South Korea will gradually reduce the rice planting area to cope with the decline in demand. The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs of South Korea said on Thursday that South Korea will strive to gradually reduce the rice field area to solve the problem of declining demand and adopt environmentally-friendly planting methods. Due to the change of diet structure, the annual rice consumption of Koreans has decreased, and the per capita rice consumption has dropped significantly from 61 kg in 2018 to 56.4 kg in 2023. At present, the total area of rice fields in South Korea is about 698,000 hectares, and the government says it plans to reduce the area of rice fields by 80,000 hectares next year. In addition, by 2029, the planting area of environmentally friendly rice will be expanded from 35,000 hectares this year to 68,000 hectares. The government will also allocate 244 billion won (about 170 million US dollars) to subsidize farms that grow strategic crops other than rice, such as wheat, beans and barley, which is an increase from 186.5 billion won this year.Kuwait set the price of crude oil sold to the United States in January at a premium of $4.10 per barrel.The word "Jin" was elected as the Japanese Chinese character of the year in 2024. According to NHK, on the afternoon of December 12, local time, Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto, Japan announced the word "Jin" as the Japanese Chinese character of the year in 2024. According to the report, this year's word "gold" has two meanings. One is that athletes such as Japanese Olympic athletes have performed well and issued a shining "golden light"; The second is the political black gold problem in Japanese politics and frequent robberies caused by underground part-time jobs, because the pronunciation of "gold" in Japanese, like the word "shadow", also implies the meaning of "shadow". (China News Network)
South Korea will gradually reduce the rice planting area to cope with the decline in demand. The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs of South Korea said on Thursday that South Korea will strive to gradually reduce the rice field area to solve the problem of declining demand and adopt environmentally-friendly planting methods. Due to the change of diet structure, the annual rice consumption of Koreans has decreased, and the per capita rice consumption has dropped significantly from 61 kg in 2018 to 56.4 kg in 2023. At present, the total area of rice fields in South Korea is about 698,000 hectares, and the government says it plans to reduce the area of rice fields by 80,000 hectares next year. In addition, by 2029, the planting area of environmentally friendly rice will be expanded from 35,000 hectares this year to 68,000 hectares. The government will also allocate 244 billion won (about 170 million US dollars) to subsidize farms that grow strategic crops other than rice, such as wheat, beans and barley, which is an increase from 186.5 billion won this year.Noon announcement: Southeast Power Grid won the bid for the 489 million yuan smart logistics eHub project in Hangzhou, ① China Green Power: obtaining the 200,000 kW wind power construction index in Guizhou. The projects of "duyun city Pingshan Wind Farm" and "duyun city Tudizhai Wind Farm" declared by Shaanxi Branch of Luneng New Energy (Group) Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of the company, were included in the "Guizhou Province 2024 Wind Power Photovoltaic Power Generation Construction Scale Project Plan (the third batch)". The acquisition of the above new energy construction indicators is conducive to enriching the company's new energy project reserves. ② Tianyoude Liquor: Decided to carry out activities to invite shareholders to taste products. As of the company's closing on the afternoon of January 19, June 6 and August 13, 2024, shareholders who have registered in Shenzhen Branch of Zhongdeng Company and hold shares in the company can participate in the following activities after successful registration: shareholders can enjoy a 50% discount coupon, and as a general prize, each shareholder can get one, and they can buy products in the shareholder area; One shareholder tasting of Tianyoude Liquor, totaling 3,500 copies, was selected from the number of successful applicants. ③ Tailin Bio: Only the last half trading day is left before the "Tailin Convertible Bonds" stops converting shares, that is, the afternoon trading session on December 12. After the market closes on December 12th, the "Tailin Convertible Bonds" that have not been converted into shares will stop conversion, and the remaining convertible bonds will be forcibly redeemed at the price of 101.15 yuan per share. If forced to redeem, investors may face investment losses. ④ Southeast grid: The company recently received the Notice of Winning Bid from Zhejiang Airport International Logistics Supply Chain Co., Ltd., and determined that the company was the winning bidder of "Global Smart Logistics Hub Hangzhou eHub Project (Distribution Warehouse)", with a total winning bid of 489 million yuan, accounting for 3.76% of the company's annual operating income in 2023, and the project duration was 730 days.South Korean police tried to search Cheongwadae's office again.
The 1800th train of "Yangtze River Train" started this year and completed the annual operation task 20 days ahead of schedule. On December 11th, on the first anniversary of normal operation, the 1799th and 1800th trains of "Yangtze River Train" started from Xianglushan Station in Wuhan and Chengxiang Station in Chengdu respectively, and completed the annual operation task 20 days ahead of schedule. "Yangtze River Train" is a hot-metal combined transport train in Sichuan to solve the "dam-breaking difficulty" of the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River and improve the transportation capacity of the golden waterway of the Yangtze River. It was launched on December 10, 2023 and reached the first thousand-train target after eight months of operation. Luo Sheng, director of the transportation marketing department of Shudao Railway Operation Group and general manager of Shudao Banlie Branch, said that "Changjiang Banlie" is the fastest-growing train product in Sichuan with the shortest time for over 1,000 trains.Huaxi Energy signed a strategic cooperation agreement with the government of Jiangbul State, Kazakhstan. According to the official news of Huaxi Energy, on December 11th, representatives of Jiangbul State Government, Huaxi Energy and Safaa Energy of Kazakhstan jointly signed a strategic cooperation agreement on developing renewable energy (wind energy, solar energy and hydropower), energy conservation and garbage power generation-related projects in Kazakhstan.South Korea will gradually reduce the rice planting area to cope with the decline in demand. The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs of South Korea said on Thursday that South Korea will strive to gradually reduce the rice field area to solve the problem of declining demand and adopt environmentally-friendly planting methods. Due to the change of diet structure, the annual rice consumption of Koreans has decreased, and the per capita rice consumption has dropped significantly from 61 kg in 2018 to 56.4 kg in 2023. At present, the total area of rice fields in South Korea is about 698,000 hectares, and the government says it plans to reduce the area of rice fields by 80,000 hectares next year. In addition, by 2029, the planting area of environmentally friendly rice will be expanded from 35,000 hectares this year to 68,000 hectares. The government will also allocate 244 billion won (about 170 million US dollars) to subsidize farms that grow strategic crops other than rice, such as wheat, beans and barley, which is an increase from 186.5 billion won this year.