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Autumn Morning Musume - City Photography Group Team Gen

Thursday, 7 November

Today's weather:

- sunny and cloudless

- Maximum temperature: 22°C, minimum temperature: 9°C

- Humidity: 45-90%, Wind: NE force 2-3

Centre City:

- Maximum temperature: 23°C, minimum temperature: 11°C

(Reported by Wuhan Weather Station at 17:00 on 6 November)

**Focus**

■ Alipay and WeChat Pay now support international CUP cards!

Today (6 November), UnionPay International, a subsidiary of China UnionPay, announced that international UnionPay cards can now fully support bundled Alipay. WeChat Pay, supported by Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), has also launched the service. This means that from today, foreign visitors to China can download the Alipay or WeChat apps, bind their foreign-issued UnionPay cards, and enjoy the same convenience of code-sweeping payments as domestic users.

According to the report, this innovative payment method will provide more payment convenience for foreigners travelling, working and living in China. During the promotion period, cardholders will enjoy zero domestic transaction fees. The service covers all scenarios such as dining, accommodation, travelling, sightseeing, shopping, entertainment, medical care and study, and supports main scan, being scanned and in-app payment. The card binding process is simple and can be completed quickly by providing card information such as card number and expiry date, which is verified by the card issuer.

It is understood that more than 25 million UnionPay cards have been issued in 83 overseas countries and regions and can be used across borders in 183 countries and regions. This year, UnionPay also launched the Jinxiu Zhonghua Card designed for foreign visitors to China, which comes with a variety of card benefits and special discounts from local merchants, and has been widely welcomed by cardholders.

**Local**

■ Wuhan International Circuit is open to the public for test drives

The Wuhan International Circuit, located in the Wuhan Economic and Technological Development Zone's Intelligent Networked Vehicle Test Track, will be open to the public for test drives from 16th to 17th November. During this period, interested citizens can take a test drive on this track. Recently, the Wuhan International Circuit, an F2 international circuit under certification, has officially entered the trial operation stage. This is China's first environmentally friendly international level 2 circuit built on a natural riverbank.

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■ Wuhan Elderly University's new "Hanchu flower arrangement" programme is popular

Wuhan University for the Elderly opened its autumn semester with a new course called "Han Chu Flower Arrangement". The course was quickly filled up. Ikebana is part of the Chinese art of flower arranging, which has a history of more than 400 years, and is created using trees, flowers and utensils that are characteristic of the Han and Chu regions.

■ "Chinese herbal medicine festival" started winter tonic

November 7 is the twenty-four seasons in the "winter", is a good time for winter tonic. 6 November, Wuhan Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine held the 45th winter tonic "Chinese herbal medicine festival", many people booked in advance of the ointment brewing. Paediatrics, gynaecology, respiratory and other departments of the cream tonic is still popular.

**Domestic**

■ Launch of Autumn Campus Recruitment Month

Recently, the Ministry of Education issued a circular deploying colleges and universities to seize the key period of autumn recruitment to hold a series of activities for the 2025 graduates of colleges and universities during the "Autumn Campus Recruitment Month". During this period, the Ministry of Education plans to hold more than 40 online and offline recruitment events, providing more than 3 million jobs.

▪ Internet rumours of a Dalian fishing boat being collided with a Japanese vessel are debunked

On 2 November, a fishing vessel registered in Panjin, Liaoning Province, capsized and sank near Changxing Island, Dalian, with nine people missing. Preliminary judgement is that the fishing vessel may have capsized after a suspected collision. The exact cause is under investigation and the relevant authorities are making every effort to carry out rescue. The news circulating on the Internet that the fishing boat was collided with a Japanese vessel is reportedly false information.

▪ New species of short-bearded loach discovered in Shennongjia

A new fish was discovered in two streams in Shennongjia. After morphological analyses and molecular identification, it was found to be different from all known species of the genus Shan Loach and a new undescribed species. It was named short-bearded mountain loach because of its short lip and chin whiskers.

**International**

▪ Cheng Chin-man sets new record

On the evening of 6 November, in the final round of the Purple Group of the WTA Year-End Finals in Riyadh, China's Zheng Qinwen, in her first appearance in the Finals, put in an outstanding performance, easily defeating No. 4 seed Borni with a score of 2-0. Zheng Qinwen advanced to the top four of the final, becoming the first Chinese women's singles player to make it to the group stage in her first appearance at the WTA Year-End Finals, setting a new record!

▪ India officially bids for 2036 Olympics

India has formally sent a letter of intent to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to host the 2036 Olympics, Indian Olympic Committee (IOC) President Usha confirmed. Next year, the IOC will hold a vote to elect the host country for the 2036 Games, with Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Hungary, Indonesia and Qatar among the countries vying for the right to host.

■ Japan's birth rate may fall below 700,000 for the first time this year

Figures released by the Japanese government show that the number of newborns in Japan from January to June this year was 329,998, down 6.31 TP3T from the same period last year, continuing the downward trend. This figure does not include foreigners in Japan. Media estimates suggest that the number of newborns in Japan will fall below 700,000 for the first time this year. Last year, the number of newborns in Japan was around 727,000, an eight-year low.

▪ Emperor penguins drift 3,400 kilometres to Australia

A southern emperor penguin has been spotted off the southern coast of Australia. Experts estimate that it must have drifted more than 3,400 kilometres to get there. This is the most northerly drift recorded for an emperor penguin. The penguin is currently being cared for at a qualified facility and it is unclear whether it will be left in Australia or returned to Antarctica.