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Create2024 Baidu AI Developer Conference: 1 basic model series and 3 AI development tools to help everyone be a developer.

On April 16th, Baidu held the Create 2024 Baidu AI Developer Conference. Many guests including Li Yanhong, founder, chairman and CEO of Baidu, gave speeches on the stage and shared the latest technological progress of Baidu in the AI field with developers all over the world.

Everyone is a developer.

Li Yanhong, founder, chairman and CEO of Baidu, delivered a speech on the topic of "Everyone is a developer", which brought a powerful basic model series and three AI development tools to developers around the world, and formed a toolbox to support developers to pack and take away. Li Yanhong said that in the future, natural language will become a new general programming language. As long as you can speak, you can become a developer and change the world with your creativity.

Powerful basic model series, that is, Wenxin big model series, include: flagship versions of ERNIE3.5 and 4.0, and lightweight versions of ERNIE Speed, Lite, Tiny, etc. At the scene, Li Yanhong also officially released the tool version of Wenxin Big Model 4.0. Since ERNIE Bot was released more than a year ago, the number of users has exceeded 200 million. At present, Wenxin Big Model has become the most advanced and widely used AI basic model in China.

Three "out-of-the-box" AI development tools, including AgentBuilder, AI native application development tool AppBuilder, and ModelBuilder of various sizes. Li Yanhong said, "Today, you can make an AI application without writing code; You can make an agent without programming. "

In terms of specific ideas for developing AI native applications, Li Yanhong pointed out that MoE, small model and agent are three directions worthy of attention. "This is what Baidu has paid for by stepping on countless pits and paying high tuition fees according to the practice of the past year."

Speaking of open source and closed source, Li Yanhong emphasized, "Everyone used to think that open source is cheap. In fact, in the big model scenario, open source is the most expensive. So the open source model will become more and more backward. "

In addition to developing tools, Li Yanhong also brought financial and resource support to developers. At the conference site, Li Yanhong announced that the second "Wenxin Cup" Entrepreneurship Competition was officially launched, recruiting entrepreneurial innovation teams in the direction of AI native application for global markets and college students, and setting up a "special award". He said, "Particularly excellent projects will have the opportunity to get 50 million yuan in cash and resources support."

New progress of Wenxin big model: agent, code and multi-model

Wang Haifeng, chief technology officer of Baidu, gave a speech on the topic of "Building the Foundation with Technology, Brilliant Milky Way", and interpreted the key technologies and latest progress of many large-scale models of Wenxin, such as agent, code and multi-model. Wang Haifeng said that agent is an important development direction, which will bring more applications. Based on the basic model, the agent further carries out thinking enhancement training, including supervised fine tuning of thinking process, preference learning of behavior decision-making, and enhanced learning of result reflection, and then gets the thinking model. The thinking model of an agent, like a human being, can read the instructions, learn how to use tools, and then call tools to complete tasks.

From the trillion-dollar training data, Wenxin Big Model not only learned the ability of natural language, but also learned the ability of code, and opened up the process from thinking to execution. Based on these two capabilities of Wenxin Big Model, Baidu developed a code agent and an intelligent code assistant. Wang Haifeng said: "The code agent allows everyone to do what only programmers can do before, and everyone can become a programmer; Intelligent code assistants help professional programmers to write better code more efficiently, which can be said to be programmers’ AI peers. "

Wang Haifeng also shared the multi-model technology. He said that the effect, efficiency and cost are very important in the process of large-scale model application. In practical application, it is necessary to choose the most suitable model from the needs of the scene. On the one hand, it is efficient and low-cost model production; On the other hand, it is multi-model reasoning.

The sustained and rapid evolution of Wenxin model benefits from Baidu’s full-stack layout of chips, frameworks, models and applications, especially the joint optimization of the flying paddle deep learning platform and Wenxin. The weekly average training efficiency of Wenxin Big Model reached 98.8%, which was 5.1 times higher than that when it was released by ERNIE Bot a year ago, and the reasoning efficiency was 105 times. Up to now, Flying Paddle Wenxin Ecology has gathered 12.95 million developers, served 244,000 enterprises and institutions, and created 895,000 models based on Flying Paddle and Wenxin.

Released by Baidu AI Cloud

Wanyuan, a New Generation Intelligent Computing Operating System

Shen Yao, executive vice president of Baidu Group and president of Baidu AI Cloud Business Group, officially released Wanyuan, a new generation of intelligent computing operating system. By abstracting and encapsulating the intelligent computing platform in the AI native era, it shielded the complexity of cloud native system and heterogeneous computing power for users and improved the efficiency and experience of AI native application development.

Shen Shayi said that with the continuous evolution of large-scale model technology, programming through natural language is becoming a reality. Programming will no longer be process-oriented or object-oriented, but demand-oriented; The process of programming will become a process for developers to express their wishes and bring revolutionary changes to the operating system. In the kernel of the operating system, the underlying hardware has changed from CPU-based computing power to GPU-based computing power, and the world knowledge compressed by large models has been added. The object of operating system management has undergone essential changes, from managing processes and micro-services to managing intelligence.

"The traditional cloud computing system is still important, but it is no longer the protagonist. We need a brand-new operating system to abstract and encapsulate the new computing platform, that is, intelligent computing, and redefine human-computer interaction to provide developers with a simpler and smoother development experience." Shen Yao said.

All along, Baidu and Intel have maintained close cooperation in infrastructure, providing customers with mature solutions in the cloud, edge and end. Chen Baoli, vice president of Intel Data Center and Artificial Intelligence Group and general manager of China, said that AI is one of the core strategies of Intel’s development, and the company is currently integrating AI into its overall product portfolio. Baidu is one of Intel’s important partners. In the original era of AI, we look forward to the cooperation between Baidu and Intel, which will bring the positive impact of intelligent computing to thousands of industries.

Agent: Creating the Original Future of AI

He Junjie, senior vice president of Baidu Group and general manager of Baidu Mobile Ecological Business Group, delivered a keynote speech on "Agent: Creating the Original Future of AI". He Junjie said that agents will reshape the way people interact with technology and bring new application ecology, traffic pattern and business model. Baidu mobile ecology is not only a hot spot for the growth of large-scale model applications, but also the head of the wave of agents. No matter users, customers or ecological partners, they can share the low-threshold, multi-scenario and high-value agent ecology in Baidu Mobile Ecology.

He Junjie said that at the user level, Baidu Mobile Ecology is committed to creating a "super agent available to everyone". He showed the new progress of Baidu New Library and ERNIE Bot APP on the spot; At the customer level, business agents, smart broadcast stars, etc. are becoming the standard and infrastructure of commercial operations; On the ecological level, AgentBuilder is committed to making everyone an agent developer and a platform that everyone can develop, operate and benefit.

In addition, Baidu ecological platforms such as Baidu search, maps, and post bars can also access the capabilities of agents, allowing developers to obtain real traffic support.

"agent ecology is not a’ one-man show’ of big players, but a’ chorus’ of the whole people." He Junjie said that Baidu Mobile Ecology always adheres to the principle of "making applications, building capabilities and building ecology", so that every ordinary person can become a developer and every developer can become a creator. Baidu welcomes all enterprises, developers and ecological partners to jointly seize the new opportunities brought by agents and open up the next golden age of traffic.

A small launch of the world’s first AI native operating system DuerOS X.

Super brain was officially launched.

Li Ying, vice president of Baidu Group and CEO of Xiaodu Technology, officially released DuerOS X, a new generation operating system, which is the world’s first AI native operating system based on Baidu Wenxin model. Li Ying said: "As an important and large-scale landing scene of the model, the degree of AI intelligence helps lead the AI native application to a new height." Different from the past, as the world’s first AI native operating system, DuerOS X has completely subverted the old model of the traditional "human adaptation system" and truly achieved end-to-end "connecting users’ intentions and tasks". This innovation has greatly expanded the boundaries of the operating system.

At the Create AI conference, Li Yanhong, founder, chairman and CEO of Baidu, interacted with Xiaodian Tian AI tablet robot equipped with DuerOS X. Through several rounds of dialogue, Xiaodi can not only clearly arrange complex schedules, but also express his language more vividly. Not only is it smarter, more capable and more understanding of users, but it can also provide users with emotional companionship value, and it will truly become a more useful and soulful AI partner that everyone can have.

2024, as the first year of AI native application, the launch of DuerOS X is not only a small-scale extreme brain change, but also a subversive innovative application of the big model. In the future, Xiaodi will bring more people a convenient, comfortable and technological life experience through continuous exploration and breaking the ceiling of intelligent ability, improve people’s quality of life, and truly let AI enter thousands of industries and thousands of households.

"AI is setting off a creative revolution. Developing applications in the future is as simple as shooting a short video. Everyone is a developer and everyone is a creator." Li Yanhong said. Just as the theme of Baidu World 2023 is "Creating the Future", at the end of the speech, Li Yanhong said that today, everyone can become a developer, and the future will certainly be a future created by developers together.

A sidewalk green belt occupying a blind road in Nanning was cut into several sections and the department responded.

Many green belts cut a blind road into multiple sections. Photo by our reporter Li Zhaoqi

  (Reporter Li Zhaoqi) "There are many green belts on the blind road, and the blind road is divided into many sections. Can such blind roads still play a role?" A few days ago, Mr. Dong, who lives in Nanning Economic and Technological Development Zone, told this newspaper that the blind road on the sidewalk of Guokai Avenue in Economic Development Zone is quite strange, and questioned whether it is reasonable for the green belt on the sidewalk to "occupy" the blind road.

  At noon on November 2, the reporter came to the Qinzhou intersection of Guokai Avenue in Economic Development Zone, and walked from the sidewalk next to the bus stop at the intersection from east to west. There was a blind road on the sidewalk, but just after walking for a while, I saw a green belt built on the blind road. The green belt was five or six meters long and cut off the blind road. Going on, there is another green belt on the blind road, which is repeated alternately, making the blind road unable to penetrate.

  After on-site visit, the green belt and blind road on the sidewalk in this section are about 100 meters in total. "Such a blind road is not only impossible for blind people to walk, but also difficult for normal people to pass." Mr. Zhang, a citizen who lives near Guokai Avenue, said that the design of this sidewalk is unreasonable. Is there a blind road or a green belt first? Why should blind roads and green belts be mixed together?

  On November 2, the reporter reported the situation to the Economic Development Zone Urban Management Bureau about the construction of green belts on the blind road at Qinzhou intersection of Guokai Avenue. On the 5th, the staff of the other party replied that they had sent people to the site to check and found that there was indeed a situation that the green belt affected the normal function of the blind road on the sidewalk of this section of the road. Since the road has not been handed over to the urban management department at present, the problem has been handed over to the project owner, who is required to make statistics on the road surface in this area, and then make a plan for rectification, and it can only be handed over after the rectification requirements are met.

The Climbers issued a mission edition to announce that Jason Wu was appointed to climb for the country in danger.

 1905 movie network news On September 6, the film released the "Mission" version of the preview. In the trailer, Jason Wu, Zhang Ziyi, Zhang Yi, Jing Bo Ran, Hugh and other China mountaineering teams launched a sprint and challenge to the summit of Mount Everest. Although the road encountered sudden natural disasters such as avalanches and strong winds, the climbing team still fought with flesh and blood and dangers to defend the country’s territory and sovereignty to the death. This time, producer Tsui Hark and director Li Rengang once again joined forces to create an audio-visual feast of the wonders of the oriental snow area with the help of the top visual effects in the industry. The film will be released nationwide on September 30th this year.


Fang Wuzhou returned to mountaineering training camp


The "mission" version of the preview reveals that the climbing alliance shoulders love and faith.


A few days ago, the movie The Climbers released a trailer for the "Mission" version. At the beginning of the trailer, the question "Why do people climb mountains" led to the ultimate mission of "China people should climb their own mountains". The film The Climbers story is adapted from the true historical fact that the China mountaineering team climbed Mount Everest twice, which shows the feat that the China mountaineering team achieved the first summit of Mount Everest from the northern slope. At the critical moment of the territorial sovereignty dispute of Mount Everest, two generations of climbing teams shouldered the heavy responsibility of reaching the top of Mount Everest and surveyed the "China Height" belonging to China people.


Through the study and understanding of historical background materials in the early stage, Jason Wu, the starring actor, could not help but sigh with emotion: "The heroic deeds and spirit of the predecessors of the China mountaineering team in 60 and 75 have also become the driving force for us to encounter various problems and difficulties in shooting, which made me deeply understand the hardships of China climbers and stop at the top of the mountain." As Zhang Ziyi, who plays meteorologist Xu Ying in the film, on the one hand, she has to assist the mountaineering team to pay attention to the weather warning, and on the other hand, she is concerned about Fang Wuzhou’s climbing action. She said: "Xu Ying joined the mountaineering team after studying abroad and devoted himself to the research of high-altitude meteorology. On the one hand, she made contributions to the motherland, and at the same time she wanted to accompany Fang Wuzhou and contribute to his safe return." As a member of the 60-year climbing team in the film, Zhang Yi also said: "When everyone climbs Mount Everest together, they give their lives to each other. This purest friendship between comrades is unimaginable to ordinary people."


Li Guoliang volunteered to lead a team to climb the mountain.


The crisis of climbing the peak is imminent, and the wonders of the eastern snow area are beginning to show their true colors.


In the trailer released this time, Fang Wuzhou (Jason Wu) lifts his teammates, Xu Ying (Zhang Ziyi) conveys meteorological information to the climbers against the snow, Qu Songlin (Zhang Yi) collides with Fang Wuzhou, Li Guoliang (Jing Bo Ran) slides down from the snow-capped mountain rapidly, and Yang Guang (Hugh) crosses the ice crack, etc., showing the dangers and difficulties of China mountaineering team in the process of reaching the top of Mount Everest.


The films directed by producer Tsui Hark and director Li Rengang in the past have made their own achievements in visual effects production, which often make the audience feel refreshed. This time, the two men once again joined forces to create The Climbers, which will refresh the scale of their previous works in terms of production specifications and shooting difficulty. Producer Xu Ke said: "In order to restore the magnificent wonders of Mount Everest, we will use the top visual effects in the industry to create a snowy wonder with oriental colors." Director Li Rengang also said: "The proportion of snow-capped mountains in the film is very large. Many shots need the help of computer special effects, combined with the shots taken in the real scene of Mount Everest and a large number of aerial photography materials, to restore the wonders of the world’s highest peak in the snowy area and create an immersive reality for the audience."


The film The Climbers is produced by Tsui Hark and Zeng Peishan, written and directed by Li Rengang, written by Alai, starring Jason Wu, Zhang Ziyi, Zhang Yi, Jing Bo Ran, Hugh, Wang Jingchun, He Lin, Chen Long, Liu Xiaofeng, Qu Nitsering, Lavang Rob and Dobujie, with Jackie Chan as a friend. The film will be released nationwide on September 30th.


The brand-new Toyota Willanda, with this "weapon", is simply

For a new car that has just been put on sale, it is easy to be accompanied by a slow sales growth period. This is because the consumer market is used to judging whether a car is good or not according to the feedback of the first batch of cars. However, what we want to say today is that this car has simply achieved a monthly sales volume of 10,000 vehicles since it first entered the market six months ago, and it has rapidly grown into the main force of market segmentation sales. That is Toyota, a small SUV—— of GAC Toyota sold at a price of 171,800 yuan.

Highlights: infotainment three-screen linkage

We often hear about infotainment systems through the introduction of various automobile products. What Zhixing systems and Zhilian systems are currently in this range? The hardware supporting it is actually divided into information and entertainment.

Among the hardware of Wilanda provided by GAC Toyota, the 7.0-inch color TFT multi-function information display screen, that is, the LCD in the instrument panel, is mainly the hardware that provides real-time vehicle condition information. More importantly, GAC Toyota provides a HUD head-up display system which is rare in this kind of joint venture products, and the display area provided by the windshield reaches 10.0 inches, which makes the whole driving process safer.

In terms of entertainment, Toyota will provide a 10.1-inch touch screen to match Toyota’s central location in Willanda. In addition to providing multimedia support, it can also fully enjoy Toyota’s smart connection, and integrate mobile phone connection, voice recognition control, panoramic image (with 8 parking car radars), driver assistance system and other functions, so that young drivers can get full driving entertainment support in the car while meeting the needs of family cars, making the car more interesting.

For other configurations, we can also see the rearview mirror in the multi-function streaming media in the wedding carriage. This technology can only be found in high-end brands such as BBA and Land Rover.

Highlights: TTS Zhixing Security Suite

In the past, domestic consumers were very envious of Toyota in overseas markets, especially in terms of safety. From passive safety centered on airbags to stability control of VSC body, traction control of TRC and active safety with BA brake assistance, many standard equipment realized the title of "the safest brand" of Toyota.

Now, this high-standard basic safety has entered the domestic Toyota market through TSS Zhixing safety suit. Needless to say, GAC Toyota has mastered this "weapon" for Virada.

Thanks to the addition of TSS Zhixing safety suit, seven SRS airbags including knee airbags are installed on the double-shoulder bag. Not only that, but also through the subdivided model, the Wilda family has obtained advanced auxiliary operation systems, including AHB automatic headlight adjustment, LTA lane tracking assistance, PCS pre-collision, etc. Simply put, the Wilda family can get advanced functions such as adaptive distance light, automatic and car, and full-speed adaptive cruise through different configuration standards.

Highlights: Two sets of powertrains

Power car has always been a big selling point of Toyota. GAC Toyota has made Willand people have a high level of power through excellent quality control.

In the fuel version, Wilanda is equipped with a 2.0L naturally aspirated engine with a speed of 171Ps/209Nm. Compared with the small displacement turbines exchanged by many manufacturers at present, the biggest advantage of this M20C type 2.0L automatic aspirator is that it can maintain the excellent linear output advantage at different speeds without affecting the turbine delay. In dynamic operation, this advantage is further manifested by a very flat CVT continuously variable transmission, and the start-up and mid-range acceleration become more active.

The exhaust volume of the naturally aspirated engine carried by the double Aubrey version of Wilanda Shuang Sheng rises to 2.5L, which, in cooperation with the front motor, brings the comprehensive maximum power of 160kW(218Ps) to the vehicle. In cooperation with the peak torque of the engine itself of 221Nm, the output of Wilanda duet is also good compared with the competing products with turbochargers.

More importantly, with the help of E-CVT’s stepless speed change and electric motor, Wilanda’s double-assist control of fuel consumption has reached the extreme. Aside from official data, in the survey of our certified car owners, Wilanda has reduced the measured comprehensive fuel consumption by 5.1L/100km, becoming a well-deserved "fuel-saving king" in this level of market.

The Willanda family has three different drive systems, including E-Four. They not only keep Willanda and Willanda stable and efficient in the city, but also have certain survival ability in the wild.

The appraisal is the last time.

Willand of GAC Toyota only saw three bright spots, which almost covered the core competitiveness of household SUVs. If it has a high safety level of the same level, Wilanda is smart, interesting and happy to drive, which can save money. Do you like this compact SUV?

The 22-year-old female teacher was killed by the "old man music" and accelerated the retreat of the "old man music" all over the country.

Yesterday, #22-year-old female teacher was killed by a 70-year-old man driving an old man # on a hot search.

According to "Urban Report" of Henan TV Station, on December 18th, 22-year-old Xiao Chan was a female teacher who had just worked for one year. She was excellent in both character and learning since she was a child. Because she bought food once, her life stopped in a traffic accident on November 20th forever.

"The sky at home seems to have collapsed," Xiao Chan’s father said. Xiao Chan was knocked down by an old man’s music. After being hit, Xiao Chan was dragged for several meters because the car didn’t stop. Finally, the chassis girder of the car is pressed against Xiao Chan’s head.

The perpetrator is Li, who is in his 70 s. The road traffic accident certificate shows that Li violated three regulations and took full responsibility for the accident.

Xiao Chan’s parents said that after the accident, they didn’t see the party who caused the accident, but with the help of the traffic police department, they met the family of the old man Li, and there was no progress in the on-site negotiation. After that, there was no news, and Li’s family did not come to express their apologies.

The reporter and Xiao Chan’s family found Li’s daughter. Li’s daughter said that she knew that he had a disease, but there was nothing at ordinary times, so she asked her father to drive. The reporter asked the other party what his attitude was to this matter, and Li’s daughter said, "I am very sorry about this."

The other party said that her father was not at home, and she couldn’t do anything about it. She lied that she took the reporter and Xiao Chan’s family to find her father Li, but she fled directly on an electric car.

According to China Xiaokang. com, illegal electric three-wheeled and four-wheeled vehicles will be completely banned from January 1, 2024. Not only Beijing, but also all parts of the country are accelerating the retreat of "Old Man Le".

As early as 2017, a statistical data released by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology showed that there were 830,000 traffic accidents involving low-speed electric vehicles in five years, resulting in 18,000 deaths and 186,000 injuries.

According to the Beijing Evening News, in 2022, there were 131 traffic accidents involving illegal electric tricycles and wagons in Beijing, with 138 deaths.

On April 12, the Beijing Municipal Traffic Management Bureau once again stressed that since January 1, 2024, illegal electric three-wheeled and four-wheeled vehicles are not allowed to drive on the road, and they are not allowed to park in public places such as roads, squares and parking lots. Any of these vehicles illegally driving or parking on the road will be investigated and dealt with by the police according to law.

In addition, Jiangsu, Anhui and other places have also begun to strictly control the "old man music" in different ways this year.

Yang Zhongyang, a commentator on the Economic Daily, said that on the one hand, car owners need to be guided to fully understand the potential risks. Compared with cars that are legally on the road, "Laotoule" is a typical "three noes" product. On the surface, the purchase price of "Lao Toule" is low, and it can be "won" for 10 to 20 thousand yuan, and there is no need to buy insurance, which can be described as low cost and convenient to use. The problem is that most of these cars are shoddy, and they are generally designed with narrow body, light chassis and high body. The stability of the vehicles is poor and they are easy to float and tilt during driving. At the same time, due to the low strength of the car body, there is no anti-collision and energy-absorbing structure outside and front and rear, there is no seat belt, airbag and child seat interface inside, and the vehicle has not passed the crash test before leaving the factory, so the safety performance can not be guaranteed at all. What’s even more worrying is that some "Lao Toule" are modified at will in use, and there are problems such as high voltage, excessive power and no short circuit protection, which may easily lead to charging fire or vehicle spontaneous combustion.

On the other hand, it is necessary to strengthen the replacement of travel demand after the owner loses the "old man music". It is undeniable that "Old Man Le" has solved many families’ worries about the "last mile" trip, but this should not be the reason why it refuses or even resists the relevant departments to deal with illegal electric three-and four-wheeled vehicles. Traffic efficiency and public safety are a big system. Although "Old Man Music" is reasonable for many families, it will disturb the urban operation order and effective management if it is left unchecked.

Netizens said that the production, use and use of old people’s music should be banned.

Game bacteria: it is not right for the old man to be happy on the road. Start from the source and prohibit production and use!

Dakai: It is also risky for the elderly to ride this kind of car on the road.

Brave old man: if you can’t get on the road legally, you shouldn’t produce and sell it.

Cheng Chengcheng has always been your sister: this kind of car is everywhere in the small county, and it is also the one who doesn’t obey the traffic rules.

The 2010 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, Physics and Chemistry was announced.

October 4th: The 2010 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine is announced. 

Karolinska Medical College in Sweden announced on the 4th that it will award the 2010 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine to robert edwards, a British physiologist, in recognition of his pioneering contribution in the field of in vitro fertilization technology.

This year’s unveiling ceremony was held in the "Nobel Hall" of Karolinska Medical College as usual, and the hall with a capacity of 200 people was as packed as in previous years. Goran Hanson, Secretary General of the Nobel Prize Selection Committee, first announced the winner’s name-robert edwards.

Hanson said that the in vitro fertilization technology created by Edwards solved an important medical problem, that is, treating a variety of infertility through in vitro fertilization.

Krister Hegg, a professor at Karolinska Medical College and a judge of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, said that about 10% of couples in the world suffer from infertility, which brings pain and trauma to these families. The curative effect of simple drug therapy on many infertility is very limited, but all this has been solved with the emergence of in vitro fertilization technology. In vitro fertilization is a safe and effective method, and about 20% to 30% of fertilized eggs in vitro can eventually develop into fetuses. Follow-up research shows that there is no difference in health between children born by in vitro fertilization technology and those born naturally.

Edwards was born in Manchester, England in 1925. After World War II, he studied biology at the University of Wales and the University of Edinburgh, and received his doctorate in 1955. In 1958, he began to work in the British National Medical Research Center and began his research on the process of human conception. In 1960s, Edwards and Patrick steptoe jointly established the world’s first in vitro fertilization research center.

In vitro fertilization (IVF) technology is also called IVF technology. On July 25th, 1978, the first IVF in the world was born. In the next few years, Edwards and his colleagues further improved this technology and promoted it to the whole world. At present, about 4 million people around the world have been born through in vitro fertilization, and many of them have given birth to the next generation through natural means.

Edwards will receive a prize of 10 million Swedish kronor (about 1.46 million US dollars).

Biography of robert edwards 
   Robert edwards is now a professor at Cambridge University in England, and is known as the "father of IVF". He was born in Manchester, England in 1925 and served in the military during World War II. After the war, Edwards studied biology at the University of Wales and the University of Edinburgh, England, and received his Ph.D. in biology in 1955. His doctoral thesis was about the research on cultivating embryos in laboratory mice.

In 1958, Edwards entered the British Medical Research Institute and began his research in the field of reproductive medicine. Since 1963, Edwards has been working in Cambridge University, and together with Patrick steptoe, he has developed in vitro fertilization technology, that is, IVF technology. Based on this technology, the world’s first test-tube baby Louise Joy Brown was born in 1978. Subsequently, Edwards and steptoe jointly founded the world’s first in vitro fertilization research center-Bernhall Reproductive Medicine Center. Edwards has been the director of the research department of the center for many years, and also served as the editor-in-chief of several influential publications in the field of reproductive medicine.

Before winning this year’s Nobel Prize, robert edwards had received many honors. In 2001, the "father of IVF" won the Albert Lasker Medical Research Award, and more than half of the winners of this award won the Nobel Prize.

Robert edwards’s profile photo in Cambridge, England (photo taken on July 12th, 2008). Xinhua News Agency/AFP

Taking stock of the new retail price dispute of "moving mountains and tug of war" in 2023, the "hour-reaching" is hot.

The "price war" triggered by a durian layer reveals the ultimate "involution" of the new retail track. Behind the "price war" is the competition between supply chain and commodity chain.

Since the beginning of this year, with the promotion of policies, instant retailing has entered the fast lane. It used to be "the next day" and "half-day", but now the distribution efficiency of major e-commerce platforms has evolved to "hourly". In order to catch up with this express train, the traditional Shangchao department store has also continued to overweight, and both online and offline efforts have been made to broaden its business model and sales channels.

Keywords: price war

At the end of July this year, Box Horse offered a "moving mountain price", which was on the verge of a "price war" with Sam member stores. Box Horse reduced the price of some of the same goods in Sam, and Sam also bit the price and adjusted the price. Some representative commodities have experienced a decline of 30% to 40%.

In August, when Box Horse introduced 99 yuan durian Melaleuca, the price of Sam durian Melaleuca was reduced from 128 yuan to 98.9 yuan. Then the box horse dropped to 89 yuan, and Sam was transferred to 1 yuan, which was lower than the box horse. In the end, Box Horse reduced its price to 79 yuan and Sam to 85 yuan.

The "war" started from a durian thousand-layer cake continued to spread. Almost at the same time, the US Mission quietly launched a tug-of-war price for buying vegetables. A box of hemp potatoes cost 14.3 yuan, which is cheaper than a box of horses in 0.6 yuan. RT Mart launched a "no noise price" and launched 10.9 yuan/box of hemp potatoes and 9.9 yuan /10 flowers and other commodities.

Some people think that it is foreseeable that in the pursuit of cost-effective consumption trend, having stable and low-cost supply sources will undoubtedly increase the competitive advantage of platforms and brands, and the "price war" competition will eventually be the competition between supply chains and commodity chains.

Keywords: Hours of arrival

At the beginning of this year, Document No.1 of the Central Committee clearly stated for the first time that "new modes such as joint distribution and instant retail should be vigorously developed". In July, the notice of the general offices (offices) of 13 departments, including the Ministry of Commerce, on printing and distributing the "Three-year Action Plan for Comprehensively Promoting the Construction of a Quarter-hour Convenient Living Circle in Cities (2023-2025)" showed that it supported the development of online and offline instant retail mode, empowered physical stores and expanded the service radius. According to the data released by the Ministry of Commerce at the end of September, in 2022, the number of instant retail orders exceeded 40 billion, and the market size reached 504.286 billion yuan. It is expected that the scale will triple again in 2025.

At the national level, the development of instant retail is encouraged to accelerate the industry into the fast lane. In this context, major e-commerce platforms and even traditional supermarkets and department stores continue to exert their strength.

In March this year, Taobao released a notice about adding the "hourly service specification of Taobao", and Taobao plans to add the "hourly service specification", which will take effect on March 31. At the end of March, Boxma Xiansheng announced that it would expand its coverage and provide "one-hour service" for areas 3-5 kilometers away from the store. In September, JD.COM released the strategy for 2024 when he arrived home, which mentioned that he would focus on all categories, "hourly delivery" and platformization, and the user scale of JD.COM’s "hourly delivery" service would increase by over 50% within three years. In October, Tik Tok platform added an independent entrance of "Hour Reach", and users can search for "Hour Reach" on Tik Tok to go to the corresponding page. Tik Tok’s "Hour Reach" cooperative businesses include local stores such as Yonghui Supermarket, Dingdong Shopping, wu mart and Qixian Supermarket.

During the period of double 11, Intime Department Store, Chongqing Department Store, Youa Shares, Kaide MALL and other physical department stores have launched various types of shopping card group purchase and theme live broadcast activities in Meituan and Public Comment, and cooperated with live broadcast platforms and third-party distribution. Some people think that the local Shangchao brand has a solid local word-of-mouth and store network, and with the help of the local retail platform, it can further improve the conversion efficiency of goods from planting grass to buying. In the future, the cooperation between Shangchao and the retail platform is expected to become the new normal of digital operation of local Shangchao.

Keywords: discount snacks

Discount snacks have become the "top stream" of the retail industry this year. In September, Wanchen Group announced the merger of its brands "Laiyoupin", "Haoxianglai", "Yadi Yadi" and "Lu Xiaochan", and the unified brand after the merger was "Haoxianglai brand snacks". According to its official website, up to now, Haoxianglai has more than 5,000 stores nationwide, and it is rapidly expanding at the rate of adding 500 stores every month. It is planned to become the first brand with 10,000 stores in the industry by the end of 2024. In October, Hunan "Love Snacks" announced the holding of Shaanxi "Snack Bubble", which is the third acquisition of "Love Snacks" this year; In the same period, the "Snack Cabin" strategy integrated all the stores of the Guangdong brand "Snacks" and announced that the number of stores exceeded 600. In November, Zhao Yiming Snacks and Busy Snacks, two domestic brands of discount snacks, officially announced a strategic merger, with more than 6,500 stores after the merger.

Under the trend of cost-effective consumption, the county has become the main expansion area of snack sales. The person in charge of snacks in Zhao Yiming once revealed to the media that more than 2,800 county-level administrative regions in China have provided enough market space for brands to realize the chain scale of ten thousand stores.

Some people think that the discount trend of snack chain channels is becoming more and more obvious. However, at present, the business models of many snack brands in China are almost the same, and the snack discount industry is still in fierce competition. Snack discount brands need to explore more advanced business models to increase competition barriers.

Beijing News reporter Yu Guigui

Editor Wang Lin

Proofread Liu Jun

Rapid growth of Sichuan’s foreign trade   Last year, the import and export volume of goods trade increased by 19%

The reporter learned from the first press conference of Chengdu Customs in 2021 that in 2020, the import and export volume of goods trade in Sichuan reached an all-time high, breaking through the 800 billion yuan mark for the first time, with a year-on-year increase of 19%.

According to customs statistics, in 2020, the total import and export value of goods trade in Sichuan was 808.19 billion yuan, ranking eighth in the country, with an increase of 19% compared with 2019, and the growth rate ranked second in the country. Among them, exports were 465.43 billion yuan, an increase of 19.2%; Imports reached 342.76 billion yuan, an increase of 18.8%. In the same period, the national import and export of goods increased by 1.9%, of which exports increased by 4% and imports decreased by 0.7%.

Pan Xudong, Director of Statistics and Analysis Department of Chengdu Customs, said that there are three main reasons for the rapid growth of Sichuan’s foreign trade: first, the "house economy" products have promoted the rapid growth of exports; second, the constantly released market demand has provided strong support for expanding imports; and third, the high-level open platform has played an obvious role.

According to reports, while the scale of Sichuan’s foreign trade reached a record high in 2020, the high-quality development of foreign trade also made positive progress, mainly in three aspects: first, the new kinetic energy of foreign trade was significantly enhanced, second, the trade market was more diversified, and third, the import of people’s livelihood consumer products increased rapidly.  (Reporter   Wang Mingfeng)

Paper fraud: cutting the black industrial chain

Paper fraud is an important part of academic fraud. After more than two months of investigation, the reporter broke into a number of paper fraud companies and uncovered this black industrial chain. Search online for "published papers" and you can find tens of thousands of related websites at will. By tracking these websites, the reporter found that companies that look very formal are usually hidden behind the websites.

It is not a dream that "internet plus Property" changes the traditional profit model of the industry and the property management fee is zero.


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  Property management, in your mind, is it equal to security, greening, maintenance and charging?

  The property management company only relies on these traditional businesses, with a profit rate of about 5%; While building an Internet platform and earning money by value-added services, the gross profit margin may reach 80%.

  In the Internet era, like many industries, the property management industry is also undergoing a major transformation; Unlike many industries that make money at a loss, the transformation of the property management industry has brought real money.

  Community O2O consumption is the largest potential consumer market in China. With the help of the Internet platform and community O2O consumption, the space for property management to provide value-added services has been opened, bringing new directions for industry development and new profit models. And consumers will also benefit from this transformation.

  On August 3, in a Grade A office building in the south of Chengdu, Wang Jia and his colleagues sat around the projector to discuss the production of a mobile Internet APP. This product will be launched in September, and the general manager of Sichuan Lianchuang Future Business Service Co., Ltd. is now at the busiest time.

  This company, which has been in operation for less than two months, was established by 11 property companies in the province. It is responsible for developing and operating the Internet platform for the investors to use, with the goal of improving the efficiency of basic property services and providing value-added services such as online repair and shopping.

  Getting involved in "internet plus Property" is not new in the property management industry. Looking at Sichuan, Chengdu China Resources Property "Lohas Painting" WeChat Mall opened last year; In July this year, the "Life Home" APP of Sichuan Jiabao Property, a subsidiary of Blu-ray Real Estate, was launched … Look at the whole country. At the end of July, Tencent and Evergrande announced that they would build an Internet community service platform based on their respective Internet and property management advantages.

  These indicate that the property management industry is undergoing a major transformation.

  A

  How hot is the transition

  Seven interviewed property companies in Sichuan, and six have built Internet platforms.

  Wang Jia took a piece of paper by hand, drew three parallel boxes and filled them in "Property Management Platform", "Mobile Office APP for Property Employees" and "Owner APP". "This is the architecture of (our) Internet platform." The first part is used by the management of the company for the management of human resources, finance and customer service. The second part is for employees’ use, such as viewing and issuing notices, and handling customer service requests. The third part is used by owners, which has the functions of online shopping, online repair and payment, community convenience service and so on. This platform will cover 45 properties in the province in September and will be expanded to 120 in March next year.

  Chengdu Kaili Meiyu Community has launched a similar platform. Seven or eight meters away from the entrance guard, the owner Zhang Ayi took out her mobile phone and shook it, and the iron gate opened automatically. "The next APP on the mobile phone, the community knows all the activities and notices." The mobile phone interface shows that the APP also includes online payment, photo repair, online complaint, group purchase and other functions.

  Yao Min, chairman of Sichuan Jiabao Asset Management Group Co., Ltd., the property manager of the community, said that this is the platform of the company’s Jiabao "life home" service system, which uses Internet technology to improve basic property services such as security and engineering maintenance; At the same time, it also provides value-added services such as door-to-door delivery of goods and online purchase of products from surrounding shops. The platform will be open to all cooperative property companies for free, but it will not be compatible with other platforms.

  In July, the reporter interviewed seven property companies in Sichuan successively, including Sichuan Jiabao, Vanke Property, China Resources Property, Chengdu R&F, Oufei Property, Xuhong Property and Color Life Service Group. Six of them have operated or are under construction their own independent and similar Internet platforms such as mobile APP and WeChat. An industry insider said that the cost of mainstream platforms in the industry is calculated by "10 million yuan".

  B

  What is the transformation map?

  Sword refers to the largest potential consumer market in China, improving the income of value-added services.

  It costs a lot to build an internet platform. What does the property company want?

  The answer, in a row of data. Last year, China Resources Land (Chengdu) Property Service Co., Ltd. launched WeChat Mall, providing value-added services from "low-cost fruit group purchase" to "handling auto insurance and credit loans in the community". Property is drawn from the income of cooperative businesses. At that time, the income from such value-added services accounted for 15% of the company’s total profit. The profit in the first half of this year has exceeded that of last year, and the expected proportion of annual profit has been raised to 30%.

  Pu Bin, the general manager of the company, said that the daily consumption of community owners is a potential huge profit point, but in the past, there was no internet means, and the scattered needs of owners could not be utilized.

  An industry insider believes that community O2O consumption is the largest potential consumer market in China, and it is expected that the next "BAT" (Baidu, Ali, Tencent) level giant will be born.

  Property companies are not the only ones who see this market. In China, there is a "Ding Dong Community" created by Internet companies. Recently, Changhong Group also released its smart community landing plan, which will explore cooperation with real estate enterprises and intervene in the smart community market from the front end.

  More Internet giants choose to cooperate with property companies. In addition to Tencent and Vanke holding hands, Digital China also presented a "internet plus" cooperation plan for China Resources Property Chengdu Company.

  Pu Bin believes that owners have natural "just need" such as paying property fees and repairing. Once these functions are integrated into the property online platform, owners will naturally become sticky to the platform. Property management is more likely to gain the trust of the owners, and there are also people and places close to the community. "Compared with other e-commerce, the property company has good credibility and can deliver the fruit to your door in 10 minutes. Why didn’t the owner choose us?"

  Shen Yimin, a member of the expert group of Chengdu E-commerce Enterprise Association, believes that property management companies have the most potential advantages by mastering the daily needs of owners and integrating surrounding businesses to provide products and services.

  In the first half of the year, China Resources Property WeChat Mall cooperated with merchants to sell kiwifruit, and sold more than 3,000 pieces in 40 days. Because of skipping the agency link and no rent, each piece was sold to 250 yuan, while the supermarket sold to 310 yuan.

  C

  Who benefits from transformation?

  Property companies earn money on community O2O value-added services without relying on property management fees.

  August 1, Shuangqing Road, Chengdu. Lunan, a high-rise building built in 2008, has a monthly property management fee of 2.1 yuan/square meter; Lubei is the first phase of Fantasia County, a high-rise elevator apartment built in the same year. The property management fee is 0.98 yuan/square meter per month. The relevant person in charge of Huajun Property and Chengdu Business Department of Color Life Service Group said that the company will eventually implement platform consumption points in Sichuan and fully deduct the property management fee. To earn money from community O2O value-added services-as long as the owner’s resources are mastered, the daily necessities, food, clothing, housing and transportation required by them have unlimited commercial development possibilities.

  As the first listed property company to take the lead in using the Internet platform, Color Life Service Group’s gross profit margin in the property management service sector reached 80.4% last year. Ma Cong, secretary general of the Property Committee of the Provincial Real Estate Association, said that the profit rate of traditional properties with property fees as the main source of income is only about 5%.

  The relevant person in charge of Chengdu Business Department of Color Life Service Group said that the company is positioned as a "property-based (Internet) platform operator". Li Ruihong, dean of Chongqing University Bozhong Real Estate Management Research Institute Chengdu Branch, believes that this sentence should be reversed, which is "a property company that uses the Internet platform".

  The future focus of the property: whether to be an online platform operator or an offline property service provider? In his view, the owner is not in the hands of the property management. If the service quality declines, the owner will be lost at any time, and the "cost" of competition will be lost.

  The transformation is noisy, and the quality of service is easily overlooked. The reporter saw that two-thirds of the interface of a property mobile app was covered by sales information such as "group purchase" and "selected merchants", leaving the interface of property services such as "calling customer service" and "I want to complain" very small, and only turning pages can browse all related functions.

  Wang Jia decided that the platform launched in September will not consider making money first. "Don’t take this piece too seriously in the early stage, and do a good job in customer experience. Everything that comes will come." In her eyes, the essence of the company is still a property service provider, and it cannot be deteriorated by Internet technology.

  D

  What will happen without transformation?

  The "small and scattered" state of the industry will end, and enterprises that can’t keep up may be eliminated.

  Sichuan Xuhong Property Service Company is a third-class enterprise (the lowest level) with only two property projects in its hands, and it is also the only company that has not built an internet platform in the interview. "Do it yourself, no money; If you want to cooperate with others to build a platform, others will not look up to it. " Its founder, Yang Xuhong, is a bit helpless.

  Not building an internet platform does not mean that there is no sense of transformation. Yang Xuhong searches for the trends of property giants every day, and he feels that something is coming. Last year, Fantasia Group split its property plate into Color Life Service Group, becoming the first listed property company in China. Vanke, Poly, China Shipping and other real estate giants also have plans to spin off property listings. The seven property companies in Sichuan interviewed by the reporter, except for Color Life, two others said that they were waiting in line for listing, and one said that there was a listing plan. Established for 15 years, Jiabao Property, which has been only accepting the parent company Blu-ray Real Estate, suddenly started to accept other real estate business this year; Chengdu Vanke Property has signed 17 property projects totaling 1.29 million square meters in half a year … "The more owners, the more voice they have in negotiating with merchants, and the more they can attract capital; And capital entry will enhance the ability to expand. " Yang Xuhong sighed that the industry may have to "shuffle" this year-this is the first time that commercial properties in Sichuan have gone through more than 20 years.

  Li Ruijun disagreed with the words "reshuffle" and "merger", preferring to mention "cooperation". The general manager of Chengdu Vanke Property Services Co., Ltd. made it clear that he is willing to cooperate in the form of holding and equity participation, but will not merge partners. The latter can use Vanke’s "Rui Service" property platform for free and will also receive business guidance.

  The relevant person in charge of Chengdu Business Department of Color Life Service Group also said that it will accept cooperation methods such as equity participation in the future. Vanke, Garbo and Color Life said that they did not require cooperation or the management and income scale of the acquirer.

  In Wang Jia’s view, this can’t dispel the fear of small companies. "After small companies use the giant Internet platform, the owners will gradually get used to the better and advanced services of the giants-the owners’ resources will be hollowed out unconsciously. The property management contract will last for three to five years. After the expiration, the owners’ Committee will talk directly with the giants. What about small companies? "

  Wu Qingmin, secretary-general of Chengdu Property Management Association, believes that property management enterprises that cannot keep up with the pace of transformation will face elimination. There are about 3,700 property companies in our province, most of which are small and micro enterprises. Take Chengdu as an example. Of the 2,179 property management companies, 1,809 are Grade III enterprises (the lowest level). The heads of Vanke, Garbo, China Resources and other giants all said that the current "small and scattered" state of the property industry will end, and the industry will gather day by day, forming a competitive situation of several major platforms.