In addition, the first quarter of the year saw a net opening of 1137 new shops, with a 13.8 per cent increase in the total number of door shops. By the end of the first quarter, the number of door shops stood at 9351.

It is worth noting that at the Swiss Fortunate in March of this year, the company’s Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Guo Jiaxuan, said that “Swein coffee has become one of China’s largest coffee networks and is confident that in 2023 it will achieve the first “Bank Home” target”. This means that the Swiss Fortunate coffee target is expected to be completed ahead of schedule, depending on the latest disclosed opening rate.

In fact, the first quarter of a century of Swiss coffee, which was launched as a “step-by-step” shop, was a powerful recovery in the Chinese catering market. Recent data released by the National Statistics Office show that the national catering income grew by 13.9 per cent in the first quarter, an increase of 4.7 percentage points over the period from January to February, and an increase of 9 percentage points over the retail distribution of commodities.

In the context of accelerated industrial warming, a large number of publicly available catering lounge companies have dropped out of a large scale. The company correspondent for Securities Times E was informed that a quarter of a new opening shop had been opened, with more than 230 openings planned for the entire year; a total nine-year plan was over 145 stores; and a net increase of 38 new shops in the tea quarter of the snow was planned to move to 600 door shops throughout the year.

Livelihoods in Sweden

On 1 May, Swiss coffee was published in the first quarter of 2023. The financial statements show that, as at 31 March 2023, the total net income of Swiss coffee in the first quarter was $4436 million, an increase of 84.5 per cent over the same period in 2022 of $2,044 million.

In the first quarter of 2023, the business profits under the United States Accounting Standards (GAAP) were $678 million, with a turnover rate of 15.3 per cent, while in the same period in 2022, the business profits of Swiss coffee were $16.1 million, corresponding to a turnover rate of 0.7 per cent; in the first quarter, net profits were $565 million, representing an increase of 2747 per cent compared to a net profit of $488 million for the whole year 2022, which also meant that the performance of Swiss coffee was significantly improved.

It is worth noting that, in parallel with the growth in the harvest, the average monthly number of clients trading in Swiss coffee was approximately 29.49 million in the first quarter and 84.6 per cent in the same period. As of the first quarter, the cumulative consumption of customers stood at 150 million, and in March the consumption of customers exceeded 30 million, a record high. At the same time, the size of the door shop has expanded further, with 1137 new door shops in the first quarter, consisting of two Singapore door shops, with a 13.8 per cent increase in the total number of door shops. As of the end of the first quarter, the number of Swiss coffee doors stood at 9351, of which 6310 were self-employed and 3041 were connected to the camp.

From door-to-shop operations, the first quarter of the income of the Swiss cafeteria self-employed was $3.84 billion, a 74.9 per cent increase over the same period in 2022. The first quarter of profits at the self-employed shop level was $791 million, with a profit rate of 25.2 per cent. The rate of growth in the sale of private stores and shops was 29.6 per cent. The first quarter of the income of the shop was $1,135 million, an increase of 106.7 per cent over the same period in 2022.

In fact, the number of openings is one of the key indicators for observing the operation of the company. Since the end of last year, Swiss coffee has accelerated the shop.

On 30 January, the Swiss Café Microfiche public indicated that the first round of new retail partnership recruitment plans was launched in 2023, which covered 80 cities in 15 provinces of the country, including a number of three-way downtowns.

In March of this year, at the Swiss Fortunate performance statement, Guo Ji Jing Jiuyong indicated that “we had re-recruited the cooperative door shop at the end of 2022, covering 41 cities in nine provinces. At the end of January 2023, we expanded our recruitment to 80 cities in 15 provinces. We received generous feedback and applications from a large number of partners. We are confident that in 2023 we will achieve the first “Millennium Home” goal.”

Today it appears that if the number of door-to-door shops in the first quarter of this year is measured at a rate of 13.8 per cent growth, it is expected that the first half of the year will be the target of “van-shops”.

Multi-market commissary

It is worth noting that, since this year, the domestic consumer market has accelerated with the smooth transition of the epidemic’s control, and the growth of the catering industry has been particularly impressive.

On 18 April, data from the National Statistics Office show that, in the first quarter, the total retailing of social goods was 11.492.2 billion yuan renminbi, an increase of 5.8 per cent compared to a decrease of 2.7 per cent in the last quarter of the year. The retail distribution of consumer goods in urban areas was 996.6 million yuan renminbi, an increase of 5.7 per cent, and the retail value of rural consumer goods was 1525.8 billion yuan, an increase of 6.2 per cent. Commodity retailing, by type of consumption, amounted to $102.786.6 million, an increase of 4.9 per cent; and catering income of $123.6 billion, an increase of 13.9 per cent.

In the context of a strong recovery in the consumption of catering, a number of marketed businesses have accelerated the pace of opening. On 18 April, a quarterly operation of the tea on the market in the port was launched in the first quarter of 2023, where a net increase of 38 tea and 9 tea drinking shops were closed, operating a total of 106 tea drinking shops. At the same time, the tea of the snow has been brought up to the end of the year.

The company disclosed that it was planned to implement the strategy of “Increased door-to-shop density in existing high-line cities” and to move to 600 home shops throughout the year on the basis of ensuring quality of location and favourable rental conditions. “As of the end of the first quarter, about 300 contracted or near-contracted door shops are expected to be gradually accelerated thereafter, largely in line with the expansion of the tea shop in the past”.

On 3 April, UPU disclosed the latest developments in the opening of the business. In the first quarter of 2023, the Group has opened 58 new doors, an average of 1.6 days for a new room. At the same time, in 2023, the Group planned to open 230 new cafeteria cafeteria facilities.

He made the above remarks at the “special action promotion meeting of ‘looking back’ on the reduction of central enterprises” held by the SASAC on the 11th.

Since 2016, SASAC has guided all central enterprises to take effective measures to promote the “reduction” work. By the end of last year, central enterprises had “reduced” 19965 legal persons, and more than 70% of enterprises within level 5 of legal person level had further reduced their operating costs and continuously improved their management efficiency.

The general objective of the new round of “reduction” work is to make a determination to clean up and withdraw a number of enterprises, optimize and integrate a number of enterprises, focus on monitoring a number of enterprises, further reduce the number of legal persons, and strive to control the management level of the central enterprise group company within level 4 and the legal person level of most enterprises within level 5.

Weng Jieming said that to promote a new round of “pressure reduction”, we should not only focus on key indicators and improve pertinence and accuracy, but also focus on specific enterprises, and explore effective ways of “pressure reduction” due to enterprise policies. “For special purpose companies, project companies and other types of enterprises, we should adhere to the principle of seeking truth from facts, make reasonable distinctions in the ‘reduction’ work and clarify effective control measures from the perspective of conducive to the normal operation and development of enterprises.” Weng Jieming said.

He stressed that the new round of “pressure reduction” work should change from simply reducing the number and level to the full life cycle management of corporate institutions, and establish a management mechanism more in line with the requirements of the market economy, so as to provide strong support for the construction of world-class enterprises; At the same time, we will continue to give overall consideration to the reform of “reducing” and stripping, clearing and returning “two non” (non main business and non advantageous business), “two capital” (inefficient assets and invalid assets), loss governance, restructuring and integration, and capacity removal, so as to further optimize the layout structure of state-owned capital and improve the allocation efficiency.

In addition, Weng Jieming proposed to adhere to the simultaneous planning and overall promotion of “reduction” and production and operation, so as to avoid affecting the normal production and operation of enterprises due to “reduction”. “SASAC will continue to incorporate the ‘reduction’ work into the annual assessment of the business performance of the heads of central enterprises. Enterprises should also improve the internal assessment mechanism and give play to the role of assessment guidance.” He said.

According to the youth expectation survey of the two sessions recently released by the social survey center of China Youth Daily, the existence of employment discrimination such as gender, educational background and whether they are fresh or not (68.0%) is what respondents feel makes them difficult in the field of employment.

On the 5th, the government work report made it clear that “we will resolutely prevent and correct gender, age and other employment discrimination”. During the two sessions, a number of representative members and relevant democratic parties also made suggestions on the issue of employment discrimination.

Drawn by: Ren Jing

Not for 985 and 211 universities?

It is suggested that the “anti Discrimination Employment Law” be introduced, and recruitment is strictly prohibited to limit colleges and universities and academic qualifications

Education is the stepping stone to entering the workplace, but many job seekers are rejected by their favorite companies because they do not have education in 985 or 211 universities.

In this regard, the Central Committee of the Democratic Progressive Party suggested that recruitment should not be limited to colleges and universities and academic qualifications. The anti Discrimination Employment Law should be promulgated as soon as possible to make legislative provisions on employment discrimination such as education, gender, age and region with the height of special law. At the same time, we should promote the amendment and improvement of relevant laws such as the labor law and the employment promotion law, characterize employment discrimination such as education discrimination and college discrimination, and clarify the legal responsibility of employment discrimination; It is strictly prohibited for recruitment units to publish information containing restrictions on the types of colleges and universities and academic discrimination, so as to safeguard the equal employment rights of college graduates and other workers.

Zhang Zhiyong, a deputy to the National People’s Congress, suggested that in view of the fact that some civil servants, institutions and large state-owned enterprises only recognize the academic qualifications of 985, 211 and “double first-class” colleges in their recruitment, and some places impose academic restrictions on the settlement of graduates of Vocational Colleges and the admission of their children, which lead to academic discrimination in society, the organization and personnel departments should establish a management system for the list of prohibited items of academic discrimination, All employees of state organs, enterprises and institutions who violate the prohibited list shall be investigated for responsibility.

Data figure: recruitment activity site. Liu Zhankun / photo

Not over 35?

It is suggested that the 35 year old threshold should be abolished in the civil service examination

“It is suggested to protect the employment opportunities of job seekers over the age of 35”, “it is suggested to abolish the 35 year old limit in the civil service examination”… The topic of age discrimination in job hunting has been on the hot search for many times, and the age limit has also become a barrier that many job seekers can’t get around.

Hu Wei, a member of the National Committee of the Chinese people’s Political Consultative Conference, pointed out that in the job market, most units regard the age of 35 as the red line of recruitment, and the backbone aged 40 and above are cut across the board and marginalized from time to time. The waste of human resources is very common.

He believes that middle-aged and young people over the age of 35 are the backbone of national progress and social stability. They are also the key force to support the national three child policy and actively deal with aging. However, the current employment environment is not very friendly to this group. It is suggested to take multiple measures at the same time, revise relevant labor laws and regulations, expand the placement of public welfare posts, support the functional transformation of middle-aged talents, and encourage the return of middle-aged talents.

Jiang Shengnan, deputy to the National People’s Congress, suggested that the “35 year old threshold” for the employment of civil servants should be gradually liberalized. Jiang Shengnan said that at the age of 35, he is in the prime of employment. “He has just graduated and worked for a few years, married and had children, and his parents may have retired. It is just when he needs money most.” The abolition of the 35 year old threshold in the civil service examination will play an exemplary role in the whole society and become the reference criterion for social organizations and individual behavior.

Zhang Yiwu, a member of the National Committee of the Chinese people’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), also suggested that for the recruitment of teachers and civil servants, we can require appropriate relaxation in terms of academic qualifications, the age to 40, and give some appropriate consideration to previous work experience in terms of length of service. “Appropriately relaxing the conditions for public and social recruitment will certainly play a role in guiding the society to change its employment ideas and reduce social anxiety.”

Data figure: recruitment site. Luo Yunfei / photo

This position is only suitable for men?

It is recommended to balance the reproductive costs of both men and women

According to the final statistical monitoring report of the outline for the development of Chinese women (2011-2020) recently released by the National Bureau of statistics, the proportion of girls in all kinds of higher education exceeds that of boys. In recent years, “female college students are getting better and better” has also been recognized by all parties.

However, in the actual recruitment, some employers still set discriminatory recruitment conditions such as “this post is only suitable for men”, and many excellent women are hampered by gender discrimination. With the implementation of new fertility policies such as “three children”, women’s higher quality employment is also facing many new topics.

In view of the current problems existing in the employment process of women in China, Qiu Licheng, deputy to the National People’s Congress, suggested that anti employment discrimination legislation should be strengthened. In addition, state organs, governments at all levels and public institutions as employers should set an example in combating employment discrimination and promoting fair employment.

Yang Yuanqing, deputy to the National People’s Congress, proposed to increase the number of days of paternity leave for men The “paternity check-up leave” for men is added to allow men to participate more in childcare and balance the reproductive costs of men and women; enterprises are encouraged to implement a flexible work system for female employees whose children are still before childcare. On the basis of ensuring an 8-hour work system, flexible working hours are allowed to facilitate the balance between work and childcare.

At the same time, he suggested to broaden the financing channels of the maternity insurance fund, introduce social forces and expand the scale of the fund, so that the maternity insurance fund can not only pay the salary of maternity leave, but also cover the maternity allowance during maternity leave.

#1

George Bellos: skating is just the time

On February 13, 1914, a strong snowstorm passed through New York. After the snow cleared, the city quickly regained its former vitality. As usual, George Wesley bellows came to the streets to capture the vitality surging in all corners of New York. He has lived here for ten years. Like other urban realist painters, he took “art for life’s sake” as his creed and recorded the changing urban appearance during the period of vigorous industrial development. Almost becoming a professional baseball player, he also has a special liking for sports themes and is fascinated by showing the rough and tenacious power of life.

George Wesley Bellos, winter love, 1914, Chicago Museum of art, collection No.: 1914.1018

This time, belos took us for a stroll to Central Park and set our eyes on skating, which is the only pastime of this season. In the 1860s, the “ice skating craze” swept New York. In the next 160 years, New Yorkers’ enthusiasm for this entertainment never subsided, and their love for the Central Park skating rink also increased. In this love of winter, belos indulges in the use of bright colors to sweep away the dullness and gloom of winter and replace it with the romance and peace of modern urban life. It seems that he can’t restrain his inner joy and is afraid that the beauty in front of him will be fleeting. With generous strokes, the painter vividly and sharply outlines people’s different postures when experiencing the fun of ice and snow. Therefore, the whole picture is full of emotion and movement.

#2

Childe Hassan: City Walking

After embracing the vitality of the city, we enter the world of Childe Hassam and feel the other side of the city’s winter scene in New York Street: the silence in the noise. On the fifth avenue after the snow, time seemed to slow down. Pedestrians and carriages deliberately slow down; The woman in fashionable dress is elegant and lifts the skirt slightly to avoid being wet by the snow; The energetic children also temporarily put away their infinite vitality, holding hands with their families and moving forward slowly.

Childe Hassam, streets of New York, 1902, Chicago Museum of art, collection No.: 1980.289

In this painting, we can not only see Hassan’s absorption of French Impressionist skills, but also see his inheritance of American realism. He used bright colors to decorate the original gray scenery, and quickly adjusted the strokes, so that the composition, light and color achieved a harmonious and natural effect. Although the picture created is not as exciting as “winter love”, it is not lonely. What he showed was a moment of tranquility after the sudden stop of heavy snow and before the hustle and bustle of the city returned. Similar to belos, the theme of city runs through Hassan’s artistic creation all his life. He once said, “painters who can live forever are those who focus on depicting their own times and are inspired by the daily life around them.” He is obsessed with depicting the four seasons in New York. Whether it is snowy or in the dawn, it can become the theme of his painting. But the fast pace of New York sometimes makes it difficult for him to breathe. At this time, he will go to East ampton, New England or Maine to enjoy a leisure time. Quiet countryside, elegant old-fashioned buildings, sunny coast… Rural life provides him with no less inspiration than urban life.

#3

Eleanor Cohen: back to childhood

Rush into the snow with your family or friends and have a good time. Even if you fall down accidentally, you can get up and continue to play. In retrospect, it was the best time of childhood winter. Eleanor Coen’s play in the snow takes us back to the fun of snowball fights and the innocence of childhood.

Eleanor Cohen, playing in the snow, 1935 / 40, Chicago Museum of art, collection No.: 1940.1249

#4

Claude Monet: it’s also good to travel in the middle of winter

Anyone familiar with Claude Monet knows that he has a crush on Giverny. In November 1890, he began to live in this small town and successively created the now famous haystack series and water lily series. It may be hard to believe that in the winter of 1895, he would leave his beautiful home for a while, catch the train to the Norwegian capital cristiania (now Oslo) and start an ice and snow trip.

Claude Monet, sanvika, Norway, 1895, Chicago Museum of art, collection No.: 1961.790

The journey was not easy. Accompanied by his stepson Jacques hosched é, Monet stayed in this pure and glittering ice and snow country for two months. It’s really hard to find painting themes in the cold. The artist over 50 years old has no choice but to experience all the classic outdoor sports in winter: if conditions permit, he will walk through the snow; But most of the time, he had to take a sled and run between the mountains and forests; When the train and sleigh were inconvenient, skiing became the only way to take him to his destination. On February 15, Monet has been traveling in Norway for half a month. Finally, he found the scenery that shocked his heart in sanvika, four and a half hours away from cristiania. In the following weeks, he came here frequently to collect wind and completed six works, one of which is sandvika, Norway in the above picture. Monet’s snow scene is neither cold nor monotonous gray. He painted the thick snow with thick white paint, and sketched villages, bridges and trees with loose strokes. Under his delicate treatment, the complex textures are closely intertwined and dotted with blue during the period