On December 8th, the audience watched the women’s curling final of China Youth Open in the "Ice Cube". Xinhua News Agency reporter Yan Huanzong photo

　　Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, December 8th　Title: "Water Cube" turned into "Ice Cube" to welcome the first curling competition.

　　Xinhua News Agency reporter Ji Ye Zhang Xiao Wang Yong

　　From 3 to 8 December, the China Youth Curling Open kicked off at the National Aquatics Center. After a year of "water-ice conversion", the "Water Cube" finally turned into an "ice cube" and ushered in the first curling competition. At the same time, in the ice sports venues of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics and Winter Paralympics, it was the first to complete the Olympic standard ice making work.

　　After the successful bid for the Winter Olympics, Water Cube innovatively proposed "water-ice conversion" and "ice-water two-wheel drive". By building a movable and convertible ice rink, water sports venues can realize the functions of ice sports venues.

　　As the first winter Olympic stadium in the world to build a curling track in the swimming pool, it is necessary to test the transformation project of "water-ice conversion". Although this week’s events seem ordinary, they actually undertake important tasks.

　　The double Olympic venues are showing their mettle.

　　The reporter saw in the "Ice Cube" that the swimming pool of the 2008 Olympic Games has now become a curling venue for four standard tracks. Curling teenagers focus on throwing and rubbing ice, and the audience cheers for the game. This double-Olympic venue is beginning to show its heroic spirit.

　　Yang Qiyong, general manager of the National Swimming Center, said that the core of the competition facilities consists of ice making system, dehumidification system, air conditioning system, sports lighting system and control system. After a series of careful research and development, the "Water Cube" Olympic Project has successively completed the production and processing of large-scale equipment and facilities, on-site pipeline construction, and the installation of large-scale equipment since December 26, 2018. One month before the start of the competition, the facilities were debugged and put into trial operation.

　　Curling is one of the most demanding events for ice making and ice quality in all winter Olympic ice events. Ice-making in the competition is completed by a professional ice maker appointed by the World Curling Federation. After six days of actual combat, the "Ice Cube" curling ground has achieved "no deformation, no cracking and no condensation on the ice". The venue operation team ensures that the temperature and humidity of the stadium are within the requirements of the competition. In addition, questionnaires were distributed to referees, team leaders, players and spectators, and timely feedback and handling were made.

　　On December 8th, Yu Han (second from left), a first-team athlete from Shanghai, threw a pot in the women’s curling final of China Youth Open. Xinhua News Agency reporter Yan Huanzong photo

　　Feedback from all parties works well.

　　During the competition, the general contractor, the equipment supplier, the design unit, the supervision unit and the scientific research team controlled the site environment all the time. The site team and the ice maker collected a lot of data, including the ice surface temperature, the control of machinery and equipment, the indoor and outdoor air temperature, humidity and wind speed. After the competition, the research team will quickly sort out these data and form a series of special reports. According to these reports, the ice maker will sort out the final opinions, which will be evaluated and judged by the World Curling Federation.

　　Ogawa Kazuhe, director of the World Curling Federation, said: "The mobile rink will be used for the first time in the curling competition of the Winter Olympics. This mobile rink system is very successful from the test competition."

　　Hans, who has participated in the ice-making work in curling venues of the Winter Olympics many times, said: "This is an Olympic-level track, and all athletes dream of competing here. Although this is the first time that the mobile ice surface has been used in Olympic venues, its performance can be said to be perfect. "

　　Jin Zhishan, a South Korean curling star who led the Shanghai team, said: "I have played many international competitions, and I feel that it is similar to the World Championships and Winter Olympics venues, and the ice quality is very good." Japanese team coach Yuji Watanabe said that Japanese players enjoyed the game here.

　　Liu Jinli, curling coach and former world champion of Heilongjiang Ice Training Center, said that curling can be clearly felt when it is rotated inside and outside, and the flatness of this field is very good. Li Zhixia, a contestant from Beijing Chen Jinglun Middle School, said that the ice surface of the "Ice Cube" is very helpful to improve my competition results.

　　On December 8th, the audience watched the women’s curling final of China Youth Open in the "Ice Cube". Xinhua News Agency reporter Yan Huanzong photo

　　"Ice-water dual drive" focuses on the future

　　The competition lasted for 6 days, and 10 young men and 10 women competed fiercely on the brand-new ice of "Olympic standard". In the end, Japan’s Sapporo team won the first place in the men’s group and Jilin Province won the first place in the women’s group. The competition attracted more than 10 thousand people to watch the game, and the peak number of people watching the game in a single game reached more than 2,600.

　　In the venue, some simulated skiing experience games attracted many children to participate. Swimming, fitness and water recreation parks are also open as usual, truly achieving "ice and water two-wheel drive". During the renovation, the venue also hosted the opening ceremony of the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup.

　　Under the situation that there is a shortage of ice operation talents in China, the National Aquatics Center adopts the mode of cooperation between enterprises and schools to set up an "ice-making talent order class" to train ice-making and ice operation and maintenance talents in advance for the future development of the venue. In this competition, students from the order class participated in the whole process, from laying ice pipes before the competition, making ice and pouring ice, to maintaining the ice surface during the competition. At the scene, I got the personal demonstration and hands-on guidance from international ice makers.

　　It is reported that Olympic-quality curling venues will be used for mass experience and popularization of curling events for a period of time after December 9. The renovation project of the curling venue of the National Swimming Center will be completed in the middle of next year to welcome the curling test of the Winter Olympics and Paralympic Games in early 2021.

　　Beijing Radio and Television Station Winter Olympics Documentary Channel and Ultra HD Video (Beijing) Production Technology Collaborative Center conducted an 8K broadcast test for the first match and the men’s and women’s finals. This is also the first time in China to conduct an 8K broadcast test for winter events. The live events will be broadcast on Beijing Radio and Television Station Winter Olympics Documentary Channel on December 14th and 15th.

　　The competition was hosted by the Winter Sports Management Center of the State Sports General Administration and the China Curling Association, and was undertaken by the Beijing Municipal Sports Bureau, the Chaoyang District Government of Beijing and the National Aquatics Center, with the support of the Beijing Winter Olympics Organizing Committee.

　　BEIJING, Oct. 14 (Xinhua) According to the news released by Weibo, the official press office of the Sichuan Provincial People’s Government, on October 14, Chengdu’s 3U601 direct flight to Melbourne was diverted to Shenzhen Baoan Airport, and the flight was drained in the air before the diversion. According to Sichuan Airlines, the flight took off at 2:54 a.m., and passengers were found to be unwell at about 6: 00, so it was scheduled to land at Shenzhen Baoan Airport at 6: 30. According to the relevant staff of Sichuan Airlines, it is true that the oil is discharged in the air before the alternate landing, and this operation is the normal operation of the industry.

　　Weibo screenshot

　　The news pointed out that Sichuan Airlines had had similar operations before, so it did not make a special statement. It is understood that the unwell passenger was immediately taken to the local hospital after getting off the plane, and other passengers were waiting for the flight to take off again. However, due to the full local schedule, the flight did not take off immediately. As of 17: 57 on October 14th, flight 3U601 had taken off from Shenzhen for Melbourne with other passengers on the original flight.

Recently, "Strawberry price halved" rushed to the hot search list in Weibo, causing widespread concern among netizens. Under the hot search, some people are feeling that strawberries have become cheaper this year, and others are asking where to buy cheap strawberries.

According to the report of china securities journal, the reporter found that the sharp drop in strawberry prices was indeed true in many strawberry wholesale and retail markets in Beijing. Wang Liang (pseudonym), who specializes in strawberry wholesale in Beijing Xinfadi Agricultural Products Wholesale Market, said: "The weather is warm, strawberries grow very fast, and they are cooked in clusters, and they can be red overnight, and they are too late to pick them. The price of the country of origin has been reduced, and the wholesale and retail ends have also dropped accordingly. "

Not only strawberries, but also cherries are in the same situation. Statistics from Beijing Xinfadi Wholesale Market show that on October 31, 2023, the average price of Chilean cherries was 165 yuan per catty, and the highest price reached 200 yuan per catty. According to the latest market data, on January 31st, 2024, the average price of Chilean cherries on sale was 39 yuan per catty, and the highest price was only 55 yuan per catty. At the average price, the price of cherries dropped by 76.4%.

I still remember that before, "I can’t afford to eat fruit with a monthly salary of more than 10,000 yuan" rushed to the hot search, and the Internet was full of denunciations about "fruit assassins". Now the long-lost price reduction came off guard, which made people wonder: "Is fruit freedom really coming back?"

The most fundamental reason for the big price reduction of strawberries in 2024 is that the output has gone up.

According to CCTV financial report, in Yunnan, a big strawberry planting province, the strawberry production in 2023 increased by about 30% compared with 2022, and the price was also 20%-30% cheaper than 2022.

The surge in output mainly includes two factors: first, the climate is warming, which is suitable for strawberry growth; Second, more and more businesses are entering strawberry planting, and the plates are enlarged together.

According to the data of Tianyancha App, there were 521 new strawberry growing enterprises in 2023, and in 2022, the number was as high as 1,339. In two years, there were nearly 2,000 new strawberry growing enterprises in China. In terms of planting area, the planting area of strawberries also increased from 78.1 thousand hectares in 2011 to 139.97 thousand hectares in 2021.

From the perspective of the overall industry, China is the largest producer and consumer of strawberries. The Report on the Development Trend Analysis and Investment Prospect of China’s Strawberry Industry (2022-2029) shows that the production scale of strawberries in China ranks first in the world, accounting for more than one third of the total global strawberry production. The output of strawberries is also rising year after year, from 2.009 million tons in 2011 to 3.6825 million tons in 2021.

It is precisely because of the multiplied planting area and the booming output that the objective law of "scarcity is precious" has been essentially broken, and the seller’s market has become a buyer’s market, and the price has also ushered in a decline.

According to china securities journal, on February 25th, 2024, Wang Liang, a professional strawberry wholesaler in Beijing Xinfadi Agricultural Products Wholesale Market, told the reporter, "Two days ago, the creamy strawberries in Shandong and Anhui dropped to 8 yuan a catty. It snowed in the place of origin these two days, picking and transportation were blocked, and the price rose by a few dollars, but even if it rose, the price was half cheaper than that of the year before." A number of wholesalers told reporters that the best-selling strawberry now is Dandong, Liaoning, a catty of which is in 20 yuan’s early days, but before the Spring Festival, it has to be sold for 50 to 60 yuan a catty, and the price has been halved.

The development of fruit planting technology and the "involution" among growers have imperceptibly pushed down the price of high-priced fruits.

As the "shoulder handle" of apples, the red and durable "Fuji" apples were once all the rage. In 1980, China introduced Red Fuji into Shandong Province. Because the climate in Shandong Province is extremely suitable for the growth of Red Fuji, the planting area and output of Red Fuji have been rising, reaching a peak of more than 3,000 tons.

Almost every post-80s generation grew up eating the "inexhaustible" red Fuji in Shandong, and planted many kinds, even the rarest varieties became common.

The path of the sunshine rose falling from the altar is similar to that of Red Fuji. According to the data, in 2015, the price of the once-popular Sunshine Rose grape market once came to 300 yuan per catty, and in 2023, the price of Sunshine Rose only hovered around the 10 yuan per catty.

Another name of Sunshine Rose is Sunny Wang Putao, which was first cultivated in Japan. It is crisp and sweet, and has the characteristics of rose fragrance. After this variety entered China, it has been planted in Guangdong, Guangxi, Hunan, Sichuan, Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai, and basically achieved uninterrupted supply in the domestic market throughout the year. Large-scale localized planting of high-priced imported fruits not only reduces the cost of freight, but also increases the market supply, so that high-priced fruits are rare and expensive.

Not only that, but now China is the country with the largest blueberry production in the world; Avocado has been successfully planted in many areas of Yunnan, and even durian, the "king of fruits", has quietly entered the first fruit-producing period in Hainan … Because of all kinds of "localization", in the China market in 2023, blueberries fell to 7.99 yuan a box, and avocados were stable at more than 30 yuan for four, so it no longer felt so "meaty" to eat.

If the "parity" of Sunshine Rose and Avocado is the result of large-scale planting in China, the price reduction of cherries and durian is attributed to the cross-border logistics in China.

The complete infrastructure of fresh food logistics not only reduces the storage and transit time, but also further reduces the loss rate. It may be hard for Chilean fruit farmers to imagine that cherries that have just picked their branches today may appear in the hands of consumers in China two days later.

On December 3rd, 2021, with the official opening of China-Laos Railway, it takes only three days for durian to be transported from Thailand’s cold chain to Kunming, China, almost catching up with the transportation speed of domestic express delivery, and the transportation cost is reduced and the price is also lowered.

Compared with the frequent occurrence of "fruit assassins", it seems that fruit freedom is really close at hand.

The price of strawberries is so close to the people, which is the gospel of strawberry lovers. Let’s take advantage of the price to have a good meal! Pai Paijun also collected some tips for picking and cleaning strawberries here.

The appearance of strawberries should be bright, uniform and tidy, which indicates that strawberries are mature and have the same maturity, and at the same time, spotted and rotten strawberries should be avoided.

Fresh and ripe strawberries have a strong aroma, and some varieties can smell the aroma of cream when they are close.

Strawberries should be refrigerated in time after purchase, and preservation at 2℃-4℃ is helpful to extend the shelf life of strawberries.

First, wash strawberries with running water to remove the dust on the surface.

Then, soak in clear water, light salt water or baking soda solution for 5 minutes.

Finally, rinse it again and you can eat it with confidence.

Key points: don’t pick strawberry stalks before washing! Studies have shown that the cleaning method without removing the strawberry pedicle will be cleaner and more hygienic than removing the strawberry pedicle.

Tips: Although strawberries are delicious, everyone should pay attention to eating them in moderation!

(References: Xinhua News Agency, china securities journal, CCTV Finance, Sanlian Life Weekly, The Paper, Interface News, China Economic Weekly, Anhui Daily, Intersection News, Popular Daily, etc.)

Topic Host | Reporter Zheng Zongmin
Figure | Xinhua News Agency data map

You may have seen countless strength training programs. Strength training programs can be divided into general strength training programs and special strength training programs. Most of the training programs we want to see can’t improve running ability. Before sharing the running strength training plan, I would like to share with you some basic principles that should be followed:

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1, the principle of pertinence

If you are a runner, the purpose of strength training is nothing more than improving your running ability. Before you do it, you need to think about how these movements help running, which will be more targeted and improve faster. For example, in the forward swing stage of running, the hamstring muscles will be elongated, limiting the extension of the calf, while the calf is stretched by the quadriceps femoris. When accelerating, the calf and foot begin to descend to the running surface, thus forming a vertical line from head to toe. Therefore, if you have the problem of striding, you should do more hamstring training when doing strength training to help your feet fall below the center of gravity.

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2. pyramid principles

According to the best performance training model (OPT) of the National Sports Medicine Association (NASM), training is divided into stability (stable endurance), strength (muscle endurance, muscle hypertrophy, maximum strength) and explosion (explosive force). The order of training should be from bottom to top, first lay a solid foundation for stability, and then carry out strength and explosive training. In stability training, joint activity training and muscle activation should be carried out in order to better enter the state of motion.

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3, the principle of project-specific adaptation

The principle of project-specific adaptation is also called SAID (specific adaptation to imposed demands), which is closely related to the principle of pertinence, except that said pays more attention to the physiological structure. Most runners don’t want muscle hypertrophy, but want to improve muscle endurance, so do more endurance training to make your cells adapt and become more endurance.

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Next, I will share with you a strength training plan, which should be implemented step by step. The specific methods are as follows:

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1. Core training

The so-called core refers to a whole, a solid foundation and a source of strength and speed. Use first90-90 tension breathingTo activate the core muscles, especially the diaphragm related to running and breathing.Rod type(flat support) to improve the stability and control of core muscles, to ensure that the movements are not deformed during running, and finally to useHigh kneeling posture is stable and anti-rotation.Action, to simulate the swing arm scene during running.

2. Lower limb training

Lower limb training can be carried out with the help of elastic belt. The most important thing in lower limb training is the strength of gluteal muscles, which helps to stabilize the knee joint and improve the running ability. Considering that the hip, knee and ankle of the lower limbs are an interactive dynamic chain, the first thing to do is to start the hip joint, and then strengthen the leg muscles by lateral crab walking and feet moving back and forth, and then carry out one-leg hard lifting, lunge walking, Bulgarian leg squatting, side squatting, deep squatting and over-squatting, and finally strengthen the elasticity of the achilles tendon by skipping rope, which is helpful to the stability of the forefoot landing.

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3. Upper limb training

The main purpose of upper limb training is to improve the swing arm ability, because poor swing arm efficiency will affect the stability of the body and reduce the running efficiency. Healthy shoulder joint mobility is the key to the balance and stability of the upper body. Too weak upper body or poor movement mode will affect daily life and hinder sports performance.

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In upper limb training, elastic belt should be used to start the shoulder joint first, then push-ups should be used to develop upper limb muscle strength, and finally rowing and shoulder external rotation should be carried out to improve the shoulder and arm strength in an all-round way.

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Finally, attach a strength training schedule for everyone! Come on. Oh, come on.

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Text /Grace Master of Human Science in Yaxin Sports, fitness blogger

Figure/Yu Yan ACE-CPT Personal trainer of American Sports Association, posture running coach

new spring

Author: Zhan Chu [Song]

Reading Poems for You: Cai Zi | Moderator

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The years are new and spring is coming, and Yingchun is still an old man.

May the old and the new be born, and the new year will be renewed.

Jia Zhangke’s Spring Festival Letter: Vientiane Spring

Gaowa Siqin’s Spring Festival Letter: A dragon makes a spirit.

Winter is over,

Old pains die with winter.

Buried in the north wind.

Carried away by the north wind.

Spring comes as promised.

It has never betrayed everything waiting for it.

-Qin Liyan’s Early Spring

The arrival of the Spring Festival affects everyone’s mood.Regret for the old days was replaced by hope for the new year.The world in my eyes has changed from barren to lush, so I really feel that everything is slowly recovering and everything is moving towards beauty.

Yu Shicun’s "Letter from the Spring Festival": Good winds follow.

So Du Fu, who was wandering, looked at the beautiful spring scenery of swallows holding mud and Yuanyang sleeping quietly, and wrote."It’s beautiful when the sun is late, and flowers and plants are fragrant in the spring breeze."The sadness in my heart is also smoothed by the scenery in front of me;

Uneasy Wang Bo, also in the spring to find hope, issued."Spring should be sent every year, once there is someone."Belief, I believe that one day, "I will be a dust collector, and I will cover Zhu Xuan with spring".

The four seasons cycle, spring is the beginning season, and the air seems to be full of hope. Living in the spring, I am naturally permeated by the bursting of this life, giving birth to infinite joy and expectation.

Meng Man’s "Letter from the Spring Festival": to a higher level

The old year will be over, although it also means that the old days will never return, and some regrets are a foregone conclusion, and some losses are irreparable.But don’t worry, we will have new flowers and leaves, and there will be other leisurely days.Everything in the past has passed, and what we should do is "willing to get rid of the old and create new ideas, and end up with the new year."

Spring has arrived, and the Spring Festival is coming. You should believe that what you are waiting for and expecting will have results. People you miss will meet again eventually.Many unknown beauties in life are coming with spring.

Moderator Cai Zi

And what you have to do is to climb the mountain, enjoy the tour, blow the spring breeze and see the spring flowers.Go and run into spring by yourself.

At the end of the program, I will once again send the concluding remarks in the live broadcast of "Letter from the Spring Festival" to you who are listening to the program. I wish you the upcoming Jiachen year of the loong.

There is spring in life.

Be in a good mood.

Like every flower, like looking forward to the new year.

To the next level, there is a dragon that is spiritual.

At the moment when consumer demand is changing and efficiency is paramount, Betani, the leader of domestic beauty products, is stepping out of a development path with technology first and innovation leading.

Recently, Betaine’s new raw materials, the extract of Erigeron breviscapus and the extract of Lychee grass, were put on record in National Medical Products Administration, and entered a three-year monitoring period, which means another major breakthrough in Betaine’s scientific research in the field of skin care.

Under the market trend of efficacy skin care, plant raw materials have become a force that cannot be ignored in the filing of new raw materials, and more and more enterprises have realized the importance of raw material innovation. The new raw materials of erigeron breviscapus extract and lychee herb extract are on the market, which is of great significance for the efficacy of products to reach a higher level and seize the market of skin care raw materials.

At the same time, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology recently announced the list of national technological innovation demonstration enterprises in 2023, and Betani was approved as one of 68 technological innovation demonstration enterprises. This is another national honor recently won by the company after passing the accreditation of the national industrial design center, showing its leading position in technological innovation capability and transformation of innovation achievements.

In the beauty market where homogenization is becoming more and more serious and stock competition is becoming more and more fierce, only enterprises with profound R&D strength and solid brand influence can stand out in the market competition, which is the advantage that Betani has. As a leading enterprise in the sensitive muscle beauty sub-industry, Betani relies on Yunnan’s natural plant resources and research and development of China’s characteristic plant raw materials to provide solutions to skin problems from the plant kingdom, which is worthy of the name of "the head geese".

Natural ingredients are favored, backed by Yunnan, with rare plants.

With the frequent capital operation and the accelerated entry of enterprises, the domestic beauty industry has become more and more "involuted". According to the data of Tianyancha, at least 6,500 cosmetic enterprises established in the past year have been cancelled, and the cancellation of enterprises or stores whose business scope includes "cosmetics" has exceeded 10,000, which means that the life span of these enterprises is less than one year.

With the change of consumer demand from "phenomenon" and "scene" to scientific rationality, natural green skin care products with efficacy and safety have become more popular among consumers, and pure natural plant ingredients have become a "sharp blade" for enterprises to stand out from the encirclement. Skin care products manufacturers began to return to the products themselves, focusing on technology research and development, and the natural ingredients of "plant raw materials" were gradually washed away and returned to their original hearts.

According to the relevant statistics of Markets and Markets, the global market size of plant extracts is expected to reach 58.4 billion US dollars in 2025, which is about 426.4 billion yuan. Domestic skin care products manufacturers are also following the news: The Catalogue of Used Cosmetic Raw Materials (2021 Edition) published by National Medical Products Administration shows that the number of used raw materials of cosmetics produced and sold in China has increased to 8,972, including nearly 3,000 kinds of plant raw materials, accounting for about one third.

Although China has a tradition of plant research and medicinal use, it is still in a late position in today’s technical conditions and market environment, especially in the application of plant extraction and separation technology and the middle and lower reaches. At the same time, the blank market also provides a breakthrough point for brands and factories, which is expected to help China’s characteristic plant raw materials to establish a global advantage.

In this international competition, Betani in China has become one of the best, shouldering the banner of domestic plant raw material research. With the platform advantage of Yunke Characteristic Plant Extraction Laboratory and the abundant plant resources in Yunnan, Betani R&D team conducted in-depth excavation of Yunnan characteristic plants, explored the main raw materials for skin care, such as Fructus Zanthoxyli oil and Portulaca oleracea extract, and clarified their effective concentration in principle, setting an industry benchmark for domestic plant raw material R&D enterprises in China.

Yunnan, with its diverse climate and unique advantages, is undoubtedly a fertile land. Plants including tropical, subtropical, temperate and even cold zones are bred here, and there are countless rare species. Among them, Erigeron breviscapus, also known as Erigeron breviscapus, brings the answer to skin rejuvenation and high energy activity as its name suggests. Experiments show that the extract of Erigeron breviscapus not only has obvious inhibitory effect on various inflammatory factors, but also shows excellent soothing and anti-inflammatory effects, and can effectively control skin oil and enhance the protection of skin barrier.

However, Lychee grass, which has the alias of "Snow Grass", has the effect of "fire extinguisher" on the skin. Touching the skin is like encountering a "first snow", which can quickly cool the skin, relieve the hot, painful and itchy state of sensitive muscles, effectively reduce the content of fat drops, reduce the oily state of the skin, and open a new experience of soothing and caring.

The filing of the two new raw materials in National Medical Products Administration will not only help Betani to develop new products that meet the multi-dimensional needs of consumers and enhance the company’s market competitiveness, but also effectively enhance the added value of plant resources in Yunnan Province, promote the industrialization of Yunnan’s characteristic plants, and promote the development of health industry through scientific research.

The filing of cosmetic raw materials is becoming stricter, and the policy encourages accelerating innovative research and development.

Under the market trend that efficacy skin care is becoming the mainstream day by day, plant raw materials have become a force that cannot be ignored in the filing of new raw materials, and more and more enterprises have realized the importance of raw material innovation. Especially in today’s cosmetics industry, the supervision has been strengthened and the filing of raw materials has become stricter. The filing of two raw materials has injected vitality into Bettini’s participation in the competition of skin care track dominated by plant raw materials.

Since the "Regulations on the Supervision and Administration of Cosmetics" was promulgated in 2021, cosmetics have entered the era of strict supervision. On November 10th, 2023, National Medical Products Administration issued "Announcement on Issues Related to Encouraging Innovation and Standardizing Management of New Cosmetic Raw Materials". The announcement pointed out that the drug regulatory authorities should strengthen the supervision and management of new raw materials and related products, and strengthen the monitoring and evaluation of the registration, use and safety of new raw materials for cosmetics, which shows that the management of raw materials for related enterprises has received great attention.

On the one hand, it is compliance supervision and on the other hand, it is support and encouragement. From the Regulation on the Supervision and Administration of Cosmetics issued by the State Council to encourage and support the use of modern science and technology, combined with traditional advantageous projects and characteristic plant resources in China, to the Action Plan for High-quality Development of Cosmetic Industry in Shanghai, it is proposed to strengthen the research on new raw materials, functional raw materials, flavors and fragrances and China characteristic plant resources, which shows that the central and local governments encourage the development and utilization of characteristic plant resources, thus pointing out the direction for innovative research and development of new raw materials for cosmetics.

Since its establishment, Betani has keenly captured consumers’ attention to product ingredients and formulas in the China market, and actively devoted herself to the basic research of functional skin care products. Based on the characteristic plants such as Celastrus angulatus, Portulaca oleracea, camellia yunnanensis, Paris polyphylla var. yunnanensis, and Physalis alkekengi, she has carried out a large number of independent research and development related to the efficacy of relieving inflammation, anti-aging, barrier repair, plant preservation, plant acne removal and plant sun protection, and initially realized the industrialization of plant screening and extraction.

Take Winona’s star product, Shu Min Moisturizing Special Cream, as an example. The core ingredients of this product come from the extracts of Fructus Lycii and Portulaca oleracea produced in Yunnan, which not only has excellent repairing and soothing effects, but also meets the consumers’ demands for efficacy and naturalness to the greatest extent, making it a leader among similar skin care products.

In terms of sensitive skin problems, Betani continues to explore and propose new solutions. In July, 2023, the company was invited to participate in the 25th World Dermatology Conference held in Singapore. Based on the "four-in-one" whitening mechanism proposed by Professor He Li, the leader of the innovation team of the Ministry of Education, Winona released a new whitening and whitening essence, which can inhibit pigment synthesis, reduce the inflammatory reaction, reduce the proliferation and expansion of blood vessels and repair the skin barrier.

With long-term deep cultivation in the field of sensitive skin care, Betani’s market share is growing. According to Euromonitor data, from 2013 to 2022, the compound annual growth rate of China Dermocosmetics Skin Care market scale was 24.9%, while Winona’s terminal retail sales increased from 0.8 billion yuan to 6.62 billion yuan, with a compound annual growth rate of 63.0%. The market share of Dermocosmetics Skin Car in China increased from 2.1% to 23.2%, ranking first in the market share for four consecutive years.

Abundant clinical and academic resources, increase investment to break technical difficulties.

The extraction process of plant raw materials is a complex art. The whole process will go through solvent extraction, mechanical crushing, mechanical pressing, distillation and other technological means, and the vitality and essence of plants will be extracted with ingenious techniques to provide vibrant raw materials for cosmetics.

This process is not simple. From a technical point of view, the current research on plant raw materials is still in its infancy in terms of basic research depth and innovation, and it is generally faced with problems in safety, efficacy and stability, and the relevant standards are still in the formative stage, which has caused the phenomenon of insufficient stamina for the differentiation research of plant raw materials.

This is why skin care faucets such as Betani have accelerated the pace of extraction and research and development of plant raw materials. From 2017 to 2022, Betani’s R&D staff increased from 64 to 391, accounting for 6.1% to 12.8%; The amount of R&D investment increased from 29 million yuan to 278 million yuan, and the proportion of operating income increased from 3.6% to 5.6%.

Because the sensitive muscle maintenance industry has certain medical and health attributes, it is easier for enterprises jointly developed and cooperated with authoritative organizations to gain the trust of consumers in the components, functions and treatment methods of sensitive muscle maintenance-related products. By the end of 2022, Betani had completed clinical research and effect observation of dermatology in 63 hospitals, published 184 papers in SCI and core journals, and participated in the formulation of 31 group standards of efficacy skin care products in China, which was fruitful in clinical data and academic resources.

Moreover, the company held the China Sensitive Skin Summit Forum for four consecutive years, and invited authoritative dermatologists to discuss the latest research results of sensitive skin. In addition, Winona brand has deepened its professional image in the minds of doctors and consumers and led the development of the industry by publishing foreword insights. In 2023, the 4th China Sensitive Skin Summit Forum and TMIC released the White Paper on the Development Trend of Pan-sensitivity in 2023, and together with Dr. Lilac, created the New Concept of Sensitive and Pan-sensitive Skin Care.

In February last year, Betani’s Yunnan Characteristic Plant Extraction Laboratory was approved as the "National Standard Sample Calibration Laboratory for Natural Products", becoming the 37th institution awarded by the National Standard Technical Committee’s Professional Working Group for Natural Products Standard Samples. On November 30th, the company won the honorary title of "National Industrial Design Center", demonstrating its outstanding strength in innovative R&D and design.

Under the background of the upgrading of consumer demand, the favor of natural raw material products and the strengthening of industry supervision, the competition point of domestic beauty enterprises has gradually changed from marketing flow to the product’s own efficacy. Nowadays, Betani, a domestic beauty leader who insists on independent research and development and attaches importance to the innovative development of plant raw materials, is leading a new era of functional skin care development, and is expected to achieve greater development with gradually deepening brand influence and increasingly sufficient technical reserves.

　　Taihai Net February 3 (Straits reporter Huang Jianmin) Due to the active cold air and warm and humid airflow, rainy days are still the main theme of Xiamen weather under the intersection of cold and warm air for seven days from now, and the main precipitation period is from today night to tomorrow, and from the 7th to the 8th. In terms of temperature, affected by many weak cold air, the temperature in Xiamen has fluctuated in the next three days. On the 6th, a new strong cold air is coming, and Xiamen will have obvious cooling, precipitation and windy weather along the coast. It is estimated that the highest temperature in Xiamen will drop to 13℃ and the lowest temperature will be 11℃ under the combined action of rain and cold air on the 7th.