Erinome: Hello everyone! Welcome to our daily news chat. I'm Erinome, and sitting next to me is Enceladus. Let's go through today's top news, okay?
Enceladus: Sure! First up, some news from Shanghai. In 2025, 125,102 couples registered for marriage there. That's a 38.7% increase from 2024. And the average age for first marriage is 29.7 years old.
Erinome: Wow, that's a big jump in marriages! Do you think the average age is getting higher?
Enceladus: Maybe. 29.7 is not too young, right? Next, good news for pregnant women. Many places have increased medical insurance coverage for prenatal check-ups. In Beijing, the maximum can be 10,000 yuan. Also, Beijing has new rules: third restrooms can't replace mother-and-baby rooms.
Erinome: Oh, that's helpful! Prenatal care is important, and mother-and-baby rooms are needed too.
Enceladus: Right! Now, a serious one. Six government departments said medical institutions can't do funeral services. They will also strictly fight against selling death certificates illegally.
Erinome: Oh no, that's bad behavior. We need to stop that.
Enceladus: Speaking of serious news, Guizhou Provincial Museum reported 29 cultural relics are lost or stolen. They are from different times, and the earliest was lost in 1986.
Erinome: Sad! Cultural relics are so important. Hope they find them.
Enceladus: Let's talk about cars. A Deloitte report says over 60% of Chinese people want to buy cars over 300,000 yuan next time. Fuel cars are still their first choice. And the Passenger Car Association says the 2025 average car price in China is 170,000 yuan.
Erinome: Hmm, fuel cars are still popular even with high prices. Interesting.
Enceladus: Now a funny one! A woman in Chongqing didn't know how to kill a pig, so she asked for help online. Thousands of netizens came to help, 100,000 people watched the live stream, and her account gained 1.7 million followers in just 3 days!
Erinome: Haha, that's so funny! The internet is really powerful sometimes.
Enceladus: Right? But next news is a bit strange. A medical institution in Shandong announced "giving up low-end patients". The负责人 (fùzé rén, person in charge) said it was to protect themselves. The local health bureau is now involved.
Erinome: Um, that doesn't sound good. Hope they fix this problem soon.
Enceladus: Let's check the stock market! The Shanghai Stock Index closed with 17 consecutive up days on the 12th. The daily trading volume broke 3.6 trillion yuan, a new record. And the margin trading balance also hit a new high.
Erinome: Wow, that's amazing! The market is doing really well lately.
Enceladus: Money news continues. The RMB exchange rate against the US dollar rose to 6.97, a near 32-month high. And spot gold is now over 4,620 US dollars per ounce. It went up more than 300 US dollars in the first month of the year!
Erinome: Gold is going up a lot! And the RMB is getting stronger. Nice.
Enceladus: Now, some tech and safety news. UK media says Musk's X platform has a lot of bad AI content about minors. The UK is investigating, and Indonesia and Malaysia have already banned the chatbot.
Erinome: Oh no, that's terrible. We need to protect kids from that.
Enceladus: Sad news from Korea. A plane crash killed 179 people. The black box recording from 75 seconds before the crash was released for the first time. Investigators say if the plane didn't hit the wall, everyone could have survived.
Erinome: That's so sad. 179 lives... My heart goes out to their families.
Enceladus: Let's end with space news! US media says NASA's Mars sample return mission is delayed because of money problems. So China may be the first country to bring Mars samples back to Earth.
Erinome: Wow, that's a huge step for China's space program! That would be amazing.
Enceladus: Okay, that's all for today's news. Thanks for listening, everyone!
Erinome: Yeah, see you next time! Bye!
