今年第一批游戏版号发放 ，游戏板块应声走强 ，行业复苏可期******
1月18日 ，受利好消息刺激 ，游戏板块大涨 ，截至发稿 ，巨人网络涨超6%，优刻得4% ，汤姆猫 、三七互娱 、中青宝等涨超3% 。
1月17日，国家新闻出版署公布了一批1月国产网络游戏审批信息，这是2023年的第一批版号，共有88款游戏过审 。
本次版号审批名单中，包括腾讯 、网易、米哈游 、三七互娱、B站等大厂都有在列。腾讯 的《元梦之星》《黎明觉醒 ：生机》《白夜极光》 ，网易 的《超凡先锋》 ，米哈游 的新旗舰游戏《崩坏：星穹铁道》 ，三七互娱的《扶摇一梦》，以及B站海外发行的《艾塔纪元》在本次过审 。
申万宏源指出，本次国产游戏版号发放数量环比进一步提升至88个，持续超预期。版号发放结构继续向重点公司、重点产品倾斜(腾网及二梯队公司重点产品获批)。12月底进口版号恢复 ，游戏监管正式进入常态化阶段 。但市场并未充分预期监管边际改善空间 ，游戏股估值仍在底部区间 。
中信证券表示 ，同时游戏版号稳定发放将为游戏公司未来 的业绩增长带来有力催化 。继游戏版号趋于常态化发放、游戏产业价值获社会认可之后 ，对于游戏行业政策导向，坚持优质内容向游戏和降低游戏成瘾性战略、加强未成年人保护、鼓励出海将成为游戏行业未来长期发展路径 。政策环境企稳，同时在游戏消费修复、出海广阔空间 、虚实结合数字底座等主线驱动业绩增长的背景下 ，未来游戏行业将会逐渐迎来板块修复 的机会。
华泰证券称，2022年游戏表现不佳 的主要因素在2023年的影响均有望逐步缓释，版号发放频次及数量持续恢复中 ，行业供给有望逐步优化；2023年宏观经济及消费表现或呈现改善态势，用户整体消费或有望恢复 。行业供需回暖下，板块估值水平有望继续修复 。看好具备优质产品储备和积极拓展出海的龙头企业，关注版号及相关行业政策变化 、行业重点产品上线节奏及表现 ，静候行业复苏 。
中新网评：美国众议长选举“连续剧”暴露美式民主痼疾******
中新网北京1月9日电(蒋鲤)在15轮投票表决后，美国众议院议长选举这场“连续剧”终于落下帷幕 ，众议院共和党领袖凯文·麦卡锡最终成功当选第55任美国众议院议长 。这是美国国会过去164年来耗时最久的一次议长选举记录 ，将美国“对抗式民主” 的弊端暴露无遗 。
资料图 ：美国众议院共和党领袖麦卡锡。中新社记者 沙晗汀摄
由于两党对立加剧、党派内斗、利益分配不均等因素，众议长选举陷入一场拉锯战 。在此次众议长竞选中，美国民主党议员继续抱团，多轮投票中，一票不投麦卡锡，共和党右翼“强硬派”领头 的约20人小团体也拒绝投票麦卡锡 。
麦卡锡的当选之路一波三折 ，除了本人的“政治投机派”角色在国会不受欢迎外，与共和党内部政治分歧关系密切。
一方面 ，共和党党内反对者认为 ，麦卡锡对民主党态度过于软弱 ，无力对抗民主党控制 的参议院和拜登政府，另一方面 ，因为共和党的多数优势微弱 ，党内一些影响力较小 的派系 的政治力量则被放大，有利于他们巩固自己的选票。
此外，党内反对者也认为 ，自己的选票没有换取更多利益 ，希望以此作为筹码换取麦卡锡更大 的让步 ，比如让他们获得众议院重要委员会中 的职务。
作为仅次于美国总统、副总统的政坛三号人物 ，众议院议长通常由众议院多数党领袖担任，选举几乎没有悬念 。然而，麦卡锡此次为当选 ，不得不做出多个关键让步，其中可能包括恢复一项罢黜议长动议机制，使得众议长的权力被削弱，难以掌控众议院。
美国有线电视新闻网CNN称 ，麦卡锡在这场不合时宜 的政治勒索中作出让步 ，这种绥靖政策只会让极端主义势力更加强大。
这场引发全世界围观的尴尬选举暴露出美国政治存在严重的对立和分化。在权力博弈思维的裹挟下，党派利益凌驾于国家和人民利益之上，美国两党相互拆台，陷入“为反对而反对”的无脑对垒。而即便是一党内，也会因为利益分配问题产生不同的小派系，相互对抗，选票变成了谋利益 的工具。
从国会山骚乱到打破记历史记录 的15轮众议长选举 ，“对抗式民主”让美国政治陷入瓶颈 ，长期对抗势必会让政客们丧失客观公正 的判断能力，其政治阶层 是否有能力治理国家也会引发质疑。
两党之争和党派内斗进一步放大了美国政治体制弊病 ，美国所谓的“民主”形象，让全世界大跌眼镜 。鼓吹以选民利益为先的美式选举，变成了政客们利益置换的游戏，进一步彰显出美国“民主政治”日渐失能 ，不断极化 的党争已使美国政治制度陷入死循环 。
House speaker election reveals deep-rooted problems in U.S. democracy
(ECNS) -- The Republican leader Kevin McCarthy was elected as the 55th speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives after 15 ballots. As the most grueling House speaker election in the past 164 years, the election has highlighted the defects of the country’s "confrontational democracy".
The election once reached a stalemate due to intense partisan strife, inner-party struggle among the Republicans, uneven distribution of interests, and more. Democratic Party members forged a close alliance, refusing to vote for McCarthy, while about 20 Republicans also declined to cast ballots for the GOP leader.
Except for his unpopular role as a "political speculator" in Congress, McCarthy’s hard-won election can be attributed to turmoil within the Republican Party.
On the one hand, opponents in the Republican Party believe that the GOP leader's attitude toward the Democrats is too weak to confront the Senate controlled by Democrats and the Biden administration.
On the other hand, the political power of some less influential factions in the Republican Party has been amplified due to the Party’s weak majority advantage in the House of Representatives, which is conducive to consolidating their ticket warehouses.
Meanwhile, these opponents believe that their votes failed to win them more benefits, hoping to use this as a bargaining chip for McCarthy's further concessions, such as getting them positions in important House Committees.
As the third political figure after the President and Vice President of the U.S., the speaker, by tradition, is the head of the majority party in the House of Representatives.
But McCarthy has made many concessions in order to bring the ultra conservatives along, involving what’s known as the “motion to vacate,” a mechanism by which members can force a vote to depose the speaker. The reported concessions will empower individual members at the expense of McCarthy’s sway as speaker.
CNN thought the concessions he made during this unseemly political shakedown would only make the extremist faction more powerful.
This embarrassing election, which has drawn global attention, exposed the serious opposition and polarization in American politics. Both Democrats and Republicans put their interests before that of the country and its people, attacking and opposing each other irrationally.
Besides, different factions arise within a single party and confront each other because of the distribution of interests. Votes have become a tool to win more benefits.
From Capitol riots to the House Speaker election with record-breaking ballots, "confrontational democracy" has become a bottleneck of American politics. Long-term confrontation will surely impede politicians to think objectively and fairly while their capacity of governing the country will also raise doubts among the public.
Both parties’ struggle and infighting among the Republicans have further amplified the defects of the American political system, with its "democratic" image shocking the world.
The U.S.-style election, which advocates putting voters' interests first, has become a game of interest exchange among politicians. In addition, it further demonstrates the malfunction of American "democratic politics" and the constantly polarized party struggle that has trapped the American political system into an infinite cycle.
