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On March 14, "Lei Feng helps the elderly in Jia's home – 2026 Jia' Elderly Care Charity Week" was launched.

The "People's Livelihood List" of services for the elderly released on site in 2026 systematically integrates the Jiading District Civil Affairs Bureau's "Old My Elders" project to improve home care capabilities, the home bathing project for disabled and semi-disabled elderly people, and other ten community elderly care projects, the Jiading District Disabled Persons' Federation's free cognitive impairment prevention and rehabilitation testing and digital literacy training, and the Jiading District Veterans Personnel The "Bone Health" project of the Ministry of Health and Human Services, the "Medical and Nursing Home Linkage", "Two Cancer Screenings", "678 Silver Age Guardian Action" of the Jiading District Health Commission, and the "Yiqi Movement" and "Happy Sunset" projects of the charity foundation aim to build an all-round elderly security system from home safety to quality life, and from physical health to spiritual care.

The reporter learned that in response to outstanding problems such as difficulty in getting downstairs for the "hanging elderly" in old communities, difficulty in bathing for the disabled elderly, and lack of expertise in cognitive impairment care, the Jiading District Civil Affairs Department launched three exemplary service measures for the elderly, including stair climbing machines: allowing the "hanging elderly" to land steadily; bathing aids: providing "a pool of warmth" to the disabled elderly; and memory guardians: making cognitive impairment no longer helpless.

Among them, the elderly over the age of 80 can use the stair climbing machine for free 60 times a year, and the elderly from low-income families with minimum living allowances can enjoy up to 240 free services. The "Home Bathing Project for the Disabled and Semi-Disabled Elderly", through the model of "government subsidies, corporate profits, and personal responsibility", allows the elderly who have been bedridden for a long time to "take a decent bath". As of the end of 2025, relevant departments have served a total of approximately 4,800 people. In response to cognitive impairment, Jiading District will compile an "Operation Management Guidance Manual" in 2026, create a municipal demonstration institution, introduce AI technology to achieve "individual care + intelligent empowerment", and transform professional care from "bed availability" to "quality".

Improving the efficiency of services for the elderly requires coordinated efforts from the government and social forces. The "7×24-hour Video Doctor" free service launched by Shanghai Tonghe Orthopedic Hospital provides all-weather online medical support for the elderly. Residents can connect to professional doctors with just one click of a call, effectively breaking the time and space constraints of traditional medical care and providing "non-closing" health protection for elderly families with limited mobility.

During the charity week, relevant activities will be carried out in the "Wojia Neighborhood Center" in 12 streets and towns, including Nanxiang, Zhenxin, Malu, and Jiangqiao. During the event, the senior citizen charity market will provide residents with convenient services such as health consultation, elderly care policy consultation and Q&A, assistive device experience and rental.

The costume suspense drama "The Strange Case of the Tang Palace: The Wind in the Blue Mist" is directed by Yin Tao, starring Bai Lu and Wang Xingyue, and is currently on the air!

Li Peiyi was once a well-fed and well-loved county head, but when she was nine years old, her entire family was suddenly exterminated. No one in her family was spared, but she had a chance to escape because she entered the palace. People all over the world said that her father suddenly became insane and committed suicide after massacring his family members. However, Li Peiyi knew that her father had been wronged and wronged, and the real culprit was still at large. For more than ten years, she has endured hardships and endured hibernation. With her extraordinary perseverance, she entered the inner circle, just to secretly investigate the truth and avenge her father.

Coincidentally, the bodies of unmarried women were frequently stolen in the capital, and strange things happened one after another. Li Peiyi made a decisive decision and used her own life to set up a trap. She unexpectedly uncovered the real culprit behind the scenes, the current Hong Lu Qing. A dignified official of the imperial court actually colluded with a young man and committed the dirty business of stealing corpses and engaging in secret marriages. This crime cannot be punished. Hongluqing immediately killed Li Peiyi in order to deceive others and kill people. Li Peiyi was originally a man of extraordinary skill and martial arts, but she took Xiuxi Pills as part of a fake-death scheme and forced her energy to run, which led to depletion of energy and blood, making her unable to achieve her goals. She was eventually captured by Hongluqing, who decided to bury her alive and nail her body with peach wood nails in an attempt to calm her soul.

Unexpectedly, things will take a turn for the worse, and all of this is due to Li Peiyi's trick. A secret marriage was not enough to bring down the powerful Hongluqing, so she deliberately surrendered to arrest her, just to upgrade her charge to murdering the Lord of Fuchang County, making it difficult for him to fly. Hongluqing was desperate and tried to threaten the marriage of the fifteenth princess. Little did he know that although Li Peiyi and the fifteenth princess were brothers and did not want her to marry far away, she could not allow the traitor to go unpunished and was eventually brought to justice.

The fifteenth princess has been neglected since she was a child due to her low status as a biological mother. Li Peiyi is her only close friend. On the day of the marriage, the whole capital was celebrating with loud gongs and drums, but only Li Peiyi stood at a high place, worried. The princess specially selected a pair of jade bracelets from the rewards as a token of friendship with Li Peiyi. But just as the fireworks filled the sky, an unknown fireball suddenly struck. The guards were caught off guard. The fifteenth princess at the top was unable to escape and was instantly swallowed by the fireball. When the fire was extinguished, the princess had been reduced to charred bones. Only the pair of jade bracelets fell into pieces, becoming the only clue at the scene. Li Peiyi was distraught and took the initiative to ask Ying to accept the imperial edict, vowing to find out the real murderer and avenge her friends.

At the beginning of the investigation, Taishi Cheng Xiao Huaijin was full of doubts and became the primary suspect. Xiao Huaijin repeatedly reminded the exploration direction in good faith, but was ignored by the anxious Li Peiyi. Later, Li Peiyi peeled off the cocoon and discovered that the murderer used wax oil and silk threads to pretend to be a ghost. His committing methods were meticulous, and he must be someone who could freely come and go in the palace and was familiar with the banquet process. Following the traces of gunpowder left at the scene, Li Peiyi discovered that the palace lantern fuse was hidden in the dark room under the stage, which was the source of the explosion. The secret of the secret door was already hidden in the paintings provided by Xiao Huaijin.

Seeing that Xiao Huaijin was thoughtful and knowledgeable, Li Peiyi immediately invited him to join forces to investigate the case. Xiao Huaijin wanted to refuse, but suddenly received an imperial decree ordering him to assist Li Peiyi in solving the case, and was full of doubts. It turns out that Li Peiyi had already understood that the Holy Father was worried about the evil aspects of the astrology and the instability of the court, so she used the astrological theory to convince the Holy One. The two men were divided into two groups. Xiao Huaijin traced the source of the gunpowder, while Li Peiyi followed the tung oil on the bucket to trace clues. Unexpectedly, she accidentally inhaled the drug on the way. When she woke up, she discovered that the key witness had been silenced. The worker in charge of the bucket had been brutally silenced. The clues were interrupted again. The shadow of the mastermind behind the scenes became more and more intense, and suspense and crisis were everywhere.

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With the advancement of financial technology and the development of society, financial products and services have become increasingly diversified. Financial chaos such as illegal agent surrender and claim settlement, overseas bank card fraud, and professional debtors have occurred frequently, which has brought many challenges to the protection of financial consumers' rights and interests. On the occasion of the 44th "March 15" International Consumer Rights Day, Postal Savings Bank Beijing Branch launched the 2026 "March 15" financial consumer rights protection education and publicity campaign to help the public improve financial literacy and effectively protect the legitimate rights and interests of consumers; integrate consumer rights protection into services and scenarios, and use original intentions and actions to paint a warm picture of "finance for the people".

Traveling through the streets to protect financial rights and interests

From March 5 to March 18, 2026, Postal Savings Bank Beijing Branch carried out the 2026 "3·15" financial consumer rights protection education and publicity campaign. With the slogan "A clear financial network protects safe consumption", the event closely follows the theme of protecting financial rights and interests, uses positive publicity to establish guidance, builds a line of defense with risk warnings, and strives to create a clear and orderly financial market environment through public welfare publicity. On the one hand, we vigorously promote the financial culture with Chinese characteristics, highlight the positive energy of finance, and demonstrate the Postal Savings Bank's practical examples and highlight measures to solve people's worries, benefit people's livelihood, and warm people's hearts by using digital and technological means to accurately meet the diverse needs of the people; on the other hand, we strengthen consumer protection reminders against financial network chaos to help consumers build a strong defense line for property security.

When arriving at the Beijing Yizhuang Business Department of the Postal Savings Bank of China, the red banner of "Yizhuang Branch Launches 3.15 Financial Consumer Rights Protection Education and Publicity Campaign" came into view. In the business hall, electronic screens and self-service machines are playing grass-green "3·15" event posters, special foldouts are placed in the public education service area, and LCD TVs are playing public service announcements on preventing illegal fund-raising… During the event, Postal Savings Bank Beijing Branch organized more than 500 business outlets within its jurisdiction to layout the halls, hang banners at the outlets, display posters, slogans, foldouts, and play public service announcements. The staff took advantage of the time when customers were waiting for business to carry out financial knowledge lectures, and set up interactive Q&A sessions based on Women's Day characteristics to answer questions about deposit insurance, personal information protection and other aspects, so that consumers could learn financial knowledge during the festival. There is a public education service area in the branch all year round, and the complaint hotline and complaint flow chart are publicized to facilitate consumers to enjoy financial services and effectively protect their right to know and claim for compensation in accordance with the law.

Taking advantage of its extensive business network in urban and rural areas, Postal Savings Bank Beijing Branch deeply integrates professional financial knowledge with traditional culture, daily travel, etc., and takes advantage of festivals such as the Lantern Festival and Women's Day to organize various, rich, and distinctive "Five Entry" outdoor promotional activities, entering communities, campuses, villages, enterprises, and business districts to integrate financial knowledge into consumers' daily lives.

Promote inclusive services to solve people’s livelihood problems

The warmth of inclusive services is often reflected in the corners that are harder to reach. Postal Savings Bank Beijing Branch continues to promote financial services to move downwards, move forward, and extend, helping key groups such as the "old, young, and disabled" to cross the "digital divide" and let the warmth of finance truly enter thousands of households.

In the field of aging-friendly and barrier-free services, the Postal Savings Bank Beijing Branch has been responsible for Beijing’s pension distribution for many years. Its business outlets have not only set up barrier-free passages, installed emergency call bells, equipped with reading glasses, magnifying glasses, wheelchairs and other facilities to assist the elderly and disabled, set up green love windows exclusive for the elderly and disabled people, and also provided rest and rest for the elderly through the "Postal Love Station". Convenient services such as drinking water and charging make it more convenient for the elderly to withdraw pensions from branches every month; for customers with special circumstances such as mobility difficulties and unable to visit branches in person, Postal Savings Bank Beijing Branch supports telephone appointment extension services, and two staff members will come to customers to handle account opening, password reset, information update and other services, turning the "last mile" into "zero distance". Financial services are no longer about waiting across the counter, but about the protection that comes into your home and your heart.

In terms of serving parent-child families, Postal Savings Bank Beijing Branch is equally attentive and affectionate. "Little Banker" experience activities are carried out from time to time in the branches, and children learn to identify RMB and manage pocket money in the game; while in the hall, the staff patiently teach the elderly to adjust the mobile banking to the large-character version to facilitate the elderly's subsequent operations. At the Postal Savings Bank Beijing Wangjing Street Branch, an example of applying for three-generation social security cards for a multinational family has become a vivid footnote of heart-warming service. At the beginning of 2026, an old man brought his granddaughter to the Wangjing Street branch to apply for a third-generation social security card. Because his granddaughter was born abroad and was actually a foreigner, he could not apply for a third-generation social security card online and could only make the card on-site. Faced with this situation, the staff opened a green channel for extended services for customers, remotely connected with the mother whose child was working overseas, and successfully handled the extended service (video verification) business. After verifying that the relevant documents and authorization letter of the child's guardian were correct, the third-generation social security card printing machine produced the card on site and successfully applied for the third-generation social security card for the child to facilitate his subsequent medical treatment.

In the wave of digital transformation, Postal Savings Bank Beijing Branch insists on paralleling traditional services with smart innovation: the mobile banking APP continues to iterate and optimize, launches a large-font interface, increases font icons, and simplifies operation procedures; it also supports voice assistance functions. When the user turns on the narration mode on the phone, key operations such as face recognition, function icons, return and delete can all implement voice prompts, helping the visually impaired to complete online business processing independently. The integration of online and offline services allows different consumers to find a service method that suits them.

From aging-friendly renovations to barrier-free services, from door-to-door financial services to face-to-face promotion of financial knowledge, Postal Savings Bank Beijing Branch has used "micro-initiatives" to meet the "big needs" of the masses. In the future, Postal Savings Bank Beijing Branch will continue to improve the financial consumer rights protection system, promote the in-depth integration of traditional services and intelligent innovation, and let the sunshine of finance illuminate every corner.

At one o'clock in the morning London time, the madness of the market woke Michael Brown from his sleep. His mobile phone is placed beside the bed, and it is buzzing almost constantly with constant news reminders: Brent crude oil exceeded US$100 per barrel; it exceeded US$110; Nasdaq futures fell 2%; the Nikkei index plummeted 5%.

So Brown, a senior strategist at the brokerage firm Pepperstone, got out of bed, turned on his computer and started answering a flood of calls from Asian clients. "There was already some panic going on," he said.

It was Monday, the 10th day of the war with Iran, that investors suddenly realized the extent of the disruption to oil production in the Middle East. Panic once pushed crude oil prices up by more than 30%, and Gerald Gan, chief investment officer of Reed Capital Partners, was also woken up at home in Singapore. Some of Reed's clients had suffered huge stock losses, and company employees were desperate for guidance, calling him again and again before dawn, saying, "We need to protect our portfolio."

An oil tanker caught fire after being attacked in Iraqi waters.

In America's oil fields, veteran commodities trader Dennis Keesler is busy dealing with an entirely different problem. Many of his clients at BOK Financial Securities are executives from shale oil producers who, as they watched crude prices soar in overnight trading, became increasingly eager to lock in those high prices. From the moment he walked into the Oklahoma City office at 6 a.m. Monday, deal orders came pouring in, and Keesler found himself having to answer three phones at once. By noon, his voice was hoarse.

The war in the past two weeks has triggered violent market fluctuations. The South Korean stock market crashed at a record high, European natural gas futures soared 68% in two days, the Indian rupee and the Egyptian pound fell to historical lows, and investors around the world are on edge. Some made fortunes, others suffered heavy losses, and even some of the biggest names in the financial world were left unscathed, including PIMCO, The Castle and ExodusPoint Capital Management.

"Someone's always going to get hurt," Kiesler said. "In a moment like this, if you don't pay attention and do it the wrong way, you can lose a million dollars in two seconds."

It wasn't just the speed of the moves that shocked traders, but also the dramatic "whiplash effect." Markets can be thrown into turmoil by just one piece of news, even if it's wrong, such as when U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright posted on Tuesday that the Navy had escorted an oil tanker through the Strait of Hormuz.

Just the day before, U.S. WTI crude oil futures gave up almost all of their 31% gains after Trump suggested that the war may be nearing an end. This was the largest intraday reversal in at least four decades. The S&P 500 surged in the final hour, notching its biggest gain in a month.

Things have eased slightly over the past few days, however, unlike the brief crash triggered by Trump's reciprocal tariff announcement a year ago, many in the market expect this extraordinary volatility to continue for weeks, if not months. They point out that a real war would be more unpredictable and harder to cool down than a trade war. "I tell all the stakeholders, be careful," Gerald Gan said.

One of the most puzzling features of the sell-off is that traditional safe havens, with the exception of the U.S. dollar, appear to be failing. From gold to the yen, the Swiss franc and U.S. Treasuries, assets typically seen as safe havens in times of crisis are falling as soaring energy prices reignite inflation fears and push interest rates higher.

The trading floor in Seoul this week.

Raymond Lee, chief investment officer of Torica Capital in Sydney, had originally hoped to hedge risks by investing in U.S. Treasury bonds. When he saw oil surge early Monday and Treasuries fall again, he decided to cut his losses, ordering traders to sell their holdings of two-year Treasury futures contracts.

He concluded that the U.S. Treasury market had become almost an extension of the oil market, with yields rising and falling with crude prices, and he wanted no part of it until things stabilized. "Trading interest rates is like trading oil, and I'm not an oil expert," Lee said.

But Keesler knew oil.

As BOK's head of energy trading, he spent decades in the trading pool of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. He had experienced the surge in oil prices caused by the Gulf War in 1990 and the Iraq War ten years later, and the market shock waves at that time are still fresh in his mind.

Keesler has traded through all the oil shocks over the years: the 2008 financial crisis, the coronavirus pandemic, the Russia-Ukraine conflict. No time has produced such a steady flow of customer orders as Monday morning, he said.

Oil prices rose about 30% in the first week after the United States and Israel began bombing Iran, but investor anxiety quickly built ahead of Monday's opening as reports over the weekend began to show more fully the decline in crude production in the region. In just a few minutes after the market opened, WTI rose by more than 10%.

With the Strait of Hormuz all but closed, the International Energy Agency estimates that about 8 million barrels of oil per day will disappear from the market this month. The agency called it the "largest supply disruption" the market has ever seen.

Kiesler reminded his traders that for now, they must always be fully staffed. One of his tips for moments like this: drink less coffee and water, which will reduce the number of trips to the bathroom. "You can never take your eyes off the screen."

Back in Singapore, Gerald Gan followed a similar rhythm at Reed Capital. He went online at 6 a.m. and stared at the screen until about 2 a.m. the next morning.

The region relies heavily on oil and gas imports from the Middle East to drive its economy, and many of the worst market crashes have occurred in Asia. Every surge in crude oil prices will quickly push up inflation expectations, lower economic growth prospects, squeeze the finances of various countries, and put the market under greater pressure.

Along with India, currencies in Indonesia and the Philippines have fallen to record lows. Five of the 10 worst-performing stock markets in the world this month are from Asia. Few fell more sharply than the KOSPI. The index fell more than 7% on March 3 and hit a record loss of 12% the next day before recouping some of its losses in several rounds of wildly volatile trading.

The rout in South Korea's stock market took a "hard hit" to Gan's portfolio, but he said he made a fortune for his clients by buying large amounts of oil at around $60 a barrel a few weeks ago.

Gan said it was like riding a "roller coaster." He was ready for the coming weeks. "This is not over yet."

Brown, a strategist at Pepperstone in London, shares the same concerns. "One minute you think, 'Maybe we're out of this, maybe there's progress,'" he said. "Then the next minute the news completely reverses and you lose money on all your positions. You're back to square one."

On March 9, a signal worth pondering came from the embodied intelligence track. Magic Atom announced the completion of a new round of financing of 500 million yuan. Among the investors, there are a number of industrial capitals with manufacturing foundation and scene resources such as Tuopu Group, Jiechuang Intelligent, and ASD. SkyWorks Venture Capital Fund, Jinyu Bogor, etc. also participated.

It is worth noting that there is also an industrial ecological fund with a scale of tens of billions, focusing on the key links in the upstream and downstream of the industrial chain, and the overall capital scale exceeds 10.5 billion yuan.

For a long time in the past, early financing in the embodied intelligence track was often characterized by a single-point breakthrough. Because the single-point route is more focused, it is easy for startups to label technology in the short term, thereby further gaining favor from the capital market.

Now, the wind direction is shifting. Public data shows that global humanoid robot shipments have reached 18,000 units in 2025, and their technical capabilities are moving from "prototype verification" to "scale availability."

Capital is also paying more and more attention to whether a company is an all-rounder and whether it can continue to build system capabilities among ontology, models, data, and scenarios along a complete path. Magic Atom’s capital dynamics of exceeding 10 billion this time just reflect this logical evolution.

Behind the battle between software and hardware, the industry begins to bid farewell to the "partial science competition"

The current embodied intelligence track has shown clear path divisions.

Some companies choose to start with models and "brains", trying to take the lead in breakthroughs in understanding, planning, and generalization capabilities; others start with the ontology and hardware, giving priority to establishing motion performance, structural capabilities, and engineering thresholds. Behind the different paths are different judgments by enterprises on the key bottlenecks of the industry, which also correspond to different aspects of the embodied intelligence industry.

The discussion within the industry on the battle between software and hardware has never stopped. Musk has admitted that the team is still struggling with the final design of Optimus hardware, but he is confident in achieving natural human-computer interaction based on large language models. Wang Xingxing, the founder of Yushu Technology, has the complete opposite view of somatosensory. He believes that the existing hardware is sufficient in a sense. The real desert lies in the difficulty of AI in accurately controlling the complex mechanical components of the robot.

The completely different somatosensory does not represent opposing views, but reveals the current dilemma of robots – the lack of deep integration of software and hardware.

As the industry enters the implementation verification period, a consensus has become increasingly clear. Embodied intelligence is not a track that can be won by relying on a single point. The real real competition is turning to "whether software and hardware can form a closed-loop system."

The integrated strategy of software and hardware has once again become the way to break the situation.

IDC pointed out that China's embodied intelligence market has entered a critical inflection point in 2026. Breakthroughs in single-point technology are no longer scarce resources. In the next two to three years, the differences in hardware parameters will gradually narrow, components such as body structure, computing power, and sensors will become standardized, and manufacturers' software and hardware system capabilities will become a watershed.

In this context, Magic Atom takes "embodied intelligence + The "1" on the bottom represents a capability base that integrates software and hardware and continues to evolve. The "2" represents the two core product lines of humanoid and four-legged. It is extended by N ecological touch points. Starting from modular products, it gradually grows into a collaborative, multi-form intelligent ecological space.

The significance of this strategic structure lies not in the enrichment of product lines, but in the fact that different products and different scenarios are not separated from each other, but share a technical chassis.

Because in the real world, without ontology, the model has no execution carrier; without the model, the ontology is difficult to generalize across tasks; without data, the model and control cannot be continuously iterated; without scenarios, it is difficult for data to form a closed loop; without productization and engineering capabilities, it is difficult to achieve stable delivery.

The real barrier is not a certain ability itself, but whether a stable and difficult-to-dismantle interlocking relationship can be formed between these abilities. Optimize the model through data feedback from the real environment, and then use the iterated model to improve the generalization ability of the hardware. This advantage that relies on time, scale, and task density is extremely difficult for latecomers to directly eliminate through short-term capital investment.

The moat of embodied intelligence is shifting from parameters to systems

What kind of robot can be considered as a large-scale application?

A robot that lifts a 20-kilogram weight in a stable environment only completes primary engineering indicators; but a robot that can stably pick up metal castings with an offset center of gravity for 24 hours in a factory environment with slight ground vibrations can be called a commercial product.

This is the difference between heavy parameters and heavy systems. Commercial competition has never been about showing off parameter "muscle", but testing systematization capabilities.

Therefore, Magic Atom chose to self-develop key components and independently developed joint modules covering a variety of actuators such as planetary deceleration, harmonic deceleration and linear actuators, with a maximum explosive force of 525N·m. The accompanying dexterous hand MagicHand S01, while providing 11 degrees of freedom, can lift the maximum load for specific tasks to more than 20 kilograms. This heavy investment in core components and overall machine structure has an extremely long cycle, but it is deeply bound to subsequent model training and task execution.

In terms of model technology, Magic Atom has self-developed large-scale embodied intelligent models that integrate visual language understanding, task planning and motion control capabilities to promote the evolution of robots from single task execution to cross-scenario task capabilities. From life service scenarios where robots "catch noodles" during the Spring Festival Gala to industrial manufacturing scenarios, the capabilities of the Magic Atomic Model have been verified in real industrial scenarios, with a loading and unloading accuracy rate of up to over 90%.

But if robots want to truly enter large-scale applications, only ontology and models are not enough. Data training based on real scenarios is also required. This is a prerequisite for the system to traverse complex environments and improve robustness.

The data of the robot naturally depends on the body shape, control method, task process and scene feedback. Although laboratory simulation data can help the model converge quickly, it can also easily push the system to "overfitting": it performs well in an ideal environment, but frequently fails once it arrives on site. The real world is far more complex than the laboratory. The position of parts on the assembly line may only shift by a few millimeters. The light in the workshop will alternate between light and dark as the time changes, disrupting the original spatial coordinates.

This is also the reason why more and more head manufacturers are beginning to pay attention to real scene data. For example, in order for Tesla's Optimus to achieve stable sorting in the factory, the amount of measured data required reaches millions of hours.

In this regard, Magic Atom built its own data mining factory to open up a complete link from data collection, model training, simulation evaluation, model deployment, and application feedback. And it is deployed in the production front-line scenarios of a group of the most demanding head KAs (key customers) as a "whetstone" for product iterations. Every time the robot enters a more complex scene, it gets not only orders, but also higher-quality data and more realistic problem sets.

From the perspective of scenario distribution, this system capability is also tested in different types of environments.

Industrial scenarios are relatively structured scenarios in reality, and the first thing to verify is execution capabilities. In the factory, Magic Atom's Magic Bot Gen1 is no longer just a demonstration prototype, but has begun to be used in specific tasks such as loading and unloading on the production line, precision inspection of parts, cargo sorting, handling and palletizing.

Commercial service scenarios are semi-structured scenarios that require human-computer interaction, environmental adaptation, and long-term stable operation in scenarios such as tour guides and shopping guides. Magic Atom's tour and shopping guide solutions have been implemented in many projects such as the Wuxi Yangtze River Delta Beidou Space Information Digital Industry Demonstration Park and the Wuxi Low-altitude Economic Operation Exhibition Center; the unmanned store solution has also been implemented on a regular basis in Wuxi Airport, Plaza 66, Huishan Ancient Town, and Shenzhen Gankeng Ancient Town.

Special scenarios further push the system capabilities to the limit and are its ultimate tests. High-risk environments such as mining prospecting, power inspection, and chemical monitoring put forward more stringent requirements for all-terrain adaptation, high load capacity, and stable operation capabilities in dangerous environments. Here, any shortcomings between ontology, control, perception and execution are magnified. The quadruped robot Magic Dog Y1 can replace humans to complete data collection in dangerous environments, freeing humans from high-risk operations.

Industrial, commercial, special and other scenarios use seemingly scattered scenarios, but ultimately serve the same thing: increasing scene density, accumulating real data, and improving system reusability.

Why is Magic Atom revalued by capital?

Observing the current industry climate of China's embodied intelligence is more like revisiting the early development of the autonomous driving track from 2015 to 2019. Initially, capital was keen on the grand narrative of the industry. Just as concepts such as L4 and Robotaxi were pursued back then, hot money initially also flocked to single-point technological breakthroughs. Because a single technological breakthrough can amplify industry optimism.

However, as it truly advances towards commercialization, industry rules emerge: the path of autonomous driving that has been fully experienced by "algorithm breakthroughs igniting expectations – parallel competition among multiple routes – hot money chasing head narratives – commercialization forcing technological convergence", embodied intelligence is going through again.

The investment logic quickly moves from the conceptual level to the closed-loop scenario. Investors are no longer satisfied with demo code, but are beginning to ask about the cost of a single machine, the success rate of real deployment, and the number of complete machines delivered.

At the stage of commercialization, software and hardware collaboration, system integration, responsibility boundaries, supply chain cooperation and scenario closed loop have become new sticking points.

At this time, the tens of billions-level industrial ecological fund and 500 million yuan in financing settled by Magic Atom happened to be in line with the pace of industry revaluation.

If ontologies, models, data, and scenarios are scattered among different vendors, commercial delivery will face extremely high communication losses. A robot made a grasping error in the workshop, resulting in a decline in yield, and the customer was unable to identify the root cause. Enterprises cannot open the underlying interfaces without reservation, which directly locks the upper limit of system capabilities.

In order to break the fragmented state of the industry in its early stages, Magic Atomic chose capital links to integrate the industrial chain, and settled tens of billions of ecological funds in Wuxi. Through the "Venus Plan" of "investment + incubation", it clearly invested funds in upstream and downstream links such as algorithms, computing power, core components and end execution tools.

The financing promoted at the same time is essentially reserving strategic ammunition for the subsequent large-scale mass production. Looking at the list of Magic Atom’s investors in this round: SkyWorks Venture Capital Fund, Top Group, Golden Rain Bogor, Suda Tiangong, Jiechuang Intelligent, Aistar, Liang Venture Capital… it shows a clear demand for industrial synergy.

From this point of view, the next stage of competition in embodied intelligence is not necessarily about who can achieve the ultimate in a certain ability first, but who can first truly turn ontology, models, data, and scenarios into a self-reinforcing system.

A single breakthrough can bring a temporary lead, but it is the system's capabilities that determine long-term value. After the robots enter the real scene, the competition is not only parameters and demonstration effects, but also stability, collaboration and continuous iteration capabilities.

In this sense, Magic Atom’s dual-line financing and fundraising is not just a capital event, but more like the market’s early bet on the “complete path school”. This bet is not on the explosion of a single point of capability, but on the closed-loop capability of the system. This is a path that is heavier, slower, but also harder to copy.

The real watershed of embodied intelligence may begin here.

On the evening of January 25, 2026, Huang Ying's "It's time for Ying to go – 2026 Music Concert" hosted by Yuanwang Technology came to a successful conclusion in a warm and cheerful atmosphere. This performance, which has the dual meaning of a birthday celebration and a music feast, lasted for more than two hours. It not only brought fans 16 song interpretations of different styles, wonderful interactive sessions and heart-warming blessings, but also connected Huang Ying's growth trajectory from her debut on the "Quick Girl" stage to the present, allowing "Yingshanhong" to witness the perseverance and transformation of a singer in her singing. Li Sheng and Li Yitong helped out as surprise guests and sang classics such as "Last Night Wind Tonight" and "Please Fall in Love with Me Like This" with Huang Ying. For Huang Ying, this performance is "not the end, but a new starting point."

The original intention is as solid as rock: the spiritual charm of folk songs is always present, and the first singing of new songs conveys the glimmer of light

At 18:00 that night, as the lights dimmed, the pilot film "It's Time for Ying to Go" slowly played on the big screen. Huang Ying took the stage in the dark and kicked off the performance with a powerful song "Beyond the Thorns, the Whole Sea of ​​Flowers". This new song, the only "early audio-visual version" in the world, is exclusively sung for the birthday party. Her gratitude to fans and persistence in chasing dreams are integrated into every lyric. The official sound source was also launched online after the birthday party, giving the "Azaleas" the most precious birthday benefits. Immediately afterwards, "Don't Panic When the Sun Goes Down and There's Moonlight" soothes anxiety with a gentle and healing melody, while "Flower of Inheritance" highlights cultural heritage. The three songs are sung in succession, from a sea of ​​thorns and flowers to spiritual comfort and cultural inheritance, quickly pushing the atmosphere of the scene to a climax.

As a talented singer who came out of the audition stage, Huang Ying's singing has always carried a unique mountain spirit, and folk songs are her signature label. At this concert, she presented a trilogy of Chinese-style songs "Ji Jian Shan", "Crazy Dream" and "Chan Wu", which perfectly blended traditional charm with modern music elements. The blessing of Chinese drums during the performance of "Ji Jian Shan" made the stage full of classical tension. The finale of the classic song "Azalea" instantly awakened the collective memory of the audience. In Huang Ying's clear and resonant voice, the audience stood up to sing the chorus. Time seemed to go back to when she first appeared on the stage. Her original intention has not changed and her feelings remain the same.

Friends walking together: Time tempers tacit understanding, and the two-way journey warms people's hearts

This carnival is also a "reunion of old friends". Huang Ying and Li Sheng, who met in a variety show more than ten years ago and exchanged contact information with each other's phone numbers, once again sang "Last Night Tonight" on the same stage. The tacit performance was ridiculed by the host Sun Xizhi as "a live version certified by long-time friends". From text messages and phone calls in the pre-WeChat era, to fighting side by side on the stage of "Sister Lang", to the warm chorus at this birthday party, the friendship between the two has become more mellow over time. Li Sheng also sent the most sincere blessings and expressed the most sincere expectations between old friends.

The appearance of another surprise guest, Li Yitong, injected more youthful vitality into the performance. The two sang "Please Fall in Love with Me Like This", which was full of sweetness. The bubble machine on the stage complemented the cheerful melody. Li Yitong's blessing of "as free and easy as the mountain breeze, as dazzling as azalea" not only fits Huang Ying's musical temperament, but also demonstrates the sympathy between the new generation of singers and their predecessors. "Go Away", sung by three people on the same stage, ignited the audience with its high-spirited melody, and the whole audience sang in chorus, vividly interpreting the theme of "departure".

Going both ways: Fans’ companionship provides confidence, and heart-warming interactions show true love

The companionship of the "Yingshanhong" people is Huang Ying's greatest confidence in persisting in her music dream. This carnival has multiple interactive links, making this two-way emotion even stronger. During the Truth or Dare session, Huang Ying randomly selected fans to ask questions and shared her feelings without reservation; Sister Lang's stage songs such as "If the Moon Has Not Come Yet" and "Big Mountain" were instantly recognized, showing the deep bond between fans and singers. The Polaroid autograph bonus session brought the lively atmosphere to its peak. Many lucky fans received autographed photos, and fans also sent their blessings, which was simple and sincere.

During the performance, two VCR clips brought tears to the eyes. "Huang Ying's Classic Debut Stage Review" took the audience to relive her transformation from a young newcomer to a mature singer, and every stage moment witnessed her growth and persistence; "Huang Ying's Daily Sharing" VCR allowed the audience to see her true and lovely personality off the stage, and the birthday blessing VCR recorded by friends off-site conveyed her feelings across mountains and seas, filling the scene with warmth. Huang Ying said frankly on stage: "This year has not been easy. It is your support along the way that gives me the courage to continue singing." This frankness and gratitude made many fans at the scene burst into tears.

A new journey begins: 2026 is full of energy and we look forward to reaching new heights on our music journey.

During the Talking session, Huang Ying shared her new plan for 2026. She said emotionally: "Every rain is made by you with me; every sun is lit by you!" The short words are full of gratitude to the fans and expectations for the future. In the subsequent dance solo session, Huang Ying showed off her versatile side, and her agile dancing won applause from the audience, making people look forward to her future diverse stages. The encore song "Hope You Are Loved by the World" brings a successful conclusion to this musical journey with a gentle melody, and also conveys her best wishes to the world and fans.

From her stunning performance of "Azalea" on the Kuainu stage in 2009 to her solo music concert today, Huang Ying has been on the music road for more than ten years. In her singing, there is the purity of the mountains, the persistence to pursue dreams, the gratitude to her fans, and the love for life. This "It's Time to Go" 2026 Music Concert is not only a birthday celebration, but also a review of original aspirations and the beginning of a new journey. As the theme of the concert says, 2026 has just begun. With the love and support of "Azalea", the expectations of old friends and her own persistence, Huang Ying will continue to bravely set off on the road of music, climb higher mountains, bring more high-quality works to the audience, and write a new chapter of her music.

State Grid Corporation of China resolutely implements the decisions and arrangements of the Party Central Committee and the State Council on stabilizing growth and expanding investment, and continues to regard expanding effective investment as a key task in business development. On the basis of achieving a "fast start" in January, the State Grid Corporation of China took advantage of the momentum in February to accelerate the construction of power grids at all levels, and fixed asset investment achieved "acceleration". Statistics show that from January to February, a total of 75.7 billion yuan of fixed asset investment was completed, a year-on-year increase of 80.6%. The basic support of the power grid and the pulling effect of investment were significant.

The 1000 kV Yanwei high-voltage AC power transmission and transformation project under construction

Since the beginning of the year, State Grid Corporation of China has coordinated safety, quality and progress, vigorously promoted the construction of UHV and main grids, implemented a number of production technology transformation and distribution network infrastructure projects, continued to optimize the backbone power grid, ensured reliable power supply, accelerated the comprehensive green transformation, and injected strong impetus into high-quality economic and social development.

We will build strong projects such as ultra-high voltage and pumped storage energy. The "eight intersections and four direct lines" UHV projects under construction by State Grid Corporation of China and related flexible mutual aid projects, as well as 37 pumped storage power station projects, are progressing as planned. The State Grid Corporation of China has made advance plans for work resumption before and after the Spring Festival. From February 24, it dispatched a supervision team to the front line to carry out special supervision, supervise the comprehensive implementation of the "Five Basic Conditions for Resumption of Work" and standardized resumption procedures on site, and strictly carry out comprehensive capability assessments of work teams to ensure that all projects can resume work and production as soon as possible safely and efficiently.

Employees of Jiangsu Provincial Power Transmission and Transformation Co., Ltd. connect voltage transformers and arresters at the site of Yancheng Gaorong 500 kV power transmission and transformation project

The construction of power transmission and transformation projects from 35 kV to 750 kV has been steadily advanced and achieved phased results. State Grid Corporation of China has deepened the operation of hierarchical and classified management and escalation control mechanisms for projects, promoted the orderly approval and construction of projects, scientifically arranged project progress plans, and strived to achieve a balanced rhythm of tasks. In February, the Qujiang pumped storage 500 kV transmission project in Zhejiang and the main transformer expansion project of Fule 500 kV substation in Sichuan were put into operation. The 500 kV power transmission and transformation project of Aqi Beifeng Collection Station in Chifeng, East Mongolia and the 500 kV power transmission and transformation project in Xingbei, Hebei are being accelerated as planned.

In terms of power grid production technical transformation and distribution network infrastructure projects, State Grid Corporation of China plans overall arrangements for the year, strictly implements the work plan, implements classified policies to efficiently promote key links such as project procurement, construction, and settlement, promotes project progress in an orderly manner, and drives coordinated development of the entire chain and industry. As of March 6, State Grid Corporation of China has started 160,000 power grid production technology transformation and distribution network infrastructure projects, with a total investment of 33.73 billion yuan completed, a year-on-year increase of more than 150%.

State Grid Xinyuan Jiangxi Fengxin pumped storage power station upper reservoir construction area

The State Grid Corporation of China will conscientiously implement the spirit of the National Two Sessions, coordinate the annual investment plan, continue to accelerate the construction of power grids, give full play to the leading role of the industrial chain, effectively ensure national energy security, serve the green and low-carbon transformation, and provide dynamic support for achieving a good start in the "15th Five-Year Plan".

With the improvement of living standards and the enhancement of health awareness, consumers' requirements for the quality of milk powder are no longer limited to deliciousness and nutrition, but have also risen to the ultimate pursuit of targeted nutritional supplements for milk powder categories. Camel milk and its products are favored for being rich in nutrients such as high vitamin C, iron content and insulin-like factors. Camel milk powder using raw camel milk as the main raw material is known as the "gold in milk" and has become the new favorite of many middle-aged and elderly consumers. On February 8, 2026, the one-year buffer period of the "National Food Safety Standard Milk Powder and Modulated Milk Powder" (GB 19644-2024), known as the new national standard for milk powder, ended. In order to further understand the current situation of the camel milk market, a reporter from Beijing Business Daily conducted an early investigation of camel milk powder on the e-commerce platform and found that chaos still occurs frequently in the market despite the surge in demand, and the industry urgently needs to strengthen supervision.

The "fourth" number in the ingredient list

Original imported, drinkable desert "gold" exclusively for the Sheikh of Dubai…

On the eve of "March 15", a reporter from Beijing Business Daily searched for "camel milk powder" on an e-commerce platform. The various slogans were dazzling. The investigation found that an e-commerce platform was flooded with a large number of "wrong" camel milk powder, ranging from tens to hundreds of yuan.

In a store called "Tuobao Food Flagship Store", the best-selling "Selenium-rich Probiotic Camel Milk Nutritional Powder" is priced at 88 yuan/can for a 1kg can, and as low as 59 yuan/can for a 3-can pack. At present, the product has sold over 10,000 yuan online, ranking fourth on the best-selling list of camel milk powder. Also at the top of the list is another product in its store, "Calcium Probiotic Camel Milk Nutritional Powder", which has sold more than 30,000 orders.

On the packaging of the "Tuobao" product, there is a pattern of a Bactrian camel printed on it. At first glance, it looks like "Camel Milk Powder", but if you look closely at the small words next to it, you can see that the product category is "Sports Nutritional Food (Energy Supplement)". In the comment area, many consumers bought it as camel milk powder.

"Camel milk nutritional powder", what is the content of camel milk powder? A reporter from Beijing Business Daily learned that the first three ingredients in this product are whey powder, milk-containing base powder, and isomalto-oligosaccharide, and the fourth is full-fat camel milk powder.

According to the "National Food Safety Standard Milk Powder and Modulated Milk Powder" (GB 19644-2024), which was officially implemented on February 8, 2025, "raw cow (goat) milk" in the definition of raw materials was expanded to "raw milk". Milk powder produced by specialty dairy animals such as yak milk, camel milk, donkey milk, and horse milk is also included in the national standard system. It stipulates that the prepared milk powder must use a single variety of raw milk or dairy products as the main raw material, and other added raw materials must not contain other types of dairy products, and the milk solids content from the main raw materials should not be less than 70%. It is questionable whether the proportion of whole-fat camel milk powder in the ingredient list of the above-mentioned "Tuobao" product reaches the standard.

The store selling "Tuobao" calls itself the "Xinjiang Genuine Official Flagship Store." A Beijing Business Daily reporter opened the store's industrial and commercial qualifications and showed that its operator is "Guangzhou Debolai Biotechnology Co., Ltd." Tianyancha shows that the company was established in 2017 and is an enterprise mainly engaged in technology promotion and application services. In fact, a "Xinjiang Desert Tuobao Brand Management Co., Ltd." registered by the controller was canceled in 2025 after the company showed "abnormal operations."

A reporter from Beijing Business Daily also found that the phenomenon of "camel treasure" is not an isolated case and is more common in imported camel milk powder. For example, in the DNG overseas flagship store, a 430g can of "DHA probiotic selenium-enriched full-fat camel milk powder" claimed to be imported from the United States costs 131.94 yuan.

A Beijing Business Daily reporter asked the store’s customer service staff and learned that the main ingredient of the product is full-fat camel milk powder, accounting for 38%, followed by desalted whey powder and concentrated whey protein powder, accounting for 15% and 13% respectively. The above three main ingredients account for 66%. DNG customer service staff said, “Desalted whey powder and concentrated whey protein powder are extracted from milk.” According to the "National Food Safety Standard Milk Powder and Modulated Milk Powder" (GB 19644-2024), camel milk powder must use raw camel milk as a "single milk source" as the main raw material, and other added raw materials must not include other types of dairy products. However, the desalted whey powder and concentrated whey protein powder in the ingredient list of the above products come from cow milk, which is inconsistent with the national standard definition of "single milk source".

According to the official website of DNG (Deanjian), it was founded in Hong Kong, China and is committed to developing into a large-scale modern health brand integrating innovation and scientific research. DNG is a well-known brand in dietary nutritional supplements in the Asia-Pacific region. It has a series of products such as NMN, hirudin, ginsenoside, artemisinin, and human immunoglobulin. In other words, camel milk powder may not be DNG’s strongest area.

Regarding the above issues, a reporter from Beijing Business Daily sent an interview letter to DNG via email, but had not received a reply as of press time.

The universal "niche milk" in the live broadcast room

In recent years, "niche milk" represented by camel milk has become a hot item, with various slogans on various social platforms, e-commerce platforms, and live broadcast platforms, and many consumers have been deceived.

In March 2025, consumers complained about the camel milk of "Gu Zhanggui" on the Black Cat Complaint Platform. "Food is sold as health care products, and health care products are sold as medicines. The efficacy of the products is exaggerated, the ingredients of the products are unknown, and the prices are inflated, misleading consumers."

A reporter from Beijing Business Daily opened Gu Zhanggui's live broadcast room and found that it was suspected of having obvious propaganda effects. It used abbreviations such as "sugar", "pressure" and "fat", and words such as "free of effort" and "insomnia", implying that it is suitable for people with "three highs" and "low immunity". Some products sold in the live broadcast room exceeded 100,000 pieces.

Shopkeeper Gu claimed that “camel milk products have ranked first in sales for three consecutive years,” but a reporter from Beijing Business Daily opened the store’s industrial and commercial qualifications and showed that its company name is “Zhengzhou Tutuge Food Co., Ltd.” Tianyancha shows that the company was established in 2026.

Public information shows that camel milk powder is a dairy product made from camel milk. It is rich in high-quality protein, calcium, iron and a variety of active ingredients, which helps enhance immunity. It also contains unique lactoferrin and lysozyme. Its nutritional value is higher than ordinary milk powder, and it is known as the "gold in milk."

Regarding the claim that camel milk powder can cure the "three highs", Zhong Kai, director of the Kexin Food and Health Information Exchange Center, believes that camel milk powder only has high content of some ingredients, is easy to absorb, and has no special nutrients.

A senior nutrition industry expert also told a Beijing Business Daily reporter, "The ingredients of camel milk powder will have a lower lactose content, which is more suitable for people who are lactose intolerant and need to control sugar. In addition, its fats are mostly unsaturated fatty acids, which are relatively healthy. But it is just that these nutrients are more suitable for (the above-mentioned people), not that it can be treated."

Some research reports also warn about the consumption of camel milk powder. High protein intake may increase the burden on the kidneys and cause gastrointestinal discomfort such as bloating and diarrhea. In addition, people allergic to camel milk should not consume it.

Low price that cannot withstand scrutiny

As the country strengthens supervision of milk powder and prepared milk powder, the implementation of old national standards such as "GB 19640", the camel milk content in ingredients is less than 70%, or the inclusion of whey protein powder/oat powder as the main ingredient has become a typical camel milk powder marketing chaos. Under the clear requirements of the new national standard, some businesses still choose to take risks.

"Due to the low yield of camel milk, it is almost an open secret in the industry to mix camel milk ingredients with cow milk ingredients, or add whey powder, milk-containing base powder, etc. to pass it off as pure camel milk powder." A Yuan (pseudonym), an industry insider with eight years of experience, hit the nail on the head. There are two types of camel milk powder, one is pure camel milk powder or raw camel milk powder, which means that the ingredient list is 100% organic raw camel milk without adding any other substances, so you can basically buy it with confidence; the other is formula camel milk powder, also called modulated camel milk powder, which is the easiest to confuse.

Song Liang, a senior dairy industry analyst, told a Beijing Business Daily reporter, "In recent years, the camel milk market has been very chaotic and full of fake and shoddy products. Unscrupulous traders use various methods to sell inferior camel milk powder."

In 2022, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations counted that there were about 20 million camels in the world, producing only 5.4 million tons of milk every year, most of which was consumed by young camels. In China, camels are mainly free-range or semi-free-range. The breeding cycle is long, and the market demand is far greater than the number that breeding ranches can supply. The annual and quarterly product sales, amounts and growth rates promoted by some dairy companies are seriously inconsistent with the scale and output of breeding.

Taking domestic adult milk powder as an example, the price of 800g is 70-80 yuan/can, while the price of imported adult milk powder is 100-160 yuan/can. In contrast, Original Gold, which is known as "the number one in camel milk sales in the country", sells a 330g prepared camel milk powder for as high as 338 yuan per can. Camel milk powder costing tens of yuan often comes with consumption traps.

Song Liang did some calculations for a Beijing Business Daily reporter: The cost of camel milk powder includes raw material fees, processing fees, packaging fees, transportation fees, etc. Under normal circumstances, 8kg of fresh camel milk can produce 1kg of camel milk powder. Based on the average price of 1kg of fresh camel milk in 2024 (summer production is high and the price is low, winter production is low and the price is high), the cost of 1kg of camel milk powder is about 304 yuan. The processing fee for camel milk powder is about 6,000-8,000 yuan/ton. Including packaging, transportation and other costs, the cost of a 330g can of camel milk powder is 150-200 yuan.

Another milk powder practitioner also calculated that a 330g can of prepared camel milk powder may cost tens of yuan based on 30% full-fat camel milk powder.

Tu Panyue, a lawyer at Shanghai Guangming (Hefei) Law Firm, said that camel milk powder is essentially an ordinary nutritional dairy product. Its nutritional content can only provide dietary supplements for specific groups of people. It has no role in disease prevention, improvement, or treatment, and cannot be equated to health products or medicines. There is currently no authoritative medical data proving that its nutritional value is significantly different from that of cow or goat milk. Therefore, we should be cautious as to whether it contains ingredients suitable for special groups such as the third-highest level.

Tu Panyue said that according to relevant laws and regulations such as the Advertising Law of the People's Republic of China, the Regulations for the Implementation of the Food Safety Law of the People's Republic of China, ordinary foods (including prepared camel milk powder) that have not obtained the "Blue Hat" certification of health food must not claim or imply that they have health care functions, let alone disease prevention and treatment effects, nor may they express or imply that the product has disease-improving effects through expressions such as "suitable for people with three highs", "improving osteoporosis", "regulating the spleen and stomach", etc. This is an obvious act of advertising and false propaganda. At the same time, some products confuse the concepts of "modulated camel milk powder" and "pure camel milk powder", exaggerate the ingredient content, fabricate nutritional benefits, and even pass other milk powder as camel milk powder and falsely label the content. This is not only suspected of false propaganda, but also involves product quality fraud, seriously infringing on the legitimate rights and interests of consumers.

Tu Panyue believes that whether it is traditional cow milk powder or camel milk powder, the core value is to supplement daily nutrition, rather than to be a "magic medicine". The root cause of some market chaos is that some businesses take advantage of consumers' health anxiety to carry out illegal propaganda, which must be strictly supervised. For ordinary consumers, they need to look for the new national standards when purchasing and make rational purchases.

"Before the country issued relevant standards, the chaos in the industry was even more serious. Now, although there are standards, the intensity of supervision is still limited, resulting in frequent chaos. With the continued attention and supervision of all parties, it may accelerate the development of the entire industry towards standardization, specialization, and branding." said Zhu Danpeng, an analyst in China's food industry.

On March 8, as the last group of viewers reluctantly left the exhibition hall of the Shanghai Art Museum (China Art Palace), "The New Life – Centenary Exhibition of Guangdong Art" officially came to an end. This art feast, which will last for nearly five months starting from October 18, 2025, presents a "visible century-old history of Guangdong art" to audiences in Shanghai and across the country, and also connects the cultural dialogue between Shanghai and Guangdong that has lasted for a century. The Shanghai Station has set a record for the exhibition's largest exhibition scale, largest number of visitors, and widest communication influence over the years. It has received a total of more than 550,000 visitors, held more than 100 diversified public education activities, and the entire network has exceeded 1.018 billion. It has become a high-profile event in Shanghai's cultural and art circles recently.

A historic handshake between two pioneers, an artistic dialogue spanning a century

As an important event of the 24th China Shanghai International Arts Festival "Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Culture Week", "The New Life – Centenary Exhibition of Guangdong Art" is guided by the Propaganda Department of the Guangdong Provincial Party Committee, the Guangdong Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism, and the Guangdong Provincial Federation of Literary and Art Circles, and co-sponsored by the Guangdong Museum of Art, the Shanghai Art Museum, and the Guangdong Artists Association. The exhibition lasted for 141 days, opening in the final year of the "14th Five-Year Plan", extending to the beginning of the "15th Five-Year Plan", and closing during the National Two Sessions in 2026. This phenomenal exhibition injected strong cultural momentum into this period of inheriting the past and ushering in the future, and also provided a clear answer to "focusing on promoting the common prosperity of people's spiritual life."

The exhibition brings together about 800 pieces/sets of Guangdong fine arts, with an exhibition area of ​​nearly 20,000 square meters. It is the first time that the essence of Guangdong fine arts has appeared on such a grand scale in Shanghai. The exhibition landed in Shanghai, which contains profound cultural and contemporary significance. As the first two major cities in China to open up, Shanghai and Guangdong share a common maritime cultural gene and an open and inclusive spirit. They have always echoed and empowered each other in the process of modern social transformation. In this exhibition, Shanghai-style culture and Lingnan culture have achieved a collision and integration that spans centuries.

From the "Two High School and One Chen" founders of "The Truth Pictorial" and the Aesthetic Library in Shanghai in 1912, to the Centenary Exhibition of Guangdong Art blooming on the banks of the Huangpu River, the artistic exchanges between Shanghai and Guangdong have lasted for more than a century. Shanghai has an open mind to accommodate all rivers and rivers, providing development space for all kinds of artistic practices, and welcoming cultural waters from all over the world with an open attitude. Shanghai-style art has also achieved self-transcendence through constant blending and collision.

The grand exhibition “The New Life” has landed in Shanghai. It is not only a cultural return that spans a century, but also a handshake again between the two forerunners of modern Chinese culture. It is an affectionate look back at the two paths of Chinese art’s transformation from tradition to modernity in the new era. This cross-regional artistic dialogue allows the innovative spirit of Lingnan and the inclusive temperament of the Shanghai style to nourish each other, becoming a vivid example of the symbiosis and co-prosperity of regional cultures in the modernization process of Chinese art, and providing valuable inspiration for the contemporary transformation and development of Chinese art.

Visible century-old art history, a "cultural aircraft carrier" level art event

Since its opening, the exhibition has continued to attract a large number of Shanghai residents, art lovers, teachers and students from professional colleges, and visitors from the Yangtze River Delta region. According to statistics, the exhibition received a total of more than 550,000 visitors during the exhibition period. Many visitors came from all over the country, including Hangzhou, Nanjing, and Suzhou, to see the classics of Lingnan art. According to Chen Xiang, vice chairman of the Shanghai Artists Association, the exhibition has set many "bests" among Guangdong-themed exhibitions – the most complete clues, the most solid historical materials, and the most shocking space. The exhibition can be called a "cultural aircraft carrier" event in the history of cultural exchanges between Shanghai and Guangdong. It is like a majestic and colorful symphonic epic, vividly presenting the development of Guangdong art and even modern Chinese art over the past century in front of the audience.

Wang Shaoqiang, chief curator of the exhibition and director of the Guangdong Museum of Art, said: "In the selection of works, the exhibition established three dimensions: historical context, practical results, and spiritual inheritance. These works are like cultural anchors, closely connecting the narrative of Guangdong with the urban memory of Shanghai, and stimulating deep resonance among local audiences." In the exhibition hall, the audience either stopped to admire classic masterpieces, carefully read the exhibit descriptions, or exchanged impressions with their peers. The classic paintings of Gao Jianfu, Chen Shuren and Gao Qifeng, the founders of the Lingnan School of Painting; the artistic masterpieces of Lin Fengmian and Guan Liang, who have deep connections with Shanghai; the huge landscape paintings of Guan Shanyue and Li Xiongcai; the exquisite figure paintings of Yang Zhiguang and Lin Yong; and the prints of representatives of the emerging woodcut movement such as Huang Xinbo, Gu Yuan and Li Hua, have become the focus of the audience's rush to take photos. This narrative of Shanghai and Guangdong’s “Tale of Two Cities” allows the audience to appreciate Lingnan art while also re-examining the century-long dialogue and integration between Shanghai School of Art and Lingnan School of Painting. Many viewers said that it was a rare opportunity to appreciate so many representative works of Guangdong art masters at one time and they were deeply shocked.

A local Shanghai audience said emotionally during an interview: "In the past, my understanding of the Lingnan School was mainly based on books. Today, when I see these original works with my own eyes, I can truly feel the charm of 'eclectic Chinese and Western, blending ancient and modern'. Especially Mr. Guan Shanyue's "Green" "The Great Wall of Color" is majestic and unforgettable." A student from the China Academy of Art said: "The exhibition is very clear and gives our young students a systematic understanding of the century-old history of Guangdong art, which is very inspiring for our future creations."

Highly praised by professional and academic circles, and social response continues to increase

The exhibition attracted great attention from the art and academic circles in Shanghai and even the Yangtze River Delta region. Since its launch, a number of professional organizations including the Shanghai Artists Association, Shanghai Chinese Painting Academy, Shanghai Oil Painting and Sculpture Academy, Liu Haisu Art Museum, and Shanghai University Academy of Fine Arts have organized artists and researchers to visit the exhibition collectively.

During the exhibition, the social influence continued to expand, attracting great attention and follow-up reports from many mainstream media outlets in central and Shanghai. There are 5,350 pieces of relevant information on the entire network, with a cumulative influence value exceeding 1.018 billion. It constitutes a multi-level, high-intensity communication from the core art circle to the field of popular culture, pushing the issue of "Its fate is new" to a broader public opinion field.

The influence of this exhibition extends from the exhibition hall to the city's public space, integrating into the public life and iconic landscape of Shanghai. The "Light and Shadow Art Museum" lights up the banks of the Suzhou River and launches an art experiment empowered by technology. It uses digital light and shadow as the medium to interpret the exhibition's classic masterpieces, renewing the century-old charm of Lingnan Art in the blend of technology and art, creating another urban cultural check-in place for the exhibition. The presentation at six core subway stations enables the exhibition image to accompany daily commuting, reaching more than 25 million citizens and visitors, and becoming a flowing urban cultural landscape. At the same time, the exhibition was launched on the big screen of Aurora in Lujiazui, dialogue with the historical light and shadow of the Bund, and received a total of 2.4 million views and stops. The coverage of this dual space marks the transformation of the exhibition from an in-museum academic project into a cultural event that breathes the same breath as the city and is widely embedded in the public eye, achieving an effective transformation of its social influence.

Not long ago, we reported on the polls for the California gubernatorial race, which showed that two Republicans ranked in the top two, while the highest ranking of Democrats was only in third place (for details, click: California is expected to flip! Latest poll: Republican candidates lead the pack).

In less than a month, the latest polls show that Democratic candidate Eric Swalwell, who was originally ranked third, "quickly" surpassed him and became the top candidate in the polls.

This is a joint survey report by Emerson College Polling and Inside California Politics.

The poll was conducted among 1,000 registered voters from March 7 to 9 and has a margin of error of plus or minus 3%. The survey showed that Swalwell's approval rating rose 3 percentage points from 14% in mid-February, while Hilton's approval rating fell from 17% to 13%. Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco (Republican) ranked third with 11.4%.

Billionaire Democratic activist Tom Steyer is close behind at 11%. Former Rep. Katie Porter (D)'s approval rating fell to 8.4% from nearly 10% in February. Other well-known Democrats such as San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan, former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and former Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra all have approval ratings around 3%.

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24.5% of voters are still undecided to vote

Spencer Kimball, executive director of Emerson College Polling, analyzed: "In the past month, Representative Swalwell's support among Democratic voters has increased from 23% to 27%, and Tom Steyer has also increased from 12% to 16% among this group." Among independent voters, 39% are undecided, and 12% support Swalwell and Hilton respectively; Republican voters are divided, with Bianco winning 34% and Hilton 38%. Overall, 24.5% of voters are still undecided on their voting intentions, making the situation before the June 2 primary election confusing.

According to California election rules, the two candidates with the highest votes (regardless of party affiliation) will enter the November general election to compete to replace Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom when his term expires.

Swalwell is a congressman representing the eastern district of the San Francisco Bay Area. He was a member of the House Intelligence Committee. He was removed from the House Intelligence Committee because his girlfriend was suspected of being a spy. His campaign slogan is "anti-Trump."

Billionaire Hilton, a conservative commentator, once led the February poll with 17%, but has recently declined. Bianco appealed to conservative voters, especially in the Inland Empire, with his tough law enforcement and anti-Sacramento stance.

The California gubernatorial election adopts a non-partisan primary system. Candidates from any party can run, and the top two candidates advance to the runoff. This mechanism is intended to promote moderates, but the current divisions within the Democratic Party and the relative concentration of the Republican Party may amplify unintended consequences.

I wonder what everyone would choose?