The Ministry of Public Security held a press conference today (14th) to inform the national anti-smuggling departments of the effectiveness of measures to severely crack down on smuggling crimes. According to the press conference, since 2023, the national anti-smuggling department has filed a total of 2,520 illegal and criminal cases such as smuggling, with a case value of 66.35 billion yuan, which has continuously and effectively curbed the high incidence of smuggling crimes.

In cracking down on the smuggling of "foreign garbage" in accordance with the law, the "blue sky" special crackdown has been organized for seven consecutive years since 2017, and the smuggling activities such as hiding, false reporting, false reporting, dumping goods and bypassing customs clearance in freight channels have been implemented continuously, with high density, clustering and full chain crackdown, and the "foreign garbage" has been resolutely blocked out of the country.

In terms of cracking down on the smuggling of endangered animals and plants and their products in accordance with the law, the national anti-smuggling department has deployed special actions of "guarding" and "guarding" to resolutely and accurately crack down on the smuggling of endangered animals and plants and their products such as ivory, pangolin scales, mahogany, etc., and successively cracked a series of extraordinarily large smuggling projects of endangered animals and plants and their products, busted a number of smuggling criminal gangs at home and abroad, shut down a number of illegal online sales platforms, and investigated 2,130 smuggling crimes of endangered animals and plants and their products.

In the aspect of cracking down on duty-free "set purchase" smuggling in outlying islands in accordance with the law, the organization has established a "1+N" (Haikou Customs Anti-smuggling Bureau+other national customs anti-smuggling bureaus) joint prevention and control mechanism to crack down on duty-free "set purchase" smuggling in outlying islands in Hainan, focusing on promoting joint prevention and control of anti-smuggling in Hainan, Guangdong and Guangxi, and carrying out all-field coordination, all-round linkage, system-wide control and full-chain attack to form a joint prevention and control system for anti-smuggling in free trade ports.

In May this year, the Ministry of Public Security and the General Administration of Customs launched a joint special campaign of "Escort 2023" to severely crack down on the duty-free "set purchase" smuggling of Hainan’s outlying islands. In the past two years, a total of 518 cases and more than 2,000 administrative cases of duty-free "set purchasing" smuggling in Hainan’s outlying islands have been filed for investigation, with a case value of 2 billion yuan.

In addition, the anti-smuggling department severely cracked down on "water passengers" and cross-border smuggling at sea in Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao, severely cracked down on the smuggling of "guns and drugs" in accordance with the law, and resolutely guarded the security of the country. The anti-smuggling department also severely cracked down on the smuggling of key tax-related commodities and illegal and criminal activities involving entry-exit inspection and quarantine, and continuously optimized the business environment. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the national anti-smuggling departments have investigated and dealt with 1,894 serious smuggling crimes involving tax evasion of more than 10 million yuan, with a case value of 475.19 billion yuan and 101.87 billion yuan suspected of tax evasion. (CCTV reporter at the reception desk)
Chen Yu)

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　　　　　　　　Since October 2014, Dresden, Germany and other places have set off the upsurge of "PEGIDA" parade. On January 12, 2015, five days after the attack on Charlie Hebdo in France, more than 25,000 people in Dresden held demonstrations again. In just a few months, the "PEGIDA" parade has caused quite a shock in German political circles. So, what is this "PEGIDA" parade? Who organized it first? Why do some Germans support and participate in such a parade? How did the "PEGIDA" March affect German politics? Scholar Jun will answer you one by one.

More than 25,000 people in Dresden participated in the "PEGIDA" demonstration. Oriental IC diagram

What is the "PEGIDA" parade?

　 　 　 　 The full name of "PEGIDA" in German is: Patriotische Europe Gegen Die Islamisierung des Abend Landes. Translated into Chinese, "patriotic Europeans oppose Islamization in the West".

　　　　　　　　In recent years, the number of immigrants (especially Muslim immigrants) in Germany has been increasing, which is a very important background for the "PEGIDA" parade. In 2014 alone, at least 200,000 foreigners poured into Germany. Most of these outsiders come from the turbulent Middle East and take Islam as their religious belief, which is very different from the German people who are born and raised in Christianity.　 　 　 　　

　　　　　　　　Therefore, there are two main political demands of the demonstrators: one is to defend the values shared by Judaism and Christianity; The second is to take more stringent measures to limit the increasing number of immigrants (especially Muslim immigrants) in Europe.　 　 　 　

　Who organized the "PEGIDA" parade first?

　　　　　　　　Only three months ago, Lutz Bachmann was only a chef. Like many people, he will post some photos of himself on Facebook to share his life with his friends. If it weren’t for a parade called "PEGIDA", Bachemani would live a quiet and stable life like most Germans. But now, his life has completely changed. He is still a chef, but he also has another identity: the initiator of the "PEGIDA" parade.　 　 　 　

　　　　　　　　Bachemani, 41, was born in the eastern German city of Dresden. In 1998, he was sentenced to three and a half years’ imprisonment by the local court for theft. Fearing imprisonment, Bachemani fled to South Africa, but was sent back to Germany soon, and his crime was also added, that is, drug trafficking.　 　 　 　　

　　　　　　　　Last October, a serious conflict broke out between the Kurdish and Muslim ethnic groups in Hamburg and Celle, Germany. Bachemani then launched a March against immigrants on Facebook. Unexpectedly, his call was echoed by many local people, and Dresden gradually became the base camp of the "PEGIDA" parade.　 　 　 　

Why do some Germans support and participate in such a parade?

　 　 　 　 As mentioned earlier, the demonstrators hope to take more severe measures to limit the increasing number of immigrants (especially Muslim immigrants) in Europe. A realistic and direct reason is that these people believe that the increase of immigrants has reduced their employment opportunities and social welfare.

　 　 　 　 In recent years, European countries have been mired in the sovereign debt crisis and their economic recovery has been weak. Although the German economy has always maintained a good development in the European continent, the German government has to cut social public welfare expenditure due to the economic situation in Europe as a whole. Even with the reduction of public welfare expenditure, the German government did not limit the number of immigrants, which also caused a considerable number of Germans’ dissatisfaction, and this part of the German people transferred this dissatisfaction to immigrants.　 　 　 　　

　　　　　　　　Some Germans said that they felt that they had been "ignored" by this country, while immigrants received great attention. As 61-year-old Eugen Peuke said in the demonstration on January 12th, "Immigrants are a big problem for us. They are stealing our jobs and benefits. I don’t want them to stay in Germany, but the government has ignored our voices."　 　 　 　　

　　　　　　　　Bachemani, the initiator of the "PEGIDA" March, has also said on some occasions before that foreign immigrants are eroding the social welfare that the German people should enjoy. "Now many old people can’t even afford Christmas cake." He said this at a rally.　 　 　 　　

　　　　　　　　Other people support and participate in such demonstrations because they are worried about terrorist attacks. In the eyes of these people, the "asylum" request made by some Middle Eastern refugees is actually a cover, and their real purpose is to create terrorist attacks in Germany. Therefore, in the "PEGIDA" demonstrations, slogans such as "Stop the deception of asylum, please go back" can often be seen.　 　 　 　　　 　 　 　　

How did the "PEGIDA" March affect German politics?　 　 　 　　

　　　　　　　　According to Bachemani, he doesn’t want PEGIDA to develop into a political party. However, in the current "PEGIDA" demonstration, there are many members of the far-right party "National Democratic Party of Germany", who try to gain the political support of ultra-conservatives and neo-Nazis by excluding Muslims, so as to accumulate more political energy and chips for them in the future German parliamentary elections.　 　 　 　

　　　　　　　　In this regard, many German politicians, including German Chancellor Angela Merkel, have a clear understanding. In a New Year speech, Merkel called on the German people not to participate in the "PEGIDA" parade. "Don’t follow those biased, cold and hateful calls." She said in her speech.　 　 　 　　

　　　　　　　　Last Tuesday, many heavyweight politicians, including former German Chancellor Schroeder, Schmidt and current Foreign Minister Steinmeier, published their photos in the German Bild, calling on people to say "no" to the "PEGIDA" parade.　 　 　 　　

　　　　　　　　Some analysts believe that the rise of the "PEGIDA" parade will further highlight ethnic conflicts in Germany in the future, and the far-right party "German National Democratic Party" is likely to gain the support of more and more people like the French "National Front", which will also bring more challenges to the current ruling party.

　　The 29th Olympic Games official website January 28th, 2008 January 28th, Beijing, North Fourth Ring Road, Beichen West Bridge East, "Bird’s Nest" West. A huge blue crystal palace-style building covering an area of nearly 80,000 square meters-National Swimming Center (referred to as "Water Cube") was completed.

Li Aiqing, chairman of the State-owned Company, the owner of Water Cube, received the certificate of completion and the golden key from Chen Gang, vice mayor of Beijing.

　　During the day, the light blue "coat" of the "Water Cube" bathes in bright sunshine, which is soft and picturesque against the blue sky and white clouds. At night, the Chinese lanterns are shining, and the bubbles of the "Water Cube" are full of color. This blue crystal palace is more pure, soft and charming.

　　This crystal-clear building, with its ingenious design, complicated and free structure, simple and pure shape and advanced technology of environmental protection, has become a classic in the history of Olympic architecture in the past 100 years and a landmark in the history of Beijing and even the world.

　　The centennial Olympic architecture bears witness to the centennial Olympic course and shows the sublimity and beauty of human society.

　　After the second Olympic Games (Paris Olympic Games in 1900) and the third Olympic Games (St. Louis Olympic Games in 1904) were submerged in the World Expo, the Olympic building ushered in the first modern gymnasium in history-Baicheng Stadium. Baicheng Stadium is the first stadium specially designed and built for the Olympic Games. In addition to the cinder track, a gymnasium, a swimming pool with a length of 100 meters and a free car track with a circumference of 666.66 meters are built in the stadium, which can accommodate 66,288 spectators. So much so that Coubertin declared that "the Olympic Games held in London is the first modern Olympic Games."

　　It is this modern style stadium that pioneered the modernization of sports buildings or Olympic buildings. The Olympic buildings (especially the main stadium) in Stockholm, Sweden in 1912, Antwerp, Belgium in 1920, Paris, France in 1924, Amsterdam, the Netherlands in 1928, Sydney, Australia in 2000, Athens, Greece in 2004 and Beijing in 2008 all followed the Olympic movement.

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