People's Daily - June 3, 2025

Guangxi Continues to Expand High-Level Opening-Up to the Outside World (Striving Forward, Decisively Winning the "14th Five-Year Plan")

By: 本报记者  邓建胜  张云河

The "Hai Feng Pacific" vessel, fully loaded with Malaysian durians and other specialty products, sailed into Guangxi Beibu Gulf Port (广西北部湾港), marking the successful maiden voyage of the Malaysia Kuantan Port (马来西亚关丹港) - China Beibu Gulf Port cold chain express route. This newly opened cross-border sea transport logistics channel allows more high-quality goods from China and Malaysia to cross mountains and seas, benefiting businesses and people.

Guangxi has now opened nine such cold chain express routes oriented towards ASEAN. Zhou Yan (周延), General Manager of Beibu Gulf Port Co., Ltd. (北部湾港股份有限公司), introduced that in the first quarter of this year, Beibu Gulf Port achieved a container throughput of 2.1739 million TEUs, a year-on-year increase of 12.06%.

As China's only province connected to ASEAN by both land and sea, Guangxi has unique geographical advantages. In December 2023, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized during his inspection in Guangxi: "To revitalize Guangxi's high-quality development, the key lies in expanding opening up" and "actively serve the construction of a China-ASEAN community with a shared future." To thoroughly implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's important speech, Guangxi continues to expand high-level opening up and accelerate interconnection with ASEAN.

Taking the high-quality joint construction of the New International Land-Sea Trade Corridor as a traction, accelerating infrastructure "hard connectivity" -

In Pingxiang City (凭祥市), Chongzuo (崇左), Guangxi, with the completion of the laying of the last 500-meter-long steel rail on the Shuangxian Bridge at Pingxiang East Station (凭祥东站), the Chongzuo-Pingxiang section of the Nanning-Pingxiang High-speed Railway was fully laid. Tang Xiaolin (唐小林), the person in charge of the Chongzuo-Pingxiang Railway Construction Project of China Railway Nanning Bureau Group Co., Ltd. (中国铁路南宁局集团有限公司), introduced that as an important international transportation channel connecting ASEAN, the Nanning-Pingxiang High-speed Railway is expected to be fully opened within the year, and the train travel time from Nanning (南宁) to Pingxiang (凭祥), a border city between China and Vietnam, will be shortened from more than 4 hours to more than 1 hour.

There are more and more smooth major channels: On land, Guangxi has built 61 land channels to other provinces, to the sea, and to the border; at sea, Beibu Gulf Port has opened 38 ASEAN container routes; in the air, Nanning Airport (南宁机场) has routes to all ASEAN countries; online, 12 international land cables have been built to ASEAN countries, providing high-quality cross-border network services.

"We will work together in the four aspects of 'land, sea, air, and digital' to create the New International Land-Sea Trade Corridor that connects China and ASEAN with the shortest time, the best service, and the most optimal price," said Bai Songtao (白松涛), Director of the Development and Reform Commission of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (广西壮族自治区发展改革委).

Promoting reform and development through opening up, promoting "soft connectivity" of rules and standards -

On April 20, at the apron of Nanning Wuxu International Airport (南宁吴圩国际机场), a flight from Myanmar landed. The intelligent aviation logistics integrated service platform commanded and dispatched, and 20 tons of imported aquatic products were quickly transferred. "In the past, goods had to enter the designated supervision operation area to go through relevant procedures, which was time-consuming and laborious. Now, imported goods can be 'directly picked up' at the airport apron and transferred to various places," said Huang Yuzhou (黄玉宙), General Manager of Guangxi Yubutou International Freight Forwarding Co., Ltd. (广西鱼捕头国际货运代理有限公司). "Intelligent scheduling allows 'data to run' instead of 'multiple parties running errands', shortening the input time of cargo documents from the original 1 hour to 10 minutes, reducing the transfer operation time by 4 hours, and speeding up the customs clearance of imported seafood."

Steadily expanding institutional opening up. In March of this year, the relevant practices of building a "smart airport" at Wuxu International Airport were selected as the newly released institutional innovation achievements of the China (Guangxi) Pilot Free Trade Zone (中国（广西）自由贸易试验区). Deeply connecting with the economic and trade rules of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), the Free Trade Zone has formed 214 institutional innovation achievements and promoted them in Guangxi. In the first quarter of this year, Guangxi's total foreign trade import and export volume reached 187.33 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 16.8%, of which the total import and export volume to ASEAN exceeded 100 billion yuan for the first time in the same period in history.

Strengthening cooperation in education, science and technology, talent, etc., strengthening people-to-people exchanges and "heart connectivity" -

Du Wang (杜王), a Lao student who graduated from Liuzhou Railway Vocational Technical College (柳州铁道职业技术学院) in 2024, is already a shunting deputy driver on the Vientiane-Boten section of the China-Laos Railway. "After studying for 3 years, I applied for a scholarship for students from ASEAN countries, and after graduation, I brought China's advanced railway transportation technology back to Laos." Through joint training and other methods, Liuzhou Railway Vocational Technical College has trained more than 1,000 skilled talents for ASEAN countries such as Malaysia, Laos, and Thailand over the years. To date, Guangxi has established 10 China-ASEAN Technology Innovation Colleges and established cooperative relationships with nearly 200 universities in ASEAN countries.

Continuously strengthening foreign talent, education, tourism and other exchanges and cooperation, so that Chinese-style modernization can benefit more neighboring countries. In the first quarter of this year, the number of inbound and outbound personnel at Guangxi ports reached 3.631 million, and 414,000 vehicles (aircraft, ships, trains) were inspected, an increase of 10.1% and 15.6% respectively year-on-year.

Eleven countries are connected by a bay, and there is positive interaction between the east, the middle, and the west. Chen Gang (陈刚), Secretary of the Party Committee of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (广西壮族自治区党委书记), said that no matter how the external environment changes, Guangxi will always adhere to opening up to the outside world unswervingly, accelerate the construction of a high-level interconnected network, pragmatically promote the construction of platforms such as the border-adjacent port industrial park, and actively serve to build a closer China-ASEAN community with a shared future.

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What the people hope for is what we should do (Persevering in implementing the Central Eight-Point Regulation)

By: 本报记者  吴储岐  李林蔚

"It's unsafe for electric vehicles to enter buildings; can we set up a centralized parking area?" "It would be great to have a convenience service corner with umbrellas and first-aid kits"... Discussions are in full swing in the residents' council hall of the Sanlihe Second District Community in Yuetan Street, Xicheng District, Beijing (北京市西城区).

"What the masses think and expect is the direction of our work." Gao Lianxiang (高莲湘), secretary of the Second Party Branch, carefully recorded notes, with residents' demands and corresponding departments clearly marked in her notebook.

In the "last mile" of grassroots governance, how can residents' demands be resolved at the source? Since the launch of the study and education campaign to thoroughly implement the spirit of the Central Eight-Point Regulation, the Beijing (北京市) Municipal Party Committee has actively promoted the efforts of Party members and cadres to go to the grassroots level, listen to public opinion, and do practical things, improve the service level of "responding to appeals immediately," and do a good job in handling matters around the masses and various practical matters for people's livelihood. "This council hall is bright and down-to-earth. Problems are solved by sitting down and chatting. The cadres really take what we ordinary people say to heart!" Resident Auntie Zhai (翟阿姨) highly approves of the pragmatic style of the Party members and cadres.

The core of the issue of work style is the relationship between the Party and the people. Since the new era, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) at its core has unremittingly promoted the implementation of the spirit of the Central Eight-Point Regulation, continuously strengthened work style construction, and closely maintained the flesh-and-blood ties between the Party and the people. From "requiring the masses to do things" to "doing things and providing services for the masses," the relationship between the Party and the masses and between cadres and the masses has undergone a "fundamental change."

Since the launch of the study and education campaign, the vast number of Party members and cadres have studied deeply, examined themselves carefully, and acted earnestly, followed the Party's mass line in the new era, and always thought and worked together with the masses, so that the people's sense of gain, happiness, and security is more substantial, more secure, and more sustainable.

The Warmth of "Half a Quilt" is Always Passed Down

As dusk deepened, in front of the old ancestral hall of the Eighth Group of Wuyi Village (五一村), Wenming Yao Ethnic Township (文明瑶族乡), Rucheng County (汝城县), Chenzhou City (郴州市), Hunan Province (湖南省), the crowd was bustling. Several benches formed a circle, with more than 40 people inside and out, and a lively "courtyard meeting" began.

The village work team and the village and township cadres had already been waiting here. Zhu Xiaoyong (朱孝勇), secretary of the village Party branch, said: "In the past two years, the village has been engaged in industry, and everyone's life has improved, but the road into the mountains is still the same as before, dusty on sunny days and muddy on rainy days. Today, let's talk openly about road repairs!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the scene instantly became active. "What are the benefits of repairing it?" "Where does the road go?"... Everyone spoke one after another, and the questions of concern came one after another.

Kang Guoping (康果平), the leader of the village work team, took out the design drawing from his pocket and said: "The industrial road will be built along the river, 3 meters wide, and tricycles and motorcycles can pass; the farming road will be narrower, 1.8 meters wide, and will lead directly to the fields."

He Shengyuan (何盛源), a village cadre, said: "When the road is repaired, we will be able to drive small agricultural vehicles up the mountains and down to the fields. We don't have to carry burdens and climb slopes anymore, and it will save effort for the older folks to fertilize!"

"That's what you say, but what about the green seedlings in the fields? We can't just waste them, can we?" asked villager Zhu Heliang (朱和亮).

"Old Zhu asked the key question." Zhou Minghua (周明华), a township cadre stationed in the village, said, "We can't let everyone suffer. The compensation for green seedlings will be supplemented by the village collective with reference to the city's standards. At the same time, the village's edible fungus base will also give priority to recruiting workers!"

These words were practical, and the villagers nodded in agreement, and the whole audience applauded and passed the proposal.

Rucheng County (汝城县) is where the story of "Half a Quilt" took place. Xu Jiexiu (徐解秀), an old woman, said back then: "What is the Communist Party? The Communist Party is someone who has a quilt and cuts half of it to give to the people." This sentence is still moving today.

Standing firm on the people's position and paving the way for happiness. Nowadays, Rucheng County (汝城县) is carrying out in-depth study and education, and county leaders are taking the lead in running to the countryside, taking Party members and cadres to the villages to understand the situation and solve problems. Wang Mingxing (王明星), Minister of the Organization Department of the Rucheng County (汝城县) Party Committee, said: "Now cadres love to run to the villages, saying heartfelt words and doing things that everyone is talking about, starting from the interests of the masses in everything, and the warmth of 'Half a Quilt' continues to be extended."

Running Out of the Acceleration of Government Services

"What materials are needed to add shareholders?" "The license is in the review stage, how long will it take?" Mobile phone messages kept ringing, and in more than 20 enterprise service groups, consultation questions popped up one after another.

In Liangjiang New Area (两江新区), Chongqing (重庆), Chen Xuanju (陈炫桔), a government service specialist, starts his day's work by answering questions with his "fingertips."

As a national-level new area, enterprises gather here. In response to the dispersed situation of industrial parks, Liangjiang New Area (两江新区) has set up government-benefiting enterprise E-stations, where specialists are directly stationed to supervise one-on-one, so that enterprises can handle major and minor matters without leaving the park.

In the past two years, from a window staff member of the government service center to a stationed service specialist sinking into the front line of the park, Chen Xuanju (陈炫桔) has deeply felt the changes in the service method: "In the past, I sat at the window, waiting for enterprises to come to me; now, I go out and run, carrying policies to find enterprises. To provide services for enterprises, we must talk about efficiency."

Speaking of these changes, Mr. Shi (石先生), the person in charge of Xinqingyuanqi Technology Partnership Enterprise, has a lot to say. When he started his business in the early years, he ran around asking about policies from various departments, and if the materials were incorrect, he had to run to the window repeatedly.

However, recently, when registering a new company in Liangjiang New Area (两江新区), the experience was completely different: "Xiao Chen (小陈) took the initiative to come to the door to guide me, and helped me with the preparation of materials and the format of documents throughout the process. I didn't have to run once, and the business license was mailed to my home!"

In the past, "chasing after the official seal" and now "revolving around needs," in Liangjiang New Area (两江新区), the reform of "efficiently handling one matter" continues to deepen, and government service specialists think about what the masses think and are anxious about what the masses are anxious about, using their footsteps to improve the temperature of service, narrow the distance with the masses, and heartwarming stories of benefiting enterprises are staged every day.

Now, in the study and education, the Liangjiang New Area (两江新区) Government Service Center has put in a lot of effort. By opening "Government Service Lecture Hall," the service awareness of window staff is improved; the standardization of window service is strictly grasped, so that the masses can truly feel that "the door is easy to enter and things are easy to handle." Meng Banghui (孟邦辉), a government service specialist at the Longsheng New City (龙盛新城) Government Service Sub-center of Liangjiang New Area (两江新区), said: "Only when everyone sees the changes and gets benefits can the study and education be considered to be implemented. We must continue to deepen the reform of 'efficiently handling one matter' and run out of the acceleration of government services."

The Masses' "Good Ideas" Become the "Golden Key" to Governance

The Fuxing East Road Tunnel (复兴东路隧道) in Shanghai (上海) is like a silver ribbon, connecting the lights of the City God Temple (城隍庙) in Puxi (浦西) at one end and the stars of Lujiazui (陆家嘴) in Pudong (浦东) at the other.

Every night, it presents a busy and orderly scene—the lower level, motor vehicles whizzing past; the upper level, non-motor vehicles shuttling back and forth, with traffic separated up and down, in good order.

"It's smooth now, just twist the throttle and cross the river!" Late at night, electric vehicle riders, the "night commuters," praised the "micro-transformation" of this tunnel.

Who would have thought that this heartwarming change originated from a casual conversation between citizen Han Shu (韩曙) and a takeaway delivery guy.

Han Shu (韩曙) once chatted with a takeaway delivery guy and heard the guy scratching his head helplessly and saying, "I haven't run a few orders, but I've received a lot of tickets." After learning more about it, he learned that the night in the Puxi (浦西) business district is very lively, and when takeaway delivery guys cross the river to take orders, the last ferry has already stopped operating, so they have no choice but to risk taking the tunnel.

The guy's words caught Han Shu's (韩曙) attention: "Soliciting suggestions from the people should work!"

In order to put forward practical and feasible suggestions, Han Shu (韩曙) squatted at the ferry terminals of Waitan Jinling East Road (外滩金陵东路), Shiliupu Dongchang Road (十六铺东昌路), etc. for several days in a row. Seeing the hurried figures of people before the ferry closed, Han Shu (韩曙) sighed: "For people without cars, it is really too difficult to cross the river at night."

Soon, a people's suggestion full of the voices of citizens was put into the Shanghai (上海) Municipal People's Suggestion Solicitation Mailbox. In the letter, Han Shu (韩曙) put forward the suggestions of "delaying the operation of the ferry" and "opening the night tunnel."

After receiving the letter, the cadres of the Shanghai (上海) Municipal People's Suggestion Solicitation Office contacted Han Shu (韩曙) as soon as possible. They carefully reviewed the records, conducted in-depth research, and actively inquired about relevant departments to understand the ins and outs of the problem clearly. Subsequently, the Shanghai (上海) Municipal Transportation Commission and the Public Security Traffic Management Department took over the "relay baton" to promote the solution of the problem. After research and judgment, it was finally determined that the Fuxing East Road Tunnel (复兴东路隧道) would be the object of transformation.

Although the Fuxing East Road Tunnel (复兴东路隧道) itself has a double-tube and double-layer design, which has a transformation foundation, the "non-forbidden" road section outside the entrance and exit has become a difficult point for transformation. What can we do?

Everyone brainstormed together and came up with a clever solution: the rightmost motor vehicle lane "transformed" into a non-motor vehicle lane, which is specially open to non-motor vehicles from 23:00 to 5:00 the next day. Before long, Shanghai's (上海) first cross-river tunnel that can be used by electric bicycles was opened.

"Micro-transformation" transforms the road and connects people's hearts. Since the launch of the study and education campaign, Party members and cadres in Shanghai (上海) have adhered to asking the people about their needs and asking the people for their opinions, continuously optimizing the ways and means of contacting and serving the masses, and practicing the Party's mass line in a more concrete and in-depth way.

The Shanghai (上海) Municipal People's Suggestion Solicitation Office actively uses the online and offline suggestion solicitation network to extend the solicitation tentacles to communities, parks, and campuses. "People's suggestions are our decision-making magic weapon. We must continue to work hard to transform the masses' good ideas into the golden key to urban governance," said Gai Bohua (盖博华), director of the Shanghai (上海) Municipal Letters and Visits Office and the Municipal People's Suggestion Solicitation Office.

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Liaoning Promotes the Integrated Development of Culture, Sports, and Tourism

By: 本报记者 刘成友 胡婧怡

Fully preserved casting production line, evoking memories of the refrigeration industry; 1650 square meters of professional-grade ice surface, allowing you to fully enjoy the joy of sports... At Iceberg Valley in Dalian, Liaoning (辽宁大连), the old factory area has been transformed into a cultural, sports, and tourism consumption hub. "In the morning, I take my daughter ice skating, in the afternoon I stroll through the old factory area and drink coffee, and in the evening I go shopping," said tourist Tian Jing (田婧), still full of enthusiasm.

In May 2024, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) made important instructions on tourism work, emphasizing "adhering to integrity and innovation, improving quality and efficiency, and integrated development" and "promoting the high-quality development of the tourism industry to go steady and far."

Thoroughly implementing the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important instructions, Liaoning (辽宁) continues to promote the integration of culture, sports, and tourism, giving rise to new industries, new models, and new scenarios, and steadily promoting the high-quality development of the tourism industry. In 2024, Liaoning (辽宁) received a total of 652.197 million tourists, an increase of 28.1% year-on-year; tourism revenue was 632.52 billion yuan, an increase of 25.9% year-on-year.

Focusing on "integration," the development of culture, sports, and tourism presents a new atmosphere—

With flowing skirts and graceful dance moves, the original dance allows the Liaoning Provincial Museum's (辽宁省博物馆) national treasure, "Court Ladies Adorning Their Hair with Flowers" (簪花仕女图), to "walk" onto the stage; court lady refrigerator magnets, flower hairpins, and paper-cut notebooks, cultural and creative product sales are booming... "Let the cultural relics 'live' and continue to 'break the circle' of communication," said the person in charge of the Liaoning Provincial Museum (辽宁省博物馆).

The integration of culture, sports, and tourism has spawned new industries and new models. A orienteering event refreshed the ticket sales record of Anshan Qianshan Scenic Area (鞍山千山景区); a city marathon made Tieling's (铁岭) iron pot stew and Guo Bao Rou (锅包肉) trending searches; as one of the filming locations for the game "Black Myth: Wukong," Jinzhou Fengguo Temple Scenic Area (锦州奉国寺景区) attracted many tourists to check in... Liaoning (辽宁) deeply explores the advantages of cultural, sports, and tourism resources, promotes the integration of industries and the aggregation of scenarios, and launches distinctive ways to play such as "traveling with performances," "traveling with sports events," and "traveling with exhibitions," making museums, memorial halls, and performance venues popular.

Climbing the Hushan Great Wall (虎山长城) in Dandong (丹东), viewing the island scenery in Dalian (大连), strolling along the Liaohe Old Street (辽河老街) in Yingkou (营口), and wandering through the Red Beach (红海滩) in Panjin (盘锦)... Wang Han (王涵), a tourist from Shaanxi (陕西), and his family spent 8 days traveling to several coastal cities in Liaoning (辽宁), "This trip was really worth it."

Regional coordination and mechanism integration unleash new vitality. Liaoning (辽宁) established the Provincial Leading Group for the Integrated Development of Culture, Sports, and Tourism, including 24 provincial-level member units, to regularly schedule and coordinate; the Liaoning Provincial Cultural, Sports, and Tourism Industry Development Group (辽宁省文体旅产业发展集团) was officially established to further integrate resources. "We pay attention to regional linkage and differentiated development, changing from fighting alone to joining forces," said Ai Fanglin (艾芳琳), Deputy Director of the Liaoning Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism (辽宁省文化和旅游厅). Currently, Liaoning (辽宁) has created more than 20 high-quality tourism routes, promoting the integration and development of cultural and tourism resources.

Focusing on "quality," promoting the high-quality development of the cultural, sports, and tourism industry—

Technological innovation and digital empowerment enhance tourism quality. In Shenyang Laobeishi (沈阳老北市), in addition to tasting snacks and appreciating intangible cultural heritage, you can also enjoy the "Phoenix Dance" performance: the "Golden Phoenix" soars into the night sky, its outer garment is made of aviation flame-retardant material, and its core is an unmanned glider; in Dalian (大连), the intelligent large screen for traffic inquiries and the "Sea Tour Dalian" comprehensive operation management platform make travel more convenient...

Changing concepts and refined management enhance service levels. "Listening to advice" has become a new hot word in Liaoning (辽宁) culture and tourism—listening to netizens' suggestions, Shenyang (沈阳) changed the subway station name "Shenyang Station" (沈阳站) back to "Shenyang Station Station" (沈阳站站); Dalian Port Dongwu Street (大连港东五街) set up a tourist center and photography area to allow tourists to safely and comfortably photograph the "street leading directly to the sea"; Dandong (丹东) opened parking lots in government agencies, so that self-driving tours are no longer troubled by parking...

This year's "Government Work Report" proposed, "Accelerate the development of new cultural formats and vigorously develop the tourism industry." "Liaoning (辽宁) will be based on its resource advantages, do a good job in integration, fully stimulate potential, focus on cultivating new growth points for high-quality development, and accelerate the creation of a high-quality cultural, sports, and tourism integration development demonstration area," said Hao Peng (郝鹏), Secretary of the Liaoning Provincial Party Committee (辽宁省委书记).

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Three Questions on Revitalization

By: 本报记者 顾仲阳

In June 2017, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) specifically mentioned the report "Three Records of Stationing in the Village" published in this newspaper on June 5 of that year when he chaired a symposium on poverty alleviation in areas of extreme poverty. This report was written by a reporter from this newspaper after spending a month stationed in Changhanbai Village (昌汉白村), Balagong Town (巴拉贡镇), Hangjin Banner (杭锦旗), Ordos City (鄂尔多斯市), Inner Mongolia (内蒙古), researching targeted poverty alleviation.

In March of this year, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out during his inspection in Guizhou (贵州) and Yunnan (云南): "The focus of rural work is to shift from poverty alleviation to comprehensive rural revitalization. The bottom line for poverty alleviation must be **固若金汤** (gù ruò jīn tāng - "as solid as metal soup," impregnable; tightly secured), and there must be absolutely no large-scale return to poverty. The key is to do these things practically and continue them."

This year is the final year of the 5-year transition period for consolidating and expanding the achievements of poverty alleviation and effectively linking it to rural revitalization. How well have the achievements of poverty alleviation in Changhanbai Village (昌汉白村) been consolidated and expanded? How is the connection and promotion of comprehensive rural revitalization progressing? What development problems still need to be further resolved? The reporter returned to Changhanbai Village (昌汉白村) to feel the pulse of the times in the development and revitalization of poverty-stricken areas.

-- Editor

Wide and clean village roads, neatly arranged solar street lights, orderly houses, many farmhouses with cars parked in front, and high-standard farmland neatly connected, nurturing a new season of harvest... After 8 years, revisiting Changhanbai Village (昌汉白村), the changes are indeed significant.

This year is the final year of the 5-year transition period for consolidating and expanding the achievements of poverty alleviation and effectively linking it to rural revitalization. What kind of answer sheet will Changhanbai Village (昌汉白村) hand in? What revitalization problems still need to be solved with greater efforts? The reporter settled down to explore deeply.

How can the bottom line of poverty alleviation be "as solid as metal soup"?

The policy "poverty prevention dam" is firmly built, the monitoring and assistance system operates efficiently, and the bottom line of preventing large-scale return to poverty is firmly guarded.

Seeing Bai Sanzi (白三子) again, he is a completely different person.

He, who was once impoverished due to illness and had a worried face, now has a smiling face, "Life is very good, I can eat meat every day, I have nothing to worry about, and my complexion is much better."

He used to worry most about getting sick, but now good policies have removed the "root" of returning to poverty due to illness. In December last year, Bai Sanzi (白三子) had a cholecystolithotripsy and polyp resection surgery, which cost a total of 23,000 yuan, but he only paid more than 2,400 yuan himself, which made him pleasantly surprised.

What made Bai Sanzi (白三子) even happier was that his income had increased nearly twofold in the past 8 years. Last year, the old couple planted 12 mu of corn, raised 5 pigs and 20 sheep, plus public welfare jobs, pensions, and odd jobs, the total family income was 72,000 yuan. With a fuller wallet, he has the confidence to resist risks.

Currently, there are 24 households and 56 people lifted out of poverty in Changhanbai Village (昌汉白村), of which 15 households were previously impoverished due to illness, 3 households due to education, 2 households due to lack of technology, 3 households due to lack of funds, and 1 household due to insufficient self-development motivation.

Illness is the biggest factor causing poverty and return to poverty, but now the risk is firmly blocked by the policy defense line. At present, the participation rate of basic medical insurance for urban and rural residents in the village has reached more than 99%, the average reimbursement ratio for inpatient medical insurance is 70%, the reimbursement ratio for general outpatient clinics is 60%, and the reimbursement ratio for special disease outpatient clinics is 90%.

"In addition to basic medical insurance, we also have critical illness insurance, medical assistance, commercial insurance, and social assistance. On this basis, the banner government arranges 3 million yuan each year to purchase emergency assistance, adding another line of defense for patients with serious illnesses, and the risk of poverty and return to poverty due to illness is greatly reduced with these 6 lines of defense working together," introduced Chai Qin (柴琴), Director of the Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Bureau of Hangjin Banner (杭锦旗农牧局).

In terms of poverty and return to poverty due to education, the policy "poverty prevention dam" is also built high. There are "two exemptions and one subsidy" in the compulsory education stage, tuition and accommodation fees are exempted in the high school stage and national scholarships are issued, there are Rain and Dew Program (雨露计划) and Zihui Program (滋蕙计划) in secondary and higher vocational education and university stages, and national scholarships are also issued. Changhanbai Village (昌汉白村) also uses collective economic income to issue scholarships to children who are admitted to universities every year.

The bottom line of poverty alleviation must be as solid as metal soup, which is also inseparable from the efficient operation of the monitoring and assistance system.

This year during the Spring Festival, villager Bai Shuhua (白树华) encountered trouble. On the first day of the Lunar New Year, he had an accident while driving a truck to transport stones, fracturing 3 ribs, and the car was scrapped due to self-ignition. He had also borrowed 150,000 yuan from relatives and friends when he bought the car. Li Laifei (李来飞), the first secretary from the Hangjin Banner (杭锦旗) Party Committee Inspection Office and responsible for Changhanbai Village (昌汉白村), and members of the village committee immediately visited the household. After verification, Bai Shuhua's (白树华) family was included in the monitoring and assistance target according to the procedures, an industrial support fund of 20,000 yuan was applied for, a public welfare job was applied for Bai Shuhua's (白树华) wife, and educational assistance was applied for his youngest son who is in elementary school.

"I will definitely work hard and live up to such good assistance policies." Bai Shuhua (白树华), who is busy planting vegetables in the greenhouse these days, is full of energy.

Li Laifei (李来飞) introduced that there are 9 households and 21 people under monitoring in the village. At present, the risks of 4 households have been eliminated, the risk of 1 household can be eliminated this year, and assistance measures have been implemented for the remaining 4 households including Bai Shuhua (白树华), firmly guarding the bottom line of preventing large-scale return to poverty.

Reporter's Comments:

Consolidating and expanding the achievements of poverty alleviation is the premise and foundation for comprehensive rural revitalization. With the policy "poverty prevention dam" firmly built and the monitoring and assistance system operating efficiently, the risk of large-scale return to poverty in Changhanbai Village (昌汉白村) has been effectively controlled, and the bottom line of poverty alleviation has indeed been made as solid as metal soup.

How can industrial revitalization solve the sales problem?

Order-based planting avoids large price fluctuations, and the development of deep processing drives stable income increase for villagers.

Revisiting Changhanbai Village (昌汉白村), the biggest change I felt was still the village's cultivated land.

The sandy wasteland next to the village's garbage disposal site has been improved and upgraded to become high-standard farmland, and water-saving irrigation pipe networks have also been built. The wind is still blowing fiercely, but there is no longer the flying sand and rocks of the past. The transformation of contiguous sandy wasteland into stable-yielding irrigated land is truly impressive.

With the deepening of urbanization, the village's land has gradually been transferred to leading enterprises, cooperatives, and large households, creating conditions for large-scale farming to improve efficiency.

Yuan Heping (院和平), Secretary of the Village Party Branch and Director of the Village Committee, said that last year the village planted about 1,000 mu of sweet waxy corn on a large scale, and the average output value per mu increased by about 2,000 yuan compared with planting ordinary corn.

After solving who will farm the land and how to farm it, what to plant in the land became a new problem, and the crux of the matter lies in the difficulty of sales.

When I met villager Zhang Yaowen (张耀文), he was planting cucumbers, tomatoes, and cowpeas in a vegetable greenhouse. When asked why he planted these, Zhang Yaowen (张耀文) said, "The town canteen guarantees the purchase, so I'm not afraid of not being able to sell these."

Xi Mu (希木), the mayor of Balagong Town (巴拉贡镇), introduced that in order to help the villagers broaden their sales channels, the town is also preparing to set up exhibition counters and open a live broadcast room to help farmers in the Sanshenggong (三盛公) Water Conservancy Scenic Area near Changhanbai Village (昌汉白村).

Plant more when prices are high, and plant less or even not plant when prices are low, and then prices rise again... The previous year's sales situation has a great impact on the villagers' planting decisions. Li Laifei (李来飞) introduced that in order to promote stable income increase for villagers and avoid the risks brought by fluctuations in agricultural product prices, the village is planning to build a chili processing plant to purchase the chili peppers grown by villagers and produce chili powder, chili sauce, and other products.

On the question of "what should be planted this year," Changhanbai Village (昌汉白村) has made positive explorations in order-based planting.

Large-scale planter Hou Jun (侯军) planted 19 greenhouses with varieties such as sweet waxy corn, cantaloupe, watermelon, and chili peppers. Diversified planting is the "way to get rich" he has summarized. Last year, the price of chili peppers fell sharply. This year, his family changed the large fields to order-based yellow waxy corn, and the greenhouses are order-based trial planting of new varieties of pumpkins. "With orders, I feel confident."

Order-based planting is the preferred choice for most farmers, but the village's agricultural product industry is small, scattered, and weak, making it difficult to get orders.

This year, Ordos City (鄂尔多斯市) Modern Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Investment Group Co., Ltd. (鄂尔多斯市现代农牧业投资集团有限公司) Planting Company successfully helped farmers find orders. Wang Xiong (王雄), the head of the company, introduced that they have planted 3,200 mu of potatoes in Changhanbai Village (昌汉白村), which are purchased by an agricultural company in Inner Mongolia (内蒙古) for the production of potato chips and potato whole powder. Li Zhilong (李志龙), the general manager of the agricultural company, said that the company can deeply process 360,000 tons of potatoes every year and will use the form of order agriculture to build a 200,000 mu planting base in Hangjin Banner (杭锦旗) by the Modern Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Group. "The 'leading enterprise + planting base + farmers' scale and organized solution to the sales problem will drive the villagers to increase their income stably, which will blaze a hopeful path for rural industrial revitalization in the banner," said He Yonggang (何永岗), Deputy Banner Head of Hangjin Banner (杭锦旗副旗长).

Reporter's Comments:

Industrial revitalization is the most important part of comprehensive rural revitalization. The problem of "what should be planted this year" has plagued the development of rural industries. Developing deep processing to alleviate sales difficulties and order-based planting can avoid large fluctuations in agricultural product prices to a certain extent. Changhanbai Village (昌汉白村) is actively seeking solutions. The road ahead is long and arduous, but the path is under our feet.

How can talent revitalization cope with the challenges of hollowing out and aging?

We must create better development conditions, increase policy support, and attract more talents, especially young people, to build careers in the countryside.

This time when I returned, I felt that I couldn't see many young people in the village.

Yuan Heping (院和平) said that in recent years, more and more villagers have gone out to work, accompanied their children to study in the city, and followed their children to the city to retire. The permanent population of the village has decreased sharply from 1,580 in 2017 to 520, and the elderly over 60 years old account for 60%.

The key to comprehensive rural revitalization lies in people. Facing hollowing out and aging, who will support the future of Changhanbai Village (昌汉白村)?

Whether the villagers are rich or not depends on the branch. The weakness and disorganization of the Party branch was an important reason for the backward development of Changhanbai Village (昌汉白村). Now, the village cadre team has been selected and strengthened, with 3 college students in the village "two committees," 1 college student selected and hired for "township recruitment and village use," and 3 reserve cadres have been reserved in the village. In recent years, the village "two committees" have integrated resources to vigorously develop characteristic fruit and vegetable planting. Last year, they distributed 2 million yuan in dividends to villagers, and the per capita net income of villagers reached 16,000 yuan. The combat effectiveness of the village-level Party organization and its prestige among the masses have been continuously improved.

How to improve industrial development this year? Yuan Heping (院和平) convened a "Zhuge Meeting" (诸葛会), attended by village cadres, owners and large households engaged in industrial projects in the village, and the "leading figures" in village development basically all came.

"I am preparing to go out for research immediately to see if I can attract a few projects to the village and bring back a few orders to the villagers." Villager Zhao Yun (赵云) is a post-80s veteran who returned to his hometown to start a business in 2018. He established a cooperative to lead villagers to plant characteristic fruits and vegetables, driving 11 households out of poverty with an average annual income increase of more than 10,000 yuan. He also used his identity as the president of the Hangjin Banner (杭锦旗) Chamber of Commerce to actively participate in consumption assistance, helping villagers sell more than 1.8 million yuan of agricultural products in the past 5 years.

"This year, I will strive to further open up sales channels and expand the scale of breeding." Yuan Zhanfei (袁占飞), the head of Hangjin Banner (杭锦旗) Guanghui Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Technology Co., Ltd. (杭锦旗广汇农牧科技有限公司), also returned to his hometown to start a business. He invested 6 million yuan to transfer 1,040 mu of saline-alkali land in the village and established a cooperative to raise South American prawns and grow rice. Yuan Zhanfei (袁占飞) cooperated with Inner Mongolia Agricultural University (内蒙古农业大学) to solve the technical problem of simulating wild breeding in saline-alkali land. The prawns produced last year were of excellent quality and sold for more than 20 yuan per catty, which greatly increased his confidence. This year, he actively operates, runs the market, and seeks cooperation, striving to sell the shrimp at a good price. "When I find a way, I will definitely lead more villagers to increase their income and become rich." When he said this, there was light in Yuan Zhanfei's (袁占飞) eyes.

Promoting comprehensive rural revitalization depends on people. The reporter's interview found that some village cadres in Changhanbai Village (昌汉白村) are older, there are not many capable people who are willing to serve the masses, and the talent support for the development and revitalization of the entire village is not solid.

How to reverse this situation as soon as possible? Wen Hui (温惠), Secretary of the Party Committee of Balagong Town (巴拉贡镇党委书记), said that it is necessary to deepen the reform of the rural talent cultivation, introduction, management, use, flow, and incentive systems, improve the incentive mechanism for talent service in rural areas, and attract all kinds of talents to devote themselves to comprehensive rural revitalization; it is necessary to create better development conditions, increase policy support, and attract more funds, projects, and other factors to flow to the countryside, and attract more talents, especially young people, to work and start businesses in the countryside.

"Attracting and retaining more young people is an important issue that needs to be solved urgently for comprehensive rural revitalization. I hope that the country can provide greater policy support to western poverty-stricken areas in this regard," said Hao Huangang (郝换刚), Director of the Hangjin Banner (杭锦旗) Party Committee Office, who once served as the first secretary stationed in the village.

Reporter's Comments:

Promoting comprehensive rural revitalization depends on people. This is a major issue for China's rural areas in the context of new urbanization. With the deepening of urban-rural integration and comprehensive rural revitalization, the rural world is vast and agriculture has great potential. It is necessary to further improve the system and mechanism, increase support and guarantee, improve development conditions, and let the good opportunities and good environment in the countryside attract more talents to come and build careers, and inject vigorous vitality into rural development and revitalization.

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Software business revenue increased by 10.8% year-on-year in the first four months.

This newspaper Beijing (北京) June 2nd (Reporter Wang Zheng (王政), Liu Wenxin (刘温馨)) reported: The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (工业和信息化部) released data showing that in the first four months of this year, China's software business revenue was 4258.2 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 10.8%, with steady revenue growth and a good operating trend.

The growth rate of total software business profits maintained double-digit growth, and exports steadily increased. In the first four months, the total profit of the software industry was 507.5 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 14.2%; software business exports were 17.26 billion U.S. dollars, a year-on-year increase of 3.5%.

Software product revenue grew steadily. In the first four months, software product revenue was 993.3 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 9.6%, accounting for 23.3% of the total industry revenue. Among them, basic software revenue was 53.6 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 8.6%; industrial software product revenue was 91.3 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 6.3%.

Information technology service revenue maintained double-digit growth. In the first four months, information technology service revenue was 2841.5 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 11.5%, accounting for 66.7% of the total industry revenue. Among them, cloud computing and big data services achieved a total revenue of 465.8 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 11.4%, accounting for 16.4% of information technology service revenue; integrated circuit design revenue was 121 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 18.0%; e-commerce platform technology service revenue was 334.1 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 8.1%.

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The Beijin Port Extra-Large Bridge (北津港特大桥) in Yangjiang (阳江) City, Guangdong (广东) Province, is a key control project of the Yangjiang Yanshao (阳江雅韶) to Shanwai East Section (山外东段) of the Guangdong Coastal Tourism Highway (广东滨海旅游公路) project. It spans the Beijin Channel (北津航道), is 4076.5 meters long, and is expected to be completed and open to traffic in May 2026. According to the plan, the Guangdong Coastal Tourism Highway (广东滨海旅游公路) will connect 14 coastal cities and 90 scenic spots in the province.

The picture shows the construction site of the Beijin Port Extra-Large Bridge (北津港特大桥) taken on June 1.

Photo by Lü Huadang (吕华当) (Image China (影像中国))

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Xu Qiliang Passes Away

Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, June 2nd (Xinhua) -- Comrade Xu Qiliang (许其亮), an outstanding member of the Communist Party of China, a long-tested and loyal communist fighter, a proletarian military strategist, an outstanding leader of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, a member of the 18th and 19th Central Politburos of the Communist Party of China, and former Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission, passed away in Beijing (北京) at 12:12 PM on June 2, 2025, due to illness, at the age of 75.

Comrade Xu Qiliang (许其亮) joined the army in July 1966 and joined the Communist Party of China (中国共产党) in July 1967. He was awarded the rank of Air Force General in June 2007.

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Look! Our fellow villagers are also quite "trendy" in their consumption (Economic New Coordinates: Rural Consumption Observation)

By: 本报记者 李 蕊

From January to April this year, China's rural consumer goods retail sales reached 2,141.2 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 4.8%, with a growth rate higher than that of urban areas. With the introduction of a series of policies to boost consumption, the vitality of the rural consumer market has been further stimulated, and it is becoming an important driving force for expanding domestic demand and stabilizing growth.

Recently, reporters from this newspaper went into farmhouses and factory workshops in Shandong (山东) to explore the trend "password" of the rural consumer market.

——Editor

From "Just Getting By" to "Being Particular"

Upgrading Home Furnishing Products

Recently, Liu Zhengfeng, a villager from Songshantou Village (宋山头村), Tianhuang Town (田黄镇), Zoucheng City (邹城市), added a "big item" to her home—a washing machine. Compared with ordinary washing machines, this machine seems to have "stood up," with four thick supports steadily supporting the sturdy body.

In the past, the two washing machines Liu Zhengfeng used were mottled and rusted due to years of dampness, and the edges of the water tray were covered with scale. "Once it got damp, it would break down. In the past, I could only repair it and use it as it was," she said. This time, taking advantage of the event at the home appliance store in the county, she hurried to pick out a new washing machine.

How was the new washing machine selected?

Hundreds of kilometers away, at the Haier (海尔) washing machine interconnected factory in Qingdao (青岛), washing machines were being packaged and boxed.

Li Shuping (李书平), a washing machine R&D engineer at Haier Smart Home (海尔智家), showed reporters a thick research report: "In rural areas, 76.7% of washing machines are placed in bathrooms or courtyards, and the bottom is prone to rust due to water accumulation. This is a major pain point for rural consumers."

To this end, this washing machine adopts a high-footed design with the bottom suspended to avoid water accumulation. At the same time, it does not have high requirements for water pressure and voltage, and it can work normally even if the water pressure is not high or the voltage is unstable.

Farmers usually work in the fields, and their clothes often get stained with mud and dust, and stubborn stains. "After a hard day in the fields, I wanted the washing machine to help, but the previous 'antique' couldn't wash it clean, and I had to scrub it several times by hand," Liu Zhengfeng said. Now, the dirty clothes can be "done in one step" with the new washing machine. "The mud spots are washed clean, which saves a lot of worry."

"Rural areas have their own characteristics, and products must be adapted to them," Li Shuping said. This washing machine has large fonts, obvious color block markings, and clear function keys, which is convenient for the elderly to use. At the same time, it simplifies the operation steps and sets up a "one-key wash" function, which can intelligently wash according to the degree of dirt, such as light dirt, medium dirt, and heavy dirt. The transparent top cover makes it easy to observe.

From "usable" to "easy to use," from "redundant functions" to "precise adaptation," this washing machine launched by Haier (海尔) better meets the needs of rural consumers.

More and more companies are focusing on the characteristics of rural consumption and extending product development and market layout to the vast rural areas. In addition to the washing machine, Liu Zhengfeng's family recently bought an air fryer. The sweet potatoes they eat most often can be roasted until they are crispy on the outside and soft on the inside, and the dried radish strips can be fried into crispy snacks. The smart touch panel on the air fryer is simple, and the large icons correspond to functions such as "meat" and "pastry." With just one press, it can automatically cook. "In the past, it took half a day to watch the stove to do these things. Now, I can put in the ingredients, set the time, and go feed the chickens," Liu Zhengfeng demonstrated skillfully. "With a new helper in the kitchen, life is more flavorful!"

From "Fuel" to "Electricity"

New Energy Vehicles Drive into Country Lanes

At the Electric Rainbow驿站 (电力彩虹驿站) in Shangxiaozhuang Village (上小庄村), Yuandongtou Town (院东头镇), Yishui County (沂水县), Linyi (临沂), villagers could be seen from afar, with Ma Shanqiang (马善强) driving his "beloved car."

"I used to watch people in the city drive electric cars, and I was very envious—charging once costs at most a few dozen yuan, which saves a lot of money." Ma Shanqiang rolled down the car window, and cheerful music floated from the car stereo. In recent years, he has made money by growing ginger, and his first thought was to buy the electric car he had been longing for.

But it used to be quite troublesome to charge the car, Ma Shanqiang smacked his lips, "But now it's different! Look at the row of charging piles at the entrance of the village, and I feel at ease."

Yishui County's (沂水县) "Ten-Minute Fast Charging Circle" plan has solved the charging problem for new energy vehicles in Shangxiaozhuang Village (上小庄村). "All 18 towns in the county have achieved full coverage of 'double-gun, two-car spaces'," said Liu Zhaoliang (刘兆亮), deputy general manager of State Grid Yishui County Power Supply Company (国网沂水县供电公司). In the concentrated cultivated land area of Shangxiaozhuang Village (上小庄村), a charging station for agricultural assistance has also been specially built, so that electric tricycles and electric agricultural machinery can be "fed" with electricity, making it much more convenient for villagers to go to the fields to work and transport goods.

Driving more new energy vehicles into country lanes is not only due to the increasingly完善 (rì qū wán shàn - "increasingly perfect," continuously improving) infrastructure, but also inseparable from the car companies' accurate grasp of farmers' needs and their deep cultivation of the rural market.

At the SAIC-GM-Wuling (上汽通用五菱) production and manufacturing base in Qingdao West Coast New Area (青岛西海岸新区), robotic arms send new energy vehicles off the production line one after another.

"After we surveyed the rural market, we found that farmers need 'practical' cars—affordable prices, easy to drive and park, and able to cope with the bumpy dirt roads in the fields," said Yao Xingquan (姚兴权), public relations and secretarial manager of SAIC-GM-Wuling Qingdao Branch (上汽通用五菱青岛分公司).

On the production line, a small car with a rounded shape is eye-catching. "The price of this car is between 30,000 yuan and 50,000 yuan, which fits the budget of many rural families. It is small and flexible, so it can easily pass other cars even on narrow field roads; it has a range of more than 200 kilometers, which is enough for daily market trips and visiting relatives and friends, and the cost per kilometer is only 5 cents; when the rear seats are folded down, it can also hold a few baskets of agricultural products," Yao Xingquan (姚兴权) introduced.

If you want to increase farmers' enthusiasm for buying cars, it is not enough to have good products. SAIC-GM-Wuling Qingdao Branch (上汽通用五菱青岛分公司) actively responded to the campaign of new energy vehicles going to the countryside, and delivered car purchase services to villagers' doorsteps through township巡展 (xiāng zhèn xún zhǎn - "township exhibition," exhibitions in townships), door-to-door test drives, and other methods.

In Shangxiaozhuang Village (上小庄村), there are more and more new energy vehicle users like Ma Shanqiang (马善强). On weekends, villagers drive electric cars to the town to go to the market, with freshly picked cherries and newly harvested walnuts in the trunk; during the busy farming season, electric tricycles and耕地机 (gēng dì jī - "cultivating machines," machines used for tilling the land) line up at the agricultural assistance charging station, and after being fully charged, they go straight to the fields.

The "green travel" that is popular in cities is entering the countryside with charging piles and suitable models, becoming a daily routine in the Yimeng Mountains (沂蒙山区).

From "Just Making a Living" to "Enjoying Life"

Cultural, Entertainment, and Health Consumption are Favored

In Weida Electronics Mall (卫达电子商场) in Guangrao County (广饶县), Dongying (东营), home appliances are摆得满满当当 (bǎi dé mǎn mǎn dāng dāng - "arranged very fully," packed tightly), and red banners for "trade-in" are hung all over the walls.

"This TV is equipped with intelligent voice function, which is easy to operate. You can find the programs you want to watch just by saying a word..." Under the recommendation of the shopping guide, Cheng Zhiwen (成植文), a villager from Yan'yi Village (颜一村), Guangrao Street (广饶街道), took a fancy to a 65-inch smart TV. "Trading in the old TV can save a lot of money, which is very cost-effective."

On the day of placing the order, the new TV was brought home and hung on the wall. Cheng Zhiwen's (成植文) father, Cheng Yizhong (成以忠), couldn't wait to try the new function. He sat on the sofa and shouted at the TV: "Come on with a piece of opera." The TV automatically switched to the opera program. The familiar singing sounded, and the old man squinted his eyes and hummed along, tapping his feet: "In the past, I had to put on my reading glasses to find the station, but now I can order a play by opening my mouth. The picture is also bright, and I can enjoy myself at home!"

From "just making a living" to "enjoying life," more and more villagers like Cheng Zhiwen (成植文) are emerging. Guangrao County (广饶县) and enterprises are working together to promote consumption: policy subsidies plus merchant activities, home appliance renewal season, and home decoration promotions are taking turns to "go into battle," amplifying the policy effect of trading in consumer goods, so that the people can save more money. "The province and city at all levels give subsidies, and our mall will give another 100 yuan to 500 yuan discount for each home appliance. Rural areas can also provide free door-to-door dismantling and installation of new products. If you buy more, you will also get a shoe washing machine. The villagers are naturally willing to pay," said Zhang Zongwu (张宗武), store manager of Weida Electronics Mall (卫达电子商场).

While offline shopping malls are booming, online shopping is also lively. At the Tianmao Convenience Service Station (田猫便民服务站) in Dongmao Village (东毛村), Guangrao Street (广饶街道), Su Huilian (苏会莲), 63, skillfully scans the code to pick up the package. When she opens it, the smart watch she bought online has arrived: "My hands get dirty when I work in the fields, and it is not easy to answer the phone with the touch screen of my mobile phone. It is convenient to have it. I can answer the phone by raising my hand. I can also record steps and check my heartbeat. When I get older, I have to pay attention to my health."

Who would have thought that this rural woman, who once望而却步 (wàng ér què bù - "shrink back at the sight of," hesitate to do something) when it came to online shopping, has now become an "online shopping expert." In the "shopping cart," from smart watches to health pots, everything is "fashionable items" that make life comfortable. "In the past, I had to go to the market to buy things, and I often couldn't buy what I wanted after going back and forth," Su Huilian (苏会莲) said. "Now I can buy it by swiping my phone while sitting at home, and it only takes a few steps to get to the express delivery station in the village, which saves a lot of trouble."

With the advancement of express delivery into the villages, more and more villagers are enjoying the convenience of online shopping. "Many villagers now shop online. There are more than 300 express deliveries in the station every day, several times more than before. At first, they bought more clothes and food, but now everyone pays attention to entertainment and health, and many people buy massagers, smart watches, and health pots," said Mao Xiuying (毛秀英), head of Tianmao Convenience Service Station (田猫便民服务站).

After working in the fields for a long time, Su Huilian's (苏会莲) waist often feels sore. These days, she is preparing to place an order for a massager: "The body is the 'old capital' of farmers. In the future, we must make ourselves live comfortably, and that's what it means to make life sweet!"

Layout Design: Cai Huawei (蔡华伟)

This Issue Coordinated by: Zhang Zeng (张曾)

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Transportation investment remains high in the first four months.

By: 本报记者 韩 鑫

In early summer, across the land of China, major transportation projects are growing vigorously.

In Shenzhen (深圳), Guangdong (广东), the main structure of the second phase of the Pinghu South Comprehensive Logistics Hub Project (平湖南综合物流枢纽项目), a key national logistics hub project, has been completed, moving towards completion within the year.

In Ezhou (鄂州), Hubei (湖北), the Yanji Yangtze River Bridge (燕矶长江大桥), the world's largest-span four-main-cable suspension bridge, has completed the erection of its main cables, laying a solid foundation for the subsequent closure of the main bridge.

Driven by a number of major projects, transportation investment remains at a high level. From January to April, China completed 950.3 billion yuan in fixed asset investment in transportation, with railway and waterway investment maintaining rapid growth, increasing by 5.3% and 10.4% year-on-year, respectively.

With a batch under construction, a batch newly started, and a batch in reserve, a number of major transportation projects have completed their annual layout in order to actively expand effective investment in transportation. In February this year, the Ministry of Transport (交通运输部) compiled and issued the "Major Projects and Major Projects for Accelerating the Construction of a Transportation Powerhouse (2025 Edition)"《加快建设交通强国重大工程和重大项目（2025年版）》. Twenty major projects (packages) such as the National Comprehensive Three-Dimensional Transportation Network Main Backbone Connection and Quality Improvement Project (国家综合立体交通网主骨架联通提质工程) and the Yangtze River Economic Belt Comprehensive Three-Dimensional Transportation Network Improvement Project (长江经济带综合立体交通网完善工程), and 45 major projects such as the Xinjiang-Tibet Railway (新藏铁路), the Three Gorges Water Transport New Channel (三峡水运新通道), and the Pearl River Delta Hub (Guangzhou) New Airport (珠三角枢纽（广州）新机场) have been planned and launched or are being promoted in an orderly manner.

"Since the beginning of this year, the transportation sector has been making every effort to seize the initiative, stabilize growth, and promote development, and the industry's economic operation has maintained steady growth," said the relevant person in charge of the Comprehensive Planning Department of the Ministry of Transport (交通运输部综合规划司).

Looking at freight volume, the growth rate is faster than the full-year level of last year. From January to April, 18.09 billion tons of commercial freight volume was completed, an increase of 4.7% year-on-year. Among them, 13.24 billion tons of highway freight volume was completed, an increase of 5.0% year-on-year; 3.17 billion tons of waterway freight volume was completed, an increase of 4.9% year-on-year. Along the Yangtze River (长江), the golden waterway is busy with transportation. In the first four months, the cumulative freight volume of ships navigating the Yangtze River trunk line was 1.217 billion tons, an increase of 3.13% year-on-year.

Looking at port throughput, container throughput is growing rapidly. From January to April, 5.75 billion tons of port cargo throughput was completed, an increase of 3.7% year-on-year. Among them, domestic and foreign trade throughput increased by 4.4% and 2.0% year-on-year, respectively. 110 million TEUs of container throughput were completed, an increase of 7.9% year-on-year. Ningbo Zhoushan Port (宁波舟山港), the "world's largest port," completed 13.568 million TEUs of container throughput in the first four months, an increase of 9.9% year-on-year.

The efficient flow of cargo transportation and the continued strong flow of people. In the first four months, 22.74 billion passenger trips across regions were completed, an increase of 3.8% year-on-year. Among them, 20.96 billion passenger trips were completed by highway, an increase of 3.7% year-on-year.

It is reported that the Ministry of Transport (交通运输部) will continue to improve the national comprehensive three-dimensional transportation network, further promote the reduction of costs and improvement of quality and efficiency of transportation and logistics, and continuously consolidate and enhance the good development trend of the transportation economy, so as to provide a strong guarantee for promoting the sustained recovery and improvement of the macro economy.

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Credit investigation service fee standards significantly reduced.

This newspaper's Beijing (北京) June 2nd dispatch (Reporter Liu Zhiqiang (刘志强)) Recently, in order to further reduce corporate operating costs, optimize the business environment, and promote the development of the real economy and the social credit system, the National Development and Reform Commission (国家发展改革委) issued the "Notice on Further Reducing the Charging Standards for Credit Investigation Services," and the charging standards for credit investigation services have been significantly reduced.

The notice stipulates that, starting from July 1, 2025, the benchmark service fee standard for commercial banks and other institutions to query enterprise credit reports will be reduced from 20 yuan per report to 9 yuan, and the benchmark service fee standard for querying individual credit reports will be reduced from 2 yuan per report to 1 yuan. The charging standard for accounts receivable pledge registration will be reduced from 30 yuan per item per year to 15 yuan, and the charging standard for change registration and objection registration will be reduced from 10 yuan per item per time to 5 yuan. Ten types of financial institutions, such as rural commercial banks, will continue to implement preferential charging standards for querying enterprise and individual credit reports, and domestic trade insurance underwriting institutions will be included in the scope of preferential treatment. Individuals can query their own credit reports for free through the Internet, and the first two queries per year through the counter are free. From the third query onwards, the charging standard will be reduced from 10 yuan to 5 yuan.

This reduction in credit investigation service fees is expected to save users approximately 1.1 billion yuan in cost expenditures annually.

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China's installed capacity of pumped storage hydropower exceeds 58 million kilowatts

This newspaper reported from Beijing on June 2nd (Ding Yiting (丁怡婷), Zhang Ling (张玲)) The "China Renewable Energy Development Report 2024" recently released by the Hydrochina Corporation shows that by the end of 2024, China's installed capacity of pumped storage has exceeded 58 million kilowatts. In 2024, the newly commissioned pumped storage capacity was 7.75 million kilowatts, and 23 new pumped storage power stations were approved throughout the year. China's installed capacity of pumped storage has ranked first in the world for nine consecutive years, followed by Japan and the United States.

From the perspective of development pattern, pumped storage power stations are gradually developing on a large scale from east to west. From the perspective of engineering characteristics, the units under construction show a trend of high head and large single-unit capacity, and the localization of variable speed units is accelerating. Pumped storage technology has made breakthroughs in surveying, construction, equipment manufacturing and other aspects.

China's pumped storage site resources are 得天独厚 (dé tiān dú hòu - "uniquely endowed by nature," blessed with natural advantages). Relevant reports show that, considering geographical location, water source conditions, preliminary economy and other factors, the total scale of resources sites surveyed and screened nationwide is about 1.6 billion kilowatts (including built, under construction and planned sites). Most provinces in the country have pumped storage site resources.

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China-Europe Railway Express "Eastern Corridor" Exceeds 2,000 Trains

Data from China Railway Harbin Bureau Group Co., Ltd. (中国铁路哈尔滨局集团有限公司) shows that in the first five months of this year, the number of China-Europe freight trains passing through the "Eastern Corridor" exceeded 2,000, accounting for 26.3% of the national total. The volume of return trains accounted for 31.9% of the national return volume, injecting more momentum into serving the high-quality joint construction of the "Belt and Road" initiative.

The "Eastern Corridor" of the China-Europe freight train is composed of the Manzhouli (满洲里), Suifenhe (绥芬河), and Tongjiang (同江) railway ports. Up to now, the number of transit routes has reached 27, reaching 14 countries including Poland, Germany, and the Netherlands, and connecting more than 60 cities in China such as Changsha (长沙), Zhengzhou (郑州), Chengdu (成都), and Suzhou (苏州).

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Strengthening the Top-Level Design of the Standard System for Addressing Climate Change

This newspaper reported from Beijing on June 2nd (Reporter Kou Jiangze (寇江泽)) The Ministry of Ecology and Environment and 15 other departments recently jointly issued the "National Climate Change Response Standard System Construction Plan," to strengthen the top-level design of China's climate change response standard system, give full play to the fundamental, normative, and guiding role of standards in climate change response work, accelerate the construction of a scientific, practical, systematic, and standardized national climate change response standard system, and help the development of new quality productive forces, the green and low-carbon transformation of economic and social development, and the construction of a Beautiful China.

The construction plan establishes a framework for the construction of a climate change response standard system from three aspects: basic capacity support, climate change mitigation, and climate change adaptation. The basic capacity support standard system mainly includes four types of standards: basic general, greenhouse gas accounting, greenhouse gas verification, and greenhouse gas monitoring. The climate change mitigation standard system includes six types of standards: climate change mitigation action standards, market-based mechanism management specifications, greenhouse gas emission standards, technical specifications for synergistic management of greenhouse gases and pollutants, climate change mitigation evaluation standards, and technical management specifications for climate change mitigation. The climate change adaptation standard system includes five types of standards: climate change observation and prediction standards, climate change impact and risk assessment standards, climate change adaptation action standards, climate change adaptation technical standards, and climate change adaptation action effectiveness evaluation standards.

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China's economy continues to demonstrate strong resilience.

The latest economic data released by various Chinese departments recently show that China's economy is growing steadily, continuing its trend of moving towards new and positive directions. International individuals interviewed by this newspaper stated that China's recent series of policies and measures focused on "stabilizing employment, stabilizing enterprises, stabilizing the market, and stabilizing expectations" have effectively stabilized market expectations and boosted confidence in economic development. China's relevant policies and measures not only inject momentum into China's high-quality economic development but also bring more stability and certainty to the world economy.

"Reflects China's Firm Determination to Promote High-Quality Development"

According to data released by the Chinese Ministry of Commerce (中国商务部), as of May 31, 2025, the total sales driven by the "trade-in" program for five major categories of consumer goods reached 1.1 trillion yuan, with approximately 175 million subsidies directly distributed to consumers. The "trade-in" program has strongly driven the continuous recovery and improvement of consumption. From January to April 2025, China's total retail sales of consumer goods increased by 4.7% year-on-year. Since the beginning of this year, China has been more proactive in implementing macro policies, with the "two major" constructions and "two new" policies working together effectively to expand market demand, drive enterprise production, support innovation and development, and boost market confidence, with continuous effects.

"China's recent series of policy 'combination punches' around the 'four stabilities' have played a crucial role in stabilizing the economic fundamentals and stimulating endogenous动力 (nèi shēng dòng lì - "internal driving force," intrinsic motivation)." Nadia (纳迪娅), a professor at the Faculty of Political Science and Economics at Beni Suef University in Egypt, said, "In a complex and volatile international environment, the rebound and improvement of China's main economic indicators is the result of coordinated policy efforts."

"China continues to promote trade-ins, driving the upgrading of consumer goods such as home appliances and automobiles, and releasing huge domestic demand potential." Nadia (纳迪娅) mentioned that in April this year, China's total retail sales of consumer goods increased by 5.1% year-on-year, and the sales performance of commodities related to consumer goods trade-ins was remarkable, reflecting that policy dividends are accelerating transmission. She emphasized that China's policy support for the enterprise side is also very effective, "From tax and fee reductions to financial support, especially the precise assistance to small and micro enterprises, has enhanced enterprise confidence."

Tang Zhimin (汤之敏), director of the China-ASEAN Research Center at Panyapiwat Institute of Management in Thailand, said that since the beginning of this year, various regions in China have stepped up efforts to expand the scope of the "two new" policies, enhancing consumption vitality, driving investment growth, and driving the synchronous improvement of production and efficiency in related industries. China's focus on the "four stabilities" as the focus of its next economic work will help China's economy grow steadily and continue its trend of moving towards new and positive directions.

"In the current global economic situation, the Chinese economy continues to show strong resilience." Bernard Dewit (贝尔纳·德威特), chairman of the Belgian-Chinese Chamber of Commerce, said that the Chinese government's series of policies and measures around the "four stabilities" are crucial for stabilizing the economy, promoting innovation, and promoting industrial upgrading. Despite external pressures, China's industrial production, social consumption, and other aspects still maintain growth, indicating that relevant measures have achieved positive results.

Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase, and other international investment banks recently stated that, given factors such as the effective implementation of China's macro policies, they have decided to raise their forecasts for China's economic growth rate in 2025. Fang Dongming (房东明), head of China at UBS Global Financial Markets, said that a series of policies introduced by the Chinese government have released a clear signal of stabilizing growth, continuously injecting stable and predictable confidence into the real economy and capital markets, which can be confirmed by the increase in global investors' holdings of Chinese capital markets in the first quarter.

Adel Carneiro (阿代尔·卡尔内罗), president of the Brazilian Foreign Trade Association Federation, believes that stabilizing employment is the cornerstone of social development, and stabilizing enterprises, stabilizing the market, and stabilizing expectations create good expectations for Chinese and foreign investors, "A series of policies and measures reflect China's firm determination to promote high-quality development."

"Technological Innovation Provides Strong Momentum for China's Booming Economy"

On May 31, the Service Industry Survey Center of the National Bureau of Statistics (国家统计局) and the China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing released data showing that in May, China's Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) rose by 0.5 percentage points from the previous month, and the comprehensive PMI output index rose by 0.2 percentage points from the previous month. The main indicators rebounded and improved, and China's overall economic output maintained expansion. From the perspective of key industries, the high-tech manufacturing PMI was 50.9%, maintaining in the expansion range for four consecutive months, continuing a good development trend. The good development of high-tech industries and emerging service industries, and the continuous enhancement of the leading role of innovation, are constantly injecting new momentum into economic development.

"While promoting stable economic growth, China is accelerating the cultivation of new quality productive forces." Raikhan Ronodipuro (拉伊汉·罗诺迪普罗), a researcher at the ASEAN-China Research Center at the University of Indonesia, said that China's emphasis on technological innovation and sustainable development is in line with global development trends.

Dewit (德威特) said that China's development trend in areas such as artificial intelligence+, digital industry, and new energy industry highlights that China's economy is accelerating its transformation, and high-tech manufacturing and green industries are leading innovative development.

In Tang Zhimin's (汤之敏) view, a major highlight of China's economy is the obvious trend of industrial high-end, intelligent, and green development, especially the booming development of artificial intelligence+ and the digital economy, which provides broad space for cooperation between ASEAN countries and China in high-tech industries and emerging service industries.

"In areas such as artificial intelligence, new energy, and the digital economy, China is accumulating strong momentum. For example, in April, China's output of new energy vehicles, charging piles, and other new energy products increased by nearly 39% and 43% respectively. Behind these data is not only consumption upgrading, but also the driving force of green transformation and technological innovation." Nadia (纳迪娅) believes that the "two new" policies are highly consistent with China's vigorous development of the digital economy, intelligent manufacturing, and other directions, laying a solid foundation for China's high-quality economic development.

Carneiro (卡尔内罗) believes that China's series of policies and measures not only release huge domestic demand potential but also strongly drive the transformation and upgrading of industries such as green, intelligent, and high-end manufacturing. He believes: "China's development is not a short-term breakthrough, but a continuous leap guided by long-term goals."

Kofi Kouakou (科菲·库阿库), a senior researcher at the Africa-China Research Center at the University of Johannesburg in South Africa, said: "In recent years, China's economic operation has maintained overall stability, and the leading role of innovation has continued to be demonstrated. China's industrial robot technology is becoming increasingly sophisticated, and artificial intelligence large models are empowering the global industrial chain. Technological innovation has provided strong momentum for China's booming economy."

"Promote the Construction of a More Inclusive and More Sustainable World Economy"

According to data released by the Chinese Ministry of Transport (交通运输部) on May 30, in the first four months of this year, China's port cargo throughput was 5.755 billion tons, an increase of 3.7% year-on-year; the port container throughput exceeded 110 million TEUs, an increase of 7.9% year-on-year. The reform and innovation of national-level economic and technological development zones are being promoted in depth, the comprehensive pilot program for expanding the opening up of the service industry is being accelerated, the "Opinions on Implementing the Strategy of Upgrading Free Trade Zones" has been released, and the negotiations on the China-ASEAN Free Trade Area 3.0 version have been fully completed... China's high-level opening-up is constantly accelerating, creating a stable and predictable investment and development environment, and also injecting more certainty into the world economy.

"In the first quarter of this year, the number of newly established foreign-invested enterprises in China increased by 4.3% year-on-year, reflecting the global firm confidence in the Chinese market." Dewit (德威特) said that a series of policies and measures by the Chinese government have continuously released positive signals to foreign-funded enterprises to continue to deeply cultivate the Chinese market. As an important engine of the world economy, China's continued development has brought valuable opportunities for international trade and investment. China's high attention to green transformation and digital transformation has set a benchmark for global sustainable growth.

"The Chinese economy is full of resilience and is an important engine of world economic growth." Nadia (纳迪娅) believes that China's promotion of high-quality development and high-level opening-up will continue to provide the world with broad markets, advanced technologies, and cooperation platforms. "More and more countries will benefit from China's development, especially in green transformation and the digital economy, where China's experience is becoming an important reference." Nadia (纳迪娅) said.

Kouakou (库阿库) said that last year, non-Chinese trade volume was nearly $300 billion, a record high for four consecutive years, and China has remained Africa's largest trading partner for 16 consecutive years. China's ultra-large-scale consumer market provides broad opportunities for African commodity exports. China adheres to expanding high-level opening-up, sharing market dividends with African countries, and promoting mutually beneficial cooperation between Africa and China.

"At the beginning of this year, China released the '2025 Action Plan for Stabilizing Foreign Investment,' which effectively boosted the confidence of foreign companies in developing in China." Carneiro (卡尔内罗) said, "China is not only at the forefront of the world in technological innovation, green development, and other fields, but also deepens cooperation with various countries, especially the countries of the Global South, with an open and inclusive attitude, making important contributions to world economic growth and fully demonstrating its responsibility as a major country."

Ronodipuro (罗诺迪普罗) believes that China is injecting positive energy into world economic development, and its exploration in innovation and green development provides cooperation opportunities for other countries. "China is promoting the construction of a more inclusive and more sustainable world economy."

(This newspaper Beijing (北京), Cairo (开罗), Bangkok (曼谷), Brussels (布鲁塞尔), Rio de Janeiro (里约热内卢), Jakarta (雅加达), Johannesburg (约翰内斯堡) June 2nd dispatch reporter Jiang Bo (姜波), Huang Peizhao (黄培昭), Zhang Jinruo (张矜若), Niu Ruifei (牛瑞飞), Chen Haiqi (陈海琪), Cao Shiyun (曹师韵), Dai Kairan (戴楷然))

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"Stability" and "Innovation" are Key Words for Observing China's Development (International Forum: Understanding China, Understanding Chinese-style Modernization)

By: 埃里克·索尔海姆

China actively undertakes its responsibility as a major country in climate action, is at the forefront of the global green technology value chain, and provides important impetus for the global green transition.

Observing China's current development, "stability" and "innovation" are two key words. In an era of change, stability is crucial to the world; without innovation, humanity cannot cope with the challenges it faces.

The rapid development of Shenzhen (深圳), Guangdong (广东) Province, benefits from the successful practice of these two aspects and is an example of China's fruitful transformation and development. Shenzhen (深圳) was once an inconspicuous fishing village, but now it has developed into a metropolis with a population of nearly 18 million, gathering technology companies such as Huawei (华为), Tencent (腾讯), BYD (比亚迪), and DJI (大疆). Every time I visit Shenzhen (深圳), I can personally feel the progress the city has made in green innovation. When I revisited Shenzhen (深圳) in April this year, the "Shenzhen Miracle" shocked me again. Shenzhen (深圳) has not only achieved rapid economic growth, but also demonstrated outstanding environmental awareness: all buses and taxis in the city are electric vehicles, and the city center has vast green corridors and wetlands, providing important habitats for migratory birds.

For some time, individual countries have announced their withdrawal from the Paris Agreement on climate change and the World Health Organization, and have continuously provoked tariff disputes. These practices have plunged the world into great uncertainty. China's stable development is in stark contrast to this. China's economic growth target for 2025 is around 5%, and it will continue to be an important engine for global economic growth. China has also formulated a complete set of plans to address climate change, striving to peak carbon dioxide emissions before 2030 and striving to achieve carbon neutrality before 2060. China actively undertakes its responsibility as a major country in climate action, is at the forefront of the global green technology value chain, and provides important impetus for the global green transition. Individual countries are taking trade protectionist measures to restrict the export of China's high-tech green products, which will slow down the pace of the global green transition. Currently, China's global leadership in the field of clean energy is remarkable. In 2024, China's new renewable energy power generation accounted for about 60% of the global total increase. I have visited solar power plants in northwestern China. Standing in the vast "sea" of photovoltaic panels, the shock cannot be expressed in words.

People will naturally be curious, what is the code behind this green miracle? This leads to another keyword - "innovation". Not long ago, China's artificial intelligence large model DeepSeek caused a sensation around the world. The model significantly reduces the consumption of computing resources and provides more economical and efficient artificial intelligence solutions. Currently, DeepSeek has become a globally shared technology resource and is a testament to China's booming technology. In the future, the deep integration of artificial intelligence and solar energy and battery technology will unleash huge potential. China's comprehensive advantages in these fields will open up broad prospects for green technology innovation. Developing and sharing green technologies has become an important path for China to achieve sustainable development. For China, building a pragmatic and inclusive partnership with countries in the Global South is a clear and significant choice. Many countries such as Indonesia, Vietnam, and Brazil are increasingly becoming important participants in global green development.

Ensuring that the green transition is fair and beneficial to all participants is crucial. The essence of trade is mutual benefit and win-win, not a win-lose confrontation. Trade wars will not only drive up the price of green technologies, but also slow down the global transition to clean energy. The United States and Europe should establish constructive relations with China, an important global supplier of clean technology, in a balanced and pragmatic manner. Imposing tariffs and restrictions on Chinese companies is contrary to the goals of addressing climate change and protecting the planet. Protectionist policies will stifle innovation and slow down progress. Replacing win-lose with win-win is 刻不容缓 (kè bù róng huǎn - "brooks no delay," extremely urgent; brooks absolutely no delay).

(The author is the Director of the Advisory Committee of the Belt and Road Initiative International Green Development Coalition and former Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations and Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme)

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"A Showcase for High-Quality African Goods"

By: 本报记者  杨  迅

At a convenience store in the May 1st business district of Changsha (长沙), Hunan (湖南), an African coffee tasting event attracted many people to line up. Li Lixia (李利霞), a citizen of Changsha (长沙), told reporters, "I used to think African goods were very far away, but now it's so convenient to be able to buy good African products right at my doorstep."

As a special event of the 4th China-Africa Economic and Trade Expo, the African Good Things Online Shopping Season series of activities was recently held in Changsha (长沙), Hunan (湖南). Pop-up stores, entry into supermarkets, live broadcast seasons, and comprehensive exhibitions were launched one after another. The pop-up stores focused on displaying more than 200 African specialty commodities in ten categories. Many convenience stores in the main urban area of Changsha (长沙) have been transformed into "stations" for African good things, with shelves filled with Ethiopian coffee beans, South African red wine, and other commodities. Huang Xinchao (黄新超), general manager of Hunan You'a Convenience Supermarket Management Co., Ltd., introduced that the convenience store has stocked more than 40 cost-effective African specialties, and African coffee and wine tasting events are also held in theme stores in popular business districts. Luo Caining (罗婇宁), head of public affairs at Hunan Dayan Information Technology Co., Ltd., the event supplier, said that the cooperation with convenience stores is a breakthrough in offline channels, and "African good things have truly entered the community."

The event also set up three special experience areas: "Fun Africa," "Delicious Africa," and "Trendy Africa." In the "Fun Africa" experience area, next to the Tanzanian ornamental fish aquarium, children curiously observed the colorful fish; the gorgeous flower wall composed of Kenyan flowers attracted many citizens to take pictures, and the Kenyan flowers at the event site were sold out in just a few days... Ms. Liu (刘女士), holding a cultural and creative coffee cup, took a photo in front of the Kenyan flower wall: "Every photo here is a blockbuster, as if traveling to beautiful Africa." Jimani Warui (吉玛尼·瓦瑞), a Kenyan flower exporter, said: "Now, more and more Kenyan flowers are exported to China (中国) through direct flights, shortening transportation time, and the export of coffee, avocados, and other agricultural and food products has also been driven."

In the "Delicious Africa" experience area, baristas taught citizens how to brew Ethiopian coffee. Wang Zizhi (王曾姿之), general manager of Hunan Xiangfei International Food Development Co., Ltd., introduced that the on-site ear-hanging coffee set selects coffee beans from 7 African producing areas, allowing consumers to "taste the flavors of Africa in one bite." Next to the Rwandan chili sauce booth, several citizens praised it after tasting it: "We want to buy a few boxes to take home!"

The "Trendy Africa" experience area has become a popular check-in place for young people. Car pendants and necklaces made of Madagascar agate, rings made of Mozambique crystal, and African stone carvings, jade and other handicrafts attracted many young people to stop.

In the China-Africa Live E-commerce Incubation Center located in Hunan Gaoqiao Grand Market (湖南高桥大市场), African specialties are directly delivered to consumers from the "cloud" through e-commerce platforms and live broadcasts. "This is a display stage for high-quality African commodities, and it is also an important practice to implement the results of the 2024 Forum on China-Africa Cooperation Beijing Summit." James Kimonio (詹姆斯·基莫尼奥), Rwandan Ambassador to China (中国), said, "Thanks to the support of the Chinese government and the continuous deepening of non-Chinese trade cooperation, more and more African good things are entering thousands of Chinese households."

"This event strives to build a full-chain service platform for the 'African Good Things' brand." Shen Yumo (沈裕谋), Director of the Hunan Provincial Department of Commerce (湖南省商务厅), introduced, "We are holding the African Good Things Online Shopping Season to allow more high-quality African agricultural and food products to enter the Chinese market, meet the diversified needs of the Chinese people, and promote the deepening and solidifying of China-Africa economic and trade cooperation."

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Deepening the Friendship Between Central Asian Countries and the Chinese People (Joint Interview on High-Quality Belt and Road Cooperation by Chinese and Central Asian Media)

By: 本报记者 谢亚宏 陈尚文

Recently, the China-Central Asia media joint interview group for high-quality co-construction of the "Belt and Road" visited projects jointly built by China National Petroleum Corporation (中国石油天然气集团有限公司) (hereinafter referred to as "China National Petroleum (中国石油)") and Kazakh companies, feeling the pulse of energy cooperation between China and Central Asian countries.

On Abai Avenue (阿拜大街), the main thoroughfare of Almaty (阿拉木图), the gas stations built in the city by the oil product sales company jointly established by China National Petroleum (中国石油) and Kazakh companies are constantly busy with vehicles coming to refuel. "This modern gas station impresses with its high-quality oil products and services," said Gulzhan Ramankulova (古尔詹·拉曼库洛娃), a reporter from Kazakhstan's BAQ News Agency. The gas station is the first in Kazakhstan to build charging piles for electric vehicles and provide services such as express delivery stations, bringing tangible convenience to surrounding residents.

Wang Lei (王磊), Executive Deputy General Manager of China National Petroleum International (Kazakhstan) Co., Ltd. (中国石油国际事业（哈萨克斯坦）有限公司), said that the oil product sales company currently operates nearly 200 gas stations, becoming one of the top three refined oil retail suppliers in Kazakhstan. "In the future, the company will continue to improve the layout of gas station outlets and further deepen mutually beneficial cooperation in the energy field."

As an important component of the China-Central Asia Gas Pipeline, the China-Kazakhstan Gas Pipeline spans four states in Kazakhstan. At the China-Central Asia Gas Pipeline Control Center, reporters watched a sand table of the China-Central Asia Gas Pipeline (pictured, photo by Liu Shitong (刘诗桐)). Ina Bulova (伊娜·布洛娃), a reporter from the Neutral Turkmenistan newspaper, said: "The China-Central Asia Gas Pipeline not only revitalizes Turkmenistan's gas field resources, but also creates more value for countries along the route. I hope to vividly tell more stories about Turkmenistan's deep participation in energy cooperation between Central Asian countries and China through on-site reports."

Adil Ariaskarov (阿迪尔·阿里亚斯卡洛夫), Deputy Manager of the Control Center, said that the Control Center has now achieved digital management and has been operating safely for more than 5,600 days. Mukhammad Obidov (穆克穆罕默德·奥比多夫), Chairman of the Fergana (费尔干纳) Regional Journalists Association of Uzbekistan, said that "connection" was the first keyword that came to his mind after listening to the relevant introduction. "The natural gas pipeline connects Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, and China, deepening the friendship between Central Asian countries and the Chinese people, and its importance is growing day by day," Obidov (奥比多夫) said.

Kaipov Yersit (凯伊波夫·叶尔西特), General Manager and Chairman of the Management Committee of the China-Kazakhstan Gas Pipeline Joint Venture, said that the Kazakhstan-China Gas Pipeline is one of the key energy arteries in Central Asia and an important achievement of the high-quality co-construction of the "Belt and Road" between Kazakhstan and China. "In the future, we will continue to work hard to expand Kazakhstan-China energy cooperation and make important contributions to the development of the two countries and even the Central Asian region."

(Reported from Almaty (阿拉木图) on June 2nd by this newspaper)

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Ministry of Commerce Spokesperson Answers Questions from Reporters Regarding Relevant Remarks from the U.S. Side

Xinhua News Agency, Beijing (北京) June 2nd, reported that on June 2nd, the spokesperson of the Ministry of Commerce (商务部) responded to questions from reporters regarding certain remarks made by the U.S. side, stating that the U.S. unilaterally and continuously provokes new economic and trade frictions, exacerbating the uncertainty and instability of bilateral economic and trade relations. Instead of reflecting on itself, it 倒打一耙 (dào dǎ yī pá - "to strike a blow backward," to make a false counter-charge), groundlessly accusing China (中国) of violating the consensus, which is a serious departure from the facts. China (中国) firmly rejects these unreasonable accusations.

A reporter asked: Recently, the U.S. has repeatedly claimed that China (中国) has violated the consensus reached at the China-U.S. Geneva (日内瓦) economic and trade talks. What is the Ministry of Commerce's (商务部) comment on this? The spokesperson of the Ministry of Commerce (商务部) made the above response.

The spokesperson said that China (中国) has taken note of the relevant situation. After the China-U.S. issued the "China-U.S. Geneva (日内瓦) Economic and Trade Talks Joint Statement" on May 12th, China (中国), in accordance with the consensus reached in the joint statement, cancelled or suspended the relevant tariff and non-tariff measures taken against the U.S. "reciprocal tariffs." China (中国), with a responsible attitude, seriously treats, strictly implements, and actively maintains the consensus of the Geneva (日内瓦) economic and trade talks. China's (中国) safeguarding of its rights and interests is firm, and its implementation of the consensus is sincere. On the other hand, after the Geneva (日内瓦) economic and trade talks, the U.S. has successively introduced a number of discriminatory restrictive measures against China (中国), including the issuance of AI chip export control guidelines, the cessation of sales of chip design software (EDA) to China (中国), and the announcement of the revocation of visas for Chinese (中国) students. These practices seriously violate the consensus reached between the two heads of state on January 17th, seriously undermine the existing consensus of the Geneva (日内瓦) economic and trade talks, and seriously damage China's (中国) legitimate rights and interests.

The spokesperson stated that the "China-U.S. Geneva (日内瓦) Economic and Trade Talks Joint Statement" is an important consensus reached by both sides on the principles of mutual respect and equal consultation, and the results have not come easily. We urge the U.S. to meet China (中国) halfway, immediately correct the relevant erroneous practices, jointly maintain the consensus of the Geneva (日内瓦) economic and trade talks, and promote the healthy, stable, and sustainable development of China-U.S. economic and trade relations. If the U.S. 一意孤行 (yī yì gū xíng - "one's own way, go alone," to insist on doing things one's own way), and continues to damage China's (中国) interests, China (中国) will continue to resolutely take strong measures to safeguard its legitimate rights and interests.

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Passing on the green concept continuously through generations of young people.

By: 本报记者 尚凯元

On the Hocquélus plain in the Somme department of the Hauts-de-France region of France, wind turbine blades turn in the wind. At a wind farm operated by CGN Europe Energy Company (中广核欧洲能源公司), 50 students from the Collège d'Airaines (艾赖讷中学) are participating in a unique outdoor lesson.

"How tall are the wind turbines?" "Can people climb them?" "How long does it take to build a wind turbine?"... As soon as the activity started, the students eagerly threw out questions. Many students live in the towns surrounding the Hocquélus plain wind farm and are full of curiosity about these "big windmills" in the fields. To welcome these young visitors, the wind farm suspended the operation of turbine No. 3, allowing the children to observe the turbine structure up close and enter the inside of the tower base under the guidance of professionals.

This is an open day event jointly initiated by CGN Europe Energy Company (中广核欧洲能源公司) and the French Renewable Energy Association. The Hocquélus plain wind farm currently has 4 wind turbines with a total installed capacity of approximately 9 megawatts, and its annual power generation can meet the electricity needs of approximately 4,000 households, reducing carbon emissions by nearly 8,000 tons per year. Since CGN (中广核) took over operations in 2018, the project has continuously promoted ecological monitoring and operational modernization, and actively improved the awareness of renewable energy through public activities.

At the event site, CGN Europe Energy Company's (中广核欧洲能源公司) environmental engineer, operations and maintenance engineer, project development manager, and wind farm management manager respectively demonstrated the daily work of the wind power industry to the students. Flavia, an Italian environmental engineer, explained in detail how the wind farm uses acoustic monitoring, seasonal operation adjustments and other means to protect bird and bat populations. "In some extreme cases, in order to protect the ecology, we would rather choose to suspend the operation of the wind turbines," she said.

This explanation surprised Charlotte, the leading teacher: "I originally thought that the impact of wind farms on the ecology was limited to pre-assessment. I didn't expect there to be so many real-time monitoring methods." She said that the Collège d'Airaines (艾赖讷中学) attaches great importance to field teaching, and this activity is part of the school's "Life and Earth Sciences" course. "Such activities lead students into a new field, which can not only expand their professional awareness, but also fit their concern for environmental issues."

Student Paul said: "I learned a new word - pressure sensor. It turns out that the wind turbine can detect targets 600 meters away and react, which is so cool!"

A complete cross-departmental collaboration network supports the smooth operation of the wind farm. Le Keyi (勒基), the CGN (中广核) wind farm management manager, introduced that he is also responsible for the coordinated management of multiple wind farms in France, spending about 60% of his time on remote monitoring and data optimization, and 40% of his time on the front line. He is from Cameroon and studied at Xi'an Jiaotong University (西安交通大学) in China, where he obtained a master's degree in power grid engineering. He said: "In China, I visited many large power stations and smart grid projects. It was these experiences that made me deeply interested in renewable energy." Le Keyi (勒基) believes that China's wind power technology is world-leading, and France is accelerating the promotion of low-carbon transformation, so there is broad cooperation space between the two countries in the energy field.

According to Wu Yunjing (吴云京), chairman of CGN Europe Energy Company (中广核欧洲能源公司), the company continues to promote wind power and photovoltaic projects in France, the United Kingdom, Belgium, Ireland, Sweden, the Netherlands and other countries. Currently, the installed capacity of holding companies is nearly 1666 megawatts, and the annual power generation is approximately 4 billion kilowatt-hours. "We hope to continuously convey the concept of green through generations of young people while lighting up thousands of homes."

(Reported from Paris on June 2nd by this newspaper)

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China and Egypt Sign Executive Agreement for Urban Operation of Central Business District in Egypt's New Administrative Capital

According to Xinhua News Agency, Cairo, June 2nd (Reporters Zhang Jian (张健) and Yao Bing (姚兵)) - The New Urban Communities Authority of Egypt and China-Egypt joint venture, Horizon Operation Management (Egypt) Co., Ltd. (地平线运营管理（埃及）股份有限公司), recently signed the Urban Operation Execution Agreement for the Central Business District of the New Administrative Capital in the New Administrative Capital of Egypt. According to the agreement, Horizon Operation Management Company will be responsible for the operation of the Central Business District of the New Administrative Capital, initially carrying out property management and municipal operations.

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Technology "Traffic" Activates Cultural Tourism "Growth"

By: 本报记者  董泽扬 银  燕 罗阳奇

In recent years, China's (我国) science and technology undertakings have achieved historic accomplishments and undergone historic transformations. Success stories in manned spaceflight, deep-space exploration, and "artificial suns" have been frequently reported, further stimulating the whole society's attention to scientific and technological innovation. Embarking on a novel and interesting science and technology tour has become the choice of more and more people. How to transform science and technology "traffic" into cultural tourism "increment" and further stimulate development vitality? Various regions are constantly exploring ways to optimize hardware and improve services.

-- Editor

Hainan (海南) Wenchang (文昌) --

"Chasing Rockets" Now Has a Viewing Platform

Hainan's (海南) first aerospace viewing comprehensive platform—Yaoguang Rocket Viewing Platform (瑶光火箭观礼平台)—officially began operations in Wenchang (文昌), Hainan (海南) on May 20, welcoming the launch of the Long March 7 Y7 carrier rocket (长征七号改运载火箭) on the same day.

This viewing platform is only about 6 kilometers away from the Wenchang Space Launch Site (文昌航天发射场). On the platform, Yan Yufei (延钰菲), a fourth-grade elementary school student, and about 800 tourists from all over the country watched the rocket launch together on the top floor.

"5, 4, 3, 2, 1"—the rocket's flames illuminated the night sky, and the platform's beams shot towards the sky... At 19:50, the rocket was launched into the sky. Tourists held up their mobile phones to record the scene, and cheers erupted. "Very excited and shocked, I felt like I could reach out and 'grab' the rocket," said Yan Yufei (延钰菲).

Before the rocket launch, the viewing platform host introduced background knowledge such as the site selection of the Wenchang Space Launch Site (文昌航天发射场): "Launching the same satellite in Wenchang (文昌) not only allows for 150 kilograms more payload than other launch sites, but also saves fuel, allowing the satellite to operate for 2-3 more years. In addition, being close to the ocean allows the rocket to reach the port via maritime transport..." The explanation was in their ears, and the launch site was in front of their eyes, making it unforgettable for the tourists.

It's not just about watching the rocket launch. This "Aerospace Carnival" that started in the afternoon also featured projects such as the "Space-Time Capsule Project" and the "Metaverse Starry Sky Concert."

"We focus on continuously expanding the scope and population of popular science," said Wang Dazhi (王大志), Executive Deputy General Manager of China Travel (Hainan) Aerospace Tourism Development Co., Ltd. (中旅（海南）航天旅游发展有限公司). The company will provide free tickets to surrounding villages, allowing villagers to watch for free and share the fun.

The Yaoguang Rocket Viewing Platform (瑶光火箭观礼平台) also brings tangible benefits to the local people. "The village's resettlement area's originally idle shops and other village collective assets have been revitalized. According to the existing dividend distribution plan, the village collective can have an income of nearly 200,000 yuan a year," said Zhong Shu (钟树), Secretary of the Party Branch of Qianjin Village (前进村), Dongjiao Town (东郊镇).

These days, the Yaoguang Rocket Viewing Platform (瑶光火箭观礼平台) is being further renovated and improved, and nearby facilities such as the Aerospace Science Popularization Center are also being upgraded. "In the future, we will create a product portfolio of launch viewing, aerospace research and study, industrial tours, and leisure vacations, integrating new platforms and new scenarios to give tourists new experiences and new gains," said Wang Dazhi (王大志).

Gansu (甘肃) Jinchang (金昌) --

"Going to Mars" Experience is More Realistic

Starting from Jinchang (金昌), Gansu (甘肃), a 30-minute drive will take you to a red rock Gobi Desert, where Mars Base 1 (火星1号基地) appears before your eyes. The terrain here is very similar to that of Mars. Mars rovers, solar panels, and starry sky tents are scattered on the red rock walls, creating a strong sense of crossing. "Mars Base 1 (火星1号基地)" is guided by the China Astronaut Research and Training Center (中国航天员科研训练中心) and the China Aerospace International Communication Center (中国航天国际交流中心). The project is jointly developed by Jinchang Municipal Bureau of Culture, Tourism, Investment and Development Co., Ltd. (金昌市文旅投公司) and Jinchang Xingchen Universe Co., Ltd. (金昌星辰宇宙公司), and the latter is responsible for market-oriented operation.

"Mars Base 1 (火星1号基地) simulates the living scenarios of humans after landing on Mars in the future," said Bai Fan (白帆), the founder of the base. The base has many experience projects: In the Mars Interstellar Exploration Experience Center, tourists can experience rocket launch through simulation equipment and try manual rendezvous and docking; In the Mars Simulation Survival Experience Center, tourists can see how hydroponic plants such as green peppers and eggplants grow in the Martian environment, and understand how closed and controlled ecosystems ensure human survival.

Zhang Zhaopeng (张召鹏), a student who came all the way from Shenyang (沈阳), Liaoning (辽宁), watched with great interest: "The scenes set up here have never been seen anywhere else."

Mars Base 1 (火星1号基地) explores the "role-playing + task-driven" operation model to help tourists master complex scientific concepts and engineering thinking. Tourists can transform into Mars residents, select roles such as researchers and engineers, and challenge more than 60 professional tasks, such as experiencing three-dimensional rolling rings, centrifuges and other training projects to deepen their understanding of Mars life.

"Everyone makes and launches rocket models together, learns the principles of satellite communication experiments, learns knowledge, increases skills, and has fun," said tourist He Jingyu (何婧羽).

Bai Fan (白帆) introduced that the main customer group of the base is young people, and the core needs are social sharing, in-depth experience, and learning knowledge. On the basis of building Mars visual scenes, the base focuses on designing main role-playing related activities, and holds science and technology music festivals, popular science activities, science fiction themed salons, etc., and the content closely follows the hot spots of science and technology development.

"In the future, we will use mining relics to create a 'science and technology + industry' characteristic tourism route," said Xu Xinghu (徐兴虎), Deputy Director of the Jinchang Municipal Bureau of Culture, Radio, Television and Tourism (金昌市文化广电和旅游局).

Anhui (安徽) Hefei (合肥) --

"Artificial Sun" Drives Popular Science Tourism

In Dongpu Reservoir (董铺水库) in Hefei (合肥), Anhui Province (安徽省), there is a peninsula with an area of less than 3 square kilometers—Science Island (科学岛), which is also the location of the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences (中国科学院合肥物质科学研究院) (hereinafter referred to as "Hefei Institutes of Physical Science (合肥物质院)").

Early in the morning, 10 children from the South Campus of Xiyuan New Village Primary School (西园新村小学南校) in Hefei (合肥) came to the Institute of Plasma Physics (离子体物理研究所) on Science Island (科学岛). They will visit the Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST) (全超导托卡马克核聚变实验装置), which is known as the artificial sun.

"This is China's (我国) independently developed 'artificial sun', and its goal is to simulate the nuclear fusion process of the sun. This year, it also set a new world record," the volunteer teacher explained in a simple way. The children listened very carefully for the first time to be in close contact with large scientific devices.

After the visit, the children came to the Hefei Modern Science and Technology Museum (合肥现代科技馆) on Science Island (科学岛) and watched the documentary "Ge Tingsui's (葛庭燧) 100th Birthday", learning about the story of this famous physicist and academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (中国科学院院士) who resolutely returned to China (中国) to devote himself to scientific research. "I want to be like him and work hard to contribute to the development of the motherland," said Zhuang Haoran (庄浩然), a student at Xiyuan New Village Primary School (西园新村小学).

Except during experiments, the public can visit the "artificial sun" by signing up for research and study teams, or they can freely make reservations for visits during the annual "Public Science Day".

"More than ten years ago, the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science (合肥物质院) began to carry out popular science activities. Relying on the gathered scientific research resources, we have designed science education courses suitable for all ages," said Sun Peilan (孙裴兰), curator of the Hefei Modern Science and Technology Museum (合肥现代科技馆). "We have also developed brand activities such as 'Scientists Face to Face with You' and 'Science and Technology Museum Wonderful Night'."

It's not just Science Island (科学岛). Relevant departments in Hefei (合肥) have jointly cultivated 270 science and technology innovation popular science tourism bases, stringing together more than 110 science and technology innovation popular science research and study routes. Enterprises and venues have been transformed into "walking classrooms." "As the second comprehensive national science center officially approved for construction by the state, Hefei (合肥) has unique advantages. In the future, we must promote the transformation of science and technology innovation resources into research and study resources, and cultivate more science and technology innovation popular science tourism bases," said the relevant person in charge of the Hefei Municipal Bureau of Culture and Tourism (合肥市文旅局).

This issue is coordinated by: Zhang Xueyan (张雪妍)

Layout design: Zhang Danfeng (张丹峰)

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Politics in "A Meal" (People's Forum)

By: 盛玉雷

Although the central government has repeatedly issued orders and injunctions, the style problems caused by "a meal" still occur from time to time. Details reveal character, and a small anthill can collapse a great dike. Small things and small details should not be underestimated.

I once conducted grassroots research in Zhulou Village (朱楼村), Huangzhong Town (黄冢镇), Yucheng County (虞城县), Henan Province (河南省), and I was deeply impressed by two meals I had there.

One meal was lunch at the Xiaoshan Great Canteen (孝善大食堂). More than 40 elderly people over the age of 80 in the village enjoyed it for free. The village cadres knew exactly who was absent, and who had been busy lately. The other meal was lunch at the home of Liu Damao (刘大娘), a recipient of the "Five Guarantees" (五保户). Steamed buns were sold right at her doorstep, the vegetables in her garden were growing well, and she and her wife had more than a thousand yuan in subsidies a month. "Life is very good!"

All year round, three meals a day. The more ordinary the place, the more you can observe the folk customs, know the political atmosphere, and see the work style.

The Xiaoshan Great Canteen is doing things for the masses and strengthening the relationship between the Party and the masses. The village cadres took the lead, raising funds, hiring chefs, and hiring accountants. "Since it benefits the people, don't be afraid of difficulties. Party members and cadres should take the lead!" After the opening, the elderly took the lead, saying one thing or another, and the village cadres provided services and listened to their demands, "bringing their hearts together."

From the "Six Provisions" established on the banks of the Hutuo River (滹沱河) for the "Journey to Beijing to Take the Exam," to the Eight-Point Regulation of the Central Committee in the new era, the good style of **有盐同咸、无盐同淡** (yǒu yán tóng xián, wú yán tóng dàn - "sharing salt whether there is or isn't," sharing weal and woe) is concretized into a harmonious meal, condensed into the vivid practice of "doing good and practical things to the hearts of the masses."

Comrade Jiao Yulu (焦裕禄) once established a rule in his work that cadres should eat with the farmers and go deep into the "meal field." The so-called "meal field" refers to the countryside in the past, where people liked to hold their rice bowls in groups of three or five, eating and chatting. Going deep into the "meal field" means requiring Party members and cadres to sit and eat with the masses, and to discover and solve the problems faced by the masses.

The times are moving forward by leaps and bounds, and the formal "meal field" is no longer common, but the "meal field" for serving the people is always present. "When will the street lights on the village road be installed?" "Can we have an activity room?"... In the time it takes to eat a meal, the masses' "heartfelt thoughts" and "golden ideas" can open up new paths for the development of the village.

A simple meal looks at the quality and efficiency of the work and embodies the purpose of development. Since the "14th Five-Year Plan," China has carried out monitoring and assistance to prevent people in rural areas who are unstable in their poverty alleviation, are on the edge of being easily impoverished, and have sudden and serious difficulties from returning to poverty every year. Liu Damao's good life is benefiting from this.

"Our goal is very grand and very simple. In the final analysis, it is to let the people live a better life." A cadre who once worked in the Ningde Prefectural Committee (宁德地委) in Fujian (福建) recalled the scene of Xi Jinping's (习近平) work at that time: "He spent half a year in the countryside, looking at the households in great detail, and he didn't know how many pot lids, table lids, and quilt covers he lifted."

Why "lift the lids"? Because what he cares about is whether they eat well and live warmly, and what he cares about is the necessities of life and the urgent needs of the people. A good life is earned through hard work. To allow the people to truly experience the changes and feel the benefits, Party members and cadres must devote themselves to practical work and not allow any formalism.

On the other hand, some people ignore the "people's table" and only care about "dinner parties and banquets"; they only ask "can we get the job done" and don't look at "whether the villagers are smiling or crying"... The drawbacks of work style damage the image of the Party and erode the Party's body. If allowed to develop, it will be like an invisible wall separating our Party from the people.

Looking deep into history, there is politics in a meal.

During the Anti-Japanese War, patriotic overseas Chinese Chen Jiageng (陈嘉庚) returned to China to express his condolences. In Chongqing (重庆), facing the toasting and drinking, he had to issue a strike statement in the newspaper for three consecutive days; when he arrived in Yan'an (延安), the open-air "banquet" with two dishes and one soup outside the cave dwelling made him feel like he was "seeing the blue sky through the clouds" and exclaimed that "China's hope is in Yan'an."

The people's hearts are the greatest politics. Two meals show the future of China. History can be a lesson, and we should be vigilant and encourage ourselves.

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What the people hope for is what we should do (Persevering in implementing the Central Eight-Point Regulation)

By: 本报记者  吴储岐  李林蔚

"It's unsafe for electric vehicles to enter buildings; can we set up a centralized parking area?" "It would be great to have a convenience service corner with umbrellas and first-aid kits..." The discussion was in full swing as I entered the residents' council hall in the Sanlihe No. 2 Community of Yuetan Street, Xicheng District, Beijing (北京市西城区).

"The people's concerns and expectations are our working direction." Gao Lianxiang (高莲湘), the secretary of the second Party branch, carefully recorded notes, with residents' demands and corresponding departments clearly marked in her notebook.

In the "last mile" of grassroots governance, how can residents' demands be resolved at the source? Since the launch of the study and education campaign to thoroughly implement the spirit of the Central Eight-Point Regulation, the Beijing (北京市) Municipal Party Committee has actively promoted Party members and cadres to go down to the grassroots level, listen to the people's voices, and do practical things, improve the service level of "responding to appeals immediately," and do a good job in the affairs around the masses and various practical matters for people's livelihood. "This council hall is bright and down-to-earth, and things are resolved by sitting and chatting. The cadres really take what we ordinary people say to heart!" Resident Auntie Zhai (翟阿姨) highly recognized the pragmatic style of the Party members and cadres.

The core of the issue of work style is the relationship between the Party and the people. Since the new era, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) at its core has unremittingly promoted the implementation of the spirit of the Central Eight-Point Regulation, continuously strengthened work style construction, and closely maintained the flesh-and-blood ties between the Party and the people. From "requiring the masses to do things" to "doing things and providing services for the masses," the relationship between the Party and the masses has undergone a "fundamental change."

Since the launch of the study and education campaign, the vast number of Party members and cadres have deeply studied, meticulously examined, and earnestly practiced, followed the Party's mass line in the new era, and always thought and worked together with the masses, so that the people's sense of gain, happiness, and security is more substantial, more guaranteed, and more sustainable.

The warmth of "Half a Quilt" is Always Passed Down

As dusk deepened, the old ancestral hall of Group 8, Wuyi Village (五一村), Wenming Yao Ethnic Township (文明瑶族乡), Rucheng County (汝城县), Chenzhou City (郴州市), Hunan Province (湖南省), was bustling with activity. Several benches formed a circle, with more than 40 people inside and out, and a lively "courtyard meeting" began.

The village work team and the village and township cadres were already waiting there. Zhu Xiaoyong (朱孝勇), the secretary of the village Party branch, said: "In the past two years, the village has been engaged in industry, and everyone's life has improved, but the road into the mountains is still the same as before, dusty on sunny days and muddy on rainy days. Today, let's talk openly about repairing the road!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the scene instantly became active. "What are the benefits of repairing it?" "Where does the road go?"... Everyone spoke their minds, and concerns came one after another.

Kang Guoping (康果平), the captain of the village work team, took out the design drawing from his pocket and said: "The industrial road will be built along the river, 3 meters wide, and tricycles and motorcycles can pass; the farm road will be narrower, 1.8 meters wide, and will lead directly to the fields."

He Shengyuan (何盛源), a village cadre, said: "When the road is repaired, we can drive small agricultural vehicles up the mountain and down to the fields. We don't have to carry loads uphill anymore, and it will be easier for the older folks to fertilize!"

"That's what you say, but what about the green seedlings in the fields? We can't just waste them, can we?" asked villager Zhu Heliang (朱和亮).

"Old Zhu (老朱) asked the key question." Zhou Minghua (周明华), a township cadre stationed in the village, said, "We can't let everyone suffer. The compensation for the green seedlings will be subsidized by the village collective with reference to the city's standards. At the same time, the village's edible fungus base will also give priority to recruiting workers!"

These words were practical, and the villagers nodded in agreement, and the whole audience applauded and passed the proposal.

Rucheng County (汝城县) is where the story of "Half a Quilt" took place. Xu Jiexiu (徐解秀), an old woman, said back then: "What is the Communist Party? The Communist Party is someone who has one quilt and cuts half of it to give to the people." This sentence is still moving today.

Standing firm on the people's position and paving a happy road. Today, Rucheng County (汝城县) is carrying out in-depth study and education, and county leaders are taking the lead in running to the countryside, taking Party members and cadres to the villages to understand the situation and solve problems. Wang Mingxing (王明星), Minister of the Organization Department of the Rucheng County (汝城县) Party Committee, said: "Now cadres love to run to the villages, saying heartfelt words, doing things that everyone talks about, and proceeding from the interests of the masses in everything, and the warmth of 'Half a Quilt' continues to be extended."

Running Out of Acceleration for Government Services

"What materials are needed to add shareholders?" "The license is in the review stage, how long will it take?" Mobile phone messages kept ringing, and questions popped up in more than 20 enterprise service groups.

In Liangjiang New Area (两江新区), Chongqing (重庆), Chen Xuanju (陈炫桔), a government service specialist, starts her day answering questions from her "fingertips."

As a national-level new area, enterprises gather here. In response to the dispersed situation of industrial parks, Liangjiang New Area (两江新区) has set up government-benefiting enterprise E-stations, where specialists are stationed directly, supervising one-on-one, and enterprises can handle major and minor matters without leaving the park.

In the past two years, from a window staff member in the government service center to a stationed service specialist sinking into the front line of the park, Chen Xuanju (陈炫桔) has deeply felt the changes in service methods: "In the past, I sat at the window, waiting for enterprises to come to me; now, I go out and run, carrying policies to find enterprises. To provide services for enterprises, we must talk about efficiency."

Speaking of these changes, Mr. Shi (石先生), the person in charge of Xinqingyuanqi Technology Partnership Enterprise (新擎源启科技合伙企业), has a lot to say. When he started his business in the early years, he ran around asking about policies from various departments, and if the materials were incorrect, he had to run to the window repeatedly.

However, recently, when registering a new company in Liangjiang New Area (两江新区), the experience was completely different: "Xiao Chen (小陈) took the initiative to come to the door to guide me, and helped me with the preparation of materials and the format of documents throughout the process. I didn't have to run once, and the business license was mailed to my home!"

In the past, "chasing after the official seal," now "revolving around needs," in Liangjiang New Area (两江新区), the reform of "doing one thing efficiently" continues to deepen, and government service specialists think about what the masses think, are anxious about what the masses are anxious about, use their footsteps to improve the temperature of service, narrow the distance with the masses, and heartwarming stories of benefiting enterprises are staged every day.

Today, in the study and education, the Liangjiang New Area (两江新区) Government Service Center has put in a lot of effort. By opening "Government Service Lecture Hall," the service awareness of window staff is improved; the standardization of window service is strictly grasped, so that the masses can truly feel that "the door is easy to enter and things are easy to handle." Meng Banghui (孟邦辉), a government service specialist at the Longsheng New City (龙盛新城) Government Service Sub-center of Liangjiang New Area (两江新区), said: "Only when everyone sees the changes and gets benefits can the study and education be considered to be implemented. We must continue to deepen the reform of 'doing one thing efficiently' and run out of acceleration for government services."

The Masses' "Good Ideas" Become the "Golden Key" to Governance

The Shanghai (上海) Fuxing East Road Tunnel (复兴东路隧道) is like a silver ribbon, connecting the lights of the City God Temple (城隍庙) in Puxi (浦西) at one end and the stars of Lujiazui (陆家嘴) in Pudong (浦东) at the other.

Every night, it presents a busy and orderly scene - the lower level, motor vehicles whizzing past; the upper level, non-motor vehicles shuttling back and forth, with traffic separated up and down, in good order.

"It's smooth now, just twist the throttle and cross the river!" Late at night, electric vehicle riders, the "night returnees," praised the "micro-transformation" of this tunnel.

Who would have thought that this heartwarming change originated from a casual conversation between citizen Han Shu (韩曙) and a food delivery guy.

Han Shu (韩曙) once chatted with a food delivery guy and heard him scratching his head helplessly, saying: "I haven't run a few orders, but I've received a lot of tickets." After learning more about it, he learned that the night in the Puxi (浦西) business district is very lively. When food delivery guys cross the river to take orders, the last ferry has already stopped running, so they have no choice but to risk taking the tunnel.

The delivery guy's words caught Han Shu's (韩曙) attention: "Soliciting people's suggestions should work!"

In order to put forward practical and feasible suggestions, Han Shu (韩曙) squatted at the ferry terminals of Jinling East Road (金陵东路) on the Bund (外滩) and Dongchang Road (东昌路) on the 16th Pier (十六铺) for several days in a row. Seeing the hurried figures of people before the ferry closed, Han Shu (韩曙) lamented: "For people without cars, it is really too difficult to cross the river at night."

Soon, a people's suggestion full of the voices of the citizens was put into the Shanghai (上海) Municipal People's Suggestion Solicitation Mailbox. In the letter, Han Shu (韩曙) put forward the suggestions of "delaying the operation of the ferry" and "opening the night tunnel."

After receiving the letter, the cadres of the Shanghai (上海) Municipal People's Suggestion Solicitation Office contacted Han Shu (韩曙) as soon as possible. They carefully reviewed the records, conducted in-depth research, and actively inquired about relevant departments to understand the ins and outs of the problem clearly. Subsequently, the Shanghai (上海) Municipal Transportation Commission and the Public Security Traffic Management Department took over the "relay baton" to promote the solution of the problem. After research and judgment, it was finally determined that the Fuxing East Road Tunnel (复兴东路隧道) would be the object of transformation.

Although the Fuxing East Road Tunnel (复兴东路隧道) itself has a double-tube and double-layer design, which has a transformation foundation, the "non-forbidden" road section outside the entrance and exit has become a transformation difficulty. What can we do?

Everyone brainstormed together and came up with a clever solution: the rightmost motor vehicle lane "transformed" into a non-motor vehicle lane, which is specially open to non-motor vehicles from 23:00 to 5:00 the next day. Before long, Shanghai's (上海) first cross-river tunnel that can be used by electric bicycles was opened.

"Micro-transformation" transforms the road and connects people's hearts. Since the launch of the study and education campaign, Party members and cadres in Shanghai (上海) have adhered to asking the people about their needs and asking the people for their opinions, and have continuously optimized the ways and means of contacting and serving the masses, and the practice of the Party's mass line has become more specific and in-depth.

The Shanghai (上海) Municipal People's Suggestion Solicitation Office actively uses the online and offline suggestion solicitation network to extend the solicitation tentacles to communities, parks, and campuses. "People's suggestions are the magic weapon for our decision-making. We must continue to work hard to transform the masses' good ideas into the golden key to urban governance," said Gai Bohua (盖博华), director of the Shanghai (上海) Municipal Letters and Calls Office and the Municipal People's Suggestion Solicitation Office.

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"Children's Food": Nutritional Upgrade or Marketing Game? (In-depth Reading)

By: 林丽鹂  付一凡

Children's edible oil, children's biscuits, children's dumplings... On the market, foods labeled or designed with packaging related to children are often smaller in portion, cuter in packaging, and higher in price.

Many parents are willing to buy "children's food," believing it is "safer, healthier, and more suitable for children."

"Every time I bring my child to art class, I buy her some snacks at the children's snack shop next door. The snacks in the shop are said to be specially designed for children, with less sugar and no additives." In the Hualian Changying Shopping Center in Chaoyang District, Beijing (北京市朝阳区), citizen Zhou Ya (周雅) was selecting snacks with her daughter. Although similar "children's foods" have high premiums, many parents pay for them.

What is "children's food"? In fact, there is no definition of "children's food" in China's current food safety laws, regulations, and standards. The "children's foods" commonly seen on the market mostly have cartoon images and claim to contain more nutrients, with a wide variety of categories.

Reporters learned that, from the perspective of ingredients and composition, most products are no different from ordinary foods. Some "children's cheese" and other products also add more flavors, colorings, and flavor enhancers and other food additives.

Are there any food safety standards related to "children's food" at present?

The relevant person in charge of the Food Production and Operation Safety Supervision and Administration Department of the State Administration for Market Regulation (市场监管总局) introduced that, in addition to the food safety standards for food for infants and young children aged 0-3 and food for special medical purposes, China has not yet formulated special food safety standards for food consumed by other minors. For food for children over 3 years old (excluding food for special medical purposes), there are no special mandatory standards, and food production enterprises mainly implement ordinary food standards.

The relevant person in charge of the food safety national standard formulation department stated that, in the process of formulating China's food safety national standards, the food safety and dietary nutrition needs of children have been taken into consideration, and the current standard system already covers the safety and nutritional requirements of food suitable for children.

When Jinan (济南市), Shandong Province (山东省) citizen Xiao Lin (肖琳) selects snacks for her 8-year-old son, she will give priority to "children's foods" that are "0 sucrose" and "no added sucrose."

Is "0 added" and "0 sucrose" really healthier?

The reporter tried a snack that claimed to be "0 sucrose," and the taste was still very sweet. After checking the ingredient list, most contained isomaltulose, xylitol, and other sugar substitutes. Zhong Kai (钟凯), director of the Kexin Food and Health Information Exchange Center, introduced that "no additives" does not mean better nutritional quality. It is necessary to combine the product ingredient list and product characteristics for analysis, such as "0 sucrose," to see if there are other sugars, such as glucose syrup, fructose, corn syrup, etc.

Another direction for marketing the concept of "children's food" is to claim that it contains more nutrients. "Whether it is suitable to eat food with added health ingredients varies from person to person." Fan Zhihong (范志红), associate professor of the College of Food Science and Nutritional Engineering of China Agricultural University (中国农业大学食品科学与营养工程学院), said that for children, the most important thing is to develop healthy eating habits and eat a variety of natural foods. You cannot use a certain food with nutritional ingredients to solve all nutritional problems.

The Advertising Law stipulates that "it is forbidden to publish advertisements for infant milk products, beverages, and other foods that claim to completely or partially replace breast milk in mass media or public places," but there are no legal clauses specifically for "children's food," and only general regulations can be applied, such as the promotion of product performance, function, origin, use, etc. should be accurate, clear, and understandable, and the content of advertisements must not be false or harm the physical and mental health of minors.

The relevant person in charge of the Advertising Supervision and Administration Department of the State Administration for Market Regulation (市场监管总局) introduced that China does not yet have a legal concept of "children's food." At present, many businesses on the market sell "children's food," and even deliberately hype it as a gimmick. So-called "children's food" with unscientific ingredients that are not conducive to children's growth and development also appear from time to time. It is necessary to clarify the definition and specific regulatory requirements of "children's food" to provide strong legal support for strengthening supervision.

The safety of "children's food" has attracted the attention of the entire society, and relevant national regulatory departments have always attached great importance to the quality and safety supervision of "children's food." In 2018, the State Administration for Market Regulation (市场监管总局) deployed and carried out the rectification of "five-mao foods" in and around campuses, and continued to strengthen the safety supervision of food sales around campuses, urging food sellers around campuses to strictly implement the main responsibility for food safety.

The "Measures for the Supervision and Administration of Food Labels" recently released by the State Administration for Market Regulation (市场监管总局) has made significant progress in the supervision of "children's food." The measures clearly stipulate that "food labels shall not be labeled as suitable for consumption by minors, deceiving or misleading consumers, without legal, regulatory, or food safety national standards or industry standard basis." After the measures are officially implemented in 2027, the relevant market will be further standardized.

Some experts also suggest that to standardize the labeling of "children's food," it is possible to explore the use of special signs or text to clearly indicate "children's food." The food safety national standard formulation department can draw on relevant national experience, combine with the nutritional evaluation system, study the technical requirements, labeling and claiming conditions of "children's food," establish a unified special identification system for "children's food," clarify regulatory requirements, and make consumers more at ease.

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Over 120,000 artworks showcased at China Arts and Crafts Expo

This newspaper reported from Fuzhou (福州) on June 2nd (Reporter Han Xin (韩鑫)): From May 30th to June 2nd, the 5th China Arts and Crafts Expo, hosted by the China National Light Industry Council (中国轻工业联合会), was held in Fuzhou (福州). The reporter learned at the conference that, according to incomplete statistics, the annual income of the national arts and crafts industry currently exceeds 3 trillion yuan, and the entire industry chain employs more than 13 million people.

The theme of this expo is "Craftsmanship China, Prospering with Quality," bringing together more than 2,000 exhibitors from across the country and more than 50 local characteristic exhibition groups. It focuses on displaying more than 120,000 pieces of arts and crafts works in all categories, including ceramics, carvings, embroidery, glass, the "Four Treasures of the Study," jewelry, incense burners and lacquerware, and mahogany furniture. This includes more than 20,000 exquisite works created by over a thousand national-level masters, provincial-level masters, and master craftsmen.

It is reported that the main business income of national arts and crafts enterprises above a certain size is nearly one trillion yuan.

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First Edition Editors: Yang Xu, Zhao Zheng, Wang Yuhan; Second Edition Editors: Yin Xinyu, Guo Xueyan, Zhang Anyu; Third Edition Editors: Han Xiaoming, Liu Gang, Jiang Bo; Fourth Edition Editors: Hu Anqi, Yang Shuobi, Zhang Xueyan

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The Momentum of Integration Comes from the Power of Innovation (On-the-Spot Commentary)

By: 孙 超

Culture empowers the economy, and the economy revitalizes culture. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "Places with highly developed cultures also have economies that are at the forefront. We can study the humanistic economics involved." To deeply study and implement Xi Jinping's (习近平) economic thought and Xi Jinping's (习近平) cultural thought, this edition launches a series of commentaries starting today, observing the rich practices of humanistic economics, sorting out experiences, and summarizing insights to promote the coordination of material and spiritual civilization and to gather wisdom and strength for promoting high-quality development.

——Editor

The long-standing Huxiang culture quietly integrates with the trends of the times, giving rise to endless innovation and creativity, and endowing the city with vigorous development vitality.

When humanistic economics focuses more on "people," and when more institutional and mechanism innovations are based on "talent," what is released will surely be unlimited potential.

Having just received the class assignment badge of "First Normal School," turning around, "New Youth" has quietly appeared around... On Orange Isle (橘子洲头) in Changsha (长沙), Hunan (湖南), in the immersive youth theater "Just a Bunch of Young Fellows," tourists are led by actors to "travel through time and space" to visit "Cai Hesen's (蔡和森)" home and talk to "Yang Changji (杨昌济)" about what ideals are.

The theater performance activates red culture with a youthful expression. It has been popular for more than two years and has become a new calling card for Changsha's (长沙) cultural tourism. Chen Mengyu (陈梦雨), a tourist born in the 2000s from Shenzhen (深圳), Guangdong (广东), exclaimed, "When the 'New Youth' held my hand and entered the main theater, reciting 'Qinyuanchun Changsha (沁园春·长沙)' together, I couldn't help but burst into tears." When deep cultural resources meet appropriate technical means, the connection between humanity and economy becomes vivid and three-dimensional.

How can a thousand-year-old cultural heritage bloom brilliantly on the journey of modernization? How can we balance cultivating people with culture and prospering industries with culture? From a series of practices in Changsha (长沙), the key lies in using the power of innovation to achieve the integration and interaction of economy and culture.

Taking a boat from Zhuzhang Ferry (朱张渡) on Orange Isle (橘子洲) to the west bank of the Xiang River (湘江), you can soon reach Yuelu Academy (岳麓书院), where Zhu Xi (朱熹) and Zhang Shi (张栻) once exchanged lectures. A couplet in the academy reads: "Our Dao came from the south, originally from the lineage of Lianxi; the great river flows eastward, nothing but the afterwaves of the Xiang River." The Huxiang (湖湘) academic style of seeking truth from facts, applying knowledge to practical use, and integrating knowledge and action has been consistently inherited, nourishing the city of Changsha (长沙). Not far from the academy, Yuelu Publishing House (岳麓书社) has focused on Huxiang (湖湘) culture in recent years, expressing it in novelized, biographical, and interactive ways, making publications on serious topics frequently become bestsellers. In Changsha (长沙), "ancient and modern in the same frame" has become commonplace. The long-standing Huxiang (湖湘) culture quietly integrates with the trends of the times, giving rise to endless innovation and creativity, and endowing the city with vigorous development vitality.

Making culture and economy coexist and prosper, building a brand is a major secret. Starting from a plate of crayfish, it is now "Super Wen Heyou (超级文和友)." The development and growth of Changsha Wen Heyou (长沙文和友) witnesses the power of the brand. Tourists who come here now gain an immersive cultural experience—a modern commercial complex with catering, exhibitions, and theaters, like a "container of urban memory," "replicating" the old Changsha (长沙) street scenes of the 1980s. Inventorying the popular Changsha (长沙) tea drinks and pastries in recent years, all are based on culture, and the national trend and national style have become popular codes. The "culture + economy" dual-wheel drive has cultivated many new consumer brands. From "selling goods" to "selling culture," from "selling products" to "selling experiences," the two-way rush between supply and demand enables the empowerment of the economy by culture and the revitalization of culture by the economy to be realized.

The deep integration of culture and technology is creating more new cultural formats. Taking "Malanshan (马栏山)" as an example, it used to be an urban village, but now it has developed into a national-level cultural industry demonstration park where creative industries gather. Here, more than 3,000 upstream and downstream enterprises have gathered, forming a digital cultural industry chain covering creativity, content production, storage, broadcasting, and trading. The park project's digital cultural expo platform "Shanhai (山海)" APP completed the digital collection of 27,000 cultural relics within 7 months of its launch, and is now a "24-hour online museum" for nearly 30 million users. Seizing the opportunities of the technological revolution and the development of the cultural industry, and creating new formats characterized by "culture + creativity" and "culture + technology," we can find new growth points for economic development.

The integration of culture and economy should highlight "people." The attractiveness of a city is often reflected in its livability, suitability for business, and suitability for tourism and entertainment. With a commercial innovation atmosphere and cultural inclusiveness, Changsha's (长沙) "youthfulness" is full. Data shows that in the past 10 years, Changsha's (长沙) population has increased by more than 3 million, 80% of whom are young people. To prosper the humanistic economy, young people are consumers and producers; they are experiencers and creators. With the "youthfulness" of the city, there is new impetus for writing a great article on humanistic economics. From "Chu (楚) is rich in talent, and this place is flourishing," to "Just a bunch of young fellows, full of vigor and vitality," to "Striving to become a city that young people yearn for," when humanistic economics focuses more on "people," and when more institutional and mechanism innovations are based on "talent," what is released will surely be unlimited potential.

Changsha (长沙) was anciently known as "Star City (星城)." Further releasing the power of innovation, allowing culture and economy to work together, the "starlight" of high-quality development will surely be even more dazzling.

(The author is a reporter from the Hunan (湖南) branch of this newspaper)

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Mastering the "Export-to-Domestic Sales" Transition: Three Key Lessons (Commentary & Observation)

By: 李铁林

To cope with the impact, it is necessary to actively explore diversified overseas markets and reduce dependence on a single foreign trade market; it is also necessary to focus on the upgrading needs of people's consumption and make good use of the domestic market.

When I went to the supermarket to purchase daily necessities on the weekend, I was attracted by the eye-catching "Foreign Trade Product Zone" as soon as I entered the door. Canned tuna, portable travel toiletries, lightweight sunscreen clothing... a wide array of high-quality foreign trade products attracted many consumers to stop and choose.

Since the beginning of this year, many foreign trade enterprises have been under pressure due to increased uncertainty in the external environment. To cope with the impact, it is necessary to actively explore diversified overseas markets and reduce dependence on a single foreign trade market; it is also necessary to focus on the upgrading needs of people's consumption and make good use of the domestic market. The Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee (中共中央政治局) emphasized: "Accelerate the promotion of the integration of domestic and foreign trade." For some time, relevant departments and retail enterprises have been actively taking measures to help foreign trade enterprises develop the domestic market and have achieved considerable results.

It should also be noted that many of the foreign trade commodities currently entering the domestic market are still backlogged orders or inventory products, and the focus of the assistance policies is more on solving the 燃眉之急 (rán méi zhī jí - "burning eyebrows," an immediate crisis). To accelerate the integration of domestic and foreign trade, we must not only satisfy the immediate need, but also do a good job in the long-term task of "walking on two legs." Among them, it is especially necessary to do a good job in three courses.

Standard docking, do a good job of "product homework." Some export appliances are designed with a suitable voltage of 120V, while the domestic voltage is 220V, and the plug specifications are also different; the unit of measurement for foreign trade furniture is mostly imperial, while domestic consumers are more accustomed to metric units... The primary obstacle to "export to domestic sales" is the inconsistency of the "three standards" of standards, labels, and pricing. In this regard, it is necessary to establish a fast certification channel with the support of market supervision, customs and other departments, and also to accurately solve institutional obstacles, promote the organic connection of domestic and foreign trade standards, inspection and certification, and regulatory systems, and guide and help enterprises to achieve "same line, same standard, same quality" as much as possible at the source of production.

Focusing on the long term, do a good job of "service homework." Some foreign trade enterprises adopt the development model of OEM or ODM, and the manufacturing link is very competitive, but they lack experience in brand building, domestic sales channels, and after-sales service. To gain a firm foothold in the domestic market, it is necessary to improve the service chain and allow consumers to enjoy a high-quality experience in customer service consultation, return and exchange services, and other links. At present, some platforms have opened green channels to connect and guide enterprises to improve supporting services; other platforms rely on their own operating models and supply chain capabilities to help enterprises share the pressure of pre-sales and after-sales. Skillfully using resources, actively seeking change, doing a good job in services, and strengthening brands to eliminate consumers' worries, this is the proper attitude for foreign trade enterprises to embrace the domestic market.

Avoid "involution" and do enough "market homework." "Export to domestic sales" is by no means simply adjusting the production capacity facing overseas to facing domestic sales to share the cake. China's super-large market has great potential, but it should also be prevented that the concentrated release of production capacity in some fields will bring about low-price dumping, leading to "involution" competition. For relevant departments, while doing their best to help, they must also draw a clear line for enterprises to compete in an orderly manner. For the enterprises themselves, only by jumping out of the quagmire of homogeneous competition, deeply understanding the needs and consumption trends of the domestic market, and creating unique advantages through product innovation and service innovation, can they stably stand and develop healthily in market competition.

Not long ago, the Sino-US high-level economic and trade talks achieved substantial progress, and many foreign trade enterprises began to resume orders and shipments. The number of Chinese container transportation orders to the United States once surged by nearly 300%. It should also be noted that the tug-of-war between economic globalization and anti-globalization is far from over, and the haze of various uncertainties still shrouds the world. In this context, we must always maintain a clear understanding of risks and have a backup plan. There is still a long way to go to promote the integration of domestic and foreign trade and smooth the domestic and international dual circulation.

By basing ourselves on the present, responding to the times, planning for the long term, and preparing for a rainy day, and responding to the uncertainty of the external environment with our own certainty, the resilience and stamina of the Chinese economy will be more fully demonstrated.

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Combating Counterfeit Food with the Power of the Rule of Law (People's Daily Commentary)

By: 倪 弋

Combating the chaos of counterfeit food products is a matter of public welfare and a legal proposition. The key to governance lies in constructing a punishment system where "the cost of violating the law > the benefits of violating the law."

Such "silly indistinguishability" troubles many consumers: from afar, it looks like "Jin Dian Milk (金典牛奶)," but up close, it's "Quan Dian Milk (全典牛奶)"; the packaging design and even the font are highly similar to well-known brands, but the name is "White Rabbit Milk Candy (小白兔奶糖)"...

Passing off fakes as genuine, cutting corners, and using inferior products, counterfeit foods imitate well-known brands, posing food safety hazards and disrupting the order of fair competition in the market. It is worth noting that counterfeit foods, which once had rural markets as their main "base," have quietly extended from offline to online, "nesting" in live broadcast rooms, shopping websites, and food delivery platforms.

Not long ago, the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (全国人大常委会) launched an enforcement inspection of the Food Safety Law, focusing on "safety on the tip of the tongue" and closely addressing prominent issues that affect the implementation of the law and harm the interests of the people. Combating the chaos of counterfeit food products is a matter of public welfare and a legal proposition. China's (中国) current legal system has built the "four beams and eight pillars" to protect food safety. Relevant laws such as the Anti-Unfair Competition Law, the Trademark Law, and the Food Safety Law have formed a relatively complete legal regulation of counterfeit food infringement and food safety issues. However, in practice, there are still problems such as vague standards for infringement identification, low cost of violation, and insufficient deterrence, which urgently need to be strengthened in the whole chain of governance on the track of the rule of law.

The effectiveness of governance depends on the accuracy of the measures. For legal concepts such as "approximate infringement" and "substantial similarity," more operational identification standards can be formulated to include implicit infringement elements such as packaging decoration and color matching in the scope of regulation. The key to governance lies in constructing a punishment system where "the cost of violating the law > the benefits of violating the law." It may be considered to add relevant clauses to relevant laws to impose higher fines and even punitive damages on counterfeit food behaviors such as subjective intent and repeated infringement. At the same time, the two-way connection mechanism between administrative and criminal justice should be further improved to promote the two-way closed loop and seamless connection of administrative penalties and criminal penalties, so as to achieve a "1+1>2" punishment effect.

The application of new technologies can also effectively empower governance. In the past, counterfeit foods often avoided supervision by relying on packaging imitation, channel concealment, and regional mobility. Nowadays, with the help of blockchain technology, a full-chain traceability system from raw material procurement to terminal sales can be established; the use of intelligent algorithms can help monitor counterfeit food information in e-commerce platforms; and satellite remote sensing technology can accurately locate hidden processing dens. Promoting the deep integration of the rule of law and technical means is conducive to improving governance effectiveness.

Combating counterfeit food is not a "solo fight" for supervision, but should promote the collaborative governance of multiple subjects. The State Administration for Market Regulation (市场监管总局) and the Ministry of Finance (财政部) issued an announcement to reward internal whistleblowers of food production and operation enterprises; some places have created a food "red and black list" system, including merchants selling counterfeit food in the list of dishonest people, forcing the supply chain to self-check and self-correct; some food industry associations have launched a "genuine commitment" alliance and publicly inspect data. The government strictly enforces supervision, enterprises strengthen self-discipline, platforms strictly control the gates, the public participates in supervision, and industry organizations fulfill their responsibilities, gathering joint efforts to make counterfeit food nowhere to hide.

Grasping the dialectical way of "breaking" and "establishing" can we seek a better solution. Enterprise rights protection was often considered "time-consuming and laborious, and not worth the loss" in the past, but the industrial practice of Wuchang Rice (五常大米) in Heilongjiang (黑龙江) is quite enlightening. Formulate management methods, standardize the application and use of the special logo for Wuchang Rice geographical indication products, establish a blockchain traceability platform, realize "one field, one code, one object, one chain," and full traceability, "legislative protection + innovation empowerment" dual-track approach. Local leading enterprises have increased investment in research and development, launched a series of high value-added products, driven the increase in sales of genuine products, and greatly squeezed the living space of counterfeit products. Protecting innovation with the rule of law and promoting protection with innovation is a vivid portrayal of the rule of law thinking, and also confirms the market mechanism of driving out "inferior coins" with "good coins."

The people regard food as heaven, and safety as the first priority of food. Using the power of the rule of law to combat counterfeit food, so that consumers do not have to repeatedly compare trademark details when picking up a bag of snacks; so that enterprises do not have to worry about their creativity being wantonly plagiarized when developing food - such expectations will surely be transformed into reality in the construction of a rule of law China (法治中国).

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Photo Story

In recent years, China's satellite navigation and location service industry has continued to maintain a steady growth trend, with continuous optimization of its structure and further expansion of the industry's scope. Data shows that in 2024, the overall output value of China's satellite navigation and location service industry, with BeiDou (北斗) as the core, reached 575.8 billion yuan, an increase of 7.39% year-on-year. The average daily call volume of BeiDou positioning services for electronic navigation maps reached 600 billion times. With the continuous deepening of BeiDou's application in industry sectors and mass consumption fields, the market's activity will be further enhanced.

This is precisely:

Planting stars in the nine layers of the sky,
Weaving the warp and weft of the human world clearly.
Incessant exploration of the heavens leads to a powerful tool,
Independent innovation prospers the cause.

By Zhang Jiaying (张佳莹)

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Across and criss-crossing.

Giving Children from the Mountains a Bigger Stage

Chen Jiuju (陈久菊)

In Guping Township Central Primary School, Congjiang County (从江县), Guizhou (贵州), there is a Liao Beng Da Pei Choir (廖崩嗒佩合唱团). Liao Beng Da Pei, in the Miao language, means brave girls. Recently, the release of the new book "Liao Beng Da Pei Choir" and the start of the adapted film have attracted attention. Behind the book and the film is a moving story of a group of Miao girls.

Music can connect the past and the present. The Miao people cannot live without song. From young children to the elderly, from production and labor to various rituals, people often sing and dance, and this tradition has been passed down from generation to generation. The Liao Beng Da Pei Choir draws rich nourishment from this and its performances are deeply loved by people.

Music can bring together love. After the choir was established, a volunteer teacher sent a private message to a musician on social media, hoping that he would write a song for the children. In 2023, a volunteer team composed of musicians, documentary directors, and writers began to create, and a beautiful song "Children of the Mountains" was born, which was later selected into the Central Propaganda Department (中宣部)'s 100 excellent songs for the national children's choir activity "China in Children's Voices". From creating songs to creating books, and then to providing stages, this relay of love has made the voices of the mountains widely spread.

Music can fulfill dreams. For some time, the girls have appeared in activities such as the "Village BA" competition and the Colorful Guizhou Cultural and Art Festival, constantly broadening their horizons and gaining growth and friendship. From trembling legs on stage to singing with ease, from poor grades to studying hard, their stage is getting bigger and bigger, and they are getting closer and closer to their dreams.

Art does not necessarily have to provide solutions to real problems, but it can awaken common awareness, clarify common directions, and stimulate common emotions. The Liao Beng Da Pei Choir shows that on the road to growth, there are tears, laughter, and encouragement. Brave people will not be alone. The moving chorus gives them wings of dreams, allowing them to cross mountains and fly to a wider sky.

(Excerpted from "Guizhou Daily (贵州日报)", original title "Bravery is Not Lonely")

Don't Let Age Thresholds Trip Up Silver-Haired Consumption

Wu Ruidong (吴睿鸫)

Wanting to apply for a gym membership but being told "not to receive," wanting to join a tour group but being required to have family members accompany them... Recently, some elderly people have been given the cold shoulder in consumption. Some businesses are unwilling to provide services to the elderly population over 65 years old because they are worried about being held responsible for unexpected situations.

Age thresholds should not be a stumbling block for silver-haired consumption. Simply setting age thresholds may seem to avoid risks, but in fact it gives up a huge potential consumer market. As of the end of 2024, the elderly population aged 65 and above in China has exceeded 200 million. With social development, the consumption concepts of the elderly group are constantly updated, their willingness to consume is gradually increasing, and their consumption needs are showing diversified and personalized characteristics. Rejecting the elderly with a **一刀切** (yī dāo qiē - "one knife cut," a one-size-fits-all approach) not only blocks the business opportunities for enterprises from a business perspective, but also ignores the diversified needs of the elderly from a social perspective, which is not conducive to creating a social environment where the elderly can enjoy themselves.

Faced with the huge potential silver-haired market, businesses should actively explore business models that can both meet the needs of elderly consumers and reasonably avoid risks. For example, fitness institutions can customize exclusive fitness courses for the elderly and equip them with professional guidance. Government departments should play a guiding role, focusing on refining policy measures such as promoting the adaptation of supply and demand for elderly care services and expanding new scenarios and new formats for elderly care service consumption, and optimizing service work.

The arrival of an aging society is both a challenge and an opportunity. Removing age thresholds in consumption scenarios, unblocking consumption channels, and optimizing consumption scenarios, so that the elderly become a "new force" in consumption, is not only a necessary measure to promote the development of the silver-haired economy, but also a necessary part of building an elderly-friendly society.

(Excerpted from "Hunan Daily (湖南日报)", original title "Age Thresholds Should Not Be a Stumbling Block for Silver-Haired Consumption")

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This edition's editors: Chen Ling, Shi Ling, He Juan

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Multi-Channel Networks: Self-Regulation and External Regulation are Both Necessary (Listening)

By: 本报记者  金  歆

The General Office of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the General Office of the State Council issued the "Opinions on Improving the Social Credit System," proposing to "strengthen credit supervision of online streamers, self-media, and multi-channel distribution service organizations (MCN organizations) for online information content."

MCN organizations, also known as multi-channel network organizations, provide content producers with planning, production, marketing, brokerage, and other related services. With the rise of online live streaming, self-media, and short videos, MCN organizations have risen sharply, but they have also brought problems such as malicious fake staged photography, spreading false information, violating public order and good customs, and illegal diversion marketing.

How to guide MCN organizations to shift from "traffic first" to "content for good"? The reporter interviewed experts and industry insiders.

How to Avoid Pitfalls

Beware of fake content, fake traffic, and unfair contracts

"A food delivery guy riding in the rain," a viral video, was actually confirmed to be a "performance" planned and staged by an MCN organization. Such news is not uncommon today.

"Some MCN organizations, especially small and medium-sized organizations, have the practice of only wanting short-term traffic and disregarding long-term benefits," said Dong Chenyu, associate professor at the School of Journalism and Communication, Renmin University of China. Some MCN organizations are willful and grow wildly, causing chaos and harm.

——The logic of traffic dominates content production, leading to the survival of the unfittest.

"An explosion occurred in a certain city, resulting in casualties," "A certain company's genetically modified experiment confirmed that genetically modified corn caused the death of thousands of white mice"... Some self-media accounts published multiple sensational news items. After one account publishes, several other accounts follow up and spread the news in a "tacit" manner.

The investigation found that these accounts came from five MCN organizations, and the common person in charge was Wang Moujiang (王某江). These five organizations operated a total of 842 self-media accounts and have long organized employees to use artificial intelligence tools to generate false articles in batches, using "matrix-style" dissemination to attract fans and divert traffic. According to the clues, the public security organs imposed administrative detention on Wang Moujiang and ordered the MCN organizations involved to suspend business for rectification.

"Bad MCN organizations are like workshops on an assembly line, producing 'hit products' in batches, but they don't care about the authenticity of the content," pointed out Shen Yang, a professor at Tsinghua University. Some MCN organizations also compress costs through standardized production, resulting in homogenization and vulgarization of online content. Data from a short video platform shows that among the content led by MCN organizations, the proportion of titles containing sensational words such as "shocking" and "delete quickly" far exceeds that of ordinary creators. "Traffic first" has caused a large amount of false information to seize attention resources, damaging the rights and interests of the public and high-quality content creators.

——Use "data magic" to create traffic traps and seek benefits with fake traffic.

"As long as you spend 500 yuan and let us help you 'boost traffic,' your video views can easily reach 100,000+." A video blogger, Li Mou (李某), received an "invitation" from an MCN organization, promising that after paying to sign a contract, they could provide traffic support to Li Mou.

"This is likely a traffic trap," revealed Li Ran (李然) (pseudonym), an operations director of an online platform. "Some MCN organizations use fake methods such as buying robot accounts and tampering with playback data to 'brush' out high-traffic accounts and then sell them to bloggers or brands with communication needs."

——The industry is still immature, and disputes often arise between MCN organizations and creators.

After the contract of a well-known internet celebrity with an MCN organization expired, the MCN organization claimed ownership of the millions of fans account registered in her own name. The two parties went to court, sparking heated discussions.

"Some MCN organizations may use their advantageous position to stipulate unfair contracts, causing creators to suffer losses," said Dong Chenyu. Some contracts even contain fraudulent clauses. The probability of a creator becoming an internet celebrity is small, and the probability of being deceived is high.

What are the Solutions

Special crackdown is strengthened, and sound rules govern the root cause

"Can I spend 20 yuan to have a meal at your house?" A few years ago, a video of a city tourist "Zhao Ling'er" (赵灵儿) and a young man from Daliangshan (大凉山) named "Bu Qu" (布曲) meeting by chance in Liangshan went viral. The two quickly became famous and started live streaming to sell "Daliangshan agricultural products."

Later, the two were arrested by the public security organs, and the truth finally came to light - the so-called simple and kind image, and the "chance encounter" and other plots, were all designed and fabricated by the MCN organization behind them. The products sold by the two in live broadcasts were not produced in Daliangshan. The two and the person in charge of the company behind them were sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment by the court for the crime of false advertising, etc.

This case is representative of the increased efforts by public security, judicial, market supervision, and cyberspace administration departments in recent years to rectify illegal and criminal activities of MCN organizations.

The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) has specially deployed and carried out a special action to "Clean up and rectify the chaos of information content of MCN organizations," focusing on rectifying illegal and irregular behaviors of MCN organizations and their accounts, such as concocting and hyping up public opinion hotspots, causing group antagonism, deceiving and misleading netizens, publishing "three vulgarities" information, and profiting from minors; at the beginning of this year, the public security cyber security department investigated and dealt with 8 MCN organizations suspected of illegally obtaining citizens' personal information in accordance with the law.

In addition to the crackdown by relevant departments, platform governance and industry self-discipline are also constantly being strengthened.

Last year, the Network Audiovisual Professional Brokerage Agency Working Committee of the China Netcasting Services Association, together with video platforms and many MCN organizations, issued an industry self-discipline initiative, calling on MCN organizations and practitioners to resolutely say "no" to false content and "traffic only."

At the end of last year, a short video platform announced its decision to take measures to restrict the background account management functions of the MCN organization "×× Xingchen" (××星辰) for 30 days for hyping up bad information and inciting social antagonism. "The platform pays attention to the monitoring and management of the MCN organizations behind the accounts. If there are script hype, vulgar traffic, or quality problems in live streaming, it will be dealt with in the first time in accordance with the platform agreement," said the relevant person in charge of the platform.

To fundamentally improve governance effectiveness, it is also necessary to establish rules and manage the long term. "Website platforms should improve the management system of MCN organizations and implement centralized and unified management of MCN organizations and their contracted accounts. On the homepage of 'self-media' accounts, the name of the MCN organization to which the account belongs should be displayed in a prominent way." The "Notice on Strengthening the Management of 'Self-media'" issued by the Central Cyberspace Administration of China (中央网信办) made detailed provisions on this issue.

Not long ago, the State Internet Information Office (国家互联网信息办公室) publicly solicited opinions on the "Draft Management Regulations on Relevant Business Activities of Network Information Content Multi-channel Distribution Service Organizations." The draft requires MCN organizations to fulfill the obligation of information release review and conduct compliance review before releasing information on their contracted network accounts, and keep the review records for future reference. "This is the first time that the responsibility for content management has been placed on MCN organizations, forcing them to truly become the first person responsible," said Zhang Xinbao, professor at the Law School of Renmin University of China (中国人民大学).

How to Achieve Long-Term Effectiveness

Exert multi-faceted co-governance and promote "content for good"

Parenting bloggers incite "chicken baby anxiety," emotional bloggers amplify marital conflicts, knowledge bloggers use "clickbait" to distort academic viewpoints... Behind these common contents on the Internet, some MCN organizations cater to extreme emotions, deliberately create antagonism, and concoct false news in order to gain traffic.

"MCN organizations that have been exposed for illegal and irregular behaviors generally have problems such as chaotic internal management, neglect of corporate ethics construction, and lack of long-term development plans," Dong Chenyu believes that efforts should be made to promote compliance construction and promote content to be good and upward.

"The continuous strengthening of self-discipline awareness of MCN organizations also requires the attraction of 'compliance dividends'." A person in charge of a network platform frankly said that when the platform incorporates content quality into the traffic distribution mechanism, institutions that adhere to the bottom line can get more exposure, then MCN organizations will naturally pursue more valuable and more positive energy content.

The sound of Peking opera gongs and drums sounded, the equipment on the protagonist's body changed unpredictably, the cyan-green landscape patterns flowed like mercury on the surface of the armor, and the oil-paper umbrella in his hand turned into a burning flame spear... With its exquisite production and unique creativity, a certain national style transformation video blogger gained more than 10 million fans within a year. The MCN organization behind it is a cultural media company in Chengdu, Sichuan (四川成都). Many of its internet celebrity bloggers use short videos to display national style transformation and traditional skills. Some netizens commented, "Traditional culture can also be so 'trendy'!"

"High-quality content can not only obtain commercial benefits, but also have a positive impact on cultural communication and social development," said Zhang Xiaoqiang, a professor at Chongqing University (重庆大学). To achieve long-term healthy development, MCN organizations must answer the question of optimizing content quality.

"Platforms should encourage these excellent MCN organizations to continue to innovate, provide them with more resource support, and help them continue to break through and broaden their development space," said Li Bing, a professor at the School of Language and Communication, Beijing Jiaotong University (北京交通大学). Creating IPs, sharing resources, and other methods can also promote these institutions to become leaders in the platform and industry, thereby setting new benchmarks for content creation.

"For the problem that disputes often arise between MCN organizations and internet celebrity bloggers, it needs to be resolved from the legislative level," said Fu Zitang, a professor at Southwest University of Political Science & Law (西南政法大学). It is necessary to clarify the legal relationship between the two through legislation, and according to the closeness of the cooperative relationship between the two, specifically clarify the legal responsibilities that MCN organizations should bear for the illegal and irregular behaviors of internet celebrities.

Promoting MCN organizations to bid farewell to barbaric growth is related to the cleanliness and goodness of the cyberspace. Multi-party co-governance forms a joint force, which can maintain a good network ecology, touch the truth in the complex information, and gather consensus in diverse opinions.

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Leaving the Mountains is to Return to the Mountains (Serving the Motherland, Contributing to the West)

By: 本报记者  程  焕

Terraced fields layer upon layer, forests lush and green. Driving on the winding mountain road in Liuchang Miao Township (流长苗族乡), Qingzhen City (清镇市), Guiyang City (贵阳市), Guizhou Province (贵州省), the scenery outside the window is picturesque. This road is very familiar to Zhou Jinju (周金菊), Deputy Director of the Economic Development Office of Liuchang Township. In her eyes, the route not only has magnificent scenery, but also contains unlimited development opportunities.

In the autumn of 2018, Zhou Jinju, a college graduate, returned to her hometown of Liuchang Township through the "Three Supports and One Assistance" program. For nearly 7 years, she has been running around villages and fields, working hard with the villagers, and witnessing her hometown becoming more and more beautiful.

In-depth visits to solve the urgent needs and concerns of fellow villagers.

Zhou Jinju's family lives in a small mountain village in Malang Village (马郎村), Liuchang Township. Generations have made a living by farming, and she dreamed of leaving the mountains since she was a child. With hard work, Zhou Jinju was admitted to Nantong University (南通大学) in Jiangsu (江苏), becoming the first college student to walk out of the village.

Zhou Jinju's grandmother is blind, and her parents work outside the home all year round, trying their best to support the family's life. With the help of subsidy policies and social love, Zhou Jinju successfully completed her studies. Just when everyone thought that Zhou Jinju would stay in a big city to develop, this young girl actually came back, "Leaving the mountains is to return to the mountains and better give back to her hometown." Upon graduation, Zhou Jinju gave up the opportunity to work in eastern cities and resolutely decided to return to her hometown for the exam.

Zhou Jinju was selected to work at the Poverty Alleviation and Rural E-commerce Service Station in Liuchang Township and became a grassroots cadre. During the visits, she found that many villagers lived in remote locations with poor logistics. Many people had to hire someone to run to the township to pick up express deliveries, and the round-trip fare would cost thirty or forty yuan.

How to solve the "last mile" problem of logistics entering the village? "We selected reliable small shop owners in each village and set up express delivery outlets in the store, opening up a 'two-way street' for consumer goods to go to the countryside and agricultural products to enter the city." With the efforts of Zhou Jinju and her colleagues, e-commerce service stations have been built in all 27 communities and villages in the township. These sites not only make it easier for villagers to receive and send express deliveries, but also help the elderly pay utility bills and purchase train tickets.

Putting herself in the shoes of the masses and solving practical difficulties, Zhou Jinju quickly became one with the villagers. She is down-to-earth and hardworking in her work, and her assessment results have been "excellent" for two consecutive years. After two years of service, Zhou Jinju was transferred to work in a public institution in Liuchang Township.

Developing industries to help villagers increase income and become rich.

In recent years, Zhou Jinju has entered the Industrial Development Service Center of Liuchang Township. "Leading everyone to increase income is a new challenge for me," Zhou Jinju said. Liuchang Township belongs to a typical karst landform. The township proposed to base itself on resource endowments and develop mountain characteristic and efficient agriculture. Attracting investment, project docking, industrial cultivation... New tasks came one after another. Zhou Jinju learned and explored at the same time, promoting the implementation and effectiveness of industrial projects.

Ecological breeding is one of the leading industries determined to be developed in Liuchang Township. The local government introduced leading enterprises to drive villagers to participate together, and formed an industrial development service team to provide special support. Determining the cooperation model between enterprises and farmers, publicizing preferential loan policies, and promoting site selection and land approval... As a member of the service team, Zhou Jinju carefully followed up on every link.

During the service process, Zhou Jinju paid attention to farmer Wang Xingfu (王兴付). Wang Xingfu was a poverty-stricken household. A fire in his home a few years ago made his life difficult again. Zhou Jinju listed him as a key concern and provided precise services in terms of support fund application, technical training, and market sales. Today, relying on projects such as beef cattle, pig, and broiler breeding, Wang Xingfu has paid off his debts, built a new house, and his life is getting more and more promising.

There are high-quality fruits on the mountain, vegetable greenhouses at the foot of the mountain, local yellow cattle are sold in major supermarkets in Guiyang, and alpine canyons have become popular tourist destinations... With the joint efforts of everyone, Liuchang Township, which was once remote and backward, has seen its industrial development flourish and burst into new vitality. Through the experience of working hard in the front line of industrial development, Zhou Jinju has a deep feeling: "Leading everyone to increase income and become rich not only depends on feelings, but also requires real skills."

Staying at the post and continuing to work in a down-to-earth manner.

In recent years, the township's industries have become increasingly prosperous, and the lives of the villagers have become more and more prosperous. With the completion of phased tasks, some cadres left the township through job adjustments or selection exams. Seeing several partners who had struggled with her at the beginning leave, Zhou Jinju also had the idea of ​​changing places to work hard. A few years ago, a unit in Qingzhen City publicly selected staff from townships. Zhou Jinju met all the conditions. When she was about to sign up, she hesitated again. "I am currently dealing with the land expropriation compensation work for an important project, involving more than 500 households. If I am suddenly transferred away, the villagers may get the compensation later." Zhou Jinju finally sorted out this work and couldn't bear to let everyone continue to wait, so she finally gave up the registration and continued to stick to her post.

Recalling her original intention of returning to the mountains, Zhou Jinju no longer struggled, calmed down and worked hard, running around the grassroots level. In 2023, she served as the Deputy Director of the Economic Development Office of Liuchang Township.

Not long ago, Zhou Jinju went to the vegetable base to understand the situation and saw many women working in the fields. They told Zhou Jinju that since the industry has developed, they can earn money without going out and can also take care of their families. Everyone expects that more tourists will come here, so that the sales of local agricultural products will be wider.

"The villagers have new expectations, and I am more motivated." Zhou Jinju is determined not to disappoint the expectations and trust of the villagers, and to continue to work in a down-to-earth manner.

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Ancient Style Street Attracts Visitors from All Directions

On the evening of June 1st, the "Jiuge Alley" (九歌巷子) commercial pedestrian street in Zigui County (秭归县), Yichang City (宜昌市), Hubei Province (湖北省) was brightly lit, attracting tourists to visit.

Zigui (秭归) is the hometown of Qu Yuan (屈原). The design of the district integrates excellent traditional Chinese cultural elements to create multiple interactive experience scenes, injecting new vitality into the local nighttime economy and the integrated development of culture and tourism.

Photo by Wu Chengzhong (吴承忠) (Image China)

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Over 7,000 communities and villages in Beijing equipped with children's directors

According to the Beijing Municipal Civil Affairs Bureau (北京市民政局), over 7,000 communities and villages in Beijing (北京) have achieved "full coverage" of children's directors. They provide care and support to children in difficult situations through home visits, assisting in applying for welfare benefits, and promoting children's welfare policies. In addition, more than 300 streets, townships have also been equipped with child supervisors.

It is reported that in terms of life security for children in difficult situations, Beijing (北京) has established a natural growth mechanism for living expenses, adjusting the security standards every two years, and the living expenses standards are among the highest in the country. A proactive discovery mechanism for children in difficult situations has been established. Through regular visits by grassroots children's directors and big data comparison, children in difficult situations who meet the conditions are included in the security in a timely manner. Emergency measures of "rescue first, confirmation later" are implemented to ensure that eligible children receive timely protection.

Beijing (北京) actively implements the Ministry of Civil Affairs' (民政部) "Welfare Lottery Fulfills Dreams, Orphan Assistance Project," providing each eligible child with a subsidy of 10,000 yuan per school year. It also took the lead in the country to introduce and implement the "De Facto Unattended Children Assistance Project" to help them successfully complete their studies.

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Xuzhou, Jiangsu Promotes Renovation and Upgrading of Old Elevators

By: 本报记者 申 琳

What to do when residential elevators get old? According to statistics, by the end of last year, there were approximately 900,000 elevators in China that had been in use for more than 15 years. Problems such as high failure rates and poor operational reliability affect the daily lives of the people.

Ms. Tang, a 61-year-old resident living on the 4th floor of Building 14, Junyuan Xincheng Community (军缘新城小区), Tongpei Street (铜沛街道), Gulou District (鼓楼区), Xuzhou (徐州), Jiangsu Province (江苏省), has not used the elevator in her building for five or six years due to frequent malfunctions. It's manageable for those living on lower floors, but residents on higher floors face even more trouble when the elevator breaks down. If they want to replace the old elevator with a new one, where will they get the nearly 200,000 yuan needed? This is the biggest problem encountered when updating old elevators.

Last year, the National Development and Reform Commission (国家发展改革委) and the Ministry of Finance (财政部) introduced policies proposing to allocate approximately 300 billion yuan in ultra-long-term special national debt funds to strongly support renewal and replacement, and added key areas such as old elevators, home appliances, and home decoration, bringing good news to residents troubled by old elevator problems.

Xuzhou (徐州) immediately arranged and deployed the elevator renewal work for residential buildings. Relevant community leaders and the owners' committee director of Gulou District (鼓楼区) quickly received a notice from higher authorities that, according to the policy, residential old elevators that have been in use for more than 15 years can enjoy ultra-long-term national debt subsidies of 150,000 yuan per elevator.

Meng Fei (孟菲), the Party Secretary of Daobei Community (道北社区党委书记), conveyed this to the residents, and everyone was very happy, saying, "Let's hurry up and apply!"

"The national policy is good, and the grassroots Party committee and government should do a good job in implementing it." Li Huazhi (李华智), the Party Secretary of Tongpei Street (铜沛街道), where older residential areas are relatively concentrated, said that the street organized personnel to investigate the number of old elevators that have been in use for more than 15 years, and organized communities, owners' committees, property companies, etc., to go door-to-door to publicize the relevant policies for old elevator renewal to residents and widely solicit residents' opinions.

With policy support, the old elevator renewal in Tongpei Street (铜沛街道) adopted a funding model of "national debt subsidy + maintenance fund + owner self-funding." Junyuan Xincheng (军缘新城) owners contributed an average of about 600 yuan per household, which received strong support from residents.

To ensure openness and transparency, Tongpei Street (铜沛街道) guided the community's owners' committee and neighborhood committee to organize residents to pay attention to the bidding process, visit elevator manufacturers, compare elevator brands, and study construction plans, and guided the relevant community owners' committees to strive for extended maintenance and warranty years from manufacturers... With the joint efforts of the street, community, and owners' committee, the first batch of 50 elevator renewals in Tongpei Street (铜沛街道) have been completed one after another, and applications for the subsequent 120 elevator renewals are being approved.

According to relevant departments in Xuzhou (徐州), as of now, Xuzhou (徐州) has applied for national debt support for the renewal of nearly 600 elevators.

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Editors of this page: Ji Yalin, Zhang Weihao, Guo Yue

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Slow Train Travel Becomes New Trend (Economic Focus)

The Central Economic Work Conference proposed innovating diversified consumption scenarios, expanding service consumption, and promoting the development of the cultural tourism industry.

As an innovative move to create consumption scenarios, special tourist trains have transformed the "journey" into a "trip" by upgrading hardware facilities, providing attentive services, and arranging special activities, becoming a new trend in the integration of culture, tourism, and transportation. This year, national railways have operated more than 600 tourist trains, an increase of over 20% year-on-year. Recently, reporters boarded three tourist trains to experience the charming travel experience.

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Henan "Zhongyuan Railway · Dahe Zhi Nan (中原铁道·大河之南) " Theme Train --

Integrating Central Plains Culture and Refreshing Travel Experience

By Zhang Chi (张驰), reporter of this newspaper

"Happy birthday to you..." The warm yellow carriages are decorated with flowers, and outside the speeding train, clouds drift among the mountains, and the sunset is brilliant. This is a collective birthday party on a tourist train, with beautiful scenery and cakes, as well as laughter and blessings. Dong Weiping (董卫平), a 67-year-old passenger, felt very warm.

The "Zhongyuan Railway · Dahe Zhi Nan (中原铁道·大河之南)" that Dong Weiping (董卫平) took is the first special tourist train in Henan (河南) created by China Railway Zhengzhou Bureau Group Co., Ltd. (中国铁路郑州局集团有限公司). On April 20, the first cross-provincial route of "Zhongyuan Railway · Dahe Zhi Nan (中原铁道·大河之南)" was launched, starting from Zhengzhou (郑州) and embarking on a journey to Yunnan (云南) and Guizhou (贵州).

Train manager Ma Tachuan (马踏川) introduced that the exterior design of "Zhongyuan Railway · Dahe Zhi Nan (中原铁道·大河之南)" takes the Yellow River (黄河) as the core element, integrating cultural elements such as the "Nine Bends and Eighteen Turns" of the Yellow River and the waves of painted pottery patterns. During the journey to the destination, Henan Opera performances, clay figurine making, and other intangible cultural heritage experience activities will be arranged to allow tourists to immerse themselves in the characteristic culture of the Central Plains. At the same time, the special train focuses on improving the comfort and age-appropriateness of the ride.

"We have transformed the carriages into hotel-style rooms, each with its own characteristics." Ma Tachuan (马踏川) led the reporter into a room, where two beds were placed side by side. The charging interfaces at the head of the bed have both plugs and USB, and the shower room and washroom are "separated wet and dry."

"We have also widened and enlarged the windows to allow tourists to better enjoy the scenery outside the window." Ma Tachuan (马踏川) introduced that when optimizing service facilities, the train reduces the height of the threshold and lays non-slip carpets on the ground. The living area in the compartment is equipped with fluorescent anti-slip handrails, and a one-button call button is also set up. The special train is also equipped with first aid kits and one emergency doctor to deal with emergencies at any time.

"It's spacious and comfortable to live in, it feels like staying in a hotel, and you can also learn intangible cultural heritage and make friends," said Dong Weiping (董卫平). When the train stopped in Dali City (大理市), Yunnan (云南), the refreshing breeze of Shuanglang Ancient Town (双廊古镇) made Dong Weiping (董卫平) feel comfortable. He and his new friends on the train took photos with Cangshan Mountain (苍山) and Erhai Lake (洱海) as the background.

"In response to changes in tourists' tourism needs, we focus on shifting from sightseeing tours to leisure tours in product design," said Han Zhiwei (韩志伟), deputy general manager of Henan Zhongyuan Railway Tourism Group Co., Ltd. (河南中原铁道旅游集团有限责任公司). "Zhongyuan Railway · Dahe Zhi Nan (中原铁道·大河之南)" focuses on a slow pace when designing routes and pays attention to integrating the cultural characteristics of different regions.

The "Zhongyuan Railway · Dahe Zhi Nan (中原铁道·大河之南)" tourist train has currently opened 3 tourist routes. This year's Dragon Boat Festival coincided with "June 1" International Children's Day, and the tourist train took the opportunity to launch a 3-day parent-child tour project, which was loved by tourists. A 7-day Shanxi (山西) tour theme route will also be opened later.

Hainan (海南) "Phoenix Dancing Nine Heavens (凤舞九天)" Theme Train --

Connecting the Scenic Spots of the End of the World and Sharing the Charm of the Sea and the Breeze of Coconut Palms

By Dong Zeyang (董泽扬), reporter of this newspaper

As summer is getting stronger, Qiong Island (琼岛) is getting hotter. Traveling through coconut groves and fields, passing through the blue sea and silver beaches, the golden and purple painted "Phoenix Dancing Nine Heavens (凤舞九天)" theme train draws a dynamic arc in the colorful tropical scenery.

Inside the carriage, smart devices and fashionable interiors complement each other, and the sweet coconut fragrance and laughter are intertwined. Self-service coffee and milk tea machines, beer machines, and artificial intelligence photo check-in machines are very popular among tourists; the desktop can be wirelessly charged, and the intelligent interactive system can query travel guides. Tourists have praised the train's "technology style." "Before we get to the station, we want to experience the artificial intelligence photo check-in." Ms. Liu (刘) from Liaoning (辽宁) and her family captured the moments of fun on the train.

This train is one of the theme trains built by Sanle Tourism Railway (三乐旅游铁路), connecting Tianya Haijiao (天涯海角), Nanshan (南山), Xidao (西岛) and other tourist attractions along the way. The train travels in the scenery, and the scenery is also in the carriage. Absorbing the sunset glow of the sea, the coconut dream corridor, Luhuitou (鹿回头) and other Sanya (三亚) characteristic scenery, and integrating auspicious clouds, oceans, bougainvillea and other tropical style elements, the color matching and pattern design of the train are exquisite and ingenious. The car windows decorated with special stickers are like the viewfinder of a camera, framing the forests, beaches and other scenery outside the window.

It not only uses visual elements to make the train a bit "trendy," but also makes good use of space to make cultural and tourism resources more "out of the circle." The theme train is jointly operated by the Sanya Municipal Mass Art Museum (三亚市群众艺术馆) to decorate the carriages with Li brocade, and invites craftsmen to display the traditional textile dyeing and embroidery techniques of the Li ethnic group in Hainan (海南) on the train to create a "mobile intangible cultural heritage museum"; explore new ways of playing such as "train + wedding photography," "train + study tour," and ticket discounts for train tickets and scenic spots to meet the consumption needs of different passengers, and use a high-speed rail ticket to connect the consumption chain, allowing tourists to enjoy the fun of the journey.

"The Dragon Boat Festival coincides with the 'June 1' International Children's Day. We integrate elements such as tourism railways, comedy performances, and scenic spot tours to create a unique parent-child tour model. Intangible cultural heritage displays, instant interactions, and other forms have been well received by tourists," said flight attendant Kan Yuying (阚钰莹). She hopes that tourists can feel the enthusiasm of Sanya (三亚), a coastal city, in the service.

Data shows that since its opening, Sanle Tourism Railway (三乐旅游铁路) has carried a total of 414,000 passengers. "We will continue to create new scenarios, explore new ways of playing, use train power to add vitality to the tourism industry, and build the theme train into a mobile cultural space, allowing tourists to enjoy a warm experience in a comfortable journey," said Meng Jiwei (蒙继伟), general manager of Sanya Railway Investment and Construction Co., Ltd. (三亚铁路投资建设有限公司).

Yunnan (云南) "Flower Appreciation Tour · All the Way with Flowers (赏花之旅·一路花香)" Theme Train --

No Matter Spring, Summer, Autumn or Winter, the Fragrance of Flowers is Always with You

By Li Maoying (李茂颖), reporter of this newspaper

As the lights came on, the platform of Kunming Station (昆明站) in Yunnan (云南) was filled with a faint floral fragrance. A "Flower Appreciation Tour · All the Way with Flowers (赏花之旅·一路花香)" theme train, carefully decorated with colorful flowers, was particularly eye-catching under the illumination of the lights.

With a long whistle, this train, carrying Yunnan's (云南) unique flower culture and tourism charm, slowly left the platform and headed towards Beijing (北京).

This train is the first flower-themed train in the country, jointly built by China Railway Kunming Bureau Group Co., Ltd. (中国铁路昆明局集团有限公司) and the Yunnan (云南) cultural and tourism department. There are daily flower displays on the train, and the fragrance of flowers is always with you, no matter spring, summer, autumn or winter.

"This is the first time I have taken this kind of theme train. There are beautiful flowers all the way. I like it very much." Tourist Ms. You (游) traveled from other places to Kunming (昆明) for fun, and happened to take this flower-themed train on her return trip.

Walking into the carriage is like stepping into a colorful world of flowers. Camellias, Gesang flowers, and other 7 representative Yunnan (云南) flowers are cleverly used in the carriage decoration. Each carriage has a unique theme and style. The camellia carriage is classical and elegant, the jacaranda carriage is romantic and dreamy, and the Gesang flower carriage is full of rich plateau style.

Passengers entered the carriage and took photos one after another. "The carriage is full of poetry and painting, and I also shared it with my friends." Tourist Ms. Huang (黄) is from Yunnan (云南) and often takes the train to go out to play. "Traveling on such a train is very special, immersing yourself in a Yunnan (云南) romance."

In a corner of the train, Grandma Liu (刘), a passenger, was holding a basket of flowers given by the flight attendant, smiling from ear to ear. "I like flowers the most. The people are good and the flowers are fragrant. I want to take this train again next time."

In addition to visual enjoyment, the "Flower Appreciation Tour · All the Way with Flowers (赏花之旅·一路花香)" train also provides passengers with rich cultural experience services. "Passengers can taste various delicacies made from Yunnan (云南) flowers on the train, such as flower shortbread and flower cakes. A flower art table is also set up on the train, where passengers can create their own flower arrangement works and bring the beauty from the south of the colorful clouds home," said Zhang Jun (张珺), train captain of the Kunming Passenger Transport Section of the China Railway Kunming Bureau (国铁昆明局昆明客运段).

It is reported that the China Railway Kunming Bureau (国铁昆明局) will continue to deepen its characteristic services, gradually promote the "Flower Appreciation Tour · All the Way with Flowers (赏花之旅·一路花香)" brand to other ordinary and high-speed trains, and combine the needs of the public and tourists to operate "Flowers Bloom in Four Seasons · 'Fragrant' Appointment in Yunnan (花开四季·‘香’约云南)" flower appreciation trains and festival event trains, and develop more "slow travel, deep experience" tourism routes.

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Regulation is for the Better Development of the Platform Economy (Economic Commentary)

By: 吕钟正

In recent years, China's platform economy has developed rapidly, involving tens of millions of online business entities, a large number of flexible employment personnel, and more than 900 million online consumers, empowering all walks of life. However, rapid development has also brought some problems and risks, affecting the sustained and healthy growth of the platform economy.

Numerous items, complex calculation methods... some merchants reflect that the platform has unreasonable charges; previously, incidents such as "refund only," "choose one of two," and "commission ratio for food delivery" have also triggered heated discussions. Correcting unreasonable and opaque platform charges and reducing the burden on operators within the platform, new regulations are on the way.

The State Administration for Market Regulation (市场监管总局) recently studied and drafted the "Compliance Guidelines for Charging Behavior of Online Trading Platforms (Draft for Comment)" (《网络交易平台收费行为合规指南（征求意见稿）》), strengthening platform compliance and self-discipline, and regulating platform charging behaviors such as commissions, royalties, membership fees, technical service fees, information service fees, and marketing promotion fees charged to operators. The guidelines have practical guiding significance and will further improve China's platform economy regulatory policy system.

What if the charges are not transparent? In the past, when some platforms carried out promotional activities, there would be situations where the sharing method and proportion of preferential subsidies were not clearly defined in advance, and fees were temporarily charged to operators. A number of provisions in the guidelines clarify the "platform charging rules publicity obligation," "amendments to the rules need to publicly solicit opinions in accordance with the law," and "historical versions of charging rules retention time," and other measures to strengthen openness and transparency.

What if the charges are unreasonable? Some operators within the platform face fierce competition on the one hand, and need to pay for promotion and traffic on the platform on the other hand. Under the dual pressure, the profit margin is very limited. The guidelines encourage platforms to actively assume social responsibility and provide profit concessions or reductions and support to operators, especially small and medium-sized merchants; at the same time, it clarifies eight types of unreasonable charging behaviors, such as repeated charging, only charging without service, and shifting expenses that should be borne by the platform itself, directly hitting the pain points of the industry.

Will setting rules limit platform development? In recent years, China's platform economy has developed rapidly, involving tens of millions of online business entities, a large number of flexible employment personnel, and more than 900 million online consumers, empowering all walks of life. However, rapid development has also brought some problems and risks, affecting the sustained and healthy growth of the platform economy. The guidelines encourage platforms to adopt flexible and diverse pricing strategies within the scope of legality, rationality, mutual benefit and win-win results based on the service characteristics formed by their own technological innovation and business model innovation, which will inject new impetus into the sustainable development of the platform economy.

Standardization is for better development. Adhering to the equal emphasis on development and standardization, it is believed that with the continuous optimization of compliance construction, the platform economy will be healthier and better serve high-quality development and high-quality life.

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Last year, housing provident fund loans issued exceeded 1.3 trillion yuan.

This newspaper's Beijing (北京) dispatch on June 2nd (Reporter Ding Yiting (丁怡婷)): The Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development (住房城乡建设部), the Ministry of Finance (财政部), and the People's Bank of China (中国人民银行) recently jointly released the "National Housing Provident Fund 2024 Annual Report." The report shows that in 2024, all aspects of the national housing provident fund's operations were stable. The housing provident fund contribution amount was 3,631.783 billion yuan, 81.2704 million people withdrew 2,765.484 billion yuan in housing provident funds, and 2.3056 million personal housing loans were issued, totaling 1,304.307 billion yuan.

The housing provident fund system's coverage continues to expand. In 2024, there were 5.29 million units actually contributing to the housing provident fund and 176.2875 million people actually contributing, representing increases of 6.92% and 1% respectively compared to the previous year. Various regions have increased support for rental housing withdrawals, focusing on supporting new urban residents and young people to settle down in rental housing. Throughout the year, a total of 22.5744 million people withdrew 272.057 billion yuan in housing provident funds for renting housing, representing increases of 22.28% and 33.93% respectively compared to the previous year. Support was provided to contributors to improve their living environment, with a total of 65,300 people withdrawing 2.043 billion yuan in housing provident funds for renovating their own homes, such as installing elevators.

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Three Questions on Revitalization

By: 本报记者 顾仲阳

In June 2017, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) specifically mentioned the report "Three Records of Stationing in Villages" published in this newspaper on June 5 of that year when he chaired a symposium on poverty alleviation in deeply impoverished areas. This report was written by a reporter from this newspaper after a month of stationing in Changhanbai Village (昌汉白村), Balagong Town (巴拉贡镇), Hangjin Banner (杭锦旗), Ordos City (鄂尔多斯市), Inner Mongolia (内蒙古), and conducting research on targeted poverty alleviation.

In March of this year, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out during his inspection in Guizhou (贵州) and Yunnan (云南): "The focus of rural work is to shift from poverty alleviation to comprehensive rural revitalization. The bottom line for poverty alleviation must be **固若金汤** (gù ruò jīn tāng - "as solid as metal soup," impregnable; tightly secured), and there must be absolutely no large-scale return to poverty. The key is to do these things practically and continue them."

This year is the final year of the 5-year transition period for consolidating and expanding the achievements of poverty alleviation and effectively connecting with rural revitalization. How has Changhanbai Village (昌汉白村) consolidated and expanded its poverty alleviation achievements? How is the comprehensive rural revitalization being connected and promoted? What development problems still need to be further solved? The reporter returned to Changhanbai Village (昌汉白村) to feel the pulse of the times for the development and revitalization of poverty-stricken areas.

-- Editor

Wide and clean village roads, neatly arranged solar street lights, orderly houses, many farmers' homes with cars parked in front, and high-standard farmland neatly connected, nurturing a new season of harvest... After 8 years, revisiting Changhanbai Village (昌汉白村), the changes are indeed significant.

This year is the final year of the 5-year transition period for consolidating and expanding the achievements of poverty alleviation and effectively connecting with rural revitalization. What kind of answer sheet will Changhanbai Village (昌汉白村) hand in? What revitalization problems still need to be solved with greater efforts? The reporter settled down to explore deeply.

How can the bottom line of poverty alleviation be "as solid as metal soup"?

The policy "poverty prevention dam" is firmly built, the monitoring and assistance system operates efficiently, and the bottom line of preventing large-scale return to poverty is firmly guarded.

Seeing Bai Sanzi (白三子) again, he is like a different person.

He, who was once impoverished due to illness and had a worried face, now has a smiling face, "Life is very good, I can eat meat every day, there is nothing to worry about, and my complexion is much better."

He used to worry most about getting sick, but now good policies have removed the "root" of returning to poverty due to illness. In December last year, Bai Sanzi (白三子) had a cholecystolithotripsy and polyp removal surgery, which cost a total of 23,000 yuan, but he only paid more than 2,400 yuan, which made him overjoyed.

What made Bai Sanzi (白三子) even happier was that his income had increased by nearly 2 times in the past 8 years. Last year, the couple planted 12 mu of corn, raised 5 pigs and 20 sheep, and with public welfare jobs, pensions and odd jobs, the total family income was 72,000 yuan. With a fuller wallet, he has the confidence to resist risks.

Currently, there are 24 households and 56 people lifted out of poverty in Changhanbai Village (昌汉白村), of which 15 households were previously impoverished due to illness, 3 households due to education, 2 households due to lack of technology, 3 households due to lack of funds, and 1 household with insufficient motivation for self-development.

Illness is the biggest factor causing poverty and return to poverty, but now the risk is firmly blocked by the policy defense line. At present, the participation rate of basic medical insurance for urban and rural residents in the village has reached more than 99%, the average reimbursement ratio for inpatient medical insurance is 70%, the reimbursement ratio for general outpatient medical insurance is 60%, and the reimbursement ratio for outpatient medical insurance for special diseases is 90%.

"In addition to basic medical insurance, we also have critical illness insurance, medical assistance, commercial insurance and social assistance. On this basis, the Hangjin Banner (杭锦旗) government arranges 3 million yuan each year to purchase emergency assistance, adding another line of defense for patients with serious illnesses, and the risk of poverty and return to poverty due to illness is greatly reduced." Chai Qin (柴琴), Director of the Hangjin Banner (杭锦旗) Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Bureau, introduced.

In terms of poverty and return to poverty due to education, the policy "poverty prevention dam" is also built high. There are "two exemptions and one subsidy" in the compulsory education stage, tuition and accommodation fees are exempted in the high school stage and national student grants are issued, and there are Rain and Dew Program (雨露计划) and Zihui Program (滋蕙计划) in secondary and higher vocational education and university stages, and national student grants are also issued. Changhanbai Village (昌汉白村) also uses collective economic income to issue scholarships to children who are admitted to universities every year.

The bottom line of poverty alleviation must be as solid as metal soup, which is inseparable from the efficient operation of the monitoring and assistance system.

During the Spring Festival this year, villager Bai Shuhua (白树华) encountered trouble. On the first day of the Lunar New Year, he had an accident while driving a truck to pull stones. Three ribs were fractured, and the car was scrapped due to spontaneous combustion. He also borrowed 150,000 yuan from relatives and friends when he bought the car. Li Laifei (李来飞), the first secretary from the Hangjin Banner (杭锦旗) Party Committee Inspection Office who is in charge of Changhanbai Village (昌汉白村), and members of the village committee went to the household as soon as possible. After verification, Bai Shuhua's (白树华) family was included in the monitoring and assistance target according to the procedures, and an industrial support fund of 20,000 yuan was applied for, a public welfare post was applied for Bai Shuhua's (白树华) wife, and educational assistance was applied for his youngest son who is in elementary school.

"I will definitely work hard and live up to such good assistance policies." Bai Shuhua (白树华), who is busy growing vegetables in the greenhouse these days, is full of energy.

Li Laifei (李来飞) introduced that there are 9 households and 21 people under monitoring in the village. At present, 4 households have eliminated the risk, 1 household can eliminate the risk this year, and 4 households including Bai Shuhua (白树华) have implemented assistance measures, firmly guarding the bottom line of preventing large-scale return to poverty.

Reporter's remarks:

Consolidating and expanding the achievements of poverty alleviation is the premise and foundation for comprehensive rural revitalization. With the policy "poverty prevention dam" firmly built and the monitoring and assistance system operating efficiently, the risk of large-scale return to poverty in Changhanbai Village (昌汉白村) has been effectively controlled, and the bottom line of poverty alleviation has indeed been achieved as solid as metal soup.

How can industrial revitalization solve the sales problem?

Order planting avoids large fluctuations in prices, and the development of deep processing drives stable income increase for villagers.

Revisiting Changhanbai Village (昌汉白村), the biggest change I feel is still the village's cultivated land.

The sandy wasteland next to the garbage disposal plant in the south of the village has been improved and upgraded to become high-standard farmland, and water-saving irrigation pipe networks have also been built. The wind is still blowing fiercely, but there is no longer the flying sand and rocks of the past. The transformation of contiguous sandy wasteland into stable-yielding irrigated land is truly impressive.

With the deepening of urbanization, the village's land has gradually been transferred to leading enterprises, cooperatives and large households, creating conditions for large-scale farming to improve efficiency.

Yuan Heping (院和平), Secretary of the village Party branch and Director of the village committee, said that last year the village planted 1,000 mu of sweet waxy corn on a large scale, and the average output value per mu increased by about 2,000 yuan compared with planting ordinary corn.

After solving who will farm the land and how to farm the land, what to plant in the land has become a new problem, and the crux of the problem lies in the difficulty of sales.

When I saw villager Zhang Yaowen (张耀文), he was growing cucumbers, tomatoes and cowpeas in the vegetable greenhouse. When asked why he planted these, Zhang Yaowen (张耀文) said, "The town canteen guarantees the purchase, so I am not afraid of not being able to sell these."

Xi Mu (希木), the mayor of Balagong Town (巴拉贡镇), introduced that in order to help the villagers broaden their sales channels, the town is also preparing to set up exhibition counters and open a live broadcast room to help farmers in the Sanshenggong (三盛公) Water Conservancy Scenic Area near Changhanbai Village (昌汉白村).

If the price is high, plant more, if it is low, plant less or even not plant, and then the price will rise again... The sales situation of the previous year has a great impact on the villagers' planting decisions. Li Laifei (李来飞) introduced that in order to promote the stable income increase of villagers and avoid the risks caused by fluctuations in agricultural product prices, the village is planning to build a chili processing plant to purchase the chili planted by villagers and produce chili powder, chili sauce and other products.

On the issue of "what to plant this year," Changhanbai Village (昌汉白村) has made positive explorations in order planting.

Large grower Hou Jun (侯军) planted 19 greenhouses, with varieties including sweet waxy corn, cantaloupe, watermelon, and chili. Diversified planting is the "way to get rich" he has summarized. Last year, the price of chili fell sharply. This year, his family changed the large field to order yellow waxy corn, and the greenhouse ordered a trial planting of a new variety of pumpkin. "With orders, I have confidence in my heart."

Order planting is the preferred choice for most farmers, but the village's agricultural product industry is small, scattered and weak, and it is difficult to get orders.

This year, Ordos City (鄂尔多斯市) Modern Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Investment Group Co., Ltd. (鄂尔多斯市现代农牧业投资集团有限公司) Planting Company successfully helped farmers find orders. Wang Xiong (王雄), the head of the company, introduced that they have planted 3,200 mu of potatoes in Changhanbai Village (昌汉白村), which are purchased by an agricultural company in Inner Mongolia (内蒙古) for the production of potato chips and potato whole powder. Li Zhilong (李志龙), the general manager of the agricultural company, said that the company can deep-process 360,000 tons of potatoes every year, and will use the form of order agriculture to build a 200,000-mu planting base in Hangjin Banner (杭锦旗) by the Modern Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Group. "The 'leading enterprise + planting base + farmer' scale and organization solve the sales problem and drive the villagers to increase their income stably. This will blaze a hopeful path for the revitalization of the rural industry in the banner." He Yonggang (何永岗), Deputy Banner Head of Hangjin Banner (杭锦旗), said.

Reporter's remarks:

Industrial revitalization is the most important part of comprehensive rural revitalization. The problem of "what to plant this year" has plagued the development of rural industries. Developing deep processing to alleviate the difficulty of sales, and order planting can avoid large fluctuations in agricultural product prices to a certain extent. Changhanbai Village (昌汉白村) is actively seeking solutions. It is a long and arduous journey, but the road is under our feet.

How can talent revitalization cope with the challenges of hollowing out and aging?

We must create better development conditions, increase policy support, and attract more talents, especially young people, to build careers in the countryside.

This time I revisited, I felt that there were not many young people in the village.

Yuan Heping (院和平) said that in recent years, more and more villagers have gone out to work, accompanied their children to study in the city, and followed their children to the city to retire. The permanent population of the village has decreased sharply from 1,580 in 2017 to 520, and the elderly over 60 years old account for 60%.

Comprehensive rural revitalization depends on people. Facing hollowing out and aging, who will support the future of Changhanbai Village (昌汉白村)?

Whether the villagers are rich or not depends on the branch. The weakness and disorganization of the Party branch was an important reason for the backward development of Changhanbai Village (昌汉白村). Today, the village cadre team has been selected and strengthened, with 3 college students in the village "two committees," 1 college student selected and hired for "town recruitment and village use," and 3 reserve cadres have been reserved in the village. In recent years, the village "two committees" have integrated resources and vigorously developed characteristic fruit and vegetable planting. Last year, they distributed 2 million yuan in dividends to villagers, and the per capita net income of villagers reached 16,000 yuan. The combat effectiveness of the village-level Party organization and its prestige among the masses have been continuously improved.

How to improve industrial development this year, Yuan Heping (院和平) convened a "Zhuge Meeting" (诸葛会), which was attended by village cadres, owners of industrial projects in the village, capable people and large households, and the "leaders" of village development basically came.

"I am going to go out for research immediately to see if I can attract a few projects to the village and bring back a few orders for the villagers." Villager Zhao Yun (赵云) is a veteran in his 80s. He returned to his hometown in 2018 to start a business and established a cooperative to lead villagers to plant characteristic fruits and vegetables, driving 11 households out of poverty to increase their income by more than 10,000 yuan per year. He also used his identity as the president of the Hangjin Banner (杭锦旗) Chamber of Commerce to actively participate in consumption assistance, and has helped villagers sell more than 1.8 million yuan of agricultural products in the past 5 years.

"This year I will strive to further open up sales channels and expand the scale of breeding." Yuan Zhanfei (袁占飞), the head of Hangjin Banner (杭锦旗) Guanghui Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Technology Co., Ltd. (杭锦旗广汇农牧科技有限公司), also returned to his hometown to start a business. He invested 6 million yuan and transferred 1,040 mu of saline-alkali land in the village to establish a cooperative to raise South American prawns and plant rice. Yuan Zhanfei (袁占飞) cooperated with Inner Mongolia Agricultural University (内蒙古农业大学) to solve the technical problem of semi-wild breeding in saline-alkali land. The prawns produced last year were of excellent quality and sold for more than 20 yuan per catty, which greatly increased his confidence. This year, he actively operates, runs the market, and seeks cooperation, striving to sell the shrimp at a good price. "When I find a way out, I will definitely lead more villagers to increase their income and become rich." When he said this, there was light in Yuan Zhanfei's (袁占飞) eyes.

Promoting comprehensive rural revitalization depends on people. The reporter's interview found that some village cadres in Changhanbai Village (昌汉白村) are older, there are not many capable people who are willing to serve the masses, and the talent support for the development and revitalization of the entire village is not solid.

How to reverse this situation as soon as possible? Wen Hui (温惠), Secretary of the Party Committee of Balagong Town (巴拉贡镇), said that it is necessary to deepen the reform of the rural talent training, introduction, management, use, flow, and incentive systems, improve the incentive mechanism for talent service in the countryside, and attract all kinds of talents to invest in comprehensive rural revitalization; it is necessary to create better development conditions, increase policy support, and attract more funds, projects and other factors to flow to the countryside, and attract more talents, especially young people, to work and start businesses in the countryside.

"Attracting and retaining more young people is an important issue that needs to be solved urgently for comprehensive rural revitalization. I hope that the country can provide greater policy support to western poverty-stricken areas in this regard." Hao Huangang (郝换刚), Director of the Hangjin Banner (杭锦旗) Party Committee Office, who once served as the first secretary stationed in the village, said.

Reporter's remarks:

Promoting comprehensive rural revitalization depends on people. This is a major issue for China's rural areas in the context of new urbanization. With the deepening of urban-rural integration and comprehensive rural revitalization, the rural world is vast and agriculture has great potential. It is necessary to further improve the system and mechanism, increase support and guarantee, improve development conditions, and let the good opportunities and good environment in the countryside attract more talents to come and build careers, and inject vigorous vitality into rural development and revitalization.

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Newly produced batteries will have unique identification codes

This newspaper reported from Beijing on June 2nd (Reporter: Lin Lili (林丽鹂)) To strengthen the safety and quality management of lithium-ion batteries throughout their entire life cycle, the State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) (市场监管总局) (the National Standardization Administration (国家标准委)) recently approved and released the "Lithium-ion Battery Coding Rules" (GB/T 45565—2025), which will be implemented on November 1, 2025.

The standard assigns a unique identification code to each newly produced battery product, with a scope of application covering all levels of products from individual cells to battery systems. Through a "one battery, one code" approach, it is possible to achieve full life cycle process control from the production end to the recycling end, providing an important reference basis for product traceability and industry supervision. Next, the State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) (市场监管总局) (the National Standardization Administration (国家标准委)) will organize relevant standardization technical committees to strengthen the promotion and application of the standard, accelerate the effective connection and coordinated unification of relevant standards in the lithium battery standard system, and consolidate the foundation for the safe production of lithium battery products.

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Xinjiang's Duku Highway Reopens to Traffic

This newspaper Urumqi (乌鲁木齐) June 2nd (Reporter Li Yanan (李亚楠)) The Duku Highway, known as one of "China's most beautiful highways," reopened to traffic on May 31st, and small passenger cars with 7 seats or less are allowed to pass. According to statistics from the Traffic Police Corps of the Public Security Department of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (新疆维吾尔自治区公安厅交通警察总队), the traffic flow into the Duku Highway reached 56,646 vehicles in the first 3 days before the opening.

The Duku Highway is an important part of National Highway 217, starting from Dushanzi (独山子) in the north and ending in Kuqa (库车) in the south, with a total length of 561 kilometers. It traverses various landforms such as snow-capped mountains, grasslands, and canyons, and is a scenic avenue running through the Tianshan (天山) Mountains. After October each year, with the increase of snowfall, the Duku Highway experiences snow accumulation, icing, and other phenomena, making it impassable, and it will be temporarily closed.

This year, the Xinjiang (新疆) highway maintenance department dispatched snow removal personnel and machinery in advance to continuously clear snow and ice, and accelerated the repair of damaged road surfaces and roadbeds, cleared road debris and landslides, and repaired traffic safety facilities. With the completion of snow removal and road surface repair work, the Duku Highway has the conditions for opening, and the opening time this year is earlier than last year.

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Editor in Charge for This Section: Wu Yan, Lü Zhongzheng, Wang Donghui

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Accelerating the Formation of New Production Relations Adapted to New Quality Productive Forces (In-depth Study and Implementation of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era: Experts Discuss Studying Volume I of "Xi Jinping's Economic Anthology")

By: 曲永义

Developing new quality productive forces is an intrinsic requirement and an important focus for promoting high-quality development, objectively requiring the accelerated formation of new types of production relations. Many works in the first volume of *Xi Jinping's Economic Anthology* (《习近平经济文选》) make profound discussions on developing new quality productive forces and forming new types of production relations. For example, *Deeply Understanding the New Development Concept and Promoting Supply-Side Structural Reform* points out: "The supply-side structural reform we are talking about emphasizes both supply and demand, highlights the development of social productive forces and pays attention to improving production relations, gives play to the decisive role of the market in resource allocation and gives better play to the role of the government, and focuses on the present and the long-term"; *What is New Quality Productive Forces and How to Develop New Quality Productive Forces* points out: "To develop new quality productive forces, we must further comprehensively deepen reform and form new types of production relations that are compatible with it"; *Several Major Theoretical and Practical Issues in Further Comprehensively Deepening Reform* points out: "Resolutely eliminate the institutional and mechanism drawbacks that affect and restrict high-quality development, improve the production relations that are more compatible with new quality productive forces, and shape new momentum and new advantages for development"; and so on. At present, with the accelerated integration of technological innovation and industrial innovation represented by digitalization, networking, intelligence, and greening, new quality productive forces characterized by high technology, high efficiency, and high quality are being formed in practice, and new requirements are put forward for the rights allocation, governance structure, and cooperation model of innovation elements such as technology, data, and talent. It is urgently needed to form new types of production relations that are compatible with new quality productive forces. Deeply understanding the movement and change laws, essential structure, manifestation forms, and typical characteristics of new types of production relations and new quality productive forces will help to further comprehensively deepen reform, eliminate ideological constraints and institutional and mechanism obstacles that hinder the development of new quality productive forces, accelerate the formation of new types of production relations that are compatible with new quality productive forces, and solidly promote high-quality development and accelerate the realization of Chinese-style modernization.

Accelerating the formation of new types of production relations is an intrinsic requirement for developing new quality productive forces, and it is also an important prerequisite for seizing development opportunities and building competitive advantages.

General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out in *What is New Quality Productive Forces and How to Develop New Quality Productive Forces*: "Productive forces are the fundamental driving force of human social development, and also the ultimate reason for all social changes and political reforms." Looking at the development history of human society, the fundamental driving force is the breakthrough transformation and leapfrog transition of productive forces. However, facing the opportunities brought by the transformation of productive forces, different countries have different abilities to promote the development of productive forces. The main reason lies in whether they can form production relations that meet the requirements of new productive forces development in line with the times. In the process of developing new quality productive forces, whether it is a revolutionary technological breakthrough, an innovative allocation of production factors, or an in-depth transformation and upgrading of industries, it is inseparable from building new types of production relations that are compatible with it. For example, with the large-scale emergence and widespread application of new technologies in recent years, the changes in production models driven by data elements, intelligent algorithms, and network collaboration, as well as the development of new economic forms such as e-commerce, the sharing economy, and the gig economy, all urgently require improving relevant systems and mechanisms to help and ensure their healthy and orderly development.

From the perspective of the reaction of production relations on productive forces, further comprehensively deepening reform and accelerating the formation of new types of production relations around new quality productive forces is a necessary condition for cultivating and developing new quality productive forces. For example, artificial intelligence is a typical representative of new quality productive forces, but to effectively apply artificial intelligence to all walks of life and truly exert the effect of improving productivity, it is necessary to build production relations that are compatible with its technology-economic paradigm. This is because the industrial application of artificial intelligence is not a simple technology output. It requires close cooperation between artificial intelligence technology research and development institutions and application enterprises to jointly create digital solutions in new forms of enterprise organization, thereby promoting the integrated innovation and widespread application of artificial intelligence; at the same time, the effectiveness of artificial intelligence requires massive data. Only by building a sound system of data confirmation, transaction, and income can we fully stimulate artificial intelligence model training and industrial applications, and release the productivity improvement effect of artificial intelligence.

At present, a new round of technological revolution and industrial transformation is accelerating and expanding globally, providing important opportunities for cultivating and developing new quality productive forces. Accelerating the formation of new types of production relations that are compatible with new quality productive forces is the key to taking the initiative and winning the future in this round of technological revolution and industrial transformation. From a competitive perspective, the international competition of new quality productive forces is largely a competition of new types of production relations. Whether new types of production relations can be built is an important prerequisite for seizing development opportunities and building advantages. In recent years, some European and American countries have strengthened selective industrial policies around fields such as semiconductors, artificial intelligence, and quantum technology. In essence, they are reconstructing production relations through industrial policy means such as land, taxation, and subsidies, accelerating the promotion of their own technological innovation capabilities, and forming a quality of productive forces that is different from the past, in order to seize the commanding heights of technological revolution and industrial transformation. From the history of the evolution of the international landscape driven by changes in productive forces, building production relations that are compatible with new productive forces is the key for late-developing countries to seize strategic opportunities and achieve overtaking on curves. For example, the UK's leading position in seizing the opportunities of the First Industrial Revolution was inseparable from the construction of intellectual property protection systems and modern banking systems. Germany's rise in the Second Industrial Revolution was inseparable from the formation of research universities and research and development institutions. The United States' becoming a world power in the Third Industrial Revolution was inseparable from the reshaping of modern capital market systems, modern company systems, and antitrust systems. At present, the fundamental reason why my country can form unique advantages in this round of global competition is that General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) has foresight and took the lead in proposing the original concept of new quality productive forces, and promoted reforms in the science and technology system, education system, and talent system, laying a theoretical foundation and pointing out the direction of development for the development of new quality productive forces in my country and participation in international competition.

Accelerating the formation of new types of production relations from reality requires breaking some cognitive misunderstandings and finding the right starting point and path.

General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out in *Deepening the Understanding of Major Issues in Medium- and Long-Term Economic and Social Development*: "Society is constantly developing, and the systems and mechanisms for regulating social relations and social activities are constantly improving, so as to continuously adapt to the requirements of liberating and developing social productive forces." New types of production relations have rich connotations and broad extensions. Reforms and policy optimizations in various fields and aspects of economic and social development can be regarded as reshaping and optimizing production relations. At the same time, it must also be seen that how to find the key starting points and paths to accelerate the formation of new types of production relations in the practice of reform and development often faces some dilemmas. For example, although it is recognized that the development of new quality productive forces requires accelerating the formation of new types of production relations, some places have the situation of 盲人摸象 (máng rén mō xiàng - "blind men touching an elephant," drawing wrong conclusions from incomplete data) and do not know where to start or how to reform, and some places have the problem of 眉毛胡子一把抓 (méi mao hú zi yī bǎ zhuā - "grabbing both eyebrows and beard at once," tackling all problems at the same time without prioritizing) and blindly promoting reform; for another example, due to the inability to accurately identify the "new" core of new types of production relations, or due to path dependence on traditional production relations, some places still face the dilemma of conditional constraints in building new types of production relations; and so on.

To solve the above problems, we must deeply study and understand the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important expositions, form correct ideological concepts, break some cognitive misunderstandings, and grasp the dialectical unity of breaking and establishing. First, the formation of new types of production relations cannot be separated from the development level of new quality productive forces. Productive forces determine production relations, and adapting to and promoting the development of new quality productive forces is the "touchstone" for judging the effectiveness of reform. For example, Zhejiang Province (浙江省) launched the "415X" advanced manufacturing cluster construction action plan, and in 2024, the operating income of industrial enterprises above designated size in the "415X" advanced manufacturing cluster reached 9.19 trillion yuan. Zhejiang Province (浙江省) is building industrial clusters such as intelligent Internet of Things and high-end software, relying on its solid industrial base, innovation conditions, and location advantages. However, if the same measures are taken in other regions that do not have these conditions, it is easy to produce a situation of "rushing up" in these emerging fields, which will not only fail to develop new quality productive forces, but may also cause huge waste. Second, policies and measures cannot be separated from industrial characteristics and development laws. New quality productive forces have different manifestations in different industries, and the new types of production relations that are compatible with them should not be uniform. For example, industrial policies for governing crude steel cannot be used for the new materials industry. At the same time, different industrial policies should also be formulated according to different stages of industrial development. For example, the industrial policy in the development of my country's mobile communication industry, 1G focuses on solving the problem of "existence" with "technology introduction," 2G focuses on continuously narrowing the gap in "following" with "digestion, absorption, and re-innovation," 3G focuses on leading the development of an independent industrial chain with "independent standard construction," 4G focuses on achieving win-win cooperation in "parallel running" with "standard integration + integrated innovation," and the current 5G application and 6G research and development focus on strengthening original innovation to lead global industrial development. Third, different problems should be specifically analyzed for their nature and treated separately. For example, for some large enterprises that use monopoly advantages and platform algorithms to form "digital Taylorism," it is necessary to timely curb the imbalance between value creation and benefit distribution, and prevent damage to the rights and interests of flexible employees, takeaway riders, and other new employment forms. On this basis, we must further comprehensively deepen reform and handle the relationship between deployment and implementation.

Deepening economic system reform is the focus. The essence of economic system reform is to adjust and optimize production relations and the superstructure according to the needs of productive forces development, so as to liberate and develop social productive forces and stimulate and enhance social vitality. More than 20 years ago, facing the constraints of resource and environmental factors and ecological environment while working in Zhejiang (浙江), Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) tailored the "Eight-Eight Strategy" (八八战略) for Zhejiang's (浙江) development, which is to use Zhejiang's (浙江) comparative advantages and potential advantages in eight aspects of productive forces development to promote reforms in eight aspects, transform them into Zhejiang's (浙江) first-mover advantages and characteristic advantages in productive forces development, and promote the all-round, systematic, and deep-level transformation of Zhejiang's (浙江) economic development, setting a model for accelerating the formation of new production relations. Since the new era, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) at its core has united and led the whole Party, the whole army, and the people of all ethnic groups across the country, with great historical initiative, great political courage, and a strong sense of responsibility, breaking through ideological constraints, breaking through the barriers of solidified interests, daring to advance into the deep water area, daring to gnaw at hard bones, daring to wade through dangerous shoals, resolutely eliminating the drawbacks of various systems and mechanisms, establishing and improving the institutional system in various fields, and further liberating and developing social productive forces. The Third Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee drew a grand blueprint for promoting Chinese-style modernization with further comprehensively deepening reform, made important arrangements for reforms in various fields of socialism with Chinese characteristics with economic system reform as the traction, and proposed more than 300 reform measures. To further deepen economic system reform, an important aspect is to further emancipate the mind around the formation of new types of production relations, break down the barriers that are not conducive to the development of new quality productive forces, unblock the blockages that affect the development of new quality productive forces, and shape new momentum and new advantages for development.

Stimulating the innovation vitality of micro-subjects and enhancing original innovation capabilities is the core. The essence of productive forces development is the continuous improvement of human ability to transform nature and create material products and spiritual products. Compared with traditional productive forces, the significant feature of new quality productive forces is innovation. Accelerating the formation of new types of production relations that are compatible with the development of new quality productive forces is to strengthen the innovation incentives for various micro-subjects by adjusting and reshaping various relationships in the production process, enhance their innovation motivation, form a situation of collaborative and efficient innovation among various subjects, and provide solid support for the development of new quality productive forces. From the perspective of innovation subject types, laborers, the most active and decisive element in productive forces, are the most micro-subjects that promote innovation. Building new types of production relations is to cultivate laborers that are compatible with new quality productive forces by deepening education system and science and technology system reform, and fully stimulate the innovation motivation and innovation vitality of various talents; enterprises are the most important organizational units that promote innovation. Building new types of production relations should strengthen the innovation subject status of enterprises and stimulate enterprises to increase innovation investment in the process of improving the socialist market economic system and correctly handling the relationship between the government and the market. From the perspective of innovation activity content, the key to accelerating the formation of new quality productive forces is to enhance the original innovation capabilities and disruptive innovation capabilities of various subjects. The innovation required by new quality productive forces emphasizes the role of original innovation, underlying technology innovation, and breakthrough innovation, and emphasizes the realization of high-level scientific and technological self-reliance and self-improvement through original innovation and independent control of key core technologies. This requires that the innovation behavior stimulated by new types of production relations is more about stimulating the basic research investment of various subjects and enhancing original innovation and breakthrough innovation capabilities.

Key tasks and measures to accelerate the formation of new types of production relations

General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out in *Deepening the Understanding of Major Issues in Medium- and Long-Term Economic and Social Development*: "Reform is the key to liberating and developing social productive forces and the fundamental driving force for promoting national development"; in *What is New Quality Productive Forces and How to Develop New Quality Productive Forces* he pointed out: "New quality productive forces require both the government's forward-looking planning and guidance, scientific policy support, and the market mechanism adjustment and continuous innovation of micro-subjects such as enterprises, which are formed by the joint cultivation and driving of the government's 'visible hand' and the market's 'invisible hand'." To accelerate the development of new quality productive forces, it is necessary to systematically plan key tasks and deploy reform measures in the framework of coordinating the overall layout of the "five-in-one" and coordinating the strategic layout of the "four comprehensives" in accordance with the requirements of the Third Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee, and accelerate the formation of new types of production relations that are compatible with new quality productive forces.

Promote the better combination of an effective market and a capable government to form a scientific and efficient institutional system. First, establish a high-standard market system, especially in long-term market transactions, various aspects of relationships such as production, distribution, circulation, and consumption that are relatively stable are spontaneously formed through price mechanisms, competition mechanisms, etc., such as contract systems, platform models, etc., and accelerate the smooth flow of various advanced and high-quality production factors to the development of new quality productive forces. Second, promote the improvement of systems and mechanisms and policy systems, and form production relations that are conducive to the development of productive forces in various fields and links around the needs of socialized mass production, such as improving the intellectual property protection system, the scientific and technological achievement transformation system, and the original innovation system, and focus on unblocking the blockages that restrict the development of new quality productive forces. Third, encourage enterprises to promote organizational model changes, distribution mechanism innovation, governance system restructuring, etc., and accelerate the formation of a new institutional framework that is inclusive of technological evolution, guarantees the rights and interests of multiple subjects, and promotes value co-creation and sharing. In this process, it is necessary to better play the role of the government while accurately grasping the boundary of government behavior, eliminate the monopoly behavior that still exists in some competitive factor markets, promote the acceleration of the formation of a unified national market, create a more fair, open, and just competitive environment, allow the market mechanism to play a greater role more fully, and allow new types of production relations to be more efficiently conceived in the market mechanism; give play to the government's role in market supervision, promote the improvement of the anti-unfair competition law, the anti-monopoly law, and other institutional systems and policy systems, and regulate the behavior of business entities; in areas where there are externalities, coordination failures, and other market failures, give full play to the intervention role of government policies.
Innovate the allocation of factors of production and give full play to the enabling role of data factors. At present, the value of data as a key factor of production is becoming increasingly prominent, and it is empowering the development of new quality productive forces. To adapt to this trend, we must accelerate the establishment of a system for determining data property rights attribution, market transactions, equity distribution, and interest protection, and innovate the allocation of data factors. We must further improve the data property rights system, promote the structural separation and orderly circulation of data-related rights, and strengthen the supply of high-quality data factors in combination with the characteristics of data factors. Under the national data classification and grading protection system, we will promote the classification and grading of data for confirmation of rights, authorization of use, and market-oriented circulation and trading, improve the data factor equity protection system, and gradually form a data property rights system with Chinese characteristics. Improve the market-oriented allocation mechanism of data and other factors, expand the scope of market-oriented allocation of data factors, and expand the channels for participating in distribution according to value contribution. At the same time, improve the construction of the intellectual property system, coordinate and promote the revision of the Patent Law, Trademark Law, Copyright Law, Anti-Monopoly Law, and Law on the Progress of Science and Technology, and enhance the consistency between laws. Optimize the implementation of the intellectual property system and reduce the cost of intellectual property rights protection.

Deepen the reform of the science and technology innovation system and remove the bottlenecks that hinder the development of new quality productive forces. Scientific and technological innovation is the core element for developing new quality productive forces. In accordance with the requirements for developing new quality productive forces, we must smooth the virtuous cycle of education, science and technology, and talent, and improve the working mechanism for talent training, introduction, use, and rational flow. In particular, in response to the current problems of key core technologies being subject to bottlenecks and weak original innovation capabilities in China, we will build a targeted system of systems and policies and measures with the goal of stimulating investment in basic research and strengthening the improvement of original innovation capabilities. According to the trend of scientific and technological development, optimize the discipline settings and talent training models of colleges and universities, and cultivate urgently needed talents for the development of new quality productive forces. Clarify the differentiated positioning of universities, research institutions, and enterprises in basic research, and consolidate the foundation of basic research. Improve the mechanism for factor participation in distribution, stimulate the vitality of labor, knowledge, technology, management, capital, data and other factors of production, and better reflect the market value of knowledge and technical talents in the development of new quality productive forces. Improve the system and mechanism for supporting the development of venture capital funds, clarify the positioning of government investment funds, improve the hierarchical and classified management mechanism, improve the level of professional and market-oriented operation, and promote the formation of a high-quality development pattern of government investment funds with moderate scale, reasonable layout, standardized operation, scientific efficiency, and controllable risks; expand the scale of market-oriented risk investment funds and improve the operating efficiency of market-oriented risk investment funds. At the same time, improve the mechanism for the transformation of scientific and technological achievements, and around the development of new quality productive forces, apply scientific and technological innovation achievements to specific industrial chains in a timely manner, transform and upgrade traditional industries, cultivate and strengthen emerging industries, and deploy and build future industries. Improve the system and mechanism for promoting the expansion of high-level opening up to the outside world, promote international exchanges and cooperation in scientific and technological innovation activities, and create a good international environment for the development of new quality productive forces.

(The author is a researcher at the Xi Jinping (习近平) Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era Research Center of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (中国社会科学院).)

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Creating a strong atmosphere where labor creates happiness and hard work leads to great achievements.

By: 黄 臻

Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) has attached great importance to and cared for the working masses, repeatedly praising labor and encouraging hard work, emphasizing that "the new era is an era for strivers" and "everyone is a witness, creator, and builder of the new era," and proposing the important conclusion that "labor creates happiness, and hard work achieves great undertakings." General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important expositions profoundly reveal the basic laws of human social development, with profound theoretical connotations and clear practical orientations, arousing the fighting passion of workers in the new era, and gathering powerful positive energy for comprehensively promoting the construction of a strong country and the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation with Chinese-style modernization.

In the new era and on the new journey, promoting high-quality development requires the vast number of workers to make contributions, seizing opportunities in the new round of technological revolution and industrial transformation requires the vast number of workers to innovate and create, and promoting common prosperity requires the vast number of workers to work hard and dedicate themselves. We must strive to create a strong atmosphere of "labor creates happiness, and hard work achieves great undertakings," so that labor becomes the value foundation for enhancing people's sense of gain, happiness, and security, and realizing people's yearning for a better life.

"Labor creates happiness, and hard work achieves great undertakings" is a scientific conclusion drawn from adhering to the "two combinations." General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "Labor is the essential activity of mankind, and the glory of labor and the greatness of creation are important interpretations of the laws of human civilization progress." Marxism believes that labor created man himself, plays a decisive role in the formation of human social relations, and is the fundamental force driving human social progress. As the basic way of human existence, labor not only brings mankind into close contact with nature, obtaining production and living materials from nature, but also promotes the formation of interpersonal relationships, promotes human social progress, and creates people's happy lives. The Chinese nation has had a glorious tradition of advocating labor and respecting labor since ancient times. "People's livelihood lies in diligence, and diligence leads to abundance" and "As heaven maintains vigor through movement, a gentleman should constantly strive for self-improvement" all demonstrate that the spirit of labor has always been the key code for the continuous development of Chinese civilization. Labor and struggle have become the distinct spiritual background of the Chinese nation, laying the cornerstone and building the ladder for national rejuvenation and national prosperity. "Labor creates happiness, and hard work achieves great undertakings" is an important conclusion formed by combining the basic principles of Marxism with the specific reality of China and with China's excellent traditional culture, deepening our understanding of labor and the value of labor.

General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "The 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China clarified the central task of comprehensively promoting the construction of a strong country and the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation with Chinese-style modernization. This central task is the theme of our country's workers' movement in the new era." To accomplish this central task, we must vigorously create a strong atmosphere of "labor creates happiness, and hard work achieves great undertakings," vigorously promote the social ethos that labor is the most glorious, labor is the most noble, labor is the greatest, and labor is the most beautiful, so that every worker deeply realizes that they are practitioners and contributors to the great cause of building a strong country and rejuvenating the nation, and wholeheartedly devote themselves to the torrent of Chinese-style modernization, writing a new chapter of struggle on the new journey through hard work. We must vigorously promote the spirit of model workers, the spirit of labor, and the spirit of craftsmanship, and encourage all the people to realize their yearning for a better life through hard work, honest labor, and creative labor. We must advocate the belief and conscious action of patriotism and dedication, innovation and creation, take the core socialist values as the guide, and encourage workers to integrate personal growth and enterprise development into the practice of pursuing national prosperity and national rejuvenation. We must guide workers to actively respond to national development strategies and contribute to implementing the new development concept, building a new development pattern, and promoting high-quality development. We must encourage diligence and innovation to get rich, carry forward the fine traditions of the Chinese nation of diligence, bravery, and hard work, and effectively stimulate the enthusiasm, initiative, and creativity of the vast number of workers, so that workers become the creators and sharers of a happy life.

Employment is the fundamental prerequisite for labor to create happiness. We must efficiently implement the employment-first strategy and promote high-quality and full employment. We must prospectively study and judge the overall characteristics of China's labor market in the current and future periods, improve the matching degree of the total supply and total demand of the labor market, focus on solving structural employment contradictions, and create a good public opinion atmosphere and social environment that "there is no distinction between noble and humble occupations, and labor is respected," "every trade can produce an expert," and "grassroots employment is equally outstanding," so that labor becomes a key way for the people to become rich and realize their self-worth. The quality of workers is crucial to the development of a country and a nation. We must accelerate the construction of a strong country in education, continuously optimize the structure of education supply, promote the high-quality development of education closely around the "four orientations," and effectively improve the quality and skills of all types of workers. Common prosperity must be realized by the vast number of workers and reflected in the vast number of workers. We must improve the income distribution system, standardize the wealth accumulation mechanism, adhere to the principle of more pay for more work, and orderly increase the weight of labor, skills, knowledge, innovation, and other factors in income distribution. At the same time, we must comprehensively protect the legitimate rights and interests of workers, take various means to safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of new employment groups, dare to show our swords and be brave in holding accountable for acts that infringe on the rights and interests of workers, form a good atmosphere of encouraging labor and respecting labor, build and develop harmonious labor relations, and promote social harmony.

(The author is the Dean of the School of Social Development, Hunan Women's University (湖南女子学院).)

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Integrating Volunteer Service Education into Ideological and Political Courses

By: 李智水

Volunteer service is an important symbol of social progress and a vivid practice of our Party in the new era to guide and mobilize the masses to contribute their wisdom and strength, create a better life, and achieve their goals. As the May Fourth Youth Day approached this year, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out in his reply to the members of the Western China Program Volunteer Service Team for Borderland Education at Xieyite Primary School (谢依特小学): "You have responded to the Party's call to teach and educate people in the western border areas, playing an active role in promoting the development of local education, promoting ethnic unity and progress, and promoting prosperity and stability in the border areas, and you yourselves have also been tempered and grown." In April 2024, the "Opinions on Improving the Volunteer Service System in the New Era" issued by the General Office of the CPC Central Committee and the General Office of the State Council emphasized: "Volunteer service should be taken as an important part of ideological and moral construction for minors and ideological and political education for college students, and should be incorporated into school education and teaching and students' social practice." Ideological and political courses undertake the important mission of carrying out volunteer service education and are an important front for guiding students to promote the spirit of volunteerism and contribute their youthful strength. Integrating volunteer service education into ideological and political courses requires explaining to students the important significance of volunteer service in comprehensively promoting the construction of a strong country and the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation with Chinese-style modernization, and guiding students to take responsibility and make contributions in serving the western region, serving the countryside, and serving the grassroots.

　　Adhere to the unity of serving the people and having the world in mind. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "Chinese youth in the new era should have a sense of family and country, and also have humanistic care." Serving the people and dedicating oneself to the motherland is the correct direction for the development of contemporary Chinese youth and the value orientation that volunteer service education must adhere to. Ideological and political courses should deeply explore the touching stories of young volunteers in serving the people and dedicating themselves to the motherland, such as the young college student volunteer service of the Science and Technology Small Courtyard of China Agricultural University (中国农业大学) to comprehensively revitalize the countryside, and the environmental protection volunteers in the Danjiangkou Reservoir (丹江口水库) area of Shiyan (十堰), Hubei (湖北), who are dedicated to protecting the reservoir. Teachers of ideological and political courses should integrate these typical cases into teaching so that students can establish a sense of family and country and serving the people in volunteer service education. Volunteer service not only has the intrinsic value of contributing youth strength to the realization of the Chinese dream, but also has the world significance of creating the most beautiful "Chinese business card" with youthful passion. Integrating volunteer service education into ideological and political courses also requires teachers of ideological and political courses to pay attention to cultivating students' broad minds that embrace all rivers and moral sentiments that have the world in mind. In the process of carrying out volunteer service education, teachers of ideological and political courses should adhere to basing themselves on their own country while facing the international community, and guide students to participate in international volunteer service projects within their capabilities, so that volunteer service can resonate in the deep cultivation of family and country feelings and the cultivation of humanistic care.

　　Adhere to the combination of classroom education and practical experience. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "We should widely promote the spirit of volunteerism of dedication, friendship, mutual assistance, and progress throughout society, better play the active role of volunteer service, and promote social civilization and progress." The essence of ideological and political courses is to reason, and we should pay attention to using the basic principles of Marxism to explain to students the action attributes, social significance, and practical value of volunteer service; use the worldview and methodology of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era to explain to students the historical logic, theoretical logic, and practical logic of volunteer service in promoting the construction of Chinese-style modernization; and use the typical cases of volunteer service that have emerged since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China to explain to students the internal connection between volunteers serving the people, dedicating themselves to the motherland, and their own experience and personal growth. At the practical teaching level of the large social classroom, we should actively create "walking ideological and political courses" so that students can feel the contemporary value of volunteer service in participating in various social practices of volunteer service.

　　Adhere to the coupling of goal focus and through-train education. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) made important instructions on the construction of ideological and political courses in schools, emphasizing: "We should deeply promote the integrated construction of ideological and political education in primary, secondary, and higher education." As an important part of ideological and political education, volunteer service should not only run through the teaching of ideological and political courses in different school sections, reflecting the continuity of the content of volunteer service education, but also fully consider the laws of education and teaching and the laws of student growth in different school sections, reflecting the grade difference of volunteer service education, so as to achieve the coupling of goal focus and through-train education. From a vertical perspective, we should take the implementation of the fundamental task of cultivating morality and cultivating people as the foothold, adhere to the concept of integrated education, strengthen the top-level design of integrated promotion in primary, secondary, and higher education, and gradually run through the essence, contemporary value, and social significance of volunteer service in all school sections. From a horizontal perspective, we should fully consider the physical and mental characteristics of students in different school sections, focus on the value goals of ideological and political course teaching in different school sections, and carry out volunteer service education with differences and emphasis. For example, in the primary school stage, we can carry out enlightenment education on volunteer service through storytelling and other methods; in the middle school stage, we should focus on responsibility education for volunteer service and strengthen students' social responsibility awareness through practical experience; and in the university stage, we should use ideological and political courses to conduct academic interpretation of volunteer service education and transform college students' perceptual knowledge and emotional experience of volunteer service into value beliefs.

　　(Author's unit: Marxism College of Jiangsu Business and Trade Vocational College (江苏商贸职业学院))

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Helping to Build an Even Closer China-Central Asia Community with a Shared Future

By: 本报记者  张志文  李  强  陈尚文

On May 29th, the 2025 China-Central Asia Media Cooperation Forum, themed "Silk Road Together, Media Together: Building a Closer China-Central Asia Community of Destiny," was held in Astana (阿斯塔纳), the capital of Kazakhstan. Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev (托卡耶夫) sent a congratulatory letter to the forum, which was read by Arman Kyrykbayev (阿尔曼·基雷克巴耶夫), Assistant to the President of Kazakhstan for Domestic Policy and Communications.

The forum was co-hosted by the People's Daily (人民日报社) and the Kazakhstan Radio and Television Corporation under the President of Kazakhstan. More than 200 media representatives, experts, scholars, and business representatives from China and Central Asian countries attended. Attendees agreed that media exchange is an important part of China-Central Asia relations. Media from China and Central Asian countries should grasp the trend of the times, expand cooperation ideas, jointly tell stories of friendship and cooperation, and contribute wisdom and strength to building a closer China-Central Asia community of destiny.

Promoting the Silk Road Spirit

Gathering Media Strength

Tokayev (托卡耶夫) said in his congratulatory letter that the "Belt and Road" Initiative proposed by Chinese President Xi Jinping (习近平) has won wide recognition from the international community as a strategic concept to promote global cooperation. Kazakhstan attaches great importance to developing friendly relations with China. The 2025 China-Central Asia Media Cooperation Forum aims to deepen integration and cooperation between China and Central Asian countries. It is an important event based on consensus and trust in the media field and dedicated to strengthening partnerships. Such forums will help establish stable, open, and creative cooperation principles in the Eurasian region, and will also stimulate new ideas and constructive insights that will greatly benefit all countries in the region.

Raushan Kazhybayeva (娆姗·卡吉巴耶娃), Director General of the Kazakhstan Radio and Television Corporation under the President of Kazakhstan, said that the joint construction of the "Belt and Road" Initiative not only focuses on infrastructure construction and economic development, but also becomes an important carrier of the concept of a community of human destiny. Understanding and affinity between countries begins with mutual understanding and respect, and the role of the media in this process cannot be underestimated. Media cooperation is not only the exchange and sharing of content, but also contributes to regional peace and stability.

Fang Jiangshan (方江山), Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the People's Daily (人民日报社), said that China and Central Asia are our common home, and peace, development, prosperity, and stability are the common pursuit and vision of China and the five Central Asian countries. The People's Daily (人民日报社) is willing to work with the media of Central Asian countries in the same direction and with the same heart, taking this forum as a new starting point to further deepen practical exchanges and cooperation, draw a new picture of China-Central Asia media cooperation, let the good voices of China-Central Asia cooperation spread further, and let the positive energy of the China-Central Asia community of destiny gather stronger.

Sun Weidong (孙炜东), Secretary-General of the China-Central Asia Mechanism, said that in recent years, China's relations with Central Asian countries have become closer, political and strategic mutual trust has continued to deepen, and cooperation in various fields has developed in a comprehensive and in-depth manner. Since the first China-Central Asia Summit, exchanges and cooperation between Chinese and Central Asian media have become closer, reaching the broad masses of people in various countries, effectively strengthening regional cooperation and promoting people-to-people connectivity.

Moving Forward Hand in Hand

Creating a Better Future Together

In recent years, the People's Daily (人民日报社) has continuously deepened cooperation with Central Asian media, and the results of exchanges have been fruitful. The holding of this forum is in line with the needs of China and Central Asian media to deepen cooperation, and aims to build a high-quality platform for both sides to enhance mutual trust and promote cultural exchanges.

Yevgeny Kochetov (叶夫根尼·科切托夫), Vice Minister of Culture and Information of Kazakhstan, said that in recent years, we have witnessed increasingly close exchanges between Central Asian countries and China in the cultural and economic fields. In this context, media cooperation has increasingly become an important part of cooperation between Central Asian countries and China. Through regular exchanges and the implementation of joint media projects, cultural exchanges between countries have continued to expand and move to new heights. I believe that this forum will provide a good platform for further deepening cooperation and exchanging experiences.

Han Chunlin (韩春霖), Chinese Ambassador to Kazakhstan, said that for many years, Chinese and Central Asian media have jointly told vivid stories of mutual understanding, sharing opportunities, and common development between countries, creating a good public opinion atmosphere for cooperation in various fields. At present, China-Central Asia cooperation is constantly deepening and becoming more practical. The media should give full play to its own advantages, promote the main theme of unity and cooperation, enhance mutual learning among civilizations, and write a more brilliant chapter for building a closer China-Central Asia community of destiny.

Meederbek Shermetaliev (梅杰尔别克·舍尔梅塔利耶夫), President of the Kabar National News Agency of Kyrgyzstan, said that the Silk Road is not only a geographical route, but also a symbol of mutual respect, peaceful coexistence, and common development. In order to jointly address the new challenges of the digital age, we need to further strengthen cooperation, establish a joint fact-checking mechanism platform, improve media literacy, develop professional exchanges, and continue to work to promote information transparency and deepen bilateral dialogue. We look forward to and are committed to deepening cooperation between national information agencies and developing digital media within the framework of the "Belt and Road" Initiative.

Sukhrob Laufzoda (苏赫罗普·劳夫佐达), Editor-in-Chief of the Tajik People's Tribune, said that the people of Central Asia and the Chinese people jointly promoted the rise and prosperity of the Silk Road and witnessed the prosperous history of the Silk Road. We look forward to working hand in hand with Chinese media to contribute to the stability and prosperity of the Central Asian region and create a better tomorrow.

Telling Cooperation Stories

Promoting Win-Win Development

During the forum, the "2025 China-Central Asia Media Cooperation Forum Photo Exhibition" and the launching ceremony of the "China-Central Asia Media High-Quality Joint Construction of the 'Belt and Road'" joint interview activity were held successively. The "Belt and Road" News Cooperation Alliance promotion and the musical work "Silk Road Harmony" were released at the forum.

Meyrat Bekmuradov (梅拉特·别克穆拉多夫), President of the Golden Age Electronic Newspaper of Turkmenistan, said that the joint construction of the "Belt and Road" Initiative not only promotes global development and security, but also promotes exchanges and mutual learning among different civilizations, injecting strong impetus into media cooperation. Media from Central Asian countries and China should jointly promote understanding, mutual trust, and friendship, promote media colleagues around the world to seek consensus in cooperation, jointly address the challenges of the times, and achieve mutually beneficial development. "Our common path is leading us towards a closer Central Asia-China community of destiny," said Bekmuradov (别克穆拉多夫).

"The media has built a bridge of friendship, a bridge of cooperation, and a bridge of development for national exchanges and people-to-people connectivity," said Fakhriddin Palpiev (法赫尔丁·帕尔皮耶夫), President of the World News Agency of Uzbekistan. The 2025 China-Central Asia Media Cooperation Forum is not only an important platform for media dialogue at present, but also lays a good foundation for future cooperation between media. We should unite the media forces of Central Asia and China and continue to work towards the common goal of telling good stories of friendly cooperation and promoting mutually beneficial and win-win results.

Elena Zholobova (叶莲娜·若洛博娃), President and Editor-in-Chief of the Kyrgyz Slovo newspaper, said that expanding cooperation between media outlets helps to enhance mutual understanding and promote humanistic dialogue. "Let us work together to make the media space of the Silk Road a region of trust, support, and sincere dialogue, so that reports unite people's hearts; let every article, every news item, and every broadcast remind us that we all live together in a vast region with a common history and future."

Wan Qizhou (万启洲), Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman of China Water Resources and Electric Power International Corporation of China Communications Construction Group, said that he will take this forum as an opportunity to transform the vision of cooperation with Central Asian partners into practical action plans, and work with media friends from various countries to promote exchanges and mutual learning among civilizations.

Chang Fuquan (常福权), Deputy General Manager of China National Petroleum Corporation Central Asia Russia Company, said that every oil and gas field is a "scene" of media narrative, every energy cooperation is a "material" of civilization dialogue, and every builder is a "protagonist" of the Silk Road story. China National Petroleum Corporation is willing to work with partners and media from both sides to use energy as ink and media as a pen to add color to building a closer China-Central Asia community of destiny.

Tan Xiaofeng (谭晓峰), Deputy General Manager of Power Construction Corporation of China Eurasian Regional Headquarters, said that Power Construction Corporation of China always regards green and low-carbon development as its core strategy, helping Central Asian countries optimize their energy structure and coordinate economic and environmental development. In the future, Power Construction Corporation of China will further leverage its integrated advantages of the entire industrial chain, focus on the development of clean energy, and help Central Asian countries achieve sustainable development.

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China-Central Asia People-to-People Connectivity Story Sharing Session Held

This newspaper reports from Astana (阿斯塔纳) (People's Daily reporter Wu Chengliang (吴成良), Liu Jieyan (刘洁妍), Deng Jie (邓洁)) On May 29th, the 2025 China-Central Asia Media Cooperation Forum and the China-Central Asia People-to-People Connectivity Story Sharing Conference were held in Astana (阿斯塔纳), Kazakhstan. Individuals from the tourism, media, and medical sectors of China and Kazakhstan, as well as martial arts enthusiasts and Confucius Institute students, shared heartwarming stories of cultural exchange and mutual learning, and people-to-people connectivity between China and Kazakhstan at the conference.

　　Alisher Tursun (阿利舍尔·吐尔逊), Director of the Project Support Department of the Kazakhstan Tourism National Company, stated that 2024 is the "Kazakhstan Tourism Year" in China, and the number of Chinese tourists visiting Kazakhstan has reached 655,000. The implementation of the mutual visa exemption policy between Kazakhstan and China has effectively stimulated the enthusiasm for two-way tourism between the two countries. 2025 is the "China Tourism Year" in Kazakhstan, and it is hoped that tourism will serve as a bridge to enhance understanding between the people of the two countries through interaction.

　　Serik Korzhumbayev (谢里克·科尔茹姆巴耶夫), Editor-in-Chief of the Kazakhstan Business Newspaper, stated that the media plays a crucial role in breaking down prejudices and enhancing understanding. The cooperation between the Kazakhstan Business Newspaper and Chinese media has been remarkably effective. Through jointly organizing forums and conducting joint interviews, not only has experience sharing been achieved and a long-term cooperation mechanism established, but it has also vividly illustrated how the media can become an important participant in civilizational dialogue.

　　Amirkhan (阿米尔汗), a student at the Confucius Institute of the National Eurasian University of Kazakhstan, played and sang "Jasmine Flower" on the spot, expressing his best wishes for the friendship between the people of Kazakhstan and China with his melodious singing. He said that Chinese culture is profound and learning Chinese is very interesting. He looks forward to studying in China in the future.

　　At the sharing session, People's Daily Online released the documentary "Civilization Symphony: Harmony and Coexistence," showcasing the wonderful moments of cultural exchange and mutual learning between China and Central Asian countries.

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China-Central Asia Media Dialogue Held

This newspaper's Astana (阿斯塔纳) dispatch (Reporter Lin Rui (林芮)) On the afternoon of May 29th, local time, the Media Dialogue of the 2025 China-Central Asia Media Cooperation Forum was held in Astana (阿斯塔纳), Kazakhstan. Representatives from Chinese and Kazakh universities and media engaged in in-depth exchanges at this dialogue event.

The first topic of the dialogue was "Helping Civilizations Learn from Each Other and Jointly Promoting People-to-People Connectivity," aiming to promote cultural and people-to-people exchanges between China and Central Asian countries, promote closer ties between people, and help build a closer China-Central Asia community with a shared future. The second topic was "Digital Intelligence Empowers Communication, Integrated Media Jointly Initiates Development," looking forward to the path of media integration, innovative development, and digital transformation in the new era, promoting the construction of an objective and fair international public opinion landscape, and effectively disseminating the voice of China and Central Asia.

Saule Kossanova (萨乌列·科莎诺娃), President of the Kazakhstan Branch of Beijing Language and Culture University (北京语言大学), said at the dialogue event that more and more Kazakh students are now going to China to study. For Kazakh students, learning Chinese is an important way to understand Chinese thought and culture and achieve in-depth exchanges with the Chinese people.

Aisultan Kulishmanov (艾苏丹·库利什马诺夫), Editor-in-Chief of Tengri News (腾格里新闻网) in Kazakhstan, said that the Chinese TV series "To the Wonder" is very popular in both China and Kazakhstan, once again proving that the Chinese and Kazakh people's interest in each other's cultures is a bridge to understanding and friendship.

At the media dialogue event, the English client of People's Daily (人民日报) promoted the "China-Central Asian Countries Media Short Video Sharing and Communication Program."

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"Green Dream" Themed Exhibition and Global Times "Overseas China Week" Event Promoted in The Hague

This newspaper reports from Astana (阿斯塔纳) (Global Times reporter Hu Yuwei (胡雨薇)) On May 29th, at the 2025 China-Central Asia Media Cooperation Forum held in Astana (阿斯塔纳), Kazakhstan (哈萨克斯坦), the Global Times shared information about the "Green Dream" themed exhibition and the Global Times "Overseas China Week" activities with media representatives from Central Asian countries.

With the theme of "Green Dream," the Global Times comprehensively showcased China's practice of fulfilling its green development commitments through dozens of exquisite photographic works and integrated media reports, vividly interpreting the modern concept of harmonious coexistence between humans and nature, and strengthening the international community's understanding and recognition of China's green development.

《Turkmenistan Newspaper》 reporter Aigul Rakhimova (艾古丽·拉希莫娃) said that China's innovative practices in the fields of green energy and sustainable development not only demonstrate China's responsibility but also provide valuable experience for Central Asian countries. With the continuous improvement of China's international influence, the younger generation in Turkmenistan (土库曼斯坦) is increasingly interested in China and eager to comprehensively understand this Eastern power through the media.

In October 2024, the Global Times launched the first stop of the "Overseas China Week" series of activities in Berlin (柏林), Germany (德国), holding an exhibition themed "Green Dream: Striving for a New Journey of Chinese-style Modernization" to showcase the latest achievements in the construction of a beautiful China.

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Building Bridges to Promote Exchange and Mutual Trust

By: 哈萨克斯坦总统广播电视总局总干事  娆姗·卡吉巴耶娃

In the past, the ancient Silk Road not only promoted trade between China and Central Asian countries, but also promoted cultural exchanges between the people of various countries. The Silk Road is a witness to friendly exchanges and a catalyst for tremendous change.

Today, the land Silk Road that once connected different regions is playing an important role again. In September 2013, President Xi Jinping (习近平) first proposed the joint construction of the "Silk Road Economic Belt" initiative in Kazakhstan (哈萨克斯坦). The subsequent "Belt and Road" initiative not only focuses on infrastructure construction and economic development, but also becomes an important carrier of the concept of a community with a shared future for mankind.

We are discussing not only the circulation of goods, but also the connection of ideas, meanings and trust. Mutual understanding and affinity between countries begin with mutual understanding and respect. In this process, the role of the media cannot be underestimated.

As a new "caravan" on the Silk Road today, the media helps to convey knowledge, culture, news and values to people of all countries. Only by sincerely and deeply telling the story of the "Belt and Road" can we enhance mutual understanding and eliminate prejudice.

Media cooperation is not only the exchange and sharing of content, but also can contribute to regional peace and stability. May we enhance cooperation with a sincere and friendly attitude and build a media bridge to promote exchanges and mutual trust among all parties.

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Working together with unwavering commitment for shared success.

By: 人民日报社副总编辑  方江山

In January 2022, President Xi Jinping (习近平) first proposed "working together to build a closer China-Central Asia community with a shared future" at the video summit commemorating the 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and the five Central Asian countries.

Today, China and the five Central Asian countries have all announced the building of a community with a shared future at the bilateral level. This marks the first time that the concept of a community with a shared future has been fully implemented at the regional multilateral and bilateral levels. The comprehensive coverage of the community with a shared future in Central Asia demonstrates the will and determination of China and the five Central Asian countries to carry out cooperation at a higher level, with higher standards, and of higher quality. The concept of a community with a shared future for mankind is increasingly becoming a global consensus, a world value, and developing into an irreversible powerful trend of common action; the historical trend of economic globalization, which is independent of human will, is irreversible; and the overwhelming trend of mankind living together in a "global village" with increasing interdependence, jointly building and sharing, is irreversible. Only cooperation and mutual benefit can accomplish things, accomplish good things, and accomplish great things. This is a profound enlightenment from jointly practicing the concept of building a community with a shared future for mankind, and it is also a valuable experience for jointly promoting the high-quality construction of the "Belt and Road" initiative.

China and Central Asia are our common home. Media exchanges are an important part of China-Central Asia relations. Our six countries' media professionals should grasp the general trend, strengthen their beliefs, expand their thinking, and take practical actions to jointly tell the vivid stories of mutual assistance and win-win cooperation, so as to gather strength, contribute wisdom, and play a constructive and unique role in building consensus for a closer China-Central Asia community with a shared future.

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Building a Multifunctional Platform for People-to-People Exchanges

By: 哈萨克斯坦文化与信息部副部长  叶夫根尼·科切托夫

In recent years, we have witnessed the increasingly close cultural and economic exchanges between Central Asian countries and China. In this context, media cooperation has become an important component of cooperation between Central Asian countries and China.

Through regular exchanges and the implementation of joint media projects, cultural exchanges between countries have continued to expand and have reached new heights. This has not only enhanced mutual trust but also opened up broad prospects for cooperation in a wider range of areas.

In recent years, Kazakh-Chinese media cooperation has steadily advanced, demonstrating sustainability and a long-term perspective. The establishment of the China-Horgos (霍尔果斯) - Central Asia Media Joint Workstation has provided new impetus for promoting cultural exchange between countries. The initiative to establish cultural centers in the capitals of both countries has also injected new vitality into cultural exchange. It is believed that with the joint efforts of all parties, these joint construction projects are expected to become multi-functional platforms for the two countries to strengthen cultural exchanges.

Currently, the media and creative industries are undergoing rapid transformation, and the rise of new technologies and business forms such as platform economies and artificial intelligence is profoundly changing the way media work and the habits of users.

Kazakhstan (哈萨克斯坦) and China have achieved some positive results in promoting mutual learning between civilizations through modern media. I believe that this forum will provide a good platform for further deepening cooperation and exchanging experiences.

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Being a Good "Booster" for International Cooperation

By: 中国—中亚机制秘书长  孙炜东

The 2025 China-Central Asia Media Cooperation Forum provides an important platform for mainstream media from China and Central Asian countries to strengthen exchanges and deepen cooperation. In recent years, the relationship between China and Central Asian countries has become closer, political and strategic mutual trust has continued to deepen, and cooperation in various fields has developed in a comprehensive and in-depth manner.

Media serves as a bridge and link for China and Central Asian countries to deepen mutually beneficial cooperation and friendship, and undertakes the important function of consolidating the social foundation for building a China-Central Asia community with a shared future. Since the first China-Central Asia Summit, exchanges and cooperation between Chinese and Central Asian media have become closer, reaching the general public of various countries, effectively strengthening regional cooperation, and effectively promoting people-to-people connectivity.

It is hoped that the media of all countries will focus on development and cooperation, tell the stories of the people of all countries building modern countries and jointly pursuing a better life, promote the common positions and propositions of China and Central Asian countries in international affairs, resist any form of false information, and safeguard international fairness and justice while safeguarding their own legitimate rights and interests.

In April of this year, the Sixth China-Central Asia Foreign Ministers' Meeting was held, and all parties expressed their support for the full operation of the Secretariat of the China-Central Asia Mechanism. The Secretariat is willing to cooperate closely with all parties and serve as a "booster" for the construction of the China-Central Asia Mechanism and the cooperation of the six countries.

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Solidifying the Public Opinion Foundation for Good-Neighborly Friendship

By: 中国驻哈萨克斯坦大使  韩春霖

Central Asia, located in the heart of the Eurasian continent, is a vital passage along the ancient Silk Road and one of the world's most promising regions for development today. In recent years, all parties have continuously strengthened political mutual trust and firmly supported each other on issues involving each other's core interests. The China-Central Asia mechanism has grown from scratch and is becoming increasingly perfect, injecting valuable stability into a world intertwined with turmoil.

The media shoulders the mission of promoting people-to-people connectivity and plays an important role in building a community with a shared future for mankind. For many years, Chinese and Central Asian media have jointly told vivid stories of mutual understanding, shared opportunities, and common development among countries, continuously consolidating the public opinion foundation for good-neighborliness and friendship, and creating a good public opinion atmosphere for cooperation in various fields.

Currently, as China-Central Asia cooperation continues to deepen and become more practical, the media should give better play to its own advantages, promote the main theme of unity and cooperation, enhance mutual learning among civilizations, and write a more brilliant chapter for building a closer China-Central Asia community with a shared future.

China has always been a good neighbor, good partner, good friend, and good brother that Central Asian countries can trust and rely on. Standing at a new historical starting point, let us use the media as a bond to continuously spread the voice of cooperation, the voice of justice, and the voice of civilization, so that the Global Development Initiative, the Global Security Initiative, and the Global Civilization Initiative will continue to shine with new brilliance in this land.

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Working Together to Address New Challenges of the Digital Age

By: 吉尔吉斯斯坦卡巴尔国家通讯社社长  梅杰尔别克·舍尔梅塔利耶夫

The ancient Silk Road was not only a trade route but also a bridge for the exchange of knowledge, culture, and technology. China's proposal to jointly build the "Belt and Road" initiative is a continuation of this historical legacy.

Today, the media plays an important role in influencing public opinion, strengthening cultural exchange, and enhancing mutual understanding and trust. China and Central Asian countries are carrying out active media cooperation. However, in the digital age, false information often spreads faster than verified facts, causing a certain degree of negative impact on public opinion, international relations, and mutual trust among people.

In order to jointly address the new challenges of the digital age, we need to further strengthen cooperation, establish a joint fact-checking mechanism platform, improve media literacy, develop professional exchanges, and make continuous efforts in promoting information transparency and deepening bilateral dialogue. We look forward to and are committed to deepening cooperation between national information agencies and developing digital media within the framework of the "Belt and Road" initiative.

The Silk Road is not only a geographical route but also a symbol of mutual respect, peaceful coexistence, and common development. High-quality and efficient news dissemination activities help achieve these goals. By creating a public information space, we are jointly shaping the future picture of China and Central Asia working together for development.

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Jointly tell the story of Tajik-Chinese friendship

By: 塔吉克斯坦《人民论坛报》总编辑 苏赫罗普·劳夫佐达

In the context of increasing global economic uncertainty and complex and volatile geopolitical dynamics, the media of Central Asian countries and China should strengthen cooperation, promote cross-cultural dialogue, enhance mutual understanding, work together to meet challenges, and promote the building of a trust-based partnership.

Tajikistan's friendly relations with China have a long history. Over the past few decades, the two sides have carried out extensive cooperation in the fields of politics, economy, and culture. The media of the two countries also regularly exchange information and conduct joint reports through good cooperation mechanisms. We believe that by deepening media cooperation, the two sides can jointly tell the story of Tajik-Chinese friendship and promote mutual understanding and trust between the two peoples.

In order to further strengthen cooperation, we suggest establishing a regular media exchange mechanism, organizing mutual visits and joint reports by journalists to enhance mutual understanding; jointly holding seminars and training courses to improve the professional quality and cross-cultural communication skills of media practitioners; cooperating to build multilingual news platforms to cover a wider audience; and strengthening cooperation in the field of digital media to jointly address the challenges of information security and cyberspace governance.

We look forward to working hand in hand with the Chinese media to contribute to the stability and prosperity of the Central Asian region and create a better tomorrow.

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Building "Soft" Infrastructure for Information Connectivity

By: 土库曼斯坦《金色世纪》电子报社社长 梅拉特·别克穆拉多夫

For a long time, China and Central Asia have been committed to jointly pursuing the goals of peace and development, which can be traced back to the ancient Silk Road period. Since its birth, the Silk Road has shouldered the important mission of promoting mutual learning among civilizations. It is essential to reshape the Silk Road in the form of modern highways, railways, sea and air routes, and building "soft" infrastructure for information connectivity between countries, and promoting people-to-people connectivity, is equally important for the revival of the Silk Road.

At present, the scope of the "Belt and Road" initiative is growing, sending out voices of peace and co-construction, and the media has an unshirkable responsibility to spread this spirit to all parts of the world.

The emergence of digital tools such as artificial intelligence has brought new resources and new risks. We must remember that technological innovation should not deviate from traditional values, and traditional values should not become an obstacle to change. The two should go hand in hand to create a better world together.

Historically, Turkmenistan was located at the transportation hub of Eurasia and was a meeting place for the cultural traditions and customs of various ethnic groups. Today, we are working with like-minded friends around the world to revive the eternal values ​​carried by the Silk Road. We look forward to better mutual understanding between countries and exploring new models of long-term cooperation through a series of substantive dialogues.

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Building a Green Silk Road Together with People of All Countries

By: 中交集团中国水利电力对外有限公司党委书记、董事长 万启洲

China International Water & Electric Corp. (中国水利电力对外有限公司) has been deeply involved in the Central Asian region for two decades, committed to leveraging its core strengths in water conservancy, electric power, and clean energy to jointly build a green Silk Road and promote regional prosperity with the people of Central Asian countries. A series of typical projects undertaken are not only a bright calling card for "China Construction" but also a vivid testimony to win-win cooperation between China and foreign countries.

Promoting energy cooperation with green development. The Mayna Hydropower Station (玛依纳水电站) built by the company is the first large-scale hydropower station built in Kazakhstan (哈萨克斯坦) since its independence. The Turgusun Hydropower Station (图尔古孙水电站) built by the company is the first clean energy project to be implemented under the framework of China-Kazakhstan production capacity cooperation since the "Belt and Road" initiative was proposed, injecting green momentum into local development.

Creating a better life together by fulfilling overseas responsibilities. The company actively participates in various fields such as facility construction, talent training, and educational assistance, and is committed to turning the goal of "building a power station well, improving an environment, driving local economy, and benefiting the people of a country" into reality.

Continuing to write new chapters of friendship through cultural exchanges. The company conducts a variety of cultural exchange activities through corporate open days, traditional folk festivals, and traditional food sharing, promoting the mutual integration of traditional Chinese culture and the cultures of various ethnic groups in Central Asia, and building a bridge for mutual appreciation and harmonious coexistence of civilizations. 各美其美、美美与共 (gè měi qí měi, měi měi yǔ gòng - "each appreciates its own beauty, and appreciates the beauty of others," a state where different cultures appreciate each other and coexist harmoniously).

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Be a promoter and disseminator of regional development blueprints.

By: 乌兹别克斯坦世界通讯社社长 法赫尔丁·帕尔皮耶夫

The 2025 China-Central Asia Media Cooperation Forum is not only an important platform for current media dialogue, but also lays a good foundation for future cooperation between media outlets. We should unite the media forces of Central Asia and China to continuously strive to tell stories of friendly cooperation and promote the common goal of mutual benefit and win-win results.

With the active promotion of media from both countries, cooperation between Uzbekistan and China in the media field is continuing. At this forum, many representatives from mainstream media, universities, and research institutions in Uzbekistan attended, demonstrating the strong attraction of this forum and related activities to industry professionals.

We gather together not only to protect our common cultural heritage and historical memory, but also to promote today's development and tomorrow's prospects. This forum not only unites us, but also calls on us to work together and become promoters and disseminators of the China-Central Asia development blueprint.

I suggest that a news work solicitation activity on friendship and cooperation be held regularly in the name of China and the five Central Asian countries to attract more media reporters to participate, explore and report more positive and good stories, reflect the vision and development direction of multilateral cooperation, and help build a China-Central Asia community with a shared future.

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Use good reporting to weave a spiritual bond that connects us.

By: 中央广播电视总台亚欧总站站长  王  斌

As a witness, recorder, and promoter of media exchanges between China and Central Asian countries, China Media Group (中央广播电视总台) has always used the power of media to build bridges of friendship and illuminate the path of cooperation with the light of culture. From the implementation of the "Direct Access to Central Asia" news mechanism to the popularity of the multilingual version of "Xi Jinping's Words Close to the People" (《平“语”近人》), China Media Group (中央广播电视总台) has jointly built the "News Hotline" platform to achieve content sharing, and jointly produced documentaries, using the camera to record the pulse of the times of common development between China and Central Asian countries.

China Media Group (中央广播电视总台) will propose the establishment of the "China-Central Asia News Alliance." This alliance will be committed to establishing a news resource sharing mechanism, jointly telling the story of high-quality development between China and Central Asia; carrying out cooperation in cutting-edge fields such as artificial intelligence and 5G communication to enhance the competitiveness of regional media; resisting prejudice through civilized dialogue, enhancing understanding through objective reporting, and consolidating the cultural foundation of a community of common destiny.

When the development stories of the five Central Asian countries and China resonate at the same frequency, they will surely play the strong voice of the era of peace, development, cooperation, and win-win results. Thousands of years ago, camel caravans stepped out of the Silk Road spanning Eurasia; today, media workers from various countries use good stories and good reports to weave spiritual bonds connecting each other. Let us carry forward the Silk Road spirit, deepen exchanges and cooperation, and contribute wisdom to building a closer China-Central Asia community of common destiny.

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Complementary advantages, practicing the Silk Road spirit

By: 中国石油中亚俄罗斯公司副总经理  常福权

China National Petroleum Corporation (中国石油) has been deeply involved in the Central Asian market for 28 years, always adhering to the concept of "mutual benefit and win-win, common development," complementing each other's advantages and promoting synergy with partners. It practices the Silk Road spirit with practical actions and writes a new chapter in energy cooperation in the new era.

　　In accordance with laws and regulations, the foundation for development is deeply rooted. China National Petroleum Corporation (中国石油) implements a localization strategy, creating more than 30,000 jobs in the five Central Asian countries. In Kazakhstan (哈萨克斯坦), several joint ventures in which China National Petroleum Corporation (中国石油) has a stake continue to inject momentum into the local economy.

　　Technological innovation promotes industrial upgrading. China National Petroleum Corporation (中国石油) uses advanced technology to help the local area build a complete oil and gas business chain. Among them, the modernization of the Shymkent Refinery (奇姆肯特炼厂) has made it the first enterprise in Kazakhstan (哈萨克斯坦) with the ability to produce Euro IV and Euro V standard refined oil products, ranking it among green and environmentally friendly refineries.

　　Cultural integration weaves a bond of popular sentiment. China National Petroleum Corporation (中国石油) actively participates in local social welfare undertakings and cultural exchange activities, with cumulative charitable donations in Central Asia exceeding US$400 million. Affiliated projects have established special scholarships to promote many Central Asian youths to study in China (中国).

　　Pipeline interconnection lays a three-dimensional network. Since its operation, the China-Central Asia natural gas pipeline has benefited Central Asian countries along the route and more than 20 provinces in China (中国). It has not only promoted the economic and social development of regions along the pipeline, but also helped Central Asian countries achieve diversification of energy exports.

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A Vivid Demonstration of Building a Community with a Shared Future

By: 新华通讯社阿拉木图分社社长  赵  宇

The 2025 China-Central Asia Media Cooperation Forum is a media event between China and Central Asian countries, which will play an important and positive role in strengthening friendly media exchanges and unity and cooperation, and promoting mutual respect, good-neighborliness, friendship, 同舟共济 (tóng zhōu gòng jì - "crossing the river in the same boat," to share weal and woe; to stick together in difficulties), and win-win cooperation between China and Central Asian countries.

Central Asia is located in the heart of the Eurasian continent, with a complex security situation and internal and external challenges to sustainable economic development. China and Central Asian countries promote development through cooperation and jointly safeguard regional peace. The joint construction of the "Belt and Road" initiative has flourished in Central Asia. The two sides know each other, are close to each other, and are interconnected, composing a moving symphony of the Chinese and Central Asian peoples sharing weal and woe and being of one heart and mind.

In April of this year, Xinhua News Agency (新华通讯社) and the Chinese Consulate General in Almaty (中国驻阿拉木图总领馆) jointly hosted the Red Hall Forum on "Chinese-style Modernization and the China-Central Asia Community of Common Destiny." During the forum, Mr. Sultanov (苏尔丹诺夫), Chairman of the Kazakhstan "Belt and Road" Expert Club (哈萨克斯坦“一带一路”专家俱乐部), said: "In the Chinese concept, friendship should be long-lasting and benefits should be shared."

We have a responsibility to tell the wonderful stories of cultural exchanges and mutual learning between China and Central Asian countries, showcase the vivid practices and successful experiences of both sides in building a community of common destiny, and depict a dynamic picture of mutual support and win-win cooperation, so that a shared future and a common destiny become the common belief and pursuit of the people of all countries.

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Injecting Strong Momentum into Central Asia's Energy Transition

By: 通用技术集团国际控股有限公司副总经理  武  艺

Having cultivated deeply for many years, Genertec International has gradually formed a favorable situation of coordinated development in the fields of energy, infrastructure construction, and production capacity cooperation in Central Asia.

In the energy field, the company actively promotes the optimization of energy structure and green transformation in the Central Asian region, invests in the construction of the Uzbekistan 100 MW combined heat and power project, explores rapid natural gas power generation, and realizes the clean utilization of traditional energy; the Kazakhstan 150 MW wind power project and other projects have become benchmark projects for new energy development, promoting the transformation of the local energy structure.

In the field of infrastructure construction, the newly built Ambu Khara No. 1 pumping station undertaken by the company, as the first large-scale pumping station in Uzbekistan (乌兹别克斯坦), provides guarantee for the irrigation of 315,000 hectares of farmland, benefiting 1.78 million people.

In the field of production capacity cooperation, after the completion of the Kazakhstan (哈萨克斯坦) ALLUR Group, which is invested and controlled by the company, its production and sales volume has jumped from more than 9,000 vehicles to nearly 100,000 vehicles, becoming the only automobile enterprise in the country with the ability to assemble all completely knocked-down (CKD) kits.

In the future, the company will continue to strengthen cooperation among all parties: taking ALLUR Group as the center, promoting the localized production of new energy vehicles in Central Asia; accelerating green infrastructure construction to inject strong impetus into the energy transition of Central Asia; and promoting media linkage to allow more cooperative stories to go from the front line of projects to the public eye.

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Efficient Collaboration to Enhance Interconnectivity

By: 中国电建欧亚区域总部副总经理 谭晓峰

As a participant in the joint construction of the "Belt and Road" initiative, Power Construction Corporation of China (中国电建) uses energy transition as a bond, infrastructure connectivity as a cornerstone, and people-to-people connectivity as a goal to promote efficient collaboration among all parties and contribute to building a China-Central Asia community with a shared future.

Adhering to green development and composing a new chapter of ecology. In Kazakhstan (哈萨克斯坦), projects such as the Shelek (谢列克) 60 MW wind power project and the Zhanatas (札纳塔斯) 100 MW wind power project have been completed, providing more than 550 million kWh of green electricity to the local area every year. In Uzbekistan (乌兹别克斯坦), the Navoi (纳沃伊) 100 MW photovoltaic power station and the Zarafshan (泽拉夫善) 500 MW wind power project can meet the electricity needs of approximately 500,000 households each year.

Participating in joint construction projects to deepen connectivity. In Kazakhstan (哈萨克斯坦), the "Western Europe-Western China" highway project group shortens the journey from Khorgos (霍尔果斯) to Almaty (阿拉木图) by approximately 2 hours compared to before. In Kyrgyzstan (吉尔吉斯斯坦) and Tajikistan (塔吉克斯坦), multiple highway repair projects undertaken by Power Construction Corporation of China (中国电建) have made important contributions to improving regional connectivity.

Building bridges of people's hearts and jointly drawing a cultural picture. Power Construction Corporation of China (中国电建) promotes localized operation, providing nearly 10,000 jobs for Kazakhstan (哈萨克斯坦) and Uzbekistan (乌兹别克斯坦). It has signed a memorandum of understanding on school-enterprise cooperation with local universities in Uzbekistan (乌兹别克斯坦), funded many Uzbek (乌兹别克斯坦) students to study hydropower knowledge in China (中国), and injected new impetus into cooperation between China (中国) and Uzbekistan (乌兹别克斯坦) in the field of water conservancy and hydropower.

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Editors of this page: Song Yu, Wu Kai, Zeng Yichen

Layout Design: Zhang Danfeng (张丹峰)

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Improve the Welfare Security System and Enhance the Well-being of Children in Difficult Circumstances

By: 陆治原

Children in difficult circumstances are objects that need extra attention, extra care, and extra concern. Recently, the General Office of the State Council issued the "Opinions on Further Strengthening the Welfare and Security Work for Children in Difficult Circumstances" (hereinafter referred to as the "Opinions"), making comprehensive and systematic institutional arrangements for strengthening the welfare and security work for children in difficult circumstances. We must conscientiously implement the "Opinions," wholeheartedly and diligently do a good job in caring for and serving children in difficult circumstances, and improve the level of welfare and security for children in difficult circumstances.

Deeply Understand the Importance of Implementing the "Opinions" and Improving the Welfare and Security System for Children in Difficult Circumstances

This is an important measure to thoroughly implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important instructions and directives and the decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) has always been concerned about children in difficult circumstances, visiting orphans and disabled children in urban and rural communities and children's welfare homes many times, and giving important instructions on doing a good job in caring for and protecting children in difficult circumstances, emphasizing that the whole society should have compassion and care for children, especially orphans and disabled children; Party committees and governments at all levels and all sectors of society should earnestly do a good job in all aspects related to the development of children's undertakings, and care for and help children from families in difficulty, especially orphans and disabled children. The 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China proposed to protect the legitimate rights and interests of women and children, and the Third Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee deployed to improve the system for protecting the legitimate rights and interests of women and children. The "Opinions" thoroughly implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important instructions and directives, profoundly reflecting the Party Central Committee's sincere concern for children in difficult circumstances, and must be implemented with a high sense of political responsibility to truly deliver the care and warmth of the Party and the government to every child in difficult circumstances.

This is an important requirement for strengthening inclusive, basic, and bottom-line people's livelihood construction. Strengthening the welfare and security of children in difficult circumstances is related to the healthy growth of children, the harmony and happiness of families, and the progress of social civilization, and is an important part of strengthening inclusive, basic, and bottom-line people's livelihood construction. In recent years, with the development of China's economy and society and the improvement of medical and health levels, the phenomena of orphans and abandoned infants have been greatly reduced, the protection of the rights and interests of left-behind children and migrant children has become the focus of social attention, and the service needs of children with emotional disorders and mental health problems have increased significantly, and traditional children's welfare work urgently needs to be transformed and upgraded. The "Opinions," in accordance with the guidance of strengthening inclusive, basic, and bottom-line people's livelihood construction, steadily expand the scope of welfare and security objects for children in difficult circumstances, and gradually enrich and develop the content of security, so that children in difficult circumstances can receive more care.

This is an urgent need to jointly promote the all-round development of children in difficult circumstances. Children are the future of the motherland and the hope of the nation, and cultivating children is a strategic task. Children in difficult circumstances face more practical difficulties than other children due to family economic difficulties, their own disabilities, and lack of guardianship. At the same time, although the basic living, education, and medical security of children in difficult circumstances in China has been significantly strengthened, compared with the needs of children's all-round development, there are still problems such as an imperfect care and protection system, inadequate performance of guardianship responsibilities, weak grassroots foundation, and insufficient social participation. The "Opinions" put forward a series of policies and measures to address these problems, which will accelerate the filling of relevant institutional and care service system construction shortcomings and create good conditions for the healthy growth of children in difficult circumstances.

Accurately Grasp the Key Points of Further Strengthening the Welfare and Security Work for Children in Difficult Circumstances

The "Opinions" take Xi Jinping (习近平) Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era as the guidance, comprehensively implement the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China and the Second and Third Plenary Sessions of the 20th Central Committee, adhere to the principle of children first and the best interests of children, follow the basic laws of the all-round development of children in difficult circumstances, and make arrangements for strengthening the welfare work for children in difficult circumstances in accordance with the working ideas of guaranteeing the basics, optimizing services, safeguarding rights and interests, and promoting development. It is necessary to accurately grasp the overall requirements, key tasks, and main measures of the "Opinions," and focus on improving the "six systems" of basic living security, medical rehabilitation services, basic public education services, mental health care services, personal safety protection, and legal guardianship responsibilities, so as to effectively protect the "three major rights and interests" of survival, development, and safety of children in difficult circumstances.

First, effectively guarantee the right to survival of children in difficult circumstances. Having no worries about food and clothing is the basic condition for the growth of children in difficult circumstances, and guaranteeing basic life is the primary task of building a welfare and security system for children in difficult circumstances. The "Opinions" put forward a series of new tasks and new requirements from three aspects: the intensity of security, the mode of security, and the content of security. In terms of the intensity of security, it is necessary to improve the dynamic adjustment mechanism of the basic living security standards for orphans and de facto unattended children, and strengthen the overall connection with the minimum living security standards; include children with serious illnesses and severe disabilities in families on the edge of the minimum living security into the scope of the minimum living security by referring to single-person households, and improve the living standards of children in difficult circumstances. In terms of the mode of security, it is necessary to promote the "cross-provincial handling" of applications for basic living security for orphans and de facto unattended children; optimize the application procedures for minimum living security, support qualified localities to carry out off-site applications for minimum living security or the identification of families on the edge of minimum living security for migrant children; and provide temporary assistance to eligible children in difficult circumstances in the place where emergencies occur, so as to facilitate children in difficult circumstances to obtain services nearby. In terms of the content of security, it is necessary to promote the expansion of the content of basic living security from material security to spiritual care and the protection of legitimate rights and interests, and build a diversified security pattern of "material + service" to better meet the differentiated needs of children in difficult circumstances.

Second, effectively safeguard the right to development of children in difficult circumstances. Medical rehabilitation, education, and mental health are related to the all-round development of children in difficult circumstances, which are the top priorities for promoting the growth of children in difficult circumstances and the main concerns of families with children in difficult circumstances. The "Opinions" adhere to the demand orientation and deploy a series of new tasks to improve the relevant service system. Focusing on the needs of medical rehabilitation services, it is necessary to strengthen medical security work, steadily promote the participation of migrant children in basic medical insurance in their places of residence, relax the time limit for children adopted and raised by children's welfare institutions to participate in basic medical insurance; refine medical assistance measures, implement the policy of subsidizing participation in basic medical insurance by category, coordinate and improve the medical assistance policy for children in difficult circumstances; increase the supply of rehabilitation services, optimize the layout of rehabilitation facilities, improve the rehabilitation assistance system, and promote medical and health institutions, rehabilitation institutions for disabled children, and children's welfare institutions to strengthen resource sharing and collaborative support, and jointly safeguard the physical health of children in difficult circumstances. Focusing on the needs of education services, it is necessary to improve the policies for migrant children to enter kindergartens and schools in the compulsory education stage, and carry out the work of controlling dropout and guaranteeing school attendance in a regular and precise manner; strengthen special education services, comprehensively promote inclusive education for disabled children, and support qualified children's welfare institutions to establish special education schools; improve education assistance measures, issue subsidies and reduce or exempt fees for eligible children in difficult circumstances in accordance with regulations, and encourage multi-channel development of student assistance for children in difficult circumstances, so as to protect the right to education of children in difficult circumstances. Focusing on the needs of mental health services, it is necessary to encourage schools to carry out targeted education and psychological counseling for children in difficult circumstances in need, and widely publicize and popularize mental health knowledge; improve monitoring and evaluation standards, guide the strengthening of daily mental health monitoring and evaluation of children in difficult circumstances, so as to achieve early detection, early prevention, and early intervention; and transfer and help in a timely and efficient manner, unblock the channels for families, schools, communities, social psychological service institutions, etc. to refer to professional medical and health institutions for medical treatment, strengthen daily care services, and cultivate a positive and upward mentality for children in difficult circumstances.

Third, vigorously protect the right to safety of children in difficult circumstances. In the process of growing up for children in difficult circumstances, safety is always the top priority. The "Opinions" make arrangements for strengthening the safety security of children in difficult circumstances from two aspects: the content of safety protection and the subject of guardianship responsibility. On the one hand, it is necessary to build a solid personal safety protection system. Punish in accordance with the law and severely the acts of instigating, coercing, luring, and using children in difficult circumstances to commit illegal and criminal acts, improve and implement the anti-domestic violence system, weave a tight campus safety defense line, and increase the enforcement of the mandatory reporting system. Protect in accordance with the law the legitimate rights and interests of children in difficult circumstances who have been harmed and their guardians, such as the right to litigation, the right to reputation, and the right to privacy, and promote the implementation of comprehensive assistance and protection such as legal aid, judicial assistance, and psychological counseling. Actively prevent bad behaviors, guide guardians to educate, guide, persuade, and discipline children in difficult circumstances who are out of control and out of education, strengthen the legal system and crime prevention education for children in difficult circumstances, and let children in difficult circumstances grow up in a safe environment. On the other hand, it is necessary to improve the legal guardianship responsibility system. Strengthen family guardianship responsibilities, and guide and urge guardians of children in difficult circumstances to perform their obligations of raising, educating, and protecting in accordance with the law. Improve the national guardianship system, strengthen the assistance and protection of children in difficult circumstances who have lost guardianship due to emergencies, and improve the resettlement policy for children adopted and raised by children's welfare institutions after they reach adulthood. Give play to the guardianship support role of children's welfare institutions, and build a modern guardianship system based on family guardianship, supplemented by social guardianship, and guaranteed by national guardianship, so that children in difficult circumstances can enjoy the warmth of the socialist big family.

Effectively Gather a Strong Joint Force for Doing a Good Job in the Welfare and Security of Children in Difficult Circumstances

The construction of the welfare and security system for children in difficult circumstances involves a wide range of fields and many participating departments. It is necessary to adhere to the concept of the system, strengthen resource integration, and implement the various deployments of the "Opinions."

First, it is necessary to improve the implementation mechanism. Actively strive for the support of Party committees and governments at all levels, promote the inclusion of the welfare and security work for children in difficult circumstances on the important agenda, incorporate it into people's livelihood practical matters, and gradually increase resource investment and security efforts. Establish and improve the working mechanism of welfare and security for children in difficult circumstances under the leadership of the Party committee, led by the government, with families fulfilling their responsibilities, and with social participation, consolidate the responsibilities of all parties, and form a joint working force.

Second, it is necessary to strengthen work support. Strengthen the rule of law guarantee, thoroughly implement the Law on the Protection of Minors, and formulate and revise relevant laws and regulations on the protection of the rights and interests of children in difficult circumstances in a timely manner. Establish and improve the funding guarantee mechanism in accordance with local conditions to support the welfare and security work for children in difficult circumstances. Strengthen information construction, improve the basic database and work ledger for children in difficult circumstances, strengthen data and information sharing between departments, and achieve precise service management.

Third, it is necessary to improve facilities and teams. Strengthen the construction of service facilities for children in difficult circumstances, promote the optimization and quality improvement of children's welfare institutions and the innovative transformation of juvenile assistance and protection institutions, and strengthen the functions of grassroots positions such as "Children's Homes" and service stations in villages (communities). Improve the incentive and security measures for grassroots children's workers such as children's directors, strengthen the awareness of fulfilling responsibilities, and improve the level of professionalism.

Fourth, it is necessary to mobilize social participation. Cultivate and guide professional social organizations to participate in an orderly manner, standardize the channels and methods for charitable organizations and social forces to participate in the welfare and security work for children in difficult circumstances, and give full play to the supplementary role. Vigorously promote the construction of a child-friendly society, publicize and promote the traditional virtues of cherishing orphans and caring for children, strengthen the awareness of the whole society to protect the legitimate rights and interests of children, and create a good atmosphere of caring for and caring for children in difficult circumstances.

(The author is the Secretary of the Party Leadership Group and Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs (民政部))

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Meeting New Consumer Demands Head-On (Livelihood Frontline: Income Growth Stories from Around Us)

By: 本报记者  邵玉姿

Sprinkling a bag of red rainforest sand, placing a few pieces of quaint driftwood, planting several aquatic plants of various shapes... Before long, a "corner of the rainforest" was assembled by Fu Jingchan (付静婵) into a small desktop fish tank.

"It's so beautiful! I want this one." The miniature landscape of the desktop fish tank was barely completed when it was immediately spotted by a customer born in the 90s.

Fu Jingchan's (付静婵) aquascaping studio is located in a shopping mall in Shijiazhuang (石家庄), Hebei Province (河北省), like a hidden paradise in the bustling city, making people unable to resist walking in for a closer look.

By running an aquascaping studio, Fu Jingchan (付静婵) has turned her passion into a career.

"Raising fish has been my hobby since I was a child." At the age of 6, her parents bought her a few guppies. Watching these "elves" dancing in the water, Fu Jingchan (付静婵) became fascinated. From then on, Fu Jingchan (付静婵) fell in love with raising fish, and therefore chose aquaculture as her major when filling out her college application.

After graduation, Fu Jingchan (付静婵) worked as an office worker, but she never forgot about "raising fish." In 2014, she quit her job and opened an ornamental fish shop in the Shijiazhuang Flower, Bird, and Fish Market (石家庄的花鸟鱼市), selling ornamental fish and aquarium equipment. In just over a year, she expanded to 6 stores.

The industry developed rapidly, and the market quickly became saturated. After a period of sluggish sales, Fu Jingchan (付静婵) realized that it would be difficult to sustain business by simply selling fish. "I must find my own competitiveness and core selling points." She turned her attention to aquascaping, which was still a niche market at the time, and considered expanding from simply selling fish to selling services.

"With the improvement of living standards, people's requirements for service quality are also constantly increasing." Fu Jingchan (付静婵) said that aquascaping is the art of landscaping fish tanks with materials such as aquatic plants, stones, and driftwood, involving fields such as gardening, floral art, botany, and biology. What kind of substrate is conducive to the growth of aquatic plants? How should stones be placed to highlight artistic conception? How should different aquatic plants be matched? There is knowledge everywhere. Fu Jingchan (付静婵) put in a lot of effort by reading books, researching materials, and going to other places to study.

In 2015, an aquarium exhibition was held in a shopping mall in Shijiazhuang (石家庄). Fu Jingchan (付静婵) brought her carefully designed works and held an underwater landscape exhibition. Visitors flocked to the exhibition, and many people inquired about how to purchase them.

The feedback from the exhibition filled Fu Jingchan (付静婵) with confidence. She simply closed all of her original stores and rented a 30-square-meter storefront in a shopping mall to establish an aquascaping studio, providing consumers with all-round services such as fish tank customization, aquascaping, and post-maintenance.

"Many people like to appreciate aquascaping, but they don't know how to maintain it. Our job is to help everyone make up for this shortcoming, so that people can enjoy their hobby without any worries." Fu Jingchan (付静婵) said that the studio can also provide on-site services.

With the upgrade of services, the number of customers has also increased. At the busiest times, all six maintenance staff in the store were overwhelmed. As the demand grew, Fu Jingchan's (付静婵) business became more and more prosperous. In 2021, she moved the studio to the most core business district in Shijiazhuang (石家庄), and the area also expanded to 1,500 square meters. "Now, we also undertake indoor and landscape layout projects for hotels, enterprises, and other organizations," said Fu Jingchan (付静婵).

"I recently want to change the landscape of the aquarium at home. I'd like to make an appointment for you to come and take a look." At noon, Mr. Zhao (赵先生), who had finished his meal nearby, walked into the store.

"No problem, you can take a look at what kind of landscape you want first, and we will bring the materials directly to your home," said Fu Jingchan (付静婵).

Mr. Zhao (赵先生) is an old customer and the first customer after the studio moved to its new location. For the past 4 years, the maintenance of his landscape fish tank has been handled by the studio. For Mr. Zhao (赵先生), the aquascaping studio has allowed novices like him to experience the fun of raising fish and appreciating the scenery, and many of his friends have become customers here.

At 3 p.m., the studio ushered in a peak in customer traffic: several parents brought their children to play and visit. Fu Jingchan (付静婵) also transformed into a science popularization teacher, explaining the plants and animals in the studio to the children.

"This is not only a studio that provides aquascaping services, but also a natural experience hall and science popularization hall." In the past two years, Fu Jingchan (付静婵) has found that more and more parents come to the store to "walk their babies" every afternoon.

"Children have a strong desire for knowledge, and I have resources, so why not have a **双向奔赴** (shuāng xiàng bēn fù - "two-way rush," a mutual attraction or reciprocal effort)? Last October, Fu Jingchan (付静婵) renovated and upgraded the studio, adding reptile and insect areas in addition to the ornamental fish and landscaping areas, and adding natural science exhibitions and micro-landscape DIY sections. At the same time, she trained every employee to become a natural science popularization explainer. The natural science exhibition in the studio has been very popular since it was launched.

The retail area has been upgraded to a courtyard landscape area, and the biological area has been upgraded to a rainforest landscape area... Today, Fu Jingchan (付静婵) and the studio have entered a new round of "growth period": creating urban living habitat spaces and opening up to more of the public. "We hope to become a bridge, so that more people can easily get in touch with nature, feel nature, and love nature," said Fu Jingchan (付静婵).

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Harvesting silkworm cocoons

On June 1st, in Longyan Village (龙岩村), Shisun Town (石笋镇), Guang'an District (广安区), Guang'an City (广安市), Sichuan Province (四川省), silkworm farmers at the Guanghe Family Farm (光和家庭农场) are harvesting silkworm cocoons.

In recent years, Guang'an District (广安区) has actively promoted new varieties, new technologies, and new models of silkworm production, and built modern sericulture demonstration parks and sericulture family farms, effectively driving local farmers to increase their income and become rich.

Photo by Zhang Guosheng (张国盛) (People's Vision)

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Fujian to Pilot Construction of "Good Housing" Projects This Year

According to reports from Fuzhou (福州) on June 2nd from our newspaper (reporter Zhong Ziwei (钟自炜)), the Fujian (福建) Provincial Department of Housing and Urban-Rural Development announced: In order to accelerate the construction of "good houses" and help build a new model for real estate development, the Fujian (福建) Provincial Department of Housing and Urban-Rural Development and other 10 departments jointly formulated the "Fujian (福建) Province Action Plan for Promoting the Construction of 'Good Houses'."

The plan clarifies that by 2025, the province will pilot the creation of "good house" projects for affordable housing, commercial housing, and existing housing renovation. Among them, there will be no less than 20 pilot projects for new commercial housing "good houses," no less than 6 pilot projects for the renovation of old housing, and no less than 6 pilot projects for affordable housing.

The plan clarifies the need to improve the quality of project development, in accordance with the requirements of complete residential communities, 15-minute community life circles, and urban 15-minute convenient life circles, to coordinate the overall planning of community comprehensive supporting resources, and to rationally layout public services, commercial facilities, cultural and sports facilities, medical and health care, elderly care and childcare, and other facilities to improve overall livability and convenience.

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First time turning on the AC this summer, beware of lung infections (Service Window)

By: 本报记者 游  仪

As the weather gradually warms up, people are turning on their air conditioners to cool off. In Chengdu (成都), Sichuan (四川) Province, a citizen developed severe pneumonia after turning on an air conditioner that had been sealed for a year. Why is this happening? How can we properly cool down in the summer? A reporter interviewed Yu He (余荷), Deputy Chief Physician of the Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine at West China Hospital of Sichuan University (四川大学华西医院).

"This is a typical case of Legionnaires' disease. After being infected with Legionella, patients with mild symptoms may experience fever, headache, and mild cough, while those with severe conditions may develop lung infections," Yu He (余荷) explained. Air conditioning cooling towers that have not been cleaned for a long time are a breeding ground for Legionella. Turning them on suddenly is like pressing a "bacteria launch button." The cold water inside the machine will atomize and turn into fine aerosols, carrying a large number of Legionella bacteria. Once inhaled, the body's immune system begins to fight back, resulting in corresponding symptoms.

Legionella needs a warm and humid environment to survive and reproduce. Air conditioning cooling towers, showerheads, or hot water pipes that are not used for a long time are prone to Legionella growth in stagnant water. Unsterilized fountains, humidifiers, and hot tubs can produce Legionella aerosols.

Yu He (余荷) introduced that Legionella pneumonia is a severe lung infection caused by Legionella, which is more common from June to September. Patients with underlying diseases such as chronic cardiopulmonary diseases and people with weakened immune systems are susceptible to infection. The incubation period of Legionella pneumonia is generally 2 to 10 days. The main symptoms include respiratory symptoms such as high fever, severe cough, and difficulty breathing, as well as extra-pulmonary manifestations such as headache, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and muscle soreness. In severe cases, it can even lead to respiratory failure, rhabdomyolysis, and acute kidney injury.

How to prevent it in daily life? Yu He (余荷) suggests cleaning the water system regularly.

Cleaning and disinfecting equipment such as air conditioners, water heaters, and showerheads can prevent the accumulation of water in pipes and the growth of bacteria. During cleaning, be sure to wear a well-sealed mask to avoid inhaling pathogenic bacteria. For faucets and showerheads that have not been used for a long time, run the water for a minute or two before using them to drain the stagnant, contaminated water. In addition, humidifiers need to use purified water and be changed and cleaned daily.

At the same time, keep the environment ventilated and dry, open windows for ventilation every day, and reduce the continuous closed operation of air conditioning. "For susceptible people, it is necessary to strengthen protection. The elderly, patients with chronic diseases, and people with weakened immunity should avoid contact with contaminated water mist as much as possible," Yu He (余荷) said.

What other precautions should be taken when cooling off in summer? Yu He (余荷) introduced that before using the air conditioner for the first time, the filter screen and condensate pan should be thoroughly cleaned. It is recommended to set the air conditioner temperature at around 26 degrees Celsius, avoid direct cold air blowing, and ventilate every two or three hours of operation.

If swimming, it is recommended to choose swimming pools with standardized disinfection and avoid inhaling water mist from spray-type cooling equipment. When engaging in outdoor activities, also avoid contact with unclean water sources such as stagnant water, fountain pools, and landscape pools, and wash your body promptly after playing in the water.

Yu He (余荷) reminded everyone that if you experience symptoms such as fever, cough, chest pain, and difficulty breathing during the use of air conditioning, it may not be a common cold. You should seek medical attention in time and be alert to the occurrence of Legionella pneumonia.

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Shared kitchens: An attempt to solve the cooking difficulties faced by patients seeking medical treatment in other cities.

By: 本报记者  李  刚

During the Dragon Boat Festival, a group of volunteers entered the "Le Shan Kitchen" (乐膳小厨) shared kitchen in Guangzhou (广州), Guangdong (广东), and gathered around the table with parents of sick children to wrap zongzi (粽子, glutinous rice dumplings).

At the beginning of this year, the "Le Shan Kitchen" (乐膳小厨) shared kitchen, located in a residential area near Nanfang Hospital (南方医院) of Southern Medical University (南方医科大学) and Guangdong 999 Brain Hospital (广东三九脑科医院), was put into use. This is the first shared kitchen of the Guangzhou Xiaojia Public Welfare Service Center (广州市小家公益服务中心), striving to solve the "difficulty in cooking" problem for families seeking medical treatment in other places, and has also become a "heart-warming station" for families of sick children facing difficulties seeking medical treatment in other places.

Since its establishment, the center has provided free accommodation and living support to more than 900 families of sick children from other places seeking medical treatment. As the story of "Le Shan Kitchen" (乐膳小厨) became known to more people, some people let love arrive in a 细水长流 (xì shuǐ cháng liú - "thin stream flows continuously," a continuous and gentle flow of support or assistance) manner through a monthly donation plan; some people silently sent milk powder, diapers... There is no donation ceremony here, but everywhere flows with "unseen tenderness," allowing more families seeking medical treatment in other places to feel warmth.

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Editors of this page: Lü Li, Xu Yang, Li Zhiyao

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Walking into a Museum, Understanding a City (Cultural China Tour)

By: 本报记者   施  芳

Recently, museums in Beijing (北京) have been particularly lively. The first Beijing Museum Season runs from May 18th to October 8th. During the Dragon Boat Festival holiday, around the theme of "Cultural Relics Tell You: What Makes Chinese Festivals Chinese," 51 exhibitions and cultural activities were held, allowing visitors to experience the charm of traditional festivals in museums.

Beijing (北京市) has nearly 300 registered museums and museum-like institutions, which received approximately 100 million visitors in 2024. Walking into a museum is like understanding a city. In these tangible, explorable, and audible museums, visitors learn about the past and present of the ancient capital and touch historical details.

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Tangible: Digital Light and Shadow Tell the General History of Beijing (北京)

700,000 years of human history, 10,000 years of cultural history, over 3,000 years of city-building history, and 870 years of capital history... Beijing (北京) has a long history and a rich cultural heritage. How to tell people the history of Beijing (北京)? Using digital technology, the Capital Museum's "A Powerful Witness to Chinese Civilization - General History of Beijing Exhibition" (hereinafter referred to as "General History Exhibition") opens an immersive journey of exploration across time and space for visitors.

The earth's crust rises, the sea recedes, and with the dramatic plate movements, the Taihang Mountains (太行山) and Yanshan Mountains (燕山山脉) rise, and the Yongding River (永定河) in Beijing (北京) originates... A vivid presentation of the formation process of the "Beijing Bay" natural landform is presented to the audience. "It's so shocking, the real visual experience is more vivid than the knowledge in books," said a student from Beijing Bayi School (北京市八一学校).

In the middle of the preface hall, a huge three-dimensional white model sand table, with the change of light and shadow, the images of the city sites and the five major water systems in the Liao, Jin, Yuan, and Ming dynasties are superimposed in turn, and the evolution of the urban pattern of Beijing (北京) is clear. The surrounding facade projections construct a "overlooking and surrounding" display space by presenting the geographical environment of different orientations and integrating the urban skyline landscape.

"This exhibition item simulates the satellite perspective and the digital ink painting style, creating an atmosphere that combines technology and history," said Wang Zhigang (王之纲), professor of the Academy of Arts & Design, Tsinghua University (清华大学美术学院) and head of the multimedia exhibition design of the "General History Exhibition." "Using technology as a medium, history can be transformed into a perceptible narrative, promoting the innovative expression of outstanding Chinese traditional culture."

Stepping into the Yuan, Ming, and Qing exhibition hall, the ground projection technology shows the plane pattern change of the central axis of Beijing (北京), and the glass wall and transparent LED screen are superimposed to show the planning map of the central axis, creating an immersive experience.

"Relying on sufficient historical research, the creation team built a three-dimensional model based on high-precision point cloud real-scene scanning, architectural restoration drawings, etc., so that the audience can intuitively understand the formation of the central axis of Beijing (北京)," said Zhong Mei (钟梅), designer of the Exhibition Department of the Capital Museum (首都博物馆展览部).

Reproducing a day in the life of "Peking Man," restoring the Yan State chariot of the Western Zhou Dynasty, experiencing the spring hunting scene of Yanfangdian (延芳淀) in the Liao Dynasty... Following the evolution of Chinese civilization, the application of digital technology makes historical details perceptible and touchable.

Explorable: Exploring Han Civilization Above the Ruins

After more than 10 years of renovation, on May 20, the new hall of the Dabaotai Western Han Dynasty Mausoleum Museum (北京大葆台西汉墓博物馆) in Beijing (北京) opened to the public, launching the permanent exhibition "Bojie Metropolis, Splendid Chapter of Youyan - Historical and Cultural Exhibition of Guangyang Kingdom in the Western Han Dynasty" and the temporary exhibition "Han Style Daihua - Special Exhibition of Life Art in Mawangdui."

Yang Zhiguo (杨志国), curator of the Beijing Archaeological Site Museum (北京考古遗址博物馆), introduced that the Dabaotai Site (大葆台遗址) was discovered in June 1974 and is the tomb of Liu Jian (刘建), the King of Guangyang (广阳顷王), and his queen in the Western Han Dynasty more than 2,000 years ago. It is also the largest, highest-level, and best-preserved Han Dynasty tomb discovered in the Beijing (北京) area, and was selected as one of the "Top 100 Archaeological Discoveries in a Century" in 2021. In December 1983, the first Han Dynasty site museum in China was built on the Dabaotai Site (大葆台遗址).

The exterior of the new museum building is shaped like an inverted bucket, with slopes on all sides and a rammed earth facade. The Jin Dynasty water well discovered during the archaeological excavation was designed as an outer courtyard landscape. The sealed mound is integrated into the green walkway, forming a unique tour route.

Walking into the museum and through the sunken corridor, you can see several glass display cases, in which archaeological documents from the 1970s lead visitors to review the discovery and excavation process of the Guangyang King's Mausoleum. Entering the exhibition hall, more than 200 unearthed cultural relics, such as gilded copper door knockers, Chi tiger-patterned jade pendants, jade dancers, and ivory Liubo chess pieces, are divided into three parts: "Northern Land Han State," "Eternal Happiness," and "Ticu Burial," outlining a picture of Han civilization.

The biggest highlight of the exhibition is the "Huangchang Ticou" (黄肠题凑), which is famous at home and abroad. The term "Huangchang Ticou" (黄肠题凑) first appeared in "Book of Han: Biography of Huo Guang" (《汉书·霍光传》), describing the highest-level burial system in the Western Han Dynasty. Yang Zhiguo (杨志国) introduced that "Huangchang" refers to the yellow cypress core, and "Ticou" refers to cutting cypress wood into lengths of 90 cm and diameters of 10 cm, laying and stacking them layer by layer, with the ends of the wood facing inward. The rectangular tomb of Liu Jian (刘建), the King of Guangyang (广阳顷王), was built with 15,880 yellow cypress woods, which is extremely luxurious.

"'Huangchang Ticou' (黄肠题凑)'s discovery provides physical data for the study of the burial system of the kings of the Western Han Dynasty, and it is also a prominent example of archaeology enhancing historical credibility and revitalizing historical scenes," said Bai Yunxiang (白云翔), former deputy director and researcher of the Institute of Archaeology of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (中国社会科学院考古研究所).

"The museum will take this opening as a new starting point, continue to play the function of cultural communication, build a Han Dynasty civilization display center in Beijing (北京), and promote the inheritance and development of historical culture," said Yang Zhiguo (杨志国).

Audible: Tasting the Charm of the Ancient Capital in Beijing Music

In Lumicang Hutong (禄米仓胡同), Dongcheng (东城) District, Beijing (北京), the Beijing Cultural Heritage Exchange Museum (北京文博交流馆), walking into the four-in-one courtyard, with red walls and black tiles, is particularly quiet.

At 10 a.m., several Beijing (京) music inheritors dressed in ancient musician costumes slowly appeared. They were seen holding musical instruments, concentrating on playing the ancient tune "Hanging Silk Fishing" (《垂丝钓》). For a time, the sound of Sheng and flute was crisp, and the lingering sound lingered. The audience sat quietly, immersed in the long ancient music.

Zhihua Temple (智化寺) Beijing (京) music is mainly wind instruments such as Guanzi, flute, and Sheng, supplemented by percussion instruments such as Yunluo and drums. The melody is simple, elegant, ethereal, and melodious. Zhihua Temple (智化寺) Beijing (京) music was introduced from the court to the folk and has a history of more than 500 years. It is known as the "living fossil" of ancient Chinese music and was included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list. "The master requires strictness, teaching and singing word by word, until it is thoroughly memorized before it can be played without the score," said Hu Qingxue (胡庆学), the 27th generation inheritor of Zhihua Temple (智化寺) Beijing (京) music.

How to let more people know about ancient music and enhance the attractiveness of the museum?

Thinking brings practice. In 2004, the Beijing (京) Music Team was established. Since then, except on Mondays, at 10:00 and 15:00 every day, Hu Qingxue (胡庆学) and other musicians have insisted on performing and explaining to the audience, from a few audiences at the beginning to more than 3,000 audiences a day at most.

"Beijing (京) music takes tunes as units. A single performance is called a single tune, and more tunes connected together are called a suite. Currently, four suites have been preserved. One suite consists of more than 10 tunes, and the performance lasts nearly 1 hour," said Wang Yarui (王娅蕊), director of the Beijing Cultural Heritage Exchange Museum (北京文博交流馆) Management Office. The museum has a special exhibition of Beijing (京) music and an interactive screen, where visitors can enjoy music and experience Yunluo performances. The band also often goes to schools, museums, cultural centers and other places to exchange performances and hold music culture festivals, campus classes and other activities.

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"Youth Training Program" Walks with the City of Museums

"In ancient times, there were seventy-two pentads in a year, which, added to the twelve months and twenty-four solar terms, totaled 108, so the bell and drum were struck 108 times." Zhang Jipu (张继普), deputy director of the Beijing Bell and Drum Tower Cultural Relics Preservation Office (北京市钟鼓楼文物保管所), carefully explained in the exhibition hall on the second floor of the Drum Tower, and 23 young researchers from museums in Beijing (北京) listened carefully.

At the same time, in the Yilun Hall (彝伦堂) of the Confucius Temple and Guozijian Museum (孔庙和国子监博物馆), the first lesson of the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Cultural Heritage's 2025 "Youth Talent Training Program" (hereinafter referred to as "Youth Training Program") Museum Class began. With the theme of "Museum Code of Ethics Training," Zhang Jie (张杰), deputy director of the Preparatory Office of the Beijing Grand Canal Museum (Beijing Capital Museum East Branch) (北京市大运河博物馆（首都博物馆东馆）筹备处), gave the first lesson to more than 30 students.

"The Beijing Municipal Bureau of Cultural Heritage (北京市文物局) continues to optimize the way of talent training. Through the implementation of the 'Leading Studio,' 'Elite Training Program,' 'Double Training Program,' and 'Youth Training Program,' a large number of young cultural and museum talents have been trained," said the relevant person in charge of the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Cultural Heritage (北京市文物局). Among them, the "Youth Training Program" has been carried out for 3 years, training 257 young talents.

The "Youth Training Program" is divided into three classes: museum, cultural relics protection, and archaeology, offering a series of courses such as "Protection and Inheritance of Beijing Historical Culture," "Overview of Cultural Relics Protection," and "Archaeology of Chinese Grotto Temples," which are taught by experts such as Sun Qingwei (孙庆伟), professor of the School of Archaeology and Museology of Peking University (北京大学考古文博学院), and Lü Zhou (吕舟), professor of the School of Architecture of Tsinghua University (清华大学建筑学院).

Wang Shen (王申), a student of the "Youth Training Program" Cultural Relics Protection Class and deputy director of the Business Department of the Beijing Ancient Bell Museum of the Great Bell Temple (北京大钟寺古钟博物馆业务部), wrote "A Study of the Bronze Bell of the Ming Dynasty Maitreya Temple Shifang Zen Temple," which was recommended to be published in the "Beijing Cultural Relics Series" as an outstanding achievement. "Only by continuously improving research capabilities can we better excavate and interpret the connotation of historical and cultural heritage and tell the story of cultural relics well," said Wang Shen (王申).

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Exploring the Childlike Innocence in Chinese Paintings (New Discourse)

By: 沙海龙

In the long river of Chinese painting, works featuring children are like shining pearls, depicting various aspects of childhood with delicate brushstrokes, conveying social warmth and cultural meaning. The "Infant Play Pictures" (婴戏图) and "Hundred Children Pictures" (百子图) of different eras each have their own merits, but they all convey an atmosphere of innocence and purity. The book "Chinese Dolls" (中国娃娃) published by People's Fine Arts Publishing House (人民美术出版社) includes children's paintings from different eras, introducing the historical background and social environment in which they were created. From this, we can feel that the world of children has always been so beautiful for thousands of years.

The earliest image of infant play seen in China today appears on a lacquer plate decorative painting from the Three Kingdoms period collected by the Ma'anshan City Museum (马鞍山市博物馆) in Anhui Province (安徽省), depicting a scene of two children competing with sticks. Later, Gu Kaizhi (顾恺之) of the Eastern Jin Dynasty and Zhang Xuan (张萱) of the Tang Dynasty both painted images of children, and infant images also appeared in the Dunhuang (敦煌) murals of the Tang Dynasty. By the Song Dynasty, infant play patterns appeared on daily necessities such as porcelain, fabrics, and toys, and a unique "child pillow" (孩儿枕) also appeared.

Song Dynasty painting focused on realism and artistic conception, and children's paintings were no exception. The painter Su Hanchen's (苏汉臣) "Long Spring Hundred Children Picture Scroll" (长春百子图卷) (see picture (partial), data picture) can be called an "encyclopedia" of children's life in the Song Dynasty. The painter uses the scattered perspective method to show the seasonal changes and the scenes of more than a hundred children playing in one picture. Picking lotus in spring, catching butterflies in summer, fighting crickets in autumn, kicking Cuju in winter, swinging, playing chess, fishing, puppet shows, lion dances and other games are interspersed among them, and some children watch paintings, play the qin, grind ink and display scrolls like adults. The hairstyles and costumes of the children in the painting have different styles, and the movements, expressions, and accessories are extremely rich.

Children's paintings in the Ming Dynasty were innovative and full of life. Xia Kui's (夏葵) "Infant Play Picture" (婴戏图) uses concise and vivid lines and rich colors to show the scene of children playing in the courtyard, which is an important material for studying the social folk culture of the Ming Dynasty. Sha Fu's (沙馥) "Infant Play Picture in the Study" (书馆婴戏图) in the Qing Dynasty shows the interesting side of children in the learning environment, and also reflects the Confucian idea of ​​respecting teachers and valuing the Tao.

Since modern times, society has been in a period of change, and the field of art has also shown a diversified development trend. Some Yangliuqing New Year pictures (杨柳青年画) continued the tradition during this period, depicting scenes of children playing, full of strong folk customs. In reflecting social reality, Feng Zikai's (丰子恺) works focus on capturing the daily moments of children's lives, containing respect for the inner world of children. Zhang Leping's (张乐平) "The Adventures of Sanmao the Orphan" (三毛流浪记) aroused people's attention to the suffering lives of children at the bottom of society and became a true portrayal of that era.

After the founding of New China, children's paintings were colorful. The propaganda poster "We Love Peace" (我们热爱和平) published by People's Fine Arts Publishing House (人民美术出版社) was printed in 11 editions from 1952 to 1959, with more than 10 million copies. Children's comic strips such as "I Want to Study" (我要读书) and "Chicken Feather Letter" (鸡毛信) have become household classics. Many artists also use children's themes to express their love for the new life. For example, Li Keran's (李可染) carefree cowherd seems to be able to hear the bamboo flute he plays on the back of the cow. In Qi Baishi's (齐白石) "Little Fish All Come" (小鱼都来), the figure of the angler is not seen, but the naughty child outside the painting, "a disheveled child learning to fish" (蓬头稚子学垂纶), has already emerged before our eyes.

At present, children's paintings continue to integrate with technology on the basis of inheriting the charm of brush and ink, and the forms of creation and communication methods are more diversified. New forms such as digital painting, animation, and short films are constantly emerging, and digital platforms have become new positions for display and exchange. Artists pay more attention to the inner world of children and use artistic pens to outline a richer spiritual landscape.

"Concentrate your energy and achieve gentleness, can you be like a baby?" From ancient times to the present, expressing the purity of a baby is the charm of children's works in Chinese painting. The painters solidified this innocence on the paintings, which is not only a praise for the innocence of children, but also a yearning for an ideal state of life. These paintings are like clear springs, allowing viewers to return to inner peace.

(The author is the director of the Fine Arts Publishing Center of People's Fine Arts Publishing House (人民美术出版社))

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Gansu Optimizes Vocational Education Program Structure

This newspaper's Lanzhou (兰州) report on June 2nd (Reporter Zhao Shuaijie (赵帅杰)): Recently, the Gansu Provincial Department of Education (甘肃省教育厅) and other five departments jointly issued the "Implementation Plan of Gansu Province (甘肃省) on Optimizing the Setting of Vocational Education Majors," proposing specific measures in six aspects, including standardizing the setting of majors, adding urgently needed majors, and adjusting and withdrawing surplus majors, to further enhance the adaptability, attractiveness, and rapid response capability of vocational education, and cultivate more master craftsmen, skilled craftsmen, and high-level technical skilled personnel.

The plan proposes the implementation of the "Double High Plan" for provincial higher vocational colleges, focusing on supporting about 30 professional clusters serving national strategies and the province's economic and social development in each phase. Implement the "Quality Improvement and Excellence Cultivation Project" for secondary vocational schools, focusing on building a number of "small but refined" high-quality secondary vocational schools and "few but special" high-quality through-training programs. Make full use of innovative digital technologies such as big data and artificial intelligence to increase the training goals for digital, intelligent, and green professional talents, and accelerate the promotion of "digitalization + professional" construction.

The plan clarifies that by 2027, the optimization and adjustment ratio of vocational college majors in Gansu Province (甘肃省) will be no less than 30%, basically forming a professional structure that matches the national strategy and the economic and social development pattern of Gansu Province (甘肃省), and achieving the organic connection of the education chain and talent chain with the industrial chain and innovation chain; by 2035, more than 95% of vocational education majors in the province will be highly adapted to the national strategy and the economic and social development and industrial transformation and upgrading of Gansu Province (甘肃省).

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Art as a Boat, Sailing Towards the New

By: 本报记者  李  霞

Guangdong (广东) and Hong Kong (香港) are connected by mountains and rivers, and share the same cultural heritage. From May 22nd to June 2nd, the "Its Mandate is Renewal – A Century of Guangdong Fine Art" exhibition was held in Hong Kong (香港). More than 160 classic works of the Lingnan School of Painting were exhibited, attracting many citizens and tourists to watch.

This exhibition is not only a historical review of the century-long development of Guangdong (广东) fine arts, but also a vivid practice of the common origin of Guangdong (广东) and Hong Kong (香港) cultures. As the exhibition organizing committee said, "We hope this exhibition will become a window for the world to see the modern transformation of Chinese civilization; a bridge to connect the cultural identity of compatriots in the two places; and a bugle call to summon a new generation of artists to continue writing the literary epic of this era on the hot land of the Greater Bay Area with the courage of 'Its Mandate is Renewal'."

"New" is the most prominent feature of modern Guangdong (广东) fine arts. At the beginning of the 20th century, the Lingnan School of Painting proposed the creative concept of "integrating Chinese and Western, and integrating ancient and modern". Lin Lan (林蓝), Vice Chairman of the China Artists Association and Chairman of the Guangdong Artists Association, said: "I hope this exhibition will allow young people to feel cultural identity and find their own mission and future in innovation."

Li Xiongcai's (黎雄才) large painting "Welcoming Pine" is 12 meters long and more than 4 meters high, and it is the first time it has been exhibited in Hong Kong (香港). In front of the painting, Ms. Yi (益), a citizen, watched for a long time, "When I was studying more than 50 years ago, I liked Li Xiongcai's (黎雄才) landscape paintings. The brushwork is good, and the momentum is good. I am really shocked to see the original "Welcoming Pine" this time!"

Li Jinkun (李劲堃), Chairman of the Guangdong Federation of Literary and Art Circles, introduced that since modern times, Guangdong (广东) and Hong Kong (香港) have been important positions for the development of fine arts in the Lingnan region. "Inheritance and Innovation" has become a consensus in the art circles of Guangdong (广东) and Hong Kong (香港), forming a pattern of "traditional roots deeply rooted in Lingnan, and modern branches spreading in both cities."

This year marks the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War. The third part of the exhibition, "Daggers and Spears – Emerging Woodcut Movement and Comics", displays emerging woodcut prints from the Anti-Japanese War period, leading the audience to jointly review the years of national salvation. This exhibition also specially added the "Human World Painting Society and Hong Kong (香港)" special topic, tracing the birth process of the "Human World Painting Society" in the 1940s.

Ma Fung-kwok (马逢国), Chairman of the Hong Kong (香港) Members Association of the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles, said: "Artists can condense time through their works. What impressed me most about this exhibition was the historical data on display. By reviewing the important moments in history, it reflects the inseparable relationship between the mainland and Hong Kong (香港)."

"The exhibition is impressive. The history and stories behind many works can become important materials for patriotic education," said Gu Yaokun (顾尧坤), Vice Chairman of the Hong Kong Federation of Journalists.

A timeline is set up on the corridor of the exhibition hall, showing the development history of Guangdong (广东) fine arts from 1916 to 2024. Wang Yuqi (王语淇), a student from Po Leung Kuk Tin Ka Ping Millennium Primary School in Hong Kong (香港), held a camera and kept taking pictures. "I have been learning traditional Chinese painting and comics. This time, I have to take pictures and record carefully, and then study carefully when I go back."

Lin Lan (林蓝) introduced that the exhibition layout needs to take into account the presentation of cultural relics and contemporary art, and the moving line design and lighting effects are all part of the "contemporary exhibition works". At the same time, the contemporary art section incorporates videos and digital works by young artists from both places, which are close to popular culture.

Li Jinkun (李劲堃) said that in recent years, with the continuous exchanges between artists from Guangdong (广东), Hong Kong (香港) and Macao, the open and innovative cultural pattern of the Greater Bay Area has gradually formed. "Hong Kong (香港) has extensive international communication channels and advantages. The appearance of the Guangdong (广东) Fine Arts Centennial Exhibition at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre will open up new possibilities for the cultural arts of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area to go to the world."

Zhao Zhijun (赵志军), Chairman of the Visual Arts Group of the Hong Kong Arts Development Council, said that this exhibition is of great significance for deepening the cultural ties between Guangdong (广东) and Hong Kong (香港) and promoting the joint construction of art in the Greater Bay Area. At present, Guangdong (广东) and Hong Kong (香港) have established a normalized cooperation mechanism through platforms such as the "Greater Bay Area Artists Alliance".

Guangdong (广东) and Hong Kong (香港) are using art as a boat, exploring in openness and moving forward in integration, and jointly sailing to a new sea area of cultural prosperity and development.

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Editors of this page: Zhi Chunli, Chen Yuanyuan, Chen Shihan

Layout Design: Zhang Danfeng (张丹峰)

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"Two Years Later, the 'Problem-Solving Impasse' Reporting Window Has Become 'Quiet'" (New Observations on Cadre Conduct: Stepping into the Front Lines to Explore Work Style)

By: 本报记者  秦瑞杰

Editor's Note: General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out that the Party's work style is the Party's image, and a barometer for observing the relationship between the Party and the masses, and the direction of public sentiment. At present, the in-depth implementation of the spirit of the Central Eight-Point Regulation study and education is being carried out throughout the Party. Various localities are further enhancing their high degree of consciousness in continuously grasping the construction of work style, focusing on rectifying outstanding problems of formalism, establishing a correct view of performance, and doing practical things for the people with heart and soul.

Starting today, this edition launches a series of reports, "New Observations on Cadre Status: Walking into the Front Line to Explore Work Style," focusing on the practical explorations of various localities in effectively correcting the "four winds," transforming work style, and establishing a new style, promoting the shift of focus downward, the sinking of resources, and uniting people's hearts and gathering strength for entrepreneurship with an excellent work style.

Recently, the reporter walked into the Yinchuan (银川) Citizen Service Hall in the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region (宁夏回族自治区), and saw people coming and going in front of each window, but the "Unresolved Matters" reflection window seemed a bit "deserted."

"More and more things can be done, and naturally fewer and fewer citizens come to the 'Unresolved Matters' reflection window." Ms. Wang (王) from Yinchuan (银川) told reporters that she had been running around for several months to handle the transfer of medical insurance from other places, but encountered "departments kicking the ball." Finally, through the coordination of the "Unresolved Matters" reflection window of the Yinchuan (银川) Citizen Service Hall, it was completed within 3 days.

Since Yinchuan (银川) established the "Unresolved Matters" reflection window in 2023, it has cumulatively accepted more than 450 public appeals. From the initial "bottom-line service" to today's "system innovation," this mechanism not only opens up the "last mile" for the masses to handle affairs, but also becomes a fulcrum for leveraging the systematic reform of government services.

Integrating Resources

"The process that originally required 15 working days was completed in only 5 days for information verification and fund transfer."

From "behind the scenes" to "in front of the stage," this is the second year that Yao Lei (姚磊) has transferred his office location.

As the head of the Housing Provident Fund Management Center of the Yinchuan (银川) Citizen Service Hall, his office was originally in Room D311, but now he has moved to Window 03 facing the citizens, with the words "I'll help with unresolved matters" written on the window.

"Missing materials, difficulties in cross-departmental coordination, rigid policy implementation, system failures, and historical legacy issues are the five major blockages that the masses most often encounter in handling affairs. Although the 'Unresolved Matters' reflection window is small, it can integrate and coordinate resources from all parties, so that the masses no longer have to run around to handle affairs, and problems can be solved in just one window." Yao Lei (姚磊) said.

Ms. Li (李), a citizen living in Jinfeng District (金凤区) of Yinchuan (银川), has been working in Xi'an (西安) for many years. She was transferred back to Yinchuan (银川) in 2024, and repeatedly ran into obstacles when preparing the "Certificate of Deposit and Use of Loans from Other Places" - either the stamping process of the original deposit unit was cumbersome, or there were differences in the interpretation of policies between the two places. She traveled back and forth to Xi'an (西安) several times but still failed to complete it.

"Because Ms. Li (李) bought a house early, some contract documents were missing. She traveled back and forth between the two places many times to verify and supplement the materials, which consumed a lot of energy." Yao Lei (姚磊) said that later, Ms. Li (李) reflected through the "Unresolved Matters" reflection window, and received a return visit call from the Yinchuan (银川) Housing Provident Fund Management Center on the same day. "People don't need to run around, they can get all the materials at once, and the two management centers directly connect. The process that originally required 15 working days was completed in only 5 days for information verification and fund transfer."

"Now, with the APP or WeChat mini-program, problems can be 'fed back on the code', and it is more and more convenient to handle affairs." Ms. Li (李) said.

Institutional Empowerment

"Through the 'full-chain closed-loop mechanism', the number of transfers is restricted, the whole process is tracked and supervised, and buck-passing is eliminated."

How does the "Unresolved Matters" reflection window "resolve matters"? Institutional empowerment is the key to the efficient operation of the window.

For a long time, the Yinchuan (银川) Citizen Service Hall has concentrated more than 90% of the city's government services, with a total of 22 units in the entire system, 16 sections in the entire system, 28 approval windows, and nearly 1,200 government service items.

"In order to coordinate complex affairs, the Yinchuan (银川) Municipal Government has given institutional empowerment since its establishment, and the Municipal Approval Service Administration is responsible for the management and coordination of all units stationed in the Citizen Service Hall." Duan Xunshan (段训山), chief of the Efficiency Supervision Section of the Yinchuan (银川) Municipal Approval Service Administration, introduced that with such special powers, a mature response process can be established.

"After the masses submit appeals online and offline, the system automatically triggers a 'discovery and acceptance - accurate push - collaborative handling - tracking and supervision' full-chain closed loop." Zhang Zhao (张曌), chief of the Government Service Section of the Yinchuan (银川) Municipal Approval Service Administration, showed the platform's work process: overdue uncompleted items are flagged with red light warnings, which are directly linked to the quarterly assessment of 13 service halls. "Through the 'full-chain closed-loop mechanism', the number of transfers is restricted, the whole process is tracked and supervised, and buck-passing is eliminated." Zhang Zhao (张曌) said.

This kind of response process has already undergone several iterations of testing.

As early as May 2021, the Yinchuan (银川) Citizen Service Hall took the lead in establishing a reflection window for the masses' difficulties in handling affairs. In 2023, the "Unresolved Matters" reflection window was established. In January 2024, Yinchuan (银川) innovatively opened the "Unresolved Matters" handheld reflection window. "The handheld reflection window can upload pictures and other materials, which is more convenient for the masses to handle affairs." Zhang Zhao (张曌) said.

Today, the "Unresolved Matters" reflection window is called the "bottom-line station" by the masses. Walking into the Yinchuan (银川) Citizen Service Hall, online service QR codes and problem reflection QR codes can be seen everywhere. Whether it is missing materials, policy conflicts, system failures, or cross-departmental coordination problems, as long as the matters that the masses "can't explain" or "can't handle" can be reflected through online scanning or offline windows.

Data Feedback

"The cooling of the window is another affirmation of the quality and efficiency of the service, indicating that the situation of 'unresolved matters' is becoming less and less."

How to go from "resolving matters" to "resolving matters well"? Behind this is the upgrade of governance thinking.

"In the early stage of the window's operation, the 'difficult and complicated diseases' in high-frequency matters such as social security, provident fund, and real estate registration reflected by citizens were the most concentrated." Zhang Zhao (张曌) introduced, "Many problems seem to be individual cases, but in fact they expose institutional blockages." Yao Lei (姚磊) gave an example. In the past, real estate registration required joint handling by multiple parties such as taxation and housing construction, which required the masses to "run back and forth." Now, the provident fund system has been upgraded to "one-window handling," and the processing time has been shortened by 70%. The real estate registration center has established a "joint handling window" to synchronize tax payment and property rights registration, and the responsible departments directly connect, realizing "on-site completion."

"By analyzing the appeal data, we have revised 12 service guides in advance, so that the masses can run less and avoid detours." Ni Xiaojiang (倪晓江), chief of the Grassroots Guidance Section of the Yinchuan (银川) Municipal Approval Service Administration, said that the case of Ms. Li (李) handling the provident fund was recorded in the window case library and became the basis for many policy optimizations.

"Since the establishment of the handheld reflection window in 2024, the number of appeals received by the masses online and offline has dropped from an average of about 30 per month to less than 8 per month in 2025. Now the 'Unresolved Matters' reflection window is deserted." Duan Xunshan (段训山) said, "The cooling of the window is another affirmation of the quality and efficiency of the service, indicating that the situation of 'unresolved matters' is becoming less and less."

"Now the average number of people handling affairs in the Citizen Service Hall has dropped from 15,000 to 8,000, and most businesses have been completed online." Duan Xunshan (段训山) said, but the window still has the necessity of existence, "Institutional blockages will not disappear overnight. It is a barometer of reform and the direction of our continued efforts."

Continuing to focus on deep-seated problems such as lagging policy updates and data silos, Yinchuan (银川) is constantly exploring - opening up 29 special network approval systems to break down data barriers; scanning the code for "digital government service house numbers" to make the handling materials and the nearest handling point clear at a glance, with more than 100,000 scans per year; innovative services such as night market "stall windows" and business district "on-site certificate processing" extend government services to the grassroots level.

Integrating resources, empowering institutions, and feeding back data, Yinchuan (银川) has transformed the "unresolved" exceptions into the norm of "efficient handling." It is understood that Yinchuan (银川) plans to cover the "Unresolved Matters" reflection window to townships and communities to promote the solution of more urgent and difficult problems for the masses.

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Transform more "problem lists" into "performance lists" (Cadre Reflections)

By: 杨爱军

Currently, digitalization is accelerating the empowerment of government services. Yinchuan City (银川市) is following this trend by establishing an online "Unresolved Issues" reporting window on a mobile app, building upon the existing offline "Unresolved Issues" reporting window. This uses technology to empower public services, promoting government services from "able to handle" to "easy to handle" and then to "smart handling."

From answering simple matters to resolving difficult problems, and then to handling difficult matters successfully, this window, with the responsibility of "bottom-line service," incorporates those hard-to-handle public demands into the service framework. Behind this is a beneficial exploration of the government service system that balances "standardization" and "humanization."

A small window, but 大有乾坤 (dà yǒu qián kūn - "vast and profound," seemingly small but actually containing great potential). The depth of government service reform is not only reflected in the speed of technological iteration, but also depends on the warmth of solving problems for the people. Turning "unresolved" demands into "well-handled" practices, and turning the people's "problem list" into the cadres' "duty list," can continuously improve governance effectiveness by solving specific problems.

(The author is the Party Secretary and Director of the Yinchuan City (银川市) Approval Service Administration Bureau, interviewed and compiled by Qin Ruijie (秦瑞杰), a reporter from this newspaper.)

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Finding Good Governance Solutions at the Grassroots Level Through Everyday Life (On-the-Spot Observation)

By: 牟 丹

Transforming every resident's suggestion into a "blueprint" for grassroots governance is the only way to turn a community into a true happy home, strengthening ties between cadres and the masses and enhancing people's well-being in the rising atmosphere of daily life.

Around noon, the "Le Lin" canteen in the Wuyingshan Middle Road Community (无影山中路社区), Tikou Road Subdistrict (堤口路街道), Tianqiao District (天桥区), Jinan City (济南市), Shandong Province (山东省), is bustling with people.

The Wuyingshan Middle Road Community (无影山中路社区) is large and has many elderly people. To help them enjoy convenient meal assistance services, the community Party committee decided to build a community canteen. A small plate is connected to a large livelihood. It is not easy to build a good community canteen. Residents have concerns and questions, and community cadres explain and solve them one by one.

Where should the canteen be built? Community cadres communicated with residents and the subdistrict many times, and finally decided to open up 2 offices and 1 storage room in the Party-Masses Service Center (党群服务中心) to free up more than 120 square meters of space.

Where does the funding come from? Li Na (李娜), secretary of the community Party committee, visited many units in the jurisdiction and convened representatives of the People's Congress and members of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (政协委员) in the jurisdiction for consultation many times, successfully raising more than 300,000 yuan.

How to ensure food safety? The food supplier is jointly selected by members of the community committee, the person in charge of the canteen, and resident representatives. The community arranges cadres to strictly inspect the quality of ingredients every morning to ensure they are fresh, hygienic, and safe.

How can we operate for a long time? While the canteen provides preferential meal packages for the elderly over 60, newly employed groups, and sanitation workers, it also launches evening stir-fries and appropriately increases catering prices to strive for a balance between income and expenditure.

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After repeated research, field visits, and front-line needs assessment, the canteen was built and opened after 2 months. In nearly a year of operation, the "Le Lin" canteen not only serves the community but also radiates to 5 surrounding communities and more than 30 units. At mealtimes, residents line up and chat, and the canteen is full of the atmosphere of daily life.

In recent years, in order to better serve people's livelihoods, some community canteens have introduced commercial operation models and combined them with other elderly care formats to enhance their ability to resist risks; some canteens have continuously refined and updated their convenience services and supporting facilities to make residents feel more fulfilled and happier. For example, the Mingquan Chunxiao Community (名泉春晓社区) in Baohua Street Subdistrict (宝华街街道), Tianqiao District (天桥区), has created a "15-minute convenient living circle" and used the Party-Masses Service Center (党群服务中心) to create a youth night school. Courses such as baking technology, mobile phone photography, and e-commerce operation attract many residents to participate. In order to meet the needs of different groups of people, some communities have also launched extended and staggered peak services. The reason why these convenient services delivered to people's doorsteps are welcomed by residents is the key word "intention" - community cadres carefully connect with needs, carefully revitalize resources, and carefully innovate services.

Ask everyone what they need, think about everyone's concerns, and transform every resident's suggestion into a "blueprint" for grassroots governance is the only way to turn a community into a true happy home, strengthening ties between cadres and the masses and enhancing people's well-being in the rising atmosphere of daily life.

(The author is a cadre of the Baohua Street Subdistrict Office (宝华街街道办事处) in Tianqiao District (天桥区), Jinan City (济南市), Shandong Province (山东省))

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Gao County, Sichuan Fortifies "Clean Governance Network" for Social Assistance

This newspaper Chengdu June 2nd (Reporter Song Haoxin (宋豪新)) "Thanks to the discipline inspection commission's supervision, the special hardship support fund that was 'late' for more than 3 years has been issued." Recently, Yuan Longlin (袁龙林), a villager in Hongxing Village (红星村), Luorun Town (落润镇), Gao County (高县), Yibin City (宜宾市), Sichuan Province (四川省), happily said when discipline inspection and supervision cadres from Gao County (高县) conducted a "look back" on problem rectification, "Receiving the special hardship support fund has immediately reduced my family's burden!"

Since last year, the Gao County (高县) Discipline Inspection Commission and Supervision Commission, together with the County Civil Affairs Bureau (县民政局), have formed a special working group, focusing on unhealthy tendencies and corruption issues that damage the interests of the masses, such as "favoritism protection," "relationship protection," and "**应保未保、应救未救**" (yīng bǎo wèi bǎo, yīng jiù wèi jiù - "should be protected but not protected, should be rescued but not rescued," those who should be receiving assistance are not), and carried out a special governance action in the field of social assistance.

When the special working group carried out work in Luorun Town (落润镇), it was discovered that Yuan Longlin (袁龙林) met the conditions for applying for and enjoying the special hardship support fund, but it was not processed due to poor work handover during the change of village cadre positions and the failure of relevant village cadres to conduct visits and investigations. After the problem was reported to Hongxing Village (红星村), the village committee promptly applied for the special hardship support fund for Yuan Longlin (袁龙林), and the derelict village cadres were also seriously dealt with.

In response to the problems discovered in the problem investigation, such as the untimely distribution of social assistance funds and the continued receipt of minimum living allowances by deceased persons in individual towns, the Gao County (高县) discipline inspection and supervision organs will further focus on people's livelihood "micro-welfare," build a "clean governance network" for social assistance, encourage the masses to participate in supervision, and ensure that social assistance funds truly flow to the people who need them most.

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Sounding the Call to Resistance in the White Mountains and Black Waters (Landscapes in Focus)

This year marks the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War. Time flows and the smoke of war has dissipated, but the historical images solidified in the square inch are still as clear as yesterday.

Every yellowed photograph is a trace of time etched into the nation's memory. The footprints of soldiers' straw sandals treading on scorched earth, the tenacious backs of our predecessors resisting powerful enemies, the bullet-riddled city walls... The mountains and rivers are silent, but they have never forgotten. Starting today, this edition will launch a series of illustrated reports entitled "Images of Mountains and Rivers," selecting and publishing historical photographs from the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, tracing the river of images upstream, and in the development of history, looking back on the past and moving forward firmly.

-- Editor

On September 18, 1931, the Japanese Kwantung Army (关东军) created the "Liutiao Lake Incident (柳条湖事件)" and launched an armed invasion of Northeast China. This is the "September 18th Incident (九一八事变)," which shocked China and foreign countries in history.

Within a week from September 18 to 25, the Kwantung Army (关东军) occupied 30 cities in the two provinces of Liaoning (辽宁) and Jilin (吉林), and completely or partially controlled 12 railway lines, completing the first phase of the military offensive of the "September 18th Incident (九一八事变)."

Subsequently, Japan intensified its war of aggression. Seizing Jiangqiao (江桥) and invading Heilongjiang (黑龙江); invading Jinzhou (锦州) and seizing western Liaoning (辽西) area; invading Harbin (哈尔滨) and seizing the Special Region of the Three Northeast Provinces (东三省特区)... In just over four months, the entire Northeast region fell, the original provincial regimes and the Northeast Army (东北军) gradually disintegrated, and the anti-Japanese resistance activities led by some patriotic generals and mainly composed of the Northeast Army (东北军) gradually subsided, replaced by the anti-Japanese struggle of the Volunteer Army (义勇军) that swept across Northeast China.

After the "September 18th Incident (九一八事变)," the people of Northeast China, who were in a state of national subjugation, launched an unyielding struggle against the Japanese army's barbaric aggression under the call and influence of the Communist Party of China (中国共产党). The flames of national self-defense against Japan spread between the white mountains and black waters, and roars to overthrow Japanese imperialism were heard everywhere from towns to villages. On the land of Northeast China trampled by the iron hooves of the Japanese army, a large number of national heroes emerged, such as Yang Jingyu (杨靖宇), Zhao Shangzhi (赵尚志), and Zhao Yiman (赵一曼), who used their blood and lives to compose a heroic epic that is both glorious and tearful.

(Reported by Xu Leipeng (徐雷鹏) and Xin Yang (辛阳) of this newspaper)

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Activating Service Efficiency with Digital Momentum

By: 本报记者 尹晓宇

Recently, the tax service hall of the State Taxation Administration Taixing City Taxation Bureau received a cross-regional collaborative tax handling application from Mr. Wang, a citizen. Mr. Wang has an individual business license in his hometown of Yangxin County (阳新县), Huangshi City (黄石市), Hubei Province (湖北省), and urgently needs to complete tax clearance and cancellation procedures. However, because he lives in Taixing City (泰兴市) all year round, traveling back and forth to handle it would not only be time-consuming and laborious, but also incur certain travel expenses. After verifying Mr. Wang's identity information, the staff of the Taixing City (泰兴市) Taxation Bureau's tax service hall proactively initiated a cross-regional handling request to the Yangxin County (阳新县) Taxation Bureau. With the joint efforts of the two tax authorities, Mr. Wang successfully completed the cancellation registration and obtained a tax clearance certificate.

It is understood that Taixing City (泰兴市) continues to accelerate the construction of a digital government, vigorously promotes the "one-time handling of one matter" reform, continuously integrates government service resources, optimizes handling procedures, and promptly solves complex problems such as cross-level and cross-departmental handling. Through a series of measures such as joint departmental collaboration, online and offline integration, "acceptance despite deficiencies," and "certificate-free handling," it promotes government services to reduce time, reduce steps, reduce materials, and reduce running around, so that enterprises and the masses have fewer handling steps, shorter cycles, better processes, and lower costs.

Next, Taixing City (泰兴市) will continue to deepen the "Internet + Government Services" reform, focusing on promoting innovative applications such as "AI intelligent guidance" and "unfelt approval," and strive to create a "15-minute smart government service circle," using digital momentum to activate service effectiveness.

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This edition's editors: Su Xianlong, Xu Danyang, Xu Leipeng

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What Did Water Networks Look Like Over 5,000 Years Ago? (Beautiful China)

By: 本报记者 王 浩 游 仪

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The Liangzhu Site Water Conservancy Project, located in Yuhang District (余杭区), Hangzhou (杭州) City, Zhejiang Province (浙江省), is an important part of the Liangzhu Site (良渚遗址). Among the current archaeological discoveries of early civilizations, the Liangzhu Site Water Conservancy Project is the most complex in terms of engineering system, the most extensive in distribution, the most diverse in type, the most comprehensive in water conservancy function and benefit, and the water conservancy project with the most integrated engineering technologies.

Liangzhu (良渚) means "beautiful island in the water." The Liangzhu Site Water Conservancy Project, located in Yuhang District (余杭区), Hangzhou (杭州) City, Zhejiang Province (浙江省), is an important part of the Liangzhu Site (良渚遗址), integrating the wisdom of the Chinese nation in water management into the Liangzhu Site (良渚遗址), "a sacred place that proves the 5,000-year history of Chinese civilization."

The 28th Congress and 93rd Annual Meeting of the International Commission on Large Dams was recently held. At the thematic seminar on "Ancient Dam Engineering and the Development of Human Civilization," experts participating in the meeting further deepened four consensuses on the Liangzhu Site Water Conservancy Project based on the consensus on the value of world heritage: First, the Liangzhu Site Water Conservancy Project includes the largest dam project group in terms of scale and the largest number of projects in the current archaeological discoveries of early civilizations; second, it is the most complex water conservancy project in terms of engineering system and the most extensive in distribution in the current archaeological discoveries of early civilizations; third, it is the most diverse water conservancy project in terms of type and the most comprehensive in water conservancy function and benefit in the current archaeological discoveries of early civilizations; fourth, it is the water conservancy project with the most integrated engineering technologies in the archaeological discoveries of early civilizations.

The earliest construction date is 5100 years ago, including the outer water conservancy system and the ancient city water system.

In the archaeological excavation of the Liangzhu Site Water Conservancy Project, experts confirmed through radiocarbon dating that the earliest construction date of the Liangzhu Site Water Conservancy Project was 5100 years ago.

"The Liangzhu Site Water Conservancy Project facilities mainly include the outer water conservancy system and the ancient city water system, forming an organic whole," said Li Yunpeng (李云鹏), deputy director of the Institute of Water History, China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research (中国水利水电科学研究院水利史研究所).

First, look at the outer water conservancy system. This system is composed of upstream and downstream dam groups. The upstream dams are divided into east and west groups, and the downstream dam group is connected to the Tangshan Long Dike (塘山长堤) through Kaolaoshan (栲栳山) and Nanshan (南山). Wang Ningyuan (王宁远), a researcher at the Zhejiang Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology (浙江省文物考古研究所), introduced that these dams total 11, with an earthwork volume of approximately 2.88 million cubic meters, and surround 3 reservoirs with surrounding mountains, with a total storage capacity of approximately 46 million cubic meters. To this day, the outer water conservancy system is relatively well preserved, and some of it is still functioning.

Then look at the ancient city water system. The ancient city water system is composed of inner and outer city rivers, a "well"-shaped main river channel, and a network of tributary rivers. Through 8 water city gates, the inner and outer rivers of the ancient city can be connected and connected to larger water areas outside. The Liangzhu Site Water Conservancy Project fully considers the relationship between mountainous areas and plains, upstream and downstream of the basin, and inside and outside the ancient city, forming a water conservancy project system with significant high and low levels and a complete engineering system.

How was the water network more than 5,000 years ago gradually unveiled?

"The outer water conservancy system of the Liangzhu Ancient City was discovered in conjunction with other important sites of Liangzhu, which has gone through a long process of more than 30 years," said Wang Ningyuan (王宁远).

In 1987, archaeologists accidentally discovered the Tangshan Long Dike Site (塘山长堤遗址), which is about 5 kilometers long, and once suspected that it was the city wall of the Liangzhu Ancient City; in 1996, Liangzhu tombs and jade workshops were discovered near the site, and it was later confirmed that it was a flood control dike built artificially during the Liangzhu period; in 2009, the upstream east and west dam groups were discovered due to construction; in 2011, the downstream dam group was discovered, revealing the basic overview of the outer water conservancy system...

"We formed a multidisciplinary research team including professionals in archaeology, remote sensing and geographic information, surveying and mapping, environment, and water conservancy, collected various historical remote sensing images, and established a database," Wang Ningyuan (王宁远) introduced. Through special investigations, more than 20 new dikes were discovered in addition to the original 11 dikes, as well as 4 north-south soil ridges related to the water conservancy system, further revealing the complete structure of the Liangzhu Site Water Conservancy Project.

It has comprehensive functions such as flood control, drainage, irrigation, water supply, and transportation.

Why build this water network?

The regional water system pattern has already changed. The China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research (中国水科院) formed an interdisciplinary team to carry out cross-research on water history, water environment science, and geotechnical engineering to restore the regional hydrological environment characteristics during the Liangzhu culture period.

"According to the comprehensive analysis of natural and social environment restoration, Liangzhu culture mainly faced floods, regional waterlogging problems, and irrigation, water supply, and water transportation needs. The Liangzhu Site Water Conservancy Project provided comprehensive protection for these problems and needs," said Li Yunpeng (李云鹏). In terms of flood control, the upstream dam group built outside the Liangzhu Ancient City can intercept mountain floods; the downstream dam group intercepts the floods diverted from the upstream dam group and the confluence of mountain foothills, protecting farmland and cities; the city walls and moats of the ancient city can also protect the safety of the city.

Wang Ningyuan (王宁远) explained the function of the Liangzhu Site Water Conservancy Project from the perspective of settlement evolution. He introduced that in the early Liangzhu culture, settlements were multi-centered and scattered. In the middle of the Liangzhu culture, super-large-scale Mojiaoshan (莫角山) and other ritual spaces were built in the central plain of the site group. "This space is located in the downstream plain. In order to prevent floods that may occur in the upstream mountainous areas during the rainy season, it is necessary to build water conservancy projects on the periphery. In addition, these water conservancy projects can also provide water transportation conditions for the wood and stone materials needed for the construction of the ancient city."

"In the late Liangzhu culture, with the construction of city walls and outer walls, the Liangzhu Ancient City was completely structured, forming planning characteristics such as using water as a road, using water systems to separate functional areas, important buildings located in the center, and building cities with rivers," Wang Ningyuan (王宁远) introduced.

Complex system, comprehensive functions, and unique structural design

The concept of "overall planning of interception and irrigation, combining storage and drainage, high and low staggered, internal and external interconnection, adapting to people and water, and harmony between man and nature" formed by the Liangzhu ancestors in practice demonstrates the superb water management capabilities of humans in ancient times.

Wrapping mud with reeds and cattails to make long and round mud bags, and then stacking these mud bags vertically and horizontally into the interior of the dam body is the very characteristic construction technique of the Liangzhu Site Water Conservancy Project - grass-wrapped mud. "Grass-wrapped mud can increase tensile strength and make the dam body less prone to deformation," said Wang Ningyuan (王宁远).

"The Liangzhu Site Water Conservancy Project has a large construction scale, a wide range, a complex system, comprehensive functions, and a unique structural design. The Liangzhu Site Water Conservancy Project reflects the exploration and diversification of human civilization in the early stages of understanding natural laws and applying hydraulic engineering technologies," introduced Li Yunpeng (李云鹏).

"The discovery of the Liangzhu Site Water Conservancy Project not only provides an important sample for the study of early water management, but also provides valuable physical materials for the study of the origin and development of Chinese civilization," said Wang Ningyuan (王宁远). Wang Houjun (王厚军), director of the Publicity and Education Center of the Ministry of Water Resources (水利部宣传教育中心), said that strengthening the research on Liangzhu culture is of great significance for promoting the mutual learning and sharing of world water culture development.

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China's total reservoir capacity is approximately 1 trillion cubic meters.

According to reports from our newspaper in Beijing on June 2nd (Reporters Wang Hao (王浩), You Yi (游仪), and Deng Jianyang (邓剑洋)), China currently has approximately 95,000 reservoir dams with a total storage capacity of about 1 trillion cubic meters. In 2024, the country's installed hydropower capacity reached 436 million kilowatts, with an annual power generation of 1425.7 billion kilowatt-hours. The country ranks first in the world in terms of dam type, dam quantity, high dam quantity, and hydropower installed capacity.

The 28th Congress and 93rd Annual Meeting of the International Commission on Large Dams (ICOLD) was recently held. It is reported that in the past 5 years, the water conservancy departments have implemented risk removal and reinforcement for approximately 18,000 reservoirs, and will implement risk removal and reinforcement for more than 5,000 reservoirs in the next 3 years; they have implemented the construction of safety monitoring facilities for 51,000 small reservoir dams and rainfall and water condition monitoring facilities for 57,000 small reservoirs. A large number of key water conservancy projects, such as the Three Gorges Project (长江三峡), Danjiangkou Reservoir (丹江口), and Xiaolangdi Reservoir (黄河小浪底) on the Yellow River, continue to exert their benefits.

The Ministry of Water Resources (水利部) has initially selected 12 projects to carry out pilot projects for the construction of intelligent dams, including 9 reservoir and hydropower station projects under construction such as the Guxian Hydropower Station (黄河古贤) on the Yellow River, and 3 reservoir and hydropower stations in operation such as the Qingshan Reservoir (浙江青山水库) in Zhejiang Province.

The water conservancy departments integrate ecological protection into the entire process of dam planning, design, construction, and operation. Approximately 58,000 silt retention dams have been built on the Loess Plateau (黄土高原), the Yangtze River (长江) has carried out ecological regulation of reservoir groups for 15 consecutive years, and the Yellow River (黄河) has carried out unified water volume regulation for 26 consecutive years.

It is reported that the "World Chengdu Declaration" released at this conference is the fourth world declaration released since the establishment of the International Commission on Large Dams (ICOLD), and fully incorporates the concepts of safe dams, ecological dams, and intelligent dams proposed by China.

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Over 457,400 First-Instance Environmental and Resources Cases Concluded by Courts in 19 Provinces and Regions in the Yangtze River Basin in 4 Years

This newspaper's Chongqing (重庆) report on June 2nd (Reporter Wei Zhezhe (魏哲哲)): The People's Court's Promotion Conference on Serving and Guaranteeing Ecological Environmental Protection and High-Quality Development in the Yangtze River Basin was recently held in Chongqing (重庆). The conference facilitated the exchange of achievements and experiences in implementing the Yangtze River Protection Law, and jointly discussed judicial services to guarantee ecological environmental protection and high-quality development in the Yangtze River Basin.

It is reported that in the four years since the implementation of the Yangtze River Protection Law, the courts of 19 provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities in the Yangtze River Basin have fully utilized their environmental resources trial functions, and have impartially adjudicated 457,400 first-instance environmental resource cases of various types, including 85,900 criminal cases, 229,200 civil cases, and 142,300 administrative cases. Among these, 18,800 environmental public interest litigation cases and 826 ecological environment damage compensation cases were filed by various entities, achieving significant results in judicial protection work in the Yangtze River Basin.

The Supreme People's Court has always protected the ecological environment of the Yangtze River Basin with the strictest rule of law, formulating and revising 22 judicial interpretations on environmental pollution crimes, ecological environment torts, environmental public interest litigation, and punitive damages; issuing 5 guiding opinions on serving and guaranteeing the integrated development of the Yangtze River Delta, the development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt, and the construction of ecological civilization and green development in the Yangtze River Basin; publishing 45 thematic guiding cases, including ecological environmental protection in the Yangtze River Basin, biodiversity protection, and environmental public interest litigation; and releasing 47 batches of 453 typical cases on judicial services for the development of new quality productive forces, and judicial protection of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (青藏高原), national parks, and cultural relics and heritage.

It is reported that the People's Court actively extends judicial protection of the environment from the trial stage to the post-judgment environmental restoration stage, promoting the timely and effective restoration of damaged ecological environment functions. It gives full play to the institutional functions of preventive environmental public interest litigation, injunctions, and advance execution to avoid the occurrence or expansion of ecological damage. People's Courts at all levels in the Yangtze River Basin have jointly established 717 comprehensive ecological environment judicial protection (restoration) bases in key areas such as the Sanjiangyuan (三江源) area and rare and endemic fish protection zones, comprehensively leveraging the functions of trial, restoration, education, and governance.

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The Pilot Program of Replacing Water Resource Fees with Taxes Runs Smoothly in the First Tax Period

This newspaper Beijing (北京), June 2nd (Reporter Wang Guan (王观)) - The reporter learned from the State Taxation Administration (国家税务总局): The first quarter of water resources tax collection ran smoothly, and the reform effect initially appeared. In the first quarter of this year, the national water resources tax revenue totaled 10.4 billion yuan, of which 4.35 billion yuan came from the 21 newly piloted provinces. Excluding seasonal factors of hydropower generation and annual declaration factors of agricultural water use, it increased by 16.4% compared with the average quarterly water resources fee revenue in 2024. The number of water resources tax declarations in the new pilot areas reached 87,000, an increase of 13,000 compared with the number of water resources fee payers in 2024, an increase of 18%. In the new pilot areas, 3,500 taxpayers who previously took water without a permit completed the declaration, of which 2,700 taxpayers voluntarily applied for a water extraction permit. While basically not increasing the burden on terminal normal life and production water use, it has enhanced the awareness of water conservation among residents and enterprises.

Since December 1, 2024, the pilot project of replacing water resources fees with taxes has been fully implemented nationwide. According to the "Implementation Measures for the Pilot Reform of Water Resources Tax," water resources tax can be declared and paid monthly, quarterly, or on a per-occurrence basis. The first quarter of this year was the first complete quarterly collection period after the full implementation of replacing water resources fees with taxes.

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China Iron & Steel Research Institute teams up with Baidu AI Cloud to build an intelligent large model for the steel industry

The steel industry is a foundational and pillar industry of the national economy, and an important area concerning stable industrial growth and smooth economic operation. The innovation and development of artificial intelligence technology provides strong support for empowering the real economy. Data released by *Guozi Baogao* indicates that 90% of steel enterprises have built production manufacturing execution and energy management systems.

Under the guidance of the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission (SASAC) of the State Council's central enterprise "AI+" special action, China Iron & Steel Research Institute Group Co., Ltd. (中国钢研科技集团有限公司) (hereinafter referred to as "CISRI (中国钢研)") has jointly created a system-level intelligent infrastructure for the steel industry with Baidu AI Cloud, built the first large model platform in the metallurgical industry based on artificial intelligence technology, realized multi-scenario application of intelligent technology, and helped the industry achieve high-quality development.

The First Intelligent Perception Large Model in the Domestic Metallurgical Industry is Released

On May 14th, the first intelligent perception large model in the domestic metallurgical industry jointly created by Baidu AI Cloud and CISRI (中国钢研) - CISRI (中国钢研)'s "Metallurgical Process Perception Large Model" - was launched at the main venue of the Second (2025) Steel Industry Digital Development High-end Forum and the 30th National Automation Application Technology Academic Exchange Conference in 2025.

CISRI (中国钢研)'s "Metallurgical Process Perception Large Model" addresses the integrity, accuracy, and real-time challenges of process perception capabilities in the metallurgical industry. It adopts a "sensing-side large model + knowledge-side large model" dual-tower structure, and innovatively uses an OTS mechanism to achieve dual-tower connection, training and fine-tuning tasks such as spatio-temporal representation, working condition recognition, and trajectory generation, providing micro, meso, and macro-scale perception capabilities for process intelligence. By integrating knowledge bases and AI intelligent agents to form an overall technical framework, it realizes multi-scale deep perception of the metallurgical process and deep understanding and cognition of metallurgical production phenomena, laying a solid foundation for metallurgical process optimization, control optimization, and decision-making optimization.

CISRI (中国钢研)'s "Metallurgical Process Perception Large Model" has achieved key breakthroughs in four aspects: data generation, data base, knowledge engineering, and industry AI tool construction.

First, the use of controlled generation technology for metallurgical data, the introduction of metallurgical mechanisms, the realization of large-scale generation of metallurgical process data, solved the problem of obtaining "long-tail" samples, and effectively supported high-value scenarios such as metallographic analysis, defect detection, and material tracking.

Second, building a twin data engine, breaking through the traditional data base model, realizing standardized governance and intelligent packaging of multi-source heterogeneous data, and providing high-value data for digital and intelligent R&D in the metallurgical industry.

Third, launching high-precision retrieval and reasoning technology that integrates knowledge graphs and business knowledge bases, accurately realizing event identification, working condition recognition, and task generation in scenarios with complex and dynamically related knowledge levels such as material analysis and quality inspection.

Fourth, developing industry-customized AI tools. Created a steel everything segmentation large model, a human-machine collaborative metallurgical data efficient labeling platform, and a high-precision material analysis RAG tool.

Technology Supports the Accuracy Rate of Key Indicators for Metallographic Analysis Exceeds 95%

In response to the R&D and production needs of the metallurgical industry, CISRI (中国钢研) actively introduces artificial intelligence technology and has established new working paradigms in key business scenarios such as metallographic analysis, defect detection, and material tracking. Based on the model selection and evaluation of the Baidu AI Cloud Qianfan platform, CISRI (中国钢研) has formulated a fusion solution of "large language model + visual large model" and successfully completed the value verification of two major scenarios.

After the scenario value is accurately and reliably evaluated, the application development follows closely. CISRI (中国钢研) has connected large and small models and industry expert databases, combined with more than 70 years of accumulated industry knowledge and first-line R&D and production data, and based on the semantic segmentation large model built into the Baidu AI Cloud Yijian visual large model platform, quickly trained a material metallographic analysis large model from "0" to "1", and also conducted targeted fine-tuning optimization and model training according to specific task scenarios.

At the same time, based on the Baidu AI Cloud Qianfan platform's independently controllable intelligent application orchestration tools, CISRI (中国钢研) flexibly calls defect detection components, steel coil rating components, surface quality analysis report components, and other tools to quickly complete application development and create a steel industry "quality inspection digital worker," greatly reducing the R&D cost of business applications.

After the large model technology application was launched, CISRI (中国钢研) achieved key indicators such as the accuracy rate of grain boundary extraction/structure identification in metallographic analysis and the success rate of various defect detections in product surface quality inspection exceeding 95%. It can not only meet actual R&D and production needs, but also use the capabilities of large models to generate metallographic analysis reports and quality inspection analysis reports to assist enterprises in evaluating steel quality and optimizing production processes, and improve customer satisfaction.

Data source: CISRI (中国钢研)

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Growing steadily with each competition (Sports Observation)

By: 本报记者  李  硕

As the last pink ball accurately dropped into the pocket, applause and cheers resounded throughout the venue.

Recently, in the final of the 2025 Women's Snooker World Championship held in Dongguan (东莞), Guangdong (广东), Chinese player Bai Yulu (白雨露) defeated world number one Nutcharut Wongharuthai from Thailand, successfully defending her title.

Following Zhao Xintong (赵心童)'s victory in the men's competition, Bai Yulu (白雨露) successfully defended her title in the women's competition. In less than a month, both the men's and women's World Snooker Championship titles were won by Chinese players.

Nine consecutive wins, achieving the highest single-frame score of 112 points in the tournament… Bai Yulu (白雨露) held the trophy high, her ponytail swaying gently, her smile radiant. This is her third consecutive year reaching the Women's World Championship final, securing two championships and one runner-up position.

Tens of thousands of practices, "I believe diligence can make up for clumsiness."

In 2003, Bai Yulu (白雨露) was born in Weinan (渭南), Shaanxi (陕西). At the age of 9, she moved to Dongguan (东莞) with her parents. The strong billiards atmosphere in Dongguan (东莞) and her father's positive guidance led this little girl to pick up a cue.

The Chinese billiards table at home became her big toy. The sound of balls colliding with each other and falling into the pockets one after another was the music she loved.

Entering the billiards academy founded by former professional snooker player Li Jianbing (李建兵), Bai Yulu (白雨露) developed the dream of becoming a professional player.

"When I first started playing, all the other players on the court were boys," Bai Yulu (白雨露) admitted. At that time, there were almost no women's competitions on the Chinese snooker event map, and few girls were willing to try.

The initial journey was full of thorns, and failure followed her like a shadow, but Bai Yulu (白雨露) had a stubborn streak in her bones.

From the strength of the cue action to the calculation of angles, from the rhythm of the shot to psychological resilience... tens of thousands of cue actions are needed to lay a solid foundation, and the application of tactics must be tempered in the competition. After each loss, Bai Yulu (白雨露) would stubbornly return to the table and carefully study every detail of her movements.

"The hardest thing is to persevere, I believe 勤能补拙 (qín néng bǔ zhuō - "diligence can compensate for clumsiness," hard work can make up for lack of talent)." Bai Yulu (白雨露) said.

In 2016, at less than 13 years old, Bai Yulu (白雨露) won the junior group (under 14 years old) title in the China Youth Snooker Beijing (北京) Finals. She was the only female player participating. In the final, she defeated Xing Zihao (邢子豪), who later became a professional player.

Overcoming the innate difference in strength between men and women, "Seeing the gap allows you to find the direction to work hard."

From "always losing" when initially competing against male players, to gradually improving, and then to truly winning the game, time has witnessed Bai Yulu (白雨露)'s efforts.

In 2023, Bai Yulu (白雨露) reached the final in her first Women's World Championship; in 2024, she successfully reached the top, thus starting a new journey in her professional career.

At Ding Junhui (丁俊晖)'s Snooker Academy in Sheffield (谢菲尔德), England (英国), she trains and competes with male professional players.

"Seeing the gap allows you to find the direction to work hard." Bai Yulu (白雨露) is not afraid of losing. It is those bitter defeats that allow her to improve rapidly in higher-intensity confrontations.

In order to overcome the innate difference in strength between men and women, Bai Yulu (白雨露) usually does more strength and explosive power training. Before last year's Women's World Championship, she practiced mixed martial arts for a whole month, focusing on improving upper body strength.

"She also insists on doing push-ups to make up for the lack of strength as much as possible," Bai Shuangjian (白双建), Bai Yulu (白雨露)'s father, introduced. "This does help with exerting force when cueing, and she can try some extreme cueing techniques."

Analyzing Bai Yulu (白雨露)'s playing style in depth, her offensive ability is particularly outstanding, and her smooth rhythm and sharp potting ability are her "must-kill techniques."

In December 2024, Bai Yulu (白雨露) achieved her first career century break in the German Masters qualifying match against compatriot Yuan Sijun (袁思俊), and broke the highest score of female players on the professional tour with 128 points.

Facing the fiercely competitive professional arena, Bai Yulu (白雨露) remains clear-headed and believes that she has many shortcomings: "The depth of technical and tactical skills is not enough, and she lacks competition experience, on-the-spot rapid adjustment ability, and the ability to adapt to various venues. She needs to improve through continuous competitions."

More and more Chinese female players are appearing, "Participate in more competitions, don't be afraid of failure."

"I hope my breakthrough can encourage more people to fall in love with snooker." Bai Yulu (白雨露)'s expectations are becoming a reality.

In 2024, there were more than 40 players participating in the Women's Snooker World Championship; in 2025, this number exceeded 70, of which 39 were from China (中国).

On the stage of the China Youth Championship, there used to be only Bai Yulu (白雨露)'s lonely and stubborn figure, but now more girls are confidently appearing.

"Participate in more competitions, don't be afraid of failure, and cherish every gain in the competition." Bai Yulu (白雨露) sincerely offered her advice to the new forces of snooker.

After winning the Women's World Championship, Bai Yulu (白雨露)'s women's world ranking rose to third place. In this season's snooker professional tour, there are 4 female players, and Bai Yulu (白雨露) has the highest year-end ranking. "The next goals are to become the women's world number one and to maintain my place on the professional tour." Bai Yulu (白雨露) remains patient and continues to climb towards the future.

(Intern Wang Ruoxiao (王若笑) participated in the writing)

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Why do top snooker events allow men and women to compete together?

The outcome of snooker depends on technical stability and tactical thinking, without the need for confrontational physical contact. The World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (世界斯诺克协会) clearly stated that male and female players have an equal competitive basis under the same rules.

Early events (such as the 2013 National Team Championship (2013年全国团体锦标赛)) tried "handicap" mixed competitions, and in recent years, mixed doubles formats have further promoted breaking down barriers. For example, in the first World Snooker Tour Mixed Doubles in 2022, male snooker stars such as Ronnie O'Sullivan (奥沙利文) teamed up randomly with women's world champion Reanne Evans (埃文斯) to compete. Since 2022, the tour has awarded professional tour qualifications to the top four female players, allowing female players such as Bai Yulu (白雨露) to fully participate in the professional tour and compete with top male players for world rankings.

Today, top female players have repeatedly proven their competitiveness: Evans (埃文斯) became the first female player to participate in the Snooker World Championship qualifiers in 2015; Bai Yulu (白雨露) won 3 consecutive matches against male players in the British Championship qualifiers in 2024, becoming the first female player this century to achieve this feat.

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China U16 Men's National Football Team Wins Championship

Beijing, June 2nd (Reporter Chen Chenxi (陈晨曦)) On June 1st, in the 2025 CFA China Team Hohhot International Football Championship held in Hohhot (呼和浩特市), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region (内蒙古自治区), the Chinese U16 (under 16) team defeated the Australian U16 team 5-2, winning the championship with a record of 2 wins and 1 draw.

Four U16 national teams from China, Australia, Saudi Arabia, and Vietnam participated in the competition. In the previous two matches, the Chinese team defeated the Saudi Arabian team 2-1 and drew with the Vietnamese team 2-2.

The Chinese U16 men's football team will next prepare for the 2026 U17 Asian Cup qualifiers in November, striving for a spot in the 2026 U17 World Cup.

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Why is the Scottish Premiership suddenly so popular?

By: 本报记者  王伟健

On June 1st, Nanjing (南京), Jiangsu (江苏) was drizzling, but the Wutaishan Sports Center (五台山体育中心) in Jiangsu Province (江苏省) was bustling with excitement. At 7:30 that evening, the third round of the Jiangsu Provincial City Football League (hereinafter referred to as "Su Chao") (江苏省城市足球联赛) match between the Nanjing team (南京队) and the Wuxi team (无锡队) officially kicked off. 15,669 fans braved the rain to witness this football showdown together.

During the Dragon Boat Festival holiday, the third round of the "Su Chao" competition took place in many parts of Jiangsu (江苏), with almost every game being sold out. In response, Wang Ke (王科), Director of the Competitive Sports Department of the Nanjing Municipal Sports Bureau (南京市体育局竞技体育处), said: "The popularity of the 'Su Chao' league has far exceeded expectations." Taking the match between the Nanjing team (南京队) and the Nantong team (南通队) on May 11th as an example, tickets were free at that time, and about 6,000 spectators attended; while the match between the Nanjing team (南京队) and the Wuxi team (无锡队) on June 1st adopted a paid ticketing model, and all three rounds of ticket releases were quickly sold out.

More lively than the China League One and even surpassing the attendance rate of many Chinese Super League matches, why has this provincial football league suddenly become so popular?

Liu Tong (刘彤), Deputy Director of the Jiangsu Provincial Sports Bureau (江苏省体育局), introduced that as Jiangsu's (江苏) first event with the concept of "national participation + city honor," "Su Chao" has broken the high threshold of professional leagues and narrowed the distance between the public and football with a new model of "football for all."

It is understood that this league will last for 7 months, with a total of 85 games, divided into two stages: the regular season and the knockout stage. In the regular season, the 13 participating teams will compete in a single round-robin format both home and away, for a total of 13 rounds of matches; in the knockout stage, the top eight teams will use a single-elimination system to produce the top four, until the final.

In terms of team formation, each of the 13 prefecture-level cities in Jiangsu Province (江苏省) formed a team and named it after the city. A total of 516 players participated in this competition, ranging in age from 16 to 40, with more than 65% of the players coming from all walks of life, including teachers, students, couriers, programmers, etc.

In order to watch the match between the Nanjing team (南京队) and the Wuxi team (无锡队) live, Nanjing citizen Chen Feng (陈锋) brought his daughter to the Wutaishan Sports Center (五台山体育中心) early. "'Su Chao' provides a good opportunity for people who love football to get together and enjoy the game," said Chen Feng (陈锋).

Inside the stadium, the players ignited the audience's passion with their wonderful performances; outside the stadium, the event boosted the city's popularity. Nanjing (南京) launched preferential packages such as following "Su Chao" to tour Nanjing (南京). From May 29th to June 8th, fans could participate in triple discount activities for shopping, dining, and accommodation within the Nanjing (南京) city area with their event ticket stubs. Many hotels around the Nanjing Wutaishan Gymnasium (南京五台山体育馆) were almost fully booked, and the event became a new engine for stimulating urban consumption vitality.

Not only Nanjing (南京), but the cultural and tourism market in various parts of Jiangsu (江苏) has also become more active due to "Su Chao." During the competition, the number of night tourists in the Zhenjiang Jinshan Temple Scenic Area (镇江西津渡景区) increased by 3 times compared to usual; the Yangzhou team (扬州队) turned the halftime break into a "non-heritage" exhibition; the "bird watching + game watching" package launched by Yancheng (盐城) received more than 20,000 orders... As the event heats up, traveling around Jiangsu (江苏) following "Su Chao" has gradually become a popular trend in various parts of Jiangsu (江苏), and has also achieved "breaking the circle" communication on multiple online platforms, further igniting people's passion for football.

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Weichai Group and Baidu AI Cloud Join Hands to Drive Innovation and Transformation in the Equipment Manufacturing Industry with Large Models

In the current era of rapid development in artificial intelligence technology, the manufacturing industry is undergoing a profound digital and intelligent transformation. As a leading enterprise in the high-end equipment manufacturing industry, Weichai Holding Group Co., Ltd. (潍柴控股集团有限公司) (hereinafter referred to as "Weichai Group (潍柴集团)") actively embraces AI technology, takes innovation as its guide, vigorously promotes the company's digital and intelligent transformation, and sets a new benchmark for industry development.

Facing new development opportunities and challenges, Weichai Group (潍柴集团) and Baidu AI Cloud (百度智能云) have worked closely together to continuously promote the construction of the Weichai Large Model, combining typical scenarios such as internal research and development, operation, office work, and management to create the company's intelligent brain and capability center.

In response to the needs and pain points of business upgrades, Baidu AI Cloud (百度智能云), relying on the ERNIE (文心) large model, Qianfan (千帆) large model platform, Qianfan (千帆) application development platform AppBuilder, GBI, ERNIE Quick Code (文心快码), and the Zhenzhi (甄知) enterprise knowledge management platform, focuses on building a capability platform with Weichai Group (潍柴集团) characteristics. Based on this solid foundation, it accelerates the implementation of the first batch of six typical application scenarios: basic question-answering scenarios, software development scenarios, knowledge management scenarios, use case generation scenarios, data analysis scenarios, and intelligent customer service scenarios.

In the basic question-answering scenario, the Weichai Large Model can fully understand user intentions and execute multi-dimensional tasks, building a personal intelligent service hub that integrates knowledge question-answering, summary abstracts, content generation, administrative office work, and other diverse capabilities. Users can significantly improve the efficiency of problem handling through natural dialogue interaction modes, helping to achieve an intelligent leap in human-machine collaborative office work.

In the software development scenario, through intelligent plug-ins deeply integrated into the IDE (Integrated Development Environment), a full-process development empowerment system is built to assist in code writing. The code intelligent completion, automatic annotation, dynamic optimization, and other functions provided by the plug-ins not only greatly improve programming efficiency but also guide engineers to develop efficient development habits through standardized code specifications. For junior developers, this set of intelligent assistance systems is like a "digital mentor," which can help them quickly cross technical thresholds, integrate into actual business development processes, and shorten the growth cycle from theory to practice.

In the knowledge management scenario, the Weichai Large Model builds an exclusive knowledge base covering the entire chain of research and development, management, and production, which not only integrates internal professional knowledge systems but also realizes the organic integration of online search functions. This customized question-answering system is deeply aligned with the company's business scenarios and can better grasp the "enterprise language." At the same time, through private deployment, it realizes intelligent analysis of internal encrypted files, providing employees with accurate and fast knowledge services while ensuring data security and controllability.

In the use case generation scenario, the large model innovatively realizes the intelligent use case generation function, creating an efficient skill improvement platform for the testing team. Junior engineers can use the system to automatically generate standardized test cases, quickly participate in actual project testing, and accelerate the mastery of core testing skills in practice. This innovative model not only shortens the talent training cycle but also promotes the step-by-step improvement of the overall technical level and innovation capabilities of the testing team through continuous intelligent empowerment.

In the data analysis scenario, relying on powerful data analysis capabilities, the Weichai Large Model builds a real-time data insight system for market sales, supply chain, and other business sectors. Through the efficient collection of industry dynamics, market feedback, and other multi-dimensional information, combined with intelligent algorithms for in-depth mining and precise refinement, the Weichai Large Model helps business teams quickly capture market opportunities, significantly improve decision-making efficiency and judgment accuracy, and provide scientific data support for the company's strategic layout.

In the intelligent customer service scenario, relying on cutting-edge natural language processing and semantic understanding capabilities, the Weichai Large Model realizes the integrated management of structured data and unstructured text in the customer service field, building an efficient intelligent service system that integrates knowledge acquisition, intent recognition, knowledge extraction, knowledge retrieval, knowledge discovery, intelligent question answering, intelligent recommendation, agent assistance, intelligent data querying, and other functions. By building a dynamic knowledge graph, fragmented knowledge units such as product manuals, service cases, and policy documents are structurally reorganized to form an intelligent knowledge base covering all business scenarios. Ultimately, it achieves second-level response to customer inquiries, reduces manual intervention, and ensures that the accuracy rate of answering routine consultation questions is increased to 94%, the average processing time of a single work order is reduced by about 30 seconds, the efficiency is increased by 25%, and about 10,000 hours of manual service capacity are released annually.

Currently, the achievements of large model construction have been successively covering Weichai Group's (潍柴集团) research and development, functional, and other businesses, greatly improving the efficiency of enterprise operation and office work. In the construction of typical scenarios, the basic question-answering scenario and the software development scenario have initially verified the empowerment value of the large model for employees' daily office work, and the estimated annual economic benefit can exceed 15 million yuan.

Looking to the future, Weichai Group (潍柴集团) will continue to improve the functional modules of the platform, simultaneously establish an internal AI engineer certification system, cultivate a composite talent team that both understands product research and development and is proficient in AI technology, and further deepen the digital and intelligent transformation process. In order to comply with the development trend of the artificial intelligence era, Weichai Group (潍柴集团) is reshaping the genes of the manufacturing industry with AI technology. While realizing its own transformation, it will also play the role of "chain owner," build a digital and intelligent ecosystem for the entire industry chain, empower upstream and downstream related enterprises, provide "Weichai Wisdom (潍柴智慧)" for the industry, and help promote China's high-end equipment industry to build new competitive advantages.

Data source: Weichai Holding Group Co., Ltd. (潍柴控股集团有限公司)

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"Helping More People Understand Contemporary China and Read China" (International Perspective)

By: 本报记者  刘 慧

From May 23rd to June 1st, the 42nd Kuala Lumpur International Book Fair was held in Kuala Lumpur (吉隆坡), the capital of Malaysia (马来西亚), attracting over 250 exhibitors from around the world. The theme of this year's book fair was "Books: Reading and Leading." The Chinese publishing delegation, consisting of 17 publishing houses including The Commercial Press (商务印书馆), Zhonghua Book Company (中华书局), and China Communications Press (人民交通出版社), showcased over 1,000 selected books and held a variety of exchange activities, promoting cultural exchange and publishing cooperation between China and ASEAN countries.

The exhibition site was crowded with people. The featured book exhibition area of the Chinese booth focused on promoting Chinese and foreign language versions of President Xi Jinping's (习近平) works and related study materials. Works such as "Xi Jinping: The Governance of China" (习近平谈治国理政), "Get Rid of Poverty" (摆脱贫困), "Xi Jinping's Stories About Poverty Alleviation" (习近平扶贫故事), and "Selected Works of Xi Jinping" (习近平著作选读) attracted many readers to stop and browse. Amir (阿米尔), a Malaysian (马来西亚人) engaged in enterprise management, told reporters that he has the English versions of Volumes 1 to 4 of "Xi Jinping: The Governance of China" at home, and this time he bought English versions of works such as "Get Rid of Poverty." "These works are rich in content and profound in thought, which can help more people understand contemporary China and understand China. They are important carriers for people to deeply understand China's economic, social, cultural and other fields of development. The concepts expounded in the books are very useful for Malaysia's (马来西亚) development," Amir (阿米尔) said.

Other types of books exhibited by the Chinese publishing delegation were also favored by readers. Books such as "Ironclad Evidence" (铁证如山) and other themed books commemorating the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War reviewed the years of the war and conveyed the concept of peace; books such as "China Bridge" (中国桥梁) and "Automobile Intelligent Safety" (汽车智能安全) shared China's advanced technology in the field of transportation; books such as "Chinese in Ten Days" (汉语十日通) and "World Children's Chinese" (世界少儿汉语) provided Chinese learning materials for people in Southeast Asian countries; social science books such as "The Fundamental Spirit of Chinese Culture" (中国文化的根本精神) helped readers understand Chinese society and culture more deeply...

Yu Guilin (余桂林), Deputy Editor-in-Chief of The Commercial Press (商务印书馆), told reporters that considering that there are many Chinese enthusiasts in Southeast Asian countries, The Commercial Press (商务印书馆) has selected reference books such as "Xinhua Dictionary" (新华字典) and Chinese learning books, which have received a good market response. In addition, best-selling books such as "Emperor Kangxi's Red Notes" (康熙的红票) and "A Brief History of the Great Wall" (长城简史) are also popular, and cooperation matters have been discussed with local publishing houses. Fara (法拉) is a sixth-grade student at a local Chinese school. She said: "I like to read novels with strong stories. I hope to find suitable reading materials at the book fair to help improve my Chinese level."

The 9th Southeast Asia China Book Tour, as a special event of the Asia Copyright Exchange, was unveiled at the book fair, exhibiting more than 500 kinds of themed books, textbooks, and children's picture books published by Educational Science Publishing House (教育科学出版社), East China Normal University Press (华东师范大学出版社), Central Minzu University Press (中央民族大学出版社), Zhengzhou University Press (郑州大学出版社), and other publishers. Twar (特瓦尔), a publisher from Singapore (新加坡), told reporters that their publishing house is looking for high-quality Chinese children's books. "Some Chinese folk tales and science books are well received in the Singaporean (新加坡的) book market. We previously introduced books such as 'Journey to the West' (西游记), which were very popular in Singapore (新加坡) after being adapted. We will also translate some Singaporean (新加坡的) stories into Chinese and promote them to the Chinese market. We hope that the book publishing industries of the two countries will carry out more extensive and in-depth exchanges in the future."

Zhang Yeqing (张叶青), Deputy Director of Educational Science Publishing House (教育科学出版社), said that the overall response to the exhibited books was good. Science education books and picture books that enlighten Chinese traditional culture have attracted a lot of attention, such as the series of picture books "This is the Earth!" (这就是地球！), "Explore! Science!" (探索吧！科学！), "The Twenty-Four Solar Terms and Seventy-Two Pentads" (二十四节气与七十二物候), and "Chinese Traditional Festival Stories" (中国传统节日故事). Publishing institutions from Singapore (新加坡), Cambodia (柬埔寨), Malaysia (马来西亚) and other countries have come to negotiate copyrights.

According to Wu Yunxi (吴畇希), Deputy General Manager of Xiamen Foreign Trade Group Co., Ltd. (厦门外图集团有限公司), the organizer of the Southeast Asia China Book Tour, this event organized Chinese exhibitors to conduct multiple rounds of "one-on-one" docking negotiations with more than 50 participating overseas publishers. The Southeast Asian industry is optimistic about Chinese children's books, picture books, Chinese textbooks and other copyrighted books. This exhibition also brought Chinese printing companies, and the agreed cooperation can find printing companies on-site for quotations, which further improves cooperation efficiency.

Adiba Othman (阿迪巴·奥玛尔), CEO of Malaysia City Book Store (马来西亚城市书苑), the organizer of the Asia Copyright Exchange, told reporters that there are many Chinese communities in Southeast Asian countries, and the number of people learning Chinese is increasing, resulting in a large demand for Chinese books. More and more Chinese publishers are entering the Southeast Asian market. Southeast Asia and China have similar cultures, and Chinese books can resonate with Southeast Asian readers. There is great potential for book publishing cooperation between the two sides.

During the book fair, the China-Malaysia Classic Works Translation Seminar, the China-Malaysia Education Resource Sharing and Innovation Practice Seminar, the China-Malaysia Children's Book Publishing Seminar... one cultural exchange activity after another was wonderful and enthusiastic, building a bridge for China-Malaysia cultural and educational exchanges, deepening mutual understanding between the two sides, and enhancing the willingness and confidence of both sides to cooperate. The Chinese publishing delegation also donated a batch of books to the Malaysian Ministry of Education (马来西亚教育部) and local Chinese primary schools, Tunku Abdul Rahman University (拉曼大学), and other institutions to help Malaysian (马来西亚) students further understand Chinese culture and technology.

Azman (阿兹曼), Director-General of the Malaysian Ministry of Education (马来西亚教育部总监), said that books are a medium of culture, language and thought, and the book publishing industry is a soft power tool that can shape national identity and promote regional unity. Khair Ngadirin (柯海尔), Chairman of the Kuala Lumpur International Book Fair Organizing Committee, told reporters that expanding cooperation between Malaysia (马来西亚) and China in the book publishing industry will help enhance mutual understanding and knowledge sharing, and promote closer cooperation in related fields.

(Reported from Kuala Lumpur (吉隆坡) on June 2nd by this newspaper)

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Let the Fragments of History Converge into a Galaxy (Global Perspective)

By: 许立群

The "Lisbon Maru" has sunk forever, but the truth of history will not be silenced.

In March of this year, the documentary film "The Sinking of the Lisbon Maru," painstakingly produced by a Chinese director, was released in the UK, and more and more British people learned about this history that they were previously unaware of. A few days ago, in a meeting of the British House of Commons, Member of Parliament Kirsten Sullivan recounted the World War II memories of a constituent's family—the story of the "Lisbon Maru" shipwreck and the heroic Chinese fishermen. Lucy Powell, Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons, responded: "History should be remembered."

One day in October 1942, the Japanese army requisitioned the "Lisbon Maru" passenger and cargo ship to transport more than 1,800 British prisoners of war from Hong Kong (香港) back to Japan. The "Lisbon Maru" was hit by a US torpedo while passing through the waters near Zhoushan (舟山), Zhejiang (浙江). To prevent the prisoners of war from escaping, the Japanese army first confined them to the cabins with wooden boards and canvas. When the prisoners of war broke out and jumped into the sea to escape, the Japanese army frantically strafed them. At a critical moment, the Dongji (东极) fishermen stepped forward and risked their lives to rescue 384 British prisoners of war.

The documentary "The Sinking of the Lisbon Maru" is based on this true historical event. The director spent eight years traveling to many places, interviewing survivors of the "Lisbon Maru," relatives of prisoners of war, Dongji rescue fishermen, as well as relevant Japanese and American personnel, carefully salvaging the fragments of history one by one, and finally gathering them into a magnificent symphony that commemorates the joint Sino-British fight against fascist aggression and eulogizes the deep friendship between the two peoples.

In London (伦敦), I have watched this film three times. Each time, in the screening room, both Chinese and foreign audiences were deeply shocked and moved. Those common human emotions that transcend differences in nationality, race, political stance, cultural background, and religious belief can always touch people's hearts and resonate strongly.

While revealing the brutality of the Japanese army and the cruelty of war, the film also shows the Chinese fishermen's great righteousness and kindness in bravely rescuing people amidst gunfire, the British prisoners of war's longing for their hometowns and families, the sincere friendship of striving to resist and encouraging each other, and the beautiful love between a British soldier and a Chinese girl. As director Fang Li (方励) said in an interview: "The most direct impulse for me to make this documentary film is emotion!" The humanity, emotions, and destinies that were once obscured in the war deserve to be seen by more people.

When the gunfire tore through the sea, the Dongji fishermen desperately rowed their small boats against the current towards the sea of death. This thrilling rescue had no grand mobilization, only spontaneous action; no impassioned slogans, only the simple belief of "saving a life is like adding a star in the sky," only the instinctive awe of life. The old fisherman Lin A'gen (林阿根) said in a low voice during an interview decades later: "We just did what we should do." This great feat, like a fishing fire in the dark night, penetrates the fog of war. Five years ago, when Lin A'gen (林阿根) passed away, the descendants of the British survivors sent a condolence message: "The legacy he left to the world includes courage, heroism, and the good that a person can bestow in the face of humanity's most brutal atrocities."

In stark contrast to the tearful recollections of the survivors' descendants are the blank faces of the Japanese captain's children and the evasiveness of the history professor in front of the camera. This collective silence constitutes the dark side of the historical narrative, like the cabins of a sunken ship in the deep sea covered with silt, reminding people that the integrity of memory requires not only the testimony of the rescuers but also the confession of the perpetrators. The film juxtaposes narratives from different perspectives, which is not only a restoration of the truth but also a serious trial. At the end of the film, when the names of thousands of rescued, victims, and rescuers slowly rise like stars, the audience sits quietly, immersed in the surging emotional torrent, reluctant to leave for a long time.

It is gratifying that not long ago, the monument commemorating the Dongji fishermen's rescue of British prisoners was unveiled on Qingbang Island (青浜岛), Dongji Town (东极镇), Zhoushan City (舟山市), Zhejiang Province (浙江省). Eighteen descendants of British prisoners of war made a special trip to witness this solemn historical moment with the descendants of Dongji fishermen. Perhaps every forgotten history is a forgotten star, and the awakening of memory is to allow these stars to shine again in the night sky of the human spirit.

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UN-Habitat Assembly Resumes, Focusing on Global Housing Crisis

According to Xinhua News Agency, Nairobi (内罗毕) (Reporters Li Zhuoqun (李卓群) and Lin Jing (林晶)) – The second resumed session of the United Nations Habitat Assembly was recently held in Nairobi (内罗毕), the capital of Kenya (肯尼亚). Approximately 1,200 representatives from around the world attended the meeting to discuss how to address the global housing crisis.

In her opening remarks at the resumed session, the Executive Director of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat), Maimunah Mohd Sharif, stated that the current global housing crisis affects nearly 3 billion people, and failure to take action will seriously hinder the achievement of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. She called for promoting globally coordinated actions based on human rights, dignity, and multilateral solidarity to address the global housing crisis.

Dong Jianguo (董建国), Vice Minister of the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development of China (中国住房和城乡建设部), introduced China's successful experience in using appropriate housing policies to promote poverty reduction, create employment, and recover from crises from three aspects: achieving safe rural housing through poverty alleviation, constructing and raising guaranteed housing, and promoting the renovation of dilapidated urban housing, at the high-level dialogue on "Adequate Housing for All" at the resumed session.

According to estimates by UN-Habitat, more than 2.8 billion people worldwide live in substandard housing conditions, including over 1.1 billion people living in slums or informal settlements, and over 300 million people are completely homeless. In some parts of Africa (非洲) and the Asia-Pacific (亚太) region, the gap between housing demand and infrastructure is rapidly widening. In Africa (非洲), 62% of urban housing is informal; in the Asia-Pacific (亚太) region, more than 500 million people lack access to basic water supply, and the environmental health needs of more than 1 billion people cannot be guaranteed.

The United Nations Habitat Assembly is the highest governing body of UN-Habitat and the highest decision-making body globally on sustainable human settlements and urbanization.

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Severe Drought Hits Multiple Regions of Mexico

By: 本报记者  谢佳宁

Since the end of last year, many parts of Mexico have experienced severe drought, exacerbating the problem of water scarcity. The Mexican National Water Commission (墨西哥国家水务委员会) stated that the current drought began at the end of November last year and has continued for six months. Data shows that 65.9% of Mexico's land area has been affected by drought, and 46.5% of the land is in a state of moderate to exceptional drought.

Chihuahua (奇瓦瓦州), an agricultural powerhouse in northern Mexico, mainly grows beans, apples, corn, and other crops and engages in animal husbandry. It is currently the only state in Mexico that is completely marked as red on the drought monitoring station. Since the end of last year, there has been almost no effective rainfall in the area, and irrigation water has been reduced by more than half compared to normal years. "This is one of the most severe droughts in nearly 30 years. Due to insufficient water storage and continuous drought, this year's crop cycle has been disrupted," said Ruiz (鲁伊斯), Chairman of the Chihuahua (奇瓦瓦州) Agricultural Committee.

Significant reductions in grain crops and pasture have occurred in many parts of northwestern and central Mexico, leading to rising prices for agricultural products in some areas. The Mexican Agricultural Market Consulting Group predicts that due to the continued drought, Mexico's total agricultural output this year may fall to 280.3 million tons, the lowest output since 2018's 279 million tons. Urban water use has also been affected. The water levels of large reservoirs around the capital, Mexico City (墨西哥城), continue to decline, and some communities have had to implement rotating water supply. The Mexico City (墨西哥城) Municipal Engineering Department warned that if there is no significant rainfall in the coming months, it may be necessary to further restrict industrial and domestic water use.

Vega López (维加·洛佩斯), a professor of environmental and ecological economics at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (墨西哥国立自治大学), believes that water scarcity is due to both natural causes and factors such as aging infrastructure and insufficient water resource management. Data from the Mexican National Water Commission (墨西哥国家水资源委员会) shows that about half of the country's water use is for agricultural purposes, but many areas still rely on inefficient ditch irrigation systems, resulting in serious water waste. The problem of groundwater over-extraction is also prominent, especially in the arid northern regions, where many wells are nearing depletion.

The drought problem has also led to an escalation of water disputes between Mexico and the United States. According to the US-Mexico "1944 Water Treaty" (《1944年水资源条约》), Mexico is required to provide the United States with approximately 2.158 billion cubic meters of water every five years from six tributaries of the Rio Grande (格兰德河), while the United States delivers 1.85 billion cubic meters of water to Mexico annually from the Colorado River (科罗拉多河). Faced with a severe drought, Mexico's compliance pressure has increased sharply. Since the beginning of this year, the United States has repeatedly accused Mexico of failing to deliver the agreed-upon amount of water on schedule. Mexico stated that the severity of the drought far exceeded expectations and that the "force majeure" clause should apply.

The Mexican government has launched several emergency measures. The Mexican National Water Commission (墨西哥国家水资源委员会) announced that it would allocate more irrigation water quotas to the severely affected states and invest in repairing aging canal systems. The Mexican government has pledged to promote a series of "water resource modernization" projects, including promoting water-saving irrigation technologies, strengthening groundwater monitoring, and guiding farmers to grow drought-resistant crops. Some local governments are also encouraging urban residents to recycle domestic water, such as reusing kitchen water.

Some experts believe that as the global warming trend continues, extreme climate events such as droughts may become more frequent. Mexico urgently needs to strengthen long-term climate strategies centered on climate adaptation and sustainable resource utilization, explore the establishment of a unified water resource coordination mechanism, expand green infrastructure investment, and improve water resource governance capabilities.

(Reported from Mexico City (墨西哥城) on June 2nd)

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Technology Empowers South Africa's Border Management

By: 本报记者  郑  翔

The South African Department of Home Affairs recently issued a statement saying that during the public holidays from April 15 to 24, the South African Border Management Authority successfully intercepted 6,253 illegal border crossings, an increase of 63% compared to the same period in 2024. South African Minister of Home Affairs Aaron Motsoaledi said that this achievement was due to the government's official use of new drones and other equipment to strengthen the monitoring of peak-period entry personnel and cargo flows, and the digital transformation of border management has begun to show results.

To cope with the border management pressure during the Easter holidays, the South African Border Management Authority was equipped with a total of 4 new drones and 40 body cameras. All 4 drones are equipped with night vision cameras and thermal imaging technology, which can work in remote areas with unstable navigation signals. "Thermal imaging technology can monitor human body heat, and illegal border crossers can be detected even if they are hidden behind shelters such as bushes, which effectively reduces the workload of searching," said Motsoaledi. He added that advanced equipment will continue to be deployed in the future to continuously improve border management efficiency.

As one of Africa's largest economies, South Africa has a strong attraction for immigrants and is also plagued by illegal immigration and related crime problems. According to data released by the South African Department of Home Affairs in January this year, nearly 60,000 illegal immigrants attempted to cross the border into South Africa during the Christmas holiday in 2024 alone, nearly twice as many as in the same period in 2023. Fhelani Mkhize, executive director of the Global Dialogue Institute, a South African foreign policy think tank, said that due to factors such as unbalanced regional economic development, increasingly severe climate problems, and the aggravation of humanitarian crises in some areas, the number of illegal immigrants flocking to South Africa will continue to increase in the coming years.

In order to improve the effectiveness of border governance, the South African government has introduced a series of measures in recent years to empower border management with technology. South Africa promulgated the Border Management Authority Act in 2020, which clarifies that the Border Management Authority has the right to deploy digital tools such as biometric systems and drones, and gradually increase digital investment. In 2023, the newly revised South African Immigration Amendment Act imposed mandatory requirements for biometric identification of entrants. The Border Management Authority significantly extended the retention period of data such as fingerprints, faces, and irises of entrants, and shared it with law enforcement agencies.

Digitalization is one of the important means for South Africa to strengthen border management. As an important land passage between South Africa and Zimbabwe, the Beitbridge Port of Entry has comprehensively upgraded its intelligent monitoring network with the help of digital technology equipment such as artificial intelligence cameras, electronic fences, vibration sensors, and biometric gates, effectively combating illegal border crossings and smuggling activities, and improving customs clearance efficiency and border security.

Under the framework of the Southern African Development Community, South Africa has also cooperated with neighboring countries such as Zimbabwe and Mozambique to deploy intelligent monitoring systems, strengthen data interconnection and sharing, and continuously strengthen cross-border law enforcement linkage to jointly build a regional border security network. In 2023, in a special operation in northern KwaZulu-Natal Province, South African police and Mozambican police used new technologies to carry out joint border law enforcement, recovered more than 100 stolen vehicles, and arrested dozens of criminal suspects. South Africa has also maintained close cooperation with international organizations such as the International Organization for Migration and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime to continuously explore innovative solutions to border governance and immigration management issues.

"With the joint efforts of the government and all sectors of society, we have made remarkable achievements in border governance," said Michael Masiapato, head of the South African Border Management Authority. In the past two years, with the help of new technology equipment, the Border Management Authority has intercepted a total of 468,000 illegal immigrants, arrested 2,344 wanted criminals, and seized more than 700 forged documents. "Effective border management is essential to safeguarding national interests, ensuring public safety, and promoting economic development. We will continue to face challenges in the future."

(Reported on June 2 from Johannesburg (约翰内斯堡) by this newspaper)

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Guangxi to Build Regional International Postal and Express Hub Facing ASEAN

This newspaper's Nanning (南宁) report on June 2nd (Reporter Pang Geping (庞革平)): The reporter learned from the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Postal Administration (广西壮族自治区邮政管理局) that in recent years, Guangxi (广西) has achieved remarkable results in building a regional international postal express hub facing ASEAN. The China-Vietnam (中越) special line can achieve the fastest direct delivery from Nanning (南宁) to Hanoi (河内) in 16 hours, and the China-Thailand (中泰) special line can achieve the fastest direct delivery from Nanning (南宁) to Bangkok (曼谷) in 36 hours. Postal express companies have invested multiple all-cargo aircraft to participate in building a "4-hour air logistics circle" from Nanning (南宁) to ASEAN, and the "14-hour cross-border direct access" China-Vietnam (中越) train has completely covered Vietnam's (越南) industrial and agricultural industry clusters. Guangxi's (广西) postal express network has achieved "coverage of urban and rural areas, access to the whole country, connection to ASEAN, and connection to the world."

According to Mo Zujun (莫祖俊), Deputy Director of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Postal Administration (广西壮族自治区邮政管理局), in recent years, with the strong support of the Autonomous Region Party Committee and Government (自治区党委、政府), many express logistics enterprise headquarters have come to Guangxi (广西) for inspection and have implemented hub function projects and service functions such as international business and supply chain, taking Guangxi (广西) as a strategic fulcrum and main channel for cross-border business facing ASEAN. At present, the hub construction has achieved phased results.

It is understood that in the next step, Guangxi Post (广西邮政) will continue to take building a regional international postal express hub facing ASEAN as the traction, contribute industry strength to Guangxi's (广西) construction of a new pattern of port opening with land and sea dual-drive and efficient land, sea, and air coordination, and more powerfully support Guangxi's (广西) efforts to strengthen the sea and open up for development.

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Editor in charge of this edition: Zou Zhipeng, Zhao Yipu, Chu Jun

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Metamorphosis in Hilly and Gully Areas (Frontline Observation)

By: 本报记者 张 帆 孟祥夫

Hardened roads lead directly to homes, "micro-vegetable gardens" are lush with greenery, and fig trees are laden with fruit... Neijiang City (内江市) in Sichuan Province (四川省) is located in an inland hilly area with limited natural resources. However, today, venturing deep into the fields, one sees a beautiful picture of livable and workable harmony.

In recent years, Neijiang City (内江市) has deeply studied and applied the experience of the "Thousand Villages Demonstration, Ten Thousand Villages Renovation" Project ( “千万工程”经验), strengthened Party building leadership, and taken the rural appearance improvement action as a starting point, so that the villages in the hilly gullies have both "appearance" and "connotation," allowing the masses to truly feel the happy fruits of Party building leading the comprehensive revitalization of the countryside.

Cadres Go Down to Improve the "Appearance" of the Countryside

Changba Village (长坝村) in Guobei Town (郭北镇), Dongxing District (东兴区), Neijiang City (内江市), is built on a mountain, which used to be piled with neglected cobblestones. Today, these stones string together orchards, vegetable gardens, and flower gardens, becoming a unique landscape in the village. Zhong Zhengming (钟正明), a villager, still has a comparison video before and after the renovation in his mobile phone: "You see, this was a smelly ditch before the renovation, but now the water is very clean."

However, at first, when the village proposed to carry out appearance improvement work, Zhong Zhengming (钟正明) and many villagers were not very enthusiastic. Zhang Mengyao (张梦遥), director of the Party and Government Office of Guobei Town (郭北镇), recalled that as a cadre in charge of the village, he and the village cadres distributed the "Rural Appearance Improvement Information Letter" from house to house and organized courtyard meetings, but the effect was limited.

What to do? Zhang Mengyao (张梦遥) decided to speak with facts—organizing villagers to visit and learn. "Other villages are well renovated, and our village can do the same," said Zhong Zhengming (钟正明).

After returning, he took the initiative to dismantle the illegally built chicken and duck sheds in front of his house and used cobblestones to build vegetable gardens and flower beds, making the environment more beautiful. Under the leadership of Party members and cadres and some villagers, everyone contributed money and effort to dismantle dilapidated houses, repair roads, and clear garbage, working enthusiastically.

Today, in order to effectively promote the improvement of rural appearance, Neijiang City (内江市) and its counties have established relevant leading groups to build a clear, coordinated, and efficient organizational leadership system, with eight special working groups including industrial integration development, human settlement environment improvement, and infrastructure construction. Each village has also established a working team led by a section-level cadre to conduct in-depth investigation and mobilize the masses to participate.

The mechanism is built, and the power goes down. Neijiang City (内江市) has further established a "city-level leaders contact towns, city-level departments link villages" support mechanism. In 2024, more than 3,000 cadres from government agencies and institutions were selected to form 19 task forces and 266 teams to sink into the front lines to tackle key problems.

At a courtyard meeting in Changluo Village (长螺村), Huangjia Town (黄家镇), Longchang City (隆昌市), villagers raised their demands one after another: "Cut down the miscellaneous trees, otherwise we will be afraid to walk at night," "It is best to have roads to every household"... Yang Churi (杨础瑞), the cadre in charge and secretary of the Political and Legal Committee of the Longchang Municipal Party Committee (隆昌市委政法委), stated on the spot: "We will fully absorb everyone's opinions and suggestions and implement them in the next work."

After the meeting, facing the problem of messy poles and wires in the village, Zhang Xiu (张秀), deputy mayor of Huangjia Town (黄家镇), immediately contacted the city's support cadres. After communication and coordination, relevant telecommunications company staff came directly to the village, and the problem was quickly resolved.

Doing practical work brings a series of changes: 18 kilometers of hardened roads, more than a dozen dilapidated walls were demolished and cleaned up, some villagers completely bid farewell to dry toilets, and every household used natural gas... "I heard that the village is developing well, and several villagers who have been working outside for many years have returned to the village to build new houses," said Zhang Qinglu (张清录), secretary of the Party branch and director of the village committee of Changluo Village (长螺村).

"No fancy stuff, only practical things" - the Neijiang Municipal Party Committee (内江市委) clearly requires focusing on the functions of "kitchen, toilet, courtyard, and pen" for practical transformation. Today, the majority of Party members and cadres go deep into the grassroots and work on the front lines. Hardened roads lead to the doorsteps, tap water is connected to farmers' homes, and a large number of villages like Changluo Village (长螺村) have achieved gorgeous transformations.

Party Building Leads, Activating the "Password" of Industry

After the rain, the iris fields in Fangjiagou Village (方家沟村), Gaoliang Town (高梁镇), Dongxing District (东兴区), are tinged with new green. Liu Rongliang (刘荣亮), the first secretary stationed in the village, squatted on the ground to measure the flower seedlings: "Looking at this growth, it is already more than 20 centimeters now, and it will bloom next month." He told reporters that iris can be used for both medicinal and ornamental purposes, with high economic value, and the village has planted more than 600 acres.

Who would have thought that this 600-acre flower field was still barren land a few years ago.

How to dig out "golden nuggets" from the land? When he first arrived in the village, Liu Rongliang (刘荣亮) and the village committee cadres racked their brains and came up with a new trick—making promotional videos and posting them on social platforms: "Fangjiagou Village (方家沟村) primary school, office buildings and other idle houses with a total of more than 4,000 square meters are generally attracting investment" "Welcome all the bosses who grow fungi crops under the forest to visit our village for on-the-spot investigation and investment"... This strategy quickly took effect, and industry merchants such as perilla, rose, and iris took the initiative to come to cooperate.

Today, Fangjiagou Village (方家沟村) has introduced 7 enterprises, built 1 South American white shrimp breeding workshop, and adopted intercropping and rotation modes to plant more than 4,400 acres of economic and grain crops such as edible roses, motherwort, watermelon, and soybeans, forming a diversified economic development model of "under the forest, grain and medicine, and water area," with an annual output value of nearly 90 million yuan. The industry has also absorbed more than 500 people to work nearby, driving the average income of villagers to increase by nearly 1,000 yuan, and the village collective income in 2024 exceeded 300,000 yuan.

Not far away, Wang Sigui (王思贵), a 70-year-old villager, is intercropping soybeans in the field. He transferred 2 acres of land to the village collective and usually does odd jobs in the village, happily saying: "I can earn 80 yuan here every day, and I can also take care of my little grandson."

If the industry is prosperous, the countryside will be prosperous. Party organizations at all levels in Neijiang (内江) strengthen the leadership of Party building, based on resource endowments, promote "one industry in one town, one product in one village," and cultivate at least one characteristic leading industry in each village. At the same time, Neijiang City (内江市) organized the "Excellent Migrant Workers Return and Cultivation Project" and carried out activities such as "Science and Technology Commissioners to Villages and Groups" and "Three Rural Experts into the Grassroots," to empower industrial development with talent revitalization.

In Shuikou Village (水口村), Xiangyi Town (向义镇), Weiyuan County (威远县), nearly a thousand acres of greenhouses are full of vigorous growth of gourds and melons such as loofah and bitter gourd.

In the past, individual farmers planted, and the price of vegetables was very low by middlemen, and it was common for them to rot in the ground. Liu Nian (刘念), secretary of the village Party branch, led the village committee team to conduct a survey and decided to establish a cooperative to expand the scale of greenhouse vegetable planting, improve the pricing power of vegetables, and launch a "Party branch + enterprise + farmer" development model, in which the Party branch takes the lead in signing cooperation agreements with enterprises, enterprises provide technology and markets, farmers are responsible for planting management, and the village collective coordinates as a whole to achieve a win-win situation for all three parties.

Today, Shuikou Village (水口村) plants more than 6,000 acres of vegetables, with an annual output of 35,000 tons, which are sold all over the country. The village has also built an intelligent seedling greenhouse and a fruit and vegetable cold chain distribution center to achieve staggered sales and sell vegetables at good prices. In 2024, the per capita income of villagers reached 27,000 yuan.

Mechanism Innovation, Playing the "Harmony" of Co-governance

As night falls, the street lights in the Jiulinggang Courtyard Cultural Square in Tongjia Village (童家村), Gaoshi Town (高石镇), Weiyuan County (威远县), light up, and villagers dance to the music, and children play on the side. Looking at the scene in front of him, Zhang Shuwen (张述文), a 77-year-old Party member, was filled with a smile.

Looking back at the beginning of the renovation, facing concerns such as "it's the same whether you change it or not" and "do we still have to pay," Zhang Shuwen (张述文) stood up and said: "Following the organization will not suffer. My family will change first!"

He was the first to start, taking the lead in dismantling the dirty and messy livestock and poultry sheds, working with the construction team and village cadres to renovate the weedy abandoned land in front of the house, repair ditches, and build walkways... Soon, Zhang Shuwen's (张述文) home was brand new, attracting many villagers to visit. "It's very comfortable, the government has subsidies, and it doesn't cost much money." He took the opportunity to persuade everyone to "renovate early and enjoy happiness early."

Under the leadership of Party members such as Zhang Shuwen (张述文), villagers followed suit. Some took the lead in dismantling their own private constructions, some contributed labor and did not care about returns, and some followed village cadres to do mass work together... "Thousands of words are not as good as Party members taking the lead," said Huang Dongliang (黄栋良), secretary of the Party Committee of Tongjia Village (童家村).

To stimulate the enthusiasm of the masses to participate, it depends not only on Party members taking the lead, but also on mechanism innovation. The "one yuan" system promoted by the Party branch of Antang Village (庵堂村), Shuangfeng Town (双凤镇), Longchang City (隆昌市), is a typical example.

Villagers pay one yuan per person per month, which is turned over to the village collective account and used specifically to pay for the wages of cleaning, sanitation, garbage collection, and transportation personnel in the village, as well as the maintenance of environmental sanitation supporting facilities such as garbage disposal facilities. "There is less garbage, and the village is cleaner." This is the intuitive feeling of the villagers since the implementation of the system.

Zhang Daijiu (张代玖) is the village's full-time cleaner, responsible for public area sanitation. In addition to cleaning, Zhang Daijiu (张代玖) also reminds villagers not to litter. After hearing it a lot, everyone's environmental awareness is naturally higher. Now, the amount of garbage Zhang Daijiu (张代玖) transports every day has also been significantly reduced.

"'One yuan' system solves the problems of difficult rural domestic waste cleaning, difficult collection, difficult supervision, and difficult routine maintenance in the past, and also improves villagers' sense of responsibility and participation," said Zhang Hongqing (张洪清), a cadre of Antang Village (庵堂村).

Today, in Neijiang (内江), some villages promote the "rural civilization points system," where villagers can earn points for participating in voluntary labor and garbage sorting, and exchange them for daily necessities at the love supermarket; some villages have established "courtyard directors," who are served by Party members and local sages, responsible for mediating disputes and supervising the environment; and many villages have carried out the "five good families" selection, posting photos of farmers with beautiful courtyards and good family traditions on the "honor list" at the entrance of the village.

"The comprehensive revitalization of the countryside is not a solo show for cadres, but a chorus of the Party and the masses," said Zou Zijing (邹自景), secretary of the Neijiang Municipal Party Committee (内江市委书记), "We take improving the appearance of villages as a fulcrum, integrate resources, gather strength, leverage the comprehensive development of the countryside, accelerate the construction of livable, workable, and beautiful villages, so that the broad masses can benefit, and promote the comprehensive revitalization of the countryside."

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Research Should Be Grounded in Solving Problems (Jin Tai Tide Sound: Series on Style Construction ⑩)

By: 李林蔚

For some time, the revised "Regulations on Practicing Thrift and Opposing Waste by Party and Government Organs" has attracted widespread attention, which clearly requires "strictly prohibiting learning exchanges and investigation researches between different departments in different places without substantive content." This regulation directly addresses practical problems and releases the Party Central Committee's firm determination to overcome formalism and eradicate the chaos of investigation and research.

Investigation and research are the foundation of planning and the way to success, and the key lies in seeking truth and being pragmatic. The key to measuring whether investigation and research are done well is whether practical problems can be solved well. In reality, the investigation and research of individual party member cadres have changed their flavor: "sitting in the car and turning around, looking through the glass" is a superficial observation, only aiming at the "facade" and not exploring the "backyard" is a superficial understanding, and the investigation and research report is piled up with rhetoric but the problem is still in place... This kind of investigation and research that does not solve the problem wastes human and material resources and erodes the trust of the masses, and must be resolutely curbed.

Why does investigation and research deviate from the original intention of "solving problems"? The root cause lies in the misplaced view of performance. Some cadres believe that the larger the scale of investigation and research, the more it can reflect their own "degree of attention" and the easier it is to obtain the attention of superiors, and what they have in mind is not a real problem. Some cadres are to cope with the assessment, mechanically complete the quantitative indicators of investigation and research, and alienate investigation and research into a formality.

At present, high-quality development is being steadily promoted, but at the same time, it also faces many uncertainties and challenges, and the tasks of reform, development and stability are very heavy. The more so, the more we need to deepen and solidify our investigation and research, focus on the new problems encountered in practice, find out the situation, identify the crux of the problem, and put forward practical countermeasures.

Only by discovering problems and facing problems with a realistic attitude can we grasp the overall and true situation and truly make suggestions for the development of the cause. "Bitter medicine is good for the disease, and honest advice is good for the conduct." Only by adhering to a down-to-earth and pragmatic working method, going deep into the fields and factories, not only looking at the vigorous vitality of industrial parks, but also looking at the pipe leakage of old residential areas; not only listening to the experience of the leaders in getting rich, but also listening to the heartfelt words of the people in difficulty, can we avoid being formalistic and superficial.

Solving problems is the fundamental purpose of investigation and research. We cannot investigate without research, research without use, take notes when we come, and have no follow-up after we leave. Localities and departments should build a closed-loop mechanism of "discovery-analysis-solution-feedback" to transform investigation and research results into policy "toolboxes" and governance "construction drawings," and promote the "problem list" to be effectively transformed into a "results list." At the same time, we will further improve the assessment and evaluation system, incorporate "hard indicators" such as public satisfaction and problem solving rate into the cadre assessment, and force the improvement of investigation and research quality and efficiency with institutional rigidity.

At present, the in-depth implementation of the spirit of the Central Eight-Point Regulation learning and education is being carried out throughout the Party. The first of the Central Eight-Point Regulations is to improve investigation and research. We must promote learning, checking and rectification in an integrated manner, consciously put ourselves in it, make the work style solid, sink to the front line with the original intention of "caring for branches and leaves," analyze and analyze difficult problems with the patience of "dissecting sparrows," and truly make investigation and research a "golden key" to solving problems and promoting high-quality development.

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Photo Story

Shandong Province (山东省) Tancheng County (郯城县) adheres to Party building leadership, empowers the comprehensive revitalization of the countryside, actively develops order agriculture and high-efficiency agriculture, and promotes farmers' income increase.

The picture shows Tancheng Street (郯城街道) in Tancheng County (郯城县) organizing Party member volunteers to help farmers harvest and transport "order white radishes" to ensure timely transportation to order companies for processing.

Photo by Zhang Chunlei (张春雷) (People's Vision (人民视觉))

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Anomalous Social Security (Supervisory Post)

"Feeling that the base for my monthly social security payments was too low, I thought about increasing the payment base and proportion to get some benefits for myself, but in the end, I was 聪明反被聪明误 (cōng míng fǎn bèi cōng míng wù - "cleverness being mistaken by cleverness," to be too clever for one's own good)..." Recently, Li (李某某) and Zhang (张某某), community cadres from a certain street in Jin'an District (金安区), Lu'an City (六安市), Anhui Province (安徽省), expressed deep regret when facing the disciplinary decision.

In May 2024, when the Second Inspection Team of the Jin'an District (金安区) Committee was conducting inspection work on a certain street, a salary detail of a community worker aroused vigilance. The salaries of two community workers showed 7,190 yuan, while the salaries of other community workers showed more than 3,000 yuan. "Why are these two so much higher than the others?" Cui Wei (崔伟), the leader of the Second Inspection Team, wondered.

The inspection team followed the clues and found that the community workers changed the data on the social security payment base declaration form, changing the two people's salaries from more than 3,000 yuan to 7,190 yuan, and increasing the social security payment ratio from 60% to 100%.

The Second Inspection Team immediately transferred the clues to the District Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision. After investigation: In December 2020, Li (李某某) and Zhang (张某某) discussed and arbitrarily increased the social security payment base and submitted the declaration materials directly to the Social Insurance Collection and Information Center of the District Human Resources and Social Security Bureau (区人社局社会保险征缴和信息中心) in the name of the community. After the Social Insurance Collection and Information Center of the District Human Resources and Social Security Bureau (区人社局社会保险征缴和信息中心) reviewed and entered the system, the social security payment base of the two was increased. According to the measurement by the District Audit Bureau (区审计局) and the Street Office (街道办事处), from January 2021 to August 2024, the unit's contribution to social security was more than 38,000 yuan for Li (李某某) for old-age, unemployment, work-related injury, and medical insurance, and more than 39,000 yuan for Zhang (张某某).

Finally, the Standing Committee of the Jin'an District (金安区) Commission for Discipline Inspection decided to give Li (李某某) and Zhang (张某某) a punishment of expulsion from the Party.

"Actually, I knew in my heart that this operation was inappropriate, but I took a chance, thinking that it would be done without anyone knowing. I sincerely accept the organization's punishment of me," Li (李某某) said with emotion when accepting the return visit.

[Disciplinary Enforcer Says] Not acting in accordance with laws and regulations, but arbitrarily increasing the individual's social security payment base, and having the unit pay for the excess, is essentially harming the public for personal gain. Li (李) and Zhang (张), knowing that there are regulations, used their self-proclaimed "smart" operation methods to transfer their personal legal obligations to the public account, which not only touches the red line of discipline and law, but also reflects the dual lack of responsibility awareness and discipline and law concepts. Their behavior constitutes a violation of discipline and law. Party members and cadres must always keep in mind discipline and rules, strictly abide by the boundaries between public and private, and must clearly recognize that public funds are public, and not a penny can be over-occupied or over-used.

(Reported by Tian Xianjin (田先进), reporter of this newspaper)

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Governance Secrets Hidden in the Scent of Orange Blossoms (The Party Flag Flies High on the Front Lines)

By: 本报记者 孙 超

In summer, in the Heilongwei Management District (回龙圩管理区) of Yongzhou (永州), Hunan (湖南) Province, at the border of Hunan and Guangxi (湘桂边界), the orange blossoms are in full bloom.

Following the fragrance of the flowers, entering Gangtouyuan Village (岗头源村) in Xinglong Village (兴隆村), a green brick ancient gatehouse comes into view. Two stone tablets, one old and one new, stand quietly in front of the gatehouse – the inscriptions of "ten coins" and "twenty coins" on the old tablet are mottled and difficult to distinguish, while the numbers "five thousand" and "eight hundred" on the new tablet are as clear as yesterday. These carvings of varying depths are engraved with the transformation of governance in the Heilongwei Management District (回龙圩管理区).

"It wasn't like this a few years ago." Gan Gongqiang (甘功强), the first secretary stationed in the village, squatted in front of the stone tablet, his fingertips tracing the grooves of the old tablet, "At that time, the villagers lived in small western-style buildings, but the village roads were potholed and muddy, and the eaves of the ancient gatehouse were about to collapse into the weeds." This village, which had become wealthy through citrus planting, had filled the villagers' "purses" but lost their nostalgia.

The turning point began in 2021 with an "impulsive" act by villager Liu Xiaoguang (刘晓光) – he and a few neighbors pooled tens of thousands of yuan and stubbornly renovated the dilapidated ancient gatehouse into a "网红 (wǎng hóng)" (internet famous) spot in the village, and also turned the adjacent wasteland into a delicate and beautiful small garden.

This spontaneous act by the masses attracted the attention of the Heilongwei Management District (回龙圩管理区) Party Committee. "The village is the basic unit of life for the villagers, and the Party organization must take root here," said Yi Huijie (易恢节), Secretary of the Heilongwei Management District (回龙圩管理区) Party Committee. The Heilongwei Management District (回龙圩管理区) constructed and improved the organizational system of "Party Group +", further extending the tentacles of the Party organization to each village and to the people, to better promote the construction of a harmonious and beautiful countryside.

Based on his previous enthusiastic actions and mass base, Liu Xiaoguang (刘晓光) was elected as the "Party Group +" backbone of Gangtouyuan Village (岗头源村). The first thing they did was to list the "six small gardens" chaos, which villagers complained about the most, as a key target.

The "six small gardens" refer to small gardens, small vegetable gardens, small orchards, small parks, small poultry yards, and small courtyards. These were supposed to be embellishments of the rural scenery, but due to lack of management, they became the source of "dirty, messy, and poor." Gan Gongqiang (甘功强) dug out old photos, showing overgrown vegetable gardens and randomly built poultry sheds squeezed between residential buildings, forming a sharp contrast with the surrounding small western-style buildings.

To solve this problem, the Gangtouyuan Village (岗头源村) Party Group visited households one by one, held "village night talks," set up small benches on the threshing floor, and let the villagers offer opinions and play the leading role, determining key issues such as "what to do and how to do it." The final plan was meticulous: each household's small vegetable garden was surrounded by bamboo fences, and idle land was transformed into shared orchards...

Liu Xiaoguang (刘晓光) also introduced that the grassroots "Party Group +" practice is inseparable from the support of higher-level Party organizations. The Heilongwei Management District (回龙圩管理区) compiled the "Design Guidelines for Infrastructure, Residential Buildings, and Front and Rear of Houses" to ensure the quality of the "six small gardens" construction, and provided supporting subsidies for the "six small gardens" projects with a support policy of "the government contributes a little, the villagers raise a little, and the units donate a little."

The most touching thing is the active participation of the villagers. The 13 households in Gangtouyuan Village (岗头源村) voluntarily contributed more than 40,000 yuan for construction funds. Skilled craftsmen and young and middle-aged people were mobilized to repair the courtyard walls for free, and use drones to take aerial photos to create renderings. Everyone consciously and voluntarily contributed to the construction of the "six small gardens." "You see the numbers on this new tablet, there are 5,000 yuan sent back by villagers working outside, and 800 yuan donated by the elderly," Liu Xiaoguang (刘晓光) said, pointing to the stone tablet, his face filled with a joyful smile.

The role of "Party Group +" is not only reflected in ecological livability, but also plays an important role in industrial prosperity.

Before dawn, Liu Yan (柳燕), the women's director of Baxiandong Village (八仙洞村) in the Heilongwei Management District (回龙圩管理区), was already shuttling through the village's "Nine Points Sweet" citrus demonstration base, carefully checking the drip irrigation system. "Our citrus planting was not smooth sailing. We bought fake seedlings and bad seedlings in the past, and we could only admit our bad luck," Liu Yan (柳燕) said.

Faced with the potential risks of the leading industry, the Party Group took the lead in leading major growers to form a technical team, introducing new varieties and new technologies, and putting in enough effort in quality and brand. To their delight, they also trained several major growers to become "citrus anchors," making the citrus here a hot seller on e-commerce platforms.

Today's Heilongwei (回龙圩), under the leadership of the Party organization, a team of ten thousand volunteers is scattered in various villages like orange blossoms, either running "cultivation and reading schools" or forming security patrol teams... When the setting sun shines on the ancient gatehouse, the numbers on the new tablet shine with a warm light in the fragrance of orange blossoms – that is not only the amount of donations from the villagers, but also a vivid testimony of "the Party's heart connecting with the people's heart."

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Opening Up More Possibilities for Micro-Dramas (Adhering to "Two Creations" * Focusing on New Era Literature and Art)

By: 鲍 楠

Opening up more possibilities for micro-dramas requires creators to respect the volume, form, and production cycle characteristics of micro-dramas, respect the inherent regulations that make them micro-dramas, and at the same time, dare to break path dependence and explore the vast world beyond existing models, types, and themes.

The micro-drama industry is full of vitality and is a hot topic in the current literary and artistic field that has received widespread attention. In the past few years, tens of thousands of micro-dramas have been launched, and the quality of content has continued to improve. However, on the other side of the bustling scene, a large number of micro-dramas focus on themes such as rebirth and counterattack, relying on strong conflicts and multiple reversals in the narrative to intensively output "爽感 (shuǎng gǎn - "refreshing feeling," a feeling of satisfaction and excitement)" to the audience, falling into a creative path dependence of identical faces.

"爽感 (shuǎng gǎn - "refreshing feeling," a feeling of satisfaction and excitement)" is not the patent of micro-dramas; "爽文 (shuǎng wén - "refreshing novels," novels designed to provide a sense of satisfaction to the reader)" and "爽剧 (shuǎng jù - "refreshing dramas," dramas designed to provide a sense of satisfaction to the viewer)" have long existed. However, the form characteristics and business model of micro-dramas make the intention of seeking "爽 (shuǎng - "refreshing," satisfying)" more direct and holistic in its effect on the story's appearance. Specifically, micro-dramas are small in size, have short single-episode lengths, and their revenue is directly related to the completion rate. For this reason, micro-dramas seeking "爽 (shuǎng - "refreshing," satisfying)" often use high-frequency "hooks," such as picture hooks, suspense hooks, emotional hooks, and reversal hooks, to continuously and accurately stimulate the audience's emotions and ensure viewing stickiness. The episodes of micro-dramas are already short, and with setting "hooks" as the top priority, the artistry, innovation, and even coherence, logic, and rationality of the story are relegated to a secondary position and cannot be guaranteed. The time and space background of micro-dramas seeking "爽 (shuǎng - "refreshing," satisfying)" is often fictional, and the details are often unpolished and unverified, after all, delving into these is time-consuming and laborious and does not benefit "爽 (shuǎng - "refreshing," satisfying)." Because of this, micro-dramas whose creative logic is dominated by the "爽感 (shuǎng gǎn - "refreshing feeling," a feeling of satisfaction and excitement)" generation mechanism are often vague and all look the same. Despite this, many micro-dramas have indeed gained a place in the market by relying on the trick of "爽感 (shuǎng gǎn - "refreshing feeling," a feeling of satisfaction and excitement)."

Compared with traditional film and television dramas, micro-dramas have the attributes of new popular literature and art. In the past few years, tens of thousands of creators have poured into the micro-drama track. For these novice creators, imitating commercially successful cases has become a choice with lower trial and error costs. At the same time, some platforms that have an important influence on the dissemination of micro-dramas are also using big data, artificial intelligence and other technologies to analyze and refine the above-mentioned creative experience into standardized methodologies, providing creators with data references, production assistance and other services. In the interaction of batch imitation, market feedback, and retrospective summary, the effectiveness of the above-mentioned creative experience has been continuously verified, and the operation techniques have been continuously refined and even quantified. Over time, problems such as homogenization and aesthetic narrowing have become increasingly prominent.

Recently, with the deepening of research and analysis of micro-dramas by the industry and academia, discussions have emerged such as "the essence of micro-dramas is mobile phone dramas" and "they are the third form of audio-visual products after movies and TV series." Examining from the broad perspective of media history and literary and artistic history, it is not difficult to find that the emergence and popularity of micro-dramas have profound historical and technical reasons. It comes from the human's lasting love for stories, and also from the strong position of mobile phones in the current media landscape. The newly born micro-drama has a strong vitality, and it should, like poetry, lyrics, opera, and novels, contain more possibilities for telling good stories.

Micro-dramas that are mass-produced with the aim of "爽感 (shuǎng gǎn - "refreshing feeling," a feeling of satisfaction and excitement)" have objectively played a certain role in promoting the rapid growth of the micro-drama industry and alleviating social emotions. However, we must also see that patterned self-repetition does not help artistic innovation and creation, but instead restricts and limits the artistic value of micro-dramas; the one-sided and excessive pursuit of emotional catharsis and instant pleasure further narrows and degrades the artistic possibilities of micro-dramas. If we indulge in this path dependence, the closed-loop effect will be repeated, which will inhibit the ability of micro-dramas to tell new and good stories. In the past two years, management departments at all levels and in various places have continued to strengthen creative guidance, implement creative plans such as "Micro-drama +", and continue to put forward topics and provide strong support. One of the focuses is to enrich and expand themes and genres and stimulate innovation and creativity.

Opening up more possibilities for micro-dramas requires creators to respect the volume, form, and production cycle characteristics of micro-dramas, respect the inherent regulations that make them micro-dramas, and at the same time, dare to break path dependence and explore the vast world beyond existing models, types, and themes. With the advantage of a short production cycle, micro-dramas are more able than traditional film and television dramas to quickly respond to news events and social hotspots; the rich historical events recorded in history books and the vast number of characters and stories in classical literature are also rich mines that can be used for material; the thriving development of China (中国) in the new era and the ever-changing lives of the people are all worthy of being vividly recorded and vividly told. Opening up more possibilities for micro-dramas also requires audio-visual platforms that occupy the "central position" of the industry ecosystem to play an active role that matches their influence, and comprehensively use methods such as revenue sharing rules, layout arrangement, and traffic distribution to provide support and assistance for micro-dramas to enrich themes and expand their horizons.

Looking back at the history of literature, the key to the development of Song Ci from "Hu Yi Li Xiang Zhi Qu (胡夷里巷之曲 - "music of the Hu barbarians and alleys," referring to popular and less refined music)" to "a generation of literature" lies in the continuous efforts of literati and officials to actively expand the realm of Ci. It is expected that all parties involved in the creation of micro-dramas will explore more possibilities for micro-dramas to tell good stories with the same proactive spirit and cultural consciousness, so that micro-dramas can break out of their cocoons, open up their patterns, and truly grow into an important audio-visual art form with symbolic significance in the mobile Internet era.

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Dance drama music needs to be "seen" (Insight)

By: 郑 娜

Recently, a concert titled "The Pinnacle of Listening to Dance Drama Music" was held in Shanghai, with the "highlight" being the chamber music works from the dance drama "The Eternal Wave (永不消逝的电波)." Previously, to meet audience demand, the music from the drama had been presented in the form of suites and excerpts on multiple occasions. This chamber music version more completely embodies the essence and meaning of the dance drama's music.

Music is the soul of a dance drama. In recent years, popular Chinese dance dramas have emerged frequently, and music has played an indispensable role. However, due to the invisible and abstract nature of musical imagery, the "being seen" of dance drama music creation often lags behind visual content such as dance vocabulary, dramatic construction, and stage creation. In fact, dance drama music creation usually precedes dance choreography, and choreographers design the dance structure and movements based on the musical themes. Good dance drama music should not only complement the dance but also guide it, playing an important role in the plot development, emotional expression, character shaping, and scene transitions of the dance drama. At a higher level, it should also add color to the overall artistic style, aesthetic conception, and humanistic temperament. This presents a huge challenge for both composers and dance drama choreographers.

The art of dance drama originated from ballet. Many famous dance drama scores in Western music history come from ballet, and they have led the trend of world music creation, such as Tchaikovsky's "Swan Lake," "Sleeping Beauty," and "The Nutcracker," Stravinsky's "The Firebird," and Prokofiev's "Romeo and Juliet." Since the 1930s, China introduced the concept of dance drama, constantly exploring the path of national dance drama, leaving behind musical classics such as "The Red Detachment of Women (红色娘子军)" and "Raise the Red Lantern (大红灯笼高高挂)." However, in the process of 摸着石头过河 (mō zhe shí tou guò hé - "crossing the river by feeling the stones," to proceed with caution and learn from experience), the overall creation of dance dramas still focuses on "dance," with less emphasis on "drama" and "music."

After decades of development, Chinese dance dramas have improved dramatic construction and strengthened dramatic attributes through innovative narrative methods, visual expression, and stage design, while also seeking expansion in music. Once upon a time, some choreographers did not pay attention to music creation, piecing together ready-made film and television music or popular music, cutting a section here and a section there, and then giving it to the composer to imitate. The music became background or transitions, and the dance drama became a dance performance with background music. Nowadays, with the development of the dance drama industry and the improvement of audience aesthetic levels, choreographers pay more and more attention to the relationship between dance, music, and literature, which is also in line with the Chinese cultural tradition of "music and dance are inseparable" and "poetry, music, and dance are integrated." For dance drama creation, only when music and dance advance side by side and blend together can they achieve a "1+1>2" effect and maximize aesthetics.

In recent years, the achievements of Chinese dance drama music creation have been gratifying. In particular, in some phenomenal dance dramas, the music is remarkable and even becomes an important factor in the success of the dance drama. The music of the dance drama "The Eternal Wave (永不消逝的电波)" closely fits the plot, laying the foundation for the suspense style, depicting the emotions of the positive and negative characters, sometimes tense, sometimes charming, and sometimes sad. The highly praised theme music such as "Cheongsam Shop" and "Fisherman's Song" integrates Chinese and Western music techniques, combining narrative and lyricism, and is deeply loved by the audience. The music of the dance drama "Only Green (只此青绿)" uses the Chinese pentatonic scale, and the superposition of national musical instruments such as guqin, guzheng, and drums with Western musical instruments such as piano and guitar expands the volume of the music, allowing the magnificent landscape of thousands of miles that has undergone the vicissitudes of time to be fully displayed in the tension of the sound. The music in the dance drama "Dream of the Red Chamber (红楼梦)" has distinct personalities: the joy of "Lantern Festival," the desolation of "Tan Chun's Distant Marriage," the use of percussion in "Flower Burial," and the magnificence of "Returning to the Great Wilderness," giving the audience unlimited imagination. These dance drama music pieces have been repeatedly polished and tested by the market, and some have spawned concert performances, and have also released CDs and vinyl records, accumulating more music fans for dance dramas and providing more possibilities for music creation.

The ancients said, "Singing expresses words, and dancing expresses meaning." Dance needs to express emotions, portray characters, and create artistic conception through music, and music also needs dance to give it concrete images and meanings. At present, Chinese dance drama creation is in a stage of vigorous development, and the application of new themes, new expressions, and new technologies has accelerated this process. Whether the new generation of composers and choreographers can seize the opportunity, inherit the Chinese traditional music and dance concepts, and blaze a trail of Chinese-style dance drama music creation, so that dance drama music can be "heard" and "seen" by more people, and create more high-quality dance drama music, is something to look forward to.

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Gains and Losses All in the "I" (Quick Review of New Work)

By: 郑荣健

With the traffic influence of Chen Lijun (陈丽君), the Jia Baoyu (贾宝玉) performer, it is expected that Yue Opera "My Grand View Garden" would be sought after. Coupled with the powerful influence of the classic literary masterpiece "Dream of the Red Chamber" (红楼梦), and the classic nature of the Yue Opera of the same name created and performed by the Shanghai Yue Opera Theatre (上海越剧院) in the 1950s, it is conceivable that the discussions it brings will be quite heated. The actual situation is also the case, there are many discussions about Yue Opera "My Grand View Garden," with affirmative evaluations, constructive opinions, and sharp criticisms.

　　The audience originally thought this was a play that interprets the "Dream of the Red Chamber story." It is, and it isn't. The name "My Grand View Garden" means that the one truly dominating the story is "I," the open identity and subjective perspective suspended by the creator. In the play, the elderly Jia Baoyu returns to his youth in the Grand View Garden (大观园), looking at the former high-ranking mansion, the surrounding people and affairs, and his past life with the vicissitudes of experience and an observer's mentality. So, who is "I"? Is it Baoyu at this time, or Baoyu mixed in with the women, or the stubborn stone under Qinggeng Peak (青埂峰)? Is "My Grand View Garden" the world in "Dream of the Red Chamber," or the subjective world that Cao Xueqin (曹雪芹) saw through Baoyu, or the original prototype characters and raw materials? Due to the existence and intervention of "I" (appearing in the play as the elderly Baoyu), the people in the Dream of the Red Chamber become seemingly similar but not quite, and "I" constitutes the key and soul of the play for new interpretations.

　　It should be admitted that this is a rather unique and very bold idea and conception. On the one hand, "I" represents an unwilling and uneasy soul with a unique sense of destiny, and the core dramatic relationship has vaguely shifted between the elderly Baoyu and the young Baoyu, involving the proposition of re-selection. On the other hand, that observing and uncertain perspective, with the colors of stream of consciousness and the dissolving function of insight, breaks the complete linear narrative framework, highlights the philosophical nature above the emotional dimension, and provides more free space for stage presentation. The problem is that this dismantling and reorganization, which is obviously detached from the classic narrative of "Dream of the Red Chamber" and the basic requirements of Yue Opera's male and female lead performances, created difficulties for itself from the beginning. It needs to manage the story from a new dramatic relationship, but it has to consider and rely on the main line of the love tragedy and the relationship between the male and female lead performances. Making compromises in order to balance results in some of the audience's expectations not being met, and the conceptual color and unique flavor of this conception are inevitably discounted.

　　Under the subjective perspective of "I," this version opens with the Imperial Concubine's visit to her family, reproducing the former 鲜花着锦、烈火烹油 (xiān huā zhuó jǐn, liè huǒ pēng yóu - "fresh flowers on brocade, cooking oil over a raging fire," a scene of great prosperity and extravagance). Although the drama of "I" reliving the events of that year lacks opening, one can see the vicissitudes of the present and the youth of the past. However, the simultaneous presentation of Baochai catching butterflies, Daiyu burying flowers, Xiangyun sleeping drunk, and Miaoyu making tea, four seasons, four scenes, and four beauties, although the picture is beautiful, makes the plot completely enter the omniscient perspective at once. So, how can "I" see? Or rather, what kind of "I" can be encountered? Obviously, the foreshadowing and extension here should not be just scenes and pictures. Furthermore, although it is the basic setting of re-examining the events of that year, the Baoyu in the play lacks the injection of new motives, emotions, and moods, which not only makes the connection between the two lines of the present and the past not strong enough and lacks tension, but also brings hesitation and deviation in emotional concentration and aesthetic tonality. So, how does the state of mind of "I" merge with the young Baoyu? How should the new plot direction that may be caused by the merger be resolved? If one gives up the merger and takes a purely observing perspective, how should the dramatic relationship be rebuilt? If it can be achieved, how should the identities of other characters be redefined? It can be said that this is a new topic brought about by "I," and it is also the crux of the remaining problems in this work.

　　As a work with a strong sense of experimentation, it is inevitable that Yue Opera "My Grand View Garden" will cause discussion, controversy, and even criticism. A concept that is not without creativity, and some relationships and problems that need to be straightened out, precisely verify the hardship of creation. It is undeniable that some of the arrangements in the play are questionable, and some of the dialogues and lyrics are slightly hasty. For example, the key character of Grandmother Jia (贾母) does not appear; in the absence of a clear new main line and relationship, the characters of Lin Daiyu (林黛玉), Xue Baochai (薛宝钗), and Wang Xifeng (王熙凤) appear flat and lack personality; in the plot of Baoyu and Daiyu reading "The Story of the Western Wing" together, the dialogue and lyrics are shallow and lack charm; the deep and wide vertical stage and the long steps affect the performance and the expression efficiency is not high. More importantly, although "I" has achieved the connection and echo of emotions and flavors, it lacks dramatic organic management and emotional connection, resulting in a work that is complete in form but not cohesive enough internally. This probably requires further clarifying ideas, tightening the stitches, and focusing closely on "I" to make choices and deepen the article.

　　At a time when opera art is facing the challenges of inheritance and development, "My Grand View Garden" consciously innovates and bravely faces the challenge, which is commendable. This means that accepting creative interaction is not only its inevitable experience, but also a necessity for learning and polishing. And all affirmations, praises, criticisms, and suggestions will be transformed into valuable nutrients for its improvement and enhancement. Fortunately, unlike film and television works, stage art is on the path to artistic maturity through audience interaction and continuous improvement. After the test of the audience and the tempering of time, it is believed that the Zhejiang Xiaobaihua Yue Opera Troupe (浙江小百花越剧院) and the main creators and performers will be able to summarize experience, analyze gains and losses, and further polish and improve, so as to realize the renewed presentation of the classic masterpiece and the beauty of Yue Opera with the distinct imprint and exploratory personality of "I."

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Why Does Huma Abedin Always Find a Way?

By: 何天平

A popular drama, with a female protagonist who "always has a way," places the audience's joy of following the drama and the reflection of life under the spotlight. The gains and losses, the choices and trade-offs, although "pretty good," could be even better.

Since the broadcast of the urban drama "A Pretty Good Life" (蛮好的人生), the female protagonist, Hu Manli (胡曼黎), has always been able to turn dangers into opportunities and find new paths when faced with successive life crises, sparking widespread discussion among viewers – "Why does Hu Manli (胡曼黎) always have a way?" Cold thinking is needed under the heat. Is it the real power of character shaping, or is it an intentional creation of plot "cool points"? Behind the problem-solving narrative, there are both highlights and pain points, which are worth careful consideration.

"Problem-solving" is needed because people always have limitations when facing life. The drama's creators did not shape Hu Manli (胡曼黎) into a "perfect big heroine" who does not eat the food of mortals, but rather gave her a realistic portrayal of a "middle-aged ordinary woman": she has both the survival skills of a shrewd "little person" in the marketplace, and the resilience of life when facing a series of difficulties. This kind of character portrayal is unique.

But it cannot stop at "problem-solving" because the logic of life is far more complex than we imagine. In the play, Hu Manli's (胡曼黎) crises come one after another, but the solutions are often immediately effective, and even a little "easy." This certainly brings a constant sense of pleasure to the audience, but when walking out of the creative space and facing the real world, a sense of loss emerges – because life does not bind the exam questions and answers into a book. When facing the complexity of life, people's limitations always lead to a lot of powerlessness, and these are precisely the underlying colors that constitute real life.

No one would dislike a character who "always has a way." What's more, "A Pretty Good Life" cleverly weaves many real-world concerns into the plot. Hu Manli's (胡曼黎) "ways" may not be able to provide a standard template for real life, but they can more or less trigger the audience's projection and reflection on their own lives. Change is constant, and what remains unchanged is the constant search for solutions. The "philosophy of ways" visible in Hu Manli (胡曼黎) may be the "pretty good" attitude to life that is worth advocating.

But a work that "always has a way" inevitably raises questions. Behind the pleasure of problem-solving narratives, there should be a deeper review of the creative logic. As dramas increasingly tend towards "fast" and "short," creators are always sparing no effort to involve the audience in the plot, so that it is possible to retain the audience's attention. As a creative technique, strategic use is naturally beyond reproach; but as a creative concept, it is necessary to be fully cautious and not sacrifice the rough feeling of real life in exchange for the comfort of the audience's viewing experience. The creative innovation of realistic themes carries an important social mission. If the rich spiritual connotation is always tied to the narrative fast track of "difficulties are born for coolness," the gold content of those "always have a way" will inevitably fade.

"Hu Manli (胡曼黎) always has a way" has become the focus of discussion, which is not only a reflection of the work's attention, but also a mapping of the work's impact dimension. The coolness of problem-solving narratives should be moderate, so that realistic themes can truly touch the complex texture of reality. We look forward to more works on the screen that directly face real life, those ordinary figures who trek on the journey of life, and those persistent efforts that have no standard answers are far more moving than carefully designed omnipotent problem-solving formulas. After all, the real life outside the screen needs us to find our own "ways" in a down-to-earth manner.

(The author is an associate professor at the School of Journalism, Renmin University of China (中国人民大学))

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Infusing Life into Fast-Paced Narratives (Viewpoint)

The rule of law is not only written in the articles, but also hidden under the eaves, in the streets and alleys, and in the words of mediators. The micro-drama "Stories in the Justice Office" is based on a justice office in Nanjing (南京), Jiangsu (江苏) Province, and tells the stories of front-line judicial workers patiently listening and carefully reasoning in "trivial matters." There is no gavel at the mediation site, but the real characters, typical disputes, and simple everyday language quietly plant the concept of the rule of law in the hearts of the audience. Every resolution of conflict and upholding of justice is not only an interpretation of the spirit of the rule of law, but also a relief to the texture of grassroots society.

As a recommended drama by the State Administration of Radio and Television for "Learning the Law with Micro-Dramas," "Stories in the Justice Office" not only tells the story clearly, but also popularizes the law in each episode of just over ten minutes, retaining the unique fast pace of micro-dramas. The male and female protagonists have the impartiality and selflessness of people's mediators, as well as the "small tempers" of young people who are easily anxious and outspoken, which strengthens the dramatic conflict. In addition, the down-to-earth language and appropriate reversal handling show the characteristics of micro-dramas and are more accessible to netizens.

In the field of micro-dramas, we need more works rooted in life. It may not be激昂高亢, (激昂高亢 (jī áng gāo kàng - "stirring and sonorous," high-spirited and impassioned)), but it must be sincere and powerful; it may not be a grand narrative, but it must be down-to-earth; it may not be a lofty preaching, but it must be beneficial to people's hearts. In this way, micro-dramas can truly take root in the hearts of the audience.

Xu Qingyi (徐庆怡), Chuzhou (滁州) City, Anhui (安徽) Province

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Tao Sanyuan's "Peach Blossom Spring"

By: 李伶思

The 2024 National Spiritual Civilization Construction "Five-One Project" Award included online literature as an independent art category in the selection and commendation for the first time. "Tao Sanyuan's Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter" by Henan online writer Mai Su (麦苏), a rural-themed work, is one of the three online novels that won the award. The work is set in Taoyuan Village (桃源村) at the foot of Mount Song (嵩山) in Henan (河南), and revolves around Tao Sanyuan (陶三圆) and three generations of her family, showcasing the tremendous transformation of a small village from a poverty alleviation target to a model of poverty alleviation in the seven years of rapid development of the Internet economy. Tao Sanyuan (陶三圆) is young, enterprising, and returns to her hometown to start a business with the dream of changing the village. Although there are many difficulties, she dares to think and act, and successively finds like-minded partners, seeks support from village cadres, and wins the trust of the masses, and finally leads Taoyuan Village (桃源村) to open up a path of development.

From the perspective of narrative strategy, the work focuses on character depiction. Grasping "people" is the key to literary attraction for readers. Writer Mai Su (麦苏) was originally good at writing about individual growth and struggle from a female perspective. This work continues her previous style and successfully shapes the image of Tao Sanyuan (陶三圆) as a rural leader. The second is to leverage the advantages of the genre and skillfully use the "upgrade stream" writing style in online literature. The process of the protagonist breaking through levels and "upgrading" is also the process of advancing the story line, expanding the background wall, and solving contradictions one by one. New era elements such as self-media and live streaming are active in it, vividly showing the new countryside and new farmers in the Internet era.

Under the support and guidance of relevant policies, the creation of realistic themes in online literature has shown a vigorous development trend in recent years, but it also faces the dual challenges of market recognition and artistic value. How to improve the artistic taste and aesthetic value of works while retaining the typified advantages of online literature? "Tao Sanyuan's Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter" has made efforts to explore this. It tells the story of the village in a more Internet-friendly way and presents the changes of the times from the perspective of young people. Here are the steps to get rid of poverty, the changes in rural production and life, natural ecology, family customs, and values, as well as the perseverance and courage of the characters in the face of challenges, and the kinship and friendship between the characters. The work seeks a balance between narrative fluency and richness, and strives to construct a new literary expression that combines ideological depth and public resonance.

"Spring brings life, summer brings growth, autumn brings harvest, and winter brings storage," the vision of Taoyuan Village (桃源村), "thirty miles of peach blossoms, ten thousand miles of dreams," has finally become a reality. Closing the work, the exploration of online literature across realistic themes and typified narratives continues. It is expected that as more and more online writers devote themselves to it, realistic online articles can have more innovation and emerge with more high-quality works that have backbone, morality, and warmth.

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