National Day

National Day is a national holiday established by a country to commemorate the country itself. They are usually the country’s independence, the signing of the constitution, the birthday of the head of state or other significant anniversaries; There are also saint’s days for the country’s patron saint.

Although most countries have similar anniversaries, but due to complex political relations, some countries of this holiday can not be called the National Day, such as the United States only independence Day, there is no National Day, but both have the same meaning.

In ancient China, the emperor ascended the throne and his birthday was called “National Day”. Today, China’s National Day especially refers to the anniversary of the official founding of the People’s Republic of China on October 1.

The world’s history of the longest National Day is the National Day of SAN Marino, far in AD 301, SAN Marino on September 3 as their National Day.

The word “National Day”, which refers to national celebrations, was first seen in the Western Jin Dynasty. Western Jin dynasty writer Lu Ji in the “five princes theory” one article had “National Day alone for its benefit, the main worry mo and its harm” records, China’s feudal era, the national festival event, great too emperor’s accession, birthday. Therefore, the emperor ascended the throne in ancient China and was called the “National Day”. Today called the anniversary of the founding of the country as the National Day.

December 2, 1949, the fourth meeting of the Central People’s Government Committee accepted the suggestion of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), passed the resolution on the National Day of the People’s Republic of China, decided to declare the founding of the People’s Republic of China on October 1 every year, the great day of the People’s Republic of China, the National Day of the People’s Republic of China.

After the founding of the People’s Republic of China on October 1, 1949, the celebration of the National Day changed several times.

In the early days of the founding of new China (1950-1959), the annual National Day celebrations were held with a military parade. In September 1960, the CPC Central Committee and The State Council decided to reform the National Day system in line with the principle of building a country with diligence and thrift. Since then, from 1960 to 1970, there has been a grand rally and mass parade in front of Tian ‘anmen Square every year, but no military parade.

From 1971 to 1983, on October 1 every year, Beijing celebrated the National Day in other forms, such as a large garden party, without mass parades. In 1984, the 35th anniversary of the Founding of the People’s Republic of China was marked by a grand National Day parade and mass celebration. In the following ten years, the use of other forms to celebrate the National Day, did not hold the National Day parade and mass celebration parade. October 1, 1999, the 50th anniversary of the National Day, held a grand National Day parade and mass celebration parade. It was the last grand National Day celebration of the People’s Republic of China in the 20th century.

Since the founding of new China, there have been 15 military parades in National Day celebrations. There were 11 times between 1949 and 1959, and four times during the 35th anniversary of the National Day in 1984, the 50th anniversary in 1999, the 60th anniversary in 2009 and the 70th anniversary in 2019.

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Overview of China Import and Export Fair (Canton Fair)

China Import and Export Commodities Fair, also known as Canton Fair, was founded in the spring of 1957. It is held in Guangzhou every spring and autumn. It is co-sponsored by the Ministry of Commerce and the People’s Government of Guangdong Province and undertaken by China Foreign Trade Center. It is a comprehensive international trade event with the longest history, the largest scale, the most complete variety of commodities, the largest number of purchasers and the widest distribution of countries and regions, the best transaction effect and the best reputation in China.
Since its inception, the Canton Fair has always adhered to reform and innovation and has never stopped going through various severe tests. It has strengthened China’s trade exchanges with the world, showcased China’s image and development achievements, and served as a high-quality platform for Chinese enterprises to explore the international market and a leading demonstration base for the implementation of China’s foreign trade development strategy. After years of development, the Canton Fair has become the no. 1 promotion platform for China’s foreign trade, known as the barometer and weathervane of China’s foreign trade, and a window, epitome and symbol of China’s opening-up.
By the end of the 126th Canton Fair, the total volume of export transactions reached us $1,412.6 billion, and about 8.99 million overseas buyers attended the fair. At present, each Canton Fair has an exhibition scale of 1.185 million square meters, with nearly 26,000 exhibitors from home and abroad, and about 200,000 overseas buyers from more than 210 countries and regions attending.
Since 2020, the Canton Fair has been held online for three consecutive years in response to changing times as the global COVID-19 epidemic continues to spread and international trade has been severely impacted. This is an important decision made by the CPC Central Committee and The State Council to actively respond to the impact of the epidemic and coordinate epidemic prevention and control with economic and social development, which is of great significance. At the 129th Canton Fair, 26,000 exhibitors from home and abroad displayed their products, conducted live marketing and conducted online negotiations, attracting buyers from 227 countries and regions to register for the fair, setting a record for the distribution of buyers from other countries. Canton fair successfully held on the net, to explore a new road of the development of international trade, has laid a solid foundation for the development of online fusion, better play a role of the all-round opening up to the platform, and made positive contributions to stabilize foreign trade foreign capital base, also demonstrated China’s opening up to the international society, strong determination to strive to maintain the international industrial chain supply chain security.
The Canton Fair is an important trade promotion platform in China, directly connecting domestic and international markets. It is an important node of the international and domestic double cycle, and has a unique position in the construction of a new development pattern. Standing at the new starting point of the second Centenary Goal, the Canton Fair will fully implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping’s congratulatory letter, based on the new stage of development, implement the new development concept, serve to build a new development pattern, innovate systems, mechanisms and business models, and continue to enhance the level of internationalization, specialization, marketization and informatization. Promote online fusion, domestic trade, foreign trade, import export mix, exhibition meeting merge, make the fair a display of China’s economic development, industry development, product upgrades to its highest level and the latest achievements of efficient trade platform, in the higher level use of two markets and two resources, better give play to the role of all-round opening up to the platform, Better serve the national strategy, all-round opening-up, innovative development of foreign trade, and building a new development pattern.by

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Numbers and Letters on the Bottom of Plastic Bottles

With the improvement of living standard, plastic plays a more significant role in our life. However, the frequently exposed quality problems of plastic products make people full of doubts about the safety of the most exposed “plastic” in their daily life.

As ordinary consumers of us, how to distinguish the quality of plastic bottles, choose safe and reliable products?

The Society of Plastics Industry (SPI) has a logo code for the type of plastic used in Plastics. It’s a three-arrow “Recycling logo” with a number and an acronym to indicate the type of plastic. The SPI logo scheme is now used in many countries around the world. China set almost identical standards in 1996.

  1. PETE stands for polyethylene terephthalate, a material commonly used in water bottles and carbonated drinks.

Use: heat resistant to 70℃, only suitable for warm or frozen drinks, high temperature or heating deformation, and harmful substances. Prolonged exposure may also release the carcinogenic DEHP.

Suggestion: Do not recycle beverage bottles, do not hold hot water or use them as storage containers for other items.

2. HDPE stands for high density polyethylene.

Usage: it is commonly used in cleaning products, bath products, white medicine bottles, etc. At present, plastic bags used in supermarkets and shopping malls are mostly made of this material.

Features: can withstand 110℃ high temperature, marked with food plastic bags can be used to contain food.

3. PVC: polyvinyl chloride

Application: plastic pipe, raincoat, plastic film, etc.

Features: Strong plasticity, low price. Heat resistance to 80℃, high temperature is easy to produce hydrogen chloride, into the human body, may cause breast cancer, newborn birth defects and other diseases.

Suggestion: Use sparingly in packaged foods. If in use, never allow it to get hot.

4. LDPE: low density polyethylene

Use: plastic film, etc.

Features: heat resistance is not strong, over 110℃ will appear hot melt phenomenon, easy to be dissolved by oil.

Advice: Don’t microwave crayfish wrapped in plastic wrap, and wear layers of gloves to prevent oil from seeping into your hands.

5. PP (polypropylene)

Usage: it is the only plastic box that can be put into microwave oven.

Features: can withstand temperature above 100℃.

Suggestion: some microwave lunch boxes, the box body is no. 5 PP, but the lid is made of no. 1 PE, PE can not withstand high temperature, so to be safe, the container into the microwave, should take off the lid.

6. PS (Polystyrene)

Usage: It is used to make instant noodle box and snack box.

Properties: 70-90 degrees heat resistance, hot drinks or acid and alkali will produce toxins.

Suggestion: Avoid strong acid (such as orange juice) or strong alkaline substances due to high temperature when using.

7. PC and other classes.

Usage: baby bottle. It’s controversial because it contains bisphenol A. In theory, as long as in the process of making PC, 100 percent of bisphenol A is converted into plastic structure, it means that the product is completely free of bisphenol A, let alone released.

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