2. Since mid-February, 2008, China stock market has been falling continuously, and plunged to nearly 3,000 points in April, resulting in heavy losses for shareholders, and the government stepped in to rescue the market.
3. Since March 2008, enterovirus EV7 1 (hand, foot and mouth disease) has appeared in Fuyang, Anhui Province, with a high infection rate and mortality rate. Cases have appeared in other areas one after another, with a cumulative infection of more than 10,000 cases. Resulting in the death of 34 children.
4. Somali pirates are rampant in the northwest Indian Ocean and Gulf of Aden. There were 120 pirate attacks in 2008.
5. US Democratic presidential candidate Obama won the presidential election with a high vote, becoming the first black president in American history.
6. Since April 2008, prices have soared. Due to the shortage of food, the price of pork and food rose, which led to the price increase. Now the oil price has gone up, even the electricity price has gone up. The only thing that hasn't increased is the wallets of ordinary people.
7. On April 28th, 2008, at 4: 041minute, the T 195 passenger train from Beijing to Qingdao derailed between Zhoucun and Wangcun on Ji Jiao Railway, and collided with the 5034 passenger train from Yantai to Xuzhou. Ji Jiao railway train collision has caused 70 deaths and 465,438+06 injuries. It was initially found that it was a man-made accident.
On the afternoon of May 2, 2008 14: 28, an earthquake of magnitude 8.0 occurred in Wenchuan, Sichuan, and was felt in nearly half of China, including Beijing, Chongqing, Hunan, Hubei, Shanxi, Shaanxi and Hebei. According to incomplete statistics, the earthquake disaster caused more than 80,000 deaths.
9. 17 In February, with the support of the United States and some EU countries, Kosovo officially broke away from Serbia and declared its independence.
10. emergency headquarters, a dam-break accident in Xiangfen County, Shanxi Province, learned that as of 9 18, the accident had caused 56 deaths and 35 injuries, including 5 serious injuries.
11.09.200817 Urinary calculi in children caused by Sanlu infant formula.
12. The Shenzhou VII spacecraft was successfully launched at 21:00: 04: 988ms on September 25th, 2008. On September 27th, Zhai Zhigang 16:43 spacewalk. After circling the earth 45 times, the spacecraft landed safely on September 28th 17: 37. China's three astronauts successfully carried out extravehicular activities and space science experiments for the first time, which achieved a great leap in the development of China's space technology. This remarkable achievement declared to the world that China has become the third country in the world to independently master the key technologies of space extravehicular activities. A small step taken by China astronauts in the spacewalk represents a big step for us in the journey of scientific and technological innovation. This is another important milestone in the history of manned space flight in China.
13. The successive bankruptcies of American banks triggered the global financial crisis. At the same time, on June 10 and June 15, 2008, Ganghejun Toy Factory in Zhangmutou Town, Dongguan City announced its closure, which triggered a "wave of enterprise closure". Some media said that the number of Taiwanese and Hong Kong enterprises that closed down in the Pearl River Delta has reached15,000.