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1. New Energy Vehicle Program Submitted to State Council

A program for developing China's new energy automobile industry, that was first flagged in Aug 2010, is likely to be launched by the end of the year, according to statements made by an official from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) on the sidelines of a conference in Chengdu yesterday. Zhang Xiang (張相), head of the equipment department under MIIT, said that the program had already been submitted to the State Council, but he also noted that "specific details about the timetable for its introduction or changes to the program are no longer in the hands of MIIT, we need to await the decisions of the responsible leaders of the State Council."

2. Chinese Trade Growth Slows in September

Growth in Chinese trade slowed significantly last month, according to data released by Chinese customs earlier this afternoon. China's exports increased by 17.1 percent in September from a year earlier, down from a 24.5 per cent increase in August. Imports also slowed, uo 20.9 per cent from a year earlier, compared with August's year-on-year increase of 30.2 percent.

3. China to Issue Nine Financial Policies to Help Small Businesses

At a meeting of the standing committee of China's State Council chaired by Premier Wen Jiabao yesterday, it was decided that China would introduce nine new measures to support the development of small and very small businesses. These measures are mainly focused to guide and help companies operating in the technology, service and manufacturing industries and are also aimed at boosting employment opportunities.

今日熱點(diǎn)有：國(guó)務(wù)院總理溫家寶12日主持召開(kāi)國(guó)務(wù)院常務(wù)會(huì)議，研究確定支持小型和微型企業(yè)發(fā)展的金融、財(cái)稅政策措施；上海市慈善基金會(huì)靜安分會(huì)昨天披露，目前上海靜安高樓火災(zāi)事件收到捐款5469.92萬(wàn)元，已發(fā)放4234.8萬(wàn)元；俄羅斯政府總理普京日前在莫斯科批評(píng)美國(guó)經(jīng)濟(jì)“寄生于世界經(jīng)濟(jì)和美元的壟斷地位”。

1.國(guó)務(wù)院：中小企業(yè)減半征稅延至2015年

國(guó)務(wù)院總理溫家寶12日主持召開(kāi)國(guó)務(wù)院常務(wù)會(huì)議，研究確定了財(cái)稅支持小型微型企業(yè)發(fā)展的政策措施：加大對(duì)小型微型企業(yè)稅收扶持力度。措施包括，提高小型微型企業(yè)增值稅和營(yíng)業(yè)稅起征點(diǎn)。將小型微利企業(yè)減半征收企業(yè)所得稅政策，延長(zhǎng)至2015年底并擴(kuò)大范圍。將符合條件的國(guó)家中小企業(yè)公共技術(shù)服務(wù)示范平臺(tái)納入科技開(kāi)發(fā)用品進(jìn)口稅收優(yōu)惠政策范圍等。

2.衛(wèi)生部數(shù)據(jù)顯示公立醫(yī)院住院費(fèi)5年來(lái)首次下降

在公立醫(yī)院住院，每位病人的平均醫(yī)藥費(fèi)用為7101.8元，住院費(fèi)用有所下降，但是門診費(fèi)用略有上升，同比上漲0.3%。昨天，衛(wèi)生部公布今年上半年我國(guó)二級(jí)及以上公立醫(yī)院費(fèi)用控制的情況，結(jié)果顯示，公立醫(yī)院門診和住院費(fèi)用在持續(xù)4年每年上漲5%之后，5年來(lái)首次下降。不過(guò)由于受物價(jià)、醫(yī)療技術(shù)服務(wù)價(jià)格等因素影響，今年下半年醫(yī)藥費(fèi)仍有可能上漲。

3.上海靜安高樓火災(zāi)善款再次發(fā)放 審計(jì)結(jié)果將公開(kāi)

上海市慈善基金會(huì)靜安分會(huì)昨天披露，目前上海靜安高樓火災(zāi)事件收到捐款5469.92萬(wàn)元，已發(fā)放4234.8萬(wàn)元。在此前發(fā)放基礎(chǔ)上，今年9月5日至10月11日，又發(fā)放善款1400.1萬(wàn)元。所有善款收支情況接受審計(jì)，審計(jì)結(jié)果將向社會(huì)公開(kāi)。

4.北京上海深圳地鐵部分安檢儀未取得輻射安全許可證

近日，深圳和上海的一些市民表示，擔(dān)心地鐵X光安檢儀的輻射會(huì)對(duì)人體造成傷害，更重要的是一些安檢儀的生產(chǎn)廠家和使用單位沒(méi)有《輻射安全許可證》。昨日，北京市環(huán)保局表示，首都機(jī)場(chǎng)和較早固定使用行李X射線安檢儀的部分公共場(chǎng)所，均已取得了《輻射安全許可證》，其余新增在公共場(chǎng)所使用此類設(shè)備的單位也正按規(guī)定程序辦理《輻射安全許可證》。

5.上海叫停駕校收費(fèi)地域歧視 禁止對(duì)外地人多收費(fèi)

上海即日起開(kāi)展針對(duì)“違規(guī)辦理居住證明申領(lǐng)機(jī)動(dòng)車駕駛證”的專項(xiàng)整治工作，重點(diǎn)對(duì)申請(qǐng)?jiān)跍捡{照的外地學(xué)員仔細(xì)核查實(shí)際居住情況，對(duì)于臨時(shí)居住證造假的或提供虛假證明辦理臨時(shí)居住證的不予安排考試，對(duì)違規(guī)組織異地培訓(xùn)的駕培機(jī)構(gòu)暫停考試。同日，上海市交通港口局發(fā)文，明確上海駕駛員培訓(xùn)機(jī)構(gòu)的收費(fèi)標(biāo)準(zhǔn)不能搞價(jià)格歧視。

6.普京痛批美國(guó)是美元壟斷地位的寄生蟲(chóng)

正在中國(guó)進(jìn)行訪問(wèn)的俄羅斯總理普京周三表示，美國(guó)經(jīng)濟(jì)本身不是世界經(jīng)濟(jì)的寄生蟲(chóng)，但美元的壟斷則是寄生蟲(chóng)。普京表示，“我這樣說(shuō)不是我喜歡批評(píng)美國(guó)，而是因?yàn)槲覀冃枰业揭恍┕餐鉀Q問(wèn)題的辦法，這需要我們?cè)跉W美的朋友們，以及金磚國(guó)家的朋友們?cè)?0國(guó)集團(tuán)框架內(nèi)共同去尋求。在目前經(jīng)濟(jì)不景氣的情況下，誰(shuí)也不愿意搞不穩(wěn)定，我們應(yīng)該同舟共濟(jì)，而不是相互掣肘。” 

7.美國(guó)警察逮捕135名“占領(lǐng)華爾街”示威者

當(dāng)?shù)貢r(shí)間11日凌晨，美國(guó)波士頓數(shù)百名警察配備防爆裝備，逮捕了129名抗議者，搗毀了他們的帳篷，將其個(gè)人物品扔進(jìn)垃圾箱。這是美國(guó)“占領(lǐng)華爾街”抗議活動(dòng)蔓延至全國(guó)以來(lái)，警方采取的最大規(guī)模的掃蕩行動(dòng)之一。同一天，在首都華盛頓，警察逮捕了6名闖入國(guó)會(huì)參議院辦公大樓的示威者。當(dāng)天，紐約參加“占領(lǐng)華爾街”抗議活動(dòng)的500名抗議者舉行“億萬(wàn)富豪之旅”游行，前往曼哈頓上東區(qū)5名頂級(jí)富豪的住宅前示威。有人還在互聯(lián)網(wǎng)上發(fā)起“關(guān)閉大銀行賬戶”的“轉(zhuǎn)賬日”活動(dòng)，號(hào)召中小儲(chǔ)戶在11月5日前將錢都轉(zhuǎn)存到社區(qū)的信用合作銀行。

8.英國(guó)情侶中1億英鎊大獎(jiǎng) 將贈(zèng)送親朋上千萬(wàn)美元

 英國(guó)一對(duì)情侶日前中得“歐洲百萬(wàn)”彩票1.01億英鎊（約合1.57億美元）巨獎(jiǎng)。這對(duì)情侶名叫戴夫·道斯和安吉·道斯。戴夫現(xiàn)年47歲，安吉43歲，倆人住在劍橋郡威茲比奇一間每周租金70英鎊的房間里。談及如何花這筆巨款時(shí)，戴夫說(shuō)：“我們列了一個(gè)15到20人的名單，我們要讓他們都變成百萬(wàn)富翁。這些人都曾經(jīng)向我們提供過(guò)幫助。”戴夫說(shuō)，這些親朋已經(jīng)得到他的通知。

9.Chinese Trade Growth Slows in September

Growth in Chinese trade slowed significantly last month, according to data released by Chinese customs earlier this afternoon. China's exports increased by 17.1 percent in September from a year earlier, down from a 24.5 per cent increase in August. Imports also slowed, uo 20.9 per cent from a year earlier, compared with August's year-on-year increase of 30.2 percent.

10.New Energy Vehicle Program Submitted to State Council

A program for developing China's new energy automobile industry, that was first flagged in Aug 2010, is likely to be launched by the end of the year, according to statements made by an official from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) on the sidelines of a conference in Chengdu yesterday. Zhang Xiang (張相), head of the equipment department under MIIT, said that the program had already been submitted to the State Council, but he also noted that "specific details about the timetable for its introduction or changes to the program are no longer in the hands of MIIT, we need to await the decisions of the responsible leaders of the State Council."