Qin Gang Appointed State Councilor, Joins State Council Leadership
The National People's Congress decided to appoint Qin Gang as State Councilor, and Qin Gang has joined the leadership team of the State Council.
The National People's Congress decided to appoint Qin Gang as State Councilor, and Qin Gang has joined the leadership team of the State Council.
Chen Yiqin was appointed State Councillor and elevated to the vice-state level, becoming the first leader of Bai ethnicity to serve as a Party and state leader since the Chinese Communist Party came to power, and later also serving concurrently as Chairwoman of the All-China Women's Federation.
According to tracking by Nansen, hours before the HT flash crash, addresses linked to Justin Sun transferred about $60 million in stablecoins out of Huobi and into the Aave platform.
On March 10, 2023, the First Session of the 14th National People's Congress elected Xi Jinping as President of the state and Chairman of the Central Military Commission, with 2,952 votes in favor and no votes against or abstentions, beginning his third term as president. Before the 2018 constitutional amendment, the constitution stipulated that the president could serve no more than two consecutive terms.
Guo Wengui was arrested in the United States for allegedly planning a fraud scheme and has been detained ever since.
Xu Yanbin has served as Secretary-General of the Jiangxi Provincial Government since March 2023, a tenure that fell during the period when Ye Jianchun was governor of the province.
The Huobi HT token suffered a flash crash, with its price falling from $4.8 to $0.31 at one point, a drop of about 93%.
According to Lookonchain tracking, a series of discounted arbitrage trades were carried out by wallets linked to Justin Sun during the USDT depeg, netting about $3.3 million.
Wang Ning has transferred from the National People's Congress to serve as a member of the Standing Committee of the CPPCC National Committee and Deputy Director of the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Beijing ZhanYing Information Technology Co., Ltd., chaired by Ma Xingrui's younger brother Ma Xingquan, has completed its deregistration procedures.
Official Chinese accounting data shows that between 2023 and 2025, the average annual stability maintenance spending was as high as 1.4 trillion to 1.45 trillion yuan.
Wang Yi has taken over as Director of the Office of the Central Foreign Affairs Commission, continuing to control the party's diplomatic system, while Qin Gang is responsible for the government's diplomatic department.
According to the China Statistical Yearbook 2024, Heilongjiang's birth rate in 2023 was 2.92 per thousand and its death rate was 9.84 per thousand, with the birth rate ranking last in the country and the death rate the highest; the province's statistical bulletin for that year did not publish these indicators.
According to Guizhou's budget report, as of the end of 2023, the Guizhou government's debt balance was 1,512.469 billion yuan, accounting for about 72% of the regional GDP, exceeding the 60% warning line.
In 2023, China's net direct investment widened to negative 1% of gross domestic product.
Zhumadian City's confiscated fine revenue reached 3.936 billion yuan in 2023.
At Wanda Plaza in Jinan, someone remotely controlled a smart meter via a mobile phone to project anti-communist slogans onto the building.
In April 2023, Los Angeles' Arcadia mayor Wang Ailin and her fiancé Sun Yaolin stalked Tsai Ing-wen and sent photos of supporters to CCP superiors.
Ms. Ma Yongtian's son and husband were again summoned to a police station by the Changchun Municipal Public Security Bureau in 2023 and were granted conditional release on bail, meaning they are still considered criminal suspects.
The Huawei Nova11 SE went on sale at a starting price of 1999 yuan; the video claims that the Qualcomm Snapdragon 6000 4G chip it carries had previously been used in the OPPO360, which sells for about 700 yuan.
According to data from the National Health Commission, the blood donation rate among medical workers in China has reached 55%, and staff at blood stations donate blood an average of three times a year.
Since 2023, civil servants in Shenzhen have gone through at least two rounds of pay cuts, with ordinary section members seeing their annual income reduced by about 100,000 yuan.
Zhao Changpeng pleaded guilty in the United States to criminal charges of failing to prevent money laundering.
Taiwan's then-President of the Legislative Yuan entered the U.S. Congress, appearing alongside U.S. senators, representatives, and congressional leaders to discuss relations between the United States and Taiwan.
After China lifted its lockdowns, official media and short-video platforms concentrated on promoting Zibo barbecue, turning Zibo into an internet-famous city, after which various localities followed suit and built barbecue consumption projects.
According to materials cited in the video, the CCP hired at least 60 private security guards for the 2023 San Francisco welcome event, with an hourly rate of up to $70, to block the actions of protesters.
After leaving the governor's office, Sun Wen privately had New Year greeting cards made through a former colleague in violation of rules at the request of the Chinese Consulate-General in New York, and presented them to senior consular officials at a consulate event.
China began setting up multilingual studios in 2023, cultivating various types of influencers around the world and reaching 100 million people, speaking up for China’s position at critical moments or helping to repost statements.
The UK sanctioned a company under Deng Pibing over forced labor and telecom fraud activities at the Qixinghai park.
The host mentioned that when Guo Wengui had his first incident in 2023, he specifically did a live broadcast to talk about his affairs.
At the end of 2023, a neighborhood warden surnamed Yao led a team on a trip to mainland China, receiving free food and lodging. During the trip, Chinese officials took the opportunity to promote the concept of 'the two sides of the strait are one family.'
In its 2023 entrusted management business report, Anhui Guohou AMC stated that the company has no bankruptcy reorganization matters.
Last year, daily rental rates in China's robot rental market ranged from 5,000 to 15,000 yuan, used mainly for performance-type events such as mall openings, auto show booths, and warm-up acts at annual galas.
The Polish Left won more seats in parliament, and Tusk returned to the position of Prime Minister in 2023, remaining in power to this day.
The list of members for the new session of the CPPCC National Committee in the culture and arts sector has been released, and Feng Xiaogang is no longer on the list.
Yu Chengdong released the Aito M9, calling it the best SUV under 10 million yuan.
From 2023 to 2024, Minister of National Defense Li Shangfu, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Affairs Tang Renjian, and others were successively placed under investigation, and Foreign Minister Qin Gang was also dismissed in 2023.
The U.S. House of Representatives passed the Taiwan International Solidarity Act, stating that United Nations Resolution 2758 has been abused and misused to wrongly obstruct Taiwan's entry into the international community. The bill had not yet been passed by the Senate at the time.
In 2023, Chinese hackers breached the U.S. Navy's Undersea Warfare Center, stealing submarine operations and military technology materials.
Economist Gao Shanwen believes that China's GDP annual growth over the past 3 years was about 2% rather than 5%, with a cumulative overstatement of about 10% over the 3 years.
In 2023, Iran was formally brought into the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, further incorporated into the regional security cooperation architecture led by China.
In 2023, UN human rights experts expressed serious concern over boarding schools in Xinjiang restricting Uyghur-language education and separating children from their families and communities, warning that this could lead to forced assimilation.
In 2023, the Chengguan Branch of the Lanzhou Public Security Bureau received a tip-off that a post mentioning key leaders of the Lanzhou Municipal Committee was sensitive. They immediately opened a case and, during the investigation, determined that internet writer Zhou Lubao and others were suspected of extortion.
Meta defined 2023 as the year of efficiency, with revenue growing 16%, operating margin rebounding from 25% to 35%, free cash flow recovering to $43 billion, and stock price returning to $353.
According to reports, Mr. Wu from Zhuzhou, Hunan, was promised a free mobile phone by a salesperson after staying on a network plan for three years. A few days later, he received a text message confirming a successful loan application. The contract showed a new consumer loan of 1,950 yuan under his name, to be repaid in 36 installments.
In 2023, after attending a church youth camp, An Yankui was first given 15 days of administrative detention, and on the day that term expired he was given another 15 days of judicial detention over the enforcement of a fine.
According to Wei Libin (@baron_weili), Li Qing said she had worked at the Hangzhou Yamaha musical instrument factory, that her husband died of poisoning from toxic materials, that police did not allow an autopsy and had him cremated right away, and that after she went to petition she was detained and tortured to the point of a broken arm; she entered the US illegally in 2023; unverified.
A 2023 first-instance ruling found that failure to report for duty from October 1 to 3 constituted a refusal to work overtime on statutory holidays rather than absenteeism, but absence from October 4 to 7 constituted absenteeism; the company's termination of the employment relationship was lawful, and it was not required to pay the 29992.82 yuan in compensation ordered by the arbitration award.
To cope with the school enrollment peak caused by the "two-child" policy, Guangzhou's Huangpu District hired a cumulative total of 2,482 contract teachers outside the establishment from 2021 to 2023. These teachers have now become the first to bear the pressure of layoffs as student numbers decline.
In a dispute in Lanzhou New Area, 4 workers had over 60,000 yuan in wages withheld for over a year. The project owner paid only after a post was published, but the contractor then demanded an additional 15,000 yuan to delete the post. Prosecutors stated that this money was funneled to Zhou Lubao under the guise of a 'thank-you fee'.