According to Sina Entertainment, Xú Zhēng said today that "it is very difficult to make movies now".

According to the news of Securities Times quoted by Sina Entertainment, the realistic movie "Retrograde Life" written, directed and acted by Xú Zhēng has been in constant turmoil recently.

This film has been criticized by many viewers as "the rich play the poor" and "consuming suffering to beautify suffering". Xú Zhēng, the film’s director and star, objected: "It’s hard to make a movie now, because making a movie can’t satisfy everyone, and everyone’s feelings are different, but if you don’t watch it, you can spray it directly, which is unfair to a movie."

He also said that after watching the movie, the audience will accept all the good reviews and bad reviews.

Geely is "unlucky" this year, but it is in a quagmire!

It is reported that the merger negotiation between Geely and Volvo will be postponed until 2021, because Geely will return to the listing of science and technology shares, and the merger can only be suspended.

As the first domestic independent brand, Geely’s market value of more than 20 billion is far less than that of the emerging forces Weilai (more than 30 billion) and Tesla (600 billion).

On the other hand, Geely has launched many electric vehicle brands, but its main product geometry is bleak, and the development of Geely’s new energy vehicles is obviously weak.

With a negative credit rating and heavy debts, why did the light of domestic cars fall here?

How did Geely, once the first domestic independent brand, break the game?

Is Geely still a car company with frequent business actions and obvious changes in executives?

The sorrow of "Brother One": Geely is no longer "Geely"

In 2017, Geely surpassed the Great Wall and Chang ‘an, and officially became the first brand of domestic independent brands in China, and it has been sitting steadily for three years. Geely’s image of "One Brother" is deeply rooted in people’s hearts.

Unfortunately, the highlight moment of self-owned brands didn’t last long. Since 2018, China’s automobile market has ended its 28-year continuous growth, and has turned into a slow decline.

Among them, the downward trend of independent brands is the most obvious. During the three years from 2017 to 2019, the total share of independent brands dropped from 43% to 39%.

Since the beginning of this year, the market share of independent brands has further declined, leaving only 36%.

As a "brother", Geely’s decline has arrived.

As can be seen from Geely’s prospectus, the total sales of Geely’s three major brands (including Lectra) in the past three years were 1,247,100, 1,500,800 and 1,361,600 respectively, which has already seen a significant decline.

In the first half of this year, Geely sold only 530,400 vehicles. Even without the impact of the epidemic, the possibility of Geely’s sales rebound is slim.

The impact of sales volume is reflected in revenue. In 2019, Geely’s performance dropped sharply by 34.67%. In the first three quarters of this year, Geely Holding achieved a net profit of 3.087 billion yuan, down nearly 50% year-on-year.

Moreover, the current liabilities of Geely Holding in the third quarter were 168.328 billion yuan, and the short-term liabilities due within one year totaled 45.724 billion yuan.

In particular, Geely’s cash flow is also declining.

At present, the net amount is only 5.219 billion yuan, and in 2017-2019, this indicator exceeded 40 billion.

However, Geely is still playing the mission of an "investment company", acquiring shares in Volvo, Proton and Lotus, acquiring shares in saxo and Terrafugia, and establishing joint ventures with China Railway and Tencent …

Geely’s response to the financial crisis is to go public in science and technology innovation board, so that it can seek public financing, which is really a good way. However, this can’t change the current decline in sales. If the car sales don’t go up, the bleak performance will continue to affect the stock price, and Geely’s follow-up pressure is not small.

Aside from the big environment, what happened to Geely, who bought Volvo against the wind?

Ten years ago, Geely’s market value was only 3 billion yuan, and Volvo’s market value was also 2 billion dollars. The news of Geely’s high-profile acquisition of Volvo was ridiculed by the industry as "snake swallowing elephant".

Affected by the financial crisis at that time, most automobile manufacturers in the world struggled in the crisis, but Geely developed six modern work brands with great fanfare, and Geely also announced that it would launch six new cars in the next 18 months and threatened to develop 42 new cars in four years.

Everyone thought Geely was crazy.

As early as 2005, when it was listed in Hong Kong, Li Shufu, the founder of Geely, entered Europe for three years and missed his ambition to enter America.

While many auto companies are still breathing, Geely is eyeing Volvo. Geely believes that Volvo is in a trough at this time, and it is bound to gain great benefits by biting its teeth to buy Volvo through the trough.

At that time, Geely changed its business philosophy from "the boss’s name is affordable car" to "safe, environmentally friendly and energy-saving car", which also coincided with Volvo’s image characteristics.

After the acquisition of Volvo, Geely was in high spirits at this time, intending to narrow the gap between BBA (BMW, Mercedes-Benz and Audi). After becoming a subsidiary of Geely, Volvo achieved an increase in sales with the help of China bonus.

But it is also cruel that Volvo doesn’t understand China.

In the next decade, competing products such as BBA promoted the localization strategy on a large scale, and more fully tapped the "China bonus" of young users and low-level cities, further widening the gap with Volvo.

BBA’s usual way of playing is to invest in film cultural products, customize advertisements, and bind its own positioning with labels such as "high-end, status", thus catering to the vast number of China consumers who are getting richer and pursuing quality of life.

What is Volvo doing at this time?

There is only one "safety card" to play. Even though Volvo is second to none in the field of safety, Geely and Volvo are relatively independent, which makes Volvo completely ignorant of China people.

"Face" and "lining", BBA chose the former and Volvo chose the latter.

That is to say, at the beginning of Geely and Volvo’s hand in hand, the agility of flaunting independent brands did not bring too many competitive chips to Geely Volvo.

Geely’s worry: exerting new energy and getting cold.

Of course, Geely will not sit still.

In 2015, Geely launched its models, and in 2018, both models were "oil to electricity", and then launched the free electric vehicle brand "Geometry".

In 2017, in order to benchmark Tesla, Polar Star became independent from Volvo and became an independent pure electric brand.

In April this year, Geely once again hatched an electric brand: Maple Leaf, and at the end of July this year, it cooperated with Mercedes-Benz to form "smart".

Geometry A, Polar Star, Maple Leaf, and smart in the future. If you add the long-distance car and London electric car under Geely New Energy Commercial Vehicle Group, there are already six new energy brands under Geely Holding.

Under the general trend of new energy vehicles, Geely is ambitious and full of energy, but no matter how you look at it, you are a little eager to achieve success.

From the perspective of brand segmentation, the geometric positioning is biased towards the middle and high end, and the maple leaf is positioned at the low end. At the same time, there are several kinds of "oil to electricity", which seem to be different brands and different positioning.

But realistically speaking, many brands of Geely are too scattered in the field of new energy vehicles. It takes resources, time and manpower to build each new brand, which leads to resource diversion, weak competitiveness and no explosion of new energy.

All Geely’s new energy sources put together are not as good as others’ new energy brands, and as long as one explosion appears, it will naturally form a chain reaction to drive other brands.

Moreover, Geely didn’t seize the time. Take Polar Star for example, Geely started to operate in 2017. At this time, the new energy subsidy is still in a stable period, and Tesla has not yet entered China, so Geely has ample room for development.

But in 2019, the sales volume of Polaris was still 0.

With limited resources, you can’t want everything. As a result, you may get nothing.

Geely has a huge system. On top of new energy projects, there are many brands such as Link. Geely cannot balance resources on new brands and technologies.

If there is another reason, it is that Tesla, as an opponent, moves too fast.

In May 2018, Tesla was registered in Shanghai, signed an agreement in July, and the site selection was successful in October. Just after New Year’s Day in 2019, the Tesla Shanghai factory officially broke ground.

Moreover, at the end of 2019, the Shanghai factory has been delivered.

In the first half of this year, Tesla Model3 sold 45,000 vehicles, far ahead of all new domestic car-making forces.

With the lapse of time, Geely’s opportunities are also disappearing. Not only the super power like Tesla is in the front, but also the new car-making forces such as Weilai, BYD and Tucki are secretly exerting their strength, and they have also gained considerable market sales and attention.

It is still very difficult for Geely to seize the opportunity to surpass it.

Geely, which is slow to shoot on new energy vehicles, missed the development time and missed the opportunity. Under the general trend of pure electrification in the next decade, how Geely can keep the market is also a problem.

finally

Just a few days ago, Geely Holding changed its CEO, and it turns out that businessmen are better at doing business.

Geely officially announced that Li Donghui officially became the CEO of Geely Holding, and An Conghui, who had previously held this position, became the president of Geely Holding.

And who is Li Donghui?

This person is very good at operation and capital operation. An Conghui, who was originally in this position, was transferred, which actually shows two development directions after Geely, one is the traditional automobile manufacturing led by An Conghui, and the other is the new technology automobile road led by Li Donghui.

It is obvious that Geely’s intention is to let a financial person build a car.

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Cctv news(News Network): Huaihe River is the first big river with comprehensive and systematic management after the founding of New China. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the ability to prevent floods and droughts in the Huaihe River Basin has been further improved, and the construction of Xingfu River and Lake has achieved remarkable results. The Huaihe River has become a happy river with harmonious human and water development and green development.

Huaihe River basin spans five provinces: Henan, Hubei, Anhui, Jiangsu and Shandong. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the Huaihe River Basin has adhered to "unified planning" and "unified governance" and solidly promoted the high-quality development of Huaihe River protection and governance. In the middle reaches, the Huaihong Xinhe Irrigation District project with a total investment of 10.4 billion yuan started construction not long ago, with a designed irrigation area of 3.43 million mu. Downstream, the second phase of the Huaihe River waterway has been started, and the designed flood discharge has been expanded from the current 2270 cubic meters per second to 7000 cubic meters per second.

Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, 36 projects have been started for further harnessing the Huaihe River, of which 14 projects have been completed. Nowadays, the Huaihe River, which suffered frequent floods and droughts in the past, nourishes one-ninth of the country’s population, one-tenth of its cultivated land and contributes one-sixth of its grain output. Funan, Anhui Province, located on the Huaihe River, is a major grain-producing county. In recent years, it has invested more than 10 billion yuan, completely changing the unfavorable production conditions that were prone to waterlogging and drought in the past. This year, the grain output of the county will exceed 900,000 tons.

Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the management of the Huaihe River has paid more attention to the harmony between people and water. The Huaihe River has a clear shore and a beautiful river. By enhancing the water conservation capacity of the Huaihe River, the whole basin will establish a river length system and a lake length system, carry out forestry greening and efficiency improvement actions, build ecological corridors, reshape the shoreline ecology of water areas, and create beautiful rivers and lakes. Over the past ten years, more than 1,000 Happy Rivers and Lakes have been built, and the water quality in the Huaihe River Basin has remained above Class III all the year round. The picture of people and water in the Huaihe River Basin and the integration of urban water and water is slowly unfolding.

New era, new journey. People along the Huaihe River will continue to improve their ability to resist natural disasters, constantly strengthen the management of rivers and lakes, promote the high-quality development of ecological economy in the Huaihe River basin, and strive to draw a new picture of the An Lan of the Huaihe River and the harmony between people and water in the new era.

The epidemic is merciless, and donations warm people’s hearts. In recent days, the COVID-19 epidemic in Hainan Province has touched the hearts of countless people, and all sectors of society have actively donated epidemic prevention materials to help the epidemic prevention and control work with practical actions.

The Provincial Women’s Federation issued a donation to the group members in the "Hainan Women’s Federation System Capacity Enhancement Reading Group" to mobilize everyone to cheer for Hainan with practical actions. By 23: 00 on August 15th, 77 people had donated money, raising 16,700 yuan, including 63 people from Group Solitaire.

The All-China Women’s Federation and the China Women’s Development Foundation have collected more than 520,000 yuan worth of medical surgical masks, family standing medicines, hand-washing-free disinfection gel and other caring materials. At present, the first batch of 100,000 medical surgical masks donated by Changzhou Meisheng Biomaterials Co., Ltd. has arrived in Lingshui County on August 15, and other materials are being sent to Hainan one after another, and will be put into Hainan’s anti-epidemic front line in the near future.

With the efforts of Hainan Women’s Federation, Guangdong Women’s Federation, Guangdong Women’s and Children’s Foundation and Deng Lao Jinfang Pharmaceutical Science and Technology Group donated 20,000 boxes of Deng Lao Qing Guan Drink (No.1) to Sanya. On the morning of August 15th, anti-epidemic materials were delivered to Sanya Red Cross Society, which distributed them to frontline medical staff and volunteers to relieve the heat and cool them down.

In order to thank the frontline anti-epidemic workers for their efforts and help the charity Hainan No.4 Action, Danzhou Red Cross Society, Danzhou Women’s Federation, Hainan Media Center, Hainan Music Broadcasting Coconut FM and the caring company Nanguo Baby jointly launched the "Concerted Anti-epidemic Hainan Must Win" action to help Danzhou. After many efforts to purchase and unite major maternal and infant brands, Nanguo Baby donated milk powder, hand sanitizer, nutrition and other maternal and infant protection materials worth more than 80,000 yuan to Danzhou City.

On August 13th, Danzhou Shuyue Mummy Yuezi Center, Hainan Xiermeiyue Health Management Co., Ltd., Danzhou Women’s Federation, Nada Town Chamber of Commerce, Yongyexing Consulting and Evaluation Group, Danzhou Jinliufu Lucky Jewelry Store and other caring enterprises jointly launched the "Concerted Fight Against the Epidemic in Hainan" campaign to help the frontline anti-epidemic workers with caring materials, with a total value of 12.

Since August 8th, Muchen Chicken Dunteng Sweet Shop in Danzhou City has donated 1,336 sugar water, 100 packages to medical staff and volunteers, and donated 105 mops for epidemic prevention. The company said that it plans to give 100 sugar water to the epidemic prevention line every day in the future.

Lingshui County Women’s Federation, Federation of Industry and Commerce and County National Defense Sports Association gave full play to the advantages of "Lian", mobilized enterprises to practice social responsibility, actively contacted manufacturers and major supermarkets to raise materials, and after many contacts, donated 290 boxes of mineral water and 20 boxes of instant noodles to the anti-epidemic front line.

Party member Huang Lingyan, a caring female entrepreneur in Lingshui County, donated 3,000 Jin of wax gourd to Yingzhou Town.

Later, Huang Lingyan contacted caring enterprises to donate masks, instant noodles, bread and other epidemic prevention materials to the grassroots epidemic prevention and control line, and helped the epidemic prevention and control work with practical actions, contributing to Lingshui’s victory in the epidemic prevention and control war.

Thanks to the efforts of women’s federations at all levels in the province, love donations are still coming together, bringing care from the whole society to the front line of anti-epidemic, contributing to winning the battle against epidemic at an early date!

Original title: "Donations and materials from all walks of life help fight the epidemic and warm people’s hearts"

　　Writing the answer sheet of the times to reform and strengthen the army

　　— — Summary of achievements in national defense and army building in the new era (II)

　　■ Liberation Army Daily reporter Qian Xiaohu Han Cheng

　　In the desert Gobi, a certain unit of the army organizes multi-arms cross-domain maneuver and three-dimensional attack and defense; Over the East China Sea, the J -20 fighter formation thundered forward to carry out actual combat drills in the maritime direction; In the western Pacific, the carrier formation of Liaoning ships is breaking waves and tempering its offshore combat capability … … On the occasion of the people’s army’s 95th birthday, we can truly feel the profound changes brought by the reform and strengthening of the army through the turbulent pictures on the training ground of the three military exercises.

　　A strong country must strengthen the army, and a strong army must reform. In November, 2015, when the snow began to fall in Beijing, the Central Military Commission’s reform work conference was held. President Xi issued a mobilization order to deepen the reform of national defense and the army: fully implement the strategy of strengthening the army through reform and unswervingly follow the road of strengthening the army with China characteristics. The unprecedented integrity and revolutionary changes in the strength, depth and breadth of our military history have thus begun.

　　The spring tide is surging, and the torrent is brave. The organizational structure of our army has undergone a historic transformation, the road to elite soldiers with China characteristics has taken a historic step, and Socialism with Chinese characteristics’s military policy system is becoming more and more complete … … Today, the people’s army reborn from the fire is accelerating towards the goal of a world-class army by leaps and bounds.

　　Strategic plan, "key trick" to win the future

　　It is often a keen and powerful ideological lever that incites history.

　　Standing at the new time coordinate point, looking back at the course of national defense and military reform again, and looking back at the holistic and revolutionary reconstruction and remodeling brought by this round of reform to the people’s army, we feel more deeply the profound historical vision, broad strategic considerations and strong mission responsibility of the military commander.

　　Back to November 15th, 2012, just after the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China closed, President Xi presided over the first executive meeting of the new Military Commission, which clearly pointed out that we should always forge ahead in the spirit of reform and innovation and strive to seize the initiative in military competition. More than 20 days later, President Xi came to the forefront of China’s reform and opening up — — Guangdong, inspected the Haikou ship at Shekou Port in Shenzhen and sailed with the ship for 4 hours.

　　"President Xi has high hopes for reforming the strong army and building a strong navy." After a lapse of 10 years, when President Xi inspected the scene overlooking the sea, Shan Donghui, the captain of Haikou Ship, was still vivid; The earnest entrustment of the commander-in-chief always haunts the hearts of naval officers and soldiers. Now, the photo of President Xi and the sailors at the bow of the ship is displayed in the Military History Museum of the detachment where Haikou Ship is located, always encouraging officers and men to be strong in the chart.

　　If you can’t make the sea, you must make it. The Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895, more than 100 years ago, was a very painful "national mourning" in the history of modern China, and was called "the pain of gouging out one’s heart" by President Xi.

　　Gaze at history and observe reality. In the second decade of 21st century, China has become the second largest economy in the world. However, the road from the big to the strong is doomed to be uneven.

　　Looking around the world, the international pattern and system are undergoing profound adjustment, the global governance system is undergoing profound changes, and the international power balance is undergoing the most revolutionary changes in modern times. In this unprecedented great change, the new military revolution in the world, with the essence of fighting for the strategic initiative, has developed in depth, and major countries have adjusted their security strategies and military strategies one after another, and adjusted their military organizational forms. Its speed, scope, depth and influence are rare since the end of the Second World War.

　　"Once the military backwardness is formed, the impact on national security will be fatal. I often read some historical materials of modern China, and it hurts me to see the tragic scene of being beaten behind! " President Xi warned the whole army that the new military revolution provided us with a golden opportunity. We must hit the water in the middle stream, and we can’t do it without changing it, and we can’t do it if we change it slowly. This is a big exam that we can’t avoid. The army must hand over a qualified answer to the party and the people and to history.

　　A hundred battles struggle, and those who struggle first. Focusing on the multiple considerations of history and reality, international and domestic, war and peace, a blueprint for profound changes in the future of the people’s army has been brewing in the commander’s mind.

　　"What I think most is whether our army can always uphold the absolute leadership of the party when the party and the people need it, whether it can pull up and win the battle, and whether commanders at all levels can lead troops to fight and direct the war." At an important meeting of the army, President Xi’s words struck a deaf ear. This is the questioning of the times and the questioning of the mission.

　　Examination and questioning come from a deep insight into the risk challenges on the road ahead, and more from a clear understanding of our military’s capabilities and shortcomings — — "There is still a big gap between the modernization level of our army and the national security demand, and between our army and the world’s advanced military level", "Our army is not capable of fighting modern wars, and cadres at all levels are not capable of commanding modern wars", "Without reform, we can’t fight and win battles" … …

　　National rejuvenation, read here; Strengthen the army and build the army, and linger at night. President Xi profoundly pointed out: We must deepen the reform of national defense and the army with greater wisdom and courage. This is the requirement of the times to realize the Chinese dream and the dream of strengthening the army, the only way to strengthen the army and the key measure to determine the future of the army.

　　Seek the layout of the article, and make a sound. On March 15, 2014, a message from Xinhua News Agency attracted much attention at home and abroad: the supreme leader served as the leader of the Central Military Commission’s leading group for deepening national defense and army reform. It is the first time in the history of the party that the general secretary of the party personally serves as the leader of the leading group for deepening the reform of national defense and the army.

　　This year marks the 120th anniversary of the Sino-Japanese Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895. After two Jiazi, China’s army embarked on a brand-new starting point of transformation and strength.

　　"The easy and happy reform has been completed, all the delicious meat has been eaten, and the rest are hard bones." Facing the tough battle of national defense and army reform, President Xi encouraged all officers and men of the army: The more difficult it is, the more determined they must be and forge ahead, and they must never be hesitant and timid. As long as the whole army unites its will, dares to gnaw hard bones, and dares to wade in dangerous beaches, there will be no flaming mountain that can’t be crossed!

　　At the critical moment, the strategic vision and political determination of the supreme commander are the decisive factors for the success of the reform. Focusing on promoting the reform of national defense and the army, President Xi presided over the collective study of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee twice, presided over the meeting of the leading group for the reform of the Military Commission three times, listened to the opinions and suggestions on the reform of large units many times in person, and personally organized and studied major issues of reform.

　　Where are the institutional obstacles? What are the structural contradictions? How many policy issues are there? A number of reform special groups and expert advisory groups conducted extensive research, concentrated wisdom and repeatedly demonstrated — —

　　More than 690 military units, more than 800 symposiums and demonstration meetings, more than 900 on-the-job and retired military leaders and experts, more than 2,000 team members of units above the military level and officers of divisions and brigades, and more than 3,400 opinions of officers and men of the army. The reform plan has been adjusted, revised and improved more than 150 times before and after … …

　　The reform of national defense and the army concerns the overall situation and the whole country. From inside the military to outside the military, from the central government to the local government, all localities and departments have given strong support to deepening the investigation and demonstration of national defense and military reform and drawing up plans, thus forming a touching situation in which the party, government, army and people in Qi Xin work together to help reform. The National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and the Bureau of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense actively participated in the reform demonstration; The Central Organization Department, the Ministry of Civil Affairs and Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security launched an in-depth study on the reform of management and security for retired military personnel & HELIP; …

　　Fighting day and night, the Military Commission Reform Office launched a high-intensity, high-density and wide-ranging investigation. Opinions and suggestions from all sides, like a clear spring, inject fresh vitality into the scheme.

　　In July 2015, President Xi presided over the third plenary meeting of the leading group for the reform of the Central Military Commission, and reviewed and approved in principle the Proposal on the Overall Plan for Deepening the Reform of National Defense and the Army. Subsequently, President Xi presided over the executive meeting of the Central Military Commission and the The Politburo Standing Committee (PSC) meeting respectively to review and approve the Overall Plan. A set of reform designs that solve deep-seated contradictions, have major innovation breakthroughs, and reflect the characteristics of the people’s army have emerged.

　　The hoof is fast and steady, and the "three major battles" are like a rainbow.

　　Some moments are destined to be unforgettable, and some events are destined to go down in history.

　　In the snowy midsummer, the sky is high and the clouds are light, and the harsh alarm cuts through the tranquility of a brigade camp of the 76 th Army. Personnel gathering, unpacking equipment and loading formation … … A full-loaded pull drill kicked off. Looking at the new barracks which integrates the functions of command, training, living and security, Qiu Shaoyun’s company commander Dunzhi Bading really felt the strength of reform: five years ago, when the company moved thousands of miles from Hexi Corridor, it was still a desolate Gobi.

　　Reform affects the hearts of every officer and soldier. "What is discipline, that is, the party will do whatever it wants." As a witness and witness, Dun Chi-Badin knows well the difficulty of relocation and the pain of reform. "But no matter how difficult and painful it is, we must be resolute and resolute."

　　This is a historic moment: at 0: 00 on January 16, 2016, the seven military regions of Shenyang, Beijing, Lanzhou, Jinan, Nanjing, Guangzhou and Chengdu stopped exercising their command, and the five war zones in the east, south, west, north and central began to operate.

　　In less than a month, 15 functional departments of the Central Military Commission were adjusted and formed, and the army leadership, rocket army and strategic support forces were established, which made a big step in the reform of the leadership and command system.

　　Focusing on implementing the requirements of political army building under the new situation, promoting the organic unity of leading and commanding troops and deepening the reform of national defense and the army, the "first battle" starts with breaking the headquarters system, the military region system and the continental army system, and the first move is to build a leadership and command system of "the Central Military Commission is in charge of the general, the main battle of the theater and the main construction of the service".

　　With one order, the headquarters system that has been running for decades has become history overnight. Among them, the number of institutions above the division level has been reduced by more than 200, and the number of personnel has been reduced by one third. Military Commission — War zone — The operational command system of the army and the Central Military Commission — Services — The leadership and management system of the army started to operate, and the long-standing institutional obstacles of the army were effectively solved.

　　According to experts’ evaluation, the new pattern is of great significance for ensuring the party’s absolute leadership over the army, ensuring the efficient command of the army by the military commission, ensuring the scientific planning of the military commission and strengthening the management of army building.

　　The first battle laid the foundation stone and took advantage of the situation. In December 2016, a conference on the reform of the military scale structure and strength of the Central Military Commission was held in Beijing. President Xi personally deployed and deepened the "second big battle" of national defense and army reform.

　　The reform of scale structure and strength organization is not simply "addition and subtraction", but the optimization of structure and function leads to scale adjustment, focusing on cracking structural contradictions and realizing the revolutionary reshaping of our military strength system, which is "slimming" and "strengthening the body". Throughout the history of world military development, the scale structure and strength of the army cannot be fixed, but must change with the changes of war forms and combat methods, as well as with the changes of national strategic needs and military missions and tasks. Otherwise, no matter how powerful the army is, it will be out of date and even vulnerable.

　　On April 18th, 2017, President Xi met with the heads of 84 corps units newly reorganized by the whole army. Ten days later, the regular press conference of the Ministry of National Defense revealed that the army’s 18 group army titles were revoked, and the 13 group army titles after adjustment and formation were announced at the same time. In that reform, Qiu Shaoyun’s former army, like many troops deployed for relocation, left the old camp that had been stationed for more than 40 years, came to a strange new station, and came to a place closer to the front line of military struggle, set up camp, and prepared for training and consolidation.

　　The boldness and boldness of China’s military reform once again shocked the world: the number of military posts was reduced by 300,000, and the total number of active posts was reduced to 2 million; More than 1,000 units and institutions above the corps level have been reduced, the number of active posts in non-combat institutions has been reduced by nearly half, and the number of combat troops has increased rather than decreased, making it more substantial; The thinking pattern and historical inertia of the concept of mechanized warfare in the "Great Military Region" and "Continental Army" have been gradually changed. The mode of focusing on military groups and winning by quantity, the power structure and deployment of land-based and homeland-defensive forces have been changed, and the degree of integration of troops, the flexibility of operational grouping and application have been significantly improved.

　　If the reform of the leadership and command system focuses on "strengthening the brain", the reform of scale structure and strength formation focuses on "strengthening the bones and muscles", and the reform of the military policy system focuses on "connecting the meridians". In mid-November 2018, the Central Military Commission’s policy system reform work conference was held in Beijing, which opened the prelude to deepening the "third big battle" of national defense and military reform.

　　"The military policy system regulates military relations, standardizes military practice, and ensures military development. The reform of the military policy system is very important for realizing the party’s goal of strengthening the army in the new era, building the people’s army into a world-class army in an all-round way, and realizing ‘ Two hundred years ’ The Chinese dream of striving for the goal and realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation is of great significance. " President Xi’s important speech pointed out the direction for promoting reform.

　　Four days after the meeting, the list of policies and systems issued just before was released. Twenty-seven policies and systems were included in the list, including strengthening the construction of party organizations, selecting and transferring cadres in war zones, improving the relevant policies of troops stationed in plateau islands, encouraging scientific and technological innovation, managing employment contracts for civilian personnel, and providing medical care for military personnel and their families.

　　Promote the reform of military expenditure management, military salaries, housing and medical security, improve the management and security system and mechanism of retired military personnel, and build and improve the military honor system … … A series of policies and systems embodying the characteristics of military occupation have been stepped up, providing a solid institutional guarantee for improving the combat effectiveness and stimulating the vitality of the troops.

　　Rebuild and rebuild, and the "big country array" has taken on a new look.

　　Time is the best developer and the best touchstone.

　　At the foot of Helan Mountain, the wind and thunder surge. The "Western Joint -2021" exercise, which attracted worldwide attention and was full of bright spots, was launched at the Army Qingtongxia Contract Tactical Training Base.

　　In this exercise, China and Russia sent more than 10,000 troops, invested in multi-type aircraft, artillery and armored equipment, and conducted dozens of exercises such as joint air defense, joint obstacle breaking and joint three-dimensional capture. The armed forces of the two countries reached a new height in coordinated operations.

　　The exercise was led by our army, instead of the independent grouping planning before, it was changed into the mixed grouping and joint planning of the two armies, and the bilingual command information system was used throughout, and the situation data was shared … …

　　Seeing many new changes, the military experts on the spot can’t help feeling the performance of China’s army: the command level of this exercise is flatter, the operational grouping is more flexible, and the degree of integration and modularization is higher. It can be seen that a joint combat force system with elite combat forces as the main body is taking shape, which vividly shows the new achievements and new leaps of China’s military reform.

　　Looking back at the Gobi smoke, focusing on the future battlefield. In just a few years, the People’s Army has accelerated its changes in the "new system time": the army’s mobile operations and three-dimensional offensive and defensive capabilities have been significantly enhanced, the navy has accelerated the transformation from offshore defense to offshore defense, the air force has accelerated the transformation to air and space integration, and both offensive and defensive capabilities have been enhanced. The Rocket Army has continuously strengthened its nuclear and conventional capabilities, and the strategic support forces have made every effort to promote the leap-forward development of key areas & HELIP; … With a new system, a new structure, a new pattern and a new look, a new combat force with a leaner scale, a more optimized structure and a more scientific organization is accelerating its rise.

　　— — The command system is lean and efficient. Military Commission — War zone — The operational command system of the army started to operate, and the highest leadership and command of the army were concentrated in the CPC Central Committee and the Central Military Commission. Compared with the original four headquarters, the new Military Commission has a clearer path of command, construction, management and supervision, a more rational allocation of functions of decision-making, planning, implementation and evaluation, and a more focused strategic planning and macro management, and has truly become a staff organ, an executive organ and a service organ of the Military Commission. The focus of joint operational command is on the war zone, and the focus of army construction management is on the arms and services. The war zone specializes in fighting and is mainly engaged in joint operations, and the services take fighting to lead and seize construction as the battle. Implement the military in the main combat troops of the whole army — Brigade — The battalion system, the combat forces of various arms have been strengthened, the command level has been reduced, the operational command has become flatter and smoother, and the combat formation has become more comprehensive and flexible.

　　— — The scale structure is constantly optimized. An exercise of crossing the sea and landing on the island started in the summer storm, and the Marines dressed in starry camouflage uniforms made a new appearance. In this round of reform, the Marine Corps, Air Force Airborne Forces, Rocket Forces, Strategic Support Forces, Joint Logistics Support Forces and many other new combat forces were newly adjusted and formed, and the active posts of the Navy and Rocket Forces were moderately increased. For the first time, the posts of the Army were reduced to less than 50% of the total posts of the whole army, and the proportion of services and arms and the proportion of officers and men were greatly improved; The establishment of organs at all levels has been reduced, the internal organs, leadership levels and personnel of organs at all levels have been reduced, and the staff of organs at or above the regimental level have been reduced by about a quarter; Elite combat forces such as aircraft carriers, large destroyers, strategic early warning aircraft, air assault and special operations have been strengthened, which has effectively promoted the transformation of the people’s army from quantitative scale to quality and efficiency.

　　— — Joint war and joint training start a new game. The roar of air fighters, the array of ground missiles, and the galloping of warships at sea … … In early May, the Eastern Theater organized naval, air and naval forces to conduct normalized live-fire drills in a certain sea and airspace. After the reform and adjustment, the whole army’s concept of preparing for war and joint training has been further strengthened: the Central Military Commission has made great efforts to solve practical problems such as the theory and regulations of theater construction, and established a theater joint operation command system with "four beams and eight pillars"; Each theater plays the role of joint warfare and joint training hub, pulling joint training with realistic tasks, leading joint training with operational plans, inciting joint training with inspection and evaluation, and truly realizing joint training to lead and support joint training of arms and services; All services and arms closely meet the needs of joint combat capability in the theater, innovatively organize a series of service and arms campaign training, and jointly train with the service and arms capability training support system to continuously improve the contribution rate of winning the war.

　　— — The policy system has become more perfect. On January 1, 2021, the "Provisional Regulations on the Administration of Officers in Active Service" and related supporting regulations were implemented; On March 31, 2022, the Provisional Regulations on Non-commissioned Officers, the Provisional Regulations on Conscripts and related supporting regulations were implemented … … Officers and men have called for reform, and a large number of laws and regulations that are in urgent need of reform and preparation for emergency have been formulated, promulgated or revised. Establish the professionalization system of military officers, optimize the treatment guarantee for military personnel, improve the policy system of military training, equipment development, logistics construction, military scientific research, national defense mobilization, etc. The system of military laws and regulations with China characteristics has been continuously improved, so that all factors conducive to the construction of combat effectiveness can compete with generate’s vitality, attract and gather outstanding talents to the maximum extent, and effectively stimulate the enthusiasm, initiative and creativity of officers and men in reforming and strengthening the army.

　　China’s military reform has attracted worldwide attention. At the School of International Defence of National Defense University, middle and senior officers from multinational armies once held a round-table discussion entitled "Military Reform in China". A foreign military student said with emotion, "The military reform in China involves a wide range of issues, and it is a huge and complicated project. The smooth progress of the reform fully reflects the Communist Party of China (CPC)’s strong leadership. "

　　Standing at the new historical tide and looking back at the magnificent picture of reforming and strengthening the army, we firmly believe that under the strong leadership of the CPC Central Committee with the supreme leader as the core, the people’s army in the middle stream will always maintain its determination to reform and the courage to overcome difficulties and create "new and greater miracles that will impress the world"!

　 　　　◎ Intern reporter Zhou Sitong

　　A few days ago, Vestazine Company of the United States published in the official website that the drug PH94B developed by the company for "social phobia" reached the standard in the third phase of clinical trials. The researchers of the company said that they had tailored the treatment plan for some patients based on PH94B, and observed the overall reduction and improvement of patients’ social anxiety symptoms. The release of this news has aroused widespread concern of "social terrorists" everywhere.

　　At present, "social fear" has become a popular word. Many young people label themselves as "social phobia" to express their discomfort in social situations. So, is "social fear" really a disease? Do you need medication? With these questions, the reporter of Science and Technology Daily interviewed relevant experts.

　　Some pathological "social phobia" is also influenced by genetic factors.

　　"Many times, what people call ‘ Social fear ’ It is not necessarily a real disease, but more of a psychological state. " Meng Fanqiang, deputy chief physician of Beijing Anding Hospital affiliated to Capital Medical University, said that, for example, it is common to feel nervous in certain scenes, and it is not a pathological "social phobia". The dividing line between "normal" and "disease" lies in the severity of symptoms and the influence of symptoms on life, work and study.

　　When a person’s social anxiety symptoms make it impossible for him to carry out social activities normally, such as avoiding social places a lot, making him nervous at the thought of social scenes, and even fearing to meet others, etc., and similar symptoms last for more than 6 months, there may be pathological "social phobia".

　　Social phobia in medical sense, also known as social anxiety disorder, is a mental disease. Its main feature is persistent fear of social situations or behaviors that may induce social interaction. Once faced with this situation, patients will have anxious physiological reactions. Although many patients are aware of this situation, because this physiological reaction is not controlled by patients, many patients will still try their best to avoid relevant social occasions, and some patients will even completely isolate themselves from society.

　　Meng Fanqiang introduced that there are generally two causes of social anxiety disorder: the first is biological genetic factors, and more than 30% of patients with social anxiety disorder are affected by genetic factors; The second is the social and psychological factors, such as the bad growth environment in adolescence and repeated failures in social situations, which will distort people’s cognition of social behavior and thus produce persistent negative thinking.

　　There are these reference standards for judging social anxiety disorder.

　　Although the word "social phobia" has been widely known, in real life, people often can’t accurately judge their social psychological status, and often overestimate or underestimate their mental health. So, as an ordinary person, how can we judge whether we have social anxiety disorder?

　　To solve this problem, lei fu, a national second-level psychological counselor and expert in mental health service for Qingdao Federation of Trade Unions, gave three criteria: whether the mood is too tense, whether there is abnormal behavior and whether there is obvious social function damage. Patients with social anxiety disorder are afraid of socializing for a long time, lasting for more than half a year; In the social environment, it is easy to be overly anxious and worried, and there will be symptoms such as trembling, stuttering, sweating, frequent urination and diarrhea; Try to avoid most social occasions, which obviously affects normal life and leads to the inability to complete study or work tasks. When these three kinds of obvious symptoms appear, it means that people may suffer from social anxiety disorder and need the help of professional doctors.

　　"Because patients with social anxiety disorder lack normal interpersonal communication and the social network is weak, it is very difficult to fight the disease on their own. Therefore, after a preliminary assessment of their own state, patients need to go to the psychiatric department to ask a doctor for diagnosis. After the diagnosis of the disease, targeted treatment will be launched. " Lei fu said.

　　Meng Fanqiang introduced that when the patient’s condition is serious, medication will be used clinically. Under the guidance of professional doctors, patients with severe social anxiety disorder can choose to take some anti-anxiety drugs. For patients with more serious symptoms and often in a state of anxiety, some anti-anxiety drugs that can be taken continuously will be used clinically. For patients with mild symptoms, you can take some short-acting drugs half an hour or an hour before starting social behavior to relieve anxiety.

　　Rely on psychotherapy to get rid of social fear

　　Although drug therapy can produce results quickly and obviously, it can not be ignored that improper use of drugs may produce side effects or dependence, which will cause further damage to patients. Therefore, for most patients with social anxiety disorder, besides drug therapy, psychological therapy is more considered in clinic.

　　Lei fu told reporters that there are many psychotherapy methods for patients with social anxiety disorder, such as meditation and desensitization training, and the most mainstream method is cognitive behavioral therapy. Lei fu said that the biggest feature of patients with social anxiety disorder is excessive and unreasonable fear of social situations. Therefore, the focus of treatment is to eliminate this excessive and unreasonable fear.

　　"For example, because a patient made a mistake in a social situation, he felt in trouble and thought that others would definitely have a negative evaluation of himself. Then in psychological intervention, we let him look for a ‘ Exception ’ For example, has he ever heard or seen someone else have a similar situation, but this person did not get a serious negative evaluation in the end. " Lei fu said that in general, patients will find that this situation is common in daily life. Under this guidance, patients will know that there are exceptions to everything, and their own unreasonable cognition will be gradually deconstructed. Once this cognition is deconstructed, the degree of catastrophic feeling produced by patients will be reduced.

　　Zheng Shiyan, the former consultant of the Psychological Counseling Center of East China Normal University and the consultant of Hefei Shanyuan Psychological Counseling Center, said: "For social anxiety disorder, we naturally have to pay attention to it. But how to face and solve this problem still lies in the cognition of the parties and society about this psychological state. " He said that there are many factors that may lead to social anxiety disorder in today’s society, such as not being fully loved and not being fully accepted in childhood, which will make people feel that they are flawed and unworthy of being loved, and thus fear being criticized and denied. Therefore, in addition to turning to professionals, what patients with social anxiety disorder need to do is to take courage and be brave.

　　interlinkage

　　Online social interaction can’t replace real social interaction.

　　Nowadays, more and more young people prefer to socialize online through online social media or online communities, and even many offline "social fear" young people have become very active online, with obvious contrast. So, can cyberspace really make people get rid of "social fear"?

　　In this regard, Professor Yuan Hongmei, director of the Mental Health Education Research Center of the Student Affairs Department of Central South University of Forestry and Technology, once pointed out that online socialization is an extension and supplement of real socialization and cannot completely replace real socialization. Deliberately avoiding real social interaction is not conducive to physical and mental health.

　　If you want to overcome "social fear", you should also communicate and interact with others in reality. People who are "socially fearful" can invite more friends to go to the movies, take part in outings, or just get together with others to chat, try to enjoy real life and feel the pleasure brought by real social interaction. Giving yourself positive psychological hints and bravely taking the first step are the key to getting rid of "social fear".

    Xinhua News Agency, Moscow, June 5 (Reporter Zhao Bing) On the 5th, the Russian Federal Security Service announced that a railway track in Voronezh, Russia was damaged by an explosive device.

    According to the report, when a train passed through Voronezh, an explosive device exploded, causing damage to the tracks. Due to the emergency braking measures taken by the train crew, the tragedy was avoided.

    The circular also said that all the circumstances of the incident have been investigated. The investigation department has good reason to file a criminal case on suspicion of "terrorism"

　　CCTV News:On the 26th, Reference News published the attention of foreign media in the headline column of "The Land of China" on the participation of the program "Love is a Bridge" in the 2020 Spring Festival Gala of China Central Radio and Television General Station.The full text is as follows:

　　The Reference News was published on January 26th.

　　BEIJING, Jan. 25 (DPA)-Against the background of travel restrictions to prevent a new type of pneumonia from spreading outside Wuhan, a city in central China, China ushered in the Year of the Rat, the first of the 12 zodiac animals.

　　At midnight, the Year of the Rat and the upcoming Year of the Pig completed the handover. For safety reasons, fireworks and firecrackers are not set off in big cities such as Beijing, but they are still set off in rural areas.

　　The traditional Spring Festival Gala, which lasted for several hours on TV, joined the passionate appeal to fight the novel coronavirus epidemic this year.

　　[Russia’s "Neva Today" website reported on January 25] Title: It is moving to pay tribute to the frontline staff of the anti-epidemic in the Spring Festival Evening.

　　China Central Radio and Television General Station supplemented the contents of the 2020 Spring Festival Gala and decided to add a program to fight against new viruses.

　　In order to ensure the health of actors and spectators, the main station has taken strict measures. It cooperated with the health and epidemic prevention departments to set up a medical support team for the Spring Festival Evening, to prepare for public health emergencies, and at the same time to do a good job in disinfection and sterilization of the Spring Festival Evening work area.

　　As the only program without formal rehearsal, Bai Yansong, Kang Hui, Shui Junyi, He Hongmei, Hai Xia and Ouyang Xiadan, the six hosts of the main station, jointly recited the sitcom Love is a Bridge, telling the touching scene of preventing and controlling the pneumonia epidemic infected by novel coronavirus, and calling on people to work together to fight the disease.

　　The scenario report drama said: "Thank you to everyone who is working hard to make this year a good one! Come on, Wuhan! "

　　This program was added at the last minute before the Spring Festival Evening broadcast. Almost all Chinese will watch this Spring Festival Gala. As the most watched TV program, the Spring Festival Evening was even recorded in the Guinness Book of Records. For more than 30 years, it has been deeply loved by the people and has a long history.

　　Photos released by central hospital of wuhan Weibo account on 24th show that medical staff in the front line of fighting against new pneumonia are celebrating the Lunar New Year in China. (Reuters)

　　[Reuters, Beijing, January 24] The Spring Festival Gala broadcast by China National Television today paid tribute to the people of Wuhan and the medical staff fighting against the coronavirus crisis and encouraged them to win in the fight against the epidemic.

　　According to tradition, hundreds of millions of people will sit around the TV to watch the Spring Festival Gala. Since the first Spring Festival Evening was broadcast in 1983, this four-hour party, which included sketches, music and dance, has been a must-see TV program.

　　This year, a special program was added to this well-planned party at the last minute, and the time was arranged at the front of the whole party.

　　The host of the program extended his best wishes to the front-line medical staff and Wuhan citizens. The hosts shouted, "We will win!"

　　In a montage video, doctors and nurses wear protective clothing and work hard to take care of patients. Later, the hosts read more words of encouragement.

　　Bai Yansong, one of the most famous hosts of CCTV, said at the party that the program about the virus epidemic was prepared temporarily shortly before the official launch of the Spring Festival Evening.

　　Bai Yansong said, "Remember, we love you! Not only today, but also every day in the future. " At the same time, the camera lens switched to an audience at the scene, and tears rolled over her face.

　　Bai Yansong’s colleague Kang Hui, who often hosts the evening news program, said that all Chinese are involved in the fight against the epidemic. Accompanied by passionate music and more pictures of medical staff wearing protective clothing on the big screen behind them, Kang Hui said: "There is no hurdle that we can’t get through!"

　　For many people in Chinese, the Lunar New Year, which officially started this Saturday, is the most important festival of the year. However, this year’s celebration of the Year of the Rat was overshadowed by the virus epidemic.

????????On the afternoon of June 25th, 2007, the 28th meeting of the 10th the National People’s Congress Standing Committee (NPCSC) reviewed the draft anti-monopoly law of the People’s Republic of China in groups, and the speeches were summarized as follows:

????????(A) on the monopoly agreement
????????Alex Chen (deputy to the National People’s Congress) said that it is proposed to amend Item 6 of Article 13: "Other monopoly agreements recognized by anti-monopoly law enforcement agencies" to "Other monopoly agreements that exclude or restrict competition". Because the original text excludes the due process of judicial review. It is suggested to add provisions on the application for exemption procedure after Chapter 2. Because there are no requirements for applying for exemption and application procedures in the draft, operators cannot judge the legality of their actions. We should let the law guide enterprises to declare independently, not just rely on government inspection, change the way of government control and save administrative costs.

????????Committee member Fang Xin said that Article 14 "prohibits business operators from reaching the following monopoly agreements with counterparties", including "fixing the lowest price for reselling goods to third parties". But in practice, this is a common practice for domestic and foreign enterprises. In order to maintain the brand image of the enterprise, the final market price will be limited in the sales contract, such as the market price of specialty stores and brand stores. Whether the current writing is too absolute, and whether the lowest price of goods sold by consignment or agency and the price limit between parent and subsidiary companies should be allowed can be reconsidered.

????????Member Nan Zhenzhong said that Article 15 (5) of the draft anti-monopoly law stipulates that "due to the economic downturn, in order to alleviate the serious decline in sales or the obvious surplus of production". "Economic depression" is very complicated, including global economic depression, national economic depression, regional economic depression, industrial economic depression and so on. It is suggested that the exact meaning and judgment standard of "economic recession" should be further clarified in order to make the exemption standard more clear.

????????(2) Abuse of dominant market position
????????Member Nan Zhenzhong said that Article 16 (2) of the draft anti-monopoly law stipulates that "goods are sold at a price lower than the cost without justifiable reasons;" It is suggested that "without justifiable reasons" be changed to "for the purpose of crowding out competitors". Because the standard without justifiable reasons is vague, and selling goods below the cost price to crowd out competition and then monopolize is a common means of abusing market dominance, this amendment makes this provision more targeted. Article 16 (5) of the draft anti-monopoly law stipulates that "tying goods or attaching other unreasonable trading conditions to transactions without justifiable reasons;" It is suggested that "without justifiable reasons" be changed to "against consumers’ wishes" and amended to "against consumers’ wishes, tying goods or attaching other unreasonable trading conditions to transactions;" Because the standard of no justifiable reason is vague, whether tying goods is legal should be judged by the wishes of consumers. The anti-monopoly law restricts the tying of goods against consumers’ wishes.

????????Ying Songnian (member of the Internal Affairs Judicial Committee of the National People’s Congress) said that Article 16, the legal responsibility for abusing market dominance lies in Article 46. If an operator abuses market dominance and excludes or restricts competition in violation of the provisions of this Law, it seems that the abuse of market dominance will bear legal responsibility only in the case of restriction and exclusion, but in fact, the abuse of market dominance mentioned in Article 16 is not just exclusion and restriction. I suggest that the legal liability of Article 46 should be further improved, and it should correspond to all kinds of situations mentioned in Chapter 3, Abuse of dominant market position, and have specific legal liabilities.

????????Committee member Fang Xin said that the first paragraph of Article 16 "sells goods at an unfairly high price or buys goods at an unfairly low price", and I think "unfair" is not very accurate. I suggest changing it to "sells goods at a significantly higher price than the market price or buys goods at a significantly lower price than the market price". The last few paragraphs all say "without justifiable reasons". I think if possible, it’s best to write clearly what we want to limit. For example, in paragraph 2, "without justifiable reasons" can be changed to "selling goods at a price below the cost for the purpose of excluding competitors". In paragraph 5, "without justifiable reasons" can be changed to "tying goods or attaching other unreasonable trading conditions when trading". Article 18, paragraphs 2 and 3 have two or three operators as a whole or three operators as a whole. I think "as a whole" is also a very vague concept. The key is to see if these two or three operators have a specific relationship. If there is a specific relationship, it should be restricted. If there is no specific relationship, how can it be regarded as a whole and it can be said that it has a dominant market position? It is suggested to stipulate whether there is a specific relationship.

????????Committee member Wang Weicheng said that regarding the abuse of market dominance in Article 16, it is suggested to add one item after the six items, namely, "the enterprise has acquired advanced technology, which is not used or not actually promoted", which also belongs to the abuse of market dominance. Enterprises have money, and this technology is beneficial to the country and the market, but it may be unfavorable to the main traditional business of the enterprise, which hinders technological progress.

????????Dai Songling (deputy to the National People’s Congress) said that the enterprises that abuse market dominance are mainly public enterprises, and the law should increase the punishment for these enterprises. For example, the water company forces users to buy their designated water supply equipment, and the gas company forces users to buy their designated gas stoves and water heaters. All kinds of information service fees imposed on users by communication departments when they buy mobile phones, such as caller ID, weather forecast, reading newspapers and so on. For these enterprises that abuse the dominant market position, we should increase the punishment, and at the same time give corresponding punishment to those responsible.??

????????Liu Qingfeng (deputy to the National People’s Congress) said that Article 16 of Chapter 3 talked about the abuse of market dominance, and I think it is very important to lead to the abuse of market dominance by market dominant operators. Article 5, tying goods without justifiable reasons, or attaching other unreasonable trading conditions, has something to do with what I mentioned above, but it is not exactly the same. Tying goods means selling another kind of goods that we already have, hoping to bundle them together, but when our industry faces transnational competition, some situations are more serious than this. I suggest adding "bundling other commodities or giving other commodities free of charge among commodities in a dominant market position without justifiable reasons, which seriously affects the market order of bundled commodities or giving other commodities free of charge". For example, if the operating system provided by Microsoft is to regard intelligent voice technology as an inseparable part of the operating system, this is malicious binding, rather than the general concept of goods. In addition, if it is not an integral part of the operating system, but it is given away for free when the operating system is sold, this is a hitchhiking. It will have a serious impact on the national voice industry. Therefore, it is suggested that this issue be further clarified, otherwise, the development of our national intelligent software will always face huge monopoly risks.

????????Alex Chen (deputy to the National People’s Congress) said: First, it is suggested that the second paragraph of Article 18 be amended as follows: "In the cases specified in the first, second and third paragraphs, if an operator has evidence to the contrary to prove that it does not have a dominant market position, it should not be presumed that the operator has a dominant market position." The reasons are as follows: First, in most cases, operators with the market share specified in Article 18 generally have a dominant position in the market, but in some cases, it is wrong to make the above presumption, such as when the barriers to entry in the relevant market are low, or when the entry into the relevant market is short, or when the superior resources of the above operators are almost exhausted, or when the patent right is about to expire, and so on. Second, in this clause, the burden of proof is assigned to the operator, and the law enforcement agencies can save law enforcement resources according to this presumption, and also give the operator a chance to refute it to ensure that the presumption is fair and accurate. Two, it is suggested that the second paragraph of article sixteenth be amended as "operators shall not sell goods at a price lower than the operating cost for the purpose of excluding competitors". The reasons are as follows: First, the amendment is copied from Article 11 of the Anti-Unfair Competition Law, which will make the "two laws" consistent in regulating predatory pricing. Second, as far as predatory pricing is concerned, there is a dispute between "purpose" and "effect" in the practice and theory of anti-monopoly law. The United States uses the "effect" standard to determine whether it constitutes predatory pricing, that is, whether the operators with dominant market position can implement predatory pricing,And take the competitors out of the market and recover the losses suffered by predatory pricing or earn non-competitive profits as the standard. If the "cost" can be recovered, it will constitute predatory pricing. Australia, on the other hand, adopts the "purpose" standard, that is, as long as the operators with dominant market position abuse their dominant position and compete with competitors at a price lower than the cost price for the purpose of excluding competitors, it constitutes predatory pricing, regardless of whether the predators can recover the "cost" afterwards. Comparing the "purpose" and "effect" standards, the "purpose" standard is more effective in combating predatory pricing, more operable and more in line with the purpose of competition law. However, the "effect" standard will affect the enthusiasm of operators for competition, and it is difficult to distinguish between what is beneficial to competition and what is anti-competitive, because the effect of competition will hurt one side of competition. Moreover, before the predatory price war has an "effect", the plundered will not be able to stop the predatory behavior of the marauders, because it has not yet had an effect. If you can, you can only assume that the predator can recover the "cost" after excluding the prey. This assumption is obviously not conducive to competitive behavior. The "purpose" standard can make up for the defects of the "effect" standard in this respect. First of all, the "purpose" standard can prevent operators with dominant market position from abusing their dominant position. Secondly, the element of "market dominance" in predatory pricing can also play the role of "effect" standard, because only operators with market dominance can recover costs or obtain excess profits after the predatory price war.Therefore, we suggest making the above amendments to this clause. Third, it is suggested to delete the "financial resources" of the operator in Item 3 of Article 17, because such a provision may make the enterprise conceal its financial situation, and this is not a necessary condition for measuring monopoly ability.

????????(3) Concentration of business operators
????????Commissioner Li Lianning said that Chapter 4 deals with the substantive norms of concentration of business operators. Concentration of business operators is an important field of anti-monopoly. If a certain field is too concentrated, it is not conducive to competition. But at present, the expression of this chapter is basically a procedural norm. According to the truth, the procedural specification is based on the entity specification, to implement the entity specification concretely. In other words, we should first stipulate the entity norms for the concentration of operators, and then stipulate how to declare and review. According to the current regulations, such as Article 20, if the concentration of business operators meets the declaration standards set by the State Council, the business operators shall report to the anti-monopoly law enforcement agency in the State Council in advance, and the concentration of those who fail to report shall not be implemented. This is a procedural expression. According to the truth, the concentration of business operators should first be in accordance with the substantive provisions of the state, and under this standard, the business operators should implement the examination system of concentration of business operators, and then how to declare. In addition, from the standard point of view, only the issue of share is stipulated now, but the concentrated share and assets owned by operators vary greatly in different industries and fields. It is actually difficult to give consideration to different industries by using a unified share. Therefore, it is suggested that the State Council should distinguish between different industries and fields, so as to formulate the declaration standards for concentration of operators separately, instead of the unified standards stipulated in Article 21. The substantive norms, examination standards and conditions of concentration of business operators should be stipulated in different fields and industries. Of course, a principle requirement can be made, and the authorization should be specified by the State Council.

????????Member Guo Shuyan said that Article 21 mentioned that an operator may not report to the anti-monopoly law enforcement agency of the State Council in any of the following situations, and pointed out two situations. First, one operator owns more than 50% of the voting shares or assets of each other operator. Second, more than 50% of the voting shares of each operator who participated in the concentration are owned by the same operator who did not participate in the concentration. I don’t understand why this concentration does not need to be reported to the anti-monopoly agency in the State Council. However, it has been clearly pointed out in the article 19 on what is the concentration of operators that operators obtain the control rights of other operators by acquiring equity or assets. Since the situation pointed out in Article 21 is "concentration" as defined in Article 19, why not declare it to the State Council? If Article 21 is established, will all enterprises take the way of obtaining controlling rights when they are engaged in "concentration" in the future, so there is no need to declare to the State Council. Article 21 seems to open a back door for "concentration". Therefore, recommendation 21 needs to be considered again.

????????Member Wang Songda asked whether the third item of Article 26 "the influence of concentration of operators on market entry and technological progress" and the first item of Article 15 "for improving technology and researching and developing new products", such as these places, could the technological progress be fully described? Natural monopoly is not uncommon in daily life, and we have many experiences and feelings. For example, the media often disclose that some telecom industries are constantly juggling, such as packages, but there are not many benefits for consumers. This kind of magic trick of natural monopoly can’t reduce the cost and improve the economic benefit. When summarizing the achievements of Hong Kong in the past 10 years after its return to China, the news media cited an example, saying that when Hong Kong’s telecommunications industry was controlled by British or American people, long-distance calls were made at 10 yuan per minute. Later, the monopoly was broken, and Hong Kong people controlled the telecommunications industry themselves, but now it is a few cents per minute. For example, in the Ministry of Railways, it is very difficult and technically complicated to continuously improve the speed over the years. Taking improving the speed of locomotives as a breakthrough, a series of technological progress is reflected. Natural monopoly enterprises should use scientific and technological progress to counter all kinds of barriers set by foreign countries.

????????Commissioner Uzitu said that this law should have stricter regulations on foreign capital entering the China market. Only article 29 of Chapter 4, on concentration of business operators, deals with foreign capital’s merger and acquisition of domestic enterprises. In recent years, foreign investment in various fields of China’s economy really needs attention. Relevant information shows that before 2004, foreign investment in China in the form of mergers and acquisitions only accounted for 5% of the investment. By 2004, the proportion had risen to 11%, and in 2005 it reached 20%. What was the figure in 2006? I haven’t seen the data yet. I think there may be more. The leading bosses and backbone enterprises in many domestic industries have been acquired and controlled by foreign-funded enterprises. For such a situation, it seems a little weak to rely on this one alone. How to deal with this situation abroad? For example, in the United States, a foreign investment committee composed of the Ministry of Finance, the the State Council, the Ministry of Commerce, the Ministry of National Defense, the Ministry of Justice, the national security affairs department, and the Economic Advisory Committee has been set up, which is responsible for examining the merger and acquisition of American domestic enterprises by foreign investors. For example, CNOOC’s acquisition of Yunik Company in the United States was abandoned because of the intervention of Congress and the security review. A few years ago, we bought some US Treasury bonds. In recent years, the dollar has depreciated. Many people think that we are losing a lot now, but in this case, in the eyes of Americans themselves, there have been many comments on the impact of holding US Treasury bonds on US economic security. Another example is that our newly established foreign exchange company is going to buy the Blackstone Fund in the United States, which has caused discussion in the US Congress and relevant government departments.I believe that this behavior may affect the national security of the United States. Since China’s entry into WTO, our financial field has been opened in all directions recently, but it is almost impossible for our domestic finance, insurance and securities to enter the American market. It can be seen that as a free and open market economy country like the United States, they attach so much importance to this. In contrast, our country has not paid enough attention to this aspect. I hope it can be reflected in this law.??

????????Commissioner Chen Shineng said that the draft anti-monopoly law under discussion today involves my industry, and now there is a very serious problem, that is, industrial safety. I just want to give you an example, and I also want to ask you how to truly stop malicious mergers and acquisitions and protect our national industry in this anti-monopoly law. For example, batteries are used by everyone in daily life, including lithium batteries for mobile phones. After more than ten years’ development, the production of batteries in our country has reached more than 30 billion, compared with more than 40 billion in the world, and our export volume has reached 80% of the world trade volume, among which alkaline manganese batteries with relatively high technical content and high added value were monopolized by enterprises in the United States, Japan and other countries ten years ago. However, after ten years of our own efforts, we are now the world’s largest battery producer and exporter, so the United States and Japan felt threatened, and they took a series of measures, first of all, they took technical barriers to trade and the 337 investigation case of intellectual property protection, and made investigations in 2004 and 2005, but we responded positively and won. In anti-dumping, we also responded and won. Improve environmental protection indicators, and we have also kept up with them through our technical measures. In this case, the United States has adopted the practice of fundamentally changing the property rights of the backbone battery enterprises in China. It has bought the leading battery enterprises in China, Nanfu Battery Co., Ltd. in Fujian and the battery co., Ltd. jointly invested by China Bank and Hongkong Bank in Ningbo at a high price.They are the backbone enterprises in our battery industry, adopting high and new technology. Their alkaline manganese batteries are the first and second in our country and the top ten in the world. Nanfu brand and Shuanglu brand mercury-free alkaline manganese batteries are brand-name products in China, which have been recognized by AQSIQ. These two enterprises, whose predecessors were small and medium-sized enterprises, began to work hard in the 1990s. They gradually developed by introducing advanced foreign equipment and technology, and solved the initial funding problem. They respectively set up joint ventures with international finance and investment companies and Hong Kong companies. After long-term hard work and capital accumulation, by 2002, the total assets of these two companies had reached 880 million and 390 million respectively, and their sales revenue had reached 757 million, and their tax profits had also reached. Such a high profit rate is unmatched by foreign battery industry. But no one expected that these two companies, which are developing at a high speed, were both acquired by foreign battery companies from 2005 to 2006. Nanfu battery was acquired 72% equity by Duracell in the United States, the largest battery company in the world, and BOC was acquired 85% equity by GT Company in Singapore, and the main business rights of the company were given to foreign battery companies. There is also the third Leopard King, which is also 85% owned by American companies. In other words, the top three most profitable alkaline manganese battery enterprises in China have been acquired by foreign enterprises. Acquisition of property rights of China battery enterprises,It may be a very important strategy for international famous battery enterprises to monopolize the international high-end battery market. In recent ten years, American Duracell Group has poured a lot of financial and material resources into the China market. At that time, China’s battery industry itself was not mature, so their brands occupied a large share of us. By the middle and late 1990s, several domestic battery enterprises, such as Nanfu, which I mentioned just now, had introduced technology and equipment, digested and absorbed them, and gradually acquired their own intellectual property rights, with improved quality and grade. In the domestic market, it has been supported by AQSIQ and China Battery Association. We have blocked Duracell, Energizer and Hitachi in Japan, and their output, sales volume and profits in our country have dropped greatly. At this time, foreign enterprises have taken the above series of measures. Although we responded to the US 337 investigation case and the anti-dumping case, we all won, but in this case, due to the short-term behavior of the local governments where these domestic enterprises are located, these enterprises all have local government investment, and the local government originally invested tens of millions, but now it can get back hundreds of millions, so it also strongly advocates. I don’t know if there is any unfair trade here. Bank of China, for its own sake, as a financial institution, now has a relatively high profit, so take it back quickly, or maybe the relevant parties have done some work. In this kind of "mercenary" and "short-term behavior", the high-priced acquisition with foreign companies "hit it off". In order to successfully acquire, foreign companies,For a period of time, they can promise to play your brand, but the most important thing is to make use of your sales channels. First, China has a large market. In addition, China’s export volume is already very large, accounting for 70%-80% of the international market. Slowly, at the beginning, I signed a contract with you. One was to pay a high price, and the other was to promise that your brand still existed. Finally, he became the big boss, and he had the final say, and your brand gradually disappeared. Finally, it was his brand that was completely played. This is a malicious merger. Under such circumstances, China’s battery industry leader, the enterprise that was cultivated in the past ten years of reform and opening up, was slowly "eaten" and withdrew from the market. Therefore, what we have to think about is how to maintain the industrial safety of these industries in our country. Now this phenomenon not only occurs in the battery industry, but also in the household appliances industry, hardware industry, daily chemical industry, plastic industry and so on in my light industry. For example, in the home appliance industry, through the efforts of these ten years, our output and sales, including world trade volume, air conditioners and microwave ovens account for 70% of the world trade volume, refrigerators and freezers account for 50% of the world trade volume, washing machines account for more than 40% of the world trade volume, and small household appliances account for 80% to 90% of the world trade volume. Therefore, the foreign enterprises in the world corresponding to us must be jealous of us, so they will take various measures to us, including buying him at a high price, which is strategic. For example, in recent years, Dabao in Beijing, as a welfare enterprise for the disabled,The state has given preferential policies, and now, after it is developed, Procter & Gamble will also buy it, and it is said that it seems that we have talked about it. Supor rice cookers in the hardware industry are to be acquired by French companies. I mean, from a battery industry, we can see that the whole light industry in China and hundreds of famous brands are threatened, and so is Wahaha, a beverage company in Hangzhou. Of course, there are also some strategic problems of its own. These problems are worthy of our deep thinking. Therefore, in our anti-monopoly law, I want to ask you how to withstand it. Because we know very well that when we want to buy American oil companies, CNOOC has already talked about it, and finally American parliamentary legislation blocked us. Our legislation should give full consideration to the protection of China’s industrial safety, such as the self-discipline of trade associations. Article 20 of Chapter 4 stipulates that if the concentration of business operators meets the reporting standards stipulated by the State Council, the business operators should report to the anti-monopoly law enforcement agencies in the State Council in advance, and if they fail to report, they may not implement concentration. As a matter of fact, our trade association knew all those things afterwards, because the State Council didn’t authorize us, so they didn’t have to report to us. We didn’t know until afterwards, but it was too late. As far as the State Council is concerned, the declaration standards can only be set in principle, and each industry and product can be set quantitatively, which the State Council can’t do, not to mention the State Council, and the National Development and Reform Commission can’t be so detailed. Therefore, for specific industries, the State Council should authorize trade associations. If not,It can’t do it at all.

????????Dai Songling (deputy to the National People’s Congress) said that the merger between enterprises should be clearly controlled in the draft. In recent years, China’s economy has developed rapidly. Under the market economy, enterprises with fixed assets of about 5 billion have a natural tendency to expand their scale and market share. Moreover, in some areas, large enterprises buy, merge and control small and medium-sized enterprises in these areas by virtue of their scale and advanced technology, resulting in competitors with certain capabilities gradually withdrawing from the market and forming a monopolistic market structure. Therefore, the merger between enterprises should be clearly controlled in the draft. If the purchase, merger and holding between enterprises form a monopoly in a certain market, or even the price of the products of the enterprise has completely influenced the market price, the state must intervene.

　　The proliferation of gun violence has become a cliche in the United States. According to the data of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there were nearly 40,000 people who died at gunpoint in the United States in 2019, of which one-third died of murder and nearly two-thirds died of suicide. In addition, the proliferation of firearms will cause about 115,000 people to be disabled in the United States every year. In contrast, since the US military entered Afghanistan in 2001, the death toll of the US military there is 2,312.

　　According to the report of American Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), the annual economic loss caused by gun injuries in the United States is about $300 billion, and the GDP of the United States is nearly $21 trillion in 2020. That is to say, the annual economic loss caused by guns is equivalent to 1.3% to 1.5% of the GDP of the United States. Putting this proportion into the huge economic aggregate of the United States, the absolute value is still very amazing: it is equivalent to Americans destroying a Finnish economy every year because of shooting (Finland’s GDP will be 300 billion US dollars in 2020).

　　It can be said that the severity of gun violence in the United States is unique among developed countries. Therefore, the issue of gun control has become a jargon in the debate of the American Congress. However, despite the fierce quarrels among lawmakers, they often start this endless debate whenever there is a large-scale shooting incident. However, in the past 50 years, there has been no real substantive decision on gun control and solving the problem of gun proliferation.

　　So, what makes it so difficult for the United States to control guns?

　　The reason why Americans have the right to hold guns is a bit roundabout.

　　First of all, we must clarify a concept, that is, the argument that people are free to hold guns in the Second Amendment of the US Constitution, which is emphasized by many gun-holding organizations, looks more like an absurd historical "myth" today.

　　In 1791, the US Congress passed the Second Amendment, saying that "a well-disciplined militia is necessary for the security of a free country; The people’s right to hold and carry weapons shall not be violated. " The reason for enacting this amendment is that holding guns by citizens will help prevent the expansion of the power of the federal government and prevent the government from imposing tyranny on the people.

　　It is true that many armed militiamen joined the struggle against British "tyranny" when the North American colonies became independent, but these militiamen with no military organization and no logistical support could not resist the attack of the British regular army for a long time. Even many militiamen joined the war of independence with the mentality of firing a few shots and sneaking home to continue farming if they failed.

　　The American War of Independence can be won, thanks to the French navy’s unprecedented defeat of the British Royal Navy, which has always been invincible in the 18th century. As a result, the British main force entrenched in Yorktown was cut off, and the commander-in-chief cornwallis was forced to surrender to the French army and the Continental Army led by Washington. The powerful "armed militia" is the "founding myth" of the United States, and it is the regular navy and army that really overturns the British.

　　△ In the Chesapeake Bay naval battle, the French fleet successfully prevented the Royal Navy from rushing to help the British main force stationed in Yorktown, thus controlling the sea power in the theater, causing the British army to declare its surrender after running out of ammunition, thus ending the American War of Independence. (Source: US Navy)

　　Moreover, individuals with guns can never compete with the state machine, and the US federal government does not hesitate to use military power far beyond the firepower of the people’s guns to carry out armed repression. During the American Civil War, a large-scale anti-conscription riot broke out in new york, and the American government responded with artillery. Some even said that warships moored in new york also participated in the suppression of the rioters. Unlike the revolvers commonly used by rioters at that time, the heavy weapons of the army were not available to the people at all, and even if they were held, they could not afford to maintain them.

△ In 1863, there was a conscription riot in New York, and the army used artillery to suppress the participants in the riot. (Source: new york Times)

　　In the 21st century, with the rapid progress of military science and technology, the firepower gap between the army and the people holding guns is even greater. Not only that, since the Bush era, the US military has also transferred surplus military equipment to local police through the so-called "Project 1033", and the US special forces have trained police officers, which has made the American police a veritable paramilitary organization. Under such circumstances, the American people also know that there is no good end to engaging in large-scale armed riots. Therefore, when the new york police made a move, the crowd dispersed.

　　After this year’s farce of "Occupy Capitol Hill", no one has stood up with guns and opposed the US government’s nationwide night fall.

△ The equipment and training of American local police have been militarized, and ordinary gunmen are far from their opponents. (Source: Johns Hopkins University)

　　The biggest beneficiary of people holding guns is the southern slave owners.

　　In fact, I’m afraid that the reason why the Second Amendment to the US Constitution was passed that year was not that members of Congress really believed that people holding guns was conducive to resisting the government’s "tyranny".

　　At that time, it was not long after the Shays Uprising (1786-1787) against the Massachusetts authorities, and the argument that people could not be trusted was still popular among the political elites in the United States at that time. In fact, the biggest beneficiary of allowing people to hold guns is the slave owners in the south.

　　When the United States was founded, slave farming was the most obvious private industry that relied on guns. In order to prevent slaves from rioting and fleeing, unofficial "slave patrol" system appeared in southern States, which is also one of the origins of American police system. According to the logic of slave owners, these slave patrols are also "well-disciplined militia" mentioned in the Second Amendment to the Constitution. The existence of slavery also explains why the amendment emphasizes that "well-disciplined militia" is crucial to national security, because only whites could join the militia at that time. Emphasizing that "militia" owns guns, not individuals, can exclude blacks from the ranks of gun owners and realize the absolute superiority of whites over blacks in force. At that time, the slave uprising in the French colony of Haiti was in full swing, and black slaves slaughtered a large number of white slave owners, which seriously stimulated American slave owners.

　　It can be said that it is an inevitable interest proposition of these people to emphasize the gun support right of white militia.

　　The Paradox between Gun Control and Law

　　At this point, we can see that the Second Amendment to the American Constitution is out of touch with the development of the times, and the basis of legislation at that time seems to be contrary to the basic moral standards of mankind today. This amendment is also the most fundamental legal reason for the inability to control guns in the United States today.

　　However, as a basic law, the American Constitution can hardly be amended again. According to the current law, amending the Constitution requires at least two-thirds of the members of the Senate and the House of Representatives, respectively. However, in the Congress where politics and lobbying prevailed in Jin and Yuan Dynasties, lobbying organizations, represented by the National Rifle Association of the United States and reflecting the interests of various arms dealers, have long held key members firmly in their own hands. Not to mention amending the constitution, any attempt to tighten gun control at the state and federal levels will be strongly and effectively stopped by the Rifle Association.

△ The National Rifle Association (NRA) is one of the most important political lobbying groups in the United States. (Source: NRA official website)

　　Not only Congress, but also the judiciary has played a very disgraceful role in the problem of gun proliferation in the United States.

　　Compared with long-barreled firearms, pistols are more secretive, which is beneficial for gunmen to engage in large-scale shooting by surprise, and is also very suitable for suicide. Therefore, the city government of Washington, the capital of the United States, once attempted to completely ban the possession of pistols. However, in 2008, the United States Supreme Court ruled that the actions of the Washington municipal government were unconstitutional, and at the same time reinterpreted the Second Amendment, confirming that the right to own guns was not limited to militia, but included all individuals. Since the ruling of the Federal Supreme Court is final, it means that gun control efforts in many states have been wasted.

　　The game of gun control and gun prohibition

　　Of course, the justices of the Federal Supreme Court did not forget to show their "neutrality" in their judgments, claiming that guns and gun rights still need to be managed by someone. Nice words, but how to "manage" guns is a mess that puzzles American politicians.

　　Due to the federal nature of the United States, the responsibility for formulating specific gun management policies is shared by the federal government and local governments. The federal government is responsible for issuing gun sales licenses and conducting background checks on gun buyers to confirm that they have no criminal record before they can legally hold guns. Local governments are responsible for formulating specific provisions for carrying guns in public places. It seems that governments at all levels have a clear division of labor, but there are many loopholes in actual operation.

　　First of all, not everyone needs a federal license to sell guns. If they are selling guns in their own homes, online or at gun exhibitions, they do not need a federal license to sell guns for long-term profit. Because enterprises and individuals with sales licenses have the responsibility to inform the federal government of the identity of gun buyers so that they can conduct background checks, this means that when sellers without licenses sell guns, the federal government cannot investigate the identity of buyers. According to a study conducted by Harvard University in 2017, one-fifth of the gun transactions in the United States have not undergone background checks.

　　Second, since gun ownership has become a "natural human right", only a few states require residents to apply for a gun license. Therefore, most of the time, the government passively screens the legitimate owners when the gun trade takes place. Except for those States that need to have a license to buy guns, local governments can’t actively screen gun owners or train gun owners in the code of conduct.

　　Third, even if a comprehensive background check system is implemented nationwide, as many gun control groups now support, to plug the loopholes that guns can’t be investigated during gun exhibitions or online purchases, or to implement a nationwide gun purchase license system, it can’t solve a core problem, that is, because guns in the United States have been flooding for a long time, a large number of criminals illegally buy guns through the black market instead of through formal channels. This means that no matter how many gun control policies are formulated by the government, as long as the United States can’t implement a strict national ban on guns, people who want to own guns always have ways to deal with it. All gun control policies instead of banning guns are aimed at preventing gentlemen and not villains.

△ American people who participated in the national demonstration on gun violence day. (Source: Capitol Hill)

　　Why is there no solution to the rampant gun violence?

　　The problem of gun proliferation in the United States is a typical institutional case. The revision of the Constitution, the legislation of Congress, the interpretation of the law by the courts, the separation of powers between the central and local governments, lobbying and the intervention of interest organizations, almost all kinds of gloomy aspects in American politics are reflected in the gun issue. To solve the problem of gun violence in the United States, I’m afraid what we need is not to tinker with a certain law, but to thoroughly reform the system of representative federalism with three powers, which is full of ills. But this is completely impossible to achieve in the United States today, so we can only let it go.

　　Now, Americans are completely numb to large-scale gun incidents. Since the beginning of this year, there have been nearly 250 large-scale shooting incidents that have caused more than three casualties. Gun control, like other stubborn diseases that cannot be solved because of the American system, has become a tool used by politicians to attack each other. The more quarrelling, the less means to solve it properly, and the gun violence will continue. After all, members of parliament live in wealthy areas with good public security, and the shooting of people is still far away from them. (Contributed by Jing Zhao)