On July 1, the 15th anniversary celebration of Hong Kong's return to the motherland and the inauguration ceremony of the fourth government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region were held at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center. Leung Chun-ying was sworn in as the fourth Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.

On July 2nd, the new version of "Requirements for Health Examination of Blood Donors" issued by the Ministry of Health and the National Standardization Administration Committee came into effect on July 1st. The new regulations point out that the state advocates that the age of blood donation is 18-55 years old; The age can be extended to 6 years old if multiple donors who have not responded to blood donation in the past and meet the requirements of health examination voluntarily ask for blood donation again.

On July 6th, the People's Bank of China decided to lower the benchmark interest rate of RMB deposits and loans of financial institutions from July 6th, 212. The benchmark interest rate for one-year deposits of financial institutions was lowered by .25 percentage points, and the benchmark interest rate for one-year loans was lowered by .31 percentage points; The benchmark interest rates for deposits and loans of other grades and the interest rates for deposits and loans of individual housing provident fund shall be adjusted accordingly.

On July 7th, the National Science and Technology Innovation Conference was held in Beijing from July 6th to 7th. The Conference emphasized the need to vigorously implement the strategy of rejuvenating the country through science and education and strengthening the country through talents.

On July 13th, the 45th ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting was closed in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. The theme of this meeting was "a common destiny". Because the Philippines deliberately used the South China Sea issue as a spoiler, the meeting failed to issue a joint communique, which was the first time in the 45-year history of ASEAN.

On July 15th, the two-day 19th African Union (AU) Summit opened at the AU headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Dealing with crises and conflicts in northern Mali, eastern Congo, North and South Sudan, promoting intra-African trade, and electing the chairman of the AU Commission have become the focus of people's attention at this meeting.

On July 16th, Samuel Locklear, commander of the US Pacific Command, visited the Philippines on July 16th and met with Aquino III. He reiterated that the United States would fulfill its commitment to the Philippines, help the Philippines to establish a minimum effective defense system and help the Philippines to modernize its poorly equipped army.

On July 17th, the 32nd meeting of the Standing Committee of the Fourth People's Congress of Hainan Province passed the Decision of the Standing Committee of the People's Congress of Hainan Province on Establishing the Preparatory Group for the People's Congress of Sansha City, which marked the official start of the establishment of the political power in Sansha City.

on July 18th, Korean Central News Agency reported that Kim Jong-un, the supreme commander of the Korean People's Army, was awarded the title of Marshal on July 17th.

On July 18th, according to the Syrian News Agency, the Syrian National Security Headquarters in Damascus was attacked by a suicide bombing that morning. Syrian Defense Minister daud Rajha was killed in the explosion.

On the morning of July 2th, a gunman wearing a gas mask fired at the audience watching the movie at the premiere of The Dark Knight Rises in Aurora, Colorado, USA, and threw a tear gas bomb. * * * 12 people were killed and 58 injured. This is the shooting incident with the largest number of casualties in peacetime in American history.

on July 21st, Beijing was hit by a heavy rainstorm, which was the largest precipitation in 61 years and was called the "strongest rainstorm". As of July 26th, 77 people were killed in Beijing.

On July 24th, Yongxing Island in Xisha, the historic Sansha City was officially inaugurated here. From an office to a prefecture-level city, the establishment of Sansha City is expected to make up for many "shortcomings" such as administrative system and jurisdiction, resource development and protection, and open a new chapter in the history of rights protection and development in the South China Sea.

At 23: 43 on July 25th, China successfully launched "Tianlian No.1 3 Satellite" by the Long March III C carrier rocket at xichang satellite launch center, and the satellite successfully entered the scheduled orbit in space.

On July 27th, the opening ceremony of the 3th Summer Olympic Games was held in Olympic Stadium, the main stadium of London Olympic Park. About 1,5 athletes from 24 countries and regions will compete in 26 major events and 32 minor events of the London Olympic Games, and 4 athletes will compete as "independent competitors".

at 8: 2 on July 3th, China's aircraft carrier platform completed its ninth voyage experiment lasting for 25 days and returned to the dock of Dalian Shipbuilding New Factory, which was the longest time in all previous sea trials.