Briefing: Thursday, September 8th, the 13th day of the eighth lunar month

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1. National Day holiday schedule: Holidays and adjusted working days from October 1st to 7th; work on October 8th and 9th. 2. Emergency! 301 positive cases detected in Guiyang! Another cluster outbreak of COVID-19 was reported in a middle school in Beijing. 3. The 6.8-magnitude earthquake in Luding, Sichuan, has resulted in 74 deaths and 35 people missing. 4. Sixty-two days after its release, the movie “Hidden in the Dust” has earned over 100 million in box office revenue. 5. Zhengzhou convenes real estate companies for a briefing on ensuring project completion: 30 days of intensive effort to get all suspended construction projects back on track. 6. NIO’s revenue in the second quarter was nearly 10.3 billion yuan, while its net loss increased by 370% year-on-year to 2.7 billion yuan. 7. Taiyuan, Shanxi: An investigation and corrective action have been carried out regarding the issue of dividing students into classes based on whether they purchased tablets. 8. 13 senior high school students in Wuhu, Anhui were hospitalized after physical training; the school expresses deep remorse and apologies. 9. Gazprom announced that China’s purchases of Russian natural gas will be paid in RMB and rubles. 10. Brazil bans the sale of iPhones without chargers and imposes fines, accusing Apple of discriminating against consumers. 11. Switzerland: Those who deliberately set the heating to above 19 degrees this winter risk up to 3 years in prison. 12. Russia expands sanctions against the EU: The EU’s top leaders and others have been added to the list of persons banned from entering. 13. EU Commission chief: Will propose limits on Russian natural gas prices.