>Settlement of medical bills
跨省門診費(fèi)可直接結(jié)算
China has added 15 provincial-level regions to a pilot system that supports cross-provincial settlement of outpatient bills, bringing the number of such regions to 27, the National Healthcare Security Administration said on Monday. A total of 663 medical institutions and pharmacies in the 15 regions, including Inner Mongolia and Xinjiang, are now included in the medical insurance system for direct reimbursements, said the administration.
國家醫(yī)療保障局2月1日表示，新增內(nèi)蒙古、新疆等15個(gè)省區(qū)作為普通門診費(fèi)用跨省直接結(jié)算試點(diǎn)，開通定點(diǎn)醫(yī)藥機(jī)構(gòu)和定點(diǎn)零售藥店663家。至此全國已有27個(gè)省(區(qū)、市)開展普通門診費(fèi)用跨省直接結(jié)算試運(yùn)行。
Between its inception in 2018 and the end of 2020, the pilot system incorporated more than 10,000 medical institutions and more than 10,000 pharmacies across the country. Over 3 million settlements of outpatient bills were done during the period, it added.
自2018年我國開展普通門診費(fèi)用跨省直接結(jié)算試點(diǎn)以來，截至2020年底，開通門診費(fèi)用跨省直接結(jié)算定點(diǎn)醫(yī)療機(jī)構(gòu)和定點(diǎn)零售藥店雙雙突破1萬家，累計(jì)直接結(jié)算人次突破300萬。

>Classroom mobile phone use banned
中小學(xué)生禁帶手機(jī)入校
All primary and secondary school students in China will, in principle, be barred from bringing mobile phones to school, the Ministry of Education announced on Monday. The notice aims to protect students' eyesight, make sure they focus on their studies and prevent them from becoming addicted to the internet and online games.
為保護(hù)學(xué)生視力，讓學(xué)生在學(xué)校專心學(xué)習(xí)，防止沉迷網(wǎng)絡(luò)和游戲，教育部2月1日印發(fā)通知，要求中小學(xué)生原則上不得將個(gè)人手機(jī)帶入校園。
If students must have a mobile phone at school, a special request should be submitted to school authorities along with written consent from their guardians, said the ministry.
確有需求的，須經(jīng)家長同意、書面提出申請(qǐng)。
Once the request is approved, students should hand in their mobile phones to school authorities upon arrival. The phones will be kept together and should by no means be allowed into classrooms.
經(jīng)學(xué)校同意后，學(xué)生進(jìn)校后應(yīng)將手機(jī)由學(xué)校統(tǒng)一保管，禁止帶入課堂。
Schools should not assign or ask students to do homework via cellphones, and they should set up public phones and teacher hotlines for communication between parents and students, it added.
老師不得使用手機(jī)布置作業(yè)或要求學(xué)生利用手機(jī)完成作業(yè)。學(xué)校應(yīng)通過設(shè)立校內(nèi)公共電話、班主任溝通熱線等途徑，解決學(xué)生與家長通話需求。
Schools should set out rules for the management of cellphones and designate people to take custody of mobile phones brought to schools, it said.
通知要求，學(xué)校應(yīng)制定手機(jī)管理具體辦法，明確統(tǒng)一保管的責(zé)任人。

>Luxury market positive in China
我國奢侈品市場(chǎng)正增長
China has become the only country in the global luxury market to experience positive growth last year, CCTV reported on Sunday.
據(jù)央視1月31日?qǐng)?bào)道，中國成為去年全球奢侈品市場(chǎng)唯一實(shí)現(xiàn)正增長的國家。
Luxury consumption in the Chinese mainland is expected to buck the trend to report a 48% yearly increase to 346 billion yuan in 2020, while the transaction volume of global personal luxury market witnessed a 23% drop year-on-year.
2020年全球個(gè)人奢侈品市場(chǎng)交易額同比下降23%，但中國內(nèi)地奢侈品消費(fèi)逆勢(shì)上揚(yáng)，同比增長48%，全年銷售額達(dá)3460億元。
For the first time, Chinese mainland has become the world's largest market for Swiss watch exports last year.
2020年，中國內(nèi)地首次成為瑞士手表出口的全球最大市場(chǎng)。
And China is projected to become the world's largest luxury market by 2025, the report added.
預(yù)計(jì)到2025年，中國將成為全球最大的奢侈品市場(chǎng)。
The country's rapid development of e-commerce platforms and favorable duty-free policies all contributed to the booming market, said the report, and last year Chinese consumers traveled less and spent more locally due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
報(bào)道稱，由于國內(nèi)電商平臺(tái)快速發(fā)展，免稅政策利好，這些因素使得中國奢侈品市場(chǎng)呈現(xiàn)繁榮景象，而且去年受新冠疫情影響，中國消費(fèi)者旅行減少，更多在國內(nèi)消費(fèi)。

>UK applies to join CPTPP
英國正式申請(qǐng)加入CPTPP
The UK is formally applying to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), with formal negotiations set to start this year, the British government said on Saturday.
英國政府1月30日宣布，該國將正式申請(qǐng)加入《全面與進(jìn)步跨太平洋伙伴關(guān)系協(xié)定》(CPTPP)，正式談判預(yù)計(jì)在今年開始。
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said: "One year after our departure from the EU, we are forging new partnerships that will bring enormous economic benefits for the people of Britain. Applying to be the first new country to join CPTPP demonstrates our ambition to do business on the best terms with our friends and partners all over the world and be an enthusiastic champion of global free trade. "
英國首相鮑里斯?約翰遜說："離開歐盟一年了，我們要締結(jié)能給英國人民帶來巨大經(jīng)濟(jì)裨益的新的伙伴關(guān)系。我們申請(qǐng)成為第一個(gè)新加入CPTPP的國家，以表明我們?cè)敢宰詈玫臈l件與全世界的朋友和伙伴做生意，熱烈擁護(hù)全球自由貿(mào)易。"
UK trade with the group was worth 111 billion pounds in 2019, trade data showed.
貿(mào)易數(shù)據(jù)顯示，2019年英國與CPTPP成員的貿(mào)易額達(dá)1110億英鎊。
Effective since Dec 30, 2018, CPTPP is a trade pact among 11 countries, including Japan, Canada, Australia, Singapore, Chile, and Mexico, whose aggregate gross domestic product accounts for 13% of the world economy.
CPTPP成立于2018年12月30日，成員包括日本、加拿大、澳大利亞、新加坡、智利和墨西哥等11國，11個(gè)簽署國的國內(nèi)生產(chǎn)總值之和占全球經(jīng)濟(jì)總量的13%。

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