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1. Hubei authorities: The sections of highways G42 Shanghai-Chongqing, G45 Beijing-Guangzhou, and G50 Shanghai-Chongqing in Hubei have been reopened to traffic, and Wuhan Tianhe Airport is now fully back to normal operation； 2. Can people play mahjong on trains returning home during the Spring Festival travel rush? Southwest Railway: It is a tourist train, with 3 automatic mahjong tables per train ； Guangdong: 93 additional individuals have been banned from driving for life, including 13 drivers holding AB licenses ； 3. 18 provinces and municipalities across the country have lowered their GDP growth targets for this year: accounting for nearly 60%, most of them being regions that failed to meet their targets last year ； Multiple areas in Jiangsu have introduced policies to support businesses during the Spring Festival: companies that rent buses to take their employees back to work after the holiday can receive subsidies ； 4. Beijing tightens purchase restrictions in Tongzhou’s housing market: Families with local residency or employment are no longer subject to “dual restrictions”” ； Starting from the 7th, 11 cities and counties in Hainan will adjust the down payment requirements for home purchases via commercial loans: 20% for first-home buyers, and 30% for second-home buyers ； 5. Changchun: 100 million yuan in housing purchase vouchers will be distributed, with college graduates eligible for a one-time housing subsidy of 20,000 yuan ； Multiple areas in Zhejiang offer housing subsidies to families with three children: the subsidy can reach up to 300,000 yuan in some regions ； 6. On the 6th, A-share markets saw a strong rebound: the Shanghai Composite Index rose by more than 3%, while the Shenzhen Component Index and the GEM Index climbed by over 6%. More than 3,800 stocks in the two markets saw price increases, with 145 stocks hitting their daily price limits; many stocks experienced extreme price fluctuations” ； 7. Huawei’s dividend plan for 2023 has been announced: a dividend of 1.5 yuan per share is expected, which represents the lowest level in the past five years; the total amount to be distributed is around 77 billion yuan, with each individual receiving over 500,000 yuan ； A company in Henan offered an end-of-year bonus of over 100 million yuan: employees had a limited time to collect their money, with each person receiving an amount equal to their salary; employees said that counting the money caused their hands to cramp ； 8. A professor at Huazhong Agricultural University was accused of academic fraud by 11 students; there were as many as 125 pages of evidence. The university’s latest announcement: he has been removed from all his positions and his employment contract has been terminated ； 9. Hong Kong media: **The police have officially issued a warrant for the arrest of the pro-democracy activist Zhou Ting; she will be pursued indefinitely unless she turns herself in** ； **The High Court issued a bankruptcy order against the pro-democracy activist Hui Chi-fung ； 10. A paper published in Nature Climate Change states that sponge records indicate that global warming may already have exceeded 1.5°C, and could surpass 2°C by 2030 ； 11. Japanese media: Japan and the U.S. for the first time designate China as a “hypothetical enemy”; China expresses serious concern; Japan clarifies that such reports are untrue ； Japan’s real wages in 2023 reached their lowest level since 1990, declining for two consecutive years ； 12. Indian media: An explosion at a firecracker factory in Madhya Pradesh, India, has killed 15 people and injured over a hundred; Modi speaks out: It is a tragic event ； 13. Foreign media: Kazakhstani president announces dissolution of **; first vice-premier takes over as acting prime minister, expressing disappointment that the cabinet failed to develop an effective economic strategy” ； 14. Foreign media: Ukrainian forces have destroyed 24 warships and 1 submarine of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet; about 33% of those warships are now unusable. Russia has not yet issued any response to this ； Sweden will announce its decision to conclude the investigation into the Nord Stream pipeline explosion ； 15. Foreign media: Israeli defense minister says half of Hamas’s fighters have been eliminated, with leader Sinwar on the run ； The Israeli military says it expects the **operation in the Gaza Strip to continue until 2025 ；