Check out what happened in China 2021 and all the top-ranked trendy topics

1. #聚焦新冠肺炎疫情#

#Covid-19 Spotlight News

This trendy topic is under constant update on new cases or cities that are affected by new cases thorough the year.
China has successfully controlled the spread of the virus and monitors closely with the statistics and graphs across the country.
China recorded 129, 988 coronavirus cases since the epidemic began, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). In addition, China reported 4636 deaths in total.

2. #吴亦凡被刑拘#

#Kris Wu has been arrested

Kris Wu is a former super idol that was popular mostly among young generation. He was endorsed by international giant brands as Louis Vuitton, Burberry, Bulgari and L’Oreal.
He has been arrested due to illegal sexual relationships with his fans and young females under 18 years old, as well as drug abuse accuse.
This hot topic spread rapidly on social media where various accounts posted relevant content with heated discussions, driving high volume of internet traffic.

3. #三孩生育政策来了#

#Three-child policy formally passed into law

China has formally revised its laws to allow couples to have up to three children, to boost the birth rate. China’s one-child policy started in 1980 and was strictly enforced before it was officially ended in January 2016 in favour of a two-child policy.
Responding to its 2020 census results, China introduced a three-child policy in May 2021 after Chinese mothers gave birth to just 12 million babies in 2020.
The regulation was passed at a meeting of the country’s top lawmakers, the National People’s Congress (NPC), on August 20, 2021.

4. #薇娅偷逃税被追缴并处罚款13.41亿元#

#Viya has been fined $210m for tax evasion

Huang Wei, known as Viya, famous live-streaming KOL with tens of millions of followers, fuelled by the meteoric growth of online shopping. Authorities in Hangzhou accuse her of hiding her personal income as well as other financial offense between 2019 and 2020.

5. #郑州暴雨#

#Zhengzhou Rainfall Flood

In July, 12 people have died after record-breaking rainfall flooded underground railway tunnels in China, leaving passengers trapped in rising waters.
Days of rain have caused widespread damage and led to 200,000 evacuations. In total, 25 people have died in Henan province and more than a dozen cities are affected.
Several dams and reservoirs have breached warning levels, and soldiers have been mobilised to divert rivers which have burst their banks. Flights and trains in many parts of Henan have also been suspended.
President Xi Jinping said that there had been « significant loss of life and damage to property”.

6. #北京2022年冬奥会#

#Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics

Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics is scheduled to take place from 4 to 20 February 2022 in Beijing and towns in the neighboring Hebei province. Beijing was elected as host city in July 2015 at the 128th IOC Session in Kuala Lumpur. The 2022 Winter Olympics will be the first Winter Olympics in China, and the second overall Olympics to be held in China, after the 2008 Summer Olympics also in Beijing.

7. #中国已消除绝对贫困#

#China has alleviated extreme poverty

China released a white paper this year outlining the achievements in China’s battle in eliminating extreme poverty, introducing China’s approach and sharing its experience and initiatives in poverty alleviation.

At the end of 2020, China achieved the goal of eliminating extreme poverty – nearly 100 million people in rural areas who had lived below the poverty line all shook off poverty and all 832 designated poor counties, mostly in the central and western regions, were also out of poverty.

8. #中美高层战略对话#

#U.S-China High level Strategic and Economic Dialogue

On March 18 and 19, 2021, a China-U.S. high-level strategic dialogue was held in Anchorage.

The two sides conducted candid, in-depth, long-time and constructive communication on the domestic and foreign policies, China-U.S. relations and major international and regional issues of common concern. Both sides believe the dialogue is timely and helpful and deepens mutual understanding.

9. #袁隆平院士逝世#

#Yuanlongping Has Passed

Yuan Longping, a Chinese plant scientist whose breakthroughs in developing high-yield hybrid strains of rice helped to alleviate famine and poverty across much of Asia and Africa, died on Saturday in Changsha, China.
He was 90. Mr. Yuan’s research made him a national hero and a symbol of dogged scientific pursuit in China.
His death triggered messages of grief across the country, where Mr. Yuan — slight and wizened in old age — was a national hero.

10. #神州12号发射升空#

#Shenzhou 12 has successfully launched

In June 2021, Shenzhou 12 — China’s first crewed spaceflight in nearly five years — has sent three astronauts to Tianhe (« Harmony of the Heavens »), the core module of the nation’s new Tiangong space station.
Shenzhou 12’s launch is the third of 11 that will be required to build China’s new space station, which the nation expects to complete by the end of 2022.

1. #原地过年#

#Spend Spring Festival this year at Current Location

The Spring Festival in 2021 is a special one. In order to reduce the risk of spread of the epidemic caused by the movement of people, many Chinese citizens have decided to spend the holiday at their current location.

2. #疫苗接种#

#Vaccination

China started large-scale COVID-19 vaccination in early 2021. As of November 5, a total of more than 2.3 billion doses of vaccination have been reported across the country.
At the same time, China has also done its best to provide vaccine assistance to the international community. Political leaders of many countries have taken the lead in vaccinating the « China brand » vaccine.
As of October 17, China has provided more than 1.5 billion doses of COVID-19 to more than 100 countries and international organizations.

3. #袁隆平#

#Yuan Longping

Yuan Longping, a Chinese plant scientist whose breakthroughs in developing high-yield hybrid strains of rice helped to alleviate famine and poverty across much of Asia and Africa, died on Saturday in Changsha, China.
He was 90. Mr. Yuan’s research made him a national hero and a symbol of dogged scientific pursuit in China. His death triggered messages of grief across the country.

4. #河南暴雨#

#Extreme Rainfall Flood in Henan province

In July, 12 people have died after record-breaking rainfall flooded underground railway tunnels in China, leaving passengers trapped in rising waters. Days of rain have caused widespread damage and led to 200,000 evacuations.
In total, 25 people have died in Henan province and more than a dozen cities are affected. Several dams and reservoirs have breached warning levels, and soldiers have been mobilised to divert rivers which have burst their banks.

5. #YYDS#

YYDS is considered one of the most popular Chinese online buzzword for 2021. The equivalence of “YYDS” — the pinyin abbreviation of Chinese “永远滴神” — in English-speaking context is GOAT, the abbreviation of “the greatest of all time.” It can be used as a noun, an adjective or a sentence.

6. #绝绝子#

#Juejue Zi

This is also a popular internet buzz on on Chinese social media this year. It is equivalent to “wonderful” or “awesome” in English.
The word become popular among fans to cheer for certain contestants they are fond of during online shows.

7. #反诈#

#Anti-Fraud

A new anti-fraud mobile app made by the Chinese government has shot to the top of the country’s iOS App Store charts less than a month after launch, as users take to the review section and online forums to complain about being forced to install the app.
Named “National Anti-fraud Centre” and available on both Android and Apple devices, the app was developed by the Ministry of Public Security and the National Computer Network Emergency Response Technical Team (CNCERT).
Since its launch in mid-March, the app has quickly become the most downloaded free app in Apple’s App Store in China.
Since last year, China has launched several high-profile telecoms and online anti-fraud campaigns, as the number of technology-related crimes surged amid the coronavirus pandemic, when people became increasingly reliant on the internet for remote work and schooling.

8. #东京奥运会#

#Tokyo Olympics

China has sent 431 athletes, including 24 Olympic champions, to the 2021 Tokyo Olympic Games. Team China has received 38 gold medals, 32 silver medals and 18 bronze medals, ranked as the 2nd winner following the U.S.

9. #航天#

#Aerospace

2021 marks the 65th anniversary of the establishment of China’s aerospace industry.
The « Tianwen-1 » probe successfully landed on Mars, and the « Zhurong » rover launched a patrol mission. It is the first time for the Chinese to observe the red planet at such a close range; the construction of the Chinese space station accompanied the smooth entry of the « Tianhe » core module.
The « Tianzhou Series » cargo spacecraft, « Shen XII » and « Shen XIII » manned spacecraft successfully completed rendezvous and docking with the space station, marking a further step in the construction of China’s space station.

10. #建党百年#

#100th Anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party

July 1st marks the 100th Anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party.
CCP General Secretary Xi Jinping, as the guest of honor, delivered a speech and presented the Order of July the First order of honour to CCP members who have made significant contributions. Premier Li Keqiang served as the official host of the event. Addressing a grand gathering at the iconic Tian’anmen Square, where CPC forefather Mao Zedong proclaimed the birth of the people’s republic, Xi Jinping, general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, hailed the Party’s success over the past century and called on the whole Party to continue its hard work and carry out « a great struggle » to achieve national rejuvenation.