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Sunday, May 1st: Happy Labor Day to everyone! Wishing you good health, a happy life. Sharing updates from Safety Think Tank: 1. In April, China’s manufacturing PMI continued to decline, reaching 47.4%, down 2.1 percentage points from the previous month – the lowest level in over a year. 2. China has achieved one-stop sea launch of carrier rockets for the first time! The Long March 11 rocket successfully launched the Jilin-1 high-resolution satellite series, raising the number of Jilin-1 satellites in orbit to 46. 3. Henan reduces the price of COVID-19 nucleic acid testing again: 4 yuan per person for pooled testing. 4. Collapse of a self-built house in Changsha, Hunan: Preliminary investigations indicate that 23 people are trapped and 39 are missing; 5 trapped individuals have been rescued. 5. Guangzhou’s first batch of autonomous (L4 level) bus services for public use have officially started passenger testing. 6. Dazhou, Sichuan: Families with two or three children who purchase a second new home can have it considered as their first home. 7. Suizhou and Huangshi in Hubei: A 50% deed tax subsidy is provided for the purchase of eligible new homes ； Zhuzhou, Hunan: A housing subsidy of 10,000 yuan is provided for first-time home buyers, along with a 50% discount on the deed tax ； Shangrao, Jiangxi: Subsidies are available for purchasing new homes, with a minimum down payment of 20% for the first home. 8. Taiwan reported 15,033 new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases, exceeding 10,000 for the third consecutive day. 9. German Finance Minister: Refusal to pay for Russian gas in rubles. 10. SpaceX launched 53 Starlink satellites; the rocket’s recovery and reuse cycle is 21 days. 11. Russian space company: Has made a decision regarding the timing of its withdrawal from the International Space Station project. 12. Russia announced the successful launch of the Angara-1.2 rocket, which placed a military satellite into its intended orbit. [Thoughts] Human wisdom is limited; a person cannot know everything, and even the little that others know, they cannot comprehend in its entirety. --Rousseau