Erinome: Hello everyone! Welcome to today's news chat. I'm Erinome.
Enceladus: And I'm Enceladus. Let's dive into the latest stories, okay?
Erinome: First up, Double 11 just wrapped up, and the courier numbers are amazing! This year, the total business volume hit 13.938 billion pieces. Wow, that's a new record! The daily average was 634 million, and the peak day even reached 777 million. All-time highs, right?
Enceladus: Oh my, that's so many packages! I guess everyone shopped a lot this year, haha. No wonder delivery guys were so busy.
Erinome: Next, Shanghai released its 2024 Top Foreign-funded Enterprises list. 265 companies made it, and over half are from the US, Japan, and Germany. You know, those big economies.
Enceladus: That shows Shanghai is still a hot spot for foreign businesses. Good for the city's economy!
Enceladus: Now, something about our wallets. The China Payment and Clearing Association has a new倡议 (initiative): "no-password payment" can't be turned on by default. And they need to let users cancel it with one click. That's better for safety, right?
Erinome: Totally! I hate when apps auto-turn on things like that. Now we can control our payments easier.
Erinome: Banks are changing their deposit products. Many small and medium banks stopped selling 5-year deposits. Some even stopped 3-year ones. They say it's to deal with the pressure of narrowing net interest margin.
Enceladus: Oh, so if you want to save for a long time, you might have fewer choices now. Hmm, need to check my bank then.
Enceladus: Car safety news! There's a new national standard draft: After a passenger car starts, it should default to a mode where 0-100km/h acceleration takes at least 5 seconds. Why?
Erinome: Maybe to prevent sudden fast driving? Like, making cars not too quick by default. Safer for new drivers, perhaps?
Erinome: A policy from two departments: Urban residents can't buy rural houses or homesteads. And retired cadres can't occupy land to build houses in the countryside.
Enceladus: Oh, that's to protect rural land, I think. Keep the countryside's land use in order.
Enceladus: Great news for families! Seven provinces like Jilin, Jiangsu, Shandong have made having babies basically cost-free. And Beijing plans to put embryo freezing and storage fees into medical insurance. Wow, that helps a lot with family costs!
Erinome: So cool! Having babies is expensive, so this must make many couples happy.
Erinome: Sports news now. The IOC is planning a new rule: Transgender women can't take part in women's Olympic events. What do you think?
Enceladus: Oh, that's a big decision. It's about fair competition, maybe? But it's a sensitive topic, for sure.
Enceladus: A sad story from Sichuan Zigong. A man drowned, but his friends took him home and put him in bed like he was sleeping. His family found out 3 days later. The police said it was an accident, no crime. Oh no, that's so sad for the family.
Erinome: That's really tragic. I can't imagine how they felt finding out so late.
Erinome: Good news for fighting crime! The leader of the gambling fraud group in Myanmar's "Asia Pacific New City", She Zhijiang (佘智江), was sent back to China from Thailand. The case is worth over 2.7 billion yuan. They caught him finally!
Enceladus: Yeah, that's a big win against fraud. Hope it stops more bad things like that.
Enceladus: Interesting cultural news. South Korea found a 600-year-old sunken ship! They got 63 wooden slips with Chinese characters "Luozhou Guangxingcang" (罗州广兴仓) and over 150 celadon pieces. Like a time capsule, right?
Erinome: So cool! Old ships and ancient stuff always make me curious. Those things must tell us stories from long ago.
Erinome: Okay, that's all for today. Thanks for listening!
Enceladus: Yeah, see you next time! Bye!
