CCTV News: On February 12, the "News Broadcast" reported that in 2024, the total national logistics volume exceeded 360 trillion yuan, and tax and fee reductions exceeded 2.6 trillion yuan to help technological innovation and manufacturing; the Spring Festival travel rush was full moon, and the cross-regional personnel flow exceeded 7 billion; many Chinese films set new records in overseas films, demonstrating cultural soft power. With the new year and new atmosphere, my country's economic and cultural development is progressing simultaneously, and we will draw a picture of vigorous development in the new era.

The total social logistics volume of the country exceeded 360 trillion yuan in 2024

The latest data released by the China Federation of Logistics and Procurement shows that the total social logistics volume in the country in 2024, that is, the total value of physical logistics volume in the economic operation, was 360.6 trillion yuan, an increase of 5.8% year-on-year, and the overall operation of the whole year continued to have a steady and progressive development trend.

While the total demand scale expands, the demand structure is also being improved simultaneously, and the development trend of green and digitalization is obvious. The industries related to new quality productivity are steadily growing, and the output of high-end products such as intelligent manufacturing and high-tech manufacturing has maintained rapid growth, becoming an important highlight of the high-quality development of industrial product logistics.

In addition, initial results have been achieved in reducing logistics costs in the whole society. The ratio of total social logistics expenses to GDP in 2024 was 14.1%, down 0.3 percentage points from 2023, that is, the logistics expenses required to achieve a unit of GDP have decreased.

my country will implement protective tillage of black soil in Northeast China for more than 100 million mu

The reporter learned from the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs that this year, my country will continue to implement protective tillage of black soil in the Northeast China for more than 100 million mu.

From 2020 to 2024, the central government invested a total of 14.4 billion yuan to support the implementation of 406 million mu of black soil protection farming in the four northeastern provinces and regions, of which 34 counties implemented an area of ​​more than 1 million mu.

Protective tillage sows without tilling or less tilling of soil and with straw covering on the surface, which can effectively protect the black soil layer. At present, protective tillage has become the mainstream farming technology in suitable areas in Northeast China. This year, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs will promote the close integration of protective tillage with the large-scale yield of grain and oil, and focus on building about 60 overall promotion counties and more than 800 high-standard application bases to strengthen the production increase effect while protecting black soil.

Full month of the Spring Festival travel rush. The cross-regional flow of people in the whole society is expected to exceed 7 billion. Data from the 2025 Comprehensive Transport Spring Festival travel work team shows that on February 12, the cross-regional flow of people in the whole society is expected to exceed 180 million. In the past month since the Spring Festival travel rush, it is estimated that the cumulative cross-regional personnel flow in the whole society will exceed 7 billion.

February 12 is the Lantern Festival, and the proportion of passenger flow to visit relatives and friends and business trips has increased. The national railway is expected to send 10.3 million passengers, and it is planned to add 702 passenger trains. The Northeast is facing snowfall, and the railway department accurately blocks the operation and organizes ride-and-landing time to reduce the waiting time for passengers outdoors. At Shenzhen Futian Station, Hong Kong travelers to and from the mainland have ushered in a peak, and the station has sent more staff to guide passengers to transfer in an orderly manner.

On February 12, the national highway flow was about 170 million. Affected by a new round of snowfall, on the morning of February 12, 42 sections of roads in 8 northern provinces were once affected by snowfall and road icing. As of 3 pm this afternoon, the scope of affected sections has been reduced to two sections in Shaanxi and Sichuan provinces, and other lines have resumed normal traffic, and the overall operation of the national road network is stable.

In terms of civil aviation, on February 12, the national civil aviation passenger volume was expected to be 2 million passengers, and 17,474 flights were planned. In the 29 days before the Spring Festival travel rush, the average daily flight of civil aviation nationwide was 18,674, an increase of 8.38% over the same period last year's Spring Festival travel rush.

In 2024, we will support scientific and technological innovation and manufacturing tax and fee reductions of more than 2.6 trillion yuan.

Data from the State Administration of Taxation shows that in 2024, my country supports scientific and technological innovation and manufacturing tax and fee reductions of 2629.3 billion yuan. Among them, policy tax reduction and fee reduction and tax refund for supporting the increase in scientific and technological investment and transfer of achievements will be 806.9 billion yuan, and policy tax reduction and fee reduction and tax refund for supporting the high-quality development of the manufacturing industry will be 110.94 billion yuan, providing strong support for the accelerated cultivation of new quality productivity and the high-quality development of the manufacturing industry.

The names of the lunar suits and manned lunar rovers of China's manned lunar exploration mission were confirmed

According to the China's manned lunar exploration mission were officially confirmed after public collection and selection. The names of the lunar suits and manned lunar rovers of China's manned lunar exploration mission were officially confirmed. The lunar suits were named "Wangyu" and the manned lunar rovers were named "Exploration". At present, the "Wangyu" lunar landing suit and the "Exploration" manned lunar rover have entered the preliminary sample development stage, and all work is progressing smoothly.

The trace information query function of medical insurance drug consumables is online

The "trace information query of medical insurance drug consumables" function of the national medical insurance service platform app was officially launched recently. By scanning the traceability code on the medicine box, you can obtain the sales information of the medicine. The drug traceability code is the "electronic ID card" of the drug. If a box of drugs is sold multiple times, there is a possibility that fake drugs, return drugs or drugs will be sold in exchange for sale. Drug traceability code lays the foundation for the full-chain supervision of drugs.

Overseas film schedules for Chinese Spring Festival movies break the record

Many Chinese movies will be officially released in theaters around the world. Among them, "Nezha: The Devil Child's Fighting the Sea" has exceeded 700 cinemas in North America, and exceeded 116 in Australia and New Zealand, setting a new record for pre-sale box office and screening. In addition, the movie "The Gods 2" broke the record of Chinese film scheduling in the UK and ranked first in non-foreign language films. At the same time, many new Chinese Spring Festival films such as "Detective Chinatown 1900", "The Legend of the Condor Heroes: The Greatest Man", and "Operation Dragon" have continued to heat up overseas screenings.