March 8, 2026, Sunday, Lunar New Year’s Day, Twentieth Day of the First Month, Women's Day

1. Ministry of Education: "15-minute break" and "2 hours of daily physical activity" have been fully implemented across all provinces.
2. National Development and Reform Commission: Promote a 6 percentage point increase in the enrollment rate of infants under 3 years old, with nursing beds in elderly care institutions reaching 73%.
3. Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security: This year, an estimated 12.7 million college graduates will participate in large-scale employment internships and skills training.
4. Ministry of Civil Affairs: This year, elderly with moderate or higher levels of disability will be issued elder care service consumption subsidy vouchers, totaling 1.72 billion yuan in redemption, benefiting 892,000 seniors.
5. National Health Commission: Recommendations suggest adult men's waist circumference should generally be kept within 90 centimeters, and women's within 85 centimeters.
6. Deputies’ Suggestions: Gradually eliminate shared area in buildings over the next 5 years; reduce tax rates for middle-income groups; make age-friendly medication instructions mandatory.
7. Committee Members’ Suggestions: Platforms should implement algorithm choice rights, allowing users to select different types of algorithm models; doctors’ salaries should not be linked to revenue generation.
8. Shanghai: Will promote the installation of automated external defibrillators (AED) in residential communities with fewer than 1,000 residents and key public places.
9. Sichuan: For leading agricultural product processing enterprises that build their own processing projects, the maximum subsidy for investments over 20 million yuan is 30%, with a cap of 10 million yuan per project.
10. A 4.8-magnitude earthquake occurred in Hutubi County, Changji Prefecture, Xinjiang, at 5:44 a.m. on March 7, with a depth of 18 kilometers.
11. China’s foreign exchange reserves reached $3.4278 trillion at the end of February, marking the seventh consecutive month of increase.
12. Japan deployed a new anti-submarine patrol aircraft in Okinawa for the first time, intensifying military deployments in the southwest.
13. Iran claims to have launched a strong attack that resulted in 21 deaths among the US Fifth Fleet, with 200 casualties at the UAE US military base.
14. The Iranian president apologized to neighboring countries, stating that unless attacked by neighbors, Iran will no longer target neighboring countries.
15. Trump announced he is considering expanding the scope of strikes, warning that Iran could face a "very heavy blow."