoting consumption expansion and quality of transportation is as follows:

  The first is to improve transportation infrastructure conditions and stimulate consumption potential. On the basis of promoting the perfect layout of transportation infrastructure and three-dimensional interconnection, we should highlight problem orientation and goal orientation, and focus on promoting a number of transportation infrastructure buildings that have obvious effects on promoting consumption, so as to create conditions for stimulating consumption potential.

  Accelerate intercity transportation infrastructure building. Focus on key urban agglomerations and metropolitan areas such as the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, the Yangtze River Delta region, the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, and the Shuangcheng Economic Circle in the Chengdu-Chongqing region, and promote the formation of a multi-level rapid transportation network with rail transit and expressways as the skeleton. Improve urban agglomerations and metropolitan area center urban transportation infrastructure building, vigorously develop public transportation, and improve the level of transportation integration. Gradually form a 1-hour commute in metropolitan areas, and a 2-hour accessibility in urban agglomerations.

  Improve the rural transportation infrastructure network. Promote the high-quality development of "Four Good Rural Roads", vigorously promote the withdrawal of organized villages and other large-scale natural villages with a population, and the opening of hardened roads to border natural villages, and promote more transportation projects to enter villages and households. Deepen the reform of the rural highway management and maintenance system, and speed up the establishment of a long-term mechanism for management and maintenance. Promote the construction of facilities such as ferry reform bridges, land and island transportation terminals, Kuhu District waterways and convenience docks, and improve the conditions for ferries in remote areas. Improve rural logistics infrastructure and service facilities, guide township passenger terminals to expand their functions of commerce, logistics, postal express delivery, etc., and realize "one point and more capabilities, one network and multiple uses, and multi-station integration".

  Improve the development quality of comprehensive transportation hubs. Promote the construction of comprehensive passenger transportation hubs, and guide and drive the centralized layout, space sharing, three-dimensional or co-platform transfer of various transportation mode facilities. Encourage the use of large-scale comprehensive passenger transportation hubs as carriers to promote the agglomeration and development of related consumer industries such as commerce and finance, tourism and catering, shopping and entertainment, and build an urban complex. Promote the construction of logistics nodes such as national logistics hubs and freight hubs (logistics parks), and guide logistics nodes to expand service functions such as cold chain, postal express, cross-border e-commerce, and air logistics.

  The second is to improve the quality of transportation services and upgrade service consumption. In response to the difficulties and painpoints faced by passenger travel and lifestyle logistics services, efforts will be made to improve the speed and convenience of travel services, promote the green and efficient development of freight logistics services, and open up the "blockage point" restricting consumption in the transportation sector to enhance consumption vitality.

  Improve passenger transportation services. Speed up the remaining townships and villages with the conditions to pass buses, consolidate the achievements of the existing buses, and ensure the high-quality completion of the goal of passing buses by the end of September 2020. Fully realize the normal operation of the passenger rolling transport liner in the Qiongzhou Strait, and further shorten the average time for passengers to cross the sea. According to local conditions, promote the improvement of night economic transportation supporting services. Continuously meet the special needs of the disabled, the elderly and other groups, and improve the level of barrier-free and convenient travel services.

  Optimize passenger transfer services. Further enhance the service level of passenger intermodal transportation, and effectively improve passenger travel experience. Encourage localities to strengthen innovation, and promote the opening and sharing of information on various modes of transportation, management coordination, optimization of security inspection processes, and integration of ticketing services. Promote the experience and practices of passenger intermodal transportation in Heilongjiang, Beijing, Nanjing, Shenzhen and other places. Strengthen the connection of urban public transportation and auxiliary public transportation services in comprehensive passenger transportation hubs, and improve the level of passenger "last mile" connection services. According to market demand, encourage the establishment of car rental service outlets at airports, railway stations, port passenger terminals, etc.

  Improve the level of ticketing services. Encourage enterprises to use the Internet and other information technology applications to improve the level of ticketing services for networking, connecting, off-site, round-trip, and refund tickets, and guide Internet enterprises to provide "one-stop ticketing services" for intermodal transportation. Expand transportation card travel applications in taxis, city ferries, and road passenger transportation operated by buses. Promote road passenger e-tickets, and carry out pilot applications of road passenger e-tickets in Beijing, Jiangsu, Jiangxi and other provinces to improve the level of digitalization and informatization of road passenger transportation, and improve passenger travel experience. Promote the application of waterway passenger e-tickets, and carry out e-ticket applications in key waters such as Qiongzhou Strait and Bohai Bay. Continue to promote the implementation of the cruise ticket management system.

  Improve the service level of life logistics. Promote the construction of "Global 123 Express Logistics Circle" to support the growing demand of residents for fast and convenient logistics services. Deepen the urban green freight distribution demonstration project, and guide local governments to coordinate urban transportation and urban material distribution needs according to the actual development, and accurately formulate urban distribution vehicle traffic control policies. Encourage local governments to strengthen departmental cooperation, promote information and data sharing, and provide support for improving the informatization level of urban freight distribution. Improve cold chain transportation standards and norms, improve the technical equipment level of cold chain logistics vehicles, and improve the quality of cold chain transportation services. Continue to promote the integration of delivery and mail, and improve the rural logistics service system at the county, township, and village levels.

  The third is to promote the cross-industry integration of transportation and cultivate new consumption. Give full play to the advantages and characteristics of transportation points, long lines, and wide coverage, promote the integration and linkage of transportation "upstream and downstream, left and right" industries, and improve the application and development level of new technologies, new formats, and new models. Provide support for new consumption.

  Promote the integration of transportation and tourism and sports industries. Strengthen the connection between expressways and scenic transportation, fully consider the connection with key scenic roads in expressway planning and construction, and improve the setting of traffic guidance signs. Promote the expressway service area to expand tourism, consumption and other functions according to local conditions, and combine regional characteristics to support RV parking spaces, gas stations, new energy vehicle charging piles and other facilities and equipment. Continue to promote the construction of tourist roads, tourist waterways, cruise yacht terminals, promote the development of cruise economy, tourism trains, low-altitude flight tourism, etc., and promote the cruise port to improve service levels. Encourage the creation of independent brand sports events featuring transportation resources.

  Promote the integration of transportation and information industry. Promote the new transportation infrastructure building, improve the intelligent and digital level of transportation infrastructure. Promote the application of autonomous driving and vehicle-road coordination technology. Use "Internet +" technology to promote the healthy development of shared transportation, and encourage the development of new formats and models of travel services such as small and micro passenger car time-sharing leasing and road passenger transportation customization services. Encourage the development of "Internet +" efficient logistics, improve the level of automation, intelligence and digitalization of logistics, and improve the quality of services in areas such as timely delivery and cold chain express delivery, so as to effectively support the development of e-commerce and digital consumption.

  Promote the development of green consumption in transportation. Guide and urge all localities to further promote the application of new energy buses and taxis, and gradually promote the electrification and cleanliness of urban public transportation and urban logistics distribution vehicles. Speed up the elimination of scrapped and old diesel trucks. Study and establish relevant standards and specifications for the safety and operation and maintenance of new energy vehicles in the field of road transportation. Guide logistics enterprises to use packaging that meets environmental protection and recyclable standards, avoid repeated packaging and excessive packaging, and improve the level of resource reuse and recycling.

  The fourth is to create a safe transportation consumption environment and improve consumer satisfaction. Further enhance service awareness, and effectively safeguard consumer rights and interests through service innovation, transportation market supervision, and smooth rights protection channels, and strive to create a safe, convenient and comfortable transportation consumption environment.

  Encourage innovation in service methods. Encourage all kinds of Internet platforms and market players to participate in the development of big data products and value-added services for transportation and tourism services, and use the mobile Internet as a carrier to provide the public with comprehensive information services such as diversified transportation, tourism, and sports events. Continue to deepen the expansion and application of ETC. Promote differentiated toll collection on expressways.

  Maintain the order of the transportation market. Build a fair, open, competitive and orderly transportation market, improve market access and exit systems, and strive to improve the rules for the operation of the industry. In key areas such as transportation, transportation and logistics, build a new credit-based supervision mechanism, study and promote the interconnection of credit information, mutual recognition of credit evaluation, joint reward and punishment interaction, and credit repair interoperability. Cross-regional credit supervision and application, and optimize the overall credit environment of the industry. Promote the expansion and application of the electronic health file system for automobile maintenance to provide support for promoting used car transactions. Strengthen the supervision and management of transportation services, comprehensively use the Internet, WeChat, telephone and other channels to open up and accept problems reported by the masses, respond to problems in a timely manner and properly solve them, and improve consumer satisfaction.

  Guarantee the safety of passengers’ travel. In accordance with the relevant requirements of the "Guidelines for the prevention and control of COVID-19 epidemic in passenger stations and transportation vehicles by zoning and grading", do a good job in epidemic prevention and control of passenger stations and transportation vehicles. Supervise transportation enterprises to implement the main responsibility of safety management. Further strengthen safety supervision and emergency response capacity building. Increase investment in infrastructure safety protection, and improve the safety protection capacity of key infrastructure. Build a safe vehicle and ship terminal, strengthen safety inspection and danger work, and create a safe environment. Promote the sharing of inter-provincial chartered passenger transportation sign information and external inquiries, and improve the safety and standardized operation level of tourist chartered vehicles. Implement key supervision of safety production on long-distance passenger routes and sleeper buses over 800 kilometers.

  Fifth, strengthen organization and implementation to ensure effective results. Strengthen organizational leadership, innovate working methods, strengthen publicity and guidance, strive to promote consumption expansion and quality improvement to achieve practical results, and provide strong support for coping with the adverse impact of the epidemic, effectively expanding domestic demand, and promoting the formation of a strong domestic market.

  Strengthen organizational leadership. Transportation authorities at all levels should raise their political standing and fully understand the importance of transportation to promote consumption expansion and quality improvement. In their work, they should strengthen organizational leadership, improve service awareness, strengthen departmental linkage, refine and implement measures in combination with actual conditions, and increase the reform of "decentralization, management and service" to form a joint force to promote consumption expansion and quality improvement.

  Innovate working methods. Strengthen policy innovation and system innovation, and encourage local transportation authorities to promote consumption expansion and quality improvement according to local conditions through pilot exploration, demonstration-driven, and policy support. For projects that meet the requirements of the pilot program for building a transportation power, are highly innovative and have outstanding demonstration-driven, the Ministry of Transport will be included in the pilot program according to the procedures.

  Strengthen propaganda and guidance. Give full play to the role of the media in guiding public opinion, make extensive use of key news websites, major commercial websites and media platforms such as Weibo, WeChat, mobile client side, etc., carefully set topics, vigorously publicize the good experience and good practices of transportation to promote consumption expansion and quality, and play a typical demonstration and driving role.

Jackie Chan Film Week, promoting action movies and promoting public welfare in parallel


1905 movie network news Co-sponsored by the Film Channel Program Center, the Datong Municipal People’s Government, and Jackie Chan International Group, and jointly organized by the 1905 Film Network, Datong Daily, and Datong Radio and Television Station, the "Fourth Jackie Chan International Action Film Week" was unveiled in Datong on the evening of July 18.


 

The opening ceremony was held in the form of an ingenious concert, and the guest lineup was star-studded. In addition to Jackie Chan himself, the powerful singers Zhou Huajian, Sun Nan, musical talents Chang Shilei and Yuan Yawei, and the "ancient and confused boys" Zheng Yijian, Chen Xiaochun, Xie Tianhua, Qian Jiale, Lin Xiaofeng, and the new generation of idols Lehua Seven Sons NEXT members Zhu Zhengting, Fan Chengcheng, Bi Wenjun, Huang Xinchun, Li Quanzhe, and the popular Thai artist Mike also appeared that night, bringing wonderful performances.

 

Jackie Chan Movie Week in the Ancient Capital of Datong Unveiled, Jackie Chan: Promoting Action Films and Advocating Public Welfare Actions



The opening ceremony of the 4th Jackie Chan International Action Film Week was specially selected to be held in the magnificent Datong Daiwang Mansion. Director Cao Yin of the Film Channel Program Center, Secretary of Datong Municipal Party Committee Zhang Jifu, Mayor of Datong City Wu Hongwen and other leaders of the organizers attended the scene and delivered speeches. In his speech, Director Cao reaffirmed the important role that Jackie Chan Film Week has played in promoting action movies and supporting action filmmakers. He emphasized: "With his witty and humorous, chic and elegant films, Mr. Jackie Chan tells the world Chinese stories, promotes the Chinese spirit, and spreads the Chinese voice, which reflects the cultural confidence of the Chinese nation and has become a shining business card for cultural exchanges and dialogue between China and the world." Subsequently, Secretary Zhang Jifu of the Datong Municipal Party Committee announced that this year’s Jackie Chan International Action Film Week was officially opened.


 

As the "absolute protagonist" of this event, Jackie Chan took the stage with a sonorous song "Be a Man". During the dialogue, he sincerely expressed the reason for holding the "Jackie Chan Action Film Week" for many years: "Most action people are heroes behind the scenes, and the industry’s attention and recognition for them are far from enough. I hope we can influence more people to become’heroes’ [through the film week], which is the dream of every action filmmaker."


 

After three successful events during the Shanghai International Film Festival, "Jackie Chan International Action Film Week" moved to Datong, Shanxi for the first time this year. Behind this fate is also the deliberate consideration of Jackie Chan and the entire host team – during the 2018 two sessions, Jackie Chan proposed that film and television artists should fulfill their social welfare responsibilities and take the lead in poverty alleviation. "The movie channel is launching a poverty reduction campaign, which coincides with my idea. We joined forces and organized the Starlight Action, inviting a group of stars to participate together. Datong City has a deep historical and cultural heritage, and there are also 6 standard poverty-stricken counties around the city, so we decided to put this year’s event in Datong to really do something practical for poverty reduction."


 

That night, Jackie Chan sang a number of songs including "A Man Should Be Self-Reliant", "Ambition in My Chest", "A Clear Conscience", etc. Among them, he also sang "No More Lost" with Datong children, echoing the theme of Starlight Action. In addition, Jackie Chan emotionally gave the song "Things Are Different" to his former, beloved and departed friends. He admitted that he couldn’t help but cry during the filming of the MV. Time flies, and everyone should cherish the moment.

 

Strength singer vs high-powered idol, Zhou Huajian, Sun Nan, Lehua Qizi and others helped out in the opening ceremony



In addition to the wonderful singing of Jackie Chan’s eldest brother, the guest lineup invited to the opening ceremony that night was also star-studded: Zhou Huajian, who has a friendship with Jackie Chan for decades, brought his own classic songs "Flower Heart" and "Let Me Joy and Let Me Worry". The two old friends also broke the news to each other at the scene and remembered the past, singing "Friends" to pay tribute to friendship; the strength singer Sun Nan also sang three songs in a row, in addition to the widely sung "See You or Not" and "You Come Back", this time he also created a new song "Happy Datong" for Jackie Chan Film Week, and sang it for the first time in the performance that night.


Musical genius Chang Shilei and soul singer Yuan Yawei brought solo performances "Dad" and "Disperse" that night, and collaborated on a song "Long Come".


In addition to the above-mentioned powerful singers, there were also many fresh blood at the opening ceremony of Jackie Chan International Film Week. Zhu Zhengting, Fan Chengcheng, Bi Wenjun, Huang Xinchun, and Li Kuan-cheh are members of the current super-popular newcomer boy group Lehua Seven Sons NEXT. That night, they ignited the enthusiasm of the audience and fans with two new songs full of enthusiasm and vitality, "LUV AGAIN" and "FOR YOU". Several young idols also shared their views on action movies and paid tribute to Jackie Chan’s predecessors and all action filmmakers. Thai actor Mike brought "TAKE ME TO THE MOON" and "You Are in My Heart".



Another high-profile "group" is the "ancient and confused boy" Zheng Yijian, Chen Xiaochun, Xie Tianhua, Qian Jiale and Lin Xiaofeng who have reunited after many years. At the opening ceremony, they sang "Come and Go Together" in blood. This time, the opportunity to bring them together again is the new movieJackie Chan also participated in the film’s investment. At the scene that day, a trailer for the film was announced, and the five brothers also shared the breakthrough of the new film genre. It is reported that the film is scheduled for September 21.

 

At the end of the opening ceremony, Jackie Chan sang the song "True Hero" with all the guests, which was full of positive energy.

 

Competition Film Awards Nominations Exposed "Red Sea", "Dad" and Other Popular Films Compete

 

According to the news announced by the organizing committee, a total of 12 Chinese and foreign films shortlisted for the 4th Jackie Chan International Action Film Week, including 15 Jackie Chan classics such as 、、、、、、、、、、、。、、《 Eagle Plan, series and others, will be screened.


 

On the opening day, the Jackie Chan International Action Film Week competition film and film nomination honors were also officially revealed, including "Operation Red Sea", "The God of Pirate Cars", "Wolf Warrior 2", "Embroidery Spring Knife II: Shura Battlefield" and "Wrestling! Dad" 5 films will compete for "Best Action Film Honors", and Best Action Director will haveWang Jing,Chen SichengandWu JingFinalist;Duan YihongWu JingheAmir KhanCompeting for the honor of Best Action Actor, Best Action Actress will be held inJiang LuxiaFatima Sana Shaka andJasmine WozniakProduced within.


 

In addition, other honors include the best action director, the best fight scene design, the best action rookie and the best stunt, etc. Wu Siyuan, the chairperson of the action film week jury, will bring Michelle Yeoh, Wen Jun, Lu Chuan, Huang Xiaoming, Bai Baihe and Qian Jiale 6 judges together with 600 spectators, comment on all the shortlisted films and filmmakers, and announce all the results at the closing ceremony held on July 22.

 

The 4th Jackie Chan International Action Film Week will last from July 18th to July 22nd, and the 1905 Film Network will continue to report, so stay tuned.


Huawei Mate 70 debuts pure-blood version of Hongmeng, soaring performance, reshaping flagship benchmark

According to a report by Fast Tech on May 14, Huawei is accelerating its transition to its homegrown HarmonyOS platform, which is expected to be fully adopted in the second half of this year, gradually moving away from the Android system. This major shift will be marked by the release of the Mate 70 series, which is expected to be released around September. It will be equipped with HarmonyOS Next, an optimized and upgraded version of the Hongmeng system, for the first time.

Huawei Mate 70 launches pure-blood version of Hongmeng

The application of HarmonyOS Next on the Mate 70 series shows significant technological progress, especially the efficiency of memory usage has been increased to three times, and the built-in artificial intelligence support means that compared with the Android system, under the same hardware conditions, the Hongmeng system can provide higher operating efficiency.

Huawei is committed to rapidly expanding the ecological application range of HarmonyOS, planning to increase the number of supported applications to 5,000 by the end of the year, and based on this, the long-term goal is to surpass the 500,000 application mark.

Huawei’s senior management has shown firm determination in this regard. On April 18, rotating chairperson Xu Zhijun emphasized that the promotion of the new operating system is one of the core tasks in 2024, and the company will further increase its strategic investment to fully promote this transformation.

In addition, it is reported that the Mate 70 will be equipped with a new Kirin processor, whose performance has been restored to the industry’s top level, adding more expectations to Huawei’s path to independent technology.

Geely Xingyue L added three new models to the market, starting at 137,200 yuan.

On January 10th, 2024 Geely Xingyue L (fuel) added three new models, namely comfort model, luxury model and distinguished model, with an official guide price of 137,200-155,200 yuan.

IT House noticed that the new model maintained the design style of the model on sale in appearance, while the interior was upgraded to a 12.3-inch 1920×720 high-definition digital LCD instrument panel, and the distinguished model was also equipped with a driving recorder.

In terms of body color, the new model cancels the choice of Marzies red, and the comfortable and luxurious models add the option of jade blue, while the distinguished model provides the color matching of Haoyue white and Yuandai matte gray.

In terms of configuration, the new models all adopt a steering wheel made of double-color PVC and a brown-and-white double-leather seat, and the main driver’s seat also has an electric adjustment function. In addition, the new model is also equipped with Galaxy OS 2.0 system, which uses a brand-new UI interface, improves the response speed, optimizes the system application and voice interaction, and supports super customization. The new model is also equipped with 4G in-vehicle network and Qualcomm Snapdragon 8155 chip.

In terms of power, the new models all use a 2.0T turbocharged engine with a maximum power of 160 kW and a peak torque of 325 Nm, which is matched with a 7-speed wet dual-clutch gearbox.

Evergrande was officially ordered to be liquidated, how big was the impact?

Today, China Hengda (03333.HK), Hengda Automobile (00708.HK), Hengda Property (06666.HK) suspended trading. As of the time of suspension, the three companies fell by 20.87%, 18.21% and 2.50% respectively.

On the news, the liquidation case of China Evergrande was re-heard in the Hong Kong High Court. The judge said that China Evergrande’s workout plan lacked progress, and the company was insolvent. It officially ordered Evergrande to be wound up, and held a hearing this afternoon to deal with the regulatory order and issue written reasons.

According to the Securities Times, a liquidation petition is a common means of debt collection under the Hong Kong legal system. The court issues a liquidation order, which declares that the company has entered bankruptcy and liquidation procedures. This means that the Hong Kong capital markets have ushered in the largest bankruptcy and liquidation of a real estate company. China Evergrande, which has debts of 2.40 trillion yuan, has been subject to creditors’ application for liquidation. In order to delay the liquidation, it has repeatedly expressed the preparation of a new workout plan. However, due to the slow progress of the workout plan, it was eventually ordered to be wound up by the court.

In fact, there are already signs that China Evergrande is about to receive a winding-up order. According to the official website of the Hong Kong Judiciary, Judge Chan Jing-fen is scheduled to hold a hearing on a potential regulatory order on the afternoon of January 29. Once such a regulatory order takes effect, it means that the court will oversee the winding-up process, which may involve the appointment of a liquidator.

The winding-up hearing has been postponed several times before

I was still trying to liquidate my debt last week

For Evergrande, the way to avoid a winding-up petition is to complete the workout. In order to win the approval of the restructuring plan, China Evergrande’s winding-up hearing has been delayed for a long time, with a total of seven delays.

The Hong Kong High Court had previously decided to postpone December 4, 2023 as the last time for China Evergrande’s liquidation hearing. However, at that time, China Evergrande was granted another extension time after the applicant suddenly said that it would not ask the court to issue a liquidation order and did not object to China Evergrande’s application for adjournment.

The winding-up order, which may be tied to the entry of new applicants, has been reported to include a winding-up petition at the hearing by a special panel of major overseas bondholders, a provisional group of creditors holding more than $2 billion in offshore notes secured by Evergrande and its backers. Industry lawyers say the move increases the chances of an immediate winding-up order.

Evergrande had been pushing for a restructuring plan to avoid liquidation. However, at the end of September and the beginning of October 2023, with Evergrande Real Estate and Xu Jiayin being investigated successively, China Evergrande could not meet the eligibility for the issuance of new bills, resulting in the failure to implement the restructuring plan that all parties had been working hard to promote. Since then, Evergrande has not disclosed a new workout plan.

China Evergrande tried to come up with a last-minute workout to avert a possible imminent liquidation before a liquidation hearing at the end of December. The plan is understood to include converting some of the debt held by foreign creditors into equity in the company and two Hong Kong-listed subsidiaries, and repaying the remainder with non-tradable "certificates" backed by foreign assets. However, creditors are widely seen as unlikely to accept Evergrande’s new plan, given the low likelihood of debt recovery and growing concerns about Evergrande’s future.

Just a few days ago, on January 25, the company also announced the sale of the interests of a project company. According to the announcement, Hengda Real Estate Group Guangdong East Co., Ltd. (the transferor), a subsidiary of China Evergrande, signed an agreement with (among others) the transferee, Shantou Hengyao Real Estate Development Co., Ltd., the transferor will transfer its 65% interest in the project company (Shantou Hengming Real Estate Development Co., Ltd.) to the transferee for a total consideration of 137.60 million yuan. As part of the transaction, the project company will forgive part of the debt of the transferor and its contacts to it, amounting to 376 million yuan. In the announcement, Hengda stated that the sale will revitalize the group’s projects, promote the resumption of work and production of the surviving projects, and protect the legitimate rights and interests of project investors, creditors, and homebuyers.

China Hengda recently disclosed that as of the end of November 2023, Hengda Real Estate involved a total of about 316.391 billion yuan of unliquidated maturing debts; at the end of October this figure was 301.363 billion yuan. In addition, as of the end of November 2023, Hengda Real Estate overdue business tickets accumulated about 2055.37 billion yuan.

In terms of litigation, as of the end of November 2023, Hengda Real Estate had a total of 2053 pending proceedings with a target amount of more than 30 million yuan, and the total amount of the target amount was about 490.069 billion yuan; at the end of October, these two figures were 2002 and 470.755 billion yuan respectively. During November 2023, Hengda Real Estate added 101 pieces of information to be executed compared with the end of October, and the total amount of new executions was about 13.048 billion yuan.

Evergrande real estate 2022 annual report shows that the company’s total liabilities 1.833819 trillion yuan, total assets 1.468557 trillion yuan, has been insolvent.

Hengda Sean: I have done my best, I am very sorry

According to the 21st Century Business Herald, in response, China Evergrande Executive Director, CEO, and Evergrande Group Executive President Sean responded that the Group and China Evergrande have made every effort to defend the petition for overseas liquidation. Previously, the Group supported and urged China Evergrande and its advisory team to continue to conduct comprehensive and in-depth exchanges with various creditors, adhere to the principles of marketization, rule of law, and internationalization to treat domestic and foreign creditors fairly, actively promote overseas workouts, and maximize and fairly protect the maximum interests of domestic and foreign creditors based on the actual situation of the company.

Sean said that although we have been working towards repairing and improving asset value and business vitality, objectively, the group’s operation is facing huge difficulties, resources are extremely limited, and the preliminary voting of creditors has not met expectations. Hengda Real Estate has been investigated by the China Securities Supervision Commission, and the group’s actual controllers have been taken compulsory measures according to law for suspected illegal crimes. The company also believes that it cannot meet the relevant legal conditions for key aspects of overseas workout. These circumstances make various uncertainties continue to intensify, so that the workout plan is ultimately difficult to implement. Today’s court ruling is contrary to our original intention. We can only express our best efforts and regret for this.

Next, the Group will face difficulties and problems, take all legal compliance measures, and steadily promote the normal operation of the Group’s business on the premise of protecting the legitimate rights and interests of domestic and foreign creditors.

Sean stressed that the subject of the overseas liquidation order issued by the court this time is China Evergrande, which is listed in Hong Kong. At present, the management and operation system of Evergrande Group and other domestic and foreign subsidiaries as independent legal entities remains unchanged. The group will still strive to do everything possible to ensure the stability of domestic business and operation, steadily advance key tasks such as guaranteeing the delivery of buildings, and maintain the quality of property services. It will still make every effort to ensure the smooth progress of risk resolution and asset disposal. It will still try its best to advance all work fairly in accordance with the law. 

Liquidation or impact on foreign assets

Expert: Guaranteed building has legal protection

According to the HKFC, under the relevant laws of Hong Kong, the court may issue a winding-up order against a company once it is satisfied that one of the requirements set out in section 177 (1) of the Companies Winding-up Ordinance (including the company’s insolvency) has been met. The court will take into account the wishes of the creditors and the principles of justice and fairness.

During the compulsory winding-up period, all proceedings against the company and actions by creditors are automatically suspended unless the court grants permission for such proceedings to begin or continue. In addition, the powers of the directors will be suspended, while the court-supervised liquidator will be responsible for recovering and realising the company’s assets, investigating the company’s affairs, adjudicating creditors’ claims, and distributing to creditors from the winding-up estate. Once the company is wound up, the liquidator will apply to the court to release the liquidator from liability and dissolve the company.

According to the Daily Economic News, a senior lawyer said that the liquidation of China Evergrande will not directly affect the domestic subsidiaries of Evergrande Group in the short term, such as the most concerned Hengda Real Estate. The bankruptcy liquidation of China Evergrande will not directly lead to the bankruptcy of Hengda Real Estate. At most, the equity of Hengda Real Estate held by China Evergrande may be disposed of during the bankruptcy liquidation process.

In addition, within the territory, home buyers have the statutory "super priority" according to law. On April 20 last year, the Supreme People’s Court issued the "Reply of the Supreme People’s Court on the Protection of Consumer Rights of Commercial Housing" (Fa Shi [2023] No. 1) (referred to as the "Reply"), which makes it clear that if a consumer of commercial housing purchases a house for the purpose of living and has paid the full price, and claims that his claim for the delivery of the house has priority over the right to payment for the price of the construction project, the mortgage and other claims, the people’s court shall support it. At the same time, the Supreme People’s Court also pointed out that in the case that the house cannot be delivered and there is no possibility of actual delivery, if the consumer of commercial housing claims that the right to return the price has priority over the right to payment for the construction project price, the mortgage and other claims, the people’s court shall support it.

According to the 21st Century Business Herald, a legal expert familiar with the situation said that, in general, as long as the debt risk is resolved in accordance with the law and regulations, the guaranteed building is guaranteed by law, which is the saying that "the sky cannot fall". The court’s ruling means that although China Evergrande has made every effort to defend the liquidation and promote the workout, it is still being liquidated due to its long-term accumulation of serious defects, and may eventually lead to the dissolution of the overseas company. Although there are still cases in history that the company can try to revoke the liquidation order by restarting the workout procedure under the leadership of the liquidator, the current probability for China Evergrande is only theoretical. 

"A fair, ordinary and objective view of China Evergrande’s liquidation"

 

According to the 21st Century Business Herald, a senior market observer pointed out that there are some wrong views in the current public opinion field, confusing Hengda’s long-term financial fraud and other illegal and illegal or even criminal problems with the accumulation of risks into a common problem of real estate enterprises, and even trying to distort Hengda’s risk into not supporting the rescue of private enterprises. These wrong views have obvious flaws in the arguments and arguments.

The above-mentioned observers believe that the market and public opinion should treat private enterprises and state-owned enterprises equally, and distinguish between "good children" who abide by the law and "bad children" who violate laws and regulations or even commit crimes on the basis of caring for the development of enterprises and maintaining the space for fault-tolerant innovation. Our country supports and encourages the development of private enterprises, which is to prevent the situation of bad money driving out good money in a timely manner, and to maintain a good business environment, let alone allow the "bad children" to develop brutally and bully the "good children".

In the market observer’s opinion, Evergrande’s problem is a "bad boy" problem, which means that we should view the company’s suspected violations of laws and regulations and the liquidation of Evergrande Group’s overseas entities with fairness, common sense and objectivity.

On the one hand, those who have stepped on the legal red line and challenged the bottom line of legal fairness and justice, whether the company is booming or winding up and going bankrupt, there is no exception, let alone "too big to fail". For China Evergrande, even if some creditors are willing to take risks to promote the successful restructuring, I am afraid that it is not the "gold medal" for the company to escape legal responsibility at home and abroad, and will be held accountable according to law.

On the other hand, the Hong Kong court ordered the liquidation of one of the overseas listed entities. Being liquidated in the relatively mature Hong Kong market is generally one of the inevitable results that Evergrande Group will face for a long time to expand aggressively, accumulate risks, and even violate laws and regulations. It is in line with market practice and is also expected.

In addition, Hengda Group’s main business is located in China. According to the current comprehensive information, the progress of Hengda’s construction projects is generally stable. According to industry sources familiar with the situation, Hengda’s housing delivery volume has approached 80%, and individual projects may be difficult. However, I believe that with the promotion of all parties, the housing delivery problem can eventually be properly resolved.

The market observer said that Hengda’s problem is indeed serious, but the market does not need to be overly anxious. On November 27, 2023, the eight departments of the state jointly issued 25 measures to support the private economy, which strongly reflects that we are constantly increasing our support for the private economy in terms of concept, system and implementation. At the same time, the judicial organs, regulatory authorities and the market are also constantly improving the punishment mechanism for enterprises and individuals who undermine market justice and fairness, violate laws and regulations and even commit crimes, so as to maintain a good environment for the development and growth of the private economy.

The world’s first! Xiongan "Dungeon" is used

Start, speed up, park…

Lu Zhaoming, an associate professor at Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, was sitting in a test vehicle in a parking lot 12 meters underground in the Xiongan New Area. He kept an eye on the position cursor on his mobile phone.

The test vehicle uses "5G + Beidou" positioning and navigation technology.At present, this technology has been demonstrated in Xiongan underground for more than 500,000 square meters, with a positioning accuracy of 2 meters, and the construction cost is only half of the traditional underground navigation technology.

Inspired to channel signals from the sky into the ground

Today, ever-advancing navigation technology makes people’s lives more and more convenient. But many people also have the experience that once they enter a building below the ground, the reinforced concrete will block the navigation signals such as Beidou "clean".

At the beginning of the planning of Xiongan New Area, it was proposed to build "an underground city".This includes about 380 kilometers of underground integrated pipe corridors and over 22 million square meters of underground parking. The precise management of the "underground city" requires high-precision positioning and navigation, and requires new technology and low cost, which can provide replicable samples for other urban construction.

"We compared all kinds of existing technical solutions, and the investment cost became an insurmountable’roadblock ‘," Zhang Qiang, secretary general of the Xiongan New Area Smart City Innovation Federation (hereinafter referred to as the "Innovation Federation"), told the Science and Technology Daily reporter. At the beginning of research and development, as the lead organizational unit for the research and development of underground navigation technology, the Innovation Federation tried almost all mature technical means –

Deploying Bluetooth point beacons in the basement has high construction costs and high operation and maintenance costs;

The addition of Beidou navigation base station indoors cannot afford the high cost of equipment.

Using WiFi positioning requires not only deploying WiFi access points, but also investing in a new network…

Is there a low-cost and effective technical route? Zhang Qiang and the project team members sat around and kept "brainstorming". Proposals, discussions, collisions… More than a week has passed, and there is still no solution.

One evening, the three members of the project team who had discussed nothing stood on the side of the road unhappily. Suddenly, an idea came to Zhang Qiang’s mind: Why can’t we "use local materials" and borrow existing communication facilities – 5G indoor distribution system?

The indoor distribution system is not mysterious, it is a small antenna that looks like a "small mushroom head" that people often see in the corridor or at the door of the house. In 2020, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology made it clear that 5G indoor signals should be jointly built and shared. Telecom operators uniformly "mix" various signals into the key equipment – the combiner, and the standard 5G indoor signal is then distributed to each "small mushroom head" by the combiner. However, these "small mushroom heads" can only provide communication protection, not positioning and navigation.

"By the way, receive the Beidou signal and forward it with the help of the’little mushroom head ‘!"

This idea made everyone suddenly enlightened. Lu Zhaoming, who was invited to participate in the project team, recalled that in the past, everyone just made a fuss about communication, and no one thought of it.The combination of Beidou signal and 5G indoor distribution system has opened a new door for underground high-precision positioning and navigation.

"That night, I looked at the night sky, and the shadowy Big Dipper was particularly charming." Zhang Qiang said.

Breakthrough algorithms to achieve accurate underground positioning

Walking into the corridor on the sixth floor of the third teaching building of Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Lu Zhaoming pointed to the line above his head and told reporters: "The experimental demonstration of ‘5G + Beidou ‘is carried out here."

The idea of fusing Beidou signals into a 5G indoor distribution system sounds simple, but the implementation process is full of challenges.

The first challenge is how to introduce the Beidou signal underground.In the 5G indoor distribution system, the three telecom operators’ respective 3G/4G/5G and other multi-channel communication signals are transmitted. If a Beidou signal is added, the original communication signal may be interfered, causing the mobile phone to be unable to talk and surf the Internet normally.

"At the beginning, there was nothing I could do. I could only start by analyzing the intermodulation interference model of the two signals and find the fusion algorithm of the signals." Lu Zhaoming said,Communication and Beidou are two types of signals, but they are not mutually incompatible "enemies".The team members calculated the filtering and power parameters required for the Beidou signal to be imported into the 5G indoor distribution system, and then successfully introduced the Beidou signal into the underground through the shared link transmission of broadband multi-channel signals.

The problem of Beidou signal introduction is solved, and the problem of navigation and positioning accuracy emerges.The accuracy of using Beidou signals for positioning outdoors is about 10 meters, but this accuracy is far from enough in the underground environment. Because the distance between two adjacent intersections in the underground parking lot is often less than 10 meters, if the accuracy is not improved, the positioning and navigation will inevitably be wrong.

"This problem has puzzled us for more than a year. During that time, we tried more than 100 different types of algorithms, but the positioning accuracy was not ideal." Lu Zhaoming said that one day, during testing, he accidentally discovered that the wireless reflection environment of Beidou signals in space has static characteristics, which can be used to build data models and provide more location observation sources.

Although the single information of each end point in the parking lot is not accurate, the multi-party information is collected together, and the positioning results will become more and more accurate through the continuous collaborative calibration of the data model.The positioning and navigation strategy was upgraded from "individual combat" to "multi-end point cooperative combat", and a set of positioning algorithms with independent intellectual property rights was born.

In June 2022, in the underground parking lot of Xiongan New District, when Lu Zhaoming saw the positioning cursor move step by step on his mobile phone screen for the first time, he jumped up excitedly.

"This proves that our positioning algorithm and scheme works in actual scenarios!" Lu Zhaoming said.

Pioneering equipment, twisting the "bull’s nose" of independent innovation

In Xiongan New Area, the reporter took a car through a downhill "entrance" and "plunged" into the underground parking lot of Xingqiuyuan in Rongdong District. The navigation map on the mobile phone switched instantaneously, and the arrow guided the vehicle to find the parking space accurately.

In the parking lot, there was neither intricate wiring nor communication equipment crawling all over the wall. There was only a computer room less than 10 square meters at the corner of the passage, and a large amount of equipment was "hidden" here.

"We are’underground workers’," Chu Xinghe, a postdoctoral fellow at Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications and a member of the project team, told reporters with a smile. Since the experimental verification, the R & D team has spent more than a year debugging and improving equipment underground.

"Here, you must not’judge things by their appearance ‘." Chu Xinghe introduced,Although only a few small boxes are placed on the wall of the computer room, they are like the "heart" of the underground navigation system.The combiner, 5G indoor distribution unit, and Beidou indoor distribution unit rely on these core devices to successfully import Beidou signals and send out positioning signals.

Among these devices, the Beidou indoor distribution unit is the first in the world.The Beidou satellite signal comes to the ground from an altitude of more than 20,000 kilometers, and the signal strength is extremely weak. If it is introduced into the underground computer room, the signal strength will be further attenuated. The project team innovatively developed the receiving module of the Beidou indoor distribution unit, which can amplify the Beidou signal, support feeder transmission up to 1 kilometer, and introduce high-quality signals into the ground.

"The core components in the unit have completely independent intellectual property rights. It can filter the complex signals received layer by layer, remove useless signals, enhance useful signals, and block malicious attack signals to ensure navigation safety." Chu Xinghe said.

In May this year, the Supreme Leader General Secretary pointed out during his inspection of Xiongan New Area that efforts should be made to build a three-dimensional comprehensive transportation network, make full use of underground space, and strive to create a future city without "urban diseases", and truly turn a high-standard urban planning blueprint into a high-quality urban development reality picture.

"In 2025, the ‘5G + Beidou ‘navigation will cover all the built underground parking lots in Xiongan New Area, truly realizing the navigation of’an underground city’."Looking to the future, Lu Zhaoming was full of expectations, "We hope that this technology will be applied to more scenarios such as mining areas, transportation hubs, terminals, etc., and play a greater role in making full use of underground space!"

Boss, have a mass-selling headlight! Ask the world M9: Arrange

 

Do you know? In 1885, when the prototype of the car was just formed, the lighting system came into being. Perhaps you can’t imagine that the earliest lights were actually a pair of fuel lamps! At that time, cars and horses were expensive and letters were slow. But it was precisely from this era when even lighting the night road could not be satisfied that car headlights began their advanced path.

In the following century, acetylene lamps and incandescent lamps emerged one after another, and in the 21st century, automotive headlamps have made significant progress.

It is also because of the complexity of the traffic environment and the expansion of the urban development process, including people’s travel needs in bad weather. Better lighting effects such as xenon headlights and LED headlights have been transplanted to more and more models, becoming the main theme of automotive lighting.

Do you think this is the end of the development of car headlights? Shallow, what we want to talk about here is no longer limited to the progress of materials, but to rise to the level of technology lighting experience. What should the lighting experience look like in the era of intelligence?

When the headlights have been automatically turned on and automatically switched to near and far light, what else can it do?! It can also help you with high-beam keying, and can also help you show a wide-light blanket. It can also help you open a concert and watch a movie at a campsite. When the headlights have interactive functions, you will have the illusion that your understanding of the lights is too narrow? In the latest version of the M9 OTA push, the ritual-filled Kunpeng welcome and projection headlights outdoor Karaoke have been realized.

People-oriented technology will always make people feel warm in the details, and technology-leading brands tend to integrate more user-friendly functions in a linked way. When you approach a Q Jie M9 with your key, the distinguished welcome halo slowly lights up, and the headlights play out your preset pattern. Get in the car, adjust the headlights adaptively, and immediately enter the working state, because the next series of operations will allow you to immerse yourself and enjoy driving the Q Jie M9 freely through the streets and alleys.

Megapixel headlights high-precision ADB unique display, envy everyone

Take Beijing as an example, the number of motor vehicles has exceeded the 8 million mark, which is a very large group. Above the night sky, in addition to the illuminated night sky, there is also the surging traffic on the ring road. You are very disgusted with the harsh high beam shooting towards the lane, or the big cutie behind your car who has been driving high beam. Light is wasted or used in the opposite of the original lighting, hindering night travel safety (according to incomplete statistics, more than 40% of night traffic accidents are caused by glare).

No matter whether it is the person who drives the high beam or the person who is illuminated by the high beam, everyone does not benefit. Even the matrix headlights of some high-end models are clearly equipped with ADB (Adaptive High Beam) function, but the internal composition and the number of modules of the matrix headlights are not enough to support such a detailed cutout, and the shielding is too large for the area of passing cars/pedestrians, which often causes a large blind spot of vision and is prone to risk.

However! M9’s megapixel smart projection headlights use a megapixel module, and the dual lights can reach 2.60 million pixels. The shielding size of each pixel is only 0.02m, which is a hundred times higher than the industry’s 84 pixels. It can truly achieve lane-level precision control. Coupled with Huawei’s combination of intelligent driving perception and algorithms with headlights, the lights really become another pair of bright eyes for the driver and the car.

As a result, everything from a large car to a small person can be precisely reserved. Drivers can see the front clearly, other traffic participants will not blink, and the high beams will no longer disturb people! Therefore, black technology is not a solution. Whether it is used or not is the most direct way to show sincerity.

My headlights are a ruler! Easy in a narrow environment

Cars are not always speeding on city expressways, there are country roads at the end of the street and even to the camping site, you will see such a scene, only narrow aisles are left for parking, and there are limited-width concrete piers along the river embankment. You are about to pass carefully at night. If you are still driving a big guy, it is inevitable that the co-pilot will get out of the car to watch. The large screen of the M9 has such a button. After turning on the width indicator light blanket of the headlights, the light band of the pavement is slightly wider than the body. When you see that the light band does not shine on the obstacle, you can easily pass.

Summon Kunpeng? Awaken the instant ritual feeling full

Interesting people have their own halos, and so do interesting cars.

Imagine, as the owner of the car, you slowly walk towards the M9, and Kunpeng directly swims to the ground. Passers-by are attracted by your operation. The shape of Kunpeng’s wings also illuminates the surroundings of the door. Isn’t it a noble and intimate feeling? The well-known meteor shower effect can only be regarded as unremarkable in front of You Kun, especially when you summon Kunpeng through your mobile phone or watch, it will incarnate into the C position of the audience in minutes and attract much attention.

In the latest version, the tail lights of the M9 have also become richer. The previous red double, love and lantern shapes are just a small test, but they also add a touch of vitality to the cookie-cutter lights and boring car water Ma Long. Now, the addition of milk bottles, red flags, cakes, fireworks and other lights adds a new seasoning of technological fun to the mundane daily life, and also gives M9 owners more personalized emotional expression.

Summer night KTV, outdoor party? Projection headlights arranged for you!

The continuous explosion of self-media short videos has given ordinary people a side that they want to express themselves, but if I tell you that the distinguished Wenjie M9 can come with its own sky-breaking traffic, would you believe it?! As night falls, a curtain or a white wall can start to display. Turn on the megapixel headlights of the Wenjie M9 and directly project the lyrics. The effect is high-quality imitation of the mass-selling box. As soon as the verbatim lyrics leave, plus the opera house version of the audio playback, an open-air concert is immediately completed. With the microphone in hand, you are the master of this set!

In the era of smart cars, headlights have also been given more black technology, making the lighting system more visible. Intelligent lighting can help drivers get a safer and more convenient driving experience, and the realization of interactive and projection functions has become the icing on the cake, creating a richer social life and entertainment scene.

Compared to the almost demanding requirements of laser headlights, the practical significance of pixel headlights is more valuable, and the scene is also richer. For the future life, it may be the goal of the next OTA of the M9. What else do you want headlights to do? You might as well type it out in the comment area.

Google Pixel 3 only supports gesture navigation: future Android will do the same

Gesture-based user interfaces, if well designed, may be better than traditional button-based operations, especially on larger screens. Google introduced gesture-based navigation in 9.0 Pie as an alternative to traditional navigation bars. And in the latest Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL, Google went a step further and made gesture navigation its default and only option, which means that Android’s traditional three-key navigation method has disappeared completely.

On the Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL, users won’t be able to disable gesture navigation and opt for the familiar three-button scheme. Importantly, the decision also reflects Google’s overall Android plans for the future. In a response to a user’s question on Twitter, Google’s official @madebygoogle account tweeted: "The Pixel 3 introduces a new model that will represent the way navigation is done on all future Android phones."

This means that gesture-based navigation will become an integral part of Android in the future, not just on Pixel devices. Of course, given the open nature of the Android operating system, Google is unlikely to make it the only option.

That being said, many manufacturers, such as Samsung, OnePlus, Xiaomi, and Huawei, have started rolling out their own gesture-based navigation features with varying degrees of success. Looking to the future, we will definitely see more Android phone manufacturers offering gesture-based interfaces. We just hope that most Android UIs will still have the option to switch back to traditional button-based navigation.