Summary: The article discusses Guizhou province's efforts to protect, innovate, and utilize its diverse ethnic cultures, particularly focusing on the侗族大歌 (Dong people's Grand Song). It highlights Xi Jinping's directives to support minority ethnic cultures and promote their creative and innovative development. Guizhou is actively building cultural strength by establishing protection systems for traditional villages, promoting innovation in traditional crafts like 马尾绣 (Mao Wei Embroidery), and integrating ethnic culture with tourism to boost the economy. The province has also promoted the cultural activities of the minorities through events such as "Village Super," "Village BA," and "Village Evening." Guizhou aims to transform its cultural resources into drivers of economic and social progress.
Summary: China's ecological achievements, guided by Xi Jinping's ecological civilization thought, demonstrate the country's commitment to green development and global ecological governance. China has made significant strides in renewable energy and afforestation, contributing a quarter of the world's new green areas. President Xi Jinping reaffirmed China's dedication to green development at the Leaders Summit on Climate, emphasizing shared responsibilities and international collaboration. The country promotes a vision of harmony between humanity and nature, offering an alternative model for sustainable development. China actively engages in international cooperation, sharing its experiences and providing support to developing countries in addressing climate change.
Summary: Premier Li Qiang met with a Japanese delegation led by Yohei Kono, head of the Japan Association for the Promotion of International Trade, emphasizing the importance of a "constructive and stable" China-Japan relationship. Li highlighted the mutual benefits of deepened cooperation, particularly in areas like digital and green economies, and encouraged increased Japanese investment in China. He also stressed the need for both countries to constructively manage disagreements. Kono affirmed China's economic importance to Japan and expressed his association's commitment to promoting bilateral friendship and trade. Wu Zhenglong also attended the meeting.
Summary: The article reports on Beijing's progress in building an international science and technology innovation center, highlighting achievements such as the high number of research outcomes originating from Beijing and Zhongguancun's leading position in national high-tech zone assessments. Beijing aims to establish itself as a primary source of original innovation by 2025, exemplified by the advancement of the Huairou Science City and Zhongguancun's industrial output. Beijing Municipal Party Secretary Yin Li emphasized the importance of leveraging Beijing's strengths in education, science, and talent to contribute to building a strong nation in science and technology. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: Vice Premier Ding Xuexiang met with foreign representatives attending the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) finance ministers and central bank governors meeting in Beijing. Ding stated that China is willing to use its "China Year" to strengthen financial cooperation, expand local currency settlement, develop inclusive digital finance, and actively prepare for the establishment of the SCO Development Bank, referencing Xi Jinping's proposals at the upcoming SCO summit in Astana. SCO Secretary-General Yermakov praised China's work as the SCO chair. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: Rongcheng City in Shandong Province is promoting the coordinated development of offshore wind power and marine ranching, creating a "green energy + ecological aquaculture + recreational fishery" industrial model. This integrated approach aims to promote high-quality development of the marine economy, which currently accounts for over 40% of the city's GDP. The synergy of offshore wind and marine ranching helps to develop marine economy.
Summary: During the three-day Dragon Boat Festival holiday, China's cultural and tourism market was safe, stable, and orderly. According to the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, there were 119 million domestic trips, a 5.7% year-on-year increase. Domestic tourism spending reached 42.73 billion yuan, a 5.9% increase compared to the previous year. The activities were held to meet the holiday living needs of the people.
Summary: During the Dragon Boat Festival holiday (May 31-June 2), China's postal and express delivery industry handled 1.511 billion parcels, a 19.4% year-on-year increase, according to data from the State Post Bureau. The increased efficiency was attributed to the wider adoption of smart technologies in sorting and delivery. Upgrades in transportation networks and product sales matching services contributed to faster delivery of specialized goods. The report did not mention any US involvement or Sino-US relations.
Summary: This article focuses on "high-quality development" as a major innovation within the framework of Marxist political economy. It also includes a section on promoting the spirit of scientists, specifically highlighting dedication to scientific research for national service. No officials, locations, or other specifics are stated in the summary, nor are there allusions to the US-China relationship.
Summary: Premier Li Qiang signed a State Council decree promulgating the "Regulations on Sharing of Government Data," effective August 1, 2025. The regulations aim to promote the secure, orderly, and efficient sharing and utilization of government data to improve digital governance and government service efficiency. They outline requirements for unified catalog management, specifying data sharing attributes and prohibiting obstruction of data sharing. The regulations detail data sharing application processes, quality management, and dispute resolution. Finally, they emphasize building a unified national big data system for government affairs and clarify security responsibilities and personal information protection.
Summary: This article discusses the growing secondhand car market in China and consumer concerns regarding vehicle condition transparency, warranty issues for new energy vehicles (NEVs), and after-sales service. Consumers worry about hidden vehicle problems and the lack of warranty coverage for NEV batteries, particularly as some manufacturers void warranties upon ownership transfer. The article notes that some companies are experimenting with battery warranties that "follow the car, not the person." The piece also highlights government efforts to improve transparency and consumer protection in the secondhand market, including the development of third-party information platforms and insurance reforms for NEVs.
Summary: China has signed intergovernmental science and technology cooperation agreements with over 80 Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) partner countries, and initiated over 70 joint laboratories in related countries. Vice Minister of Science and Technology Chen Jiachang announced these details at a press conference previewing the second BRI Science and Technology Exchange Conference, to be held in Chengdu, Sichuan. The conference will include the Second BRI Science and Technology Innovation Ministerial Meeting and 37 other activities. Chen stated China has established science and technology cooperation relationships with over 160 countries and regions, joined over 200 international organizations and multilateral mechanisms, and has 119 intergovernmental science and technology agreements. Chen also mentioned China's contribution to global governance with initiatives like the *Global AI Governance Initiative*, and participation in major international scientific projects.
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Summary: Five Chinese ministries, including the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, announced a 2025 campaign to promote New Energy Vehicles (NEVs) in rural areas. The initiative aims to address shortcomings in NEV consumption and usage in rural regions by promoting exhibitions, test drives, and improved charging infrastructure. The campaign will involve financial incentives like tax breaks and trade-in programs, encouraging manufacturers to enhance product offerings and service. Special events will target counties with low NEV adoption rates, fostering integrated sales packages and comprehensive after-sales service networks.
Summary: Belgian projection technology company Barco is expanding its investment in China, highlighted by the recent opening of its Wuxi production and R&D center, its largest overseas investment. Barco Chairman Charles Bodian cited the "superior business environment" and industrial cluster advantages in Wuxi for the investment decision. The new facility will focus on producing and developing engineering projectors, with an annual capacity exceeding 20,000 units. The company's China operations also serve global markets, including medical technology, and Barco is confident in China's growing economy and stable business environment.
Summary: At the Shangri-La Dialogue, China emphasized its commitment to regional peace and development, advocating for dialogue and consultation to resolve disputes in the Asia-Pacific. China's security concept, emphasizing common, comprehensive, cooperative, and sustainable security, aims to support the UN and promote a universally secure world. China accuses unnamed countries of promoting hegemony through strategies like the "Indo-Pacific strategy," stirring up tension, and fostering division. China is committed to multilateralism, dialogue, and building an Asian security model based on shared security and mutual understanding. China is calling for the abandonment of the Cold War mentality and power politics and opposes building its own security on the insecurity of other countries.
Summary: Wang Yi met with newly appointed U.S. Ambassador to China, Nicholas Burns, in Beijing on June 3rd. Wang expressed hope that Burns would act as a mediator and promoter of cooperation between the U.S. and China. Wang emphasized that equality and respect are necessary preconditions for interactions between the two sides. He also stated that the U.S. has taken negative measures that undermine China’s legitimate rights. Burns stated that President Trump respects President Xi Jinping and that he would maintain close communications with China.
Summary: A Chinese-Central Asian media delegation visited the Caspian Bitumen Plant, a joint venture between CITIC Group and Kazakhstan's national oil and gas company, in Aktau, Kazakhstan. The plant recently completed an expansion using Chinese technology, increasing its oil processing capacity and bitumen production, which was praised by Kazakh President Tokayev. The plant uses advanced technologies to improve production capacity and reduce emissions. Media representatives from Tajikistan and Kazakhstan expressed interest in replicating the project and saw the project as a key component in assisting Kazakhstan achieve its industrial goals, respectively.
Summary: China and Mongolia have commenced construction of their second cross-border railway in nearly 70 years, linking Ganqimaodu in China to Gashuunsukhait in Mongolia. The 9.91 km railway is a joint project with each nation responsible for construction within their borders, aiming for completion in 2027 and an annual capacity of 30 million tons of cargo. The railway is expected to double Ganqimaodu port's capacity, enhance trade, and synergize China’s Belt and Road Initiative with Mongolia’s Steppe Road program. The Chinese Ambassador to Mongolia, Shen Minjuan, stated that improved infrastructure will promote connectivity and trade.
Summary: NPC Vice Chairperson Shen Yueyue visited Uzbekistan to attend the second China-Uzbekistan Local Cooperation Forum, where she delivered a speech. She met with Uzbek Prime Minister Aripov, Senate Chairperson Narbayeva, and Deputy Prime Ministers Khodjaev and Makhkamova. Shen stated China's willingness to implement agreements reached by Presidents Xi Jinping and Mirziyoyev to deepen bilateral cooperation and build a China-Uzbekistan community with a shared future. Prime Minister Aripov expressed Uzbekistan's desire to deepen cooperation with China in various fields, including the Belt and Road Initiative.
Summary: Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Lin Jian stated on June 3rd that China will continue to optimize entry policies and expand the scope of visa-free countries. The expanding list of visa-free countries demonstrates China's commitment to high-level opening up. Optimized measures to facilitate personnel exchanges reflect China's dedication to building an open world economy.
Summary: The article profiles Li Yiyi, a 92-year-old academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, highlighting her career from being one of the first female furnace chiefs in China's steel industry to leading breakthroughs in metallurgy. It emphasizes her relentless drive and dedication to scientific research, including her current work as a consultant on national strategic projects and her push for the development of ODS (Oxide Dispersion Strengthened) alloys to improve uranium use. Li's work focused on making China more independent by developing domestic options for key equipment. The article concludes that China needs more pioneers like Li to achieve its goal of becoming a leading power in science and technology.
Summary: The article discusses the concept of "Chinese-style modernization with a heartbeat," highlighting the harmonious blend of tradition and modernity in China's development. It emphasizes the importance of cultural heritage and self-reliance in driving progress, noting China's transformation from relying on foreign goods to becoming a global manufacturing powerhouse. The article mentions a *New York Times* article, pointing out the difficulty in imagining an American household without Chinese products, underscoring China's economic significance. China's market potential and rapid technological innovation are attracting global attention and investment. The smooth flow of resources, logistics, capital, and data is crucial for sustaining China's dynamic development.
Summary: The 21st meeting of the 14th Shanxi Provincial People's Congress Standing Committee decided on June 3rd to appoint Lu Dongliang as acting Governor of Shanxi Province. The report does not mention any discussion of the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The article depicts cargo ships traversing the Yangtze River waterway in Nanjing, Jiangsu province. The image highlights the ongoing activity and importance of the Yangtze River for commerce. No US-China relations or specific officials' statements/actions are mentioned.
Summary: The State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) and the State Standardization Administration (SAC) announced the release of over 210 national standards related to children's products, covering a range of areas from daily necessities and toys to sports equipment and online safety. These standards aim to ensure the safety and well-being of children by setting specific quality and safety requirements for products like textiles, furniture, stationery, and digital learning materials. Focus is given to protection from myopic issues as well as safe internet usage. The standards also address safety concerns related to school buses and child car seats. SAMR and SAC plan to continue revising and improving national standards in the children's sector.
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Summary: The article discusses China's efforts to strengthen intellectual property rights (IPR) protection to support innovation and high-quality development, highlighting the recent release of the "2025 Intellectual Property Powerhouse Construction Promotion Plan." It acknowledges existing shortcomings in IPR management, emphasizing the need for coordinated efforts across various sectors and departments to address emerging challenges in areas like AI, big data, and blockchain. The article advocates for a holistic approach to IPR protection, stressing policy coordination and collaboration to leverage IPR's role in driving innovation and fostering new productive forces. It argues that enhanced collaboration will improve regulatory efficiency and promote the integrated development of IPR protection. The piece makes no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: This article discusses China's efforts to promote rural revitalization through digitalization, highlighting examples from Lankao County, Henan, where technology is being used to improve agriculture and track product origins. The piece emphasizes the need to address the digital divide between urban and rural areas by upgrading infrastructure and improving digital literacy among farmers. It points to the importance of tailored, sustainable approaches to digital development in rural areas, citing examples of "Hema Villages" that link production to market demand. It was noted that while digital literacy is increasing in both urban and rural areas, there is still a gap. The article advocates for empowering farmers to actively participate in and benefit from the digital transformation of rural China.
Summary: China's Ministry of Commerce and seven other departments released the "Special Action Plan for Accelerating the Development of Digital and Intelligent Supply Chains," aiming to modernize supply chains through digitalization and intelligentization. The plan targets key sectors like agriculture, manufacturing, wholesale, and retail, seeking to reduce overall logistics costs. By 2030, the initiative hopes to establish replicable models for digital supply chain construction and foster approximately 100 leading national digital supply chain enterprises. There is no mention of the United States in this report.
Summary: The article discusses the increasing role of technology in Chinese archaeology, highlighting advancements in discovery, restoration, research, and dissemination of archaeological findings. It mentions the recovery of ancient ships like the "Yangtze River No. 2" and "Nanhai No. 1" using sonar and underwater excavation techniques, as well as the restoration of artifacts like a Tang Dynasty dragon head and a silver-gilt crown. The piece emphasizes how interdisciplinary approaches, including carbon dating and DNA analysis, contribute to new understandings of historical sites. Finally, the article notes the importance of making archaeological discoveries accessible to the public to foster cultural confidence. There is no mention of the U.S. or U.S.-China relations in this article.
Summary: The article discusses the growing trend of integrating artistic performances into everyday urban life in China, citing examples in Chongqing, Zaozhuang, and Changchun where performances are staged in unconventional locations like parks, historical districts, and repurposed factories. These performances aim to enhance cultural experiences and revitalize urban spaces. The trend reflects a shift towards more immersive and interactive cultural experiences, where audiences are no longer passive observers but active participants. This integration of culture and commerce is seen as a way to boost local economies and create unique urban identities. The article emphasizes the importance of high-quality content to ensure the long-term success and impact of these cultural initiatives.
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Summary: This article recounts the development of the J-10 fighter jet in China, highlighting the challenges and breakthroughs in its design, testing, and assembly. It emphasizes the dedication of engineers like Song Wencong and test pilot Lei Qiang, who overcame technological hurdles and resource limitations to create China's own advanced warplane. The development of the J-10 allowed China to narrow the gap between itself and countries with more advanced aviation technology. The article characterizes the J-10 as a source of national pride and a testament to China's innovative capabilities.
Summary: Jin Yang, a culture special envoy in Yu Hang District, Hangzhou, established a public interest bookstore named "Xin Zang Xiu" in Xikou Village. The bookstore contains over 23,000 books and has partnered with the Yu Hang District Library to allow for reciprocal borrowing. Jin Yang has also organized over 1,000 reading promotion activities, including poetry workshops for villagers and inviting authors to share their work, aiming to promote both reading and local cultural stories. Jin Yang hopes to create a space where urban resources can be brought to the countryside and rural works can be promoted to larger platforms.
Summary: An express delivery worker in Yihuang County, Jiangxi Province, expressed satisfaction with improved working conditions after moving into a new e-commerce logistics park. This improvement stems from Yihuang County's innovative approach to developing new industries under Party leadership. The county has established three mechanisms – "regulation checklist," "service checklist," and "task checklist" – to unite new employment groups, enhance their sense of belonging, and encourage their participation in grassroots governance. This involves establishing industry-specific Party committees, providing services addressing health, safety, and education concerns, and incentivizing volunteer work with a point-based reward system. There is no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations in the article.
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Summary: Hainan is promoting the traditional Li brocade internationally, showcasing its artistry in fashion shows in Osaka and Paris. A Li brocade weaver, Tan Chaoyan, demonstrated her craft at Paris Fashion Week. Designers, including a U.S. designer in Hainan, are incorporating Li brocade patterns into their creations. Hainan is leveraging the China International Consumer Products Expo to promote Li brocade products. The article also mentions the Hainan Free Trade Port policies support for facilitating the export of Li brocade.
Summary: Liaoning province is implementing reforms to improve its business environment through measures like consolidated service windows and streamlined online platforms. These efforts aim to reduce bureaucratic hurdles for businesses and citizens, such as consolidating multiple certifications into a single report and automating subsidy disbursements. Yang Songtao, deputy director of the Liaoning Provincial Bureau of Business Environment Construction, stated that over 90% of government service applications in the province are now handled through "one-window comprehensive acceptance." By the end of 2024, 52 "one-stop shop" scenarios were online, with an average reduction of 73% in application materials, 85% in approval links, and 87% in processing time. These streamlined processes have resulted in significant benefits for businesses, including automated delivery of over 4.1 billion yuan in subsidies and over 220 billion yuan in tax incentives.
Summary: The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs issued a notice outlining the 2025 plan for cultivating "high-quality farmers," focusing on improving the skills of agricultural producers and operators, fostering leaders in new agricultural industries, and promoting civility in rural areas. The plan includes specialized training courses to address critical industry needs and weaknesses. The notice emphasizes practical training and integrating agricultural enterprises and research institutions in the education process. Since 2020, the "High-Quality Farmer Cultivation Plan" has trained nearly 3.1 million farmers.
Summary: The article discusses efforts to protect Song Dynasty imperial tombs in Gongyi, Henan province, where stone statues are interspersed with wheat fields. The Gongyi City Supply and Marketing Cooperative manages 3160 acres of farmland surrounding the tombs to ensure that farming practices do not damage the relics, deploying workers to guide machinery during harvesting. The Gongyi Cultural Relics Bureau has implemented environmental remediation, park construction, and stone carving maintenance, including 24-hour patrols. The director of the bureau, Zhu Xingli, stated that covering the relics is not in line with their conservation strategy, and instead they will rely on local staff and expertise to preserve the artifacts.
Summary: During the Dragon Boat Festival holiday, China's border inspection agencies facilitated 5.907 million entries and exits, a 2.7% increase compared to the same period last year. The peak occurred on June 1st, with 2.086 million crossings. Visa-free entries for foreigners increased by 59.4% compared to the previous year, reaching 231,000. Border inspection agencies also processed 263,000 inbound and outbound transportation conveyances, an increase of 10.5% from last year. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: As of June 1, 2024, the "Heqi-1" nuclear steam supply project in Jiangsu has supplied 3 million tons of clean industrial steam. The project, China's first nuclear steam supply project for industrial use, utilizes steam from the Tianwan nuclear power plant units 3 and 4 to produce industrial steam, which is then delivered to a petrochemical industrial base. This replaces traditional coal consumption to address the heat and power source needs of petrochemical enterprises. The project offers a solution to the dual challenge of ensuring stable supply and clean, low-carbon transformation in the petrochemical industry.
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Summary: Chongqing is making strides in ecological improvement, showcased by the transformation of the once-polluted Peach Blossom Creek (桃花溪) into a "national happy river and lake." The city is implementing comprehensive measures, including water pollution control, air quality improvement, and soil management, to enhance its environment. Chongqing is also promoting green and low-carbon transitions through initiatives like waste management and carbon market development. The city aims to build a beautiful China pioneer area. There is no discussion or allusions to the United States or U.S.-China relations in the article.
Summary: The article emphasizes Xi Jinping's concept of "high-quality development" (高质量发展) as the paramount task for building a modern socialist country and a key component of Xi Jinping's economic thought. It argues that this concept represents a scientific understanding of China's economic development stage and enriches Marxist political economy by focusing on innovation, coordination, green development, openness, and shared prosperity. It further elaborates on the practical paths for achieving high-quality development, including improving labor, capital, land, resource, and environmental efficiency. The article also highlights the concept of "new productive forces" (新质生产力) as a crucial driver for high-quality development and a further development of Marxist theory on productivity. The article does not contain any discussion of the United States, or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: According to the article, Xi Jinping emphasized the importance of ideological and political education for children, highlighting the need to integrate classroom learning with practical experience and to effectively implement moral education. He stressed the "sixteen-character" principle: "Remember the requirements, have role models in mind, start from an early age, and accept help" to guide children in cultivating socialist core values. The article advocates for aligning education with children's developmental stages, teaching them to apply values in daily life through role models and practical actions, while addressing contemporary issues in children's value formation. It also suggests using engaging methods to make complex concepts accessible, ensuring children internalize and act upon these values. The article does not discuss the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: This article introduces a new column, "Chinese Consumption Moving Towards the New," focusing on boosting domestic demand through consumer spending and investment. It addresses the evolving concept of "value for money" (物美价廉) in China, moving beyond simple cost-effectiveness to encompass quality, design, and personalized needs. The article highlights the shift from a focus solely on low prices to a greater emphasis on value and quality, referencing concerns over "price wars" in industries like the automotive sector. It argues that consumer choices drive industrial upgrades and that a healthy economic cycle requires a balance between affordability and quality to avoid a race to the bottom. The piece does not mention the United States.
Summary: China's State Taxation Administration reported that private enterprises and individual businesses received 351.88 billion yuan in tax and fee reductions and refunds in the first four months of the year, primarily supporting technological innovation and manufacturing development. According to VAT invoice data, sales revenue for the private sector increased by 3.6% year-on-year, outpacing the national average. The number of private sector entities paying pension insurance increased, accounting for a significant portion of total enterprise employees. New private business registrations also saw growth, contributing to the stability of the business environment. The State Taxation Administration stated they will continue to implement tax and fee reduction policies to support the private sector.
Summary: The China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing announced that China's logistics operations showed resilience in April despite external pressures, maintaining a generally stable and positive trend. From January to April, the total value of social logistics reached 115.3 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 5.6%, with industrial goods logistics increasing by 5.7%. While total import cargo logistics decreased by 4.1% year-on-year from January to April, the decline narrowed compared to the first quarter, with imports of machine tools and integrated circuits increasing. The growth in online retail sales contributed to the vitality of e-commerce and supported domestic demand. There is no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: During the Dragon Boat Festival holiday (May 31 - June 2), China saw 653 million cross-regional trips, a 2.5% increase compared to last year, averaging 218 million trips per day. Road trips accounted for 597 million trips, a 2.4% year-on-year increase. Rail travel saw a 4.3% increase, while air travel saw a 1.7% increase. Waterway travel experienced a 6.8% decrease. Didi Chuxing reported a 31% increase in ride-hailing demand, driven by short-distance family trips.
Summary: The city of Pingdu in Shandong province is a major global producer of false eyelashes, accounting for approximately 70% of the world's supply with 120 million pairs exported annually. Local authorities, including the Pingdu City Bureau of Industry and Information Technology, are actively promoting the industry's upgrade through automation, brand building, and value-added production. To achieve this, Pingdu is developing industrial parks and production bases, aiming for an annual production value of 10 billion yuan through strengthening the supply chain and promoting digitalization. Local companies are focusing on innovation and adapting to the needs of different consumer markets, including the development of biodegradable eyelashes for the European and American markets. The city also plans to deepen cooperation between research institutions and enterprises to promote product innovation through intelligentization and digitalization.
Summary: The 2025 "Service Consumption Season" launched in Nanjing on June 3rd, spearheaded by the Ministry of Commerce, and will run until the end of the year. The initiative aims to stimulate consumption in over 10 sectors, including dining, lodging, and tourism, through promotional activities and new integrated consumption scenarios. The Ministry of Commerce released the 2025 national plan for the event, while Jiangsu and Nanjing officials presented service consumption packages and guides. The campaign promotes integration of business, tourism, culture, sports, and health sectors to boost domestic spending.
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Summary: An official in Hangzhou's Changhe subdistrict, Zheng Wenxing, spent 60 days working as a food delivery driver to understand why underutilized rest stations built for delivery drivers were unpopular. Zheng discovered that the stations lacked practical services like battery swapping and were not located in areas frequented by drivers. Consequently, the subdistrict is now focusing on building stations in convenient locations and providing useful services like battery swaps, repairs, and partnerships with local businesses, resulting in improved rest station usage. Wu Yanli, the Deputy Secretary of Changhe Street Entrepreneurial Talents Service Center Party Committee, commended Zheng's immersive approach. The article does not mention the United States.
Summary: At the behest of the CPC Central Committee, Ding Zhongli and Wang Guangqian led research teams to Sichuan and Hainan to investigate policies and mechanisms for promoting service consumption. The teams visited various sites, including cultural heritage sites, industrial parks, and historical districts, to understand local practices and challenges in upgrading service consumption. They also held symposiums with local officials and experts to gather opinions and suggestions. The research teams will propose policy recommendations to the CPC Central Committee and the State Council based on their findings, with the goal of improving the quality of life for the people.
Summary: Since the implementation of the Eight-Point Regulation, Nantong, Jiangsu Province, has addressed shortcomings in grassroots governance by establishing a "Community Partner" mechanism. This initiative, led by community Party organizations, integrates diverse local resources to collaboratively resolve pressing community issues through a closed-loop system. The "Community Partner" model has facilitated the resolution of issues such as aging elevators and infrastructure improvements. Local officials have been deployed to build comprehensive support for the "Community Partner" mechanism through detailed checklists and direct engagement with residents. The initiative has resulted in over 2,600 completed projects addressing public concerns.
Summary: The second annual horse racing competition was held in Fuhai County, Xinjiang, featuring over 100 riders from Fuhai and neighboring counties. The riders participated in 5km, 10km, and 20km races in the Sharbrak grassland. The article does not mention any statements or actions of officials, nor does it discuss the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The article commemorates Zhao Chongde, an anti-Japanese war hero who died during the raid on Yangmingbao Airport in 1937. Zhao, originally from Henan province, led a successful raid destroying Japanese aircraft, but was killed during the operation. His remains were moved from Shanxi to his hometown in 2020. The local government has since developed memorial sites, including a road named after him and a renovated former residence, as part of a broader effort to preserve local revolutionary history. The article suggests the road serves as a reminder of history and the need to contribute to national development.
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Summary: Yangcheng County in Shanxi Province is promoting rural revitalization by preserving and promoting local culture through the "Rural Cultural Memory Project." This involves compiling village history books that document natural landscapes, history and traditions for all the villages in the county, building cultural memory centers and village history museums, and creating cultural parks like the silkworm park. These initiatives have increased tourism and created economic value. Furthermore, Yangcheng County was awarded as a model case in grassroots public cultural service quality. The county also develops its silkworm industry by creating cultural parks for education.
Summary: Rural teacher Zhuang Jiyu, passionate about music, established student bands at two elementary schools in remote mountainous areas of Chongqing, aiming to enrich their lives with art. He initially formed the "Nayun Band" at a small teaching point and later expanded his efforts to the larger Luoping Elementary, creating three new bands. A recent "Starry Sky and Mountain" music festival showcased these bands, bringing together students, teachers, and parents. The festival allowed students to perform confidently. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The Yuecheng district in Shaoxing is revitalizing the Zhedong Canal through ecological restoration, cultural preservation, and industrial transformation. Measures include cleaning up polluted water bodies, preserving historical districts, and transitioning from polluting industries like dyeing and chemicals to integrated circuits. The district has built the Zhedong Canal Museum to showcase the canal's history and culture. These efforts aim to create a harmonious relationship between people and the waterway, offering a model for other canal cities. No mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations were found in the text.
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Summary: The article reports on the success of Shandong Tianhou New Materials Technology Co., Ltd. in Heze, Shandong, a company founded by return migrants Zeng Qingxi and Liu Dong. They produce conductive fabric, aiming to reduce reliance on foreign imports in high-end electromagnetic shielding materials. They developed ultra-thin conductive fabric, driven by technological innovation and support from the local "Returning Geese to Revitalize Heze" program. The company has created over 500 jobs and attracted talent back to the region.
Summary: The Ministry of Transportation, in conjunction with the All-China Federation of Trade Unions, issued a notice to standardize and upgrade "Driver Homes" (司机之家) at highway service areas. The plan aims to renovate existing facilities and build over 1,000 new standardized "Driver Homes" by April 2026, offering services such as rest areas, meals, hot water, and laundry. The notice emphasizes providing free basic services and promoting these facilities online. Platforms such as Huolala (货拉拉) are integrating these locations into their apps, and adjusting commission algorithms, aiming to better protect the rights and interests of approximately 38 million truck drivers nationwide.
Summary: Anhui province aims to create over 1.1 million new jobs in 2024, building on the 287,200 urban jobs already added in the first four months of the year. The province plans to achieve this through initiatives supporting entrepreneurship, expanding support systems, streamlining processes, and connecting resources. A key focus remains on securing employment for university graduates and young people through recruitment events and personalized assistance programs. Anhui has organized over 1,900 "Talent Recruitment and Intelligence Introduction University Tour" events, which have promoted the intention of over 230,000 people to come to Anhui to stay and work.
Summary: Guiyang, facing traffic challenges due to its mountainous terrain and limited road infrastructure, partnered with Baidu Intelligent Cloud in late 2023 to implement a regional AI-powered traffic control system in the Guanshanhu district. The system utilizes big data analysis to identify key congestion points and optimize signal timing, resulting in a 15% reduction in average weekday vehicle delay in the pilot area. Guiyang has also integrated real-time signal information into Baidu Maps, allowing citizens to optimize their routes. The city aims to further collaborate with Baidu to explore broader applications of AI, including traffic management and safety.
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Summary: The article highlights China's achievements in ecological civilization and green development, emphasizing Xi Jinping's thought on ecological civilization as guiding principles. It claims China has made significant contributions to global environmental governance, showcased by its advancements in renewable energy, afforestation, and participation in international environmental agreements like the *UN Convention to Combat Desertification*. China's approach, rooted in the concept of "lucid waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets," is presented as an alternative model for sustainable development, contrasting with Western paradigms. The piece concludes by positioning China as a responsible global leader, promoting multilateralism and providing support to developing countries in addressing climate change, and sharing its green technologies to the world. The article does not include any discussion of the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The Ministry of Ecology and Environment, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles, and the Chinese Writers Association jointly issued "Guiding Opinions on Further Strengthening the Construction of Ecological Culture," outlining a comprehensive deployment of ecological culture initiatives. The "Opinions" focus on strengthening research, promotion, and utilization of ecological culture, outlining ten specific measures. These measures include promoting ecological culture abroad and encouraging green lifestyles. The "Opinions" emphasize cooperation between relevant departments to implement these goals.
Summary: The State Council's SASAC initiated the "AI+" campaign in 2024, and Baidu is actively participating by leveraging its AI technologies, including its Kunlun chip and Ernie (Wenxin) models, to promote intelligent upgrades in China's energy sector. State Grid Corporation of China and China Southern Power Grid are collaborating with Baidu on AI applications, such as smart grids, AI customer service, and dispatch models. National Energy Group is also partnering with Baidu to build an AI platform for hydrogen energy. Sinopec is utilizing Baidu's AI platform to enhance computing power and develop AI applications across its various divisions.
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Summary: This article describes the village of Sanqing in Hainan province, noting its unique architecture constructed from volcanic rock on a lava plateau. Village leader Chen Kuixin explains the village's location was chosen for its flat terrain and rich volcanic soil. The village boasts historical landmarks like the Anhua tower, used in the past as a lookout post against the Japanese army, and a tower dedicated to preserving written materials. Sanqing village aims to blend its traditional charm with modern amenities, attracting businesses and tourists. The village hopes to develop "courtyard economy" and study tours, attracting new businesses and allowing tourists to extend their stays.
Summary: This article discusses the "guo liangpi," a unique summer street food from Puyang, Henan, consisting of a rolled cold noodle wrap with various fillings. The dish is made with wheat noodles and a selection of fillings. Puyang has over 2,500 liangpi businesses and promotes the dish through food festivals and tourism initiatives as part of its local culture. The local government has established a liangpi industry committee to support branding and scaling of the local industry. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: Shu Jinshuai, a researcher at the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences' Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, provided advice on selecting high-quality eggplants, peppers, cucumbers, and tomatoes. He emphasized visual inspection for color and freshness, tactile assessment for firmness and texture, and olfactory checks for natural aromas. For example, naturally ripened tomatoes should have a uniform color and a fresh fragrance. Consumers should avoid vegetables with abnormal gloss, waxiness, or blue spots, which may indicate excessive preservatives or pesticide residue. The report did not mention the United States.
Summary: Song Shuya, a national-level inheritor of Wanzai Xia Bu (ramie cloth) weaving techniques with over 1600 years of history, emphasizes the intricate and purely handmade processes involved in creating the fabric, from softening the ramie to weaving. His son, Song Zhixue, who inherited the craft, is collaborating with universities to optimize the weaving process for scaled, efficient production while preserving its natural qualities. To promote Xia Bu, Song Zhixue has introduced new designs and products. They have opened a Xia Bu cultural center where visitors can weave.
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Summary: Indonesia is implementing a "Kalamo" modernization project to alleviate poverty in its fishing villages, with the Sumber-Binieri village in Papua province serving as an example of this initiative. The Indonesian government has invested in infrastructure and social programs, drawing inspiration from China's targeted poverty alleviation strategies, and has sent multiple delegations of village chiefs to China for study. These initiatives have contributed to a decrease in Indonesia's national poverty rate, but challenges remain in raising the poverty line and ensuring the sustainability of poverty reduction efforts. Analysts suggest focusing on job creation through economic growth, as well as expanding social security and financial inclusion.
Summary: Peru's government has issued a new National Public Investment Policy Guide to boost infrastructure investment and reduce regional disparities, focusing on energy, transportation, and communication networks. The government's 2022-2025 National Sustainable Infrastructure Competitiveness Plan has already seen significant investment, with further allocations planned for 2025. To attract private capital, Peru utilizes a "tax-for-work" mechanism, allowing companies to offset taxes by directly executing public projects. Chinese companies have actively participated in Peru's infrastructure development, including hospital construction and water projects, and the Chancay Port project under the Belt and Road Initiative. A Peruvian transportation official stated that China provided related technological and financial support, aiding in the improvement of civilian livelihood.
Summary: A Guangxi-led agricultural technology assistance project, the China-Cambodia "Fish and Rice Corridor," officially launched in Kampong Chhnang province, Cambodia, with a signing and commencement ceremony. The project, initiated by the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, aims to boost agricultural productivity and income for farmers along the Tonle Sap Lake through modern rice technology demonstration, training, and promotion. The first phase of rice planting technology training, led by experts from the Guangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences, commenced immediately following the ceremony. The project is scheduled to last for two years.
Summary: The OECD's latest economic outlook report projects global economic growth of 2.9% for both 2025 and 2026, a downward revision from previous forecasts due to rising trade barriers and economic policy uncertainty. The report specifically highlights the United States' growth being revised downwards to 1.6% and 1.5% for 2025 and 2026, respectively. It recommends that countries work together to address uncertainty, primarily by avoiding further trade fragmentation and barriers. Lowering trade barriers, including tariffs, is recommended to restore growth and investment.
Summary: Germany and Italy recently signed an agreement for the return of illegally excavated Italian artifacts dating back to the 4th century BC, with German State Culture Minister Claudia Roth highlighting the return as an example of effective cultural property protection. Italy's Culture Ministry Secretary General Mario Turetta emphasized the agreement with the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation as a model for international cooperation in cultural heritage protection. Germany has been actively returning artifacts to multiple countries, including Nigeria, Cameroon, Namibia, and Mexico, and has established resources like the "German Colonial Provenance Research Database" to facilitate restitution. These actions are seen as addressing colonial injustices and promoting a fairer international order. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: Eurozone inflation fell to 1.9% in May, according to Eurostat, below the European Central Bank's (ECB) 2% target. The ECB lowered key interest rates by 25 basis points in April, marking their seventh rate cut since last June. The ECB is expected to update its inflation forecasts and make new interest rate decisions on June 5th.
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Summary: An article discusses cultural exchanges in Shannan, Tibet, highlighting the city's historical significance as the "cradle of Tibetan culture." The city's museum houses artifacts like a 6th-7th century gilded silver plate depicting the Greek god Dionysus, demonstrating early East-West interaction, and Sasanian silver coins, showing trade routes with Central Asia. The article notes the blending of cultures in Tibetan art, medicine, and daily life, mentioning the continued trade and cultural connections with Nepal. The annual Yalong trade fair facilitates further exchanges with neighboring countries, with merchants using greetings from different cultural backgrounds, solidifying the region's role as a bridge between cultures. The piece concludes with a note of foreign tourists visiting the region, including those from Australia.
Summary: The article emphasizes the historical interactions between Tibet (specifically Shannan) and surrounding regions and countries, highlighting cultural exchanges dating back to the 7th century. It mentions connections with ancient countries like India, Nepal, and Persia, evidenced by enduring cultural imprints in Shannan. The piece underscores how the Himalayas served as a conduit for cultural exchange, facilitating interaction between diverse groups. It suggests that human interaction and cultural exchange are deeply ingrained and long-standing. There is no explicit mention of the United States or US-China relations.
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Summary: This article reports on how Xinxiang, Henan province, is revitalizing its traditional industries amidst economic pressures. Companies are innovating by utilizing resources in new ways, such as Xinxiang Chemical Fiber's use of *Juncao* grass for fiber production. Many companies such as Weimeng, are upgrading production lines with intelligent technologies like robotics to improve efficiency and meet new market demands. Companies such as Yu Bei are also climbing higher, by developing electric power steering systems to respond to the growing EV market. The local government is committed to creating a better business environment to support this industrial transformation.
Summary: The article emphasizes the resilience and potential of China's traditional industries, highlighting their solid foundation, complete system, and strong capabilities. It cites examples of companies in Henan province innovating to meet evolving demands in areas like construction materials. The piece argues that a thriving Chinese market and continuous upgrades in industrial technology will create increased space for growth and upgraded production. The article also mentions that the coupling of traditional and emerging industries will benefit all sectors.
Summary: Beijing's new City Sub-Center Station, slated for completion by the end of the year, is reported to be Asia's largest underground integrated transportation hub, covering 1.28 million square meters. The hub will integrate multiple rail lines and bus routes, utilizing an innovative "top-down" construction method. The project incorporates smart technology, including BIM robots for precision and welding robots for steel structures. The above-ground structure features "Beijing Sail" canopies with ETFE film to control light and heat, reducing energy consumption.
Summary: Here's a summary of the provided articles: A report by the China Center for Promotion of SME Development indicates a general improvement in the environment for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in 2024, with most cities showing progress compared to the previous year and 60% reporting stable revenue. The Jinsha River-Hubei ±800 kV UHV DC transmission project, the world's highest altitude UHV DC project, has completed its wiring and will be China's first high-capacity "hydro-solar complementary" clean energy transmission channel. Cross-border passenger flow on the Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong High-Speed Railway (HSR) has exceeded 10 million, a 16.8% year-on-year increase. The report does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
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Summary: This article discusses the historical development, artistic characteristics, and current challenges facing Peking Opera (Jingju). It highlights the importance of upholding traditional elements while embracing innovation, including the selective integration of foreign cultures, to ensure its vitality. The author emphasizes the need for comprehensive measures, especially in cultivating talent and preserving performance techniques, to revitalize Peking Opera amid declining performances and audiences. The recently published "Peking Opera Canon" is presented as a valuable resource for the art form's continued preservation and development. The author is a former Vice Minister of Culture and former President of the Chinese Academy of Arts.
Summary: Author and science fiction writer Wang's new children's sci-fi novel, *The Green Flying Monkey from Beautiful Star*, features his grandchildren as characters, drawing inspiration from Soviet writer Bulychev. Wang was "forced" into writing sci-fi by his son, who now works in tech and is also a budding sci-fi author. Wang's grandson is deeply familiar with his grandfather's works and is attempting to write his own sci-fi. The novel is set in Shenzhen and explores themes of friendship and the lives of children in a technologically advanced environment, including a critique of "high-level civilizations" imposing unwanted technologies. Wang was inspired to write a sequel after teaching a class about the book in Chengdu.
Summary: "Crop Migration in World Civilization" examines the historical movement of crops as a vital component of economic exchange, cultural transmission, and world history. Focusing on "crop landscapes," the book traces the journeys of crops like dates and tulips across regions, highlighting their impact on societies and cultures. The book moves beyond traditional narratives by examining the roles of non-human actors, such as plant diseases, in shaping crop cultivation and expansion. By examining specific cases like yams in the Trobriand Islands and rubber in South America, the book emphasizes the interconnectedness of civilizations through crop migration. The book argues that studying crop migration provides a fresh perspective on understanding the evolution of civilizations.
Summary: The author, a member of the Chinese Anti-Cancer Association's Tumor Prevention and Popular Science Committee, discusses the advancements and hopes surrounding cancer immunotherapy in China. They highlight the transformative potential of therapies like PD-1 inhibitors, CAR-T cell therapy, and emerging approaches such as cancer vaccines and gut microbiome modulation. The author emphasizes that cancer is not an absolute death sentence due to early detection success and new immunotherapies that can prolong survival and even achieve clinical remission for late-stage patients. The goal of their book is to educate the public about these options and instill hope. There is no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations in this article.
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Summary: The article discusses the intertwined relationship between reading and travel, arguing that each enriches the other and leads to personal growth. It highlights how literature can inspire travel, deepen the experience of a place, and connect travelers to the past. The author notes that cultural phenomena, such as the TV series "My Altay", based on a book by Li Juan, have promoted tourism in Xinjiang and demonstrated the powerful impact of literature on travel. Ultimately, the piece suggests that bringing a book on a journey allows for a deeper understanding of both the world and oneself.
Summary: This short article provides contact information (an email address) for the "Reading" section of *People's Daily*. It also includes the name of the layout designer, Zhao Siru. There is no discussion of Chinese politics, official statements, or U.S.-China relations.
By: 本报记者 马跃峰 黄 娴 苏 滨
The Dong ethnic group's grand chorus, sung for thousands of years, encountered the animated film "Ne Zha: The Devil Child," and quickly became a popular sensation.
"The Dong people pass on songs without written words—the Dong ethnic group's grand chorus is passed down orally, which is both ancient and fashionable," introduced Tang Dacai (唐大才), Director of the Bureau of Culture, Sports, Radio, Television and Tourism of Liping County (黎平县), Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture (黔东南苗族侗族自治州), Guizhou Province (贵州省).
Guizhou has 17 indigenous ethnic minorities, and its ethnic culture, represented by the Dong ethnic group's grand chorus, is rich and colorful. In February 2021, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out during his inspection in Guizhou: "It is necessary to support the development of characteristic and advantageous industries in ethnic minorities and ethnic minority areas, and to prosper and develop the culture of ethnic minorities." In March of this year, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out during his inspection in Guizhou: "The culture of ethnic minorities is an indispensable part of Chinese culture. It is necessary to protect both the tangible villages, dwellings, and characteristic architectural styles, and to inherit the intangible cultural heritage, as well as to promote its creative transformation and innovative development, so that ethnic characteristics become more vivid in utilization and constantly radiate new brilliance."
Accelerating the construction of a colorful Guizhou cultural powerhouse, Guizhou continues to do a good job in the protection, innovation, and utilization of ethnic culture, enhance cultural confidence, and promote high-quality economic and social development.
Exploring multiple paths to establish and improve the protection system—
Square stone piers, wooden corridors, tall gate towers... In Nakong Village (纳孔村) Cultural Square, Zhexiang Town (者相镇), Zhenfeng County (贞丰县), Qianxinan Buyi and Miao Autonomous Prefecture (黔西南布依族苗族自治州), a bluestone road strings together various buildings, resembling a Yueqin (月琴), a type of musical instrument used in the Buyi ethnic group's eight-tone seated singing.
"The construction plan integrates intangible cultural heritage elements and reflects ethnic characteristics, and was approved by a high vote at the mass meeting," said Cen Lijiang (岑立江), Secretary of the Party Branch of Nakong Village (纳孔村). The Buyi ancient village, with a history of about 600 years, requires that the renovation or construction of houses must be applied for level by level from the village to the county, and the whole process is subject to supervision to ensure that the old is repaired as the old, and the new is built as the old.
Strengthening systematic protection, inheriting ethnic characteristics, and promoting sustainable development. The "Regulations on the Protection and Development of Traditional Villages in Guizhou Province" has been issued, the planning of 724 traditional villages has been completed and protected with plaques, technical specifications such as the "Guidelines for the Protection and Renovation of Traditional Villages in Guizhou Province" have been formulated, the judicial protection model of traditional villages has been explored, and more than 480 traditional village digital museums have been built successively... At present, 13 practices in Guizhou have been included in the replicable experience list for the protection and utilization of traditional villages by the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development.
Adhering to integrity and innovation, promoting diverse innovative expressions—
On March 10, the Shui ethnic group's horse tail embroidery from Sandu Shui Autonomous County (三都水族自治县), Qiannan Buyi and Miao Autonomous Prefecture (黔南布依族苗族自治州), Guizhou Province (贵州省) appeared on Paris Fashion Week in France.
"This is a fashion declaration from the depths of the mountains," said Wei Taohua (韦桃花), an inheritor of the Shui ethnic group's horse tail embroidery intangible cultural heritage. "Horse tail embroidery has been passed down for thousands of years with its unique materials and embroidery techniques, and has a high artistic value."
From traditional straps to fashion elements, from single embroidery products to the combination of embroidery and silver, constantly adapting to personalized needs, Wei Taohua (韦桃花) has designed hundreds of horse tail embroidery products, driving hundreds of embroiderers in surrounding villages to become rich together.
Injecting inexhaustible power into the innovative expression of ethnic culture. Since the "14th Five-Year Plan," Guizhou has continued to strengthen the protection of intangible cultural heritage, improve the management level of provincial-level cultural ecological protection zones, create 6 pilot counties for high-quality development of traditional crafts, implement 5 traditional craft revitalization projects, establish a hierarchical training and education system for talents, and build 11 colleges and universities and 26 intangible cultural heritage enterprises into intangible cultural heritage research and training bases.
Strengthening business integration and creating distinctive cultural tourism brands—
As night falls, in front of the Xintuan Drum Tower (信团鼓楼) in Zhaoxing Dong Village (肇兴侗寨), the Dong ethnic group's grand chorus is beautiful and ethereal.
"There is no accompaniment, no conductor, no lyrics, but it sings out the memory and emotion of a nation." Visiting wooden buildings, tasting Dong cuisine, experiencing batik embroidery, and appreciating the Dong ethnic group's grand chorus, tourist Zhao Zhiming (赵志明) exclaimed that "the trip to Guizhou is unforgettable."
"Cultural and sports activities + ethnic culture" have yielded fruitful results. In 2024, Zhaoxing Dong Village (肇兴侗寨) received a cumulative total of 1.027 million tourists, an increase of 63.4% year-on-year; the per capita disposable income was about 41,600 yuan, an increase of 12.3%. Looking at Guizhou, ethnic cultures represented by intangible cultural heritage musical instruments, the Dong ethnic group's grand chorus, and batik crafts have stepped out of the mountains with the help of platforms such as "Village Super League," "Village BA," and "Village Evening."
Deepening the integration of culture, sports, and tourism, and enriching tourism formats. Guizhou has launched ten intangible cultural heritage theme tourism routes, innovated consumption models such as intangible cultural heritage exhibitions and performances, and intangible cultural heritage cultural and creative product exhibitions and sales, opened up more than 200 intangible cultural heritage tourism experience spaces, and created a number of distinctive cultural tourism brands.
The increasingly prosperous ethnic culture makes colorful Guizhou even more exciting. Xu Lin (徐麟), Secretary of the Guizhou Provincial Party Committee (贵州省委书记), said: "Guizhou must keep in mind the entrustment of General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平), systematically protect and utilize its characteristic cultural resources, vigorously develop cultural undertakings and cultural industries, promote the creative transformation and innovative development of the excellent traditional culture of all ethnic groups, actively cultivate new trends of civilization, and accelerate the construction of a colorful Guizhou cultural powerhouse."
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Yellow sands recede, and new greenery surges. In the summer Taklamakan Desert (塔克拉玛干沙漠), at the convergence point of the "locking-edge project," the rose seedlings planted last November are blooming in competition. Under the sunlight, rows of drip irrigation belts meander into the distance, precisely irrigating the newly planted seedlings. The "green necklace" that isolates tens of thousands of miles of yellow sand is full of vitality.
This green sand barrier embodies the significant achievements of China's desertification control. China was the first to achieve a "double reduction" in desertified and sandy land, and Chinese scientists won the "Champions of the Earth" award... China's desertification control story is becoming a green fulcrum for leveraging global action.
"China is a firm actor and important contributor to global green development," "China is willing to work with all parties to earnestly fulfill our common but differentiated responsibilities, do our best, unite and cooperate, and promote the joint construction of a clean, beautiful, and sustainable world." On April 23, President Xi Jinping (习近平) delivered a speech at the Leaders Summit on Climate and a Just Transition via video, once again declaring to the international community China's firm determination to promote green development.
China has built the world's largest and fastest-growing renewable energy system, the world's largest and most complete new energy industry chain, and contributed 1/4 of the world's new green area... Under the scientific guidance of Xi Jinping's (习近平) thought on ecological civilization, China, as the world's largest developing country, has not only created remarkable achievements in green development but also contributed Chinese wisdom, Chinese solutions, and Chinese strength to global ecological governance and the construction of a clean and beautiful world through practical actions.
Chinese Wisdom—
A Chinese-style modernization where humanity and nature coexist in harmony is our great answer written in the history of world civilization.
In Hongmiao Village (红庙村), Meixi Town (梅溪镇), Anji County (安吉县), Huzhou (湖州), Zhejiang (浙江) Province, three adjacent abandoned mine pits have been transformed into "heart"-shaped lakes in accordance with local conditions, complementing the surrounding restored green mountains. In the beautiful scenery of lakes and mountains, tourists come in an endless stream to take photos and enjoy leisure.
"We call this place Qingshan (青山) Mining Area, but it used to destroy the green mountains and clear waters due to mining. I didn't expect it to become a green 'treasure bowl' again," said Wang Yong (王永), a villager in Hongmiao Village (红庙村). After continuous ecological governance, the ecological value of open-pit mine restoration has become apparent: miners' dormitories have been transformed into industrial-style cafes, and quarrying platforms have been transformed into starry sky campsites... Relying on the mine pit landscape and terraced fields, the number of tourists coming to Hongmiao Village (红庙村) is increasing year by year.
Lucid waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets. In recent years, China's ecological civilization construction has made remarkable achievements that have attracted worldwide attention. The fastest improvement in global air quality, the largest scale of renewable energy utilization, and the largest increase in forest resources... A series of achievements mark China's significant transformation from a participant in global environmental governance to a leader.
"China has been able to achieve such extensive 'green practice achievements' fundamentally due to the guidance of Xi Jinping's (习近平) thought on ecological civilization, especially the concept that 'lucid waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets'," said Erik Solheim, former Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations. Solheim has traveled to many parts of China in recent years and has praised China's "green actions" and "green speed."
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) at its core has regarded ecological civilization construction as a fundamental plan related to the sustainable development of the Chinese nation, vigorously promoted theoretical innovation, practical innovation, and institutional innovation in ecological civilization, and formed Xi Jinping's (习近平) thought on ecological civilization.
With thought leading the way, China's ecological civilization construction has added more "Chinese green" to the Earth, expanded the global green map, and contributed Chinese wisdom to the sustainable progress of human civilization.
The ecological civilization we advocate adheres to the harmonious coexistence of humanity and nature, providing a new choice of modernization path for opening a new journey of high-quality development for humanity and achieving sustainable development.
Properly handling the relationship between development and protection is a global problem and a perpetual issue facing human social development.
Economist Partha Dasgupta, winner of the 2022 "Champions of the Earth" award, once lamented: "We are rooted in nature, but our economic thinking ignores this – failing to treat nature as a basic capital asset, while economic possibilities depend entirely on this finite entity."
Looking back on the path of development, since the birth of industrial civilization, while creating enormous material wealth, humanity has also accelerated the acquisition of natural resources.
This is the ecological crisis facing all of humanity – currently, environmental pollution causes approximately 9 million premature deaths worldwide each year; more than 1 million species of plants and animals worldwide are facing the risk of extinction; at the current rate, the global average temperature will rise by 1.5 degrees Celsius around 2040 or even earlier...
This is a question of the times that the whole world must answer – is it to exchange temporary economic growth at the expense of resources and the environment, or to take the path of harmonious coexistence between humanity and nature?
China writes a green answer: guided by the concept of "lucid waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets," building a modernization in which humanity and nature coexist in harmony.
Huang Chengliang (黄承梁), 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, believes that the concept of "lucid waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets" scientifically expounds the relationship between economic development and ecological environmental protection, points out a new path for achieving coordinated and mutually beneficial development and protection, and is a coordination and reconstruction of the imbalance between the growth of human productivity and the intensification of the ecological crisis since industrial civilization, solving the "binary paradox" of development and protection.
"Protecting the ecological environment is protecting productivity, and improving the ecological environment is developing productivity." China has made a firm strategic choice and embarked on a new path of green development.
Ecological and environmental issues are ultimately issues of economic development methods. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) profoundly pointed out: "The development method of **杀鸡取卵、竭泽而渔** (shā jī qǔ luǎn, jié zé ér yú - "kill the chicken to get the eggs, drain the pond to catch the fish," to seek short-term benefits at the expense of long-term interests) has come to an end, and green development that conforms to nature and protects the ecology heralds the future."
Ecological civilization is the historical trend of human civilization development.
Following the way of nature to nourish the life of all things. China's ecological civilization contains the dialectical unity of humanity and nature, ecology and economy, development and protection, breaking through the cognitive limitations of Western ecological civilization theory that opposes humanity and nature, and realizing a historical transcendence of the traditional Western development paradigm. The exploration and practice of more than 1.4 billion people in the East of the Earth provides ideological guidance and a feasible path for solving the contradictions of industrial civilization and achieving global sustainable development.
Seeking development opportunities from the protection of nature and striving to avoid the old path of "polluting first and then treating," China coordinates and promotes high-quality development and high-level protection. This ecological answer sheet is amazing: while achieving the miracle of rapid economic development, China's ecological environment quality has continued to improve, making important contributions to addressing the global ecological crisis.
Therefore, it is even more understandable why the world's expectations for achieving sustainable development are further focused on China.
Arun Gujral, Associate Professor in the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences at Swinburne University of Technology in Australia, said that the concept of ecological civilization brings hope for solving today's ecological dilemma. China's concept of ecological civilization is not only of great significance to its own country but also provides another realistic choice for today's world order.
In 2016, the United Nations Environment Programme released the report "Lucid Waters and Lush Mountains are Invaluable Assets: China's Ecological Civilization Strategy and Action," introducing China's ecological civilization concept and practice to the world. At the 16th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification held in December 2024, visitors to the China Pavilion were in an endless stream, and China's experience in ecological civilization construction is becoming an object of learning and reference for more and more countries.
Chinese Contribution—
Firmly adhering to the path of ecological priority and green development, demonstrating the responsibility and commitment of a responsible major country.
"Selected, 9 new cities added!" In January this year, during the 64th meeting of the Standing Committee of the Ramsar Convention, the list of the third batch of internationally accredited wetland cities was announced, and 9 Chinese cities, including Fuzhou (福州), Fujian (福建) and Hangzhou (杭州), Zhejiang (浙江), were among them. Chen Lin (陈琳), director of the Ecological Culture Research Center of Xixi National Wetland Park (西溪国家湿地公园) in Hangzhou (杭州), Zhejiang (浙江), was overjoyed when the news came.
Wetlands, along with forests and oceans, are known as the three major ecosystems on Earth and are described as the "kidneys of the Earth." The "International Wetland City" certified by the Ramsar Convention represents the highest achievement in urban wetland ecological protection. At present, China has 22 international wetland cities, ranking first in the world in terms of quantity.
"International Important Wetland," "World Geopark," "Global Desert Ecological Economy Demonstration Zone"... In recent years, many places across the country have obtained one international certification "green title" after another, witnessing China's unremitting efforts in green development.
China firmly adheres to the path of ecological priority and green development, which not only benefits itself but also benefits the world, demonstrating the responsibility and commitment of a responsible major country.
Anchoring the "dual carbon" goal and accelerating the comprehensive green transformation of economic and social development.
In Xining (西宁), Qinghai (青海), a 9-kilometer-long street in the Nanchuan Industrial Park (南川工业园区) is lined with photovoltaic companies such as Gaojing (高景), Ates (阿特斯), and Trina Solar (天合光能), with trucks coming and going. Along this famous "Photovoltaic Street," upstream companies producing photovoltaic module raw materials can easily send polysilicon, monocrystalline silicon, and other products to downstream customers.
"The monocrystalline silicon rods we produce are directly delivered to downstream customers in the park, saving a lot of transportation costs. The produced photovoltaic modules can be used in the Talatan (塔拉滩) photovoltaic base, which is more than 100 kilometers away," said Sun Bin (孙彬), deputy general manager of Qinghai Gaojing Solar Energy Technology Co., Ltd. (青海高景太阳能科技有限公司). In Gaojing's production workshop, rows of tall single crystal furnaces are neatly arranged, and the green indicator lights on the furnace bodies flash alternately.
This "Photovoltaic Street" is targeting a trillion-level industrial cluster, vividly interpreting the connotation that "new quality productivity itself is green productivity."
China's green transformation can be seen from this.
Moving towards "new" and moving forward towards "green." From proposing the goals of carbon peaking and carbon neutrality to building a complete "1+N" policy system for carbon peaking and carbon neutrality; from promoting the construction of a national carbon market to enriching the global supply of "green production capacity"; from the optimization and adjustment of industrial structure and energy structure to the green transformation of production and lifestyles... China's green and low-carbon development is advancing in depth.
The international community generally believes that at a critical moment in the global climate governance process, China's major commitments to carbon peaking and carbon neutrality, and its conscious actions to promote high-quality development and accelerate green and low-carbon transformation, reflect China's proactive assumption of important responsibilities and play a positive exemplary role.
Enhancing the diversity, stability, and sustainability of ecosystems and safeguarding the boundaries of natural ecological security.
"'A Bao' has arrived near Jingne Township (景讷乡), Jinghong City (景洪市)!" Not long ago, Asian elephant monitors in the Xishuangbanna National Nature Reserve (西双版纳国家级自然保护区) in Yunnan (云南) discovered that "A Bao (阿宝)," a wild elephant that was officially released back into the wild in May last year, has been continuously expanding its range of activities from the Mengyang (勐养) area, showing good wild survival ability.
"A Bao (阿宝)" is the first rescued elephant in China to be released back into the wild. Drinking and bathing with other wild elephants, its "body" is getting stronger and stronger, and it is more vigilant towards people... For more than a year, monitors have been closely observing its activities.
At present, the number of wild Asian elephants in China has increased to more than 300. "'A Bao's (阿宝) successful release not only reflects the effectiveness of China's Asian elephant protection and management but also helps us share our experience in population monitoring, community co-management, and other fields with other important Asian elephant distribution countries, and promote cross-border protection cooperation," said monitor Zhou Chenhao (周晨浩).
Adhering to the integrated protection and systematic governance of mountains, rivers, forests, fields, lakes, and grasslands, and building a large pattern of protection and governance from mountain tops to the ocean; steadily promoting the construction of a natural protected area system with national parks as the main body, and establishing nearly 10,000 natural protected areas of various levels and types, accounting for about 18% of the land area; implementing 6 batches of mountain and water projects, and completing ecological restoration of more than 120 million mu. Increasing the protection and restoration of ecosystems, China is a strong supporter and contributor to global biodiversity conservation.
Elizabeth Maruma Mrema, Executive Secretary of the Secretariat of the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity, believes that China's efforts and achievements in biodiversity conservation not only protect its own ecosystems and biological resources but also make important contributions to global biodiversity conservation.
Providing "green power" for the world, China is a well-deserved promoter and contributor.
The production and sales of new energy vehicles have ranked first in the world for 9 consecutive years, and more than half of the world's new energy vehicles are running on Chinese soil;
More than 80% of the world's photovoltaic modules and 70% of wind power equipment come from China;
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the country has cumulatively completed afforestation of 1.16 billion mu, with a forest coverage rate of more than 25%, contributing 1/4 of the world's new green area...
"China firmly adheres to the path of green and low-carbon development, and provides a practical model for building a community of life on Earth with concrete green actions, injecting stronger stability and greater certainty into the global environmental governance and green development process," said Hu Jun (胡军), director of the Xi Jinping (习近平) Thought on Ecological Civilization Research Center and director of the Environmental and Economic Policy Research Center of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment.
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Empowering global green development and jointly building a clean, beautiful, and sustainable world.
In 2024, humanity experienced the hottest year on record, with frequent and severe extreme weather and climate events.
The endogenous driving force of global ecological governance is insufficient, and the problem of ecological deficits is prominent. Rising temperatures bring a series of problems such as glacier melting, sea-level rise, and biodiversity loss... The blue planet is facing severe ecological and environmental challenges.
Faced with the global ecological crisis, China actively and proactively assumes the responsibility of a major country. The 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China clearly put forward the important concept of "global ecological civilization construction," and the concept of a community of life on Earth in Xi Jinping's (习近平) thought on ecological civilization extends the responsibility for global ecological environmental protection and governance from one country and one place to the whole world and all mankind. "Faced with ecological and environmental challenges, humanity is a community with a shared future, and no country can be immune."
Adhering to this concept, China has always been an important participant, contributor, and leader in global ecological civilization construction, practicing true multilateralism with the responsibility of an "empowering major country," providing public goods for the world, and contributing to global ecological governance and sustainable development with practical actions.
Jointly building the foundation of ecological civilization.
In November 2024, a batch of intelligent meteorological observation equipment donated by China arrived in Pakistan. Prior to this, the meteorological departments of the two countries had jointly developed a customized cloud-based early warning system for Pakistan.
"Through the cloud-based early warning system, we can use advanced technologies such as artificial intelligence and more models to carry out weather forecasting work," said Bazar Cheema, an expert at the Pakistan Meteorological Department.
Standing at the crossroads of human social development, climate change has become a common challenge concerning the future and destiny of all countries. To address the global challenge of climate change, global action, global response, and global cooperation must be carried out.
As a "Chinese star" serving the world, Fengyun meteorological satellites provide services to 133 countries and regions; in the vast space, the Earth resource satellite jointly developed by China and Brazil silently guards the "green lungs of the Earth," the Amazon rainforest; in Ethiopia, the multispectral remote sensing data obtained by the microsatellite provided by China free of charge is used in agriculture, forestry, water conservancy, disaster prevention, and mitigation, etc...
During the 29th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change last November, China held a series of events to actively share its experiences in addressing climate change. Ana Toni, Deputy Minister for Climate Change Affairs of the Brazilian government, said that these activities "demonstrated China's firm determination to address climate change and its willingness to share development experience, highlighting its influence and leadership, and demonstrating its image as a responsible major country."
The atmosphere knows no borders, and the world shares the same climate. China actively participates in climate and environmental governance, promoting the formation of mechanisms for countries to participate in global climate and environmental governance. To date, China has signed 54 Memoranda of Understanding on South-South cooperation on climate change with 42 developing countries, providing a cumulative financial support of over 177 billion yuan, effectively helping to enhance the capacity of developing countries to address climate change.
Together, we embark on a path of green development.
In West Bosnia Canton of Bosnia and Herzegovina, a large area of wind turbines with red-painted blade tips is particularly eye-catching. This is the Ivovik 84 MW wind power project invested and constructed by China. After being connected to the grid, it is expected to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by about 240,000 tons per year, effectively promoting the transformation and upgrading of Bosnia and Herzegovina's energy structure.
From the sprawling "photovoltaic ocean" in the Omani desert to the ultra-high voltage transmission lines traversing the Brazilian rainforest; from the low-carbon demonstration zones in Southeast Asia to the energy-saving lamps in small island countries... China has carried out green energy project cooperation with more than 100 countries and regions, turning green energy from a "luxury" into a "daily necessity."
Philip Clayton, President of the Institute for Ecological Civilization in the United States, said: "Only by allowing as many people as possible to access green technologies can we overcome the climate crisis, and China's related measures are promoting the realization of this goal."
Over the past 10 years, China has driven the cumulative average cost per kilowatt-hour of global wind power and photovoltaic power projects to decrease by more than 60% and 80% respectively. The green technologies, green solutions, and green standards provided by China are constantly being transformed into actions and results, significantly improving the accessibility of clean energy technologies worldwide.
Together, we build a community of life on Earth.
In Phang Nga Bay National Park (攀牙灣國家公園) in Thailand, vast mangrove forests protect the coastline. Who would have thought that nearly 60% of Thailand's mangrove forests have been damaged due to rising sea levels and the impact of human activities. Last November, the China-Thailand Mangrove Joint Protection Demonstration Zone was inaugurated, and the marine departments of the two countries will deepen exchanges and cooperation in mangrove protection and restoration.
China is one of the few countries in the world that has achieved a net increase in mangrove area. Ornicha, Director of the Third Research and Development Center for Mangroves of the Department of Marine and Coastal Resources of Thailand, said that China's rich experience in mangrove protection and restoration technology is worth learning from.
Humans have only one Earth. Promoting green development and building ecological civilization is a common cause for all mankind.
China is demonstrating its responsibility as a major country with practical actions.
Taking the lead in contributing 1.5 billion yuan to establish the Kunming Biodiversity Fund (昆明生物多样性基金) to support the biodiversity conservation efforts of developing countries; incorporating climate change and green development into the key cooperation areas of the Global Development Initiative; extensively carrying out bilateral and multilateral international cooperation, and conducting cooperation with India, Brazil, South Africa and other countries and regions in energy conservation and environmental protection, addressing climate change, and combating desertification...
Protecting the Earth is not only a responsibility for the present, but also a commitment to the future.
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The ecological environment is related to the survival of mankind, and ecological civilization is related to the development of mankind.
For thousands of years, the Chinese nation has respected nature and protected nature, and advocating "harmony between man and nature" (天人合一 (tiān rén hé yī - "heaven and man as one," the concept that humans should live in harmony with nature)) is a distinctive feature of Chinese civilization.
Adhering to Xi Jinping's (习近平) thought on ecological civilization as guidance, China in the new era has written a new chapter in human civilization with the vivid practice of green development, scientifically answering the questions of the times and the world in response to global environmental and climate challenges, and contributing to global sustainable development with the Chinese path, Chinese governance, and Chinese theory.
With the future of mankind in mind and the well-being of the people at heart, China will continue to empower the Chinese concepts and actions of global ecological governance, promote the construction of a fair, reasonable, and win-win global environmental governance system, jointly draw a beautiful picture of harmonious coexistence between man and nature with all countries, build a clean and beautiful world for future generations, and enable all countries in the world to have a shared and beautiful future.
(Reported by Feng Hua (冯华), Li Hongmei (李红梅), Kou Jiangze (寇江泽), Dong Siyu (董丝雨), Pan Shaojun (潘少军), and Dou Hao (窦皓), reporters of this newspaper)
Return to TopPremier of the State Council Li Qiang (李强) met with a delegation led by Yohei Kono (河野洋平), Chairman of the Japan Association for the Promotion of International Trade, at the Great Hall of the People (人民大会堂) on June 3rd.
Li Qiang (李强) stated that in November of last year, President Xi Jinping (习近平) held a meeting with Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (石破茂) in Lima, agreeing to comprehensively promote the China-Japan strategic mutually beneficial relationship and to build a constructive and stable China-Japan relationship that meets the requirements of the new era, pointing out the general direction for both sides to work together. China and Japan are neighbors that cannot be moved away. Since they cannot be moved away, they must be good neighbors and good partners. China is willing to work with all sectors of Japan to take active actions to implement the political consensus of "being each other's cooperative partners and not posing a threat to each other," achieve more pragmatic cooperation results, and consolidate the foundation of political mutual trust and people-to-people friendship between the two countries. It is hoped that Japan will work with China to constructively manage differences, firmly grasp the correct direction of the relationship between the two countries, and promote the healthy and stable development of bilateral relations.
Li Qiang (李强) pointed out that the current international situation is undergoing profound and complex changes, bringing great challenges to the economic development of various countries. China and Japan have many unique advantages in deepening cooperation, especially strong industrial complementarity, and each has its own strengths in the field of technological innovation. The two sides should make good use of these advantages, strengthen industrial docking and integration, expand the scale of trade and investment, expand cooperation in emerging fields such as the digital economy, green economy, and biomedicine, as well as third-party market cooperation, and add more impetus to their respective development by achieving a higher level of mutually beneficial and win-win results, and make greater contributions to world economic growth. China will steadfastly expand high-level opening up and welcomes more foreign-funded enterprises, including Japanese enterprises, to invest and develop in China. It is hoped that the Japan Association for the Promotion of International Trade will continue to play an active role in promoting the deepening of economic and trade cooperation between the two countries and enhancing friendly mutual trust, and also welcomes all sectors of Japan to strengthen exchanges with China in the fields of culture, tourism, sports, youth, and ecological environmental protection.
Yohei Kono (河野洋平) stated that China is Japan's most important economic and trade partner, and the Chinese economy has strong endogenous动力 and resilience. Under the current uncertain international situation, Japan and China should strengthen communication and coordination and jointly safeguard multilateralism and the free trade system. The Japan Association for the Promotion of International Trade has long been committed to Japan-China friendship and is willing to continue to expand exchanges with China, enhance mutual understanding, and make positive contributions to deepening the feelings of the people of the two countries, improving mutual understanding, and promoting mutually beneficial cooperation.
Wu Zhenglong (吴政隆) attended the meeting.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 王昊男
Beijing International Science and Technology Innovation Center frequently reports good news: The National Natural Science Foundation of China (国家自然科学基金委员会) recently announced the "Top Ten Scientific Advances in China" for 2024, of which 6 research achievements originated from Beijing (北京); the number of highly cited scientists has ranked first among global innovation cities for two consecutive years; 58 scientific and technological achievements won the National Science and Technology Progress Award last year...
In May 2023, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized during his inspection in Hebei (河北) and the symposium on further promoting the coordinated development of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei (京津冀): "We must accelerate the construction of the Beijing International Science and Technology Innovation Center and a high-level talent hub, and strive to build an important source of independent innovation and a major source of original innovation in our country."
This year is the final year of the "14th Five-Year Plan" and a crucial year for the construction of the Beijing International Science and Technology Innovation Center. In order to achieve the development goal of "basically forming the Beijing International Science and Technology Innovation Center by 2025," Beijing (北京) is constantly strengthening its function as a source of scientific and technological innovation and accelerating the implementation of various goals and tasks.
At the foot of the Great Wall (长城), on the shore of Yanqi Lake (雁栖湖), Huairou Science City (怀柔科学城), dedicated to building a world-class original innovation carrying area, is accelerating its rise.
The Comprehensive Extreme Condition Experimental Device, the Meridian Project Phase II, and the Multimodal Cross-Scale Biomedical Imaging Facility are among several major scientific facilities that have passed national acceptance this year.
"To uncover the mysteries of life, we must first 'see' the process of changes in living organisms at different spatiotemporal scales." Academician Cheng Heping (程和平), chief scientist of the Multimodal Cross-Scale Biomedical Imaging Facility and director of the National Biomedical Imaging Science Center of Peking University (北京大学), introduced that this "life observatory" can break through spatiotemporal scale barriers, take panoramic photos and videos of living organisms, and achieve systematic decoding of life processes.
Looking up at the universe and gaining insights into the "temperament" of the sun-earth space through data; focusing on the subtle and exploring the mysteries of life by breaking through spatiotemporal scales... At present, of the 37 scientific and technological facility platforms laid out by the Huairou Comprehensive National Science Center (怀柔综合性国家科学中心), 29 have entered the research state, and a total of 329 scientific research results have been produced.
Zhongguancun (中关村) is constantly "innovating" to promote the deep integration of scientific and technological innovation and industrial innovation.
Creating 88.6 billion yuan of output per square kilometer on average! Opening the list of enterprises in the 40 characteristic industrial parks in Zhongguancun (中关村), emerging industries such as artificial intelligence and future industries account for more than 70%.
Zhang Jihong (张继红), director of the Beijing Municipal Science & Technology Commission and Zhongguancun Administrative Committee (北京市科委、中关村管委会), introduced that in 2024, the total income of Zhongguancun's (中关村) large-scale enterprises increased by 8% year-on-year, and it continued to rank first in the comprehensive evaluation of national high-tech zones released by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology in 2024.
For two consecutive years, measures have been introduced to support the high-quality development of innovative medicine, accurately covering the entire chain of innovative drugs and medical devices from research and development to clinical application; the "Artificial Intelligence + New Materials" innovation and development action plan has been launched to promote the intelligent and high-end development of the new materials industry... Beijing (北京) has been making early and precise efforts in policy support in recent years to lead the development of new quality productive forces with scientific and technological innovation.
Giving full play to the advantages of abundant scientific research institutes and scientific and educational talents, Beijing (北京) continues to consolidate the foundation for the source of scientific and technological innovation.
In Haidian (海淀), Jingxi (京西), the Beijing Zhongguancun Academy (北京中关村学院), which made its debut last year, focuses on artificial intelligence and interdisciplinary fields, and has selected more than 500 outstanding doctoral students from dozens of universities such as Peking University (北大) and Tsinghua University (清华).
"In the era of artificial intelligence, the channels for acquiring knowledge have changed, and the standards for talent evaluation and education and teaching methods will inevitably change accordingly." Liu Tieyan (刘铁岩), president of Beijing Zhongguancun Academy (北京中关村学院), introduced that by practicing the unconventional education model of 打破学校边界 (dǎ pò xué xiào biān jiè - "break school boundaries," to transcend traditional academic constraints), 打破学科边界 (dǎ pò xué kē biān jiè - "break discipline boundaries," to encourage interdisciplinary collaboration), 打破导学边界 (dǎ pò dǎo xué biān jiè - "break guidance boundaries," to foster collaborative learning between mentors and students), 打破产教边界 (dǎ pò chǎn jiào biān jiè - "break industry-education boundaries," to integrate industry and education), and 打破阶段边界 (dǎ pò jiē duàn biān jiè - "break stage boundaries," to promote lifelong learning), they "continue to discover and cultivate leading talents in science and technology."
Recently, the Beijing Municipal Party Committee Education, Science and Technology Talent Work Leading Group (北京市委教育科技人才工作领导小组) was established to promote the development of education, science and technology, and talent in an integrated manner, systematically plan a number of pilot reform measures, and strive to form more replicable and scalable experiences.
"Thoroughly implement General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important instructions and directives and the Party Central Committee's decisions and deployments, and consciously grasp the construction of the International Science and Technology Innovation Center from the height of the 'two overall situations'." Yin Li (尹力), Secretary of the Beijing Municipal Party Committee (北京市委书记), said that it is necessary to give full play to the capital's advantages in education, science and technology, and talent, and grasp the implementation of various tasks with the highest standards, so as to make new and greater contributions to the construction of a strong country in science and technology.
Return to TopXinhua News Agency, Beijing, June 3rd. Ding Xuexiang (丁薛祥), member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Vice Premier of the State Council, met in Beijing on the 3rd with foreign representatives attending the meeting of the Ministers of Finance and Central Bank Governors of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation member states.
Ding Xuexiang (丁薛祥) stated that at the 2024 "Shanghai Cooperation Organisation +" Astana Summit, President Xi Jinping (习近平) put forward a series of important suggestions and major initiatives for jointly building a better Shanghai Cooperation Organisation community. This year is the "China Year" of the SCO. China is willing to take this opportunity to work with all parties to adhere to development priority, strengthen financial cooperation, expand the share of local currency settlement, develop digital inclusive finance, and actively prepare for the establishment of the SCO Development Bank, so as to inject strong impetus into the development of countries in the region.
SCO Secretary-General Yermekbaev spoke on behalf of the foreign representatives, highly praising China's work as the chair of the SCO, and expressed willingness to work with China to jointly uphold the "Shanghai Spirit" and promote regional prosperity and development.
Return to TopIn recent years, Rongcheng City (荣成市), Shandong Province (山东省), has actively promoted the coordinated development of offshore wind power and marine ranching, forming a three-dimensional industrial model of "green energy + ecological aquaculture + recreational fishery," and helping the high-quality development of the marine economy. According to statistics, the output value of the marine economy accounts for more than 40% of Rongcheng City's (荣成市) gross regional product. The picture shows the Sangou Bay (桑沟湾) marine ranch in the Shidao Management District (石岛管理区) of Rongcheng City (荣成市) taken on June 3.
Li Xinjun (李信君) photographed (Image China).
Return to TopBeijing, June 3rd (Reported by Wang Ke (王珂) and Zheng Haiou (郑海鸥)) The reporter learned on the 3rd from the Ministry of Culture and Tourism (文化和旅游部): During the Dragon Boat Festival holiday, various regions held diverse cultural and tourism activities, expanded new business formats and new scenarios, and strived to meet the holiday life needs of the people. The national cultural and tourism market was safe, stable, and orderly. According to calculations from the Data Center of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism (文化和旅游部数据中心), during the 3-day Dragon Boat Festival holiday, there were 119 million domestic tourist trips nationwide, an increase of 5.7% year-on-year; total domestic tourism expenditure was 42.73 billion yuan, an increase of 5.9% year-on-year.
Return to TopThis newspaper reported from Beijing on June 3rd (Reporter Han Xin (韩鑫)) According to monitoring data from the State Post Bureau (国家邮政局), during the Dragon Boat Festival holiday (May 31st to June 2nd), the national postal express delivery industry collectively collected 1.511 billion express parcels, a year-on-year increase of 19.4%.
The accelerated popularization and application of modern technological equipment such as intelligent collection and delivery, and intelligent sorting, further met the festival delivery needs. The continuous upgrading of technologies and services in various aspects such as transportation networks and production-sales matchmaking, has continuously accelerated the pace of delivery of featured products.
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Return to TopXinhua News Agency, Beijing, June 3rd (Xinhua) -- Premier of the State Council Li Qiang (李强) recently signed a State Council decree, announcing the "Regulations on the Sharing of Government Data" (hereinafter referred to as the "Regulations"), which will come into effect on August 1, 2025.
The "Regulations" aim to promote the safe, orderly, efficient sharing and utilization of government data, enhance the government's digital governance capabilities and the effectiveness of government services, and comprehensively build a digital government. The "Regulations" consist of 8 chapters and 44 articles, mainly including the following content.
First, clarify the overall requirements. It stipulates that the work of government data sharing should adhere to the leadership of the Communist Party of China (中国共产党), and follow the principles of overall coordination, unified standards, sharing according to law, reasonable use, and security control. It details the responsibilities of governments at all levels, the competent departments for government data sharing, government departments and their government data sharing work institutions.
Second, optimize directory management. It stipulates that government data shall be subject to unified directory management, and clarifies the requirements for the compilation, publication, and dynamic updating of government data catalogs. Determine the classification of government data sharing attributes, and prohibit the unauthorized addition of conditions to hinder or affect government data sharing.
Third, refine the requirements for sharing and use. It stipulates that government departments shall not repeatedly collect government data if it can meet the needs of performing their duties through sharing, and clarifies the responsibilities of the government departments responsible for leading the collection of government data. It refines the process and time limit requirements for government data sharing applications and responses. Clarify the government data quality management, verification and correction, and shared dispute resolution mechanism. It stipulates that higher-level government departments should promptly and completely return relevant government data according to the needs of lower-level government departments in performing their duties, while ensuring the security of government data.
Fourth, strengthen platform support. It stipulates the integration and construction of a national integrated government big data system, requiring the existing government data platforms to be included in the national integrated government big data system, and in principle, no new government data sharing and exchange systems should be built. It clarifies that government departments at all levels should carry out government data sharing through the national integrated government big data system.
Fifth, strengthen safeguard measures. In accordance with the principle of "whoever manages is responsible, and whoever uses is responsible," the main body of security responsibility in each link is clarified, and the security management responsibility of the demand department in the process of using legally shared government data is emphasized. It refines the government departments' and entrusted parties' obligations to protect the security of government data, and clarifies the requirements for personal information protection and handling complaints and reports. It proposes requirements for government data sharing funding guarantees and budget management.
Return to TopBy: 中国汽车报记者 陈 萌
With a series of policies to boost consumption taking effect, China's automobile production and sales both exceeded 10 million units for the first four months of this year, a historical first.
While the new car market is hot, the used car market is also attracting attention. However, for some time, some used cars have been called "lemon cars" by consumers: you can only see the appearance of the car, but not the "inside," just like a lemon, it looks good, but it tastes very sour.
How to judge the condition of a used car? Will you be fooled if you only listen to the car dealer's introduction? With more and more new energy used cars, can the rights and interests of car owners be continued, and is it easy to get insurance? If you buy a problem car, who will provide after-sales guarantee? Recently, reporters conducted interviews focusing on consumers' concerns.
Buying with Confidence Requires Transparent Vehicle Condition
Some consumers have reported that they dare not buy used cars, mainly because they cannot grasp the condition of the car and are afraid of buying accident cars.
Mr. Wang, who lives in Harbin (哈尔滨市), Heilongjiang (黑龙江) Province, purchased a used car with 10 years of age from a local used car company.
When buying a car, he paid the most attention to the price and the actual condition of the car. "I bought the car for transportation, the brand doesn't matter, and the price of about 40,000 yuan is acceptable," said Mr. Wang. "Ordinary consumers can't grasp the condition of the car, so it's safer to find a reputable car dealer. This company cooperates with the local radio station, and I often listen to them talking about cars on the radio, so I chose them."
When looking at the car, the merchant told Mr. Wang that the car had minor scratches, some places had been repaired with sheet metal and paint, the engine oil and filter had reached the replacement cycle, and there was some oil leakage in the front and rear shock absorbers, but it could be guaranteed that the vehicle was not burned, flooded, or involved in major accidents, and a third-party inspection report was also provided.
Although the price of 43,000 yuan was higher than the quotations of other companies, the merchant's meticulousness and frankness impressed Mr. Wang, and the transaction was successfully completed. "Buying with confidence requires transparent vehicle condition," said Mr. Wang.
Luo Lei (罗磊), Vice President of the China Automobile Dealers Association, said that in order to create a fair and just used car consumption environment, the state issued the "Technical Specification for Appraisal and Evaluation of Used Cars" in 2013. Since then, independent third-party appraisal and evaluation agencies such as Cheboshi (查博士) and Weizhen Vehicle Inspection (维真验车), as well as used car information service platforms such as Lemon Check (柠檬查), which can obtain vehicle history reports and query vehicle accident and maintenance records, have appeared on the market. Nowadays, more and more car dealers provide inspection reports.
The "Special Action Plan for Boosting Consumption" issued not long ago proposed to strengthen information sharing in the automotive field, support the development of third-party used car information query platforms, and promote worry-free and convenient used car transactions.
"For used car transactions, true integrity is 'telling the truth'. Using data as evidence rather than 'human judgment' is a sign of the industry's maturity," said Wang Meng (王萌), Deputy Secretary-General of the Beijing Automobile Dealers Association.
Gao Ling (高凌), Secretary-General of the Data Application and Consumer Research Branch of the China Automobile Dealers Association, said that the trade-in policy has increased the transaction volume of used cars, and at the same time, consumers' demand for "worry-free car purchase" has surged. Third-party platforms can help both parties in used car transactions reduce transaction trust costs and help the industry improve quality and efficiency through data empowerment.
Calling for Battery Warranty to "Follow the Car, Not the Person"
In recent years, a large number of new energy vehicles have entered the used car market, and the resulting warranty and insurance issues have attracted particular attention from consumers.
Some new energy vehicle companies have launched lifetime warranty benefits for the first car owner, but used car owners cannot enjoy them. Some car companies have stated in the disclaimer that a change in vehicle ownership will invalidate the lifetime warranty responsibility of the "three electric" systems (battery, motor, and electronic control). The maintenance costs of batteries, motors, and electronic controls of new energy vehicles are relatively high, and once a failure occurs, the replacement and maintenance costs may exceed the affordability of used car owners.
Luo Lei (罗磊) called on automobile manufacturers not to engage in differential treatment of used cars. "Electric vehicles are becoming more and more like mobile electronic products. Consumers buy new cars more frequently. The first car owner clause not only damages the rights and interests of used car consumers, but also affects the reputation and brand value retention rate of the car brand."
It is reported that some car companies are trying to propose solutions regarding the rights and interests of non-first car owners. For example, in 2024, SAIC MG launched a warranty plan for non-operating car owners, which does not limit the first car owner or the mileage, and the battery warranty "follows the car, not the person."
In addition to the warranty, some used car consumers have encountered trouble when purchasing insurance.
"I was very happy when I picked up the car, but I was rejected when I applied for insurance," said a used car owner in Fujian (福建). He bought a used new energy car and finally found an insurance company willing to underwrite, but the quotation was 15,000 yuan, which was much higher than that of a fuel car of the same price. The insurance company believes that as the age of new energy vehicles increases, the hidden dangers caused by battery degradation are increasing, and the depreciation rate of new energy vehicles is faster and the maintenance cost is very high.
Similar problems have attracted attention from all parties. At the beginning of this year, the National Financial Regulatory Administration and other departments issued the "Guiding Opinions on Deepening Reform, Strengthening Supervision and Promoting High-Quality Development of New Energy Vehicle Insurance," proposing to deepen the reform of new energy vehicle insurance, optimize product service supply, improve the market-oriented terms and rate formation mechanism, and give full play to the role of new energy vehicle insurance in loss compensation, risk reduction, and risk management. On January 25 this year, the "Car Insurance Easy Insurance" platform built by the Shanghai Insurance Exchange was launched, and new energy vehicle insurance took an important step towards realizing "willing to insure and must insure."
After-Sales Service Provides More Guarantee
In the past, buying a used car was like a one-shot deal. If you bought a problem car, it was very difficult for consumers to protect their rights.
According to the "Measures for the Circulation Management of Used Cars," used car dealers should provide the buyer with quality assurance and after-sales service commitments when selling used cars, and clearly indicate them in the business premises. The local standards for used passenger car sales service specifications in Chongqing (重庆) and other places also clarify that when used car dealers sign a written contract for the sale of vehicles, the content should include the agreement on after-sales warranty and maintenance services.
"Small car dealers still lack in providing after-sales service, but used cars sold by car company official certified used car dealers, dealer group used car dealers, well-known domestic Internet platforms and brand used car dealers can provide corresponding after-sales service," said Luo Lei (罗磊). Consumers can ask merchants whether there are relevant services before buying a car to win more guarantees for themselves.
Some leading car companies have attracted more customers by providing warranty services. For example, brands such as BYD (比亚迪) and Zeekr (极氪) have launched official certified used cars. Consumers who purchase used cars through official channels can enjoy lifetime warranty of "three electric" systems and national joint warranty of after-sales stores.
Some dealers are also accelerating their follow-up. Yongda Group (永达集团) promises that the battery health of the company's official certified new energy used cars is not less than 80% and comes with battery performance guarantee. Caterchi (卡泰驰), a subsidiary of Haier Group (海尔集团), also promises to provide repurchase guarantee if the vehicles sold have "structural damage," "fire," or "flooding"; users can enjoy 30-day vehicle warranty and 1-year or 30,000-kilometer warranty for the engine, transmission, and drive three major systems after purchasing the car. More leading car companies and dealers providing warranty services will also prompt small and medium-sized car dealers to look up to higher standards.
With more transparent vehicle conditions, more complete warranty and insurance, and more guaranteed after-sales service, used car consumers can step on fewer pits and consume with confidence.
Reporter's Notes
New Cars Sell Well, Why Develop the Used Car Market?
The latest data shows that China's automobile production and sales continue to be strong. Some readers may have such questions: The new car market is hot, why develop the used car market?
In fact, encouraging the development of the used car market is not only conducive to meeting the consumption needs of different levels and providing consumers with more choices, but also reduces waste of resources and conforms to the concept of circular economy. At the same time, the used car market also drives the development of related industries such as appraisal, auction, finance, and insurance, enriches the automotive industry chain, and provides more employment opportunities.
The used car market and the new car market are also closely related. It is a general trend for the automobile market to transition from an incremental market to a stock market, and smoother used car circulation can more effectively promote new car sales.
In 2024, the national used car transaction volume was 19.6142 million units, an increase of 6.52% year-on-year, a record high, and the cumulative transaction amount exceeded 1.28 trillion yuan. In the first four months of this year, the cumulative transaction volume of used cars exceeded 6.3 million units, and the cumulative transaction amount exceeded 413.4 billion yuan. The transaction volume of the used car market is expected to exceed 20 million units for the first time this year.
Under the guidance of a series of policies, the barriers to the national circulation of used cars have been gradually broken, many blockages have been cleared one by one, and the used car industry is developing from "small, scattered, and weak" to branding, scale, and standardization. With the introduction of replacement and renewal subsidy policies in many places, the source of vehicles in the used car market will also be further enriched.
With the support of the policy side and the supply side, the used car market is expected to develop better and faster.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 谷业凯
● China has signed intergovernmental science and technology cooperation agreements with more than 80 Belt and Road partner countries.
● China has launched the construction of more than 70 "Belt and Road" joint laboratories with relevant Belt and Road partner countries.
Scientific and technological cooperation is an important component of the Belt and Road cooperation. The 2nd Belt and Road Science and Technology Exchange Conference will be held in Chengdu (成都), Sichuan (四川) from June 10th to 12th. On June 3rd, the State Council Information Office (国务院新闻办) held a press conference to introduce the relevant information about the conference.
Chen Jiachang (陈家昌), Vice Minister of the Ministry of Science and Technology (科技部), introduced that the 2nd Belt and Road Science and Technology Exchange Conference will focus on the alignment of science and technology planning policies, science and technology people-to-people exchanges, industrial innovation and development, international major science programs, science and technology poverty reduction, as well as artificial intelligence, traditional Chinese medicine, and other topics. It will set up five major sections: important activities, thematic activities, featured activities, round table meetings, and technology matchmaking, and will hold 38 activities such as the 2nd Belt and Road Science and Technology Innovation Ministerial Meeting. This conference will accelerate the construction of a Belt and Road science and technology innovation partnership network, promote the benefits of scientific and technological achievements to the people of all countries, and create an open, inclusive, and mutually beneficial institutionalized exchange platform.
Li Wenqing (李文清), Vice Governor of Sichuan Province (四川省), introduced that the 2nd Belt and Road Science and Technology Exchange Conference has invited guests from more than 100 countries and international organizations to attend, including ministers of science and technology innovation, heads of international organizations, internationally renowned scholars, and representatives from domestic and foreign universities, research institutes, and science and technology enterprises.
"This conference has received a positive response from the Belt and Road countries, with many participating countries and a wide range of fields involved, and fruitful results are expected. This conference will continue to promote the construction of a multi-level and multi-field science and technology exchange and cooperation mechanism, build a number of industry-university-research exchange and cooperation platforms, release a series of important achievements, and inject new impetus into global science and technology innovation cooperation," said Chen Jiachang (陈家昌).
Promoting scientific and technological innovation is one of the eight actions for high-quality Belt and Road cooperation. At present, China has signed intergovernmental science and technology cooperation agreements with more than 80 Belt and Road partner countries, giving play to the leading and driving role of bilateral and multilateral cooperation mechanisms, and forming an all-round and multi-level science and technology innovation cooperation network.
In the fields of agriculture, new energy, and health, China has launched the construction of more than 70 "Belt and Road" joint laboratories with relevant Belt and Road partner countries; it supports Guangxi (广西), Yunnan (云南), Ningxia (宁夏), Jiangsu (江苏), Hubei (湖北), Guangdong (广东) and other places to establish 10 international technology transfer centers for Belt and Road countries. "We actively support young scientists from Belt and Road countries to come to China for short-term scientific research and exchanges, covering more than 80% of the Belt and Road countries, involving modern agriculture, life and health, ecological environment, materials science and many other fields," Chen Jiachang (陈家昌) introduced.
Since the first Belt and Road Science and Technology Exchange Conference was held in 2023, the Chengdu-Chongqing (成渝) region has made positive progress in promoting Belt and Road science and technology innovation cooperation. Ma Zhen (马震), Vice Mayor of Chongqing (重庆市), introduced that the Chengdu-Chongqing region has implemented more than 300 international joint research and development projects, forming a collaborative innovation network of universities covering 11 countries, forming the Chengdu-Chongqing region Belt and Road International Technology Transfer Alliance, training more than 200 international technology brokers, and the transaction volume of international technology contracts reached 18.8 billion yuan last year.
International science and technology cooperation is a general trend, and the development of science and technology must have a global vision. At present, China has established science and technology cooperation relations with more than 160 countries and regions, joined more than 200 international organizations and multilateral mechanisms, and has 119 intergovernmental science and technology agreements with foreign countries. In recent years, China has proposed the *Global Artificial Intelligence Governance Initiative* (《全球人工智能治理倡议》) and released the *International Science and Technology Cooperation Initiative* (《国际科技合作倡议》), contributing Chinese wisdom to global science and technology governance, which has been widely responded to by countries around the world. "We have also deeply participated in international major science programs, such as the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) project and the Square Kilometer Array (SKA) radio telescope, nearly 60 international major science programs and major science projects. We took the lead in organizing international major science programs such as 'Deep-time Digital Earth' and 'Ocean Negative Emission,' to jointly address global challenges in climate change, food security, and energy security," said Chen Jiachang (陈家昌).
Chen Jiachang (陈家昌) said: "Next, we will continue to implement the Belt and Road Science and Technology Innovation Action Plan in depth, work with all countries to promote digital-era connectivity, actively initiate and organize the implementation of international major science programs and major science projects, increase scientific and technological assistance to developing countries, and make more and greater contributions to the benefit of all mankind from scientific and technological progress."
Return to TopThis newspaper's Beijing (北京) June 3rd dispatch (Reporters Wang Zheng (王政) and Liu Wenxin (刘温馨)) - The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (工业和信息化部) and four other departments recently issued a notice to organize the 2025 New Energy Vehicle Going to the Countryside Campaign. With the theme of "Green, Low-Carbon, Intelligent, and Safe - Empowering New Rural Areas, Enjoying New Travel," this campaign aims to accelerate the efforts to address the shortcomings in the consumption and use of new energy vehicles in rural areas and build a green, low-carbon, intelligent, and safe travel system for rural residents.
The campaign will select new energy vehicle models that meet the needs of rural areas, have a good reputation, and are of reliable quality to carry out exhibitions, test rides, and other activities; organize new energy vehicle after-sales maintenance service companies, charging and battery swapping service companies, and financial service companies such as insurance and credit to collaborate in going to the countryside; promote the application of vehicle-grid interaction technology in rural areas; implement policies such as vehicle purchase tax and vehicle and vessel tax reductions and exemptions, automobile trade-in, and supplementing shortcomings in county-level charging and battery swapping facilities, and encourage car companies to enrich product supply and improve service levels.
The campaign will also select a number of typical county-level cities with a low proportion of new energy vehicle promotion and large market potential to hold several special events, and use these as centers to radiate to surrounding towns and villages; encourage various business entities in the fields of new energy vehicle production, sales, finance, charging and battery swapping, and after-sales service to participate together, customize an integrated promotion plan of "car purchase discounts + energy use support + service guarantee," and improve the after-sales service network covering the entire cycle of car purchase, use, and maintenance.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 任 彦 李安琪
42 young people, dressed in white fluorescent costumes, danced nimbly on the stage, presenting more than 50 classic movements of ice and snow sports; seven huge gauze screens "moved" the ice peaks and snow fields to the scene, freezing the moment when athletes flew by - at the opening ceremony of the 9th Harbin Asian Winter Games, the dynamic program "Soaring Between Heaven and Earth" pushed the atmosphere to a climax. With the changing light and shadow on the gauze screen, Barco projectors showed the passion of ice and snow sports and the beauty of art with excellent picture quality and stability.
From establishing its first office in Hong Kong (香港) in 1985 to the official commissioning of the Wuxi (无锡) Production and R&D Center in May 2024, Barco (巴可) , a giant in the engineering display industry in Belgium (比利时), has continued to cultivate the Chinese market, continuously increasing its investment in China (中国) and working hand in hand with China.
"We are attracted by the superior business environment and industrial cluster advantages here."
After changing into anti-static work clothes, the reporter from this newspaper walked into the production workshop of the Barco (巴可) Wuxi (无锡) Production and R&D Center. The production workshop, mainly in light gray and yellow, is spacious and bright, with intelligent storage robots shuttling back and forth according to planned routes, and lens brackets, cooling units, and optical engine core assembly lines operating in an orderly manner. Scanning the QR code of the material box, identifying the path, and automatically avoiding obstacles - an intelligent storage robot allowed the reporter to witness the fully automatic transportation process of parts from the material box warehouse to the production line.
A neat row of QR codes on the ground of the passage caught the reporter's attention. "These are the QR codes for intelligent storage robots to identify routes. Although they are inconspicuous, the smooth logistics inside the workshop cannot do without them," Gao Yong (高勇), Vice President of Production and R&D Operations at Barco (巴可) Wuxi (无锡), told reporters.
The Barco (巴可) Wuxi (无锡) Production and R&D Center is one of Barco's largest investment projects overseas, with a building area of 15,000 square meters and a total investment of 48 million US dollars. Construction started in November 2022 and was officially put into operation at the end of May 2024. Gao Yong (高勇) introduced that the center focuses on the production and R&D of engineering projectors, has advanced automatic storage and material picking systems, is equipped with automated internal logistics and production assembly lines, and plans to have an annual production capacity of more than 20,000 professional projectors, and has the production supporting capabilities of key components. "Our goal is to build this into Barco's largest professional projector factory in the world," said Gao Yong (高勇).
"Establishing a production and R&D center in Wuxi (无锡) is a milestone in Barco's implementation of its localization strategy in China (中国)," Charles Beauduin (查尔斯·博迪安), Chairman of Barco (巴可), told reporters, "We are attracted by the superior business environment and industrial cluster advantages here. Barco will rely on these advantages to further enhance its international competitiveness."
Wuxi (无锡) has a modern industrial cluster with tiered development, covering many fields such as the Internet of Things, integrated circuits, and biomedicine, forming a complete industrial chain from raw material supply, parts processing to product assembly. Foreign companies can easily obtain upstream raw materials and parts, reducing procurement costs and logistics costs. Through industrial chain collaboration, foreign companies can establish close ties with local suppliers and achieve localization and stabilization of the supply chain. "Basically, upstream and downstream partners in the industrial chain can be found here. Locating in Wuxi (无锡) is the best choice for Barco to strive for a broad market and leverage cost advantages," said Gao Yong (高勇).
"Not only to meet the needs of the Chinese market, but also to serve the world"
Barco (巴可) was founded in Belgium (比利时) in 1934, and its main business covers entertainment and cultural images, enterprise collaboration, and medical displays.
"From simply selling products at the beginning to building factories and R&D centers later, Barco has always been full of confidence in the Chinese market," said Wang Hongbo (王红波), Executive Vice President of Barco (巴可) and Managing Director of China (中国). Barco (巴可) has established 9 organizations and 3 production and R&D bases with 100% localized talent in China (中国), two of which are geared towards the global market. Today, the Chinese market has become the fastest-growing sector of Barco's global business, and its position in Barco's global strategy is becoming increasingly important.
Amidst the booming wave of smart healthcare in China (中国), Barco (巴可) continues to increase its investment in related businesses. In 2021, Barco (巴可) invested 35 million US dollars to establish Barco (Suzhou) Medical Technology Co., Ltd. (巴可（苏州）医疗科技有限公司), focusing on medical displays as a strategic priority, to build a comprehensive base integrating R&D, production, and sales, providing high-end medical imaging products and integrated solutions such as medical diagnostic display systems and digital operating rooms. "This company is Barco's 'new aircraft carrier' for its medical business, not only meeting the needs of the Chinese market, but also serving the world," said Wang Hongbo (王红波).
"This year marks the 40th anniversary of Barco's entry into the Chinese market. Thanks to China's continued economic growth and stable business environment, Barco has achieved sustainable growth in sales and profitability," said Beauduin (博迪安). China (中国) not only has a super-large market and a complete industrial chain, but also gathers a large number of professional talents. "We firmly believe that the decision to invest in China (中国) is completely correct."
"The innovation vitality of the entire society is constantly stimulated, creating a positive atmosphere of mutual inspiration"
During the Beijing Chaoyang International Light Festival (北京朝阳国际灯光节) from October to November last year, more than 20 Barco (巴可) projectors created the light and shadow show of the Pop Mart (泡泡玛特) Castle Show and the Shell Theater, attracting many viewers.
"China's demand for projection equipment in the fields of cultural tourism night tours, cultural and expo pavilions, stage performances, and higher education and scientific research is increasing, becoming a new business growth point for Barco," said Wang Hongbo (王红波). In order to meet the needs of the Chinese cultural market, Barco (China) (巴可（中国）) has established a local R&D team to provide display solutions for large-scale events such as the Beijing Winter Olympics (北京冬奥会) and the Hangzhou Asian Games (杭州亚运会), and successfully helped Tsinghua University (清华大学) build a virtual simulation emergency disaster handling laboratory.
On the day of the interview, the reporter witnessed the birth of the 1000th I600 series projector at the Barco (巴可) Wuxi (无锡) Production and R&D Center. This series of products, completely independently developed by the Barco (China) (巴可（中国）) R&D team, adopts a lightweight design, and the weight of the entire machine is only 25 kilograms. "The competition point of projectors lies in brightness. In lightweight projectors, we are the brightest; in high-brightness projectors, we are the lightest," Gao Yong (高勇) summarized the competitive advantages of the I600 series projectors in easy-to-understand language.
In recent years, the Barco (China) (巴可（中国）) R&D team has focused on China's new technology trends, new product applications, and new technology solutions, accelerating the promotion of multiple independent innovation projects and incorporating them into Barco's global strategy and promoting them to the world market. "China's talent advantages and innovation advantages are constantly emerging, and various positive signals are constantly being released. We are full of confidence in China's further integration into the global industrial chain layout," said Wang Hongbo (王红波).
"The innovation vitality of the entire Chinese society is constantly stimulated, creating a positive atmosphere of mutual inspiration. It is difficult not to develop here," said Wang Hongbo (王红波). Barco (China) (巴可（中国）) not only conducts R&D and production for localized needs, but also provides innovative products for global customers. "China adheres to innovation-driven development and continuously creates an open and win-win cooperation model, opening up broader market prospects and cooperation opportunities for foreign-funded enterprises, which will promote global technological innovation and enhance global investor confidence," said Wang Hongbo (王红波). "Barco will adhere to the concept of 'In China, for China, and developing together with China', deeply cultivate the Chinese market, and increase investment in China with a posture of integration, openness, and innovation. Walking with China is walking with opportunities."
Layout design: Zhang Danfeng (张丹峰)
Return to TopPromoting peace, seeking stability, and pursuing development are the common aspirations of most countries in the Asia-Pacific region. Addressing differences and disputes through dialogue and consultation is the main policy orientation of countries in the region.
"China's security concept fully embodies the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations," "China always adheres to the concept of cooperation and win-win results and open inclusiveness, and works with regional countries to maintain peace and stability and promote common development"... At the 22nd Shangri-La Dialogue held recently, China demonstrated its firm determination to work with all parties in the region to safeguard common security and share peace and prosperity, injecting constructive forces into the long-term stability of the Asia-Pacific region, and received widespread support and high recognition from countries in the region.
At present, the world has entered a new period of turbulence and change, with multiple crises intertwined and superimposed. The basic norms of international relations have been impacted, and the international system with the United Nations as its core has been challenged. Geopolitical conflicts are intensifying, economic globalization is encountering headwinds, and non-traditional security challenges are increasing... Faced with the turbulent international situation, the international community's call for resolving security dilemmas is becoming stronger, and the need for countries to strengthen communication and cooperation is becoming increasingly urgent.
Improving international security governance and solving international security problems cannot be separated from the guidance of correct concepts. China advocates a common, comprehensive, cooperative, and sustainable security concept, firmly supports the United Nations as the core platform for all countries to jointly safeguard universal security, promotes the building of a universally secure world, constructively participates in the political settlement of international and regional hotspot issues, actively participates in global security governance, and promotes security cooperation in emerging fields. China has proposed and promoted the implementation of the Global Security Initiative, constantly building consensus and strength for win-win cooperation. As of the end of 2024, the Global Security Initiative has received support and appreciation from 119 countries and international organizations and has been written into 123 bilateral and multilateral political documents. Representatives attending this dialogue pointed out that against the background of the accelerated evolution of the world pattern, the security public goods provided by China, such as the Global Security Initiative, are conducive to promoting the international community to cope with challenges through unity and cooperation, enhance mutual trust and cohesion, and improve the global security governance system.
The Asia-Pacific region has an important strategic position in the world pattern and is an important engine of global economic prosperity. Promoting peace, seeking stability, and pursuing development are the common aspirations of most countries in the Asia-Pacific region. Addressing differences and disputes through dialogue and consultation is the main policy orientation of countries in the region. For some time, the real risk to security in the Asia-Pacific region has been that individual countries, in order to maintain their own hegemony, have promoted the so-called "Indo-Pacific Strategy," and have continued to incite conflict and create tension. Regional countries have long been concerned about this. Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar (安瓦尔) said during the dialogue that "the more we act together, the harder it is to be divided by external forces." This expresses the common aspiration of regional countries to strengthen unity and cooperation and oppose disruption and sabotage. Facts have shown that attempts to create regional divisions and coerce the regional security landscape by groundlessly hyping up the threats of other countries are impossible to succeed.
China's development started in the Asia-Pacific, benefited from the Asia-Pacific, and also contributes to the Asia-Pacific. No matter how the situation changes, China always holds high the banner of a community with a shared future for mankind, practices the three major global initiatives, takes the Asian values of peace, cooperation, openness, and inclusiveness as the basic guidelines, adheres to true multilateralism, adheres to sincere dialogue and consultation, and promotes the building of an Asian security model of shared security, seeking common ground while reserving differences, and dialogue and consultation. China always promotes regional security with practical actions, properly handles and resolves contradictions and disputes, actively promotes the de-escalation of hotspot issues in the region, and works with all parties to continuously maintain security and stability. As Aristyo Rizka Darmawan (阿里斯蒂奥·里兹卡·达尔马万), an expert in international law at the Faculty of Law of the University of Indonesia (印度尼西亚大学) pointed out, China's call to abandon the Cold War mentality, power politics, and camp confrontation, and oppose building its own security on the insecurity of other countries, will further promote Asia to cope with regional security challenges through cooperation and promote inclusive development.
Human society is facing a key choice between peace and war, prosperity and recession, and unity and confrontation, and is once again standing at a crossroads in history. China will always stand on the right side of history, on the side of human progress, work with all parties to follow the right path in the world, jointly protect peace and tranquility, and inject more certainty and stability into the world with the responsibility of a major country.
Return to TopXinhua News Agency, Beijing, June 3rd (Reporter). On June 3rd, Wang Yi (王毅), member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Minister of Foreign Affairs, met with the new U.S. Ambassador to China, Nicholas Burns (庞德伟), in Beijing (北京).
Wang Yi (王毅) welcomed Nicholas Burns (庞德伟) to his new post, hoping that he would be a credible communicator, a mediator of differences, and a promoter of cooperation between China and the United States, and play a positive role in promoting the healthy, stable, and sustainable development of China-U.S. relations. Wang Yi (王毅) said that the current China-U.S. relationship is at an important and critical juncture. Looking back on the nearly half-century of ups and downs since the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and the United States, the most important lesson is that equality and respect are the prerequisites for exchanges between the two sides, and dialogue and cooperation are the only correct choice.
Wang Yi (王毅) emphasized that after the Geneva economic and trade talks, the Chinese side has earnestly and strictly implemented the consensus reached by both sides. However, regrettably, the U.S. side has recently introduced a series of negative measures one after another for unwarranted reasons, damaging China's legitimate rights and interests, to which China firmly opposes. The U.S. side should meet China halfway and earnestly implement the important consensus reached by the two heads of state in their phone call this January, so as to create the necessary conditions for the return of China-U.S. relations to the right track.
Nicholas Burns (庞德伟) said that President Trump (特朗普) highly respects President Xi Jinping (习近平), and it is very important for the two heads of state to maintain positive and constructive exchanges. As the ambassador to China, he is willing to maintain close communication with the Chinese side in the spirit of mutual respect and mutual listening.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 谢亚宏 人民网记者 俄 布
On June 2nd, the China-Central Asia media joint interview group for high-quality joint construction of the "Belt and Road" came to Aktau (Актау), a western city in Kazakhstan on the coast of the Caspian Sea, and interviewed the Sino-Kazakh joint venture Caspian Bitumen Plant (see Figure ①, photo by Meng Xianglin (孟祥麟), reporter of this newspaper).
The Caspian Bitumen Plant, jointly invested by CITIC Group (中信集团) and Kazakhstan's national oil and gas company KazMunayGas (哈萨克斯坦国家石油天然气公司), is the only refinery in Central Asia specializing in the production of high-standard road bitumen. It is also the first large-scale petrochemical project built in Kazakhstan (哈萨克斯坦) after its independence, and it was completed and put into operation in 2013. In May of this year, the plant completed its capacity expansion and upgrade, increasing its annual crude oil processing capacity from 1 million tons to 1.5 million tons, and its annual bitumen production from 500,000 tons to 750,000 tons, effectively alleviating the shortage of road bitumen needed for infrastructure construction in Kazakhstan. It is another pragmatic cooperation achievement in the high-quality joint construction of the "Belt and Road" between China and Kazakhstan.
In the newly renovated plant area, the brand-new equipment is dazzling in the sunlight. Talgat Mukhanov (塔尔加特·穆罕诺夫), First Deputy General Manager of the Caspian Bitumen Plant, said in an interview with reporters (see Figure ②, photo by Obu (俄布), reporter of People's Daily Online) that the renovation project was undertaken by CITIC Construction Co., Ltd. (中信建设有限责任公司) and all adopted Chinese technology and equipment. "The project was completed ahead of schedule and received high praise from Kazakhstan President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev (托卡耶夫) and the Ministry of Energy of Kazakhstan."
Mahmud Mazhibaev (马赫穆德·马季巴耶夫), Deputy General Manager of Production at the plant, pointed to the tallest building in the plant area and said: "Hoisting this vacuum tower, which is 39.9 meters high and weighs 140 tons, was the most difficult part of the renovation project. The vacuum distillation technology of the vacuum tower can improve crude oil processing capacity and further improve product quality. The project also uses low-nitrogen burners, waste heat recovery and other technologies to reduce pollutant emissions while achieving energy recycling."
What Azizjon Maqsudov (阿齐兹琼·马克苏多夫), media affairs director of Tajikistan's Avesta News Agency (阿维斯塔通讯社), saw and heard at the factory left a deep impression: "The factory's production technology is very advanced, and many management links have been fully automated. This is a microcosm of China-Central Asian countries' production capacity cooperation. Tajikistan (塔吉克斯坦) has diverse geographical environments and climates, and the construction of roads requires high-quality bitumen. Therefore, I focused on the feasibility of the factory cooperating with Tajikistan to produce or sell bitumen to Tajikistan. I hope that through my reports, I can promote the construction of similar factories by the Chinese side in Tajikistan."
Olesya Kolzova (奥列夏·科尔佐娃), a reporter from Kazakhstan Today News Agency (今日哈萨克斯坦通讯社), said: "This factory will help Kazakhstan enhance its industrial capacity and achieve economic transformation. It is a project of strategic significance. I hope to see more such modern projects in the future, especially projects in cooperation with China. Pragmatic cooperation between Kazakhstan and China will help Kazakhstan's industrial level to improve rapidly."
(Reported from Aktau (阿克套), Kazakhstan (哈萨克斯坦) by this newspaper on June 3)
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 张朋辉
The construction commencement ceremony of the Ganqimaodu-Gashuunsukhait railway between China and Mongolia was recently held on the China-Mongolia border. This project is the second cross-border railway between China and Mongolia to be constructed in nearly 70 years, following the completion and opening of the Erenhot-Zamiin Uud railway in 1956. Jointly promoted by China and Mongolia, the railway starts from Ganqimaodu Port (甘其毛都口岸) in Bayannur (巴彦淖尔) City, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region (内蒙古自治区), China, exits through Gashuunsukhait Port (嘎顺苏海图口岸) in Mongolia, and connects to Gashuunsukhait Station (嘎顺苏海图站) in South Gobi Province (南戈壁省), Mongolia, with a total length of 9.91 kilometers. China and Mongolia have clarified that the cross-border railway will be "uniformly designed, constructed separately, and connected at once."
The Chinese section of the project is invested and constructed by China Energy Investment Corporation (中国国家能源集团), while the Mongolian section is invested and constructed by Tavan Tolgoi Railway LLC. The cross-border section is connected by a 6.08-kilometer bridge. The entire railway is scheduled to be completed and open to traffic in 2027, and it is expected to handle 30 million tons of cargo transportation annually after completion. This will double the annual customs clearance capacity of Ganqimaodu Port (甘其毛都口岸), effectively driving the upgrading of cross-border logistics, industrial parks, border services, and other business forms between China and Mongolia. It will also expand cooperation between China and Mongolia in key areas such as economy and trade, energy and minerals, and interconnectivity, becoming an important practice for promoting the strategic alignment of the "Belt and Road" Initiative and Mongolia's "Steppe Road" Initiative.
Currently, the preliminary supporting project, the Ganquan Railway (甘泉铁路), has been opened for operation. After the project is completed, the Ganquan Railway (甘泉铁路) will be connected to the south-bound railway in Mongolia. Relevant负责人 (fù zé rén - "person in charge") of China Energy Investment Corporation (中国国家能源集团) stated that they will work closely with Mongolian companies to refine cooperation plans, deepen alignment in engineering technology, equipment and facilities, and construction management, accelerate the progress of railway construction, and promote the early operation of the project.
The Mongolian side attaches great importance to the construction of this railway, listing it as the top of the government's 14 major projects. Relevant 负责人 (fù zé rén - "person in charge") from China and Mongolia stated that they look forward to the early completion and opening of the railway, making it a new bridge for interconnectivity between China and Mongolia, and injecting new impetus into promoting the construction of a China-Mongolia community with a shared future.
Shen Minjuan (沈敏娟), Chinese Ambassador to Mongolia, said: "Ganqimaodu-Gashuunsukhait Port (甘其毛都—嘎顺苏海图口岸) is the largest highway port for cargo volume between China and Mongolia. The infrastructure project of Gashuunsukhait Highway Port (嘎顺苏海图公路口岸) aided by China has been officially put into use, and the cross-border railway project has also started construction. It is believed that with the upgrading of the two ports, it will greatly promote personnel exchanges, trade flows, and industrial linkages between China and Mongolia, and bring new opportunities for the development of relevant regions in the two countries."
(Reported from Gashuunsukhait (嘎顺苏海图), Mongolia by this newspaper)
Return to TopXinhua News Agency, Tashkent, June 2 (Reporter Li Ao) From June 1st to 2nd, 2025, Shen Yueyue (沈跃跃), Vice Chairperson of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (全国政协), visited Uzbekistan, attended and addressed the Second China-Uzbekistan Local Cooperation Forum, met with Uzbek Prime Minister Aripov (阿里波夫), Chairperson of the Senate of the Oliy Majlis Narbayeva (纳尔巴耶娃), Deputy Prime Minister Khodjaev (霍扎耶夫), and had friendly exchanges with Deputy Prime Minister Makhkamova (马赫卡莫娃).
Shen Yueyue (沈跃跃) stated that under the strategic guidance of President Xi Jinping (习近平) and President Mirziyoyev (米尔济约耶夫), the China-Uzbekistan new era all-weather comprehensive strategic partnership has entered a fast track of development. China is willing to work with Uzbekistan to implement the consensus reached by the two heads of state, consolidate political mutual trust, deepen all-round mutually beneficial cooperation, promote cultural and people-to-people exchanges, and promote the building of a China-Uzbekistan community with a shared future at a higher starting point, so as to better benefit the two countries and their peoples.
Prime Minister Aripov (阿里波夫) asked Shen Yueyue (沈跃跃) to convey his sincere greetings to Premier Li Qiang (李强) and stated that Uzbekistan and China are good partners of mutual benefit and win-win cooperation and good friends of mutual support. Uzbekistan is willing to work with China to deepen cooperation in economy and trade, investment, culture, localities and other fields, and jointly build the "Belt and Road" with high quality.
Return to TopThis report was published in Beijing on June 3rd (Reporter Li Xinyi (李欣怡)). Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Lin Jian (林剑) stated on the 3rd that China will continue to optimize its entry policies and continuously expand the scope of visa-free countries. The ever-lengthening visa-free "list" demonstrates China's firm determination to continuously promote high-level opening up to the outside world; the continuous optimization of measures to facilitate personnel exchanges reflects China's solid actions to build an open world economy.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 张佳莹 郝迎灿
On August 31, 1959, this newspaper published a report entitled "The Competition Is Not Over," which told the story of Benxi Iron and Steel Plant's No. 1 Blast Furnace actively competing and improving the utilization coefficient of the blast furnace. Li Yiyi (李依依) was only 26 years old at the time and was the foreman of the No. 1 Blast Furnace.
Since entering the Institute of Metal Research (金属所) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (中国科学院) (hereinafter referred to as "Metal Research Institute") in 1962, Li Yiyi (李依依) has served as the director and Party secretary of the Metal Research Institute, and has successively presided over and participated in five five-year plan (planning) national science and technology research projects, completed the localization of key equipment such as EMU bogies, and won the Lifetime Achievement Award for Metallurgical Science and Technology of the Chinese Society for Metals and the National March 8th Red Banner Bearer honorary title.
Now, as an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (中国科学院), 92-year-old Li Yiyi (李依依) serves as a consultant in major national strategic research projects and is still active at the forefront of scientific research.
"In 1954, I broke the 80-meter hurdles record at the Beijing Nine-Institution Games with a time of 14.20 seconds!" When the scientist recalled the past, she first mentioned track and field competitions. The moment of crossing the finish line fascinated her.
The Li Yiyi (李依依) in front of me, although at the age of ninety, has a steady pace and sonorous words. When she talks about passion, she blurted out, "I just don't believe it won't work." This is clearly the young man who was sprinting 70 years ago!
With her stubbornness of not being afraid of difficulties, her urgency to seize every minute, and her determination to never admit defeat, she became one of the first female foremen in New China in blast furnace ironmaking; she also did research at the Metal Research Institute and led the team to achieve continuous breakthroughs. The journal *Science* once wrote that Shenyang has a "metal research institute led by one of China's few outstanding female scientists."
On the track of life's competition, Li Yiyi (李依依) has been sprinting.
This is an obstacle race, she said, "I'm not afraid of difficulties, I'm just afraid of regrets."
Benxi (本溪), Liaoning (辽宁), the industrial site of Benxi Iron and Steel Plant's No. 1 Ironmaking Blast Furnace has stood quietly for a century, and it was once one of the largest ironmaking blast furnaces in East Asia.
In September 1958, the tenth month after arriving at Benxi Iron and Steel, Li Yiyi (李依依), who was 1.6 meters tall, began climbing the tens of meters high No. 1 Blast Furnace.
It is said that the autumn wind is refreshing, but in the ironmaking factory, only the heat waves mixed with furnace ash and sparks are sent. The heat refines iron and penetrates the red brick rock walls.
25-year-old Li Yiyi (李依依), a girl from Jiangsu (江苏) who had previously lived in the two big cities of Shanghai (上海) and Beijing (北京), was wearing light gray overalls and walking on the steps of the outer wall of the No. 1 Blast Furnace. Beads of sweat oozed from every inch of her skin. She had just been appointed as the furnace chief and was going to inspect the top of the furnace—this was the duty of the furnace chief.
Li Yiyi (李依依) took the initiative to come to ironmaking. A year ago, she graduated from the Department of Metallurgy of Beijing Institute of Iron and Steel Technology (北京钢铁学院), and could have stayed in Beijing (北京), or reunited with her sweetheart who was also doing scientific research at the Metal Research Institute in Shenyang (沈阳), but she did neither.
"Women can hold up half the sky," Li Yiyi (李依依) yearned to do hard and magnificent work. "Isn't it just ironmaking? If there is no difficulty, what's the point?" She threw her braid and came without looking back.
Half of the blast furnace is more than ten stories high. Li Yiyi (李依依) said that in the constant upward climb, she thought of those propaganda posters, female tractor drivers, female pilots, female train drivers, with such bright smiles, "They can do it, why can't I?"
In Li Yiyi's (李依依) memory, helping her mother buy grain, a bag of 40 pounds of flour or rice, she could carry it home by herself, "I am definitely not a delicate person, I don't want to lose to this blast furnace."
Li Yiyi (李依依) stubbornly climbed. Whether the furnace charge distribution is uniform, whether the furnace temperature is safe, whether the pipeline is smooth... she checks every detail.
What does it feel like to stand on the blast furnace and overlook the iron factory?
Benxi Iron and Steel Plant (本溪第一钢铁厂), built in 1911, experienced plunder, struggle and liberation, and was shining for the industrialization construction of New China at that time; the No. 1 Blast Furnace under her feet was the first new-style ironmaking blast furnace in Northeast China. "What is in front of you is no longer just a hard furnace, but the resources urgently needed by the country."
In the 3 years at Benxi Iron and Steel, Li Yiyi (李依依) climbed the No. 1 Blast Furnace countless times. Until it was shut down in 2008, the story of Li Yiyi (李依依) has been circulating in the factory area—the first female worker on the blast furnace, the first batch of female foremen in New China, running around every day, asking the workers how to deal with coke spraying, how to deal with the taphole, and giving the workers a 15-minute technical lesson before the shift, never idle. Behind the blast furnace instrument panel, there is a vacant space, which was the changing room left by the blast furnace masters for her—the only woman.
The utilization coefficient of No. 1 Blast Furnace has been the first in the country for many consecutive years.
More than 60 years later, in the office of the Metal Research Institute, Li Yiyi (李依依) rolled up her sleeves, revealing the dark brown scars left by molten iron on the back of her hands and forearms, and talked about the passionate years again.
"If you could do it again, would you choose this way?"
"Yes. Do you know? There are 8 hurdles in the 80-meter hurdles, and the distance between the hurdles is 7.5 meters, but the distance from the starting line to the first hurdle is 12 meters. What does this mean? The first step in everything is destined to be more difficult. This is the first step in my career. I am glad that I asked for hardship and faced the 'hurdle'. I am not afraid of difficulties, I am just afraid of regrets."
This is a race against time, she said, "**一万年太久，只争朝夕**" (yī wàn nián tài jiǔ, zhǐ zhēng zhāo xī - "ten thousand years is too long, seize the day and night," make the most of one's time).
"The elevator is too slow, I can't wait, take the stairs." Meeting downstairs at the Metal Research Institute, Li Yiyi (李依依) pulled the reporter and left. Her upper body leaned forward slightly, and as soon as one foot landed, the other foot immediately stepped out, as if she was about to run.
Words like "can't wait" repeatedly appear in Li Yiyi's (李依依) story. What is she always "can't wait" for?
"Imported equipment is expensive and slow, let's do it ourselves." At the anti-hydrogen pressure vessel steel tackling meeting, Li Yiyi (李依依), the 49-year-old leader of the tackling team at the time, set the tone.
This is a national tackling project, with tight time and heavy tasks, but there is a key experimental equipment that takes a long time to import, install and debug. What about self-development? Li Yiyi (李依依) already had a preliminary design in her mind, which could save time, but she had to take risks.
"What are you afraid of taking responsibility? If you don't develop it quickly, what if there is an accident with the container? This is a national need, and being slow is equivalent to not completing it." Seeing someone hesitating, Li Yiyi (李依依) was very anxious.
She proposed an experimental plan for a high-pressure and high-purity thermal hydrogen charging device, and organized everyone to build an explosion-proof laboratory and a thermal hydrogen charging device. She woke up countless times from her dreams—in her dreams, the experimental device she designed had an accident, and the laboratory built by more than 30 scientific and technical personnel was burned to the ground. She was under tremendous pressure. In the end, the first batch of data was measured in only 10 months.
"Go to the site to find problems, go now." Hearing that cracks appeared in the weld of the turbine runner of a water conservancy project, and asking for help from experts, Li Yiyi (李依依), who was 74 years old at the time, said nothing and took people on the road.
When everyone was under the runner, preparing to "diagnose" the problem by "asking" first, Li Yiyi (李依依) had already started climbing the tens of meters of scaffolding. She lay on the huge runner and used the methods of "looking" and "palpating" to "diagnose" the large device.
"The cracks are not only in the weld, but also extend to the blades! This is not right!" Li Yiyi (李依依) exclaimed almost—the turbine runner materials of the project were all imported, which meant that there was no problem with the construction of Chinese workers, and there was a problem with the quality of the blades themselves.
How heartbroken she was! In the following days, Li Yiyi (李依依) traveled back and forth between the laboratory and the runner construction site. One day, in order to hurry, she was trapped overnight on the highway with ice, snow and heavy fog. She didn't want to wait a day, "This is a national key project, and every day of delay is a waste of a lot of money for the country."
Solving one problem is not enough. She also took the lead in forming a research group and proposed a complete set of technical specifications for the localization of turbine castings. Now, the turbine runners produced using this set of technical specifications have been used in many important water conservancy projects.
"No! I must go down and witness it with my own eyes." The shield machine main bearing developed by the Metal Research Institute was officially offline, and Li Yiyi (李依依), who was 88 years old at the time, couldn't wait to go to the construction site.
There are no railings or concrete steps, and the steps dug out of the soil at different heights are simple stairs. Young people have to walk carefully, let alone Li Yiyi (李依依).
With one hand in the soil and the other in the mud, she climbed down with the help of young people. She wanted to see the results of this important project of high-end bearings as soon as possible, and wanted to see the works of the engineering party as soon as possible. "Shield machine main bearings have been 'stuck in the neck' for decades. We used more than 1,400 tons of rare earth bearing steel, and the welds alone were welded more than 300,000 times," said Li Yiyi (李依依).
How excited she was! Like looking at a baby born in hardship, Li Yiyi (李依依) looked up and down at this big guy in the tunnel. On the way back, everyone saw that she was walking high and low, and realized that one of her shoe soles had fallen off, but she didn't realize it.
"ODS (oxide dispersion strengthened alloy) should be done faster." 92-year-old Li Yiyi (李依依) is still impatient, and this time she is aiming at the international frontier to compete for speed.
Using ODS as the cladding material for integrated fast reactors can increase the uranium utilization rate from less than 1% to 60%-70%, greatly reducing nuclear waste. "We must develop ODS before other countries and make China the first user of the new generation of integrated fast reactors." Li Yiyi (李依依) is still full of energy, "We just want to compete with the international community!"
This younger generation, who was favored by the old director Li Xun (李薰) and the old scientist Shi Changxu (师昌绪), still maintains the vigorous and vigorous vitality of doing what he says: "Like a hurdles race, losing by a second is losing. In the science and technology competition, every second counts, **一万年太久，只争朝夕**" (yī wàn nián tài jiǔ, zhǐ zhēng zhāo xī - "ten thousand years is too long, seize the day and night," make the most of one's time).
This is an overtime game, she said, "Strive to go up, don't admit defeat."
"Mr.'s spirit is like a youth." Researcher Chen Xingqiu (陈星秋) wrote.
Li Yiyi (李依依) never counts her age. Living to old age, learning to old age, working to old age, and fighting to old age seem to be innate to her. After retiring, Li Yiyi (李依依) did not retire and started her overtime game.
She chose to spur herself on with work.
Serving as a consultant in many national important scientific projects, Li Yiyi (李依依) arrives at the office at 8:30 every morning on time, receiving batches of younger generations, sometimes providing support, sometimes answering questions.
Associate Researcher Li Jing (李静) came, bringing a paper on the industrialization of ODS, to ask for the opinions of her predecessors. "This wording seems to be different at home and abroad, and it needs to be considered." Li Yiyi (李依依) took out a pen, from professional qualitative to wording, within a day, she would return to Li Jing (李静) a densely marked manuscript.
Every time researcher Li Dianzhong (李殿中) returns from a business trip, the first thing he does is to come to Li Yiyi's (李依依) office to exchange results. This young talent, who was introduced by Li Yiyi (李依依) in 1998, has grown into an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (中国科学院). The two of them sprint, one supports, and colleagues often call them "Big and Small Academician Li."
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She chose to enrich herself with learning.
Reading the latest English papers on ODS on the computer, she has to wear reading glasses to identify the dense letters. There are many new words, she learned computer split screen, one side is the English paper, the other side is the translation software. After repeatedly studying the original text, she typed out the paper word by word. Even if she only translates a few paragraphs a day, she continues to do it, and unknowingly she has translated more than a dozen articles. She is proud of this, "If I have a few more articles, I want to publish a collection."
She chose to adjust herself with art.
The first thing she did after retiring was to give herself a piano. She felt that coordinating class time was a waste of time, and resolutely did not hire a teacher. She started with basic fingering and taught herself for half an hour every day, gradually learning to coordinate chords with both hands. Her favorite song to play is "Edelweiss," singing while playing: "Snow-like flowers bloom affectionately, may they always be bright and fragrant..."
She chose to strengthen herself with exercise.
When hurdles and running became a thing of the past, and playing basketball and swimming were also stopped by the doctor, she started walking. Every day at 5:30 in the evening, she walks with her husband for half an hour. She said: "Exercise is not only for exercising the body, but also for maintaining a spirit of striving upward and not admitting defeat, so that you will not be afraid of any difficult topics when you encounter them at work."
While chatting, Li Yiyi (李依依) received a call. She frowned and listened for a few words, then suddenly said loudly into the phone: "Don't call me again, I don't need health care classes!" After hanging up the phone, she smiled, "The best health care is to keep running forward. A person should not make small calculations every day, but think more about achieving a career, and will be full of energy."
Reporter's Notes
Building a strong country in science and technology calls for more pioneers
Some people use numbers to calculate youth, but true pioneers redefine youth with constant transcendence.
Li Yiyi (李依依) is such a pioneer. From taking the initiative to go to the front line to make iron, to concentrating on developing hydrogen-resistant steel, and then to leading the team to promote the localization of key equipment, she constantly aims at new goals, and with great enthusiasm and stubbornness, she transcends herself and explores cutting-edge science.
It's not just a life competition. In 1955, Qian Xuesen (钱学森) said: "If foreigners can do it, can't Chinese people do it?" 70 years later, China's science and technology undertakings have been innovating and iterating, and new knowledge has emerged. But at the same time, the ability of original innovation is still relatively weak, and some key core technologies are controlled by others.
There are only 10 years left to achieve the goal of building a strong country in science and technology. "Ten years to sharpen a sword", turning this strategic goal into reality calls for more Li Yiyi-style (李依依) pioneers, seizing the day and night, and working hard.
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Return to TopBy: 李洪兴
South African Tandyiswa Losi, who lives in Shanghai (上海), has a very interesting saying: "Chinese-style modernization with a heartbeat."
What does "with a heartbeat" mean? The maglev train speeds by, as if "stepping into a science fiction novel"; the gardens, ponds, and stone bridges in Yu Garden (豫园) fully display their ancient simplicity... Losi sees a harmonious blend of modernity and tradition in China, "[China's] modernization process has not abandoned its past," "but is creating a future that is true to itself."
This "heartbeat" is the pulsation of a thousand-year-old culture, 亘古亘今、生生不息 (gèn gǔ gèn jīn, shēng shēng bù xī - "from ancient times to the present, continuously regenerating," eternal and never-ending). From the "archaeology craze," "cultural relics craze," and "national trend style," to the emergence of "Ne Zha" ("魔童降世"), "Black Myth: Wukong" ("黑悟空") , and the "Tang Palace Night Banquet" ("唐宫夜宴") dancing across the internet, more and more "ancient" things are becoming "newborn" and integrated into modern life; from Suzhou (苏州)'s commitment to the deep integration of "industry, city, culture, and people," to Hangzhou (杭州) writing new legends in the "paradise on earth," "internet celebrity capital," and "city of the future," traditional culture and modern economy nourish and intertwine with each other, painting a picture of high-quality development in the era. From this, one can more deeply understand that Chinese-style modernization "grown from the land of China" is "the result of civilizational renewal." The Chinese civilization, which has never been interrupted, comes from the depths of history and is moving towards a more distant future.
This "heartbeat" is the pulse of real-world development. Only when the heart beats autonomously and regularly can the body maintain its vigorous vitality, and development must also maintain a strong internal driving force. In the past, foreign matches, foreign soap, and foreign iron were bought in, but now China's manufacturing industry has a complete and comprehensive industrial chain, not only self-sufficient but also supplying the world. The *New York Times* once pointed out that it is hard to imagine what an American family without Chinese products would look like. Why is the word "foreign" no longer the priority? Only through self-reliance and self-strengthening. Practice has proven that the key to the path of modernization is to take one's own path, "China's development ultimately depends on itself."
Because it "has a heartbeat," it is "exciting." "The Chinese market is our gym," a senior executive of a foreign auto parts manufacturing company frankly stated. China's automobile manufacturing, with its large market potential and rapid technological innovation, firmly attracts global attention. Only a fast-paced and high-intensity market can forge a "big heart" and a body of "steel and iron bones" to cope with fierce competition. Today's China, with its certainty, opportunity, and future, is becoming a hotbed for innovation, a fertile ground for investment, and a fertile land for development.
Only with smooth blood vessels can there be a strong "heartbeat." In the first quarter of this year, the total social cross-regional personnel flow was 17.39 billion person-times; in 2025, the total social logistics cost is expected to be reduced by 300 billion yuan; in the first four months, the incremental social financing scale was 16.34 trillion yuan; it is estimated that by the end of this year, the computing power scale will exceed 300 exaFLOPS... The smooth flow of passenger flow, logistics, capital flow, and data flow realizes the optimal allocation of resources, which can surge into a continuous stream of development vitality. Unblocking bottlenecks, making up for shortcomings, and making the "blood vessels" of economic circulation smoother will make the "pulse" of development beat more powerfully.
Towards tomorrow, striving for the future, with the heartbeats of more than 1.4 billion people together, we will surely be able to "redefine development and progress" with "active" innovation and creation.
Return to TopThe Taiyuan (太原) office of this newspaper, June 3rd (Reporters Liu Xinyan (刘鑫焱) and Zheng Yangyang (郑洋洋)) The 21st meeting of the Standing Committee of the 14th People's Congress of Shanxi Province (山西省) decided on June 3rd: Lu Dongliang (卢东亮) was appointed Acting Governor of the People's Government of Shanxi Province (山西省人民政府).
Return to TopJune 3rd, Nanjing (南京), Jiangsu Province, ships shuttle back and forth on the Yangtze River channel.
Photo by Fang Dongxu (方东旭) (Image China)
Return to TopThis newspaper reported from Beijing on June 3rd (Reporter Lin Lili (林丽鹂)) that the State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) (市场监管总局) (National Standardization Administration) (国家标准委) recently released data showing that, to date, more than 210 national standards related to children have been issued, providing comprehensive standard guarantees for safeguarding the health and safety of the vast number of children.
In terms of daily necessities, national standards such as "Safety Technical Specification for Infant and Child Textile Products," "Safety Technical Specification for Children's Shoes," "Woven Children's Clothing," "Knitted Infant and Child Clothing," and "Primary and Secondary School Uniforms" put forward clear quality and safety requirements from fabric to design and production. National standards related to infant and child products such as "Basic Safety Technical Specification for Paper Products for Infants and Children," "Safety Technical Specification for Infant and Child Furniture," "Performance Requirements for Desk Lamps for Reading and Writing," "General Technical Requirements for Children's Toothbrushes," as well as home protection, pacifying appliances, and bathing appliances, make strict requirements on products ranging from small items like tissues and toothbrushes to large items like furniture and desk lamps, so that children can wear and use them healthily and safely.
In terms of toys and stationery, the "Toy Safety" series of national standards makes strict specifications on the basic safety, mechanical and physical properties, migration requirements of specific elements of various toy products, as well as the safety of specific toy products such as household swings and slides, toy scooters, and chemical set toys. Related standards such as "General Safety Requirements for Student Supplies," "General Technical Specification for Children's Bags," "Writing and Marking Instruments - Specification for Pen Caps to Reduce Suffocation Risk," and "Digital Textbooks - Quality Requirements and Testing Methods for Digital Textbooks for Primary and Secondary Schools" put forward clear requirements for student supplies, children's schoolbags, pen products, and digital textbooks, so that children have safety guarantees for playing and learning.
In terms of sports and health, national standards such as "Hygienic Requirements for Myopia Prevention and Control of Learning Products for Children and Adolescents," "Safety Technical Specification for Components of Optometric Products," "Safety Technical Specification for Finished Spectacles of Optometric Products," and "Service Specification for Early Intervention Institutions for Visually Impaired Children Aged 0-6" make detailed regulations from myopia prevention, intervention and control to glasses fitting and rehabilitation of visually impaired children. The relevant national standards of the two series of sports equipment and venues for primary and secondary schools and student sports ability evaluation specifications make systematic specifications for the equipment and venues of various sports such as football, basketball, volleyball, badminton, table tennis, tennis, as well as ice and snow swimming, gymnastics and track and field, and the evaluation of students' sports ability. In addition, "Synthetic Material Surface Athletics Fields for Primary and Secondary Schools," "Synthetic Material Surface Basketball Courts for Primary and Secondary Schools," "Artificial Turf Surface Football Fields for Primary and Secondary Schools," and "Jump Rope" put forward strict requirements on the performance and safety of athletics, basketball and football fields and commonly used sports equipment for students, providing standard support for preventing "little glasses" and "little chubby kids" and protecting children's healthy growth.
National standards such as "General Specification for Protection of Minors on Intelligent Mobile Terminals," "Classification and Code of Unhealthy Internet Content for Minors," and "Information Technology - Technical Requirements for Guardian Systems for Online Games for Minors" effectively help protect minors' online safety. A number of mandatory national standards such as "Safety Technical Conditions for Special School Buses" and "Child Restraint Systems for Motor Vehicles" strictly regulate the safety requirements of products such as student school buses and child safety seats, effectively ensuring children's travel safety.
The State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) (市场监管总局) (National Standardization Administration) (国家标准委) will continue to strengthen the formulation and revision of national standards in children-related fields, and further give play to the supporting and guaranteeing role of national standards in protecting children's safety and caring for children's healthy growth.
Return to TopBy: 谷业凯
Intellectual property management services cover a wide range of fields and involve many aspects, and stand-alone operations often fail to achieve the desired results.
To protect innovation, we must keep up with innovation, immediately grasp the latest pain points in the field of innovation, and solve problems that the "invisible hand" cannot resolve.
Only by establishing a holistic view, promoting policy coordination, work collaboration, and business linkage to form synergy, can we leverage the "leverage effect" of intellectual property to stimulate innovation.
"As soon as a product becomes a bestseller, you can quickly find a 'similar product' online," complained a person in charge of a ceramic enterprise in Jingdezhen (景德镇), Jiangxi (江西). In response to this phenomenon, relevant departments in Quanzhou (泉州), Fujian (福建), Tangshan (唐山), Hebei (河北), Jingdezhen (景德镇), Jiangxi (江西), and other eight major ceramic producing areas recently signed a cross-regional intellectual property protection cooperation agreement to create a linkage model of "judicial + administrative + association + enterprise" through a combination of online and offline methods, so as to empower the upgrading of the ceramic industry with collaborative intellectual property protection. This is a vivid microcosm of protecting high-quality development with intellectual property protection.
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized: "Innovation is the primary driving force for development." Today, intellectual property plays an increasingly prominent role as a strategic resource for national development and a core element of international competitiveness. China is the first country in the world to have more than 4 million valid domestic invention patents. In 2023, the added value of patent-intensive industries accounted for more than 13% of GDP. Intellectual property protection has laid a solid foundation for building an innovative country.
While the results are remarkable, shortcomings in the work also need to be addressed urgently. Intellectual property management services cover a wide range of fields and involve many aspects, and stand-alone operations often fail to achieve the desired results. Cracking down on piracy requires the joint efforts of copyright, culture and tourism, and other departments. The transformation of university patent achievements requires close cooperation from education, science and technology, finance, and other departments. Carrying out intellectual property pledge financing is inseparable from the support of financial regulatory departments... Building a strong intellectual property country requires the formation of synergy from all sectors of society.
The times set the questions, and reform provides the answers. Not long ago, the "2025 Intellectual Property Powerhouse Construction Promotion Plan" (hereinafter referred to as the "Promotion Plan") was issued. From accelerating the research and construction of data intellectual property protection rules to optimizing the acceptance and examination process of new plant variety rights; from in-depth implementation of special actions for patent transformation and utilization to strengthening the construction of technology manager teams... 118 key tasks are promoted in an integrated manner and are interlocked to continuously improve the systematicness, integrity, and synergy of intellectual property protection work, and respond to the new challenges brought about by new technologies, new industries, and new situations.
To protect innovation, we must keep up with innovation, immediately grasp the latest pain points in the field of innovation, and solve problems that the "invisible hand" cannot resolve. For example, with the rapid iteration of artificial intelligence, how should the intellectual property rights of content, products, or services generated by artificial intelligence be defined? For another example, with the digital economy empowering thousands of industries, and data becoming a new type of production factor, how can data confirmation be achieved to both protect rights and avoid risks? In the face of new topics, the "Promotion Plan" clearly proposes to "explore and improve intellectual property protection rules for new fields and new business formats such as big data, artificial intelligence, and blockchain," so that intellectual property protection is more in line with the requirements of the times and more realistic.
Today's intellectual property protection objects include both physical objects and virtual assets, and the regulations, mechanisms, etc. involved are often more complex. For example, the production, collection, use, management, processing, and transaction of data involve multiple entities and multiple departments. This determines that intellectual property protection work needs to pay more attention to integrity. Only by establishing a 一盘棋 (yī pán qí - "whole board game," a holistic view; seeing the bigger picture), promoting policy coordination, work collaboration, and business linkage to form synergy, can we leverage the "lever effect" of intellectual property to stimulate innovation and activate the "pool of spring water" of new quality productive forces.
Paying attention to synergy can improve regulatory efficiency. For example, the accelerated construction of national-level intellectual property protection centers and rapid rights protection centers has facilitated various innovation entities to obtain and protect their rights through "one-stop" services; some places have promoted the strengthening of patent cross-licensing by companies on the chain, exploring effective ways to comprehensively rectify "involution-style" competition... These policies and measures have formed a synergistic effect in strict protection and strong application, making the construction of a strong intellectual property country move from single-point breakthroughs to system integration. The "Promotion Plan" proposes to "improve the pattern of collaborative intellectual property protection," which will help further enhance the consistency of objectives, coordination of directions, unity of rhythm, and complementarity of tools of various policies and measures, and improve the overall effectiveness of intellectual property protection.
Building a strong intellectual property country is a long-term and arduous task. In the future, with the steady advancement of various key tasks, the important role of the intellectual property system will be given fuller play, providing certainty for the protection of the possibilities of innovation, and providing strong guarantees for the high quality of development.
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Seize digital opportunities, make good use of digital technology, unleash digital dividends, and address shortcomings and bridge gaps to further strengthen agriculture, benefit farmers, and enrich rural areas.
Enhancing farmers' ability to obtain information and connect with markets, and stimulating their intrinsic motivation to integrate into the digital wave, so that they can be both witnesses and beneficiaries of digital village construction, as well as participants and creators, will gather endless wisdom and power.
What changes are taking place in the vast countryside with the surge of the digital wave? Two scenes in Lankao County (兰考县), Henan (河南) Province, reflect the "digital wilderness."
Smart farming leads to fruitful harvests. Drones transform into "airborne guards," freely shuttling through the fields; insect monitoring lights, soil moisture monitoring stations, and other equipment generate real-time information on pests and diseases, soil moisture, etc. With "digital life," farmland becomes more scientific and efficient.
Digital technology safeguards distinctive industries. Paulownia trees are excellent materials for making ethnic musical instruments. Thanks to the traceability platform, musical instruments produced in Lankao (兰考) can be checked for material, size, craftsmanship, and other information with a single code. With "digital ID cards," products are linked to digital platforms, further enhancing brand value.
Looking at the whole country from Lankao (兰考), villages with digital wings are undergoing developmental transformations. Farmland has "smart brains," and specialty products are sold in live broadcast rooms. From fields to industrial workshops, the digital plow is deeply cultivating the fields of hope, injecting new impetus into the comprehensive revitalization of the countryside.
Over the past 10 years of promoting the construction of Digital China, digital villages have continuously presented new appearances. The "Key Points for Digital Village Development Work in 2025" recently issued clearly proposes accelerating the development of smart agriculture and other key tasks in nine aspects. Mobile phones have become "new farm tools," live broadcasts have become "new farm work," and data has become "new agricultural resources." Seizing digital opportunities, making good use of digital technology, unleashing digital dividends, and addressing shortcomings and bridging gaps are essential to further strengthen agriculture, benefit farmers, and enrich rural areas.
Digitalization has narrowed the gap between urban and rural areas, but the digital divide must also be faced squarely. For example, rural digital infrastructure is relatively weak, there are differences in internet speed between urban and rural areas, and the level of online handling of agricultural matters is limited. Facing the "growing pains" in the process of digital village construction, some places are focusing on addressing shortcomings and upgrading digital infrastructure; others are accelerating the intelligent construction of power grids and water networks according to development needs; and some are adjusting rural industrial structures to better meet market demands. By facing problems, identifying shortcomings, coordinating hardware construction and service improvement, and focusing on optimizing resource allocation, promoting urban-rural integration through data element interconnection is conducive to releasing new potential and expanding new space.
It is necessary to explore more sustainable paths in light of local conditions. From practice, some villages lack effective planning, resulting in low digital efficiency and difficult operation and management. How to achieve reasonable planning and win-win results for all parties? Based on "new retail + digital agriculture," "Hema Villages" are blazing new trails. With the help of the Internet of Things, intelligent agricultural management systems, and other technologies, products such as golden beans from Danba (丹巴), Sichuan (四川), lotus roots from Xiantao (仙桃), Hubei (湖北), and black fungus from Wangqing (汪清), Jilin (吉林) have achieved production based on sales, and products can be traced and quality can be monitored. With policy support, platform technology, quality assurance, extended industrial chains, and farmers earning money, a virtuous cycle promotes sound development. Activating the industrial chain and extending the value chain through digitalization, similar innovative practices have unlimited potential.
Building digital villages and improving digital literacy are crucial. The "National Digital Literacy and Skills Development Level Survey Report (2024)" shows that the digital literacy and skills of urban and rural residents in China have improved collaboratively, but there is still a certain gap between rural adults and urban adults. Improving farmers' digital literacy is not just about laying network cables and increasing internet speed, but also about enabling them to understand technology, be willing to participate, and be able to operate it, and apply the digital technology they have learned to practice. Improving facilities and equipment, carrying out practical training, and opening up high-quality resources are all ways in which many places are helping farmers who are accessing and learning about the internet to grow into "new farmers" who understand and use the internet. Enhancing farmers' ability to obtain information and connect with markets, and stimulating their intrinsic motivation to integrate into the digital wave, so that they can be both witnesses and beneficiaries of digital village construction, as well as participants and creators, will gather endless wisdom and power.
Digitalization profoundly affects rural development and is also a value empowerment. Today, the countryside is no longer a single agricultural production base, but an integrated space that integrates industrial integration, cultural tourism consumption, and ecological conservation. By cultivating this fertile land well, the "golden seeds" of development will surely grow towards the sun and cultivate greater hope.
Return to TopPromoting the modernization of supply chains requires accelerating digital and intelligent development. Recently, eight departments, including the Ministry of Commerce (商务部) and the National Development and Reform Commission (国家发展改革委), jointly issued the "Special Action Plan for Accelerating the Development of Digital and Intelligent Supply Chains," which clarifies the acceleration of digital and intelligent supply chain development in key areas such as agriculture, manufacturing, wholesale, and retail, to reduce logistics costs for the whole society. By 2030, a replicable and scalable model for the construction and development of digital and intelligent supply chains will be formed, and about 100 leading national digital and intelligent supply chain enterprises will be cultivated.
This is precisely:
The national economy relies on thoroughfares,
People's livelihood is tied to supply and demand.
Building a smooth path in the cloud,
All horses race forward.
Pei Huiwen (裴回文)
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You might not imagine that the "Chinese dragon" would have a pair of ox ears. Not long ago, the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (中国社会科学院) released seven major achievements in scientific and technological archaeology and cultural heritage protection. Thanks to technological assistance, two Tang Dynasty (唐代) painted pottery dragon heads unearthed from the ancient city ruins of Xiong'an (雄安) in Hebei (河北) have been restored, revealing a brand new image of the dragon.
Nowadays, as more and more technological means are introduced into field archaeology, "keenly observing the ancient and secluded" is becoming a "routine operation." With the empowerment of technology, the way archaeology is approached is becoming increasingly diverse.
The first is discovery. Sleeping cultural relics are "awakened," like opening a "time capsule," unlocking a piece of sealed history. It is still remembered that 10 years ago, through sonar scanning and other technologies, the wooden ancient sailing ship "Yangtze River Estuary No. 2" (长江口二号), fully loaded with treasures, was discovered. In November 2022, it was successfully salvaged as a whole, achieving a new breakthrough in underwater archaeology. Tracing further back, the pioneering overall salvage technology was applied to the Southern Song Dynasty (南宋) shipwreck "Nanhai No. 1" (南海一号), with data accurate to the millimeter level. Technology promotes the development of archaeological work and allows us to better understand history.
The second is restoration. Due to their age, unearthed cultural relics are often very fragile, with easily damaged materials and easily lost information. Every restoration is a rebirth. Among the achievements released by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (中国社会科学院) is a silver-decorated gold crown with dragon, phoenix, and lion patterns dating back more than 1,000 years, which was almost 支离破碎 (zhī lí pò suì - "scattered and broken," fragmented and incomplete) when unearthed. After nearly two years of restoration, laser welding was performed tens of thousands of times, and 2,582 beads were returned to their original positions. The more arduous the process, the more one can understand what ingenuity is.
The third is research. Carbon-14 dating, ancient DNA analysis, archaeozoology and archaeobotany, three-dimensional scanning imaging... Archaeology has never been confined to solo efforts, but has always drawn on the strengths of various disciplines. With the iteration and refinement of technology, the mysteries of history and the traces of civilization are also being rediscovered. In April of this year, the top ten new archaeological discoveries of 2024 were announced. The selected Panlongcheng Site (盘龙城遗址) in Huangpi (黄陂), Hubei (湖北), and the Zhouyuan Site (周原遗址) in Baoji (宝鸡), Shaanxi (陕西), all belong to old sites bearing "new fruits," and technology is the key enabler.
The fourth is dissemination. Currently, the "cultural and museum craze" continues to be popular. For many "outsiders," it is worth watching the excitement and learning some of the intricacies. When the answer to "What is China" is decoded through cultural relics, cultural confidence becomes more firm and perceptible. Only when archaeological achievements break down barriers and approach the public can they better fulfill their mission.
From ancient times to the present, both old and new. From "seeing the light of day again" to "rebirth from the ashes," from 温故知新 (wēn gù zhī xīn - "review the old to know the new," to gain new insights through restudying old material) to "a glance of ten thousand years," the power of technological innovation is becoming increasingly prominent. The rapidly changing technology is using a flexible way to connect the "future" to the "past" and let the "past" embrace the "future."
(Excerpted and compiled from *Southern Daily* (南方日报), originally titled *Looking at Technological Archaeology from the Four "Rebirths" of Cultural Relics*)
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When cultural experiences resonate with the commercial ecosystem and collide with consumer demand, culture is not only spiritual nourishment but also a surging economic vitality, creating diverse possibilities for urban development.
As twilight gently descends, an artistic encounter quietly unfolds on the lawn of Central Park in Yubei District, Chongqing (重庆渝北区). Classic dramatic monologues pierce the night, interwoven with the rustling leaves and the intermittent chirping of insects to form a poem; the audience sits cross-legged on picnic mats or leans against camphor tree trunks, their eyes following the swaying lights on the grass—at this moment, the earth is the stage, the city skyline is a natural backdrop, and every face in the night is illuminated by the faint light of art.
The theater on the lawn is a new landscape of urban cultural life today. Strolling through different cities, art is being integrated into daily life in unexpected ways: in Chongqing (重庆), the sound of the riverside concert resonates with the sparkling water, blending the flowing notes into the evening breeze of the mountain city; in Zaozhuang (枣庄), Shandong (山东), the actors in the ancient city of Tai'erzhuang (台儿庄古城) transform into merchants, boatmen, and literati, performing naturally in the streets, docks, and shops, allowing tourists to see the thousand-year-old prosperity of the Grand Canal; in Changchun (长春), Jilin (吉林), the old factory buildings of Nanling (南岭) Water Purification Plant are undergoing a "metamorphosis," with immersive dramas breaking the boundaries of the stage... From the immersive tourism performance projects in scenic spots to the special performances in urban spaces such as commercial blocks, industrial parks, and cultural and museum venues, these new exhibition and performance models, which are different from traditional theaters, bring people a refreshing cultural experience and become a vivid measure of the city's cultural vitality.
When art enters life, stone steps can be used as audience seats, the corner of a coffee shop is a stage, and the light and shadow under the bridge can also weave dramas. In this sense, every city is a potential theater, and every daily life scene is a fertile ground for nurturing art; and the audience does not have to sit upright, encountering the sound of the piano while walking, meeting the eyes of dancers while stopping, and hearing a few lines of poetry while buying vegetables. Every unexpected encounter with a performance may become a moment of art. When the performance truly integrates into the "breathing" of the city, we can see the poetic brilliance of "different from the usual moon before the window" in the 寻常一样窗前月 (xún cháng yī yàng chuāng qián yuè - "same moon before the window as usual," the moon is the same as always) and 才有梅花便不同 (cái yǒu méi huā biàn bù tóng - "only with plum blossoms is it different," only with plum blossoms does it become different).
In the past, literary and artistic performances were like high-hanging artistic pearls, often closely linked to the magnificent domes of theaters, giving people a "high-end" but slightly distant impression. Now, they are quietly permeating the fabric of the city in a more relaxed and casual manner. Why is this change happening? This is actually a beautiful result of the two-way rush between literary and artistic performances and the audience.
On the one hand, in recent years, various places have taken action to actively explore more possibilities for literary and artistic performances, from Shanghai (上海) turning historical buildings into drama stages, to Changsha (长沙), Hunan (湖南), where the "Flowers Bloom in Jinggang (花开靖港)" performance uses the outdoor real scene of "one water accompanying the street" as the stage, allowing the audience to shuttle through the riverbank in a cruise ship along with the plot... These performance explorations that break the "fourth wall" are growing vigorously, allowing urban spaces to be effectively filled with performance content, becoming new highlights of urban cultural tourism.
On the other hand, today people are gazing at life with a more poetic eye. The cultural experience lies in awakening our perception of the beauty of daily life. When more people expect to find emotional resonance and deep participation in cultural experiences, they are no longer willing to be just spectators under the stage, but are eager to enter the story, from "watching a play" to "entering the play." This transformation demonstrates people's increasing demands for cultural experiences, and also drives more artistic activities in which the audience and actors interact and create together.
The integration of performing arts into the streets and alleys not only reshapes the interactive relationship between the audience and art, but also gives rise to new forms of cultural consumption. This kind of exploration is not only related to cultural inheritance, but also points to the deep logic of urban development. Wang Bo's (王勃) thousand-year-old praise of "abundant natural resources and outstanding people" 物华天宝，人杰地灵 (wù huá tiān bǎo, rén jié dì líng - "abundance of products and outstanding people," a place with rich resources and talented people) is reflected today in the benign interaction between culture and economy. The immersive performances of intangible cultural heritage workshops attract tourists to stop, and traditional skills are transformed into tangible consumption scenarios; the walking dramas in historical blocks drive passenger flow, and cultural IPs become the city's vitality labels... When cultural experiences resonate with the commercial ecosystem and collide with consumer demand, culture is not only spiritual nourishment but also a surging economic vitality, creating diverse possibilities for urban development.
Using culture to educate people and promote tourism, many cities are exploring feasible paths. However, how to avoid "silence" after the "excitement"? Fresh experiences are only temporary. To allow culture to "moisten things silently" 润物细无声 (rùn wù xì wú shēng - "moisten things silently," to influence subtly and gradually) and immerse the heart, the creative principle of "content is king" must be followed. It can be confirmed that when a city can transform the poetry of "sunset and lonely birds flying together" 落霞与孤鹜齐飞 (luò xiá yǔ gū wù qí fēi - "sunset and lonely birds flying together," a beautiful scene of nature) and the magnificence of "the river flows outside the heavens and earth" 江流天地外 (jiāng liú tiān dì wài - "the river flows outside the heavens and earth," the river flows far into the distance) into the spiritual nourishment of contemporary people, it has truly found the key to cultural inheritance and development.
When the singing of "The Peony Pavilion (牡丹亭)" echoes under the white walls of the Suzhou Museum (苏州博物馆), when the stilt houses of Hongyadong (洪崖洞) in Chongqing (重庆) project holographic images of the Chuanjiang (川江) boatmen's songs, we feel the breath of culture in the contemporary era. These artistic sparks scattered in the corners of the city will eventually be connected into a brilliant galaxy.
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Recently, a "Made in China" aircraft model has become a "hit."
"How much does one cost?" "What are the performance parameters?"... At the Langkawi International Maritime and Aerospace Exhibition in Malaysia, many visitors surrounded a J-10CE aircraft model, "inquiring about the price."
Nearly 3,000 kilometers away, at the AVIC Chengdu Aviation Theme Education Base (成飞航空主题教育基地) in Chengdu (成都), Sichuan (四川), the 1:1 full-size J-10 aircraft model was surrounded by citizens and tourists who came to admire it. Lei Qiang (雷强), the first test pilot, was signing autographs and taking photos.
Since the successful test flight of the prototype in 1998, the J-10 series of fighter jets has been soaring in the blue sky for nearly 30 years. Its successful development marks a historic leap for China in achieving independently developed, world-class fighter jets with independent intellectual property rights.
In the J-10 aircraft development team, there are the late chief designer Song Wencong (宋文骢) and the on-site general commander Yang Baoshu (杨宝树), as well as a group of young researchers full of enthusiasm and closely following their lead. Generation after generation has worked silently for decades to develop advanced fighter jets that belong to China.
Project Establishment
"Do our best to develop advanced fighter jets that belong to our own country"
"Even if I crash, I will crash the plane on the runway!" Recalling the scene before the test flight of the J-10 prototype, Lei Qiang (雷强), who is now nearly seventy years old, could not hide his excitement. His thoughts returned to March 23, 1998, at Wenjiang Airport (温江机场) in Chengdu (成都):
The sky was covered with clouds, and everyone on the ground was watching. Start, taxi, accelerate... The front wheel lifted, and with a leap into the air, "It's up!" Lei Qiang (雷强) flew the plane straight into the sky. After completing all the scheduled maneuvers, the plane descended, leveled off, decelerated, and landed smoothly.
"Success!" The scene erupted in warm applause. When Lei Qiang (雷强) stepped off the fighter jet, Song Wencong (宋文骢) was the first to rush up, and the two hugged tightly, weeping with joy. As a child, Song Wencong's (宋文骢) hometown suffered from Japanese air raids. His decades of firm and persistent dream had finally come true: to build advanced fighter jets that belong to China.
"From now on, my birthday is today!" Song Wencong (宋文骢) said to the people around him.
"Everyone cried and laughed, laughed and cried again." Lei Qiang (雷强) said that more than ten years of development involved too much anxiety, grievance, and sadness... Everyone's emotions erupted in an instant.
With this amazing leap, the eagle soared, and China became the fifth country in the world capable of independently developing new fighter jets.
In the early 1980s, the main equipment of the Chinese Air Force was mainly J-6, J-7, and J-8 fighter jets, while the F15 and F16 of the world's major aviation powers had already been equipped by the troops. The MiG-29, Su-27, and Mirage-2000 fourth-generation fighter jets were preparing for delivery, and the new technologies of the fifth-generation fighter jets had also been pre-researched for 10 years. "At that time, the gap between us and the world's advanced level was more than one generation." Dai Chuan (戴川), then deputy chief designer of the J-10 aircraft, recalled.
In February 1982, the first feasibility study meeting for new fighter jet programs was held in Beijing (北京). Song Wencong (宋文骢) attended the meeting as a representative of the Chengdu Aircraft Design Institute (成都飞机设计研究所) (the predecessor of AVIC Chengdu Aircraft Design & Research Institute, hereinafter referred to as "Chengdu Institute"). At the meeting, he had 15 minutes to speak. These 15 minutes became a shining page in the history of China's aviation industry development.
As early as the 1970s, when the Chengdu Institute (成都所) was discussing the J-9 aircraft program, it had tried the canard aerodynamic layout and conducted nearly 10,000 wind tunnel tests, accumulating a large amount of data. The canard aerodynamic layout refers to placing the horizontal tail, which is traditionally located behind the main wing, in front of the main wing. This layout can enhance the aircraft's lift and stability, reduce trim drag, and help reduce take-off and landing speeds.
Song Wencong (宋文骢) and his colleagues drew aircraft graphics on borrowed film overnight, marking basic data and important performance parameters, and projected them at the meeting. He proposed that the new fighter jet should emphasize maneuverability, beyond-visual-range air combat, and electronic countermeasures, and should have advanced radar and avionics systems, which immediately attracted the attention of the participants.
Two months later, Song Wencong (宋文骢) once again stood on the podium of the review meeting. This time, he combined the application of the canard aerodynamic layout in advanced countries with the reasons for adopting this layout, focusing on analyzing the advantages and disadvantages of several layout technologies, which aroused widespread recognition.
After multiple rounds of demonstration, the project was approved. In 1986, the canard aerodynamic layout with static instability design became the overall plan for China's new fighter jet, and the Chengdu Institute (成都所) was the overall design unit. In the same year, Song Wencong (宋文骢), who was appointed as the chief designer of the J-10 aircraft, made up his mind: "Do our best to develop advanced fighter jets that belong to our own country!"
Development
"The solution to each type of failure must be verified 3 times before it can be considered passed"
At the beginning of the project, because the J-10 design scheme adopted more than 60% new technologies, the technical span was large, and the research and development difficulty was high, many people were not optimistic.
Under the leadership of Song Wencong (宋文骢), the design team strived for excellence and achieved one major breakthrough after another.
To achieve flight control of aircraft with relaxed static stability, it is imperative to adopt a highly efficient fly-by-wire flight control system. Lacking experience, how did the research and development team solve the problem?
As early as 1985, the Chengdu Institute (成都所) established the first research office for flight control systems in China. In 1990, when the J-10 project entered the development stage, a large number of computers, sensors, and other hardware, as well as an unprecedented scale of computer software, constituted the flight control system. How to verify the reliability of the flight control system became the top priority.
To verify reliability, it is necessary to build a fly-by-wire flight control system iron bird test bench.
The research and development team seized the time and completed the system development plan in just two months. Immediately afterward, the complete set of hydraulic systems, aerodynamic load systems, and various software package problems of the test bench were also successively overcome by the research and development team.
Then came the simulation test, which revealed various failure effects of the system. "We simulated and summarized more than 3,000 failure conditions. The solution to each type of failure must be verified 3 times before it can be considered passed." Yan Tao (严涛), the current chief engineer consultant of the Chengdu Institute (成都所), recalled that the research and development team was very ambitious. "The experiment that originally took 3 years to complete, we completed in 1 year."
For the fly-by-wire flight control system, the flight quality simulator is also a core infrastructure. "It allows the pilot to sit in the simulation cockpit to check the rationality of the flight control law design and whether it has satisfactory flight quality." Yang Chaoxu (杨朝旭), the current chief engineer consultant of the Chengdu Institute (成都所), introduced.
At that time, the institute only had a 286 computer configured in 1990 for auxiliary ground testing, and the system's computing power was weak. The research and development team invited pilots to intervene in advance, discover problems as early as possible, and use the flight data obtained from test flights to assist in the subsequent system improvement.
Overcoming numerous difficulties, the fly-by-wire flight control system gradually became complete. In 1998, after test pilot Li Cunbao (李存宝) completed the prototype test flight, he exclaimed: "It feels like this plane has been flown before!"
Canard aerodynamic layout, fly-by-wire flight control system, integrated avionics system, and computer-aided design and manufacturing technology are the four key technological breakthroughs in the development of the J-10 aircraft. "The avionics system has also experienced a process from scratch." Jiang Aiwei (江爱伟), then deputy chief designer of the J-10 aircraft, participated in the research and development of the J-10 aircraft avionics system throughout the entire process.
Before the J-10 aircraft, the cockpit display of China's fighter jets was mainly based on instruments. To improve human-machine efficiency, the avionics system needed to replace the instruments with displays, but there would be interference between different electronic equipment. "It is necessary to build an avionics laboratory to discover various problems in advance." Jiang Aiwei (江爱伟) said that the team began building the laboratory in 1992.
Chengdu (成都) is hot and humid, and the factory building is like a sauna. "We were shirtless on the drawing board, and sweat easily stuck to the paper, so we put a towel on it and continued to work." Jiang Aiwei (江爱伟) said.
After continuous efforts, the problem was solved. The laboratory's cable diagram design, wire layout, insulator testing, and other processes were completed successively. At the end of 1994, the laboratory was completed. Subsequently, China's first integrated avionics system test began, and millions of valid test data and tens of thousands of data curves were obtained successively. "By fully exposing problems in the test, we achieved zero problems in the avionics system before the first flight." Jiang Aiwei (江爱伟) said.
Assembly
"Everyone polished the parts bit by bit, and thought of all the methods, but never thought of giving up"
With the drawings and the technology conquered, the baton was handed to Chengdu Aircraft Industrial Corporation (成都飞机工业公司) (the predecessor of AVIC Chengdu Aircraft Industrial Corporation, hereinafter referred to as "Chengfei"). The production and assembly of the J-10 prototype officially began.
Shortage of funds was the first "stumbling block." In the most difficult times, researchers produced "Chengfei" brand washing machines, motorcycles, and other civilian products to subsidize. Xue Chishou (薛炽寿), the on-site deputy general commander of the J-10 aircraft and the chief engineer of Chengfei (成飞), said that after many efforts, Chengfei (成飞) raised 80 million yuan in project funds, which solved the financial difficulties.
The key to the aircraft structure is the fuselage frame. To meet the requirements of the J-10 aircraft for high performance and high maneuverability within the entire flight envelope, a large-bearing, lightweight integrated fuselage frame is inevitable.
"In the past, the fuselage frame was assembled from dozens or even hundreds of parts; while the J-10 must adopt an integrated frame structure, processing 2 tons of high-strength aviation aluminum alloy into a fuselage frame of only 70 kilograms." Zhang Chuan (张川), who is now a skill expert in the field of CNC machining at Chengfei (成飞), introduced, "This processing method was also the first time in Asia at that time. We call it 'Asia's First Frame.'"
To process the fuselage frame, Chengfei (成飞) used CNC machine tools for the first time. However, the workers lacked high-precision CNC machine tool operating experience and could only explore slowly.
With tight production tasks, Zhang Chuan (张川) and his colleagues simply moved the bed into the workshop. In the wet and cold winter, the operators put their hands into the coolant of the parts and repeatedly checked the forming of the parts, "often freezing blue and purple. On the first day of the Lunar New Year, everyone was working enthusiastically."
Zhang Chuan (张川) said that the cutting parameters of the fuselage frame require deformation to be controlled within 0.1 mm, which was very difficult at the time. "Everyone polished the parts bit by bit, and thought of all the methods, but never thought of giving up!"
In May 1994, in a factory building of Chengfei (成飞), the J-10 fuselage frame gradually took shape. Subsequently, the assembly of the aircraft fuselage section began successively.
The aircraft fuselage section space can only accommodate one person. The workers climbed up and down several times a day, curled up in the fuselage to operate, and had to lie down for several hours. "No one fell behind, no matter how hard or tired." Lu Jianchuan (卢建川), the current senior business manager of Chengfei's (成飞) corporate culture, said.
The development and production of advanced fighter jets involves thousands of parts production units and many research topics. "We have successively established more than 160 scientific research projects and carried out research and production in collaboration with many domestic manufacturers and research institutes." Xue Chishou (薛炽寿) said that the research and development team successively completed production tasks such as integrated fuel tank sealing, integrated circular arc windshield forming, and wing integrated panel shot peening.
As the first flight approached, in order to gain more time, the design team and the manufacturing team invented the "4+1" working mode - a shift in the morning, a shift in the afternoon, a shift in the first half of the night, and a shift in the second half of the night; when the morning shift was working, the people in the afternoon shift went to the site to do preparations that did not occupy the position on the machine.
On the eve of the J-10 prototype test flight, Yang Baoshu (杨宝树), the on-site general commander at the time, was struck down by ruthless illness. In the last days of his life, at Yang Baoshu's (杨宝树) repeated requests, the hospital sent him back to the workshop. He came to the J-10 aircraft and stroked the aircraft that had accompanied him for countless days and nights like stroking his own child. Later, when his condition deteriorated and he was in a deep coma, he was still muttering: "Fly up... pull up! Pull up again..."
Type Approval
"Our J-10 is an innovative aircraft, a high-quality aircraft, and even more a 'striving aircraft'"
"The J-10 is the world's first fly-by-wire flight control aircraft to directly adopt the relaxed static stability state for its first flight." Dai Chuan (戴川) introduced that at that time, the international practice for test flights was "three steps": use ballast to turn the aircraft into a traditional static stability aircraft, and after safe test flights, adjust the ballast to become a neutral stability aircraft. After safe test flights, remove the ballast and use the relaxed static stability state for test flights. The J-10's first flight soared into the sky, shortening the time for Chinese aviation people to catch up, and also set new rules for the world's advanced technology test flights.
The first flight was not easy, and type approval was even more difficult.
After the successful first flight, the J-10 entered a high-intensity test flight phase, and Song Wencong (宋文骢) quickly discovered the problem. "In order to 'stuff' in the new engine, the fuselage was changed to 'fat', which affected the acceleration performance indicators." Dai Chuan (戴川) said, "Acceleration is a key indicator, and the aircraft must be 'slimmed down'!"
Lu Jianchuan (卢建川) said that this meant that some of the molds and parts used in the early production could only be scrapped. The short cycle not only made it difficult to complete new production tasks, but also directly affected the factory's total output value for the year.
"Whether to slim down or not, the opponents must be put into the same battlefield for comparison." Song Wencong (宋文骢) withstood pressure from various parties, conducted multiple wind tunnel tests, and after more than a dozen rounds of coordination, finally decided to "slim down" the aircraft and achieve design type approval on schedule.
An amazing fact is rarely mentioned -
During the 6 years of type approval test flights, a total of more than 3,200 extreme tests were completed, and the J-10 aircraft never crashed once, creating a record of not crashing a single aircraft in the type approval test flights of the world's third-generation aircraft.
With the successful development of the J-10, an advanced fighter jet spread its wings in the blue sky, a research and development team mastering advanced aviation technology was tempered into an army, and a base system capable of developing advanced fighter jets for design, testing, manufacturing, test flight, and support gradually took shape. Facing the world's advanced aviation technology countries, China has achieved a historic leap from being out of reach to being within reach.
The J-10 family continues to break through, and has made a name and status for China's aviation weapons and equipment in live-fire exercises and actual combat. "Our J-10 is an innovative aircraft, a high-quality aircraft, and even more a 'striving aircraft'! Our biggest gain is to break the old normative system, pursue goals with a pragmatic attitude and all-out effort. This is the 'software source code' left by the J-10 development, and it is also the way of thinking that leads the J-20 development to achieve 'keeping pace'." Dai Chuan (戴川) said that today, as the latest fighter jets such as the J-20 tear through the clouds with a fierce momentum, their excellent stealth, power, avionics, and other system performance, and the realization of efficient information sharing and coordinated operations with early warning aircraft, drones, ground command systems, etc., are leading the air combat mode to system operations, greatly improving the combat effectiveness of the air combat system.
After the rain in Chengdu (成都), the sky is clear and the air is fresh, "Rumble..." A small yellow highlight in the clouds is shining. "It's our 'striving aircraft'!" Lei Qiang (雷强) raised his hand and pointed, the highlight became larger and larger, and a J-10C jumped out of the clouds, rising, turning sharply, drifting... Citizens and tourists in the AVIC Chengdu Aviation Theme Education Base (成飞航空主题教育基地) stopped and looked up, and made bursts of praise.
Looking back on the past, the journey of the new China's aviation industry has engraved 74 years. From being out of reach to being within reach and then to keeping pace, countless Chinese aviation people have pursued their dreams with youth and dedicated themselves with enthusiasm.
The motherland will eventually choose those who are loyal to the motherland, and the motherland will eventually remember those who dedicate themselves to the motherland.
Only victory can repay the motherland!
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 窦瀚洋
In Xikou Village (溪口村), Baizhang Town (百丈镇), Yuhang District (余杭区), Hangzhou (杭州), Zhejiang Province (浙江省), a small white building in the center of the village stands out. The courtyard door is always open, and villagers come and go every day, making it a popular spot. This is not a villager's home, but a public interest bookstore called "Xin Zang Xiu" (鑫藏修).
At 7:30 in the morning, Wang Xiaocai (王小彩), a villager, was the first to arrive at the public interest bookstore. After opening the door, cleaning, and organizing the books, she took out the book she hadn't finished reading yesterday and continued to read it carefully. "Since becoming the bookstore manager, I have also fallen in love with reading, and I feel like a different person." Wang Xiaocai (王小彩) said, "Thanks to Teacher Jin (金老师) for setting up such a good place in the village."
The "Teacher Jin (金老师)" she mentioned is Jin Yang (金旸), the founder of the public interest bookstore. As the head of the Center for Chinese and Foreign Reading Culture Research at the School of Chinese Language and Culture of Zhejiang International Studies University (浙江外国语学院), Jin Yang (金旸) serves as a cultural commissioner in Yuhang District (余杭区) and is also a children's literature writer. Focusing on reading and writing, she has insisted on carrying out public interest lectures for more than 20 years and has been named "National Rural Reading Promoter" and "Good Person of China".
Jin Yang's (金旸) connection with Xikou Village (溪口村) began with a public interest lecture.
In August 2018, she was invited to Xikou Village (溪口村) to give a lecture to the villagers. Hearing that a writer had come to the village, the cultural hall was packed with villagers. "Adults and children surrounded the hall, especially when I introduced myself as a children's literature writer, the children's eyes widened." Recalling the time, Jin Yang (金旸) remembered it vividly.
"Teacher Jin (金老师), can you come again next time?" After the lecture, facing the villagers' enthusiastic "siege," Jin Yang (金旸) could not refuse and subsequently carried out reading activities in Xikou Village (溪口村) many times. At the end of that year, Baizhang Town (百丈镇) extended an invitation to Jin Yang (金旸) to stay for a long time. Jin Yang (金旸) set a goal for herself - to build a public interest bookstore in Xikou Village (溪口村).
With the efforts of all parties, Xikou Village (溪口村) vacated idle houses as venues. Jin Yang (金旸) took out her savings and, with the support of friends, successively purchased a batch of books mainly on children's literature and agriculture, each of which was carefully selected by her.
In May 2021, the public interest bookstore opened its doors to welcome guests. Jin Yang (金旸) named it "Xin Zang Xiu" (鑫藏修). "'Zang Xiu (藏修)' comes from 'Zang Xiu You Xi (藏修游息)' in the 'Record of Learning' of the 'Book of Rites', which means that you should always think about learning in your heart and not abandon it." Jin Yang (金旸) said that the bookstore has more than 23,000 books. Last year, it also cooperated with the Yuhang District Library (余杭区图书馆) to open a "through borrowing and returning" service for books in the two locations.
"A little girl once clung to the door of the bookstore and asked me, 'Teacher, can I really read these books for free?' That scene left a deep impression on me." Jin Yang (金旸) said, "The completion of the bookstore only gave the villagers a place to read. We must extend the tentacles of literature to the fields, and there is still much to be done."
What else can the bookstore bring to the countryside? Jin Yang (金旸) is thinking about carrying out more reading promotion and writing training activities. "We have done some poetry writing activities and found that the villagers are very interested and write well." She said that poetry can be short or long. During breaks from work, villagers express their feelings about their hometown, life, and labor through poetry.
Since September of last year, Jin Yang (金旸) has been running training courses in the public interest bookstore, explaining poetry creation skills to the villagers, and guiding everyone to explore more local historical and cultural stories through reading, and draw creative inspiration from them.
"The green bamboo of Baizhang (百丈) reflects the blue sky, and the mountains are stacked with green water and clouds..." Walking into the activity room of the public interest bookstore, the bookshelves are filled with poetry works created by villagers at the "Hundred Poems on Baizhang (百首诗歌讲百丈)" poetry conference. Jin Yang (金旸) cut out these handwritten poems and put them in photo frames. "The poems contain everyone's daily life and sincere emotions, full of warmth and strength." Jin Yang (金旸) said.
Jin Yang (金旸) has also joined hands with Zhejiang International Studies University (浙江外国语学院), Hangzhou Normal University (杭州师范大学) and other universities to form a national reading promotion volunteer team, inviting literary creators to share, and has carried out more than 1,000 activities. "Last July, I invited children's literature writer Shen Shixi (沈石溪) to talk to the children in the bookstore about the hunting dogs, war elephants, and foxes in his writings. The children were so happy to listen. The scene was as lively as a celebrity meet-and-greet." Jin Yang (金旸) said with a smile.
Jin Yang (金旸) said that the bookstore has broadened the villagers' horizons, and many people have developed good reading habits. "In the future, I want to build the bookstore into a 'two-way rush' space, which can not only introduce high-quality resources from the city to the countryside, but also promote the vibrant works in the countryside to a larger platform."
Return to TopThis newspaper Nanchang (南昌) June 3rd (Reporter Zhou Huan (周欢)) "In the past, the sorting site for express delivery was small, inefficient, and unsafe. Now that we have moved into the e-commerce logistics industrial park, it is spacious and efficient, and we feel much more at ease working here!" Recently, Tu Cailiang (涂才亮), a courier at the express delivery sorting center in Yihuang County (宜黄县), Jiangxi Province (江西省), spoke with great joy about the changes in his working environment.
Behind this change is Yihuang County's (宜黄县) innovative practice of using Party building to lead the development of new business forms. In recent years, Yihuang County (宜黄县) has enhanced the sense of belonging of new employment groups and stimulated their enthusiasm for participating in grassroots governance by establishing three mechanisms: a "standard list, a service list, and a task list."
Yihuang County (宜黄县) refines the "standard list," coordinating the functions of multiple departments such as the Cyberspace Administration of China and the Department of Transportation, establishing five industry Party committees for road transportation, express delivery, and food delivery, clarifying the Party building service items of 56 member units and 56 industry standard management projects, creating more than 40 demonstration points such as "service corners" and 8 "Nine Staff Stations," and achieving full coverage of Party work; optimizes the "service list" by sorting out high-frequency demands such as health security, occupational safety, and children's education, integrating resources from trade unions, medical institutions, financial institutions, and other resources, and launching 10 heart-warming measures; deepens the "task list," encouraging new employment groups to participate in voluntary services such as duty patrols, public welfare publicity, and dispute mediation, obtaining quantifiable and exchangeable points indicators, exchanging daily necessities, and stimulating the social responsibility of new employment groups.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 董泽扬
Outside the China Pavilion at the Osaka World Expo, a fashion performance team from Hainan University paraded and catwalked in costumes with Li brocade patterns; in a historical building in Paris, France, Li brocade weavers reproduced exquisite craftsmanship with traditional waist looms; inside the Hainan International Convention and Exhibition Center, Li ethnic costumes attracted overseas merchants to stop and admire; in a small shop on Haidian Island (海甸岛) in Haikou (海口), an American designer tried to integrate Li brocade totems into handicraft creations...
As Hainan Free Trade Port (海南自由贸易港) enters its year of independent customs operations, Hainan is focusing on promoting Li brocade, a distinctive ethnic fingertip skill, to inherit and popularize it, and to go abroad, weaving a vivid picture of cultural exchange and mutual learning.
Fashion shows on overseas stages showcase exquisite skills.
On May 23, at the Hainan Activity Week at the China Pavilion of the Osaka World Expo, Ren Jiaming (任家铭) and his classmates from the Haichao Show fashion performance team of Hainan University (海南大学) conducted a "traveling exhibition." They paraded and catwalked outside the China Pavilion in various fashionable costumes with Li brocade patterns, attracting many viewers to come forward and take photos.
Not long ago, Li brocade weaver Tan Zhaoyan (谭朝艳) took a traditional waist loom and was invited to Paris, France, to demonstrate Li brocade weaving skills at Paris Fashion Week. "This is the second time that Hainan Li brocade has appeared at Paris Fashion Week." As the inheritor of the Li traditional textile, dyeing, weaving, and embroidery skills in Wuzhishan City (五指山市), Hainan Province, Tan Zhaoyan said, "I am very proud to be able to show the beauty of Li brocade's fingertip skills to the international fashion world."
Li brocade is known as the "living fossil" of China's textile industry. In the process of production and life, Li women use natural fibers such as cotton and hemp to spin thread, color it with plant or mineral dyes, and weave and embroider clothing, which not only inherits the Li ancestors' perception of nature and life but also expresses a unique aesthetic interest.
At the launch event of the Li brocade master cooperation series held in a historical building in the center of Paris, models wearing costumes with various Li brocade patterns walked lightly to the beat of the music, combining ethnic customs and elegance, which attracted the attention and appreciation of the audience.
"I really like the patterns of Li brocade. The elements are very modern and graphic, and can be well integrated into the works," said French designer Véronique Leroy. By arranging and combining, and drawing on, patterns such as the Hercules pattern and the Ganggong bird pattern, her works have new inspiration and connotation.
After the fashion show, Tan Zhaoyan demonstrated the exquisite Li brocade skills on the spot. She sat on the ground, stepped on the warp sticks, and threw the shuttle with both hands. Before long, thread became cloth, and patterns were added to the cloth... Last year, Tan Zhaoyan participated in clothing design remotely and watched the T-stage show. This year, she listened to and responded to the curious inquiries of foreign audiences on the spot. If the pattern is a design language, Tan Zhaoyan's display is an "narration" on the spot, allowing more people to see the Li brocade weaving process with their own eyes and feel the millennial heritage from thousands of miles away.
In order to make the ethnic Li brocade fashionable and international, in August 2023, Wuzhishan City cooperated with the Istituto Marangoni (马兰戈尼学院) to open a Li brocade international talent training class, selecting 30 Li brocade skilled talents in Hainan Province. By the end of 2024, there were more than 470 representative inheritors of Li traditional textile, dyeing, weaving, and embroidery skills in 9 cities and counties in Hainan Province.
Exhibitions at the Consumer Expo help quality products go abroad.
Just after "connecting" Li brocade to Paris Fashion Week again, Zhang Xintong (张歆彤) immediately devoted herself to another exhibition - the 5th China International Consumer Products Expo (中国国际消费品博览会) (hereinafter referred to as the "Consumer Expo") was held in Hainan, a global consumer boutique display and trading platform, providing an opportunity to bring Li brocade closer to consumers.
"Li brocade needs to 'show its face' more in fashion shows and exhibitions. After connecting with application scenarios and market demand, it can then be used to improve the process, moderately improve production efficiency, and form its own brand in storytelling." Zhang Xintong, who lives in the UK, was attracted by the free trade port policy to start a business in Hainan. As the head of Li Brocade Element (Hainan) Technology Co., Ltd. (黎锦元素（海南）科技有限公司), she is exploring a fashionable and industrialized road suitable for Li brocade.
At the main venue of the Consumer Expo, the Hainan International Convention and Exhibition Center (海南国际会展中心), various handicrafts with ethnic characteristics were displayed. Zhang Xintong and her colleagues displayed a shawl incorporating Li brocade design elements. The prototype of this product comes from an ancient quilt exhibited in the Hainan Provincial Museum of Nationalities (海南省民族博物馆), which integrates the spring, summer, autumn and winter patterns of Li brocade and is innovatively made of wool and silk blended, and has been well received by merchants.
In the sub-exhibition area of the Consumer Expo, the Haikou International Duty Free City (海口国际免税城), 35 works designed by Véronique Leroy and Tan Yanyu (谭燕玉), a student of the Istituto Marangoni, with Li brocade as inspiration, appeared on the T stage. At the end of the fashion show, Zhang Xintong wore a white T-shirt printed with Li brocade design patterns and came on stage to thank the audience. She hopes that more young people will go from "watching Li brocade" to "wearing Li brocade" and let Li brocade enter daily life.
"Paris Fashion Week is more 'focused' and aimed at professional buyers in the fashion industry; the Consumer Expo exhibition is more 'diffused' and aimed at consumers," said Cao Yinqiao (曹银桥), general manager of Wuzhishan Tourism Investment Group (五指山旅投集团). Stepping onto the world stage, Hainan Li brocade shows its unique beauty.
In March of this year, the "Five-Year Action Plan for the Protection and Development of Li Traditional Textile, Dyeing, Weaving and Embroidery Skills (2025-2029)" (《黎族传统纺染织绣技艺保护发展五年行动计划（2025—2029年）》) issued by Hainan Province proposed to "strengthen the overseas dissemination of Li brocade culture", encourage Li brocade enterprises, representative inheritors of intangible cultural heritage, etc. to participate in well-known fashion shows at home and abroad, support enterprises to make good use of the national export tax rebate policy, and increase foreign export trade.
Wang Binni (王彬妮), senior fashion designer of Hainan Qinyun Youlan Culture and Art Co., Ltd. (海南琴韵幽兰文化艺术有限公司), introduced that during the Consumer Expo, the company undertook more than 10 on-site clothing customization businesses and reached a cooperation intention with exchange operators from the Middle East. "We undertake the exhibition and application of cheongsams, horse-faced skirts and other products developed with Li brocade design, promote the export of products, let overseas consumers fall in love with Li brocade, and show Chinese style on the world stage."
Opening a small shop in the Free Trade Port shows an international style.
Last year, she brought relevant design works to participate in the Consumer Expo, and this year she is a "bridge builder" for Li brocade display. American designer Xie Min (谢敏) has a special love for Li brocade. After visiting the exhibition, she returned to her small shop in Baishamen Park (白沙门公园), Haidian Island, Haikou. "The abstract totems on Li brocade provide more space for creation and interpretation. These totems can not only be 'woven' but also 'painted'." Xie Min said that in recent years, she has traveled almost the entire island of Hainan and visited many ethnic minority settlements. After making many "brocade weaving teachers" and learning the production skills of Li brocade textile dyeing, weaving and embroidery, she gradually had her own ideas for designing handicrafts.
Rough lines outline, fine brushstrokes fill in the color... Xie Min is painting a totem on a small piece of coconut shell. In this shop called "Island Fun", in addition to displaying her personal designs such as refrigerator magnets, necklaces, and hair clips, there are also many Li brocade works from Hainan villagers. "Many foreign friends come to me to buy these works. I want to do my best to promote Li brocade culture and support local art," said Xie Min.
In December last year, the 19th session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of UNESCO (联合国教科文组织) reviewed and decided to transfer the "Li Traditional Textile, Dyeing, Weaving and Embroidery Skills" from the List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding to the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
Li brocade is becoming more and more well-known, and Xie Min's small shop is becoming more and more international. Notebooks designed by American friends, "Hercules" painted by Russian painters, and Li brocade bags designed and made by South African artists gather in this small shop. The shop also often holds art exhibitions from various countries, where people with different cultural backgrounds create and express themselves with Li brocade as a common topic from their respective perspectives. Tan Zhaoyan has also watched Xie Min's works "on the cloud". "Her handicrafts are very beautiful. It is very encouraging for foreigners to like and learn our culture." Tan Zhaoyan hopes that Li brocade can "attract" more foreign friends.
"What is national is global. We will continue to promote the creative transformation and innovative development of ethnic characteristics such as Li brocade, Li pottery, and Miao embroidery, and take advantage of the policy of Hainan Free Trade Port to bring ethnic minority intangible cultural heritage into life and let more national cultural treasures go to the world," said Fu Xiurong (符秀容), Secretary of the Party Committee and Director of the Hainan Provincial Ethnic Affairs Commission (海南省民族事务委员会).
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 刘成友 郝迎灿
At the Liaoning Shenyang Government Affairs Service Center (辽宁沈阳政务服务中心), Chen Lin (陈琳), an employee of Shenyang Meiyin United Testing Co., Ltd. (沈阳美茵联合检测有限公司), obtained the enterprise public credit information report, which previously required visits to several departments, in less than fifteen minutes.
At the credit service window of the Government Affairs Service Center, Chen Lin (陈琳) submitted relevant materials such as a copy of the business license and filled out an application form. The window staff quickly verified the information based on the application, printed the materials, and efficiently completed the matter.
"This report can replace the non-violation and non-regulation certificates issued in 10 fields," said Jin Chongwu (金崇无), Deputy Director of the Credit Development Department of the Shenyang Big Data Management Center (沈阳市大数据管理中心). Since November 2023, Shenyang (沈阳) has implemented the innovative measure of "1 report replacing 10 official seals," allowing enterprises to say goodbye to "running around to multiple places."
In recent years, Liaoning (辽宁) has deeply implemented reform measures such as "efficiently handling one matter" and "**免申即享、直达快享**" (miǎn shēn jí xiǎng, zhí dá kuài xiǎng - "no application needed, direct and quick enjoyment," policies are automatically implemented without application), comprehensively using process reengineering, data empowerment, and other methods to reduce procedures, optimize services, and increase convenience for enterprises and the public, promoting the quality and efficiency of government affairs services, and continuously optimizing the business environment.
At the Hunnan Parlor (浑南会客厅) in Hunnan District (浑南区), Shenyang (沈阳), a company负责人 came to inquire about business. With the staff's hands-on assistance, the matter was completed in a few minutes. As an enterprise-related government affairs service center created by the Hunnan District (浑南区) Business Environment Construction Bureau, the Hunnan Parlor (浑南会客厅) promotes face-to-face communication between approval personnel and enterprise personnel, making handling affairs more efficient and smooth.
"Offline, we rely on the 'one-window handling' of the comprehensive window of the government affairs service center, and online, we rely on the integrated government affairs service platform for 'one-end acceptance,' changing the situation from enterprises and the public running around to multiple places to approval departments handling collaboratively," said Yang Songtao (杨松涛), Deputy Director of the Liaoning Provincial Bureau of Business Environment Construction (辽宁省营商环境建设局). At present, the proportion of "one-window comprehensive acceptance" for applying for government affairs service items in the province exceeds 90%.
"I haven't been discharged from the hospital yet, and my family has already handled several matters for the baby at the hospital's 'newborn birth one matter' comprehensive acceptance window, including the birth medical certificate, household registration, medical insurance registration, and social security card application. It's really too convenient," said Wang Jingyu (王靖禹), a citizen of Liaoyang (辽阳) who just became a mother.
"Handling one matter at a time" and "handling one type of matter at one stop," Liaoning (辽宁) integrates multiple matters that need to be handled by multiple departments or across levels, are highly related, have a large volume of handling, and have relatively concentrated handling time, continuously promoting the reduction of time and costs for enterprises and the public to handle affairs. As of the end of 2024, 52 "efficiently handled one matter" scenarios have been launched and are running in the province, with an average reduction of 73% in application materials, 85% in approval links, and 87% in processing time.
"In the past, enterprises had to apply to relevant functional departments to receive rewards and subsidies for which preferential policies they met; now, there is no need to apply, let alone run back and forth to report materials. The funds supporting enterprises are automatically credited to the account," said Song Yan (宋艳), General Manager of Liaoning Yijin Electronics Co., Ltd. (辽宁亿金电子有限公司), feeling the convenience brought by "policies finding people" after seeing the 458,000 yuan in funding support for high-tech enterprises in the account.
According to reports, Liaoning (辽宁) has been deeply promoting the "**免申即享、直达快享**" (miǎn shēn jí xiǎng, zhí dá kuài xiǎng - "no application needed, direct and quick enjoyment," policies are automatically implemented without application) reform for three consecutive years. By reengineering the process of preferential policies for enterprises, with "non-interference" services, the realization of policy implementation is achieved with "**足不出户**" (zú bù chū hù - "without stepping out of the house," staying at home), material preparation is "system-assisted," and support funds are "automatically paid," effectively improving the efficiency of policy implementation. As of the end of 2024, a total of 1066 policies in Liaoning (辽宁) Province have achieved "**免申即享**" (miǎn shēn jí xiǎng - "no application needed, direct enjoyment," policies are automatically implemented without application), with a total of over 4.1 billion yuan in funding support and over 220 billion yuan in tax and fee reductions.
Return to TopThis newspaper's Beijing (北京) dispatch on June 3rd (Reporter Yu Jingxian (郁静娴)) - Recently, the General Office of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (农业农村部) issued the "Notice on Doing a Good Job in the Training of High-Quality Farmers in 2025," clarifying that this year's high-quality farmer training plan will focus on supporting the implementation of the Grain and Oil and Important Agricultural Products Production and Operation Entity Improvement Project, the New Industry and New Business Form Leader Training Project, and the Civilized Rural Customs Construction Quality and Literacy Improvement Project. Among them, a number of special training courses will be held to address urgent industry needs, shortcomings in talent cultivation, and pain points and difficulties in industrial development.
The notice requires strict control over the teaching materials and teachers for comprehensive literacy courses, extensive absorption of agricultural enterprises, family farms, farmer cooperatives, etc. to participate in practical teaching, and support for the effective use of scientific and technological resources such as agricultural science institutes, agricultural technology extension agencies, and science and technology courtyards to carry out practical agricultural technology training. We will continue to explore and improve the talent training model that integrates learning and application, and cultivation and utilization, to promote the improvement of the quality and effectiveness of high-quality farmer training.
In recent years, with the support of the central government's finances, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (农业农村部) has continued to implement the "High-Quality Farmer Training Program." From 2020 to 2023, a total of 3,097,000 person-times of high-quality farmers were trained nationwide.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 张文豪
Song Mausoleums of Gongyi (巩义) in Henan (河南) are covered with a thousand acres of golden wheat fields. On June 3rd, harvesters rumbled along both sides of the Yongyu Mausoleum (永裕陵) Sacred Way. As the wheat waves fell, the bases of the stone statues that have stood for thousands of years were revealed.
"Slow down, turn left, watch out for the stone statue." Standing in the wheat field, Cao Feihu (曹飞虎), a villager from Baling Village (八陵村) in Zhutian Town (芝田镇) and an employee of a company affiliated with the Gongyi City (巩义市) Supply and Marketing Cooperative, kept a close watch, guiding the farm machinery operators to avoid the statues. "The stone statues are scattered in the fields. In order to protect the cultural relics, cultivation cannot be too close to the statues, and there are people specifically watching during harvesting," said Cao Feihu (曹飞虎).
It is reported that the stone figures and animals placed in front of the mausoleums are collectively referred to as stone statues. The Song Mausoleums are the mausoleums of seven emperors of the Northern Song Dynasty (北宋) and their consorts, relatives, famous generals, and meritorious officials. There are still 1,027 stone carvings on the ground in the mausoleum area, covering a total area of 189.04 square kilometers, making it one of the largest imperial mausoleums in China with the most complete ground relics. Since the Republic of China, with land reclamation, it has gradually become integrated with cultivated land. Since June 2021, 3,160 mu of cultivated land around the Song Mausoleums have been transferred to the Gongyi City (巩义市) Supply and Marketing Cooperative for unified management. To this end, the Gongyi City (巩义市) Supply and Marketing Cooperative has established an agricultural company to be responsible for the cultivation and harvesting of wheat fields in the Song Mausoleums, to uniformly manage the scattered fields, and to avoid damage to cultural relics.
Zhu Xingli (朱星理), Director of the Gongyi City (巩义市) Cultural Relics Bureau, said that Gongyi City (巩义市) has been continuously promoting environmental remediation of the Song Mausoleums, construction of heritage parks, and daily maintenance of stone carvings in recent years, and has hired hundreds of patrollers who are on duty 24 hours a day.
Faced with this "open-air stone carving art museum," many netizens have put forward protection suggestions. "Adding a glass cover is like giving the cultural relics a sauna; adding a canopy will make the stone statues lose their original grandeur." Zhu Xingli (朱星理) responded, "These stone carvings have stood in their natural state for thousands of years, and they are still solemn and majestic after experiencing wind and rain, guarding this land. We strictly follow the maintenance plan on a daily basis to do a good job in human and technical defense, and regularly invite cultural relics and photography enthusiasts to come here to experience the history of the Song Mausoleums up close."
Return to TopAccording to the National Immigration Administration (国家移民管理局), the national ports of entry and exit were safe, efficient, stable, and orderly during the Dragon Boat Festival holiday. It is reported that during this year's Dragon Boat Festival holiday, national border inspection agencies ensured the entry and exit of a total of 5.907 million Chinese and foreign personnel, with an average of 1.969 million people per day, an increase of 2.7% compared with the same period of last year's Dragon Boat Festival holiday. The peak of entry and exit clearance occurred on June 1, reaching 2.086 million people. Among the foreigners entering the country, 231,000 people entered under the visa-free policy, an increase of 59.4% compared with the same period last year.
In addition, national border inspection agencies inspected a total of 263,000 inbound and outbound means of transport (planes, ships, trains, and vehicles), an increase of 10.5% compared with the same period last year.
Return to TopAccording to China National Nuclear Power Co., Ltd., as of 7:00 PM on June 1st this year, the Jiangsu Nuclear Power "Heqi-1" nuclear energy steam supply project has cumulatively supplied 3 million tons of clean industrial steam.
Using nuclear energy for heating, steam supply, and power generation to replace coal consumption is a preferred solution for the petrochemical industry, which faces the dual challenges of ensuring stable supply and clean, low-carbon transformation. As China's first nuclear energy steam supply project for industrial use, the Jiangsu Nuclear Power "Heqi-1" nuclear energy steam supply project uses the secondary loop steam from Tianwan Nuclear Power Station (田湾核电) Units 3 and 4, which drives the turbine system to generate electricity, as a heat source. Industrial steam is produced under physical isolation, and then the steam is transported to the petrochemical industrial base through a multi-stage heat exchange via an industrial steam pipeline network, replacing traditional coal consumption and solving the heat source and power source problems of petrochemical enterprises.
Return to TopIn summer, strolling along the banks of the Peach Blossom Creek (桃花溪) in Changshou District (长寿区), Chongqing (重庆), one finds rippling blue waters, graceful birds, lush vegetation, and blooming flowers – a delightful scene everywhere.
Peach Blossom Creek (桃花溪) in Changshou District (长寿区) is a first-class tributary of the Yangtze River Three Gorges Reservoir area in the Chongqing (重庆) section, with its entire basin within Changshou District (长寿区). In September 2024, Peach Blossom Creek (桃花溪) passed the effectiveness evaluation of happy river and lake construction by the Yangtze River Water Resources Commission of the Ministry of Water Resources and successfully created a national happy river and lake.
Peach Blossom Creek (桃花溪) was once severely polluted due to industrial pollution, agricultural non-point source pollution, and domestic sewage along its banks. To restore clear waters and green banks, Changshou District (长寿区) built the Longxi River (龙溪河) – Peach Blossom Creek (桃花溪) water system interconnection project, rectified 23 small hydropower stations, built a small hydropower ecological flow supervision platform, and completed the upgrading and reconstruction of sewage treatment plants in the Peach Blossom Creek (桃花溪) basin's subdistricts and towns, as well as the construction of secondary and tertiary sewage pipe networks, effectively promoting the comprehensive improvement of the Peach Blossom Creek's (桃花溪) water ecological environment.
The transformation of Peach Blossom Creek (桃花溪) is a vivid example of Chongqing's (重庆) accelerating construction of a pilot zone for a beautiful China. In recent years, Chongqing (重庆) has been promoting the "Nine Governance" campaign, led by water and air pollution control, continuously strengthening ecological protection and restoration, enhancing the overall beauty of the entire city, promoting green and low-carbon transformation and development, and continuously consolidating the important ecological barrier in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River. In 2024, the water quality of the Chongqing (重庆) section of the Yangtze River's main stream has remained excellent for eight consecutive years, and the proportion of excellent water quality in 74 national control sections has remained at 100% for two consecutive years; the number of days with excellent air quality reached 333, and the PM2.5 concentration decreased by 8.4%.
Deeply engage in the tough battle against pollution prevention and control, and improve the quality of the ecological environment.
In recent years, Chongqing (重庆) has continuously carried out investigations and rectification of sewage outlets into rivers, investigating more than 1,200 rivers in the city and identifying 15,000 sewage outlets into rivers. At the same time, relying on the "Bayu Water Management" water environment management big data system, a digital supervision platform for sewage outlets into rivers throughout the city has been built to achieve intelligent and long-term supervision of sewage outlets into rivers.
Efforts are made in water management, clever strategies are used, and more attention is paid to cooperation and coordinated pollution control. The Tongbo River (铜钵河), which flows through Liangping District (梁平区) in Chongqing (重庆) and Dazhu County (大竹县) in Sichuan Province (四川省), has been renewed under the joint management of Sichuan and Chongqing.
In addition to the joint management of cross-border rivers, Chongqing (重庆) is also promoting a horizontal ecological compensation mechanism in the basin, strengthening the sense of responsibility of "**谁保护谁受益、谁破坏谁补偿**" (shuí bǎo hù shuí shòu yì, shuí pò huài shuí bǔ cháng - "whoever protects benefits, whoever damages compensates," emphasizing accountability for environmental protection), stimulating the internal driving force for water management, and leveraging "major achievements" in the protection of the Yangtze River.
The You River (酉水河), which originates in the Wuling Mountains (武陵山区), flows through Youyang Tujia and Miao Autonomous County (酉阳土家族苗族自治县) and Xiushan Tujia and Miao Autonomous County (秀山土家族苗族自治县) in Chongqing (重庆), and then flows into the Dongting Lake (洞庭湖) water system in Hunan Province (湖南省). Chongqing (重庆) and Hunan (湖南) provinces and cities have included manganese, a key pollutant in the You River (酉水河) basin, as a core compensation indicator in the agreement, and implemented comprehensive management in Youyang County (酉阳县), Xiushan County (秀山县), and Huayuan County (花垣县). As of the end of 2024, the annual average concentration of manganese in the cross-provincial national control assessment section of the You River (酉水河) basin between Chongqing (重庆) and Hunan (湖南) was 0.031mg/L, which is better than the national assessment target.
Chongqing (重庆) is resolutely fighting the battle to defend blue skies. In 2024, the first batch of typical demonstration governance projects in Chongqing's (重庆) "air governance" campaign was announced, and the volatile organic compound deep treatment project implemented by Chongqing Boten Pharmaceutical Technology Co., Ltd. (重庆博腾制药科技股份有限公司) was selected. The company has built and put into use a set of efficient waste gas treatment facilities, adopting a combined process of "three-stage alkaline washing + water washing + regenerative thermal oxidation (RTO) + rapid cooling + two-stage alkaline washing", which effectively separates and treats high-concentration and low-concentration waste gas, ensuring that the total non-methane hydrocarbon emissions after treatment are less than 20mg/m³, and can achieve a reduction of nearly 60 tons of waste gas per year.
In 2024, Chongqing (重庆) formulated and implemented an action plan for continuous improvement of air quality, newly completed 37 enterprise ultra-low emission transformation or deep treatment projects, eliminated and treated 133,000 old vehicles, and promoted 253,000 new energy vehicles.
In terms of soil treatment, Chongqing (重庆) has implemented classified management of soil for construction land. For different levels and types of land plots, management methods such as investigation, evaluation, and restoration are adopted respectively. The safe utilization rate of key construction land has remained at 100% for four consecutive years.
Strengthen ecological protection and restoration, and build a solid ecological security barrier.
Looking out from Huanghua Island (皇华岛) in Zhong County (忠县), the water is sparkling, the vegetation is lush, and rare birds such as fire-bellied finches, Eurasian wrens, and white-necked crows breed and play in the wetland.
In May 2022, the Huanghua Island (皇华岛) mountain-water-forest-field-lake-grass protection and restoration project was launched. The project followed the idea of "**保护文化遗产，展示生态之美**" (bǎo hù wén huà yí chǎn, zhǎn shì shēng tài zhī měi - "protect cultural heritage, showcase ecological beauty," emphasizing the dual goals of cultural and ecological preservation), investing 75 million yuan to implement overall protection, systematic restoration, and comprehensive management of the entire 1.42 square kilometer island. Currently, 958 species of plants have been identified on Huanghua Island (皇华岛), including more than 10 species of national first- and second-class protected plants such as *Adiantum reniforme var. sinense*, *Cycas revoluta*, *Fagopyrum cymosum*, and *Camptotheca acuminata*; there are 369 species of aquatic, terrestrial, and amphibious animals, including *Hydroprogne caspia*, Mandarin ducks, and *Myxocyprinus asiaticus*.
Huanghua Island (皇华岛) is not the only place where the ecological environment has been continuously improved. In recent years, Chongqing (重庆) has insisted on placing the restoration of the Yangtze River's ecological environment in an overwhelming position, deeply implementing "mountain and bank management", and the integrated protection and restoration project of mountains, waters, forests, fields, lakes, and grasslands in the heartland of the Three Gorges Reservoir area has reached 98% progress and is expected to be fully completed before the end of this year. In 2024, the No. 4 General Forest Chief Order was issued, and local government regulations guaranteeing and promoting the forest chief system were introduced. The municipal forest chiefs of the "Four Mountains" (四山) in the central urban area, Jinyun Mountain (缙云山), Zhongliang Mountain (中梁山), Tongluo Mountain (铜锣山), and Mingyue Mountain (明月山), were innovatively established, and a "Smart Forest Chief" platform was built. The forest coverage rate remained above 55%. A total of 61 kilometers of riverside shoreline along the "Two Rivers and Four Banks" (两江四岸) has been managed.
In terms of biodiversity protection, Chongqing (重庆) has established and operated the first database of wild distribution and community status of *Cupressus chengiana* in China, strictly implemented the ten-year fishing ban policy in the Yangtze River, and the number of fish monitored in the Chongqing (重庆) section of the Yangtze River's main stream has increased by more than 1 times compared with before the fishing ban. The frequency of rare fish such as Chinese sturgeon, *Myxocyprinus asiaticus*, and *Procypris rabaudii* has increased significantly.
Focus on comprehensive improvement and create a beautiful urban and rural landscape.
Walking into the Chongqing Xiantao International Big Data Valley (重庆仙桃国际大数据谷) in Yubei District (渝北区), sidewalks, green roofs, ecological parking lots, and ecological wetlands are like "sponges" that can absorb water when it rains and squeeze water out when it is dry, effectively "locking" moisture.
There are currently 2,055 such "breathing" "sponge" projects built in Chongqing (重庆). While promoting the construction of sponge cities, Chongqing (重庆) has also carried out special management of urban problems such as catering oil fume and noise pollution. The Chongqing High-tech Zone of Western Science City (西部科学城重庆高新区) has delineated areas for itinerant vendors and formulated management rules, which not only retain the city's atmosphere but also effectively maintain urban order. Jiulongpo District (九龙坡区) uses the "Noise Controller" noise monitoring and management system to precisely control the volume of "坝坝舞" (bà bà wǔ - "square dancing," a popular form of outdoor dancing in public squares), solving the noise problem that plagues residents. In 2024, the complaint rate of catering oil fume in Chongqing (重庆) decreased by 49.2% year-on-year, and the compliance rate of sound functional areas at night reached 86.5%, making the urban environment more livable.
At the same time, Chongqing (重庆) vigorously implemented the demonstration creation action of thousands of Bayu beautiful and harmonious villages and the two-year zeroing action of rural black and odorous water bodies. Beibei District (北碚区) explored the "five-law water management" model, focusing on the difficult problem of rural black and odorous water body management in hilly areas, and carried out systematic management and ecological restoration of 146,000 square meters of black and odorous water bodies in the region. Jiangjin District (江津区) established mechanisms such as villager participation and public supervision to mobilize the enthusiasm of all parties in governance. At present, Chongqing (重庆) has completed the management of 1,314 rural black and odorous water bodies, totaling 3.05 million square meters, benefiting more than 800,000 people.
Adhere to synergy and efficiency, and promote green and low-carbon transformation.
To promote green and low-carbon transformation, it is necessary to "increase green" at the source. Chongqing (重庆) issued the "Three Lines and One List" (三线一单), finely dividing the administrative region into 818 environmental management units and implementing differentiated and precise management. Among them, Nan'an District (南岸区) identified the Nanping area (南坪片区) as a key industrial and urban management unit, and proposed management requirements of "no new or expanded industrial projects will be built, existing productive enterprises will undergo technological transformation and upgrading and gradually withdraw, and transform to modern service industry functions", helping to promote the green upgrading of the park's industries.
Chongqing (重庆) has also carried out pilot projects for optimizing the classified management of environmental impact assessments in industrial parks, implementing differentiated environmental impact assessments based on the pollution degree and environmental risks of different industries, and improving the scientificity and pertinence of environmental impact assessment management.
Resource conservation, intensive use, and recycling are important ways to promote green production and green industries. To this end, Chongqing (重庆) is improving the quality of the construction of a "waste-free city" in the whole region and vigorously developing the circular economy. In the modern workshop of the State Grid Chongqing Electric Power Renewable Resources Recycling Center (国网重庆电力再生资源循环利用中心), waste cables, steel-cored aluminum strands, etc. are finely dismantled and turned into various renewable resources, which are re-invested in the market.
At present, Chongqing (重庆) has built more than 3,500 "waste-free city cells", covering green production and lifestyles in all aspects of clothing, food, housing, and transportation.
In addition, Chongqing (重庆) is also vigorously promoting the construction of a carbon market. The carbon price increase in the Chongqing (重庆) carbon market ranks first among the eight pilot carbon markets in the country, with a cumulative transaction of 52.99 million tons, injecting strong impetus into green development.
With bluer skies, clearer waters, and more beautiful urban and rural areas, Chongqing (重庆) is now steadily moving towards the goal of becoming a pilot zone for a beautiful China. Chongqing (重庆) will take reform and innovation as the driving force, use digital intelligence empowerment as the path, continue to improve the "Nine Governance" ecological governance system, coordinate the promotion of high-level protection, high-quality development, high-quality life, and high-efficiency governance, and strive to create landmark achievements in the pilot zone for a beautiful China, and further play a demonstration role in promoting the green development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt.
Data source: Chongqing Municipal Ecology and Environment Bureau (重庆市生态环境局)
Return to TopBy: 邱海平
High-quality development is the unshakeable principle of the new era, the primary task of building a socialist modern country in all respects, and an important concept with originality and distinctiveness in Xi Jinping's (习近平) economic thought. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) has made a series of important expositions on high-quality development, emphasizing that "high-quality development is the theme of China's economic and social development during the '14th Five-Year Plan' period and even longer, and it is related to the overall situation of China's socialist modernization construction" and "promoting high-quality development is the fundamental requirement for us to determine development ideas, formulate economic policies, and implement macro-control in the current and future periods," providing scientific guidance and fundamental principles for promoting the transformation of China's economic development mode, and making original contributions to enriching and developing Marxist political economy. A deep understanding of the originality and scientific nature of this important category of high-quality development is of great significance for adhering to Xi Jinping's (习近平) economic thought as a guide, and for continuously creating new situations and reaching new levels in promoting China's high-quality development.
Scientifically revealing the essential characteristics of China's new stage of economic development, enriching and developing the Marxist political economy theory on the stages of economic development.
Marxism is our party's guiding ideology and the "soul" of our theoretical, practical, and institutional innovation. Adhering to the Marxist worldview and methodology as a guide, making scientific judgments on China's stage of economic development, and thereby providing a fundamental basis for clarifying the central tasks of the stage and formulating guidelines and policies, is an important experience for our party to continuously achieve success in promoting reform and development.
Marxist political economy, guided by dialectical materialism and historical materialism, has conducted theoretical analysis of the stages of capitalist economic development and the development from capitalism to communism. In "Das Kapital," Marx divided the stages of capitalist economic development into multiple levels and dimensions. For example, he understood the establishment of the capitalist mode of production and its dominant position in the entire social production as a sign of the final formation and establishment of the capitalist economic system, and divided capitalism into two major stages of development: commercial capitalism and industrial capitalism, and divided industrial capitalism into two stages of development: manufacturing and large-scale industry. For another example, he believed that joint-stock capital is "social capital" different from private capital, and joint-stock companies are "social enterprises" different from private enterprises, and pointed out that "this is the sublation of the capitalist mode of production within the scope of the capitalist mode of production itself." In "Critique of the Gotha Program," Marx divided the development stage after the proletariat seized power into stages such as the "revolutionary transformation period" or "transition period" from capitalist society to communist society, the "first stage of communist society," and the "advanced stage of communist society." Marx's theoretical analysis of the stages of capitalist and communist economic and social development has important implications for our deep understanding of the stage-specific and regular nature of socialist economic development.
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) has attached great importance to the scientific understanding and theoretical summarization of the stage of development in which China's economy is located, and has put forward a series of major judgments in line with the times. For example, in 2012, he proposed that "accelerating the transformation of the economic development mode with the strategic adjustment of the economic structure as the main direction is an important task for China's economic development in the current and future periods"; in 2013, he proposed that "China's economy is in a stage where the growth rate is shifting, the structure is being adjusted, and the previous stimulus policies are being digested," emphasizing that "we must accurately understand the stage-specific characteristics of China's economic development"; in 2014, he proposed that "China's economic development has entered a new normal," emphasizing that "understanding the new normal, adapting to the new normal, and leading the new normal is the major logic of China's economic development in the current and future periods"; in 2017, he proposed that "China's economy has shifted from a stage of high-speed growth to a stage of high-quality development"; in 2021, he proposed that "after the comprehensive completion of building a moderately prosperous society in all respects and achieving the first centenary goal, we must take advantage of the situation to embark on a new journey of comprehensively building a socialist modern country and march towards the second centenary goal, which marks that China has entered a new stage of development," and that "we must take promoting high-quality development as the theme"; and so on. It can be seen that whether it is "three-period superposition" or "the new normal of economic development," the final focus is on high-quality development. Because of this, high-quality development has become a theoretical crystallization formed by General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) through a scientific summary of China's new stage of economic development and its essential characteristics, laying a solid theoretical foundation for our party to formulate new reform and development strategies and policies, and also providing important ideological and theoretical support for the formation and development of Xi Jinping's (习近平) economic thought. Based on an accurate judgment of the historical position and stage of development in which China's economy is located, and combined with a forward-looking scientific judgment of the major changes in the external environment in which China's development is located, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) has successively put forward a series of new concepts, new ideas, and new strategies such as building a modern economic system, accelerating the construction of a new development pattern, and developing new quality productive forces, leading and promoting China's economy to embark on a path of higher quality, more efficiency, greater fairness, more sustainability, and greater security.
General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important expositions on high-quality development adhere to the methodological essence of Marxist political economy on the idea of economic development stages, that is, the basic laws of dialectical materialism such as the law of unity of opposites, the law of quantitative change and qualitative change, and the law of negation of negation, as well as the basic principles of historical materialism such as the productive forces determine the relations of production and the economic base determines the superstructure; at the same time, it enriches and develops the Marxist political economy's measuring standards and theoretical connotations of the idea of economic development stages, that is, from the perspective of the dialectical relationship between economic development speed and quality, it conducts a brand-new theoretical division of China's economic development stages, and innovates the theoretical understanding of economic development stages.
Deeply expounding the scientific connotation of high-quality development, enriching and developing the Marxist political economy's thought on the quality of economic development.
Although Marxist political economy does not directly use the term "economic development quality," it contains rich ideas about economic development quality in its many works. For example, Marxism believes that productive forces determine the relations of production, and the relations of production react to the productive forces. When the relations of production adapt to the development of productive forces, they will promote the development of productive forces and the improvement of economic quality. Conversely, they will hinder the sustainable development of productive forces and the economy; for another example, the labor theory of value in Marxism highlights the core role of labor in creating value, emphasizing that high-quality economic development must give full play to the enthusiasm and creativity of workers, and continuously improve labor productivity, so that labor can be more effectively transformed into commodity value and social wealth; for another example, Marxism believes that capitalist economic development has its own insurmountable deep contradictions. With the accumulation of capital and the increase of the organic composition of capital, the contradictions of capitalist economic society will continue to deepen and develop, thereby generating periodic economic crises. The outbreak of economic crises is a concentrated manifestation of a serious decline in the quality of economic development; and so on. These rich ideas contained in Marxist political economy have important guiding and enlightening significance for our scientific understanding of the issue of economic development quality under the conditions of a socialist market economy.
After decades of reform and opening up and rapid development, China's total economic volume has continued to expand, the quality of development has continued to improve, and its comprehensive national strength and people's living standards have greatly improved, and it has steadily ranked as the world's second largest economy. At the same time, the resource and environmental pressures and the problem of unbalanced and insufficient development facing China are becoming increasingly severe. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) has made profound analysis and sober judgments on the new era issues facing China's economic development. As early as 2013, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "We must improve the methods and means of assessment, not only look at development but also look at the foundation, not only look at obvious achievements but also look at potential achievements, and take indicators and achievements such as improving people's livelihoods, social progress, and ecological benefits as important assessment contents. We can no longer simply judge heroes based on the growth rate of GDP." In 2014, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) further pointed out: "If we cannot see or even are unwilling to admit new changes, new situations, and new problems, and still think about the past extensive high-speed development, and are accustomed to spreading out stalls and launching projects, we will not be able to keep up with the situation. Using old methods, even if the speed is temporarily raised, it will not last long. On the contrary, it will further accumulate and intensify the contradictions and problems in development, and finally there will be a total outbreak." In 2017, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) made a major judgment in the report to the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China that "China's economy has shifted from a stage of high-speed growth to a stage of high-quality development," and further clarified the scientific connotation of high-quality development at the Central Economic Work Conference that year, pointing out: "High-quality development is development that can well meet the people's growing needs for a better life, development that reflects the new development concept, development in which innovation becomes the primary driving force, coordination becomes an inherent characteristic, green becomes a universal form, opening up becomes the inevitable path, and sharing becomes the fundamental purpose."
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) not only pioneered the economic category of high-quality development, taking "being able to well meet the people's growing needs for a better life" and "reflecting the new development concept" as the core measurement standards of high-quality development, profoundly reflecting the fundamental purpose and value orientation of socialist production; but also innovatively developed the Marxist political economy's theoretical understanding of economic development quality and its measurement standards, breaking through the limitations of the national economic accounting and evaluation system with GDP as the core, realizing a profound revolution in the theoretical understanding of economic development quality, and opening up a new realm of socialist political economy with Chinese characteristics. In this sense, the series of new concepts, new ideas, and new strategies put forward by General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) around promoting China's economic development are all planned and deployed with the realization of high-quality development as the core and main line. Because of this, high-quality development occupies a very important position in Xi Jinping's (习近平) economic thought, and is an important hub and clue for deeply understanding and systematically grasping the internal logic and spiritual essence of Xi Jinping's (习近平) economic thought.
Systematically expounding the practical path to achieve high-quality development, enriching and developing the Marxist political economy's thought on the mode of economic development.
Currently, China's economy is in a critical period of transforming the mode of development, optimizing the economic structure, and transforming the growth drivers, and is promoting the quality revolution, efficiency revolution, and power revolution of economic development. This fully shows that transforming the mode of economic development and promoting high-quality development are the same process. In a sense, the result of successfully transforming the mode of development is the realization of high-quality development.
Marxist political economy profoundly expounds the basic principles of transforming the mode of economic development, providing theoretical guidance for our scientific understanding of the practical path to achieve high-quality development under the conditions of a socialist market economy. In "Das Kapital," Marx profoundly clarified that capital accumulation and the expanded reproduction of social total capital are the basis of capitalist economic development, and expanded reproduction is divided into extensive expanded reproduction and intensive expanded reproduction. The mode of economic development is expressed as two types: extensive economic growth and intensive economic growth. Intensive expanded reproduction and intensive economic growth are based on the continuous improvement of labor productivity and the organic composition of capital as the premise and means; at the same time, it also profoundly clarified that the fundamental nature of the capitalist mode of production determines that no matter what mode capitalist economic development takes, it cannot avoid the internal law of the periodic outbreak of economic crises.
Starting from the basic principles of Marxist political economy on transforming the mode of economic development, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) comprehensively expounded the practical path and requirements for transforming the mode of economic development and achieving high-quality development under the conditions of China's socialist market economy. At the Central Economic Work Conference in 2017, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "From the perspective of supply, high-quality development should achieve a relatively complete industrial system, networked and intelligent production organization methods, strong innovation capabilities, demand capture capabilities, brand influence, and core competitiveness, and high product and service quality. From the perspective of demand, high-quality development should continuously meet the personalized, diversified, and continuously upgraded needs of the people, which in turn leads the changes in the supply system and structure, and supply changes continuously give birth to new demands. From the perspective of input-output, high-quality development should continuously improve labor efficiency, capital efficiency, land efficiency, resource efficiency, and environmental efficiency, continuously improve the contribution rate of scientific and technological progress, and continuously improve total factor productivity. From the perspective of distribution, high-quality development should achieve returns on investment, profits for enterprises, income for employees, and taxes for the government, and fully reflect their respective contributions as evaluated by the market. From the perspective of the macroeconomic cycle, high-quality development should achieve smooth production, circulation, distribution, and consumption cycles, a relatively reasonable major proportional relationship and spatial layout of the national economy, and relatively stable economic development without major ups and downs." This important exposition profoundly clarifies the practical path to achieve high-quality development from multiple levels and dimensions such as supply, demand, input-output, distribution, and the macroeconomic cycle, further concretizing the practical requirements of the category of high-quality development, enriching and developing the Marxist political economy's theory on the mode of economic development, and reflecting the ideological methodology of the high unity of theory and practice.
Deeply expounding the important focus of achieving high-quality development, enriching and developing the Marxist theory of productive forces.
Promoting high-quality economic development is a systematic project, which requires not only a comprehensive grasp of the rich connotation and multifaceted practical requirements of high-quality development, but also grasping the key links and the "bull nose" to achieve the effect of raising the outline and clarifying the goals.
Marxism profoundly reveals the essential connection between economic development and the development of productive forces, and reveals the general laws of human society and economic development. Understanding material productive forces and their development as the basis of social economy and its development, and understanding them as the ultimate force determining the nature and form of society and their changes, is a major theoretical contribution made by Marxism to mankind. Lenin profoundly pointed out that the reason why Marxism's materialism made the emergence of scientific sociology possible for the first time is because the method used by Marx is to divide the economic field from various fields of social life, and to divide the relations of production from all social relations, that is, the basic and original relations that determine all other relations. Only by reducing social relations to relations of production and reducing relations of production to the level of productive forces can there be a reliable basis for viewing the development of social forms as a natural historical process. "It goes without saying that without this point of view, there would be no social science." Based on the worldview and methodology of dialectical materialism and historical materialism, Marxist political economy further explained the relationship between science, technology, and productive forces, and put forward very rich concepts of productive forces such as natural productive forces, labor productive forces, social productive forces, and capital productive forces, revealing the laws of quantitative change and qualitative change of productive forces, the logical relationship between productive forces, modes of production, and relations of production, the essential characteristics of productive forces in capitalist society and their inherent contradictions with capitalist relations of production, and so on, thereby revealing the laws of capitalist social economic movement and the historical limitations of the capitalist mode of production. The Marxist theory of productive forces lays an ideological foundation for us to more deeply understand the issues of socialist economic development and the development of productive forces.
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, our Party has, while adhering to the principle that "development is of paramount importance," further established that "we must adhere to high-quality development as the paramount principle in the new era." Since 2023, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平), adhering to Marxism as guidance, based on the new characteristics and trends of contemporary China and the world's scientific, technological, and economic development, and starting from the goals and tasks of high-quality development, has creatively proposed the important concepts and ideas of new quality productive forces and developing new quality productive forces according to local conditions. He has systematically elucidated the characteristics, basic connotations, core symbols, features, key aspects, and essence of new quality productive forces, profoundly revealing the great significance of developing new quality productive forces for achieving high-quality development, thereby establishing the development of new quality productive forces as an inherent requirement and important focus for promoting high-quality development. In 2024, while presiding over the 11th collective study session of the 20th Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) gave a profound summary of new quality productive forces, pointing out: "New quality productive forces are advanced productive forces that are dominated by innovation, break away from traditional economic growth patterns and productivity development paths, possess high technology, high efficiency, and high quality characteristics, and conform to the new development concept. They are fostered by revolutionary breakthroughs in technology, innovative allocation of production factors, and in-depth transformation and upgrading of industries. They take the leap in laborers, means of labor, objects of labor, and their optimized combination as their basic connotation, and the substantial increase in total factor productivity as their core symbol. Their characteristic is innovation, the key lies in quality, and the essence is advanced productive forces."
The concept of new quality productive forces is an adherence to, inheritance, deepening, and sublimation of the concept of high-quality development. From the perspective of adherence and inheritance, from promoting high-quality development to accelerating the development of new quality productive forces, the guiding ideology is consistent, requiring the complete, accurate, and comprehensive implementation of the new development concept. Because only by further deepening the understanding of the great significance of completely, accurately, and comprehensively implementing the new development concept can we deeply understand the inherent logical relationship between new quality productive forces and high-quality development, as well as the great strategic significance of accelerating the development of new quality productive forces for achieving high-quality development. From the perspective of deepening and sublimation, from promoting high-quality development to accelerating the development of new quality productive forces, the Marxist thought on the laws of human social development has been further innovated and developed. This is mainly reflected in the fact that new quality productive forces further reveal the underlying logic and deep forces for achieving high-quality development, reveal the dialectical relationship between economic development and productivity development, and more prominently highlight the fundamental supporting role of developing new quality productive forces for achieving high-quality development, marking that our Party's understanding of the basic laws of human social development has reached a higher new level.
The important concept of new quality productive forces adheres to the worldview and methodology of dialectical materialism and historical materialism, and enriches and develops Marxist theory of productive forces. Although Marx proposed "new productive forces," "the revolution of productive forces," and "the development stages of productive forces," he did not explicitly divide productive forces by quality. The concept of new quality productive forces, for the first time, made a clear division of productive forces by quality and provided a theoretical definition, promoting a "revolution of terminology" and realizing a major innovation in Marxist theory of productive forces. Not only that, the proposal of the concept of new quality productive forces also has great methodological value. The concept of productivity quality contained therein gives productivity a more distinct historical and developmental stage, thereby methodologically helping us to start from the different qualities of productivity, conduct a more specific understanding and in-depth understanding of the relationship between productive forces and production relations in different historical stages, make a clear definition and summary of the quality of productive forces in different social forms in theory, and apply it to a more refined and accurate explanation of the historical evolution of human social forms. In this sense, the concept of new quality productive forces is not only a major innovation in Marxist theory of productive forces, but also makes a major original contribution to the innovative development of the Marxist worldview and methodology.
Since the new era, under the scientific guidance of Xi Jinping (习近平)'s economic thought, especially General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平)'s important expositions on high-quality development, China's economic development has achieved historic achievements and undergone historic changes, standing at a higher historical starting point. In particular, China's independent innovation capabilities have been continuously enhanced, and it has entered the ranks of innovative countries. New breakthroughs have been continuously made in key core technology fields. New industries, new business forms, and new models led and driven by cutting-edge technological innovation have emerged in competition. Traditional industries have accelerated their transformation and upgrading. Self-development capabilities have been significantly improved, and international competitiveness has been continuously enhanced. Practice has fully proven that Xi Jinping (习近平)'s economic thought, especially General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平)'s important expositions on high-quality development, is a scientific theory that points out the direction for China to achieve economic modernization. On the new journey in the new era, we must deeply study and implement Xi Jinping (习近平)'s economic thought, especially General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平)'s important expositions on high-quality development, adhere to taking high-quality development as the paramount principle in the new era, complete the primary task of achieving high-quality development in building a socialist modern country in all respects, and contribute the greatest certainty to the contemporary world full of uncertainties.
(The author is the Deputy Dean of the Xi Jinping (习近平) Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era Research Institute of Renmin University of China (中国人民大学))
Return to TopBy: 李永智
Children are the future of the motherland and the hope of the Chinese nation. Ideological and political education is an important way to guide children to build firm ideals and beliefs and shape correct values. At this year's National People's Congress and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (全国两会), General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "We must adhere to the synchronized advancement of ideological and political course construction and the arming of the Party's innovative theories, the alignment of ideological and political courses and curriculum-based ideological and political education, effectively integrate the 'small classroom' of ideological and political education with the 'large classroom' of society, and make moral education more effective and efficient." To do a good job in the ideological and political education of children, we must adhere to scientific methods, adapt to the age and characteristics of children, and transform abstract content requirements into concrete actions.
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) attaches great importance to the ideological and political education of children. In 2014, when he participated in the celebration of the "June 1st" International Children's Day at the Minzu Primary School in Haidian District, Beijing (北京市海淀区民族小学), he put forward the "sixteen-character" (十六字) requirement for children to cultivate and practice socialist core values, namely, "remember the requirements, have role models in mind, start from an early age, and accept help," which provides a methodological guide for us to do a good job in the ideological and political education of children. Contemporary Chinese children are the future vital force for promoting the construction of a strong country and the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. We must firmly grasp the "sixteen-character" (十六字) requirement put forward by General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平), adhere to educating people for the Party and cultivating talents for the country, and educate and guide hundreds of millions of children to be ready to realize the great cause of building a strong country and rejuvenating the nation.
Highlight the educational concept of the unity of knowledge and action. Ideological and political education is significantly different from knowledge education. It is not simply imparting theoretical knowledge, but aims at the unity of knowledge and action, requiring the educated to deeply understand and identify with the ideas, concepts, and value systems contained in the education, and actively practice them in daily life and learning. Knowing is the beginning of doing, and "remembering the requirements" is the basic requirement for "knowing." Only by educating and guiding children to memorize the basic content of socialist core values can they be deeply rooted in their minds and lay the ideological foundation for practicing socialist core values. "Having role models in mind" provides a concrete practical reference and source of motivation for the unity of knowledge and action. The excellent qualities displayed by role models can stimulate children's strong desire to imitate and practice, transform "knowing" into "doing," and continuously compare and think according to their own actual situation in the process of practice, and further deepen their understanding of "knowing." Doing is the completion of knowing, and "starting from an early age" is a concrete guide to "doing," encouraging children to put "knowing" into "doing," and cultivate good thoughts and morals in the bit-by-bit practice and in the reflection of every move. "Accepting help" plays an indispensable auxiliary and promoting role in the process of "the unity of knowledge and action." In the process of practicing socialist core values, children will inevitably encounter various difficulties and doubts. At this time, suggestions and guidance from teachers and parents can enable children to better transform cognition into practical actions and realize the effective connection from "knowing" to "doing."
Grasp the law of ideological and cognitive development of children. Children have diversified growth backgrounds, differentiated cognitive characteristics, and dynamically developing psychological and behavioral patterns, which puts forward higher requirements for the ideological and political education of children. Only by following the epistemological law of "practice-cognition-re-practice-re-cognition," and through the repeated process of "educational practice-cognitive deepening-improved practice-cognitive sublimation," can we educate and guide children to transform the seeds of socialist core values from initial perception into conscious action. "Remembering the requirements" emphasizes internalizing the norms at the theoretical level, but it does not require rote memorization, but rather combining it with actual life and integrating it into specific practical activities such as daily learning, life, and interpersonal communication, so that it becomes a behavioral norm and judgment standard; "Having role models in mind" emphasizes the demonstration role of role models in a concrete, emotional, and scenario-based way, and guides children to achieve the unity of ideological and moral internalization and externalization by establishing advanced models with excellent qualities and exemplary behaviors; "Starting from an early age" emphasizes respecting the laws of children's physical and mental development and the laws of education and teaching, and guides children to achieve qualitative changes in the quantitative changes of every small good deed and every small action that follows the requirements, and gradually form good behavior habits and moral qualities, thereby effectively solving the problem of the disconnection between theory and practice in traditional ideological and political education; "Accepting help" emphasizes allowing children to solve the common and individual problems in practicing socialist core values by accepting help from others, and firmly establishing children's belief in socialist core values.
Follow the teaching principle of teaching students in accordance with their aptitude. From the perspective of Marxist worldview and methodology, the four aspects of "remembering the requirements, having role models in mind, starting from an early age, and accepting help" are closely linked. They not only comprehensively and profoundly reflect how to promote the ideological and moral growth and all-round development of children in a scientific way on the basis of following objective laws, but also directly reflect the combination of serious reasoning and kind persuasion. It is a high degree of unity of educational methods, educational principles, and language art. Children are young and have little social experience, and they often find it difficult to deeply understand profound, serious principles and grand narratives. In order to explain the principles thoroughly, we must teach students in accordance with their aptitude, pay attention to educational strategies, use the charm of language, use story weaving and analogy enlightenment as bridges, adopt an entertaining guiding method, and explain those profound and difficult principles to children in a simple and clear way, improve the attractiveness and effectiveness of values education, make socialist core values knowledge "alive," and transform it into a vivid, perceptible, and life-like existence, so that it can be better understood and practiced by children.
Timely respond to the contemporary issues of values education. While specifically expounding the "sixteen-character" (十六字) requirement, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) also profoundly pointed out some prominent problems in the current values learning of children. For example, in response to the fact that some children like to compare their food and clothing, whether they have a car to pick them up, and what their parents do, he pointed out that "this is a biased comparison" and "we should compare who is more ambitious, who studies harder, who loves labor more, who loves to exercise more, and who is more loving"; in response to the phenomenon of self-centeredness among some children, who do not listen to the advice of parents and teachers and act willfully, he pointed out that "children are in the process of forming their world view, outlook on life, and values, and need help. Don't dislike your parents for talking too much, don't dislike your teachers for being too strict, don't dislike your classmates for being too broad-minded, first think about whether what they say and manage is right and whether it is for your own good, and listen if it is right"; and so on. These important expositions are highly targeted, not only responding to the problems in children's growth in a timely manner, but also pointing out the direction for doing a good job in ideological and political education, which is conducive to guiding children to focus their attention on those who truly have excellent qualities and can represent correct values, gradually form and consolidate correct values, and truly transform the cognition, emotion, and will of socialist core values into daily behaviors and habits.
In short, the "sixteen-character" (十六字) requirement of "remembering the requirements, having role models in mind, starting from an early age, and accepting help" is easy to understand, concise, and contains rich and profound methodological connotations. Over the past 10 years, the education system has taken this "sixteen-character" (十六字) requirement as a guide to promote the ideological and political education of children and has achieved obvious results. The main channel role of the curriculum has been continuously strengthened, the exemplary and leading role of the teacher team has been continuously exerted, the practical education system has been continuously improved, and a good atmosphere for the whole society to cultivate and practice socialist core values has been formed. At the same time, it is necessary to see that in the information age, children's self-awareness is constantly enhanced, and the channels for obtaining information are increasingly enriched, which not only demonstrates the growth vitality of the new generation under the empowerment of technology, but also constantly puts forward new requirements and new challenges for ideological and political education. Under the new situation, we must firmly grasp the "sixteen-character" (十六字) requirement, under the leadership of the Party, closely rely on and widely mobilize all aspects of strength, create favorable conditions for the healthy growth of children, guide the vast number of children to cultivate a beautiful mind and establish lofty aspirations, and grow up to become useful people for the construction of the motherland.
(The author is the Party Secretary of the Chinese Academy of Educational Sciences (中国教育科学研究院党委书记).)
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 吴 燕
Inaugural Remarks
Vigorously boosting consumption and improving investment efficiency, and expanding domestic demand in all directions, is the top of the nine key tasks of this year's economic work. Consumption is an important engine of economic growth, a key link in the domestic cycle, and a direct reflection of the people's need for a better life. Vigorously boosting consumption and giving full play to the driving role of consumption in the economic cycle will help promote the sustained recovery and improvement of China's economy and the steady and long-term development of the economic ship.
Starting today, this edition will launch the column "China's Consumption Moving Towards the New," focusing on how to accelerate the filling of shortcomings in consumption, how economic policies can focus more on benefiting people's livelihoods and promoting consumption, leading industrial upgrading with consumption upgrading, and better meeting needs with high-quality supply.
Not long ago, the topic "Why is it getting harder and harder to buy our clothes?" became a trending topic, with over 38 million views. Many netizens complained: There are so many clothes, why can't I always buy the one I like the most?
Among the tens of thousands of messages, some were dissatisfied with the price, some were worried about the quality, and some were dissatisfied with the style. Behind the demand for clothing is a reflection of the changing consumption concepts that are taking place: Today, what we see as good value for money is no longer a simple cost performance ratio, but a complex coordinate system containing multiple dimensions.
Bargaining in the vegetable market, waiting for the "link" in the live broadcast room, comparing shopping lists all over the Internet... We have never stopped pursuing good value for money, buying goods or services that meet or even exceed expectations with less money. Nowadays, when you walk into a supermarket, you are dazzled by the variety of goods; when you open your mobile phone, there are new products every day. The choice of troubles brought about by massive commodities is actually a hard-won consumer dividend.
As a post-80s generation, I still retain childhood memories of food stamps, which were shadows of rationed supply and allocation of consumer goods. In an era of material shortages, there was no talk of "good value for money"; I also remember the joy of my parents working hard to save money year after year to exchange for color TVs, refrigerators, and washing machines when I was a teenager, which was a testimony to the gradual enrichment of commodity supply after the reform and opening up. "Good quality" became more and more available, sometimes accompanied by "high prices."
With the accumulation of industrialization, bidding farewell to roughness and counterfeiting, and relying on advanced technology-driven, optimized production processes, excellent cost control, and significant economies of scale, Chinese manufacturing has been able to create the good value for money that consumers expect.
High cost-effective good value for money supports the fireworks of life.
On the one hand, per capita national income has not yet reached the world average level, and regional differences, urban-rural differences, and income differences are still significant. "Low price" guarantees the bottom line of people's livelihood, and abundant supply chains also anchor the sense of gain, happiness, and security. On the other hand, with a population of more than 1.4 billion and per capita consumption expenditure increasing year by year, the world's largest and most growing middle-income group, "good quality" meets the upgrading of needs. As one technological barrier after another is overcome, based on the advantages of the entire industrial chain, Chinese manufacturing will bring more people into modern life.
Dialectics tells us that there are always two sides to everything, and things often go to extremes. Blindly pursuing "low price" while ignoring "good quality" makes it difficult to paint the colors needed for a better life.
In the complaints that "clothes are getting harder and harder to buy," some consumers are troubled by the shrinking quality and the similarity of designs, while some producers are troubled by the soaring return rates and meager profits. When consumers' trade-offs enter multiple dimensions, and the supply chain is still blindly competing on "low price" in homogeneous competition, it is inevitable to fall into an involution dilemma. In the short term, consumers reap the "really fragrant" price, but this low price may come at the expense of quality; in the long term, it is not conducive to industry growth, and consumers will eventually pay the price for the bad money driving out the good. The pursuit of "good quality" can be endless, but the pursuit of "low price" needs to be more rational.
Recently, the drastic price cuts of some car companies have triggered a new round of "price war" panic. The China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (中国汽车工业协会) and the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (工业和信息化部) have successively made urgent statements, opposing disorderly "price wars" and increasing efforts to rectify the "involution" competition in the automotive industry. Many heads of car companies have said that the future of China's automotive industry lies in competing on "value" rather than "price." This choice contains profound economic laws.
Times are changing, and the market is also changing. The stage of imitative and wave-like consumption has basically ended, and personalized and diversified consumption is gradually becoming the mainstream. Jumping out of the "price war" and turning to the value chain, more and more people are looking forward to a higher level of good value for money.
Production, distribution, exchange, and consumption are interlocked and constitute an economic cycle. Producers and consumers, as micro-entities, stand at the important two ends of the economic cycle.
For producers, each round of production is responding to consumer demand and can also create new demand.
There is a famous "smile curve" in the industrial chain. The front-end research and development and the back-end market service are located at the top of the U-shaped curve, which means higher added value. If enterprises only use price as a trick and are trapped at the bottom of the curve, the track will naturally become narrower and narrower; aiming at personalization, diversification, and quality, and striving to climb upward, they can meet new growth space.
Just like cooking, if a chef wants to capture the stomachs of diners, he must not only make "signature dishes" well, but also try to develop more new dishes and launch "innovative dishes." The same is true for enterprises. They must not only be good at adapting to trends to meet explicit needs, but also dare to lead the trend to explore potential needs. Excellent entrepreneurs should have such determination and ambition to create effective demand with high-quality goods and services.
For consumers, every consumption is not only defining a lifestyle, but also guiding the direction of industrial upgrading.
The money spent on consumption enters enterprises. If it is invested in research and development, expanded production, and improved employee benefits, it will continue to provide impetus for consumption upgrading, and the economic development will form a spiral upward cycle. From bicycles, sewing machines, and watches in the 1980s, to color TVs, refrigerators, and washing machines in the 1990s, and then to mobile phones, computers, and automobiles in the early 21st century, the trend of consumption upgrading has come one after another, and production upgrading has also been higher than the last.
Consumption seems to be the end of a cycle, but why not the starting point of the next cycle, like the switch of a spiral, the rise and fall determine whether it is external expansion or internal collapse. Activating this switch requires all parties to work together, so that we have a stable income to consume, dare to consume without worries, and have a good consumption environment and a strong sense of gain. We may also change our concepts. Consumption is not a waste. We should save what should be saved and spend what should be spent, and add color to our lives with high-quality goods and services that truly meet our needs.
At the present stage, the main contradiction in Chinese society is the contradiction between the people's growing need for a better life and unbalanced and inadequate development. From a moderately prosperous society to a well-off society, the problem of "whether or not" has been basically solved, and the problem of "good or bad" is more prominent. Today, we are at a changing node, and the focus of consumption is shifting from survival-oriented to development-oriented and enjoyment-oriented upgrading, and moving towards the new in all directions.
Moving towards the new, what kind of good value for money is needed?
Higher level, richer level, with cost performance corresponding to function and price, quality price ratio matching quality and value, and even more emotional and personalized resonance of the heart price ratio. In the pursuit of a better life, good value for money is constantly growing new era connotations.
Life needs fireworks, but also yearns for color.
Return to TopThis newspaper reported from Beijing on June 3rd (Reporter Wang Guan (王观)): The latest data released by the State Taxation Administration (国家税务总局) shows that in the first four months of this year, private economy taxpayers nationwide (including private enterprises and individual businesses) enjoyed tax and fee reductions and refunds of 351.88 billion yuan from major policies supporting scientific and technological innovation and manufacturing development, accounting for more than 60%, making them the main beneficiaries of tax and fee preferential policies. A series of tax and fee preferential policies have effectively stimulated the vitality of the private economy. Tax data shows that in the first four months, the overall development of the private economy was stable and improving, showing many highlights.
The development trend is stable and improving. Value-added tax invoice data shows that in the first four months, the sales revenue of the private economy increased by 3.6% year-on-year, 0.9 percentage points higher than the national average for enterprises, accounting for 71.3% of the national enterprise sales revenue. By industry, the sales revenue of the private economy in manufacturing and high-tech industries increased by 6.5% and 15.5% year-on-year, respectively, with growth rates 1.8 and 1.6 percentage points faster than the national average for enterprises in the same industries.
The number of people employed is steadily increasing. Tax data shows that as of the end of April, the number of people paying pension insurance premiums in the private economy accounted for 79.4% of the total number of enterprise employees paying premiums, an increase of 0.2 percentage points compared to the same period last year; the number of premium payers increased by 0.9% year-on-year, 0.2 percentage points higher than the average increase for all enterprises.
The number of newly established business entities continues to grow. Tax data shows that as of the end of April, the number of tax-related business entities in the national private economy increased by 7.6% year-on-year, accounting for 97.6% of the total number of tax-related business entities nationwide, making an important contribution to stabilizing the fundamental base of business entities.
The relevant person in charge of the State Taxation Administration (国家税务总局) stated that the tax authorities will continue to implement tax and fee preferential policies **不折不扣** (bù zhé bù kòu - "without discount," to implement policies fully and without compromise), improve the level of tax and fee services, help the vast number of private economic entities to start lightly and enhance their vitality, and further play an important role in stabilizing employment, stabilizing enterprises, stabilizing the market, and stabilizing expectations.
Return to TopThis newspaper reported from Beijing on June 3rd (Reporter Ouyang Jie (欧阳洁)). The China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing (中国物流与采购联合会) released the logistics operation situation for the first four months on the 3rd. In April, logistics operations withstood the pressure of external shocks, demonstrating strong resilience and development potential, and maintained a generally stable and positive trend. From January to April, the total national social logistics volume reached 115.3 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 5.6%.
In terms of structure, production and consumption demands have grown steadily, effectively supporting the resilience of domestic logistics demand. From January to April, the total logistics volume of industrial products increased by 5.7% year-on-year. In April, most industries and product logistics demands maintained growth, with 87.8% of the 41 major industries showing growth. Among them, the logistics growth rate of the equipment manufacturing industry reached 9.8%; logistics demand related to high-tech manufacturing increased by 10.0% year-on-year. From January to April, the total logistics volume of goods for units and residents increased by 5.9% year-on-year, an increase of 0.1 percentage points compared to the first quarter. In April, the policy effects of promoting domestic demand, such as trading in old consumer goods for new ones, were significant, coupled with the assistance of new business formats such as live streaming e-commerce and instant retail, and the logistics demand for residents' consumption steadily increased. Retail sales of goods related to trade-ins, such as smart homes, communication equipment, and building decoration, drove consumption growth by 1.4 percentage points, driving the synchronous release of logistics demand. Online e-commerce consumption is vibrant. From January to April, online retail sales of physical goods increased by 5.8%, an increase of 0.1 percentage points compared to the first quarter.
The total logistics volume of imported goods has declined somewhat, but the decline has narrowed. From January to April, the total logistics volume of imported goods decreased by 4.1% year-on-year, narrowing by 1 percentage point compared to the first quarter. Among electromechanical products, the import volume of machine tools and integrated circuits maintained growth, increasing by 22.9% and 8.0% year-on-year, respectively. In April, 1,143 China-Central Asia Railway Express (中亚班列) trains were operated, transporting 86,000 TEUs of goods, an increase of 9.4% and 14.6% year-on-year, respectively; the volume of cargo and mail transported on international routes by civil aviation was 353,000 tons, an increase of 26.3% year-on-year.
Return to TopThis newspaper reported from Beijing on June 3rd (Reporter Han Xin (韩鑫)) From May 31st to June 2nd (Dragon Boat Festival holiday), the total cross-regional personnel flow in the whole society was 653 million person-times, with an average daily flow of 218 million person-times, an increase of 2.5% compared with the same period last year.
During the Dragon Boat Festival holiday, many places across the country had fine weather. The flow of people on highways was 597 million person-times, with an average daily flow of about 200 million person-times, an increase of 2.4% year-on-year. Didi Chuxing data shows that the Dragon Boat Festival overlapped with Children's Day, and short-distance self-driving tours and family parent-child tours increased significantly. The demand for taxis during the holiday increased by 31% year-on-year. During peak periods, the demand for taxis exceeded 100,000 orders per minute.
During this holiday, railway passenger traffic was 48.03 million person-times, with an average daily traffic of 16.01 million person-times, an increase of 4.3% year-on-year; waterway passenger traffic was 2.73 million person-times, with an average daily traffic of 910,000 person-times, a decrease of 6.8% year-on-year; civil aviation passenger traffic was 5.63 million person-times, with an average daily traffic of 1.88 million person-times, an increase of 1.7% year-on-year.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 李 蕊
Tweezers fly quickly, fingertips gently gather and knead, and dark hair gradually unfolds in the skilled hands of workers, creating delicate and light-as-cicada-wings beauty eyelashes. In the eyelash processing enterprises of Dazeshan Town (大泽山镇), Pingdu City (平度市), Shandong Province (山东省), the products are waiting to be shipped.
Pingdu (平度), an obscure small city, hides the wealth code of beauty eyelashes. In the 1970s, this fashionable business came to Pingdu (平度). After decades of development, it has now become a pillar industry in the local area. Data shows that Pingdu (平度) sells approximately 120 million pairs of beauty eyelashes overseas each year, with a production volume accounting for approximately 70% of the global market.
"Each hair has its own position." In Pingdu Yicaimeier Eyelash Factory (平度伊彩美尔眼睫毛厂), female worker Wang Zhenjuan (王振娟) precisely embeds fine mink hair into the mold groove. With a tape application, a row of naturally curled eyelash prototypes appears. Yu Guangmin (于光敏), in the adjacent work station, distributes the beauty eyelashes on the mold, completing the process before quality inspection.
"Now the technology is becoming more and more proficient. I can distribute about 2,500 pairs of beauty eyelashes every day, and earn more than 6,000 yuan a month." Yu Guangmin (于光敏) has been making eyelashes for 10 years. "It's close to home, the working hours are flexible, and it's convenient to take care of the elderly and children at home."
In the past five years, the number of beauty eyelash enterprises in Pingdu (平度) has increased significantly. At present, there are more than 5,000 beauty eyelash business entities in the city, which can produce and process more than 3,000 different styles and categories of finished products, with more than 60,000 employees.
"The development of the industry is not smooth. In previous years, we also faced development bottlenecks, such as low degree of automation, lagging construction of independent brands, and low added value of products," said Qiao Ning (乔宁), Director of the Bureau of Industry and Information Technology of Pingdu City (平度市工业和信息化局局长).
Walking into the workshop of Qingdao Boxiu False Eyelash Crafts Co., Ltd. (青岛博秀假睫毛工艺品有限公司) in the Beauty Online New Economy Industrial Park (美妆在线新经济产业园), technicians lightly touch the control screen, and the robotic arms dance nimbly on the automated assembly line, picking up, moving, and positioning... a set of operations flows smoothly.
"Without supervision, this '3D printing' equipment can independently complete 12 processes such as loading and peeling," said Wang Haibo (王海波), General Manager of Qingdao Boxiu False Eyelash Crafts Co., Ltd. (青岛博秀假睫毛工艺品有限公司). "In the past, it was a family workshop-style production, but now it is a standardized production workshop. The production efficiency of the industrial chain has increased by 5 to 6 times, and the economic benefits have increased by 20%."
"We have also created a 'Beauty Eyelash Industry Brain' to help enterprises build digital workshops for eyelash semi-finished products and back-end intelligent manufacturing, and improve production quality and efficiency," said Guo Hu (郭虎), General Manager of Qingdao Beauty Online New Economy Industrial Park (青岛美妆在线新经济产业园).
Wang Haibo (王海波) is a well-known local "eyelash second generation." After taking over from his parents, he deeply understands the way of innovation: "Now we must pay attention to product quality and brand image shaping, and adapt to the needs and preferences of consumers in different countries." The biodegradable eyelashes developed by his team have become a new favorite in the European and American markets.
The transformation of these enterprises is a vivid footnote to the upgrading of the Pingdu (平度) beauty eyelash industry.
In recent years, Pingdu (平度) has introduced policies such as financial and tax support, e-commerce cultivation, talent introduction, and brand support to accelerate the development of the Beauty Online New Economy Industrial Park (美妆在线新经济产业园), the Beauty Supporting Industrial Park (美妆配套产业园), and the Dazeshan (大泽山) and Jiudian (旧店) production bases, highlighting the advantages of industrial agglomeration, and further "building the chain, strengthening the chain, supplementing the chain, and extending the chain" to support the industry to become bigger and stronger.
"Upstream, we are building a supporting industrial park to gather raw material enterprises such as wire drawing, sharpening, and dyeing, and supplement the production links of chemical fiber raw materials; the midstream focuses on the production links of semi-finished products, and focuses on the research and development of intelligent equipment to achieve cost reduction, quality improvement, and efficiency enhancement; downstream, we leverage the Beauty Online New Economy Industrial Park (美妆在线新经济产业园) to join hands with the platform to cultivate new e-commerce forces and help enterprises transform and upgrade to terminal sales," Qiao Ning (乔宁) introduced. Through the systematic project of "building the chain, strengthening the chain, supplementing the chain, and extending the chain," Pingdu (平度) comprehensively improves the resource integration, technology realization, and operation management capabilities of the beauty eyelash industry, and the annual production value can reach 10 billion yuan.
"Next, we will create artificial intelligence application scenarios for the eyelash industry, build future factories, industrial maps, digital parks, etc., and actively promote digital construction," Qiao Ning (乔宁) described the industrial blueprint. "We will also deepen industry-university-research cooperation, empower product innovation with intelligence and digitalization, and open up broader development prospects."
Return to TopThis newspaper's Beijing (北京) June 3rd dispatch (Reporters Wang Ke (王珂) and Yin Xiaoyu (尹晓宇)) On June 3rd, the 2025 "Service Consumption Season" event was launched in Nanjing (南京), Jiangsu Province (江苏省). The event, starting in June and continuing until the end of the year, will adhere to the principles of "government guidance, market operation, innovation and efficiency enhancement, and quality improvement for the benefit of the people." It will leverage the roles of departments, local governments, associations, platforms, enterprises, and media, focusing on more than 10 key areas such as catering, accommodation, housekeeping, elderly care, culture and entertainment, tourism, sports, and health. It will organize more than 160 service consumption promotion activities that are popular with the public and actively participated in by businesses.
The 2025 "Service Consumption Season" series of consumption promotion activities is led by the Ministry of Commerce (商务部), focusing on promoting the integrated development of commerce, tourism, culture, sports, and health. It will cultivate integrated consumption scenarios such as "tourism +," "food +," "sports +," "performance +," "exhibition +," "digital +," "IP +," "ice and snow +," "train +," and "movie +." Through various forms such as preferential promotions, tasting experiences, route releases, display and promotion, and skills competitions, it will innovate service consumption scenarios, stimulate the vitality of business entities, focus on improving the quality of supply, release the potential of service consumption, and cultivate new growth points for service consumption.
At the launch ceremony, the Department of Trade in Services of the Ministry of Commerce (商务部服贸司) released the 2025 National "Service Consumption Season" activity plan. The Jiangsu Provincial Department of Commerce (江苏省商务厅) and the Nanjing Municipal Bureau of Commerce (南京市商务局) respectively released service consumption benefit packages and the "Ningxiang Service" consumption selection guide.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 窦瀚洋
"Why aren't delivery drivers and food couriers coming to such a well-built rest station?" Inside the "Xin Yun Li" (心运力) Friendly Station in Changhe Subdistrict (长河街道), Binjiang District (滨江区), Hangzhou (杭州), Zhejiang Province (浙江省), there are sofas, shared power banks, microwave ovens, umbrellas, hot water kettles, electric vehicle charging stations, and other service facilities, but it is not popular.
"Since the station has been in operation for some time, we have found that the utilization rate is particularly low." Zheng Wenxing (郑文星), a cadre of Changhe Subdistrict (长河街道), said that there are not many riders who come to the station, and even if they do, few people use the various equipment in the station.
Later, the shared power bank equipment provider even withdrew the equipment placed in the station on the grounds that the borrowing rate was too low. The utilization rate of electric vehicle charging stations specially set up for delivery drivers and food couriers is also pitifully low. After a lot of hard work, the effect was not good, and Zheng Wenxing (郑文星) and his colleagues were filled with frustration.
What exactly is the problem? "Where do the riders go to charge their vehicles?" "We are more like self-indulgent." "What kind of services do the riders really need?"... At the seminar organized by the Party and Mass Service Center (党群服务中心) of Changhe Subdistrict (长河街道), everyone discussed enthusiastically, but there was still confusion.
Returning to the origin of the problem, what kind of station do delivery drivers and food couriers really need?
"You'll know if you really experience it once!" Zheng Wenxing (郑文星) volunteered and decided to try "thinking in another's shoes."
Taking time out of his spare time, Zheng Wenxing (郑文星) started a week-long rider career experience. "But after a week, I didn't gain much." Zheng Wenxing (郑文星) said, "I didn't even understand the basic knowledge such as the scoring system, order receiving settings, and order dispatching rules, let alone accurately identify the pain points of the riders."
"A superficial understanding is not enough, to deeply understand the riders, you have to really immerse yourself." Zheng Wenxing (郑文星) decided to extend the experience time. This time, he spent more than 4,000 yuan out of his own pocket to purchase electric vehicles, spare batteries, and food courier uniforms from various platforms, and set three goals for himself: the platforms to be experienced should be "comprehensive," the time periods covered should be "comprehensive," and the weather experienced should be "comprehensive."
Through wind and rain, Zheng Wenxing's (郑文星) order-running road was not smooth, and even a bit embarrassing: when delivering orders, the electric vehicle broke down or ran out of power halfway, and maintenance and battery replacement became difficult; when entering residential areas to deliver meals, he would sometimes encounter cold treatment from security guards, and even property management would lock the vehicle without authorization; once, during a delivery, due to poor road conditions and the need to rush, the food was squeezed and deformed when it was delivered, resulting in customer complaints, and he ended up losing 30 yuan...
"This order-running experience has changed too many of our previous perceptions." Zheng Wenxing (郑文星) cited an example, riders have tight delivery schedules and usually don't have time to charge, so they can only rely on battery replacement, so the utilization rate of charging stations set up in the station will not be high. "The monthly rental fee for the battery replacement platform is about 300 yuan, and you can replace the battery unlimited times, no wonder no one uses the charging stations in the station." These "true knowledge" gained from practice have allowed him to accumulate a lot of "first-hand information."
Every weekend, Zheng Wenxing (郑文星) would also run orders according to the requirements of a full-time rider, working from 8 am to 8 pm, averaging more than 20,000 steps per day.
In this way, Zheng Wenxing (郑文星) spent his spare time as a food courier for 60 days, running 330 orders on 5 platforms, traveling about 2,900 kilometers. More importantly, he finally figured out what kind of station the riders really need.
"Only by truly entering the work of the riders can we find out where the problem lies." After the experience, Zheng Wenxing (郑文星) and his colleagues stepped up the renovation of the station, and he also shared his心得: "Our previous logic was reversed, we shouldn't build a station and wait for the riders to come, but we should build a station in places where the riders often go."
Therefore, the Party and Mass Service Center (党群服务中心) of Changhe Subdistrict (长河街道) began to select sites for stations in areas with high rider activity, such as shopping centers and commercial streets. At the same time, they removed the impractical facilities in the past stations, increased services related to electric vehicle maintenance, repair, and roadside assistance, added battery replacement cabinets, and introduced 4 electric vehicle shops in the辖区 to provide free electric vehicle testing and tire repair services.
Not only that, the Party and Mass Service Center (党群服务中心) of Changhe Subdistrict (长河街道) also created a "Rider Friendly Service Street" in the辖区. In addition to electric vehicle-related services, riders can also enjoy exclusive packages provided by merchants such as restaurants, clothing stores, and barbershops in the service street, at more affordable prices.
Now, Changhe Subdistrict (长河街道) has built 4 Rider Friendly Service Streets and 4 Rider Stations. Compared with the past desertedness, the stations are now much more lively. Zheng Wenxing (郑文星) also often receives praise and usage feedback from everyone in the rider group.
"You see, my 60 days were not in vain, at least we are now increasingly clear about what the riders need." Showing the WeChat messages sent by the riders, Zheng Wenxing (郑文星) smiled.
Thoughts
Lao Zheng (老郑), your two months of "undercover" work were worth it! You are not playing the role of a "rider," you have truly become one of "our own." We have seen the sweat you shed, the tickets you received, and the grievances you suffered. Because you have really done it, you understand our fatigue; and because you understand, the things you do can really help us. With a cadre like you thinking and helping behind us, we feel much more at ease running orders.
-- Yao Peng (姚鹏), Flash Delivery Rider
Comrade Wenxing (文星) broke through the traditional research model, personally experienced the hardships of riders, and accurately captured industry pain points such as algorithmic rule oppression, insufficient vehicle protection, and obstacles to community access through "immersive research," reflecting a pragmatic work style. What is even more commendable is that he not only "sees the problem," but also promotes the solution of the problem, transforming individual困境 into systematic service optimization programs. This practical spirit of "from the masses, to the masses" demonstrates the empathy and action needed in基层治理. He proved through his own practice that only by putting down one's posture and going deep into the front line can we truly eliminate governance blind spots and improve the level of refined service.
-- Wu Yanli (吴燕丽), Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of Changhe Subdistrict (长河街道) Entrepreneurial Talent Service Center
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 游 仪
Consumption is an important force driving the sustainable development of China's economy. At present, service consumption has become an important incremental source of residents' consumption, playing an important role in stabilizing growth, benefiting people's livelihoods, and promoting employment. How can we further improve service quality, optimize the consumption environment, and promote the high-quality development of service consumption?
Entrusted by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (中共中央), Ding Zhongli (丁仲礼), Chairman of the China Democratic League Central Committee (民盟中央), and Wang Guangqian (王光谦), Executive Vice Chairman, led research teams to Sichuan (四川) and Hainan (海南) respectively, to conduct key research on "Optimizing Policies and Mechanisms to Promote Service Consumption."
Going Deep into the Front Lines
Solid Research
As a national intangible cultural heritage, the Zigong Lantern Festival (自贡灯会) is a globally renowned calling card of outstanding Chinese traditional culture. As night falls at the 31st Zigong International Dinosaur Lantern Festival (自贡国际恐龙灯会) in Sichuan, the "Twin Beauties of Qingcheng" ("青城双姝") are vividly lifelike, the "Monkey King" ("齐天大圣") is awe-inspiring, and the panda lanterns are lively and cute. In the dazzling sea of lights, tourists take out their mobile phones to take pictures and check in.
"How is the surrounding industrial support?" "How enthusiastic are tourists about visiting?" "Can strengthening IP linkage attract more young people?"... At the China Lantern World (中华彩灯大世界) scenic spot in Zigong (自贡), the research team asked detailed questions, and the person in charge on the scene answered them one by one, introducing the operation and service of the scenic spot in detail.
At the Tianfu Changdao Gazelle Valley Digital Cultural and Creative Industry Base (天府长岛瞪羚谷数字文创产业基地) in Chengdu (成都), Sichuan, the research team visited Coco Bean Animation Film and Television Co., Ltd. (可可豆动画影视有限公司), which incubated the "Nezha" IP, to learn about the development trend of digital industrialization and industrial digitization in the field of digital cultural creation, and carefully inquired about the problems it faces in stimulating innovation and vitality.
In Haikou (海口), Hainan, the research team investigated the Haikou International Duty Free City (海口国际免税城), the Haikou Fuxing City Internet Information Industry Park (海口市复兴城互联网信息产业园), the Haikou Qilou Old Street (海口骑楼老街) and other locations, to learn about tourism consumption, information service and cross-border business of commercial data, and the consumption of Nanyang historical and cultural blocks, and conducted in-depth research on the construction of Hainan Free Trade Port (海南自贸港).
From cultural and creative industry bases to information industry parks, from multicultural parks to historical and cultural blocks, the research team went into enterprises and parks, went deep into the front lines, and successively went to Neijiang (内江), Zigong, Leshan (乐山), Chengdu in Sichuan, and Haikou, Wenchang (文昌), Qionghai (琼海), Lingshui (陵水), Sanya (三亚) and other places in Hainan for research. During the period, the research team also held symposiums in Chengdu and Haikou respectively, and had in-depth exchanges with relevant functional department heads of local governments, think tanks and university experts to systematically understand the local practices, achievements and existing problems in promoting the upgrading of service consumption.
Taking the Pulse and "Diagnosing"
On-site "Prescription"
At the Sichuan Vocational College of Health and Rehabilitation (四川卫生康复职业学院) in Zigong, the research team visited the functional disability (elderly) assistive device production training base and the smart elderly care training base, and observed teaching scenarios.
The relevant person in charge introduced that the college took the lead in opening a rehabilitation assistive device technology major in Sichuan Province, actively responding to the national policies on accelerating the development of elderly care services and rehabilitation services for the disabled. In the process of promotion, there are still problems such as insufficient integration of industry and education, some enterprises are not enthusiastic about cooperating with schools, and students have low professional identity with industries with broad market prospects such as home care and elderly bathing assistance.
"The integration of industry and education is an effective way to promote the coordinated linkage of education, science and technology, and talent. We must integrate industrial needs into the entire chain of talent cultivation." The research team suggested that Sichuan should fully and accurately implement the new development concept, coordinate the expansion of domestic demand and the deepening of supply-side structural reform, further enhance policy support, promote the improvement of service quality, cultivate new growth points in service consumption, and provide strong support for high-quality economic development.
In Wenchang International Aerospace City (文昌国际航天城), the research team investigated the aerospace tourism consumption situation. As of the end of February this year, more than 700 aerospace-related enterprises and institutions have settled in Wenchang International Aerospace City, and 26 satellite industry cluster enterprises have signed contracts to settle in. Since 2016, watching rocket launches in Wenchang has become an important option for many tourists.
"The commercial space launch site has entered the stage of normalized launch operation. We are also rapidly advancing projects such as the offshore launch and recovery system and the power system test bench for reusable rockets," said the relevant person in charge of the Hainan Commercial Space Launch Site (海南商业航天发射场).
The research team believes that service consumption is the field that absorbs the most employment. "We must give play to the advantages of Hainan's aerospace industry and coordinate the institutional arrangements for the mutual promotion of service consumption and employment." The research team suggested that, on the one hand, vocational skills training for young people should be carried out with high-quality employment as the orientation to promote the healthy development of new employment forms and flexible employment; on the other hand, the quality of various entities in the tourism consumption market should be improved, and more service consumption formats with Hainan characteristics should be developed.
Summarizing Experience
Contributing Wisdom
At present, China has intensively introduced a series of support policies around promoting service consumption and expanding domestic demand strategies. How to promote the supply-side structural reform of service consumption? How to cultivate new growth points in service consumption? Through careful visits, in-depth discussions, and extensive listening to opinions and suggestions, the research team carefully summarized relevant experiences and practices.
In recent years, Sichuan Province has continued to exert efforts in expanding the market scale in the field of service consumption, driving consumption upgrades through cultural IP and innovative activities, and enhancing policy support and service quality, realizing the expansion and quality improvement of the service consumption market and injecting new momentum into high-quality economic development.
This year is the year when Hainan Free Trade Port (海南自贸港) will be closed for operation. Combining its regional characteristics, historical and cultural resources and policy advantages, Hainan's service consumption presents characteristics of specialization, diversification and internationalization, and the consumer market continues to release vitality and stimulate potential.
"We must earnestly improve our understanding of the importance of developing service consumption. By giving play to the advantages of policies and systems, creating a higher-quality consumption environment, striving to promote the high-quality development of service consumption, and continuously improving the quality of people's lives," the research team believes that it is necessary to further expand the development space of tourism consumption, actively cultivate new forms of tourism consumption, and create consumption scenarios that combine service consumption such as sports, performances, and duty-free with the cultural tourism industry; and earnestly promote the internationalization of tourism consumption, continue to build a fashion consumption center, and drive the return of overseas high-end consumption.
The research team stated that it is necessary to thoroughly study and comprehend the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important exposition on expanding domestic demand in all directions, earnestly implement the decision-making and deployment of the Central Economic Work Conference (中央经济工作会议), take practical and effective measures, and focus on releasing China's huge domestic demand potential. Based on the comprehensive research results and the opinions and suggestions of all parties, the research team will put forward relevant policy recommendations to the CPC Central Committee (中共中央) and the State Council (国务院).
Return to TopThis newspaper's Nanjing (南京) dispatch on June 3rd (Reporter Yao Xueqing (姚雪青)): Since the in-depth implementation of the spirit of the Central Eight-Point Regulation (中央八项规定) study and education campaign, Nantong City (南通市), Jiangsu Province (江苏省), has been comprehensively promoting learning, investigation, and rectification. Focusing on the pain points of urban community-level governance, it has deeply investigated prominent problems such as deviations in the view of achievements and work measures being divorced from the masses. By integrating resources and carrying out centralized rectification, it has explored and established a "Community Partner" mechanism, focusing on solving the urgent and difficult problems of the masses, and transforming the results of study and education into practical results for promoting development.
The "Community Partner" is led by the community Party organization, transforming five types of governance forces—professional talents, skilled personnel, community leaders, representatives of enterprises and institutions, and other groups—into "partners" of "demand co-consultation, resource sharing, and governance co-responsibility," building a closed-loop governance chain of "problem discovery—solution negotiation—project recognition—supervision and evaluation."
In response to the elevator "over-age service" problem raised by residents, Xiushui Community (秀水社区) in Rucheng Subdistrict (如城街道), Rugao City (如皋市), Nantong (南通), collectively updated and renovated 13 "elderly" elevators in the Jiangzhong Garden (江中花园) residential area through joint "agenda setting" with "partners." Nantong (南通) communities have further divided neighborhood service areas on the basis of grids, guiding Party member cadres to go down to the front line, and establishing a "service object situation list, hidden danger and contradiction problem list, assigned implementation progress list, and completed effect feedback list," providing strong support for "community partners" to negotiate, discuss, and serve the masses.
Currently, Party member cadres throughout the city have cumulatively contacted and served the masses more than 120,000 times, forming a list of practical projects of 24,590 items, and handling more than 2,600 livelihood matters such as the renovation of sewage pipe networks in old residential areas, the renovation of fire protection facilities in commercial and residential buildings, and the creation of "age-friendly" community canteens.
Return to TopOn June 1st, Fuhai County (福海县), Xinjiang (新疆), held the second horse racing competition of the sports meet on the Sharbrak Grassland (沙尔布拉克草原). More than one hundred riders from Fuhai County (福海县) and surrounding counties and cities participated in the fierce competition of 5 kilometers, 10 kilometers, and 20 kilometers respectively. The picture shows the riders at the competition site.
Photo by Liu Shihe (刘是何) (Image China (影像中国)).
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 张文豪
At the northern foot of the Dabie Mountains (大别山), on the bank of the Taojia River (陶家河) in Shangcheng County (商城县), Xinyang City (信阳市), Henan Province (河南省), the "Zhao Chongde Avenue (赵崇德大道)" street sign shines in the morning light. To the south of the road is Shangcheng County High School (商城县高级中学), where the sounds of drills from the sports field mingle with the birdsong along the river.
"This road is to commemorate the anti-Japanese hero Zhao Chongde (赵崇德), who fought from the Dabie Mountains to the Taihang Mountains (太行山) and died at less than 30 years old." Walking on Zhao Chongde Avenue, high school student Li Xiang (李想) always feels a sense of mission. "At my age, Zhao Chongde had already gone to the battlefield for the survival of the nation. We must also continue to strive and contribute to the construction and development of the country."
Zhao Chongde was born into a poor peasant family in Qilishan Village (七里山村), Fushan Township (伏山乡), Shangcheng County. In 1930, he joined the Red Army and later fought in the Hubei-Henan-Anhui Revolutionary Base Area (鄂豫皖革命根据地), experiencing battles such as Huang'an (黄安) and Sujiabu (苏家埠), becoming the battalion commander of the 3rd Battalion of the 769th Regiment of the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army.
In October 1937, the Battle of Xinkou (忻口战役) was in full swing. Relying on the 24 warplanes at Yangmingbao Airport (阳明堡机场), the Japanese army bombarded the Chinese positions. Chen Xilian (陈锡联), then the commander of the 769th Regiment, decided to raid the airport, and the task fell on Zhao Chongde, who was good at night battles. On the night of the 19th, he led a commando team across the Hutuo River (滹沱河) and sneaked into the airport. After an hour of fierce fighting, our army destroyed all enemy aircraft and annihilated more than 100 enemies. However, while covering the retreat of the troops, Zhao Chongde was unfortunately killed by several bullets.
The battle of the night raid on Yangmingbao Airport greatly boosted the morale of the anti-Japanese soldiers. Peng Dehuai (彭德怀) praised him for his "忠肝赤胆 (zhōng gān chì dǎn - "loyal liver red courage," extremely loyal and courageous)," and said he "shone with the sun and moon." In September 2014, Zhao Chongde was selected into the first batch of famous anti-Japanese martyrs announced by the Ministry of Civil Affairs (民政部). In 2015, to commemorate the martyr Zhao Chongde, Shangcheng County named a road along the Taojia River in the urban area "Zhao Chongde Avenue." In the following 10 years, the avenue underwent multiple renovations and upgrades. Today, the avenue is lush and evergreen on both sides, becoming a landmark road integrating historical commemoration and modern life.
Born in Dabie, bathed in blood in Taihang. Initially, Zhao Chongde's remains were buried in Liujiazhuang Village (刘家庄村), Yuanping City (原平市), Shanxi Province (山西省), and guarded by local villagers for generations. In 2020, through the efforts of Shanxi and Henan provinces, the anti-Japanese hero finally returned to his hometown. "On the day of the burial of the remains, there was a sudden rainstorm. That night, the people of his hometown braved the rain to welcome the hero home," recalled Xiong Weisheng (熊伟生), a first-level staff member of the Party History and Local Chronicles Research Office of the Shangcheng County Party Committee (商城县委党史和地方志研究室).
In recent years, Shangcheng County has deeply explored its red resources to preserve the memory of the Anti-Japanese War. In the Zhao Chongde Memorial Square in the Shangcheng County Martyrs Cemetery (商城县烈士陵园), a granite statue stands tall. In the statue, Zhao Chongde is wearing an Eighth Route Army uniform with a firm gaze. In April of this year, the newly renovated former residence of Zhao Chongde was opened to the public. The courtyard with yellow brick and gray tiles attracts cadres and the masses from nearby villages and towns to visit and study. With the recent launch of the Long March National Cultural Park (Shangcheng Section) (长征国家文化公园（商城段）) construction, scenic spots are strung together to form a "red gallery."
As dusk falls, the streetlights on Zhao Chongde Avenue light up, illuminating the pedestrians passing by. "The avenue connects history and the present," said Xiong Weisheng. "History is eternal because of remembrance, and the spirit is immortal because of inheritance. The existence of Zhao Chongde Avenue is not only a reshaping of landmarks, but also a spiritual relay across time and space."
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 郑洋洋
Core Reading
The countryside is an important carrier of outstanding Chinese traditional culture. In recent years, Yangcheng County (阳城县), Shanxi Province (山西省), has continuously promoted the Rural Cultural Memory Project, focusing on in-depth excavation, inheritance, and innovation of outstanding traditional local culture. By compiling rural memory book series, building rural cultural memory halls, and constructing silkworm and mulberry cultural parks, the public cultural service system has been continuously improved, helping to promote the comprehensive revitalization of the countryside.
Inside the silkworm and mulberry research and study hall in Shudi Village (黍地村), Sitou Township (寺头乡), Yangcheng County (阳城县), Jincheng City (晋城市), Shanxi Province (山西省), photos and objects record the process of silkworm farmers raising silkworms. Although the place is not large, visitors are very interested. Around the research and study hall are distributed small silkworm co-breeding rooms, three-dimensional breeding halls, etc. In the square in front of the hall, there is a traditional wooden textile car and a group of staggered oval white silkworm cocoon sculptures, with silkworm and mulberry elements visible everywhere.
Building various types of rural cultural memory (commemorative) halls and village history museums, compiling rural memory book series covering all villages in the county... In recent years, Yangcheng County (阳城县) has deeply excavated, inherited, and innovated outstanding traditional local culture, making the strong nostalgia tangible and touchable.
Village History Carries Nostalgia
All Villages are Recorded in Rural Memory Book Series
In the countryside, the sound of reading is loud and clear. Standing under an old mulberry tree in Zhangjiazhuang Village (张家庄村), Sitou Township (寺头乡), students from Yangcheng Experimental Primary School (阳城实验小学) hold local textbooks "I Love Yangcheng (我爱阳城)" and read aloud. This is the first stop of their theme research and study activity "Reliving Revolutionary History and Exploring Silkworm and Mulberry Culture."
"From the legend of Leizu (嫘祖) starting sericulture to the red stories of villagers sheltering guerrillas in silkworm houses during the Anti-Japanese War, many texts in 'I Love Yangcheng (我爱阳城)' come from the 'Things in the Village (村里那些事儿)' series of books," said Kong Chengshe (孔成社), one of the speakers of the event and a villager of Zhangjiazhuang Village (张家庄村). "I am also the author of this set of books."
In order to scientifically explore, protect, and utilize local cultural resources, as early as 10 years ago, the "Shanxi Province (山西省) 'Rural Cultural Memory Project' Work Plan" was issued, proposing to pilot the launch of the rural cultural memory project in some towns and townships, investigate and sort out local cultural resources, establish archives and databases, and display them according to local conditions.
Since June 2021, Yangcheng County (阳城县) has been excavating and sorting out historical and cultural materials, compiling the "Things in the Village (村里那些事儿)" series of books, and all villages in the county have been included. More than 3,000 people in the county directly participated in data collection and compilation.
A complete set of 6 volumes, totaling nearly 5 million words, more than 5,000 pictures and rubbings... In the "Things in the Village (村里那些事儿)" series of books, each village is a separate chapter, truthfully and vividly recording the natural features, human history, development changes, traditional customs and skills of each village.
In order to write the village history well, Kong Chengshe (孔成社) traveled to every village in Sitou Township (寺头乡), interviewed hundreds of villagers, and borrowed relevant books to research oral history. In order to ensure the quality of the book series, Yangcheng County (阳城县), relying on the cultural stations of various townships, established more than 90 working groups for liaison, review, photography, rubbing, and proofreading, accumulating more than 15 million words of data.
"Through data collection and compilation, we have included more than 1,300 cultural relic information from different historical periods of Yangcheng (阳城) in the book, rescued and printed 420 steles, newly discovered a Tang stele (唐碑), and collected hundreds of traditional skills and representative intangible cultural heritage projects such as Yangcheng (阳城) baked noodle sculptures and Yangcheng (阳城) drum books," said Wang Xuerui (王雪瑞), director of the Yangcheng County Culture and Tourism Bureau (阳城县文化和旅游局).
In 2023, Yangcheng County (阳城县)'s "Implementing the Rural Cultural Memory Project and Inheriting Rural Cultural Heritage" was selected as a typical case of high-quality development of basic public cultural services announced by the Central Propaganda Department (中宣部), the Ministry of Culture and Tourism (文化和旅游部), and the National Development and Reform Commission (国家发展改革委).
Exhibition Hall Recalls the Past
Memory Halls and Village History Museums Inherit Local Culture
In the Yangbei Red Culture Exhibition Hall (阳北红色文化展馆), Kong Chengshe (孔成社) carefully explained to the visiting children, pointing to the slightly yellowed photos.
In August 2019, with the continuous advancement of the Rural Cultural Memory Project, Yangcheng County (阳城县) decided to select villages with better geographical location and natural and cultural conditions, and build rural cultural memory exhibition halls around red culture, farming culture, and ancient castle residential culture. At present, Yangcheng County (阳城县) has built 53 rural cultural memory (commemorative) halls and village history museums, receiving a cumulative total of approximately 843,000 visitors since 2021.
During the Anti-Japanese War, the story of the Eighth Route Army (八路军) bravely fighting in Zhangjiazhuang Village (张家庄村) has been passed down to this day. How to make good use of red resources and tell red stories well? The village committee members decided to apply to the county to build the Yangbei Red Culture Exhibition Hall (阳北红色文化展馆).
In May 2020, the Yangbei Red Culture Exhibition Hall (阳北红色文化展馆) was completed, with a main hall area of 300 square meters. Since its opening, it has received approximately 110,000 visitors and has become a demonstration point for the Yangcheng County (阳城县) Rural Cultural Memory Project. "After I retired from the post of village party branch secretary, I come here almost every weekend to be a docent," said Kong Chengshe (孔成社).
"The construction of rural cultural memory halls cannot rely solely on government investment, but also requires the participation of all sectors of society." In August 2020, Zhao Hongping (赵鸿平), then director of the County Culture and Tourism Bureau (县文化和旅游局), found a company to explore the joint construction of a silkworm and mulberry research and study hall in Shudi Village (黍地村). In October 2020, the Silkworm and Mulberry Culture Hall (蚕桑文化馆) opened and operated. To date, the Silkworm and Mulberry Culture Hall (蚕桑文化馆) has provided rich and colorful silkworm and mulberry science education to more than 30,000 silkworm farmers and more than 100,000 primary and secondary school students in Yangcheng County (阳城县) and surrounding areas.
"Yangcheng (阳城) has a profound history, and the Silkworm and Mulberry Research and Study Hall (蚕桑研学馆), the Yangbei Red Culture Exhibition Hall (阳北红色文化展馆), etc., provide carriers for the inheritance and development of local culture. In the next step, the county will continue to strengthen classified guidance according to local conditions, highlight individuality, diversified development, improve quality, and create high-quality exhibition halls," said Gao Xiquan (高喜全), member of the Standing Committee of the Jincheng Municipal Party Committee (晋城市委) and Secretary of the Yangcheng County Party Committee (阳城县委书记).
Industry Helps Revitalization
Relying on Silkworm and Mulberry Culture to Explore the Integration of Agriculture, Culture, and Tourism
Silkworms carry the memory of farming culture and also hide the password for the comprehensive revitalization of the countryside.
In the Yu Jiahao (禹珈豪) three-dimensional breeding hall in Sitou Township (寺头乡), the snow-white silkworm cocoons are full and attractive, attracting research students to stop and watch. "In recent years, with the Silkworm and Mulberry Research and Study Hall (蚕桑研学馆) as the focus, we have built a 2,000-mu mulberry tree planting base for picking and pruning experience, as well as a silkworm and mulberry cultural park integrating silkworm and mulberry cultural corridors, high-tech silkworm breeding greenhouses and other venues," said Duan Li (段丽), the person in charge of the company. Last year, the Silkworm and Mulberry Cultural Park (蚕桑文化园) received tens of thousands of research and study visitors, driving the surrounding silkworm breeding, catering tourism, agricultural and special product sales and other industries, creating an economic value of more than 10 million yuan.
In November 2021, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (农业农村部) announced the sixth batch of Chinese Important Agricultural Cultural Heritage lists, and the Yangcheng (阳城) Silkworm and Mulberry Cultural System was selected. "We take this as an opportunity to explore the protection and utilization model of agricultural cultural heritage, inject rich cultural connotations into the silkworm and mulberry industry, and help promote the high-quality development of the industry," Gao Xiquan (高喜全) introduced. Yangcheng County (阳城县) guides various townships to develop according to local conditions, create differentiated characteristics around the silkworm and mulberry industry, some townships focus on silkworm sand products, and some townships focus on mulberries, forming a complementary industrial development pattern.
In the live broadcast room of the e-commerce platform "Silkworm and Mulberry Township Sitou (蚕桑之乡寺头)," anchor Han Miaomiao (韩苗苗) is live broadcasting in the village, and the camera records the moment when mulberry leaves grow tender buds and the smiling faces when silkworm cocoons are harvested. "It not only promotes our Sitou (寺头) silkworm and mulberry culture, but also helps the villagers sell agricultural products, which is very fulfilling!" said Han Miaomiao (韩苗苗).
Today, Zhangjiazhuang Village (张家庄村) and Shudi Village (黍地村) have strengthened linkage to create a research and study route of "Reliving Revolutionary History and Exploring Silkworm and Mulberry Culture"; the ancient mulberry trees in Zhangjiazhuang Village (张家庄村) have been hung with the sign of "Ancient Mulberry Tribe," and the small square in front of the mulberry trees has become a new cultural landmark in the local area. "I believe that there will be more and more tourists in the village, and the villagers' pockets will become more and more bulging," Kong Chengshe (孔成社) said with confidence.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 姜 峰
A few days ago, a "Starry Sky and Mountains" music festival was staged on the playground of Luoping Primary School (骡坪小学) in Wushan County (巫山县), Chongqing (重庆). Four bands composed of rural primary school students appeared on the stage, and their lively notes and confident smiles "ignited" the entire venue. Beside the stage, Zhuang Jiyu (庄济宇), the post-95s rural teacher who founded the band, was busy cheering for the children.
In the summer of 2021, as a targeted normal student, Zhuang Jiyu (庄济宇) came to Shiyin Teaching Point (石印教学点) of Tianjia Primary School (田家小学) in Sanxi Township (三溪乡) to teach. Located in the depths of the mountains, there were only 21 students and a lack of art education resources.
While doing his daily teaching work, Zhuang Jiyu (庄济宇), who loves music, began to think about how to open a window of art for the children. After renovating the site, raising equipment, and opening instrument playing and singing classes, he finally formed a "Nayu Band" for the children. "It means that children in the mountains should also have lofty aspirations," said Zhuang Jiyu (庄济宇).
From initially being out of tune to skillfully cooperating in performances; from being afraid to talk to others to generously performing on stage... The children of the "Nayu Band" continued to grow and even appeared on the stage of the Wushan County (巫山县) Art Film Week.
In 2024, Zhuang Jiyu (庄济宇) was transferred to Luoping Primary School (骡坪小学) to teach – a central school with thousands of students. Zhao Benyan (赵本彦), the principal of Luoping Primary School (骡坪小学), attaches great importance to aesthetic education exploration, "Our children in the mountains not only need to learn cultural courses, but also need aesthetic education to broaden their horizons, cultivate love, and gain happiness."
In this way, a "two-way rush" occurred between the two schools. In his spare time, Zhuang Jiyu (庄济宇) returned to Shiyin Teaching Point (石印教学点) every week to give the children music improvement classes. Teachers from Luoping Primary School (骡坪小学) also went with him. Paper-cutting, clay sculpture, paper pulp painting... The new courses brought by Wang Hongyan (王红艳), an art teacher at Luoping Primary School (骡坪小学), opened the eyes of the children at Shiyin Teaching Point (石印教学点).
At Luoping Primary School (骡坪小学), Zhuang Jiyu (庄济宇) formed three new bands, including the "Xuguang Band". Zhang Ruixue (张瑞雪), the lead singer and bassist, Zhu Miao (朱妙), the guitarist, Hu Yiting (胡遗婷), the drummer... More children learned about music and fell in love with performing.
At the "Starry Sky and Mountains" music festival, thousands of teachers, students, and parents gathered on the playground. The three student bands of Luoping Primary School (骡坪小学) made a wonderful appearance, and the "Nayu Band" of Shiyin Teaching Point (石印教学点) was also invited to perform. The childish and powerful singing, combined with the instrumental performances, rendered each song moving, and applause and cheers rose one after another. Through online live broadcasts, parents of students working outside could also see the performances. The children's confidence and happiness infected more people...
Standing under the stage the whole time, beating the rhythm, waving and shouting, Zhuang Jiyu (庄济宇) was full of pride and gratification: "Music can change the children in the mountains, allowing them to gain a different growth experience. I want to use my love to weave more dreams for them on the front line of rural teaching."
Return to TopThe Grand Canal is the longest artificial canal in the world and a valuable cultural heritage. The Grand Canal culture is an important part of China's excellent traditional culture. Efforts should be made in protection, inheritance, and utilization to rejuvenate the ancient Grand Canal with a new look of the times.
Yuecheng District (越城区), Shaoxing City (绍兴市), Zhejiang Province (浙江省) thrives on water. The Eastern Zhejiang Canal (浙东运河), which traverses a thousand years and runs through the entire territory, has left behind a profound historical and cultural heritage here. To write a good article on "Canal +", Yuecheng District is building momentum in ecological landscape improvement, cultural heritage protection, and industrial transformation along the route.
Creating a Beautiful Ecological Protection Belt
Dongpu Ancient Town (东浦古镇) is located in the western section of the Eastern Zhejiang Canal. The water area accounts for 22% of its total area, making it a dazzling pearl on the bank of the Eastern Zhejiang Canal.
Rectifying the black and odorous water bodies in the ancient town and enhancing the vitality of the riverside space were once important issues facing Dongpu Ancient Town. Interception of sewage is a "good prescription" to remove the "root cause" of the problem. In order to fully preserve the charm of the old street, Yuecheng District adopted a plan to lay sewage pipes at the bottom of the river, taking into account the characteristics of the ancient town's road network and river network overlapping, and the street along the river. This plan incorporated all the sewage discharged by surrounding residents and shops into the municipal pipe network, avoiding damage to the style of the old street. Through river dredging and environmental beautification projects, the waterfront pattern and style of the ancient town have been effectively improved. With the introduction of new yellow wine economic formats, Dongpu Ancient Town has now become a model of a characteristic town with "old houses, new formats, and youthfulness" due to its simple water town appearance and long-standing yellow wine culture.
In order to cope with the problems of poor river network water flow and poor water quality encountered in the process of urban development, Yuecheng District actively reshaped the inner rivers of the ancient city. On the basis of intercepting sewage and dredging rivers, it built a backwater pumping station to divert water and revitalize the water, so as to realize the smooth flow of the river network in the city. In response to the problem of high-temperature cyanobacteria blooms, Yuecheng District constructed "underwater forest" ecosystems in more than 70 water bodies such as Didang Lake (迪荡湖), Dragonfly Pond (蜻蜓池), and Ink Pond (墨池) to achieve ecological self-circulation and self-balance of water bodies. Among them, the ecological restoration case of Dragonfly Pond was successfully selected as the first batch of typical cases of the 2023 World Canal Cities Forum. The water quality environment in Yuecheng District has continued to improve, and the proportion of water quality of 25 county-controlled and above sections of water quality of Class I-III has remained stable at 100% for many years, and has repeatedly won the highest honor of Zhejiang Province's "Five Waters Co-governance" work, the "Dayu Ding (大禹鼎)".
Building a Brilliant Cultural Heritage Belt
In recent years, Yuecheng District has taken many measures to actively promote the living heritage, protection and utilization of the Grand Canal culture. The Eastern Zhejiang Canal Museum (浙东运河博物馆) has been built to stereoscopically interpret the development and evolution history of the Eastern Zhejiang Canal for more than 2,500 years, and comprehensively display the profound human history along the canal.
Yuecheng District has always adhered to the people-oriented principle, and in accordance with the principle of "maximum protection and minimum intervention", has carried out "embroidery-style" transformation of the ancient city's historical blocks for more than 20 consecutive years. In Cangqiao Zhijie (仓桥直街), a key historical block in Shaoxing Ancient City (绍兴古城), about 80% of the original residents have been retained, and municipal infrastructure projects have been implemented simultaneously to ensure the quality of life of residents. In order to enhance the tourist experience, Yuecheng District has introduced a number of cultural and creative brands and Shaoxing characteristic consumer brands to settle in the old street in accordance with the principle of "retaining the original residents and appropriately implanting commerce", adding a sense of fashion to the simple old houses and old streets. According to statistics, the highest daily passenger flow of Cangqiao Zhijie after the transformation exceeded 120,000 people.
In recent years, Yuecheng District has given full play to the superimposed effect of "ecology + cultural tourism", taking water as the medium and intangible cultural heritage as the characteristic, and constantly expanding the Grand Canal cultural tourism brand: the popular waterside community opera is often staged, and the "take a awning boat to watch community opera" project has attracted many tourists. The unique Song Dynasty (宋朝) waterside wedding has become a beautiful cultural tourism business card of Shaoxing Ancient City, and the attractiveness of the Jiangnan (江南) water town has been continuously improved.
Forging a New Quality Productivity Cultivation Belt
The urban vitality of Yuecheng District is constantly improving in industrial transformation.
Printing and dyeing and chemical industry were once the two pillar industries of Yuecheng District. In the face of the problems of large pollutant emissions and low economic benefits of the leading industries, Yuecheng District followed the idea of "**兼并重组、整合集聚、征迁退出、转型发展** (jiān bìng chóng zǔ, zhěng hé jí jù, zhēng qiān tuì chū, zhuǎn xíng fā zhǎn - "mergers and acquisitions, integration and agglomeration, expropriation and withdrawal, transformation and development," a comprehensive strategy for industrial restructuring)", and carried out cross-regional integration and transformation and upgrading of 47 printing and dyeing enterprises and 35 chemical enterprises with an output value of 50 billion yuan, totaling 102,800 tons of daily sewage discharge indicators and 851,600 tons of standard coal energy consumption indicators, and vacated more than 10,000 mu of land.
Taking this opportunity, enterprises have eliminated backward equipment, improved production technology, and upgraded intelligent management, setting off a wave of digital and intelligent technological transformation. For the vacated space, Yuecheng District has actively introduced industries such as integrated circuits, realizing the green transformation from "old cloth" to "core city". Relying on this measure, Yuecheng District has successively won Zhejiang Province's vigorous development of the digital economy with remarkable results and the "Zhejiang Manufacturing Tiangong Ding (浙江制造天工鼎)".
Yuecheng District also takes the construction of Zhejiang Province's pilot city for synergistic pollution reduction and carbon reduction as an opportunity to encourage enterprises to independently conserve energy and reduce emissions by providing rewards and subsidies for green and low-carbon development and improved energy utilization efficiency. The whole district also takes comprehensive land consolidation as the carrier, and through actions such as the transformation and upgrading of the living environment, the revitalization of inefficient industries, and the protection and management of the ecological environment, it creates more effective space for development.
In recent years, Yuecheng District has taken "revitalizing a river and upgrading a city" as its goal, focusing on ecological improvement, cultural breakthrough, and industrial breakthrough along the route, and exploring and forming a "Canal +" development model of harmonious coexistence between people and water and common prosperity, providing a "Yuecheng Model" for the development of canal cities. The experience and practices of Yuecheng District in exploring the path of harmonious coexistence between people and water in the Eastern Zhejiang Canal were selected into the "Practice Cases of Ecological Civilization Construction in the New Era" compiled by the Ministry of Ecology and Environment.
Data source: Yuecheng Branch of Shaoxing Municipal Bureau of Ecology and Environment (绍兴市生态环境局越城分局), Publicity Department of the CPC Shaoxing Yuecheng District Committee (中共绍兴市越城区委宣传部)
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Return to TopBy: 本报记者 王 者
In midsummer, entering the Tianhou New Material Industrial Park in Dingtao District (定陶区), Heze City (菏泽市), Shandong Province (山东省), the conductive fabric production line is a hive of activity.
Amidst the roar of machinery, Zeng Qingxi (曾庆熙), Chairman of Shandong Tianhou New Material Technology Co., Ltd. (山东天厚新材料科技有限公司), and Liu Dong (刘冬), General Manager, led customers on a tour of the workshop. "This is our newly launched ultra-thin plain weave conductive fabric," Zeng Qingxi (曾庆熙) said, picking up a sample of the 15-micron-thick ultra-thin plain weave conductive fabric. "As thin as a cicada's wing, with excellent performance."
In 2017, Zeng Qingxi (曾庆熙) and Liu Dong (刘冬) returned to their hometown to start a business, cumulatively developing and producing multiple conductive fabric products, filling gaps in the domestic market. To date, Tianhou New Material (天厚新材料) has driven employment for over 500 people.
Returning Home to Start a Business, Devoting Themselves to the Conductive Fabric Field
Conductive fabric is mainly used to shield electromagnetic interference between electronic components, thereby ensuring the normal operation of equipment. Ten years ago, the domestic high-end electromagnetic shielding material market was almost monopolized by foreign companies, and most domestic mobile phone, tablet, and other electronic manufacturers relied on imports.
Zeng Qingxi (曾庆熙), who majored in materials science in college, keenly perceived that this industry had broad prospects, "Maybe I can also contribute to the country's self-reliance and self-strengthening in science and technology."
During the process of starting the company, Zeng Qingxi (曾庆熙) met his fellow villager, Liu Dong (刘冬). After sharing his entrepreneurial plans, the two hit it off and decided to start a business together.
"Devoting myself to the field of new materials and helping technological development has always been my dream," Liu Dong (刘冬) said, quitting his stable job and dedicating himself wholeheartedly to entrepreneurship.
That year, the two registered and established a new materials company in Jinan (济南), focusing on the production of conductive fabric. After two years of development, the company gradually got on track and accumulated many customers in the market.
As the company's business flourished, a thought buried deep in Zeng Qingxi's (曾庆熙) heart gradually emerged: return to Heze (菏泽) and contribute to the development of his hometown.
"We all went out of Heze (菏泽) for college and have seen a wider world," Liu Dong (刘冬) said with emotion. "Our hometown nurtured us, and we should repay it even more."
Zeng Qingxi's (曾庆熙) idea was supported by Liu Dong (刘冬), but the two also had many concerns. Developing in Heze (菏泽), where to locate the company, and how to expand the scale were all problems.
Just as they were hesitating, the favorable policies sent them a reassuring pill.
In 2015, the Heze Municipal Party Committee (菏泽市委) and the Heze Municipal Government (菏泽市政府) launched the "Returning Geese Revitalize Heze (归雁兴菏)" plan, using land, tax, talent, and other policy dividends to attract expatriates to return to their hometowns to start businesses. The Heze City Return to Hometown Entrepreneurship Service Center (菏泽市返乡创业服务中心) was established as a return-to-hometown entrepreneurship service organization, and a special team for return-to-hometown entrepreneurship services was established to provide return-to-hometown entrepreneurs with detailed services such as policy consultation, entrepreneurial assistance, and problem-solving. In September 2017, Tianhou New Material (天厚新材料) was incubated and established in Heze (菏泽).
Technological Innovation, Breaking Through Technical Bottlenecks
How to let conductive fabric products go from Heze (菏泽) to the national and even global market? Liu Dong (刘冬) said bluntly: "Technological innovation is the key, and we must increase investment in research and development."
With the rapid development of science and technology, electronic products have also put forward higher requirements for conductive fabrics – lightweight and thin have become a development trend.
In 2017, the conductive fabrics on the domestic market generally had a thickness of more than 30 microns. In order to meet market demand, Tianhou New Material (天厚新材料) began to shift to the research and development of ultra-thin conductive fabrics. "We are determined to compress the thickness of the conductive fabric to within 20 microns," Liu Dong (刘冬) said.
To achieve mass production of conductive fabrics with a thickness of less than 20 microns, the thickness of the raw material fiber cloth needs to be compressed to less than 17 microns.
Faced with difficulties, the two chose the path of industrial integration.
At that time, the fiber cloth required for the production of Tianhou New Material (天厚新材料) was all purchased from abroad. "Why not introduce a fiber cloth production line? Conduct experiments on the production line to achieve a win-win situation." Zeng Qingxi (曾庆熙) and Liu Dong (刘冬) visited fiber cloth production enterprises in the Jiangsu (江苏) and Zhejiang (浙江) areas many times, and planned the construction plan of the production line in advance.
Qiu Cheng (邱城), the head of a fiber cloth production enterprise, was moved by the sincerity of the two and came to Heze (菏泽) with technology to start a business. Jiaze Electronic Materials Co., Ltd. (嘉泽电子材料有限公司) was established in the industrial park invested and constructed by Tianhou New Material (天厚新材料), and an ultra-thin fiber cloth production line was jointly built with Tianhou New Material (天厚新材料). The two parties shared parameters and jointly carried out scientific research.
After the production line was set up, through thousands of experiments and explorations, in August 2021, Jiaze Electronic Materials (嘉泽电子材料) successfully produced fiber cloth with a thickness of less than 17 microns. In the park, the fiber cloth was immediately put into conductive fabric processing as soon as it came off the line, and the production efficiency of the enterprise was greatly improved.
After that, the company's scientific research team innovated the process to make the metal layer more dense and enhance the performance of the conductive fabric.
In the process of scientific research, the results need to be constantly demonstrated. After learning about the company's confusion, the Return to Hometown Entrepreneurship Service Center (返乡创业服务中心) connected Tianhou New Material (天厚新材料) with the professional team of the School of Materials Science of Shandong University (山东大学材料学院) to provide guidance and reference for the experimental process.
In March 2023, the 20-micron ultra-thin plain weave conductive fabric was officially put into mass production. As soon as the product was launched, it was welcomed by downstream enterprises, and orders came one after another.
This year, Tianhou New Material (天厚新材料) has successfully developed a 15-micron ultra-thin plain weave conductive fabric, once again achieving technological innovation.
Radiation-Driven, Attracting Talents to Return to Their Hometowns
In the laboratory of Tianhou New Material (天厚新材料) Industrial Park, Wang Hanlong (王涵龙) is conducting research and development of light-shielding conductive materials.
Wang Hanlong (王涵龙) is from Dingtao District (定陶区), Heze City (菏泽市). He graduated from Qingdao University (青岛大学) in 2023. After receiving invitations from many companies, he resolutely returned to his hometown to join Tianhou New Material (天厚新材料) and engaged in product research and development.
"Why didn't you stay in Qingdao (青岛) to work, but chose to join us?" Zeng Qingxi (曾庆熙) asked during the interview.
Wang Hanlong (王涵龙) answered simply and directly: "At my doorstep, with good treatment, and more importantly, I can contribute to my hometown!" During his studies, he learned about the story of Zeng Qingxi (曾庆熙) and Liu Dong (刘冬) returning to their hometown to start a business. "Inspired by them, I also want to build my hometown like them." Now, Wang Hanlong (王涵龙) has grown into a backbone of the research and development team.
To date, Tianhou New Material (天厚新材料) has driven employment for over 500 people and attracted 42 R&D personnel and more than 100 college graduates to join.
The continuous cultivation of fertile ground for entrepreneurship and employment in his hometown is also an important factor in attracting Wang Hanlong (王涵龙). In recent years, Heze City (菏泽市) has implemented the "Youth Talent Gathering Project (青年人才集聚工程)," providing new full-time college graduates introduced by private enterprises with a certain amount of living allowance per month according to their academic qualifications. At the same time, it encourages enterprise personnel to pursue further studies while working, and the municipal finance will reward 50% of the tuition fees required after obtaining the corresponding degree and returning to work in the enterprise.
Through the implementation of the "Returning Geese Revitalize Heze (归雁兴菏)" action, Heze City (菏泽市) actively promotes the return of talents from outside to their hometowns to start businesses and find employment. As of the end of April, the city has accumulated 520,000 people returning to their hometowns to start businesses and find employment.
Liu Dong (刘冬) and Zeng Qingxi (曾庆熙) are also using practical actions to attract Heze (菏泽) talents outside to return to their hometowns to start businesses. Today, Tianhou New Material (天厚新材料) Industrial Park has introduced 8 upstream and downstream enterprises to settle in.
Return to TopThis newspaper reported from Beijing on June 3rd (Reporter Han Xin (韩鑫)) The Ministry of Transport (交通运输部) and the All-China Federation of Trade Unions (中华全国总工会) jointly issued the "Notice on Carrying Out the Standardization and Normative Improvement Action of 'Driver Homes' in Highway Service Areas," proposing to renovate and upgrade existing "Driver Homes" by the end of September this year, and orderly promote the construction of new "Driver Homes." By the end of April 2026, a cumulative total of more than 1,000 new and renovated standardized and normative highway service area "Driver Homes" will be added nationwide.
In terms of promoting standardized construction, "Driver Homes" should reasonably plan functional areas and determine the scale of area according to the principles of relative concentration, proximity, and convenience. According to relevant requirements, functional places such as rest, dining, hot water, shower, and laundry should be set up, and corresponding basic service facilities such as seats (loungers), water dispensers, washing machines, microwave ovens, and shower water heaters should be equipped.
In terms of launching standardized services, "Driver Homes" should improve the standardization level of basic services and provide free services for truck drivers. In combination with local realities, services such as convenience stores, refueling and charging, vehicle maintenance, emergency rescue, and government affairs handling can be provided for truck drivers.
China has about 38 million truck drivers, and more than 1,900 "Driver Homes" have been built nationwide. Making full use of "Driver Homes" depends on further strengthening online promotion and application. The notice proposes to widely publicize the service content of "Driver Homes" relying on Internet road freight platforms, etc.
Currently, Lalamove (货拉拉) has connected more than 1,900 "Driver Homes" across the country to the driver-side APP. Since the beginning of this year, the platform has further optimized the automatic commission reduction algorithm and dynamically adjusted the freight rates for low-priced orders per kilometer based on supply and demand, and it is expected to reduce commissions by approximately 230 million yuan throughout the year, so as to better protect the rights and interests of truck drivers.
In the next step, the Ministry of Transport (交通运输部) will accelerate the construction of "Driver Homes" in highway service areas with large truck traffic volume, based on the distribution characteristics of trucks and the actual needs of parking and rest, combined with the setting of national highway network service areas. The newly built and renovated "Driver Homes" will be hung with a unified logo of standardized and normative highway service area "Driver Homes."
Return to TopAccording to a recent report from the Department of Human Resources and Social Security of Anhui Province, this year, Anhui will tap potential to expand employment positions by more than 1.1 million.
From January to April this year, Anhui added 287,200 new urban jobs. The surveyed urban unemployment rate has remained below the expected control target for a long time. The employment structure is steadily improving, with the employed population gathering in urban areas and the secondary and tertiary industries. Employment among key groups is stable and improving. In 2024, Anhui organized more than 1,900 activities such as the "Talent Recruitment and Intelligence Introduction University Tour" (招才引智高校行), promoting the intention of more than 230,000 people to come to or stay in Anhui for employment.
Next, Anhui will accelerate the construction of entrepreneurial cities, improve the "four-in-one" support system of entrepreneurial training, entrepreneurial services, entrepreneurial incubation, and entrepreneurial activities, launch the efficient handling of individual entrepreneurship "one thing," and carry out a series of activities such as "Source Good Entrepreneurship" resource docking services. We will continue to prioritize the employment of college graduates and other young people, strengthen recruitment docking, employment guidance, and entrepreneurial service guarantees, regularly hold a series of activities such as the "Talent Recruitment and Intelligence Introduction University Tour" (招才引智高校行), and strengthen the real-name assistance work for unemployed youth, including college graduates who have not yet found employment after leaving school.
Return to TopGuiyang (贵阳), Guizhou Province (贵州省), is located on the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau (云贵高原) and is a typical mountainous city. The urban space is divided by three mountain ranges, forming a "dual-core multi-group" central urban spatial structure. Due to topographic constraints, the city's road infrastructure is relatively weak, with a road network density of only 6.5 kilometers/square kilometer. The "Road Network Structure Portrait Report of Key Cities in China" points out that Guiyang's road network has low connectivity, many dead-end roads, a high proportion of irregular intersections, a high proportion of road sections with an access level difference ≥4, and a low road network carrying density. The city's roads have poor anti-interference ability, are prone to congestion, and have long congestion dissipation times.
At the end of 2023, Guiyang and Baidu Intelligent Cloud (百度智能云) jointly created a regional AI signal control system, which was implemented in Guanshanhu District (观山湖区) of Guiyang. Relying on the traffic situation analysis platform, the system deeply analyzes the traffic operation patterns within the pilot area, and uses big data analysis technology to accurately locate key regular congestion intersections, road sections, and traffic sub-areas. With the goal of shortening peak travel time, the system designs single-point adaptive, trunk line coordination, and multi-trunk line regional adaptive coordination control schemes within the area, supplemented by AI dynamic optimization of timing, to achieve a high degree of matching between signal control and traffic flow changes within the area. Compared with before the pilot, the average delay per vehicle on weekdays in the area has decreased by 15%, with significant results.
In addition, Guiyang has opened up data sharing channels and used information technology to synchronize the city's traffic light status, green wave recommended speeds, etc. to the Baidu Map Navigation APP (百度地图导航APP). Citizens can perceive the traffic light status of target roads in advance and in real time, accurately grasp driving speeds, reduce travel time, and improve the travel experience.
Next, Guiyang will further deepen its cooperation with Baidu Intelligent Cloud, based on serving transportation and people's livelihoods, and continuously carry out innovative practices. Currently, Guiyang is actively exploring the application of Baidu Intelligent Cloud's transportation large model, using language large models, CV large models, and cross-modal large models to support four major categories of scenarios: full-domain research and judgment, full-domain signal control, security prevention and control, and digital applications. In the future, Guiyang will join hands with Baidu Intelligent Cloud to gradually move towards a full-domain intelligent control system with innovative technical means, forming a new system and new paradigm for traffic governance.
Data source: Baidu (百度)
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Yellow sands recede, new greenery surges. In the summer Taklamakan Desert (塔克拉玛干沙漠), at the convergence point of the "locking-edge project," rose seedlings planted last November are blooming in competition. Under the sunlight, lines of drip irrigation tape meander into the distance, precisely irrigating the newly planted seedlings. The "green necklace" that isolates tens of thousands of miles of yellow sand is full of vitality.
This green sand-blocking protective belt embodies the significant achievements of China's desertification control. Taking the lead in achieving a "double reduction" in desertified and sandy land, Chinese scientists have won the "Champions of the Earth" award... China's story of desertification control is becoming a green fulcrum for leveraging global action.
"China is a firm actor and important contributor to global green development," "China is willing to work with all parties to earnestly fulfill our common but differentiated responsibilities, do our best, unite and cooperate, and promote the joint construction of a clean, beautiful, and sustainable world." On April 23, President Xi Jinping (习近平) delivered a speech at the Leaders Summit on Climate and a Just Transition, once again declaring to the international community China's firm determination to promote green development.
Having built the world's largest and fastest-growing renewable energy system, built the world's largest and most complete new energy industry chain, and contributed 1/4 of the world's new green area... Under the scientific guidance of Xi Jinping's (习近平) thought on ecological civilization, China, as the world's largest developing country, has not only created remarkable green development miracles, but also contributed Chinese wisdom, Chinese solutions, and Chinese strength to global ecological governance and the construction of a clean and beautiful world with practical actions.
Chinese Wisdom—
A Chinese-style modernization in which humanity and nature coexist in harmony is our great answer written in the history of world civilization.
In Hongmiao Village (红庙村), Meixi Town (梅溪镇), Anji County (安吉县), Huzhou (湖州), Zhejiang (浙江), three adjacent abandoned mine pits have been transformed into "love" shaped lakes in accordance with local conditions, complementing the surrounding restored green mountains. In the beautiful scenery of lakes and mountains, tourists come to take photos, check in, and enjoy leisure.
"We call this place Qingshan (青山) Mining Area, but it used to destroy the green waters and green mountains due to mining. I didn't expect it to become a green 'treasure bowl' again," said Wang Yong (王永), a villager in Hongmiao Village (红庙村). After continuous ecological management, the ecological value of open-pit mine restoration has become apparent: miners' dormitories have been transformed into industrial-style cafes, quarrying platforms have been transformed into starry sky camping sites... Relying on the mine pit landscape and terraced rural scenery, the number of tourists coming to Hongmiao Village (红庙村) is increasing year by year.
Green waters and green mountains are golden mountains and silver mountains. In recent years, China's ecological civilization construction has made remarkable achievements. The fastest improvement in global air quality, the largest scale of renewable energy utilization, the largest increase in forest resources... A series of achievements mark China's significant transformation from a participant to a leader in global environmental governance.
"China has been able to achieve such extensive 'green practice achievements' fundamentally due to the guidance of Xi Jinping's (习近平) thought on ecological civilization, especially the concept of 'green waters and green mountains are golden mountains and silver mountains'," said Erik Solheim, former Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations. Solheim has traveled to many parts of China in recent years and has praised China's "green actions" and "green speed."
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) at its core has taken ecological civilization construction as a fundamental plan related to the sustainable development of the Chinese nation, vigorously promoted theoretical innovation, practical innovation, and institutional innovation in ecological civilization, and formed Xi Jinping's (习近平) thought on ecological civilization.
With thought leading the way, China's ecological civilization construction has added more "Chinese green" to the earth, expanded the global green map, and contributed Chinese wisdom to the sustainable progress of human civilization.
The ecological civilization we advocate adheres to the harmonious coexistence of man and nature, providing a new choice of modernization path for opening a new journey of high-quality human development and achieving sustainable development.
Handling the relationship between development and protection is a global problem and an eternal topic facing human social development.
Economist Partha Dasgupta, winner of the 2022 "Champions of the Earth" award, once lamented: "We are rooted in nature, but our economic thinking ignores this - not treating nature as a basic capital asset, while economic possibilities depend entirely on this limited entity."
Looking back on the road of development, since the birth of industrial civilization, while creating huge material wealth, mankind has also accelerated the seizure of natural resources.
This is an ecological crisis facing all mankind - currently, environmental pollution causes about 9 million premature deaths globally every year; more than 1 million species of animals and plants worldwide are facing the risk of extinction; at the current rate, the global average temperature will rise by 1.5 degrees Celsius around 2040 or even earlier...
This is a question of the times that the whole world must answer - is it to exchange temporary economic growth at the cost of resources and the environment, or to take the road of harmonious coexistence between man and nature?
China writes a green answer: guided by the concept of "green waters and green mountains are golden mountains and silver mountains," building a modernization in which humanity and nature coexist in harmony.
Huang Chengliang (黄承梁), 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, believes that the concept of "green waters and green mountains are golden mountains and silver mountains" scientifically expounds the relationship between economic development and ecological environmental protection, points out a new path for achieving coordinated and symbiotic development and protection, and is a coordination and reconstruction of the imbalance between the growth of human productivity and the intensification of the ecological crisis since industrial civilization, solving the "binary paradox" of development and protection.
"Protecting the ecological environment is protecting productivity, and improving the ecological environment is developing productivity." China has made a firm strategic choice and embarked on a new path of green development.
Ecological and environmental issues are ultimately issues of economic development methods. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) profoundly pointed out: "The development model of 杀鸡取卵 (shā jī qǔ luǎn - "kill the chicken to get the eggs," to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs) and 竭泽而渔 (jié zé ér yú - "drain the pond to catch the fish," to sacrifice the future for immediate gain) has come to an end, and green development that conforms to nature and protects ecology heralds the future."
Ecological civilization is the historical trend of human civilization development.
Following the way of nature, nourishing the life of all things. China's ecological civilization contains the dialectical unity of man and nature, ecology and economy, development and protection, breaking through the cognitive limitations of Western ecological civilization theory that opposes man and nature, and realizing a historical transcendence of the traditional Western development paradigm. The exploration and practice of more than 1.4 billion people in the East of the Earth provides ideological guidance and feasible paths for solving the contradictions of industrial civilization and achieving global sustainable development.
Seeking development opportunities from protecting nature and striving to avoid the old path of "polluting first, then treating," China coordinates and promotes high-quality development and high-level protection. This ecological answer sheet is amazing: while achieving the miracle of rapid economic development, China's ecological environment quality has continued to improve, making important contributions to addressing the global ecological crisis.
Therefore, it is easier to understand why the world's expectations for achieving sustainable development are further focused on China.
Arun Gujral, Associate Professor in the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences at Swinburne University of Technology in Australia, said that the concept of ecological civilization brings hope for solving today's ecological dilemma. China's ecological civilization concept is not only of great significance to its own country, but also provides another realistic choice for today's world order.
In 2016, the United Nations Environment Programme released the report "Green Waters and Green Mountains are Golden Mountains and Silver Mountains: China's Ecological Civilization Strategy and Action," introducing China's ecological civilization concept and practice to the world. At the Sixteenth Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification held in December 2024, guests visiting the China Pavilion were in an endless stream, and China's experience in ecological civilization construction is becoming an object of learning and reference for more and more countries.
China's Contribution—
Unswervingly following the path of ecological priority and green development, demonstrating the responsibility and commitment of a major country.
"Selected, 9 new cities added!" In January this year, during the 64th meeting of the Standing Committee of the Ramsar Convention, the list of the third batch of internationally certified wetland cities was announced, and 9 Chinese cities, including Fuzhou (福州), Fujian (福建), and Hangzhou (杭州), Zhejiang (浙江), were among them. Chen Lin (陈琳), director of the Xixi National Wetland Park Ecological Culture Research Center in Hangzhou (杭州), Zhejiang (浙江), was overjoyed when the news came.
Wetlands, along with forests and oceans, are known as the three major ecosystems on Earth and are described as the "kidneys of the Earth." The "International Wetland City" certified by the Ramsar Convention represents the highest achievement in urban wetland ecological protection. At present, China has 22 international wetland cities, ranking first in the world in terms of quantity.
"International Important Wetland," "World Geopark," "Global Desert Ecological Economy Demonstration Zone"... In recent years, many places across the country have obtained one international certified "green title" after another, witnessing China's unremitting efforts in green development.
China unswervingly follows the path of ecological priority and green development, which not only benefits itself but also benefits the world, demonstrating the responsibility and commitment of a major country.
Anchoring the "dual carbon" goal and accelerating the comprehensive green transformation of economic and social development.
In Xining (西宁), Qinghai (青海), a 9-kilometer-long street in the Nanchuan Industrial Park (南川工业园区) is lined with photovoltaic companies such as Gaojing (高景), Artes (阿特斯), and Trina Solar (天合光能), with trucks coming and going. Along this famous "Photovoltaic Street," upstream companies producing photovoltaic module raw materials can easily send products such as polysilicon and monocrystalline silicon to downstream customers.
"The monocrystalline silicon rods we produce enter the downstream customers in the park on the spot, saving a lot of transportation costs. The photovoltaic modules produced can be used in the Talatan (塔拉滩) photovoltaic base, which is more than 100 kilometers away," said Sun Bin (孙彬), deputy general manager of Qinghai Gaojing Solar Energy Technology Co., Ltd. (青海高景太阳能科技有限公司). In Gaojing's production workshop, rows of tall single crystal furnaces are neatly arranged, and the green indicator lights on the furnace body flash alternately.
Such a "Photovoltaic Street" is targeting a trillion-level industrial cluster, vividly interpreting the connotation that "new quality productivity itself is green productivity."
China's green transformation can be seen from this.
Moving towards "new" and moving forward towards "green." From proposing the goals of carbon peaking and carbon neutrality to building a complete "1+N" policy system for carbon peaking and carbon neutrality; from promoting the construction of a national carbon market to enriching the global supply of "green production capacity"; from the optimization and adjustment of industrial structure and energy structure to the green transformation of production and lifestyles... China's green and low-carbon development is advancing in depth.
The international community generally believes that at a critical moment in the global climate governance process, China's major commitment to carbon peaking and carbon neutrality, and its conscious actions to promote high-quality development and accelerate green and low-carbon transformation, reflect China's active assumption of important responsibilities and play a positive exemplary role.
Enhance the diversity, stability, and sustainability of ecosystems and safeguard the boundaries of natural ecological security.
"'A Bao' has arrived near Jingne Township (景讷乡), Jinghong City (景洪市)!" Not long ago, Asian elephant monitors in the Xishuangbanna National Nature Reserve (西双版纳国家级自然保护区) in Yunnan (云南) discovered that the range of activities of the wild elephant "A Bao," which was officially released back into the wild in May last year, has been continuously expanding from the Mengyang (勐养) area, showing good wild survival ability.
"A Bao" is the first rescued elephant in China to be released back into the wild. Drinking and bathing with other wild elephants, its "body" is getting stronger and stronger, and its vigilance against people is higher... For more than a year, monitors have been closely observing its activities.
At present, the number of wild Asian elephants in China has increased to more than 300. "'A Bao's' successful release not only reflects the effectiveness of China's Asian elephant protection and management, but also helps us share our experience in population monitoring, community co-management, and other fields with other important Asian elephant distribution countries, and promote cross-border protection cooperation," said monitor Zhou Chenhao (周晨浩).
Adhering to the integrated protection and systematic management of mountains, rivers, forests, fields, lakes, grasslands, and deserts, and building a large pattern of protection and management from mountain tops to oceans; steadily promoting the construction of a natural protected area system with national parks as the main body, and establishing nearly 10,000 natural protected areas of various levels and types, accounting for about 18% of the land area; implementing 6 batches of mountain and water projects, completing ecological restoration area of more than 120 million mu. Increasing the protection and restoration of ecosystems, China is a strong supporter and contributor to global biodiversity conservation.
Elizabeth Mrema, Executive Secretary of the Secretariat of the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity, believes that China's efforts and achievements in biodiversity conservation not only protect its own ecosystems and biological resources, but also make important contributions to global biodiversity conservation.
Providing "green power" for the world, China is a well-deserved promoter and contributor.
The production and sales of new energy vehicles have ranked first in the world for 9 consecutive years, and more than half of the world's new energy vehicles are driving on Chinese soil;
More than 80% of the world's photovoltaic modules and 70% of wind power equipment come from China;
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the country has cumulatively completed afforestation of 1.16 billion mu, with a forest coverage rate of more than 25%, contributing 1/4 of the world's new green area...
"China unswervingly follows the path of green and low-carbon development, and provides a practical model for building a community of life on Earth with concrete green actions, injecting stronger stability and greater certainty into the global environmental governance and green development process," said Hu Jun (胡军), director of the Xi Jinping (习近平) Thought on Ecological Civilization Research Center and director of the Environmental and Economic Policy Research Center of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment.
China's Strength—
Empowering global green development and jointly building a clean, beautiful, and sustainable world.
In 2024, humanity experienced the hottest year on record, and extreme weather and climate events occurred frequently.
The endogenous driving force of global ecological governance is insufficient, and the problem of ecological deficit is prominent. Rising temperatures bring a series of problems such as glacier melting, sea level rise, and biodiversity loss... The blue planet is facing severe ecological and environmental challenges.
In the face of the global ecological crisis, China actively and proactively assumes the responsibility of a major country. The 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China clearly put forward the important concept of "global ecological civilization construction." The concept of a community of life on Earth in Xi Jinping's (习近平) thought on ecological civilization expands the responsibility for global ecological environmental protection and governance from one country and one place to the whole world and all mankind. "Faced with ecological and environmental challenges, mankind is a community of shared future, and no country can be immune."
Adhering to this concept, China has always been an important participant, contributor, and leader in global ecological civilization construction, practicing true multilateralism with the responsibility of an "empowering major country," providing public goods for the world, and contributing to global ecological governance and sustainable development with practical actions.
Jointly build the foundation of ecological civilization.
In November 2024, a batch of intelligent meteorological observation equipment aided by China arrived in Pakistan. Prior to this, the meteorological departments of the two countries had jointly developed a customized cloud-based early warning system for Pakistan.
"Through the cloud-based early warning system, we can use advanced technologies such as artificial intelligence and more models to carry out weather forecasting work," said Bazar Chima, an expert from the Pakistan Meteorological Department.
Standing at the crossroads of human social development, climate change has become a common challenge concerning the future and destiny of all countries. To address the global challenge of climate change, global action, global response, and global cooperation must be carried out.
As a "Chinese star" serving the world, Fengyun (风云) meteorological satellites provide services to 133 countries and regions; in the vast space, the Earth Resources Satellite jointly developed by China and Brazil silently guards the "green lungs of the Earth," the Amazon rainforest; in Ethiopia, the multispectral remote sensing data obtained by the microsatellites aided by China free of charge are used in agriculture, forestry, water conservancy, disaster prevention and mitigation, and other fields...
Last November, during the 29th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, China held a series of events to actively share its experience in addressing climate change. Ana Toni, Brazil's Deputy Minister for Climate Change Affairs, said that these events "demonstrated China's firm determination to address climate change and its willingness to share development experience, highlighting its influence and leadership, and demonstrating its image as a responsible major country."
The atmosphere knows no borders; the world shares the same climate. China actively participates in climate and environmental governance, promoting the formation of mechanisms for countries to participate in global climate and environmental governance. To date, China has signed 54 Memoranda of Understanding on South-South cooperation on climate change with 42 developing countries, providing a cumulative financial support of over 177 billion yuan, which has effectively helped enhance the capacity of developing countries to address climate change.
Together, we embark on a path of green development.
In West Bosnia Canton of Bosnia and Herzegovina, a large area of wind turbines with red-painted blade tips is particularly eye-catching. This is the Ivovik 84 MW wind power project invested and constructed by China. After being connected to the grid, it is expected to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by about 240,000 tons per year, effectively promoting the transformation and upgrading of Bosnia and Herzegovina's energy structure.
From the sprawling "photovoltaic ocean" in the Omani desert to the ultra-high voltage transmission lines crossing the tropical rainforest in Brazil; from the low-carbon demonstration zones in Southeast Asia to the energy-saving lamps in small island countries... China has carried out green energy project cooperation with more than 100 countries and regions, turning green energy from a "luxury" into a "daily necessity."
Philip Clayton, President of the Institute for Ecological Civilization in the United States, said: "Only by making green technologies accessible to as many people as possible can we overcome the climate crisis, and China's related measures are promoting the realization of this goal."
In the past 10 years, China has promoted a cumulative decrease of over 60% and 80% in the average cost per kilowatt-hour of global wind power and photovoltaic power generation projects, respectively. The green technologies, green solutions, and green standards provided by China are constantly being transformed into actions and results, significantly improving the accessibility of clean energy technologies worldwide.
Together, we build a community of life on Earth.
In Phang Nga Bay National Park (攀牙湾国家公园) in Thailand, vast mangrove forests protect the coastline. Who would have thought that nearly 60% of Thailand's mangroves have been damaged due to rising sea levels and the impact of human activities? Last November, the China-Thailand Mangrove Joint Protection Demonstration Zone was inaugurated, and the marine departments of the two countries will deepen exchanges and cooperation in mangrove protection and restoration.
China is one of the few countries in the world that has achieved a net increase in mangrove area. Ornicha, Director of the Third Research and Development Center for Mangroves of the Department of Marine and Coastal Resources of Thailand, said that China's rich experience in mangrove protection and restoration technology is worth learning from.
Humans have only one Earth. Promoting green development and building ecological civilization are the common cause of all mankind.
China is demonstrating its responsibility as a major country with practical actions.
Taking the lead in contributing 1.5 billion yuan to establish the Kunming Biodiversity Fund (昆明生物多样性基金) to support the biodiversity conservation efforts of developing countries; incorporating climate change and green development into the key cooperation areas of the Global Development Initiative; extensively carrying out bilateral and multilateral international cooperation, and conducting cooperation with India, Brazil, South Africa and other countries and regions in energy conservation and environmental protection, addressing climate change, and combating desertification...
Protecting the Earth is not only a responsibility for the present but also a commitment to the future.
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The ecological environment is related to the survival of mankind, and ecological civilization is related to the development of mankind.
For thousands of years, the Chinese nation has respected nature and protected nature, and advocating "harmony between man and nature" (天人合一) is a distinctive feature of Chinese civilization.
Adhering to Xi Jinping's Thought on Ecological Civilization (习近平生态文明思想) as guidance, China in the new era has written a new chapter in human civilization with the vivid practice of green development, scientifically answering the questions of the times and the world in addressing global environmental and climate challenges, and contributing to global sustainable development with the Chinese path, Chinese governance, and Chinese theory.
With the future of mankind in mind and the well-being of the people at heart, China will continue to empower the Chinese concepts and actions of global ecological governance, promote the construction of a fair, reasonable, and win-win global environmental governance system, work together with all countries to draw a beautiful picture of harmonious coexistence between man and nature, build a clean and beautiful world for future generations, and enable all countries in the world to have a shared and beautiful future.
(Reported by Feng Hua (冯华), Li Hongmei (李红梅), Kou Jiangze (寇江泽), Dong Siyu (董丝雨), Pan Shaojun (潘少军), and Dou Hao (窦皓) of this newspaper)
Return to TopThis newspaper reported from Beijing on June 3rd (Reporter Kou Jiangze (寇江泽)) The Ministry of Ecology and Environment (生态环境部), the Ministry of Culture and Tourism (文化和旅游部), the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles (中国文联), and the Chinese Writers Association (中国作协) recently jointly issued the "Guiding Opinions on Further Strengthening the Construction of Ecological Culture," making a comprehensive and systematic deployment of ecological culture construction work.
The opinion clarifies the main tasks of ecological culture construction from three aspects: strengthening the research and inheritance of ecological culture, strengthening the communication and promotion of ecological culture, and promoting the transformation and utilization of ecological culture. It proposes 10 specific measures for ecological culture construction, including strengthening theoretical research and exchange of ecological culture, exploring excellent traditional Chinese ecological culture, promoting the creation of ecological literature and art, building ecological culture positions, promoting ecological culture to go overseas, advocating green and low-carbon production and lifestyles, and promoting the development of the "ecological culture +" industry.
The opinion emphasizes that ecological environment, culture and tourism, literary and art federations, writers associations and other departments at all levels should strengthen cooperation to form a mechanism for promoting the implementation of ecological culture construction. At the same time, it is necessary to strengthen guarantees in talent training, encouraging and guiding social capital to participate in and support ecological culture construction, and other aspects.
Return to TopCurrently, artificial intelligence has become a new focus of international competition and a new engine of economic development. In 2024, the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council (国务院国资委) launched a special action for central enterprises called "AI+", promoting intelligent applications, data empowerment, and computing power infrastructure construction, promoting the deep integration of artificial intelligence and industry, and accelerating the intelligent transformation and upgrading of central enterprises.
Baidu (百度) actively responds to the national call, relying on Baidu AI Cloud's full-stack technology advantages in underlying computing power, deep learning, computer vision, large language models, and multimodal large models, continuously carrying out special research and capability building, and continuously deepening technology integration and joint research with leading enterprises in multiple industries such as electric power, petroleum and petrochemicals, and gas, accelerating the intelligent upgrading of China's energy industry.
In the field of electric power, the State Grid Corporation of China (国家电网公司) is comprehensively carrying out the planning and design of "Artificial Intelligence +", relying on Baidu AI Cloud's domestic Kunlun Chip computing power, Wenxin large model, and Qianfan large model platform to form an overall "6541" layout centered on the Bright Power Large Model, creating a two-level intelligent computing center of "headquarters - provincial company". The State Grid Corporation of China (国家电网公司), together with Baidu (百度), released the Bright Power Large Model, built a unified and open artificial intelligence technology innovation platform covering the company's headquarters and 27 provincial branches, and promoted more than 100 application scenarios in 17 categories, such as drone inspection and marketing customer service, with annual inspection of 5 million towers, reducing manual tower climbing by 40%; providing intelligent power service for 1.1 billion power customers, with an intelligent question and answer response rate of over 90%. Recently, the State Grid Corporation of China (国家电网公司) released the "Electric Power 'Artificial Intelligence +' White Paper," which is of great significance for promoting the construction of a new power system, accelerating the formation of new quality productivity in the power field, ensuring national energy security, and promoting the green transformation of energy.
China Southern Power Grid (南方电网公司) uses Kunlun Chip, Wenxin large model, PaddlePaddle framework, development kits and other technical products to promote the intelligent upgrading of business systems. The Southern Power Grid General Dispatch relies on Baidu's (百度) full-stack artificial intelligence technology to successfully complete the 5th and 6th Power Dispatch AI Application Competition, focusing on training exclusive large models and developing scenario applications. Guangdong Power Grid Co., Ltd. of China Southern Power Grid (南方电网广东电网公司) relies on the Da Watt Power Intelligent Customer Service Large Model to achieve breakthroughs in emotion recognition, automatic generation of work order summaries, and other aspects, significantly improving the intelligent customer service capabilities, with the artificial intelligence service rate for high-frequency businesses reaching 89.7%. The "Tianxuan-Lingxi" dispatching large model recently released by Shenzhen Power Supply Bureau of China Southern Power Grid (南方电网深圳供电局) injects an intelligent "brain" into the dispatching system, initially possessing autonomous learning and intelligent judgment capabilities, effectively empowering key businesses such as urban power grid control and analysis.
The new energy field is also showing a leap-forward development trend. Since 2021, China Longyuan Power (国能龙源电力) has joined hands with Baidu AI Cloud (百度智能云) to build a video intelligent recognition system with a three-level management architecture of "Longyuan Power Headquarters - Provincial Monitoring Center - New Energy Power Station" around the actual needs of new energy power stations, creating an open, intensive, and scalable intelligent operation platform covering more than 200 wind farms and 12,000 wind turbines. The accuracy of the system inspection model exceeds 95%, the response efficiency is shortened from hours to minutes, and the overall inspection efficiency is increased by 6 to 10 times. With the development of AI technology, the two sides are cooperating to carry out large model research and training and application, promoting the implementation of large models in production, equipment, and safety production supervision business scenarios.
At the same time, Guohua Investment (国华投资), a subsidiary of China Energy Investment Corporation (国家能源集团), and Baidu AI Cloud (百度智能云) are jointly building a large model intelligent body platform and high-quality RAG knowledge base in the field of hydrogen energy, developing multiple intelligent bodies such as contract review and equipment maintenance, realizing the intelligence and automation of hydrogen energy office scenarios, and effectively improving work efficiency and management level.
Traditional energy business areas are also accelerating intelligent transformation. China Huaneng Group (华能集团) actively applies Baidu AI Cloud (百度智能云) technology in key operating areas to promote intelligent fuel management. In the "Real-time Perception and Monitoring of Fuel" project jointly carried out by both sides, the large model relies on powerful data interaction and analysis capabilities to build a personalized analysis framework, improve the perception and early warning level of fuel data fluctuations and anomalies, and assist in generating business analysis reports, enhancing the scientificity and efficiency of decision-making. At the same time, with the help of the large model's knowledge application capabilities, the professional level of fuel business personnel is rapidly improved, and the innovation and upgrading of the fuel management model is promoted.
China Petrochemical Corporation (中国石化) relies on Baidu Baige AI heterogeneous computing platform to build a unified management and scheduling capability for diversified heterogeneous AI computing power, significantly improving the efficiency of computing power use. At the same time, China Petrochemical Engineering Construction Co., Ltd. (中国石化工程建设公司) has created applications such as engineering consulting report generation, intelligent Q&A of construction standards and specifications, and human resources assistant based on Baidu AI Cloud AppBuilder, effectively solving business management pain points and accumulating practical experience. China Petrochemical Corporation (中国石化) implements an intelligent upgrading strategy, promoting the deep integration of exploration and development, oil refining, chemical, marketing and other sectors with AI technology, and comprehensively improving production efficiency and operation level.
Baidu AI Cloud (百度智能云) takes the "cloud-intelligence integration" strategy as the lead, building an intelligent solution system that runs through the entire chain of energy production, transmission, and consumption. The computing power base of Baidu AI Cloud's (百度智能云) technology architecture adheres to the direction of domestic production, the algorithm model focuses on professional in-depth cultivation, and the application ecology adheres to an open path, providing strong technical support and innovation momentum for accelerating the construction of a clean, low-carbon, safe, and efficient new energy system.
Data source: Baidu (百度)
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The charm of Qiong Island lies both in the rainforest secrets amidst the coconut breeze and sea rhythm, and in the ancient and long-standing Shizhai villages. Sanqing Village (三卿村), Daotang Village Committee (道堂村委会), Shishan Town (石山镇), Xiuying District (秀英区), Haikou City (海口市), Hainan Province (海南省), is deeply hidden beside the Haikou Volcanic Cluster Global Geopark (海口火山口地质公园), built on a volcanic lava plateau. The houses, constructed from volcanic rock, are naturally formed according to the terrain. In 2014, Sanqing Village (三卿村) was selected into the third batch of Chinese traditional village directories.
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Entering Sanqing Village (三卿村), the deepness of the black-gray volcanic rock fills the vision, making one immediately feel the unusualness of this village selected on a volcanic lava plateau.
Why was the site selected here? "The plateau has flat terrain and abundant stone resources, which is convenient for building houses. The volcanic rock soil is rich in trace elements, which is conducive to reclamation and planting." Facing the volcanic terraces beside the village, Chen Kuixin (陈魁新), director of the Daotang Village Committee (道堂村委会), introduced that these approximately 300 mu of terraces mainly grow crops such as corn and black beans.
Anhua Tower (安华楼), facing the village entrance, is a landmark building in the village, telling the history of the ancient village. This is a blockhouse made of dry-laid volcanic rock, three stories high, regular and square, with the outer walls plastered with lime to protect the walls, and sentry posts and gun holes set on all sides of the top floor. According to Du Huizhen (杜惠珍), deputy director of the Haikou Municipal Office of Local Chronicles, during the Anti-Japanese War, the villagers joined the guerrilla forces and once stood guard at Anhua Tower (安华楼) and repeatedly repelled the harassment of the Japanese army.
What is the origin of the name Sanqing Village (三卿村)? Chen Kuixin (陈魁新) introduced that the name Sanqing Village (三卿村) originated from "San Gong Jiu Qing" (三公九卿), which was the ancient villagers' hope to study and pass the imperial examinations and embark on an official career.
Not far from Anhua Tower (安华楼), the remains of the Baiting (拜亭) where lectures were given and the three-story stone tower Jingzi Pagoda (敬字塔) all reflect the ancient village's tradition of valuing education. Chen Kuixin (陈魁新) introduced that traditional Chinese society has the custom of respecting and cherishing written words, thus giving birth to buildings like the Jingzi Pagoda (敬字塔) in the village, which are specially used to dispose of discarded paper documents.
Strolling through Sanqing Village (三卿村), one can not only appreciate the human history in the architecture, but also savor the local customs in the alleys.
The village has 5 ancient alleys, crisscrossing and winding. Walking through the ancient alleys, the roads underfoot either retain the original appearance after the lava cooled or are paved with volcanic stone slabs. On both sides of the ancient alleys, the courtyard walls made of volcanic stone are within reach, and the honeycomb and rope-like textures are clearly visible. The old houses mostly use stones with uniform pores in the middle section of the magma. The daily necessities in the village are also mostly made of stone, and stone tables, stone mills, and stone benches are scattered in the courtyards of each household.
Due to being located in a volcanic area with many cracks, it is difficult to dig volcanic rock to dig wells for water, so the villagers use water tanks to store water. Over time, Sanqing Village (三卿村) has formed a distinctive water tank culture, with a saying: "Don't marry gold, don't marry silver, just count the water tanks in front of the door to get married."
Pushing open the door, the old woman in front of the house warmly invited the reporter to visit the house. As the weather gets hotter, the stone house can block the heat from the outside world. "The house is a bit small, but it is ventilated and breathable, which is enough for us old people," the old woman said. Most of the time, she and other elderly people in the village like to gather under the big tree in the village to chat.
"Guess how old I am?" The old women under the big tree are optimistic and talkative, "More than 90 years old."
The breeze blows, and the sunlight shines through the swaying branches and leaves, scattering light and shadow on the loquat fruit and dried radish harvested by the old women, and also shining on the relaxed faces of everyone when they talk about the past. In Sanqing Village (三卿村), the long-lived old people are like walking "local chronicles" and vivid "living maps", pointing the way and telling stories to visitors from afar, guarding the memory of this village.
Today, the ancient village also has a "youthful style". The "atmosphere" created by volcanic stone has attracted many enterprises to settle in, and the idle courtyards are gradually being activated. "Currently, we have used volcanic stone houses to create 5 guest rooms, which are very popular with tourists during the 'May Day' holiday." The person in charge of Guishi·Nan Xiaoka Courtyard (归时·南小咖小院) introduced that the team has retained the original appearance of the village houses and also matched fashionable elements to attract tourists. The courtyard will use 5% of its annual profit as dividends to help villagers increase their income.
In Sanqing Village (三卿村), there are already 6 small courtyards like Guishi·Nan Xiaoka Courtyard (归时·南小咖小院) that combine the ancient charm of the village with modern life. The young people attracted by the small courtyards also bring laughter to the elderly people who stay in the ancient village. Chen Kuixin (陈魁新) introduced that the village will continue to improve supporting facilities, develop "courtyard economy" and study tourism, so that more new enterprises and new business forms will come to Sanqing Village (三卿村), not only "attracting guests", but also "keeping guests".
In summer, rainwater flows through the patterns on the ancient alleys, and the sound of rain resonates with the Hainan Eight Tones (海南八音). Drinking coffee and tasting fragrant tea in the house, tourists from all over the world gather together to share their experiences and chat about their feelings. Sanqing Village (三卿村) is gradually becoming known to more people. **沧海桑田** (cāng hǎi sāng tián - "blue sea mulberry fields," time brings great changes to the world), the piled volcanic rocks and cooled lava will witness new stories. The people who have lived here for a long time are continuing to write a happy daily life in a traditional village.
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"Boss, wrap a liangpi!" In the summer, walking on the streets of Puyang (濮阳), Henan, you can always see such a scene: the shop owner takes a small basin and deftly stirs the brightly colored side dishes, then spreads the side dishes on a round liangpi, wraps it into a solid roll, and hands it to the customer.
In this small city in northern Henan, eating wrapped liangpi seems to have become an exclusive ritual for people to welcome summer.
As a traditional Chinese snack, liangpi can be divided into two major categories based on raw materials: rice noodles and wheat noodles. Laborers in various regions have created different forms and flavors: sesame sauce liangpi, rolled noodles, red oil noodles, hot rice noodles... There are many varieties and diverse tastes. So, what is unique about Puyang's wrapped liangpi?
The liangpi is translucent, complete and unbroken. The dough used for wrapped liangpi is mainly made of wheat flour. After kneading and washing the dough, a milky white batter is obtained. It is poured into a round plate and slowly rotated, heated and steamed to set the shape, and finally peeled off as a whole, spread on the table and left to cool. With the development of the times, some shops have innovatively added dragon fruit juice, carrot juice, and spinach juice to the liangpi making process, which not only enhances the nutritional value but also enriches the color of the liangpi.
Once the liangpi is wrapped, it has "hidden depths" (内有乾坤 (nèi yǒu qián kūn - "inside has universe," meaning there's more than meets the eye, hidden complexity)). A thin piece of liangpi, when wrapped, can be as thick as an adult's arm. The side dishes inside are rich, including shredded cucumber, gluten cubes, cold noodles, crushed peanuts... You can choose according to your preferences, and drizzle with sesame sauce, garlic juice, vinegar juice, chili oil and other seasonings. Holding it in your hand, take a bite, the liangpi is soft and chewy, the cucumber is refreshing, and the peanuts are crispy. The aroma of vinegar, garlic, and chili oil mix together, instantly flooding the mouth and stimulating the taste buds.
Puyang (濮阳) is located on the north bank of the lower reaches of the Yellow River and is one of the important birthplaces of Chinese civilization. The Qicheng Ruins (戚城遗址), the Chanyuan Alliance Memorial Hall (澶渊之盟纪念馆), etc., all demonstrate the city's profound cultural heritage; the Northeast Village Acrobatic Culture Park (东北庄杂技文化园区), Puyang Water Town (濮水小镇), Longshan Longhu Tourist Resort (龙山龙湖旅游度假区), etc., have also become emerging cultural tourism highlights. Tourists come to Puyang (濮阳) to admire historical sites, visit Longhu Lake, and watch acrobatics. Wrapped liangpi is also one of the representatives of "Puyang Flavor" and is loved by more and more people.
According to statistics, Puyang (濮阳) already has more than 2,500 liangpi stores, driving the employment of tens of thousands of people. The local relevant departments initiated the establishment of a liangpi industry special committee to guide the liangpi industry to achieve branding, scale, and organization, and further help improve the quality and upgrade of cultural tourism consumption. Puyang (濮阳) has held two Liangpi Food Festivals and launched the theme song "Welcome to Puyang to Eat Liangpi" (《欢迎来濮阳吃凉皮》). During the event, tourists can taste liangpi of different brands and flavors in a "one-stop" manner, and can also immerse themselves in the whole process of liangpi making in the "self-service liangpi experience area".
Taste is a wonderful link through time and space. The seemingly ordinary wrapped liangpi is a business card that interprets local customs for newcomers; for returning travelers, it is a switch that activates memories. Walking on the streets of Puyang (濮阳), holding a roll of wrapped liangpi, watching vendors enthusiastically solicit customers, acquaintances greet each other in dialect, and tourists record their lives with cameras... The trivial but full of fireworks daily life has become a vivid carrier of urban memory.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 常 钦
How to pick out the "best of the best" vegetables from the shopping basket is a topic of concern for many people. Recently, a reporter interviewed Shu Jinshuai (舒金帅), a researcher at the Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (中国农业科学院蔬菜花卉研究所), who provided consumers with "selection tips" for four types of vegetables: eggplant, pepper, cucumber, and tomato.
Eggplant: Judge Tenderness by "Fruit Ring," Verify Moisture by Weighing
Eggplant is a frequent guest on family tables, and its rich anthocyanins and dietary fiber are very beneficial to health. When selecting, first observe the luster of the skin, "Choose eggplants with a deep purple and shiny skin for purple eggplants, and bright green and uniform skin for green eggplants. Those with whitish or mottled skin may have been stored for a long time," said Shu Jinshuai (舒金帅).
The key detail is in the fruit ring: the larger the white band-like ring at the connection between the eggplant calyx and the fruit, the more tender the eggplant. In terms of feel, fresh eggplants feel moderately soft and elastic to the touch. If they are too soft, the inside may be rotten; if they are too hard, the fibers may be aging. In addition, eggplants with fresh green and thorny stems and calyxes are relatively fresh. Under the same volume, heavier eggplants will have more moisture and taste fresher and more tender.
Pepper: Choose Varieties According to "Use," Judge Freshness by Observing "Firmness"
Sweet peppers are suitable for people who are afraid of spicy food and should be selected with thick flesh; pointed peppers and line peppers have a moderate spiciness and are suitable for seasoning; millet peppers have a strong spiciness, and a small amount can enhance the flavor.
Freshness is judged by looking at three points: the skin color should be bright (red peppers should be completely red, and green peppers should be bright green) without wrinkles or black spots; they should be firm and full when lightly pinched, and those that are soft and collapsed may have lost water; the fruit stem should be emerald green and firm, and those that are yellow or falling off are no longer fresh. Shu Jinshuai (舒金帅) specifically reminded that if local softening occurs in sweet peppers, it may be that the inside has begun to rot, and it is not advisable to buy them.
Cucumber: "Small Thorns" and "Hardness" are Double Indicators, and a Fresh Fragrance is More Reassuring
"Cucumber is a good product for hydrating in summer. When selecting greenhouse cucumbers, avoid 'hormone suspicion'," said Shu Jinshuai (舒金帅). The surface of fresh cucumbers should have uniform small thorns that are easy to fall off when touched lightly. Those with sparse or fallen thorns are mostly old cucumbers. The color should be generally emerald green, and the two ends should not be yellow. "If the color is too dark, hormones may have been used, so be cautious."
In terms of feel, cucumbers that are firm and stiff and have no soft depressions when pressed are fresher. Those that are soft may have been picked for a long time and are prone to hollowing or rotting. In addition, when you get close to smell it, it should have a natural green grass fragrance. If it has a sour or strange smell, it may be caused by deterioration or pesticide residue.
Tomato: Natural Ripening is Key, "Elasticity and Fragrance" are the First Choice
There are many varieties of tomatoes on the market. How to distinguish between naturally ripened and ripened products?
For tomatoes, "natural ripening is key." Naturally ripened tomatoes have a uniform color (all red, pink, or yellow) and a shiny surface. Those with uneven green and red or overly bright colors may be ripened fruits. Fresh green calyxes that are tightly connected to the fruit are a sign of freshness; if the calyxes are black or falling off, it indicates that they have been stored for a long time.
In terms of touch, it is best to gently press it to be elastic but not soft and rotten. Those that are too hard are not ripe, and those that are too soft may be rotten. Naturally ripened tomatoes have a distinct fresh fragrance, while ripened tomatoes have a bland or even no taste, which is an important distinguishing point.
When purchasing vegetables, try to avoid products with an abnormally shiny surface, a waxy feel, or blue spots. These types of vegetables may have used preservatives or have more pesticide residues. Give priority to green leafy vegetables with clean root cuts and no browning of the leaves, such as romaine lettuce and lettuce.
"Remember the three-step method of 'look, touch, and smell,' combined with the characteristic details of different vegetables, and you can pick fresh and healthy seasonal dishes," said Shu Jinshuai (舒金帅).
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How Does Hemp Become Cloth?
Picking ramie strips from a clear stream, tearing them into fine threads, gently picking them up, repeatedly twisting and kneading... In the hands of Song Shuya (宋树牙), ramie threads are twisted into strands, becoming longer and longer, like a wisp of memory drawn from the depths of time. Wanzai Xia Bu (万载夏布), with more than 1600 years of weaving history, is woven from these strands of ramie.
"Since I can remember, I often watched adults spin and wind yarn." Song Shuya (宋树牙), 80 years old this year, is a national representative inheritor of the Wanzai Xia Bu (万载夏布) weaving technique in Jiangxi (江西) Province. His family has been engaged in the Xia Bu (夏布) weaving industry for generations.
"As smooth as a water mirror, as light as silk gauze." Xia Bu (夏布), hand-woven from ramie fibers, has the characteristics of breathability, sweat absorption, and antibacterial properties. In ancient times, it was mostly used in summer, hence the name.
Song Shuya (宋树牙) said that the Xia Bu (夏布) weaving process is quite complicated. "Just the preliminary processing of ramie requires soaking and softening, removing impurities, bleaching in morning dew, and drying."
The most patience-testing step is spinning the yarn – joining the ramie strips into a long enough and knot-free uniform yarn. "Because naturally processed yarn is easy to break, this step can only be done by hand. One person needs to spin the yarn for almost two months for one bolt of cloth," said Song Shuya (宋树牙).
Subsequently, the spun yarn is sorted into skeins and divided into warp and weft for weaving. Afterwards, it must go through warping, reed threading, sizing, heddle threading, and drying. "Reed threading can increase the edge strength of Xia Bu (夏布), allowing the warp threads to interlock tightly, requiring sharp eyes and skillful hands; sizing tests skill and physical strength, and even application is necessary to prevent the yarn from fluffing or breaking..." said Song Shuya (宋树牙). Finally, the warp threads are placed on the loom, and the warp and weft are interwoven, so that bolts of exquisite Xia Bu (夏布) can be presented.
In 1998, Song Shuya (宋树牙) founded Wanzai County Shuangzhi Xia Bu Factory (万载县双志夏布厂). With strict control over quality, Song Shuya's (宋树牙) Xia Bu (夏布) quickly gained popularity, not only having a market in China, but also being sold abroad.
"Xia Bu (夏布) is a good thing, but now there are not many people buying Xia Bu (夏布)." Under the impact of modern textile industry, Xia Bu (夏布) has gradually faded out of the public eye. The grand scene of "every household around green ramie, every village hears the sound of looms" in Wanzai County (万载县) is also difficult to see again.
While many local peers chose to find other livelihoods, Song Shuya (宋树牙) insisted on working diligently on the warp and weft of Xia Bu (夏布), and carefully passed on the skills to his son, Song Zhixue (宋志学).
"When I was young, I didn't think so much about the market. I just wanted to take over and pass on this skill from my father." Song Zhixue (宋志学), who grew up with the sound of looms, understands that a few strands of hemp thread and a foot of plain cloth condense his father's lifelong efforts, and he has also been picking up this "thread" for more than 30 years.
"The essence of Xia Bu (夏布) lies in handcrafting, and the difficulty also lies in handcrafting," said Song Zhixue (宋志学). "If machines are used to spin yarn, the ramie must be boiled until only the fibers are left, and the most valuable natural gum will be completely lost." The reliance on handcrafting determines the low efficiency and high cost of Xia Bu (夏布) weaving. In order to break through this predicament, Song Zhixue (宋志学) cooperated with many universities to strive for optimizing the Xia Bu (夏布) weaving process. "We hope to achieve large-scale and efficient production of Xia Bu (夏布) while retaining the natural texture and antibacterial effect."
In order to promote Xia Bu (夏布), Song Zhixue (宋志学) has made various attempts. He introduced the tie-dyeing technique of Yunnan (云南) Province into the production of Xia Bu (夏布) handicrafts, and also hired specialists to design more than 200 kinds of Xia Bu (夏布) cultural and creative products such as shoes, bags, hats, folding fans, tea mats, and door curtains. In 2023, the Xia Bu (夏布) Culture Museum built by the father and son opened. A Wanzai Xia Bu (万载夏布) weaving experience area is specially set up in the museum, where tourists can experience the charm of intangible cultural heritage themselves.
"I hope that one day the Wanzai Xia Bu (万载夏布) weaving technique, this intangible cultural heritage, can be understood and loved by more people, and I can pass on the shuttle in my hand," said Song Zhixue (宋志学).
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As evening falls in Samber-Binjeri Village (桑贝尔—宾耶里村), Papua Province (巴布亚省), the easternmost part of Indonesia (印度尼西亚), the newly installed streetlights cast a soft glow, and the beach is lined with brand-new stone-paved roads. Tourists stroll leisurely, and children play in the newly built pavilions. In the distance, the newly paved asphalt road is clean and tidy, and a huge billboard reads, "Come and eat fish! Fresh fish is available daily." This is the new face of Indonesia's latest modernized fishing village.
The revitalization of Samber-Binjeri fishing village is a microcosm of the Indonesian government's efforts to accelerate poverty reduction. Since 2023, the Indonesian Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (印尼海洋事务与渔业部) has been implementing the "Kalamo" fishing village modernization project nationwide, dedicated to helping backward fishing villages escape poverty, from which Samber-Binjeri Village has benefited.
Dean Teuku Dartanjo (德古·达尔坦托) of the Faculty of Economics at the University of Indonesia (印度尼西亚大学) said that in recent years, Indonesia has comprehensively promoted poverty reduction, and the overall living standards of the people have been significantly improved. The Indonesian government mainly helps people increase their income and gradually escape poverty by expanding social security coverage, strengthening infrastructure construction, promoting employment and entrepreneurship, and developing the rural economy. Indonesia has basically achieved the goal of eliminating extreme poverty in 2024, six years ahead of schedule.
Modernization Helps Fishing Villages Change Their Old Appearance
180 Fishing Villages Nationwide Can Be Renovated
80% of the population of Samber-Binjeri Village is engaged in fishing, and it is a traditional small fishing village. In the past, the village was full of the smell of fish, and garbage stains could be seen everywhere on the ground, and the infrastructure was outdated. Fishermen use homemade ice to preserve fish, which can only be kept fresh for up to half a day, which has a great impact on sales and prices. According to villagers, after a year of hard work, the total income of the village is only 1.42 billion Indonesian Rupiah (印尼盾) (approximately US$1 equals 16,328 Indonesian Rupiah).
The Indonesian government has invested 22 billion Indonesian Rupiah in the fishing village modernization project to build ice-making plants, cold storage rooms, cooking centers, fishing boat repair shops, gas stations and other fishery infrastructure, as well as water purification and drainage systems, street lighting, wastewater treatment and other living facilities, and established a fishery management cooperative. In addition, the Indonesian government is also focusing on developing local characteristic tourism, such as fresh fish supply, on-site catching and eating, and selling handicrafts. Related measures have effectively improved the quality of life of villagers.
Statistics from the Indonesian Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries show that there are 180 fishing villages nationwide that can be renovated, and another 10 modernized fishing villages are planned to be added.
According to the latest data released by the Indonesian Central Bureau of Statistics (印尼中央统计局), the national poverty rate in Indonesia has dropped from 11.2% in 2015 to 8.57% in 2024, the lowest poverty rate since 1998. World Bank data shows that the proportion of people living in extreme poverty in Indonesia has dropped from 8.5% in 2015 to 1.8% in 2023. Indonesia has become one of the countries in Southeast Asia with the most significant achievements in poverty reduction. The goal set in Indonesia's "2025-2045 National Long-Term Development Plan" (《2025—2045年国家长期发展规划》) is to eliminate poverty by 2045 and increase per capita income to more than US$30,000, which is also one of the goals of the "Golden Indonesia 2045" vision.
Social Assistance Programs Provide Support to Poor Families
Nearly 20 Million Families Have Been Covered
Implementing social assistance programs is a major measure taken by the Indonesian government to reduce the economic burden on the people and ensure the basic living needs of poor families.
Indonesia has established a comprehensive social welfare database to register and screen eligible families in need of assistance and provide a series of social security programs, including the "Family Hope Program" (“家庭希望计划”), the "Non-Cash Food Assistance Program" (“非现金食品援助计划”), and "Social Rehabilitation Assistance" (“社会康复援助”), etc. As of November 2023, 98% of the relevant social assistance program budget has been successfully allocated, covering nearly 20 million families.
The "Family Hope Program" was implemented by the Indonesian Ministry of Social Affairs (印尼社会事务部) in 2007, aiming to ensure that key groups such as pregnant women and children have access to basic medical care, education and other opportunities, break the intergenerational cycle of poverty, and allow the younger generation to escape the poverty trap. In 2017, the World Bank approved US$200 million in financing to support the program. Data shows that the number of beneficiary families of the program has increased from nearly 390,000 poor families in 2007 to more than 10 million families in 2020, covering 15% of the total population.
In order to help the poor expand employment and increase income, the Indonesian government launched the "Archipelago Economic Hero Program" (“群岛经济英雄计划”) in November 2022, which aims to help recipients master a skill and achieve economic independence. As of April 30, 2024, the program has enabled more than 25,000 people to no longer rely on social assistance. The government has also launched the People's Business Credit Program (人民商业信贷项目), which promotes entrepreneurship among the poor by developing small and micro business enterprises. More than 10 Indonesian banks have joined the program. As of October 2024, the project has issued nearly 247 trillion Indonesian Rupiah in loans, and another 28.7 trillion Indonesian Rupiah in loans were issued in the first two months of 2025.
Dartanjo said that Indonesia's poverty reduction policy emphasizes supporting the development of small and medium-sized enterprises by providing low-interest loans and other forms of assistance to help people in poor areas start businesses and find employment, enhance economic resilience, and provide education scholarships and free medical insurance to poor and vulnerable groups to expand access to basic services. "Practice has proved that this type of poverty reduction policy is in line with reality and has achieved good results."
Learning from China's Targeted Poverty Alleviation Concept
Four Batches of Indonesian Village Chiefs Have Visited China for Inspection and Exchange
In order to formulate more targeted poverty reduction policies, Indonesia has learned from China's concept of targeted poverty alleviation and continuously improved the national poverty database for identifying and monitoring the poor population and its distribution.
In September 2024, the Indonesian Ministry of Villages, Development of Disadvantaged Regions and Transmigration (印尼农村、发展落后地区与移民部) selected 20 village chiefs to form a delegation to visit some rural revitalization demonstration villages in China. This is the fourth batch of Indonesian village chiefs to visit China. Danton Munte (丹顿·蒙特), an official from the Indonesian Ministry of Villages, Development of Disadvantaged Regions and Transmigration, said that Indonesia has more than 75,000 villages, each with different development potential. "This inspection is a good learning opportunity for Indonesia, allowing Indonesian village chiefs to personally learn and witness the development process of rural poverty reduction and revitalization. We will bring the experience of the inspection in China back to Indonesia and let it become an important reference for Indonesian villages to give play to their own characteristics, develop the economy and achieve revitalization."
Anur (阿努尔), an Indonesian village chief, said with deep feeling: "The Chinese government's high attention to rural work, the widespread application of modern agricultural technology, and the effective promotion of urban and rural governance have all left a deep impression on me. Chinese society is orderly, the environment is clean, and cultural heritage is also actively protected. We will bring these valuable experiences back to Indonesia to help the development of rural areas."
The Indonesian government also directly allocates funds to various villages through the "Village Fund Program" (“村庄基金计划”) for developing rural infrastructure, improving public services and increasing income sources, and increasing investment in rural areas to promote the development of modern agriculture and cultural tourism industries. For disadvantaged areas and disaster-prone areas, the government provides more assistance, focusing on helping to improve infrastructure and introduce mobile payment and e-commerce platforms to promote financial inclusion and allow small and micro enterprises and individual operators to obtain more market opportunities and financial services.
Currently, there are still 25.22 million people in Indonesia living below the poverty line, with per capita monthly expenditure of less than 600,000 Indonesian Rupiah. Dartanto said that Indonesia has entered the ranks of upper-middle-income countries, and the current poverty line standard is still low. In addition, a large number of groups who have just crossed the poverty line are still very vulnerable and are extremely vulnerable to economic shocks and may return to poverty at any time.
Satu Kahkonen (萨图·卡科宁), former World Bank representative to Indonesia and East Timor, said that Indonesia still has many policy tools to choose from within the current policy system, such as further expanding the types and scope of social security, improving financial inclusion, and increasing investment in infrastructure. The World Bank recommends that Indonesia create more opportunities for vulnerable groups, pay more attention to addressing the impact of the climate crisis on poverty alleviation policies, and improve local administrative capacity.
David Sumual (戴维·苏穆阿尔), chief economist at Bank Central Asia (中亚银行), Indonesia's largest private bank, said that social assistance measures such as direct cash transfers and food assistance help reduce poverty rates, but are not a fundamental way to eliminate poverty. "According to China's poverty reduction experience, 授人以鱼不如授人以渔 (shòu rén yǐ yú bù rú shòu rén yǐ yú - "give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime," it is better to teach someone how to earn a living than to simply provide them with aid), this is the best way to solve the problem of poverty." He believes that the key to eliminating poverty is to promote economic growth by increasing exports and investment, thereby creating more employment opportunities. Tri Rismaharini (特丽·丽斯玛哈里尼), former Minister of Social Affairs of Indonesia, also believes that further measures should be introduced to help more poor people find employment and increase their income, so that they can get rid of social assistance and achieve self-reliance.
(Reported from Jakarta (雅加达) on June 3)
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The Peruvian government recently officially released the "National Public Investment Policy Guidelines," aimed at guiding relevant departments and local governments to expand infrastructure investment, strive to reduce regional infrastructure gaps, and boost domestic demand growth.
The latest Peruvian Regional Competitiveness Index shows that, in terms of infrastructure, except for the capital Lima (利马) and its surrounding areas, the level of infrastructure construction in other regions of Peru is low, including specific aspects such as energy production, road transportation, tourism facilities, and communication networks. In 2019, the Peruvian government promulgated the "2022-2025 National Sustainable Infrastructure Competitiveness Plan," proposing to invest in 72 projects in 10 industries, such as road reconstruction and expansion and maintenance, agricultural facility renovation, and new sewage treatment plants. As of July 2024, the plan involved a cumulative investment of over 180 billion Peruvian Soles (1 U.S. dollar is approximately 3.6 Peruvian Soles), with 52 projects in the execution phase, including cleaning the Amazon River waterway, repairing the Lima (利马) Metropolitan Ring Road, and expanding the Lima (利马) Jorge Chávez International Airport (豪尔赫·查韦斯国际机场). The Peruvian 2025 fiscal year is expected to allocate approximately 5.1 billion Peruvian Soles to 39 projects involved in the plan.
To encourage more private capital to enter the infrastructure field, Peru launched a "work-for-tax" mechanism in 2008, allowing companies to deduct corresponding taxes by directly implementing public investment projects. This not only facilitates private enterprises' participation in infrastructure project investment but also alleviates the government's financial burden. Since its implementation, the participation of enterprises in the "work-for-tax" mechanism has significantly increased, from only two companies participating in 2009 to 107 in 2024, with a cumulative investment of 4.204 billion Peruvian Soles.
The highway network has always been a major shortcoming of Peruvian infrastructure. Data from the Peruvian Institute of Economics shows that in the early 1990s, only 25% of Peruvian roads were paved with asphalt, cement, etc. Entering the 21st century, especially in the past 10 years, Peru has opened up a large number of highway concessions. In the 20 years from 2003 to 2023, Peru attracted 4.8 billion U.S. dollars of private investment for the construction of 2,163 kilometers of national highways, as well as the initial development or maintenance of another 4,057 kilometers of highways.
Peru is also actively promoting the improvement of telecommunications network infrastructure. Data from the official website of the Peruvian International Trade Administration shows that as of the end of 2023, there were 30 telecommunications operators and 1,096 telecommunications service companies in Peru, with a total length of 13,500 kilometers of fiber optic networks. "The government plans to continue to promote the construction of telecommunications network infrastructure, including opening up concessions for Internet broadband services," said an article on the official website of the Peruvian International Trade Administration. It is understood that from 2018 to 2023, the number of mobile and web-based Internet users in Peru increased by 33% and 46% respectively, with 95% of households in the capital Lima (利马) and nearly 90% of households nationwide owning at least one mobile phone.
Currently, Peru's water supply and sewage treatment infrastructure construction faces a funding gap of up to 15 billion U.S. dollars, and the government is working to simplify processes and regulations in terms of investment, financing, and management.
Over the years, Chinese enterprises have actively participated in Peruvian infrastructure construction. The Garito Hospital in the Tumbes (通贝斯) region, constructed by Chinese enterprises, benefits more than 100,000 residents, and the Lima (利马) Three Regions Water Project will solve the water problems of more than 400,000 Peruvians after its completion. The Chancay Port (钱凯港), a landmark project of the joint construction of the "Belt and Road" between China and Peru, not only helps Peru improve its maritime transport efficiency but also strongly promotes Peru's scientific, technological, and industrial development. Víctor Arroyo, Director of Multimodal Transport Policy and Regulation of the Ministry of Transport and Communications of Peru, said that reducing infrastructure gaps and promoting digital transformation are important tasks of the Peruvian government, and China has provided relevant technical and financial support to help improve the lives of the Peruvian people.
Return to TopNanning, June 3rd (People's Daily reporter Pang Ge Ping (庞革平)) The reporter learned from the Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (广西壮族自治区农业农村厅): On the 3rd, the signing and commencement ceremony of the China-Cambodia "Fish and Rice Corridor" Guangxi Modern Rice Industry Cooperation Project was held in O'Tasek Village, Kukbantey Township, Rolea B'ier District, Kampong Chhnang Province, Cambodia. This project is an agricultural technology assistance project implemented by Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (广西壮族自治区) of China to Cambodia at the local government level. It aims to promote the construction of the Cambodia "Fish and Rice Corridor" and promote agricultural efficiency and increase farmers' income along the Tonle Sap Lake through the demonstration, training and promotion of modern rice technology.
After the signing and commencement ceremony that day, the first phase of rice planting technology training class of the China-Cambodia "Fish and Rice Corridor" Guangxi Modern Rice Industry Cooperation Project was immediately opened, and experts from the Guangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences (广西农业科学院) taught local Cambodian farmers. The term of the China-Cambodia "Fish and Rice Corridor" Guangxi Modern Rice Industry Cooperation Project is 2 years.
Return to TopXinhua News Agency, Paris, June 3 (Reporter Li Wenxin (李文昕)) The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) (经济合作与发展组织) released its latest Economic Outlook report on the 3rd, forecasting global economic growth of 2.9% for both 2025 and 2026, a decrease of 0.2 and 0.1 percentage points respectively from the March forecast.
The report pointed out that in the past few months, trade barriers and uncertainties in economic and trade policies have increased significantly, negatively impacting business and consumer confidence and hindering trade and investment. This challenging and uncertain international economic and trade environment has prompted the OECD to once again lower its global economic growth forecasts for this year and next. The report said that the latest forecast is based on the technical assumption that tariff levels as of mid-May this year will be maintained. The slowdown in growth is more significant in economies including the United States, Canada and Mexico. In 2025 and 2026, the US economy is expected to grow by 1.6% and 1.5%, a decrease of 0.6 and 0.1 percentage points respectively from the March forecast; the Eurozone economy is expected to grow by 1.0% and 1.2%, the same as the March forecast. The report recommends that countries should work together to address uncertainty, with the priority being to avoid further trade fragmentation and trade barriers. Alleviating trade tensions and reducing tariffs and other trade barriers will help restore growth and investment. At the same time, countries should also remain vigilant on monetary policy, ensure the sustainability of public debt, and actively introduce measures to promote domestic investment and growth.
The OECD released its Interim Economic Outlook report in March this year, at which time it forecast global economic growth of 3.1% and 3.0% for 2025 and 2026, a decrease of 0.2 and 0.3 percentage points respectively from the December 2024 forecast.
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The Italian government and the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation of Germany recently signed an agreement on the return of cultural relics. According to the agreement, the German side agreed to return precious Apulian cultural relics from Italy dating back to the 4th century BC, including vases, decorative plates, and fragments of frescoes from ancient Roman villas. The most recent batch of returned cultural relics consists of 25 artifacts from the Old Museum in Berlin (柏林旧博物馆), Germany. These artifacts were likely illegally excavated and have now all returned to Italy.
Claudia Roth, German Minister of State for Culture, stated that the meaning of cultural relic protection is to protect cultural relics that form identity from plunder, theft, smuggling, and illegal transactions. This return of cultural relics is another example of Germany's and Europe's effective work in protecting cultural property. Mario Turetta, Secretary General of the Italian Ministry of Culture, said: "The agreement signed with the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation (普鲁士文化遗产基金会) is another example of cooperation between the institutions of the two countries to promote the protection of cultural heritage."
Germany has a large number of cultural relics from other countries, especially developing countries. In recent years, as many countries have increased their efforts to recover lost cultural relics, Germany has continued to promote the return of cultural relics. In 2020, Germany announced a complete database, the "Contact Point for Collections from Colonial Contexts in Germany," which provides images and provenance information of looted artworks owned by Germany, as well as return recommendations for individuals and institutions in the countries of origin. Germany has also strengthened information communication and cultural relic protection cooperation with countries exporting cultural relics by establishing the "German Colonial Rule—Cooperative Research Scholarship Program" and "Museum Lab."
In 2022, the German government and the Nigerian government signed an agreement in Berlin (柏林), committing to return 1,130 Benin Bronzes from the Kingdom of Benin (贝宁王国) in Nigeria. These bronzes are mainly metal sculptures, reliefs, and carvings from the 15th to 19th centuries, and the first batch of 20 bronzes, including brass sculpture heads and bronze swords, returned home in 2022. Hermann Parzinger, President of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation (普鲁士文化遗产基金会), said that the return of the Benin Bronzes is a milestone in addressing colonial injustices in the museum collection field. At the same time, some selected Benin art representative items will be on long-term loan in Berlin (柏林) to continue to showcase outstanding art from Africa.
In the same year, the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation (普鲁士文化遗产基金会) also announced that it would return cultural relics looted by Germany during the colonial period to Cameroon (喀麦隆), Namibia (纳米比亚), and Nigeria (尼日利亚), including the Ngonnso statue, which is of great significance to the people of Cameroon (喀麦隆).
In 2023, Germany returned 75 cultural relics to Mexico (墨西哥). The first batch of 40 returned cultural relics included Olmec cultural stone statues, which can be traced back to approximately 1200 BC to 600 BC. Former Mexican Minister of Culture, Frausto, said that Germany's return of these cultural relics is an example of the two sides jointly protecting Mexican cultural heritage.
An article in the German newspaper *Die Welt* believes that the return of cultural relics is about right and wrong, and also about respect for the property of other countries and international law, which helps to solve the problem of colonial injustice in museum collections. Germany's proactive return of lost cultural relics shows its commitment to promoting the construction of a more just and equal international order.
(Reported from Berlin (柏林) on June 3rd by this newspaper)
Return to TopBrussels, June 3 (Reporter Niu Ruifei (牛瑞飞)) Preliminary statistics released by Eurostat on June 3 showed that the inflation rate in the Eurozone in May was 1.9% year-on-year, lower than 2.2% in April, and also lower than the 2% target set by the European Central Bank.
The data shows that service prices in the Eurozone rose by 3.2% year-on-year in May, food and alcohol prices rose by 3.3%, non-energy industrial product prices rose by 0.6%, and energy prices fell by 3.6%. In that month, the core inflation rate excluding energy, food and alcohol prices was 2.3%. From a national perspective, the inflation rates in Germany, France, Italy and Spain, the main economies of the European Union, were 2.1%, 0.6%, 1.9% and 1.9% respectively in May.
The European Central Bank announced in April that it would cut the three key interest rates in the Eurozone by 25 basis points. This is the seventh interest rate cut by the bank since June last year. On the 5th, the European Central Bank will update its inflation forecasts and make new interest rate decisions. The European Central Bank predicted in March this year that the Eurozone's inflation rate will hover above the medium-term target of 2% this year, and then fall to 1.9% in 2026.
Return to TopBy: 环球时报记者 赵觉珵 范凌志 本报记者 张博岚 鲜 敢
Starting from Athens (雅典), the capital of Greece, and transferring in Beijing (北京), it takes 17 hours to reach Lhasa (拉萨), Tibet. From the Aegean Sea to the snowy plateau, spanning five time zones is indeed too far. For the ancients thousands of years ago, this was an unimaginable journey over mountains and seas.
However, a collection in the Shannan City Museum (山南市博物馆) in Tibet reflects the magic of East-West cultural exchange. This relic from the 6th to 7th century AD, a gilded silver plate depicting Dionysus (狄俄尼索斯), the god of wine, silently tells the story of the god of wine in ancient Greek mythology, and also silently tells the history of exchanges between Chinese and Greek civilizations.
When reporters visited Shannan (山南) today, they felt that the ancient Shannan is continuing to write this magical story of cultural exchange. Shannan, which is making every effort to promote high-level opening to the outside world, is writing more stories of people-to-people exchanges and cultural exchanges between China and foreign countries.
Inside the Museum, Hiding the "Plateau Silk Road" Code
Standing on Zaxi Ciri Mountain (扎西次日山) in Nedong District (乃东区) of Shannan and overlooking the surrounding mountains, a field of highland barley is full of green and particularly eye-catching.
This is no ordinary field. It is called "Saresodang" (萨热索当) (literally "fertile soil, eat it," derived from the legend of the gods bestowing five grains), and is considered to be the first farmland in Tibet. Legend has it that more than 2,000 years ago, "Saresodang" and the Yumbulagang Palace (雍布拉康), the first palace in Tibet standing on the mountain, watched over each other and jointly nurtured the unique culture of the snowy plateau.
Shannan was formerly known as "Yalong" (雅砻), named after the Yalong River (雅砻河). Driving around here, you can also find more "firsts": the first monastery in Tibet, the first Buddhist hall, the first scripture... Before Songtsen Gampo (松赞干布) established the Tubo regime in Lhasa, the ruling center of the successive Tsanpos had always been in the Yalong River valley in Shannan, which is also considered the cradle of the Tibetan people and one of the birthplaces of Tibetan culture.
The long and profound historical heritage led Shannan to establish the first museum in Tibet in 1995, and this "first" is just another new footnote to the "Land of Tibetan Origin". In the Shannan City Museum, in addition to the gilded silver plate depicting Dionysus, another thing that attracted the reporter's attention was the Sasanian silver coin of the same era.
Zhuoma (卓玛), curator of the Shannan City Museum, introduced to reporters that the historical Sasanian Dynasty was established in ancient Persia (now Iran), located at the crossroads of the Silk Road between Asia and Europe. These Sasanian silver coins unearthed in Shannan prove that Tibet already had direct or indirect exchanges with Central Asia through a "Plateau Silk Road".
Zhuoma told reporters that many cultural exchange and integration stories are hidden in the exhibits. She shuttled between the display cases, 如数家珍 (rú shǔ jiā zhēn - "enumerate treasures," to be very familiar with one's subject). "Look at these Buddha statues, their facial features, headdresses, and clothing all have a strong South Asian style; these thangkas still show some shadows of Nepalese culture; this palm-leaf scripture written in Sanskrit is made of leaves of the Betel palm tree, which mainly grows in tropical and subtropical regions."
"The formation of Tibetan culture is an inclusive process, deeply influenced by the Central Plains and South Asian cultures, and gradually formed its own unique style," Zhuoma said. "This is exchange, and it is also integration."
Opening the history of Tibet, a series of important cultural achievements are inseparable from the power of integration: Thonmi Sambhota (吞弥·桑布扎), the founder of Tibetan script, once went to Tianzhu (天竺) (ancient India) to study, and created the Tibetan script including 30 consonant letters and 4 vowel letters according to Sanskrit, which promoted the civilization process of Tubo society; Yutok Yonten Gonpo (宇妥·云丹贡布), the ancestor of Tibetan medicine, visited Tianzhu, Nepal (泥婆罗) (now Nepal) and other places, absorbed the strengths of various schools, and wrote the Tibetan medicine classic "Four Medical Tantras" at the end of the 8th century...
History proves that the harsh natural conditions of high altitude and cold have never been able to block the pace of exchange and interaction between the various ethnic groups on the plateau and the outside world. They wisely chose different seasons, avoided wind, snow and severe cold, made full use of the characteristics of terrain and water and grass distribution, and opened up and maintained roads leading to different regions and civilizations.
In Daily Life, There are Marks of Cultural Integration
Walking in Shannan, there are marks of ethnic interaction and cultural integration everywhere. To understand this, perhaps you only need to drink a cup of tea at a friend's house.
Visiting the home of local resident Ciren (次仁), as soon as you sit down, the host takes out a wooden bowl and pours hot butter tea from a thermos, which is the Tibetan way of hospitality.
Wooden bowls for drinking butter tea are necessities for Tibetans. Ciren introduced that in the past, Tibetan families lived by mountains and rivers, and their residences were very mobile. Porcelain bowls were easily broken, and metal bowls were expensive and heavy, so lightweight, practical, inexpensive and beautiful wooden bowls were very popular.
Traditionally, each person has a bowl, and fathers, sons, couples, and brothers all have different bowls. People go wherever the bowl goes, inseparable. Tibetans attach great importance to wooden bowls, and there is a saying that "a high-quality wooden bowl is equal to 10 yaks." On Ciren's table, there are also several wooden bowls with simple colors and silver edges, which were used by his elders and are also their "lifelong partners".
Wooden bowls are produced in many places in Tibet, and wooden bowls made of walnut wood in Gyaca County (加查县) in Shannan are famous. Ciren said that everyone also chooses to buy Nepalese handmade wooden bowls. When reporters interviewed in Tibet, they noticed that from Shannan to Nyingchi (林芝), and then to Ngari Prefecture (阿里地区), almost every store with the sign "Nepalese Specialty" is filled with various wooden bowls of different sizes on one wall.
At the Pulan County (普兰县) border trade market in Ngari, local merchants told reporters that Nepal has a culture of producing wooden bowls, while Tibet has a culture of selling and using wooden bowls, and the two have been passed down to this day, forming a deep cultural connection.
Pouring another bowl of butter tea, the reporter's attention was attracted by the group photo taken by Ciren's family to celebrate the Tibetan New Year, especially the Tibetan costumes worn by his mother. This set of clothing, which is only taken out during festivals, is rich in color and is also equipped with complex accessories made of turquoise, pearls, coral, etc.
Zhuoma told reporters that traditional Tibetan accessories are mostly made of natural materials such as gold, silver, jade, etc., which are not only a symbol of beauty, but also considered to be an accumulation of wealth. Because they are deeply loved by the Tibetan people, various gemstones and pearl products have also become one of the important goods transported to Tibet from various places in history.
"Tibet is far from the sea and does not produce gemstones, but they have become embellishments on our bodies, which proves the close relationship between Tibet and coastal areas in history," Zhuoma said.
A staff member of the Tibet Museum introduced to reporters that in Dingri (定日), Lazi (拉孜) and other places in Shigatse (日喀则), many women wear a ring of shell bracelets on their right wrists from childhood, which is an ancient decorative tradition. "These shells are not picked up by them from the seaside, but are the result of long-term commercial exchanges. Whether it is the Central Plains or South Asia, the locals know that we like these things that are not available on the plateau," the staff member said with a smile.
From Tashi Delek to "Namaste", Exchanges and Interactions Continue to Expand
"Tashi Delek (扎西德勒), what do you want to buy to take home?"
"Namaste (你好), I want to see the blankets you sell."
This is what happened at the Yalong Material Exchange Fair (雅砻物交会) (hereinafter referred to as "Yalong Fair") in December last year. Shannan citizens are selecting goods in front of Nepalese merchants' stalls, and they all choose to greet each other in the other's way.
Tashi Delek, which means "auspicious and wishful", is a sound that can be heard everywhere in Tibet; "Namaste" is a common greeting in South Asia. In the long-term exchanges, both have become common words for people in border areas to interact with each other.
The Yalong Fair, which has been held for 44 sessions, is an important annual trade exchange fair in Shannan, a window for displaying characteristic products in Tibet, and a bridge for communication between Tibetan products, culture and the outside world. In the sounds of Tashi Delek and "Namaste", hands are held together, transactions are successfully concluded, and friendships are established or deepened. Last year, the total transaction volume of the Yalong Fair was about 700 million yuan.
Some products from surrounding countries are entering the Chinese Tibetan market "seamlessly". In the store of Nepalese merchant Mima Tsomu (米玛措姆), various copper utensils are dazzling. She told reporters that these copper wares are all handmade by Nepalese craftsmen, ranging from small incense burners and fruit plates to large copper jars for storing highland barley wine.
"We did not customize them specifically for Tibet. The shapes and patterns of these copper wares are what we Nepalese people like, and they are also popular with Tibetan customers," Mima Tsomu said.
Not only is economic and trade exchanges with surrounding areas becoming increasingly frequent, but as the "Land of Tibetan Origin", today's Shannan also attracts Tibetan culture enthusiasts from all over the world, especially during the Yalong Cultural Tourism Festival held every summer.
In Mindrolling Monastery (敏珠林寺) in Zhanang County (扎囊县) in Shannan, the reporter met a couple from Australia. Henrietta Manning, a painter, told reporters that this was her first time in Tibet: "The architecture, history, religion and people's way of life here all attract me."
Manning showed reporters her itinerary. To arrive in Tibet from Hobart (霍巴特), the capital of Tasmania (塔斯马尼亚州), Australia, she needed to transfer on three flights and then take a train from Xi'an (西安) to the plateau. "This is an unforgettable trip for me," she said.
Compared with Lhasa and other places, Shannan is still slightly less well-known internationally. But like Manning, anyone who walks in here will feel as if they have traveled through time. The air is filled with the mellow aroma of history, ancient trees are engraved with ancient legends, and traces of cultural exchange, interaction, and integration are all over every inch of land. Just like the Yalong River, which has flowed for thousands of years, after merging into the Yarlung Zangbo River (雅鲁藏布江) in Shannan, it flows all the way, crosses the snow-capped mountains and rushes to the vast ocean.
Link: Shannan, Tibet
Shannan City is located in the southern part of the Tibet Autonomous Region, named because it is located south of the Gangdise Mountains (冈底斯山脉).
Shannan is one of the regions with a large number of representative projects of intangible cultural heritage in Tibet. At present, there are 310 representative inheritors of intangible cultural heritage and 394 projects. Among them, there are 18 national-level representative inheritors and 19 projects; 72 autonomous region-level representative inheritors and 76 projects; 43 city-level representative inheritors and 58 projects; 177 county-level representative inheritors and 241 projects.
In recent years, Shannan's rich intangible cultural heritage has continued to go abroad. Before the Tibetan New Year this year, the Shannan City Art Troupe went to Nepal to carry out artistic performances such as Tibetan opera and dance; "Zetiel" (泽帖尔), a woolen fabric product from Zedang Town (泽当镇), has a history of more than a thousand years, and exquisite costumes made with local traditional techniques are now worn by many foreigners; Tibetan aprons woven in Jiedexiu Town (杰德秀镇) in Gonggar County (贡嘎县), known as the "Hometown of Bangdian", are sold to more than 10 countries.
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When old friends chat, they always reminisce about past interactions; exchanges between people from different countries and regions also often trace back to historical origins.
Shannan (山南), known as the "Source of Tibetan Culture," is bordered by the Gangdise Mountains (冈底斯山脉) to the north and spans the Himalayas (喜马拉雅山脉) to the south, but the high mountains cannot stop the pace of exchange. As early as the 7th century AD, cultural interactions originating in Shannan spanned thousands of miles. Tianzhu (天竺), Nepal (泥婆罗), Persia (波斯)... these ancient country names have left tangible imprints in Shannan, witnessing the long-term history of exchanges between Tibet (西藏) in China and neighboring countries and regions, as well as the close kinship and cultural affinity between the Chinese people and the people of neighboring countries and regions.
From ancient times to the present, the snowy plateau has never lacked the footprints of communicators. Whether they were envoys, caravans, monks, physicians, or countless ordinary people, they transformed the towering Himalayas from a barrier into a bond of mutual learning between civilizations, allowing people separated by geography to have deeply connected cultural memories. The interaction code in human genes is far more eternal and long-lasting than imagined.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 刘志强 方 敏 王云杉
Xi Jinping (习近平), General Secretary of the Communist Party of China, emphasized: "Manufacturing is an important pillar of the national economy, and promoting Chinese-style modernization must maintain a reasonable proportion of manufacturing."
Currently, the international economic and trade situation is complex and volatile. What is the operating status of the real economy? How can various regions develop new quality productive forces in accordance with local conditions and overcome difficulties to achieve greater development? With these questions in mind, reporters recently conducted in-depth investigations in Beijing (北京), Jiangsu (江苏), Henan (河南), Guangdong (广东), and other places. Starting today, this edition will launch a series of investigative reports titled "Walking into Industrial Landmarks: Exploring Changes on the Front Lines of Development," which will deeply analyze the good experiences and practices of various regions in promoting the transformation and upgrading of manufacturing and accelerating development.
— Editor
Xinxiang City (新乡市), Henan (河南) Province, located in the heart of the Central Plains, is seeing a resurgence of vitality in a group of traditional industrial enterprises.
Henan Mine Crane Co., Ltd. (河南矿山公司) is deeply applying artificial intelligence technology to equip cranes with "intelligent brains," which can perceive the operating status of cranes in real time and leave no room for faults to hide. Xinke Protective (新科防护) focuses on the technological research and development of flame-retardant protective fabrics, and its products are sold to more than 40 countries and regions around the world. Yinjinda New Materials (银金达新材料) has established a circular economy industrial park to help green recycling and reuse of polyester materials...
In the first quarter of this year, the added value of Xinxiang's (新乡市) industrial enterprises above designated size increased by 8.6% year-on-year, industrial investment increased by 28.2%, and the added value of manufacturing increased by 9.1% year-on-year... Currently, facing the complex environment of domestic economic operation under pressure, how can Xinxiang's (新乡) traditional industrial enterprises move forward against the pressure and transform and upgrade? The reporter conducted an interview.
Moving Towards the New, Opening Up New Market Space
"Tree roots" are coal, which is converted into syngas as a basic raw material, and syngas follows the "branches" to derive various products; syngas can be used to produce urea, which can be processed into automotive urea for purifying automobile exhaust; urea can also be processed into basic chemical raw materials for the production of new high-end furniture, automotive interiors... Walking into the Xinlianxin Group (心连心集团) exhibition hall, a coal chemical "product tree" attracted the reporter's attention.
"Our products are all on the coal chemical industry chain, closely connected, intersecting each other, and continuously extending downstream to pharmaceutical intermediates, new polymer materials, chemical products in the environmental protection field, and high value-added fine chemical products," said Zhang Qingjin (张庆金), general manager of Xinlianxin Group (心连心集团). The rich product portfolio allows the company to adjust its product structure according to demand and maintain a reasonable profit level. Despite the large downward pressure in the industry, the company is still resilient. In 2024, Xinlianxin Group's (心连心集团) profits increased by 23% year-on-year.
Xinlianxin Group (心连心集团) has fully utilized coal chemical industry, while Xinxiang Chemical Fiber Co., Ltd. (新乡化纤股份有限公司) has "eaten and squeezed" Juncao grass.
In late March, Xinxiang Chemical Fiber's (新乡化纤) annual production of 5,000 tons of Juncao biomass fiber project was put into operation. "This production line uses Juncao grass as raw material and adopts advanced separation technology. First, the cellulose in the Juncao grass is purified to produce regenerated cellulose fiber raw materials and hemicellulose, which are then converted into basic chemical raw materials," said Zhang Jiaqi (张家启), deputy general manager of Xinxiang Chemical Fiber (新乡化纤).
Juncao grass has a high cellulose content and can replace wood in papermaking. Zhang Jiaqi (张家启) pointed to bundles of neatly packaged Juncao fiber trial products and told reporters that the company has now mastered the complete set of process technology from Juncao grass to fiber and has 6 national invention patents for Juncao pulping and spinning, with leading international technology. In the future, it plans to build a Juncao new material production base with an annual output of 1 million tons to provide high-quality green raw materials for the domestic regenerated cellulose fiber industry.
Moving towards the new involves not only the new utilization of resources but also the response to new market demands.
"The new type of gypsum board products are not only energy-saving and environmentally friendly, but also can be customized and processed according to customer needs, allowing customers to achieve immediate installation and occupancy, which well meets market demand," Fang Xiangwen (方祥文), general manager of Xinxiang North New Building Materials Co., Ltd. (新乡北新建材有限公司), told reporters. In 2024, the total output value of Xinxiang North New Building Materials (新乡北新建材) exceeded 300 million yuan, an increase of more than 5% year-on-year.
How did Xinxiang North New Building Materials (新乡北新建材) achieve growth against the trend? "Currently, the growth rate of new housing construction has slowed down, but there are still many opportunities in the stock market," Fang Xiangwen (方祥文) told reporters. While improving product performance, the company focuses on expanding markets such as urban renewal, hospital and hotel renovation, and second-hand house renovation.
Focusing on Intelligence, Creating an Upgraded Version of the Production Line
The robot autonomously goes to the welding station, flexibly rotates the robotic arm, and accurately aligns the welding gun with the welding point to complete welding tasks in a burst of sparks. It is this "Xiaomeng" welding robot that helps Weimeng Co., Ltd. (威猛股份公司), which mainly produces vibrating screen products, to run out of the "second growth curve."
How did the new growth point come about? It turns out that the vibrating screen is a non-standard customized product, and the shapes and specifications of the accessories are different, which restricts the improvement of production efficiency. Many years ago, in order to compress the cycle and improve efficiency, Weimeng Co., Ltd. (威猛股份) began to try to transform the production line. However, the industrial robots purchased for hundreds of thousands of yuan were difficult to adapt to the actual production scenarios.
"Later, we began to develop our own welding robots and facilitated the birth of 'Xiaomeng' in 2021," Wang Simin (王思民), general manager of Weimeng Co., Ltd. (威猛股份), told reporters. "'Xiaomeng' can realize full-scene automatic walking, hydraulic positioning, constant level lifting and other functions, solving the pain points of non-standard large-piece welding. It was favored by many enterprises as soon as it was launched."
Having tasted the sweetness, Weimeng Co., Ltd. (威猛股份) further promoted the iteration and upgrading of the "Xiaomeng" series of robots: "Xiaomeng Q" focusing on cutting operations, "Xiaomeng T" focusing on coating operations, "Xiaomeng D" focusing on grinding operations, etc. "Super Xiaomeng" and "Spiderman Xiaomeng" are still under development... In the whole year of 2024, the sales of "Xiaomeng" series robots exceeded 80 million yuan, which is 4 times that of 2023.
Walking into Xinxiang High-tech Zone (新乡高新区) and coming to the intelligent workshop of Xinfei Zhijia Technology Industrial Park (新飞智家科技产业园), the robotic arms are carrying out automated operations in an orderly manner. After pre-assembly, foaming, final assembly, packaging and other processes, refrigerators are successively offline.
"In the past half year, benefiting from the 'two new' policies, the company's production and sales scale has increased by more than 20%. The operating income in the first quarter of this year has maintained growth, and mid-to-high-end models are favored by consumers," said Yang Qinhe (杨钦河), deputy general manager of Xinfei Zhijia (新飞智家). Xinfei Zhijia (新飞智家) can seize market opportunities in a timely manner, thanks to the improvement of production efficiency brought about by the new production line. According to reports, the total investment of Xinfei Zhijia Technology Industrial Park (新飞智家科技产业园) project is 1.52 billion yuan, and two refrigerator production lines and two freezer production lines are planned to be built, with an annual production capacity of 4 million units, which was fully put into operation in July last year.
As a veteran enterprise in the home appliance industry, Xinfei Zhijia (新飞智家) is rejuvenating. Before the production line was upgraded, many links required manual operation. The new production line has introduced a large number of intelligent equipment and industrial robots, which can realize flexible production, and a refrigerator can be offline in 10 seconds.
Yubei Steering (豫北转向) carried out intelligent transformation and expansion of the production line and built a flexible intelligent assembly line; Zhongfang Green Fiber (中纺绿纤) increased the annual production capacity of the existing production line from 90,000 tons to 110,000 tons, enhancing comprehensive efficiency; Jiuduoruoduo (九多肉多) invested 120 million yuan to upgrade the production line to achieve refined product packaging and make the process more controllable... In recent years, Xinxiang City (新乡市) has continued to promote the high-end, intelligent, and green transformation of traditional industries on a regular basis, injecting surging power into industrial upgrading. In 2024, Xinxiang City (新乡市) implemented 229 technological transformation projects, completing an investment of 6.57 billion yuan.
Climbing to a Higher Level, Jumping to a New Stage of Development
On March 26, with the main beam accurately lifted to a height of 120 meters, Weihua Group's (卫华集团) independently developed domestic first set of 3,000-ton gantry crane was installed at the Hailong Wind Power Base (海龙风电基地) in Jiangsu (江苏), which can meet the hoisting needs of ultra-large offshore wind power equipment.
"Our cranes can achieve anti-sway precise automatic positioning. When hoisting heavy objects, the sway amplitude can be reduced by more than 95%, and the accuracy is controlled within 2 millimeters." In the view of Zhou Hehua (周荷花), head of the Science and Technology Innovation Management Center of Weihua Group (卫华集团), the landing of the results is a key step to open up the market. "Forming a demonstration effect with 'buyer shows' is conducive to driving orders and expanding the market."
3,600-ton gantry crane, ultra-large tonnage 2,500-ton gantry crane, 1,200-ton boat handling crane... Innovative products have helped Weihua Group (卫华集团) accelerate its development. In 2024, the group's revenue reached 28.916 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of more than 50%.
Dozens of kilometers away from Weihua Group (卫华集团), the Yubei Steering (豫北转向) production workshop is busy, with automated robotic arms and intelligent conveying systems running at full speed. A batch of electric power steering systems are being rushed to produce.
The steering system is an important part of the automobile chassis and is crucial to the safety of automobile driving. "The power of the traditional fuel vehicle steering system mainly comes from the engine, while new energy vehicles rely on the electricity provided by the battery to drive the motor to operate." Zhong Lijie (钟立杰), deputy general manager of the R&D Department of Yubei Steering (豫北转向), told reporters that in recent years, the company has closely followed the development trend of electrification and intelligence in the automotive industry and accelerated the tackling of new technologies and the development of new products.
"Electronic components have a failure probability. We must ensure that there is a redundant system that can take over in time when a failure occurs through precise design." Zhong Lijie (钟立杰) said that the new products that meet the requirements of assisted driving have been trial-installed and recognized by customers. After being put on the market, they are expected to become a new business growth point. At present, Yubei Steering (豫北转向) produces and sells more than 5 million various steering gears annually, and its products cover a full range of models such as cars, off-road vehicles, and SUVs, with a market share of more than 20%.
"In recent years, traditional industrial enterprises in Xinxiang (新乡) have moved towards the new, focused on intelligence, and climbed to a higher level, accelerating development while seizing opportunities and effectively responding to market pressure," said Li Weidong (李卫东), Secretary of the Xinxiang Municipal Party Committee (新乡市委书记). Next, Xinxiang (新乡) will focus on building a modern industrial system, strengthen factor guarantees, create a first-class business environment, and create a better industrial ecology for the transformation and upgrading of traditional industries.
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A soundproof wall that resolves noise problems for residents, a ceiling system that doesn't encroach on the floor height of homes, a 4-hour fire-resistant wall suitable for theaters, hotels, conference centers, and other scenarios... At Beixin Building Materials Company in Xinxiang (新乡), Henan (河南), the reporter was attracted by new products that solve user pain points. It's truly a case of "nothing is impossible, only unimaginable."
Building materials are a typical traditional industry. In recent years, the real estate market has undergone profound adjustments, and the growth in demand in the construction market has not been as strong as in the past, putting some pressure on industries such as building materials. However, the reporter found in Xinxiang (新乡) that many traditional industrial enterprises, including Beixin Building Materials, are not afraid of pressure and are moving forward with perseverance, relying on innovation to turn pressure into motivation and open up new development space. This demonstrates the spirit of each enterprise and fully proves that China's traditional industries have the characteristics of a solid foundation, complete system, and strong capabilities. A thriving Chinese market is pregnant with broad incremental space.
The incremental space lies in the upgrading of demand. On a large scale, China has a vast territory and a large population, and the continuous advancement of new industrialization and new urbanization will continuously bring new investment and consumption demands. To mention just one item, the construction and renovation of urban underground pipe networks. In the next 5 years, China needs to update and renovate about 600,000 kilometers of various pipelines such as gas and drainage, which will bring about 4 trillion yuan of investment demand, thereby creating a huge market for industries such as steel, building materials, and construction machinery. Looking at the direction, the continuous improvement of residents' living standards and the increasing requirements for the quality of life will also make many new demands "rise with the tide." In the past, when it came to clothing, comfort, aesthetics, and appropriateness were sufficient. What about now? Distinguishing between different scenarios such as business, fitness, outdoor, and home, and emphasizing many functions such as sun protection, cold protection, wind protection, and quick drying. Constantly upgrading demands pose many new challenges to traditional industrial enterprises. Responding to new demands and solving new challenges can continuously leverage new sales space and reap new profit increments.
The incremental space lies in industrial upgrading. Today, Chinese manufacturing is changing rapidly, and technological revolutions are happening rapidly. Many designs, functions, and solutions that were previously difficult to achieve will become reality as a result. For example, Xinlianxin Group (心连心集团) "eats and squeezes" coal resources, and Weihua Group (卫华集团) has developed leading products such as anti-sway precision automatic positioning cranes, all of which benefit from new technology empowerment. At the same time, emerging industries such as artificial intelligence and the industrial internet are accelerating their growth, making the conditions for intelligent transformation of traditional industries more convenient and the costs more cost-effective. Many companies are taking advantage of the "two new" policy to update equipment, upgrade processes, and empower digitally in a timely manner, further reducing costs and increasing efficiency. Overall, the coupling and linkage, integration and mutual promotion of traditional industries, emerging industries, and future industries will benefit all industries and develop hand in hand.
Traditional industries are the foundation of manufacturing, and there is also new quality productivity in traditional industries. Taking the initiative to explore and actively act, and working harder to respond to and discover demands, old trees will also "sprout new buds, grow new branches, bloom new flowers, and bear new fruits," and traditional industries will usher in greater development.
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What does the newly built Beijing City Sub-Center Station Integrated Transportation Hub look like?
In terms of size, the construction area reaches 1.28 million square meters, exceeding 7 Beijing South Railway Stations (北京南站);
In terms of function, it integrates 2 intercity railways, 4 urban subways, 1 suburban railway, 15 bus lines, and even reserves 1 wharf.
However, such an integrated transportation hub only reveals 10 "Beijing Sails" on the ground, and the main structure is completely buried underground. Walking into the transportation hub is like walking into a park.
Adhering to the concept of "returning more space to the city," the Beijing City Sub-Center Station Integrated Transportation Hub has become the largest underground integrated transportation hub in Asia.
"Ordinary station buildings are built from the bottom up, but we build from the top down, first building the roof and then digging the foundation," said Hou Chao (侯朝), chief engineer of the Beijing City Sub-Center Station Integrated Transportation Hub project of China Railway Construction Engineering Group (中铁建工集团).
Building from top to bottom, a professional term called "cut-and-cover reverse construction," requires the construction team to first erect 12,000 tons of steel beams to complete the top plate, and then excavate layer by layer downward. The entire transportation hub has an earthwork excavation volume of approximately 14 million cubic meters.
How can the new construction method ensure construction quality?
Intelligent equipment to help. Stepping into the construction site of the Beijing City Sub-Center Station Integrated Transportation Hub, you can see BIM (Building Information Modeling) surveying and setting-out robots working in an orderly manner, automatically aiming at real points by emitting infrared lasers to ensure construction accuracy.
"With the help of robots, not only is the accuracy improved, but one person and one machine can complete the precise positioning of 300 setting-out points in one day, and the efficiency is 6 to 7 times that of traditional construction methods," said Hou Chao (侯朝).
For example, the amount of steel used in the transportation hub, only the west side reaches 35,000 tons, and the welding task is arduous. Some steel structure welds have as many as 35,000 welds, and the longest weld can reach 10.6 meters. Faced with the challenge, the welding robot bravely took on the heavy responsibility. It can not only adapt to multi-angle welding, but also realize automatic groove detection, automatic adjustment and repair of welding passes, and automatic generation of parameters. Cooperating with skilled welders ensures "zero defects" in welding quality.
The iconic "Beijing Sail" roof of the transportation hub is not simple either. The upper layer of the 7 "Beijing Sail" main sails is the "sail surface," and the lower layer is the "lighting bubble." The special ETFE film is similar to the facade material of the Water Cube (水立方), which has light transmittance and can avoid direct sunlight, keeping the underground light soft.
"In the 'Beijing Sail' roof, we also built perforated sunshades to balance the heating and cooling load, accurately grasp the light transmittance and heat transfer, and rationally control the indoor light and heat environment," introduced Wu Kejia (吴可嘉), a second-level manager of the Construction Management Department of Beijing Investment Hub Company (京投枢纽公司). Through the "Beijing Sail" roof, sunlight can directly illuminate the third floor underground, which can reduce the heat load by 5.2 million kilowatt-hours per year, which is equivalent to the summer cooling capacity of 3,200 household air conditioners, and can also reduce lighting electricity consumption by about 486,000 kilowatt-hours per year.
According to reports, the Beijing City Sub-Center Station Integrated Transportation Hub is located in Tongzhou District (通州区), Beijing (北京市) and is expected to be basically completed by the end of the year. The transportation hub has more than 150 entrances and exits, 60 of which are directly connected to ground buildings. Citizens and passengers can take elevators directly from their doorsteps to the hub station hall, experiencing a very "**丝滑**" (sī huá - "silky smooth," describing a smooth and seamless experience).
Asia's largest underground integrated transportation hub is something to look forward to.
Return to TopOverall Development Environment for SMEs Continues to Optimize
According to a report by the China Center for Promotion of SME Development (中国中小企业发展促进中心) recently, the "2024 SME Development Environment Assessment Report" shows that the overall development environment for SMEs in China (中国) continued to optimize in 2024, with most cities showing varying degrees of improvement in their development environment compared to the previous year.
In 2024, the overall operating income level of SMEs remained stable, with the number of enterprises reporting an increase or remaining the same reaching 60%. 64.69% of specialized, refined, and new SMEs (专精特新中小企业) saw their operating income increase or remain the same compared to the previous year, indicating better expectations and greater confidence in the future; 63.98% of specialized, refined, and new SMEs have innovation and R&D plans for the coming year, and 40.35% of enterprises have investment plans.
(Liu Wenxin (刘温馨))
World's Highest Altitude UHV DC Project Completed
According to State Grid (国家电网): Recently, the world's highest altitude UHV DC project, the Jinsha River (金沙江) Upper Reaches to Hubei (湖北) ±800 kV UHV DC Transmission Project, completed all stringing construction, achieving full-line connectivity. The project connects the hydropower and new energy from the upper reaches of the Jinsha River to the Central China (华中) UHV AC backbone grid. The line passes through the four provinces (autonomous regions, and municipalities) of Tibet (西藏), Sichuan (四川), Chongqing (重庆), and Hubei (湖北), with a total length of 1,901 kilometers. Once completed, the project will become China's (中国) first large-capacity "hydro-solar complementary" pure clean energy cross-regional DC transmission channel, with an annual transmission capacity of up to 40 billion kilowatt-hours.
(Ding Yiting (丁怡婷))
Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong High-Speed Railway Cross-border Passenger Flow Exceeds 10 Million
According to Shenzhen Railway (深圳铁路) data, as of June 2, the cross-border passenger flow of the Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong (Guangshengang) High-Speed Railway (广深港高铁) reached 12.884 million, an increase of 16.8% year-on-year. In recent years, the Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong High-Speed Railway network has continued to expand, adding direct routes to 93 cities such as Wuhan (武汉) and Xi'an (西安), and launching "evening departure and morning arrival" smart sleeper trains, continuously expanding the "fast travel and slow tour" scenario. Since the beginning of this year, 6.303 million passengers have traveled from Hong Kong (香港) to the mainland via the Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong High-Speed Railway, an increase of 16.3% year-on-year; 6.581 million passengers have traveled from the mainland to Hong Kong, an increase of 17.3% year-on-year.
(Zhang Ling (张玲))
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The history of Peking Opera has proven that its vitality lies in adhering to its intrinsic characteristics while integrating innovation, including the absorption of foreign cultures, but not picking up trivialities and losing oneself. Grasping tradition, integrating innovation, and creating the future are the endless missions of Peking Opera art.
Peking Opera is a treasure of Chinese culture. With its unique stage art form, it embodies the artistic creative characteristics and artistic expression of Chinese opera, vividly demonstrating the cultural spirit and aesthetic orientation of the Chinese nation. Peking Opera is, after Kunqu Opera, another opera genre known for its complete performance system, rich and colorful stage appearance, many distinctive character images, and a broad audience base, and is the most influential. At the same time, it is also the first "Oriental drama" to go to the international stage since modern times in China, showcasing the comprehensiveness of Chinese opera art and the uniqueness and essence of stage performance to the world.
Peking Opera was born in response to the requirements of social history and the development of the culture of the times, and has continued to prosper in the transformation of adapting to the aesthetic needs of the people. The gestation and formation of Peking Opera has taken about 200 years. From the fifty-fifth year of the Qianlong reign of the Qing Dynasty (1790), the performance of the four major Anhui opera troupes, Sanqing (三庆), Sixi (四喜), Chuntai (春台), and Hechun (和春), became prevalent. The opera troupes' performances were inclusive and diverse, with various tunes and diverse vocal and performing arts. In response to the audience, a singing style based on Erhuang (二黄) and Xipi (西皮) gradually formed, accumulating repertoires that reflected the people's sense of right and wrong and their feelings of love and hate. With the formation of the norms of roles and the establishment of opera troupes, Peking Opera took shape in Beijing (北京) around the twentieth year of the Daoguang reign of the Qing Dynasty (1840). In the second year of the Guangxu reign of the Qing Dynasty (1876), the name "Peking Opera" first appeared in the Shanghai (上海) *Shen Bao* (《申报》). Peking Opera experienced its own period of maturity, prosperity, and the difficulties of the Japanese invasion of China. With the founding of the People's Republic of China, Peking Opera entered a new period of development. The gestation and development of Peking Opera is the transformation of a new artistic life in the history of Chinese opera. It shapes itself by absorbing the traditional nutrients of opera with a new artistic style, constantly transforms itself, forms a distinct artistic personality, and promotes the new by weeding out the old in the process of discarding the dross and selecting the essence. Inheritance, innovation, and development have always been its path of life.
Peking Opera embodies the performance system of Chinese opera in its entirety with its unique artistic charm. The core is the comprehensiveness of stage art and the virtuality and programmability of performance. The opera stage is centered on the performance of actors, requiring artistic forms such as literature, music, dance, and fine arts to be unified in the performance of actors shaping the personality of characters and promoting the evolution of dramatic situations. In this way, the overall artistic presentation of the Peking Opera stage is unified and harmonious. Virtual and programmed performance pursues the verisimilitude of real life, giving the stage a distinct rhythm and fluidity, and enlivening the process of stage performance. Mei Lanfang (梅兰芳) said that Peking Opera performance is "regular free movement," vividly expressing the infinite possibilities of stage performance creation. The performance programs of Peking Opera are also enriched and colorful in the continuous creation of actors. The evolution of Peking Opera history is the process of stage creation represented by outstanding performing artists. According to their own artistic conditions and the requirements of audience aesthetic customs, they have developed extraordinary singing personalities with unremitting efforts, and some have formed distinctive artistic schools. The prosperity of schools is a sign of the prosperity of Peking Opera, and it maximizes the artistic style of free creation in stage performance.
Peking Opera has always pulsed with the thoughts of the people, and has evolved in the artistic transformation of adapting to the times and expressing the thoughts and feelings of the people. The ideological concepts, moral ideals, and family and country feelings in the excellent traditional Chinese culture, such as benevolence, justice, propriety, wisdom, and trustworthiness, serving the country with loyalty, resisting oppression, punishing evil and promoting good, helping those in need, acting bravely for a just cause, diligence and bravery, beautiful love, filial piety and love for children, are fully demonstrated in the image expression of Peking Opera art. People project their feelings onto the Peking Opera stage, and also feel the shock of art and the baptism of thoughts and emotions from its stage performances. The popularity of Peking Opera embodies the people-oriented nature, which not only gives the people ideological insight and cultural enjoyment, enhances people's spiritual realm and cultural taste, but also obtains the nourishment of vitality from the people's response.
In the context of the major changes in the world unseen in a century, the development opportunities and crises of Peking Opera are placed before people. The relationship between Peking Opera and people's aesthetic trends and lifestyle changes, the relationship between Peking Opera and contemporary technology, as well as the inheritance and innovation, talent cultivation, and performance market of Peking Opera itself, all need to be based on the current social, economic, political, and cultural reality, and examine the changes and updates in the tortuous course of Peking Opera development to seek answers. It must be seen that Peking Opera art is currently in a difficult period in its development process. Peking Opera performing arts groups are gradually decreasing, and there is a significant decrease in the number of middle-aged and young artists in various roles who are well-versed in the traditions of Peking Opera art, have exquisite performing skills, are good at performing many repertoires, and have a wide audience influence. It is difficult to have a regular repertoire performance system in various cities and regions, including areas where Peking Opera is popular, and the number of audiences, especially young audiences, is gradually decreasing. The revitalization and development of Peking Opera is more urgent than ever before. The solution to these problems requires the implementation of comprehensive measures, but the core is to consolidate the basic performance team and cultivate stage performing arts talents, especially to do a good job in the excavation and inheritance of stage performing skills. The inheritance and cultivation and the regular performances of Peking Opera theaters (troupes) echo each other, and the vitality of Peking Opera can be lasting. The compilation of the *Peking Opera Grand Canon* (《京剧大典》) provides a deep resource for the continued inheritance and development of Peking Opera and opera, including the inheritance of performing skills.
The *Peking Opera Grand Canon* is divided into volumes from the aspects of historical theory, literary repertoire, music, performance directing, and stage art. It takes "original classics integration, narration but not creation" as the main compilation principle, and reflects the spirit of Chinese culture with the collection of authentic Peking Opera history, Peking Opera's intrinsic characteristics, and Peking Opera's unique artistic style, and adheres to the basic characteristics of Peking Opera art with firm cultural confidence. The history of Peking Opera has proven that its vitality lies in adhering to its intrinsic characteristics while integrating innovation, including the absorption of foreign cultures, but not picking up trivialities and losing oneself. Grasping tradition, integrating innovation, and creating the future are the endless missions of Peking Opera art. The *Peking Opera Grand Canon* can be said to comprehensively reflect the historical process of Peking Opera development, and show the rich connotation of Peking Opera as the core content of the Chinese opera art system and an important form of excellent traditional Chinese culture.
The compilation of the *Peking Opera Grand Canon* took twenty years from planning to publication, and more than 100 old, middle-aged, and young opera experts and artists from inside and outside the Chinese Academy of Arts (中国艺术研究院) participated. With diligence and hard work, the compilers and publishers worked together to achieve today's publication. Its publication is not only a tribute to the predecessors, but also provides a reference for the present and future generations, and thickens the academic foundation for the overall and systematic construction of Peking Opera and the opera art system.
(The author is the former Vice Minister of the Ministry of Culture (文化部) and the former President of the Chinese Academy of Arts. This article is the preface to the *Peking Opera Grand Canon*, which has been abridged in this edition, and the title has been added by the editor.)
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This year, my full-length children's science fiction novel "Green Flying Monkey from Beautiful Star" was published. This time, my writing was intentionally imitating the Soviet writer Bulychev, who made his daughter Alisa the protagonist of his novels, and I also let my grandson Hehe (禾禾) and granddaughter Xixi (熙熙) play themselves in the novel.
Counting it up, my family has had three generations connected with science fiction. People in the science fiction circle all know that I, this science fiction writer, was forced out by my son. When my son was 10 years old, he forced me to tell him stories every day, and as a result, he forced his 45-year-old engineer father into becoming Old Wang (老王), a science fiction writer. My son still often "shows off" his contribution.
Thirty years have passed in the blink of an eye, and the ten-year-old of that year has become the head of a small technology company, mocking himself as being as busy as a dog every day. However, the science fiction dream planted in his youth has not completely withered. Sometimes, while on business trips and taking airplanes, he conceives a science fiction short story and then struggles to squeeze out time to complete it. To date, he has published two short stories in magazines such as "Science Fiction World" (《科幻世界》), and a third is about to be published. I hope that he can have a big explosion at the age of 45, just like his father.
Among the third generation of the Wang (王) family, my grandson has the deepest connection with science fiction. He grew up listening to my stories. He has read (or heard) more than half of the 90 science fiction short stories I have created in my life, and what is gratifying is that he actually remembers the main thread of each novel! By the fourth grade of elementary school, his writing was already relatively fluent. Recently, he started writing a grandly conceived science fiction, but unfortunately, it stalled due to being too grand. However, I believe that sooner or later, he will embark on the path of science fiction creation.
My grandson and granddaughter live in Shenzhen (深圳). There is always a feeling that this generation of children, especially those immersed in the high-tech environment of the city, are already the next generation of humans. They have a broad vision, a wealth of information, confidence, and are multi-talented, and of course, they also have their own special troubles and shortcomings. Therefore, in my new work, I intentionally used Shenzhen (深圳) as the background, and my grandson, granddaughter, and their classmates as the protagonists, and wrote about their sincere friendship with an alien child, and also showed the spiritual outlook, joys, sorrows, struggles, and setbacks of children in a highly developed city, in an era of vigorous progress. After the book was published, I received 5 sample copies, which were immediately taken away by my grandson, because his classmates, especially the several friends who appeared in the book, had already learned the outline of the story from him and were all looking forward to reading it first.
The science fiction writer Chao Xia (超侠) wrote a review for this book, saying that this children's science fiction can be classified into "core science fiction" because in the advancement of the plot, there are quite a few novel ideas with hard-core science fiction characteristics. For example, the idea of "Other Shore Star" caused by "space warp," and the idea of "high-tech Beautiful Star people transforming themselves to feed on light." These ideas are relatively novel and basically conform to scientific rationality, and especially, they are the inherent driving force of plot structure and theme elaboration, and not just the background of the story.
This children's science fiction also quietly embeds some adult content. The book describes a noble gentleman from an alien planet (Sasa's grandfather), who has a strong aura, is polite, but has arrogance and selfishness in his bones. With his moral superiority, he insists on bestowing technology that Earthlings do not welcome on the other party in order to "improve" the inferior race in his mind. I think that when young readers look at this pretentious "high-level civilized gentleman" with a funny attitude, they may have already completed their immunity to this type of person, just as a pre-emptive vaccination.
Let me say a little anecdote outside of this novel. As mentioned earlier, my grandson has already publicized this novel in the class, making it known to everyone. A classmate (the humble and quiet female "scholar" in the novel) asked him to beg his grandfather to write another one, so that she could also be the protagonist once. Of course, I would not let my grandson lose face, and readily agreed, but the conception of the sequel has been a bit stuck. It wasn't until April, when I attended an experimental class with this book as the theme at the Chengdu Experimental Foreign Languages School (成都市实验外国语学校), that I suddenly got through a most critical idea. The subsequent creation was relatively smooth, and the sequel "Unlocking the Other Shore Star" was basically completed two months later. I would like to mention this to express my gratitude to that class at the Chengdu Experimental Foreign Languages School (成都市实验外国语学校).
(The author is a science fiction writer)
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In the long river of history, crops are not only the material foundation for human survival but also important carriers of economic exchange and cultural dissemination. "Crop Migration in World Civilization" takes crops as witnesses of cross-regional exchange, combs through the historical context of crop migration, explores the economic, social, cultural, and other factors behind it, and reveals the internal connection between crop migration and the development of world history, providing readers with a new perspective for understanding the evolution of civilization.
"Crop landscape" is the keyword of the book, emphasizing the organic combination of crops and related elements (such as planting technology, market demand, cultural value, etc.) at specific times and places. In the book, the migration stories of many crops such as dates, marigolds, and tulips emerge one by one, and readers can clearly see the trajectory and adaptation process of crops in different historical periods and regions. For example, from ancient Sumer to modern California, the author uses vivid words to dissect the spread of date palms and the deep exchanges behind them, showing how crop landscapes connect different civilizations across time and space, often giving people a sense of sudden realization.
Civilization history research often focuses on events and figures in politics, economy, culture, and other aspects. This book incorporates crops into the field of civilization history research, transcending the linear and macro narrative structure, and also transcending political regions and historical periodization, injecting new vitality into historical writing. For example, the cases of yams in the Trobriand Islands, sweet potatoes in the highlands of New Guinea, and cassava in the Amazon basin illustrate that these tuber crops not only provide an important source of food for local residents but also play a vital role in the local social structure and cultural identity. With the migration of crops, related planting techniques, food culture, religious beliefs, etc. have also been spread, which has powerfully promoted exchanges and mutual learning between different civilizations, and written a vivid footnote for the diversity and interaction of civilizations.
In the context of global history, crop migration is deeply embedded in the process of human history. For example, tulips are not only a symbol of the Dutch economy but also a product of cultural exchange and collision between the East and the West. It is worth mentioning that the author not only focuses on the role played by humans in crop migration but also emphasizes the important role of "non-human actors." The case of rubber demonstrates the unique role of "non-human actors" such as South American leaf blight fungus and coffee rust fungus in the expansion of rubber planting; the elephant case reveals the complex relationship of interdependence between humans and "non-human actors" by exploring the multiple roles of elephants in Indian history and their socio-cultural significance.
"Crop Migration in World Civilization" elucidates the driving force and significance of crop migration from a unique perspective and in-depth analysis, outlining a vivid picture of civilization exchange for readers, combining academic and readability. World history research needs more such "small cuts" to vividly tell the "big history" of the mighty progress of human civilization.
(Author's unit: School of Humanities, Southeast University (东南大学))
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A few years ago, I was giving cancer科普 (kē pǔ - popular science) lectures in Shanghai (上海). The venue could hold 100 people, but more than 200 squeezed in. Before the event started, a man suddenly rushed over, hugged me, and started crying. I quickly asked, "What's wrong?"
He was very excited and repeatedly thanked me for saving his life. After asking carefully, I learned that three years ago, he was diagnosed with advanced lung cancer before he even turned 50. At the time of diagnosis, it had already metastasized to multiple parts of his body, and there were two large tumors in his brain. The doctor in his hometown county said he had at most six months to live. But coincidentally, a friend bought my科普 (kē pǔ - popular science) book and gave it to him after learning about his illness. From the book, he learned about PD-1 inhibitors for the first time, a new type of tumor immunotherapy drug. After trying it, he had achieved clinical remission by the time we met.
The PD-1 inhibitor he used belongs to the "immune checkpoint inhibitor" drug category. Now, PD-1 inhibitors have long been available in China (中国), and there are products from more than 10 companies. From the perspective of extending the survival period of patients with advanced cancer, this should be the most effective anti-cancer drug. Its biggest feature is its persistence. Once it is effective for a patient, it may remain effective, which is far better than previous drugs. Immunotherapy is one of the most important cancer treatment methods now, but it is also one of the most complex and diverse therapies, making it difficult for the average person to understand.
The purpose of writing this book, "Cancer's Nemesis: Breakthroughs and Hopes in Immunotherapy," is to eliminate information gaps, so that everyone can understand accurate tumor immunotherapy information, let patients know what choices are available, and where hope lies.
More than 4 million patients are diagnosed with cancer in China (中国) every year. As the average life expectancy increases, the number of cancer patients may continue to rise. But don't be too anxious, because cancer is not a death sentence. On the one hand, the survival rate and cure rate of early-stage cancer are very high. Taking breast cancer as an example, the 1-year survival rate is close to 100%, the 2-year survival rate reaches 90%, and even the 3-year survival rate is still 70%. On the other hand, new therapies such as immunotherapy are constantly emerging, and patients with mid-to-late-stage cancer are also likely to achieve long-term coexistence with cancer, or even clinical remission.
Immunotherapy is the third revolution in cancer treatment. The first was chemotherapy, the second was targeted therapy, and the third is immunotherapy. Immunotherapy is not just one type, but a large class of new therapies. The "immune checkpoint inhibitors" mentioned earlier are currently the most important and widely used type of tumor immunotherapy, but not the only successful one. You may have heard of the expensive "anti-cancer needle," which is actually called CAR-T, a new type of immune cell therapy. Its success has completely changed the fate of patients with blood cancers, including leukemia, lymphoma, and multiple myeloma.
There are even more exciting advances in immunotherapy, such as "cancer vaccines." The research results brought about by new vaccine technologies are encouraging. Some extremely stubborn and easily recurrent tumors, including melanoma, bladder cancer, and pancreatic cancer, are expected to be controlled for a long time. There is also the "gut microbiota." The number of microorganisms in our body is greater than the number of cells, and they have a huge impact on the immune system. Therefore, the gut microbiota plays a key role in the effectiveness of tumor treatment. Making cancer patients have a healthier gut microbiota and improving treatment effectiveness has become a hot research direction. There are also various cutting-edge tumor immunotherapy methods such as "oncolytic viruses," "bispecific antibodies," and "tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes."
I want to introduce them to readers, just like I introduced PD-1 inhibitors to everyone 10 years ago. I hope this book can change the perception of cancer and cancer treatment for patients and their families, and enhance their courage and confidence to overcome the disease.
(The author is a member of the Tumor Prevention and Control Popular Science Professional Committee of the Chinese Anti-Cancer Association (中国抗癌协会肿瘤防治科普专业委员会).)
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Reading and traveling are important components of a fulfilling life experience. The familiar saying 读万卷书，行万里路 (dú wàn juǎn shū, xíng wàn lǐ lù - "read ten thousand books, travel ten thousand miles," gaining knowledge through both reading and travel) first appeared in the book *Painting Principles* by Dong Qichang (董其昌), a painter and calligrapher of the Ming Dynasty. One involves perusing lives within books, and the other involves traveling the vast world. These seemingly parallel activities are, in fact, closely related from ancient times to the present. They constantly evolve in the long river of time, jointly interpreting the eternal theme of human exploration of self and the world.
Ancient literati emphasized "recording scenery with writing" in their travels. They used words to depict landscapes and sought dialogue with predecessors who had similar viewing experiences. This continued uninterrupted in classical literature, forming a stable tradition. Lu You's (陆游) *Record of Entering Shu* records the natural landscapes and cultural phenomena the poet saw along the way to Shu, and constantly quotes the poems of previous poets such as Li Bai (李白) and Du Fu (杜甫). Combining what he saw and heard in reality, he compared and verified reading experiences with travel experiences, which can be called a model of "reading and traveling as one."
In addition to "recording scenery with writing," there is also "seeking scenery with books." Zhou Daguan (周达观), a Yuan Dynasty geographer, traveled far to Zhenla (真腊) (present-day Cambodia), using his 8,000-word concise *A Record of Cambodia: The Land and Its People* as ink to engrave the culture and history of the ancient Khmer kingdom. What is amazing is that more than 500 years later, French biologist Henri Mouhot followed the guidance of this book and rediscovered the Angkor Wat (吴哥窟) ruins in the tropical rainforest. He wrote *Travels in the Central Parts of Indo-China (Siam), Cambodia, and Laos*, presenting Cambodian civilization to readers completely for the first time, opening the mysterious and magnificent door of Angkor Wat to the world. One trip leads to another, and one book leads to another. The magical dialogue across time and civilization confirms the triggering and transformation between reading and traveling.
"Seeking scenery with books" is not only the patent of literati and explorers. For ordinary people, the impulse of a trip may be due to a book or even a word, a small and shining image. Books are like weather vanes. Once they mark the location of beauty, they turn into a magnetic needle, strongly and persistently attracting budding hearts, allowing them to see the wonders of the world through words and generating the urge to go and see for themselves. Bring Lao She's (老舍) *Winter in Jinan* to experience its liveliness and brightness in Quancheng (泉城); bring Shi Tiesheng's (史铁生) *Me and the Temple of Earth* to ponder the writer's life thoughts on the ancient site... At this moment, the book becomes a bridge connecting scenery and soul.
Recently, I have read many non-fiction travel literature works, such as Luo Xin's (罗新) *From Dadu to Shangdu: Rediscovering China on the Ancient Road* and Yang Xiao's (杨潇) *Walking Again: Searching for the Southwest Associated University on Highways, Rivers, and Post Roads*. The authors not only deliberately placed books related to the travel destination in their backpacks, but also relied on abundant speculative ability to place themselves in the historical context of the scenery, looking for fellow travelers from the long historical information, so that the textual memory of the sages and the personal experience of the travelers can achieve dialogue.
This brings up a question: What is the purpose of bringing a book on a trip? Many people will say that with a book, the journey is no longer lonely. Books can enhance the sense of immersion in the scene and make the trip more in-depth. More importantly, taking a book to travel allows you to see every inch of the scenery's folds and more clearly observe your own heart, so that the spirit and imagination can be clarified. Spiritual growth is the rich harvest that reading and traveling give people.
Today, "taking a book to travel" has evolved from personal sentiment into a popular cultural phenomenon, constituting an important driving force for the "cultural tourism boom." Especially in 2024, the short drama *My Altay*, adapted from Li Juan's (李娟) collection of essays of the same name, was broadcast on CCTV-1's prime time, igniting Xinjiang (新疆) tourism and demonstrating the powerful influence of literary and artistic works on the local cultural tourism economy. With books as the medium, more and more people are trying to inject abstract cultural genes into concrete scenic coordinates, so that travel can be sublimated from "seeing the scenery" to "reading the scenery" and even "shaping the personality," realizing a dual rush to "poetry and distance" in the intertextuality of text and real scenery, and completing a deep understanding of the world and self. This is the new meaning of the times derived from "reading ten thousand books and traveling ten thousand miles."
(The author is a professor at the School of Literature, Nankai University (南开大学))
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