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The Tragedy of "Face Cutter": The Crime and Punishment of Betel Nut

On September 10, 2022, Fu Song, a singer who participated in the debut of Happy Boys, died of oral cancer at the age of 36. During his lifetime, he showed his left face that he had to "cut off" because he was addicted to betel nut and suffered from oral cancer, and persuaded netizens to say:

 "I just want to tell you from my experience,

Betel nut is really terrible.

Even if one person listens,

I am satisfied, too. "

His friend also sent a message to mourn:

"May he be in another world,

No more betel nuts,

No pain, no cancer. "

 

The full text is 5620 words, and it is expected to be read for 10 minutes.

introduction

Looking back, betel nut has been pushed to the wave of public opinion many times, and within a week after the death of singer Fu Song, the attention of betel nut has reached the highest level in ten years. 

As early as 2003, betel nut has been recognized by the WHO International Center for Research on Cancer (IARC) asA class of carcinogensHowever, there are still nearly 100 billion industries and tens of millions of betel nut consumers in China.

On the one hand, it is"Carcinogenic killer"On the other hand, it is well-known"Snacks", who is the sugar-coated betel nut shell, and who put betel nut on the shelf within reach of consumers?

To understand the reasons, but alsoStart from the beginning.

Past lives of betel nut

Areca catechu is an evergreen plant of Areca in Palmae, and its fresh fruit is oblong or ovoid.

The history of human chewing betel nut can be traced back to prehistoric times. According to archaeological findings and carbon dating, it can be inferred that the earliest conclusive evidence of chewing betel nut comes from a Neolithic human relic in Duyangdong, Philippines.

In China, betel nut had a long evolution process after it entered the vision of Chinese ancestors in the late Qin Dynasty and early Han Dynasty.It is generally believed that the earliest written record of betel nut in China comes from Sima Xiangru’s Shang Lin Fu:"Leave the evil spirits behind, and be benevolent and frequent, and bury Tan Mulan."Among them, the kernel frequency is betel nut.

Areca catechu was both a food and a medicinal material in ancient China, which means "medicine and food are homologous" in traditional Chinese medicine. In the early Han culture in the Central Plains, betel nut mainly appeared as a medicinal material. It was mentioned that betel nut has the functions of lowering qi, eliminating valley, removing phlegm, killing insects and treating beriberi in the ancient books such as Yaolu, Elbow Emergency Prescription and Qimin Yaoshu.By the Six Dynasties, betel nut had become a common Chinese medicine.

The food custom of betel nut has a long history, generally eating dried fruit in the north and fresh fruit in the south. It was first popular among royal families, nobles and scholars in the south. In the Tang Dynasty, the custom of eating betel nut further developed, and it spread from scholars to Shu Ren and from Lingnan to other provinces in the Song Dynasty. The habit of being addicted to eat areca rose to a fashionable high consumption in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, and there was even a record that "scholar-officials often indulged in it".Areca catechu played a certain role in the medical culture, marriage custom culture and religious culture of ancient China. 

The early areas with the habit of taking betel nuts were concentrated in Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan and Taiwan Province, which were mainly the areas where betel nuts were produced or near the producing areas.In Xiangtan City, Hunan Province, which is famous for its betel nut industry, the popularity of betel nut can be traced back to the Qing Dynasty.The migration tide of "Jiangxi fills in Huguang" made Jiangxi drug dealers move to Hunan Province, creating market conditions for the circulation of medicinal materials including betel nut; After the closed door made Guangzhou the only trading port, inter-provincial trade promoted the formation of Xiangtan’s trade center and created transportation conditions for the spread of betel nut. Xiangtan City, which was built with the help of natural waterways, is "the richest in Hunan Province", and betel nut also has a wide consumer market there.

From the late Qing Dynasty to the Republic of China, the spread and promotion of betel nut was weakened by political, economic, cultural and social factors.After the middle and late 20th century, the country gradually became stable, and the betel nut industry gradually found a broad market again. 

Based on years of exploration, the betel nut enterprises in Xiangtan City, Hunan Province have formed a new set of betel nut production methods: selecting fresh fruit → cleaning → drying → germinating seeds → baking seeds → gluing → sealing → putting on fragrance → cutting seeds → bittern → drying → packaging.Drying fresh fruits greatly increases the storage time of betel nuts and is also conducive to the spread to the whole country.After 1990s, some betel nut enterprises in Xiangtan completed the preliminary market competition, accumulated certain capital, and successfully expanded to the whole country with the help of the spread of Huxiang media culture and the support of the government.Now the betel nut industry has formed a pattern of "planting in Hainan Province, processing in Hunan Province, consumption in Hunan Province and spreading to the whole country". 

The "sin" of betel nut

"Hanging hands, walking on the street, chewing betel nuts and making friends."Nowadays, betel nut has been deeply embedded in the lives of Hunan people. Betel nut is indispensable in social occasions such as dinners, weddings and funerals, festivals and birthday banquets. Gradually,"Betel nut with wine is immortal" and "Betel nut with cigarettes is boundless"Such words have also become popular throughout the country.

While the betel nut industry is in full swing throughout the country, a terrible cancer has also spread-Oral cancer.

In February 2022, the National Cancer Center released the latest issue of national cancer statistics: in the statistical coverage380 million peopleMedium and new hair4.064 millionCancer cases, including52,000Cases of oral cancer,25,800Death case. In recent years, the morbidity and mortality of oral cavity have increased year by year, and the burden has continued to increase, and the 5-year survival rate has remained at50%Around, seriously threatening the lives and health of our residents. Moreover, from 1990 to 2019, the incidence and mortality of oral cancer in China showed an upward trend, which was higher than the global level. 

Chewing betel nut is one of the main risk factors for oral cancer. Fresh betel nuts are usually chewed with betel leaves wrapped in hydrated lime. The safrole in betel leaves is itself a carcinogen, andslaked limeStimulation of oral mucosa will cause chronic inflammation of mucosa and even oral cancer; Among the most common dry betel nuts, betel nuts come with them.Arecoline, areca tannin, areca specific nitrosamines, reactive oxygen species.They are all important carcinogens with cytotoxicity, genotoxicity, mutagenicity and carcinogenicity. Moreover, the texture of dried areca nut is hard, and the repeated rubbing of areca nut fiber on the oral cavity will form local inflammation and even lead to precancerous lesions.

People in charge of health and welfare departments in Taiwan Province have said that people who smoke and chew betel nuts have a higher risk of oral cancer than the average person; A paper published in Chinese Journal of Medical Stomatology also shows that from 2006 to 2016, some hospitals in Changsha received11182 casesAmong the cases of oral cancer, it is speculated that there are8222 casesIt is related to betel nut.

The incidence of oral cancer also has obvious regional characteristics, which may be related to some bad living habits and genetic susceptibility of Chinese residents.Hainan province, Hunan province, Guangdong province, Yunnan province, Taiwan Province area.Residents in other places have followed the habit of chewing betel nuts. Half of the top ten areas of oral cancer incidence in China are in Hunan Province, and Hunan Province has13,245Betel nut enterprises rank first in the country; Hainan province has6152 JiaBetel nut enterprises rank second in the country.

Lingshui Li Autonomous County, which has the highest incidence of oral cancer in China, is also in Hainan Province.21.60/100,000. 

On a global scale, Oceania’sPapua New Guinea and Bangladesh, India and Sri Lanka in Asia.Other countries have the habit of chewing betel nut, and the incidence and mortality of oral cancer in these four countries are bothFar more thanThe average level of the world, they also occupy four of the top ten countries in the global incidence of oral cancer. 

In fact, betel nut, as a Chinese herbal medicine, is not contradictory to the fact that betel nut causes oral cancer. It is a three-point poison, even though it is a medicinal material, it is chewed as a snack.Toxicity is far greater than efficacy..

In our country, most patients suffering from oral cancer due to betel nut have suffered from face cutting."torture"Yan Xinchun, a professor of oral and maxillofacial surgery at Xiangya Medical College of Central South University, once said in an interview with the media:"A person who has oral cancer destroys a family."Without treatment and intervention, patients with oral cancer will be at risk of losing their lives if the cancer spreads in three or five years. But if the cancerous site is removed for the spread of cancer,The patient will become a "face cutter",

"His teeth were cut off,

Jaw was cut off,

The surface shape has changed,

The psychological influence is very great,

And I can’t speak clearly,

The chewing function is gone,

Then there’s malnutrition,

The labor force is lost. " 

The picture is from Beijing Morning, 20130715.

Betel nut and consumers’ "love and hate"

Since betel nut is so dangerous,

Why do so many people chew every day?

A survey of scholar Cao Yu

It shows people’s different cognition about betel nut.

About learning about betel nut for the first timeAge and occasionProblems, Hunan Province, Hainan Province, Yunnan Province, Taiwan Province area, the population of these four provinces and the population outside these four provinces have great regional differences. 

People in these four provinces live in a social environment where chewing betel nut is common, and most of them know betel nut because people around them chew it, and most of the respondents in Hunan Province know betel nut when they are children. Respondents in other areas are more influenced by the media and know betel nut, and the age when they first met betel nut is obviously later.

At the same time, there are far more respondents who think betel nut is a specialty of Hunan province than those who think it is a specialty of Hainan province and Taiwan Province region. This is because mainland residents will have more opportunities to get in touch with people in Hunan province who chew betel nut in their daily lives than people in Hainan or Taiwan Province. After all, the combined population of Hainan province and Taiwan Province area is far less than that of Hunan province. This makes Hunan Province not produce fresh betel nuts, but it is often mistaken for the "hometown" of betel nuts. More than half of the respondents chose"Addiction", "chewing hobby" and "carcinogen"It shows that most people have realized the addiction and carcinogenicity of betel nut, but there are still quite a few people.not familiar withThe harm of betel nut. 

We also crawled thousands of buyer’s comments on several kinds of betel nut products with the highest sales volume in JD.COM. After word frequency analysis, we found that:"Taste", "Delicious" and "Taste"And so on are high-frequency words, indicating that consumers regard betel nut as a "snack" when buying it, and"Second time", "Third time" and "As always"It also often appears, indicating that many consumers are developing or have developed.Long-term consumptionThe habit of betel nut. 

 

Penalization of betel nut

The link between betel nut and consumers is always indispensable.Attractive advertisement. For the local people, the brand of Areca catechu has carried out advertising in TV programs, subways, bus platforms, elevators and corridors in Hunan Province.Is a familiar thing.. However, in 2019, Hunan Areca Food Industry Association issued a document prohibiting any form of advertising to its member units. Influenced by this document, Taste King, who sponsored Hunan Satellite TV Spring Festival Gala for many years, gave up the sponsorship of the 2020 Spring Festival Gala.

However, due to the fact that the measures taken by Hunan Areca Food Industry Association have no legally binding effect, the influence of the above documents is weakening day by day after a few months. After a short period of dormancy, Zhang Xinfa, Taste King and other head betel nut enterprises made a comeback. Relevant advertisements appear in public view from time to time, and the advertising words in them all emphasize the beautification and publicity of the taste and function of betel nut, such as some popular variety shows."It’s better to have Lycium barbarum, so that you can vomit more fiercely." "How can something so happy as dancing make you tired and press the pause button? To pack a refreshing taste king …"

 

However, these sponsorships have not been appreciated by everyone, but have also met with opposition. For example, the TV series "Sweeping the Black Storm" broadcast in 2021 was criticized by the majority of netizens because of the picture of the characters chewing betel nuts in the play, and even asked to cut the scene.

With more and more people suffering from oral cancer due to betel nut,On September 17, 2021, the State Administration of Radio and Television issued a notice: From now on, it will stop using radio and television and online audio-visual programs to promote betel nut and its products.. After the ban was issued, almost all programs have deleted the implanted advertisements or mosaic them, and betel nut has basically disappeared from all kinds of programs in 2022.

In addition to the regulations prohibiting betel nut advertising, the relevant regulations on fasting betel nut are gradually increasing. The earliest prohibition of betel nut was the "Regulations on the Prohibition of the Production, Sale and Use of Betel Nut in Xiamen" promulgated by Xiamen Municipal People’s Government in 1996. By 2020, the State Administration of Market Supervision issued a new version of the Catalogue of Food Production Licenses, which cancelled the category of "edible betel nut", and betel nut was no longer used as food management, nor could it issue a Food Production License.Betel nut as a food production license and supervision lacks the necessary basis, and the food betel nut industry began to be "untenable" at the policy level.

Food or medicine? Where will betel nut go?

Judging from the current situation, betel nut is facing the dilemma of embarrassing identity.

On the one hand, it has high medical value since ancient times, and now it has been listed in People’s Republic of China (PRC) Pharmacopoeia as a Chinese herbal medicine. Moreover, in the "Notice on Printing and Distributing novel coronavirus’s Diagnosis and Treatment Plan (Trial Ninth Edition)" published by the State Council, betel nut was also clearly listed as a prescription for Chinese medicine diagnosis and treatment.

On the other hand, it is not included in the list of homology of medicine and food, and it is also one of the culprits of oral cancer, which leads to the tragedy that many patients become "face-cutters". At the same time, betel nut, as a food, is generally considered to have a market of nearly 100 billion yuan. In recent years, the increasing planting area of betel nut has promoted the development of betel nut industry in Hainan Province and Hunan Province, and made great contributions to the local economic development. 

Areca nut planting area in Hainan province in 2020124,900Hectares, accounting for the whole country.95%About the output of betel nut dried fruit278,000Tons, the output value exceeds28 billion yuan. For Hainong, betel nut is a real "cash cow". According to a set of data from Hainan Daily, by the end of 2019, the betel nut planting area in Hainan Province reached 1.78 million mu (about 118,700 hectares), accounting for the agricultural population of the province.41.37% of 2.3 millionAn important source of income for farmers.

In the constant controversy, Hainan Province, as a major betel nut planting province, and Hunan Province, as a major betel nut processing and sales province, are all looking for a way out for betel nut industry. Hainan Provincial Market Supervision Bureau has made it clear that the production field will not be allowed since February 1, 2022.By foodProduction and labeling, and labeling of food use is prohibited; Since April 1, 2022, the circulation field can no longer be sold.Food labelingBetel nut products. Before March, 2022, Hunan Province extended the validity period of the Food Production License of some betel nut enterprises for one year. After March, Hunan Province suspended the extension of the production license of betel nut enterprises "because relevant people filed a lawsuit against the production license of betel nut", striving to determine the positioning of betel nut as a "local characteristic product" through local legislation and promote the inclusion of betel nut in the "medicine and food homology" catalogue.

Southern Weekend reported that a betel nut distributor who has been in business for more than ten years said, "Betel nut (industry) is spiraling up, and every storm will experience a decline, but the decline is actually storing energy, and then it will usher in a new round of development." He also revealed that betel nuts have been sold out of stock in some places.

Betel nut may be a cash cow for the local economy, but it is harmful to thousands of consumers in Qian Qian who regard it as a "snack". For the sake of quality of life and health, we should try to quit betel nut. After all, no one wants the tragedy of face cutting caused by betel nut to happen to themselves, their family and friends, as described in "Face Cutters in the Kingdom of Betel Nuts"-

"They had their tongues cut off,

They had their gums removed,

A ferocious surgical scar

Tear their faces,

The bad news of cancer declared death …

They were all obsessed with betel nuts.

And firmly believe that it is the black fruit,

Take them into the abyss of illness. "

  

Data source and editor’s note:

1. The illustration of an interview with Tan Yueqiang, a patient with oral cancer, comes from the July 15th, 2013 issue of Good Morning in Beijing.

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Author: School of Journalism and Information Communication, Huazhong University of Science and Technology Mei Xuefei Peng Meiqian Shu Yan Zhang Ziliang

Instructor: Xu Di, School of Journalism and Information Communication, Huazhong University of Science and Technology

Shanxi: the release effect of centralized, unified, authoritative and efficient supervision system

  Cctv newsAccording to the website of the Supervision Department of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, as one of the first pilot provinces for the reform of the national supervision system, Shanxi Province firmly grasps the target path of carrying out the pilot reform of the supervision system, undertakes the major reform mission entrusted by the central authorities, and produces high-quality pilot "samples".

  Elaborate "construction according to the plan" to realize the unified leadership of the party over anti-corruption work

  Initial verification, filing a case, taking lien measures, and issuing disciplinary decisions … … The first case of lien investigated by the Provincial Supervision Committee — — The case of Guo Hai, the former chairman of Shanmei Group, has been examined and approved by the main leaders of the provincial party committee, studied at the special meeting of the secretary and the meeting of the Standing Committee of the provincial party committee. This is a vivid portrayal of Shanxi Provincial Committee’s strengthening of unified leadership over anti-corruption work after the reform of supervision system.

  Since the pilot reform of the supervision system was carried out, the Shanxi Provincial Party Committee has resolutely shouldered the political responsibility of the reform pilot and carried out the construction in strict accordance with the "blueprint" determined by the CPC Central Committee. It has held 8 meetings of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee, 9 meetings of the pilot working group and 34 special meetings to study and solve major problems and played a key role. The secretary of the provincial party committee took the lead, and the secretary of the third-level party committee consciously acted as the "construction captain", while the third-level discipline inspection commission was responsible for the task, and the relevant departments cooperated with each other to elaborate the construction with "embroidery" efforts, and made overall plans to promote all relevant parties to make concerted efforts to reform and tackle key problems.

  Driven by the "number one", the party committees at the provincial, city and county levels have faithfully implemented the requirements of the central authorities, and by integrating anti-corruption forces, they have changed from "result-led" to "whole-process-led" in organizational form, functional orientation and handling procedures, ensuring the party’s decision-making power, approval power and supervision power over anti-corruption work, and making the anti-corruption work system led by the party more scientific and complete. In 2017, the meeting of the Standing Committee of the Party Committee at the provincial, city and county levels studied the work of strictly administering the Party in an all-round way for 2,807 times, and approved 4,660 person-times such as case review, lien and disciplinary decision.

  In the whole pilot process, the 12 investigation measures authorized by the National People’s Congress Standing Committee (NPCSC) to the JISC were fully tried, especially the lien measures, and the relevant regulations on approval, time limit and place were strictly implemented, with a total of 81 people detained. So far, no unsafe or illegal problems have been found. At the same time, a mechanism of convergence and cooperation between supervisory organs and judicial organs has been established, and the time taken by procuratorial organs to review arrest and prosecution is far less than the time limit stipulated by law, which will help promote the pilot work of supervision system reform.

  Establish a firm "first step" in the establishment of transfer, and establish a system to ensure smooth connection.

  After the establishment of the Shanxi Provincial Supervision Committee, it only took more than two months. All the 130 city and county supervision committees in Shanxi Province were set up and listed, and 1,885 procuratorial cadres who were originally scattered in the anti-corruption, anti-blasphemy and prevention departments of 135 procuratorial organs in the province were integrated into the supervision Committee, co-located with the Commission for Discipline Inspection, performing the two functions of party discipline inspection and state supervision, and supervising all party member and all public officials who exercised public power. During the transfer process, the responsible comrades of the supervisory committees of the discipline inspection commissions at all levels and the transfer personnel deepened their ideological work through "one-on-one" and "face-to-face" talks and home visits to ensure that their thoughts are not chaotic, people’s hearts are not scattered, and their work is constant.

  Achieving comprehensive and deep integration is the inherent requirement of doing a good job in the reform pilot, and institutional innovation is the key to achieving the goal of the reform pilot.

  Within the framework of the pilot reform plan of the CPC Central Committee and the decision of the National People’s Congress Standing Committee (NPCSC), Shanxi has made great efforts to establish a system of establishing chapters and regulations, and built a "four beams and eight pillars" for deepening reform. Combined with the reform pilot practice, the "four ones" work system (trial measures for discipline supervision and supervision, norms for the use of review measures, flow chart of discipline supervision and supervision, and common documents for discipline supervision and supervision) was established; At the same time, the Political and Legal Committee of the Provincial Party Committee took the lead in coordinating the four departments of the court, the procuratorate, the public security and the judiciary, established a joint meeting system, and formulated a "1+4" system consisting of 10 trial documents.

  The establishment of one system after another has smoothed the connection between "discipline and law" and "law and law", and also enabled the Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision to perform their discipline inspection and supervision duties with evidence and rules to follow, initially realizing the orderly connection, organic unity and effective checks and balances between the accountability of the Commission for Discipline Inspection and the supervision, investigation and disposal of the Commission, and strengthening the supervision and restriction on the exercise of the power of the Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision.

  Anti-corruption "iron fist" is more powerful, and institutional advantages are transformed into governance efficiency.

  "I am neither party member of the Communist Party of China nor a member of the administrative organs, but in the process of filling out the questionnaire for people exercising public power, I understand that I am also the object of supervision." In May 2017, Gao, an accountant of the real estate development company and real estate center of Yuxian Land and Resources Bureau of Yangquan City, took the initiative to surrender to the Jixian Supervision Committee and explained the problem of misappropriation of public funds.

  With the promotion of the pilot reform of the supervision system, the institutional advantages of the joint office of discipline inspection and supervision have gradually released new effectiveness, which has effectively promoted the comprehensive and strict development of the party and consolidated and developed the overwhelming situation of the anti-corruption struggle.

  At the same time, a centralized, unified, authoritative and efficient supervision system was established, and its institutional advantages were fully demonstrated. Many bone cases that have not been "gnawed" have been quickly investigated by gathering fingers into fists, and the efficiency of case investigation has been greatly improved.

  After more than a year of pilot work, Shanxi has successfully completed the objectives and tasks set by the CPC Central Committee, integrated anti-corruption forces, strengthened the centralized and unified leadership of the Party over anti-corruption work, achieved full coverage of public officials exercising public power, and improved the regional governance capacity and level of the province.

Amid the criticism of "humiliating diplomacy", Yin Xiyue started his visit to Japan.

  BEIJING, March 16 (Sweet) It took only ten days for South Korean President Yin Xiyue to start his visit to Japan on the 16th local time since he announced that he would "pay out his own pocket" to compensate the victims of forced labor in World War II on behalf of Japanese enterprises.

  According to the schedule, the leaders of South Korea and Japan will hold summit talks and a joint press conference. Japanese Prime Minister kishida fumio will also specially take Yin Xiyue to eat his favorite rice stuffed with eggs, so as to establish a trust relationship.

  However, Yin Xiyue’s visit to Japan caused strong opposition in South Korea. Korean media commented that in the criticism of "humiliating diplomacy", it is still unclear whether the visit can achieve results.

  Yin Xiyue visited Japan.

  Kishida wants to invite him to eat egg-wrapped rice.

  Yin Xiyue’s visit to Japan lasted for two days. This is the second visit to Japan by the then South Korean President Moon Jae in after attending the G20 leaders’ meeting in June 2019.

  According to reports, Yin Xiyue’s visit to Japan will have the following schedule:

  On the 16th, Yin Xiyue held a discussion and had lunch with Koreans living in Japan.

  In the afternoon, Yin Xiyue held a summit meeting with Kishida and met with reporters together, but no joint declaration will be issued.

  After the talks, Yin Xiyue had dinner with Kishida.

  It is worth noting that Kishida will prepare two special dinners, the first in a sushi restaurant in Ginza, Tokyo, and the second in a western restaurant founded in 1895.

  According to Japanese media, Yin Xiyue told the Japanese side that it was unforgettable that she had eaten egg-wrapped rice in this western restaurant during her previous visit to Tokyo. To this end, Kishida considered arranging a rare "second meeting" in a western restaurant to let Yin Xiyue relive the "taste of leaving memories" and establish a trust relationship.

  On the 17th, Yin Xiyue met with politicians belonging to the Korea-Japan Parliamentary Union and the Korea-Japan Cooperation Committee, and attended the "Korea-Japan Business Roundtable" to meet business people.

  During this period, Yin Xiyue will meet with Taro Aso, vice president of the Liberal Democratic Party, and Suga Yoshihide, the new president of the Japan-Korea Parliamentary Union.

  Finally, Yin Xiyue gave a speech to Japanese college students and Korean students, and returned to Korea that night.

  Strengthen military cooperation and coordinate the resumption of security dialogue.

  The leaders of South Korea and Japan may talk about this.

  Then, during Yin Xiyue’s visit to Japan, what topics may South Korea and Japan hold consultations on?

  — — Implement the compensation scheme for forced labor victims in World War II.

  Yin Xiyue’s government recently announced a solution to the problem of forced labor victims’ compensation in Japan during World War II, with Korean enterprises as the third party to raise funds to pay compensation for the defendant Japanese enterprises.

  Despite the domestic controversy in South Korea, the South Korean Presidential Palace insists that the two heads of state will negotiate and implement relevant solutions.

  — — Strengthen military cooperation between South Korea, the United States, Japan and South Korea.

  Discuss the resumption of the Korea-Japan Military Intelligence Protection Agreement (GSOMIA). In August 2019, South Korea announced the termination of the agreement in protest against Japan’s export control to South Korea, and then changed to a temporary maintenance policy. At the Japan-ROK summit, how to normalize the agreement may become an issue.

  Re-adjust the security dialogue between Korea and Japan. The Korea-Japan security dialogue has been suspended since March 2018. According to sources, Yin Xiyue and Kishida will enter the final coordination on the direction of confirming that the foreign affairs and defense departments will restart the security dialogue.

  — — Deepen economic cooperation between Korea and Japan

  Since 2019, Japan has strengthened the export control of semiconductor materials to South Korea. Recently, Yin Xiyue said that the two countries will restart policy dialogue and look forward to deregulation measures.

  In addition, South Korean economic giants such as Lee Jae-yong, the head of Samsung Group, and Cui Taiyuan, the president of SK Group, will also visit Japan with Yin Xiyue to explore economic cooperation plans with Japanese financial circles.

  After 12 years

  South Korean and Japanese leaders "shuttle diplomacy" or restart

  The President’s Office of South Korea believes that with Yin Xiyue’s visit as an opportunity, the leaders of South Korea and Japan are expected to strengthen communication and enhance mutual trust, and the "shuttle diplomacy" of the leaders will return to the right track after 12 years.

  At that time, Japanese Prime Minister Noda Yoshihiko visited South Korea in October 2011, and then South Korean President Lee Myung-bak returned to Japan in December.

  However, in August 2012, as the leader of South Korea, Lee Myung-bak landed on the disputed islands between Japan and South Korea for the first time (called "Bamboo Island" in Japan and "Dokdo" in South Korea), which aroused strong opposition from Japan and brought the relationship between South Korea and Japan to a deadlock.

  In addition, the "comfort women" issue, the forced labor victims’ claims in World War II, the Fukushima nuclear sewage discharge and other contradictions, the relationship between South Korea and Japan became colder, and the "shuttle diplomacy" between the two heads of state was interrupted.

  Japan’s Kyodo News mentioned that in terms of diplomatic etiquette, it should have been the Japanese Prime Minister’s turn to visit South Korea next, but Yin Xiyue showed his willingness to visit Japan as soon as possible, so this time it was received by the Japanese side.

  Regarding the reconciliation signal released by Yin Xiyue’s government, Kishida responded on the 10th that he would "frankly exchange views" with Yin Xiyue in order to strengthen future relations.

  A number of Japanese diplomatic sources also revealed that Kishida has begun to explore the possibility of visiting South Korea in the summer of 2023 as soon as possible after the Group of Seven summit in May (G7 Hiroshima Summit).

  South Korea is not optimistic

  "I seem to hear Japanese jeers."

  One day before his visit to Japan, Yin Xiyue once again expressed his expectation in the interview, hoping that the nationals of South Korea and Japan would "move towards the future together". But the reality is that South Korea has repeatedly expressed its opposition to its foreign policy.

  Li Zaiming, leader of the South Korean Common Democratic Party, bluntly said that "Yin Xiyue’s visit to Japan has not yet started. However, the news of a whole concession, concession and further concession, such as raising the white flag to surrender to the Korea-Japan Military Intelligence Protection Agreement and handing over a blank check on the sewage problem of the Fukushima nuclear power plant, has already come. "The country has fallen to the bottom. I seem to hear the laughter of Japan. "

  Some Korean netizens questioned Japan’s "tailor-made" trip to a western restaurant for Yin Xiyue. "How can a formal dinner between leaders be held in such a humble restaurant?" "Take him (Yin Xiyue) to the egg-filled rice shop with a score of 3.5?" "Too speechless. Do you want to have dinner with the president of the United States in that place? "

  In this regard, the Korean National Daily commented that it is unclear whether Yin Xiyue’s visit can achieve results in the criticism of "humiliating diplomacy".

  Some analysts pointed out that although Yin Xiyue’s measures have received positive responses from the United States and Japan, whether he will pay the domestic political price and whether the reconciliation between South Korea and Japan promoted will change course after the next change of owner in Longshan Presidential Palace remains variable. (End)

Seeking change from the new and storing energy for the future-observation on accelerating the formation of new quality productivity in Shenyang

Promoting the comprehensive revitalization of Northeast China is based on the real economy, the key lies in scientific and technological innovation, and the direction is industrial upgrading.

  "New" is becoming the key word of Shenyang, an old industrial base, running on the high-quality development track.

  The city is seeking new changes, and emerging industries are breaking the waves. By 2025, the output value of Shenyang robot industry will strive to exceed 20 billion yuan, and the innovative element generate will flow in;

  The city is self-renewing, focusing on the future track, focusing on unmanned driving, artificial intelligence and other fields, and a number of industry-leading enterprises such as Neusoft Ruichi and American Bank Technology have emerged to promote power change by "changing lanes and overtaking";

  In Hunnan District of Shenyang City, the L4-class self-driving vehicle developed by Neusoft Ruichi Automotive Technology (Shenyang) Co., Ltd. was tested on a closed road (photo taken on July 9, 2021). Xinhua News Agency reporter Yang Qing photo

  This city takes innovation as its path, builds a platform, gives policies, and accelerates the construction of a technological innovation system with enterprises as the main body, market as the guide and Industry-University-Research as the combination, so as to develop the soil for opening up a new track and planting industries. Since the beginning of this year, Shenyang has built 1,510 science and technology innovation platforms at all levels, and the "flower of scientific research" is gradually bearing the "fruit of industry".

  Accumulating "new" strength: developing and expanding emerging industries

  In a closed vacuum container, the rotor made of aerospace grade alloy steel whirls at a supersonic speed of up to 41,000 revolutions per minute, realizing efficient conversion of kinetic energy and electric energy & HELIP; … Thanks to the magnetic suspension flywheel energy storage technology, the strong and weak wind and light with uncertain brightness in nature can all be turned into "green electricity" with stable output.

  It is Shenyang Micro-control New Energy Technology Co., Ltd. located in Tiexi District, Shenyang that achieved this technological breakthrough. Into the company’s production workshop, products with similar container shapes are arranged neatly, waiting for shipment. Through introduction, digestion, absorption and innovation, this young enterprise has built an independent and controllable scientific and technological innovation system and intellectual property system.

  Rotor made of aerospace grade alloy steel, photographed in the workshop of Shenyang Micro-control New Energy Technology Co., Ltd. (photo taken on November 29, 2023). Xinhua News Agency reporter Yang Qing photo

  "We have an order of 1 billion yuan this year and are producing at full capacity." Zhang Qingyuan, chairman of the company, said that the company can quickly emerge and even lead in the new energy storage track, relying on continuous innovation.

  Driven by innovation, win the future. The continuous development of emerging industries is providing a strong impetus for Shenyang to accelerate the formation of new quality productivity.

  In Shenyang Micro-control New Energy Technology Co., Ltd., workers work in the workshop (photo taken on November 29, 2023). Xinhua News Agency reporter Yang Qing photo

  "As one of the cities with the most complete industrial system, Shenyang is promoting the rise of emerging industries with the help of the industrial Internet." Wang Guozhong, director of the Industrial Internet Service Committee of China Small and Medium Enterprises Association, said.

  Located in the production line of Yanfeng (Shenyang) Seat System Co., Ltd., Dadong District, Shenyang, with the sensor of the mechanical arm constantly flashing, the small parts needed for the seat are automatically put in and out of the warehouse.

  "The workshop can achieve more than 50% of the production instructions automatically to digital equipment, which greatly improves the efficiency." Li Zhe, general manager of the company said.

  This is a production scene where the industrial Internet is widely used. The reporter visited in Shenyang and found that the industrial Internet has played a great role in petrochemical industry, auto parts, construction machinery and other fields, running through R&D, design, processing and manufacturing, logistics and sales.

  At present, Shenyang’s 5G base station has achieved full coverage of key areas and key places; The number of secondary nodes for identification resolution has reached 13, ranking first in Northeast China. It has 9 national industrial internet platforms and 21 provincial industrial internet platforms, covering many fields such as energy, power transmission and distribution, food and so on.

  Participants visited the 2023 Global Industrial Internet Conference (photo taken on October 18, 2023). Xinhua News Agency reporter Chen Weishe

  Ma Enlin, deputy director of Shenyang Bureau of Industry and Information Technology, said that as the permanent venue and organizer of the Global Industrial Internet Conference, Shenyang will take the Global Industrial Internet Conference as an important platform and carrier, give full play to its supporting role in emerging industries, and promote the manufacturing and digital industries to "go in both directions".

  Storing "new" energy: planning the future industry in a forward-looking way

  There are pedestrians in front, and vehicles automatically avoid; Need to turn left, the vehicle automatically turns; When many heavy trucks are encountered during driving, the vehicles automatically change lanes smoothly … … Recently, the reporter experienced a magical autopilot in the autopilot demonstration road in Dadong District, Shenyang.

  "Dadong District has built a 22-kilometer L2-level automobile city bus line and a 17.5-kilometer L4-level road. There are different scenes such as institutions, universities, enterprises and factories along the road, and intelligent networked road facilities such as camera perception system, radar perception system and signal light perception system have been deployed." Zhao Hui, executive deputy general manager of Shenyang Chewang Technology Development Co., Ltd. said.

  Once upon a time, "heavy, big and heavy, lacking a sense of the future" was the traditional impression of many people on Shenyang’s manufacturing industry. Today’s Shenyang, the industrial structure is quietly changing.

  In recent years, in combination with local reality and industrial advantages, Shenyang has aimed at key directions such as unmanned driving and humanoid robots, laid out a number of cutting-edge future industries, continued to store "new" energy, and built future industrial innovation sources and development highlands. In the first half of this year, the added value of new energy vehicles, integrated circuits and aviation industries in the city increased by 59.5%, 18% and 34% respectively.

  "Have you noticed, how the Yellow River’s waters move out of heaven, entering the ocean, never to return … …” A bionic robot of Li Bai, a poet in the Tang Dynasty, is reciting poems, with some body movements from time to time and rich facial expressions, attracting a large number of viewers to stop and watch. In the EX Future Science and Technology Museum in Dadong District of Shenyang, a sense of "the future has come" makes people feel like they are in a science fiction movie.

  "Compared with emerging industries, the future industry has a long cultivation cycle and great growth uncertainty. For Shenyang, which is catching up, it is a forward-looking decision to focus on the existing industrial base, plan related future industries, support future industries with existing industries, extend the industrial chain with future industries and increase added value. " EX robot R&D engineer Silly said.

  "Today’s seedlings may be the towering trees of the future". Decision makers in Shenyang believe that the development of future industries is not a matter of "whether or not", but a matter of "speed and slowness". In the fierce regional competition, whoever starts early can win the initiative.

  The future has come, and wisdom makes the future.

  Shenyang is accelerating the creation of a high-energy science and technology platform. At present, the computing power of Shenyang Artificial Intelligence Computing Center has been expanded to 300P, which has been included in the national artificial intelligence computing strategy system and entered the first echelon in the country; Since the beginning of this year, Shenyang has added 9 national key laboratories, 15 national science and technology innovation platforms, and built 1,510 science and technology innovation platforms at all levels … … Tamping the foundation and building a nest to attract phoenix, the increasing "sense of gain" of enterprises is transforming into the "sense of the future" of urban industries.

  Storing "new" potential: thick planting industry to develop soil

  In July this year, the International Robotics Conference held in Shenyang was particularly lively: coffee robots pulled flowers on the spot, walking robots assisted the elderly and helped the disabled, and more than 300 teenagers controlled the mecha competitive robot competition, which earned enough popularity online and offline.

  This is the production workshop of Shenyang Xinsong Robot Automation Co., Ltd. (photo taken on April 28, 2022). Xinhua News Agency reporter Pan Xiaolong photo

  At present, the robot industry chain represented by Xinsong in Shenyang has basically taken shape, with more than 500 upstream and downstream supporting enterprises, which can provide nearly 100 kinds of robot products in five categories: industry, cooperation, mobility, specialty and service, and has built a leading domestic product line.

  This series of achievements can not be separated from the sustained efforts of policies and the technical support of scientific research institutes. A few days ago, Shenyang also formulated the latest development plan for the robot industry, proposing that by 2025, the annual output of the whole robot machine in the city will reach 15,000 sets, the output value of the robot industry will strive to exceed 20 billion yuan, and the number of robot enterprises above designated size will exceed 50.

  Shenyang is rich in innovative resources, with Shenyang Institute of Automation of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang Institute of Computing Technology of Chinese Academy of Sciences and other national professional technical platforms such as State Key Laboratory of Full-face Roadheader and State Key Laboratory of Robotics, which provide strong support for the development of the industry.

  According to the relevant person in charge of Shenyang Bureau of Industry and Information Technology, on the basis of the existing six academician teams, Shenyang will train more than 500 highly educated talents in the field of robotics every year, and actively promote colleges and universities to combine scientific and technological innovation with talent training to cultivate talents with "future thinking".

  Seize the opportunity to speed up the layout of the new track, and Shenyang uses digital technology to promote industrial transformation: Tiexi District, an important industrial town, has created a "digital world" and promoted the "digital intelligence" transformation through the Industrial Internet Innovation Base of Sino-German Park; "Spark Chain Network" super node (Shenyang) has become the largest network communication hub node in Northeast China.

  In the first half of this year, Shenyang issued the "Detailed Rules for the Management of Digital Pilot Demonstration Projects in Supporting Industries in Shenyang (for Trial Implementation)", which increased support from the policy and actively cultivated excellent digital application scenarios and intelligent upgrading projects.

  "We should promote industrial innovation with scientific and technological innovation, speed up the construction of a modern industrial system with Shenyang characteristics and advantages, and build a regional scientific and technological innovation center with national influence … …” On November 8, the Sixth Plenary Session of the 14th Shenyang Municipal Committee made specific arrangements for cultivating future industries and accelerating the formation of new quality productive forces.

  Li Kai, deputy dean of China Northeast Revitalization Research Institute of Northeastern University, said that accelerating the formation of new quality productivity is the only way for the rebirth of the Northeast. As the "Equipment Department of the Republic", Shenyang can only return to the commanding heights of China industry by seeking new changes and competing for the future.

Text reporters: Xu Yang, Yu Yitong, Ding Feibai

  Video reporter: Gao Ming

  Poster design: Xie Yue

  Editor: Li Min, Qi Wenjuan, Chen Haitong, Hou Bangxing, Wu Jinfu

  Coordinator: Fang Sixian and Zhou Yongyan

Two Ukrainian diplomats were arrested for smuggling, and the car was full of cash and cigarettes.

  Russian media video screenshot

  Overseas network March 2 nd"Russia Today" TV reported on the 1st that two Ukrainian diplomats were arrested on February 28th for trying to smuggle 16 kilograms of gold, thousands of packs of cigarettes and tens of thousands of dollars into Poland, and have been recalled.

  It is reported that a driver and a consular attache of the Ukrainian Embassy in Warsaw, Poland, driving a minivan, were stopped on their way to Poland and detained by Ukrainian border guards on suspicion of smuggling. When the two men were caught red-handed, they were carrying euros worth more than 200,000 US dollars (about 1.29 million yuan), Polish zloty (the monetary unit of Poland) and US dollars, as well as 16 kilograms of gold and more than 8,000 packs of cigarettes, worth more than 50,000 US dollars (about 320,000 yuan).

  Source: National Bureau of Investigation of Ukraine

  The National Bureau of Investigation of Ukraine said in a statement that the investigators accused the driver and his entourage of "using diplomatic immunities and privileges and official means of transportation" to try to illegally transport the goods to the European Union. Two other officials were also allegedly involved in the attempted smuggling, including the father of the embassy attache.

  On March 1st, Ukrainian Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Doumet Kuleba confirmed that the two staff members had been dismissed, and reminded other diplomats to take a warning. Russian media said that cigarette smuggling is rampant in some areas along the Ukrainian border, where the price of tobacco is lower than that of EU countries such as Poland. (Overseas Network/Zhang Qi Internship Compilation/Shi Wei)

The National Day box office broke through 1 billion, and "Rock Solid" and "Former 4" led.

1905 movie network news According to the data of Cat’s Eye Professional Edition, as of 14: 03 on October 1, the cumulative box office of the National Day in 2023 (September 29-October 6) exceeded one billion. Movies rank among the top three in the box office list. This year’s National Day movies are rich in types, covering war, action, comedy, suspense, animation and other types of themes to meet the needs of different groups of people.


Directed by the new film "Rock-solid" with 319 million slots at the box office temporarily ranked first in the National Day file. The film was finished in 2019, and it finally met the audience on the big screen after four years, which was highly anticipated by the audience. This film is the first film directed by Zhang Yimou, and it is the first time to try a modern, cold and urban image style. The main actor assembled a group of powerful actors, such as,,, and so on, and the artistry presented a contest between good and evil.


The popularity of "Ex-4: Early Marriage" has not diminished, ranking second at the box office with a slot of 248 million. And so on, the emotional topic discussed has also changed from "why did we break up" to "why did we get married", expressing the current young people’s views on marriage and love, which is quite topical.


Directed by "Volunteer Army: Attack by Brave Soldiers", it temporarily ranked third, and earned 183 million box office during the period. Based on a historical perspective, the film described in detail the origin of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, and reproduced the process of the new China Party and government making historic decisions to resist US aggression and aid Korea and defend the country with extraordinary boldness and courage.


Directed by 138 million yuan, the box office ranked fourth, and the film was assembled, such as,,, and so on. The film story was set in the 1990 s, and the Sino-Russian train robbery that shocked the world in 1993 was put on the screen.


In addition, it is the only animated film that broke into the top 5 of the box office list, with a total box office of 30 million. The comedy film starring in it ranked only sixth with a box office of 32.2765 million.


Temporarily ranked seventh to tenth in the box office list respectively.


Zhang zhen’s secret love exposure and Hong Kong girlfriend spend the night in a hot spring (photos)



Zhang zhen (left) and his girlfriend step out of the room with their luggage ready to take the elevator.



Zhang zhen (middle) goes to the counter to check out, while his girlfriend is waiting for her luggage.


More pictures of Zhang zhen and his girlfriend.


    BEIJING, Oct. 22 (Xinhua)-Zhang zhen, the actor, ended his six-year relationship with Lu Jiaxin three years ago. So far, the woman still can’t get rid of her feelings, while the man is proud of his feelings and career. He has successively taken on the dramas of famous directors Hou Xiaoxian and John Woo, and passed on an affair with Olivia, a nightclub waitress, and Shu Qi, an actress. Recently, I had a close relationship with a Hong Kong woman, and was witnessed to swim in a reef stream to wash hot springs and share a room for the night. It is reported that they have been in contact for more than one year, and Zhang zhen flew for Aitai Port.


    According to Taiwan Province media reports, on the evening of 11th, Zhang zhen and a young woman with plump breasts were soaking in a hot spring in the Jiaoxi Laoye Hotel, and two of them were flirting in the open-air hot spring swimming pool. When they met fans, he shook hands generously and did not shy away from everyone’s eyes. The reporter rushed to the scene, and the swimming pool of the hotel was closed. It was not until 9 o’clock in the morning the next day that two people witnessed the sleepy step out of Room 512 to have breakfast in the restaurant.


    They sat by the French window, interacting like an old lady. While he was eating, she looked at him in a daze. After dinner, they went back to their room to pack their bags. At about 11 o’clock, they checked out at the counter, and the man swiped the card to pay the bill. When he left, his girlfriend saw that it was inconvenient for him to pack his bags while walking, and took the initiative to help him with drinks. Jiaoxi Laoye Hotel is a local 5-star hotel. It is reported that the asking price for two people to stay for one night is nearly 10,000 yuan (the same as NT).


    On his way back to Taipei, Zhang zhen went to Mucha to wash the newly bought Jaguar X-Type 3.0 car with a price of 2.26 million yuan, and then took his girlfriend back to his residence on South Hangzhou Road. In less than half an hour, he hurriedly changed clothes and went out to the brokerage company, until his girlfriend left at 12 o’clock in the middle of the night. Nearby neighbors revealed that they had witnessed them going in and out of the place together many times.


    Zhang zhen’s father, Zhang Guozhu, said yesterday that his son lived with his mother and was unaware of his son’s affair. Previously, he revealed his son’s feelings and was complained by Zhang zhen. When he heard that his son had a new girlfriend, he said, "I don’t know, I won’t take care of his affairs." According to a friend in Zhang zhen, he and his girlfriend have been dating for more than one year. She is from Hong Kong. Because she often goes to Taiwan Province for clothing work, she belongs to a person with personality and independence. She usually doesn’t talk much. A few of Zhang zhen’s close friends have seen her, and Zhang zhen often flies to Hongkong for dating.


    Three years ago, Zhang zhen sent a postcard to Lu Jiaxin to say goodbye. Although in July this year, the two were photographed going to Gongliao Ocean Music Festival with friends, which made the reunion dawn, with the exposure of new love, the old love Lu Jiaxin was officially declared out. Zhang Zhenren was filming in the mainland to verify his new love. The brokerage company Ze Dong said yesterday: "We will not respond to the private affairs of artists and will not ask questions."


 

Trudeau said in a speech that "he will not be intimidated by protesters", and foreign media revealed that he and his family had moved to a secret location.

  [Global Network Report] Since the 28th of last month, protests broke out in Ottawa, the Canadian capital. Thousands of truck drivers and other protesters flocked to Capitol Hill in the center of the capital to protest against the compulsory vaccination of COVID-19 vaccine and other epidemic prevention restrictions.

  According to Reuters, the Canadian National Post and other media reports, the Prime Minister Trudeau severely condemned such protests on Monday (January 31) and claimed that he would not be "intimidated" by the protesters. However, as previously reported by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), Trudeau and his family moved out of their residence in Ottawa on the 29th of last month and moved to a secret local location for security reasons.

Screenshot of Reuters report

  Screenshot of Reuters report

  On January 31st, local time, Trudeau announced that his Covid-19 test result was positive through social media. According to the report, Trudeau made his first speech since he made this round of protest at the Prime Minister’s Villa in Lake Harrington during the quarantine period.

  "In the past few days, Canadians have been shocked and frankly disgusted by the protests of some people in our national capital," Trudeau said. According to the report, protesters were seen dancing and even urinating at the National War Memorial in Canada.

  "We will not be intimidated by those who insult the employees of small vendors and steal food from homeless tramps. We will not give in to those who hold the banner of racism. We will not give in to those who participate in vandalism and defile the memory of veterans. " Trudeau said.

On January 31, Trudeau delivered a speech, claiming that he would not be "intimidated" by protesters.

  On January 31, Trudeau delivered a speech, claiming that he would not be "intimidated" by protesters.

  The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) reported on the 29th of last month that thousands of truck drivers and other protesters gathered near Capitol Hill, calling for the cancellation of public health restrictions such as COVID-19’s vaccine authorization. Although the organizers urged the protesters to take peaceful actions, this noisy protest demonstration kept the police on high alert for possible violence.

Protests broke out in Ottawa, Canada.

  Protests broke out in Ottawa, Canada.

  It is reported that Authour, leader of the Canadian opposition Conservative Party, directly criticized Trudeau’s latest speech on Facebook, saying that he was "demonizing" the protesters. Authour said, "What makes thousands of people drive to their country’s capital? Yes, there is anger. But what supports this anger is fear. They are afraid that the world is changing. . . I am afraid that life will not return to normal. "

  In addition, combined with the report that Trudeau was exposed to a secret location, the Canadian Prime Minister’s statement also attracted many netizens to laugh.

  Some netizens directly broke: "But he (or) is hiding." ↓

  Some netizens sarcastically said: "This is why he left Ottawa in a hurry and then hid." ↓

  Some netizens couldn’t help laughing: "Haha, his behavior is completely opposite." ↓

  Some netizens sent a PS picture, showing Trudeau hiding under a table in the background of truck drivers’ protests. ↓

Decoding AI: Unveiling the mystery of AI hardware, software and tools behind it

RTX AI PC and workstations bring exclusive AI functions and peak performance to gamers, creators, developers and everyday PC users.

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In 2018, with the launch of RTX technology and the first consumer-grade GPU (GeForce RTX) specially built for AI, NVIDIA accelerated the transition to AI computing. Since then, AI based on RTX PC and workstation has flourished, and now it has become an ecosystem with more than 100 million users and 500 AI applications.

Nowadays, regardless of PC or cloud, generative AI is creating new possibilities. NVIDIA has been deeply involved in the AI field for many years, and has unquestionable professionalism, providing strong performance for all users and easily applying various AI functions.

Whether at home or at work, you can make full use of the power of RTX AI when using software to improve work efficiency and entertainment experience. Thanks to the AI features provided by GeForce RTX GPU-gamers can play favorite games at higher resolution and higher frame rate; Creators can focus on the idea itself without wasting time waiting for the system to load or repeating boring work; Developers can also use generative AI for prototype design and automated debugging, thus simplifying the workflow.

The field of AI is developing rapidly. With the deepening of research, AI will be able to handle more complex tasks. These stringent performance requirements will be met by RTX.

What is it? AI ?

In terms of its most basic definition, artificial intelligence (AI) is a more intelligent computing type. The ability of a computer program or machine to think, learn and take action without explicit coding with commands is AI.

AI can be regarded as the process of developing the following computer systems: systems for autonomously performing tasks, ingesting and analyzing massive data, and then identifying patterns in these data.

The huge and developing AI research field always focuses on the development of systems, which can perform tasks that originally required human wisdom at a speed beyond the ability of any individual or team. Therefore, AI is widely regarded as subversive and highly transformative.

The basic principle of AI system is to adjust itself when new information and new data are input into these systems, so as to actually learn previous experience or learn patterns from data. This self-learning ability enables the AI system to complete a wide variety of tasks, including image recognition, speech recognition, language translation, medical diagnosis, car navigation, image and video enhancement and hundreds of other use cases.

The next stage of AI evolution is content generation, that is, generative AI. It enables users to quickly create new content and iterate over it according to various inputs, including text, images, sounds, animations, 3D models or other types of data. Then, the generative AI will generate new content in the same form or in a new form.

Popular language applications such as ChatGPT based on cloud deployment allow users to generate long texts through short text requests. Image generators, such as Stable Diffusion, can convert descriptive text input into desired images. The new application can generate video from text and convert 2D images into 3D renderings.

GeForce RTX AI PC and NVIDIA RTX work station

AI PC is a computer equipped with special AI acceleration hardware. With or without dedicated acceleration hardware, the experience is very different. Without special hardware acceleration, we can only wait for 3D images to be loaded, and what you see is what you get through AI Denoiser.

On RTX GPU, these dedicated AI accelerators are called Tensor Core. Tensor Core can significantly accelerate AI performance when running extremely demanding work and entertainment applications.

One way to measure the performance of AI is in teraops. Terops is "teraops per second" (TOPS). Similar to the horsepower rating of the engine, TOPS can be used as a single indicator to let users know the AI performance of PC. This generation of GeForce RTX GPU can provide computing power, ranging from 200 AI TOPS to 1300 AI TOPS, including a variety of choices for notebook computers and desktop computers.

In contrast, at present, the computing power of AI PC without independent GPU is only 10 to 45 TOPS.

Faced with more and more types of AI applications, users will need a PC that can perform specific AI tasks locally (that is, on the device rather than in the cloud). The advantages of AI PC are: no need for networking, and computing power is at your fingertips; No need to wait, high response and low delay; No need to upload, safer and more assured.

For everyone. AI

RTX GPU not only brings strong performance, but also brings the unique functions of RTX technology. These AI functions are significant for all users.

From AI supersampling to intelligent and personalized chat bots, all types of users can benefit from AI.

RTX Video can use AI to oversample streaming video and display the video in HDR, thus converting SDR low-resolution video into vivid HDR video, with the resolution up to 4K. With one click, RTX users can enable this feature for almost all videos played in Chrome or Edge browsers once and for all.

NVIDIA Broadcast is a free application for RTX users. Its interface is simple and clear, and it has a series of AI functions that can improve the video conference and live broadcast experience. The application can eliminate unnecessary background sounds such as keyboard tapping, vacuum cleaner sound and children’s screams through noise cancellation and room echo cancellation functions. This application can also use the virtual background function to replace or blur the background through better edge detection technology. The application can also use the function of eliminating video interference to make the graphic outline in the low-quality camera image smoother. In addition, no matter where the user moves, the application can keep the user in the center of the screen through autofocus and eye contact functions, and make the user’s eyes look like they are looking directly at the camera.

Chat with RTX is an example of a personalized AI chat robot that can run locally. It is not only easy to use, but also can be downloaded for free.

The technical demonstration was released in January this year, and the content related to Google Gemma will be updated soon.

Users can easily connect local files on a PC to a supported large language model by simply putting the files into a single folder and indicating the location of the folder for Chat with RTX. After that, users can quickly query context-related content.

Chat with RTX runs on the local Windows of GeForce RTX PC and NVIDIA RTX workstation, so it runs very fast, and the user’s data does not need to be transmitted to other places. Chat with RTX does not rely on cloud-based services. Users can process sensitive data on local PCs, so there is no need to share data with third parties or connect to the Internet.

For gamers AI

In the past six years, the game performance has achieved a huge leap with the help of AI acceleration. Since 2019, gamers from all walks of life have been using NVIDIA DLSS to improve the frame rate and image quality. NVIDIA DLSS is a technology that uses AI to automatically generate pixels in the game. After continuous improvement, this technology can now increase the frame rate by up to four times.

With the introduction of light reconstruction function in the latest version of DLSS 3.5, the image quality of some popular games in the world has been further improved, setting a new standard for a more visual and immersive game experience.

At present, more than 500 games and applications have revolutionized the way users play and create through ray tracing, DLSS and AI empowerment technologies.

In addition to improving the frame rate, AI can also improve the way gamers interact with characters in the game and the way developers reproduce classic games.

With the help of NVIDIA ACE microservices (including voice and animation models empowered by generative AI), developers can add vivid intelligent digital avatars to games. ACE, which appeared at CES, won many awards, because it can bring the game characters to life and let people see the future of PC games.

NVIDIA RTX Remix is a platform for Modder, which can provide various generative AI tools to transform the basic textures of classic games into new 4K resolution materials based on physical properties. Modder can use this platform to create an amazing remake of RTX, a classic game. At present, several remake projects have been published or are under development, including "half-life 2" RTX version and "Portal)」RTX version.

Creator-oriented AI

AI can reduce or automatically perform tedious tasks, allowing creators to make time for pure creation, thus releasing their creative potential. The following functions run faster on a PC equipped with NVIDIA RTX or GeForce RTX GPU, and even some functions can only run on such devices.

The AI of Adobe Premiere Pro can enhance voice tools to eliminate unnecessary noise and improve the quality of conversation.

Adobe Premiere Pro’s "enhanced voice" tool is accelerated by RTX, which can use AI to eliminate unnecessary noise and improve the quality of dialogue clips, making them sound like professional recordings. This tool runs 4.5 times faster on RTX devices than on Mac. Auto refactoring is another function of Premiere. It can use GPU acceleration to identify and track more relevant elements in video, and intelligently reconstruct video content for different aspect ratios.

The magic mask function of DaVinci Resolve is another AI function that can save time for video editors. Previously, if editors needed to adjust the color/brightness of the subject in a shot or remove redundant objects, they had to use a combination of various rendering techniques or basic Power Window and masks to separate the subject from the background.

The magic mask function completely changed this workflow. With the help of magic mask, the user only needs to draw a line on the subject, and then the AI will process it for a moment, and then display the area that should be selected. In addition, GeForce RTX laptops run this function 2.5 times faster than the fastest non-RTX laptops.

There are many ways for AI to accelerate creativity. The above is just an example. At present, there are more than 125 AI applications accelerated by RTX.

Developer-oriented AI

With extensible environment, hardware and software optimization and new API,AI is improving the way developers build software applications.

NVIDIA AI Workbench can help developers quickly create, test and customize pre-trained generative AI models and LLM with PC-level performance and memory footprint. This is an easy-to-use unified toolkit, which can run on local RTX PC and can be extended to almost all data centers, public clouds or NVIDIA DGX clouds.

After building the AI model for PC use cases, developers can use NVIDIA TensorRT to optimize the model. This software can help developers make full use of Tensor Core in RTX GPU.

With Tensor RT-LLM for Windows, Tensor RT acceleration can now be used for text-based applications. TensorRT-LLM for Windows is an open source code base that can improve LLM performance, and contains pre-optimized model files suitable for popular models (including Google Gemma, Meta Llama 2, Mistral and Microsoft Phi-2).

Developers can also use TensorRT-LLM encapsulation for the OpenAI Chat API. With only one line of code modified, continue.dev (an open source autopilot program that can utilize LLM, suitable for VS Code and JetBrains) can use TensorRT-LLM on RTX PC to accelerate local LLM reasoning.

Every week, we will reveal the secrets of AI, make it easier for more people to master relevant technologies, and show RTX AI PC users brand-new hardware, software, tools and acceleration functions.

AI’s iPhone moment has arrived, and this is just the beginning.

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Source: Internet

Volkswagen sagitar evolution history! Which sagitar did you buy?

Today, I will introduce you to the past dynasties! See which one is the most classic! Which one is your favorite!

This is the 2011 Volkswagen! This front face is also very bright!

This is a 2013 2.0TGLI high-performance car! There is a bar in front! And GLI letters! It is rare in the market! I hardly see it!

This is the sagitar of 2015! At that time, at that time! Sagitar has been deeply loved by Chinese people since then! More and more people are paying attention to this car!

This is the 25th anniversary edition of 2016! It also looks very classy in the atmosphere! I don’t know if you have seen this model! Anyway, I haven’t seen it on the road once!

This is the 2019 sagitar! The third generation! Seeing this, everyone is estimated to say! This is the car I bought! That’s right! The third generation sagitar is the best-selling model! Solid chassis! A sense of line on the side! There is also a classic German front face! And fuel consumption materials, etc … This one in the picture is sagitar 300! Not 280!

This is the sagitar of 2023! Compared with the last one, the change is still great! First of all, the front face also uses a bar! Through the light! The rear headlights are also very beautiful! The interior central control also gave up the previous embedded central control! But I prefer the previous one! 23 models are also best-selling models! Monthly sales are also among the best!

Those who like sagitar can start with it! On the whole, there are no shortcomings! Especially suitable for home use! One more thing! Because I bought sagitar myself, haha! It’s really easy to drive!