CCTV News:Since 2016, the former Ministry of Environmental Protection has listed and supervised a number of environmental grammar cases that seriously pollute the environment and have been strongly reflected by the masses, involving the layout of industrial zones, the illegal discharge of waste water and waste gas, and the illegal disposal of hazardous waste. Today, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment reported the rectification situation.

　　Shangyu, Zhejiang Province: Disturbance of Odor in Economic and Technological Development Zone

　　There are many chemical enterprises in Shangyu Economic and Technological Development Zone in Hangzhou Bay, Zhejiang Province, and the layout is unreasonable. The problem of unorganized emission of waste gas and odor disturbing people is serious. For the first time, the former Ministry of Environmental Protection took the form of joint supervision with the Zhejiang provincial government, gathered all forces to make a scientific evaluation of the industrial park, strictly enforced the environmental access system, and started the rectification action of "one factory, one policy" to build a 24-hour environmental inspection system. Since the listing supervision, 854 cases of various environmental violations have been investigated and investigated, and 53 people have been criminally detained. The average concentration of pollution factors of 30 kinds of malodorous organic waste gas decreased by 15.9%.

　　Liujing, Director of Inspection Department of Environmental Supervision Bureau of Ministry of Ecology and Environment:The problems of industrial parks involve all aspects, not only the enterprises themselves, but also the joint supervision of local governments, which can integrate the strength of many parties and cooperate with many departments to jointly promote the rectification of enterprises.

　　Maanshan, Anhui: A multi-person in charge of a chemical enterprise problem was sentenced.

　　There are some problems in Yujiang Machinery Chemical Co., Ltd. in Maanshan City, Anhui Province, such as building without approval, using seepage wells to discharge high-concentration acidic waste liquid, directly discharging waste water and waste gas, and putting hazardous waste into boiler combustion without authorization. After the problem was discovered, the former Ministry of Environmental Protection immediately supervised the case, sealed up the main production equipment, fined the enterprise 200,000 yuan, sentenced one responsible person to fixed-term imprisonment, and sentenced seven responsible persons of the local government to administrative dismissal, demerit recording, and serious warnings within the party.

　　Hebei, Tianjin: Many environmental indicators of waste acid dumping in seepage pits exceeded the standard.

　　In 2017, the former Ministry of Environmental Protection found that many seepage pits in Jinghai District of Tianjin and Dacheng County of Hebei Province were polluted by illegal dumping of waste acid all the year round, and many environmental indicators seriously exceeded the standard. After the listing supervision, the two places carried out pollution control and repair work on the relevant seepage pits, and compiled repair plans for 89 newly discovered pollution-receiving pits and ponds by analogy. At present, most of them have completed repair and acceptance.

　　Zouping, Shandong Province: The disposal of huge amounts of hazardous waste is not standardized.

　　Zouping county Qingyuan Textile Additives Co., Ltd. in Shandong Province, the production wastewater is not fully reused, and the phenomenon of leakage is serious, and the pungent smell in the factory area and surrounding areas is serious. The storage management of hazardous waste with a total amount of more than 1,300 tons is not standardized. After the listing supervision, the local environmental protection department has stopped production of the enterprise, blocked the sewage outlet, reformed the online monitoring facilities and connected with the environmental protection department, and imposed a fine of 400,000 yuan on the enterprise.

　　Liujing, Director of Inspection Department of Environmental Supervision Bureau of Ministry of Ecology and Environment:This notification of these cases also reminds the local government. Although our environmental supervision is increasing at present, environmental violations are still outstanding, especially individual enterprises’ illegal discharge and leakage. We must strengthen supervision and not relax.

　　The Ministry of Ecology and Environment informed enterprises in Hebei and Guangdong about illegal sewage discharge.

　　Recently, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment also notified two enterprises in Hebei and Guangdong of illegal sewage discharge and sludge dumping.

　　On March 31, the media exposed that the well water for rural irrigation in Ningjin County, Hebei Province turned red, and the Ministry of Ecology and Environment quickly went to investigate.

　　The sewage disposal enterprise is Ningjin County Hebei Haohui Technology Co., Ltd.. Environmental law enforcement officers found 1 seepage pit, 3 seepage wells and 4 suspected hazardous waste landfill sites. It is preliminarily determined that the enterprise has some environmental violations, such as using concealed pipes to smuggle organic dye wastewater, burying suspected hazardous wastes without authorization, and storing hazardous wastes through seepage wells. At present, the Environmental Protection Department of Hebei Province has completed the investigation and evidence collection and will be punished according to law. The public security organs of Xingtai City have criminally detained four persons in charge of the enterprise and those directly responsible according to law.

　　In March this year, some people reported that Guangzhou Haitao Environmental Protection Technology Co., Ltd. had the problem of illegal dumping of sludge. The Ministry of Ecology and Environment sent an undercover investigation team, and it was found that Haitao Company’s main business was sewage treatment and recycling. At night, the company transported the sludge to a construction site for dumping and covered it with earthwork. The sludge transported every day is about 15 trips, and each trip is about 20 tons. The Ministry of Ecology and Environment has handed over the evidence to the Guangdong Provincial Environmental Protection Department, instructing it to conduct a comprehensive law enforcement inspection of the company, and will carry out special inspections on this issue in the near future. (CCTV reporter Wang Chen)

Small and medium-sized businesses "promotion fatigue"

Author/IT Times reporter Shen Yibin

Editor/Hao Junhui Sun Yan

Double 11 in 2024 came earlier than before.

At 8: 00 pm on October 14th, Taobao, Tmall, JD.COM and other e-commerce platforms started this year’s double 11 event, about 10 days earlier than last year.

This year, the eyes of various platforms are more focused on merchants. Taotian Group said that this time, double 11 will provide businesses with a more certain business environment on the premise of ensuring adequate supply of low-priced and good goods and consumer experience; JD.COM also said that it is necessary to make brand businesses sell well, grow and earn money. In addition to the "tens of billions of subsidies", Pinduoduo has offered "tens of billions of relief" to businesses.

Judging from the record on the first day of launch, the head brand took the lead, and the sales of home appliances and beauty brands such as Haier, Midea, Little Swan, L ‘Oreal and Xiulike rose sharply, exceeding 100 million.

However, for some small and medium-sized businesses, the frequent promotion frequency of major platforms this year has made them feel a little "aesthetic fatigue" towards double 11. A number of small and medium-sized businesses told the IT Times reporter that from the data on the night of the event, there was not much increase than before, and the effect of this "longest in history" double 11 remains to be tested.

This year, double 11 "belongs" to businesses.

On October 14th, the "longest in history" double 11 was fully launched.

Compared with last year, this year’s low-price war in double 11 is a little lighter, and common propaganda words such as "the cheapest" and "the lowest price in the whole network" have disappeared. Interconnection has become a hot word this year: Taobao can place orders directly on WeChat, and Jingdong Logistics can be used for delivery and return. Meituan Takeout and Meituan Hotel officially settled in Alipay applet; Merchants have become "fragrant cakes" again, especially Taobao, which has launched a series of measures to "reduce the burden" for merchants.

The first optimization is "refund only". At the end of last year, Taobao launched the "Refund Only", but it was constantly adjusted due to the carnival of the Wool Party. After eight months of implementation, Taobao revised the "Refund Only" rule, so that merchants with an experience score greater than or equal to 4.8 can negotiate on their own, and the platform does not interfere with the received refunds. At the same time, Taobao launched the "Refund Only" recognition model. Up to now, it has intercepted more than 400,000 unreasonable "Refund Only" orders on average every day.

At the same time, Taobao launched an upgraded version of "Return Treasure" for freight insurance, aiming at reducing the return cost for merchants. According to Taobao’s calculation, during the period of double 11, "returning treasure" can bring up to 58% cost reduction for some businesses. In addition, for all Taobao live broadcast merchants, Taobao will also reduce the one-year live broadcast technical service fee.

These measures made Lin Yun (pseudonym) feel a lot easier. Lin Yun (pseudonym) is an e-commerce boss who works as a body-building sportswear in Tmall International. Every year, double 11 participates. "We belong to Tmall International, and the freight insurance rate for returning goods is generally 1%~3% of the price of goods. The cost of overall freight insurance generally accounts for 3%~5% of sales."

This year, the platform will no longer charge freight insurance. For Lin Yun, where the return rate and the risk rate are not high, this part of the cost is a proper profit.

However, Lin Yun hasn’t felt the dividend of interconnection for the time being. The target customers of sportswear he runs are basically young people and middle class, while the groups that Taobao "lacks" in WeChat are more elderly people and sinking people who only use WeChat and WeChat to pay, which is more beneficial to businesses covered by Pinduoduo.

Or because of this, Pinduoduo, which has always been "partial" to consumers, has also increased its preferential treatment for businesses on the Double Eleven this year. The "10 billion reduction and exemption" plan will reduce the promotion service fee, technical service fee and deposit of high-quality merchants in the coming year. In addition, Pinduoduo also exempted the transfer fee for logistics in remote areas, and the technical fee for all orders after use was reduced from 1% to 0.6%, and the store deposit was also reduced from 1000 yuan to 500 yuan.

Some businesses can’t afford "the longest in history"

Besides connectivity, "the longest in history" is also one of the most important labels in double 11 this year.

Simply combing, at 10: 00 a.m. on October 14th, Vipshop will take the lead in "off-peak" sales. On that night, Taobao and JD.COM launched the double 11 Promotion simultaneously. As early as October 8, Pinduoduo took the lead in announcing the opening of double 11 activities; On the same day, Tik Tok also announced that it would enter the pre-sale promotion (pre-sale), while Aauto Quicker e-commerce launched the pre-sale promotion on October 10th.

Changing the promotion season from week to month, and then to longer, means that platform merchants spend more and more time participating in activities, and the price should be kept low for a long time, which makes some small and medium-sized businesses a bit unbearable.

Zhu Ling (a pseudonym), a Shanghai e-commerce boss who makes high-priced clothes, gave up this year’s double 11. She told the IT Times reporter that although the platform released many preferential policies this year, it still benefited big businesses. "We are engaged in clothing, and September to November is the peak season. If we don’t participate in double 11, we won’t be anxious about traffic. On the contrary, we won’t cause sales pressure because of activities."

What makes her a little tired is that the effect of "the longest 618 in history" in the first half of the year is not ideal. This year’s "618 Promotion", also known as "the longest in history", has been going on for nearly a month since it was launched on May 20th. Although Zhu Ling’s store participated in the activity, although the traffic increased, the return rate also increased, and the overall sales volume was even less than that in a normal month. In addition, endless returns and after-sales made her stores in short supply even more stressed.

Lin Yun still participated in this year’s double 11, and the activity strategy is that all commodities can be fully reduced, and individual commodities participate in the pre-sale. However, the first day of Tmall’s booming data has nothing to do with him.

According to the data of Tmall platform, in the first 30 minutes after the sale at 8: 00 pm on October 14th, 20 brands of Tmall beauty brand exceeded 100 million yuan, and 8 single products exceeded 100 million yuan. The turnover of 42 brands including Xiaomi, vivo, DJI and Fuji doubled compared with the first day of pre-sale last year. However, although the store traffic in Lin Yun has increased a lot, there is little difference from the pre-sale volume in peacetime, and most buyers just look at it.

"Tmall International has promotional activities almost every month, and daily sales and activities have consumed a lot of users’ purchasing power. Moreover, the previous strategy of raising prices by SKU and then lowering prices to participate in activities is no longer feasible, but there is no traffic and no profit without lowering prices." Lin Yun is quite annoyed.

"The double 11 cycle is best shortened to 7 to 10 days." A month-long promotion means that stores in Lin Yun should keep their prices low for a whole month. If there is not enough sales, Lin Yun is worried that the overall profit of the stores will drop.

Reporter’s observation: although the "lowest price" is not seen, it has become a dark battle.

Although the "lowest price" disappeared in the whole network this year, all e-commerce platforms have tried their best to attract businesses and attract consumers, but in any case, price is still the most effective weapon.

In their respective non-dominant projects, Taotian and JD.COM are fighting each other.

This year, the number of commodities participating in JD.COM’s 10 billion subsidy has increased fourfold, especially "non-dominant" commodities such as clothing and beauty cosmetics, and many international brands such as Saint Laurent, Balenciaga and MONCLER have settled in JD.COM. In terms of clothing, JD.COM offers 50% discount coupons for clothing, and enjoys full 300 yuan minus 50 yuan when shopping across stores.

Taotian, on the other advantageous projects in JD.COM, such as 3C and household appliances, issued a number of stall concessions, such as "3C Digital Voucher" with 980 yuan minus 100 yuan, "Home Appliances Premium Voucher" with 2980 yuan minus 300 yuan, and "Home Appliances Premium Voucher" with 5980 yuan minus 600 yuan.

In the most important channel of low-priced products-factory direct sales, both sides also compete for "good quality and low price". A week before the opening of double 11, Taobao launched the "Amoy Select" column, which was built into the App in the form of a self-operated flagship store. Its positioning was to provide a dedicated traffic window for cost-effective sources, and the presentation form and target users of the page were similar to those of Amoy Factory.

JD.COM has launched a "factory goods subsidy of 10 billion yuan", which not only has the support of merchants’ flow and price subsidies, but also the number of goods in the 9.9 package channel in factory goods logistics has increased by two times compared with that in double 11 last year. In addition, JD.COM announced that it will recruit at least 10,000 purchasing and marketing personnel in the next three years, and bring back more cheap and high-quality products.

The live broadcast is also an important channel for price competition of e-commerce platforms. Taotian’s strategy is still to rely on Li Jiaqi, Luo Yonghao and other head anchors. When you turn on Taobao Live, you will find that the words "Red Packet Rain" will appear in the upper right corner of many live broadcast rooms, ranging from 10,000 yuan to 100 million yuan. Li Jiaqi Live Room only distributed 500 million yuan red envelopes on the first day after the launch of double 11 from 14th to 15th.

JD.COM, which has no big live broadcast, seems to be "infatuated" with the digital people live broadcast track. During double 11, the digital people created by JD.COM will be open to brand merchants for free. The most explosive thing is that the "JD.COM Purchasing and Selling Staff" who played a public contest with Li Jiaqi played again, and the JD.COM supermarket purchasing and selling live room announced that it would broadcast live simultaneously with Li Jiaqi, and then offered a 10% discount on the price of the Li Jiaqi live room.

Zhuang Shuai, founder of Bailian Consulting, believes that the "price war" of e-commerce platforms is indeed continuing. However, in the long run, major e-commerce platforms will re-examine the differences in category advantages, experience and services, and increase investment with emphasis to form differentiated competitive advantages beyond price.

Typesetting/Ji Jiaying

Photo/Taobao JD.COM Oriental IC

Source/IT Times WeChat official account vittimes

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