Today, the province will experience cloudy to partly sunny skies from daytime to nighttime, with light snow expected in some parts of northern Jilin and western Yanbian. The highest temperatures will range from -16°C to -13°C across most of the province, while the lowest will plunge to -32°C in Liaoyuan and Baishan, with other areas seeing lows between -27°C and -21°C. The Jike News "Check-in Rewards" program has officially launched. From January 8, 2026, to January 8, 2027, users who simply open the "Jike News" app daily to complete their check-in will be automatically entered into a lucky draw pool. On the 8th of each month, lucky readers who maintained perfect attendance the previous month will be selected to receive the "Jilin-1" Universe Science Picture Book. Check-in procedure: 1. Install the "Jike" app on your mobile phone; 2. After registering and logging in, find the "Check-in" button on the "My" page; 3. Click the "Check-in" button. Friendly reminder for participation: Please ensure your Jike News app is updated to the latest version to participate smoothly in the check-in activity. Recently, an online rumor has circulated stating: "Please notify all retirees in various units that due to salary adjustments this month, wage payments will be delayed. Those who have not completed facial recognition verification today must do so, otherwise they will be excluded from the adjustment! Please inform each other." In response, social security authorities in multiple areas of Jilin Province have officially refuted this, clarifying that the message is false and urging the public not to believe or spread it. On January 19, Changchun Liwang Experimental Middle School announced recruitment for junior high school Chinese, Mathematics, and English teachers. The application deadline is long-term. Resume submission method: Interested teachers should email their resumes to jdlw163@163.com; the email subject line and resume file should be uniformly named in the format "Major-Name-Gender-Phone Number-Education Level-Honors," for example, "Chinese Language and Literature-Li Moumou-Female-13811111111-Master's-Provincial Subject Leader." Contact: 18626933840, Teacher Wang (Weekdays 7:00-18:00). Due to weather conditions, the "Wonderful Night of Mountains and Seas: Frostbound City" night event at Changchun Film Studio Century City will only operate on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays from January 19 to February 9, and will be closed from Monday to Thursday. From January 19 to 20, the Jilin Provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, along with the Provincial "Ji Brand" Specialty Task Force, collaborated with ByteDance Charity and Douyin E-commerce to jointly host the first offline "Rural Spokesperson - Star Farmer Development Co-creation Camp (Jilin Station) and 'Ji Brand' Agricultural Specialty Product Influencer Matchmaking Event" in Changchun. On January 19, the "Hundred Cities Thousand Enterprises Cross-Regional New Year and Spring Festival Real Estate Joint Exhibition and Sales Event — 2026 Changchun 'Homecoming and Home Buying' Special Plan for Returning Hometowns" officially kicked off. From January 17 to 18, the "Chasing Ice and Snow Dreams, Skating Together — Changchun Park Sub-venue Ice Cart Training Activity" for the Third Changchun Municipal Employees Ice and Snow Sports Festival was successfully held at the Changchun Park Shared Ice and Snow Paradise. The two training sessions attracted numerous ice and snow sports enthusiasts to participate enthusiastically, playing a lively winter sports movement on the ice. The "Yue Xiang Ling Lun" series performance, the 2026 Jilin Provincial Youth Wind Music Art Carnival Concert, recently resounded in the Music Hall of the Jilin Provincial Library. Over 10 outstanding bands from more than 10 schools across the province, comprising nearly 600 young wind music enthusiasts, gathered together. Using wind instruments as their medium and music to convey emotions, they performed classics from ancient and modern times, both Chinese and foreign, with exquisite skill. On January 19, the martial arts action blockbuster "Biao Ren: Wind Rises in the Desert," co-produced by Changchun Film Studio, officially announced its release date for the 2026 Spring Festival, accompanied by the release of a "Show Your Moves!" version teaser trailer and an "Unsheathe!" version poster. Recently, the Changchun Ice and Snow Check-in Theme Park — Ice-Sealed Roses · Yunlang Ice and Snow Park opened to visitors. Featuring uniquely distributed landscapes like ice-sealed roses and glacial waterfalls, it transports visitors into a dreamlike winter fairy-tale world. Recently, the Changchun China Resources Center project successfully passed its final acceptance inspection, marking the complete fulfillment of the project's construction tasks and its official transition into the full delivery phase. The third section of the Changchun Normal University Relocation and New Construction Project (Phase I) successfully passed its final acceptance. The project comprises 12 individual buildings, including public teaching buildings, student dormitories, cafeterias, a campus hospital, and a student commercial service center, which will significantly improve the university's operational conditions. Recently, the Changchun Lianhuashan Ice and Snow Paradise officially opened. On January 17, the "Inaugural Meeting and Academic Annual Conference of the Jilin Provincial Preventive Medicine Association's Sports and Health Professional Committee" was held in Changchun. The conference brought together renowned experts, scholars, and practitioners from various fields across the province, including sports science, disease control and prevention, clinical medicine, and higher education institutions, to collaboratively chart a new blueprint for the development of sports and health in Jilin Province. On the evening of January 19, during the 17th round of the 2025-2026 Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) regular season, the Jilin Changbaishan Enduri men's basketball team returned to their old home court, the Changchun City Stadium, but lost to the Shandong Hi-Speed men's basketball team with a score of 68 to 77. From January 16 to 18, the 2026 Fifth "Stiga · Hantang Cup" National Youth Table Tennis Open was held in Changchun. The tournament attracted over 600 participants from across the country, featuring a high level of competition that drew in several members of the national youth team and provincial teams. Recently, strawberry-picking gardens in Loujie Korean Ethnic Township, Huinan County, have entered their prime picking season. The fragrant, plump, and red fruits have made it a popular destination for family outings, leisure, and social media check-ins. The 2026 Jilin Baicheng Taonan Ice and Snow Carnival opened on January 17 at Quanyanpao in Huhecheli Mongolian Ethnic Township, Taonan City. China's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) reached 140,187.9 billion yuan in 2025, breaking through the 140 trillion yuan mark for the first time. Calculated at constant prices, this represents a year-on-year growth of 5.0%. The Central Committee's Special Working Mechanism Office for Combating Formalism and Reducing Burdens on the Grassroots, in conjunction with the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection's General Office, publicly reported on three typical cases of problems related to combating formalism and reducing burdens on the grassroots. Data shows that the national public sense of security reached 98.23% in 2025, remaining above 98% for six consecutive years. "Safety and Security" has become a prominent national hallmark of China. The State Council's Work Safety Committee has decided to oversee the investigation and handling of the explosion accident at the Baogang Steel Plate Plant under its direct supervision. The Ministry of Education and six other departments issued a document promoting the improvement of national language and cultural literacy, requiring primary and secondary schools to strengthen education in Mandarin Chinese and standardized Chinese character writing. On the 19th, the People's Bank of China lowered the interest rates on relending and rediscount facilities by 0.25 percentage points, marking the year's first structural "interest rate cut." The Shenzhou-20 spacecraft returned safely and smoothly to the Dongfeng landing site on the 19th, marking the successful completion of the primary tasks of the China Space Station's space emergency operations. At 15:48 on the 19th, China successfully launched the Satellite Internet Low Orbit 19 satellite group using a Long March 12 carrier rocket from the Hainan Commercial Space Launch Site. The Civil Aviation Administration of China predicts that passenger traffic during this year's Spring Festival travel rush is expected to reach 95 million, averaging 238,000 passengers per day, setting a new historical record. On the 19th, ticket sales for the 2026 Spring Festival travel rush officially began. It is understood that railway departments will utilize 12306 big data to analyze changes in passenger demand in real-time and implement more precise ticketing strategies. New progress has been made in the archaeological excavation of the Zhouyuan site. The archaeological team not only unearthed a complete palace city gate but also identified the combined characters for "King Wen" on oracle bones excavated from the moat outside the southern wall of the palace city. This provides further evidence that the Zhouyuan site was the core capital during the pre-Zhou and early Western Zhou periods, also corroborating the legendary location of Xiqì, where the Zhou people established their capital and prospered. In the men's singles final of the 2026 World Table Tennis (WTT) Star Contender Doha, Chinese player Zhou Qihao defeated his compatriot Wen Ruibo 4-2 to claim the championship. US President Donald Trump once again commented on the Greenland issue, stating his intention to "eliminate the Russian threat to Greenland." UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer stated in a national address that a trade war is not in anyone's interest, and that the US using tariffs against allies is "completely wrong." Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi announced that the House of Representatives will be dissolved on the 23rd, with the general election scheduled for February 8. According to South Korean media reports, former South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol has appealed the first-instance verdict in his case concerning obstruction of special official duties.