Summary: During a recent visit to Shanxi Province, Xi Jinping emphasized the importance of continued reform and innovation for the province's economic transformation, urging a balance between utilizing existing advantages and developing new growth drivers. He stressed the need for technological innovation to upgrade traditional industries and cautioned against unsustainable "image projects." Xi also visited the Bai Tuan Battle Memorial, commemorating the 88th anniversary of the start of the Anti-Japanese War, and called on the younger generation to contribute to national strength and be proud Chinese citizens.
Summary: President Xi Jinping and Bolivian President Luis Arce exchanged congratulatory messages on the 40th anniversary of diplomatic relations. Xi emphasized the strong, enduring friendship between China and Bolivia, highlighting mutual support on core interests and fruitful Belt and Road cooperation. He mentioned a productive meeting with Arce at the G20 summit in Rio de Janeiro, expressing his desire to further strengthen the strategic partnership. Arce praised China's support in various sectors and its leadership in promoting a more just global order, expressing a desire to deepen ties. The article implicitly addresses U.S. influence by highlighting China's role in the global south, and promoting China's alternative vision of international order.
Summary: During a July 7-8 visit to Shanxi, Xi Jinping emphasized the need for the province to advance its economic transformation, focusing on energy transition, industrial upgrades, and diversified development. Local officials like Chen Lei from the Shanxi Development and Reform Commission, as well as enterprise leaders like Wang Zhiqing from Lu'an Chemical Group, expressed commitment to these goals, including clean coal utilization and innovation. Xi also stressed the importance of maintaining security and stability, with officials from areas like Lüliang and Wenshan pledging to improve people's livelihoods and social governance. Furthermore, he highlighted the continuous need for strict Party governance, with officials like Xiao Kaibin from Chenzhou vowing to improve cadre conduct and political ecology.
Summary: Premier Li Qiang arrived in Cairo on July 9th for an official visit to Egypt at the invitation of Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouly, who greeted him at the airport along with other senior officials. Li stated that China and Egypt are strategic partners and should strengthen collaboration to maintain common interests amid global challenges. He expressed China's willingness to deepen cooperation with Egypt under the guidance of both countries' leaders to promote development and contribute to regional and global stability. Li emphasized the importance of the consensus reached between Xi Jinping and President Sisi on building a China-Egypt community with a shared future. Li's visit followed his attendance at the 17th BRICS Summit.
Summary: Chairman of the National People's Congress Standing Committee Zhao Leji conducted a research trip to Qinghai province from July 6-8. During his visit, Zhao stressed the importance of upholding the Party's leadership and implementing the decisions of the CPC Central Committee within the NPC's work. He emphasized that Qinghai's People's Congresses should focus on ecological protection and strengthening the sense of community of the Chinese nation under the leadership of the local Party Committee. Zhao also called for improved legislative quality, effective oversight, and strengthened ties between representatives and the people. Zhao further added the need to strengthen the construction of the NPC itself, and to learn the spirit of the eight regulations of the central authorities.
Summary: Wang Huning, during the 10th National Work Conference on Pairing Assistance to Xinjiang held in Hotan, Xinjiang, emphasized the importance of thoroughly implementing the Party's strategy for governing Xinjiang in the new era, focusing on strengthening the sense of a Chinese national community. He urged efforts to address prominent issues in southern Xinjiang, promote new industrialization and urbanization, and foster deeper exchange and integration among all ethnic groups. Li Ganjie presided over the meeting, calling for enhanced responsibility and effective implementation of assistance programs. The conference involved leaders from 19 assisting provinces/municipalities, central departments, Xinjiang, and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps.
Summary: During a July 7-9 inspection of Heilongjiang and Jilin, Vice Premier Ding Xuexiang emphasized the importance of implementing central government policies to promote high-quality development and economic recovery through technological innovation. He stressed the need for efficient use of fiscal policies, strategic focus in infrastructure projects, and local responsibility in managing special bonds. Ding also encouraged companies, including foreign-invested ones, to increase R&D investment and deepen their presence in the Chinese market. Finally, he called for strengthened collaboration between universities, research institutes, and enterprises to achieve self-reliance in science and technology.
Summary: At a State Council Information Office press conference, it was announced that China's economy has surpassed 110, 120, and 130 trillion yuan during the 14th Five-Year Plan period, and is projected to reach 140 trillion yuan this year. The economic increase during this period is expected to exceed 35 trillion yuan, contributing around 30% annually to global economic growth. China's "three new" economic added value surpassed 24 trillion yuan in 2024, and over 12 million new urban jobs have been created annually. China has also contributed the most to global greening, accounting for a quarter of the world's new green area.
Summary: This article appears to focus on two main themes: furthering the theory and practice of "people-to-people diplomacy" (民间外交) under the guidance of Xi Jinping's diplomatic thought, and the overseas popularity of domestically produced Chinese TV dramas. It explores how Chinese stories resonate globally, likely examining the narratives and cultural elements that contribute to their international appeal. The analysis likely promotes utilizing cultural exports as a tool for enhancing China's soft power. The article does not contain any discussion of the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: Premier Li Qiang met with Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit in Cairo, stating that China views its relationship with Arab states from a strategic perspective and supports their development paths. Li expressed China's willingness to enhance cooperation with Arab states in areas like energy, trade, and emerging sectors like AI and digital economy, as well as to coordinate on platforms like the UN and G20. Gheit affirmed the Arab League's support for the "One China" principle, the Belt and Road Initiative, and the Global Development Initiative. Gheit also expressed appreciation for China's support for Arab nations' economic and social advancement.
Summary: During a meeting in Cairo, Premier Li Qiang told Egyptian Speaker of the House of Representatives Hanafy Gebaly that China seeks to deepen development alignment with Egypt via the Belt and Road Initiative and the China-Arab and China-Africa cooperation forums. Li stressed the importance of mutual support on core interests and major concerns, and also emphasized maintaining communication and collaboration within the UN, BRICS, and SCO frameworks to promote global peace and development. Gebaly affirmed Egypt's adherence to the One China Principle, respect for China's sovereignty and territorial integrity, and opposition to interference in China's internal affairs. Gebaly also expressed willingness to expand practical cooperation in trade, investment, and new energy under the Belt and Road Initiative framework.
Summary: Premier Li Qiang arrived in Cairo on July 9th for an official visit to Egypt at the invitation of Egyptian Prime Minister Madbouly, who greeted him at the airport along with other senior officials. Li stated that China and Egypt have been close friends and strategic partners for nearly 70 years, and that under the leadership of Xi Jinping and Sisi, relations have flourished. He emphasized that China and Egypt, as important members of the Global South, should strengthen strategic collaboration to safeguard common interests and promote peace and prosperity. Li expressed China's willingness to work with Egypt to deepen cooperation and contribute to regional and global peace and stability. Li's visit follows the 17th BRICS Summit.
Summary: Politburo member and Vice Premier Liu Guozhong conducted a research visit to Beijing, emphasizing the importance of agricultural technological self-reliance and innovation to support rural revitalization and agricultural power. He stressed accelerating breakthroughs in key agricultural technologies and integrating technological and industrial innovation. Liu highlighted the need to promote the seed industry revitalization, strengthen the independent control of seed sources, and improve agricultural mechanization. He also called for the application of big data and AI in agriculture.
Summary: Politburo Member and Vice Premier He Lifeng met with BASF CEO Martin Brudermüller in Beijing on July 9th. He Lifeng stated China's economic resilience provides opportunities for foreign investment. He welcomed BASF and other foreign companies to seize opportunities to expand investment in China. Brudermüller expressed optimism about China's economic prospects and a willingness to increase investment. He also stated that he wished to play a positive role in the healthy development of German-Chinese and European-Chinese economic and trade relations.
Summary: State Councilor and Secretary-General of the State Council Wu Zhenglong conducted research in Shaanxi and Sichuan from July 7th to 9th, focusing on economic operations and government services. He emphasized the need to implement the central government's decisions to stabilize employment, enterprises, the market, and expectations to achieve high-quality development. Wu called for combining an effective market with an active government, promoting technological and industrial innovation, and developing new productive forces based on local conditions. He also stressed improving administrative efficiency, optimizing the business environment, and promoting convenient access to services for businesses and the public.
Summary: State Councilor Shen Yiqin conducted research in Jiangxi from July 6-9, emphasizing the importance of implementing Xi Jinping's directives to boost service consumption in sectors like culture and tourism, and elderly care. Shen called for innovative approaches to develop high-quality cultural tourism brands, build a basic elderly care service system, and develop silver economy. She stressed strengthening social assistance for vulnerable groups and ensuring safety in tourist attractions and social service institutions. The article makes no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The article emphasizes the expansion and growing influence of the BRICS mechanism, particularly following the inclusion of new member Indonesia and ten partner countries at the upcoming summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It highlights China's commitment to the "BRICS Plus" cooperation model and the "five BRICS" concept, promoting cooperation and development among member states. The article states that BRICS is a force for global good and does not target any country. The BRICS countries are positioned as champions of multilateralism and global governance, while also promoting a more equitable world order in the face of hegemony, unilateralism, and protectionism.
Summary: At the opening of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) General Assembly, China's National Copyright Administration, the Chinese Mission to Geneva, and WIPO jointly launched the "Copyright in China" exhibition in Geneva. WIPO Director General Daren Tang attended the opening and spoke, highlighting China's thriving copyright industries and their contribution to economic development. A representative from China's National Copyright Administration emphasized China's commitment to copyright protection, its improving legal framework, and its active role in international copyright cooperation, including with WIPO and Belt and Road countries. The report "IP and Creative Industries - The Jingdezhen Story," a collaborative project between China's National Copyright Administration and WIPO, was released. The exhibition showcases China's copyright development, international cooperation, and role in global intellectual property governance.
Summary: China and Indonesia signed a Memorandum of Understanding in Geneva on copyright and related rights, marking a deepening of cooperation in the field. The agreement aims to expand China's international copyright influence, particularly in Southeast Asia. The two countries will enhance cooperation by exchanging legal and technical information, encouraging personnel exchanges and training, and promoting collaboration between collective management organizations.
Summary: On July 9th, Minister of the International Department of the CPC Central Committee Liu Jianchao met with Megawati Soekarnoputri, General Chairwoman of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle and former President, in Beijing. Both parties emphasized implementing the consensus reached by the leaders of both nations and conducting political dialogue. They also stressed strengthening the exchange of experience in governance and party management. The two sides agreed to jointly address global challenges and build a China-Indonesia community with a shared future with regional and global influence.
Summary: Foreign Ministry Spokesperson announced that Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will conduct an official visit to China from July 12th to 18th at the invitation of Premier Li Qiang. The visit signals a potential warming of relations between China and Australia.
Summary: The inaugural Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Standardization Cooperation Conference was held in Qingdao, Shandong Province. This meeting marks the establishment of a standardization cooperation mechanism within the SCO framework, providing institutional guarantees for standardization cooperation among member states. The new mechanism aims to facilitate standardization efforts within the SCO region. The conference participants hope that the effort will further deepen trade relations.
Summary: Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning stated that a "Latin American Pulse" poll indicated increased favorability towards China among citizens of Latin America's six largest economies. She attributed this to China's role as a reliable and beneficial source of financing for Latin American countries. Mao characterized China and Latin America as a "community with a shared future," emphasizing equality, mutual benefit, openness, and people-centered development as the keys to their cooperation.
Summary: China's State Council released a notice outlining seven measures to stabilize employment, businesses, the market, and expectations in order to promote high-quality economic development. The notice includes expanding the scope of special loans to stabilize jobs, increasing unemployment insurance rebates for enterprises, and expanding social insurance subsidies for SMEs in key sectors that employ key groups. It also focuses on skills training to improve employability, optimized employment services, and strengthened unemployment assistance. The notice emphasizes the political responsibility of local governments and departments to stabilize employment.
Summary: At a press conference, National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) Director Zheng Shanjie outlined the achievements of China's 14th Five-Year Plan (2021-2025), noting that key economic indicators met or exceeded expectations. Zheng highlighted that China's annual economic growth over the past five years is expected to surpass 35 trillion yuan and that its contribution to world economic growth has remained around 30%. He also pointed to advancements in technological innovation, regional coordination, and green development. China has also made efforts to optimize the business environment for private enterprises, and the number of private enterprises has increased by more than 40% compared with the end of the "13th Five-Year Plan". Additionally, Zheng noted the steady expansion of institutional opening-up, with foreign direct investment exceeding the total from the "13th Five-Year Plan" period.
Summary: During his inspection in Shanxi from July 7th to 8th, Xi Jinping delivered an important speech emphasizing the need for Shanxi to take new strides in transforming its resource-based economy and to promote Chinese-style modernization. Local officials like Chen Lei from Shanxi Development and Reform Commission and Wang Zhiqing from Shanxi Lu'an Chemical Group expressed their commitment to implementing Xi's directives, focusing on energy transition, industrial upgrades, and safe development. Other regional leaders, such as Sun Dajun, Party Secretary of Lvliang City, emphasized guaranteeing people's livelihood in development and improving basic living standards. Xiao Kaibin, Secretary of the Discipline Inspection Commission of Chenzhou City, stated they would inspect enforcement and services to make sure cadres were optimizing the political environment. The report does not mention the United States.
Summary: Zhao Leji, Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, conducted a research trip to Qinghai Province from July 6-8. He emphasized the importance of adhering to Xi Jinping Thought and implementing the decisions of the Party Central Committee to improve the quality of legislative, supervisory, and representational work of the National People's Congress. Zhao stressed the need to safeguard Qinghai's ecological environment, particularly the Sanjiangyuan region, under the leadership of the local Party Committee, as well as to promote ethnic unity. He also called for strengthening the implementation of laws and regulations to maintain people's rights. Zhao further highlighted the importance of enhancing the NPC's capacity to fulfill its duties according to the "four authorities".
Summary: The Museum of the War of Chinese People's Resistance Against Japanese Aggression has reopened after renovations, featuring a new exhibition commemorating the 80th anniversary of victory in the war and World War II. The upgraded museum boasts expanded exhibition space with newly displayed artifacts and documents, highlighting the sacrifices of the Chinese people and their contribution to the global fight against fascism. The exhibition utilizes diverse and interactive technologies to create a more immersive and engaging experience for visitors, emphasizing the importance of remembering history and cherishing peace. The exhibition also highlights the support China received from people of other nations during the war. Visitors expressed that they were deeply touched by the spirit of sacrifice shown by Chinese people, and the importance of cherishing world peace.
Summary: The Central Spiritual Civilization Construction Office launched the 2025 "Civilized China" themed reporting initiative in Qinghai, aiming to promote high-quality spiritual civilization development. Journalists will conduct in-depth interviews to showcase the progress in civilization cultivation, practice, and creation, focusing on the integration of urban and rural spiritual civilization. The initiative, now in its third year, will employ innovative reporting methods and advanced technology to highlight exemplary cases. After the initial reporting in Qinghai, teams will visit other provinces and regions until the end of November. The effort seeks to strengthen the nation's spirit towards national rejuvenation.
Summary: The article discusses the evolution of China's manufacturing industry from relying on manual labor to embracing advanced technology and automation, exemplified by the contrast between early automobile production and modern factories like Xiaomi's. It quotes Xi Jinping emphasizing the importance of technological innovation for revitalizing traditional industries and strengthening the real economy. The piece highlights examples of industries upgrading through technological advancements, such as the application of graphene in footwear, intelligent port management systems, and green transformation in coal industry. It stresses that traditional industries can be revitalized through innovation and technological upgrades to achieve high-end, intelligent, and green development. The article does not explicitly discuss the United States or Sino-U.S. relations.
Summary: Zhang Hai, a disabled member of the Party and Vice Chairman of the Enyang District Disabled Persons' Federation in Bazhong City, Sichuan Province, focuses on providing targeted assistance to disabled individuals in need. Over seven years as a village Party secretary, Zhang gained the trust of villagers by addressing their needs and securing funds for development projects. Upon returning to the District Disabled Persons' Federation, Zhang established support programs, including "one file per village" to aid disabled residents and a studio providing various services. He also initiated a support team offering at-home services and facilitated employment opportunities for disabled individuals through a workshop. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The State Council has announced personnel changes, including the appointment of Yang Weilin as Vice Minister of Public Security and Wu Zeng as Vice Minister of Justice. Other appointments include Yuan Xiaoming as Assistant Minister of Commerce, Li Jinhua as Deputy Director of the National Forestry and Grassland Administration, and Sun Shuopeng as President of the China National Committee on Ageing. Chen Siyuan and Sun Maoli were removed from their positions as Vice Ministers of Public Security. The announcement also detailed the removal of other officials from various posts, including the China Academy of Engineering and the China Academy of Engineering Physics. The article makes no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: Wang Huning, during the Tenth National Xinjiang Aid Work Conference in Hotan, Xinjiang, emphasized the importance of long-term support for Xinjiang as a national strategy, focusing on social stability and lasting security. He urged focusing on resolving issues in southern Xinjiang, promoting industrialization and urbanization, fostering ethnic unity, enhancing cultural integration, and improving education. Li Ganjie, who also attended, called for a stronger sense of responsibility in aid work. The conference was attended by officials from 19 supporting provinces and relevant central departments, with representatives from various entities delivering speeches. Wang Huning also conducted research in Aksu, Hotan, and other locations to understand the progress of the aid program.
Summary: During a July 7-9 inspection tour of Heilongjiang and Jilin, Vice Premier Ding Xuexiang emphasized the need to implement Party Central Committee decisions to promote high-quality development and consolidate economic recovery through technological innovation. He stressed the importance of strategic investment in key national security areas and encouraged innovation and R&D investment in enterprises, urging them to develop new productive forces based on local conditions. Ding also called for optimizing the business environment to promote mutual development among all types of ownership, stating that foreign enterprises in China are also Chinese enterprises and expressing hope they will continue to deepen their involvement in the Chinese market. He also highlighted the need to strengthen basic and applied research to achieve self-reliance in science and technology.
Summary: China's Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Emergency Management have allocated 150 million yuan in disaster relief funds to six provinces and regions due to widespread flooding, geological disasters, and the impact of Typhoon Danas. The funds are intended for emergency rescue and disaster relief, as well as assisting affected populations in Zhejiang, Fujian, Sichuan, Chongqing, Tibet, and Gansu. The Ministry of Water Resources also initiated a Level IV flood response in Guangdong due to predicted heavy rainfall. Typhoon Danas has made landfall multiple times and is expected to continue moving southwest.
Summary: During a recent trip to Shanxi Province, Xi Jinping emphasized the importance of innovation for upgrading traditional industries, stating that "old enterprises can also be high-end, intelligent, and green." He urged Shanxi to "unify thinking" and "steadily and orderly" promote its economic transformation from a reliance on coal, avoiding both inaction and hasty, ill-considered projects, while also noting the importance of clean energy technologies like wind and solar. While visiting the memorial for the Battle of a Hundred Regiments, Xi Jinping spoke about the need to make China strong, for the children to be the spine of the nation, and for them to be proudly Chinese.
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Summary: This article discusses Hebei Province's efforts to boost its tourism sector, focusing on attracting visitors from nearby Beijing and Tianjin with the slogan "So close, so beautiful, visit Hebei on weekends." The province is implementing policies such as toll-free highway access for tour buses and optimizing the environment for inbound tourism through convenient payment methods and tailored travel routes. They incentivize travel agencies to bring in tourists via chartered flights and are promoting cultural exports. Hebei aims to integrate its rich cultural heritage with tourism to drive rural revitalization and urban transformation, presenting unique experiences and fostering high-quality development.
Summary: The article discusses China's efforts to combat food waste through increasingly detailed regulations and standards, such as those outlined in the newly revised "Measures for the Promotion and Management of the Catering Industry." These measures include preventing restaurants from misleading consumers into over-ordering and standardizing information on menus, including for online food delivery services. The article also highlights efforts to curb extreme "eating shows" online. By translating these rules into concrete actions, China aims to promote a culture of thrift and ensure food security.
Summary: This article discusses the intersection of culture and economics in China, using the example of the lychee fruit. It highlights how cultural activities and branding, such as festivals, art exhibitions, and the creation of new cultural narratives (e.g., "Eastern love fruit" for lychees), boost the lychee economy. The article emphasizes that cultural resources are valuable for economic innovation and can contribute to consumption upgrades and industrial transformation. It also mentions that the authorities should meet the demand for multi-faceted cultural products and services to empower high-quality development. The article references Xi Jinping's emphasis on using culture to empower economic and social development.
Summary: The article highlights China's progress in developing its circular economy through examples of recycling and waste treatment initiatives in Fujian and Jiangsu. A petrochemical company in Fujian reprocesses used plastic film into high-quality environmentally friendly film. In Jiangsu, a wastewater treatment plant exceeds stringent emission standards for the Taihu Lake basin. These efforts aim to improve resource efficiency and contribute to the construction of a "Beautiful China." The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: Recent disciplinary investigations have focused on the "escape-style resignation" (逃逸式辞职) of officials in state-owned enterprises (SOEs) who attempt to evade punishment by resigning before being held accountable for corruption. This behavior is a form of hidden corruption involving officials who either attempt to avoid punishment for past transgressions, defer the receipt of benefits until after leaving office, or seek to profit from their former positions after resigning. Regulations have been strengthened to prevent such practices, including stricter pre-departure reviews and post-departure monitoring of employment. Disciplinary authorities emphasize that resignation does not provide immunity from legal and disciplinary consequences and that no "dead spots or blind zones" exist in anti-corruption efforts. This indicates the seriousness of corruption problems in the SOE sector.
Summary: A recent survey indicates that nearly 90% of Chinese university students believe that universities should offer practical life skills courses. These courses, including those covering legal knowledge, financial management, and health, aim to equip students with essential skills for independent living and career readiness, particularly in areas like employment contracts, fraud prevention, housing safety, and social security. The article argues for a more robust approach to these courses, emphasizing the need for practical application, expert involvement, and innovative assessment methods. It suggests that these courses are more than just skills training; they are crucial for holistic student development and bridging the gap between academic knowledge and practical life. There is no mention of US-China relations.
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Summary: Chinese scientists from the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Nanjing University published four research articles in *Nature* detailing findings from the Chang'e-6 lunar samples, which were collected from the far side of the moon. The studies reveal insights into lunar far side magmatic activity, the moon's ancient magnetic field, water content in the lunar mantle, and mantle evolution. These findings provide the first systematic understanding of the evolution of the lunar far side and the impact of the South Pole-Aitken basin impact. Researchers found evidence of volcanic activity around 4.2 billion and 2.8 billion years ago, fluctuations in the moon's magnetic field, and a significant difference in water content between the near and far side mantles. Li Chunlai of the National Astronomical Observatory stated that China's planetary science is moving towards "running alongside" and even leading in some areas.
Summary: A 46-year-old veteran soldier named Li Xingkun, of the Guizhou Armed Police Corps, is portrayed as a model of dedication and skill in counter-terrorism operations. The article highlights his commitment to training, including developing new methods for precision shooting through car windows and a reconnaissance system. He emphasizes constant improvement, leading by example in grueling exercises and inspiring his unit to excel. The article recounts how he persevered through a foot injury to complete a competition, emphasizing the importance of battlefield determination. There is no discussion of the United States or of US-China relations.
Summary: The Shenzhou-19 crew, including astronauts Cai Xuzhe, Song Lingdong, and Wang Haoze, met with reporters, sharing their experiences from their 183-day mission. Cai Xuzhe highlighted the mission's advancements beyond previous ones, including conducting 88 experiments and setting a record for the longest spacewalk. Song Lingdong, the first "post-90s" astronaut to perform a spacewalk, discussed his successful in-orbit sweet potato planting experiment. Wang Haoze, the female crew member, emphasized the importance of careful execution and contributing to scientific exploration.
Summary: The article recounts the story of Xu Zihe, a local hero who organized and led an anti-Japanese guerilla force in Nanyang during the Second Sino-Japanese War. Xu, a former soldier, established a guerilla group in 1945 and died in battle against Japanese soldiers. He also supported local alcohol production for use in making medical supplies for Communist guerillas. The article emphasizes his bravery and dedication to fighting the Japanese invaders.
Summary: This article reports on the implementation of the "River Chief System" in Xinfan Subdistrict, Xindu District, Chengdu, Sichuan Province. The area is reported to be innovating its approach to water ecological protection and governance, leveraging its green ecological advantages. The aim is to promote the harmonious integration of mountains, rivers, people, and the city. A photograph of the Xinfan section of the Qingbai River is included to illustrate the area's scenery.
Summary: The 11th Nishan Forum on World Civilizations opened in Qufu, Shandong, focusing on "distinct yet harmonious civilizations and global modernization." Over 560 guests from more than 70 countries are attending the forum, which includes six sub-forums examining topics such as the origin and future development of civilization, and the global significance and contemporary value of Confucianism. Zhao Rui, Vice President of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, emphasized civilizational equality, respect for diversity, and dialogue in her address. The forum, co-sponsored by multiple entities including the Ministry of Culture and Tourism and the State Council Overseas Chinese Affairs Office, will host over 20 activities.
Summary: Sixteen departments, including the All-China Women's Federation, jointly issued a notice deploying the "Children's Hearts to the Party, Hand in Hand to Protect and Escort Growth" 2025 summer children's care service activities. The notice emphasizes guiding children to become patriotic and diligent in commemorating the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War. The directive stresses leveraging family time during the summer to provide family education guidance and activities through community parent schools and children's centers. It also highlights the importance of preventing safety risks, particularly drowning, through safety education and hazard inspections. Local Women's Federations are tasked with leading coordination among various departments to ensure effective care.
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Summary: Guangdong province is strengthening its spiritual civilization efforts through Party building, exemplary models, and innovative mechanisms. The province has established temporary Party branches in agricultural hubs, like the lychee-producing town of Genzi, to aid farmers and promote Party ideology. Guangdong highlights model citizens like Zhong Wei and Liu Mingfang. The province is also activating public engagement through volunteer programs and promoting public awareness through media campaigns.
Summary: Wang Dongming, Chairman of the All-China Federation of Trade Unions (ACFTU) and Vice Chairman of the National People's Congress Standing Committee, met with 200 model workers and craftsmen in Beijing at the launch of the 2025 National Model Worker Recuperation Program. Wang emphasized the importance of studying and implementing Xi Jinping's speech at the centenary celebration of the ACFTU. He urged trade unions to provide excellent service and care for model workers. Wang encouraged them to continue playing a leading role and contribute to the Party and the people. The report does not discuss United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The 2025 Global Overseas Chinese Conference for Promoting China's Peaceful Reunification was held in Belgrade, Serbia, focusing on reunification and the "China Dream." NPC Vice Chairman Cai Dafeng stated that reunification is inevitable and urged compatriots to uphold the one-China principle. He also urged them to jointly safeguard the achievements of World War II. The conference included representatives from the National Taiwan Federation, the Chinese Ambassador to Serbia, and other officials from organizations such as the Taiwan Affairs Office and the China Zhongshan Culture Exchange Association. The conference, attended by over 400 people, concluded with the adoption of the Belgrade Declaration.
Summary: Chen Binhua, spokesperson for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, stated that the recent Commerce Ministry decision to add eight Taiwanese entities to the dual-use export control list was a necessary measure to safeguard national sovereignty and stability in the Taiwan Strait, and a warning to "Taiwan independence" separatist forces, referencing Lai Ching-te's "separatist fallacies" and attempts to seek independence through foreign powers and military means. The entities, including Aerospace Industrial Development Corp. and CSBC Corporation, Taiwan, were accused of aiding these efforts. Chen emphasized that seeking or supporting "Taiwan independence" is a dead end and will be punished by law. There is no direct mention of the United States in the article, although it alludes to the concept of "relying on foreign powers."
Summary: The 2025 Digital Economy Forum was held in Langfang, Hebei province, focusing on "Accelerating the Construction of Digital China and Promoting High-Quality Development." Participants, including People's Daily Deputy Editor-in-Chief Fang Jiangshan, CASS academic Gao Peiyong, and China Soong Ching Ling Foundation Party Secretary Shen Beili, discussed integrating the digital and real economies. Speakers emphasized seizing opportunities in the new technological revolution to develop new quality productive forces. Representatives from research institutions, universities, local governments, and enterprises shared their experiences in developing the digital economy at the forum, which was organized by People's Daily Cultural Media Co., Ltd.
Summary: Shandong Port Qingdao Port is optimizing its shipping network, adding 11 container routes, 6 international transfer channels and 5 sea-rail intermodal lines in the first half of the year. The port now has over 230 shipping routes, reaching over 700 major ports worldwide. This expansion reflects Qingdao's ongoing efforts to enhance its role as a global maritime hub.
Summary: PRC State Council Taiwan Affairs Office spokesperson Chen Binhua announced that the 8th Cross-Strait Youth Development Forum will be held in Zhejiang Province from July 10-15. The opening ceremony and the launch of the Zhejiang-Taiwan Youth Exchange Season will take place in Hangzhou on July 11th. Former Kuomintang Chairman Hung Hsiu-chu has been invited to attend the forum. Approximately 1,000 guests and youth representatives from both sides of the Strait will participate in the forum's activities. The forum aims to promote youth exchange between the mainland and Taiwan.
Summary: Anhui province has issued new measures to promote the development of its county-level characteristic industrial clusters, which currently number 72 and cover all counties in the province but remain underdeveloped. The measures focus on diagnostics and customized solutions for selected clusters, aiming to upgrade industrial, value, and supply chains, and match market supply and demand. The province will establish approximately 30 innovation research institutes by 2027 to facilitate collaboration between clusters and universities, providing financial support based on R&D investment and innovation output. These measures aim to strengthen the clusters' overall competitiveness.
Summary: The article reports on the successful cultivation of apples in Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps (XPCC) Fourteenth Division's Er'erwuwu (225) Regiment, located on the edge of the Taklamakan Desert. Faced with harsh environmental conditions, the regiment decided to develop an apple industry by introducing high-standard dwarf-dense planting apple demonstration gardens. With technological support and training, local farmers like Ayitulanhan Wujiabili have achieved high yields and increased incomes. The regiment has also built a regional public brand operation center to sell their agricultural products nationwide. By leveraging support from Beijing, the regiment has expanded its characteristic forest fruit area to 27,600 mu.
Summary: China's State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) has launched a national internal whistleblower system for food safety, aiming to encourage employees and related personnel to report violations. The system supports both anonymous and registered reports, ensuring informant confidentiality through technical means and a closed-loop management mechanism. The system is linked to the "National 12315 Platform" and allows real-time tracking of the progress of the report. SAMR will analyze the data to enable targeted governance by regulatory authorities and verified reports will be rewarded.
Summary: Guangxi province recently released a three-year action plan (2025-2027) to build a high-quality public employment service system. The plan aims to improve the accessibility, equality, and specialization of public employment services to promote high-quality, full employment. The "156" system will be constructed, focusing on a unified employment information database, five levels of service platforms, and six key areas for grassroots service outlets. The plan aims to achieve information-driven and intelligent employment services.
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Summary: The Lushan Botanical Garden, China's first formalized scientific botanical garden, is striving to become a national botanical garden, focusing on biodiversity protection and sustainable resource utilization. The garden has established a "one garden, four zones" structure, each focusing on different aspects of plant research and conservation, including alpine, wetland, and subtropical plants. It actively engages in international cooperation, having signed an agreement with the Belgian National Botanic Garden, and hosts international academic conferences. The garden leverages technology to create a "digital park" and studies biodiversity conservation and resource utilization to support the green development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt. No mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations was made in the article.
Summary: President Xi Jinping replied to a letter from students and teachers from Montgomery County, Maryland, who participated in the "Invite 50,000 American Youth to China for Exchange and Study" initiative, congratulating them on their successful visit and encouraging them to be "new messengers of friendship between the two countries." The article emphasizes the importance of people-to-people diplomacy under Xi Jinping's thought on diplomacy, highlighting its historical and theoretical foundations. It argues that Xi's approach to people-to-people diplomacy is rooted in Marxism and Chinese traditions, emphasizing mutual benefit and a shared future for humanity. The article mentions that people-to-people diplomacy should reinforce the U.S.-China relationship. The piece concludes by calling for strengthened theoretical research and practical exploration of people-to-people diplomacy to serve China's development and overall diplomatic strategy.
Summary: According to the article, China must support education, science, and technology to achieve modernization, with universities playing a key role in talent cultivation and innovation. The piece stresses integrating ideological education, reforming talent evaluation, and promoting collaboration between basic and interdisciplinary fields to foster innovation. The author also emphasizes the importance of deepening the integration of industry, academia, and research to translate research into practical applications and support strategic industries. The article argues for a global perspective in talent development, fostering international collaboration in science and technology. There is no mention of US-China relations.
Summary: The article reports on the "community partner" mechanism in Chongqing's Yubei community, where the government introduces resources and encourages businesses, creators, and residents to participate in joint construction and governance. This initiative involves "co-construction partners" who renovate spaces, "co-creation partners" who provide services and boost the local economy, and "co-governance partners" who volunteer and contribute to community welfare. These efforts have transformed the old community into a popular urban area, with renovated spaces, new businesses, and improved services supported by a community "autonomy fund." The success of this program demonstrates the impact of this "community partner" mechanism to facilitate a more prosperous community. There is no discussion of the United States or U.S.-China relations in this article.
Summary: The article discusses the pervasive integration of digital technology into daily life in China, highlighting examples like automated services in remote areas, robotic assistance for physical tasks, and advanced applications in medicine and industry. While celebrating the benefits of these advancements, such as remote surgery and enhanced safety measures, the piece also acknowledges the challenges posed by the digital divide for the elderly and concerns regarding data privacy and security. The article emphasizes the importance of ethical considerations, including the recently implemented regulations on facial recognition technology, to ensure that technological progress prioritizes human well-being and fosters a more humane future. The author advocates for "algorithm for good" to ensure technology builds a better future for everyone.
Summary: Here's a brief summary of the provided articles: The Sichuan Development and Reform Commission approved the Panzhihua-Liangshan gas pipeline project, which will bring pipeline natural gas to Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture for the first time, optimizing its energy structure. The 158km pipeline, with an annual capacity of 630 million cubic meters, is expected to begin construction in Q3 2025 and take 18 months to complete. Beijing's Tsinghua High School and Jinan Licheng No. 2 High School from Shandong won the male and female championship respectively in the National Youth Campus Football League High School Group. A wild population of *Brasenia schreberi* (watershield), a Class II protected plant in China, was discovered in the Mudanjiang area of Heilongjiang, the first such sighting in over 30 years. Shanghai's Huangpu District released guidelines on protecting the trade secrets of time-honored brands. China's largest South China tiger rewilding training base in Longyan, Fujian, has been put into use.
Summary: During the critical forest protection period, the "Cliff Afforestation Team" in Yichuan County, Yan'an City, Shaanxi Province, is working hard. The team, led by Wang Yonghong since 2012, focuses on afforestation on steep cliffs along the Yellow River. The team uses "rope hanging tree planting," where members are suspended to dig pits and plant trees, often using soil transported up and down the cliffs. Over the past 13 years, they have planted over 10,000 mu of forest land on ecologically fragile areas along the Yellow River.
Summary: Prior to summer break, Li Junjie, a homeroom teacher at a primary school in Ningbo, Zhejiang province, gifted each of his 41 students a personalized award certificate written in traditional calligraphy on a scroll. The awards recognized specific achievements, such as improvement in writing ("Dark Horse" award) or sharing stories ("Story King" award). Li emphasized tailoring education to each child's strengths, discovering each child's unique talent. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The Kunlun Sinology Academy in Yecheng County, Kashgar Prefecture, Xinjiang, opened in October of last year and is funded by Shanghai aid to Xinjiang, offering 13 free courses, including calligraphy, traditional Chinese painting, and dance. According to Yecheng County Propaganda Department Deputy Minister and Academy Dean Feng Jiang, the academy aims to spread traditional Chinese culture, and has even hired Li Weimin, a member of the Chinese Artists Association from Henan, as honorary dean. The academy hosts weekly competitions and disseminates outstanding works via social media. The academy functions as both a cultural site and a "mobile classroom," with teachers bringing supplies to local units and villages.
Summary: A bio-mimic Tibetan antelope robot, supported by 5G and AI, is being used near Zhuonai Lake in Hoh Xil to monitor the antelope population in real-time. The robot's AI vision system captures migration patterns, feeding behavior, and cub development, transmitting data via 5G for rapid analysis and the generation of dynamic population reports. This "non-intrusive collection + intelligent analysis" model aims to improve data acquisition efficiency and reduce human interference with wildlife. The system leverages "5G+AI+large model" to construct a Hoh Xil ecological management system, supporting the protection of Tibetan antelopes, the Three-River-Source region, and climate change research.
Summary: A new "6S" store for light aircraft has opened in Dongguan, offering sales, maintenance, flight training, and other services to capitalize on the growing low-altitude economy. According to store manager Lei Yapeng, their popular aircraft model can fly 1200km on a tank of 95-octane gasoline at a low hourly cost. The store aims to lower barriers to aircraft ownership and usage, particularly for flight schools and tourist attractions. The "6S" model intends to consolidate various service needs within the general aviation sector, catering to the rising demand for private flights, aviation training, and short-distance commuting.
Summary: The city of Dangyang, Hubei province, is removing walls around government and public institutions to create more public space for residents. As of June, 96 walls have been removed, creating 32,000 square meters of open space and over 1,300 parking spaces. The initiative, expected to be completed by September, aims to foster closer relationships between government entities and the public. Some initial concerns about security and management were overcome after the city's Urban Management Bureau took the lead in removing their own walls. Officials report a greater sense of connection with residents due to the increased interaction in the newly created spaces.
Summary: The "Two New" Working Committee of the Zunhua Municipal Party Committee in Hebei Province has issued "Zun Brothers" warm-hearted cards to delivery riders in the city. These cards grant riders access to services such as rest stops, meals, and medical care, including free treatment for minor injuries at designated hospitals and discounted physical examinations. Over 100 businesses and community locations serve as "warm stations," providing amenities like heating, cooling, and water. The initiative aims to address practical challenges faced by delivery riders in their work and daily lives.
Summary: This short article provides contact information for submissions to a section ("版式设计") of the *People's Daily* newspaper focusing on graphic design. It specifies the name of the designer as Shen Yiling and provides an email address (rmrbgdcz@peopledaily.cn) for submissions. The article does not mention any official statements, actions, or US-China relations.
Summary: An article reports that China has successfully completed its fourth consecutive year of replenishing water to the entire length of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, achieving this year's goal by early July. The project involved diverting water from multiple sources, including the Yangtze River and Yellow River, to address historical water scarcity issues in the region north of the Yellow River. This water replenishment aims to restore the canal's ecological functions, improve water quality, and support local economies by promoting tourism and related industries. The effort involves coordinated operation of water conservancy projects and comprehensive water management strategies. The effort helps to replace some groundwater used for irrigation, reducing the exploitation of deep groundwater.
Summary: According to an article by Ren Hongbin, Chairman of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT), Xi Jinping emphasized the importance of maintaining stable global supply chains during a meeting with international business representatives on March 28, 2025. The CCPIT is committed to promoting international cooperation on supply chains through the China International Supply Chain Expo (CISCE). The third CISCE will be held in Beijing in July 2025, aiming to foster closer global partnerships in supply chains. U.S. companies will be participating in the expo, with their numbers increasing by 15% compared to the previous expo, making them the largest group of international exhibitors. China aims to strengthen its role in global supply chains by expanding domestic demand and promoting trade and investment liberalization.
Summary: According to the National Bureau of Statistics, China's CPI rose 0.1% year-on-year in June, reversing a four-month decline, while core CPI, excluding food and energy, continued to rise, up 0.7%. The rise in CPI was largely due to the effects of policies aimed at boosting consumption, particularly for durable consumer goods and vehicles. PPI fell 3.6% year-on-year and 0.4% month-on-month, impacted by seasonal factors, increased green energy use, and pressure on export-oriented industries. Macroeconomic policies are helping stabilize prices in some sectors, particularly in the automotive industry and high-tech sectors. There is no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations in this article.
Summary: China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) launched an online platform on July 9th to address payment issues faced by small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the automotive sector. The platform will handle complaints related to major automakers failing to meet payment deadlines, extending payment periods through various means, and compelling SMEs to accept non-cash payment methods. The initiative aims to enforce the "Regulations on Ensuring Payment of SMEs' Outstanding Amounts." The platform will address automaker failure to honor the 60-day payment deadline. Wang Zheng and Liu Wenxin reported on the launch.
Summary: In June, China's e-commerce logistics index rose to 111.8, a fourth consecutive monthly increase and a new high for the year. This growth, driven by "trade-in" programs and e-commerce promotions, led to record order volumes and user activity, especially in rural areas, where volume growth exceeded 30% year-on-year for the first time this year. The total business volume, rural business volume, personnel, and load rate indices all saw increases. The total e-commerce logistics business volume index reached 130.8, a 0.6 point increase from the previous month.
Summary: A massive lithium deposit has been discovered in Hunan Province, potentially reducing China's reliance on lithium imports. The Hunan Provincial Geological Survey discovered a super-large altered granite-type lithium deposit in Linwu County, with 490 million tons of lithium ore and 1.31 million tons of lithium oxide. The deposit also contains significant amounts of rubidium, tungsten, tin, niobium, and tantalum. Mining, beneficiation, and smelting construction projects are underway, expected to drive tens of billions of yuan in local lithium battery industry investment.
Summary: Shanghai established the Shanghai Inspection, Testing and Certification Co., Ltd. on July 9th to promote the coordinated development of inspection, testing, and certification with the modern industrial system and supply chain security. The company aims to create a globally influential inspection, testing, and certification hub. The initiative will facilitate Chinese companies' international expansion by integrating and developing inspection and certification resources. The company's goals are aligned with Shanghai's "five centers" development plan, particularly focusing on the international science and technology innovation center and advanced manufacturing base.
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Summary: Ninety-six-year-old Feng Weimin, a veteran of the Eight Route Army, recounted his wartime experiences, emphasizing that joining the army was essential to "expel the Japanese devils" and live with dignity. Feng joined the army in 1944 amid hardship and famine, later fighting in various regions. He changed his name to "Weimin" (for the people) to remind himself to serve the people as a Communist Party member. After retiring from the military, Feng worked on a farm, holding positions such as instructor and deputy director. His family now takes pride in his history and transmits his spirit of hard work.
Summary: Chinese public security organs are implementing measures to protect businesses and foster a better business environment, focusing on cracking down on illegal activities targeting enterprises. Shanghai has established "Blue Whale" work stations to combat economic crimes, recovering significant financial losses for businesses. In Zhejiang's Keqiao district, a "Foreign Mediator" team resolves cross-border disputes involving foreign traders. In Xiamen, police provided on-site visa services during an international stone exhibition, streamlining entry for foreign business personnel which facilitates international trade. These efforts aim to provide legal guarantees and support for enterprise development.
Summary: Hebei province's transportation authorities are implementing VR technology for legal education, converting legal provisions into virtual, interactive scenarios accessible via QR codes. This initiative covers 49 enforcement items with 50 scenes and 38 videos, focusing on high-frequency highway enforcement matters, and is integrated into administrative penalty decisions for targeted education. The VR program includes interactive quizzes and is designed as a "live code" that updates automatically with new regulations, reducing the need for frequent in-person visits to companies. The program also offers legal consultations to companies related to transportation enforcement. There is no mention of the United States.
Summary: China's Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, along with other departments, is conducting a campaign to crack down on illegal online job postings and recruitment activities. The focus is on addressing issues such as employment discrimination, false advertising, and scams perpetrated through online platforms. Authorities have identified and taken action against over a thousand public accounts operating without proper licensing, including suspending their ability to post job information. The public is advised to verify the legitimacy of online recruiters and report any violations. The move comes in response to a rise in illegal activities, including job scams, via Internet platforms.
Summary: China Energy Engineering Group Architecture Co., Ltd. (CEEC Architecture Group) is focusing on energy and infrastructure, upgrading traditional energy businesses, and seizing opportunities in new energy, with renewable energy projects accounting for 38.47% of its business in the first half of 2025. The company has also expanded into infrastructure, including housing, primarily in the Yangtze River Delta and Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. CEEC Architecture Group is involved in international projects across 24 countries and regions, especially in "Belt and Road" countries. The company aims to promote Chinese equipment, technology, management, standards, and culture abroad. The article makes no mention of the United States.
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Summary: A small Miao village in Guizhou Province, Maomaohe, has gained recognition for its unique "literary atmosphere" by hosting a local literature festival. Initiated in 2017, the festival was the brainchild of local enthusiasts and poet Li Jiangfu, who helped expand its reach and attract submissions from across the province and beyond. The festival has spurred local creativity, with villagers writing over 200 original poems and incorporating literary themes into local crafts and tourism. This has led to increased tourism and economic opportunities for the village, showcasing how literature can contribute to rural revitalization. The article does not discuss the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: China's Ministry of Education issued a notice promoting the use of digital technology and AI to improve teacher development. The initiative aims to enhance teachers' digital literacy and integrate digital tools into education within 3-5 years. Six key actions will be implemented, including improving digital literacy, reforming teaching methods, and expanding digital resources. The plan involves developing intelligent teacher assistants and upgrading school facilities to facilitate digital teaching and learning. The project will also explore international cooperation in digital education for teachers.
Summary: A Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences team has identified the TaPPR13 gene as crucial for wheat drought resistance. The team found that the TaPPR13 gene enhances wheat's antioxidant defenses by regulating retrograde signaling pathways. This process upregulates photosynthetic and stress-responsive genes, ultimately reducing water loss. The research provides a potential target for breeding drought-resistant wheat varieties.
Summary: The Hunan Xiangjiang New Area Cultural Center in Changsha is offering "Starlight Night School" programs to meet the diverse cultural and artistic needs of the public. The program includes courses such as musical instrument playing and dance. The goal of the program is to meet the cultural and educational requirements of residents. The article makes no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The National Peking Opera Company and the Urumqi Peking Opera Troupe jointly produced a new Peking Opera piece, "Returning to the Homeland," depicting Zuo Zongtang's reconquest of Xinjiang during the late Qing Dynasty. The production team revised the script eight times and conducted field research in Xinjiang to ensure historical accuracy. The opera employs a dual-casting system with actors from both national and local troupes, facilitating cultural exchange and talent development. The article does not mention any connection to the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: Xiao Shan district in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province is focusing on high-quality education development to upgrade the city and attract young talent. The district has launched a three-year action plan to construct new schools and increase the supply of high school places, including "tide schools", and is introducing high-quality educational resources. Xiao Shan is also focused on improving the quality of its teachers through various training programs and is leveraging digital platforms to promote equitable access to educational resources across urban and rural areas. By focusing on educational development, Xiao Shan hopes to drive industrial growth and strengthen the city. The article does not discuss the United States or U.S.-China relations.
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Summary: Following recent flooding in parts of China, experts advise on ensuring food and water safety. Contaminated food, even unopened bottled beverages exposed to floodwater, should be discarded due to potential contamination by pathogens like Salmonella and E. coli. Utensils and food preparation surfaces require thorough cleaning and disinfection, and drinking water should be boiled or sourced from bottled water until safety is confirmed. The article warns against consuming dead livestock or fish found after the floods, as they may be contaminated with bacteria, viruses, heavy metals, or pesticides. Individuals experiencing severe symptoms after consuming potentially contaminated food or water should seek immediate medical attention.
Summary: An article discusses a recent incident where a ride-hailing driver forced a 12-year-old boy out of the car in the rain to avoid a penalty, highlighting the driver's disregard for regulations and the child's vulnerability. The article emphasizes the importance of platforms enforcing rules and parents advocating for their children when they are wronged, thereby reinforcing the child's faith in societal order. It also advocates for holding those who harm minors accountable and for proactively eliminating potential risks to prevent similar incidents. No US-China relations are discussed in the article.
Summary: A four-day summer camp for "little migratory birds" (children of migrant workers) commenced in Shenzhen on July 8th. The event, organized by China Construction Science and Industry Corp (中建科工), hosted 38 children from 23 families of construction workers. These families traveled to Shenzhen for a "reverse family visit," participating in a "Greater Bay Area happiness trip." The event aimed to strengthen family bonds for construction workers stationed in Shenzhen.
Summary: The National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) has allocated an additional 10 billion yuan in central budgetary investment for work-for-relief programs, supporting 1,975 projects across 26 provinces to boost employment and income for key groups. The initiative aims to create employment opportunities in rural infrastructure projects, prioritizing labor-intensive tasks and increasing the proportion of central investment allocated to labor remuneration to at least 40%. This batch of investment will allocate 4.59 billion yuan for labor remuneration, accounting for 45.9% of the total. By the end of June 2025, the NDRC and the Ministry of Finance had allocated a total of 29.5 billion yuan in central investment for work-for-relief programs in 2025, supporting nearly 6,000 projects and is expected to create 700,000 local jobs.
Summary: This article reports on the actions of Xu Yanan, a doctor at the Yiwu Municipal First People's Hospital in Zhejiang province, who saved a drowning child in Yongkang city. Xu, off-duty at the time, performed CPR on the unconscious child after he was pulled from a pond. The child has since recovered, and his family expressed their gratitude to Xu and the hospital. The article emphasizes the importance of regular training in emergency medical procedures for medical professionals. The report does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: China's Ministry of Education has announced the third batch of 2,926 schools to participate in a national first-aid education pilot program, running from June 2025 to June 2027. The program aims to equip schools with necessary facilities, train teachers and staff, and integrate first-aid education into the curriculum at all levels, from preschool to higher education. The goal is to improve students' awareness, knowledge, and skills in emergency response and promote a culture of safety and preparedness within schools and communities. The initiative includes training for school doctors, physical education teachers, and class advisors. The article makes no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: Fujian province is launching an initiative to build a comprehensive consumer protection system by establishing 2,000 high-standard consumer rights service stations by 2025. The Fujian Consumer Rights Protection Committee, in conjunction with the Provincial Market Supervision Bureau, aims to integrate these stations into various commercial locations to resolve consumer disputes at the source. The initiative focuses on promoting consumer confidence by encouraging businesses to proactively address and resolve issues. This effort seeks to handle consumer disputes at the enterprise level, the grassroots level and at the source.
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Summary: According to a tennis coach interviewed by the *People's Daily*, mastering the fundamentals, practicing scientifically, and progressing gradually are key for beginners to learn tennis. The coach emphasizes the importance of developing a feel for the ball, using proper technique, and mastering footwork. He also provides a "zero-based three-stage training method" and warns against common mistakes, such as prioritizing speed over stability and neglecting footwork. He also offered advice on selecting appropriate equipment to support training and prevent injuries.
Summary: The 15th National Games (to be held in Guangdong, Hong Kong, and Macau) organizing committee held a press conference detailing cross-border collaborative efforts. The Games will be the first time Guangdong, Hong Kong, and Macau jointly host the event, with opening ceremonies in Guangzhou, closing ceremonies in Shenzhen and events spread across the region. Coordination efforts include streamlined border crossings, dedicated channels, and potential "face-scanning" customs clearance at Hengqin port. Two cross-border events are planned: a cycling race utilizing the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge and a Shenzhen-Hong Kong marathon. Coordination is supported by a "1+4" mechanism involving national and regional bodies, including the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office of the Central Government.
Summary: A 220-member Chinese delegation will participate in the 32nd Summer World University Games in Germany. The delegation, comprised of athletes and coaches from 81 universities and units across 26 provinces, will compete in 14 events. Approximately 86% of the athletes are first-time participants in the Universiade. The Games, organized by the International University Sports Federation, will be held from July 16-27 and include 18 events. The report does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: China is actively preparing for the 2025 Chengdu World Games, where flying disc (frisbee) will be featured, according to He Yi of the State Sports General Administration's Social Sports Guidance Center. China's team is aiming to advance from its group in the team frisbee event, which includes the United States, Germany, and Japan. Team training focuses on technique, strategy, and physical conditioning, especially stability in high temperatures. The development of frisbee in China is also boosted by the integration of sports and education, with many schools and universities now offering frisbee activities.
Summary: A drone soccer competition was held in Beijing, attracting hundreds of young participants, with the "Shaonian Zhi Jia Team One" from Shunyi District winning the championship. The team, comprised of three junior high school students, excelled in the 3-on-3 drone soccer event, which requires skillful maneuvering and coordination to score goals using small drones. The team's coach, Ren Yanan, expressed excitement about the win and the increasing interest in drone training among parents seeking to develop their children's skills. The team is now preparing for the National Youth Aviation and Aerospace Model Championship in August. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
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Summary: The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) held a forum in Shenyang, Liaoning, focused on strengthening people-to-people ties and sustainable development. Representatives from SCO countries discussed topics like friendly city exchanges, trade cooperation, youth innovation, and peaceful development. Agreements were signed between Chinese organizations and those from Uzbekistan, Russia, Myanmar, and Mongolia to promote cooperation, and the forum resulted in the publication of the *Shanghai Cooperation Organisation National Civil Exchange Sustainable Development Action Consensus* and the *2025 Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Civil Friendly Forum and Friendly City Forum Shenyang Initiative*. Participants emphasized the importance of grassroots engagement for building stronger relationships between SCO countries and expanding practical cooperation in various fields like renewable energy and agriculture. The forum also included a children's art exhibition emphasizing themes of peace and development.
Summary: To commemorate the 40th anniversary of diplomatic relations between China and Bolivia, President Xi Jinping exchanged congratulatory messages with Bolivian President Luis Arce. Xi highlighted the steady development of bilateral relations, growing political trust, and mutually beneficial cooperation across various fields since 1982, recalling their fruitful meeting in November 2024. China has become Bolivia's largest trading partner since 2023. Both countries are committed to multilateralism, opposing hegemony, and promoting a more just global governance system. Xi expressed China's willingness to strengthen cooperation with Bolivia in infrastructure, agriculture, green development, and the digital economy and to promote the "five major projects" of building a China-Latin America community with a shared future.
Summary: At the UN Human Rights Council's 59th session, a Chinese-sponsored resolution on "the contribution of development to the enjoyment of all human rights" was adopted by consensus for the first time since 2017. Chen Xu, China's representative to the UN in Geneva, stated the resolution reaffirms development's contribution to human rights and highlights high-quality, people-centered development. Nearly 50 countries co-sponsored the resolution, with several nations expressing support for its emphasis on sustainable development promoting human rights protection. Multiple countries, including EU members, Russia, and Brazil congratulated China, acknowledging its leadership on the development and human rights agenda. The resolution is not reported to discuss the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The Victoria & Albert Museum's new East Storehouse Museum in London, the world's first open-access storage museum, has opened to the public. The museum aims to allow closer interaction between the public and artifacts through innovative exhibitions, breaking from traditional museum norms by displaying items from different eras side-by-side and offering services like "subscribing to exhibits" for closer viewing. The museum houses approximately 250,000 items, including architectural fragments, paintings, sculptures, fashion, and jewelry. The goal is to transform collections into living culture that can be explored and discussed, turning the "backstage into a public theater," according to Deputy Director Tim Reeve.
Summary: The China-Arab States Public Health Science and Technology Cooperation Center was launched at the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine in Hangzhou. Representatives from China, Egypt, Jordan, Algeria, the United Arab Emirates, and the Arab League attended the launch. The center will leverage the hospital's public health resources to build three major public health cooperation systems: talent cultivation, medical cooperation, and scientific and technological cooperation. These systems aim to comprehensively strengthen exchanges and cooperation in talent, technology, equipment, scientific research, and transformation in the health field.
Summary: The Cambodia-Kratie Mekong River Bridge, constructed by Shanghai Construction Group, successfully closed on July 7th. Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and First Vice President of the Council for the Development of Cambodia Sun Chanthol presided over the ceremony. He was accompanied by Minister of Public Works and Transport Bin Boni and representatives from Chinese enterprises, along with local residents. The article makes no mention of US-China relations.
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Summary: Several members of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) and experts have offered suggestions on how to improve the construction and operation of public cultural spaces to better meet the people's spiritual and cultural needs. Recommendations included strengthening planning with a people-oriented approach, promoting the integration of technology and intelligent management, and adhering to content as the core while developing brands. Further suggestions included encouraging social forces to participate in public cultural services and strengthening the cultivation of talent. The experts also highlighted the importance of innovation in public cultural services. No mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations was found in the article.
Summary: The China Association for Promoting Democracy (CAPD) proposes expanding resources for universities for the elderly to address the growing needs of an aging population by building more educational facilities and integrating them into community centers, as well as improving online accessibility and encouraging private sector involvement. The Jiusan Society proposes leveraging AI to bolster scientific research, particularly in fields like biology and quantum technology, by better coordinating resources, promoting interdisciplinary collaboration, and standardizing data. They suggest integrating AI into national science and technology projects and designating national laboratories as key centers for AI-driven research. Neither article mentions the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: A new "CPPCC + Court" mediation mechanism in Chongqing's Beibei District leverages the expertise of CPPCC members to resolve disputes before they reach the courts. The mechanism involves 119 CPPCC members paired with local districts and 150 members with professional mediation organizations. Experienced judges provide guidance, forming a network of "one judge, two members" per district to address conflicts at an early stage. The program has mediated 932 cases with the help of 250 participating CPPCC members. The article does not discuss or allude to the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: This article, based on interviews with over 400 companies by a standing committee member of the CPPCC National Committee and president of the Shanghai Public Diplomacy Association, discusses the importance of Chinese companies "going global" amidst rising global protectionism and economic uncertainty. It argues that this strategy benefits both China and the world by integrating China into the global economy and promoting global economic growth. The author suggests enhanced policy support, legal safeguards through international agreements, and improved corporate competitiveness, particularly regarding ESG standards, to facilitate successful overseas expansion. The article does not discuss or allude to the United States or U.S.-China relations.
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Summary: According to the Supreme People's Court's report, environmental resource cases concluded in 2024 reached 219,000, with 9.6 billion yuan in ecological damage compensation mandated, an 87.5% increase year-on-year. The report highlights cases involving illegal mining disguised as tourism development, data fraud in environmental monitoring, and pollution of drinking water sources, emphasizing the court's commitment to ecological restoration and biodiversity protection. The court also emphasizes the importance of adhering to preventative measures regarding ecological concerns. The report mentions the issuing of judicial recommendations to government departments, to prevent agricultural pollution.
Summary: The Supreme People's Court, the Supreme People's Procuratorate, and the Ministry of Public Security jointly issued an "Opinion" to strengthen the punishment of those who refuse to implement court decisions. The document clarifies standards for applying criminal penalties, evidence rules, and procedural connections for refusing to implement judgments. The measures aim to address difficulties in enforcing court decisions by improving coordination between departments, easing evidence collection for creditors, and lowering the threshold for filing cases in certain situations. The document also calls for strengthening the credit supervision system and promoting legal awareness to reduce the occurrence of refusal to comply with court decisions. The document also proposes using technology to improve enforcement, such as big data and AI.
Summary: A collaborative legal education initiative involving the Guizhou province's Qianxi City Working Committee for the Care of the Next Generation, the Procuratorate, and the Education Bureau brought legal awareness activities to schools. The program aims to instill legal consciousness in minors and safeguard their development. Specifically, prosecutors visited a local elementary school to educate students on laws, including the Law on the Protection of Minors. No mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations was made in the article.
Summary: A dispute between neighbors in Beijing's Dongcheng District was resolved through mediation by local police. The conflict stemmed from noise complaints and the use of a "building shaker" by one resident, met with retaliatory early morning alarms from the neighbor upstairs. Police officer Meng Shuqiao intervened, explaining the illegality of the "building shaker" and facilitating a resolution where both parties agreed to modify their behavior. Dongcheng police are implementing initiatives, like the "Qihe Post," to proactively address community disputes and foster better relations; this initiative aims to improve community relations and resolve disputes through mediation in a comfortable environment. Official Li Yanbin states that this initiative will resolve problems in their early stages.
Summary: The Supreme People's Court highlighted a case where a consumer, Ms. Liu, was wrongly denied a refund for an online jewelry purchase under the "seven-day no-reason return" policy. Despite following the merchant's specific return instructions, including using their designated logistics and providing video evidence, the merchant refused the refund citing alleged damage. The court ruled in favor of Ms. Liu, stating the merchant had assumed the risk of damage during the return process by designating the logistics company. The court emphasized the importance of both merchants and consumers upholding the integrity of the seven-day return policy. The article does not discuss the United States or U.S.-China relations.
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Summary: To commemorate the 104th anniversary of the CCP's founding, the National Theater of China premiered the play "The Red Beginning" in Beijing, depicting the Party's early history in Shanghai from 1919-1921. The play utilizes multimedia and a minimalist stage design to engage younger audiences. It focuses on key historical moments and figures such as Chen Duxiu and Li Dazhao to highlight the revolutionary spirit of the time. The production aims to inspire contemporary youth with the Party's founding ideals and a renewed conviction that "only the Communist Party can save China."
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Summary: The article reviews the third season of the medical documentary "Twinkling Pediatricians," praising its balanced narrative pace and ability to evoke a range of emotions in viewers. It highlights the documentary's effective use of representative figures – patients, doctors, and families – to explore various social topics, including disease treatment, family relationships, and adolescent development. The review emphasizes the documentary's skillful storytelling, which alternates between moments of levity and pathos, making it a valuable example for documentary filmmakers. There is no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations in the article.
Summary: The Chinese drama "In the Name of the Law" has received positive reviews for its depiction of a prosecutor's office investigation into corruption and organized crime in a small city. The drama employs suspenseful storytelling, keeping viewers guessing about the characters' true allegiances and the unfolding plot. Unlike other crime dramas that prioritize suspense and fictional elements, "In the Name of the Law" aims for realism, grounding its narrative in the operational logic of the political and legal system. The characters grapple with complex ethical dilemmas, such as the acting procurator-general Li Renjun, whose pursuit of career advancement is challenged by the exposure of corruption and entanglement of interests. Through its intricate plot and nuanced characters, the drama conveys the importance of judicial integrity and the pursuit of fairness and justice in every legal case.
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By: 新华社记者 张晓松 朱基钗 本报记者 杜尚泽 胡泽曦
Towering Taihang Mountains, boundless scenery.
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) has visited Shanxi (山西) multiple times, pointing out the direction for the province's economic and social development. From July 7th to 8th, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) came here again to further diagnose and guide Shanxi's (山西) development.
This year marks the conclusion of the "14th Five-Year Plan" and the planning year for the "15th Five-Year Plan." For the nation's first comprehensive supporting reform experimental zone for resource-based economic transformation at the provincial, all-round, and systematic level, the word "reform" carries particular weight. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) encouraged Shanxi (山西): **咬定青山不放松** (yǎo dìng qīng shān bù fàng sōng - "bite the green hills and not relax," to remain steadfast and determined), and steadily and orderly promote transformation and development.
This year also marks the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War. On this land where the Communist Party of China (中国共产党) led the military and civilians to shed blood and fight heroically, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) reviewed the glorious history, deeply remembered the martyrs, and called for carrying forward the great spirit of the War of Resistance and building our country even stronger.
Grasping the trend of the times and carrying forward the spirit of hard work, Shanxi (山西) will surely take new steps in promoting the transformation and development of a resource-based economy and write a new chapter in advancing Chinese-style modernization in the land of Sanjin (三晋).
Adhere to building a strong country through industry and a prosperous country through hard work:
"Achieve transformation and upgrading through scientific and technological innovation"
Yangquan (阳泉) is located in the "vital passage of Jin (晋) and Hebei (冀)." In the early 20th century, with the completion of the Zhengtai Railway (正太铁路), "casting Taihang (太行) iron with Pingding (平定) coal," this small city in the Taihang Mountains (太行山) stepped onto the forefront of the times. At the beginning of the founding of New China, Yangquan (阳泉) was listed as one of the 15 key coal mine construction areas during the national "First Five-Year Plan" period and was one of the largest anthracite production bases in the country.
A century ago, the predecessor of Yangquan Valve Co., Ltd. (阳泉阀门股份有限公司) was born with the development of coal resources. Over the past century, the company's development has followed the tide of the times, with several ups and downs: there was the ambitious aspiration in the passionate construction era that "our valves should be like Yangquan's (阳泉) coal, burning out the ambition of China's industry"; there were the glorious moments of riding the east wind of reform and opening up, with products going abroad and selling overseas; and there were also the difficult steps under the impact of the market tide at the turn of the century...
Entering the new era, Yang Valve (阳阀) has focused on technological innovation to drive industrial upgrading, developing new processes and new products. The old enterprise has been revitalized and has been rated as a specialized, refined, and new "little giant" enterprise.
In the production workshop, gas gate valves, electric flap valves, hard-sealed butterfly valves... all kinds of products are displayed one by one.
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) stopped from time to time to observe and learn in detail about product production and sales. He pointed out: "The real economy cannot be lost, and the traditional industries in the real economy cannot be lost. We must achieve transformation and upgrading through scientific and technological innovation."
Old and new, breaking and establishing, these words express a consistent requirement: "The transformation and upgrading of traditional industries can also develop new quality productive forces." "Old enterprises can also be high-end, intelligent, and green."
When leaving, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) said to the company's employees: "I am very happy to see that everyone is energetic and full of energy. In the past, China's industrial development relied on hammering and chiseling. Today, we must rely on advanced technology and equipment to improve our level. Building a strong country through industry and a prosperous country through hard work. I hope you will continue to work hard and reach new heights, and make more contributions to building a manufacturing powerhouse."
Applause and cheers resounded throughout the factory workshop.
Find a new path for development as soon as possible:
"Achieve high-quality and sustainable development in transformation and development"
Coal is a unique resource endowed to Shanxi (山西) by nature. Opening up the chaos to obtain black gold, the fire of coal illuminated the dawn of Shanxi's (山西) modern industry.
However, for a long time, Shanxi (山西) has prospered from coal and been trapped by coal, and the dominance of coal has led to a single industry.
Realizing the economic transformation and development of resource-based areas and forming a structural pattern supported by diversified industries is a major issue that needs in-depth thinking and breakthrough in Shanxi's (山西) economic development. Comprehensive supporting reforms are precisely the key to solving this problem.
In June 2017, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) came to Shanxi (山西) for inspection and encouraged Shanxi (山西) to "make good use of this opportunity and truly embark on a new path of development with industrial optimization, high quality, good efficiency, and sustainability."
In May 2019, General Secretary Xi (习近平) presided over the eighth meeting of the Central Committee for Comprehensively Deepening Reform, which reviewed and approved the "Opinions on Carrying Out Comprehensive Reform Pilot Projects for Energy Revolution in Shanxi (山西)," supporting Shanxi (山西) in striving to be a pioneer in the national energy revolution through comprehensive reform pilot projects.
In May 2020, when he came to Shanxi (山西) again, the General Secretary instructed: "Shanxi (山西) must have a sense of urgency, but also a long-term strategic plan. The correct things must be adhered to and achieved over time. Don't repeat or toss, and strive to find a new path for transformation and development as soon as possible."
What is the progress and effectiveness of the reform? During this inspection, the General Secretary learned in detail about the industrial transformation and upgrading of Shanxi (山西).
"You have energy advantages here, such as the development of wind power, photovoltaic power generation, hydrogen energy, and coalbed methane." "Industries such as steel, coking, non-ferrous metals, chemicals, and building materials are also the basic foundation." "The three tourist highways of the Yellow River (黄河), the Great Wall (长城), and the Taihang Mountains (太行) have been built, and the hardware facilities have been upgraded."...
The General Secretary is very familiar with the situation in Shanxi (山西). Every time he listens to a report, he will respond, inquire in detail, and give guidance. In these words, what is concerned is nothing but solving the problem of "coal dominance" and realizing the diversified path of transformation and development.
On the morning of the 8th, when listening to the work report of the Shanxi Provincial Party Committee (山西省委) and the Provincial Government (省政府), General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "Building a national comprehensive supporting reform experimental zone for resource-based economic transformation is a strategic task entrusted to Shanxi (山西) by the Party Central Committee (党中央). The purpose is to hope that Shanxi (山西) can achieve high-quality and sustainable development in transformation and development."
"After years of efforts, Shanxi (山西) has a relatively clear idea for transformation and development and has achieved some results, but the task is still arduous. We must further unify our thinking and understanding, **咬定青山不放松** (yǎo dìng qīng shān bù fàng sōng - "bite the green hills and not relax," to remain steadfast and determined), and move forward firmly and orderly."
How to move forward? The General Secretary emphasized the two key words "firm" and "orderly," which clarify the direction and provide methods:
"Firmness means identifying the direction of progress and unswervingly moving forward. We must maintain our determination, withstand the pain, overcome hesitation and wait-and-see attitudes and a mentality of gain and loss, and jump out of the vicious circle of being unwilling to transform when the coal market is good and being unable to transform when the coal market is poor."
"Orderly means being steady and solid, and taking one step at a time. Transformation and development involve a wide range of areas, heavy reform tasks, and touch on relatively many interests. We must grasp the balance between giving play to inherent advantages and transformation and development, pay attention to the transition and connection between new and old driving forces, use the new to transform the old, and proceed step by step. Don't rush into action and throw away the tools for making a living before you have a 'golden baby'."
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) especially instructed: "We must establish a correct view of political achievements, carry forward the spirit of nailing nails, and not be eager for quick success and instant benefits, let alone engage in 'image projects' and 'political achievement projects'."
A change in concept leads to a broader world. The key to reform is the change of thinking. By making the coal article alive and grasping the energy sector well, the entire game of transformation and development will be alive.
"Energy transformation is not simply reducing coal production and consumption, but rather promoting the clean and low-carbon development, diversified utilization, and comprehensive storage and transportation of coal under the premise of shouldering the responsibility of ensuring the supply of national power coal, accelerating the tackling of green and low-carbon technologies, and promoting the coal industry to climb from low-end to high-end, and coal products from primary fuels to high-value products."
Diversified development should also be adapted to local conditions and be "moderate."
The General Secretary emphasized that on the one hand, "Shanxi (山西) has relatively abundant non-coal mineral, agricultural, cultural tourism and health care, ecological and other resources, coupled with the prominent low-cost advantages of green electricity and other factors, and has certain conditions for diversified development." At the same time, "diversified development must adhere to what should be done and what should not be done, and focus on producing high-quality products. Avoid 'picking everything in the basket,' and do not take the old path of emphasizing quantity over quality."
Carry forward the great spirit of the War of Resistance:
"Be a dignified, proud, and self-respecting Chinese"
Shanxi (山西) is a place with a glorious revolutionary tradition. More than 80 years ago, the Eighth Route Army (八路军) led by the Communist Party of China (中国共产党) crossed the Yellow River (黄河), established anti-Japanese base areas behind enemy lines, and led and launched famous battles such as the Pingxingguan Victory (平型关大捷) and the Hundred Regiments Offensive (百团大战), forging the great Taihang Spirit (太行精神) and Lüliang Spirit (吕梁精神).
Yangquan (阳泉), located in the Taihang Mountains (太行山), was the main battlefield in the first stage of the Hundred Regiments Offensive (百团大战). Shinao Mountain (狮脑山), the highest peak in the urban area, is shaped like the head of a male lion, overlooking the great rivers and mountains of today.
July 7th was the 88th anniversary of the outbreak of the all-out War of Resistance Against Japan. On that afternoon, a heavy rain soaked the area.
After the rain, the sky cleared and a thick fog filled the air. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) and his entourage drove along the mountain road to the Hundred Regiments Offensive Monument Square (百团大战纪念碑广场) on the top of Shinao Mountain (狮脑山).
"The heroic spirit of Taihang (太行) has been passed down for thousands of years, leaving the Qingzhang (清漳) River to spit out blood flowers." The smoke of history has dissipated, but the heroic spirit is still awe-inspiring. The Hundred Regiments Offensive Monument (百团大战纪念碑) is shaped like a sharp bayonet piercing the sky, with "beacon towers" standing tall on both sides, and a "Great Wall (长城)" built of bricks and stones winding and undulating, symbolizing the steel Great Wall (长城) built with flesh and blood.
Two honor guards presented flower baskets in front of the monument.
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) walked slowly up the steps, carefully arranged the ribbons on the flower baskets, and bowed three times to the martyrs of the Eighth Route Army (八路军).
Afterwards, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) visited the exhibition of the Hundred Regiments Offensive Memorial Hall (百团大战纪念馆).
"The Bugle Sounds," "Strategic Deployment," "Hundred Regiments Attack," "Pursuit of Victory," "Countering Enemy 'Mopping-up Operations' "... Historical photos and precious objects fully reproduce the large-scale counterattack launched by the Communist Party of China (中国共产党), uniting the people, against the Japanese invaders like a "violent thunderbolt" at a time when the War of Resistance was "facing unprecedented difficulties."
The telegram of the "Battle Action Order" issued by the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army (八路军) to the three main forces, the battle map of the Hundred Regiments Offensive (百团大战), historical photos of the Niangziguan Battle (娘子关战斗) and the Guanjialing Battle (关家垴战斗), and the re-enactment of the Zhengtai Railway (正太铁路) sabotage battle... General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) stopped from time to time to observe and contemplate.
In the hall of the memorial hall, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) had a cordial exchange with the young students and memorial hall staff who came to visit. He said: "It is of special significance to be here today. The 'July 7th Incident (七七事变)' that occurred 88 years ago today was the starting point for the Chinese nation to fully resist the Japanese invaders."
Facing the innocent faces, the General Secretary said earnestly: "**前事不忘，后事之师** (qián shì bù wàng, hòu shì zhī shī - "past experience, if not forgotten, is a guide for the future," learning from history). Children should strive to be the backbone of the nation and must build our country even stronger. Hope is pinned on you, and the future belongs to you. I hope you will work hard, strive for progress, and be a dignified, proud, and self-respecting Chinese."
On the way out of the memorial hall, the golden sunlight shone on the towering Taihang Mountains (太行山).
This loess land by the Yellow River (黄河) has accumulated a profound civilization, inherited an immortal spirit, and is also nurturing the power of change and innovation.
Return to TopXinhua News Agency, Beijing, July 9th. On July 9th, President Xi Jinping (习近平) and Bolivian President Luis Arce (阿尔塞) exchanged congratulatory messages to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries.
Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out that China and Bolivia are good friends and good brothers. Since the establishment of diplomatic relations 40 years ago, China-Bolivia relations have withstood the test of international vicissitudes and maintained a good momentum of development. The two sides have firmly supported each other on issues involving each other's core interests and major concerns. The high-quality joint construction of the "Belt and Road" has yielded fruitful results, and the friendship between the people has become more deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. Last November, I held a fruitful meeting with you during the G20 Leaders' Summit in Rio de Janeiro, which pointed out the direction for the future development of China-Bolivia relations. I attach great importance to the development of China-Bolivia relations and am willing to work with President Arce (阿尔塞) to continuously carry forward the traditional friendship, lead the China-Bolivia strategic partnership to a new level, and better benefit the people of both countries.
Arce (阿尔塞) said that over the past 40 years, Bolivia and China have established a solid bilateral relationship based on mutual respect and friendly cooperation. Bolivia highly appreciates China's support and assistance in infrastructure, technology, energy, health and other fields, and appreciates China's leading role in uniting the Global South, promoting Latin America-China cooperation, and establishing a more just, equal and inclusive international order, and is willing to continue to deepen the fraternal friendship between the two peoples.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者
From July 7th to 8th, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) inspected Shanxi Province and delivered an important speech. The important speech of General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) is inspiring and motivating, guiding the vast number of cadres and the masses to strengthen their confidence and forge ahead courageously. Everyone expressed that they should thoroughly implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important speech, earnestly implement the strategic deployment of the Party Central Committee, adhere to the general tone of seeking progress while maintaining stability, fully and accurately implement the new development concept, coordinate development and security, strive to take new steps in promoting the transformation and development of resource-based economies, and strive to write a new chapter in Chinese-style modernization.
Steadily and Orderly Promote Transformation and Development
Building a National Comprehensive Reform Demonstration Zone for the Transformation of Resource-Based Economies is a strategic task entrusted to Shanxi (山西) by the Party Central Committee.
The commencement of the No. 2 production line of the 300,000-ton annual production project of high-performance glass fiber intelligent manufacturing by Taishan Fiberglass (Taiyuan) Co., Ltd. (泰山玻璃纤维（太原）有限公司), and the completion and commissioning of 16 diaphragm production lines of Shanxi Hausen New Material Technology Co., Ltd. (山西厚生新材料科技有限公司)... In the Shanxi Transformation and Comprehensive Reform Demonstration Zone (山西转型综改示范区), project construction is constantly being updated. "General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important speech further pointed out the direction for Shanxi's (山西) transformation and development. We will focus on energy transformation, industrial upgrading, and moderately diversified development, study and introduce more industrial plans and support policies, and complete the major strategic task of transformation and comprehensive reform." said Chen Lei (陈磊), Director of the Shanxi Provincial Development and Reform Commission (山西省发展改革委).
At the foot of the Taihang Mountains (太行山), pieces of coal are transformed into special waxes and fine chemicals, and the industrial chain continues to extend. Regarding the transformation and development of energy, Wang Zhiqing (王志清), Chairman of Shanxi Lu'an Chemical Group Co., Ltd. (山西省潞安化工集团有限公司), is full of confidence: "To implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important speech, we will focus on coal product innovation, promote green mining, fine and detailed mining, and full mining of coking coal resources, and promote the clean and efficient utilization of coal in all aspects."
With 58 varieties of products filling domestic gaps and 10 varieties of products reaching international advanced levels, Yangquan Valve Co., Ltd. (阳泉阀门股份有限公司) has achieved remarkable results in transformation and upgrading. "General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important speech inspired all employees of the company to be grateful and forge ahead. We will adhere to innovation leadership, continuously revitalize traditional industries, and increase research and development efforts in new energy and other fields to promote industrial development towards new and intelligent directions." Yang Yarong (杨亚蓉), Chairman of Yangquan Valve Co., Ltd. (阳泉阀门股份有限公司), feels a deep sense of responsibility.
"We will anchor the main direction of transformation, strengthen the deep integration of technological innovation and industrial innovation, focus on building an industrial cluster integration and development ecosystem, and gradually form a modern industrial system that reflects Shanxi's (山西) characteristics and has comparative advantages," said Pan Haiyan (潘海燕), Director of the Shanxi Provincial Department of Industry and Information Technology (山西省工业和信息化厅).
As a well-known domestic production area of primary coking coal and high-grade iron ore, Handan City (邯郸市), Hebei Province (河北省), has broken administrative division restrictions, integrated resources within the region, and accelerated the construction of Yongnian (永年) and Wu'an (武安) two exclave industrial parks. "To earnestly study and implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important speech, we will adhere to making good use of diversified development conditions, create a stable, fair, transparent, and predictable business environment, do everything possible to solve problems and do practical things for enterprises, and strive to better transform resource advantages into development advantages," said Zhang Guoqun (张国群), Director of the Handan Municipal Development and Reform Commission (邯郸市发展改革委).
Firmly Guard the Bottom Line of Safety and Stability
Transformation and development must firmly guard the bottom line of safety and stability.
From "exempting registration fees" to "one registration for three days," from "free public transportation" to "free cable TV," Lyuliang City (吕梁市), Shanxi Province (山西省), continues to deepen and refine its work on people's livelihoods. "Bearing in mind General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) entrustment, we must always adhere to ensuring and improving people's livelihoods in development, orderly increase the standards of minimum wages, basic pensions, and medical insurance financial subsidies, promote income increase for low- and middle-income groups through multiple channels, and strengthen key livelihood security services such as 'the elderly and the young'," said Sun Dajun (孙大军), Secretary of the Lyuliang Municipal Party Committee (吕梁市委).
Wenshan Zhuang and Miao Autonomous Prefecture (文山壮族苗族自治州), Yunnan Province (云南省), is rich in mineral resources and located on the border, facing significant pressure for safety and stability. "To implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important speech, we focus on the concerns of the masses and strive to build a governance pattern of 'Party building leading, public security taking the lead, departments联动 (lián dòng - "joint action," coordinated action), and mass participation,' continuously strengthen the overall prevention and control of social security, and constantly consolidate the people's defense line," said Zhuang Yu (庄宇), Deputy Governor and Director of the Public Security Bureau of Wenshan Prefecture (文山州公安局).
In the West Open-pit Mine of Fushun Mining Group (抚顺矿业集团西露天矿), Liaoning (辽宁), a "green carpet" woven from more than 4 million seedlings is extending and covering towards the center of the mine pit. "We resolutely shoulder the responsibility for ecological safety and continuously explore comprehensive management and ecological restoration methods for open-pit mines, and increase the 'gold content' of development with the ecological 'green content'," introduced Zhou Minghong (周明弘), Chairman of Fushun Mining Group Co., Ltd. (抚顺矿业集团有限责任公司). Currently, more than 12,000 mu of land has been revegetated.
With the main flood season approaching, the more than 2,000-person emergency rescue team in Zhuozhou City (涿州市), Hebei Province (河北省), is on standby, and more than 50,000 pieces of emergency supplies have been stocked. Sun Chunyu (孙春雨), Director of the Zhuozhou Emergency Management Bureau (涿州市应急管理局), said: "We have carried out many emergency drills and strive to do our work ahead of time and eliminate risks and hidden dangers in the bud to ensure that we can be pulled out, stand up, and win at critical moments."
Promote Comprehensive and Strict Party Governance with the Perseverance and Persistence of Always Being on the Road
The construction of work style is always on the road, comprehensive and strict Party governance is always on the road, and the Party's self-revolution is always on the road.
In Chenzhou City (郴州市), Hunan Province (湖南省), the lithium battery new energy industry has become a breakthrough for the transformation of resource-based economies. "When the work style is upright, the people's hearts are united; when the people's hearts are united, the cause will prosper." Xiao Kaibin (肖开斌), Secretary of the Chenzhou Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection and Director of the Municipal Supervisory Commission (郴州市纪委、市监委主任), said, "To implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important instructions, we will focus on the key links in industrial transformation and upgrading and high-quality development, adhere to grasping Party spirit, Party conduct, and Party discipline together, and connecting the rectification of work style, strict discipline, and anti-corruption, resolutely correct deviations in policy implementation and problems such as unimpeded government orders and low efficiency of administrative services, continuously optimize the work style of cadres, and continuously purify the political ecology."
In Qilin District (麒麟区), Qujing City (曲靖市), Yunnan Province (云南省), the Qizhi Love Special Education School (启智爱心特殊教育学校), whose school buildings were cracked and facilities were dilapidated more than two months ago, has now been completely renewed, which makes Liu Jiangmei (刘江梅), member of the Standing Committee of the Qilin District Party Committee and Minister of the Organization Department, deeply touched. "Grasp tightly and meticulously the follow-up work of studying and educating on the spirit of the Central Eight-Point Regulation, and do not stay on paper or in meeting rooms. We must focus on the areas with the most prominent contradictions and the urgent needs and expectations of the masses, find out the real problems, and grasp the rectification and remediation in a solid manner, so that cadres and the masses can truly feel the changes."
On Shinao Mountain (狮脑山) in Yangquan City (阳泉市), Shanxi Province (山西省), the Hundred Regiments Offensive Monument (百团大战纪念碑) pierces the sky like a bayonet, and the Hundred Regiments Offensive Memorial Hall (百团大战纪念馆) is crowded with people. "Listening to General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) earnest teachings on the spot, I am more determined to tell the story of the War of Resistance and continue the red bloodline." Shi Wei (石玮), a commentator at the Hundred Regiments Offensive Memorial Hall (百团大战纪念馆), was very excited. "We must make good use of online and offline exhibition forms, use various technological means to bring history to life, make education practical, and pass on the great spirit of the War of Resistance from generation to generation."
(Reporters Liu Xinyan (刘鑫焱), Fu Mingli (付明丽), Zheng Yangyang (郑洋洋), Hao Yingcan (郝迎灿), Yang Wenming (杨文明), Sun Chao (孙超), Ma Chen (马晨) of this newspaper)
Return to TopCairo, July 9th (People's Daily reporter Chen Shangwen (陈尚文)) At the invitation of Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly (马德布利), State Council Premier Li Qiang (李强) arrived at Cairo International Airport by special plane on the morning of July 9th, beginning an official visit to Egypt.
Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly (马德布利) and senior government officials greeted him at the airport and held a welcoming ceremony for Premier Li Qiang (李强) at the airport. Li Qiang (李强), accompanied by Madbouly (马德布利), reviewed the guard of honor. The Chinese Ambassador to Egypt, Liao Liqiang (廖力强), also greeted him at the airport.
Li Qiang (李强) said that China and Egypt are both ancient civilizations. For nearly 70 years since the establishment of diplomatic relations, the two countries have always been close friends who support each other and strategic partners with a shared future. In recent years, under the strategic guidance of President Xi Jinping (习近平) and President Sisi (塞西), China-Egypt relations have flourished, traditional friendship has become more solid, political mutual trust has continued to deepen, pragmatic cooperation has yielded fruitful results, and multilateral cooperation has been close and effective, setting a model for developing major countries to unite sincerely, strengthen themselves jointly, achieve mutual benefit and win-win results, and 守望相助 (shǒu wàng xiāng zhù - "keep watch and help each other," to defend and help each other). Last year, the two heads of state met twice and reached important consensus on promoting the building of a China-Egypt community with a shared future in the new era, ushering in new opportunities for the development of China-Egypt relations. Against the backdrop of the accelerated evolution of the world's century-old changes and the emergence of various challenges, China and Egypt, as important members of the Global South, should further strengthen strategic coordination, safeguard common interests, and jointly promote peace and prosperity.
Li Qiang (李强) pointed out that China is willing to work with Egypt, under the strategic guidance of the two heads of state, to promote the continuous deepening and solidifying of cooperation between the two sides in various fields, continuously enrich the connotation of the China-Egypt comprehensive strategic partnership, add strong impetus to promoting their respective development and national rejuvenation, and contribute positive forces to regional and world peace and stability.
Li Qiang (李强) arrived in Cairo after attending the 17th BRICS Leaders Meeting. When leaving Rio de Janeiro, representatives of the Brazilian government and the Chinese Ambassador to Brazil, Zhu Qingqiao (祝青桥), saw him off at the airport.
Return to TopZhao Leji (赵乐际), a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, conducted research in Qinghai (青海) from July 6th to 8th. He emphasized the need to adhere to Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era (习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想) as guidance, conscientiously implement the deployments and requirements of the Party Central Committee and the spirit of the Third Session of the 14th National People's Congress, and do a high-quality job in the NPC's legislative, supervisory, and representative work to contribute to the successful conclusion of the "14th Five-Year Plan."
Zhao Leji (赵乐际) visited Xining (西宁) and Haidong (海东), going deep into NPC deputies' liaison offices, enterprises, and villages to communicate with NPC deputies and the masses, and listen to opinions and suggestions on promoting the high-quality development of NPC work. He also conducted research at the Standing Committee of the Provincial People's Congress, visited the staff, and presided over a symposium.
Zhao Leji (赵乐际) emphasized the need to adhere to the Party's comprehensive leadership, profoundly understand the decisive significance of the "**两个确立**" (liǎng gè què lì - "two establishments," establishing Xi Jinping's core position on the Party Central Committee and in the Party as a whole, and establishing the guiding role of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era), strengthen the "**四个意识**" (sì gè yìshí - "four consciousnesses," consciousness of the need to maintain political integrity, think in terms of the big picture, uphold the authority of the Central Committee, and act in accordance with the Central Committee's decisions and deployments), strengthen the "**四个自信**" (sì gè zìxìn - "four confidences," confidence in the path, theory, system, and culture of socialism with Chinese characteristics), and achieve the "**两个维护**" (liǎng gè wéihù - "two safeguards," safeguarding General Secretary Xi Jinping's core position on the Party Central Committee and in the Party as a whole, and safeguarding the Party Central Committee's authority and centralized, unified leadership), to ensure that the Party's major policies and decisions are fully implemented in the work of the NPC. People's Congresses at all levels in Qinghai (青海), under the leadership of the Party committees at the same level, should focus on protecting the ecological environment of Qinghai (青海), this "**国之大者**" (guó zhī dà zhě - "the most important thing for the country," matters of vital importance to the country), and around the main theme of forging a strong sense of community for the Chinese nation, use the rule of law to safeguard the "Chinese Water Tower" of Sanjiangyuan (三江源).
Zhao Leji (赵乐际) pointed out that it is necessary to stand firmly on the people's position, consciously practice whole-process people's democracy, adhere to serving the people wholeheartedly and relying on the people wholeheartedly, and use the rule of law to safeguard the people's rights and interests and enhance people's well-being. It is necessary to conduct in-depth investigations and research, widely listen to opinions and suggestions from all sides, and build the work of the NPC on a solid foundation of public opinion. It is necessary to strengthen the study, publicity, and implementation of the newly revised Deputies Law, and support and guarantee that deputies perform their duties in accordance with the law, in an orderly manner, and in a standardized way. NPC deputies at all levels should be rooted in the people and maintain close ties with the masses, which is the source of vitality for the work of the NPC and the basis for deputies to perform their duties.
Zhao Leji (赵乐际) pointed out that it is necessary to earnestly perform the duties entrusted by the Constitution and laws in accordance with statutory powers and following statutory procedures. Deeply promote scientific legislation, democratic legislation, and legislation in accordance with the law, and effectively control the quality of legislation. Local legislation should adhere to the principles of non-contradiction, distinctiveness, and operability, strive to improve the pertinence and effectiveness of legislation, and focus on solving practical problems. The key to doing a good job in the NPC's supervisory work is to adhere to correct supervision, effective supervision, and supervision in accordance with the law, and to make efforts to enhance the effectiveness of supervision. It is necessary to implement the newly revised Supervision Law, comprehensively use statutory forms of supervision, improve working mechanisms, and truly promote the solution of problems, improvement of work, and improvement of the system.
Zhao Leji (赵乐际) emphasized that it is necessary to strengthen the self-construction of the NPC in accordance with the positioning requirements of the "**四个机关**" (sì gè jīguān - "four organs," the organs of state power, working organs, representative organs, and organs that maintain close ties with the masses), carry out in-depth study and education to thoroughly implement the Central Eight-Point Regulation, create a good atmosphere of integrity and entrepreneurship, and continuously improve the ability and level of performing duties in accordance with the law.
Return to TopThis newspaper reported from Hotan, Xinjiang (新疆和田) on July 9th (Reporter Li Changyu (李昌禹)) The 10th National Conference on Paired Assistance to Xinjiang was held in Hotan, Xinjiang (新疆和田) from the 7th to the 9th. 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 addressed the meeting. He stated that it is necessary to take Xi Jinping (习近平)'s Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era as guidance, fully, accurately, and comprehensively implement the Party's strategy for governing Xinjiang in the new era, firmly grasp the overall goal of Xinjiang work, closely focus on strengthening the sense of community of the Chinese nation, and make sustained efforts to do a good job in paired assistance to Xinjiang, so as to make new contributions to achieving social stability and lasting peace and security in Xinjiang.
Wang Huning (王沪宁) stated that the paired assistance to Xinjiang during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period has played an important role in serving the overall goal of Xinjiang work. Relevant central departments, provinces and cities providing assistance to Xinjiang, and central enterprises have strengthened coordination and cooperation with Xinjiang to promote greater efforts, focus on key areas, and enhance synergy in paired assistance to Xinjiang, which has promoted social stability, ethnic unity, and high-quality development in Xinjiang, demonstrating the unique advantages of the Party's leadership and the socialist system.
Wang Huning (王沪宁) stated that paired assistance to Xinjiang is a national strategy that must be adhered to for a long time. Greater emphasis should be placed on focusing efforts on resolving prominent issues in southern Xinjiang, consolidating and expanding the achievements in poverty alleviation in southern Xinjiang, and promoting economic and social development and lasting peace and security in southern Xinjiang. Greater emphasis should be placed on focusing efforts on promoting new industrialization and urbanization in Xinjiang, closely aligning with people's livelihoods to promote high-quality development in Xinjiang. Greater emphasis should be placed on focusing efforts on promoting exchanges, interactions, and integration among all ethnic groups, so that all ethnic groups are as closely united as pomegranate seeds. Greater emphasis should be placed on focusing efforts on carrying out cultural nourishment of Xinjiang in a tangible, perceptible, and effective manner, continuously enhancing the "five recognitions" of the people of all ethnic groups. Greater emphasis should be placed on focusing efforts on improving the effectiveness of educational assistance to Xinjiang, promoting Xinjiang to accelerate the construction of a high-quality education system. It is necessary to grasp the implementation of paired assistance to Xinjiang tasks, improve the working mechanism of paired assistance to Xinjiang, give play to the two initiatives of both the assisting and receiving parties, and enhance the comprehensive benefits of paired assistance to Xinjiang.
Li Ganjie (李干杰) presided over the meeting and delivered a concluding speech. He requested that all regions and departments further improve their political stance, fully understand the essential positioning, fundamental goals, and focus directions of paired assistance to Xinjiang, and earnestly enhance their sense of responsibility and mission in grasping paired assistance to Xinjiang. Clarify tasks, highlight key points, and continuously improve the effectiveness of paired assistance to Xinjiang. Strengthen guarantees, be good at making achievements, compile the "15th Five-Year Plan" for assistance to Xinjiang with high quality, strengthen work supervision and assessment, temper a solid and excellent work style, and ensure that all decisions and deployments for paired assistance to Xinjiang are implemented effectively.
Responsible comrades from 19 provinces and cities providing assistance to Xinjiang, relevant central departments and units, the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (新疆维吾尔自治区), the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps (新疆生产建设兵团), and prefectures, cities, divisions, and relevant departments attended the meeting. Responsible comrades from the National Development and Reform Commission (国家发展改革委), the Ministry of Education (教育部), the Ministry of Culture and Tourism (文化和旅游部), the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council (国务院国资委), Beijing (北京市), Tianjin (天津市), Liaoning Province (辽宁省), Shanghai (上海市), Zhejiang Province (浙江省), Shandong Province (山东省), Henan Province (河南省), Guangdong Province (广东省), the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (新疆维吾尔自治区), and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps (新疆生产建设兵团) spoke at the meeting.
During his stay in Xinjiang, Wang Huning (王沪宁) also conducted research in Aksu (阿克苏), Hotan (和田), and the First Division Alar City (第一师阿拉尔市) and the Fourteenth Division Kunyu City (第十四师昆玉市) of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps (新疆生产建设兵团), going deep into enterprises, rural areas, schools, hospitals, museums, and memorial halls to understand the situation of paired assistance to Xinjiang, visiting cadres and talents providing assistance to Xinjiang and grassroots people, and visiting members of the CPPCC and office cadres at the Aksu Regional Working Committee of the CPPCC.
Return to TopXinhua News Agency, Changchun, July 9th (Reporter Qi Zhongxi) From July 7th to 9th, Ding Xuexiang (丁薛祥), a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Vice Premier of the State Council, conducted research in Heilongjiang and Jilin. He emphasized the need to thoroughly study and implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important instructions, implement the decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee and the State Council, intensify efforts to improve the implementation of policies, lead the comprehensive revitalization of industries with technological innovation, steadily promote high-quality development, and continuously consolidate the momentum of economic recovery.
Ding Xuexiang (丁薛祥) went to the Songhua River (松花江) water source relocation and water transmission pipeline project, Beidahuang Farm Reclamation Group Yanjia Gang Farm (北大荒农垦集团闫家岗农场), Central Reserve Grain Harbin Direct Storage (中央储备粮哈尔滨直属库), and the Finance Bureau of Nanguan District, Changchun City (长春市南关区财政局) to investigate the implementation of major policies and local financial operations. He pointed out that more proactive fiscal policies should be fully utilized to improve the efficiency of fund use and the effectiveness of policy implementation. The "two major" constructions should highlight strategic guidance, focus on safeguarding the country's "five major securities," and create a number of high-quality projects, excellent projects, and reassuring projects. Consolidate the main responsibilities of local governments, strengthen the collection of special bond project revenues and asset management. Deepen supporting reforms, improve the investment mechanism, and leverage social capital to participate in major project construction. Optimize the structure of fiscal expenditure, strengthen performance management, secure the bottom line of "three guarantees" at the grassroots level, and ensure the safe and sustainable operation of finance.
Ding Xuexiang (丁薛祥) visited enterprises such as CRRC Changchun Railway Vehicles (中车长客), Chang Guang Satellite (长光卫星), BoShi Automation (博实股份), and CNH Industrial (凯斯纽荷兰) to understand the technological research and development and production and operation of various enterprises. He said that the key to enterprise development lies in innovation, and it is necessary to promote the concentration of innovative elements in enterprises, encourage increased investment in research and development, and achieve leading and running through innovation-driven development. Vigorously promote the on-site transformation of scientific and technological achievements, and develop new quality productive forces in accordance with local conditions. Continuously optimize the business environment and promote the complementary advantages and common development of various ownership economies. Foreign-funded enterprises in China are all Chinese enterprises, and it is hoped that they will continue to cultivate the Chinese market and achieve better development for themselves.
At Jilin University (吉林大学) and the Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (中科院长春光机所), Ding Xuexiang (丁薛祥) investigated the integrated development of education, science, technology, and talent. He emphasized that scientific and technological innovation must always adhere to the "four orientations," strengthen basic research and applied research, and accelerate the realization of high-level scientific and technological self-reliance. Heilongjiang (黑龙江) and Jilin (吉林) have abundant science, education, and technology resources, and it is necessary to deepen the collaborative linkage between universities, research institutes, and enterprises, and produce more scientific research results and cultivate more innovative talents in the deep integration of industry, academia, and research. The vast number of science, technology, and education workers should promote the spirit of scientists and the spirit of educators, have a big picture in mind, and serve the country with utmost sincerity. College graduates are a valuable asset, and it is necessary to seize the key period, strengthen continuous service, and further form a joint force to promote employment.
During the investigation, Ding Xuexiang (丁薛祥) expressed his hope that Heilongjiang (黑龙江) and Jilin (吉林) would bear in mind General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) entrustment, accelerate the cultivation of new driving forces and new advantages, strive to embark on a new path of high-quality development and sustainable revitalization, and make greater contributions to the overall development of the country.
Return to TopThis newspaper's Beijing (北京) dispatch on July 9th (Reporter Li Xinping (李心萍)) - This reporter has learned from a State Council Information Office (国新办) press conference that during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, China's total economic output successively exceeded 110 trillion yuan, 120 trillion yuan, and 130 trillion yuan, and this year the total economic output is expected to reach around 140 trillion yuan.
Looking at the increment - The economic increment during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period is expected to exceed 35 trillion yuan, equivalent to the sum of the total economic output of the top three economic powerhouses, Guangdong (广东), Jiangsu (江苏), and Shandong (山东), with an annual contribution rate to global economic growth maintained at around 30%; Looking at the quality - In 2024, the added value of China's "three new" economies exceeded 24 trillion yuan; Looking at the warmth - Since the "14th Five-Year Plan," the annual new urban employment has remained stable at over 12 million people, and China has built and continues to consolidate the world's largest education, medical, and social security system; Looking at the foundation - Since the "14th Five-Year Plan," China has contributed the most to global "greening," contributing 1/4 of the world's new green area. (Related reports can be found on page 3)
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Return to TopPremier of the State Council Li Qiang (李强) met with Secretary-General of the Arab League, Ahmed Aboul Gheit (盖特), in Cairo on July 9, according to a report in this newspaper from Cairo on July 9 (Reporters Huang Peizhao (黄培昭) and Chen Shangwen (陈尚文)).
Li Qiang (李强) stated that China and Arab countries are good friends and good partners who trust each other. Currently, under the strategic guidance of President Xi Jinping (习近平) and the heads of Arab states, Sino-Arab relations have entered their best period in history. China always views and develops its relations with Arab countries from a strategic height, firmly supports the just cause of Arab countries, and supports Arab countries in strengthening strategic autonomy, unity, and self-reliance, and following a path of development that suits their own national conditions. China is willing to strengthen friendly relations with the Arab League, enhance strategic mutual trust with Arab countries, deepen cooperation in various fields, jointly promote modernization, and build a Sino-Arab community with a shared future at a higher level.
Li Qiang (李强) pointed out that China is willing to further align development strategies with the Arab side, continue to jointly build the "Belt and Road" with high quality, expand cooperation in energy, economy and trade, investment and financing, aerospace and other fields, deeply explore cooperation potential in emerging fields such as new energy, artificial intelligence, digital economy, and blue economy, and coordinate the promotion of landmark flagship projects and "small but beautiful" projects that benefit the people, so as to better benefit the people of both sides. Both sides should strengthen dialogue among civilizations and cultural exchanges, deepen cooperation in youth, think tanks, universities, culture and tourism, explore the implementation of more measures to facilitate personnel exchanges, and promote national affinity and people-to-people connectivity. China is willing to strengthen communication and coordination with the Arab side on platforms such as the United Nations, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, the World Trade Organization, and the G20, demonstrate common will, voice common voices, and promote the construction of a more just and reasonable global governance system. It is hoped that the Arab League will continue to play an important role in promoting the development of Sino-Arab relations and jointly host the second Sino-Arab Summit next year.
Gheit (盖特) said that China is a good friend and good partner of Arab countries. The development of Arab-China relations is in good momentum, and pragmatic cooperation has achieved fruitful results. The Arab side firmly supports the one-China principle and supports the "Belt and Road" initiative and the three major global initiatives proposed by President Xi Jinping (习近平). The Arab side congratulates China on its great development achievements, thanks China for its support for the economic and social development of Arab countries, and is willing to deepen political mutual trust with China, firmly support each other, and deepen exchanges and cooperation in trade, investment, culture and other fields within the framework of the China-Arab Cooperation Forum. The Arab side is willing to continue to implement the results of the first Sino-Arab Summit with China and jointly host the second summit next year. The Arab side highly appreciates China's consistent support for Arab countries on multilateral platforms such as the United Nations, and is willing to strengthen multilateral cooperation with China, jointly safeguard multilateralism, and promote world peace and development.
Return to TopThis is a report from our Cairo bureau on July 9th (Reporter Chen Shangwen (陈尚文), Shen Xiaoxiao (沈小晓)). On July 9th, local time, Premier of the State Council Li Qiang (李强) met with Speaker of the Egyptian House of Representatives Hanafy Ali Gabaly (贾巴利) in Cairo (开罗).
Li Qiang (李强) stated that although China and Egypt are geographically distant, the friendly exchanges between the two countries have a long history. Since the establishment of diplomatic relations, no matter how the international situation changes, the underlying tone of traditional friendship between China and Egypt remains unchanged, the momentum of the development of relations and cooperation between the two countries has not diminished, and it continues to radiate vigorous vitality, demonstrating a strong endogenous driving force. China is willing to work with Egypt to further promote traditional friendship, enhance political mutual trust, firmly support each other's core interests and major concerns, promote the continuous advancement of bilateral relations to new levels, and achieve more new results in bilateral cooperation, so as to better benefit the people of both countries. It is hoped that the two sides will maintain friendly exchanges between legislative bodies, strengthen policy communication and exchanges of experience in governance, and continuously enhance mutual understanding.
Li Qiang (李强) pointed out that China is willing to deepen development alignment with Egypt, take high-quality joint construction of the "Belt and Road" as a guide, rely on the two cooperation forums of China-Arab and China-Africa, and promote the continuous improvement of the quality and efficiency of economic and trade cooperation between the two countries. The two sides should focus on the sustainable operation and cooperation of bilateral landmark projects, continuously improve the level of trade and investment facilitation, strengthen industrial alignment and market connectivity, expand cooperation in emerging fields such as the digital economy and green development, and promote a higher level of mutually beneficial and win-win cooperation. China is willing to maintain close communication and collaboration with Egypt in mechanisms such as the United Nations, BRICS countries, and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, promote all parties to jointly safeguard the basic norms of international relations and the multilateral trading system, and inject more positive energy into the cause of global peace and development.
Gabaly (贾巴利) said that Egypt and China, as two great ancient civilizations, have a long history of exchanges and a profound friendship between the people. Egypt admires the great achievements China has made in economic and social development, firmly believes that China will successfully achieve Chinese-style modernization under the leadership of President Xi Jinping (习近平), and bring new opportunities for cooperation between China and the vast number of developing countries. Egypt adheres to the one-China principle, respects China's sovereignty and territorial integrity, opposes interference in China's internal affairs, and is willing to expand pragmatic cooperation with China in trade, investment, new energy and other fields under the framework of the joint construction of the "Belt and Road" initiative, strengthen multilateral collaboration, safeguard the multilateral trading system with the World Trade Organization as the core, and jointly address global challenges. The Egyptian House of Representatives is willing to strengthen exchanges and cooperation between the legislative bodies of the two countries with China.
Return to TopCairo, July 9 (People's Daily reporter Chen Shangwen (陈尚文)) At the invitation of Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly (马德布利), State Council Premier Li Qiang (李强) arrived at Cairo International Airport by special plane on the morning of July 9, beginning an official visit to Egypt.
Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly (马德布利) and senior government officials greeted him at the airport and held a welcoming ceremony for Premier Li Qiang (李强) at the airport. Li Qiang (李强), accompanied by Madbouly (马德布利), reviewed the guard of honor. The Chinese Ambassador to Egypt, Liao Liqiang (廖力强), also greeted him at the airport.
Li Qiang (李强) said that China and Egypt are both ancient civilizations. For nearly 70 years since the establishment of diplomatic relations, the two countries have always been close friends who support each other and strategic partners with a shared future. In recent years, under the strategic guidance of President Xi Jinping (习近平) and President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi (塞西), China-Egypt relations have flourished, traditional friendship has become more solid, political mutual trust has continued to deepen, pragmatic cooperation has yielded fruitful results, and multilateral collaboration has been close and effective, setting a model of sincere unity, joint self-improvement, mutual benefit and win-win results, and mutual assistance among major developing countries. Last year, the two heads of state met twice and reached an important consensus on promoting the building of a China-Egypt community with a shared future in the new era, ushering in new opportunities for the development of China-Egypt relations. Against the backdrop of the accelerated evolution of the world's century-old changes and the endless emergence of various challenges, China and Egypt, as important members of the Global South, should further strengthen strategic coordination, safeguard common interests, and jointly promote peace and prosperity.
Li Qiang (李强) pointed out that China is willing to work with Egypt to promote the continuous deepening and solidifying of cooperation between the two sides in various fields under the strategic guidance of the two heads of state, continuously enrich the connotation of the China-Egypt comprehensive strategic partnership, add strong impetus to promoting their respective development and national rejuvenation, and contribute positive strength to regional and world peace and stability.
Li Qiang (李强) arrived in Cairo after concluding the 17th BRICS Leaders Meeting. When leaving Rio de Janeiro, representatives of the Brazilian government and the Chinese Ambassador to Brazil, Zhu Qingqiao (祝青桥), saw him off at the airport.
Return to TopXinhua News Agency, Beijing, July 9th. Liu Guozhong (刘国中), member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Vice Premier of the State Council, conducted research in Beijing (北京) on the 9th. He emphasized the need to conscientiously study and implement General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important expositions on "agriculture, rural areas, and farmers" and scientific and technological innovation, and, in accordance with the deployments of the Party Central Committee and the State Council, to deeply implement the strategy of storing grain in the land and storing grain in technology, accelerate the tackling of key and core agricultural technologies, promote the deep integration of scientific and technological innovation and industrial innovation, achieve high-level self-reliance and self-improvement in agricultural science and technology, and provide strong scientific and technological support for promoting the comprehensive revitalization of the countryside and accelerating the construction of a strong agricultural country.
Liu Guozhong (刘国中) visited Pinggu District (平谷区) in Beijing (北京), going deep into digital smart farms, agricultural science and innovation centers, seed industry enterprises, agricultural industrial parks, and agricultural service centers to conduct on-the-spot investigations into agricultural science and technology innovation and achievement transformation, new variety cultivation, facility agriculture, and the construction of high-standard farmland. He emphasized the need to unswervingly promote the modernization of agricultural science and technology and develop new quality productive forces in agriculture in accordance with local conditions. It is essential to solidly promote the seed industry revitalization action, accelerate innovation breakthroughs focusing on urgent industrial needs, enhance the ability to independently control seed sources, strengthen intellectual property protection, and promote the standardized development of the seed industry. Focusing on the shortcomings of agricultural mechanization, it is necessary to strengthen the research, development, and promotion of advanced and applicable agricultural machinery and tools, actively explore modern production models such as facility agriculture, plant factories, and synthetic biology, and continuously improve agricultural production efficiency and benefits. It is necessary to vigorously promote the action to increase the yield per unit area of grain and oil crops on a large scale, strengthen the integrated application of various technologies and the construction of high-standard farmland, and promote the stable and high yield of grain and important agricultural products. It is necessary to actively promote the application of advanced technologies such as big data and artificial intelligence in the agricultural field, and empower the development of modern agriculture with digitalization.
Liu Guozhong (刘国中) emphasized the need to gather resources and strengths from all parties, including scientific research institutions, universities, and enterprises, strengthen the supporting role of high-level agricultural scientific research platforms, build a collaborative and efficient agricultural science and technology innovation collaborative tackling system, and enhance the overall effectiveness of innovation. It is necessary to highlight the industrialization orientation, actively leverage the role of the agricultural science and technology extension system, accelerate the development of agricultural science and technology services for small farmers, clear the "last mile" of the application of scientific and technological achievements, and promote increased agricultural efficiency and increased farmer income.
Return to TopXinhua News Agency, Beijing, July 9th (Reporter) - He Lifeng (何立峰), member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Vice Premier of the State Council, met with Martin Brudermüller, Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors of BASF Group (巴斯夫集团), at the Great Hall of the People (人民大会堂) on the afternoon of the 9th.
He Lifeng (何立峰) stated that the Chinese economy has demonstrated strong resilience and growth potential in the face of constantly changing external environment, and the ultra-large-scale market provides a broad stage for foreign-funded enterprises to develop in China. China is steadily promoting high-quality development and implementing more pragmatic opening-up measures. We welcome BASF (巴斯夫) and other foreign-funded enterprises to seize the opportunities and further expand the depth and breadth of investment and cooperation in China.
Brudermüller expressed his firm optimism about the prospects of China's economic development and his willingness to continue to expand investment in China, so as to play a positive role in the sustained and healthy development of German-Chinese and European-Chinese economic and trade relations.
Return to TopXinhua News Agency, Chengdu, July 9th. State Councilor and Secretary-General of the State Council Wu Zhenglong (吴政隆) conducted research on economic operation and government services in Shaanxi (陕西) and Sichuan (四川) from the 7th to the 9th. He emphasized the need to deeply study and comprehend the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important instructions, earnestly implement the decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee and the State Council, further unify thinking, strengthen confidence, 克难攻坚 (kè nán gōng jiān - "overcome difficulties attack fortresses," to surmount difficulties and tackle tough problems), improve administrative efficiency, optimize the business environment, promote the implementation and effectiveness of various policy deployments, focus on stabilizing employment, stabilizing enterprises, stabilizing the market, and stabilizing expectations, achieve a virtuous cycle of high-quality development and high-level security, and strive to complete the annual economic and social development goals and tasks.
Wu Zhenglong (吴政隆) visited Xianyang City (咸阳市), Xi'an City (西安市), Chengdu City (成都市), and High-tech Development Zones, visiting enterprises in equipment manufacturing, artificial intelligence, biomedicine, and integrated circuits, as well as the construction site of a smart energy project and a government service center, and held discussions with relevant local governments and enterprises. He pointed out that it is necessary to promote a better combination of an effective market and a capable government, strengthen policy coordination and vertical linkage, increase efforts to expand domestic demand and smooth circulation, strive to make up for shortcomings and leverage strengths, focus on preventing risks and benefiting people's livelihoods, promote the integrated development of technological innovation and industrial innovation, develop new quality productive forces in accordance with local conditions, promote the construction of a unified national market in depth, strengthen the domestic cycle, accelerate the construction of a new development pattern, and strive to promote the continuous improvement of economic and social development.
Wu Zhenglong (吴政隆) emphasized the need to further improve administrative efficiency, optimize government services, and continuously create a first-class market-oriented, law-based, and internationalized business environment. It is necessary to focus on the needs of the people and enterprises, solidly promote "handling one matter efficiently," improve the normalized promotion mechanism for key matters, further promote "one-stop online services," focus on breaking down data barriers, promote direct and rapid access to preferential policies for enterprises, and continuously improve the satisfaction and sense of gain of enterprises and the masses in handling affairs.
Return to TopXinhua News Agency, Nanchang, July 9th. State Councilor Chen Yiqin (谌贻琴) conducted research in Jiangxi (江西) from the 6th to the 9th. She emphasized the need to thoroughly implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important instructions, earnestly implement the decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee and the State Council, actively expand service consumption in areas such as culture and tourism and elderly care, vigorously strengthen key livelihood security services, and promote a virtuous cycle of economic development and improved living standards.
Chen Yiqin (谌贻琴) visited Ji'an City (吉安市) and Nanchang City (南昌市), going deep into enterprises, villages, communities, cultural and museum exhibition halls, research and study bases, and other places to understand the integrated development of culture and tourism, the inheritance of red culture, elderly care services, social assistance, and other situations, and held discussions with enterprises and local governments. She pointed out that it is necessary to thoroughly implement special actions to boost consumption, further innovate ideas and methods, create high-quality cultural tourism brands and routes, better transform resource advantages into development advantages, accelerate the cultivation of the cultural tourism industry into a pillar industry, and inject a continuous stream of vitality into economic development. It is necessary to deeply implement the national strategy for actively responding to population aging, strengthen the construction of a basic elderly care service system, develop elderly meal assistance services in accordance with local conditions, develop emerging business formats such as smart elderly care, cultural elderly care, and healthy elderly care, promote the age-friendly transformation of families, and vigorously develop the silver economy. It is necessary to strengthen inclusive, basic, and safety-net livelihood construction with heart and soul, provide timely, accurate, hierarchical, and classified social assistance, continue to increase the protection of groups such as those receiving minimum living allowances, those in extreme poverty, unemployed people, people with disabilities, and children in difficult circumstances, and effectively safeguard the basic living conditions of people in need. It is necessary to coordinate development and security, further strengthen the safety management of tourist attractions, public cultural units, civil affairs service institutions, and other places, and resolutely adhere to the bottom line of safety.
Return to TopThe BRICS cooperation mechanism advocates openness, inclusiveness, and win-win cooperation, and does not engage in camp confrontation or target any country. The growth of the BRICS cooperation mechanism is the growth of the forces for world peace and development.
The 17th BRICS Leaders Meeting was held in Rio de Janeiro (里约热内卢), Brazil (巴西) from July 6th to 7th, local time. This leaders' meeting is the first summit held after new member Indonesia (印度尼西亚) and 10 partner countries joined the BRICS cooperation mechanism, and many emerging markets and developing countries, international and regional organizations were invited to participate. The international community pays close attention, believing that the BRICS, after further expansion, will have more weight and greater influence, and that the BRICS countries will be better able to safeguard multilateralism and promote the improvement of global governance.
In October 2024, President Xi Jinping (习近平) attended the BRICS Leaders Meeting in Kazan (喀山) and reached an important consensus with other BRICS leaders on setting up partner countries. This is another important development in the BRICS development process after the historic expansion in 2023. In January this year, Kazakhstan (哈萨克斯坦), Malaysia (马来西亚) and other countries became BRICS partner countries, and Indonesia (印度尼西亚) became a formal BRICS member. In June, Vietnam (越南) became the tenth BRICS partner country, and more countries expressed their willingness to join the BRICS cooperation mechanism. Today's BRICS family has a total population of more than half of the world's population, and its economic aggregate accounts for nearly 30% of the world's total. The scope of "Greater BRICS Cooperation" is wider, the representativeness is further enhanced, demonstrating the strong appeal and influence of the BRICS cooperation mechanism, and reflecting the increasingly strong desire of the international community for peace, development, and cooperation.
The BRICS countries have come together based on common pursuits and in line with the general trend of world peace and development. The continuous enhancement of the BRICS cooperation mechanism's attractiveness lies in focusing on cooperative development. Data from the International Monetary Fund shows that the overall growth rate of BRICS countries' GDP reached 4% in 2024, far exceeding the global average, highlighting the engine role of "Greater BRICS Cooperation" in driving global development. China (中国) actively implements President Xi Jinping's (习近平) concept of "high-quality development of Greater BRICS Cooperation" and the "Five BRICS" vision, and works with all members of the BRICS family to embark on the path of modernization. In March this year, the China (中国) Cooperation Center for BRICS Special Economic Zones was established in Zhejiang (浙江). This year, China (中国) will also establish the China (中国)-BRICS National New Productive Forces Research Center and set up the BRICS National New Industrial "Golden Egret" Excellence Scholarship to help BRICS countries' innovative development. Giving full play to the BRICS countries' significant advantages in markets, resources, and industries, and fully tapping the growth potential of emerging fields, the prospects for high-quality development of "Greater BRICS Cooperation" are broad.
The BRICS countries have come together in line with the era of the collective rise of the Global South. In the current international situation, the global governance concept of joint consultation, joint construction, and shared benefits highlights the value of the times and practical significance. Promoting an equal and orderly world multipolarization and inclusive economic globalization has become the common aspiration of the international community, especially the Global South. As the "first echelon" of the Global South, the BRICS countries will make greater efforts and demonstrate responsibility in building consensus and gathering strength, which will help promote global governance towards a more just, reasonable, efficient, and orderly direction. Facing hegemonism, the BRICS countries insist on being the "main force" in maintaining fairness and justice, and resolutely safeguard the development rights of the Global South and the common interests of the international community. Facing unilateralism and protectionism, the BRICS countries insist on being the "backbone" for promoting unity and cooperation, and jointly defend free trade rules and the multilateral trading system. The BRICS cooperation mechanism advocates openness, inclusiveness, and win-win cooperation, and does not engage in camp confrontation or target any country. China (中国) supports more Global South countries to join the BRICS cause in the form of formal members, partner countries, and "BRICS+", and, together with more like-minded countries, hold high the banner of peace, development, cooperation, and win-win, temper the BRICS quality, and demonstrate the BRICS strength.
The greater the storms of the times, the more we must stand at the forefront. The growth of the BRICS cooperation mechanism is the growth of the forces for world peace and development. China (中国) is willing to work with all BRICS countries to promote the high-quality development of "Greater BRICS Cooperation," make BRICS contributions to safeguarding multilateralism, promoting common development, and improving global governance, and work together to build a better world.
Return to TopThis newspaper reported from Geneva on July 9th (Reporter Liu Zhonghua (刘仲华), Xu Xin (徐馨)): On the opening day of the 66th session of the General Assembly of the Member States of the World Intellectual Property Organization, the theme exhibition "Protecting Innovation and Building the Future Together - Copyright in China," jointly organized by the National Copyright Administration of China (中国国家版权局), the Permanent Mission of China to Geneva (中国常驻日内瓦代表团), and the World Intellectual Property Organization (世界知识产权组织), opened at noon on the 8th at the headquarters of the World Intellectual Property Organization in Geneva, Switzerland. More than 1,000 representatives from member states and observers of the World Intellectual Property Organization attended the opening ceremony.
The exhibition is divided into four sections: international cooperation, legal system, copyright protection, and industrial empowerment. Through graphic videos, physical displays, interactive experiences, cases, and performances, it comprehensively showcases the development history and international cooperation of China's copyright cause, demonstrates the important role of copyright in encouraging innovation and promoting economic and social development, and reflects China's pragmatic concept and vivid practice of deeply participating in global intellectual property governance and promoting the vigorous development of the copyright cause.
Director General Daren Tang (邓鸿森) of the World Intellectual Property Organization attended the opening ceremony and delivered a speech. He said that the inventions and creations of ancient China have left a valuable legacy to the world. Today, China's copyright industry is booming, helping economic development and ensuring employment, especially through digital transformation. Chinese games, movies, trendy toys and other creative products are popular at home and abroad. This exhibition focuses on reflecting China's good atmosphere for encouraging innovation and creation, as well as China's profound heritage in artistic creation, highlighting the important value of promoting the continuous prosperity of copyright and creative industries.
The person in charge of the National Copyright Administration of China (中国国家版权局) said in his speech that China attaches great importance to copyright work and strongly supports the development of the copyright cause. In particular, in recent years, China has placed intellectual property work, including copyright, in a more prominent position. China's copyright legal system is more complete, the copyright governance system is increasingly improved, the copyright protection situation has been significantly improved, the copyright industry has developed rapidly, the copyright awareness of all sectors of society has been significantly improved, and the vitality of copyright innovation and creation has been unprecedentedly unleashed. China has been committed to international copyright cooperation, continuously deepening the dialogue and cooperation mechanism with international organizations such as the World Intellectual Property Organization (世界知识产权组织) and bilateral agreement countries and regions, continuously expanding copyright cooperation with countries related to the "Belt and Road" (一带一路), and actively promoting the establishment of a balanced and effective international copyright system, so that innovation and creation can better benefit the people of all countries.
At the opening ceremony, the research project report "IP and Creative Industries - The Story of Jingdezhen" of the copyright excellent case demonstration point jointly cooperated by the National Copyright Administration of China (中国国家版权局) and the World Intellectual Property Organization (世界知识产权组织) was officially released. The opening ceremony also held cultural performances and tasted Chinese food. The theme exhibition will last until the closing of the General Assembly of the Member States of the World Intellectual Property Organization on July 17.
Return to TopGeneva, July 9th (People's Daily) – On July 8th, local time, the National Copyright Administration of China (中国国家版权局) and the Ministry of Law and Human Rights of the Republic of Indonesia (印度尼西亚司法部) signed a Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation in the Field of Copyright and Related Rights in Geneva (日内瓦), Switzerland (瑞士).
The signing of this memorandum marks a further deepening of cooperation between China (中国) and Indonesia (印尼) in the field of copyright and related rights. It will play an important exemplary and promoting role in expanding China's (中国) international copyright influence, especially in strengthening copyright cooperation with Southeast Asian countries. According to the memorandum, the two countries will further strengthen copyright cooperation, regularly exchange legal and technical information in the field of copyright and related rights, encourage copyright administrators and related practitioners from both countries to conduct exchanges through mutual visits and training, and promote cooperation between copyright collective management organizations.
Return to TopXinhua News Agency, Beijing, July 9th (Xinhua) – On July 9th, Minister Liu Jianchao (刘建超) of the International Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (中共中央对外联络部) met with Megawati (梅加瓦蒂), General Chairwoman of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (印尼民主斗争党) and former President, in Beijing (北京). Both sides emphasized the need to jointly implement the important consensus reached by the leaders of the two countries, conduct political dialogue, strengthen the exchange and mutual learning of experience in governing the party and the country, jointly address global challenges, and build a China-Indonesia community with a shared future that has regional and global influence.
Return to TopXinhua News Agency, Beijing, July 8th. Foreign Ministry Spokesperson announced on the 8th: At the invitation of Premier of the State Council Li Qiang (李强), Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will pay an official visit to China from July 12th to 18th.
Return to TopAccording to Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, July 9th (Reporter Zhao Wenjun (赵文君)) The first Shanghai Cooperation Organization Standardization Cooperation Conference was held in Qingdao (青岛市), Shandong Province (山东省) on the 8th. This conference marks the establishment of a standardization cooperation mechanism under the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (上海合作组织) framework for the first time, providing institutional guarantees for standardization cooperation among member states.
Return to TopBeijing, July 9th (Reporter Li Anqi (李安琪)) The "Latin American Pulse" public opinion survey report shows that the people of the top six Latin American economies, including Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, Colombia, Chile, and Peru, have further increased their positive perception of China. Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Mao Ning (毛宁) stated on the 9th that China is a reliable and beneficial source of financing for Latin American countries, and China-Latin America cooperation is increasingly recognized and supported by the people of Latin America.
Mao Ning (毛宁) stated, "China and Latin America have already become a community with a shared future, advancing hand in hand. Its distinct characteristic is equal treatment, its powerful driving force is mutual benefit and win-win cooperation, its broad-minded character is openness and inclusiveness, and its fundamental pursuit is to benefit the people." This is precisely the secret to why China-Latin America cooperation is embraced by the people.
Return to TopXinhua News Agency, Beijing (北京), July 9th. Recently, the General Office of the State Council (国务院办公厅) issued the "Notice on Further Increasing Policy Support for Stabilizing Employment" (《关于进一步加大稳就业政策支持力度的通知》, hereinafter referred to as the "Notice"), proposing policy measures in seven aspects to focus on stabilizing employment, stabilizing enterprises, stabilizing the market, and stabilizing expectations, and promoting high-quality economic development.
The "Notice" clarifies support for enterprises to stabilize employment positions. Expand the scope of special loans to stabilize and expand employment, deepen government-bank cooperation, optimize business processes, and further improve the convenience of loans. Increase the proportion of unemployment insurance refunds for relevant enterprises to stabilize employment. The refund proportion for small, medium, and micro enterprises will be increased from a maximum of 60% of the actual unemployment insurance premiums paid by the enterprise and its employees in the previous year to a maximum of 90%, and the refund proportion for large enterprises will be increased from a maximum of 30% to a maximum of 50%. If relevant enterprises have genuine difficulties in production and operation, they may apply for phased deferred payment of the employer's contribution to pension insurance, unemployment insurance, and work-related injury insurance in accordance with regulations.
The "Notice" proposes to encourage enterprises to expand employment and absorb employment. Expand the scope of social insurance subsidies, and provide social insurance subsidies equivalent to 25% of the individual's contribution for small, medium, and micro enterprises in key industries and fields that employ key groups and pay relevant expenses for them in accordance with regulations. Expand the coverage of the work-for-relief policy and the scale of project implementation, and widely absorb employment of key groups.
The "Notice" requires that skills training be carried out to improve employment capabilities. Support relevant enterprises to stabilize their workforce through various methods such as on-the-job training, prioritize organizing vocational skills training for relevant unemployed personnel, and provide differentiated vocational training subsidies in accordance with regulations. Encourage technical schools to enroll relevant unemployed personnel, appropriately relax age restrictions for enrollment, and help improve vocational skills.
The "Notice" clarifies the optimization of employment services. Strengthen employment guidance for enterprises, carry out targeted job placement activities, improve the mechanism for providing practical assistance to graduates with difficulties, and support the provision of professional employment services to people with difficulties. Strengthen employment assistance to ensure the bottom line. Unemployed persons may register for unemployment at public employment service institutions in their place of residence and apply for employment and entrepreneurship policies in accordance with regulations.
The "Notice" emphasizes that all regions and departments must strengthen the political responsibility for stabilizing employment, track and schedule the implementation of existing policies, and continuously improve the policy toolbox for stabilizing employment. Strengthen the supervision of the use of funds, and coordinate the use of employment subsidy funds, unemployment insurance funds, and other funds to support the implementation of employment stabilization policies. Strengthen employment impact assessment and build an employment-friendly development mode.
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This year marks the final year of the "14th Five-Year Plan." What achievements has China made in its economic and social development during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period?
"Among the main indicators in the '14th Five-Year Plan' Outline, the progress of indicators such as economic growth, total factor labor productivity, and total social R&D expenditure are in line with expectations; the progress of eight indicators, including the urbanization rate of the permanent resident population, per capita life expectancy, and comprehensive production capacity of grain and energy, has exceeded expectations," said Zheng Shanjie (郑栅洁), Director of the National Development and Reform Commission (国家发展改革委), at a press conference held by the State Council Information Office (国务院新闻办) on July 9.
Four sets of keywords focus on the achievements made during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period. Achievements stem from joint efforts, and results are ultimately shared by everyone.
Strong
Greater Strength
The economic increment in 5 years is expected to exceed 35 trillion yuan.
Over the past five years, has our strength increased, and where has it increased?
During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, we achieved reasonable quantitative growth.
The growth rate has been maintained, with an average economic growth rate of 5.5% in the first four years; the economic increment in five years is expected to exceed 35 trillion yuan, equivalent to recreating a Yangtze River Delta (长三角); the contribution rate to world economic growth has remained at around 30%. "With such a large volume of our country, it is unprecedented in the history of economic development to be able to maintain such a growth rate while withstanding the impact of various risks and challenges," said Zheng Shanjie (郑栅洁).
The scale continues to expand. During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, China's total economic volume successively exceeded 110 trillion yuan, 120 trillion yuan, and 130 trillion yuan. This year, it is expected to be about 140 trillion yuan, and economic strength has been significantly enhanced.
Enhanced strength lies in the increasingly solid economic foundation.
Since the "14th Five-Year Plan," China's manufacturing added value has exceeded 30 trillion yuan every year, firmly holding the top spot in global manufacturing for 15 consecutive years. The output of more than 200 major industrial products ranks first in the world, and it has the world's largest, most complete, and most comprehensive manufacturing system.
The first domestically produced electromagnetic catapult aircraft carrier, the Fujian (福建) ship, was launched; the first domestically produced large cruise ship, "Adora Magic City (爱达·魔都号)," was built and put into operation; the world's first fourth-generation nuclear power plant, the Shidao Bay (石岛湾) base, was put into commercial operation; the domestically produced large aircraft C919 achieved commercial flight... The things that China cannot manufacture are becoming fewer and fewer, and the things it can manufacture are becoming better and better.
Enhanced strength lies in increasingly complete infrastructure.
It has the world's largest expressway network, high-speed rail network, port network, urban rail transit network, power transmission and distribution network, and broadband network, as well as the world's largest number of wind power installations, photovoltaic installations, charging piles, and express delivery outlets. A modern infrastructure system supports the rapid development of the economy and society and the convenient life of the people.
As of now, the completion rate of the "6 axes, 7 corridors, and 8 channels" of the main framework of the national comprehensive three-dimensional transportation network exceeds 90%, covering more than 80% of counties and serving about 90% of the economy and population; 44 UHV power transmission channels have been built, and charging piles cover 98.4% of expressway service areas.
Enhanced strength lies in firmly holding the two "rice bowls."
In terms of grain, during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, China newly built and renovated 460 million mu of high-standard farmland, and has so far built more than 1 billion mu of high-standard farmland. Grain production has achieved "21 consecutive bumper harvests," and last year it reached a new level of 1.4 trillion jin. The output of grains, meat, peanuts, vegetables, tea, and fruits ranks first in the world.
In terms of energy, China has built the world's largest power infrastructure system, with power generation capacity accounting for 1/3 of the world's total, and the energy self-sufficiency rate has remained above 80%. In 2024, the total output of oil and gas exceeded 400 million tons of oil equivalent for the first time, and the power generation reached 10 trillion kilowatt-hours. A multi-wheel-drive energy supply system of coal, oil, gas, nuclear, and renewable energy effectively guarantees the energy needs of more than 1.4 billion people.
"Looking back at the '14th Five-Year Plan,' China's comprehensive national strength can be described as a 突飞猛进 (tū fēi měng jìn - "sudden leap forward," a rapid and vigorous development)," said Zheng Shanjie (郑栅洁).
High
Higher Quality
R&D investment intensity increased to 2.68%
What is the momentum of our development, can it be sustained?
During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, we not only pursued reasonable quantitative growth, but also pursued effective qualitative improvement.
Innovation-driven is stronger.
With independently developed high-performance chips and operating systems, collecting the "three pearls" on the crown of the shipbuilding industry, and fully building and operating the first Chinese space station "Tiangong (天宫)"... During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, we have raised innovation to an unprecedentedly important position, innovation strength has continued to improve, innovation results have continued to emerge, and "hardcore" products have emerged one after another.
Data shows that in 2024, the scale of R&D investment in the whole society in China increased by nearly 50% compared with the end of the "13th Five-Year Plan," with an increase of 1.2 trillion yuan; the intensity of R&D investment increased to 2.68%, close to the average level of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) countries. China has the world's largest R&D personnel team, the number of global top 100 science and technology innovation clusters reaches 26, accounting for the first place in the world, and there are more than 460,000 high-tech enterprises. The sense of technology is getting stronger and stronger.
Regional development is more coordinated.
In 2024, the economic volume of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei (京津冀), the Yangtze River Delta (长三角), and the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (粤港澳大湾区) accounted for more than 40% of the country; grain production in Northeast China (东北地区) accounted for 25.3% of the country, and crude oil production accounted for 21% of the country... Each region finds its own position and gives full play to its strengths.
The power transmission capacity of "West-East Power Transmission (西电东送)" exceeds 300 million kilowatts, the computing power scale of the eight hub nodes of "Eastern Data and Western Computing (东数西算)" accounts for about 70% of the country, and the central region relies on its transportation location advantages to cultivate 18 strategic emerging industry clusters and 13 advanced manufacturing clusters. Each region has complementary advantages and coordinated development.
The green background is more distinct.
Development is sustainable. In 2024, China's energy consumption per unit of GDP decreased by 11.6% compared with the end of the "13th Five-Year Plan," which is one of the countries with the fastest decline in energy consumption intensity in the world; the output rate of major resources increased by about 12% compared with the end of the "13th Five-Year Plan." At present, the energy efficiency benchmark capacity of major energy-intensive industries has increased by 6 percentage points compared with the end of the "13th Five-Year Plan."
The environment is more beautiful. During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, China's forest coverage rate increased to more than 25%, and the newly added forest area is equivalent to the area of Shaanxi Province (陕西省), contributing 1/4 of the world's newly added green area, the most in the world; the proportion of days with excellent air quality is stable at about 87%, an increase of 3 percentage points compared with the "13th Five-Year Plan" period. The main streams of the Yangtze River (长江) and Yellow River (黄河), the two mother rivers, have reached Class II water quality standards, and the results of pollution control are remarkable.
Energy use is cleaner. In 2024, the number of new energy vehicles will reach 31.4 million, more than 5 times the 4.92 million at the end of the "13th Five-Year Plan." During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, China has built the world's largest clean power generation system, and the scale of new energy power generation has historically exceeded coal power. As of the end of May this year, China's renewable energy power generation installations reached 2.09 billion kilowatts, more than double the 934 million kilowatts at the end of the "13th Five-Year Plan."
"For every 3 degrees of electricity we use, 1 degree is green electricity," said Zheng Shanjie (郑栅洁). "There are more blue skies, more beautiful scenery, and a more environmentally friendly life."
Real
More Substantial Results
Build and consolidate the world's largest education, medical, and social security system
What is the relationship between these achievements and me, what can I get?
Adhering to the people's livelihood orientation and enhancing the people's well-being is the starting point and foothold for the preparation and implementation of the Five-Year Plan.
"'The '14th Five-Year Plan' Outline proposes 7 people's livelihood indicators, accounting for more than 1/3 of the 20 main indicators, which is the highest in previous Five-Year Plans," said Zhou Haibing (周海兵), Deputy Director of the National Development and Reform Commission (国家发展改革委). China has successively introduced a number of people's livelihood policies to continuously improve the people's sense of gain, happiness, and security.
This is a 5-year period in which the gap between urban and rural areas has gradually narrowed. Since the "14th Five-Year Plan," the number of new urban jobs has been stable at more than 12 million every year, and the growth of residents' income has been basically synchronized with economic growth, and the relative income gap between urban and rural areas has further narrowed.
This is a 5-year period in which people's livelihood security has been further improved. China has built and continues to consolidate the world's largest education, medical, and social security system. The consolidation rate of nine-year compulsory education, the participation rate of basic pension insurance, and the participation rate of basic medical insurance have remained stable at more than 95%; in the past 4 years, about 7.8 million sets of various types of guaranteed housing have been started and raised, effectively solving the housing problems of more than 20 million people.
This is a 5-year period in which urgent, difficult, and worrying problems have been solved with greater efforts. Focusing on "the elderly," the proportion of nursing beds in the country has increased to 64.6%; focusing on "the young," comprehensive childcare service centers have been built in more than 300 prefecture-level cities and large population counties; focusing on the difficulty of seeing a doctor, promoting the accelerated expansion and sinking of high-quality medical resources, and adding 114 national regional medical centers; focusing on the high cost of seeing a doctor, 402 new drugs have been added to the national medical insurance drug catalog, and direct settlement of cross-provincial medical treatment is more convenient and benefits more than 400 million people.
"People's livelihood is no small matter. We are closely watching the things around the people and doing them practically, carefully, and well one by one," said Zheng Shanjie (郑栅洁).
New
Updated Mechanism
The number of private enterprises increased by more than 40% compared with the end of the "13th Five-Year Plan"
How to remove obstacles and develop with a free hand?
Accelerate the construction of a unified national market and smooth economic circulation. Issue guidelines for the construction of a unified market; iteratively release 5 versions of the negative list for market access, and the list items have been reduced from 151 to 106; centrally clean up 4,218 regulations and practices that hinder the unified national market and fair competition... China has basically established the "four beams and eight pillars" of a unified national market.
Continue to optimize the business environment and stimulate enterprise vitality. Establish a private economy development bureau, promote the promulgation and implementation of the Private Economy Promotion Law, improve the regular communication and problem-solving mechanism with private enterprises, and the number of private enterprises has increased to more than 58 million, an increase of more than 40% compared with the end of the "13th Five-Year Plan."
Promote the market-oriented reform of factors and improve development efficiency. Build a data basic system, establish a National Data Bureau (国家数据局), so that data can be supplied, circulated, and used well; initially build a unified national electricity market system, and in 2024, the proportion of market-based electricity transactions in the country will account for 63% of the total electricity consumption of the whole society.
Steadily expand institutional opening up and release the magnet effect. Reduce the negative list for foreign investment access twice in 2021 and 2024, comprehensively "clear" the restrictive measures for foreign investment access in the manufacturing field, and carry out pilot opening work in the fields of medical care and value-added telecommunications; revise the "Catalogue of Industries Encouraging Foreign Investment" many times, and the current version has reached 1,474 items... Promote opening up with reform, and the door to opening up is getting wider and wider.
From 2021 to May this year, foreign direct investment in China totaled 4.7 trillion yuan, exceeding the total amount during the "13th Five-Year Plan" period. Foreign-funded enterprises contribute 1/3 of China's imports and exports, 1/4 of industrial added value, and 1/7 of tax revenue, creating more than 30 million jobs.
"'During the '14th Five-Year Plan' period, China's comprehensive national strength has been comprehensively improved, laying a solid foundation for achieving the second centenary goal. Our institutional advantages are more consolidated, innovation vitality is stronger, material foundation is more solid, and development foundation is more solid," said Zheng Shanjie (郑栅洁). Looking forward to the future, we are full of confidence, and the development prospects of the "15th Five-Year Plan" will be brighter.
Reporter's Notes
Everyone is a participant, builder, and beneficiary of development
This is an inspiring report card.
Inspiration comes from the hard-won achievements. The once-in-a-century changes are accelerating, and the tasks of reform, development, and stability are arduous and heavy. Stabilizing the economy, promoting development, resolving crises, and responding to changes... Development is full of challenges, and difficulties are beyond expectations. But we have gone through wind and rain and forged ahead, and the economy and society have achieved high-quality development.
Inspiration comes even more from the further firming of institutional confidence. For the development of a large country, planning comes first. It is not unique to China to formulate medium- and long-term plans for economic and social development, but it is extremely rare to be able to continuously formulate and implement Five-Year Plans and achieve great success like our country towards the established goals.
Among them, it runs through the strategic determination of "drawing a blueprint to the end." From the "First Five-Year Plan" to the "14th Five-Year Plan," we have been working on it one after another, accumulating small victories into big victories. It is this determination that ensures that the national ship always sails in the right direction through the stormy waves and promotes earth-shaking changes in the face of the country and the lives of the people.
Among them, it embodies the significant advantages of the socialist system. The advantage of the socialist system in concentrating efforts to do big things allows us to plan five-year plans, introduce macro policies, and arrange major projects around long-term strategic goals to ensure the completion of target tasks on schedule and with high quality.
Each of us is a participant and builder of development. On the road ahead, there will be difficulties and challenges at any time. Even if the difficulties encountered are more than expected, we have achieved results that meet or even exceed expectations by uniting as one and overcoming difficulties.
Each of us will also be a beneficiary of development. Development is for the people, development relies on the people, and development results are shared by the people. Condensing the bits and pieces of struggle and creating a better life, one reform measure and one development result will benefit all the people more and more fairly.
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From July 7th to 8th, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) inspected Shanxi Province and delivered an important speech. The important speech of General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) is inspiring and motivating, guiding the vast number of cadres and the masses to strengthen their confidence and forge ahead courageously. Everyone expressed that they should thoroughly implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important speech, earnestly implement the strategic deployment of the Party Central Committee, adhere to the general tone of seeking progress while maintaining stability, fully and accurately implement the new development concept, coordinate development and security, strive to take new steps in promoting the transformation and development of resource-based economies, and strive to write a new chapter in Chinese-style modernization.
Firmly and orderly promote transformation and development.
Building a national comprehensive supporting reform experimental zone for the transformation of resource-based economies is a strategic task entrusted to Shanxi Province by the Party Central Committee.
The commencement of the No. 2 production line of the Taishan Fiberglass (Taiyuan) Co., Ltd. (泰山玻璃纤维（太原）有限公司) with an annual output of 300,000 tons of high-performance glass fiber intelligent manufacturing project, and the completion and commissioning of 16 diaphragm production lines of Shanxi Hausen New Materials Technology Co., Ltd. (山西厚生新材料科技有限公司)... In the Shanxi Transformation and Comprehensive Reform Demonstration Zone (山西转型综改示范区), project construction is constantly being updated. "General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important speech further pointed out the direction for the transformation and development of Shanxi Province. We will focus on energy transformation, industrial upgrading, and moderately diversified development, study and introduce more industrial plans and support policies, and complete this major strategic task of transformation and comprehensive reform," said Chen Lei (陈磊), Director of the Shanxi Provincial Development and Reform Commission (山西省发展改革委).
At the foot of the Taihang Mountains (太行山), pieces of coal are transformed into special waxes and fine chemicals, and the industrial chain continues to extend. Regarding the transformation and development of energy, Wang Zhiqing (王志清), Chairman of Shanxi Lu'an Chemical Group Co., Ltd. (山西省潞安化工集团有限公司), is full of confidence: "To implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important speech, we will focus on coal product innovation, promote green mining, precise mining, and comprehensive mining of coking coal resources, and promote the clean and efficient utilization of coal in all aspects."
With 58 varieties of products filling domestic gaps and 10 varieties of products reaching the international advanced level, Yangquan Valve Co., Ltd. (阳泉阀门股份有限公司) has achieved remarkable results in transformation and upgrading. "General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important speech inspired all employees of the company to be grateful and forge ahead. We will adhere to innovation leadership, continuously revitalize traditional industries, and increase research and development efforts in new energy and other fields to promote the development of industries towards new and intelligent directions," said Yang Yarong (杨亚蓉), Chairman of Yangquan Valve Co., Ltd. (阳泉阀门股份有限公司), feeling a deep sense of responsibility.
"We will anchor the main direction of transformation, strengthen the deep integration of technological innovation and industrial innovation, focus on building an industrial cluster integration and development ecosystem, and gradually form a modern industrial system that reflects the characteristics of Shanxi Province and has comparative advantages," said Pan Haiyan (潘海燕), Director of the Shanxi Provincial Department of Industry and Information Technology (山西省工业和信息化厅).
As a well-known domestic production area of primary coking coal and high-grade iron ore, Handan City (邯郸市), Hebei Province (河北省), has broken administrative division restrictions, integrated resources within the region, and accelerated the construction of Yongnian (永年) and Wu'an (武安) two exclave industrial parks. "Studying and implementing the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important speech, we will adhere to making good use of diversified development conditions, create a stable, fair, transparent, and predictable business environment, and do everything possible to solve problems and do practical things for enterprises, and strive to better transform resource advantages into development advantages," said Zhang Guoqun (张国群), Director of the Handan Municipal Development and Reform Commission (邯郸市发展改革委).
Firmly hold the bottom line of safety and stability.
Transformation and development must firmly hold the bottom line of safety and stability.
From "exemption of registration fees" to "one registration for three days," from "free public transportation" to "free cable TV," Lyuliang City (吕梁市), Shanxi Province (山西省), continues to deepen and refine its work on people's livelihood. "Bearing in mind General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) instructions, we must always adhere to ensuring and improving people's livelihood in development, orderly increase the standards of minimum wages, basic pensions, and medical insurance financial subsidies, promote income increase for low- and middle-income groups through multiple channels, and strengthen key livelihood security services such as 'the elderly and the young'," said Sun Dajun (孙大军), Secretary of the Lyuliang Municipal Party Committee (吕梁市委).
Wenshan Zhuang and Miao Autonomous Prefecture (文山壮族苗族自治州), Yunnan Province (云南省), is rich in mineral resources and located on the border, facing considerable pressure on safety and stability. "To implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important speech, we focus on the concerns of the masses, focus on building a governance pattern of 'Party building leadership, public security leading, departmental linkage, and mass participation,' continuously strengthen the overall prevention and control of social security, and continuously consolidate the people's defense line," said Zhuang Yu (庄宇), Deputy Governor and Director of the Public Security Bureau of Wenshan Prefecture (文山州公安局).
In the West Open-pit Mine of Fushun Mining Group (辽宁抚顺矿业集团西露天矿), Liaoning Fushun Mining Group (抚顺矿业集团), a "green carpet" woven from more than 4 million seedlings is extending to cover the center of the mine pit. "We firmly shoulder the responsibility for ecological safety and continuously explore comprehensive management and ecological restoration methods for open-pit mines, and increase the 'gold content' of development with the ecological 'green content'," said Zhou Minghong (周明弘), Chairman of Fushun Mining Group Co., Ltd. (抚顺矿业集团有限责任公司), introducing that more than 12,000 mu of re-greening area has been completed.
With the main flood season approaching, the more than 2,000-member emergency rescue team in Zhuozhou City (涿州市), Hebei Province (河北省), is on standby, and more than 50,000 pieces of emergency supplies have been stocked. Sun Chunyu (孙春雨), Director of the Emergency Management Bureau of Zhuozhou City (涿州市应急管理局), said: "We have carried out many emergency drills, striving to do our work ahead of time and eliminate potential risks in the bud to ensure that we can be pulled out, stand up, and win at critical moments."
Promote comprehensive and strict Party governance with perseverance and persistence on the road forever.
Style construction is always on the road, comprehensive and strict Party governance is always on the road, and the Party's self-revolution is always on the road.
In Chenzhou City (郴州市), Hunan Province (湖南省), the lithium battery new energy industry has become a breakthrough in the transformation of resource-based economies. "When the style is upright, the people are united; when the people are united, the cause prospers." Xiao Kaibin (肖开斌), Secretary of the Chenzhou Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection and Director of the Municipal Supervisory Commission (郴州市纪委、市监委主任), said, "To implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important instructions, we will closely focus on the key links in industrial transformation and upgrading and high-quality development, adhere to grasping Party spirit, Party conduct, and Party discipline together, and connecting the rectification of style and discipline with anti-corruption, resolutely correct deviations in policy implementation and problems such as unsmooth government orders and low efficiency of administrative services, continuously optimize the style of cadres, and continuously purify the political ecology."
In Qilin District (麒麟区), Qujing City (曲靖市), Yunnan Province (云南省), the Qizhi Love Special Education School (启智爱心特殊教育学校), whose school buildings were cracked and facilities were dilapidated more than two months ago, has now been completely renewed, which has deeply touched Liu Jiangmei (刘江梅), member of the Standing Committee of the Qilin District Party Committee and Minister of the Organization Department. "Grasping tightly and meticulously the follow-up work of studying and educating on the spirit of the Central Eight-Point Regulation cannot stay on paper or in meeting rooms. We must focus on the areas with the most prominent contradictions and the urgent needs and expectations of the masses, identify real problems, and implement solid rectification and remediation so that cadres and the masses can truly feel the changes."
On Shinao Mountain (狮脑山) in Yangquan City (阳泉市), Shanxi Province (山西省), the Hundred Regiments Offensive Monument (百团大战纪念碑) pierces the sky like a bayonet, and the Hundred Regiments Offensive Memorial Hall (百团大战纪念馆) is crowded with people. "Listening to General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) earnest teachings on the spot, I am more determined to tell the story of the War of Resistance and continue the red bloodline." Shi Wei (石玮), a commentator at the Hundred Regiments Offensive Memorial Hall (百团大战纪念馆), was very excited. "We must make good use of online and offline exhibition forms and use various technological means to bring history to life, make education practical, and pass on the great spirit of the War of Resistance from generation to generation."
(Reporters Liu Xinyan (刘鑫焱), Fu Mingli (付明丽), Zheng Yangyang (郑洋洋), Hao Yingcan (郝迎灿), Yang Wenming (杨文明), Sun Chao (孙超), Ma Chen (马晨) of this newspaper)
Return to TopZhao Leji (赵乐际), a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, conducted research in Qinghai (青海) from July 6th to 8th. He emphasized the need to adhere to Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era (习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想) as guidance, earnestly implement the deployments and requirements of the Party Central Committee and the spirit of the Third Session of the 14th National People's Congress, and to do a high-quality job in the NPC's legislative, supervisory, and representative work, contributing to the successful conclusion of the "14th Five-Year Plan."
Zhao Leji (赵乐际) visited Xining (西宁) and Haidong (海东), going deep into NPC representative liaison offices, enterprises, and villages, communicating with NPC representatives and the masses, and listening to opinions and suggestions on promoting high-quality development of NPC work. He also conducted research at the Standing Committee of the Provincial People's Congress, visited the staff of the agency, and presided over a symposium.
Zhao Leji (赵乐际) emphasized the need to adhere to the Party's comprehensive leadership, profoundly understand the decisive significance of the "**两个确立**" (liǎng gè què lì - "two establishments," establishing General Secretary Xi Jinping's core position on the Party Central Committee and in the Party as a whole, and establishing the guiding role of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era), strengthen the "**四个意识**" (sì gè yìshí - "four consciousnesses," political consciousness, consciousness of the overall situation, consciousness of the core, and consciousness of alignment), strengthen the "**四个自信**" (sì gè zìxìn - "four self-confidences," confidence in the path, theory, system, and culture of socialism with Chinese characteristics), and achieve the "**两个维护**" (liǎng gè wéihù - "two safeguards," resolutely safeguarding General Secretary Xi Jinping's core position on the Party Central Committee and in the Party as a whole, and resolutely safeguarding the Party Central Committee's authority and centralized, unified leadership), to ensure that the Party's major policies and decisions are fully implemented in the work of the NPC. People's Congresses at all levels in Qinghai (青海), under the leadership of the Party committees at the same level, should focus on protecting Qinghai's (青海) ecological environment, this "**国之大者**" (guó zhī dà zhě - "the most important thing for the country," matters of vital national interest), and around strengthening the awareness of the Chinese national community, use the rule of law to protect the Sanjiangyuan (三江源), this "Chinese Water Tower."
Zhao Leji (赵乐际) pointed out the need to stand firmly on the people's position, consciously practice whole-process people's democracy, adhere to the principle of everything for the people and everything relying on the people, and use the rule of law to safeguard the people's rights and interests and enhance people's well-being. It is necessary to conduct in-depth investigations and research, widely listen to opinions and suggestions from all sides, and build the work of the NPC on a solid foundation of public opinion. It is necessary to strengthen the study, publicity, and implementation of the newly revised Representative Law, and support and guarantee that representatives perform their duties in accordance with the law, in an orderly manner, and in a standardized way. NPC representatives at all levels should be rooted in the people and maintain close ties with the masses, which is the source of vitality for the work of the NPC and the foundation for representatives to perform their duties.
Zhao Leji (赵乐际) pointed out that it is necessary to perform the duties entrusted by the Constitution and laws in accordance with statutory powers and procedures. Deepen scientific legislation, democratic legislation, and legislation in accordance with the law, and effectively ensure the quality of legislation. Local legislation should adhere to the principles of non-contradiction, distinctiveness, and operability, strive to improve the pertinence and effectiveness of legislation, and focus on solving practical problems. The key to doing a good job in the NPC's supervisory work is to adhere to correct supervision, effective supervision, and supervision in accordance with the law, and to work hard to enhance the effectiveness of supervision. It is necessary to implement the newly revised Supervision Law, comprehensively use statutory forms of supervision, improve working mechanisms, and truly promote the solution of problems, improvement of work, and improvement of the system.
Zhao Leji (赵乐际) emphasized the need to strengthen the self-construction of the NPC in accordance with the positioning requirements of the "four organs," carry out in-depth study and education on thoroughly implementing the spirit of the Central Eight-Point Regulation in a solid and effective manner, create a good atmosphere of integrity and entrepreneurship, and continuously improve the ability and level of performing duties in accordance with the law.
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Remember history, cherish the memory of martyrs, cherish peace, and create the future.
On July 8, after more than 9 months of renovation and upgrading, the Museum of the War of Chinese People's Resistance Against Japanese Aggression reopened to the public. The theme exhibition "For National Liberation and World Peace - Commemorating the 80th Anniversary of the Victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War" attracted many visitors.
A period of history that cannot be forgotten is clearly presented to the world.
Using objects to witness history, demonstrating the great spirit of the War of Resistance—
The 1936 report from the Binjiang Provincial Police Department of the Puppet Manchukuo regarding Zhao Yiman (赵一曼), the first report on the Lugou Bridge Incident published by Chinese journalist Fang Dazeng (方大曾), "Battle Record of Lugou Bridge" (卢沟桥战记)... Many cultural relics and archives are making their debut, which shocked Guo Xiuzhi (郭秀芝), a volunteer at the exhibition hall: "The space is larger, there are more exhibits, the sculptures of the 'December 9th Movement' and the oil paintings of the Battle of Taierzhuang are newly expanded..."
After the upgrade, the exhibition hall area increased from 6,700 square meters to 12,200 square meters, with more than 1,000 new cultural relics and archives on display.
Collecting cultural relics, the Museum of the War of Chinese People's Resistance Against Japanese Aggression has taken many measures: borrowing cultural relics from more than 50 museums, memorial halls, and libraries such as the National Museum of China (中国国家博物馆) and the Hongyan Revolutionary History Museum (红岩革命历史博物馆); organizing multiple research teams to go to various places to collect clues about cultural relics; and through social donations, international exchanges, and purchases by collectors, a batch of precious cultural relics with important historical value are meeting the audience.
"Using objects to witness history and using objects as a mirror, we hope to present the 14-year history of the War of Resistance in a comprehensive manner, so that every visitor can deeply appreciate the great contribution made by the Chinese people with huge sacrifices to the victory of the World Anti-Fascist War, and show the great history and spirit of the War of Resistance in multiple dimensions," said Luo Cunkang (罗存康), curator of the Museum of the War of Chinese People's Resistance Against Japanese Aggression.
During the closure, Wu Dan (武丹), a lecturer at the Museum of the War of Chinese People's Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, and her team were busier than usual. "Precious cultural relics such as the revolutionary martyr certificate of Shen Zhongming (沈忠明), an underground member of the Communist Party of China who sacrificed in the Lugou Bridge Incident, are being exhibited for the first time. The entire explanation time has increased from 60 minutes to 90 minutes in the past. We have repeatedly polished the explanation to tell this history well to the audience."
Diverse forms make the experience richer—
Fu Changdeng's (傅常灯) family letter, engraved with "Do not forget the national disaster, study hard, and strengthen China," is displayed in 360 degrees through a touch screen; in the tunnel warfare section, you can intuitively see the structure and operating principle of the tunnel by clicking on the electronic screen; in the celebration of victory naked-eye 3D exhibition hall, the changing light and shadow affect the emotions of the audience...
In the opinion of Deputy Curator Li Zhidong (李志东), making the 14-year arduous War of Resistance more three-dimensional, vivid, perceptible, and knowable is an important consideration for the new exhibition layout. "We use OLED interactive transparent screens, CAVE five-sided screens, and naked-eye 3D and other technical means and diversified display methods to highlight interactivity and participation," said Li Zhidong (李志东).
Snow-covered, white birch standing tall, and green pines towering, the Northeast Anti-Japanese Allied Army exhibition area makes the audience feel as if they are on the front line of the War of Resistance in the White Mountains and Black Waters, and also evokes the memories of Cao Dianlin (曹殿林), a veteran of the War of Resistance who came to visit the exhibition. He joined the Northeast Anti-Japanese Allied Army to fight against the Japanese invaders when he was only a teenager. From Zhao Yiman's (赵一曼) family letter to the tragic and heroic deeds of the Eight Heroines Throwing Themselves into the River, the old man in the wheelchair opened the conversation box, as if returning to those passionate years.
"The red sun shines all over the East..." The majestic "On the Taihang Mountains" sounded in the Hall of Heroes of the exhibition hall, and the color photos of anti-Japanese heroes restored by AI gradually appeared, and one stalwart figure after another came from the depths of history. With a respectful mood, the audience stretched out their palms to touch the screen, and white or yellow chrysanthemums spread out on the screen. "Time flies, and the years soaked in blood and fire are gradually drifting away. Only by remembering history can we live up to the heroes and create the future," said an audience member from Cangzhou (沧州), Hebei (河北) emotionally.
Learning from the past to know the future, conveying the voice of cherishing peace—
The two sets of steps in front of the memorial hall have profound meanings: 8 steps and 14 steps respectively, symbolizing the arduousness of the 8-year national War of Resistance and the long years of the 14-year War of Resistance.
Wang Qingkui (王庆魁), 96, got up from his wheelchair and stepped up the steps, and the medals he wore on his chest shone in the sun. He joined the Anti-Japanese Children's Corps in Xingtai (邢台), Hebei (河北) at the age of 8, joined the Communist Party of China (中国共产党) in 1944, participated in the War of Liberation, and later transferred to work at the Chinese Academy of Sciences (中国科学院). The old man in his twilight years is still in good spirits. "Although I was still young during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, I will never forget the day Japan surrendered in 1945. We finally drove away the invaders! We Chinese people finally stood up!" Before he finished speaking, the old man's eyes were already wet, "War is cruel, only peace can develop, and only then can ordinary people have a happy life! Only by remembering the lessons of war can we safeguard peace."
"5, 4, 3, 2, 1," Wu Aichen (吴艾宸), a fourth-grade student at Beijing Jianhua Experimental School (北京市建华实验学校), took a photo across time and space with John Rabe (约翰·拉贝), a German who protected Chinese refugees in the Nanjing Massacre, through an interactive camera device.
"The exhibition is more vivid than books. It not only allows me to feel the spirit of sacrifice of the revolutionary martyrs who shed their blood for national liberation, but also gives me a more intuitive understanding of the support of people from all over the world for the Chinese War of Resistance and the community of human destiny," said Wu Aichen (吴艾宸).
"The exhibition itself is an annotation of the community of human destiny." Wu Dan (武丹) introduced that the photo album reflecting the "September 18th Incident" exhibited this time was donated by Japanese friend Ryuichi Ozawa (小泽龙一) through Chinese diplomats stationed in Japan; for example, the spectator tickets and reporter passes for the Tokyo Trial were also donated by international friends.
Remembering history is to better move towards the future. On the banks of the Lugou Bridge (卢沟桥) and in Wanping City (宛平城), the flames of war in the past have long gone, and the voice of cherishing peace has always been the same.
Return to TopXinhua News Agency, Xining, July 9th (Xinhua) On July 9th, the Office of the Central Spiritual Civilization Construction Steering Commission (中央精神文明建设办公室) held the launching ceremony of the 2025 "Civilized China (文明中国)" theme interview and report in Haibei Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (海北藏族自治州), Qinghai Province (青海省), and held a typical case release conference of "Civilized China·See Qinghai (文明中国·看青海)".
The event aims to thoroughly study and implement Xi Jinping's (习近平) cultural thought and General Secretary Xi Jinping's important instructions on the work of spiritual civilization construction, and vividly reflect the new atmosphere and new achievements of high-quality development of spiritual civilization construction in the new era and new journey. Reporters will go deep into the grassroots level, and through multi-faceted, small-cut, and progressive interviews, focus on showing the fiery scene of cadres and the masses in various places who keep their囑托 in mind, are grateful and forge ahead, and present in three dimensions the coordinated advancement of civilization cultivation, civilization practice, and civilization creation, the integrated development of urban and rural spiritual civilization construction, and the vivid situation of social customs moving upward and towards goodness, so as to provide strong spiritual strength for building a strong country and national rejuvenation.
It is reported that the "Civilized China (文明中国)" theme interview report has been held for three consecutive seasons since it was first launched in 2023. This event will innovate reporting forms, integrate advanced technologies, focus on releasing typical cases, carry out a series of interviews on rural civilization, "Cloud View·Civilized China (云览·文明中国)" village broadcasts, etc., and focus on reporting through integrated media special columns. After the first stop in Qinghai (青海) reporting activities, the interview team will go to various provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities in batches, and continue to report until the end of November this year.
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In the history of China's automotive industry, two scenes evoke a myriad of emotions.
When developing the first domestically produced car, engineers had no data, no experience, and no equipment. They had to find relevant automotive parts from imported scrap steel for surveying and mapping. The entire car body manufacturing and various sheet metal parts processing relied almost entirely on workers hammering them out piece by piece.
Today, stepping into Xiaomi Auto's Super Factory (小米汽车超级工厂) in Beijing (北京), over 700 robots participate in parts transportation, car assembly, and other processes. The numerical control rate of more than 200 key processes reaches 100%, and a new energy vehicle rolls off the production line every 76 seconds on average.
"Developing the country through industry and revitalizing the nation through hard work." When General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) recently inspected Shanxi (山西), he pointed out that "traditional manufacturing is an important part of the real economy. We must grasp market demand, strengthen technological innovation, and revitalize traditional industries," emphasizing that "China's industrial development in the past relied on hammering piece by piece. Today, we must rely on advanced technology and equipment to improve our level."
China's economy started with the real economy. "Such a large country cannot engage in superficiality or be monolithic; the foundation must be solid." From relying on imports for matches, soap, and iron in the past to now becoming the world's largest manufacturing country with the most complete industrial categories, the key to taking the right path lies in adhering to the development of real industries and grasping manufacturing as the foundation for establishing and strengthening the country.
Bearings are the "joints" of industry. From laying the foundation during the "First Five-Year Plan" to persistently breaking through in the new era, Luoyang Bearing's (洛阳轴承) products travel in space with the Shenzhou spacecraft (神舟飞船) and tunnel underground with shield machines. Small bearings rotate the gears of development. Since the "14th Five-Year Plan," China's annual manufacturing added value has exceeded 30 trillion yuan, ranking first in the world for 15 consecutive years, with the output of more than 200 major industrial products ranking first in the world. The number of things we cannot manufacture is decreasing, and the things we can manufacture are getting better and better.
However, we must also be soberly aware that complete categories and a complete system are prominent features of China's industrial development; the large volume and high proportion of traditional industries are the objective reality of China's development stage. How can modern manufacturing move from "large and comprehensive" to "refined and strong"? The answer lies in technological empowerment.
Moving towards high-end development. Applying graphene materials to shoe sole sheets provides strong shock absorption, slip resistance, and resilience, transforming a pair of sneakers into a high-tech product. One zipper pull and two zipper tapes allow spacesuit zippers to "reach the sky in one step" with astronauts. The textile and apparel industry in Jinjiang (晋江), Fujian (福建), has shifted from competing on price to competing on technology and innovation.
Upgrading towards intelligence. With bridge cranes standing tall and vehicles shuttling back and forth, the Shanghai Port (上海港) Yangshan Phase IV (洋山四期) automated terminal independently developed an intelligent control system. The per capita labor productivity is 213% of that of traditional terminals, helping Shanghai Port's annual throughput exceed 50 million TEUs, setting the highest record in the history of global port container transportation.
Transforming towards green development. Based on coal and extending coal, Ordos (鄂尔多斯) has built multiple circular industrial chains such as coal-to-oil, coal-to-gas, coal-to-olefins, and coal-based new materials, breaking away from the path dependence of "digging and selling coal" and realizing the transformation from fuel to materials and from black resources to green industries.
There are no backward industries, only outdated products. Traditional industries are not synonymous with sunset industries or low-end industries. Strengthening technological breakthroughs, following the path of independent innovation, aiming at high-end, intelligent, and green directions, and continuously improving the technological content and added value of products can allow traditional industries to 老树发新芽 (lǎo shù fā xīn yá - "old trees sprout new buds," old things take on a new lease of life) and become an important carrier for forming new quality productive forces.
Across the country, in thousands of industries, cultivating the spirit of "hammering piece by piece" with perseverance, drive, and resilience, and tapping into the advantages, potential, and benefits of "advanced technology and equipment," Chinese-style modernization will have strong spiritual power and a solid material foundation, and the lifeline of development will be firmly in our own hands.
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On Zhang Hai's (张海) desk, there is a notebook. When opened and examined closely, it records the basic conditions of disabled people throughout the district. From family circumstances to specific demands, to the progress of policy implementation, the handwriting is neat and dense.
Zhang Hai (张海) is a member of the Party Leadership Group and Deputy Director of the Disabled Persons' Federation of Enyang District (恩阳区), Bazhong City (巴中市), Sichuan Province (四川省). "Every time I visit, I bring a notebook, especially for disabled people in difficulty, to provide precise assistance tailored to each household. Many heartfelt words, everyone is willing to tell me, look, I am the same as them." As he spoke, Zhang Hai (张海) lowered his head and raised his congenitally missing right forearm.
Growing up in the mountains, his family was poor since childhood. Relying on only his left hand, Zhang Hai (张海) studied hard, self-taught for junior college and undergraduate degrees, and eventually obtained a master's degree.
In 2015, not long after graduating, Zhang Hai (张海) was admitted to the Enyang District (恩阳区) Disabled Persons' Federation and encountered a disabled person who came to him.
"Are you Zhang Hai (张海)? I want to talk to you about something. You are the same as us, I believe in you."
This sentence deeply touched him. He did not expect that a disabled person he had never met could give him such profound trust. From then on, he made up his mind: "Help more people like myself!"
That year, Zhang Hai (张海) volunteered to go to Huangbai Village (黄柏村), Yushan Town (玉山镇), which was the counterpart assistance village of the Enyang District (恩阳区) Disabled Persons' Federation, to serve as the first secretary, and stayed for seven years.
The village is remote, the foundation is poor, and the industry is underdeveloped. On the first day Zhang Hai (张海) was stationed in the village, he held a general meeting. Before the meeting was halfway through, half of the villagers had left, and some even questioned on the spot: "You are disabled, what's the use of telling you?"
"We must do a good job in the affairs of the people, and they will truly recognize us." Zhang Hai (张海) was not discouraged, but visited door to door, starting with understanding the needs of the villagers - carrying a notebook, hanging a large water cup, and spending more than half a month climbing slopes and ridges, recording everyone's demands little by little.
Impoverished household Li Yin (李胤) wanted to engage in breeding, had the technology and the drive, but suffered from a lack of funds. Zhang Hai (张海) helped him apply for 100,000 yuan of party member's targeted poverty alleviation demonstration project funds, 50,000 yuan of discounted loans, and 2,000 fish fry; the roof of the tile house of disabled person Fu Kairen (伏开仁) had a hole, and it leaked when it rained. Without saying a word, Zhang Hai (张海) called the village cadres to repair the roof together and helped with cleaning; villager Ma Shifeng (马仕奉) was old, blind, and paralyzed in his lower limbs. After hearing about it, Zhang Hai (张海) quickly helped him apply for a disability certificate and applied for nursing subsidies and minimum living security...
Over the past 7 years, he has run departments and looked for projects, successively declaring more than 8.5 million yuan in funds to implement projects such as relocation for poverty alleviation, renovation of dilapidated houses, and benefiting-agriculture industries. With the successive completion and commissioning of pig farms and nursery bases, the average income of all villagers increased by more than 2,000 yuan.
"'One-armed Secretary' keeps his word, it works!" Gradually, the villagers began to trust Zhang Hai (张海), and Huangbai Village (黄柏村) has also changed from a barren mountain village in the past to a model village for rural revitalization.
In 2021, Zhang Hai (张海) ended his term and returned to the Enyang District (恩阳区) Disabled Persons' Federation. In just one year, Zhang Hai (张海) visited more than 300 extremely poor disabled households in the district and established a "one village, one book" disabled assistance file. He also promoted the introduction of regular care for special disabled families and other measures to help the disabled, effectively solving the problems of assistance for families with multiple disabilities and financial aid for disabled students taking the high school entrance examination and college entrance examination.
In Zhang Hai's (张海) view, although he has a disability in his hand, his legs are sound and he can still run for love. He took the lead in establishing the "Love Run Team" to help the disabled, with staff from the Disabled Persons' Federation, medical staff, psychological counselors, volunteers, etc. serving as "Love Runners" to provide services such as "door-to-door" certificate processing, health checkups, psychological counseling, and material distribution for the disabled.
In recent years, with the support of the Enyang District (恩阳区) Disabled Persons' Federation, Zhang Hai (张海) established the "Zhang Hai Studio (张海工作室)". "Policy consultation, psychological counseling, assistive device distribution, can all be carried out here, which can provide more thoughtful and warm services for the disabled." Zhang Hai (张海) said with a smile.
Next to the studio is a disabled-assisted employment workshop, where more than 10 workers are assembling electronic components. Li Jinrong (李金容), 33, is one of them. She used to stay at home to take care of her children. She came here to work in October last year. It is close to her home and she can earn more than 1,000 yuan a month.
"With the help of the studio, we have opened a production assembly line here. The work is not difficult, we just want to help the disabled stabilize their jobs." Workshop director Wang Guirong (汪桂荣) introduced.
For Zhang Hai (张海), the care of the whole society is the eyes, ears and crutches of the disabled. What he can do is to gather as much warmth as possible to illuminate their way forward.
Return to TopXinhua News Agency, Beijing (北京), July 9th, Electric (新华社北京电) - The State Council has appointed and removed national personnel.
Yang Weilin (杨维林) has been appointed as Vice Minister of the Ministry of Public Security (公安部); Wu Zeng (武增) (female) has been appointed as Vice Minister of the Ministry of Justice (司法部); Yuan Xiaoming (袁晓明) has been appointed as Assistant Minister of the Ministry of Commerce (商务部); Li Jinhua (李金华) has been appointed as Deputy Director of the National Forestry and Grassland Administration (国家林业和草原局) (National Park Administration (国家公园管理局)); Sun Shuopeng (孙硕鹏) has been appointed as President of the China National Committee on Ageing (中国老龄协会).
Chen Siyuan (陈思源) and Sun Maoli (孙茂利) are removed from their positions as Vice Ministers of the Ministry of Public Security (公安部); Wu Manqing (吴曼青) is removed from his position as Vice President of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (中国工程院); Liu Zhenguo (刘振国) is removed from his position as President of the China National Committee on Ageing (中国老龄协会); Lai Xinchun (赖新春) is removed from his positions as Vice President and Chief Engineer of the China Academy of Engineering Physics (中国工程物理研究院), and Zhang Ke (张科) is removed from his position as Vice President of the China Academy of Engineering Physics (中国工程物理研究院).
Return to TopThis newspaper reported from Hotan, Xinjiang (新疆) on July 9th (Reporter Li Changyu (李昌禹)) The Tenth National Conference on Supporting Xinjiang (新疆) was held in Hotan, Xinjiang (新疆) from the 7th to the 9th. Wang Huning (王沪宁), a 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. He said that it is necessary to take Xi Jinping (习近平)'s Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era as guidance, fully and accurately implement the Party's strategy for governing Xinjiang (新疆) in the new era, firmly grasp the overall goal of Xinjiang (新疆) work, closely focus on the main line of forging a strong sense of community for the Chinese nation, and do a good job in supporting Xinjiang (新疆) for a long time, so as to make new contributions to realizing social stability and lasting peace and security in Xinjiang (新疆).
Wang Huning (王沪宁) said that the work of supporting Xinjiang (新疆) in the "14th Five-Year Plan" period has played an important role in serving the overall goal of Xinjiang (新疆) work. The relevant departments of the Central Government, the provinces and cities supporting Xinjiang (新疆), and the central enterprises have strengthened coordination and cooperation with Xinjiang (新疆) to promote the work of supporting Xinjiang (新疆) to increase its efforts, highlight key points, and enhance synergy, which has promoted social stability, ethnic unity, and high-quality development in Xinjiang (新疆), and demonstrated the unique advantages of the Party's leadership and the socialist system.
Wang Huning (王沪宁) said that supporting Xinjiang (新疆) is a national strategy and must be adhered to for a long time. More attention should be paid to focusing efforts on solving outstanding problems in southern Xinjiang (新疆), consolidating and expanding the achievements in poverty alleviation in southern Xinjiang (新疆), and promoting economic and social development and lasting peace and security in southern Xinjiang (新疆). More attention should be paid to focusing efforts on promoting new industrialization and urbanization in Xinjiang (新疆), and promoting high-quality development in Xinjiang (新疆) in close connection with people's livelihood. More attention should be paid to focusing efforts on promoting exchanges, interactions, and integration among all ethnic groups, so that all ethnic groups can be as closely united as pomegranate seeds. More attention should be paid to focusing efforts on carrying out cultural nourishment of Xinjiang (新疆) in a tangible, perceptible, and effective manner, and continuously enhance the "five recognitions" of the people of all ethnic groups. More attention should be paid to focusing efforts on improving the effectiveness of education assistance to Xinjiang (新疆), and promoting Xinjiang (新疆) to accelerate the construction of a high-quality education system. It is necessary to grasp the implementation of the tasks of supporting Xinjiang (新疆), improve the working mechanism of supporting Xinjiang (新疆), give play to the two initiatives of both the aid-giving and receiving parties, and enhance the comprehensive benefits of supporting Xinjiang (新疆).
Li Ganjie (李干杰) presided over the meeting and made a concluding speech. He asked all regions and departments to further improve their political standing, fully understand the essential positioning, fundamental goals, and focus of the work of supporting Xinjiang (新疆), and earnestly enhance their sense of responsibility and mission in grasping the work of supporting Xinjiang (新疆). Clarify tasks, highlight key points, and continuously improve the effectiveness of supporting Xinjiang (新疆). Strengthen guarantees, be good at making achievements, compile the "15th Five-Year Plan" for supporting Xinjiang (新疆) with high quality, strengthen work supervision and assessment, hone a solid and excellent work style, and ensure that all decisions and deployments for supporting Xinjiang (新疆) are implemented and take effect.
Responsible comrades from 19 provinces and cities supporting Xinjiang (新疆), relevant departments and units of the Central Government, the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (新疆维吾尔自治区), the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps (新疆生产建设兵团), and prefectures, cities, divisions, and relevant departments attended the meeting. Responsible comrades from the National Development and Reform Commission (国家发展改革委), the Ministry of Education (教育部), the Ministry of Culture and Tourism (文化和旅游部), the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council (国务院国资委), Beijing (北京市), Tianjin (天津市), Liaoning Province (辽宁省), Shanghai (上海市), Zhejiang Province (浙江省), Shandong Province (山东省), Henan Province (河南省), Guangdong Province (广东省), the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (新疆维吾尔自治区), and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps (新疆生产建设兵团) spoke at the meeting.
During his stay in Xinjiang (新疆), Wang Huning (王沪宁) also went to Aksu (阿克苏), Hotan (和田), and the First Division Alar City (第一师阿拉尔市) and the Fourteenth Division Kunyu City (第十四师昆玉市) of the Corps to investigate the work of supporting Xinjiang (新疆) in enterprises, rural areas, schools, hospitals, museums, and memorial halls, visit cadres and talents supporting Xinjiang (新疆) and grassroots people, and visit CPPCC members and office cadres at the Aksu (阿克苏) Regional Working Committee of the Autonomous Region's CPPCC.
Return to TopXinhua News Agency, Changchun, July 9th (Reporter Qi Zhongxi) From July 7th to 9th, Ding Xuexiang (丁薛祥), a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Vice Premier of the State Council, conducted research in Heilongjiang and Jilin. He emphasized the need to thoroughly study and implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important instructions, implement the decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee and the State Council, intensify efforts to effectively implement policies, lead the comprehensive revitalization of industries with technological innovation, solidly promote high-quality development, and continuously consolidate the momentum of economic recovery.
Ding Xuexiang (丁薛祥) went to the Songhua River (松花江) water source relocation and water transmission pipeline project, the Beidahuang Farm Reclamation Group Yanjia Gang Farm (北大荒农垦集团闫家岗农场), the Central Reserve Grain Harbin Direct Storage (中央储备粮哈尔滨直属库), and the Finance Bureau of Nanguan District, Changchun City (长春市南关区财政局) to investigate the implementation of major policies and the operation of local finances. He pointed out that more proactive fiscal policies should be fully utilized to improve the efficiency of fund utilization and the effectiveness of policy implementation. "Two Major" construction projects should highlight strategic guidance, focus on safeguarding the country's "Five Major Securities," and create a number of high-quality projects, excellent projects, and reliable projects. The main responsibility of local governments should be consolidated, and the collection of special bond project revenues and asset management should be strengthened. Deepen supporting reforms, improve the investment mechanism, and leverage social capital to participate in the construction of major projects. Optimize the structure of fiscal expenditure, strengthen performance management, secure the bottom line of "Three Guarantees" at the grassroots level, and ensure the safe and sustainable operation of finance.
Ding Xuexiang (丁薛祥) visited companies such as CRRC Changchun Railway Vehicles (中车长客), Chang Guang Satellite Technology (长光卫星), BoShi Automation (博实股份), and CNH Industrial (凯斯纽荷兰) to understand the technological research and development and production and operation of various types of enterprises. He said that the key to enterprise development lies in innovation, and it is necessary to promote the concentration of innovative elements in enterprises, encourage increased investment in research and development, and achieve leading and pioneering positions through innovation-driven development. Vigorously promote the on-site transformation of scientific and technological achievements, and develop new quality productive forces in accordance with local conditions. Continuously optimize the business environment and promote the complementary advantages and common development of various ownership economies. Foreign-funded enterprises in China are all Chinese enterprises, and it is hoped that they will continue to cultivate the Chinese market and achieve better development for themselves.
At Jilin University (吉林大学) and the Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (中科院长春光机所), Ding Xuexiang (丁薛祥) investigated the integrated development of education, science, technology, and talent. He emphasized that scientific and technological innovation must always adhere to the "Four Orientations," strengthen basic research and applied research, and accelerate the realization of high-level self-reliance and self-improvement in science and technology. Heilongjiang (黑龙江) and Jilin (吉林) have abundant resources in science, education, and technology. It is necessary to deepen the collaborative linkage between universities, research institutes, and enterprises, and produce more scientific research results and cultivate more innovative talents through the deep integration of industry, academia, and research. The vast number of science, technology, and education workers should promote the spirit of scientists and the spirit of educators, have a big picture in mind, and serve the country with utmost sincerity. College graduates are a valuable asset, and it is necessary to seize the key period, strengthen uninterrupted services, and further form a joint force to promote employment.
During the investigation, Ding Xuexiang (丁薛祥) expressed his hope that Heilongjiang (黑龙江) and Jilin (吉林) would bear in mind General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) instructions, accelerate the cultivation of new driving forces and new advantages, strive to embark on a new path of high-quality development and sustainable revitalization, and make greater contributions to the overall development of the country.
Return to TopThis newspaper reported from Beijing on July 9th (Reporters Qu Zhehan (曲哲涵) and Liu Wenxin (刘温馨)) Currently, China has fully entered the main flood season, with frequent floods and geological disasters in some areas. This year's Typhoon No. 4 "Danas" has landed and affected the southeast coast of China, and some places have experienced disasters and dangerous situations. On July 9, the Ministry of Finance (财政部) and the Ministry of Emergency Management (应急管理部) urgently allocated 150 million yuan of central natural disaster relief funds to focus on supporting Zhejiang (浙江), Fujian (福建), Sichuan (四川), Chongqing (重庆), Tibet (西藏), and Gansu (甘肃) 6 provinces (autonomous regions, and municipalities) to carry out disaster emergency rescue and disaster relief work, and effectively protect the safety of people's lives and property.
This newspaper reported from Beijing on July 9th (Reporter Wang Hao (王浩)) According to forecasts, from July 9th to 11th, Guangdong (广东) will experience heavy to torrential rains, with heavy torrential rains in the north and east. Some small and medium-sized rivers in the rainstorm area may experience floods exceeding warning levels. The Ministry of Water Resources (水利部) launched a Level IV emergency response for flood defense in Guangdong Province (广东省) at 11:00 on July 9, requiring the water resources departments of Guangdong Province and relevant river basin management agencies to closely monitor weather changes.
This newspaper reported from Beijing on July 9th (Reporter Li Hongmei (李红梅)) This year's Typhoon No. 4 "Danas" successively landed on the coastal areas of Chiayi (嘉义), Taiwan (台湾), and the coastal areas of Dongtou (洞头) and Ruian (瑞安), Wenzhou (温州), Zhejiang (浙江). At 9:00 on the 9th, it weakened into a tropical depression in Pingnan County (屏南县), Ningde (宁德), Fujian (福建). It is expected that the residual circulation of "Danas" will maintain for a long time in the future and move in a southwest direction.
Return to TopBy: 新华社记者 张晓松 朱基钗 本报记者 杜尚泽 胡泽曦
Towering Taihang Mountains, boundless scenery.
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) has visited Shanxi Province multiple times, pointing out the direction for the province's economic and social development. From July 7th to 8th, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) came here again to further diagnose and guide Shanxi's development.
This year marks the conclusion of the "14th Five-Year Plan" and the planning year for the "15th Five-Year Plan." For the nation's first comprehensive supporting reform experimental zone for resource-based economic transformation at the provincial, all-round, and systematic level, the word "reform" carries particular weight. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) encouraged Shanxi: 咬定青山不放松 (yǎo dìng qīng shān bù fàng sōng - "bite the green hills and not relax," to persevere despite difficulties), and resolutely and orderly promote transformation and development.
This year also marks the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War. On this land where the Communist Party of China led the military and civilians to shed blood and fight heroically, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) revisited the glorious history, deeply mourned the martyrs, and called for carrying forward the great spirit of the War of Resistance, to build our country even stronger.
Grasping the trend of the times and carrying forward the spirit of hard work, Shanxi will surely take new steps in promoting the transformation and development of the resource-based economy and write a new chapter in promoting Chinese-style modernization in the land of Shanxi.
Adhere to building the country through industry and revitalizing the country through hard work:
"Achieve transformation and upgrading through technological innovation"
Yangquan (阳泉) is located at the "vital passage of Jin and Hebei." At the beginning of the 20th century, with the completion of the Zhengtai Railway, "casting Taihang iron with Pingding coal," this small city in the Taihang Mountains stepped onto the forefront of the times. At the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, Yangquan (阳泉) was listed as one of the 15 key coal mine construction areas during the national "First Five-Year Plan" period and was one of the largest anthracite production bases in the country.
A century ago, the predecessor of Yangquan Valve Co., Ltd. (阳泉阀门股份有限公司) was born with the development of coal resources. Over the past century, the company's development has followed the tide of the times, with several ups and downs: there was the ambitious goal of "our valves should be like Yangquan's (阳泉) coal, burning out the ambition of China's industry" in the passionate construction era; there were also the glorious moments of riding the east wind of reform and opening up, with products going abroad and selling overseas; and there was also the difficult stumbling under the impact of the market tide at the turn of the century...
Entering the new era, Yang Valve (阳阀) focuses on technological innovation to drive industrial upgrading, develops new processes and new products, and the old enterprise has been revitalized and has been rated as a specialized, refined, and new "little giant" enterprise.
In the production workshop, gas gate valves, electric flap valves, hard-sealed butterfly valves... all kinds of products are displayed one by one.
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) stopped to watch from time to time, and learned in detail about the production and sales of the products. He pointed out: "The real economy cannot be lost, and the traditional industries in the real economy cannot be lost. We must achieve transformation and upgrading through technological innovation."
Old and new, breaking and establishing, these words express a consistent requirement: "The transformation and upgrading of traditional industries can also develop new quality productive forces." "Old enterprises can also be high-end, intelligent, and green."
When leaving, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) said to the company's employees: "I am very happy to see that everyone is energetic and full of energy. In the past, China's industrial development relied on hammering and chiseling. Today, we must rely on advanced technology and equipment to improve our level. Building the country through industry and revitalizing the country through hard work. I hope you will continue to work hard and reach new heights, and make more contributions to building a manufacturing powerhouse."
Applause and cheers resounded throughout the factory workshop.
Find a new path for development as soon as possible:
"Achieve high-quality and sustainable development in transformation and development"
Coal is a unique resource endowed to Shanxi (山西) by nature. Digging through the chaos to obtain black gold, the fire of coal illuminated the dawn of Shanxi's (山西) modern industry.
However, for a long time, Shanxi (山西) has prospered from coal and been trapped by coal, and the dominance of coal has led to a single industry.
Achieving the economic transformation and development of resource-based areas and forming a structural pattern supported by diversified industries is a major issue that needs to be deeply considered and broken through in Shanxi's (山西) economic development. Comprehensive supporting reforms are precisely the key to solving this problem.
In June 2017, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) came to Shanxi (山西) for inspection and encouraged Shanxi (山西) to "make good use of this opportunity and truly embark on a new path of development with superior industries, high quality, good efficiency, and sustainability."
In May 2019, General Secretary Xi (习近平) presided over the eighth meeting of the Central Committee for Comprehensively Deepening Reforms, and deliberated and approved the "Opinions on Carrying Out Comprehensive Reform Pilot Projects for Energy Revolution in Shanxi (山西)," supporting Shanxi (山西) to strive to be a pioneer in the national energy revolution through comprehensive reform pilot projects.
When he came to Shanxi (山西) again in May 2020, the General Secretary again urged: "Shanxi (山西) must have a sense of urgency, but also have long-term strategic planning. What is correct must be adhered to, and success must be achieved over time. Don't repeat or toss around, and strive to find a new path for transformation and development as soon as possible."
What is the progress and effectiveness of the reform? During this inspection, the General Secretary learned in detail about the industrial transformation and upgrading of Shanxi (山西).
"You have energy advantages here, such as the development of wind power, photovoltaic power generation, hydrogen energy, and coalbed methane." "Industries such as steel, coking, non-ferrous metals, chemicals, and building materials are also the basic foundation." "The three tourist highways of the Yellow River, the Great Wall, and the Taihang Mountains have been built, and the hardware facilities have been upgraded."...
The General Secretary is very familiar with the situation in Shanxi (山西). Every time he listens to a report, he responds, asks in detail, and gives guidance. In these words, what is concerned is nothing but solving the problem of "coal dominance" and achieving a diversified path for transformation and development.
On the morning of the 8th, when listening to the work report of the Shanxi (山西) Provincial Party Committee and the Provincial Government, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "Building a national comprehensive supporting reform experimental zone for resource-based economic transformation is a strategic task entrusted to Shanxi (山西) by the Party Central Committee. The purpose is to hope that Shanxi (山西) can achieve high-quality and sustainable development in transformation and development."
"After years of efforts, Shanxi (山西) has a relatively clear idea for transformation and development and has achieved some results, but the task is still arduous. We must further unify our thinking and understanding, 咬定青山不放松 (yǎo dìng qīng shān bù fàng sōng - "bite the green hills and not relax," to persevere despite difficulties), and resolutely and orderly move forward."
How to move forward? The General Secretary emphasized the two keywords "resolute" and "orderly," which not only clarified the direction but also gave the method—
"Resolute means to identify the direction of progress and unswervingly move forward. We must maintain our determination, withstand the pain, overcome hesitation and wait-and-see attitudes and the mentality of gains and losses, and break out of the vicious circle of not wanting to transform when the coal market is good and not being able to transform when the coal market is bad."
"Orderly means to be steady and step-by-step. Transformation and development involve a wide range of areas, heavy reform tasks, and touch on relatively many interests. We must grasp the balance between giving play to inherent advantages and transformation and development, pay attention to the transition and connection between new and old driving forces, use the new to transform the old, proceed in an orderly manner, and not rush into action. Don't throw away the tools for making a living before you have a 'golden baby' in your arms."
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) especially urged: "We must establish a correct view of political achievements, carry forward the spirit of nailing nails, and not seek quick success and instant benefits, let alone engage in 'image projects' and 'political achievement projects.'"
When the concept changes, the world becomes wider. The key to reform is the change of thinking. If we can make the article on coal lively and grasp the energy sector well, the entire game of transformation and development will be lively.
"Energy transformation is not simply reducing coal production and consumption, but rather promoting the clean and low-carbon development, diversified utilization, and comprehensive storage and transportation of coal under the premise of shouldering the responsibility of national coal supply, accelerating the tackling of green and low-carbon technologies, and promoting the coal industry to move from low-end to high-end, and coal products to climb from primary fuels to high-value products."
Diversified development should also be adapted to local conditions and be "moderate."
The General Secretary emphasized that on the one hand, "Shanxi (山西) has relatively abundant non-coal mineral, agricultural, cultural tourism and health care, ecological and other resources, coupled with the outstanding low-cost advantages of green electricity and other factors, and has certain conditions for diversified development." At the same time, "diversified development must adhere to doing something and not doing something, and focus on producing high-quality products. Avoid 'picking everything in the basket,' and do not take the old path of emphasizing quantity over quality."
Carry forward the great spirit of the War of Resistance:
"Be a dignified, proud, and glorious Chinese"
Shanxi (山西) is a place with a glorious revolutionary tradition. More than 80 years ago, the Eighth Route Army led by the Communist Party of China crossed the Yellow River to the east, established anti-Japanese base areas behind enemy lines, and led and launched famous battles such as the Pingxingguan Victory and the Hundred Regiments Offensive, forging the great Taihang Spirit and the Lvliang Spirit.
Yangquan (阳泉), located in the Taihang Mountains, was the main battlefield in the first stage of the Hundred Regiments Offensive. Shinao Mountain (狮脑山), the highest peak in the urban area, is shaped like the head of a male lion, overlooking the great rivers and mountains of today.
July 7th marked the 88th anniversary of the outbreak of the all-out War of Resistance Against Japan. On the afternoon of that day, a heavy rain soaked the area.
After the rain, the sky cleared and a thick fog filled the air. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) and his entourage drove along the mountain road to the Hundred Regiments Offensive Monument Square on the top of Shinao Mountain (狮脑山).
"The heroic spirit of Taihang (太行) has been passed down for thousands of years, leaving the Qingzhang (清漳) River to spit out blood." The smoke of history has dissipated, but the heroic spirit is still awe-inspiring. The Hundred Regiments Offensive Monument is shaped like a sharp bayonet piercing the sky, with "beacon towers" standing tall on both sides, and a "Great Wall" built of bricks and stones winding and undulating, symbolizing the steel Great Wall built of flesh and blood.
Two honor guards presented flower baskets in front of the monument.
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) walked slowly up the steps, carefully arranged the ribbons on the flower baskets, and bowed three times to the martyrs of the Eighth Route Army.
Afterwards, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) visited the exhibition of the Hundred Regiments Offensive Memorial Hall.
"The Bugle Sounds," "Strategic Deployment," "Hundred Regiments Offensive," "Pursuit of Victory," "Countering Enemy 'Mopping-up Operations'"... Historical photos and precious objects fully reproduce the large-scale counterattack launched by the Communist Party of China, which resolutely raised the banner of resisting Japan to the end, united the people, and launched a large-scale counterattack against the Japanese invaders like a "violent thunderbolt" at a time when the War of Resistance was "facing unprecedented difficulties."
The telegram of the "Battle Action Order" issued by the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army to the three main forces, the battle map of the Hundred Regiments Offensive, historical photos of the Niangziguan Battle and the Guanjialing Battle, and the re-enactment of the Zhengtai Railway sabotage battle... General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) stopped to watch and ponder from time to time.
In the hall of the memorial hall, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) had a cordial exchange with the young students and staff of the memorial hall who came to visit. He said: "It is of special significance to come here today. The 'July 7th Incident' that occurred 88 years ago today was the starting point for the Chinese nation to fully resist the Japanese invaders."
Facing the innocent faces, the General Secretary said earnestly: "Learn from the past to guide the future. Children should strive to be the backbone of the nation and must build our country even stronger. Hope is placed on you, and the future belongs to you. I hope you will work hard, strive for progress, and be a dignified, proud, and glorious Chinese."
On the way out of the memorial hall, golden sunlight shone on the towering Taihang Mountains.
This yellow land by the Yellow River has accumulated a profound civilization, inherited an immortal spirit, and is also breeding the power of change and innovation.
Return to TopInterviewees:
Zhou Shanshan (周珊珊), Commentator of Hebei Daily
Zhang Bo (张博), Commentator of Hebei Daily
Zhou Shanshan (周珊珊): According to statistics, during this year's Dragon Boat Festival holiday, Hebei (河北) Province received 9.3% more tourists and generated 9.1% more tourism revenue compared to the same period last year. Tourists from Beijing (北京) and Tianjin (天津) accounted for 15.5%, with a 20.2% year-on-year increase in tourist numbers. Complementing this numerical growth is the widely disseminated slogan – "So Close, So Beautiful, Weekend to Hebei (河北)." How can Hebei (河北) focus on key source markets in Beijing (北京), Tianjin (天津), and surrounding provinces, leveraging the advantage of "closeness" and fully developing the "beauty" aspect?
Zhang Bo (张博): With increasingly convenient transportation, the connections between city clusters are becoming closer, and weekend leisure travel, mainly based on "light tourism" and "micro-vacations," is gradually rising. "Close" represents the geographical advantage of convenient transportation and the psychological distance of being close and intimate. "Beauty" encompasses the beauty of scenery and landscapes, as well as the beauty of culture and services. Emphasizing "So Close, So Beautiful" is an innovative move that focuses on key source markets and aligns with the trend of cultural and tourism development. It is also a vivid interpretation of the cultural and tourism industry moving from a ticket-based economy to an experience-based economy and from resource dependence to creative drive.
Advantages do not naturally translate into actual attraction. To promote the prosperity of the cultural and tourism market, Hebei (河北) has introduced a series of preferential policies and service measures. For example, since 2023, it has implemented a policy of free highway access for tourist charter buses on weekends and holidays. In 2024 alone, 1.16 million vehicles have benefited from this policy. I believe that with the "blessing" of more good policies and services, Hebei (河北) cultural tourism will surely "break through" in a wider range and achieve higher-quality development.
Zhou Shanshan (周珊珊): Hebei (河北) has very rich tourism resources. How can we make inbound tourism more attractive and allow tourists who are not so close to also feel the beauty of Hebei (河北)?
Zhang Bo (张博): During this year's "May Day" holiday, the province received a total of 24,500 inbound tourists, an increase of 96% compared to the same period in 2024. Attracting more overseas tourists relies on multifaceted, heartfelt efforts.
Policy empowerment, comprehensively optimizing the inbound environment. While making full use of national policies such as "two-way visa-free," "unilateral visa-free," and "240-hour transit visa-free," Hebei (河北) is also offering real money to reward travel agencies that attract tourists to Hebei (冀) through tourist charter flights. To facilitate payment for overseas tourists, Hebei (河北) has implemented measures to facilitate inbound tourism payments, deploying more than 2,000 foreign card POS machines and 118 ATM devices and foreign currency exchange points.
Product innovation, upgrading from "resource display" to "experience design." Hebei (河北) deeply decodes the cultural preferences of tourists from different countries and has launched several personalized inbound tourism routes targeting overseas markets, such as the Chinese Culture Root-Seeking Tour, the Great Wall Canal Exploration Tour, the Passionate Ice and Snow Olympic Tour, the Traditional Chinese Medicine Diet and Health Tour, and the Future City Discovery Tour, truly achieving a deep connection of "there is always one that suits you."
Cultural going abroad, constructing a new paradigm of communication. Hebei (河北) has launched the "Ji Art Going Abroad" brand, continuously creating cultural products around elements such as art, intangible cultural heritage, cultural relics, cultural creations, and cuisine, and centrally displaying outstanding Chinese traditional culture to the outside world. At the same time, it makes good use of online platforms that overseas tourists pay attention to for online promotion, and continuously expands the overseas publicity and promotion efforts of Hebei (河北) cultural tourism.
Zhou Shanshan (周珊珊): General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "The cultural industry and the tourism industry are inseparable. We must adhere to using culture to shape tourism and tourism to promote culture, promote the integrated development of culture and tourism, and allow people to appreciate the beauty of culture and cultivate the beauty of the soul while appreciating the beauty of nature." Cultural tourism in various places is very "hardworking." To highlight their own characteristics and avoid homogeneous competition, adapting to local conditions and pioneering innovation are key. As a province with coastlines, plateaus, mountains, hills, basins, plains, and other landforms, Hebei (河北) should be based on its natural endowments and truly integrate "tourism" and "culture."
Zhang Bo (张博): Yes, we must do a good job in "integration."
What to integrate? Hebei's (河北) excellent traditional culture has a profound heritage, and its cultural resources are rich and diverse. For cultural and tourism integration, this is both an inexhaustible source and a key focus. For example, Handan (邯郸) has a history of more than 3,000 years of city construction, and idiom allusions are its unique regional cultural symbols. "Guests come from Chang'an (长安) and drive horses to Handan Road (邯郸道)." In the Handan Road (邯郸道) historical and cultural block, idiom attractions such as the Xuebu Bridge (学步桥) of "Handan Walk" and the Wuling Terrace (武灵丛台) of "Hu Clothing and Archery" are strung together, allowing tourists to visit a street and see the Handan (邯郸) idiom culture.
How to integrate? Cultural and tourism integration is not a simple addition, but a deep excavation and deep interaction, so that the two can empower each other and achieve each other, turning the "heritage" into a "trump card" and bringing a unique experience to tourists. For example, at the "Only the Dream of Red Mansions · Drama Fantasy City" in Langfang (廊坊), the audience moves and changes scenes. The total of more than 800 minutes of drama performances cleverly connects the "Dream of Red Mansions world" inside and outside the book, and tourists are both bystanders and characters in the play.
Tourism is the carrier of culture, and culture is the soul of tourism. In Hebei (河北), "cultural tourism +" is adding up to many new possibilities: the "Top Ten Must-Visit Night Cultural and Tourism Consumption Agglomeration Areas" bring together "night consumption" scenarios such as night tours, night performances, night food, and night shopping; "Winter Olympic Town" Chongli (崇礼) has become a popular destination for "traveling with events"... New ways to play in the cultural and tourism market are emerging in an endless stream, and new forms of cultural and tourism consumption are emerging one after another, meeting the ever-upgrading consumer demand.
Zhou Shanshan (周珊珊): Cultural tourism is both a goal and a means. What practical role does the hot development of cultural tourism in Hebei (河北) play in rural revitalization and urban transformation? Can it provide a path reference for other regions?
Zhang Bo (张博): As an industrial form with strong comprehensiveness, high correlation, and prominent driving role, the cultural and tourism industry plays an increasingly important role in economic and social development. Developing rural tourism and industrial tourism can enrich tourism formats, extend the industrial chain, optimize the industrial structure, and boost the spirit of the masses, bringing help to rural revitalization and urban transformation.
For example, Yuxian County (蔚县) in Zhangjiakou (张家口) is promoting the construction of the "three belts" of the Beijing-Zhangjiakou Sports Culture and Tourism Belt, the Great Wall Culture and Tourism Belt, and the Taihang Mountain Culture and Tourism Belt, deeply exploring more than 100 intangible cultural heritage resources such as paper-cutting and tree-flower fighting, making cultural and tourism consumption show a strong growth trend, and also making rural revitalization more colorful, brighter, and of higher quality.
The transformation of industrial tourism in Tangshan (唐山) also has sample significance. Relying on rich industrial resources, Tangshan (唐山) has built industrial museums and cultural and creative industrial parks with distinctive themes, displaying the city's unique historical value, promoting the rapid development of industrial cultural tourism, and making the new cultural and tourism business card brighter and brighter. The "industrial rust belt" has become a "city show belt," showing a different kind of "poetry and distance," and exploring an effective transformation path for resource-based cities.
Zhou Shanshan (周珊珊): A cultural tourism slogan attracts more and more people to come to Hebei (河北), feel Hebei (河北), and recommend Hebei (河北), which once again proves a truth - sincerity is always the "ultimate skill." Hebei (河北) cultural tourism is breaking through in a novel way, which seems accidental, but behind it is an accurate grasp of the market pulse, and it is the inevitable result of accumulation. After breaking through, we need to be more attentive. When tourists are attracted to Hebei (河北) by slogans, Hebei (河北) must also come up with high-quality products and meticulous services that can match this enthusiasm, so that more "first-time customers" become "repeat customers."
From "traffic carnival" to "value leap," it starts with cultural tourism and goes beyond cultural tourism.
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The more detailed the system regulations are, the more evidence and rules there are to follow in anti-waste efforts, and the more effectively "leakage" can be prevented.
Saving food and preventing waste are closely related to each of us. In this regard, I have recently noticed two things.
One is that more and more snack packaging uses resealable designs, so it doesn't matter if you can't finish a bag at once, you can seal it and store it for a while.
The other is that after the unit cafeteria provided more small portions and introduced weighing and billing, many colleagues reported that it was more convenient to take dishes as needed, they could taste a richer variety of dishes, and the waste reduction effect was significant.
A small design on the packaging easily resolves the dilemma of "waste if you can't finish it" and "can't eat if you're forced to." A small innovation in catering reduces the possibility of waste from the source through more refined management services. Small innovations bring big changes, inspiring us to prevent food waste by not only focusing on end-point control, but also emphasizing the optimization of front-end mechanisms, and stimulating the internal driving force for saving food through technological innovation, standard innovation, and institutional innovation.
Systems manage the fundamentals and the long-term. From the implementation of the Anti-Food Waste Law to the issuance of the "Food Conservation and Anti-Food Waste Action Plan" and then to the release of the "Guidelines for Preventing Wasteful Marketing Behavior in Food Delivery Catering," China's anti-food waste system is becoming increasingly sound and complete. Not long ago, the newly revised "Measures for the Promotion and Operation Management of the Catering Industry" officially came into effect, putting forward many specific measures to prevent waste from the catering service side, such as not inducing or misleading consumers to order excessive amounts of food in any way, and group meals should be scientifically designed menus in accordance with the concept of preventing food waste. The more detailed the system regulations are, the more evidence and rules there are to follow in anti-waste efforts, and the more effectively "leakage" can be prevented.
How many dishes are appropriate for two people to eat? Will it be wasteful for one person to order these? Similar problems often encountered when eating out and ordering takeout highlight the importance of detailed information and perfect standards. A menu that indicates the main ingredients, portions, flavors, and suggested number of consumers, and a standard specification for describing meal information, can effectively reduce food waste. Take the "Specification for the Description of Takeout Meal Information" as an example. This national standard helps to reduce catering waste caused by missing information such as portions and flavors when ordering takeout. Further creating an atmosphere of diligence and thrift in all walks of life and in all fields, improving the standard is indispensable.
To make practicing thrift and opposing waste everyone's conscious action, it is also necessary to strengthen the leading role of the system and promote good habits and good practices to become a social norm. The China Consumers Association (中国消费者协会) issued a proposal calling on the whole society to resist "eating shows" that attract attention with gimmicks such as challenging the limits of human physiology or rare ingredients (such as super spicy foods). The "Code of Conduct for Online Anchors" also clearly stipulates that it is not allowed to display content such as fake eating, inducing vomiting, or binge eating. The reason why extreme eating broadcasts are cracked down on as soon as they appear is because they run counter to legal regulations and healthy living concepts, and bad behavior is likely to promote bad habits. Using the system to establish behavioral norms and establishing a civilized fashion of "waste is shameful, thrift is honorable" in the whole society can effectively curb "waste on the tip of the tongue."
Changing 550 ml bottled water to 380 ml small bottles, a conference center in a certain place saves a lot of drinking water every year; by using the "smart meal plate" system to sort out popular dishes, and then adjust the dish structure in time to achieve precise meal supply, the amount of kitchen waste in a local government canteen is reduced by more than 36%... Strict systems and perfect standards cannot remain on paper or in words, they must be implemented in concrete actions. Only by eliminating "it is important to talk about, but don't do it," and implementing food conservation throughout the entire industry, the entire chain, and the entire process, can we help consolidate the foundation of food security and firmly hold the Chinese rice bowl.
Chinese-style modernization is a modernization with a huge population size. A large population means not only greater pressure on resources and the environment, but also greater potential, space, and strength to promote food conservation and anti-food waste. More than 1.4 billion people actively embracing green production and lifestyles will bring positive impetus to the modernization of a country and the sustainable development of a nation.
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Hot summer, cicadas chirping and lychees ripening. In Lufeng City (陆丰市), Guangdong Province, the Guochao (国潮) song and dance "Give 'Lychee' to Lufeng, Fresh to the World" and the original non-heritage Qiangu Dance program "Drum Lychee Fragrance" added a unique cultural flavor to the hot sales of lychees at home and abroad. In Hepu County (合浦县), Guangxi, the Lychee Envoy Appointment Ceremony was held at the main venue of the Lychee Harvest Carnival, retracing the ancient "Lychee Road" and building a bridge of cooperation with lychees as a medium. The small lychee, supported by cultural and tourism activities, has made the "sweet economy" a new height of popularity.
Technological progress and economic development have made lychees, once a "luxury," a mass consumer product, and have also embellished cultural and recreational life. Lychees are "easy to rot when they leave the branches." In ancient times, people outside the producing areas rarely tasted them, and even knew little about them. Today, relying on advanced cold chain technology and dense logistics networks, fresh fruits from the south can efficiently cross thousands of miles and enter thousands of households. In supermarket counters, the hot-selling "Feizixiao" (妃子笑) reminds people of the anecdotes of the imperial concubine; when friends meet, "eating three hundred lychees a day" adds to the atmosphere of the party... The wide variety of lychees is not only a gourmet feast, but also a cultural feast.
Conversely, cultural resources are also a rich mine for innovation and creation. During traditional festivals, peripheral products with strong festive elements are selling well; tickets for popular concerts are "snapped up in seconds," and more than 200,000 performances were held in small theaters and new performing arts spaces last year; excellent film and television works such as *Ne Zha* and *Chang'an* continue to emerge... These new trends in consumption are a vivid manifestation of culture directly creating economic value.
Culture also has extremely strong compatibility and can help upgrade consumption and transform industries. In Guangdong, new forms of cultural and tourism integration are booming, and lychee culture is colliding with the economy and society to create new sparks. At the Baiqiao Service Area of the Baomao Expressway, many travelers stop their cars to taste lychee coffee, lychee ice cream, lychee-flavored soft drinks and other special foods. In Shantou (汕头) Chiping Lychee Park (赤坪荔枝公园), tourists stroll through it, picking and tasting fresh lychees, and enjoying lychee-themed art exhibitions. From expanding consumption scenarios to leveraging creative marketing, and then to exploring cross-border linkage, following the pulse of the market, the "culture +" "cross-border integration problem" is constantly solving new answers.
Further observation shows that the "cultural" fire can cook up "hot-selling products" because culture can give the economy a deeper foundation. Not long ago, at the 21st Shenzhen (深圳) Cultural Fair, Guangdong lychees "debuted" under the name of "Oriental Love Fruit," and the new cultural brand gave lychees a romantic meaning. China has never lacked good stories, and the deep soil of Chinese culture provides rich nourishment for optimizing cultural and tourism supply. Presenting traditional culture in a younger and more international way, creating unique brands, and promoting product storytelling can lead to a new path that others do not have.
To promote high-quality development, culture is an important support. Xi Jinping (习近平) General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized, "Optimize the supply of cultural products and services, and empower economic and social development with culture." The new era of humanistic economics is contained in daily production and life. The "Wukong" game has made many check-in destinations popular, regional culture has brought unique charm and "huge traffic" to the "Su Chao" competition, and the "Phoenix Crown" cultural and creative refrigerator magnets have attracted more audiences to pay attention to cultural relics, driving the integrated development of culture and tourism... Innovation practices in various places show that culture has become an important resource for economic development, which can not only activate creativity, but also improve the quality of development.
Understanding the diversified, multi-level, and multi-faceted cultural needs, and working hard to increase the supply of high-quality products and services, can better empower high-quality development and increase the people's sense of gain. Exploring more effective mechanisms for integration and mutual promotion, promoting the two-way connection between cultural economization and economic culturalization, and writing a great article on humanistic economics, the virtuous interaction between culture and economy will continue to inject vitality and impetus into Chinese-style modernization.
Return to TopIn a petrochemical enterprise production workshop in Fujian, used plastic packaging film is reprocessed into high-quality environmentally friendly film; in Yixing (宜兴), Jiangsu (江苏), the country's first urban wastewater resource concept plant treats urban domestic sewage, and the quality of the effluent is better than the strictest emission limits in the Taihu Lake (太湖) Basin... Currently, various regions and departments are continuously smoothing the recycling chain of renewable resources, the benefits of the circular economy are becoming increasingly apparent, and resource utilization efficiency is constantly improving, providing assistance for comprehensively promoting the construction of a beautiful China.
This is precisely:
Discarded waste is originally renewable material,
Ingenious craftsmanship and meticulous research make it new again.
Turning polluted streams into clear water, turning waste into treasure,
Protecting this green landscape for us to see today.
Mu Xianwen (慕贤文)
Return to TopBy: 王庆峰
Recently, discipline inspection and supervision organs have seriously investigated and dealt with a number of corruption cases in state-owned enterprises, and the problem of cadres "escaping-style resignation" before being sacked has frequently attracted attention.
The so-called "escaping-style resignation," as the name suggests, refers to the act of proactively resigning in order to evade punishment, and is a type of hidden and mutated corruption. The work report of the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Commission for Discipline Inspection proposed to continue to deepen the governance of "escaping-style resignation." As a typical field of concentrated power, intensive capital, and rich resources, state-owned enterprises are prone to corruption, and the problem of "escaping-style resignation" is relatively prominent. Discipline inspection and supervision organs are closely monitoring this phenomenon, adhering to the combination of investigation and governance, and emphasizing both correction and construction, reflecting a high degree of attention and targeted governance of new and hidden corruption.
The methods of "escaping-style resignation" are constantly being updated, the behavior is more concealed, and the methods are more diversified. It can be roughly summarized into three types: The first is "avoidance type," where some leading cadres already have violations of laws and regulations while in office, and under high-pressure deterrence, they attempt to "take the money and run" and "muddle through," achieving a "safe landing" through resignation. The second is "option type," that is, seeking benefits for relevant interested parties during their tenure, but not rushing to cash in, but agreeing to cash in after leaving office or retiring, the so-called "receive after leaving office, not while in office" and "receive after changing positions, not while in office." The third is "profit-seeking type," which involves transferring benefits outward through "pre-nesting," and then taking positions or holding concurrent positions in enterprises within the original business jurisdiction after leaving office, thereby reaping benefits.
In fact, resignation cannot be a "protective talisman" to escape the constraints of discipline and law. In response to "escaping-style resignation," the newly revised "Regulations on Disciplinary Sanctions of the Communist Party of China" further enriches and improves the provisions on the punishment of party member cadres' own violations of regulations in engaging in business after leaving office. In recent years, cadres who have been investigated and dealt with after retiring or resigning from public office are not uncommon, allowing the majority of party member cadres to see that there are no dead ends or blind spots in the anti-corruption struggle: there is no "back door" in law and discipline, no matter how high the position or how great the power, whether in office or out of office, no matter how deeply or for how long the corruption problem is hidden, and no matter how the corruption methods are updated and upgraded, as long as they violate laws and regulations, they will have to pay the price sooner or later.
The existence of the "escaping-style resignation" problem in the field of state-owned enterprises shows that the anti-corruption situation is still severe and complex, and it is necessary to weave a tight institutional protection network and systematically strengthen the full-cycle supervision of cadres who leave office. First, strictly manage before leaving office, and conduct a comprehensive "physical examination" of the behavior of those who voluntarily resign, leave office, or retire early during their tenure, to prevent "leaving office with illness" and "retiring with illness." Second, further refine relevant regulations, and draw red lines for the scope and time of employment of cadres after leaving office, to block loopholes for speculation. Third, strictly manage after leaving office, carry out special baseline investigations, joint investigations, and targeted verifications, strictly enforce disciplinary constraints and legal punishments, so that "problem cadres" cannot escape and have nowhere to hide.
"Escape" does not equal "escape," and "people leaving" absolutely does not mean "investigation cooling down." Increasing governance efforts, addressing both the symptoms and root causes, and implementing systematic treatment will surely build a solid line of defense for discipline and law, and promote party member cadres to start businesses and make achievements while abiding by rules and discipline.
(Excerpted and compiled from *Southern Daily* (《南方日报》))
Return to TopBy: 河南省漯河市 张玉胜
Medical insurance reimbursement, rental contracts, employment and job seeking, and interpersonal relationships are all topics that college students must face when entering society. A survey shows that 89.27% of college student respondents believe that it is necessary for universities to offer life skills courses.
In reality, many schools have launched life skills courses such as general legal knowledge, financial management, and health literacy to help college students master necessary life skills and social knowledge, cultivate their ability to live independently, and lay the foundation for their future careers. In today's increasingly refined professional education, the unique value of life skills courses is becoming more prominent. In particular, imparting knowledge on employment contracts, anti-telecom fraud, rental safety, financial risks, and social security can help college students more smoothly complete the adaptation process from campus to society.
Life is education, but not all matters are worth incorporating into the education system. To allow life skills education to take root and play a greater role, greater efforts must be made in curriculum design, teacher development, and comprehensive evaluation to avoid simplifying teaching content and making classroom teaching empty. For example, establishing a "theory + practice + case study" three-in-one teaching model, introducing practical forces such as off-campus experts and corporate human resources managers, innovating assessment methods, and avoiding falling into the 窠臼 (kē jiù - "rut," following a beaten path; sticking to old ways) of traditional written exams, and so on.
The essence of education is to promote the all-round development of people. Life skills courses are not simple skills training, but a bridge connecting professional knowledge and social practice, and a necessity for promoting the all-round growth of talents. We expect more universities to improve curriculum development plans, enhance students' ability to take care of themselves and their comprehensive quality, and light up more lights for the growth path of college students.
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Return to TopThis newspaper reported from Beijing on July 9th (Wu Yuehui (吴月辉), Liu Jiaru (刘珈如)) On July 9th, the Chinese Academy of Sciences (中国科学院) held a press conference to release the latest research results on the Chang'e-6 (嫦娥六号) lunar samples. On the same day, the Institute of Geology and Geophysics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (中国科学院地质与地球物理研究所) (hereinafter referred to as "Institute of Geology and Geophysics (地质地球所)"), the National Astronomical Observatories of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (中国科学院国家天文台) (hereinafter referred to as "National Astronomical Observatories (国家天文台)"), and research teams such as Nanjing University (南京大学) published four research results obtained using the Chang'e-6 (嫦娥六号) lunar samples in the international academic journal "Nature" as cover articles. The four studies revealed the lunar far side's magmatic activity, lunar paleomagnetism, water content in the lunar mantle, and lunar mantle evolution characteristics, respectively, revealing the evolutionary history of the lunar far side for the first time.
The Moon has a "dichotomy," with significant differences between its near and far sides in terms of morphology, composition, lunar crust thickness, and magmatic activity. However, the formation mechanism of the lunar "dichotomy" remains unresolved and is a key issue that needs to be addressed in lunar science research. Previously, the scientific community's understanding of the lunar far side was mainly based on remote sensing studies. Chang'e-6 (嫦娥六号) returned to Earth with 1935.3 grams of lunar far side samples for the first time in human history. These samples were collected from the largest and oldest impact structure on the Moon, the South Pole-Aitken Basin, providing a rare opportunity to clarify the differences in material composition between the near and far sides of the Moon and to solve the mystery of the lunar "dichotomy."
This time, scientists have achieved several "original" key advances through the Chang'e-6 (嫦娥六号) lunar samples: for the first time, it was revealed that there was volcanic activity on the lunar far side about 4.2 billion years ago and 2.8 billion years ago, and this type of activity lasted for at least 1.4 billion years; for the first time, paleomagnetic field information from the lunar far side was obtained, and it was discovered that the lunar magnetic field strength may have rebounded 2.8 billion years ago, indicating that the lunar dynamo magnetic field did not decay monotonically but fluctuated; for the first time, the water content of the lunar mantle on the far side of the Moon was obtained, and it was found to be significantly lower than that of the lunar mantle on the near side, indicating that there is also a "dichotomy" in the distribution of water inside the Moon; for the first time, it was discovered that the basalt on the far side of the Moon comes from an extremely depleted source region, which may indicate the extreme depletion of the original lunar mantle, or it may be due to melt extraction caused by large impact events, revealing that large impact events may have a huge impact on the evolution of the deep lunar layers.
Wu Fuyuan (吴福元), Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (中国科学院院士) and researcher at the Institute of Geology and Geophysics (地质地球所), said: "The South Pole-Aitken Basin is one of the three major tectonic units of the Moon, with a diameter of about 2,500 kilometers. The energy generated by the formation of this impact structure is approximately equivalent to trillions of times the explosion of an atomic bomb, but the impact of this large impact on lunar evolution has always been a mystery. The four articles published in the journal "Nature" for the first time systematically reveal the effects of the South Pole-Aitken large impact, which is the core highlight of the results."
In addition to the four scientific advances mentioned above, scientists from the Chinese Academy of Sciences (中国科学院) have also achieved many other scientific breakthroughs using the Chang'e-6 (嫦娥六号) lunar samples in the past year. For example, the National Astronomical Observatories (国家天文台) and collaborators published the first research paper on the Chang'e-6 (嫦娥六号) lunar samples, revealing the physical, mineral, and lunar mantle evolution characteristics of the samples; the Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry (广州地球化学研究所) and collaborators also discovered that there was volcanic activity on the far side of the Moon 2.8 billion years ago, and took the lead in discovering that its lunar mantle source region was extremely depleted, thereby proposing that lunar magmatic activity is the result of the combined action of lunar crust thickness and source region material composition, providing a new understanding of the "dichotomy" of lunar mare basalt distribution; the Institute of Geology and Geophysics (地质地球所) and collaborators accurately determined for the first time that the South Pole-Aitken Basin was formed 4.25 billion years ago, giving humans a more accurate "cosmic clock" scale in understanding the history of large impacts in the early solar system.
Previously, Chinese scientists used Chang'e-5 (嫦娥五号) lunar samples to prove that there was still magmatic activity on the near side of the Moon 2 billion years ago, "extending" the currently known lunar geological lifespan by 1 billion years, which was evaluated by international peers as "changing the understanding of the evolutionary history of the Moon," making lunar sample research enter the "Chang'e Era (嫦娥时代)." In this regard, Li Chunlai (李春来), a researcher at the National Astronomical Observatories (国家天文台), said that the success of China's lunar exploration project is a typical example of the deep integration of science and engineering. With the acquisition of more "first-hand data," China's planetary science will move from "following" to "running alongside," and even take the lead in some fields.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 李龙伊
In the hinterland of Guizhou (黔中) and deep within the dense forests, a tactical exercise with a real combat background is in full swing. "Report! 'Terrorist' location locked." A drone ascends, and the operator reports the situation immediately.
"Assault team, follow me!" Li Xingkun (李兴坤), a soldier from a unit of the People's Armed Police (武警) Guizhou (贵州) Corps, leaps up suddenly, charging forward like a drawn sword. He rolls to the side to avoid the "terrorist" attack, then cleanly "kills" them, completing the entire set of movements in one go.
His comrades, born after 2000, give the 46-year-old veteran squad leader a thumbs up.
In his 25 years of service, Li Xingkun (李兴坤) has remained steadfast in his ordinary position, guarding the lights of thousands of homes with his youth. He has received national commendations three times, commendations from the entire army three times, and has been awarded the First Class Merit once, the Second Class Merit twice, and the Third Class Merit five times.
Persistence
During the hot season, the training ground is scorching. Li Xingkun (李兴坤) lies prone on the hot ground for shooting training, which has lasted for more than three hours. Sweat drips down his cheeks, but his eyes remain focused on the target paper.
"Sniping is an essential skill for reconnaissance soldiers, and it cannot be interrupted regardless of the heat or cold. Without rigorous training, it is difficult to improve the perception of the gun," said Li Xingkun (李兴坤). "There is no shortcut to winning; you can only persist day after day."
The word "persistence" is a belief engraved in Li Xingkun's (李兴坤) heart.
Back then, 21-year-old Li Xingkun (李兴坤) came to the army, but repeatedly lagged behind in various assessments of the recruit company. Li Xingkun (李兴坤) was determined to catch up. Therefore, the regular training during the day became a "warm-up," and whenever the lights-out bugle sounded, the training ground became his personal "battlefield," adding push-ups, weighted squats, pull-ups, and parallel bar dips. Before dawn, he began practicing weighted running again, and his footsteps echoed on the silent camp roads.
Change lies in the accumulation of daily persistence. In the graduation assessment of the recruit company, Li Xingkun (李兴坤) was selected into the special operations squadron with excellent grades, and shortly after joining the team, he won the first place in both climbing and pistol shooting in a competition, becoming the only "double champion" among his peers.
Underneath the camouflage uniform are scars left by training; in the bedside table are pairs of worn-out climbing gloves. His love for the army has allowed Li Xingkun (李兴坤) to find a goal to strive for in persistence. "I am willing to be a screw, steadfastly riveted to my position, and be a good soldier who can win battles!" said Li Xingkun (李兴坤).
Research
"As a special operations soldier, shouldering the important task of protecting the safety of the people, we must strengthen our abilities!" This is what Li Xingkun (李兴坤) often says.
In urban counter-terrorism operations, anti-hijacking of transportation is particularly important, and the impact of car window glass on sniping accuracy is a problem that must be solved. He began to analyze the difficulties of anti-hijacking of transportation and study solutions.
Li Xingkun (李兴坤) led his team to conduct thousands of test shots on glass of different distances and materials. Finally, he developed a "precision window breaking" sniping method, shooting targets through windows at a distance of 200 meters with an error of no more than 5 millimeters. "The more hurdles you cross, the stronger your ability will be," said Li Xingkun (李兴坤).
Research is Li Xingkun's (李兴坤) "secret" to continuous breakthroughs. In recent years, he has led his comrades to develop a reconnaissance system that can upload multiple images simultaneously, and has explored more than 10 training innovations in subjects such as aerial reconnaissance, climbing reconnaissance, and rappelling reconnaissance. Under his leadership, the study of tactics and hard training have become a common practice in the unit.
"To be a good soldier, it is even more important to lead soldiers well." As a grassroots leader, Li Xingkun (李兴坤) knows that only when everyone is highly capable can a strong fist be formed.
In order to give a good night-time tactical command lesson, he wrote lesson plans until late at night for several days. Under the dim light, he repeatedly deduced the sand table model, and the notebook was filled with deduction processes and key points, with crumpled draft paper scattered beside it. He rehearsed in the empty classroom over and over again, adjusting his speaking speed and optimizing action demonstrations.
In recent years, among the soldiers led by Li Xingkun (李兴坤), more than 100 have been commended and awarded, and 23 have been admitted to military academies and promoted. "Seeing them achieve results is even happier than winning awards myself." Li Xingkun (李兴坤) always imparts his knowledge to his comrades without reservation, and through his words and deeds, he has honed a group of strong soldiers who can fight tough battles.
Charge
On the muddy tactical field, Li Xingkun (李兴坤) is always the first to lie down and demonstrate low crawling, splashing mud all over his body; in the cold rainy night, he leads his students to practice squad coordination over and over again, his lips frozen purple, but his voice is still loud... Striving on the road to strengthening the army, Li Xingkun (李兴坤) has always been fearless of wind and rain, charging forward.
That year, the first special operations cadre and backbone competition of the People's Armed Police (武警) Force kicked off, and elites from various corps gathered. In order to simulate the real combat environment, Li Xingkun (李兴坤) wore a bulletproof vest every day to carry out training with his team members. Practicing physical fitness, skills, and expertise, Li Xingkun (李兴坤) strived for perfection in every aspect and pursued the ultimate in every action. Sweat soaked his clothes, but his eyes became more and more firm.
On the day of the final, on the 800-meter comprehensive obstacle course, the starting gun fired, and Li Xingkun (李兴坤) quickly crossed the low wall, the ladder, and the barbed wire, with clean and neat movements. However, before the last obstacle near the finish line, his right foot accidentally slipped, and his ankle made a "click" sound, and a sharp pain instantly struck. Seeing this scene, everyone present sweated for him.
Li Xingkun (李兴坤) had only one thought in his mind: "This is not a one-man battle, it is a battle for the honor of the collective, and we must win!" He endured the pain, gritted his teeth, roared and climbed over the high wall, and completed the game with amazing perseverance. The moment he crossed the finish line, Li Xingkun (李兴坤) and his comrades shed tears of excitement.
Someone asked: "If you could do it again, would you still insist on carrying injuries?" Li Xingkun (李兴坤) smiled and said: "The competition field is the battlefield. On the battlefield, soldiers must charge forward!"
Return to TopThis newspaper reported from Beijing on July 9th (Liu Shiyao (刘诗瑶), Zhan Kang (占康)) On the afternoon of July 9th, the China Astronaut Research and Training Center (中国航天员科研训练中心) held a meeting between the Shenzhou-19 (神舟十九号) crew and reporters at the Beijing Aerospace City (北京航天城). This was the first public appearance for astronauts Cai Xuzhe (蔡旭哲), Song Lingdong (宋令东), and Wang Haoze (王浩泽) more than two months after their return, where they shared their experiences and feelings from their 183-day stay in space.
Cai Xuzhe (蔡旭哲), the commander who successively carried out the Shenzhou-14 (神舟十四号) and Shenzhou-19 (神舟十九号) flight missions, witnessed and participated in the leap of the space station from the construction phase to the application and development phase. He said, "Each flight mission is not a simple repetition of the previous one, but a continuous leap towards a higher level." During their time in orbit, the crew participated in the implementation of 88 actual (test) projects, covering areas such as space life science, microgravity basic physics, and aerospace medicine, successfully preparing more than 10 types of 102 experimental samples. In addition, they also completed on-orbit test verification of the space station pipeline inspection robot, object weight perception tests, emotional state test capability assessments, and replacement of experimental samples.
Cai Xuzhe (蔡旭哲) set multiple records during the Shenzhou-19 (神舟十九号) mission's extravehicular activities: his first spacewalk refreshed the world record for the longest single spacewalk with 9 hours, and he completed a total of 5 extravehicular activities over two flight missions, becoming the Chinese astronaut with the most spacewalks at that time. He emphasized, "Every successful spacewalk is the result of the crew's concerted efforts and coordinated cooperation between space and Earth, and it also fully reflects the reliability of the extravehicular spacesuit and the confidence in China's aerospace technology."
When talking about the unexpected jamming of the payload adapter during the spacewalk, Cai Xuzhe (蔡旭哲) recalled: Facing challenges such as tight time constraints and unfamiliarity with the external equipment, the crew calmly responded after receiving training through video calls with the ground team. After exiting the cabin, they assessed the equipment status and communicated with the ground support team before successfully completing the disposal. When he heard the enthusiastic applause from the ground support team in his headset, he felt proud of the role and value that astronauts play in manned spaceflight.
As China's first post-90s astronaut to perform an extravehicular mission, Song Lingdong (宋令东) said with emotion, "The moment I opened the hatch was a dream come true." He believes that with the vigorous development of manned spaceflight, the younger generation, with the help of their predecessors and the support of all aerospace personnel, has taken on the responsibilities of their generation.
Song Lingdong (宋令东) attempted to grow sweet potatoes in orbit for the first time, and the plants grew well. Before returning, he collected samples and brought them back according to ground instructions, providing important data for verifying the feasibility of sweet potatoes as a food source for long-term spaceflight.
The female astronaut Wang Haoze (王浩泽), who embarked on her first space journey, injected new energy into the entire crew with her delicate operating habits, scientific way of thinking, and gentle psychological foundation. "For every operation, I told myself to slow down, ensure safety, be meticulous, and ensure success. In space, to do a good job, you must also be calm and patient." Wang Haoze (王浩泽) confidently completed various tasks. She said, "Being able to contribute more to scientific exploration and let the world see more of the style of female astronauts makes all my efforts more meaningful."
"I will definitely light more torches to illuminate the deep space, only because, in that distant starry sky, there is the dream of my life." At the meeting, Wang Haoze (王浩泽) also shared her original poem "Chasing Dreams in the Galaxy," expressing her love for the aerospace industry.
According to reports, the Shenzhou-19 (神舟十九号) crew has successively completed various tasks in the isolation and recovery and recuperation phases after returning, and has fully entered the recovery observation phase. Currently, under the careful care and attention of the scientific research support team of the China Astronaut Research and Training Center (中国航天员科研训练中心), the Shenzhou-19 (神舟十九号) crew is in good physical and mental condition, and various medical examination results are normal. Muscle strength, endurance, and cardiopulmonary function have basically recovered to pre-flight levels. After completing various tasks in the recovery period and undergoing health assessments, the three astronauts will return to normal training.
Return to TopBy: 新华社记者 郑家宝
In Xiaying Village (夏营村), Lihe Subdistrict (溧河街道), Wancheng District (宛城区), Nanyang (南阳), Henan (河南), a "Nanyang Martyr Xu Zihe Anti-Japanese Martyrdom Monument (南阳许烈士子和抗日殉国纪念碑)" stands quietly at the village entrance. The inscription on the stone tablet tells the world about the fearless spirit of this anti-Japanese hero.
The reporter visited the home of Zhang Min (张敏), the grandson of Xu Zihe. Speaking of his grandfather, Zhang Min, 72, said, "Since I was a child, I have heard my mother and the older generation tell stories about my grandfather. He was tall and thin, exceptionally brave, and had excellent marksmanship."
Xu Zihe (许子和), whose original name was Wenzhong (文忠), courtesy name Zihe (子和), was born in 1909 in Chenghu Village (程胡庄), Lihe Township (溧河乡), Nanyang County (南阳县), Henan Province, which is today's Xiaying Village (夏营村). He studied in a private school as a child and joined the army under the patriotic general Feng Yuxiang (冯玉祥) as an adult. After the outbreak of the all-out War of Resistance Against Japan in 1937, Xu Zihe, with a strong sense of national righteousness, was dispatched by the Party organization to return to Nanyang (南阳) with Zhang Shulian (张树廉), an underground Communist Party member, to carry out anti-Japanese national salvation activities. They founded the "Anti-Japanese War Drama Troupe" locally and, in light of the anti-Japanese national salvation situation at the time, staged plays such as "Put Down Your Whip" and "The Lugou Bridge Incident (卢沟桥的枪声)." These plays not only inspired people's anti-Japanese fighting spirit but also secretly developed Communist Party members.
During the War of Resistance Against Japan, due to the Japanese blockade, anti-Japanese base areas behind enemy lines lacked military supplies such as medical alcohol. In the spring of 1940, in order to support the alcohol factory run by Tai Shifang (邰士芳), an underground Communist Party member, Xu Zihe used his family's established distillery to produce baijiu (白酒), which he sent to Tai Shifang as a raw material for alcohol.
"My mother would always mention that my grandfather was usually forthright, generous, and righteous, and had practiced martial arts since childhood and had military experience, so he was quite famous in the surrounding dozens of miles," Zhang Min said proudly.
In the spring of 1945, the Japanese army occupied Nanyang (南阳). Xu Zihe gathered local anti-Japanese patriots, collected more than 100 guns, and established the "Wannan Anti-Japanese Guerrilla Force (宛南抗日游击队)," and was elected as the captain. On the morning of the third day of the third lunar month, a small team of Japanese troops sneaked into the vicinity of the local Jade Emperor Temple (玉皇庙), looting everywhere. After Xu Zihe learned of the news, he immediately discussed it with key members and decided to prepare the guerrillas for battle while sending people to contact the main force stationed nearby, with the main force taking the lead in the attack and the guerrillas cooperating in the battle.
During the battle, Xu Zihe was unfortunately injured but continued to charge forward and was hit by several more bullets. Enduring the severe pain, he said to his team members, "I can't go on, this battle must be fought well, let the Japanese know how powerful we Chinese are!" He eventually died heroically due to injuries to vital organs. By 5 p.m., this group of Japanese troops had been completely wiped out.
Xu Zihe (许子和), the chivalrous and righteous guerrilla captain who defended his hometown, sacrificed his life, but his story has been passed down to this day. Even today, many people come to pay their respects. Eighty years have passed, and Xu Zihe rests in his hometown, witnessing the earth-shaking changes here. His heroic deeds and those of many other martyrs will be passed down forever through writing and oral accounts from generation to generation.
(According to Xinhua News Agency, Zhengzhou (郑州), July 3)
Return to TopIn recent years, Xinfan Subdistrict, Xindu District, Chengdu City, Sichuan Province, has strictly implemented the "River Chief System" (河长制), innovated methods of water ecological protection and governance, leveraged its green ecological advantages, and promoted the harmonious coexistence of mountains, rivers, people, and the city. The picture shows the scenery of the Xinfan section of the Qingbai River (清白江).
Photo by Qian Xiaolin (钱小林) (Image China)
Return to TopThis newspaper Jinan (济南) July 9th (Reporter Xiao Jiaxin (肖家鑫)) The 11th Nishan World Civilization Forum opened in Qufu (曲阜), Shandong (山东) on July 9th. The theme of this forum is "Each is beautiful in its own way, and beautiful together - the relationship between civilizations and global modernization," with six sub-topics including "The Origin and Future Development of Civilization" and "The World Significance and Contemporary Value of Confucian Culture." More than 560 guests from over 70 countries gathered at the foot of Nishan (尼山) to respond to the new proposition of civilization mutual learning in the era of globalization and explore the way for harmonious coexistence and 和合共生 (hé hé gòng shēng - "harmony and coexistence," peaceful and mutually beneficial coexistence) of different civilizations.
At the opening ceremony, Zhao Rui (赵芮), Vice President of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (中国社会科学院), said in her speech that we should adhere to equality among civilizations, respect the diversity of civilizations, strengthen dialogue among civilizations, promote mutual learning among civilizations, adhere to integrity and innovation, stimulate the vitality of civilizations, strengthen exchanges and cooperation with a more open attitude, jointly explore the wisdom of different civilizations, and contribute insightful opinions to building a new type of civilization relationship featuring mutual respect, fairness and justice, and win-win cooperation.
The forum is co-sponsored by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism (文化和旅游部), the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of the State Council (国务院侨务办公室), the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (中国社会科学院), the International Confucian Association (国际儒学联合会), and the People's Government of Shandong Province (山东省人民政府), and will last until July 10th, during which more than 20 activities such as keynote speeches, high-end dialogues, group dialogues, and parallel forums will be held. It is understood that the World Cultural Heritage Forum, the Financial Culture Forum, and the Water Culture Forum are being held for the first time, focusing on themes such as "World Cultural Heritage Protection and Sustainable Development," "Traditional Culture and Modern Finance," and "Water Culture and Global Modernization" to carry out extensive dialogue and exchanges.
Return to TopThis newspaper Beijing (北京) July 9th (Reporter Yang Hao (杨昊)) The All-China Women's Federation (全国妇联) and 16 other departments recently issued a notice, jointly deploying the "Children's Hearts Towards the Party, Hand in Hand to Protect and Accompany Growth" 2025 summer children's care service activities.
The notice pointed out that all regions and departments should focus on commemorating the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War, carry out thematic practical activities with clear themes and novel forms, and guide children to strive to be good new era teenagers who love the Party and the country, are diligent and eager to learn, and develop in an all-round way. It is necessary to seize the opportunity of summer parent-child companionship, carry out family education guidance through various methods; rely on community parent schools to systematically arrange summer family education guidance courses; rely on off-campus positions such as children's activity centers to carry out colorful activities, so that parents and children can spend happy summer time together.
The notice emphasized that all regions and departments should focus on summer safety risks, especially the frequent occurrence of accidental injuries such as drowning, do a solid job in front-end prevention, and protect children's holiday safety. Jointly safeguard children's holiday safety by strengthening safety hazard investigation, carrying out rule of law and safety education, and carrying out safety self-protection education activities for children and teenagers. The notice requires that women's federations at all levels should play a leading role, cooperate closely with various departments, and form a joint force for care.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 姜晓丹 南方日报记者 姚 瑶 祁 雷
This year, Guangdong lychees have had a bumper harvest. Just this harvest season, the lychee express delivery collection points in Genzi Town (根子镇), Gaozhou City (高州市), Maoming (茂名) were all scenes of bustling activity.
"Grandma, where are you sending this? Let me help you fill in the address." "Uncle, you're sending Baitangying lychees (白糖罂荔枝), which are too ripe. I don't recommend sending them so far..." At the Genzi Town (根子镇) SF Express (顺丰速运) temporary Party branch convenience service point, Party member courier Liu Feng (刘锋) was patiently explaining to customers who came to send packages.
Establishing temporary Party branches in the main lychee producing areas, with Party members taking the lead in forming a "Lychee Express Delivery" special team, "freshly" guarding the sweetness of the lychee hometown. The achievements of spiritual civilization construction are presented in the most "down-to-earth" way, with civilized rural customs and industrial revitalization playing a "concerto" of integrated development.
More than 19,000 grassroots publicity teams and more than 20 grassroots publicity brands are spread throughout urban and rural areas, carrying out more than 130,000 grassroots publicity activities in 2024; a large number of advanced models such as Liu Mingfang (刘名芳) and Zhong Wei (钟威) have emerged in major battles and tests, inspiring people; 5 cities and 5 counties have recently been successfully selected as the seventh National Civilized Cities... Guangdong (广东) is comprehensively promoting the integrated development of urban and rural spiritual civilization construction with Party building leadership, typical demonstrations, and mechanism integration, injecting strong spiritual power into the Guangdong (广东) practice of Chinese-style modernization.
Party Building Leadership
Consolidating the Foundation of Faith for Entrepreneurship
Liu Feng (刘锋) is a Party member with 5 years of experience in delivering express deliveries and knows every detail of lychee delivery like the back of his hand. He can give customers the most appropriate advice on how long it takes to send to a certain location, what variety is at what stage of maturity, and how long it can be preserved.
In May of this year, the express delivery collection point where Liu Feng (刘锋) works was labeled as a "temporary Party branch," which not only plays an important role in convenience services, quality control, and service efficiency, but also serves as an important position for disseminating the Party's theories and policies, market information, etc., helping to improve lychee farmers' civilization literacy, development confidence, and professional skills.
In Maoming (茂名), in addition to Party member service teams, there are also publicity teams such as "Baiqiao Lecture Hall (柏桥讲堂)," "Lixiang Voice (理响荔乡)," "Xinyi Red Microphone (信宜红话筒)," and "Juli Piaoxiang (橘理飘香)" going deep into the grassroots to promote the Party's innovative theories to the people.
When the people have faith, the country has strength, and the nation has hope. Guangdong (广东) has always taken studying, publicizing, and implementing Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era as the primary political task of spiritual civilization construction, continuously strengthening the construction of theoretical learning, position coverage, and talent cultivation systems, and boosting the spirit of cadres and the masses to start businesses. Through the perspective of the people, the language of the people, and the feelings of the people, a bridge is built between scientific theory and the masses.
Wherever the masses are, that is where the position is. Guangdong (广东) innovates the construction of a position coverage system, focusing on strengthening the main position, making use of new spaces, and expanding new carriers.
At present, all 21 prefecture-level cities in the province have achieved full coverage of the construction of civilization practice positions at the county, town, and village levels; online and offline channels such as under banyan trees, street corner parks, and WeChat groups are used to build classrooms at the "doorsteps" of the masses; relying on the mainstream media new media platforms at all levels to promote the blooming of truth of theoretical resources in the "cloud"... The "large-scale publicity" matrix is increasingly improved, and theoretical publicity is more "down-to-earth" and "gathers popularity."
Typical Demonstration
Inspiring an Upward Spirit
Zhong Wei (钟威), a town cadre in Shaoguan (韶关), saw a car accident on the road, rushed into the fire regardless of the danger of explosion, forcefully pried open the twisted car door, and dragged the unconscious driver out of the flames; Liu Mingfang (刘名芳), a village cadre in Maoming (茂名), gave an early warning of the major risk of a landslide, and braved the heavy rain with village and town cadres to safely evacuate 57 villagers by knocking on gongs and knocking on doors from house to house...
These are touching stories that happened not long ago in the land of Southern Guangdong (南粤大地). Countless netizens were moved and praised the people of Guangdong (广东): "So strong!"
The "most beautiful retrograde" of Zhong Wei (钟威) and Liu Mingfang (刘名芳) is a vivid portrayal of Guangdong's (广东) comprehensive cultivation of new social customs and the inspiration of an upward spirit.
Spiritual civilization construction is ultimately the construction of people. Guangdong (广东) highlights "acting on people," further strengthens education and guidance, practice cultivation, and institutional guarantees, continuously enriches the people's spiritual world, and promotes the all-round development of people.
One person's kindness can inspire thousands. Huang Shangu (黄善古), who is filial and loves his relatives, has been seeking medical treatment for his children for 7 years and taking care of 4 elderly people for 14 years; Lan Yuna (蓝玉娜), who is helpful and happy, was disabled in a car accident, and after founding a cultural media company, she did not forget her "wheelchair friends" and employed 10 disabled people; Qu Nanzhao (区南照) from Yunfu (云浮) has been a forest ranger since he was 18 years old, and this year marks 50 years... Guangdong (广东) effectively gives play to the exemplary role of advanced models, vigorously publicizes advanced models such as role models of the times, moral models, Nan Yue (南粤) models, and good people around them, and widely carries out thematic practical activities such as "Civilization and Law" and "Etiquette in Guangdong (广东)," transforming the exemplary power of advanced models into the vivid practice of hundreds of millions of people.
Glimmers of starlight gather into a torch. The civilized atmosphere of upward and good, vigorous and simple permeates people's hearts and becomes the spiritual background of hundreds of millions of children in Southern Guangdong (南粤). As of June this year, Guangdong (广东) has a total of 13 national moral models, 60 provincial moral models, 9 role models of the times, 45 Nan Yue (南粤) models, 605 Chinese good people, 2155 Guangdong (广东) good people, and 9 national new era good teenagers.
Mechanism Empowerment
In-depth Promotion of Spiritual Civilization Construction
There is no barbecue meat aroma, only health tea aroma, no shopping bargaining, only pulse diagnosis. In June of this year, Ms. Wu (吴女士), who lives in Enping (恩平), Jiangmen (江门), experienced a "health night market." While taking a walk at night, she learned about health knowledge along the way. She was surprised to find that health tea can be so delicious and pulse diagnosis can be so convenient.
This night market is one of the activities of the new era civilization practice "compulsory night help" fully launched in Jiangmen (江门), and its outstanding feature is to benefit the people. How can we make the opening time and the way of experiencing the best and most optimal, and truly benefit the people?
Jiangmen (江门) innovatively practices, integrates the power of the government, the market, the community, and the public to achieve resource sharing and complementary advantages, better serve the needs of the masses, and further activate civilization practice in urban and rural grassroots.
Spiritual civilization construction is a systematic project that requires the participation of multiple forces. Guangdong (广东) strengthens organizational leadership, establishes and improves leadership systems, reforms and innovates working mechanisms, strengthens the investment of forces and resources, so that the tree of civilization is deeply rooted and leafy, and the flowers of civilization bloom all over Lingnan (岭南) -
Shantou (汕头) founded the "Shantou Call Aid (汕头呼援通)" elderly call aid public welfare project to deliver services that love the people to the doorsteps of the masses; Qingyuan (清远) combined with the traditional festival revitalization project to carry out parent-child classic recitation, family style and family training story sharing and other activities; Shanwei (汕尾) innovatively implemented the "strong village company + rural craftsmen" model, organizing skilled rural craftsmen to participate in the micro-transformation of farmhouses nearby; Jieyang Puning (揭阳普宁) connected the protection of ancient post roads through "public welfare picking and running," making the millennium post road a "civilization check-in place"; Gaolian Village (高莲村), Dongtang Town (董塘镇), Renhua County (仁化县), Shaoguan (韶关) implemented the "good neighbor system," "beautiful courtyard +," and "points system," and the village has a strong atmosphere of advocating morality and goodness, and seeing the virtuous and thinking about the same; the concepts of "planting trees for happy events," "talking about the heart but not talking about money," and "a bowl of tea for happy events, a bowl of porridge for funerals" have become a social trend in various places... Guangdong (广东) not only focuses on the construction of a harmonious and beautiful countryside, but also focuses on the cultivation of civilized rural customs, so that the living conditions of farmers are improving day by day, their spiritual world is becoming more and more enriched, and their endogenous power is becoming more and more vigorous.
From the foot of the Nanling Mountains (南岭山) to the coast of the South China Sea (南海之滨), from the Leizhou Peninsula (雷州半岛) to the Chaoshan area (潮汕大地), the in-depth promotion of spiritual civilization construction injects an inexhaustible spiritual impetus into the "two-way rush" between urban and rural areas.
In recent years, Guangdong (广东) has activated the "sense of ownership" of the masses through mechanism innovation and practical guidance: Dongguan (东莞) explored the "integrated and well-governed community" governance model, allowing culture to nourish life and empower industries, drawing a new picture of the "high-quality development project of hundreds of counties, thousands of towns, and tens of thousands of villages"; Liannan Yao Village (连南瑶寨) villagers in Qingyuan (清远) spontaneously integrated the content of changing customs and customs into folk songs; Yunfu City Harmony Love Charity Association (云浮市和谐爱心慈善会) organized volunteers to provide free home safety micro-transformation for elderly people in need, exchanging "small projects" for "big convenience"; in the summer civilization practice volunteer service activities for college and secondary vocational students in the province, more than 100 universities, more than 10,000 teams, and more than 200,000 young students in the province rushed to the front line of the grassroots to carry out more than 30,000 civilization practice volunteer service activities...
Publicity and guidance make positive energy "resonate in people's hearts." Guangdong (广东) uses a publicity matrix of "large and small screens linkage, online and offline resonance" to stereoscopically display the achievements of spiritual civilization construction. The province carries out more than 1 million various civilization practice activities such as "Our Festivals," "Being a Civilized Person in the New Era," and "Classic Recitation" every year, allowing the spring breeze of civilization to moisten people's hearts.
Return to TopBeijing, July 9th (Reporter Yi Shuran (易舒冉)) On July 9th, the 2025 National Model Worker Recuperation and Vacation Activity was launched in Beijing (北京). Wang Dongming (王东明), Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress and Chairman of the All-China Federation of Trade Unions, visited the first group of 200 model worker and craftsman representatives participating in the recuperation and vacation in Beijing (北京), extending cordial greetings and high respect to the national model workers, master craftsmen, and workers across the country.
Wang Dongming (王东明) pointed out that it is necessary to further deepen the study, publicity, and implementation of the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important speech at the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the founding of the All-China Federation of Trade Unions and the National Model Worker and Advanced Worker Commendation Conference, and strive to make efforts in comprehensively studying, understanding, and implementing it, so as to promote the spirit of the General Secretary's important speech to take root in the trade union system and among the vast number of workers and form a vivid practice. We must wholeheartedly do a good job in organizing and serving the recuperation and vacation of model workers, so that model workers and craftsmen can truly feel that the trade union is the home of workers, and trade union cadres are trustworthy family members and close friends, so as to better play an exemplary leading role on the new journey and make new and greater contributions to the cause of the Party and the people.
Return to TopXinhua News Agency, Belgrade, July 9th. The 2025 Global Overseas Chinese Conference for Promoting the Peaceful Reunification of China was held in Belgrade (贝尔格莱德), Serbia (塞尔维亚) on July 9th. The theme of the conference was "Joining Hands to Promote Reunification and Striving Together to Realize the Chinese Dream." Cai Dafeng (蔡达峰), Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress and Vice President of the China Council for the Promotion of Peaceful Reunification, attended and delivered a speech.
Cai Dafeng (蔡达峰) stated that the reunification of both sides of the Taiwan Strait is an irresistible trend and the will of the people, which cannot be stopped by anyone or any force. Facing new situations and challenges, he hopes that the broad masses of compatriots in Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan, as well as overseas Chinese, will follow the general trend of history, adhere to national righteousness, firmly oppose "independence" and promote reunification, jointly safeguard the one-China principle, jointly defend the fruits of victory in World War II, jointly protect the homeland of the Chinese nation, jointly plan for the long-term well-being of both sides of the Taiwan Strait, and jointly promote exchanges and mutual learning between China and foreign countries. In the process of comprehensively promoting the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation with Chinese-style modernization, we must unswervingly advance the great cause of the reunification of the motherland.
Zheng Jianmin (郑建闽), President of the All-China Federation of Taiwan Compatriots, Li Ming (李明), Chinese Ambassador to Serbia (塞尔维亚), as well as representatives from departments and units such as the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (外交部), the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council (国务院台办), and the China Zhongshan Culture Exchange Association (中华中山文化交流协会), and representatives from Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan, as well as anti-"independence" and pro-reunification representatives from various continents, delivered speeches at the conference. More than 400 people from over 80 reunification promotion associations and related organizations from nearly 60 countries and regions around the world participated in the conference. The conference adopted the Belgrade Declaration (《贝尔格莱德宣言》).
Return to TopBeijing, July 9th (People's Daily reporter Jiang Lin (江琳)) On July 9th, the Ministry of Commerce (商务部) announced the inclusion of eight Taiwan region (台湾地区) entities on the export control list for dual-use items. In response, Chen Binhua (陈斌华), spokesperson for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council (国务院台办), answered reporters' questions, stating that since Lai Ching-te (赖清德) took office, he has stubbornly adhered to the "Taiwan independence" stance, vigorously promoted separatist fallacies, and attempted to "seek independence by relying on foreign forces" and "seek independence through military means." Some Taiwan region (台湾地区) entities have participated in this, 助纣为虐 (zhù zhòu wéi nüè - "help King Zhou commit atrocities," to aid and abet the wicked). The Ministry of Commerce (商务部), in accordance with relevant laws and regulations, has decided to include eight Taiwan region (台湾地区) entities, including Aerospace Industrial Development Corp. (汉翔航空工业股份有限公司) and CSBC Corporation, Taiwan (国际造船股份有限公司), on the export control list for dual-use items, prohibiting the export of dual-use items to them. This is a necessary measure to defend national sovereignty and territorial integrity and maintain peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait, and it is also a stern warning to the "Taiwan independence" separatist forces who repeatedly engage in provocations seeking "independence." We express our strong support for this.
Chen Binhua (陈斌华) pointed out that "Taiwan independence" is a dead end, and assisting "independence" is an evil path. Those enterprises, organizations, and individuals who are willing to be pawns of the "Taiwan independence" separatist forces and participate in crimes of splitting the country and inciting the splitting of the country will inevitably be severely punished according to law.
Return to TopThe 2025 Digital Economy Forum was held in Langfang (廊坊), Hebei Province (河北省) on July 9th, according to a report in this newspaper on July 9th (Reporters Wang Yunshan (王云杉) and Shao Yuzi (邵玉姿)). The theme of this forum was "Accelerating the Construction of Digital China and Promoting High-Quality Development." Participating guests exchanged and discussed topics such as accelerating the development of the digital economy and promoting the deep integration of the digital economy and the real economy. Fang Jiangshan (方江山), Deputy Editor-in-Chief of People's Daily, Gao Peiyong (高培勇), Member of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, and Shen Beili (沈蓓莉), Secretary of the Party Leadership Group and Vice Chairman of the China Soong Ching Ling Foundation (中国宋庆龄基金会), attended the forum.
The participating guests stated that it is necessary to firmly grasp the opportunities of the new round of technological revolution and industrial transformation, vigorously develop new quality productive forces, and solidly promote the deep integration of technological innovation and industrial innovation, the deep integration of the real economy and the digital economy, and the deep integration of development and boosting consumption, to strengthen, optimize, and expand the digital economy, and to promote high-quality development by accelerating the construction of Digital China.
The forum was hosted by People's Daily Cultural Media Co., Ltd. Relevant leaders from the Cyberspace Administration of China (中央网信办) and other departments attended the forum. Relevant leaders from professional research institutions such as the China Industrial Internet Research Institute (中国工业互联网研究院) and the National Data Development Research Institute (国家数据发展研究院), key universities such as the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (中国科学院大学), Peking University (北京大学), and Tsinghua University (清华大学), some local governments, and enterprises such as Runze Technology (润泽科技), Yanda Group (燕达集团), and Xifeng Liquor (西凤酒) introduced their practices and thoughts on developing the digital economy.
Return to TopOn July 8th, in the Jiaozhou Bay waterway of Qingdao (青岛), Shandong (山东) Province, a container freighter is sailing into Shandong Port Qingdao Port (山东港口青岛港). Qingdao Port (青岛港) continues to optimize its route network layout. In the first half of this year, it added 11 container routes, 6 international transit channels, and 5 sea-rail intermodal transport lines. Currently, the total number of shipping routes exceeds 230, radiating to more than 700 major ports around the world.
Zhang Jingang (张进刚) photographed (Image China).
Return to TopThis newspaper Beijing (北京) July 9th (Reporter Jiang Lin (江琳)) The State Council Taiwan Affairs Office (国务院台办) spokesperson Chen Binhua (陈斌华) stated on July 9th that the 8th Straits Youth Development Forum will be held from July 10th to 15th in Hangzhou (杭州), Jiaxing (嘉兴), Ningbo (宁波), Wenzhou (温州), Jinhua (金华) and other places in Zhejiang (浙江) Province. The opening ceremony of the forum and the launching ceremony of the Zhejiang-Taiwan Youth Exchange Season will be held in Hangzhou (杭州) on the morning of July 11th. Former Chairman of the Chinese Kuomintang (中国国民党) and Chairman of the China Youth Peace Education Foundation (中华青雁和平教育基金会), Hung Hsiu-chu (洪秀柱), will be invited to attend the forum. Approximately 1,000 guests from both sides of the Straits, representatives of youth from all walks of life, and others will participate in relevant forum activities. Media reporters are welcome to cover the event.
Return to TopThis newspaper Hefei (合肥) July 9th (Reporter Li Junjie (李俊杰)) Recently, with the consent of the Anhui Provincial Government, the Anhui Provincial Development and Reform Commission (安徽省发展改革委) and other departments jointly issued the "Several Measures on Further Promoting the Development of County-level Characteristic Industrial Clusters."
In recent years, Anhui Province has successively selected and identified 72 county-level characteristic industrial clusters, achieving full coverage of counties, but the development of county-level clusters is still in its initial stage, and the overall strength is not strong. The "Several Measures" put forward this time propose that Anhui Province will establish a "one cluster, one policy" diagnosis mechanism in a coordinated manner, and select a number of clusters with large scale, good extension and supporting facilities, and strong support and driving force every year, and carry out special diagnosis around the four dimensions of industrial chain upgrading, value chain extension, supply chain resilience, and market supply and demand matching to form a comprehensive solution.
In terms of increasing support for scientific and technological innovation, the "Several Measures" clarify that by 2027, Anhui Province will establish about 30 county-level characteristic industrial innovation research institutes to connect clusters with cooperation needs and carry out cooperation with universities and research institutes. Anhui Province will provide support based on its R&D investment and innovation output performance.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 阿尔达克
In the midsummer apple orchard, young fruits hang lush and green on the branches. Farmer Ayitulanhan Wujiabili (阿依吐兰汗·吾加比力) is busy pruning the branches, his eyes full of anticipation for a bountiful harvest.
The 225th Regiment of the 14th Division of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps (新疆生产建设兵团第十四师二二五团) is located on the southern edge of the Taklamakan Desert (塔克拉玛干沙漠). The "golden apples" that grow in this sandy area have undergone numerous tests from decision-making to practice.
In the past, agricultural development here faced difficulties: heat waves from the desert carried saline-alkali particles that eroded the land, and the average annual rainfall of less than 50 millimeters caused the riverbeds to crack year-round. Traditional crops here were always stunted.
"But we also saw that there is plenty of sunshine and a large temperature difference between day and night, so the sugar content of the fruit would be high," said Liu Xiaoqin (刘晓勤), Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee and Head of the 225th Regiment. In 2020, the regiment held an industry seminar. After comprehensively analyzing hydrological data, climate models, and market demand, it was decided to develop the apple industry and introduce a high-standard dwarf dense planting apple demonstration garden project.
To get more employees involved, regiment cadres took experts from the Academy of Agricultural Sciences to visit households and give lectures. When Ayitulanhan (阿依吐兰汗) saw the dwarfed fruit trees in the brochure, he couldn't help but frown: "These fruit trees don't grow tall, can they bear good fruit?"
The expert patiently explained: "These are apples grafted with dwarfing rootstock. One mu (亩) of land can grow more than 140 more fruit trees than a traditional orchard, and it can also be mechanized, saving 60% of labor costs."
With a try-it-and-see attitude, Ayitulanhan's (阿依吐兰汗) family planted apples on 11 mu (亩) of land. "Technicians taught us when to fertilize, what medicine to apply, and how to pull branches and prune." Ayitulanhan (阿依吐兰汗) recalled that he studied very carefully, attended training whenever he had time, studied and memorized diligently, and asked questions whenever he didn't understand.
Today, Ayitulanhan's (阿依吐兰汗) apple orchard is full of "modern style": black drip irrigation belts, spread out like capillaries, with evenly spaced water outlets precisely moisturizing the roots; a water and fertilizer integration system automatically proportions nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium according to soil moisture; and drones patrol the fields every month, generating growth reports, based on which experts from Shihezi University (石河子大学) can remotely guide the angle of branch pulling.
Last year, the orchard ushered in its first harvest. "The yield per mu (亩) was almost two tons!" Ayitulanhan's (阿依吐兰汗) face was filled with joy. The net income of about 55,000 yuan allowed the family to buy a small car. This year, the regiment will also put into use a cold chain logistics center, and it will only take about 1 day for apples to go from the field to the market in Urumqi (乌鲁木齐), and the price can also be increased.
It is understood that with the help of Beijing's (北京) aid to Xinjiang (新疆) funds, the 225th Regiment has built a 7,240 mu (亩) high-standard dwarf dense planting apple demonstration garden, and the output value per mu (亩) during the abundant harvest period can reach 20,000 yuan. "In addition to growing apples, we also grow grapes, peaches, plums, and mutton fat rice," Liu Xiaoqin (刘晓勤) said, adding that the area of characteristic forest fruits in the regiment has increased from 8,300 mu (亩) in 2018 to the current 27,600 mu (亩).
It is important not only to grow well, but also to sell well. Creating a regional public brand for agricultural products has become the key. In the 225th Regiment Regional Public Brand Operation Center, dozens of commodities such as "Laisu (拉依苏)" apples and "Laisu (拉依苏)" mutton fat rice, branded with the place name, are neatly displayed. Liu Xiaoqin (刘晓勤) clicked on the order background, and an order sent to Heilongjiang (黑龙江) was displayed, "Not only can fruits grow in the sandy area, but they can also be sold to the whole country and placed on the tables of thousands of households."
Return to TopThe National Food Safety Internal Whistleblower Reporting System developed by the State Administration for Market Regulation (市场监管总局) was officially launched recently, according to a report in this newspaper from Beijing on July 9th (reporter Lin Lili (林丽鹂)). The system focuses on activating the "internal whistleblower" mechanism of food production and business units, unblocking channels for practitioners and related personnel to report clues of food safety violations, forming a linkage with the "National 12315 Platform (全国12315平台)," and promoting the construction of a social co-governance pattern of food safety with "universal participation and whole-process supervision."
The system supports both real-name and anonymous dual-track reporting modes, strictly protects whistleblower information through technical means, and implements a closed-loop management mechanism of "national unified reception, coding, and distribution." Whistleblowers can track the progress of handling in real time. The State Administration for Market Regulation (市场监管总局) will regularly analyze national clue data to promote rapid response and targeted governance by regulatory authorities.
Currently, the public can log in to the system through the official websites of the State Administration for Market Regulation (市场监管总局) and local market regulatory departments. For verified and valid reports, regulatory authorities will provide rewards in accordance with regulations.
Return to TopThis newspaper reported from Nanning (南宁) on July 9th (Reporter: Zhu Jiaqi (祝佳祺)). Recently, the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (广西壮族自治区) Department of Human Resources and Social Security and other departments jointly issued the "Three-Year Action Plan for the Construction of a High-Quality Employment Public Service System in Guangxi (2025-2027)," proposing to further improve the accurate and efficient employment public service system, improve the accessibility, equalization, and professional level of employment public services, and help promote high-quality and full employment.
The plan proposes to strive to build a "156" employment public service system in three years. "1" refers to relying on the Guangxi "Digital and Intelligent Human Resources and Social Security" information system to build a centralized and unified employment information resource database and employment and entrepreneurship platform in the region, establish a new "digital and intelligent" working model of information aggregation, functional concentration, and service integration, and realize the informatization and intelligence of employment services; "5" refers to vertically improving the five levels of employment public service platforms at the autonomous region, city, county (city, district), township (street), and village (community) levels to promote the universalization and equalization of services; "6" refers to horizontally focusing on six key areas: universities and colleges, industrial parks, concentrated residential areas, urban business districts, transportation hubs, and major labor outflow destinations outside the region to build grassroots employment service outlets, and realize the specialization and characteristic of services.
Return to TopIn Lushan (庐山), Jiangxi (江西), a vibrant botanical garden nestles between Poyang Lake (鄱阳湖) and the Yangtze River (长江), bearing the profound history of modern Chinese plant science research. This is China's first formalized scientific botanical garden – the Lushan Botanical Garden of Jiangxi Province, Chinese Academy of Sciences (江西省、中国科学院庐山植物园) (referred to as "Lushan Botanical Garden (庐山植物园)"). Since the 1930s, when the older generation of botanists sowed the seeds of scientific research here, the Lushan Botanical Garden has experienced nearly a century of trials and tribulations and has become a comprehensive academic institution integrating scientific research, conservation, and science popularization. It has also become a model for ecological protection and green development in the Yangtze River Economic Belt.
A Green Landmark with a Long History
In 1934, during the difficult years of the initial establishment of scientific undertakings, scholars such as Hu Xiansu (胡先骕), Qin Renchang (秦仁昌), and Chen Fenghuai (陈封怀), with the ideal of serving the country, selected the shore of Lulin Lake (芦林湖) in Lushan (庐山) to create the Lushan Forest Botanical Garden (庐山森林植物园). This was China's first botanical garden for the purpose of scientific research, opening the prelude to ex-situ conservation of plants in China. For 91 years, the botanical garden has always adhered to the purpose of "studying plants and benefiting mankind" to protect germplasm resources, promoted scientific research and development during the construction of New China, and moved towards the international stage after the reform and opening up.
Today's Lushan Botanical Garden (庐山植物园) has formed a development pattern of "one garden and four districts": the Lushan (庐山) headquarters focuses on the conservation of subalpine plants; the Poyang Lake Branch (鄱阳湖分园) is based on wetland plants and ecological protection, and together with the Lushan (庐山) headquarters, it builds a characteristic research system of "one mountain and one water"; the Nanchang Research Center (南昌科研中心) focuses on cutting-edge basic theoretical research in plant science; and the Shannan Branch (山南分园) focuses on the exploration and utilization of plant resources, and helps local economic development through the "plant resource development + industrial assistance" model. Based on this, the Lushan Botanical Garden (庐山植物园) strengthens the leadership of Party building, drives "green scientific research" with a "red engine," and rejuvenates this long-standing scientific research institution.
Continuous Breakthroughs in Scientific Research and Innovation
Scientific research and innovation are the foundation of the Lushan Botanical Garden (庐山植物园). In recent years, the Lushan Botanical Garden (庐山植物园) has focused on biodiversity conservation and utilization research, undertaken a number of national and provincial key scientific research projects, and produced a number of influential achievements in the field, enjoying a high reputation internationally, and helping China play a leading role in global biodiversity conservation.
The Lushan Botanical Garden (庐山植物园) research team has made key breakthroughs in several fields. In the field of ecological environment, it revealed the trade-off mechanism between hydraulic efficiency and safety of angiosperm leaves worldwide, providing a new perspective for understanding plant adaptation to climate change; in the field of aquatic plant research, it analyzed the water characteristics of Poyang Lake (鄱阳湖), providing a scientific basis for water ecological protection in the Yangtze River Basin; in the field of plant resource exploration and utilization, it cultivated new varieties of fruits such as kiwifruit and August melon, excavated wild plants in karst landforms, cultivated high-calcium vegetables, and improved local characteristic crop germplasm such as Lushan Yunwu Tea (庐山云雾茶) and Lushan Small Potato (庐山小土豆).
In terms of scientific research mechanism innovation, the Lushan Botanical Garden (庐山植物园) has built a collaborative model of "Research Center + Provincial Key Laboratory," giving research teams more autonomy, stimulating innovation vitality, and promoting the organic combination of basic research and applied research.
A Backbone of Species Conservation
As an important plant germplasm resource bank in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River (长江), the Lushan Botanical Garden (庐山植物园) shoulders the important task of biodiversity conservation, focusing on biodiversity hotspots such as the Huangshan-Huaiyu Mountain area (黄山—怀玉山区) and the Poyang Lake area (鄱阳湖区). The park has collected and preserved more than 10,000 species of living plants, including hundreds of national key protected plants and rare and endangered plants, and is the backbone of regional biodiversity conservation.
With the goal of creating a national botanical garden, the Lushan Botanical Garden (庐山植物园) has newly built and upgraded a number of specialized botanical gardens, optimized the landscape, and improved the walking trail system, providing a high-quality platform for ex-situ plant conservation. At the same time, the park has massively updated and installed plant information QR code signs, plant nameplates, and specialized garden explanation signs, transforming the scientific research park into a "living plant museum." This integrated model of "protection-research-display" allows rare and endangered plants to survive, be studied, and be recognized by the public in ex-situ environments.
An Important Platform for Open Cooperation
The Lushan Botanical Garden (庐山植物园) has always adhered to the concept of openness and sharing, and actively built an international science and technology exchange platform. It has successfully held the Hai Zhi Hui Gan Po and Lushan International Academic Symposium on Global Change and Biodiversity Conservation (海智惠赣鄱暨全球变化与生物多样性保护庐山国际学术研讨会) and the International Botanical Garden Management Training Course, attracting a group of experts and scholars from home and abroad, and becoming an important window to showcase China's plant science achievements.
In terms of scientific research cooperation, the Lushan Botanical Garden (庐山植物园) signed a friendly cooperation agreement with the National Botanic Garden of Belgium, sent scientific researchers to overseas exchanges, and integrated into the global scientific research network. At the same time, it jointly built a biodiversity conservation scientific research base with national nature reserves, jointly carried out rare and endangered plant wild return activities with relevant institutions, and jointly built satellite gardens with universities, realizing the cross-regional integration of scientific research resources.
The park relies on rich resources to develop science popularization courses, receiving more than one million visitors annually. In 2024, the park was approved as a postdoctoral innovation practice base in Jiangxi Province (江西省博士后创新实践基地), and jointly trains graduate students and postdoctoral fellows with a number of universities and research institutions, forming a virtuous cycle of "scientific research-education-science popularization."
Technological Empowerment and External Expansion
In order to promote the creation of Lushan National Botanical Garden (庐山国家植物园), the Lushan Botanical Garden (庐山植物园) and the Lushan City Government (庐山市政府) cooperated to build the Shannan Branch (山南分园) at the southern foot of Lushan (庐山). The Shannan Branch (山南分园) focuses on the collection, display, and product development of subtropical low-altitude plant resources, and has built professional greenhouses such as the Strange Flower and Exotic Herb Hall (奇花异卉馆), the Tropical Rainforest Hall (热带雨林馆), and the Xerophytic Plant Hall (沙生植物馆), conserving thousands of rare and endangered plants worldwide, becoming an important plant germplasm resource bank in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River (长江).
The Lushan Botanical Garden (庐山植物园) relies on the Shannan Branch (山南分园) to establish provincial key laboratories such as Sustainable Utilization of Traditional Chinese Medicine Resources, Carbon Neutrality and Ecosystem Carbon Sink, and Ex-situ Conservation and Utilization of Plants. The scientific research team has developed a number of new products with medicinal and food homology, cultivated a variety of functional vegetables, and the developed ecological restoration and environmental governance technologies have been widely used.
The Shannan Branch (山南分园) innovatively created a large-scale immersive plant theme park and science popularization cinema, allowing tourists to explore the mysteries of plants through interactive experiences and holographic projection technologies, and has become a demonstration window for comprehensive rural revitalization integrating "scientific research empowerment, industrial feedback, and science popularization benefiting the people."
A Green Vision for the Future
Standing at a new historical starting point, the Lushan Botanical Garden (庐山植物园) is taking the creation of a national botanical garden as an opportunity to plan for future development prospects. At present, the park is making every effort to promote various constructions, striving to pass the creation assessment as soon as possible and become an important member of China's national botanical garden system.
In terms of scientific research facility construction, the construction of the Lushan Forest Ecosystem Positioning Research Station (庐山森林生态系统定位研究站) and the Lushan-Poyang Lake Mountain-Lake Continuum Field Scientific Observation and Research Station (庐山—鄱阳湖山湖连续体野外科学观测研究站) is constantly advancing, which will provide long-term data support for the study of ecosystems in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River (长江).
In terms of talent team construction, the park actively introduces national-level talents, young doctors, and overseas talents, forming a scientific research echelon combining the old, middle-aged, and young. In the future, the Lushan Botanical Garden (庐山植物园) will further innovate the talent mechanism and inject lasting impetus into the development of scientific research.
Under the guidance of the green development concept, the Lushan Botanical Garden (庐山植物园) is vigorously promoting the construction of a "digital park," not only building a digital plant specimen library to realize the cloudification of specimen information, but also developing a plant information management system to realize real-time monitoring and management of plant introduction, planting, cultivation, and phenology. At the same time, relying on key laboratories to carry out research on strengthening biodiversity conservation, resource utilization, and forest carbon sinks, providing scientific and technological support for the green development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt.
As a candidate park for the national botanical garden, the Lushan Botanical Garden (庐山植物园) undertakes the mission of biodiversity conservation, and will make every effort to improve the ability and level of species protection and sustainable resource utilization, always adhering to the concept of "**守护生物多样性** (shǒu hù shēng wù duō yàng xìng - "protect biodiversity," to guard and preserve the variety of life), serving national strategies, and benefiting people's well-being," and writing a more magnificent green chapter in the process of promoting the modernization of harmonious coexistence between man and nature.
Data source: Lushan Botanical Garden (庐山植物园)
Return to TopBy: 中国人民对外友好协会民间外交战略研究中心
In recent days, President Xi Jinping (习近平) replied to a letter from teachers and students of the U.S. Maryland Montgomery County Youth Pickleball Cultural Exchange Delegation, who participated in the initiative to invite 50,000 American youths to China for exchange and study in the next five years. He congratulated them on their successful visit to China and expressed his hope that they would "become new-generation envoys of friendship between the two countries and make greater contributions to enhancing the friendship between the two peoples." President Xi Jinping's (习近平) earnest message has become a new story of friendly exchanges between the people of China and the United States.
People-to-people diplomacy was established, prospered, and strengthened because of the Party, and it has always been closely linked to the cause of the Party and the people. Since the new era, under the guidance of Xi Jinping's (习近平) Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, especially Xi Jinping's (习近平) Thought on Diplomacy, China's foreign affairs have achieved comprehensive and historic achievements, and people-to-people diplomacy has also achieved new development. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) attaches great importance to people-to-people diplomacy and has made a series of important expositions. These important expositions have both epistemology and methodology, and are an important part of Xi Jinping's (习近平) Thought on Diplomacy, providing fundamental guidelines for people-to-people diplomacy in the new era and on the new journey. We must comprehensively and systematically, follow up in a timely manner, think deeply, and connect with reality to study and understand the connotation, practical requirements, and implementation measures of General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important expositions on people-to-people diplomacy, and constantly draw ideological strength from them to create a new situation in people-to-people diplomacy in the new era, actively promote the theoretical and practical development of people-to-people diplomacy, and better serve the overall domestic development and the overall diplomatic situation.
Deeply study and understand the historical logic, theoretical logic, and practical logic of General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important expositions on people-to-people diplomacy.
General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important expositions on people-to-people diplomacy grasp the essence of the problem from history, theory, and practice, and condense and sublimate the theory and practice of people-to-people diplomacy, with profound historical logic, theoretical logic, and practical logic. The "three logics" are multi-dimensionally connected and dialectically unified, which is an important reason why this series of important expositions are timely, guiding, and practical.
From the perspective of historical logic, General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important expositions on people-to-people diplomacy are the inheritance and development of the diplomatic concepts and historical experience of New China, drawing on the wisdom and essence of excellent traditional Chinese culture, and running through the past, present, and future. First, it is in the same line as the diplomatic concepts of New China. Comrade Mao Zedong (毛泽东) emphasized: "The Chinese people are willing to carry out friendly cooperation with the people of all countries in the world." In the new period of reform and opening up and socialist modernization, Comrade Deng Xiaoping (邓小平) pointed out: "If there is only cooperation between the governments of the two countries, and there is no people-to-people exchange, the relations between the two countries cannot have a solid foundation." Comrade Jiang Zemin (江泽民) emphasized: "We will continue to widely carry out people-to-people diplomacy, expand foreign cultural exchanges, enhance friendship between the people, and promote the development of national relations." Comrade Hu Jintao (胡锦涛) pointed out: "Developing people-to-people diplomacy is conducive to enhancing the friendship between the people of all countries, promoting economic and cultural exchanges and cooperation between countries, and laying a broad social foundation for the development of national relations." Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) has attached great importance to people-to-people friendship and people-to-people connectivity, deeply summarized and fully utilized the historical experience since the founding of our Party, and made a series of important expositions in many occasions from a new reality, such as "'The key to sound relations between states lies in the affinity between their people.' The foundation for state-to-state relations lies in the people of the two countries" and "People-to-people diplomacy is a fundamental task to enhance people's friendship and promote the development of national relations." These important expositions are both in the same line as the people-to-people diplomacy concepts formed by our Party for a long time and keep pace with the times. Second, it draws on the wisdom and essence of excellent traditional Chinese culture. Excellent traditional Chinese culture has a long history and deep roots. General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important expositions on people-to-people diplomacy contain the spirit of serving the world and working together in harmony. "When the Great Way prevails, the world is for all" and "When the people are enlightened, all nations will live in harmony," depict the beautiful vision of a harmonious society and embody the essence of Eastern civilization. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "Humanity is a community with a shared future where everyone prospers or suffers together," reflecting the inherent laws of interdependence in human society, guiding people-to-people diplomacy to promote and practice the common values of all mankind, and continue to work with all peace-loving countries and people to jointly address challenges and achieve common prosperity, and strive to gather strong synergy to promote the building of a community with a shared future for mankind. This series of important expositions embodies the moral principle of the strong not oppressing the weak and the rich not bullying the poor. "Love each other and benefit each other," China has always advocated peaceful coexistence and equality and mutual benefit, and opposed bullying the weak and zero-sum games. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "Seeking peace, promoting development, promoting cooperation, and seeking win-win results are our common aspirations and responsibilities," pointing out the direction for people-to-people diplomacy to adhere to the principle of mutual respect, actively expand equal, open, and cooperative global partnerships, and continuously consolidate the social and public opinion foundation for friendly cooperation between countries. This series of important expositions upholds the value pursuit of beauty and harmony. The spiritual foundation of "A single flower does not make spring, while a hundred flowers in full bloom bring spring to the garden" embodies the broad mind of equality, respect, and inclusiveness in excellent traditional Chinese culture. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "Only when there is mutual respect, mutual learning, and harmonious coexistence in diversity can this world be colorful and prosperous," guiding people-to-people diplomacy to uphold the concept of mutual respect, equal treatment, seeking common ground while reserving differences, and win-win cooperation, and promote the sharing of opportunities and challenges with countries around the world.
From the perspective of theoretical logic, General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important expositions on people-to-people diplomacy demonstrate the distinct theoretical character of Marxism and form a rigorous theoretical system. First, adhere to materialist dialectics. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) adheres to the materialist dialectical thinking method to observe things, analyze problems, and solve problems, guiding people-to-people diplomacy to proceed from objective reality, and recognize and grasp the laws and characteristics of development in the unity of opposites and the mutual promotion of practice and understanding. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) accurately grasped the evolving trend of the international situation and made the important exposition that "China is in the best period of development since modern times, and the world is in a period of great changes unseen in a century, and the two are intertwined and interacting," pointing out that to do a good job in diplomacy, we must have both domestic and international situations in mind. We must unify our thoughts and understanding with the major judgments of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) as the core to ensure that the work of people-to-people diplomacy on the new journey always moves forward in the correct direction guided by the Party. Adhere to grasping the main contradictions and the main aspects of contradictions, and actively face and resolve contradictions. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "China-US relations are the most important bilateral relations in the world. How China and the United States get along determines the future and destiny of mankind." As the world's largest developing country and developed country, the health and stability of China-US relations are crucial to world peace and development. People-to-people diplomacy should actively serve head-of-state diplomacy and cooperate with official diplomacy, both talking about the two-point theory and focusing on key points, focusing on strengthening the people-to-people ties between China and the United States, and taking helping to improve and develop China-US relations as one of the important work directions for the current and future period. Second, adhere to the materialist conception of history. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) profoundly grasps the basic viewpoints of Marxism on the laws of development of human society and its historical trends, insightfully understands the great logic, great driving force, and great trends behind the development trajectory of international relations, and always grasps the historical initiative of the development of the cause of the Party and the country, pointing out the direction for people-to-people diplomacy to grasp historical laws and seize historical opportunities. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out that "we must hold up the telescope of historical laws," and said that "human beings can understand, conform to, and apply historical laws, but cannot prevent historical laws from playing a role," explaining the truth that "any difficulties and twists cannot stop the wheels of historical progress," requiring us to maintain strategic determination and strategic confidence. In our work of people-to-people diplomacy, we must accurately understand the laws of historical development, scientifically plan the convergence points, entry points, and focus points of people-to-people diplomacy, and widely mobilize all parties and resources to jointly participate in the cause of people-to-people friendship.
From the perspective of practical logic, General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important expositions on people-to-people diplomacy always adhere to problem orientation, goal orientation, and result orientation, originating from practice and guiding practice. First, it is rooted in the practice of people-to-people exchanges under the leadership of the Communist Party of China. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) attaches great importance to people-to-people diplomacy, takes the lead in setting an example, and leads people-to-people diplomacy with head-of-state diplomacy, charting the course for people-to-people diplomacy in the new era. As early as 1985, when Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) was the Secretary of the Zhengding County Party Committee in Hebei, he forged a deep relationship with the people of Iowa, USA; when he was the Secretary of the Fuzhou Municipal Party Committee, he personally excavated and continued to care about the "Kuling Story," encouraging friendly people from China and the United States to pass on and carry forward the Kuling Story and the Kuling friendship. After the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) made a special trip to visit the family of former Governor Bacon, whom he met during his work in Fujian, during his visit to Australia in 2014; during his visit to Laos in 2017, he took the time to meet with Lao students from the Bayi School, and widely contacted, exchanged, and interacted with people from all walks of life and ordinary people, constantly enriching and developing important expositions on people-to-people diplomacy in practice. Second, it is rooted in the realistic needs of China's major-country diplomacy with Chinese characteristics. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) closely combines new era conditions and practical requirements, and proposes a series of new concepts, new propositions, and new initiatives, such as building a community with a shared future for mankind, common values of all mankind, the "Belt and Road" initiative, and the "three global initiatives," which have distinct characteristics of the times, brand-new ideological content, and profound practical value. General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important expositions on people-to-people diplomacy are the results of continuous exploration, adherence to principles, and innovation in the process of adhering to and developing China's major-country diplomacy with Chinese characteristics. They are powerful ideological weapons that have been tested in practice and are full of practical power, opening up a new realm of people-to-people diplomacy theory and practice, and are an important guide for us to plan and promote people-to-people diplomacy in the new era.
Deeply grasp the rich connotation of General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important expositions on people-to-people diplomacy.
General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important expositions on people-to-people diplomacy have rich connotations and profound insights, focusing on the long-term development of national relations and the deep cultivation of people's friendship, leading people-to-people diplomacy in the new era to achieve historic achievements and undergo historic changes.
A consistent people-centered view. The people-centered view is a core concept of Marxist philosophy, emphasizing that the people are the creators and promoters of history, the creators of social material wealth and spiritual wealth, and the decisive force of social change. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) as the core has adhered to the people first, inheriting and developing the deep people's feelings of the Communist Party of China. President Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "The deep friendship of the people is the source of strength for the development of national relations" and "People's friendship is the basic force for promoting world peace and development, and it is the basic prerequisite for achieving win-win cooperation." In 2023, President Xi Jinping (习近平) attended a welcome banquet jointly held by American friendly groups in San Francisco, USA, and delivered a speech, mentioning the word "people" more than 60 times, and emphasized: "The hope of China-US relations lies in the people, the foundation lies in the people, the future lies in the youth, and the vitality lies in the local areas." These important expositions condense the theoretical basis and practical origin of adhering to the people-centered approach, deeply summarize the basic role and important contributions of people-to-people diplomacy in promoting the healthy development of national relations, demonstrate the theoretical characteristics of our Party's adherence to the Marxist people-centered view, and fully demonstrate the people-centered character of Marxism.
A systematic view of overall consideration. The systematic concept is an important category of Marxist epistemology and methodology, and it is a basic ideology and working method. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized: "Foreign affairs is a systematic project. Parties, governments, people's congresses, CPPCCs, the military, local areas, and non-governmental organizations should strengthen overall coordination, each with its own emphasis, cooperate with each other, and form a grand collaborative situation in foreign affairs in which the Party takes overall control and coordinates all parties, ensuring that the Party Central Committee's foreign policy and strategic deployments are implemented." Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) as the core has taken into account both domestic and international situations, adhered to the systematic concept and strategic thinking, promoted the formation of a foreign affairs system with clear levels, prominent key points, and orderly operation, and continuously promoted the integrated development of people-to-people diplomacy, city diplomacy, and public diplomacy, forming a new situation of head-of-state diplomacy leading, high-level visits driving, high-level mechanisms demonstrating, bilateral and multilateral integration, and official and non-governmental efforts combined. This further enriches and develops Marxist scientific methodology, requiring people-to-people diplomacy to not only systematically plan, but also seize the "bull nose," continuously enhance the overall and synergistic nature, achieve overall consideration, comprehensive balance, and highlight key points, and fully interpret the practical character of Marxism.
A view of righteousness and benefit that combines righteousness and benefit. Combining righteousness and benefit, giving priority to righteousness and then benefit, is a distinct value criterion and spiritual symbol of excellent traditional Chinese culture, and it is also a distinct feature of New China's diplomacy. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "Righteousness reflects our concept, the concept of communists and socialist countries. It is not a good phenomenon that some people in this world live very well, while some people live very poorly. True happiness is the common happiness of everyone. We hope that the whole world will develop together, especially that the vast number of developing countries will accelerate their development. Benefit is to adhere to the principle of mutual benefit and win-win results, not to engage in a situation where I win and you lose, but to achieve a win-win situation. We have an obligation to provide assistance to poor countries within our capacity, and sometimes we even have to value righteousness over benefit and abandon benefit for righteousness, and we must never be profit-oriented and calculate every penny." General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important expositions on adhering to the correct view of righteousness and benefit are in line with the inherent requirements of socialism with Chinese characteristics, conform to the trend of the times of peace, development, cooperation, and win-win results, as well as the general trend of the development of China's relations with the world, and are not only of great guiding significance for us to further do a good job in people-to-people diplomacy in the new era, but also further enrich the common values of all mankind.
A progressive view of development that keeps pace with the times. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "We must focus on the important nodes of the Party and the country's work and promote foreign affairs to continuously create new situations." Facing the great changes in the world unseen in a century, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) profoundly understands the new changes in China's development and the world, comprehensively understands the new connotations of China's relations with the world, accurately grasps the new laws of interaction between China and the world, deepens the understanding of the laws of development of people-to-people diplomacy with a new vision, and requires us to innovate in accordance with the times and situations on the basis of grasping the laws. For example, in recent years, President Xi Jinping (习近平) has met with people from all walks of life in the United States who have come to visit, sent letters to China-US people-to-people friendship activities, and replied to friendly people such as the "US-China Youth Student Exchange Association" in Washington State, the descendants of General Stilwell, and veterans of the Flying Tigers, focusing on promoting the development of friendly relations between the people of China and the United States, and laying the foundation and adding warmth to China-US relations. In 2023, President Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out when attending a welcome banquet jointly held by American friendly groups in San Francisco, USA: "The hope of China-US relations lies in the people, the foundation lies in the people, the future lies in the youth, and the vitality lies in the local areas." These important expositions are led by head-of-state diplomacy, enriching and developing the connotation and extension of people-to-people diplomacy, are profound insights into grasping the essential laws of China-US relations, are profound wisdom that inspires the healthy, stable, and sustainable development of China-US relations, and are in line with the fundamental aspirations of the people of the two countries to exchange and cooperate, and are in line with the universal expectations of the people of the world for the stable development of China-US relations.
The world view of a shared future. The Communist Party of China (CPC) is not only a party that seeks happiness for the Chinese people and rejuvenation for the Chinese nation, but also a party that seeks progress for mankind and great harmony for the world. Since the new era, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) has proposed the concept of building a community with a shared future for mankind, which is both an inheritance and development of the Marxist "real community," and a commitment to innovation and continuous development of the excellent Chinese traditional culture of "harmonizing all nations" and "universal peace." It is a concrete manifestation of the "world view" in the new era. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized in his important speech at the ceremony marking the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China (中国共产党): "The Communist Party of China (中国共产党) pays attention to the future and destiny of mankind and is willing to work together with all progressive forces in the world." General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) has repeatedly emphasized "the world is one family" and a shared future, advocating that countries should work together in harmony to build a bright future, aiming to pass on the flame of peace from generation to generation, to make the driving force of development continuous, and to make the torch of civilization shine brightly. These important expositions, from mission and concept to plan and path, contain a rich and rigorous "world view," which cares for the present and looks forward to the future, reflecting General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) profound historical vision and broad global perspective, and contributing Chinese wisdom to firmly safeguard world peace and promote the common development of all countries.
An open and inclusive view of civilization. History fully proves that resolving the outstanding contradictions and problems facing mankind requires not only relying on material means to overcome difficulties, but also relying on spiritual strength to be sincere and correct. Since the new era, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) has made a series of important expositions on the view of civilization, pointing out that "to safeguard world peace and promote the common development of all countries, we must vigorously strengthen exchanges and mutual learning among civilizations. People-to-people diplomacy is the most profound force for promoting exchanges and mutual learning among civilizations," and stated that "China is willing to work with the international community to uphold the view of civilization featuring equality, mutual learning, dialogue, and inclusiveness," and proposed the Global Civilization Initiative, sending a sincere call to the world to enhance dialogue among civilizations and promote the progress of human civilization through inclusiveness and mutual learning, clarifying China's position on deepening exchanges and mutual learning among civilizations. This is not only a correct understanding of the laws of human civilization development, but also an abandonment and transcendence of the theory of civilizational superiority and the clash of civilizations, which is in line with the common aspiration of different civilizations to learn from each other and promote each other.
Strengthening Theoretical Research and Practical Exploration of People-to-People Diplomacy in the New Era
Standing at a new historical starting point, we must thoroughly implement the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (中国共产党) and the Central Conference on Work Relating to Foreign Affairs, earnestly study and implement General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important expositions on people-to-people diplomacy, deeply understand the rich connotations contained therein, and focus on creating a new situation in people-to-people diplomacy in the new era.
Adhere to the "root" and "soul," improve political standing, and grasp the political direction. Adhere to the centralized and unified leadership of the Party Central Committee, always maintain the political nature of people-to-people diplomacy, always focus on the central work of the Party and the country, always enhance our determination and grasp the initiative in the face of complex and volatile international situations, and implement the foreign affairs decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) at its core without compromise. Deepen ideological understanding, profoundly understand the decisive significance of the "Two Establishments" and resolutely achieve the "Two Safeguards," deeply understand the Party Central Committee's major judgments on the general trend of world development and the historical mission of diplomacy, strengthen strategic confidence, enhance the political responsibility to forge ahead, and forge a political character that dares to fight and is good at fighting. Strengthen theoretical study, comprehensively, systematically, accurately study and comprehend Xi Jinping (习近平) Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, especially Xi Jinping's (习近平) diplomatic thought, integrate theory with practice, and implement General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important expositions on people-to-people diplomacy, deeply understand its spiritual essence and core meaning, and firmly grasp its practical requirements and implementation methods.
Be good at "observing" and "planning," strengthen the awareness of the overall situation, and strengthen strategic planning. Actively serve head-of-state diplomacy, closely focus on General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important diplomatic activities, create a warm and friendly atmosphere for head-of-state diplomacy with down-to-earth, heart-warming, flexible, and content-rich supporting people-to-people diplomatic activities, expand influence and effect, narrow the distance between Chinese and foreign people, and enhance friendship between Chinese and foreign people. Actively serve the top-level design of China's diplomatic strategy in the new journey, advocate that different civilizations transcend differences, practice the common values of all mankind, promote the high-quality joint construction of the "Belt and Road," help the "Three Global Initiatives" to be implemented and become solid, and consolidate the public opinion foundation for building a new type of international relations. Actively serve bilateral and multilateral diplomatic activities, closely follow the international situation and the needs of national development, combine important time nodes and major bilateral and multilateral diplomatic events, strengthen dialogue and communication with various countries, friendly exchanges with people from all walks of life, and continue the friendship between China and foreign countries.
Make good use of "strategies" and "techniques," build rich channels, and broaden the scope of work. Do a good job in international friendship city work, earnestly implement General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important instructions and requirements on international friendship city work, continue to give play to the window role of friendship city work in local opening up, the carrier role of carrying out international exchanges and cooperation, and the grasp role of serving the country's overall diplomacy. Expand the network of friendly organizations, carefully sort out its basic structure, and promote people-to-people friendship to go deep into the grassroots and the masses. Rely on cultural exchanges to refine and display the cultural essence of excellent Chinese traditional culture that has contemporary value and world significance. Strengthen public diplomacy, strengthen international, regional, and segmented expression capabilities, deeply explain important concepts such as building a community with a shared future for mankind, actively promote the historic achievements of China's economic and social development and the important characteristics and world significance of Chinese-style modernization. Attach importance to youth groups, continue to expand the global partnership network, build international consensus on peaceful development, and create an international environment conducive to peaceful development.
Grasp "inheritance" and "change," adhere to integrity and innovation, and bravely shoulder the mission of the times. Seriously consider the environmental conditions, methods, and methods for promoting work development in the new historical period, properly handle the dialectical unity of change and invariance, inheritance and development, and principle and creativity, and promote the transformation of innovative achievements into work practice. On the basis of carrying out regular, systematic, and academic analysis of the experience and methods contained in the practice of people-to-people diplomacy, focus on the new situation, new tasks, and new challenges of people-to-people diplomacy, promote key points, break through difficulties, create highlights, and gather consensus and synergy for promoting the implementation of building a community with a shared future for mankind. Actively embrace the digital age, combine big data, cloud computing, artificial intelligence, and other technologies with traditional foreign communication methods, promote contemporary China from multiple perspectives, strengthen positive guidance of international public opinion, shape the correct international understanding of China, and create a friendly international atmosphere.
In an era of turbulent changes and a world intertwined with chaos, we must adhere to Xi Jinping (习近平) Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, especially Xi Jinping's (习近平) diplomatic thought, unite more closely around the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) at its core, and continuously enhance the scientific nature, foresight, initiative, and creativity of people-to-people diplomacy, create a new situation in people-to-people diplomacy, and make greater contributions to realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation and promoting human peace and development!
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Education, science and technology, and talent are the fundamental and strategic pillars of Chinese-style modernization. In June of this year, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out in his important article "Accelerating the Building of a Strong Educational Nation" published in the journal *Qiushi*: "Strengthen the supporting role of education for science and technology and talent. We must adhere to promoting a virtuous cycle of education, science and technology, and talent, coordinate the implementation of the strategy of invigorating the country through science and education, the strategy of strengthening the country through talent, and the innovation-driven development strategy, and promote educational development, scientific and technological innovation, and talent cultivation in an integrated manner." As the intersection of developing the primary productive force of science and technology, cultivating the primary resource of talent, and enhancing the primary driving force of innovation, universities must fully exert their pioneering and fundamental supporting role, promote the virtuous interaction between independent innovation in science and technology and independent cultivation of talent, and inject strong impetus into advancing Chinese-style modernization.
发挥高校人才培养主阵地作用 (Fāhuī gāoxiào réncái péiyǎng zhǔ zhèndì zuòyòng - "Give play to the main position role of talent cultivation in universities"). General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "Talent is the primary resource for innovation, and talent resources are an important force and significant advantage for our country in fierce international competition." Talent cultivation is a process of unifying education and talent development. As the main position for cultivating innovative talent, universities must adhere to the fundamental task of fostering virtue through education, integrate ideological and political work throughout the entire process of education and teaching, and achieve the organic unity of value shaping, ability cultivation, and knowledge imparting. Taking the reform and innovation of ideological and political courses as a starting point, use the Party's innovative theories to cultivate people, build a practical platform for "grand ideological and political courses," guide students to have the "big picture of the country" in mind, take root in Chinese practice, and temper students' mission to aspire to great ambitions, enter the mainstream, take the big stage, and engage in great undertakings. Firmly follow the path of independent talent cultivation, increase the support of higher education for the supply of top-notch innovative talent and scientific and technological innovation, dynamically adjust talent cultivation programs according to the requirements of the times, and build a full-segment and full-chain talent cultivation system. At the same time, strengthen the enabling role of artificial intelligence in talent cultivation, use artificial intelligence to realize the updating and optimization of teaching activities, and realize the personalization and precision of talent cultivation. A global perspective is an essential ability and quality for top-notch innovative talent. We should deepen the open and collaborative mechanism, and promote the deep participation of teachers and students in global scientific and technological frontier cooperation through international joint laboratories, international large-scale scientific programs, and large-scale scientific projects. Support young talent to intern and gain experience in international organizations, and cultivate more innovative talent with Chinese sentiments, a global perspective, and cross-cultural communication skills.
推动基础学科与交叉学科协同突破 (Tuīdòng jīchǔ xuékē yǔ jiāochā xuékē xiétóng tūpò - "Promote the coordinated breakthrough of basic disciplines and interdisciplinary subjects"). Facing the new situation in which global scientific and technological competition is accelerating towards basic frontiers and interdisciplinary fields, promoting the coordinated breakthrough of basic disciplines and interdisciplinary subjects is not only an important way to cultivate compound talent that meets the needs of economic and social development, but also an important measure to promote the solution of national and social development issues through discipline construction. Higher education must bravely shoulder its mission, activate innovation potential with the reform of the discipline system, consolidate the foundation of high-level self-reliance in science and technology with breakthroughs in basic research, and provide a source of living water for the cultivation of innovative talent. Focusing on the forefront of world science and technology, accelerate the layout of forward-looking basic research, implement long-cycle and stable support strategies in basic disciplines such as mathematics and physics, build high-level basic discipline platforms, and eliminate short-term utilitarian orientations through institutional innovation, so as to promote young scholars to carry out continuous in-depth cultivation in strategic frontier fields. Aiming at the major strategic needs of the country, take interdisciplinary fields such as "artificial intelligence +", "digital +", and "green +" as breakthroughs, promote the deep integration of disciplines, build a joint interdisciplinary research team, and form a transmission chain of theoretical breakthroughs - technological innovation - industrial upgrading through the "deep digging of wells" in basic disciplines and the "building of bridges" in interdisciplinary subjects, so as to help high-quality development with the coordinated breakthrough of disciplines. At the same time, promote the reform of the talent evaluation system, establish evaluation standards oriented towards innovation ability, quality, effectiveness, and contribution, strengthen the condensation of major issues and the precise allocation of resources, and maximize the release of the innovation vitality of scientific researchers.
加强产学研深度融合 (Jiāqiáng chǎn xué yán shēn dù rónghé - "Strengthen the deep integration of industry, academia, and research"). The deep integration of industry, academia, and research is an important path to accelerate the cultivation of innovative talent, and it is also a key measure for scientific and technological innovation to lead industrial upgrading. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized: "We must organize collaborative research between industry, academia, and research around the country's key areas and key industries, and cultivate talent in major scientific research tasks." As the main force in talent cultivation and scientific and technological innovation, universities need to continuously improve the talent cultivation system, strengthen the deep integration of industry, academia, and research, and inject strong impetus into the development of new quality productive forces. Actively promote the deep integration of the education chain and talent chain with the industrial chain and innovation chain, establish a two-way empowerment mechanism between disciplines and industries, and build carriers such as university-enterprise joint laboratories and industrial innovation colleges in conjunction with leading enterprises around strategic emerging industries such as integrated circuits and high-end equipment manufacturing, and transform industrial technology problems into teaching cases and scientific research topics; further smooth the channels for the transformation of achievements, focus on the entire cycle of innovation from research to application, and improve the "center + node" university scientific and technological achievement transformation system. Build specialized technology transfer institutions, rely on platforms such as national university science parks and concept verification centers, promote the targeted incubation of technologies in fields such as artificial intelligence and biomedicine, and accelerate the transformation of innovative achievements into real productive forces. Based on the regional industrial characteristics, build a differentiated talent cultivation model, and promote the precise connection between talent supply and regional industrial upgrading through mechanisms such as directional cultivation and customized delivery, so as to form a virtuous cycle of talent-driven innovation and innovation feeding back to education.
(Author is a professor at the Central University of Finance and Economics (中央财经大学))
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At 10 a.m., 79-year-old Chen Yuanxiu (陈远秀) put on her "community tour guide" armband and headed towards a popular internet-famous overpass in Guanyinqiao Subdistrict (观音桥街道), Jiangbei District (江北区), Chongqing (重庆). "The Beicang Cultural and Creative Block (北仓文创街区) is this way! The red bean soup at Taping Old Alley (塔坪老巷子) is open!" she said to the tourists with a smile.
This old community in Guanyinqiao Subdistrict (观音桥街道) was once known as a "broken alley" by residents, but now it is a source of pride and a "living room" for the city – with 8,000 businesses and an average daily tourist volume of over 20,000.
This stems from a transformation in Yubei Community (渝北社区), Guanyinqiao Subdistrict (观音桥街道). In Chongqing's (重庆) exploration of a new path for modern governance of megacities, Yubei Community (渝北社区) innovatively launched the "Community Partner" mechanism – the government provides the platform to introduce resources, and businesses, creators, and residents participate in joint construction, co-creation, and co-governance.
Co-construction partners make the old community more "youthful."
"Preserve the memory of the textile factory and let residents find a sense of belonging." Designer Zhang Beimeng (张贝蒙) gently stroked the hemp rope art installation in the Yubei Community (渝北社区) Neighborhood Center, with warm-toned lights shining on the retro red brick wall.
As a community co-construction partner (i.e., enterprises and public institutions, social organizations, etc. in the jurisdiction participate in community construction through resource sinking, service sinking, etc.), Zhang Beimeng's (张贝蒙) Chongqing Beicang Cultural Industry Group Co., Ltd. (重庆北仓文化产业集团有限公司) undertook the design and renovation of the 3,300-square-meter Neighborhood Center. Cleverly incorporating elements of the old Beicang Textile Factory (老北仓纺织厂), and paired with the "Community Cat" IP designed by another community co-construction partner, Chongqing Yanci Yinghua Urban Renewal Construction and Development Co., Ltd. (重庆言瓷映画城市更新建设发展有限公司), this three-story building integrating childcare, elderly care, canteen dining, fitness, cultural entertainment, and other functions has become a popular "living room."
The community renovation and upgrade with the participation of community co-construction partners is changing this community. In the past, despite being located in the Guanyinqiao business district (观音桥商圈), the monthly rent for shops on the ground floor of Taping Community (塔坪小区) was only a thousand yuan; now, the monthly rent for the same location has risen to nearly 5,000 yuan.
More importantly, through the community aesthetic creativity of community co-construction partners, the old community has become "younger" –
More than 200 shops in the Beicang Cultural and Creative Block (北仓文创街区) have created personalized storefronts; community co-construction partner, Ou Dongsheng (欧东昇), a post-95s youth calligrapher, makes coffee during the day and teaches calligraphy at night, and donates 1 yuan to the community charity fund for every cup of coffee sold; the community navigation map drawn by the community co-construction partner, "Happy Screening" grocery store, clearly marks the location of the internet-famous overpass and old alley food shops...
Co-creation partners make community services more considerate.
At 12 noon, the face-scanning gate of the digital community canteen on the first floor of the Yubei Community (渝北社区) Neighborhood Center beeped non-stop.
Young white-collar worker Xiao Wang (小王) skillfully scanned her face to get a meal plate, selected dishes, and checked out. She opened the mini-program, and the screen of her mobile phone showed the calories and data such as protein, fat, and carbohydrates of the meal.
Looking at the busy smart dining table, Luo Xiaohuan (罗晓欢), the person in charge of Chongqing Hantong Catering Culture Co., Ltd. (重庆瀚童饮食文化有限公司), a community co-creation partner (i.e., community entrepreneurs, business operators, etc., jointly cultivate new community economic formats through cooperative operation, business format innovation, etc.), said: "Adjust in real time according to big data – more orders for sweet and sour pork ribs? Increase the quantity immediately! Want to eat something light when it's hot? Cold dishes and wax gourd soup are arranged!"
In the health cabin on the third floor of the Neighborhood Center, a licensed pharmacist is scanning the orange electronic label on the medicine box of Wang Yongjian (王永建), a patient with high blood pressure, "Blood pressure is lower than last week!"
Chang Hongjie (常宏杰), general manager of Chongqing Heping Xinjiankang Xinte Health Management Chain Co., Ltd. (重庆和平新健康欣特健康管理连锁有限公司), a community co-creation partner, said: "We will establish electronic files for each contracted resident to realize medical information tracking and full-course management. The short-term goal is to expand the scope of chronic disease management services to more than 80% of residents."
Yubei Community (渝北社区) attracts community co-creation partners to settle in with the "site for service" model. The community provides co-creation partners with high-quality space in the Neighborhood Center and a rent-free policy during the incubation period, while co-creation partners in the fields of childcare, elderly care, etc. promise to inject part of their profits into the community's "autonomy fund."
The "autonomy fund" continues to support the community: the convenience pavilion in the Beicang Cultural and Creative Block (北仓文创街区) uses the "autonomy fund" to add nursing tables and breastfeeding chairs, the smart canteen purchases children's dining chairs according to residents' suggestions, and the health cabin provides affordable health checkup packages for more than 800 elderly people.
Co-governance partners make the common home warmer.
In the afternoon, the pocket park in the Beicang Cultural and Creative Block (北仓文创街区) attracted many tourists to check in and take pictures. Florist Zhu Jiali (朱佳丽) is pruning mint donated by residents. "Last year, when I saw a unsanitary corner, I took the initiative to volunteer 'give me three months'!" she said.
This community co-governance partner (i.e., community backbones who participate in governance through volunteer services) paid for the laying of anti-corrosion wood walkways and made flower pots out of discarded tires. Now, the elderly exercise under the wisteria trellis, and children play in the hydrangea bushes. The former unsanitary corner has been transformed into the community's "most beautiful corner."
Not far away, in the "Pupu Knitting Art Shop," He Ping (何萍) and Pu Wenjing (蒲文婧), a mother and daughter, are teaching wool knitting skills. As co-governance partners, they provide 50 sets of characteristic handicrafts for community public welfare activities every year, and donate part of their profits every month to the community women and children's public welfare fund.
At 6 p.m., when Chen Yuanxiu (陈远秀), a co-governance partner, finished her "tour guide" work and walked into the "Zhaoli Likes" coffee shop, the clerk smiled and handed her an exclusive paper cup: "Aunt Chen (陈孃孃), today's hot drink!" As one of the co-governance partners, the owner injects the income from 30 cups of coffee into the community charity fund every month.
"In the past, I thought governance was the business of community cadres," Chen Yuanxiu (陈远秀) said, "Now I feel that giving directions to tourists and sweeping the doorstep clean are all building our home."
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In the deserts of Chifeng (赤峰), Inner Mongolia, vending machines await tourists; at the Juyongguan Great Wall (居庸关长城) in Beijing (北京), people easily climb with the help of "exoskeleton robots"; on factory assembly lines in some places, bionic robotic arms assemble precision parts with millimeter-level accuracy—these scenes have now become vivid footnotes to the construction of Digital China.
Data shows that China's internet user scale has exceeded 1.1 billion, and digital technology is deeply integrated with daily life. The "system version" of Digital China continues to iterate, reshaping everyone's lifestyle.
As smart homes become standard and self-driving cars are no longer uncommon, technological evolution not only updates our lifestyles but also reflects warm humanistic care. "5G+AR" technology allows medical experts to help patients thousands of miles away and perform remote surgery; underwater robots dive deep to inspect pipelines, becoming "steel partners" guarding life and safety. All of this makes us exclaim: More of this kind of technology, please!
However, technological evolution is also a 双刃剑 (shuāng rèn jiàn - "double-edged sword," something that has both advantages and disadvantages). The silver-haired generation may encounter a "digital maze," facing difficulties in registering for medical treatment, taking taxis, and dining; some mobile phone apps excessively request permissions and abuse biometric information, causing public concern about information security... The recently implemented "Measures for the Security Management of Facial Recognition Technology Applications" is defining clear boundaries for technology applications.
The ultimate yardstick of technological evolution should be based on the warmth of humanity. Technological innovation should be a fusion of "exquisite practicality" and "truth, goodness, and ultimate beauty." Only under the ethical calibration of "algorithms for good" can the "robotic arm" of technological innovation steadily hold up a better future that is more down-to-earth and more humane.
Return to TopSichuan Liangshan Prefecture to End History of No Pipeline Natural Gas
According to Xinhua News Agency, the Panzhihua-Liangshan (攀枝花—凉山) Gas Pipeline Project was recently approved by the Sichuan Provincial Development and Reform Commission (四川省发展改革委), marking an important step forward for this major livelihood project. The project is 158 kilometers long with an annual gas transmission capacity of approximately 630 million cubic meters. Construction is expected to commence in the third quarter of 2025, with a construction period of approximately 18 months. Upon completion, the project will end the history of Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture (凉山彝族自治州) not having pipeline natural gas, optimize the energy structure of Liangshan Prefecture, which is dominated by coal and electricity, reduce gas costs for industrial, commercial, and residential use, and help promote local high-quality development.
Liangshan Prefecture has many high mountains and deep valleys, with a special geographical environment that makes natural gas pipeline construction difficult and costly. For a long time, gas usage in the prefecture could only be achieved through tanker transportation. Since November 2024, Liangshan Prefecture has accelerated the preliminary work of the project, completing the project site selection, alignment, and related procedures.
National Youth Campus Football League High School Group Championship Produced
According to Xinhua News Agency, the 2024-2025 National Youth Campus Football League High School Group National Finals concluded on July 9 at the Shanghai Yuanshen Sports Center (上海源深体育中心). Beijing Tsinghua High School (北京清华附中) and Jinan Licheng No. 2 Middle School of Shandong (山东济南历城二中) won the men's and women's championships, respectively.
This final was the first to publicly sell tickets, attracting over ten thousand fans to cheer on the teams. The proceeds from ticket sales will be used to support youth football development.
Wild Populations of Water Shield Discovered in Mudanjiang Area, Heilongjiang
According to Xinhua News Agency, the Heilongjiang Province (黑龙江省) National Key Protected Wild Plant Survey Project team recently discovered a wild population of water shield, a national second-class protected wild plant, in the Mudanjiang (牡丹江) area. This is the first wild record of this plant in Heilongjiang Province in over 30 years.
It is reported that water shield is mainly distributed in the Yangtze River (长江) basin and areas south of it in China. The wild population of water shield discovered in the Mudanjiang area is of medium size and growing well.
Shanghai Huangpu District Introduces Guidelines for the Protection of Commercial Secrets of Time-Honored Brands
Shanghai, July 9 (Liberation Daily reporter Tang Ye (唐烨)) - Recently, the Shanghai Huangpu District Market Supervision and Administration Bureau (上海黄浦区市场监督管理局) released the "Guidelines for the Protection of Commercial Secrets and Enhancement of Innovation Capabilities of Time-Honored Brands."
The guidelines clarify the standards for commercial secrets of time-honored brands, guide enterprises to formulate hierarchical protection strategies for intangible cultural heritage commercial secrets, and aim to help enterprises protect commercial secrets from aspects such as system construction and technical protection.
Largest South China Tiger Wilding Training Base Put into Use
Fuzhou, July 9 (This newspaper reporter Liu Xiaoyu (刘晓宇)) - Recently, the Meihuashan South China Tiger Wilding Training Base (梅花山华南虎野化训练基地) in Longyan City, Fujian (福建龙岩市), started wilding training for two South China tigers, marking the commissioning of China's largest South China tiger wilding training base.
In 1998, Longyan City launched the South China Tiger Rescue Project, establishing the South China Tiger Breeding Research Institute and China Tiger Garden (中国虎园) in Meihuashan. Currently, the China Tiger Garden has 25 adult tigers over 3 years old and 9 sub-adult tigers under 3 years old.
2025 World Humanoid Robot Games to be Held
Beijing, July 9 (This newspaper reporter Li Jianguang (李建广)) - The 2025 World Humanoid Robot Games will be held from August 14 to 17 at the National Speed Skating Oval "Ice Ribbon" (国家速滑馆“冰丝带”).
The humanoid robot soccer project, the Robot Cup Asia-Pacific (RCAP) Beijing Masters, will be fully autonomously controlled by AI algorithms without any manual remote control, marking a breakthrough in humanoid robot competition from the traditional "single-machine operation, solo combat" technical bottleneck, and entering the stage of "multi-machine collaboration, team intelligence."
Return to TopBy: 新华社记者 孙正好 姜辰蓉
It is a crucial period for forest protection, and the "Cliff Afforestation Team" active in Yichuan County (宜川县), Yan'an City (延安市), Shaanxi (陕西) Province has been particularly busy recently.
On the west bank of the Yellow River (黄河), there is a slope nearly 100 meters high with an incline of almost 50 degrees and loose soil. Team member Hao Lei (郝雷) picked up a hoe and carefully descended to the middle of the slope, digging soil and building pits for each Lacebark Pine tree.
In 2012, the "Cliff Afforestation Team" was established. At that time, after hearing that Yichuan County (宜川县) wanted to tackle the difficult problem of cliff afforestation, the original afforestation team leader Wang Yonghong (王永红) volunteered. "Since 2004, we have been continuously planting trees on the drylands of northern Yichuan (宜川), and seeing the mountains along the Yellow River (黄河) turn green, only the cliffs were still bare," said Wang Yonghong (王永红). "As a native of Yichuan (宜川), as long as we can make the cliffs green and make our hometown more beautiful, we will do it no matter how difficult it is."
Many cliffs along the Yellow River (黄河) are straight up and down. Following Wang Yonghong (王永红), the team members began exploring afforestation by "planting trees with ropes." The young Hao Lei (郝雷) often took the initiative to take on tasks, carrying saplings on his back and ropes around his waist, being suspended between the cliffs, facing the cliff face and wielding a hoe to dig pits and plant trees.
For safety, the team members need to use a sledgehammer to drive steel drills at least 1.5 meters deep into the top of the cliff, and tie one end of the safety rope to the steel drill. Hao Lei (郝雷) pointed to a cliff on the west bank of the Yellow River (黄河) with a vertical height of nearly 200 meters and said, "Being suspended down in that kind of place is definitely a bit scary, but after doing it many times, everyone gets used to it."
Yichuan County (宜川县) is located in the hinterland of the Loess Plateau in the middle reaches of the Yellow River (黄河). The soil layer on many cliffs is thin, and deep pits cannot be dug. It is difficult for saplings more than one meter high to survive if they are planted directly. Under the guidance of the local forestry department, the "Cliff Afforestation Team" explored the "terraced pit and imported soil afforestation method." "If there is no soil, we carry soil up the mountain and then hang it down from the top of the cliff with ropes; if there is no pit, we use local materials on the cliff to break stones and build stone pits," said Hao Lei (郝雷). "To plant a tree, we have to hang an average of 10 flour sacks of soil down the cliff. Once there is a shortage of soil on the top of the cliff, we carry them up from the bottom of the mountain one bag at a time."
Relying on the method of "planting trees with ropes," over the past 13 years, the "Cliff Afforestation Team" has planted more than 10,000 mu of forest land in ecologically fragile areas such as cliffs and steep slopes on the west bank of the Yellow River (黄河) where soil and water are extremely prone to erosion.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 窦瀚洋
Before the summer vacation, Li Junjie (李俊杰), the head teacher of Class 301 of Feishi Primary School (费市小学) in Jiangbei District (江北区), Ningbo City (宁波市), Zhejiang Province (浙江省), presented all 41 students in the class with a unique gift - he personally wrote personalized certificates for each child on traditional calligraphy and painting scrolls. In the fragrant atmosphere of ink, traditional calligraphy and modern education completed a warm dialogue.
Students who made rapid progress in writing and homework quality this semester were pleasantly surprised to receive the "Dark Horse" certificate; students who insisted on reading every day and shared the fun of the book with everyone received the "Story King" scroll... Li Junjie (李俊杰) said: "Only by carefully discovering and cherishing the unique brilliance of each child can we teach students in accordance with their aptitude (因材施教 (yīn cái shī jiào - "teach students according to their aptitude," to teach students in accordance with their individual abilities and characteristics))."
(Xuan Jiahan (宣佳含) participated in the writing)
Return to TopBy: 本报通讯员 张红玲
At 10:00 AM on July 8th, the doors of the Kunlun Sinology Academy (昆仑国学书院) in Yecheng County (叶城县), Kashgar Prefecture (喀什地区), Xinjiang (新疆) had just opened, and primary and middle school students learning calligraphy and painting, playing the guzheng, and playing Go poured in from all directions.
"Since it was put into use in October last year, the operation and maintenance team and funds have been guaranteed by Shanghai Aid to Xinjiang (上海援疆), and it is open to the whole society for free," said Feng Jiang (冯江), Deputy Minister of the Yecheng County (叶城县) Party Committee Propaganda Department and Dean of the Academy. He introduced that they have hired professional teachers from two training institutions to offer 13 courses such as calligraphy, traditional Chinese painting, and dance.
Little Sumaiya Maimaitusun (苏买亚·买买吐逊) became connected with the guzheng because of the ancient musical instrument stories in her Chinese and music classes. On the first day of class, although her fingering was clumsy, she was very focused: "The sound of the guzheng is so beautiful!"
The academy specially invited Li Weimin (李伟民), a member of the Chinese Artists Association (中国美术家协会) from Henan (河南), to serve as honorary president. He often comes to guide the students: "Sowing the seeds of Sinology here, this matter has weight." To showcase the results, the academy holds competitions every week, and excellent works are disseminated through new media, often gaining many likes.
Now, this place is both a "cultural check-in point" and a "mobile classroom." Cadres and the masses often come to visit, and are 潜移默化 (qián yí mò huà - "imperceptible influence," to be influenced gradually and subtly) immersed in Sinology. The teachers also bring pens, ink, paper, and inkstones into units and villages.
(Shi Guan (石观) participated in the writing)
Return to TopBy: 青海日报记者 马振东
On July 7th, near Zhuonai Lake (卓乃湖) in Hoh Xil (可可西里), Qinghai (青海), at an altitude of nearly 5,000 meters, a bionic robotic Tibetan antelope, supported by a 5G ultra-low latency network and AI algorithms, is "working hard" to conduct real-time "non-intrusive" observation of the Tibetan antelope population.
The bionic robotic Tibetan antelope's AI visual recognition system can capture the migration轨迹, foraging behavior, and cub growth status of Tibetan antelopes in real-time, and transmit the data back to the back-end platform in milliseconds through the 5G network. The intelligent analysis model can automatically filter key information and generate population dynamic reports, providing accurate decision-making basis for the scientific research team. This model of "front-end non-intrusive collection + back-end intelligent analysis" not only breaks through the interference restrictions of human close-range observation on wild animals, but also improves the efficiency of ecological data acquisition by several times.
By building a Hoh Xil (可可西里) full-domain ecological intelligent management system through "5G+AI+large model," we can deeply explore and empower dynamic monitoring upgrades, ecological value mining, and other work, providing scientific support for the protection of Tibetan antelopes and the Three-River-Source (三江源), climate change research, and more.
(Ding Yi (丁一) participated in the writing)
Return to TopBy: 南方日报记者 官小群 夏颖燕 张珊珊
Recently, at the Guangdong Province (Guangdōng Shěng) (Dongguan (东莞)) 2025 Low-Altitude Economy Application Scenario Release Conference, a light aircraft model attracted a lot of attention. This aircraft is a popular product of an aircraft "6S" store in Dongguan (东莞).
According to Lei Yapeng (雷亚鹏), the head of this "6S" store, the highlight of this aircraft is that it can use 95 gasoline as fuel. A full tank of fuel can fly 1200 kilometers, and the cost per hour of flight is only 238 yuan. The main customers are flight academies, scenic spots, etc.
This "6S" store recently settled in the Pearl River Delta (Zhū Sānjiǎo) Auto Expo Center in Machong Town (麻涌镇), Dongguan City (东莞市). The project introduces six major business segments including sales, maintenance, aviation material supply, professional flight training, financial services, and托管 services. "We hope to reduce the threshold for purchasing and using aircraft through the '6S' store model, so that more people can enjoy the fun of flying," said Lei Yapeng (雷亚鹏).
With the rise of the low-altitude economy, local demand for private flights, aviation training, short-distance commuting, and other needs has grown rapidly. This service model covering the entire industrial chain can effectively integrate various service needs of general aircraft.
Return to TopBy: 湖北日报记者 李仁玺
A few nights ago, the area around the office building of the Yuquan Subdistrict Office (玉泉街道办事处) in Dangyang (当阳) City, Hubei (湖北) Province, became lively, with many residents coming to stroll and play ball. "There used to be a courtyard wall, but now it's been demolished and connected to the wetland park behind, giving everyone more space to move around," said resident Yang Fang (杨芳).
Since the beginning of this year, Dangyang (当阳) City has been demolishing walls to create green spaces and opening up green areas, providing more public space for citizens. As of the end of June, many units in Dangyang (当阳) City had completed the renovation of 96 enclosure walls, providing 32,000 square meters of open activity space for the public, and optimizing more than 1,300 open parking spaces. All wall demolition and renovation work is expected to be completed by the end of September.
"Will demolishing the courtyard walls affect our work?" "Without walls, will management become more difficult?"... At the beginning of the work, some units had concerns. In early March, the Dangyang (当阳) City Urban Management Bureau (城管局) took the lead in demolishing the enclosure wall and setting up a small flower belt, integrating the backyard with the residential area. Li Ruiping (李瑞平), director of the bureau's office, introduced that after the wall was demolished, the unit's parking lot was opened to the public, adding more than 30 parking spaces for nearby residents.
"Demolishing the courtyard wall is not only a physical change, but also a psychological one. Seeing residents exercising and relaxing in front of the building, I feel a greater sense of closeness with them," said Cao Qing (曹青), deputy director of the Yuquan (玉泉) Subdistrict Office (街道办事处).
(Wang Danyan (王丹琰) and Chen Xin (陈昕) participated in the writing)
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 史自强 本报通讯员 施 疑
While delivering food on an electric scooter, Wang Shuo, a delivery rider in Zunhua City (遵化市), Tangshan (唐山), Hebei (河北) Province, accidentally fell and scraped his arm. He went to a nearby hospital's "Zun Xiaoge (遵小哥)" exclusive window and presented his "Zun Xiaoge (遵小哥)" warm-hearted card. Without registering, disinfection and bandaging were free. Soon after, he was back to his busy work.
This "Zun Xiaoge (遵小哥)" warm-hearted card, marked with name, phone number, and other information, was specially printed for all delivery riders in the city by the "Two New" Working Committee ( “两新”工委) of the Zunhua (遵化) Municipal Party Committee. With this "rider-exclusive card," not only has the problem of "difficult entry" into individual property communities been resolved, but riders can also enjoy services such as resting, dining, and medical treatment.
"After understanding the actual needs of delivery riders, we help them solve problems in their work and life," introduced Wang Lufang (王露芳), Deputy Secretary of the "Two New" Working Committee ( “两新”工委) of the Zunhua (遵化) Municipal Party Committee.
Currently, 10 hospitals in Zunhua (遵化) have opened green channels for "Zun Xiaoge (遵小哥)," providing free treatment for simple external injuries, and physical examinations can also enjoy a 35% discount; 3 restaurants have become warm-hearted canteens, where "Zun Xiaoge (遵小哥)" can eat a nutritious meal with meat and vegetables for a small price; more than 100 shopping malls, pharmacies, scenic spots, and communities have become "Zun Xiaoge (遵小哥)" warm-hearted stations, providing services such as heating, cooling, drinking water, and hot meals for new employment groups such as delivery riders.
"The WeChat work group sent a map, which can find the nearest service outlets for us to rest and charge," said Wang Shuo (王硕).
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Return to TopBy: 本报记者 王 浩
From Hangzhou (杭州), Zhejiang (浙江) all the way north, the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal (京杭大运河) connects the five major water systems of the Qiantang River (钱塘江), the Yangtze River (长江), the Huai River (淮河), the Yellow River (黄河), and the Hai River (海河), arriving in Beijing (北京).
The "Opinions on Comprehensively Promoting River and Lake Protection and Governance" issued by the General Office of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (中办) and the General Office of the State Council (国办) propose to "promote the revitalization of the Mother River, carry out ecological water replenishment for major rivers and lakes in North China, and ensure the full-line flow of the Yongding River (永定河) and the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal (京杭大运河)." The task of replenishing water to achieve full-line connectivity of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal (京杭大运河) in 2025 was launched in February, achieved full-line flow on March 21, and was successfully completed in early July.
Since 2022, the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal (京杭大运河) has achieved full-line water flow for four consecutive years. How was this achieved? What changes has it brought to the areas along the route? Our reporter conducted interviews.
-- Editor
From Interruption to Recovery
Allocating Water Resources Across Basins, Multiple Water Sources Jointly Replenishing Water
A bend in the river embraces the families along the canal. The brick well in the village has its clear water restored, and the sound of the winch is heard again.
The canal water has arrived, and the ancient well sees clear water again. "Once, with the interruption of the canal's flow, the groundwater level dropped, and in the 1980s, the ancient well dried up," recalled Wang Ling (王玲), Secretary of the Party Branch of Youfangkou Village (油坊口村), Dongguang County (东光县), Hebei (河北). In recent years, villagers discovered water surging in the ancient well. "Hydrology experts from the province told us that the ancient well has water, thanks in no small part to the Grand Canal, and the water depth in the ancient well has risen to 6 meters," said Wang Ling (王玲). The ancient well has become a scenic spot, and Youfangkou Village (油坊口村) is relying on the Grand Canal scenery to create a farmhouse leisure garden and develop rural tourism.
Why did the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal (京杭大运河) dry up in the past? "From a historical perspective, the Yellow River (黄河) changed its course in 1855, cutting off the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal (京杭大运河). Subsequently, due to the construction of railways and the development of sea transport, the canal transport function in the section north of the Yellow River (黄河) was abandoned. From the perspective of water resources, the Hai River (海河) basin, where the section north of the Yellow River (黄河) is located, is a region with resource-based water scarcity. In addition, the excessive development and utilization of water resources in the areas along the route led to over-extraction of groundwater, and rivers such as the North Grand Canal (北运河) and the South Grand Canal (南运河) experienced long-term flow interruption, while rivers such as the Wei Canal (卫运河) experienced seasonal flow interruption or even long-term drying up," introduced Mei Chuanshu (梅传书), Director of the Water Resources Conservation and Protection Division of the Hai River Water Conservancy Commission of the Ministry of Water Resources.
This water replenishment is concentrated in the section of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal (京杭大运河) north of the Yellow River (黄河), including the Tonghui River (通惠河), the North Grand Canal (北运河), the Xiao Canal (小运河), the Wei Canal (卫运河), and the South Grand Canal (南运河). "These river sections have multiple functions such as flood control and drainage, water conveyance and supply, and ecological conservation. Carrying out water replenishment plays an important role in unblocking water veins, activating arteries, and inheriting cultural veins," introduced Ma Ruoqi (马若绮), a doctor at the China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research.
Where does the water come from? Allocating water resources across basins, multiple water sources jointly replenishing water. The Ministry of Water Resources organized relevant units and the four provinces of Beijing (京), Tianjin (津), Hebei (冀), and Shandong (鲁) to coordinate the dispatch of Yangtze River (长江) water, Yellow River (黄河) water, Yongding River (永定河) water, Luan River (滦河) water, local rainwater, and reclaimed water. As of July 1, the cumulative water replenishment to the section of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal (京杭大运河) north of the Yellow River (黄河) from various water sources reached 788 million cubic meters, completing 142% of the planned water replenishment.
How does the water from all directions orderly converge into the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal (京杭大运河)? Water conservancy projects cooperate with each other, key gates are opened and closed in an orderly manner, guiding the gurgling clear water to flow along the established route. At the Zhangwei New River (漳卫新河) inverted siphon project for emergency water conveyance on the Yellow River Diversion to Tianjin Pan Zhuang Line (引黄济津潘庄线路), the Yellow River (黄河) water and the Yangtze River (长江) water converge here. "The Pan Zhuang Main Canal (潘庄总干渠) diverts Yellow River (黄河) water, and the eastern route of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project (南水北调) extension project diverts Yangtze River (长江) water. After the two waters converge, they enter the South Grand Canal (南运河) through the inverted siphon project," introduced Sun Lei (孙磊), head of the Si Nv Si (四女寺) Yellow River Hydrological Station of the Hai River Water Conservancy Commission.
Measures such as "manual + drone + video monitoring" and "night patrol + supervisory monitoring" escort the clear water all the way. In the Hengshui (衡水) section of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal (京杭大运河) in Hebei (河北), Chen Xiao (陈晓), head of the Monitoring Section of the Hengshui Hydrological Center, and his colleagues are busy measuring water levels and flow rates. "Equipment such as unmanned boats and mobile ADCPs (Acoustic Doppler Current Profilers) monitor the flow rate of each section in real time. While ensuring water diversion and irrigation at the diversion points along the way, we ensure that there is sufficient downstream discharge," said Chen Xiao (陈晓).
The South-to-North Water Diversion (南水北调), Yellow River Diversion to Tianjin (引黄济津), Luan River Diversion (引滦工程), Guanting Reservoir (官厅水库) and other water conservancy projects cooperate with each other, storing, diverting, lifting, and regulating water to achieve cross-regional and cross-basin allocation of water resources. Behind the full-line connectivity of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal (京杭大运河) is the smooth circulation and orderly regulation of the national water network.
From Good Scenery to Good Prospects
Improved Water Ecology, the Scenery of the Grand Canal Spurs New Business Forms
The scene of clear water, green banks, and unobstructed rivers has returned.
On the banks of the Liangji Canal (梁济运河) in Jiaxiang County (嘉祥县), Shandong (山东), willow trees and arched bridges complement each other. "Many people come to the Grand Canal to walk, sketch, and take aerial photos, and to pick grapes in the vineyard," introduced Miao Huazhang (苗华章), head of the Huashengxiang Grape Planting Professional Cooperative in Honglian Village (红联村), Jiaxiang County (嘉祥县). Jiaxiang County (嘉祥县) is actively promoting the construction of the Grand Canal National Trail and supporting facilities, and cultivating industries such as outdoor sports and ecological leisure.
The water conservancy department uses remote sensing images of rivers and lakes, as well as water quality monitoring and water ecological surveys, to analyze the changes before and after water replenishment in the section of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal (京杭大运河) north of the Yellow River (黄河). The results show that from 2022 to 2024, the 707-kilometer section north of the Yellow River (黄河) has achieved full-line water flow, the water surface area has increased or remained stable compared with before water replenishment, and the surface water quality of the river has been significantly improved.
The groundwater level has rebounded. From 2022 to 2024, the total infiltration volume in the section of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal (京杭大运河) north of the Yellow River (黄河) reached 531 million cubic meters, and the influence range of water replenishment in the river section reached a maximum of 4.31 kilometers.
With the improvement of the ecology, the surrounding people are eating "ecological meals" and "tourism meals." Daming County (大名县), Hebei (河北), integrates attractions such as the Ancient City of Daming (大名古城) and Qieshan Lake (惬山湖), designs boutique tourist routes, and cultivates various business forms such as immersive performances and characteristic homestays. "The Grand Canal culture and Water Margin culture attract tourists. We have upgraded our guest rooms to provide tourists with a better accommodation experience," introduced Li Jingjing (李静静), head of the "Water Margin Family" homestay in Daming County (大名县).
The scenery of the Grand Canal spurs new business forms. The Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal (京杭大运河) has both ecological and tourism cultural value. While strengthening ecological protection, various places are actively cultivating new industries and new business forms such as cultural experience, science education, and leisure agriculture, promoting industry through water and tourism through culture, and promoting the deep integration of culture and tourism.
From Long-Term Flow to Regular Governance
Achieving Success Through Sustained Effort, Systematically Exerting Effort From the Water to the Shore
Is the connectivity and water replenishment of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal (京杭大运河) simply "blood transfusion"? Can it be sustainable?
The relevant person in charge of the Department of Water Resources Management of the Ministry of Water Resources introduced that this work is carried out in conjunction with the water supply of the eastern route of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project (南水北调) extension project and the Yellow River (黄河) water supply. Relevant departments and regions coordinate local water and externally transferred water, optimize water resource allocation, adjust surpluses and deficiencies, achieve spatial balance, ensure the water demand along the route, and help the ecological recovery of rivers and lakes.
From the perspective of the effect, water replenishment is not an unrestricted water transfer, but rather replaces some of the groundwater used for irrigation, thereby reducing the exploitation of deep confined water in the surrounding areas, helping the groundwater level to rebound, and forming a virtuous cycle of surface water and groundwater. In addition, water flow is shaped through water replenishment, scouring the river channel, reducing riverbed siltation, and improving the water ecological environment of the river channel. In this water replenishment task, the Grand Canal diverted a total of 256 million cubic meters of water along the route, which was used to replace the groundwater used for irrigation of 581,400 mu of farmland, completing 126% of the planned area for replacing deep groundwater irrigation.
From the perspective of the entire basin, the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal (京杭大运河) has a large geographical span, rich cultural resources, and an important economic status. It plays an important role in ecological conservation, water conveyance and supply, inland navigation, and cultural inheritance. It is necessary to **久久为功** (jiǔ jiǔ wéi gōng - "achieve success through sustained effort," to work diligently and persistently over a long period to achieve a goal) and systematically exert effort.
"Various places should implement precise policies to protect and manage water systems and river channels," introduced Ma Ruoqi (马若绮). In response to the shortage of water resources in the section of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal (京杭大运河) north of the Yellow River (黄河), focus should be placed on carrying out ecological water replenishment and implementing water source replacement; in response to the busy navigation in the section south of the Yellow River (黄河), the focus should be on improving water quality and protecting the water ecological environment.
From the water to the shore, comprehensive measures are taken. In response to problems such as disorderly development and encroachment on river and lake water areas in some river sections, the water conservancy department and relevant regions have carried out the "Clean Up Four Disasters" action on the Grand Canal, strictly managing river and lake activities, and the appearance of the Grand Canal has been improved. The relevant person in charge of the Ministry of Water Resources said that the Grand Canal has undergone more than 2,500 years of vicissitudes and changes, and is itself a precious cultural heritage. The water conservancy department will focus on improving river channels and water systems, improving flood control and drainage functions, strengthening water ecological protection and restoration, promoting the green development of navigation, protecting the Grand Canal, and making the Grand Canal benefit the people.
Return to TopBy: 任鸿斌
On March 28, 2025, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) delivered an important speech while meeting with representatives of the international business community, pointing out that "we must jointly maintain the stability of the global industrial and supply chains. This is an important guarantee for the healthy development of the world economy."
Against the backdrop of accelerated changes unseen in a century and the intertwined complexities of the international situation, consolidating and strengthening global industrial and supply chain cooperation is a common expectation of all parties. As a key link in the global industrial and supply chains, China is committed to maintaining the stability and smooth flow of global industrial and supply chains with practical actions. Under the new circumstances, the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT) (中国贸促会) will continue to make every effort to organize the China International Supply Chain Expo (CISCE) (中国国际供应链促进博览会) (hereinafter referred to as the "CISCE"), promote international cooperation in industrial and supply chains, and contribute to building an open world economy.
Two Major Characteristics of Current Global Industrial and Supply Chain Cooperation
To view the situation of global industrial and supply chain cooperation, we must adhere to a scientific and dialectical attitude, seeing both the rising risks of fragmentation in global industrial and supply chains and the active efforts of all parties to strengthen industrial and supply chain cooperation with practical actions.
On the one hand, the world has entered a new period of turbulence and change, and stability has become an important consideration for industrial and supply chain cooperation. Geopolitical and camp confrontation are surging, tariff barriers and trade disputes occur frequently, and the international division of labor pattern is forced to adjust. In 2024, the number of global discriminatory trade barriers exceeded 1,200. Restrictive foreign investment policies are increasing globally, and international cross-border investment has experienced negative growth for three consecutive years, decreasing by about 40% in 2024 compared to its historical high point. The trends of friend-shoring, near-shoring, and localization of industrial and supply chains are strengthening.
On the other hand, the majority of enterprises, as staunch maintainers and active builders of global industrial and supply chains, are achieving mutual benefit and win-win results through moving in the same direction. International trade and investment and other economic and trade exchanges are rooted in the needs of countries to complement each other's advantages and exchange what one has for what one needs. A large number of multinational corporations, as "chain owners" of relevant global industries, form a symbiotic and win-win industrial ecosystem with upstream and downstream enterprises in various countries, contributing to the stability of global industrial and supply chains while achieving their own development. For example, Apple's supply chain spans more than 50 countries and regions around the world, and in 2024, its overseas sales revenue accounted for more than 60% of its total revenue. More and more Chinese enterprises are "going global" to carry out global industrial layout, bringing higher-quality products, services, business models, and innovative achievements to all parts of the world, and helping global industrial and supply chain cooperation achieve win-win results.
Two Significant Advantages of China in Promoting Global Industrial and Supply Chain Stability
As the world's second-largest economy, China has strong, dynamic, balanced, and benignly interactive momentum on both the supply and demand sides, actively building a "stabilizing anchor" for global industrial and supply chains, and injecting more certainty and stability into the world economy.
From the supply side, China has a complete industrial system and continuous breakthroughs in scientific and technological innovation, continuously providing the world with high-quality Chinese manufacturing and Chinese creation. China is the country with the most complete industrial categories and the most complete supporting facilities under the United Nations standards. The added value of manufacturing accounts for about 30% of the global total, ranking first among manufacturing countries for 15 consecutive years. China adheres to promoting the deep integration of scientific and technological innovation and industrial innovation, and its ranking in the Global Innovation Index has risen from 34th in 2012 to 11th in 2024. The number of valid invention patents ranks first in the world, realizing a historic transformation from "world factory" supplying the world to "innovation laboratory" empowering the world. China has become a solid and reliable part of the global division of labor system, providing important support for the stable operation of global industrial and supply chains.
From the demand side, China has a huge market size and is firmly promoting high-level opening up to the outside world, providing broad space for the development of global industrial and supply chains. China is the world's second-largest consumer market and import market, with nearly 50 trillion yuan in consumption, more than 50 trillion yuan in investment, and more than 20 trillion yuan in imports annually, and has huge growth potential in the future. At the same time, China is steadily expanding institutional opening up, promoting trade and investment liberalization and facilitation, actively creating a first-class business environment that is market-oriented, law-based, and internationalized, and has absorbed foreign investment for many consecutive years, ranking second in the world, and its "magnetic attraction" to foreign investment is constantly increasing. China is stepping up the implementation of the strategy of expanding domestic demand, deepening the construction of a unified national market, and promoting the growth from a solid foundation of a "manufacturing power" to a super-large "consumption power," which will continuously expand the incremental market for enterprises from various countries to strengthen industrial and supply chain cooperation.
Successfully Holding the Third CISCE and Continuously Building International Public Goods for Maintaining the Stability and Smooth Flow of Global Industrial and Supply Chains
Holding the CISCE is an important measure for the CCPIT (中国贸促会) to promote the open cooperation of industrial and supply chains. The third CISCE will be held in Beijing (北京) from July 16 to July 20, 2025. Adhering to the theme of "Connecting the World for a Shared Future," the exhibition will adhere to the concept of internationalization, specialization, marketization, and green exhibition, further amplifying the functions of trade promotion, investment cooperation, innovation aggregation, and learning exchange platforms, and working with all parties to promote the construction of a closer global industrial and supply chain partnership.
Promote the connection of upstream, midstream, and downstream. 651 enterprises and institutions, along with more than 500 upstream and downstream partners, will participate in the Advanced Manufacturing Chain, Intelligent Vehicle Chain, Green Agriculture Chain, Clean Energy Chain, Digital Technology Chain, Healthy Life Chain, and Supply Chain Service Exhibition Areas. The exhibitors in each exhibition area belong to the same "chain," forming a "family portrait" of the industrial chain. Many chain partners will set up joint booths. For example, Apple will cooperate with Chinese suppliers for the third time to showcase the latest technologies in intelligent manufacturing and green manufacturing. AI industrial chain enterprises such as Unitree Robotics (浙江宇树科技), BrainCo (强脑科技), and Hikvision (海康威视) will participate in the exhibition as a group. This CISCE focuses on drawing industrial maps for the themes of each chain, visually presenting the key materials, technologies, and products of the key links in the upstream, midstream, and downstream of each industrial chain. During this CISCE, exhibitor alliances for each chain will be established to build a platform for upstream, midstream, and downstream enterprises in the industrial and supply chains to strengthen resource sharing and long-term cooperation.
Help the integration of large, medium, and small enterprises. More than 65% of the exhibitors are Fortune Global 500 companies and leading enterprises in the industry, and a large number of "specialized, refined, and new" enterprises, "hidden champion" enterprises, and "small but sophisticated" small and medium-sized enterprises are actively participating in the exhibition. A large number of internationally renowned "chain owner" enterprises such as Nvidia, Louis Dreyfus Company, China Railway Construction Corporation (中国铁建), and COFCO Group (中粮集团) will showcase alongside a large number of small and medium-sized "chain member" enterprises. Dongfang Electric (东方电气) will showcase its successful practice of driving 15,000 enterprises to go overseas together. The CCPIT (中国贸促会) has expanded the "exhibition resume" function to create a "digital portrait" for exhibitors, and developed a "matching-reaching-interaction-tracking" full-process automated docking technology to help enterprises accurately connect before the exhibition, conduct in-depth exchanges during the exhibition, and follow up on negotiations after the exhibition.
Promote the synergy of industry, academia, research, and application. This CISCE focuses on promoting the deep integration of scientific and technological innovation and industrial innovation, and has set up an innovation chain special zone for the first time with the transformation of intellectual property as the main line. The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), the National Intellectual Property Administration (国家知识产权局), relevant scientific research institutions, and technology exchanges will participate in the exhibition to promote the coordinated development of the innovation chain, industrial chain, supply chain, and value chain. Academicians of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (中国工程院) and heads of many international organizations and multinational corporations will conduct research and exchanges in more than 70 conferences and activities, focusing on promoting the open cooperation of industrial and supply chains and expressing insightful opinions. The "CISCE First Release Station" new product launch event, which will be held for the first time, will focus on showcasing the latest achievements in collaborative innovation in the industrial chain. The CCPIT (中国贸促会) will continue to release the "Global Supply Chain Promotion Report" at that time, and will launch the global supply chain index matrix composed of the supply chain promotion index, connection index, innovation index, and resilience index for the first time, contributing wisdom to global open cooperation.
Deepen the interaction between Chinese and foreign enterprises. Exhibitors involve 75 countries, regions, and international organizations, with overseas exhibitors accounting for 35%, of which the number of American exhibitors has increased by 15% compared with the previous session, continuing to rank first in the number of overseas exhibitors. More than 170 overseas delegations will come to China to visit and negotiate. The guest country Thailand and the guest provinces Shandong (山东) and Guangdong (广东) will rely on the CISCE platform to promote industrial resources and promote exchanges and cooperation. The CCPIT (中国贸促会) will jointly hold a number of institutional activities such as the SCO Business Forum with overseas institutions, and will support institutions and enterprises from the least developed countries such as Rwanda and Mozambique to participate in the exhibition, helping them better integrate into the global industrial system.
(The author is the Secretary of the Party Leadership Group and Chairman of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (中国贸促会))
Return to TopThis newspaper reported from Beijing (北京) on July 9th (Reporter Liu Zhiqiang (刘志强)): The reporter learned from the National Bureau of Statistics (国家统计局): In June of this year, policies to expand domestic demand and promote consumption continued to show effects. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 0.1% year-on-year, reversing the decline of the previous month; the core CPI, excluding food and energy prices, continued to rebound year-on-year, up 0.7%. The Producer Price Index (PPI) decreased by 0.4% month-on-month and 3.6% year-on-year.
The CPI rose 0.1% year-on-year, reversing a four-month decline. Dong Lijuan (董莉娟), chief statistician of the Urban Department of the National Bureau of Statistics (国家统计局), analyzed that this was mainly affected by the rebound in the prices of industrial consumer goods. The year-on-year decline in the prices of industrial consumer goods narrowed from 1.0% in the previous month to 0.5%, reducing the downward impact on the CPI year-on-year by about 0.18 percentage points compared with the previous month. Among them, the effect of consumption promotion policies continued to appear, and the prices of cultural, recreational and durable consumer goods, household textiles, and household appliances increased by 2.0%, 2.0%, and 1.0% year-on-year, respectively; the decline in automobile prices gradually narrowed, and the prices of fuel vehicles and new energy vehicles decreased by 3.4% and 2.5% year-on-year, respectively, this month. Service prices rose 0.5%, with the increase remaining stable.
The CPI decreased by 0.1% month-on-month, with the decrease narrowing by 0.1 percentage points compared with the previous month. Affected by high temperatures and more rainfall than in the same period of previous years, food prices decreased by 0.4% month-on-month, with the decrease being less than the seasonal level of 0.5 percentage points. Affected by changes in international oil prices, gasoline prices changed from a decrease of 3.8% in the previous month to an increase of 0.4% month-on-month, driving energy prices from a decrease of 1.7% in the previous month to an increase of 0.1%.
The PPI decreased by 0.4% month-on-month, the same decrease as in the previous month. Dong Lijuan (董莉娟) said that the main reasons for the month-on-month decrease in the PPI are: first, the seasonal decline in the prices of some domestic raw material manufacturing industries; second, the increase in green electricity leading to a decrease in energy prices; and third, the pressure on prices in some industries with a relatively high proportion of exports.
Affected by the month-on-month decrease and changes in the comparison base, the year-on-year decrease in the PPI expanded by 0.3 percentage points compared with the previous month, but with the increased implementation of various macro policies, the supply-demand relationship in some industries has improved, and prices are showing a trend of stabilizing and rebounding. The in-depth promotion of the construction of a unified national market has led to a narrowing of the year-on-year decline in prices in some industries. In June, the month-on-month prices of complete gasoline and diesel vehicle manufacturing and new energy vehicle manufacturing increased by 0.5% and 0.3% respectively, and the year-on-year declines narrowed by 1.9 and 0.4 percentage points respectively compared with the previous month. Policies to boost consumption have been strengthened and expanded, driving a year-on-year rebound in the prices of some consumer goods. In addition, the accumulation of new momentum has led to a year-on-year increase in the prices of some high-tech industries.
Return to TopThe People's Daily, Beijing, July 9th (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) opened the "Online Problem (Suggestion) Reflection Window for Key Automobile Enterprises Practicing Account Period Commitments" on the 9th, to accept problems (suggestions) from small and medium-sized enterprises regarding the failure of key automobile enterprises to fulfill their commitments on payment cycles and implement the "Regulations on Ensuring Payment of Funds to Small and Medium-sized Enterprises," and to coordinate relevant parties to promote solutions.
It is reported that the window mainly accepts four types of problems (suggestions): First, key automobile enterprises have not fulfilled their 60-day payment period commitment, and the payment period agreed in the purchase contract exceeds 60 days; Second, key automobile enterprises extend the payment period in disguised form by setting unreasonable starting times for the payment period or delaying the issuance of inspection or acceptance certificates without justification, and using receipt of third-party payments as a condition for payment or paying according to the proportion of third-party payments; Third, key automobile enterprises force or virtually force small and medium-sized enterprises to accept non-cash payment methods such as commercial drafts and electronic accounts receivable vouchers; Fourth, other problems where key automobile enterprises fail to implement the "Regulations on Ensuring Payment of Funds to Small and Medium-sized Enterprises."
Return to TopThis newspaper reported from Beijing on July 9th (Reporter Ouyang Jie (欧阳洁)) The China E-commerce Logistics Index for June, released by the China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing (中国物流与采购联合会) on the 9th, was 111.8 points, an increase of 0.2 points from the previous month, marking the fourth consecutive month of increase and a new high for the year. Driven by the continued efforts of the trade-in policies and the concentrated promotions of e-commerce platforms, consumers' enthusiasm for online shopping in June was high, and companies reported record highs in order volume and user activity.
Among the sub-indices, the total business volume index, the rural business volume index, the personnel index, and the actual load rate index increased. Among them, the total e-commerce logistics business volume index steadily rebounded. In June, the total e-commerce logistics business volume index was 130.8 points, an increase of 0.6 points from the previous month. The growth rate of the e-commerce logistics rural business volume index expanded. In June, the e-commerce logistics rural business volume index was 130.4 points, an increase of 0.8 points from the previous month. The year-on-year growth rate of rural business volume exceeded 30% for the first time this year.
Return to TopChangsha, July 9th (People's Daily reporter Yang Xun (杨迅)) - It was recently learned from the Department of Natural Resources of Hunan Province (湖南省自然资源厅) that the Hunan Provincial Institute of Mineral Resources Survey (湖南省矿产资源调查所), under the Hunan Geological Survey Institute (湖南省地质院), has discovered a super-large altered granite-type lithium deposit in the Tongtianmiao mining section of the Jijiaoshan mining area in Linwu County (临武县), Chenzhou City (郴州市). A total of 490 million tons of lithium ore and 1.31 million tons of lithium oxide resources have been submitted. At the same time, associated rubidium, tungsten, tin, niobium, tantalum and other strategic minerals have all reached medium or larger scales.
Lithium is a key element for the development of emerging industries such as new energy vehicles, advanced energy storage, and the nuclear industry, and is known as the "king of metals" of the future. China's lithium resources once faced a situation of high dependence on foreign countries and a large proportion of imports. The discovered ore body is large in scale and stable in extension, and the ore is of a relatively easy-to-select type, which will help Hunan (湖南) build a trillion-level new energy industry chain. At present, the construction of mining, mineral processing, and smelting facilities for the project has been fully launched, driving hundreds of billions of yuan of investment in the local lithium battery industry.
Return to TopShanghai, July 9th (Reporter Ji Juesu (季觉苏)) The Shanghai Inspection, Testing and Certification Co., Ltd. was inaugurated on the 9th, aiming to fully promote the coordinated development of inspection, testing, and certification with the modern industrial system, especially the safety and efficiency of the supply chain, and strive to build a globally influential highland for inspection, testing, and certification.
Inspection, testing, and certification, as the core pillar of the National Quality Infrastructure (NQI), are globally recognized as a "health certificate" for quality management, a "credit certificate" for the market economy, and a "passport" for international trade. By promoting the professional integration and intensive development of inspection, testing, and certification resources, and accelerating the international layout, it will greatly facilitate Chinese enterprises in "**出海**" (chū hǎi - "going to sea," expanding overseas). Shanghai Inspection Company will focus on Shanghai's goal of building "five centers," especially the construction needs of the Shanghai International Science and Technology Innovation Center and the advanced manufacturing highland, and fully serve strategic emerging industries and leading industries.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 张 驰
At 9 a.m. in his home in Mangshi (芒市), Yunnan Province (云南省), 96-year-old Feng Weimin (冯为民) finished breakfast and sat in the courtyard, recounting his experiences in the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression to reporters. His eyes sparkled, and his thoughts were drawn back to that era of war and smoke.
Feng Weimin (冯为民) was born in 1929 into a poor peasant family in Gaoping County (高平县), Shanxi Province (山西省) (now Gaoping City (高平市), Shanxi Province (山西省)). In 1944, he joined the Eighth Route Army (八路军) and later followed his unit to fight in Henan (河南), Tibet (西藏), Yunnan (云南), and other places. In 1958, as a military cadre transferred to civilian work, he participated in socialist construction at the Zhexian Farm (遮相农场) in Mangshi Town (芒市镇), then known as Luxi County (潞西县). Recalling those glorious years, the old man said in a calm but firm tone, "It's worth it to be able to do my part for the country in this lifetime!"
Why did you join the Eighth Route Army (八路军)?
"Only by joining the Eighth Route Army (八路军) could we drive away the Japanese devils and live with dignity."
Feng Weimin's (冯为民) original name was Feng Wangua (冯晚瓜), and he was the youngest of nine children in his family. Until he joined the army at the age of 14, he thought his name was "Wan" (碗) of "Da Wan" (大碗) ("big bowl"). "Back then, we couldn't even get enough to eat, let alone learn to read," Feng Weimin (冯为民) said with a wry smile.
During the Anti-Japanese War, frequent battles and natural disasters in Shanxi (山西) plunged countless families into deep suffering. According to records, Shanxi (山西) experienced continuous drought from 1942, which was particularly severe in southeastern Shanxi (晋东南), where people ate tree bark and wild vegetables to survive.
With no harvest at home, Feng Weimin (冯为民) went to work as a hired hand for a landlord. Just as life was starting to look promising, more than 20 child laborers were captured by the Japanese, tied together with wire, and loaded onto a train to be sent to Japan. "The train overturned on the tracks, and we quickly took advantage of the chaos to run away," Feng Weimin (冯为民) said.
Due to poverty at home, 12-year-old Feng Weimin (冯为民) had to go out with his third elder brother to escape the famine, begging all the way from Gaoping County (高平县). Once, Feng Weimin (冯为民) received a small handful of grain and was very excited, clutching it tightly in his hand all the way home. But when he opened his hand, he found it was just a handful of corn husks, which were blown away by the wind.
How to survive was the biggest test facing this young man. In Anze County (安泽县), Shanxi Province (山西省), Feng Weimin (冯为民) and his brother were fortunate enough to encounter the Eighth Route Army (八路军), who took in the short and thin Feng Weimin (冯为民). That day, he finally had a full meal, which was the most unforgettable meal of his life.
Years later, recalling the past, Feng Weimin (冯为民) said with emotion, "Only by joining the Eighth Route Army (八路军) could we drive away the Japanese devils and live with dignity."
What was it like to go to the battlefield for the first time?
"Seeing my comrades bleed and sacrifice, my heart ached like needles, and I thought I must contribute more."
From 1944 to 1948, Feng Weimin (冯为民) was assigned to the Eighth Squad of the Third Platoon of the Guard Company of the 11th Brigade of the Fourth Column of the Eighth Route Army (八路军四纵队十一旅警卫连三排八班).
Because he was too thin, the uniform looked large and empty on Feng Weimin (冯为民), and the newly issued cloth shoes did not fit.
On his first time on the battlefield, Feng Weimin (冯为民) was always protected behind the squad leader because of his young age. "Seeing my comrades bleed and sacrifice, my heart ached like needles, and I thought I must contribute more." Without a gun, Feng Weimin (冯为民) carried an iron shovel every day, digging fortifications with everyone, often so tired that he couldn't even lift his arms.
Feng Weimin (冯为民) remembers that between 1944 and 1945, he followed his unit from Anze County (安泽县) to Hongdong County (洪洞县). Once, the unit was surrounded by the Japanese army when it reached a Sifang City (四方城) between Hongdong County (洪洞县) and Zhaocheng Town (赵城镇).
"I was following behind the squad leader when I suddenly saw many Japanese soldiers rushing down from the city wall. The squad leader immediately reacted and picked up his weapon to prepare for close combat with the enemy," Feng Weimin (冯为民) recalled. At that time, the squad leader was fighting with the enemy while taking the time to look back at him, and found that he was still carrying the iron shovel on his shoulder.
"What time is it, why don't you hurry up and take a gun!" the squad leader shouted sternly, snatched the iron shovel from his hand and threw it away, and picked up a gun from the ground to help him defend himself. Subsequently, Feng Weimin (冯为民) followed the main force to break through the encirclement.
As he experienced more and more battles, Feng Weimin's (冯为民) combat experience gradually became richer, and he became more and more accurate with his gun. But he said that he was very lucky to have survived the hail of bullets. In 1945, Feng Weimin (冯为民) joined the Communist Party of China (中国共产党). During the march of the troops, Feng Weimin (冯为民) was once found by his family. Although his brother repeatedly told him that his mother missed him very much, he still did not go home. "I firmly believe that only by following the troops and following the Communist Party (共产党) can we find a way out," Feng Weimin (冯为民) said.
Why did you change your name to "Weimin" (为民)?
"I want to remind myself at all times that Communist Party (共产党) members should serve the people."
At the end of 1952, Feng Weimin (冯为民) was transferred to the Transportation Company of the 121st Regiment of the 41st Division of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (中国人民解放军第四十一师一二一团运输连), stationed in Baoshan (保山), Yunnan (云南). During this period, he obtained the opportunity to study at the Military Industry Training Camp and went to Dali (大理) in October 1953.
Before reporting, he and his companion made an appointment to go to Dali Ancient City (大理古城) to buy study supplies. After buying them, the two sat down in a teahouse in the ancient city to rest. Suddenly, there was a commotion at the end of the street, and a wild horse was seen running wildly on the main road, overturning several stalls. Someone exclaimed, "The horse is startled, get out of the way!"
Feng Weimin (冯为民) had served as a platoon leader in a cavalry company and had experience in dealing with startled horses. He grabbed the things in his hand and stuffed them to his companion, and ran towards the startled horse. At the moment of approaching the startled horse, he clamped the horse's neck hard with his right arm, grabbed the horse's mane tightly with his left hand, and kicked the horse's legs with both legs, hanging his whole body on the horse without letting go. The startled horse was controlled and ran forward for fifty or sixty meters, and gradually stopped.
The crowd gathered around to thank him. Feng Weimin (冯为民) put on his military cap, which had fallen to the ground, and quietly left the scene with his companion.
It was not until the training camp broadcasted this "brave act of stopping a startled horse" that everyone knew that the good Samaritan was Feng Weimin (冯为民).
Later, Feng Weimin (冯为民) went to work on a farm and served as an instructor and deputy director. He also changed his name to "Weimin" (为民) ("for the people"). "I want to remind myself at all times that Communist Party (共产党) members should serve the people," Feng Weimin (冯为民) said.
"My father never gave us special treatment in terms of work, he only told us to work hard," recalled his eldest daughter, Feng Yunhua (冯云花). Today, Feng Weimin's (冯为民) family has four generations living under one roof, and the children often sit around and listen to Feng Weimin (冯为民) tell stories about the War of Resistance. "We are proud of our father and will pass on the spirit of the older generation who are not afraid of difficulties and work hard," said Feng Yunhua (冯云花).
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 张天培 金 歆
The rule of law is the best business environment. Time after time, with thunderous actions, illegal and criminal activities involving enterprises are severely cracked down upon; policy after policy protecting enterprises continuously optimizes public security government services... In recent years, public security organs across the country, based on their primary responsibilities, have focused on the needs of enterprise development, wholeheartedly guarding, combining prevention and control, and proactively serving, helping enterprises to invest with confidence, operate with peace of mind, and develop with focus, providing a solid rule of law and public security guarantee for the healthy development of enterprises.
Recently, reporters followed the "Guardians Under the Sun" rule of law and public security theme publicity event hosted by the Ministry of Public Security (公安部) into Shanghai (上海), Shaoxing (绍兴), Zhejiang (浙江), and Xiamen (厦门), Fujian (福建), exploring how grassroots public security organs focus on the urgent needs and concerns of enterprises, and escort high-quality economic and social development.
A "Blue Whale" enterprise protection workstation helps enterprises prevent risks and hidden dangers.
Changning District (长宁区), Shanghai (上海), the bustling Hongqiao Business District (虹桥商务区), is crowded with people and businesses.
Three years ago, the Economic Investigation Detachment of the Changning Public Security Bureau (长宁公安分局经侦支队) established the city's first "Enterprise Protection Workstation" in its jurisdiction, going deep into enterprises to accurately crack down on economic crimes that plagued the healthy development of enterprises. In March 2024, the "Blue Whale" Enterprise Protection Workstation, with the "Enterprise Protection Workstation" as its prototype, was officially established.
Arriving at the "Blue Whale" Enterprise Protection Workstation, economic investigation police officers are patiently answering questions for enterprises that come to consult.
"Our company always thought it was cooperating with Logistics Enterprise A, but after an internal investigation, we found that the other party on the contract was Company B, and the money was also paid to Company B. Wang Li (王力) (pseudonym) is the logistics负责人, who handled the entire cooperation project, and may have embezzled money in the process," said the负责人 of a certain enterprise. It turned out that the enterprise had always suspected that Wang Li (王力) was using the contract project to encroach on the company's interests, but it suffered from a lack of conclusive evidence. At this time, the负责人 of the company thought of the "Blue Whale" Enterprise Protection Workstation police officers who often visited enterprises in the park and conducted publicity on the prevention of economic crimes involving enterprises.
After preliminary research and judgment, Wang Li's (王力) behavior was suspected of being a crime, and the police suggested that the company report the case. Soon, Wang Li's (王力) behavior of setting up a shell company and posing as a "middleman" to defraud interests between companies was investigated and punished by the corresponding laws, and all losses have been returned to the enterprise by the court.
After the case was solved, the "Blue Whale" Enterprise Protection Workstation police officers took the initiative to visit the enterprise, reminding it that there were high-risk hidden dangers within the enterprise and helping the enterprise to fill the loopholes in the management mechanism.
Shanghai (上海) public security organs use 17 "Blue Whale" Enterprise Protection Workstations as carriers to provide enterprises with close-range legal services and protect the legitimate rights and interests of enterprises in all directions. Since its establishment, the workstation has cumulatively solved more than 2,400 economic crime cases involving enterprises such as embezzlement and misappropriation of funds, provided more than 1,000 legal aid services to enterprises, and helped more than 100 enterprises recover economic losses of more than 690 million yuan.
A "Foreign Mediator" mediation team resolves transnational enterprise-related disputes.
Arriving in Keqiao District (柯桥区), Shaoxing (绍兴), Zhejiang (浙江), the "China Textile City" (中国轻纺城) is bustling with activity, and hundreds of colorful fabric samples are displayed on the display racks in front of each store, which is dazzling.
"The production party made the color a little lighter, and the purchasing party did not check the fabric color number in time when shipping, both parties need to improve, can each take a step back?" "You are long-term partners, as long as you don't lose customers, you can make up for the losses in the future."...
In the mediation room of the Textile Market Joint Police Station, Lebanese mediator Li Hui (李辉) (pseudonym) is using fluent Chinese and English and a gentle tone to persuade the conflicting parties to reconcile.
Three months ago, Bangladeshi businessman Jabbar purchased a batch of fabrics from Chinese businessman Mr. Wang (王先生), and after delivery, he found that the color of the finished product was different from what he had expected. Both parties found Li Hui (李辉), a well-known foreign mediator in the local area, and finally each made a concession.
Every year, a large number of foreign businessmen come to Keqiao (柯桥) to do textile business, and "transnational disputes" also increase. Relying on the Textile Market Joint Police Station, Keqiao (柯桥) Public Security invited foreign mediators who are proficient in Chinese and foreign languages and cultures and familiar with textile trade to form a "Foreign Mediator" mediation team. At present, the "Foreign Mediator" mediation team has 9 foreign members from countries such as Pakistan, South Korea, and India.
In addition, the Textile Market Joint Police Station integrates 9 departments including public security, market supervision, and the court to set up positions such as copyright protection and economic case consultation to form a closed-loop management of "dispute early warning - chamber of commerce coordination - return visit confirmation."
"With the joint effect of various mediation methods, the number of conflicts and disputes in the market area has decreased by more than 30% year-on-year, and the resolution rate is close to 99%," said Kong Yuebiao (孔越标), director of the Textile Market Police Station. In recent years, Shaoxing (绍兴) Public Security Bureau has adhered to and developed the "Fengqiao Experience" (枫桥经验) in the new era, established public security enterprise protection and business optimization service centers and police-enterprise liaison stations (offices), resolved enterprise-related conflicts and disputes in a timely manner and on the spot, maintained market order and stability, and helped create a rule-of-law business environment.
A service window "moved" into the exhibition to connect with various needs of enterprises.
Although it was already noon closing time, the service window of the Xiamen (厦门) Municipal Public Security Bureau Entry-Exit Administration Detachment (厦门市公安局出入境管理支队) was still crowded with people. "We mobilize shifts and take turns to rest to ensure that the masses and merchants have needs and can find the police at any time," said Yang Li (杨莉), a police officer from the Xiamen (厦门) Municipal Public Security Bureau Entry-Exit Administration Detachment (厦门市公安局出入境管理支队) who is responsible for window business acceptance.
As an important international exchange gateway and tourist destination on the southeast coast of China, Xiamen (厦门) attracts tourists and business people from all over the world, and the city handles an average of more than one million entry and exit permits annually.
In March of this year, the 25th Xiamen (厦门) International Stone Fair was held at the Xiamen (厦门) International Conference and Exhibition Center. During the exhibition, in order to better answer policies and handle business for foreign exhibitors, the Xiamen (厦门) Municipal Public Security Bureau (厦门市公安局) moved the entry-exit management service window to the exhibition site.
One day, the负责人 of a stone company rushed to the entry-exit service window of the exhibition. It turned out that the company had won the bid for a stone project in a Middle Eastern country, and the customer company needed to urgently invite foreign personnel to Xiamen (厦门) to discuss cooperation details, but encountered difficulties in applying for a visa.
On the one hand, the signing time of the "big order" worth tens of millions of dollars was urgent, and on the other hand, the procedures for applying for a visa abroad needed to wait, what should be done?
After learning about the situation, the window police immediately connected with the enterprise on the spot, and completed the review, inspection, and approval of entry visa procedures on the same day, and timely handled port visa on arrival for more than 10 foreign personnel who urgently needed to enter the country, ensuring the smooth progress of cooperation.
This service window "moved" into the exhibition is a microcosm of the Xiamen (厦门) Municipal Public Security Bureau's (厦门市公安局) precise connection with enterprise needs and its full efforts to optimize the international business environment. From the busy and orderly entry-exit service window to the immigration affairs service stations in campuses and communities; from the publicity groups and direct trains around enterprises to the promotion of the convenient application of the "Five-Star Card"... In recent years, the Xiamen (厦门) Municipal Public Security Bureau (厦门市公安局) has taken the initiative to serve foreign-related enterprises and continuously polished the "golden business card" of enterprise entry-exit management services.
Return to TopThis newspaper's Shijiazhuang (石家庄) dispatch on July 9th (Reporter Zhang Tengyang (张腾扬)) reports: Since the beginning of this year, the Hebei Provincial Transportation and Transportation Comprehensive Law Enforcement Supervision Bureau (河北省交通运输综合执法监督局) has been experimenting with using VR (virtual reality) technology for popularizing laws, transforming legal provisions and lists of items into virtual scenes that are accessible and tangible to the public through QR codes. The public can scan the QR code with their mobile phones to open the VR law popularization scene and immerse themselves in learning legal knowledge.
VR law popularization has now been incorporated into 49 road administration, transportation administration, and waterborne law enforcement matters, with 50 built-in law enforcement scenarios and 38 law popularization videos, covering all high-frequency law enforcement matters in the expressway field. Frontline law enforcement personnel, law enforcement vehicles, and transportation law enforcement stations are all equipped with VR law popularization QR codes. The VR law popularization also includes an interactive question-and-answer section to test the mastery of legal knowledge.
In response to the specific illegal acts of administrative counterparts, exclusive VR law popularization QR codes have been specially created and embedded in administrative penalty decisions. The parties concerned only need to scan the QR code on the administrative penalty decision with their mobile phones to know which legal provision they have violated, what the basis for the penalty is, and how the discretionary standards and ranges are determined, which significantly improves the accuracy and effectiveness of law popularization work.
In addition, law enforcement personnel carry out "VR Law Popularization Entering Enterprises" activities to provide enterprises with legal consultations related to transportation law enforcement. It is reported that VR law popularization uses a "live code," and the latest relevant laws and regulations will be updated instantly without the need to regenerate or replace new QR codes, minimizing the frequency of law popularization in enterprises and making legal publicity and law enforcement services "有求必应" (yǒu qiú bì yìng - "always responsive to requests," to be readily available and helpful) and "无事不扰" (wú shì bù rǎo - "no disturbance when there is nothing to do," to avoid unnecessary interference).
Return to TopThis newspaper reported from Beijing on July 9th (Reporter Qiu Chaoyi (邱超奕)): Currently, it is the peak season for recruitment and job seeking. Some illegal organizations and individuals, without administrative permission and evading supervision, are engaging in vocational intermediary activities without authorization. Some of these illegal vocational intermediary activities have migrated from offline to online, using various internet platforms to regularly publish job postings and conduct job introductions. Among them, there is a large amount of illegal information suspected of employment discrimination, false recruitment, "recruit-to-train," and "training loans." Some even involve fraudulent criminal activities in the name of recruitment, seriously infringing upon workers' fair employment and personal property rights.
The reporter recently learned from the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security (人力资源社会保障部): The Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, together with the Cyberspace Administration of China (中央网信办), the Ministry of Public Security (公安部), the Ministry of Education (教育部), and the State Administration for Market Regulation (市场监管总局), is focusing on rectifying various online recruitment malpractices. They are organizing various regions to conduct in-depth special actions to clean up and rectify the order of the human resources market in 2025. They are also jointly guiding relevant internet platform enterprises, urging them to fulfill their platform review and inspection responsibilities, verify the qualifications of relevant accounts and their operating entities to obtain human resources service licenses, and screen out 1196 public accounts that have engaged in vocational intermediary activities without permission. Currently, disposal measures such as suspending the function of publishing recruitment information have been taken in accordance with relevant laws and regulations and platform operation rules.
Relevant departments remind job seekers to be sure to raise their awareness of prevention during the job search process, be wary of various recruitment "traps," pay attention to checking whether relevant online recruitment agencies have legal qualifications, and obtain recruitment job information through formal channels. Once they find that their employment rights and personal property rights have been damaged, they should promptly contact relevant departments to complain and protect their rights in accordance with the law. Job seekers should be wary of 招摇撞骗 (zhāo yáo zhuàng piàn - "flaunt and swindle," to bluff and deceive).
Return to TopChina Energy Construction Architecture Group Co., Ltd. (中国能建建筑集团) (hereinafter referred to as "China Energy Construction Architecture Group (中国能建建筑集团)") focuses on its primary responsibilities and core business, exerting efforts in both energy, power, and infrastructure businesses. It continuously enhances its core functions and improves its core competitiveness, demonstrating the responsibility of a central enterprise in advancing the new journey of Chinese-style modernization.
Traditional Energy Business Transformation and Upgrading: Consolidating the Cornerstone, Demonstrating Strength
Relying on its advantages in scientific research, talent, and management, China Energy Construction Architecture Group (中国能建建筑集团) promotes the upgrading of traditional energy businesses, playing a prominent role in energy conservation, emission reduction, and environmental protection. To date, the total installed capacity of China Energy Construction Architecture Group (中国能建建筑集团) has exceeded 165 million kilowatts. It has undertaken 36 one-million-kilowatt units, nearly 70 660,000-kilowatt units, and more than 30 gas turbines such as 9H and 9F. It operates and maintains more than 420 one-million-kilowatt units and 660,000-kilowatt units. The "Xinjiang Electricity to Chongqing (疆电入渝)" supporting project—Xinjiang Zhongneng Shitoumei Power Plant (新疆重能石头梅电厂) Unit 1—achieved its production target in just 19 months and 28 days. The Gansu Zhengning (甘肃正宁) million-kilowatt coal-fired power project was put into operation, helping the safe and stable operation of the "Long Electricity to Shandong (陇电入鲁)" UHV line.
New Energy Business Exploration and Innovation: Seizing Opportunities, Rapid Development
China Energy Construction Architecture Group (中国能建建筑集团) seized the opportunity for new energy development. The installed capacity of wind power, photovoltaic, photothermal, hydrogen energy, and energy storage power stations undertaken has exceeded 50 million kilowatts. The proportion of new energy business has increased significantly from 12.85% in 2020 to 38.47% in the first half of 2025, with orders increasing by 7.4 times. It has undertaken a series of large-scale new energy projects such as the Ordos (鄂尔多斯) 2 million-kilowatt photovoltaic project in the "Sand, Gobi, and Desert (沙戈荒)" base and the Xinjiang Tianshan (新疆天山) 4.1 million-kilowatt new energy base, making important contributions to achieving the "dual carbon" goals.
Relying on national high-tech enterprises, national-level enterprise technology centers, national-level postdoctoral research workstations, Anhui Provincial Construction Energy Conservation and Green Construction Technology Engineering Research Center (安徽省建筑节能与绿色建造技术工程研究中心), and China Energy Construction Energy and Building Engineering Testing and Testing Research Institute (中国能建能源与建筑工程检测试验研究院) and other scientific and technological innovation platforms, China Energy Construction Architecture Group (中国能建建筑集团) is committed to technological innovation and efficiency improvement, accelerating the strategic emerging industries and future industrial technology research and development and application.
Infrastructural Business In-depth Advancement: Integrated Construction, Upgrading
China Energy Construction Architecture Group (中国能建建筑集团) is laying out infrastructure businesses such as housing construction, focusing on the Yangtze River Delta region (长三角地区) and the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (粤港澳大湾区), with a construction area of over 80 million square meters. In the "same stage competition" of 28 central and state-owned enterprises that started construction in the same batch of Guangzhou Airport Construction and Investment Group (广州机场建投集团), the Guangzhou Baiyun Airport Baoliang North Plot Resettlement Housing Project (广州白云机场保良北地块安置住宅项目) achieved the first centralized delivery of houses. The 180-meter super high-rise assembled elephant hotel in Nanxun (南浔) appeared in Shanghai Bay (上海湾). The China Security Valley (中国安全谷) project created a new landmark for scientific and technological innovation in Hefei, Anhui (安徽合肥). The Yue Dong Road (越东路) and South Extension Smart Expressway Project, a supporting project for the Hangzhou Asian Games (杭州亚运会), won the 16th (First Batch) China Steel Structure Gold Award Project. China Energy Construction Architecture Group (中国能建建筑集团) is accelerating the cultivation of new quality productive forces, paying attention to the deep integration of energy, construction and other businesses, creating "energy +" and "construction +" and other integrated development models, and injecting new vitality into urban sustainable development.
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China Energy Construction Architecture Group (中国能建建筑集团) is deeply involved in infrastructure and energy and power markets along the "Belt and Road (一带一路)", and its business has expanded to 24 countries and regions overseas, driving Chinese equipment, technology, management, standards and culture to go global. The Brunei Hengyi (文莱恒逸) project participated in by China Energy Construction Architecture Group (中国能建建筑集团) won the National Quality Gold Award. The Hunutlu Power Plant (胡努特鲁电厂) in Turkey has become a bright business card for Chinese quality. The Uzbekistan Photovoltaic EPC project was connected to the grid at full capacity 3 months ahead of schedule.
In the future, China Energy Construction Architecture Group (中国能建建筑集团) will further focus on its primary responsibilities and core business, transform its advantages into victories, complete the Group's "14th Five-Year Plan (十四五)" period planning goals with high quality and achieve a good start to the "15th Five-Year Plan (十五五)", and strive to become a first-class engineering service provider with international competitiveness.
Data source: China Energy Construction Architecture Group (中国能建建筑集团)
Return to TopLayout Design: Zhang Danfeng (张丹峰)
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 黄 娴
The summer morning mist wanders through the dark green mountains, and the "tuk-tuk" sound of wooden mallets awakens the sleeping Miao village. Yu Xiang (余祥), a villager in Maomaohe Village (猫猫河村), Danjiang Town (丹江镇), Leishan County (雷山县), Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture (黔东南苗族侗族自治州), Guizhou Province (贵州省), carves flowers on a wooden cabinet with his calloused hands, humming a poem in his local dialect: "The water in front of the village is blue, the grass is fragrant, and the mountains behind the village are bright, and the vegetables and grains are lush..."
"Now there are many tourists in the village all year round, and even more people come specifically for literary creation." Getting up and shaking off the wood chips from his indigo blue trousers, Yu Xiang (余祥) warmly greets, "Everyone says that our mountain valley has actually produced a 'literary nest'!"
Walking along the stone slab road through the village, smoke curls from the stilted buildings built on the mountainside, and the scenery along the way seems no different from other Miao villages in the hinterland of Leishan (雷山). This can't help but make people more curious: why can this small village hidden in the mountains become popular through poetry?
Time goes back to the summer of 2017, when young poet Li Jiangfu (李江富) came to Maomaohe Village (猫猫河村) to gather inspiration. As soon as he crossed the village gate, he was attracted by the rising and falling sounds of reciting poetry on the drying ground - more than 10 villagers were holding yellowed workbooks and taking turns reciting poems.
Growing up in the Miao village, Li Jiangfu (李江富) was accustomed to the excitement of various festivals, but he had never heard of any village holding poetry competitions. He recalled: "The Miao people do not have the tradition of reciting poetry and writing essays, and many villagers are afraid that they don't even understand what poetry is."
"Everyone is thinking about publicizing the good days in the village!" The villagers pulled Li Jiangfu (李江富) to sit down and enthusiastically introduced the new changes in the village - the road has been built to the entrance of the village, the village has developed planting and breeding industries, and many villagers have also inherited the ancient Miao embroidery skills. Therefore, at the suggestion of Yu Qing (余青), a literature enthusiast and the then director of the Maomaohe Village (猫猫河村) Village Committee, the village started a literary festival.
At the first literary festival, the village only collected more than 10 poetry works. However, this "village-flavored" activity opened the eyes of Li Jiangfu (李江富), who also loves poetry and literary creation: "It turns out that the seeds of poetry are hidden in this mountain valley!" He volunteered to cooperate with the village to "plan the event better and make the scope of poetry collection wider."
The following spring, when Li Jiangfu (李江富) walked through the villages and alleys with the call for papers printed overnight, many villagers came to him with bamboo baskets carrying their own bacon and glutinous rice cakes: "We want to 'exchange things for poems'." With the enthusiastic support of the villagers, Li Jiangfu (李江富) and the village cadres ran all over the large and small enterprises in the county and obtained sponsorship for the essay prize. He also used the Internet and new media to publish essay information, trying every means to expand the scope of the call for papers.
Soon, the news that Maomaohe Village (猫猫河村) was going to hold a literary festival spread throughout Leigong Mountain (雷公山). In just half a month, poems from all over poured into the depths of Miaoling (苗岭), and the event attracted nearly 200 poetry lovers and writers from inside and outside Guizhou Province (贵州省).
The popularity of the second "Maomaohe Literary Festival (猫猫河文学节)" gave Li Jiangfu (李江富) the confidence to persevere. What surprised him even more was that poetry, like the vines on the ancient stilted buildings, began to "grow" new poems in the village. In recent years, the "Maomaohe Literary Festival (猫猫河文学节)" has collected more than 1,500 poems, essays, and reportage works, totaling more than 2 million words, and some of the works have been published in newspapers and periodicals such as "Chinese Writers (中国文艺家)".
Walking through the village, the bluestone alleyways have been transformed into "poetry corridors", the literary exhibition and creation base transformed from abandoned granaries exudes the fragrance of poetry, and the remote Miao village has become the "poetry and distance" for many literature lovers. Yu Xiaocheng (余晓成), director of the Maomaohe Village (猫猫河村) Village Committee, said: "We use 'literature+' to lead tourism development and use tourism to promote cultural prosperity, receiving tens of thousands of tourists every year."
In villager Yu Wu's (余武) farmhouse, wild chrysanthemums are inserted in bamboo tubes by the window, and collections of poems left by literature lovers from all over are hung on the wall. A few years ago, under the influence of the literary festival, he decided to return to his hometown to start a business and transformed his stilted building into a "poetic space". "In the peak season, more than 500 people can visit in a month." He said while carefully wiping the wooden sign: "The literary festival is our most valuable 'traffic'!"
In the embroidery workshop next to the farmhouse, embroiderer Ren Yongmin (任永敏) is flying needles and threads on indigo-dyed cloth, and the silk threads flow into lines of poetry in the light and shadow. "This flower is embroidered with 'flowers and trees hidden in stilted buildings'." She said that she embroidered the scenes in the poems into refrigerator magnets, earrings, and the plackets of Miao embroidery costumes. The products are not only popular with tourists but also sold to Beijing (北京), Shanghai (上海) and other places.
Poetry grows from the fields and gradually becomes the business of the whole village. According to statistics, since 2017, villagers have created more than 200 original poems. What Yu Xiaocheng (余晓成) is most touched by is the light in everyone's eyes: "In the past, everyone said that the Miao people can sing and dance, but now we can also use poetry to talk to the outside world."
The moonlight spills over the terraced fields and stilted buildings, and old and young villagers are still contributing ideas for the "Maomaohe Literary Festival (猫猫河文学节)": "How about using my newly brewed rice wine as a prize for the guests?" "The poets in the city said they want to learn 'Miao embroidery to write poetry'..." Li Jiangfu (李江富) took out his notebook and kept writing. "Poetry is sprouting in the mountains." He said with confidence, "We must continue to hold the literary festival and make it better."
Return to TopThis newspaper's Beijing (北京) dispatch on July 9th (Reporter Huang Chao (黄超)) - The General Office of the Ministry of Education (教育部办公厅) recently issued the "Notice on Organizing and Implementing the Digital Empowerment Action for Teacher Development," proposing to use the integrated and innovative application of digital technology and artificial intelligence technology as a driving force to expand the supply of high-quality resources and services, and build a high-level teacher team in the new era. After 3 to 5 years of efforts, teachers' digital literacy will be comprehensively improved, and the skilled application of digital means to carry out education and teaching will become the new normal, exploring and forming effective paths for large-scale personalized teaching and human-machine collaborative teaching.
According to the notice, digital empowerment will be promoted through six major actions, including improving teachers' digital literacy, digitally empowering education and teaching reform, digital transformation of teacher development models, supplying digital resources for teacher development, digital governance of teacher development, and international cooperation for digital education teachers. For example, implementing the Teacher Digital Literacy Improvement Action - improving the teacher digital literacy standard system, revising teacher professional standards and teacher professional ability standards for normal students; issuing guidelines for improving teacher digital literacy, and promoting full coverage of teacher digital literacy training in various ways; continuously carrying out evaluations, and supporting qualified regions to aggregate teacher development big data, and explore data-driven paths to improve teacher digital literacy. As another example, implementing the Digital Empowerment Education and Teaching Reform Action - supporting local governments and schools to build smart campuses in light of actual conditions, upgrade teacher intelligent training and research rooms and smart education centers, and help teachers carry out digital teaching and digital learning; collaborating with enterprises and research institutes to develop teacher intelligent assistants, and promote the transformation of teachers' teaching concepts, methods and models.
Return to TopThis newspaper reported from Beijing on July 9th (Reporter Yu Sinan (喻思南)) It was learned from the Crop Science Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (中国农业科学院作物科学研究所) that recently, the institute's Crop Genetic Modification and Gene Editing Technology and Application Innovation Team identified a key gene TaPPR13 that regulates wheat drought resistance. It clarified the molecular mechanism by which the protein encoded by this gene enhances wheat's drought stress tolerance by regulating the expression of wheat photosynthesis and stress response-related genes. The related research results were published in "Advanced Science."
In the early stage, the team had confirmed that the transcription factor TaBZR2 can significantly improve the drought resistance of wheat, but the functions of many genes have not been fully annotated. Combining previous research results, the research team identified a key gene TaPPR13 that regulates wheat drought resistance. Studies have found that this gene can be activated and expressed by TaBZR2, and then enhance the antioxidant defense system of wheat by regulating the retrograde signaling pathway. Further studies have found that this regulation process significantly improves the expression of chloroplast-encoded photosynthetic genes and stress response-related genes, ultimately inducing stomatal closure to reduce water loss. This research provides an important target and theoretical basis for drought-resistant and water-saving wheat breeding.
Return to TopThe Hunan Xiangjiang New Area Cultural Center (湖南湘江新区文化馆), located in Changsha (长沙), Hunan Province (湖南省), focuses on the diverse needs of the public for culture and art, and carries out the "Starlight Night School" service project, setting up a variety of courses such as musical instrument playing and dance to meet the public's needs for learning skills. The picture shows students practicing calligraphy in the Hunan Xiangjiang New Area Cultural Center (湖南湘江新区文化馆) on July 9.
Xinhua News Agency reporter Chen Si'han (陈思汗) photographed.
Return to TopThis Urumqi (乌鲁木齐) dispatch on July 9th (Reported by Al Dak (阿尔达克)) states that recently, the newly composed historical Peking opera "Returning to the Homeland" jointly created by the National Peking Opera Company and the Urumqi Peking Opera Troupe (新疆京剧团) of Xinjiang was performed at the Urumqi Peking Opera Theater. The play uses Zuo Zongtang's (左宗棠) recovery of Xinjiang (新疆) in the late Qing Dynasty as a creative blueprint, and reproduces this important historical event through the art of Peking opera.
On the stage, the actors, with their superb performances, successfully portrayed historical figures such as Zuo Zongtang and Lin Zexu (林则徐). In order to create a high-quality drama, the creative team revised the script eight times and went to Urumqi, Hami (哈密), Yili (伊犁) and other places to collect folk songs, deeply explore historical materials, and strive to restore history in detail and 精益求精 (jīng yì qiú jīng - "seek perfection," constantly improving).
In terms of the rehearsal mechanism, the play adopts an AB cast system, with actors from the National Peking Opera Company and the Urumqi Peking Opera Troupe (新疆京剧团) jointly taking on the roles. This collaborative rehearsal model not only promoted exchanges and cooperation between actors in the two regions, but also effectively promoted talent training.
Return to TopHigh-quality education development is an important support for urban upgrading. In the process of new urbanization, the balanced allocation and high-quality improvement of educational resources not only help to consolidate the foundation of urban innovation, but also help to reshape talent competitiveness and urban industrial structure.
In recent years, Xiaoshan District (萧山区), Hangzhou (杭州) City, Zhejiang Province (浙江省) has anchored the goal of "building a city that young people yearn for," systematically implemented "six major actions," and supported the advancement of 20 reform and tackling projects, creating a "respecting culture and valuing education" urban environment and a "respecting academics" cultural atmosphere. With the high-level supply of high-quality educational resources, it has continuously polished the golden name card of "Studious Xiaoshan (尚学萧山)," injecting strong impetus into Xiaoshan District (萧山区) to accelerate the creation of a regional model of Chinese-style modernization and common prosperity in high-quality development.
Guaranteeing Supply, Consolidating the Hard Support of "Strong Schools"
In 2024, Xiaoshan (萧山) achieved "double first" in total population and increase in Hangzhou (杭州). Facing the trend of continuous net population inflow and the increasing demand for educational resources, Xiaoshan (萧山) launched a three-year action plan for school construction. As of December 2024, 20 projects, including Xiaoshan District Xiangbin Primary School (萧山区湘滨小学), have been successfully delivered, and 20 completion and delivery projects, including Xiaoshan District Shixin Experimental Middle School (萧山区市心实验中学), are planned to be completed by the end of 2025, adding 12,630 new student places. In order to expand the supply of high school places, Xiaoshan (萧山) innovatively proposed and practiced the "Tidal School" model, formulated a "5+5+4" action plan for high school project tackling, and simultaneously introduced high-quality educational resources such as Hangzhou No. 2 High School (浙江省杭州第二中学) and Hangzhou Xuejun High School (杭州学军中学). Multiple measures were taken to precisely focus efforts to fully guarantee the supply of student places and promote a leap-forward improvement in the quality of school management.
Xiaoshan (萧山) focuses on building an educational highland, actively exploring the "university + new school" and "famous school + new school" school-running models, cultivating a group of "cover schools" that are leading in the city, first-class in the province, and well-known in the country, forming a strong school development cluster with typical characteristics and diverse types, and promoting the high-quality and balanced development of educational resources. Xiaoshan (萧山) supports Hangzhou No. 2 High School Education Group (杭二中教育集团), Xuejun High School Education Group (学军中学教育集团), and Ideal Education Research Institute (理想教育研究院) to each lead a newly established school, and introduces high-quality resources such as Beijing Foreign Studies University (北京外国语大学), New Education Research Institute (新教育研究院), and Xidian Hangzhou Research Institute (西电杭州研究院) to jointly build affiliated schools. The high-level collaborative school-running model provides Xiaoshan (萧山) students with better educational choices and promotes regional education to a new level of integrated development.
Strengthening the District with Talent, Activating the Strong Momentum of "Excellent Education"
A high-level teaching staff is an important resource for promoting high-quality education development. Xiaoshan (萧山) has solidly promoted the construction of a comprehensive experimental zone for the modernization of basic education, reached a "5+1+N" cooperation framework with the Chinese Society of Education (中国教育学会), and introduced the Xiaoshan Base of the Kindergarten Principals Training Center of the Ministry of Education (教育部幼儿园园长培训中心萧山基地) and the Xiaoshan Base of the School of Continuing Education and Teacher Training of Beijing Normal University (北京师范大学继续教育与教师培训学院萧山基地), constantly innovating the teacher training mechanism and providing wisdom support for the high-quality and balanced development of education.
Xiaoshan (萧山) firmly establishes the concept of "great talent" and vigorously implements the action of forging famous and excellent teachers. In 2024, the number of newly recruited teachers in Xiaoshan (萧山) ranked first in the city, and the proportion of teachers with postgraduate degrees increased, effectively optimizing the age and academic structure of the teaching staff. Xiaoshan (萧山) has thoroughly implemented the new era's plan for cultivating famous teachers, principals, and head teachers in primary and secondary schools, strengthened the construction of the "Jade Carving Project," improved the hierarchical and classified, step-by-step teacher growth and development system, and continued to strengthen the construction of the team of famous teachers, principals, and head teachers. In 2024, 10 new provincial-level special-grade teachers, rising stars in education, and senior teachers were added, and 8 new Zhejiang-style famous teacher and principal training candidates were added. The total number of high-level educational talents in the district reached 1,291.
Digital Empowerment, Promoting New Development of "Education for Common Prosperity"
"Education for Common Prosperity" is a key link for Xiaoshan (萧山) to achieve high-quality and balanced development of education in the whole region. Xiaoshan (萧山) systematically constructs an online and offline integrated promotion mechanism for "Education for Common Prosperity." Online, it relies on a digital education platform to realize cloud sharing of high-quality resources. Offline, it focuses on solving the problem of unbalanced regional education development through measures such as the construction of urban-rural education communities.
An important starting point for realizing "Education for Common Prosperity" lies in collaborative empowerment. Xiaoshan (萧山) has fully launched the new era's urban-rural compulsory education community operation model, breaking down regional barriers through policy guidance, resource integration, and information sharing. Relying on 8 group school series, it has formed 37 urban-rural education communities, significantly enhancing the driving force of high-quality educational resources. In addition, Xiaoshan (萧山) is accelerating the construction of 14 new urban-rural "1+1" close-knit education groups, and is making every effort to promote the full coverage of famous school groups across levels and regions in the 5 towns and streets in the southern mountainous area, building a closer and more long-term education collaboration network. In order to allow high-quality educational resources to reach the "last mile," Xiaoshan (萧山) adopts a group-style assistance mechanism, in which backbone teachers are selected from high-quality schools in the urban area to conduct on-site guidance in paired schools in the south, reducing the gap between urban and rural education through resource sharing, joint teaching and research, common teaching, and joint assessment, and promoting the revitalization of rural education.
Around the working idea of "digital empowerment of education," as a national-level experimental zone for "new teaching and learning models," Xiaoshan (萧山) is making every effort to create a new education ecosystem of co-construction, co-creation, and sharing. Multiple departments jointly build the "Xiaoshan Education Cloud Classroom (萧山教育云课堂)," gathering high-quality educational resources within the region, organizing online live broadcasts and high-quality recordings of open classes by young teachers, demonstration classes by backbone teachers, and demonstration classes by famous and excellent teachers, which not only provides teachers with a platform for learning and display, but also expands the radiation effect of high-quality educational resources, laying a solid digital foundation for enhancing the inclusiveness of education. As of now, 6,927 online classes have been displayed in the district, with a total of 1,225,371 visits, an average of more than 10 classes per day on weekdays, and an average of more than 5,000 visits per day. As an experimental zone for "Internet + Compulsory Education," Xiaoshan (萧山) has achieved 100% coverage of paired assistance for 136 compulsory education schools, relying on the Xiaoshan District "Smart Education Big Data Platform (萧山区“智慧教育大数据平台”)” and "Cloud Classroom (云课堂)," urban and rural areas jointly create synchronous classrooms, and members of the urban-rural education community achieve common development in terms of school-running philosophy, school characteristics, school management, and education and teaching. In the Zhejiang Province (浙江省) urban-rural compulsory education community regional and school typical case evaluation, Xiaoshan District's (萧山区) "Helping' at Difficult Points, 'Supporting' at Blockage Points, 'Assisting' at Key Points - Regional Promotion Case of 'Synchronous Classroom' in Urban-Rural Co-construction Education Community" won the first place in scoring, and the number of network synchronous course construction and the number of awards won have ranked first in the province for five consecutive years. The comprehensive development index of digital education in Xiaoshan (萧山) has ranked among the top three in the province for three consecutive years.
If education prospers, talents gather; if talents gather, industries prosper; if industries prosper, cities become strong. As the golden name card of "Studious Xiaoshan (尚学萧山)" continues to be polished, Xiaoshan (萧山) is driving the "two-way rush" between young people and the city with the surging momentum of high-quality education development, laying a more solid foundation for urban upgrading.
Data source: Publicity Department of the CPC Xiaoshan District Committee (中共萧山区委宣传部)
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 吴 君
Recently, some areas of China have experienced flooding, causing distress to people's lives. As the floodwaters recede and life returns to normal, in addition to doing a good job of drainage, silt removal, and disinfection, everyone also needs to pay attention to food safety.
How to ensure food safety after a flood? A reporter consulted relevant experts for answers.
Food Safety
Timely Removal of Food That Has Come into Contact with Floodwater
After a flood, many people, when taking stock of their belongings, pick up bottled water covered in mud or soaked in water, wipe the bottles, and open them to drink. They believe that these drinks and water have not been opened, are not past their expiration date, and are safe to drink.
Zeng Qiang (曾强), professor and doctoral supervisor at the School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (华中科技大学同济医学院), introduced that when floodwater comes into contact with a water bottle, it will flow in the space at the threads of the bottle opening, and even if it is not opened, pollutants from the floodwater will enter the bottle. Furthermore, pollutants may also adhere to the bottle cap and the threads of the bottle opening, and be carried into the bottle when the cap is opened.
The pollutants brought by floodwater, in addition to visible mud and glass fragments, also include some pathogens. Zeng Qiang said that floodwater usually contains Salmonella, E. coli, parasites, etc., and eating food contaminated by pathogens can lead to diarrhea, vomiting, fever, abdominal pain, and even endanger life.
"After a flood, it is necessary to promptly remove all food that has come into contact with floodwater, including unsealed packages of flour, rice, sugar, grains, as well as vegetables, fruits, meat, poultry, fish, dairy products, etc." Zeng Qiang added that all food stored in refrigerators or freezers that have been submerged by floodwater, as well as food with odors, discoloration, mold, or abnormal texture, should be disposed of.
Floods can also cause the death of poultry, fish, and shrimp. Do not eat dead poultry or fish and shrimp after a flood; they need to be treated harmlessly and should not be thrown away randomly. Zeng Qiang explained that these dead poultry and fish and shrimp, after being soaked in floodwater, not only carry a large number of bacteria and viruses, but may also have passed through areas with pollution sources, and be subjected to heavy metal or pesticide contamination, which can lead to poisoning if consumed.
Zeng Qiang mentioned that it is best not to eat live fish and shrimp salvaged from floodwater either. "These fish and shrimp may also carry bacteria or be contaminated," he said.
Food Hygiene
Thoroughly Clean the Food Environment After a Flood
After a flood, the temperature rises, and microorganisms such as bacteria and mold proliferate. Zeng Qiang suggested that after a flood, it is necessary to thoroughly clean and strictly disinfect household tableware and other items.
"Cleaning can start with hot soapy water or dish soap to thoroughly wash all tableware, cookware, food containers, etc., that have come into contact with floodwater," Zeng Qiang said. Disinfection can be done by boiling or chemical disinfection. Boiling disinfection involves completely immersing the items in water and boiling for at least 1 minute; chemical disinfection involves using household disinfectants, such as bleach containing 5.25%-8.25% sodium hypochlorite, and disinfecting the items accordingly according to the manufacturer's instructions. For some items that cannot be thoroughly cleaned and disinfected, such as baby bottle nipples and sippy cups, they should be discarded directly.
Since it is difficult to detect water pollution with the naked eye, special attention should be paid to drinking water after a flood, and direct consumption of tap water, spring water, river water, lake water, etc., should be avoided.
Zeng Qiang introduced that before the official confirmation of drinking water safety, try to choose bottled water or drink completely boiled water. If it is not possible to boil water, household bleach can be used to disinfect the water. In addition, if conditions permit, water prepared by commercial water purifiers can also be consumed.
After a flood, is well water in rural areas safe to drink? Tian Enhong (田恩红), director of the Disease Control Center (Health Supervision Institute) of Wufeng Tujia Autonomous County (五峰土家族自治县), Yichang City (宜昌市), Hubei Province (湖北省), introduced that for large-diameter wells that have been submerged by water, they should first be cleaned and flushed, then the bottom and walls of the well should be cleaned with a 3%-5% bleaching powder solution, and then the sewage should be drained; after the well naturally seeps water to the normal water level, bleaching powder should be added at a chlorine dosage of 10 mg/L to 15 mg/L, that is, calculated based on an effective chlorine content of 25%, 40 grams to 60 grams of bleaching powder should be added per ton of water, soaked for 12 hours, and then the well water should be drawn out; finally, wait for the natural seepage to the normal water level again, and it can be put into normal use after disinfection.
Zeng Qiang suggested that individuals should wash their hands frequently and keep food and the environment clean before eating. "All raw vegetables and fruits should be thoroughly cleaned before consumption; cutting boards, knives, and containers used to process raw meat, poultry, and fish must also be separated from utensils used to process ready-to-eat foods to avoid cross-contamination; perishable foods should be placed in the refrigerator as soon as possible after purchase or thawing; ensure that food is thoroughly cooked when cooking, and if conditions permit, it can be cooked and eaten immediately," Zeng Qiang said.
Personal Health
Seek Medical Attention Promptly if Symptoms Are Severe
Accidentally drinking or eating drinks and food contaminated by floodwater may cause a series of uncomfortable symptoms. Xiao Dan (肖丹), deputy director of the Department of Gastroenterology at Wuhan Sixth Hospital (武汉市第六医院), introduced that diarrhea, abdominal pain, and vomiting may occur. "It may be mild loose stools, or it may be severe watery diarrhea, with bowel movements occurring several times or even dozens of times a day. The abdomen may also experience dull pain, distending pain, or colic, with unfixed locations, mostly around the navel, but it can also spread to the entire abdomen," Xiao Dan said.
In addition, symptoms such as fever, fatigue, and headache may also occur. "If there is pain in the head, it may be related to infection," Xiao Dan introduced. If the food eaten is contaminated by parasites, the body may also experience symptoms such as malnutrition and anemia after a period of time.
If you confirm that you are experiencing physical discomfort due to dietary problems, how should you deal with it? Xiao Dan introduced that for people with mild symptoms, only general treatment is needed, and water and electrolytes should be replenished in a timely manner. For patients with diarrhea and vomiting, oral rehydration salts can be consumed to prevent dehydration and electrolyte imbalance. During the onset of the illness, a light diet should be maintained, avoiding spicy, greasy, and irritating foods, choosing easily digestible foods, and gradually returning to a normal diet after the symptoms are relieved.
Xiao Dan reminded that if the uncomfortable symptoms are more severe, such as persistent high fever, severe vomiting, severe diarrhea, dehydration, disturbance of consciousness, etc., or dry skin, sunken eye sockets, and reduced urine output, medical attention should be sought promptly.
How long does it take to recover? Xiao Dan introduced that if there are minor dietary problems, such as mild indigestion, it usually takes 1 to 2 days to recover after appropriate dietary adjustments; if there are moderate dietary problems, such as common food poisoning or intestinal infection, it usually takes 3 to 7 days to recover after standardized treatment and dietary adjustments.
"Elderly and frail people, and those with more underlying diseases, may need a longer time to recover. These people need to pay special attention to food safety after a flood," Xiao Dan particularly mentioned that even if the physical symptoms are relieved after adjustment or treatment, attention should still be paid. If uncomfortable symptoms continue to occur, do not take medication without authorization, and seek medical attention promptly to avoid delaying treatment.
Return to TopBy: 吕 莉
Upholding justice for children can help them understand more clearly that society operates according to rules, which helps them rebuild their confidence in order and rules.
Recently, the incident of "a boy being abandoned halfway in a rainstorm by a ride-hailing car" has attracted widespread attention. A ride-hailing driver, in order to grab a new order, half-coaxed and half-forced a 12-year-old boy to get out of the car in a rainstorm, and the child even said "Thank you, uncle."
In this incident, the child is undoubtedly kind and polite. However, it is precisely the child's innocence and understanding that highlight the driver's indifference and lack of morality. Not only is it immoral, but it also openly violates the operating rules of ride-hailing services. Facing a minor passenger, this driver not only lacked the necessary care and the most basic service awareness, but also asked the child to cancel the order and pay the cancellation fee. After the order was cancelled, the driver also failed to report to the platform, thereby evading their own responsibility.
In daily life, many people have also encountered ride-hailing drivers who do not follow the rules. For acts that openly violate the rules, passengers should boldly say no, and platforms should also strengthen supervision and make timely punishments. It is gratifying that after verification, the platform has banned the account of the driver involved in accordance with the rules. The punishment is immediately effective and is a compensation for the injured child. The child is not at fault; the fault lies with those who break the rules. The parents' timely reporting to the police and plan to sue during the process of protecting their rights with the platform, and the police's timely action to assist in protecting their rights, are all upholding justice for the child. These actions can make the child understand more clearly that society operates according to rules, which helps them rebuild their confidence in order and rules. The more timely justice arrives, the more it protects the child.
Minors' cognitive abilities and emotional regulation abilities are not yet mature, and their awareness of self-protection is relatively weak, making them susceptible to interference from adverse external factors. To eliminate these unfavorable factors, parents and all sectors of society must take action to establish positive guidance for children.
If it is discovered that a child has suffered harm outside, parents and family members should promptly understand and verify the ins and outs of the matter, and firmly speak out for the child based on clarifying the truth. Never think that the child is looking for trouble, arbitrarily define it as trouble or a burden, and either scold or ignore it. Parents' unwavering pursuit of justice for their children is a very valuable form of spiritual support and is of great significance for children to form correct value judgments. It was precisely the parents' exposure that brought the driver's behavior to the public, won widespread support, and secured the child's rights.
All parties involved should also actively take action. No matter which field the harm to minors occurs in, the parties involved should investigate and understand the situation as soon as possible, and punish the individuals or organizations that commit the harm in accordance with laws and regulations. At the same time, they should carefully investigate loopholes, eliminate hidden dangers, and avoid the occurrence of similar incidents.
Return to TopOn July 8th, the four-day 2025 "Little Migratory Birds" Summer Camp opened in Shenzhen (深圳), Guangdong (广东). Twenty-three builder families and 38 children of builders from China Construction Science and Industry Corporation (中建科工) came to Shenzhen (深圳) for a "reverse family visit," embarking on a "Greater Bay Area Happiness Trip" together.
The above pictures are all taken by Liang Xu (梁旭), a reporter from Xinhua News Agency (新华社).
Return to TopThis newspaper reported from Beijing on July 9th (Reporter Liu Zhiqiang (刘志强)) that recently, the National Development and Reform Commission (国家发展改革委) has newly allocated 10 billion yuan of central budgetary investment to carry out actions to expand the scope and intensity of "substituting work for relief" to promote employment and increase income for key groups. This supports the implementation of 1975 projects in 26 provinces (autonomous regions, municipalities) and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps (新疆生产建设兵团), with an estimated 4.59 billion yuan to be paid in labor remuneration, helping key groups stabilize employment and increase income.
Efforts are being made to explore employment opportunities and expand employment capacity, highlighting "helping enterprises overcome difficulties." This batch of projects targets areas with concentrated key groups returning to their hometowns and large demands for employment. Focusing on small and medium-sized infrastructure construction in urban-rural integration and agricultural and rural areas, the projects fully explore employment opportunities in various aspects such as engineering construction, service support, project management, and post-construction management and maintenance, attracting and driving key groups to find employment nearby, including those lifted out of poverty and those monitored to prevent returning to poverty, migrant workers returning to their hometowns, and other rural labor forces.
Efforts are being made to increase the proportion of labor remuneration in central investment, highlighting "tangible and accessible benefits." This batch of investment will increase the proportion of project labor remuneration in central investment to no less than 40%, prioritizing the implementation of labor-intensive projects with high labor input, low material costs, and less mechanical use, such as hardening village roads and alleys, renovating rural production roads, dredging small drainage and irrigation ditches, and ecological slope protection and dam protection. At the same time, efforts are being made to promote the implementation of the requirement that "substituting work for relief" projects do not need to be tendered, encouraging flexible contracting methods such as "villagers self-building" and "rural construction companies contracting," and innovating the labor organization model of "township government + village-level cooperative (villager project council, rural construction company) + the masses" to improve the mobilization capacity of grassroots organizations at the township and village levels and increase the actual wage income of the masses. This batch of 10 billion yuan investment will distribute 4.59 billion yuan in labor remuneration, accounting for 45.9%.
Efforts are being made to improve the production and living conditions around the masses, highlighting "multiple benefits in one stroke." This batch of investment plans to support the hardening of various village roads and alleys, the renovation of small roads connecting counties or towns to villages for a total of 9,640 kilometers, the dredging of small drainage and irrigation ditches for more than 3,760 kilometers, the improvement of 9,180 mu of farmland, the laying of 2,110 kilometers of water supply and drainage pipe networks, and the construction of 4,842 rural simple bridges, culverts, mountain ponds, and reservoirs. These "small and beautiful" projects can not only effectively improve the appearance of villages and the living environment, but also improve the supporting infrastructure conditions for rural industrial development, covering the "end points" that general government investment cannot support, filling the "blind spots" and "dead corners" in some construction fields, and opening up the "last mile" of urban and rural infrastructure.
As of the end of June 2025, the National Development and Reform Commission (国家发展改革委), jointly with the Ministry of Finance (财政部), had allocated a total of 29.5 billion yuan of central investment for "substituting work for relief" in 2025, supporting local implementation of nearly 6,000 "substituting work for relief" projects, which are expected to absorb and drive more than 700,000 people in need to find employment locally, and will distribute more than 11 billion yuan in labor remuneration, effectively broadening the channels for the masses to increase employment and income.
The National Development and Reform Commission (国家发展改革委) stated that the next step will be to base itself on the current employment situation, urge and guide local authorities to promote the full commencement of construction of all "substituting work for relief" projects with allocated investment, focus on key links such as the organization of employment for key groups and the distribution of labor remuneration, and simultaneously do a good job in the normalized rolling reserve of projects, so as to promote "substituting work for relief" to effectively play a counter-cyclical adjustment role in stabilizing employment and promoting income increase.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 刘军国
"At that time, the child accidentally fell into the water and was already in a coma with weak breathing, a very critical situation. Thanks to your professional first aid knowledge... you turned the child from danger to safety... Words cannot express our gratitude." The online platform of Yiwu Yongkang First People's Hospital (永康市第一人民医院) in Jinhua (金华), Zhejiang (浙江) received a thank-you letter. In the letter, the family of the rescued boy expressed their sincere gratitude to Dr. Xu Yanan (徐亚南) of the hospital.
That day, they also took the recovered boy to the hospital to present a silk banner to the life-saving benefactor.
The boy's family lives in Jiangnan Subdistrict (江南街道), Yongkang City (永康市). After dinner on June 20, the boy's grandfather took him for a walk to Xikou Village (溪口村), a neighboring village. While the adults were not paying attention, the boy ran to the pond to play by himself and accidentally fell into the water. Due to the height difference within the field of vision, the grandfather did not notice immediately. The pond in the village is surrounded by railings, with warning signs and publicity banners. Normally, almost no one goes there, so no one noticed the boy falling into the water immediately. When the boy went missing, the grandfather was extremely anxious, and village guard Xu Jian (徐建) and enthusiastic villager Xu Youliang (徐有良) also helped to search. The sharp-eyed Xu Youliang noticed the abnormality in the pond. Three minutes had passed since the boy fell into the water.
The boy's grandfather rushed over and pulled the boy up. Xu Jian immediately called 120, but it would still take some time for the ambulance to arrive.
"Put him down quickly, I am a doctor, let me do it." At this time, a person ran out of the crowd, it was Xu Yanan (徐亚南), a villager of Xikou Village (溪口村) and a doctor at Yongkang First People's Hospital (永康市第一人民医院).
"At that time, I was waiting for a friend to go for a night run together, and I happened to hear someone shouting 'Someone fell into the water' over here, so I quickly ran over." Xu Yanan (徐亚南) recalled that the surrounding sounds were very noisy at that time, and he could not hear the boy's heartbeat. He quickly cleared the dirt from the boy's mouth and nose to keep the airway open and performed CPR.
After about 1 minute of first aid, the boy regained spontaneous breathing, and everyone's hanging hearts were relieved. In the 10 minutes waiting for the ambulance to arrive, Xu Yanan (徐亚南) held him and observed his pulse and pupil changes, and completed the handover after the ambulance arrived, buying valuable time for subsequent treatment.
Because of the timely rescue, the boy was out of danger and is recovering well. The boy's mother said that she could not imagine what a tragedy it would have been if Dr. Xu (徐医生) had not been there at the time.
"Rushing forward to help when someone needs help is out of a doctor's instinct. Whether on duty or not, safeguarding life is always the first responsibility." Xu Yanan (徐亚南) said that he receives first aid skills training and assessment every year, including CPR. It is this regular professional training that ensures that medical staff can quickly and standardly administer aid in any scenario.
Return to TopThis newspaper reported from Beijing on July 9th (Reporter Wu Yue (吴月)) Recently, the Ministry of Education (教育部) issued the "Notice on Doing a Good Job in the Pilot Construction and Management of the Third Batch of National School First Aid Education," announcing the list of the third batch of 2,926 national first aid education pilot schools. The pilot period is two years, from June 2025 to June 2027.
The "Work Guidelines for the Third Batch of National School First Aid Education Pilot Project" was released simultaneously, requiring the promotion of the allocation of first aid and first aid education facilities and equipment on campuses, strengthening first aid education for teachers and students, actively carrying out volunteer services, exploring and accumulating replicable and scalable school first aid education experiences and practices, and improving the school first aid education system.
The pilot work requires strengthening the teaching staff, ensuring that each school doctor, physical education and health teacher, and class teacher in the pilot schools receives at least one systematic training. Improve the curriculum system. Each pilot school should follow the "School First Aid Education Curriculum Syllabus (2024 Edition)," combine the characteristics of different academic stages to differentiate the curriculum content, and formulate a first aid education curriculum plan that meets the actual needs of the school. Equip facilities and equipment. Each pilot school should equip necessary first aid and first aid education equipment according to the school's size and actual needs, and ensure that the equipment is in good condition and available. In addition, practical activities should be carried out, training bases should be built, and the role of experts should be brought into play.
The reporter learned that according to the "School First Aid Education Curriculum Syllabus (2024 Edition)," the specific goals of the school first aid education curriculum are: in the preschool education stage, to help young children understand simple risk avoidance and rescue knowledge, and establish awareness of life safety and physical health; in the compulsory education stage, to guide students to familiarize themselves with basic first aid knowledge, and improve their awareness and basic abilities of life safety and emergency rescue; in the high school education stage, to cultivate students' mastery of emergency rescue knowledge and skills, and improve their self-protection awareness and self-rescue and mutual rescue capabilities; in the higher education stage, to educate students to master emergency rescue and disaster prevention knowledge and skills, and be able to actively and proactively fulfill social responsibilities, and promote first aid knowledge and skills to families and society; to carry out training for teachers and staff of all levels and types, to help them master first aid knowledge and skills; and to encourage and support schools to cultivate professional teachers of first aid education.
Return to TopAccording to the plan, by 2025, Fujian Province (福建省) will develop more than 2,000 consumer rights protection service stations. Combining consumer rights protection activities in shopping malls, supermarkets, markets, enterprises, and scenic spots, it will guide operators in places such as shopping malls, supermarkets, commercial complexes, featured blocks, professional markets, highway service areas, airports, stations, and scenic spots to carry out reassuring consumption actions. Consumer rights protection service stations will be built simultaneously, striving to resolve general consumer disputes within enterprises, at the grassroots level, and at the source.
This newspaper Fuzhou (福州) July 9th (Reporter Zhong Ziwei (钟自炜)) The Fujian Provincial Consumer Rights Protection Committee (福建省消费者权益保护委员会) and the Provincial Market Supervision Bureau (省市场监管局) have comprehensively launched the construction of high-standard consumer rights protection service stations throughout the province, focusing on building a more complete consumer rights protection system and effectively safeguarding the legitimate rights and interests of consumers.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 李 硕
As Chinese tennis players continue to achieve breakthroughs on the court, watching and playing tennis has become a new fitness trend, but many beginners often feel it is "difficult to get started and slow to improve." How to practice tennis? This newspaper reporter invited experts to take you to explore the secrets.
How to get started?
As a tennis coach with 23 years of teaching experience, Jin Lu (金路), a physical education teacher at Beijing Mingcheng Foreign Language School (北京市朝阳区明诚外国语学校), believes that mastering the basics, scientific training, and gradual progress are the keys for beginners to get started. In the initial stage, ball feel is the threshold, technical movements are the foundation, and body movement is the key.
1. Ball Feel Relies on "Playing More"
Exercises such as juggling, bumping, and dribbling are all good ball feel training. When practicing bumping, novices can use the "Continental" grip – imagine holding a kitchen knife to cut vegetables, or holding a hammer. This grip is commonly used in serving, two-handed backhand hitting, slicing, volleying and other technical movements.
2. Movements Should Be Standardized
The ready position should be stable and flexible, ready to move at any time. Beginners often "stand too straight" or "have stiff footwork." The correct ready position should be: feet slightly wider than shoulder-width apart, knees slightly bent, upper body slightly leaning forward, and the center of gravity on the balls of the feet. This posture looks like a squatting stance with the center of gravity leaning forward. The next step, whether it is rushing forward, retreating, or moving sideways, has a foundation for generating force. The right hand uses an Eastern grip, the left hand naturally holds the throat of the racket or close to the right hand, the racket head is higher than the racket handle, both hands are in front of the navel, and both elbows are relaxed.
Beginners can first learn basic forehand and backhand strokes. The movements can be broken down into three steps: sideways take-back, hitting, and follow-through.
Forehand Sideways Take-back: Taking holding the racket with the right hand as an example, using an Eastern grip, if the incoming ball flies to the right side of your body, immediately turn to the right side, and at the same time, depending on the depth of the incoming ball, step forward with your left foot or withdraw your right foot, and synchronously pull the racket back, with the bottom cap of the racket handle pointing towards the incoming ball, the racket head pointing towards the back fence, and the left arm extending straight forward to point towards the incoming ball. According to the flight path of the incoming ball, judge and move to the accurate hitting position, and use a closed stance with the left foot forward and the right foot back, and the line connecting the two feet perpendicular to the baseline to accumulate power and prepare to hit the ball.
Hitting: A normal topspin forehand requires lowering the racket head to below the height of the incoming ball before swinging forward, and kicking the legs and turning the waist to swing forward and upward. At the moment the racket touches the ball, the racket face should be perpendicular to the ground or the upper frame of the racket should be slightly pressed forward, the hitting point is on the side front of the body, and the left arm extends straight until the fingertips are about to touch the ball. The power chain sequence is: ankle, knee, hip, shoulder, elbow, wrist, racket.
Follow-through: At the end of the forehand stroke, the body's center of gravity should be on the left foot, with the ball of the right foot touching the ground or following to the side of the body. Turn the body straight, and the racket is retracted on the left shoulder or the side of the left shoulder. There is a criterion for judging whether the movement is complete, that is, the navel, right elbow, and bottom cap of the racket handle face forward.
Regarding the backhand stroke, it is recommended that beginners use the two-handed backhand technique. There is a simple method, that is, imagine using the left hand to hit a forehand, and the right hand assists in maintaining the stability of the entire hitting process.
"Beginners easily only use their arms to hit the ball. In fact, the power of hitting the ball comes from the coordinated force of the whole body, especially the core area of the body and the lower limbs," Jin Lu (金路) specially reminded.
3. Movement Should Be Reasonable
There is a popular saying in the tennis circle, "Tennis is played with the feet," which shows the importance of body movement to this sport. Is running fast the same as moving well? Not really. Running fast is an innate advantage, but tennis movement is more about sudden stops and turns. Only by reasonably using specialized footwork such as sliding steps, crossover steps, and small steps can you be comfortable on the tennis court.
How to Play Rally Balls as Soon as Possible?
Beginners should not only "hit the ball" but also "hit it steadily." How can you play rally balls as soon as possible? Jin Lu (金路) shared the "Zero-Based Three-Stage Training Method":
First stage: Establishing ball feel and fixed-point practice. Ball feel can be established through exercises such as throwing and catching the ball, bumping the ball with the racket face, and wall rebound practice. During on-court training, perform fixed-point hitting practice, that is, the coach or ball friend sends the ball to a fixed landing point, and the students repeatedly practice forehand or backhand movements, without seeking speed or accuracy, only to familiarize themselves with the movements and establish muscle memory.
Second stage: Footwork coordination and simple rallies. Learning "split steps," "crossover steps," and "sliding steps" is key. You can set up exercises similar to "rice" shaped movement hitting, receiving incoming balls of "different heights and different speeds," and cultivating the awareness of "judge first, then footwork in place, and finally hit the ball." In this stage, simple rally practice can be arranged: both sides rally in the near-net half court, limit the speed and rhythm, control the variables, and steadily improve the technical level.
Third stage: Baseline rally balls and simple matches. After the proficiency of half-court rally balls is improved, beginners can gradually increase the distance and hit rally balls at the baseline, using the underhand serve method to enjoy the fun of tennis matches.
What are the Common Misconceptions?
"Don't blindly imitate the serves and topspin balls of professional players." Zhang Jianwei (张建伟), former head coach of the Liaoning Jinzhou Locomotive Sports Association Tennis Center (辽宁锦州火车头体协网球中心), said that the most important thing for beginners is the rationality of the movements. Good movements are those that have a good hitting effect, have room for improvement, and do not cause injury. He pointed out that there are three major misconceptions for beginners:
Misconception 1: Pursuing speed and power, ignoring the stability of movements. Some beginners are keen on "miracles happen with great force," but ignore the correct path of movement, which not only leads to frequent mistakes, but also easily causes wrist and elbow injuries.
Misconception 2: Rushing to hit the ball before the footwork is in place. Swinging the racket when the ball comes is the instinctive reaction of most novices, but if the footwork is not in place, the hitting angle and stability will be greatly reduced.
Misconception 3: Lacking long-term improvement plans, blindly believing in online tips and tricks, not judging whether they are suitable for their own level, and lacking systematic learning.
Beginners can regularly shoot videos of their hitting and compare them with standardized movements to identify problems in a timely manner. From interest training to systematic training, there is no shortcut to the advancement of tennis, but there is a path. Beginners can follow the "333 rule": practice 3 times a week, at least 30 minutes each time, and continue for 3 months. This will not only develop exercise habits, but also avoid physical fatigue or psychological boredom caused by excessive training frequency. In addition, finding a ball partner with a similar level who can also supervise each other will help improve the level.
"Homework" outside of playing should also be valued. Scientific warm-up is a prerequisite for avoiding injuries. Before tennis training, a 5-10 minute "dynamic stretching + movement + ball feel practice" combination warm-up can be performed. Recovery after training is equally critical. Beginners should pay attention to cool-down walking, static stretching, and proper hydration.
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How to Choose Tennis Equipment?
Suitable equipment can make training more effective and can also effectively prevent sports injuries. Experts recommend that beginners choose rackets, tennis shoes, and accessories as needed.
Racket: Beginners are advised to choose a racket with a larger face (100-110 square inches), moderate weight (250-300 grams), and lower string tension. A large face has a high fault tolerance rate, making it easier to get started hitting the ball; a moderate weight is easy to swing and not easy to fatigue; a low tension can minimize the vibration damage to the wrist caused by not hitting the ball accurately.
Tennis Shoes: A pair of professional tennis shoes that fit well, are non-slip, and have good support is the key to avoiding sprains. It is recommended that beginners choose tennis shoes produced by mainstream sports brands. The soles have fine patterns and the midsoles have good cushioning structures, which are conducive to beginners' stable power. Old running shoes and basketball shoes are prone to slipping or lack lateral support, so it is not recommended to use them as substitutes.
Racket Grip: You can choose a non-slip, sweat-absorbent type, which helps to hold the racket stably.
Wristband: Absorbs sweat and provides a certain degree of protection to the wrist, reducing the risk of slipping the racket.
Tennis Balls: It's up to you. Beginners can use children's advanced balls for practice.
Clothing: Wear quick-drying and breathable sportswear in summer, and pay attention to keeping warm in winter.
How to Avoid Tennis Elbow?
Tennis elbow, also known as lateral epicondylitis, is a common elbow disease, mainly manifested as pain on the outside of the elbow, especially when clenching the fist, extending the wrist, or rotating the forearm. Tennis elbow is not necessarily caused by playing tennis, but improper force and movements when playing tennis can easily cause tennis elbow.
How to avoid tennis elbow? Before playing tennis, move the shoulder, elbow, and wrist joints for 5-10 minutes. You can do arm circles, wrist flicks, stretches, and other movements. When playing tennis, you can wear a pressurized elbow brace or kinesiology tape to stabilize the elbow tendons and reduce vibration impact. At the same time, pay attention to the swinging action, use body rotation to drive the arm to generate force, and avoid relying entirely on wrist force.
Once tennis elbow occurs, if it is acute, stop exercising immediately, ice, immobilize, and use medication to relieve it; if it is chronic, you can gradually recover through stretching exercises, physical therapy, and adjusting movements, or you can go to a rehabilitation center for infrared irradiation treatment.
In daily exercise, avoid prolonged repetitive wrist extension movements, and pay attention to keeping the elbow joint slightly bent during exercise to reduce tendon traction. If the symptoms seriously affect life and work, surgical treatment can be considered.
(This newspaper reporter Wu Jun (吴君) interviewed and compiled)
Return to TopThis newspaper reported from Guangzhou (广州) on July 9th (Reporter: Hong Qiuting (洪秋婷)) The organizing committee of the 15th National Games and the organizing committee of the National Para Games and Special Olympics recently held a press conference on "Open Sharing, Working Together" to introduce the phased achievements of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao joint hosting measures.
The 15th National Games and the National Para Games and Special Olympics are the first National Games in China to be jointly hosted by Guangdong (广东), Hong Kong (香港), and Macao (澳门), creating an innovative collaborative layout with the opening ceremony in Guangzhou (广州), the closing ceremony in Shenzhen (深圳), and the events covering the three regions of Guangdong, Hong Kong, and Macao.
Zhang Zhihua (张志华), Deputy Minister of the Hong Kong and Macao Work Coordination Department of the 15th National Games and the National Para Games and Special Olympics, introduced that it is estimated that more than 6,000 people from the mainland will participate in the games in Hong Kong and Macao, and more than 3,000 people from Hong Kong and Macao will participate in the games in the mainland, making it the largest number of participants from Hong Kong and Macao to the mainland and from the mainland to Hong Kong and Macao.
For the participating delegations, the organizing committee has set up special channels at relevant ports, allowing delegations to enter and exit as a group and leave at any time. For ticket holders, the organizing committee has opened green channels, allowing national access to entry and exit permits, and expedited processing for urgent matters with event tickets. A "no document required" channel is set up at the Hengqin (横琴) port, and spectators are expected to be able to pass through customs by "scanning their faces."
It is reported that the 15th National Games has two cross-border events: the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Road Cycling Race, where athletes pass through the three ports of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge (港珠澳大桥) six times without interruption on a 230-kilometer track, enjoying a smooth customs clearance experience throughout the entire journey; and the Shenzhen-Hong Kong Marathon, where athletes do not need to stop to swipe their passes when running on the Shenzhen Bay Bridge (深圳湾大桥), fully enjoying the beauty of the Greater Bay Area integration.
The event will allow tens of millions of viewers to experience the customs of Guangdong, Hong Kong, and Macao in the same venue. Taking the test match held in November last year as an example, tens of millions of viewers from all over the country, both online and offline, followed the event to check in at the "glittering pearl" Macao Tower (澳门旅游塔), admire the scenery of Lantau Island (大屿山) in Hong Kong, and visit the "Sun and Moon Shell" opera house on Zhuhai (珠海) Island, experiencing the local customs of the three places.
Under the guidance of relevant departments such as the State General Administration of Sport (国家体育总局), the China Disabled Persons' Federation (中国残联), and the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of the State Council (中央港澳办), the organizing committee of the 15th National Games has established a "1+4" liaison mechanism. "1" refers to the Hong Kong and Macao Work Coordination Department under the organizing committee at the national level, and "4" refers to the four regular liaison mechanisms at the Guangdong, Hong Kong, and Macao levels, including liaison meetings, chief liaison officers, liaison officers, and joint working groups. Liaison meetings are held every two months, chief liaison officers meet every two weeks, liaison officers communicate daily, and 24 joint working groups hold regular consultations.
"Through high-density communication and consultation, we have closely cooperated in cross-border events, port customs clearance, personnel and vehicle permits, food safety, green event organization, and event schedules," said Huang Mingzhong (黄明忠), Director of the Office of the Organizing Committee of the 15th National Games and Deputy Director of the Executive Committee of the Guangdong Competition Zone of the 15th National Games.
Return to TopThis newspaper Beijing (北京) July 9th (Reporter Tao Xiang'an (陶相安)) The send-off ceremony for the Chinese University Sports Delegation to the 32nd Summer World University Games was held in Beijing (北京) recently. The delegation consists of more than 220 people and will participate in more than 90 events across 14 major sports including 3x3 basketball, badminton, and beach volleyball.
It is reported that the participating athletes and coaches come from 81 universities and institutions in 26 provinces. Among them, there are approximately 120 athletes with an average age of 21.9 years. Athletes participating in the Universiade for the first time account for approximately 86%, and athletes representing the country for the first time in world and continental comprehensive sports events account for approximately 84%.
The 32nd Summer World University Games, hosted by the International University Sports Federation, will be held in Germany from July 16th to July 27th, featuring 18 major sports and, for the first time, including events for people with disabilities in the 3x3 basketball program.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 王 亮
As the 2025 Chengdu World Games approaches, frisbee sports are receiving increasing attention.
According to He Yi, Deputy Director of the Second Department of the Sports Program of the Social Sports Guidance Center of the State General Administration of Sport (国家体育总局社会体育指导中心) (hereinafter referred to as "Social Sports Center"), this World Games will feature two frisbee events: team frisbee and disc golf. A total of 8 teams will participate in the team frisbee competition. The Chinese team is in the same group as the United States, Germany, and Japan. All four teams are strong, and the Chinese team aims to qualify as one of the top two in the group.
The Chinese frisbee team is actively preparing for the competition. The team frisbee project consists of 14 players, 7 men and 7 women; the disc golf project consists of 2 players, 1 man and 1 woman. According to reports, student athletes from Chengdu University (成都大学), Beijing Sport University (北京体育大学) and other schools are the main force of the team. He Yi said that this is due to the in-depth development of the integration of sports and education in frisbee projects in recent years. According to incomplete statistics, nearly 50 middle schools in China have included frisbee in their elective sports courses, and more than 200 universities have launched frisbee sports. Next, relevant management agencies also plan to organize frisbee coach training courses for school sports teachers to make the project more standardized; establish a "Youth Skills Examination System" to cover more primary and secondary school students; and use university associations as a fulcrum to incubate more frisbee clubs.
The main content of team frisbee training includes special breakthroughs, tactical deduction, and physical strengthening. The World Games will be held in August, and how to ensure the stability of passing and receiving discs in high-temperature environments is the focus of training. At present, players repeat passing discs more than 500 times a day. In addition, the coaching team also led the players to analyze the playing styles of major opponents through a large number of videos and conduct targeted drills of defensive formations.
The Chinese frisbee team has been making continuous progress in international competitions recently, which has accumulated confidence for preparing for the World Games. In the 2025 U24 World Frisbee Championships, the Chinese team won seventh place, achieving a historic breakthrough.
In addition, frisbee competitions attach great importance to cultivating sportsmanship, advocating familiarity with the rules, avoiding physical contact, fair competition, enjoying the game, sincere communication, and respecting opponents. Whether it is a domestic or international competition, there are many awards for spiritual civilization.
Frisbee sports were brought to China by foreign students at the end of the 20th century. Early players were mainly university associations and foreign company employees, mainly concentrated in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei (京津冀), Yangtze River Delta (长三角), and Pearl River Delta (珠三角) regions. With the concept of national fitness deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, in recent years, frisbee clubs have sprung up like mushrooms in China 如雨后春笋 (rú yǔ hòu chūn sǔn - "like bamboo shoots after the rain," to emerge rapidly and in large numbers).
In 2021, the Social Sports Center released the "National Frisbee Sports Competition Rules (Trial)" (《全国飞盘运动竞赛规则（试行）》), marking the acceleration of the project's standardization process. In 2022, the Social Sports Center created the first national-level frisbee event - the China Frisbee League (中国飞盘联赛), attracting hundreds of teams and thousands of enthusiasts to participate. By the end of 2024, there were more than 100 registered associations nationwide, and more than 900 frisbee communities and social clubs, covering nearly 200 cities. Among them, the growth rate of university frisbee associations has exceeded 40% for three consecutive years.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 王 洲
Can football only be played on the ground? Can it also "fly" in the sky?
The 2025 "Ice Ribbon" Drone Flying Competition and the inaugural Low-Altitude Racing Alliance Drone Championship recently kicked off fiercely at the National Speed Skating Oval in Beijing (北京). The event attracted hundreds of young pilots to participate, with the 3-on-3 drone football project receiving considerable attention.
The competition venue is not large, an enclosed space 8 meters long, 4 meters wide, and 4 meters high. Circular "goals" with a diameter of 40 centimeters are set up 1 meter away from the two baselines and 3 meters high. Each team consists of 3 players, each controlling a spherical drone with a diameter of 20 centimeters. They can cooperate with each other and intercept collisions. The side with more drone crossings through the opponent's goal wins.
In the end, "Youth Home Team One" from Shunyi District (顺义区), Beijing (北京) won the championship. The team members are 3 junior high school students. "They have been in contact with drone flying for less than a year, and they switched from obstacle racing to drone football in just 5 months," said coach Ren Yanan (任亚男), unable to hide her joy.
Winning the championship in one fell swoop comes from solid basic skills and tacit cooperation. During the semester, 5 PM to 8 PM every Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday is the team's fixed training time. 12-year-old Wang Ziyi (王梓伊) is the youngest and hardest-working member of the team, spending more than 3 hours on the round trip to training alone. "If I don't attend training on time, everyone's offensive and defensive drills will not be easy to carry out. Since I have joined the team, I must have a sense of responsibility." She usually speaks softly, but she becomes a different person on the court. "Quickly return to defense!" "I'll fill in!" "You hover on the left!" Her voice is loud and firm on the training ground.
Mu Bingtao (穆炳滔) is a student at Shunyi No. 3 Middle School (顺义三中) in Beijing (北京市). As the team's attacker, he is usually gentle and refined, but he is a "ruthless character" in the game. The drone he controlled initially flew erratically and often crashed into the goal, but now he can complete the take-off to empty goal in 2 seconds, performing well. "There is no shortcut, it is just to cultivate the feel through continuous training," said Mu Bingtao (穆炳滔). "It seems simple to let the drone fly into the goal, but the up, down, left, right, rotation, and calibration buttons must be coordinated in place, and the operator must also have a strong sense of space, otherwise they will always brush past the goal."
Chen Haobo (陈浩博) from Shunyi School of Beijing No. 11 School (Yangzhen No. 1 Middle School) (北京市十一学校顺义学校（杨镇一中）) is the team's "all-rounder". He not only has a good psychological quality and is good at controlling drones to hover and block opponents, but also repairs drones. Collisions are common in drone competitions. If it cannot be repaired within the limited time, it will be judged as a loss. Chen Haobo's (陈浩博) joining has improved the team's competitiveness. After the game, he excitedly said: "Our dream has come true!"
"The Shunyi District Education Commission (顺义区教委) has given us a lot of support in terms of venue coordination and personnel scheduling. After winning the championship, many parents came to consult about drone training," Li Lina (李丽娜), director of the training department of Shunyi District Youth Home (顺义区少年之家), told reporters that parents hope to use this to cultivate their children's ability to withstand pressure, coordination ability, and communication skills.
With the summer vacation approaching, the Youth Home team will start intensive training to prepare for the 2025 National Youth Aviation and Aerospace Model Championship to be held in early August. "There are more strong players in the national competition. Competing on a larger stage can allow children to learn advanced tactics and further improve their level," said Ren Yanan (任亚男).
"The drone football project is already a mass competition project of the 15th National Games. I hope to show our style on the National Games arena in the future!" said Chen Haobo (陈浩博).
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Return to TopBy: 本报记者 胡婧怡
The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Committee on Good-Neighborliness, Friendship and Cooperation, the Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries (中国人民对外友好协会), and the People's Government of Liaoning Province (辽宁省人民政府) jointly held the SCO People-to-People Friendship Forum and Friendship Cities Forum in Shenyang (沈阳), Liaoning Province (辽宁省) recently. With the theme of "Deepening People-to-People Friendship and Promoting Sustainable Development," approximately 400 representatives from SCO countries engaged in extensive and in-depth exchanges on topics such as friendship city exchanges and economic and trade cooperation, youth science and technology innovation, advanced manufacturing, and peace and friendship, contributing to promoting SCO people-to-people friendship and cooperation and building a closer SCO community with a shared future.
Tightening the Bonds of Friendly Cooperation
People-to-people friendship and cooperation are the bonds that tighten cooperation among SCO countries. After years of development, the SCO People-to-People Friendship Forum and Friendship Cities Forum has become an important exchange and cooperation platform for SCO national friendship organizations and international friendship cities to discuss important issues and seek common interests.
"As the rotating chair of the SCO, China has carried out a great deal of effective work to strengthen cooperation in key areas among member states," said Kyrgyz State Secretary Imanqulov. He noted that the world is currently undergoing turbulent changes, and people-to-people friendship and diplomacy play a crucial role in addressing the challenges of the times. Relevant cooperation within the SCO framework plays a positive role in deepening friendly relations among countries.
Azerbaijani National Assembly Deputy Speaker Askerov stated that people-to-people friendship builds bridges of friendship and understanding among countries and is an important way to build lasting peace. Strengthening people-to-people exchanges and interactions among SCO countries helps to expand cooperation opportunities. The list of friendship cities between Azerbaijan and China continues to grow, and cooperation between cities has made important contributions to bilateral relations and cultural exchanges between the two countries.
During the forum, the "SCO Countries People-to-People Exchanges Sustainable Development Action Consensus" and the "2025 SCO People-to-People Friendship Forum and Friendship Cities Forum Shenyang Initiative" (hereinafter referred to as the "Shenyang Initiative") were released, providing important guidance for SCO countries to carry out people-to-people friendship and cooperation.
"People-to-people exchanges are like the capillaries of national relations. Without emotional connections between people, cooperation between governments lacks a solid foundation," said Korolev, Director of the Russian SCO People's Diplomacy Center. He stated that the center has refined various programs such as cultural and people-to-people exchanges and economic and trade matchmaking into specific schedules and is comprehensively implementing friendly cooperation matters under the SCO framework with a pragmatic attitude.
Sabirov, Director of the Uzbek SCO People's Diplomacy Center, said: "Promoting cultural and people-to-people exchanges and expanding people-to-people cooperation in various fields such as economy, culture, national health, and digital healthcare have a positive effect on promoting the future development of the country. We will comprehensively implement the consensus reached at the forum."
Expanding the Space for Pragmatic Cooperation
This forum achieved a number of cooperation results. The SCO Committee on Good-Neighborliness, Friendship and Cooperation signed memorandums of understanding with the Myanmar Institute for Strategic and International Studies and the Mongolian Peace and Friendship Organization, respectively. The Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries (中国人民对外友好协会) signed memorandums of understanding with the Uzbek SCO People's Diplomacy Center and the All-Russian Association for the Development of Local Self-Government, respectively. In addition, several provinces and cities in China signed cooperation agreements on friendly province/state and city relations with SCO countries.
"This forum has built an important platform that will further promote Myanmar-China people-to-people cooperation and enhance friendly relations," said U Thant Kyaw, Chairman of the Myanmar Institute for Strategic and International Studies. He noted that China has made significant progress in innovative development in recent years and hopes that SCO countries will strengthen people-to-people innovation cooperation.
Guseva, Co-Chairman of the All-Russian Association for the Development of Local Self-Government, introduced successful cases of friendship city cooperation between Chita, Russia, and Hulunbuir (呼伦贝尔市), China, among others. She stated: "The continuous deepening of friendship city relations will continue to promote trust and mutual understanding among the people of SCO countries."
"The cooperation potential between Uzbekistan and China in various fields needs to be further explored, and the complementarity between the two sides in the fields of new energy and agriculture is particularly prominent," said Abidov, Chairman of the Uzbekistan Friendship Cities Association. He believes that Uzbekistan is rich in solar and wind energy resources, and China has advanced technologies and equipment in new energy development and utilization. Cooperation between the two sides in this field will help Uzbekistan efficiently utilize its own resource endowments. In addition, Uzbekistan hopes to learn from and introduce China's experience in agricultural technology innovation and large-scale production to help promote the modernization of its agriculture.
During the forum, three parallel sub-forums were also held on the topics of friendship city exchanges and economic and trade cooperation, youth science and technology innovation and advanced manufacturing, and peace and friendship.
Nurgaziyeva, Chairman of the People's Alliance of Kazakhstan, stated that Kazakhstan and China have already carried out many friendly cooperation projects and believes that under the promotion of the SCO, Kazakhstan-China cooperation will reach a new level.
"Youth are the future of SCO countries' cooperation," said Mo Ruide, President of the China-Maldives Cultural Exchange Association. He stated that the association will further promote cultural and people-to-people exchanges and cooperation among young people, unite their strength, dreams, and determination, and work together to create a better world.
Gathering the Strength of People-to-People Friendship
As one of the important activities of this forum, the "Under the Same Blue Sky" SCO Countries Children's Painting Exhibition opened on July 4. Closely following the theme of the "SCO Year of Sustainable Development" in 2025, the exhibition featured 118 children's paintings from 13 SCO countries. The paintings revolved around six themes: colorful culture, future technology, celebrating harvest, green environmental protection, beautiful earth, and cherishing peace, transcending language and national borders to form a colorful cultural picture, showcasing the different regional cultural characteristics of SCO countries, children's unique artistic perspectives, and their reflections on peace, development, environmental protection, and other issues.
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. In the cherishing peace section of the exhibition, children from SCO countries used doves of peace and olive branches to depict their yearning and expectation for peace and friendship.
"The 'Shenyang Initiative' incorporates the concept of peace into the multilateral cooperation framework. SCO countries should learn from history, look to the future, and promote peaceful development," said Halish, Chairman of the Nepal-China Cultural Education Association. "I love China and the Chinese people very much. I have held the 'China in My Eyes' painting competition in about 100 Nepalese schools so far. The theme of this year's competition is peaceful development."
During this forum, the SCO Countries People-to-People Friendship Exchange Achievement Exhibition and the Science and Technology Innovation and Advanced Manufacturing Achievement Exhibition were also held. The SCO Countries People-to-People Friendship Exchange Achievement Exhibition systematically showcased the fruitful cooperation achievements of SCO countries in the fields of poverty reduction and development, health and healthcare, and friendship city exchanges. The Science and Technology Innovation and Advanced Manufacturing Achievement Exhibition focused on "Shenyang Intelligent Manufacturing" and highlighted the latest breakthroughs of companies such as Siasun Robot and Neusoft Medical in the fields of high-end equipment and intelligent manufacturing.
Saliev, Chairman of the Committee on Interethnic Relations and Friendly Ties with Foreign Countries under the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan, stated: "This forum provides valuable opportunities to deepen mutually beneficial cooperation between friendship cities and will surely vigorously promote dialogue and exchanges between countries, regions, and cities."
"SCO people's diplomacy has established an institutionalized foundation. Many countries have established specialized agencies to actively promote exchanges and contacts between people," said SCO Secretary-General Yermekbayev. He stated that carrying out cooperation and exchanges in cultural and people-to-people fields such as conferences, exhibitions, and educational and cultural activities, and building bridges of friendship between countries will help promote the building of a closer SCO community with a shared future.
Return to TopBy: 王 亮
On July 9, President Xi Jinping (习近平) and Bolivian President Luis Arce (阿尔塞) exchanged congratulatory messages to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries. Over the past 40 years since the establishment of diplomatic ties, China-Bolivia relations have withstood the test of changing international situations, maintained a good momentum of development, with increasingly solid political mutual trust, and continuous advancement of pragmatic cooperation in various fields, bringing tangible benefits to the people of both sides.
In November 2024, President Xi Jinping (习近平) and President Luis Arce (阿尔塞) held a fruitful meeting during the G20 Leaders' Summit in Rio de Janeiro, pointing out the direction for the future development of China-Bolivia relations. China and Bolivia are good friends and good brothers, always standing together through thick and thin, leaving behind memorable moments in the history of bilateral relations: the establishment of the first Confucius Institute in Bolivia in 2011, the successful launch of the first communication satellite "Túpac Katari" developed with Chinese assistance in 2013, the establishment of a strategic partnership between China and Bolivia and the signing of cooperation documents for the joint construction of the "Belt and Road" in 2018, and China becoming Bolivia's largest trading partner in 2023... All sectors of Bolivian society highly appreciate the fruitful achievements of the bilateral relationship and unanimously believe that deepening cooperation with China will bring more and more development opportunities to Bolivia.
Treating each other with sincerity and helping each other lays an important foundation for the steady progress of China-Bolivia relations. Although the two countries are far apart and differ in national size, national conditions, and systems, they have always respected and trusted each other, firmly supported each other on issues involving each other's core interests and major concerns, and continuously strengthened cultural exchanges and mutual learning between civilizations, enhancing mutual understanding and people-to-people connectivity. China supports Bolivia in exploring a development path that suits its own national conditions. Bolivia cherishes its brotherly friendship with China and sincerely hopes to consolidate and strengthen Bolivia-China relations.
Complementary advantages and win-win cooperation help China and Bolivia achieve common development and prosperity. China's economy has long maintained stable growth, with a super-large market size, complete industrial chains, widespread application of scientific and technological innovation, and open and inclusive policies; Bolivia has diverse geographical conditions, abundant natural resources, and great endogenous growth and development potential. The pragmatic cooperation between the two countries is mutually beneficial and win-win, with great potential. Bilateral trade has increased from 880,000 US dollars in 1985 to more than 2.7 billion US dollars in 2024. Currently, China and Bolivia face the common task of achieving modernization, and the prospects for both sides to promote high-quality joint construction of the "Belt and Road" are broad. China welcomes Bolivia to make good use of platforms such as the China International Import Expo to promote more high-quality and distinctive products, and is willing to strengthen policy communication and coordination with Bolivia to expand cooperation in infrastructure construction, plateau agriculture, green development, digital economy and other fields.
Unity and collaboration, and shared responsibility, enhance the cohesion of China-Bolivia's continuous deepening of strategic cooperation. Both countries are multi-ethnic countries with splendid civilizations and have experienced resistance to colonial oppression. In the face of the accelerated evolution of the once-in-a-century changes, China and Bolivia have always adhered to independence and self-reliance, maintained close communication and coordination in multilateral mechanisms such as the United Nations and BRICS, jointly practiced multilateralism, safeguarded international fairness and justice, resolutely opposed hegemonism and unilateral bullying, and promoted global governance towards a more just and reasonable direction. China supports the integration of the Latin American region and is willing to work with Bolivia to strengthen the construction of the China-CELAC Forum mechanism, jointly implement the "Five Major Projects" for building a China-Latin America community with a shared future, and promote the unity, self-improvement, and common development of countries in the Global South.
The 40th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Bolivia coincides with the 200th anniversary of Bolivia's independence. Both China and Bolivia have a saying: "Unity is strength." Standing at a new historical starting point, China is willing to work with Bolivia to implement the important consensus reached by the heads of state of the two countries, continue the traditional friendship, deepen strategic mutual trust, expand mutually beneficial cooperation, promote the China-Bolivia strategic partnership to a new level, help the modernization of their respective countries, and better benefit the people of both countries.
(The author is the Chinese Ambassador to Bolivia)
Return to TopThis newspaper reported from Geneva on July 9th (Reporter: Xu Xin (徐馨)) On the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the founding of the United Nations, the 59th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council adopted the resolution "The Contribution of Development to the Enjoyment of All Human Rights" proposed by China on the 8th. This is the first time since China proposed the resolution in 2017 that it has been adopted by consensus without a vote.
Chen Xu (陈旭), Permanent Representative of China to the United Nations Office at Geneva and Other International Organizations in Switzerland, stated when introducing the resolution that the resolution reaffirms the important contribution of development to the enjoyment of all human rights, and emphasizes the positive significance of people-centered high-quality development in meeting the people's growing needs for a better life and promoting the realization of all human rights. It is hoped that the resolution can build consensus and promote all countries to work with China to bear in mind the future of mankind and the well-being of all countries, revitalize true multilateralism, achieve high-quality development, and promote and protect all human rights.
The resolution reflects the common expectations of the vast number of developing countries. Nearly 50 countries, including Cameroon and Pakistan (巴基斯坦), participated in the joint proposal. Representatives from Cuba (古巴), Bolivia (玻利维亚), Ethiopia (埃塞俄比亚), Kenya (肯尼亚), and other countries spoke, saying that the resolution will enhance all parties' attention to the contribution of development to human rights and promote the promotion of human rights protection through sustainable development. After the resolution was adopted, the European Union, Russia (俄罗斯), Brazil (巴西), Chile (智利), and many other countries expressed their congratulations to China, saying that China is leading the issue of development promoting human rights in the Human Rights Council, and China has put forward a more powerful and balanced text with a constructive attitude, which has been universally recognized and widely supported by the international community.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 许立群
The Victoria and Albert Museum's new branch, the East Storehouse Museum, recently officially opened to the public. Located in Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in East London, this museum is the world's first open-storage museum. Through innovative exhibitions and interactive methods, it allows cultural relics to step out of display cases and come into close contact with the audience, exploring a new path for the development of museums worldwide.
A reporter from this newspaper recently visited the East Storehouse Museum. The museum has a very modern appearance, with a light gray aluminum panel curtain wall and partial window openings to enhance the building's transparency. The use of a linear lighting system cleverly introduces natural light, creating a bright and open atmosphere (see photo, taken by this newspaper's reporter Xu Liqun (许立群)). The exhibition hall is divided into four floors, 20 meters high, with an area of approximately 16,000 square meters (equivalent to 38 standard basketball courts). The application of large-span steel trusses and a full-height column system forms a very open display platform. The more than 100 modular display devices in the center of the exhibition hall use a mobile track system, and the flexible shelf layout can better meet diverse curatorial needs.
Unlike traditional museums, visitors to the East Storehouse Museum can not only freely explore the exhibition area, but also view specific collections up close through reservation services, realizing in-depth interaction with artworks. Staff told reporters that the East Storehouse Museum has approximately 250,000 precious collections, including architectural fragments, paintings, sculptures, fashion, jewelry, photographic works, and other categories, and the collections are updated regularly. Inside the museum, the public can have an unprecedented viewing experience: walking on a transparent glass walkway, below are the exquisite stone pillars of the 17th-century Mughal Empire Agra Bath in India; looking up, Picasso's huge stage set "Two Women Running on the Beach," created for a ballet and shelved for a hundred years due to its size, hangs high in the air.
The display of the showcases is also unique. The exquisite lace collars of 16th-century European nobles are placed next to the torn T-shirts of 1970s British punk bands. This juxtaposition across time and space breaks the conventional classification of traditional museums by era or genre, bringing a novel perspective. Inside the museum is a three-story-high concrete remnant wall from the Robin Hood Gardens housing estate in East London that was demolished. The artist projects oral stories of the old residents onto it, making the cold building bear the vivid past of the community and become a unique witness to the city's history.
The museum also offers a "subscribe to exhibits" service. The public can make an appointment through the official website to view the collections they want to see, whether it is a medieval illuminated manuscript prayer book or stage costumes worn by pop superstars, they have the opportunity to view them up close. At the agreed time, the administrator will put on gloves and take the collection out of the warehouse, and conduct a one-on-one display and explanation for the person making the appointment in a special research room. In addition, the museum also opens the restoration room, and visitors can watch the whole process of experts using superb skills to restore damaged manuscripts through the observation window. As Tim Reeve, Deputy Director of the museum, said: "We want to tear down the walls and turn the museum's backstage into a public theater."
The East Storehouse Museum aims to break down the walls of the museum and transform the collections into living cultures that can be explored and dialogued with. British art critic Jonathan Jones commented: "The East Storehouse Museum subverts the traditional image of the museum and is an innovative attempt to revolutionize the concept of the museum. It digitizes the vast collections, makes the mysterious warehouses public, and makes the restoration techniques transparent. Here, what you feel is not distance, but connection. It reminds us that the essence of the museum is about the dialogue between people and things, about our shared cultural memory." Edwin Heathcote, architecture critic of the British *Financial Times*, believes that whether the attempt of the storage museum is successful still needs time and the public's viewing experience to verify.
(This newspaper, London, July 9)
Return to TopThis newspaper's Hangzhou (杭州) dispatch on July 9th (Reporter Liu Junguo (刘军国)) The China-Arab States Public Health Science and Technology Cooperation Center was launched on the 9th at the First Affiliated Hospital of the Medical College of Zhejiang University (Zhejiang University First Hospital) (浙江大学医学院附属第一医院 (浙大一院)) in Hangzhou (杭州). Representatives from China, Egypt, Jordan, Algeria, the United Arab Emirates, and the League of Arab States attended the launch ceremony. It is reported that the center will rely on the advantageous public health discipline resources of Zhejiang University First Hospital (浙大一院) to fully build a "three major public health cooperation systems" integrating health personnel training, health care cooperation, and health science and technology cooperation, and comprehensively strengthen exchanges and cooperation between the two sides in health fields such as talent, technology, equipment, scientific research, and transformation.
Return to TopThe Bangkok report on July 9th (Reporter Bai Yuanqi (白元琪)) Phnom Penh News: The Kratie Mekong River Special Bridge in Cambodia, constructed by Shanghai Construction Group (上海建工集团), was successfully completed on the 7th. Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and First Vice Chairman of the Council for the Development of Cambodia Sun Chanthol (孙占托) presided over the closing ceremony. Minister of Public Works and Transport Bin Bony (宾波尼) and other Cambodian officials, as well as representatives of Chinese-funded enterprises and local people attended the ceremony.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 刘博通
This year's "Government Work Report" proposed: "Improve the public cultural service system and promote the direct access of high-quality cultural resources to the grassroots." Culture is a spiritual bond that unites people's hearts and a key factor in enhancing people's well-being. Public cultural spaces with a strong cultural atmosphere and diverse forms can better meet people's spiritual and cultural needs.
How can we build and operate public cultural spaces well, allowing more people to wander through them and gain cultural nourishment and spiritual pleasure? National Committee members of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (全国政协委员) and experts and scholars in related fields have offered suggestions and contributed their wisdom and strength to promote the construction of public cultural spaces.
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Dialogue Guests:
Zhang Guanghan (张广汉), National Committee Member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, Deputy Chief Planner of the China Academy of Urban Planning and Design (中国城市规划设计研究院)
Liang Liping (梁丽萍), National Committee Member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, President of Shanxi Institute of Science and Technology (山西科技学院)
Kong Weike (孔维克), National Committee Member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, Dean of the Painting Academy of the Central Committee of the Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang (民革中央画院)
Zhang Yiwu (张颐武), National Committee Member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, Professor of the Department of Chinese Language and Literature at Peking University (北京大学中文系)
Strengthen Planning and Give Full Play to the Effectiveness of Public Cultural Spaces
[Background] In Shougang Park (首钢园) in Shijingshan District (石景山区), Beijing (北京), cultural venues transformed from old factory areas attract a large number of tourists to check in; in the "Yucun Impression" Youth Library in Yucun Village (余村) in Anji County (安吉县), Zhejiang (浙江), many young people read, study, and visit exhibitions... In recent years, the construction of urban and rural public cultural spaces has been continuously promoted, and the spiritual life of the general public has become richer.
Zhang Guanghan: In recent years, various localities and departments have strengthened planning and layout in the construction of public cultural spaces, providing people with rich cultural venues. However, there are still problems such as the style of some space construction being uncoordinated with the surrounding historical and cultural blocks, insufficient depth in the excavation of excellent local historical culture, and some spaces being idle for a long time without being revitalized. Suggestions:
The planning and layout of public cultural spaces should be people-oriented to facilitate the use of local residents. Cultural facilities should be located as much as possible in easily accessible places such as city and county centers, community centers, and village entrances to improve service effectiveness. In urban areas, community cultural spaces that provide convenient services can be laid out according to a 15-minute living circle. In rural areas, the rational layout of public cultural spaces, living spaces, ecological spaces, and agricultural production spaces should be done well.
The design of public cultural buildings should consider local style, green and low-carbon design, and barrier-free design. The construction of new cultural facilities should reflect regional characteristics and contemporary features. In terms of facility construction, local cultural resources should be strengthened, existing buildings should be fully utilized for renovation, and the construction of public cultural spaces should be combined with the revitalization of old cities to attract young people to return to old cities to start businesses and live.
Liang Liping: In recent years, public cultural spaces have made significant progress in construction and innovation, but in some areas, there are also problems such as "emphasizing construction over operation" and the coexistence of idle resources and insufficient supply. Suggestions:
Adhere to demand orientation and precise supply. Establish a normalized and intelligent mass demand feedback mechanism to achieve on-demand customization of services. For example, for aging communities, vigorously promote age-appropriate transformation and barrier-free environment construction, and develop more cultural activities such as silver-age classrooms and health lectures that meet the physical and mental characteristics of the elderly. Promote the integration of venue service functions and provide a "one-stop" cultural experience.
Adhere to technology empowerment and intelligent management. Use digital means to improve management efficiency and user experience, build a service platform, integrate functions such as activity previews, registration and reservations, and feedback, and promote online and offline to enhance awareness and attractiveness. Adhere to content as king, create brands, base on local cultural genes, develop immersive and interactive experience projects, actively introduce trendy cultural elements, attract young groups, and make each space a "cultural living room" with unique identity and community identity.
Strengthen Positions to Better Meet the Diversified Needs of the Masses
[Background] In recent years, various localities have innovatively expanded public cultural spaces, and various types of cultural venues such as city study rooms and "cloud museums" have developed rapidly. At the same time, with the continuous popularity of the national trend, historical and cultural blocks, traditional villages, and historical buildings have been revitalized and have become very attractive destinations in various places.
Kong Weike: Public cultural service providers should strengthen innovative thinking and use novel forms and cutting-edge technologies to make it easier for the people to enjoy high-quality cultural services around them.
Adapt to local conditions and explore the spiritual core, character legends, and folk customs of local historical culture to tell local stories well. Find elements that resonate with contemporary people, such as the ingenuity of traditional handicrafts to meet personalized customization needs and the emotional connection brought by local specialty foods, to create a city or regional cultural IP with distinct regional characteristics and contemporary sense.
Actively introduce and cultivate businesses with both cultural value and aesthetic experience, such as bookstores, design studios, themed cafes, and intangible cultural heritage experience halls, to form a "cultural living room" that integrates cultural style and modern life. Make full use of parks, street corners, green spaces, and other densely populated locations to create more "small but beautiful" and "small but refined" public cultural spaces. Develop in-depth cultural experience tourism routes, such as "Intangible Cultural Heritage Skills Tour" and "Ancient Building Exploration Tour," connecting historical sites, museums, workshops, specialty shops, and markets.
Use multimedia, interactive installations, and other means to "activate" cultural relics and enhance participation and fun. Hold themed special exhibitions that combine tradition and modernity. Develop immersive dramas and other projects based on local historical events and legends to allow tourists to better perceive culture through experience and interaction.
Zhang Guanghan: Innovatively expanding public cultural spaces should also fully consider the renovation and utilization of existing buildings. There are many vacant public buildings in old cities and traditional villages, such as former residences of celebrities, ancestral halls, guild halls, factory warehouses, etc. Reasonable utilization is a strong protection of historical and cultural resources. It is recommended to repair and appropriately renovate these historical and cultural resources to make them comprehensive cultural spaces. Integrate the protection of historical and cultural blocks into the construction of public cultural spaces and promote the integrated development of public cultural spaces and local historical and cultural spaces.
Using cultural resources to create public cultural spaces should meet the requirements of various cultural heritage protection to avoid the phenomenon of damage to cultural heritage caused by over-development during the construction process. Historical and cultural blocks, famous towns, and famous villages should protect the historical appearance of the blocks, improve infrastructure, and adapt to the needs of new cultural and residential functions. While cultural and tourism integration is developing, the relationship between tourists and residents should be handled well.
Synergistic Efforts to Promote High-Quality Industrial Development
[Background] In intangible cultural heritage workshops, intangible cultural heritage inheritors provide hands-on guidance, allowing researchers to feel the beauty of traditional skills; in cultural activity centers transformed from old houses, volunteers introduce local customs and folk stories to tourists; in studios, cultural and creative product designers carefully conceive and produce "hit" products full of cultural atmosphere... Increasingly diverse cultural needs attract a large number of practitioners to participate, promoting the development of related industries.
Zhang Yiwu: Encouraging and promoting social forces to participate in public cultural services is of great significance for promoting the coordinated development of upstream and downstream industries and continuously meeting the diversified cultural needs of the people. Suggestions:
Strengthen policy support for social forces to participate in the construction, operation, and management of public cultural spaces, strengthen the publicity of preferential policies, promote the better implementation of relevant measures, and provide guidance on legality and compliance. Strengthen incentives and guidance, support social forces to participate in urban renewal, operate high-quality projects and innovative models, implement and expand preferential policies for public welfare cultural venues, substantially reduce operating costs, and handle the relationship between public welfare effects and economic effects. Guide the integrated development of digital technology, cultural and creative products, literary and artistic performances, tourism design, and other industries, increase financial support, incubate and cultivate new business forms, create new experiences, and extend the industrial chain.
Summarize and promote successful models of enterprises, public welfare organizations, and communities participating in construction and operation, promote the professionalization, standardization, and sustainable development of public cultural spaces, and provide services accurately according to needs. The public enjoys cultural services and is also an important participant and creator. It is necessary to improve the public participation mechanism, create a convenient participation platform, attract the masses to actively participate in the development of public cultural spaces, and benefit from it.
Liang Liping: The innovative expansion of public cultural spaces cannot be separated from a large number of talented people who are motivated, innovative, and know how to operate. During my research in many places, I found that there are problems in the field of grassroots public cultural services such as "talent cannot be introduced, retained, or used well." For this reason, I suggest strengthening the entire chain of talent "introduction, cultivation, use, and retention."
Promote the reform of related disciplines and majors such as cultural industry management, art management, cultural relics and museology, and library science in universities to cultivate compound talents with both cultural literacy, management ability, innovative thinking, and digital skills. Encourage universities to jointly build internship and practice bases with cultural venues and excellent operating institutions. Increase the systematic and professional training of existing grassroots cultural workers and cultural backbones, adopt various forms such as online and offline combination and advanced studies in famous schools, and carry out special training covering space operation management, activity planning and execution, digital technology application, and community relationship building.
Relying on urban and rural public cultural spaces, standardize the development of the cultural volunteer service system, improve the volunteer recruitment, registration, training, management, incentive, and guarantee mechanisms, and widely absorb retired professionals, university teachers and students, cultural and artistic enthusiasts, community talents, etc. to participate in providing regular and diverse volunteer services such as guidance, explanation, activity assistance, skills teaching, and space maintenance. Effectively improve the salary and social status of grassroots cultural workers, explore and improve the professional title evaluation and promotion channels that meet the characteristics of the industry, and provide broader career development space and a platform to display their talents for outstanding operation and management talents in the industry.
Return to TopExpanding the Supply of Resources for Universities for the Elderly
Proposer: China Association for Promoting Democracy (民进中央)
Motion: Universities for the elderly and educational service platforms at all levels and of all types across the country provide a variety of online and offline courses and activities for the elderly. However, with the aging of China's (我国) population, the problem of insufficient educational resources for the elderly is becoming increasingly prominent.
Suggestions: Accelerate the construction of a university network for the elderly and expand the coverage of elderly education. Improve the open university system and promote the extension of school services to townships (streets) (乡镇（街道）) and villages (communities) (村（社区）), using idle primary and secondary school buildings in rural areas to build a number of elderly education centers; add elderly education center functions to community activity centers and other public service facilities.
Accelerate the construction of a high-quality online and offline curriculum system. Combine local characteristics and the actual needs of the elderly to create high-quality curriculum resources, and establish a normalized mechanism to continuously optimize and update content, and build regional elderly learning resource libraries. Comprehensively transform the public service platform for elderly education to make it more suitable for the elderly and improve its ease of use. Strengthen the interactive module design of online courses to increase the attractiveness of online learning.
Integrate social resources of the elderly industry and increase social participation. Encourage universities, vocational colleges, educational and training institutions, elderly care companies, etc. to participate in elderly education, jointly develop curriculum resources, share facilities and equipment, and create elderly education service products.
(Text compiled by Tong (通))
Empowering Scientific Research with Artificial Intelligence
Proposer: Jiusan Society (九三学社中央)
Motion: Artificial intelligence technology is significantly improving research speed and efficiency, and deeply empowering cutting-edge fields such as biological sciences and quantum technology. China (我国) still faces problems such as insufficient overall allocation of resources, poor interdisciplinary integration, and a low degree of data standardization in developing artificial intelligence to empower scientific research.
Suggestions: Promote the overall coordination of data resources, talent teams, and computing power resources across disciplines and regions. Guide research universities, national research institutions, etc. to accelerate the exploration and application of artificial intelligence technology in various disciplines. Strengthen the research of algorithms and dedicated chips related to artificial intelligence empowering scientific research, and provide technical reserves.
Strengthen artificial intelligence empowerment in national major science and technology projects and key research and development programs. For different research directions, deploy special tasks for artificial intelligence to empower scientific research in a targeted manner, and increase investment in data sorting, labeling, and artificial intelligence computing power resource leasing and procurement in the project budget.
Take national laboratories and national key laboratories as the focus of promoting artificial intelligence to empower scientific research. Use artificial intelligence-driven scientific research as an important tool in the national laboratory system, focusing on tasks in biological sciences, quantum computing, new materials, etc., and accelerate the layout of interdisciplinary research forces.
(Text compiled by Yi (漪))
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 姜 峰
"The CPPCC (Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference) members and judges resolved our problem in one go," said Huang, an agent of a small and medium-sized enterprise, after successfully completing mediation in Beibei District (北碚区), Chongqing (重庆) not long ago. Thanks to the new "CPPCC + Court" mediation mechanism jointly created by the Beibei District (北碚区) CPPCC and the District Court, this contract dispute case involving more than 8 million yuan ultimately reached a settlement agreement for installment payments.
"Nowadays, the awareness of the rule of law in the whole society is gradually increasing, but the resources for resolving disputes are relatively scattered at the grassroots level, which leads to difficulties in connecting information for joint resolution and difficulties in resolving conflicts and disputes," said Dong Lun (董伦), Chairman of the Beibei District (北碚区) CPPCC. To this end, the Beibei District (北碚区) CPPCC and the Beibei District (北碚区) Court jointly explored injecting CPPCC power into the court's diversified dispute resolution system, combining the rule of law guarantee with democratic consultation and social collaboration. Since July 2023, they have launched a new "CPPCC + Court" mediation mechanism to promote the diversified resolution of conflicts and disputes.
The Beibei District (北碚区) CPPCC has a total of 269 members. According to the principle of territoriality, 119 members are assigned to establish contact relationships with 17 towns and streets and 3 industrial parks, participating in the mediation of local cases in principle, and encouraging members to actively coordinate local dispute resolution forces to participate in mediation. Leveraging the industry advantages of the members, 150 members are divided into 12 categories according to their professional backgrounds, and are connected with 12 professional and industry mediation organizations such as the General Chamber of Commerce, traffic accidents, and labor disputes, to cooperate with people's mediators in mediation.
"We have identified 17 senior judges with rich trial experience to form a one-to-one guidance relationship with 17 towns and streets in the district, using united front members and political and legal affairs members with CPPCC member status as a link to promote the formation of a 'one judge and two members in one town and street' full coverage joint resolution network, resolving conflicts and disputes that have not yet entered the court in the bud," said Chen Jiuhong (陈久红), President of the Beibei District (北碚区) Court. The local area regularly organizes CPPCC members and mediators to come to the court to participate in business training, which covers the interpretation of laws and regulations, the imparting of mediation skills, and the analysis of typical cases. An online learning and exchange group has been established to provide online Q&A services for CPPCC members and mediators.
Recently, in a case of inheritance dispute assigned to Chengjiang Town (澄江镇) for pre-trial mediation, the Beibei District (北碚区) Court arranged for Chang Zhengbo (常正波), a member of the District CPPCC and a united front member of Chengjiang Town (澄江镇) who was familiar with the local situation, to participate in the mediation through the District CPPCC. "In this case, an elderly couple left behind a rural house and its ancillary buildings after their death. Their four children, as heirs, their granddaughter, as a subrogated heir, and their grandson, as a transferred heir, all requested to participate in the division," said Chang Zhengbo (常正波). The case involved three generations, complex legal relationships, and a large dispute over the scope of the inheritance. If the case were resolved through litigation, it might lead to more tense relationships between the parties.
Chang Zhengbo (常正波) and the judge in charge of the case explained in detail to the parties the historical background of the inherited house, the process of ownership change, and relevant laws and regulations, and finally促成 (cù chéng - "help to bring about," to facilitate or bring about a successful outcome) each heir to give up the dispute and reach a mediation agreement. After the successful mediation, the Beibei District (北碚区) Court also held an "on-site mediation demonstration" mediation training meeting. "Integrating individual case mediation, business training, and the resolution of the source of conflicts and disputes simultaneously, with on-site guidance and training by the judge in charge of the case, is linked to the goal of promoting social governance and the diversified resolution of conflicts and disputes," said Liu Jin (刘进), Director of the Case Filing Court of the Beibei District (北碚区) Court.
"Every mediation is a vivid demonstration class. We not only learned more mediation skills, but also increased our mediation confidence," said Chang Zhengbo (常正波). "The court analyzes and solves the shortcomings in the resolution of the source of conflicts and disputes in a targeted manner, and promotes all parties to participate in grassroots social governance." As of the end of June this year, Beibei District (北碚区) has established a mediation list database covering 269 CPPCC members, with more than 250 members participating in case mediation, and 932 successful mediations.
Return to TopBy: 周汉民
Globalization is an irresistible trend, and Chinese enterprises going global have become an important part of the global economy. At present, the adverse effects of changes in the external environment are deepening. Enterprises going global is a need of the national development strategy and also a demand for the development of the enterprises themselves.
Opening up is a distinct symbol of Chinese-style modernization. For enterprises, going global can better utilize both international and domestic markets and resources, and integrate themselves into the global economic trend. For the country, enterprises going global can promote industry development and progress, improve the ability to allocate resources globally, and provide assistance for China's (中国) high-quality economic development. For the world, Chinese enterprises going global is conducive to promoting interconnection in various fields such as economy and trade, and supporting global economic growth.
In recent years, I have visited more than 400 enterprises and felt the surging tide and positive willingness of Chinese enterprises to go global. However, some enterprises have also reported that going global is not always smooth sailing, and they face the dual challenges of the international market and their own development. From the perspective of the international market, global protectionism is intensifying, the world economy is still full of uncertainty, and it is becoming more difficult for enterprises to develop overseas markets. From the perspective of the enterprises themselves, they face many challenges such as digital transformation and green development, and there are problems such as insufficient innovation capabilities and insufficient international competitiveness, which need to be supported from multiple levels such as policy guarantees, legal guarantees, and technical guarantees. I suggest:
Increase the support of comprehensive policies. Further improve the management service system for enterprises going global, build a comprehensive public service platform, and integrate relevant system policies including those from various industry authorities and investment promotion agencies, as well as information resources from embassies and consulates abroad, business associations, etc., to help enterprises better understand the host country's business environment and prevent overseas investment risks. At the same time, support and encourage professional service institutions to carry out global layout, expand cross-border service functions, and provide market-oriented, professional, and international service support for enterprises going global.
Provide strong support for the rule of law. Further promote bilateral investment agreements and regional free trade agreements, actively conclude and strictly abide by relevant international treaties. In addition, starting from safeguarding national sovereignty, security, and development interests, and from protecting the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese institutions, enterprises, and citizens, strengthen legislation in foreign-related fields, give full play to the important role of Chinese law in resolving foreign-related legal disputes, and continuously strengthen bilateral or multilateral legal exchanges and cooperation with other countries.
Enhance the competitiveness of enterprises going global. Guide enterprises to adapt to the times, adhere to integrity and innovate, and develop the experience and ability to meet challenges. Taking ESG (Environment, Social and Governance) as an example, this is an important indicator system for measuring the sustainable development of enterprises, and international requirements are also becoming increasingly strict. In this regard, the government should encourage industry associations to take the lead in formulating ESG disclosure standards for their industries and build an ESG practice framework that is both internationally recognized and has Chinese characteristics. At the same time, encourage enterprises to use digital tools to manage ESG more efficiently. In addition, help enterprises participate in international initiatives, share experiences with other companies around the world, actively convey the ESG concepts and practices of Chinese enterprises to the international community, and improve transparency, credibility, and international influence.
(The author is a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (全国政协) and President of the Shanghai Public Diplomacy Association (上海公共外交协会), interviewed and compiled by Yang Hao (杨昊), a reporter from this newspaper)
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In 2024, the people's courts lawfully and impartially concluded 219,000 first-instance environmental resource cases of various types; judgments were made ordering responsible parties to bear a total of 9.6 billion yuan in ecological environment damage compensation funds, an increase of 87.5% year-on-year..." Not long ago, the Supreme People's Court (最高人民法院) released the "China Environmental Resources Trial (2024)" (《中国环境资源审判（2024）》), delivering the "report card" for environmental resource trials in 2024.
In recent years, what new achievements and highlights have there been in China's environmental resource trials? How can the people's courts better build a judicial barrier to protect lucid waters and lush mountains? The reporter conducted an interview.
Severely Punishing Those Who Damage the Environment and Those Who Rig Data
Emergency risk mitigation and land leveling turned out to be illegal mining? Hidden "ecological black holes" behind project development... A recent case disclosed by the Supreme People's Court revealed the details of how four companies were severely punished according to law for illegally excavating mountains and quarrying stone in the name of constructing health and tourism projects.
Several years ago, a company in Hubei (湖北) was constructing a health and tourism project in a certain area of Changyang Tujia Autonomous County (长阳土家族自治县), Yichang City (宜昌市), Hubei Province (湖北省). In order to seek illegal profits, the company and three other companies, without completing the necessary procedures, illegally mined and processed and sold dolomite in the health project area under the guise of emergency risk mitigation, causing serious landslides and cracks in the surrounding mountains, creating man-made geological disasters. After appraisal, it caused a loss of more than 90.07 million yuan in national mineral resources and a loss of more than 6.4 million yuan in ecological environment service functions. The Wuhan Intermediate People's Court (武汉中院) pursued criminal responsibility against the four companies and related individuals for the crime of illegal mining and recovered more than 90.07 million yuan in mineral resource losses as illegal gains.
The Wuhan Municipal Procuratorate (武汉市检察机关) filed a civil public interest lawsuit with the Wuhan Intermediate People's Court (武汉中院). The Wuhan Intermediate People's Court (武汉中院) held that the four companies jointly implemented ecological damage behaviors and should bear joint and several liability, and ordered the four companies to jointly and severally bear a total of more than 12.9 million yuan in ecological environment service function losses.
"By making illegal actors bear compensation responsibility, the effect of fully protecting the ecological environment and effectively sanctioning infringers is achieved, which has multiple functions such as deterrence, education, and prevention." Zhang Peng (张鹏), Deputy Director of the Environmental Resources Tribunal of the Wuhan Intermediate People's Court (武汉中院环资庭), introduced that in order to further enhance the public's environmental awareness, the court also required the defendants to apologize to the public in the media above the provincial level.
In order to cater to customers and obtain more profits, a certain testing company and Shi Moutao (石某涛) and other six people engaged in fraud in environmental monitoring business, and issued 222 false environmental monitoring reports, involving 44 entrusted units in multiple cities such as Xi'an City (西安市) and Yulin City (榆林市) in Shaanxi Province (陕西省), involving multiple monitoring projects such as waste gas and soil.
The amount of illegal income was large, the duration was long, and the regions and industries involved were wide... The Xi'an Railway Transportation Court (西安铁路运输法院) held that a certain testing company deliberately issued a large number of false monitoring reports, which damaged the objectivity and impartiality of environmental monitoring work, which was a serious circumstance, and constituted the crime of providing false certification documents, and was fined 200,000 yuan.
The court held that Shi Moutao (石某涛) and other six people, as the company's supervisors and directly responsible personnel, knew the requirements of the monitoring specifications, but instructed, directed, or acquiesced in and allowed business departments to engage in fraud or not sample according to specifications, etc., and the circumstances were serious, and they also constituted the crime of providing false certification documents, and were sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment and prohibited from engaging in environmental monitoring and related occupations within three years from the date of completion of the sentence.
"'Dual punishment' swords are held high, and the people's courts punish the defendant units and related responsible persons according to law, and take industry bans against relevant personnel who implement data fraud, which demonstrates the determination to severely crack down on environmental monitoring data fraud, plays a strong warning role, and helps to improve the self-discipline awareness and integrity level of the entire industry." Wu Zhaoxiang (吴兆祥), Director of the Environmental Resources Trial Tribunal of the Supreme People's Court (最高人民法院环境资源审判庭), said.
Practicing Preventive and Restorative Justice for the Ecological Environment
"The Dingguo Hao waters of the Yangtze River (长江) have completed the removal of artificially built fish nests..." On June 3, the enforcement judge of the Jiangjin District Court (江津区法院) in Chongqing (重庆市) came to the Dingguo Hao waters of the Yangtze River (长江) for the seventh time and made a case closing record after completing the enforcement task.
The Dingguo Hao waters are one of the well-known spawning grounds of the Yangtze River (长江). Entering the spawning period from March to May every year, fish will naturally spawn on shallow beach rocks, but because the adhesion and survival rate of fish eggs are not ideal, the artificial fish nests laid on the river provide "maternity rooms" for the fish. When the flood season arrives, the fish nests complete their mission, and the enforcement judge promptly removes the fish nests to ensure smooth navigation.
The person who built the "maternity room" for the Yangtze River (长江) fish is the party involved in a case of endangering precious and endangered wild animals. It turned out that Ding (丁) , Xiao (肖), and Liu (刘) agreed to illegally fish in the Dingjiatuo waters of Longhua Town (龙华镇), Jiangjin District (江津区), involving national key protected wild animals, and were sentenced to criminal penalties by the Jiangjin District Court (江津区法院).
How should the ecological losses caused be restored? "Artificial fish nests are a form of habitat restoration. For the current stage of Yangtze River (长江) aquatic biological protection work, stocking and building artificial fish nests should be complementary and implemented simultaneously." During the trial, Yao Weizhi (姚维志), Director of the Fisheries Resources and Environment Research Center of Southwest University (西南大学渔业资源环境研究中心), appeared in court as an expert to express his opinion.
Finally, the Jiangjin District Court (江津区法院), combined with the loss assessment price and the market price of artificial fish nest construction, ordered the three people to build 1,961 square meters of artificial fish nests in the Yangtze River (长江) main stream protection area in this jurisdiction. Investigation, implementation, acceptance, return visit, removal... The Jiangjin District Court (江津区法院) formulated an implementation guide for artificial fish nest execution with reference to the norms of administrative organs, and went to the site for follow-up return visits for many times to ensure the effectiveness of execution.
"The people's courts practice preventive and restorative justice for the ecological environment, and strive to enhance the diversity, stability, and sustainability of ecosystems." Wu Zhaoxiang (吴兆祥) introduced that adhering to the principles of protection first and prevention first, increasing trial and enforcement efforts around ecosystem protection and restoration, biodiversity protection, etc., and preventing and avoiding the occurrence and expansion of ecological damage and environmental pollution by applying prohibition orders and preservation measures.
In Changxing County (长兴县), Huzhou City (湖州市), Zhejiang Province (浙江省), Changxing Isoetes (长兴水韭) was first discovered as a new species, and has important scientific research and biodiversity protection value.
However, only 10 meters away from the Changxing Isoetes (长兴水韭) growing area, a village cooperative was implementing a landscape improvement project. The large flow of people nearby, the accumulation of sludge, and the existence of a large amount of dust posed a real threat to the survival of the Changxing Isoetes (长兴水韭) species.
In order to prevent and reduce the occurrence of ecological environment damage in a timely and effective manner, the Changxing County Agriculture and Rural Bureau (长兴县农业农村局) applied to the Nan Taihu New Area Court (南太湖新区法院) in Huzhou (湖州) for a prohibition order.
After on-site investigation, interviews with the parties, and consultation with experts, the court found that the existing population of Changxing Isoetes (长兴水韭) was extremely small and the habitat was extremely fragile. The landscape improvement project had caused a real and urgent major risk to the survival of the Changxing Isoetes (长兴水韭) species, which may cause irreparable consequences for biodiversity.
Finally, the court issued a prohibition order in accordance with the law, and coordinated the two parties to reach an intention for the Changxing Isoetes (长兴水韭) ecological protection project. A certain village cooperative also promised to actively rectify relevant behaviors that were not conducive to the survival environment of Changxing Isoetes (长兴水韭). "This case timely stopped the behaviors that are being implemented or may have adverse consequences on the ecological environment, and avoided the expansion of ecological damage. It is a vivid practice of implementing biodiversity protection and promoting species reproduction." Wu Zhaoxiang (吴兆祥) said.
Continuously Strengthening the Judicial Protection of People's Livelihood in the Field of Environmental Resources
A lot of black water flowed out of the underground river at the end of the reservoir, and there was a smell of pig manure, with a lot of foam on it. The reservoir is the drinking water source for villagers in four nearby towns. This sudden incident, which occurred in a certain area of Guang'an City (广安市), Sichuan Province (四川省) in March 2022, put the domestic water of tens of thousands of people to the test.
Where did this pig manure water come from? The investigation found that the source of the sewage was a pig farm run by a certain breeding cooperative. It turned out that with the permission and arrangement of Zhang (张), the legal representative of the cooperative, the pig farm repeatedly directly discharged untreated breeding manure water with seriously excessive pollution index by privately digging manure storage ponds and privately setting up pipelines, using the nearby karst landform. The discharged breeding manure water flowed into the groundwater system through karst caves and seepage pits, polluting drinking water sources and causing the interruption of water intake from centralized drinking water sources in towns for several months. "Either carry mountain spring water for use, or the government transports water." Local villagers recalled.
In order to restore water intake, the local government and a certain water company took emergency water intake measures and reinstalled water pumps and laid water transmission pipelines. "A certain township water plant has no treatment capacity for the polluted water, and the reservoir is the only water supply source for the water plant, so the reservoir can only be completely cleaned and disinfected before re-storage." Wang Yue (王越), Deputy Director of the Environmental Resources Tribunal of the Guang'an Intermediate People's Court (广安中院环资庭), introduced that the pig farm caused a loss of more than 1.6 million yuan in public and private property due to the illegal discharge of sewage.
After trial, the Guang'an Intermediate People's Court (广安中院) held that a certain breeding cooperative violated relevant laws and regulations, resulting in harmful substances polluting drinking water sources and interrupting water intake from centralized drinking water sources through the groundwater system, which was a serious circumstance and constituted the crime of polluting the environment; Zhang (张) was the directly responsible person in charge of implementing the environmental pollution behavior, and his participation in the implementation of illegal sewage discharge was a serious circumstance and constituted the crime of polluting the environment.
The violators were sanctioned by law, and the "injured" ecological restoration was also actively promoted. After the pollution accident, the parties took the initiative to demolish the pig farm, the occupied land has been replanted, and the regional environment has been gradually restored.
How to further strengthen the comprehensive management of agricultural non-point source pollution? In response to the problems reflected in the case, such as the low level of resource utilization of manure, blind spots in daily supervision, and loopholes in the collaborative mechanism of administrative law enforcement, the Guang'an Intermediate People's Court (广安中院) issued judicial recommendations to the local agricultural and rural departments and environmental protection departments in accordance with the law to improve relevant work and prevent agricultural non-point source pollution from the source.
Improve the electronic archives of large-scale breeding farms, conduct a comprehensive investigation and sorting of breeding farms in the county, and newly record the electronic archives of 19 large-scale breeding farms; establish an early warning mechanism and conduct joint law enforcement inspections on the prevention and control of livestock and poultry breeding pollution from time to time... At the end of May this year, the Guang'an Intermediate People's Court (广安中院) received feedback from relevant local departments on the handling of judicial recommendations.
Wu Zhaoxiang (吴兆祥) said that in the next step, the people's courts will continue to strengthen the trial work of environmental resources, adhere to the principles of protection first and prevention first, increase trial efforts around ecosystem protection and restoration, biodiversity protection, etc., safeguard the most inclusive people's livelihood and well-being of a good ecological environment, and provide a more powerful legal guarantee for comprehensively promoting the construction of a beautiful China.
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Recently, the Supreme People's Court, the Supreme People's Procuratorate, and the Ministry of Public Security jointly issued the "Opinions on Several Issues Concerning the Handling of Criminal Cases of Refusal to Execute Judgments and Rulings" (《关于办理拒不执行判决、裁定刑事案件若干问题的意见》) (hereinafter referred to as the "Opinions"), which clarifies the applicable standards, rules of evidence, and procedural connections for the crime of refusing to execute judgments and rulings, and strengthens the intensity of punishment in accordance with the law. The joint action of the "two highs and one ministry" against the act of refusing to execute is a heavy blow to the problem of "difficulty in enforcement" and another demonstration of judicial justice and legal dignity.
Judicial justice is the last line of defense for maintaining social fairness and justice, and enforcement work is the last link in this last line of defense. For a long time, some persons subject to enforcement have regarded judicial rulings as nothing, concealing property, transferring assets, and some even openly resisting enforcement.
In practice, some localities have insufficient understanding of the crime of refusing to execute, and there is a tendency to "emphasize civil enforcement and de-emphasize criminal accountability"; the coordination and cooperation between some departments is not smooth enough, resulting in difficulties in fixing evidence and untimely transfer of cases; some case handlers adhere to the principle of "it is better to do less than to do more," and "substitute fines for punishment" and "substitute mediation for punishment." In addition, creditors need to independently provide evidence of the debtor's criminal facts in the process of private prosecution, but due to the lack of investigation capabilities, it is difficult to lock in key evidence of "ability to execute," and the difficulty of safeguarding rights is relatively high.
The deterrent power of criminal punishment does not lie in its severity, but in its inevitability. Criminal punishment for the act of refusing to execute should not only be a "sword hanging high," but also "able to fall when hung," in order to solve the problems of "low cost of illegal acts" and "insufficient deterrence and punishment" for the act of refusing to execute. In this regard, the "Opinions" promote the construction of an enforcement transfer mechanism with clear responsibilities and constant pressure, especially targeting the chronic disease of local protectionism, and helping to open up the "transfer gate." At the same time, it strengthens the pre-position assistance mechanism between the court and the public security, providing convenience for creditors to collect evidence. In serious cases or specific situations, the filing standards are appropriately relaxed to help solve the "difficulty in private prosecution."
Solving the difficulty in enforcement is a systematic project, and it cannot rely solely on criminal punishment to advance alone. It should also adhere to the combination of punishment and education, and the unity of addressing symptoms and root causes. On the one hand, it is necessary to improve the joint punishment mechanism for dishonesty, improve the credit supervision system of "dishonesty in one place, restrictions everywhere," and make it "difficult for dishonest persons subject to enforcement to move an inch"; on the other hand, it is necessary to strengthen legal publicity and education, increase the exposure of crimes of refusing to execute in accordance with the law, and guide the whole society to establish a legal awareness that "effective judgments must be enforced," so as to reduce the occurrence of acts of refusing to execute from the source. At the same time, it is necessary to improve the enforcement linkage mechanism, promote the formation of a comprehensive governance pattern led by the Party committee, supervised by the People's Congress, supported by the government, hosted by the court, coordinated by relevant departments, and participated in by the society, in order to both maintain the authority of the law and promote social integrity, and achieve the organic unity of political, legal, and social effects.
In the digital age, solving the "difficulty in enforcement" requires seeking "combat power" from technology. Vigorously promote the construction of enforcement informatization, improve the online investigation and control system, and realize the "one-net coverage" of the property of persons subject to enforcement; use big data, artificial intelligence and other technologies to strengthen the intelligent analysis and accurate screening of clues to crimes of refusing to execute; promote the "smart enforcement" model, and let enforcement operate in the sun through mobile enforcement platforms, enforcement information disclosure networks and other carriers.
The enforcement of effective judicial judgments is a key link in transforming fairness and justice from abstract rights to real rights and interests. It is not only related to the protection of the legitimate rights and interests of the winning parties, but also to the credibility of the judiciary and the dignity of the law. Make it normal for acts of refusing to execute to be investigated and for crimes of refusing to execute to be punished, and let "honesty is glorious and dishonesty is shameful" become a social atmosphere. Fairness and justice will be more firmly realized, and the belief in the rule of law will be more deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.
Return to TopThe Guizhou Province (贵州省) Bijie City (毕节市) Qianxi City (黔西市) Working Committee for the Care of the Next Generation, the Procuratorate, the Education Bureau, and other departments jointly organized and carried out rule-of-law activities in schools, sowing the seeds of the rule of law in the hearts of minors and safeguarding their healthy growth.
The picture shows a prosecutor publicizing and explaining laws and regulations such as the Law on the Protection of Minors to students at a local primary school.
Photo by Fan Hui (范晖) (People's Vision)
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A floor-vibration device and a mobile phone alarm triggered a neighborhood dispute.
Ms. Li, who lives in Guangqumen Beili Community (广渠门北里社区), Donghuashi Subdistrict (东花市街道), Dongcheng District (东城区), Beijing (北京市), reported to the police that she had recently been suffering from neurasthenia and anxiety due to the mobile phone alarm at 4:00 AM upstairs, which seriously affected her normal life. In the police call, Ms. Li was emotional and spoke fiercely. Meng Shuqiao (孟书樵), deputy director of the Donghuashi Police Station (东花市派出所) of the Dongcheng Public Security Bureau (东城公安分局), immediately went to understand the situation.
It turned out that Ms. Li was often upset by the sounds of walking and moving things upstairs. Recently, she even used a floor-vibration device in her room. Whenever she felt any noise from upstairs, Ms. Li would set up the floor-vibration device to "retaliate" against the upstairs neighbors. The upstairs neighbors were not willing to be "tortured" easily, and every day at 4:00 AM, the mobile phone alarm rang on time, and they deliberately placed the mobile phone on the floor. The conflict between the two sides continued to escalate, and neither side was willing to give in.
Meng Shuqiao first solemnly informed Ms. Li that the act of using a floor-vibration device at will was suspected of being illegal. Ms. Li immediately realized her mistake and said that she would no longer use the floor-vibration device. The upstairs neighbors also said that they would immediately stop the retaliatory setting of the alarm, and with the help of Meng Shuqiao, they installed sponge protective pads on the tables, chairs, and hard objects in their home. After many mediations, the two sides finally shook hands and made peace.
Long-term engagement in dispute mediation has given Meng Shuqiao a lot of experience in resolving neighborhood conflicts: between the masses, many conflicts actually come from a "knot in the heart." To resolve conflicts, it is necessary to act in accordance with laws and regulations, but also to be reasonable and empathetic. If small conflicts are not resolved in a timely manner, the estrangement between neighbors will deepen, eventually leading to sharp problems and escalating conflicts, turning the dispute into a "dead knot."
"Once a conflict occurs, it must be resolved as soon as possible. If other departments need to be involved, we actively coordinate and promote joint solutions. Only when the people truly recognize the mediation of the conflict from the bottom of their hearts, and the 'knot in the heart' is untied, can we truly achieve 'the matter is settled'," said Ma Chunyang (马春阳), political commissar of the Donghuashi Police Station (东花市派出所).
In Dongcheng District (东城区), there are many typical experiences similar to the Donghuashi Police Station (东花市派出所) in mediating conflicts and disputes. Walking into the Temple of Heaven Park (天坛公园), a courtyard with the plaque of the "Qihe Post (祈和驿站)" conflict mediation center comes into view. Creating a courtyard-style "conflict mediation center" allows the people to solve problems in a relaxed and comfortable environment. This is an innovative measure of the Dongcheng Public Security Bureau (东城公安分局): inviting both parties to the conflict to the Temple of Heaven Park (天坛公园), allowing both parties to be in the beautiful scenery, sipping a cup of hot tea, and easing the confrontational emotions first, which is more conducive to promoting the smooth resolution of conflicts and disputes.
From "waiting for the masses to come to the door" to "inviting the masses to come to the door," from a serious and depressing mediation room to a post station full of humanistic care, it is not only an innovation in mediation methods, but also a change in mediation concepts. Zhang Kehui (张克挥), deputy leader of the Legal System Detachment (法制支队) of the Dongcheng Public Security Bureau (东城公安分局), introduced: "The 'Qihe Post (祈和驿站)' implements a permanent system + rotation system + follow-up system, normalizing the integration of public security, procuratorate, law, judicial, women's federation and other forces and resources for conflict and dispute mediation, summarizing the relevant laws of 'a certain type of matter' through handling 'a certain matter' and 'one matter, one discussion', and improving the efficiency of conflict and dispute mediation and resolution."
Since 2024, the Dongcheng Public Security Bureau (东城公安分局) has been deeply promoting the specialized construction of community police, and full-time community police have changed from "going to the community" to "being in the community," patiently listening to the demands of the masses and carefully resolving conflicts and disputes. "We strive to put 'active discovery' in the forefront, embed 'multi-party participation' in the mechanism, and solve 'small problems' in the bud. Through the construction of 'Qihe Post (祈和驿站)', improving the 'in the community' work mechanism, and integrating multi-party resources and forces, we listen more to the voices of the masses, resolve potential risks from the source, and continuously weave a dense 'protective net' for grassroots governance. At the same time, we will continue to improve the police's ability to discover, analyze, and communicate, and truly clarify the people's worries one by one, and make the seemingly trivial small things detailed, practical, and warm," said Li Yanbin (李雁斌), member of the Party Committee and Deputy Director of the Dongcheng Public Security Bureau (东城公安分局).
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What should I do if I am dissatisfied with a product purchased online and the merchant refuses to accept my application for a seven-day no-reason return? Recently, the Supreme People's Court (最高人民法院) announced a case protecting consumers' right to a seven-day no-reason return.
Ms. Liu (刘女士) spent 91,500 yuan to purchase a certain style of bracelet on an e-commerce platform. After the goods arrived, because the bracelet did not look good when worn, Ms. Liu initiated a seven-day no-reason return and refund application on the online shopping platform, with a refund amount of 91,500 yuan. After the application was sent, the merchant agreed to the return, stating that they would arrange for a designated logistics company to pick up the item and informed Ms. Liu not to return the item herself to protect the product's safety. Unexpectedly, the merchant refused to issue a refund after receiving the returned item.
"Upon inspection, the returned product shows signs of being tried on and has obvious scratches. It needs to be further evaluated by a jewelry craftsman. Because there is a time limit for refunds on the platform, we will temporarily suspend the refund," the merchant replied, and returned the bracelet to Ms. Liu (刘女士).
"When I applied for the return, I had already taken a 360-degree video of the outer ring of the bracelet and a partial video of the opening and closing positions on both sides of the bracelet. The merchant confirmed this before agreeing to my return application," Ms. Liu (刘女士) said. All of her operations during the return process were carried out according to the merchant's instructions. The logistics company was designated by the merchant, the freight was borne by the merchant, and the logistics company's staff also inspected and photographed the goods when picking them up. The merchant refused to issue a refund on the grounds that the bracelet's surface had scratches and other damages that would affect its secondary sale. Ms. Liu (刘女士) could not accept this, so she sued the merchant in court, requesting the merchant to return the goods and refund the money.
The bracelet in question is a valuable piece of jewelry with a high price. The merchant has therefore set standards and requirements that are clearly different from the return process for ordinary online shopping goods. The pick-up and transportation links are carried out by a third-party logistics company designated by the merchant and with which the merchant has a long-term cooperative relationship. The freight is borne by the merchant, and the merchant's customer service department has repeatedly and clearly instructed Ms. Liu (刘女士) that "we will arrange for logistics to pick up the item," "please do not return it yourself," "we will send you a return SMS link, you can click to make an appointment for logistics to pick up the item," and also informed Ms. Liu (刘女士) not to seal the box first so that the company can take photos and verify it when picking up the item.
After hearing the case, the court held that, through a series of targeted arrangements by the merchant, it could be confirmed that the merchant had a relatively full understanding of the relevant risks and also tried to ensure that the risks of returning valuable jewelry were under its control as much as possible. The return process set by the merchant, choosing a trusted logistics company to implement pick-up and transportation, has essentially extended the merchant's control over risks to the pick-up and transportation links.
The merchant refused to issue a refund on the grounds that the existing scratches and other damages on the surface of the bracelet in question would affect its secondary sale. However, the merchant has no evidence to prove that Ms. Liu (刘女士) is responsible for the formation of the damage, nor does it have any evidence to prove that there were obvious defects in the placement status or surface properties of the bracelet in question when it was delivered to the logistics company. Based on this, the court ruled that the merchant should refund Ms. Liu (刘女士) 91,500 yuan.
"Ms. Liu (刘女士) followed the merchant's instructions to complete the return, and her behavior complied with the principle of good faith; the merchant did not raise any objections during the inspection and later refused to refund, which lacked factual and legal basis." Liu Jia (刘佳), a judge from the Case Filing Tribunal of the Shanghai First Intermediate People's Court (上海市第一中级人民法院), said that according to the relevant provisions of the Civil Code, the risk of damage or loss of the subject matter is transferred at the time of delivery. In this case, the merchant clearly designated a logistics company to pick up the item and required Ms. Liu (刘女士) not to return it herself. After the logistics staff completed the on-site verification and received the goods, the risk of safekeeping of the bracelet had been transferred to the merchant. The merchant's refusal to issue a refund on the grounds of "signs of being tried on" is essentially transferring the subsequent risks of the goods to the consumer, which violates the legal principle of risk transfer.
"The seven-day no-reason return system is designed to solve the problem of information asymmetry in online transactions, but the vitality of the system depends on the joint construction of merchants and consumers." Liu Jia (刘佳) reminded that consumers need to confirm that the goods are within the scope of return, keep the goods intact, follow the merchant's return process, and initiate an application to send them back within 7 days. In addition, they also need to keep logistics receipts and other vouchers. Merchants need to clarify the return process and actively inform consumers, inspect the goods in a timely manner, raise objections to defects on the spot, reasonably define the "good condition of goods" standard, and fulfill the obligation to refund.
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Creators should make domestic dramas a "universal language for cross-cultural narratives," allowing the world to not only see China's landscapes and architecture but also understand the spirit and wisdom in the bones of the Chinese people.
The recently concluded TV series "Tientsin Mystic" (《藏海传》), after its domestic launch, triggered a wave of drama-chasing. Its simultaneous overseas broadcast also attracted many foreign viewers. The series was broadcast in 190 countries and regions, and viewers from all over the world with different cultural backgrounds were interested in studying the mortise and tenon joints, strategies, and other traditional Chinese cultural content that appeared in the drama. In the overseas comment sections, "Chinese Aesthetics" and "Xia Culture" became high-frequency words, showing the strong interest of foreign audiences.
The overseas popularity of a costume drama shows the charming appeal of outstanding traditional Chinese culture and contemporary literary and artistic creation. Since 2015, when "Empresses in the Palace" (《甄嬛传》) overseas copyright was bought out by Netflix and became the first domestic drama to be distributed overseas on a paid basis, Chinese dramas have been going overseas on a regular basis for a full 10 years. During these 10 years, domestic dramas have achieved a diversified expansion overseas from a single costume type to suspense, urban, and realistic themes, and a communication extension from the Southeast Asian Chinese circle to the European and American markets. The thematic depth and cultural carrying capacity have continued to increase, and the content form has also been upgraded from simple copyright sales to IP content development.
Costume dramas are a drama type with Chinese characteristics and have always been popular in overseas markets, with obvious advantages in terms of quantity and broadcast performance. In the early years, there were dramas such as "Scarlet Heart" (《步步惊心》), "Nirvana in Fire" (《琅琊榜》), "Eternal Love" (《三生三世十里桃花》), and "The Longest Day in Chang'an" (《长安十二时辰》) that went overseas. In recent years, costume dramas such as "Love Between Fairy and Devil" (《苍兰诀》) and "The Legend of Shen Li" (《度华年》) have also triggered ratings booms. In 2024, the second season of "Joy of Life" (《庆余年》) pioneered the model of simultaneous broadcasting on overseas streaming media platforms. Short videos have also become an important channel for the dissemination of domestic dramas overseas. The highlight clips of "The Double" (《墨雨云间》) have received over 1.1 billion views on TikTok. Many overseas viewers have started learning Chinese and spontaneously organizing seminars after watching the dramas. People's active embrace and deep understanding of the exquisite production, profound themes, and Chinese aesthetics of Chinese costume dramas confirm the significant improvement of international recognition of Chinese culture.
On the world's popular genre drama track, Chinese dramas have also blazed a new trail. Domestic suspense dramas with high reputations such as "The Bad Kids" (《隐秘的角落》), "The Long Night" (《沉默的真相》), "Reset" (《开端》), and "The Long Season" (《漫长的季节》) have been released in many countries. Compared with European and American suspense dramas that focus on technical crime-solving, domestic suspense dramas have won a place in the overseas market with their narrative depth that integrates social issues, their profound analysis of complex human nature, and their localized atmosphere creation. According to reports, Sony Pictures has obtained the adaptation rights to "The Bad Kids" (《隐秘的角落》), marking the upgrade of domestic suspense dramas from content going overseas to IP going overseas.
Relying on similar geographical and cultural backgrounds, domestic romance dramas have always maintained a solid audience base in Southeast Asia. The new version of "Meteor Garden" (《流星花园》) has remained at the forefront of platform views for many years. "Hidden Love" (《偷偷藏不住》) has over 6 billion views on TikTok. This year's "Difficult to Coax" (《难哄》) was broadcast simultaneously on Netflix and once reached sixth place on the global daily chart. Domestic romance dramas accurately grasp the emotional needs of young audiences, and their strong youthful resonance and rich visual aesthetics constitute their core competitiveness, which is deeply loved by overseas audiences.
Over the past 10 years, the overseas expansion of domestic dramas has continued to improve, and there are multiple driving forces behind it. First of all, with the continuous improvement of international status, the global appeal and influence of Chinese culture have significantly increased, and overseas audiences' attitude towards Chinese literary and artistic works has undergone a transformation from cultural curiosity to active embrace. Secondly, distribution channels and publicity strategies have been continuously innovated, forming a pattern of multi-channel and multi-media coverage. The "platform's own channel + international streaming media + local channel" three-dimensional network, "grouping together to go overseas," multi-platform simultaneous broadcasting, and multi-round connection have formed an effective distribution combination punch, which has not only opened up emerging markets such as the Middle East and Latin America, but also achieved a double breakthrough in cultural communication and commercial expansion. Furthermore, adaptive adjustments targeting overseas market characteristics have played a key role. For example, the overseas version of "The Longest Day in Chang'an" (《长安十二时辰》) used a fast-paced American drama style to tell the story of the Tang Dynasty, successfully entering the overseas paid zone of video platforms. The suspense drama "The பிறப்பு" (《新生》) found a balance between fast pace and the blank space of Eastern narratives, and topped the Netflix global daily chart with a mini-volume of 10 episodes, with an opening score of 8.2 on international rating websites. This strategy of "cultural core + international expression" has broken the understanding barriers of European and American audiences to Eastern narratives and built a bridge between different cultures.
As the "China Travel" craze sweeps the world, and as foreign tourists record their experiences in China with video logs, the overseas expansion of domestic dramas has also ushered in new opportunities. "Tientsin Mystic" (《藏海传》) drives viewers to check in at museums and cultural scenic spots. The Singapore Tourism Board and China Literature Group (阅文集团) signed a contract to develop the "IP + cultural tourism" model. The deep integration of domestic drama content and tourism experience vividly proves the potential of cultural tourism integration. In this context, creators should adhere to the original intention of content as the foundation, polish details with the spirit of craftsmen, integrate cultural confidence into the narrative texture, and build domestic dramas into a "universal language for cross-cultural narratives," allowing the world to not only see China's landscapes and architecture, but also understand the spirit and wisdom in the bones of the Chinese people.
The overseas expansion of Chinese dramas is striving to build value identity. Although the road is long, every solid step transforms the "other-shaped" stereotype into the "self-shaped" cultural subjectivity. We have reason to expect that more stories containing Chinese wisdom and Chinese aesthetics will stir up more far-reaching echoes in the hearts of global audiences.
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Opening a new work, people do not reject reunions after a long absence and revisiting old places, but they look forward to discovering newly opened shops in familiar streets and feeling a kind of intimate yet subtle surprise.
After many years of absence, a well-known writer presents a new full-length work, but it gives people a sense of déjà vu. Similar scenes, similar characters, familiar recipes, familiar flavors—this kind of situation has occurred from time to time in the literary world in recent years. Creators have long been deeply involved in established themes and styles, and have formed a stable "comfort zone." How should we view this comfort zone-style writing?
On the one hand, it must be admitted that the so-called comfort zone is mostly formed by creators through arduous exploration and long-term excavation. It is by no means easy to find and manage one's own comfort zone. American writer William Faulkner focused on writing about his hometown the size of a postage stamp and became a literary legend. "I found that my hometown, the size of a postage stamp, I am afraid I will not be able to finish writing in my lifetime. This place is like a treasure, displaying all kinds of characters, and I have opened up my own world from this." Many writers have this kind of postage stamp-like identification when deeply cultivating a place, a theme, or a style—such as Xiao Hong's (萧红) Hulan River (呼兰河), Mo Yan's (莫言) Northeast Gaomi Township (高密东北乡). Writers delve into the heart of the theme and the depths of the style in repeated writing, forging their own unique skills.
On the other hand, innovation is the life of literature and art. You can keep writing, but not in an immutable way; even every time you write, it should be like the first time you write. The real deep cultivator, every labor is an advance towards the spiritual center of the earth. Familiarity and expertise with themes and styles are not bad things, but what is terrible is that these familiarity and expertise become commonly used routines, familiar rhetoric, solidification of narrative patterns, and the inertia cycle of "mature style." Over time, it will encourage creators to be perfunctory in their creative attitude.
Some people say that literary reading, some people crave novelty, expecting a soul-shaking "head-on blow," while others are nostalgic for a familiar atmosphere, expecting to enter an old dream. It is excusable to "write familiarly" and "read familiarly." Indeed, in the book market, this "sense of familiarity" coincides with the branding and name card-ization pursued by the publishing industry. A comfort zone means a type of label, representing specific aesthetic expectations, especially the comfort zone of famous writers, which has become a "quality guarantee" that can quickly win the market with the help of the brand effect.
However, looking at the big picture, if all are comfort zone-style writings that dare not break through and are unwilling to break through, it will lead to the situation where there are many new works but a lack of new ideas, more and more "routine work," and the audience is less and less willing to pay the bill. Relying on immutable themes and styles to attract a fixed readership not only makes it difficult to break the circle, but even some loyal readers will be lost. Opening a new work, people do not reject reunions after a long absence and revisiting old places, but they look forward to discovering newly opened shops in familiar streets and feeling a kind of intimate yet subtle surprise. No matter what kind of reading preferences, readers expect literature that resonates with the times, works that can reconstruct cognitive landscapes, and expect their favorite writers to create new qualities in familiarity, bringing people a spiritual world that is constantly growing in meaning and truly has vitality and appeal.
In today's world where mediocre writing can be replaced by artificial intelligence, literature, as an ancient way of human spiritual exploration, is facing redefinition. We can easily imitate works with a certain writer's style, and we can also identify the writer's "true self" in a massive amount of seemingly similar texts. So, what exactly is this unreplicable core? It is precisely the depth of thought and soul exploration behind the words, which is a realm that self-repetition or technical imitation cannot reach, and it is also the place where writing and reading meet and resonate: familiar tastes can provide a sense of security, but only a passionate pursuit and continuous thinking about the world can make the comfort zone of literature generate new meaning and power.
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Young China, full of youthful vigor, brimming with ideals, and radiating vitality. On the occasion of the 104th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China, the drama "The Red Beginning" produced by the National Theatre of China was staged in Beijing (北京). The historical scenes unfolding around the birth of the Party won warm applause from the audience.
The original work, "The Red Beginning," contains 460,000 words. The author, Ye Yonglie (叶永烈), began collecting materials in 1988 and completed this documentary work after more than 10 years of effort. More than 20 years later, the main creative team brought it to the stage, referring to a large number of precious historical materials, and comprehensively using drama, poetry, images and other forms of expression to vividly show the revolutionary history that took place in Shanghai (上海) from 1919 to 1921, restoring the passionate years before and after the founding of the Communist Party of China.
The play selects several key historical nodes as the rhythm points of the entire work, and presents them in the form of "chronicles." "Li Dazhao (李大钊) in the North and Chen Duxiu (陈独秀) in the South" discussing the establishment of the Party on a mule cart, Chen Wangdao (陈望道) translating "The Communist Manifesto" in a firewood room... These stories are like branches of a big tree extending in all directions. If they were presented on the same stage in a traditional way, it would require mobilizing a lot of resources, and the performance effect might not be satisfactory. "The Red Beginning" cleverly tells the story through the first person, like a necklace stringing together pearls of history. In order to make the play more accessible to young people, the drama incorporates contemporary art elements in the stage design and music. The stage visuals cleverly use geometric cutting effects, using simple lines and colors to condense the historical space. Apart from a dozen black chairs, there are almost no other props or sets on the stage. The 10 multimedia screens surrounding the stage present historical scenes in the form of projections, like a slowly unfolding scroll.
The clever use of multimedia images allows the stage time and space to be extended, and also enriches the narrative style of the entire play. When showing the May Fourth Movement, real clips from relevant documentaries are broadcast on the screen: flags, crowds, and fluttering leaflets are superimposed and transformed, creating a real historical atmosphere; the smoke escaping from behind the screen, combined with the red lights, is the scene of "burning Zhao Jia Lou (赵家楼)"; as the snowy Beijing (北京) is projected on the screen, the plot has shifted to a New Year scene; on a suburban road, a mule cart slowly moves forward, arriving at the scene where Chen Duxiu (陈独秀) and Li Dazhao (李大钊) disguised themselves and went to Tianjin (天津). Multimedia screens not only participate in dramatic narration, but also are interconnected with other dramatic elements to jointly create a novel aesthetic conception.
Although it tells a grand history, the biggest feature of "The Red Beginning" is its "youthful state." As the main creators said, the young actors are almost the same age as the protagonists in the play. In the process of interpretation, the young actors personally approached the heroes, and a sense of conviction and mission arose spontaneously, which is also a valuable growth for them personally. At the same time, the play tells history in a new technical form and a highly personalized expression technique. The actors spread the original intention of the Party through their dedicated and affectionate interpretation, which can infect more young audiences today.
The young people on the stage are not only Mao Zedong (毛泽东), Chen Duxiu (陈独秀), Li Dazhao (李大钊) and other revolutionary predecessors who influenced the fate and course of China, but also represent a generation of passionate young people who bravely resisted oppression and were determined to save the country. When the audience follows the characters in the play to feel the magnificence of history in the classrooms of universities, the rooms of meetings, and the small boat on Nanhu (南湖), a flame will be ignited in their hearts. This flame is a sincere tribute to the ideals and beliefs of the young people of that year, and a firm belief that "**只有共产党才能救中国**" (zhǐ yǒu gòng chǎn dǎng cái néng jiù zhōng guó - "only the Communist Party can save China," expressing the belief that only the Communist Party can lead China to prosperity and strength).
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In recent years, the achievements of themed creations have been obvious to all. TV dramas such as "The Age of Awakening" (觉醒年代), "Minning Town" (山海情), and "When the Flowers Bloom Brilliantly" (山花烂漫时), dance dramas such as "Five Stars Rise in the East" (五星出东方) and "Only This Green" (只此青绿), and paintings such as "Xiang River Northward" (湘江北去) and "Blue Granary" (蓝色粮仓) have emerged one after another. At the same time, there are also phenomena such as some dramas being shelved after only a few performances, some live performances being unsustainable due to low attendance, and some films having a "one-day tour" in theaters, and so on. The reason for this lies in the fact that these creations have the problem of "people arriving but hearts not arriving" or "hearts arriving but strength not sufficient."
First, the selection of topics is frivolous. Organizers and producers lack in-depth research and argumentation on the social value, presentation methods, and public acceptance of the themes, resulting in similar topics and mediocre ideas, which make excellent creators keep away. Second, the organizational power of artistic creation is not strong. The creative team is put together temporarily, only seeking to make it happen, not to make it good. The main creators experience life superficially, 走马观花 (zǒu mǎ guān huā - "riding a horse and looking at flowers," to gain a superficial understanding through cursory observation), or the works lack the necessary careful polishing, resulting in ideological poverty, emotional paleness, old-fashioned stories, and outdated techniques; some nominally use "masters" and "famous artists," but in reality, they are just figureheads. Third, market awareness and user thinking are weak, market prospects are neglected, corresponding incentive and restraint mechanisms are lacking, and even only input is emphasized without output.
To solve these problems, the key is to implement the organizational work of themed creation in a detailed and practical manner. Organizers should demonstrate the feasibility of the topic and the audience's acceptance from a professional artistic creation perspective to avoid frivolous and simplistic topic selection. Only by controlling the topic selection can we attract the participation of outstanding artists and stimulate their creative enthusiasm, so that themed creation can be innovative and outstanding. We must also pay attention to the role of the market mechanism. Without market participation, it is difficult to have social effects. The "applause" and "box office success," market recognition and public reputation of themed creation are unified. We must not satisfy ourselves with "shooting is enough" or "performing is good" with a perfunctory attitude, but strive to achieve social benefits first and the unity of social and economic benefits. At the same time, we must do a good job in organizational services, provide relevant guarantees for creative fieldwork, life experience, and filming and set design, and create conditions for the full play of artists' talents. Pay attention to the linkage between creation and commentary, and brainstorm ways to improve the quality and innovation level of creations through organizing revision meetings and other methods.
Adhere to letting professional people do professional things to ensure that people arrive and talents also arrive, and that hearts arrive and strength is also sufficient. The TV drama "When the Flowers Bloom Brilliantly" (山花烂漫时) can become a "hit" because it benefits from a creative team with a strong professional spirit and high artistic accomplishment. Through in-depth contact with Zhang Guimei (张桂梅), a contemporary role model, the main creators captured "Zhang Guimei (张桂梅) who is different from news reports" and felt that "she is a vivid person with concrete methods and truly dedicated to education," which contains a highly inspiring "entrepreneurial story." Such insights and feelings come from a solid and in-depth style and require creators to have unique insights. This also shows that professional creators will burst out with inspiration and enthusiasm when they encounter favorite themes. Only when creators have sufficient talent and energy and consciously follow the practical laws of artistic creation can they launch works of dedication and devotion.
(The author is the Deputy Director of the Literary and Art Criticism Center of the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles (中国文联文艺评论中心)).
Return to TopMedical documentaries often instill fear. The scenes are invariably somber, and the topics are inevitably sad. But watching the third season of "Twinkling Pediatricians" allows one to put down the burden in their heart. The well-paced narrative rhythm mobilizes different emotions in the audience, softening the solemn tone of the medical theme.
This narrative rhythm, which is sometimes gentle and sometimes takes a sharp turn, relies on capturing a group of "representative figures." At the beginning, 16-year-old "Pili" was injured in a traffic accident, crying and begging for "a quick end." After the doctor's observation and examination, his emotions stabilized, showing a resilient side. The audience's suspended hearts were put down, and they also began to reflect on themselves, discovering that the teenager's change in mentality is the process we face when encountering sudden illnesses: from astonishment and fear to calm handling. The second story immediately slows down the pace. The sensible patient, Xiao Mu, and the considerate parents reflect more on the support of family, hospital, and society for cancer patients. Although sad, it gives people a warm strength.
Not only "Pili" and Xiao Mu, but also doctors, patients, and family members, different characters bring out different social topics such as disease diagnosis and treatment, family relationship handling, and adolescent growth. Their stories either make people smile or bring tears to their eyes, but they all provoke deep thought. The skillful selection of characters and flexible control of the narrative are worthy of consideration and reference by documentary creators.
(Liu Shuimu (刘水木), Tongzhou District (通州区), Beijing (北京市))
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The recently broadcast TV series "In the Name of the Law" has received much praise. In the drama, the Haidong Provincial Procuratorate (海东省检察院) sent personnel to guide Dongping City (东平市) in handling the "Wanhai Case" (万海案). During this process, it was discovered that the local public security, procuratorate, and law enforcement agencies had colluded with mafia-like organizations for mutual benefit. Consequently, they joined forces with relevant departments to launch an investigation, initiating a storm of struggle against organized crime and its protectors. This story of the procuratorial organs turning the "knife inward" is rich in contemporary significance and seriousness, showcasing the appearance and breadth of a realistic political and legal drama.
An interesting phenomenon is that after the work was broadcast, many viewers enthusiastically speculated on social media about the allegiance of the characters in the drama, and the creators also teasingly "kept the audience in suspense" during the promotion, indicating that "there will be many changes later, and it is unlikely that you will guess correctly." The suspense of character identities and plot developments made the audience "hooked" and "obsessed," which also confirmed the success of the work's suspenseful narrative.
In common crime-themed suspense narratives, the focus of creation is often on creating a suspenseful atmosphere and designing intricate structures. To serve this effect, the drama often strengthens fictional colors, and viewers do not expect or demand realism when appreciating it. However, the selection of "In the Name of the Law" inherently stipulates that the background, events, and character behaviors must conform to realistic logic and cannot be "out of character."
In the drama, within the political and legal system of Dongping (东平), a prefecture-level city, the relationships between characters are deeply intertwined, and various individuals have different intentions. The characters in the drama come and go, probing and clashing; organized crime and its protectors hide in the dark, hindering the investigation. "In the Name of the Law" firmly establishes the suspenseful narrative on the behavioral logic of the characters in the prescribed situation and on the operating rules of the political and legal system. It is directly integrated into high-intensity dramatic conflicts such as "defense lawyers recanting in court" and is also cleverly reflected in the subtext of the characters' lines, eyes, and micro-expressions of "superficial calmness."
Compared with dramas such as "In the Name of the People" (人民的名义) and "The Drug Hunter" (破冰行动), which also use suspense narratives, "In the Name of the Law" focuses on the political and legal ecology of small cities, which is relatively closer to the audience. Viewers are more likely to substitute their own feelings about workplace rules and worldly wisdom, making the suspenseful narrative of the work even more fascinating.
In addition to the protagonist Hong Liang (洪亮), the other images in "In the Name of the Law" also have a strong sense of "living people." Li Renjun (李人骏), the acting procurator-general of the Dongping Municipal Procuratorate (东平市检察院), initially wanted to make the "Wanhai Case" (万海案), which the city attached great importance to and which he had been in charge of for two years, an ironclad case. But immediately afterward, the defense lawyer shouted in court that "Wanhai is not a mafia," and the provincial procuratorate immediately received a report, directly pointing out that Li Renjun (李人骏) was the real protector of the mafia. As the story progressed, Li Renjun (李人骏) and the audience simultaneously saw the doubts in the "Wanhai Case" (万海案) and the hidden "organizational network" of the Dongping (东平) political and legal system. As the encirclement and coercion of the mafia against him grew closer, Li Renjun's (李人骏) heart fell from the initial eagerness to pursue "career advancement" into a struggle and choice in the collision of "emotion, reason, and law."
In this ensemble drama with more than 70 characters, each character whose true nature is difficult for the audience to guess at a glance has its complexity. The suspenseful narrative brings about the contrast between the front and back, the surface and the inside of the characters, enriches the character levels, and improves the watchability of the work. The intricate story presents the legal concepts of judicial practice, such as "**是黑恶一个不漏，不是黑恶一个不凑**" (shì hēi è yī gè bù lòu, bù shì hēi è yī gè bù còu - "not letting any gang-related crime slip through, and not fabricating any gang-related crime," meaning to ensure justice by thoroughly investigating and prosecuting actual crimes while avoiding false accusations), and "prosecutors colluding with organized crime are guilty of serious corruption, and following the crowd is dereliction of duty," in a specific and subtle way. It expresses the value pursuit of "striving to make the people feel fairness and justice in every judicial case" and also demonstrates the importance of procuratorial investigation work in severely punishing judicial corruption and maintaining judicial justice. This presentation, full of dramatic tension, can lead the audience's thinking about the rule of law in depth.
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