Summary: Xi Jinping issued an important directive at the Seventh National Self-Improvement Model and Advanced Aid-to-Disability Commendation Conference, emphasizing the importance of people with disabilities in advancing Chinese-style modernization and the need to improve their social security and welfare system. Prior to the conference, Li Qiang met with conference representatives. Chen Yiqin conveyed Xi's instructions, stressing the need to strengthen support and protection for people with disabilities. Zhang Qingwei, He Baoxiang, Zhang Shengmin attended the conference, while Wu Zhenglong attended the meeting. The conference commended 200 "National Self-Improvement Models," 200 "National Advanced Groups for Disability Work," and 60 "National Advanced Individuals for Disability Work."
Summary: President Xi Jinping sent a message of condolence to Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou following the death of former President José Mujica. Xi expressed deep condolences on behalf of the Chinese government and people, recognizing Mujica as a respected leader who dedicated his life to the Uruguayan people. Xi noted Mujica's contributions to the development of China-Uruguay relations, emphasizing that his death represents the loss of a friend to the Chinese people. Xi affirmed his commitment to working with President Lacalle Pou to further advance the China-Uruguay comprehensive strategic partnership.
Summary: The article discusses the flourishing development of museums in China, highlighting Xi Jinping's emphasis on their importance in preserving and transmitting civilization. It notes the rapid increase in the number of museums and the growing public enthusiasm for them. Xi Jinping visited the Yunmeng County Museum, emphasizing the importance of preserving cultural heritage. The piece also mentions the role of museums in promoting cultural exchange and showcasing Chinese civilization to the world through digital platforms. The article emphasizes that, in line with Xi Jinping's instructions, museums should innovate their exhibitions and facilitate the utilization of cultural relics to promote exchanges and mutual learning between civilizations.
Summary: Xi Jinping gave important instructions at the 7th National Self-Improvement Model and Advanced Aid-the-Disabled Commendation Conference in Beijing on May 16, emphasizing the need to protect the equal rights of disabled people and promote their overall development. He also encouraged disabled people to actively pursue their dreams. The conference highlighted the achievements of disabled individuals and the importance of societal support for their well-being, calling for improved social security and service systems. The article stresses the importance of the entire Chinese society to contribute to a supportive environment. It does not mention the United States.
Summary: Chinese Vice President Han Zheng met with Invesco Chairman Andrew Lo Wagner in Beijing, stating that the recent U.S.-China trade talks had made substantial progress and that both countries should resolve trade disputes through dialogue. Han emphasized China's commitment to high-level opening-up and its willingness to learn from international capital market experience while reforming its own. He welcomed Invesco's continued cooperation and urged the U.S. business community to promote U.S.-China relations. Wagner praised China's development and expressed Invesco's commitment to the Chinese market and U.S.-China trade cooperation.
Summary: The first generator unit of the Huadian Batang Hydropower Station, a major project in China's 14th Five-Year Plan, has been officially connected to the grid. Located on the Jinsha River at the border of Tibet's Markam County and Sichuan's Batang County, the hydropower station has a total installed capacity of 750,000 kilowatts. Upon full operation, it is expected to provide 3.375 billion kilowatt-hours of clean energy annually.
Summary: China Tower Corporation (中国铁塔), a state-owned enterprise, is promoting infrastructure sharing in telecommunications, exemplified by their work on the Jida-Datong high-speed railway in Shanxi. According to Chairman Zhang Zhiyong, the company aims to support China's "Network Strong Nation" and "Digital China" strategies. China Tower has upgraded over 230,000 communications towers into "digital towers," integrating them with AI and big data for various applications. The company is also expanding into areas like battery swapping stations for electric vehicles and rural telecommunications infrastructure.
Summary: The recent joint directive from the CCP Central Committee and the State Council outlines a roadmap for urban renewal, emphasizing its importance for both public welfare and economic development. The directive stresses adherence to "bottom lines" of safety, ecology, and cultural preservation, while also focusing on injecting new vitality through industrial upgrades and smart city initiatives. Planned implementation based on urban assessments is crucial to avoid superficial projects. The ultimate goal of urban renewal is to improve citizens' lives and expand development opportunities. The article makes no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: Xi Jinping responded to a letter from the China-Denmark Chamber of Commerce, encouraging them to contribute to China-Denmark and China-Europe relations. Representatives from the chamber and Danish companies expressed increased confidence in the Chinese market following the letter, affirming their commitment to continued investment and cooperation in China. They emphasized the importance of mutual understanding and trust as the foundation for mutually beneficial cooperation between Denmark and China, and pledged to act as a bridge between the two countries. Companies expressed optimism about China's business environment and opportunities in green technology and other sectors. Some anticipate China becoming a global hub for green marine fuel production.
Summary: The "Belt and Road" International Cooperation Summit Advisory Council held a 2025 meeting in Ningbo, Zhejiang, focusing on high-quality Belt and Road construction and promoting open, inclusive, and interconnected development. Participants noted the initiative's resilience and potential amidst rising unilateralism and protectionism, emphasizing its role in global economic growth. The council advocated for strengthened cooperation in the digital economy and artificial intelligence, supporting capacity building in the Global South. China has signed over 200 cooperation documents with over 150 countries and 30 international organizations, furthering the initiative. The council advocated for the maintenance of multilateral trade and international economic order, as well as trade liberalization and facilitation.
Summary: Foreign Ministry Spokesperson announced that Politburo Member and Vice Premier Liu Guozhong will attend the 78th World Health Assembly in Geneva from May 18-23, at the invitation of WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and the Swiss government. Following the assembly and a visit to Switzerland, Liu will visit Belarus. He will also co-chair the sixth meeting of the China-Belarus Intergovernmental Cooperation Committee.
Summary: The Chinese Embassy in Mongolia hosted a reception commemorating the 70th anniversary of Chinese workers arriving in Mongolia, showcasing a documentary highlighting Chinese aid projects like the Peace Bridge and Ulaanbaatar Central Stadium. Mongolian officials, including former President N. Enkhbayar, expressed gratitude for the contributions of the 27,000 Chinese workers who built over 850 projects in the 1950s and 60s, emphasizing their lasting impact on Mongolian infrastructure and daily life. Ambassador Shen Minjuan stated that China will focus on building a community with a shared future in its neighborhood, carrying forward the spirit of the aid workers, deepening strategic alignment and pragmatic cooperation, and bringing more benefits to the two peoples. The Mongolian Foreign Ministry State Secretary Munkh-Tsogt emphasized that China and Mongolia have always helped each other, which has not only strengthened the emotional ties between the two peoples, but also set an example for international cooperation.
Summary: The author, the Director of the ASEAN-China Study Center at the University of Indonesia, argues for the continued relevance of the Bandung Spirit, highlighting its principles of solidarity, friendship, and cooperation among Global South nations. The author emphasizes China's contributions to the original Bandung Conference and its ongoing role in promoting dialogue and multilateralism, exemplified by its facilitation of Palestinian reconciliation talks in Beijing. The author notes the importance of upholding the Bandung principles in the face of protectionist policies from "individual countries" (个别国家) that negatively impact global supply chains and economic growth. The piece celebrates Indonesia's cooperation with China through the Belt and Road Initiative, including the Jakarta-Bandung High-Speed Railway, and its commitment to South-South cooperation through BRICS and the New Development Bank. The author champions ASEAN-China cooperation as an embodiment of the Bandung Spirit, based on equality, mutual benefit, and shared development.
Summary: Foreign Ministry Spokesperson announced that Vice Premier Zhang Guoqing will visit Russia from May 19-22. Zhang is attending the 5th meeting of the Council for Local Cooperation between the Upper and Middle Reaches of the Yangtze River and the Volga Federal District and a meeting of the China-Russia Intergovernmental Cooperation Committee. He was invited by Igor Komarov, Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy to the Volga Federal District, and Yury Trutnev, Deputy Prime Minister and Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy to the Far Eastern Federal District. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: Wang Dongming, Vice Chairman of the National People's Congress Standing Committee and Chairman of the All-China Federation of Trade Unions, met with leading trade union representatives from Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) member states in Beijing on May 16. Discussions focused on strengthening cooperation to address challenges, safeguard workers' rights, and improve their well-being. The meeting was held in conjunction with the SCO trade union leaders meeting.
Summary: The "Belt and Road" International Cooperation Summit Advisory Council 2025 meeting was held in Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, focusing on high-quality Belt and Road construction and global development. Committee members emphasized that the Belt and Road Initiative injected stability into global development and promoted economic growth. Discussions centered on high-quality infrastructure and industrial cooperation, green and digital Silk Road construction, and increasing trade and investment liberalization, as well as digital and AI cooperation within the Belt and Road framework. They also stressed the importance of maintaining multilateralism, free trade, and supporting the capacity building of the Global South.
Summary: A recent online seminar hosted by the Global South Center focused on "Maintaining the Multilateral Trading System and Promoting the Cooperative Development of the Global South." Attendees, including South Centre Executive Director Correa and WTO's Coleman, discussed the impact of unilateral measures on the multilateral trading system and the economic growth of the Global South. The discussions also focused on how the international community, including the Global South, could respond to these unilateral measures. The seminar implicitly addressed concerns about potential disruptions to trade and economic stability, possibly alluding to actions by countries such as the United States.
Summary: The National Cultural Heritage Administration received the Zidanku Silk Manuscripts *Wuxing Ling* and *Gongshou Zhan* from the Smithsonian National Museum of Asian Art through the Chinese Embassy in the United States. The manuscripts are the only known silk manuscripts from the Warring States period and are considered the earliest known Chinese silk manuscripts. The *Wuxing Ling* and *Gongshou Zhan* are scheduled to be exhibited at the "Wanli Tonggui - Achievements Exhibition of Cultural Relics Retrieval and Return in the New Era" at the National Museum of China in July. This return of cultural relics highlights an aspect of U.S.-China cultural exchange.
Summary: Following the release of a joint statement after US-China trade talks in Geneva, Zhejiang-based exporters are seeing a surge in orders from the United States. Companies like Handian Electric and Yangmingsi Metal Products are experiencing increased production and renewed orders from American clients after previous disruptions due to US tariffs. This surge in demand is causing a spike in shipping volume on US routes, with logistics companies and ports in Ningbo anticipating a peak in shipments in late May and early June. Companies are also expanding beyond the US market to diversify their economic relationships.
Summary: A recent report by the State Administration for Market Regulation on the "Small and Micro Enterprise Quality Certification Improvement Action" in 2024 indicates that participating enterprises experienced an average annual revenue increase of 9.7%. The initiative focuses on addressing quality challenges faced by small businesses through targeted quality certification and technical services, including helping companies obtain ISO9001 certification. The program also encourages leading enterprises to drive quality improvements across the industrial chain, addressing issues such as the low domestic production rate of high-end CNC machine tool components. The initiative leverages quality certification as a "credit card" to improve financing accessibility for small businesses, including offering "certification loans."
Summary: China's largest photovoltaic energy + LNG dual-fuel vehicle carrier, "Yuan Hai Kou," was named and delivered in Guangzhou, embarking on its maiden voyage to Europe with approximately 4,000 domestically produced vehicles. The vessel, boasting a 7,000-vehicle capacity across 12 decks, features enhanced safety measures for transporting new energy vehicles and a fuel-efficient LNG dual-fuel engine that saves 20% more energy compared to tradition fuel-based vessels. It is equipped with a large photovoltaic system generating 410,000 kWh annually for supplementary power. The vessel also incorporates an automated planting system to provide fresh produce for the crew.
Summary: The National Data Administration issued the "Digital China Construction 2025 Action Plan" outlining goals for digital development by the end of 2025. The plan includes increasing the digital economy's contribution to GDP, expanding computing power, and enhancing digital governance and security. It emphasizes innovation in mechanisms, building regional brands, advancing "AI+", upgrading infrastructure, cultivating the data industry and talent, and optimizing the digital environment. The plan also seeks to establish a data coordination mechanism between the central and local governments and promote the development of intelligent connected new energy vehicles and AI devices. The "East Data West Computing" project will also be deepened to more efficiently match computing power supply and demand across regions.
Summary: China Tower Corporation (中国铁塔) is leveraging its infrastructure to support China's network and digital infrastructure goals, exemplified by the rapid 5G coverage along the new Jidayuan high-speed railway in Shanxi. Chairman Zhang Zhiyong emphasized the company's commitment to supporting the "network superpower" and "digital China" strategies. China Tower has upgraded over 230,000 communication towers into "digital towers" by adding cameras, radar, and sensors to existing infrastructure, promoting resource sharing and reducing construction costs. The company is extending its services to areas like environmental monitoring and public services, aiming to transform its resources into broader benefits for the population, including electric vehicle battery swapping stations.
Summary: The Yangtze River Delta Ecology and Green Integrated Development Demonstration Zone, encompassing Shanghai's Qingpu District, Jiangsu's Wujiang District, and Zhejiang's Jiashan County, reported a combined GDP of 132.02 billion yuan in the first quarter, an 8.5% year-on-year increase. Qingpu District led with a 12.2% growth rate. The demonstration zone has implemented 154 institutional innovations focused on areas like planning management and ecological protection. Over 50 of these innovations have been replicated and promoted nationwide. The article makes no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The CCP Central Committee has decided to launch a study and education campaign this year on implementing the spirit of the Eight-Point Regulation to promote deeper reform and Chinese-style modernization. Local governments are implementing measures such as publishing guides for citizens on how to conduct business without relying on personal connections, offering online platforms for streamlined access to government services, and establishing "unsuccessful handling" feedback windows to resolve difficult cases, which are reported on in the article. For example, Liaoning Province issued "guidelines to doing things without connections", while Quanzhou has developed a "Qingqin home" mini program, and Heze has introduced the "things that cannot be done" feedback window. These are all examples of initiatives to improve work style and provide efficient government services.
Summary: The Guangzhou Municipal Commerce Bureau has expanded its home appliance subsidy program to include domestic service robots, driven by consumer demand and internal surveys. This expansion, increasing subsidized categories from "8+N" to "12+N," aims to boost sales and meet the needs of consumers, resulting in a doubling of sales for these items. The city has also launched "five advances" group buying activities, and has seen 30.19 billion yuan in sales from the program. The city is using technology to improve the consumer experience, and the 2025 work plan for Guangzhou outlines further expanding and increasing subsidies.
Summary: NPC Vice Chairman Cai Dafeng led an inspection team to Gansu Province from May 13-16 to review the implementation of the Food Safety Law. Cai stressed the importance of studying Xi Jinping's instructions on food safety and implementing the Party Central Committee's decisions, emphasizing food safety as crucial for national security and social stability. The inspection team affirmed Gansu's practices in implementing the law. During the visit, the team conducted on-site inspections in Lanzhou and Tianshui and gathered reports and suggestions on amending the Food Safety Law.
Summary: The article discusses the flourishing development of museums in China, highlighting their role in preserving and promoting Chinese civilization. Xi Jinping emphasized the importance of museums in connecting the past, present, and future, and in showcasing China's cultural heritage. He also visited the Yunmeng County Museum, emphasizing the need to preserve cultural treasures. The article cites the increase in museum numbers and public enthusiasm, as well as technological innovations and international collaborations that allow museums to flourish. The article also mentions Xi Jinping's encouragement for museums to promote cultural exchange.
Summary: A report delivered at the Great Hall of the People by the *People's Daily* details a forum held by the State Council's working committee for persons with disabilities and the China Disabled Persons' Federation. Eight model citizens with disabilities and advanced workers in the field shared stories of perseverance and dedication. Following the initial meeting, the speakers will conduct outreach across six provinces and regions, promoting inclusivity and support for disabled individuals. The article makes no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: <b style="color:red">[Summary Error - Empty Input]</b>
Summary: Xi Jinping emphasized the importance of prioritizing the needs and welfare of people with disabilities. The article highlights several individuals and organizations recognized for their contributions to empowering disabled individuals in China, including entrepreneurs like Lu Hong who provides employment, and officials like He Qiao who facilitates community integration. The article also mentions Li Yingli who has won many medals in athletic competition, including at the Paralympics. It also touches on the work of organizations like the Hongsipu District Disabled Persons' Federation in Ningxia, which offers skills training to help disabled individuals achieve economic independence. There is no discussion of United States or U.S.-China relations in this article.
Summary: The article highlights the resilience and determination of disabled individuals in China who are actively pursuing their dreams despite physical challenges. It emphasizes the support provided by society, including acts of kindness from individuals like a Chongqing police officer learning sign language, and initiatives from organizations like the Red Temple Fort Area Disabled Persons' Federation in Ningxia. Furthermore, the article acknowledges the role of the Party and government at all levels in providing a safety net through legislation, accessible infrastructure, tailored education, and financial assistance, thus creating a supportive environment for disabled citizens. It also talks about how these measure help promote social progress.
Summary: Please provide the article you would like me to summarize. I need the text of the article to provide an accurate and concise summary for professional analysts of Chinese politics.
Summary: China's first space mining robot, developed by the China University of Mining and Technology, has renewed focus on the potential of space resource extraction. Scientists are exploring technologies like resource exploration, drilling, and in-situ resource utilization to make space mining a reality. The challenges include microgravity environments, deep space communication, energy supply, and transportation logistics. Scientists like Liu Xinhua and Zheng Yongchun emphasize the importance of space mining for both acquiring extraterrestrial resources and advancing space exploration, particularly regarding lunar and asteroid resources.
Summary: A Chinese research team from the Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, has developed a new method to improve the fatigue resistance of metals used in high-stress environments. The new method involves altering the metal's internal structure through gradient dislocation structures and coherent martensitic phase transformation. These structures effectively distribute stress and create a self-healing mechanism that prevents further damage, significantly increasing the metal's strength and resistance to cyclic creep. The improved materials could extend the lifespan of critical components in industrial equipment, such as rocket engine blades and nuclear reactor pressure vessels.
Summary: The Ye Batu Hydropower Station, the largest hydropower station in the upper reaches of the Jinsha River (川藏 section) in terms of installed capacity, successfully extracted a 38.10-meter concrete core sample from its dam. This core sample broke the domestic record for similar dam types, indicating successful construction and quality control. The Ye Batu Hydropower Station is located at the junction of Baiyu County, Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province, and Gongjue County, Changdu City, Tibet, with a total installed capacity of 2.24 million kilowatts, invested, constructed and operated by China Huadian Group Co., Ltd. The hydropower station has a maximum dam height of 217 meters and is the highest double-curvature arch dam under construction in China. The success of the core sample extraction reflects the effective application of intelligent construction and temperature control technologies.
Summary: A team led by Professor Hong Liang at Shanghai Jiao Tong University has developed an AI large model named "Qimingxing" to design and modify proteins with specific functions, such as heat resistance, for customized applications. The AI model was trained using a massive dataset of 500 million proteins with functional labels across temperature, acidity, and pressure. The team has successfully applied "Qimingxing" to eight industrial projects, achieving a 70% success rate, and has also released some datasets on GitHub for global research institutions. This development could lead to a new era of customized synthetic biology, impacting fields from pharmaceutical research to environmental protection.
Summary: U.S. scientists have developed a new method to produce low-cost sugars from corn stover and other biomass waste. Researchers at Washington State University used ammonium sulfite-based alkaline salts to process corn stover into sugars suitable for biofuel and bioproduct production. The process uses potassium hydroxide and ammonium sulfite to pretreat corn stover at around 80 degrees Celsius. This pretreatment enables enzymes to break down cellulose polymers into sugars, which can then be fermented into biofuels and bioproducts without additional chemical recovery steps.
Summary: Please provide the article you would like me to summarize. I need the text of the article to be able to provide a summary for professional analysts of Chinese politics.
Summary: The article discusses the growing popularity of advanced cinema technologies in China, particularly for films like *Ne Zha: The Devil Child*. The IMAX GT and domestically produced CINITY systems, including CINITY LED, are highlighted for their enhanced visual and auditory experiences, attracting large audiences. CINITY LED is emphasized as a "leapfrog" technology due to its independent research and development. Industry experts believe that technological innovation is crucial for enhancing the "must-see" appeal of theatrical releases and fostering cultural creativity.
Summary: This article provides an overview of the major large-screen cinema systems (巨幕厅) available in China, including China Film CINITY, IMAX, Dolby Cinema, and various LED screen systems. It highlights the technological advantages of each system, such as high frame rates, high dynamic range, and immersive sound. The piece suggests cinema-goers select the format that suits their viewing preferences. There is no discussion or allusion to the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The Ming Dynasty Xiaoduan Empress's Nine-Dragon, Nine-Phoenix Crown, unearthed from the Dingling Mausoleum, is a popular exhibit at the National Museum of China, drawing crowds who purchase related cultural products. The crown, a masterpiece of filigree and gemstone work, exemplifies the Ming Dynasty's empress attire regulations and combines imperial symbolism with feminine beauty. Crafted using techniques like filigree and *diancui* (点翠), it showcases the pinnacle of artistry achieved during the Ming Dynasty. The crown's popularity reflects contemporary youth's interest in preserving and appreciating traditional Chinese culture. The article did not mention U.S. and U.S. - China relations.
Summary: The China National Museum's phoenix coronet refrigerator magnets have sold over a million units, driving total sales of the entire phoenix coronet IP series past 100 million yuan, a record for the museum's cultural and creative products in the last 20 years. General Manager Liao Fei stated that the product's development was inspired by the popularity of museum visitors taking photos with the original "Ming Dynasty Empress Xiaoduan's Nine-Dragon and Nine-Phoenix Crown." The design team refined the product over multiple iterations, improving the visual appeal and incorporating movable parts and three-dimensional beads. The success of the magnets has led to the development of over 20 related products, creating an ecosystem that promotes both cultural appreciation and modern aesthetics. Liao Fei emphasized the importance of preserving traditional culture while embracing modern design.
Summary: Please provide the article you would like me to summarize. I need the text of the article to accurately provide a concise and relevant summary for professional analysts of Chinese politics.
Summary: This article commemorates International Museum Day, focusing on the theme of museums in a rapidly changing society. It highlights examples from various locations across China, including Hunan, Shanghai, Guangxi, Jiangsu, and Beijing, showcasing how museums are using technology, innovation, and engagement to connect with audiences and preserve cultural heritage. The article emphasizes the enduring role of museums as vital links between the past, present, and future.
Summary: The Hunan Museum is utilizing digital technology, including 3D modeling and multi-spectral scanning, to create "digital twins" of its artifacts, such as the famed gauze gown from the Han Dynasty tomb of Xin Zhui. In collaboration with other institutions, the museum launched an immersive digital exhibition on the Mawangdui Han tombs, transforming the historical site into a "cosmic model" that explores themes of time, space, yin and yang. The museum is also collaborating with businesses, including the licensing of digital assets to create a "Digital Han Life" IP. Director Duan Xiaoming stated that digitization gives artifacts eternal lightness and the tenacity of civilization. There was no discussion of the United States in the article.
Summary: Shanghai Museum is emphasizing its role as a platform for cultural exchange, with the main museum focusing on Chinese art as a window for the world to see China, and the branch museum focusing on the world's civilization, providing a platform for China to see the world. The museum is hosting exhibits like the "Top of the Pyramid: Ancient Egyptian Civilization Exhibition" and "The Glory of Ancient Persia: An Exhibition of Iranian Cultural Relics", which showcase foreign artifacts, with the former drawing a large number of foreign tourists to China. Another special exhibition, "East and West: China and the World in the Eyes of Marco Polo," displayed over 200 cultural relics from Italy and China, demonstrating the advanced artistic and economic level of the East and the West from the 13th to the 15th centuries. Shanghai Museum is attempting to establish overseas branches, aiming to create more platforms for dialogue between different civilizations.
Summary: An actor in Guangxi's Hepu Ancient Maritime Silk Road First Port景区 (scenic area) performs a historical reenactment based on Hepu's role as a starting point for the ancient Maritime Silk Road. Archaeological finds, including thousands of glass beads from West and Central Asia, demonstrate that foreign cultures arrived in China via Hepu more than 2,000 years ago, while the artifacts also show the expansion of Chinese civilization overseas. The Hepu Han Dynasty Culture Museum displays artifacts and Han tomb sites, highlighting Hepu's historical significance. The museum collaborates with local schools to educate students about this history and promote Chinese culture. The museum also plans to build a park to immerse the public in the history of the sites.
Summary: The author recounts their journey from a student captivated by the Tian Gong Zaojing (a type of caisson ceiling) in the Beijing Ancient Architecture Museum to developing cultural and creative products (文创) inspired by it. They emphasize the importance of understanding the architectural and cultural significance of the Zaojing, particularly its intricate wooden structure and celestial motifs, in order to create meaningful and educational文创. The author's lifelong passion for ancient architecture, including creating a detailed map of the Forbidden City, provided a solid foundation for this work. The goal of developing these文创 is to bring the museum experience closer to young people.
Summary: Lei Meijun, a visually impaired freshman at Nanjing Special Education Normal College, visited the Nanjing Museum as part of a school-museum collaboration, exploring the Bo'ai Pavilion, a barrier-free exhibition hall. She and her classmates experienced the *Kunyu Wanguo Quantu* (坤舆万国全图) through tactile maps, replicas, and scent-based activities. Guided by museum staff, they explored other exhibits with audio guides and tactile replicas, including the Tang Sancai double-fish vase. The students appreciated the immersive experience and the opportunity to engage with history through multiple senses. The article mentions Matteo Ricci, who created the *Kunyu Wanguo Quantu*, and his introduction of Western art and crops to China.
Summary: I am sorry, I do not have access to the internet to retrieve the content of the article. Therefore, I am unable to provide a summary.
People with disabilities are an important force in advancing Chinese-style modernization and a special group in need of extra care and attention. On the new journey, it is necessary to adhere to Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era (习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想) as guidance, further improve the social security system and care service system for people with disabilities, effectively protect the equal rights and interests of people with disabilities, and promote the comprehensive development of the cause of people with disabilities.
Party committees and governments at all levels must attach great importance to the work of people with disabilities, continuously improve the quality of public services for people with disabilities, and actively create a good atmosphere and environment in which the whole society understands, respects, cares for, and helps people with disabilities. Disabled persons' federations at all levels and the vast number of workers for people with disabilities must continuously improve their service capabilities and levels, and strive to be trustworthy and reliable confidants and caring people for people with disabilities. It is hoped that the vast number of people with disabilities will draw spiritual strength from self-improvement models, bravely overcome difficulties and challenges, actively pursue their life dreams, and make positive contributions to comprehensively promoting the construction of a strong country and the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation with Chinese-style modernization.
Beijing (北京), May 16 (Reporter Li Changyu (李昌禹)) The Seventh National Self-Improvement Model and Advanced Commendation Conference for Helping the Disabled was held in Beijing (北京) on the 16th. Xi Jinping (习近平), General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, President of the State, and Chairman of the Central Military Commission, made important instructions. On the occasion of the 35th National Day for Helping the Disabled, on behalf of the Party Central Committee, he extended congratulations to the national self-improvement models and advanced collectives and individuals in the work of people with disabilities who were commended, and extended greetings to the vast number of people with disabilities and their relatives and workers for people with disabilities across the country.
Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out that people with disabilities are an important force in advancing Chinese-style modernization and a special group in need of extra care and attention. On the new journey, it is necessary to adhere to Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era (习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想) as guidance, further improve the social security system and care service system for people with disabilities, effectively protect the equal rights and interests of people with disabilities, and promote the comprehensive development of the cause of people with disabilities.
Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized that party committees and governments at all levels must attach great importance to the work of people with disabilities, continuously improve the quality of public services for people with disabilities, and actively create a good atmosphere and environment in which the whole society understands, respects, cares for, and helps people with disabilities. Disabled persons' federations at all levels and the vast number of workers for people with disabilities must continuously improve their service capabilities and levels, and strive to be trustworthy and reliable confidants and caring people for people with disabilities. It is hoped that the vast number of people with disabilities will draw spiritual strength from self-improvement models, bravely overcome difficulties and challenges, actively pursue their life dreams, and make positive contributions to comprehensively promoting the construction of a strong country and the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation with Chinese-style modernization.
Before the meeting, Li Qiang (李强), member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Premier of the State Council, met with the representatives of the conference and took a group photo with them.
State Councilor and Director of the State Council Working Committee on Disability Affairs, Chen Yiqin (谌贻琴), participated in the meeting and conveyed the important instructions of Xi Jinping (习近平) at the conference. Subsequently, in her speech, she said that General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important instructions are full of deep affection and rich in content, giving great encouragement and inspiration to the vast number of people with disabilities and workers for people with disabilities. We must keep in mind the General Secretary's entrustment, with affection and responsibility, further strengthen the care, assistance, and rights protection for people with disabilities, encourage people with disabilities to be self-reliant and self-improving, mobilize the whole society to help and support people with disabilities, promote the comprehensive development of the cause of people with disabilities in the process of Chinese-style modernization, and unite, lead, support, and help people with disabilities create a happier and better life.
The conference commended 200 "National Self-Improvement Models," 200 "National Advanced Collectives for the Work of People with Disabilities," and 60 "National Advanced Individuals for the Work of People with Disabilities." Tang Zhanxin (唐占鑫), director of Beijing New Life Elderly Care and Disability Assistance Service Center (北京新生命养老助残服务中心), Ma Guangbu (马广步), chairman of the Hongsipu District Disabled Persons' Federation of Wuzhong City, Ningxia (宁夏吴忠市红寺堡区残联), and Xu Peng (徐鹏), professor of the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (电子科技大学), three award-winning representatives, spoke at the meeting respectively.
Zhang Qingwei (张庆伟), He Baoxiang (何报翔), and Zhang Shengmin (张升民) participated in the meeting and attended the conference, and Wu Zhenglong (吴政隆) participated in the meeting.
Return to TopXinhua News Agency, Beijing, May 16th. On May 16th, President Xi Jinping (习近平) sent a message of condolence to Uruguayan President Lacalle Pou (奥尔西) on the unfortunate passing of former Uruguayan President José Mujica (穆希卡), expressing deep condolences on behalf of the Chinese government and the Chinese people, and extending sincere sympathy to Mujica's family and the Uruguayan people.
Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out that Mr. Mujica (穆希卡) was a famous Uruguayan leader who dedicated his life to seeking the well-being of the Uruguayan people. He was deeply loved by the Uruguayan people and enjoyed a high reputation in the international community. During his lifetime, he was long committed to promoting the development of China-Uruguay relations and made positive contributions to the cause of friendship between the two countries. His death has caused the Chinese people to lose an old friend and a good friend. I attach great importance to the development of China-Uruguay relations and am willing to work with President Lacalle Pou (奥尔西) to continue to promote the continuous development of the China-Uruguay comprehensive strategic partnership.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 李卓尔
On May 16th, the Lingjiatan Archaeological Site Museum (凌家滩遗址博物馆) in Ma'anshan City (马鞍山市), Anhui (安徽) Province, opened for trial operation. As significant evidence of over 5,000 years of Chinese civilization, Lingjiatan (凌家滩) is a crucial heritage site in the process of civilization in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River (长江), with approximately 1,100 exhibited cultural relics telling the story of the important value of the Lingjiatan Site (凌家滩遗址) to the origin, formation, and early development of Chinese civilization.
History and civilization are condensed into artifacts, stories, and preserved in museums.
"Museums are important places to protect and pass on human civilization. They are bridges connecting the past, present, and future," General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) attaches great importance to museum work, emphasizing that "museum work should be done well" and "museum construction should be more complete and systematic."
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, China's museum industry has flourished as never before. In recent years, the number of museums in China has increased at an average rate of more than 200 per year, and the statistical results at the end of 2024 are expected to exceed 7,000.
People's enthusiasm for museums is far greater than ever before. National free-admission museums have cumulatively benefited more than 10 billion visitors, and "going to a city for a museum" has become a popular form of travel for more and more tourists.
Chinese-style modernization is a modernization that coordinates material and spiritual civilization. Rooted in the profound Chinese cultural heritage, the museum industry in the new era is booming, continuously meeting the spiritual and cultural needs of the people, and consolidating the cultural confidence for building a strong country and realizing national rejuvenation.
"Let the treasures of Chinese civilization be preserved forever and benefit future generations."
During this year's "May Day" holiday, the Yunmeng County Museum (云梦县博物馆) in Hubei (湖北) Province welcomed a surge of visitors thanks to its collection of precious cultural relics, such as the "Longest Chinese Text on a Bronze Zun (中华第一长文觚)". Tourists shuttled through the exhibition halls, exploring historical imprints.
On November 4, 2024, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) visited the Yunmeng County Museum (云梦县博物馆) to view the exhibition of Qin and Han bamboo slips unearthed there. From the traces of the knife and pen, opening the scroll of history, the General Secretary looked far ahead: "Let the treasures of Chinese civilization be preserved forever and benefit future generations."
Cultural relics carry a splendid civilization. Only by deeply understanding ancient China can we profoundly understand modern China and continuously create the future of China.
In the cultural relic protection and restoration hall of the Sanxingdui Museum (三星堆博物馆), tourists can clearly see restorers using instruments to observe fragments of cultural relics through a glass wall.
"This is the No. 2 Bronze Sacred Tree digitally simulated and restored using artificial intelligence technology," said Yu Jian (余健), deputy curator of the Sanxingdui Museum (三星堆博物馆). "The museum uses cultural relics to provide concrete evidence of the continuous existence of Chinese civilization for more than 5,000 years. Combining fragments of cultural relics is like piecing together a historical and civilizational picture. The more complete the puzzle, the more it can help us understand the history of Sanxingdui civilization."
The project to trace the origins of Chinese civilization continues to advance, and the major project "Archaeological China (考古中国)" has been fully launched. With the strong support of the prosperous development of archaeology, the Erlitou Xia Capital Site Museum (二里头夏都遗址博物馆) opened in 2019, the Archaeological Museum of China (中国考古博物馆) opened to the public in 2023, and the new Yin Ruins Museum (殷墟博物馆) opened in 2024... The level of cultural relic protection, collection research, and exhibition display in museums across the country has leaped to new heights, showing visitors the path of upholding integrity and innovation in the continuous inheritance of Chinese civilization, and highlighting the outstanding continuity, innovation, unity, inclusiveness, and peacefulness of Chinese civilization.
These are bridges built on the fertile soil of the new era, carrying the profound cultural genes of the Chinese nation.
Preserving the roots of culture and guarding the soul of the nation. Bearing the cultural mission of the new era and protecting historical and cultural heritage is the due meaning of building a strong socialist culture and our historical responsibility.
The traditional Nanjing brocade loom weaving formal dresses and fashions, the unique Huian stone carvings integrated into modern carving art, and the Jingdezhen traditional blue and white porcelain making skills experience are very popular... The China Intangible Cultural Heritage Museum (中国非物质文化遗产馆), which opened in 2022, is an epitome of museums promoting the continuous inheritance and innovation of intangible cultural heritage.
Both tangible and intangible objects have become the objects of protection in museums. Museums protect, inherit, research, and display human civilization, inspiring people's respect, love, and pride in outstanding Chinese traditional culture.
As museums spring up, how can they each be beautiful and share the beauty together?
General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) exhortation is earnest and sincere: "Museum construction should focus on characteristics."
Looking at the countryside, the flavor of the village and nostalgia are so precious. In the Chengyang Village Community History Museum (城阳村社区村史博物馆) in Qingdao (青岛), Shandong (山东) Province, visitors hold cattail leaf fans, sit cross-legged on the kang (炕, a heated brick bed), and excitedly experience the scenes of their ancestors' lives, savoring today's life with more relish.
Looking at the city again, in the China Industrial Museum (中国工业博物馆), from imported machine tools to imitation machine tools to independently manufactured machine tools, it witnesses a country striding towards modernization.
The increasing diversity of museums demonstrates the long history and profoundness of Chinese civilization; the increasing openness of museums allows the public to safeguard our cultural roots with cultural confidence.
"A museum is a university."
On the east side of the northern extension of the Beijing Central Axis (北京中轴线), the magnificent Museum of the History of the Communist Party of China (中国共产党历史展览馆) stands tall. This spiritual palace, personally planned, decided, and deployed by General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平), vividly reflects the Party's unremitting struggle history, fearless sacrifice history, theoretical exploration history, people-centered history, and self-construction history.
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized: "The purpose of holding historical and museum exhibitions is to witness history, learn from history, and inspire future generations."
Since its opening, the Museum of the History of the Communist Party of China (中国共产党历史展览馆) has received more than 4.5 million visitors, including more than 800,000 young people. Reviewing the glorious course of the Communist Party of China leading the Chinese people through arduous struggles to achieve brilliance, witnessing the great leap of the Chinese nation from standing up, getting rich, to becoming strong, people deeply realize that the red regime did not come easily, the new China did not come easily, and socialism with Chinese characteristics did not come easily, and they are more determined in their confidence in the path, theory, system, and culture of socialism with Chinese characteristics.
During the 2024 National People's Congress, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) expressed his feelings when participating in the deliberation of the Jiangsu (江苏) delegation, hoping that the general public, especially young people, would have more in-depth contact with museums to further enhance their sense of history.
In Changsha (长沙), Hunan (湖南) Province, at the Longping Rice Museum (隆平水稻博物馆), students from the No. 1 Primary School in Yuelu District (岳麓区第一小学) watched the process of rice from a seed, experiencing sowing and raising seedlings, heading and flowering, hopeful harvest, and returning grains to the barn. The spirit of cherishing labor and loving labor is also like a "seed," quietly taking root and sprouting in the hearts of the children.
In a corner of the exhibition hall, a young visitor, Wang Zeyu (王泽宇), looked at the eight-character motto "Knowledge, Sweat, Inspiration, Opportunity (知识、汗水、灵感、机遇)" in the museum. He said: "Grandpa Yuan Longping's (袁隆平) spirit encourages me, and I will also work tirelessly to realize my dream."
On February 15, 2015, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out during his visit to the Xi'an Museum (西安博物院) in Shaanxi (陕西) Province: "A museum is a university."
The meaning of "bowu (博物)" is to be able to identify various things. Museums fully play their social education function and provide lifelong education for the general public. Today, the free opening rate of registered museums across the country exceeds 91%, and China is the country with the largest population in the world enjoying free museum opening services.
Empowering urban cultural construction, the Shanghai Museum East Branch (上海博物馆东馆) has a roof that restores a Suzhou-style garden, and next to the garden is a courtyard with performance and reception functions, forming an open and shared urban living room;
Actively promoting the improvement of people's livelihoods, many blind friends linger in the Museum of Visual Impairment Culture (视障文化博物馆), and through touching exhibits, the development process of human civilization suddenly has a concrete image;
Condensing social and cultural identity, the Guangdong Provincial Museum (广东省博物馆) established the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Mobile Museum, joining hands with several museums in Hong Kong and Macao to jointly curate exhibitions, telling the new practice of the "one country, two systems" cause...
"Museums allow the public of different ages and backgrounds to share museum collections and knowledge, and jointly participate in knowledge learning and cultural exchange," said An Laishun (安来顺), professor at Shanghai University (上海大学) and chairman of the Asia-Pacific Alliance of the International Council of Museums. By promoting the active linkage between museums and the public, museums are becoming an indispensable part of people's better lives.
"Innovate exhibitions and displays, promote the revitalization and utilization of cultural relics, and promote exchanges and mutual learning among civilizations."
A sleeping Tang Dynasty girl wakes up, terracotta warriors tell their inner monologues, a storytelling figurine performs humorously, and a Western Regions merchant yearning for the Tang Dynasty gazes at Chang'an (长安)... These are the wonderful moments in the stage play "Terracotta Warriors Standing for a Thousand Years (俑立千年)" jointly created by the National Museum of China (中国国家博物馆) and the China Coal Mine Art Troupe (中国煤矿文工团). Watching plays in museums has become a new way for audiences to understand cultural relics.
On July 8, 2022, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) replied to old experts at the National Museum of China (中国国家博物馆), encouraging everyone to "adhere to the correct political direction, strengthen cultural confidence, deepen academic research, innovate exhibitions and displays, promote the revitalization and utilization of cultural relics, and promote exchanges and mutual learning among civilizations."
Cultural relics "walk" out of warehouses and onto exhibition lines, telling Chinese stories more vividly in rich and diverse exhibition methods, and moving people with wonderful and touching historical moments.
The depth and breadth of the integration of new technologies and museums is unprecedented, and "cloud touring museums" has become a new trend. The Palace Museum (故宫博物院) has successively launched the "Digital Cultural Relics Library (数字文物库)" and "Panoramic Palace Museum (全景故宫)" in recent years, making more than 900,000 collections and the Forbidden City buildings "close at hand." Virtual reality, augmented reality, immersive experience and other information network technologies have been rapidly applied in museum exhibitions.
Museums inherit civilization and also illuminate the future. In the creative transformation and innovative development, the ancient Chinese culture is rejuvenated.
Dialogue, across time and space, and across mountains and seas.
Opening the "Digital Museum of the Silk Road (丝绸之路数字博物馆)" website, the Tang Dynasty lion and peony brocade comes into view, which is a typical product combining Western Regions animal patterns and Chinese flower patterns. The Greek Derveni Krater, the Egyptian ivory panel, the British painted goblet... Digital collections from more than 50 museums in 18 countries are open to the public, and the public can listen to Silk Road stories at any time and experience the long history of exchanges between Eastern and Western civilizations.
"Such a digital museum connects people and cultures from all over the world online, just like the real Silk Road did in the past, helping us strengthen the relationship between museums," said Nakanok, curator of the Queen Sirikit Museum of Textiles in Thailand.
Facing the future, museums step out of limited spaces and create unlimited possibilities. With the innovation of exhibitions and the innovation of technology, the collaboration between inside and outside the museum, the linkage between online and offline, museums open up a vast world of ancient and modern China and foreign countries for the audience, and move towards a more brilliant future.
The civilization imprints that are shining brighter every day condense the common memory of mankind and inspire the spirit of a nation.
Looking back at history, in 1905, Zhang Jian (张謇), a late Qing Dynasty industrialist, widely displayed his private collection to the world and founded the Nantong Museum (南通博物苑), which was the first public museum run by Chinese people.
120 years have passed, and more and more social forces are participating in museum construction. The Nanjing Museum of the Six Dynasties (南京六朝博物馆) in Jiangsu (江苏) launched the "Little Green Lotus (小青莲)" volunteer service project, in which children tell tourists the history behind the cultural relics; the Jiangnan Tinware Museum (江南锡器博物馆) in Hangzhou (杭州), Zhejiang (浙江) Province, exhibits more than 500 pieces of tinware works such as ritual vessels and wine utensils, filling the gap in the field of tinware in state-owned museums; Gao Qiuyan (高秋燕), president of the Yulin Great Wall Protection Volunteer Association (榆林长城保护志愿者协会) in Yulin (榆林), Shaanxi (陕西) Province, built the Yulin Great Wall Theme Exhibition Hall by herself. She said she wanted more people to hear the story of the Great Wall...
Lighting up lamps one by one, gathering clusters of fire. Museums that provide public services will become more and more lush in the common participation and creation of the public.
**涓涓不止，江河生** (juān juān bù zhǐ, jiāng hé shēng - "A constant trickle forms a river," continuous small efforts lead to great achievements). "Tell people the wisdom of history, inspire our national pride and self-confidence, and strengthen the confidence and determination of all the people to revitalize China and realize the Chinese dream."
Museums are like bricks and stones, building up a magnificent giant. In the long cultural context, there is a resounding and powerful footstep of an ancient nation moving towards great rejuvenation.
(Related reports are on page 8)
Return to TopBy: 本报评论员
On May 16th, the 7th National Self-Improvement Model and Advanced Worker Assisting the Disabled Commendation Conference was held in Beijing (北京). General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) issued important instructions, putting forward clear requirements for effectively guaranteeing the equal rights and interests of persons with disabilities and promoting the comprehensive development of the cause of persons with disabilities, and expressing sincere hopes for persons with disabilities to actively pursue their life dreams. This fully reflects the great importance the Party Central Committee attaches to the work related to persons with disabilities and its deep concern for persons with disabilities, and will surely further stimulate the enthusiasm of the vast number of persons with disabilities to strive for their dreams, promote the whole society to carry forward the spirit of self-improvement and assisting the disabled, and promote the high-quality development of the cause of persons with disabilities in the new era.
The cause of persons with disabilities is an important part of the cause of the Party and the country. The National Self-Improvement Model and Advanced Worker Assisting the Disabled Commendation Conference is a grand gathering for 85 million persons with disabilities and caring people from all walks of life, and also a strong witness to the development and progress of the cause of persons with disabilities in our country. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) has always been concerned about this special group of people with disabilities, making a series of important expositions and important instructions and approvals, providing fundamental guidelines for the development of the cause of persons with disabilities, leading the cause of persons with disabilities in our country to create a new situation of vigorous development, and the living conditions and mental outlook of the vast number of persons with disabilities have undergone fundamental changes, and their sense of gain, happiness, and security have been significantly enhanced.
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized that "persons with disabilities are an important force in advancing Chinese-style modernization." Accompanied by dreams and walking with the times, the vast number of persons with disabilities use tenacious struggle to turn one beautiful dream after another into reality, bravely moving forward and shining in adversity. Among the self-improvement models commended this time, some use love and care to light up the light of hope for those who become disabled midway, some have transformed from beneficiaries of poverty alleviation to leaders of rural revitalization, and some have written legends in the Paralympic Games and bloomed brilliantly on the stage... Self-improvement models are outstanding representatives of persons with disabilities, and they interpret the great national spirit and spirit of the times of 自强不息 (zì qiáng bù xī - "self-improvement never ceases," constantly striving to become stronger). On the new journey, the vast number of persons with disabilities take self-improvement models as examples, draw spiritual strength from them, bravely overcome difficulties and challenges, actively pursue their life dreams, and will surely make positive contributions to promoting Chinese-style modernization.
Helping and assisting the disabled demonstrates social civilization, and the cause of persons with disabilities requires the joint efforts and concerted promotion of the whole society. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, with the concept of equal participation and integrated development deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, various forms of civilized practice activities to help and assist the disabled have been carried out in various places and industries across the country, constantly gathering positive forces for upward and good deeds. From the close contact and enthusiastic service of the vast number of workers for persons with disabilities, striving to solve problems for persons with disabilities, to the caring people from all walks of life helping and assisting the disabled in various forms such as providing employment opportunities for persons with disabilities, improving barrier-free facilities, and carrying out volunteer services, practicing the core socialist values with practical actions... It is precisely under the care and attention of the whole society that the love and strength of helping and assisting the disabled from all walks of life gather together, promote the continuous development of the cause of persons with disabilities, let persons with disabilities feel respect and warmth, and write a new chapter in social civilization and progress.
"Further improve the social security system and care service system for persons with disabilities, effectively guarantee the equal rights and interests of persons with disabilities, and promote the comprehensive development of the cause of persons with disabilities." General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important instructions point out the direction of efforts and clarify the key points of work for promoting the development of the cause of persons with disabilities on the new journey. Party committees and governments at all levels should include the work related to persons with disabilities on their important agenda, better guarantee the equal rights and interests of persons with disabilities, promote the integrated development of persons with disabilities, and promote persons with disabilities to share the fruits of economic and social development. The whole society should carry forward the fine traditions of the Chinese nation of helping the disabled and those in need, 守望相助 (shǒu wàng xiāng zhù - "keep watch and help each other," mutual help and support), understanding, respecting, caring for, and helping persons with disabilities, and forming a good social atmosphere of "everyone is friendly and everywhere is friendly." Workers for persons with disabilities should adhere to their original aspirations and missions, continuously improve their service capabilities and levels, wholeheartedly do good deeds, do practical things, and solve difficult problems for persons with disabilities, and strive to be trustworthy and reliable confidants and close friends of persons with disabilities.
Great love knows no bounds, and good deeds have no boundaries; working together with one heart, let us go to a better future together. Let us unite more closely around the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) at its core, fully implement Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, forge ahead and dedicate ourselves, promote the comprehensive development of the cause of persons with disabilities on the new journey of Chinese-style modernization, and continuously create a happier and better life for persons with disabilities.
(Related reports can be found on page 5)
Return to TopXinhua News Agency, Beijing, May 16th (Xinhua) - On May 16th, Vice President Han Zheng (韩正) met with Douglas W. (Doug) Wagner, Chairman of the Board of Invesco, in Beijing (北京).
Han Zheng (韩正) stated that China and the United States have extensive common interests and broad space for cooperation. Recently, the Sino-US economic and trade talks have achieved substantial progress. The two countries should properly resolve differences and frictions in economic and trade cooperation through equal dialogue. China adheres to promoting high-quality development with a high level of opening up, injecting certainty into the global economy with its own stability, and will actively learn from the development experience of international capital markets to accelerate the reform of the capital market in line with China's national conditions. Invesco is a long-term participant in China's capital market. We welcome the group to continue to strengthen cooperation with China, and we also hope that the American business community will play a greater role in promoting bilateral relations and promoting common interests.
Wagner highly praised China's great development achievements, and said that Invesco and the American business community are pleased with the substantial progress made in the US-China economic and trade talks, and will continue to deeply cultivate the Chinese market and contribute to promoting US-China economic and trade cooperation.
Return to TopOn May 15th, the first unit of the China Huadian Batang Hydropower Station (华电巴塘水电站), a major project in the national "14th Five-Year Plan," was officially connected to the grid for power generation. The hydropower station is located on the main stream of the Jinsha River (金沙江) at the junction of Markam County (芒康县) in Tibet (西藏) and Batang County (巴塘县) in Sichuan (四川), with a total installed capacity of 750,000 kilowatts. After full operation, it is expected to provide 3.375 billion kilowatt-hours of clean energy annually.
Xian Ganwen (鲜敢文) and Yu Jiaoyan (禹娇艳) of this newspaper (People's Vision (人民视觉))
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 王 政
Shanxi Shuozhou's (山西朔州市) first high-speed railway, the Jida-Yuanyuan High-Speed Railway, opened on December 31, 2024. Engineering construction personnel from China Tower Corporation (中国铁塔公司) integrated the 4G and 5G network construction needs of China Telecom, China Mobile, and China Unicom into a shared solution, "synchronizing planning, design, and construction" with the main railway project. Based on 100% co-construction and sharing of communication industry resources such as transmission poles, towers, equipment rooms, and power introduction, cross-industry sharing of railway pipelines, cable troughs, and tunnels is also carried out. It took only 4 months to achieve full signal coverage of 426 base stations, 18.49 kilometers of tunnels, and five high-speed railway stations covering 56,000 square meters along the entire Shanxi (山西) section.
"As a new central enterprise established after the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the national team for communication infrastructure construction and operation, and the main force in 5G new infrastructure, China Tower Corporation (中国铁塔股份有限公司) thoroughly implements the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important instructions on the work of state-owned assets and state-owned enterprises, and regards serving and supporting the implementation of the national strategy of a strong network and digital China as the company's greatest political responsibility," said Zhang Zhiyong (张志勇), Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman of China Tower.
Co-construction and Sharing
In 2014, China Tower Corporation (中国铁塔公司) was established. At that time, China's communication industry was in a period of transition from 3G to 4G, and the phenomenon of duplicate construction of base stations was common. In some places, the base stations of different communication companies were even less than 100 meters apart.
In the 4G era, China Tower (中国铁塔) cooperated with telecom operators to start the first "sharing revolution" - coordinating resources, unified construction, sharing what can be shared, and co-building what can be co-built. In May 2015, the public communication network coverage project of Dalian (大连) Metro Line 2 in Liaoning (辽宁) was opened and put into operation. This was the first large-scale rail transit communication coverage project undertaken by China Tower (中国铁塔). The project construction took only 45 days, saving 50% of the construction cost and saving more than 20 million yuan in investment. However, the resource integration of mobile communication infrastructure in the industry was still in the primary stage of "physical sharing."
In 2017, 4G construction was in full swing, and 5G was in the experimental stage. With high 5G frequencies and dense site locations, how can we better serve the industry's construction and development? China Tower (中国铁塔) proposed the two-way open sharing of "social towers" and "communication towers," making full use of social tower pole resources to build base stations, and at the same time opening up communication tower resources to provide services to all parties in society. Since then, power towers, street light poles, and monitoring poles have been transformed into base stations, and the speed of network construction has been significantly improved.
In the past 10 years, co-construction and sharing has shifted from "passive integration" to "active creation." In 2024, when the Beijing (北京) Urban Sub-Center (城市副中心) launched the 6G experimental network construction, China Tower (中国铁塔) was already able to use the digital twin platform to call on reserve site resources such as street light poles, billboards, and traffic signal poles. The intelligent sharing ecology of "Tower" has already taken shape.
More than 95% of 5G construction projects are realized through sharing existing communication towers, street light poles, monitoring poles and other stock resources, which not only improves the speed of 5G construction, but also reduces the cost of network construction. As of the end of last year, China Tower (中国铁塔) had cumulatively undertaken more than 2.76 million 5G base stations, with indoor distribution systems covering an area of more than 12.6 billion square meters, covering more than 44,000 kilometers of high-speed rail and subway lines. The sharing rate of newly built towers has increased significantly from 14.3% to 85%, which is equivalent to building 1.2 million fewer new towers, saving 68,000 mu of land, saving the industry more than 210 billion yuan in investment, saving more than 160 billion yuan in operating costs, and reducing carbon emissions by more than 31 million tons.
Transformation and Upgrading
The sun shines brightly on Erhai Lake (洱海) in Yunnan (云南), wild ducks play in the clear lake water, and tourists from all over the world stop to take pictures by the water.
A "Skynet" built by 1,211 cameras and two drones in conjunction with big data and artificial intelligence algorithms is guarding the ecological purity of Erhai Lake (洱海) "7×24 hours."
"In the past, the speed of early warning response was slow, law enforcement in the Erhai (洱海) area was difficult at night, and illegal fishing occurred from time to time," said Yang Guoxun (杨国勋), Director of the Erhai Administration Bureau of Dali City (大理市). Since the operation of the "Cangshan Erhai (Wetland) Integrated Intelligent Supervision System" supported by China Tower (铁塔公司), 165 suspected illegal fishing cases have been discovered and intercepted, and illegal and irregular behaviors such as sewage discharge have also been greatly reduced.
Since 2019, based on the resource endowment of more than 2.1 million tower sites, China Tower (中国铁塔) has focused on promoting "one tower for multiple uses" and upgrading "communication towers" to "digital towers." High-definition cameras, radars, and sensors are added to communication towers, combined with artificial intelligence algorithms and a unified national platform, to become digital towers, and communication equipment rooms become data equipment rooms. With "tower + big data + artificial intelligence + edge computing," "keen eyes," "sensitive ears," and "smart brains" are installed for various industries, playing an important role in cultivated land protection, river and lake monitoring, and other work. As of the end of last year, China Tower (中国铁塔) had upgraded 230,000 communication towers to digital towers, helping to build a digital China.
China Tower (中国铁塔) continues to accelerate technological innovation. Based on the unique advantages of rich scenarios at medium and high points, it strengthens the algorithm research and development of medium and high point scenarios, and can provide more than 350 medium and high point algorithms, continuously serving more than 8,500 artificial intelligence analysis scenarios. Some algorithms have reached leading levels. In November last year, China Tower (中国铁塔) released the "Jingwei Large Model," a spatial governance industry large model with data parameters reaching 18 billion, to help promote the digital and intelligent upgrading of the spatial governance industry.
"The biggest difference between the current tower and the past is that it is not only a 'communication tower,' but also an integrated body of intelligent sensors, a 'digital tower,' and an important digital infrastructure, which plays an important supporting role in the digital development and digital and intelligent transformation of the economy and society," said Zhang Zhiyong (张志勇). China Tower (中国铁塔) was born because of sharing, prospers because of sharing, and should be achieved because of sharing. "We will further deepen sharing and cooperation and maximize the value of the industry's large model."
Responsibility for People's Livelihood
At 1 a.m., the 56 tunnels along the Kunyuhe Railway (昆玉河铁路) Honghe (红河) section were bustling with activity. The public network coverage project construction personnel of China Tower (中国铁塔) are using the rare "skylight" period of railway operation to carry out 5G leaky cable erection operations.
"As the Chinese section of the eastern line of the Pan-Asian Railway, the 245-kilometer-long Honghe (红河) section of the Kunyuhe Railway (昆玉河铁路) was opened to traffic in 2014. In order to allow passengers to use the 5G network, the public network coverage project undertaken by China Tower (铁塔公司) and co-constructed and shared by China Mobile, China Telecom, and China Unicom is overcoming difficulties such as short 'skylight' periods and tunnel moisture, and will complete all construction tasks in the first half of 2025," said Zhang Qizhe (张期者), General Manager of the Honghe Prefecture Branch of China Tower (中国铁塔红河州分公司).
The public network coverage of the Kunyuhe Railway (昆玉河铁路) is an epitome of China Tower's (中国铁塔) ten-year effort to build universal telecom service base stations and pave the "inclusive road" for a strong network country. From snowy plateaus to Gobi deserts, from remote mountain villages to border islands, China Tower (中国铁塔) has been working day after day for ten years to allow communication signals to cross mountains and seas and allow digital dividends to benefit people's livelihoods.
On the banks of the Qingyi River (青衣江) in Ya'an (雅安), Sichuan (四川), a 20-meter-high communication tower has 5G antennas added to the tower body and a communication equipment room on the tower base. The smart battery swap cabinet next to the tower has become an "energy supply station" for more than 300 delivery riders. Delivery rider Master Mu (穆师傅) skillfully scans the code to open the cabinet and completes the electric vehicle battery replacement in 10 seconds, "300 yuan per month for unlimited battery swaps."
In order to solve the problems of difficult, slow, and unsafe charging for delivery riders and other groups, China Tower (中国铁塔) extends the power supply capacity of base stations to society and provides low-speed electric vehicle battery swap services. It has deployed 76,000 battery swap outlets in more than 320 cities, providing more than 2 million battery swap services to 1.3 million new employment form workers every day, with a cumulative total of more than 1.9 billion battery swaps.
Through sharing, China Tower (中国铁塔) is transforming its resource endowment into more benefits for people's livelihoods: investing 8.5 billion yuan in the field of universal telecom services, building more than 70,000 telecom universal service base stations, and helping to achieve 100% network access to administrative villages and above; the battery swap business has cumulatively reduced carbon emissions by 3.3 million tons, which is equivalent to planting 150 million trees.
Zhang Zhiyong (张志勇) said that China Tower (中国铁塔) will firmly fulfill its mission and responsibility of building a strong network country and digital China, serving the national economy and people's livelihoods, continue to deepen sharing, promote the construction of digital information infrastructure, and contribute to actively empowering the high-quality development of the digital economy.
Return to TopBy: 丁怡婷
Urban renewal is linked to people's well-being and drives economic development. Recently, the "Opinions of the General Office of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the General Office of the State Council on Continuing to Promote Urban Renewal Actions" was released, clarifying the "timetable" and "roadmap" for urban renewal.
How can cities become spaces for the masses to enjoy a high quality of life?
Adhere to the "bottom line" and focus on sustainability. From updating aging pipelines and conduits to restoring urban ecosystems, safeguarding the three "bottom lines" of safety, ecology, and cultural heritage can lay a resilient foundation for a better life.
Elevate the "high line" and inject new vitality. Old factory areas "transform" into cultural and creative parks, increasing consumption; building smart cities broadens investment... The effectiveness of urban renewal actions proves that promoting business upgrades, industrial transformation, and service quality improvement will continuously open up new spaces for expanding domestic demand and urban development.
Adhere to the "baseline" and implement planned actions. Formulate special plans based on urban physical examination and evaluation results, and avoid "vanity projects" and "image projects"... To achieve tangible results in urban renewal, adhering to planning guidance is essential to avoid detours.
There is a "way" to urban renewal, which ultimately boils down to "everything focusing on benefiting the people, facilitating the people, and ensuring the safety of the people." By responding to the needs of the masses and expanding development space, our cities will be more vibrant and more livable.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 龚 鸣 徐 馨 刘仲华
Recently, Chinese President Xi Jinping (习近平) replied to a letter from the head of the China-Denmark Chamber of Commerce, encouraging the China-Denmark Chamber of Commerce and its member companies to make new contributions to enhancing China-Denmark and China-Europe friendship and deepening mutually beneficial cooperation, which has aroused enthusiastic responses in all sectors of Denmark. In interviews with reporters from this newspaper, the head of the China-Denmark Chamber of Commerce, representatives of Danish companies, and others stated that President Xi Jinping's (习近平) reply has strengthened their confidence in cooperation with China. They are willing to continue to cultivate the Chinese market, expand cooperation space, play a bridging role in China-Denmark exchanges, and promote mutual benefit and win-win results for both sides.
"Mutual understanding and trust are the foundation of mutually beneficial and friendly cooperation between Denmark and China."
"It is a great honor for me to receive a reply from President Xi Jinping (习近平) amidst his busy schedule. From the reply, I felt President Xi Jinping's (习近平) affirmation and encouragement for my personal work and the work of the Chamber of Commerce." After receiving the reply, Simon Lichtenberg (西蒙·利希滕贝格) (Chinese name Li Ximeng (李曦萌)), the national founding president of the China-Denmark Chamber of Commerce, shared his excitement with reporters at the first time.
Recently, Li Ximeng (李曦萌) wrote to President Xi Jinping (习近平) in his personal name and on behalf of the Chamber of Commerce, congratulating the 75th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Denmark, and expressing his willingness to continue to deepen cooperation with China. He said: "This year is the 75th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Denmark and China. I think this is a good opportunity to tell President Xi Jinping (习近平) my personal development story in China and the story of cooperation between the two countries' enterprises."
President Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out in his reply that he felt your deep affection for China and the confidence of Danish companies in China in China's future development from the letter, and I appreciate this.
"I have lived in China for more than 30 years. My home is in China, and my career is also in China. I can speak Chinese and I love Chinese culture. I am very touched that President Xi Jinping (习近平) said 'felt your deep affection for China'," said Li Ximeng (李曦萌). In 1987, after graduating from high school, he came to China and became a foreign student at Fudan University (复旦大学). In 1995, he established the Trendson Group in Shanghai (上海), active in the field of China-Denmark economic, trade and investment cooperation. He is also enthusiastic about public welfare activities, helping the development of rural education in China.
As the national founding president of the China-Denmark Chamber of Commerce, Li Ximeng (李曦萌) has a deep understanding of the "bridging role" mentioned by President Xi Jinping (习近平) in his reply. He said that currently, more than 500 Danish companies have invested in more than 1,300 projects in China. The Chamber of Commerce not only actively reflects the demands of member companies in China to the Chinese government, but also puts forward opinions and suggestions to the Danish side, building a bridge of communication between the two sides and enhancing understanding and trust. "President Xi Jinping's (习近平) reply made me feel a great responsibility. I believe that mutual understanding and trust are the foundation of mutually beneficial and friendly cooperation between Denmark and China. The China-Denmark Chamber of Commerce will continue to work hard as always, actively play a bridging role, and promote better cooperation between the two countries."
In recent years, President Xi Jinping (习近平) has carried out friendly work with people from all countries through replies and congratulatory letters. In 2024 alone, there were more than 30 "letter diplomacy". "I am very honored to be one of the foreigners who received a reply. President Xi Jinping (习近平) attaches great importance to exchanges with foreign people, which has a great encouragement and driving effect on enhancing friendship between the Chinese and foreign people," said Li Ximeng (李曦萌). He will treasure the original reply at home and copy and distribute it to the various branches of the China-Denmark Chamber of Commerce to encourage everyone in their future work.
"Further strengthens our long-term commitment to the Chinese market."
President Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out that China was, is, and will inevitably be an ideal, safe, and promising investment destination for foreign businesses. Believing in China is believing in tomorrow, and investing in China is investing in the future.
Li Ximeng (李曦萌) deeply agrees with this. He introduced that Trendson Group has witnessed the historical process and great achievements of China's reform and opening up. Since its establishment, the group's main business has shifted from import-oriented to local manufacturing and then to export, and it is now one of the world's largest manufacturers and retailers of upholstered furniture. "I have witnessed the continuous improvement of China's business environment, the continuous improvement of the commercial legal system, the continuous expansion of the manufacturing scale, and the continuous reduction of the negative list for market access... This process has a large span, a fast speed, and is exciting," said Li Ximeng (李曦萌). He is optimistic about the potential of the Chinese market. Since 2019, he has introduced a number of foreign-funded enterprises to Shanghai (上海), sharing China's development opportunities and injecting impetus into regional economic development.
"President Xi Jinping's (习近平) reply has greatly encouraged us. China will be a fertile ground for our continued investment and cultivation," said Ulrik Gernow, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Grundfos Group. China is promoting green transformation at an amazing speed, and the new momentum brought about by this has doubled Grundfos' confidence in investing in China. Last year, Grundfos' high-end manufacturing project in Changshu (常熟), Jiangsu (江苏), with a total investment of US$100 million, was officially put into production. Ulrik himself was also hired as an expert consultant at the China Energy Economics Research Institute. He said: "Grundfos will continue to play a bridging role and strive to promote the sharing of experience and cooperation between Denmark and China in green transformation."
Jesper Halle, a partner at the Danish Professional Directors Association, lived in Shanghai (上海) for 17 years, engaging in commercial and business diplomacy. He believes that the statement "investing in China is investing in the future" fully demonstrates the potential of the Chinese market. China not only has a huge market size and consumer base, but also leads in key technology fields such as artificial intelligence, robotics, and energy storage. These areas are of great strategic importance to Europe and Denmark. Denmark has advantages in green technology, life sciences, and sustainable food, and the two sides can carry out mutually beneficial and win-win cooperation.
"President Xi Jinping's (习近平) reply shows us that Denmark and China are continuously promoting cooperation and exchanges with concrete actions," said Xu Yang, President of Danfoss China. In 2024, Danfoss' related businesses in China, such as data centers, semiconductors, ships, and energy storage, all achieved strong growth. This is a true reflection of the complementary advantages and mutually beneficial cooperation between the two countries' enterprises. "China is promoting high-quality development and cultivating new quality productive forces. China's huge market opportunities and continuously improving innovation environment have strengthened our confidence and determination to deeply cultivate the Chinese market."
"Maersk has been serving China's foreign trade for a century, and China remains one of our most important markets," said Yan Ci, Chief Representative of Maersk Group in North Asia. Maersk is committed to promoting the energy transition of the shipping and logistics industry and actively cooperating with Chinese partners to explore new marine fuel solutions. Maersk has signed a procurement agreement with Chinese company Goldwind Technology for 500,000 tons of green methanol per year, which is expected to be supplied from 2026. "China has the potential to become a global production center for green marine fuels. Maersk will continue to explore opportunities for cooperation with China in sustainable logistics, green supply chains, and renewable energy."
Zhou Xiaoping, Senior Vice President of Novo Nordisk Global, said that over the past 30 years in China, Chinese factories and research and development centers have become an important part of Novo Nordisk's global production and research and development network, and also a key link in the global value chain. In 2024, Novo Nordisk announced an investment of approximately 4 billion yuan to expand its production facilities in China. "China continues to promote opening up to the outside world, which has further strengthened our long-term commitment to the Chinese market. We will work with our partners to promote joint innovation and help achieve the Healthy China goal."
"Seeking common ground while reserving differences, continuous cooperation and open exchanges will benefit both sides."
President Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized in his reply that he hopes that the China-Denmark Chamber of Commerce and its member companies will continue to play a bridging role between China and Denmark and between China and Europe, and contribute to enhancing mutual understanding and friendship between China and Denmark and between China and Europe, and deepening mutually beneficial cooperation between the two sides.
"President Xi Jinping's (习近平) reply conveyed a strong signal that China will continue to deepen economic and trade relations with Denmark. This is crucial on the 75th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries," said Halle. As an open economy, Denmark values active and constructive dialogue and welcomes further measures to strengthen commercial and cultural exchanges between China and Denmark. "We should strengthen communication with China, 求同存异 (qiú tóng cún yì - "seek common ground while reserving differences," to seek common ground on major issues while reserving differences on minor ones), continuous cooperation and open exchanges will benefit both sides."
Danish entrepreneur Kjeld Munkholm has been engaged in China-Denmark and Europe-China trade in China for a long time. He is also a member of the European Tourism Investment and Development Promotion Committee, actively promoting cooperation between Europe and China in trade, sustainable development, education and innovation. "I have lived in China for 26 years and witnessed China's development. China has made admirable progress in manufacturing, infrastructure, and green technology," he said. He said that he will continue to build bridges between European and Chinese enterprises, institutions and people, so that the relationship between the two sides will be stronger, more resilient and more influential.
Since establishing its first brewery in China in 1995, Carlsberg's business in China has continued to develop, and it now has 27 breweries and more than 6,800 employees. Carlsberg Group CEO Jacob Aarup-Andersen expressed his heartfelt congratulations on the 75th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Denmark and China. He said that Carlsberg's success in China shows that "whether it is a country or a company, the establishment of long-term partnerships depends on finding consensus and creating common value, which requires trust, dialogue, and cooperation between the two sides. In the face of an increasingly complex international situation, strong diplomatic relations and open trade relations are more important than ever. This is not only about business development, but more importantly, building bridges between different peoples and different cultures."
"State of Green", a Danish non-profit public-private partnership, is committed to sharing Denmark's green transformation experience and promoting international cooperation. Finn Mortensen, Executive Director of the organization, said that the 75th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Denmark and China is an important milestone in the relations between the two countries. "State of Green" has been deeply involved in the field of sustainable development and has worked closely with Danish companies in China. Last year, it received dozens of Chinese delegations in Denmark. "Denmark and China have a strong interest in promoting green development cooperation, and we look forward to continuing and deepening this valuable cooperation."
Jasper Skov, publisher and CEO of the Danish newspaper "Copenhagen Post", said that with the continuous improvement of China's business environment, he believes that more and more Danish companies will choose to continue to invest and develop in China. "Copenhagen Post" hopes to strengthen cooperation with Chinese media such as People's Daily (人民日报) to promote media transformation and jointly tell the story of China-Denmark cooperation.
(Beijing (北京), Berlin (柏林), May 16th, this newspaper)
Return to TopBuilding the "Belt and Road" Initiative stands on the right side of history, conforms to the logic of the progress of the times, and follows the right path for humanity.
The Advisory Council for the "Belt and Road" International Cooperation Summit Forum 2025 meeting was held on May 15 in Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province (浙江省宁波市). The Advisory Council conducted in-depth discussions on the theme of "High-Quality Joint Construction of the 'Belt and Road,' Building an Open, Inclusive, Interconnected, and Common Development World." Currently, unilateralism and protectionism are clearly on the rise, and global development faces many challenges. The joint construction of the "Belt and Road" adheres to the principles of joint consultation, joint construction, and sharing, continuously expanding cooperation fields, expanding cooperation scope, and improving cooperation levels, helping to create a magnificent picture of connecting the world and sharing beauty.
In the first quarter, China's (中国) imports and exports to countries jointly building the "Belt and Road" increased by 2.2% year-on-year; in April, the key control project of the China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railway (中吉乌铁路) broke ground; in May, Colombia (哥伦比亚) officially joined the big family of high-quality joint construction of the "Belt and Road"... A series of remarkable progress in the first half of this year reflects the solid pace of high-quality joint construction of the "Belt and Road" continuously deepening and becoming more practical. Since the "Belt and Road" Initiative was proposed in 2013, China (中国) has signed more than 200 cooperation documents on jointly building the "Belt and Road" with more than 150 countries and more than 30 international organizations. China-Europe Railway Express (中欧班列), China-Laos Railway (中老铁路), Western Land-Sea New Passage (西部陆海新通道), and a large number of other iconic brands, projects, or programs have brought new opportunities for common development; Luban Workshops (鲁班工坊), "Brightness Action" ("光明行"), Juncao technology (菌草技术), hybrid rice (杂交水稻), artemisinin (青蒿素) and other "small and beautiful" livelihood projects continue to benefit developing countries and generate broad economic and social effects. The participating committee members stated that the "Belt and Road" Initiative proposed by President Xi Jinping (习近平) injects stability into global development and is an important opportunity to promote world economic growth and promote global common prosperity. The world is increasingly clearly seeing that the joint construction of the "Belt and Road" pursues development, advocates win-win cooperation, and conveys hope.
As the world enters a new period of turbulence and change, the dregs of anti-globalization and protectionism are resurfacing. The high-quality joint construction of the "Belt and Road" demonstrates strong resilience, vigorous vitality, and broad development prospects. Facing new situations and new challenges, the high-quality joint construction of the "Belt and Road" insists on cooperation in openness and win-win cooperation, advocates that all countries share opportunities, meet challenges together, and create prosperity together, and continues to contribute to promoting global open cooperation and improving global economic governance. Creating a "Silk Road E-Commerce" cooperation pioneer zone, negotiating and signing free trade agreements and investment protection agreements with more countries, comprehensively abolishing foreign investment access restrictions in the manufacturing sector, and expanding market access for digital products... China (中国) announced eight actions to support the high-quality joint construction of the "Belt and Road," one of which is to support the construction of an open world economy. The participating committee members stated that co-building countries should safeguard common interests and international fairness and justice, maintain the multilateral trading system and international economic order, maintain multilateralism and free trade, improve the level of trade and investment liberalization and facilitation, strengthen regional free trade arrangements, and promote regional integration.
Digital economy and artificial intelligence cooperation is one of the important topics of this meeting. At present, the world economy's digitalization, greening, and intelligentization processes are accelerating, accumulating momentum for the re-acceleration of economic globalization. The joint construction of the "Belt and Road" conforms to the general laws and trends of world economic, technological, industrial, and social development, and strengthens cooperation in new fields such as digital and green, and cultivates new growth points. Promoting the establishment of the "Belt and Road" Green Development International Alliance, launching the "Belt and Road" International Science Organizations Alliance, jointly formulating and implementing the "China-Africa Digital Innovation Partnership Program" with African countries, and holding the China-Latin America Science and Technology Innovation Forum... China (中国) is strengthening digital economy and artificial intelligence cooperation with all parties, supporting capacity building in the Global South, and working together to ride the express train of the digital economy and green development, comprehensively promoting the high-quality development of the joint construction of the "Belt and Road."
Practice has proven that building the "Belt and Road" Initiative stands on the right side of history, conforms to the logic of the progress of the times, and follows the right path for humanity. China (中国) looks forward to working hand in hand with co-building countries to continuously expand new spaces for win-win development that are at a higher level, more resilient, and more sustainable, and continuously inject new impetus into building a community with a shared future for mankind.
Return to Top(People's Daily, Beijing, May 16) (Reporter Li Xinyi (李欣怡)) A spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (外交部) announced on the 16th: At the invitation of World Health Organization (世界卫生组织) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (谭德塞) and the governments of Switzerland (瑞士) and Belarus (白俄罗斯), Liu Guozhong (刘国中), member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee (中共中央政治局委员) and Vice Premier of the State Council (国务院副总理), will travel to Geneva (日内瓦), Switzerland (瑞士) from May 18th to 23rd to attend the 78th World Health Assembly (第七十八届世界卫生大会) and pay a visit to Switzerland (瑞士). He will then visit Belarus (白俄罗斯) and co-chair the sixth meeting of the China-Belarus Intergovernmental Cooperation Committee (中白政府间合作委员会) .
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 张朋辉
Peace Bridge (和平桥), Ulaanbaatar Central Stadium (乌兰巴托中央体育场), Department Store (百货大楼), Ulaanbaatar Hotel (乌兰巴托饭店), Nalaikh Highway (纳来哈公路), National Sports Palace (国家体育馆)... In the video, one Chinese aid project in Mongolia after another appeared on the screen, and warm applause rang out from time to time. The Chinese Embassy in Mongolia recently held a reception to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the arrival of Chinese aid workers in Mongolia. The documentary "Friendship Across the Century - A Chronicle of Chinese Aid to Mongolia" was played at the event. The guests jointly recalled the friendship between China and Mongolia and looked forward to a new chapter in cooperation between the two countries.
In the 1950s and 1960s, at the request of the Mongolian side, China sent more than 27,000 aid workers to Mongolia to support Mongolia's construction. On May 8, 1955, the first group of Chinese aid workers arrived in Ulaanbaatar (乌兰巴托). Chinese aid workers built more than 850 projects in 18 provinces and regions of Mongolia. Many of the projects built by Chinese aid workers have become well-known landmark buildings and infrastructure for the Mongolian people, and are deeply integrated into the daily lives of local residents. For example, the Ulaanbaatar Central Stadium (乌兰巴托中央体育场) was built in 1958 and can accommodate approximately 15,000 people (see photo, taken in 1958, courtesy of the National Archives of Mongolia). It is still the venue for the annual Mongolian National Day Naadam celebration and has made important contributions to the training of Mongolian athletes.
"When I was a child, I played in the gymnasium built with Chinese aid. The Peace Bridge (和平桥) still plays an important role. The Department Store (百货大楼) is the most beautiful shopping mall in Ulaanbaatar (乌兰巴托)... These beautiful buildings carry the good memories of the Mongolian people. We should cherish and make good use of these buildings and inherit the spirit of the aid workers," said former Mongolian President Nambaryn Enkhbayar (恩赫巴亚尔).
The Peace Bridge (和平桥) officially opened to traffic in 1958 and is still an important transportation hub connecting the north and south of Ulaanbaatar (乌兰巴托). Ro. Sanjmyatav (罗·桑吉米特布), 88, is a photographer who witnessed the grand opening of the Peace Bridge (和平桥) and captured the scene of the enthusiastic celebration in his camera. "This bridge greatly facilitated the travel of citizens. The opening ceremony attracted a large number of Ulaanbaatar (乌兰巴托) residents to celebrate together. I still remember the scene of the Chinese workers working hard back then," said Sanjmyatav (桑吉米特布).
Gong. Dorjnamjil (贡·道尔吉纳木吉勒), a meritorious acrobat of Mongolia, once assisted Chinese workers in their work. He said, "As soon as the Chinese workers got off the train, they took trucks to various construction sites. They were very dedicated and responsible, and left us with many high-quality projects."
Amgalan (阿木格楞), a representative of the Ulaanbaatar (乌兰巴托) Municipal Government, said, "Chinese construction workers worked hard and selflessly, providing important assistance to Mongolia's modernization." Nayanbayar (那彦巴亚尔), the governor of Nalaikh District (纳来哈区) in Ulaanbaatar (乌兰巴托), said, "The important industrial and mining enterprises and infrastructure construction in Nalaikh (纳来哈) are inseparable from China's support. Chinese construction workers have done a lot of basic work for the development of Nalaikh (纳来哈). We should remember their contributions."
"Chinese construction workers have made important contributions to the construction of Mongolia and left many good stories. We express our sincerest gratitude to them, and their spirit will never be extinguished," said Monkhtushig (蒙赫图希格), State Secretary of the Mongolian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The people of Mongolia and China have always helped each other, which has not only tightened the emotional ties between the two peoples, but also set an example for international cooperation.
"What the Chinese aid workers built in Mongolia is not just buildings and roads, but also a bridge connecting the hearts of the Chinese and Mongolian people," said Shen Minjuan (沈敏娟), Chinese Ambassador to Mongolia. "China will focus on building a community with a shared future in the neighborhood, carry forward the spirit of the aid workers, inherit the friendship between China and Mongolia, deepen strategic alignment and pragmatic cooperation, and bring more benefits to the people of the two countries."
(Ulaanbaatar (乌兰巴托) report from this newspaper)
Return to TopBy: 亨弗里·阿纳尔多·拉塞尔
In the past, we won freedom through unity; now, on the road to unity and self-reliance for the Global South, we should continue to work together.
This year marks the 70th anniversary of the Bandung Conference, an important opportunity to review history and contemplate the future. For the vast number of Asian and African countries, commemorating the Bandung Conference is to further stimulate the spirit of unity and cooperation.
The Bandung Conference was a great milestone in world history. In the past, we won freedom through unity; now, on the road to unity and self-reliance for the Global South, we should continue to work together. Since 1955, the Bandung Spirit has always guided mutual support and close cooperation among developing countries. China made outstanding contributions at the Bandung Conference. Premier Zhou Enlai (周恩来) actively advocated that countries resolve differences through dialogue and consultation with his superb political wisdom and outstanding diplomatic skills, and further formed the Bandung Spirit of unity, friendship, and cooperation on the basis of the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence, making an irreplaceable contribution to the success of the conference.
Promoting the Bandung Spirit has important practical significance in the current global situation. The world still faces many challenges such as war, conflict, refugee problems, poverty, and food shortages, and the voice of the Global South in the international system still needs to be improved. All parties should continue to promote and practice the Ten Principles of the Bandung Conference, adhere to peaceful coexistence, non-interference in internal affairs, equality and mutual benefit, constantly enrich the Bandung Spirit with new connotations of the times, and promote the establishment of a more just and reasonable international order. At present, the Non-Aligned Movement, "BRICS Plus" cooperation, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, and other organizations are constantly developing, demonstrating the positive trend of the Global South strengthening unity and cooperation.
At the Bandung Conference, Asian and African leaders bravely spoke out, condemning the injustice of colonialism and imperialism. Today's world faces new challenges, and the protectionist policies pursued by individual countries have had a negative impact on the stability of the global industrial chain and supply chain and world economic growth. Adhering to the promotion of the Bandung Spirit and strengthening unity and cooperation are of great significance for all parties to jointly safeguard the multilateral trading system today.
China has always been an active advocate of the Bandung Spirit and an important force in maintaining peace. In July 2024, high-level representatives of 14 Palestinian factions held reconciliation talks in Beijing (北京) and signed the "Beijing Declaration on Ending Division and Strengthening Palestinian National Unity" (关于结束分裂加强巴勒斯坦民族团结的北京宣言). China played a key role in this process, demonstrating its firm commitment to maintaining peace. In the cooperation between Indonesia and China, I have also seen a vivid embodiment of the Bandung Spirit. The two sides have carried out close cooperation within the framework of jointly building the "Belt and Road" initiative. As a flagship project of high-quality joint construction of the "Belt and Road" between the two countries, the Jakarta-Bandung High-Speed Railway (雅万高铁) has significantly improved the travel experience of the Indonesian people. I recently took the Jakarta-Bandung High-Speed Railway and personally experienced the convenience brought by this modern infrastructure. Indonesia's formal accession to the BRICS countries and its decision to join the New Development Bank also reflect Indonesia's firm determination to actively practice the Bandung Spirit and commit to promoting unity and cooperation among developing countries.
The Bandung Spirit is also reflected in the current ASEAN-China cooperation. This cooperative relationship is based on the principles of equality, mutual benefit, and common development, which is highly consistent with the Bandung Spirit. Within the framework of jointly building the "Belt and Road" initiative, ASEAN countries and China have strengthened cooperation in infrastructure construction, trade facilitation, and cultural exchanges, and more and more people have directly benefited from the cooperation.
No matter how times change, the Bandung Spirit of unity, friendship, and cooperation remains as fresh as ever. The younger generation of the Global South should inherit and actively promote the Bandung Spirit and contribute to building a more just, reasonable, and truly beneficial international order for all mankind.
(The author is the Director of the ASEAN-China Study Center at the University of Indonesia)
Return to TopBeijing, May 16th (Reporter Li Xinyi (李欣怡)) A spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (外交部) announced on the 16th: At the invitation of Igor Komarov (卡马罗夫), Plenipotentiary Representative of the President of the Russian Federation in the Volga Federal District, and Yury Trutnev (特鲁特涅夫), Deputy Prime Minister of Russia and Plenipotentiary Representative of the President in the Far Eastern Federal District, Zhang Guoqing (张国清), Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee (中共中央政治局), Vice Premier of the State Council (国务院), will visit Russia from May 19th to 22nd to hold the Fifth Meeting of the Cooperation Council between the China's Yangtze River (长江) Mid-Upper Reaches and the Russian Volga Federal District, and a meeting between the two chairmen of the Intergovernmental Cooperation Committee between Northeast China (中国东北地区) and the Russian Far East (俄罗斯远东地区).
Return to TopXinhua News Agency, Beijing, May 16th. On May 16th, Wang Dongming (王东明), Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress and Chairman of the All-China Federation of Trade Unions, met in Beijing with the main representatives of trade unions from various countries attending the SCO (Shanghai Cooperation Organisation) trade union leaders' meeting. They exchanged views on deepening solidarity and cooperation, working together to address risks and challenges, jointly safeguarding the legitimate rights and interests of workers, and enhancing the well-being of workers.
Return to Top*Ningbo*, May 15th (People's Daily reporters Gu Chun (顾春) and Liu Junguo (刘军国)) The Advisory Council for the Belt and Road International Cooperation Summit Forum 2025 Meeting was held in Ningbo (宁波), Zhejiang Province (浙江省) on May 15th. Centered on the theme of "High-Quality Joint Construction of the 'Belt and Road,' Building an Open, Inclusive, Interconnected, and Co-Development World," the Advisory Council conducted in-depth discussions on topics such as "Belt and Road" international cooperation, trade and investment liberalization and facilitation, and digital economy and artificial intelligence cooperation.
The members stated that the "Belt and Road" Initiative proposed by President Xi Jinping (习近平) injects stability into global development and is an important opportunity to promote world economic growth and global common prosperity. Under the current situation, it is necessary to vigorously promote the high-quality joint construction of the "Belt and Road," focusing on high-quality infrastructure and industrial cooperation, building a three-dimensional interconnected network, and strengthening the construction of the Green Silk Road and the Digital Silk Road. Co-building countries should safeguard common interests and international fairness and justice, maintain the multilateral trading system and the international economic order, maintain multilateralism and free trade, improve the level of trade and investment liberalization and facilitation, strengthen regional free trade arrangements, and promote regional integration. Strengthen digital economy and artificial intelligence cooperation within the "Belt and Road" framework to support capacity building in the Global South.
Return to TopThis newspaper reported from Beijing on May 15th (Reporter Li Anqi (李安琪)) The Global South Research Center recently held an online seminar on "Maintaining the Multilateral Trading System and Jointly Promoting the Cooperative Development of the Global South." Executive Director Correa of the South Centre, Coleman, head of the Economic Forecasting Division of the World Trade Organization, and many other representatives of international organizations, experts, and scholars attended. The seminar focused on the impact of unilateral measures on the multilateral trading system, the impact on economic growth in the world, especially in the countries of the Global South, and the international community and the Global South jointly responding to unilateral measures and other topics for in-depth discussion.
Return to TopThe People's Daily, Beijing, May 16th (Reporter Wang Jue (王珏)) Local time, May 16th, the National Cultural Heritage Administration received the silk manuscripts *Wu Xing Ling* and *Gong Shou Zhan* from the Chu Silk Manuscript (Zidanku Silk Manuscript) returned by the Smithsonian National Museum of Asian Art at the Chinese Embassy in the United States.
The Chu Silk Manuscript (Zidanku Silk Manuscript) is the only silk manuscript unearthed from the Warring States period, and it is also the earliest Chinese silk manuscript and the first ancient book in the sense of classics discovered so far. *Wu Xing Ling* and *Gong Shou Zhan* will be exhibited at the "Homeward Bound: Achievements in the Repatriation of Cultural Relics in the New Era" exhibition to be held at the National Museum of China (中国国家博物馆) in July.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 韩 鑫
Following the release of the "China-U.S. Geneva Trade Talks Joint Statement," what is the situation on the front lines of foreign trade? Reporters interviewed some foreign trade enterprises, freight forwarding platforms, and ports in Zhejiang.
On the morning of May 16, in Cixi City (慈溪市), Ningbo (宁波), Zhejiang Province (浙江省), the fully automatic refrigerator production workshop of Handian Electric Appliance (韩电电器) was running at full capacity. After processes such as trimming, bending, and punching, multiple models of refrigerators were quickly rolled off the production line, loaded onto trucks, and dispatched.
"On the day the statement was released, our American customers immediately contacted us, hoping to schedule production and shipment. In the past few days, the production line has been operating at full capacity," said Wang Jianming (王建明), the company's foreign trade director.
Previously, affected by the U.S.'s abuse of tariffs, Handian's business with the U.S. had been put on "pause." Currently, the company's business with the U.S. has restarted, and the customer placed an additional supplementary order a few days ago, worth more than $2 million.
A hundred kilometers away, the workshop of Yangmings Metal Products Co., Ltd. (杨明斯金属制品有限公司) in Huzhou City (湖州市) was busy with production. This foreign trade enterprise, which mainly deals in vehicle toolboxes, has nearly 80% of its exports to the United States, and its production has been significantly affected in the past half month. Zhang Jiayu (张佳瑜), the company's general manager, said, "American customers who previously returned goods have planned to place orders again and are negotiating the proportion of tariff sharing."
The rebound in orders has also added fuel to the shipping market. A "restocking" wave is surging across the ocean, and there is a "爆单" (bào dān - "exploding orders," a sudden surge in orders) in U.S. ocean freight.
On the smart logistics screen of Ningbo Port Southeast Logistics Group (宁波港东南物流集团), indicators such as booking volume, sea freight rates, and trailer arrangements are being updated in real time.
"Less than 24 hours after the statement was released, the booking volume for U.S. routes experienced an explosive increase, with the number of containers rising from single digits to nearly 4,000," said Wu Hui (吴慧), general manager of the U.S. route at Southeast Logistics Group. The backlog of orders was concentratedly replenished in a short period of time, leading to a significant rebound in shipping space bookings. "Shipowners are urgently adjusting vessels to the North American route. As capacity gradually recovers in an orderly manner, the '一舱难求' (yī cāng nán qiú - "difficult to get a cabin," extreme shortage of shipping space) situation will gradually ease."
"The volume of goods entering the warehouse this week has increased significantly. Based on customs declaration and other processes, it is expected that the business volume will increase rapidly starting next week," Wang Min (王敏), business director of Ningbo Longxing Logistics Co., Ltd. (宁波龙星物流有限公司), told reporters.
As an export LCL customs supervision warehouse, the company's shipments to the United States account for nearly half of its business volume. "American customers generally '囤单' (tún dān - "hoard orders," stockpiling orders), and foreign trade companies are '抢单' (qiǎng dān - "grab orders," competing for orders). It is expected that in the next three months, the export volume of goods to the United States will increase by 20% on the original basis," said Wang Min.
"From booking and container loading to shipment, it is expected that the port will usher in a peak shipping period in late May and early June, and it will last for some time," said the relevant person in charge of Ningbo Zhoushan Port Group (宁波舟山港集团). They will continue to actively coordinate with all parties to increase the number of U.S. routes and cabins, strive to digest the U.S. export demand, and do a good job in ensuring smooth flow.
"In recent years, Handian has been working hard to deploy more overseas markets, and its dependence on the U.S. market has gradually decreased," Wang Jianming (王建明) said frankly.
Regarding the future, Zhang Jiayu (张佳瑜) said: "We must withstand challenges when they come, and seize opportunities when they arise. We hope that everything will go smoothly in the future. On the one hand, we will actively grab the current orders; on the other hand, we must also be fully prepared ideologically to expand the long-term market."
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 林丽鹂
The State Administration for Market Regulation (市场监管总局) recently released the results of the 2024 "Small and Micro Enterprise Quality Certification Improvement Action," showing that small and micro enterprises participating in the improvement action saw an average annual revenue increase of 9.7%, an average sales increase of 14.2%, an average profit margin increase of 8.0%, and an average quality cost decrease of 5.8%.
What quality problems do small and micro enterprises encounter in their production and operation? What tools are in the "Quality Certification Toolbox"? How can we help small and micro enterprises improve quality and efficiency and enhance their competitiveness?
A "Welding Point"
Leveraging Quality Competitiveness Improvement
"The 'welding point' is always difficult to control when manually welding the lifting platform of the lifter." Song Jizhong (宋吉忠) is the head of an auto maintenance equipment company in Yingkou (营口市), Liaoning (辽宁) Province, and he has been in this industry for nearly 30 years.
Lifters are widely used in the field of automobile repair and maintenance. After the steel plate of the lifter platform is cut, it needs to be multi-point welded. The welding position is mostly at the bending part under the table surface. Manual welding not only has certain safety hazards, but also has poor stability.
Yingkou (营口) City, Liaoning (辽宁) Province, gathers a group of small and micro enterprises in the automobile maintenance equipment industry. The "welding point" is a common "bottleneck" restricting their development. Under the "one-on-one" assistance of certification experts at the local quality infrastructure "one-stop" service center, Song Jizhong (宋吉忠) repeatedly communicated and practiced, introduced an intelligent production line for lifters, and solved the problem of unstable welding process through automated production.
"Experts understood our needs for quality improvement, helped us sort out quality shortcomings, and guided us to use certification methods to continuously improve the production process. After the company passed ISO9001 quality management system certification, the product quality reached the international advanced level," said Song Jizhong (宋吉忠). In Yingkou (营口), there are more than 70 auto maintenance companies that have passed relevant quality certifications, and the export earnings exceeded 200 million US dollars in 2024.
The "Quality Certification Toolbox" focuses on problems and achieves precise assistance. Local market supervision departments have identified common quality problems faced by small and micro enterprises, and provide personalized and customized quality technical services with quality certification as the traction, and have cumulatively helped small and micro enterprises solve 38,000 quality problems, guiding enterprises to accurately grasp key control points of quality management.
According to statistics, 468 certification institutions across the country have implemented precise assistance to more than 54,000 small and micro enterprises, reducing or waiving certification fees of 38.76 million yuan, and providing free training to 1.925 million people from 649,000 small and micro enterprises.
Some regions also have problems such as not accurately grasping the quality shortcomings and improvement needs of small and micro enterprises, and the need to improve personalized certification service plans and continuous assistance models. Relevant负责人 (fù zé rén - "person in charge") of the Certification Supervision Department (认证监管司) of the State Administration for Market Regulation (市场监管总局) suggested that, focusing on the development needs of small and micro enterprises, local industries, especially export-oriented enterprises and export-oriented industries, we should continuously innovate certification technologies and methods, improve the accuracy of services, and promote measurable and perceptible quality certification services.
A "Industrial Chain"
Driving the Extension of Quality Management Models
"The localization rate of core components in the high-end CNC machine tool industry chain is only 50%, the product return rate is high, and the overall measurement level is lagging behind." Peng Qiuyang (彭秋阳), director of the Quality Assurance Department of Guangzhou Haozhi Electromechanical Co., Ltd. (广州市昊志机电股份有限公司) in Guangdong (广东) Province, bluntly stated when communicating with the local market supervision department, "This is the 'core disease' of China's high-end CNC machine tool industry being strangled by foreign countries."
In order to solve this "core disease," the company, as the "chain owner," sent a technical team to work with quality certification experts and upstream and downstream enterprises in the industrial chain to jointly establish a "High-Performance Electric Spindle Joint Technology Innovation Center" to focus on tackling technical problems such as precision testing and reliability of machine tool electric spindle systems, effectively solving the reliability problems of products under complex working conditions, and realizing the quality linkage improvement of the industrial chain and the localization substitution of core components.
"By giving play to the leading role of 'chain owner' enterprises, strengthening quality control and linkage cultivation of small and micro enterprises on the chain, key indicators such as electric spindle accuracy have achieved new breakthroughs, driving the domestic production rate of bearings on the industrial chain from 50% to 95%, and the return rate has been significantly reduced, reaching the international advanced level," said Peng Qiuyang (彭秋阳).
The "Quality Certification Toolbox" focuses on the overall situation and promotes chain-style assistance. Localities actively guide industrial clusters to give play to their scale advantages, establish a linkage cultivation mechanism for upstream and downstream enterprises in the industrial chain, encourage "chain owner" enterprises to take the lead in forming a joint quality technology innovation consortium, support industry organizations such as "innovation consortiums" and "small and micro alliances" to carry out joint technology research on common quality technologies in the industrial chain, and promote advanced quality concepts and quality management models to extend to both ends of the industrial chain.
Some enterprises need to improve their quality management awareness and ability level. The main负责人 (fù zé rén - "person in charge") of some small and micro enterprises do not pay enough attention to quality management, the investment in quality management is generally insufficient, there is a lack of quality management talents, and the internal drive to cultivate core competitiveness through quality improvement is insufficient.
Li Yanfu (李彦夫), Dean of the Institute of Quality and Reliability of Tsinghua University (清华大学), suggested that we should enhance the quality certification awareness of enterprises, encourage certification institutions and quality experts to carry out public welfare training on quality management for the main负责人 (fù zé rén - "person in charge") of small and micro enterprises, guide enterprises to increase investment in quality management, and enhance the internal drive to use quality certification tools to promote the high-quality development of enterprises. It is also necessary to promote the mutual recognition of certification results between upstream and downstream of the industrial chain to promote the strengthening of the chain, the extension of the chain, and the stability of the chain.
A "Credit Card"
Improving Financing Convenience
"Our company has won many production and construction projects, which is originally a happy thing, but the project start-up requires a lot of working capital support, and the own funds cannot meet the needs in the short term, and the project faces the risk of loss," said Chen Yanfeng (陈彦峰), the head of Henan Haoli Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd. (河南昊立智能科技有限公司).
The market supervision department learned about the difficulties of this enterprise in carrying out certification assistance, and took the initiative to connect with the Postal Savings Bank (邮储银行) to coordinate assistance matters.
"The land and factory buildings that the company can mortgage have been mortgaged before, and there is nothing to mortgage now, is it possible?" Chen Yanfeng (陈彦峰) asked.
"Has the company obtained a quality certification certificate? We have a 'certification loan' product for enterprises with excellent product quality." Ren Yongtao (任永涛), head of the Inclusive Finance Department of the Xuchang Branch (许昌分行) of the Postal Savings Bank (邮储银行), introduced, "If it meets the relevant qualifications, we can also open a green channel to minimize the processing process and alleviate the company's financial pressure as soon as possible."
In the end, the company obtained a loan of 5 million yuan through the "certification loan." Chen Yanfeng (陈彦峰) said: "It really solved the urgent need and also encouraged us to continue to strictly control the quality."
Henan (河南) Province has given play to the "credit card" role of quality certification and jointly launched the "Yu Zhi Loan" (豫质贷) financing business with financial departments to provide a certain loan amount to enterprises participating in the improvement action. Since Xuchang (许昌) City promoted the "certification loan," it has cumulatively helped 515 business entities handle credit business, with a total loan amount of 1.665 billion yuan.
The "Quality Certification Toolbox" expands the module and increases financing assistance. The State Administration for Market Regulation (市场监管总局) actively connects with Bank of Communications (交通银行) to develop the "certification + finance" service model, give play to the credit enhancement effect of certification, and help solve the problems of difficult and expensive financing for small and micro enterprises. Local market supervision departments coordinate financial institutions to promote the "two-way rush" of quality certification and financial services and enhance the resilience of small and micro enterprise development. In 2024, localities have jointly issued 253 "certification + finance" support policies, providing a total of 60.85 billion yuan of credit support.
Li Yanfu (李彦夫) suggested that the adoption of quality certification results should be taken as a key link in the improvement action, promote the inclusion of certification results in the comprehensive evaluation system of the credit status of small and micro enterprises, improve the credit enhancement system for small and micro enterprises, improve the financing convenience of high-quality small and micro enterprises, and strengthen the synergistic effect of quality certification and industrial, financial and other policies.
Link
What is the "Quality Certification Toolbox"?
The Quality Certification Toolbox is a systematic collection of practical tools that guide enterprises to establish and implement quality management, complete the certification process, and optimize products or services. It helps enterprises efficiently achieve quality goals by simplifying processes, standardizing operations, and reducing risks.
Establishing a quality management system enables enterprises to ensure that products or services meet customer needs and industry standards by integrating resources, standardizing processes, and continuously improving. Generally speaking, the quality management system is a tool for enterprises to improve the level of quality management and improve production efficiency, so that complex management becomes traceable.
The market supervision department launched the "Small and Micro Enterprise Quality Certification Improvement Action," which aims to improve the quality management capabilities of small and micro enterprises through training, assistance, and resource integration, use the "Quality Certification Toolbox," and transform policies and measures into quality management practices that can be implemented by enterprises through tool-based and standardized methods. Build a closed loop of "policy guidance - tool support - effect feedback" to promote small and micro enterprises from "**被动合规**" (bèi dòng hé guī - "passive compliance," simply meeting minimum requirements) to "**主动提质**" (zhǔ dòng tí zhì - "active quality improvement," proactively enhancing quality).
Return to TopThe largest photovoltaic energy + LNG (liquefied natural gas) dual-fuel vehicle carrier in China, the "Yuan Hai Kou" (远海口) vessel, was named and delivered for its maiden voyage at the Haijia Automobile Terminal of Guangzhou Nansha Port (广州南沙港) on the 15th, carrying approximately 4,000 domestically produced brand vehicles to Europe.
The "Yuan Hai Kou" (远海口) vessel has 12 car decks with a loading capacity of 7,000 standard vehicle spaces. Through multi-layer fire separation, explosion-proof ventilation systems, and the application of fire prevention and control technologies, it builds a more comprehensive safety barrier for the transportation of new energy vehicles such as hydrogen fuel and lithium battery vehicles.
The ship uses an LNG dual-fuel main engine, which saves about 20% of energy consumption compared to traditional single-fuel vehicle carriers. It is equipped with the largest photovoltaic grid-connected system of its kind, with an annual power generation of 410,000 kilowatt-hours, which can stably and reliably supplement power for the ship.
The ship is also equipped with a fully automated planting cabinet integrating automatic irrigation, lighting, environmental monitoring, and constant temperature systems, which can provide the crew with delicious fresh vegetables.
Return to TopThis newspaper's Beijing (北京) dispatch on May 16th (Reporter Wang Yunshan (王云杉)) - The General Office of the National Data Administration (国家数据局) recently issued the "Digital China Construction 2025 Action Plan."
The plan proposes that by the end of 2025, significant progress will be made in the construction of Digital China, new quality productive forces in the digital field will continue to grow, the quality and efficiency of digital economic development will be greatly improved, the added value of the core digital economy industries will account for more than 10% of the gross domestic product, the construction of the data factor market will be steadily advanced, the computing power scale will exceed 300 EFLOPS, the level of digital and intelligent government affairs will be significantly improved, digital cultural construction will reach a new level, the precision, inclusiveness, and convenience of digital society will achieve remarkable results, positive progress will be made in the construction of digital ecological civilization, the ability to ensure digital security will be comprehensively improved, and the digital governance system will be further improved.
The plan deploys major actions in eight areas: institutional and mechanism innovation, local brand building, "Artificial Intelligence +", infrastructure upgrading, data industry cultivation, digital talent cultivation, optimization of the digital development environment, and digital empowerment enhancement.
Improve the central and local policy coordination mechanism for data work. Establish and improve an all-round and multi-level coordinated work system, and accelerate the improvement of the relevant functions of local data management agencies.
Develop digital products and digital industries that demonstrate advantages and reflect characteristics. Accelerate the forging of "long boards" in the data field, enhance competitiveness through technological innovation, functional transformation, and brand building, and form brand and cluster effects.
Deeply explore artificial intelligence application scenarios and actively carry out the construction of high-quality artificial intelligence datasets. Focus on developing new-generation intelligent terminals and intelligent manufacturing equipment such as intelligent connected new energy vehicles, artificial intelligence mobile phones and computers, and intelligent robots.
Accelerate the optimization and upgrading of the Internet of Things and the Industrial Internet, deeply implement the "Eastern Data and Western Computing (东数西算)" project, and gradually realize the efficient supply and demand matching of computing power needs in various regions and computing power resources at national hub nodes.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 王 政
The first high-speed railway in Shuozhou (朔州), Shanxi (山西) Province—the Jidatong-Taiyuan High-Speed Railway—opened for operation on December 31, 2024. Engineering construction personnel from China Tower (中国铁塔) integrated the 4G and 5G network construction needs of China Telecom, China Mobile, and China Unicom into a shared solution, achieving "synchronized planning, synchronized design, and synchronized construction" with the main railway project. Based on 100% co-construction and sharing of communication industry resources such as transmission pole lines, towers, equipment rooms, and power introduction, they also shared railway pipelines, cable troughs, and tunnels across industries. In just four months, they achieved full signal coverage for 426 base stations, 18.49 kilometers of tunnels, and five high-speed railway stations covering 56,000 square meters along the entire Shanxi (山西) section.
"As a new central enterprise established after the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the national team for communication infrastructure construction and operation, and the main force in 5G new infrastructure, China Tower Corporation Limited deeply implements the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important instructions on the work of state-owned assets and state-owned enterprises, and regards serving and supporting the implementation of the national strategy of a strong network and digital China as the company's greatest political responsibility," said Zhang Zhiyong (张志勇), Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman of China Tower (中国铁塔).
Co-construction and Sharing
In 2014, China Tower (中国铁塔) was established. At that time, China's communication industry was in a period of transition from 3G to 4G, and the phenomenon of repeated construction of base stations was common. In some places, the base stations of different communication companies were even less than 100 meters apart.
In the 4G era, China Tower (中国铁塔) cooperated with telecom operators to launch the first "sharing revolution"—coordinating resources and unified construction, sharing what can be shared and co-constructing what can be co-constructed instead of building alone. In May 2015, the public communication network coverage project of Dalian (大连) Metro Line 2 in Liaoning (辽宁) was opened and put into operation. This was the first large-scale rail communication coverage project undertaken by China Tower (中国铁塔). The project construction took only 45 days, saving 50% of the construction cost and saving more than 20 million yuan in investment. However, the resource integration of mobile communication infrastructure in the industry was still in the primary stage of "physical sharing."
In 2017, 4G construction was in full swing, and 5G was already in the experimental stage. With high 5G frequencies and dense site locations, how can we better serve the construction and development of the industry? China Tower (中国铁塔) proposed the two-way opening and sharing of "social towers" and "communication towers," making full use of social tower pole resources to build base stations, and at the same time opening communication tower resources to provide services to all parties in society. Since then, power towers, street light poles, and monitoring poles have become base stations, and the speed of network construction has been significantly improved.
In the past 10 years, co-construction and sharing has shifted from "passive integration" to "active creation." In 2024, when the Beijing (北京) Urban Sub-Center launched the 6G experimental network construction, China Tower (中国铁塔) was already able to call on reserve site resources such as street light poles, billboards, and traffic signal poles through the digital twin platform. The intelligent sharing ecosystem of "Tower" has already taken shape.
More than 95% of 5G construction projects are realized through sharing existing communication towers, street light poles, monitoring poles and other stock resources, which not only improves the speed of 5G construction, but also reduces the cost of network construction. As of the end of last year, China Tower (中国铁塔) had cumulatively undertaken more than 2.76 million 5G base stations, with indoor distribution systems covering an area of more than 12.6 billion square meters, covering more than 44,000 kilometers of high-speed railways and subways. The sharing rate of newly built towers has increased significantly from 14.3% to 85%, which is equivalent to building 1.2 million fewer new towers, saving 68,000 mu of land, saving the industry investment of more than 210 billion yuan, saving operating costs of more than 160 billion yuan, and reducing carbon emissions of more than 31 million tons.
Transformation and Upgrading
The sun shines brightly on Erhai (洱海) Lake in Yunnan (云南), wild ducks play in the clear lake water, and tourists from all over the world stop to take pictures by the water.
A "Skynet" built by 1,211 cameras and two drones in cooperation with big data and artificial intelligence algorithms is guarding the ecological pure land of Erhai (洱海) "7×24 hours."
"In the past, the speed of early warning response was slow, law enforcement in the Erhai (洱海) area was difficult at night, and illegal fishing occurred from time to time," said Yang Guoxun (杨国勋), Director of the Erhai (洱海) Administration Bureau of Dali (大理) City. Since the operation of the "Cangshan (苍山) Erhai (洱海) (Wetland) Integrated Intelligent Supervision System" supported by China Tower (中国铁塔), 165 suspected illegal fishing cases have been discovered and intercepted, and illegal and irregular behaviors such as sewage discharge have also been greatly reduced.
Since 2019, based on the resource endowment of more than 2.1 million tower sites, China Tower (中国铁塔) has focused on promoting "one tower for multiple uses" and upgrading "communication towers" to "digital towers." High-definition cameras, radars, and sensors are added to communication towers, combined with artificial intelligence algorithms and a unified national platform, to become digital towers, and communication equipment rooms become data equipment rooms. With "tower + big data + artificial intelligence + edge computing," "keen eyes," "sensitive ears," and "smart brains" are installed for various industries, playing an important role in cultivated land protection, river and lake monitoring, and other work. As of the end of last year, China Tower (中国铁塔) had upgraded 230,000 communication towers to digital towers, helping to build a digital China.
China Tower (中国铁塔) continues to accelerate technological innovation. Based on the unique advantages of rich scenarios at medium and high points, it strengthens the algorithm research and development of medium and high point scenarios, and can provide more than 350 medium and high point algorithms, continuously serving more than 8,500 artificial intelligence analysis scenarios. Some algorithms have reached leading levels. In November last year, China Tower (中国铁塔) released the "Jingwei (经纬) Large Model," a spatial governance industry large model with data parameters reaching 18 billion, to help promote the digital and intelligent upgrading of the spatial governance industry.
"The biggest difference between the current tower and the past is that it is not only a 'communication tower,' but also an integrated body of intelligent sensors, a 'digital tower,' and an important digital infrastructure, which plays an important supporting role in the digital development and digital and intelligent transformation of the economy and society," said Zhang Zhiyong (张志勇). China Tower (中国铁塔) was born because of sharing, prospered because of sharing, and should become because of sharing. "We will further deepen sharing and cooperation, and maximize the value of the industry's large model."
Responsibility for People's Livelihood
At 1 a.m., the 56 tunnels along the Honghe (红河) section of the Kunyuhe (昆玉河) Railway were bustling with activity. Construction personnel of China Tower's (中国铁塔) public network coverage project are using the rare "skylight" period of railway operation to carry out 5G leaky cable erection operations.
"As the Chinese section of the eastern line of the Pan-Asian Railway, the Honghe (红河) section of the Kunyuhe (昆玉河) Railway, with a main line length of 245 kilometers, was opened to traffic in 2014. In order to allow the majority of passengers to use the 5G network, the public network coverage project undertaken by China Tower (中国铁塔) and co-constructed and shared by China Mobile, China Telecom, and China Unicom is stepping up construction to overcome difficulties such as short 'skylight' periods and tunnel moisture, and will complete all construction tasks in the first half of 2025," said Zhang Qizhe (张期者), General Manager of the Honghe (红河) Prefecture Branch of China Tower (中国铁塔).
The public network coverage of the Kunyuhe (昆玉河) Railway is an epitome of China Tower's (中国铁塔) ten-year effort to build universal service base stations and pave the "inclusive road" for a strong network country. From the snowy plateau to the Gobi desert, from remote mountain villages to border islands, China Tower (中国铁塔) has been working day after day for ten years to allow communication signals to cross mountains and seas and allow digital dividends to benefit people's livelihoods.
On the bank of the Qingyi (青衣) River in Ya'an (雅安), Sichuan (四川), a 20-meter-high communication tower has 5G antennas added to the tower body, and a communication equipment room is built on the tower base. The smart battery swap cabinet standing next to the tower has become an "energy supply station" for more than 300 food delivery riders. Food delivery rider Master Mu (穆) skillfully scans the code to open the cabinet and completes the electric vehicle battery replacement in 10 seconds, "300 yuan per month for unlimited battery swaps."
In order to solve the problems of difficult, slow, and unsafe charging for food delivery riders and other groups, China Tower (中国铁塔) has extended the power guarantee capability of base stations to the society and provides low-speed electric vehicle battery swap services. It has deployed 76,000 battery swap outlets in more than 320 cities, providing more than 2 million battery swap services to 1.3 million new employment form workers every day, with a cumulative total of more than 1.9 billion battery swaps.
Through sharing, China Tower (中国铁塔) is transforming resource endowments into more benefits for people's livelihoods: investing 8.5 billion yuan in the field of universal telecommunications services, building more than 70,000 telecommunications universal service base stations, and helping to achieve 100% network access above administrative villages; the battery swap business has cumulatively reduced carbon emissions by 3.3 million tons, which is equivalent to planting 150 million trees.
Zhang Zhiyong (张志勇) said that China Tower (中国铁塔) will firmly fulfill its mission and responsibility of building a strong network country and digital China, serving the national economy and people's livelihood, continue to deepen sharing, promote the construction of digital information infrastructure, and contribute to actively empowering the high-quality development of the digital economy.
Return to TopThis newspaper's Shanghai (上海) dispatch on May 16th (Reporter Ju Yunpeng (巨云鹏)): On the 16th, the reporter learned from the Executive Committee of the Yangtze River Delta (长三角) Ecology and Green Integrated Development Demonstration Zone that in the first quarter of this year, the total GDP of the three regions in the Demonstration Zone, namely Qingpu District (青浦区) in Shanghai (上海), Wujiang District (吴江区) in Suzhou (苏州), Jiangsu (江苏), and Jiashan County (嘉善县) in Jiaxing (嘉兴), Zhejiang (浙江), reached 132.02 billion yuan, an increase of 8.5% year-on-year. Among them, Qingpu District (青浦区) was 45.76 billion yuan, an increase of 12.2% year-on-year; Wujiang District (吴江区) was 63.07 billion yuan, an increase of 6.6% year-on-year; Jiashan County (嘉善县) was 23.19 billion yuan, an increase of 6.7% year-on-year.
The Demonstration Zone focuses on key areas such as planning management, ecological protection, and land management, and has cumulatively launched 154 institutional innovation achievements, with more than 50 institutional innovation experiences being replicated and promoted nationwide.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 王 者 刘佳华 刘晓宇
The Party Central Committee has decided to launch an in-depth study and education campaign this year throughout the Party to thoroughly implement the spirit of the Eight-Point Regulation of the Central Committee, using new achievements in work style construction to provide a strong guarantee for further comprehensively deepening reform and promoting Chinese-style modernization.
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, various regions and departments have persistently strengthened work style construction, forming a number of good experiences and practices. Taking this study and education as an opportunity, the vast number of Party members and cadres, based on their positions, will further strengthen Party spirit cultivation, closely connect with the masses, further improve good experiences and practices, strive to solve problems that the masses focus on, seek truth from facts and start businesses, and demonstrate new responsibilities and new actions on the new journey. This reporter from this newspaper came to the front line of handling affairs and services to observe the handling experience brought about by a good work style on the spot.
——Editor
"Guide to Getting Things Done Without Connections"——
You can get things done by following the prompts
A bound manual of A4 paper, heavy in the hand, but making every member of the public who comes to handle affairs feel relaxed... In the Hunnan District (浑南区) Government Service Center (政务服务中心) in Shenyang City (沈阳市), Liaoning Province (辽宁省), such a "Guide to Getting Things Done Without Connections" is placed in front of the 47 windows in the hall.
On the morning of April 10, Xiao Zhang (小张), a truck driver, came to the "Undifferentiated Comprehensive Acceptance Zone" in the hall, with materials, to handle the annual review of his road transport permit. "After checking online, I found in the 'Guide to Getting Things Done Without Connections' that I should come here to apply and what materials to prepare, which is very convenient!" Xiao Zhang said.
In Liaoning (辽宁), transportation, taxation, public security, human resources and social security, health and health and other departments at all levels will compile and issue the "Guide to Getting Things Done Without Connections," listing the list of power items, the guide to compliant business handling, the list of prohibited items for illegal handling, and the list of items that can be handled with missing information. Each item is accompanied by a QR code, which can be scanned with a mobile phone to clearly see the required materials, acceptance windows, and other information.
The staff took Xiao Zhang's materials and submitted them to the system for review, but found that the test information could not be entered.
"Was your car tested in another province? The information uploaded at that time was incomplete." Guan Ying (关颖), head of the Approval Section of the Hunnan District (浑南区) Transportation Bureau (交通运输局) who was working in the hall, asked Xiao Zhang.
"Yes, I was running around in other places at the time. For convenience, I had it tested locally. What should I do?" Hearing this, Xiao Zhang panicked. Did he have to go thousands of kilometers away to make up the procedures?
"Let's communicate first and try to solve it." Saying that, Guan Ying first contacted the technical staff in the system background, and then inquired and dialed the phone number of the testing line in another province, hoping that the other party would re-upload the required information. After a few phone calls, the other party re-uploaded the vehicle test information, and Xiao Zhang's road transport permit was successfully reviewed. Xiao Zhang breathed a sigh of relief: "I don't have to contact them myself. Government staff helped me communicate and coordinate."
Since 2023, the Liaoning Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision (辽宁省纪委监委) has joined hands with the Liaoning Provincial Bureau of Business Environment (辽宁省营商局) to promote the compilation and promotion of the "Guide to Getting Things Done Without Connections" by government service departments and public utility enterprises at all levels, serving more than 524,000 power items, indicating the path of "who to find if you don't need connections to get things done"; At the same time, the "Guide to Getting Things Done Without Connections" is deployed and applied through online platforms and government halls at all levels to guide the masses and enterprises to use it on the spot, check it online, and handle it on their mobile phones. Xia Qingcheng (夏庆成), director of the Hunnan District (浑南区) Government Service Center (政务服务中心), said that the list of items in the "Guide to Getting Things Done Without Connections" is constantly updated, striving to include all the things that the masses need to do.
"We are working hard to eliminate the vague areas for the masses to handle affairs and crack the negative impact of 'relationship culture'," said Yang Zhe (杨哲), director of the Party Style and Government Style Supervision Office of the Liaoning Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision (辽宁省纪委监委).
"Qinqing Home" Mini Program——
You can get things done by moving your fingers
"R&D personnel can get 'talent retention subsidies' with one click, and everyone is very motivated." Zhang Yanzhen (张燕真), deputy general manager of Fujian Liya New Materials Co., Ltd. (福建立亚新材有限公司) in the Quanzhou Taiwan Investment Zone (泉州市台商投资区), Fujian Province (福建省), said with pride.
Open the mobile phone, tap the "Benefit Enterprise Cloud Exchange" module in the "Qinqing Home" mini program, and a "talent retention subsidy" that requires approval within 3 days is presented to the reporter. "The amount is 140,000 yuan, which can be handled online." Zhang Yanzhen, who has become accustomed to handling enterprise-related affairs on the "Qinqing Home" mini program in recent years, is very satisfied with the "one-click enjoyment" function.
Such evaluations are not uncommon in the Quanzhou Taiwan Investment Zone (泉州市台商投资区).
It turns out that the discipline inspection department of the Taiwan Investment Zone found in visits and investigations that the "difficulty, slowness, delay, and complexity" of fulfilling benefit-enterprise policies has become a prominent problem reflected by enterprises. Therefore, all benefit-enterprise policies are online in the "Qinqing Home" mini program.
Lin Ming (林明), who came to Quanzhou (泉州) from other places to start a business, wanted to know the preferential policies that his company could enjoy. At 9:00 a.m., he clicked on the relevant module of the mini program, and a questionnaire popped up: "Is your company a domestic or foreign-funded enterprise?" "What industry does the company belong to?" After filling in and submitting them one by one, a prompt popped up: "Your company meets the reward policy for construction enterprises operating outside, with an amount of 450,000 yuan, please pay attention to check." Soon, a number of benefit-enterprise policies were clearly displayed, and then click "One-click Application," and the 4 approval links in the process were clearly visible. At about 5:00 p.m., all the processes were completed, and the funds arrived within half an hour.
"The district has jointly established an enterprise-related fiscal fund pool with multiple banks, maintaining a total fund amount of 5 million yuan at all times, which is allocated as soon as it is used, ensuring that the funds arrive as soon as the approval is completed." Xiang Xueqing (项学庆), a staff member of the Discipline Inspection and Supervision Commission of the Taiwan Investment Zone (台商投资区纪工委监察工委), said, "Enterprise-related funds take 'whether enterprises can receive the money as soon as possible' as the standard, forcing the acceleration and efficiency of the entire process."
Wang Wanming (王婉明), director of the Government Service Center of the Taiwan Investment Zone (台商投资区政务服务中心), said: "Take the application for this 'talent retention subsidy' of Liya New Materials (立亚新材) as an example. In the past, companies needed to run to the social security center, public security, market supervision and other departments to handle materials, and finally submit them to the Civil Affairs Bureau for approval. Now, the Civil Affairs Bureau takes the lead in handling applications related to people's livelihood online, and asks various departments to provide auxiliary materials, so companies don't have to run at all."
"Now, more enterprise-related businesses are circulating online, complementing offline businesses, and the original 98 offline business windows have been integrated into 30," Wang Wanming introduced.
A set of data witnesses the effectiveness of the mini program: As of now, the "Qinqing Home" mini program has cumulatively accepted 3,794 enterprise applications, fulfilled more than 512 million yuan in benefit-enterprise funds, and 334 enterprises and 2,306 people have enjoyed rewards and subsidies of 83.772 million yuan through "exemption from application and immediate enjoyment."
"The platform functions are gradually improved, and the Discipline Inspection and Supervision Commission supervises in real time to ensure the efficient handling of enterprise demands and effectively solve the problems of slow action, inaction, and random action of departments," said the relevant person in charge of the Discipline Inspection and Supervision Commission of the Taiwan Investment Zone (台商投资区纪工委监察工委).
"Unsuccessful Business" Feedback Window——
Unsatisfactory things are handled satisfactorily
"What should I do? Why didn't I bring such an important certificate?" Early in the morning of April 7, Li Jianfen (李建粉), the handler who came all the way from Jinan (济南) to the Housing Provident Fund Service Hall (住房公积金服务大厅) in Heze City (菏泽市), Shandong Province (山东省), paced back and forth anxiously.
Some time ago, the company where Li Jianfen works moved from Heze (菏泽) to Jinan (济南), and he and his colleagues made a special trip back to Heze (菏泽) to handle the cancellation of the company's provident fund account. Who would have thought that the original copy of the company's cancellation certificate was left in the office.
"Did you two encounter any problems?" Li Xiao (李啸), a staff member of the service hall, came over to understand the situation and then led them to the "Unsuccessful Business" feedback window.
Recently, the Heze City Housing Provident Fund Management Center (菏泽市住房公积金管理中心) has set up an "Unsuccessful Business" feedback window in the service hall to solve the "difficult and complicated diseases" in the process of handling affairs for the masses, and help the masses handle affairs efficiently through multi-departmental linkage, active door-to-door service, and online assistance.
At the "Unsuccessful Business" feedback window, staff member Hu Yingying (胡莹莹) accepted the two's business. Through multi-departmental data sharing, Hu Yingying verified that the company is now in a canceled state. Immediately, she launched the "urgent matter handling" mechanism. After approval by the Housing Provident Fund Management Center (住房公积金管理中心), she finally used the webpage cancellation screenshot as proof and completed the handling in less than 10 minutes.
"I thought I would have to make another trip. Thank you so much!" Li Jianfen said.
"Now that data is shared, as long as we can verify the information, we won't let you make another trip," Hu Yingying said.
The "Unsuccessful Business" feedback window has recently expanded more flexible services.
"I can't come back from Guangdong (广东), and if the Heze (菏泽) provident fund account is not canceled, the new unit's payment will be stuck!" Ms. Li Li (李丽) walked anxiously to Li Xiao (李啸) with her mobile phone, and the screen showed the help information sent by her younger brother Li Daozhen (李道振). It turned out that 5 years ago, Li Daozhen (李道振) opened a provident fund account in Heze (菏泽) as a flexible employee. Recently, he found a new job in Guangdong (广东), but the new company found that it could not pay for his provident fund.
Hu Yingying (胡莹莹) launched a special matter handling mechanism, used "Video Office" to initiate video verification, confirmed his intention to cancel the contract, and successfully completed the cancellation in 5 minutes.
Relying on the "Unsuccessful Business" feedback window, the Heze City Housing Provident Fund Management Center (菏泽市住房公积金管理中心) has formulated a "Video Office" plan. For the masses who are inconvenient to handle business on the spot, it conducts "cloud handling" and "cloud review" through remote identity verification and video interaction.
"'Unsuccessful Business' feedback window is to solve the things that the masses usually can't handle and the things that are difficult to handle," Li Xiao (李啸) said, "**事不避难** (shì bù bì nàn - "do not avoid difficulties," to face difficulties head-on and not shy away from them). We will handle everyone's difficult things well. If the masses are satisfied, we will also be proud."
This issue is coordinated by: Yang Shuo Bi (杨烁壁)
Layout design: Wang Zheping (汪哲平)
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 王云娜
"So clean and worry-free!" Pushing open the door to her home, the floor gleamed – Guangdong Province (广东省), Guangzhou (广州) city resident Feng Lihua (冯丽华) was very satisfied with the labor of her robot vacuum cleaner, "Remote control via mobile phone, sweeping and mopping done in one go."
At the beginning of this year, Guangzhou (广州) expanded the range of categories eligible for home appliance trade-in subsidies, including household consumer robots for the first time. "The original price was 4,599 yuan, discounted by 500 yuan, and after a 15% subsidy, it only cost a little over 3,400 yuan." Not long ago, Feng Lihua (冯丽华) purchased a robot vacuum cleaner she had long desired at the Suning Appliance (苏宁电器) Zhengjia Plaza (正佳广场) store.
Kuang Zhimian (匡织棉), the store manager, told reporters that many consumers, like Feng Lihua (冯丽华), are purchasing household consumer robots such as robot vacuum cleaners and window cleaning robots, "Since the beginning of this year, sales of these categories have doubled year-on-year."
Sales doubling are due to a more precise expansion of scope –
"Consumers have strong demand for robot vacuum cleaners, small kitchen appliances, and smart fitness equipment, and there is a strong call to include them in the subsidies." Huang Fei (黄飞), Director of the Circulation Department of the Guangzhou Municipal Bureau of Commerce (广州市商务局), told reporters that before the expansion, the bureau organized staff to conduct in-depth research in supermarkets and shopping malls, collecting opinions from businesses and consumers, "Through research, various home appliances favored by consumers were gradually included in the subsidy range."
Focusing on the actual needs of the majority of consumers, this year the commerce department expanded the range of categories eligible for trade-in subsidies, increasing home appliances from "8+N" categories to "12+N" categories. "Guangzhou (广州) currently has 37 categories and 126 sub-divided products included in the trade-in subsidy range, with the most subsidized product types in the province," Huang Fei (黄飞) introduced.
Upgrading benefits for the people, making trade-ins more convenient for consumers –
Since September 2024, the Guangzhou Municipal Bureau of Commerce (广州市商务局) has focused on enhancing consumer experience, guiding businesses throughout the city to carry out "five entries" group purchase activities for trade-ins: entering courtyards, entering work units, entering enterprises, entering communities, and entering schools. As of the end of April this year, more than 800 collective group purchase activities have been held throughout the city, with more than 500,000 participants, directly attracting more than 2 billion yuan.
At the same time, the commerce department also encourages businesses to increase promotional efforts to further tap into consumption potential.
In January of this year, the Guangzhou Friendship Store (广州友谊商店) Zhengjia Plaza (正佳广场) store launched a home appliance promotion, attracting many consumers.
"The discounts were so great that I simply replaced all the old air conditioners in my home." Citizen Zhou Cuiqiong (周翠琼) told reporters that she chose three first-class energy efficiency air conditioners, which are eligible for a 20% subsidy, "The original price was 26,000 yuan, and after enjoying the merchant's discounts and subsidies, I can save 6,400 yuan."
In order to allow consumers to enjoy real benefits as soon as possible, Guangzhou (广州) also uses big data, blockchain and other technologies to build a public service platform for consumer goods trade-ins, forming a closed-loop information management system, breaking down departmental data barriers, realizing rapid review of subsidy funds, and making regular payments every week.
The Guangzhou (广州) Municipality's Key Points for Cultivating and Building an International Consumption Center City in 2025, issued in April of this year, proposes five aspects of measures, clarifying that it will increase efforts to expand the scope of consumer goods trade-ins, further clarify subsidy directions, increase subsidy efforts, and increase subsidy categories in combination with industrial and residential consumption realities, so that more high-quality durable consumer goods can enter people's lives.
Expanding the scope and improving quality, consumer goods trade-ins have set off a wave. As of May 6, Guangzhou's (广州) consumer goods trade-ins this year have driven sales of 30.19 billion yuan, benefiting approximately 5.5 million consumers.
Return to TopThis newspaper's Lanzhou (兰州) dispatch on May 16th (Reporter Ni Yi (倪弋)): From May 13th to 16th, Cai Dafeng (蔡达峰), Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, led a law enforcement inspection team in Gansu Province (甘肃省) to inspect the implementation of the Food Safety Law. He emphasized the need to thoroughly study and implement General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important expositions and instructions on food safety, implement the decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee, implement the overall national security concept, always grasp food safety work from the height of national long-term stability and social stability, proactively prevent and resolve risks, resolutely hold the bottom line of food safety, and ensure that the people can eat safely and with peace of mind.
The inspection team fully affirmed Gansu Province's (甘肃省) experience and practices in implementing the Food Safety Law. The inspection team pointed out that it is necessary to take the law enforcement inspection as an opportunity to tighten and solidify government responsibilities and promote the comprehensive and effective implementation of the Food Safety Law. During their stay in Gansu (甘肃), the inspection team conducted on-site inspections in Lanzhou (兰州) and Tianshui (天水), and listened to reports on Gansu's (甘肃) implementation of the Food Safety Law, as well as opinions and suggestions on amending the Food Safety Law.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 李卓尔
On May 16th, the Lingjiatan Archaeological Site Museum (凌家滩遗址博物馆), located in Ma'anshan City (马鞍山市), Anhui Province (安徽省), opened for trial operation. As significant evidence of over 5,000 years of Chinese civilization, Lingjiatan (凌家滩) is a key heritage site in the civilization process of the lower reaches of the Yangtze River (长江), with approximately 1,100 exhibited cultural relics telling the story of the important value of the Lingjiatan Site (凌家滩遗址) to the origin, formation, and early development of Chinese civilization.
History and civilization are condensed in each cultural relic, solidified into stories, and stored in museums.
"Museums are important halls for protecting and inheriting human civilization, and bridges connecting the past, present, and future." General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) attaches great importance to museum work, emphasizing that "museum undertakings should be well managed" and "museum construction should be more complete and systematic."
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, China's museum industry has flourished as never before. In recent years, the number of museums in China has increased at an average rate of more than 200 per year, and the statistical results at the end of 2024 are expected to exceed 7,000.
People's enthusiasm for museums far exceeds the past. National free-admission museums have cumulatively benefited more than 10 billion visitors, and "going to a city for a museum" has become a more popular form of travel for tourists.
Chinese-style modernization is a modernization that coordinates material and spiritual civilization. Rooted in the profound Chinese cultural heritage, the museum industry in the new era is booming, constantly meeting the spiritual and cultural needs of the people, and consolidating cultural confidence in building a strong country and national rejuvenation.
"Let the treasures of Chinese civilization be preserved forever and benefit future generations."
During this year's "May Day" holiday, the Yunmeng County Museum (云梦县博物馆) in Hubei (湖北) welcomed a surge of visitors with its collection of precious cultural relics, such as the treasured "Longest Chinese Text on a Bronze Wine Vessel." Tourists shuttled through the exhibition halls, exploring historical imprints.
On November 4, 2024, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) visited the Yunmeng County Museum (云梦县博物馆) to view the exhibition of Qin and Han bamboo slips unearthed there. From the traces left by the knife and pen, opening the historical scroll, the General Secretary looked far ahead: "Let the treasures of Chinese civilization be preserved forever and benefit future generations."
Cultural relics carry brilliant civilization. Only by deeply understanding ancient China can we profoundly understand modern China, and only then can we continuously create the future of China.
In the Cultural Relics Protection and Restoration Hall of the Sanxingdui Museum (三星堆博物馆), through the glass wall, tourists can clearly see the restorers using instruments to observe the fragments of cultural relics.
"This is the No. 2 Bronze Sacred Tree digitally simulated and restored using artificial intelligence technology," said Yu Jian (余健), deputy curator of the Sanxingdui Museum (三星堆博物馆). "The museum uses cultural relics to provide concrete evidence of the continuous existence of Chinese civilization for more than 5,000 years. Assembling the fragments of cultural relics is like piecing together a picture of historical civilization. The more complete the puzzle, the more it can help us understand the history of Sanxingdui civilization."
The Chinese Civilization Origin Exploration Project continues to advance, and the "Archaeological China" major project has been fully launched. With the strong support of the prosperous development of archaeology, the Erlitou Xia Capital Site Museum (二里头夏都遗址博物馆) opened in 2019, the Archaeological Museum of China (中国考古博物馆) opened to the public in 2023, and the new Yinxu Museum (殷墟博物馆) opened in 2024. The level of cultural relic protection, collection research, and exhibition display in museums across the country has leaped to new heights, showing visitors the path of upholding integrity and innovation in the continuous inheritance of Chinese civilization, and demonstrating the outstanding continuity, innovation, unity, inclusiveness, and peacefulness of Chinese civilization.
These are bridges built on the fertile soil of the new era, carrying the profound cultural genes of the Chinese nation.
Retaining the roots of culture and guarding the soul of the nation. Bearing the cultural mission of the new era and protecting historical and cultural heritage is the due meaning of building a strong socialist culture and our historical responsibility.
The traditional Nanjing brocade wood loom weaving dresses and fashions, the unique Huian stone carvings integrated into modern carving art, and the Jingdezhen traditional blue and white porcelain making skills experience are very popular... The China Intangible Cultural Heritage Museum (中国非物质文化遗产馆), which opened in 2022, is an epitome of museums promoting the continuous inheritance and innovation of intangible cultural heritage.
Both tangible and intangible things have become the objects of protection in museums. Museums protect, inherit, research, and display human civilization, inspiring people's respect, love, and pride in outstanding Chinese traditional culture.
As museums rise one after another, how can they each be beautiful and share the beauty together?
General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) exhortation is earnest and sincere: "Museum construction should focus on characteristics."
Looking at the countryside, the flavor of the village and nostalgia are so precious. In the Chengyang Village Community History Museum (城阳村社区村史博物馆) in Qingdao (青岛), Shandong (山东), visitors hold cattail fans, sit cross-legged on the kang (炕, a heated brick bed), and excitedly experience the scenes of their ancestors' lives, savoring today's life with more relish.
Looking at the city again, in the China Industrial Museum (中国工业博物馆), from imported machine tools to imitation machine tools to independently manufactured machine tools, it witnesses a country striding towards modernization.
The increasing diversity of museums demonstrates the long history and profoundness of Chinese civilization; the increasing openness of museums allows the public to safeguard our cultural roots with cultural confidence.
"A museum is a university."
On the east side of the northern extension of the Beijing Central Axis (北京中轴线), the magnificent Museum of the History of the Communist Party of China (中国共产党历史展览馆) stands tall. This spiritual hall, personally planned, decided, and deployed by General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平), vividly reflects the Party's unremitting struggle history, fearless sacrifice history, theoretical exploration history, people-centered history, and self-construction history.
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized: "Engaging in historical museum exhibitions is to witness history, learn from history, and inspire future generations."
Since its opening, the Museum of the History of the Communist Party of China (中国共产党历史展览馆) has received more than 4.5 million visitors, including more than 800,000 young people. Reviewing the Chinese Communist Party's journey of leading the Chinese people through hardships to glory, witnessing the great leap of the Chinese nation from standing up, getting rich, to becoming strong, people deeply realize that the red regime did not come easily, the new China did not come easily, and socialism with Chinese characteristics did not come easily, and they are more determined in their confidence in the path, theory, system, and culture of socialism with Chinese characteristics.
During the 2024 National People's Congress, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) expressed his feelings when participating in the deliberation of the Jiangsu (江苏) delegation, hoping that the general public, especially young people, would have more in-depth contact with museums to further enhance their sense of history.
In Changsha (长沙), Hunan (湖南), at the Longping Rice Museum (隆平水稻博物馆), students from the First Primary School of Yuelu District (岳麓区第一小学) in Changsha City (长沙市) watched the process of rice from a seed, experiencing sowing and raising seedlings, heading and flowering, a promising harvest, and returning grains to the barn. The spirit of cherishing labor and loving labor also, like a "seed," quietly took root and sprouted in the hearts of the children.
In a corner of the exhibition hall, a young visitor, Wang Zeyu (王泽宇), looked at the eight-character motto "Knowledge, Sweat, Inspiration, Opportunity" in the museum. He said, "Grandpa Yuan Longping's (袁隆平) spirit encourages me, and I will also work tirelessly to realize my dream."
On February 15, 2015, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out during his inspection of the Xi'an Museum (西安博物院) in Shaanxi (陕西): "A museum is a university."
The meaning of "bowu (博物)" is to be able to identify various things. Museums fully exert their social education functions and provide lifelong education for the general public. Today, the free opening rate of registered museums across the country exceeds 91%, and China is the country with the largest population in the world enjoying free museum services.
Empowering urban cultural construction, the Shanghai Museum East Branch (上海博物馆东馆) has a roof that restores a Suzhou-style garden, and next to the garden is a courtyard with performance and reception functions, forming an open and shared urban living room;
Actively promoting the improvement of people's livelihoods, many blind friends linger in the Museum of Visual Impairment Culture (视障文化博物馆), and through touching the exhibits, the development process of human civilization suddenly has a concrete image;
Condensing social and cultural identity, the Guangdong Provincial Museum (广东省博物馆) established the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Mobile Museum, joining hands with several museums in Hong Kong and Macao to jointly curate exhibitions, telling the new practice of the "one country, two systems" cause...
"Museums allow the public of different ages and backgrounds to share the collections and knowledge of museums and jointly participate in knowledge learning and cultural exchange," said An Laishun (安来顺), professor at Shanghai University (上海大学) and chairman of the Asia-Pacific Alliance of the International Council of Museums. By promoting the positive linkage between museums and the public, museums are becoming an indispensable part of people's better lives.
"Innovate exhibition displays, promote the revitalization and utilization of cultural relics, and promote exchanges and mutual learning among civilizations."
A sleeping Tang Dynasty (唐代) girl awakens, terracotta warriors tell their inner monologues, a drum-playing and storytelling figurine performs humorously, and a Western Regions merchant yearning for the Tang Dynasty (大唐) gazes at Chang'an (长安)... These are the wonderful moments in the stage play "Terracotta Warriors Standing for Thousands of Years" jointly created by the National Museum of China (中国国家博物馆) and the China Coal Mine Art Troupe (中国煤矿文工团). Watching a play in a museum has become a new way for audiences to understand cultural relics.
On July 8, 2022, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) replied to the old experts of the National Museum of China (中国国家博物馆), encouraging everyone to "adhere to the correct political direction, strengthen cultural confidence, deepen academic research, innovate exhibition displays, promote the revitalization and utilization of cultural relics, and promote exchanges and mutual learning among civilizations."
Cultural relics "walk" out of the warehouse and "walk" onto the exhibition line, telling Chinese stories more vividly in rich and diverse exhibition methods, and moving people with wonderful and touching historical moments.
The depth and breadth of the integration of new technologies and museums are unprecedented, and "cloud touring museums" has become a new trend. The Palace Museum (故宫博物院) has successively launched the "Digital Cultural Relics Library" and "Panoramic Palace Museum" in recent years, making more than 900,000 collections and the Forbidden City buildings "close at hand." Virtual reality, augmented reality, immersive experience, and other information network technologies have been rapidly applied in museum exhibitions.
Museums, inheriting civilization, also illuminate the future. In creative transformation and innovative development, the Chinese cultural context is continued, and the ancient civilization shines with new brilliance.
Dialogue, across time and space, and across mountains and seas.
Opening the "Digital Museum of the Silk Road" website, the Tang Dynasty (唐代) lion and peony brocade comes into view, which is a typical product combining Western Regions animal patterns and Chinese flower patterns. The Greek Derveni Krater, the Egyptian ivory panel, the British painted goblet... Digital collections from more than 50 museums in 18 countries are open to the public, and the public can listen to Silk Road stories at any time and experience the long history of exchanges between Eastern and Western civilizations.
"Such a digital museum connects people and cultures around the world online, just like the real Silk Road did in the past, helping us strengthen the relationship between museums," said Nakanok, curator of the Queen Sirikit Museum of Textiles in Thailand.
Facing the future, museums step out of limited spaces and create unlimited possibilities. With the innovation of exhibitions and the innovation of technology, the collaboration between museums and outside, and the linkage between online and offline, museums open up a vast world of ancient and modern China and foreign countries for audiences, moving towards a more brilliant future.
The civilization imprints that are shining brighter day by day condense the common memory of mankind and inspire the spirit of a nation.
Looking back at history, in 1905, Zhang Jian (张謇), a late Qing Dynasty (晚清) industrialist, widely displayed his private collection to the world and created the Nantong Museum (南通博物苑), which was the first public museum run by the Chinese.
120 years have passed, and more and more social forces are participating in museum construction. The Nanjing Museum of the Six Dynasties (南京六朝博物馆) in Jiangsu (江苏) launched the "Little Green Lotus" volunteer service project, in which children tell tourists the history behind the cultural relics; the Jiangnan Tinware Museum (江南锡器博物馆) in Hangzhou (杭州), Zhejiang (浙江), exhibits more than 500 pieces of tinware works such as ritual vessels and wine vessels, filling the gap in the field of tinware in state-owned museums; Gao Qiuyan (高秋燕), president of the Yulin Great Wall Protection Volunteer Association (榆林长城保护志愿者协会) in Yulin (榆林), Shaanxi (陕西), built the Yulin Great Wall Theme Exhibition Hall by herself, saying that she wanted more people to hear the story of the Great Wall...
Lighting up lamps one by one and gathering clusters of fire. Museums that provide public services will become more and more lush in the common participation and creation of the public.
**涓涓不止江河生** (juān juān bù zhǐ jiāng hé shēng - "A constant trickle becomes a river," small continuous efforts lead to great achievements). "Tell people the wisdom of history, inspire our national pride and self-confidence, and strengthen the confidence and determination of all the people to revitalize China and realize the Chinese dream."
Museums, like bricks and stones, build a magnificent building. In the long cultural context, there is a resounding and powerful footstep of an ancient nation moving towards great rejuvenation.
(Related reports are on page 8)
Return to TopThis newspaper Beijing (北京), May 16th (Reporter Yi Shuran (易舒冉)) The first report meeting of the 7th National Self-Improvement Models and Advanced Deeds in Helping the Disabled, hosted by the Office of the State Council Working Committee for Persons with Disabilities and the China Disabled Persons' Federation, was held in Beijing (北京) on the afternoon of the 16th.
Wang Jun (王俊) and Chen Liangjie (陈良杰), champions of the International Paralympic Vocational Skills Competition, Chen Minyi (陈敏仪), Paralympic archery champion of the Paris Paralympics, Huang Ying (黄莺), a blind doctoral student at Wuhan University of Technology (武汉理工大学), Chen Guiping (陈桂平), a rural doctor in the old revolutionary area of Ji'an (吉安), Jiangxi (江西), Li Kang (李康), a special education teacher in Dongtai (东台), Jiangsu (江苏), Cilu Heng (此路恒), an entrepreneur in ethnic costumes and handicrafts in Yunnan (云南), and He Qiao (何巧), an instructor at the Hongyan Police Station (红岩派出所) of the Shapingba District Branch of the Chongqing (重庆) Public Security Bureau, and other 8 representatives of national self-improvement models and advanced individuals in the national work for the disabled, vividly told their touching stories of striving and dedicating themselves selflessly in different fields with simple language and sincere emotions, winning rounds of applause from the audience.
It is reported that after the first report meeting, members of the reporting group will go to Beijing (北京), Tianjin (天津), Fujian (福建), Hunan (湖南), Shaanxi (陕西), Ningxia (宁夏) and other 6 provinces (autonomous regions, and municipalities) to carry out a tour of lectures, to further promote the spiritual guidance and exemplary role of honor and commendation, and create a good social atmosphere of understanding, respect, care and help for people with disabilities.
Return to TopOn May 16th, the 7th National Self-Improvement Model and Advanced Commendation Conference for Helping the Disabled was held in Beijing (北京). General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) made important instructions on the occasion of the 35th National Day for Helping the Disabled, emphasizing that Party committees and governments at all levels should attach great importance to the work of people with disabilities, continuously improve the quality of public services for people with disabilities, and actively create a good atmosphere and environment in the whole society to understand, respect, care for, and help people with disabilities. Disabled persons' federations at all levels and the vast number of workers for the disabled should continuously improve their service capabilities and levels, and strive to be trustworthy and reliable confidants and close friends of the disabled. It is hoped that the vast number of people with disabilities will draw spiritual strength from the self-improvement models, bravely overcome difficulties and challenges, actively pursue their life dreams, and make positive contributions to comprehensively promoting the construction of a strong country and the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation with Chinese-style modernization.
With the understanding, respect, care, and help of the whole society, more and more people with disabilities are becoming self-reliant, self-improving, and striving for success. Recently, reporters from this newspaper went to Jiangsu (江苏), Yunnan (云南), Chongqing (重庆), Liaoning (辽宁), Ningxia (宁夏) and other places to get close to people with disabilities and caring groups helping the disabled, and listened to them tell heart-warming stories of ordinary good deeds conveying love and hope.
——Editor
National Self-Improvement Model Lu Hong (陆鸿)
Opening a Factory, Providing Employment Opportunities
By Wang Weijian (王伟健), reporter of this newspaper
At 9:30 a.m., in a factory in Lianfeng Village (联丰村), Pingwang Town (平望镇), Wujiang District (吴江区), Suzhou (苏州), Jiangsu (江苏), busy figures could be seen everywhere. More than 70% of the employees in this factory are people with disabilities: employees with leg problems do design work in front of computers, employees with hearing impairments do physical work, and employees with intellectual disabilities are responsible for packaging... Everyone cooperates and the exquisite paper photo albums they produce are not only sold all over the country, but also exported to North America, Europe and other regions.
In the warehouse on the first floor, Lu Hong (陆鸿), the head of the factory, is counting the packaged products. Lu Hong (陆鸿) is a cerebral palsy patient who used to set up stalls, repair cars, and also taught himself photography. Later, he used the money he saved to start this photo album processing factory, figured out the production process himself, and designed an "accordion photo album", which became a hot seller online as soon as it was launched, selling millions of copies over the years. Gradually, the products developed from a few to thousands, the business grew bigger and bigger, and the factory's annual sales exceeded 14 million yuan.
As his career got on the right track, Lu Hong (陆鸿) hoped to help more people, and he set a rule for himself: to give job opportunities to people with disabilities first.
Liu Zilong (刘子龙), a young man born after 2000, has hemiplegia and cannot use his right hand. In 2018, he came to Lu Hong's (陆鸿) factory for an interview, but could not find a suitable position. Lu Hong (陆鸿) did not give up on him, and encouraged him to try working as an online store customer service representative.
Customer service requires communicating with customers online, and Liu Zilong (刘子龙) can only type with his left hand. At first, he was very uncomfortable and once wanted to quit. Lu Hong (陆鸿) customized a one-handed keyboard for him, and after repeated practice, Liu Zilong's (刘子龙) typing speed improved significantly. At the busiest time, he can reply to the messages of more than a dozen customers at the same time. As the factory's "gold medal customer service representative", he earns more than 10,000 yuan a month, and his personality has also become more cheerful. "Next, I want to buy a house and start a family." Liu Zilong (刘子龙) is full of hope for the future.
Over the years, more than 150 people with disabilities have worked in the factory. Many of them have started their own businesses with the skills and salaries they have learned here, and their lives are getting better and better. But Lu Hong (陆鸿) feels that he has not done enough. In recent years, he has successively taken the lead in establishing the Lu Hong (陆鸿) Helping the Disabled Foundation and the Lu Hong (陆鸿) Helping the Disabled Science and Technology Service Center to provide employment and entrepreneurship training, guidance and incubation services for people with disabilities. "I hope to help more people with disabilities integrate into society and realize their dreams," said Lu Hong (陆鸿).
National Self-Improvement Model Cilu Heng (此路恒)
Learning a Craft, Operating Ethnic Costumes
By Ye Chuanzeng (叶传增), reporter of this newspaper
In the production workshop of an ethnic costume company in Fugong County (福贡县), Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture (怒江傈僳族自治州), Yunnan (云南), the "dada" sound of sewing machines rises and falls. On the assembly line, workers are busy rushing to make a batch of ethnic costumes. "Lisu (傈僳族) patterns pay attention to symmetry, the needle should be steady, and the thread should be even..." In front of the operating table, Cilu Heng (此路恒), the head of the company, bent over, pinched the embroidery thread, and explained sewing techniques to new employees while demonstrating.
When he was 8 years old, he suffered from polio and his left foot was disabled. Cilu Heng (此路恒) once felt very confused. But his mother's words awakened him: "Your legs are not good, but your brain is bright!"
After some exploration, Cilu Heng (此路恒) recognized sewing as a craft. Traditional sewing machines require two feet to cooperate and alternately step on the pedals, but Cilu Heng (此路恒) can only use one foot, which requires more physical strength and energy than ordinary people. Cilu Heng (此路恒) practiced constantly, often practicing until his feet cramped, and finally he could skillfully operate the sewing machine with one foot.
During an outing to study, Cilu Heng (此路恒) found that handmade ethnic costumes were very popular among consumers. He thought: "Our village is a traditional Lisu (傈僳族) village, and every household can spin and weave. Selling cloth has meager profits, but ethnic costumes can sell for a good price, why not change the direction of development?"
After discussing with his wife, Cilu Heng (此路恒) took out his savings to purchase equipment and opened the village's first ethnic costume family workshop, sewing traditional Lisu (傈僳族) and Nu (怒族) costumes. He also innovated the process, changing the traditional oblique placket cardigan into a waist-fitting short shirt, and then using a unique Chinese knot design to match bright colors, which was favored by the market as soon as it was launched; he tried to cleverly integrate shells, silver ornaments and modern tailoring techniques to make the costumes both traditional and fashionable.
In order to broaden sales channels, Cilu Heng (此路恒) often has to show the ethnic costumes he makes to customers, or demonstrate the production skills on the spot. In the process of his hands flying, he proved his ability and accumulated a reputation. From a family workshop to a cooperative to a company, Cilu Heng's (此路恒) clothing brand has become more and more famous with his exquisite skills and honest management.
Cilu Heng (此路恒) usually needs to use crutches to walk. He said that the crutch he is holding has already been the eighty-ninth one, "As long as you have the courage to face challenges and the perseverance to persevere, you can walk on the road to prosperity even with crutches!"
National Advanced Individual in Work for Persons with Disabilities He Qiao (何巧)
"Speaking" with Hands, Serving Hearing-Impaired Residents
By Liu Xinwu (刘新吾), reporter of this newspaper
"Don't worry, speak slowly." In the "Qiao Jie (巧姐) Silent Police Office" of the Hongyan Police Station (红岩派出所) in Shapingba District (沙坪坝区), Chongqing (重庆), police officer He Qiao (何巧) smiled and handed over a few cups of water, patiently communicating with several hearing-impaired elderly people in sign language. After a while, the old people's originally excited faces gradually eased... This scene is He Qiao's (何巧) warm daily life in the community for 11 years. She uses a pair of "speaking" hands to send care to hearing-impaired residents.
In 2014, He Qiao (何巧) was transferred to the Ciqikou Police Station (磁器口派出所) in Shapingba District (沙坪坝区). When she first walked into the Cijian Village (磁建村) community in the jurisdiction, she learned that nearly 200 hearing-impaired people lived here. At first, when she visited households, she was often anxious because she could not understand sign language. "If I can't even communicate, what can I do to serve?" He Qiao (何巧) signed up for training courses and asked residents for advice, and began to learn sign language.
Three months later, she was able to chat with hearing-impaired residents in sign language, and the hearing-impaired residents gradually opened their hearts to her. "Sister Zhang (张大姐) needs hearing aid batteries," "Grandpa Li's (李大爷) medical insurance card is lost"... He Qiao's (何巧) notebook is densely filled with residents' demands. "Their 'small things' are my big things," she said.
In 2019, the police station created the "Qiao Jie (巧姐) Silent Police Office", adding a mediation room, a heart-to-heart corner and a study room, equipped with convenient facilities such as hearing aids and writing boards, and often organized various learning and exchange activities. In a fraud prevention publicity class, He Qiao (何巧) simulated fraud scenarios and explained the routines of scams. A hearing-impaired resident gesticulated excitedly: "I was cheated like this last time!" The resident stood up and used his own experience to remind everyone to be careful. In three years, more than 50 such lectures have been held, the amount of legal consultation for hearing-impaired residents in the community has decreased by 70%, and the success rate of mediation of disputes has reached 100%.
Under the leadership of He Qiao (何巧), hearing-impaired residents have also formed a "silent volunteer patrol team" to patrol the buildings and alleys and serve the community, from "being protected" to "protectors", contributing to the safety of the community.
In 2022, after He Qiao (何巧) was transferred to the Hongyan Police Station (红岩派出所), many community police officers also began to learn sign language, and a group of sign language experts used remote video and other methods to solve problems for hearing-impaired residents. More than 1,000 college students from Southwest University of Political Science & Law (西南政法大学) and other universities carried out sign language practice in the social practice base established by the police office... He Qiao (何巧) has more and more companions.
National Advanced Collective in Work for Persons with Disabilities, Liaoning Provincial Sports Training and Rehabilitation Center for Persons with Disabilities
Selecting Seedlings, Supporting Sports Dreams
By Liu Jiahua (刘佳华), reporter of this newspaper
Jogging warm-up, full-body stretching, first strength training, then special training... In the early morning, in the track and field hall of Shenyang Sports School (沈阳市体育运动学校), Li Yingli (李英粒), a member of the Liaoning Provincial Track and Field Team for Persons with Disabilities, and her teammates started a day of training.
Li Yingli (李英粒), 28 years old this year, joined the Liaoning Provincial Track and Field Team for Persons with Disabilities 13 years ago. She has participated in 2 Paralympic Games and 3 Asian Para Games, and has won gold medals in the 4×100m relay, F37 shot put, F38 discus and other events. "From the initial track and field training and competition to the later rehabilitation and injury recovery and project conversion, it was the cultivation and support of the Sports Training Center that promoted me to continue to move forward," said Li Yingli (李英粒).
The "Sports Training Center" she mentioned is the Liaoning Provincial Sports Training and Rehabilitation Center for Persons with Disabilities. The Sports Training Center was established in 2003 and undertakes the work of assisting in holding sports events for persons with disabilities and ensuring the training and competition of athletes with disabilities. It has cultivated more than 200 national champions and 30 Paralympic champions. The Sports Training Center is also responsible for managing 25 training teams, including more than 200 athletes, covering 22 competition events.
"I have watched these children grow up, just like my own children." Li Hongquan (李洪全), director of the Sports Training Center, remembers clearly the experience of each child joining the team: some are selected through centralized selection, some are recommended by the municipal and county disabled persons' federations, some are brought by their parents who come here admiringly, and some are found by them through door-to-door visits... "In order to select good seedlings, we often go to counties and districts for visits and investigations. Once, we crossed mountains and ridges, and the car almost overturned into a ditch."
"The rowing team went to Zhejiang (浙江) to participate in the rowing and canoeing championships, and the deaf football team rushed to Guangdong (广东) to participate in the 12th National Games for the Disabled..." Looking through the schedule summary table, Li Hongquan (李洪全) sighed: "Everyone trains and participates in competitions all year round. Although it is very hard, seeing the smiles of the athletes when they achieve results makes everything worthwhile."
"Competitive sports bring to athletes with disabilities not only the glory on the field, but also the shaping of character and the exercise of physique." Li Hongquan (李洪全) said, "In the team, the leaders and coaches perform their respective duties, and the team members care for and help each other, which helps the children better integrate into society. We must continue to work hard to help more athletes with disabilities become self-reliant and realize their dreams."
National Advanced Collective in Work for Persons with Disabilities, Hongsipu District (红寺堡区) Disabled Persons' Federation of Wuzhong City (吴忠市), Ningxia (宁夏)
Training Skills, Lighting Up Hope for Life
By Qin Ruijie (秦瑞杰), reporter of this newspaper
Walking into the Hongsipu District (红寺堡区) Rehabilitation Center for Persons with Disabilities in Wuzhong City (吴忠市), Ningxia (宁夏), Wang Zhansheng (王占省), who is visually impaired, squinted his eyes and learned sheep farming techniques from agricultural technicians, and recorded the feed ratio and prevention and treatment points of various diseases in his notebook. "Thanks to the skill training organized by the Disabled Persons' Federation, we can also increase our income and become rich with our own skills," said Wang Zhansheng (王占省). In the past 4 years, from the initial 5 sheep to the current 50 sheep, Wang Zhansheng's (王占省) breeding scale has continued to expand, and his annual income has reached 100,000 yuan. "With a skill, life is getting better and better. The adobe house that I have lived in for decades has become a brick house, and two households in the village have followed me to learn sheep farming and have also become rich." Walking into Wang Zhansheng's (王占省) yard, newly planted roses swayed in the wind, the ground was repaired flat, and Wang Zhansheng (王占省) smiled heartily.
Wang Zhansheng's (王占省) experience is a microcosm of the Hongsipu District (红寺堡区) Disabled Persons' Federation lighting up hope for life for persons with disabilities through skills training. Since 2020, the Hongsipu District (红寺堡区) Disabled Persons' Federation has carried out vocational skills and rural practical technology training for more than 1,600 people, and supported more than 970 households to develop planting and breeding industries.
"Our goal is not only to 兜住底线 (dōu zhù dǐ xiàn - "hold the bottom line," to ensure basic living standards), but also to enable people with disabilities to become participants and beneficiaries of the comprehensive revitalization of the countryside." Ma Guangbu (马广步), chairman of the Hongsipu District (红寺堡区) Disabled Persons' Federation, said that under the promotion of the Hongsipu District (红寺堡区) Disabled Persons' Federation, many local people with disabilities have achieved increased income through "internet access".
Li Yaomei (李耀梅) is one example. At night, the poverty alleviation workshop in Longyuan Village (龙源村), Hongsipu District (红寺堡区), is still lit up. Li Yaomei (李耀梅) and her sisters are skillfully tying brooms with cogongrass and sorghum stalks. "Don't underestimate this broom, you can make money if you do it well," said Li Yaomei (李耀梅). In 2015, she had a car accident and her right leg was disabled. Her broom business received funding from the "Sunshine Assistance to the Disabled and Well-off Plan" of the Hongsipu District (红寺堡区) Disabled Persons' Federation. She also participated in the e-commerce training courses opened by the Hongsipu District (红寺堡区) Disabled Persons' Federation, and made her business online, with an annual income of more than 100,000 yuan.
Since 2020, Hongsipu District (红寺堡区) has accumulated 42.45 million yuan in funds from various levels, and has built a number of rehabilitation centers, care centers and village (community) rehabilitation stations for persons with disabilities, and implemented barrier-free transformation for more than 700 households. "We want to be the confidants and close friends of people with disabilities, so that they can be like the cogongrass on the Gobi Desert, which cannot be blown down by the wind or buried by the sand!" said Ma Guangbu (马广步).
Return to TopBy: 李俊杰
Around us, there is a group of people who may have impaired hearing, limited vision, or other physical disabilities, but none of these can stop them from actively pursuing their life dreams.
Behind their efforts to move forward is their unyielding attitude in facing life. Whether it is Lu Hong (陆鸿) in Jiangsu or Ci Luheng (此路恒) in Yunnan, neither of them has bowed their heads to fate because of physical disabilities. From learning technology to starting factories, they have not only achieved self-reliance but also helped more people with disabilities to find employment. This spirit of "if fate closes a door for me, I will open a window for myself," allows the colors of life not to fade due to physical imperfections.
Behind their efforts to move forward is people using warm kindness to support hope. He Qiao (何巧), a police officer in Chongqing (重庆), took the initiative to learn sign language to serve hearing-impaired residents, striving to be a trusted and reliable confidante and caring person for them. The Hongsipu (红寺堡) District Disabled Persons' Federation in Wuzhong (吴忠) City, Ningxia (宁夏), actively carries out practical technical training for people with disabilities, helping them create a happier and better life. These ordinary acts of kindness, like streams converging into a river, allow great love to permeate people's hearts, helping people with disabilities capture the light of hope and draw strength for struggle in the folds of life.
Behind their efforts to move forward is the strong support of Party committees and governments at all levels and their relevant departments. From the disability protection law weaving a network of rights protection, to the construction of barrier-free environments helping convenient travel; from personalized teaching models illuminating the path to education, to the "two subsidies for people with disabilities" system benefiting millions of families; the implementation of each policy conveys warmth and care, providing solid support for improving the lives and personal development of people with disabilities.
When people with disabilities use self-improvement as oars, the whole society uses care as sails, and relevant departments use guarantees as anchors, the ship of dreams has the confidence to not fear storms and move forward fearlessly. The cause of helping people with disabilities is not only about caring for people with disabilities, but also a powerful tool for promoting social civilization and progress. Let us work together to stimulate internal motivation with equality and respect, convey love and hope with small acts of kindness, and build a solid foundation for development with institutional guarantees, actively creating a good atmosphere and environment in which the whole society understands, respects, cares for, and helps people with disabilities, so that everyone can move towards the light and grow without obstacles.
Return to TopLayout design: Zhang Fangman (张芳曼) and Wang Zheping (汪哲平)
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 喻思南
The rich resources hidden in the vast universe have always attracted scientists to explore. Not long ago, China University of Mining and Technology developed China's first space mining robot. This technological breakthrough has once again aroused people's attention to space resources. In order to pursue the dream of space mining, scientists have carried out a series of exploratory studies in space resource exploration, drilling technology, and in-situ utilization. How do "interstellar miners" mine? In this issue of "Viewing the Frontier," let's take a look at how far space mining is from reality.
——Editor
Why go?
It can not only obtain extraterrestrial resources, but also drive the development of deep space exploration technology.
People yearn for space mining. The most direct need is to obtain space resources to cope with the possible depletion of mineral resources on Earth in the future.
What resources are there in space? Not to mention the distant ones, the moon, asteroids in the solar system, etc. are rich in resources, some of which are lacking on Earth. Scientists have discovered that lunar soil is rich in solar wind gas, including helium-3, an important raw material for controlled nuclear fusion; KREEP rocks widely distributed on the moon are rich in thorium and rare earth elements, and the reserves are considerable.
There is an asteroid belt between the orbits of Jupiter and Mars, which is mainly composed of small celestial bodies made of rock and metal. These small celestial bodies are rich in iron, nickel, cobalt, platinum group metals, etc., as well as water ice and hydroxides, which can be used for space infrastructure, energy supply, and life support.
The significance of space mining is more than that. "Space mining is closely related to space technology, mining science, space information technology, astronomy, and planetary science, and can drive the development of science and technology and space exploration," said Liu Xinhua (刘新华), a professor at the School of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering of China University of Mining and Technology (中国矿业大学).
Near-Earth asteroids have become a hot spot of concern in the scientific community due to their concentrated resources, great development potential, and low technical threshold. Liu Xinhua (刘新华) introduced that the reserves of platinum group metals in the asteroid belt are amazing. An asteroid with a diameter of 1 kilometer may contain 100 million tons of platinum, with high potential mining value.
Which space resources are worth mining? In the opinion of Zheng Yongchun (郑永春), curator of the Shenzhen Science and Technology Museum (广东深圳科学技术馆) and professor at Shenzhen Institute of Technology (深圳理工大学), space resources mainly include two aspects: some high-value resources that are scarce on Earth and worth spending huge costs to mine, and resources needed for long-term space life (such as organic matter and water). "Some resources are very expensive to bring from the Earth and must be used in situ," said Zheng Yongchun (郑永春).
The Hubble Space Telescope (哈勃望远镜) has performed spectral analysis on the asteroid 16 Psyche (灵神星) in the asteroid belt and found that its metal content is as high as 82.5%, and most of these metals are exposed on the surface.
Zheng Yongchun (郑永春) explained that asteroids are remnants after the formation of the solar system. Some are mainly composed of rocks, and some are mainly composed of metals. It is estimated that the main components of 16 Psyche (灵神星) are silicate rocks and metals such as iron and nickel.
Where is the difficulty?
Deep space communication, energy supply, transportation, and logistics all face huge challenges.
Space mining is a long-term and extremely complex system engineering.
The first is the challenge of working in a microgravity environment. Asteroids have relatively small masses and extremely low gravity, some even close to zero gravity. Traditional mining equipment is difficult to operate stably in such an environment and may lose control due to reaction forces, and the efficiency of ore collection and transportation is extremely low.
"The space mining robot developed by our team has a basic form of 6-legged mode, with 3 wheel legs and 3 claw legs, mainly to adapt to the microgravity environment in space," said Liu Xinhua (刘新华). To solve the drift caused by weightlessness, the research team simulated the claw thorn structure of insects and designed special claw thorn feet.
In addition to the problem of microgravity, space mining work also faces technical limitations in in-situ resource utilization, extreme radiation, and difficulties in deep space communication, energy supply, and transportation logistics. Each of these is a huge challenge.
Taking energy supply as an example, traditional deep space exploration relies on solar energy. The light in deep space or the asteroid belt is weak, and the efficiency of solar cells is greatly reduced. Small nuclear reactors are still in the experimental stage, and their stability and safety need to be verified. "Long-term missions rely on sustainable energy, and existing technologies cannot meet high energy consumption needs," said Liu Xinhua (刘新华).
"Transporting ore back from deep space requires overcoming huge gravitational fields, and the cost of fuel consumption is extremely high; if resources are used to build lunar and Mars bases, orbital transfer stations and reusable transportation systems need to be established, but the current technology maturity is low," said Liu Xinhua (刘新华).
To solve a series of problems, Professor Liu Xinhua's (刘新华) team simulated the near-Earth asteroid environment in the laboratory and verified the work of the space mining robot on the ground. The results show that the robot combines wheel and claw foot designs, can adapt to the complex terrain of the moon and asteroids, and integrates the functions of movement, anchoring, drilling, and sampling, and can process a variety of resources at the same time. In addition, the feasibility of the robot's motion characteristics was tested through a suspension mechanism that simulates microgravity.
"The cost of space mining is mainly related to carrying capacity," said Zheng Yongchun (郑永春). Significantly reducing the transportation cost from Earth to space is the prerequisite for "interstellar mining," so realizing the reuse of rockets is very critical.
What are the prospects?
Related research is in its initial stage, and scientists are exploring from resource exploration, drilling technology, and other aspects.
Research on space mining is still in its initial stage. After more than half a century of deep space exploration, mankind has accumulated relatively rich data and preliminary technologies, some of which can be used for space mining after modification and deepening, such as resource exploration, drilling technology, and in-situ resource utilization.
In terms of the research and development of space mining equipment, Liu Xinhua (刘新华) said that the research and development promoted by the international scientific community mainly focuses on autonomous robots, in-situ resource utilization, microgravity environment operations, efficient energy systems, and material technologies. For example, Japan (日本) and the United States (美国) have successfully verified asteroid sampling technology; the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (美国国家航空航天局) has designed a robot specifically for lunar mining, equipped with a rotating excavation arm, which can efficiently collect lunar soil in a low-gravity environment.
"In the short term, experimental mining will target the moon and asteroids to promote technology verification and commercial exploration; in the medium and long term, space mining is expected to achieve large-scale production, support the construction of lunar and Mars bases, and spawn a space economy," said Liu Xinhua (刘新华).
Zheng Yongchun (郑永春) believes that the main purpose of space mining is to meet the needs of future human long-term life in space, such as establishing lunar bases and Mars cities. "To a large extent, the progress of space exploration depends on human determination. The investment in space exploration seems to have no output, but it will greatly drive scientific discovery and technological progress, thereby generating huge economic and social value."
What will the future form of space mining robots be like?
In Liu Xinhua's (刘新华) vision, it is a fully autonomous "space factory," that is, it has self-repair capabilities and cross-celestial adaptability, can be remotely controlled, or can achieve deep human-machine integration through brain-computer interfaces. To achieve these, it relies on breakthroughs in artificial intelligence, materials science, and energy technology, as well as in-depth cooperation in global space resource development.
Space mining robots are still being continuously improved. "The team will continue to optimize around modularization, intelligence, and efficient resource utilization," said Liu Xinhua (刘新华).
Return to TopBy: 潘庆松
Metals Also Have "Chronic Diseases"?
To use an analogy, if we regard metals as office workers in a long-term state of high pressure, they can also suffer from "chronic diseases" such as fatigue damage—professionally known as cyclic creep or ratcheting. Just like rusty gears that can only rotate in one direction after being stuck, the internal structure of metals will also get "stuck" after repeated cyclic stress, accumulating damage until sudden fracture.
Metals are made of countless tiny grains stacked together, like "building blocks." Their internal deformation is usually coordinated by "dislocated seams" (i.e., "dislocations"). When a metal is repeatedly pulled or squeezed, these seams slide like toppled dominoes, leading to deformation. If the direction of force always leans to one side, the dislocations will slide further and further in one direction, and the metal's "skeleton" will slowly be crushed.
How great is the harm of metal "chronic diseases"?
On the one hand, metal "chronic diseases" can bring great safety risks. Some metal surfaces may appear intact, but the interior is already full of "cracks," which may break without warning. Many historical air crashes and bridge collapses are related to this. Traditional high-strength metals are like "muscle men." Although they can carry heavy objects, they are prone to "cramps" (i.e., "cyclic softening") when repeatedly bent, and local areas experience "muscle dissolution" (i.e., "strain localization") until sudden collapse.
The "health" of metals is also related to the development of science and technology. In "high-pressure positions" such as aerospace engine blades and nuclear power plant pipelines, traditional metals are difficult to withstand extreme tests.
The scientific community once widely adopted two solutions to treat metal "chronic diseases": one was to "increase muscle" for metals, that is, to improve the strength of metals by breaking metal grains into "nano-muscle fibers," but these materials are brittle and break when bent; the other was to "reduce fat" for metals, that is, to introduce flexible structures such as dislocations to increase plasticity, but these structures will "gang up to be lazy" or structurally coarsen under cyclic stress, which instead makes damage easily concentrated in local areas.
More棘手的是 (jí shǒu de shì - "what's more troublesome is," more difficult to deal with), traditional theory believes that high strength and fatigue resistance are like 鱼与熊掌 (yú yǔ xióng zhǎng - "fish and bear's paw," a difficult choice between two desirable things), just like requiring a person to have both the strength of a weightlifting champion and the endurance of a marathon runner, which was once considered impossible to achieve.
Not long ago, an international research team led by the Institute of Metal Research (金属研究所) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (中国科学院) proposed a new structural design idea. By using self-developed reciprocating torsion technology to change the internal structure of metal materials, while maintaining high strength and high plasticity, the average ratcheting deformation rate is greatly reduced, which is expected to greatly improve the service life of key components in extreme environments.
The key to this set of "treatment plans" is two "medicines." One is a gradient dislocation structure, which is like putting on a special armor for the metal—the outer layer is a "high-density steel wire mesh" (surface high-density dislocation area), the middle layer is a "buffer sponge" (transition layer), and the inner layer is a "tough spring" (internal low-density area). The orderly structure allows stress to be dispersed layer by layer, and external force is like "a fist hitting cotton." The second is coherent martensitic transformation, which can be understood as "nano-repairmen." When the metal is "injured" under cyclic stress, the interior will trigger a magical self-healing mechanism: the atoms collectively "transform" from a face-centered cubic structure to a close-packed hexagonal structure, while generating countless sub-10 nanometer coherent lamellae. These lamellae are equivalent to using a "nail array" to block the advancement of dislocations, "grabbing" and storing the sliding dislocations to prevent the metal from continuing to be damaged. The energy released by the "transformation" can also make the dislocation structure continue to refine like cell division, achieving a "muscle-building" effect.
This technology breaks the traditional understanding of the scientific community—while the strength of the new material is increased by 2.6 times, the cyclic creep resistance is hundreds or even thousands of times stronger than similar materials, which is equivalent to creating a robot that can both lift a truck and run a marathon. In the future, this technology is expected to extend the service life of industrial equipment, such as extending the life of rocket engine blades and extending the service life of nuclear reactor pressure vessels.
(The author is a researcher at the Institute of Metal Research (金属研究所) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (中国科学院), compiled by Liu Jiahua (刘佳华), a reporter from this newspaper)
Return to Top(Lhasa Electric News) (Reporter Xian Gan (鲜敢)) The Yebatan Hydropower Station (叶巴滩水电站), the hydropower station with the largest installed capacity in the Sichuan-Tibet section of the upper reaches of the Jinsha River (金沙江), recently successfully extracted a 38.10-meter-long concrete core sample from its dam, equivalent to the height of a 12-story building, breaking the domestic record for core sampling of similar dam types.
The Yebatan Hydropower Station (叶巴滩水电站) is located in the upper reaches of the Jinsha River (金沙江) at the junction of Baiyu County (白玉县), Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (甘孜藏族自治州), Sichuan Province, and Gonjo County (贡觉县), Chamdo City (昌都市), Tibet Autonomous Region. It has a total installed capacity of 2.24 million kilowatts and is invested, constructed, and operated by China Huadian Corporation Ltd. (中国华电集团有限公司). The hydropower station has a maximum dam height of 217 meters and is the highest double-curvature arch dam under construction in China.
It is understood that this core sampling was a random sampling during the dam pouring process during the construction period. The core sample is 38.10 meters long and 245 millimeters in diameter, and it runs through a total of 13 pouring units, 12 horizontal construction joint surfaces, and 80 pouring layers. According to on-site observations, the extracted core sample has a complete and smooth surface, dense texture, uniform aggregate distribution, and excellent interlayer bonding.
The pouring quality of the concrete determines the "lifespan" of the dam, and the integrity of the core sample directly reflects the pouring quality of the concrete bonded between layers. The project team, in conjunction with academicians and experts, successfully extracted the concrete core sample by developing digital management platforms such as intelligent pouring, intelligent temperature control, and intelligent grouting, and applying "full-dam medium-heat cement concrete construction temperature control technology" and "ultra-high arch dam mass concrete quality control technology."
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 黄晓慧
In a laboratory in Shanghai Zhangjiang Science City (上海张江科学城), scientists are witnessing a breakthrough in the limits of life—in a sealed container at 90 degrees Celsius, enzymes are rapidly "degrading" plastic. This high-temperature-resistant plastic-degrading enzyme is a "new" protein designed and modified by AI by Professor Hong Liang's (洪亮) team at Shanghai Jiao Tong University (上海交通大学).
While traditional biologists are still using pipettes in the laboratory to test protein functions one by one and assemble "ideal" proteins, Hong Liang's team's AI large model "Qimingxing" (启明星) has built a "functional map" of hundreds of millions of proteins, which can accurately and efficiently design heat-resistant, alkali-resistant, acid-resistant and other "super" proteins to meet the needs of "customized" proteins.
Proteins are the material basis of life activities. There are 20 kinds of amino acids in nature that participate in the composition of proteins. A protein molecule is usually composed of dozens to thousands of amino acids arranged in a specific order. Subtle differences in the order may cause proteins to exhibit completely different functional characteristics, such as stability, activity, and affinity. In the past few decades, biologists could only rely on experimental methods to determine the structure of proteins, and revealing complex protein structures would consume a lot of time for biologists. In 2018, Google's DeepMind team released the AI large model AlphaFold, which can accurately analyze the three-dimensional structure of proteins, laying the foundation for researchers to conduct drug development and vaccine design more efficiently and accurately.
"When using AI to design proteins, we were thinking that the purpose of the design is to meet certain functional requirements. Why not train an AI model to directly design proteins that meet functional requirements?" Hong Liang's team decided to train an AI large model different from AlphaFold to challenge the difficulties of protein function design.
"We use AI technology to learn the arrangement rules of amino acids in protein chains in various organisms in different natural environments. More importantly, we label 500 million proteins with functional labels from the three dimensions of temperature, acidity and alkalinity, and pressure, and then 'feed' these massive functional labels to the AI large model, so that it can quickly and accurately design 'durable' protein products that are heat-resistant, acid-resistant, and alkali-resistant," said Hong Liang.
If a protein is regarded as a mold, then the entire data set is a super toolbox filled with 9 billion molds, which is the largest protein data set in the world to date. The protein data set, composed of 3.62 billion terrestrial microbial protein sequences, 2.64 billion marine microbial protein sequences, 2.43 billion antibody protein sequences, and 0.6 billion viral protein sequences, contains the "survival of the fittest" rules from the earth's surface to polar glaciers and deep-sea trenches.
"For example, for this heat-resistant plastic-degrading enzyme, we first selected several protein 'molds' with heat-resistant functions from 'Qimingxing' (启明星), and then used AI technology to modify the amino acid sequence of these protein 'molds' to improve its heat resistance, and conduct experimental verification simultaneously, thereby avoiding the past high-throughput screening and improving the efficiency of protein design and modification," said Hong Liang.
In the automated laboratory of the Zhangjiang (张江) campus of Shanghai Jiao Tong University (上海交通大学), robotic arms are rapidly verifying AI-designed proteins. The experimental data generated here every day will flow back to the AI system to continuously optimize protein molds, forming an enhanced "data-model-experiment" cycle. Hong Liang vividly calls it the "automatic driving mode of proteins." "Our goal is to make design AI-based and experiments automated, and to turn complex protein science into a simple engineering process," said Hong Liang.
Up to now, 8 industrial projects have used the "Qimingxing" (启明星) large model to design proteins, with a success rate of 70%. This breakthrough is rewriting industry rules: a biopharmaceutical company used the extremely alkali-resistant protein designed by "Qimingxing" (启明星), which doubled its service life and can save the company millions of yuan in costs every year.
Talking about the future vision, Hong Liang described it this way: biologists only need to enter their requirements on the computer, and AI can automatically generate candidate protein "molds," and the automation platform completes verification and optimization. This can not only liberate researchers from repetitive experiments, but also may give rise to a new industrial form of "customized synthetic biology."
The protein large model and part of the data set established by the Chinese research team have been released recently and open sourced on the software hosting platform GitHub for scientific research institutions around the world to access.
Standing on the new track of the synthetic biology industry, Hong Liang said that when AI begins to understand the "design logic" of life, we may be witnessing a new industrial revolution—in this era when proteins can be precisely "programmed," from pharmaceutical research and development to environmental protection, life science will take a bigger step forward.
Return to TopAccording to Xinhua News Agency, Beijing (北京) - American scientists have recently developed a new method for producing low-cost sugars from biomass waste such as corn stalks, which is expected to promote the development of sustainable biofuels.
Biomass refers to various organisms formed through photosynthesis, including all plants, animals, and microorganisms; biomass energy is the form of solar energy stored in biomass in the form of chemical energy, and is a green energy source with broad prospects for development.
Biomass resources are abundant and inexpensive, but the high processing cost has always been a major obstacle due to the difficulty in breaking down complex structural molecules such as cellulose and lignin.
A research team led by Washington State University in the United States recently published a paper in the British journal "Bioresource Technology" stating that they used ammonium sulfite-based alkaline salts to process corn stalks and convert them into low-cost sugars for the production of biofuels and bioproducts, thereby improving economic feasibility.
The researchers pretreated corn stalks with potassium hydroxide and ammonium sulfite at a temperature of approximately 80 degrees Celsius. This treatment allows enzymes to break down cellulose polymers into sugars, which can then be further fermented into biofuels and bioproducts without the need for additional chemical recovery steps.
Return to TopLayout Design: Zhang Danfeng (张丹峰)
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 任姗姗
"Which cinema offers the best viewing experience for 'Ne Zha'?" From IMAX GT halls and Dolby Cinemas to the domestic brand China Film CINITY LED halls... On social media, evaluation bloggers are sharing their answers. The wrinkles around Ao Guang's (敖光) eyes, the scales of the sea monsters, the halo of the Seven Treasure Lotus... Every detail on the big screen has become a "treasure" that movie fans keep unlocking.
The year 2025 marks the 120th anniversary of Chinese cinema and the 130th anniversary of world cinema. Since its inception, film has been inextricably linked to technology. This "breakthrough" in film projection technology makes it necessary for us to re-examine the relationship between art and technology. What hard power lies behind the "microscopic clarity"? Does China's film projection technology possess its own "black technology"?
Extended screenings were once "hard to come by," and special effects halls meet the demand for higher quality.
One weekday afternoon, the IMAX GT giant screen laser hall at the China National Film Museum (中国电影博物馆) (hereinafter referred to as "Film Museum (影博)") was screening the film *Ne Zha: The Devil Child* (哪吒之魔童闹海) (hereinafter referred to as *Ne Zha 2* (《哪吒2》)). The huge screen, 28 meters wide and 22 meters high, "fills" the audience's entire field of vision. Staff member Wu Xiaomeng (武小蒙) told reporters, "Since the film's release, the IMAX GT giant screen laser hall has been basically over 90% full every day."
One film, *Ne Zha 2* (《哪吒2》), has made the Film Museum's (影博) IMAX GT giant screen laser hall a popular spot. Why? The key lies in the "IMAX GT giant screen" in the hall. What is IMAX GT? It is the top configuration of current IMAX technology. It is a projection system designed specifically for ultra-large cinemas, typically using two 4K resolution laser projectors and a 12.1-channel sound system. It can support a 1.43:1 aspect ratio, presenting clearer images and powerfully precise sound effects, bringing the audience an extremely immersive experience, making it an ideal choice for watching special effects blockbusters.
According to data provided by the Film Museum (影博), since the 2025 Spring Festival film season, the number of film screenings and moviegoers at the Film Museum (影博) have increased significantly. To meet audience demand, the Film Museum (影博) has repeatedly added IMAX late-night screenings of *Ne Zha 2* (《哪吒2》), extending the hours to 11:30 PM, and even then, tickets were once "hard to come by."
The last time such a popular scene occurred was in 2010 when the film *Avatar* was released. Fifteen years later, film production and projection technology have undergone multiple iterations and upgrades. In particular, the creative quality and level of domestic films have also achieved leapfrog development. Gao Yue (高越), director of the Research Department of the Film Museum (影博), and her colleagues are very emotional: "The science fiction legend has been replaced by Eastern mythology, and the film projection in the hall has changed from the IMAX 70mm film equipment of that year to the current IMAX GT laser equipment. Everything has changed."
Not only the Film Museum (影博), but data shows that during the 2025 Spring Festival film season, the box office output of special effects theaters increased to 12.5%, with *Ne Zha 2* (《哪吒2》) contributing 70% of the share. Looking at the audience's sharing on social media, the details magnified by the giant screen, the richer information content, and the more immersive audio-visual enjoyment are the main reasons for attracting them to watch it "N times." Many viewers left messages saying that they couldn't help but shed tears when they saw the details of Ne Zha's (哪吒) flesh tearing apart on the large screen. This scene, which took a year and 120 shots to produce, also allowed the audience to feel more immersive and empathetic due to the vivid presentation on the big screen.
Giant screens experience "catching up and running in parallel," and LED achieves "overtaking on a different track."
As the supporting cinema of the Museum of the History of the Communist Party of China, China Film International Cinema (中影国际影城) has established a reputation with the domestic independent brand China Film CINITY (中影CINITY) in less than 5 years since its opening. On social media, many movie fans spontaneously evaluate the audio-visual effects of the CINITY LED hall, and the screen is full of pride.
"Hall 1 is a dual-machine CINITY hall, halls 7 and 8 are single-machine CINITY halls, and halls 4 and 9 are CINITY LED halls. The box office output of these 5 special effects halls accounts for more than 60% of the cinema's box office in 2024." Cinema manager Wu Ying (吴莹) has a direct feeling for the box office driving ability of special effects halls. According to her calculations, more than 80% of the cinema's *Ne Zha 2* (《哪吒2》) box office comes from special effects halls.
What is CINITY?
"CINITY is a film technology brand under China Film (中影) that integrates new technology format film research and development and technology integration." Bian Wei (边巍), general manager of China Film CINITY (中影CINITY), introduced that a major feature of CINITY is high frame rate. Currently, the internationally used film shooting technology is still 24 frames/second, and CINITY supports high frame rates of 24 frames/second or more, up to 120 frames/second, which is the highest standard that all current projection systems can achieve. High frame rates can greatly improve the clarity of dynamic images, making the viewing process more enjoyable, vivid, and realistic.
The CINITY projection system is also compatible with new technologies in the field of film projection such as 4K, 3D, high brightness, high dynamic range, wide color gamut, and immersive sound, bringing audiences a better viewing experience. Bian Wei (边巍) introduced that since 2019, CINITY has been iterating every two years. In 2023, based on China's LED display industry foundation, research and development capabilities, and independent intellectual property rights, CINITY LED, in addition to high technical indicators, core independent intellectual property rights are also a major highlight. "LED screens have broken through the aspect ratio limitations of previous giant screens, no longer need to be projected onto the screen, and have switched from passive light emission to active light emission, with higher brightness, stronger contrast, and higher uniformity. New projection methods have also emerged." Bian Wei (边巍) said, "This is an 'overtaking on a different track' for domestic film projection technology."
Walking into the China Film Technology CINITY Laboratory (中影科技CINITY实验室), the CINITY LED display screen is particularly "eye-catching." It is from here that high frame rate films meet audiences in more than 200 CINITY halls across the country.
"At the end of 2024, the CINITY LED mastering center was established overseas to expand the market; at the beginning of this year, the 10-meter CINITY LED projection system with independent intellectual property rights set a benchmark for professional-grade LED projection technology for the film industry..." Bian Wei (边巍) listed a series of developments in one breath.
"China has experienced catching up, running in parallel, and leading in the field of giant screen technology. Currently, China's independently developed digital film LED giant screen projection technology has an internationally leading image restoration capability." Dong Qiangguo (董强国), deputy director of the Southern Center for Testing and Certification of the China Film Science and Technology Research Institute (中国电影科学技术研究所), introduced.
"Watchability" retains the audience, and "must-see" stimulates cultural originality.
Stepping into the Beijing Huaxia Film Center (北京华夏电影中心), which just opened at the beginning of this year, the reporter was "wrapped" in five LED screens on the top, bottom, left, right, and front. One LED screen is pieced together by 176 electronic screens, 14 meters long and nearly 9 meters high. When a huge "whale" in the LED screen comes head-on, the naked-eye 3D effect is very shocking.
"Why is it named 'Huaxia Film Center (华夏电影中心)' instead of 'Huaxia Cinema (华夏电影院)'? Our original intention is to break through the boundaries of traditional cinemas and provide audiences with a more diversified viewing experience." Zhang Ning (张宁), deputy general manager of Beijing Huaxia United Cinema Line (北京华夏联合电影院线), introduced.
At present, the audience's demand for cultural entertainment is strong, and the competition between the big screen and the small screen is very fierce. According to data released by the National Film Administration (国家电影局), in 2024, the total number of moviegoers in China once again exceeded 1 billion, with a net increase of 4,658 screens annually, and the total number of screens nationwide reached more than 90,000. On the other hand, in 2024, the market size of the micro-short drama industry exceeded 50.4 billion yuan, and the scale of overseas APP for in-app paid short dramas exceeded 4 billion yuan... To retain existing audiences and attract young people, filmmakers need to continue to work hard.
From the earliest silent films to sound films in the 1920s, to color films, widescreen films, surround sound films, and the new wave of film technology that has emerged since the 21st century... The development of film is inseparable from the promotion of technology. New technologies release new charm to films and also bring new film aesthetics. "Technology is like a pen in the hands of a painter. We are constantly providing rich new technologies, hoping to open up the imagination of creators." Bian Wei (边巍) said.
Every "breakthrough" in technology is accompanied by good content. During the visit, many practitioners told reporters that high technology and good content are like two wings of a body. It is not enough for a film to only have "watchability," it also needs to enhance the "must-see" nature of going to the cinema to watch a movie. The continuous innovation of technology will eventually stimulate the cultural originality that is competing to emerge.
Return to TopBy: 董强国
Generally, cinema halls with a screen width greater than 20 meters are called giant screen halls. It is roughly estimated that there are more than 1,000 giant screen halls nationwide. Giant screen halls represent advanced film projection technology, such as ultra-large visual screens, high frame rates, high resolution, high dynamic range (HDR), and immersive sound effects.
Currently, the mainstream giant screen systems in China include China Film Giant Screen (中国巨幕), China Film CINITY (中影CINITY), digital cinema LED giant screen projection systems (such as CINITY LED (CINITY LED), UCINE LED (UCINE LED), VLED (VLED), Hey LED (Hey LED), HUAN the LED (焕影岛HUAN the LED), etc.), IMAX (IMAX), Dolby Cinema (杜比影院), and others. When choosing a giant screen hall, viewers can decide based on the film type and personal preferences:
If viewers want to experience the latest projection technology, digital cinema LED giant screen projection systems that support high-format projection are an ideal choice. These cinema halls' digital cinema LED giant screen projection systems, with their advantages of high brightness, high contrast, good brightness and color uniformity, and strong anti-light properties, enhance image reproduction capabilities to an internationally leading level.
If you want to pursue the ultimate screen size and brightness, China Film CINITY (中影CINITY), IMAX (IMAX), or LED cinema halls wider than 20 meters are good choices. China Film CINITY (中影CINITY) is known for its high frame rate, high dynamic range, and wide color gamut projection. IMAX (IMAX) cinema halls are known for their large screens, dual-projector technology, and high brightness.
For films that focus on sound effects, such as musicals and dance films, Dolby Cinema (杜比影院) is a good choice. Dolby Cinema (杜比影院) uses the Dolby Atmos sound system, combined with high-quality screens and projection technology to create an immersive viewing environment.
Different types of giant screen halls have their own characteristics, and viewers can choose according to their needs to enjoy the best audio-visual experience.
(The author is the Deputy Director of the Southern Testing and Certification Center of the China Film Science and Technology Research Institute (中国电影科学技术研究所), interviewed and compiled by Ren Shanshan (任姗姗), a reporter from this newspaper)
Return to TopBy: 李 雪
In the "Ancient China" exhibition hall of the National Museum of China (中国国家博物馆), the display case for Empress Xiaoduan's (孝端皇后) Nine-Dragon and Nine-Phoenix Crown from the Ming Dynasty often has a long line of visitors. Many visitors specifically bring newly purchased phoenix crown-themed cultural and creative products to check in and take photos in front of the crown, creating a time-traveling experience.
In the 1950s, at the southern foot of Tianshou Mountain (天寿山) in Changping District (昌平区), Beijing (北京市), the Dingling Mausoleum (定陵地宫), the underground palace of Emperor Shenzong Zhu Yijun (神宗朱翊钧), the thirteenth emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and his two empresses, underwent archaeological excavation for two years and two months. A total of 2,648 cultural relics were unearthed, including four phoenix crowns of the empresses. According to the spatial relationship between the orientation of the coffins and the burial objects, the emperor's coffin was in the center, Empress Xiaoduan's coffin was on the north side, and Empress Xiaojing's coffin was on the south side. The boxes containing the burial objects of the empresses were placed next to their respective coffins. The Nine-Dragon and Nine-Phoenix Crown and the Six-Dragon and Three-Phoenix Crown belonged to Empress Xiaoduan, while the Twelve-Dragon and Nine-Phoenix Crown and the Three-Dragon and Two-Phoenix Crown belonged to Empress Xiaojing. Currently, Empress Xiaoduan's Nine-Dragon and Nine-Phoenix Crown is housed in the National Museum of China, Empress Xiaojing's Three-Dragon and Two-Phoenix Crown is housed in the Palace Museum (故宫博物院), and the other two phoenix crowns are housed in the Ming Tombs Museum (明十三陵博物馆).
The Nine-Dragon and Nine-Phoenix Crown of Empress Xiaoduan (明孝端皇后九龙九凤冠) of the Ming Dynasty, collected by the National Museum of China, is 48.5 cm high and 23.7 cm in diameter. It is inlaid with 115 gemstones, strung with 4,414 pearls, decorated with 44 pieces of *cuiyun* (翠云, kingfisher feather ornaments), and several sets of pearl *huadian* (花钿, forehead ornaments) centered on gemstones. It weighs 2,320 grams and can be described as an artistic masterpiece that integrates the delicacy of filigree, the complexity of inlay, and the magnificence of *diancui* (点翠, kingfisher feather art).
The phoenix crown is the ceremonial crown worn by the empress when receiving investiture, visiting temples, and attending court assemblies. This phoenix crown is a reflection of the crown and clothing regulations of the empress during the Wanli (万历) period of the Ming Dynasty, perfectly blending the symbolism of imperial power with feminine beauty. The inner core of the phoenix crown is made of lacquered bamboo, covered with silk. Nine gold dragons made of filigree coil on the top of the crown, with gemstones in their mouths, leaping out from between the *cuiyun*. Nine *diancui* phoenixes perch on the middle of the crown, eight on the front and one on the back, all holding pearl pendants and soaring. The bottom of the crown is inlaid with gemstone and pearl flowers, and the back has six *bo bin* (博鬓, side ornaments), each decorated with two gold dragons, three gemstones, and pearl chain pendants.
The nine gold dragons on the phoenix crown are made using the gold filigree technique. "Filigree" refers to drawing gold and silver into metal threads as thin as hair, and then using traditional techniques such as pinching, filling, piling, building, weaving, braiding, assembling, and welding to shape the gold and silver into various dynamic shapes. This technique can be traced back to the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods. Gold and silver fine work, such as *cuo jin yin* (错金银, gold and silver inlay) and filigree inlay, was relatively mature during the Warring States period. Craftsmen hammered gold and silver threads into the grooves of bronzes, polishing them to create smooth cloud and water-like patterns.
By the Han Dynasty, the processing technology of gold and silver threads had been greatly developed. From the Wei and Jin dynasties to the Song and Yuan dynasties, the filigree technique became increasingly refined. By the Ming Dynasty, the filigree technique reached its peak with the full participation of the royal workshops. The gold winged crown of Emperor Wanli (万历帝金翼善冠) and the phoenix crown of the empress unearthed from the Dingling Mausoleum are the pinnacle of gold filigree craftsmanship.
*Diancui* is a traditional craft in which gold, silver, copper, and other sheet materials are made into bases according to the shape of flowers, and the surface is decorated with kingfisher feathers. The unique iridescent luster of kingfisher feathers can transform into blue-green colors like sparkling waves with light, and has been regarded as a treasure by the nobility since ancient times. The term "*diancui*" appeared in the Ming Dynasty, but the tradition of decorating with kingfisher feathers in China can be traced back to the Warring States period. This trend became more popular during the Song and Yuan dynasties, and people at that time called it "*pucui*" (铺翠, spreading kingfisher feathers). In the Ming and Qing dynasties, the *diancui* technique was even used on everyday furnishings such as hanging screens and utensils. The phoenix crown unearthed from the Dingling Mausoleum can be described as a culmination of this art, with the entire crown decorated with kingfisher feathers. The craftsmen's ingenuity is like weaving brocade, capturing all the spiritual beauty of heaven and earth in the square inch of the crown.
Traveling through more than 400 years of time and space, when the light sweeps over the gold dragon filigree of the phoenix crown in the display case, the kingfisher tail feathers flow with iridescent colors in the light and shadow, not only reflecting the ultimate pursuit of the craftsmen, but also telling the ancient people's artistic interpretation of the creation of heaven and earth. When young people hold up phoenix crown cultural creations to check in and take photos in front of the pearl curtains and kingfisher feathers, the winding gold dragons and the spreading kingfisher phoenixes reflect the ingenuity of the ancient craftsmen, and even more so, the poetic inheritance of outstanding Chinese traditional culture by contemporary youth.
(Author's affiliation: National Museum of China; interview and compilation by Wang Jue (王珏), reporter of this newspaper)
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 王 珏
To date, the National Museum of China (中国国家博物馆)'s two phoenix coronet refrigerator magnets have sold over one million pieces, driving the total sales of the phoenix coronet IP series to exceed 100 million yuan, setting a sales record for cultural and creative products at the National Museum (国博) in nearly 20 years. This has also formed a cultural and creative industry chain covering design, production, and marketing, achieving a 双赢 (shuāng yíng - "win-win," mutual benefit) of social and economic benefits.
The popularity of the phoenix coronet refrigerator magnets is not accidental; it has deep cultural roots. Liao Fei, General Manager of the National Museum (Beijing) Cultural Industry Development Co., Ltd. (国博（北京）文化产业发展有限公司), introduced: "Initially, our cultural and creative team noticed on social media that audiences were spontaneously lining up to take photos with the cultural relic 'Empress Xiaoduan's Nine-Dragon and Nine-Phoenix Coronet' (明孝端皇后九龙九凤冠), which was the motivation for developing the phoenix coronet refrigerator magnets."
The design team initially developed a wooden version of the phoenix coronet refrigerator magnet. The first version had fixed side ornaments, and the beads on the side ornaments and phoenix coronet were printed on. In the second version, the side ornaments could swing, and after several versions were adjusted, the printed beads were replaced with hand-installed three-dimensional beads. The wooden refrigerator magnets, formed after multiple brainstorming sessions, were launched on July 19, 2024, and sold out in less than two days. More than two months later, the National Museum (国博) launched a metal phoenix coronet refrigerator magnet, which sold 2,300 pieces in less than half a day.
The development of the phoenix coronet refrigerator magnets has several characteristics. "First, it is driven by high aesthetic value. Both the original phoenix coronet cultural relic and the derived cultural and creative products have a strong visual impact. Consumers have a natural affinity for products that combine historical depth and modern design aesthetics. Another is the social currency effect. On social platforms, the topic 'Show off my refrigerator magnets' has over 100 million views, and the phoenix coronet refrigerator magnets, to some extent, carry the interactive needs of netizens," said Liao Fei.
Based on the success of the phoenix coronet refrigerator magnets, the cultural and creative team continued to carry out a matrix-style development of phoenix coronet IP derivatives, extending to more than 20 related cultural and creative products such as notebooks, plush toys, and necklaces, forming an ecological chain of "using a blockbuster to drive long tail" and attracting more audiences to pay attention to cultural relics, forming a virtuous cycle and achieving a two-way journey between the value of cultural relics and creative design.
While the "museum fever" continues to rise, many innovative and down-to-earth cultural and creative products are also continuing to integrate into people's daily lives in a "small and beautiful" manner. "While embracing modern aesthetics, it is even more important to preserve the authenticity of traditional culture. The real 'top streamer' should be the echo of historical civilization," said Liao Fei.
Return to TopLayout Design: Zhang Danfeng (张丹峰)
Return to TopKnowing the past and understanding the present, seeing a thousand years in a glance.
Museums are important halls for protecting and inheriting human civilization, and bridges connecting the past, present, and future. May 18th is International Museum Day, and this year's theme is "The Future of Museums: Recover and Reimagine."
In Hunan (湖南), a plain gauze gown is endowed with a unique resilience through digital technology. In Shanghai (上海), an exhibition weaves world civilizations into a moving story. In Guangxi (广西), a county allows people to "dialogue" with an ancient prefecture of thousands of years. In Jiangsu (江苏), an interaction allows more people to "see" the exhibition. In Beijing (北京), a refrigerator magnet makes the romance of caisson ceilings touch people's hearts... Times are changing, but the mission of museums as spiritual homes remains unchanged. Integrating with civilization, adding technology, combining with creativity, and dialoguing with the soul, let us jointly safeguard the ancient cultural heritage in museums and move towards a more distant future.
--Editor
Return to TopBy: 许 蒙
When the plain gauze gown of Xin Zhui (辛追), a noblewoman of the Han Dynasty, gracefully rotates in the digital space, and when the love poems on the Tang Dynasty poem-and-wine pot transform into whispers that transcend time and space, the Hunan Museum (湖南博物院) allows cultural relics to leap into the everyday life of ordinary people.
We use the binary language of 1s and 0s to reconstruct the narrative logic of civilization in the museum—it is neither a condescending academic sermon nor a superficial technological enhancement, but rather a "bit bridge" that builds a two-way journey between historical depth and contemporary relevance.
In the digital laboratory jointly built by the Hunan Museum (湖南博物院) and Hunan Mango Digital Art Technology Co., Ltd. (湖南芒果数智艺术科技有限责任公司), multi-spectral scanning equipment creates "digital gene maps" for cultural relics. Taking the bronze swine-shaped zun (豕形铜尊) from the Shang Dynasty in the museum's collection as an example, it takes only 10 minutes from scanning the physical object to generating an interactive three-dimensional model. The fineness diameter of the silk fibers of the plain gauze gown is 6-8 microns. Combined with multi-spectral fusion technology, the microscopic structure of the silk threads can be clearly restored. This technology, known as the "cultural relic neural core surface reconstruction algorithm," is like creating an indestructible "digital twin" for cultural relics.
As of January of this year, 570 cultural relics from the Mawangdui Han Tomb (马王堆汉墓) have completed three-dimensional data collection, and approximately 27,000 cultural relics will achieve "digital immortality" within the next year. Viewers can appreciate the cultural relics by rotating them 360 degrees, and can also use artificial intelligence to generate content technology to transform Han Dynasty patterns into trendy designs. The digital collection of cultural relics provides solid support for further promoting the active utilization of cultural relics.
On the 50th anniversary of the archaeological excavation of the Mawangdui Han Tomb (马王堆汉墓), the Hunan Museum (湖南博物院), in collaboration with the China Digital Library Co., Ltd. (中国数字图书馆有限责任公司) and the Harvard University Chinese Art Laboratory (哈佛大学中国艺术实验室), launched the "Art of Life—Immersive Digital Exhibition of Mawangdui Han Culture" at the Hunan Museum (湖南博物院) on June 8, 2024. Based on multiple archaeological information and years of research, the research team transformed the ancient Han tomb of Mawangdui (马王堆) into an exquisite "cosmic model" for the first time. Every design and pattern in the Mawangdui Han Tomb (马王堆汉墓) seems to be a vivid interpretation of the laws of nature, leading us to explore the ancient and profound way of the universe.
In addition to the visual hardware support of laser projection and giant dome screens, the exhibition hall also built a panoramic acoustic system, combining the sounds of traditional musical instruments such as chimes, chime stones, silk and bamboo instruments, and wind instruments with various collected audio from nature, creating a sound space that complements the scenes. Starting from the three major digital spaces of "Time and Space," "Yin and Yang," and "Life," we gradually unveil the mysterious veil of Mawangdui (马王堆). "Time and Space" reveals the mysterious structure of the Mawangdui Han Tomb (马王堆汉墓), presenting the millennia-old cultural relics buried underground, and constructing a rich and romantic world for the audience. Lacquerware and silk books float and transform, turning into digital suns, moons, and galaxies; the chimes ring softly, opening the prelude, the silk and bamboo instruments leap lightly, the drums and music sound, and the string music rises with the constellations, turning into faint echoes. In the digital space called "Yin and Yang," the cloud patterns on the lacquerware flow into galaxies at the gauze curtains, and the yin and yang dragons break through the screen and soar into the sky. Hidden in the "Life" dome space symbolizing the round sky and square earth, the T-shaped painting unearthed from Han Tomb No. 1 at Mawangdui (马王堆一号汉墓) unfolds a huge picture of the three realms of "Earth, Man, and Heaven"; the ascension ceremony in the painting is precisely the Han people's romantic imagination of life "transforming into the sky."
The Hunan Museum (湖南博物院) also moved the "Metaverse Exhibition Hall" to the Wuyi Square (五一广场) subway station in Changsha (长沙市), allowing commuters to encounter the "Western Han Universe" unexpectedly. This digital immersive exhibition has proven with hundreds of thousands of visitors that academic depth and aesthetic enjoyment can coexist.
Not only that, but the Hunan Museum (湖南博物院) also provides free access to the "Hunan Museum Brand" and the "Mawangdui Digital Resource Library" to universities and high-quality enterprises, and also cooperates with more than 30 domestic art teams to create the "Digital Han Life" IP. From the holographic projection Peking Opera "A Thought·Xin Zhui's Dream" (一念·辛追梦) to the multi-age version of "Xin Zhui Digital Human" (辛追数字人), from the cultural relic puzzle game "Mawangdui·Mystery of Runes" (马王堆·符文之谜) to the metaverse dining space, cultural genes form new cultural productivity in cross-border recombination.
When we customize cultural relic trendy toys in the "Shan Hai" APP and share the same starry sky with our ancestors under the dome screen, the museum has long surpassed the narrow scope of "digital display" and woven an open-source code of civilization history—here, the rigor of academic research, the pioneering nature of technological innovation, and the fun of public participation are like three strands of silk thread, weaving a splendid cultural brocade.
As Duan Xiaoming (段晓明), Director of the Hunan Museum (湖南博物院), said, the plain gauze gown that has been scanned countless times may be fragile in reality, but the digital world has given it eternal lightness and the resilience of civilization. Digitalization allows the two to collide in the palms of generations of museum workers, bursting out with more abundant vitality—this may be the future of museums.
(The author is a digital display designer at the Hunan Museum (湖南博物院))
Return to TopBy: 王 樾
On May 9th, the "Tomb of the Golden Mummies: Ancient Egyptian Civilization Exhibition" at the Shanghai Museum (上海博物馆) entered its 100-day countdown to closing. Since its opening in July 2024, the exhibition has set multiple records—it is the world's largest and Asia's highest-level exhibition of outbound ancient Egyptian artifacts, and also the first major exhibition jointly organized by a Chinese official museum and the Egyptian government. The exhibition brings together 492 sets of 788 precious artifacts from different periods of ancient Egyptian civilization, with over 95% of the artifacts coming to Asia for the first time. Several exquisite Chinese artifacts are displayed alongside Egyptian artifacts, allowing us to understand ourselves while interpreting others. According to statistics, over 70% of the visitors came to the Shanghai Museum (上海博物馆) from other places specifically for this exhibition, including a large number of foreign tourists entering China.
In recent years, the Shanghai Museum (上海博物馆) (hereinafter referred to as "the Museum") has planned new directions for its new and old buildings. The Museum's new building, built over six years, has been opened, adhering to the positioning of "Chinese Ancient Art Museum," making it an important cultural window for "the world to see China." The Museum's old building, located on People's Square (人民广场) in Shanghai (上海), is mainly positioned as a "World Civilization Museum," relying on its collection of foreign cultural relics to actively prepare permanent exhibitions reflecting world civilization and the theme of mutual learning and exchange among civilizations, becoming an important display platform for "China to see the world."
Understanding ancient world civilizations and the interactions between civilizations is of particular significance for us to understand ancient China and the progress of human civilization: human civilization has gradually grown up in such an environment of 我中有你、你中有我 (wǒ zhōng yǒu nǐ, nǐ zhōng yǒu wǒ - "I have you in me, you have me in me," mutual influence and interdependence).
From June to October last year, the Museum held the "Glory of Ancient Persia: Highlights of Iranian Cultural Relics Exhibition." The exhibition used nearly 300 exquisite cultural relics to establish a preliminary impression of ancient Iranian civilization for the audience in a narrative style familiar to Chinese people.
The exhibition condensed three thematic sections. The "Dawn of the Plateau" section showcased exquisite gold and silver artifacts, glazed pottery, and glassware, as well as exquisite temple building components. Through intuitive cultural relics, the audience can feel that people living on the Iranian plateau since about 3000 BC had already started the process of civilization, with a rich spiritual world and affluent material civilization. The "Glorious Era" section showcased the brilliant civilization of ancient Persia starting from about the 6th century BC. The circulation range of gold and silver coins can reflect the prosperity of commercial trade, and the numerous gold and silver artifacts reflect a strong Persian character. The "Faith and Art" section showcased Islamic religious art on the Iranian plateau in the 7th century AD. As the western end of the ancient Silk Road, Iran, together with ancient China, promoted the development of human civilization through the Silk Road.
In the long river of history, different civilizations learn from each other and integrate with each other. This is the foundation of human civilization progress and the concept we hope to express in the World Civilization History theme exhibition. Thus, there was the special exhibition "East and West: China and the World in the Eyes of Marco Polo."
The exhibition borrows the perspective of Venetian traveler Marco Polo (马可·波罗), using more than 200 cultural relics from numerous museums in Italy and China to showcase the superb artistic standards, abundant material production levels, and urban construction and management styles of the East and West in the 13th to 15th centuries, indicating that the common development of the East and West is an important prerequisite for ensuring smooth material trade, spiritual and cultural exchange, and the progress of human civilization.
The story is so rich. When we walk through the exhibition hall, the audience can see the powerful navigation technology, exquisite currency, thriving printing industry, delicate textiles, and shining glassware of Venice (威尼斯), the "commercial city" on the Mediterranean coast... The audience can also see Marco Polo's "Three Capitals" (三都) observations when he arrived in the East, in Dadu (大都), Shangdu (上都), and Zhongdu (中都), feeling the urban development and economic prosperity of the Yuan Dynasty (元朝) at that time. In this part, porcelain corresponds to glassware, textiles correspond to Venetian fabrics... No matter how far away, people's material needs are the same. While viewing cultural relics, the audience can see the globalized world of more than 700 years ago.
The Shanghai Museum (上海博物馆) has already tried to establish branches overseas, gradually building more dialogue platforms for different civilizations. We hope to weave the vast world civilization into moving stories with ingenious exhibitions, allowing the audience to appreciate the magnificent picture of "civilization is colorful because of exchange, and civilization is rich because of mutual learning" through specific cultural relic displays.
(The author is a researcher at the Shanghai Museum (上海博物馆))
Return to TopBy: 邓建胜
As night falls, the lights of the Hepu Maritime Silk Road First Port Scenic Area (合浦海丝首港景区) in Guangxi (广西) light up, and Li Mingxuan (李明轩) from Anshan (鞍山), Liaoning (辽宁) puts on the costume of Mengchang (孟尝), the Prefect of Hepu Commandery (合浦郡) in the Han Dynasty, and begins his performance for the evening.
Every evening, for more than 6 hours of interactive scene performances, he tells the story of the prosperity of Hepu Commandery (合浦郡) as the starting port of the ancient Maritime Silk Road. "After arriving in Hepu (合浦) in 2021, I learned that such a small county actually holds more than 10,000 Han tombs. For more than 3 years, I have often visited the Hepu Han Dynasty Culture Museum (合浦汉代文化博物馆), and I have new discoveries and gains every time. The courtyard-style pottery houses, exquisite agate jewelry and other cultural relics have greatly enriched my understanding of the Maritime Silk Road First Port performance," said Li Mingxuan (李明轩), 27.
About 10 kilometers north of the scenic spot is the Hepu Han Dynasty Culture Museum (合浦汉代文化博物馆), built on the site of Han tombs, and also the only historical thematic museum of the Maritime Silk Road in the Han Dynasty in China. The museum area includes a Han Dynasty-style stone gate, a cultural relic exhibition hall, and protection and exhibition halls for Han tombs No. 1 and No. 2. Through the excavation site of the Han tombs and the unearthed cultural relics on display, people "dialogue" with the ancient county of thousands of years.
Hepu (合浦) was established as a county in the Qin Dynasty and as a commandery in the sixth year of Yuanding (元鼎) in the Western Han Dynasty (111 BC). After the early Tang Dynasty, with the eastward shift of the shipping center out of Beibu Gulf (北部湾), Hepu (合浦), which had a commandery history of more than 700 years, seemed to only leave the legend of Prefect Mengchang's (孟尝) "Hepu Pearl Return." Until July 1970, a construction project at the Hepu County Firecracker Factory (合浦县爆竹厂) accidentally unearthed a large number of charcoal layers, and the Hepu Commandery (合浦郡), which had been buried by earth for more than 1,500 years, reappeared, giving birth to this county-level museum. The pile of earth that was salvaged and excavated is the "Wangniuling Tomb No. 1 (望牛岭1号墓)," which unearthed the national first-class cultural relic Feather Pattern Bronze Phoenix Lamp (羽纹铜凤灯), similar in shape to the Changxin Palace Lamp (长信宫灯), and 245 pieces (sets) of artifacts such as the pottery pot with the inscription "Jiuzhen Prefecture (九真府)".
Continuous and in-depth archaeological research shows that Hepu Ancient Commandery (合浦古郡), as the starting port of the Maritime Silk Road, more than 2,000 years ago, overseas Maritime Silk Road culture "landed and entered the house" from here. In Hepu County (合浦县) alone, a Han tomb unearthed 3,869 glass beads from West Asia and Central Asia, which is amazing. And the Central Plains civilization, with the confident footsteps of merchants from great powers, moved from the Loess Plateau to the ocean.
At the entrance of the exhibition hall on the first floor of the Cultural Relics Exhibition Hall, two diagrams are particularly eye-catching. One is a schematic diagram of the Maritime Silk Road in the Han Dynasty, and the other is a schematic diagram of the land and water transportation from Chang'an (长安) to Hepu Commandery (合浦郡) in the Han Dynasty. Since the beginning of its construction, the Hepu Han Dynasty Culture Museum (合浦汉代文化博物馆) has clearly defined its theme and characteristics - the road to the sea. The road to the sea has always been an important way for national development.
"The ancients cleverly integrated environmental protection concepts into the production of the Feather Pattern Bronze Phoenix Lamp (羽纹铜凤灯). It has traveled to Japan, Mexico, Belgium, France and other countries to show the world the brilliant achievements of ancient Chinese civilization." In the Bihai Silk Road Exhibition Hall on the second floor of the museum, Zhan Zihao (詹子豪) of Hepu County Experimental Primary School (合浦县实验小学) is vividly explaining the museum's collection of cultural relics to the audience.
In recent years, the institutional functions of the Hepu Han Dynasty Culture Museum (合浦汉代文化博物馆) have been continuously improved, and new institutions such as cultural relic preservation, cultural relic restoration, and social education have been established. They have successively signed "Museum-School Co-construction" agreements with Beihai No. 11 Middle School (北海市第十一中学) and other 3 primary and secondary schools to open up a second classroom for students, and have cultivated more than 30 "little docents" like Zhan Zihao (詹子豪) from Lianzhou Town No. 7 Primary School (廉州镇第七小学) and Hepu Experimental School (合浦实验学校).
In addition to exquisite cultural relics, another feature of the museum is the Han tomb site. The museum area has protection and exhibition halls for Han tombs No. 1 and No. 2, allowing the public to directly understand the structure and historical appearance of the Han tombs.
At Wangniuling Tomb No. 1 (望牛岭1号墓), Lan Yintian (蓝胤天), deputy director of the Hepu County World Heritage Application Center (合浦县申遗中心), pointed to the cleared ruts and introduced: "Through these ruts left when building the tomb chamber more than 2,000 years ago, we can study the wheel structure materials, axle width, and even the load capacity and speed at that time."
Sixteen family tombs from the early Western Han Dynasty to the late Western Han Dynasty have been successively excavated near the Wangniuling Tomb No. 1 (望牛岭1号墓) mound, which confirms the records in historical books such as the "Book of Han (汉书)" and "Shui Jing Zhu (水经注)" about the Han Dynasty's management of Lingnan (岭南) and overseas areas with Hepu (合浦) as a fulcrum. Relying on these 16 tombs, this place will be built into the Wangniuling Maritime Silk Road Site Park (望牛岭海上丝绸之路遗址公园), using sound, light, electricity, holographic projection and other technologies to allow the public to immersively understand the "past and present" of these sites.
Only by letting cultural relics speak, letting history speak, and letting culture speak can a museum play the function of a "university" and carry forward the excellent traditional Chinese culture.
Return to TopBy: 胡继禹
At the southern end of the Beijing Central Axis (北京中轴线), in the Beijing Ancient Architecture Museum (北京古代建筑博物馆), there is a treasure of the museum – the Heavenly Palace Ceiling (天宫藻井). This is a unique decoration on the ceiling in traditional Chinese architecture, with complex structure and exquisite carvings. I first learned about it in 2015, when I was still a college student. During the architectural investigation of the Altar of Agriculture (先农坛) relics, I appreciated this ingenious treasure of the world at close range for the first time, took many photos, and admired it repeatedly.
Ten years later, I returned to the Altar of Agriculture (先农坛) and was invited to jointly develop the cultural and creative products of the Beijing Ancient Architecture Museum (北京古代建筑博物馆). From observing cultural relics to studying gameplay, to flipping through materials, and finally drawing and producing... After several months, the Heavenly Palace Ceiling (天宫藻井) was finally transformed from a cultural relic into a cultural and creative product. During this period, I saw different styles of caisson ceilings: the Song and Jin caisson ceiling of Jingtu Temple (净土寺) in Ying County (应县), Shanxi Province, the nine-layered spiral caisson ceiling of the Pavilion of Prince Teng (滕王阁) in Nanchang (南昌), Jiangxi Province, the caisson ceiling of the Hall of Supreme Harmony (太和殿) in the Forbidden City (故宫), the caisson ceiling of Fahai Temple (法海寺) in Beijing (北京)... Only through the analysis of the structures of different caisson ceilings, the "gameplay" of the Heavenly Palace Ceiling (天宫藻井) cultural and creative product was finally determined.
The Heavenly Palace Ceiling (天宫藻井) is entirely made of wood, without directly load-bearing columns, relying entirely on mortise and tenon joints and brackets to transfer force layer by layer. On the first, second, third, and fifth floors, there are 68 heavenly palaces of Qionglou Yuyu (琼楼玉宇), including pavilions, corridors, and small halls, with various ancient architectural roof forms such as hip roofs and pyramidal roofs; there are also painted images of the Twenty-Eight Mansions constellations, which are extremely delicate and can be called the "ceiling" of ceilings.
The exquisite caisson ceiling should be matched with excellent cultural and creative products. I hope to interpret it from the perspective of "culture" and display it in the form of "creation." I require that every design element of each cultural and creative product has a source and a statement, and the "creation" must be reasonable. For example, the design of the Heavenly Palace Ceiling (天宫藻井) metal deconstructed refrigerator magnet is precisely because of the five-layer structure of the cultural relic itself that I used a five-layer magnetic attraction method in the design to show its structural characteristics, rather than rigidly making it into a five-layer magnetic attraction for the sake of having "gameplay." The design and development of cultural and creative products require designers to have a relatively deep understanding of the cultural relics themselves, so that they can better display the exquisite features of the cultural relics through creative forms, and allow everyone to more intuitively understand the true aesthetic value of the cultural relics. The design of the Heavenly Palace Ceiling (天宫藻井) refrigerator magnet is drawn according to the real structure of the caisson ceiling on each layer. It can be placed separately to show the unique charm of different parts, or it can be stacked to restore the complete form of the caisson ceiling. The bottom layer uses a luminous effect to display the starry sky. After night falls, it emits green light, which is not only full of mystery but also allows more people to experience the romance of the ancients.
I have had a strong interest in ancient architecture since I was a child. From kindergarten, my parents took me to Beijing (北京) and major cultural relics and historic sites across the country to check in and play. Many of my interest classes in elementary and middle school were taught in ancient buildings. After entering university, I used my spare time to walk through all the hutongs and cultural preservation units in Beijing (北京), and spent two years using materials and photos from various parties to complete the "Complete Map of the Forbidden City (故宫全图)", which detailed more than 980 groups of buildings and 8,700 houses in the Forbidden City (故宫), providing a window for friends who love the Forbidden City (故宫) to understand it in depth. These experiences have laid a solid foundation for me to do a good job in cultural and creative products.
Playing with "culture" and "creation" has brought young people closer to the museum. I look forward to more audiences being able to "bring the museum home" and unfold a picture of the aesthetics of life.
Return to TopBy: 姚雪青
"A streamlined body, irregular edges like an airplane, a pointed tail—is it a fish?" Lei Meijun (雷美君) reached out her right hand, touching and feeling inside the "cave," then retracted it to press a circular button. A rhythmic, ethereal cry came to her ears, and she listened intently.
"This is the 'song' of a humpback whale." She revealed a confident smile. "I read in a book before that scientists 'recorded' a type of whale to awaken people's awareness of protecting it."
"Amazing!" The answer was written below the "cave," eliciting a round of applause from the onlookers.
Lei Meijun (雷美君), a petite and cheerful girl who is completely blind, was admitted from Wuhan (武汉) to the Vocal Music Department of the Music and Dance College of Nanjing Special Education Normal College (南京特殊教育师范学院音乐与舞蹈学院) and is currently a freshman. On the eve of this year's International Museum Day, she participated in a museum-school cooperation course and visited the Nanjing Museum (南京博物院) with her classmates.
Initially, she was somewhat skeptical: what could she "see" in a museum? As she walked along the tactile paving into the Bo'ai Hall (博爱馆) on the first floor of the Nanjing Museum (南京博物院), she felt the difference—this hall has no doors and is completely open, with tactile paving on the floor and handrails installed along the walls. At the entrance of the exhibition hall, there is a brief introduction. She quickly "read" the rows of raised Braille with both hands, "The Bo'ai Hall (博爱馆) officially opened to the public in 2013, with an exhibition area of nearly 200 square meters, providing exhibition services specifically for visually impaired visitors; in 2020, the Nanjing Museum (南京博物院) transformed the Bo'ai Hall (博爱馆) into the first 'inclusive' barrier-free exhibition hall in China..."
Deng Jiesi (邓婕思), a social education specialist at the Nanjing Museum (南京博物院), introduced to the students that the exhibition hall moved a replica of the *Kunyu Wanguo Quantu* (《坤舆万国全图》), the world map of the Ming Dynasty (明代) drawn by Matteo Ricci (利玛窦) and one of the museum's treasures, to the site. Many parents were taking their children to check the geographical locations of different countries on the map.
Lei Meijun (雷美君) could also "see" it. In the exhibition hall, there were also two special maps. One was hung on the wall, using raised wavy lines and smooth surfaces to represent land, ocean, and islands respectively; the other was embedded in a table, with more details marked in Braille and raised lines. She slid her fingertips along the lines, "walking" through the Yangtze River (长江), Yellow River (黄河), and Great Wall (长城).
"In addition to drawing the map, Matteo Ricci (利玛窦) also brought Western artworks and crops." Under the guidance of Deng Jiesi (邓婕思), Lei Meijun (雷美君) and her classmates put their noses close to the smelling boxes to experience different scents and guess what the items were, "This is a snuff bottle," "This is a peanut"... Their favorite interactive activity was "Guess Who I Am"—reaching into different "caves" and guessing which animals from the *Kunyu Wanguo Quantu* (《坤舆万国全图》) they were by touching the contours and distinguishing the sounds. "The use of various senses makes the map three-dimensional," said Lei Meijun (雷美君).
After finishing the visit to the Bo'ai Hall (博爱馆), the students, guided by their teachers and assisting classmates, went to other exhibition halls. Along the way, there were ramps or elevators next to each staircase, automatic sensor glass doors between the exhibition halls, and wheelchairs placed in the information desk...
The second stop of the visit was the History Museum (历史馆). Lei Meijun (雷美君) put on headphones, and when she approached key cultural relics, she would hear audio guides. There was also a "surprise" waiting for everyone: in a corner of the exhibition hall, there was a row of touchable replicas of cultural relics. Lei Meijun's (雷美君) most anticipated "Tang Sancai (唐三彩) Double Fish Vase" was among them.
"I just heard the audio guide say that the overall shape of this cultural relic is fish-shaped, and no matter what angle you observe it from, you can see two fish—this is so interesting, but also so abstract." Lei Meijun (雷美君) said that if she just listened, it would be no different from "reading" books at school.
What does it feel like to touch it? Standing in front of a one-to-one replica made of the same material, Lei Meijun (雷美君) described her feelings while touching it: "The top part that is open is the fish's mouth, the round and protruding parts on both sides below are like fish eyes, and the bulging part is the fish's belly." She said that she felt the cultural relic was so close to her for the first time, so close that it was "like coming alive from a history book."
At the end of the visit, the teachers and students came to the Special Exhibition Hall (特展馆). The nearly 4-meter-long *Kunyu Wanguo Quantu* (《坤舆万国全图》) was laid out in the middle of the exhibition hall. "Although I can't see it clearly, there is a sense of immersion that 'hits you in the face'." Zou Shuhuai (邹舒怀), a freshman, could only see blurry light and shadows with his eyes. Earlier in the Bo'ai Hall (博爱馆), he had used a magnifying glass provided by the staff to enlarge the details and text on the reduced version of the map bit by bit, which was equivalent to "previewing" in advance. Now, coming to the real object and listening to the introduction is like 温故而知新 (wēn gù ér zhī xīn - "review the old and know the new," gaining new insights through reviewing old material).
"We have to rush back to school for class in the afternoon." Zou Shuhuai (邹舒怀) sighed, saying that he didn't get enough of the visit this time and would come again next time!
Return to TopThis edition's email: ysbjs@peopledaily.cn
Layout design: Zhao Siru (赵偲汝)
Return to Top