The countdown to 2023 is underway, and this is a year full of expectations to get back on track after the epidemic ends. Everyone is like a train passenger who has missed three stops, rushing to get off the train to catch up with the "normal trend" that was abruptly interrupted at the end of 2019. But those who have worked hard for a year find it impossible and everything is not on the "right track". Although people have been "suspended" by the epidemic for three years, the world with 5G, AI, Trump, and bloody wars has fundamentally changed;Life, business, and even wars and conflicts are not the same as they used to be. History seems to inexorably inform us that it is a one-way train that is accelerating, and that it is delusional to go back.
Well, can't go back, but can be reviewed. Fortunately, Guanwang records so many big and small news for everyone every day, and they will remain in the digital space forever, and they can be watched back by us, just like playing back a historical map. This week, colleagues from the editorial department of Guanwang voted and weighed together with some observer users to select the top 20 news of 2023 to mark the year 2023 that we are about to pass away and give birth to new hopes or surprises.
When you swipe these 20 news with your mobile phone, you empathize with us, with 8 billion human beings, because the Internet is becoming more and more intelligent and understands you more and more, which is probably one of the few definite trends in this volatile world. Has humanity stepped into the door of digital civilization?When we look back at the end of 2024, the answer will be undoubted, and the 1.4 billion hard-working and intelligent Chinese will surely make greater contributions to all mankind in the new era of digital civilization
1. The National Health Commission announced that the new coronavirus infection has been adjusted to "Category B and B Management" since January 8, and the epidemic prevention and control measures that have been strictly implemented for a long time have been gradually lifted nationwide.
After experiencing a wave of large-scale Omicron new coronavirus infection, ending the three-year-long new crown epidemic, China has achieved the final victory in the fight against the epidemic at the minimum cost of life. The daily economy and life of the people of the whole country have gradually returned to normal.
Since the beginning of the month, ChatGPT, a milestone large language model based on artificial intelligence technology, has sparked a global AI wave.
China and other AI leaders immediately launched a "large language model" competition, which sparked a global discussion about the potential risks posed by AI. China was invited to attend the first Global AI Security Summit in London and co-signed the Bletchley Declaration on International Governance of AI, an important outcome document of the conference.
3. The Federal Reserve has raised interest rates four times this year to raise the target range of the U.S. federal interest rate to 525% to 55%, a 22-year high, causing the global economy to contract.
The Federal Reserve will raise interest rates aggressively several times in 2023, global economic volatility has intensified significantly, Silicon Valley Bank has failed in the United States one after another, the risk of default on U.S. commercial real estate has increased significantly, and rating agencies have lowered the outlook of U.S. sovereign credit ratings. At the same time, the Fed's interest rate policy has also had a negative spillover effect on the world, and many countries have been forced to choose to follow in raising interest rates, further increasing the debt burden of emerging market countries.
Destructive ** occurred in the southeast of Turkey in January, resulting in Turkey and neighboring Syria 590,000 people were killed.
Turkey was hit by three strong earthquakes of magnitude 6 or higher in one day, two of which reached a magnitude of 7Level 8, rare in the world. **In the aftermath of the incident, international rescue forces continued to converge on the earthquake area. More than 500 people from 19 rescue teams from China rushed to the disaster area in Turkey.
Saudi Arabia and Iran shook hands in Beijing this month as a result of China's diplomatic efforts, and the two countries restored diplomatic relations and reopened their embassies to each other.
China, Saudi Arabia and Iran issued a trilateral joint statement, in which all three countries expressed their willingness to make every effort to strengthen international and regional peace and security. The Saudi-Iranian dialogue in Beijing has provided great good news for the current turbulent world, and the international community has responded enthusiastically, speaking highly of China's positive role and believing that it is of great significance for promoting security and stability in the Middle East.
In January, Brazil**Lula visited China and called on countries to use their own currencies to settle foreign trade, and a wave of "de-dollarization" began to appear around the world. The internationalization of the renminbi has reached a new level, surpassing the yen, and the share of global payments has increased from 1 at the beginning of the year9% rose to 4 in November6%。
In 2023, global de-dollarization will bring major opportunities for RMB, during the year, CNOOC Limited and France's Total completed the first domestic import LNG purchase transaction settled in RMB, China's version of the SWIFT RMB cross-border payment system (CIPS) access to the Middle East, Africa and other countries, the Belt and Road RMB business settlement volume increased by 66% year-on-year, and the proportion of RMB global ** financing rose to the second in the world, including Israel, More than 80 countries around the world, including Brazil, have included the renminbi in their foreign exchange reserves, which has also laid a solid foundation for the continued internationalization of the renminbi.
A serious wildfire broke out on the Hawaiian island of Maui in the United States this month, resulting in hundreds of deaths, and Biden was criticized for his ineffective rescue.
In the aftermath of the wildfires, thousands of people were left unaccounted for, and the resort town of Lahaina was almost burned to rubble. In this "deadliest wildfire in a century", the performance of the United States has been criticized. The failure of the official fire alarm system and the delay in disaster relief measures have left local people disappointed, and Biden's indifferent response to the disaster has ignited the anger of the American people.
The BRICS summit was held in South Africa this month, and the BRICS countries achieved a historic expansion.
With Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, Argentina, Iran and Ethiopia invited to join the BRICS family, the BRICS mechanism ushered in the second round of expansion. This is another important milestone in the solidarity and cooperation of developing countries. The BRICS forces, which account for nearly half of the world's population, will provide more voice and impetus for global development.
In disregard of international intensity, Japan brazenly started the discharge of nuclear-contaminated water into the sea.
As of the end of 2023, there have been more than 230,000 tons of Fukushima nuclear contaminated water will be discharged into the Pacific Ocean after three rounds of discharge, while Japan's nuclear contaminated water will be discharged into the sea for 30 years or more, bringing risks and challenges to the earth's ecological environment and long-term human well-being. China calls on the Japanese side to fully consult with all stakeholders in a sincere manner and to establish a comprehensive, effective and independent long-term monitoring mechanism for all stakeholders as soon as possible, so as to prevent the irreversible consequences of the discharge of nuclear-contaminated water into the sea.
On the occasion of the US Secretary of Commerce's visit to China this month, Huawei launched the high-end smartphone Mate 60, and the US technology war against China suffered a setback.
In the past three years, the United States** has continuously suppressed a number of Chinese technology companies, including Huawei, in an attempt to cut off the upward path of China's technology industry. During the visit of the U.S. Secretary of Commerce to China, Huawei's Mate 60 mobile phone returned with Kirin chips, marking Huawei's important breakthrough in the research and development of high-end chips and the recovery of the first chain, and it also means that the competitiveness of China's technology industry in the global market has been qualitatively improved. At the critical moment of the technology competition between major countries, the Mate 60 mobile phone is not only a counterattack to the US technology hegemony, but also wins more confidence and voice for China's technology industry.
The Hangzhou Asian Games was successfully held, and the digital human performance at the opening and closing ceremonies attracted global attention.
From digital human ignition, AR interaction of 10,000 people, digital fireworks, to driverless buses, naked-eye 3D, and table tennis robots in the Asian Games Village, the Hangzhou Asian Games brought an unprecedented digital technology feast to the global audience. At the same time, the Chinese athletes created another brilliant achievement, winning 201 gold, 111 silver, and 71 bronze medals, a total of 383 medals, leading the gold medal list and medal list without suspense, and the number of gold medals also hit a record high.
Yueheng Real Estate was in a deep debt crisis, and Xu Jiayin was taken compulsory measures in accordance with the law.
Evergrande is a typical representative of the rapid development of real estate in the past, and its debt scale is larger than people can imagine. From Evergrande's announcement of default on December 3, 2021, Xu Jiayin was interviewed by Guangdong Province and sent a working group, to Xu Jiayin's compulsory measures in accordance with the law, which lasted more than 600 days, from "the richest man" to "the first loser", marking the end of the "old model" of extensive growth in the real estate industry, and the beginning of building a "new model" in the industry.
13. PetroChina's "Hand in Hand" and "Rat Head Duck Neck" and other incidents triggered super network public opinion, and "Douyin Shengtang" overshadowed "Weibo Shengtang", and became the main force of network supervision.
In June, the photographer's short street photography quickly swept the WeChat group and major Internet platforms, and PetroChina's "hand-in-hand door" detonated the ** field, and the party was dismissed from office and verified by the Commission for Discipline Inspection on the day of the hot searchThe student's school cafeteria ate a rat's head and shot it short***, and the local municipal supervision bureau identified it as a duck neck and was questioned. "Rat head duck neck" quickly became the focus of discussion on the streets and alleys online and offline, and the Jiangxi report finally confirmed that it was true. In 2023, more and more people will protect their rights through short-term supervision, and the effect will be better and better, and it has become a better solution for online supervision.
Hamas's raid on Israel on 7 June triggered Israel's bloody retaliation, killing more than 20,000 people in Gaza and triggering a serious humanitarian catastrophe.
Hamas inflicted a huge amount of damage on Israeli soldiers and civilians with three-dimensional raids, and captured a large number of Israeli hostages. The Israeli army mobilized 300,000 reservists and broke into Gaza with indiscriminate and high-intensity bombardment, encircled and suppressed Hamas forces, and expelled Gaza civilians. At the same time as a large-scale humanitarian crisis erupted in Gaza, the Israeli army was confronted with the heaviest battlefield of the century**. At the same time, the military operation against Israel extends from the Gaza Strip to the Lebanese-Israeli border and even the waters of the Red Sea, and the Houthi attacks on Israeli merchant ships in the direction of the Red Sea have caused a number of shipping companies to suspend shipping routes, triggering large fluctuations in the international shipping market.
To commemorate the 10th anniversary of the Belt and Road Initiative, the 3rd Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation was successfully held in Beijing.
China-Europe Express, Jakarta-Bandung High-speed Railway, China-Laos Railway, Piraeus Port, Colombo Port City ......Over the past 10 years, the Belt and Road Initiative has driven nearly one trillion US dollars of investment, reached more than 3,000 cooperation projects, created 420,000 jobs for the co-construction countries, lifted nearly 40 million people out of poverty, enabled countries to get more development opportunities, paved a road to common development and prosperity, and also triggered a strong "strategic anxiety" in the United States, which hastily launched the "Indo-European Economic Corridor Plan".
The visit to the United States to participate in the APEC leaders' summit held in San Francisco and the Sino-US summit was realized, and the tensions between China and the United States, which lasted for several months, were eased.
The China-US summit achieved results in many aspects, and reached more than 20 consensus in the fields of politics and diplomacy, people-to-people and cultural exchanges, global governance, and military security. During the meeting, the two heads of state further clarified the responsibilities of China and the United States as major countries, formulated the future-oriented "San Francisco Vision", and pointed out the direction and blueprint for the healthy, stable and sustainable development of China-US relations.
17. China has cracked down on cross-border telecommunications fraud, arresting and repatriating more than 30,000 offenders from abroad.
This year, there have been frequent cases of cross-border wire fraud, and the people are deeply disgusted, and the Chinese government has cracked down hard, cooperating with many countries to crack down on cross-border wire fraud. The Ministry of Public Security deployed intensive operations by public security organs in many places across the country, and the ringleaders of overseas wire fraud were quickly apprehended, and a large number of overseas fraud dens were uprooted. In this thunder operation, northern Myanmar handed over the suspect of wire fraud to our side 310,000;China has escorted more than 1,000 suspects of wire fraud back to China from the Philippines, Indonesia and other countries.
18. China's cumulative exports of new energy vehicles from January to November reached 10910,000 units, a year-on-year increase of 835%, helping China surpass Japan to become the world's largest automobile exporter.
China's automobile exports surpassed those of traditional automobile powers such as Japan and Germany, and became the largest automobile exporter for the first time. According to the export data of the General Administration of Customs, Chinese auto brands have become the main force of China's auto exports. Among them, the increase in the proportion of new energy vehicle companies marks the improvement of China's competitiveness and influence in the international market through electrification transformation, and also reflects that the progress and innovation of Chinese auto brands in quality, technology, design and service are rapidly gaining recognition in the international market.
6Level 2**, which has killed 148 people.
The wide range of influence, the large span, and the low temperature weather of more than ten degrees below zero have increased the difficulty of the rescue work. **After the occurrence, multiple departments quickly activated the emergency response mechanism and urgently organized forces to rush to the disaster area to carry out rescue and rescueAid and resources from all over the country have been continuously sent to the disaster areas. As of December 22, the on-site investigation and search and rescue work in the ** disaster area in Gansu has been completed;As of the 25th, the search and rescue work for the two missing people in Qinghai is still in full swing.
20. On the second anniversary of the bloody Russian-Ukrainian war, the United States and the West have been in decline in aid to Ukraine, the resources of the Ukrainian war have been exhausted, and Russia has gradually gained battlefield advantages.
In the first half of the year, the Russian army, under the operation of the mercenary "Wagner" group, announced the occupation of **Mutter on May 21. In the second half of the year, after receiving a large amount of material aid and training from the West, and at the same time mobilizing hundreds of thousands of people to join the armed forces, the Ukrainian army began to launch a large-scale ** against the Russian army, and at the same time launched a full-scale attack on the Crimean Peninsula and Russian territory. Although the Ukrainian army has invested a large number of advanced NATO equipment, and Russia was once unstable due to the mutiny of the "Wagner" group, due to the lack of superiority in the strength of the Ukrainian army, improper tactics and tactics, and the Russian army's defense based on the defense line built in advance, the gradual increase in domestic military production has not achieved significant results. In the face of the "inefficiency" of aid to Ukraine and the political and economic differences within NATO countries, the United States and the West will decline in aid to Ukraine in the second half of 2023, and the Russian army will gradually gain the initiative on the battlefield and launch offensives in several regions.
Attached: Top 20 news of the Observer Network in 2022.