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■ during the mid-autumn festival and national day holidays, some chinese citizens plan to travel abroad to visit exotic scenery and experience local customs. the consular protection center of the ministry of foreign affairs reminds outbound chinese tourists to travel safely, travel in a civilized manner, make careful travel plans, actively make preparations before traveling, pay attention to preventing various risks, and ensure the safety of their lives and property.

■ according to calculations by the data center of the ministry of culture and tourism, during the mid-autumn festival holiday in 2024, 107 million people will travel domestically, and the total travel expenditure of domestic tourists will be 51.047 billion yuan.

■ according to the national immigration administration, during the mid-autumn festival this year, border inspection agencies across the country ensured the entry and exit of a total of 5.256 million chinese and foreign personnel, with an average of 1.752 million people per day, an increase of 18.6% over the same period last year.

■ the "2024 china festival" event was recently held in yoyogi park, tokyo, japan. more than 50 well-known chinese and japanese performing arts and friendship groups performed on stage. many chinese and overseas chinese groups in japan, such as the china-japan youth industry-academic federation and the japan medical alumni association, exhibited, attracting about 180,000 people.

■ on the evening of september 17th local time, “the moon is full in china and thailand – magical mid-autumn night in thailand” was held in bangkok.

■ the premiere of the 2024 "china film week" (victoria) was recently held in bendigo, victoria, australia.

■ the chinese embassy in germany reminds chinese citizens to pay attention to germany’s latest border control measures. when entering and leaving the german border, they should prepare passports, visas, residence permits and other documents, as well as air tickets, hotel reservations, medical insurance and other travel materials in advance for border inspection departments to check.

■ the embassy in mali reminds chinese citizens in mali to raise their awareness of safety precautions, pay close attention to the security situation and stay away from dangerous areas.

■ the embassy of china in portugal reminds chinese citizens in portugal to pay attention to the early warning information issued by the portuguese institute for sea and atmosphere (ipma) and the national emergency and civil protection agency (anepc), arrange travel plans reasonably, and avoid going to wildfire areas.

■ on the 17th, pager explosions occurred in many places in lebanon. lebanese health minister firas abiad said that the incidents have caused more than 4,000 injuries and 11 deaths.

■ ryan routh, the man suspected of attempting to assassinate former republican presidential candidate donald trump, was charged with two federal gun-related crimes on the 16th. the investigation findings released on the same day showed that routh had been waiting outside the golf course for nearly 12 hours and was discovered by us secret service agents before he could open fire. his motive for the crime is still unclear.

■ as wildfires raged in northern portugal and other places, the european union announced on the 17th that it had dispatched 8 firefighting aircraft to help portugal put out the fires. this is the second time this summer that the eu has provided assistance to portugal in dealing with wildfires.

■ an international research team recently published a paper in the british academic journal the lancet, saying that between 2025 and 2050, more than 39 million people are expected to die from antibiotic resistance worldwide.