Category: Flash News

On February 9th, local time, the Southern African Development Community (Southern African Development Community) and the East African Community (East African Community) held a joint summit in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania to discuss the security situation in eastern Congo. The communique calls for a cessation of hostilities and an immediate ceasefire, restoration of basic public facilities and supply lines for food and other essential commodities to ensure humanitarian support.

On February 9th, according to the Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation local time on February 8th, the Israeli delegation that will travel to the Qatari capital Doha that evening has not been authorized to negotiate with relevant parties regarding the second phase of the ceasefire agreement in the Gaza Strip. According to a senior Israeli official cited by the Israeli Walla News Network, the Israeli delegation’s visit to Doha is only a “symbolic” visit and will not advance the negotiations for the second phase of the Gaza Strip ceasefire agreement.

On February 8th, California Governor Newson signed a bill allocating $50 million to protect California policies and immigration. The report mentioned that the bill, previously known as the “Trump Defense” bill, was proposed by Newson to the Democratic Party for passage after Trump won the election at the end of 2024. The plan was passed by the state Senate and House of Representatives, allocating $25 million to the California Department of Justice to support legal battles against Trump’s federal policies, including environmental regulations and illegal immigration. Another $25 million will be used to support legal aid groups to assist illegal immigrants who may face deportation.

On February 8th, as of 21:57 on February 8th, the box office (including pre-sales) of the film “Ne Zha: Children of the Sea” has exceeded 7.463 billion yuan, entering the top 50 of the global box office chart (the only non Hollywood film), and also entering the top 11 of the global animated box office chart.

On February 8th, a netizen left a message on the “Wenzheng Sichuan” platform, suggesting that Chengdu seize the popularity of the “Ne Zha” animation and provide public green spaces such as Jinchenghu Park and Guixi Ecological Park to animation companies to create a concentrated area for animation derivative industries. Regarding this, Chengdu Xingcheng Investment Group Co., Ltd. replied on February 7th that the proposal is innovative and inspiring, and original IPs such as Nezha, as one of the advantages of Chengdu’s animation industry, have the potential to be combined with the park industry. The company attaches great importance to it and is currently actively exploring ways to optimize the operation mode of the park and enhance its comprehensive benefits. Next, the company will continue to study the feasibility of relevant plans based on the actual situation and consider them in future investment planning.

On February 8th, land auctions were held in multiple cities including Zhengzhou, Beijing, and Qingdao. There are two residential land transfers in Zhengzhou, one of which went through nearly six hours of intense bidding and was ultimately won by Zhonghai Real Estate for 1.089 billion yuan, with a transaction floor price of 13713 yuan/square meter and a premium rate of 87.5%. This is also the highest premium rate for residential land transactions in Zhengzhou since 2021.

On February 8th, Fei Lan, Chief Marketing Officer of Wofei Changkong, revealed in an interview with reporters that with the orderly progress of the manned aircraft AE200 test flight, “the company’s self-developed AE200 will enter the manned flight test phase within this year. It is expected that in the second half of 2026, Chengdu citizens will have the opportunity to test ride and experience the ‘flying’ journey

On February 8th, according to the Emergency Management Office of the China Meteorological Administration, a landslide occurred in Jinping Village, Muai Town, Junlian County, Yibin City, Sichuan Province at around 11:50 am, burying several houses and trapping people. The National Disaster Prevention, Reduction and Relief Commission has launched a national level four emergency response for disaster relief. The China Meteorological Administration launched a Level 4 emergency response for geological disaster relief meteorological support services at 18:30 on February 8, requiring all relevant functional departments and directly affiliated units to immediately enter the Level 4 emergency response state for geological disaster relief meteorological support services and make every effort to provide meteorological support services for geological disaster relief.

On February 8th, it was learned from the official website of the Beijing Municipal Commission of Housing and Urban Rural Development that in January 2025, the online signing volume of second-hand residential properties in Beijing was 12480 units, a decrease of 42.1% compared to the previous month and an increase of 0.3% year-on-year. Analysts from Beijing Lianjia Research Institute pointed out that the decrease in online signing volume for second-hand houses in Beijing in January was mainly due to the impact of the Spring Festival holiday, which is basically in line with expectations.

On February 8th, the Shanghai Housing and Urban Rural Development Commission issued the “Three Year Action Plan for Smart Construction Sites in Shanghai (2025-2027)”. Among them, it is mentioned to accelerate the construction of a unified big data management platform for city level smart construction sites. Relying on the “One Network Management” business system for quality and safety, utilizing IoT technology, integrating various intelligent terminal devices, accelerating the construction of a city district project smart construction site data platform, supporting the safe operation and sustainable development of smart construction sites. Gradually strengthen the interconnection and intercommunication between multi platform systems, achieve resource integration, data exchange and sharing, empower management decision-making at all levels, establish a smart construction site management model of symbiotic governance among government, industry, and participating parties, and promote the overall improvement of construction site management level in the city.