Summary: During his state visit to Russia from May 7-10, President Xi Jinping attended the 80th anniversary celebration of the Soviet Union's victory in the Great Patriotic War, where he was deemed the "most important guest" by President Putin. Xi emphasized China and Russia's commitment to global strategic stability and a multi-polar world, stating that their relationship is not directed at or constrained by any third party, while Putin affirmed that Russian-Chinese relations are unaffected by external interference. The two leaders signed a joint statement on deepening their comprehensive strategic partnership for a new era. Xi also met with leaders from Serbia, Myanmar, Cuba, Venezuela, and Slovakia, advocating for multilateralism and a rejection of protectionism. The article alludes to the fact that some countries are attempting to interfere in China and Russia's relationship.
Summary: The PRC Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that the fourth Ministerial Meeting of the China-CELAC Forum will be held in Beijing on May 13th, with Xi Jinping delivering a keynote address. MFA Assistant Minister Miao Deyu stated that Xi's speech will outline new initiatives for China-Latin America relations, aiming to build a "community of common destiny." The meeting will cover cooperation in areas including technology, trade, AI, finance, and infrastructure. Miao emphasized that China and Latin America both oppose hegemony and unilateralism, support economic globalization and multilateralism, and oppose politicizing or weaponizing economic and trade relations.
Summary: Eight central guidance groups have completed their deployment to 21 localities and units as part of the CCP Central Committee's campaign to study and implement the spirit of the Eight-Point Regulation. The heads of the guidance groups emphasized the importance of studying Xi Jinping's speeches and instructions, focusing on addressing prominent issues such as violations of the Eight-Point Regulation, including illegal dining and gift-giving, and inaction. The guidance groups will supervise and inspect the implementation of Xi's directives and the Central Committee's requirements. Local Party leaders pledged to support the guidance groups and align their actions with the Party's decisions, and fully support the work of the guiding group. The article did not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The article highlights Zhejiang province's commitment to supporting its private sector, which constitutes over 90% of its businesses and contributes significantly to innovation. Zhejiang is focused on optimizing the business environment through legal protections and consistent policies that prioritize the needs of private enterprises. The province encourages private companies to participate in global industrial distribution and resource allocation to enhance core competitiveness. Zhejiang also promotes technological innovation by supporting research platforms and facilitating collaboration between academia and industry. Furthermore, Zhejiang is actively expanding international trade opportunities for its private sector through initiatives like trade delegations and cross-border e-commerce development.
Summary: The Shenzhen-Jiangmen Railway, a key component of China's "eight vertical and eight horizontal" high-speed rail network, is under construction in Guangdong province. The 116-kilometer line will connect five cities, including Shenzhen and Guangzhou, aiming to reduce travel time between Shenzhen and Jiangmen to within one hour. On May 11th, the eastern main tower of the main bridge spanning the Modaomen waterway, a critical part of the project, was completed. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: An Yue county in Sichuan province is focusing on developing its lemon industry, from cultivation to processing and sales, to increase local incomes, following Xi Jinping's directives from July 2023. The county is implementing modern agricultural techniques like drone spraying and upgraded irrigation to improve lemon cultivation, and has attracted processing enterprises to diversify lemon products. An Yue is also working to promote the "An Yue Lemon" brand internationally, including hosting industry conferences and obtaining international certifications. In 2024, the county's lemon exports reached nearly 180 million yuan, reaching over 30 countries and regions, including Kazakhstan and Saudi Arabia. An Yue is cooperating with customs to ensure the quality and safety of exported fruit.
Summary: This article highlights anticipated growth areas for the Chinese economy in 2025, according to expert analysis. It also focuses on integrating political education ("思政课") into university curricula, using the example of the "Jinzhou apple story." Finally, the article discusses supportive policies aimed at boosting the development of Artificial Intelligence (AI). There is no mention of the United States.
Summary: China is addressing the shortage and quality issues in its domestic service industry, which includes childcare and elder care, through a series of measures. Nine departments, including the Ministry of Commerce and the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, are launching initiatives to improve service quality, facilitate consumption, and provide support policies. A key component is a vocational skills training program aiming to train 1.5 million domestic workers annually from 2025 to 2027. Local governments are establishing labor brands to standardize training and connect workers with employment opportunities, addressing the challenges of inconsistent service quality and high turnover. The effort also seeks to improve the integration of domestic workers into the broader economy, including linking them with the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei economic zone. There is no discussion of the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: During a state visit to Russia in May, Xi Jinping attended the 80th anniversary celebration of the Soviet Union's victory in the Great Patriotic War, accompanied by foreign dignitaries. Xi emphasized that China and Russia should not be disrupted by "high winds and rapid waves" and should jointly promote world multipolarization. Putin echoed this sentiment, stating that Russian-Chinese relations are unaffected by external interference. The two leaders signed a joint statement to further deepen the comprehensive strategic partnership, opposing hegemony and power politics, and promoting a more just global governance system. Xi also stated that China will eventually be unified, and that external powers cannot interfere with this inevitability. The article highlights China's commitment to global cooperation and its opposition to protectionism, while also referencing the US in the context of challenges to the post-WWII international order.
Summary: China's State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) has launched a three-year campaign to optimize the consumer environment, focusing on improving the quality of consumer goods and services, optimizing market order, and enhancing consumer rights protection. The campaign will involve five key actions and aims to address prominent issues raised by the public. Local market regulators will focus on pilot projects, fostering consumer-friendly zones, strengthening enforcement, innovating credit systems in the consumer sector, and improving dispute resolution mechanisms. The campaign emphasizes government coordination and collaboration among departments to create a reliable consumer environment.
Summary: The People's Bank of China's Q1 2025 Monetary Policy Execution Report indicates a moderately loose monetary policy aimed at counter-cyclical adjustments, fostering a favorable financial environment for economic recovery. Broad money supply (M2) grew by 7.0% year-on-year, and new corporate and housing loan interest rates decreased by approximately 50 and 60 basis points, respectively. Lending to specialized and innovative SMEs and inclusive micro and small businesses outpaced overall loan growth. The RMB exchange rate against the US dollar remained stable, with the central parity rate at 7.1782 yuan at the end of March.
Summary: This article highlights the mutually beneficial relationship between China and Chile, focusing on infrastructure development and agricultural trade. Specifically, it discusses how the China Railway Construction Corporation's upgrade of Chile's Route 5, particularly the Talca-Chillán section, has significantly improved the transport of Chilean cherries to China. This upgrade, including expansion and intelligent management systems, has reduced transport times and increased profits for Chilean farmers, facilitating increased exports to China. Fruit exporters and truck drivers also noted tangible gains because of the improved infrastructure. The upgraded highway is described as a "sweet road to prosperity," bringing Chile and China closer.
Summary: This article highlights the burgeoning trade relationship between China and Chile, particularly focusing on Chile's agricultural exports, such as cherries, facilitated by infrastructure projects like Route 5. China's involvement in infrastructure development has significantly improved logistics in Latin America, boosting regional integration. Bilateral trade between China and Latin America has seen substantial growth, expanding beyond traditional goods to include digital economy, green energy, and technological innovation. Latin America has also become a key market for Chinese electric vehicles. The article emphasizes the mutually beneficial nature of China-Latin America cooperation, leading to economic growth and prosperity.
Summary: During Xi Jinping's state visit to Russia, he attended nearly 20 bilateral and multilateral events, discussing strategic cooperation with Putin and commemorating the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Great Patriotic War. Xi and Putin signed a joint statement to deepen the comprehensive strategic partnership and discussed global issues, including those at the UN and BRICS. They also reaffirmed their commitment to opposing the distortion of history and upholding the post-WWII international order, in which Taiwan is part of China. The two countries jointly issued statements emphasizing adherence to international law and opposing unilateral sanctions, while other leaders also expressed support for China's positions on Ukraine and the Middle East, and opposition to unilateralism. The article did not touch on US-China relations.
Summary: China's commitment to high-level opening-up is underscored by record-breaking figures at the recent Canton Fair, attracting 288,000 buyers from 219 countries and regions. This openness aims to foster shared development opportunities, contrasting with rising global protectionism. China actively expands imports, exemplified by hosting events like the China International Import Expo, and offering preferential treatment to less developed nations. The country's commitment to opening up has created mutually beneficial opportunities for U.S. companies, including Tesla and various financial institutions. China welcomes foreign investment, including from the United States, while criticizing U.S. protectionist measures and urging for mutually beneficial cooperation.
Summary: German diplomat Wolfgang Röhr, also known as Rui Wufeng, stated that the 50th anniversary of EU-China diplomatic relations presents an opportunity to deepen ties, advocating for expanded trade and investment. Röhr highlighted the importance of Germany-China cooperation, particularly in economics and trade, noting Germany's role as a founding member of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank. He emphasized the potential for cooperation in digital economy, AI, and clean energy, citing Chinese contributions to Germany's climate goals like photovoltaic cells and electric vehicles. Röhr advocates for strengthened cooperation as a long-term direction for German and EU policy towards China. He calls for collaboration on global issues, including the Paris Agreement and promoting a fair international trade system.
Summary: A joint China-Russia youth choir performance, titled "Remember History, Create the Future," took place in Moscow, organized by the All-China Youth Federation and the Russian Children and Youth Organization "First Movement." The 40-member choir, comprised of Chinese and Russian youths, performed songs like "Hopeful Field" and "Katyusha" to an audience of hundreds.
Summary: The article reports on the use of special national bonds to finance high-standard farmland construction in Heilongjiang province, specifically within the Beidahuang Group. These funds are being used for land consolidation, upgrading water infrastructure, and building digital agriculture systems. Farms are reporting increased yields and efficiency due to the improvements, such as larger fields, better irrigation, and reduced soil erosion. Beidahuang Group plans to build another 800,000 acres of high-standard farmland this year. Heilongjiang province plans to build 11.69 million acres of high-standard farmland with the support of special national bonds.
Summary: Chen Kunyuan, a former soldier and Party Secretary of Jiangxi Bingge Songcai Industrial Co., Ltd., built a successful fresh produce delivery business employing mostly veterans and their families. After overcoming early financial difficulties, Chen leveraged "internet+" to create a smart supply system, expanding the company nationwide with significant annual revenue. He established a veteran entrepreneurship incubator, providing training and support, and promoted "order agriculture" to help farmers increase their income. Chen has donated over 10 million yuan to public welfare, assisting veterans and impoverished families, and was awarded the 2025 China Youth May Fourth Medal. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The article discusses the appeal of spring and early summer in China, linking it to themes of greenery, renewal, and warmth. It highlights China's efforts in afforestation and ecological improvement, including desert afforestation projects and increased forest coverage. The piece emphasizes the shift towards a green and innovative development model, citing examples such as the growth of new energy industries and the adoption of low-carbon technologies. A foreign expert is quoted as saying that China's green transformation has increased its economic resilience. The article concludes with a call to embrace challenges with confidence and a proactive spirit, drawing on traditional Chinese philosophy.
Summary: The article depicts a scene at the Manhua Manor in Chengdu, Sichuan province on May 10th, where blooming flowers attract tourists for sightseeing and photography. The article contains no mention of political figures, statements, or actions, and makes no reference to the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: An Yue county in Sichuan province is focusing on developing its lemon industry, aiming to boost rural incomes by improving all aspects of the industrial chain from cultivation to sales. The county is adopting modern agricultural technologies, such as drone spraying and smart irrigation, to enhance lemon cultivation. They are also working to improve lemon processing and branding by attracting processing enterprises and obtaining international certifications. An Yue's lemons are now exported to over 30 countries and regions, with self-operated export value reaching nearly 180 million yuan in 2024. The county has also hosted the World Lemon Industry Development Conference five times since 2019.
Summary: The People's Bank of China (PBOC) has established a 500 billion yuan service consumption and elderly care relending facility to stimulate financial support for service consumption, including lodging, catering, culture, sports, entertainment, education and the elderly care sector. The relending facility, with an annual interest rate of 1.5%, will be available to 26 financial institutions. These institutions can apply to the PBOC for relending at 100% of the principal of eligible loans on a quarterly basis. This policy will be implemented until the end of 2027.
Summary: The article highlights Zhejiang province's commitment to supporting its robust private sector, which accounts for over 90% of its businesses. It emphasizes the province's efforts to create a favorable business environment through legal protections, streamlined regulations, and targeted economic policies, including increased financial support and access to key resources for private enterprises. Zhejiang encourages private firms to innovate and participate in global markets, promoting initiatives like overseas trade missions and development in AI and robotics. The province aims to facilitate the transition from merely exporting products to integrating into global value chains. There is no mention of the United States or U.S. - China relations in this article.
Summary: China's Ministry of Education reports that the National Smart Education Platform has surpassed 164 million registered users and 61.3 billion views across 220+ countries, making it the world's largest digital education resource center. A press conference was held to introduce the 2025 World Digital Education Conference, which will take place in Wuhan from May 14-16. The conference, themed "Education Development and Transformation: The Age of Intelligence," will feature the release of five digital education achievements. These include the "China Smart Education White Paper," the launch of "National Education Digital Strategy Action 2.0," and a framework for international digital education standards.
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Summary: This article discusses China's economic resilience and growth potential through the lens of "gradients" – industrial upgrading, regional collaboration, and cross-border trade. It emphasizes the strategic importance of orderly industrial transfer from coastal regions to inland areas like Hunan, citing the relocation of Guangdong's textile industry as an example of creating new growth hubs. The author believes that the gradient development approach enhances China's ability to handle external uncertainties and foster a unified national market. The article suggests that this approach provides China with a robust and resilient economy capable of withstanding risks and promoting high-quality development. There is no mention of the United States or U.S. - China relations.
Summary: The article criticizes the proliferation of inaccurate and sensationalist historical interpretations in China's booming cultural tourism sector, particularly within museum and heritage site guided tours and online platforms. It argues that these "fake, vulgar, and chaotic" narratives undermine the value of historical relics and cultural heritage by distorting historical facts, promoting sensationalism for profit, and misleading the public. It emphasizes the need for stricter regulation and professional standards for tour guides and cultural institutions to ensure accurate and responsible historical interpretation. The article stresses the importance of prioritizing the social and cultural value of these sites over commercial interests. The article makes no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The article reports the incorporation of three new initiatives – healthy weight management, healthy village construction, and traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) health promotion – into the Healthy China Action plan. These additions signal a shift from environmental health governance to comprehensive social health management. This aims to integrate health concepts into various sectors and daily life. The initiative leverages TCM ("Qihuang") for national health.
Summary: "Baogongtou" Wei Yunpei, a construction contractor, received a credit repair certificate after repaying over 300,000 RMB in debt following a business failure that led to his inclusion on a list of dishonest people subject to enforcement. Supported by a "quasi-personal bankruptcy system" in Wuxi, he completed his repayment plan and a two-year probationary period. Commentary in the article emphasized the importance of distinguishing between malicious and non-malicious defaults in order to make the credit system more effective and fair. The article also mentioned the issuance of guidelines on improving the social credit system and promoting high-quality development, underscoring the importance of a standardized and efficient credit repair mechanism. The system has helped over 30 local courts in the country to accept personal bankruptcy cases, writing off over 1.3 billion RMB in debt.
Summary: The first article discusses the trend of bookstores becoming "internet-famous" (网红) locations, cautioning against prioritizing aesthetics and photo opportunities over the core function of reading and providing quality books. It criticizes bookstores that prioritize decorative books, cultural products, and catering services, arguing that it dilutes the reading atmosphere and undermines the bookstore's value. The author suggests that bookstores should focus on creating a strong reading environment and attracting readers through reading activities. The second article discusses how a citizen received an unrelated message when they contacted the mayor's mailbox to provide feedback. It underscores the importance of government officials taking citizen feedback seriously.
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Summary: This article reports on the efforts of the Yunnan Province Dehong Tropical Crops Research Institute to develop new coffee bean varieties. Researchers at the institute have collected nearly 1,000 coffee germplasm resources, and are working to breed disease-resistant and high-yielding coffee plants. The institute also works to promote new varieties and standardized planting techniques among local farmers through demonstration bases and training programs. The institute hopes to provide technical support for the high-quality, characteristic, and high-end development of Yunnan's coffee industry. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The article reports on the popularity of five-year-old Wang Miyang, a student of Jingju (Peking Opera) performer Jiang Feng, after a performance of excerpts from the opera *Chi Sang Zhen* went viral online. Jiang Feng emphasized the importance of traditional teaching methods and Wang's natural talent and hard work, while Wang's father expressed his hope that learning Jingju would benefit his son regardless of his future career. The article highlights the importance of traditional art. There is no discussion of the United States or U.S.-China relations in this article.
Summary: The 2025 Chengdu-Chongqing Economic Circle Vocational Education Activity Week commenced in Chongqing, featuring an exhibition showcasing vocational education reforms and achievements in Sichuan and Chongqing. The event included forums on industry-education integration, overseas vocational education pathways, and AI's role in vocational education. "Seven-day themed activity days" will promote interaction between vocational education and the public through open enterprises, campuses, and research institutes. The fourth "Sichuan-Chongqing Cup" vocational skills competition awards ceremony was also held, and the "Consensus on High-Quality Collaborative Development of Vocational Education in Sichuan and Chongqing" was released.
Summary: The Ministry of Education and the National Development and Reform Commission jointly issued a notice outlining plans to enhance China's teacher education system from the 14th to 15th Five-Year Plans. The notice focuses on cultivating future teachers' scientific and practical abilities by investing in both infrastructure and curriculum development. The initiative aims to establish high-level teacher education institutions with distinct Chinese characteristics, creating first-rate teacher education colleges and disciplines. These institutions will focus on building new teacher training models, research platforms, reform supports, and international exchanges. The plan involves phased support for high-level teacher education institutions based on implementation plans and national demand.
Summary: The article reports on Taixing City, Jiangsu Province efforts to integrate rural industrial development with ecological livability to boost farmer incomes and revitalize rural areas. A photograph illustrates this integration with a view of Gengdai Village, showcasing杉trees, a highway and residential buildings. The article focuses on rural development and does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
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Summary: A letter from villagers in Baqiang Village, Xin'an County, Henan Province, reports the illegal dumping of coal slag on farmland dating back to 2016, raising concerns about soil and groundwater contamination impacting crop yields. Local officials confirmed that 12 sites were affected by coal slag (煤矸石), attributed to Xin'yi Mining Company, and that they had previously ordered the closure of the responsible coal plants and demanded land rehabilitation. Environmental officials are currently testing water and soil samples to assess potential pollution and will develop remediation plans, but earlier tests have not indicated contamination. Residents complain that the remediation efforts, specifically the depth of the soil covering the coal slag, have been inadequate to support crop growth. The article does not mention the United States.
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Summary: Residents of the Kailiyue residential complex in Harbin, Heilongjiang province, report unreliable electricity supply since 2020 due to the developer only providing temporary power to the 500+ occupied households out of 1200 units. The developer refuses to fund the necessary electrical infrastructure upgrades, citing financial difficulties. Appeals to the district electricity bureau and housing and construction bureau have been unsuccessful. The residents are requesting intervention to resolve the power supply issue.
Summary: The author criticizes the poor maintenance and unauthorized installation of speed bumps on urban roads, leading to vehicle damage and safety hazards. They propose stricter regulations and enforcement, including standardized installation procedures and regular inspections integrated into road maintenance routines. The author also suggests using smart technology for monitoring and including speed bump maintenance in road safety performance evaluations to hold responsible parties accountable for accidents caused by neglected speed bumps. There is no information on the statements or actions of any specific official, nor is there any mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The article discusses the need for improved approaches to reforming outdated customs in rural China. Some local governments are hesitant to address these customs due to perceived complexity or view them as acceptable social norms. Others implement ineffective, top-down methods. The author argues for a balanced approach that avoids inaction and heavy-handed measures, emphasizing thorough research, respect for tradition, and responsiveness to public feedback for sustained progress.
Summary: This article discusses the persistence of extravagant banquet customs in some rural areas of China, which place a significant economic burden on farmers. It proposes solutions including strengthening village rules, establishing authoritative Red and White Affairs Councils under Party leadership, and encouraging Party members and cadres to lead by example in simplifying celebrations. The author also suggests enriching rural cultural life to reduce reliance on banquets for social needs. The article argues that a multi-pronged approach is necessary to change these customs.
Summary: This article discusses the variable effectiveness of "red and white affairs councils" (红白理事会) in rural Chinese villages, established to guide and regulate wedding and funeral arrangements. The author notes that some councils fail to curb extravagance or address outdated customs, while others turn a blind eye to these issues. The author recommends strengthening the councils by selecting respected members, standardizing procedures, and incorporating reformed customs into village rules. The author emphasizes the need for long-term mechanisms, including regular evaluations, and urges party members and council members to lead by example in promoting new customs and simple ceremonies. The article does not reference the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The article discusses the problem of vulgar performances ("低俗表演") in rural China, which have emerged alongside the increased availability of disposable income among farmers. The author attributes the popularity of these performances to a combination of rising materialism, insufficient cultural education among villagers, and inadequate regulatory oversight. The author advocates for increased investment in rural cultural initiatives and greater regulatory enforcement to combat vulgar performances, while also promoting education to raise cultural awareness among farmers. The author calls on local governments to prioritize rural cultural development. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The People's Daily and People's Daily Online are jointly soliciting news leads and suggestions from readers regarding safety issues at scenic spots through the "Reader's Letters" section and the "Leaders' Message Board." Readers can submit information via email or mobile app platforms. The initiative aims to gather public input on this specific area of concern. The article does not discuss U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The People's Insurance Company of China (PICC) is leveraging technology and innovative mechanisms to enhance disaster prevention and mitigation efforts in China. PICC utilizes its "Juzai Anlan" platform, integrating risk data to provide early warnings and support risk reduction services, and has implemented a "multi-disaster, multi-year, multi-level" insurance system to provide comprehensive coverage. The company is also involved in the China Urban and Rural Residents Housing Catastrophe Insurance Community, providing substantial disaster risk protection. PICC emphasizes pre-disaster prevention and rapid response, using technologies like AI and drone surveys to expedite claims and aid recovery. These efforts aim to support national emergency management and contribute to social stability.
Summary: The April 25th Politburo meeting affirmed China's positive economic trend due to the leadership of the Party Central Committee with Xi Jinping at its core and coordinated macro policies. According to experts, service consumption, especially in culture and tourism, is a new highlight, boosted by digital technologies and supportive policies. Emerging industries, particularly the digital economy and "AI+", are rapidly developing with increasing investment and technological breakthroughs, forming new pillar industries. Green development is also a strong engine, marked by the growth of new energy industries and a focus on green technology and exports. While facing global economic uncertainties and protectionist measures from countries like the U.S., China's foreign trade demonstrates resilience through diversification and expanding partnerships with Belt and Road countries.
Summary: A recent meeting of the CCP Central Politburo emphasized "accelerating the integration of domestic and foreign trade," prompting Shanghai and other regions to support export-oriented enterprises in expanding domestic sales. Several Shanghai retailers, including Lianhua, Bailian, and Yonghui, are establishing specialized zones for "high-quality foreign trade products" (外贸优品), offering expedited listing services and dedicated support teams. Some companies, like Shanghai Xing'an, are eager to enter the domestic market due to factors like shorter product shelf lives and U.S. tariffs impacting sales. The Shanghai Municipal Government is also implementing measures such as streamlined labeling and certification processes to facilitate this transition. Several companies mentioned a desire to move away from trade with the U.S.
Summary: Faced with U.S. tariffs, Chinese foreign trade enterprises are diversifying markets and focusing on domestic demand, aided by online and offline retail support. This shift towards domestic sales is becoming a long-term strategy, evidenced by the 2021 State Council guidance and recent growth in industrial enterprises integrating domestic and foreign trade. With domestic demand contributing over 80% to economic growth in the past five years, this "two-track" approach is seen as more stable amid external uncertainties. The article argues that domestic sales are not simply a fallback, but instead require new business strategies, necessitating a shift in government focus from production to consumption. Promoting internal and external trade integration requires a joint effort by effective markets, active government, and orderly society, to promote market, institutional, and industrial integration.
Summary: This article argues that China's economic resilience, driven by its socialist system, strategic planning, and national unity, allows it to withstand external pressures, including those from the U.S. The author highlights China's innovation, improving business environment, and the strength of its collective spirit as key factors contributing to its economic stability and growth. It contrasts this with concerns about a potential U.S. economic recession. They credit the party's advanced planning for the state of China's economy. The article posits that China's focus on innovation and a better business environment are catalyzing economic development.
Summary: The article reports on the increasing visibility of "5G-A" network icons on Chinese mobile phones, signaling an enhanced version of 5G technology. 5G-A, seen as an intermediate step toward 6G, offers improvements in speed and latency, enabling smoother experiences with applications like cloud gaming. While faster speeds might raise concerns about increased data consumption, a China Mobile representative stated that 5G-A will not consume more data or incur extra costs. The technology is being deployed in high-traffic areas across 31 provinces.
Summary: The article reports on agricultural activities in Dao County, Yongzhou City, Hunan Province, focusing on activities such as vegetable harvesting, early rice planting, and rice field management. The article highlights the use of agricultural technology, specifically mentioning farmers transporting fertilizer for intelligent plant protection drones at the Yuandi Zhenghe Farm in Qingtang Town, Dao County.
Summary: The inaugural Guangzhou International Intelligent Construction and Industrialized Building Industry Expo concluded in Guangzhou on May 10th, attracting approximately 1,300 overseas merchants from 90 countries including Australia, New Zealand, and Spain. The three-day expo, themed "Digital Intelligence Construction, Industry Leadership," featured over 500 domestic enterprises and covered five industry tracks including digital design and smart home. The event showcased overseas project signings across 57 projects in over 10 countries spanning Asia, Europe, and Africa. The expo resulted in landmark engineering agreements with a cumulative value exceeding 82 billion yuan.
Summary: China's railway infrastructure investment reached 194.7 billion yuan from January to April, a 5.3% year-on-year increase, according to the China State Railway Group. The investment is focused on strengthening railway networks, particularly in the western regions, with the Chengdu Railway Bureau accounting for nearly 10% of the total investment. In April, progress was made on projects including the Xiong'an-Shangqiu high-speed railway and tunnels along the Chengdu-Chongqing and Guangzhou-Zhanjiang lines. This railway construction investment is intended to stimulate economic recovery.
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Summary: The article reports on the corruption case of Liu Xueyin, the former Party Secretary of Wuxi County People's Hospital in Chongqing, who exploited his position to accept bribes in exchange for favoring certain companies in equipment procurement and fund allocation. He was found guilty of accepting 3.69 million RMB in bribes. The Wuxi County government responded by strengthening oversight of medical institutions, uncovering further issues such as redundant medical testing, and disciplining implicated individuals. As a result of these measures, the article indicates that patients have experienced a decrease in medical costs.
Summary: The article discusses persistent and complex corruption within China's medical sector, including hospital leaders taking kickbacks through supplier selection and manipulated bidding processes for construction and equipment procurement. It attributes these issues to power imbalances, inadequate internal oversight, and lagging regulatory technology. The author calls for strengthening oversight of key personnel ("critical few") and implementing collective decision-making mechanisms. The article also suggests leveraging AI and big data for monitoring and establishing "sunshine supervision" platforms with third-party involvement to enhance transparency and accountability. The goal is to safeguard public healthcare resources and maintain public trust.
Summary: The article commemorates the life and legacy of Yu Sili, an anti-Japanese martyr who died in 1943 and for whom the town of Sili in Henan province is named. Yu led a local militia against Japanese forces during the war. The town has invested in memorializing Yu's sacrifice through monuments and educational programs, aiming to inspire a spirit of resilience and public service in the community. It does not discuss the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: Guangxi is leveraging digital technology to enhance food safety supervision. The region is implementing a QR code system for tracking livestock products from slaughter to sale, covering 60% of major supermarkets and school suppliers. Cloud-based cameras with AI are being deployed in key areas like food production and school cafeterias, achieving 78% coverage for special food visualization and 99% coverage for "Internet + Transparent Kitchen" in schools. Furthermore, the integration and linking of the "Muyuntong-Gui," "Gui Shi An," and "Smart Port" systems enables cross-departmental data sharing and real-time risk analysis.
Summary: A company (A) sued an automobile service company (B) in Shanghai's Songjiang District People's Court, seeking to return a new energy vehicle due to a malfunctioning screen. Despite multiple repairs, the vehicle's screen continued to experience blackouts, which the court deemed a safety concern, especially during navigation. The court ruled in favor of A, ordering B to refund the purchase price, as the screen malfunction significantly impacted the vehicle's safe operation. The court suggested consumers seek legal recourse and vehicle assessment for persistent, unresolvable safety issues. The court also advised auto sellers to proactively address and resolve vehicle issues, and adhere to return policies if problems persist after repeated repairs.
Summary: In Yinghsan County, Hubei Province, Communist Party member volunteers conducted a livestreaming event at the Shensheng Mountain Villa vegetable growing base in Sigudun Village to promote agricultural products. The activity aimed to expand sales channels for local farmers and boost their income and industry development. The article does not mention any statements by officials or discuss U.S.-China relations.
Summary: Six student Party members from the Inner Mongolia Vocational and Technical College of Communications volunteered at the Yuejun Community in Chifeng, providing activities for local children. The Songzhou Subdistrict Party Committee Secretary Wang Fei initiated a joint Party building initiative connecting four local universities with community Party organizations, engaging over 20,000 students, including nearly a thousand Party members, in community governance. To encourage participation, the initiative includes a "dual evaluation" system between the universities and subdistricts and a "dual incubation" mechanism for employment and entrepreneurship. The program also employs a "university advisor + community cadre" dual mentorship model, which allows students to explore their career paths.
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Summary: A short play at Liaoning Polytechnic Vocational University highlights the story of "Jinzhou apples," referencing how in 1948, PLA soldiers refrained from eating apples from the local populace, demonstrating discipline and integrity. This story is framed as a key example of the CCP's commitment to serving the people. Xi Jinping is referenced as having cited Mao Zedong's remark that PLA soldiers not eating the apples was "noble" and eating them would be "despicable", as the apples belonged to the people. Liaoning province is now leveraging this and other local historical events to strengthen integrity and anti-corruption efforts among cadres, including promoting good family values. The Liaoshen Campaign Memorial Hall continues to share this narrative, emphasizing its contemporary relevance for Party members.
Summary: The article emphasizes the importance of effectively communicating the concept of "integrity" (廉洁) within the CCP's history by adapting traditional narratives to new formats and contexts. It argues that innovative and accessible approaches, such as micro-movies, interactive experiences, and themed routes, are crucial for making integrity resonate with the public. Examples include Hangzhou's "Integrity Culture Route" and Shenzhen's Integrity Culture Theme Park, which integrate the concept of integrity into daily life. By weaving integrity into daily routines, the CCP hopes to foster a more profound understanding and appreciation of its importance.
Summary: China's tourism trains are experiencing a surge in popularity, with over one million passengers transported in 2024 and a 30% year-on-year increase in the first quarter. These trains offer themed experiences, cultural immersion, and connect disparate tourist destinations. They are particularly popular among elderly tourists, with accessibility and specialized services catering to their needs. The article mentions optimizing routes, enhancing cultural integration, and attracting a wider audience as continued challenges for the industry. The article does not mention the United States.
Summary: GaoMi city in Shandong province is promoting cultural tourism through immersive experiences at the Red Sorghum Film City, designed to draw tourists into recreated movie scenes. The city is also developing "red tourism" centered on revolutionary history and Party education, connecting attractions along the Jiao River to create integrated tourism destinations. These efforts aim to boost local tourism consumption.
Summary: A research team at Anhui Agricultural University, led by Professor Zhang Zhaoliang, has identified the key mechanisms behind the loss of umami flavor in tea leaves after the early spring harvest. The study, published in *The Plant Cell*, found that as temperatures rise post-Qingming Festival, mitochondrial transporter protein CsTHS1 and theanine hydrolase CsGGT2 work together to degrade theanine. CsTHS1 transports theanine into the mitochondria while CsGGT2 breaks it down, resulting in a significant decrease in theanine content and a less palatable tea. The levels of both CsTHS1 and CsGGT2 increase as temperature rises, accelerating the breakdown of theanine.
Summary: The Guiyang Big Data Exchange announced the release of 939 high-quality datasets in collaboration with 46 partners via their dedicated zone launched in 2024. These datasets, covering areas such as finance, meteorology, and manufacturing, include text, audio, images, and video, aiming to provide resources for large language models. The datasets are intended to reduce costs related to data collection and processing for AI development. As a key hub in the data market, the exchange aims to promote the innovative application of AI in various industries. The article does not discuss the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: Tianjin Museum is creating accessible experiences for the hearing impaired by developing a specialized sign language vocabulary for museum exhibits. Engineers and volunteers, including a hearing-impaired individual, collaborated to translate complex cultural relic terminology into understandable sign language, addressing the lack of specific terms in standard sign language. They developed 200 cultural relic-related sign language terms and produced video guides for 206 artifacts, accessible via QR codes in the museum and online. Training programs have been launched to expand the use of sign language in cultural and tourism sectors, engaging volunteers and employees from various institutions. The project seeks to enhance the cultural experience and sense of inclusion for hearing-impaired individuals.
Summary: A new exhibit at the Jian牘 Museum in Changsha, Hunan, titled "The Pulse of Culture Here, Friendship for a Millennium: Jia Yi, Grand Tutor of the King of Changsha in the Western Han Dynasty, and the City He Lived In," showcases the city's history and cultural heritage. The exhibit, running until May 2026, is divided into three sections, covering Jia Yi's life and influence, Changsha's development from the Chu-Han period to the Ming and Qing dynasties, and the city's everyday life and cultural traditions. It features over 300 artifacts, including archaeological finds from the Chaoyang Lane site. The exhibit highlights Changsha's transformation, emphasizing its cultural lineage. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
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Summary: Liu Yi, a master of bamboo weaving in Xinchang, Zhejiang province, is dedicated to preserving and promoting the traditional craft. He creates intricate bamboo artworks, including a detailed replica of the Temple of Heaven, and teaches bamboo weaving techniques at the local Non-material Cultural Heritage Workshop. Liu also runs a workshop employing local villagers, and is working with the local government to promote bamboo weaving in the region in order to increase local income.
Summary: Yonghui Supermarket has issued a rectification statement acknowledging and promising to correct the "reverse rounding" practice in some of its stores, where customers paying with cash were overcharged by rounding up the total. This practice, where retailers round up the amount due, is a violation of consumer rights and market rules according to the Price Law, as it involves charging unlisted fees and infringing on consumers' rights to know and fair trade. The article emphasizes that while seemingly insignificant, "reverse rounding" damages consumer trust and negatively impacts their shopping experience, especially for vulnerable groups like the elderly and children who primarily use cash. The piece calls for coordinated efforts from regulators and businesses to create a fair consumption environment, with businesses needing to reflect on their operations and management.
Summary: In the first quarter of 2025, Chinese consumer associations handled 461,767 complaints, a 33.33% year-on-year increase, recovering 237.23 million yuan in economic losses for consumers. Contract and after-sales service issues accounted for the largest proportion of complaints. Compared to Q1 2024, the proportion of complaints related to false advertising, counterfeiting, and safety increased, while quality and contract-related complaints decreased. The top five categories for goods-related complaints were: household electronic appliances, clothing and shoes, daily use commodities, food, and transportation. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: On May 10th, Beijing processed its first marriage registration via the newly implemented nationwide "marriage registration across regions" service. A couple from Hebei province successfully registered in Beijing's Xicheng district. On the first day of the new policy, over 1400 couples registered in Beijing, with 31.9% utilizing the "nationwide access" service. The new program allows citizens to register for marriage in any location, instead of exclusively at their place of residence. The article makes no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: Jilin province issued a plan to boost its "silver economy" by 2025, focusing on elderly care, rehabilitation equipment, and senior-oriented tourism. The plan emphasizes industry development, structural optimization, and resource allocation through planning, projects, and innovation. Key initiatives include expanding affordable elderly care services, strengthening public nursing home operations, promoting collaboration between research institutions and rehabilitation equipment manufacturers, and establishing a unified provincial information platform for elderly care services. The plan also outlines measures to strengthen policy support, financial support, and talent development.
Summary: This article reports on how to avoid and treat bee stings, citing experts Guo Jun, an associate professor at Kunming University of Science and Technology, and Jin Yichao, director of dermatology at Yunnan Provincial People's Hospital. Guo recommends avoiding bright blue and black clothing in areas with bee activity and advises remaining still if approached by a bee. If stung, Guo suggests removing the stinger, washing the wound, and seeking immediate medical attention, particularly for those with allergies. Jin emphasizes the importance of seeking immediate medical attention for severe stings or allergic reactions. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
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Summary: Hengfeng County in Jiangxi Province is using the local kudzu plant to restore abandoned mines and combat soil erosion. Kudzu was selected for its strong environmental adaptability, ability to improve soil fertility, and extensive root system. Local authorities are providing policy support and working with research institutions to optimize kudzu cultivation techniques. The county is also developing a "kudzu economy" by processing kudzu into products like noodles and tea to increase farmers’ income and promote rural revitalization. The local government hopes this will improve ecological conditions and create opportunities for industries such as tourism.
Summary: The article discusses the use of native plants for ecological restoration in China, specifically highlighting the case of *ge* (kudzu) in Hengfeng, Jiangxi, to rehabilitate mined areas. Other examples include seabuckthorn and *Caragana korshinskii* in Kubuqi Desert, and *Celtis yunnanensis* in Wenshan. These plants not only aid in ecological restoration but also contribute to local economies through related industries. The article calls for policy support, technological innovation, and market development to further promote the use of native plants in ecological restoration. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: Xi Jinping emphasized coordinating development and safety, improving risk prevention and control systems, strengthening disaster prevention, mitigation, and relief capabilities, and enhancing the ability to respond to major risks and challenges. The article highlights the importance of disaster risk assessment and mitigation, emphasizing a shift from passive response to proactive prevention. It calls for strengthening emergency preparedness, improving risk identification, and promoting public participation in disaster prevention. The piece stresses the need for comprehensive inspections, timely rectification of hazards, and the establishment of a permanent governance mechanism. It mentions the use of technology to monitor key areas and improve early warning capabilities, but does not mention the United States.
Summary: The Central Meteorological Observatory forecasts high temperatures and potential severe drought conditions in the Yellow River and Huai River regions from May 12-17. The drought has already prompted water resource management responses, including releases from the Xiaolangdi and Sanhekou reservoirs to support irrigation and drinking water supplies in affected areas like Shaanxi and Henan provinces. The Ministry of Water Resources is supporting drought-stricken areas by strengthening monitoring and resource allocation. Southern regions along the Xijiang River are also experiencing drought, leading the Pearl River Water Resources Commission to release water from reservoirs to help Guangxi.
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Summary: The article reports on the growing popularity of traditional Chinese exercises like Baduanjin and Taijiquan among young people, who are drawn to their accessibility and health benefits. Jiang Xi, a fashion designer, shares Baduanjin videos online, attracting a following of "Jin friends," while her brother Jiang Nan provides instruction. Taijiquan courses are increasingly popular in universities, with instructor Chai Yunlong teaching students practical skills and philosophical concepts. The article highlights how these practices promote physical and mental well-being, aligning with the "Healthy China 2030" initiative. There is no discussion of the United States or U.S.-China relations in the article.
Summary: The article discusses the rising popularity of traditional Chinese exercises like Baduanjin, Taijiquan, and Wuqinxi among young people. These exercises, previously associated with the elderly, are now embraced by younger generations due to their accessibility and integration with modern life. Young people are revitalizing these practices by blending them with modern trends and showcasing them through social media. The appeal lies not only in physical fitness but also in the philosophical and cultural values embedded within these traditional forms of exercise. This trend highlights the enduring relevance and adaptability of Chinese traditional culture.
Summary: Chinese weightlifters achieved significant success at the 2025 Asian Weightlifting Championships in Jiangshan, Zhejiang, which is the first major competition for the Chinese team in the lead-up to the Los Angeles Olympics. Li Shuang swept gold in the women's 64kg category. Zhao Jinhong won all three gold medals in the women's 45kg category, breaking the world record in the snatch. Several other Chinese athletes, including Wang Weidong and Zhang Haiqin, also secured medals and broke records in their respective categories.
Summary: The 2025 World Athletics Relays in Guangzhou concluded with the Chinese team, composed primarily of young athletes, securing qualification for the Tokyo World Championships in the men's and women's 4x100m relays, as well as the men's and mixed 4x400m relays. The Chinese team also broke national records in both the men's and mixed 4x400m relays. This event marked China's first time hosting the World Athletics Relays, featuring over 700 athletes from more than 40 countries and regions. The top 14 teams in five of the relay events secured spots in the Tokyo World Championships. No mentions of the United States or U.S.-China relations were present in the article.
Summary: The 2025 IFSC Climbing World Cup (Bali, Indonesia) was recently held, featuring 212 athletes from 32 countries competing in speed and difficulty disciplines. Zhou Yafei of the Chinese team won second place in the women's speed competition. Luo Zhilu reached the semi-finals in the women's difficulty competition, ultimately finishing thirteenth. The Chinese team sent four difficulty athletes and twelve speed athletes to participate. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The 2025 Asian Canoe Sprint Championships were held in Nanchang, Jiangxi from May 7-10, with over 390 athletes, coaches, and officials from 19 Asian countries and regions participating. The competition featured 24 events across men's, women's, and mixed categories, utilizing both kayaks and canoes at distances of 200m, 500m, and 1000m. Team China secured a dominant victory, winning 16 gold, 6 silver, and 2 bronze medals. The event provided an arena for Asian athletes to showcase their skills in canoe racing.
Summary: Guangfa Bank is actively supporting China's financial development by focusing on key strategic areas and addressing weaknesses in the financial system. The bank is stimulating consumer spending through online and offline promotions, including initiatives for new energy vehicles, and strengthening support for small and micro enterprises by tailoring financial products to their needs. Guangfa Bank is also implementing city-level real estate financing coordination mechanisms and working to complete the registration of existing projects. Furthermore, they are supporting capital market development through stock repurchase loans and facilitating bond repurchase transactions for securities, funds, and insurance companies within the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.
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Summary: The 121st Paris International Fair concluded with a "Meet China" cultural exhibition highlighting Chinese culture and innovation. Organized by the China International Communications Group, the exhibition featured nearly 2,000 items, ranging from traditional crafts to modern tech like AI digital humans. Former UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova praised China's efforts in cultural heritage preservation, while representatives from the fair emphasized the event served as a window for Europeans to understand China. Chinese officials stated the goal of the exhibition was to showcase a credible, lovable, and respectable image of China to the European audience. The fair also highlighted cultural tourism projects in Shenzhen, with Bokova expressing excitement about the city's new cultural landmark.
Summary: Vietnam's tourism industry is experiencing a strong rebound, with 2024 seeing 17.5 million foreign visitors, including 3.7 million from China, making China the second largest source of tourists. The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism is promoting diverse tourism experiences like ecotourism and community tourism, and Vietnam Airlines is expanding flight capacity and offering promotional packages. Vietnam is also increasing tourism promotion efforts in key markets, including China and the United States. Localities like Hanoi are creating new attractions, such as weekend pedestrian streets, to boost tourism potential. Increased travel between Vietnam and China has led to a rise in tour groups in both directions.
Summary: The Hainan Wuzhishan Li-Miao Children's Choir held "China-France Children's Friendship Bridge" cultural exchange activities in Paris, France. The choir performed at UNESCO headquarters and the Paris Theater, showcasing Chinese youth and Hainan's ecological protection and cultural heritage. A joint musical performance, "Journey of Harmony," featured Chinese and French youth. The choir also engaged in home visits with members of the French Polysons Children's Choir, solidifying the friendship established during previous exchanges in Paris and Hainan related to the 60th anniversary of diplomatic relations.
Summary: The World Obesity Federation's 2025 "Global Obesity Map" indicates a continued rise in global overweight and obese populations, projecting that nearly 3 billion adults will be affected by 2030. The organization urges countries to implement key policies like taxing sugary drinks and promoting physical activity to combat the health and socio-economic impacts of obesity. The Federation's report highlights that obesity is a significant risk factor for diseases like diabetes, cancer, and heart disease, causing approximately 4 million deaths annually. The report also stated that the Americas, Southeast Asia and the Western Pacific regions are the regions with the highest number of deaths and disabilities due to overweight and obesity. Simon Barquera stated that the UN General Assembly will convene in September to review progress on obesity and set future measures.
Summary: In Peru, locals like Isbet and George are learning Mandarin Chinese to better market their alpaca wool products to Chinese tourists and online consumers, hoping to one day visit China. Rosa, a student at the Confucius Institute, studies Chinese language and culture and is interested in topics like the Belt and Road Initiative. Cecilia Tello, the Peruvian director of the Confucius Institute, hopes that students will become experts at cross-cultural communication. The increasing number of Peruvians studying Chinese reflects the strengthening ties between the two countries, with Chinese investment and collaboration in areas like mining, energy, and agriculture exemplified by the construction of the Chancay port.
Summary: The "Langtou Experiment," a Chinese rural revitalization project from Guangzhou's Huadu district, was showcased at the 19th Venice Architecture Biennale. The project, a collaboration between Very Architecture and the Vipshop Charitable Foundation, highlights the collective efforts of experts and villagers to revitalize the 651-year-old Langtou ancient village under the principles of "cultural leadership and public welfare empowerment." The Biennale focuses on the relationship between architecture and various disciplines like environment and technology. The exhibition's theme this year is "The Laboratory of the Future."
Summary: UN Secretary-General Guterres, through his spokesperson, welcomed the ceasefire agreement reached between India and Pakistan. The statement calls it a positive step towards ending hostilities and de-escalating tensions. Guterres hopes the agreement will contribute to lasting peace and a conducive environment for resolving broader, long-standing issues between the two countries. The UN supports efforts to promote peace and stability in the region.
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Summary: Chinese micro-dramas are gaining popularity both domestically and internationally, with over 662 million users in China. These short-form videos are appealing due to their fast-paced plots and emotionally direct storytelling. While many Chinese micro-drama apps have topped foreign app store charts, challenges remain, including homogenous content and the need to move beyond simple, instant gratification narratives. The article suggests that Chinese micro-dramas have the potential to share unique Chinese stories and culture globally and hopes that micro-dramas may focus on high-quality Chinese expression and artistic value.
Summary: The article describes a traveler's experience in Nairobi, Kenya, focusing on the city's relaxed pace of life and its influence on local culture, including traditional crafts and contemporary art that repurpose discarded materials. It highlights the patience of Kenyans, exemplified by the slow pace of service and the meticulous detail in their work. The writer reflects on how the natural environment, particularly the vast East African landscape, contributes to this unhurried rhythm. The author describes a feeling of being embraced by Nairobi's slow pace.
Summary: A Japanese documentary filmmaker, who has lived in China for over a decade, discusses his motivation to present an authentic view of China through his films, aiming to counter misunderstandings. He highlights his documentaries, including "Reunion, The Yangtze," which captures the economic and social changes along the Yangtze River, and "Walking into Liangshan," showcasing the transformation of the Daliang Mountains. The filmmaker emphasizes the resilience and hard work of ordinary Chinese people, hoping to foster cross-cultural understanding. He states that he wants his films to show the true face of China to international audiences. The article makes no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: This article discusses the author's experience with Cambodian cuisine during a trip to the country. The author describes various local dishes, including noodle soups, stir-fried rice, and Amok fish, highlighting the use of fresh ingredients like fish from Tonle Sap Lake and the prevalence of sweet and spicy flavors. The piece also touches upon Cambodian dining customs, such as eating with hands and enjoying beer with ice.
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Summary: Xi Jinping emphasized the importance of policy support for AI, including intellectual property, fiscal and tax measures, government procurement, and infrastructure openness. Chengdu provides subsidies for computing power and rewards for R&D to AI companies. Shenzhen's financial institutions are offering tailored loans and services to AI firms, while Shanghai is launching AI-focused investment funds. Tax benefits are supporting large language model development by companies such as Tianyun Rongchuang. Insurers are offering specialized coverage to encourage the adoption of AI-driven agricultural technologies.
Summary: This article argues for increased and more strategic financial and policy support for China's AI development. It highlights the necessity of government support due to the high R&D costs and positive externalities associated with AI. The article notes existing multi-tiered policy support systems from central and local governments, including financial support, tax incentives, and pilot programs. It urges a focus on comprehensive support throughout the entire lifecycle of AI companies, increased policy precision, and strengthened management coordination to maximize policy effectiveness. The author argues these policies will allow the technology to convert into a sustainable drive for economic and social progress.
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Summary: The article highlights Xi Jinping's emphasis on leveraging China's "new-style whole-nation system" to advance AI in a beneficial, secure, and equitable manner, focusing on application-oriented development. It provides several examples of AI implementation across various sectors, including healthcare, materials science, finance, and education. In healthcare, AI-powered portable ultrasound devices are improving diagnostics in community settings. In materials science, "material data factories" are using AI to accelerate the development of new materials, reducing reliance on foreign standards. In finance, digital AI employees are helping elderly customers navigate banking services.
Summary: The article emphasizes the strategic importance of artificial intelligence (AI) for China's economic development and technological advancement. It highlights the need to strengthen basic research and development in core AI technologies like chips and algorithms to overcome existing weaknesses. The piece stresses leveraging China's data resources and market size to integrate AI innovation with industrial applications. It also calls for policy support, robust regulation, and talent cultivation to ensure secure and controlled AI development. The article advocates for China to maintain control over AI development and governance to drive economic growth and contribute to global well-being.
Summary: China is focusing on cultivating and incentivizing domestic talent to achieve technological self-reliance. Recent initiatives include reforms to the院士 (academician) selection process, emphasizing merit and de-emphasizing credentials, and the Ministry of Education's addition of 29 new undergraduate majors to better align with national strategies, technological advancements, and market demands. Science education for children is being promoted through interactive programs at science and technology museums. National-level awards are recognizing outstanding scientific and technological workers. These efforts aim to foster a supportive environment for innovation and contribute to China's goal of becoming a leading science and technology power.
Summary: A demonstration event was held in Guangxi, China, showcasing new techniques to control the oriental fruit fly (Bactrocera dorsalis). The techniques, developed by the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences and other institutions under a national research program, include "push-pull" strategies and ecological treatments achieving over 90% control, exceeding chemical methods. Experts at the event lauded the innovative and environmentally friendly approach. They recommended further refinement and broader adoption of the technology to serve agricultural production. The demonstration was held in Beihai in Guangxi province.
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Summary: "Overseas Chinese Letters" (侨批) from the late Ming and early Qing dynasties evolved into a formalized remittance system by the mid-19th century, facilitating the transfer of money and letters from overseas Chinese to their families, particularly in Chaoshan and Southern Fujian. These remittances were crucial for family support and also funded Sun Yat-sen's activities, infrastructure projects, and, significantly, anti-Japanese war efforts, especially after major ports fell and Shantou became a vital entry point. When Shantou fell, a secret 3000km route via Vietnam was established, turning Dongxing into a financial hub. These letters and the people who delivered them demonstrate the deep patriotism and financial support of overseas Chinese for China during wartime.
Summary: The author reflects on their journey with poetry, starting from their first encounter with modern poetry in middle school to using it as a means of documenting life and expressing emotions. They describe how their poetry is deeply rooted in their hometown of Ninghua, Fujian, their family, and their experiences as a "90s generation" poet growing up in a rapidly changing China. The author notes the tension between connection to the land and the experience of being an "outsider" after leaving home, using poetry to bridge this gap. They emphasize the importance of genuine emotion and love for life in poetry, something AI cannot replicate, and view poetry as a way to remember and return to their roots.
Summary: The article recounts the author's experience showing a friend, who was a former student of Zhou Youguang, around the Zhou Youguang Library in Changzhou. The friend expressed admiration for Zhou Youguang, particularly for his work in linguistics and education, and was interested in acquiring a needlepoint portrait of him. The author highlights Zhou's emphasis on general education, logical thinking, and independent thought, which influenced their own family's support for their son's academic pursuits. The author also mentions Zhou's humble description of himself, but notes the profoundness of his insights. The article does not discuss U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The article describes Li Huiyong's oil painting, "Spring Colors of the Miao Village." The painting depicts a vibrant scene of rural life in a Miao village, likely celebrating the arrival of spring. The subject matter focuses on traditional Chinese culture and scenery. No US or US-China related content is mentioned. There are no officials mentioned, or their political statements.
Summary: This article describes ramie (苎麻), a fiber plant used to make "Xia Bu" (夏布), a type of cloth. The author details the traditional cultivation and labor-intensive process of transforming ramie into Xia Bu, from harvesting the plant to weaving the fabric. Xia Bu production in the town of Shuanglin dates back to the late Tang Dynasty. The article notes that ramie, known as "China grass," predates cotton in China, and has become increasingly popular in modern applications such as clothing and home decor.
Summary: This article discusses the cultural significance of "Maihu Shao" (麦糊烧), a type of pancake popular in the Jiangzhe region of China. The author recounts childhood memories of eating Maihu Shao prepared with various fillings depending on the locale, from preserved vegetables in the countryside to shrimp in a riverside town. The article emphasizes how this simple snack evokes a strong sense of nostalgia, even for relatives living abroad in Taiwan. The author notes that while Maihu Shao can now be found in many places, those versions are often modified with ingredients reflecting the local tastes of cities like Shanghai and Beijing. The article makes no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: This article recounts the story of "Uncle Gun," a kind-hearted man known for his skill in caring for willow trees in his village. He became known as Uncle Gun after his future father-in-law challenged him to make a stick sprout, which he did through dedicated care. Later, the village began selling willow products. While the village prospered, the subsequent sale of the willow tree forest saddened Uncle Gun, who had dedicated his life to them. There is no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations in this article.
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By: 本报记者 杜尚泽 胡泽曦 新华社记者 倪四义 杨依军
"The world is facing profound changes unseen in a century."
This is a profound judgment made by President Xi Jinping (习近平) more than a decade ago. Day after day, season after season, this statement has been verified by major events, time and time again.
Humanity stands at a crossroads in history. Unity or division, dialogue or confrontation, win-win or zero-sum – the changes unseen in a century are accelerating, and the "question of the times" concerning the fate of humanity can be seen in a trip to Russia.
From May 7th to 10th, President Xi Jinping (习近平) paid a state visit to Russia and attended the celebration commemorating the 80th anniversary of the Soviet Union's Great Patriotic War.
The clock seems to have turned back to the moment ten years ago when he attended the 70th anniversary celebration. The Moscow Red Square (莫斯科红场), full of vicissitudes and glory, had the same thunderous sound and the same firm steps.
Times have changed. Everything changes every day, but there is always a force as firm as a rock, and a spirit that leads the era forward.
That is the fulfillment of the promise of "sharing weal and woe" and the courage of "daring to take responsibility." Amidst the flying clouds, the aspiration for peace never ceases; amidst the raging waves, the sail of cooperation is raised high.
Local time, the evening of the 7th, the sky was full of rosy clouds as President Xi Jinping (习近平) stepped off the plane. Russian Deputy Prime Minister Golikova (戈利科娃), who came to greet him at the airport, mentioned an article: "We all read with great interest and carefully your signed article in Rossiyskaya Gazeta (《俄罗斯报》), and we were deeply encouraged and moved."
President Xi Jinping (习近平) wrote in the article: "We should not be misled by temporary events, nor be disturbed by high winds and rapid waves, but jointly promote the process of world multipolarization and jointly promote the building of a community with a shared future for mankind with the certainty and resilience of China-Russia strategic coordination."
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"China-Russia relations in the new era are more composed, confident, stable and resilient"
Just recently, international public opinion was still speculating: In the current complex and turbulent situation of major-country relations, where will Beijing (北京) and Moscow (莫斯科) go?
In fact, the answer was already given the moment President Xi Jinping's (习近平) special plane landed as scheduled. Whether it was "not disturbed by high winds and rapid waves" in the signed article, or the emphasis on "sharing weal and woe and overcoming difficulties together" when meeting reporters at the Kremlin (克里姆林宫), China has repeatedly made its direction clear.
President Putin (普京) also expressed a clear attitude: "The friendship between the two countries is unbreakable" and "Russia-China relations are not affected by temporary events or any external interference."
The strategic guidance of the heads of state is the most magnificent and powerful chapter in the thick diplomatic history.
Early in the morning of the 8th, President Xi Jinping's (习近平) motorcade drove into the Kremlin (克里姆林宫) in the morning breeze, a familiar scene. In St. George's Hall, the two heads of state walked towards each other and shook hands tightly.
History and reality, country and world, present and future, various interpretations point to a common conclusion: In a world full of uncertainties, this trip releases the "stability and certainty of major-country relations."
China and Russia are building friendship and accumulating trust over time. Since the new era, the two heads of state have met more than 40 times, and President Xi Jinping (习近平) has visited Russia 11 times. This time, he said to President Putin (普京), "Russia is the country I have visited the most as President of the People's Republic of China."
The 8th was supposed to be a busy day for President Putin (普京) as the host to welcome guests, but he devoted most of the day to his good friend from China. In addition to the usual state visit agenda of welcome ceremony, talks, signing and exchange of cooperation documents, and joint press conference, the Russian side also made a special arrangement: a tea party in the President's office.
"Both China and Russia are major countries with important influence, and are constructive forces in maintaining global strategic stability and improving global governance," as President Xi Jinping (习近平) evaluated China-Russia relations, "It has clear historical logic, strong endogenous driving force, and profound cultural heritage. It is not targeted at any third party, nor is it subject to any third party."
What is historical logic?
Looking back, China-Russia relations are supported by countless historical details. Originating from the depths of a glorious time, it is imprinted with years of hardship and glory. The relationship between the two countries has evolved from "regarding each other as friendly countries" to constructive partners, from strategic cooperative partners to comprehensive strategic cooperative partners, and then to comprehensive strategic cooperative partners in the new era, ushering in the best period in history. "Successfully exploring a correct way for neighboring major countries to get along" has also opened up a broad channel for major-country relations to forge ahead.
What is the endogenous driving force?
In the current context of the game between globalization and anti-globalization, bilateral trade volume reached a new high against the wind last year. The strong resilience of bilateral cooperation has become the key, which President Xi Jinping (习近平) described as "**芝麻开花节节高**" (zhī ma kāi huā jié jié gāo - "sesame flowers bloom higher joint by joint," steadily improving). He comprehensively elaborated on the direction and path of cooperation, focusing on a more solid foundation for "stability" and more sufficient momentum for "progress." President Putin (普京) responded positively: "Unswervingly promoting the development of Russia-China relations and expanding mutually beneficial cooperation is Russia's strategic choice."
Cooperation seeks the well-being of the people and promotes global development. During the visit, the two sides reached more than 20 cooperation documents. Among them, there are innovations in the economic field, the signing of a new version of the investment protection agreement, which effectively offsets the逆流 of protectionism; there is a re-alignment of global governance, and the two sides issued a joint statement on global strategic stability and a joint statement on further strengthening cooperation to safeguard the authority of international law, which continue to resonate in the international community.
What is the cultural heritage?
The cultural exchanges and mutual learning between the two countries go far beyond the cooperation documents signed this time in education, film, media, and other fields. The large size, large population, long history, and profound civilization, from fighting side by side in the past to working together today, the deep logic of moving towards each other is the reflection of the historical view, peace view, order view, and development view of the two major civilizations. The commonality of the civilization dimension has become the most solid foundation for political mutual trust and pragmatic cooperation.
"**积土而为山，积水而为海**" (jī tǔ ér wéi shān, jī shuǐ ér wéi hǎi - "accumulate soil to make a mountain, accumulate water to make a sea," great things are achieved by accumulating small contributions). How can history be accomplished overnight? Only by building brick by brick can we achieve today's success.
The most important political achievement of this visit was born in the Malachite Hall of the Kremlin (克里姆林宫). The two heads of state jointly signed a joint statement on further deepening the China-Russia comprehensive strategic partnership of coordination for a new era.
The heavy text reflects the distinct mark of China-Russia relations: comprehensive strategic coordination.
"As long as China and Russia maintain strategic focus and adhere to strategic coordination, no force can stop the two countries from achieving their respective development and revitalization, stop the popular will of China and Russia to be friendly from generation to generation, or stop the trend of world multipolarization and economic globalization." President Xi Jinping's (习近平) voice was firm and powerful.
(II) Celebration Moment:
"The best inheritance of history is to create new history"
After the news of the celebration of the 80th anniversary of the Soviet Union's Great Patriotic War was released, President Putin (普京) spoke out early, saying that President Xi Jinping (习近平) would be the "most important guest."
Early in the morning of the 9th, before the morning glow had climbed into the sky, Red Square (红场) in Moscow (莫斯科) was already crowded with people. Elderly people, young children, and young adults, Victory Day is also a festival for the people.
President Xi Jinping's (习近平) motorcade drove past the victory flag fluttering in the wind, and past the crowds holding flowers to their chests. On the street, people saw the Hongqi car and the five-star red flag and stopped to wave.
The sun filled Red Square (红场). President Xi Jinping (习近平) arrived at the Kremlin (克里姆林宫) last, and President Putin (普京) greeted him warmly.
Returning to the celebration, ten years have passed in a flash, and the past is still vivid in my mind.
No matter how long ago, the memory and truth of history will not fade, "the enlightenment it brings to us will always illuminate reality and show the future."
No matter how long ago, the figure standing at the forefront of the great turmoil and changes in the international situation will not be absent. Even though unilateralism, hegemony, and bullying are deeply harmful, the forces defending peace and justice have always been there. China and Russia draw more wisdom from history and assume greater responsibilities.
President Xi Jinping (习近平) and President Putin (普京) walked together to the main reviewing stand. The two heads of state sitting together talked warmly. Looking back at the history of broken mountains and rivers and arduous struggles, we are even more grateful for today's hard-won achievements.
President Putin's (普京) speech echoed in the sky: "Victory is sacred, history cannot be tampered with, and victors cannot be insulted." "The Chinese people fought heroically against Japan, and we highly appreciate the Chinese people's contribution to opening up a common future for mankind."
The military parade takes time as its axis. President Putin (普京) turned around from time to time to introduce the flags, formations, and equipment to President Xi Jinping (习近平). The young soldiers, with their heads held high and chests out, shouted "Ura" that pierced the clouds.
The guard of honor of the Chinese People's Liberation Army is coming!
The steps are sonorous and powerful, and the demeanor is bright. President Xi Jinping (习近平) stood up to salute, his eyes following the marching column, passing through the smoke of history.
Looking towards the weight of the main battlefield in Asia. Every inch of the land is soaked with blood, and every battle stands upright with an unyielding spine. The five-thousand-year civilization burst out with powerful strength in the darkest moment, and all Chinese sons and daughters jointly composed an epic of heroism that shocked the world.
Looking towards the shoulder-to-shoulder fight in the flames of war. When darkness shrouded the world, the Chinese people, together with the peace-loving people of the world, guarded life with life and ignited faith with faith. What has been tempered by suffering and sacrifice is not only victory, but also deep friendship in overcoming difficulties together.
Sitting on the other side of President Xi Jinping (习近平) was a centenarian veteran named Yevgeny Znamensky (叶夫根尼·兹纳缅斯基), with his chest full of medals.
In his twilight years, his military demeanor has not diminished. He emotionally held President Xi Jinping's (习近平) hand and said: "No force in the world can defeat us." This is the enlightenment condensed with blood and life.
This year marks the 80th anniversary of the victory of the World Anti-Fascist War and the 80th anniversary of the founding of the United Nations. President Xi Jinping (习近平) once said, "The best inheritance of history is to create new history." The joint statement he signed with President Putin (普京) was filled with historical vicissitudes and powerfully wrote the future:
"Resolutely crush any attempt to tamper with the history of World War II, belittle and obliterate the historical achievements of China and Russia in World War II, and smear the image of liberators";
"Humanity should always remember the tragedy of World War II and its causes and lessons, and make every effort to prevent similar tragedies from happening again";
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In the important year of carrying on the past and opening up the future, superimposed on the turbulent international situation, China and Russia are closely united, "will jointly defend the achievements of the victory of World War II, resolutely oppose hegemonism and power politics, practice true multilateralism, and promote the construction of a more just and reasonable global governance system."
After the military parade, President Xi Jinping (习近平) and other leaders who attended the celebration walked from Red Square (红场) to Alexander Garden (亚历山大花园). They stood in silence in front of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
A steel helmet, a red flag, and a cluster of eternal flame.
At noon on the 9th, President Xi Jinping (习近平) attended a celebration banquet commemorating the 80th anniversary of the Soviet Union's Great Patriotic War.
"Victory Day," "Song of the Soldiers," "Where Does the Motherland Begin?"... The images changed with the rhythm of the music, and the haze of war and the sunshine of peace came to us. People were immersed in it, feeling and thinking.
There is a detail. After the banquet, as President Xi Jinping (习近平) was about to leave, a song "Without the Communist Party, There Would Be No New China" sounded leisurely. This was specially added by the band for the Chinese guests.
President Xi Jinping (习近平) stepped forward, shook hands, and took photos. Having experienced a common history of suffering and struggle, Beijing (北京) and Moscow (莫斯科) are so close in heart!
September 3, 1945, and May 9, 1945, two epoch-making and inspiring times, China and the Soviet Union, after nine deaths and one life, becoming more and more courageous, the sound of the victory horn resounded for a long time. More than 35 million and more than 27 million, two large-scale and heartbreaking figures, are the number of casualties in China and the Soviet Union on the Asian and European main battlefields during World War II.
Commemoration, because the two heroic countries need the spirit of heroes to forge the blood of the nation; because peace and justice are hard-won, and need to be cared for and defended together.
"Remembering history is not to continue hatred, but to better create the future." President Xi Jinping (习近平) has looked to the future from history time and time again.
The two heads of state agreed to meet again this autumn. On the anniversary of that great historical turning point, China will solemnly commemorate the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japan.
(III) Handshake Moment:
"The most powerful force is working together with one heart, and the most effective method is working together in harmony"
In between attending the celebration, foreign dignitaries came forward to shake hands and exchange greetings with President Xi Jinping (习近平). Most of them are old friends, some of whom met not long ago, and some of whom will meet again soon.
Starting from the afternoon of the day after the celebration, the leaders of Serbia (塞尔维亚), Myanmar (缅甸), Cuba (古巴), Venezuela (委内瑞拉), and Slovakia (斯洛伐克) successively entered the hotel where President Xi Jinping (习近平) was staying.
The national flags were changed in an orderly manner, and the doors of the meeting hall opened and closed. The handshake moment in Moscow (莫斯科) includes not only neighbors who cannot be moved away, but also distant countries that are "as close as neighbors even if they are far apart."
Every decision in bilateral relations is made in the vast trend of the times and in the grand framework of the world pattern. There are two must-answer questions before people.
One question: In the face of rampant protectionism, should we continue to choose economic globalization?
This is an unavoidable topic in the meetings, and many dignitaries have expressed their feelings. A day earlier, President Putin (普京) bluntly stated: "Imposing high tariffs goes against common sense and is illegal, and will only backfire."
China and Europe bear the heavy responsibility of maintaining the global free trade system and international economic and trade order. Slovak Prime Minister Fico (菲佐) expressed his firm position, "Willing to work with China to jointly adhere to multilateralism, safeguard free trade rules, and maintain the stability of the world's industrial chain and supply chain." Serbian President Vučić (武契奇) traveled to Moscow (莫斯科) and saw President Xi Jinping (习近平) again. He also emphasized again, "Serbia is willing to unite with China to jointly respond to the challenges brought about by unilateralism and protectionism."
"To break through the mist and move towards the light, the most powerful force is working together with one heart, and the most effective method is working together in harmony," said President Xi Jinping (习近平).
History is created by the brave. China's consistent position of "opening up and cooperation, mutual benefit and win-win" is invaluable at the historical juncture. President Xi Jinping (习近平) made it clear that China is willing to work with all countries in the world to "maintain the achievements of economic globalization."
During the meeting, foreign dignitaries mentioned concepts such as the "Belt and Road" initiative, the three major global initiatives, and new quality productive forces. At a time when trade barriers are building isolated islands and technological hegemony is building high walls, China's opportunities and China's responsibility not only benefit bilateral relations, but also inject new impetus into inclusive economic globalization, striving to push the world economy out of the headwinds.
Another question: In the face of the rising power politics, how should we correctly treat the post-World War II international order?
The most fundamental challenge in today's world is the challenge to order. The most concentrated embodiment of the achievements of the victory of World War II—the international system with the United Nations as its core—has encountered unprecedented shocks.
During the visit, President Xi Jinping (习近平) profoundly pointed out, "The more turbulent and intertwined the international situation is, the more we must adhere to and safeguard the authority of the United Nations."
The world wants fairness, not hegemony, and history cannot go back to the dark age of "might is right." The common call is also the way of the great road that conforms to the general trend of development.
Drawing wisdom from history. When meeting with Myanmar leader Min Aung Hlaing (敏昂莱), President Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized the contemporary value of the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence and the Bandung Spirit, and advocated that the two sides should jointly safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of developing countries.
To temper courage in reality. Latin American and Caribbean countries have suffered from unilateral sanctions and hegemonic bullying in recent years. When meeting with Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel (米格尔·迪亚斯-卡内尔) and Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro (尼古拉斯·马杜罗) respectively, President Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized that Latin American and Caribbean countries are all sovereign and independent countries, not anyone's "backyard." He reiterated China's firm support for Cuba (古巴) and Venezuela (委内瑞拉) in safeguarding national sovereignty and national dignity, and its firm support for the people of the two countries in opposing external interference.
A strait cannot sever blood ties. Taiwan's return to China is an important part of the victory of World War II and the post-war international order, and it is the belonging of mountains and rivers that has long been clearly written by the pen of history. Adhering to the one-China principle is the due meaning of maintaining the international order. President Xi Jinping's (习近平) important statement resonated powerfully:
"No matter how the situation on Taiwan Island (台湾岛) changes, no matter how external forces make trouble, the historical trend that China will eventually be reunified and will inevitably be reunified is unstoppable."
The voice of justice is like a tide rushing to the shore. "Firmly adhering to the one-China principle and always supporting China's position on the Taiwan issue," "Taiwan (台湾) is an inseparable part of Chinese territory"... All parties in Moscow (莫斯科) reiterated their consistent positions. This is a firm defense of fairness and justice.
Peace deficit, development deficit, security deficit, governance deficit, in a world where old debts have not been paid off and new debts have been added, is it adding fuel to the fire or promoting peace and talks, is it coercion and intimidation or abandoning confrontation? China speaks fairly and does fair things, walking steadily and acting righteously.
The prolongation of the Ukraine (乌克兰) crisis worries the world. China welcomes all efforts that are conducive to peace. "China advocates a common, comprehensive, cooperative, and sustainable global security concept, believing that the legitimate security concerns of all countries should be valued and the root causes of the crisis should be eliminated." President Xi Jinping (习近平) is focusing on the root and origin of the problem.
President Putin (普京) highly appreciated China's objective and fair position, saying that he is willing to start peace talks without preconditions and hopes to reach a fair and lasting peace agreement.
Speaking of morality and taking responsibility amid the chaotic situation, what is gained is support and trust, is "**得道者多助，失道者寡助**" (dé dào zhě duō zhù, shī dào zhě guǎ zhù - "the just cause enjoys abundant support, the unjust cause finds little support," a just cause gains wide support, while an unjust cause finds little support). "We firmly believe that the people of all countries in the world will choose to stand on the right side of history and on the side of fairness and justice."
(IV) President Xi Jinping's (习近平) Moscow (莫斯科) Time:
"A major country should look like a major country and show more responsibility"
It is another year of new green birch trees and blooming lilacs, "pear blossoms are all over the world."
The trip to Russia (俄罗斯) had two lengths of time that left a deep impression on the world:
One is that it is estimated that President Xi Jinping (习近平) and President Putin (普京) exchanged ideas for nearly 10 hours.
The other is that President Xi Jinping (习近平) stayed in Moscow (莫斯科) for 3 nights. This is rare in China's diplomacy in recent years.
What do these two lengths of time mean?
Placed in the context of the fierce game between unilateralism and multilateralism and the deep contest between maintaining hegemony and opposing hegemony, the global and historical significance of the comprehensive strategic coordination between China and Russia shines brightly.
Unanimously agreed to promote world multipolarity, economic globalization, and democratization of international relations;
Unanimously agreed to strengthen coordination and cooperation within multilateral frameworks to enhance the voice of developing countries in the global governance system;
Unanimously agreed to promote political solutions to various hotspot issues;
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The broad consensus between China and Russia is a strategic alignment in a turbulent situation, and even more so, it is the "special responsibility" and "courage to take responsibility" of the two major countries to the world.
"A major country should look like a major country and show more responsibility." President Xi Jinping's (习近平) Moscow (莫斯科) time, China's role as a major country is a main theme.
China has a long history and a vast civilization. In the tortuous development of history, there have also been dark moments of national humiliation, people's suffering, and civilization being covered in dust. However, a hundred years of vicissitudes have changed. Seeking progress for mankind and seeking common ground for the world has become the aspiration and determined action of this great country in the new era.
From May 9th, looking towards September 3rd. That day condensed the suffering and glory of an ancient nation, "the great victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression re-established China's status as a major country in the world."
Eighty years ago, history turned a new page. The rebirth of a major country from the ashes was marked with peace and justice from the very beginning. From taking the lead in signing the Charter of the United Nations in those years to building a community with a shared future for mankind in the new era, this major country striding forward has always had the world in mind and helped the world and its people.
Learning from the past to know the present. The role of a major country is not defined by a single event, but is interpreted in repeated choices and actions. The status of a major country is not defined solely by the comparison of strength, but is ultimately determined by the support of the international community.
Only when the sea is turbulent can the true qualities of a hero be revealed. At the critical juncture of historical development, more countries are looking to China. As Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić (亚历山大·武契奇) said: "China's ideas and actions have strengthened the international community's courage and confidence in safeguarding common interests."
"In China, I saw the future and saw confidence." The broad consensus of the international community and the world's impression of China today are won through down-to-earth efforts.
Confidence comes from China's development power.
Just before the visit, Russian (俄罗斯) media broadcast a documentary in which President Putin (普京) said in an interview that 25 years ago, he noticed that the center of gravity of world economic development was shifting to the Asia-Pacific region; Russia (俄罗斯) is actively developing relations with China (中国) to create a solid foundation for world stability.
True historical consciousness and historical initiative lie not only in predicting the direction of temporary tides, but also in actively adapting to the general trend of history, seizing historical opportunities, and leading historical development. During the visit, President Xi Jinping (习近平) said earnestly: "We have the determination and confidence to overcome various risks and challenges. No matter how the external environment changes, China will firmly manage its own affairs well."
"Firmly managing our own affairs well" is the foundation for us to cope with all difficulties and obstacles today, and it is the source of our confidence in leading the international community to overcome difficulties and cross mountains together through cooperation.
Before the visit, two observations of China by international media, when put together, can more clearly understand the historical changes in the relationship between China and the world.
The first observation focuses on China's development, and the conclusion is that the era of "China's technological development being one step behind" has passed, and China's high-quality development is increasingly becoming a "leading force."
Another observation focuses on China's international influence, and the conclusion is that the changes China is bringing to the world today are not only "event history," but also a harbinger of more profound changes.
Confidence comes from China's cooperative power.
In 2013, on his first visit abroad after becoming President, President Xi Jinping (习近平) came to Russia (俄罗斯) as his first stop. "We cannot physically enter the 21st century while our minds are still stuck in the past." The concept of building a community with a shared future for mankind emerged.
As time goes by, the cooperation framework for practicing this concept is becoming increasingly perfect. The concept of building a community with a shared future for mankind has also been written into United Nations resolutions, gathering more consensus and strength for building a better world.
Today, coming to Moscow (莫斯科) again, the ideological light of the community with a shared future for mankind has an amazing appeal and influence in the world. In the autumn of 2021, the spring of 2022, and the spring of 2023, President Xi Jinping (习近平) successively proposed three major global initiatives: the Global Development Initiative, the Global Security Initiative, and the Global Civilization Initiative, which further enriched and expanded the concept of a community with a shared future for mankind and illuminated the journey of human civilization.
"Will continue to participate in the work of the 'Group of Friends of the Global Development Initiative'," "The two sides will cooperate on the Global Security Initiative," "The Russian side attaches great importance to the Global Civilization Initiative"... China (中国), in a turbulent era, unswervingly "stands on the right side of history," those who see it are far-sighted, and those who hear it are clear.
On the eve of his departure for Moscow (莫斯科), President Xi Jinping (习近平) and European leaders exchanged congratulatory messages to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Europe, and coping with the challenges of the times through cooperation has become a clear consensus between the two sides;
Further back, the trip to Southeast Asia took a solid step in building a community with a shared future in the surrounding areas;
Looking ahead, the news that President Xi Jinping (习近平) will attend the opening ceremony of the Fourth Ministerial Meeting of the Forum of China and the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States and deliver an important speech has spread at home and abroad.
The storms of the times rise and fall, and China (中国), which consistently seeks harmony, emphasizes cooperation, and seeks win-win results, is open and aboveboard and has friends all over the world.
"**无平不陂，无往不复**" (wú píng bù bēi, wú wǎng bù fù - "nothing is level without slopes, nothing goes without returning," there are ups and downs in life). History always develops and progresses in twists and turns. Difficulties and hardships cannot stop the broad road and the general trend. A responsible major country that seeks the general trend, undertakes great righteousness, and acts in a great way has an infinitely broad future.
Return to TopXinhua News Agency, Beijing, May 11th. Foreign Ministry Spokesperson announced on May 11th: Upon agreement between China and Latin America, the Fourth Ministerial Meeting of the China-Community of Latin American and Caribbean States Forum will be held in Beijing (北京) on May 13th. President Xi Jinping (习近平) will attend the opening ceremony and deliver an important speech.
Wang Yi (王毅), Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Minister of Foreign Affairs, will chair the meeting. Foreign ministers or representatives of CELAC member states and heads of relevant regional international organizations will attend the meeting.
People's Daily, Beijing (北京), May 11th (Reporter Wang Di (王迪)). On May 11th, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs held a briefing for Chinese and foreign media on President Xi Jinping's (习近平) attendance at the opening ceremony of the Fourth Ministerial Meeting of the China-CELAC Forum. Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs Miao Deyu (苗得雨) introduced the relevant situation and answered questions.
Miao Deyu (苗得雨) stated that the theme of this ministerial meeting is "Discussing Development and Revitalization Together, Building a China-Latin America Community with a Shared Future." President Xi Jinping (习近平) will attend the opening ceremony and deliver an important speech, reviewing the development of China-Latin America relations, elaborating on the rich connotation, practical achievements, and broad prospects of the China-Latin America community with a shared future, and proposing new initiatives and measures for the development of China-Latin America relations, pointing out the direction and injecting new impetus for the steady and long-term development of China-Latin America relations. The meeting will adopt multiple outcome documents, involving specific measures for cooperation between the two sides in areas such as scientific and technological innovation, economic and trade investment, artificial intelligence, finance, infrastructure, agriculture and food, industry and information technology, energy and minerals, and the joint construction of the "Belt and Road," demonstrating China and Latin America's firm determination in seeking peace, promoting development, and promoting cooperation.
Miao Deyu (苗得雨) said that ten years ago, the first Ministerial Meeting of the China-CELAC Forum was successfully held in Beijing (北京), officially opening a new stage of parallel and mutually reinforcing bilateral and overall cooperation between China and Latin America. Over the past decade, under the strategic guidance of head-of-state diplomacy and the joint efforts of both sides, the China-CELAC Forum has established mechanisms such as the Ministerial Meeting, the China-CELAC "Quadruple Engine" Foreign Ministers' Dialogue, and the National Coordinators' Meeting, building the framework for overall China-Latin America cooperation. On the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the official operation of the China-CELAC Forum, holding the Fourth Ministerial Meeting is an important measure taken by China and Latin America through consultation to build on past achievements, discuss cooperation, and create the future together, which has important symbolic significance in the process of China-Latin America cooperation and will send a clear signal to the world of unity and cooperation in jointly addressing global challenges.
Miao Deyu (苗得雨) emphasized that Latin America and the Caribbean region is an important part of the Global South, with huge development potential and good development prospects, and is an important force for maintaining world peace and development. The Chinese government has always viewed and developed China-Latin America relations from a strategic height and long-term perspective. President Xi Jinping (习近平) has visited Latin America and the Caribbean region six times, interacted intensively with leaders of regional countries in bilateral and multilateral settings, personally outlined the blueprint for the development of China-Latin America relations, led China-Latin America relations into a new stage of equality, mutual benefit, innovation, openness, and benefit to the people, and endowed the China-Latin America community with a shared future with profound connotations. Opposing hegemony and power politics and advocating equality and mutual respect are the common pursuits of China and Latin America. Both China and Latin America support economic globalization, support multilateralism and the multilateral trading system, oppose unilateralism and economic bullying, and oppose the politicization and weaponization of economic and trade relations. China is willing to take the Fourth Ministerial Meeting of the China-CELAC Forum as an opportunity to jointly discuss development plans and jointly promote cooperation with Latin America, and jointly contribute wisdom and strength to addressing global challenges, promoting global governance reform, and maintaining world peace and stability.
Miao Deyu (苗得雨) also answered questions on China-Latin America relations and global trade.
Return to TopThis newspaper reported from Beijing on May 11th that, according to the unified plan of the Party Central Committee to carry out in-depth study and education on implementing the spirit of the Eight-Point Regulation of the Central Committee throughout the Party, as of May 10th, the eight Central Guidance Groups had completed their entry into 21 localities and units.
At the entry briefing, the leaders of the Central Guidance Groups put forward requirements for in-depth study and implementation of the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important speeches and important instructions and comments, informed them of the duties and tasks, work arrangements, and specific requirements of the Central Guidance Groups, listened to the progress of study and education, and studied and deployed guidance and supervision work.
The leaders of the Central Guidance Groups pointed out that carrying out in-depth study and education on implementing the spirit of the Eight-Point Regulation of the Central Committee throughout the Party is a key task of Party building this year. Sending Central Guidance Groups to urge and guide relevant localities and units to grasp study and education in a targeted manner is an important measure to help promote the implementation of various tasks of study and education and better solve prominent problems, which reflects the care and concern of the Party Central Committee for relevant localities and units.
The leaders of the Central Guidance Groups emphasized that the guidance and supervision work should adhere to a problem-oriented approach, perform their duties conscientiously and practically, supervise and inspect the implementation of General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important speeches and important instructions and comments, and the Party Central Committee's deployment requirements for study and education, urge and guide relevant localities and units to take real action and solve prominent problems that violate the spirit of the Eight-Point Regulation of the Central Committee and its implementation rules, promptly discover and promote the solution of prominent problems such as illegal eating and drinking, illegal acceptance of gifts and gift money, infringement of the interests of the masses, and failure to take responsibility, adhere to answering the same question together, carry out guidance and supervision work in a powerful and orderly manner, and promote the Party's study and education to achieve solid results by using points to promote the whole.
The main leaders of the relevant local and unit Party committees (Party groups) stated that they will deeply study and implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important speeches and important instructions and comments, in accordance with the Party Central Committee's deployment requirements for study and education, improve their political stance, deeply understand the important significance of carrying out this study and education and the political considerations of the Party Central Committee in sending Central Guidance Groups, take this as an opportunity to effectively unify their thoughts and actions with the Party Central Committee's decisions and deployments, shoulder the main responsibility for study and education, fully cooperate with and support the work of the guidance groups, effectively solve problems, promote the continuous deepening and solidifying of study and education, and use practical actions to firmly support the "Two Establishments" and resolutely achieve the "Two Safeguards."
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 李中文 刘军国
From Game Science, the creator of the phenomenal game "Black Myth: Wukong," to Unitree Robotics, the developer of the Yangko-dancing robot, and DeepSeek, the breakout artificial intelligence company... since last year, Zhejiang's private enterprises have been accumulating strength and making stunning appearances.
The private economy is a vital force in advancing Chinese-style modernization, an important foundation for high-quality development, and a distinct characteristic and prominent advantage of Zhejiang's economy. As of the end of 2024, the total number of registered private enterprises in Zhejiang was 3,505,300, accounting for 92.06% of the total number of business entities. Zhejiang's private enterprises ranked among the top in the country on the 2024 China Top 500 Private Enterprises list and other rankings.
During his time working in Zhejiang, Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) tailored the "Eight-Eight Strategy" (八八战略) as a general program and overall strategy for Zhejiang. The first point of which is to further leverage Zhejiang's institutional advantages, vigorously promote the common development of various ownership economies with public ownership as the mainstay, and continuously improve the socialist market economic system.
In September 2023, when General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) inspected Zhejiang, he pointed out: "Adhere to the 'two unwavering' and 'three unchanged,' encourage and support private enterprises to actively participate in the global division of labor and resource allocation, and enhance core competitiveness." During this year's National People's Congress, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized: "We must fully implement the spirit of the symposium on private enterprises, treat all types of ownership enterprises equally, and continuously optimize the business environment."
Sincerely treating private enterprises and private entrepreneurs as their own people, Zhejiang encourages and supports private enterprises to actively participate in the global division of labor and resource allocation, enhance core competitiveness, and continue to polish the "golden business card" of the private economy.
Worry-free services and no unnecessary interference, creating a good environment and providing more opportunities.
In Changxing County (长兴县), Huzhou City (湖州市), the production plan of Zhejiang Rongxing New Material Technology Co., Ltd. is fully scheduled. Their domestically produced high-performance "zirconium lip brick," developed over three years, surpasses international similar products in several key indicators.
"With worry-free services for enterprises and no unnecessary interference from the government, we can concentrate resources and focus on our main business," said Bian Zhongjing (卞忠景), the company's production manager.
This is a vivid illustration of Zhejiang's commitment to creating a good environment for the development of the private economy.
The rule of law is the best business environment. Zhejiang provides legal guarantees from fully respecting entrepreneurs, protecting entrepreneurs in accordance with the law, and providing precise services to entrepreneurs. "The construction of the rule of law can better help entrepreneurs solve difficulties and strengthen their confidence," said the relevant person in charge of the Finance and Economics Committee of the Zhejiang Provincial People's Congress.
This year, Zhejiang will implement the "Regulations on Optimizing the Business Environment in Zhejiang Province" (浙江省优化营商环境条例) in depth, deepen the integrated reform of "two healths" (两个健康), implement the "Several Measures of Zhejiang Province for Promoting the High-Quality Development of the Private Economy" (浙江省促进民营经济高质量发展若干措施) in detail, promote the precise implementation of measures such as "3 70%" and "7 prohibitions" (3个70%”“7个不准), carry out special actions to regulate law enforcement involving enterprises, and effectively safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of private enterprises and private entrepreneurs.
Give full play to the leverage effect of economic policies, maximizing the conversion of policy dividends into development momentum.
At the end of January this year, Zhejiang released the 2025 provincial economic policy system. Among them, there are many practical benefits for the private economy.
Focusing on small and medium-sized enterprises, an additional 400 billion yuan of loan renewals without principal repayment will be added, and 1,000 specialized and innovative small and medium-sized enterprises and 300 specialized and innovative "little giant" enterprises will be newly cultivated; to boost private investment, the proportion of provincial "4+1" special funds, newly added land and existing land, and newly added energy consumption allocated to private investment projects will strive to increase to "three 80%", and a number of high-quality projects in the energy and transportation fields will be launched to attract private investment, with private capital participation in nuclear power and offshore wind power projects not less than 10%.
Zhou Xiangjun (周向军), Secretary of the Party Leadership Group of the Zhejiang Provincial Department of Commerce, said that it is necessary to promote departmental linkage and close coordination with policy consistency, with everything revolving around enterprises and the masses.
With strong policies, there are more opportunities. This year, Zhejiang will actively participate in the construction of a unified national market, accelerate the removal of market access barriers, improve the long-term mechanism for private enterprises to participate in major project construction, strengthen strategic coordination between state-owned and private enterprises, and allow private capital to enter, develop, and make achievements.
Building platforms and gathering elements to stimulate the innovation and creativity of private enterprises.
Last year, the pre-spinning products developed by Transfar Chemicals broke the pattern of long-term use of imported oil agents by domestic spinning giants, adding strong momentum to the independent control and high-quality development of China's chemical fiber industry.
"We insist on a technological investment with a compound annual growth rate of no less than 50%, establish a three-level scientific and technological talent team of 'researchers, engineers, and scientists,' and increase original, breakthrough, and other innovation capabilities," said Xu Guanju (徐冠巨), chairman of Transfar Group (传化集团).
Technological innovation and high-quality development are the keys to the continuous growth and invincibility of enterprises, and private enterprises can achieve great things in this regard. According to statistics, private enterprises in China contribute more than 70% of technological innovation achievements, accounting for more than 80% of national-level specialized and innovative "little giant" enterprises.
This year, Zhejiang strives to deepen the integration of technological innovation and industrial innovation, promote integrated innovation of industry, academia, research, and application led by enterprises, project-based, and market-demand-oriented, and improve the pairing and cooperation mechanism of "universities + platforms + enterprises + industrial chains."
Previously, the Westlake Laboratory (Zhejiang Provincial Laboratory of Data Science and Application) released a number of innovative achievements at its annual conference, covering multiple fields such as AI multi-cancer early screening.
As the only provincial laboratory in Zhejiang undertaken by a private enterprise, Westlake Laboratory (湖畔实验室) continuously transforms cutting-edge innovative achievements into productivity through industry-university-research cooperation.
Zhejiang continues to increase technological investment and has completed the layout of the "Double Ten Platform" (双十平台) (10 provincial laboratories and 10 provincial technology innovation centers). As of now, the Double Ten Platform has cumulatively served 41 science and technology parks and 141 enterprises, signed 606 technology transfer and other contracts with an actual amount of 762 million yuan, and incubated and established 83 enterprises with social financing exceeding 2 billion yuan.
Gao Yingzhong (高鹰忠), Director of the Zhejiang Provincial Department of Science and Technology, said that Zhejiang will implement a high-level science and technology innovation platform to enhance its peak-building action, strengthen the connection of industrial needs, open up channels for the transformation of achievements, and promote the pairing of science and technology innovation platforms with universities, enterprises, and industrial chains.
In multiple fields such as artificial intelligence, quantum information, and humanoid robots, Zhejiang's private enterprises are showing abundant innovation vitality. The "Six Little Dragons" (六小龙) of Hangzhou (杭州), represented by innovative enterprises such as DeepSeek (深度求索) and Unitree Robotics (宇树科技), have attracted high attention at home and abroad. At present, Zhejiang is continuing to exert efforts in policy environment, basic elements, and major projects, striving to build a national innovation highland for artificial intelligence development.
Unblocking channels and expanding opening-up to promote the leap from "product going overseas" to "globalization of the value chain."
A group of young people are concentrating on the computer screen, surrounded by the sound of keyboards and mouse clicks... In Yiwu City (义乌市) Cuijia Trading Co., Ltd., every face shows that they are racing against time.
"Our warehousing area around the world is nearly 40,000 square meters, and we have opened our own cross-border independent stations in some countries. Currently, there are more than 1.2 million registered small and medium-sized sellers, of which more than 90% are overseas sellers," said Tu Hongming (涂宏名), general manager of the company, who expects sales to exceed 1.5 billion yuan this year.
Private enterprises are the main force of Zhejiang's foreign trade. In 2024, Zhejiang's import and export scale exceeded 5 trillion yuan for the first time, and its share of the country reached a new level of 12.0%; the number of private enterprises with export performance exceeded 100,000 for the first time, with exports growing by 10.0%.
Focusing on diversified market development, foreign trade structure optimization, and the needs of foreign trade enterprises, Zhejiang will strive to play a combination of "stabilizing, expanding, adjusting, and optimizing" this year, deeply promote the "Thousands of Groups and Ten Thousands of Enterprises" action to expand markets and increase orders, fully explore diversified international markets, accelerate the development of new foreign trade formats such as cross-border e-commerce, iterate and upgrade policy support and service guarantees, and guide enterprises to enhance product innovation capabilities.
Zhu Jun (朱军), Chief Economist of the Zhejiang Provincial Department of Commerce, introduced that more than 1,000 groups and 10,000 enterprises will be organized throughout the year to go abroad to expand markets and increase orders, and more than 100 key exhibitions will be supported.
Unblocking new "going overseas" channels and seizing new opportunities for overseas trade.
Zhejiang Jinchen Curtain Art Co., Ltd. (浙江金蝉布艺股份有限公司), located in the Qianqing Textile and Garment Industry Cluster Area (钱清纺织服装产业集聚区) of Keqiao District (柯桥区), Shaoxing City (绍兴市), has registered trademarks in some countries and owns a number of product design patents with independent intellectual property rights.
"Last year, the company's cross-border sales reached 80 million US dollars, an increase of 25% year-on-year," said Yang Wei (杨卫), general manager of Jinchen Curtain Art (金蝉布艺), full of energy. "This year, we will make full use of the domestic and international markets to explore a broader space for development."
Taking the landing of the Zhoushan (舟山) bulk commodity resource allocation hub and the approval of the Yiwu (义乌) deepening national trade comprehensive reform plan as an opportunity, Zhejiang focuses on doing a good job in "three major things": upgrading platforms, strengthening hubs, and innovating models, and continuously unblocking the domestic and international markets.
"Always focusing on high-quality development as the primary task, focusing on building a modern industrial system with Zhejiang characteristics, promoting high-level opening-up, building a high-energy-level open province, accelerating the implementation of major reforms, vigorously promoting the high-quality development of the private economy, continuously enhancing development momentum and vitality, and continuously consolidating the economic stability and improvement trend," said the main person in charge of the Zhejiang Provincial Party Committee.
Return to TopThe Shenzhen-Jiangmen Railway (深江铁路) in Guangdong Province is an important part of the coastal passage of China's "eight vertical and eight horizontal" high-speed rail network. The main line of the railway is 116 kilometers long, connecting five cities: Shenzhen (深圳), Dongguan (东莞), Guangzhou (广州), Zhongshan (中山), and Jiangmen (江门). After the completion of the project, Shenzhen (深圳) and Jiangmen (江门) can be reached within 1 hour. On May 11, the east main tower of the main bridge across the Modaomen Waterway (磨刀门水道), a key project of the Shenzhen-Jiangmen Railway (深江铁路), was capped. The picture shows the capping site taken on the same day.
Xinhua News Agency reporter Liu Dawei (刘大伟) photographed.
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When the flowers bloom, the lemons are fragrant.
Inside the workshop of Xinningle Fruit Industry Co., Ltd. (鑫柠乐果业有限公司) in Anyue County (安岳县), Sichuan Province (四川省), golden lemons are "seated" on conveyor belts, falling into cartons in sequence, and then being packaged and loaded onto trucks.
"This batch of lemons will be shipped to countries and regions such as Kazakhstan (哈萨克斯坦) and Saudi Arabia (沙特阿拉伯) one after another," said Jiang Xiong (蒋雄), the person in charge of the company. "In 2024, we sold 17,000 tons of lemons, of which the self-operated export value was 20 million yuan."
In July 2023, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out during his inspection in Sichuan (四川): "In terms of industrial development, rural construction, and rural governance, we should focus on issues that the masses strongly reflect on, that can be grasped, and that can achieve results in a few years, concentrate resources, accelerate breakthroughs, and form iconic achievements."
Anyue County (安岳县) is located in the central part of the Sichuan Basin (四川盆地), with a humid and warm climate suitable for lemon growth. To thoroughly implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important instructions, Anyue County (安岳县) is making all-out efforts from planting and processing to sales, continuously building a complete lemon industry chain to help increase the income of the masses.
To grow lemons well, modern agricultural technology empowers.
Drip irrigation sprays, water mist pervades. In Tongxian Town (通贤镇), Anyue County (安岳县), in the orchard of Chunlai Runze Lemon Professional Cooperative (春来润泽柠檬专业合作社), field management methods are constantly being updated.
"Last year, we used drones to spray pesticides and transport fruits," said Wu Jianming (吴建明), the head of the cooperative who has been planting lemons for more than ten years, who has new plans this year. "Upgrade the drip irrigation equipment, and when the time comes, with just a light tap on the mobile phone, the drip irrigation equipment can run automatically."
Space breeding, greenhouse cultivation, comprehensive prevention and control... Anyue County (安岳县) continues to introduce and absorb cutting-edge agricultural technologies, giving wings of science and technology to the development of the lemon industry. At present, the county's lemon planting scale and output account for more than 70% of the country's total.
To use lemons well, increase the added value of the industry.
According to the size of the lemons and whether there are any defects, the intelligent production line divides the fruits into different grades, and then distributes them into the packaging process. "Through intelligent grading and sales, lemons can meet the needs of different customers," Jiang Xiong (蒋雄) introduced this set of six-channel lemon screening and sorting equipment.
Deep processing was once a shortcoming of the lemon industry in Anyue County (安岳县). The local government vigorously attracts lemon processing enterprises and has developed dozens of products such as juice, fruit wine, fruit vinegar, and cosmetics, continuously extending the industrial chain. As of now, the county has more than 500 lemon processing and sales enterprises, of which 29 are registered enterprises with foreign trade export management rights for lemons.
If you want lemons to sell well, the brand must be well-known.
In January of this year, after obtaining the certification certificate issued by the China Quality Certification Center (中国质量认证中心), Jiang Xiong (蒋雄) was more confident in lemon exports: "We have obtained multiple international authoritative certifications."
To promote the lemon industry to a broader market, Anyue County (安岳县) actively connects domestic and foreign resources and makes a good article on the "Anyue Lemon (安岳柠檬)" brand. Since 2019, Anyue County (安岳县) has continuously held five World Lemon Industry Development Conferences, attracting global lemon industry resources. Anyue County (安岳县) has also taken the lead in formulating a number of standards, including national and industry standards for lemons, and encouraged enterprises to strive for international quality system certification.
"We cooperate with customs departments to promote the pre-positioning of planting base registration, pesticide residue monitoring, and other work to ensure the quality and safety of exported fruits," said Tian Jinghua (田景华), Executive Deputy Director of the Management Committee of Anyue County Modern Agriculture Industrial Park (安岳县现代农业产业园管理委员会).
A lemon is sold farther and farther away. In 2024, the self-operated export value of lemons in Anyue County (安岳县) was nearly 180 million yuan, and they were exported to more than 30 countries and regions.
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Return to TopBy: 本报记者 邱超奕 张云河 沈文敏
"Seeking recommendations for confinement nannies," "Looking for professional caregivers," "Finding reliable babysitters"... such messages are frequently seen in community WeChat groups. Many consumers feel that it's difficult to find high-quality domestic services.
The Ministry of Commerce (商务部), the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security (人力资源社会保障部), and other nine departments have introduced a series of measures focusing on improving the quality of domestic service supply, promoting convenient consumption of domestic services, improving support policies for the domestic service industry, and optimizing the domestic service consumption environment. Recently, the General Office of the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security (人力资源社会保障部办公厅) and other six departments issued a notice deciding to organize special vocational skills training actions for domestic services from 2025 to 2027, training 1.5 million people annually.
What are consumers' expectations for domestic services? How is the quality of domestic services guaranteed? How can a professional, vocational, and high-quality domestic service talent team be cultivated? This reporter interviewed consumers in Hebei (河北), Guangxi (广西), Shanghai (上海), and other places, as well as relevant persons in charge of domestic service labor brands and human resources and social security departments.
What are the main problems in the industry?
Few good domestic workers, large differences in service quality, and high personnel turnover.
Recalling her first experience of finding a nanny, Qiu Xiaoli (仇晓丽), a resident of Shijiazhuang (石家庄市), Hebei (河北), had mixed feelings. She hired a nanny through an acquaintance, but there were still constant frictions. "The baby food made by the nanny was monotonous, and the child didn't like it. Communication was also difficult. Sometimes I wanted to teach her how to do it, but she wouldn't listen and was very stubborn." After arguing with the nanny time and time again, Qiu Xiaoli (仇晓丽) finally chose to terminate the contract.
Later, Qiu Xiaoli (仇晓丽) learned about the "Hebei Fusao" (河北福嫂) labor brand from a domestic service company and hired Zhang Qian (张茜), a "Fusao" (福嫂) with a certificate. This time, Qiu Xiaoli (仇晓丽) was very satisfied: "Sister Zhang (张姐) prepares supplementary food in various ways, can promptly deal with the baby's discomfort symptoms, and also plays games and tells stories to the child. The baby is happy, and I am relieved."
Talking about domestic service, Gan Jing (甘静), a "Baoma" (宝妈) in Nanning (南宁市), Guangxi (广西), expressed her true feelings: "When I was in confinement, I wanted to hire a confinement nanny, and I was very uneasy. I felt like I was opening a blind box, not knowing whether the confinement nanny's skills were good or not, and whether the service attitude was good or not." It wasn't until she found the Guangxi (广西) "Bagui Domestic Service—Southern Confinement Nanny" (八桂家政—南方月嫂) labor brand that Gan Jing (甘静) felt relieved: "My son is almost two years old, and basically, he is taken care of by 'Southern Confinement Nanny'."
If this is the case for confinement nannies, what about elderly caregivers? "Mistakes are likely to occur when caring for disabled elderly people, such as pressure sores caused by improper turning over," "Young caregivers have high turnover," "Lack of patience and little communication with the elderly"... When the reporter visited several elderly care families in Hongkou District (虹口区), Shanghai (上海), they heard similar opinions.
According to the relevant person in charge of the Migrant Workers Work Department of the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security (人力资源社会保障部农民工工作司), there are more than 30 million domestic service practitioners and about 1 million domestic service companies in China. According to data released by relevant industry consulting institutions, the scale of the domestic service industry has exceeded 1.1 trillion yuan. "However, problems such as insufficient total supply of domestic services and low skill levels are still relatively prominent," the person in charge said.
Nanning Greentown Southern Vocational Training School (南宁市绿城南方职业培训学校) is a training demonstration base for the "Bagui Domestic Service" (八桂家政) labor brand. In the opinion of Principal Xu Bin (徐斌), the domestic service industry mainly has three major problems: few good domestic workers, large differences in service quality, and high personnel turnover. "Large-scale and professional high-quality domestic services are still lacking."
Zhou Jinjin (周津津), general manager of Hebei Fusao Domestic Service Co., Ltd. (河北福嫂家政服务有限公司), said that although the company trains two to three thousand domestic workers every year, it is still in short supply, and the market's demand for high-quality domestic service personnel is "as much as you have, we want as much."
"Domestic service has been subdivided from the past general babysitting into various skill positions such as cleaning, cooking, confinement nannies, and elderly care. The market potential for professional and high-quality domestic services is huge," Wang Yongguo (王永国), director of the Migrant Workers Work Department of the Human Resources and Social Security Department of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (广西壮族自治区人力资源和社会保障厅农民工工作处), analyzed.
How to solve the contradiction between service supply and demand?
Build labor brands to improve the supply level of domestic services through large-scale training.
How to solve the contradiction between domestic service supply and demand? Local human resources and social security departments have built a number of labor brands to accelerate the cultivation of domestic service talent teams.
Holding up an infant model, placing it face down on the forearm, stroking the infant's back... In the "Hebei Fusao" (河北福嫂) training class, Ma Haitang (马海棠) followed the teacher to learn the "airplane hold," which is a way to relieve infant bloating.
Ma Haitang (马海棠), 36, has just entered the industry: "Before, I couldn't even tell why a child was crying, but now I can tell if it's colic." She said that the training content includes theoretical and practical teaching, and teachers with more than 10 years of experience guide them individually, so they can quickly learn maternal and infant care skills.
Zhen Baoxia (甄保霞), 49, has been a childcare worker for more than 20 years and has participated in the "Hebei Fusao" (河北福嫂) training class many times. "I gain something new every time. This time, I want to take the intermediate infant care worker certificate." She said that the initial training mainly focused on feeding methods, and the advanced training will learn more about nutritional matching knowledge. "Continuous learning makes me more professional."
"Grandma, now we need to turn over, okay? Three, two, one..." In the Shanghai Zunhu Vocational Skills Training School (上海尊护职业技能培训学校) in Hongkou District (虹口区), 25-year-old Xiao Li (小李) is participating in elderly care worker training, learning skills such as assisting disabled elderly people with bathing and rehabilitation training. After passing the assessment, she will enter an elderly care institution to work. Principal Wang Na (王娜) introduced: "We provide customized short-term training and two to three months of professional training. After the students obtain the elderly care worker vocational skill level certificate recognized by the human resources and social security department, they can go to various elderly care institutions to work."
Compared with the training of domestic service companies, what is the difference between the training organized by labor brands?
The training is more professional. For example, the "Hebei Fusao" (河北福嫂) labor brand introduces excellent teachers to carry out standard class-hour training on a regular basis. From cutting and preparing ingredients to changing diapers for infants, there are training operating procedures. Looking at the "Bagui Domestic Service—Southern Confinement Nanny" (八桂家政—南方月嫂) labor brand, student Wei Sishi (韦思师) introduced that the training has primary, intermediate, and advanced maternal and infant care professional courses, and there are also "re-training skill improvement" advanced classes for skilled personnel, forming a relatively complete training chain.
The standards are more standardized. "Some domestic service companies provide training certificates issued by themselves, but we issue vocational skill level certificates that can be found on the official website of the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security," said Zhou Jinjin (周津津). As a labor brand construction unit, Hebei Fusao Domestic Service Co., Ltd. (河北福嫂家政服务有限公司) has formulated higher service standards in the industry. "We are more responsible to our customers and more responsible to our students."
The Guangxi (广西) "Bagui Domestic Service" (八桂家政) labor brand has established diversified evaluation standards, announced 7 special vocational ability assessment projects for domestic service categories such as elderly care, family life care, and patient care, compiled the first batch of 6 sets of training standard textbooks, and developed standard demonstration courses.
There is more stability. Staff of the "Bagui Domestic Service—Southern Confinement Nanny" (八桂家政—南方月嫂) labor brand told reporters that the company will provide psychological counseling to employees and carry out communication skills and professional ethics training to make everyone feel more belonging and work more stably.
In order to do a good job in the "Hebei Fusao" (河北福嫂) labor brand follow-up supporting services, the staff of the domestic service output base will regularly visit the "Fusao" (福嫂) who are on the job to understand their work status and whether they need help. "The domestic service output base is equivalent to the 'home' of the Fusao (福嫂). If they encounter any problems, they will help them find solutions together," said Zhou Jinjin (周津津).
Wang Licai (王利才), director of the Employment Promotion Department of the Human Resources and Social Security Department of Hebei Province (河北省人力资源和社会保障厅就业促进处), said that related types of work of labor brands such as "Hebei Fusao" (河北福嫂) have been included in the list of urgently needed and in-demand types of work, and policy support is given in training, employment, and other aspects. At the same time, public employment services will also be provided for "Hebei Fusao" (河北福嫂) in the zero-employment market and the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei labor brand collaboration.
How to establish a labor brand?
Open up supply and demand docking, grasp talent cultivation with one hand, and expand the market with the other.
"Customers often praise my cooking skills, which makes me feel very accomplished," said Li Juntian (李军田), 41. As a member of "Hebei Fusao" (河北福嫂), she has been working in Beijing (北京) for 7 years. "Customers love to eat my braised hairtail and hand-rolled noodles."
Zhang Jia (张佳), an elderly caregiver also trained by "Hebei Fusao" (河北福嫂), also works in Beijing (北京). "I am doing well, and the elderly are very satisfied with me."
In Guangxi (广西), through the "Bagui Domestic Service—Southern Confinement Nanny" (八桂家政—南方月嫂) labor brand, Hu Xiuying (胡秀英), a poverty-stricken household from Zhonghe Town (中和镇), Yongning District (邕宁区), Nanning (南宁市), found a job in Guangzhou (广州市), Guangdong (广东). "At first, the monthly salary was more than 3,000 yuan, but now the monthly income is more than 10,000 yuan, which is a good salary."
Local domestic service labor brands are accelerating the opening up of supply and demand docking, grasping talent cultivation with one hand, and expanding the market with the other.
Xu Bin (徐斌) introduced that Nanning Greentown Southern Vocational Training School (南宁市绿城南方职业培训学校) has carried out more than 160,000 training sessions for "Bagui Domestic Service—Southern Confinement Nanny" (八桂家政—南方月嫂) and is actively promoting the Guangdong-Guangxi labor docking work, expanding the scale and strengthening the reputation through students "bringing relatives and neighbors and spreading the word to fellow villagers."
The reporter learned from Hongkou District (虹口区), Shanghai (上海), that the local government is building the "Hongkou Elderly Care Worker" (虹口养老照护师) labor brand, planning to train 10,000 certified professional talents within 3 years. At the same time, related companies have developed a "smart domestic service platform" to realize online management of the entire process of service orders, skill files, and credit evaluation, improving the consumer's domestic service experience. The local government also actively guides training institutions to cooperate with Jiangsu (江苏), Anhui (安徽), Henan (河南), Chongqing (重庆), and other places to send elderly caregivers in a targeted manner to supplement the talent gap.
Last year, the "Hebei Fusao" (河北福嫂) labor brand carried out 46,700 training sessions, and 39,800 people obtained vocational skill level certificates. Wang Licai (王利才) introduced that Hebei (河北) will seize the opportunity of the coordinated development of Beijing (北京), Tianjin (天津), and Hebei (河北), provide high-quality domestic services for "the elderly and the young," deepen the cooperation between labor brands and domestic service companies, and give play to the role of the domestic service worker training and transfer base; carry out organized and large-scale labor output, focusing on the accommodation needs of "non-live-in" domestic workers, and pilot the establishment of nearby accommodation service stations in some areas. "Through these efforts, we will ensure that 'Hebei Fusao' (河北福嫂) can be sent out, stay, do well, and develop," said Wang Licai (王利才).
(Intern Lü Jinkai (吕金锴) participated in the writing)
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 杜尚泽 胡泽曦 新华社记者 倪四义 杨依军
"The world is facing profound changes unseen in a century."
This is a profound judgment made by President Xi Jinping (习近平) more than a decade ago. As the sun rises and sets, and seasons change, this statement has been verified by major events time and time again.
Humanity stands at a crossroads in history. Unity or division, dialogue or confrontation, win-win or zero-sum – the changes unseen in a century are accelerating, and the "question of the times" concerning the fate of humanity can be seen from a trip to Russia.
From May 7th to 10th, President Xi Jinping (习近平) paid a state visit to Russia and attended the celebration commemorating the 80th anniversary of the Soviet Great Patriotic War.
The clock seems to have turned back to the moment ten years ago when he attended the 70th anniversary celebration. The Moscow Red Square (莫斯科红场), full of vicissitudes and glory, had the same thunderous sound and the same firm steps.
Times have changed. Everything changes every day, but there is always a force as firm as a rock, and there is always a spirit leading the era forward.
That is the fulfillment of the promise of "**风雨同渡**" (fēng yǔ tóng dù - "go through thick and thin together," to share weal and woe), and the courage of "**挺膺担当**" (tǐng yīng dān dāng - "step forward to take on responsibilities," to bravely shoulder responsibilities). Amidst the flying clouds, the aspiration for peace never ceases; amidst the raging waves, the sail of cooperation is hoisted high.
On the evening of the 7th local time, with the sky full of rosy clouds, President Xi Jinping (习近平) walked down the ramp of the special plane. Russian Deputy Prime Minister Golikova (戈利科娃), who came to greet him at the airport, mentioned an article: "We all read with great interest and carefully your signed article published in Rossiyskaya Gazeta (《俄罗斯报》), and we were deeply encouraged and moved."
President Xi Jinping (习近平) wrote in the article: "Not to be confused by temporary events, not to be disturbed by strong winds and high waves, we should jointly promote the multipolarization of the world and jointly promote the building of a community with a shared future for mankind with the certainty and resilience of China-Russia strategic coordination."
(I) Visit Time:
"China-Russia relations in the new era are more calm, confident, stable and resilient"
Just recently, international public opinion was still speculating: In the current complex and turbulent situation of major-country relations, where will Beijing (北京) and Moscow (莫斯科) go?
In fact, the answer was given the moment President Xi Jinping's (习近平) special plane landed as scheduled. Whether it is the "not to be disturbed by strong winds and high waves" in the signed article, or the emphasis on "going through thick and thin together and overcoming difficulties together" when meeting with reporters at the Kremlin (克里姆林宫), China has repeatedly made its direction clear.
President Putin (普京) also made a clear statement: "The friendship between the two countries is unbreakable" and "Russia-China relations are not affected by temporary events or any external interference."
The strategic guidance of the heads of state is the most magnificent and powerful chapter in the thick diplomatic history books.
Early on the morning of the 8th, President Xi Jinping's (习近平) motorcade drove into the Kremlin (克里姆林宫) in the morning breeze, a familiar scene. In St. George's Hall, the two heads of state walked towards each other and shook hands tightly.
History and reality, country and world, present and future, various interpretations point to a common conclusion: In a world full of uncertainties, this trip releases the "stability and certainty of major-country relations."
China and Russia are building friendship and accumulating trust over time. Since the new era, the two heads of state have met more than 40 times, and President Xi Jinping (习近平) has visited Russia 11 times. This time, he said to President Putin (普京), "Russia is the country I have visited the most as President of the People's Republic of China."
The 8th was supposed to be a busy day for President Putin (普京) as the host to welcome guests, but he devoted most of the day to his good friend from China. In addition to the usual state visit schedule of welcome ceremony, talks, signing and exchange of cooperation documents, and joint press conference, the Russian side also made a special arrangement: a tea party in the President's office.
"Both China and Russia are major countries with important influence, and are constructive forces in maintaining global strategic stability and improving global governance." As President Xi Jinping (习近平) commented on China-Russia relations, they "have clear historical logic, strong endogenous driving force, and profound cultural heritage, and are not targeted at any third party, nor are they subject to any third party."
What is historical logic?
Looking back, China-Russia relations are supported by countless historical details. Originating from the depths of a glorious time, it is imprinted with the years of suffering and glory. The relationship between the two countries has evolved from "regarding each other as friendly countries" to constructive partners, from strategic cooperative partners to comprehensive strategic cooperative partners, and then to comprehensive strategic cooperative partners in the new era, ushering in the best period in history. "Successfully exploring the right way for neighboring major countries to get along" has also opened up a broad channel for major-country relations to forge ahead.
What is endogenous driving force?
In the current context of the game between globalization and anti-globalization, bilateral trade volume reached a new high against the wind last year. The strong resilience of bilateral cooperation has become the key, which President Xi Jinping (习近平) described as "**芝麻开花节节高**" (zhī ma kāi huā jié jié gāo - "sesame flowers bloom higher joint by joint," to steadily improve). He comprehensively elaborated on the direction and path of cooperation, focusing on making the foundation of "stability" more solid and the momentum of "progress" more sufficient. President Putin (普京) responded positively: "It is Russia's strategic choice to unswervingly promote the development of Russia-China relations and expand mutually beneficial cooperation."
Cooperation seeks the well-being of the people and promotes global development. During the visit, the two sides reached more than 20 cooperation documents. Among them, there are innovations in the economic field, the signing of a new version of the investment protection agreement, which effectively offsets the protectionist trend; there is a re-alignment of global governance, and the two sides issued a joint statement on global strategic stability and a joint statement on further strengthening cooperation to safeguard the authority of international law, which continue to resonate in the international community.
What is cultural heritage?
The cultural exchanges and mutual learning between the two countries are far more than the cooperation documents signed this time in education, film, media, and other fields. The large size, large population, long history, and profound civilization, from fighting side by side in the past to working together today, the deep logic of moving towards each other is the reflection of the historical view, peace view, order view, and development view of the two major civilizations. The commonality of the civilization dimension has become the most solid foundation for political mutual trust and pragmatic cooperation.
"Accumulating soil makes a mountain, and accumulating water makes a sea." How can history be accomplished overnight? Only by building it brick by brick can we achieve today's success.
The most important political achievement of this visit was born in the Malachite Hall of the Kremlin (克里姆林宫). The two heads of state jointly signed a joint statement on further deepening the China-Russia comprehensive strategic partnership of coordination for a new era.
The weighty text reflects the distinct mark of China-Russia relations: comprehensive strategic coordination.
"As long as China and Russia maintain strategic focus and adhere to strategic coordination, no force can stop the two countries from achieving their respective development and revitalization, stop the popular will of China and Russia for lasting friendship, or stop the trend of the times of world multipolarization and economic globalization." President Xi Jinping's (习近平) voice was firm and powerful.
(II) Celebration Moment:
"The best inheritance of history is to create new history"
After the news of the celebration of the 80th anniversary of the Soviet Great Patriotic War was released, President Putin (普京) spoke out early, saying that President Xi Jinping (习近平) would be the "most important guest."
Early in the morning of the 9th, before the morning glow climbed into the sky, Red Square (红场) in Moscow (莫斯科) was already crowded with people. Elderly people, young children, and young adults, Victory Day is also a festival for the people.
President Xi Jinping's (习近平) motorcade drove past the victory flag fluttering in the wind, and past the crowds holding flowers to their chests. On the streets, people saw the Hongqi car and the five-star red flag and stopped to wave their greetings.
The sun filled Red Square (红场). President Xi Jinping (习近平) arrived at the Kremlin (克里姆林宫) last, and President Putin (普京) greeted him warmly.
Returning to the celebration, ten years have passed in a flash, and the past is still vivid in my mind.
No matter how long ago, the memory and truth of history will not fade, and "the enlightenment it brings to us will always illuminate reality and indicate the future."
No matter how long ago, the figure standing at the forefront of the great turmoil and changes in the international situation will not be absent. Even though unilateralism, hegemony, and bullying are deeply harmful, the forces defending peace and justice have always been there. China and Russia draw more wisdom from history and assume greater responsibilities.
President Xi Jinping (习近平) and President Putin (普京) walked together to the main reviewing stand. The two heads of state sitting together talked warmly. The broken mountains and rivers and the arduous struggle made people feel even more emotional about the hard-won achievements of today.
President Putin's (普京) speech echoed in the sky: "Victory is sacred, history cannot be tampered with, and victors cannot be insulted." "The Chinese people fought heroically in the war of resistance against Japan, and we highly appreciate the Chinese people's contribution to opening up a common future for mankind."
The military parade takes time as its axis. President Putin (普京) turned around from time to time to introduce the flags, formations, and equipment to President Xi Jinping (习近平). The young soldiers, with their heads held high and chests out, shouted "Ura" that pierced the clouds.
The guard of honor of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (中国人民解放军) is coming!
The steps are sonorous and powerful, and the demeanor is bright. President Xi Jinping (习近平) stood up to pay his respects, his eyes following the marching column, passing through the smoke of history.
Looking towards the weight of the main battlefield in Asia. Every inch of the country is soaked in blood, and every battle stands upright with an unyielding backbone. The five thousand years of civilization burst out with powerful strength in the darkest moment, and all Chinese sons and daughters jointly composed an epic of heroism that shocked the world.
Looking towards the shoulder-to-shoulder fight in the flames of war. When darkness enveloped the world, the Chinese people, together with the peace-loving people of the world, guarded life with life and ignited faith with faith. What is tempered by suffering and sacrifice is not only victory, but also the deep friendship of overcoming difficulties together.
Sitting on the other side of President Xi Jinping (习近平) was a centenarian veteran named Yevgeny Znamensky (叶夫根尼·兹纳缅斯基), with his chest full of medals.
In his twilight years, his military demeanor has not diminished. He emotionally shook President Xi Jinping's (习近平) hand and said: "No force in the world can defeat us." This is an enlightenment condensed with blood and life.
This year marks the 80th anniversary of the victory of the World Anti-Fascist War and the 80th anniversary of the founding of the United Nations. President Xi Jinping (习近平) once said, "The best inheritance of history is to create new history." The joint statement he signed with President Putin (普京) was filled with historical vicissitudes and powerfully wrote the future:
"Resolutely crush any attempt to tamper with the history of World War II, belittle and obliterate the historical achievements of China and Russia in World War II, and smear the image of the liberators";
"Humanity should always remember the tragedy of World War II and its causes and lessons, and make every effort to prevent similar tragedies from happening again";
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In an important year that carries on the past and opens up the future, superimposed on the turbulent international situation, China and Russia are closely united, "will jointly defend the achievements of the victory of World War II, resolutely oppose hegemonism and power politics, practice true multilateralism, and promote the construction of a more just and reasonable global governance system."
After the military parade, President Xi Jinping (习近平) and other leaders who attended the celebration walked from Red Square (红场) to Alexander Garden (亚历山大花园). They stood in silence in front of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
A steel helmet, a red flag, and a cluster of eternal flames.
At noon on the 9th, President Xi Jinping (习近平) attended a celebration banquet commemorating the 80th anniversary of the Soviet Great Patriotic War.
"Victory Day," "Song of the Soldiers," "Where Does the Motherland Begin?"... The images changed with the rhythm of the melody, and the haze of war and the sunshine of peace came to our faces. People were immersed in it, feeling and thinking.
There is a detail. After the banquet, as President Xi Jinping (习近平) was about to leave, a song "Without the Communist Party, There Would Be No New China" (《没有共产党就没有新中国》) sounded leisurely. This was specially added by the band for the Chinese guests.
President Xi Jinping (习近平) stepped forward, shook hands, and took photos. Having experienced a common history of suffering and struggle, Beijing (北京) and Moscow (莫斯科) are so close in heart!
September 3, 1945 and May 9, 1945, two epoch-making and inspiring dates, China and the Soviet Union, after nine deaths and one life, and becoming more and more courageous after setbacks, the sound of the victory horn resounded for a long time. More than 35 million and more than 27 million, two large-scale and heartbreaking figures, are the number of casualties of China and the Soviet Union in the Asian and European main battlefields of World War II.
Commemoration, because two heroic countries need the spirit of heroes to forge the blood of the nation; because peace and justice are hard-won, and need to be cared for and defended together.
"Remembering history is not to perpetuate hatred, but to better create the future." President Xi Jinping (习近平) has repeatedly looked to the future from history.
The two heads of state agreed to meet again this autumn. On that anniversary of a great historical turning point, China will solemnly commemorate the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japan.
(III) Handshake Moment:
"The most powerful force is working together with one heart, and the most effective method is helping each other in the same boat"
In the intervals of attending the celebration, foreign dignitaries came forward to shake hands and exchange greetings with President Xi Jinping (习近平). Most of them are old friends, some of whom met not long ago, and some of whom will meet again soon.
Starting from the afternoon of the day after the celebration, the leaders of Serbia (塞尔维亚), Myanmar (缅甸), Cuba (古巴), Venezuela (委内瑞拉), and Slovakia (斯洛伐克) successively entered the hotel where President Xi Jinping (习近平) was staying.
The national flags were changed in an orderly manner, and the doors of the meeting hall opened and closed. The handshake moment in Moscow (莫斯科) includes not only neighbors who cannot be moved away, but also distant countries that are "as close as neighbors even if they are far apart."
Every decision in bilateral relations is made in the vast trend of the times and in the grand framework of the world pattern. There are two must-answer questions before people.
One question: In the face of rampant protectionism, should we continue to choose economic globalization?
This is an unavoidable topic in the meetings, and many dignitaries have expressed their feelings. A day ago, President Putin (普京) bluntly stated: "Imposing high tariffs is contrary to common sense and illegal, and will only backfire."
China and Europe bear the heavy responsibility of maintaining the global free trade system and international economic and trade order. Slovak Prime Minister Fico (菲佐) expressed his firm position, "Willing to work with China to jointly adhere to multilateralism, safeguard free trade rules, and maintain the stability of the world's industrial chain and supply chain." Serbian President Vucic (武契奇) traveled to Moscow (莫斯科) and saw President Xi Jinping (习近平) again. He also emphasized again, "Serbia is willing to unite with China to jointly respond to the challenges brought about by unilateralism and protectionism."
"To break through the fog and move towards the light, the most powerful force is working together with one heart, and the most effective method is helping each other in the same boat." President Xi Jinping (习近平) said.
History is created by the brave. China's consistent position of "opening up cooperation, mutual benefit and win-win" is invaluable at the critical moment of history. President Xi Jinping (习近平) made it clear that China is willing to work with all countries in the world to "maintain the achievements of economic globalization."
During the meeting, foreign dignitaries mentioned concepts such as the "Belt and Road" initiative, the three global initiatives, and new quality productive forces. At a time when trade barriers are building isolated islands and technological hegemony is building high walls, China's opportunities and China's responsibility not only benefit bilateral relations, but also inject new impetus into inclusive economic globalization, and strive to promote the world economy out of the headwinds and headwaters.
Another question: In the face of the rising power politics, how should we correctly treat the international order after World War II?
The most fundamental challenge in today's world is the challenge to order. The concentrated embodiment of the achievements of World War II—the international system with the United Nations as its core—has encountered unprecedented shocks.
During the visit, President Xi Jinping (习近平) profoundly pointed out, "The more turbulent and intertwined the international situation is, the more we must adhere to and safeguard the authority of the United Nations."
The world wants fairness, not hegemony, and history cannot go back to the dark age of "might is right." The common call is also the way of the great road that conforms to the general trend of development.
Drawing wisdom from history. When meeting with Myanmar leader Min Aung Hlaing (敏昂莱), President Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized the contemporary value of the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence and the Bandung Spirit, and advocated that the two sides should jointly safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of developing countries.
Tempering courage in reality. Latin American and Caribbean countries have suffered from unilateral sanctions and hegemonic bullying in recent years. When meeting with Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel (迪亚斯—卡内尔) and Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro (马杜罗) respectively, President Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized that Latin American and Caribbean countries are all sovereign and independent countries, not anyone's "backyard." He reiterated China's firm support for Cuba (古巴) and Venezuela (委内瑞拉) in safeguarding national sovereignty and national dignity, and its firm support for the people of the two countries in opposing external interference.
A strait cannot sever blood ties. Taiwan's return to China is an important part of the victory of World War II and the post-war international order, and it is the belonging of mountains and rivers that has long been clearly written by the pen of history. Adhering to the one-China principle is the due meaning of maintaining the international order. President Xi Jinping's (习近平) important statement was resounding:
"No matter how the situation on Taiwan Island (台湾岛) changes, no matter how external forces make trouble, the historical trend that China will eventually be reunified and will inevitably be reunified is unstoppable."
The voice of justice is like a tide surging ashore. "Firmly adhere to the one-China principle and always support China's position on the Taiwan issue" "Taiwan (台湾) is an inseparable part of Chinese territory"... All parties in Moscow (莫斯科) reiterated their consistent positions. This is a firm defense of fairness and justice.
Peace deficit, development deficit, security deficit, and governance deficit, in a world where old debts have not been paid off and new debts have been added, should we add fuel to the fire or promote peace and talks, should we coerce and intimidate or abandon confrontation? China speaks fairly, does fair things, walks steadily, and acts uprightly.
The prolongation of the Ukraine (乌克兰) crisis is worrying the world. China welcomes all efforts conducive to peace. "China advocates a common, comprehensive, cooperative, and sustainable global security concept, believing that we should pay attention to the reasonable security concerns of all countries and eliminate the root causes of the crisis." President Xi Jinping (习近平) is focusing on the root and origin of the problem.
President Putin (普京) highly appreciated China's objective and fair position, saying that he is willing to start peace talks without preconditions and hopes to reach a fair and lasting peace agreement.
Speaking of morality and daring to take responsibility amid the flying chaos, what is gained is support and trust, is "**得道者多助，失道者寡助**" (dé dào zhě duō zhù, shī dào zhě guǎ zhù - "the just cause enjoys abundant support, an unjust one finds little support," a just cause will gain much support, while an unjust one will find little). "We firmly believe that the people of all countries in the world will choose to stand on the right side of history and on the side of fairness and justice."
(IV) President Xi Jinping's (习近平) Moscow (莫斯科) Time:
"A major country should have the appearance of a major country and show more responsibility"
It is another year of new green birch trees and blooming lilacs, "pear blossoms are all over the world."
The trip to Russia (俄罗斯) had two durations that left a deep impression on the world:
One is that it is estimated that President Xi Jinping (习近平) and President Putin (普京) exchanged ideas for nearly 10 hours.
The other is that President Xi Jinping (习近平) stayed in Moscow (莫斯科) for 3 nights. This is rare in China's diplomacy in recent years.
What do these two durations mean?
Placed in the context of the fierce game between unilateralism and multilateralism, and the deep contest between maintaining hegemony and opposing hegemony, the global and historical significance of China-Russia comprehensive strategic coordination shines brightly.
Agreed to promote world multipolarity, economic globalization, and democratization of international relations;
Agreed to strengthen coordination and cooperation within the multilateral framework and enhance the voice of developing countries in the global governance system;
Agreed to promote political solutions to various hotspot issues;
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The broad consensus between China (中国) and Russia (俄罗斯) is a strategic alignment in a turbulent situation, and it is also the "special responsibility" and "courage to take responsibility" of the two major countries to the world.
"A major country should have the appearance of a major country and show more responsibility." President Xi Jinping's (习近平) Moscow (莫斯科) time, China's role as a major country is a main line.
China (中华), how long is its history and how broad is its civilization. In the tortuous development of history, there have also been dark moments of national humiliation, people's suffering, and civilization being covered in dust. However, a hundred years of vicissitudes have changed. Seeking progress for mankind and seeking common ground for the world has become the ambition and firm action of this great country in the new era.
From May 9th, looking to September 3rd. That day, it condensed the suffering and glory of an ancient nation, "the great victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression re-established China's status as a major country in the world."
Eighty years ago, history opened a new page. The rebirth of a major country from the ashes was imprinted with peace and justice from the very beginning. From taking the lead in signing the Charter of the United Nations in those years to building a community with a shared future for mankind in the new era, this major country striding forward has always had the world in mind and helped the world and its people.
Learn from the past to know the present. The role of a major country is not defined by a moment or an event, but is interpreted in choices and actions time and time again. The status of a major country is not defined solely by the comparison of strength, but is ultimately determined by the support of the international community.
Only when the sea is turbulent can the true qualities of a hero be revealed. At the critical moment of historical development, more countries are looking to China (中国). As Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić (武契奇) said: "China's ideas and actions have strengthened the international community's courage and confidence in safeguarding common interests."
"In China (中国), I saw the future and saw confidence." The broad consensus of the international community and the world's impression of China today are won by down-to-earth efforts.
Confidence comes from China's development power.
Just before the visit, Russian (俄罗斯) media broadcast a documentary in which President Putin (普京) said in an interview that he had noticed 25 years ago that the focus of world economic development was shifting to the Asia-Pacific region; Russia (俄罗斯) is actively developing relations with China (中国) to create a solid foundation for world stability.
True historical consciousness and historical initiative lie not only in predicting the direction of the tides at a time, but also in actively adapting to the general trend of history, seizing historical opportunities, and leading historical development. During the visit, President Xi Jinping (习近平) said earnestly: "We have the determination and confidence to overcome various risks and challenges. No matter how the external environment changes, China (中国) will firmly manage its own affairs well."
"Firmly manage our own affairs well" is the foundation of our confidence in coping with all difficulties and obstacles today, and it is the source of our confidence in leading the international community to overcome difficulties and cross mountains together through cooperation.
Before the visit, two observations of China (中国) by international media can be read more clearly together to understand the historical changes in the relationship between China and the world.
The first observation focuses on China's development, and the conclusion is that the era of "China's technological development being one step behind" has passed, and China (中国), which is developing with high quality, is increasingly becoming a "leading force."
Another observation focuses on China's international influence, and the conclusion is that the changes that China (中国) is bringing to the world today are not only "event history," but also a harbinger of more profound changes.
Confidence comes from China's cooperative power.
In 2013, on his first visit abroad after becoming President, President Xi Jinping (习近平) came to Russia (俄罗斯) as his first stop. "We cannot physically enter the 21st century while our minds are still stuck in the past." The concept of building a community with a shared future for mankind came into being.
As time goes by, the cooperation framework for practicing this concept is becoming increasingly perfect. The concept of building a community with a shared future for mankind has also been written into UN resolutions, gathering more consensus and strength for building a better world.
Today, coming to Moscow (莫斯科) again, the ideological light of the community with a shared future for mankind has an amazing appeal and influence in the world. In the autumn of 2021, the spring of 2022, and the spring of 2023, President Xi Jinping (习近平) successively proposed three major global initiatives: the Global Development Initiative, the Global Security Initiative, and the Global Civilization Initiative, which further enriched and expanded the concept of a community with a shared future for mankind and also illuminated the journey of human civilization.
"Will continue to participate in the work of the 'Group of Friends of the Global Development Initiative'" "The two sides will cooperate on the Global Security Initiative" "The Russian side attaches great importance to the Global Civilization Initiative"... China (中国), in a turbulent era, unswervingly "stands on the right side of history," and those who see it are far-sighted and those who hear it are obvious.
On the eve of his departure for Moscow (莫斯科), President Xi Jinping (习近平) exchanged congratulatory messages with European leaders to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Europe, and it became a clear consensus between the two sides to cope with the challenges of the times through cooperation;
Looking back, the trip to Southeast Asia has taken a solid step in building a community with a shared future in the surrounding areas;
Looking ahead, the news that President Xi Jinping (习近平) will attend the opening ceremony of the Fourth Ministerial Meeting of the Forum of China-Latin America and Caribbean States and deliver an important speech has spread at home and abroad.
The winds and waves of the times rise and fall, and China (中国), which consistently seeks righteousness, emphasizes cooperation, and seeks win-win results, is open and aboveboard and has friends all over the world.
"**无平不陂，无往不复**" (wú píng bù bēi, wú wǎng bù fù - "nothing is flat without slopes, nothing goes without returning," there are ups and downs in life). History always develops and progresses in twists and turns. Difficulties and磨砺 cannot stop the broad road and the general trend. A responsible major country that seeks the general trend, takes on great righteousness, and acts on the great road has an infinitely broad future.
Return to TopBeijing, May 11th (Reporter Lin Lili (林丽鹂)) The reporter learned recently from the State Administration for Market Regulation (国家市场监管总局): A three-year action plan to optimize the consumption environment has been officially launched, carrying out five major actions: improving the quality of consumption supply, optimizing the consumption order, improving the effectiveness of consumer rights protection, co-governance of the consumption environment, and leading the consumption environment. The plan will further improve quality standards, credit constraints, comprehensive governance, consumer rights protection, and other systems, focusing on solving prominent problems that the public strongly reflects, and creating a reassuring consumption environment.
Market supervision departments at all levels will take the lead in promoting the three-year action to optimize the consumption environment, focusing on six aspects: First, focusing on the implementation of the three-year action pilot projects, 48 pilot areas should take the lead in exploring 17 key tasks; second, accelerating the cultivation of reassuring consumption units and agglomeration areas, and creating a centralized carrier of policies and measures; third, strengthening the comprehensive governance of the consumption environment, strengthening supervision and law enforcement in the consumption field, and exploring monitoring and evaluation of the consumption environment; fourth, innovating the credit system in the consumption field, and promoting "incentives + constraints" with "digital + credit"; fifth, improving the effectiveness of consumer dispute resolution, and promoting prior reconciliation and diversified resolution; sixth, strengthening the organizational guarantee for the three-year action, strengthening government coordination and departmental collaboration, and building a joint force for consumption environment construction.
Return to TopThis newspaper's Beijing (北京) May 11th dispatch (Reporter Wu Qiuyu (吴秋余)): The People's Bank of China (中国人民银行)'s first quarter 2025 China (中国) Monetary Policy Execution Report shows: Since the beginning of this year, the People's Bank of China (中国人民银行) has implemented a moderately loose monetary policy, strengthened counter-cyclical adjustments, and created a suitable monetary and financial environment for the sustained recovery and improvement of the economy. The counter-cyclical adjustment effect of monetary policy is relatively obvious, the total amount of finance is growing steadily, and at the end of March, the stock of aggregate social financing and broad money M2 increased by 8.4% and 7.0% year-on-year, respectively, and the balance of RMB loans was 265.4 trillion yuan; the cost of social financing is at a historical low, and in March, the interest rates of newly issued corporate loans and personal housing loans decreased by about 50 and 60 basis points year-on-year, respectively; the credit structure is continuously optimized, and at the end of March, loans to specialized, refined, and new small and medium-sized enterprises and inclusive micro and small loans increased by 15.1% and 12.2% year-on-year, respectively, continuing to be higher than the growth rate of all loans; the RMB exchange rate remains basically stable at a reasonable equilibrium level, and at the end of March, the central parity rate of RMB against the US dollar was 7.1782 yuan, which was basically the same as at the end of last year.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 陈一鸣
Opening Remarks
China and Latin America both belong to the Global South, sharing many similar positions and complementarities. They are natural partners, and "cooperation and win-win" is the keyword of China-Latin America relations.
Starting today, this newspaper launches the column "China and Latin America are Natural Partners," focusing on how infrastructure construction cooperation accelerates China-Latin America connectivity, how upgrading economic and trade cooperation helps improve the livelihoods of Latin American people, how agricultural cooperation enhances the local economy's "blood-generating" capacity, and how cultural exchanges bring the hearts of the Chinese and Latin American people closer. Please follow the footsteps of our newspaper reporters into Latin American countries, closer to the Latin American people, experience the pulse of China-Latin America cooperation firsthand, and listen to the voices of the Chinese and Latin American people heading in both directions and sharing a common destiny.
In the Maule Region (马乌莱大区) of Chile, sunlight shines on neatly arranged grape trellises and well-spaced fruit trees, and a fresh scent of grass and soil mixed together fills the air. The car leaves the Talca-Chillán section (塔尔卡—奇廉段) of Chile Highway 5 (智利5号公路) (hereinafter referred to as "Tachi Section"), passes through a quiet country lane, and arrives at the Rodríguez family orchard in the Central Valley in less than 20 minutes—a typical local family farm.
"Welcome!" Pablo Rodríguez (帕布罗·罗德里格斯), the farm's general manager, wearing jeans and a straw hat, greets us warmly. He has both the simplicity of a fruit farmer and the confidence of an entrepreneur.
"Our farm used to grow corn and tomatoes. We started to transform in 2012, switching to growing cherries, grapes, and watermelons, which have higher economic value. In 2014, we exported cherries to China for the first time. Now, all the cherries harvested by the farm are exported to China, and a considerable portion of the wine produced is also sold to China," Rodríguez told reporters. During the harvest season, the farm can employ up to about 500 seasonal workers. The sound of machines roaring, people shouting, and the fragrance of fruit filling the air, "it's like a festival." As he spoke, Rodríguez's face was filled with a proud smile.
"We ensure that cherries are picked from the branches and enter the cold storage within 3 hours, so that they can maintain the best quality when shipped to China," Rodríguez said. Cherries need to arrive at the port for loading at the "last minute" before the ship sets sail. A fast and efficient logistics system is the key to ensuring all of this.
"Since Chinese companies took over Chile Highway 5 (智利5号公路) and upgraded it, our cherries can be transported to the Chinese market faster and more reliably. Everyone says that Chinese friends have brought us a sweet road to prosperity." The Chile Highway 5 (智利5号公路) that Rodríguez mentioned is the main transportation artery connecting the north and south of Chile. The Tachi Section (塔奇段) is about 195 kilometers long and passes through the Maule Region (马乌莱大区), Chile's main cherry-producing area, so it is also known locally as the "Cherry Highway" and is one of the busiest sections of the Pan-American Highway in Chile.
Highway 5 (5号公路) is operated by China Railway Construction Corporation International Group (中国铁建国际集团) (hereinafter referred to as "China Railway Construction") using the "investment-construction-operation integration" model. Since taking over the concession project of this section of the highway in 2021, China Railway Construction has fully implemented road upgrades, expansions, and intelligent management: the Tachi Section (塔奇段) includes 30 kilometers of expansion work, 54 kilometers of bypass road design and construction, and the construction of 13 electronic toll collection systems; in 2022, it took the lead in using radio frequency identification technology to achieve automatic toll collection. The Chillán-Coihueco section (奇廉至科伊普伊段), which started operation in 2023 as the southern extension of the Tachi Section (塔奇段), includes the renovation of 166 kilometers of existing lines and the construction of 6.6 kilometers of new branch lines, with a total mileage of 172.6 kilometers. After the completion of the project, it will alleviate the traffic pressure in the core cities of the southern Chilean urban agglomeration, promote the interconnection of the north and south regions of Chile, and drive the development of related industries along the route.
Iván Marambio (伊万·马兰比奥), president of the Chilean Fruit Exporters Association, told our reporter that the Tachi Section (塔奇段) of Highway 5 (5号公路) connects fruit farmers, logistics providers, ports, and international markets, and is an important channel for Chilean agricultural products to enter China and other Asian markets. The upgrading of this section of the road has greatly improved transportation efficiency, significantly shortened the time for fresh fruit to reach the port, helped Chilean fruit farmers obtain higher export profits, and promoted employment and industrial cluster development along the route.
Juan Álvarez (胡安·阿尔瓦雷斯) is a truck driver who travels regularly between Talca (塔尔卡市) and Coihueco (科伊普伊市) in Chile. He told our reporter: "Since the Chinese company brought the 'unmanned passage' model, traffic congestion has been significantly alleviated, and transportation time has been greatly shortened. Now, it only takes more than two hours to transport goods between the two places, and I can make two round trips a day, and my income is much higher than before." The reporter learned in the interview that with the continuous improvement of traffic conditions along the project, the lives of local people have undergone gratifying changes: more and more local people are engaged in related industries such as express delivery, supply and marketing, and e-commerce, and their incomes have increased significantly.
As the sun sets, trucks loaded with local specialty agricultural products are driving to the port via Highway 5 (5号公路). This "sweet road" jointly woven by China and Chile is sending the gifts of the Andes to the other side of the earth, and also bringing the hearts of people in two distant countries closer.
(Reported from Santiago (圣地亚哥) by this newspaper)
Return to TopBy: 费尔南多·雷耶斯·马塔
A "sweet road" connecting China and Chile is radiating with vibrant vitality. This road not only enhances Chile's national competitiveness but also deepens the trust and cooperation between the people of the two countries.
As the first Latin American country to sign a bilateral free trade agreement with China, Chile has seen a continuous increase in its exports of agricultural products such as fruits to China in recent years, with cherries becoming a "favorite" on Chinese consumers' winter tables. Behind the "sweet trade" between the two countries lies the support of infrastructure such as Route 5. Infrastructure connectivity has built a solid foundation for China-Latin America cooperation. Roads, bridges, schools, as well as ports, power stations and other key infrastructure, not only create many jobs but also open up the "arteries" of regional economic development.
According to statistics from the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), China's participation in infrastructure construction has greatly improved logistics efficiency in Latin America, injecting strong impetus into regional integration. Today, China-Latin America cooperation is transforming and upgrading towards high-quality development, expanding from traditional commodity trade to emerging fields such as the digital economy, green energy, and technological innovation. China is an important trading partner of Latin America and the Caribbean, and also the fastest-growing export market in the region. From 2000 to 2022, the total value of China-Latin America trade in goods increased 35 times. As the joint construction of the "Belt and Road" initiative is deeply aligned with the development strategies of Latin American countries, the trade volume between China and Latin America is expected to achieve a greater breakthrough on the current basis of 500 billion US dollars. In the digital economy field, China-Latin America cross-border e-commerce business is booming; in terms of green transformation, Latin American countries have become an important export market for China's new energy vehicles.
The mutually beneficial and win-win cooperation model between China and Latin America is like an orchard under the sun at the foot of the Andes, bearing abundant fruits and with promising prospects.
(The author is the director of the Latin American-China Studies Center of Andrés Bello University (智利安德烈斯·贝略大学拉美中国问题研究中心) in Chile. This article was compiled from an interview with Chen Yiming (陈一鸣), a reporter from this newspaper.)
Return to TopPresident Xi Jinping (习近平) attended nearly 20 bilateral and multilateral events, jointly discussing major plans for strategic cooperation between China and Russia in various fields, jointly celebrating the 80th anniversary of the victory of the World Anti-Fascist War, and jointly composing a new chapter in safeguarding international fairness and justice, injecting firm strength into the cause of world peace and development.
From May 7th to 10th, President Xi Jinping (习近平) paid a state visit to Russia at the invitation of President Putin and attended the celebration of the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Great Patriotic War of the Soviet Union. With a rich agenda and tight schedule, President Xi Jinping (习近平) attended nearly 20 bilateral and multilateral events, jointly discussing major plans for strategic cooperation between China and Russia in various fields, jointly celebrating the 80th anniversary of the victory of the World Anti-Fascist War, and jointly composing a new chapter in safeguarding international fairness and justice, sending a strong message that China-Russia relations are as solid as a rock, the achievements of the victory of World War II cannot be challenged, and the world needs fairness, not hegemony, injecting firm strength into the cause of world peace and development.
Change is the norm in the international landscape, but what remains unchanged is the mutual trust and mutual support between China and Russia. President Xi Jinping (习近平) has met with President Putin more than 40 times, establishing deep mutual trust and sincere friendship. During this visit, through one-on-one tea talks and small- and large-scale meetings, the two heads of state had in-depth communication on issues of common concern for nearly 10 hours, and jointly signed a joint statement on further deepening the China-Russia comprehensive strategic partnership of coordination for a new era, providing new strategic guidance for the development of bilateral relations in the next stage. China and Russia are fellow travelers on the road to modernization. More than 20 cooperation documents signed during this visit, covering biosecurity, investment protection, digital economy, quarantine, film cooperation and other fields, inject new and strong impetus into the development of China-Russia relations. China and Russia hold highly consistent positions on major issues such as world multipolarization, economic globalization, and democratization of international relations, and reaffirmed that they will strengthen coordination and cooperation within multilateral frameworks such as the United Nations, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, and BRICS. With the leadership of the heads of state as the fundamental guarantee, pragmatic cooperation as the endogenous driving force, and comprehensive strategic coordination as the distinct symbol, China and Russia will respond to the various challenges facing the world today with the stability of their relations, create more well-being for the two peoples, and make greater contributions to the cause of human progress.
Only by jointly looking back at history and safeguarding history can we look to the future and create the future. President Xi Jinping (习近平) attended the celebration of the victory of the Great Patriotic War of the Soviet Union again after 10 years, and joined with other countries to promote a correct view of the history of World War II and jointly defend the post-war international order. China and the Soviet Union, as the main battlefields in Asia and Europe respectively during World War II, were the mainstays in the fight against Japanese militarism and German Nazism, and made decisive contributions to the victory of the World Anti-Fascist War. During this visit, the two heads of state watched the grand military parade side by side in Red Square and jointly laid wreaths at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, expressing their highest respect to the martyrs who fought bloody battles with the most solemn ceremony. The two sides jointly opposed attempts to distort history, maintain correct historical narratives, and safeguard the authority of the United Nations and international fairness and justice. As a victory of World War II, Taiwan's return to China is an important part of the post-war international order. Leaders of Russia, Serbia, Cuba, Venezuela, Slovakia and many other countries have expressed their firm adherence to the one-China policy, believing that Taiwan is an inalienable part of Chinese territory. All attempts to distort the truth of World War II history, deny the achievements of World War II, and smear the historical achievements of China and Russia will not succeed.
In today's world, the United Nations is facing unprecedented shocks, hegemony, unilateralism, and protectionism are rampant, and certainty is increasingly becoming a scarce resource. During this visit, China and Russia jointly issued a joint statement on further strengthening cooperation to safeguard the authority of international law and a joint statement on global strategic stability, emphasizing full compliance with the Charter of the United Nations and the basic principles of international law, and opposing the abuse of unilateral sanctions and "long-arm jurisdiction," demonstrating the responsibility of the two countries as permanent members of the UN Security Council. "China's ideas and actions have enhanced the international community's courage and confidence in safeguarding common interests," "We are willing to strengthen coordination and cooperation with China, adhere to multilateralism, defend international fairness and justice, and safeguard the common interests of the international community," "We appreciate China's position and constructive role on issues such as Ukraine and the Middle East"... Many foreign leaders appreciated China's role and reached broad consensus with China on firmly supporting each other, defending multilateralism, and resisting power politics and hegemony.
The best commemoration of history is to **不忘初心** (bù wàng chū xīn - "not forget the original intention," to remain true to one's original aspiration) and move forward bravely. As long as China and Russia maintain their strategic focus and adhere to strategic coordination, no force can stop the two countries from achieving their respective development and revitalization, and no force can stop the popular will of China-Russia friendship for generations to come. Remembering and defending the history written with blood and lives, adhering to genuine multilateralism, and adhering to the global governance concept of consultation, joint construction and sharing, China and Russia will work together to strive for a brighter future for mankind.
Return to TopAt the recently concluded 137th Canton Fair, 288,000 overseas buyers from 219 countries and regions participated, with intended on-site export transactions reaching $25.44 billion, a year-on-year increase of 3%. Multiple indicators broke historical records, demonstrating China's sharing of broad development opportunities with all parties in expanding high-level opening-up. At a time when globalization is encountering headwinds and unilateralism and protectionism are on the rise, China is opening its doors wider and wider, injecting rare stability and certainty into world economic growth.
China's unwavering expansion of high-level opening-up to the outside world is not about comparing with anyone, let alone an expedient measure. Opening-up to the outside world is China's basic national policy, a consistent choice in China's 40-plus years of reform and opening-up, and a bright road for China to develop itself and benefit the world in the future. China insists on opening its doors to carry out construction and continuously expanding its opening-up to the outside world, which is regarded by all parties as an "oasis of certainty and a hotbed for investment and business."
China's high-level opening-up to the outside world has no completion time, only a continuous tense. Actively expanding imports is an important part of China's promotion of high-level opening-up to the outside world. China does not pursue trade surpluses and actively expands imports to promote balanced trade development. In 2024, China's total imports amounted to 18.4 trillion yuan (人民币), a year-on-year increase of 2.3%. The scale of imports hit a record high, ranking second in the world for 16 consecutive years. The China International Import Expo (中国国际进口博览会) is the world's first large-scale national-level exhibition with imports as its theme, aiming to proactively open up the market to the world and firmly support trade liberalization and economic globalization. From actively building international cooperation platforms such as the CIIE, Canton Fair (广交会), China International Fair for Trade in Services (服贸会), China International Consumer Products Expo (消博会), and China International Supply Chain Expo (链博会), to continuously creating the "Invest in China" brand and launching the "Buy in China" series of activities, and then to granting 100% tariff-free treatment to all least developed countries that have established diplomatic relations, China always provides broad space and development opportunities for the development of enterprises in various countries with an open attitude, and is committed to building China's super-large market into a world-shared market, demonstrating the responsibility of a major country.
China's determination to expand high-level opening-up will not change. This is China's clear attitude and China's solid action. In the first quarter of this year, 12,603 new foreign-invested enterprises were established in China, a year-on-year increase of 4.3%. China's negative list for foreign investment access has been reduced from the earliest 190 items to the current 29 items in the national version and 27 items in the free trade zone version, and the manufacturing sector has achieved "zeroing." The "Opinions on Implementing the Strategy of Upgrading Free Trade Zones" was issued, and the "Work Plan on Accelerating the Pilot Program for Comprehensive Opening-up of the Service Industry" was introduced... China is steadily expanding institutional opening-up in rules, regulations, management, standards, etc., and continuously expanding the breadth and depth of opening-up. Rebeca Grynspan, Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, said that China's open spirit allows global companies to connect with each other, build partnerships, and jointly build a more prosperous and interconnected global economy.
It is precisely because China continues to promote high-level opening-up to the outside world that it has expanded the space for mutually beneficial and win-win economic and trade cooperation between China and the United States. In 2023, the United States established 1,920 new investment enterprises in China, with an actual investment of US$3.36 billion, an increase of 52.0% over the previous year. Sino-US economic and trade cooperation has created a large number of business opportunities and profits for American companies. For example, Tesla's sales in China continued to grow, exceeding 657,000 vehicles in 2024, a year-on-year increase of 8.8%, setting a record high. China's independent opening-up policy benefits financial institutions in various countries, including those funded by the United States. More than 10 US-funded insurance companies have branches in China. Goldman Sachs, American Express, Bank of America, American MetLife and other American financial institutions have achieved considerable investment returns in China. BlackRock, Fidelity, Neuberger Berman, JPMorgan Chase, Morgan Stanley, AllianceBernstein and others have been approved to establish wholly foreign-owned fund management companies.
Some American politicians have proposed "hoping to see the Chinese market open to American companies, which is in the common interest of the United States and China." The fact is that China has repeatedly reiterated that it welcomes companies from all countries, including American companies, to invest and do business in China. By strengthening foreign investment legislation, promoting trade and investment liberalization and facilitation, and actively creating a first-class business environment that is market-oriented, law-based, and internationalized, China has been, is, and will inevitably be an ideal, safe, and promising investment destination for foreign businesses. It is hoped that the US side will not artificially set up obstacles for US companies investing in China, and in the name of "national security" and "America First," while demanding that other countries open their markets, it will continue to increase trade protection measures, disrupt global production and supply chains, and damage the multilateral trading system. Mutually beneficial cooperation is conducive to China and the United States achieving their respective development goals, which is not only in the common interest of China and the United States, but also in line with the expectations of all countries in the world.
Opening-up is the only way to development, and closure will only lead to backwardness. China, which has come all the way from reform and opening-up, deeply understands this truth, so it always promotes reform, development, and innovation through opening-up. As the world's second largest economy and the largest developing country, China will continue to unswervingly expand high-level opening-up to the outside world and share development opportunities with all countries. This is China's solemn commitment and the due responsibility of a responsible major country.
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"This year marks the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the European Union and China. In my opinion, the most important significance of establishing diplomatic relations lies in seeking common ground while reserving differences and maintaining contact and exchange," said Wolfgang Röhr (沃尔夫冈·罗尔), a senior German diplomat (Chinese name Rui Wufeng (芮悟峰)), in a recent interview with this reporter. He stated that the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the EU and China is an opportunity for both sides to deepen their relationship and should further expand trade and investment exchanges.
Since the 1980s, Rui Wufeng (芮悟峰) began working at the German Embassy in China and served twice as the German Consul General in Shanghai (上海). This also gave him the opportunity to witness the rapid development of Sino-German and Sino-European relations. Rui Wufeng (芮悟峰) also served as a distinguished researcher at the German Research Center of Tongji University (同济大学). He now teaches at the China Center of the Technical University of Berlin (柏林工业大学).
From mutual visits between the leaders of China and Germany to close exchanges in the economic and trade circles, Rui Wufeng (芮悟峰), as a participant and witness, has personally experienced many important moments in the relations between the two countries. "In 2011, the Sino-German government consultation mechanism was officially launched. This kind of consultation mechanism is unusual for the German government and fully demonstrates the importance of Sino-German relations," said Rui Wufeng (芮悟峰). "Sino-German cooperation is very important for both countries, especially in the economic and trade fields, where the two countries achieve mutual benefit and win-win results and common development. Germany has long maintained China's position as the largest trading partner in Europe, and China is also one of Germany's largest trading partners. In 2015, Germany joined the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (亚洲基础设施投资银行) as a founding member and became the fourth largest shareholder."
Today, in addition to continuing to expand cooperation in traditional fields such as machinery manufacturing, China and Germany are also continuously strengthening cooperation in emerging fields such as the digital economy, artificial intelligence, and clean energy. "Germany and China have their own advantages in different fields, and mutual learning benefits both sides a lot," said Rui Wufeng (芮悟峰). "On the road to achieving global climate goals, Chinese companies and products have provided us with a lot of support, such as photovoltaic cells, electric vehicles, etc. Most of the photovoltaic cells on the German market are produced in China."
Rui Wufeng (芮悟峰) believes that in addition to economic, trade, and technological cooperation, there is also great potential for cultural exchanges between Germany and China. From 2007 to 2010, Rui Wufeng (芮悟峰) served as the head of the "Germany and China – Moving Ahead Together" exchange activity, bringing German artworks and scientific and technological achievements to Nanjing (南京), Chongqing (重庆), Shenyang (沈阳), Guangzhou (广州), Wuhan (武汉), and Shanghai (上海) and other cities for exhibition. "This event attracted approximately 2 million Chinese visitors. Everyone's interest and enthusiasm for German culture, education, and technology greatly encouraged us. The people of Germany and China have mutual understanding and appreciation, and we should continue to promote this kind of cultural exchange," said Rui Wufeng (芮悟峰).
In 2002, while serving as the head of the East Asia Department of the German Foreign Office, Rui Wufeng (芮悟峰) was responsible for drafting a report emphasizing that Germany should establish stable political relations with China and other East Asian countries. In Rui Wufeng's (芮悟峰) view, strengthening cooperation should become a long-term direction of Germany's policy towards China and also the future development direction of EU-China relations.
Looking to the future, Rui Wufeng (芮悟峰) said that the EU and China should seek common ground while reserving differences, cooperate for win-win results, and further narrow the distance. "We should strengthen cooperation in global affairs, promote the implementation of important international treaties such as the Paris Agreement on climate change, promote the development of the international trade system in a more open and fair direction, jointly advocate an international order based on international law, respect each other's sovereignty and territorial integrity, non-aggression, and jointly safeguard global prosperity and stability," said Rui Wufeng (芮悟峰).
(Reported from Berlin (柏林) by this newspaper)
Return to TopOn the evening of May 10th, the "Remember History, Create the Future" - China-Russia Youth Hand-in-Hand Choir special performance, hosted by the All-China Youth Federation (中华全国青年联合会) and the Russian Children and Youth Organization "First Movement" (俄罗斯少年儿童组织“第一运动”), was held at the Russian National Center (俄罗斯国家中心) in Moscow (莫斯科).
The choir's 40 Chinese and Russian youths sang songs such as "On the Field of Hope" (《在希望的田野上》) and "Katyusha" (《喀秋莎》), winning rounds of applause and cheers from hundreds of audience members at the scene.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 祝大伟
Square paddy fields, as flat as mirrors, connect directly to the horizon.
Like many places in Heilongjiang (黑龙江) Province, the Beidahuang Group's (北大荒集团) Junchuan Farm (军川农场) has completed the renovation of its 34,000 mu of high-standard farmland. "High standards are just different, really great!" Farmer Lü Xianda (吕贤达) said with joy when talking about the 220 mu of paddy fields he contracted.
Small fields become large fields—small fields of 3 mu each have become large fields of 18 mu each, allowing agricultural machinery to run freely. This saves 1,800 yuan in machine耕 (jīgēng) and labor costs each year, and also advances the rice planting schedule by 1 day.
Field ridges become cultivated land—after the large-scale grid field transformation, 3.2 mu of effective cultivated land area is added, and it is expected to increase rice production by 4,000 jin.
Roads are straighter—"Agricultural machinery doesn't have to go around in circles when entering the fields, saving 1.5 kilometers and a lot of time," said Lü Xianda (吕贤达).
"In the past, it was mostly minor repairs, but now it is a large-scale upgrade." Wang Zhongjun (王忠军), the person in charge of the high-standard farmland construction project of Junchuan Farm (军川农场), introduced that the total investment of the project is 94.95 million yuan, of which 90.2 million yuan is supported by ultra-long-term special national debt funds, and the remaining part is matched by the farm. At present, the farm's field road accessibility rate has reached 100%.
Last year, Beidahuang Group (北大荒集团) fully utilized national debt funds to implement the construction task of 4 million mu of high-standard farmland, focusing on carrying out field consolidation, upgrading water conservancy facilities, and building digital farmland.
Soil and water loss control in cultivated land is even more effective.
In Hongxing Farm (红星农场) of Beidahuang Group (北大荒集团), hilly and undulating land accounts for about 30%, and soil erosion is serious. Since the beginning of spring plowing this year, Hongxing Farm (红星农场) has used measures such as straw and topsoil backfilling to manage 27 waterlogged plots, repair 3 erosion gullies, and restore hundreds of mu of cultivated land.
"With the support of national debt funds, more and more 'three-running fields' that lose water, fertilizer, and soil are expected to become 'three-guarantee fields' that conserve water, fertilizer, and soil." Wang Yuanlin (王元林), secretary of the Party Committee of Hongxing Farm (红星农场), is full of expectations for the future.
The fields are more technologically advanced.
Walking into the digital high-standard farmland base of the Erjiu〇 Farm (二九〇农场) of Beidahuang Group (北大荒集团), Internet of Things equipment stands in the fields, connecting to the intelligent numerical control irrigation area system—46 diversion gates and 12 control gates intelligently adjust the opening and closing to achieve precise and accurate water supply.
"After intelligent irrigation, the yield has increased a lot." The new technology in the field has given farmer Wang Xiuli (王秀丽) the confidence to expand planting. "The 430.9 mu of land I contracted produced nearly 17,000 jin more grain last year. If I have the opportunity next year, I plan to contract a little more!"
Li Guangmao (李广茂), general manager of the Agricultural Production Department of Erjiu〇 Farm (二九〇农场), introduced that with the support of national debt funds, their farm comprehensively uses technologies such as integrated water and fertilizer, and the yield per mu of corn has increased by about 60 jin.
Beidahuang Group (北大荒集团) is a microcosm of Heilongjiang (黑龙江) Province's high-quality promotion of high-standard farmland construction. "In 2024, the operating efficiency, yield per mu, and income per mu of the group's farms have increased significantly." Gao Yang (高洋), the person in charge of high-standard farmland construction of the Agricultural Development Department of Beidahuang Group (北大荒集团), introduced that Beidahuang Group (北大荒集团) will build another 800,000 mu of high-standard farmland this year.
As of the end of 2024, Heilongjiang (黑龙江) has cumulatively built nearly 120 million mu of high-standard farmland, ranking first in the country. This year, with the support of ultra-long-term special national debt funds, Heilongjiang (黑龙江) will also build 11.69 million mu of high-standard farmland.
During the spring plowing season, the "living water" of ultra-long-term special national debt silently nourishes the black soil, nurturing new hopes for increased production and income.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 杨颜菲
At 2:00 AM, the warehouse and office areas of Jiangxi Bing Ge Song Cai Industrial Co., Ltd. (江西兵哥送菜实业有限公司) are neatly arranged, and employees in uniform camouflage work clothes begin to get busy. "Most of the employees in the company are retired soldiers and their families, and the military style has become an important core of the company," said Chen Kunyuan (陈堃源), Party Secretary and Chairman of Jiangxi Bing Ge Song Cai Industrial Co., Ltd. (江西兵哥送菜实业有限公司).
Chen Kunyuan (陈堃源) served in the Nanchang Detachment (南昌支队) of the Jiangxi Armed Police Corps (武警江西总队) for 8 years, from an outstanding soldier and outstanding Communist Party member to three times receiving the Third Class Merit. In 2010, Chen Kunyuan (陈堃源) reluctantly took off his military uniform.
After that, he worked as a security guard, a driver, and invested in the tea business. "After 'graduating' from the 'university' of the army, in addition to a thick stack of honorary certificates and excellent military qualities, I also have a tenacious perseverance and a spirit of not admitting defeat," Chen Kunyuan (陈堃源) said. He had experience in logistics support in the army, and finally set his sights on the fresh food distribution industry.
In 2013, Chen Kunyuan (陈堃源) and two comrades-in-arms rented a 50-square-meter shop in Qingyunpu District (青云谱区), Nanchang City (南昌市), and embarked on the road to entrepreneurship. "I had to go to purchase at one or two in the morning, start sorting at three o'clock, and ride a small tricycle to deliver goods at six o'clock. During the day, I had to go street by street to find customers and talk about business, every day, rain or shine." To Chen Kunyuan's (陈堃源) gratification, with high-quality service and excellent quality, the company's sales exceeded 10 million yuan in the second year.
But in 2015, due to overexpansion, the company fell into crisis, losing more than 2 million yuan at once, and all the hard-earned money saved before was lost.
"At that time, even the employees' salaries could not be paid," Chen Kunyuan (陈堃源) recalled. Just when he was desperate, his wife sold their wedding house and car. "Holding the money, I sat alone in the warehouse all night and decided to get up from where I fell."
Learning of Chen Kunyuan's (陈堃源) predicament, his comrades-in-arms raised 60,000 yuan in cash, and Mr. Li (李老板), who ran a small restaurant, paid half a year's worth of food in advance... "They made me understand that Bing Ge Song Cai (兵哥送菜) is not only my personal career, but also the common cause of veterans, farmers, and vendors. I made up my mind that if I succeed one day, I will definitely let Bing Ge Song Cai (兵哥送菜) help more people," Chen Kunyuan (陈堃源) said.
Chen Kunyuan (陈堃源) reorganized and seized the opportunity of "Internet +", independently developed the Bing Ge (兵哥) Smart Supply System, realized the large circulation of "Internet + agricultural products", and successfully transformed the company into an "Internet platform management" e-commerce enterprise. Through online orders, intelligent scheduling, and full traceability, the company not only got out of its predicament, but also ushered in unprecedented development opportunities.
Today, Jiangxi Bing Ge Song Cai Industrial Co., Ltd. (江西兵哥送菜实业有限公司) has established 38 branches across the country, with annual sales exceeding 2.8 billion yuan, becoming a leading enterprise in the industry.
"With the blood of soldiers flowing in my body, my life is always in a charging posture. A good life is achieved through hard work!" Chen Kunyuan (陈堃源) said, "Serving the country as a soldier and serving the people after retirement, within my capabilities, I want to help more veterans find the direction of their lives."
In 2021, he built the first veteran entrepreneurship incubation base in Jiangxi Province (江西省), providing veterans with entrepreneurial venues, entrepreneurial training, project guidance, policy consultation, etc. "Many veterans have been trained and exercised in the army, and have high comprehensive qualities, political awareness, hard work, and strong execution," Chen Kunyuan (陈堃源) said. In the past 5 years, the incubation base has provided free skills training to more than 5,000 veterans, helped 268 people successfully start businesses, driven more than 3,200 veterans and their families to achieve employment, and incubated 62 entrepreneurial entities.
On the "battlefield" of comprehensive rural revitalization, Chen Kunyuan (陈堃源) promoted the "order agriculture" model. Through the cooperation mode of "company + farmers", it helps more than 6,200 farmers sell more than 100,000 tons of agricultural products every year, and has cumulatively driven farmers to increase their income by more than 300 million yuan. It has successively helped farmers in Jinggangshan (井冈山), Suichuan (遂川), Ruijin (瑞金) in Jiangxi (江西), Liangshan (凉山) in Sichuan (四川), and Nujiang (怒江) in Yunnan (云南) sell agricultural products worth 48 million yuan.
From funding poor students to caring for lonely elderly people, from earthquake relief to poverty alleviation, Chen Kunyuan (陈堃源) and his "camouflage team" can be seen everywhere. Wu Sanxing (吴三兴), a retired veteran from Poyang County (鄱阳县), Shangrao City (上饶市), Jiangxi (江西), and his wife needed to take care of their son who was seriously ill. The vegetables grown at home had no channels to sell, and the family was in trouble. In desperation, they found Chen Kunyuan (陈堃源). Chen Kunyuan (陈堃源) immediately led the team to purchase Wu Sanxing's (吴三兴) unsalable vegetables. Later, Chen Kunyuan (陈堃源) also arranged for Wu Sanxing (吴三兴) to sort vegetables in the company, with a monthly income of four to five thousand yuan. After a period of observation, Chen Kunyuan (陈堃源) found that Wu Sanxing (吴三兴) was hardworking and had planting experience, so he gave funds, made plans, and rented land to let Wu Sanxing (吴三兴) return to his "old business".
Wu Sanxing (吴三兴), who used to worry about medical expenses, has now expanded the scale of his vegetable base to 160 mu, with an annual family income of more than 600,000 yuan. Looking at the new seedlings of Chinese cabbage and romaine lettuce sprouting in the base, he feels that life has new hope.
"You see, as long as people who have been soldiers don't lose their military character, they can achieve anything!" Chen Kunyuan (陈堃源) said.
Over the years, Chen Kunyuan (陈堃源) has actively participated in various social welfare activities, helping more than 190 households of veterans and their families in need, and has donated more than 10.8 million yuan in total. This year, Chen Kunyuan (陈堃源) won the 2025 China Youth May Fourth Medal.
"Serving the country as a soldier was my childhood dream. Although I have retired now, I must not forget the feelings and responsibilities of a soldier, I must not forget the friendship with my comrades, and I must not forget the oath to serve the people. I will continue to work hard with my comrades and make a career," Chen Kunyuan (陈堃源) said.
Return to TopBy: 伍 晞
"Why do people like this season?" Walking in the city park, appreciating the greenery around me, the question posed by my family filled me with thoughts.
May in the human world, early summer surpasses the misty spring. Trees, with clusters of new green, strive to stretch towards the sky, as if hinting at the answer.
What people like is "green."
When green silk ribbons and myriad flowers come into view, the seedling once planted, the seed once sown, take root, sprout, and grow, setting off a brocade of flowers. Planting trees to increase greenery, improving the ecology, everyone is a sower and a beneficiary.
Green is grown. The Taklamakan Desert (塔克拉玛干沙漠) wears a "green scarf," the Horqin Sandy Land (科尔沁沙地) is regaining its grassland scenery, and generations have successively conquered sandy seas... With a forest coverage rate exceeding 25%, contributing about 25% of the global increase in green area, the long-term expansion, promotion, and protection of greenery has brought fresh air and the sight of green when opening windows. The gentle breeze and warm sun not only green the south bank of the Yangtze River, but also pass the Yumen Pass (玉门关), greening the world, with all things thriving and a beautiful world.
What people like is "new."
With the gentle breeze, everything is new. Looking at the whole year from one season, focusing on the overall situation from a local perspective, the trend of moving towards newness and goodness is even more evident. China's development, under the guidance of the new development concept, is increasingly showing new vitality. Ceasing logging to cultivate a green area, and then generating wealth under the forest; cutting off one's arm to survive, closing and merging, traditional industries sprout new buds from old trees, and new energy and new material industries emerge; low-carbon wheat is on the table, buildings have learned to breathe, and homes have become intelligent... Innovation empowers, making a low-carbon lifestyle a fashion of the times.
Turning green, climbing higher, and acting intelligently are constantly spurring new ideas for development. The sky is bluer, the mountains are greener, and the water is clearer. Behind the changes in the land is a deep adjustment of the development structure. "This not only promotes environmental protection, but also enhances China's economic resilience," a foreign expert commented on China's green transformation, revealing the strategic significance of China making the first move. By responding to the uncertainty of external shocks with our own initiative and certainty, we have the strong confidence and resilience to fearlessly "move against the current."
What people like is "warmth."
The more difficulties encountered, the more necessary it is to break through the encirclement, and the more necessary it is to understand the meaning of spring birth and summer growth, and the alternation of the four seasons. For the Chinese people, spring contains recovery and hope; summer represents vitality and enthusiasm. The sprouting of grass and the probing of new buds between dead branches, every burst of life, is a reward for courage and a payment for dormancy.
"As Heaven maintains vigor through movement, a gentleman should constantly strive for self-improvement," following the unity of man and nature, the Chinese people have a spirit of knowing difficulties without fearing them, and climbing upwards with high spirits. If the heart faces the sun and is actively high-spirited, it can bloom with immense light. "When is there no difficulty? One by one, year after year, the Chinese nation has been like this for more than 5,000 years. The key to overcoming obstacles is to boost confidence."
From spring to summer, fragrant grass has not stopped, and all things are flourishing together. The time is right, with action as the priority, taking advantage of the time to promote newness. Stepping on the footsteps of the seasons and in harmony with the rhythm of the times, we are full of confidence and full of strength.
Return to TopOn May 10th, Manhua Manor (漫花庄园) in Chengdu (成都市), Sichuan Province (四川省), was adorned with a riot of flowers, attracting tourists to admire and photograph them.
Photo by Wen Rui (文 瑞) (China Photo)
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 王永战
When the flowers bloom, the lemons are fragrant.
Inside the workshop of Xinningle Fruit Industry Co., Ltd. (鑫柠乐果业有限公司) in Anyue County (安岳县), Sichuan Province (四川省), golden lemons are "seated" on the conveyor belt, falling into cartons in turn, and then being packaged and loaded onto trucks.
"This batch of lemons will be shipped to countries and regions such as Kazakhstan (哈萨克斯坦) and Saudi Arabia (沙特阿拉伯) one after another," said Jiang Xiong (蒋雄), the person in charge of the company. "In 2024, we sold 17,000 tons of lemons, of which the self-operated export value was 20 million yuan."
In July 2023, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out during his inspection in Sichuan (四川): "In terms of industrial development, rural construction, and rural governance, we should focus on a few things that the masses strongly reflect, can be grasped, and can achieve results in a few years, concentrate resources, accelerate breakthroughs, and form landmark achievements."
Anyue County (安岳县) is located in the central part of the Sichuan Basin (四川盆地), with a humid and warm climate suitable for lemon growth. To thoroughly implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important instructions, Anyue County (安岳县) has been making all-out efforts from planting and processing to sales, and continues to build a complete lemon industry chain to help increase the income of the masses.
To grow lemons well, modern agricultural technology empowers.
Drip irrigation and spraying, water mist is diffused. In Tongxian Town (通贤镇), Anyue County (安岳县), in the orchard of Chunlai Runze Lemon Professional Cooperative (春来润泽柠檬专业合作社), field management methods are constantly being updated.
"Last year, we used drones to spray pesticides and transport fruits," said Wu Jianming (吴建明), the head of the cooperative who has been planting lemons for more than ten years, who has new plans this year. "Upgrade the drip irrigation equipment, and when the time comes, just click lightly on the mobile phone, and the drip irrigation equipment can run automatically."
Space breeding, greenhouse cultivation, comprehensive prevention and control... Anyue County (安岳县) continues to introduce and absorb cutting-edge agricultural technologies, giving wings of science and technology to the development of the lemon industry. At present, the county's lemon planting scale and output account for more than 70% of the country's total.
Make good use of lemons to improve the added value of the industry.
According to the size of the lemons and whether they have defects, the intelligent production line divides the fruits into different grades, and then distributes them into the packaging link. "Through intelligent grading and sales, lemons can meet the needs of different customers," Jiang Xiong (蒋雄) introduced the six-channel lemon screening and sorting equipment.
Intensive processing was once a shortcoming of Anyue County's (安岳县) lemon industry. The local government vigorously attracts lemon processing enterprises to develop dozens of products such as juice, fruit wine, fruit vinegar, and cosmetics, and continuously extend the industrial chain. Up to now, the county has more than 500 lemon processing and sales enterprises, of which 29 are registered enterprises with foreign trade export management rights for lemons.
If you want lemons to sell well, the brand must be well-known.
In January of this year, Jiang Xiong (蒋雄) was more confident in exporting lemons after obtaining the certification certificate issued by the China Quality Certification Center (中国质量认证中心): "We have obtained a number of international authoritative certifications."
To promote the lemon industry to a broader market, Anyue County (安岳县) actively connects domestic and foreign resources and does a good job in the "Anyue Lemon (安岳柠檬)" brand article. Since 2019, Anyue County (安岳县) has continuously held five World Lemon Industry Development Conferences, attracting global lemon industry resources. Anyue County (安岳县) also took the lead in formulating a number of standards, including national and industry standards for lemons, and encouraged enterprises to strive for international quality system certification.
"We cooperate with the customs department to promote the pre-positioning of planting base registration, pesticide residue monitoring and other work to ensure the quality and safety of exported fruits," said Tian Jinghua (田景华), executive deputy director of the Management Committee of Anyue County Modern Agriculture Industrial Park (安岳县现代农业产业园管理委员会).
A lemon is sold farther and farther away. In 2024, the self-operated export value of Anyue County (安岳县) lemons was nearly 180 million yuan, which were exported to more than 30 countries and regions.
Return to TopThe People's Daily, Beijing, May 11th (Reporter Wu Qiuyu (吴秋余)) To expand the supply of service consumption and boost the demand for service consumption, the People's Bank of China (中国人民银行) issued a notice on matters related to the establishment of service consumption and elderly care re-lending on the 9th, establishing a 500 billion yuan service consumption and elderly care re-lending, to encourage and guide financial institutions to increase financial support for key areas of service consumption such as accommodation and catering, culture, sports and entertainment, education, and the elderly care industry.
The service consumption and elderly care re-lending has a quota of 500 billion yuan, an annual interest rate of 1.5%, a term of 1 year, and can be extended twice, with a maximum usage period of no more than 3 years. The distribution targets include 21 national financial institutions such as the China Development Bank (国家开发银行), policy banks, state-owned commercial banks, the Postal Savings Bank of China (中国邮政储蓄银行), and joint-stock commercial banks, as well as 5 city commercial banks belonging to systemically important financial institutions such as the Bank of Beijing (北京银行), the Bank of Shanghai (上海银行), the Bank of Jiangsu (江苏银行), the Bank of Nanjing (南京银行), and the Bank of Ningbo (宁波银行). The policy will be implemented until the end of 2027.
According to reports, the 26 financial institutions can independently decide whether to issue loans and the conditions for issuing loans. For loans that meet the policy support areas, the 26 financial institutions can apply to the People's Bank of China (中国人民银行) for re-lending on a quarterly basis at 100% of the loan principal.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 李中文 刘军国
From Game Science, the creator of the phenomenal game "Black Myth: Wukong," to Unitree Robotics, the developer of the Yangko-dancing robot, and DeepSeek, the breakout artificial intelligence company... since last year, Zhejiang's private enterprises have been accumulating strength and making stunning appearances.
Private economy, the vital force for advancing Chinese-style modernization, an important foundation for high-quality development, and a distinctive feature and prominent advantage of Zhejiang's economy. As of the end of 2024, the total number of registered private enterprises in Zhejiang was 3,505,300, accounting for 92.06% of the total number of business entities. In the 2024 China Top 500 Private Enterprises and other lists, the number of Zhejiang private enterprises on the list ranks among the top in the country.
During his work in Zhejiang, Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) tailored the "Eight-Eight Strategy" (八八战略) as the general program and strategy for Zhejiang. The first of these is to further leverage Zhejiang's institutional advantages, vigorously promote the common development of various ownership economies with public ownership as the mainstay, and continuously improve the socialist market economic system.
In September 2023, when General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) inspected Zhejiang, he pointed out: "Adhere to the 'two unwavering' and 'three unchanged,' encourage and support private enterprises to actively participate in the global division of labor and resource allocation, and enhance core competitiveness." During this year's National People's Congress and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (Two Sessions), General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized: "It is necessary to fully implement the spirit of the symposium on private enterprises, treat all ownership enterprises equally, and continuously optimize the business environment."
Sincerely regarding private enterprises and private entrepreneurs as their own people, Zhejiang encourages and supports private enterprises to actively participate in the global division of labor and resource allocation, enhance core competitiveness, and continue to polish the "golden name card" of the private economy.
Worry-free services, undisturbed operations, creating a good environment and providing more opportunities.
In Changxing County (长兴县), Huzhou City (湖州市), the production plan of Zhejiang Rongxing New Material Technology Co., Ltd. is fully packed. Their domestically produced high-performance "zirconium lip brick," developed over three years, surpasses international similar products in several key indicators.
"With worry-free services for enterprises and undisturbed operations from the government, we can concentrate resources and focus on our main business," said Bian Zhongjing (卞忠景), the company's production manager.
This is a vivid footnote to Zhejiang's commitment to creating a good environment for the development of the private economy.
The rule of law is the best business environment. Zhejiang provides legal guarantees from fully respecting entrepreneurs, protecting entrepreneurs in accordance with the law, and providing precise services to entrepreneurs. "The construction of the rule of law can better help entrepreneurs solve difficulties and strengthen their confidence," said the relevant person in charge of the Finance and Economics Committee of the Zhejiang Provincial People's Congress.
This year, Zhejiang will implement the "Regulations on Optimizing the Business Environment in Zhejiang Province" (浙江省优化营商环境条例), deepen the integrated reform of "Two Healths" (两个健康), implement the "Several Measures to Promote the High-Quality Development of the Private Economy in Zhejiang Province" (浙江省促进民营经济高质量发展若干措施) in detail, promote the precise implementation of measures such as "3 70%" and "7 prohibitions" (3个70% and 7个不准), carry out special actions to regulate law enforcement involving enterprises, and effectively safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of private enterprises and private entrepreneurs.
Give full play to the leverage effect of economic policies, maximizing the transformation of policy dividends into development momentum.
At the end of January this year, Zhejiang released the 2025 provincial economic policy system. Among them, there are many practical benefits for the private economy.
Focusing on small and medium-sized enterprises, it will add about 400 billion yuan of non-principal renewal loans, and cultivate 1,000 new specialized and innovative small and medium-sized enterprises and 300 specialized and innovative "little giant" enterprises; boost private investment, strive to increase the proportion of provincial "4+1" special funds, new land use and existing land use, and new energy consumption and other factors invested in private investment projects to "three 80%", and launch a number of high-quality projects in the energy and transportation fields to attract private investment, and the proportion of private capital participation in nuclear power and offshore wind power projects shall not be less than 10%.
Zhou Xiangjun (周向军), Secretary of the Party Leadership Group of the Zhejiang Provincial Department of Commerce, said that it is necessary to promote departmental linkage and close coordination with policy consistency, and everything revolves around enterprises and the masses.
With strong policies, there are more opportunities. This year, Zhejiang will actively participate in the construction of a unified national market, accelerate the removal of market access barriers, improve the long-term mechanism for private enterprises to participate in major project construction, strengthen strategic coordination between state-owned and private enterprises, and allow private capital to enter, develop, and make achievements.
Building platforms, gathering elements, and stimulating the innovation and creativity of private enterprises.
Last year, the pre-spinning products developed by Transfar Chemicals broke the pattern of long-term use of imported oil agents by domestic spinning giants, adding strong momentum to the independent control and high-quality development of China's chemical fiber industry.
"We insist on a technological investment with an annual compound growth rate of no less than 50%, establish a three-level scientific and technological talent team of 'researchers, engineers, and scientists,' and increase original and breakthrough innovation capabilities," said Xu Guanjun (徐冠巨), chairman of Transfar Group.
Technological innovation and high-quality development are the keys to the continuous growth and invincibility of enterprises, and private enterprises can achieve great things in this regard. According to statistics, private enterprises in China contribute more than 70% of technological innovation achievements, accounting for more than 80% of national-level specialized and innovative "little giant" enterprises.
This year, Zhejiang will strive to deepen the integration of technological innovation and industrial innovation, promote integrated innovation of industry, academia, research, and application led by enterprises, project-based, and market-demand-oriented, and improve the pairing and cooperation mechanism of "universities + platforms + enterprises + industrial chains."
Previously, the Westlake Laboratory (Zhejiang Provincial Laboratory of Data Science and Application) released a number of innovative achievements at its annual conference, covering multiple fields such as AI multi-cancer early screening.
As the only provincial laboratory in Zhejiang undertaken by private enterprises, Westlake Laboratory continuously transforms cutting-edge innovative achievements into productivity through industry-university-research cooperation.
Zhejiang continues to increase investment in science and technology, and has completed the layout of the "Double Ten Platform" (双十平台) (10 provincial laboratories and 10 provincial technology innovation centers). As of now, the Double Ten Platform has cumulatively served 41 science and technology parks and 141 enterprises, signed 606 technology transfer and other contracts with an actual amount of 762 million yuan, and incubated and established 83 enterprises with social financing exceeding 2 billion yuan.
Gao Yingzhong (高鹰忠), Director of the Zhejiang Provincial Department of Science and Technology, said that Zhejiang will implement the action of enhancing the energy level of high-level science and technology innovation platforms, strengthen the connection of industrial needs, open up channels for the transformation of achievements, and promote the pairing of science and technology innovation platforms with universities, enterprises, and industrial chains.
In multiple fields such as artificial intelligence, quantum information, and humanoid robots, Zhejiang private enterprises are showing abundant innovation vitality. The "Six Little Dragons" (六小龙) of Hangzhou (杭州), represented by innovative enterprises such as DeepSeek and Unitree Robotics, have attracted high attention at home and abroad. At present, Zhejiang is continuously exerting efforts in policy environment, basic elements, and major projects, striving to build an innovation highland for the development of artificial intelligence in the country.
Unblocking channels, expanding opening up, and promoting the leap from "product going abroad" to "globalization of the value chain."
A group of young people are concentrating on the computer screen, and the sound of keyboards and mouse clicks around them rises and falls... In Yiwu City (义乌市) Cujia Trading Co., Ltd., every face is filled with the urgency of time.
"Our warehousing area around the world is nearly 40,000 square meters, and we have opened our own cross-border independent stations in some countries. Currently, more than 1.2 million small and medium-sized sellers have registered, of which more than 90% are overseas sellers," said Tu Hongming (涂宏名), general manager of the company. He expects that sales this year are expected to exceed 1.5 billion yuan.
Private enterprises are the main force of Zhejiang's foreign trade. In 2024, Zhejiang's import and export scale exceeded 5 trillion yuan for the first time, and its share of the country reached a new level of 12.0%; the number of private enterprises with export performance exceeded 100,000 for the first time, with an export growth of 10.0%.
Focusing on diversified market development, foreign trade structure optimization, and the needs of foreign trade enterprises, Zhejiang will strive to play a combination of "stabilizing, expanding, adjusting, and optimizing" this year, deepen the "Thousand Groups and Ten Thousand Enterprises" (千团万企) action to expand the market and increase orders, fully explore diversified international markets, accelerate the development of new foreign trade formats such as cross-border e-commerce, iterate and upgrade policy support and service guarantees, and guide enterprises to enhance product innovation capabilities.
Zhu Jun (朱军), chief economist of the Zhejiang Provincial Department of Commerce, introduced that more than 1,000 groups and 10,000 enterprises will be organized throughout the year to go abroad to expand the market and increase orders, and more than 100 key exhibitions will be supported.
Unblock new "going abroad" links and seize new opportunities for overseas trade.
Zhejiang Jinchen Curtain Fabric Co., Ltd., located in the Qianqing Textile and Garment Industry Cluster Area (钱清纺织服装产业集聚区) of Keqiao District (柯桥区), Shaoxing City (绍兴市), has registered trademarks in some countries and owns a number of product design patents with independent intellectual property rights.
"Last year, the company's cross-border sales reached 80 million US dollars, an increase of 25% year-on-year," said Yang Wei (杨卫), general manager of Jinchen Curtain Fabric, full of energy. "We will make full use of the domestic and international markets this year to explore a broader space for development."
Taking the landing of the Zhoushan (舟山) bulk commodity resource allocation hub and the approval of the Yiwu (义乌) deepening national trade comprehensive reform plan as an opportunity, Zhejiang will focus on doing a good job in "three major things": platform upgrading, hub strengthening, and model innovation, and continue to unblock the domestic and international markets.
"Always focus on the primary task of high-quality development, strive to build a modern industrial system with Zhejiang characteristics, promote high-level opening up to the outside world, build a high-energy-level open and strong province, accelerate the implementation of major reforms, vigorously promote the high-quality development of the private economy, continuously enhance development momentum and vitality, and continue to consolidate the stable and positive economic situation," said the main person in charge of the Zhejiang Provincial Party Committee.
Return to TopAccording to a report from Beijing on May 11th in this newspaper (Reporter Wu Dan (吴丹)), the reporter learned from the Ministry of Education (教育部): The National Smart Education Platform has exceeded 164 million registered users, with 61.3 billion views. Users cover more than 220 countries and regions, making it the world's largest digital center and platform for educational resources. It has also won the UNESCO Prize for ICT in Education.
A press conference was recently held by the Ministry of Education (教育部) to introduce the 2025 World Digital Education Conference. The 2025 World Digital Education Conference will be held in Wuhan (武汉), Hubei (湖北) from May 14th to 16th, consisting of four parts: the opening ceremony, plenary meeting, parallel sessions, and closing ceremony. School visits will be arranged before the conference, and a global digital education achievement exhibition will be held at the same time to build an immersive online and offline viewing experience.
According to reports, the theme of this conference is "Education Development and Change: The Age of Intelligence." Five digital education achievements will be released: First, the "China Smart Education White Paper" will be released, and the "National Education Digitalization Strategic Action 2.0" will be launched. Second, the "Initiative on Building an International Digital Education Standard System Framework" and the "Education Large Model Overall Reference Framework" alliance standards will be released. Third, the Global Digital Education Development Index 2025 will be released. Fourth, the top ten global hotspots in digital education research will be released. Fifth, the "Wuhan (武汉) Initiative for Digital Education Cooperation" will be released.
Return to TopBy: 李洪兴
The gradient transfer of industries brings new growth to the receiving areas and frees up more space for the transferring areas.
The gradient transformation of development helps to form new regional growth poles. Even in the face of external uncertainties, we have sufficient coping capabilities and resilience.
Not long ago, I saw a map of China in a bookstore, and the phrase "the terrain is high in the west and low in the east, distributed in a stepped manner" naturally came to mind. The stepped terrain has an impact on climate, hydrology, economy, and other aspects. For example, the eastward flow of large rivers forms a large drop, generating huge hydropower resources. This not only provides water transport support for east-west interconnection but also supplies clean energy for economic development.
Stepping outside of geography and looking at the overall development situation, "gradient" is also an important perspective for observation.
Industrial upgrading and gradient cultivation provide an important path. How does an ordinary workshop become a smart factory? Basic level, advanced level, excellent level, and leading level, step by step, provide companies that want to upgrade but don't know how with "growth coordinates."
Regional coordination and gradient transfer contain huge potential. Regional development imbalance is a normal phenomenon. Differences will form a "gradient difference," which contains comparative advantages and space for cooperation, depending on whether the potential energy in the "level difference" can be transformed into the kinetic energy of high-quality development.
Cross-border trade and gradient opening are effective methods. China's opening up is diverse and multi-layered in terms of space and fields. For example, we took the lead in releasing and implementing a negative list for cross-border service trade in the Hainan Free Trade Port (海南自贸港). After more than two years of exploration and practice, we released two negative lists applicable to the entire country and free trade pilot zones. Gradual expansion and increasing intensity bring more opportunities for win-win cooperation to all parties.
These "gradients" to a certain extent demonstrate the depth of development, which is the room for maneuver and potential space for the Chinese economy to always maintain resilience.
Why is there such firm belief? Taking "orderly gradient transfer of industries within the country" as an example, improving this cooperation mechanism is an important reform task deployed in the "Decision" of the Third Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (党的二十届三中全会), and is an important aspect of promoting high-quality economic development, which contains new growth possibilities.
Changning (常宁), Hunan (湖南), in the workshop of a textile industry base, the laser of the automatic cutting bed cuts through the fabric, and jeans of various styles are waiting for logistics packaging. It has undertaken the denim apparel industry in Zengcheng (增城), Guangzhou (广州), Guangdong (广东), and is also committed to building a full-industry chain textile and apparel industry cluster. What about the industry transfer-out area? Shein (希音), a leading cross-border e-commerce company, will build the largest supply chain headquarters in the Greater Bay Area (大湾区) in Zengcheng (增城), with a total investment of 10 billion yuan. The gradient transfer of industries brings new growth to the receiving areas and frees up more space for the transferring areas.
The reason why industries can be transferred and can cooperate is due to strategic considerations. When some countries promote the return of high-end manufacturing and some countries compete for low-end industries, the orderly transfer of industries in China's eastern coastal areas to the inland is not only urgent but also feasible. For example, regions like Hunan (湖南) have a solid industrial base and are located at the "intersection" of the Yangtze River Economic Belt (长江经济带) and the Rise of Central China strategy (中部崛起战略). It is both the "inland of the coast" and the "frontier of the inland." By leveraging comprehensive advantages, it can activate the kinetic energy originally in the "gradient difference." The gradient transformation of development helps to form new regional growth poles. Even in the face of external uncertainties, we have sufficient coping capabilities and resilience.
Turning pressure into motivation and turning potential difference into kinetic energy is an important method for promoting development. Today, a dialectical observation of the high and low "gradients" in various fields reveals full potential. For example, population aging not only increases the burden of elderly care but also brings about more intelligent, age-appropriate, and healthy new types of consumption, and the "silver economy" has great potential. Another example is the increasingly popular county-level consumption, which is by no means a superficial "consumption downgrade" but a multi-layered market that is constantly expanding in the integration of urban and rural development. It is said that China has a super-large-scale market, which not only refers to the advantage in quantity but also promotes the full flow of various resource elements in terms of gradient and structure. It is precisely this advantage that largely gives the Chinese economy a stronger ability to resist risks. Whether it is high-quality development or participation in international competition, it has a more stable foundation and more sufficient potential.
Climbing high has "ladders," which is the ladder of gradient and also the ladder of a ladder. We need to work together to build and secure such "ladders," especially to truly form a unified national market and help further activate market capacity and efficiently gather various elements. Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "China's economic foundation is stable, has many advantages, is resilient, and has great potential. The supporting conditions and basic trends for long-term improvement have not changed." Anchoring the goal and moving forward, running without fear of wind and rain, the road ahead for development will become wider and wider.
Return to TopBy: 齐 骥
The core value of historical relics and cultural heritage lies in using objects to verify history and using objects to narrate history. Explanation services are not simply knowledge services, but to a large extent bear the important responsibility of strengthening historical memory and inheriting excellent culture.
In recent years, with the "museum craze," explanation services have become a hot spot in cultural tourism consumption. During the "May Day" holiday, many tourists made reservations for formal explanation services in advance, in order to gain more historical and cultural knowledge while enjoying the scenery. However, whether in the offline tourism market or on online short video platforms, there are many "fake, vulgar, and chaotic" explanation contents, which are quite repulsive to tourists and audiences.
For example, in some cultural heritage scenic spots and museums, some explanations are exaggerated and obsequious, and even fabricated; on short video platforms, some people conduct sensational and vulgar wild history live broadcasts, degrading cultural heritage into entertainment consumer goods and turning historical stories into sensational gimmicks. Such practices not only fail to explain the value of historical relics and cultural heritage, but also undermine the seriousness of history, seriously misleading the public's historical outlook and values, and urgently need to be strengthened in governance and rectified.
The core value of historical relics and cultural heritage lies in using objects to verify history and using objects to narrate history.
Museum explanation services based on cultural relics are different from other entertainment services and should focus on revealing their historical background, cultural connotation, and aesthetic value, transforming static landscapes into understandable knowledge systems and helping tourists enhance the depth of their visits. "Fake, vulgar, and chaotic" explanations are neither realistic nor lack the spirit of historical materialism. At the same time, they are vulgar and obsequious, allowing people's understanding of history and culture to remain in superficial and absurd false stories, deviating from the original intention of "letting cultural relics speak" and making the "museum craze" mixed with an impetuous atmosphere without connotation.
Explanation services have both economic and cultural attributes. The cultural attributes of cultivating people with culture, educating people with culture, uniting people with culture, and revitalizing industries with culture are the foundation. Without the foundation, the industry will be difficult to strengthen.
For this reason, explanation services should focus on putting social and cultural benefits first. Some explainers fabricate unverified wild histories, simplify and utilitarianize historical figures, and even use vulgar plots to attract traffic and profit from them. This kind of gimmick-style explanation vulgarizes and profitizes the solemn inheritance of civilization, and unconsciously cuts off the spiritual connection between the public and traditional culture, and should be regulated and governed according to law.
As "gatekeepers," cultural and museum venues and scenic spots should strengthen the main responsibility of supervision.
Explanation services are not simply knowledge services, but to a large extent bear the important responsibility of strengthening historical memory and inheriting excellent culture. The explanation of history and culture is not a "casual talk" of 信口开河 (xìn kǒu kāi hé - "open mouth, burst river," to speak carelessly or at random), but a "passing on the torch" of 以史为镜 (yǐ shǐ wéi jìng - "take history as a mirror," to learn from history). As the first scene of cultural communication, cultural and museum venues and scenic spots should optimize the access and evaluation system of explanations, build a dual mechanism of "technical firewall + humanistic filter network," and use the scale of the system and the rope of supervision to build a protective fence of "historical truth."
Explainers should strive to transform into "torchbearers," upgrading the past knowledge transportation model to an aesthetic education leadership model.
The content of the explanation should not simply pile up historical materials, but should do more "modern translation" of the long-standing history and culture. The explainer should hold the "pen of cultural context," and use the knowledge of historians and the eyes of poets to draw a long scroll of aesthetic education in the historical texture. Aesthetic education explanation needs to be supported by professional and profound knowledge literacy, precisely because it is not easy, so it is more worthy and more in need of long-term persistence and unremitting efforts.
The inheritance and dissemination of historical culture is essentially a dialogue across time and space. Safeguarding the cultural foundation, abandoning utilitarian impetuosity, guarding the historical bottom line with institutional rigidity, and activating the cultural texture with humanistic temperature can make cultural and museum explanations and scenic spot explanations a link connecting the past and the present, and make the "museum craze" a vivid footnote that highlights cultural confidence and demonstrates cultural self-improvement. When tourists are no longer satisfied with "listening to jokes and taking photos," cultural relics can be transformed from "window specimens" into "spiritual homelands."
Let the explanation speak for the culture, and let the tourists stop for the civilization. Only in this way can the "museum craze" precipitate cultural confidence and radiate cultural self-improvement.
Return to TopNot long ago, the Healthy Weight Management Action, the Healthy Village Construction Action, and the Traditional Chinese Medicine Health Promotion Action were incorporated into the Healthy China Action. The three newly added actions promote the Patriotic Health Campaign to further shift from environmental health governance to comprehensive social health management, which is conducive to guiding the concept of health to better integrate into all walks of life and into the daily life of the masses.
This is precisely:
The spring breeze and rain transform into a good prescription,
Using Qihuang to nourish the people.
A tide is moving in villages and alleys,
Movement and stillness, opening and closing, ensure health and well-being.
Xu Zhiwen (徐之文)
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Wei Yunpei (卫云培), Who Obtained a Credit Repair Certificate
[Story] Due to an unexpected break in the capital chain, Wei Yunpei (卫云培), a "construction foreman" working hard in Wuxi (无锡), Jiangsu (江苏), owed more than 300,000 yuan in external debt. In 2018, he was sued by two fellow workers and placed on the list of dishonest persons subject to enforcement. Facing the double blow of huge debts and a collapse of credit, he did not run away. Instead, he and his wife set up a stall in the farmers' market to earn money and repay the debts. With the support of the "quasi-personal bankruptcy system" of the Xishan District People's Court (锡山区人民法院), he completed the repayment plan on time and successfully passed the two-year credit test period. Not long ago, the court issued him a credit repair certificate, declaring that this former "dishonest person" had regained his credit.
[Commentary]
Getting up early and working late, working all year round without a break, keeping only the most basic living expenses... Wei Yunpei (卫云培) persisted in this kind of life for 7 years, repaying all the debts of more than 300,000 yuan in a 愚公移山 (yú gōng yí shān - "the foolish old man removes the mountain," to show determination and perseverance in the face of seemingly impossible tasks) manner. Wei Yunpei (卫云培) was unfortunate, with a broken capital chain, burdened with debt, and a collapse of credit, each step was enough to make him despondent. But he did not give up hope, nor did he evade responsibility, but chose a simple and difficult path: setting up a stall to earn money and repay the debt, penny by penny. In seven years, Wei Yunpei (卫云培) used this almost "foolish" persistence to give a vivid interpretation of the word "integrity."
When cracks appear in life, good laws and governance become the ray of light that mends the cracks. According to the pilot personal bankruptcy system, the local court determined that Wei Yunpei (卫云培) met the "honest but unfortunate" principle. With the unanimous agreement of all creditors, the court not only exempted him from part of his debt, but also exempted assets such as vans that originally needed to be forcibly executed, so that he could continue to use them for purchasing goods and operating his business and for daily living. Reducing the burden, injecting confidence, and retaining tools, the bottom-line support of good laws and governance helps bankrupt individuals return to normal life more quickly.
Nowadays, in our lives, cases like Wei Yunpei (卫云培), who rebuilt their credit with their own hands, are not uncommon: some have paid off their debts by delivering food for five years, some have gradually repaid their debts by contracting fish ponds, and some have regained the trust of creditors by working as代驾 (dài jià - designated driver)... These cases jointly outline a struggle picture of "self-salvation with integrity," and also fully demonstrate the practical value of the credit repair system from one aspect.
The collapse of credit may only take a moment, but rebuilding it requires a long period of persistence. A more complete credit repair system can pave the way for this arduous journey. Not long ago, the "Opinions on Improving the Social Credit System" was issued, making arrangements for improving the credit repair system, emphasizing the need to "establish and improve a unified, standardized, coordinated, shared, scientific and efficient credit repair system, and encourage dishonest entities to actively correct dishonest behavior." The "Opinions on Promoting the High-Quality Development of Social Credit System Construction and Promoting the Formation of a New Development Pattern," issued in 2022, also clearly proposed to establish and improve systems such as credit incentives and punishments and credit repair. When legal sanctions and moral consciousness form a joint force, and when society gives more support to credit repair, more "honest but unfortunate" people can usher in a new life from "bankruptcy" to "breaking out of the cocoon."
It should also be noted that the personal bankruptcy system creates opportunities for debtors who perform their contracts in good faith to start over. The reason why Wei Yunpei (卫云培) received legal support and creditor understanding lies in his years of fulfilling his promises day after day. To make credit repair smoother, it is also necessary to strengthen the principle of "hierarchical and classified management," distinguish the boundaries between "malicious dishonesty" and "non-malicious dishonesty," and strictly identify the facts of "honest but unfortunate." Only when the system has both strength and warmth can credit repair become a key to inspiring people to do good, and the social credit system can become more solid.
In January of this year, Wei Yunpei (卫云培) returned the last payment, "The burden is gone, and I feel relaxed all over!" He has already begun planning a new life: taking out a loan to open a shop and saving some money for his children. As of now, more than 30 local courts across the country have accepted personal bankruptcy cases, with a cumulative debt exemption of more than 1.3 billion yuan. The implementation of this institutional innovation of credit repair is conducive to helping debtors who perform their contracts in good faith to re-enter social and economic activities and create social wealth, and is also of great benefit to creating a social atmosphere that encourages innovation and tolerates failure. When the law can both draw a bottom line and provide a way out, the soil of social integrity will become more and more fertile.
Return to TopHigh-value internet-famous bookstores should not deviate from the right track
Wang Junrong (王军荣)
Spaces with a strong sense of design, decorations full of artistic flair, and multiple functions such as cafes, bistro, cultural and creative shops, and board game bars... Nowadays, high-value internet-famous bookstores are constantly emerging. However, many internet-famous bookstores have become purely places to check in, with customers "reading for two minutes and taking photos for two hours," visiting bookstores only to take photos, not to read.
In a bookstore, books and readers are the protagonists, reading is the most important thing, and providing a background for taking photos is by no means the mission of a bookstore. A bookstore is a "special space" for readers and authors to have a dialogue across time and space, and it is also a hall for readers to immerse themselves in reading and pursue knowledge. The positioning and boundaries of a bookstore should not only be clearly imprinted in the minds of bookstore operators, but also shine into the hearts of the public.
Admittedly, it is understandable for bookstores to incorporate internet-famous elements: on the one hand, taking photos can play a promotional role and attract more people to visit; on the other hand, providing readers with a more comfortable and attractive reading place, and realizing the organic combination and deep integration of reading and life, is also an innovative attempt that meets realistic needs. The key is not to **本末倒置** (běn mò dào zhì - "invert the root and the branch," to put the unimportant things before the important).
In reality, some bookstores use "decorative books" to fill bookshelves in order to save costs; and some bookstores allow cultural and creative products and catering consumption to dominate, while books are reduced to decorations and backdrops. The practice of one-sidedly and excessively pursuing the internet-famous effect not only dilutes the reading atmosphere of the bookstore, but also makes the bookstore lose its value.
Some internet-famous bookstores deviate from the reading track, which has certain negative effects. Bookstores without high-quality books lack core competitiveness, making it difficult to retain loyal readers, and may eventually fall into operational difficulties. Moreover, for people who really want to read, it is difficult to calm down and focus on reading when walking into a bookstore full of photographers, and the quality and depth of reading are greatly reduced. Over time, they will definitely stay away from internet-famous bookstores.
It is a good thing for bookstores to become "internet-famous check-in places," but everything has its limits. Bookstore operators should make it clear that reading is the core of the bookstore, pay attention to the reading experience of readers in space design, highlight the protagonist status of books, attract readers to participate through various reading activities, and do their best to create a strong reading atmosphere. When readers enter a bookstore, they should also pay more attention to reading and fully enjoy the fun of reading.
(Excerpted from *China Education Daily*, originally titled *Internet-Famous Bookstores Should Not Deviate from the Reading Track*)
"Read and Reply Randomly" Will Chill the Hearts of the Masses
Wang Ruilin (王瑞琳)
A citizen reported the problems existing in the local poetry conference to the mayor's mailbox, but the reply received was about "arrears of construction funds." Not long ago, a citizen posted his experience online, which aroused widespread attention. At present, the local government has issued a situation report and held the relevant responsible persons accountable in accordance with regulations.
The mayor's mailbox is an important channel for the government to closely contact the masses and collect their opinions and suggestions. The reply of Zhang Guan Li Dai (张冠李戴) style reveals that the staff are perfunctory and make the work a mere formality. At the same time, there are also loopholes in the internal supervision and review mechanism. All of this is a concrete manifestation of unrealistic work style.
To test the work style, the key is to see whether the service for the people is practical or not. This "practical" word should be reflected in the attitude of bending down and conducting serious research, and should be reflected in the actions of not shirking responsibility, not being perfunctory, and not procrastinating. Only by facing the doubts of the masses frankly can we improve the problems existing in the work; only by effectively solving the demands of the masses can we establish the credibility of the government.
"Read and reply randomly" sounds an alarm. For the local government, accountability is not the end, but also an opportunity to effectively rectify relevant work processes. It is necessary to improve the working mechanism, from the receipt of letters, the handling of problems to the rectification and reply, each link must clarify responsibilities, strengthen review, and prevent similar low-level errors from happening again. At the same time, it is also necessary to effectively strengthen the construction of work style, and ensure that leading cadres and staff keep in mind that "the affairs of the masses are no small matter."
In recent years, many places have launched government optimization mechanisms such as the mayor's mailbox and the county head's hotline. Overall, "read and reply randomly" is an isolated case, and "read carefully and reply in detail" is the mainstream. How to continue to give full play to the coordination and communication role of this type of mechanism is worthy of serious consideration by all localities. Implementing the construction of work style in every detail of the work, and responding to the expectations of the masses with concrete actions, will surely allow the masses to see the government's responsibility and sincerity, and feel the warmth of the government's service to the people.
(Excerpted from *Chongqing Daily*, originally titled *Mayor's Mailbox "Read and Reply Randomly" Reflects an Unrealistic Work Style*)
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Return to TopBy: 本报记者 张 驰
Tasting new coffee products in small ancient town shops, experiencing fresh bean picking at coffee plantations... A gentle breeze brings the aroma of coffee. Traveling to Yunnan (云南) to experience and explore coffee culture has become a must-do.
When General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) inspected Yunnan (云南), he pointed out that "Yunnan (云南) coffee still represents China." Yunnan (云南) accounts for more than 98% of the country's coffee planting area and output. In 2024, exports reached 32,500 tons, and a complete coffee industry chain has been formed, from planting and processing to experiencing and consumption. Behind the prosperity of the industry is the cultivation of germplasm resources. Recently, reporters from this newspaper visited the Dehong Tropical Agricultural Science Research Institute (德宏热带农业科学研究所) in Yunnan Province (云南省) to record the vivid stories of researchers selecting and breeding fine coffee varieties, innovating field management, and connecting with technical needs.
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"What is it like to drink coffee in a plateau coffee shop at an altitude of 1,650 meters?" Recently, the Qiubai Manor (秋珀庄园) coffee base in Cangyuan Va Autonomous County (沧源佤族自治县), Lincang (临沧), Yunnan (云南), has attracted many young tourists to check in.
Inside the base, coffee trees are full of small white flowers; in the coffee shop, tourists are focusing on hand-grinding and brewing coffee produced by Qiubai Manor (秋珀庄园). "What we are drinking is a local Yunnan (云南) coffee variety called the 'Dere' series. How does it taste?" Sai Min (赛敏), the person in charge of the manor, greeted the tourists while introducing.
"From 'seed' to 'cup', tourists can learn about the entire process of coffee production," Sai Min (赛敏) said. "Yunnan (云南) coffee is becoming more and more famous, and our manor is also developing by taking advantage of the trend. Speaking of which, all of this is inseparable from the efforts of the researchers at the Dehong Tropical Crops Research Institute (德宏热作所)."
The "Dehong Tropical Crops Research Institute (德宏热作所)" that Sai Min (赛敏) mentioned is the Dehong Tropical Agricultural Science Research Institute (云南省德宏热带农业科学研究所) in Ruili (瑞丽), Yunnan (云南). The Dehong Tropical Crops Research Institute (德宏热作所) has the richest coffee resource and the largest number of coffee germplasm resources in China. Since the 1960s, generations of coffee researchers have made continuous efforts to select and develop excellent coffee varieties, and have cumulatively promoted the planting of millions of acres in Yunnan (云南), using technological research and development and innovation to help Yunnan (云南) coffee become popular.
Breeding
Collect 952 copies of coffee germplasm resources of 10 species, and cultivate 14 varieties of the "Dere" series
Walking into the germplasm resource nursery of the Dehong Tropical Crops Research Institute (德宏热作所), from the common Arabica, Excelsa, and Liberica coffee, to the niche and small Charrier coffee and Stenophylla coffee, it is a lush green.
The Dehong Tropical Crops Research Institute (德宏热作所) began collecting and preserving coffee germplasm in 1967. Currently, it has collected 952 copies of coffee germplasm resources of 10 species, covering more than 200 varieties of materials. "The richer the research resources we accumulate, the more possibilities there will be for future innovation," said Li Jinhong (李锦红), deputy director of the Dehong Tropical Crops Research Institute (德宏热作所). This is the "family property" accumulated by the Dehong Tropical Crops Research Institute (德宏热作所) over nearly 60 years.
In the 1960s and 1970s, the Dehong Tropical Crops Research Institute (德宏热作所) established a coffee research group. In the decades that followed, it continued to collect and introduce coffee germplasm resources from abroad. In 1992, the Dehong Tropical Crops Research Institute (德宏热作所) established a "coffee gene bank." "Although only more than 100 copies of coffee germplasm were preserved at that time, we relied on these materials to select and breed the initial 'Dere' series of varieties," said Li Jinhong (李锦红).
Arriving at the cupping room of the Dehong Tropical Crops Research Institute (德宏热作所), the aroma of hand-brewed coffee is overwhelming. The initial taste is fresh with fruit acid, and the aftertaste is sweet. "This is 'Dere 132', which has a nutty aroma and jasmine aroma after roasting," said Li Jinhong (李锦红).
In 1998, Li Jinhong (李锦红) accidentally discovered a coffee plant with orange-yellow fruits, small grains, and slender leaves in the germplasm resource nursery. "The number at that time was '132'. The characteristics of Arabica coffee were very obvious, and it made up for the shortcomings of the original Arabica species' poor resistance to rust. We felt that this might be a good variety," said Li Jinhong (李锦红).
After the discovery, there was a long road of experimentation. According to the procedure, this unique coffee first underwent 3 generations of stability testing within the Tropical Crops Research Institute (热作所), followed by 6 years of variety comparison tests, and another 6 years of regional and productive experiments...
"To identify and promote new varieties, it is necessary to ensure the specificity, consistency, and stability of the varieties, and to see the adaptability, disease resistance, and yield of the new varieties in different producing areas," said Li Jinhong (李锦红). "Dere 132" was selected in 1999 and comparative experiments were conducted in 2004. It was not until 2016 that it passed the national variety approval.
During this period, Li Jinhong (李锦红) also had doubts in his heart: What is the quality of "Dere 132"? Li Jinhong (李锦红) said, "After many tests, we found that 'Dere 132' can produce a jasmine aroma, and it has good disease resistance and high yield, so we gradually gained confidence."
A new variety is just a small step in innovation. At present, in the germplasm resource nursery, "Dere" series coffee trees are neatly arranged from beginning to end.
"We carry out a lot of cross-breeding work every year, select fine varieties based on the original germplasm according to the needs of industrial development, and then wait year after year for the growth of new varieties," said Bai Xuehui (白学慧), deputy director of the Dehong Tropical Crops Research Institute (德宏热作所). The "Dere" series has been expanded to 14 varieties, 6 of which have been approved by the National Tropical Crops Variety Approval Committee.
Disease Resistance
Cultivate rust-resistant breeding materials, and it is expected to shorten the breeding time of disease-resistant varieties from 30 years to less than 10 years
In addition to variety selection, the Dehong Tropical Crops Research Institute (德宏热作所) has another goal - to make domestic coffee varieties have good disease resistance.
Li Jinhong (李锦红) introduced that when the Yunnan (云南) coffee industry started, it mainly traded in bulk commodity beans. The unit price of green coffee beans was not high, and the income of coffee farmers mainly depended on yield. When planting coffee, the coffee rust, which has a greater impact on yield.
"Rust pathogens are transmitted through the air. Once the disease occurs, more than one coffee tree is infected. Moreover, the onset of rust disease is generally before fruiting. Once the disease occurs, it will lead to a 30%-50% reduction in coffee yield. In severe cases, the leaves will wither and fall off, leading to the death of coffee trees," said Bai Xuehui (白学慧). The most effective means to prevent and control rust disease is to cultivate disease-resistant varieties.
To cultivate rust-resistant varieties, it is necessary to first understand the pathogenicity of coffee rust fungi to different coffee varieties. Coffee rust races are finely divided types of rust fungi with different pathogenicity. Different rust races can infect different coffee varieties. "It's like the flu virus may have different effects on different people," said Bai Xuehui (白学慧).
From 2011 to 2016, the Dehong Tropical Crops Research Institute (德宏热作所) completely introduced a set of identification technology for coffee rust races from Portugal. "When identifying rust races, we collect rust samples from different producing areas and different varieties, and artificially inoculate them on identification hosts. According to the resistance and susceptibility performance of rust samples on different hosts, we divide the rust race types," said Bai Xuehui (白学慧). "The identification of rust races can help us master the rust resistance genes that may exist in coffee varieties."
In addition to identification, it is also necessary to work hard on new variety breeding.
In a corner of the germplasm resource nursery, there is a coffee tree that Bai Xuehui (白学慧) cherishes very much: "The next step in breeding new varieties depends on it."
Generally speaking, Arabica coffee is more susceptible to rust disease, while Excelsa and Liberica coffee have their own disease-resistant genes. Therefore, to cultivate rust-resistant coffee varieties, researchers need to select new coffee breeding materials with disease-resistant genes through interspecific hybridization, and then go through 6 generations of new variety testing to verify the stability of the new material traits. After generations of screening, the new material will eventually "grow" into a new variety that combines disease resistance, high quality, and high yield.
"After nearly 10 years of exploration, we have mastered the types and distribution characteristics of Yunnan (云南) coffee rust races, and have selected new rust-resistant breeding materials. In the future, we can use tissue culture technology to not only shorten the breeding time of disease-resistant varieties from 30 years to less than 10 years, but also allow the advantages of the F1 generation of new varieties to be better utilized in the industry." Stroking the plant, Bai Xuehui (白学慧) said with anticipation.
Benefiting the People
Persist in building demonstration bases for many years and promote standardized planting technology for new varieties
In the seedling breeding shed of the seedling breeding base, water vapor is evaporating in the air. The coffee seedlings that have been successfully germinated are clustered together, stretching out their round and lovely leaves. A group of young people in experimental suits are leveling the nursery with moist sand and sowing new coffee seeds. "Although it is hard work to cultivate coffee seedlings for the producing area, this is 'laying the foundation' for the coffee industry," said Wang Jingmin (王静敏), a researcher at the Dehong Tropical Crops Research Institute (德宏热作所), who is a post-90s "new farmer."
On Wang Jingmin's (王静敏) first day of reporting, she received a pair of liberation shoes in her onboarding "gift package." Why issue shoes? Before the 2025 Spring Festival, Wang Jingmin (王静敏) followed the team to Lushui City (泸水市), Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture (怒江傈僳族自治州), to assist the local area in selecting areas suitable for coffee planting. "Walking on the road, I realized that liberation shoes are very practical," said Wang Jingmin (王静敏).
A pair of liberation shoes also evoked Bai Xuehui's (白学慧) memories: "In the past, when promoting new varieties, we wore liberation shoes to climb slopes and cross ridges, going to villages and households."
The Dehong Tropical Crops Research Institute (德宏热作所) has built 10 new variety breeding and regional demonstration bases in Dehong (德宏), Baoshan (保山), and other places. Yunnan (云南) is high in mountains and deep in valleys. In the early stage of the construction of the demonstration base, researchers led local villagers to carry coffee seedlings up the mountain little by little with bamboo baskets.
The demonstration base is basically jointly built by the Dehong Tropical Crops Research Institute (德宏热作所) and enterprises and large planters. The institute provides seeds, seedlings, and planting technology, and the enterprises and farmers are responsible for planting and management.
But before 2020, new varieties were not so important to farmers. "At that time, the promotion of new varieties depended entirely on market conditions. Once there were price fluctuations, the newly planted seedlings were left unattended, and the free coffee seeds were also put aside," said Bai Xuehui (白学慧).
In order to let farmers and enterprises see the value of new varieties, researchers at the Dehong Tropical Crops Research Institute (德宏热作所) have persisted in building demonstration bases for many years, and have also opened coffee planting training classes. Every coffee season, Bai Xuehui (白学慧) travels back and forth between the producing areas.
"The growth of coffee is persuasive," said Bai Xuehui (白学慧). "Once the trees in the base bear fruit, some farmers see it and immediately ask if they can take some seeds back."
The Dehong Tropical Crops Research Institute (德宏热作所) adopts the model of "variety layout, seedling breeding, demonstration and promotion," which not only screens suitable varieties for planting in different producing areas, but also promotes standardized coffee planting technology in various villages, benefiting farmers and small and medium-sized enterprises in various coffee producing areas: In Baoshan (保山), Haohuoban Agricultural Products Planting Professional Cooperative (好伙伴农产品种植专业合作社) has established a fine coffee base of more than 100 acres, radiating a planting area of more than 2,000 acres; in Lincang (临沧), Qiubai Manor (秋珀庄园) has won the first place in the Yunnan (云南) Fine Coffee Green Bean Competition twice with its "Dere" series varieties; in Nujiang (怒江), the Dehong Tropical Crops Research Institute (德宏热作所) has cultivated 2 new varieties, "Gaoligong (高黎贡)" and "Biluoxue (碧罗雪)," that meet the characteristics of the producing area... "We must continue to work hard to provide a more solid technical support for the refinement, specialization, and high-end development of the Yunnan (云南) coffee industry," said Bai Xuehui (白学慧).
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"Another one, another one!" At the "Jingyun Grand Stage" of the Hubei Peking Opera Theatre (湖北省京剧院), after a wonderful performance of the opera "Da Bao Guo, Tan Huang Ling, Er Jin Gong" (《大保国·探皇陵·二进宫》), thunderous applause erupted, and the opera fans were reluctant to leave their seats for a long time.
The audience was so enthusiastic that Jiang Feng (江峰), a 58-year-old Jing role actor, returned to the stage: "I will perform an excerpt from the famous Qiu School opera 'Chi Sang Zhen' (《赤桑镇》) for everyone, and I will invite my student to sing with me!" Amidst cheers, a young face walked onto the stage.
"Distinguish right from wrong, the master is upright, righteous, virtuous, and noble, advise Bao Zheng (包拯) to love the people and always be loyal..." As the little boy opened his voice, it was full of charm. He was not stage-frightened at all, and cooperated tacitly with his teacher. Every move and every beat was just like the real thing. Jiang Feng (江峰) next to him knelt on one knee, holding the microphone, and couldn't suppress the upward curve of his mouth when he heard his beloved disciple's decent singing.
"After the performance, I received many calls from friends that night, telling me that this segment had gone viral online." Facing the reporter, Jiang Feng (江峰) could not hide his joy. This little boy is named Wang Miyang (王米阳), and he is five and a half years old this year. He has only been learning opera with him for more than a year, and he is already able to skillfully perform classic excerpts from operas such as "Suo Wu Long" (《锁五龙》).
Someone asked: "How can a 5-year-old child have such good singing skills?" Jiang Feng (江峰) said that Wang Miyang's (王米阳) advantage is his natural good voice, but he can have today's level, which is also inseparable from his own efforts and interest in Peking Opera.
Wang Miyang's (王米阳) father showed a video of Wang Miyang (王米阳) when he was 2 years old: In the video, Xiao Miyang (小米阳) draped two sweat towels over his arms as water sleeves, and carefully walked the stage steps following the opera characters on TV. "He has had a strong interest in Peking Opera since he was a child." Wang Miyang's (王米阳) father said that once, a section of opera was being played on TV, and Xiao Miyang (小米阳), who was playing nearby, was quickly attracted to it, and has since fallen in love with Peking Opera.
"Peking Opera sounds good, the facial makeup is colorful, and the costumes are also beautiful. The most important thing is that Teacher Jiang's (江峰) performance is very handsome." Wang Miyang (王米阳) said in a milky voice, blinking his big eyes. He started learning opera with Jiang Feng (江峰) at the age of 4, one lesson a week, one-on-one tutoring, one and a half hours each time, and his father would also urge him to practice after returning home.
"The most traditional way of inheriting Peking Opera is through oral instruction. Singing, reciting, acting, fighting, and dancing, hand, eye, body, method, and step, singing is the most important. I don't know how to read music, so I teach my apprentices word by word, and repeatedly refine each note." Jiang Feng (江峰) said.
In addition to teaching singing skills, Jiang Feng (江峰) also teaches Wang Miyang (王米阳) body movements and stage steps, and practices in coordination with the lyrics. "La Shan Bang" (拉山膀) is part of the "Qi Ba" (起霸) movement when a military general enters the stage in opera. The performer extends both arms horizontally to the left and right, higher than the shoulders, with the palms slightly raised, forming an arc. It is named because its static shape resembles the Chinese character "山" (shān - mountain). At first, Xiao Miyang's (小米阳) movements were always not standard enough, so Jiang Feng (江峰) made him maintain this posture while singing opera, standing continuously for several classes, and only then did he practice a standard posture.
"A rough stone is carved into a work of art, requiring thousands of times of careful carving. A good seedling needs perseverance and patience to become a talent." Jiang Feng (江峰) said, "It doesn't matter if you sing wrong, practice repeatedly with the correct lyrics and singing; it doesn't matter if you fall, get up from where you fell and continue singing."
"Sending my child to learn opera is not only based on his own interests, but also to let him be influenced by traditional culture and cultivate a good spirit." Wang Miyang's (王米阳) father said, "Regardless of whether he will make a living from this in the future, learning Peking Opera, this national treasure, will benefit the child for life."
Return to TopThis newspaper's Chongqing (重庆) May 11th dispatch (Jiang Feng (姜峰), Yao Yu (姚於)) The 2025 Chengdu-Chongqing Economic Circle Vocational Education Activity Week launch ceremony was held in Chongqing (重庆) on the 11th. During the launch ceremony, the Chengdu-Chongqing Economic Circle Vocational Education Reform and Development Achievement Exhibition was also held simultaneously, featuring four characteristic exhibition areas: intelligent manufacturing, technological innovation, life services, and Sichuan-Chongqing (川渝) culture, showcasing the innovative practices and achievements of Sichuan (川) and Chongqing (渝) in the field of vocational education. At the same time, three parallel forums were held on "Deepening the Integration of Industry and Education," "Vocational Education Going Global Pathways," and "AI Empowering Vocational Education," where experts, scholars, industry representatives, and heads of vocational colleges conducted in-depth discussions on cutting-edge topics in vocational education.
It is understood that recently, Sichuan (川) and Chongqing (渝) have also simultaneously planned "Seven Theme Activity Days," such as Vocational Education Development Seminar Day, Vocational and General Education Integration Demonstration Day, and Industry-Education Integration Demonstration Day, to promote in-depth interaction between vocational education achievements and the public through opening up enterprises, campuses, research institutes, and competition venues.
In addition, the award ceremony of the 4th "Sichuan-Chongqing Cup (川渝杯)" Vocational College Skills Competition was also held at the launch ceremony, awarding certificates to the outstanding players and teams in this competition, and releasing the "Consensus on High-Quality Collaborative Development of Vocational Education in Sichuan and Chongqing (川渝)."
Return to TopThis newspaper's Beijing (北京) dispatch on May 11th (Reporter Wu Dan (吴丹)) Recently, the Ministry of Education (教育部) and the National Development and Reform Commission (国家发展改革委) jointly issued the "Notice on Organizing and Implementing the Teacher Education Capacity Enhancement Project," making arrangements for improving the teacher education system with Chinese characteristics and further enhancing teacher education capacity during the "14th Five-Year Plan" to "15th Five-Year Plan" period.
The notice is based on the new requirements for building a strong education nation, focusing on supporting the construction of a number of high-level teacher education institutions, and creating a core engine and strategic pillar to support and lead the high-quality development of the teacher education system with Chinese characteristics. It highlights key points, strengthens layout, emphasizes characteristics, and controls key nodes. Focusing on cultivating the scientific and practical abilities of future teachers, it combines hard investment and soft construction to comprehensively enhance teacher education capabilities, and strives to build teacher education colleges, disciplines, majors, and courses with Chinese characteristics and first-class standards, and build an independent teacher education discipline system.
The notice puts forward requirements for construction units in five aspects: constructing a new model for teacher talent cultivation, building a new platform for teacher education research, consolidating new support for teacher education reform, building a new highland for leading and serving society, and creating a new situation for international education exchanges. The Ministry of Education (教育部) and the National Development and Reform Commission (国家发展改革委) plan the construction layout of teacher education institutions according to the needs of teacher training, clarify the basic conditions of construction units, and support the construction of a number of high-level teacher education institutions in batches according to the specific implementation plans of the institutions, following the idea of **成熟一批、推进一批** (chéng shú yī pī, tuī jìn yī pī - "mature a batch, advance a batch," implement in stages as conditions become ready).
Return to TopTaixing City (泰兴市), Jiangsu Province (江苏省) is focusing on promoting the integrated development of rural industrial prosperity and ecological livability, helping farmers increase their income, and injecting new impetus into the comprehensive revitalization of the countryside. The picture shows on May 10, Gengdai Village (耿戴村), Jichuan Street (济川街道), Taixing City (泰兴市), with dawn redwood forests, highways, and scattered residential buildings forming a beautiful rural pastoral ecological picture.
Gu Jihong (顾继红) photographed (Image China (影像中国))
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Return to TopBy: 本报记者 史一棋 金 歆
To the Editor:
Before 2016, some people repeatedly dumped coal cinder arbitrarily in the cultivated land on the east side of our village. After 2016, although no more coal cinder was dumped, the original coal cinder has not been completely removed and still remains in the field in more than 10 places. We are worried that these coal cinders will not only affect crop growth but also pollute the soil and groundwater. We hope that relevant departments will clean up the abandoned coal cinder as soon as possible and restore a good ecological environment to us.
Villagers of Baiqiang Village (白墙村), Zhengcun Town (正村镇), Xin'an County (新安县), Luoyang City (洛阳市), Henan (河南)
Villagers report that arbitrary dumping of coal cinder affects crop yields and may also cause groundwater and soil pollution.
According to the information provided in the letter, the reporter recently came to Baiqiang Village (白墙村), Zhengcun Town (正村镇), Xin'an County (新安县), Luoyang City (洛阳市), Henan (河南) and saw Xinyi Mining Co., Ltd. (新义矿业有限公司) (hereinafter referred to as "Xinyi Company (新义公司)"), which mainly engages in coal mining, located 1 kilometer east of the village. On a southeast-northwest road, trucks loaded with coal pass by from time to time.
At the starting point of this coal transportation road on the north side of Xinyi Company (新义公司), the reporter saw some land that was black from a distance. This is a coal cinder dumping site mentioned in the reader's letter, and the coal cinder makes this land appear black (see Figure ①). Some coal cinders are piled up on the roadside; some are laid flat on the ground, forming a thick layer of coal soil ranging from 20 to 60 centimeters.
"I remember one day in 2013, the person in charge of a company came to me and wanted to use my family's land to pile up coal cinder and give some money as compensation." Zhao Li (赵丽) (pseudonym)'s family has 5 people and a total of 3.1 mu of cultivated land. There are already many people and little land. In addition, the wheat planted in the field at that time had not yet matured, so she immediately rejected the proposal.
However, the person did not allow any explanation, pushed the wheat in the field flat at night, and poured a truckload of coal cinder. "When I found out, the crops had been destroyed. There was no way but to sign a cultivated land lease agreement at a price of 1,000 yuan per mu per year. After that, they came to dump coal cinder several times." Zhao Li (赵丽) pointed to a coal cinder pit and told the reporter that this was one of the places where coal cinder was concentratedly piled up that year. "That year, two coal washing plants signed agreements with villagers, occupying a total of 37.2 mu."
The reporter saw that some coal cinder piles were covered with weeds, and some were covered with a layer of soil, planted with some crops, but the growth trend was not very good. According to Zhao Li (赵丽), the town later organized people to flatten the coal cinder and cover it with soil in order to plant crops, but her land "has too thin soil cover, the crops do not have enough nutrients, and are not drought-resistant. Wheat, peanuts, and rapeseed have been planted, but nothing works." Now the field is planted with rapeseed seedlings, and many seedlings are yellow and wilted.
Walking northwest along the coal transportation road, the reporter found another coal cinder dumping site (see Figure ②).
This is a terrace, and from the side, the coal cinder is about 15 centimeters thick, covered with a layer of soil five or sixty centimeters thick, and wheat is planted in the field.
"These coal cinders have been dumped here for at least 12 years." What Liu Hua (刘华) (pseudonym) is worried about is that if the coal cinder remains in the ground and is exposed to wind and rain, will it pollute the groundwater if the coal cinder contains harmful substances? Will there be problems with the crops grown on such land?
Continuing to the northwest, the reporter found a third coal cinder dumping site.
Different from the previous two sites, most of them are large pieces of coal cinder. When picked up and squeezed hard, the large pieces of coal cinder will be layered and broken into pieces. Moreover, the coal cinder here has obviously been trimmed and paved into a black path more than 1 meter wide, with wheat planted on both sides of the path.
Local authorities said that there are a total of 12 coal cinder dumping sites reported by villagers, the coal plants have been shut down, and they have been required to carry out recultivation.
With the villagers' questions, the reporter interviewed relevant departments in Xin'an County (新安县).
According to local officials, the coal cinder mentioned by the villagers is gangue. According to Zhou Guang (周光), deputy director of the Office of the Ecological Environment Protection Committee of Xin'an County (新安县生态环境保护委员会办公室), gangue is a solid waste discharged during coal mining and coal washing. It is a black-gray rock that is associated with coal seams during the coal formation process, has a low carbon content, and is harder in texture than coal.
"There are a total of 12 dumping sites reported by villagers, all located in Zhengcun Town (正村镇), distributed in Baiqiang (白墙), Shangpo (上坡), Xibai (西白), Shiwan (十万), and Taiping (太平) these 5 villages." Gao Susu (高苏苏), the mayor of Zhengcun Town (正村镇), Xin'an County (新安县), said that now these 12 sites, except for three or four, are either cultivated land or forest land.
Will the accumulation of gangue in the ground for many years cause groundwater and soil pollution?
"Whether it will cause pollution depends on how much sulfide content is in the gangue. Theoretically, there is a certain risk." Zhang Yinhuan (张银环), director of the Environmental Protection Bureau of Xin'an County (新安县环境保护局), told reporters that they conducted preliminary water quality tests on the concentrated gangue dumping site. "We tested 5 self-provided wells and underground wells, as well as soil samples taken from nearby, and all values were within the normal range. In recent years, the epidemic control department has regularly conducted water quality tests on centralized water supply, and once the groundwater is polluted, it can be detected."
It is understood that most of the cultivated land in the area is planted in two seasons, corn is planted from June to September, and wheat is planted from October to May of the following year. A small amount of rapeseed, sweet potatoes, peanuts and other crops are also planted. Except for corn, which is in the rainy season, they are all drought-resistant varieties.
So, will long-term accumulation or even burial of gangue in cultivated land affect crop planting?
In 2016, Xin'an County (新安县) carried out a concentrated ecological environment remediation campaign, and two coal washing plants were shut down in accordance with the law, and recultivation was carried out according to the requirements at that time.
Wang Bao (王宝), deputy director of the Agriculture and Rural Affairs Bureau of Xin'an County (新安县农业农村局), said that according to the recultivation standard, the thickness of the arable soil layer covering the gangue should reach 60 centimeters, the slope should not be greater than 25 degrees, and the corresponding effective components in the soil should also meet the standard.
Regarding the problem that some cultivated land that has been treated with soil covering "cannot grow anything" as reported by farmers, local agricultural departments and township officials who were interviewed all said that they were not aware of the situation.
Related companies said that the soil covering work on some cultivated land was not done properly, which caused dissatisfaction among villagers.
According to the standard that the soil layer thickness should reach 60 centimeters, "some cultivated land has not reached the conditions for recultivation, no wonder crops cannot be grown well." Zhao Li (赵丽) said.
In response, Wang Bao (王宝) responded: "Around 2019, because we received reports from villagers, we asked the company to re-cover the unqualified cultivated land with soil. The recultivation work is carried out by the relevant departments of the county and the townships to supervise the companies involved. If unqualified situations are found, we will also urge the companies to further rectify."
"The problem of arbitrary dumping of gangue does exist, which is a historical legacy. The gangue dumped in those years all came from Xinyi Company (新义公司)." Gao Susu (高苏苏) said that Xinyi Company (新义公司) should bear the responsibility for rectification.
In this regard, Yan Li (闫利), general manager of Xinyi Company (新义公司), said that according to the company's regulations, gangue disposal should be transported to the barren ditch in the county to fill the ditch and create land, because the company does not have a special site for storing gangue. "As for the problem of arbitrary dumping of gangue before 2016 reported by villagers, I took over as general manager not long ago, and I was not very clear about the situation that year." He said.
How was the rectification carried out that year? According to Wang Chao (王超), head of the Environmental Protection Section of Xinyi Company (新义公司), the company asked a third-party environmental consulting company to formulate a specific rectification plan based on the environmental protection opinion issued by the County Environmental Protection Bureau, and then found a construction team to carry out soil covering and other rectification work.
"Previously, the soil covering work on some cultivated land was not done properly, which caused dissatisfaction among villagers." Wang Chao (王超) said that one situation is that the land after filling the ditch and creating land is not easy to cultivate; another situation is that the soil covering the cultivated land is eroded by wind and rain, and the gangue is exposed.
The problem of gangue that has not been properly treated has existed for many years, why has it not been resolved yet?
As the person in charge of the environmental protection authority of Xin'an County (新安县), Zhang Yinhuan (张银环) explained that the old gangue piles formed in history have been rectified before, and in recent years, a combination of manual and drone methods has been used to focus on inspecting whether there are new arbitrary dumping phenomena.
Local officials also said that in March of this year, the relevant departments of the county had received complaints from villagers about this issue and were working on an investigation. "Currently, deep wells are being drilled at several locations to take water samples from deeper underground to test and further confirm whether the groundwater is polluted. In addition, the soil around the gangue pile will also be further tested." Zhang Yinhuan (张银环) said that after the test results come out, they will find local institutions and relevant experts to conduct a systematic assessment and carry out systematic repairs on the gangue pile in accordance with the principle of "one pile, one policy."
Regarding the related problems that villagers are concerned about that may be caused by gangue, the reporter consulted Lu Changai (卢昌艾), a researcher at the Institute of Agricultural Resources and Regional Planning of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences. He said that whether gangue produces pollution mainly depends on whether the gangue itself contains heavy metals and other harmful substances. "Whether gangue debris will cause pollution and how much pollution it will cause depends on whether the management is proper. If the sulfur contained in the gangue is oxidized and becomes acidic substances, it will cause the soil pH value to decrease rapidly, that is, soil acidification. If the amount of precipitation or irrigation is large, relatively small gangue particles may seep out of the fields and flow to rivers and groundwater, causing pollution."
"Covering the gangue with soil for recultivation, whether crops can grow normally depends on the thickness, fertility, quality and other indicators of the covering soil layer. The agricultural department has corresponding standards for this. If the soil cover is too thin, the crops will not be able to grow normally." Lu Changai (卢昌艾) said.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 方 敏
On February 10th, the "Exposure" column of this newspaper's Letters from Readers section published an article titled "Scenic Area Shuttle Buses: Convenience or Profit?", which reflected issues such as the bundled sales of shuttle bus tickets at the Wanxianshan Scenic Area of Xinxiang Nantaihang Tourism Co., Ltd. (新乡南太行旅游有限公司).
Following the publication of the report, Huixian City (辉县市), Henan Province, immediately established a special investigation team to investigate the shuttle bus fee issue. The investigation found that although there was no situation where "not being allowed to enter without paying for the scenic area shuttle bus," the scenic area's guidance of tourists in the ticket purchase process had issues such as inadequate communication and explanation in terms of service, and areas for improvement in refinement and humanization, causing misunderstandings and inconvenience to tourists.
In response, Nantaihang Tourism Co., Ltd. (南太行旅游有限公司) attached great importance to this and looked for shortcomings in current services. Currently, the scenic area has designed signage and placed it in prominent locations within the scenic area. At the same time, it has quickly launched special improvement training to improve the service level of scenic area employees and make the shuttle bus service more humane (see picture).
Return to TopWe are residents of the Kailiyue Community (凯利悦小区) at No. 4 Yangmingtan Avenue (阳明滩大道), Daoli District (道里区), Harbin (哈尔滨) City, Heilongjiang (黑龙江) Province (see picture). Since moving into the community in 2020, we have not had a stable power supply and often face power outages. The community has 1,200 residential units, and currently more than 500 households have moved in. The developer only provides temporary power. Official power supply to the community requires the renovation of substations, power lines and other facilities, but the developer refuses to fund the construction, citing insufficient funds. We reported the problem to the District Electric Power Bureau (区电业局), and the Electric Power Bureau replied that the developer needs to build a substation. We reported it to the Housing and Construction Bureau (住建局), and the Housing and Construction Bureau promised to urge the developer to fund the construction, but there has been no progress so far. We hope that relevant departments will actively promote the resolution of the community's power supply problem.
Residents of Harbin (哈尔滨) Kailiyue Community (凯利悦小区)
Return to TopCity road construction is an important part of improving traffic management. The author has found that many roads have problems such as aging and cracking speed bumps, exposed fixing bolts, and falling buffer rubber, as well as the phenomenon of privately installed speed bumps. These speed bumps can cause passing vehicles to experience severe bumps in minor cases, and chassis scratches and tire blowouts in severe cases, which endanger driving safety.
As an important traffic facility, road speed bumps must not only be built well, but also managed carefully. The author suggests that, on the one hand, relevant departments should take the lead in formulating policies, improving setting standards, and clarifying installation approval procedures, and making technical specifications for standards such as material, specifications, and installation spacing. At the same time, units and individuals are strictly prohibited from setting up speed bumps without authorization. For speed bumps set up without authorization, they should be removed immediately upon discovery. On the other hand, speed bumps should be included in the daily inspection scope of road facilities, and those with conditions can use intelligent equipment to monitor facility status data, and replace them in time when they reach the service life or are damaged. Finally, it is recommended to include the integrity rate of speed bumps into the road traffic safety assessment indicators, and hold the maintenance responsibility of units or individuals who cause accidents due to maintenance deficiencies.
Qiu Zirui (邱子睿), Wuhan City (武汉市), Hubei (湖北)
Return to TopIn recent years, relevant departments have actively promoted the transformation of customs and habits in rural areas, achieving certain results, but there is still room for improvement.
Faced with some bad rural habits, some places are unwilling to manage them, believing that they are worldly wisdom and social interactions, as long as they are not too excessive. Some places find it troublesome, because rectifying bad habits requires a lot of time and energy, and it is difficult to achieve practical results in the short term, so they are unwilling to take the initiative. Still other places simply don't know how to manage, either being too eager for quick results, implementing a "**一刀切**" (yī dāo qiē - "one knife cut," a one-size-fits-all approach) or promoting it through administrative means, which the masses do not accept; or they think that issuing documents and holding meetings to convey the message is enough, regardless of the effectiveness.
To rectify bad rural habits, we must neither be inactive or slow to act, nor simply and rudely apply a "**一刀切**" (yī dāo qiē - "one knife cut," a one-size-fits-all approach), or even replace management with fines. We should clarify our understanding, clarify responsibilities, and neither allow outdated customs and bad habits to go unchecked, nor be too eager for quick results and act blindly. We must conduct in-depth investigations and research, understand the historical causes of local customs, accurately grasp the needs of the masses, and formulate scientific measures on the basis of respecting tradition. In promoting the transformation of customs and habits, we must pay attention to the feelings of the masses, accept feedback from the masses at any time, and promptly correct some unreasonable measures, so that the masses can support this work. Transforming customs and habits cannot be achieved **一蹴而就** (yī cù ér jiù - "one kick and then accomplished," to get things done in one step), and the key lies in perseverance and sustained effort.
Sichuan Luxian (四川泸县) Hu Xiqing (胡锡清)
Return to TopWedding banquets, newborn celebrations, one-month celebrations, and first-birthday celebrations; moreover, sometimes the groom's family hosts a banquet, and then the bride's family hosts another, the paternal grandparents host one, and then the maternal grandparents host another... In some rural areas, the "banquet trend" still exists, increasing the economic burden on farmers. To further promote rural governance and strive to create a civilized rural atmosphere, it is necessary to grasp the prominent problem of the "banquet trend" and adopt multiple measures to address both the symptoms and the root causes.
First, strengthen the rigid constraints of rules and regulations. Village rules and regulations should be further refined to clearly list the situations in which banquets can and cannot be held, and the principle of handling funerals simply and weddings in a new way should be clearly established. Second, establish and improve the working mechanism of the Red and White Affairs Council under the leadership of the village Party organization to give the Red and White Affairs Council more authority to carry out its work. Furthermore, give full play to the exemplary role of Party members and cadres, so that they can lead more villagers to reject the "banquet trend" while setting an example themselves. In addition, the prevalence of banquets is also related to the lack of spiritual and cultural life of some rural people. More mass cultural and sports activities should be organized to fully meet the spiritual and cultural life needs of the masses in terms of leisure, culture, entertainment, and social interaction. In short, we must adhere to a problem-oriented approach, implement precise policies, and form a joint force with multiple measures to change customs and habits and form new social norms.
Liu Liangjun (刘良军), Jingmen City (荆门市), Hubei (湖北)
Return to TopAround the Spring Festival every year, many rural families celebrate weddings and other happy occasions. My investigation revealed that although some villages have established Funeral and Wedding Management Committees, their effectiveness varies greatly in actual operation. In some villages, the Funeral and Wedding Management Committees do not play a practical role in weddings and funerals, turning a blind eye to extravagant and wasteful practices. Some members of the committees even 随大流 (suí dà liú - "follow the crowd," to go with the flow). Although some Funeral and Wedding Management Committees participate in villagers' weddings and funerals, they do not promptly correct or stop outdated customs and bad habits, but rather "turn a blind eye," failing to play a role in changing customs and habits.
The Funeral and Wedding Management Committee should play its role well once it is established. It is recommended to strengthen organizational construction, recommend people of high moral standing, prestige, fairness, and impartiality as members of the Funeral and Wedding Management Committee, and guide the masses in handling weddings and funerals in accordance with unified standards, procedures, and ceremonies. On the other hand, establish a long-term mechanism, and on the basis of fully respecting traditional customs, write the changing of customs and habits into village rules and regulations, conduct regular evaluations and assessments, and publicize the results to make it scientific and institutionalized. We should also focus on the "critical few," educating and guiding party members, cadres, and members of the Funeral and Wedding Management Committee to lead by example, take the lead in advocating new ways of handling happy events and emphasizing filial piety while minimizing funeral expenses, and cultivate and lead a simple and honest rural ethos.
Feng Ming, Huguan County (壶关县), Shanxi (山西)
Return to TopThe wonderful and diverse cultural activities going to the countryside have enriched the spiritual and cultural lives of farmers, but some vulgar performances have also followed. Some idlers travel from village to village with the aim of making money, especially taking advantage of farmers holding grand celebrations for weddings and funerals to perform vulgar content.
The reason why vulgar performances have a market in rural areas is that, firstly, with the development of the market economy, farmers have gradually become wealthier, and money worship and hedonism have quietly grown in some villages. Secondly, the cultural quality of villagers has not been correspondingly improved. They like to see novelties, join in the fun, and seek stimulation, making it difficult for them to consciously resist vulgar culture. Thirdly, the supervision and crackdown efforts by relevant departments are not strong enough.
To rectify vulgar performances in rural areas, it is necessary for grassroots party committees and governments to pay attention to rural cultural construction, increase investment in rural cultural construction, and send more excellent cultural activities to the countryside to meet the spiritual and cultural needs of farmers. At the same time, supervision should be increased, and relevant departments must promptly call a halt to vulgar performances. It is also necessary to strengthen education and publicity to improve the ideological and cultural level of farmers, so that they can consciously resist vulgar performances and other bad culture.
Wang Xiugen (王秀根), Luohe City (漯河市), Henan (河南)
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Return to TopMay 12, 2025, marks the 17th National Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Day in China. Affected by factors such as global climate change and human activities, the abnormality, frequency, and extremity of natural disasters in China have been further intensified. Disaster prevention and mitigation have become an important proposition for promoting the modernization of the governance system and governance capabilities.
Bearing in mind the "major affairs of the country," the People's Insurance Group of China Co., Ltd. (中国人保) (hereinafter referred to as "PICC") insists on promoting the transformation of the public safety governance model to pre-event prevention, and takes the new business model of "insurance + risk reduction services + technology" as a starting point to deeply cultivate the field of catastrophe insurance, building a full-chain risk management system covering pre-disaster prevention, mid-disaster response, and post-disaster compensation. In 2024, PICC implemented a risk reduction project, cumulatively reducing social losses by more than 1 billion yuan. The self-developed "Catastrophe Anlan" platform integrates nine categories of 99 million risk data, providing technical support for risk reduction services. Through a "multi-disaster factor, multi-year, multi-level" guarantee system, it provided insurance protection in nearly 40 major natural disasters such as Typhoon "Mojo". As the chief co-insurer and implementing agency, it united more than 40 insurance institutions to form the China Urban and Rural Residents Housing Catastrophe Insurance Community, providing 22.36 trillion yuan of catastrophe risk protection for 64.39 million households nationwide, repeatedly demonstrating the responsibility of central enterprises in major disasters. PICC vividly interprets the responsibility of driving development through innovation and safeguarding people's livelihood with action.
Building a Full-Cycle Risk Reduction Defense Line with Technology Empowerment
Disaster prevention and mitigation, "prevention" comes first. PICC thoroughly implements the "two insistences, three transformations" disaster prevention, mitigation, and relief concept, takes technology as the engine, promotes the transformation of risk management from "ex-post compensation" to "ex-ante prevention," builds a full-cycle prevention and control system covering "pre-disaster early warning - mid-disaster rescue - post-disaster review," and promotes the transformation of catastrophe insurance from "passive compensation" to "active loss reduction."
Independently developing key core technologies, PICC uses precise early warning for pre-disaster prevention to build a solid "first line of defense" for disaster prevention and mitigation. Relying on the intelligent risk control platform "Catastrophe Anlan" system, it realizes integrated management of risk identification, simulation, and early warning. PICC customizes risk maps for key areas such as high-risk enterprises and low-lying flood-prone areas. In 2024, it conducted nearly 100,000 risk assessments for non-key customers, and transferred 59,000 high-risk units in advance. Before the flood season in 2024, the "Catastrophe Anlan" platform gave early warnings of high-risk areas, assisted in transferring 42,100 vehicles from dangerous road sections, and harvested 560,000 mu of crops, helping to fight an "active battle" against disaster reduction and loss reduction. Based on China's geological structure and building structure characteristics, the self-developed "PICC China Earthquake Catastrophe Model" can accurately assess earthquake risks, optimize catastrophe insurance product design, and has supported the implementation of catastrophe insurance projects in 13 provinces (autonomous regions, and municipalities).
PICC weaves a dense safety net through IoT devices and uses smart tools to improve the effectiveness of safeguarding people's livelihood. In response to the pain points of urban waterlogging, PICC innovatively deployed the "Waterlogging IoT System," installing 24,500 devices at key points such as low-lying areas and underground garages, which automatically alarms after triggering the threshold and links rescue forces to respond quickly. In the field of agricultural insurance, drones are used to help identify high-risk area properties. In 2024, it assisted in transferring 15,000 heads of aquaculture insurance targets. Relying on the "Catastrophe Latitude and Longitude" visualization platform to achieve dynamic monitoring of risk maps, it can provide visual management of catastrophe risk maps, insured limit queries, risk accumulation monitoring and control, and other practical functions, solving problems such as difficulty in implementing underwriting strategies and difficulty in monitoring risk accumulation, providing scientific decision-making support for governments and enterprises. In 2024, PICC's public early warning system sent 14,639,200 disaster early warning reminders to customers, with a key customer reach rate of 100%, effectively helping to improve social disaster prevention awareness.
While empowering pre-disaster prevention with technology, PICC improves data-driven capabilities and realizes "fast compensation and loss reduction" through intelligent claims systems, the "Yun Zhibao" smart screen, and satellite remote sensing technology, ensuring rapid response during disasters and post-disaster data review. PICC uses drones, satellite remote sensing, artificial intelligence, and other technologies to speed up intelligent claims, optimize the post-disaster review working mechanism, and improve governance capabilities with data driving. During the heavy rain in South China in 2024, PICC used the "sky-earth" integrated survey mode to complete the advance payment of compensation to affected farmers within 24 hours.
At the same time, PICC continuously optimizes risk models and emergency plans through big data analysis of post-disaster claims cases, forming a "early warning - disposal - review" closed loop, providing data support for long-term disaster prevention. PICC uses the big disaster emergency command and dispatch platform and the "Yun Zhibao" smart screen to conduct panoramic analysis of disaster data, forming a closed-loop management of "early warning - disposal - feedback." In 2024, PICC relied on the technology platform to complete big data analysis of agricultural insurance claims, providing decision-making support for local governments to optimize disaster prevention plans.
Creating a Multi-Level Catastrophe Insurance System with Mechanism Innovation
Catastrophe insurance is an important tool for coping with natural disaster loss compensation. PICC actively responds to the requirements of the "National Emergency Response Plan for Unexpected Public Events" and follows the requirements of the "Implementation Plan for High-Quality Development of Green Finance in the Banking and Insurance Industries" to optimize catastrophe insurance and other businesses. With the "multi-disaster factor, multi-year, multi-level" catastrophe insurance system as the framework, it builds a catastrophe insurance network that is complementary between policy-based and commercial, covering the whole people, and promotes the upgrading of the risk diversification mechanism from "single response" to "comprehensive defense."
PICC deeply participates in the construction of the national catastrophe insurance system. As the chief co-insurer of the China Urban and Rural Residents Housing Catastrophe Insurance Community, PICC unites more than 40 insurance institutions in the industry to promote the expansion of catastrophe insurance from a single earthquake to multi-disaster factor coverage such as typhoons and floods. At the local level, PICC combines regional risk characteristics to design differentiated, characteristic, and customized local catastrophe insurance programs according to local conditions. At present, local catastrophe insurance projects have been implemented in 20 provinces such as Hebei (河北), Sichuan (四川), and Zhejiang (浙江). Among them, PICC Property & Casualty Insurance is the exclusive or chief underwriter in 94% of the prefecture-level cities. In 2024, Hebei (河北) and Hubei (湖北) took the lead in implementing comprehensive catastrophe insurance pilots with full disaster factors, broad coverage, and long cycles, providing the masses with three-level catastrophe insurance protection of "personal + housing + indoor property"; Sichuan (四川) optimized the protection amount, expanded the coverage, and formed an innovative pattern of "one policy per place."
In response to the "low frequency and high loss" characteristics of catastrophe risks, PICC innovatively launched multi-year products and a catastrophe insurance reserve mechanism, smoothing compensation fluctuations through long-term accumulation, realizing cross-cycle management of catastrophe risks, and enhancing risk resistance resilience. Helping to achieve "small investment to prevent major disasters," such as the Hebei (河北) Provincial People's Government investing 200 million yuan of financial funds every year, leveraging 2 billion yuan of catastrophe risk protection through insurance leverage.
PICC unites reinsurance institutions to work together to continuously improve the catastrophe risk diversification mechanism, launching the first national policy-based catastrophe insurance package reinsurance program, and improving the industry's catastrophe underwriting capacity through a three-dimensional risk diversification system. In 2024, the catastrophe insurance protection scale provided by the China Urban and Rural Residents Housing Catastrophe Insurance Community led by PICC reached 22.36 trillion yuan, building a "safety dam" for 64.39 million households.
PICC deeply participates in disaster governance and actively integrates into the national emergency management system. In 2024, it conducted nearly 100,000 enterprise risk assessments and released 6.1 million disaster early warning messages. Before Typhoon "Mojo" landed, PICC assisted local governments in transferring high-risk area properties; within 24 hours of the typhoon landing, it pre-compensated 13.36 million yuan to Guangdong Zhanjiang Marine Ranch, helping farmers quickly resume production. This "prevention-oriented, combination of prevention and compensation" model has become an efficient solution for government-enterprise collaborative disaster prevention.
Practicing the Central Enterprise Responsibility of "Finance for the People" with Efficient Service
PICC gives full play to the economic shock absorber and social stabilizer functions of the insurance industry, deeply integrates disaster prevention and mitigation with people's livelihood protection, rushes to the forefront in major disasters, and adheres to the principles of "fast compensation, advance compensation, and preferential compensation." In 2024, PICC Property & Casualty Insurance launched emergency responses 38 times, responded to 255 major disaster accidents, and paid more than 20 billion yuan in compensation, interpreting the responsibility and mission of "People's Insurance Serves the People" with action.
Adhering to party building leadership, PICC forges an "emergency iron army" in disaster prevention and mitigation. Facing the rainstorm and typhoon disasters in 2024, PICC established more than 700 party member commando teams, and 37,000 claims personnel were on standby at any time. In the Meida Expressway Chayang section collapse disaster, PICC provided 5 million yuan of emergency rescue and relief funds within 72 hours to support local rescue work. After the earthquake in Shigatse, Tibet, PICC completed more than 100 million yuan of rural housing insurance compensation in 10 days. This style of "moving immediately upon hearing of a disaster and fighting day and night" demonstrates the central enterprise responsibility of finance for the people.
Strengthening technology to accelerate, PICC "tempers muscles and bones" to optimize the service experience. Through intelligent reporting, drone surveys, and a unified rescue platform, PICC realizes "more data runs, less people run." In 2024, after Typhoon "Mojo" landed in Hainan, PICC used "drone + Yun Zhibao" remote loss assessment, and the compensation progress exceeded 40% in 6 days; less than 24 hours after the breach of the Dongting Lake in Huarong, Yueyang, Hunan, PICC quickly compensated more than 6 million yuan for rice planting insurance, and then efficiently compensated 10 million yuan for catastrophe rural housing insurance within 2 days. In addition, measures such as non-discriminatory vehicle rescue and simplified claims documents make services closer to people's livelihood needs.
Promoting resource integration, PICC fulfills its responsibilities to escort post-disaster resumption of work and production. PICC integrates more than 400 service providers and nearly 10,000 tow truck resources, handling an average of 15,000 rescue cases per day. In response to the major losses caused by Typhoon "Mojo" to Hainan, the first catastrophe insurance claim in Hainan was paid immediately, and 209 million yuan was pre-compensated and quickly compensated within 4 days after the typhoon passed, effectively helping enterprises resume work and production.
Facing the new situation and new tasks of disaster prevention and mitigation, PICC is using catastrophe insurance as a fulcrum to leverage the full-chain innovation of risk management. From independently controllable technology models to a nationwide service network, from the "PICC speed" of efficient claims to the "PICC strength" of non-discriminatory rescue, PICC interprets the mission and responsibility of a financial central enterprise with innovative practice.
In the future, PICC will deepen the new business model of "insurance + risk reduction services + technology" and contribute more insurance power to promoting Chinese-style modernization. PICC will continue to actively integrate into the construction of the national emergency management system, deepen the structural reform of the insurance supply side, give play to the advantages of the professional team of insurance companies, strengthen product service innovation, technology research, and cross-industry cooperation, and promote catastrophe insurance to play a greater role in ensuring social stability and maintaining national security. On the journey of preventing risks and protecting people's livelihood, PICC is writing a new chapter of "People's Insurance Serves the People" with the responsibility of a central enterprise.
Data source: People's Insurance Group of China Co., Ltd. (中国人民保险集团股份有限公司)
Return to TopThe Political Bureau meeting of the CPC Central Committee (中共中央政治局) held on April 25 stated: "Since the beginning of this year, the Party Central Committee (党中央) with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) at its core has strengthened its overall leadership over economic work. All regions and departments have focused on key tasks, and various macroeconomic policies have worked together to produce a positive economic trend, continuously boosted social confidence, and steadily promoted high-quality development." How should we scientifically view the economic situation since the beginning of this year? What are the highlights and growth points in China's economic operation? Today's theoretical edition invites experts and scholars to discuss the highlights, trends, and opportunities from different perspectives around the economic "first quarterly report" to benefit readers.
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Service Consumption Expands and Upgrades
Service Consumption Becomes a New Highlight
Xia Jiezhang (夏杰长), Researcher, Institute for Fiscal and Economic Strategy, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (中国社会科学院)
Consumption is the foundation of economic development. Since the beginning of this year, under the strong leadership of the Party Central Committee (党中央) with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) at its core, all regions and departments have solidly promoted special actions to boost consumption, increased efforts to expand the scope of trade-ins for consumer goods, continuously released consumption potential, and further consolidated the fundamental role of consumption in economic growth. In the first quarter, final consumption expenditure drove the growth of domestic production by 2.8 percentage points, contributing to more than half of the economic growth. Among them, service consumption is becoming a new highlight of residents' consumption and a new driving force for economic growth in China.
Service consumption mainly refers to the expenditure made by consumers to obtain non-material services, including healthcare, education and training, tourism and leisure, financial services, cultural entertainment, etc. It covers a wide range of fields and is not only an important support for improving people's well-being but also an important direction for optimizing and upgrading the consumption structure. Since the beginning of this year, the Party and the state have worked together from both the supply and demand sides to introduce a series of policies and measures to promote service consumption. For example, the General Office of the CPC Central Committee (中共中央办公厅) and the General Office of the State Council (国务院办公厅) issued the "Special Action Plan for Boosting Consumption," which made arrangements for the "Action to Improve the Quality and Benefit the People in Service Consumption"; the Ministry of Commerce (商务部) and other 9 departments jointly issued the "Work Plan for Improving the Quality and Benefit the People in Service Consumption in 2025," which proposed 48 specific tasks and measures in 6 aspects; the "2025 National Consumption Promotion Month and Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Consumption Season" was launched to promote the deep integration of commerce, tourism, culture, sports, and health with high-quality supply and diversified scenarios; and so on. Under the strong promotion of these policies and measures, relevant business entities have expanded service supply and improved service quality, laying a solid foundation for the growth of service consumption, and better meeting residents' personalized and high-quality service consumption needs.
In the first quarter of this year, the national per capita service consumption expenditure of residents increased by 5.4% year-on-year, accounting for 43.4% of the total per capita consumption expenditure of residents, an increase of 0.1 percentage points compared with the same period last year; the retail sales of services increased by 5.0% year-on-year, and the growth rate was 0.4 percentage points faster than that of retail sales of goods. Among them, service consumption such as culture, entertainment, and tourism is highly favored, and residents' travel and leisure consumption demands continue to grow. For example, domestic films represented by *Ne Zha* created box office records. In the first quarter, the national film box office was 24.4 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of about 48%. Cultural, entertainment, and tourism consumption have a strong driving effect, which can promote a series of related consumption such as transportation, catering, accommodation, and shopping. In the first quarter, residents' per capita expenditure on education, culture, and entertainment increased by 13.9%, and transportation and communication expenditure increased by 10.4% year-on-year, which were 8.7 and 5.2 percentage points faster than the nominal growth rate of residents' per capita consumption expenditure, respectively, becoming new engines for the expansion and upgrading of service consumption.
In the process of expanding and upgrading service consumption, digital technology has played an important supporting role. On the one hand, the analysis, processing, in-depth processing, and specific application of massive information by digital technology provide impetus for expanding the scale of service consumption, optimizing the structure of service consumption, and improving the quality of service consumption, promoting the upgrading of traditional service consumption and releasing the huge potential of service consumption. For example, in the field of medical and health services, the promotion and application of new technologies such as artificial intelligence diagnosis and treatment tools, medical cloud platforms, and wearable smart devices have greatly improved the efficiency and quality of medical services. On the other hand, digital technology has strongly supported the rapid development of new types of service consumption. For example, the organic integration of artificial intelligence, virtual reality, and other technologies with live e-commerce has promoted the development of new consumption such as virtual fitting rooms. Technologies such as 3D modeling and real-time rendering help consumers achieve accurate matching of body data and online trial wear of virtual characters, effectively enhancing people's consumption experience.
In the future, strengthening the construction of digital infrastructure, promoting the accelerated application of digital technology in the field of service consumption, promoting the digital transformation of traditional consumption formats, and creating new consumption scenarios that integrate online and offline can provide greater support for the expansion and upgrading of service consumption. At the same time, we must implement the important deployment of the 20th Third Plenary Session of the Party (党的二十届三中全会) on "promoting the standardization of the service industry" and introduce corresponding standards around the service process, service environment, and service quality to ensure the standardized and orderly development of service consumption.
Emerging Industries Flourish
New Quality Productive Forces are Accelerated
Fu Jinhua (傅晋华), Researcher, Chinese Academy of Science and Technology for Development (中国科学技术发展战略研究院)
At present, a new round of scientific and technological revolution and industrial transformation is developing in depth, and emerging industries represented by artificial intelligence and biomanufacturing have become key areas for China to cultivate and develop new driving forces and create new development advantages. China has anchored the development direction of emerging industries with a forward-looking strategic vision and introduced a series of policies and measures to promote the vigorous development of emerging industries.
Since the beginning of this year, China has firmly grasped the primary task of high-quality development and the important requirements for developing new quality productive forces in accordance with local conditions, adhered to seeking progress while maintaining stability, and promoting stability through progress. Emerging industries have maintained a good development trend. In the first quarter of this year, the growth of fixed asset investment in the national high-tech industry was higher than that of all investment, and the fixed asset investment in the high-tech service industry increased by 11.6% year-on-year; as of now, more than 30,000 basic-level smart factories, more than 1,200 advanced-level smart factories, and more than 230 excellent-level smart factories have been built, covering more than 80% of the manufacturing industry categories. These data show that the role of emerging industries as a new driving force for China's economic growth is becoming increasingly prominent, and new quality productive forces are accelerating.
The digital industry has reached a new level. The digital industry is the main area for the layout of new quality productive forces. Last year, the added value of China's digital economy core industry accounted for about 10% of the gross domestic product. Since the beginning of this year, digital technology has developed rapidly. In the first two months, the digital industry completed business revenue increased by 8.2% year-on-year; the capacity of network infrastructure has continued to increase. As of the end of March, a total of 4.395 million 5G base stations have been built and opened, the penetration rate of 5G users has reached 75.9%, and the number of gigabit broadband users has reached 218 million. At the same time, China is vigorously promoting the deep integration of the digital economy and the real economy to create a digital industrial cluster with international competitiveness. As a key foundation for the deep integration of the real economy and the digital economy, China's industrial Internet integration application has achieved full coverage of 41 industrial categories, providing important support for promoting new industrialization and building a modern industrial system.
"Artificial Intelligence+" accelerates breakthroughs. Artificial intelligence is an important driving force for a new round of scientific and technological revolution and industrial transformation. Since the beginning of this year, China's independent artificial intelligence large models have accelerated the scale deployment in key industrial fields, and innovative products such as "Artificial Intelligence+" have accelerated breakthroughs. At present, China's artificial intelligence industry foundation is constantly being consolidated, and it has formed a complete industrial system covering the basic layer, framework layer, model layer, and application layer, and the computing power scale ranks among the top in the world; product equipment is accelerating iteration, and artificial intelligence products developed by domestic manufacturers have exceeded 100, and are accelerating the landing in manufacturing scenarios; application empowerment is being steadily promoted, and large models are accelerating the landing in industries such as electronics, raw materials, and consumer goods, and are being applied in links such as research and development design, pilot verification, production and manufacturing, and operation management; the industrial ecology continues to be optimized, promoting the construction of 11 national artificial intelligence innovation application pilot zones, and jointly building manufacturing innovation centers such as embodied intelligent robots and humanoid robots by the central and local governments to promote industrial agglomeration.
In addition, China's drones, X-ray fluorescence spectrometers, cell and gene therapy drugs, and other iconic products have achieved a series of breakthroughs, injecting strong impetus into the development of emerging industries.
An important reason for the vigorous development of China's emerging industries is to adhere to leading industrial innovation with scientific and technological innovation. The continuous improvement of scientific and technological innovation capabilities has provided the core driving force for industrial development, and industrial innovation has provided broad application scenarios and market space for scientific and technological innovation. At the same time, it is necessary to see that the proportion of emerging industries in China's economic aggregate is not high enough. For example, at present, the proportion of China's strategic emerging industries in the gross domestic product is only about 13%. The Political Bureau meeting of the CPC Central Committee (中共中央政治局) held on April 25 clearly proposed: "Cultivate and strengthen new quality productive forces and build a number of emerging pillar industries." To this end, it is necessary to accelerate the seamless connection between the innovation chain and the industrial chain. Strengthen the tackling of key core technologies, strengthen the supply of key common technologies, and promote cross-field technology cross-integration innovation. At the same time, give full play to the driving role of innovation consortia and industrial chain leaders, accelerate the breakthrough of disruptive technologies and realize engineering and industrialization, accelerate the creation of emerging industrial clusters, and build new advantages for high-quality development.
Green Development Momentum is Surging
New Engine of Sustained Economic Growth is Strong
Zhou Fengqi (周冯琦), Director, Institute of Ecological and Sustainable Development, Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences (上海社会科学院)
Promoting green and low-carbon development is the trend of the times and the general trend. Since the beginning of this year, the Party Central Committee (党中央) with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) at its core has strengthened its overall leadership over economic work, and all regions and departments have focused on key tasks, achieving new results in high-quality development and achieving a good start in economic operation. Among them, one dimension is that green transformation and green development have been steadily promoted, becoming an important driving force for stabilizing the economy and promoting transformation, and further brightening the background of high-quality development.
The green and low-carbon industry has strong momentum. Unswervingly following the path of ecological priority and green development, and accelerating the development of green and low-carbon industries will create a new engine for sustained economic growth. Since the beginning of this year, China's green and low-carbon industry has continued its growth trend. In the first quarter, the cumulative production and sales of new energy vehicles were 3.182 million and 3.075 million respectively, of which the proportion of new energy vehicle sales in total new vehicle sales exceeded 40%; the output of power batteries and the cumulative installed capacity reached 247GWh and 130.2GWh respectively, with year-on-year increases of 54.7% and 52.8% respectively; the cumulative output of photovoltaic cells was 17266.9 million kilowatts, a year-on-year increase of 18.5%. This series of data is a vivid demonstration of the achievements made by China's green and low-carbon industry in continuously focusing on core technology breakthroughs, and also shows the driving role of the green and low-carbon industry in China's economy.
The green and low-carbon transformation of industries is accelerating. To promote high-quality development, green and low-carbon transformation is not an "optional question" but a "must-answer question" for industrial development and transformation and upgrading. In the first quarter of this year, China's gross domestic product increased by 5.4%. According to the statistics of the Global Real-Time Carbon Data website, China's carbon dioxide emissions continued to decline in the first two months of 2025. Achieving rapid economic growth while reducing carbon emissions cannot be achieved without the continuous optimization of the energy structure. In the first quarter of this year, the proportion of non-fossil energy consumption in China's total energy consumption increased by 1.5 percentage points compared with the same period last year, and renewable energy continued to maintain its dominant position in newly installed capacity, and the combined installed capacity of wind power and photovoltaic power generation historically exceeded that of thermal power. At the same time, the green transformation of industry is accelerating. With the solid promotion of energy conservation and carbon reduction transformation in key industries and the promotion and application of advanced green and low-carbon technology and equipment, the proportion of sales revenue of high-energy-consuming manufacturing industries in manufacturing industries decreased by 1.4 percentage points year-on-year in the first quarter, and the energy consumption per unit of added value of industrial enterprises above designated size in key industries continued to decline. In this process, the innovation of green financial instruments continues to increase, and the issuance scale of labeled green bonds in the first quarter increased by 53.4% year-on-year, injecting "financial vitality" into the green transformation of the real economy.
Green and low-carbon products and technologies are going to the world. At present, China has built the world's largest and most complete new energy industrial chain, and green and low-carbon products and green and low-carbon technologies are crossing national borders and accelerating to all parts of the world. In the first quarter of this year, China's foreign trade withstood the pressure and moved forward, and the export performance of green and low-carbon products was outstanding. The export of new energy vehicles was 441,000, a year-on-year increase of 43.9%; the export of wind turbine units increased by 43.2% year-on-year. With its technological advantages and complete industrial chain, China's new energy products continue to contribute to the global green transformation.
At present, the global energy transition is accelerating, and the green and low-carbon industry has broad development prospects. The *Opinions on Accelerating the Comprehensive Green Transformation of Economic and Social Development* issued by the CPC Central Committee (中共中央) and the State Council (国务院) proposed that the scale of the energy conservation and environmental protection industry will reach about 15 trillion yuan by 2030. It is foreseeable that when technological breakthroughs, policy support, and global demand resonate, China's green and low-carbon industry will release greater momentum, contributing not only to China but also to the global sustainable development.
Foreign Trade Development is More Resilient
Enterprises "Going Global" Achieve New Results
Cui Weijie (崔卫杰), Vice President, Academy of International Trade and Economic Cooperation of the Ministry of Commerce (商务部国际贸易经济合作研究院)
Foreign trade is an important engine for driving economic growth. China has always adhered to the basic national policy of opening up to the outside world, solidly promoted high-level opening up to the outside world, and promoted the innovative development of foreign trade, which not only makes good use of the global market and resources to develop itself but also promotes the common development of the world. Since the beginning of this year, China's economy has had a good start, and foreign trade development has shown strong resilience. In the first quarter, China's total import and export value of goods trade was 10.3 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 1.3%, exceeding 10 trillion yuan for 8 consecutive quarters. Among them, the export value of goods trade reached 6.13 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 6.9%. Against the background of weak global economic growth, intertwined international environment changes, increasing international trade restrictions, especially the high tariffs imposed by the United States, it is not easy for China's foreign trade development to achieve this achievement. This fully reflects the important position of China's manufacturing industry in the global industrial chain and supply chain, demonstrates the strong competitiveness of Chinese products, and also benefits from China's continuous efforts to expand the international market and expand its "circle of friends."
In recent years, China has actively promoted the high-quality joint construction of the "Belt and Road" (一带一路), strengthened exchanges and cooperation with co-construction countries in infrastructure construction, trade and investment, cultural exchanges, and other fields, and expanded development space. In this process, many companies have seized the opportunity to actively "go global" with high-quality products and services and expand their "circle of friends." For example, in Southeast Asia, China's electronic products, textiles and clothing, machinery and equipment, etc. are very popular, which not only meets the needs of the local market but also helps the local industry upgrade and develop; in Central Asia, China's energy equipment, building materials, and other products are deeply integrated into local major infrastructure projects with the advancement of infrastructure construction in transportation and energy, injecting momentum into the modernization of regional infrastructure; in Africa, China's agricultural machinery, electronic products, new energy equipment, and other products are very popular, helping to greatly improve the quality and efficiency of local agricultural operations. At present, China has become a trade partner with more than 150 countries and regions in the world. In the first quarter of this year, China's import and export scale to countries jointly building the "Belt and Road" (一带一路) reached a new high in the same period in history, an increase of 2.2%; the proportion of total import and export value continued to increase to 51.1% in the first quarter of this year after exceeding 50% for the first time last year.
The diversification of foreign trade development not only promotes mutual benefit and win-win results between China and its trading partners, but also reduces China's over-reliance on a few traditional markets, reduces the risks caused by fluctuations in a single market, and provides strong support for the stable development of foreign trade. For example, China's exports to the United States accounted for 19.2% of total exports in 2018, but fell to 14.7% last year. In the field of agricultural products, China's imports of soybeans from the United States accounted for about 34% of total soybean imports in 2017, but fell to about 21% in 2024. In the energy field, according to data from the American Petroleum Institute, China has fallen from the second largest buyer of crude oil from the United States to the sixth largest in the past year. This shift not only reflects the adjustment and optimization of China's foreign trade structure, but also shows that China's economy is constantly enhancing its ability to respond to and adapt to external pressures. In recent years, the United States has continuously upgraded trade protectionist measures, bringing many uncertainties and challenges to Sino-US trade. China has actively responded, on the one hand, by improving product quality, technological content and added value to enhance the competitiveness of export products in the US market; on the other hand, it has vigorously explored other international markets and promoted the diversified development of foreign trade. China is more autonomous and stable in the international trade landscape, and also more resilient in development.
Looking to the future, global economic and international trade development faces many uncertainties, including the increasing trend of trade protectionism, the continuous evolution of geopolitical conflicts, and the slowdown in global economic growth. The external environment is becoming more severe and complex. China will continue to consolidate traditional foreign trade markets and continue to deepen cooperation with countries jointly building the "Belt and Road" ("一带一路") and the vast number of emerging market countries, which will continue to demonstrate strong resilience and vitality in complex situations, and make greater contributions to global trade stability and economic growth while achieving its own high-quality development.
Digital Transformation of Manufacturing
Manufacturing Development Demonstrates Strong Resilience
Sheng Chaoxun (盛朝迅), Deputy Director of the Xi Jinping Economic Thought Research Center (习近平经济思想研究中心)
Manufacturing is the foundation of our country, the foundation of a strong country, and also the main body of the real economy and the core content of the modern industrial system. In the first quarter of this year, thanks to the precise guidance of a series of policies of the Party and the state and the practical work of all parts of the country, China's manufacturing development has been good, demonstrating strong resilience and delivering a hard-won report card.
From the data, the added value of manufacturing in the first quarter increased by 6.8% year-on-year, an increase of 0.6 percentage points compared with the fourth quarter of last year, accounting for 25.8% of GDP. Specifically, in terms of structure, the added value of equipment manufacturing above designated size and high-tech manufacturing above designated size increased by 10.9% and 9.7% respectively, becoming an important engine for promoting manufacturing upgrading. In terms of products, the output of new energy vehicles, 3D printing equipment, industrial robots and other products increased rapidly, with year-on-year increases of 45.4%, 44.9% and 26.0% respectively, and the output growth of green products such as solar cells and wind turbines exceeded double digits. In terms of enterprises, industrial private investment maintained double-digit growth, and the added value of industrial enterprises above designated size nationwide increased by 7.3% year-on-year. For some time, the downward pressure on the economy has brought great challenges to the production and operation of enterprises. Against this background, the above-mentioned private enterprise development data can better reflect the effectiveness of China's economic policies and the strong resilience of economic development.
From the perspective of development quality, the digital transformation of manufacturing has achieved remarkable results. With the policy effect of large-scale equipment renewal becoming apparent, the application of new technologies such as 5G and artificial intelligence is accelerating, the transformation and upgrading of traditional manufacturing is accelerating, and new models and new business forms such as "lighthouse factories" and "future factories" are constantly emerging. The effectiveness of the digital transformation of manufacturing is reflected in the following aspects.
High-end manufacturing is climbing to the middle and high end of the global value chain. All parts of the country have increased their support for scientific and technological innovation, and have continuously launched and applied a number of advanced technologies, driving high-tech manufacturing to lead growth. For example, the cryogenic steel for liquefied petroleum gas carriers developed by Ansteel Group (鞍钢集团) in Liaoning (辽宁) achieved the world's first release, breaking the foreign monopoly. In the first quarter of this year, the added value of the electronic information manufacturing industry above designated size increased by 11.5% year-on-year, 5 percentage points higher than the growth rate of industrial added value in the same period; the added value of industries such as optical fiber manufacturing and aerospace-related equipment manufacturing increased by more than 20%, and the sales revenue of special equipment manufacturing for the electronics industry increased by 16.4%. These industries directly serve key links such as chip manufacturing, which helps to promote breakthroughs in "bottleneck" technologies.
The deep integration of digital and real economies promotes the in-depth and solid development of intelligent manufacturing. The integration of the digital economy and the real economy continues to deepen, empowering thousands of industries and entering thousands of households. In the first quarter, the sales revenue of the digital product manufacturing industry increased by 12% year-on-year, and the amount of digital technology purchased by manufacturing enterprises increased by 8.7% year-on-year, reflecting the rapid advancement of the digital transformation of manufacturing; intelligent equipment showed explosive growth, and the growth rate of segmented fields such as intelligent unmanned aerial vehicles and intelligent vehicle-mounted equipment was relatively high. At the same time, digital technology empowers the transformation and upgrading of traditional manufacturing. Some factories use 5G, big data and other technologies to optimize production processes, greatly improve production efficiency and significantly reduce operating costs. In the first quarter of this year, investment in technological transformation in manufacturing increased by 7.2% year-on-year. It is worth pointing out that the integrated development of artificial intelligence and manufacturing is accelerating, with outstanding results, promoting the continuous in-depth and solid development of intelligent manufacturing.
In addition, with the continuous promotion of energy-saving and environmental protection technologies, the proportion of sales revenue of high-energy-consuming manufacturing in manufacturing has decreased to 29.2%, a year-on-year decrease of 1.4 percentage points, reflecting significant results in reducing carbon emissions. Some factories have significantly improved resource reuse and environmental protection levels through technological and production process innovation.
This series of impressive achievements is a realistic reflection of China's precise macro policy, an effective display of the advantages of the manufacturing industry chain and supply chain, and an important achievement of the hard work of various business entities. At present, global economic uncertainty is increasing and the external environment is severe and complex. Accelerating the cultivation of new quality productive forces and further promoting the digital transformation of manufacturing can inject strong impetus into the healthy development of China's real economy.
Improving the Quality and Efficiency of Rural Industries for Common Prosperity
Rural Industries for Common Prosperity are Developing Well
Wang Lin (王琳), Professor, China Agricultural University (中国农业大学)
At the end of last year, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) made important instructions on doing a good job in "agriculture, rural areas, and farmers" ("三农") work, pointing out that "it is necessary to actively develop rural industries for common prosperity, improve the comprehensive benefits of agriculture, and strengthen the county economy." This points out the direction for broadening farmers' income channels and increasing farmers' income. In the first quarter of this year, China's agricultural economy overcame internal and external pressure challenges and achieved a steady start. The added value of agriculture (crop cultivation) increased by 4.0% year-on-year, the sown area of winter wheat was stable and slightly increased, the growth trend was generally good, and spring plowing and sowing were steadily and orderly promoted, providing strong support for promoting a good start to the national economy. Agriculture is a strategic industry for stabilizing people's livelihoods. Only by strengthening rural industries can farmers' incomes maintain growth, and the vast number of farmers can have a sufficient sense of gain, happiness, and security. Improving the quality and efficiency of rural industries for common prosperity will become a major highlight of China's agricultural economic development in 2025.
Compared with traditional agricultural industries, rural industries for common prosperity have obvious comparative advantages and large employment capacity, and are an important starting point for coordinating the promotion of new urbanization and the comprehensive revitalization of rural areas. Developing rural industries for common prosperity is to combine the "common prosperity" orientation with the "industry" carrier, and develop characteristic industries and broaden farmers' income channels by promoting industrial cluster development, spatial layout optimization, and urban-rural element integration. The No. 1 Central Document (中央一号文件) of 2025 proposed "focusing on strengthening county-level industries for common prosperity" and made deployments; this year's "Government Work Report" ("政府工作报告") proposed "promoting the integrated development of industry revitalization, county strengthening, and common prosperity in accordance with local conditions," which will provide strong policy support for the accelerated development of rural industries for common prosperity.
A significant feature of rural industries for common prosperity is to create characteristic industrial clusters with counties as the carrier and improve the added value of agriculture. Rural industries for common prosperity are not the "one-of-a-kind" of a single industry, but industrial clusters that integrate urban and rural characteristics, emphasizing more on the industrial interaction between urban and rural areas and improving the comprehensive competitiveness and sustainable development of industries. For example, the agricultural product processing industry can closely combine farmers, agricultural product processing enterprises, upstream and downstream service enterprises, and scientific research institutes, and improve the level of agricultural industrialization through specialized division of labor and cooperation. In the first quarter of this year, the added value of the national agricultural and sideline food processing industry above designated size increased by 7.2% year-on-year, with a good development momentum. Creating an industrial cluster dominated by characteristic agricultural product processing in counties is conducive to improving the added value of agriculture and increasing farmers' income.
In the process of developing rural industries for common prosperity, planning and cultivating new rural industries and new business formats can accelerate the integrated development of the primary, secondary, and tertiary industries in rural areas, expand the space for rural industrial development, and then broaden farmers' employment and income channels. For example, some villages have seized the development opportunities of the digital economy, established drone pilot teams, and improved the agricultural production service system, which not only provides service guarantees for the development of rural industries for common prosperity, but also expands new business formats for the socialization of agricultural production services; some villages have created new business formats that integrate ecological breeding, sightseeing tourism, science education, parent-child entertainment, characteristic catering, and cultural creativity, extending the agricultural industry chain. In the first quarter of this year, China's new rural industries and new business formats flourished, consumption vitality continued to increase, and online retail sales of agricultural products maintained rapid growth, with rural consumer goods retail sales increasing by 4.9% year-on-year. Going to the countryside to taste delicious food, stay in homestays, and enjoy the scenery has become a popular choice for urban residents' vacations, and new economic growth points are contained in rural culture, tourism, health care, sports, warehousing and other industries.
Developing rural industries for common prosperity can promote the upgrading of the entire rural industry chain, the optimization of all elements, and the value-added of all links, playing an important role in stabilizing employment and promoting farmers' income increase. In the first quarter of this year, driven by industry and employment, the per capita disposable income of rural residents was 7,003 yuan, a real increase of 6.5% after deducting price factors, and the ratio of per capita disposable income of urban and rural residents decreased from 2.30 in the same period last year to 2.27. Looking to the future, to further implement the Party Central Committee's decision-making arrangements on actively developing rural industries for common prosperity, it is necessary to improve the mechanism for linking farmers and benefiting farmers, promote farmers' employment locally and nearby, and allow farmers to share more of the benefits brought by industrial value-added through guaranteed dividends, equity participation, service driving, and other methods, so as to promote agricultural efficiency, rural vitality, and farmers' income increase.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 田 泓
The Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee (中共中央政治局) meeting held on April 25 analyzed and studied the current economic situation and economic work, and proposed to "accelerate the integration of domestic and foreign trade." Various localities and departments have increased their efforts to help foreign trade enterprises expand domestic sales, promote the connection of domestic and foreign trade channels, brand connection, production and sales connection, and standard connection, and have achieved positive results. Starting from today, this edition will launch a series of reports on "Accelerating the Integration of Domestic and Foreign Trade," conducting on-the-spot visits to the front lines of Shanghai (上海), Ningbo (宁波), Guangzhou (广州), and Qingdao (青岛) to see how foreign trade enterprises are actively responding to challenges by leveraging China's (中国) super-large market and other advantages.
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"This pair of hemp-woven shoes is OEM for an American brand and sells for hundreds of dollars in the European and American markets, but now it only costs one or two hundred yuan." At the Export Commodity Fair in the Central Hall B2 of Shanghai Global Harbor (上海环球港), a staff member of a shoe company in Zhejiang (浙江) enthusiastically promoted the shoes.
In the foreign trade product area outside the Yonghui Supermarket (永辉超市) Shanghai Caolu Hengyue Plaza (上海曹路恒越广场) store, tuna cans originally exported to the United States were labeled with Chinese labels and placed on the shelves, attracting many customers to stop and pick them.
In the Yong'an Department Store (永安百货) on Nanjing Road (南京东路), jeans from Baoxi Group (宝玺集团), a foreign trade clothing company in Dongguan (东莞), Guangdong (广东), were quickly put on the shelves for sale.
In recent days, many Shanghai citizens have been shopping for good products in the online and offline "Foreign Trade Excellent Products" special zones. The rapid availability of foreign trade excellent products to meet domestic consumers is inseparable from multi-channel connections such as supermarkets, department stores, and e-commerce platforms.
On April 28, a special matchmaking meeting was held at the headquarters of Lianhua Supermarket Co., Ltd. (联华超市股份有限公司). At this Shanghai shopping mall and supermarket foreign trade excellent product matchmaking meeting, more than 80 representatives of foreign trade enterprises and more than 20 representatives of supermarkets and shopping malls came prepared and gained a lot.
"We are a leading enterprise in aloe vera beverage exports, and our product standards are higher than our peers. We also have complete quality certifications for the EU and other regions. Because the shelf life of beverages is short, we want to put them on the shelves of domestic supermarkets as soon as possible, but we are troubled by the lack of domestic sales channels and experience." Guo Jianfeng (郭建峰), Executive Director of Shanghai Xing'an Industrial Development Co., Ltd. (上海兴安实业发展有限公司), went straight to the Lianhua Co., Ltd. (联华股份) consultation desk and handed over a product introduction.
Guo Jianfeng introduced that the company mainly targets European and American supermarkets such as Costco (开市客) and Walmart (沃尔玛), and its annual foreign trade sales can reach 80 million yuan. In recent years, the market share in the United States has decreased, but tariff issues still have a significant impact on the company. "We want to enter the domestic beverage market, but we don't know what the prospects are?" He was a little worried.
After carefully reading the product introduction, Jin Lan (金兰), Director of the Food and Department Store Purchasing Department of Lianhua Co., Ltd., showed interest: "There are not many aloe vera beverages in China, so you can try this segmented market." Jin Lan gave two options: become a supply chain enterprise for Lianhua's own brand, or enter Lianhua Supermarket with an existing brand.
Following closely behind was Wang Jiagang (王加刚), the brand manager of Shanghai Jinwang Luggage Co., Ltd. (上海金望箱包有限公司), who and his colleagues came to the matchmaking meeting directly carrying large "pet cat bag" samples. Jinwang Luggage originally mainly exported to the United States. "The domestic pet economy is booming, which is a good opportunity window." Wang Jiagang said that the company is carefully polishing its products and preparing to launch them in China this year.
"We are also optimistic about the pet market, but community supermarkets cannot accommodate such large-volume products. Can we enter large supermarkets for joint operations?"
"Yes!"
"Can drop shipping be done?"
"Yes!"
The two parties quickly exchanged contact information and continued to follow up on channels, cooperation models, and other matters.
"For foreign trade enterprises with preliminary cooperation intentions, there will be a service team to follow up and connect, select matching online and offline channels according to different product characteristics, and provide domestic sales compliance guidance on product packaging, quality standards, and other aspects." Jin Lan introduced.
"I didn't expect to complete the entire process of contract signing, data connection, and product listing in just 4 days." In the conference room adjacent to the matchmaking negotiation area, Gu Yan (顾燕), General Manager of Shanghai Guanhua E-commerce (上海冠华电商), shared her experience of quickly completing the "foreign trade to domestic sales" with Shanghai Bailian Group (上海百联集团) with the foreign trade enterprises attending the meeting. Shanghai Guanhua is a stainless steel kitchenware company. In 2024, its export sales were approximately 5 million yuan, of which exports to the United States accounted for 60%. Recently, the company has been actively deploying "foreign trade to domestic sales." After understanding the needs, Bailian Group established a green channel and a docking team, simplified review materials, shortened review time, and simultaneously launched products on online platforms and offline supermarkets. "As soon as the goods were put on the shelves, the daily turnover was nearly 1,000 yuan, which is a good start for developing the domestic market." Gu Yan said.
Establishing a special team for foreign trade to domestic sales, launching a "7-day express listing" service, opening special exhibition areas for foreign trade products, and providing exclusive resource packages for domestic sales... Lianhua (联华), Bailian (百联), Hema (盒马), Longemont (龙之梦), Yonghui (永辉), Global Harbor (环球港) and other shopping malls and supermarkets have launched a variety of convenient measures to help foreign trade excellent products expand their sales channels.
"Many 'foreign trade excellent products' are also 'global excellent products.'" Liu Min (刘敏), Deputy Director of the Shanghai Municipal Commission of Commerce (上海市商务委), said at the matchmaking meeting, "Foreign trade to domestic sales is to allow the most cost-effective and highest-quality products to enter thousands of households in China." In consumer promotion activities such as the "May 5th Shopping Festival," Shanghai has listed the "Foreign Trade Excellent Products China Tour" as an important part of the event.
"The market supervision department is stepping up the formulation of a number of facilitation measures to support foreign trade enterprises in expanding domestic sales." Ni Junnan (倪俊南), Director of the Shanghai Municipal Administration for Market Regulation (上海市市场监管局), introduced that these measures include directly affixing Chinese labels, supporting certification bodies to actively adopt existing testing and certification results, and providing comprehensive services such as policy consultation and product inspection and testing.
Return to TopBy: 张 娟
Faced with the U.S. government's imposition of tariffs, China's foreign trade enterprises are adopting strategies such as diversifying market layouts and shifting to the domestic demand market in an effort to mitigate the negative impact. This shift has been met with positive responses from offline retail and online e-commerce, which are providing strong support for foreign trade enterprises to explore the domestic market through various means such as traffic support, data empowerment, and channel docking.
The shift from export to domestic sales is not a stopgap measure; promoting the integrated development of domestic and foreign trade is becoming a long-term strategy. On December 30, 2021, the General Office of the State Council (国务院办公厅) issued the "Opinions on Promoting the Integrated Development of Domestic and Foreign Trade," making systematic arrangements for promoting the integrated development of domestic and foreign trade. Data shows that in 2024, 87,000 industrial enterprises above the national scale have achieved integrated domestic and foreign trade operations, an increase of 6.3% year-on-year, indicating that enterprises are increasing their efforts to develop the domestic market and build brands in an effort to achieve sustainable development. Behind the rapid development of integrated domestic and foreign trade is the accelerated growth of the domestic demand market. In the past five years, domestic demand has contributed an average of more than 80% to economic growth among the three major demands.
In response to the uncertainty of rapid changes in the external environment, "walking on two legs" is a more stable choice. Enterprises must be clearly aware that the domestic sales market is not a haven for foreign trade obstacles, but an arena that requires completely new strategies. The focus of government regulation and services should also shift from production to consumption. Promoting the integrated development of domestic and foreign trade requires the joint efforts of an effective market, an active government, and an orderly society to promote market integration, institutional integration, and industrial integration.
(The author is the Deputy Director and Researcher of the Shanghai Open Strategy Research Center (上海市开放战略研究中心), and this article was compiled by Tian Hong (田泓), a reporter from this newspaper.)
Return to TopBy: 黄卫挺
In recent times, the United States has wantonly imposed tariffs, stirring up a storm in the world economy. Some Western politicians have seized the opportunity to trot out the "China economic collapse theory" script, attempting to mislead perceptions. In response, the history and reality of China's stable economic growth have provided the most objective response and the most powerful rebuttal to those who attempt to denigrate China. Historically, the resilience of the Chinese economy has always exceeded the imagination of those who denigrate it. The outcome of the previous round of Sino-US trade war proves that external suppression and bullying not only cannot hinder China's development pace, but will further enhance the resilience of the Chinese economy. Judging from the current situation, China's economy has had a good start in the first quarter of this year, with a year-on-year increase of 5.4% in GDP. The "May Day" holiday showed a holiday picture of popularity, warm markets, and sufficient vitality. The Chinese economy is not only stable itself, but also injects more confidence into the turbulent world economy. Major international institutions are still relatively optimistic about the prospects for China's economic growth. On the contrary, Western public opinion about the "US economic recession theory" has come one after another, and the whole world is worried that the United States will lead the world economy into a vortex of crisis. Overall, facing the current situation, the Chinese economy can not only withstand the huge waves, but also forge ahead, showing more confidence and composure.
Behind the solid foundation of China's economic strength is the full integration of institutional advantages and national spirit, and the mutual commitment of the government, enterprises, and the people. From the perspective of institutional advantages, the leadership of the Party is the fundamental guarantee for the development of the cause, and it is also the key to winning this international economic and trade struggle. Since the new era, guided by Xi Jinping's (习近平) economic thought, China has profoundly grasped the theoretical connotation and practical requirements of the accelerated evolution and deep interaction of the "two overall situations," innovatively proposed to coordinate development and security, and studied and deployed the implementation of a number of major strategies, major plans, and major reforms. While laying a solid foundation for high-quality development, it has also taken preemptive measures against potential external shocks. For example, we have proactively deployed and promoted the construction of a new development pattern and the development of new quality productive forces, taking the lead in strategic planning, and winning strategic initiative for the current response work. From the effect, the Party Central Committee's foresight and advance strategic deployment have specifically strengthened the giant ship of the Chinese economy, enhanced the confidence to ride the wind and waves and continue to move forward, and also improved the ability to respond to reality. The effect of the strategic preemptive move has begun to be released, forming three key "incremental" favorable factors, and promoting and amplifying each other with the advantages of China's economy such as a super-large-scale market and strong production capacity, promoting the economic transformation and upgrading that has been working hard for the past few decades to enter the fast lane, and continuously gathering the surging momentum of high-quality development.
First, stronger innovation momentum is accelerating its release, allowing economic transformation and upgrading to shift from policy direction to development results that ordinary people can see and feel. Scientific and technological innovation is related to the future and destiny of the country and the well-being of the people. Under the guidance of the strategy of revitalizing the country through science and education, the strategy of strengthening the country through talent, and the strategy of innovation-driven development, China has not only produced a large number of scientific and technological innovation achievements, but also these achievements are accelerating out of the laboratory and transforming into real productivity, forming a complete chain of "from 0 to 1 and then to 100." Hangzhou's "Six Little Dragons," represented by DeepSeek, have amazed the world. What is even more gratifying is that Hangzhou's "Six Little Dragons" are by no means an isolated case. In other cities in China, many scientific research results and industrialization projects with significant industrial transformation value have also emerged. In 2024, China's quantity and quality of intellectual property rights have increased simultaneously. The effective number of domestic invention patents reached 4.756 million, and the number of PCT international patents, Madrid international trademarks, and Hague system design applications all ranked among the top in the world. The effective number of invention patents in strategic emerging industries reached 1.349 million, a year-on-year increase of 15.7%. At the 2025 Zhongguancun Forum (中关村论坛) Annual Conference held not long ago, a number of "hardcore" scientific and technological achievements were unveiled, and more technological innovation achievements are entering industry and entering life. Today's China, the status and role in the global innovation landscape have undergone new changes, which has not only promoted its own economic transformation and upgrading, but also become an important participant in international cutting-edge innovation and an important contributor to solving global problems.
Second, a better business environment is promoting chemical reactions between China's different advantages, further catalyzing and enhancing the potential for economic development. A good business environment is not only the soil for enterprise growth, but also an essential basic condition for coping with external shocks. Since the new era, the Party Central Committee has taken continuous optimization of the business environment as an important starting point for boosting social confidence, stimulating market vitality, and enhancing development momentum, and has made many important deployments and achieved important results. During the 2016 National Two Sessions (全国两会), General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) put forward the major proposition of building a close and clean government-business relationship, focusing on creating a good political ecology and business environment. After nearly 10 years of exploration, the construction of a new type of government-business relationship of "close but with measure, clean but with action" has begun to take effect. The behavior of the government and enterprises has become more standardized, which has played an important role in improving enterprise vitality and government efficiency, and also created better conditions for adapting to the future economic form, especially the development of new fields and new tracks. The Private Economy Promotion Law (民营经济促进法), which was reviewed and approved on April 30 this year, is a key step in creating a market-oriented, rule-of-law, and internationalized business environment, and has a milestone significance for promoting the rule of law in the governance of the private economy. From the historical process of economic system reform, the law confirms the status, nature, and subject rights of the private economy, and escorts the high-quality development and healthy development of the private economy with the power of the rule of law, which also has an important milestone significance in the entire process of reform and opening up. Similarly, China attaches great importance to the internationalization of the business environment, innovatively proposes that "opening up is also an important business environment," and orderly expands independent opening up and unilateral opening up, creating a more convenient and efficient open development environment for domestic enterprises to become stronger, better, and bigger, and accelerate the creation of world-class enterprises, and also provides a more friendly, inclusive, and opportunity-filled business environment for global capital, various talents, and innovative elements to participate in China's development and deeply cultivate China's development.
Third, a larger foundation of public opinion is accelerating the formation of a nationwide game of chess, and the concerted efforts of the people are opening up a new world of development. Chinese people do not cause trouble, but they are not afraid of trouble! Facing external suppression, the Chinese nation can always gather the strongest collective strength, work together with one heart and one mind, and strive to realize the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. Facing the current external suppression, China is working hard, Chinese enterprises are working hard, and the Chinese people are working hard. The people's strength of unity from top to bottom and concerted efforts is rapidly gathering, providing an important source for the resilience and momentum of the Chinese economy. From the perspective of economic development, the spirit of entrepreneurs in the new era is a powerful driving force for promoting the high-quality development of the Chinese economy. In 2021, the spirit of entrepreneurs was included in the spiritual pedigree of Chinese Communists. From practice, countless cases have proved that the more difficult it is, the more it can highlight and stimulate greater entrepreneurial spirit, and the tentacles, vision, and information of entrepreneurs will not be suppressed and restricted. For example, most of the Chinese companies sanctioned by the United States have not only not fallen, but their R&D investment intensity has also increased, achieving many very weighty technological innovation breakthroughs and development achievements. 沧海横流 (cāng hǎi héng liú - "turbulent sea flows," heroes emerge in troubled times), this is the realistic tension of the entrepreneurial spirit, and it is also the micro-foundation of the resilience of the Chinese economy! Whether facing the current international economic and trade struggle or facing various difficulties and challenges in future development, as long as we are united from top to bottom and work together with one heart and one mind, we can transform uncertainty into certainty and transform difficulties and challenges into new development opportunities!
(The author is the Deputy Director of the Decision-making Consultation Department of the Academy of Macroeconomic Research of the National Development and Reform Commission (国家发展改革委))
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 王 政 刘温馨 施 钰
In recent days, an increasing number of users have noticed that the icon in the signal bar on their mobile phone screens has quietly changed from "5G" to "5G-A."
What is "5G-A"? What changes will this one-letter difference bring? "5G-A" is an intermediate stage in the transition from 5G to 6G, and can also be understood as an enhanced version of 5G technology. Compared to 5G, 5G-A achieves significant improvements in capacity, rate, latency, positioning, and reliability.
For users, the most direct feeling is "fast." Previously, it took a long time to download several gigabytes of videos, but now it only takes a few seconds. Experts say that the connection speed and latency of 5G-A will be 10 times higher than the initial stage of 5G, which can better support immersive mobile applications such as holographic communication and cloud gaming, allowing users to further say goodbye to lag and have a smoother online experience. 5G-A has been implemented on a large scale in areas such as smart city construction, Internet of Vehicles, and telemedicine. Mainstream models on the market can experience the 5G-A network. Chinese operators have deployed 5G-A test networks in 31 provinces and are expected to support 50 million users.
While bringing a new network experience, many netizens have also raised questions: Will faster network speeds consume more data? Will 5G-A charge higher fees? The reporter interviewed Guo Fengrong (郭丰榕), head of the Wireless Optimization Center of the Network Department of China Mobile (中国移动) Fujian (福建) Company Fuzhou (福州) Branch. Guo Fengrong (郭丰榕) explained that data consumption mainly depends on the size of the data that users browse, download, and upload. Using 5G-A will not consume more data or generate additional costs.
Guo Fengrong (郭丰榕) introduced that the company has transformed base stations in key scenarios with high traffic volume, such as some scenic spots, train stations, exhibition venues, stadiums, and subway stations in Fuzhou (福州), using 5G-A technology. When a mobile terminal that supports this function enters the coverage area of the 5G-A signal, the "5G-A" icon will automatically appear in the signal position in the upper right corner of the mobile phone screen, and users can experience the 5G-A network.
Return to TopIn early summer, farmers in Dao County (道县), Yongzhou City (永州市), Hunan Province (湖南省) seize the farming season to carry out agricultural activities such as vegetable harvesting, early rice transplanting, and rice field management. The picture shows on May 11, at the Yuan Dizhenghe Farm (原地正禾农场) in Qingtang Town (清塘镇), Dao County (道县), farmers are carrying fertilizer used for intelligent plant protection drones.
Photo by Jiang Keqing (蒋克青) (People's Vision (人民视觉)).
Return to TopThis newspaper's Guangzhou (广州) May 11th dispatch (Reporter Hong Qiuting (洪秋婷)) The first Guangzhou International Intelligent Construction and Industrialized Building Industry Expo closed on the 10th in Guangzhou (广州), Guangdong (广东). The expo lasted for 3 days, attracting approximately 1,300 overseas merchants from 90 countries including Australia, New Zealand, and Spain, as well as over 500 well-known domestic enterprises to participate in the exhibition.
The expo, themed "Digital Intelligence Construction, Industry Leadership," covered five major industrial tracks: digital design, intelligent production, intelligent equipment, prefabricated decoration, and smart home. The exhibition showcased abundant overseas project signing results, covering 57 projects in over 10 countries across Asia, Europe, and Africa. A batch of landmark projects with wide coverage and strong driving effects were signed, with a cumulative amount exceeding 82 billion yuan.
Return to TopThis newspaper's Beijing (北京) May 11th dispatch (Reporter Li Xinping (李心萍)) The reporter learned from China State Railway Group Co., Ltd. (中国国家铁路集团有限公司) (hereinafter referred to as "China Railway Group (国铁集团)"): From January to April this year, railway construction was promoted with high quality and efficiency. The national railway completed fixed asset investment of 194.7 billion yuan, an increase of 5.3% year-on-year, giving full play to the role of railway construction investment in driving the economy, and actively injecting new impetus into the sustained recovery and improvement of the economy.
Since the beginning of this year, China Railway Group (国铁集团) has made full use of the national "two key" project support policies, focusing on networking, supplementing the network, and strengthening the chain, and has promoted railway engineering construction with high quality and efficiency. Among them, China Railway Chengdu Bureau (国铁成都局) completed railway construction investment of 18.19 billion yuan, accounting for nearly 10%, and the blank areas in the western region's road network are being filled at an accelerated pace.
In April, a number of railway construction projects made positive progress. The Zaoqing Grand Bridge of the Xiong'an (雄安) to Shangqiu (商丘) High-speed Railway completed the erection of box girders, the Mopanshan Tunnel of the Chengdu (成都) to Chongqing (重庆) Central Line High-speed Railway, the Wenchang Tunnel of the Guangzhou (广州) to Zhanjiang (湛江) High-speed Railway, and the Xiling Tunnel of the Xi'an (西安) to Shiyan (十堰) High-speed Railway were successfully connected. The Xi'an (西安) to Yan'an (延安) High-speed Railway and the Chengdu (成都) to Dazhou (达州) to Wanzhou (万州) High-speed Railway entered the track construction stage, and the steel structure of Tianfu Station of the Chengdu (成都) to Yibin (宜宾) High-speed Railway was fully completed.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 王欣悦
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The medical and health undertaking concerns the well-being of the people, and corruption in the medical field will seriously infringe upon the interests of the masses. Liu Xueyin (刘学银), the former Party Secretary of the People's Hospital of Wuxi County (巫溪县人民医院) in Chongqing (重庆), took advantage of his position to seek benefits for others in equipment procurement and fund allocation for a long time, and accepted kickbacks. The Wuxi County Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision (巫溪县纪委监委) strengthened the promotion of reform through case studies, giving full play to the advantages of "office-group-land" linkage supervision, promoting medical institutions throughout the county to draw inferences from one case and deeply explore similar case problems, and urging the medical system throughout the county to provide more transparent services and more reasonable charges.
At 8 a.m., Chen Sheng (陈升), a villager from Tianba Town (田坝镇), Wuxi County (巫溪县), Chongqing (重庆), set off from his home and took a three-hour bus ride to finally arrive at the People's Hospital of Wuxi County (巫溪县人民医院). At this time, he had been experiencing a dull pain in his right abdomen for three days.
Located in northeastern Chongqing (重庆) and the depths of the Daba Mountains (大巴山), Wuxi County (巫溪县) has rugged mountain roads and inconvenient transportation, and has not yet been connected to high-speed rail. As the only tertiary hospital in the county, the People's Hospital of Wuxi County (巫溪县人民医院) is the main medical choice for nearly 400,000 permanent residents in the county.
Four years ago, Chen Sheng (陈升) accompanied his cousin to the county hospital for medical treatment. At that time, blood tests alone took three days. "Many test results could not be obtained on the same day, so we had to stay near the hospital for two nights, and the accommodation fee cost more than 200 yuan." Recalling the past experience, he came early this time.
To his surprise, he obtained the test report in only two hours in the Department of General Surgery of the People's Hospital of Wuxi County (巫溪县人民医院). "The biochemical immune test that used to take 3 hours can now produce results in more than 1 hour." Wei Xing (卫星), director of the Department of Laboratory Medicine of the People's Hospital of Wuxi County (巫溪县人民医院), introduced while standing in front of the "fully automated biochemical immune analyzer," "This equipment can complete up to 120 different biochemical and immunological tests at one time, including liver function, kidney function, blood lipids, hormone function tests, and infectious disease tests, and most tests can get results on the same day."
What Chen Sheng (陈升) didn't know was that this high-tech equipment, which should have benefited local patients, had once become a personal "ATM."
In October 2023, the Second巡察组 of the Wuxi County Party Committee (巫溪县委第二巡察组) conducted a巡察 of the County People's Hospital (县人民医院) and found that individual(s) may have violated integrity discipline during the hospital's procurement of a "fully automated biochemical immune analyzer" in 2021, so they transferred the problem clues to the Wuxi County Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision (巫溪县纪委监委) for handling.
"The hospital's equipment purchase accounts and procedures are standardized, but I always vaguely feel that something is wrong." In February 2024, Zhang Hongyong (张洪勇), director of the Fourth Discipline Inspection and Supervision Office of the Wuxi County Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision (巫溪县纪委监委第四纪检监察室), led a team to conduct a preliminary verification of the problem clues.
After on-site visits and verification, the problem gradually emerged. "This set of biochemical immune analyzer has a purchase price of up to 13.76 million yuan, which is nearly 4 million yuan higher than similar products purchased in surrounding districts and counties." Staring at the public procurement bidding announcement on the computer screen, Zhang Hongyong's (张洪勇) eyebrows were twisted into a knot.
Opening the fund accounts of the People's Hospital of Wuxi County (巫溪县人民医院) and the capital flow of the sales manufacturer, there was indeed something tricky—the ex-factory price of the equipment was very different from the purchase price. "Hospital employees were discussing at the time that the winning bidder of the equipment was Shanghai Pharma Kangdel (Chongqing) Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (上药康德乐（重庆）医药有限公司) on the surface, but in fact, Gu (古某) (pseudonym), a friend of Liu Xueyin (刘学银), the Party Secretary of the hospital, may have been operating in the dark." Zhang Hongyong (张洪勇) had a vague answer in his mind.
However, judging from the hospital's procurement procedures, the equipment procurement procedures were strict, the materials were complete, and they had been reported at various levels. Where was the trick hidden?
A property became the breakthrough point of the case.
"Judging from the bank flow, there is nothing unusual in Liu Xueyin's (刘学银) own account." There was no gain in the initial verification stage, and the case handlers immediately expanded the scope and retrieved the exchanges between Liu Xueyin (刘学银) and his relatives. An abnormality caught Zhang Hongyong's (张洪勇) attention, "Why is most of the funds for buying a property registered under Liu Xueyin's (刘学银) name from his brother-in-law's account?"
Liu Xueyin's (刘学银) brother-in-law's bank flow showed that there were 27 cash deposit records of more than 50,000 yuan between 2020 and 2023, totaling more than one million yuan—and his brother-in-law was only a small electrical appliance wholesaler. Where did the funds come from?
In May 2024, with the approval of the Chongqing Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision (重庆市纪委监委) and reported to the main responsible comrade of the Wuxi County Party Committee (巫溪县委), the Wuxi County Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision (巫溪县纪委监委) took retention measures against Liu Xueyin (刘学银).
In the retention room, Liu Xueyin (刘学银) was silent for a while. It was not until more than 300 bank flows, project materials, and procurement contracts were placed on the table that Liu Xueyin's (刘学银) psychological defense line collapsed.
According to Liu Xueyin's (刘学银) confession, before the bidding for the medical equipment procurement project, he told Gu (古某) the brand information and equipment parameters of the intended purchase equipment in advance, and Gu (古某) then arranged for relatives to contact the manufacturer and platform company to borrow the shell to win the bid. In order to express "gratitude," Gu (古某) repeatedly sent cash to Liu Xueyin (刘学银). In order not to be discovered, Liu Xueyin (刘学银) arranged for his brother-in-law and other relatives to keep it. During his tenure as the president and Party Secretary of the People's Hospital of Wuxi County (巫溪县人民医院), Liu Xueyin (刘学银) took advantage of his position to seek benefits for others in equipment procurement and fund allocation for a long time, and illegally accepted kickbacks from Gu (古某) and other 5 people totaling 3.69 million yuan in the same way.
"Liu Xueyin (刘学银) turned medical equipment procurement into a channel for transferring benefits." Hu Chao (胡超), member of the Standing Committee of the Wuxi County Party Committee (巫溪县委常委), Secretary of the County Commission for Discipline Inspection, and Director of the County Supervisory Commission (县纪委书记、县监委主任), said, "This case exposes the typical path of power-for-rent seeking by the 'top leader' of the grassroots medical system. On the surface, it follows formal procedures, but secretly manipulates parameters and bidding links, and 'tailor-made' bidding conditions for specific enterprises by setting preferential terms to seek personal gain."
In addition, Liu Xueyin (刘学银) was also negligent in management for a long time, resulting in problems such as repeated charges, irregular charges, overcharges for ultrasound examinations, and cross-project charges in the hospital.
Chen YunSong (陈运松), who lives in Baixin Community (白新社区), Chengxiang Town (城厢镇), Wuxi County (巫溪县), was one of the victims. In June 2022, he was rushed to the People's Hospital of Wuxi County (巫溪县人民医院) by his family due to an acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
During his hospitalization, the hospital performed a "blood gas analysis" to assess Chen YunSong's (陈运松) oxygenation status and acid-base balance. When settling the bill upon discharge, the hospital repeatedly charged for the "serum bicarbonate (HC03) determination" fee. In fact, the two should not be billed separately. "Which medicines should be used and which examinations should be done, we did not follow the medical system. For example, a CT scan costs 400 yuan. How many kilograms of potatoes do the people of Wuxi (巫溪) have to sell to earn it!" In his confession, Liu Xueyin (刘学银) said with tears, "We sometimes treat seeing a doctor as a business."
In November 2024, Liu Xueyin (刘学银) was expelled from the Party and removed from public office, and all the gains from violations of discipline and law have been recovered; in March 2025, Liu Xueyin (刘学银) was sentenced to seven years in prison and fined 410,000 yuan.
"After the handling of the Liu Xueyin (刘学银) case was completed, combined with the centralized rectification of unhealthy tendencies and corruption problems around the masses, we gave full play to the advantages of 'office-group-land' linkage supervision, promoted medical institutions throughout the county to draw inferences from one case and deeply explore similar case problems, and found 14 clues to problems such as repeated medical examinations, filed 15 cases, gave Party discipline and government sanctions to 15 people, and organizational handling to 14 people," said Hu Chao (胡超).
On the front line, patients are the first to feel the changes.
Opening Chen Sheng's (陈升) report, Chen Sheng (陈升) and his cousin both have gallstones with cholecystitis, the same department, the same chief surgeon, but Chen Sheng's (陈升) total cost is more than 4,000 yuan less than his cousin's surgery four years ago. By optimizing the diagnosis and treatment process, abdominal color Doppler ultrasound replaced upper abdominal CT examination, reducing the cost by 330 yuan; after the operation, by eliminating the use of universal drugs and strictly managing surgical consumables, the drug cost was reduced from 2,890 yuan to 696 yuan...
According to the relevant person in charge of the People's Hospital of Wuxi County (巫溪县人民医院), at present, the average cost per outpatient visit has decreased by 41 yuan based on the beginning of 2024, a decrease of 11.45%; the average cost per inpatient visit has decreased by 979 yuan based on the beginning of 2024, a decrease of 13.71%, and the patient's medical experience has been continuously improved.
"We will also strengthen the supervision of the 'top leaders' of the medical system, and promote reform and governance through case studies, urge the medical system throughout the county to provide more transparent services and more reasonable charges, and further solve the problems of difficulty and high cost of seeing a doctor for the masses," said Hu Chao (胡超).
Return to TopBy: 蒲 川
Corruption in the medical field directly harms the vital interests of the people. It not only leads to unreasonable increases in medical expenses and increases the burden on patients, but also undermines trust between doctors and patients, seriously eroding the public welfare and fairness of the medical system.
Judging from the cases investigated and dealt with in recent years, corruption in the medical industry remains stubbornly complex: some hospital leaders use their positions to receive high kickbacks by designating suppliers and setting exclusive bidding conditions. In engineering construction, equipment procurement and other links, they conduct power-money transactions through means such as falsely increasing configurations and false bidding, which seriously damages the industry ecology.
The root of these problems lies in the imbalance of power structure and the absence of a supervision system, which leads to a weak internal supervision mechanism, lagging external supervision technical means, and insufficient coordination among regulatory departments. At the same time, there is still room for discretion in institutional links such as "secondary price negotiation" and alternative catalog adjustments in centralized drug bidding and procurement.
To combat corruption in the medical field, it is necessary to improve the decision-making and deliberation system of the hospital Party committee and the administrative leadership team, establish a collective decision-making mechanism for "major issues," and strengthen supervision of the "key few." At the same time, introduce third-party professional institutions in key areas such as engineering construction and drug procurement, build a "sunshine supervision" platform, and achieve full-process traceability management. It is also necessary to make good use of digital technologies such as AI and big data to build a smart supervision platform, and use functions such as data comparison and risk early warning to make corrupt behavior nowhere to hide.
The medical and health undertaking is the guardian of people's health and must build a solid line of defense against corruption. Only by continuously deepening comprehensive management can we safeguard the people's "life-saving money."
(The author is a professor at the School of Public Health of Chongqing Medical University (重庆医科大学) and director of the Medical and Social Development Research Center. Interview and compilation by Wang Xinyue (王欣悦), reporter of this newspaper.)
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 朱佩娴
Located at the southern foot of the majestic Taihang Mountains (太行山) and in the western part of Jiyuan City (济源市), Henan Province (河南省), lies a township named after a hero – Sili Town (思礼镇).
Sili Town (思礼镇) was originally named Wushan Town (武山镇). In February 1944, to commemorate the anti-Japanese hero Yu Sili (于思礼) who sacrificed his life there, it was renamed Sili Town (思礼镇) with the approval of the Jiyuan County (济源县) Committee of the Communist Party of China.
Yu Sili (于思礼), originally named Yu Zhixiang (于致祥), was born in Zhuyuan Gou Village (竹园沟村), Wushan Town (武山镇), Jiyuan (济源) in 1913. After the full outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War in 1937, he resolutely abandoned his studies and devoted himself to the anti-Japanese national salvation movement. The following year, together with Yang Bosheng (杨伯笙), Shi Xiangsheng (史向生) and other communists, he formed the "Du Ba Lian Anti-Japanese Self-Defense Group" (杜八联抗日自卫团).
During the difficult years of the Anti-Japanese War, Yu Sili (于思礼) led the self-defense group to successfully attack Japanese puppet military strongholds and destroy enemy transportation lines on many occasions. In October 1943, Yu Sili (于思礼), only 30 years old, heroically sacrificed his life due to betrayal by a traitor. Before his execution, he shouted slogans such as "Long live the Communist Party of China!" and "Down with Japanese imperialism!" The noble spirit of a communist deeply moved people.
"We not only have Sili Town (思礼镇), but also Sili Village (思礼村) and Qinghua Village (庆华村), all named after the heroic names of revolutionary martyrs," said Yu Xiaobo (于晓波), Secretary of the Party Committee of Sili Town (思礼镇). In June 2017, the Sili Town (思礼镇) government renovated the Yu Sili (于思礼) Martyrs Cemetery, built the Yu Sili (于思礼) Hero Square, and erected a statue of Yu Sili (于思礼) for future generations to admire.
The spirit of heroes is passed down from generation to generation. From the 1980s to the 1990s, the people of Shuihongchi Village (水洪池村) in Sili Town (思礼镇), in order to get out of the mountains, opened mountains and chiseled walls, built a road for ten years, and wrote a contemporary "The Foolish Old Man Removes the Mountains" legend, which was listed as one of the on-site teaching practice bases for the Yugong Yishan (愚公移山) spirit in Henan Province (河南省). "We are the hometown of martyrs, and we have the spirit of fighting against heaven and earth. This little difficulty is nothing!" said Miao Tiancai (苗天才), the former Party branch secretary of Shuihongchi Village (水洪池村) who led the villagers to build the road.
In recent years, Sili Town (思礼镇) has carried out a red education inheritance project, incorporating red education into the school-based curriculum of primary and secondary schools in Sili Town (思礼镇), compiling the "Collection of Red Stories of Sili Town" (《思礼镇红色故事集》), and compiling and publishing materials such as "Memoirs of the Du Ba Lian Anti-Japanese War" (《杜八联抗战回忆录》).
Lu Ju (卢举), a 46-year-old villager from Sili Village (思礼村), Sili Town (思礼镇), was inspired by the heroic deeds to join the Jiyuan City (济源市) "Small City, Great Love" (小城大爱) public welfare team to serve, and has organized and participated in volunteer service activities such as rescuing people, searching for people, and searching for objects for many times, with a total value of donations to the society reaching hundreds of thousands of yuan. "I grew up listening to the story of Yu Sili (于思礼), and I want to pass on the heroic spirit," said Lu Ju (卢举).
Return to TopThis newspaper's Nanning (南宁) May 11th dispatch (Reporter Pang Geping (庞革平)) The reporter learned from the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (广西壮族自治区) Market Supervision and Administration Bureau (市场监督管理局) that since the beginning of this year, Guangxi (广西) market supervision and management departments have been promoting the improvement of food safety work through digital empowerment.
Using one code to trace the source "strengthens the foundation." Guangxi (广西) is exploring and implementing a new model of "artificial intelligence + risk prevention + digital supervision," accelerating the construction of smart platforms such as the "Gui Shi An (桂食安)" WeChat mini-program, and building a full-chain information one-code traceability mechanism for livestock and poultry products from slaughter quarantine to market sales. The intelligent linkage traceability supervision coverage of livestock and poultry products has been expanded to 60% of large and medium-sized supermarkets and school food ingredient suppliers in Guangxi (广西).
Smart Sky Eye "strengthens supervision." Guangxi (广西) promotes the integration of cloud cameras and artificial intelligence recognition into food safety supervision. High-definition cameras are installed in key areas such as food production, school canteens, and infant formula milk powder production enterprises, and connected to the "Gui Shi An (桂食安)" smart platform, achieving a 78% coverage rate of visual non-on-site supervision in key areas such as special foods, and increasing the coverage rate of "Internet + transparent kitchen" in school canteens to 99%.
Cloud linkage "connects data." Guangxi (广西) upgraded and connected the three systems of agriculture and rural "Mu Yun Tong - Gui (牧运通—桂)," market supervision "Gui Shi An (桂食安)," and customs "Smart Port (智慧口岸)," promoting high-efficiency intercommunication and sharing of cross-departmental data, and realizing real-time data clustering analysis, risk early warning, and timely push of decision-making references.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 巨云鹏
The screen of a new energy vehicle plays an important role in the operation of the vehicle, and a malfunction can affect the normal use of the vehicle. If the screen of a newly purchased new energy vehicle is broken and cannot be repaired, can the buyer apply to the seller for a refund? The Songjiang District People's Court (上海市松江区人民法院) of Shanghai (上海) heard a case of a car return dispute caused by the damage of a new energy vehicle screen.
The court introduced that on September 19, 2022, the plaintiff, Company A (A公司), purchased a new energy electric vehicle from the defendant, Company B Automobile Service (B汽车服务公司). On September 30, 2022, after the plaintiff picked up the car from the defendant, it was discovered during driving that the vehicle had a multimedia and passenger screen blackout.
Subsequently, Company A sent the vehicle to Company B for repair three times in October and December of that year. After three repairs, the plaintiff claimed that the vehicle still had problems such as black screen restarts, and Company B claimed that the multimedia system host needed to be replaced. Company A disagreed with the replacement, and then the two parties communicated about the return and exchange of the car many times, but failed to reach an agreement.
Because the dispute could not be resolved for a long time, Company A filed a lawsuit with the Songjiang Court (松江法院) on April 20, 2023, requesting the termination of the sales contract with Company B, requiring Company B to return all the purchase price and compensate for various losses. Company B believes that the black screen problem does not mean that the vehicle has a serious safety performance failure, and the vehicle does not meet the statutory car return conditions stipulated in the automobile "Three Guarantees" regulations, and does not agree with the plaintiff's claim.
The court held that in this case, the car buyer is a company, and the actual user is the person in charge of the company. The person in charge relies on navigation to judge road conditions and vehicle driving routes, and the navigation of new energy vehicles needs to rely on the smart screen. The frequency of use of the smart screen is very high during the actual driving of the vehicle. Once a black screen or other situation occurs, the user will experience panic and tension.
"The appraisal agency believes that if the screen suddenly blacks out and restarts while driving, especially when the driver is in an unfamiliar section of the road and needs navigation, it will have a serious impact on the normal driving of the vehicle," said Gu Lingzhi (顾凌之), a judge of the Commercial Trial Tribunal of the Songjiang Court (松江法院商事审判庭). The court, in conjunction with the appraisal report and the statement of the appraiser, believes that if the black screen problem occurs in densely populated areas or on highways, the failure does have a certain possibility of affecting the safety of drivers and other members of the public.
The Songjiang Court (松江法院) made a first-instance judgment in August 2024, comprehensively considering the opinions of both parties and the appraisal report, and held that the problem has existed for a long time, and the function of the car's intelligent multimedia display screen is irreplaceable for the user, and the vehicle still cannot be used normally after multiple repairs, which seriously affects the plaintiff's normal and safe use of the vehicle. Therefore, the Songjiang Court (松江法院) supported the plaintiff's claim to terminate the car purchase contract and return the car purchase price, and made a discretionary decision on car loans, various losses, etc. The second instance court upheld the first instance judgment.
"Vehicles, especially new energy vehicles, are technology-intensive products, and it is difficult for general consumers to identify the specific types and degrees of potential quality problems of vehicles," Gu Lingzhi (顾凌之) introduced. If consumers encounter serious safety performance failures that cannot be eliminated after multiple repairs, they can file a lawsuit with the court and apply for appraisal to confirm the degree of failure of the vehicle, so as to better protect their legitimate rights and interests.
"For automobile after-sales parties, if there are problems with the vehicle that need to be repaired, they should promptly and actively carry out repairs, do a good job in communication, coordination and explanation with consumers, and try their best to solve the problems raised by consumers. If it is found that the problem cannot be solved after multiple repairs for a long time, it should be returned or exchanged in accordance with the automobile 'Three Guarantees' regulations," said Gu Lingzhi (顾凌之).
Return to TopOn May 11, at the Shenfeng Mountain Villa vegetable planting base in Sigu墩 Village (四顾墩村), Kongjiabang Township (孔家坊乡), Yingshan County (英山县), Huanggang City (黄冈市), Hubei Province (湖北省), Party member volunteers went into the fields to carry out a live-streaming agricultural assistance public welfare activity to help expand sales channels for agricultural products, promote increased income for local farmers, and boost industrial development.
Wang Jiang (王江) (People's Vision)
Return to TopThis newspaper Hohhot (呼和浩特) May 11th (Reporter Zhang Cheng (张枨)) Early on a weekend morning, six student党员 (dǎng yuán - party member) from the Inner Mongolia Vocational College of Communications (内蒙古交通职业技术学院) arrived early at the Yuejun Community (悦郡社区) of Songzhou Street (松州街道), Songshan District (松山区), Chifeng City (赤峰市), carefully arranging the "Reading and Sharing Space." Accompanied by children's songs, the student党员 (dǎng yuán - party member) told stories and performed shows for the community children, and laughter filled the air.
"Community work is complex and multifaceted, and it is difficult to meet the diverse needs of residents relying solely on the existing manpower of the street. Student党员 (dǎng yuán - party member) have knowledge and vitality, and many of them also want to leave the campus and participate in practice at the grassroots level. We must find ways to bring them in," said Wang Fei (王菲), Secretary of the Party Working Committee of Songzhou Street (松州街道党工委书记). To this end, the Party Working Committee of Songzhou Street (松州街道党工委) took the lead in jointly establishing a party building consortium with the party organizations of four local universities in Chifeng (赤峰). The subordinate community party organizations also followed suit, establishing joint construction with the院系 (yuàn xì - department) party organizations of the four universities. More than 20,000 university students, especially nearly a thousand student党员 (dǎng yuán - party member), participated in community governance.
In order to further stimulate the enthusiasm and initiative of student党员 (dǎng yuán - party member) to participate in community work, the local area also promoted the "dual evaluation" mechanism of street-community-university and the "dual incubation" mechanism of employment and entrepreneurship, and adopted the "university tutor + community cadre" dual-teacher training model to enable student党员 (dǎng yuán - party member) to clarify their future career plans and development directions in community service practice. The Party Working Committee of Songzhou Street (松州街道党工委) recommended a group of outstanding university students to enter the State Grid Chifeng Power Supply Company (国网赤峰供电公司) for internships, allowing them to go deep into the community in their spare time to provide assistance and agency services for residents, which was well received by the local people.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 郝迎灿
As the lights came up, Deng Jiaqi, a sophomore from the School of Architecture and Engineering at Liaoning Institute of Technology (辽宁理工职业大学), and her classmates walked hand in hand to the center of the stage.
"So Jinzhou (锦州) apples are so famous that even Chairman Mao (毛主席) said, 'Jinzhou is the place where apples come from.'"
"Yes, it's amazing that the soldiers wouldn't eat the people's apples even when they were thirsty!"
On the stage, the scene short play "Jinzhou Apples Across Time and Space" (《跨越时空的锦州苹果》) was being performed. Deng Jiaqi, playing Xiao Deng (小邓), and her classmates had just visited the Jinzhou Apple Anti-Corruption Culture Exhibition Hall (锦州苹果廉政文化展览馆) and had a new understanding of the story of Jinzhou apples.
The stage background changed, and Xiao Deng, who had been camping, woke up from a dream and found herself surrounded by an apple orchard. At this time, two People's Liberation Army (PLA) soldiers walked towards her. Several villagers, carrying baskets of apples, wanted to give them to the soldiers, but they politely refused, "This is our iron discipline. We can't eat the people's apples, no matter how thirsty or hungry we are." It turned out that Xiao Deng had "traveled" back to the autumn of 1948, when the PLA victoriously captured Jinzhou (锦州).
As the scene changed, Xiao Deng returned to the present and came to the Liaoshen Campaign Memorial Hall (辽沈战役纪念馆), reciting a monologue: "Do you know that Jinzhou (锦州), the place where you once fought, has become a red heroic city? In August 2022, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out during his inspection in Liaoning (辽宁) that 'We still cannot eat such apples today.'"
"This short play is based on a true story that took place during the Liaoshen Campaign (辽沈战役). At that time, the apples in the countryside of Jinzhou (锦州) were ripe, and the PLA soldiers who passed by on the march, although hungry and thirsty, did not pick a single one," said Li Jing (黎婧), deputy dean of the School of Architecture and Engineering. "The iron discipline warmed the hearts of the people."
The cast and crew of the play were teachers and students from the School of Architecture and Engineering. Watching the performance on the stage, the audience responded enthusiastically, with bursts of applause and cheers from time to time.
A situational drama is a special ideological and political lesson. Since last year, watching this short play has become a "required course" for freshmen at the school. "The story of the apple is closely linked to the word 'people,' transcending time and space and remaining ever new," said Wang Bohan (王勃瀚), a freshman at the School of Architecture and Engineering. "In my future studies and work, I will also strengthen my own cultivation and cultivate good morals."
The story of Jinzhou (锦州) apples also inspires Deng Jiaqi (邓佳琦). In September last year, she was elected as the Minister of the Learning Department of the Student Union of the School of Architecture and Engineering, organizing reading clubs, planning essay competitions, contacting experts to give lectures... and was very busy. "Behind the story of the apple is the embodiment of discipline and self-consciousness. As a student cadre, I must be stricter with myself and serve my classmates," said Deng Jiaqi.
"Chairman Mao (毛主席) said, 'It is very noble not to eat, and it is very despicable to eat, because these are the people's apples.'" On the eve of the 2025 Spring Festival, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) went to Liaoning (辽宁) to visit and express his condolences to grassroots cadres and the masses, and once again told the story of the apple.
A small apple reflects the integrity and people-centered nature of Chinese Communists. "Today, this story still has profound practical significance for Party members and cadres to be honest and self-disciplined and consciously practice the Party's mass line," said Liu Xiaoguang (刘晓光), curator of the Liaoshen Campaign Memorial Hall (辽沈战役纪念馆).
In the new era, how will the story of "Jinzhou Apples" continue to be written, and how will the construction of a culture of integrity be further promoted?
Liaoning (辽宁) is the starting point of the Anti-Japanese War, the turning point of the War of Liberation, the source of materials for the national anthem of the People's Republic of China, the departure point for the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea, the foundation of the Republic's industry, and the birthplace of the Lei Feng (雷锋) spirit. Starting from a "Jinzhou Apple," Liaoning (辽宁) deeply explores the elements of integrity in the red "six places" resources and strengthens the construction of a culture of integrity in the new era.
In the Hall of Heroes of the Liaoshen Campaign Memorial Hall (辽沈战役纪念馆), an apricot-yellow banner with the words "Benevolent and Righteous Army" (仁义之师) is particularly eye-catching. "'A benevolent and righteous army' won the hearts of the people, and with the full support of the people of Northeast China, the Liaoshen Campaign (辽沈战役) finally achieved victory." Next to it, commentator Liang Dandan (梁丹丹) once again told the story of the PLA soldiers not eating the people's apples.
Liang Dandan (梁丹丹), 47, is the granddaughter of Liang Shiying (梁士英), a special-class hero of the Liaoshen Campaign (辽沈战役). "My father was also a soldier. He suffered extensive burns in an accident while protecting his comrades, and later returned to work locally. When I was a child, he taught me to be loyal to the Party and to be honest."
Liang Dandan (梁丹丹) joined the army at the age of 19, and after retiring, she came to the Liaoshen Campaign Memorial Hall (辽沈战役纪念馆) as a commentator. "Our family's wish is to tell my grandfather's revolutionary story to more people."
Liaoning (辽宁) places family education and family style construction in a prominent position, cultivating a good work style with a clean family style. "We have launched a volunteer lecture activity of 'Stories of Clean Family Traditions' throughout the province. By telling the family stories of revolutionary predecessors, role models of the times, and negative typical cases, we guide the majority of Party members and leading cadres to be virtuous, abide by public morals, and strictly observe private morals," said a relevant person in charge of the Liaoning Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision (辽宁省纪委监委).
Creating popular sketches and dramas, building educational venues close to the masses, and integrating elements of integrity into the construction of urban public facilities... In recent years, Liaoning (辽宁) has focused on enriching the supply of high-quality products and services of a culture of integrity and deepening education on integrity, and has continuously created "new scenes" for the dissemination of a culture of integrity, guiding Party members and cadres to cultivate a spirit of integrity and self-discipline and cultivate a new atmosphere of integrity.
The "Jinzhou Apple" is a historical testimony to the Chinese Communists' integrity, self-discipline, and concern for the people. Today, the story of this "apple" is still remembered in people's hearts.
Return to TopBy: 徐雷鹏
In the Party's more than a century of struggle, the two characters "integrity" are deeply imprinted, subtly nourishing and persistently penetrating. A small story, a glorious history, can always clearly explain a principle, interpret a sentiment, and inherit a spirit in a simple way.
How can "old traditions" be innovative? As times change, the key to telling the story of integrity in the new era lies in "telling." Only by allowing the spiritual core of "old traditions" to collide with the innovative expression of "new carriers" can small stories surge with lasting vitality.
A micro-movie, a situational drama, an immersive experience... the forms of expression are flexible and diverse, integrating online and offline. When historical details become accessible and relatable through fingertip swipes, scene changes, and role-playing, integrity culture is no longer a specimen in a museum, but a vibrant cultural gene.
How can "big principles" enter the heart? What often moves people is a small detail, a subtle touch. With more "small and beautiful" memory points that intersect with "big principles," small stories can be integrated into the fabric of life.
Hangzhou (杭州), Zhejiang (浙江) launched the "Xiao Lian Qingfeng Lianyun" (小莲清风廉运) special line, connecting a series of integrity culture routes in the city. By taking the bus, you can feel the integrity culture along the way. Shenzhen (深圳), Guangdong (广东) built an integrity culture theme park where citizens can encounter proverbs about integrity and family values while taking a walk. There is no rigid indoctrination, no "routine" only at nodes, but rather allowing people to complete a spiritual baptism in unexpected encounters, making integrity a part of daily life, and allowing integrity culture to penetrate people's hearts through repeated interactions.
Return to TopBy: 卢 涛
The "Qilu No. 1" (齐鲁1号) was put into operation, leading tourists to appreciate the charm of Qi and Lu (齐鲁) and experience Confucian culture; the "Henan of the Great River" (大河之南号) made its maiden voyage, accompanying tourists to admire the ancient capital and explore the culture of the Central Plains; the "Panda Express" (熊猫专列) has created a number of high-quality routes, and many trains are already sold out... Recently, tourist trains have been operating intensively, and "slow" train travel is gaining popularity.
Data shows that in 2024, a total of 1,860 tourist trains were organized and operated nationwide, transporting more than 1 million passengers. In the first quarter of this year, the national railways operated a total of 187 tourist trains, an increase of 30% year-on-year. Where does the charm of tourist trains come from?
Stepping onto the train, the journey becomes the trip. On the opera-themed train, Henan Opera (豫剧) performances and amateur opera competitions are staged in turn, and the carriage is transformed into a stage "with opera all the way"; on the red study tour train, poetry display walls, sunshine book clubs, and interactive classrooms have become immersive learning spaces; on the "village train" in the Miao (苗) and Dong (侗) villages of Guizhou (贵州), the "rural market" is popular, the intangible cultural heritage displays are full of dazzling things, and the ethnic songs and dances are fascinating... In addition to the wonderful activities, the journey should be safe and worry-free. Many tourist trains adopt the mode of one berth to the end and the same berth for round trips, so passengers do not need to transfer or carry luggage, and the train becomes a comfortable and convenient mobile hotel. As a means of transportation, a cultural space, and with its own social attributes, tourist trains are expanding new possibilities for tourism scenarios.
Stringing beads into a chain to enjoy the scenery. From the "Poetry Road High-speed Railway" (诗路高铁) that strings together the Tang Poetry Road (唐诗之路) in eastern Zhejiang (浙东) to the tourist train brands along the Silk Road (丝绸之路), tourist trains gallop in the extensive railway network, stringing together and integrating scattered tourism resources, and exerting a "multiplier effect." The sightseeing en route and the way of traveling with the train allow tourists to slow down, relax, and enjoy the beautiful mountains and rivers and feel the local customs along a series of carefully designed routes, realizing the transformation from "a quick visit" to in-depth tourism.
The popularity of tourist trains also lies in paying attention to the individual needs of tourists. Elderly tourists account for nearly 80% of the tourists on tourist trains. How to capture the hearts of the silver-haired group? Many tourist trains start with the aging transformation of vehicles, adding handrails, setting up barrier-free passages, and opening emergency call systems, while providing more detailed medical and catering services, and the schedule planning also focuses on slow pace and reduced tourism intensity. In terms of visits, tourist trains also show comparative advantages, whether it is the connection from the railway station to the scenic spot or the development of targeted tour guides and explanations. In addition to highlighting the functionality of tourism, the design of some trains also shows ingenuity. For example, the sightseeing carriages of the "Yichun" (伊春号) are equipped with curved side skylights, and the travel photography space carriages are equipped with dressing rooms to meet the needs of tourists for viewing and taking pictures.
Of course, tourist trains also face some "growing pains." For example, how to enrich the scene and improve the quality of tourism, how to optimize the route and cultivate the cultural background, how to expand the source of customers and attract more audiences, and how to reasonably price and achieve sustainable operation. The solution of a series of problems requires the improvement of relevant policies and the exploration of local practices: increasing the number of mass tourism trains and themed tourism trains, establishing a quality, comfortable, and inclusive product system, and supporting time-honored products, special cultural performances, and intangible cultural heritage on trains... From flower viewing trains to travel photography trains, from searching for mountains and rivers to exploring ancient times and visiting the present, tourist trains with more diversified formats and more colorful experiences are coming to us, and will take more people to explore poetry and distant places and harvest more beautiful memories.
Return to TopIn recent years, Gaomi City (高密市), Shandong Province (山东省), has strived to build all-area cultural tourism, launching the immersive tourism brand of Red Sorghum Film and Television City (红高粱影视城), allowing tourists to deeply experience movie scenes; creating high-quality tourism routes themed on red study tours and Party spirit education, connecting attractions along the Jiao River (胶河) into lines and chains, realizing the transformation from "single scenic spots" to "comprehensive scenic areas," and stimulating the vitality of cultural tourism consumption.
The picture shows tourists sightseeing in Gaomi City (高密市) Red Sorghum Film and Television City (红高粱影视城) on May 11.
Li Haitao (李海涛) photo (People's Vision)
Return to TopThis newspaper Hefei (合肥) May 11th (Reporter Tian Xianjin (田先进)) – Recently, the National Key Laboratory of Tea Tree Germplasm Innovation and Resource Utilization at Anhui Agricultural University (安徽农业大学) Professor Zhang Zhaoliang's (张照亮) team unraveled the mystery of the loss of umami in tea, and the research results were published in the international botany journal *The Plant Cell*.
Professor Zhang Zhaoliang's (张照亮) team found that tea contains a unique "umami elf," theanine, which has a similar umami taste to monosodium glutamate and can balance the bitter taste of catechins and caffeine in tea. Theanine is the most abundant free amino acid in tea. In early spring tea, its content accounts for 1%-2% of the dry weight of tea, so the tea tastes fresh and refreshing. After the Qingming Festival (清明节), as the temperature rises, the theanine content plummets like a **过山车** (guò shān chē - "roller coaster," a sharp rise and fall), and may even decrease by more than half. The loss of theanine leads to a significant discount in the taste of the tea.
In this study, Professor Zhang Zhaoliang's (张照亮) team discovered the entire process of theanine disappearance for the first time. Among them, the mitochondrial carrier protein CsTHS1 and theanine hydrolase CsGGT2 play a key role: the CsTHS1 protein on the mitochondrial membrane of tea tree cells is like a "courier," sending theanine in the cytoplasm into the "energy factory" of the cell, the mitochondria; the CsGGT2 enzyme plays the role of a theanine "decomposer," degrading theanine, leading to a decrease in theanine content. The roles of CsTHS1 and CsGGT2 are directly related to the ambient temperature. As the temperature rises, the amounts of CsTHS1 and CsGGT2 increase significantly, accelerating the decomposition of theanine.
Return to TopAccording to reports from the Guiyang Big Data Exchange (贵阳大数据交易所) on May 11th in Guiyang (贵阳), (Reported by Cheng Huan (程焕)), the exchange, in collaboration with 46 ecological partners, has released 939 high-quality datasets in the high-quality dataset zone.
The Guiyang Big Data Exchange (贵阳大数据交易所), as an important hub in the data factor market, officially launched the high-quality dataset zone in 2024. To date, the high-quality datasets in this zone widely cover key areas such as financial services, meteorological services, modern agriculture, industrial manufacturing, healthcare, and commercial circulation. They involve various modalities such as text, audio, images, and video, as well as cross-modal data such as TTS (text-to-speech) and OCR (optical character recognition). This provides large model manufacturers with rich and high-quality data nourishment, significantly reducing their cost investment in data collection, cleaning, processing, and governance, and powerfully promoting the innovative application and deep integration of artificial intelligence technology in various industries.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 龚相娟
Museums are cultural treasuries, and telling the stories behind the exhibits is an important responsibility of museums. How can hearing-impaired people "understand" the explanations as well?
Based on this question, Wang Hao (王浩), an engineer in the Image Information Department of the Tianjin Museum (天津博物馆), had the idea of becoming a sign language volunteer.
Wang Hao (王浩) asked his colleague Dong Yijing (董一晶) for her opinion. As a hearing-impaired person, she strongly agreed and signed up to be the first sign language volunteer in the museum.
When they really started to try, they quickly ran into difficulties. How to express "Xuanwu (玄武)," "snuff bottle (鼻烟壶)," and "Qing Qianlong (清乾隆) period famille rose peony and pheasant design jade pot spring vase (清乾隆款珐琅彩芍药雉鸡图玉壶春瓶)" in sign language? Wang Hao (王浩) and Dong Yijing (董一晶) realized that the vocabulary of cultural and museum language is too professional, and there are no corresponding words in the national common sign language. To this end, they communicated with cultural and museum and sign language experts to popularize professional cultural and museum vocabulary, translate the meaning and purpose represented by professional vocabulary into sign language, so that everyone can quickly understand what it is and what it is used for.
"In addition to the translation between professional and popular, sign language also has the distinction between 'Mandarin' and 'dialects'," said Gao Kexin (高可心), a sign language volunteer at the Tianjin Museum (天津博物馆). In one explanation, she saw the sign language feedback from the audience and realized that the finger placement of some words in Tianjin (天津) dialect sign language is different from that in general sign language. "It is easy to forget simple learning and memorization, but you will remember it very firmly after you have actually practiced it."
In order to make cultural and museum sign language more interesting, Gao Kexin (高可心) often adds content related to the present when explaining history. For example, when talking about the modern history of Tianjin (天津), she will mention the current appearance of a small western-style building on Jiefang North Road (解放北路); when talking about the location of Wanghailou Church (望海楼教堂), she will add the Lion Forest Bridge (狮子林桥) next to it. "This content is closer to life. After leaving the museum, everyone can go to the site to see it and understand and perceive history in all directions," said Gao Kexin (高可心).
With many museum exhibits, slow sign language speed, and a large workload of explanations, how can the efficiency of explanations be improved? Wang Hao (王浩) and Dong Yijing (董一晶) decided to shoot videos to record the explanation content so that everyone can see it anytime, anywhere.
The first time she stood in front of the camera, Dong Yijing (董一晶) rehearsed repeatedly; the light around the exhibits was dim, and Wang Hao (王浩) led the team to overcome the technical problem of green screen keying; there were too few people to handle it, and Dong Yijing (董一晶) started learning video editing from scratch; when they encountered words that were not in the national common sign language library, they asked experts to create them word by word... After a year and a half, the team "created" 200 cultural and museum sign language words and recorded explanation videos of 206 cultural relics.
Now these videos can be seen by scanning the QR code in front of the exhibits on site, or you can select "Sign Language" in the upper right corner of the online "Tianbo Guide (天博导览)" WeChat mini program to watch. The video adopts a variety of switching modes, combining sign language, text, voice, pictures and other forms, and is also equipped with easy-to-understand Chinese narration, which not only meets the needs of hearing-impaired audiences, but also allows ordinary audiences to understand the exhibit information more deeply.
"It is not difficult to make video explanations. The difficulty lies in the fact that those who understand cultural and museum affairs do not know sign language, and those who know sign language do not understand cultural and museum affairs. It is difficult to find someone who knows both," Wang Hao (王浩) admitted frankly.
In May 2022, Tianjin (天津) launched the Museum Cultural and Museum Sign Language Research and Training Program. The first Museum Cultural and Museum Sign Language Research and Training Base in Tianjin (天津) was unveiled, and more and more enthusiastic people joined it. In July 2022, the Tianjin (天津) Municipal Cultural and Museum Sign Language Explanation Promotion Personnel Training (Phase I) started. By 2023, the scope of training was further expanded, from cultural and museum affairs to the cultural and tourism field. More than 50 volunteers and employees from 38 units including museums, memorial halls, tourist attractions, cultural centers, and district-level disabled persons' federations in Tianjin (天津) actively participated. As of now, more than 100 volunteers from the Tianjin Museum (天津博物馆) have participated in sign language training. These sign language volunteers promote sign language services in the cultural and tourism industry in Tianjin (天津), helping more hearing-impaired people enhance their cultural experience and enhance their cultural sense of gain and happiness.
Return to TopChangsha, May 11th (People's Daily reporter Yang Xun (杨迅)) "The Literary Tradition is Here, Friendship Resides for a Thousand Years – Special Exhibition of Cultural Relics of Jia Yi (贾谊), Grand Tutor of the King of Changsha in the Western Han Dynasty, and the City Where He Lived" recently opened at the Changsha Jian牘 Museum (长沙简牍博物馆) in Changsha (长沙), Hunan (湖南) Province. The exhibition will run until May 31, 2026, during which time a number of academic lectures and cultural activities will also be held.
The exhibition is divided into three units: "Yi Resides in Changsha (谊居长沙)," "Chu-Han Star City (楚汉星城)," and "The Daily Life of Xiaoxiang (烟火潇湘)." It comprehensively and multi-dimensionally showcases the profound heritage and unique charm of the ancient city of Changsha (长沙), from Jia Yi's (贾谊) life and his influence on the literary tradition of Hunan (湖南), to the development and evolution of Changsha (长沙) from the Chu-Han period to the Ming and Qing dynasties, and then to the urban life and cultural inheritance of Changsha (长沙). Centered on the archaeological results of the Chaoyang Lane (朝阳巷) construction site, and combined with the archaeological achievements of Changsha's (长沙) urban archaeology over the past 20 years, the exhibition systematically combs through the city's literary tradition from the spirit of Chu-Han to the daily life of Xiaoxiang (潇湘) through more than 300 cultural relics.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 窦 皓
In Meizhu Village (梅渚村), Xinchang County (新昌县), Shaoxing City (绍兴市), Zhejiang Province (浙江省), alongside the ancient cobblestone streets, stands an elegant building: the Xinchang Intangible Cultural Heritage Craftsman Hall (新昌非遗工匠馆).
"Today, I'll guide everyone through the experience of Xinchang bamboo weaving," said Liu Yi (刘毅), Chairman of the Xinchang County Arts and Crafts Industry Association (新昌县工艺美术行业协会) and a folk bamboo weaving master. Facing the gathered tourists, he picked up pre-prepared red, blue, and purple bamboo strips, weaving them one over and one under to complete a colorful flat bamboo weaving picture.
Liu Yi (刘毅) has persisted in inheriting and promoting bamboo weaving skills for over 30 years.
Creating Bamboo Weaving Masterpieces
At 2 p.m., after finishing his bamboo weaving class in Meizhu Village (梅渚村), Liu Yi (刘毅) returned to the China Tea Trade Market (中国茶叶交易市场) in Xinchang County (新昌县), where he and his wife run a crafts shop.
Flower baskets, lampshades, fruit plates... the shop sells various bamboo weaving crafts. Separated by a wall, a studio filled with bamboo strips appears simple but is truly eye-opening.
Wan Chun Pavilion (万春亭), Tengwang Pavilion (滕王阁), Yingxian Wooden Pagoda (应县木塔)... Stepping into the studio is like entering an ancient architecture museum. Among them, the bamboo-woven Temple of Heaven (天坛) is particularly striking: each fine bamboo strip is closely fitted, and the painted details of the "Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests (祈年殿)" are exquisite.
This bamboo weaving piece is 2.8 meters in diameter and 2.38 meters in height, composed of 7,000 dougong brackets, 450 railings, and 450 balusters. The finest bamboo strips are only 0.3 millimeters thick, equivalent to the thickness of three sheets of A4 printing paper.
This bamboo weaving work is a scaled-down replica of the Temple of Heaven (天坛) in Beijing (北京). To maximize the realism, Liu Yi (刘毅) and his father, Liu Guocai (刘国才), spent several months traveling to Beijing (北京) to take hundreds of photos on-site, bringing them back home to enlarge and study, and determine the details of the drawings.
"The work 'Temple of Heaven (天坛)' is very complex, requiring not only an understanding of the shape and structure of ancient buildings but also mastery of relief, round carving, and painting skills," said Liu Yi (刘毅). From designing the drawings and making the model to selecting materials, splitting bamboo, weaving, coloring, varnishing, and then to mildew and moth prevention treatment and assembly, Liu Yi (刘毅) and his family, along with more than 10 workers, spent nearly a year completing it.
"Besides testing knowledge accumulation, you also need practical skills. Only the right amount of force during the hand-weaving process can make the bamboo weaving tight and strong," said Liu Yi (刘毅).
Inheriting Bamboo Weaving Skills
Xinchang bamboo weaving has a long history. Liu Guocai (刘国才) began learning bamboo weaving from folk bamboo craftsmen at the age of 16 and also served as the director of the Xinchang Bamboo Weaving Factory (新昌竹编厂). "At that time, bamboo weaving utensils were not only crafts but also daily necessities for every household, and the demand was very large," Liu Guocai (刘国才) recalled.
Liu Yi (刘毅) has been in the industry for 34 years. Initially, he could only make small accessories for products, but later he slowly began to try making daily necessities such as plates, dishes, and bamboo baskets.
During its peak, there were about 2,000 people engaged in Xinchang bamboo weaving, and many products were exported overseas. Customers had extremely strict requirements for the products. "After all, this is manual work, and the thickness of bamboo strips varies," said Liu Yi (刘毅). "From bamboo strips to bamboo splints, every link in the raw materials must be strictly controlled."
Day-to-day accumulation has made his skills 炉火纯青 (lú huǒ chún qīng - "furnace fire pure green," to reach perfection through long practice). When he was at the bamboo weaving factory, Liu Yi (刘毅) often sought advice from different masters in various departments, and his solid skills were honed. Making a bamboo weaving craft requires completing a series of processes such as drawing, making models, selecting materials, splitting bamboo, weaving, coloring, and varnishing. Liu Yi (刘毅) is one of the few local craftsmen who have mastered the entire set of processes.
As bamboo weaving daily necessities were replaced by plastic products, and the market for crafts was limited, fewer and fewer young people learned bamboo weaving skills, and only about 200 people remained in the industry. Due to declining efficiency, the Xinchang Bamboo Weaving Factory (新昌竹编厂), which was established in the 1950s, had already been transformed and no longer produced bamboo weaving crafts, and many workers also left.
Liu Yi (刘毅) believes that only by producing excellent works can more people understand Xinchang bamboo weaving and inherit this long-standing traditional skill. Although the studio has only a dozen people, he always wants to do his best to make more high-quality products. Since 2014, Liu Yi (刘毅) has basically made a large-scale work every year, actively participating in awards and exhibitions, and media coverage has gradually increased. He also opened an account on social media, using the camera to record the creation process, and constantly expanding the popularity of Xinchang bamboo weaving.
More and more people are coming to the Intangible Cultural Heritage Craftsman Hall (非遗工匠馆) in Meizhu Village (梅渚村) to learn about intangible cultural heritage bamboo weaving. Middle and primary school students visit, university students do social practice, tourists experience it... the cumulative number of participants has exceeded 2,000. As the chairman of the Xinchang County Arts and Crafts Industry Association (新昌县工艺美术行业协会), Liu Yi (刘毅) has trained 5 senior arts and crafts masters.
Boosting Villagers' Income
Xinchang County (新昌县) is rich in moso bamboo resources, with more than 200,000 mu of moso bamboo mountains alone. The abundant bamboo resources have provided fertile ground for the formation and development of Xinchang bamboo weaving art.
Some of the master craftsmen in Liu Yi's (刘毅) studio come from Zhubu Village (朱部村), Xiaojiang Town (小将镇), Xinchang County (新昌县), his hometown. In the studio, everyone mainly does weaving work, paid by the piece, and it is estimated that one person can earn 150 yuan a day. Not only that, Liu Yi (刘毅) is also preparing to expand the workforce and apply bamboo weaving art to other fields such as decoration and design.
As Xinchang bamboo weaving has become increasingly well-known, the Xinchang County Public Service Group (新昌县公共服务集团) has also established the Nanming Bamboo Weaving Art Branch of Xinchang County Public Cultural and Creative Co., Ltd. (新昌县公共文化创意有限公司南明竹编艺术分公司), set up a bamboo weaving research and development center, and built common prosperity workshops in mountainous towns to attract surrounding villagers to employment and increase income; conduct bamboo weaving public welfare training in bamboo producing areas to improve the entrepreneurial skills of people in mountainous areas. Bamboo weaving public welfare training courses have also been opened in elderly centers and youth night schools, covering more people. Up to now, more than 600 people have participated in bamboo weaving training.
Liu Yi (刘毅) has also transformed his old house into a three-story building, which he plans to use as a bamboo weaving workshop in the future. Standing in front of the small building, a gust of wind blows, and thousands of acres of bamboo forests all over the mountains undulate with the wind, like rippling green waves.
"When the workshop is built, everyone can come here to pick up their old skills again," Liu Yi (刘毅) said to several old bamboo craftsmen who had retired from the bamboo weaving factory.
He has already planned it: the basement and the first floor will be used for production, the second floor will be used as an exhibition base, and he will live and work on the third floor... After the house is built, more villagers will be able to come here to engage in bamboo weaving work and lead everyone to increase their income and become rich.
Return to TopBy: 陆凡冰
A pleasant shopping experience for consumers is essential for the long-term development of enterprises and the sustained prosperity of the market.
In response to consumer complaints about "reverse rounding," Yonghui Supermarket (永辉超市) issued a rectification statement, admitting that some of its stores had "reverse rounding" practices for cash payments and stating that it would make rectifications.
"Reverse rounding" refers to the practice where merchants "round off" the amount due during checkout, rounding up when the fraction is greater than or equal to 5, thus overcharging customers. For example, according to media reports, a consumer in Chongqing (重庆) bought dried shrimp priced at 7.96 yuan at a supermarket, paid with a 100 yuan bill, but was charged 8 yuan.
Rounding down was originally a practice by merchants to give back to buyers, but in recent years, the phenomenon of "reverse rounding" has occurred frequently. In the eyes of some people, a few cents may seem insignificant, but how to deal with this fraction essentially reflects whether the merchant respects consumer rights and abides by market rules. The "Price Law of the People's Republic of China (中华人民共和国价格法)" clearly stipulates that operators shall not sell goods at a price increase beyond the marked price, and shall not charge any unmarked fees. "Reverse rounding" is suspected of violating price laws and infringing on consumers' right to know and right to fair trade.
Consumers choose to shop at a merchant based on trust. "Reverse rounding" breaks this trust, causing consumers to suffer economic losses and diminishing the shopping experience. In today's fast-paced life, for many consumers, a few cents are not worth the time and energy to argue with the cashier or complain to protect their rights, but if they really don't argue or complain, they feel uncomfortable, and the consumption experience is discounted.
In addition, in the current era, mobile payment is convenient and common. Who uses cash payments? Mostly the elderly and children. They are more sensitive to prices and more vulnerable in terms of safeguarding their rights. Taking petty advantages of these groups is even more offensive.
To address "reverse rounding," multiple parties should coordinate and jointly build a fair consumption environment.
Regulatory authorities should strengthen market supervision and severely crack down on such price violations to maintain a fair and just market order; at the same time, they should unblock complaint channels to make it easier and more convenient for consumers to protect their rights.
Enterprises bear direct responsibility for rectifying the "reverse rounding" problem. For merchants, "reverse rounding" may seem to make a little more money, but it damages their own integrity and "erases" consumers' trust. Will consumers still come if they damage their business reputation for petty profits in the long run? Only by adhering to the principle of honest operation, reflecting on their own business philosophy, finding management loopholes, and making concrete rectifications can more consumers see sincerity.
When consumers have a pleasant shopping experience, enterprises can develop in the long term, and the market can continue to prosper.
Return to TopBeijing (北京), May 11th (Reporter Qi Zhiming (齐志明)) - According to statistics on complaints handled by consumer associations nationwide, in the first quarter of 2025, consumer associations across the country handled a total of 461,767 consumer complaints, an increase of 33.33% year-on-year. 261,218 cases were resolved, recovering economic losses of 237.23 million yuan for consumers. Among these, 585 complaints resulted in double compensation due to fraudulent behavior by operators, with the amount of double compensation totaling 380,000 yuan. Consumer visits and consultations totaled 165,608.
According to the nature of the complaints, contract issues accounted for 26.56%, after-sales service issues accounted for 26.07%, quality issues accounted for 19.67%, false advertising issues accounted for 7.27%, safety issues accounted for 5.8%, price issues accounted for 4.18%, counterfeit issues accounted for 3.54%, personal rights issues accounted for 1.06%, measurement issues accounted for 0.88%, and other issues accounted for 4.97%.
Compared with the first quarter of 2024, the proportion of complaints regarding false advertising, counterfeiting, and safety issues increased, while the proportion of complaints regarding quality and contract issues decreased.
Among all complaints, commodity complaints numbered 245,964, accounting for 53.27% of the total, an increase of 6.38 percentage points compared to the first quarter of 2024; service complaints numbered 190,382, accounting for 41.23% of the total, a decrease of 5.00 percentage points; other types of complaints numbered 25,421, accounting for 5.51% of the total.
According to the complaint data for major commodity categories in the first quarter of 2025, household electronic appliances, clothing and footwear, daily-use commodities, food, and transportation tools ranked among the top five in terms of complaint volume. Compared with the first quarter of 2024, the proportion of complaints regarding clothing and footwear and daily-use commodities increased; the proportion of complaints regarding agricultural production materials decreased.
According to the complaint data for major service categories in the first quarter of 2025, internet services, living and social services, education and training services, sales services, and cultural, entertainment, and sports services ranked among the top five. Compared with the first quarter of 2024, the proportion of complaints regarding financial services, cultural, entertainment, and sports services, and public facilities services increased; the proportion of complaints regarding living and social services, internet services, and telecommunications services decreased.
Among specific commodity complaints, the top five in terms of complaint volume were: clothing, communication products, general food, shoes, and daily-use sundries. Compared with the first quarter of 2024, complaints regarding daily-use sundries, shoes, clothing, and automobiles and parts increased, while complaints regarding general food decreased.
Among specific service complaints, the top five in terms of complaint volume were: commercial internet services, catering services, mobile phone services, training services, and remote shopping. Compared with the first quarter of 2024, complaints regarding transportation, remote shopping, and education services increased, while complaints regarding accommodation services and catering services decreased.
Return to TopOn May 10th, a couple from Hebei (河北) registered their marriage at the Xicheng District (西城区) Marriage Registration Office in Beijing (北京市), becoming the first couple in Beijing (北京市) to complete marriage registration through the "National Inter-Province Service" ("全国通办").
Starting May 10th, the "National Inter-Province Service" for marriage registration of mainland residents was fully implemented nationwide. On that day, a total of more than 1,400 couples registered for marriage in the city, of which the national inter-province service accounted for 31.9%.
Wen Zhao (闻昭) and Shi Fang (施芳) reported with photographs.
Return to TopAccording to a report from our newspaper in Changchun (长春) on May 11th (Reporter: Men Jiewei (门杰伟)), on May 6th, 11 departments in Jilin Province (吉林省) jointly issued the "Jilin Province Promoting Silver Economy Development 2025 Implementation Plan," proposing to achieve three major breakthroughs—industrial development, structural optimization, and element guarantee—through planning guidance, project support, and innovation-driven approaches, to further promote the development of the silver economy.
The plan proposes to accelerate the industrial development of key areas such as the institutional elderly care industry, expand inclusive elderly care services, improve the operational mechanism of public elderly care institutions, expand the rehabilitation aids industry, promote in-depth cooperation between provincial universities, research institutes, top-tier hospitals, and rehabilitation aids production enterprises, increase the supply of tourism and elderly care industries, and enrich the elderly cultural industry. Cultivate and strengthen business entities, promote the layout of silver economy industrial park construction, establish a unified provincial elderly care service information platform, and promote the connection between supply and demand of elderly care services. Improve the level of elderly care services and enhance the ability of community-based home elderly care services. The plan also points out that it is necessary to provide element guarantee support, improve the policy guarantee system, do a good job in planning project establishment and financial support, strengthen work force and service guarantee, provide talent support, strengthen industry supervision, and strengthen responsibility implementation.
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Spring and summer are the active season for bee colonies, and outdoor activities may encounter bee stings. How to avoid being stung by bees? If stung, how to perform first aid? The reporter interviewed bee research experts and medical rescue experts.
Guo Jun (郭军), associate professor at the Faculty of Life Science and Technology, Kunming University of Science and Technology (昆明理工大学), introduced that there are more than 20,000 species of bees worldwide. The common stinging bees in China include Italian honeybees, Chinese honeybees, bumblebees, and wasps. Among them, honeybees are small in size, and their stingers have barbs. After stinging people, they may leave the stinger in the human body, and the honeybee will die. They usually do not actively attack people. Large bumblebees have stingers without barbs and generally do not actively attack people. Wasps, also known as hornets, have stingers without barbs and can repeatedly attack humans. In addition, their venom is strong, posing the greatest risk to humans.
Under what circumstances do bees sting people? Guo Jun (郭军) said that bees generally do not actively attack humans. Only when the normal activities of bees are disturbed, or when special colors or odors attract the attention of bees, will humans be attacked by bees. In addition, bees will "protect their food." When they are disturbed while collecting flowers, they may also launch an attack.
How to avoid being stung by bees? Guo Jun (郭军) suggested that when engaging in outdoor activities, try to stay away from grass and bushes, and do not actively approach beehives to avoid disturbing the bee colony. Bright blue clothing is prone to attract bees, and there is a possibility of being attacked by bees outdoors. Bees have a fear of black and may see it as a threat, and may also actively launch an attack. Therefore, when engaging in outdoor activities, if you are near a place with bee farms, you should avoid wearing bright blue and black clothing.
Bees are more sensitive to moving objects and can locate them more accurately. Therefore, when "targeted" by a bee, squatting or lying down and remaining still is the best way to avoid it. "Don't panic, stay calm." Guo Jun (郭军) said that when feeling bees approaching, panicked movements by humans are more likely to make bees feel threatened, and they are prone to attacking people out of survival instinct. When encountering bees approaching, the best way is to squat down or lie down with your head in your hands and remain still, covering the exposed parts of your body. When bees no longer feel threatened, they will fly away on their own. If you are already being attacked by a swarm of bees and have to avoid them, it is recommended to run against the wind, as most bees do not fly fast against the wind.
What to do if stung by a bee? The "golden first aid period" is within 6 hours. Guo Jun (郭军) introduced that after being stung by a bee, if there are stinger residues on the skin, you can gently pull them out with your fingernails to avoid more venom being injected into the body. Then immediately wash the wound. Although the acidity and alkalinity of the venom of different bee species are different, in a wild environment, it is sufficient to wash the wound with clean water. Guo Jun (郭军) reminded: "After being stung by a bee, people will have an allergic reaction. Individual differences are large. It is recommended that people with allergies and children seek medical attention immediately when stung. Pay attention to the physical reactions of the stung person during the journey to the hospital."
Jin Yichao (金以超), director of the Department of Dermatology, the First People's Hospital of Yunnan Province (云南省第一人民医院), said that after being stung by a bee, local pain, redness, swelling, and bleeding spots will appear near the wound, which may also cause systemic chills, fever, headache, and dizziness. More serious cases may experience anaphylactic shock or even death.
"When stung by a highly venomous bee or a group of bees, it is recommended to go to the hospital for emergency treatment as soon as possible." Jin Yichao (金以超) said that after the venom enters the human body, anti-allergy treatment should be assisted as soon as possible, and mupirocin and other antibiotic ointments should be applied and bandaged. At the same time, it is necessary to dynamically observe the subsequent skin redness and swelling and systemic allergic reactions. If any abnormal physical conditions occur, you need to be hospitalized immediately for treatment.
(Na Lin (那琳) participated in the writing)
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Hengfeng County (横峰县) in Jiangxi (江西) Province is rich in mineral resources, but abandoned mines left behind from past mining activities have damaged the ecological environment. The local government has been restoring abandoned mines and improving soil and water loss through the scientific planting of the native plant kudzu (葛), leveraging its strong environmental adaptability and characteristics of being resistant to barrenness and drought. At the same time, the local area is developing a "kudzu economy," creating agricultural product brands, and driving up the income of the people.
In early summer in Hengfeng County (横峰县), Jiangxi (江西) Province, the mountains are full of green. It is hard to imagine that just a few years ago, many of the mountains here still had "scars" left by mining – exposed rocks, steep cliffs, and sparse vegetation, with yellow mud rolling down whenever it rained, causing serious soil and water loss.
Hengfeng County (横峰县) is located in northeastern Jiangxi (江西), rich in mineral resources, with more than 4,000 mu of abandoned mining areas left behind. These mining sites not only destroyed vegetation and mountains but also posed potential geological hazards, seriously restricting the sustainable development of the region.
How to revitalize the dormant abandoned mines? Local cadres and the masses have turned their attention to a common local plant – kudzu (葛), making it the "main force" in mine ecological restoration.
Why choose kudzu (葛)?
It can prevent soil and water loss, improve soil fertility, and create conditions for the subsequent growth of other plants.
Kudzu (葛) is a perennial vine that is widely distributed in Hengfeng (横峰) and has extremely strong vitality.
"Choosing kudzu (葛) on the spot was no accident," explained He Jian (何剑), chief engineer of the Hengfeng County Natural Resources Bureau (横峰县自然资源局), "We conducted repeated research and scientific demonstration." The history of kudzu (葛) planting in Hengfeng (横峰) can be traced back to about 1800 years ago. In 2020, the Hengfeng (横峰) kudzu (葛) cultivation system was selected as an important agricultural cultural heritage of China.
"Kudzu (葛)'s root system is very developed, mostly long oval or spindle-shaped, and can penetrate deep into the soil, up to several meters deep. At the same time, its lateral root system can firmly grasp the soil like a large net," said Zhao Wenfeng (赵文峰), director of the Jiangxi Green Ecological Kudzu Research Institute (江西绿色生态葛研究所), who has been following Hengfeng's (横峰) mine restoration practice. "Kudzu (葛) roots have natural advantages in fixing steep slopes and preventing soil and water loss, and are particularly suitable for mine sites with poor site conditions, thin soil layers, and even only rocky debris."
Kudzu (葛) has strong environmental adaptability and is resistant to barrenness and drought. "The soil in abandoned mining areas is often deficient in nutrients. Kudzu (葛) can not only survive, but its rhizobia also have a nitrogen fixation effect, which can gradually improve soil fertility and create conditions for the subsequent growth of other plants. Its dead vines and fallen leaves can also increase soil organic matter," said He Jian (何剑).
Based on these scientific understandings, Hengfeng County (横峰县) began the "Kudzu (葛) Restoration Experiment" in 2020. Initially, they tried planting in a few small-scale abandoned mining sites. Technicians imitated the natural growth environment of kudzu (葛) and explored planting techniques suitable for mines by using various methods such as transplanting, cutting, and layering.
"At the beginning, I wasn't sure," recalled Chang Rui (常瑞), the technician in charge of the early trial planting. "There were many stones and little soil on the mine, and some places had particularly large slopes. It was questionable whether they could survive after planting." They came up with many solutions: digging fish-scale pits on steep slopes to increase water storage and soil retention capacity; backfilling with topsoil to improve local soil; and choosing to plant during the rainy season to improve survival rates.
To their delight, a few months later, the trial-planted kudzu (葛) stubbornly took root and sprouted, and the tender green vines began to climb and cover. A year later, the originally bare mountain was covered with a "green carpet." Monitoring data showed that in the area where kudzu (葛) was planted, soil and water loss was significantly reduced, and the soil organic matter content increased by 0.5 percentage points.
"It's like putting a 'green armor' on the mine!" said He Jian (何剑), looking at the monitoring report. The ecological benefits of kudzu (葛) in restoring mines have initially emerged, which has strengthened Hengfeng County's (横峰县) determination to promote it on a large scale.
"While the exploitation of mineral resources promotes economic and social development, it also brings about some problems such as ecological environment damage," said Lu Lihua (卢丽华), deputy director of the Department of Territorial Space Ecological Restoration of the Ministry of Natural Resources (自然资源部国土空间生态修复司). "We emphasize scientific governance, adhere to natural restoration as the main method and artificial restoration as a supplement, and encourage the priority use of local species."
How to grow kudzu (葛) well?
Policy guidance, scientific planning, and mobilizing the enthusiasm of villagers
"To truly let kudzu (葛) take root and spread in the mines, there must be substantial policy and technical support," said Pan Li (潘琍), secretary of the Hengfeng County Party Committee (横峰县委书记).
Hengfeng County (横峰县) has incorporated kudzu (葛) ecological restoration into a key mine management project and has introduced a series of support policies. On the one hand, it has increased financial investment and provided relevant subsidies to entities participating in kudzu (葛) planting and restoration; on the other hand, it has actively introduced social capital and encouraged enterprises and cooperatives to participate in accordance with the principle of "whoever restores benefits."
At the same time, the county has established a coordination team composed of natural resources, agriculture and rural affairs, forestry, science and technology, and other departments, and cooperated with Jiangxi Agricultural University (江西农业大学) and other scientific research institutions to provide scientific and technological support for kudzu (葛) restoration.
"We must not only plant and survive, but also plant well, and choose the right varieties," said Zhao Wenfeng (赵文峰). Hengfeng County (横峰县) has built a kudzu (葛) germplasm resource nursery to screen multiple kudzu (葛) varieties for adaptability, and finally selected several varieties with developed root systems, fast coverage, stable tuber yields, and medicinal or medicinal-food dual-use for promotion. "For different slopes and soil types of mine plots, we have also formulated differentiated planting and management programs."
In order to mobilize the enthusiasm of local villagers, Hengfeng County (横峰县) explored a "company + cooperative + base + farmer" business model. Liao Zhiliang (廖志良), a villager in Houzhan Village (后占村), Yaojia Township (姚家乡), Hengfeng County (横峰县), is one of the beneficiaries. There is an abandoned quarry near his home. After the village established a kudzu (葛) root planting cooperative, he transferred several mu of his hillside land to the cooperative, and he also joined the cooperative to work as a farmer. "Weeding, fertilizing, and harvesting at the base can increase income by tens of thousands of yuan a year," Liao Zhiliang (廖志良) said with a smile on his dark face.
Like Liao Zhiliang (廖志良), more and more villagers are participating. They are both ecological restoration builders and beneficiaries. Up to now, Hengfeng County (横峰县) has cumulatively used kudzu (葛) to restore nearly 1,000 mu of abandoned mines.
How to use kudzu (葛) well?
Process it into kudzu (葛) root powder, kudzu (葛) root beverages, etc., and develop a "kudzu (葛) economy"
Ecological restoration cannot be just an "investment," but must explore a sustainable development path.
"The whole kudzu (葛) plant is a treasure," said Zhao Wenfeng (赵文峰). It can be processed into kudzu (葛) root powder, kudzu (葛) root beverages, etc., which are very popular in the market.
With the expansion of the kudzu (葛) planting area, how to make this "green" produce tangible economic benefits has become a new issue. Hengfeng County (横峰县) has begun to make a fuss about the "kudzu (葛) economy." The kudzu (葛) planting area is about 20,000 mu, with a total annual output of 30,000 tons. There are more than 30 kinds of kudzu (葛) series products such as kudzu (葛) noodles and kudzu (葛) tea on the market, with annual sales revenue of about 580 million yuan.
"What we value is Hengfeng's (横峰) high-quality kudzu (葛) resources," Li Heting (李鹤汀), deputy general manager of Ruibeifu (Jiangxi) Beverage Food Co., Ltd. (瑞贝福（江西）饮料食品有限公司), told reporters that the company has built a fully automated kudzu (葛) root juice production line, using patented innovative technology, which can produce 100,000 tons of kudzu (葛) root juice annually.
"Hengfeng Kudzu (横峰葛)" is becoming an agricultural product brand with local characteristics. The county supports cooperatives and farmers to develop primary processing of kudzu (葛) root, develop agricultural and special products such as kudzu (葛) root powder and kudzu (葛) root noodles, and expand sales channels through e-commerce platforms and agricultural product exhibitions.
The restored mines, with improved ecological environment, also provide possibilities for developing under-forest economy and ecological tourism.
Some areas that have been restored earlier and have better vegetation recovery have begun to try under-forest chicken farming, beekeeping, or have been developed into small ecological sightseeing spots. Pan Li (潘琍) said: "Kudzu (葛) restores mines, reduces soil and water loss, and improves the ecological environment. By developing the kudzu (葛) industry, it has driven up farmers' income and strengthened the village collective economy."
In the sunlight, the continuous kudzu (葛) vines sway in the breeze, full of greenery.
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Roots fix the rock strata, fallen leaves nourish the soil, vines climb up the cliffs... In a few years, kudzu has re-clothed the mine in green, and related industries have also risen accordingly.
In Hengfeng (横峰), Jiangxi (江西), in order to heal the "scars" exposed by mining, the locals invited a "local doctor" - kudzu. In the local area, native plants are becoming a good helper for ecological restoration.
Native plants are the result of natural selection, and there are many cases similar to Hengfeng (横峰) kudzu: the Kubuqi Desert (库布其沙漠) in Inner Mongolia (内蒙古) uses sea buckthorn and caragana to fix sand and build a stable ecology in the sandy land; the karst mountainous area of Wenshan (文山), Yunnan (云南) allows *Litsea Yunnanensis* to "strike root in the rock," because its root system can penetrate rock crevices and reshape soil and water... Behind the on-site material selection is the adaptation and grasp of the natural law of survival of the fittest, and the suitability of native plants can also achieve ecological restoration benefits at a relatively low cost.
Native plants are helping to form more characteristic industries. The annual sales revenue of Hengfeng's (横峰) kudzu series products is about 580 million yuan; the *Myrica rubra* in Changting (长汀), Fujian (福建), while controlling soil erosion, has transformed the "bald mountain" into a "fruit and flower mountain"; Dingxi (定西), Gansu (甘肃) plants *Astragalus adsurgens* in the loess gullies, which not only consolidates the gully and protects the original, but also provides high-quality forage for animal husbandry... These native plants have the dual value of ecological restoration and economic development, making ecological restoration a sustainable "green investment."
Native plants take root, and multi-party efforts are still needed. Policies add fuel to the fire, making native plants a priority choice for ecological restoration in more places; science and technology add effort, building a "native plant gene bank" to protect endangered native plants; the market explores more paths, allowing characteristic products, eco-tourism, and other activities to drive the villagers to become rich together. Policies, science and technology, and the market form a joint force, striving to allow native plants to play a greater role.
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General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized the need to coordinate development and security, improve the risk prevention and control system, strengthen disaster prevention, mitigation, and relief capacity building, and enhance the ability to cope with major risks and challenges.
May 12th this year is the 17th National Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Day. This year's theme is "Everyone talks about safety, everyone can respond to emergencies - investigate disaster risks around us," which aims to address key disaster-related areas, key places, and key parts that threaten the safety of people's lives and property. Organize centralized investigations and rectification of risk hazards, promote safety precautions to go deep into the masses and be implemented at the grassroots level; widely mobilize the people to start from themselves and from the things around them, master disaster prevention and avoidance knowledge, participate in disaster prevention and mitigation actions, improve the people's awareness of disaster prevention and mitigation and self-rescue and mutual rescue capabilities, and build a solid people's defense line for disaster prevention, mitigation, and relief.
In recent years, China has attached great importance to disaster prevention, mitigation, and relief work, always putting the safety of people's lives first, and actively planning and deploying disaster prevention, mitigation, and relief work, achieving remarkable results. However, it should also be noted that there are still many problems and shortcomings in China's disaster prevention, mitigation, and relief work. It is necessary to organize centralized investigations of disaster risk hazards, grasp the number of disaster risk hazards around the people, carry out centralized rectification, strengthen safety precautions, and ensure the safety of people's lives and property.
Improve the normalized mechanism for investigating and managing disaster risk hazards, and strengthen risk hazard control.
First, we must strengthen the transition from passive response to proactive prevention. The competent departments of various disaster types should scientifically divide disaster risk areas based on factors such as the hazard of disaster-causing factors, the vulnerability of disaster-bearing bodies, and the capacity for disaster prevention, mitigation, and relief, and regularly form comprehensive disaster risk assessment results to provide a decision-making basis for grassroots prevention and response. Focus on promoting key tasks such as the national natural disaster risk census, comprehensive disaster risk assessment, and comprehensive disaster reduction demonstration creation, to further enhance the comprehensive prevention capabilities against natural disasters. Second, we must strengthen emergency science popularization and training. Through the "five entries" activities, we will deeply popularize the identification of dangerous factors, accident prevention, and avoidance, self-rescue, mutual rescue, and emergency response knowledge in various public places, schools, communities, around relevant workplaces, and in various work positions. Strictly implement the enterprise "three-position personnel" training system, and ensure that training is conducted before taking up the post. Third, we must improve the quality and efficiency of disaster risk hazard investigation and management. Fully apply the results of the first national comprehensive risk census of natural disasters, and use information technology and intelligent means to improve the efficiency and accuracy of investigation. Use satellite remote sensing, drones, the Internet of Things, and other technologies to conduct real-time monitoring of key areas and key parts, and discover hidden dangers in a timely manner. Fourth, we must vigorously promote the social co-construction and co-governance of disaster prevention and mitigation. Coordinate the use of existing social organization service platforms to provide enterprises with training and education, technical guidance, business exchanges, and other services, and mobilize enterprises to actively fulfill their social responsibilities and participate in emergency undertakings. Through activities such as "hidden danger photo shoots" and "safety into thousands of homes," encourage the public to participate in hidden danger investigation and supervision. Fifth, we must improve the performance of duties and responsibilities system. Party committees and governments at all levels should effectively strengthen the organization and leadership of hidden danger investigation and rectification work, and promote the implementation of responsibilities at all levels. Industry authorities should follow the "three managements and three musts" requirements and the principles of "whoever is in charge takes the lead, whoever is the main takes the lead, and whoever is close takes the lead," rather than over-inspecting than missing inspections. All production and operation units and disaster-related units should strictly implement the main responsibility, organize experts and all employees to conduct all-round and full-process investigation and rectification of safety risks, and achieve full coverage of self-inspection and self-correction.
Focus on the key points of disaster risk hazard investigation and management, and enhance disaster prevention capabilities.
First, the hidden danger investigation must be in place. We must strengthen guidance on grassroots hidden danger investigation and management work, and promote the application of simple and easy-to-use disaster risk hazard information reporting systems. Promote the implementation of the system of regular key inspections by townships (streets), daily inspections by villages (communities), and active self-inspection by production and operation units, give full play to the advantages of grid members being "familiar with people, familiar with places, and familiar with situations," and focus on carrying out risk hazard investigations in "nine small places," farmhouses, commercial self-built houses, construction sites, gas, etc., and organize fire safety hazard investigations focusing on families, as well as the safety of electricity and gas use. Establish hidden danger investigation and management ledgers by region, disaster type, and industry field, and take measures such as engineering management, risk avoidance relocation, hazard removal and reinforcement, and ordering rectification to eliminate major hidden dangers in a timely manner, leaving no dead ends, no gaps, and no blind spots. Second, closed-loop rectification must be carried out to the end. For the hidden dangers identified, implement "fixed grid, fixed person, fixed responsibility," formulate rectification measures in a timely manner, rectify within a time limit, and ensure that safety hazards are rectified in place. Strictly follow the principles of "zero tolerance, strict law enforcement, and emphasis on practical results," and fully implement the listing and supervision and follow-up rectification of major hidden dangers to ensure that the rectification projects on the investigation and rectification list are written off on time. Third, routine governance must be carried out to the top. Explore the use of third-party daily professional inspection services in large cities and urban agglomerations on a street-by-street basis, and sink forces to conduct comprehensive, continuous, and cyclical hidden danger investigations in jurisdictions such as complexes, shopping malls, markets, catering stores, cinemas, nursing homes, and hospitals. In rural areas, we must strengthen the training of mass prevention and mass control teams through inspection drones, information monitoring and early warning, and other technological equipment to form a "heaven and earth integrated" routine mechanism for hidden danger investigation. Fourth, emergency preparedness must be in place. In conjunction with the implementation of the newly revised "Emergency Response Law of the People's Republic of China (中华人民共和国突发事件应对法)" and the "National Emergency Response Plan for Public Emergencies (国家突发事件总体应急预案)," all localities and departments should take the new round of plan revision as an opportunity to improve the emergency response plan system for disaster prevention, mitigation, and relief, continue to deepen emergency practical exercises; strengthen the joint training and practice and emergency duty of emergency teams at all levels and types; optimize monitoring and early warning capabilities and the construction of mass prevention and mass control teams to achieve timely "call response" and improve the timeliness of early warning information release. Fifth, the application of results must be in place. Promote the routine operation of the comprehensive risk census of natural disasters, ensure the comprehensiveness and timeliness of the census database, actively explore and deepen the application of census results in disaster-related fields such as urban and rural planning, infrastructure construction, and ecological environmental protection, coordinate the promotion of the construction of key natural disaster prevention and control projects, and continue to promote the improvement of natural disaster prevention and control levels.
Rectifying the disaster risk hazards around the people is a responsibility heavier than Mount Tai. We must carry out in-depth investigation and rectification of disaster hazards with a more resolute attitude, more effective measures, and more solid work, effectively prevent and curb major and particularly serious disaster accidents, and provide a solid security guarantee for the high-quality economic and social development; actively practice the concept of "everything for the masses, everything relying on the masses," vigorously promote the social co-construction and co-governance of the disaster prevention and mitigation system, enhance the people's awareness of disaster prevention and avoidance and self-rescue and mutual rescue capabilities, build a solid people's defense line for disaster prevention, mitigation, and relief, and better protect the safety of people's lives and property.
(The author is the President of the China Disaster Prevention Association (中国灾害防御协会) and the former Secretary-General of the National Disaster Reduction Committee (国家减灾委员会).)
Return to TopPeople's Daily Beijing (北京) May 11th (Reporter Li Hongmei (李红梅) and Wang Hao (王浩)) The Central Meteorological Observatory (中央气象台) forecasts that from May 12th to 17th, high-temperature weather will occur in the central and western parts of the Huanghuai (黄淮) area, southern North China (华北), and the Guanzhong (关中) area of Shaanxi (陕西), with a large-scale high-temperature weather of 35 degrees Celsius or above occurring from the 16th to 17th, and the local maximum temperature may reach 37 degrees Celsius or above.
From May 12th, Anyang (安阳), Jiaozuo (焦作), Xinxiang (新乡), Luoyang (洛阳), Zhengzhou (郑州), and Xuchang (许昌) in Henan (河南), Guanzhong (关中) in Shaanxi (陕西), Handan (邯郸) in Hebei (河北), and Yuncheng (运城) and Linfen (临汾) in Shanxi (山西) will experience light to moderate dry hot wind weather, mainly affecting the period from May 12th, 15th to 17th. At 18:00 on May 11th, the Central Meteorological Observatory (中央气象台) continued to issue a yellow warning for meteorological drought. According to real-time meteorological drought monitoring, severe or above meteorological droughts exist in Shaanxi (陕西), Henan (河南), and other provinces, with extreme droughts in southwestern Shaanxi (陕西) and southwestern Henan (河南). Some areas are experiencing both drought and dry hot wind weather simultaneously, requiring precautions against adverse effects.
Currently, winter wheat in northern China is in a critical period for yield formation, and dry hot wind weather has a significant impact on the grain filling rate. Meteorological experts recommend adopting measures such as spraying foliar fertilizers or combining them with organic water-soluble fertilizers and plant growth regulators to improve leaf photosynthetic capacity and anti-transpiration effects. In areas with micro-sprinkler irrigation equipment, appropriate watering can be done before the arrival of dry hot winds to increase air humidity, reduce canopy temperature, and mitigate the impact of dry hot winds.
The water conservancy departments are fully supporting drought-affected areas in doing a good job in drought resistance and water supply, and continuously strengthening rolling monitoring and forecasting of rainfall, water conditions, soil moisture, agricultural conditions, and existing water resources. Since the beginning of this year, precipitation in Shaanxi Province (陕西省) has been nearly 30% less than the normal year, and the drought situation has continued to develop. From April 16th to May 4th, the Sanhekou Reservoir (三河口水库) of the Hanjiang-to-Wei River Water Diversion Project (引汉济渭) supplied approximately 44 million cubic meters of water to the Han River (汉江) while ensuring a stable water supply to Xi'an (西安), strongly supporting drought resistance and water supply in the main stream of the Han River (汉江).
Recently, the drought situation in the drought-stricken areas of the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River (黄河) has shown a continuous development trend. Since mid-to-late February, the Xiaolangdi (小浪底) Water Control Project has precisely controlled the downstream flow 14 times, regulating the water supply of 3.34 billion cubic meters, with a cumulative water supply of nearly 7.5 billion cubic meters, effectively ensuring the safety of water supply in the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River (黄河).
As of May 10th, the average rainfall in the Xijiang River (西江) basin was 241 millimeters, which is 40% less than the same period in normal years. Guangxi (广西), Yunnan (云南), and other places have experienced varying degrees of drought, and rural drinking water and spring irrigation water in some areas have been affected.
The Pearl River (珠江) Water Resources Commission has coordinated the dispatch of the Tianshengqiao (天生桥) First-Grade and Longtan (龙滩) reservoirs to continuously replenish water to the downstream, ensuring spring irrigation water for the Letan Reservoir (乐滩水库) irrigation area for drought control in central Guangxi (广西). Since the beginning of this year, the cumulative water supply to the irrigation area has been 164 million cubic meters. The commission also dynamically controls the water level of the Datengxia (大藤峡) Reservoir to meet the needs of urban and rural residents in the reservoir area for drinking water and spring irrigation.
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Return to TopFrom the high click-through rates of Baduanjin (八段锦) teaching videos to Taijiquan (太极拳) becoming a popular course for college students, traditional Chinese sports, which were originally favored by middle-aged and elderly groups, are quietly gaining popularity among young people, enriching people's fitness options.
Strengthening the body, cultivating the mind, and nourishing the spirit, traditional fitness is passed down through every move and every breath, and it is焕发新的生机 (**huàn fā xīn de shēng jī** - "radiating new vitality," to take on a new lease of life).
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Practicing Baduanjin in the Office
People's Daily Reporter Yan Yiqiao (闫伊乔)
From airports in the early morning to quiet forests, from urban rental apartments to the foot of snowy mountains, a person, a piece of light music, and comfortable attire, practicing Baduanjin anytime, anywhere... Opening the social media account of Jiang Xi (姜西), a post-90s girl, a sense of relaxation hits you. She has been sharing videos of practicing Baduanjin and recording her daily life on social platforms for three years now.
Jiang Xi's (姜西) "master" is her older brother, Jiang Nan (姜南), who graduated from the School of Chinese Wushu at Beijing Sport University (北京体育大学). Three years ago, under her brother's guidance, Jiang Xi (姜西) began practicing Baduanjin. "Initially, posting 'check-in' videos on social platforms was just to motivate myself to keep practicing. I didn't expect more and more 'Jin friends' to start practicing with me." Engaged in clothing design, Jiang Xi (姜西) has attracted tens of thousands of followers with her simple and comfortable style of dressing and fresh and natural characteristic videos.
"Arms close to the ears, body upright, inhale fully, and exhale as the arms slowly fall..." Jiang Nan (姜南) told reporters that the siblings jointly recorded action tutorials to help netizens who follow along improve their completion of the movements. They suggest learning the movements first, and it is important to achieve physical and mental relaxation.
For a long time, Baduanjin, with its history of more than 800 years, has been very popular among the silver-haired group. In recent years, more and more young people have also "flocked" to traditional fitness programs such as Baduanjin and Wuqinxi (五禽戏). On the online platform Bilibili (B站), the Baduanjin practice clips released by the General Administration of Sport of China (国家体育总局) have been played more than 10 million times, with as many as tens of thousands of comments; "Five-Minute Baduanjin in the Office" and other topics have become popular among young people, and practitioners call each other "Jin friends"...
Under Jiang Xi's (姜西) video, a fan left a message: "The merits of the ancestors understand the pain of young people the most."
"Baduanjin does not require a venue, is easy to learn, and is extremely 'cost-effective,' so it has become a 'new favorite' for young people's fitness. This is not only a sport, but also a way of life that focuses on oneself and nourishes one's temperament," said Jiang Xi (姜西).
Jiang Xi (姜西) enjoys her current state of life very much. "When practicing Baduanjin, the attention is focused on oneself. More than two years of practice have made me more focused, calm, and down-to-earth in life." She believes that practicing Baduanjin is a harmonious journey of body and mind.
Taijiquan Class is Very Popular
People's Daily Reporter Sun Longfei (孙龙飞)
"For the Cloud Hands movement, pay attention to the shifting of weight, the rise and fall of breath, as if a silkworm is spinning silk, continuous and uninterrupted." Chai Yunlong (柴云龙), world Wushu Championships men's Taijiquan champion and teacher at the Department of Physical Education of Peking University (北京大学), carefully explained while demonstrating the movements. The students followed along, each move and posture looking quite professional.
In recent years, Taijiquan classes have become increasingly popular among students, and they are very popular every semester when choosing courses. "Practicing Taijiquan can not only help young people strengthen their bodies, but also help regulate emotions and exert the effects of calming the mind and nourishing the spirit," said Chai Yunlong (柴云龙).
Thanks to his solid foundation and years of martial arts experience, Chai Yunlong's (柴云龙) class is simple, profound, lively, and interesting.
"After taking Teacher Chai's (柴云龙) class, I realized that there are so many mysteries in Taijiquan," said Su Yu (苏煜), an undergraduate student at the School of Foreign Languages. "For example, the seemingly simple movement of 'handshake and capture,' Teacher Chai (柴云龙) taught us to get rid of the opponent by stepping forward, clasping hands, and turning around, with courtesy, restraint, and strength."
In class, Chai Yunlong (柴云龙) also leads students to do health-preserving exercises and imparts practical self-defense skills. "Through the Taijiquan course, students learn movement skills, sports injury rehabilitation and prevention knowledge, and master health-preserving methods and self-defense capture abilities. I believe these skills will benefit everyone for life."
After practicing for a period of time, Taijiquan has become the preferred sport for Su Yu (苏煜) and his friends. Su Yu's (苏煜) roommate goes to practice Taijiquan every morning, and his red training suit is particularly eye-catching. The students gave him the nickname "Chili Sect Taijiquan Master," and many students were attracted to him and followed him to practice together.
On the playground and in the park, playing Taijiquan is no longer exclusive to the silver-haired group. Young people have joined in, full of youthful vitality. On the Peking University (北大) campus, there are many courses such as required Taijiquan courses, experience courses, and international summer courses. Taijiquan clubs, competitions, and sports culture festivals are also becoming increasingly rich.
"There is a wide world between warding off, rolling back, pressing, and pushing." Wang Jiahang (王嘉航), a doctoral student at the School of Marxism, took a Taijiquan class four years ago and still feels that it has benefited him a lot. "Taijiquan is not only a way of exercising that 'transforms people with martial arts,' but also a spiritual immersion that 'transforms people with culture.' It conveys concepts such as 'harmony' and 'overcoming the unyielding with gentleness.'"
The "'Healthy China 2030' Planning Outline" issued by the CPC Central Committee (中共中央) and the State Council (国务院) pointed out that "popularize scientific fitness knowledge and fitness methods, promote the lifestyle of national fitness" and "support and promote national, folk, and folk traditional sports such as Taijiquan and fitness Qigong."
Today, many traditional fitness programs have entered universities, middle schools, and primary schools, and more and more people are feeling the charm of outstanding traditional Chinese culture while strengthening their bodies.
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The "eight sections" in Baduanjin refer to eight sets of movements, and "jin" compares its movements to beautiful and smooth brocade. By regulating breathing and exercising the body, it helps practitioners harmonize qi and blood and strengthen the body.
Taijiquan is a traditional Chinese boxing technique that combines internal and external cultivation, is gentle and slow, and combines strength and softness, and is full of Eastern philosophy. Practicing Taijiquan can nourish the body, mind, and qi.
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In the cubicle, the opening posture of Baduanjin dispels the afternoon drowsiness; on the university playground, the cloud hands of Taijiquan rise and fall with ease; in front of the mobile phone lens, the forms and intentions of Wuqinxi flow and shine...
Why is the traditional impression of activities for the elderly gradually becoming a "new favorite" of young people?
This is a meeting of traditional sports and modern life. On the one hand, unlike professional and scene-based modern fitness, traditional fitness with zero equipment and low barriers to entry makes it possible for young people to stretch their muscles and collaterals anytime and anywhere. On the other hand, when Generation Z shoots Baduanjin with cinematic quality and integrates Taijiquan into street dance moves, traditional sports projects are touching young hearts with a brand-new look.
This is also a dialogue between body and mind. In the balance of tension and relaxation, one can understand the health wisdom of combining movement and stillness; in the exchange of exhalation and inhalation, one can gain insight into the philosophical speculation of overcoming the unyielding with gentleness... It is like an ancient zither played with new techniques, and ancient culture plays a youthful melody. From strengthening the body and mind to cultivating the mind and character, and then to innovative expression, the popularity of traditional fitness among young people has "broken the circle," further demonstrating the contemporary value of outstanding Chinese traditional culture, and the long-lasting cultural heritage flows with a long-lasting charm.
Looking from a broader historical dimension, when has tradition ever rejected change? It always accompanies generations of young people, gaining lasting vitality in constant changes, just like ancient trees and new flowers, year after year, always blooming and always new.
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The 2025 Asian Weightlifting Championships held in Jiangshan, Zhejiang (浙江江山) entered its third day on the 11th. In the women's 64kg competition held on the same day, Chinese athlete Li Shuang (李霜) swept 3 gold medals with a snatch of 105kg, a clean and jerk of 134kg, and a total score of 239kg.
This Asian Championship is the first adult competition that the Chinese weightlifting team has formally participated in during the Los Angeles Olympic cycle, and it is also the last international competition before the new weight class system is implemented in June of this year. This motivates the participating athletes to challenge world records and become long-term world record holders in the old weight classes. The Chinese weightlifting team sent 20 male and 20 female athletes to participate in this Asian Championship. The young players are daring and aggressive, and have already broken several records.
In the women's 45kg competition held on the first day, Chinese athlete Zhao Jinhong (赵金红) swept 3 gold medals with a snatch of 90kg, a clean and jerk of 100kg, and a total score of 190kg. In the snatch competition, she successfully lifted 80kg on her first attempt, successfully lifted 88kg on her second attempt, and successfully challenged 90kg on her third attempt, continuously breaking the original world record of 87kg in the snatch for that weight class. In the clean and jerk competition, she successfully lifted 100kg on her first attempt, but failed twice to challenge 111kg, and her total score was fixed at 190kg. "The goal before the competition was very clear, to get the world snatch record." Zhao Jinhong (赵金红) said frankly after the competition. At last year's World Championships in Bahrain, Zhao Jinhong (赵金红) had already broken the world records for the clean and jerk and total score in that weight class, and now she holds 3 world records in the women's 45kg weight class.
In addition, in the women's 49kg competition, Xiang Linxiang (向林香) won 3 bronze medals. On the men's side, Wang Weidong (王威东) won a silver medal in the snatch and gold medals in the clean and jerk and total score in the men's 55kg competition.
On the 10th, Chinese athlete Zhang Haiqin (张海琴) successfully lifted all 6 attempts in the women's 55kg competition. In the end, she broke the world youth record with a snatch of 99kg, and broke the world youth records for the clean and jerk and total score twice, increasing the original record for the total score by 8kg. On the men's side, Wang Hao (王浩) and Zheng Xinhao (郑新昊) won the gold medals in the snatch and silver medals in the total score in the men's 61kg and 67kg weight classes, respectively.
Return to TopGuangzhou (广州), May 11th (Reporter Liu Shuoyang (刘硕阳) and He Linping (贺林平)) The two-day 2025 World Athletics Relays concluded in Guangzhou (广州), Guangdong (广东) on the evening of the 11th. The Chinese team, composed mainly of young athletes, performed well, breaking the national records in both the men's 4×400m relay and the mixed 4×400m relay. They also secured qualification for the Tokyo World Championships in four events: men's 4×400m relay, mixed 4×400m relay, men's 4×100m relay, and women's 4×100m relay.
This edition of the World Athletics Relays was the first time China has hosted the event, attracting over 700 athletes from more than 40 countries (regions). The competition featured six events: men's and women's 4×100m relay, 4×400m relay, and mixed 4×100m relay, 4×400m relay. Among them, the mixed 4×100m relay, a new event added to the Los Angeles (洛杉矶) Olympics, made its debut in international competition. The top 14 teams in each of the other five events secured their tickets to the Tokyo (东京) World Athletics Championships in September this year.
The first round of each event was held on the 10th. The Chinese team, composed of Liang Baotang (梁宝棠), Li Yiqing (李懿卿), Zhang Qining (张起宁), and Fu Haoran (付浩然), finished second in their heat in the men's 4×400m relay with a time of 3:01.87, advancing to the final, breaking the national record for the event, and securing a spot in the World Championships. In the final on the evening of the 11th, Chinese athletes Bao Chengzhe (包承哲), Yu Dexiang (于德祥), Zheng Chiyu (郑驰宇), and Li Yiqing (李懿卿) competed, ultimately finishing eighth with a time of 3:06.33, achieving the Chinese team's best result in the event at the World Athletics Relays.
In the second round of the mixed 4×400m relay World Championships qualifier on the 11th, Liang Baotang (梁宝棠), Zhang Qining (张起宁), Mo Jiadie (莫家蝶), and Liu Yinglan (刘英兰) formed the Chinese team's lineup, setting a new national record for the event with a time of 3:13.39, securing another World Championships ticket for China. This was also the second national record broken by Liang Baotang (梁宝棠) and Zhang Qining (张起宁) in this competition.
The Chinese team failed to reach the finals in both the men's and women's 4×100m relay first round. In the second round of the World Championships qualifier on the evening of the 11th, the Chinese team adjusted its lineup. Ultimately, Chen Yujie (陈妤颉), Li Yuting (李玉婷), Zhu Junying (朱俊颖), and Ge Manqi (葛曼棋) won the women's 4×100m relay heat with a time of 43.03 seconds, while Shi Junhao (施君豪), Zeng Keli (曾克理), Wang Shengjie (王胜杰), and He Jinqian (何锦櫶) won the men's 4×100m relay heat with a time of 38.03 seconds, both securing their spots in the World Championships.
Return to TopBeijing, May 11th (Reporter Zeng Huafeng (曾华锋)) Recently, the 2025 IFSC Climbing World Cup (Bali, Indonesia) was held in Bali, Indonesia (印度尼西亚巴厘岛). Chinese team athlete Zhou Yafei (周娅菲) won the second place in the women's speed competition.
This competition is the third stop after Shaoxing Keqiao (绍兴柯桥), Suzhou Wujiang (苏州吴江), China. The event includes 4 events for men's and women's difficulty and speed, with 212 athletes from 32 countries and regions participating. The Chinese team sent 4 difficulty athletes and 12 speed athletes to participate. Among them, Zhou Yafei (周娅菲) won the second place in the women's speed competition; Luo Zhilu (骆知鹭) advanced to the women's difficulty semi-finals and eventually finished thirteenth.
Return to TopNanchang (南昌), May 11th (People's Daily reporter Zhou Huan (周欢)) From May 7th to 10th, the 2025 Asian Canoe Sprint Championships were held in Nanchang (南昌), Jiangxi (江西). More than 390 athletes, coaches, and technical officials from 19 countries and regions in Asia participated. The Chinese team won 16 gold medals, 6 silver medals, and 2 bronze medals. It is reported that the championship included 24 competition events, covering multiple categories such as men's, women's, and mixed groups, as well as two types of boats: kayaks and canoes. The competition distances included multiple levels such as 200 meters, 500 meters, and 1000 meters, providing a stage for Asian canoeists to showcase their skills.
Return to TopIn recent years, China Guangfa Bank (广发银行) has proactively fulfilled its responsibilities and missions, fully serving the overall development situation, and contributing to the construction of a strong financial nation by focusing on the financial needs of major strategies, key areas, and weak links.
Stimulating Market Consumption Vitality
One-stop service promotes online consumption. Focusing on online consumption scenarios, Guangfa Credit Card has launched installment-based discount activities in conjunction with merchants in the consumer industry, integrating the "Discover Splendid" APP (发现精彩APP) and Guangfa Mall (广发商城) discounts to provide customers with a closed-loop of "coupon collection - payment - verification." Carry out "trade-in" offline activities. Guangfa Credit Card actively promotes branches to carry out special "trade-in" activities with local leading merchants to better serve offline consumers. Help stimulate the consumption vitality of new energy vehicles. Guangfa Credit Card has cooperated with multiple new energy vehicle brands in hundreds of cities to carry out installment car purchase services, which can complete loan approval and issuance in as little as 30 minutes, and some cooperative brand car installments are as low as 0 down payment.
Increasing Support for the Development of Small and Micro Enterprises
Take the initiative and accurately diagnose needs. Special working groups at all levels of China Guangfa Bank (广发银行) continue to investigate the financing needs of small and micro enterprises, and provide "face-to-face" needs assessment and "point-to-point" assistance to customers with financing needs, building a bridge for accurate docking between banks and enterprises. Combine with the actual needs of customers to enrich the product system. China Guangfa Bank (广发银行) continues to increase product creation efforts to provide customers with "7×24 hours" of high-quality service, efficiently meeting customer financing needs.
Supporting the Stable and Healthy Development of the Real Estate Market
Fully promote the effective implementation of the urban real estate financing coordination mechanism. China Guangfa Bank (广发银行) established a leading group for the implementation of the coordination mechanism headed by the president of the head office, and city-level and above branches in various regions established special working groups to guide the entire bank to share information and work together with local governments, relevant departments, and real estate companies to fully promote the effective implementation of the urban real estate financing coordination mechanism.
Rapidly complete the filing of all existing projects. China Guangfa Bank (广发银行) actively responded to the requirements of expanding the scope and efficiency of "white list" project approval. All levels of institutions across the bank worked together to reverse the construction period and ensure that projects that meet the requirements are "loaned as much as possible" and funds are allocated "as early as possible," and have completed the filing of all existing projects that meet the conditions.
Helping the Healthy Development of the Capital Market
Support listed companies' stock repurchase and increase loan holdings. China Guangfa Bank (广发银行) issued the "China Guangfa Bank Stock Repurchase and Increase Loan Management Measures" at the first time, clarifying management requirements such as customer access and account management, strengthening two-way docking with listed companies, and fully supporting shareholders to repurchase and increase their stock holdings.
Service Securities, Fund, Insurance Company Swap Facility (SFISF) bond repurchase transactions. SFISF aims to support eligible securities, funds, and insurance companies to obtain high-liquidity assets and enhance financing capabilities through "bond-for-bond" methods. In October 2024, China Guangfa Bank (广发银行) collaborated with GF Securities (广发证券) to implement the first batch of SFISF-backed treasury bond pledged repurchase transactions in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (粤港澳大湾区), accumulating power for the development of the capital market.
Data source: China Guangfa Bank (广发银行)
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On May 11, the 121st Paris International Fair, which lasted for 12 days, closed at the Paris Expo Porte de Versailles in France. As one of the largest and most influential comprehensive exhibitions in France and even Europe, the fair has become an important stage for global companies to showcase creative achievements and exchange innovative technologies. During this year's fair, the "Encounter China" Chinese culture theme exhibition showcased the unique charm of Chinese culture and the innovative vitality of China's development from multiple dimensions.
This year's fair set up several themed exhibition areas such as the Global Culture Exhibition, Home Decoration Exhibition, Automobile Travel Exhibition, and Paris Market, attracting more than 400,000 visitors. In the "Global Culture Exhibition" unit, the "Encounter China" Chinese culture theme exhibition, hosted by the China Foreign Languages Publishing Administration (中国外文局) and organized by the Academy of Contemporary China and World Studies (当代中国与世界研究院), made a wonderful appearance. The National Museum of China (中国国家博物馆) and 10 cultural institutions and 30 science and technology innovation enterprises from Shanxi (山西), Henan (河南), Zhejiang (浙江), Shenzhen (深圳) and other places formed a group to participate in the exhibition. The area of the Chinese theme pavilion has doubled compared with last year.
The "Encounter China" Chinese culture theme exhibition is themed "Chinese Style · Chinese Trend", bringing together nearly 2,000 distinctive exhibits: from traditional crafts such as paper-cutting, ceramics, and embroidery that demonstrate oriental aesthetics, to cultural and creative products such as the animation IP "Ne Zha (哪吒)," which is popular among the younger generation, to cutting-edge technology products such as "AI digital humans" that represent future trends. Many foreign visitors visited, checked in, and participated in interactions with great interest.
At the cultural and creative product counter of the National Museum of China (中国国家博物馆), exquisite caisson ceiling refrigerator magnets, realistic naked-eye 3D Dunhuang (敦煌) postcards, elegant gold dragon and phoenix crown ornaments inlaid with kingfisher feathers, and so on, made many visitors marvel. A French mother and daughter were attracted by an antique night light painted with traditional Chinese meticulous paintings. "This work of art is so exciting, we want to buy it to add a Chinese cultural atmosphere to our home," the mother, Alice, told reporters. At the Henan (河南) booth, a French visitor, Sebastien, happily took a photo with staff dressed in Tang Dynasty costumes. He told reporters: "These exquisite costumes are like works of art, allowing me to feel the beauty of traditional Chinese culture." Tang Sancai (唐三彩) handicrafts in "macaron" colors inspired by Silk Road culture are also popular among many visitors. The ingenious design integrates traditional and modern aesthetics. Huang Xiaoyan (黄晓燕), general manager of Luoyang City Gift Research Co., Ltd. (洛阳城市礼物研究有限公司), told reporters that the series of cultural and creative products brought this time are closer to the cultural aesthetics and interests of young people.
Representative inheritors of intangible cultural heritage from different provinces of China demonstrated traditional techniques such as tea making, paper cutting, clay figurines, and Taizhou (台州) embroidery on site. Wu Xiaofen (武小汾), a representative inheritor of intangible cultural heritage, demonstrated the core technique of "hollowing out and leaving lines" in Zhongyang (中阳) paper cutting in Shanxi (山西). The Zhongyang (中阳) paper-cut clothing series expresses traditional techniques such as hollow patterns and symmetrical composition, and combines intangible heritage techniques with fashion tailoring, presenting diverse patterns on silk and cotton fabrics. After watching it, former Director-General of UNESCO (联合国教科文组织), Irina Bokova (博科娃), praised that the wonderful paper-cutting performance reflected the vitality of the inheritance of cultural heritage. "China's dedication to the protection of cultural heritage and the active participation of young people are worthy of European countries to learn from. This youthful way of inheritance truly allows historical culture to radiate new vitality."
Mu Xiaoling (牟小玲), the third-generation inheritor of the intangible cultural heritage "Mou's Tea Making Technique (牟氏茶制作技艺)," demonstrated the tea making process, adding tea, brewing, and pouring tea, while introducing the characteristics of Chinese tea in detail to the tasters. Many viewers raised their glasses to taste the tea. "I sing opera, let me sing a song for Chinese tea!" After tasting "Chunqiu Tea," a French opera singer sang a melodious French "lullaby" on the spot to express his love and praise for Chinese tea. Yang Xinyu (杨新育), China's Permanent Representative to UNESCO (中国常驻联合国教科文组织代表), introduced that China currently has 59 cultural heritage sites and 44 intangible cultural heritage items selected into the UNESCO (联合国教科文组织) list. He welcomed people from all countries to visit China and personally experience these precious human civilization heritages.
Shenzhen (深圳) participated in the Paris International Fair for the first time, focusing on promoting two distinctive cultural and tourism projects: "Qianhai Ice and Snow World (前海冰雪世界)" and "Bay Area Eye (湾区之眼)." The "Bay Area Eye (湾区之眼)" focuses on five highlights: natural openness, cultural and tourism integration, business innovation, commercial revitalization, and technological empowerment. It is driven by a new type of reading space that brings together nearly 100,000 carefully selected books, connecting more than 20,000 square meters of rooftop star gardens and nearly 30,000 square meters of commercial corridors, art galleries, performing arts theaters and other distinctive cultural and tourism scenes. After opening and operating in August this year, it will also focus on creating the brand project "Bay Area Press Conference Hall (湾区发布厅)," planning and carrying out international exchange units such as the International Literature Season and the Twin Cities Science Fiction Dialogue. Bokova (博科娃) said: "I have been to Shenzhen (深圳) many times, and the speed of the city's development is amazing. I am also very much looking forward to the potential of 'Bay Area Eye (湾区之眼),' this new cultural landmark, to stimulate more cross-civilization dialogue."
Karine Preter (卡琳娜·普雷泰尔), a representative of the organizer of the Paris International Fair, said that since its establishment in 1904, the Paris International Fair has been committed to showcasing global culture to European audiences. This year marks the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Europe and China. Relying on the Paris International Fair, the display and experience activities of Chinese cultural institutions and science and technology innovation enterprises "open a new window for the European people to understand China."
Fan Daqi (范大祺), Vice President of the Academy of Contemporary China and World Studies (当代中国与世界研究院), told reporters that from cultural products to multilingual publications, we hope to use the Paris International Fair as a platform to tell the world a real and three-dimensional Chinese story in a language that is close to the public and more vivid. Yu Tao (于涛), Deputy Director of the China Foreign Languages Publishing Administration (中国外文局), said that the "Encounter China" Chinese culture theme exhibition aims to make the century-old Paris International Fair a window for the European people to deeply understand China, and fully demonstrate a credible, lovely, and respectable image of China.
(Reported from Paris (巴黎) on May 11 by this newspaper)
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 杨 晔
Every weekend evening, as the lights come on, the area around Hoan Kiem Lake (还剑湖) in Hanoi (河内市), Vietnam (越南) becomes lively. The lakeside road here transforms into a pedestrian street, and Hanoi (河内市) organizes professional troupes to perform national musical instruments and ethnic costume shows. Volunteers invite the public and tourists to participate in folk activities such as tug-of-war and swinging, making it a new popular spot for internet celebrities to visit. This is one of the latest measures taken by Vietnam (越南) to promote tourism and tap into the tourism potential of the central urban area.
Data recently released by the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (越南国家旅游局) shows that the country's tourism industry is developing well. During the 2025 Spring Festival holiday alone, Vietnam (越南) attracted 12.5 million domestic tourists, an increase of approximately 19% year-on-year. Among them, Ho Chi Minh City (胡志明市), Hanoi (河内市), and Quang Ninh Province (广宁省) attracted the largest number of tourists, with 2.1 million, 1 million, and 969,000 respectively, and tourism revenue of 7.69 trillion, 3.53 trillion, and 2.665 trillion Vietnamese Dong (越南盾) respectively (1 RMB is approximately 3590 Vietnamese Dong). In 2024, Vietnam (越南) attracted 17.5 million foreign tourists, recovering to the 2019 level. This year, Vietnam (越南) plans to receive 22 million to 23 million foreign tourists. "Vietnam's (越南) tourism industry is in a phase of rapid rebound and is about to enter a new period of development," said Nguyen Trung Khanh (阮重庆), Director-General of the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (越南国家旅游局局长).
In order to fully tap the development potential of the tourism industry, the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (越南国家旅游局) requires local tourism departments to enrich tourists' travel experiences and carry out diverse and localized characteristic tourism projects such as ecological tourism, community tourism, rural tourism, MICE tourism, and medical tourism. Da Nang (岘港), a central coastal city, has launched the "Enjoy Da Nang" tourism promotion program. In addition to regular island tours and vacation tours, it has also innovatively developed wedding tourism as a new business format, aiming to create a brand-new wedding experience tourism destination. Quang Ninh Province (广宁省) in the north has launched 62 tourism products and services and held more than 100 cultural, sports, and tourism activities and events to promote the coordinated development of the cultural, sports, and tourism industries.
To attract more tourists, the Vietnamese aviation sector has promptly expanded its capacity, increased the number of flights on popular routes, and strived to improve the travel experience for tourists. Vietnam Airlines (越南航空公司), in conjunction with seven popular tourist provinces and cities such as Da Nang (岘港), has developed tourism product packages and launched special airfare and hotel promotions. The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (越南航空管理局) predicts that in the next few years, Vietnam's (越南) air passenger traffic will maintain an average annual growth of 7.5% to 8.5%. At the same time, the Vietnamese tourism department has increased its tourism promotion efforts targeting major foreign tourist source countries such as China (中国), the United States (美国), and South Korea (韩国).
For many years, China (中国) has been an important source market for Vietnamese tourism. In 2024, the number of Chinese tourists visiting Vietnam (越南) reached 3.7 million, an increase of 214.4% year-on-year, accounting for 21.26% of the total number of foreign tourists visiting Vietnam (越南), ranking second. Nguyen Le Phuc (阮黎福), former Deputy Director-General of the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (越南国家旅游局前副局长), said that at present, Hanoi (河内), Ho Chi Minh City (胡志明市) have direct flights to many cities in China (中国) such as Guangzhou (广州), Shanghai (上海), Chongqing (重庆), Shenzhen (深圳), and Chengdu (成都). Many airlines have also opened connecting flights between Vietnam (越南) and some transit stations to provide more convenience for Chinese tourists to travel to Vietnam (越南).
Nguyen Quynh Anh (阮琼英), who runs an international travel agency in Hanoi (河内), told this reporter that as people-to-people exchanges between the two countries become increasingly convenient, since 2024, the number of Chinese tour groups received by her travel agency has increased significantly, and the number of Vietnamese tourists signing up to travel to China (中国) has also increased significantly. "Both Vietnam (越南) and China (中国) have rich tourism resources, and I hope that the people of both countries can deeply experience the local customs through tourism," said Nguyen Quynh Anh (阮琼英).
(Reported from Hanoi (河内) by this newspaper)
Return to TopThe Hainan Wuzhishan Li and Miao Children's Choir (海南五指山黎苗童声合唱团) carried out the "China-France Children's Friendship Bridge" cultural exchange activities in Paris, France from May 8th to 10th, according to a report on May 11th from our newspaper in Paris (Reporter Shang Kaiyuan (尚凯元)). The choir vividly told Chinese stories and Hainan stories through various forms such as children's chorus, home visit interaction, intangible cultural heritage exhibition, and musical drama, further deepening the understanding and friendship between Chinese and French teenagers.
At the UNESCO headquarters, the choir sang songs such as "Long Time No See, Long Time See" (《久久不见久久见》) and "Let the World Be Filled with Love" (《让世界充满爱》), showcasing the spirit of Chinese youth and introducing Hainan's practical achievements in ecological protection and cultural inheritance.
In the musical drama "Journey of Harmony" performed at the Paris Theatre, teenagers from China and France jointly performed songs such as "Artist Jacques" (《艺术家雅克》), "I Fly" (《我飞翔》), and "If I Go to China" (《如果我去中国》), demonstrating the power of youth and friendship. Huang Hailin (黄海林), a provincial representative inheritor of Li bamboo and wood musical instruments, and his daughter Huang Keya (黄柯雅) joined hands with French musician Mathieu Le Coq (马修·乐高珂) to perform works such as "Coconut Shadows" (《椰影》), "The Li Family Has Changed" (《黎家变了样》), and "Spring Comes Early in Lishan" (《黎山春来早》), vividly conveying Hainan's natural scenery and ethnic culture through music.
Members of the choir also visited the home of Elisabeth (伊丽莎白), the head of the Polyphonies Children's Choir (法国宝丽声童声合唱团), and her choir members. Teenagers from China and France sat together in a relaxed and warm atmosphere to exchange ideas and gifts. Elisabeth recalled that in 2024, the children of the Li and Miao Children's Choir (黎苗童声合唱团) visited Paris and performed on the same stage with the children of the Polyphonies Children's Choir (宝丽声童声合唱团) on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and France. At the end of October of the same year, the Polyphonies Children's Choir (宝丽声童声合唱团) was invited to visit Wuzhishan (五指山), Hainan, to participate in a study tour with the theme of ethnic cultural experience and musical exchange. "At this moment, the children of the two countries are reunited again, which makes me very moved."
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May 11th is World Obesity Day. Not long ago, the World Obesity Federation, headquartered in London, UK, released the 2025 "Global Obesity Map," which shows that the global overweight and obese population is continuing to increase. In 2010 and 2015, the number of overweight and obese adults was 1.6 billion and 2 billion, respectively. According to current trends, by 2030, overweight and obesity will affect nearly 3 billion adults worldwide, accounting for about half of the global population over 18 years of age. The organization calls on countries to take active measures to accelerate the implementation of a series of key policies to address obesity, and jointly reduce the impact of overweight and obesity on the health and economic society of people in various countries.
The World Obesity Federation is an organization dedicated to global obesity prevention and control, aiming to raise international awareness of obesity and take countermeasures through education and policy guidance. In its report, the organization statistically analyzes and predicts the prevalence and trends of overweight, obesity, and other non-communicable diseases worldwide from 2000 to 2030. Joanna Ralston, CEO of the World Obesity Federation, said that data from 2024 shows that the Americas, Southeast Asia, and the Western Pacific region have the highest number of people disabled and killed by overweight and obesity. "Obese patients may need medical intervention throughout their lives, which puts pressure on the healthcare systems of various countries," said Joanna Ralston.
Simon Barquera, Chairman of the World Obesity Federation, said that obesity itself is "a serious disease" and a risk factor for non-communicable diseases such as diabetes, cancer, heart disease, and stroke. "The number of people who die from obesity each year is higher than the number of deaths from traffic accidents." The report points out that health problems caused by obesity cause approximately 4 million deaths worldwide each year, and it is estimated that by 2030, 93% of countries will have insufficient medical resources to deal with this problem.
The organization also assessed the implementation of five key policies to address obesity in its report, pointing out that two-thirds of countries worldwide have not implemented the five key policies or have only implemented one of them. These five policies include taxing sugar-sweetened beverages, taxing high-sugar, high-fat, and high-salt foods, subsidizing healthy foods, restricting the promotion of unhealthy foods to children, and promoting physical activity through taxes and incentives. "We call on the international community to work together to take comprehensive and transformative measures to create healthier lives for all," said Joanna Ralston. Taking measures to change people's unhealthy eating habits and encouraging them to strengthen physical exercise can help reduce the prevalence of non-communicable diseases while reducing obesity rates.
According to Simon Barquera, the Fourth High-level Meeting of the United Nations General Assembly on the Prevention and Control of Non-communicable Diseases will be held in September this year. Representatives from various countries will review the progress in addressing obesity and formulate the next stage of global non-communicable disease response measures during the conference. "We are at a critical moment in advancing action to address obesity, and prioritizing action is a key opportunity to reduce the global impact of non-communicable diseases," said Simon Barquera.
Return to TopBy: 宋亦然
"Hello," I was greeted in Chinese by Isbet at a corner of the Inca Market in Lima (利马), the capital of Peru (秘鲁). This enthusiastic young man, holding several adorable alpaca dolls, said to me with a slightly awkward tone, "These are 100% alpaca wool dolls!" His friend George (乔治) turned from inside the shop to greet me, and a notebook filled with Chinese characters on the table caught my eye—the words "Welcome," "May all your wishes come true" (万事如意), were carefully and neatly copied stroke by stroke.
On the shelves, alpaca dolls and alpaca wool products of various shapes were fully displayed. In a corner, on a small desk, lay a Chinese introductory textbook with dog-eared corners. Isbet excitedly showed me his phone: "Look! We are also learning from Chinese bloggers to operate accounts and introduce products." Browsing through the text and image content they posted on Chinese social media applications, many Chinese netizens replied in the comments section, "Welcome to open a store in China."
Language is not only a bridge for trade, but also an extension of cultural tentacles, a feeling that is very evident in Peru (秘鲁). When I walked into the Confucius Institute at Ricardo Palma University (里卡多·帕尔马大学孔子学院) in Lima (利马), 18-year-old Rosa Farah (罗莎·法拉)—a Peruvian (秘鲁) girl who insisted that I call her by her Chinese name "Fang Shiyi (方诗怡)"—was reciting "Shuidiao Getou: When Will the Moon Be Clear?" (《水调歌头·明月几时有》) with her classmates under the guidance of the teacher. On the table were mooncakes and milk tea, which Peruvian (秘鲁) youths love, and the open notebooks showed Chinese and Spanish bilingual words such as "Belt and Road" (一带一路). "When I was a child, my understanding of China (中国) was limited to Kung Fu, the Great Wall (长城), and the Chinese restaurants 'Shi Fan (食饭)' that can be seen everywhere in Peru (秘鲁)," she thought for a while and continued, "After learning Chinese, I became fascinated by China's (中国) profound traditional culture, and I also like to watch Chinese TV dramas and listen to Chinese pop music."
From the "distant and mysterious East" in the mouths of elders, the majestic and winding silhouette of the Great Wall (长城) on postcards, to the dazzling lights of the Tang Dynasty Ever-Bright City (大唐不夜城) in Xi'an (西安) in popular online videos, to the collaborative work scenes of Chinese and Peruvian (秘鲁) engineers at the Chancay Port (钱凯港)... Fang Shiyi's (方诗怡) "upgraded" understanding of China (中国) reflects the increasingly close ties between Peru (秘鲁) and China (中国). More than 170 years ago, the first Chinese immigrants came to Peru (秘鲁), helping to greatly increase local rice production; today, the cooperation between the two countries in minerals, energy, agriculture and other fields continues to deepen, and more and more Peruvians (秘鲁人) are beginning to learn Chinese and fall in love with Chinese culture. Fang Shiyi (方诗怡) said that "proficiency in Chinese" is an important bonus for Peruvian (秘鲁) youths looking for jobs, and many Peruvian (秘鲁) university students choose to intern in local Chinese-funded enterprises. Chinese development hot words such as "clean energy" and "smart agriculture" have also become popular topics for Peruvian (秘鲁) youths. "Understanding Chinese culture helps to improve cross-cultural communication skills, which is crucial in today's globalized work environment," Cecilia Tello (塞西莉亚·特略), the Peruvian (秘鲁) director of the Confucius Institute at Ricardo Palma University (里卡多·帕尔马大学孔子学院), told the reporter, "I hope our students are not only Chinese users, but also civilization decoders."
As dusk fell, I passed by Isbet's shop again. He was taking photos of alpaca dolls to be posted on Chinese social media applications, while George (乔治) was reviewing the new words he had learned that day, word by word. The schedule recording their Chinese learning progress and arrangements has been filled for half a year, and the dense writing embodies their full learning enthusiasm, as well as the hope for a better life brought about by learning Chinese. "When we save enough money, we will go to China (中国) to see giant pandas!" Isbet said.
Walking along the green coastal highway built by Chinese enterprises, container trucks loaded with goods roared past, heading towards Chancay Port (钱凯港). The cool sea breeze swept across the boundless waters of the Pacific Ocean, and in the sound of the waves, the wings of the Andean condor seemed to be gently touching the tail feathers of the oriental phoenix. Just like on Isbet's and George's (乔治) notebooks, the Chinese words and phrases written at the top of each page are silently conversing with the Nazca Lines (纳斯卡地画) patterns at the bottom.
Return to TopThis newspaper's Guangzhou (广州) dispatch on May 11th (Reporter Luo Aihua (罗艾桦)) The 19th Venice Architecture Biennale opened in Venice (威尼斯), Italy (意大利) on May 10th. As a representative of China's (中国) rural revitalization projects, the "Langtou Experiment (塱头实验)" debuted in the exhibition's theme pavilion.
It is reported that Langtou Ancient Village (塱头古村) is located in Tanbu Town (炭步镇), Huadu District (花都区), Guangzhou (广州), with a history of 651 years. It is one of the largest preserved ancient villages in Guangdong (广东). The "Langtou Experiment (塱头实验)" project is jointly presented by Very Architecture and the Vipshop Charitable Foundation of Guangdong Province (广东省唯品会慈善基金会), telling the story of how many planning and design experts, architects, artists, cultural scholars, entrepreneurs, and local villagers worked together to give full play to collective wisdom and strength. Under the guidance of the concept of "cultural leadership and public welfare empowerment," they jointly built an innovative rural revitalization project, allowing this Lingnan (岭南) ancient village to undergo a transformative rebirth.
The Venice Architecture Biennale, founded in 1895, is known as the "Olympics of the architectural world." The theme of this year's exhibition is "Intelligence, Nature, Artificial, Collective," focusing on the relationship between architecture and cities, the environment, technology, energy, and other disciplines.
Return to TopAccording to Xinhua News Agency, United Nations, May 10 (Reporter Pan Yunzhao (潘云召)) -- United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres (古特雷斯) issued a statement on the 10th through his spokesperson, welcoming the ceasefire agreement reached between India and Pakistan on the same day.
The statement said that Guterres welcomed the ceasefire agreement reached between India and Pakistan, considering it a positive step towards ending the current state of hostility and easing tensions. Guterres hopes that the agreement will help achieve lasting peace and create an environment conducive to resolving broader, long-standing issues between the two countries. The United Nations supports efforts aimed at promoting peace and stability in the region.
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In the past two years, the development of micro-dramas in China has become a remarkable phenomenon: the 55th Statistical Report on Internet Development in China, released earlier this year, pointed out that there are already 662 million micro-drama users in China. Correspondingly, micro-dramas setting sail overseas have also begun to become popular around the "world." The reason is that micro-dramas originate from daily life and are aimed at the public, making them popular. At the same time, they are produced quickly, cover a wide range of subjects, and provide a constant stream of works. Whether it is a professional micro-drama platform from China, a large domestic or foreign streaming media platform, or an international super short video platform, all have paved a three-dimensional and diverse channel for micro-dramas to go overseas. People expect micro-dramas about global travel to follow the trend of high-quality domestic film and television creation, 积“微”成著 (jī "wēi" chéng zhù - "accumulate the small to achieve the great," to achieve great things through small efforts), and tell more wonderful Chinese stories.
"Refreshing" Stories and Emotions Transcend National Borders
People often use "爽" (shuǎng - "refreshing," feeling of satisfaction or enjoyment) to describe the feeling of watching micro-dramas. First, it's "refreshing" in the story. The plot of micro-dramas is highly condensed, without the need for introduction, development, climax, and conclusion. It often directly arranges conflicts, contradictions, coincidences, and accidents in a row, using the torrents and whirlpools of the plot to involve the audience. Second, it's "refreshing" in emotion. Micro-dramas amplify human emotions without much delicate and euphemistic refinement. Whether it is joy, anger, sorrow, happiness, love, or hate, the characters in the play always directly display their individual emotions on the screen and share them face-to-face with the audience. In the face of straightforward "refreshing" stories and emotions, audiences from different countries and regions are easily attracted.
Micro-dramas, which have developed smoothly in China, have seen several representative domestic micro-drama application software rush to the forefront of foreign application stores, allowing many works to gain their respective overseas audiences. Compared to other audio-visual forms such as movies, long dramas, documentaries, and variety shows, micro-dramas are numerous and constantly updated. Overseas audiences do not have to 众里寻他千百度 (zhòng lǐ xún tā qiān bǎi dù - "search for him a thousand times in the crowd," to search diligently for something or someone), they only need a few glances to determine what they want to watch. Micro-dramas also easily break through language barriers. For example, the high proportion of dubbed dramas has broken the aesthetic habit of foreign audiences who usually do not like to watch subtitles, while the localized dramas filmed in cooperation with overseas teams have largely adopted the story templates of Chinese micro-dramas. In the past two years, under the guidance of domestic policies, the "micro-drama+" trend has emerged, combining micro-dramas with other fields or industries, resulting in a number of excellent works, making people full of expectations for the new wave of micro-dramas going overseas.
Horizontal-Screen Dramas and Vertical-Screen Dramas Have Their Own Characteristics
The Internet has no time difference, and the overseas dissemination of micro-dramas is mostly synchronized with domestic platforms. Horizontal-screen micro-dramas are generally broadcast through overseas versions of domestic streaming media platforms or foreign streaming media platforms. Some works have the atmosphere of traditional or modern Chinese stories, and the production is often more elaborate and the dissemination is more lasting; while vertical-screen micro-dramas are mainly broadcast through mobile short drama platforms - once a work is pushed, it must immediately face the "scrolling" test of users, and it is easier to follow the existing "daydream" narrative mode and constantly reversing plot routines in production.
In comparison, horizontal-screen dramas have longer single-episode durations, and the screen can accommodate more character relationships and depth of field, which can more calmly reflect the Chinese style. "A Dream Pillow Star River" launched on the Singapore "Mewatch" platform and "Love in the Tea Garden" launched on the Youku (优酷) overseas version have similar approaches. The former is a small bridge, flowing water, and houses, while the latter is a wetland terrace tea garden. Different pictures convey the same implicit and timeless oriental aesthetic interest, which is matched with fast-paced narration to give people a sense of relaxation and order. Works such as "The Mystery Records of the Ming Dynasty: The Purgatory Chapter" launched on the iQiyi (爱奇艺) overseas version and "Locked Love for Three Lifetimes" launched on the Youku overseas version, although they are suspense and love themes, have aroused overseas audiences' interest in exploring Chinese history due to the setting of the Ming Dynasty (明代) and the Republic of China (民国) and other eras.
On the leading overseas micro-drama platforms where vertical-screen micro-dramas are concentrated, some works that have entered the top of the charts also strive to inject fresh air into the selection of themes and performance styles. For example, the story expression of the modern drama "Love Between Morning and Evening" is relatively delicate, and the image language is relatively rich; the ancient background "Long Night and the Wind Said" revolves around loyalty and betrayal, and conducts a certain discussion on human nature; "Extreme Speed Racing" tells the story of a racer's counterattack legend under the encouragement of love, and the passionate and inspirational racing scenes still bring good visual effects in vertical screen transmission; the Spring Festival background setting of "Lucky Dragon Year: Returning Home in Glory" resonates more with Korean and Japanese audiences.
From Formal Fit to Spiritual Fit
Speaking Chinese and telling Chinese stories, the overseas expansion of micro-dramas is lively. Unfortunately, the types of works on overseas micro-drama platforms are relatively monotonous, and the content is inevitably homogenized. At the same time, catering to the market and catering to the audience are still the main choices for micro-drama production institutions and platforms in fierce competition. The phenomenon of uneven quality in the domestic micro-drama market also appears in the process of micro-dramas going overseas. However, compared to Chinese films relying on foreign theaters to "borrow a boat to go to sea" for overseas distribution, the atmosphere of micro-dramas "building a boat to go to sea" has become a reality. The dissemination platform is in my hands, the trend of morphological evolution is in my hands, and the right to express myself is in my hands. The imagination space for micro-dramas to advance overseas can be infinitely broad.
The hot real life and the broad Chinese culture are becoming important expressions of micro-dramas. In the domestic creative trend of "traveling with micro-dramas," people have already seen that the cities and villages are full of fireworks, and the mountains and rivers are full of scenery. The profound and long-standing Chinese excellent traditional culture shines brightly through micro-dramas, myths and legends, historical figures, poetry, calligraphy, and painting... all exude a unique cultural charm, and the success of overseas games such as "Black Myth: Wukong" (黑神话：悟空) is a reference system. Micro-dramas can be all-encompassing, containing unique cultural charm in small story volumes. Given time, ingenious works will stand out.
From the perspective of narrative mode and narrative skills, literary and artistic creations at home and abroad have many structural similarities, which is the aesthetic psychological basis and "clearance" means for cross-cultural communication of literary and artistic works. Overseas audiences like Chinese micro-dramas, which currently stay more at the level of formal fit. "Refreshing" stories can catch people's attention instantly, but it is difficult to penetrate people's hearts and stand the test of time. Currently, a number of domestic micro-drama works such as "Escape from the British Museum" have begun to get rid of the purely "refreshing" taste and are committed to pursuing Chinese-style expression and the creation of artistic quality. We expect that the situation similar to the overseas popularity of Li Ziqi (李子柒) series of short videos can soon appear in the field of micro-dramas.
A good Chinese story must be a story that resonates with more people's hearts. As an emerging new mass art form, micro-dramas have not yet formed a mature artistic aesthetic style. With the guidance of macro industrial policies and cultural policies, and the active investment of creators from all parties, the "you chase me" innovation will inevitably promote micro-dramas to develop in the direction of "literary and artistic light cavalry," echoing the pulsating pulse of the times and telling unique and resonant Chinese stories.
(The author is a professor and doctoral supervisor at the School of Journalism and Communication, Nanjing Normal University (南京师范大学))
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The morning light was faint, and a thin mist gradually dissipated from the red earth of the East African plateau. The orange-red sunlight once again enveloped Nairobi (内罗毕), and this vibrant city slowly awakened.
The intense sunlight does not necessarily mean hot weather. Pedestrians on the road wear long sleeves and trousers, and down vests paired with short sleeves are also a common sight. The Danish writer Karen Blixen captured the essence of this city at the foot of the Ngong Hills (恩贡山) long ago in "Out of Africa"—6,000 feet above sea level, clear and pleasant at sunrise and sunset, and chilling after nightfall.
Nairobi (内罗毕) is the capital of Kenya (肯尼亚) and the largest city in East Africa. The name comes from a Maasai word, which translates directly to "place of cool waters," referring to the Nairobi River (内罗毕河) that flows through the city. The deep East African Rift Valley (东非大裂谷) intersects with the equator in Kenya (肯尼亚), hence its nickname, the "Crossroads of East Africa." Standing on the outskirts of Nairobi (内罗毕), looking out over the East African Rift Valley (东非大裂谷), I felt the earth beneath my feet sinking downwards. The jungles above the cliffs were lush, and the grasslands deep within the rift valley were vast, both stretching endlessly to either side. The sun and clouds above were so close, the contours of the clouds changing with the wind, projecting onto the earth, casting shades of green. At the bottom of the rift valley, hippopotamus leg bones excavated from the Olorgesailie Prehistoric Site (奥洛戈塞利叶遗址) told me that a million years ago, there was also a lake here.
The formation of landforms is measured in tens of thousands of years, and Nairobi's (内罗毕) urban culture also has a hakuna matata (斯瓦希里语 - "no worries") sense of relaxation. Upon arrival, I deeply experienced the patience of the Kenyan people while applying for a phone card at the business hall. A few customers were scattered in line in front of the only counter, and the staff motioned for me to sit down and wait. Time passed slowly, and the line seemed to remain the same. After what seemed like a long time, just as I was yawning from boredom, I was finally called over by the staff. While processing the application, I seemed to understand the reason for the wait: the staff meticulously introduced each type of calling plan, registered passport information, opened an account, and explained in detail how to use functions such as shopping, transferring money, and paying bills online, allowing me to live a life without needing to carry cash even in Africa.
For those accustomed to a fast-paced life, accepting Nairobi's (内罗毕) "slowness" is not an easy task. As the measure of time quietly stretches in everything around me, the huge and dense bougainvillea by the roadside compete to bloom, and the clusters of monstera deliciosa in the courtyard walls are lush and verdant. In the instant I look up, time seems to freeze, and I truly see the shape of the sunlight. It was also at this moment that I realized it wasn't me accepting Nairobi (内罗毕), but Nairobi (内罗毕) accepting me.
This relatively indifferent attitude towards time has also nurtured Kenya's (肯尼亚) unique handicraft culture. At the organic market in the Karen (凯伦) district of Nairobi (内罗毕), local stallholders use small knives to carve gourds little by little, painting them with various patterns (see above picture, photo by Zhang Mingxiao (张明晓)), or engraving silhouettes of wild animals. Some stallholders use old magazines to wrap beads of different sizes and colors, and then string them together with some transparent plastic beads to create unique necklaces. When you step forward to choose, they stop their work and introduce and recommend them to you. After you leave, they pick them up again and continue to make them slowly.
Not only traditional artisans, but also contemporary artists in Nairobi (内罗毕) like to incorporate waste materials into their paintings and sculptures. In the Kuona Artists Collective (库纳艺术园区), chimney iron sheets are welded into hunting sculptures, bicycle chains are wrapped into elephant skeletons, and charcoal from stoves is used as a special medium for paintings... Any material can be reborn in their hands, and even waste deserves to be treated with patience.
Where does this slow pace come from? I think it's the breath of nature. In the wilderness of the East African savanna, nothing knows how to be quiet better than wild animals. Predators need to wait quietly and slowly to reap their prey. This rhythm may also spread to the city, slowly applying to everything at hand.
I am recording this rhythm on the East African continent. As I write this, I look up and the sky is gradually darkening, the clouds are getting thicker, and the Ngong Hills (恩贡山) in the distance are still lush and green, as if slowly approaching me. I close my eyes, hear the sound of the wind, and smell the moist earth. I know that the rainy season is coming soon.
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In early April this year, I went to France for field research and attended a creative seminar in Paris. At the meeting, I introduced my latest documentary film, "Long Time No See, Yangtze" (再会长江). More than a decade ago, as a director for Japan Broadcasting Corporation (日本广播协会), I filmed the documentary "The Great Journey of the Yangtze River" (长江天地大纪行), but I had one regret: I was unable to film "the first drop of water from the source of the Yangtze River." In 2021, having lived in China for many years, I decided to make up for this regret and embark on another journey along the Yangtze River. Starting from Shanghai (上海), I traveled upstream to the Tuotuo River (沱沱河畔) at the source of the Yangtze River, using my camera to record the economic and social development and the changes in people's lives along the Yangtze River. Last year, this documentary was screened twice in Japan and received a lot of positive feedback. Some Japanese viewers told me that "Long Time No See, Yangtze" made them feel very favorable towards China and they wanted to travel to China and see it for themselves.
Not wanting the outside world to misunderstand China is my greatest motivation for making documentaries. I hope to truthfully present China's customs, culture, and development through the lens, so that the world can understand the real China.
In 2002, I came to China for the first time to film a program and visited several cities in Jiangsu (江苏), Zhejiang (浙江), and Shanghai (上海). I really like the human touch in Chinese life and people's relaxed attitude towards life. Here, I can have a lively meal with people I meet for the first time, which is rare in Japan.
In 2010, I came to China again to film the documentary "The Great Journey of the Yangtze River" (长江天地大纪行). During the year-long filming, I visited Qinghai (青海), Sichuan (四川), Yunnan (云南) and other places. Close contact with residents all over China strengthened my desire to move to China. In 2013, my whole family moved to Nanjing (南京). For a Japanese person, there are many factors to consider when choosing to settle in Nanjing. However, as it turns out, I was overthinking it. I have lived in Nanjing for more than 10 years and have never experienced even a single instance of exclusion.
Moving to Nanjing gave me the opportunity to get in-depth contact with China. China is very large, and the differences between people and regions are also very large. I increasingly realized that many people misunderstand this complex and fascinating country precisely because they cannot fully understand China.
I hate prejudice the most, and as long as there is prejudice, I will go and see it with my own eyes. I use my camera to record the daily lives of ordinary people in all walks of life, and through vivid stories, I enhance mutual understanding between people from different countries and cultural backgrounds. Based on this creative concept, I filmed the documentary series "The Reason I Live Here" (我住在这里的理由), bringing the world closer to the audience by visiting Chinese people living abroad and foreigners living in China. After this documentary was broadcast on multiple online platforms in China and abroad, it triggered a viewing craze among young people.
In 2021, the book "N Reasons I Live Here" (我住在这里的N个理由), which was adapted from the documentary, was published in China. The book includes the stories of 20 Japanese people who have settled in China. Some are cartoonists, soccer coaches, and stage lighting technicians, while others are ecology professors, potters, and ramen shop operators. They have found their own happy lives in China, either because they like China, or because they are pursuing their dreams, or because of their families and careers. They influence the Chinese people around them in their own ways, and at the same time, they feel the sincerity, enthusiasm, and inclusiveness of the Chinese people.
In 2011, I filmed in the Liangshan Mountains (大凉山). At that time, it was very poor there. There was no road to drive to the village, so we could only rely on carrying and donkey transport to carry the filming equipment into the mountains. What is the Liangshan Mountains like today? In July 2020, with full of curiosity, we started filming the documentary "Approaching the Liangshan Mountains" (走近大凉山).
The past 10 years have brought earth-shaking changes to the Liangshan Mountains: the filming team's vehicles can now drive smoothly to the villagers' doorsteps; in the "cliff village" (悬崖村) where new steel ladders have been installed, the old lady selling water shows a QR code when collecting money; the villagers who have been relocated have learned new skills in the towns... I have witnessed the brand-new stories that have taken place on this land and witnessed the new vitality of the Liangshan Mountains.
The filming of "Approaching the Liangshan Mountains" (走近大凉山) all took place in the homes or workplaces of the protagonists. In the Yi embroidery workshop in the relocation and resettlement community of the "cliff village" (悬崖村), local women held their children and skillfully threaded needles. Embroiderer Emu Yiwu (俄木依伍) invited me to her home, which opened my eyes: the house was spacious and bright, and the local government provided sofas, televisions, and washing machines free of charge. Facing the camera, she told her own story in the Yi language: her daughter graduated from university with a scholarship and is now a teacher. They have their own houses, and the children gather together to run and play, the sun shines on their faces, and everything is shrouded in a gentle golden color.
During the day, we were busy filming, and at night, we also had the opportunity to experience the unique local culture. At the Yi Torch Festival (彝族火把节) in the Liangshan Mountains, we ate fragrant roasted chicken, which was covered in charcoal ash on the surface, but tasted great. I want to present this strong sense of everyday life, let it drift out of the mountains and into the world.
In order to be authentic, our filming has no script and we follow the filming randomly. Because we rely on improvisation, unexpected situations often occur during the filming process, and the lens is often out of focus, but it brings a different kind of authenticity and fun. Through "Approaching the Liangshan Mountains" (走近大凉山), I hope the world can understand the diversity of Chinese ethnic culture and thus understand the real China. These protagonists have completely different life experiences and distinct personalities. They are brave, strong, and kind. With their own wisdom, hard work, and sweat, they have not only changed their own destinies, but also injected vigorous vitality into this country. The Liangshan Mountains are really beautiful.
Documentaries, which are characterized by authenticity, are more likely to gain understanding and recognition from people with different cultural backgrounds because of their credibility, appeal, and artistry. The filming subjects I choose are all ordinary Chinese people, and their characteristic is "**拼命努力**" (pīn mìng nǔ lì - "desperately work hard," to spare no effort), daring to pursue the life they want. This deeply touched me. I think this is the characteristic of the Chinese people and also the characteristic of the Chinese era. I hope to use the creative form of documentaries, with a broader perspective that is closer to the times, with a more peaceful narrative tone, and with more empathetic and vivid stories, to show a real, three-dimensional, and comprehensive China. In my lens, China is inexhaustible and becomes more and more interesting to film.
(The author is a documentary director, interviewed and compiled by Liu Junguo (刘军国), reporter of this newspaper)
Return to TopBy: 谭文春
My first taste of Cambodian cuisine was a breakfast. After flying from China to Siem Reap (暹粒), I arrived at the hotel at just 7:00 AM. After dropping off my luggage, I went to the restaurant.
It was a buffet, with only fried rice and rice noodles as staple foods. I asked the server to prepare a bowl of rice noodles for me. They were thin, smooth, and glistening, with a light, fresh, and slightly sweet flavor. The side dishes included a piece of white radish, a piece of red radish, two green vegetables, and two meat balls cut in half.
The portion of rice noodles was too small, so I scooped a small bowl of fried rice, which was also sweet, indicating that Cambodians like sweets. Still not full, I went to order a small bowl of Khmer traditional noodles, added a little vegetable, and poured on a soup made of coconut flakes, shrimp mince, fish mince, peanuts, and yellow curry, mixed it well and started eating. This one wasn't sweet and had a special flavor.
In the following days of traveling in Cambodia, I felt that the local people's daily diet is mainly rice, supplemented by fish, shrimp, and vegetables. Tonle Sap Lake (洞里萨湖), located in western Cambodia, is the largest freshwater lake in Southeast Asia, producing abundant freshwater fish and is Cambodia's "meat warehouse." Abundant freshwater resources also ensure abundant rice production, which not only meets domestic demand in Cambodia, but can also be processed for export.
Cambodians have a great fondness for fish dishes, and the method is simple: the fish is cooked and eaten directly with seasonings. The dipping sauce is quite particular, with peanuts and spices being essential, and others can be added according to taste. A more complex dish is called Fish Amok. The fish from Tonle Sap Lake (洞里萨湖) is deboned, marinated thoroughly with coconut milk, lemongrass, and fresh peppers, wrapped in banana leaves and steamed, and finally scooped into a sauce made of garlic, lemongrass, curry, coconut milk, and chili. The fish is moist, the sauce is thick, the aroma is strong, and the taste is mellow.
Most vegetables are eaten raw or mixed with local special spicy seasonings in cold dishes. Various vegetables are mixed with special seasonings such as scallions, ginger, garlic, and coconut milk, with a moderate sour and salty taste and a slight spicy flavor, making them refreshing and delicious, especially suitable for consumption in hot and humid climates.
Cambodian residents have the eating habit of sitting on the ground and eating rice directly with their hands. In the evening, when we came out of the scenic area, we saw some families spreading felt on the ground, placing the food on it, and the family members sitting around, wrapping rice with lettuce leaves, dipping them in different sauces and putting them into their mouths to enjoy.
Cambodia's wine culture has a long history. The "Brewing" entry in Zhou Daguan's (周达观) *A Record of Cambodia: The Land and Its People* specifically records that Cambodian "wine has four grades." Because it is hot all year round here, the local people especially like beer with ice cubes, which is cool, refreshing, and relieves heat. Today, Cambodia has a wide variety of wines, including beer, herbal wine, rice wine, palm sugar wine, and so on. The tour guide said that Cambodia also has a mushroom wine that tastes like flowers. I was curious and asked him if I could try it. He said that this wine is not available on the market, so I had to give up.
During my stay in Cambodia for several days, the magnificent Angkor (吴哥) monuments, the rich and colorful local culture, and the slightly mysterious historical legends allowed me to appreciate the customs of this ancient Southeast Asian country, and the local cuisine also left me with a beautiful and profound impression.
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Return to TopXi Jinping (习近平), General Secretary of the Communist Party of China, emphasized that artificial intelligence, as a new technology and field, requires significant policy support. It is important to comprehensively utilize policies such as intellectual property rights, fiscal taxation, government procurement, and facility openness to effectively manage technology finance.
How can we strengthen financial and tax policy support to better fuel and enhance the advantages of artificial intelligence development? What innovative practices are being implemented in various regions to precisely channel financial resources into promising artificial intelligence ventures? Let's follow the reporter's footsteps into enterprises to find out.
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Fiscal Rewards and Subsidies Support Robots Showing Their Skills
By Song Haoxin (宋豪新), reporter of this newspaper
In early summer, Xinglong Lake (兴隆湖) in Tianfu New Area (天府新区), Chengdu (成都市), Sichuan Province (四川省), glistens with blue waves. In recent years, with the lakeside area as its main base, Tianfu New Area has accelerated the construction of an artificial intelligence industry cluster through three major initiatives: policy innovation, scenario empowerment, and ecosystem construction.
In office building W7 of the Science and Technology Innovation Ecological Island, R&D engineers at Chengdu Xiaoduo Technology (成都晓多科技) are intensifying their efforts to debug the "Xiao Model" to cope with this year's e-commerce summer promotion. Founded in 2014 as a team of three, this intelligent customer service robot company has now grown into an industry "hidden champion" serving 3,000 leading customers such as JD.com (京东) and Meituan (美团).
"The most difficult thing in the early stage of a startup is R&D investment and scenario verification. In recent years, the company's average annual investment in computing power has increased by more than 100%," said Tan Yajun (谭亚军), co-founder of the company. "Thanks to the nearly 2 million yuan in computing power subsidies provided by the municipal and district governments every year, our model training costs have decreased by nearly 40%. Last year, we also jointly released the first vertical industry model for the e-commerce retail field with the Chengdu Supercomputing Center (成都超算中心). The model has been successfully deployed in the online service system of the Chengdu Science and Technology Innovation Ecological Island."
In Building 14 of the Science and Technology Integration and Transformation Base, engineers at Buffalo Robot Technology (Chengdu) Co., Ltd. (布法罗机器人科技（成都）有限公司) are debugging a new generation of brain-computer interface exoskeleton robots. This company, which emerged from the laboratory of the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (电子科技大学), has spent nearly 10 years completing the technological breakthrough from "0 to 1" to the industrial leap from "1 to N." Its exoskeleton products have been piloted in hundreds of hospitals, including West China Hospital (华西医院), to assist tens of thousands of paraplegic patients in conducting walking ability recovery training.
Recently, the company's independently developed "Children's Lower Limb Walking Exoskeleton" was selected into the *2024 Sichuan Province Major Technical Equipment First Set New Material First Batch Software First Edition Products List* jointly released by the Sichuan Provincial Department of Economy and Information Technology (四川省经济和信息化厅) and the Sichuan Provincial Department of Finance (四川省财政厅). According to Tianfu New Area's special industrial support policy, artificial intelligence enterprises with annual R&D investment of 5 million yuan and annual operating income of 20 million yuan can receive an annual subsidy of 30% of the annual R&D investment expenses, with a maximum of 3 million yuan; a one-time reward of up to 1 million yuan can be obtained for the first set (set) and first edition products developed, and a maximum of 3 million yuan reward can be obtained for product sales and application.
In Tianfu New Area, fiscal reward and subsidy policies cover multiple links such as underlying computing power, model R&D, product development, scenario construction, and market expansion. At the same time, 20 application scenarios in 5 fields, including artificial intelligence and robots around Xinglong Lake, have been launched.
Smart patrol, underwater operations, unmanned delivery... By Xinglong Lake, robots show their skills. The linkage of government, industry, academia, and research promotes the annual average growth rate of artificial intelligence output value in Tianfu New Area to exceed 20%.
Financial Services Carefully Accompany Enterprise Growth
By Ge Mengchao (葛孟超), reporter of this newspaper
Toasting two slices of bread, pouring a glass of milk, taking an apple... These actions that people are accustomed to are a huge challenge to the precision of robot arms and finger operations in the robot world.
"Precise operation player" is here! In March of this year, Shenzhen Yuejiang Technology Co., Ltd. (深圳市越疆科技股份有限公司) released a "dexterous operation + straight knee walking" embodied intelligent humanoid robot. This robot has industrial-grade dual-arm collaborative operation accuracy and high-fidelity humanoid straight knee walking ability, and can cross-scene and multi-station collaboration to be competent for complex operation tasks.
"In the past ten years, Yuejiang Technology has started from an office desk in Shenzhen (深圳) and has become one of the few collaborative robot companies with independent full-stack technology. Along the way, the company's growth and expansion cannot be separated from the support and companionship of financial institutions," said Liu Peichao (刘培超), founder and CEO of the company.
In 2016, Yuejiang Technology was in the early stage of its business, and the entrepreneurial team, which was mainly composed of technical personnel, urgently needed consulting advice on financial management and bank financing. "At that time, the company received support from external investment institutions, and R&D and production investment gradually increased. I often provide the company with some professional financial advice from the perspective of the bank, such as how to standardize the electronic financial system and make good use of funds," said He Zilin (何子琳), head of the corporate finance department of the Bank of China (中国银行) Shenzhen Luohu Branch (深圳罗湖支行).
In the early stage of growth, it is difficult to accurately assess the value of technology-based enterprises. He Zilin said: "When Yuejiang Technology had not yet achieved profitability, it was difficult for the bank to provide loans according to the traditional credit granting logic. However, by serving the company for a long time, the bank knew that the company's technical strength was very strong. After discussion, our team decided to shift the credit judgment from looking at the company's financial statements to looking at patents, products, and prospects. In March 2019, the Bank of China successfully granted the company a credit of 10 million yuan, which promoted the company to continue to carry out technology research and development."
In recent years, Yuejiang Technology has entered a period of rapid development. The Bank of China actively explored the establishment of a differentiated credit approval model for technology innovation enterprises, and increased Yuejiang Technology's credit line to 60 million yuan through the "Bank of China Technology Innovation Loan". In September 2024, according to the company's needs, the Bank of China promptly supplemented 19 million yuan in loans as working capital. During the company's listing in Hong Kong (香港), the Bank of China also provided Yuejiang Technology with cross-border financial services such as international settlement and listed company registration consulting, providing all-round support for the company to "go global".
"From robot underlying hardware to software control systems, and now artificial intelligence technology, we have all achieved independent research and development. In Rizhao (日照), Shandong (山东), the company has built a collaborative robot production base, equipped with 10 globally leading automated production lines, with a maximum annual production capacity of 100,000 units. At the beginning of this year, the Bank of China increased our loan by 15 million yuan for the upgrade of automated production lines," said Liu Peichao.
In January, the Bank of China officially released the *Action Plan for Supporting the Development of the Artificial Intelligence Industry Chain*, planning to provide a total of no less than 1 trillion yuan of special comprehensive financial support to various entities in the entire artificial intelligence industry chain in the next five years. As of the end of March, the Bank of China had provided credit support of 330 billion yuan to artificial intelligence industry chain enterprises.
"Recently, the head office and branch have introduced a series of powerful measures, and the branch level will accurately connect the financial needs of all links in the artificial intelligence industry chain, such as upstream factor supply, midstream technology innovation, and downstream scenario application," said He Zilin.
Tax Benefits Leverage Breakthroughs in Large Model Technology
By Wang Guan (王观), reporter of this newspaper
With the rise of the large model post-training market, large models are not only intelligent interpretations of existing data, but also the key to artificial intelligence empowering thousands of industries. "Artificial intelligence is like encapsulating and moving knowledge, and making large models is to obtain knowledge from it," Tianyun Rongchuang Data Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd. (天云融创数据科技（北京）有限公司) founder Lei Tao (雷涛) figuratively compared.
"The reinforcement learning of models is very expensive." On the notebook of Tan Kehua (谭可华), technical director of Tianyun Data, a set of key figures is recorded: training a reinforcement learning model Elpis—70B—VR with a scale of 70 billion parameters requires a budget of 5.87 million yuan, including 5.1 million yuan for two months of leasing 32 high-performance GPU servers and all-flash storage and other hardware resources, and about 770,000 yuan for the closed-loop product R&D cost investment in data synthesis and post-training processes.
"The 5 million yuan tax refund is a **及时雨** (jíshí yǔ - "timely rain," a timely help in a difficult situation)." The financial team learned that the company could enjoy the policy of immediate levy and refund of value-added tax on software products, and immediately applied for it. The tax refund arrived, solving the urgent needs of the technical team.
"It's like the government gave us a 'coupon' for technology upgrades," said Lei Tao. "With the strong support of tax policies, the R&D cycle of the Elpis reinforcement learning module was shortened by 6 months."
The "reinforcement learning version" of Elpis has been upgraded from a "static knowledge base" to a "self-driving knowledge engine", which can introduce industry mechanism models to solve the interpretability and adaptability problems of complex tasks, significantly reduce the cost of artificial intelligence applications, and also provide efficient, safe and scalable intelligent services for multiple industries and multiple scenarios. Not long ago, Elpis was also shortlisted in the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology (中国信通院) large model application delivery supplier directory, providing landing application services in government affairs, finance, energy, medical and other industries.
The continuous release of policy dividends stimulates the innovation momentum of artificial intelligence enterprises. "In the past three years, our cumulative R&D investment has been about 300 million yuan. Benefiting from the support of the policy of additional deduction of R&D expenses, the company's additional deduction of R&D expenses has reached 180 million yuan," said Tan Kehua. "We actively use tax reduction funds to promote artificial intelligence algorithm optimization and cloud-native architecture R&D, promote the core product iteration speed by 40%, form more than 10 invention patents and intellectual property rights, and at the same time, we have open sourced the Elpis—70B—VR model to the community, and will gradually contribute other models to the open source community in the future."
The amazing appearance of the Elpis series of large models is the result of Tianyun Data's years of technology R&D accumulation. "The Elpis 'produced' by our own 'assembly line' can better 'feed back' model iteration after reinforcement learning, providing 'out-of-the-box' artificial intelligence services for thousands of industries," said Lei Tao. Taking advantage of the policy east wind, Tianyun Data will continue to promote the platform capability construction of large model post-training, promote the formation of a new generation of enterprise artificial intelligence infrastructure, and further help the high-quality development of artificial intelligence applications with domestic artificial intelligence technology.
Funds Support "Hard Technology" to Strive for the Upper Reaches
By Ji Juesu (季觉苏), reporter of this newspaper
In the office of Insilico Medicine (英矽智能), an artificial intelligence biotechnology company in Zhangjiang (张江), Shanghai (上海), the biology and bioinformatics team uses the company's independently constructed artificial intelligence drug R&D platform to identify potential disease targets from massive data, literature and clinical information. The fully automated laboratory in Suzhou (苏州), a 2-hour drive away, integrates high-throughput screening, automated cell culture, high-content imaging, and second-generation sequencing, and is automatically performing tasks such as target validation, compound screening, and mechanism research. At Insilico Medicine, artificial intelligence is deeply involved in every aspect of drug research and development.
"Traditional drug research and development has to go through multiple stages such as drug discovery, preclinical research and development, and clinical trials, which is time-consuming and costly. Artificial intelligence technology can greatly improve the efficiency of drug research and development," said Ren Feng (任峰), co-CEO of Insilico Medicine.
A small molecule inhibitor for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis launched by Insilico Medicine has obtained safety and preliminary efficacy verification in a clinical phase 2a trial. Supported by generative artificial intelligence technology, the drug took only 18 months from target discovery to determining preclinical candidate compounds, costing $2.6 million. "To complete the same work, the industry average takes 4 and a half years and requires an investment of tens of millions of dollars," said Ren Feng.
"Artificial intelligence drug development is progressing rapidly around the world, and the competition is fierce, but there is currently no drug developed with the participation of artificial intelligence that has been officially launched. We want to be the world's first," said Ren Feng. "Biomedicine belongs to a high-risk and high-investment field, especially after entering the clinical stage, it is when a large amount of funds need to be continuously invested."
In March of this year, Shanghai Pudong Innovation Investment Development (Group) Co., Ltd. (上海浦东创新投资发展（集团）有限公司), a Pudong (浦东) state-owned capital venture capital platform, and a number of institutions jointly helped Insilico Medicine complete a $110 million Series E financing. "Insilico Medicine has good technology and platforms, as well as deeply cultivated application scenarios, and is also at the forefront of global technology competition. We are very optimistic about the company's development prospects and its driving role in related industries in Pudong," said the relevant person in charge of Pudong Venture Capital.
At the city level, in July 2024, Shanghai released three leading industry mother funds, aiming to play the role of "investing early, investing small, investing long-term, and investing in hard technology", and actively laying out leading industries such as integrated circuits, biomedicine, and artificial intelligence. Among them, the artificial intelligence mother fund has a scale of 22.5 billion yuan, focusing on investing in fields such as intelligent computing power, data corpus, basic models, and embodied intelligence, which will fully drive market-oriented and socialized capital into the artificial intelligence field and promote the development of the artificial intelligence industry.
Good projects are not short of space. Ren Feng revealed that Insilico Medicine will also cooperate with SPDB Group (浦发集团) to build a next-generation automated and intelligent laboratory in Pudong. The laboratory will introduce humanoid robots to support model training, biological experiment verification, and indication expansion research.
Insurance Helps "New Agricultural Materials" and "Smart" Farming
By Qu Xinming (屈信明), reporter of this newspaper
In the fields, plant protection drones with "smart brains" have become good helpers for farmers to cultivate the land. In Nanyang (南阳), Henan Province (河南省), drones equipped with multi-spectral sensors accurately identify weak seedlings and pest and disease areas, and use artificial intelligence technology to carry out differentiated fertilization, effectively achieving fertilizer saving and yield increase; in Fuyang (阜阳), Anhui Province (安徽省), sensors distributed in the fields accurately collect data such as soil moisture, temperature, light intensity, and air quality, and artificial intelligence algorithms guide plant protection drones to carry out precise fertilization according to soil conditions and crop growth stages, and reduce the amount of pesticide used.
Using "new agricultural materials" for intelligent and precise operations moved Lu Chengtong (陆成同), the head of an agricultural company in Tongling (铜陵), Anhui Province. He spent 63,000 yuan to buy an XAG agricultural drone.
"I grow 500 acres of wheat, and the farmers working in the field are old. With it, the efficiency of farm operations has been significantly improved, and the burden of spraying pesticides and fertilizing for farmers has been reduced a lot," said Lu Chengtong. "It can also be fertilized on rainy days, and the operation is simple and convenient. It takes only a few minutes to fertilize one acre of land, while traditional manual fertilization may only be able to spray a few acres of land in one day. Not only that, but agricultural materials are also saved a lot, and one or two percent less fertilizer can be used."
Lu Chengtong is very satisfied with the efficiency of agricultural drones. However, he is also a little worried: "A drone costs tens of thousands of yuan. If it is hit or damaged, it will cost a lot."
Insurance services give Lu Chengtong peace of mind. Ping An Property & Casualty Insurance (平安产险) cooperates with drone manufacturer XAG (极飞) to improve the after-sales service system of agricultural drones, and innovatively launched a value-added guarantee plan - "Anxinbao" for accidental loss repair, providing users with one-click reporting, system responsibility determination, and extremely fast claims settlement services, supporting consumers to repair equipment in a timely manner and reduce maintenance costs.
Insurance coverage also allows Lu Chengtong to use plant protection drones with more peace of mind. In March of this year, the drone crashed into a tree due to operational errors, and multiple parts such as obstacle avoidance radar and cameras were damaged. After Lu Chengtong took photos and reported the case to the insurance company, he sent the drone to an authorized outlet for repair.
"It was repaired on the same day, and I took the machine back to continue working," said Lu Chengtong. "I don't have to worry about the insurance claim. I don't have to pay the maintenance cost of 8351.5 yuan in advance. The insurance company directly paid the compensation to the maintenance outlet."
"In recent years, the application of the Internet of Things, artificial intelligence, and low-altitude technology in the agricultural field has continued to increase, and intelligent agricultural machinery, integrated water and fertilizer systems, environmental monitoring and control equipment have effectively improved agricultural production efficiency. At the same time, the quality and efficiency of financial and insurance services in the fields of agricultural machinery equipment and smart agriculture are also constantly improving, which is conducive to better supporting the application of new technologies and promoting the development of new quality productive forces in agriculture," said the relevant person in charge of Ping An Property & Casualty Insurance.
Return to TopBy: 曲哲涵
Artificial intelligence, as the core driving force of a new round of technological revolution, has become a new engine and new impetus for promoting high-quality economic and social development. Accelerating the development of a new generation of artificial intelligence is an important strategic tool for us to win the initiative in global technological competition, and an important strategic resource for promoting the leap-forward development of science and technology, industrial optimization and upgrading, and the overall leap in productivity in our country.
Artificial intelligence technology research and development involves high investment and long cycles, and has significant positive externalities (i.e., generating benefits for third parties or society as a whole that are not reflected by market price mechanisms). Therefore, it is difficult to support its comprehensive development relying solely on market mechanisms, and strong support from fiscal, taxation, and financial policies is indispensable. From an international perspective, in order to accelerate the layout of artificial intelligence, countries have optimized policy supply, from tax incentives and data opening to providing financial subsidies. Policy support covers multiple links such as technology research and development, scenario applications, and risk prevention and control, helping to accelerate the acquisition of factor resources such as talent and technology.
In recent years, China's policies from the central to local levels have been densely "drumming," forming a multi-level policy support system. For example, the National Development and Reform Commission (国家发展改革委) and other four departments jointly issued the "Implementation Opinions on Promoting the High-Quality Development of the Data Labeling Industry" at the beginning of this year, clearly proposing to increase financial and tax support, reduce corporate costs by implementing R&D expense deduction and computing power coupon subsidies, and encourage various industrial funds and professional investment institutions to increase investment in the data labeling industry, guiding social capital to participate in an orderly manner.
Looking at the local level, Beijing (北京市) has proposed to leverage the guiding role of government investment funds to support long-term capital and patient capital to carry out early hard technology investment in artificial intelligence chips, frameworks, and core algorithms; Guangdong Province (广东省) has introduced 30 tax measures, including "enjoying R&D expense deduction to the fullest" and establishing a "Industry-University-Research Guangdong Tax Academician Service Station," to help the artificial intelligence and robotics industries gather; Wuhan (武汉市) has established a 10 million yuan "computing power coupon" to subsidize small and medium-sized enterprises 50% for purchasing computing power services... These policies have powerfully promoted the organic integration of the innovation chain, industrial chain, financial chain, and talent chain, accelerating the formation of a closed loop of "policy-technology-industry," and effectively building a sound ecosystem for the development of artificial intelligence.
The development of artificial intelligence is changing rapidly, and policy support must continue to be strengthened.
It is necessary to pay attention to the "full cycle" of policy coverage. For example, increase financial support for basic research investment, comprehensively utilize policies such as tax rebates and credit support to reduce software and hardware manufacturing costs, optimize government procurement mechanisms to support the market promotion of new products, and so on, to provide enterprises with "full life" cycle policy coverage, avoiding "breakpoints" that restrict technology transformation and development leaps.
It is necessary to improve the accuracy of policies. Artificial intelligence technology innovation is constantly breaking through, and its deep integration with the real economy is spawning a large number of new industries, new business forms, and new models. Whether it is the industry's own development or its transformation of traditional production methods, it can be described as 千变万化 (qiān biàn wàn huà - "thousand changes ten thousand transformations," constantly changing) and 千姿百态 (qiān zī bǎi tài - "thousand postures hundred states," in thousands of forms). This requires relevant departments and institutions to be able to more accurately identify enterprise needs and assess enterprise growth when using financial and other support means, so that they can not only send "timely rain" and prop up a "safety umbrella," but also avoid 撒胡椒面 (sǎ hú jiāo miàn - "sprinkling pepper powder," distributing resources evenly without considering specific needs), improve the effectiveness of fiscal fund investment, and effectively avoid credit risks. In addition, it is also necessary to establish a dynamic adjustment mechanism for tracking evaluation and flexible response to ensure that support measures always resonate with industrial evolution.
It is necessary to strengthen management coordination. For example, further promote data mutual recognition among trading institutions to break down departmental barriers; simplify cross-regional tax migration procedures to promote the integration of industrial chains in various regions, and so on, to amplify the overall effectiveness of policies through collaborative mechanisms.
The rise of artificial intelligence is an opportunity and a challenge. It is necessary to consolidate the cornerstone of its high-quality development through greater financial and tax support, more precise policy design, and more flexible adjustment mechanisms, so that technological dividends can be fully transformed into a lasting driving force for economic and social progress.
Return to TopGeneral Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized that, facing the new situation of rapid evolution of new-generation artificial intelligence technology, it is necessary to give full play to the advantages of the new type of national system, adhere to self-reliance and self-improvement, highlight application orientation, and promote the healthy and orderly development of artificial intelligence in China in a beneficial, safe, and fair direction.
Highlighting application orientation, artificial intelligence is accelerating its implementation, empowering thousands of industries. Recently, reporters interviewed and investigated multiple industries such as medical care, finance, education, and new material research and development to see how artificial intelligence helps improve quality and efficiency.
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Artificial Intelligence + Medical Care——
Equipment Enters Communities
Experts are in the Cloud
By Wu Yuehui (吴月辉), reporter of this newspaper
Holding an intelligent handheld ultrasound device, Xu Shanshan (徐珊珊) completed a carotid artery examination for community residents who came for the examination in less than 5 minutes.
"The intelligent handheld ultrasound device has truly achieved a qualitative leap in screening efficiency." After using this palm-sized intelligent detection device for a period of time, Xu Shanshan (徐珊珊) was particularly satisfied.
Xu Shanshan (徐珊珊) is a doctor at Yinhu Community Health Service Center in Tongling City (铜陵市), Anhui Province (安徽省). In the past, when she used traditional instruments to perform carotid artery examinations for community residents, it often took 15 minutes. Now, with the assistance of artificial intelligence, the intelligent handheld ultrasound device can achieve precise positioning and greatly shorten the detection time, "and the device is so light that it can be put into a first-aid kit, so you no longer have to carry the host when checking door-to-door."
The intelligent handheld ultrasound device relies on intelligent ultrasound technology developed by the medical robot team of the Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences (中国科学院自动化研究所) in conjunction with medical companies in the industry.
Ultrasound can be used to accurately assess lesions in the carotid artery, thyroid, breast and other organs, and is an important tool for early screening of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases and cancer. However, the operation of ultrasound equipment is complex and highly dependent on the professionalism and experience of ultrasound doctors. In remote areas with underdeveloped medical levels, patients are often delayed in treatment due to misdiagnosis.
In response to this problem, the research team proposed a "robot + AI + handheld ultrasound" technical route.
"The robot is equivalent to an 'intelligent navigator'. Just follow its prompts to complete standardized scanning of the thyroid, carotid artery and other parts. Even novices can easily get started. Artificial intelligence is like an 'old expert who has read countless films'. It can repeatedly watch dynamic videos like a doctor, capture subtle abnormalities, and greatly reduce the rate of missed diagnosis and misdiagnosis. Handheld ultrasound changes the bulky shape of traditional ultrasound machines, integrates the probe and host into the size of a mobile phone, and then cooperates with the cloud intelligent analysis system to easily realize 'equipment entering the community and experts in the cloud'." Wang Shuangyi (王双翌), researcher at the Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences (中国科学院自动化研究所) and head of the ultrasound project, said, "The combination of these three is like 'tailor-made' for basic medical applications."
From scientific research to empowering industry applications, Wang Shuangyi (王双翌) has had successful experiences and summaries and reflections on failures over the years. "If artificial intelligence technology is to truly empower the industry, it must aim at the actual needs and problems of the industry. In the process, industry, academia, research and application must be deeply integrated. Especially in the research and development of medical equipment, it is not a simple short-term patchwork, but requires original innovation."
At present, intelligent ultrasound technology has been applied in dozens of primary hospitals, health management and elderly care institutions, covering 48 cities in 17 provinces, and has completed nearly 100,000 ultrasound scans.
"We are expanding the technology to more organ screenings such as breast and liver. Through long-term technical research, we can truly 'sink and afford' high-quality medical resources." said Hou Zengguang (侯增广), head of the medical robot team of the Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences (中国科学院自动化研究所).
Artificial Intelligence + Scientific Research——
Data Adds "Wisdom"
Improving Quality and Efficiency
By Yu Sinan (喻思南), reporter of this newspaper
Discussing technical solutions, tracking construction progress... Recently, Bi Zhongnan (毕中南) has been busy in Beijing (北京), Shenzhen (深圳) and other places, working hard to build a "material data factory."
Bi Zhongnan (毕中南) is the head of the Steel Research International New Material Innovation Center (钢研国际新材料创新中心) (hereinafter referred to as "Steel Research Guochuang (钢研国创)"), which belongs to China Iron & Steel Research Institute Group Corporation (中国钢研科技集团有限公司) (hereinafter referred to as "China Iron & Steel Research (中国钢研)").
How does the "material data factory" work? Taking the development of a new type of high-temperature alloy with broad application prospects in the aerospace field as an example, in the past, scientific researchers needed to try and make mistakes in the arrangement and combination of more than a dozen alloy elements, which was like looking for a needle in a haystack. Although simulation technology based on physical models can improve efficiency, it is also of limited help in solving unknown complex problems.
Since 2021, Bi Zhongnan (毕中南) has led the team to continue to deepen mechanism research, and adopted high-throughput experiments and calculation technology to build a dedicated "material data factory", which can quickly "produce" high-quality, multi-modal data, and then use artificial intelligence technology to accurately analyze and crack complex associations, autonomously iterate to find the best solution, and efficiently design high-temperature alloy components suitable for additive manufacturing, thereby developing new materials with low cracking tendency and meeting the requirements of high temperature, high load and long-term stability in aerospace.
"We have significantly shortened the research and development cycle and reduced the research and development cost by discovering the optimal combination of alloy material components in a short period of time." Bi Zhongnan (毕中南) said that in the past three years, the team has developed a variety of high-temperature alloy materials for additive manufacturing, which has effectively helped the development of key components such as aero engines and rocket engines. "In the past, it usually took more than 10 years to make a similar material."
In addition to changing the new material research and development paradigm, "data + artificial intelligence" is also expected to empower material applications.
"In the process of service, how the material properties of some key components evolve and when they fail, we can only refer to the limited publicly available foreign standard systems due to the long-term lack of industrial-grade guidelines and models, which not only has potential risks, but may also be restricted by others." Bi Zhongnan (毕中南) said that through the deep integration of high-quality material service data and artificial intelligence modeling methods, it can solve the technical problems of fixed-life extension of materials in complex environments and provide systematic support for the whole life cycle life management of materials. This is also an important effort direction of the "material data factory".
In 2024, China Iron & Steel Research (中国钢研) invested hundreds of millions of yuan to establish Steel Research Guochuang (钢研国创) in Shenzhen (深圳), focusing on the prospective technology research and application technology development of metal materials, and constantly improving the "material data factory" to explore the digital and intelligent transformation of the material industry.
"As the foundation and pioneer of manufacturing, the material industry is one of the hot spots of international competition." Zhang Shaoming (张少明), chairman of China Iron & Steel Research (中国钢研), said that it is necessary to seize the opportunity of artificial intelligence to innovate the material research and development model, promote the digital transformation of the innovation system, improve the ability of original innovation, strengthen the tackling of common, key and cutting-edge technologies, and help the high-end, intelligent and green transformation of manufacturing.
Artificial Intelligence + Finance——
Services are Warm
Users are More Assured
By Huang Xiaohui (黄晓慧), reporter of this newspaper
At 7 a.m., Shen Qi (沈琪), a 65-year-old man, stood at the door of the Shanghai Bank (上海银行) Dabaishu Branch (大柏树支行) in Hongkou District (虹口区), Shanghai (上海), holding his passbook and waiting to get a number. Although he understood that he could check his pension and transfer money on his mobile phone, he forgot the steps taught by his children as soon as he turned his head - "What if I press the wrong button and the money is gone?" Like Shen Qi (沈琪), many elderly people come to bank outlets early to queue up on the days when pensions are paid.
"During peak hours on the same day, one of our outlets has to handle more than 300 transactions a day, which is twice the usual amount, and most of them are elderly customers." Shen Zhengqing (沈正青), head of the Shanghai Bank (上海银行) Dabaishu Branch (大柏树支行), said that as the largest pension payment agency in Shanghai (上海), Shanghai Bank (上海银行) has nearly 30% of its mobile banking users aged 60 and above, and these users are often more willing to go to offline banks to handle business.
Not long ago, when Shen Qi (沈琪) walked into Shanghai Bank (上海银行) again, the bank manager took him directly to the intelligent teller machine and opened the "Hai Xiaozhi (海小智)" and "Hai Xiaohui (海小慧)" digital people in the teller machine and introduced: "Uncle, you can talk to 'them' to handle business in the future."
"Hai Xiaozhi (海小智)" and "Hai Xiaohui (海小慧)" are artificial intelligence tellers, jointly developed by Shanghai Bank (上海银行) and SenseTime (商汤科技) and other technology companies based on large models and other technologies, with expressions, tones and intonations comparable to real people.
Xu Qinqin (许亲亲), product manager of SenseTime (商汤科技) digital people, said that in the banking business, there were some pain points in the past artificial intelligence services. For example, customers know that they are being served by robots as soon as they hear it. The voice is cold and lacks warmth, and the virtual image also makes some elderly people feel uncomfortable. "Hai Xiaozhi (海小智)" and "Hai Xiaohui (海小慧)" adopt ultra-realistic shapes close to real tellers. For high, medium and low mobile phone models, the system will also intelligently match to avoid elderly users giving up using them due to mobile phone lag. "Now, services such as withdrawals, transfers, and passbook re-registration that are frequently used by the elderly do not require touch screen operation. As long as you move your mouth, 'Hai Xiaozhi (海小智)' and 'Hai Xiaohui (海小慧)' will handle it, and every step of the operation can be 'heard'."
At present, the two artificial intelligence tellers have completed the knowledge base training of more than 2,000 question and answer data and 100,000 corpus data, can identify a variety of colloquial questions, can not only answer professional questions, but also care about the warmth, and also established a "never-ending" training pipeline to update pension policies, financial business and other information in a timely manner, and the accuracy rate of answering is more than 80%.
Today, engineers from Shanghai Bank (上海银行) and SenseTime (商汤科技) and other companies are tackling new topics - how to enable artificial intelligence digital employees to identify the dialects or unclear words of the elderly and cover more scenarios. "We must make good use of artificial intelligence technology to help more people cross the digital divide." Xu Qinqin (许亲亲) said.
Artificial Intelligence + Education——
Tools to Help
Teaching and Learning Grow Together
By Gu Yekai (谷业凯), reporter of this newspaper
Not long ago, in a "cloud collaboration" practical training course conducted by Jilin University of Finance and Economics (吉林财经大学), when simulating "purchase, production and sales business", compared with the past report analysis, students can now extract data through databases and application programming interfaces (APIs), master multi-dimensional table collection and calculation data methods, and use digital tools for graphical analysis.
"The artificial intelligence tool 'WPS AI' launched by Beijing Kingsoft Office Software Co., Ltd. (北京金山办公软件股份有限公司) can effectively simulate a low-code practical training environment, with low learning costs, and the school does not need to purchase a low-code platform and large model separately to carry out related practical training." Zhang Zhicheng (张志成), director of the Practical Training Guidance Department of the Experimental Practical Training Center of Jilin University of Finance and Economics (吉林财经大学), said that students can now quickly get started with multi-dimensional tables, intelligent tables and other digital tools to cultivate digital thinking and decision-making capabilities.
Teaching activities, academic affairs management and teaching and research work of universities usually accumulate and precipitate a large number of documents and data, including not only the formulation and implementation of teaching plans, the rules and regulations of administrative management, but also the detailed records of academic affairs management and the results of teaching and research activities. Because these documents are large in number, the sorting and searching of information is often very complex.
"'WPS AI' converts a large number of school documents into an intelligent knowledge base. Teachers and students do not need to spend time and energy searching for files, they only need to ask artificial intelligence questions to quickly obtain the information they need." Zhang Zhicheng (张志成) said.
Zhang Zhicheng (张志成) introduced that teachers can use "WPS AI" to assist in creating teaching plans, courseware and other teaching materials, and assist in the sorting, analysis and mining of work materials. The original 7G practical training report is imported into the knowledge base, and the gains and shortcomings of this group of students' practical training can be quickly understood through artificial intelligence extraction, providing a reference for subsequent practical training improvements. Compared with the past method of judging by extracting samples, the application of artificial intelligence makes the evaluation of practical training results more objective and comprehensive.
Zhang Qingyuan (章庆元), CEO of Kingsoft Office (金山办公), said: "Currently, China's information industry is accelerating its development. We are building more effective forms of cooperation, more open cooperation platforms, and closer cooperative relationships to work with domestic universities to cultivate more outstanding talents with artificial intelligence."
The rapid development of artificial intelligence not only reshapes education content, but also profoundly promotes the reform of learning methods and teaching paradigms. In recent years, China has actively promoted artificial intelligence to empower the construction of a strong education country. Many universities across the country have developed a batch of typical cases of "artificial intelligence + higher education" application scenarios, covering practical experience in knowledge construction, skill training and university management supported by artificial intelligence.
In the view of Liu Qingfeng (刘庆峰), chairman of iFlytek (科大讯飞): "Through the humanization of technology design, the innovation of teaching models and the diversification of evaluation systems, education will enjoy the efficiency dividend brought by artificial intelligence."
Return to TopBy: 杨远帆
"Artificial Intelligence (AI) + Data" drives the research and development of new materials, AI counters help the elderly smoothly handle banking business, and digital tools embedded in teaching help universities cultivate talents... At present, artificial intelligence technology and applications are profoundly changing people's production and lifestyles.
Artificial intelligence is a strategic technology that leads a new round of technological revolution and industrial transformation. China's economy has shifted from a stage of high-speed growth to a stage of high-quality development. It is in a critical period of transforming its development mode, optimizing its economic structure, and converting its growth momentum. It urgently needs a new generation of artificial intelligence and other major innovations to empower and assist it. In recent years, the Party Central Committee has attached great importance to the development of artificial intelligence, continuously improved top-level design, strengthened work deployment, and promoted the overall and systematic leap of China's artificial intelligence comprehensive strength. The artificial intelligence industry is booming, innovative achievements are emerging, and application fields are continuously expanding, injecting new and powerful impetus into economic and social development. However, it should also be noted that China still has shortcomings and weaknesses in basic theory and key core technologies. If we want to seize the initiative and win advantages in the field of artificial intelligence, we must face up to the gaps, redouble our efforts, and firmly grasp the initiative in the development and governance of artificial intelligence in our own hands.
Basic theory and core technology should be one step ahead. From the global popularity of large models such as DeepMind, to the realization of new technologies such as embodied intelligence, practice has proved that only by deeply studying the underlying logic and basic principles of artificial intelligence can we grasp the initiative from the source. We must increase investment, concentrate our efforts on scientific research, and strive to achieve breakthroughs in core fields such as chips, algorithms, and operating systems.
Opening up the market and empowering the industry should be planned for the present. China has abundant data resources, a complete industrial system, broad application scenarios, and huge market space. We must give full play to these advantages, and promote the deep integration of artificial intelligence technological innovation and industrial innovation by improving production efficiency, reducing operating costs, and improving product quality.
Policy support and talent cultivation should build a solid foundation. By continuously improving policies and measures, improving the artificial intelligence regulatory system and mechanism, and forming a safe, reliable, and controllable institutional guarantee. At the same time, we will vigorously strengthen talent training and introduction, and strive to build a high-quality and professional talent team, so that more young people can show their talents and make great achievements in the "young cause."
Currently, artificial intelligence technology is accelerating its iteration and is ushering in explosive development. We must not only be pioneering and innovative, but also be steady and far-reaching, firmly grasp the initiative in the development and governance of artificial intelligence in our own hands, add fuel to the high-quality development of China's economy and society, and contribute to the well-being of mankind.
Return to TopBy: 刘诗瑶
Recently, the 2025 academician election work of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (中国科学院) and the Chinese Academy of Engineering (中国工程院) was officially launched. The Chinese Academy of Sciences' election guidelines clearly stipulate that "emphasis should be placed on recommending scientific researchers who have been fighting on the front lines of scientific research for a long time. Resolutely eliminate the ‘four onlys’ (四唯), break down seniority, and not use talent ‘hats’ as a basis." Highlighting academic orientation and ensuring the "entry threshold" of the academician team, the academician system has been continuously improved in recent years, establishing a respect for knowledge and talent orientation, and uniting more outstanding talents to make new contributions to the development of science and technology. Talent is the primary resource. To achieve high-level self-reliance and self-improvement in science and technology in China, we must ultimately rely on high-level innovative talent.
How to adjust the discipline settings and talent training mechanisms around the laws of scientific and technological development and the dynamics of national economic and social development, and comprehensively improve the quality of independent talent training, is an important contemporary issue facing China in building a strong education country. Recently, the Ministry of Education (教育部) updated and released the "Directory of Undergraduate Majors in General Higher Education Institutions (2025)," adding 29 new majors. For example, in terms of serving national strategies, majors such as carbon neutrality science and engineering, and health and medical security have been added; facing the forefront of scientific and technological development, majors such as intelligent molecular engineering and spatiotemporal information engineering have been added; and actively adapting to market demands, majors such as international cruise management and aviation sports have been added. At the same time, focusing on artificial intelligence empowering economic and social development, majors such as artificial intelligence education and intelligent audio-visual engineering have been added. Precisely cultivating talent enhances the relevance of higher education to social needs.
To cultivate talent and sow the seeds of scientific dreams, we must start with children. During this year's "May Day" holiday, one of the most popular "attractions" was the distinctive science and technology museums in various places. The China Science and Technology Museum (中国科技馆) launched a series of popular science activities with the theme of "Labor Creates the Future, Science and Technology Lights Up Life"; the newly opened "Charming Ice and Snow" new exhibition area of the Heilongjiang Provincial Science and Technology Museum (黑龙江省科学技术馆) welcomes an average of 10,000 visitors every day; the "Science Encyclopedia" of the Hubei Provincial Science and Technology Museum (湖北省科技馆) is held four times a day, using mobile carts to lead children to explore the mysteries of science... These activities are novel in form and highly interactive, and as children participate in exploration, the seeds of science will quietly sprout in their hearts.
Outstanding talents also need to be constantly motivated. Recently, a number of important commendations for national outstanding talents have been introduced. Among the national model workers and advanced workers announced before the "May Day" International Labor Day, and the winners of the 2025 China Youth May Fourth Medal (中国青年五四奖章), many are scientific and technological workers.
The increasingly better atmosphere for scientific and technological innovation has greatly stimulated the innovation and creativity of the vast number of scientific and technological talents. Professor Li Yibo (李一博) and his team from the National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement at Huazhong Agricultural University (华中农业大学作物遗传改良全国重点实验室) recently discovered a key gene that makes rice "not afraid of heat" and analyzed the mechanism by which it regulates rice's high-temperature resistance; the tandem accelerator system developed by the China Institute of Atomic Energy (中国原子能科学研究院) for Harbin Engineering University (哈尔滨工程大学) passed acceptance, which is the first domestic commercial tandem accelerator, marking that China has achieved complete independent control of tandem accelerators... In all walks of life, high-level talents are working hard and dedicating themselves to national strategies, market demands, and scientific and technological development.
Firmly grasping talent as the primary resource, and continuing to work hard in selecting, cultivating, and using talent, will further release talent vitality and provide strong support for achieving high-level self-reliance and self-improvement in science and technology and building a strong country in science and technology.
Return to TopThis newspaper reports: The "Regional Disaster Reduction Joint Prevention and Control Technology Demonstration Site Observation Meeting for Major Invasive Pests, Melon Fruit Flies" was recently held in Sundong Village (孙东村), Yinhai District (银海区), Beihai City (北海市), Guangxi (广西). Female melon fruit flies lay their eggs inside young melons and fruits, occurring in 5-8 generations per year, with overlapping generations, making control difficult. In 2022, the National Key R&D Program launched a project supporting 9 units, including the Institute of Plant Protection (植物保护研究所) of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (中国农业科学院), to focus on joint research on melon fruit flies and other insect pests. After years of effort, researchers have developed a "push-pull" combination technology for melon fruit flies that repels and attracts, as well as ecological cycle treatment technologies such as cleaning fields, centralized disposal of discarded melons, and enzyme return to the field. The comprehensive control effect on melon fruit flies reaches over 90%, which is significantly better than chemical control technologies.
Experts attending the meeting stated that the efficient control technology for melon fruit flies demonstrated in this event has a certain degree of innovation and is in line with the development concept of green plant protection. It is recommended to further refine the core achievements, integrate and mature existing technologies, and increase promotion and demonstration efforts to allow good technologies to serve the front line of production.
(Yu Sinan (喻思南))
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The earliest form of overseas Chinese correspondence can be traced back to the late Ming and early Qing dynasties. As more and more people went to Southeast Asia (including South America), "water couriers" emerged. They traveled back and forth between foreign lands and their hometowns, delivering letters and money (collectively known as overseas Chinese correspondence) for overseas Chinese. They went by water, hence the name "water couriers." People in the Chaoshan (潮汕) area also had two other terms: "tao shui (讨水)" or "tao hai (讨海)," meaning people who make a living on the water (sea). The word "tao (讨)" fully expresses the hardship and difficulty of the water couriers.
By the mid-to-late 19th century, specialized "overseas Chinese correspondence agencies" were formally established. Agencies sprung up in the Chaoshan (潮汕) and southern Fujian (闽南) areas. The receiving, sending, and payment of overseas Chinese correspondence developed from the initial lone wolf operation (the water courier era) to a mature industry. The operating system became increasingly complete, becoming a lucrative business that continued until after the founding of the People's Republic of China.
The Chaoshan (潮汕) area has a large population and little land. According to statistics, in the 1930s, about half of the families depended on remittances from overseas Chinese for their livelihoods, hence the saying "shi fan pi (食番批)," meaning "living off overseas remittances." Remittances were used to support families, which was its primary function. However, overseas Chinese correspondence always quietly undertook another task: Sun Yat-sen's (孙中山) overseas fundraising, as well as charitable donations for building bridges, paving roads, and establishing schools, were often sent back to China through overseas Chinese correspondence. After the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, overseas Chinese correspondence took on the role of saving the nation.
At a time of survival, many overseas Chinese made meager contributions with "a commoner's donation." Every overseas Chinese correspondence, regardless of the amount, voluntarily agreed to extract 2% as a personal donation, which was collected by the agency when processing the correspondence. Those who had donated would have a small "pi juan (批捐)" stamp on the envelope. The Chaoshan (潮汕) Association established the "General Association for Fundraising for Refugees in the Motherland" as soon as possible. The funds raised were used not only to relieve refugees but also for all aspects of the war against Japanese aggression, including military salaries. Some were directly used to purchase military supplies, such as guns, ammunition, and medical equipment, which entered Shantou (汕头) and were then transported to various places. In the early stage of the war, major ports such as Tianjin (天津), Shanghai (上海), and Guangzhou (广州) fell one after another, and Shantou (汕头) became the only usable port in China.
Before long, Shantou Port (汕头港) was also occupied by the Japanese army, and the waterway was completely blocked. However, personal remittances, war donations, and in-kind donations did not really stop but flowed into China in secret ways.
Because the "pi jiao (批脚)" (those who collect and deliver overseas Chinese correspondence) forged another path with their own feet: going directly north from Thailand, passing through the long border area between Myanmar and Laos, and then to Vietnam, entering Dongxing Town (东兴镇) in Guangdong (广东) Province, China (later划归 Guangxi (广西)), from Mangjie (芒街) in Vietnam. From Dongxing (东兴), the remittances were transferred to Chaoshan (潮汕), southern Fujian (闽南), and other places.
Dongxing Town (东兴镇) then prospered. Some overseas Chinese correspondence agencies, banks, and post offices set up offices here, making this border town a rather international financial center for a time.
This hidden passage was more than 3,000 kilometers long. It was only halfway there when it reached Mangjie (芒街), Vietnam. The other half was equally fraught with danger. Dongxing (东兴), Qinzhou (钦州), Nanning (南宁), Shaoguan (韶关), Xingning (兴宁), Jieyang (揭阳), the "pi jiao (批脚)" mainly traveled on foot throughout the journey. Some sections were enemy-occupied areas and required armed protection. They traveled day and night, taking several months to arrive.
In preparation for writing the novel "Ping An Pi (平安批)," I lived in Chaoshan (潮汕) for a year and visited Thailand, Singapore, and Malaysia many times, interviewing many descendants of overseas Chinese. According to incomplete statistics, during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, overseas Chinese in Southeast Asia donated more than 5 billion legal tender (法币) before and after. Many families were willing to empty their savings to support the war, and countless people were loyal and righteous. Some people donated all their hundreds of thousands of legal tender (法币) inheritance to the war, and some used the money they had prepared to celebrate their mother's birthday to buy cotton clothes and medicines and send them back to China.
Xu Zepu (许泽溥), a Chaozhou (潮籍) overseas Chinese in Thailand, wrote to his wife, Cai Chunliang (蔡纯良):
"It has been five years since I left home. Now the flames of war are raging, and the country is broken. A man should hold a spear to defend the country, but I am stranded in Siam, doing business. Although I have the ambition to serve the country, I regret that I have no wings to cross the ocean. Every time I think of this, I toss and turn in the middle of the night, feeling ashamed and unable to sleep. You have always understood righteousness and should know that everyone is responsible for the rise and fall of the world. Now that your husband is unable to return, I hope my wife will fulfill the responsibility of a woman."
Cai Chunliang (蔡纯良) later went to a specialized school to study nursing and clothing technology, joined the Shantou Women's Anti-Japanese Support Association, and became a leader, actively organizing field medical teams, sewing military cotton clothes, and setting up porridge distribution points (to relieve refugees), etc. The deeds of Xu Zepu (许泽溥) and Cai Chunliang (蔡纯良) were adapted into a Chaozhou opera called "The Responsibility of a Woman (匹妇之责)" after the founding of the People's Republic of China.
Xu Zepu (许泽溥) also said in a letter to his friend "Brother Shan (珊兄)":
"I am wandering around the world, struggling for food and clothing. At this time, the country is in trouble, and it is the time for men to serve the country. Because of my family, I have not been able to dedicate myself to the country. I think deeply in the middle of the night and feel ashamed of myself. However, how can a seven-foot body be willing to be so submissive for a long time..."
Chen Shouyi (陈守义), an overseas Chinese in Singapore, asked his wife in a letter:
"Save on household expenses and donate three yuan a month to help the army."
Overseas Chinese in the Philippines instructed their daughters in a letter:
"Drop out of school and teach, and use half of your salary to buy medicine for wounded soldiers."
In my book "Ping An Pi (平安批)," the discoverers of the Dongxing (东兴) remittance route are Zheng Mengmei (郑梦梅) and his son. These two fictional characters are based on many real people and events. The most unforgettable of these is the story of Huang Agui (黄阿贵), an overseas Chinese in Vietnam, and Chen Shuisheng (陈水生) transporting gold bars. Each of them carried 20 gold bars (commonly known as "little goldfish," each weighing 10 taels), hidden in specially made cowhide belts, and then carried a basket of shiitake mushrooms on their backs, posing as mountain goods merchants, starting from Vietnam and walking to Jieyang (揭阳), Chaoshan (潮汕). When they finally reached the Chaoshan (潮汕) area, they encountered a heavy rain and flash flood. The wooden bridge broke, and the two fell into the water. Chen Shuisheng (陈水生) was nowhere to be found. After Huang Agui (黄阿贵) landed, he found Chen Shuisheng's (陈水生) belt on the shore, with only 7 gold bars left.
The lost 13 gold bars were recorded in Huang Agui's (黄阿贵) account and deducted from his subsequent salary. The 1943 account book of Jieyang Wanxingchang (揭阳万兴昌) Overseas Chinese Correspondence Agency has a note: "Thirteen gold bars lost, recorded in Huang Agui's (黄阿贵) account," which is proof. After 1946, the agency organized a diving team to search the river where Chen Shuisheng (陈水生) was killed and found 5 gold bars. A folk collector in Dongxing Town (东兴镇) preserves Huang Agui's (黄阿贵) belt, which is embroidered with eight characters: "Rather lose my life than disgrace the remittances (宁丢性命，不辱批银)."
There are many similar stories in the overseas Chinese correspondence industry. In short, in their view, whether each remittance can be safely delivered to the relatives of overseas Chinese is a matter of life and death. If there is a lost remittance still in the hands of the "pi jiao (批脚)," the "pi jiao (批脚)" will be restless and unable to let go, and even die with regret. War donations are even more so. It is in this sense that overseas Chinese correspondence was gloriously selected into the "Memory of the World Register."
Return to TopBy: 张勇敢
In the fifth year after my great-grandfather passed away, I wrote a poem to commemorate him. The poem briefly described his life. I remember him as a master craftsman of Hakka rice wine, remember that he had no children of his own and adopted my grandfather, remember him emaciated in his sickbed, remember it was the last day of June...
Writing poetry is the best way of remembrance I could think of.
Using poetry to record life and express emotions has become my most important habit. There are many keys to open the door to the world, and mine is poetry.
In the first year of junior high school, the first modern poem I read in my Chinese textbook was "On the Other Side of the Mountain" by Wang Jiaxin (王家新). I will never forget that feeling. In today's words, it was "a small shock." It turned out that there was such a literary genre, and emotions could be expressed in this way. A few short lines expressed both what was said and what was unsaid. From then on, I slowly tried to write poetry.
At the age of youthful ignorance, what I first wrote into my poems was the longing for love and the fantasy of the future. But when I left my hometown to go to Chongqing (重庆) for university, various images related to my hometown truly appeared in my poems.
My hometown, Ninghua (宁化) in Fujian (福建) Province, is known as the "Hakka Ancestral Land (客家祖地)." Our village has a rather artistic name: Banxi Village (半溪村). When we were young, we always went up the mountain to chop firewood, pick wild fruits, take a dustpan to catch fish in the small ditches, play house in the weeds, or wait until the rice was harvested in the autumn and run to the fields to lift the grain piles and catch field mice. These experiences have all been written into my poems.
In addition to the fields, my father and mother appear most often in my poems. The first poem I officially published was "Put on Mother's Shoes and Leave Quickly." My parents are both migrant workers. They worked in the coastal areas of Fujian when I was very young, and I could only see them during the summer vacation. From university to work, I went home less often, and my thoughts of my family turned into words. I wrote poems such as "Reading Poetry with Mother," "May, Mom," "Father," and "Middle-Aged Green Plants." When I graduated from university, I printed a collection of poems as a graduation gift to myself. In the preface, I wrote: "Born as a tree, a single tree becomes a forest." When writing these poems about my hometown and my relatives, I felt a force arise spontaneously, supporting a small seed that had left the land, slowly learning to find its own soil, and taking root and sprouting.
"The world that poetry has built for me is far greater than the real world. Through every poet and every poem, I have personally witnessed countless scenes." These are also words written in the preface, and they still hold true today.
Currently, artificial intelligence is exploding in popularity. Just by entering clear instructions, artificial intelligence can write hundreds of words of poetry, and writing a poem is the simplest thing. But the genuine love for the land and the love for life that comes from the heart is something that artificial intelligence can never understand or replace.
I was born in 1994. Our generation of young poets has been labeled as "post-90s poets." In a sense, this simple and direct title has nothing to do with our writing style or the ideas we express, but it has been closely related to the times from the very beginning. The 1990s were an era of change. The post-90s poets who grew up in this era were named by this era, and at the same time, they recorded and appreciated this era in their writing. Globalization, urbanization, the digital age... these words accompanied the post-90s poets as they grew up. But we are also contradictory. On the one hand, we are close to the land, with continuously dissolving and constantly reconstructed childhood memories. On the other hand, we leave the land, gradually showing a clear "stranger" identity and perspective. At this time, poetry provides an outlet for emotions and a support for feelings. In poetry, we strive to find a balance and build bridges over the cracks.
I really like a movie - "Coco," the line "The real death is that no one in the world remembers you anymore" touches people's hearts. I always write poetry as a diary, hoping to remember something, whether it is someone who passes by, a stunning sunset, or the land I am familiar with, and the people who live on this land. Maybe I can't write down or remember much, but I still insist on writing, and every time I read those poems, I always have a feeling of "coming home often." For young people who leave their hometown to live, isn't it a kind of "returning home"?
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My maternal grandma's home in Qinguo Lane (青果巷), Changzhou (常州), Jiangsu (江苏) is diagonally opposite the Zhou Youguang Library (周有光图书馆). Whenever friends visit Qinguo Lane (青果巷), they always ask, "Are you related?" I hastily reply, "No, no."
My friend entered the library, taking photos non-stop, pausing before a random needlework embroidery portrait of Zhou Youguang (周有光), asking me, "Is this for sale?" I said that random needlework embroidery is a Changzhou (常州) intangible cultural heritage, so it's definitely available for sale, but a random needlework embroidery of Zhou Youguang's (周有光) portrait, there might only be this one in the entire Qinguo Lane (青果巷).
My friend said, "Then help me find one, I must buy it, Zhou Youguang (周有光) is my teacher."
My friend looked through each and every picture and document carefully, finally stopping in the courtyard before the bronze statue of Zhou Youguang (周有光) and his wife, and started taking photos again non-stop. That genuine enthusiasm reminded me of a time when I argued with him about whose language was the best. He said Zhou Youguang's (周有光). I said that those who study language are not necessarily the best at language, just like not everyone with the surname Zhou (周) is necessarily a relative. My friend stubbornly said, "It's Zhou Youguang (周有光)."
While my friend went to photograph Mr. Zhou Youguang's (周有光) study, which was moved from Beijing (北京) in its original state, I asked a friend in Qinguo Lane (青果巷) to quickly send me some information about him. She instantly sent me an article titled "Zhou Youguang Library (周有光图书馆) Guide." I didn't know until I read it that my mother and Zhou Youguang (周有光) were alumni, elementary school alumni. The people living in this Qinguo Lane (青果巷) are all alumni.
Zhou Youguang's (周有光) study is very small, less than 10 square meters. My friend walked over and exclaimed, "So it's called 'Half a Study'."
I discovered that Zhou Youguang (周有光) really liked the concept of "half." He said that he "abandoned economics halfway, and became a linguist halfway," describing his study as, "My world is extremely small, half a small table, half a small room." It's that simple. But two semicircles make a circle, which in my opinion, is very large, infinitely large.
I remembered what another friend who likes to argue with me said, that Zhou Youguang (周有光) only spoke of common sense, not any original ideas. I said that I didn't see him saying it, and common sense isn't something everyone can say. It's like my son talking about photography: "Many people will say that they can take the same picture casually, but I haven't seen them take it. We see so many things every day, the photographer's skill lies in whether you can discover that one moment and use your technique to make a record." It's that simple. My son was originally a science student, he should have studied computer science and become a technology expert, but out of love for photography, he switched to film studies in his junior year, and became a liberal arts student. His choice was supported by the family, because we also agree with Zhou Youguang's (周有光) educational philosophy: more meaningful than cultivating experts is cultivating independent individuals, and the possibility of future development is very large.
Zhou Youguang (周有光) majored in economics in college, and was also interested in language and writing. He had a broad knowledge base, and it was not difficult for him to change careers, so he emphasized general education in secondary school, elective courses should be broad, and you should learn self-study methods, and then you must train logical thinking and cultivate the ability to think independently. With these two points, you can engage in any profession. Regarding education, he also had a great truth: "In my era, university graduates were not experts, but just ordinary people who had received some basic training. Experts had to be cultivated after graduation."
Walking out of the library door, my friend said, "Mr. Zhou Youguang (周有光) is really my teacher, my master's supervisor, he was already in his eighties when I enrolled."
I said, "Then write about your supervisor."
He said, "To be honest, there are enough people writing articles to curry favor with Zhou (周) old man, why should we, his close disciples, join in the fun?"
I said, "I'll also tell you the truth, it's really difficult to invite a random needlework embroidery master to embroider Zhou Youguang (周有光) again. Here is a Yang Shouyu (杨守玉) random needlework embroidery work, which is also our intangible cultural heritage, and also the glory of Qinguo Lane (青果巷)."
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In Shuanglin Town (双林镇), Fenyi County (分宜县), Xinyu (新余), Jiangxi Province (赣西), the afternoon sun shines on several plants by the roadside, their leaves serrated and their surfaces and stems covered with fine down. A friend says this is ramie, which can be used to weave "Xiabu" (夏布, ramie cloth) and can also be eaten. Ramie cake, have you heard of it? It's like mugwort fruit.
The navy blue cardigan I'm wearing at the moment is made of ramie fabric. I bought it seven or eight years ago, and the blue that has been washed a few times reveals the tranquility of plant dyeing.
Ramie, this word that exudes an ancient atmosphere, makes one think of the *Classic of Poetry* (《诗经》), *Weaving Woman's Sigh* (《织妇叹》 from the Southern Song Dynasty, the "waist loom" described by Song Yingxing (宋应星) in *The Exploitation of the Works of Nature* (《天工开物》), and the sparks struck by the hooves of horses carrying bundles of Xiabu across the Meiling Pass Ancient Road (梅关古道) during the Ming and Qing dynasties. These ancient memories are hidden in the slender stems and fibers of ramie, drifting in the monsoon for thousands of years with the fine hairs on the leaves, turning into Xiabu with different textures.
Why is it called "Xiabu"? It is said that the weaving process originated in the Xia Dynasty (夏朝), some say it is related to Huaxia (华夏, ancient name for China), and others say it is called Xiabu because it is breathable and cool to wear in summer.
Turning a ramie plant into Xiabu requires more than a dozen processes. The first step is to peel off the fiber layer between the ramie skin and the stem, bleach the ramie fiber, tear it into strands, and comb it into fine threads. The long and strong ramie fibers are twisted and joined one by one, and the ramie threads change from short to long. The "reeled" thread is rolled into cocoon-shaped yarn balls. After washing, reeling, weaving and other processes, it finally becomes Xiabu.
Ramie can be harvested three times a year. The first crop is during the Grain Rain (谷雨) season, with a new green expanse in the morning light, which is the largest yield of the whole season. When the cicadas are at their loudest, the second crop grows under the scorching sun of July. After the beginning of autumn, the third crop is dyed with a gradually thickening frost color. When the weather gets colder, the stems after the leaves fall can be cut and burned as firewood. The ramie fallen leaves and stalks that rot in the soil are transformed into organic matter and become part of the soil. Such an inconspicuous plant is so strong and resilient, from leaf to root, nothing is wasted, and even the seeds have medicinal value.
Shuanglin Xiabu (双林夏布) began in the late Tang Dynasty (唐朝), flourished during the Qianlong (乾隆) period of the Qing Dynasty (清朝), and the whole town currently plants more than 10,000 mu of ramie.
Looking again at these plants with serrated leaves by the roadside, those serrations are like another kind of green stitch of the earth. Elderly farmers say that ramie is also called "China grass." Before cotton was introduced to China, it was one of the most important fiber crops in ancient times, earlier than silk, and could be worn by both nobles and commoners. Now, Xiabu has become a symbol of modern people wearing "nature" on their bodies, and hand-woven cloth has become a novel craft and "national style" experience for young people. The applicable scenarios of Xiabu are also becoming wider and wider. It can be used not only for making clothes and hats, but also for integrating into home furnishings, lampshades, tea flags, curtains... The warp and weft of the cloth surface are transformed into a texture full of breath, soothing the impetuousness of the fast pace with a quiet and slow atmosphere.
The setting sun sweeps across the ramie fields, and ancient ballads seem to tremble among the leaves. Further away, the fields are crisscrossed, and the Kongmu River (孔目江) overflows the pebble beach, soaking the ochre-red land on both sides. Herons fly over the river - this river itself is like a flowing Xiabu, and the breath of ramie is washed, stretched, and endlessly renewed in the water.
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Uncle Gun (棍叔) was an elder in our lineage. By age, we should have called him Grandpa, but because his family's generation was lower, all the children in our lineage called him that. The villagers followed suit, and it became his nickname.
Uncle Gun was kind and had an unusually good temper. He always had a smile on his face, and when he smiled, the wrinkles at the corners of his eyes looked like freshly steamed buns, gathered together, with heat sizzling out from within.
Uncle Gun was an outsider, not a local. In his youth, he took up a family trade: castrating pigs. After his father passed away, he carried a small cloth bag and went around the countryside castrating pigs for people.
One year, a girl named Jinfeng (金凤) from the village lost her footing and fell into the water while gathering pigweed. The young pig castrator happened to pass by and rescued her. To thank him for saving her life, and seeing that he had handsome features, Jinfeng pledged herself to him for life. However, Jinfeng's father vehemently opposed, because he only had this one daughter and wanted to find a local son-in-law who was well-known to care for him in his old age. He didn't want to give his daughter to this outsider of unknown origin. Helplessly, the two young people fell in love at first sight, one determined to marry her, the other determined to marry him. Jinfeng's father became furious, grabbed a wooden stick, and stuck it into the ground in front of his house, saying, "Unless this stick takes root and sprouts, turning into a tree, I will marry my daughter to you."
So the young pig castrator came to see the wooden stick every day, regardless of wind or rain, autumn, winter, spring, or summer. The following spring, the wooden stick indeed sprouted new buds.
At first, they were tiny green shadows, like green marks dotted on paper with a paintbrush. Later, these green marks became green bean dots, and then the green bean dots split open, and green sprouts grew out. When the green sprouts grew into green leaves, the wooden stick planted in the ground really turned into a tree.
Jinfeng's father then took the young pig castrator as his son-in-law.
The villagers said that Jinfeng's father's initial fury was intentional, to test whether the young man was sincere. The stick was made of willow wood, and willow wood is easy to grow, taking root when it touches the ground and sprouting when it meets soil.
This live-in son-in-law was later called "Uncle Gun" (棍叔) by the villagers.
After Uncle Gun (棍叔) joined the family, he didn't forget the kindness of the willow stick. During festivals, he would always burn incense and bow to the willow tree that had grown from the stick in front of his house. The villagers said he learned this from "The Fairy Couple" (《天仙配》), where Dong Yong (董永) also didn't forget the kindness of the old locust tree.
Uncle Gun (棍叔) not only cared about the willow tree in front of his house, but also cared about all the big and small trees in the village. Every year around the Qingming Festival, he would tidy up all the willow trees around the houses and fields, simplifying the dense parts and replacing the old with the new. The cut branches, the dry ones, were given to the elderly living alone in the village to burn as firewood, and the non-dry ones were used to build fences for the vegetable gardens of each household. The slender willow branches were given to the older children in the village, who would stick them everywhere. The following spring, these slender willow branches would grow into small trees as thick as thumbs, and the willow trees in the village would have successors.
Pruning willow trees is a habit and custom in our area. The old people in the village say that dense willow leaves easily attract insects, and old willow trees easily become spirits. Pruning the leaves and branches every year is like shaving a child's head; it grows back quickly after being shaved.
Before I left the village to study and work in other places, Uncle Gun (棍叔) was "shaving the heads" of the willow trees in the village every year, and the willow trees in the village grew more and more lush and numerous.
Later, I worked and started a family outside. When I returned to the village, it was more than 20 years later. Although Uncle Gun (棍叔) looked a bit old at this time, he could still climb trees on a ladder, wielding a knife and saw. Following behind him, planting willow branches, were a new crop of older children, like chives growing in a vegetable garden.
Around the Qingming Festival, Uncle Gun (棍叔) was so busy pruning branches and planting willows that his feet barely touched the ground. Later, with the construction of a new countryside and the promotion of greening the village, Uncle Gun (棍叔) even received several commendations from the county.
I said to my younger brother, who stayed in the village, "That's great. Uncle Gun (棍叔) has a place to use his skills and contribute his remaining energy to the construction of the new countryside."
My brother said, "Uncle Gun (棍叔) has also had some upsetting times in recent years. For a while, some people made a fortune by selling willow baskets, and the villagers flocked to weave willow baskets to sell. In a few days, the willow branches were stripped clean."
Uncle Gun (棍叔) was anxious and went to ask the village secretary what to do.
The village secretary said, "It's a good thing to get rich, but we shouldn't waste the trees in the village like this." So he said to Uncle Gun (棍叔), "I'll take care of the basket weaving. You just take care of pruning your branches and planting your trees." He also asked Uncle Gun (棍叔) to plant willow trees on several barren plots at the entrance of the village, saying that with more trees, there would be no need to worry about not having willow branches for weaving baskets. Besides, it would also be a good thing for greening, a double win.
Uncle Gun (棍叔) was also very happy.
A few years later, a willow forest appeared at the entrance of the village. There was indeed no need to worry about willow branches for weaving baskets. The village secretary even started a willow product company and wanted Uncle Gun (棍叔) to be the manager. Uncle Gun (棍叔) said, "I only know how to prune branches and plant willows. It would be more like me to be the manager of a willow planting company."
With more willow trees, the villagers became rich by weaving baskets, and the scenery in the village also became more beautiful. During the Qingming Festival, many people from the county town came to the village to travel, to see the rape flowers all over the fields, and also to see the weeping willows all over the village. Every time I returned to my hometown to sweep the tombs, I also had a feeling of willows swaying in the breeze.
With more willow trees, there was also a problem: during the season when catkins flew and leaves fell, 高者挂罥长林梢，下者飘转沉塘坳 (gāo zhě guà juàn cháng lín shāo, xià zhě piāo zhuǎn chén táng ào - "the high ones hang on the treetops, the low ones drift and sink into the ponds," describing the scene of catkins and leaves falling everywhere), the fallen willow catkins and yellow leaves accumulated in the low-lying areas and ditches, and after being exposed to rain and sun, they were like accumulated fertilizer, emitting a foul odor.
The village secretary had no solution, and Uncle Gun (棍叔) couldn't think of any good ideas either.
Once, the county agreed to allocate funds to change the tree species. After the village secretary sent people to clean up the ditches and diverted fresh water from the small river behind the village, the county sent a batch of osmanthus saplings. The cadres who delivered the saplings said, "When these saplings grow up, and the osmanthus flowers bloom in the autumn, it will be fragrant everywhere, and with the green willows as a backdrop, it will be truly beautiful."
The village secretary was very happy to hear this, and Uncle Gun (棍叔) was also happy, both hoping that the osmanthus trees would bloom soon. However, these osmanthus saplings were not easy to grow. After being planted, the leaves grew insects before autumn. Later, it was discovered that some of the saplings had root rot, and some of the remaining ones survived, but they were sparse. The village secretary was very puzzled and asked Uncle Gun (棍叔) what was going on. Uncle Gun (棍叔) said, "It seems that they are still not acclimatized. Each place has its own water and soil that nourishes its own people, and the same is true for trees. Our place is a lake area, with rotten mud and wet soil, which is suitable for willow trees to grow."
So he replaced the edges of the ditches where the osmanthus trees were planted with willow trees again.
The following year, the planted willow trees survived and stood tall in rows along the ditches, which was very lovely. Later, the roads and ditches in the village were hardened, with cement roads, brick-lined ditches, green trees, and flowing water, giving people a clean and refreshing feeling everywhere.
Not long after, the village secretary went to the county for a meeting and brought back an award plaque for a beautiful environment in the construction of a beautiful countryside. He also brought back good news, saying that an entrepreneur in the county wanted to acquire the village's willow product company, so that their small village-run enterprise could become bigger and stronger.
The villagers were very happy to hear this, and Uncle Gun (棍叔) was also happy.
However, the village secretary said to Uncle Gun (棍叔), "They also want to acquire the willow forest at the entrance of the village. Are you willing to part with it?" Of course, Uncle Gun (棍叔) was reluctant.
From then on, Uncle Gun (棍叔) spent his days circling around the willow forest, sometimes picking up a bamboo pole to knock off the leaves, sometimes setting up a ladder to climb up the tree to prune the branches, like a careful and considerate mother dressing up her daughter for marriage.
The handover ceremony was very lively, with lanterns and colorful decorations, gongs and drums, and firecrackers. The village secretary even praised Uncle Gun (棍叔) a few words in his speech.
That day, Uncle Gun (棍叔) sat among the firecracker debris all night.
Uncle Gun's (棍叔) son bought a house in the county town and wanted him to live there, saying it would be convenient to take care of him, but no matter what they said, Uncle Gun (棍叔) refused. He wanted to guard the old house he had moved into, and guard the big willow tree that had grown from the stick planted in front of the door.
From then on, people who returned to the village from outside loved to gather under the big willow tree in front of Uncle Gun's (棍叔) house, talking about what they had seen and heard while working outside, and talking about the trivial matters of daily life, just like they used to gather under the big willow tree to eat with bowls in their hands.
Every year when I returned to my hometown to sweep the tombs, Uncle Gun (棍叔) would always smile and say to me: "You're back, good, good."
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