【Weather Forecast】Shantou Meteorological Observatory issued the morning weather forecast at 05:00 on September 17, 2025: Today from day to night: Cloudy with thundershowers and rain showers, easterly winds level 2-3, temperature 28-34℃, relative humidity 55-85%. Waters near Shantou: Cloudy with thundershowers and rain showers, easterly winds level 4-5 with gusts up to level 6, turning to northeast to east winds level 5-6 with gusts up to level 7.
Local Focus ● Recently, the Guangdong Provincial Department of Education and the Guangdong Provincial Language and Writing Committee announced the winners of the 2025 Guangdong Province Chinese Classic Recitation, Writing and Speaking Competition. Our city won a total of 107 provincial awards, with both the total number of awards and first prizes reaching new highs, ranking among the top in the province. The city also swept the first prizes and outstanding instructor awards in poetry, calligraphy, and seal carving categories, gradually achieving dual improvements in both quantity and quality of awards, delivering an impressive report card for Shantou's education and language work.
● In their prime years with great aspirations, joining the military to serve the country is the right time. On the morning of September 16, the municipal conscription office held a send-off event at Shantou Station. New recruits from across the city, carrying the expectations of their hometown folks, boarded high-speed trains to pursue their military dreams, heading to military camps across the country to shoulder the glorious mission of defending home and country.
● Recently, Shantou Polytechnic and the Nan'ao County Party School held a signing ceremony at the Nan'ao County Party School, officially signing a Strategic Cooperation Agreement to jointly establish the "Rural Revitalization and Tourism Economy Talent Cultivation Base." This signing actively responds to Guangdong's implementation of the "Hundred Schools Link Hundred Counties" initiative to support the "Hundred Counties, Thousand Towns, Ten Thousand Villages High-Quality Development Project."
National Headlines ● 【Expanding Service Consumption! Nine Departments Issue Document】The Ministry of Commerce and eight other departments released "Several Policy Measures on Expanding Service Consumption" on September 16, proposing 19 measures across five areas, including conducting "Service Consumption Season" promotional activities, supporting cross-industry cooperation between quality consumer resources and well-known IPs, extending operating hours of popular museums and scenic spots based on local conditions, optimizing reservation systems, encouraging no-reservation policies, optimizing student holiday arrangements, and improving supporting policies to increase quality service supply and better meet people's diverse service consumption needs.
● 【People's Bank of China to Issue Commemorative Gold and Silver Coins for 70th Anniversary of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region】The People's Bank of China announced on September 16 that it will issue a set of commemorative gold and silver coins on September 19 for the 70th anniversary of the establishment of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. The set consists of 2 coins, including 1 gold commemorative coin and 1 silver commemorative coin, both being legal tender of the People's Republic of China.
International News ● 【The First Black Hole Humans Ever "Saw" Gets New "ID Photo"!】The first black hole humans ever "saw" - the supermassive black hole at the center of the M87 galaxy in Virgo - has gotten a new "ID photo"! The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) Collaboration released the latest images and research findings of the supermassive black hole at the center of the M87 galaxy on September 16, officially published in the international academic journal "Astronomy & Astrophysics." The M87 black hole is located 55 million light-years from Earth and has a mass approximately 6.5 billion times that of the Sun. Its first "ID photo" was taken in 2017 and released in 2019. Scientists photographed it again in 2018 and 2021, continuing in-depth research. This newly updated "ID photo" is based on the latest research results from these three photography sessions.