Germany: strengthening the application of AI technology and opening up a new road to development

  Since the establishment of the German Artificial Intelligence Research Center (DFKI) in 1988, the German government has been funding artificial intelligence research. Image source: German government website

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  Our reporter Li Shan

  Artificial intelligence (AI) is a core technology in the future and one of the important driving forces of digital transformation. German AI has strong basic research strength and international competitiveness in self-driving cars, but it has lagged behind the countries leading the market in many other application fields. To this end, Germany has taken many measures to catch up, hoping to become a leading place for the development and application of AI technology and embark on a road of AI development different from that of China and the United States.

  Increase investment and provide a good environment

  In terms of research and development funding for AI, the German government plans to invest 3 billion euros by 2025 to ensure competitiveness on the basis of good research and innovation policies. This guiding role is obvious, and local governments have increased their investment. For example, Lower Saxony decided to invest 17 million euros to expand and develop the branches of the German Artificial Intelligence Research Center (DFKI) in the next five years. In addition, Bosch also announced that it will invest 4 billion euros to develop AI technology by 2021, thus making Bosch an indispensable partner in the field of autonomous driving.

  In terms of talent competition, Germany plans to increase at least 100 professorships in the AI field and establish an ambitious young talent program. However, the situation of AI brain drain in Germany is not optimistic. The salaries provided by countries such as China and the United States for AI experts often reach two to three times that of Germany, plus considerable research funding. In the future, Germany will still face the challenge of shortage of relevant talents.

  In terms of strengthening the construction of scientific research centers, Germany focuses on continuing to develop and expand DFKI, especially the four centers in Berlin, Munich, Dortmund and Tü bingen. At this year’s Hannover Messe, DFKI showed its own AI research achievements in the public expectation, including version 4.0 of Human-Machine Collaboration (MRK4.0), interpretable AI system, digitalization and Internet of Things in the construction industry, wearable health equipment for the workplace, autonomous robots in space, adaptive interactive teaching and learning systems, and so on. In the next step, Germany will gradually establish a national innovation network consisting of 12 artificial intelligence research centers on the basis of DFKI talents.

  Integrating into European Strategy and Developing International Cooperation

  Germany is fully aware that a successful AI development strategy needs to cross national boundaries, and it cannot keep pace with the ambitious development plans of enterprises and research institutions in the United States and China on its own. Therefore, Germany organically combines its AI strategy with that of Europe, strengthens coordination and gives full play to the advantages of international cooperation and division of labor. With the strong support of Germany, CERTLAB has grown rapidly since it was launched in the summer of 2018. It has been supported by more than 2,800 European scientists and has built a strong network.

  The second is to strengthen German-French cooperation. In January 2019, Germany and France signed the Aachen Treaty, and the two sides will carry out extensive research and innovation cooperation, including establishing a German-French artificial intelligence research and innovation network, formulating ethical standards for new technologies in the field of digitalization and digital society, and reaching common values at the international level. The German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) regards the R&D and application of AI as a priority area for future scientific and technological cooperation between Germany and France, and hopes to jointly set up AI research projects, institutional interconnection and jointly create a new framework for AI technology transformation with France.

  Once again, it is closely cooperating with Japanese AI research, especially in the field of autonomous driving. In February this year, German Chancellor Angela Merkel visited Japan and reached a consensus with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on strengthening cooperation in digitalization and AI between Germany and Japan. On April 16th, Germany and Japan signed a letter of intent to strengthen research cooperation in the field of AI. The German Research Foundation (DFG), the French Research Center (ANR) and the Japan Science and Technology Promotion Agency (JST) jointly funded transnational cooperative research in the AI field, and the first batch of projects will be launched this summer. Germany will also open more AI competence centers to Japan. In the future, Japanese visiting researchers can conduct research in Germany within a certain period of time.

  Finally, through international cooperation, Germany hopes to solve its own data source problem. At present, Germany does not have a competitive data platform in the world, and the data information available for AI is scattered among many enterprises. The market model determines that it is difficult for Germany to integrate a large amount of data in the future. On the one hand, Germany needs to solve the problem of data dispersion, break down the "data barrier" and increase the research and development of distributed AI; On the other hand, we have to hope for international cooperation, strengthen data exchange and sharing for machine learning, and provide a massive information foundation for our own development of AI.

  Find another way to enhance their competitiveness.

  Germany attaches great importance to cultivating the lighthouse effect of AI, actively carries out research in humanities and social sciences, so as to enhance the social influence of AI as soon as possible, emphasizes the necessity of supervision, and conducts social discussions related to AI. With the participation of German experts, on April 8, 2019, the European Commission issued the core requirements for trustworthy AI, hoping that this new ethical norm can enhance people’s trust in the AI industry.

  Germany starts from the field of testing and certification that it has absolute advantages, and actively promoting trust is the premise for people to widely use AI products. DFKI first launched a joint project with the German testing and certification agency Sü ddeutsche Zeitung to certify the AI system for self-driving cars; Then a new certification and digital sovereignty laboratory was established, focusing on the controllability, interpretability, stability, security and fairness of AI. On April 19th, the German Federal Minister of Education and Research Kalicek further proposed that we should consider setting up a testing certification for the "Made in Europe" credible AI. She thought that such a label was a good selling point even in Europe.

  In addition, Germany also attaches great importance to promoting the understanding of AI from all walks of life by popular science and improving the social identity of this new technology. The German Federal Ministry of Education and Research has chosen AI as the theme of the 2019 Science Year, hoping that society, science, economy and politics will have more extensive exchanges on AI. The organizers of the Science Year will explore the working principle of AI in various forms, such as movies, seminars and public participation, shape the future mode of man-machine cooperation, and discuss the ethical issues brought by AI technology and its impact on social life.

  (Science and Technology Daily, Beijing, April 28th)

There are new moves in Lingang! Two world premiere products will be launched at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference.

  At this year’s World Artificial Intelligence Conference, the Lingang New Area of Shanghai Free Trade Zone will have new actions in the field of driverless driving.

  As one of the top ten theme forums focused on by the World Artificial Intelligence Conference, the 2019 Unmanned Summit Forum will be held in Conference Room 2 of the Shanghai World Expo Exhibition Hall on August 30.

  This forum is hosted by the Organizing Committee of the World Artificial Intelligence Congress, organized by China Automobile Industry Association, German Automobile Industry Association, Lingang New Area Management Committee of China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone and Shanghai Lingang Economic Development (Group) Co., Ltd., and co-organized by Shanghai Lingang Science and Technology Innovation City Economic Development Co., Ltd. and Shanghai Lingang Intelligent Networked Automobile Research Center Co., Ltd., aiming to build a world-class platform for cooperation and exchange of driverless and intelligent transportation.

  Based on the solid industrial foundation in the fields of high-end equipment manufacturing and artificial intelligence in recent years, Lingang New Area has attracted many domestic and foreign industry leaders, including Tesla, SAIC, Winch Technology, Brayton, Chinese Express, Newark Technology, Iflytek, Horizon, Shangtang Technology, Mainline Technology, Tucson Future, etc., and gradually formed a gathering trend of autonomous driving industry.

  The port area is close to the world’s largest container terminal — — Yangshan Port is also a rare area in the world that integrates five kinds of transportation functions, including aviation, shipping, railway, expressway and inland river transportation.

  In order to promote the combination of artificial intelligence and real economy, in May 2018, the Management Committee of Lingang New Area issued the Planning Plan for the Comprehensive Demonstration Zone of Unmanned System on Land, Sea and Air, and planned to build an autonomous driving open test road with a total length of 26.1 kilometers and a closed test zone with a total length of 3.2 square kilometers within the Lingang Science and Technology City Park. On August 23 this year, this intelligent networked automobile comprehensive test demonstration zone officially opened.

  Shanghai Free Trade Zone Lingang New Area Unmanned Exhibition (Indoor) In this forum, Gu Changshi, chief planner of industrial development of Shanghai Lingang New Area Management Committee, will elaborate on the exploration and practice of unmanned commercial operation in Shanghai Free Trade Zone New Area. In addition, this year’s World Artificial Intelligence Conference also specially set up the "China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone Lingang New Area Unmanned Exhibition", where many unmanned enterprises and unmanned industry promoters will show the most advanced unmanned innovative technology and the most advanced unmanned test operation mode.

  Specifically, the forum includes the following six highlights:

  Aspect 1: Keynote Speech by Academician Li Deyi, Artificial Intelligence "Big Coffee"

  As a researcher of the Academy of Military Sciences, academician of China Academy of Engineering, academician of Eurasian Academy of Sciences, chairman of China Artificial Intelligence Society, director of China Cloud Computing Expert Committee and doctoral supervisor, Academician Li Deyi has been engaged in computer engineering, uncertain artificial intelligence, data mining, knowledge discovery and intelligent driving for a long time, and first proposed "control flow — Data flow "graph pair theory. He led the largest intelligent car joint team in China, once completed the entire unmanned driving of the Beijing-Tianjin expressway for the first time in China, and took the lead in realizing the unmanned driving of the world’s first unmanned bus from Zhengzhou to Kaifeng. He will give a keynote speech on "Automatic Driving and Intelligent Networking" at this forum, and share forward-looking thinking on the future development of automobiles and the future automobile industry.

  Aspect 2: Heavy signing ceremony

  This forum will hold the signing ceremony of strategic cooperation between Beijing Institute of Technology, Shanghai Lingang Science and Technology Innovation City Economic Development Co., Ltd. and Shanghai Lingang Intelligent Networked Automobile Research Center Co., Ltd., and carry out comprehensive cooperation in the fields of unmanned vehicles, unmanned boats and drones; Jointly promote the construction of the data platform of the unmanned system of land, sea and air near the port; Actively carry out data collection and analysis of unmanned systems.

  Aspect 3: Frontier data release

  At this forum, China Automobile Industry Association will release the latest assessment results of intelligent networked automobile information security.

  Aspect 4: Industry organizations contribute "top-level design"

  The forum will invite industry management organizations, including China Automobile Industry Association, National Defective Product Recall Management Center and National Network Emergency Center, such as Beijing Engineering Laboratory for Vehicle Networking Safety Simulation and Offensive and Defensive Technology, to exchange and collide views on the scheme of automobile big data platform, supervision of self-driving vehicles, vehicle networking safety evaluation technology and its future development trend, and make suggestions for the "top-level design" of China’s autonomous driving industry.

  Aspect 5: The world premiere of two major products.

  During this forum, two major products will be launched in the world. First, the full-time unmanned electric heavy truck Q-truck production car was launched in the world, and second, the photovoltaic+electric heavy truck+energy storage+unmanned prototype car was launched in the world.

  The world’s first full-time unmanned electric heavy truck Q-truck production car was developed by Shanghai Xijing Information Technology Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Xijing Technology"), an artificial intelligence startup. The car has completed mass production in August this year and will be shipped to overseas terminals for commercial operation in the second half of this year.

  Boreton Technology Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Boreton") will launch an unmanned pure electric heavy truck in the world, and demonstrate the integrated platform of unmanned pure electric heavy truck and new energy management. Its integrated scheme of "light storage, charging and transporting carbon" has subversive applications in many scenarios. With the rapid development of wind-light technology, distributed photovoltaic power plants and wind power plants will become the main clean energy sources of electric heavy trucks in Brighton.

  Aspect 6: Senior technical experts bring "brainstorming"

  The forum will invite Jaco, CTO of Didi Chuxing and CEO of Autopilot Company, Cao Xudong, CEO of Chusu Technology Co., Ltd., Yan Feng, partner /CTO of Weimar Automobile Technology Group Co., Ltd., Tan Limin, founder and CEO of Xijing Technology, COO Hao Jianan of Shanghai Tucson Future Artificial Intelligence Technology Co., Ltd., Li Jinbo, president of Huawei’s car networking solutions department, and Chris O & RSQUO, president of Humanetics Innovative Solutions, Inc.; Connor, Wu Gansha, co-founder, chairman and CEO of Yushi Technology, and Yang Zhiming, founder and CEO of iDeepwise, and other senior technical experts and managers, built a new era of intelligent travel around "unmanned commercialization", "AI empowering automatic driving", "technology changing traffic", "5Gn", "China unmanned multi-scene commercial scale exploration" and "new interactive experience between intelligent networked vehicles and digital cockpit in unmanned scenes".

  Reporter Zhang Jing

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High temperature ravages the whole world: high temperature occurs frequently in the northeast, and the melting of sea ice at 30℃ in the Arctic Circle in Sweden is accelerated.

(The original title of this article is: "Red is purple and hot is hot! Extreme heat rages all over the world, even the North Pole is 30 degrees! 》)

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Recently, the Central Meteorological Observatory issued a high temperature warning for 20 consecutive days, and the local temperature can reach 40℃ … heat. Here. Quiet. Stop.

National Maximum Temperature Forecast Chart (August 2-August 9) Source: China Meteorological Observatory

Northeast continues to "steam sauna" 

On August 1st, the high temperature occurred in Shenyang, Liaoning Province for the fifth consecutive day. The highest temperatures in Dandong and Dalian reached 37.3℃ and 36.9℃ respectively, setting a meteorological record for extreme values. At the same time, the highest temperature in Shenyang today may reach 37℃, which will set a new record for the local extreme highest temperature in August (the previous record was 35.7℃).

Liaoning suffered the strongest regional high temperature since 1961.

In addition, with the continuous expansion of high temperature, the temperature in Changchun may reach 36℃ on the 3rd, which will not only set a new high this year, but also become the hottest day in the local observation history in August. The high temperature in Changchun in August is very rare, and there has been only one high temperature on August 3, 1968 since it was recorded in 1951.

The temperature in North China is also constant.

In addition to the northeast, Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei and northern Shandong will also have high temperatures in the next three days, and the highest temperatures in Beijing, Tianjin, Shijiazhuang and Jinan will remain at 35 C or above.

On the 1st, Beijing spent the 17th high-temperature day this year, which was the same as last year’s high-temperature days, and it was seven days short of the 24 high-temperature days recorded in 2000. Monitoring shows that the highest temperature in the observatory in the southern suburbs reaches 37℃, and that in Fengtai reaches 38.3℃.

Affected by the continuous high temperature, as of 12: 30 on the 1st, the load of Beijing power grid has reached 23.064 million kilowatts, exceeding the 22.675 million kilowatts on July 31st, reaching a new high.

The temperature in North China is high during the day and not low at night, and the lowest temperature is mostly above 26℃, and Tianjin will exceed 28℃. Moreover, due to the high relative humidity, the somatosensory temperature is higher, and the sultry feeling is not inferior to that in the south.

The Central Meteorological Observatory predicts that in five days, the hot weather in the above-mentioned areas in the north will end. This round of high-temperature weather lasts for a long time, and the high temperature in some areas breaks the extreme value. People in the above areas need to be prepared for heatstroke prevention and cooling, and try to avoid going out at the hottest noon. If they have to go out, they should take sun protection measures and replenish water in time. Outdoor workers prepare some heatstroke prevention drugs for emergencies.

The high temperature area in the south has been significantly reduced, and it has made a comeback since the 4 th

For many places in the south that have been suffering from high temperature for nearly half a month, they will enjoy a short coolness in the past two days. Affected by a wide range of rain and the wind and rain brought by the typhoon "Lark", the high temperature area in the south will continue to shrink in the past two days.

On the 2 nd, the western and southern parts of Jiangnan and most of southern China withdrew from the high temperature. On the 3rd, only parts of northern Chongqing, northeastern Hubei and northwestern Jiangxi still have a small range of high temperatures, and the rest areas will basically end the high temperatures temporarily. In the area of Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai, the highest temperature in many places dropped to around 30℃.

Although the high temperature in the south has shrunk, the highest temperature in many places is still around 33℃, and the sultry feeling will continue. At the same time, the cooling time is very short. Starting from the 4th, the high temperature in the south will return strongly. At present, it is in the middle of the sky, and high temperature is the main theme. People in the southern region need to continue to prepare for heatstroke prevention and cooling.

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In fact, it is not only China, but also the global "roasting mode", even the North Pole is 30℃!

The World Meteorological Organization issued statements on July 26th and 27th, respectively, saying that extreme weather events such as high temperature, drought and catastrophic precipitation occurred one after another in many places around the world, among which drought and high temperature also aggravated the wildfire disaster in the northern hemisphere. These extreme weather have brought great adverse effects on human health, agriculture and ecosystem.

On July 27th, people spent the summer in the fountain near the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France. (Source: Xinhuanet)

It’s hot in the North Pole, too! Rare high temperature in Arctic Circle

From June to July this year, the temperature in many places around the world, including the Arctic Circle, generally rose, resulting in extremely hot weather.

Recently, the temperature in the Arctic Circle in northern Sweden once reached 30℃. In northern Siberia, the temperature reached 32℃ at the beginning of this month. In the same period of last year, the average temperature in this area was only 10℃.

According to the monitoring data of the National Snow and Ice Data Center of the United States, the abnormal high temperature further aggravated the sea ice melting phenomenon in the Arctic Circle this summer, and the sea ice in the northern European coast and northwestern Russia has shown an abnormally low trend. The decrease of sea ice will not only threaten the survival of polar bears and other creatures, but also further aggravate the abnormal weather in the northern hemisphere.

Europe suffers from high temperature and drought.

In addition to western Europe and southern Europe, which suffer from heat waves, northern Europe is also experiencing continuous high temperatures. In July, the temperature in the Arctic Circle reached 30℃. On July 17th, the temperature in parts of Norway reached a record 33.5℃. Due to the unusually dry and warm climate, forest fire risks in Scandinavia and the Baltic Sea continue to rise. There were about 50 forest fires in Sweden in mid-July. The World Meteorological Organization predicts that the temperature in northern Europe will be 3℃ to 6℃ higher than that in the same period of last year.

The temperature in Sweden reached 86 degrees Fahrenheit (30 degrees Celsius) in July, and there were more than 50 forest fires, of which more than 10 occurred in the Arctic Circle. (Source: Beijing News)

There are high temperatures above 30℃ in many places in Britain, even as high as 38℃. In addition, the weather in Britain is extremely dry. By the end of July, there was no rain in many places in Britain for nearly two months, and the rainfall was only 47 mm after the summer, making it the driest summer in the past 57 years. According to the statistics of the British medical department, thousands of people died of diseases related to high temperature this summer.

The Asian heat wave struck, and many people died in Japan, South Korea and other countries.

Japan has recently been hit by a heat wave after the worst rainstorm and flood in decades. Due to the control of a wide range of high pressure, the temperature in Japan has repeatedly set a new record. On July 15th, the highest temperature of 200 meteorological observation stations of Japan Meteorological Agency exceeded 35℃. On July 23rd, the highest temperature of 41.1℃ was observed in Kumagaya, saitama, and high temperatures exceeding 40℃ were also observed in Qingmei City, Tokyo, Jiafu City, Yamanashi Prefecture and Tojima City, Gifu Prefecture. According to the statistics of Kyodo News Agency, from July 16 to 25, more than 22,000 people in Japan were sent to hospital for heatstroke, of which 78 people died of heatstroke.

South Korea’s extensive high-temperature weather continued, and the Korea Meteorological Agency issued a high-temperature warning for several days. Statistics from the Korea Disease Management Headquarters from May 20th to July 21st showed that there were 1043 people suffering from heatstroke, up 61% year-on-year. More than ten people have died of heatstroke this year. The South Korean government is considering classifying extreme heat as the same category of natural disasters as typhoons, floods, tsunamis and earthquakes.

According to the news from the Central Meteorological Observatory of North Korea, high temperature began to appear in North Korea on July 15th, and the scope gradually expanded. On July 22nd, the average highest temperature in North Korea reached 34.6℃, 7.2℃ higher than in previous years, the highest temperature since 1981. Among them, the average temperature in several big cities is higher than 39℃, and Yuanshan City has reached.

The high temperature in Africa and North America is over 50℃ in some areas.

At the beginning of July, several North African countries also experienced heat waves. On July 5th, the highest temperature in Valgra in the Sahara Desert of Algeria reached 51.3℃. According to the World Meteorological Organization, this is the highest temperature since Algeria has reliable temperature records. On July 3, Morocco monitored a high temperature of 43.4℃.

At the same time, North America has not been spared. California suffered a record high temperature, and the highest temperature records in many cities were refreshed. Death Valley National Park in California, which set a record for the highest temperature in the world at 56.7℃ in July 1913, has observed a high temperature of 52℃ on July 8 this year. The highest temperature in Chino, a suburb of Los Angeles, reached a record 48.9℃. In Quebec, Canada, hot and humid weather caused dozens of deaths, including the elderly and the vulnerable.

On July 6, 2018, California, USA, a heat wave of 48℃ swept through southern California, and the heat index off the charts set a new record. People gathered in Huntington Beach to play in the water to cool off the heat. (Source: Oriental IC)

High temperature and drought aggravate wildfire disaster in the northern hemisphere

According to a statement issued by the World Meteorological Organization on July 27th, many serious wildfires have occurred in Siberia, Sweden, Greece, the United States, Canada and other places since the summer of this year due to high temperature and drought, and the fire area is still increasing.

According to the monitoring data of Fengyun-3 D star on July 29th, there were two fire spots in Murmansk region in northwest Russia, both located along the Arctic Ocean and in the Arctic Circle. The influence area of the two fires is 4 square kilometers, and the area of naked fire is 0.1 hectares. (Source: National Satellite Meteorological Center)

The warming rate in the northern hemisphere is faster than the global level, and the high temperature and drought make the forest more dry and flammable. Studies have found that forests in the northern hemisphere are burning at a speed that has not been seen in at least nearly 10 thousand years. Wildfires release carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, further aggravating global warming.

Extreme weather is frequent or due to climate warming

Recently, in addition to high temperature, other abnormal weather events have also appeared frequently. For example, at the end of June, snow fell in Newfoundland and parts of Cape Breton in eastern Canada, with a thickness of about two centimeters. The temperature in St. John and Halifax is only MINUS 1℃, breaking the record of low temperature. Such weather is rare, and it is the first time since 1996.

Why does extreme weather ravage the world? The World Meteorological Organization believes that frequent extreme weather is related to climate change caused by greenhouse gas emissions. Although it is difficult to simply attribute the frequent occurrence of extreme weather in the past two months to climate change caused by human activities, in the long run, the trend of extreme high temperature and increasing precipitation is undoubtedly caused by climate change.

"2018 will be one of the hottest years on record, and it is not surprising that temperatures in many countries have broken records. At present, the heat wave and extreme high temperature events we are experiencing are consistent with the results we expected from climate change caused by greenhouse gas emissions. This situation is not going to happen in the future, but a scene that is being experienced at all times. " Elena Monankova, Deputy Secretary-General of the World Meteorological Organization, said.

In northern Siberia, along the coast of the Arctic Ocean, model analysis shows that a high temperature of over 90 degrees Fahrenheit appeared on July 5, 40 degrees Fahrenheit higher than the normal temperature. In Ouargla, Algeria, the temperature reached 124.3 degrees Fahrenheit (51.3 degrees Celsius), breaking the previous African high temperature record of 123.3 degrees Fahrenheit (50.7 degrees Celsius). (Source: cnBeta)

在全球气候变暖背景下,全球极端天气事件在过去几十年中显著增多,并且预计未来还会越来越多,而想要阻止这一趋势,落实《巴黎协定》,采取措施积极应对气候变化必不可少。

2017年10月18日,习近平在中共十九大报告中强调:建设生态文明是中华民族永续发展的千年大计。必须树立和践行绿水青山就是金山银山的理念,坚持节约资源和保护环境的基本国策,像对待生命一样对待生态环境,统筹山水林田湖草系统治理,实行最严格的生态环境保护制度,形成绿色发展方式和生活方式,坚定走生产发展、生活富裕、生态良好的文明发展道路,建设美丽中国,为人民创造良好生产生活环境,为全球生态安全作出贡献。

校 审:肖   健

编 辑:葛   颖(东北师范大学团委)

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The latest voice of the central bank! It is related to real estate, rectification of platform enterprises, RMB exchange rate …

  BEIJING, Jan. 13 (Zhongxin Finance Shao Wanyun) On the 13th, the State Council Office held a press conference on financial statistics in 2022, and the relevant person in charge of the central bank responded to issues such as real estate, rectification of platform enterprises, RMB exchange rate, inflation and digital RMB.

  Introduce structural tools to focus on supporting the smooth operation of the real estate market.

  Zou Lan, director of the Monetary Policy Department of the People’s Bank of China, said at the meeting that we are studying and launching several other structural tools recently, which mainly focus on supporting the smooth operation of the real estate market, including the Baojiaolou loan support plan, the housing lease loan support plan and the private enterprise bond financing support tool, etc., and we will make some detailed disclosure and release after the introduction.

  In addition, at the end of September last year, the People’s Bank of China and China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission issued a notice, clarifying that eligible city governments can decide to relax the lower limit of the interest rate of the newly issued first home loan in stages in the fourth quarter. Zou Lan introduced that the interest rate of new personal housing loans in December was 4.26% nationwide, which was the lowest level in history since statistics were available in 2008.

  Zou Lan also said that in view of some adjustments in the real estate market, the People’s Bank of China, together with relevant departments, made efforts from both supply and demand in accordance with the deployment of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council to promote the smooth operation of the real estate market. With the effects of relevant policies gradually emerging, the financing environment of the real estate industry, especially high-quality housing enterprises, has improved significantly in recent days. From the data, from September to November last year, real estate development loans increased by more than 170 billion yuan, an increase of more than 200 billion yuan year-on-year. In the fourth quarter of last year, domestic real estate corporate bonds issued more than 120 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 22%.

  In terms of risk prevention, the relevant departments drafted the Action Plan for Improving the Balance Sheet Plan of Quality Housing Enterprises. The action plan focuses on high-quality real estate enterprises that focus on their main business, operate in compliance, have good qualifications and have certain systemic importance, and focuses on promoting 21 tasks in four aspects: "asset activation", "debt continuation", "equity supplement" and "expected promotion", comprehensively implementing policies to improve the cash flow of high-quality real estate enterprises and guide the balance sheets of high-quality real estate enterprises to return to a safe range. The plan sets the conditions for high-quality housing enterprises, and there is no specific list, which is independently grasped by financial institutions.

  The rectification of 14 large-scale platform enterprises such as Ant Group has been basically completed.

  Ma Jianyang, head of the Financial Markets Department of the People’s Bank of China, said that since November 2020, the financial management department has guided and urged 14 large-scale platform enterprises such as Ant Group to carry out solid rectification in view of the outstanding problems in the past financial business, such as unlicensed operation, regulatory arbitrage, disorderly expansion and infringement on consumers’ rights and interests. At present, most problems have been basically rectified, large-scale platform enterprises operate in compliance and compete fairly, consumer protection awareness has been significantly enhanced, and financial business has been continuously standardized.

  At the same time, the financial management department has issued a series of targeted institutional documents in the fields of third-party payment, personal credit investigation, Internet deposit, insurance, securities, funds, etc., and the regulatory framework for the normalization of financial business of platform enterprises has been initially formed, laying a good institutional foundation for the subsequent normalization supervision.

  Ma Yuyang said that in the next step, the financial management department will conscientiously implement the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China and the Central Economic Work Conference, adhere to the "two unwavering", pay equal attention to development and standardization, and support the healthy development of the platform economy.

  First, continue to push relevant platform enterprises to speed up the rectification of the remaining few problems, and complete the rectification work from the beginning to the end. The second is to improve the level of normalized supervision, further improve the regulatory system and mechanism, strengthen the construction of regulatory scientific and technological strength, support platform enterprises to operate in compliance, develop financial business prudently, and have zero tolerance for illegal financial activities. The third is to study and formulate financial support measures to promote the healthy development of platform economy, support platform enterprises to improve their scientific and technological innovation ability and service quality and efficiency, consolidate and enhance their international competitiveness, and show their talents in leading development, creating jobs and international competition.

  It is predicted that China’s inflation level will remain moderate in 2023.

  Zou Lan said that from a global perspective, last year experienced a wave of high inflation that had never happened in decades. In sharp contrast, China maintained the basic stability of the price level, which was not easy. In the past five years and ten years, the average annual increase of consumer prices in China has remained at around 2%. This fully proves the superiority of China’s socialist system and the effectiveness of macro-control.

  Zou Lan mentioned that in 2023, China’s inflation level is expected to remain moderate overall, but we should also pay attention to the potential possibility of inflation rebound.

  On the one hand, China’s overall supply is abundant, demand is still recovering, and there was no excess currency in the past, so inflation is expected to remain stable. At present, China’s economy is still in the process of recovery and development, the industrial chain and supply chain are running smoothly, the lack of effective demand is still the main contradiction, and the output gap is still negative. In the short term, inflationary pressure is generally controllable. In the medium and long term, China is one of the major producers in the world, with a generally balanced economic supply and demand, stable monetary policy and stable inflation expectations of residents, which has favorable conditions for maintaining a basically stable price level.

  On the other hand, the uncertainty of price trend still exists, so we should not take the inflation situation lightly, and pay close attention to the potential of its future warming. Domestically, China’s M2 growth rate has been in a relatively high position for some time, which does not rule out that the impact on prices is lagging behind. With the optimization of epidemic prevention and control measures, residents’ consumption kinetic energy will be gradually released, and the total demand tends to heat up, which may also be accompanied by some upward pressure of inflation. From an international perspective, geopolitical conflicts still disturb the global energy supply, and inflation in developed economies is still at a high level, so imported pressures also need to be vigilant.

  In the next stage, the People’s Bank of China will adhere to the general tone of striving for progress while maintaining stability, organically combine the implementation of the strategy of expanding domestic demand with the deepening of structural reform on the supply side, give prominence to the work of stabilizing growth, employment and prices, maintain a prudent monetary policy that is precise and powerful, give consideration to short-term and long-term economic growth and price stability, internal balance and external balance, strengthen coordination and cooperation among policies, and promote the effective improvement of quality and reasonable growth of the economy.

  Increase credit support for private small and micro enterprises

  Ma Jianyang mentioned that in recent years, due to the repeated impact of the epidemic and the unstable international situation, China’s economy is facing greater downward pressure, making it more difficult for private enterprises to operate. The People’s Bank of China has continuously improved the financing environment of private small and micro enterprises by innovating structural monetary policy tools, improving credit support policies and broadening diversified financing channels.

  In the next step, the People’s Bank of China will adhere to the problem orientation, focus on social concerns, guide financial institutions to treat all types of ownership enterprises equally, and create a better financial environment for the development and growth of private economy and private enterprises.

  First, further increase credit support for private small and micro enterprises, continue to make good use of structural tools and increase efforts. The second is to further expand the scale of private enterprise bond financing. The third is to further improve the financial service level of private small and micro enterprises. The fourth is to further promote the standardized and healthy development of platform enterprises.

  Keep the RMB exchange rate basically stable at a reasonable and balanced level.

  Since 2022, major developed economies such as the United States, the euro zone and the United Kingdom have substantially tightened monetary policy and raised interest rates, which has had a tightening effect on the global financial system, and cross-border funds in emerging market economies are facing outflow pressure.

  Xuan Changneng, deputy governor of the People’s Bank of China, said that the market has certain expectations for the Fed to raise interest rates in 2023. The autonomy and stability of China’s financial system are enhanced, and the expected stability of RMB exchange rate is helpful to buffer and cope with external risks, especially the spillover effect brought by interest rate hikes in developed economies. Generally speaking, the adjustment of monetary policy in developed economies has limited impact on China, and may have greater impact on other smaller emerging market economies.

  With regard to the RMB exchange rate situation, since mid-November, 2022, with the effectiveness of domestic policies and measures to stabilize the economy, measures to optimize epidemic prevention and control and financial support for real estate policies have been introduced one after another, and the market expects that the Federal Reserve will slow down the pace of raising interest rates, the US dollar index has dropped to a high level, and the RMB exchange rate against the US dollar has gradually turned to an appreciation trend. On December 5, the spot exchange rate rose back to within 7.0.

  Xuan Changneng said that the current and future trend of RMB exchange rate will be affected by multiple factors such as domestic and international economic and financial situation, balance of payments, market risk preference, etc., and short-term uncertainty is inevitable. Generally speaking, there is a solid foundation for maintaining basic stability.

  Recently, China’s economy has generally continued to recover, and the epidemic prevention and control has been dynamically optimized. In the context of high global inflation, we have maintained the basic stability of prices. Considering the decline in the economic prosperity index of major economies, the growth rate of China’s trade surplus may have slowed down. Under the comprehensive action of various forces, China’s RMB exchange rate will generally maintain a stable operation. After years of financial reform and opening up, the depth and breadth of China’s foreign exchange market have been greatly improved, the flexibility of RMB exchange rate has been enhanced, market expectations have been stable, cross-border capital flows have been orderly, and international payments have been independently balanced. The RMB exchange rate will continue to remain basically stable at a reasonable and balanced level.

  Digital RMB into M0

  From December, 2022, financial statistics will include digital RMB data in M0 (currency in circulation) statistics.

  In this regard, Xuan Changneng said that the digital RMB is the legal tender in digital form issued by the People’s Bank of China, and like the physical RMB, it is essentially a monetary component. From the point of view of statistics and management, it is necessary to make statistics, combined analysis and overall management of the two.

  Xuan Changneng further stated that in recent years, with the gradual deepening of the digital RMB pilot, the application scenarios of digital RMB have steadily expanded, the transaction amount and stock have also increased, and the relevant management and statistical systems have been continuously improved. Incorporating digital RMB into M0 statistics can more accurately reflect the overall size of currency in circulation. By the end of 2022, the stock of digital RMB in circulation was 13.61 billion yuan, and the year-on-year growth rate of M0 was 15.3% after it was included. (End)