Debunking rumors: Pay attention to these misunderstandings in autumn vacation arrangements for primary and secondary schools
Details: In September 2025, nine departments including the Ministry of Commerce issued the "Several Policies and Measures for Expanding Service Consumption", proposing that on the premise that the total number of vacation days and the total amount of teaching time remain unchanged, qualified localities are encouraged to scientifically adjust the teaching and vacation time of each school year, explore the setting of spring and autumn vacations for primary and secondary schools, and shorten the winter and summer vacations accordingly. At present, many places have announced the specific arrangements for the 2026 autumn break. In response to the relevant false claims spread online, we are hereby clarifying them one by one.
Is the autumn holiday "on the same day across the country" and "automatically synchronized across the province"?
This policy follows the direction set by the national level - exploratory settings, the total amount remains unchanged; the provincial level framework - the number of days, time periods, implementation scope; cities, counties and schools determine the implementation path for specific dates. There is no "national unified holiday" or "province-wide automatic synchronization".
"Can the autumn break, New Year's Day and Spring Festival be combined into 8 and 10 days?"
This statement is not accurate. Fall break itself is not a legal holiday. In some places, the 3-day or 4-day autumn break is placed in the middle of the week and then connected with the weekend to form a continuous rest period. This is the arrangement of the local academic calendar and does not mean that it will automatically overlap with subsequent statutory holidays such as New Year's Day and Spring Festival.
"The entire province or city must be unified, and schools cannot be adjusted"?
This is also unrealistic. The policy itself retains room for coordination: overall guidance at the municipal level, detailed arrangements at the county level, and schools making specific arrangements based on examinations, practice weeks, and regional realities. Parents who see timetables in other cities do not have to apply them directly to their children's schools.
"No autumn vacation = violation of regulations" or "must apply for paid study"?
Both of these are misreadings.
The first is "Is it illegal to not arrange autumn vacation?" National and provincial documents often use expressions such as "encourage exploration in areas with conditions", "focus on implementation in the compulsory education stage" and "can be implemented by reference" for the spring and autumn holidays. Failure to arrange autumn break for a certain academic period does not mean that the school is violating the rules; arranging autumn vacation does not mean that all academic periods will be implemented simultaneously.
The second is “must participate in paid study.” During the spring and autumn holidays, activities such as social practice, labor experience, and study tours are encouraged. Public places such as museums, libraries, and science and technology museums in various places also provide services to primary and secondary school students and families during the holidays. However, "carrying out practical activities" does not mean "mandating registration for classes", nor does it mean "if you don't pay the fee, you will not have a holiday certificate."
Misunderstanding: Can constipation and heavy sweating "detoxify" the body?
Truth: In recent years, "detoxification" has become a popular health-preserving term. Intestinal cleansing tea, detoxifying fruit and vegetable juices, sweat steaming and other methods have emerged one after another. Many people attribute problems such as fatigue, poor skin, and weight gain to the "accumulation of toxins" in the body. Do healthy people really need to "detoxify" their bodies regularly?
In fact, the human body has a complete metabolic excretion system that can discharge metabolic waste independently. Among them, the liver can metabolize and transform alcohol, drugs and some harmful substances; the kidneys filter the blood, excrete waste products such as urea and excess water, and maintain water and electrolyte balance; the intestines excrete food residues; and the lungs exhale carbon dioxide. These mechanisms operate continuously, eliminating the need to rely on detox products for intensive “cleaning.”
So, does the legendary "feces" accumulated in the intestines need to be removed regularly? In fact, "defecation" is not a standardized medical concept. The residue after digestion of food absorbs water in the large intestine and is excreted as feces, which is a normal physiological phenomenon. Just because feces stays in the intestines does not mean that there will continue to be "toxins" that need to be excreted.
In addition, the statement "the more you sweat, the more complete your detoxification will be" is not scientific. The main function of sweating is to regulate body temperature. The main component of sweat is water, which contains only a small amount of electrolytes and urea. It can only take away a small amount of metabolites and is not the main detoxification pathway of the human body. Excessive pursuit of violent sweating can easily cause the loss of water and electrolytes, causing dizziness, fatigue, dehydration and other problems.
Popular Science There is no longer "23:59:60". What impact will the withdrawal of the leap second mechanism have on our country?
Details: Recently, it was learned from the State Administration for Market Regulation that the 28th International Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM) passed a resolution to stop inserting leap seconds globally from May 20, 2027, and to relax the maximum allowable deviation between Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) and Universal Time based on the Earth's rotation (UT1) to 3600 seconds (1 hour). This means that the leap second mechanism, which has been running for more than half a century, has officially withdrawn from the stage of history. The special timestamp "23:59:60" will no longer appear in the future.
For China, canceling leap seconds will directly reduce operational risks in many key areas: China's time and frequency agency's punctual timing system no longer needs to insert leap seconds; 5G base stations, power grid phasor synchronization, financial timestamps, etc. will no longer process the insertion of positive and negative leap seconds, improving the continuity and reliability of operations; the Beidou satellite navigation system design plan will no longer need to insert leap seconds, which will reduce the possibility of errors in time coordinate conversion.
Report: Netizen was arrested for directing and acting in "parking lot slashing scare"
Details: Recently, a netizen posted a video saying, "After parking in the parking lot of a shopping mall in Xi'an, he received a strange call saying that the vehicle had been scratched and asked to go to the basement to negotiate a solution. After noticing the abnormality, he called up the vehicle surveillance and found a suspicious man wandering around the vehicle. He immediately contacted the mall security to accompany him to check, and later found a red mark on the car. He was afraid and called the police." Related posts attracted attention.
After verification by the Xincheng Branch of the Public Security Bureau of Xi'an City, Shaanxi Province, the incident was a farce directed and performed by the person involved, Gan. The so-called "vehicles were scratched", "friends called" and "vehicles were marked" are not true. In order to gain traffic, Gan filmed his own videos and posted them on his personal short video platform, fabricating facts to create panic and disrupt online public order. At present, Xincheng Branch has imposed administrative detention penalty on Gan in accordance with the law.
Report: Suzhou, Anhui Province reports 5 typical cases of Internet rumors
Details: Relying on the "Clean Internet-2026" special action, Anhui Suzhou Cyberspace Administration and public security departments have severely cracked down on online rumors. Five typical cases are now reported.
Case 1: Wang Moumou posted a video on the Internet platform of himself sitting in a harvester with villagers in front of him, with the text saying: "The troops are coming, and the bandits have entered the village." After investigation, Wang Moumou deliberately fabricated facts to disrupt public order and cause negative social impact in order to gain traffic. The local police imposed administrative penalties on Wang Moumou in accordance with the law.
Case 2: In order to gain attention and attract traffic, Wang used AI to generate false information on the short video platform that "there is severe hailstorm in Lingbi". The relevant content spread on the network platform and misled the majority of netizens. The local police detained Wang for 5 days in administrative detention in accordance with the law.
Case 3: In order to gain traffic, Wang maliciously fabricated and released false information when forwarding screenshots of the Internet, "Now there are people stealing children again," disrupting the order of cyberspace and causing panic among the masses. The local police imposed administrative penalties on Wang in accordance with the law.
Case 4: In order to attract traffic, Yang fabricated rumors about the "Six Major Rural Reforms" on the short video platform, spread false policy information, misled netizens, disrupted the order of cyberspace, and caused adverse social impacts. The local police imposed administrative penalties on Yang in accordance with the law.
Case 5: In order to promote a real estate store, Zhao Moumou instructed his colleague Xu Moumou to publish false information in a WeChat group of a housing agency that "a hotel in Si County has sold a total of RMB 100 million in sales". Multiple self-media accounts subsequently forwarded and spread the information, causing public misunderstanding and seriously disrupting the normal operating order of the hotel. The local police imposed administrative penalties on Zhao and Xu in accordance with the law.
