Summary: An article by Xi Jinping, to be published in *Qiushi*, emphasizes the importance of five-year plans as a key method of governance and a political advantage of socialism with Chinese characteristics. The article stresses that the Party has consistently pursued the goal of building a modern socialist country since the founding of the PRC, and that the 20th Party Congress provided the top-level design for advancing Chinese-style modernization. It calls for incorporating public opinion and expert advice into planning, and stresses that the 15th Five-Year Plan should focus on building a strong country and national rejuvenation. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: President Xi Jinping will attend the second China-Central Asia Summit in Astana, Kazakhstan from June 16th to 18th, at the invitation of President Tokayev. This marks the first time the summit will be hosted in a Central Asian country. The article highlights the establishment and development of the China-Central Asia mechanism, emphasizing its role in promoting regional peace, stability, and economic cooperation through the Belt and Road Initiative, and strengthening ties between China and the five Central Asian nations. The mechanism aims to deepen cooperation in various fields and align development strategies between China and Central Asian countries. The article frames the China-Central Asia mechanism as a model for building a community of common destiny and contributing positive energy to Asia and the world.
Summary: Wang Huning, Chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, addressed the 17th Straits Forum in Xiamen, emphasizing the historical trend of national reunification and the importance of the Chinese national identity. He stressed adherence to the One China principle and the 1992 Consensus, while firmly opposing "Taiwan independence" and external interference. Wang called for joint efforts to maintain peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait and advance national reunification. Ma Ying-jeou, former chairman of the Kuomintang, echoed similar sentiments, advocating for deepened cross-strait exchange and cooperation based on the "1992 Consensus" and opposition to "Taiwan independence."
Summary: Chinese customs data released on June 15th indicates expanding trade between China and the five Central Asian countries. In the first five months of 2024, trade reached a record high of 286.42 billion RMB, a 10.4% year-on-year increase. Agricultural imports from Central Asia saw significant growth, with notable increases in imports of flaxseed from Kazakhstan, raisins from Uzbekistan, and honey from Kyrgyzstan. Road transport accounts for more than half of China's imports and exports to the five Central Asian countries. There is no mention of the United States in the provided article.
Summary: The article reports on various localities implementing the spirit of the CPC Central Committee's Eight-Point Regulation by addressing issues raised by the public. These efforts include infrastructure improvements, streamlining administrative processes, and resolving everyday problems in communities. Examples include installing streetlights in Sichuan, launching an enterprise service system in Jiujiang, and addressing public service concerns in Lanzhou. The initiatives emphasize responsiveness to public feedback and translating improved work styles into tangible benefits for the people. There is no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: Multiple regions in China are currently in the rice-transplanting season. Farmers are utilizing rice-transplanting machines to efficiently plant seedlings. These efforts aim to ensure high-quality transplantation, laying a solid foundation for a bountiful harvest throughout the year. The article focuses on agricultural production and does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: This article emphasizes the need to achieve "significant and substantial progress" in building a demonstration zone for common prosperity while promoting high-quality development. It likely outlines theoretical guidelines or policy directives related to this goal. Given the title alone, the article's content likely focuses on internal economic and social development strategies within China. Without more information, it is difficult to ascertain if the United States or U.S.-China relations are involved.
Summary: Chen Wenqing emphasized the importance of maintaining stability in Qinghai, highlighting its strategic location for securing Xinjiang and Tibet. During his inspection of Qinghai, Chen stressed the need to comprehensively implement the Party's strategy for governing Tibet, manage ethnic and religious affairs according to the law, and resolutely win the struggle against separatism related to Tibet. He urged strict adherence to regulations within the political and legal teams. Chen also attended a symposium on anti-separatism and stability maintenance related to Tibet in Xining, deploying work to maintain the safety and stability of Tibet and the Tibetan prefectures and counties in the four provinces.
Summary: The article discusses the development of the lotus root (藕带) industry in Honghu City, Hubei Province, focusing on branding and supply chain improvements. Initially a local specialty hampered by preservation issues, Honghu lotus root has become a popular product nationwide through technological advancements in preservation and strategic marketing. Local authorities have established quality control mechanisms and unified branding efforts to ensure product standards and prevent misuse of the "Honghu Lotus Root" geographical indication. The city is also investing in tourism centered around lotus cultivation to further boost the industry. The piece does not discuss the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: A new regulation in China aims to break down data silos and promote the sharing of government data across departments and levels of government. The regulation seeks to address issues such as unwillingness to share data, concerns about data security, and lack of expertise in data sharing, by clarifying responsibilities, streamlining data management, and standardizing procedures. It establishes a management system involving government departments and data sharing agencies, clarifying their responsibilities in data cataloging, application review, and security assessments. The regulation also includes measures to ensure data security and address disputes, and calls for the establishment of a complete system of laws and regulations for data sharing. The National Data Administration plans to promote data repatriation to the grassroots level and strengthen the construction of demonstration scenarios.
Summary: China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) issued new regulations for science and technology enterprise incubators, categorizing them into standard and "excellence" levels. The "excellence" level aims to align with international standards and prioritize incubators focused on emerging and future industries. The new regulations seek to improve the overall quality of incubators, shifting their focus toward constructing comprehensive innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystems. The goal is to foster technological innovation, industrial innovation, and the development of new productive forces.
Summary: The article highlights China's green initiatives in Central Asia, stemming from Xi Jinping's call for collaboration at the China-Central Asia Summit. These initiatives include a water treatment plant in Kazakhstan utilizing Chinese technology to recycle water for oil production, and a wind farm in Uzbekistan using Chinese equipment to provide clean energy and reduce emissions. These projects are framed as contributing to both economic development and environmental protection. Additionally, China is assisting Uzbekistan in addressing the Aral Sea ecological crisis through a joint project focused on water-saving agriculture. These efforts are presented as key to building a China-Central Asia community with a shared future.
Summary: The article focuses on the upcoming second China-Central Asia Summit in Astana, Kazakhstan, highlighting the deepening ties and mutual support between China and the Central Asian nations. Leaders from China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan will discuss cooperation and development, aiming to build a China-Central Asia community with a shared future. Trade between China and Central Asian countries has reached $94.8 billion in 2024. It emphasizes mutual support on core interests, the strengthening of regional security, and a shared commitment to multilateralism amid a complex international environment.
Summary: The second China-Central Asia Summit will be held in Astana, Kazakhstan, following the inaugural summit in Xi'an in 2023. High-level exchanges have been frequent, including state visits by Xi Jinping to Kazakhstan and Tajikistan, and reciprocal visits by the presidents of Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan to China. Trade between China and the five Central Asian countries reached $94.8 billion in 2024, a 200-fold increase since diplomatic relations were established, and cooperation extends to security matters, where the parties oppose external interference. China and Central Asian countries coordinate and cooperate closely within multilateral mechanisms, and firmly support each other on issues involving each other's core interests. The article frames this cooperation as contributing positive energy to a turbulent world.
Summary: Kazakhstan views China as a vital strategic partner for Central Asia, with the China-Central Asia cooperation mechanism providing an important platform for mutually beneficial regional collaboration, according to Akhylbek Kurishbayev, President of the National Academy of Sciences of Kazakhstan and Rector of the National Agrarian Research University. Kurishbayev highlighted agreements between Kazakhstan and China to jointly build an international joint laboratory for high-efficiency water-saving agriculture in arid regions and a China-Kazakhstan smart agriculture center as milestones. He praised China's advancements in science and technology, particularly in agriculture, climate change disaster early warning, desertification prevention, and ecosystem protection. Kurishbayev expressed hope that the upcoming China-Central Asia Summit would further promote regional development. He also mentioned visiting China more than 20 times.
Summary: A "Dialogue Between Ancient Civilizations" event was held in Beijing, focusing on cultural exchange between China and Greece, specifically referencing the Parthenon and Yuanmingyuan. Participants discussed civilization and society, and innovation and the future. National Cultural Heritage Administration Deputy Director Xie Bing highlighted Sino-Greek cooperation in cultural relic protection and exhibitions, framing it within the context of a changing global landscape and the strengthening of their comprehensive strategic partnership. Greek Ambassador to China Evgenios Kalpyris noted increased Chinese tourism to Greece and China's unilateral visa-free policy for Greeks, advocating for increased people-to-people exchanges. The event also featured representatives from the UN, including Siddharth Chatterjee, who emphasized the role of cultural heritage as a source of innovation.
Summary: The fourth China-Africa Economic and Trade Expo was held in Hunan, focusing on the "Ten Partnership Actions" to promote modernization. The expo saw 176 projects signed, totaling $11.39 billion, and showcased Hunan's strengths in industries like engineering machinery and agriculture, with companies like Sany Group and Longping High-Tech demonstrating their contributions to African development. Financial institutions such as Bank of Communications are also enhancing financial services to facilitate trade. Hunan is accelerating the construction of a pilot zone for in-depth China-Africa economic and trade cooperation. The event occurred during the 25th anniversary of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation, which has seen trade increase nearly 30-fold.
Summary: The Publicity Department of the CPC Central Committee is organizing a media campaign called "Vitality China Research Trip" starting June 16th to showcase the achievements of the 14th Five-Year Plan as it concludes in 2025. Journalists from central and local media outlets will conduct on-the-ground investigations in key areas and regions to explore the driving forces and secrets of high-quality development in China. The campaign will focus on five themes and involve multiple rounds of research and interviews, with the initial phase concentrating on Beijing, Guangdong, and Anhui. The goal is to build confidence and promote development by highlighting successful solutions to development challenges. The report does not mention any other country.
Summary: A recent surge in popularity of Jiangsu Province's city football league ("Su Super League") highlights the interplay between local identities and provincial unity. The article argues that while the province is known for its decentralized ("loosely packed") nature, this is a facade for a deeper, more collaborative spirit. The competition between cities actually promotes regional development and enhances reputations, driven by each city's unique economic strengths and collaborative industrial chains, contributing to a broader integrated economic model. This model, where distinct strengths are combined through collaboration, provides a framework for regional and national economic growth, suggesting a path for other regions to optimize development. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: A Zhangjiajie city Party committee inspection team, led by Zhangjiajie's Deputy Director of the Water Resources Bureau Li Youmin, inspected flood prevention work in Cili County's Lingxi Town. The inspection team of nine people, including two drivers, ate lunch at the town's cafeteria, paying via mobile payment, as mandated by city regulations limiting meal costs to 40 RMB. Lingxi Town Party Secretary Mi Bo noted the savings in both time and budget due to the new regulations prohibiting official banquets. The new regulations have greatly reduced the number of official banquets in Zhangjiajie city.
Summary: China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology issued the first policy document on metrology in the manufacturing sector, titled "Opinions on Innovative Development of Manufacturing Metrology." The document outlines goals for 2027, including breakthroughs in key calibration technologies, the establishment of service networks, and the cultivation of instrument enterprises. By 2030, the aim is to significantly enhance metrological capabilities to support high-quality manufacturing development. Manufacturing metrology is defined as a crucial technical foundation and key support for the high-quality development of manufacturing. The document emphasizes its importance for building a modern industrial system and promoting new industrialization.
Summary: This article reports on the implementation of the Central Eight-Point Regulation spirit across various regions in China. Local governments and organizations, including those in Sichuan, Jiangxi, Chongqing, Shandong, Jiangsu, Hunan, Anhui, Heilongjiang, Tianjin, and Gansu, are actively addressing public concerns and improving governance through measures such as infrastructure improvements, streamlined administrative processes, and proactive problem-solving. These efforts involve collecting feedback from citizens, establishing rectification mechanisms, and promoting transparency. The focus is on translating the spirit of the regulations into tangible benefits for the people, with cadres encouraged to go among the masses to understand their difficulties. There is no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: China's Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Emergency Management have allocated 40 million yuan in disaster relief funds to Hainan, Guangdong, and Guangxi provinces in response to Typhoon "Butterfly" and resulting floods. These funds will be used for emergency response efforts, including relocating affected individuals, hazard removal, and secondary disaster prevention. The allocation aims to mitigate the typhoon's impact and safeguard the safety of people and property. No officials were named in the article accompanying the announcement. No mention was made of the United States.
Summary: The article highlights the scenic beauty of Puzhehei Karst National Wetland Park in Qiubei County, Wenshan Zhuang and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, showcasing its picturesque landscape. The park is of national importance to China as a wetland. There is no mention of US-China relations or the statements/actions of any specific officials.
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Summary: Xi Jinping, speaking at the China-Central Asia Summit and other events, emphasized building a closer China-Central Asia community with a shared future. He called for deepened strategic trust, mutual support on core interests, and strengthened cooperation under the Belt and Road Initiative. Xi also stressed the importance of regional security, opposing external interference and the "three evil forces" (terrorism, separatism, and extremism). He advocated for increased cultural and people-to-people exchanges to solidify friendship and mutual understanding. Xi also called for upholding the UN charter and promoting a fairer international order.
Summary: Several Central Asian officials and scholars expressed optimism and anticipation for the upcoming second China-Central Asia Summit in Astana, highlighting the strengthened partnerships since the inaugural summit. Kazakh Deputy Prime Minister Nurtleu emphasized deepening political trust and practical cooperation, while others noted increasing trade, transportation, and people-to-people exchanges, particularly in areas like AI and IT. Cooperation in transportation infrastructure and green development initiatives, such as hydropower and solar projects, were also cited as crucial areas of collaboration. Uzbekistan's Foreign Minister Saidov affirmed the commitment to deepening strategic partnerships with China and other Central Asian nations, focusing on mutual trust and sustainable development. A Turkmen teacher at the China University of Petroleum expressed hope for increased cooperation between China and Central Asia.
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Summary: A Shandong farmer,聂建伟, adopted the "齐民27" wheat variety recommended by agricultural expert 刘凯 on his saline-alkali land, resulting in a yield increase of over 5% compared to the previous year. The "齐民27" variety, developed by 淄博禾丰种业 company, is drought-resistant and suitable for saline-alkali land. 刘凯 provided guidance throughout the planting and management process, including advising on soil preparation and pest control. Demonstrations of the wheat were held and neighbors have expressed interest in planting the variety in the fall.
Summary: The article emphasizes the importance of developing and promoting high-yield crop varieties to ensure food security, focusing on seeds as the "chips" of agriculture. It advocates for strengthening germplasm resource protection, collaborative breeding efforts utilizing biotechnology and AI, and the construction of digital and intelligent breeding bases. Furthermore, it calls for a new mechanism integrating scientific research and enterprises to facilitate the rapid application of new varieties in agricultural production, allowing farmers to better connect with markets. The piece does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: Xi'an is revitalizing its cultural tourism sector through immersive experiences, such as Tang Dynasty-themed performances and AR shows at historical sites like the Great Tang All Day Mall and the ancient city walls. These initiatives aim to engage tourists, especially younger generations, by blending traditional culture with modern technology. Interactive performances, like the "Li Bai reciting poetry" and historical figure-themed blind boxes, encourage cultural understanding and participation. The city's cultural tourism boom has resulted in significant growth in tourist numbers and revenue in 2024. These efforts highlight the importance of adapting and innovating traditional culture to meet modern consumer demands.
Summary: The People's Bank of China and the State Administration of Foreign Exchange jointly issued "Measures on Financial Support for Fujian to Explore a New Path of Integrated Development Across the Taiwan Strait and Build a Demonstration Zone for Integrated Development Across the Strait." These measures aim to support cross-strait integration through financial means. The 12-point plan focuses on optimizing the financial ecosystem for cross-strait living, supporting high-level opening-up pilot programs for cross-border trade in designated cities, and facilitating cross-border investment and financing under the capital account. The PBOC and SAFE stated they will promote the implementation of these policies and further increase financial support for cross-strait integrated development. The plan is intended to offer financial support for the construction of a cross-strait integrated development demonstration zone.
Summary: To assist farmers selling produce in urban areas, Xingan County, Jiangxi Province, has launched seven dedicated "farmer bus" lines. Twenty-four electric buses begin service at 5:30 AM, transporting farmers to free market stalls in the county seat. Since 2022, these lines have transported over 1400 tons of produce, boosting farmer incomes. The initiative is aimed at satisfying the increasing demand of farmers to sell vegetables in the city. This initiative has been supported by local investment in new energy vehicles.
Summary: Two one-million-kilowatt coal-fired power units in Xinjiang's Tianshan North Slope Gobi energy base, developed by China Huadian and China Resources Group, have commenced operations after a 168-hour full-load test run. These units are the first power source projects for the "Xinjiang Electricity to Chongqing" ultra-high voltage transmission project, part of the third channel for sending Xinjiang electricity outwards. The project utilizes a "wind-solar-thermal-storage integration" model to address the intermittent nature of renewable energy sources. The energy base boasts a total power scale of 14.2 million kilowatts, with over 70% from renewable sources and includes supporting electrochemical energy storage.
Summary: Tianjin's Dongjiang Free Trade Port Zone saw the signing of its 1000th leased ship, a floating liquefied natural gas production, storage, and offloading vessel, marking a new high in the value of leased assets in China. The vessel, valued at nearly $1.8 billion with $1.2 billion in lease financing, is one of only seven such ships globally. The ship is 283 meters long and 62.6 meters wide, and is used for offshore liquified natural gas production, storage, and offloading. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
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Summary: The article reports on the problem of underutilized or abandoned automated parking garages in several Chinese cities, citing issues such as high construction costs, poor management, incomplete permits, and unsuitable designs for modern vehicles. Some garages were built solely to meet parking space quota requirements and were not intended for actual use. Experts suggest conducting surveys of idle parking garages, adapting them for other uses, or demolishing them entirely; they also suggest updating standards for parking garages to accommodate newer, larger vehicles.
Summary: This article, submitted to the People's Daily "Exposure Platform" by villagers from Dafeng Development Zone in Yancheng, Jiangsu, reports on their unfulfilled entitlement to landless farmer security funds after their contracted land was requisitioned in 2020 for a planned agricultural market. Despite receiving land compensation, the villagers have yet to receive the promised security funds, and repeated appeals have been unsuccessful. The requisitioned land remains fenced off, unused, and overgrown with weeds, prompting the villagers to request intervention from relevant authorities. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The first article discusses the quality control issues with community group-buying (社区团购) goods, highlighting problems like substandard products and lack of recourse for consumers. It suggests improvements to the supply chain, quality control, and after-sales service. The second article raises concerns about the excessive and often irrelevant training requirements imposed on school teachers, arguing that these burdens detract from their core teaching responsibilities. The third article addresses the difficulties faced by rural residents in obtaining approval for rebuilding dilapidated houses, and suggests measures to streamline the approval process. There is no mention of the United States in any of the three articles.
Summary: Following a "People's Daily" report on damaged farmland in Shanxi, Henan, and Yunnan, the Ministry of Natural Resources dispatched teams to investigate and rectify the issues. In Shanxi, over 500 mu of abandoned farmland were restored, with responsible individuals facing disciplinary action. In Henan, farmland damaged by illegal soil extraction during a river management project is being restored, and related illegal activity will be pursued by the police. In Yunnan, 26.6 mu of farmland used for mineral storage was restored, and compensation was paid to farmers who had been owed.
Summary: The People's Daily and People's Net are jointly soliciting public feedback and news leads regarding "urban water problems" through the "Reader's Letters" and "Leaders' Message Board" platforms. Readers are encouraged to submit information and suggestions via email and mobile applications. No specific officials or US-China relations are mentioned.
Summary: A grid worker in Ningbo, Zhejiang, noticed a shop owner illegally altered a commercial building's facade by adding a window. The worker reported the issue through a digital platform, which led to intervention by the local urban management team. The "Three Lists" system clarifies which tasks are the responsibility of the local level versus higher levels, avoiding bureaucratic delays and "passing the buck." The new system streamlines local governance by clarifying responsibilities and reducing the average case processing time. The system has helped workers deal with issues like illegal construction and building modifications.
Summary: Cai Dafeng and Zhu Yongxin led a Minjin Central Committee research group to Henan and Shandong to investigate how to accelerate the transformation of traditional industries through technological innovation. The delegation visited companies and research institutions to understand the achievements, experiences, and challenges in technological innovation. They noted issues such as bottlenecks in commercializing research, talent acquisition, and the conversion of outdated production capacity. The group suggested enhancing enterprises' role in technological innovation, optimizing financial and tax policies, and expanding financial support for traditional industries.
Summary: A recent Shanghai court case ruled that unauthorized short video clips ("cut-and-paste") of the popular drama "Qing Ping Yue" infringed on the copyright holders' rights to online distribution. The defendant, an individual named Xiao Li, was found to have illegally disseminated 150 unauthorized clips of the drama on a video platform, impacting the viewership of the authorized platforms. The court ordered Xiao Li to pay 20,000 RMB in damages and legal fees, emphasizing that even non-profit motivations do not negate copyright infringement. The court considered the show's popularity, the number of clips, and the time elapsed between the show's debut and the copyright infringement when determining damages.
Summary: On the 5th anniversary of Chen Xiangrong's death, Pingnan County Pingcheng Junior High School, Chen's alma mater, was renamed "Pingnan County Xiangrong Middle School," with Chen's mother, Yao Jiusui, participating in the unveiling. The renaming, suggested by local People's Congress and CPPCC members, commemorates Chen's time at the school. Pingcheng Junior High School (Xiangrong Middle School) will continue to promote patriotism through stories of the hero. There is no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations.
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Summary: The article emphasizes the need to balance AI development with safety and regulation to ensure its healthy and sustainable advancement, referencing Xi Jinping's call for robust legal and ethical frameworks. It argues that timely governance and clear boundaries are crucial to prevent risks and promote responsible innovation in AI. The piece highlights recent regulatory efforts in China, including measures for generative AI services and content identification, and underscores the responsibility of tech companies in ensuring "technology for good." Finally, the article advocates for using technological solutions to counter AI-related risks like deepfakes and fraud.
Summary: The article discusses the increasing application of mature technologies to public services in China, exemplified by NFC-enabled queuing systems in Tianjin police stations. It highlights the central government's emphasis on digital and intelligent infrastructure development, as seen in policy documents promoting "digital China" and "smart cities." Local governments are implementing intelligent solutions in areas like park irrigation, traffic management ("City Brain" in Hangzhou), smart restrooms (Shenzhen), and parking systems (Nantong) to improve public services. The article emphasizes the need for quality and maintenance of these intelligent facilities, calling for diversified funding and professional operation. Overall, the piece suggests a broader trend of public service digitalization to enhance citizens' quality of life.
Summary: A recent notice on deepening the national reading campaign for young students outlines five key projects: building reading-focused campuses, optimizing reading resources, cultivating reading literacy, innovating through technology, and showcasing reading achievements. The initiative aims to strengthen the cultural foundation, comprehensive qualities, and innovative abilities of young people through reading. The directive emphasizes the importance of reading in cultivating cultural roots and improving overall student capabilities. The United States and US-China relations were not mentioned in this article.
Summary: This article profiles Li Chunliang, a veteran in Chengdu who offers free, on-the-street first aid training, including CPR and AED use, to improve public awareness and skills. It highlights China's low emergency response skills rate (around 1%) and the government's goal to increase the percentage of people with first aid certificates to 3% by 2030 as part of the Healthy China initiative. The article also points to the importance of volunteer efforts, similar to Germany and Japan, in expanding first aid knowledge and skills. The piece does not mention the United States.
Summary: This article from *Sichuan Daily* criticizes the phenomenon of "层层加码" (layer-upon-layer ratcheting), where higher levels of government place excessive and unrealistic demands on lower-level cadres. It argues that this practice, driven by a desire for quick results and political achievements, leads to formalism, bureaucracy, and ultimately harms local development and public interests. The article emphasizes that while responsibility and pressure are necessary, they should not be transferred downwards without consideration for local realities and capabilities. Cadres at each level should fulfill their own responsibilities and lead by example to foster effective governance. There is no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The article discusses the need to improve consumer rights protection mechanisms for the healthy long-term development of the electric vehicle (EV) industry in China. It highlights issues such as bankrupt EV companies leaving consumers with unmet service and warranty obligations. The article suggests establishing "EV after-sales responsibility funds" and improving the commonality of key components to reduce maintenance difficulties and costs. It also suggests third parties entering the market to provide aftermarket services, as a means of protecting consumer rights and stimulating consumption. The author makes no mention of the United States.
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Summary: The 2025 China Internet Civilization Conference was held in Hefei, Anhui, focusing on promoting positive online content and guiding new trends. Hefei was chosen due to its technological innovation and network civilization development. The conference highlighted Hefei's efforts in promoting ethical behavior online, fostering digital governance, and leveraging AI in industries such as public resource trading. Hefei's economic growth and technological advancements, particularly in AI, supported the conference's success, demonstrating the city's commitment to both economic and social development.
Summary: The article reports on Hefei's "City Life Line" project, which utilizes IoT, cloud computing, and big data to monitor infrastructure like bridges, gas lines, and water pipes, aiming to proactively prevent urban safety incidents. Hefei has deployed over 85,000 monitoring devices and has addressed over one thousand potential risks since the project was launched. Qinghua University's Hefei Public Safety Research Institute supports the project by providing technological innovation, including sensors and data security measures. The project has decreased the average response time to incidents and has been implemented in over 70 cities nationwide. The head of the project, Yuan Hongyong, stated that this project will help facilitate the development and governance of intelligent society.
Summary: Gao Song, General Manager of Anhui Dingli Network Technology, stated that the "Innovation Leading the Digital Future, Working Together to Build an Intelligent Society" vision proposed at the 2025 China Internet Civilization Conference provides direction for smart city construction. Anhui Dingli Network Technology has already created over a hundred benchmark projects in intelligent fields across the country, including intelligent hubs for airports and digital systems for commercial complexes and factories. In one smart community project in Hefei, property managers can conduct "digital inspections" via their phones, demonstrating the platform's ability to unify and manage various aspects of community life. The platform also monitors and intelligently regulates resources within buildings and enables the digitization of maintenance processes, facilitating efficient problem detection and risk prediction. The company is currently building the Life Harbor Center project in Hefei.
Summary: The article reports on Zixiang Future, a generative AI startup based in Hefei, Anhui, that recently launched an open-source image generation model. According to CEO Mei Tao, Hefei's support for new quality productive forces has facilitated the company's rapid growth. The company's model, which allows users to generate images and videos from text prompts and edit them using natural language, has achieved international recognition. Zixiang Future also claims to have a comprehensive governance system in place to ensure the safety of its AI models.
Summary: According to Pan Linli, head of the "Wan Zhong Ping" studio, the online commentary platform aims to promote mainstream values, guide public opinion, address public concerns, and convey the voices of internet users. "Wan Zhong Ping" uses examples like Hefei's quantum technology and new energy vehicles to demonstrate the importance of innovation. The platform also focuses on addressing livelihood issues, citing examples such as advocating for parent waiting areas at schools and improving public service windows. "Wan Zhong Ping" plans to continue innovating its approach to better connect with the public through more relatable and modern methods. There is no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations.
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Summary: This article discusses the resurgence of interest in traditional Chinese aesthetics among young people, exemplified by the popularity of Suzhou gardens like the Humble Administrator's Garden (拙政园) and related cultural products. It highlights how Gen Z is engaging with and reinterpreting classical beauty through modern lenses, creating a contemporary "garden lifestyle." The article emphasizes the cultural confidence and innovative spirit driving this trend, with examples like social media trends and creative adaptations of garden elements. Yang Haitao, Deputy Dean of the School of Digital Art at Suzhou Institute of Arts and Crafts, notes that young people visit gardens to relax and enjoy the culture. The article doesn't directly discuss the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: Chinese gardens boast a long history, evolving from enclosed "you" spaces to incorporating landscaping elements and reflecting philosophical and cultural values. Core elements include artfully arranged rocks and water features to create specific moods, along with strategically placed architecture like pavilions and bridges to frame views and offer shelter. Calligraphy is also important to capture the essence of the space. Unlike Western gardens, Chinese gardens emphasize naturalness and asymmetry, mirroring Chinese aesthetics and philosophy, and creating a sense of harmony. Modern interpretations of these gardens are used to create a sense of peace in a fast-paced society.
Summary: A research team led by Professor Xiao Zhengguo at the University of Science and Technology of China has made significant progress in improving the lifespan of perovskite LEDs. By introducing a "weak spatial confinement" method, they created larger, more heat-resistant all-inorganic perovskite films, boosting LED brightness to over 1.16 million nits and achieving a lifespan exceeding 180,000 hours. The team's method involves adding specific compounds to the perovskite material, enhancing internal order and addressing defects associated with smaller crystals, thereby significantly improving LED stability and brightness. The new perovskite LED achieved a luminous efficiency exceeding 22%, comparable to commercial display products. The research was published in *Nature*.
Summary: A conference on AI innovation in subtropical agriculture was held in Nanning, Guangxi, hosted by Guangxi University and the Institute of Microbiology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Over 100 representatives from universities, research institutions, and agricultural enterprises participated, focusing on the integration of AI and subtropical agriculture. The conference included the unveiling of a new AI agricultural research institute with a multidisciplinary team. Discussions centered on topics like intelligent breeding, digital twins and large language model applications, and intelligent agricultural machinery.
Summary: A multidisciplinary research expedition focused on Kunlun culture launched in Qinghai, organized by the Qinghai Academy of Social Sciences as part of a major project established in early 2025. The 11-day expedition, the first of its kind in Qinghai focusing on humanities and social sciences, aims to systematically analyze Kunlun cultural elements through fieldwork, literature review, and technological innovation. Experts from fields including archaeology, history, and ethnology will participate. The team will conduct on-site investigations at locations such as Kunlun Mountain, Yuxu Peak, and the headwaters of the Yellow River.
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Summary: The article reports on efforts in Gulang County, Gansu Province, to improve elderly care services by establishing comprehensive service centers and mutual aid centers in villages. These centers provide facilities for recreational activities like music, sports, and reading, aiming to enrich the spiritual lives of senior citizens. Volunteers also offer in-home services such as counseling and entertainment to elderly individuals with limited mobility. Furthermore, some elderly residents are taking on leadership roles by organizing activities and disseminating information on topics like fraud prevention and health.
Summary: China's State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) issued a compliance notice to e-commerce platforms, including those involved in livestreaming and cross-border trade, to regulate promotional activities during the "618" shopping festival. The notice emphasizes platform responsibility in verifying merchant information, ensuring fair competition by preventing practices like price discrimination, and regulating livestreaming marketing behaviors. It also stresses the need for enhanced product quality control, stricter advertising content review, and efficient handling of consumer disputes. Platforms are urged to protect merchants' rights, ensure fair rules, and establish effective appeal mechanisms. The SAMR also encouraged consumers to engage in rational purchasing, protect their legal interests and report illegal behavior to the appropriate authorities.
Summary: Beijing's urban rail system now supports contactless payments from five major card organizations, including JCB and American Express, in addition to previously supported China UnionPay, Mastercard, and Visa. This upgrade allows foreign passengers to use their internationally issued bank cards for contactless entry and ticketing across the entire Beijing subway network. The service covers all 29 operating lines and 523 stations, including suburban railway S2. Foreign passengers can also use their cards to purchase tickets for companions or pay for overage fees.
Summary: Huaqidun, a Beijing-based cybersecurity firm, is focused on providing comprehensive network security solutions, including data security governance, to address emerging challenges in the era of interconnected devices. The company collaborates with institutions, offering technical and data support to grassroots staff through joint labs, and emphasizes AI-driven analysis and modeling to enhance decision-making. Huaqidun is also investing in research and development, with a focus on "AI + network security," and aims to contribute to China's digital development. The company has launched its own DSC data loss prevention system. There is no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations in the article.
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Summary: The article emphasizes Xi Jinping's vision of "common prosperity" (共同富裕) as essential to Chinese-style modernization and a long-term historical process, focusing on Zhejiang province's role as a demonstration zone. It highlights Zhejiang's efforts to achieve this goal through a new development model guided by innovation-driven growth (新质生产力) and integration into the national dual circulation strategy. The author, a Zhejiang Party official, argues that Zhejiang's progress showcases a new form of human civilization, balancing efficiency and equality to achieve high-quality development and effective governance. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: According to the article, further developing Free Trade Zones (FTZs) is a key strategic move for reform and opening up under Xi Jinping. It calls for encouraging original and integrated explorations to create new heights in reform and opening up with a higher level of openness and a stronger radiating effect. The article emphasizes the importance of pioneering explorations in key and difficult areas of expanding opening up, focusing on regulatory and service innovation. It also highlights integrated explorations to promote trade and investment liberalization, cross-border flow of factors, and innovation, advocating for systemic and holistic reforms, including building industry clusters.
Summary: The Ministry of Natural Resources recently highlighted the Caofeidian seagrass bed ecological protection and restoration case in Tangshan City, Hebei Province, as a model for 2025. The Caofeidian seagrass bed, the largest single-species contiguous seagrass bed in China, has seen improved seagrass coverage and ecological benefits through systematic ecological protection and differentiated restoration methods implemented by Hebei. To protect the seagrass bed, Hebei has implemented measures such as cleaning up fishing gear, improving water quality, and restricting fishing activities. The area has been designated as an ecological protection red line, implementing stricter ecological protection measures. The province will continue to strengthen daily supervision and long-term management mechanisms to consolidate the achievements of seagrass bed protection and restoration. The article makes no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The Ministry of Water Resources issued an opinion on exploring and standardizing cross-provincial water rights trading in the Yellow River Basin, aiming to establish a clear and effective water rights trading system within 2-3 years. The opinion focuses on improving the initial water rights allocation system, actively promoting cross-provincial water rights trading, improving the water rights trading platform system, improving the water resources monitoring system, and strengthening water rights trading market supervision. It encourages trading of surplus water within regional available water amounts and supports compensated transfers of saved water rights. The Yellow River Conservancy Commission and relevant provincial water administrative departments are urged to strengthen organization, coordination, and guidance.
Summary: Typhoon "Butterfly" has weakened to a tropical depression, leading the Central Meteorological Observatory to lift the typhoon blue warning. However, the remnants of the typhoon combined with cold air will bring heavy rainfall to areas including Jiangnan and South China. A blue rainstorm warning has been issued, along with joint warnings from the Ministry of Water Resources, the Ministry of Natural Resources, and the China Meteorological Administration for potential mountain floods and geological disasters. Heavy rains are expected in parts of Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, and Yunnan, accompanied by strong convective weather. Inner Mongolia, Jilin, and Heilongjiang are also expected to experience moderate to heavy rainfall.
Summary: The Ministry of Natural Resources has expanded pilot programs to survey regional natural and cultural resources, selecting 50 areas across 23 provinces and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps. The pilot areas will compile databases, create specialized maps, and evaluate the economic, ecological, and social value of their resources. The goal is to integrate these findings into land-use planning, resource protection, and tourism initiatives. The initiative emphasizes a data-driven approach to identifying and leveraging unique regional assets. There is no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations in this article.
Summary: The first phase of the Lishui Liandu 10,000-Mu Gigabit Photovoltaic Project in Zhejiang has been connected to the grid. With a total installed capacity of 264 MW, it is the largest mountain photovoltaic project in Zhejiang Province. State Grid Zhejiang Electric built a dual-channel power supply network to ensure the efficient and safe operation of the power station. The project is expected to generate 280 million kWh of electricity annually, saving 80,000 tons of standard coal and reducing carbon dioxide emissions by 220,000 tons per year.
Summary: The China Meteorological Administration recently released an action plan for integrating meteorological science, education, and innovation (2025-2027), outlining 12 tasks and 34 specific measures. The plan aims to enhance the integration and coordinated development of meteorological science and education resources to support high-quality meteorological development. It emphasizes a collaborative mechanism involving multiple parties and efficient coordination. The plan will incorporate key tasks into the "one school, one policy" framework of cooperation between the administration and universities, strengthening closed-loop management focused on tangible outcomes. The action plan builds on previous efforts such as the establishment of the National Meteorological Science, Education and Innovation Alliance with 66 member institutions.
Summary: The Supreme People's Court has released five guiding environmental protection cases focusing on civil public interest litigation. These cases cover topics such as environmental impact assessments for construction projects, radioactive and solid waste pollution prevention, tailings dam pollution, and illegal sand mining in the Yangtze River basin. One case clarifies that projects with completed environmental assessments and preventative measures are generally not considered to have a significant risk of harming public interest. Another details the responsibility for handling medical equipment pollution risks, with the court ordering multiple hospitals to jointly bear disposal costs. A final case clarifies rules for cross-regional environmental cases, including designated jurisdiction and transferring restoration funds across administrative boundaries.
Summary: The 17th Qinghai Lake naked carp (Gymnodiptychus przewalskii) stocking activity was recently launched in Gangcha County, Haibei Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai Province, with one million naked carp fry released into the Shaliu River, a tributary of Qinghai Lake. Since the establishment of the Gangcha County Shaliu River Naked Carp Stocking Station in 1997, over 210 million naked carp fry have been released. According to monitoring by the Qinghai Provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, the reserve of naked carp in Qinghai Lake reached 127,500 tons by the end of 2024. The scale of the naked carp population is gradually recovering.
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Summary: In January, China's General Administration of Sport approved pilot programs in Yueyang, Wansheng, and Suzhou to promote youth physical and mental health through sports. Yueyang encourages schools to include sports like soccer, basketball, and volleyball in their curriculum and aims for students to master one or two sports skills by 2026. Wansheng integrates physical education with mental health support, providing counseling and activities to improve students' well-being. Suzhou incorporates specialized sports like softball into schools, promoting physical fitness and overall development through diverse athletic programs and has created 225 schools with specialized athletics education.
Summary: The Chinese national men's volleyball team concluded the 2025 World Men's Volleyball League's Xi'an stop with a 2-2 record, losing to Turkey 0-3. Despite being the lowest-ranked team in the Xi'an station, China exceeded expectations after defeating Serbia and the Netherlands. Their performance raised their real-time world ranking to 18th. The team will participate in the Chicago leg of the tournament in the United States, competing against the U.S., Brazil, Italy, and Canada.
Summary: The 2025 Paragliding World Cup (China Station) concluded in Anyang, Henan, attracting 130 athletes from 24 countries and regions. The competition, featuring cross-country flying, saw Tilen Ceglar of Slovenia win the overall title. Galen Kirkpatrick of the United States secured first place in the women's division. The Austrian team won first place in the team competition.
Summary: The inaugural Inner Mongolia National Fitness International Exchange Competition was held in Zhalainuoer District, Hulunbuir City, from June 12-15. Over 1,500 athletes from China, Russia, and Mongolia competed in events like table tennis, basketball, Go, and free combat. The competition included various exchange activities. Zhalainuoer District, located at the intersection of China, Russia, and Mongolia, has hosted several similar events recently.
Summary: The 2025 China-Nepal Highland Dragon Boat Friendship Race commenced in Nyingchi, Tibet, featuring 14 teams and over 230 athletes from China, Nepal, Singapore, and other regions. The competition, guided by the Chinese Dragon Boat Association and hosted by the Tibet Autonomous Region Sports Bureau and the Nyingchi Municipal People's Government, includes dragon boat races and traditional Tibetan yak-hide boat races. The event includes 100m and 200m straight-course races for open and friendship city groups.
Summary: The fourth China-Africa Economic and Trade Expo was held in Changsha, Hunan from June 12-15, with nearly 4,700 companies from over 50 countries participating. Bank of Communications (交通银行), as the "global chief partner," focused on providing comprehensive cross-border financial services to support the expo and promote high-quality China-Africa economic and trade development. The bank highlighted its efforts in promoting cultural exchange and facilitating trade through various initiatives, including a "culture + finance" exhibition hall and support for RMB cross-border payments. Bank of Communications has deepened its support for China-Africa economic and trade cooperation, with significant growth in RMB cross-border payments, foreign-related remittance, and cross-border trade financing between 2023-2024. The bank also highlighted its services for Chinese companies expanding into Africa, like Sany Group, and held a promotional event in Johannesburg to promote cultural exchange.
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Summary: The third UN Ocean Conference in Nice, France, concluded with the release of the *Nice Ocean Action Plan*, addressing critical issues like marine biodiversity and calling for urgent global action. The conference highlighted the alarming decline in ocean health, with rising sea levels, ocean temperatures, and threats to marine species. China's active participation and contributions in areas like sustainable fishing practices and data sharing were positively recognized by attendees. China's development of the COAST tool package, which provides solutions for coastal cities facing climate change, was offered to the world for free. French representatives emphasized the importance of their partnership with China in biodiversity protection.
Summary: The Cuban state newspaper *Granma* has established a dedicated column, "航行日志" (Navigation Log), to cover Chinese politics, culture, and economics, highlighting the deepening ties between Cuba and China on the 65th anniversary of their diplomatic relations. The column was launched following *Granma*'s participation in the 2024 "Belt and Road" Media Cooperation Forum, with the column focusing on China's support for Cuba against the U.S. embargo, as demonstrated by China's votes at the UN. It also reports on topics ranging from Chinese cultural events in Cuba to features on Chinese technology and cultural heritage, and features reporting from across China. The column also covered the China-CELAC Forum, emphasizing Xi Jinping's vision for cooperation.
Summary: The inaugural ASEAN Regional and Country Studies Alliance Forum was held in Nanning, Guangxi, resulting in the formal establishment of the ASEAN Regional and Country Studies Alliance. Led by Guangxi University and including institutions like the Foreign Affairs University and Beijing Foreign Studies University, the alliance aims to integrate domestic research capabilities focused on ASEAN nations. The forum, themed "ASEAN Regional and Country Studies Research and Practice," facilitated discussions on topics such as China-ASEAN economic research and trade cooperation. The alliance intends to promote the participation of universities and think tanks in China-ASEAN cooperation and foster specialized regional studies.
Summary: To combat high rice prices, the Japanese government, led by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, plans to release an additional 200,000 tons of reserve rice, aiming to bring the price down to around 3,000 yen per 5kg bag. Previous releases of reserve rice were largely acquired by agricultural cooperatives, limiting their impact on retail prices. The government will now directly supply large supermarkets at a target price of 2,000 yen per 5kg bag, bypassing the auction system. Some analysts, such as Mitsubishi Research Institute's Inagaki Kimio, are skeptical of the long-term effectiveness of these measures, suggesting that broader supply and demand factors and sustainable agricultural policies need to be addressed. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: Starting November 2025, New Zealand will trial a visa-free entry policy for Chinese citizens holding valid Australian travel, work, student, or family visas, requiring only an electronic travel authority for stays up to three months. Immigration Minister Erica Stanford stated that the government aims to simplify visa processes further, noting over 240,000 tourist visas were issued to Chinese visitors in 2024. Tourism Minister Louise Upston highlighted China as a crucial tourism market for New Zealand. Chinese tourism contributed approximately NZD 1.24 billion to New Zealand's economy in the year ending March 2025.
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Summary: Experts discuss China's new policies outlined in "Several Policy Measures to Accelerate the Construction of a Technology Finance System and Strongly Support High-Level Self-Reliance and Self-Strengthening in Science and Technology" 《若干举措》 which aim to bolster financial support for technological innovation, particularly for key technologies and SMEs. Tian Xuan highlights the policy's focus on improving the top-level design of the technology finance system by refining policy frameworks and optimizing market mechanisms. Han Fengqin emphasizes the measures address pain points in innovation financing, particularly in venture capital, by expanding long-term capital sources and improving evaluation mechanisms. Cao Huitao notes the policy's emphasis on "hard technology," directing financial resources towards breakthroughs in core technologies. Shang Zhaohui discusses financial institutions' role in implementing the policies, emphasizing the need for enhanced risk management and innovative financial products. The analysts claim China has the institutional advantages to be successful in the tech-finance area.
Summary: This article discusses the importance of improving financial services accessibility for rural areas and small businesses in China, specifically highlighting practices in Fujian province. It emphasizes the need to break from conventional methods and extend financial services to remote areas through innovative approaches like mobile banking and service points in villages. The article advocates for tailored financial solutions, leveraging digital technologies to bridge the urban-rural gap and improve financial inclusion. By improving access to financial services, the article concludes that resources can be better allocated to primary level actors in the economy, therefore boosting high-quality development. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: Policy-oriented development financial instruments (PODFIs) are financial tools established by policy banks with support from the People's Bank of China. These instruments, primarily funded through financial bond issuance, aim to supplement the capital of major infrastructure, new infrastructure, foundational industries, and key livelihood projects. PODFIs possess advantages such as long tenors, low costs, and flexible usage, effectively meeting the capital needs of large-scale infrastructure projects and encouraging private capital participation. As "quasi-fiscal" tools, they target critical areas underserved by traditional bank loans, achieving policy goals similar to local government special bonds through coordinated fiscal and monetary policy.
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Summary: This article discusses how a radiative cooling film, developed by a Nanjing University team led by Professor Zhu Jia, was successfully commercialized for use in smartphones. The technology, which can reduce phone temperatures by 5-10 degrees Celsius, was adopted by Xiaomi and other domestic brands. The article highlights the role of supportive policies, such as the "职务科技成果赋权改革", in facilitating the transfer of technology from the lab to the market. It also mentions the company's efforts to balance cooling, stability, and cost, as well as their market expansion strategies and potential applications in environmental protection. The article emphasizes the importance of aligning scientific research with market demands and the role of government support in fostering innovation and the development of new productive forces.
Summary: The article emphasizes the increasing value of data as a factor of production in China's digital economy and its role in cultivating "new productive forces." China is establishing ten national data factor pilot zones in regions like Beijing and Zhejiang to promote data market development and integrate the digital and real economies. The piece highlights how data application is upgrading traditional industries and fostering emerging ones through AI and digital tech. China aims to leverage its vast data resources and computational power to drive innovation and economic growth, improving data flow to release greater benefit. Finally, it references the recent report showing China's massive data production, which is intended to boost economic growth.
Summary: Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region's Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs has deployed over 4,000 science and technology specialists to agricultural production sites this year. The specialists are tasked with resolving agricultural production challenges and increasing farmers' income. The provided image shows specialists Wu Jiankun and Yan Zhengdong providing guidance to fish farmers in Tengxian County. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: At the 2025 China Digital Valley-West Lake Sword Conference, experts discussed data security issues arising from the digital economy's growth, including AI fraud and data theft. Participants, including Mei Hong of the China Computer Federation, emphasized the need to build efficient data systems and strengthen technical support for data-centric organizations. The conference also touched on the use of AI in bolstering cybersecurity, as well as the security challenges posed by emerging technologies like brain-computer interfaces and humanoid robots, stressing the need for dynamic and comprehensive data protection throughout its lifecycle. Anheng Information Chairman Fan Yuan was present and discussed his company's work in creating AI-powered "intelligent agents" for cybersecurity.
Summary: A Chinese private company, Zhejiang Finna Optics, in collaboration with two universities, has achieved stable mass production of square-meter perovskite components using a new coating technology for solar cell materials, published in "Science." Ningde Times, a global leader in power batteries, aims to become a zero-carbon technology company, targeting carbon neutrality in its battery factories this year and breakthroughs in zero-carbon transportation, power, and industrial new energy. Additionally, Chinese Academy of Sciences researchers have demonstrated that multi-modal large language models can spontaneously form object concept representation systems similar to humans, paving the way for human-like cognitive AI. A joint research team from Peking University and Beijing General Artificial Intelligence Research Institute has developed a "full-hand tactile robot bionic hand" enabling precise operation and adaptive grasping through tactile feedback. The article does not discuss or allude to the United States or U.S.-China relations.
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Summary: The author recounts a visit to the Anjiang Agricultural School, the origin of hybrid rice, reflecting on their past interview with Yuan Longping, the "father of hybrid rice." Yuan's initial dream of ensuring everyone has enough to eat stemmed from witnessing poverty during his time in Anjiang. The author describes Yuan's discovery of a natural hybrid rice plant and the subsequent challenges and breakthroughs in developing hybrid rice technology, including the crucial find of wild rice ("野败") in Hainan. The piece highlights Yuan's dedication and his dream of high yield production of rice, including through the cultivation of previously unusable land. The author reflects on Yuan's passing and the fulfillment of his dream to feed the world.
Summary: The author reflects on the difficulty of writing successful fairy tales, arguing that it requires more than simply anthropomorphizing animals. They emphasize the need for a deep understanding of both human and animal nature, suggesting that insights into human society provide a foundation for understanding all living things. The author critiques simplistic imitation in contemporary fairy tale writing, suggesting that true success demands careful observation and genuine connection with the animal world, similar to Beatrix Potter's expertise on rabbits. They express concern that the perceived ease of the genre leads to wasted effort and a lack of truly high-quality fairy tales. Ultimately, the author cautions writers to carefully consider the challenges of the genre before attempting to write fairy tales.
Summary: The article describes a visit to Xiaoshun Village in Zhejiang province, noting its history as the site of a speech by Zhou Enlai during the anti-Japanese war. The author also visited the "Aerospace Literature Corner" established by Wang Qiuyan, a female writer and former member of the General Armament Department. The author highlights the local hospitality and the village's connection to Yunhe County, a major production center for wooden toys. The author also notes that Yunhe is positioning itself as a leading producer of wooden toys. There is no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations in the article.
Summary: The article describes the efficiency of modern wheat harvesting in rural China, contrasting it with older, manual methods. Mechanized combines and trucks rapidly harvest wheat, with farmers like the 90s-generation "Xiao Lei" driving the process, moving from south to north following the ripening crops. The shift from manual labor to mechanized harvesting signifies a race against time, with machines replacing people in the fields. The article highlights the scale and speed of modern agriculture, with Xiao Lei and his team heading to Hebei next.
Summary: The article describes the various seafood and other delicacies harvested from the mudflats and coastal waters of a particular region in China. Villagers employ traditional methods to collect creatures like mudskippers, sandworms, clams, and crabs. Fishermen also use traps to catch octopus, various fish, and shellfish. The author highlights specific dishes prepared with these ingredients, including mud snails with peppers and onions, and a local fish called "four-finger threadfin."
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Summary: This article describes a meticulously cultivated small garden path. The author details the various flowers and plants lining the path, including roses, irises, daylilies, and Chinese fringe flowers, highlighting their colors and fragrances. The path is also home to various insects, creating a microcosm of nature. At the end of the path stands a hawthorn tree, its blossoms transitioning into fruit, evoking a sense of time and reflection. There is no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations.
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Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, June 15th (新华社北京6月15日电) The 12th issue of the "Seeking Truth" (《求是》) magazine, to be published on June 16th, will feature an important article by Xi Jinping (习近平), General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (中共中央), President of the People's Republic of China (国家主席), and Chairman of the Central Military Commission (中央军委), titled "Using Medium and Long-Term Plans to Guide Economic and Social Development is an Important Way for Our Party to Govern the Country." This is an excerpt of important discourses by General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) from October 2015 to April 2025.
The article emphasizes that scientifically formulating and successively implementing five-year plans is an important experience for our party in governing the country and an important political advantage of socialism with Chinese characteristics. Not long after the founding of New China, our party proposed the goal of building a modern socialist country. From the first five-year plan to the 14th five-year plan, the consistent theme has been to build our country into a modern socialist country. In this process, our party has continuously deepened its understanding, matured its strategies, and enriched its practices in building a modern socialist country, accelerating the process of modernization in our country.
The article points out that the report of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (党的二十大) profoundly expounds on the Chinese characteristics, essential requirements, and major principles of Chinese-style modernization, which is the highest-level top-level design for promoting Chinese-style modernization. Chinese-style modernization is advanced in stages and fields, and achieving the development goals of each stage and implementing the development strategies of each field also require top-level design. It is necessary to deeply understand the general trend of world development, accurately grasp the common aspirations of the people, and deeply explore the laws of economic and social development, so that the formulated plans and policy systems reflect the characteristics of the times, grasp the laws, and are full of creativity, so as to achieve a combination of long-term and short-term, connection between top and bottom, and coordination of content.
The article points out that the people's yearning for a better life is our goal, and the people's confidence and support are the driving force for our country's progress. Good policies and development plans should conform to the people's wishes and meet the people's expectations, coming from the masses and going to the masses. The five-year plan involves all aspects of economic and social development and is closely related to the production and life of the people. It is necessary to unite strengthening top-level design with adhering to asking the people for advice, and fully absorb social expectations, mass wisdom, expert opinions, and grassroots experience into the planning process.
The article emphasizes that in planning the economic and social development of the "15th Five-Year Plan" period, it is necessary to accurately grasp the phased requirements of the "15th Five-Year Plan" period, focus on the great cause of building a strong country and national rejuvenation, and closely focus on the goal of basically realizing socialist modernization, rationally determining goals and tasks and proposing ideas and measures in one field after another. For the goals and tasks in all aspects, it is necessary to conduct in-depth analysis and demonstration to ensure that they are scientific, accurate, and can be achieved as scheduled. It is necessary to make overall plans, grasp the key and decisive factors, grasp the rhythm and progress, pay attention to consolidating and expanding advantages, breaking through bottlenecks and blockages, strengthening weaknesses and shortcomings, and improving quality and efficiency, and maintain consistency with the overall goals. Local areas should combine their actual conditions, be realistic and pragmatic, and improve the execution and implementation of the plan when formulating their own plans.
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In the midsummer month, the world's attention is focused on Central Asia.
At the invitation of President Tokayev (托卡耶夫) of the Republic of Kazakhstan, President Xi Jinping (习近平) will travel to Astana (阿斯塔纳), Kazakhstan from June 16th to 18th to attend the Second China-Central Asia Summit. This is the first time the China-Central Asia Summit has been held in a Central Asian country.
Two years ago, in Shaanxi (陕西), China, the eastern starting point of the ancient Silk Road, President Xi Jinping (习近平) gathered with the heads of state of the five Central Asian countries in Xi'an (西安). The China-Central Asia mechanism was elevated to the level of heads of state, and the first China-Central Asia Summit set a milestone in the history of bilateral relations.
As the world undergoes accelerated changes unseen in a century and enters a new period of turbulence and transformation, the way to advance relations between China and Central Asian countries is related to the peace and stability of the region and even the world.
Turning the clock back to 2020, China advocated the establishment of the China-Central Asia mechanism; in January 2022, on the occasion of celebrating the 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and the five Central Asian countries, the heads of state of the five Central Asian countries proposed to upgrade the China-Central Asia mechanism to the level of heads of state; a year later, the first China-Central Asia Summit was a natural outcome and landed in Xi'an (西安), and the China-Central Asia mechanism was officially upgraded and finalized. This trip to Central Asia is another major diplomatic action by President Xi Jinping (习近平) towards Central Asia.
"Building an important platform for promoting in-depth cooperation among the six countries" is a clear positioning of the mechanism; "continuously improving and strengthening the China-Central Asia mechanism and promoting China-Central Asia cooperation to achieve more tangible results" is a profound reflection on the path of development; "aiming at the current needs and future development of all countries, strengthening mutually beneficial cooperation, and helping to achieve common prosperity" is a blueprint for the future... Thinking and acting, planning and doing, President Xi Jinping (习近平) leads the China-Central Asia mechanism to improve and strengthen.
"Deepening China-Central Asia cooperation is a strategic choice made by our generation of leaders with a view to the future." In just five years, the China-Central Asia mechanism, this "joint initiative of the six countries," has grown from scratch, providing an important platform for deepening all-round cooperation between China and Central Asian countries. From working together to fight the epidemic to focusing on economic recovery, from jointly building the "Belt and Road" with high quality to jointly promoting regional stability, head-of-state diplomacy steers the course, leading the ship of friendship between China and Central Asian countries into a broader and more magnificent era.
The construction of the mechanism is advancing steadily and continuously improving -
From the regular meeting mechanism of the foreign ministers of the six countries to the China-Central Asia Summit mechanism, the China-Central Asia mechanism has achieved quality improvement and upgrading; ministerial mechanisms in more than 10 key areas such as diplomacy, economy and trade, agriculture, transportation, customs, emergency management, and education have built the "four beams and eight pillars" of the mechanism; the China-Central Asia mechanism secretariat is fully operational, demonstrating a firm determination to jointly seek development and promote cooperation side by side... An open and transparent, mutually beneficial and win-win, equal and mutually beneficial, pragmatic and effective all-round cooperation platform is bringing more benefits to the people of the six countries.
Development strategies are complementary and deeply connected -
Strengthening the connection between the "Belt and Road" initiative and Kazakhstan's (哈萨克斯坦) new economic policy, Kyrgyzstan's (吉尔吉斯斯坦) "National Development Program until 2026," Tajikistan's (塔吉克斯坦) "National Development Strategy until 2030," Turkmenistan's (土库曼斯坦) "Revival of the Silk Road" strategy, and Uzbekistan's (乌兹别克斯坦) "New Uzbekistan" development strategy; achieving full coverage of comprehensive strategic partnership, full coverage of the signing of "Belt and Road" cooperation documents, and full coverage of practicing the concept of a community with a shared future for mankind at the bilateral level... China and Central Asia have embarked on a new path of good-neighborliness, friendship, and win-win cooperation, becoming a model for building a new type of international relations.
Cooperation projects are mutually beneficial and win-win, bearing fruit -
The opening of the China-Europe Trans-Caspian direct express, the official launch of the China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railway project, the "Horgos-Eastern Gate" (霍尔果斯—东大门) economic special zone's dry port becoming a hot spot for inland development, the establishment of the first Chinese Book Center in Central Asia, and the establishment of more than 90 pairs of friendly provinces and states (including friendship cities) between China and Central Asian countries... Under the promotion of the mechanism, cooperation between China and Central Asia has developed rapidly and comprehensively, and the bilateral trade volume in 2024 reached a record 94.8 billion US dollars.
In just five years, how has the China-Central Asia mechanism achieved such remarkable results?
"When all things obtain their roots, they flourish; when all affairs obtain their principles, they are accomplished." The secret to the success of cooperation "lies in our consistent mutual respect, good-neighborliness, friendship, solidarity in times of difficulty, and mutual benefit and win-win results." This is the valuable experience accumulated in cooperation, the political guarantee for the stable and long-term development of bilateral relations, and the source of strength for the continuation of friendly exchanges between the six countries.
In today's Asia, peace and stability are the general trend, and development and prosperity are what the people want. Adjacent and close geographical ties, security and economic ties of common interest, and long-standing historical and cultural ties have made the China-Central Asia mechanism the result of moving towards each other, and have also allowed "good neighbors, good partners, good friends, and good brothers" to join hands on the road to mutual benefit and win-win results.
Looking at the world, why is a regional cooperation mechanism attracting worldwide attention?
Sharing a common destiny and living in harmony. Central Asia in the world map is located at the crossroads connecting East and West and running through North and South, with a pivotal strategic position; Central Asia in the context of the times, the trend of economic globalization is unstoppable, and the disturbance of protectionism against the tide is also surging, standing at the "crossroads" of history.
Openness or closure, unity or division, cooperation or confrontation, this not only concerns the future prospects of the six countries, but will also fundamentally and profoundly affect the future destiny of Asia and even the world. Adhering to openness and inclusiveness, promoting integrated development, and achieving harmony and co-existence, the China-Central Asia mechanism is not only a vivid practice of the concept of amity, sincerity, mutual benefit, and inclusiveness in neighborhood diplomacy, but also a demonstration of building a community with a shared future for mankind, injecting more positive energy into creating a prosperous and beautiful Asia and the world.
**凡益之道，与时偕行** (fán yì zhī dào, yǔ shí xié xíng - "Any beneficial path advances with the times," to adapt to changing circumstances and act accordingly). "Improving and strengthening the China-Central Asia mechanism, promoting global and regional governance, and promoting the building of a community with a shared future for mankind." A reforming and innovative, vigorous and enterprising China is sharing broad opportunities with the world; a united and mutually trusting, mutually beneficial and win-win China-Central Asia is stirring up the historical direction of the tide of the times.
The future comes from history. "This is a historic choice we have made in the new era, focusing on the fundamental interests and bright future of the people of all countries." President Xi Jinping's (习近平) gaze looks into the depths of the future.
(This reporter Kuang Xixi (邝西曦) participated in the writing)
Return to TopXinhua News Agency, Xiamen, June 15th. The 17th Straits Forum was held in Xiamen (厦门) on the 15th. Wang Huning (王沪宁), member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, attended and delivered a speech.
Wang Huning (王沪宁) stated that General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized that compatriots on both sides of the Taiwan Strait are one family, and no one can sever our blood ties, nor can anyone stop the historical trend of national reunification. When the nation prospers and the country becomes strong, compatriots on both sides of the Strait will have a better life. We must grasp the historical trend of national reunification and national rejuvenation, forge a strong sense of community of the Chinese nation, firmly act as guardians of Chinese culture, fellow travelers of national rejuvenation, and defenders of peace across the Taiwan Strait, jointly plan the great cause of national reunification, and jointly create the great cause of national rejuvenation.
Wang Huning (王沪宁) stated that the Chinese nation has cultivated a great national spirit with patriotism as its core in the long river of history, and patriotism has flowed in the blood of the Chinese nation since ancient times. This year marks the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War, and also the 80th anniversary of Taiwan's recovery. Taiwan's recovery is a national memory and common glory of all Chinese sons and daughters. History must be remembered, and the fruits of victory must be safeguarded. Both sides of the Taiwan Strait belong to one China. We must adhere to the One China principle and the "1992 Consensus," resolutely oppose "Taiwan independence" separatism and external interference, jointly safeguard peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait, protect the common home of the Chinese nation, and unswervingly advance the great cause of national reunification.
Wang Huning (王沪宁) stated that realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation is a cause with supremely glorious mission and infinitely bright prospects. We always grasp the overall situation of cross-strait relations from the overall interests and long-term development of the Chinese nation, firmly act as a strong backing and reliance for Taiwan compatriots, and work together with Taiwan compatriots to seek long-term well-being and create a better future. We firmly respond to the aspirations of compatriots on both sides of the Strait for a better life, always respect, care for, and benefit Taiwan compatriots, and are committed to deepening the integrated development of both sides of the Strait, so that Taiwan compatriots have a greater sense of gain, happiness, and belonging. Young people on both sides of the Strait should enhance their ambition, backbone, and confidence in being Chinese, and jointly continue to write new glories in the history of the Chinese nation.
Ma Ying-jeou (马英九), former chairman of the Chinese Kuomintang (中国国民党), said in his speech that the peaceful development of cross-strait relations is the common expectation of people on both sides of the Strait. The natural feelings of Chinese people on both sides of the Strait, who share the same roots and origins, cannot be blocked, and the exchanges between people on both sides of the Strait cannot be stopped. It is hoped that on the common political basis of adhering to the "1992 Consensus" and opposing "Taiwan independence," cross-strait exchanges and cooperation will be deepened, mutual trust and identity among compatriots will be enhanced, and joint efforts will be made to revitalize China. Other representatives of Taiwan compatriots also made speeches.
Before the conference, Wang Huning (王沪宁) met with representatives of Taiwan guests attending the forum.
On the afternoon of the 14th, Wang Huning (王沪宁) also visited the Xiamen (厦门) Tongan (同安) Taiwan Farmers' Pioneer Park for research.
Return to TopThis newspaper reported from Beijing on June 15th (Reporter Ouyang Jie (欧阳洁)). The General Administration of Customs (海关总署) released data on the 15th showing that since the beginning of this year, the scale of trade between China and the five Central Asian countries has continued to expand. In the first five months, China's imports and exports to the five Central Asian countries reached 286.42 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 10.4%, a record high for the same period in history. Among them, exports were 188.18 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 5.6%; imports were 98.24 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 21%.
According to customs statistics, China's imports and exports to the five Central Asian countries expanded from 312.04 billion yuan in 2013 to 674.15 billion yuan in 2024, an increase of 116%, with an average annual growth rate of 7.3%, 2.3 percentage points higher than the average annual growth rate of China's overall imports and exports during the same period, and bilateral economic and trade exchanges continue to deepen.
China actively explores the potential for cooperation with Central Asia in the agricultural field, and more and more green and high-quality agricultural products from Central Asia are entering the Chinese market. In the first five months of this year, China imported 4.36 billion yuan of agricultural products from the five Central Asian countries, a year-on-year increase of 26.9%. Among them, imports of flaxseed from Kazakhstan (哈萨克斯坦) increased by 202.1% year-on-year, imports of raisins from Uzbekistan (乌兹别克斯坦) increased by 153.7% year-on-year, and imports of honey from Kyrgyzstan (吉尔吉斯斯坦) increased by 10.9 times year-on-year.
Thanks to the construction of a high-level interconnection network and the continuous optimization of surrounding land passages, the proportion of highway transportation in China's imports and exports to the five Central Asian countries has increased significantly in recent years. In the first five months of this year, China's imports and exports to the five Central Asian countries by highway transportation amounted to 143.65 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 10.9%, and the proportion remained above 50%.
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"The new streetlights are bright and beautiful, and we don't have to fumble in the dark when we go out at night anymore!" Ms. Zhang, a resident of Chicheng Town in Pengxi County (蓬溪县), Sichuan Province (四川省), said with a smile, looking at the newly installed streetlights.
Pengxi County (蓬溪县) widely collected people's livelihood problems, accumulating 128 relevant demands, and established a rectification ledger, clarifying that problems that can be immediately rectified should be resolved within 5 days, and problems that require rectification within a limited time should be resolved within 3 months. Now, the streetlight renovation of 6 main roads in the main urban area has been completed, and courtyard lights have been added to more than 200 old residential areas.
Since the in-depth implementation of the spirit of the Central Eight-Point Regulation (中央八项规定) and the launch of learning and education, all regions and units have adhered to earnestly identifying problems and earnestly promoting rectification, effectively transforming the effectiveness of work style construction into practical actions to solve people's worries and warm people's hearts.
The Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (中国社会科学院), combined with the feedback from the central inspection and the problems identified in the annual democratic life meeting, formed a problem list and a centralized rectification ledger, identified prominent problems in 10 aspects such as Party conduct, academic style, and teacher ethics, and formulated 22 rectification measures, clarifying the responsible leaders and responsible units to carry out solid rectification.
The Postal Savings Bank of China (中国邮政储蓄银行) formulated rectification measures for each of the identified problems to effectively solve them. At the same time, it widely solicited opinions and suggestions, consciously accepted public supervision, and conducted in-depth investigations and research to clarify the outstanding problems that urgently need to be solved at the grassroots level, and studied and solved them in a targeted manner, making them tangible and accessible to the people.
Not long ago, Jiujiang City (九江市), Jiangxi Province (江西省), officially launched the "Enterprise Entry Scan Code Registration Management System" (入企扫码登记管理系统), which requires scanning codes for registration for official activities such as law enforcement inspections and research in enterprises. During the learning and education period, Jiujiang City (九江市) formulated and implemented the "Several Measures of Jiujiang City (九江市) to Ensure Enterprises' Peace of Mind in Production and Focused Development" (九江市保障企业安心生产静心发展若干措施) to continuously optimize the business environment.
The Party Working Committee and Management Committee of Chongqing High-tech Zone (重庆高新区) took the lead in identifying 48 problems, driving leading groups at all levels to identify a total of 677 problems through various means. The district-level working group focused on 12 centralized rectification issues, promoting rectification and implementation in a list-based and item-based manner.
Persistently implementing the spirit of the Central Eight-Point Regulation (中央八项规定), all regions and units regard open education as an important way to promote the deepening and solid implementation of learning and education, and the majority of Party members and cadres adhere to the mass line and consciously accept public supervision.
Recently, heartwarming feedback came from the Zhucheng (诸城市) Government Affairs Service Center in Shandong Province (山东省): the problem of off-site notarization that plagued Ms. Zhao (赵女士), a citizen, was solved. Zhucheng (诸城市) focused on the "key small matters" that the masses feel, and widely collected opinions and suggestions in the fields of education, medical care, and transportation through channels such as on-site investigations and Party conduct and government conduct supervision hotlines. Relevant departments took the initiative to claim and include them in the centralized rectification ledger, and took practical actions to grasp rectification and gain the trust of the people.
"We can chat about everything, big and small, and everyone is more enthusiastic about participating in community governance, and there are more methods!" The "Old Sophora Tree Council" (老槐树议事会) in Jianhe Community (涧河社区), Yanghua Town (仰化镇), Suyu District (宿豫区), Suqian City (宿迁市), Jiangsu Province (江苏省), is now often mentioned by neighbors.
Since the launch of learning and education, Suqian City (宿迁市) has organized and guided Party members and cadres to sit on small benches with grassroots people and discuss their worries together, benefiting the people with practical work. Suyu District (宿豫区) has widely built town, village, and residential discussion platforms, receiving more than 80 opinions and suggestions. Siyang County (泗阳县) organized on-the-job Party members to register in residential areas, formed Party pioneer teams for resolving conflicts and helping the elderly and students, and promoted the solution of 258 problems such as road aging. Sihong County (泗洪县) carried out the "Branch Entering the Community, Party Members Showing Identity" (支部进小区、党员亮身份) action, using the model of "masses ordering, Party members accepting orders" to help residents realize more than 1,200 "micro-wishes."
"The road conditions are not good, and it is inconvenient to travel. Can the village road be repaired?" In mid-May, staff members of the Chenzhou (郴州市) Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision in Hunan Province (湖南省) raised this demand when they were investigating in Yulang Village (郁浪村), Yonglejiang Town (永乐江镇), Anren County (安仁县). Relevant departments immediately conducted in-depth investigations and formulated a renovation plan.
Chenzhou City (郴州市) organized Party members and cadres to enter parks, rural areas, and communities, and go deep into industrial workers, couriers, and other groups to widely collect 1,959 opinions and suggestions, and established a closed-loop mechanism of "collection-research and judgment-rectification" to ensure the effective resolution of the urgent needs and expectations of the masses.
Huangshan City (黄山市) in Anhui Province (安徽省) focused on open education from the aspects of widely listening to opinions and wholeheartedly serving the masses. By answering the 12345 people's livelihood hotline and making good use of the "Supervision at a Touch" (监督一点通) for micro-powers, leading cadres at the county and department levels in the city collected 811 opinions and suggestions, established and improved a list-based closed-loop implementation mechanism, and immediately rectified 649 items.
Daxing'anling Prefecture (大兴安岭地区) in Heilongjiang Province (黑龙江省) adhered to conducting education with an open door, promoted research methods such as "squatting down into the grid" and "walking through the city on foot," and organized leading cadres to randomly enter residential quarters, government affairs halls, transportation stations, and other places to conduct on-site inspections of environmental sanitation, window services, and other situations, and to understand and grasp social conditions and public opinion. During this period, more than 350 problems such as road damage, unauthorized connections and construction, and damage to greening were solved.
Nankai District (南开区) in Tianjin (天津市) relied on the "Yuelai Pioneer" (悦来先锋) practice carrier to carry out the "Do a Good Job in the People's 'Micro-Practical Matters'" (办好百姓‘微实事’) activity. Party members and cadres went deep into the streets and alleys of the community to listen to demands, and implemented immediate rectification of matters at the doorsteps of the masses, so that people's livelihood problems could be quickly responded to.
Lanzhou City (兰州市) in Gansu Province (甘肃省) implemented the "Four Down to the Grassroots" (四下基层) system, focused on people's livelihood hotspots such as employment, housing, and education, established a problem tackling ledger, implemented list-based management and project-based promotion, and centrally solved 902 problems related to the vital interests of the masses.
From cities to villages, from enterprises to communities, all regions and units have promoted the spirit of the Central Eight-Point Regulation (中央八项规定) to take root at the grassroots level with the strength of earnest rectification and the warmth of dedicated service, allowing the masses to feel the new changes brought about by work style construction.
(Reporters Wu Chuqi (吴储岐), Shen Zhilin (申智林), Fang Yuan (方圆), Gong Xiangjuan (龚相娟), Han Xin (韩鑫), Liu Xinwu (刘新吾), Zhao Shuaijie (赵帅杰), Li Junjie (李俊杰), He Zhaoyu (何昭宇) from this newspaper)
Return to TopCurrently, many regions are ushering in the rice transplanting season. In the vast fields, rows of rice transplanters are running at full power, humming and shuttling, efficiently and neatly planting rows of tender green seedlings into the paddy fields. Farmers are seizing the agricultural season to advance transplanting operations, ensuring high-quality seedling planting, and laying a solid foundation for a bumper grain harvest throughout the year.
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Return to TopXinhua News Agency, Xining, June 15th. Chen Wenqing (陈文清), a member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Secretary of the Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission (中央政法委), emphasized during his research in Qinghai from June 13th to 15th that political and legal organs should bear in mind the entrustment of General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平), proceed from the overall work of the Party and the country, profoundly grasp Qinghai's special location, resolutely shoulder the responsibilities and missions of safeguarding national security and social stability, fully perform their duties, be courageous in taking responsibility, and contribute political and legal strength to striving to write a Qinghai chapter of Chinese-style modernization.
Chen Wenqing (陈文清) conducted video dispatch at the Provincial Public Security Department on the patrol and prevention and control of important places and key areas; conducted on-the-spot investigations in Xining (西宁) at Qinghai Nationalities University (青海民族大学) and relevant religious venues on stability maintenance and security work, and learned in detail about the resolution of contradictions and disputes at the Chengbei District Comprehensive Management Center (城北区综治中心); went deep into grassroots public security organs in Haidong City (海东市) to check the situation of mass prevention and mass governance, and visited the Ping'an District People's Procuratorate (平安区人民检察院) to investigate public interest litigation and the protection of the rights and interests of minors. He pointed out that Qinghai (青海) is a strategic location for stabilizing Xinjiang (新疆) and consolidating Tibet (西藏), and maintaining Qinghai's security and stability is very important. It is necessary to fully implement the Party's strategy for governing Tibet in the new era, manage ethnic and religious affairs in accordance with the law, strengthen emergency response preparations, do a good job in security and stability during major events, important periods, and sensitive nodes, and resolutely win the struggle against separatism involving Tibet. It is necessary to always keep the string of the anti-terrorism struggle tight, punish religious extremism in accordance with the law, strengthen the prevention of key areas and key parts, and firmly hold the bottom line of no violent terrorist incidents. It is necessary to promote the implementation of the responsibility system for maintaining social stability, consolidate the responsibility of local authorities, the responsibility of competent regulatory departments, and the responsibility of political and legal organs, and effectively prevent major risks related to stability. It is necessary to coordinate development and security, accelerate the standardized construction of comprehensive management centers, and effectively resolve contradictions and disputes. It is necessary to fully and accurately implement the judicial responsibility system, comprehensively and accurately implement the criminal policy of combining leniency and severity, 把屁股端端地坐在老百姓的这一边 (bǎ pì gǔ duān duān de zuò zài lǎo bǎi xìng de zhè yī biān - "sit squarely on the side of the people," to be firmly on the side of the people), and strive to make the people feel fairness and justice in every judicial case.
At the grassroots political and legal units, Chen Wenqing (陈文清) visited and comforted front-line police officers, requesting that they carry out in-depth study and education on thoroughly implementing the spirit of the Central Eight-Point Regulation, strengthen the political, work style, and capacity building of the political and legal team, strictly implement the central government's requirements for centralized rectification of violations of regulations on eating and drinking, strictly implement regulations to prevent party members and cadres from illegally interfering in law enforcement and judicial activities, interfering in the handling of specific cases, and improper contact and exchanges, and forge a new era of political and legal iron army that is loyal, clean, and responsible with iron discipline. Political and legal leading cadres must grasp the leadership team and lead the team, and be strict with themselves, strictly responsible, and strictly manage their subordinates.
During the research, Chen Wenqing (陈文清) attended a symposium on anti-separatism and stability maintenance work involving Tibet in some provinces and regions in Xining (西宁), and made arrangements for maintaining the security and stability of Tibet (西藏) and the Tibetan prefectures and counties in the four provinces.
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"Crisp, tender, and refreshing, with a sweet taste and fine, dense strands, after half a year of waiting, it's finally on the market." These days, Ms. Sha, a resident of Beijing (北京), has repeatedly placed orders for a seasonal vegetable on e-commerce platforms. The agricultural products delivered to her home are slender, white, and clean, with a faint fragrance. When pinched with fingertips, they ooze clear juice and produce a crisp "snap" sound—this is lotus rootlet, from the Honghu (洪湖) water town 1,300 kilometers away.
In Honghu City (洪湖市), Jingzhou (荆州), Hubei (湖北) Province, Zhou Jincai (周金才) is busy among the lotus leaves in the early morning. Finding the unopened leaf tips, he follows them down, gently pulling, and a forearm-length lotus rootlet emerges. Zhou Jincai (周金才) is a lotus root farmer in Pingyang Village (平阳村), Huangjiakou Town (黄家口镇), Honghu City (洪湖市), who cultivates 20 mu of lotus ponds. During the lotus rootlet season from April to September each year, he harvests more than 100 jin of lotus rootlets daily, earning a net profit of over 400 yuan.
Lotus rootlet is the tender rhizome of the lotus plant, the "childhood" of the lotus root. Honghu lotus rootlet is a national geographical indication product. In the past, limited by preservation technology and sales channels, it had not been able to open up the market. Today, Honghu lotus rootlet is making its way to dining tables across the country. This year's No. 1 Central Document proposed developing rural characteristic industries, implementing a plan to cultivate high-quality agricultural brands, creating characteristic agricultural industrial clusters, and improving the level of agricultural industrialization. Recently, reporters visited Honghu (洪湖) to see how the local area is developing its characteristic lotus root industry and building an agricultural brand.
Opening up the Market
From Specialty Agricultural Product to Mini-Hit
In the smart workshop of Hubei Huagui Food Co., Ltd. (湖北华贵食品有限公司), the automatic production line for lotus rootlet processing is busy running. After steps such as machine cutting, bubble cleaning, and blanching, the lotus rootlets, resembling jade hairpins, become packages of pickled lotus rootlets coming off the assembly line.
"We now purchase 100,000 jin of lotus rootlets every day, most of which are made into pickled lotus rootlets for sale," said Yang Fuyuan (杨福元), the company's general manager. As the company's star product, lotus rootlets have an annual output value of over 1.4 billion yuan.
Honghu (洪湖), belonging to the ancient Yunmeng Marsh (云梦泽), has underwater "black soil" accumulated over thousands of years—Qinggang mud (青岗泥)—providing a fertile environment for lotus root growth. "In earlier years, lotus rootlet was just a specialty agricultural product here, sold by carrying baskets, and only locals ate it," Yang Fuyuan (杨福元) said. He believes that Honghu's lotus rootlet is sweet and delicious, but its good quality does not translate into a good price, mainly because it lacks a brand. "In addition, lotus rootlets are extremely prone to blackening after being harvested, and their shelf life is often only about 1 day, making it difficult to get them out of the vicinity of Honghu (洪湖)," Yang Fuyuan (杨福元) said.
Although the "rustic" nature of lotus rootlet kept it unknown, it also meant huge market potential. After multiple surveys, in 2012, Huagui Company (华贵公司) decided to make lotus rootlet its main product.
Building an agricultural brand is not easy; the quality of the product, production capacity, and consumer acceptance... failure can occur with any misstep.
"First of all, we must ensure that the lotus rootlet can be preserved," Yang Fuyuan (杨福元) said. To extend the shelf life of lotus rootlet, Huagui Company (华贵公司) cooperated with Huazhong Agricultural University (华中农业大学) to develop directional fermentation technology, allowing the lotus rootlet to be packaged and fermented in light-proof sealed bags, extending the shelf life from 1 to 2 days to about 1 year. Lotus rootlets harvested in the spring can be sold throughout the year, changing from "seasonal" to "long-selling."
In addition to selling for a long time, it must also be sold far away. Initially, Huagui Company (华贵公司) mainly relied on "acquaintance referrals." "We give the processed lotus rootlets to friends, fellow villagers, and familiar companies in various places for free, so that they can taste them first," Yang Fuyuan (杨福元) said. The lotus rootlets are crisp and fresh, and the pickled lotus rootlets have various flavors such as sour and spicy, and sweet and sour. They can be eaten raw or cooked, making them popular with many people.
After opening the taste buds of outsiders, it is also necessary to open up the market for outsiders. Huagui Company (华贵公司) has developed more than 2,000 distributors in various places. Through "fission-style" offline promotion, it has gathered a group of loyal "repeat customers." It has also opened stores and live broadcasts on e-commerce platforms, with annual online sales gradually exceeding 100 million yuan, and 80 million packages of lotus rootlets can be sold in a year.
Starting from lotus rootlet, Huagui Company (华贵公司) has developed the entire lotus root industry chain, developing products such as Honghu Lotus Root Soup (洪湖藕汤) and Honghu Wild Lotus Root Juice (洪湖野藕汁). "Now we process lotus rootlets in the spring, lotus root tea in the summer, lotus seeds in the autumn, and lotus roots in the winter, building 6 lotus root deep processing lines, which can produce more than 30 kinds of products such as lotus rootlets, with an annual processing capacity of more than 180,000 tons," Yang Fuyuan (杨福元) introduced. The company allows lotus roots to be sold in all seasons, driving more than 30,000 farmers to develop more than 100,000 mu of lotus root planting bases.
Improving the Industry
From "Involution" to Standardization
Driven by leading enterprises, Honghu lotus rootlet has gradually opened up sales channels and has also entered e-commerce platforms and large supermarkets such as Hema Fresh (盒马鲜生) and Carrefour (家乐福), becoming a "regular" on dining tables across the country.
However, the benefits of planting lotus roots are not high. Previously, many local lotus root farmers transformed to fish and shrimp farming, resulting in a supply shortage of raw materials. "The price of one jin of lotus rootlet rose from 3 yuan to a maximum of 45 yuan. After seeing the business opportunities, lotus root farmers entered the market again, falling into 'involution' competition." Hong Xiaojun (洪晓俊), head of the Honghu Yuqian Lotus Root Planting Professional Cooperative (洪湖市雨钱莲藕种植专业合作社), shook his head when recalling the chaotic lotus root planting situation in previous years. "Sometimes the market conditions are not good, as long as one lotus root farmer lowers the price, someone will offer an even lower price."
In order to unite lotus root farmers and work together to expand the Honghu lotus root industry, large lotus root growers and enterprises are linking up with farmers. "For lotus root farmers who are unwilling to plant lotus roots, we transfer their lotus fields and pay a certain rent. After the lotus roots mature, we will also hire lotus root farmers to harvest them and give them labor remuneration," Hong Xiaojun (洪晓俊) said. During the lotus root harvesting season, lotus root farmers can earn about 8,000 yuan a month.
For lotus root farmers like Zhou Jincai (周金才) who are willing to plant lotus roots, they can sell the lotus roots from the entire lotus pond to the cooperative after the lotus roots mature, and the cooperative will then hire workers to dig up the lotus roots. "We only need to plant lotus roots, saving the effort of selling lotus roots, with less investment and stable income," Zhou Jincai (周金才) said. With less competition and increased income, each mu can increase income by more than 3,000 yuan.
In addition, the city uniformly develops and provides lotus seeds to ensure the quality of Honghu lotus roots. "We also vigorously promote large-scale base, standardized production, and have built two standardized planting demonstration areas in Fengkou Town (峰口镇) and Wanquan Town (万全镇), as well as a 10,000-mu high-quality lotus rootlet base and a 10,000-mu high-quality lotus seed base, to stabilize the yield and quality of lotus roots," said Zhang Xianzhong (张献忠), director of the Honghu Lotus Root Development Center (洪湖市莲藕事业发展中心).
In 2024, the Honghu Lotus Root Supply Chain Platform (洪湖莲藕供应链平台), jointly established by Honghu City Development Group (洪湖市城发集团), Huagui Company (华贵公司), and other supply chain enterprises, was established. "With this platform, after enterprises purchase in large quantities or individual consumers place orders online, big data can accurately match and connect enterprises or cooperatives, allowing fresh lotus roots that have just been harvested and deeply processed lotus root agricultural and sideline products to be shipped more timely, and better guarantee the quality of Honghu lotus roots through supply channels," Zhang Xianzhong (张献忠) introduced. Currently, more than 120 members have joined the platform, with a transaction volume of over 300 million yuan.
"Through cultivating leading enterprises, promoting improved variety selection, standardized planting, and large-scale production, the Honghu lotus root industry chain is constantly improving," Zhang Xianzhong (张献忠) introduced. Currently, the lotus root planting area in Honghu (洪湖) exceeds 250,000 mu, with a total output value of 6.5 billion yuan. Honghu lotus seeds, Honghu lotus rootlets, Honghu lotus roots, and Honghu lotus leaf tea have become national geographical indication products.
Building a Brand
From "Stars All Over the Sky" to "A Ball of Fire"
"Our 'Honghu Lotus Root' is powdery, glutinous, fragrant, and sweet, with dense lotus root strands, making it very suitable for soup." In the factory of Honghu Qingniba Food Co., Ltd. (洪湖市青泥巴食品有限公司), General Manager Wang Wenjuan (王文娟) held a lotus root and talked eloquently into her mobile phone.
Wang Wenjuan (王文娟) and her husband started selling lotus roots online in 2010 and were among the earliest merchants in the area to try e-commerce sales. "Although we have registered our own trademark, when introducing products to the outside world, we still emphasize the 'Honghu Lotus Root' brand," Wang Wenjuan (王文娟) said. As for whether the brand can be used and how it should be used, she didn't know at first. "Everyone sells lotus roots like this, and sometimes customers will ask us, which one is the real 'Honghu Lotus Root'?" Wang Wenjuan (王文娟) said.
Which one is the real "Honghu Lotus Root"?
Initially, due to the lack of standardized management of local specialty agricultural product brands, some companies took the lead in registering "Honghu Lotus Root" as a corporate trademark, which immediately made lotus root cooperatives and lotus root farmers difficult: lotus roots produced in Honghu (洪湖) cannot be sold as "Honghu Lotus Root"? It was not until 2018 that "Honghu Lotus Root" was registered as a national regional public brand geographical indication trademark, which means that planting large households and agricultural professional cooperatives in Hubei (湖北) and other entities can apply to use the "Honghu Lotus Root" brand for free as long as they meet the standards.
"Now lotus roots produced in Hubei (湖北) are basically sold to the outside world under the 'Honghu Lotus Root' brand," Wang Wenjuan (王文娟) said. "Honghu Lotus Root" has become a "gold lettered signboard" for enterprises, cooperatives, and lotus root farmers when selling to the outside world. Everyone is more confident in selling lotus roots and works together to help make the brand famous.
In order to further strengthen the construction of the "Honghu Lotus Root" regional public brand, in August 2024, relevant departments in Hubei (湖北) issued opinions to ensure the stable and reliable quality of Honghu lotus roots and reasonable and standardized sales from planting, processing, and research and development. Soon after, the Honghu Lotus Root Development Center (洪湖市莲藕事业发展中心) was established to be responsible for the licensing, authorization, and management of the "Honghu Lotus Root" brand. "The government arranges 10 million yuan every year to support the development of the lotus root industry, including variety, brand, and standard base construction, etc.," Zhang Xianzhong (张献忠) said.
While supporting the effort, Honghu (洪湖) has also established a control mechanism. "In order to maintain the good image of the 'Honghu Lotus Root' brand, we have clarified the requirements for brand application, review, and identification. If problems such as damage to the brand image occur in operation and quality, the brand use qualification of the relevant entity will be revoked," Zhang Xianzhong (张献忠) said.
**众人拾柴火焰高** (zhòng rén shí chái huǒ yàn gāo - "Everyone gathers firewood, the flames rise high," many hands make light work). At present, Honghu (洪湖) has developed 35 lotus root and related product processing enterprises, 56 kinds of lotus root processed products, registered more than 600 e-commerce business entities related to the lotus root industry, with an annual output of 350,000 tons of various lotus root related products and a comprehensive output value of 9 billion yuan. "We will also strengthen brand building, vigorously develop lotus root themed tourism such as enjoying lotus flowers, picking lotus seeds, and tasting full lotus root banquets, and continuously amplify the brand effect of 'Honghu Lotus Root' to drive the comprehensive revitalization of the countryside," said Lin Jijun (林继军), Deputy Secretary of the Honghu Municipal Party Committee (洪湖市委) and Mayor (市长).
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What is the value of government data sharing?
In the past, retirees in Dongguan (东莞), Guangdong (广东) Province, who needed to handle social security extension payment services had to submit extension application materials to the human resources and social security, medical insurance, and tax departments separately. For example, for pension insurance extension payments, they had to first go to the human resources and social security department to handle qualification review, and then go to the tax department to register for insurance with the review result. This required at least two trips, with repeated submission of materials.
In 2023, the Dongguan (东莞) Municipal Government Service and Data Management Bureau, based on the foundation of previous government data governance, jointly promoted the integration of the integrated government service platform and the tax system with the tax department to achieve data sharing. Payers only need to submit application materials once at the comprehensive window to complete the process. Since this model was launched in December 2023 and up to April 2025, it has successfully processed nearly 90,000 social security extension payment services for retirees, reducing the number of trips for the public by nearly 60,000.
Government data sharing not only enhances business collaboration between departments but also makes things easier and more worry-free for the public. Recently, the State Council (国务院) announced the "Regulations on Government Data Sharing." Zhang Wang (张望), Director of the Data Resources Department of the National Data Bureau (国家数据局), stated that the regulations will become a key tool for breaking down "data silos" and an important engine for accelerating the development and utilization of public data resources.
What are the obstacles and bottlenecks in government data sharing? How do the regulations promote and regulate government data sharing? The reporter conducted an interview.
Promote Sharing, Solve Problems such as Unwillingness, Fear, and Inability
Currently, China's government data sharing work still faces obstacles and bottlenecks such as the need to improve the overall management mechanism, insufficient supply and demand docking, and insufficient support application level. Zhang Wang (张望) believes that the regulations make clear provisions for improving the shared management system and mechanism, optimizing the supply and demand docking mechanism and work process, which is conducive to dispelling "data supply" concerns, standardizing "data use" behavior, and solving the problems of "unwilling to share," "dare not to share," and "unable to share."
Clarify powers and responsibilities, and improve the management system. The regulations construct a government data sharing work management system covering governments at all levels and various departments of the State Council (国务院), establish the main responsibility of government departments for government data sharing, and require the definition of departmental government data sharing work institutions to undertake responsibilities such as compiling government data catalogs, organizing the proposal and review of sharing applications, and assessing sharing security.
"The construction of this system has changed the practice of completely delegating the responsibility of government data sharing to data departments. While consolidating the responsibilities of the competent government data sharing department, it clarifies the responsibilities of business departments in government data sharing work, laying the foundation for achieving high-quality supply and effective sharing of government data," said Meng Qingguo (孟庆国), Executive Director and Professor of the Laboratory for Computational Social Science and National Governance at Tsinghua University (清华大学).
Implement classified policies and implement catalog management. In response to the current problems of unclear government data resource base, incomplete and non-standard data catalogs, the regulations clarify that government data shall be subject to unified catalog management, and government departments shall, in accordance with the responsibilities of the department and in accordance with the standards and specifications for compiling government data catalogs, compile the government data catalog of the department.
"The improvement of the catalog management mechanism will help solve the problem of repeated data collection that is common at the grassroots level, and at the same time break the problems of unclear rules and optionality in traditional government data sharing work, creating conditions for the wide sharing of government data according to responsibilities and needs," said Meng Qingguo (孟庆国).
Refine the process and reduce the burden on the grassroots. Clear and detailed work processes can reduce uncertainty in work and effectively improve the efficiency of government data supply.
On the one hand, it reduces the possibility of "wrangling." For example, the regulations clarify that unconditionally shared government data must be answered within 1 working day of application; conditionally shared government data must be answered within 10 working days of application, etc.
On the other hand, it promotes the return of government data and facilitates the grassroots. The regulations clarify that government data within the administrative region of the lower-level government should be returned in a timely and complete manner, and no additional restrictions should be set.
In the past, a lot of data was collected by grassroots staff, but it was centrally managed by higher-level departments, which led to the grassroots being unable to make full use of it and could only repeatedly fill in data. Zhang Xianghong (张向宏), a distinguished professor at Beijing Jiaotong University (北京交通大学), said: "After the return of government data, grassroots governments can more conveniently access data such as household registration and social security, reducing the problem of 'difficulty in proving'."
Strengthen Standardization and Build a Solid Security Bottom Line
Government data involves personal privacy, sensitive information, and all aspects of social and economic activities. How do the regulations ensure data security while making good use of government data?
Make the rules clearer. Clarify the information that the government data catalog should contain; clarify the basic content that the government data sharing application should contain; clarify that the government data that can be shared and obtained shall not be repeatedly collected from citizens, legal persons and other organizations... The regulations put forward standardized requirements for the entire process of government data sharing, effectively bridging the "fuzzy areas" in previous government data sharing work, making government data sharing work safer and more orderly.
Make supervision more comprehensive. The regulations propose to promote the construction of a government data sharing security management system in accordance with the data classification and grading protection system, and clarify the security responsibility subject of each link of government data sharing in accordance with the principle of who manages who is responsible and who uses who is responsible.
The regulations specifically clarify that in the event of tampering, destruction, leakage or illegal use of data during the use of data, the security management responsibility shall be borne by the government data demand department. In Meng Qingguo's (孟庆国) view, this alleviates the security concerns of the government data providing department. Corresponding security management and technical requirements are also put forward for the situation where government departments entrust others to participate in the construction, maintenance, storage and processing of government data. "The regulations build a security guarantee system that runs through the entire sharing process, promoting safer, more orderly and efficient government data sharing work," said Meng Qingguo (孟庆国).
Make disposal more timely. What should be done when data errors, processing disputes, etc. occur in the process of government data sharing? In this regard, the regulations clarify that a government data verification and correction system should be established in a coordinated manner, a sound dispute resolution and handling mechanism for government data sharing should be established, and relevant operation paths are stipulated. For example, disputes between government data demand departments and government data providing departments at the same level should first be negotiated, and if the negotiation fails, an application should be made to the government data sharing competent department at the same level for coordinated handling; cross-level and cross-regional disputes should be coordinated and handled by the common higher-level government data sharing competent department, etc. These provisions provide a system basis for the continuous and effective development of government data sharing work and protect the legitimate rights and interests of all parties.
Grasp Implementation and Form a Working Synergy
"It is a general trend to comprehensively improve the level of government digital governance and services. We must take the promulgation of the regulations as an opportunity to continuously promote the efficient sharing and orderly use of government data on the track of the rule of law." Wang Qinmin (王钦敏), director of the National E-Government Expert Committee, suggested that a more complete legal system for government data sharing should be built. Promote all regions and departments to promptly clean up and revise laws, regulations and normative documents that do not meet the requirements of the regulations, and eliminate institutional obstacles to data sharing.
"The National Data Bureau (国家数据局) will be based on its functions and take the initiative to actively cooperate in grasping the implementation of the regulations," said Zhang Wang (张望).
The first is to promote the return of government data to the grassroots. Accelerate the pilot project of government data return, select some localities and departments to explore the establishment of a data return responsibility mechanism, sort out the list of supply and demand for return data, clarify the implementation path, and promote the orderly return of departmental data to localities.
The second is to promote data empowerment to reduce the burden on the grassroots. Combining the deployment requirements for reducing the burden on the grassroots, accelerating the construction of "One Form Pass" and promoting the "one-time reporting" of grassroots report data will be taken as an important starting point for implementing the regulations, strengthening guidance in coordination with relevant departments, streamlining and integrating grassroots reports, promoting the sharing and application of report data and the interconnection of systems, and reducing the burden of filling in forms and reporting data at the grassroots level.
The third is to strengthen the construction of demonstration scenarios. Taking the implementation of the regulations as an opportunity, strengthen the implementation of policies for the development and utilization of public data resources and promote the formation of a working synergy. Continue to promote the construction of demonstration scenarios for "running" public data, focus on key areas such as transportation and logistics, satellite remote sensing, low-altitude economy, meteorological services, and medical and health care, and focus on creating a batch of application scenarios that enterprises and the public can feel and access, so as to better play the multiplier effect of data elements and provide new impetus for accelerating the cultivation of a national integrated data market and empowering high-quality economic and social development.
Return to TopThis newspaper's Beijing (北京) dispatch on June 15th (Reporters Wang Zheng (王政) and Liu Wenxin (刘温馨)) - Recently, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (工业和信息化部) issued the "Administrative Measures for Science and Technology-based Enterprise Incubators of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (工业和信息化部科技型企业孵化器管理办法)," proposing to classify incubator certification into two categories: standard level and excellence level. Among them, the standard-level incubator benchmarks the original national-level incubator, fully connects with the original policy framework, and implements standard-reaching certification. The excellence-level incubator adheres to selecting the best from the best and controlling the total amount, benchmarks international first-class standards, and selects the best innovative incubators oriented towards emerging industries and future industrial fields for certification.
Science and technology-based enterprise incubators refer to science and technology entrepreneurship service organizations that aim to promote the transformation and industrialization of scientific and technological achievements, incubate science and technology-based enterprises, and promote the spirit of entrepreneurship, providing professional services such as business facilities, entrepreneurship guidance, technical support, market expansion, investment and financing, and management consulting for science and technology-based start-ups and entrepreneurial teams. At present, there are 16,000 incubators nationwide, with branch institutions deployed in more than 50 countries and regions, cultivating a large number of influential high-tech enterprises and specialized and innovative enterprises, playing an important role in promoting economic and social development.
According to reports, the administrative measures aim to promote the transformation of incubators from quantitative growth to qualitative improvement, and from providing services to building an innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem, playing a greater role in promoting the transformation, incubation, and industrialization of scientific and technological achievements, optimizing the increment of enterprises, promoting high-quality employment, promoting the integration of scientific and technological innovation and industrial innovation, and cultivating and developing new quality productive forces.
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In May 2023, President Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out in his keynote speech at the first China-Central Asia Summit: "China is willing to cooperate with Central Asian countries in the fields of saline-alkali land management and development, water-saving irrigation, etc., jointly build a joint laboratory for agriculture in arid areas, promote the solution of the Aral Sea ecological crisis, and support the establishment of high-tech enterprises and information technology industrial parks in Central Asia."
During the first China-Central Asia Summit, China and Central Asian countries reached a series of cooperation consensuses, including "launching the China-Central Asia Green and Low-Carbon Development Action to deepen cooperation in green development and climate change response." China and Central Asian countries are working together to promote a series of green development projects, vigorously promote economic and social development, and inject green momentum into the construction of a China-Central Asia community with a shared future.
"I believe the ecological environment here will get better and better"
Aktau, located on the coast of the Caspian Sea, is an energy hub in Kazakhstan. A 3-hour drive from downtown Aktau brought reporters to the produced water treatment plant of the Karazhanbas oil field, invested and constructed by CITIC Environment Investment Group Co., Ltd. (中信环境投资集团有限公司) (hereinafter referred to as "CITIC Environment"). Looking into the distance, rows of beam pumping units are constantly extracting crude oil from the wellbore.
Ding Jie, general manager of the produced water treatment plant, told reporters that the oil field's crude oil is heavy oil, and steam flooding thermal recovery technology is required to improve the recovery rate. This means that the oil field needs to heat and vaporize a large amount of fresh water and inject it into the ground to "force" the crude oil out of the ground. Since Aktau is short of local water resources, diverting fresh water is costly and faces the risk of supply shortages.
In June 2017, CITIC Environment and Kazakhstan's Karazhanbas Oil Company signed a construction and operation agreement for the produced water treatment plant, officially launching the project. The project passed completion acceptance in June 2024. The plant adopts CITIC Environment's independently developed ultrafiltration reverse osmosis double membrane and other technologies, and realizes digital management through a central control system.
Walking into the main plant area, the double membrane workshop composed of thousands of filter elements is operating efficiently, which is a spectacular scene. On a table in the corner of the workshop are 6 beakers, in which the water changes from turbid to clear, clearly showing the entire process of oilfield produced water from entering the plant to being purified. Malisonov, assistant to the general manager of the produced water treatment plant, told reporters that the technology provided by the Chinese side can effectively remove residual oil, organic matter, suspended solids and impurities in the sewage, and the filtered water can be recycled for the oil field.
At present, the plant has 4 desalination water production lines, with a daily sewage treatment capacity of 42,500 tons and a daily desalination water production capacity of 17,000 tons, which can meet at least 85% of the industrial water demand of the entire oil field. Khasenov, chairman of the management committee of Kazakhstan National Oil and Gas Company, one of the holding parties of the Karazhanbas oil field, said that the plant has expanded the supply of industrial water, improved the oil field's recovery rate, and protected the local environment, which is of great significance to the economic development of the region and even Kazakhstan as a whole.
This year, 31-year-old Orman and his Kazakh colleagues shuttle between the reverse osmosis membrane and ultrafiltration membrane double membrane workshops every day to ensure the safe operation of each process. He has been working on the project for more than 3 years, and has grown from a warehouse manager to a workshop shift leader. "Chinese experts guided me hand-in-hand, so that I can now stand alone, and I feel very accomplished," said Orman.
When the reporter walked out of the factory, he saw a group of birds flying to the lake near the factory to drink and forage. A few years ago, this was still a gathering place for oilfield reinjection sewage, but now the water quality has been restored to cleanliness. Production foreman Izbasarov is a local of Aktau. He proudly told reporters: "We are helping our hometown restore a livable environment, and I believe the ecological environment here will get better and better."
"Help our home have bluer skies and greener trees"
In the hills of Zeravshan City, Navoi Region, central Uzbekistan, 111 95-meter-high wind turbines stand like steel giants, with 76-meter-long turbine blades rotating in the wind (see photo, provided by Shandong Electric Power Construction No. 3 Company of China Power Construction Group).
The Zeravshan Wind Power Project is the first large-scale wind power project in Uzbekistan. It is undertaken by Shandong Electric Power Construction No. 3 Company of China Power Construction Group. The total installed capacity is 521.7 megawatts. Currently, all wind turbines have been hoisted and connected to the grid for full capacity power generation. The project can provide sufficient electricity for 500,000 households and reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 1.1 million tons per year.
Sun Guochao, deputy manager of the project, introduced that all the wind turbines in the project are Chinese equipment, using direct-drive permanent magnet units, which have a low failure rate and are easy to maintain. All wind turbines are equipped with bird repelling equipment, which can automatically identify birds and automatically shut down, protecting the ecological environment while maintaining equipment safety.
Uzbek President Mirziyoyev said that the Zeravshan Wind Power Project is the first wind power project to be implemented after Uzbekistan implemented new energy reforms, which is of great significance for the country to achieve energy diversification, promote the development of renewable energy, and improve environmental quality. Uzbek Prime Minister Aripov has inspected the project site many times and highly praised the project's efficient execution, the reliability and intelligence of Chinese equipment, and the high-quality construction technology of the Chinese side.
The project created more than 1,000 jobs for the local area during its construction and trained a group of wind power talents. Guli, a Uzbek employee of the project, said that she has worked on the project for more than two years and has become one of the first wind power technology talents in Uzbekistan. She said: "I am very much looking forward to using the experience and technology I have learned in the company to help our home have bluer skies and greener trees."
Central Asian countries generally have sufficient sunshine hours and have a large number of high mountains, rivers and wind farms, which are naturally endowed to develop clean energy. The governments of various countries have formulated renewable energy development plans. China has a large amount of high-quality production capacity in the field of green energy and has cooperated with Central Asian countries to build a series of green energy projects. Anusheervon Rasulov, editor-in-chief of Tajikistan's "Asal" Central Asian News Network, said: "China's investment in the construction of solar and wind power plants in Central Asian countries will open up new prospects for green development in the Central Asian region."
"Promote the ecological governance of the Central Asian region to continue to deepen and solidify"
The Aral Sea, once the fourth largest lake in the world, straddles Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, and its hydrological conditions have a huge impact on the two countries and even the entire Central Asian region. Since the second half of the 20th century, due to unrestrained agricultural irrigation, the Aral Sea has gradually shrunk, and its current area is only about 10% of its original area. Due to the continuous increase in the salt content in the water, the animals and plants that originally lived in the Aral Sea have gradually become extinct due to their inability to adapt, and the dried-up areas have become the source of local salt dust storms and sandstorms, and the salinization of local cultivated land has become increasingly serious.
In 2018, the Ministry of Innovative Development of Uzbekistan took the initiative to write a letter, hoping that China would assist Uzbekistan in carrying out ecological governance of the Aral Sea. The Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography (新疆生态与地理研究所) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (hereinafter referred to as "Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography") has long-term experience in soil desertification and salinization control research. The institute cooperated with the Aral Sea International Innovation Center of the Ministry of Ecology, Environmental Protection and Climate Change of Uzbekistan to formulate an Aral Sea governance plan. The water-saving agricultural demonstration zone in Nukus, western Uzbekistan, is the latest achievement of the cooperation between the two parties.
Since 2023, on 3 hectares of moderately saline land around Nukus, the Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography and the Aral Sea International Innovation Center have begun to conduct "photovoltaic + cotton" water-saving irrigation and integrated water and fertilizer planting experiments and demonstrations. Wang Ping, a senior engineer at the Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, told reporters that this technology has been popularized in Xinjiang. Its core equipment - photovoltaic panels and "intelligent integrated water and fertilizer machines" from China - are used in conjunction with drip irrigation systems to automatically fertilize according to the needs of crops. Compared with manual fertilization, nutrient supply is more timely and sufficient. Over the past two years of project implementation, the average yield of seed cotton per mu in the water-saving agricultural demonstration zone has reached 307 kilograms, far higher than the local average yield of 120 kilograms per mu, and the water consumption is only about 70% of the local level. The energy required for drip irrigation and fertilization is also entirely from photovoltaic power generation.
Zhang Yuanming, director of the Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, said that this year all parties will hold scientific expedition activities in the Aral Sea basin of Kazakhstan, and look forward to scholars from more countries to cooperate on comprehensive ecological and environmental management of the Aral Sea to achieve green and sustainable development in the Central Asian region. Habibullaev, director of the Aral Sea International Innovation Center, believes: "China has accumulated advanced technologies and fruitful results in desertification prevention and control, water-saving agriculture and other fields. It is hoped that all parties will strengthen cooperation in the future to promote the ecological governance of the Central Asian region to continue to deepen and solidify."
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In the current context of a complex and volatile international situation, China and Central Asian countries will continue to deepen solidarity and mutual trust, continue to firmly support each other on issues involving each other's core interests, and deeply explore cooperation potential.
The second China-Central Asia Summit is about to be held in Astana (阿斯塔纳), the capital of Kazakhstan (哈萨克斯坦). Leaders of China (中国), Kazakhstan (哈萨克斯坦), Kyrgyzstan (吉尔吉斯斯坦), Tajikistan (塔吉克斯坦), Turkmenistan (土库曼斯坦), and Uzbekistan (乌兹别克斯坦) will jointly discuss the major plan for cooperation and development between China and Central Asia, using the construction of a China-Central Asia community with a shared future as the "helm" to lead China's relations with Central Asian countries into a new voyage of high-quality development.
Central Asia is located deep in the hinterland of the Eurasian continent and has written a rich chapter of exchanges and integration between Eastern and Western civilizations in the long river of history. China's friendly exchanges with Central Asian countries have a long history, and they regard each other as good neighbors, good partners, good friends, and good brothers. Over the past 30 years since the establishment of diplomatic relations, based on the principles of mutual respect, good-neighborliness and friendship, solidarity in adversity, and mutual benefit and win-win results, China's relations with Central Asian countries have achieved leapfrog development. Entering a new era, President Xi Jinping (习近平) has visited Central Asian countries many times, and leaders of Central Asian countries also frequently visit China. China has so far established comprehensive strategic partnerships with the five countries, deeply practicing the concept of a community with a shared future at the bilateral and multilateral levels, and signed cooperation documents on jointly building the "Belt and Road" initiative, fully demonstrating a high level of strategic mutual trust and a firm determination to deepen mutually beneficial cooperation.
In May 2023, the first China-Central Asia Summit was successfully held in Xi'an (西安), China, opening a new era in relations between China and Central Asian countries. An important achievement of the first summit was the formal establishment of the China-Central Asia Heads of State Meeting mechanism, as well as the signing of the *Xi'an Declaration of the China-Central Asia Summit* (《中国—中亚峰会西安宣言》) by the heads of state of the six countries. The China-Central Asia mechanism is a joint initiative of the six countries, led by the Heads of State Meeting mechanism, covering a series of ministerial-level cooperation mechanisms in diplomacy, economy and trade, transportation, agriculture, customs, education, emergency management, public security and internal affairs, and political parties. All parties agreed to strengthen the construction of the "four beams and eight pillars" of the mechanism, continuously broaden and upgrade the fields and levels of cooperation, and welcome and support the comprehensive operation of the mechanism's secretariat.
The world needs a stable, prosperous, harmonious, and interconnected Central Asia. Strengthening cooperation between China and Central Asian countries and building a solid regional security barrier is to jointly promote regional peace, stability, and sustainable development. In recent years, the political and security situation in Central Asian countries has been stable, the economy has maintained rapid development, and regional cooperation has become increasingly close. Central Asian countries have consistently firmly supported and actively participated in the major propositions and cooperation initiatives proposed by China. China and Central Asian countries have highly compatible development concepts, continuously strengthen the alignment of development strategies, continuously promote interconnection and interoperability construction, and share development opportunities and results.
China and Central Asian countries are both at a critical period of development and revitalization, and both adhere to independently exploring a path of modernization that suits their own national conditions. China is comprehensively promoting Chinese-style modernization, leading high-quality development with a new development concept. The successful practice of Chinese-style modernization has brought broader development opportunities to Central Asian countries, and China's development experience in poverty alleviation, rural revitalization, green industries, and the digital economy has important reference significance for Central Asian countries. For many years, China has been the largest trading partner and major source of investment for Central Asian countries. In 2024, the trade volume between China and Central Asian countries reached a record 94.8 billion US dollars; China's cumulative investment in Central Asian countries exceeded 30 billion US dollars. China provides "access to the sea" for landlocked Central Asian countries, helping them integrate into the global market. The tirelessly operating China-Europe freight train runs through the Central Asian transportation corridor, maintaining the stability of the global industrial chain and supply chain.
Currently, the world has entered a new period of turbulence and change, unilateralism and protectionism are rising, the multilateral trading system is being wantonly undermined, and the world economic recovery continues to be under pressure. Central Asian countries positively evaluate the important role played by China in maintaining world peace and stability and promoting global economic development. China and Central Asian countries both firmly defend multilateralism, maintain international trade rules, advocate strengthening international cooperation, and do not agree with unilateralism and protectionism. Maintaining the stability of global production and supply chains and creating a stable and open trade environment is in the common interests of the international community, including China and Central Asian countries.
China's relations with Central Asian countries are about to usher in "Astana Time." In the current context of a complex and volatile international situation, China and Central Asian countries will continue to deepen solidarity and mutual trust, continue to firmly support each other on issues involving each other's core interests, deeply explore cooperation potential, continuously consolidate the foundation of good-neighborliness and friendship, work together resolutely on the road to modernization and national prosperity, jointly respond to challenges, and create a better future together.
(The author is the Secretary-General of the China-Central Asia Mechanism)
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The second China-Central Asia Summit is about to be held in Astana (阿斯塔纳), the capital of Kazakhstan (哈萨克斯坦). This is a grand event following the establishment of the China-Central Asia Heads of State Meeting mechanism, and the first summit held in Central Asia, which is of great significance. In May 2023, the first China-Central Asia Summit was successfully held in Xi'an (西安), becoming a milestone in the history of China's relations with Central Asian countries and promoting China-Central Asia cooperation to a new level. Since the first China-Central Asia Summit, under the strategic guidance of the heads of state, China's relations with the five Central Asian countries have achieved leapfrog development, and fruitful results have been achieved in cooperation in various fields.
China and Central Asian countries have frequent and close high-level exchanges. In 2024, President Xi Jinping (习近平) was invited to pay state visits to Kazakhstan (哈萨克斯坦) and Tajikistan (塔吉克斯坦), the President of Uzbekistan (乌兹别克斯坦) paid a state visit to China, and this year the President of Kyrgyzstan (吉尔吉斯斯坦) paid a state visit to China. President Xi Jinping (习近平) has held multiple meetings with the heads of state of Central Asian countries on multilateral occasions such as the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, maintaining close high-level exchanges, continuously consolidating good-neighborliness, friendship, unity, and mutual trust, and providing a solid political guarantee for promoting China-Central Asia cooperation.
The construction of the China-Central Asia mechanism is advancing steadily. The ministerial-level cooperation mechanisms in the fields of economy and trade, industry and investment, agriculture, and transportation established within the mechanism framework are operating efficiently, the mechanism secretariat is fully operational, and the mechanism is accelerating the construction of the "four beams and eight pillars," creating an efficient multilateral platform for promoting regional cooperation.
Practical cooperation between China and Central Asia is booming, and cultural exchanges are full of highlights. In 2024, the trade volume between China and the five Central Asian countries reached 94.8 billion US dollars, more than 200 times that at the beginning of diplomatic relations. Major cooperation projects such as the China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railway and the Bedeli Port (别迭里口岸) have been successively implemented, and China-Europe freight trains passing through Central Asia account for nearly 80% of the total number of trains. Cooperation between the six countries in new fields such as digital trade, renewable energy, and the green economy is rapidly advancing, and experiences are being shared in areas such as poverty reduction, desertification control, and ecological protection, adding strong impetus to common development and prosperity. Two China Cultural Centers in Central Asia have been unveiled successively, and four Luban Workshops have been established and are operating, while the Turkmenistan (土库曼斯坦) Luban Workshop is also under construction. Many well-known Chinese universities have opened branches in Central Asia, and the scale of mutual exchange of students between the six countries is expanding. China and the five Central Asian countries have formed many pairs of friendly provinces and cities, and have mutually exempted visas with Kazakhstan (哈萨克斯坦) and Uzbekistan (乌兹别克斯坦), and are actively promoting visa facilitation with other Central Asian countries. Hundreds of thousands of people travel frequently every year, injecting a source of fresh water into the generations of friendship between the six countries.
China-Central Asia security cooperation is solid and effective, and multilateral cooperation has achieved remarkable results. China and Central Asian countries uphold a new security concept that is common, comprehensive, cooperative, and sustainable, actively implement the Global Security Initiative, deepen law enforcement and security cooperation, jointly combat the "three forces," transnational organized crime, and drug trafficking, resolutely oppose external interference in the internal affairs of Central Asian countries, and will never allow any forces to create chaos and turmoil in Central Asia, building a strong security barrier for regional peace and stability. China and Central Asian countries maintain close coordination and cooperation within multilateral mechanisms such as the United Nations, firmly support each other on issues involving each other's core interests, jointly support international trade rules, work together to promote the unity and cooperation of countries in the Global South, firmly safeguard international fairness and justice, and contribute positive energy to a turbulent world.
Faced with a world situation intertwined with changes and chaos, China and Central Asian countries need to strengthen unity and deepen cooperation more than ever before. All parties will take the second China-Central Asia Summit as an opportunity to further build consensus, comprehensively summarize the successful experience of China-Central Asia cooperation, plan the next stage of cooperation, and lead China-Central Asia relations to achieve greater development at a higher level. It is believed that at this summit, China and Central Asian countries will demonstrate their firm determination to seek peace, promote development, and promote cooperation with practical actions, add new impetus to the development and revitalization of the six countries, inject strong positive energy into regional peace and stability, and work together to build a closer China-Central Asia community with a shared future.
(The author is the Chinese Ambassador to Kyrgyzstan (吉尔吉斯斯坦))
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"China is a vital strategic partner for Kazakhstan and the entire Central Asian region. The China-Central Asia cooperation mechanism has built an important platform for mutually beneficial regional cooperation, which is of great significance and has broad prospects." Akhylbek Kurishbayev (阿赫勒别克·库里什巴耶夫), President of the National Academy of Sciences of Kazakhstan and Rector of the National Agrarian Research University, said in a recent exclusive interview with this reporter.
China and Central Asian countries have deep historical roots, extensive practical needs, and a solid foundation of public support in their relations. In Kurishbayev's view, the ancient Silk Road is a vivid example of this friendship. In recent years, mutually beneficial cooperation between Central Asian countries and China has been further deepened, covering various fields such as politics, economy, culture, and society.
In July last year, at the Presidential Palace in Astana (阿斯塔纳), under the joint witness of the heads of state of the two countries, China and Kazakhstan reached agreements on jointly building the "China-Kazakhstan Arid Area High-Efficiency Water-Saving Agriculture International Joint Laboratory" and the "China-Kazakhstan Smart Agriculture Center." Kurishbayev still remembers this scene vividly: "This is a milestone for cooperation between Kazakhstan and even Central Asian countries and China in the field of agriculture." The China-Kazakhstan Arid Area High-Efficiency Water-Saving Agriculture International Joint Laboratory is jointly built by the National Agrarian Research University of Kazakhstan, China Agricultural University (中国农业大学), and China DAHUA Water Conservancy Project Co., Ltd. (中国大禹节水集团股份有限公司). Since its official unveiling in September last year, it has achieved many early results. The laboratory has installed water flow sensors along the Selek River (谢列克河) and the Bolshoy Almatinskiy Canal (大阿拉木图运河), and optimizes irrigation patterns through digital water resource metering technology. In addition, the laboratory has also carried out water resources professional skills training and student exchanges between Kazakhstan and China. Kurishbayev said that the laboratory will play an important role in stable agricultural production and regional food security, and will help the region build an ecological protection mechanism and enhance the sustainability of ecosystems in Central Asia.
"Continuing to deepen cooperation with China is bringing valuable opportunities for the development of Central Asian countries." Kurishbayev said that at the first China-Central Asia Summit, the cooperation intentions reached by Central Asian countries and China on deepening agricultural cooperation potential, actively developing smart agriculture, and promoting technical talent exchanges are being transformed into reality step by step, which makes him more confident in future cooperation and development.
Kurishbayev's connection with China began in 2007. As the then Deputy Minister of Agriculture of Kazakhstan, Kurishbayev promoted local high-quality wheat to China at an international forum held in the country, and established contact with Chinese scientific research institutions. "Over the years, I have had the honor to visit China more than 20 times. Each visit has made me marvel at China's development achievements, and has also given me new inspiration for development in what I have seen and heard." In Kurishbayev's view, these achievements are inseparable from China's accelerated scientific and technological innovation and continuous improvement of scientific research capabilities. He believes that Chinese researchers have made remarkable achievements in basic research, genetic engineering, modern technology development, digitalization, and artificial intelligence, and their contributions in global climate change disaster early warning, desertification prevention and control, and ecosystem protection are particularly prominent.
"We hope to further exchange with the Chinese scientific community, apply advanced knowledge systems and technical capabilities to our country through joint technical research, and promote national and regional development." Kurishbayev said that in recent years, Kazakhstan is vigorously promoting scientific and technological innovation development, continuously increasing investment, and introducing specific measures to support scientific researchers, in order to accelerate the transformation of the national economy to innovation-driven. The National Academy of Sciences of Kazakhstan has always attached importance to strengthening cooperation with Chinese scientific research institutions, universities, etc. in the field of science and technology, and contributes to scientific and technological cooperation between Central Asian countries and China through innovative forms of cooperation.
Kurishbayev said that under the framework of the China-Central Asia cooperation mechanism, scientific researchers from various countries are working together, unblocking channels for scientific information communication, and further strengthening scientific cooperation, which will be of great help in addressing common challenges such as climate change. "I believe that the upcoming second China-Central Asia Summit will condense more wisdom and create more opportunities for promoting regional development and enhancing people's well-being."
(Reported from Astana (阿斯塔纳) on June 15th by this newspaper)
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 龚 鸣 陈熙芮
On June 14th, the "Ancient Capital Civilization Dialogue" exchange activity with the theme of "Civilization and Peace: From the Parthenon to the Old Summer Palace" was held in Beijing (北京). Representatives, experts, scholars, and young students from China, Greece, and the United Nations discussed topics such as "Civilization and Society" and "Innovation and the Future."
In recent years, China and Greece have jointly established the Sino-Greek Civilization Mutual Learning Center, providing a new platform for cultural exchange and mutual learning between the two countries and the world. In February 2023, President Xi Jinping (习近平) replied to Greek scholars, congratulating the establishment of the Sino-Greek Civilization Mutual Learning Center. Professor Kleio Balla of the University of Crete, Greece, and Chairman of the Sino-Greek Civilization Mutual Learning Center, was one of the five scholars who jointly wrote to President Xi Jinping (习近平). He said: "The center has played an important role in promoting cultural exchange and mutual understanding between the two countries. We encourage young Greek scholars to learn Chinese and gain a deeper and more accurate understanding of Chinese culture, so that the younger generation of the two countries can communicate smoothly and establish friendships."
Xie Bing (谢冰), Deputy Director of the National Cultural Heritage Administration of China, introduced the cooperative achievements of China and Greece in the fields of cultural relic protection and exhibition exchange. He said that against the background of the accelerated evolution of a century of changes, China and Greece are tightening the two bonds of mutually beneficial cooperation and cultural exchange, and constantly enriching the China-Greece comprehensive strategic partnership.
Former Greek Minister of Tourism Dimitris Avramopoulos believes that "Respecting culture, remaining open, and embracing diversity are the main ways to build mutual trust, which will bring more power to connect each other."
Recently, exhibitions such as "Daedalus: Myths of Crete, Greece" have attracted a large number of Chinese visitors. Greek Ambassador to China Evgenios Kalpyris said that these exhibitions can inspire cultural resonance across borders and bring the hearts of the two peoples closer together with the power of culture. He introduced that China and Greece have carried out multi-faceted cultural exchange and cooperation, and jointly promoted the establishment of the "International Day for Dialogue among Civilizations" with China and other countries, playing an important role in civilization exchange and dialogue. In 2024, the number of Chinese tourists entering Greece was nearly 140,000, an increase of 30% compared to 2019. China's trial implementation of a unilateral visa-free policy for Greece has facilitated more Greek people to come to China. Kalpyris said that he hopes that the people of the two countries will carry out more mutual visits and truly promote mutual understanding and affinity.
The event coincided with the Cultural and Natural Heritage Day in 2025. Liu Yuzhu (刘玉珠), Chairman of the China Cultural Heritage Conservation Foundation, said that cultural heritage is not solidified history, but a source of innovation. Looking to the future, it is necessary to continue to use cultural heritage as a link to promote dialogue among civilizations, carry out multi-field cooperation, and protect, inherit and utilize these common treasures of all mankind.
"Today, we are not only representatives of our respective countries, but also guardians of cultural heritage and ancient capitals of civilization," said Siddharth Chatterjee, United Nations Resident Coordinator in China.
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Sino-African friendship transcends mountains and seas, and economic and trade cooperation surges in Hunan. From June 12th to 15th, the 4th China-Africa Economic and Trade Expo, themed "China and Africa in Action, Pursuing Modernization Together," was held in Changsha (长沙), Hunan (湖南).
As an important platform for implementing the economic and trade measures of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation, this expo organized more than 30 economic and trade activities focusing on the implementation of the "Ten Partnership Plans" for China and Africa to jointly promote modernization, and the results of cooperation were pragmatic and fruitful.
Nigeria China Agricultural Science and Technology Park Project, Lagos-Abuja (Rapid) Railway Project... According to reports, this expo signed 176 projects with a value of US$11.39 billion. Compared with the previous expo, the number of projects increased by 45.8% and the project value increased by 10.6%. 293 matchmaking projects were released, with a value of US$43.156 billion. 10 African countries including Namibia released a total of 200 project cooperation needs, far exceeding previous sessions.
Engineering machinery is Hunan's advantageous industry. At the engineering machinery exhibition area of this expo, the immersive exhibition area created by Sany Group (三一集团) attracted much attention. Political and business representatives and technical experts from various African countries came in an endless stream. After in-depth understanding, they expressed their ardent expectations for Sany Group (三一集团) to help Africa's energy transition and sustainable development.
Since the sale of graders to Morocco (摩洛哥) in Africa in 2002, Sany Group (三一集团) has joined hands with Africa for more than 20 years. Up to now, Sany Group (三一集团) has achieved a cumulative sales revenue of over 20 billion yuan in Africa, and its equipment has spread to more than 50 countries and regions in Africa.
Agriculture is a key area of Sino-African economic and trade cooperation. Musa Dabo (穆萨·达博), a Gambian farmer who was mentioned as a vivid example of Sino-African cooperation at this year's National People's Congress, also participated in this expo. Since 2019, under the guidance of experts from Longping High-Tech (隆平高科) assisting foreign countries, Musa (穆萨) has expanded his farm from 3 hectares to 100 hectares. Farm production has changed from manual threshing to full mechanization, and the average yield per hectare has reached 7 tons, which is 2-3 times the local average yield.
As the first China Hybrid Rice Technology Foreign Aid Training Base awarded by the Chinese Ministry of Commerce, Longping High-Tech (隆平高科) has implemented more than 200 agricultural technology training projects in 53 African countries including Kenya (肯尼亚) and Tanzania (坦桑尼亚), training more than 7,000 agricultural officials and technical personnel. "Only by selecting and breeding good varieties and then imparting good methods can we create a more resilient agricultural system for African countries," introduced Weng Yong (翁永), Deputy Dean of Longping High-Tech International Training Institute.
Financial services are essential to promote Sino-African economic and trade cooperation. Bank of Communications (交通银行) released a financial service plan for in-depth Sino-African economic and trade cooperation during the expo. It fully supports Sino-African economic and trade cooperation through ten measures, including improving the convenience of Sino-African trade settlement and cultivating Sino-African cross-border industrial chains. In 2024, Bank of Communications' cross-border RMB receipts and payments with Africa increased by 136% year-on-year, the volume of Sino-African foreign-related remittance business increased by 36% year-on-year, and the amount of Sino-African cross-border trade financing increased by 305% year-on-year.
To help transform exhibition traffic into economic and trade growth, Hunan (湖南) is accelerating the construction of a pilot zone for in-depth Sino-African economic and trade cooperation. Walking into the permanent exhibition hall of the China-Africa Economic and Trade Expo in Changsha (长沙), the dazzling array of "African Goodies" is overwhelming. Since its opening in 2021, this 10,000-square-meter venue has become a window for close exchanges between Changsha (长沙) and Africa. During this expo, the China-Africa Economic and Trade Headquarters Base project launched a global investment promotion and signing ceremony here.
According to reports, after the project is completed and put into operation in 2027, it will build a new Sino-African business hub integrating "office-consumption-exhibition and trade" with a diversified business format combination of "corporate headquarters + SOHO office + star-rated hotel + comprehensive commercial + convention and exhibition center."
This year marks the 25th anniversary of the establishment of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation. Under the leadership of the forum, Sino-African relations have achieved leapfrog development. China has achieved full coverage of strategic partnership relations with all 53 African countries that have diplomatic relations with it. The volume of Sino-African trade has increased nearly 30 times, and China's investment in Africa has increased nearly 100 times, bringing tangible benefits to the Chinese and African people.
Shen Yumou (沈裕谋), Director of the Hunan Provincial Department of Commerce, said that he will continue to run the China-Africa Economic and Trade Expo well, build a pilot zone for in-depth Sino-African economic and trade cooperation, and explore and innovate around key areas of cooperation with Africa such as connectivity, production capacity cooperation, and financial services, so as to make new contributions to building a closer China-Africa community with a shared future in the new era.
Return to TopXinhua News Agency, Beijing, June 15th (Xinhua) - The year 2025 is the concluding year of the "14th Five-Year Plan." Starting June 16th, the Central Propaganda Department (中宣部) will organize major central media outlets and relevant local media to conduct the 2025 "Vibrant China Research Trip" themed interview activity, showcasing the significant achievements in economic and social development during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, and effectively strengthening confidence, boosting energy, stimulating vitality, and promoting development.
Media reporters participating in the themed interview activity will focus on key areas and key regions, using on-the-ground visits, in-depth research, and other forms to explore the internal driving force of China's development in the new era, and decode the vitality code of high-quality development; through in-depth interviews and reports on real cases and vivid stories of various regions solving development problems, they will summarize and refine the commendable experiences and common patterns that can be learned from, and gather a strong synergy to unswervingly manage our own affairs well and unswervingly expand high-level opening up to the outside world.
According to reports, the activity plans to focus on five major themes, selecting corresponding typical regions for multiple batches of research interviews. Among them, the first batch, launched on the 16th, will successively conduct intensive research interviews in Beijing (北京), Guangdong (广东), and Anhui (安徽).
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Recently, the Jiangsu Provincial City Football League, dubbed the "Soviet Super League," has become a hit. Among them, the relationship between cities in Jiangsu Province is a main thread of this story.
Nanjing (南京) declared "competition first, friendship fourteenth," Suqian (宿迁) and Xuzhou (徐州) staged a "Chu-Han Contention," Yangzhou (扬州) and Zhenjiang (镇江) held a "morning tea derby," and Suzhou (苏州) and Wuxi (无锡) ignited a "Taihu Lake dispute"... The competition of "no one convinced by anyone" corresponds to the kind online teasing of this major economic province – "Disassembled Jiangsu," which has triggered distinctive "cheering" from netizens in various places, and its popularity continues to rise.
Looking back, "disassembled" is more like a facade, and "assembled" is the substance. The 13 prefecture-level cities in Jiangsu (江苏) are united, contributing to a drama of "discord." Mutual teasing is actually admiration between heroes, and self-deprecation is more like "Versailles." Regardless of winning or losing on the field, the city's reputation soars first. Netizens who have come to their senses jokingly call this a "cultural water-splashing festival" and a "cultural script murder," with the main focus on "adversarial unity," attracting "immense traffic," and then working together to "receive, transform, and release."
"Disassembled" and "assembled" are not just about "playing with memes," but contain the code of development.
"Disassembled" emphasizes each displaying their strengths and each being beautiful in their own way. The "fighting" on the field reflects the "catching up" in development. From the shores of Taihu Lake (太湖) to the mudflats of the Yellow Sea, Jiangsu (江苏) has its own unique skills. Nanjing's (南京) digital economy, Suzhou's (苏州) intelligent manufacturing, Lianyungang's (连云港) ocean transportation, Wuxi's (无锡) integrated circuits... The "Thirteen Taibaos" develop differently, all ranking among the top 100 cities in the country in terms of GDP, jointly achieving the scale and responsibility of a major economic province. This healthy competition between regions activates their respective potentials, allowing the land of Jiangsu (江苏) to be full of vitality.
However, "disassembled" is by no means a 一盘散沙 (yī pán sàn shā - "a tray of loose sand," a disorganized group) and competition is not a "involutionary" scramble for territory. Nanjing's (南京) biomedical research and development capabilities are leading the country, and Suzhou's (苏州) biomedicine has formed a modern industrial cluster. The two hit it off in the market. Jiangyin (江阴), located in southern Jiangsu (苏南), and Jingjiang (靖江), located in northern Jiangsu (苏北), jointly built an industrial park, and the pairing of north and south has yielded fruitful results. In the wave of integrated development of the Yangtze River Delta, Jiangsu Province (江苏省) is also forming a gradient development model of "southern Jiangsu (苏南) leading, central Jiangsu (苏中) rising, and northern Jiangsu (苏北) catching up." The deep collaboration of the industrial chain has formed a strong symbiotic network, jointly integrating into the new development pattern, and acting as a pioneer to shoulder heavy responsibilities.
Looking at the whole country, the economy of a large country often faces challenges such as large differences in regional resource endowments. In the past, some regions in China established self-sufficient industrial structures, which caused problems such as industrial convergence and overcapacity. Today, developing new quality productive forces also has a reasonable layout issue. How a place integrates into the regional development pattern and the national economic cycle, and how to string distinctive "pearls" into a "necklace" with multiplied value, Jiangsu's (江苏) development practice has enlightening significance.
"Disassembled" emphasizes characteristics and advantages, while "assembled" emphasizes coordination and cooperation. The key is to form a "dual-wheel drive" of cooperation and competition. Similarly, "pursuing light," the Yangtze River Delta region (长三角地区) focuses on the synergy of the entire industrial chain and technological innovation, the Pearl River Delta region (珠三角地区) is characterized by component exports and intelligent upgrades, and many western provinces focus on silicon material production and photovoltaic power station layout. By cooperating to exchange what one has for what one lacks, and learning from each other's strengths to make up for one's weaknesses, we can achieve deep integration, mutual benefit and win-win results; and by using healthy competition to force industrial upgrades and improve the overall efficiency of development, we can form a vivid situation in which various elements flow reasonably and gather efficiently.
To clench into a fist, every finger must be strong; when everyone gathers firewood, the flames will rise high with concerted efforts. From counties and districts to provinces and cities, from regions to the whole country, it is necessary to answer the questions of "disassembled" and "assembled" and the one domain and the overall situation, individuality and commonality behind them. From this, we can better understand that the expansion of the county economy must be differentiated and linked into chains, and we can better understand that regional integration construction is inseparable from building a unified national market...
"Gathered together, it is a fire; scattered, it is a sky full of stars." Is this not a vivid portrayal of China's development? As industrial clusters become chains, as counties and regions are strung together into lines, and as cities are connected into belts, high-quality development will have a vast depth and inexhaustible power.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 申智林
How to Eat This Meal on Official Business? A Reporter's Field Research in Cili County, Zhangjiajie, Hunan.
Rainy morning, the Lingxi River, a primary tributary of the Lishui River, flows through Lingxi Town (零溪镇), Cili County (慈利县), with rising water levels.
"Now is an important period for flood control." By the riverbank, Li Youmin (李优民), Deputy Director of the Zhangjiajie (张家界) Municipal Bureau of Water Resources, led the Municipal Party Committee inspection team to the Lingxi Town (零溪镇) government to supervise flood prevention and preparedness.
Inspecting materials, investigating water levels... the morning passed, and lunchtime arrived in the blink of an eye.
"We haven't finished our inspection this morning. Our inspection team of 7 comrades and 2 drivers need the town to help arrange lunch," said Li Youmin (李优民).
"No problem." Liu Yijun (刘奕君), a staff member of the Lingxi Town (零溪镇) government, responded. He tapped his phone, and in a few seconds, a message was sent to the town government's canteen: "Master Chef, there will be 9 more people for lunch today, please prepare more."
Just after sending the message, the reporter started chatting with Liu Yijun (刘奕君).
"In the past, let alone 9 people, even if one or two people came from higher authorities, the reception couldn't be careless." Since working in the government, Liu Yijun (刘奕君) has done a lot of reception work.
Speaking of meals, Liu Yijun (刘奕君), as a grassroots cadre, also had his troubles - "Small private rooms, a table full of dishes, what to eat, what dietary restrictions, there were many things to consider. Sometimes just preparing these things could take up half the morning, adding a lot of burden to us grassroots cadres."
"What about now?" the reporter asked while walking.
"In a word, reception is back to 'zero'." Liu Yijun (刘奕君) said cheerfully, the spirit of the Central Eight-Point Regulation (中央八项规定) has curbed this trend of eating and drinking. The "Regulations on Practicing Economy and Opposing Waste by Party and Government Organs" (《党政机关厉行节约反对浪费条例》) clearly requires "adhering to strictness and simplicity, and taking the lead in living a tight life," which further reduces the cost of official activities, allowing local areas to free up more funds for development needs and people's expectations.
"What's the specific situation?" the reporter pressed.
"Let's go to the canteen and see," said Liu Yijun (刘奕君).
At 12 noon, at the entrance of the Lingxi Town (零溪镇) government canteen, more people gathered, and everyone went to the canteen for lunch one after another.
A few lines of text at the entrance of the canteen caught the reporter's attention: In accordance with the principle of "whoever eats pays," cadres of this town swipe their cards, and cadres from outside scan the code.
"Everyone, you can scan the code here," Liu Yijun (刘奕君) warmly greeted, "The city has regulations that the meal standard for lunch and dinner in the canteen should not exceed 40 yuan, and can be set according to the actual situation. We have consulted with the town government cadres and the public, and negotiated with the canteen operator. Now the meal standard is 18 yuan."
While speaking, Li Youmin (李优民) opened his mobile phone, scanned the code to pay, and walked into the canteen.
In the canteen, on the food shelves, stir-fried cabbage, scrambled eggs... there were a total of six or seven dishes, some meat and some vegetables, all home-style dishes.
Picking up their plates, everyone served themselves, found a table at random, and sat down to eat.
"There is no clinking of glasses, less toasting, everyone is at ease," said Li Youmin (李优民). In less than half an hour, the meal was finished neatly. While cleaning up their plates, they ran into Mi Bo (米博), Secretary of the Lingxi Town (零溪镇) Party Committee, who had returned from a meeting in the county town.
"I just went to the county for a meeting this morning. There is no unified meal provided now. Although I can scan the code to eat in the county party committee canteen, I still have things to do in the afternoon, so it's more convenient to come back here to eat." Mi Bo (米博) exchanged views with everyone, "In the past, accompanying superiors for meals would take one or two hours at every turn. Now, time is saved, and the budget is saved even more."
Since the in-depth study and education on implementing the spirit of the Central Eight-Point Regulation (中央八项规定) was carried out this year, Zhangjiajie (张家界) City has made it clear that for official activities such as inspections, investigations, task execution, and inspection guidance throughout the city, the receiving unit will no longer provide reception meals.
"Because of this, the town has saved a lot of funds. As of now, Lingxi Town (零溪镇) has not incurred a single reception expense this year," said Mi Bo (米博).
Currently, the townships (streets) in Zhangjiajie (张家界) City have received 103 batches of 278 people from municipal and county-level government agencies and institutions who have come to the countryside for self-service meals. Municipal and county-level government officials come to the grassroots level to handle affairs and leave after finishing their work. The number of official receptions has decreased from 665 batches of 4,664 people in the same period last year to 4 batches of 39 people.
Return to TopAccording to a report from our newspaper on June 15th in Beijing (北京) (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) recently issued the "Opinions on Innovative Development of Measurement in the Manufacturing Industry," the first policy document in China's (中国) manufacturing measurement field. It proposes that by 2027, China (中国) will break through more than 100 key measurement calibration technologies, formulate and revise more than 300 industry measurement calibration specifications, develop more than 100 sets of measuring instruments and standard materials, cultivate more than 50 high-quality instrument and meter enterprises, promote the construction of more than 10 high-level manufacturing measurement calibration technology service institutions, basically improve the technical service network, and basically cover important industrial fields with service capabilities. By 2030, the level of measurement innovation in the manufacturing industry will continue to improve, the technical service network will be more complete, the comprehensive measurement strength in important fields will be greatly enhanced, and it will strongly support the high-quality development of China's (中国) manufacturing industry.
Measurement is one of the important technical foundations of manufacturing, integrated into the entire process of product design, research and development, production, testing, and use. Manufacturing measurement is the innovative application and specific practice of measurement in the manufacturing field, a key support for promoting the high-quality development of manufacturing, and an important foundation for building a modern industrial system. It is of great significance for accelerating the advancement of new industrialization and realizing the construction of a manufacturing powerhouse.
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"The new streetlights are bright and beautiful. Now I don't have to fumble around in the dark when I go out at night!" said Ms. Zhang, a resident of Chicheng Town (赤城镇) in Pengxi County (蓬溪县), Sichuan Province (四川省), with a smile on her face as she looked at the newly installed streetlights.
Pengxi County (蓬溪县) widely collected people's livelihood problems, accumulating 128 related demands, and established a rectification ledger, clarifying that problems that can be immediately rectified should be resolved within 5 days, and problems that require rectification within a limited time should be resolved within 3 months. Now, the streetlight renovation of 6 main roads in the main urban area has been completed, and more than 200 old residential areas have been equipped with courtyard lights.
Since the in-depth implementation of the spirit of the Central Eight-Point Regulation (中央八项规定) and the launch of learning and education activities, all regions and units have adhered to earnestly identifying problems and earnestly promoting rectification, and have effectively transformed the results of work style construction into practical actions to solve people's worries and warm people's hearts.
The Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (中国社会科学院), combined with the feedback from the central inspection and the problems identified in the annual democratic life meeting, formed a problem list and a centralized rectification ledger, identified outstanding problems in 10 aspects such as Party conduct, academic style, and teacher ethics, and formulated 22 rectification measures, clarifying the responsible leaders and responsible units to carry out solid rectification.
China Postal Savings Bank (中国邮政储蓄银行) formulated rectification measures for each of the problems identified, and effectively solved the problems. At the same time, it widely solicited opinions and suggestions, consciously accepted public supervision, conducted in-depth investigations and research, clarified the outstanding problems that need to be solved urgently at the grassroots level, and studied and solved them in a targeted manner, so that the masses could feel and reach them.
Not long ago, Jiujiang City (九江市), Jiangxi Province (江西省), officially launched the "Enterprise Entry Scan Code Registration Management System" (入企扫码登记管理系统). All official activities such as law enforcement inspections and research in enterprises require scan code registration. During the learning and education period, Jiujiang City (九江市) formulated and implemented the "Several Measures of Jiujiang City (九江市) to Ensure Enterprises' Peace of Mind in Production and Focus on Development" (九江市保障企业安心生产静心发展若干措施) to continuously optimize the business environment.
The Party Working Committee and Management Committee of Chongqing High-tech Zone (重庆高新区) took the lead in identifying 48 problems, driving leading groups at all levels to identify a total of 677 problems through various means. The district-level working group focused on 12 centralized rectification issues, and promoted rectification and implementation in a list-based and item-based manner.
Persistently implementing the spirit of the Central Eight-Point Regulation (中央八项规定), all regions and units have taken open education as an important way to promote the in-depth and solid development of learning and education. The majority of Party members and cadres have adhered to the mass line and consciously accepted public supervision.
Recently, heartwarming feedback came from Zhucheng City (诸城市) Government Service Center in Shandong Province (山东省): the problem of off-site notarization that plagued Ms. Zhao (赵女士), a citizen, was solved. Zhucheng City (诸城市) focused on the "key small things" that the masses felt, and widely collected opinions and suggestions in the fields of education, medical care, and transportation through channels such as on-site investigations and Party conduct and government conduct supervision hotlines. Relevant departments took the initiative to claim and include them in the centralized rectification ledger, and took practical actions to grasp rectification and gain the trust of the people.
"We chat about everything, big and small, and everyone is more enthusiastic about participating in community governance, and there are more ways to do it!" The "Old Sophora Tree Council" (老槐树议事会) in Jianhe Community (涧河社区), Yanghua Town (仰化镇), Suyu District (宿豫区), Suqian City (宿迁市), Jiangsu Province (江苏省), is now often mentioned by neighbors.
Since the launch of learning and education activities, Suqian City (宿迁市) has organized and guided Party members and cadres to sit on small benches with grassroots people and discuss their worries together, so as to benefit the people with practical work. Suyu District (宿豫区) has widely built town and village council platforms, receiving more than 80 opinions and suggestions. Siyang County (泗阳县) organized on-the-job Party members to register in residential areas, formed Party pioneer teams for mediation of contradictions and helping the elderly and students, and promoted the solution of 258 problems such as road aging. Sihong County (泗洪县) carried out the "Branch Entering Community, Party Member Showing Identity" (支部进小区、党员亮身份) action, and helped residents realize more than 1,200 "micro-wishes" in the mode of "masses ordering, Party members accepting orders."
"The road conditions are not good, and it is inconvenient to travel. Can the village road be repaired?" In mid-May, when staff from the Discipline Inspection Commission and Supervision Commission of Chenzhou City (郴州市), Hunan Province (湖南省), were conducting research in Yulang Village (郁浪村), Yonglejiang Town (永乐江镇), Anren County (安仁县), villagers raised this demand. Relevant departments then conducted in-depth research and formulated a renovation plan.
Chenzhou City (郴州市) organized Party members and cadres to enter parks, rural areas, and communities, and went deep into industrial workers, couriers, and other groups to widely collect 1,959 opinions and suggestions, and established a closed-loop mechanism of "collection-research and judgment-rectification" to ensure that the urgent and difficult problems of the masses are effectively solved.
Huangshan City (黄山市), Anhui Province (安徽省), focused on open education from the aspects of widely listening to opinions and serving the masses wholeheartedly. By answering the 12345 people's livelihood hotline and making good use of the "Supervision at a Glance" for small and micro powers, county-level and above leading cadres in the city collected 811 opinions and suggestions, established and improved a list-based closed-loop implementation mechanism, and immediately rectified 649 items.
Daxing'anling Prefecture (大兴安岭地区), Heilongjiang Province (黑龙江省), adhered to open education, and promoted research methods such as "squatting in grids" and "walking through urban areas," organizing leading cadres to randomly enter residential quarters, government service halls, transportation stations, and other places to conduct on-site inspections of environmental sanitation, window services, and other conditions, and to understand and grasp social conditions and public opinion. During this period, more than 350 problems such as road damage, unauthorized connections and construction, and damage to greening were solved.
Nankai District (南开区), Tianjin (天津市), relied on the "Yuelai Pioneer" (悦来先锋) practice carrier to carry out the "Doing a Good Job in the People's 'Micro-Practical Matters'" (办好百姓‘微实事’) activity. Party members and cadres went deep into the community alleys, listened to demands, and implemented immediate rectification for matters at the doorsteps of the masses, so that people's livelihood problems could be quickly responded to.
Lanzhou City (兰州市), Gansu Province (甘肃省), implemented the "Four Down to the Grassroots" (四下基层) system, focused on people's livelihood hotspots such as employment, housing, and education, established a problem tackling ledger, implemented list-based management and project-based promotion, and concentrated on solving 902 problems related to the vital interests of the masses.
From cities to villages, from enterprises to communities, all regions and units have promoted the spirit of the Central Eight-Point Regulation (中央八项规定) to take root at the grassroots level with the rectification efforts of earnestly identifying problems and the service temperature of serving with heart and affection, so that the masses can feel the new changes brought about by work style construction.
(Reporters Wu Chuqi (吴储岐), Shen Zhilin (申智林), Fang Yuan (方圆), Gong Xiangjuan (龚相娟), Han Xin (韩鑫), Liu Xinwu (刘新吾), Zhao Shuaijie (赵帅杰), Li Junjie (李俊杰), He Zhaoyu (何昭宇) from this newspaper)
Return to TopBeijing, June 15th (Reported by Qu Zhehan (曲哲涵) and Liu Wenxin (刘温馨)) In response to Typhoon "Butterfly," the first typhoon of this year, and the resulting heavy rain and flooding, the Ministry of Finance (财政部) and the Ministry of Emergency Management (应急管理部) recently urgently allocated 40 million yuan in central natural disaster relief funds to support Hainan (海南), Guangdong (广东), Guangxi (广西) and other provinces (autonomous regions) in their flood prevention and typhoon emergency rescue and disaster relief work. The funds will be used for the relocation and resettlement of affected people, hazard removal and other emergency responses, and the investigation and emergency treatment of secondary disaster risks, to minimize the impact of the disaster and protect the safety of people's lives and property to the greatest extent.
Return to TopJune 15th, Qiubei County (丘北县), Wenshan Zhuang and Miao Autonomous Prefecture (文山壮族苗族自治州), Yunnan Province (云南省), the Pujhehei Karst National Wetland Park (普者黑喀斯特国家湿地公园) has beautiful scenery.
Xiong Pingxiang (熊平祥) photo (People's Vision (人民视觉))
Return to TopA community of mutual assistance and solidarity and mutual trust
We should deepen strategic mutual trust, and always give each other clear and strong support on core interest issues involving sovereignty, independence, national dignity, and long-term development, and work together to build a community of mutual assistance and solidarity and mutual trust.
——May 19, 2023, keynote speech at the China-Central Asia Summit
Facing major changes unseen in a century, and with an eye on the fundamental interests and bright future of the people of all countries, we are determined to join hands and meet challenges together, build a closer China-Central Asia community with a shared future, and contribute to promoting the building of a human community with a shared future.
——May 19, 2023, joint meeting with the heads of state of the five Central Asian countries
China and the five Central Asian countries have successively established strategic partnerships, deepened political mutual trust and mutually beneficial cooperation, embarked on a new path of good-neighborliness, friendship, and win-win cooperation, and become a model for building a new type of international relations.
——January 25, 2022, speech at the video summit commemorating the 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and the five Central Asian countries
Good-neighborliness and friendship are the foundation of China's relations with Central Asian countries. China will adhere to the concept of amity, sincerity, mutual benefit, and inclusiveness, strengthen high-level exchanges and strategic communication with each other, run a series of dialogue and cooperation mechanisms such as the "China + Five Central Asian Countries" foreign ministers' meeting, and continuously enhance solidarity and mutual trust, deepen mutually beneficial cooperation, and achieve common development and common prosperity.
——January 25, 2022, speech at the video summit commemorating the 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and the five Central Asian countries
A community of win-win cooperation and mutual achievement
We must continue to take the lead in building the "Belt and Road" cooperation, promote the implementation of the Global Development Initiative, fully release the potential of traditional cooperation in economy and trade, production capacity, energy, and transportation, create new growth points in finance, agriculture, poverty reduction, green and low-carbon, medical and health, and digital innovation, and work together to build a community of win-win cooperation and mutual achievement.
——May 19, 2023, keynote speech at the China-Central Asia Summit
Central Asia has unique geographical advantages, and has the foundation, conditions, and ability to become an important hub for interconnectivity on the Eurasian continent, making Central Asian contributions to world commodity exchange, cultural exchanges, and technological development.
——May 19, 2023, keynote speech at the China-Central Asia Summit
China will introduce more trade facilitation measures, upgrade bilateral investment agreements, achieve full coverage of "green channels" for rapid customs clearance of agricultural and sideline products at border ports on both sides, hold the "Gathering Central Asia Cloud Products" theme event, build a bulk commodity trading center, and promote the scale of trade to a new level.
——May 19, 2023, keynote speech at the China-Central Asia Summit
We will take the 10th anniversary of the joint construction of the "Belt and Road" cooperation as a new starting point, accelerate the alignment of development strategies, promote trade liberalization and facilitation, expand industrial and investment cooperation, promote the construction of the China-Central Asia transportation corridor, support the establishment of a China-Central Asia energy development partnership, encourage high-tech cooperation, ensure regional food security, and jointly create a new pattern of cooperation with deep complementarity and high win-win results.
——May 19, 2023, joint meeting with the heads of state of the five Central Asian countries
A community far from conflict and forever bathed in peace
We must jointly practice the Global Security Initiative, resolutely oppose external forces interfering in the internal affairs of regional countries and instigating "color revolutions," maintain zero tolerance for the "three forces," focus on solving regional security dilemmas, and work together to build a community far from conflict and forever bathed in peace.
——May 19, 2023, keynote speech at the China-Central Asia Summit
The sovereignty, security, independence, and territorial integrity of Central Asian countries must be maintained, the development path independently chosen by the people of Central Asia must be respected, and the efforts of the Central Asian region to achieve peace, harmony, and tranquility must be supported.
——May 19, 2023, keynote speech at the China-Central Asia Summit
Peace is the common aspiration of the people of all countries in the region. We must continue to combat the "three forces," deepen cooperation in border control, cyber counter-terrorism, joint operations, and other fields, and jointly build a regional security defense network.
——January 25, 2022, speech at the video summit commemorating the 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and the five Central Asian countries
No matter how the international situation changes, no matter how far China develops in the future, China will always be a good neighbor, good partner, good friend, and good brother that Central Asian countries can trust and rely on. China firmly supports Central Asian countries in following a development path that suits their own national conditions, firmly supports all countries in safeguarding their sovereignty, independence, and territorial integrity, firmly supports all countries in pursuing national rejuvenation and unity and self-improvement, and firmly supports all countries in playing a greater role on the international stage.
——January 25, 2022, speech at the video summit commemorating the 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and the five Central Asian countries
A community of mutual understanding, affinity, and common purpose
We must practice the Global Civilization Initiative, carry forward traditional friendship, strengthen personnel exchanges, strengthen exchanges of experience in governance, deepen mutual learning between civilizations, enhance mutual understanding, consolidate the cornerstone of the friendship between the people of China and Central Asian countries for generations, and work together to build a community of mutual understanding, affinity, and common purpose.
——May 19, 2023, keynote speech at the China-Central Asia Summit
We are willing to strengthen exchanges with Central Asian countries on the concepts and practices of modernization, promote the alignment of development strategies, create more opportunities for cooperation, and work together to promote the modernization process of the six countries.
——May 19, 2023, keynote speech at the China-Central Asia Summit
We will abide by the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, firmly safeguard multilateralism and the recognized international law and norms governing international relations, safeguard international fairness and justice, and promote the development of the international order and global governance system in a more just and reasonable direction.
——May 19, 2023, joint meeting with the heads of state of the five Central Asian countries
Civilizations are enriched by exchanges and developed by mutual learning. We must establish a diversified and interactive pattern of cultural exchanges, accelerate the establishment of cultural centers with each other, actively carry out cultural heritage dialogues, and continue to promote exchanges in the fields of women, think tanks, and media.
——January 25, 2022, speech at the video summit commemorating the 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and the five Central Asian countries
Return to TopThe inaugural China-Central Asia Summit in 2023 was a milestone in the history of bilateral relations, with the leaders of the six countries outlining a clear blueprint for practical cooperation in various fields. Kazakhstan attaches great importance to the upcoming second China-Central Asia Summit in Astana (阿斯塔纳), and looks forward to continuing the momentum of cooperation between Central Asian countries and China, promoting new and fruitful results through deepening political mutual trust and practical cooperation.
——Nurtleu (努尔特列乌), Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan
Since the first China-Central Asia Summit, the partnership between Central Asian countries and China has developed significantly. The trade volume and freight volume between the two sides have been increasing, and personnel exchanges have been further strengthened due to visa-free or simplified visa procedures. China is in a world-leading position in areas such as artificial intelligence and information technology, and the potential for cooperation between the two sides in these areas is enormous.
——Tukumov (图库莫夫), Director of the Strategic Research Institute of the President of Kazakhstan
It is essential for Central Asian countries to strengthen cooperation with China in the fields of economy, trade and investment. The two sides should jointly implement practical cooperation initiatives under the China-Central Asia mechanism. Kyrgyzstan is willing to actively participate in projects aimed at strengthening connectivity, creating favorable conditions for business and investment, and expanding economic and trade cooperation.
——Sydykov (瑟德科夫), Minister of Economy and Commerce of Kyrgyzstan
Under the strategic guidance of the leaders of the six countries, the China-Central Asia mechanism has achieved fruitful results in strengthening political mutual trust, security cooperation, investment and trade, and connectivity. The six countries will firmly work together, respect each other, be open and inclusive, and develop together to promote a brighter future for the relations between Central Asian countries and China.
——Baktygulova (巴克特古洛娃), Former Kyrgyz Ambassador to China
Cooperation in the field of transportation is an important part of China-Central Asia cooperation. An efficient and safe transportation system is the foundation for promoting sustainable regional economic development and deepening good-neighborly and friendly relations. We should strengthen cooperation in developing reliable, efficient and sustainable transportation infrastructure.
——Ibrohim (伊布罗希姆), Minister of Transport of Tajikistan
Central Asian countries and China are geographically close, and their economies are highly complementary, with a solid foundation for achieving mutual benefit and win-win results. Central Asian countries are willing to work together with China on the road to national development and revitalization.
——Haidarzoda (海达尔佐达), Director of the Eurasian Institute of the National Academy of Sciences of Tajikistan
China actively shares its green development experience with Central Asian countries, and has achieved remarkable results in the construction of hydropower, wind power, photovoltaic and other projects, providing assistance for regional sustainable development. We look forward to taking the second China-Central Asia Summit as an opportunity for Central Asian countries and China to explore more innovative cooperation growth points and promote practical cooperation between the two sides to a higher level.
——Bekmuradov (别克穆拉多夫), President of the Golden Age Electronic Newspaper of Turkmenistan
I was very honored and excited to receive President Xi Jinping's (习近平) reply letter before the first China-Central Asia Summit in 2023, along with the students who wrote the letter together. We deeply felt President Xi Jinping's earnest expectations for young Central Asian students studying in China, as well as his high regard for cultural exchanges. As the second China-Central Asia Summit is approaching, we look forward to the cooperation between Central Asian countries and China moving towards a higher level and a broader dimension. We also hope that more and more young people will act as envoys of friendship, tell the stories of Central Asian countries and China well, and contribute to building a closer China-Central Asia community with a shared future.
——Rojman (若贺曼), Turkmen Teacher at China University of Petroleum (Beijing) (中国石油大学（北京）)
Central Asian countries and China are consolidating their traditional friendly and cooperative relations with practical actions, expanding diversified cooperation fields through a series of important cooperation projects, and continuously improving people's well-being and promoting the long-term prosperity of regional countries. Uzbekistan is always committed to deepening its strategic partnership with other Central Asian countries and with China, taking mutual trust as the cornerstone and cooperation as the bond, and actively promoting the sustainable development of the region.
——Saidov (赛义多夫), Minister of Foreign Affairs of Uzbekistan
The strategic partnership between Central Asian countries and China is based on the common desire for equality, mutual trust, mutual benefit, win-win results and sustainable development. The China-Central Asia mechanism brings valuable opportunities for human rights protection, people's well-being and economic development in the Central Asian region.
——Turgunov (图尔古诺夫), Director of the Institute of State and Law of the Academy of Sciences of Uzbekistan
(Reporters Xie Yanhong (谢亚宏), Chen Shangwen (陈尚文), Qu Song (曲颂), and Li Qiang (李强) of this newspaper compiled and organized the interviews)
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Return to TopBy: 本报记者 王 者
"Sanxia" (三夏) is the busy season for farming, and winter wheat is harvested from south to north. Many places are seizing the agricultural season to accelerate the summer harvest of wheat, consolidating the foundation for a bumper grain harvest throughout the year.
Promoting high-quality wheat varieties, accelerating the construction of high-standard farmland, purchasing unmanned harvesters, and applying new drying equipment... Various regions are innovating measures, focusing on the introduction and breeding of superior varieties, the construction of high-quality farmland, the application of advanced machinery, and the promotion of effective farming methods. They are empowering the entire agricultural production chain with technology, continuously improving the efficiency and quality of the summer harvest. Starting today, this edition will launch a series of reports titled "Economic Focus: The 'New Players' in the Summer Harvest," recording the vivid stories of revitalizing agriculture through science and technology, and showcasing the practical achievements of modern agricultural technology in grain production.
-- Editor
In the early morning, in the wheat fields of Niezhai Village (聂寨村), Dingzhuang Subdistrict (丁庄街道), Yellow River Delta Agricultural High-tech Industrial Demonstration Zone (黄河三角洲农业高新技术产业示范区) in Shandong Province (山东省), more than a dozen harvesters are busy working.
Agricultural machinery gallops, wheat waves roll, and Nie Jianwei (聂建伟), a 43-year-old major grain grower, drives a transport vehicle back and forth in the field.
"Master Nie (聂师傅), how is the harvest this year?" With one foot across the field ridge, the reporter walked into the field.
"Guaranteed to be a bumper year." Nie Jianwei (聂建伟) steadily stopped the car and greeted the reporter.
"Why are you so confident?" "This year's seeds are excellent!" Nie Jianwei (聂建伟) bent down, pinched a handful of wheat ears, put them in his palm and rubbed them, gently blowing away the wheat husks, "Look, each one is full and plump, growing really well."
After harvesting corn last autumn, looking at his 500 mu of land, Nie Jianwei (聂建伟) fell into thinking: next summer, how can the harvest in the field be improved again? "However, my land is all saline-alkali land, and it's not so easy to increase yield."
In order to increase the average yield per mu of wheat, last year, before wheat sowing, Dingzhuang Subdistrict (丁庄街道) invited agricultural technology experts from local seed technology companies to go into the fields and work with farmers to come up with countermeasures.
In Nie Jianwei's (聂建伟) field, agricultural technology expert Liu Kai (刘凯) learned about the summer harvest situation and suggested that he start by selecting good seeds to find the best varieties suitable for planting in his saline-alkali land.
"Lao Nie (老聂), the salt content of our land is below 3‰, which is suitable for planting cold-resistant and lodging-resistant wheat varieties." Liu Kai (刘凯) measured the salt content and soil fertility of the land, and then recommended the "Qimin 27 (齐民27)" variety to Nie Jianwei (聂建伟), "This is a high-yield, stable-yield, and multi-resistant high-quality new wheat variety, and it is definitely right to plant it."
Small seeds contain a lot of technology. "Qimin 27 (齐民27)" is a new wheat variety launched by Zibo Hefeng Seed Industry Company (淄博禾丰种业公司) in May 2024. It has strong stems, moderate plant height, good lodging resistance, and is suitable for planting in arid and water-scarce conditions such as saline-alkali land.
"I don't have much experience in planting new varieties, can it be successful?" Nie Jianwei (聂建伟) expressed his concerns.
"From sowing to field management, feel free to ask me if you don't understand anything." Liu Kai (刘凯) patted his chest and made a guarantee.
"Okay, then I'll plant it!" Nie Jianwei (聂建伟) made up his mind.
In mid-October last year, 8,000 jin of "Qimin 27 (齐民27)" seeds were delivered to the field on time. Looking at the uniform and shiny seeds, Nie Jianwei (聂建伟) was full of confidence.
Before the seeds leave the factory, the manufacturer also specially attaches seed coating agent to the surface of each seed. The seed coating agent contains insecticides, fungicides, compound fertilizers, trace elements and other ingredients, like a set of "armor", providing a safe growing environment for seed germination and seedling growth, and can effectively prevent stem base rot, sheath blight and other root and stem diseases.
Good varieties promote increased production, and field management is the key. Aiming at the pain point of difficult emergence in saline-alkali land, before sowing, Liu Kai (刘凯) specially instructed Nie Jianwei (聂建伟) to crush the corn stalks after the autumn harvest in situ and return them to the field, deep plowing the land, increasing soil fertility and also blocking soil salt return.
On the day of sowing, Liu Kai (刘凯) arrived in the field early in the morning to guide Nie Jianwei (聂建伟) to operate the wide-width seeder for sowing to ensure that the sowing spacing meets the requirements. "Wide-width sowing can ensure precise cultivation and uniform sowing, which helps to ensure the healthy development of wheat plants and achieve consistent development of individual and group wheat plants," Liu Kai (刘凯) introduced.
During the wheat filling period, Liu Kai (刘凯) came to the field again, combined with pest and disease monitoring, and guided Nie Jianwei (聂建伟) to apply pesticides accurately, focusing on the prevention and control of major pests and diseases such as rust and scab. At the same time, Dingzhuang Subdistrict (丁庄街道) implemented a farmland irrigation improvement project, and the water from the nearby Xiaoqing River (小清河) can be directly introduced into the field, greatly improving irrigation efficiency. Looking at the green wheat fields, Nie Jianwei (聂建伟) was overjoyed, waiting for the day of harvest.
Not long ago, the Yellow River Delta Agricultural High-tech Industrial Demonstration Zone (黄河三角洲农业高新技术产业示范区) held a saline-alkali wheat on-site observation meeting, which focused on displaying 120 newly approved wheat varieties in recent years, including "Qimin 27 (齐民27)". After the event, Nie Jianwei (聂建伟) specially invited several major grain growers from neighboring villages to take a look at his own fields, share planting experience, and agreed to share the yield with them in time after the harvest, "If the yield increase is obvious, let's simply sow together in the autumn."
"Let's go, let's see how much the yield is." Sitting in Nie Jianwei's (聂建伟) car, the reporter followed him to the cultural square in the village. In the open space of the square, agricultural department investigators are estimating the yield of the dried and threshed wheat ears.
After sampling and yield measurement, the wheat planted by Nie Jianwei (聂建伟) has a yield of more than 1200 jin per mu, an increase of more than 5% compared with last year's yield per mu. "Continue to sow after the autumn harvest this year, do a good job in field management, and strive to increase the yield to a new level next year." Hearing the good news of increased production, Nie Jianwei (聂建伟) couldn't close his mouth with a smile.
Return to TopBy: 曹新有
Seeds are the "chips" of agriculture. Continuously cultivating and promoting high-yielding, stable-yielding, high-quality, and widely adaptable excellent new varieties is an important support for boosting large-scale yield increases and ensuring food security.
Strengthening the cultivation of improved varieties requires building a system for the protection, identification, evaluation, and utilization of germplasm resources. We need to build an innovative platform for precise identification and utilization of crop germplasm resources, carry out collection, protection, propagation, renewal, identification, and evaluation of germplasm resources, discover key control genes, create new germplasm with genetic stability, prominent target traits, and excellent comprehensive traits, and explore the establishment of a long-term mechanism for sharing and utilizing germplasm resources.
Strengthening the cultivation of improved varieties requires vigorously implementing collaborative breeding research. We must strengthen the cross-integration of new technologies such as biotechnology and artificial intelligence, promote the implementation of collaborative breeding research on major crops such as wheat, rice, corn, and soybeans, as well as livestock and poultry, and cultivate new crop varieties and excellent livestock and poultry varieties that are high-yielding, high-quality, efficient, simplified, economical, specialized, drought-resistant, and saline-alkali tolerant.
Strengthening the cultivation of improved varieties is inseparable from the construction of digital and intelligent breeding bases. We need to coordinate and promote the construction of breeding bases, major seed-producing counties, variety testing bases, and demonstration evaluation bases. We must improve the national, provincial, municipal, and county-level four-tier variety demonstration system, lay out and construct a number of mechanized, intelligent, and digital crop variety testing and demonstration bases, and accelerate the demonstration, promotion, and application of excellent varieties.
To allow improved varieties to bring about a bumper harvest, we should also build a new mechanism for the integration of science and technology with enterprises. We need to establish and improve a guarantee mechanism for cooperation between science and technology enterprises, explore new models for deep integration between science and technology enterprises, and achieve full-chain connection of "research and development - approval - promotion - market." We should encourage leading seed industry enterprises to play a major role, help more new varieties move faster to large-scale production fields, and allow farmers' harvests to better connect with the market.
(The author is the Director of the Crop Research Institute of the Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences (山东省农业科学院作物研究所) and the Deputy Chief Expert of the National Wheat Industry Technology System. This article was compiled and edited by Wang Zhe (王者), a reporter from this newspaper.)
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 高 炳
As night falls, in the Tang Paradise (大唐芙蓉园) in Xi'an (西安), Shaanxi (陕西), pavilions and towers are scattered, and the corridor bridges shimmer on the water. "When life is triumphant, make the most of it, never let the golden cup face the moon empty. Heaven has endowed me with talents, which I will surely put to use. Even if all my wealth is spent, it will come back again..." Following the sound, "Li Bai" (李白) approaches on a small boat from afar. On the Furong Lake (芙蓉湖), his recitation of "Bring in the Wine" (将进酒) resonates, each word powerful.
"The 'Poet Immortal' reciting famous poems feels both dreamlike and real!" exclaimed Wang Xin Yi (王心怡), a tourist from Sichuan (四川). At the pier next to her, six tour boats were already full. "The 300-acre Furong Lake is like a 'natural stage'; the audience boards the tour boats and transforms into 'dream seekers'," said Zhao Bin (赵斌), manager of the performance management department of the Tang Paradise. As the scenery shifts, the Ziyun Tower (紫云楼) transforms with light and shadow, and the water curtain constructs a "time tunnel." "Gardens as companions, tour boats traversing, multiple elements cross-border integration, aiming to break the traditional boundaries of viewing and performing."
Boating into the prosperous Tang Dynasty, one travels in a painting. The large-scale water dance light and shadow show "Dreaming Back to Tang Dynasty" (大唐追梦) is performed more than 150 times annually, with a cumulative audience of over one million. "The innovative interpretation of cultural tourism integration is always inseparable from the in-depth exploration and analysis of the cultural core, as well as the display and utilization of innovative means and forms," said Su Lan (苏岚), director of the Xi'an Qujiang New District Culture and Tourism Bureau (西安曲江新区文化和旅游局).
Cross-border integration and immersive experiences are staged in many places in Xi'an. At the Yongning Gate (永宁门) South Square on the city wall, there is another lively scene. "Lower the drawbridge, open the city gate, welcome distinguished guests!" The majestic sound of drums and music is heard, "Palace Lantern Maidens" line up to lead the way, "Golden Armor Warriors" stand tall and awe-inspiring, and "Tang Dynasty Honglu Temple Minister" (大唐鸿胪寺卿) walks gracefully. In the interweaving of light and shadow, "civil and military officials" leave the city one after another to welcome tourists from all directions to watch the immersive live performance "Dream Chang'an—Grand Tang Welcoming Ceremony" (梦长安—大唐迎宾盛礼).
Li Chengxu (李成旭), a tourist who drove from Gansu (甘肃), entered the Yongning Gate barbican with the crowd. "The spring river rises with the sea, and the bright moon rises with the tide..." Five major Tang culture-themed dances consisting of "Building" (筑), "Youthful Journey" (少年行), "Spring River Flower Moon Night" (春江花月夜), "Friends from All Over the World" (天下朋友), and "Pipa Ballad" (琵琶行) are brilliantly staged in the barbican. The dancers gently brush their sleeves, interpreting the elegance of a thousand years, winning applause from the tourists. "There is a sense of 'crossing over' to be there," Li Chengxu said, taking pictures with his mobile phone, "The grand scenes of the Tang Dynasty described in history books seem to be right in front of me."
"How can the profound history and culture be made more vivid? Stimulating the interest of visiting tourists, especially young people, is the starting point for the planning of the 'Prosperous Tang Dynasty Mystery Box' project," Ma Kai (马凯), manager of the performing arts department of the Grand Tang Dynasty Ever-Bright City (大唐不夜城), told reporters. By adopting the form of interactive performances, a combination of historical and cultural figures from the Tang Dynasty, such as Fang Xuanling (房玄龄) and Du Ruhui (杜如晦), are selected, focusing on well-known character IPs to create a "historical mystery box" knowledge skit.
"Actors need to have both profound knowledge reserves and the ability to respond flexibly. Faced with the strange answers from tourists, witty responses often detonate the audience." In Ma Kai's view, tourists actively learn about the culture in order to participate better; the actor team continues to update the question bank and interaction methods to ensure freshness. "This kind of 双向奔赴 (shuāng xiàng bēn fù - "two-way rush," mutual attraction and effort) makes cultural communication full of fun."
The integration of technological elements has also added more attraction to the ancient city. "From the perspective of a 'Tang Dynasty person,' look at the past and present of the Giant Wild Goose Pagoda (大雁塔)!" Liu Tongfei (刘彤菲), a tourist from Henan (河南), put on AR glasses, and the story of Xuanzang's (玄奘) journey to the west to obtain scriptures and the construction of the Giant Wild Goose Pagoda slowly unfolded. "The 'mix and match' of history and technology is fascinating."
In early 2024, the "Yanta Liuguang" (雁塔流光) immersive AR show was officially launched, using a 5-minute AR performance to reproduce the history and cultural scenes of the Giant Wild Goose Pagoda. "The Ever-Bright City has a large space and a dense flow of people. To achieve an AR show that can be viewed in a large space and outdoors requires technological innovation," said Wang Jingjing (王晶晶), head of the cultural and creative department of the Grand Tang Dynasty Ever-Bright City. High-precision spatial computing and other key technologies have made creativity possible.
Walking through the ancient city of Xi'an, to the southwest corner of the city wall, a cultural relic-themed light and shadow show is being staged. "The traditions of Xi'an people, the words of Xi'an people. The paomo (泡馍) of Xi'an people, Xi'an people all praise..." As night deepens, on the circular corner of the southwest corner, more than 20 cultural relics, such as Tang Sancai (唐三彩), polo paintings, and gilded silver bamboo-joint copper incense burners, are "activated" through digital light and shadow technology, "walking out" of the exhibition cabinets and "onto" the city wall. At the southeast corner of the city wall, relying on huge projection technology, selected images of cultural relics from the Shaanxi History Museum (陕西历史博物馆) and the Xi'an Museum (西安博物院) are displayed in three dimensions on the city wall. "Let the cultural relics 'go to the city wall' and bring a unique cultural experience to tourists from all over the world with cultural symbols with distinctive Shaanxi characteristics," said Shang Chuqiao (尚楚乔), a staff member of the Xi'an City Wall.
The integration of culture and tourism has driven the continuous hot market. In 2024, Xi'an received 306 million tourists, with a total tourist expenditure of 376 billion yuan, an increase of 10.3% and 12.3% respectively year-on-year. The ancient capital of thousands of years has been rejuvenated with more new charm.
Efforts to Explore the Living Inheritance of Traditional Culture (Reporter's Notes)
The ancient city of Xi'an, with its profound historical and cultural heritage, is filled with a unique charm that blends ancient and modern times. "Tumbling Doll Miss" (不倒翁小姐姐), "Li Bai's Poetry Duel" (李白对诗), "Song of Everlasting Regret" (长恨歌), "Terracotta Army Wonderful Night" (兵马俑奇妙夜)... In recent years, a number of influential cultural tourism IPs and cultural experience projects have been welcomed by tourists from all over the world.
How should culture and tourism be integrated? From Xi'an's practice, the essence of cultural tourism integration is not a simple copy or transfer of cultural resources, but the realization of the living inheritance of traditional culture.
For example, behind the popularity of cultural tourism IPs such as "Li Bai's Poetry Duel" is the careful screening and refinement of traditional cultural elements. After polishing and deliberation, the character image and interactive form of the performing arts IP are formed, thereby meeting tourists' needs for an immersive cultural experience.
For example, behind the Guochao immersive theater "Tang Dynasty Strange Stories · Journey to the West" (唐朝诡事录·西行) and cultural and creative products such as "Rong Momo" (绒馍馍) and "Chang'an Gourd" (长安葫芦) is the in-depth cultivation of content, allowing traditional culture to rejuvenate in consumer scenarios, and also allowing tourists to transform from "people watching the scenery" into "people in the scenery."
Xi'an's exploration of cultural tourism integration is rooted in thousands of years of cultural accumulation, and embraces modern technology and consumer demand with an open attitude. This ancient capital strives to "integrate" historical culture into the lives of modern people.
Return to TopThis newspaper reported from Beijing on June 15th (Reporter Wu Qiuyu (吴秋余)) The People's Bank of China (中国人民银行) and the State Administration of Foreign Exchange (国家外汇局) recently jointly issued the "Several Measures on Financial Support for Fujian to Explore a New Path of Integrated Development Across the Taiwan Strait and Build a Demonstration Zone for Integrated Development Across the Strait," focusing on the construction of a demonstration zone for integrated development across the Strait, supporting Fujian (福建) to explore a new path of integrated development across the Taiwan Strait, and helping cross-strait exchanges, interactions, and integration.
The "Several Measures" propose 12 policy measures from four aspects: optimizing the financial ecology of the cross-strait common "living circle," supporting Fuzhou (福州), Xiamen (厦门), and Quanzhou (泉州) to carry out high-level opening-up pilots for cross-border trade, supporting the facilitation of cross-border investment and financing under the capital account, and comprehensively strengthening financial supervision and effectively preventing and resolving financial risks.
The People's Bank of China (中国人民银行) and the State Administration of Foreign Exchange (国家外汇局) stated that the next step will be to promote the implementation of various policies and measures in detail, further increase financial support for the integrated development across the Taiwan Strait, and provide strong financial support for the construction of a demonstration zone for integrated development across the Strait.
Return to TopTo meet the increasing demand of vegetable farmers to sell vegetables in the city, Xingan County (新干县), Ji'an City (吉安市), Jiangxi Province (江西省) has opened 7 "Vegetable Farmer Bus" special lines throughout the county, and invested in 24 new energy electric buses, adjusting the first bus departure time to 5:30 am, to facilitate vegetable farmers to reach the free stalls for self-produced and self-sold goods at the county's agricultural market.
Since 2022, the 7 "Vegetable Farmer Bus" special lines have transported more than 1,400 tons of agricultural products, driving the income increase of local farmers.
Li Fusun (李福孙) Photo Report (Image China)
Return to TopThis newspaper's Beijing (北京) dispatch on June 15th (Reporter Ding Yiting (丁怡婷)) The first two 1,000,000-kilowatt coal-fired power units in the Xinjiang (新疆) Tianshan (天山) Northern Foothills Gobi Energy Base recently passed a 168-hour full-load trial operation and achieved power generation. Developed and constructed by China Huadian (中国华电) and China Resources Group (华润集团), this batch of units is the first power project of the "Xinjiang Electricity to Chongqing (重庆)" ultra-high voltage third channel project. Through the "integration of wind, solar, thermal, and storage," it will cope with the intermittent fluctuations of new energy sources, play the role of a "stabilizer" for power supply, and help Chongqing (重庆) meet peak summer power supply guarantees.
The total investment in the Xinjiang (新疆) Tianshan (天山) Northern Foothills Gobi Energy Base is 54.7 billion yuan, with a total power supply scale of 14.2 million kilowatts, including 4 million kilowatts of coal power, 7 million kilowatts of wind power, 3 million kilowatts of photovoltaics, and 200,000 kilowatts of solar thermal power. It is also equipped with a 1.2 million kilowatt/4.8 million kilowatt-hour electrochemical energy storage device, with new energy installed capacity accounting for more than 70%.
The two 1,000,000-kilowatt coal-fired power units put into operation this time have parameters such as power generation coal consumption, peak shaving performance, and plant power consumption rate that are at the advanced level of similar units in China. High-efficiency dust removal, desulfurization, and denitrification facilities have been built simultaneously, and the pollutant concentration at the chimney outlet achieves ultra-low emissions in all time periods, which is better than the emission standards of gas-fired units.
Return to TopThis report Tianjin (天津) June 15th (Reporters Wu Shaomin (武少民) and Jin Bo (靳博)) - Tianjin Dongjiang (天津东疆) Comprehensive Bonded Zone recently welcomed the signing and landing of its 1000th leased ship. The ship has a total investment of nearly $1.8 billion, including approximately $1.2 billion in lease financing, setting a new record for the value of leased assets in China.
The signed vessel is a floating liquefied natural gas production storage and offloading vessel. There are only 7 such vessels in the world, used for offshore liquefied natural gas production, storage, and offloading. The ship is 283 meters long and 62.6 meters wide and is known in the industry as a "mobile natural gas factory."
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Return to TopBy: 本报记者 赵 兵 孙立极
In many cities, as the per capita vehicle ownership increases, parking difficulties have become a significant problem plaguing people. Automated parking systems, with their full exploitation of three-dimensional space, have become an effective option for solving parking difficulties. However, many readers have reported that some local automated parking systems, especially some mechanical automated parking systems, have experienced overall idleness and low utilization rates after being built.
Some automated parking systems are left idle after completion and have not been put into normal operation.
Mr. Li from Chongxin County (崇信县), Pingliang City (平凉市), Gansu (甘肃) Province, left a message on the "Leader's Message Board" of People's Daily, reflecting that an automated parking system near his workplace has not been officially operated since its completion.
In response, Chongxin County Urban Investment Group (崇信县城投集团) replied that the automated parking system project was implemented as a livelihood project to solve the problem of parking difficulties for the masses and improve the county's infrastructure, and was completed in April 2022. The parking garage charged temporary fees for 6 months during its operation. Because the revenue did not meet expectations, it was decided to temporarily open the parking garage to the public for free operation. However, Mr. Li said, "It is currently not open for free, nor is it officially operated. There are no corresponding management personnel, but a car washer collects parking fees on behalf of them."
Other readers have reported that an automated parking system in Qingshan Lake District (青山湖区), Nanchang City (南昌市), Jiangxi (江西) Province, has also not been put into use since its completion and poses safety hazards. "The top layer of this automated parking system is only covered with thin iron sheets, which rattle when exposed to wind and rain. For many years, no one has reinforced it. Moreover, the parking garage is located on the access road to a factory employee dormitory, which poses a greater safety hazard to people entering and exiting," said Ms. Chen (谌女士), a reader.
In response, Ms. Chen reported to the relevant departments and received a reply: In order to complete the people-benefiting and convenience-providing tasks assigned by the higher authorities, the automated parking system was built by a Nanchang (南昌) enterprise on behalf of the government, with a total project investment of approximately 1.37 million yuan, building a new four-story automated parking system with a total of 68 parking spaces, which was completed in early 2016. However, after the project obtained the acceptance qualification mark, the management required the construction company to subsidize 100,000 yuan per year for management fees and equipment inspection fees before accepting and managing it. The construction company was unable to bear the cost and reported the equipment to the Nanchang Qingshan Lake District Market Supervision Administration (南昌青山湖区市场监督管理局) for suspension in 2021.
The above two cases are both due to problems in later management and operation, which led to the automated parking system being unable to operate normally. Industry insiders said that such automated parking systems require large upfront investments, and idleness will cause a great waste of resources.
"The parking spaces in some mechanical automated parking systems can be divided into 9 categories. Without considering land costs, the construction cost of a single parking space ranges from 12,000 yuan to 100,000 yuan. Therefore, building an automated parking system requires a large investment," said Zhang Min (张敏), Secretary-General of the Parking Equipment Working Committee of the China Heavy Machinery Industry Association (中国重型机械工业协会停车设备工作委员会). If it cannot be effectively utilized in the later stage, the vacancy rate is high, coupled with equipment maintenance costs, wear and tear depreciation costs, and personnel management costs, such automated parking systems are likely to be shut down due to losses.
Some automated parking systems are not built for operation in the first place. For example, the underground garage of a certain hospital has a vacancy rate of over 50% for mechanical parking spaces, but it can still pass the acceptance inspection, simply because the paper data meets the parking space ratio requirements. This is the same as the parking space construction logic of a certain real estate project: the developer crams in some mechanical automated parking spaces to make up the 1:1.5 parking space ratio required by the plan, but the actual utilization rate is very low, and the owners directly say that it "exists to make up the numbers."
Zhang Min (张敏) believes that this is a temporary measure taken by some developers to meet the parking space ratio, so some automated parking systems are demolished after completion, or simply not demolished or used.
Incomplete procedures, unreasonable design, etc., lead to the automated parking system project being unfinished or having an excessively high vacancy rate.
Some automated parking systems have been suspended due to various reasons and have become unfinished projects.
Mr. Peng (彭先生), a reader from Shenzhen (深圳), Guangdong (广东) Province, reflected that an automated parking system in Qingchuang Park (青创园), Longhua District (龙华区), Shenzhen (深圳), has been half-built and has been suspended for many years. At the same time, it is often difficult to find parking spaces in this area.
"There are some office buildings and apartments in this park, and the ground parking spaces that come with the park have always been saturated. Across the road from Qingchuang Park (青创园) is the Longhua Cultural and Sports Center (龙华文体中心), where concerts, sports events, and other activities are often held, and the demand for parking is very high. If the parking garage can be built and put into use, it should be able to solve many parking problems in the surrounding area," said Mr. Peng. It is understood that the project was suspended because the construction party illegally added construction. After the project was called to a halt, the surrounding scaffolding, hoists, enclosures, dust cloths, etc. have not been removed, and many of them are now dilapidated, seriously affecting the image of the city.
There are also automated parking systems that have been completed but have not been put into use due to procedural issues. Mr. Li (李先生), a reader, reflected that the Tianbo Shenghui (天泊圣汇) twelve-story planar mobile automated parking system in Hunnan District (浑南区), Shenyang City (沈阳市), Liaoning (辽宁) Province, was completed in August 2014 and is designed to park 204 vehicles, but it has not been put into use to this day. The relevant departments stated that the automated parking system is an internal parking garage for the Tianbo Shenghui City Leisure Resort Hotel (天泊圣汇城市休闲度假酒店) and is not open to the public. "It has not been used since its completion due to procedural issues."
"There are many residential communities around the parking garage, and parking spaces are tight. If this parking garage can be put into use, it can solve some of the parking problems in the surrounding area, even if it is for internal use, it can alleviate some of the parking difficulties. It has been abandoned for more than 10 years now, which is a pity," said Mr. Li regretfully.
In fact, the original intention of building automated parking systems was to alleviate the problem of tight parking spaces. However, some have non-standard procedures, building without approval or illegally building without following the planned design; some have not conducted preliminary research on local parking needs and lack scientific market and environmental assessments, resulting in problems in later operation. These have led to the automated parking system being unfinished or abandoned.
Some readers have also reported that the design of some automated parking systems is not reasonable, resulting in low utilization rates. A netizen from Wuhan (武汉), Wuchang District (武昌区), Hubei (湖北) Province, reflected that the design of an automated parking system in Wuchang District (武昌区), Wuhan (武汉), is unreasonable, "Due to insufficient space, it is inconvenient for drivers and passengers to enter and exit after the vehicle is parked, and there are serious safety hazards."
"Many parking spaces in automated parking systems are still based on the standards for fuel vehicles, and new energy vehicles will be scratched if you are not careful. Some construction parties want more parking spaces, so they design each parking space to be very small," reader Kong Deqi (孔德淇) also pointed out that the low utilization rate of some automated parking systems lies in the design being behind the actual development.
It is understood that the current parking space construction uses the 2015 "Code for Design of Garage Buildings" standard. Zhang Min (张敏) said that most mechanical automated parking spaces generally have a width limit of 1.85 meters, a single-sided width of 0.3 meters for opening doors to get on and off the vehicle, and a load limit of 1.7 to 2 tons. At present, the average width of new energy vehicles exceeds 1.9 meters, and the vehicle weight is 2 tons or even 2.5 tons. Therefore, many readers have reported that "new energy vehicles are difficult to park in automated parking systems, scratching has become commonplace, and some vehicles cannot be parked at all because they are overloaded."
Huang Yongping (黄勇平), a distinguished professor at the School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University (上海交通大学环境科学与工程学院), introduced that when planning automated parking systems in general public places, both large and small parking spaces will be designed to meet different needs. However, at the same time, the number of parking spaces that the parking garage can provide is an important indicator. This leads designers to increase the number of small parking spaces and reduce the number of large parking spaces to achieve the number target in a limited space, which further exacerbates the contradiction between the old standard parking spaces and the wider and heavier reality of new energy vehicles.
"If the design goal is to meet the number of parking spaces required, and less consideration is given to whether the parking spaces are easy to park or easy to use, then such products will definitely not meet consumer demand," said Huang Yongping (黄勇平).
Conduct a thorough investigation of idle automated parking systems, change their use, or change the plan to re-enable them.
"Building an automated parking system in a city is not a small project, and the upfront investment is relatively large. However, after completion, problems such as improper management or insufficient passenger flow and utilization rate lead to the inability to continue operating, resulting in a waste of resources," said Huang Yongping (黄勇平). "Mechanical automated parking systems are troublesome to install and remove, and require a considerable amount of expenditure. Therefore, various aspects should be evaluated before the automated parking system is approved for construction, and regular maintenance should be paid attention to after completion."
Sorting through letters and messages, it was found that after some mechanical automated parking systems in residential areas were built, nearby residents complained constantly due to shading or excessive noise during operation, and some automated parking systems were therefore shut down. This requires automated parking systems to be more scientific in the site selection and design stages, and to fully listen to residents' opinions and obtain public recognition.
On the one hand, automated parking systems must be evaluated and planned before construction; on the other hand, how can the currently built and idle automated parking systems be put into use?
Experts suggest that relevant departments can conduct a thorough investigation of idle automated parking systems to find out the reasons for the idleness and revitalize them as a special project. At the same time, relevant enterprises are encouraged to reasonably transform some idle automated parking systems, allowing them to change their use, such as transforming them into community warehouses, express delivery stations, centralized charging areas for electric vehicles, and other public service spaces, which not only solves the problem of idle resources, but also meets other living needs of residents.
In fact, some places have revitalized idle or aging automated parking systems. For example, some companies have replaced the original automated parking systems with new ones for free, and built them according to new technical means and vehicle characteristics. The new automated parking systems have a certain number of parking spaces more than the original ones, and the extra parking spaces are sold as corporate profits, so that the idle automated parking systems can operate.
"For those idle automated parking systems that cannot be applied or revitalized, departmental coordination should be strengthened to reasonably dismantle them to avoid affecting the appearance of the city or causing safety hazards," said Huang Yongping (黄勇平).
Experts said that mechanical automated parking facilities can significantly increase the capacity of parking spaces and the utilization rate of space, especially suitable for areas with scarce land resources. The urgent task is to revise the standards for mechanical automated parking facilities as soon as possible, improve the applicability of parking spaces, and maximize the use of limited resources.
(Ying Ningyi (应宁怡) participated in the writing)
Return to TopWe are villagers from Group 2, Xincheng, Dafeng Development Zone (大丰开发区), Yancheng (盐城), Jiangsu (江苏). In 2020, our contracted land was requisitioned for the planned construction of an agricultural trade market. We received land requisition compensation, but we have never received the land-lost farmers' security fund. In recent years, we have reported this issue through various channels, but it has not been resolved. The developer has built walls around the requisitioned land, but construction of the agricultural trade market has not started, and the area is overgrown with weeds (see picture). It is a pity that we cannot get the land-lost farmers' security fund, and the land is also left there 荒废在那里 (huāng fèi zài nà lǐ - "abandoned there," left unused and neglected), and we hope that relevant departments will pay attention to and promote the resolution of this issue.
People's Daily (人民日报) client "Exposure Platform" netizen.
Return to TopCommunity Group Buying Goods
Strictly Control Quality
Some time ago, my family bought free-range chicken through community group buying, but it tasted similar to ordinary chicken and did not have the characteristics of free-range chicken. I wanted to reason with the merchant, but found that there was no way to complain. Group buying is a good thing, as it allows sellers to make small profits but sell more, and allows consumers to get benefits. However, some group-bought goods have problems such as short weight, inferior quality, or being counterfeit.
To ensure the quality of group-bought goods, suppliers, platforms, and group buying leaders need to work together to control the process from the source to the end. First of all, community group buying platforms should actively screen stable and reliable suppliers to ensure that products are safe, fresh, and of high quality. Secondly, considering that most group-bought goods are food and have a short shelf life, it is important to clarify transportation and storage standards, optimize the supply chain, and promote logistics standardization. It is recommended that community group buying leaders take responsibility for the delivery to consumers. In terms of facilities, ensure that the "self-pickup point" has a good environment and complete refrigeration and freezing facilities; in terms of service, the group buying leader can remind consumers to inspect the goods when they pick them up, and check whether the packaging is complete and whether the product is expired. In addition, the platform should unblock after-sales channels and actively improve the after-sales mechanism. At the same time, market supervision departments should also deal with consumer complaints in a timely manner.
Gao Guoyan (高国妍), Yichang (宜昌) City, Hubei (湖北)
School Teacher Training Should Focus on Practical Results
I am a middle school teacher with a heavy teaching load. Since the beginning of this semester, the school has issued multiple online learning notices, some of which also require scanning a QR code to watch training courses and then taking photos and sending them to the WeChat group to check in. Teachers already have a lot of work, and some teachers spend money to hire people to listen and do the work for them in order to complete the tasks. What is even more incomprehensible is that some of the training content is basically unrelated to teaching. For example, teachers once received a notice to study 12 courses in the "High-Quality Development Capacity of Party and Government Leaders and Special Study Column on Investment Promotion" at a certain cadre training online college. Investment promotion has nothing to do with teaching, but the school has a notice, and teachers can only bite the bullet and attend classes.
As teachers, we should constantly learn and improve ourselves in addition to teaching and educating people. However, training courses should be related to teaching content, and should not be for the sake of training. This will not only fail to improve teachers' teaching level, but also add extra burden to teachers. It is recommended that relevant departments pay attention to the heavy burden of school teacher training and improve the quality and efficiency of training.
Mr. Tian (田先生), Meizhou (梅州) City, Guangdong (广东)
Solving the Difficulty of Approving the Reconstruction of Rural Houses
I used to live away from home for many years and rarely returned to my old home in the countryside. In recent years, when I returned to my old home, I found that my house was in disrepair for a long time, with many cracks in the walls, collapsed roofs, and falling doors and windows. The house had become a dangerous building and needed to be rebuilt before I could move in. I submitted a reconstruction application to the village in accordance with the regulations. Unexpectedly, after the village agreed, the township has not approved it for various reasons. It has been two years now, and the problem has not been resolved, nor has a reasonable explanation been given to me.
I found that this situation is not unique to me. It is recommended to take multiple measures to solve the difficulty of approving the reconstruction of rural houses. First, the approval process should be standardized, and the required materials and processing time limits for each step should be clarified. For example, a one-stop service window can be established to strengthen data sharing between departments, so that farmers do not have to run back and forth between various departments. At the same time, the service awareness and professional quality of staff should be improved, so that they can truly understand the needs of farmers and actively serve them. Finally, the establishment of an effective supervision mechanism is indispensable. The entire approval process should be supervised, and inaction and slow action should be dealt with seriously.
Mr. Xia (夏先生), Changyuan (长垣) City, Henan (河南)
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 赵 兵 郑洋洋 张文豪
On April 21st, the "Reader's Letters" section of this newspaper published an article entitled "Damaged Farmland Urgently Needs Restoration," reporting on the farmland damage reflected by farmers in Licheng County (黎城县), Shanxi Province, Taikang County (太康县), Henan Province, and Gejiu City (个旧市), Yunnan Province. In response, the Ministry of Natural Resources (自然资源部) attached great importance to this issue. According to the deployment of the National Natural Resources Chief Inspector, the Beijing, Jinan, and Chengdu Bureaus of the National Natural Resources Supervision immediately dispatched working groups to the sites for verification and urged relevant local departments to take active measures to promote the restoration of cultivation, protect farmland, and safeguard the rights and interests of farmers.
Licheng County (黎城县), Shanxi Province—
More than 500 Mu of Abandoned Farmland Has Been Fully Reclaimed
Regarding the issue of hundreds of mu of farmland being abandoned in Licheng County (黎城县), Shanxi Province, due to the unfinished agricultural park project, it was verified that the "agricultural park project" was an agricultural demonstration zone project approved and filed in 2011 by Changzhi Duoyuan Ecological Agriculture Development Co., Ltd. (长治多源生态农业发展有限公司), with a total area of 763.42 mu, including 741.0 mu of cultivated land (655.49 mu of permanent basic farmland) and 22.42 mu of滩涂. When Duoyuan Company dismantled the project in October 2024, the hardened ground and greenhouse foundations in the project area were not completely removed, and construction waste was still piled up in place, resulting in the failure to clean up and reclaim the cultivated land in a timely manner.
After the report was published, the Licheng County (黎城县) Party Committee immediately convened a special county committee meeting on April 21. That afternoon, six construction teams began operating 24 hours a day to quickly rectify and reclaim the land.
Recently, when reporters revisited the site, they saw that more than 500 mu of abandoned farmland reported by the masses had been fully reclaimed, all construction waste had been removed, the soil thickness was about 90 centimeters, and water pipes were being introduced to irrigate the land to increase and maintain moisture. At the same time, according to the actual situation and the wishes of the masses, the land involved in the park was collectively transferred, and the land transfer fee was still jointly borne by the county government and the enterprise. The rent for this year has been paid in place. The next step will be to continue to improve water conservancy facilities, select suitable crops, and re-select the development entity.
According to reports, after verification by the Licheng County (黎城县) Discipline Inspection Commission (纪委) and Supervision Commission (监委), relevant responsible persons were dealt with, and clues to the disciplinary violations of relevant village cadres were transferred to the Discipline Inspection Group of the Changzhi (长治市) Water Resources Bureau (水利局) dispatched by the Municipal Discipline Inspection Commission (市纪委) and Supervision Commission (监委). Licheng County (黎城县), led by the deputy county head in charge, launched a three-month special rectification campaign. At the same time, grassroots villagers were hired as political style supervisors to supervise relevant work.
Taikang County (太康县), Henan Province—
Reclaim the Cultivated Land Crushed by Vehicles and Organize Off-Site Supplementation for the Cultivated Land Damaged by Excavation
Regarding the problem of river management in Taikang County (太康县), Henan Province, exceeding the scope and damaging cultivated land, it was verified that the river management project was the Xiaoxingou (小新沟) management project, which started in May 2020. In July 2024, the construction unit, the Eleventh Bureau of Hydropower (水电十一局), entrusted Yucuan Company (豫川公司) to carry out excavation and transportation.
The supervision found that from October 2024 to February 2025, Yucuan Company (豫川公司) illegally extracted soil on both sides of Xiaoxingou (小新沟) without going through any procedures, involving 145,800 cubic meters of earthwork and damaging 425.85 mu of cultivated land (including 35.43 mu of permanent basic farmland).
The supervisory extension verification found that the Taikang County (太康县) Party Committee (县委) and County Government (县政府) failed to effectively implement the main responsibility for cultivated land protection, and relevant departments failed to perform their regulatory duties, failing to form a joint regulatory force. The Taikang County (太康县) Agricultural and Rural Affairs Department (农业农村部门) did not effectively connect with the water conservancy department during the confirmation and registration of land contract management rights. In 2017, it confirmed the state-owned land cultivated by farmers in the 1.5 mu river channel as collective land to farmers; the County Natural Resources Department (自然资源部门) investigated the state-owned river滩地 of the Water Conservancy Bureau (水利局) as cultivated land during the land change survey, and did not effectively connect with the water conservancy department when determining the cultivated land protection target, and included the river灘地 cultivated land involving the state-owned land use certificate into the cultivated land protection responsibility target, and some of it was划入into permanent basic farmland.
After the report was published, the Taikang County (太康县) government organized the restoration of 70.04 mu of cultivated land crushed by vehicle construction and covered by silt; the rectification of 351.81 mu of cultivated land damaged by excavation is underway; the County Water Conservancy Bureau (水利局) has filed a case and transferred it to the public security department for the illegal soil extraction in the river channel; the County Natural Resources Bureau (自然资源局) has filed a case and transferred it to the public security department for the damage to cultivated land; Zhoukou City (周口市) established a special team for accountability and gave relevant responsible persons administrative warnings or intra-Party warnings. The Henan Provincial Department of Natural Resources (河南省自然资源厅) has transferred relevant clues to relevant departments.
Gejiu City (个旧市), Yunnan Province—
Reclaim 26.6 Mu of Cultivated Land
Regarding the problem that the returned cultivated land in Gejiu City (个旧市), Yunnan Province, cannot be cultivated after the lease expires, it was verified that in October 2012, Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture Hongmiao (Group) Mining Co., Ltd. (红河哈尼族彝族自治州红苗（集团）矿业有限公司) leased 47.77 mu of collectively contracted land in Longshujiao Village (龙树脚村), Kafang Town (卡房镇), Gejiu City (个旧市), including 36.22 mu of land contracted by local villagers Long Jingrong (龙井荣) and his brother, which was agreed to be used for stacking ore, with a lease term until October 2022. From October 2012 to December 2015, Hongmiao Company (红苗公司) stacked ore in batches, actually occupying 27.43 mu of land (22.01 mu of cultivated land in the 2011 change survey and 26.6 mu of cultivated land in the 2023 change survey). After the land lease contract expired in October 2022, because Hongmiao Company (红苗公司) owed more than 40,000 yuan in rent and failed to fulfill its promise to provide 20 tons of organic fertilizer, the land could not be restored and returned on schedule.
The supervision found that Hongmiao Company (红苗公司) illegally occupied 26.6 mu of cultivated land to stack ore, destroying the planting conditions of the cultivated land. The supervisory extension verification found that the Gejiu City (个旧市) Agricultural and Rural Affairs Bureau (农业农村局) and Kafang Town Government (卡房镇政府) failed to provide adequate management guidance and supervision for the illegal leasing of cultivated land for stacking ore, and the Gejiu City (个旧市) Natural Resources Bureau (自然资源局) and Kafang Town Government (卡房镇政府) failed to enforce and supervise effectively.
After the report was published, the main leaders of the Yunnan Provincial Party Committee (云南省委) and the deputy governor of the provincial government in charge successively issued instructions, requiring the Provincial Department of Natural Resources (省自然资源厅), the Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (农业农村厅), and the Honghe Prefecture Government (红河州政府) to further investigate and deal with the matter. The Gejiu City (个旧市) Party Committee (市委) and Municipal Government (市政府) ordered the natural resources and agricultural and rural departments to organize and do a good job in land reclamation. The reclamation plan is currently being prepared.
At present, the local government has organized the full reclamation of the 26.6 mu of cultivated land involved. The company involved has paid the overdue rent of more than 40,000 yuan and the 20 tons of organic fertilizer that it had not fulfilled its promise to provide. The Gejiu City (个旧市) Discipline Inspection Commission (纪委) and Supervision Commission (监委) have punished relevant responsible persons.
(This reporter Li Maoying (李茂颖) participated in the writing)
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Return to TopBy: 本报记者 江 南
A "hole" in the well-maintained side wall of a street-side commercial building—a newly opened window of less than 2 square meters. This matter has been weighing on Liu Hong's mind for more than a week.
Liu Hong is a grid member of Zhuangshi Subdistrict (庄市街道), Zhenhai District (镇海区), Ningbo City (宁波市), Zhejiang Province (浙江省), and patrolling her jurisdiction is one of her daily tasks. A few days ago, while patrolling, she immediately spotted the problem: a new window had been opened on the side wall of this commercial building on Minghai South Road (明海南路). On the originally flat wall, the newly chiseled wall seam was clear and abrupt, and the cement on the window sill had not yet dried.
"Commercial buildings cannot change their structure without authorization, so we must ask clearly." At that time, she took out her mobile phone and entered the on-site photos and location information. After contacting the property management of the building, she found the shop owner who opened the window.
"It's so uncoordinated to suddenly have a window on this wall. Moreover, according to regulations, this kind of thing must be reported for approval first, and the appearance of the building cannot be changed without authorization." After some negotiation, the shop owner had a good attitude and explained that the window was opened to "ventilate and save electricity," and also promised to rectify it himself and restore it to its original state as soon as possible.
But a week passed, and the window was still not sealed, so Liu Hong had to visit again.
"If you don't handle it yourself, I have to report it according to the procedure." Seeing that the shop owner was still vague, Liu Hong opened the comprehensive application platform for grassroots intelligent governance on her mobile phone and began to enter information and submit it for reporting.
Through this platform, the subdistrict's comprehensive law enforcement team immediately received the processing instructions. Early the next morning, Liu Hong went to the scene with the law enforcement officers. "This is an unauthorized excavation and needs to be restored as soon as possible," the law enforcement officers said clearly.
During the construction period, the comprehensive law enforcement team members were present to monitor the progress. "After the wall is restored, we will take photos for archiving and complete the law enforcement closed loop."
A few days ago, Liu Hong visited again to see the situation. The shop owner had sealed the illegally opened window as scheduled, and the appearance was restored to its original state. Moreover, the shop owner also installed a fresh air system to solve the indoor ventilation problem in the future.
After putting a check mark on the inspection record, Liu Hong felt much lighter on her way back to the office building. "It's not that there are fewer things to do, but that I have a better understanding of what to do, and I know how to catch and handle every 'ball'."
Grassroots affairs are numerous and complicated, and the situations faced daily are specific and complex. Liu Hong said that sometimes, facing the requirement of "no kicking the ball," as a grassroots grid member, she urgently needs a clear statement and definition of how the "ball" should be handled.
In the publicity column of the subdistrict office building, the "three lists" of job responsibilities of Zhuangshi Subdistrict (庄市街道) are posted, which is the basis for Liu Hong to feel "confident." Among them, the "Basic Job Responsibilities List" includes 153 items, the "Cooperative Job Responsibilities List" has 77 items, and the "List of Items Recalled by Higher-Level Departments" has 198 items.
Liu Hong pointed to Article 131 of the urban and rural construction category in the "Basic Job Responsibilities List": "Do a good job in law enforcement of empowered matters in the construction field." The list clearly states that the administrative penalty for unauthorized changes to the facade of residential buildings and opening doors and windows on non-load-bearing exterior walls without the approval of the urban planning administrative department is the responsibility of the subdistrict.
Looking at the "Cooperative Job Responsibilities List" again, Article 60 talks about the management of urban house decoration, clarifying that the corresponding higher-level department is the District Construction and Transportation Bureau (区建设交通局), whose responsibilities include "accepting complaints and reports and verifying them, and urging rectification and implementation"; and the subdistrict's cooperative responsibilities mainly include "assisting in carrying out daily inspections, reporting risks and hidden dangers to the department" and "investigating and dealing with illegal acts and implementing rectification measures according to the empowerment of law enforcement matters."
"'The Basic Job Responsibilities List' clarifies that the management of building facades is the responsibility of the subdistrict, and 'The Cooperative Job Responsibilities List' also clarifies the responsibility of the District Construction and Transportation Bureau (区建设交通局), and no one can shirk responsibility." Luo Yufeng (罗宇峰), deputy director of the Comprehensive Information Command Center of Zhuangshi Subdistrict (庄市街道), who has 18 years of experience at the grassroots level, has deep feelings.
"In the past, I was very afraid of encountering things like 'opening windows, opening doors, and opening holes.' It often took several turns to deal with them, and I couldn't find the main responsible unit." Luo Yufeng's office computer also stores records of handling similar incidents more than ten years ago. "At that time, I called the then industrial and commercial department, saying that I should find the housing management department. When I asked the housing management department, they said it involved fire protection and they couldn't manage it. It was common for problems to be delayed again and again."
To require the grassroots to "not kick the ball," you must first know which "balls" can be caught.
How is the list formulated? Jiang Feng (姜峰), the organization member of the Party Working Committee of Zhuangshi Subdistrict (庄市街道), introduced: "First of all, all subdistrict cadres are required to talk more about work details, and the special team condenses them into items according to 'explaining one thing in one sentence.' The items that the subdistrict is unable to undertake are suggested to be recalled by the higher-level, the items that need to be completed together are included in the cooperative items, and the remaining items that can be completely independently undertaken are used as basic job responsibilities. Finally, the compilation is completed with the help of the city and district."
With the application of the digital grassroots governance platform and the introduction of the "three lists," grassroots workers like Liu Hong not only know "should report," but also know "how to report." When the "ball" rolls to their feet, from "catching the ball" to handling each "ball" well, the work process has a basis to follow, which reduces the burden on the grassroots and reduces the average time efficiency of handling matters from 15 days to 5 days.
"Now, 'things that should not be managed' are handed over according to the list, and 'things that should be cooperated' are connected according to the list. I no longer have to make a dozen calls to ask 'who is in charge'." Liu Hong's feelings are real.
Ningbo (宁波) Compiles Job Responsibilities Lists for 157 Townships (Subdistricts) (Link)
Since 2020, in response to problems such as unclear management of grassroots affairs responsibilities, running around, doing things repeatedly, and low efficiency, Ningbo (宁波) has promoted the construction of a "county-township integration, unified management by departments and blocks" model to clarify the relationship between county and township responsibilities. In 2024, Ningbo (宁波) systematically sorted out the list of responsibilities performed by townships (subdistricts). Currently, all 157 townships (subdistricts) in the city have their own "three lists."
The matters that townships (subdistricts) must fully undertake are the "Basic Job Responsibilities List"; the job responsibilities that are mainly the responsibility of higher-level departments and supplemented by townships (subdistricts) are written into the "Cooperative Job Responsibilities List"; the matters that are not highly related to the work of townships (subdistricts), are highly professional and technical, and the grassroots are unable to undertake are listed as the "List of Items Recalled by Higher-Level Departments." Through the "three lists," townships (subdistricts) can clarify what things should be done, what things only need to be cooperated with, and what things should be returned to higher-level departments to do, at a glance, to achieve "reducing the burden without reducing the effort."
(Reporter Jiang Nan (江南) of this newspaper compiled)
Saying Goodbye to the Internal Friction and Idle Running of "Kicking the Ball" (Thoughts)
Townships (subdistricts) are at the grassroots level and can be said to be responsible for everything, no matter how trivial. It's not that we're afraid of having a lot of things to do, but that we're afraid of the "mental fatigue" brought about by "kicking the ball."
In the past, without the "three lists," the communication and coordination work was very time-consuming when facing a specific matter. Especially for those multi-headed governance tasks, after a round of phone calls, it may not be clear who is the main responsible department for handling it. Not to mention the low work efficiency, it is also easy to form "accumulated cases."
Now that we have the "three lists," more than 400 specific tasks that frequently occur in this jurisdiction have been sorted out and categorized, such as how to deal with illegally parked vehicles, how to deal with group rental housing, and how to deal with the discovery of safety hazards, and detailed explanations have been made. When encountering specific work, by comparing it with the "three lists," we immediately know whether to do it, who should do it, and how to do it.
Without "internal friction" and "idle running," the burden on our grassroots cadres has been significantly reduced, and the psychological pressure has also been reduced a lot. We can devote more time and energy to solving the urgent and difficult problems of the masses, and better serve development, serve society, and serve people's livelihood.
——Luo Yufeng (罗宇峰), Deputy Director of the Comprehensive Information Command Center of Zhuangshi Subdistrict (庄市街道), Zhenhai District (镇海区), Ningbo City (宁波市), Zhejiang Province (浙江省)
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 毕京津 王 者
Accelerating the transformation and upgrading of traditional industries and developing new quality productive forces, technological innovation is an important starting point. The "Decision" of the 20th Third Plenary Session of the Communist Party of China (中国共产党) proposed: "Strengthen the principal position of enterprises in technological innovation, establish a mechanism for cultivating and expanding leading technology enterprises, strengthen the deep integration of industry, academia, and research led by enterprises, establish an enterprise R&D reserve system, and support enterprises in taking the initiative to lead or participate in national key technology research projects."
Entrusted by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (中共中央), Cai Dafeng (蔡达峰), Chairman of the China Association for Promoting Democracy (民进中央), and Zhu Yongxin (朱永新), Executive Vice Chairman, led a research team to Henan (河南) and Shandong (山东) provinces to conduct key research and investigation on the theme of "Strengthening the Support of Technological Innovation and Accelerating the Transformation and Development of Traditional Industries," and held symposiums to listen to opinions and suggestions on how technological innovation can promote the transformation and development of traditional industries.
Conducting In-depth Frontline Research to Grasp the Real Situation of Development
How to promote the support of technological innovation and accelerate the transformation and development of traditional industries? The research team successively visited Qingdao (青岛), Tai'an (泰安), and Jinan (济南) in Shandong Province, as well as Pingdingshan (平顶山), Luoyang (洛阳), and Zhengzhou (郑州) in Henan Province. From enterprise exhibition halls to production lines, from scientific research institutes to symposium venues, during the research process, the research team members conducted in-depth communication and exchanges with relevant enterprise and unit leaders and scientific research personnel at each location, and thoroughly grasped the relevant technological innovation achievements, experiences, and development difficulties.
Stepping into COSMOPlat IOT Technology Co., Ltd. (卡奥斯创智物联科技有限公司), the research team conducted on-site inspections of the actual application scenarios of the industrial internet platform in the home appliance industry, listened carefully to the company's deployment of tackling key core technologies, and learned about the specific effectiveness of the company's promotion of the transformation of technological innovation achievements.
In the black-light factory, robotic arms operated at high speed. In the industrial 4.0 intelligent factory of Shandong Double Star Group (山东双星集团), one produced tire after another came off the production line... The research team learned that since 2014, Double Star Group (双星集团) has started its "second venture." The company takes innovation as its guide, establishes 8 R&D centers at home and abroad, and pioneered the world's first "explosion-proof" safety tire.
At Henan Shuanghe Huali Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (河南双鹤华利药业有限公司), the research team saw that on the integrated production line of injections, multiple processes such as preform making, bottle blowing, filling, and sealing could be completed in just over ten seconds. The research team learned that the company has strengthened the empowerment of digital and intelligent technologies, and the industrialization effect of scientific research achievements is obvious. Through the construction of intelligent manufacturing projects, the filling speed of a single production line in the factory has increased to 800 bottles per minute, greatly improving production efficiency.
Walking into the production workshop of Luoyang Bearing Group Co., Ltd. (洛阳轴承集团股份有限公司), workers were working intensively on CNC high-speed precision milling machines. The research team learned that the company has continuously increased investment in technological research and development, actively promoted product research and development in fields such as wind power bearings and robot bearings, and further improved processing capabilities and product levels.
In Shandong (山东), the research team of the China Association for Promoting Democracy (民进中央) also went to enterprises such as Inspur Group (浪潮集团) and Taikai Group (泰开集团) to conduct relevant research and learn about the achievements of enterprises in strengthening technological innovation and promoting independent research and development. In Henan (河南), the research team visited units such as Zhengzhou University (郑州大学) and Longmen Laboratory (龙门实验室) to thoroughly understand the resistance and bottlenecks encountered by scientific research units in the application of scientific and technological achievements.
Adhering to Problem Orientation and Diagnosing Innovation Blockages
Technological innovation is the core driving force for the transformation and upgrading of traditional industries. To accelerate the transformation and development of traditional industries and cultivate and develop new quality productive forces, it is necessary to strengthen the leading role of technological innovation.
"What are the blockages in the transformation and application of technological innovation achievements?" "What are the shortcomings of enterprises in attracting talent?" "How can backward production capacity be efficiently transformed?" Sorting out problem blockages, understanding the real situation of development, and unblocking the "last mile" of the transformation of scientific and technological achievements, the research team recorded the opinions and suggestions put forward by enterprises and scientific research institutions one by one, and sorted them out by category.
Walking into Goertek Inc. (歌尔股份有限公司), the research team had face-to-face exchanges with the company's负责人. The relevant负责人 of the company introduced that in the past 5 years, the company has cumulatively applied for 34,000 patents. In order to accelerate the green and low-carbon transformation, in recent years, the company has begun to implement refined carbon emission management. "The company's investment in clean process transformation is relatively large, and we hope that the government will strengthen financial and tax support," said the relevant负责人 of the company.
Henan Pinggao Electric Co., Ltd. (河南平高电气股份有限公司) is the first listed company in China's high-voltage switch industry, and its product market share remains in a leading position in the domestic industry. The company has invested a cumulative total of 1.3 billion yuan in research and development in the past 3 years. The research team learned that there are "bottleneck" risks in core components such as resistor chips and sliding seals for high-voltage switches.
"Continuously improve the policies of preferential subsidies and reporting updates for agricultural machinery to promote the accelerated development of domestic agricultural machinery equipment." "For waste tires, we can refer to the home appliance field and provide trade-in support policies." "Further promote green and low-carbon market transactions to form a long-term mechanism of reverse forcing and positive incentives for green transformation."...
At the symposium, representatives from relevant departments and enterprises actively spoke, offering suggestions on how to strengthen the support of technological innovation and accelerate the transformation and development of traditional industries. The research team members listened carefully, recorded in detail, and discussed development countermeasures with enterprise representatives.
Extracting Effective Experience and Providing Decision-Making Reference
Through careful observation and in-depth discussions, the research team widely absorbed opinions and suggestions, carefully extracted relevant experiences and practices, and sorted out the context of future development.
To strengthen the principal position of enterprises in technological innovation, Shandong (山东) focuses on enhancing the innovation capabilities of enterprises, gathering and optimizing technological innovation resources, and supporting enterprises in forming innovation consortia. Last year, the proportion of major science and technology projects led by enterprises in the province reached 92.7%. At the same time, in order to further increase the proportion of enterprises participating in the construction of major provincial-level platforms, Shandong (山东) has focused on restructuring and building nearly 80 provincial key laboratories and nearly 70 provincial technology innovation centers around traditional industries such as agriculture and food processing, manufacturing materials, and chemicals. The proportion of enterprises leading and participating in construction exceeds 95%.
Since 2024, Henan (河南) has focused on continuously promoting key technology breakthroughs in the field of traditional industries, implementing 280 major science and technology projects of various types, supporting 640 million yuan in provincial financial funds, and has achieved a number of original major achievements such as complete sets of equipment for lifting over 1,000-meter deep wells and high-speed spindles for five-axis compound milling machines, accelerating the realization of domestic substitution in "bottleneck" areas.
How to grasp the strategic positioning of traditional industries and anchor the main direction of transformation and upgrading? The research team suggested that it is necessary to promote the industry to move towards high-end development, strengthen original innovation capabilities and underlying innovation technology capabilities, develop high-end products and new products through technological innovation, promote the transformation of low-end manufacturing to high value-added and highly competitive content, and achieve a leap in the position in the value chain.
In response to the current situation that enterprises have insufficient voice and R&D dominance in the support of major national science and technology projects, the research team suggested that it is necessary to further reshape the relationship between industry, academia, and research, better leverage the principal role of enterprises in technological innovation decision-making, R&D investment, scientific research organization, and achievement transformation and application, and strengthen the ability of enterprises to gather, coordinate, and allocate innovation factors.
Focusing on continuously optimizing financial and tax policies and expanding the scope of support for traditional industries, the research team suggested helping enterprises expand financing channels, providing traditional enterprises with more preferential treatment in loans and other aspects, continuously promoting the integration of industry and finance, encouraging financial institutions to launch more innovative financial products, and providing financial guarantees for the transformation and upgrading of traditional industries.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 魏哲哲
Watching an entire episode in 60 seconds, finishing a movie in 5 minutes... Opening various social platforms and video websites, these short video clip "fast foods" with fast dissemination speed and flexible forms have become the choice of many people for entertainment. However, if unauthorized use of other people's film and television works, music, pictures and other materials for creation, or even direct "transportation," this type of behavior hides legal risks.
Not long ago, the Shanghai Yangpu District People's Court (上海市杨浦区人民法院) concluded a dispute over infringement of the right to disseminate works via information networks.
After the TV series "Serenade of Peaceful Joy" (《清平乐》) was broadcast on a video platform, it received social attention. With authorization, the plaintiff, a computer system company, a technology company, and a digital technology company, obtained the right to disseminate "Serenade of Peaceful Joy" via information networks. During the series' popularity, Xiao Li (小李) uploaded 150 clips of the "Serenade of Peaceful Joy" TV series on a video website and APP operated by an operating company, and set them as a collection for dissemination. The duration of each clip ranged from tens of seconds to several minutes.
"Xiao Li's (小李) behavior attracted a large number of users to click and watch, which to a certain extent affected the playback of the genuine series, leading to the loss of some online users who originally watched the genuine works on related platforms, and infringed on the plaintiff's right to disseminate the TV series via information networks. Xiao Li (小李) used this to gain a lot of attention, likes, and shares, and there may be illegal income." The three authorized companies sued Xiao Li (小李) and the operating company to the court, requesting a judgment to stop the infringement and for Xiao Li (小李) to compensate for economic losses and reasonable expenses for rights protection.
"Film and television works are audio-visual works protected by copyright law. Without the permission of the copyright owner, others may not arbitrarily disseminate the works through information networks." Ni Xianfeng (倪贤锋), a judge of the Intellectual Property Tribunal of the Yangpu District Court (杨浦区法院知识产权审判庭), said, "Xiao Li (小李) disseminated 'Serenade of Peaceful Joy' in the form of short video clips through online platform accounts without permission, so that the public could obtain these clips at a time and place chosen by individuals, infringing on the copyright owner's right to disseminate information online." According to reports, even if the disseminator of short video clips does not directly aim to make profits, but only to attract attention and increase traffic, it cannot change the essence of its infringement. The court held that, regarding the amount of compensation for losses, the court comprehensively considered the influence of the TV series involved, the number of infringing short videos, the short interval between the time of the infringement and the premiere time of the TV series on the authorized platform, and the duration of the infringement, and legally determined that Xiao Li (小李) should compensate the plaintiff for economic losses and reasonable expenses totaling 20,000 yuan. In addition, Xiao Li (小李) has also deleted the relevant works.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 施 钰
On June 15th, on the 5th anniversary of the sacrifice of martyr Chen Xiangrong (陈祥榕), a hero who defended the border, his alma mater, Pingcheng Junior High School (屏城初级中学) in Pingnan County (屏南县), Fujian Province (福建省), was officially renamed "Pingnan Xiangrong Middle School (屏南县祥榕中学)". Yao Jiusui (姚久穗), the mother of martyr Chen Xiangrong (陈祥榕), was invited to jointly unveil the new nameplate. A memorial ceremony was also held on the same day to commemorate the 5th anniversary of Chen Xiangrong's (陈祥榕) sacrifice, with representatives of local Young Pioneers and teachers and students of Xiangrong Middle School (祥榕中学) participating.
In September 2014, Chen Xiangrong (陈祥榕) began studying at Pingcheng Junior High School (屏城初级中学). "Pingcheng Junior High School (屏城初级中学) is my younger brother's alma mater. He spent three happy and unforgettable years of study here. The addition of the name 'Pingnan Xiangrong Middle School (屏南县祥榕中学)' to Pingcheng Junior High School (屏城初级中学) is the best memorial to my brother," said Chen Qiaochai (陈巧钗), Chen Xiangrong's (陈祥榕) sister, at the event.
This year, some deputies to the People's Congress and members of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference in Pingnan County (屏南县) suggested renaming Pingnan County Pingcheng Junior High School (屏南县屏城初级中学) to "Pingnan Xiangrong Middle School (屏南县祥榕中学)". After coordination and discussion, the Pingnan County Government (屏南县政府) agreed to add the name "Pingnan Xiangrong Middle School (屏南县祥榕中学)" to Pingcheng Junior High School (屏城初级中学). Zhang Longzhu (张龙主), the principal of Pingcheng Junior High School (屏城初级中学) (Xiangrong Middle School (祥榕中学)), introduced that the school continues to carry out three-dimensional publicity and education, telling the stories of heroes and inspiring students' patriotism.
Return to TopBy: 常 晋
Emphasizing AI safety is not about shackling the train speeding towards the future, but about laying the tracks to ensure it runs faster and more steadily in a healthy and sustainable direction.
The wave of artificial intelligence is surging forward, bringing unprecedented development opportunities, but also bringing risks and challenges that cannot be ignored. "Voice cloning" leads to increasingly difficult-to-prevent telecom fraud, "face-swapping videos" cause rumors and slanders from time to time, and "AI hallucinations" make it difficult to distinguish the authenticity of generated content. Today, the "double-edged sword" effect of technology is becoming more and more concrete. Data from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development shows that the total number of AI risk events in 2024 increased by approximately 21.8 times compared to 2022, and is showing a rapid development trend.
Some people believe that the present is a critical period for AI to seize development opportunities, and there should not be too many restrictions; others feel that technical problems will be solved by themselves with development, and there is no need to intervene too early. But that is not the case. We must see that, on the one hand, "releasing first and then governing" may allow "small risks" to gradually accumulate and become "big problems," and the cost of governance will be greater; on the other hand, regulation is not equal to "setting limits." If technology is allowed to run wildly in a direction that violates public order and good customs and is contrary to industrial laws, it may lead to missed development opportunities. Emphasizing AI safety is not about shackling the train speeding towards the future, but about laying the tracks to ensure it runs faster and more steadily in a healthy and sustainable direction.
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "It is necessary to grasp the development trends and laws of artificial intelligence, speed up the formulation and improvement of relevant laws and regulations, policies and systems, application norms, and ethical guidelines, build a technical monitoring, risk early warning, and emergency response system, and ensure that artificial intelligence is safe, reliable, and controllable." Only by implementing this important requirement can we balance technological development and security, and promote artificial intelligence to better benefit society.
Every step forward in technology requires a step forward in governance. With boundaries at all times, technology can move forward in an orderly manner within a reasonable framework, without crossing the line; with rules that keep up, technology will develop steadily on the right track, without overstepping the mark. The course of technological development should also be a process of continuous improvement of policies and regulations.
Continuously weaving a tight safety net requires not only drawing red lines for development, but also leaving enough space for innovation. From the release of the "Interim Measures for the Management of Generative Artificial Intelligence Services" (生成式人工智能服务管理暂行办法), implementing inclusive and prudent and classified and graded supervision; to the promulgation of the "Provisions on the Management of Deep Synthesis of Internet Information Services" (互联网信息服务深度合成管理规定), requiring "significant labeling" of relevant AI content; and then to the issuance of the "Measures for the Identification of Artificial Intelligence Generated and Synthesized Content" (人工智能生成合成内容标识办法), promoting the governance of the entire chain from generation to dissemination... In recent years, based on the Cybersecurity Law (网络安全法), the Data Security Law (数据安全法), and other laws, policy documents in the field of AI have been continuously introduced, promoting the advancement of artificial intelligence governance along the track of the rule of law. Only by dynamically improving policies and regulations in line with the pace of technological advancement can we achieve the organic unity of promoting development and managing according to law.
Enterprises are an important force in promoting the development of artificial intelligence, and they are also the first line of defense facing users, and must bear the main responsibility. Artificial intelligence technology is changing with each passing day, but no matter how the situation changes or how complex the situation is, "technology for good" should always be the principle pursued by enterprises. Taking generative artificial intelligence as an example, Tencent (腾讯) announced that it would restrict and clean up entities that publish articles with illegal "AI plagiarism"; Douyin (抖音) made it clear that it would strictly punish content that improperly uses AI to generate virtual characters; and Toutiao (今日头条) disclosed that it had processed more than 930,000 pieces of low-quality AI content in 2024. Enterprises "set rules and clarify boundaries," which not only effectively prevents risks, but also promotes the healthy development of generative artificial intelligence. Enterprises enhance their sense of responsibility, continuously tighten the "safety valve" and fasten the "seat belt" to ensure that technological progress serves people and benefits people, so as to win trust and support in the fierce market competition.
The problems of development must be solved by development. Only by using technology against technology and using technology to manage technology can we truly build a solid bottom line of security. In response to AI fraud, Hehe Information (合合信息) launched a new detection technology that can capture the subtle traces left in the process of image tampering, and identify the authenticity with sharp eyes; facing online fraud, a team in Zhejiang (浙江) developed an "electronic identification" that, if embedded audio and video are used for AI processing, will trigger a "fuse" and destroy the generated content; Qifu Technology (奇富科技) developed an intelligent risk control system, which released 138,000 AI anti-fraud reminders in 2024, dissuading more than 29,000 potential victims. Making good use of "technical defense," using the shield of technology to resist the spear of technology, and "fighting magic with magic," security protection will be more timely, smarter, and more efficient.
Releasing vitality in regulation and building a solid defense line in innovation is a necessity to protect the legitimate rights and interests of the people, and it is also an inevitable choice to promote the healthy and orderly development of artificial intelligence in China (中国).
Return to TopBy: 武卫政
Technological innovation is booming, and applying mature technologies to public services in a timely manner can allow people to truly feel the powerful and infinite charm of technology changing lives and benefiting people.
Not long ago, I went to the Wudadao Police Station (五大道派出所) in Heping District (和平区), Tianjin (天津) to renew my ID card. There was a small blue sign on the workstation that read, "Touch here to get a number." After "touching" it with my mobile phone, the system automatically recognized my identity information, and a queue number was immediately generated. A citizen next to me said that getting a number used to be slower, and you had to queue when there were many people, but now the system has been upgraded, which is much more convenient. Currently, 308 police stations in Tianjin (天津) have launched this NFC-enabled number retrieval system.
This year's "Government Work Report" proposed: "Develop digital and intelligent infrastructure, improve barrier-free and age-appropriate supporting facilities, enhance the comprehensive service functions of communities, and create livable, resilient, and smart cities." In practice, many places have made public services more accessible and convenient through intelligent transformation, which has been well received by the masses.
With the high-quality development of the economy and society, the public's demand for public service facilities is constantly increasing. After solving the problem of "whether or not" public service facilities exist, various regions need to pay more attention to the problem of "how good" they are. Among them, digital and intelligent upgrading and construction are important aspects.
In Beijing (北京), many parks have introduced intelligent irrigation systems that automatically adjust the amount of irrigation based on weather and soil moisture, which saves water resources and improves the efficiency of greening maintenance. In Hangzhou (杭州), Zhejiang (浙江), the "City Brain" uses big data and artificial intelligence technology to monitor traffic flow in real time, optimize traffic light control, and effectively alleviate traffic congestion. The public's continuous pursuit of a high-quality life promotes the development of public facilities towards intelligence and humanization. Technological innovation is 方兴未艾 (fāng xīng wèi ài - "just beginning to flourish," indicating something is developing rapidly and has a promising future), and applying mature technologies to public service areas in a timely manner can allow people to truly feel the powerful and infinite charm of technology changing lives and benefiting people.
Policies provide guidance, and practice is innovating. At the national level, the "Overall Layout Plan for the Construction of Digital China" and the "Guiding Opinions on Deepening the Development of Smart Cities and Promoting the Digital Transformation of the Entire Urban Area" have been successively released. Among them, the guiding opinions propose to "promote the digital transformation of cities and the intelligent development." At the local level, the Shenzhen (深圳市) Sports Center (体育中心) in Guangdong (广东) has built prefabricated smart public toilets equipped with intelligent systems, which update the usage status in real time and design "tidal toilet stalls" to optimize the toilet experience; Nantong's (南通) "Tong Ting Tong Fu" (通停通付) smart parking in Jiangsu (江苏) allows car owners to pay without scanning codes and leave quickly without perception, improving the turnover efficiency of parking lots. In line with the trend of digitalization, various regions have introduced feasible measures in accordance with local conditions, implemented project construction, and better promoted public services to a new level.
For public services, intelligent upgrading is the first step, and promoting quality improvement and effectiveness is more critical. From a realistic point of view, some public places have added intelligent fitness equipment, solar charging seats, and other facilities, which were originally intended to facilitate the masses, but due to problems such as equipment failure and poor maintenance, they affect normal use. The introduction and maintenance of intelligent facilities are inseparable from capital investment and professional operation and maintenance. How to control costs while ensuring quality? How to ensure stable operation and continuous optimization of equipment? This requires the participation of public departments in management, and should also absorb social forces to work together, and work hard in terms of diversified capital investment, professional personnel allocation, and normalized operation and maintenance guarantees.
The intelligent construction of public service facilities is a practical measure to enhance the public's sense of gain, happiness, and security, and is an important part of the construction of smart cities. From "touch to get a number" and smart public toilets, to smart transportation, smart medical care, and smart education, the intelligent construction of public service infrastructure is accelerating. With the continuous advancement of technology, continuous policy support, and the joint participation of all parties, intelligent public facilities will be applied in more fields. Technological progress benefits people's livelihoods, and intelligent upgrades promote livability, workability, leisure, and tourism, which will surely bring more beauty and surprises to people's lives.
(The author is a reporter from the Tianjin (天津) branch of this newspaper)
Return to TopRecently, the "Notice on Deeply Implementing the National Reading Campaign for Young Students" was issued, proposing the implementation of five major projects: building book-fragrant campuses, optimizing reading resources, cultivating reading literacy, empowering reading innovation with technology, and displaying and transforming reading achievements. It aims to further improve the implementation quality of the reading campaign for young students, consolidate the national cultural foundation of young people through reading, and enhance their comprehensive quality and innovation capabilities.
This is precisely:
Books on famous mountains, how many paths?
The transmission of the flame has always involved much deliberation.
Ten thousand volumes brought here are all arts and skills,
Young people, do not 蹉跎韶光 (cuō tuó sháo guāng - "waste youthful years," to let time slip away idly and without purpose).
Wang Jingwen (王静文)
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Everyone has the ability to save lives, and everyone has the opportunity to be saved. The essence of popularizing first aid is to weave a mutual aid network that benefits everyone.
【People】First Aid Stall Owner Li Chunliang (李春亮)
【Story】Every weekend evening, in the night market on Yulin West Road (玉林西路) in Chengdu (成都), Sichuan (四川), a unique stall always attracts attention – it displays AEDs (Automated External Defibrillators) and CPR training mannequins, among other first aid teaching tools. The stall owner, Li Chunliang (李春亮), is a veteran who, after obtaining first aid instructor qualifications, moved his public welfare first aid class to the streets, teaching first aid skills to passersby for free in an easy-to-learn manner.
【Commentary】
"Is there anyone who wants to learn first aid knowledge?" Amidst the various sales pitches, Li Chunliang's (李春亮) call stands out. Every night he sets up his stall, from explaining the principles to practical exercises, each round of training takes about 20 minutes, and he has to kneel repeatedly, just to teach the free and priceless "life-saving skills" to more people.
When a medical emergency strikes, time is of the essence. In China, the number of people who die suddenly from heart disease each year is as high as 760,000, of which more than 90% occur outside of hospitals. The best rescue time for cardiac arrest is within 4 minutes. Taking correct measures to provide timely rescue during this period can increase the patient's chances of survival by about 40%. However, data shows that the popularization rate of emergency rescue skills in China is only about 1%. Sometimes, some patients are in urgent condition, but no one on the scene has the relevant skills to lend a helping hand, and the "golden time" is lost minute by minute, which is distressing.
Popularizing first aid knowledge and skills among the whole people is an important part of building and sharing a healthy China. The "Healthy China Action (2019-2030)" proposes to encourage the development of mass emergency rescue training, and to increase the proportion of people who have obtained first aid training certificates to 3% or more by 2030. In recent years, from strengthening emergency rescue training and first aid equipment allocation in key industries and fields, to carrying out national school first aid education pilot projects, and to some enterprises and institutions regularly organizing first aid training, the whole society's awareness of respecting life and cherishing life, and the ability to protect life safety and health, have been effectively improved.
However, it must also be seen that, compared with the huge population base, China's mass emergency rescue training is far from enough, and the reasons behind it are various. For example, the ideological understanding is not in place, and some people believe that emergencies are low-probability events, and participating in training and assessment is "too troublesome" and "unnecessary"; the quality of training is not high, some common training forms are not "down-to-earth" enough, and do not fully consider the different levels of acceptance of the audience, and some training focuses on transmission rather than consolidation, and trainees easily forget key operations after a period of time...
Looking at countries with high popularization rates of first aid knowledge and skills such as Germany and Japan, non-governmental volunteer forces play an important role. To enable more people to become qualified "first responders," not only is institutionalized training needed as the "trunk," but also countless caring people are needed to play the role of "branches and leaves," filling the "nerve endings" of knowledge dissemination and skill popularization. The value of Li Chunliang's (李春亮) "first aid stall" lies in this. Intuitive and easy-to-understand street teaching is conducive to stimulating people's curiosity, helping people to dispel fear of difficulties and say goodbye to the "bystander mentality," so that emergency rescue is no longer regarded as "high above" professional knowledge, but gradually enters life and goes deep into people's hearts.
Everyone has the ability to save lives, and everyone has the opportunity to be saved. The essence of popularizing first aid is to weave a mutual aid network that benefits everyone. Li Chunliang's (李春亮) stall lights up a lamp, but it is not a solitary lamp. Private car owners equip their cars with AEDs and post conspicuous signs, which can be taken by breaking the window in an emergency; food delivery riders receive first aid training and become "mobile first aid workers" walking through the streets and alleys... Nowadays, more and more people are contributing their own strength, and the joint support of the social family for life safety is becoming more and more powerful. With the continuous improvement of the system and the continuous convergence of good deeds, I believe that an atmosphere in which everyone knows first aid and dares to give first aid will surely be formed.
Return to TopBy: 余姝满
"With a thousand threads from above and a single needle below," grassroots units must handle work from all aspects, and must take all factors into account, make systematic plans, and promote coordination. This is what is often said as "both this and that"; however, there are also some situations where unnecessary burdens are created due to excessive demands at each level. For example, requirements are increased at each level, and one "must" becomes multiple "musts"; tasks are "pushed" at each level, requiring the completion of "this," the completion of "that," and the completion of "another."
The distorted "both this and that," one of the problems is the cascading transfer of pressure, which seems to solidify responsibilities at each level, but in reality, it is "passing the buck" at each level.
In fact, after a task is clarified, each level sets tasks, steps, and deadlines for the level below, and through level-by-level transmission, each link in the work chain assumes its responsibilities and performs its duties, which is an important working method. However, if level-by-level responsibility is transformed into level-by-level escalation in the process of level-by-level transmission, vigilance is required. For example, a notice is issued in the morning, and an explanation of the situation is required in the afternoon; work that should be completed in a year is forcibly compressed into two or three months... Requirements are increased level by level, standards are raised level by level, and time is accelerated level by level. If the actual situation of the locality is ignored and work tasks and pressure are "stacked" on the grassroots, it not only violates the rules, but also is difficult to be effective, and even leads to perfunctory work and fraud.
Some places believe that raising standards and increasing tasks, "adding" effort can express attitude, and "adding" effect can produce political achievements. Just imagine, if the responsibility is excessively pushed down, the burden on the grassroots will increase and become unbearable, where will there be the motivation and energy to do solid work and promote development? 欲速则不达 (yù sù zé bù dá - "more haste, less speed," haste makes waste), level-by-level escalation is also a manifestation of formalism and bureaucracy, which damages the interests of the masses and delays local development, and must be rectified with great efforts.
Correcting level-by-level escalation is not irresponsibility or the absence of pressure. In fact, the grassroots are not afraid of having tasks or bearing burdens, but are afraid of being divorced from reality. Following the rules and respecting reality, "reaching high by jumping" is actively promoting work; considering the actual situation, making temporary adjustments in response to the situation, and appropriately increasing the intensity of work are also beyond reproach. Each level should do what it should do and bear the responsibility it should bear.
We need level-by-level pressure, not level-by-level unloading of responsibility; we need level-by-level implementation, not level-by-level escalation. Party members and cadres take the lead in putting themselves in the position, not only doing a good job at their own level, but also leading the level below, with one level leading the other, and one level setting an example for the other. Only by truly leading by example and setting an example can we unite the joint force of entrepreneurship and reform and development.
(Excerpted and edited from *Sichuan Daily* (《四川日报》))
Return to TopBy: 齐志明
A sound consumer rights protection mechanism is the "ballast stone" for the long-term healthy development of the industry. Looking forward to the future of new energy vehicles, technological progress and consumer rights protection will definitely move forward in sync.
In recent years, China's new energy vehicle industry has flourished, releasing technological dividends, cultivating new economic drivers, and continuously meeting the people's needs for a better life, promoting green and low-carbon development. At the same time, a few car companies and distributors have been delisted, and related after-sales services are difficult to guarantee, which has brought troubles to some consumers.
Not long ago, as the affiliated company of Hozon Auto (哪吒汽车) was applied for bankruptcy, a car owner in Tianjin (天津) found that the car APP was out of service, the car could not be locked, and the car insurance that was about to expire also failed to be successfully insured. After WM Motor (威马汽车) applied for bankruptcy, some car owners also encountered difficulties in vehicle maintenance. Effectively safeguarding the legitimate rights and interests of every car owner is not only the bottom line requirement for protecting consumer rights and interests, but also a key link in strengthening consumer confidence and promoting the sustainable development of the new energy vehicle industry.
The "Automobile Sales Management Measures" clearly stipulates that "suppliers shall promptly announce to the public the models that have been discontinued or stopped selling, and ensure the supply of parts and corresponding after-sales services for at least 10 years thereafter." In reality, due to the withdrawal of distributors and the liquidation of car companies, the original "three guarantees" responsibility falls into a "responsibility vacuum." Consumers spend a lot of time and effort in litigation to protect their rights. When they find the bankruptcy administrator, the answer they get is often "please queue up for registration, suppliers have priority in the order of repayment." When old methods cannot solve new problems, it is better to establish new rules, explore new paths, and seek new methods, and make precise efforts in multiple dimensions.
A sound consumer rights protection mechanism is the "ballast stone" for the long-term healthy development of the industry. Improving the mechanism can reduce hidden dangers from the source. In view of the fact that many new energy vehicle companies are unable to carry out maintenance business after bankruptcy, it is advisable to establish a "car company after-sales responsibility fund" for the maintenance, upkeep, and parts supply of car owners after the car company goes bankrupt. In terms of automobile production technical standards, the universality of key parts should also be improved, reducing maintenance difficulty and costs, and promoting the social circulation of spare parts.
New energy vehicles are an important asset for many families. Doing a good job in after-sales service is also very important for preventing and resolving travel risks and asset risks. For intelligent services, cyberspace administration, public security and other departments can formulate detailed rules for the supervision of software service quality and data security, requiring car companies to properly handle data migration, service continuation and other issues before bankruptcy, to prevent the car company's service system from crashing instantly and causing driving safety problems. Insurance companies, based on a reasonable assessment of risks, should do their best to play the role of "pressure relief valve" and "stabilizer," formulate scientific insurance plans for vehicles of bankrupt car companies, and avoid "outright rejection."
The new energy vehicle aftermarket is a blue ocean. Dialectically speaking, the legacy issues after car companies are delisted also contain market opportunities. In this regard, the after-sales service of traditional fuel vehicles may be used as a reference. As early as 2014, relevant departments required breaking the car companies' monopoly on the circulation of original parts, allowing authorized enterprises to resell original parts to unauthorized maintenance enterprises or end users. Under such an open model, independent repair shops have more channels for purchasing parts, and car owners also have more maintenance options, can enjoy more cost-effective after-sales services, and stimulate the vitality of the traditional fuel vehicle after-sales market. Like BYD (比亚迪)'s production of fuel vehicles being discontinued, the supply of spare parts for the entire life cycle is still guaranteed. Promoting the development of a third-party after-sales certification system, creating an open, efficient, and innovative automobile aftermarket ecosystem, and allowing more qualified institutions to participate in competition and enrich supply, will not only help protect consumer rights and boost consumption, but also help the new energy vehicle aftermarket accelerate into a new growth engine.
Protecting the rights and interests of car owners is a must-answer question concerning the development of the automobile industry. Looking forward to the future of new energy vehicles, technological progress and consumer rights protection will definitely move forward in sync. Working together to build an all-round, multi-level rights protection network, so that consumers can buy cars with peace of mind and use cars with confidence, will surely continue to inject confidence and impetus into the high-quality development of the new energy vehicle industry.
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Return to TopBy: 本报记者 吴 焰 徐 靖
The cyberspace is the shared spiritual home of hundreds of millions of people. As an extension and expansion of socialist spiritual civilization in cyberspace, strengthening the construction of network civilization is an inevitable requirement to conform to the trend of the information age and improve the level of social civilization.
From June 10th to 11th, with the theme of "Gathering Positive Energy in Cyberspace and Leading the New Trend of the Times," the 2025 China Internet Civilization Conference was successfully held in Hefei (合肥市), Anhui Province (安徽省). This is also the first time that this "national-level" grand event has entered the Yangtze River Delta (长三角) and the central region.
Why choose Hefei (合肥)? The answer can be found in the development context of this city's technological innovation and network civilization resonating at the same frequency.
Gathering Strength for "Good"
"One virtue established, and all virtues follow." 一德立而百善从之 (yī dé lì ér bǎi shàn cóng zhī - "establish one virtue, and all good deeds will follow," once a fundamental virtue is established, all other good deeds will naturally follow), Advocating virtue and pursuing goodness are the fine traditions of the Chinese nation and the value pursuit of network civilization construction.
On the streets of Hefei (合肥), Peng Xia (彭霞), the "balloon mother" who is 1.1 meters tall, rides a tricycle full of balloons. From a beneficiary to a pioneer in helping others, she has used the meager income from selling balloons to successively sponsor more than 50 children to go to school for 10 years. This persistence also made Peng Xia (彭霞) selected into the "China Good People List (中国好人榜)" in 2024.
"A petite mother, shoulder to shoulder with giants," "Ordinary people give me the most touching moments," "This is true love in the world"... Peng Xia's (彭霞) story of self-improvement and repaying the world with kindness has aroused widespread praise after being spread on the Internet.
The power of the spirit is like air, and once it flows, it can become wind. Kindness has long been deeply integrated into the urban bloodline of Hefei (合肥).
As a city that has won the title of "National Civilized City (全国文明城市)" for four consecutive terms, Hefei (合肥) has continued to deepen the "Good People Become Celebrities" project for many years, strengthened online publicity of advanced models, run the "Model" column well, and promoted activities such as "I Help Good People Get on the First Screen," and a group of advanced models such as Ma Maojie (马毛姐), winner of the "July 1st Medal (七一勋章)," Chen Lu (陈陆), National Moral Model (全国道德模范), and Qiu Jun (邱军), Role Model of the Times (时代楷模), have emerged. At present, 15 people in the city have been selected as National Moral Models and nomination awards. Continuing to brighten the brand of "Good People Hefei (好人合肥)," Hefei (合肥) has accumulated 205 "Good People of China (中国好人)," ranking among the top provincial capitals in the country for 10 consecutive years.
"It's good to be at home for a thousand days, but it's difficult to go out for a day." 在家千日好，出门一日难 (zài jiā qiān rì hǎo, chū mén yī rì nán - "it's good to be at home for a thousand days, but it's difficult to go out for a day," it's always better to be at home than to travel), is the feeling of many truck drivers. The "National Truck Driver Mutual Aid and Rescue Zone" public welfare platform created by Hefei (合肥) allows many truck drivers to say goodbye to "traveling alone for thousands of miles."
Since 2015, Hefei (合肥) has relied on the truck driver mutual aid and exchange community "Card Friend Zone (卡友地带)" APP to set up a mutual aid zone to build a mutual help platform for truck drivers on the platform. If they encounter unexpected events on the way, they can ask for help through the zone. Operation and maintenance personnel will quickly respond to the needs and guide nearby drivers to help, and rely on the national prefecture-level city mutual aid branch and the county-level mutual aid branch to implement on-site rescue.
The online platform provides a convenient outlet for expressing love. With the Internet as a link, all parties in society are fully linked, interact, and integrate, gathering bits of kindness.
From good people around us to cloud volunteers, from online public welfare to fingertip civilization, Hefei (合肥) nourishes the cyberspace with good moral customs, and the power of goodness is surging in the digital wave.
Stimulating "New" Momentum
In the dispatch center of Hefei Water Group (合肥水务集团), a huge electronic screen displays real-time data, showing the operating status of more than 10,000 kilometers of water supply network in Hefei (合肥).
Staff members introduced that the leakage monitoring instruments installed on the water supply network are like "stethoscopes," which can collect data such as pressure and flow, and accurately locate hidden leakage points through artificial intelligence. At present, Hefei (合肥) has invested more than 300 leakage monitoring instruments, and artificial intelligence has accurately located more than 40 hidden leakage points, saving about 561,000 tons of water.
And this is just a corner of Hefei's (合肥) digital empowerment of modern urban governance.
In the wave of the Internet, massive data drives the digital transformation of urban governance. Hefei (合肥) gives full play to its scientific and technological innovation advantages, takes the construction of the "City Brain (城市大脑)" as the traction, builds a logically unified new generation of government affairs cloud throughout the city, creates an intensive and efficient "City Central Platform (城市中台)," accelerates the integration and governance of data resources, and improves the scientific, refined, and intelligent level of urban governance.
On the Baogong Avenue (包公大道) elevated road during the evening peak, traffic is heavy and orderly. Relying on the "Traffic Super Brain (交通超脑)" big data analysis, Hefei (合肥) has optimized the signal timing of 87 congested points, further improving road traffic efficiency.
In recent years, Hefei (合肥) has promoted the deep integration of transportation infrastructure and information technology, creating a three-dimensional and intelligent comprehensive transportation system, and creating a high-quality transportation environment for citizens' travel.
Urban construction and governance require the active participation of more citizens. Hefei (合肥) deeply practices the concept of people's city, and gradually builds a governance pattern of "government-led, social collaboration, and universal co-construction" to improve citizens' civilization literacy.
Opening the "Digital Urban Management (数字城管)" platform, citizen Liu Yang (刘洋) uploaded a photo of motor vehicles parked at will on public roads, prompting the problem to be quickly resolved. In 2024, the "Digital Urban Management (数字城管)" platform handled more than 1.8 million urban management problems of various types.
Only when the people enjoy high-quality public services will the smart city be warmer and more civilized. In the Hefei Municipal Government Service Center (合肥市政务服务中心), the "Artificial Intelligence Government Affairs Guidance Digital Human Terminal (人工智能政务导办数字人终端)" supports question and answer consultations and handling guidance for more than 1,800 items, and the "Artificial Intelligence Government Affairs Comprehensive Window Assistant (人工智能政务综窗助理)" assists window staff in shortening the average receipt time by 80%.
Since 2024, Hefei (合肥) has integrated 312 government service items from 48 departments and launched 36 "efficiently handled one thing" items. As of the end of May this year, the cumulative number of handled items has exceeded 270,000, realizing "more data runs, and the masses run less."
The Internet of Everything and technological empowerment are making Hefei (合肥) continue to burst out with new vitality and show new atmosphere.
Striving to Climb "Upward"
Artificial intelligence empowers thousands of industries. In the field of bidding, artificial intelligence large models can reach the level of skilled experts in the industry.
This year, Hefei (合肥) took the lead in exploring the construction of the "Qingtian Large Model (青天大模型)" for public resource transactions in the country. Taking an elevator project as a breakthrough, it completed the country's first artificial intelligence humanoid review project. The artificial reviewers fully adopted the scoring of artificial intelligence experts. The review work that originally required 3.5 hours was shortened to 15 minutes, realizing an efficiency leap.
Artificial intelligence is one of Hefei's (合肥) key industries, and its development level ranks among the top in the country. Since last year, Hefei (合肥) has opened up a number of scenario opportunities, giving rise to innovative applications such as smart bidding, smart transportation, and digital government affairs, and also providing a concrete practical carrier for the construction of network civilization.
Promoting network civilization is a matter of overall and long-term importance. As the host cities of the China Internet Civilization Conference, Beijing (北京), Tianjin (天津), Xiamen (厦门), Chengdu (成都), and Hefei (合肥) have not only achieved remarkable results in the construction of network civilization, but also have outstanding industrial development and economic strength, providing strong support for the successful holding of the conference.
Taking Hefei (合肥) as an example, in 2024, the revenue of the Internet and related services, software and information technology service industries above designated size reached 70.1 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 24.7%. Six listed software companies such as iFlytek (科大讯飞) have been cultivated. In addition, "Chip Screen Automobile Integration (芯屏汽合)" has become a local industrial landmark, with six 100 billion-level industrial chains including new energy vehicles, advanced photovoltaic and new energy storage, new display, artificial intelligence, smart home appliances (residence), and high-end equipment.
Industry is upward, and development is forward. In 2024, Hefei (合肥) ranked 19th among cities in the country with a GDP of 1350.77 billion yuan, one place higher than in 2023. In the first quarter of this year, Hefei's (合肥) GDP growth rate of 6.6% ranked second among the 27 trillion-yuan cities in the country.
Striving to climb "upward," hard power is transformed into attractiveness, and the World Manufacturing Convention (世界制造业大会), the China (Anhui) Science and Technology Innovation Achievement Transformation Transaction Fair (中国（安徽）科技创新成果转化交易会) and other events have successively taken root. The selection of Hefei (合肥) as the venue for the 2025 China Internet Civilization Conference is an affirmation and an encouragement to "move forward again."
Civilizing a city, upward new strength. In the increasingly clear cyberspace, the flowers of civilization are blooming brightly.
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In the Urban Lifeline Engineering Safety Operation Monitoring Center of Hefei (合肥), Anhui Province (安徽省), an alarm sounded.
The system showed that a monitoring device in a power well in Chaohu City (巢湖市), Hefei City (合肥市) had triggered an alarm. Personnel at the monitoring center issued an early warning immediately, sending the analysis report to relevant units. Staff from gas and electricity companies rushed to the scene to deal with the situation and eliminate the danger in a timely manner.
This closed-loop management scenario of risk early warning and rapid response has become the norm in Hefei (合肥). Relying on the efficient guarantee mechanism of Hefei's (合肥) urban lifeline, countless potential safety hazards are accurately intercepted at the budding stage, and the "resilience index" of urban safety operation is continuously rising.
Infrastructure such as bridges, gas, water supply, and power grids are the foundation of urban operation and the top priority of urban safety, and are known as the "urban lifeline." However, with pipelines buried deep underground and bridges standing in the air, how can we ensure safety around the clock? How can we deploy and implement police handling at the first time in the face of emergencies?
Since 2015, Hefei City (合肥市) has relied on the Institute for Public Safety Research, Tsinghua University, Hefei (清华大学合肥公共安全研究院) (hereinafter referred to as "Tsinghua Hefei Institute (清华合肥院)") to start the construction of the urban lifeline safety project, comprehensively using the Internet of Things, cloud computing, big data and other means to build a safety barrier for the urban lifeline.
The "smart brain" that makes deployments and commands is located in the urban lifeline monitoring center. On the huge screen, the underground pipelines, as dense as spider webs, are marked with red, yellow, and blue lines. Clicking on any one of them clearly lists information such as pipe diameter and length.
"Here, every set of data is related to the safety of thousands of families." The staff on duty are always paying attention to the information on the screen, and based on this, they monitor every pipeline in the city. Where there are potential risks, the situation can be understood through the big screen, and timely comprehensive analysis and early warning can be issued.
Processing an average of more than 10 billion data items every day is the daily routine of the "smart brain" of the urban lifeline monitoring center, and also the daily routine of Yuan Hongyong (袁宏永), Dean of Tsinghua Hefei Institute (清华合肥院), and his team.
"Promoting the construction of urban lifeline safety projects is an important part of the city's high-quality development. We must firmly seize the new opportunities of digital transformation, promote the transformation of public safety governance models to pre-event prevention, and better help the development and governance of intelligent society," said Yuan Hongyong (袁宏永).
Over the past 10 years, Tsinghua Hefei Institute (清华合肥院) has focused on building a full-chain urban safety intelligent prevention and control system of "full-domain perception - intelligent analysis and judgment - collaborative disposal." Simply put, once an early warning information is monitored, the industry authorities and the responsible units take the lead in disposing of the risk with the cooperation of relevant departments, achieving efficient collaboration. With the joint efforts of all parties, the average response time for various early warning events is currently 7 minutes, and the joint disposal time has been shortened from more than 24 hours in the past to 1 hour.
At present, Hefei (合肥) has deployed more than 100 types of front-end monitoring equipment, totaling 85,000 sets, to monitor 137 bridges and 7,316 kilometers of underground pipelines in real time. One sensor after another ensures the safe operation of urban infrastructure within the monitoring range.
Shen Guobao (沈国宝), Deputy Director of the Hefei Municipal Bureau of Housing and Urban-Rural Development (合肥市城乡建设局), said that the Hefei (合肥) urban lifeline safety project has built "digital sentinels" to protect urban safety, realizing the transformation from passive response to active prevention and control. As of May this year, Hefei City (合肥市) has cumulatively monitored and dealt with 1,098 incidents of gas pipeline leakage, water supply pipeline leakage, bridge structural damage, and other types of risks.
The achievement of these results is inseparable from the strong support of technological innovation. Over the years, Tsinghua Hefei Institute (清华合肥院) has overcome a series of new technologies for urban lifeline safety, researched and established urban lifeline safety intelligent R&D platforms, ultra-large bridge safety R&D platforms, etc., and formed a batch of new equipment related to urban lifeline safety monitoring, early warning, prevention and control, and disposal.
Gas detectors with a sensitivity of up to 0.1% have a service life of more than 5 years in underground spaces; intelligent balls for water pipeline network detection with a leakage location accuracy of 1 meter within a range of 25 kilometers have achieved micro-leakage detection in water supply pipeline networks, avoiding the "laparotomy" caused by urban pipeline excavation... One achievement after another has played an important role in the construction of urban lifeline projects.
In order to ensure the safe operation of the "smart brain," Tsinghua Hefei Institute (清华合肥院) also proposed a new network security solution of "full-domain perception - precise control - active defense," researched and established a "cloud-network-end-chip" Internet of Things data closed-loop security service platform, and broke through the difficulties in data security prevention and control throughout the entire process of collection, transmission, and processing, ensuring the confidentiality and authenticity of data.
Today, this exploration that started in Hefei (合肥) has achieved promotion from one region to the whole country and has been implemented in more than 70 cities. Yuan Hongyong (袁宏永) said that in the future, Tsinghua Hefei Institute (清华合肥院) will continue to promote the deep integration of public safety technology innovation and industrial innovation, and help the development and governance of intelligent society reach a new level.
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"The widespread application of intelligent technology not only provides new possibilities for human-machine collaboration, cross-border integration, and co-creation and sharing, but also promotes systemic changes in social production models and governance systems." Gao Song (高松), General Manager of Anhui Dingly Networking Technology Co., Ltd. (安徽鼎立网络科技有限公司), said that the vision of "Innovation Leading the Digital Future, Working Together to Build an Intelligent Society" proposed at the 2025 China Internet Civilization Conference points the way for the construction of smart cities.
As a pioneer practitioner in the construction of smart cities, Anhui Dingly Networking Technology Co., Ltd. (安徽鼎立网络科技有限公司) has built more than 100 benchmark projects in the field of intelligentization nationwide. From the "smart hub" that ensures the efficient operation of international airports to the "digital neurons" that support the energy-saving management of commercial complexes, and then to the "industrial brain" that ensures the precise operation of manufacturing plants, Dingly Network's smart integrated operation and maintenance management platform is widely used in medical, education, commercial, transportation and other fields, powerfully promoting the leap of urban governance from "experience-driven" to "data-driven."
Walking into a community in Hefei (合肥市) that has undergone intelligent transformation undertaken by Dingly Network, the effectiveness of smart city construction is prominent: water and electricity meters will "report their own status," and property managers can complete "digital inspections" on their mobile phones. Gao Song (高松) introduced that the platform relies on the Internet of Things to build an intelligent system covering community entrances and exits, security, environmental monitoring, energy consumption management and other scenarios, and unifies access and management of people, vehicles and equipment, truly realizing the shift from "people chasing after problems" to "data pushing services," greatly improving property management efficiency and residents' quality of life.
"The platform has powerful data integration and intelligent analysis capabilities, which can monitor and intelligently regulate resources such as water, electricity, gas, and heating in buildings in real time, and at the same time digitize, standardize, and visualize operation and maintenance processes such as repair, inspection, maintenance, and emergency handling, which can not only quickly discover problems, but also predict potential risks and achieve precise governance," said Gao Song (高松). In addition, the massive amount of operation and maintenance data accumulated by the platform can also provide a scientific basis for urban planning, facility renovation, etc., and help smart cities develop in a more efficient and humanized direction.
Currently, the Life Harbor Center project built by Dingly Network is under construction in full swing. It is reported that the project is located in Bozhou Road Street (亳州路街道), Luyang District (庐阳区), Hefei (合肥市), covering enterprise R&D centers, green building exhibition centers, intelligent building experience centers, etc. After completion, it will provide more intelligent solutions for the construction and governance of intelligent society.
Gao Song (高松) said that Dingly Network will continue to deeply cultivate the field of building intelligence, promote the deep integration of technological innovation and standardization construction, and contribute to exploring new paths for the development of intelligent society with more solid practices and higher-quality solutions.
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In a modern office building in Hefei High-tech Zone (合肥高新区), Anhui Province, the R&D personnel of Zhixiang Future (Hefei) Information Technology Co., Ltd. (智象未来（合肥）信息技术有限公司) are intently debugging parameters on their computer screens, conducting routine model training.
Zhixiang Future (智象未来) is a multimodal generative artificial intelligence startup, with its headquarters established in Hefei High-tech Zone (合肥高新区) in September 2024. "Hefei (合肥) is focusing on cultivating and strengthening new quality productive forces and building a high ground for innovative development, providing a solid backing for our rapid growth," said Mei Tao (梅涛), founder and CEO of Zhixiang Future (智象未来).
Continuous technological breakthroughs are a testament to Zhixiang Future's (智象未来) growth. A representative example is the Zhixiang Future (智象未来) open-source image generation large model that emerged in April this year. Within 24 hours of being open-sourced, the large model quickly topped the international image generation large model arena leaderboard, becoming the first Chinese self-developed generative artificial intelligence model to top the list.
What can this highly anticipated technology do? Simply put, it allows text to directly generate images and videos. For example, users only need to enter a text description, such as "In a future city, robotic arms are welding floating bridges under the starry sky," and the Zhixiang (智象) large model can generate an image, accurately restoring details. "It has refreshed industry records in three dimensions: image quality, semantic understanding, and artistic expression," said Yao Ting (姚霆), co-founder and CTO of Zhixiang Future (智象未来).
The image generation large model does not exist independently; it also forms a complete technological closed loop with another large model developed by Zhixiang Future (智象未来) – the interactive editing model. The latter, as the world's first conversational interactive editing model, can realize real-time modification and editing of generated images through natural language instructions. This "command with your mouth" creation method completely subverts the traditional image editing process and greatly reduces the threshold for creation.
The Zhixiang (智象) large model has broad applications. Previously, a globally renowned artificial intelligence design tool announced that by integrating the Zhixiang (智象) image generation large model, users only need 3 steps to experience the entire process of "one-click image generation + intelligent editing," making professional-grade image generation within reach.
Security is an important guarantee for the development of artificial intelligence large models. "We have built a comprehensive governance system, namely pre-event user management and data cleaning to prevent attacks, strict review and monitoring during the event, and post-event content traceability," said Yao Ting (姚霆).
Mei Tao (梅涛) said that Zhixiang Future (智象未来) will continue to deeply cultivate the field of multimodal artificial intelligence and, with the support of the Hefei (合肥) Municipal Government, strive to become a leading domestic generative large model enterprise.
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"Since its establishment in 2019, 'Wan Zhong Ping' has always taken 'delivering mainstream values, guiding online public opinion, responding to people's concerns, and conveying the voices of netizens' as its mission, and has gradually grown into an important platform for the Party's theoretical publicity and a bridge connecting the masses." Pan Linli (潘琳琍), the person in charge of the "Wan Zhong Ping" (皖中评) studio, said when sharing her experience in online commentary.
"Wan Zhong Ping" (皖中评) is the first municipal-level integrated media original online commentary column in Anhui (安徽), jointly created by the Cyberspace Administration of the Hefei (合肥) Municipal Committee and the Hefei Daily Media Group (合肥日报传媒集团). In the past five years, it has published more than 2,700 articles, won nearly 20 honors such as the Anhui News Award, and two works won the 2024 "China Good Comments" Excellent Works Award. Many works have been pushed to the entire network by the Central Cyberspace Administration of China (中央网信办), with a cumulative readership of over 200 million.
Pan Linli (潘琳琍) said that "Wan Zhong Ping" (皖中评) builds a "bridge of hearts" to bring the Party's innovative theories into every household. For example, the commentator's article "New Quality Productive Forces Provide 'Hard Support' for Hefei's High-Quality Development" uses Hefei's (合肥) quantum technology, new energy vehicles, and other scientific and technological innovation achievements as entry points to demonstrate the theoretical connotation of "innovation is the primary driving force."
Focusing on people's livelihood is another feature of the column. "Many of our comments focus on the difficulties and pain points of people's livelihood, reflecting the major people's livelihood of grassroots governance from a small perspective, which has aroused netizens' exclamation that 'Hefei (合肥) is a city with warmth'," said Pan Linli (潘琳琍). For example, "'Small Things' Not 'Small Matters'" focuses on the problem of parent waiting areas at school gates, and promotes the education department to include pick-up and drop-off areas in the planning of new campuses; "'Unprocessable' Reflection Window, What Does It Reflect?" focuses on the public security entry-exit service window and was selected as "National Excellent Online Comment Selection."
Commentary is not the end, but the starting point of service. The column uses practical actions to "cash in" theory. After the 5-yuan convenient hair salon on Suzhou Road (宿州路) in Hefei (合肥) became popular, "Wan Zhong Ping" (皖中评) launched "Why is this 5-Yuan Barber Shop in Hefei (合肥) Suddenly Popular?", promoting the street to establish a merchant self-government alliance to normalize the loving service; focusing on the 12345 hotline, "'The Most Important Thing for the Country' Must Be Done in Detail" witnessed the inclusion of provincial leaders answering the 12345 hotline into the assessment, making the small things of the masses become the big things of social governance.
It is worth noting that the column has also broken through traditional commentary forms and made many innovative attempts. "Wan Zhong Ping" (皖中评) has formed a commentary team of "experts + big V + grassroots", jointly established a "theoretical publicity incubation base" with universities, and cultivated young "theoretical internet celebrities" to make theoretical communication young and high-traffic; it has launched full-media products such as comic commentary and small video commentary to achieve a communication closed loop of "lightweight expression, unique perspective, and accurate interpretation."
Pan Linli (潘琳琍) said that in the future, "Wan Zhong Ping" (皖中评) will adhere to integrity and innovation, and use a closer attitude, more cutting-edge technology, more innovative forms, and more vivid expressions to be a communicator with warmth, so that theoretical communication is more down-to-earth, gathers popularity, and warms people's hearts.
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General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "We must combine the new conditions of the times to inherit and promote the excellent traditional Chinese culture, and inherit and promote the Chinese aesthetic spirit. Chinese aesthetics emphasizes expressing aspirations through objects and reasoning through emotions, emphasizes brevity and conciseness, condensation and restraint, emphasizes the combination of form and spirit, and profound artistic conception, and emphasizes the unity of knowledge, emotion, intention, and action. We must adhere to the Chinese cultural stance, inherit the Chinese cultural genes, and showcase the Chinese aesthetic style."
Ancient buildings, gardens, cultural relics, national colors, clothing, sculptures, patterns... Unknowingly, Chinese aesthetics has become a conscious choice for more and more young people. They wear Hanfu, sing Guofeng songs, and appreciate Guochao trends, believing that "the aesthetics of our ancestors can always be trusted" and that "my cultural DNA is moving." Yes, these are the beauty engraved in our bones, inherited from our blood, and flourishing.
Starting today, this edition will launch a column titled "These Beauties, Very Chinese," to find aesthetic codes that transcend time and space, and to perceive the new growth of ancient civilizations.
-- Editor
In the early morning, a long queue has formed in front of the Thirty-Six Mandarin Duck Hall in the Humble Administrator's Garden (拙政园) in Suzhou (苏州), Jiangsu (江苏) Province. Xiao Qiu, a girl born after 2000, held a colorful stained-glass window bookmark, pausing in front of the latticed window to compare it. The moment the "frozen scenery" in her hand overlapped with the real-life light and shadow of the garden, she excitedly pressed the shutter: "I've been here many times, and I finally captured it!"
From the world-renowned World Cultural Heritage Site, the Suzhou gardens, to a stained-glass window bookmark cultural creation, to the popular social media topic "Bringing the Humble Administrator's Garden's Flower Windows Home," an aesthetic dialogue across time and space has demonstrated the aesthetic understanding between contemporary young people and ancient gardens.
What do young people see from the flower windows of the Humble Administrator's Garden?
The birth of the colorful stained-glass window bookmark originated from the touch of visiting the Humble Administrator's Garden. Flowers are reflected in the window lattices, with colorful light and shadows, and a sense of relaxation wrapped in a heavy history rushes towards you. This moment triggered the thinking of Yang Haitao, Deputy Dean of the School of Digital Art of Suzhou Art & Design Technology Institute (苏州工艺美术职业技术学院), and head of the cultural and creative team: "How to bring the garden home?"
Yang Haitao and teacher He Min led a young team to rediscover the classics from a modern perspective. After multiple rounds of material experiments, they finally restored the moment of sunlight penetrating the glass. Today, this bookmark has become a "top garden influencer" on social platforms, and some tourists even make "check-in guides" specifically for collecting different flower window designs. The ancient framing art is actively inherited between turning pages.
From the flower windows of the Humble Administrator's Garden, young people see "the aesthetics of our ancestors that you can always trust." Behind this is the profound Chinese aesthetic style.
"Although made by man, it seems to be created by nature" - classical gardens are the material condensation of the ideal lifestyle paradigm of the Chinese people. The well-known "Preface to the Orchid Pavilion Gathering" (兰亭集序) records the garden gathering more than 1,600 years ago, casting an eternal ripple in the hearts of the Chinese people. As Mr. Zong Baihua said, "The Jin people discovered nature externally and discovered their own deep feelings internally." Please see, the Crown Cloud Peak (冠云峰) of the Lingering Garden (留园) in Suzhou, the "thin, transparent, leaky, and wrinkled" Taihu stones simulate the rising of clouds; the four seasons rockeries of the Ge Garden (个园) in Yangzhou (扬州), bamboo shoot stones, lake stones, yellow stones, and Xuan stones deduce the passage of time. Feasible, viewable, tourable, and habitable, there is landscape aesthetics in the gardens.
"A window, seeing the Chinese people's view of time and space." Some media have appreciated the gardens in this way. The circular cave gate of the "Moon Comes with the Wind Pavilion" (月到风来亭) in the Master of the Nets Garden (网师园) frames the shadows of trees, but opens up the imaginative space of "flower shadows moving over the wall"; the "Waiting for Frost Pavilion" (待霜亭) in the Humble Administrator's Garden is surrounded by orange trees, and the oranges ripen when the frost falls, specifically and subtly reflecting the ingenuity. From viewing the scenery to seeing the emotions, we see even more the cultural mind of the Chinese people, and there is character and interest in the gardens.
From the flower windows of the Humble Administrator's Garden, we see the infinite possibilities of classical aesthetics integrating into modern life. Behind this is the booming cultural confidence and active innovation and creation of Generation Z.
At present, young people are actively encountering the "ceiling of Chinese aesthetics" in their minds in various ways. In the Yu Garden (豫园) in Shanghai (上海), tourists take photos with koi in the water, with the caption "Forward the koi to receive good luck," and the garden has become a "new wishing pool" for Generation Z. On a summer night in the Canglang Pavilion (沧浪亭), follow the Kunqu opera of "The Peony Pavilion" (牡丹亭) to a "Kunqu Night Tour," and the garden with its changing scenery becomes a natural stage for immersive drama.
Young people's re-creation of garden aesthetics goes far beyond this. Yang Haitao's team has successively launched a series of cultural creations such as "Gardens in Books" and "Gardens Have Auspiciousness," and launched topics such as "Bringing Gardens Home" and "Intangible Cultural Heritage in Gardens" to attract young people to share and interact. Ma Junda, a video blogger born after 1995, uses model animation to popularize garden architecture, and niche content can also "go out of the circle." People left messages in his comment area: "No way, Chinese aesthetics is so fun!" "Framing the scenery, what is contained is elegance, and Chinese aesthetics will never be outdated."
From "seeing the garden" to "entering the play," from "touring" to "experiencing," from "inheriting" to "spreading" - young people use unique ways to inject contemporary narratives into classical aesthetics. These innovations full of internet sense are redefining the "garden lifestyle" of this era. The cultural DNA of Chinese aesthetics is also continuously surging and vigorously fresh in the torrent of the times due to the sincere investment of countless young lives.
Testimonials
Yang Haitao (杨海涛), Deputy Dean of the School of Digital Art of Suzhou Art & Design Technology Institute (苏州工艺美术职业技术学院):
Today's young people visit gardens not only for check-in experiences, but also to cultivate their minds. If garden cultural creations want to attract young people, they must first label the products with "youth code" attributes, highlighting youthfulness and emotionalization, and injecting a charm that moves people at a glance. At the same time, it is necessary to deeply explore the cultural core, not to stay in simply copying the shape of objects, but to break the "sense of grandeur," so that aesthetic elements permeate daily scenes, increase storytelling and interactivity, and allow young people to participate in culture, experience culture, and explore culture.
(This report was compiled by Wang Weijian (王伟健), reporter of this newspaper)
Artistic Interest
Gardens in Literature
The most wonderful classical work about gardens is "Dream of the Red Chamber" (红楼梦). The Grand View Garden (大观园) uses a "belt of green peaks" to block the scenery, and borrows the winding water of the Qinfang Bridge (沁芳桥) to perform "changing scenery with each step." The zhi-commentary says "every grass and tree is a metaphor," and Daiyu's "burying flower soul in the cold moon" reflects the moon shadow and poetic soul, fully displaying the artistic conception of garden creation.
"How can you know the spring is so beautiful without going to the garden?" As the place where Du Liniang (杜丽娘) and Liu Mengmei's (柳梦梅) love story takes place in "The Peony Pavilion" (牡丹亭), the garden is transformed into a stage for youthful awakening, causing Du Liniang to exclaim "the purples and reds bloom everywhere."
In Wang Shifu's (王实甫) "Romance of the West Chamber" (西厢记), there is also a wall of flower shadows expressing lovesickness. In the garden of the Pujiu Temple (普救寺), "flower shadows move over the wall, suspecting a jade beauty has come," which is the literary masterpiece of garden creation's "framing the scenery."
Gardens on paper, in the interweaving of reality and illusion, construct the Chinese people's spiritual pursuit of "carrying the Tao with gardens," and transmit the eternal charm of Oriental aesthetics through the pages of books.
(The author is Deng Bing (邓冰), a cultural science popularization propagandist of the Chinese Garden Museum (中国园林博物馆) Propaganda and Education Department, compiled by Shi Fang (施芳), reporter of this newspaper)
Why Did Ancient People Love "Ugly Stones"?
In the eyes of the ancients, the most beautiful stone was jade. Most of the words in Chinese with jade as a radical have beautiful meanings. However, some stones that are "ugly" in the eyes of ordinary people were also loved by many ancient literati and officials.
The history of ancient people appreciating stones can be said to be long. During the Wei and Jin Dynasties, mountain stones entered the courtyard as independent viewing objects. In the Tang Dynasty, stones as exquisite as Taihu stones were developed and appreciated. In the Song Dynasty, Taihu stones gradually formed the appreciation standards of "thin, transparent, leaky, and wrinkled," and some even added the word "ugly," the so-called extreme ugliness is beauty. The Three Mountains and Five Mountains, hundreds of caves and thousands of ravines, can all be felt in a small Taihu stone, which can be described as "a hundred fathoms in a fist, a thousand miles in an instant, obtained while sitting." The "ugly and strange things" from nature became "suitable things" in the eyes of literati, entering courtyards, gardens, studies, and halls. No wonder Bai Juyi (白居易) listed Taihu stones as first-class in "Taihu Stone Record." The "ugly" stones have stories and history. Whether it is Bai Juyi, who regarded stones as friends, or Mi Fu (米芾), who worshiped stones as brothers, the interaction between celebrities and mountain stones has also provided cultural annotations for the formation and development of Chinese mountain stone culture.
(The author is Zhang Baoxin (张宝鑫), Director of the Garden Research Center of the Chinese Garden Museum (中国园林博物馆), compiled by Shi Fang (施芳), reporter of this newspaper)
Artistic Product
Although Made by Man, It Seems to Be Created by Nature
"Although made by man, it seems to be created by nature" comes from "Yuanye" (园冶) written by Ji Cheng (计成), a garden designer in the Ming Dynasty, which states the basic principle of ancient Chinese garden creation. The man-made gardens should be like natural creations, minimizing or eliminating traces of carving. This sentence also contains the philosophy of "harmony between man and nature" in traditional Chinese culture, reflecting an attitude of respecting nature and conforming to nature, which is in line with the artistic conception of "learning from nature" in Chinese painting.
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Chinese gardens have a long history. As early as the Shang and Zhou dynasties, gardens appeared in the form of "You (囿)." From the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods to the Qin and Han dynasties, "You (囿)" gradually became "Yuan You (苑囿)," incorporating more landscaping elements. During the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, literati and scholars devoted themselves to landscapes, promoting the rise of natural landscape gardens and private gardens. The garden art of the Ming and Qing dynasties reached its peak. The royal gardens were magnificent, and the private gardens were small but comprehensive. Works such as *The Craft of Gardens* (*Yuan Ye (园冶)*) and *Treatise on Superfluous Things* (*Chang Wu Zhi (长物志)*) marked the theoretical maturity of Chinese garden art.
Chinese gardens have always been based on nature, integrating culture and philosophy, and are unique in world gardening. To appreciate the beauty of gardens, you can carefully savor them from several perspectives:
Stacking stones and managing water are the core content of gardens. When using stones in gardens, from selecting stones to stacking mountains, it is necessary to place the most suitable stone materials in different environments, landscapes, and locations to create a artistic conception of towering peaks and secluded valleys. The presentation of water is diverse, with water surfaces reflecting the sky like mirrors and flowing water passing through stones, presenting a dynamic picture space.
Architecture is the finishing touch of the garden. Pavilions, terraces, corridors, archways, kiosks, and bridges, with their upturned eaves and carved beams and painted rafters, not only provide shade from the sun and rain, but are also the best places to view the scenery. Walking through them, the scenery changes with each step. Borrowing scenery and framing scenery, using doors, windows, and openings, allows viewers to observe the beautiful scenery from a specific angle, expanding the spatial artistic conception and adding to the garden's sense of layering and the pleasure of touring.
楹联 (Yinglian) entrust the cultural origin of the garden, reflecting the ancient literati's feelings for landscapes and their ambition for a simple life. The Canglang Pavilion (沧浪亭) in Suzhou (苏州)'s "Clear breeze and bright moon are priceless, near water and distant mountains are all affectionate" is full of interest and artistic conception. The Yinglian of the "Lotus Breeze Pavilion (荷风四面亭)" in the Humble Administrator's Garden (拙政园) is "Four walls of lotus flowers, three sides of willows, half a pool of autumn water, one room of mountains," with summer scenery and lotus flowers blooming, creating a visual "sense of envelopment." The Yinglian of the "Watching Pines and Reading Paintings Studio (看松读画轩)" in the Master of the Nets Garden (网师园) is even longer: "Wind, wind, rain, rain, warm, warm, cold, cold, everywhere searching, Ying, Ying, Yan, Yan, flowers, flowers, leaves, leaves, Qing, Qing, dusk, dusk, morning, morning," 28 stacked characters show the landscape changes of the four seasons. Reading the words can deepen the understanding of the artistic conception and cultural connotation conveyed by the garden.
The aesthetic standards behind Chinese gardens have been slowly formed in the process of learning to speak, read, and write, flowing in the cultural blood. The creation mode of "Although made by man, it seems to be opened by heaven" is completely different from the geometric symmetrical plane layout pursued by Western gardens. Chinese gardens use winding paths and scattered pavilions to construct a subtle oriental artistic conception. The half-frame bamboo shadow framed by the leaky window is like the blank space in literati paintings, which vividly interprets the aesthetic wisdom of "incomplete completeness." This is the result of following the gardening concept of imitating paintings with gardens, and it is also determined by the philosophical thinking height of Chinese people's view of the world.
The garden is not only a secluded paradise, but also a metaphor for entering the world. Every landscape is a material expression of moral personality. Modern people's desire for "poetic dwelling" is still undiminished. People use concrete to imitate the folds of Taihu stones, integrate digital projection technology into waterscapes, and transform the traditional garden's "borrowing scenery" technique into framing the urban mountains and seas. Today, as traditional gardens enter the modern context, this is a return to "slow life" and a persistent pursuit of a spiritual home in a fast-paced era.
(The author is a professor at the Central Academy of Fine Arts (中央美术学院))
Return to Top*People's Daily* Hefei (合肥) June 15th (Reporter Xu Jing (徐靖)) Recently, Professor Xiao Zhengguo (肖正国)'s research team at the University of Science and Technology of China has made significant progress in improving the lifespan of perovskite light-emitting diodes (LEDs). They proposed a new method called "weak spatial confinement" to prepare all-inorganic perovskite thin films with larger crystal grains and greater high-temperature resistance, successfully increasing the LED brightness to over 1.16 million nits and a lifespan exceeding 180,000 hours. The related research results were published in the journal *Nature*.
The research team added specific compounds to the perovskite material, making the interior of the new material more ordered and avoiding the defect problems caused by small crystals produced by traditional methods, which greatly improved the stability and brightness of the LED. Studies have shown that the luminous efficiency of this new type of perovskite LED exceeds 22%, which is on par with the luminous efficiency of commercial display products. The maximum brightness of display screens commonly used by people is usually within a few thousand nits. Calculated at a normal brightness of 100 nits, the new perovskite LED can theoretically be used for more than 180,000 hours, which has reached the broad standard of commercial LED products.
Return to TopThis newspaper reported from Nanning (南宁) on June 15th (Reporter Pang Ge Ping (庞革平)). On June 15th, the first Academic Exchange Conference on Innovation and Development of Artificial Intelligence in Subtropical Agriculture was held in Nanning (南宁), Guangxi (广西). This conference was hosted by Guangxi University (广西大学) and the Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (中国科学院微生物研究所), focusing on the deep integration of artificial intelligence and subtropical agriculture. It attracted more than 100 representatives from domestic universities, research institutions, and agricultural enterprises.
At the opening ceremony, the unveiling ceremony of the Agricultural Artificial Intelligence Research Institute was held. The institute has formed a research team spanning agriculture, computer science, and machinery, and will be committed to building an innovative platform integrating talent training, scientific and technological research, and achievement transformation.
The conference focused on four topics: "Bioinformatics and Intelligent Breeding," "Data Twins and Large Language Model Applications," "Intelligent Equipment and Intelligent Agricultural Machinery," and "Precision Cultivation and Intelligent Management." Experts attending the meeting shared cutting-edge theories and practical cases of artificial intelligence in the field of agriculture.
Return to TopAccording to Xinhua News Agency, Xining (西宁), June 15th (Reporters Baima Yangcuo (白玛央措) and Wang Yan (王艳)) "Tracing the Source of the River, Kunlun (昆仑) - Qinghai (青海) Kunlun Culture Multidisciplinary Comprehensive Scientific Expedition" was launched on the 15th at the Qinghai Academy of Social Sciences (青海省社会科学院). The scientific expedition will systematically sort out the elements and symbols of Kunlun culture through field investigation, literature review, and technological innovation, and interpret and display the historical context of Qinghai's diverse and integrated Chinese culture.
According to reports, this scientific expedition is the first multidisciplinary comprehensive scientific expedition of Kunlun culture in Qinghai Province (青海省) focusing on humanities and social sciences, bringing together experts and scholars in archeology, history, ethnology, geography, anthropology, paleography, folklore and many other fields.
This scientific expedition is organized and implemented in accordance with the major special project "Multidisciplinary Comprehensive Investigation and Research on Kunlun Culture" established by the Qinghai Academy of Social Sciences (青海省社会科学院) at the beginning of 2025. The scientific expedition will last for 11 days, and the expedition team will conduct field investigations in Kunlun Mountains (昆仑山), Yuxu Peak (玉虚峰), the source of the Yellow River (黄河) - Yaguzonglie Qu (约古宗列曲), Zhaling Lake (扎陵湖) and Eling Lake (鄂陵湖), and other places.
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"One stitch, one boat, the boat is on the riverbank..." Accompanied by the melodious erhu music, the folk song "Embroidered Pouch" wafts from a small house. Wang Dafa (王大发), a 71-year-old villager from Shangsiba Village (上四坝村), Sishui Town (泗水镇), Gulang County (古浪县), Wuwei City (武威市), Gansu Province (甘肃省), plays the erhu while a friend sings along. This is the Quyi (曲艺) room of the Mutual Assistance Happiness Courtyard in the village.
In recent years, Gulang County (古浪县) has optimized the supply of elderly care services. On the basis of ensuring the basic material needs of the elderly, it has further enriched the types of home-based elderly care services, built township-level comprehensive elderly care service centers, village-level mutual assistance happiness courtyards (care service centers), etc., to improve the level of service supply and make the spiritual lives of the elderly more colorful.
Build dedicated venues
Set up a variety of activity rooms
Meeting spiritual needs requires basic conditions as a prerequisite.
The Mutual Assistance Happiness Courtyard in Shangsiba Village (上四坝村) is built in the middle of the village, and most villagers can walk here in no more than 10 minutes from their homes. In July last year, the village's Mutual Assistance Happiness Courtyard was renovated and upgraded. Now it has 7 functional rooms, including a table tennis room, a Quyi (曲艺) room, a calligraphy and painting room, and a farmer's bookstore, and is equipped with a loving canteen.
"I come here after breakfast, eat here at noon and in the evening, and can stay here all day." Wang Dafa (王大发) said that his children are all working hard in other places, and the land has also been transferred. The material life at home is very rich.
Now, the Mutual Assistance Happiness Courtyard has become an important activity place for him and his wife. Nearly a hundred elderly people carry out activities here every day. Playing table tennis, performing Yangko dance, rehearsing in the orchestra, practicing calligraphy, reading newspapers and books, enjoying volunteer services such as haircuts... Each activity room has a specific function, and everyone enjoys themselves.
As of now, Gulang (古浪) County has built 7 township-level comprehensive elderly care service centers and 94 village-level mutual assistance happiness courtyards (care service centers).
"There are unified standards for construction, which can not only provide services such as meals and haircuts for the elderly, but also meet various spiritual and cultural needs," said Guo Jun (郭军), director of the County Civil Affairs Bureau.
Cultural and sports activities are often held
Frequent visits to people in need
Meeting spiritual needs is inseparable from colorful activities.
For some more densely populated and diverse areas, Gulang County (古浪县) absorbed the suggestions of the masses and "tailor-made" special activities. The Green Oasis "Elderly and Young" Care Service Center in Hengliang Township (横梁乡) has more than 500 elderly people from 7 surrounding villages coming here to participate in activities every day. Changxing New Village (长兴新村), Xin'an New Village (新安新村), Xingfu New Village (幸福新村), Chunhui New Village (春晖新村), Chaoyang New Village (朝阳新村), Kangning New Village (康宁新村), and Jintan Village (金滩村), through ecological and geological disaster risk avoidance relocation, villagers who originally lived in the county's geological disaster risk areas moved away from their "worrisome residences" and moved into new homes, forming these 7 villages. Among them, thousands of elderly people over 60 years old have settled here. While their material lives have become richer, the enrichment of their spiritual lives has gone through a process.
"Everyone hasn't been together for a long time, and there are many people. At the beginning, many elderly people were not familiar with each other, and they were not very open when they came here to participate in activities," said volunteer Wang Yuhong (王玉红).
In order to make everyone familiar with each other and enjoy wonderful activities, the center came up with many ideas. In the two years since the center officially started operating, Wang Yuhong (王玉红) and her colleagues have organized dozens of interesting competitions. In table tennis matches, dance competitions and other activities, the elderly friends gradually became familiar with each other. At most, all 13 functional rooms on the three floors of the center are filled with elderly people.
"I can sing and dance, and I have won several table tennis championships!" Gou Zhengheng (苟正升), 68, lives in the nearby Xin'an New Village (新安新村). He took out the medals he won and was very proud. Now, various competitions are held here every month. Gou Zhengheng (苟正升) was also elected as the head of an elderly art troupe. There are more than 30 members in the troupe, and they are all regulars here. "Mobilizing everyone's enthusiasm, so that the elderly can more actively and cheerfully join the activities and gain pleasure, is conducive to physical and mental health," said Wang Yuhong (王玉红).
What if some elderly people are inconvenient to go out due to various reasons and cannot participate in group activities? Gulang County (古浪县) organizes loving volunteers to provide door-to-door psychological counseling and artistic performances.
After leaving the home of Grandpa Liu (刘大爷) in Fuyuan New Village (富源新村), Xinbao Township (新堡乡), seeing that it was still early, Wang Xiaoxia (王小霞) got into the car and rushed to the next elderly person's home without stopping. She is a volunteer of the "Loving Mother" team. Since 2018, she has been responsible for providing door-to-door services and caring for elderly people who are inconvenient to go out.
Grandpa Liu (刘大爷) is 71 years old this year. Because he is ill and cannot go out, there are only him and his wife at home. It is always deserted, and Grandpa Liu's (刘大爷) emotions are often unstable. After learning about the situation, Wang Xiaoxia (王小霞) often brings volunteers to the door to clean, cut hair and wash their hair. Each time, she also brings a set of Bluetooth speakers and a microphone to chat and counsel, and also sings Qinqiang (秦腔) with Grandpa Liu (刘大爷). Over the years, Grandpa Liu (刘大爷) has gradually become cheerful. "At first, he was quite resistant to our coming, but now he shouts and greets us from afar when he hears our voices," said Wang Xiaoxia (王小霞).
There are more than 20 volunteer service teams in the county, each with about 30 people, shuttling between townships and villages, caring for more than 2,000 elderly people who need door-to-door services.
Elderly people become "summoners"
Popular science publicity is deeply rooted in people's hearts
With the guarantee of infrastructure and personnel allocation, many elderly people are not only service recipients, but also actively participate in activity organization and cultural construction, becoming "summoners" among the elderly.
In the Comprehensive Elderly Care Service Center in Tumen Town (土门镇), a dozen elderly people are sitting around together. "If a stranger calls and says to give money to your children, you must not believe it lightly, and protect our elderly people's wallets." Che Tai'an (车泰安), 65, stood in the middle, explaining anti-fraud knowledge.
Che Tai'an (车泰安) is a retired teacher. In the 5 years since his retirement, with the support of the service center, he established a community elderly art troupe. In daily singing and chatting, he discovered an important problem: "Some elderly friends do not have a high level of education, their children are not around, and they are not familiar with using smartphones, so it is easy for criminals to take advantage of them. As an elderly person myself, I can empathize."
To this end, Che Tai'an (车泰安) actively communicated with the service center and took the initiative to undertake some policy publicity, anti-fraud publicity and other tasks. After each art activity, he would take advantage of the large number of people to explain to everyone. Now, in addition to a fixed publicity session every month, the service center will open a lecture hall during festivals and holidays, vacate the largest activity room, and invite Che Tai'an (车泰安) to be the main speaker.
In addition to anti-fraud publicity, Che Tai'an (车泰安) also popularizes healthy eating, exercise methods, and publicizes elderly care policies and services. "It's great to let everyone have fun and share some common sense of life and mental health knowledge. I feel very accomplished." Che Tai'an (车泰安) enjoys it.
Return to TopThis newspaper reported from Beijing on June 15th (Reporter Lin Lili (林丽鹂)) To regulate promotional business practices, maintain network transaction order during the "618" period, and protect the legitimate rights and interests of consumers, the State Administration for Market Regulation (市场监管总局) issued the "Compliance Reminder for '618' Online Centralized Promotion" to comprehensive e-commerce, live-streaming e-commerce, cross-border e-commerce and other platform enterprises.
In fulfilling the main responsibility of the platform, it is necessary to earnestly implement the obligation of review and verification to ensure that the main information of the operators is true and effective. Strictly implement the obligation of information disclosure, strengthen algorithm compliance management, and improve the transparency and fairness of online business activities.
In standardizing promotional activities, it is necessary to participate in market competition fairly, and eliminate illegal activities such as "big data **杀熟** (shā shú - "killing the familiar," price discrimination against loyal customers)," false marketing, and **刷单炒信** (shuā dān chǎo xìn - "brushing orders and hyping credit," fabricating transactions to boost reputation), and prevent fraudulent subsidies for national subsidy commodities.
In standardizing live-streaming marketing activities, it is necessary to establish and improve management norms for live-streaming marketing activities, improve risk identification models, strengthen dynamic monitoring of live-streaming rooms and主播 (zhǔ bō - "anchor," livestreamer) business activities within the platform, and timely deal with illegal and non-compliant behaviors occurring in live-streaming marketing.
In strengthening commodity control, it is necessary to improve the commodity quality control system and measures, strictly review commodity information releases, and strengthen the verification of trademarks, patents and other information of operators within the platform. Conscientiously carry out real-time inspections, strengthen commodity quality monitoring, and timely remove or delete links to illegal and non-compliant products.
In terms of advertising content review, the focus should be on standardizing advertising and celebrity endorsements in key areas such as medical aesthetics, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, and health foods, and timely intercepting and removing illegal advertisements.
In resolving online consumer disputes, platform operators should be urged to comply with regulations such as the 7-day no-reason return policy for online shopping and the "three guarantees" for online shopping, unblock consumer complaint channels, and handle consumer disputes in a timely and appropriate manner.
In protecting the legitimate rights and interests of merchants, it is necessary to promote the openness and fairness of platform rules, fully respect merchants' autonomy in business operations, clean up unreasonable rules, improve the merchant appeal mechanism, and respond to merchants' reasonable demands in a timely manner.
The market regulatory authorities remind that during the "618" period, consumers should consume rationally, protect their rights in accordance with the law, and report illegal and non-compliant behaviors to the market regulatory authorities or relevant competent authorities in a timely manner to effectively safeguard their legitimate rights and interests.
Return to TopBeijing, June 15th (Reported by Wang Haonan (王昊男)) Starting June 15th, Beijing's urban rail transit will add contactless card payment for entry and exit through gates and ticket purchase/supplement functions for JCB cards issued overseas and American Express cards issued domestically and overseas. So far, Beijing's urban rail transit has covered the payment services of five major card organizations: China UnionPay, Mastercard, Visa, JCB, and American Express.
It is understood that this service upgrade covers all 29 operating lines of the Beijing rail network (including 2 airport lines, the Xijiao Line, the Yizhuang T1 Line), 523 stations, and the suburban railway S2 line, supporting card swiping for entry and exit through gates across the entire network, during all time periods, and at all gates. Passengers do not need to purchase tickets in advance or download an application; they can pass through the gate in seconds by holding their card close to the sensing area of the gate machine.
It is reported that when taking the Beijing (北京) subway, foreign passengers can directly use their domestic and foreign issued bank cards for contactless card swiping to pass through the gates; they can also purchase one or more single-journey tickets on self-service ticket vending machines for family members or friends traveling with them to take the subway. During the use of single-journey tickets, if foreign passengers encounter situations such as exceeding the distance or time limit, they can also use their foreign-issued bank cards in hand to process ticket supplements on self-service equipment.
Return to TopWith the advent of the Internet of Everything era, cybersecurity issues are becoming increasingly prominent. Beijing Huaq盾 Technology Co., Ltd. (北京华企盾科技有限责任公司) (hereinafter referred to as "Huaq盾") continuously deepens cybersecurity technology and applications based on years of accumulated cybersecurity case experience and massive security protection data reserves. It constructs a complete business ecosystem with cybersecurity technology as the mainstay, covering security solutions, security services, and security operations. Targeting new business forms and new scenarios spawned by new technologies, it provides customers with full-chain security services and integrated cybersecurity solutions for data security governance, and is committed to becoming a domestic expert in cybersecurity and big data intelligence.
Providing Full-Chain Cybersecurity Solutions
In 2025, Huaq盾 will continue to exert its strength in the field of data security, give full play to its professional advantages, and cooperate with relevant institutions to establish joint laboratories to provide grassroots staff with professional technical support and data support to maintain cybersecurity. At the same time, Huaq盾 is fully committed to creating efficient full-chain cybersecurity solutions, providing in-depth technical consulting services to help customers from integrating and mining multi-source data to multi-dimensional in-depth correlation analysis, combined with source tracing maps to build AI+ model deduction, improve decision-making accuracy and overall effectiveness, and continuously strengthen new network technology services such as data governance electronic data appraisal, penetration testing, code auditing, and offensive and defensive drills to ensure that customers can master the most cutting-edge network technology means and calmly respond to challenges.
Building a Professional Team to Solidify the Technical Foundation
The founding team members of Huaq盾 are all senior cybersecurity experts in the industry, leading the technical team to win awards in international information security technology challenges and cybersecurity skills challenges for many times. Among the existing employees, the technical research and development and security service team account for more than 80%. Huaq盾 adheres to a strong R&D strategy, continuously focusing on cybersecurity protection, penetration testing, data forensics and other fields, independently developing a number of cybersecurity technology tools, forming a technical support system covering the entire chain of network governance; it has provided professional technical support to 120 districts and counties, and has accumulated rich practical experience in the fields of case analysis, technical forensics, and offensive and defensive drills, promoting the effective combination of technological innovation and practical application.
Launching the Huaq盾 DSC Data Leakage Prevention System
With the accelerated development of digitalization and intelligence, enterprise data security has become a key issue related to the survival of enterprises. Huaq盾 firmly serves and integrates into the construction of Digital China, rooted in the digital soil of Chinese enterprises, and launched the independently developed Huaq盾 DSC data leakage prevention system. This system, through the construction of a "technology + management" dual-drive protection system, can achieve AES256/Guomi SM4 (国密SM4) transparent encryption and decryption, U disk encryption management, anti-photo/screenshot/screen recording, violation early warning, behavior traceability, process management, remote control and other functions, to achieve full-process control from encrypted storage to behavior traceability, effectively respond to internal leakage, external attacks and other multi-dimensional risks.
Anchoring the new journey of the "15th Five-Year Plan," Huaq盾 will actively integrate into the construction of Digital China and the wave of digital economic development, focus on promoting the "AI+ cybersecurity" technology research and development and solution application, continue to increase investment in cybersecurity and data security fields, and contribute new and greater strength to the construction of a cyber power and Digital China.
Data source: Beijing Huaq盾 Technology Co., Ltd. (北京华企盾科技有限责任公司)
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Return to TopBy: 王成国
Xi Jinping (习近平), General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee, pointed out: "Chinese-style modernization is the modernization of common prosperity for all the people. Common prosperity is the essential requirement of socialism with Chinese characteristics and a long-term historical process." In 2021, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) at its core entrusted Zhejiang with the major mission of building a demonstration zone for high-quality development and common prosperity, clarifying the fundamental tasks and marking the practical focus for Zhejiang to steadily advance the provincial先行 of Chinese-style modernization. The Party Central Committee and the State Council clearly require that "by 2025, Zhejiang Province will achieve significant substantive progress in promoting high-quality development and building a demonstration zone for common prosperity." At present, how to consolidate achievements, identify shortcomings, and hand in a high-scoring periodic answer sheet is a major practical issue facing Zhejiang's party members and cadres. We must thoroughly study and implement General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important expositions on common prosperity, combine them with Zhejiang's exploration and practice in recent years, grasp the major significance, core connotation, and practical path of building a common prosperity demonstration zone, and promote significant substantive progress in building a high-quality development and common prosperity demonstration zone.
Achieving common prosperity for all the people is a new mode of development.
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized: "There is neither a one-size-fits-all model of modernization in the world, nor a universally applicable standard of modernization." Achieving common prosperity for all the people is a new mode of development based on China's national conditions, with distinct characteristics of the times and Chinese characteristics. It is a practical innovation in the modernization process of human society, which can effectively solve the world problem of unbalanced and insufficient development, thereby achieving the organic unity of efficiency and fairness, development and sharing, and promoting the all-round development of people and the all-round progress of society.
Guided by the new development concept. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "Entering a new stage of development, to fully, accurately, and comprehensively implement the new development concept, we must pay more attention to the issue of common prosperity." The common prosperity we are pursuing is prosperity for all and comprehensive prosperity. It is a brand-new mode of development under the guidance of the new development concept, which is fundamentally different from the Western countries' wealth production centered on capital and driven by profit. To this end, we must grasp the new development concept from the height of adhering to the Party's fundamental purpose, firmly adhere to the "root" and "soul" of the new development concept of seeking happiness for the people and rejuvenation for the nation, promote social fairness and justice, let the fruits of development benefit all the people more and more fairly, and continuously enhance the people's sense of gain, happiness, and security, so that the people can truly feel that common prosperity is a visible, tangible, and truly perceptible fact.
In recent years, Zhejiang has thoroughly implemented the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important speeches and important instructions and approvals during his inspection of Zhejiang, closely focused on implementing the new development concept to implement precise policies, firmly grasped the core task of building a demonstration zone for high-quality development and common prosperity, and clarified the overall deployment of "one primary task, three main directions, and two fundamentals" (taking high-quality development as the primary task, narrowing the "three major gaps" as the main direction, and taking reform and innovation as the fundamental driving force and meeting the people's needs for a better life as the fundamental purpose). It has deeply studied and applied the experience of the "Thousand Villages Demonstration, Ten Thousand Villages Renovation" project to promote the comprehensive revitalization of the countryside, deepened supply-side structural reform, and accelerated the formation of a new pattern of common prosperity in the whole region. In 2024, Zhejiang Province achieved a regional GDP of 9.01 trillion yuan, an increase of 2.55 trillion yuan compared with 2020, and the per capita regional GDP of the province reached 135,600 yuan. Zhejiang's exploration shows that implementing the new development concept is an inevitable requirement for achieving common prosperity for every individual and every region, and solving the must-answer question of "rich but not equal."
Driven by the development of new quality productive forces. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "New quality productive forces are advanced productive forces that are dominated by innovation, get rid of the traditional economic growth mode and productivity development path, and have the characteristics of high technology, high efficiency, and high quality." "Developing new quality productive forces is an inherent requirement and an important focus for promoting high-quality development." These important expositions profoundly reveal the basic connotation and practical characteristics of new quality productive forces and their important role in promoting high-quality development. To steadily promote common prosperity in the new era and on the new journey, it is necessary to promote high-quality development. The development of new quality productive forces has spawned new industries, new business forms, and new models, changed the traditional social production model, and injected new vitality into helping achieve common prosperity.
In recent years, Zhejiang has deeply studied and implemented the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important speeches, taken the construction of a strong province in education, science and technology, and talent as the main support, accelerated the construction of an innovative Zhejiang, developed new quality productive forces in accordance with local conditions, and strived to take the lead in shaping new development advantages with scientific and technological innovation. It has cultivated a large number of technology-based and innovative enterprises represented by the "Hangzhou Six Little Dragons," adding innovative driving force for steadily promoting common prosperity. From 2020 to 2024, the added value of Zhejiang's digital economy core industry increased from 702 billion yuan to 1,106 billion yuan, and the proportion of the province's gross domestic product increased from 10.9% to 12.3%. The industrial digitalization development index and the comprehensive digitalization development level have ranked first in the country for consecutive years. Zhejiang's exploration shows that achieving common prosperity and developing new quality productive forces are interdependent and interact with each other. The process of building a common prosperity demonstration zone is also a process in which innovative elements continue to emerge and new quality productive forces continue to develop.
Taking serving and integrating into the new development pattern as a prerequisite. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "Building a new development pattern with the domestic cycle as the main body and the domestic and international dual cycles promoting each other is an inevitable choice to adapt to the requirements of China's new stage of development and shape new advantages in international cooperation and competition." Enhancing the endogenous power and reliability of the domestic cycle, improving a strong and resilient national economic cycle system, and implementing a wider range, wider field, and deeper level of opening up to the outside world are conducive to enhancing the dynamic balance ability of the macro economy, calmly responding to external shocks and challenges, and laying a more solid development foundation for promoting common prosperity.
"The vines of sweet potatoes extend in all directions in order to absorb more sunlight, rain, and nutrients, but its tubers are always at the base. The extension and expansion of the vines are ultimately for the tubers to grow stronger and larger." More than 20 years ago, Xi Jinping (习近平), then Secretary of the Zhejiang Provincial Party Committee, scientifically explained the "sweet potato theory," guiding Zhejiang to continuously break through development bottlenecks, deploy and promote high-level opening up to the outside world, build a high-energy-level open and strong province, and realize the continuous growth of "Zhejiang Province," "China's Zhejiang," and "Global Zhejiang." It has been sublimated into an important content of the new development concept in the practice of the new era, promoting Zhejiang to solve the problem of internal and external linkage in open development and becoming a provincial sample of China's firm promotion of opening up to the outside world. The number of enterprises in Zhejiang on the "China Top 500 Private Enterprises" list has ranked first in the country for 26 consecutive years. On the five lists of the 2024 China Top 500 Private Enterprises, the 2024 China Top 500 Private Manufacturing Enterprises, the 2024 China Top 100 Private Service Enterprises, the 2024 Top 500 Private Enterprises in R&D Investment, and the 2024 Top 500 Private Enterprises in Invention Patents, the number of Zhejiang private enterprises on the list ranked first in the country. Zhejiang's exploration shows that taking the initiative to serve and integrate into the new development pattern, jumping out of Zhejiang to develop Zhejiang, and actively exploring a development model of internal source driving, external expansion, and internal and external linkage is the inherent meaning of building a common prosperity demonstration zone and an important support for building a common prosperity demonstration zone.
Achieving common prosperity for all the people presents a new form of human civilization.
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "We adhere to and develop socialism with Chinese characteristics, promote the coordinated development of material civilization, political civilization, spiritual civilization, social civilization, and ecological civilization, create a new path of Chinese-style modernization, and create a new form of human civilization." This important exposition inherits and develops the Marxist theory of social formation, profoundly reveals that promoting the coordinated development of the "five civilizations" is an important content of Chinese-style modernization, and further enriches the connotation of common prosperity for all the people. From a global perspective, the industrialization of developed capitalist countries has been around for two or three hundred years, creating huge material wealth, but they are generally faced with the serious crisis of polarization and social division. The common prosperity we are pursuing is a new form of human civilization presented on the basis of highly developed productive forces, the sharing of development results by all the people, the realization of the all-round development of people and the all-round progress of society, and the realization of material affluence and spiritual abundance.
It has the characteristics of the ideal society and a better life for mankind. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "We adhere to taking the people's yearning for a better life as our goal, adhere to the people-centered development thought, focus on guaranteeing and improving people's livelihood, focus on solving the urgent and difficult problems of the people, and let the achievements of Chinese-style modernization benefit all the people more and more fairly." Achieving common prosperity for all the people is based on the socialist system, emphasizing the coordinated development of material civilization and spiritual civilization, narrowing the gap between urban and rural areas through the elimination of polarization, and realizing the comprehensive improvement of the material life and spiritual life of all the people, surpassing the Western development logic centered on capital. This not only follows the laws of human social development, but also conforms to the people's yearning for a better life. At the social development level, strive to achieve material affluence, political integrity, spiritual abundance, social stability, and ecological livability, conforming to the people's desire for civilization and progress. Making modernization better respond to the people's demands in all aspects and multi-level needs can not only enhance the well-being of contemporary people, but also protect the rights and interests of future generations and promote the sustainable development of human society. At the social life level, adhere to development for the people, development relying on the people, and development results shared by the people, truly realizing people-centered development.
In recent years, Zhejiang has vigorously explored the reform of the income distribution system, continuously narrowed the gap in basic public services between urban and rural areas, realized the high-quality integrated development of urban and rural areas, and resolutely prevented polarization. From 2020 to 2024, the income gap between urban and rural areas in Zhejiang continued to narrow, and the ratio of urban to rural residents' income decreased from 1.96 to 1.83. The income level of urban and rural residents ranked first among all provinces and regions in the country for the 24th and 40th consecutive years, respectively. Zhejiang's exploration shows that the process of building a demonstration zone for high-quality development and common prosperity is the process of striving to turn the "things that the masses are looking forward to" into the "things that the Party and the government are doing" and turning the "things that the Party and the government are doing" into the "things that the masses are satisfied with." It is the process of making high-quality development perceptible and knowable, making common prosperity real and true, and making the people's sense of gain, happiness, and security sufficient and abundant.
It includes the elements needed to achieve the free and all-round development of people. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "The ultimate goal of modernization is to achieve the free and all-round development of people." The continuous development of social productive forces requires profound changes in the relations of production in terms of property rights system, distribution mechanism, and labor relations, promoting all the people to generally achieve a life of affluence and abundance, spiritual self-confidence and self-improvement, a livable and workable environment, a harmonious and harmonious society, and the universal benefit of public services through hard work and mutual assistance, better meeting the growing needs of individuals in economic, political, cultural, social, and ecological aspects, and ultimately achieving the free and all-round development of people.
In recent years, Zhejiang has adhered to promoting the organic unity of high-quality economic development and meeting the broader needs of the people, and actively explored effective ways to promote the high-quality sharing of public services for the entire life cycle of people. In terms of spatial mobility, it promotes the free choice of employment and flexible employment of labor force in different regions, deepens the reform of citizenization of agricultural transfer population, improves the system of providing basic public services by registering household registration in the place of residence, promotes the orderly and reasonable flow of population, focuses on achieving equalization of human capital investment, and takes multiple measures to promote the transformation of demographic dividend to talent dividend. In terms of factor mobility, it deepens the integrated reform of basic public services, promotes the "Seven Advantages" project of basic public services with high standards, further optimizes the supply system of basic public services, and deploys and promotes a number of major projects in the field of people's livelihood every year, embarking on a development path from "quantitative accumulation" to "qualitative improvement" and then to "supply and demand adaptation," promoting the balanced accessibility and high-quality sharing of basic public services. Zhejiang's exploration shows that the construction of a common prosperity demonstration zone is an inevitable requirement for achieving the all-round development of people and the all-round progress of society, and a profound social transformation to accelerate the formation of an integrated pattern of regional urban and rural areas, an "olive-shaped" social structure, and a new mechanism of "allowing some to get rich first and then helping others to get rich."
It demonstrates the dynamic balance of efficiency and fairness, development and sharing, and vitality and order. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "Adhere to the people-centered development thought, promote common prosperity in high-quality development, and correctly handle the relationship between efficiency and fairness." Achieving common prosperity for all the people requires the establishment of a social fairness guarantee system covering elements such as equal rights, equal opportunities, equal rules, and equal distribution, focusing on solving the institutional and mechanism obstacles that hinder social fairness, so that urban and rural residents in different regions can enjoy basically the same living standards and quality, and the fruits of reform and development can benefit the people more and more fairly. By giving play to the decisive role of the market in resource allocation and better giving play to the role of the government, we can realize effective incentives for property rights, free flow of factors, flexible price response, and survival of the fittest among enterprises, fully mobilize and give play to the enthusiasm, initiative, and creativity of all the people, and effectively transform the institutional advantages of the socialist market economy into governance effectiveness.
In recent years, Zhejiang has been based on building a pioneer area for high-quality development and high-quality life, a leading area for coordinated development between urban and rural areas, an experimental area for income distribution system reform, and a demonstration area for a civilized, harmonious, and beautiful home, comprehensively implemented the "expanding the middle and raising the low" action, promoted the pilot reform of fair competition policies in the whole province, steadily promoted the modernization of the grassroots governance system and governance capacity, and strived to seek the optimal solution in the balance of multiple goals such as efficiency and fairness, development and sharing, and vitality and order. Zhejiang's exploration shows that the construction of a common prosperity demonstration zone is a process of mutual promotion and spiral rise between high-quality development, modernization construction, and common prosperity for all the people. It is a practical creation process of comprehensively promoting all social operation elements such as the contemporary Chinese political system, social culture, social governance, and social policies. It is a powerful measure to create a new form of human civilization.
Achieving common prosperity for all the people is the organic unity of high-quality development, high-quality life, and high-efficiency governance.
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "We must adhere to guaranteeing and improving people's livelihood in development, and put promoting high-quality development in the first place." "We must deploy major plans, major reforms, and major policies that have a guiding role in high-quality development and high-efficiency governance in a targeted manner." These important expositions profoundly reveal that achieving common prosperity must promote the organic unity of high-quality development, high-quality life, and high-efficiency governance, and further clarify the measurement standards for achieving common prosperity. High-quality development, high-quality life, and high-efficiency governance are interrelated, mutually conditional, and mutually reinforcing, covering the people's yearning for fairness and justice, a happy life, and a sense of security, and pointing out the practical path for steadily promoting common prosperity.
High-quality development is the material basis for achieving common prosperity. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized: "High-quality development is development that can well meet the people's growing needs for a better life." Material affluence is the primary prerequisite for achieving common prosperity. Promoting high-quality development, promoting the effective improvement of the quality of the economy and the reasonable growth of quantity, requires dividing the "cake" well while constantly making the "cake" bigger, realizing the synchronization of residents' income and economic growth, providing solid industrial support for narrowing the income gap and realizing employment and income increase, and building a material foundation for improving people's livelihood and well-being.
In the process of promoting high-quality development and building a demonstration zone for common prosperity, Zhejiang Province has deeply studied and applied the experience of the "Thousand Villages Demonstration, Ten Thousand Villages Renovation" Program, coordinated the three tasks of "strengthening cities," "revitalizing villages," and "integration," vigorously created a "county town - central town - key village" development axis, and strived to narrow the gap between urban and rural areas, regional disparities, and income disparities. These explorations and practices have powerfully implemented General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important requirement of "adhering to a people-centered development philosophy and promoting common prosperity in high-quality development," continuously solving the problems of unbalanced, uncoordinated, and unsustainable development through unswervingly following the path of high-quality development, avoiding the phenomenon of "one leg long and one leg short" caused by development imbalance, and striving to lay a solid material foundation for achieving common prosperity.
A high-quality life is the goal and pursuit of achieving common prosperity. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "We must establish a strategic vision, conform to the people's expectations for a high-quality life, and adapt to the process of the comprehensive development of people and the common prosperity of all the people." To achieve common prosperity for all the people, we must take the realization of the free and comprehensive development of people as an intrinsic requirement and core value, and comprehensively promote the comprehensive enrichment of things and the comprehensive development of people. As a concrete expression of the people's needs for a better life, a high-quality life is an inevitable requirement for moving towards common prosperity, which includes not only high quality at the material level but also high pursuits at the spiritual level. Only by thinking about what the people think, doing what the people expect, and constantly turning the people's yearning for a better life into reality can we realize, safeguard, and develop the fundamental interests of the broadest masses of the people, and make people's lives happier and better.
In recent years, Zhejiang has always adhered to taking the satisfaction of the people's growing needs for a better life as the starting point and foothold of all its work, promoted more inclusive, equal, and accessible basic public services in urban and rural areas, and created a high-quality life that is jointly built and shared. Around the coverage requirements of "tangible, effective, sensible, and vocal," the province has comprehensively promoted the construction of a "15-minute public legal service circle," allowing the people to enjoy more convenient and efficient public legal services, and so on. These practical explorations have powerfully implemented General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important requirement of "focusing on solving the urgent, difficult, and worrying problems of the people, improving the basic public service system, improving the level of public services, enhancing balance and accessibility, and solidly promoting common prosperity," actively shaping the basic picture of modern life for urban and rural residents, and striving to enable the people to enjoy a higher quality of life and share the fruits of development.
High-efficiency governance is an important support for achieving common prosperity. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized: "We must adhere to taking the improvement and development of the socialist system with Chinese characteristics and the promotion of the modernization of the national governance system and governance capacity as the overall goal of comprehensively deepening reform." Promoting the better adaptation of national governance and social development is the inherent logic of socialist modernization. High-efficiency governance is based on the standardization, normalization, scientification, and modernization of governance, with the goal of people living and working in peace and contentment, social stability and order, and long-term national stability and security. It is a positive state in which the governing subject, the governed object, and the governance environment are mutually coupled and continuously optimized.
In recent years, Zhejiang has adhered to and developed the "Fengqiao Experience" in the new era, continuously launched grassroots governance models and experiences with Zhejiang characteristics, and steadily improved the modernization level of the grassroots governance system and governance capacity. Focusing on grid management, refined services, and information support, the province has iteratively improved the "141" grassroots governance system to continuously improve governance effectiveness. Strengthening the concept of resilient governance, the province pays more attention to legally protecting the creativity and innovation rights of the broad masses of the people, adheres to mobilizing the masses and relying on the masses to carry out grassroots governance, and strives to build a social governance pattern of joint construction, joint governance, and shared benefits. Adhering to and improving the good traditions, good practices, and good mechanisms of Safe Zhejiang construction, the province has solidified and improved the "intelligent, non-sensitive, dynamic, and harmonious" security model of the Hangzhou Asian Games (杭州亚运会), and strived to build a Safe Zhejiang (平安浙江) and Rule of Law Zhejiang (法治浙江) at a higher level. Zhejiang's exploration and practice show that promoting high-efficiency governance, effectively preventing and resolving major risks, and creating a social environment in which the people can live and work with peace of mind, security, and comfort are not only an inevitable requirement for coordinating development and security but also a fundamental support for achieving common prosperity.
(The author is a member of the Standing Committee of the Zhejiang Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China and Secretary of the Political and Legal Affairs Commission)
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Building free trade zones is an important strategic measure for the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) at its core to promote reform and opening up in the new era. The "Decision" of the 20th Third Plenary Session of the Party proposed: "Implement the strategy of upgrading free trade zones, and encourage original and integrated exploration." General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out at the seminar for leading cadres at the provincial and ministerial levels to study and implement the spirit of the 20th Third Plenary Session of the Party: "Implement the strategy of upgrading free trade zones, encourage original and integrated exploration, and build new highlands for reform and opening up with higher levels of openness and stronger radiating effects." This provides a fundamental guideline for us to promote the high-quality development of free trade zones. We must continuously summarize experience, refine and elevate theory in practice, and then use theory to feed back into practice, forming a virtuous cycle and promoting free trade zones to become important engines for high-level opening up in the new era.
Since the new era, under the leadership of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) at its core, China has successively established 22 free trade zones in 7 batches, forming a pattern of reform and opening up innovation that covers the east, west, north, and south, and coordinates coastal, inland, and border areas. Free trade zones, through "experiment first, then promote," follow a gradual reform approach from point to area, from individual to general, and from special to universal, which helps to accumulate experience in accordance with local conditions and provide theoretical basis and policy support for subsequent reforms, achieving "small breakthroughs" with "small cuts." Implementing the strategy of upgrading free trade zones is an important measure to promote high-level opening up and high-quality development. Encouraging original and integrated exploration in the process of implementing the strategy of upgrading free trade zones can adapt to the new situation and new requirements, promote policy innovation and institutional innovation, and carry out exploration in broader fields and deeper levels.
Original exploration mainly focuses on key and difficult issues in further expanding opening up, and takes the lead in exploring leading measures in regulatory and service concepts, models, paths, technical means and methods, and systems and mechanisms, and forms replicable and scalable pilot experiences for reform.
In the process of implementing the strategy of upgrading free trade zones, encouraging original exploration should closely focus on major national strategic needs such as promoting the construction of a new open economic system, developing new quality productive forces, unblocking the domestic and international dual circulation, and building a modern industrial system. Through breakthroughs at the "point" level, with new concepts, new models, new paths, new technologies and means, and new systems and mechanisms, the institutional costs can be significantly reduced, and the satisfaction and sense of gain of business entities can be improved. To this end, it is necessary to give play to the pioneering spirit of the grassroots, grant a certain degree of reform autonomy to front-line departments, and fully guarantee the operating autonomy of various enterprises, so that they can dare to try, dare to break through, and reform independently.
Specifically, efforts can be focused on the following aspects. First, expand the high-level opening up of the service industry, actively connect with international high-standard economic and trade rules, take the lead in opening up businesses in some fields within the free trade zones, and pay attention to the new changes in the "digitalization" of service trade and the payment and settlement methods of service trade. Second, accelerate the construction of a data infrastructure system, and on the basis of coordinating opening up and security, actively explore innovation in the fields of data element confirmation and registration, evaluation and pricing, and cross-border circulation, and build a mechanism framework to promote the free flow of data elements; explore a digital identity authentication system in line with international standards, and promote the convergence of digital economy and digital trade rules. Third, promote the formulation of rules and standards for new industries and new fields, actively guide relevant enterprises and industries to participate in the formulation of international rules and standards, strengthen the formulation of industry standards for cross-border e-commerce, new energy vehicles, photovoltaic industry, construction industry, etc., and strive to raise domestic rules to international common rules; introduce more international standards organizations, and promote the two-way connection of standard systems and industry rules.
Integrated exploration mainly focuses on important areas such as promoting trade and investment liberalization and facilitation, promoting the free flow of cross-border factors, and strengthening innovation and development, and strengthens the integration and linkage of resources, policies, and business processes.
Integrated exploration includes institutional integration, integration of key reform and opening up areas, integration of institutions or platforms, and integration of the entire industrial chain. Encouraging integrated exploration in the process of implementing the strategy of upgrading free trade zones is conducive to realizing the transformation from "single field" to "comprehensive effectiveness," which reflects the requirement of paying more attention to the systematicness and integrity of reform. Take the integration of the entire industrial chain as an example. The integration of the entire industrial chain mainly focuses on the perspective of building world-class industrial clusters, and carries out institutional innovation for the entire industrial chain in response to problems such as small industrial scale, low industrial agglomeration, insufficient integration of institutional innovation and industrial development, and the failure to form industrial chain advantages in specific fields. For example, since its establishment, the Zhoushan Area of the Zhejiang Free Trade Zone has been fully committed to building China's first commodity resource allocation hub, giving full play to its own resource endowments and location advantages, focusing on the entire oil and gas industry chain, innovating the supply of bonded marine fuel oil, expanding cross-border RMB settlement of bulk commodity trade, etc., improving the efficiency and convenience of oil and gas trade, and realizing the innovative development of the entire industrial chain.
In practice, encouraging integrated exploration, first, it is necessary to form a consortium to promote institutional innovation, which includes government departments, enterprises, industry associations, think tanks, etc., and at the same time break down the barriers and obstacles between various levels, various departments, and various entities, and form a systematic and comprehensive innovation ecosystem through the integration and linkage of various systems, policies, and resources to promote efficiency improvement. Second, it is necessary to proceed from reality, adhere to adapting to local conditions, carry out differentiated innovation exploration, so that the reform results can both serve the overall situation and show the strengths of the local area. For example, free trade zones in border provinces can focus on exploring cross-border economic cooperation models and mechanisms innovation. At the same time, it is also necessary to fully link with other opening platforms and opening policies. For example, we can fully absorb and learn from the development experience of the Guangdong-Macao In-Depth Cooperation Zone in Hengqin, the China-Malaysia "Two Countries, Twin Parks" international industrial cooperation model, and the Hainan Free Trade Port, and on this basis, explore deeper institutional innovation in free trade zones.
Encouraging original and integrated exploration in the process of implementing the strategy of upgrading free trade zones is inseparable from institutional guarantees. To this end, it is necessary to increase the authorization of comprehensive reforms, strengthen vertical "comprehensive empowerment," and encourage relevant departments to form a "chorus." At the same time, enhance risk awareness, and while improving the fault-tolerant mechanism for institutional innovation, improve the risk identification, assessment, early warning, and prevention and control mechanisms, focusing on high-risk areas such as cross-border data, financial opening up, and border mutual trade, and establish a full-cycle and full-chain risk management system before, during, and after the event.
(Author's units: Free Trade Zone Comprehensive Research Institute of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Development Research Institute)
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The Ministry of Natural Resources recently released typical cases of marine ecological protection and restoration for 2025, and the Caofeidian (曹妃甸) seagrass bed ecological protection and restoration case in Tangshan (唐山), Hebei Province (河北省), was selected.
The Caofeidian (曹妃甸) seagrass bed is the largest contiguous single-species seagrass bed in China. In recent years, Hebei (河北) has systematically promoted marine ecological protection and restoration, adopting differentiated classification and restoration methods to restore seagrass beds, increasing seagrass coverage, and continuously demonstrating ecological benefits.
Overlooking the nearshore waters of Bohai Bay (渤海湾) from high altitude, patches of blue-green intertwined areas are particularly eye-catching. This "green" is the seagrass bed.
Seagrass beds, also known as "underwater grasslands," are unique ecosystems formed by the large-scale aggregation and growth of seagrasses. The Caofeidian (曹妃甸) seagrass bed in Tangshan (唐山), Hebei Province (河北省), is the largest contiguous single-species seagrass bed in China, with a total area of 4,427 hectares.
In recent years, Hebei (河北) has systematically promoted marine ecological protection and restoration, constructing a full-process, multi-element restoration technology system for seagrass beds, increasing seagrass coverage, and continuously demonstrating ecological benefits.
Cleaning up fishing gear, improving water quality, and protecting the seagrass growth environment
About half an hour by speedboat southeast from the central fishing port in Caofeidian District (曹妃甸区) brings you to the Caofeidian (曹妃甸) seagrass bed intelligent monitoring platform, which stands on the sea. A nearby sea area is the location of the Caofeidian (曹妃甸) seagrass bed restoration project (Phase I).
As the tide gradually recedes, the "true face" of the seagrass bed is revealed, with patches of oily green seagrass swaying constantly in the shallow water. These seagrass leaves are slender, ranging from tens of centimeters to more than 1 meter in length.
"This eelgrass is what constitutes the Caofeidian (曹妃甸) seagrass bed," said Yu Lifeng (于立峰), a second-level researcher at the Ecological Restoration Division of the Hebei Provincial Department of Natural Resources (河北省自然资源厅).
Seagrass beds play an important role in the entire marine ecosystem. They not only stabilize seabed sediments but also provide a good living and breeding environment for marine life, maintaining marine biodiversity.
In previous years, the Caofeidian (曹妃甸) seagrass bed showed a trend of local degradation, with sparse and bare areas appearing in some areas of the seagrass bed. "Frequent fishing activities such as trawling and digging for seafood will damage seagrass bed vegetation and the ecological environment, squeeze the living space of seagrass, and also bring negative impacts to the benthic animal communities and ecosystems of the seagrass bed," said Shi Zhijun (施志军), Deputy Director of the Caofeidian District Natural Resources and Planning Bureau (曹妃甸区自然资源和规划局).
In order to protect the seagrass bed, Hebei (河北) has implemented the Caofeidian (曹妃甸) seagrass bed restoration project since 2019, cleaning up fishing gear such as ground cages and abandoned fishing nets. Fishing boats are not allowed to enter the restoration area at will, minimizing the impact of fishing activities on the seagrass bed. At the same time, Tangshan City (唐山市) has actively promoted the improvement of water quality in nearshore sea areas, explored the formulation of technical specifications for the investigation of sewage outlets into the sea and key points for source tracing and monitoring, and completed the整治 of 283 sewage outlets in the bay.
Precise restoration, classified policies, and new seagrass growing in degraded areas
From aerial photographs before and after restoration, it can be seen that the sparse and bare areas of the Caofeidian (曹妃甸) seagrass bed are now increasingly lush with seagrass. "These newly grown seagrasses are all artificially planted," said Niu Shihao (牛世豪), a senior engineer at the Hebei Provincial Hydrogeological Engineering Exploration Institute (河北省水文工程地质勘查院).
How does underwater planting work?
"First, we must understand the rules of tidal ebb and flow. There are only two or three hours each time for planting," said Niu Shihao (牛世豪). The construction team needs to arrive at the work site about two hours before the lowest tide to prepare, such as distributing boxes of seagrass to designated locations according to plan, saving time for subsequent work. When the tide recedes to a suitable position, seagrass transplantation begins immediately.
"At first, we had no experience. The grass was washed away within two days of being planted in the sea. Later, we explored and found that adding mud to the roots of the seagrass could fix the grass," said Shi Zhijun (施志军).
In addition to transplanting seedlings, there is also sowing. How to sow underwater?
He Rongda (何荣达), a villager from Liuzan Village (柳赞一村) in Liuzan Town (柳赞镇), Caofeidian District (曹妃甸区), who participated in the construction, said: "Under the guidance of technicians, we first mixed soil similar to sea mud, then rubbed the soil into ping-pong ball-sized balls, and put the seagrass seeds in the mud balls. Then, we used a seeder to bury the mud balls in the seabed soil, so that the seeds can germinate and are not easily washed away."
During the restoration process, the local area adopted differentiated classification and restoration methods: for areas with strong recovery ability, natural restoration was the main method, supplemented by artificial patrols; for areas with weak recovery ability, comprehensive measures such as substrate restoration, sowing, seedling transplantation, and plant transplantation were required for protection and restoration.
With the accumulation of experience and technological progress, the cultivation methods of Caofeidian (曹妃甸) seagrass have become more efficient and scientific, and the degraded marine ecosystem has gradually recovered its vitality.
Intelligent monitoring, on-site patrols, and strengthening the later management and protection of seagrass beds
After 6 years, the Caofeidian (曹妃甸) seagrass bed restoration project has achieved positive results. The North China Sea Ecological Center (北海生态中心) of the Ministry of Natural Resources recorded the differences before and after the restoration through methods such as investigation and sampling, and data analysis.
"Through systematic ecological restoration projects, seagrass bed vegetation has been continuously restored, providing habitats, migration sites, and breeding grounds for a large number of marine organisms. The number of large benthic organisms has increased from 60 to 111, and the biodiversity index has increased by 42.3% year-on-year," said Wen Guoyi (温国义), Deputy Director of the North China Sea Ecological Center (北海生态中心) of the Ministry of Natural Resources.
The achievements are hard-won, and it is particularly important to strengthen later management and protection.
Following the technicians, the reporter boarded the seagrass bed intelligent monitoring platform. "The seagrass bed monitoring system is an important achievement of the restoration project (Phase II). The system consists of 1 set of seagrass bed intelligent monitoring platform, 2 sets of seagrass bed monitoring stations, and 6 electronic boundary markers," said Shi Zhijun (施志军). The monitoring system adopts intelligent monitoring, relying on underwater cameras, underwater sensors, radar photoelectric detection and other technologies to transmit marine information such as hydrology, water quality, and underwater video to the shore receiving department through a high-speed wireless data transmission system.
The reporter saw on the monitoring screen that the indicators to be recorded by the monitoring system are very rich, including temperature, salinity, dissolved oxygen, pH value, turbidity, etc. "If the data is abnormal, after analysis and judgment, we will take timely response measures," said Shi Zhijun (施志军).
In addition to intelligent monitoring, Caofeidian District (曹妃甸区) has also strengthened on-site patrols. The project management unit is equipped with a patrol boat and several speedboats, and patrols more than 900 hectares of restoration area every day to stop behaviors that may damage the seagrass bed, or promptly transfer them to the Natural Resources and Planning Bureau (自然资源和规划局), the Coast Guard Bureau (海警局), the Agriculture and Rural Affairs Bureau (农业农村局) and other departments for joint disposal.
Focusing on the protection of seagrass beds, in recent years, Hebei (河北) has adhered to planning guidance, and systematically constructed a long-term mechanism for the protection and restoration of seagrass beds through the "Hebei Provincial Territorial Space Ecological Restoration Plan (2021-2035)" (《河北省国土空间生态修复规划（2021—2035年）》), the "Hebei Provincial Marine Ecological Environment Protection '14th Five-Year Plan'" (《河北省海洋生态环境保护“十四五”规划》) and other plans. Today, the Caofeidian (曹妃甸) seagrass bed area has been included in the ecological protection red line, and stricter ecological protection measures are being implemented.
"Next, Hebei (河北) will continue to strengthen daily supervision and long-term management and protection mechanisms, carry out comprehensive effect evaluation of seagrass beds, and further consolidate the achievements of seagrass bed protection and restoration," said a relevant person in charge of the Hebei Provincial Department of Natural Resources (河北省自然资源厅).
Return to TopThis newspaper reported from Beijing on June 15th (Reporter Wang Hao (王浩)) The Ministry of Water Resources recently issued the "Opinions on Actively Exploring and Standardizing the Promotion of Water Rights Transactions Across Provinces and Regions in the Yellow River Basin," making overall arrangements and deployments for water rights transactions across provinces and regions in the Yellow River Basin for the current and future periods.
The opinions point out that it is necessary to actively explore and standardize the promotion of water rights transactions across provinces and regions in the Yellow River Basin, and strive to build a water rights transaction system with clear ownership, well-defined rights and responsibilities, smooth circulation, and effective supervision in the Yellow River Basin in 2-3 years.
The opinions focus on making specific arrangements for carrying out water rights transactions across provinces and regions in the Yellow River Basin from five aspects. First, improve the initial water rights allocation system. Refine and clarify regional water rights, strictly verify the water intake rights of water users, and clarify the water use rights of water users in irrigation areas and public water supply pipe networks. Second, actively promote water rights transactions across provinces and regions. Encourage regions to carry out water rights transactions across provinces and regions for the surplus, reserved, or idle water volume within the regional available water volume, and the surplus water volume within the annual water volume scheduling plan indicators. Support water users to transfer the saved water intake rights and water resources allocation project management units to transfer the temporarily surplus water intake permit indicators before the project is fully effective for compensation. Innovate water rights transaction measures across provinces and regions. Third, improve the water rights trading platform system. Strengthen the application of the national water rights trading system and promote relatively centralized water rights transactions. Fourth, improve the water resources monitoring system. Accelerate the construction of a water resources monitoring system and strengthen information sharing between water rights transactions and water resources management. Fifth, strengthen market supervision of water rights transactions. Implement negative list management for water rights transactions and strengthen daily supervision of water rights transactions.
The opinions emphasize that the Yellow River Conservancy Commission (黄河水利委员会) and relevant provincial water administrative departments should strengthen organizational leadership, communication and collaboration, and publicity and guidance. The national water rights trading platform should do a good job in service guarantee, and effectively take the construction of the water rights transaction system in the Yellow River Basin as an important measure to implement the rigid constraint system of water resources, promote the optimal allocation of water resources, and conserve and intensively utilize water resources, and jointly create a good atmosphere for promoting water rights transactions.
Return to TopThis newspaper reported from Beijing on June 15th (Reporter Li Hongmei (李红梅)) that Typhoon No. 1 "Butterfly" this year has further weakened into a tropical depression on the 15th, and the National Meteorological Center has lifted the blue typhoon warning. However, the remnants of "Butterfly's" circulation, combined with cold air, will still bring heavy rainfall to areas such as Jiangnan and South China. At 18:00 on the 15th, the National Meteorological Center issued a blue rainstorm warning, and the Ministry of Water Resources (水利部) and the Ministry of Natural Resources (自然资源部) jointly issued a yellow meteorological warning for mountain torrent disasters and a meteorological risk warning for geological disasters with the China Meteorological Administration (中国气象局), respectively.
The National Meteorological Center predicts that, affected by the remnants of "Butterfly's" circulation, cold air, and the southwest monsoon, from 20:00 on the 15th to 20:00 on the 16th, parts of central and northern and southwestern Zhejiang, northeastern Jiangxi, northwestern and southern coastal Fujian, Guangdong (广东), eastern Guangxi (广西), and southern Yunnan will experience heavy to torrential rain, with localized heavy torrential rain in northeastern Zhejiang and central and southern Guangdong; the aforementioned areas will be accompanied by short-term heavy precipitation and localized thunderstorms and strong convective weather. In addition, central to heavy rain is expected in southeastern Inner Mongolia, Jilin (吉林), and western Heilongjiang (黑龙江).
Return to TopBeijing, June 15th (Reported by Chang Qin (常钦)) The General Office of the Ministry of Natural Resources (自然资源部) recently issued the "Notice on Further Carrying Out Pilot Work on the Survey of Regional Characteristic Natural and Human Resources," deciding to further expand the scope of the pilot program based on the previous pilot programs in some provinces. Fifty regions with relatively rich natural and human resources and spatial connectivity, such as the "One River, Two Veins" in Hebei District (河北区), Tianjin (天津市), were selected for pilot work, involving 23 provinces and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps (新疆生产建设兵团).
The notice proposes that the pilot areas should adhere to the principles of demand-driven, application-strengthening, overall coordination, system coupling, characteristic priority, value shaping, scientific standardization, and digital empowerment. They should prepare and implement implementation plans and technical plans, fully collect and apply existing data, conduct on-site supplementary surveys, integrate and analyze various data resources, build a basic database of characteristic resources, carry out thematic mapping and spatial expression and evaluation of characteristic resources, fully explore the economic, ecological, and social value of characteristic resources, and explore the application of the results to various territorial space planning implementation evaluations, incorporate them into the basic information platform of territorial space, and connect them with territorial space protection and development work, while also closely connecting them with natural resource asset inventory and cultural tourism.
Return to TopRecently, the first phase of the 10,000-mu gigawatt photovoltaic project in Liandu (莲都), Lishui (丽水), Zhejiang (浙江) was connected to the grid for power generation. The project has a total installed capacity of 264 megawatts and is the largest mountain photovoltaic project in Zhejiang Province (浙江省). In order to ensure the efficient and safe operation of the photovoltaic power station, State Grid Zhejiang Electric Power (国网浙江电力) has built a dual-channel power supply network.
After the project is put into operation, it is expected to generate 280 million kilowatt-hours of electricity annually, saving 80,000 tons of standard coal per year, which is equivalent to reducing 220,000 tons of carbon dioxide emissions.
The picture shows the first phase of the Liandu (莲都) 10,000-mu gigawatt photovoltaic project.
Photo by Wu Ailing (吴爱玲) (People's Vision (人民视觉))
Return to TopThis newspaper reported from Beijing on June 15th (Reporter: Li Hongmei (李红梅)) - The China Meteorological Administration (中国气象局) recently released the "Meteorological Science and Education Integration Innovation Action Plan (2025-2027)," proposing 12 tasks and 34 specific measures to enhance the integration capacity of meteorological science and education resources and the level of coordinated development, providing strong support for the high-quality development of meteorology.
The plan proposes to improve the multi-party cooperation and highly efficient working mechanism. The key tasks of the meteorological science and education integration innovation action will be included in the "one school, one policy" ledger of bureau-school cooperation, strengthening the closed-loop management that highlights the physical workload.
In recent years, the China Meteorological Administration (中国气象局) has continued to promote organized bureau-school cooperation, established a "one school, one policy" ledger-style closed-loop management system, and promoted in-depth and practical bureau-school cooperation. In April 2023, the National Meteorological Science and Education Integration Innovation Alliance was established, and currently has 66 member units, forming a good situation of meteorological science and education integration and collaborative innovation.
Return to TopThis newspaper reported from Beijing on June 15th (Reporter Wei Zhezhe (魏哲哲)) To further strengthen the guidance of environmental resource trial rules, the Supreme People's Court recently publicly released the 46th batch of 5 guiding cases on ecological environment protection. This batch of guiding cases are all environmental civil public interest litigation cases, covering different types such as environmental impact assessment of construction projects, prevention and control of radioactive pollution, solid waste pollution, tailings pond pollution, and severely punishing illegal sand mining in the Yangtze River Basin.
It is reported that people's courts should accurately grasp the relationship between high-quality development and high-level protection when hearing environmental resource cases, and promote the harmonious coexistence of man and nature.
Regarding the environmental impact that may be caused after the implementation of a construction project that has undergone environmental impact assessment in accordance with the law, how to determine whether there is a "significant risk of damage to the public interest"? Guiding Case No. 257, "Environmental Research Institute of a District in Changping (昌平) District, Beijing (北京) v. Ecological Damage Civil Public Interest Litigation Case of a River Basin Hydropower Development Co., Ltd." clarified the relevant adjudication rules: If a construction project has undergone environmental impact assessment in accordance with the law, and the construction unit has taken targeted protection measures to prevent or reduce adverse impacts on the ecological environment to the greatest extent, it should be determined in accordance with the law that it does not have a significant risk of damage to the public interest.
How should the responsibility for eliminating the risk of medical equipment polluting the environment be borne? In Guiding Case No. 258, "People's Procuratorate of Jinan (济南) City, Shandong (山东) Province v. Environmental Pollution Civil Public Interest Litigation Case of a Tumor Hospital Co., Ltd. in Jinan (济南) and others," the people's court implemented the principle of "protection first, prevention first" established by the Environmental Protection Law, and promptly took measures such as prohibition orders and advance execution in accordance with the law, and ruled that a certain Tumor Hospital Co., Ltd. in Jinan (济南), a certain People's Hospital in Jinan (济南), Shandong (山东) Province, and a certain Hospital in Jinan (济南), Shandong (山东) Province, should jointly bear the disposal costs of the medical equipment involved in the case, amounting to 2.9 million yuan.
Environmental public interest litigation, as a litigation system aimed at safeguarding the public interest, has obvious differences from traditional private interest litigation in terms of judicial concepts, procedural rules, and liability methods. Filing a lawsuit by the plaintiff to safeguard the public interest is a public welfare activity, which should be encouraged and protected in accordance with the law, but at the same time, it should exercise its litigation rights in accordance with the law to maximize the purpose of litigation to safeguard the environmental public interest.
How should the people's court examine and handle the plaintiff's application for withdrawal of the lawsuit in environmental civil public interest litigation? Guiding Case No. 259, "Environmental Research Institute of a District in Fengtai (丰台) District, Beijing (北京) v. Environmental Pollution Civil Public Interest Litigation Case of a certain Steel Group Co., Ltd. in Jiangsu (江苏)," clarifies that: In environmental civil public interest litigation cases, if the plaintiff applies for withdrawal of the lawsuit, the people's court shall rule to allow it only after reviewing and confirming that the plaintiff's litigation claims regarding the defendant's liability for ecological environment restoration and compensation for damages, which involve the public interest, have been fully realized. Guiding Case No. 260, "Environmental Research Institute of a District in Chaoyang (朝阳) District, Beijing (北京) v. Environmental Pollution Civil Public Interest Litigation Case of a certain Aluminum Industry Co., Ltd. in Shanxi (山西)," clarifies that: For mediation agreements or settlement agreements reached by parties to environmental civil public interest litigation on ecological restoration, the people's court shall conduct substantive review to assess whether the performance of the agreement can achieve the purpose of restoring the damaged ecological environment, restoring the state and function of the ecological environment, and eliminating the risk of ecological environment damage. If, after review, the content of the agreement is sufficient to protect the public interest, a mediation statement shall be issued in accordance with the law.
In recent years, various forms of collaboration and connection mechanisms have been established between courts at all levels and between law enforcement and judicial organs, including in the Yangtze River (长江) Basin. It is necessary to further refine relevant rules and strengthen systematic governance, overall governance, and coordinated governance of river basins and regions. Guiding Case No. 261, "Criminal Incidental Civil Public Interest Litigation Case of Zhang Moushan (张某山) and others for Illegal Mining," clarifies the rules for the application of designated jurisdiction and the cross-regional transfer and execution of restoration funds in environmental resource cases across administrative regions: Combining the specific circumstances of the case and factors such as the convenience and professionalism of litigation activities, the people's court at a higher level may designate the people's court at a lower level with environmental resource trial functions to exercise jurisdiction in accordance with the law; where it is more appropriate to organize and implement ecological environment restoration in the damaged area, the people's court may transfer the restoration funds executed in place across administrative regions to relevant departments in the damaged area for ecological environment restoration, effectively breaking down regional divisions and promoting coordinated governance to be implemented.
Return to TopThis newspaper's Qinghai (青海) report on June 15th (Reporters: Qiao Dong (乔栋), Cao Jiwei (曹继炜)) The 17th Qinghai Lake (青海湖) Naked Carp Stocking Activity was recently launched in Gangcha County (刚察县), Haibei Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (海北藏族自治州), Qinghai Province (青海省). 1 million Qinghai Lake (青海湖) Naked Carp fry were systematically released into the Shaliu River (沙柳河), one of the rivers flowing into Qinghai Lake (青海湖).
It is reported that since the establishment of the Shaliu River (沙柳河) Naked Carp Stocking Station in Gangcha County (刚察县) in 1997, Gangcha County (刚察县) has cumulatively released more than 210 million Naked Carp fry. According to monitoring by the Qinghai Provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (青海省农业农村厅), by the end of 2024, the stock of Qinghai Lake (青海湖) Naked Carp resources had reached 127,500 tons, and the Naked Carp population size has gradually recovered.
Return to TopIn January of this year, the General Administration of Sport of China (国家体育总局) approved the launch of the first batch of pilot projects to promote the physical and mental health of young people through sports in Yueyang City (岳阳市), Hunan Province, Wansheng Economic Development Zone (万盛经开区), Chongqing City, and Suzhou City (宿州市), Anhui Province. Combining their own realities, the pilot areas have strengthened the popularization of scientific fitness and health intervention for young people, allowing the younger generation to strengthen their will and improve their physical and mental health through sports, exploring a series of effective measures, and also providing a reference for other regions.
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Yueyang City (岳阳市), Hunan Province——
Building an Atmosphere Through Competitions
By Zeng Huafeng (曾华锋), reporter of this newspaper
"My body is very tired after each high-intensity training session, but the cheers of my teammates, the encouragement of my coach, and the company of my father keep me going," said Zeng Junxian (曾俊贤), a student at Dongcheng Primary School (东城小学) in Yueyang City (岳阳市), Hunan Province. "I used to be an 'invisible person' on the basketball court, but now I am a key player on the team, and our team has even won awards."
Liu Yong (刘勇), head of the Youth Sports and Competition Training Section of the Yueyang Municipal Bureau of Education and Sports (岳阳市教育体育局), introduced that Yueyang City (岳阳市) encourages schools to incorporate soccer, basketball, volleyball, and other sports into the content of physical education classes; with the three major ball leagues and the municipal primary and secondary school games as the focus, driving the comprehensive development of school sports, "By 2026, young people throughout the city will generally master one or two sports skills, the rate of excellent physical health will reach more than 60%, and the psychological health quality of young people will be significantly enhanced."
"When the school selected soccer players, I signed up without hesitation and was successfully selected," said Hu Yiheng (胡毅恒), a student at Dongdan Primary School (洞氮小学) in Yueyang City (岳阳市). His school team has won the second place in Group B of the 5th Yueyanglou District (岳阳楼区) Primary and Secondary School Soccer League and the fourth place in Group A of the 6th Primary and Secondary School Soccer League, among other honors.
Yueyang City (岳阳市) has improved and perfected the youth sports competition system. Classes above the third grade in primary schools select one or more projects from the three major ball sports to establish class representative teams. Schools hold at least one class sports competition per week and organize a school sports meeting every academic year. The city and county (city, district) organize a primary and secondary school sports meeting every year and organize three major ball leagues in a tiered manner.
"I really like watching live games. I still remember that in the three major ball games, a player scored directly with a beautiful header," said Wu Muyang (吴沐阳), a primary school student in Yueyang City (岳阳市). From November 20 to 28 last year, the first National Youth Three Major Ball Games were held in Changsha City (长沙市) and Yueyang City (岳阳市), Hunan Province. The perseverance and unity, competition and friendship on the field left a deep impression on many people. Yueyang No. 15 Middle School (岳阳市第十五中学) hosted 42 games of women's soccer, men's basketball, and women's basketball in this sports event, and 150 student volunteers from the school participated in the event service. Taking this as an opportunity, the school also held the first campus three major ball games.
In Yueyang (岳阳), sports elements are integrated into teaching: mathematics teachers use soccer movement trajectories to analyze geometric principles, and teachers and students read athletes' struggle stories together in language arts classes... The increasingly strong sports atmosphere also conveys the spirit of striving for progress and being positive.
Wansheng Economic Development Zone (万盛经开区), Chongqing City——
Integration of Sports and Health Helps Growth
By Li Shuo (李硕) and Fan Jiayuan (范佳元), reporters of this newspaper
"Winning this championship with the concerted efforts of my teammates is the best graduation gift!" said Luo Xin (罗鑫), a sixth-grade student at Zhongsheng Primary School (中盛小学) in Wansheng Economic Development Zone (万盛经开区), Chongqing City, excitedly. His class won the grade championship in the school's soccer competition this semester.
In March of this year, Zhongsheng Primary School (中盛小学) held a soccer competition, with all 63 classes in the school participating, totaling 187 games, with 1,800 students participating. "Participating in sports not only makes the children sweat and have light in their eyes, but they will also devote themselves to learning and life with a fuller state," said Principal Tian Yun (田云).
Since 2013, Zhongsheng Primary School (中盛小学) has been carrying out interest class activities every Tuesday and Wednesday afternoon, including more than a dozen sports clubs.
After the psychological health screening in October each year, the school will conduct talks and counseling for students with psychological abnormalities, and will also guide them to enhance peer relationships and improve communication skills in school sports activities. Tian Yun (田云) introduced that a fourth-grade student who had depression had a significant improvement in his psychological state after joining the school soccer team.
The school incorporates psychological health counseling into the school's regular curriculum system. "Each class not only has a psychological health course every two weeks, but the school also regularly organizes psychological health theme activities and lectures to solve students' various confusions. May is Family Communication Week, September is New Student Adaptation Month, October is Psychological Care Month, November is Life Education Week... the themes are very close to the needs of students," said Yu Zhiping (余至萍), director of the Moral Education Department of Zhongsheng Primary School (中盛小学).
According to reports, Wansheng Economic Development Zone (万盛经开区) has 22 primary and secondary schools (including vocational education and special education), all of which are equipped with psychological counseling rooms, with a total of 394 full-time and part-time psychological teachers. Wansheng Economic Development Zone (万盛经开区) has also established a comprehensive psychological medical security system for young people. "We have established a youth mental and psychological diagnosis room on campus to provide young people with professional prevention, diagnosis, and observation and treatment services," said You Lianbo (犹连波), deputy director of the Wansheng Economic Development Zone Sports Development Center (万盛经开区体育发展中心). "At the same time, by establishing and improving the referral mechanism for youth mental health problems, medical institutions maintain close contact with schools and communities, forming a collaborative working mechanism."
Suzhou City (宿州市), Anhui Province——
New Characteristics of Sports
By Sun Longfei (孙龙飞), reporter of this newspaper
"Attention! Hold the bottom of the bat tightly with both hands, and rotate your body while pushing off the ground with your toes..." At Dangcheng No. 3 Primary School (砀城第三小学) in Dangshan County (砀山县), Suzhou City (宿州市), Anhui Province, students are training in soft baseball. Physical education teacher Zhu Ruizhen (朱瑞珍) carefully explains the key points of the movements, and the students listen attentively.
Soft baseball is a project that integrates running, jumping, throwing, and hitting, and the rules are relatively simple. Dangcheng No. 3 Primary School (砀城第三小学) has incorporated soft baseball as a characteristic sports project into the curriculum system, using physical education classes and large class breaks to popularize and promote it.
Zhu Zimo (朱梓陌), a third-grade student, used to be out of breath after running a few steps, and was afraid to catch the ball when she first came into contact with soft baseball, but as she studied more deeply, her endurance gradually improved and she was no longer afraid. "I have adapted to hitting and running base training, my physical fitness is getting better and better, and I actively participate in various sports activities organized by the school," said Zhu Zimo (朱梓陌).
Dangcheng No. 3 Primary School (砀城第三小学) has also established a soft baseball club to focus on cultivating students who are interested and talented. Watching the children become healthier and stronger, Zhu Ruizhen (朱瑞珍) is very pleased: "The soft baseball club is the most popular club in the school. After school, the playground is full of children practicing, and some are still waving their arms to practice the movements while walking."
In 2018, Dangcheng No. 3 Primary School (砀城第三小学) was named a national soft baseball experimental school. Li Anling (李安岭), the vice principal, said: "The school deeply explores the value of sports in cultivating morality, intelligence, and strengthening the heart, and uses characteristic sports classes as a starting point to improve students' comprehensive quality."
Suzhou City (宿州市) has more than 2,500 schools and 1.19 million students, and problems such as "little fatties" and "little glasses" were once worrying. In recent years, the city has integrated characteristic sports projects and traditional sports activities into teaching, and has been constantly exploring new ways to reform sports teaching and promote the physical and mental health of young people.
The rope skipping team of Guanqiao Primary School (官桥小学) in Xiao County (萧县) has innovated its patterns, the dragon and lion dance performance of Chulan Town Central School (褚兰镇中心学校) in Yongqiao District (埇桥区) is magnificent, and the martial arts teenagers of Caocun Town Central School (曹村镇中心学校) in Yongqiao District (埇桥区) are powerful... Each school has formed a development pattern of "one school, one product" and "one school, multiple products" according to local conditions.
At present, Suzhou City (宿州市) has created 225 sports characteristic schools, including 179 national-level campus soccer, basketball, and volleyball characteristic schools. Wu Yunqi (武云启), head of the Competitive Sports Section of the Suzhou Municipal Bureau of Education and Sports (宿州市教体局), said: "Through the 'characteristic project + regular curriculum + club activities' model, we have built a diversified campus sports ecology, allowing students to gain health and happiness in sports."
Return to TopPeople's Daily, Beijing, June 15th (Reporter Zheng Yi (郑轶)) The 2025 Men's Volleyball Nations League Xi'an (西安) Station in China concluded on the 15th. The Chinese men's volleyball team lost to the Turkish men's volleyball team 0-3, achieving a record of 2 wins and 2 losses at this station. Making their debut in the Los Angeles (洛杉矶) Olympic cycle, the overall performance of the Chinese men's volleyball team exceeded expectations.
A total of 18 teams are participating in the 2025 Men's Volleyball Nations League. The preliminary rounds will be held from June 11th to July 20th, and the finals will be held from July 30th to August 3rd. In the first week of the preliminary rounds, China, Poland, the Netherlands, Japan, Turkey, and Serbia (塞尔维亚) were the six national teams participating in the Xi'an (西安) station competition. Before the competition, the Chinese men's volleyball team was ranked twenty-fourth in the world, the lowest among the six teams at this station, so every game was a tough battle.
In the first game, the Chinese men's volleyball team lost 0-3 to the Japanese men's volleyball team, the runner-up of the previous event. The Chinese men's volleyball team adjusted in time, performed well in the second game, and defeated the world's tenth-ranked Serbian men's volleyball team 3-0, ushering in their first victory of the new season. In the third game against the Dutch men's volleyball team, the Chinese men's volleyball team withstood the pressure and won the game 3-1. After two consecutive victories, the Chinese men's volleyball team's instant world ranking rose to eighteenth.
In the second week of the preliminary rounds, the Chinese men's volleyball team will participate in the Chicago (芝加哥) station competition in the United States (美国), playing against the United States team, the Brazilian (巴西) team, the Italian (意大利) team, and the Canadian (加拿大) team.
Return to TopThis report Beijing (北京), June 15th (Reporter: Zeng Huafeng (曾华锋)) Following intense competition, the 2025 Paragliding World Cup (China Station) concluded in Anyang (安阳), Henan (河南). As one of the paragliding events with the highest competitive level, this station attracted 130 athletes from 24 countries and regions to participate. The competition event was pylon racing. Slovenian athlete Tilen Ceglar, American athlete Galen Kirkpatrick, and the Austrian team won first place in the overall competition, first place for women, and first place for the team, respectively.
Return to TopThis newspaper reports from Hulunbuir on June 15th (Reporter Zhai Qinqi (翟钦奇)) From June 12th to 15th, the first National Fitness International Exchange Competition of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region was held in Zhalainuoer District (扎赉诺尔区), Hulunbuir City (呼伦贝尔市). The competition covered table tennis, basketball, Go, free fighting and other events, with more than 1,500 athletes from China, Russia and Mongolia participating. Various exchange activities were also held during the event.
Zhalainuoer District (扎赉诺尔区) is located at the junction of China, Russia and Mongolia. In recent years, it has hosted many sports events. Up to now, Zhalainuoer District (扎赉诺尔区) has hosted three Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region China-Russia-Mongolia Snow Orienteering Invitational Tournaments.
Return to TopLhasa, June 15 (Reporter Xian Gan) On the 15th, the 2025 China-Nepal Plateau Dragon Boat Friendship Race commenced in Nyingchi (林芝), Tibet (西藏). Fourteen teams, comprising over 230 athletes from countries and regions including China, Nepal (尼泊尔), and Singapore (新加坡), competed, challenging dragon boat racing in a plateau environment. The event was guided by the Chinese Dragon Boat Association (中国龙舟协会) and hosted by the Tibet Autonomous Region Sports Bureau (西藏自治区体育局) and the Nyingchi Municipal People's Government (林芝市人民政府). The competition included open group 100-meter and 200-meter dragon boat straightaway races, a 200-meter race for friendship city teams, and a 100-meter yak-hide boat straightaway race showcasing traditional Tibetan (藏族) water sports.
Return to TopChina and Africa are working together to pursue modernization. The 4th China-Africa Economic and Trade Expo (CAETE) was held in Changsha (长沙市), Hunan Province (湖南省) from June 12th to 15th, with nearly 4,700 companies from more than 50 countries participating. As the "Global Chief Partner" of this CAETE, Bank of Communications (交通银行) fully leveraged its comprehensive business license and global service advantages to build a distinctive China-Africa cross-border financial service platform, providing comprehensive cross-border financial service solutions to help the Expo achieve a successful conclusion and serve the high-quality development of China-Africa economic and trade.
"Culture + Finance": Immersive Smart Pavilion Helps Enhance China-Africa Cultural Exchange
Inside Hall W1 of the Changsha International Convention and Exhibition Center (长沙国际会展中心), the Bank of Communications pavilion is particularly eye-catching. With the theme of "Exchange and Integration, Win-Win Future," the pavilion aims to create a full-chain financial engine for China-Africa cooperation, promote cross-border trade cooperation between Chinese and African enterprises, and create a better future together.
The Bank of Communications pavilion showcases iconic attractions of China's Hunan (湖南) and Africa through heaven and earth screens, a top starry sky screen, and ground cube screens. Featured performances such as Hunan Miao (湖南苗族) dances, African paintings, and African drum dances are also staged in the pavilion in turn. At the same time, the Bank of Communications' "Heartbeat Journey" cultural tourism event in Hunan allows participants to fully experience the enthusiasm and vitality of Hunan, and specially designed "Heartbeat Journey" image display walls and a series of interactive activities further enrich the visitor experience. The pavilion also features a "'Taste' of Africa - 10% Discount on African Coffee" experience area, allowing participants to taste unique African flavors while experiencing convenient payment methods such as the digital RMB.
Bank of Communications has always adhered to the service concept of "professionalism and efficiency" in promoting China-Africa economic and trade cooperation. To better serve exhibitors, buyers, and overseas guests attending the Expo, Bank of Communications has set up a one-stop foreign currency exchange machine on-site, supporting the exchange of foreign currency cash such as US dollars, British pounds, Japanese yen, and euros with digital RMB. Merchants can handle the exchange on-site with their ID card, passport, Hong Kong and Macao travel permit, or Permanent Residence ID Card for Foreigners of the People's Republic of China, without the need to open a domestic bank account, effectively meeting the payment needs of overseas personnel and improving the efficiency of merchants' participation in the exhibition. During the conference, Bank of Communications also organized a volunteer team of hundreds of people to conduct roving services throughout the venue, providing one-stop services such as real-time information, business handling, and demand response.
"Domestic + Overseas": Comprehensive Financial Services Help Accelerate China-Africa Economic and Trade Cooperation
In recent years, Bank of Communications has insisted on promoting high-level financial opening to the outside world as an important responsibility, relying on its global network and comprehensive business advantages to deeply serve China-Africa economic and trade cooperation, and contribute financial strength to building a closer China-Africa community with a shared future.
Since deeply participating in the 3rd China-Africa Economic and Trade Expo as a "Global Partner" in 2023, Bank of Communications has continued to increase its support for China-Africa economic and trade cooperation. In 2024, Bank of Communications' cross-border RMB receipts and payments with African countries and regions increased by 136% year-on-year, the volume of China-Africa foreign-related remittance business increased by 36% year-on-year, and the amount of China-Africa cross-border trade financing increased by 305% year-on-year.
In order to serve Chinese enterprises "going out" and African enterprises "bringing in," Bank of Communications has established a Johannesburg Branch (约翰内斯堡分行) in South Africa (南非). In May 2025, the branch held the 4th China-Africa Economic and Trade Expo (South Africa) Promotion Conference in Johannesburg, attended by nearly 100 representatives from local Chinese-funded enterprises and South African enterprises. The promotional video "A Journey of Thousands of Miles, A Heartwarming Encounter in Hunan" (《万里之交 心动“湘”逢》) was played at the promotion conference, unveiling the veil of Hunan's cultural tourism with a unique perspective and exquisite pictures, inviting friends from all walks of life to visit Hunan and build a bridge for China-Africa cultural tourism exchange.
In Hunan (湖南), the host province of this CAETE, the Hunan Provincial Branch (湖南省分行) of Bank of Communications fully focused on the high-quality development of China-Africa economic and trade, comprehensively utilizing interbank clearing and credit granting, and the Bank of Communications' non-resident account system, to implement cross-border RMB financial solutions for the trade of African live sheep and mutton, multi-language cross-border guarantee support for infrastructure and complete equipment exports, and letter of credit settlement and financing support for the return of natural resources under non-resident accounts, and other businesses.
Sany Group (三一集团) has been deeply involved in the African market for many years and is one of the earliest construction machinery companies in China to enter the African market. By continuously deepening customized research and development for the African market, it has participated in the construction of many major African projects. Bank of Communications has conducted in-depth research on the cross-border financial needs of enterprises, tailored a number of cross-border financial and investment and financing solutions for Sany Group, leveraged the advantages of digital trade service products, and actively served a series of cross-border financial needs of enterprises "going out." In 2024, Bank of Communications connected with cross-border trade financing businesses exceeding 500 million yuan, and the scale of guarantee business increased by 115% year-on-year.
During this Expo, the "Bank of Communications Financial Service Program for Deepening China-Africa Economic and Trade Cooperation" was released, and four themed activities such as "China-Africa Infrastructure Cooperation and Exchange" and "China-Africa Electric Power and New Energy Development Cooperation and Exchange" were held. Bank of Communications signed strategic cooperation framework agreements with enterprises deeply involved in China-Africa trade, and made every effort to build a distinctive China-Africa cross-border financial service platform to jointly cultivate the "experimental field" of China-Africa economic and trade cooperation.
Data source: Hunan Provincial Branch (湖南省分行) of Bank of Communications
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Gazing at the Mediterranean Sea from Nice (尼斯), France, tourists are invariably captivated by the flowing "sapphire" before them. However, in this beautiful sea, an "invisible crisis" is quietly intensifying. Recent seabed surveys revealed that 167 pieces of waste, mostly plastic products, were found in the deepest part of the Mediterranean Sea—the Calypso Trench. This scene is just the tip of the iceberg of the global ocean health crisis.
From June 9th to 13th, the Third United Nations Ocean Conference was held in Nice (尼斯), France, bringing together more than 15,000 representatives from over 170 countries and regions around the world. The conference released the "Nice Ocean Action Plan" addressing issues such as marine biodiversity conservation, calling on countries to take urgent action and work together to protect the common future of the blue planet, and proposing solutions for global ocean governance. China's contributions in related fields have been positively evaluated by participants.
Ocean Health Status "Flashes Red"
The latest released global first annual ocean health assessment report, "Seastar Barometer," issued a comprehensive warning on the state of ocean health: since 1901, the global sea level has risen by about 23 centimeters, and 2024 has set a new record; during the same period, the ocean heat content reached the highest level since 1960, and the sea surface temperature rose by 0.25 degrees Celsius compared to the previous record, exacerbating extreme weather while also accelerating ocean acidification. At the same time, marine biodiversity continues to be destroyed. Currently, 1,677 marine species are endangered, 44% of coral reef species are endangered, and live coral coverage has nearly halved in the past 150 years.
All of these dramatic changes are related to human activities: global fossil fuel carbon dioxide emissions in 2024 are estimated to reach 37.4 billion tons, and shipping emissions increased by 2.7% year-on-year; more than 1/3 of global fishery resources are in a state of overfishing, and this proportion is still increasing at a rate of about 1 percentage point per year; global plastic production in 2023 was as high as 410 million tons, and plastic waste has accounted for more than 80% of the total amount of water body waste. With the growth of coastal populations, multiple developments in coastal areas are further exerting pressure on marine ecosystems.
The cost of marine ecological degradation has already become apparent. Global economic losses caused by tropical storms and floods already exceed hundreds of billions of US dollars each year, and about 560 million people are directly affected by marine disasters. The health hazards of plastic pollution are becoming increasingly prominent, and the global health costs caused by ingesting contaminated seafood already exceeded 250 billion US dollars in 2015.
Many participants stated that humans face challenges such as climate change, biodiversity destruction, and environmental pollution, and strengthening ocean governance will help address these challenges. Marina Lévy, co-author of the "Seastar Barometer" and a French marine physicist, said that marine ecology is changing at an unprecedented rate. Countries must immediately take global, coordinated actions to protect the ocean.
Conference Promotes Multiple Action Consensus
The conference released the "Nice Ocean Action Plan" and achieved several substantial results. United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres (古特雷斯) called at the meeting that the ocean is the most important common resource of mankind, and all countries have a moral and responsibility to ensure that the next generation continues to enjoy a vibrant ocean, "This conference demonstrates unprecedented global mobilization capabilities and governance will."
According to a United Nations press release, the "Nice Ocean Action Plan" consists of two parts, including a political declaration entitled "Our Ocean, Our Future: Unite to Take Urgent Action" and voluntary commitments made by countries and related entities. Among them, the political declaration unanimously adopted by more than 170 countries and regions around the world calls for specific measures to protect the ocean, including expanding marine protected areas, achieving decarbonization of the shipping industry, addressing marine pollution, and raising funds for vulnerable coastal and island regions.
Another achievement of the conference was to further promote the process of marine biodiversity conservation. In 2023, the United Nations adopted the "Agreement on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity in Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea," which aims to strengthen the protection of marine life in international waters. According to reports, 19 more countries approved the agreement during this conference, bringing it closer to its official entry into force.
"The commitments made at the conference must be strictly implemented, continuously tracked, and expanded." Li Junhua (李军华), Secretary-General of the Third United Nations Ocean Conference and Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations, emphasized at the meeting, "The momentum we are currently generating must be extended to the 30th Conference of the Parties (COP30) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, major regional and global ocean platforms, and ultimately translated into decisive action at the national level."
During the conference, the Nice (尼斯) Exhibition Center was transformed into a marine science education center open to the public. At the Costa Rican booth, the audience could "instantly dive" into the World Natural Heritage Site—Cocos Island National Park through holographic images. The Costa Rican representative announced at the meeting "to make peace with the ocean." Costa Rica made a major upgrade to the Cocos Island protection system, steadily expanding the protection scope of the national park's sea area from about 3% to 30%, and deploying radar systems to strengthen law enforcement and monitoring. The Tanzanian government announced at the meeting that it would establish two new marine protected areas in the northeast and southeast waters of Pemba Island, with a total area of more than 1,300 square kilometers. Local fishermen, women, and youth jointly participated in the division and management design of the protected area, providing a solid social foundation for the policy.
Peter Thomson, the United Nations Secretary-General's Special Envoy for Ocean Affairs, said that compared with 10 years ago, the field of ocean governance has now received a lot of attention, and he believes that after this Ocean Conference, progress will be made in marine biodiversity conservation and the "Fisheries Subsidies Agreement."
China's Active Participation is Affirmed
From government agencies to scientific research institutions, from enterprises to non-governmental organizations, Chinese representatives widely participated in various agendas of the conference, and hosted and co-organized multiple side events, covering key issues such as marine intelligence, big data, spatial planning, ecological restoration, and the blue economy, fully demonstrating a multi-departmental coordinated and full-field participation posture, releasing China's firm signal to participate in global ocean governance, and receiving high affirmation from many participants.
Before the conference, China officially approved the "Port State Measures Agreement" led by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). According to the global fisheries report released by the FAO during the conference, China pays more attention to the sustainable use of fishery resources and is gradually shifting to developing alternative fishing methods such as marine ranching and resource proliferation, avoiding excessive dependence on wild fishery resources. This concept has been powerfully verified in corporate practice. In Laizhou (莱州), Shandong (山东), China General Nuclear Power Corporation (中广核) has built China's first integrated development research and experimental project of "offshore wind power + marine ranching." Through the integrated design of wind turbine pile foundations and aquaculture facilities, it has explored a sustainable path of "promoting electricity with fishing and supporting fishing with electricity," bringing a new model of "blue economy" during the conference.
At the meeting, several global marine scientific research initiatives were centrally released, including the official launch of the 15-year deep-sea scientific exploration project "Neptune Mission"; the "Space4Ocean Alliance" was announced, dedicated to promoting the deep integration of space technology and marine monitoring; the "Mercator International Ocean Numerical Center" was established, and in the future, it will build and improve a global ocean numerical simulation system. Chinese scientific research institutions have actively participated in these projects as partners to promote data sharing and capacity building.
"This is the highest degree of participation of the Chinese scientific community in previous Ocean Conferences." Qiao Fangli (乔方利), Deputy Director of the First Institute of Oceanography (海洋一所) of the Ministry of Natural Resources of China, told reporters. According to reports, this time, Chinese scientific research institutes brought public service products such as the "China Global Ocean Fusion Dataset (CGOF) 1.0," the "Mazu (妈祖)" series of marine forecast products, the "Hanhai Zhiyu (瀚海智语)" large model, and the Marine Program Toolkit for Sustainable Development of Coastal Cities (COAST), demonstrating the proactive role of China's scientific research strength in supporting ocean governance. Among them, the COAST toolkit was jointly developed by the scientific research team of the First Institute of Oceanography (海洋一所) and marine institutions in dozens of countries. It is structured around the key challenges faced by coastal cities in the context of climate change, with 6 major modules and 24 sub-modules, providing systematic solutions for global coastal cities in responding to climate change and enhancing resilience. It was announced to be open to the world for free during the conference.
Susan Galabawi, Deputy Director of the National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries of Egypt, believes that although the countries of the Global South possess abundant marine resources, they lack the technology, knowledge, and methodologies to identify these resources and assess their economic value. The COAST toolkit currently being promoted by China can not only help to better understand the marine environment, but also help all parties around the world share data and technology, truly achieving international collaboration. Da Vol, the French President's Special Envoy to the United Nations Ocean Conference, told reporters that France and China are working closely together and are firm supporters of global biodiversity conservation. "China's firm participation gives this conference the weight it deserves."
(Reported from Nice (尼斯), France, by this newspaper on June 15)
Return to TopBy: （古巴）迪尔伯特·雷耶斯·罗德里格斯 耶塞·佩雷斯·洛佩斯
On the streets of Havana (哈瓦那), Cuba, simply saying you're from China usually earns you a friendly smile. The same is true in Beijing (北京); upon learning we're from Cuba, Chinese friends always offer a warm greeting. Despite the vast ocean separating them, the Cuban and Chinese people share a deep friendship.
This year marks the 65th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Cuba and China. Under the strategic planning of the two heads of state, the relationship between the two countries is moving towards an unprecedented new height. *Granma* (*格拉玛报*), the central organ of the Communist Party of Cuba, has long attached great importance to reporting on Chinese news, covering politics, culture, economy, and society. The cooperation between *Granma* (*格拉玛报*) and *People's Daily* (*人民日报社*) is also very close, becoming a bond that enhances mutual understanding and trust between the two peoples.
In August of last year, *Granma* (*格拉玛报*) was invited to participate in the 2024 "Belt and Road" Media Cooperation Forum hosted by *People's Daily* (*人民日报社*) and signed a bilateral memorandum of understanding. During the joint interview activities after the forum, we visited Chengdu (成都), Zigong (自贡), Yibin (宜宾), Guangzhou (广州), Foshan (佛山), and other places. From experiencing "China Speed" on high-speed rail to visiting smart factories and experiencing autonomous driving, we felt the vigorous vitality brought by China's technological innovation at close range. From the Jinsha Site Museum (金沙遗址博物馆) in Chengdu (成都) to Yongqingfang (永庆坊) and the Cantonese Opera Art Museum (粤剧艺术博物馆) in Guangzhou (广州), we were immersed in the splendid Chinese civilization and admired China's respect and protection of historical culture.
These sights and feelings gave us an idea: we should open a long-term column in *Granma* (*格拉玛报*) to continuously tell the stories of China in the new era. The "Navigation Log" column was born as a result and officially debuted at the 2024 China-Latin America Media Cooperation Forum held in Rio de Janeiro (里约热内卢), Brazil, in October last year.
To date, the column has published more than 70 rich and colorful reports. In Cuba, we reported on a series of activities such as the "Happy Chinese New Year" jointly organized by the Chinese Embassy in Cuba (中国驻古巴使馆) and local institutions, showcasing the colorful Chinese culture and the enthusiastic Caribbean style complementing each other. In China, we entered the scene of the National People's Congress (全国两会), introduced the main points of China's *Government Work Report*, and helped Cuban readers gain a deeper understanding of China's whole-process people's democracy and Chinese-style modernization. We also introduced China's repeated support for Cuba's opposition to the US blockade in the United Nations General Assembly votes, demonstrating China's firm support for the Cuban people in defending national sovereignty and opposing foreign interference and blockade. In particular, focusing on the recently held Fourth Ministerial Meeting of the China-Latin America and Caribbean Community Forum, the column analyzed Chinese President Xi Jinping's (习近平) cooperation vision at the first time, demonstrating Latin America and China's firm determination to seek peace, promote development, and promote cooperation.
At the same time, our reporters also visited Beijing (北京), Jiangsu (江苏), Henan (河南), and other places, writing a series of special reports. For example, in Luoyang (洛阳), Henan (河南), we visited the birthplace of the Dongfanghong (东方红) tractor, an agricultural equipment with a legendary color in China's development process, which has now traveled across the ocean and become a good helper for Cuban farmers. In addition, we brought readers many topics such as "What is the important impact of the Great Wall on Chinese history and culture?", "What explorations has Jiangsu made in promoting the integration of culture and tourism?", "What rich experience does China have in the field of low-carbon emission reduction?" These reports about China enriched our pages, and many articles have high readership on the official website. Cuban readers affirmed and praised China's important role in international affairs in their messages, believing that China's development provides important experience for countries in the Global South.
This column is not only a record of words and pictures, but also a new bridge for promoting cultural exchanges between Cuba and China. For our reporting team, being able to contribute to the joint construction of the Cuba-China community with a shared future and promote the civilization dialogue urgently needed in the current era is not only an honor, but also a responsibility. As a true reflection of the construction of the China-Latin America community with a shared future, and as the "navigation log" of the giant ship of Cuba-China friendship, the column will continue to tell the cooperation stories of the two countries and witness the two countries sailing together towards a better and brighter future.
(The authors are the president and director of the Communications Department of *Granma* (*格拉玛报*), Cuba, respectively)
Return to TopThis newspaper reported from Nanning on June 15th (Reporter Pang Ge Ping (庞革平)) The first ASEAN Regional and National Studies Alliance Forum, hosted by Guangxi University (广西大学), was held in Nanning (南宁), Guangxi (广西) on the 14th. The ASEAN Regional and National Studies Alliance, led by Guangxi University (广西大学) and jointly established with China Foreign Affairs University (外交学院), Beijing Foreign Studies University (北京外国语大学), Hainan University (海南大学), and other universities and institutions, was officially established.
The forum, themed "ASEAN Regional and National Studies Research and Practice," provided a high-level exchange platform for ASEAN regional and national studies. Experts and scholars from various universities exchanged and shared research on topics such as China-ASEAN regional and national economic research, China-ASEAN economic and trade cooperation, and the development of the Global South. Leaders from various universities and heads of ASEAN regional and national research institutions introduced their units' experiences and practices in ASEAN regional and national studies, providing participants with rich practical references and cooperation opportunities.
It is reported that the establishment of the ASEAN Regional and National Studies Alliance effectively integrates domestic ASEAN regional and national research forces, promotes universities and think tank institutions to actively integrate and deeply participate in China-ASEAN cooperation, and will promote the characteristic development of regional and national studies.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 朱玥颖
The Japanese Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries recently stated that in order to stabilize rice prices, the government plans to further release 200,000 tons of reserve rice. According to the latest data released by the Japanese Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, in the week from May 26 to June 1, the average retail price of a 5 kg bag of rice in Japanese supermarkets was 4,223 yen (approximately 144 yen to 1 U.S. dollar). Kyodo News (共同社) reported that current rice prices in Japan remain high at over 4,000 yen per 5 kg, which is twice as high as the same period last year, once reaching a record high. Japanese rice still faces a situation of being "unaffordable," and many Japanese people have had to give up rice and switch to noodles, bread, or even potatoes. Whether rice prices can be reduced to the "3,000 yen range" proposed by the government remains a focus of public opinion.
Since March, the Japanese government has released reserve rice to the market several times in an attempt to stabilize rice prices, but so far the effect has been minimal. Rising rice prices have pushed up overall prices in Japan, and the Japanese people are complaining that they cannot afford to consume. A Japanese authoritative database recently released survey results stating that 1,932 kinds of food are expected to increase in price in June, about three times the number in the same period last year, and more than 100 kinds of food made from rice will increase in price. The head of the database said that due to the continued rise in overall prices, consumers are showing obvious "price fatigue," and the trend of reducing purchases of food and daily necessities is further highlighted.
Why do rice prices continue to remain high? First, the Japanese government's long-term implementation of the "reduction policy" (减反政策), which aims to curb excessive rice production, frequent natural disasters caused by climate change, and a shortage of agricultural labor due to an aging population have all seriously affected rice production. At the same time, the heat wave in 2023 caused a decline in rice quality, and wholesalers increased their purchases to ensure the milling yield. In addition, last year's Nankai Trough earthquake (南海海槽地震) warning and typhoon disasters triggered hoarding of rice by the public, leading to a surge in demand and a sharp rise in rice prices.
In addition, the government's release of reserve rice not meeting expectations is also a key factor. As of mid-May, the Japanese government had released a cumulative total of 312,000 tons of reserve rice in three batches. This is the first time since Japan established the reserve rice system in 1995 that it has used reserve rice to ensure rice circulation. If all of these released reserve rice entered the Japanese market, it should have greatly alleviated the "rice shortage" problem, but rice prices continue to rise. According to data released by the Japanese Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, of the approximately 210,000 tons of reserve rice released in two batches in March, only 7.1% had actually flowed into Japanese supermarkets and other retail stores as of April 27. According to the Nikkei (日本经济新闻) newspaper, the Japan Agricultural Cooperatives (日本农业协同组合) (hereinafter referred to as "agricultural cooperatives") acquired 95% of the reserve rice released by the government in the first three batches through bidding. Japanese economist and former Ministry of Finance official Yoichi Takahashi (高桥洋一) said that 95% of the reserve rice released by the government was bought by agricultural cooperatives, forming a "buyer monopoly" that can set prices at will, "This is completely a farce."
According to Kyodo News (共同社), Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Shinjiro Koizumi (小泉进次郎) recently announced a new way to release government reserve rice. The original bidding system was cancelled, and instead the government arbitrarily selects large supermarkets and other retailers to supply goods directly through "voluntary contracts," with the goal of putting them on the shelves at a price of 2,000 yen per 5 kg as early as early June. The government previously sold reserve rice to the National Federation of Agricultural Cooperative Associations (日本全国农协联合会) (an organization under the agricultural cooperatives), which led to slow circulation. In the future, it will be replaced with distributors closer to consumers. The reserve rice released was produced in 2022 and 2021, and the cost of transportation to various places is borne by the state. According to regulations, the government sells reserve rice with a shelf life of more than about 5 years as feed.
Currently, various sectors in Japan are not optimistic about the subsequent decline in rice prices. Kumio Inagaki (稻垣公雄), Research Director at Mitsubishi Research Institute (三菱综合研究所), believes that as long as the release of reserve rice is implemented only as a temporary measure, its effect will inevitably be 昙花一现 (tán huā yī xiàn - "ephemeral like the night-blooming cereus," short-lived or transient). Whether the current high rice prices can be moderately adjusted to fall and stabilize ultimately depends on the overall supply and demand balance. Many Japanese people believe that Japan will usher in the House of Councillors election (参议院选举) in July. The rice price issue will have a certain impact on the House of Councillors election. Low-priced rice may only exist before the election, and rice prices may rise again after the election. Some experts also said that in order to maintain a stable supply of rice in the future, Japan needs to think about how to build a more reasonable production control policy and a sustainable agricultural system.
(Reported from Tokyo (东京) on June 15)
Return to TopWELLINGTON, June 15 (Xinhua) -- (Reporters Long Lei (龙雷) and Chen Zheng'an (陈正安)) According to a June 15 announcement on the New Zealand government website, starting in November 2025, New Zealand will pilot a visa-free entry policy for Chinese citizens holding valid Australian tourist, work, student, or family visas. The visa-free policy will be piloted for 12 months.
The announcement stated that these Chinese citizens only need to apply for a New Zealand Electronic Travel Authority and do not need to apply for a visa, allowing them to stay in New Zealand for no more than 3 months. However, the new policy does not apply to passengers transiting through Australia.
New Zealand Immigration Minister Erica Stanford (埃丽卡·斯坦福) said that in addition to the above visa-free policy, the New Zealand government will further simplify the visa process to provide more convenience for applicants. In 2024, New Zealand issued more than 240,000 tourist visas to Chinese tourists, and she hopes that this number will continue to grow.
New Zealand Tourism and Hospitality Minister Louise Upston (路易丝·厄普斯顿) said that China is one of New Zealand's most important tourism markets.
According to data released by the New Zealand government, in the year ending March 2025, Chinese tourists contributed approximately NZD 1.24 billion (USD 1 is approximately equivalent to NZD 1.66) to the New Zealand economy. Upston (厄普斯顿) said she hopes this number will continue to grow and promote the sustainable development of the New Zealand economy.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 曲哲涵 谷业凯
Dialogue Guests:
Tian Xuan (田轩), Dean of the National Institute of Financial Research at Tsinghua University and Deputy Dean of the PBC School of Finance, Tsinghua University
Han Fengqin (韩凤芹), Director of the Research Center for Science, Education, Culture, and Health at the Chinese Academy of Fiscal Sciences
Cao Huitao (曹慧涛), Chairman of Xi'an Zhongke Optoelectronic Investment Holding Co., Ltd. (西安中科光机投资控股有限公司)
Shang Zhaohui (尚朝辉), General Manager of the Corporate Business Department of China Construction Bank (中国建设银行)
The "Decision" of the 20th CPC Central Committee's Third Plenary Session proposed building a science and technology finance system that adapts to scientific and technological innovation. Not long ago, the Ministry of Science and Technology (科技部), the People's Bank of China (中国人民银行), and seven other departments jointly issued the "Several Policy Measures to Accelerate the Construction of a Science and Technology Finance System and Strongly Support High-Level Self-Reliance and Self-Strengthening in Science and Technology" (《加快构建科技金融体制 有力支撑高水平科技自立自强的若干政策举措》) (hereinafter referred to as the "Several Measures"), which made clear deployments on how to strengthen financial support for major national science and technology tasks and technology-based small and medium-sized enterprises. What are the highlights of the relevant policies? How can they be implemented in detail? We interviewed experts, science and technology workers, and relevant heads of financial institutions.
Financial capital support is indispensable for getting scientific and technological achievements from the bookshelf to the shelf.
Reporter: The "Several Measures" propose that "financial capital is an important force supporting high-level self-reliance and self-strengthening in science and technology." How should this sentence be understood?
Cao Huitao (曹慧涛): As a science and technology worker, I feel this deeply.
More than a decade ago, when I was in charge of industrialization at the Xi'an Institute of Optics and Precision Mechanics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (中国科学院西安光机所), I participated in various exhibitions across the country every year to promote technology. At the meetings, many companies repeatedly inquired about the "samples" and were quite interested, but in the end, they could only sigh and leave – without enough funds to introduce the project and "recruit troops and buy horses." Due to a lack of funds, some of our work at the Institute of Optics and Precision Mechanics was slow to make progress, and I have seen many cases of technology companies whose development was hindered by funding problems during critical stages of research and development or key moments of expanding production capacity.
In 2013, the Institute of Optics and Precision Mechanics, together with social capital, established Zhongke Chuangxing (中科创星), a hard technology angel investment fund, to provide the "first bucket of gold" for scientists starting businesses. In less than half a year, it incubated six industrialization projects. As of May this year, the fund's managed scale has reached 13 billion yuan, cultivating and incubating 3 Science and Technology Innovation Board-listed companies, 18 unicorn companies, 82 national-level specialized and new "little giant" enterprises, and 188 provincial-level specialized and new enterprises. With the support of financial capital, more and more scientific and technological achievements are no longer "sleeping" and are moving from the bookshelf to the shelf.
Tian Xuan (田轩): The acceleration of scientific and technological innovation requires financial capital to continuously improve its supply capacity, which is confirmed by data. In recent years, the growth rate of loans to technology-based small and medium-sized enterprises has been significantly higher than the overall loan level; at the end of 2024, the loan balances of technology-based small and medium-sized enterprises and "specialized, refined, and new" enterprises increased by 21.2% and 13.0% year-on-year, respectively, both higher than the growth rate of various loans. As of May 22, the cumulative issuance of science and technology innovation bonds reached 1.2 trillion yuan, of which 0.61 trillion yuan was issued in 2024, an increase of 64% year-on-year, mainly supporting cutting-edge fields such as semiconductors, artificial intelligence, new energy, and high-end manufacturing. Venture capital and private equity provide early-stage funding for start-ups, with early-stage projects in electronic information, biomedicine, and new energy vehicles accounting for nearly half in 2024. In 2024, the success rate of mergers and acquisitions of technology companies in the capital market reached 93%, a new high in nearly 10 years, with strategic emerging industries such as semiconductors and biomedicine becoming the main areas of mergers and acquisitions.
It can be seen that from the initial research and development stage to the growth stage of expansion, and even the mature stage of technological upgrading and industrial transformation, finance can provide stable and sustainable support for the entire life cycle of scientific and technological innovation by providing diversified financing tools, accelerate the transformation of scientific and technological achievements, promote the optimization and upgrading of industrial structure, and thus enhance the overall scientific and technological competitiveness of the country.
Shang Zhaohui (尚朝辉): The current round of scientific and technological revolution and industrial transformation is accelerating, and the importance and urgency of China's self-reliance and self-strengthening in science and technology are becoming increasingly prominent. Financial capital is an important carrier for leveraging the market's role in allocating resources and increasing investment in science and technology, and it is one of the core driving factors for high-level self-reliance and self-strengthening in science and technology.
Science and technology finance has rich connotations and diverse means. In addition to the familiar credit support, financial institutions have already explored financial innovations such as those deployed in the "Several Measures" this time, and the results are beginning to show. For example, the China Construction Bank Group (建设银行集团) guides its subsidiaries such as CCB Investment (建信投资) and CCB Equity (建信股权) to increase their direct financing support for science and technology innovation enterprises; participates in the establishment of a 10 billion yuan venture capital secondary market fund to provide liquidity for early investors in technology companies; and implements pilot projects for M&A loans and underwriting of science and technology innovation notes... At the end of the first quarter of this year, CCB's subscription volume for science and technology innovation bonds increased by 138.78% year-on-year; the first pilot M&A loan for technology companies was launched by a large commercial bank, benefiting many technology companies in pilot cities such as Suzhou (苏州), Nanjing (南京), and Hefei (合肥).
Improve "top-level design" to enhance the vitality of the science and technology finance system.
Reporter: What are the highlights of the new measures?
Tian Xuan (田轩): The "Several Measures" mainly improve the top-level design of science and technology finance development from four aspects: improving the policy system, optimizing the market mechanism, promoting financial technology innovation practices, and strengthening policy coordination.
The "Several Measures" clarify the policy orientation, requiring the construction of a diversified science and technology finance support system to serve major national science and technology tasks and technology-based small and medium-sized enterprises, and guide financial resources to tilt towards the field of scientific and technological innovation; improve the market mechanism by optimizing the evaluation mechanism for state-owned venture capital, establishing a special mechanism for bank credit to support scientific and technological innovation, improving the support mechanism for the bond market to serve scientific and technological innovation, and improving the issuance and listing system arrangements, etc., to make up for problems such as insufficient market inclusiveness and low efficiency of resource allocation, and effectively stimulate market vitality; improve the overall coordination mechanism, strengthen inter-departmental and central-local coordination, help improve policy execution efficiency, and ensure the continuity and effectiveness of financial support for scientific and technological innovation.
Shang Zhaohui (尚朝辉): The "Several Measures" comprehensively cover the financial needs of all links, dimensions, and cycles of science and technology innovation and industrial integration, systematically integrate various participating entities such as venture capital, credit, insurance, and the capital market, form a systematic and diversified financial support system, and at the same time propose the use of policy tools covering the entire cycle of venture capital "fundraising, investment, management, and exit" and the capital market "green channel," providing a clear path for subsequent policy implementation.
Han Fengqin (韩凤芹): The "Several Measures" hit the "pain points" of financial demand on the innovation side. For example, in the field of venture capital, it has achieved full-chain innovation in "fundraising-investment-evaluation-exit," clearly establishing a "National Venture Capital Guidance Fund," and expanding the sources of long-term capital by expanding the scope of pilot financial asset investment companies, supporting insurance funds to participate in equity investment pilots, and encouraging social security funds and wealth management companies to participate in venture capital, solving the "difficulty in fundraising" in the venture capital industry. For another example, it proposes to evaluate state-owned venture capital institutions according to the life cycle of the fund, guide state-owned capital to become "patient capital," and optimize pilot projects such as the transfer of private equity shares to improve exit channels. These measures systematically make up for the previous shortcomings such as fragmented venture capital support and mismatched evaluation mechanisms for state-owned capital.
Cao Huitao (曹慧涛): The "Several Measures" highlight the "precise drip irrigation" of "hard technology." On the equity financing side, it clearly supports the listing of technology companies that have achieved breakthroughs in key core technologies. On the debt financing side, it creatively proposes to establish a "science and technology board" in the bond market. This "equity + debt" dual-drive model focusing on "hard technology" breakthroughs is more in line with the characteristics of technology companies with light assets and high investment than in the past, and also provides venture capital institutions with broader long-term returns, guiding more financial capital to participate in "investing early, investing in small businesses, investing for the long term, and investing in hard technology," and building a virtuous venture capital ecosystem.
On May 12, Xike Holding (西科控股) successfully issued the first phase of targeted science and technology innovation bonds in the interbank bond market, with an issuance scale of 300 million yuan, which is one of the first batch of science and technology innovation bond projects in the country, injecting stronger financial momentum into our development and cultivation of new quality productive forces.
Shang Zhaohui (尚朝辉): The "Several Measures" have expanded the space for financial institutions to iterate and expand their businesses. With this "guidance," financial institutions will further expand the innovation space for products and services, the participation space for investment and loan linkage and the capital market, and the management space for evaluation mechanisms and risk prevention and control. At present, CCB can configure financial products such as "Shan Ke Loan" (善科贷), "Shan Xin Loan" (善新贷), "Technology Easy Loan" (科技易贷), and "Technology R&D Loan" (科技研发贷) for technology companies from a "broad" perspective of the entire life cycle and the synergy of the entire group, establish exclusive evaluation tools for technology companies, and innovate intelligent measurement models for medium-sized technology companies to solve the problem of "not being able to see clearly and understand" new technologies. In the future, we are confident that we will follow the new "policy guidelines" to further improve the financing accessibility of technology companies.
Han Fengqin (韩凤芹): The "Several Measures" have achieved innovative breakthroughs in risk diversification mechanisms. The "Several Measures" propose to build an insurance product system covering the entire life cycle of technology companies and innovate risk diversification mechanisms. For example, explore the use of co-insurance bodies to carry out risk protection in key areas such as major technology breakthroughs, pilot tests, and network security, carry out pilot projects for risk diversification of major technology breakthroughs, and encourage insurance funds to directly participate in major national science and technology tasks. These measures strengthen the function of insurance as a "shock absorber" for scientific and technological innovation, which not only reduces the risks of research and development and achievement transformation of technology companies, but also opens up new paths for insurance funds to serve the real economy.
Seek precision and emphasize coordination to improve policy effectiveness.
Reporter: What key issues should be grasped to implement the "Several Measures" in detail?
Tian Xuan (田轩): This is a systematic policy arrangement. In the process of implementation, it is necessary to clarify the division of responsibilities, strengthen coordination and cooperation among various departments to ensure the accuracy and consistency of policy execution, and also fully consider regional differences and the actual needs of enterprises, and formulate specific measures in accordance with local conditions.
Shang Zhaohui (尚朝辉): In the face of the rapid iteration of scientific and technological innovation, financial institutions should strengthen their own capacity building. For example, strengthen cooperation and exchanges with technology companies, cultivate compound talents, understand the laws and characteristics of scientific and technological innovation, and explore new models and new paths for science and technology finance. For another example, adapt to the characteristics of high investment, long cycle, and strong uncertainty of scientific and technological innovation, and strengthen the construction of risk prevention and control mechanisms. At present, China Construction Bank (建设银行), on the basis of traditional financial statements, innovatively launched the "Science and Technology Innovation Table" (科技创新表), which enables the "creditization" of corporate intellectual property rights, taking into account both support for innovation and risk prevention and control; in addition, it also innovatively promotes risk compensation products through bank-guarantee cooperation and bank-insurance cooperation, and at the same time strengthens information sharing and reduces risks through cooperation with governments, guarantee institutions, insurance companies, etc.
Tian Xuan (田轩): To adapt to the requirements of "full cycle and full chain," it is necessary to build a development pattern of reasonable division of labor, orderly competition, and efficient linkage among financial institutions, and establish a multi-level and multi-dimensional cooperation mechanism. For example, establish and improve information sharing and resource integration platforms to further promote data sharing and risk sharing and improve overall service efficiency. For another example, promote industry self-discipline, regulate competitive behavior, and ensure the stability of market order. Finally, strengthen financial supervision to ensure that financial innovation operates within a compliant framework, prevent systemic risks, and promote the healthy and sustainable development of science and technology finance.
Cao Huitao (曹慧涛): We should increase policy guidance and cultivate the foundation of innovation. There may be no such thing as failure in scientific and technological innovation, because even if the expected goal is not achieved, it has successfully proved that this road is not feasible, and even cultivated talents and formed a batch of knowledge reserves. Based on this, the government needs to actively create a new atmosphere of financial supply that is "**不怕亏损、主动让利**" (bù pà kuī sǔn, zhǔ dòng ràng lì - "not afraid of losses, actively giving up profits," willing to accept losses and offer benefits to encourage innovation) by calculating the "big picture" of regional economic development and the "long-term picture" of future development, enhance the confidence of fiscal funds to "dare to underwrite" and "be willing to underwrite," mobilize more social capital to actively support scientific and technological innovation, and form a good innovation ecosystem.
We have advantages in building a science and technology finance system with Chinese characteristics.
Reporter: The "Several Measures" mention building a "science and technology finance system with Chinese characteristics." How should we understand "Chinese characteristics"?
Han Fengqin (韩凤芹): The core of "Chinese characteristics" lies in basing itself on China's scientific and technological innovation needs and financial development realities, and using institutional innovation to open up the entire chain of "science and technology-capital-industry" to form a financial support mechanism that is highly compatible with the laws of scientific and technological innovation.
"Chinese characteristics" are mainly reflected in three aspects:
First, give play to the advantages of the national system, adhere to the concept of the system, and promote the inter-ministerial coordination of science and technology finance, central-local linkage, and financial synergy in an integrated manner.
Second, serve the needs of national strategy, allocate financial resources to key areas such as tackling "bottleneck" technologies and cultivating new quality productive forces, and deeply connect with the strategy of building a strong country in science and technology.
Third, solve structural contradictions in finance, and aim at the path dependence of traditional finance on "emphasizing real estate and neglecting science and technology innovation," guide long-term capital to flow to scientific and technological innovation through institutional design, and solve the problem of the mismatch between the characteristics of technology companies with "light assets, long cycles, and high risks" and traditional financial services.
Reporter: What is the internal logic of the "Several Measures" to promote the five policy tools of venture capital, bank credit, capital market, science and technology insurance, and bond issuance in a coordinated manner?
Han Fengqin (韩凤芹): The five aspects of coordinated efforts follow the law of scientific and technological innovation of "long cycle, staged, and high risk," and form a closed loop of full-chain support through functional complementarity.
Among them, venture capital, as a "**生力军**" (shēng lì jūn - "fresh troops," a new and vital force), focuses on supporting early-stage and growth-stage technology companies to solve early-stage financing problems; bank credit provides stable funds through special mechanisms such as science and technology branches and long-cycle loans, covering key links such as research and development and pilot tests; the capital market, including stocks and bonds "science and technology boards," connects with mature companies and supports large-scale development through direct financing; science and technology insurance, as a "shock absorber," disperses the high risks of research and development, pilot tests, and other links, and reduces corporate innovation concerns; and bond issuance supplements low-cost long-term funding sources through innovative tools such as the "science and technology board." The five tools work together to achieve full-cycle coverage of "early-stage venture capital, mid-stage credit, late-stage capital, and full-process insurance."
Reporter: What foundations and advantages do we have in accelerating the construction of a science and technology finance system?
Tian Xuan (田轩): In the process of accelerating the construction of a science and technology finance system, our foundations and advantages are significant, including institutional advantages, a sound financial market system, a strong industrial chain foundation, and strong scientific and technological research and development strength. We are a socialist market economy system, and the organic combination of government regulation and market mechanisms can form a joint force in policy formulation and resource allocation, providing a strong guarantee for the construction of a science and technology finance system. At the same time, the financial market system is mature, covering multi-level financial institutions such as banks, securities, and insurance, and can provide all-round financing services. The industrial chain is complete and efficient, and the upstream and downstream coordination capabilities are strong, providing a solid foundation for scientific and technological innovation. Continued increases in scientific and technological research and development investment and fruitful innovation results provide a strong impetus for the development of science and technology finance.
Shang Zhaohui: China's financial system has developed for many years, forming a multi-level financial support system. First, multi-level financial markets work together. China has built a multi-level equity market consisting of the Shanghai Stock Exchange (上交所), the Shenzhen Stock Exchange (深交所), the Beijing Stock Exchange (北交所), and regional equity markets, as well as a bond market represented by the interbank and exchange markets, and an indirect financing system centered on the banking system, forming a multi-level financial market that complements direct and indirect financing, which can support the financial needs of technological innovation. Second, the professional service capabilities of financial institutions have been improved. After years of development, the professional capabilities of China's financial institutions, especially the banking industry, have steadily improved. Third, the ability to supply patient capital has been enhanced. The "Several Measures" gradually liberalizes the investment restrictions on long-term funds that meet the characteristics of patient capital, such as social security funds and insurance funds, which will bring more fresh water to science and technology finance. Fourth, financial technology empowers. Relying on the application of technologies such as big data, AI, and blockchain, and the gradual establishment of various national-level data platforms, financial institutions have solid support for optimizing risk control models and post-loan management, and are constantly improving the infrastructure for the development of science and technology finance.
Cao Huitao: The "Several Measures" not only strengthens the financial service capabilities for the real economy, but also demonstrates the governance effectiveness of the socialist system with Chinese characteristics, providing a new paradigm for the global development of science and technology finance. By guiding financial resources to accelerate the cultivation of new quality productive forces through policies, it will provide more powerful support for achieving high-level self-reliance and self-improvement in science and technology.
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Finance is the lifeblood of the national economy. Only when the financial lifeblood is smooth can the economy be strong and healthy. While maintaining a reasonable growth of the total amount of finance, we must also adopt new and practical measures in light of local conditions to clear the blockages in the financial microcirculation, smooth the "capillaries" of financial operations, further improve the accessibility of financial services, and allow financial "living water" to better reach micro and small businesses, and "agriculture, rural areas, and farmers" (三农) customer groups.
Withdrawing and depositing money on tea mountains, handling credit granting in fishing boats, turning small shops into convenient payment points, and promoting new financial knowledge on islands... Recently, while interviewing in Fujian (福建), the author saw many distinctive practices of local financial institutions in serving farmers and micro and small enterprises, and also deeply felt the importance of smoothing the "last mile" of financial services.
Fujian (福建) has a developed characteristic agriculture and abundant mountain and sea resources. Local people live off the mountains and the sea, but these rural production bases far from the cities are often difficult to fully cover with financial services. In the past, some villagers had to spend an hour traveling to the town to pay fees and withdraw money, and some fishermen had to take a boat to the town to handle business, which cost more than 30 yuan for a round trip.
To clear the financial microcirculation, the local area did not stick to conventions, but instead tried to create conditions, changing from waiting for customers to come to going up the mountains and down to the sea, extending financial services to remote areas. As of the end of last year, Fujian Province (福建省) had established 12,000 agricultural assistance withdrawal service points in rural remote areas with relatively weak financial services, providing basic financial services to rural residents and clearing the "last mile" of inclusive financial services.
Finance is the lifeblood of the national economy. Only when the financial lifeblood is smooth can the economy be strong and healthy. Since the beginning of this year, China (中国) has implemented a moderately loose monetary policy, strengthened counter-cyclical adjustments, and launched a "combination punch," and monetary credit has shown the operating characteristics of "increased quantity, decreased prices, and optimized structure." While maintaining a reasonable growth of the total amount of finance, we must also adopt new and practical measures in light of local conditions to clear the blockages in the financial microcirculation, smooth the "capillaries" of financial operations, further improve the accessibility of financial services, and allow financial "living water" to better reach micro and small businesses, and "agriculture, rural areas, and farmers" (三农) customer groups.
To clear the financial microcirculation, financial services need to be more inclusive and down-to-earth. Inclusive finance, "inclusiveness" (普) is the goal, and "benefit" (惠) is the key. To achieve high-quality development of inclusive finance, we must take into account both "inclusiveness" and "benefit," improve the accessibility, coverage, and satisfaction of financial services, and build a multi-level, broad-coverage, and differentiated inclusive financial system. After more than 10 years of efforts, China's (中国) inclusive finance development has made considerable progress, and a multi-level inclusive financial supply pattern has been gradually established. To do a good job in the grand article of inclusive finance, we need not only the improvement of top-level design, but also the innovation of grassroots exploration. At present, improving a modern financial system with high adaptability, competitiveness, and inclusiveness requires financial institutions to "look downward" for answers and delve into the grassroots to seek innovation, and improve the quality and efficiency of financial services in light of local conditions. In particular, county financial institutions should make full use of their advantages in interpersonal relationships and local connections to focus on serving local micro and small businesses and "agriculture, rural areas, and farmers" (三农) customers, and continuously extend the breadth and depth of financial services to better meet the diversified financial needs of the people and the real economy.
To clear the financial microcirculation, we need to accelerate the digital and technological transformation of financial services. At present, the development and application of technologies such as mobile payment, big data, cloud computing, biometric identification, and artificial intelligence have greatly enhanced the service capabilities of digital inclusive finance. Traditional financial systems are difficult to cover remote areas and low-income groups due to geographical restrictions and operating costs. Digital finance can break the spatial limitations of traditional financial services through mobile payment, online credit granting, and other methods, making financial services more inclusive. In particular, micro and small enterprises and farmers in rural areas can obtain financial support through digital credit platforms, achieving a win-win situation for financial institutions and micro and small entities. Currently in Fujian (福建), many tea farmers and fishermen have already started using digital financial tools such as mobile banking and mobile payment with the help of financial institutions, and the province has built 16 digital financial service platforms represented by the "Jin Fu Yun" (金服云) platform. Practice has proved that the application of digital finance helps to narrow the gap in urban and rural financial services, further improve the coverage and satisfaction of financial services, and using digital financial means well can achieve twice the result with half the effort in improving the quality and efficiency of financial services. Financial institutions should focus on developing digital financial tools suitable for micro and small customer groups, targeting the characteristics of remote areas, so that the general public can better enjoy the convenience of modern financial services.
Only by smoothing the "source of living water" (源头活水) of finance can we activate the "pool of spring water" (一池春水) of development. By adapting to local conditions, innovating services, and continuously clearing the financial microcirculation, bringing more financial living water to micro and small enterprises and "agriculture, rural areas, and farmers" (三农) customers, and promoting more financial resources to sink to the grassroots, we can inject more new impetus into high-quality development.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 王 观
Policy-based and development-oriented financial instruments are financial instruments established by policy-based financial institutions with the support of the People's Bank of China (中国人民银行). The investment method involves the three major policy banks establishing infrastructure funds, mainly used to supplement the capital of major projects such as infrastructure, new infrastructure, basic industries, and key people's livelihoods, with appropriate interest subsidies from the central government.
Policy-based and development-oriented financial instruments mainly raise funds by issuing financial bonds and other means to supplement the capital needs of major projects. They have the advantages of long funding terms, low costs, and flexible uses, and are in line with the characteristics of large financing needs, long construction periods, and long payback periods of major infrastructure projects. They can effectively meet the capital needs of major project construction and avoid funding gaps in infrastructure construction. At the same time, it can leverage the advantages of market-oriented operations to leverage more private capital participation and improve investment efficiency.
From the beginning of its birth, policy-based and development-oriented financial instruments have played the role of a "quasi-fiscal" tool, which can fill the key areas and weak links that banks are unwilling or unable to enter due to insufficient returns, but urgently need financial support. To some extent, policy-based and development-oriented financial instruments have similar policy goals to local government special bonds.
Therefore, policy-based and development-oriented financial instruments also have typical fiscal and monetary policy linkage effects. To fully release the policy effectiveness of policy-based and development-oriented financial instruments, it is also necessary to give play to the joint efforts of fiscal and monetary policies.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 姚雪青
The transformation of scientific and technological achievements is an important bridge connecting the innovation chain and the industrial chain, and also a crucial link in developing new quality productive forces. Only by applying scientific and technological innovation achievements to industry can they be transformed into real productive forces.
How can a scientific and technological innovation achievement go from universities and research institutes to enterprises, and from laboratories to production lines, thereby "transforming" into new quality productive forces? Our reporter takes you to the front line to understand the stories behind it.
——Editor
Can you believe it? A magical film, when used on a mobile phone, is like a non-power-consuming "air conditioner," which can achieve a temperature reduction of 5 to 10 degrees Celsius and improve the service life and stability of electronic products by more than 40%.
Walking into MOGU New Energy Technology (Suzhou) Co., Ltd. (墨光新能科技（苏州）有限公司) in Suzhou New District (苏州高新区), the manufacturing workshop is busy and orderly: pieces of tempered glass flow on the automated production line. After cleaning, coating, film removal, and umbrella placement, an ion gun vaporizes the functional material, forming a dense and thin film layer on the tempered glass with the thickness of a single atom. This is the company's main product—radiation cooling film, which has already been used in two mobile phones of Xiaomi (小米) and Apple (苹果), and orders from two other domestic mobile phone brands are being delivered.
This is a scientific and technological achievement originating from the laboratory. Zhu Jia (朱嘉), Dean and Professor of the School of Energy and Resources of Nanjing University (南京大学), led his team for ten years and achieved a breakthrough in the field of light and heat regulation in 2019. "To lower the temperature of an object, you need to lower its energy, that is, reduce the energy input and increase the energy radiated out," explained Zhu Bin (朱斌), a team member and Associate Professor at Nanjing University (南京大学). Based on the principle of "radiation cooling," the team regulated molecular structures, micro-nano structures, and size morphologies, and developed new materials from scratch that can achieve low absorption rates in the solar light band and high emission rates in the atmospheric window band. By radiating heat out in the form of specific electromagnetic waves, continuous cooling with zero energy consumption is achieved. In 2021, Xiaomi (小米) noticed this achievement and came to the laboratory, hoping to use the technology for cooling electronic products.
Why is "cooling mobile phones" so important? With the increasing integration of mobile phones and the implantation of AI chips, the energy consumption of mobile phones is increasing. In order to reduce problems such as overheating, lag, and automatic shutdown during mobile phone use, heat dissipation function is becoming increasingly important.
In the laboratory, the effect was obvious after temperature measurement, which gave the team great confidence in industrialization. In 2022, with the help of the university, the research team established MOGU New Energy Technology (Suzhou) Co., Ltd. (墨光新能科技（苏州）有限公司) in Suzhou New District (苏州高新区), dedicated to promoting radiation cooling technology from the laboratory to industrialization. Suzhou New District (苏州高新区) provided the company with a 7,000-square-meter factory building and waived the usage rent for 3 years.
"Our step 'from 1 to 10' benefited from the 'Empowerment Reform of Duty-Related Scientific and Technological Achievements' jointly launched by the Ministry of Science and Technology (科技部) and other 9 departments in 2020. This policy encourages scientific researchers to use their achievements as equity investment and actively participate in the transformation of scientific and technological achievements. Nanjing University (南京大学) is one of the first pilot units in Jiangsu (江苏)," said Zhu Bin (朱斌). "The company bought out 7 patents at once, and the entire evaluation process was transparent and reasonable." Clear intellectual property ownership not only increased the enthusiasm of scientific researchers for the transformation of achievements, allowing the team to work hard without "worries," but also attracted the favor of many investment institutions.
However, the process from bookshelf to shelf and from sample to product is more complicated than imagined.
"In the laboratory, we only need to focus on the single indicator of cooling. However, to launch it on the market, we must start from customer needs and coordinate more than 120 indicators," Zhu Bin (朱斌) admitted. He originally thought that with years of technology accumulation, the transformation of achievements could be completed within 2 months, but in practice, cooling, stability, and cost were difficult to balance, almost becoming an "impossible triangle."
How to achieve the balance of the "triangle"? The team took a three-step approach. First, returning to the company's pilot production line, Zhu Jia (朱嘉) led the team to continue to advance the hard technology from the technical route; at the same time, with the support of the school and Suzhou New District (苏州高新区), a joint school-enterprise laboratory was established. Experts in materials, optics, polymers, and other fields from inside and outside the school, as well as mobile phone manufacturing suppliers, jointly tackled key problems, designed solutions, improved the traditional adhesive method, and overcame the stability problems of the adhesive; in addition, the production capacity was further increased through automated processes, and the material ratio was improved in the original materials, so that the yield rate was greatly increased from 50% to 90%, thereby reducing production costs.
After more than 40 iterations in half a year, in 2023, the radiation cooling film that simultaneously met the requirements of "cooling, stability, and low cost" was successfully applied to Xiaomi's (小米) new mobile phone, which was well received by the market, and the industrialization took a key step.
However, having a good product does not necessarily mean having good sales. "The 'strength' of university teachers lies in scientific research, not in the market. We have also encountered customers who said 'this is a good thing, but we don't need it' when exploring the market," said Zhu Bin (朱斌). The Shuangchuang (双创) Office of Nanjing University (南京大学) and the Jiangsu Provincial Department of Science and Technology (江苏省科技厅) organized "industrial manager" training courses to provide special guidance on market expansion, intellectual property protection, and other issues in the industrialization process. Inspired by this, the company mainly targets leading customers in the field of electronic consumer goods—these companies are not only bold in innovation, but also have a strong driving force and can create and cultivate consumer hotspots. As a result, the company further opened up the market.
"At present, MOGU New Energy (墨光新能) has opened up 3 production lines and is firmly on the road to development and growth," said Zhu Bin (朱斌). Four mobile phone brands have cooperated with the company, and the on-hand orders for radiation cooling films suitable for electronic products exceed 70 million yuan; radiation cooling coatings mainly used in construction, cold chain, and photovoltaics have orders of 30 million yuan; fiber fabrics that can be used for sunscreen and cool clothing, hats, and tents are currently in the pilot stage and will soon be mass-produced. The three major production lines cover trillion-yuan-level markets such as construction, textiles, and electronics, and will also be laid out in more scenarios such as aerospace, and the company's revenue is expected to exceed 100 million yuan this year.
It is worth mentioning that, in addition to the consumer field, this "black technology" is also being used in ecological and environmental protection and other fields. Since 2022, the company has applied radiation cooling technology to the Dagu Glacier (达古冰川) protection project in Sichuan (四川). "At present, the melting speed of glaciers in the pilot area has been reduced by 80%, and it is expected that positive glacier growth will be achieved in 3 to 5 years, helping the development of this national 4A-level tourist attraction," said Zhu Bin (朱斌).
Reporter's Notes
Let Policies and Innovation Move in Both Directions
When the entrepreneurial team chooses to face the market storms directly, this story about new quality productive forces comes with suspense: In the near-death experience of the transformation of scientific and technological achievements, what do they rely on to dare to take "risky moves"?
The "password" is hidden in the coordinate system of national strategy. The team is anchored to the major needs of the "dual carbon" goal, and transforms the confidence of hard technology into the sharpness of market breakthroughs. "To make the 'catalyst' in the laboratory effective in the industrial 'reactor,' it must be tempered by real working conditions as early as possible." Zhu Bin's (朱斌) metaphor reveals the underlying logic of the transformation of scientific and technological achievements: the "leap" of market testing is the biggest challenge from bookshelf to shelf.
What truly activates innovation is the systematic release of policy dividends. The breakthrough of the "Empowerment Reform of Duty-Related Scientific and Technological Achievements" at the national level, as well as the active implementation of universities, allows scientific researchers to truly become "innovation partners"; the local government's "transformation accelerator" provides detailed guarantees for the development of new quality productive forces in accordance with local conditions, such as site support, talent introduction, and practical training.
The deep integration of government, industry, academia, and research is reshaping the innovation ecosystem: strategic guidance, institutional innovation, and market mechanisms form resonance, allowing samples in the laboratory to "transform" into products on the production line and "hit products" on the market.
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Grasping the new trends in the development of the digital economy, stimulating the innovative potential of data elements, and striving to seize the commanding heights of the future development of the digital economy will bring more surprises to the cultivation of new quality productive forces and the promotion of high-quality economic development in China.
In the era of the digital economy, the value of data as a factor of production is becoming increasingly prominent. Recently, the National Data Administration (国家数据局) released a message stating that China will deploy and build 10 national data factor comprehensive pilot zones in Beijing (北京), Zhejiang (浙江), Anhui (安徽), and other places to support various regions in carrying out pilot projects in cultivating business entities and prospering the data market, and comprehensively releasing the integration efficiency of the real economy and the digital economy.
What are data elements? Data resources refer to the general term for data with value creation potential, while those data resources that are invested in production and operation activities and participate in value creation are called data elements. The "Opinions of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council on Building a More Complete System and Mechanism for Market-based Allocation of Factors" issued in 2020 classified and proposed the direction of reform in the five factor areas of land, labor, capital, technology, and data, and for the first time included data elements, emphasizing the importance of data as a factor of production. As one of the "five major factors of production," data has become a fundamental resource in the era of the digital economy. Developing data element resources is an important new driving force for promoting economic growth and developing new quality productive forces.
Industrial digitization is an important way to transform and upgrade traditional industries. In the past, mold manufacturing companies mainly relied on experience to quote prices to customers. Now, with the help of historical data collected by industrial Internet platforms, they can accurately calculate the price of processing fees, drawing calculations, management costs, and other links, so there is a scientific basis for how to price. Relying on data management, it is also possible to scientifically calculate the time required for each process, efficiently schedule production, and thereby achieve the goals of reducing costs, increasing efficiency, and enhancing industrial competitiveness.
Digital technology is a powerful means to cultivate and strengthen emerging industries. For example, in the development of new high-temperature alloy materials, researchers used to need to trial and error in the arrangement and combination of more than a dozen alloy elements. Based on in-depth research on material mechanisms, the China Iron & Steel Research Institute (中国钢研) team used high-throughput experiments and calculation technology to build a dedicated "material data factory." Integrated with artificial intelligence and other technologies, it efficiently designed high-temperature alloy components with additive suitability, compressing the work that would normally take more than 10 years using traditional methods to within 1 year or even a few months. In future material research and development, big data will play an increasingly important role.
As "Artificial Intelligence +" becomes a new engine for high-quality economic and social development, the role of data elements in empowering thousands of industries will become more prominent. The deep integration of digital technology and the real economy empowers the transformation and upgrading of traditional industries, and spawns new industries, new business formats, and new models. The figure of "data" will be seen everywhere.
Riding the "digital" wave, we must make good use of China's rich data resources. The recently released "National Data Resources Survey Report (2024)" shows that the national data production volume in 2024 reached 41.06 zettabytes (ZB), which is equivalent to shooting more than 13 million 3D animated films like "Ne Zha" (《哪吒之魔童闹海》). We must use the advantages of massive data resources to promote data mining and data development, and promote data resources to accelerate the formation of new quality productive forces. At the same time, the more efficient and secure data circulation is, the more dividends it can release. Promoting reforms such as the market-based allocation of data elements and strengthening the integrated utilization of data across subjects are conducive to accelerating the release of the value of data elements.
Riding the "digital" wave requires the coordinated efforts of computing power and digital technology. Statistics show that China's total computing power scale has reached 280 EFLOPS (hundred billion billion floating-point operations per second), and the total computing power scale of the eight national hub nodes has reached 175 EFLOPS. In terms of digital technology, China accounts for 61.5% of the 45,000 newly published generative artificial intelligence patents worldwide. These are all our confidence in releasing the potential of data elements. Looking to the future, it is necessary to continue to make efforts in strengthening the supply of high-quality data, continuously improving digital infrastructure, and innovating digital technologies to further consolidate the foundation for building a digital China.
Currently, a new round of technological revolution and industrial transformation is developing in depth. Grasping the new trends in the development of the digital economy, stimulating the innovative potential of data elements, and striving to seize the commanding heights of the future development of the digital economy will bring more surprises to the cultivation of new quality productive forces and the promotion of high-quality economic development in China.
Return to TopSince the beginning of this year, the Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (广西壮族自治区农业农村厅) has guided more than 4,000 science and technology commissioners across the region to go into the front lines of agricultural production, helping to solve problems in agricultural production and helping farmers increase production and income.
The picture shows science and technology commissioners Wu Jiankun (吴建坤) (first from right) and Yan Zhengdong (严正东) (second from right) recently guiding fish farmers and demonstrating on-site at the ecological fish farming base in Tandong Village (潭东村), Teng County (藤县), Wuzhou (梧州), Guangxi (广西).
Photo by Yan Guihai (颜桂海) (Image China)
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AI fraud is becoming increasingly realistic, phishing software steals personal information, and excessive user permission requests are made... As the digital economy flourishes, data security issues are attracting attention. At the 2025 China Digital Valley·West Lake Forum held recently, experts conducted discussions on topics such as the value release of data elements, innovative breakthroughs in artificial intelligence, and safe coexistence in the digital age.
Mei Hong (梅宏), former chairman of the China Computer Federation, believes that China's digital transformation is still in its initial stage. It is necessary to build a data-centric organizational system and operation mode from aspects such as constructing an efficient data system, improving the circulation and transaction of data elements, and strengthening technical support.
In recent years, new technologies such as artificial intelligence are accelerating the transformation of the data security field. "In the cybersecurity industry, intelligent agents empower large models with the ability to take actual actions. They can not only quickly identify complex cybersecurity threat patterns through continuous growth in applications, but also respond quickly and flexibly adjust identification strategies and protection mechanisms according to different security scenario needs, greatly improving the timeliness and accuracy of cybersecurity protection," said Fan Yuan (范渊), chairman of DBAPPSecurity. DBAPPSecurity has completed the construction of more than 500 co-created intelligent agents, covering dozens of scenarios, and has played an important value in cybersecurity practice.
New technologies such as brain-computer interfaces and embodied intelligence bring new security challenges. Wu Dongrui (伍冬睿), deputy dean of the School of Artificial Intelligence and Automation at Huazhong University of Science and Technology, said that brain-computer interfaces are at a critical stage where technological breakthroughs and normative construction are proceeding in parallel. In terms of brainwave decoding algorithms, accurate decoding combined with adversarial training can achieve a dynamic balance between accuracy and security. Wang Qizhou (王启舟), deputy general manager of Unitree Robotics, said that the development of humanoid robots requires receiving a large amount of environmental information from the physical world, and new norms must be established on the basis of safety to enable data to be available as soon as possible.
Fan Yuan (范渊) said that real-time regulation is needed through data classification and grading, access control, desensitization protection, and risk early warning to promote the transformation of security protection from static protection to dynamic protection and from closed environments to open environment protection, forming a dynamic security protection capability that runs through all aspects of the data lifecycle, and systematically ensuring the network, computing power, and data security related to data infrastructure.
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A Zhejiang-based private enterprise, along with two universities, formed an innovation team and proposed a coating innovation technology for perovskite, a solar cell material, achieving stable mass production of square-meter-level perovskite modules. Recently, this research result was published in *Science*. The first author and corresponding author of the paper are from Hangzhou纤纳光电科技股份有限公司 (Hangzhou Qianna Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.).
In recent years, it has become increasingly common for researchers from private enterprises to publish research papers as first authors and corresponding authors in top-tier scientific journals. With the steady improvement of the innovation capabilities of private enterprises, they have begun to advance into "no man's land" in some advantageous fields and accelerate breakthroughs, becoming leaders in emerging and future industries.
Not long ago, Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Limited (宁德时代) (CATL), a global leader in power batteries, announced a new vision—to be a zero-carbon technology company. CATL plans to achieve carbon neutrality in all battery factories this year and continue to make breakthroughs in three directions: zero-carbon transportation, zero-carbon electricity, and industrial new energy. As of May, approximately 760 electric vessels have been equipped with CATL batteries; its successful test flight of a 4-ton civil electric aircraft also successfully passed the AS9100 aerospace quality management system certification this year.
New technologies bring new positions and goals to enterprises, and also bring new assistance and changes to many scientific fields. In early summer this year, "Huahang Xiang Yinzhen" became the main variety in rice fields in Heyuan (河源), Meizhou (梅州), Jiangmen (江门), and other places in Guangdong (广东). This new rice variety, cultivated by South China Agricultural University (华南农业大学), has high yield, good taste, and disease resistance, and is widely favored by farmers. In recent years, South China Agricultural University (华南农业大学) has joined hands with Inspur (浪潮信息) to actively apply big data, artificial intelligence, and other technologies to accelerate breeding innovation, making breeding a "calculable science." For example, traditional rice breeding takes an average of 8 to 10 years, while the breeding cycle of "Huahang Xiang Yinzhen" is only 4 years. In the field of health, for example, an international team of scientists from universities in the United States and Finland recently developed a new nanoparticle carrier through in-depth research in materials science. This "molecular transport vehicle," which is thinner than one-thousandth of a hair, can deliver gene drugs directly to lung lesions like a precision-navigating drone, promising to bring new hope to patients with lung cancer and cystic fibrosis.
While new technologies are widely used, they also need to continue to evolve, such as the currently popular artificial intelligence technology. When people see "cats," "cars," or "apples," they can not only recognize their physical characteristics, but also understand their functions, emotional value, and cultural significance—this multi-dimensional conceptual representation constitutes the cornerstone of human cognition. So here's the question: Can artificial intelligence also spontaneously form this human-level cognition?
Recently, a joint team from the Chinese Academy of Sciences (中国科学院) combined behavioral experiments and neuroimaging analysis to confirm for the first time that multi-modal large language models can spontaneously form object concept representation systems that are highly similar to humans. This research not only opens up a new path for artificial intelligence cognitive science, but also provides a theoretical framework for building artificial intelligence systems with human-like cognitive structures.
Currently, embodied intelligence theory has deeply penetrated into the fields of artificial intelligence, robotics, and other fields that are of great concern to the public, and has had a significant impact. For example, a smart brain and dexterous hands are our expectations for the development of humanoid robots. A joint research team composed of Peking University (北京大学), Beijing Institute for General Artificial Intelligence (北京通用人工智能研究院), and other institutions has developed a "full-hand tactile robot bionic hand," which enables robots to perform precise operations and adaptive grasping through tactile feedback like humans.
From the perspective of embodied intelligence, human intelligent behavior not only depends on the thinking of the brain, but also needs to be learned and decided through interaction with the physical environment. According to this idea, embodied intelligence may enable artificial intelligence to complete more tasks in a wider range of environments, and then move towards general artificial intelligence.
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Many years ago, I longed for the day when I could walk into this campus, stand by this experimental field, take a few breaths of the air here, smell the fragrance of the soil, and experience the joys and sorrows of Yuan Longping's (袁隆平) scientific exploration.
That day, the wish buried in my heart for many years, finally came true.
Under the bright summer sun, we slowly walked towards this campus. Two aged brick pillars support an archway, which is the gate of this agricultural school. On the right pillar, hangs a white sign with black characters: Hunan Anjiang Agricultural School (湖南省安江农业学校). Entering the school gate, we were greeted by a huge rock engraved with two lines of Yuan Longping's (袁隆平) handwriting: "Origin of hybrid rice, Anjiang Agricultural School Memorial Garden (安江农校纪念园)." Next to it, a slogan stele reflects a line of Yuan Longping's (袁隆平) handwriting: "May all people in the world have enough to eat."
We strolled along the tree-lined path on campus. The words and characters we saw along the way, like clusters of flames, danced in my heart! Thoughts surged in my chest.
Thirty-two years ago, the province gave me a task: to interview Yuan Longping (袁隆平) and write about him.
I stayed at the guesthouse of the Hybrid Rice Research Center for a week. Yuan Longping (袁隆平) was too busy to arrange time for my interview. I had to start from the periphery, talking to his assistants, students, and staff to understand the situation. In seven days, he only met me twice, each time for less than two hours. It was this interview that led me to write the reportage "Father of Chinese Hybrid Rice," published in the second issue of "Contemporary" magazine in 1995. Since then, this down-to-earth scientist who "writes his papers on the land" has vividly stood in my heart.
In 1953, Yuan Longping (袁隆平) graduated from Southwest Agricultural College (西南农学院) and was assigned to teach at Anjiang Agricultural School (安江农校) at the foot of Xuefeng Mountain (雪峰山). In 1962, he led more than 40 students to Xiujian Brigade (秀建大队) of Qianyang County (黔阳县) Xiazhou Commune (硖州公社) to participate in production and labor training, living in the home of Lao Xiang, a production team cadre. At that time, the team had just harvested rice, but Lao Xiang's family had porridge for two out of three meals a day. "Didn't you just harvest the grain?" Yuan Longping (袁隆平) was a little puzzled. "Not enough to eat! If we don't save now, how will we survive the spring famine next year?" Then, Lao Xiang sighed and said, "If each mu (亩) of land could produce 800 jin (斤) or a thousand jin (斤), how great would that be! We wouldn't have to go hungry." Lao Xiang's sigh and this sentence, like a heavy hammer, struck Yuan Longping's (袁隆平) heart heavily. A dream to "let all people in the world have enough to eat" sprouted in Yuan Longping's (袁隆平) heart at this time.
We walked slowly on the campus. A paddy field appeared in front of us. The friend accompanying us suddenly reached out and pointed to this paddy field and said, "Yuan Longping (袁隆平) discovered that natural hybrid rice plant in this field."
"Ah!" We couldn't help but stop and stare at the paddy field in front of us. The paddy field had just been plowed and leveled, and no seedlings had been planted yet. At this time, the field surface covered with water, like a bright mirror, emitted a dazzling light in the sun.
At this moment, my thoughts jumped back to that interview.
One day, Yuan Longping (袁隆平) accidentally discovered a rice seedling in an experimental field of the school that grew particularly tall and thick, giving it a sense of 鹤立鸡群 (hè lì jī qún - "a crane standing among chickens," standing out from the crowd). The surrounding seedlings paled in comparison to it. For a moment, he was stunned and overjoyed, shouting in his heart: Miracle! Miracle!
He immediately picked up the rice panicle and carefully counted the grains on it, one by one. Each panicle had one hundred and seventy or eighty grains of rice. He was full of expectations that these rice grains would bring him good news next year.
However, the following year, when the seedlings were budding and heading, some were tall, some were short, and they were uneven. Then, some were grouting and seeding, while others were still heading and flowering, maturing early or late. None of the hundreds of rice panicles exceeded their predecessors.
His first hope was thus shattered.
Yuan Longping (袁隆平), who was good at summarizing experience, was inspired by this "crane standing among chickens" rice panicle: This is a natural hybrid rice. Only by finding distant wild rice to hybridize with cultivated rice can there be ideal harvests. Since then, they have left the campus and gone to Yunnan (云南), to Hainan (海南), searching and exploring...
The first autumn of the 1970s came quietly.
In the fields of Hainan Island (海南岛), rice began to head and flower. Hybridization was about to begin, but where could wild rice be found?
In recent days, Yuan Longping (袁隆平) had been climbing mountains and ridges, going deep into the Li (黎) villages to visit farmers, and searching everywhere in the desolate fields. Often, because his mind was too focused, leeches bit his calves, sucking their fill of blood and falling off, but he was completely unaware.
One day, Yuan Longping (袁隆平) sent his student and assistant, Li Bihu (李必湖), to Nan Hong Farm (南红农场) to investigate the distribution of wild rice. Li Bihu (李必湖) and Feng Keshan (冯克珊), a technician from Nan Hong Farm (南红农场), walked and talked in the fields. Li Bihu (李必湖) explained Yuan Longping's (袁隆平) idea of "using distant wild rice to hybridize with conventional cultivated rice" in detail to Feng Keshan (冯克珊). Feng Keshan (冯克珊) was moved by their spirit and immediately said, "I heard someone say that there may be wild rice in one place. Let's go there and look for it now."
Soon, they came to a railway bridge between Nan Hong Farm (南红农场) and Sanya Airport (三亚机场). There was a swamp here, and a patch of wild rice grew among the weeds by a ditch. At this time, the wild rice was heading and flowering, with obvious characteristics, making it easy to distinguish from conventional rice. It had a prostrate plant type, slender stems, narrow leaves, short panicles, and long red awns on the panicles.
Truly, 功夫不负有心人 (gōng fū bù fù yǒu xīn rén - "efforts will not fail those who put their heart into it," diligence never fails). The key to opening the door to rice hybridization was found in this way! Yuan Longping (袁隆平) named this male sterile wild rice: Wild Abortion (野败). This was November 23, 1970.
In 1973, Yuan Longping (袁隆平) and his research team, as well as many agricultural scientists and technicians across the country, under the guidance of the scientific idea of the "three-line supporting" hybrid rice of "sterile line, maintainer line, and restorer line," finally cultivated excellent hybrid rice. In this year, the 1.2 mu (亩) experimental field of the Hunan Academy of Agricultural Sciences (湖南省农科院) yielded as high as 1010 jin (斤) per mu (亩)...
Now it is early summer, and the ancient camphor trees on campus are covered with new leaves, full of vitality. Yuan Longping (袁隆平) had a wide range of interests and was versatile. When he received his first salary, he bought a violin. In his spare time, he often played his beloved violin in this camphor forest. He lived and worked on this campus for 37 years, where he married, had children, and established his career. Everything on campus bears the imprint of his life.
In Yuan Longping's (袁隆平) former residence, we saw these two sentences: "The fact that I have not been elected as an academician shows that my conditions are not good enough. I will work hard. But I work hard not to be elected as an academician." "The most valuable thing on a person is the knowledge in their head. Enough money is enough. More is a burden." Linking this to some things that were not very clear during the interview more than 30 years ago, it seems that the answers can be found here.
Yuan Longping (袁隆平) left us 4 years ago. That day was May 22, 2021. The next morning, I received a call from the editor of Hunan Daily (湖南日报), asking me to write a memorial article. At that moment, how much I wanted to say! Soon, I wrote the short essay "I Think of You When I Pick Up My Rice Bowl."
Old Yuan (袁老)! When you left, the dream in your heart that "all people in the world have enough to eat" has been fulfilled. You were determined to grow "seawater rice" so that large areas of barren saline-alkali land in the country could be turned into high-yielding and stable-yielding fertile fields, and this difficulty has also been overcome by you. Your dream of "enjoying the cool under the rice" is also approaching step by step under the efforts of your successors...
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I spent my childhood in a cabin in the woods, and some people thought it was more suitable for writing fairy tales and encouraged me. But writing fairy tales is not easy. I tried my best in this area, but I couldn't surpass novels such as *The Old Man and the Sea*, *Ode to the Orange* (*Jú sòng*), *Peninsula Hali-Haqi* (*Bàndǎo Hālǐhāqì*), and *Finding the Fish King* (*Xúnzhǎo yú wáng*). Why? One of the reasons may be that I demanded too much of myself from the perspective of "genre literature," and my creativity was limited.
The truth is, many authors think that fairy tales are easy to write. It's nothing more than letting kittens, puppies, or other things talk and think like humans, such as encountering some kind of monster. Truly excellent fairy tales are not like this. They must have inherent particularity and require a considerable amount of knowledge and skills. Good fairy tales fascinate children and interest parents. Clumsy "fairy tales," if they are about animals, are just replacing a "person" with an "animal," which is not difficult. It is difficult to write about the pureness and ignorance, the bewilderment and innocence, and the naturally occurring life attributes that only animals have, as well as the "thingness" that belongs to a certain kind of life.
However, some people think that as long as you are familiar with animals, you can write well about animals, but that is not necessarily the case. In fact, to write well about a cat, you need to have a deep understanding of people and human society. Humans are the most intelligent of all things, and they are more perceptive and communicative with each other. In the vast and profound world of life, many life emotional models are the same. Research shows that even small birds are very similar to humans: they are also happy and sad, suffer when hit, and need love; their endocrine system also changes due to emotional problems. A ragdoll cat in someone's home became depressed after not seeing its owner for more than 20 days. A large part of the emotional models of animals are the same as those of humans. All life has many similarities, only the appearance is different. The depth of our understanding of people, human nature, and the social level largely determines the depth of our understanding of all life in the world.
A deep experience of human society is the foundation for understanding all things and an important path to entering them. Although this is the case in theory, we cannot therefore abandon the study of "aliens" and cannot replace them with all human experiences. Animals still have special, incomparable, and various complexities from appearance to expression to various living habits. After all, we spend more time dealing with people. Adults deal with people all day long, while children have more opportunities to deal with animals, plants, and other lives. We must strive to understand animals on the premise of understanding people.
The British writer Beatrix Potter (波特) is good at writing about rabbits, and fairy tales about rabbits made her famous. Because she has been studying rabbits and is an expert in this field. It seems that fairy tale writing should be based on special and in-depth communication and contact with animals, which is very critical.
In my opinion, the problems facing our fairy tale writing now come first from simple imitation, and second from misunderstanding the difficulty of fairy tale creation. The truth is that it is more difficult to write than other works. Because writers are accustomed to superficial imitation, seeing some so-called best-selling fairy tale books are very popular, they just copy them and think that there is nothing simpler or easier to succeed. This will cause a great waste.
We must be extremely careful when writing fairy tales. How many fairy tales are qualified and above the basic level? It may be far less than we think. Why? Because it's too difficult: things that seem simple are often the most difficult.
When facing the choice of fairy tales as a genre, we must be very cautious and think about whether we have the ability to lift the heavy object in front of us? It is a heavy lift, not as easy as it looks. How simple it is to write about kittens, puppies, birds, and grasshoppers. Their body shapes are relatively small, so their souls must be light? No, when we come into contact with these "alien" lives and souls, we will have a mysterious feeling. The task of expression and description we face will be extremely heavy.
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Xiaoshun is a village. The name carries a hint of humility and tranquility, like a soft whisper carried by the mountain breeze. Xiaoshun Village (小顺村) is located in the deep mountains of Yunhe County (云和县), Lishui City (丽水市), Zhejiang Province (浙江省). On a day when Lesser Fullness brought rain and pear blossoms were just budding, we visited this quiet village at the invitation of a friend.
This was my first time in Xiaoshun. In the late 1930s, during the raging flames of the Anti-Japanese War, a great man left his footprints here. He came to the Zhejiang Iron Factory (浙江铁工厂) and delivered an anti-Japanese speech, saying, "Workers stand tall." This great man was our beloved Premier Zhou Enlai (周恩来). Therefore, Xiaoshun wrote a significant chapter in the history of China's Anti-Japanese War.
Our trip, however, was for another woman – military female writer Wang Qiuyan (王秋燕). She was a talented female writer from the former General Armament Department (原总装备部). After retiring, she returned to her hometown and built the "Aerospace Literature Corner" in Xiaoshun. Five models of aerospace rockets stand to the right of the gate, which is not only a commemoration of her military career but also her deep love for the aerospace industry.
Wang Qiuyan is an aerospace female soldier who came from Xiaoshun and a cultural flower nurtured by this land of Xiaoshun. She treated us with aged Tibetan tea wrapped in yak leather. The villagers treated us with freshly picked bayberries and plums, the fragrance of fruit and tea blending together, carrying a strong sense of human touch.
Yunhe County (云和县), I also set foot in it for the first time, but I firmly remembered its eight-character positioning slogan: "One in ten thousand, fairytale Yunhe." What is meant by "one in ten thousand"? Local friends said that whether it is population or area, Yunhe accounts for about one ten-thousandth of the country. This may just be a numerical coincidence, but it has become a confident slogan. And "fairytale Yunhe" made me, a children's literature writer, even more curious.
In a company in Yunhe, I truly felt the atmosphere of a fairy tale – this is an important production base for wooden toys in China. I saw "A Wooden Block's Autobiography" in the exhibition hall. In front of the exhibition board was a wooden giraffe, and behind it was written: "I am an ordinary piece of wood, growing in the beautiful mountains and rivers of Yunhe. Although I grow in the deep mountains, I yearn for change. Thanks to the ingenuity of Yunhe craftsmen, I have achieved a gorgeous artistic transformation, allowing me to stand in Yunhe and travel the world!" This is also the case. Yunhe is not only the largest producer of wooden toys in China, but also the standard setter. I sat under the words "Fairy Tale" in the exhibition hall and took a photo with two huge wooden toys beside me. At this moment, I felt as if I was in a fairy tale world.
Xiaoshun, under the protection of this "fairytale Yunhe," has gone through its long river of history. Its original site is now submerged under Yunhe Lake (云和湖), and the former factory workshop has also sunk into the lake of time with the waves.
When I left Xiaoshun, the Ou River (瓯江) was crystal clear. Xiaoshun, Xiaoshun, you have taken root in my heart. When will I come again?
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The wheat is ripe.
The boundless wheat field surged in the morning breeze, the awns of the wheat pointing straight at the sky, like thousands of golden arrows raised by the earth.
Different from previous years, the "whoosh, whoosh" sound of sharpening sickles by the well has been replaced by the low, yet gradually clearer, roar coming from the distant horizon. That was the engine sound of the leading vehicle of the tractor fleet, heralding the arrival of a grand wheat harvest.
Xiao Lei jumped out of the cab and stretched vigorously. After rushing hundreds of kilometers overnight, his eyes were bloodshot, but his face was full of excitement. Xiao Lei is a farm machinery operator, a post-90s generation who plunged into the world of combine harvesters after graduating from high school. His dark skin glowed with a healthy luster in the morning light, and the muscles of his arms were clearly defined.
The village road became lively. No longer the clanging of carrying pole hooks, but the dull thud of trucks pressing on the field埂 (tián gěng - ridge between fields), and the creaking sound of the combine harvester's huge body rubbing against the ground. One after another, giant machines slowly drove into the open space at the entrance of the village in the curious and awed eyes of the villagers. They still carried the earthy smell of Shandong (山东) or Henan (河南), the golden oceans they had just conquered.
Xiao Lei climbed onto the huge combine harvester. This green "beast" was taller than two bungalows, and its steel joints gleamed coldly in the sunlight. He stroked the console, as if treating a loyal partner. The smell of engine oil, diesel, and a hint of metallic tang mixed into his most familiar "wheat harvest smell."
"Boom," with a dull roar, the engine was ignited. The sound was no longer the sporadic sputtering of a tractor, but like a awakened beast, emitting a low and continuous roar. At the entrance of the wheat field, the machine's wide cutting platform slowly lowered, like a gaping mouth.
The cutter rotated rapidly, making a dense "嚓嚓" sound, the wheat stalks were instantly cut off and neatly poured into the depths of the machine. The wheat ears were threshed, and golden wheat grains poured out of the machine's conveying port like a waterfall, directly pouring into the carriages of the parallel grain trucks. The whole process was completed in one go, so fast that it was dazzling.
The wheat husk debris and dust raised in the sky formed golden pillars of light in the sunlight. Xiao Lei sat in the cab, focused on the wheat field ahead, his hands skillfully controlling the steering wheel and joystick.
"They are like chasing the sun, from south to north, without stopping for a moment." Uncle Qing (老庆叔) didn't know when he stood beside me, his hunched back was once the most loyal measurer of this wheat field. The sickle in his hand is now mostly used to clear weeds from the corners of the field.
"龙口夺食 (lóng kǒu duó shí - "snatching food from the dragon's mouth," racing against time to harvest crops before bad weather strikes)!" Uncle Qing suddenly raised his voice. This ancient proverb has a new explanation today. In the past, it was people competing with nature, now it is machines competing with nature, competing with time.
Night fell, and the wheat harvest continued. The spotlights on top of the combine harvesters and the truck lights lit up, like two rows of moving stars, illuminating the wheat field in front of the harvesters as bright as day under the deep blue night sky. Xiao Lei only grabbed a few mouthfuls of rice before getting back into the cab. After this wheat field is harvested, there is the next one, and the next one. They are "wind chasers" on the wheat waves, "migratory birds" on the highway, rushing to the season and chasing maturity.
"We have to go north early tomorrow morning." His voice was a little hoarse, but his eyes were filled with the satisfaction of harvest, "Next stop, Hebei (河北)."
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When the black mud of the tens of thousands of acres of tidal flats surges, the villagers begin to roll up their sleeves and get busy.
The first to appear are the mudskippers. The villagers have unique skills. By stepping on the mud holes and creating a pool of water, they can determine the location of the mudskippers; by digging a hole and using their skillful techniques, they can capture them one by one. Mudskippers can be stewed in wine, made into lo mein, or smoked with rice straw into dried fish. As the seasons progress, the "Cordyceps sinensis" of the tidal flats—sandworms, blood cockles that replenish qi and blood, mud snails without sand, and "望潮" (wàng cháo - "waiting for the tide"), which are priced individually, all arrive one after another.
Following the coastline and cultivating the sea is also part of making a small living from the sea. Fishermen drive boats to cast cage traps into the sea, retrieving the nets every two to three days. The harvested varieties are diverse. The largest quantity is octopus, with hundreds of pounds wriggling and rolling in the cabin. Once in the hands of the chef, a few forceful slams can create a chewy delicacy. There are also green crabs, which can be steamed, stewed in wine, or braised, and are most plump around the Mid-Autumn Festival. Various small yellow croakers, tofu fish, sardines, and numerous shellfish are too many to list. If a stone sea bass happens to get caught in the net, it brings even more joy.
Lao Xu (老徐), a villager I know well, is a master of tidal flat aquaculture. One afternoon, I met him wearing oilcloth clothing, bringing back the first batch of mud snails from the tidal flats. The peach blossoms at the entrance of the village are in full bloom, and the mud snails at this time are also called peach blossom mud snails. Stir-frying them with diced green peppers and onions can bring a face full of spring breeze. Lao Xu raises green crabs, razor clams, clams, and prawns, and has a large-scale razor clam field. Razor clams are like lotus flowers in the sea field, living in mud but appearing white, tender, and plump after cleaning.
I and a group of friends tasted the "Eight Delicacies of the Tidal Flats" at a restaurant recommended by Lao Xu (老徐), and ate a sea fish with the scientific name *Eleutheronemus tetradactylus*. It looks like a sea bass, and the locals have a rhyme to distinguish it: "Four-finger threadfin, look at the chest, four filaments like a small bow."
At this restaurant, I tasted stinky chou tung leaf soup for the first time. Stinky chou tung is a wild vegetable that grows on the island. The inconspicuous tender leaves make a wild vegetable soup that is fragrant and refreshing. I also saw *Thalassina anomala* tigers for the first time, which eat *Thalassina anomala*. This fierce fish preys on fish, shrimp, crabs, and shellfish, and its taste has its own seafood sweetness. There is also seaweed growing on the reefs, which is emerald green in color. Yellow wrinkled oysters are eaten raw, and the oyster meat is rinsed with mineral water and then mixed cold, with a compelling freshness... The "Eight Delicacies of the Tidal Flats" here are more than just eight delicacies. It is said that each restaurant has "**八仙过海，各显神通**" (bā xiān guò hǎi, gè xiǎn shén tōng - "eight immortals cross the sea, each displays their own unique talents," everyone has their own special skills or ways of doing things), each with its own characteristics.
Return to TopOil painting "Sea Breeze" by Chen Beixin (谌北新), collection of the National Art Museum of China (中国美术馆).
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Walking out of the small courtyard gate on the first floor, down the steps and turning right, along the wall to a walking path in the residential area, a total distance of 15 meters.
Originally, there was no path here. I bought more than 20 oval-shaped cyan stepping stones and evenly laid them on the ground, creating a slightly curved path.
To the right of the stone path is the more than two-meter-high courtyard wall. The lower half of the wall is made of bricks, and the upper half is inlaid with wooden fences with diamond-shaped grids. Along the base of the wall, I planted more than a dozen monthly roses and a rose called "Seven Sisters" (七姊妹). Their flexible and thorny vines climb along several bamboo poles inserted in the ground, winding and coiling, all the way to the top of the wooden fence. In late May, I roughly counted, and there were already hundreds or thousands of flower buds of all sizes. It is not difficult to imagine what a luxurious and delightful sight it will be when they bloom, with colorful and dense flowers lining the entire white wall. This spectacle will last throughout the summer. But what I see before me at this moment is also touching enough—in their gaps, two foxgloves are blooming, one is peach pink, and the other is magenta. Strings of trumpet-shaped flowers attract rather large bumblebees to fly in and out, with a constant buzzing sound.
To the left of the path are several clumps of shrubs planted at equal distances, namely a lilac with lush branches and leaves, a round and dense boxwood, and a graceful Davidia involucrata. The roots are surrounded by a circular dark green polyethylene root barrier. They are also a dividing line, separating an open space outside, which is a planned green space that has not yet been planted with grass. In summer, wild sweet wormwood grows luxuriantly and densely, and once hid a family of stray orange cats.
In a gap between these clumps of shrubs, I planted half-meter square German irises, which are in full bloom, with dozens of blue flowers shimmering with silk-like luster, living up to the nickname "Blue Enchantress." In another interval, I planted a patch of daylilies, with light and elegant leaves. After the irises wither, its golden flowers will appear as scheduled. Outside the shrubs, I dug a shallow ditch and sowed seeds of Gesang flowers. Although the seedlings are only a little over an inch tall now, their growth rate is amazing. In two months, they will grow to the height of a person, becoming a dense barrier, with elegant and beautiful flowers of various colors held high at the top of the stems, swaying lightly in the wind.
Around the stone path is a garden of ground cover plants. After burying the stepping stones in the ground that year, I squatted on the ground and planted nearly a hundred tiny moss phloxes on both sides of the stones and in the gaps. It is a perennial plant that can survive the winter. In late autumn, when the grass and trees wither, its light white and dry stems cling to the ground, as thin as hair, but it can withstand the severe cold of minus 20 degrees Celsius. In late spring and early summer, fresh green strands bloom on the ground again, growing day by day, growing to the size of a baby's palm, and blooming with delicate magenta small flowers.
In this small world, many flowers bloom gradually according to their own life rhythms. The vanguard is the lilac flower, and the air is filled with a strong fragrance. After the flowers wither, they bear strings of dark brown fruits, shaped like miniature bananas that are hundreds of times smaller. The Davidia involucrata is currently blooming, and the tiny white flowers have a fresh fragrance similar to cucumbers. Next, a trumpet creeper on the left side of the door will climb to the top of the arched wooden door, and clusters of orange-red and gorgeous flowers will bloom on it, shining brightly like burning flames.
Blooming and withering follow one after another, and there are always withered petals on the stone path, dotted here and there. Recently, what has fallen on the road are purple wisteria flowers and white hydrangea petals. When they slide on the stone slabs, they make a subtle rustling sound.
Such a low-decibel sound is difficult for human hearing to detect, but for insects, it may be like thunder? Every time I walk along the path, when I look down, I always see some tiny lives, ants, spiders, earthworms, and sometimes millipedes, crawling quickly across the stone slabs, as if disturbed by the sound of footsteps, sometimes stopping for a moment, as if thinking about something. Beside and above me, bees and butterflies fly and hover, coming and going swiftly. In this small space, there are thousands of forms, and the small mustard seed connects to the vast Mount Sumeru.
At the end of the path, where it is perpendicularly connected to the residential area's path, on a gentle slope, is a hawthorn tree that is many years old. During the most flourishing season of flowering, the crystal clear white flowers shine in the sun, as if a tree of white snow has fallen. Looking closer, in the tiny five petals, the yellow stamens are particularly distinct. Now that the profusion of flowers has fallen, dark green pearl-like fruits have formed at the base of the flowers.
While examining them, my gaze travels through time, seeing them already grown into dense fruits, set off by dense green leaves, shining with a deep red light.
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