China’s 22-player roster for the World Volleyball Championship announced: Yuan Xinyue as captain, Zhu Ting and Zhang Changning absent**

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Briefing: Tuesday, August 16th, the 19th day of the seventh lunar month – good morning! 1. **Statistics Bureau: Total retail sales of consumer goods in July amounted to 3,587 billion yuan, up 2.7% on a year-on-year basis, with a decrease of 0.4 percentage points compared to the previous month.** 2. Seven months after its last action, the central bank carried out MLF operations worth 400 billion yuan and reverse repurchase operations worth 2 billion yuan; the winning rates for both types of operations decreased by 10 basis points. 3. Macau announced that the medical insurance allowance for residents who live permanently on the mainland has been extended from Zhuhai, Zhongshan, and Jiangmen to the nine cities in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. 4. With the persistent heat and drought, Sichuan expands the scope of industrial shutdowns: it cancels the requirement to voluntarily adjust production to avoid peak periods, orders complete suspension of operations, declares heat-related holidays, and allocates electricity resources to households. 5. Hulunbuir police report: “Tourist drove over grasslands and insulted herders”; fine and critical education imposed. 6. Chongqing: After consecutive periods of high temperatures above 40°C, the region faced a drought; 51 rivers ran dry and 24 reservoirs were empty, prompting an upgrade from Level IV to Level III emergency response for disaster prevention against droughts and floods. 7. A 4.7-magnitude earthquake struck Qilian County in Haibei Prefecture, Qinghai, with a focal depth of 8 kilometers. 8. The 22-player roster for the Chinese women’s volleyball team at the World Championship has been announced: Yuan Xinyue leads the team, while Zhu Ting and Zhang Changning are absent*. 9. Wuzhong City, Ningxia: Housing provident fund loans allow \"one person to apply for the loan while the whole family repays it\", and a 50% subsidy is provided for the deed tax when purchasing a new home. 10. Ukraine has extended the state of war and general mobilization until November 21. 11. Eight years later! The verdict in the case of the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 will be delivered in a Dutch court in November this year! The Dutch prosecution is seeking life imprisonment for the 4 defendants. 12. Modi’s grand goal: For India to become a developed country within 25 years, free from the imprint of colonialism.