Local News

On October 7, Douyin Life Services released its 2026 Mid-Autumn and National Day Consumption Report. Handan was included in the "Top 10 'Autumn Appreciation Small Cities' for Mid-Autumn and National Day" list. For details, see >>>>

Chasing dreams on the green field, youths racing the wind. After 71 days, the 2026 Handan U18 Youth Football Challenge ("Danqing Super League") came to a successful conclusion on the evening of October 4. Eighteen "Eighteen Sons of the Warring States" teams from all counties (cities and districts) across the city galloped across the pitch, using sweat and hard work to deliver a youthful answer sheet belonging to Handan's teenagers. Statistics show that as of October 6, on Douyin alone, cumulative views of event-related topics exceeded 2.2 billion, with 48 trending topics generated, including 4 national planting lists and 1 provincial-level list. The closing ceremony and finals livestream drew 3.306 million viewers. A youth football event has already become a popular IP activating urban vitality.

During the National Day holiday, this nearly thousand-year-old famous Chinese historical and cultural town welcomed visitors with a brand-new look as "Meet Boyan · Coffee Town," and the hometown of the Wu'an Merchant Group was revitalized. The block layout includes 28 specialty shops and 2 cultural venues, covering coffee experiences, Chinese herbal medicine specialties, and local cuisine. Local brands launched 12 special blends including forsythia coffee and millet coffee, integrating Wu'an specialties into coffee. The block deeply explores the cultural IP of "silk in the south and medicine in the north," displaying Taihang medicinal materials and health flower teas on the north side, and focusing on silk custom cheongsams and Han-style long gowns on the south side, reproducing the elegance of the merchant group from back then. During the National Day period, the ancient town's performances ran from morning to night, receiving nearly 20,000 visitors per day on average.

On October 8, the People's Bank of China released its policy stance on the RMB exchange rate: China has no need and no intention to gain trade competitive advantage through exchange rate depreciation, and never engages in competitive currency devaluation.

The 2026 "Three Regions" Teacher Special Plan is out! Nationwide, 11,356 teachers are planned to be dispatched, including 5,151 for junior high school, 6,060 for primary school, and 145 for kindergarten. Henan's dispatch quota is 1,166, including 703 for primary school and 463 for junior high school.

On October 7, the Super Lotto draw for issue 26114 produced 5 first prizes. Among them, Hebei won 2 first prizes. For details, see >>>>

"The largest underground surrogacy agency in East China," a villa in Taicang, Jiangsu, was reported for hiding an underground surrogacy operating room. On October 8, local authorities reported: great attention has been paid, and on-site verification has been carried out immediately together with public security and other departments, and it will be handled in accordance with laws and regulations.

According to the China Television Artists Association Actors Working Committee, film and television performing artist, first-class actor, and consultant of the China Television Artists Association Actors Working Committee, Teacher Peng Yu, passed away peacefully in Zhuhai at 10:27 on October 7, 2026, at the age of 93. For details, see >>>>

On October 4, a female tourist accidentally lost a gold ring while playing with friends at the Xiangshawan Scenic Area in Inner Mongolia. After receiving the request for help, the scenic area's emergency service team used 2 metal detectors to search for 4 hours and recovered the gold ring. On the 6th, the reporter learned from the scenic area that the emergency service team had contacted the tourist and mailed the gold ring. For details, see >>>>

International News

A latest report released by the U.S. Congressional Research Service (CRS) on the 5th stated that since the use of force against Iran on February 28, 81 U.S. military aircraft have been damaged or destroyed.

The Philippine National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council reported on the 7th that the El Niño phenomenon has affected more than 428,000 people nationwide, 106 municipalities and towns have declared a state of calamity, and agricultural losses have reached 5.58 billion pesos (about 600 million yuan). The report shows that so far, a total of 428,687 people and 115,246 households nationwide have been affected by El Niño, involving 906 villages in multiple regions.

According to CCTV International News citing a report by the U.S. "Axios" website on local time October 7, multiple U.S. officials said that the U.S. Department of Defense had instructed U.S. Central Command several days ago to complete relevant preparations to respond to a possible resumption of large-scale military operations against Iran. The relevant directive did not give a specific strike date, and U.S. President Trump has not yet made a final decision.

Daily Idioms

Writing Books in Poverty and Sorrow

[Source] Western Han · Sima Qian, "Records of the Grand Historian · Biographies of Lord Pingyuan and Yu Qing": "After Yu Qing, because of Wei Qi, did not value the seal of a marquis of ten thousand households or minister, and traveled in secret with Wei Qi, finally leaving Zhao, and was trapped in Liang. After Wei Qi died, he was unhappy, so he wrote books... What was handed down in the world was called 'Yu Family Spring'... The Grand Historian says: ... But if Yu Qing had not been poor and sorrowful, he also could not have written books to make himself known to later generations." Later generations extracted the idiom "writing books in poverty and sorrow" based on this.

[Meaning] Refers to persisting in academic creation under difficult circumstances.