Oil Prices Experience First Reduction of the Year

· Weather today from daytime to nighttime: Province-wide clear to partly cloudy. Maximum temperature: Most areas 12-15°C. Minimum temperature: Baishan -1°C, other areas 1-3°C. · Jike News App "Check-in Rewards" monthly lottery: Users who log in and check-in consecutively for 10 days or more per month are eligible for a lottery chance! Lotteries held on the 10th, 20th, and last day of each month, with 5 lucky readers each winning a selected book. Surprise grand prizes await users who persist until year-end. · The Second Department of Thoracic Surgery at Jilin University Bethune First Hospital is recruiting doctors due to work requirements, with positions as contract staff (non-establishment). Applicants must register in person at the hospital's HR department; online applications are not accepted. Registration deadline is 16:00 on April 24, 2026. · Yanbian University announced the public recruitment of 187 doctoral talents. Registration is open from April 22 to May 31 via http://gkzp.ybu.edu.cn. · A new round of domestic refined oil retail price adjustments will take effect at 24:00 on April 21. Filling a 50L tank with 92-octane gasoline will cost 22.5 yuan less. This is the eighth price adjustment window this year and marks the first price reduction of the year. From 00:00 on the 22nd, gasoline and diesel prices in Changchun will decrease by approximately 0.44-0.52 yuan per liter. · On the 21st, the Provincial People's Congress Standing Committee held a press conference announcing that the "Jilin Province Minors Protection Regulations" will take effect on June 1, 2026. · The fifth exchange seminar on the coordinated development of education in the Changchun Modern Metropolitan Area was successfully held at the High School Affiliated to Northeast Normal University on the 21st. · The first 2026 instructor training class for online entrepreneurship (live stream edition) in the Changchun Metropolitan Area commenced at Changchun Technician College on the 21st. · The 2026 "Learn E-commerce to Promote Employment" special training for Jilin province college graduates began at Jilin University of Finance and Economics on the 21st. · At 06:00 on the 20th, the renovated "threaded" traffic markings at Changchun Satellite Square were officially put into use. The redesign replaces traditional roundabout "loop" markings with spiral "thread" markings, guiding vehicles to exit naturally along fixed lanes and reducing lane-change conflicts. · In the first quarter of this year, Jilin Oilfield's green electricity generation exceeded 390 million kWh, an increase of 48 million kWh year-on-year. Of this, 240 million kWh was transmitted externally, while 150 million kWh was consumed internally, raising the proportion of green electricity self-consumption across the entire oilfield to over 35%. · Good news from Shulan's white goose industry: The first batch of goslings this year from the city's agricultural investment company incubation base have been successfully released. Over 41,000 breeding eggs achieved a hatch rate exceeding 90%, and all were sold out via order-based sales. · Recently, the 2026 forest-cultivated wild celery planting task in Shansonggang Town, Huinan County, was successfully completed. Standardized sowing was fully accomplished on 1,000 mu of forest land in Shidayuan Village and 2,000 mu in Dong'anpu Village. · The Hunchun International Used Car Export Preparation Base project, located in the Hunchun Border Economic Cooperation Zone, has recently entered a trial operation phase. · Recently, the Changbai Mountain Marriage Registration Office, located in the Beauty Pine Love Forest, welcomed its 999th couple for registration. · A delegation for the repatriation of remains of Chinese People's Volunteers martyrs from South Korea, formed by the Ministry of Veterans Affairs and other departments, has departed for South Korea. They will repatriate the 12 remains and related artifacts of the 13th batch of martyrs on April 22. · On April 20, the results of the 23rd National Reading Survey were released. In 2025, the average adult Chinese citizen read 4.81 physical books per person; the combined average for physical and e-books was 8.39 books. · Recently, Shanghai airport police and traffic law enforcement authorities cracked down on "malicious passenger dumping" violations at the airport. Two offenders have been penalized according to law. · A video allegedly showing a woman from Nanchang County abusing an infant recently gained attention online. Investigation confirmed the suspect, Zou, is the infant's mother. She has been subjected to criminal compulsory measures, and the case is under further investigation. · Recently, Shenzhen West Kowloon Station Customs discovered 367 diamonds concealed under the insoles of an inbound passenger, with a net weight of 10.49 grams. The case has been transferred to the customs anti-smuggling department. · Iran Air announced on April 21 that it will resume domestic flight operations starting April 22, after a 50-day suspension. · According to the latest data released by the U.S. Department of Defense on April 20, a total of 415 U.S. military personnel have been injured since the U.S. military action against Iran began on February 28. · On April 20 local time, Apple Inc. announced the appointment of internal executive John Ternus, long-time head of hardware engineering, as its next CEO, succeeding Tim Cook, who has led the company since 2011.