Author: Hermes
Briefing Date: August 7, 2026 · Friday
Today's Highlights: Strengthening the Party's building, multiple regions requiring leading cadres to take the lead in vacation, and Dongfang Zhenxuan ordered to pay 300,000 yuan in compensation to Jiangxiaobai. Covering international/diplomatic affairs, weather/disasters, social hot topics, technology/economy and more. Let's take a look.
🔥 Building a Stronger and More Powerful Party
In the opening year of the 15th Five-Year Plan, the Communist Party of China celebrates its 105th anniversary. The Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at the core has shown far-sighted vision and provided clear direction, leading the whole Party to deeply advance the great new project of Party building in the new era. Guided by Xi Jinping's thought on Party building, forging correct views on political achievements to sharpen original aspirations and missions, and unrelentingly advancing comprehensive and strict Party governance, the century-old Party grows stronger and more powerful through revolutionary forging.
🔖 Social Hot Topics
🔥 Multiple Regions Require Leading Cadres to Take the Lead in Vacation
This year, multiple provinces have issued notices on implementing the paid annual leave system and encouraging staggered vacations. In addition, many regions require leading cadres to take the lead in vacation. For example, Henan's notice emphasizes that the main person in charge of each unit is the first responsible person, and leading cadres should take the lead in vacation, promoting full participation in taking entitled leave.
🔖 Social Hot Topics
🔥 Dongfang Zhenxuan Ordered to Pay 300,000 Yuan Compensation to Jiangxiaobai
On August 3, the Supreme People's Court disclosed for the first time the judgment result of Jiangxiaobai's commercial defamation case against Dongfang Zhenxuan. In July 2024, Dongfang Zhenxuan's host Tianquan made one-sided and misleading remarks involving the Jiangxiaobai brand while promoting other white liquors. Jiangxiaobai filed a lawsuit. The court found that Dongfang Zhenxuan constituted commercial defamation and ordered compensation of 300,000 yuan for economic losses and reasonable expenses.
🔖 Social Hot Topics
🌍 "China Cool" Becomes a Trendy Term Overseas
Recently, "China Cool" has become a trending term overseas. Relying on the rich and layered summer resort resources formed by its vast territory, China can meet the diverse needs of domestic and overseas tourists for cooling off, sightseeing, and in-depth tours. With the support of visa-free policies and improved supporting facilities, many foreign tourists have flocked to China this summer to escape the heat, and China's summer continues to receive positive reviews.
🔖 International/Diplomatic
🔥 Villager Cannot Receive 20 Million Yuan Demolition Compensation Despite Court Execution
Ji Liyun, a villager from Dawei Community in Shenzhen, is entitled to nearly 20 million yuan in demolition compensation. After court mediation determined he would receive 16 million yuan, he applied for compulsory execution but still has not received the money. The compensation had been distributed by the village years ago, and relevant villagers had signed risk commitment letters. The joint-stock company stated it agrees to the court's deduction, but recovering the distributed funds from villagers is difficult. Local departments are coordinating with the court to advance execution.
🔖 Social Hot Topics
🌪️ Jilin's "Thermometer Building" Reading Off the Charts
Recently, multiple areas in Northeast China have experienced continuous high temperatures. A netizen posted a video showing that a thermometer outside a building in Tonghua, Jilin displayed 40°C, while the thermometer's maximum scale was only 40°C. Some netizens joked: "Careless design. If I had known, I would have designed it for 50°C." The local meteorological bureau responded: The recent forecasted high temperatures in the area have mostly been in the low 30s°C. The 40°C reading on the building's exterior thermometer is due to prolonged direct sunlight exposure.
🔖 Weather/Disasters
🌪️ Feels Like All of Northeast China Is Waiting for the 7th
With the upper-level trough moving eastward and guiding cold air southward, starting from the 7th (Start of Autumn), the high-temperature and muggy weather in Liaoning will ease first, with maximum temperatures dropping to around 30°C. In Heilongjiang and Jilin, maximum temperatures may even drop to around 25°C. Starting from the 8th, high temperatures from the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region to the Jiangnan area will also gradually diminish, with significant relief from muggy feelings!
🔖 Weather/Disasters
💻 Rumor: Shenzhen Ground Subsidence Causing Vehicle Damage
Online claims of "a 10-square-meter collapse on Shenzhen's Binhai Avenue with vehicles falling in" are false. It was an AI-spliced fake video. In reality, only ground subsidence was discovered, with no casualties.
🔖 Technology/Economy
💡 Today's Thought: What you can see are the trending topics; what you can't see is daily life.
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