Morning Report

Friday, March 27, 2026, Lunar Calendar: February 9, Good morning!

1. National Healthcare Security Administration: The "Sixth Insurance" for social security is being fully rolled out. Long-term care insurance has no deductible, and reimbursement rates reflect the principle of rights and responsibilities. Long-term care insurance now covers 308 million insured individuals, benefiting over 3.3 million disabled persons.

2. Ministry of Foreign Affairs issues another reminder: Chinese citizens are advised to avoid traveling to Japan recently! Those already in Japan should closely monitor local security conditions, enhance safety awareness, and strengthen self-protection.

3. Guangzhou, after Beijing, Shanghai, and Chengdu, becomes China's 4th "dual airport" city. The new Guangzhou airport in Foshan Gaoming has begun construction with a total investment of 41.8 billion yuan, and is scheduled to be operational before 2030.

4. In January-February 2026, the online market sales of laptops in mainland China plummeted by 40.5% year-on-year to 947,000 units, with sales revenue decreasing by over 40% simultaneously.

5. The Chinese Academy of Sciences released two major achievements: the "Xiangshan" open-source processor and the "Ruyi" native operating system, officially launching the development of next-generation open-source chips and systems.

6. China Sports Lottery has raised over 1 trillion yuan in public welfare funds, reaching 1,002.60 billion yuan.

7. China Securities Investment Fund Association: The total size of public funds is 38.61 trillion yuan! It has broken the record for 11 consecutive months.

8. The main tower of the Lion Rock Yang Bridge, a core hub project in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, has been topped out, setting five world records for double-layer suspension bridges: "main span length, number of lanes, main tower height, anchor diameter, and main cable diameter."

9. China's first "TIR + Bonded" cross-border e-commerce import business has been launched in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Demonstration Area.

10. Due to ongoing disruptions in oil supply via the "Friendship" oil pipeline to Hungary, the Hungarian government will gradually cease natural gas supplies to Ukraine.

11. The United Nations declared the trafficking and racialized slavery of Africans as the most serious crimes against humanity, with 123 votes in favor from China, Russia, Iran, and others; 3 votes against from the US, Israel, and others; and 52 abstentions from the UK, France, Germany, Japan, and others.

12. The European Parliament approved the US-EU trade agreement, requiring the EU to eliminate tariffs on American industrial products and provide preferential market access for US seafood and agricultural products, in exchange for the US imposing a 15% tariff on most EU exports to the US.