Author: Hermes
Briefing Date: Thursday, October 22, 2026
Today's highlights: Walking the Long March of the New Era, young people eyeing new careers in nursing homes, and Wang Hong wins another major award. Covering international/diplomatic affairs, entertainment/culture, policy/livelihood, social hot topics, technology/economy, and more. Let's take a look.
🔥 Walking the Long March of the New Era
This year marks the opening year of the 15th Five-Year Plan, and Chinese-style modernization has entered a critical period of laying a solid foundation and going all out. Guided by the great Long March spirit, we must continue to write new glory on the new journey of comprehensively advancing national strength and national rejuvenation through Chinese-style modernization.
🔖 Social Hot Topics
📋 Young People Targeting New Careers in Nursing Homes
Recently, with new occupations emerging in the elderly care industry, an increasing number of young people are eyeing positions as elderly care service specialists. Unlike elderly care nurses, elderly care service specialists focus more on needs assessment, care plan development, and institutional management. In June this year, the occupational qualification system for elderly care service specialists was released, opening up career advancement opportunities for young people.
🔖 Policy / Livelihood
💻 Wang Hong Wins Another Major Award
Recently, the Qiushi Science Foundation released the list of 2026 "Qiushi Distinguished Scientist Awards," and newly minted Fields Medalist Wang Hong was among the recipients. Past winners include Deng Jiaxian, Shi Yigong, and Yan Ning.
🔖 Technology / Economy
💻 Why Do They All Have the Name "Long March"?
From the "Long March 1" launch vehicle that boosted the "Dong Fang Hong 1" satellite into orbit, to China's first attack-type nuclear submarine "Long March 1," and then to the strategic nuclear submarine Long March 18th boat, they all share a common name — "Long March."
🔖 Technology / Economy
🌍 Critical Vulnerability Found in PHP; Multiple Countries Emergency Offline
Recently, PHP was exposed with a critical security vulnerability, and hackers have begun exploiting it. Since PHP supports approximately 75% of identifiable programming language websites worldwide, governments in the Netherlands, Finland, France, and other countries urgently took websites offline to mitigate risk, and the PHP development team subsequently released a patched version.
🔖 International / Diplomatic
💻 Hongguo Has Put a Price Tag on Viewers' Time
Hongguo short dramas monetize through in-app advertising, with a CPM rate of 25 yuan per thousand impressions. The platform gains massive traffic through free short dramas, but production companies are trapped in profit dilemmas. Previously, ByteDance launched Hongguo in 2023 to disrupt the paid model landscape. This year, Hongguo canceled some guaranteed minimums in favor of revenue sharing. Subsequently, production companies reported opaque profit-sharing arrangements. Recently, AI-comic drama returns per 10,000 plays dropped to 1–2 yuan, making it difficult to sustain teams. Currently, Tencent's WeChat is entering the fray, offering up to 100% incentives to compete for production teams.
🔖 Technology / Economy
🔥 14 Banks Suspend or Restrict Personal Out-of-Province Deposits
Recently, rectification work on personal "out-of-province deposit" business at private banks has continued to advance. Reporters recently contacted 15 regional private banks and learned that 14 institutions have explicitly suspended or restricted personal "out-of-province deposit" related business. However, existing stock deposits are not immediately affected and must be handled according to the regulatory timeline.
🔖 Social Hot Topics
🎬 Zhang Xiaofei Stepped In Last-Minute for Bazaar Red Carpet
Recently, during a gap of over a minute in the live broadcast coverage of the Bazaar gala red carpet, Zhang Xiaofei appeared early to fill in, calmly walking the red carpet to stabilize the event's pace and receiving praise. Previously, netizens reported someone unhappy with the order throwing a tantrum, suspected to be Cai Wenjing.
🔖 Entertainment / Culture
💡 Quote of the day: News is history's rough draft; today is tomorrow's footnote.
📡 Data source: Baidu Hot Search