The weather today, according to Henan Meteorology, sees scattered showers and thunderstorms with cloudy to overcast skies in the daytime for Anyang, Puyang, Xinxiang, Sanmenxia, Luoyang, Shangqiu, Zhoukou, Nanyang, and Xinyang.
Other counties and cities are forecast to be cloudy.
The province will experience southerly winds of force 3 to 4, with gusts reaching force 5 to 6.
Key Provincial Updates
The 2026 Henan Artificial Intelligence Conference commenced in Zhengzhou on July 9th, themed "Intelligence Gathering in Central Plains, Creating the Future with Data," aiming to establish a platform for cooperation and exchange among government bodies, enterprises, research institutions, and universities.
Recently, the provincial government issued the "Implementation Opinions on Promoting the Expansion, Enhancement, and Quality Improvement of the Service Industry."
The document focuses on accelerating the development of both producer services and consumer services, explicitly setting a target for the province's service industry scale to exceed 4.6 trillion yuan by the end of the 15th Five-Year Plan period.
On July 8th, the National Science and Technology Awards Conference, the Conference of Academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Chinese Academy of Engineering, and the 11th National Congress of the China Association for Science and Technology were held in Beijing.
Henan province secured a total of 16 national science and technology awards, comprising 2 National Technology Invention Awards and 14 National Science and Technology Progress Awards.
The list of Henan's award-winning projects for the 2025 National Science and Technology Awards includes 4 leading projects and 12 participating projects across various categories and levels, such as the National Science and Technology Progress Award Second Prize, National Technology Invention Award Second Prize, and National Science and Technology Progress Award Special Prize.
On July 8th, the Provincial Department of Human Resources and Social Security issued a notice concerning the protection of workers' rights and interests during high-temperature weather, specifying a high-temperature allowance standard of 15 yuan per person per day, to be paid continuously for four months from June to September each year.
July 8th also marked the official start of the 2026 Henan college admissions process.
The admission period for the early batch of art undergraduate programs runs from July 8th to 12th, with the early batch for regular undergraduate programs and the undergraduate batch for sports programs starting on July 11th.
The main batch for art undergraduate programs is scheduled for July 15th to 16th, while the main batch for regular undergraduate programs is set for July 21st to 25th.
The "Bronze Masters – Bronze Art Exhibition of Eurasia" opened at the Henan Museum on July 8th, featuring a stunning display of 336 pieces or sets of cultural relics from Italy, offering visitors a dialogue with bronze civilizations spanning millennia and continents.
National Highlights
On July 8th, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism launched the 2026 National Summer Cultural and Tourism Consumption Season.
Regions across the country will host over 30,000 cultural and tourism consumption activities centered on themes like summer retreats, night-time economy, family entertainment, and museum tours, distributing over 450 million yuan in consumption subsidies.
Recently, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security and three other departments jointly issued the "Implementation Opinions on Accelerating the Application Development of 'Artificial Intelligence + Human Resources and Social Security'."
The document proposes to develop 20 application scenarios and corresponding high-quality datasets based on industry-specific large language models by 2026.
On July 8th, according to China Railway, the railway department further expanded the coverage of its "Light Travel" luggage service during the summer transport peak, adding 101 stations including Jilin, Chifeng, Mudanjiang, and Xinxiang, bringing the total number of participating stations to 212.
On July 8th, the Ministry of Civil Affairs released the "Guidelines for the Construction and Management of Urban-Rural Three-Tier Elderly Care Service Networks," clarifying the setup methods, functional positioning, and operational mechanisms for three tiers: county-level comprehensive elderly care service management platforms, township (street) regional elderly care service centers, and village (community) elderly care service facilities and stations.
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