Summary: The article emphasizes that China's modernization is unique due to its massive population of over 1.4 billion people, a scale unprecedented globally. Xi Jinping highlights that this large population presents both challenges, such as resource constraints and pressure on public services, and advantages, including a vast labor force and a large domestic market. He stresses the need for self-reliance and internal circulation in China's development strategy given its population size, and the importance of addressing demographic shifts like aging and declining birth rates. The article concludes by highlighting China's achievements, such as poverty alleviation and the expansion of social services, as evidence of the potential of its large population. There is no direct mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The article highlights China's focus on infrastructure development, particularly "Two-Emphasis" projects (两重建设) like high-speed rail, with the aim to stimulate the economy and support major national strategies. Specifically, it mentions progress on the Wuhan-Yichang section of the high-speed railway along the Yangtze River and other railway projects that are intended to improve connectivity between regions like those between Chongqing/Sichuan and Central/East China. The article also claims that these projects are intended to boost domestic demand and promote industrial upgrading through technological innovation and the application of new products. According to Li Chunlin, deputy director of the National Development and Reform Commission, the 102 major projects in the 14th Five-Year Plan are expected to be completed by the end of the year. The article does not directly mention the United States or US-China relations.
Summary: The 800 billion yuan "two-heavy" (两重) project list has been fully distributed, signaling intensified implementation of major engineering projects across regions. The projects, deemed crucial for national welfare and long-term development, are being implemented with high standards, focusing on both stabilizing the economy and optimizing the industrial structure. Emphasizing a holistic approach and national coordination, the "two-heavy" projects aim to serve critical national interests while ensuring public well-being. The article suggests that the coordinated effort will inject strong momentum into high-quality economic and social development. The United States is not mentioned.
Summary: This article reports on Jiangxi province's efforts to prioritize ecological preservation and translate its ecological advantages into economic development, following Xi Jinping's instructions from his October 2023 visit. The province is focusing on improving forest quality through sustainable management practices and promoting high-quality development of its characteristic forestry industries, such as camellia oil. Jiangxi is also innovating mechanisms to realize the value of ecological products, including issuing forestry operation income rights certificates to encourage investment in eco-tourism and forest healthcare. The province has established a unified ecological product information sharing and accounting platform and is exploring natural resource asset portfolio supply. The province has conducted ecological compensation for nine consecutive years, accumulating 33.8 billion yuan.
Summary: An official from the National Health Commission discussed policies aimed at expanding affordable childcare services in response to public demand. Measures include increasing the supply of childcare facilities through various channels, reducing costs for families and providers via tax deductions and subsidies, and establishing service standards. The government aims to create a comprehensive childcare system by integrating medical and childcare services to improve quality and address public concerns. They plan to focus on affordable, basic, and guaranteed childcare construction to meet the diverse needs of families with young children. No mention of US-China relations was made in the article.
Summary: The testing phase has begun on the Baotou-Huinong section of the Baotou-Yinchuan high-speed railway. This section is a key component of the Beijing-Lanzhou corridor within China's "eight vertical and eight horizontal" high-speed rail network. The image shows testing trains working on the joint commissioning and testing. The article does not mention any specific officials or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: According to the National Energy Administration, China's total installed power generation capacity reached 3.65 billion kilowatts by the end of June, an increase of 18.7% year-on-year. Solar power capacity saw a significant rise, reaching 1.1 billion kilowatts, a 54.2% increase. Newly installed power generation capacity in the first half of the year totaled 293.32 million kilowatts, with solar accounting for the majority at 212.21 million kilowatts. Wind power saw a 22.7% increase, reaching 570 million kilowatts.
Summary: The article emphasizes the importance of focusing on people's livelihood as both a key anchor and driving force for economic work in the second half of the year. It argues that improving people's well-being, from housing to elderly care, creates significant investment opportunities and stimulates consumption. The piece stresses the need to combine investment in infrastructure with investment in people, such as through childcare subsidies and free preschool education, to drive economic growth. By balancing development with the welfare of the people, the article concludes that China can achieve high-quality development and improve living standards. There is no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations in the provided article.
Summary: China's marine economy showed resilience in the first half of the year, with a 5.8% year-on-year increase in gross ocean product, reaching 5.1 trillion yuan. Marine engineering equipment manufacturing continued to lead globally, holding the top position in new orders, delivered orders, and outstanding orders. Marine foreign trade demonstrated resilience with a year-on-year increase of 1.1% in the total value of seaborne imports and exports in the first half of the year. The development and utilization of marine oil and gas resources continued to advance in an orderly manner. There was no mention of the United States.
Summary: China's State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) issued a new guideline on July 31st to regulate fees charged by online trading platforms to merchants. The guideline outlines principles for platform fee structures, advocating for reduced burdens on merchants and increased platform self-regulation. It mandates transparency in fee structures, requiring platforms to publicly display fee agreements and solicit feedback on changes. The guideline prohibits practices such as duplicate fees, charging without providing services, and forcing merchants to purchase services or participate in promotions. The move aims to prevent unfair pricing practices and protect businesses operating within these online marketplaces.
Summary: In the first half of this year, over 3,500 securities institutions remitted over 10 billion yuan in individual income tax related to stock transactions, according to the State Taxation Administration. This tax revenue, generated from the transfer of restricted shares of listed companies, was directly deposited in the localities where the listed companies are based. A new policy implemented in December 2023 fixed the location of tax payment to the location of the listed company, ending the practice of localities competing for tax revenue through illicit subsidies. According to a State Taxation Administration official, this adjustment helps secure local finances, promotes the healthy development of the capital market, and contributes to the construction of a unified national market.
Summary: This article profiles Xin Ping, a 53-year-old village doctor in Longjiao Township, Shanxi Province, who has been serving the 3,000+ residents for 31 years. Xin Ping travels over difficult terrain, having covered over 300,000 kilometers to provide medical care and prescriptions to those in need. He emphasizes his commitment to the villagers who trust him.
Summary: A recent report from the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs indicates positive trends in the recovery of aquatic life and habitats in the Yangtze River basin. The report states that the resource quantity in the main stream of the Yangtze increased by 9.5% compared to 2023. The number of eggs and fry of the four major Chinese carps in the Jianli section of the middle reaches of the Yangtze River was 6.2 times that of 2020, before the fishing ban. The overall water quality of the Yangtze River and its tributaries was rated as excellent in 2024, with sections of I-III water quality accounting for 98.6%. In the years 2021-2024, 344 native fish species were monitored, an increase of 36 species compared to the pre-fishing ban period (2017-2020).
Summary: China remains the world's largest industrial robot market, with 302,000 units sold in 2024, and accounts for two-thirds of global robot patent applications. Industrial robot output has increased significantly since 2015, with service robot production also seeing a substantial increase. China holds a dominant position in the global commercial service robot market, accounting for 84.7% of shipments in 2024. Xu Xiaolan stated that humanoid robots, a fusion of AI and robotics, have the potential to drive new consumption and industrial growth. The 2025 World Robot Conference, featuring over 200 domestic and international robot companies, will be held in Beijing in August.
Summary: A Shandong agricultural machinery cluster, centered around Weifang, Linyi, and Rizhao, has become a national advanced manufacturing cluster, achieving a value of 126.4 billion yuan in 2024. Linyi, led by Huasheng Zhongtian, focuses on plant protection machinery, with the company assisting upstream suppliers like Zhongtai Gardening Machinery to improve product quality and integration. This collaborative growth model, spurred by government support and lead enterprises, facilitates product innovation and market expansion, including overseas exports. Wang Maoqing of Shandong Province emphasized continued support for collaboration to build a world-class industrial cluster. The article does not discuss the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: A delegation of officials from six countries, including Egypt and Zambia, visited Huzhou, Zhejiang Province, to study the implementation of the "lucid waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets" (绿水青山就是金山银山) concept, first proposed in Anji County in 2005 by Xi Jinping. The officials praised China's green development achievements, particularly in transforming former mining areas into thriving eco-tourism destinations. They expressed interest in replicating China's model of ecological preservation and economic development in their own countries, emphasizing the potential for bamboo as a sustainable alternative to plastics. One official noted that youth engagement and empowerment observed in the area could also guide Zambia in retaining its young talent. The delegation saw China's practices as having global significance.
Summary: As a founding member of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), China has consistently prioritized and supported cultural and people-to-people exchanges within the SCO framework, including those focused on women and youth. China, as the current chair, has already implemented over 100 initiatives aimed at strengthening unity, mutual learning, and mutually beneficial cooperation among SCO member states. The SCO consistently emphasizes women's development and has taken practical measures to promote gender equality and empower women, including hosting the SCO Women's Forum for five years. China is committed to promoting connectivity among SCO nations, including cultural and people-to-people ties. China aims to strengthen cooperation across various sectors to build a closer SCO community with a shared future.
Summary: A seminar on "BRICS 2025: Strategic Cooperation in a Multipolar World" was held in São Paulo, Brazil, focusing on global governance, economic and financial cooperation, and innovation and sustainable development. Participants emphasized the importance of "BRICS Plus" cooperation in strengthening the Global South and shaping a multipolar world, with China and Brazil playing key roles. China's Consul General in São Paulo, Yu Peng, stated that China is willing to strengthen strategic cooperation with Brazil within the BRICS framework. Brazilian officials noted China's importance in BRICS, WTO reform, and multipolar order building, as well as the benefits of Chinese technology for Brazil's reindustrialization. Participants also noted the alignment of China's Belt and Road Initiative and Brazil's development strategies.
Summary: A photovoltaic power station in Spain, the Belvis project, built by Chinese companies, has commenced full commercial operation. The project, invested in by China Three Gorges Corporation and constructed by China Railway Construction International Investment Co., focuses on ecological protection, coexisting with local livestock and employing advanced technologies, including drone inspections. The project uses core facilities manufactured in China, positively impacting the local equipment standards and industry chain development. This project exemplifies green cooperation between China and Spain, with Chinese firms contributing technology and promoting new models, complementing Spain's energy transition goals. The project showcases China's global competitiveness in new energy manufacturing and its ability to meet local standards while controlling costs.
Summary: Nepalese Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli stated that Nepal cherishes its "time-tested friendship" with China and anticipates further development of bilateral relations at a reception marking the 70th anniversary of diplomatic ties. Oli emphasized that Nepal adheres to the One China principle, while China respects Nepal's sovereignty and independence. He also noted China's achievements in national rejuvenation benefit regional stability and global progress. Chinese Ambassador to Nepal Chen Song expressed China's willingness to strengthen high-level exchanges with Nepal and support each other's core interests on the international stage.
Summary: A special issue of the Cuban journal *Nuestra América* dedicated to the "community of common destiny for mankind" was launched in Havana, featuring research from Chinese and Cuban scholars and diplomats on China's foreign policy and Sino-Cuban relations. Cuban Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Josefina Vidal highlighted the significance of the publication ahead of the 65th anniversary of diplomatic ties, expressing hope that it would promote the construction of a China-Cuba community with a shared future and address global challenges. Chinese Ambassador Hua Xin stated that the concept of a shared future is being implemented through cooperation between China and countries like Cuba. Cuba, as the first country in the Western Hemisphere to build a bilateral community with a shared future with China, is expected to promote China-Latin America cooperation. The event underscores Cuba's academic interest in China's international influence.
Summary: A ceremony in Shenzhen marked the 100-day countdown to the 15th National Games, which are being jointly hosted by Guangdong, Hong Kong, and Macau. Guangdong Province Standing Committee member Wang Xi noted that existing venues were renovated in Guangdong, with an emphasis on technological upgrades for older facilities. The Games aim to promote regional integration within the Greater Bay Area, including streamlined border crossings for participants and spectators. Hong Kong Chief Executive Li Jiachao stated that Hong Kong will leverage its international and professional expertise. The Games are touted as an example for the world of China's sports development.
Summary: Bu He Tumuer, a major in the People's Armed Police and a deputy to the 14th National People's Congress, is conducting research on "stabilizing and enriching the border" in Inner Mongolia. He is known for his dedication to helping local farmers and herders, particularly through supporting education and poverty alleviation initiatives in villages like Hada Naoer. As a model individual in national unity and progress, Bu He Tumuer focuses on improving local infrastructure and developing sustainable economic projects like "fishery-animal husbandry-photovoltaic integration." He emphasizes the importance of national unity and contributing to the well-being of the people. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: China's Central Meteorological Observatory issued warnings for heavy rain and severe convective weather affecting multiple regions, including Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei and Northeast China. The Ministry of Commerce is monitoring the impact on essential goods, ensuring stable market supply. The People's Bank of China is providing emergency disaster relief funds, with over 750 million yuan disbursed across several provinces. The National Financial Regulatory Administration is coordinating insurance claims, with institutions receiving 65,000 reports and paying out 520 million yuan in claims.
Summary: Following severe rainstorms causing damage to power infrastructure in Beijing's Miyun district, a helicopter was used to transport a generator to the isolated village of Beigou. The operation, carried out by the State Grid Beijing Electric Power Company and State Grid Space Technology Company, aimed to restore power to over 300 households cut off due to damaged roads. Qi Shuai from the State Grid Beijing Miyun Power Supply Company stated the generator could provide emergency power for disaster relief and communication. Wang Nan from State Grid Space Technology Company said the Airbus H125 helicopter was well-suited for the mountainous rescue mission.
Summary: Due to the impact of Typhoon "Bamboo Grass," severe flooding occurred on some roads in Wuhu City, Anhui Province, on August 1st. The Wuhu City Public Security Bureau Traffic Police Detachment assisted residents by pushing tricycles through flooded sections. The article focuses on local disaster relief efforts and does not mention any political figures or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: A seminar was held on July 30th by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs Human Resources Development Center focusing on cultivating rural collective economy managers. The meeting emphasized accelerating the development of professional standards for these managers and conducting related training. The aim is to foster a robust policy mechanism for nurturing this workforce, thereby supporting the development of the rural collective economy and comprehensive rural revitalization. Rural collective economy managers are defined as those entrusted by rural collective economic organizations to manage economic activities like resource contracting and property leasing to expand the rural collective economy.
Summary: The article recounts the story of Zhou Shuping, a Chinese hero who organized anti-Japanese forces in Anlu, Hubei province, and sacrificed himself to protect the New Fourth Army in 1941. Zhou, originally a businessman, formed a self-defense force that later joined the New Fourth Army, contributing significantly to establishing an anti-Japanese base in the region. Despite being captured and facing brutal torture, Zhou remained defiant, proclaiming the invincibility of the Chinese people's resistance before being killed. His story is now used to promote local red tourism. His grandson is now working to promote this history to tourists.
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Summary: The article highlights three young Chinese individuals (born after 2000) dedicated to preserving and promoting traditional Chinese culture. Zhao Minghui, a bronze artifact restorer, meticulously repairs ancient relics at the Jiangxi Nanchang Han Dynasty Haihunhou State Site Museum. Zhang Zichen, a Hanfu designer, creates innovative traditional garments incorporating modern elements and aiming for international appeal; her designs were featured at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Women's Forum. Chai Boyu, a seventh-generation inheritor of the "Tian Ta Lion Dance," performs and teaches this Northern Lion Dance art form, also emphasizing that his performances have been well-received by foreign audiences.
Summary: This article discusses the inspirational story of a Beijing University of Technology doctoral graduate from the class of 2025, who overcame numerous obstacles, including working in physically demanding jobs, to achieve his academic goals. The piece emphasizes the importance of having a strong will and unwavering dedication to achieve one's dreams, citing examples such as astronaut Deng Qingming and Olympic athlete Xu Mengtao. It encourages young people to set ambitious goals and persevere through challenges to realize their potential. The article does not reference the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: This article profiles a teacher who, after graduating from Nanjing University, chose to teach in a poor, mountainous region of Hubei Province, inspired by a local teacher who continued teaching despite being disabled. Over the course of six years, the teacher provided home schooling to a student with a rare bone disease, helping her gain confidence and eventually be admitted to Wuhan University. The teacher remains committed to working in the mountains so the children can see more of the world. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
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Summary: The "White Bayonet Hero Company" of the 75th Group Army held a bayonet awarding ceremony, emphasizing the unit's historical legacy of close-quarters combat against enemies, dating back to battles against the Japanese in 1940. Soldiers pledged to emulate their predecessors' courage and fighting spirit, even in modern warfare scenarios where close combat may be less frequent. The unit, now a special operations force, continues to train rigorously, focusing on both physical skills and the mental fortitude needed for battle, with members participating in international military competitions. The article highlights the unit's numerous accolades and its commitment to maintaining its fighting spirit in the face of modern warfare. It does not mention the United States.
Summary: The article praises the "Most Beautiful New Era Revolutionary Soldiers," highlighting their dedication and perseverance in various roles within the People's Liberation Army. These exemplary figures, including engineers, medical professionals, and front-line soldiers, demonstrate a commitment to their duties and embody the spirit of strengthening the military. The piece emphasizes that their "beauty" lies in their steadfast commitment to their seemingly ordinary posts, transforming them into extraordinary contributions to the military's advancement. It encourages young soldiers to emulate these role models, recognizing that true strength comes from consistent effort and dedication to the cause. The article underscores the importance of emulating these figures, and to advance the cause of strengthening the military.
Summary: The article recounts a veteran navy diver, Senior Sergeant Chen Xiang, training a new recruit, Xu Zequan, in night diving. Xu expresses his anxieties about the darkness, and Chen shares his experience, emphasizing the importance of controlled breathing for maintaining composure and operational effectiveness underwater. Chen recounts a past emergency rescue where he saved a worker trapped underwater by sharing his own breathing apparatus while clearing debris. He highlights the diver's duty to act decisively and risk their own life to save others. The story focuses on courage, responsibility, and overcoming fear in the face of danger.
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Summary: Researchers at Tsinghua University's Center for Excavated Texts are nearing completion of their work on the "Tsinghua Bamboo Slips," a collection of Warring States period texts acquired in 2008, which includes previously lost historical and philosophical works. Professor Huang Dekuan highlighted the upcoming fifteenth volume, which focuses on ancient Chinese horse management and its relation to governance, predating existing records. The texts, emphasizing virtues like "benevolence and righteousness," offer insights into ancient Chinese thought and governance. Researchers emphasize the importance of translating academic findings into accessible language for the public. The team hopes these efforts will help promote Chinese culture and inspire future generations to engage with classical texts.
Summary: Following renovations, the Xi'an Beilin Museum faces the challenge of balancing visitor experience and the preservation of artifacts like the Kaicheng Stone Classics. While visitors appreciate the close proximity to the stone inscriptions, concerns arise regarding the potential damage from touching the exposed artifacts. The museum emphasizes the need to prioritize the safety of the artifacts, highlighting that some stone artifacts are displayed without protective glass due to their material composition, lower sensitivity, and the museum's controlled environment. The article highlights the need to balance tourism and cultural preservation through public education and technology.
Summary: An open-air stone inscription site in Qiyang City, Hunan Province is using digital technology to preserve its historic carvings. The Wuxi Stone Inscriptions, dating back over 1200 years, are facing deterioration due to weathering. A team is using techniques like photometric stereo acquisition, 3D laser scanning, and AI to create digital models of the carvings, capturing even the smallest details. A digital museum has been opened at the site to allow visitors to experience the carvings in new ways. The project aims to create a database of Chinese stone inscriptions and promote cultural exchange.
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Summary: Professor Quan Shanshi of the China Academy of Art and his student Weng Danxian collaborated on the oil painting "Flesh and Blood Great Wall - March of the Volunteers." The painting aims to capture the spirit of the "March of the Volunteers" by depicting a "flesh and blood Great Wall" composed of various patriotic figures, symbolizing the indomitable spirit of the Chinese nation. The artists sought to move beyond historical representation and emphasize the enduring power of the song. The painting uses imagery from the song's lyrics, combining figures, the Great Wall, and smoke to create a sense of national unity and patriotic fervor. The artists employed techniques of light and shadow to emphasize the subjects.
Summary: A recent exhibition titled "Harmonious Borderlands, Singing Together of Nationalities – Art Exhibition of Xinjiang and Tibet" showcases the natural beauty, diverse cultures, and rich history of China's border regions through various artworks. Generations of artists have been inspired by these regions, depicting landscapes and cultural life in paintings like Zhao Wangyun's "High Reaching Tianshan" and Pan Shixun's "We Are Walking on the Road." Contemporary artists continue to document the changing faces of Xinjiang and Tibet, capturing the spirit of unity and progress in works such as "Prosperous Xinjiang" and "Great Beauty of Tibet". These artworks reflect the vibrant and harmonious atmosphere of the borderlands, emphasizing ethnic unity and national development. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: An exhibition at the Central Academy of Fine Arts Museum featuring 244 works from 133 artists across five continents aims to trace the development of modern world art through the museum's international collection. The exhibition highlights how China's perspective on the world shifted over time, initially focusing on Europe, then the Soviet Union and friendly Asian and African nations, and later embracing modernism and diverse art forms. The exhibition also features works by international artists who traveled to China, such as French photographers Agnès Varda and Marc Riboud, offering a glimpse of China through a global lens. The exhibition suggests that international art exchange has contributed to the invigoration of art. The museum ultimately hopes to expand its international art collection to showcase an even more complete view of world art.
Summary: The article discusses the artistic representation of the "Yimeng Spirit," particularly the close relationship between the military and civilians during the anti-Japanese war in the Yimeng region of Shandong. Artists have consistently depicted themes of military-civilian unity, such as Yimeng women caring for wounded soldiers and supporting the front lines. Specific artworks like Dan Yinggui's "Yishui Song" and Chen Guoli and Lu Jianjun's "Monument" are highlighted as examples of this artistic focus. Li Xueming's "Construction of Shandong Anti-Japanese Base Area (Yimeng Monument)" is mentioned as a panoramic depiction of military-civilian life. The article emphasizes the enduring legacy of the Yimeng Spirit as portrayed through generations of artists.
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Summary: The article discusses the cultural significance of cicadas in traditional Chinese painting, highlighting how artists use the insect to express themes of confidence, loneliness, and enlightenment. It analyzes various paintings featuring cicadas from different dynasties, emphasizing the importance of capturing the cultural spirit beyond mere realism, citing examples from Shen Zhou and Li Shan. The piece contrasts these historical approaches with modern artists who sometimes prioritize technique over emotional and spiritual depth. The author encourages contemporary artists to integrate realism and expressionism to revitalize the tradition of flower-and-bird painting. There is no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The Shanghai Astronomy Museum's design mimics celestial orbits with a spiral form, aiming to evoke the cosmos for visitors. Key architectural features include a round skylight, inverted dome, and planetarium. These elements are used to explore time and create an immersive, cosmic experience through irregular concrete and steel structures. The design team intends to provide a new perspective on the stars and the universe. The article does not mention any political figures, the United States, or Sino-American relations.
Summary: This short notice from the *People's Daily* provides contact information for submissions to the "Military Strategy and Thinking" section of the newspaper, including the email address msfk@peopledaily.cn. The notice also credits Shen Yiling for the page layout design. The notice makes no mention of any official statements, activities, or US-China relations.
By: 本报记者 李 鹤 崔 璨
The essence of modernization is the modernization of people. We are different from the modernization of tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, or tens of millions of people, but the modernization of more than 1.4 billion people.
In the report to the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) profoundly expounded the five Chinese characteristics of Chinese-style modernization, the first of which is "Chinese-style modernization is the modernization of a huge population."
"Let all Chinese people move towards modernization together." This is the people's leader's powerful oath to more than 1.4 billion Chinese people, and it is also the century-old party's people-first value pursuit.
There are difficulties in being big.
The modernization of a huge population has no precedent in the world. The difficulty and complexity are unprecedented, and the development path and promotion methods must also have their own characteristics.
To date, the population of countries and regions that have achieved modernization globally is approximately 1 billion people. China's more than 1.4 billion people entering modernization as a whole will completely rewrite the world map of modernization.
The huge population size and the late-developing nature of modernization determine that China will face stronger resource and environmental constraints in achieving modernization. With a large population, there is greater pressure on basic public services such as employment, housing, education, medical care, and social security, which brings severe pressure on the element guarantees required for modernization. "No matter how great the achievement is, dividing it by 1.4 billion will make it very small, and no matter how small the problem is, multiplying it by 1.4 billion will make it very big."
How to solve the problem? General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out the direction: "Always think about problems, make decisions, and handle affairs from the perspective of national conditions, neither aiming too high nor sticking to old ways, maintaining historical patience, and adhering to steady progress, gradual progress, and continuous advancement."
First, let's talk about the 1.8 billion mu of arable land red line. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) said earnestly: "We have a lot of land, but compared with the needs of 1.4 billion people, it is a scarce resource! Building cities, developing industry, and protecting the ecology all require land, so we must be careful and prioritize."
Looking at the 160,000-kilometer railway network again, there are Fuxing (复兴) high-speed trains roaring and galloping, as well as public welfare "slow trains" with low fares and stops at every station. Behind the huge population base are the differentiated interests of different regions, different industries, and different groups. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out profoundly that it is necessary to "consider the actual situation of large differences in the level of urban and rural regional development in our country."
There are also advantages to being big.
From the supply side, China has nearly 900 million laborers, and the total number of skilled personnel exceeds 200 million; from the demand side, China has more than 1.4 billion people and more than 400 million middle-income groups, and the per capita GDP exceeds 13,000 US dollars.
The ultra-large population size has created huge demographic dividends, supporting the development of labor- and human capital-intensive industries, forming an ultra-large-scale market and an ultra-large economic volume, making China's development momentum more surging, innovation vitality increasingly bursting, and more confident in dealing with various uncertain factors.
The huge population size determines that China's modernization must be a highly self-reliant and self-strengthening modernization. "A super-large economy can and must be internally recyclable." The General Secretary emphasized: "Accelerate the construction of a new development pattern," "Enhance the security and stability of development," and "We must firmly grasp the initiative of development in our own hands."
At present, China's population development presents trend characteristics of low fertility, aging, and regional population increase and decrease differentiation, and promoting Chinese-style modernization faces new population environment and conditions.
"Accelerate the shaping of modern human resources with excellent quality, sufficient quantity, optimized structure, and reasonable distribution, and support Chinese-style modernization with high-quality population development." General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) has far-sighted plans and clarified the basic ideas and major principles for doing a good job in population work in the new era.
"Improving the population service system covering the entire population and the entire life cycle to promote high-quality population development" is written into the "Decision" of the Third Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee. A series of key tasks such as "deepening the reform and innovation of education and health undertakings" and "implementing a national strategy to actively respond to population aging" are being promoted in an orderly manner.
Overcoming the difficulty of "huge population size" and giving play to the benefits of "huge population size," today's Chinese-style modernization process is demonstrating its global impact to the world in the most intuitive way:
We have organized and implemented the largest poverty alleviation campaign in human history, with the greatest intensity and benefiting the largest population, and comprehensively eliminated absolute poverty; better promoted people-centered new urbanization, with the urbanization rate of permanent residents reaching 67%; built the world's largest education system, social security system, and medical and health system...
"China has more than 1.4 billion people, and who can compare with the power and wisdom of hundreds of millions of people combined?" The General Secretary said with great pride.
On the road to moving towards a modernized society as a whole, everyone is the protagonist, every ray of light shines brightly, and more than 1.4 billion Chinese people will surely continue to create new human miracles.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 刘志强 王云杉
Striving for completion this year! The construction of Yichang North Station (宜昌北站) in Hubei (湖北) is in full swing. The main structure of the station building has been completed, and the project is entering its final stage. The 313-kilometer-long Wuhan-Yichang section (武汉至宜昌段) of the high-speed railway along the Yangtze River (沿江高铁) is the first project to commence on the entire line. Upon completion, it will join the Hanyi Railway (汉宜铁路) and other lines to form a high-speed rail loop within Hubei Province (湖北省) that allows travel "Wuhan to Wuhan," helping Wuhan (武汉), Xiangyang (襄阳), and Yichang (宜昌) achieve one-hour connectivity.
"Once the Yuyi High-Speed Railway (渝宜高铁), Yuwan High-Speed Railway (渝万高铁), Hewu High-Speed Railway (合武高铁), and Beiyanjiang High-Speed Railway (北沿江高铁) and other high-speed rail projects along the Yangtze River are completed, they will be deeply integrated with the existing railway network, connecting in multiple directions, forming a rapid passenger transport channel between the Sichuan-Chongqing region (川渝) and Central and Eastern China, and promoting the high-quality development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt," said a relevant official from the China State Railway Group (国铁集团).
From transportation infrastructure along the Yangtze River such as the high-speed railway along the Yangtze River, airports along the Yangtze River, and trunk highways along the Yangtze River, to the "Three-North" Shelterbelt Forest Program ("三北”工程), urban underground pipe networks, and high-standard farmland construction, the "Two-Pronged" (两重) construction is being steadily advanced. Recently, the National Development and Reform Commission (国家发展改革委) arranged over 300 billion yuan to support the third batch of "Two-Pronged" construction projects in 2025, which also means that the entire list of 800 billion yuan "Two-Pronged" construction projects for this year has been fully issued.
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "Focus on doing a good job in implementing major national strategies and strengthening security capabilities in key areas" and "Give play to the driving role of major investment projects."
Transportation, water conservancy, energy, urban renewal... Since the beginning of this year, with "Two-Pronged" projects as the focus, infrastructure construction has been deeply advanced, and major projects are constantly updating their "progress bars."
Strengthening the foundation, increasing functionality, and serving major national strategies—
On the coast of the East China Sea, construction is busy. The land reclamation of the West Zone 1 of the Xiaoyangshan North Operation Area (小洋山北作业区西1区) of Shanghai Port (上海港) has been completed, and the container terminal is under steady construction. In the future, this will become the largest single automated terminal in Shanghai Port (上海港).
In the Jinshan Gorge (晋陕峡谷), machinery is roaring. The Guxian Water Conservancy Hub Project (古贤水利枢纽工程), an important node project of the national water network, is steadily advancing. The diversion tunnel construction has fully entered the main tunnel excavation stage, and two "underground giant dragons" over a kilometer long are gradually taking shape in the mountains.
On the roof of the world, the battle is in full swing. The Tushuo 100 MW Photothermal Power Station (土硕100兆瓦光热电站) in Amdo County (安多县), Tibet (西藏), is under construction in full swing. This power station is a photothermal power station built under the "triple challenge" of an ultra-high altitude of 4,650 meters, ultra-low temperature, and an extremely weak power grid environment.
Stabilizing investment, promoting employment, and supporting stable economic growth—
In 7 milliseconds, green electricity from Xinjiang (新疆) instantly arrives in Chongqing (重庆), more than 2,200 kilometers away. The Hami-Chongqing ±800 kV UHV DC Transmission Project (哈密—重庆±800千伏特高压直流输电工程) has been put into operation, and "Xinjiang electricity transmission to other regions" has a third DC channel.
With an investment of 28.6 billion yuan and driving upstream and downstream investment of over 100 billion yuan, more than 10,000 people are involved in the construction of the project, and more than 30,000 people have obtained stable jobs in equipment manufacturing, energy services, and other fields. The Hami-Chongqing DC project has boosted investment, driven employment, and injected new vitality into regional economic development. "Driven by the supporting projects of the 'Xinjiang electricity to Chongqing' project, the company's wind power equipment orders have grown rapidly, with an annual output of nearly 200 sets," said Yang Qiao (杨峤), administrative manager of Sany Heavy Energy (Barkol) Wind Power Equipment Co., Ltd. (三一重能（巴里坤）风电装备有限公司).
Major projects are large in scale and have a strong industrial driving force, providing solid support for the stable operation of the economy. In the first half of the year, infrastructure investment increased by 4.6% year-on-year, 1.8 percentage points higher than the growth rate of total investment, driving total investment growth by 1.0 percentage point.
"Major projects often contain a large number of employment opportunities. With stable jobs and income, residents are more able to expand consumption. Expanding consumption will further drive investment, promoting mutual promotion of consumption and investment, and jointly stimulating domestic demand potential," said Du Yue (杜月), director of the Comprehensive Research Office of the Investment Research Institute of the National Development and Reform Commission (国家发展改革委投资研究所综合研究室).
Grasping innovation, strengthening support, and promoting industrial optimization and upgrading—
Digging, and digging again. At the construction site of the Chongtai Yangtze River Tunnel (崇太长江隧道) of the high-speed railway along the Yangtze River, the "Leading" shield tunneling machine is working at the bottom of the Yangtze River. Relying on superb "skills" such as intelligent tunneling and advanced geological forecasting, the "Leading" can complete single-head tunneling in a 14.25-kilometer-long tunnel. "Yongning," "Yongzhou"... Domestically produced shield tunneling machines continue to be updated, accounting for nearly 70% of the global market share.
Massive engineering scenarios breed broad industrial opportunities. The No. 3 generating unit of the Yinjiang Hydropower Station (银江水电站) on the Jinsha River (金沙江) that has been put into operation has set a record for the largest single-unit capacity in Asia at 65 MW and the world's largest runner diameter at 7.95 meters; China Construction Fifth Engineering Division (中建五局) optimized the foundation pit design to ensure the smooth progress of the renovation project of the Beijing International Building (北京国际大厦); China North Industries Group Corporation (兵工集团) developed a 120-cubic-meter mine sprinkler truck to provide efficient and environmentally friendly solutions for green mine construction... Engineering construction helps new technologies and new products accelerate their implementation, and promotes the continuous upgrading of industries such as construction machinery and intelligent equipment.
"After more than four years of solid advancement, the 102 major projects in the '14th Five-Year Plan' have achieved a series of major progress and major achievements, and it is expected that all planning goals will be completed before the end of the year," said Li Chunlin (李春临), Deputy Director of the National Development and Reform Commission (国家发展改革委). He stated that they will thoroughly implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important instructions, continue to strengthen departmental coordination and central-local linkage, ensure the successful completion of the 102 major projects, and at the same time, scientifically plan the "15th Five-Year Plan" major engineering projects to provide a more solid guarantee for promoting the construction of Chinese-style modernization.
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The list of "Two-Pronged" projects (两重) totaling 800 billion yuan has recently been fully issued. The "Two-Pronged" construction (两重建设) is being vigorously implemented in various regions, and major projects are being steadily advanced.
The "Two-Pronged" construction (两重建设) concerns the national economy and the people's livelihood. It benefits both the present and the future, and should be organized and implemented to a high standard. The layout should highlight foresight, focusing on urgent and important matters needed for development, both stabilizing economic operation and optimizing the industrial structure, so as to grasp the initiative in development. Construction should grasp the overall situation, adhere to the principle of "one game of chess for the whole country" (全国一盘棋), coordinate development and security, serve the "importance of the country" (国之重), and ensure the "importance of the people" (民之重).
Giving play to institutional advantages, paying attention to coordination between higher and lower levels, and concentrating efforts to promote the various tasks of "Two-Pronged" construction (两重建设) to accomplish one thing at a time, will surely inject surging momentum into the high-quality development of the economy and society.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 朱 磊 柯仲甲 周 欢
Forest coverage reaches 63.35%, and the total output value of forestry is nearly 700 billion yuan... Ecology is Jiangxi's prominent advantage.
In October 2023, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out during his inspection in Jiangxi (江西): "Unswervingly follow the path of ecological priority and green development, promote comprehensive green transformation, and build a high ground for ecological civilization construction."
Thoroughly implementing the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important instructions, Jiangxi (江西) is accelerating the construction of the National Ecological Civilization Pilot Zone, actively exploring pathways for realizing the value of ecological products, and striving to transform ecological advantages into development advantages.
Protecting and improving green quality, exploring better protection—
Chongyi County (崇义县), located on the southwestern edge of Gan (赣) and the eastern foot of the Luoxiao Mountains (罗霄山脉), has a forest coverage rate as high as 87.32%.
"We are piloting sustainable forest management, using artificial intervention to better leverage the ecological and economic functions of forests," said Huang Guangyi (黄光毅), deputy director of the Chongyi County (崇义县) State-owned Forest Farm. "The average annual growth of Chinese fir stands has increased from 0.72 cubic meters per mu before tending to more than 1 cubic meter, and the average annual growth of broad-leaved tree stands has increased from 0.3 cubic meters per mu before tending to more than 0.5 cubic meters."
To protect and improve green quality at a higher level, Jiangxi (江西) is taking the deepening of the collective forest tenure reform pilot zone construction as an opportunity to vigorously explore the "state-owned forest + collective forest" joint operation and co-construction mechanism, forming models such as supplementing pure coniferous forests with broad-leaved trees, cultivating precious tree species, and cultivating mixed coniferous and broad-leaved forests of different ages, and has been listed as a key province for the national sustainable forest management pilot.
Generating wealth in the forest, broadening the path to prosperity for the people—
In Xia Dong Village (下东村), Gao Bei Town (高陂镇), Wan'an County (万安县), workers are busy fertilizing and cutting weeds in a 300-mu camellia oleifera forest. "Last year, the government subsidized 150,000 yuan, and we expanded our factory buildings, upgraded our equipment, and improved our processes." Looking closely at the camellia oleifera fruits that adorn the branches, Guo Tongnan (郭同南), head of the Wan'an County (万安县) Lanqinfang Camellia Oil Processing Workshop, is full of energy.
One by one, camellia oleifera fruits have become the "prosperity fruit" for the people of Wan'an County (万安县). Jiangxi's (江西) camellia oil production accounts for more than 1/4 of the country's total.
Not only to increase the quantity, but also to improve the quality. Jiangxi (江西) is implementing a three-year action plan for the high-quality development of the camellia oleifera industry, encouraging technological transformation, quality improvement, brand creation, and market expansion. Jin Xiaopeng (金晓鹏), a fourth-level researcher at the Forestry Industry Development Division of the Jiangxi Provincial Forestry Bureau (江西省林业局), introduced that the brand influence of Jiangxi (江西) camellia oil has been significantly enhanced, and it strives to radiate and drive 2 million farmers by the end of this year, achieving an average household income increase of more than 3,000 yuan.
To benefit the people, Jiangxi (江西) is promoting the quality and upgrading of characteristic forestry industries such as camellia oleifera and moso bamboo, as well as the under-forest economy.
In Xiajiang County (峡江县), a forestry industry science and technology demonstration park covering an area of 10,000 mu is accelerating construction. "The trial planting of under-forest characteristic products with high efficiency and good sales, such as jade fungus, has been successful, which is a good start," said Lei Xiaolin (雷小林), chief engineer of the Jiangxi Provincial Academy of Forestry (江西省林业科学院). The demonstration park actively leverages its technological and talent advantages to explore more new varieties and new paths.
Innovative mechanisms, practicing the "Two Mountains" theory—
"With this 'green certificate,' we have more confidence in developing new projects!" Nie Guojun (聂国军), head of Jiangxi Xianzhiyuan Ecological Technology Co., Ltd. (江西仙之缘生态科技有限公司), said with a smile, showing the forestry management income right certificate in his hand. This company, which focuses on the under-forest economy and forest health care, has obtained a credit line of 5 million yuan from financial institutions based on the forestry management income right certificate.
Since June 2024, Jiangxi (江西) has successively issued forestry management income right certificates to further guide capital investment in new formats such as eco-tourism and forest health care. As of now, the cumulative amount of forest tenure loans issued in the province has reached 38.707 billion yuan.
Promoting the pilot of ecological product value realization mechanisms in the whole region, Jiangxi (江西) has issued the "Implementation Plan on Establishing and Improving the Ecological Product Value Realization Mechanism" (《关于建立健全生态产品价值实现机制的实施方案》). "Jiangxi (江西) has initially formed a system framework for promoting the realization of ecological product value in the whole region, built a unified provincial ecological product information sharing and accounting platform, and carried out trial calculations for three consecutive years," said Liu Bing (刘兵), deputy director of the Jiangxi Provincial Development and Reform Commission (江西省发展改革委).
Increasing the "green content" of development to enhance the "gold content" of growth, unswervingly following the path of ecological priority and green development. As of now, the cumulative transaction volume of forestry ecological products in Jiangxi (江西) has exceeded 13.8 billion yuan, and the cumulative transaction volume of ecological resource equity ecological products has exceeded 32 billion yuan; ecological compensation for the entire basin has been implemented for 9 consecutive years, with a cumulative collection of 33.8 billion yuan in basin compensation funds; and the exploration and implementation of combined supply of natural resource assets has resulted in a cumulative transaction of 33 orders with a total amount of 15.685 billion yuan.
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Concern
Since the birth of my three children, the "sweet burden" has kept my family extremely busy. This year, my second child just turned two, which is exactly the time when childcare is needed. I've heard that the service quality of childcare institutions around me varies. Are there any targeted policies that can allow us to enjoy more affordable and higher-quality childcare services?
Childcare services are related to the healthy growth of infants and young children, the well-being of thousands of households, and the future of the country and the nation. They are important supporting measures to promote the long-term balanced development of the population. The "Decision" of the 20th Third Plenary Session of the Communist Party of China (中国共产党) proposed: "Strengthen the construction of an inclusive childcare service system." The Political Bureau meeting of the Central Committee held on July 30 emphasized: "We must earnestly do a good job in ensuring people's livelihood" and "Implement pro-people policies well."
There are approximately 30 million infants and young children under the age of 3 in China, and more than 30% of families with infants and young children have childcare needs. The main demands of the majority of parents for childcare services are affordable prices, enrollment nearby, and guaranteed service quality. The key to meeting these demands lies in developing inclusive childcare services. Relevant officials from the National Health Commission (国家卫生健康委) introduced relevant policies and measures and their progress.
Increase the supply of inclusive childcare services through multiple channels. Give play to the supporting and guiding role of central funds in developing inclusive childcare services, and accelerate the construction of a "1+N" childcare service system with childcare comprehensive service centers as hubs and childcare institutions, community-embedded childcare, kindergarten childcare classes, employer-run childcare, and family childcare points as networks. Vigorously develop integrated childcare services, support kindergartens with the conditions to open childcare classes to enroll children aged 2-3, and promote the coordinated and sustainable development of preschool education and childcare services. Guide local areas to vigorously develop community childcare services, take multiple measures to supplement childcare service facilities in existing residential areas, strengthen the renovation and utilization of existing idle houses and facilities, and build supporting childcare service facilities simultaneously in newly built residential communities.
Effectively reduce family rearing costs and childcare operating costs. In 2022, a special additional deduction for personal income tax for childcare for infants and young children under the age of 3 was established, and the deduction standard was increased in 2023 to reduce family rearing costs. The "Implementation Plan for the Childcare Subsidy System" issued not long ago clarified that from January 1 this year, a subsidy of 3,600 yuan per child per year will be issued to infants and young children under the age of 3 who are born in compliance with laws and regulations until they reach the age of 3. Encourage local areas to take the development of childcare services as a livelihood project in their local areas, and implement preferential measures such as civil prices for water, electricity, gas, and heat for childcare institutions, as well as relevant tax and fee reductions. Currently, more than 1,300 counties (cities, districts) have introduced support measures such as construction subsidies, operating subsidies, and the issuance of consumer coupons for childcare institutions.
Improve the standard and normative system for childcare services. The National Health Commission (国家卫生健康委) took the lead in formulating standards for the establishment and management of childcare institutions, childcare and care, injury prevention, fire safety, and nutritional feeding, supported medical and health institutions to carry out order signing services, and provided childcare institutions with health care, dietary nutrition, disease prevention, and other child health management services to standardize the development of childcare services.
Promote the organic combination of medical care and education to improve the quality of childcare services. The National Health Commission (国家卫生健康委), the National Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine (国家中医药局), and the National Disease Control Bureau (国家疾控局) issued the "Guiding Opinions on Promoting the Development of Medical and Health Institutions to Support Childcare Services," requiring health departments at all levels to carry out order signing services for childcare institutions, strengthen child care guidance, give play to the characteristics and advantages of traditional Chinese medicine, and implement disease prevention and control responsibilities, etc., and strengthen business guidance and personnel training for childcare institutions in terms of infant and young children's dietary nutrition, growth and development, disease prevention and control, and childcare.
This year, the National Health Commission (国家卫生健康委) will work with relevant departments to focus on the urgent needs and concerns of the majority of families in childcare, guide local areas to strengthen the construction of inclusive, basic, and guaranteed childcare, improve the quality of childcare services, adhere to the bottom line of safety and health, and meet the diversified childcare service needs of families with infants and young children.
Return to TopOn August 2nd, the joint commissioning and testing of the Baotou-Huinong section of the Baotou-Yinchuan High-speed Railway officially began. The Baotou-Huinong section of the Baotou-Yinchuan High-speed Railway is an important part of the Beijing-Lanzhou corridor of China's "eight vertical and eight horizontal" high-speed railway network. The picture shows the testing train conducting joint commissioning and testing operations on the same day.
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Return to TopBeijing, August 2nd (People's Daily reporter Ding Yiting (丁怡婷)) - The National Energy Administration (国家能源局) released national electric power industry statistics showing that as of the end of June, the country's cumulative power generation installed capacity reached 3.65 billion kilowatts, a year-on-year increase of 18.7%. Among them, solar power installed capacity was 1.10 billion kilowatts, a year-on-year increase of 54.2%; wind power installed capacity was 570 million kilowatts, a year-on-year increase of 22.7%.
From January to June this year, the country's newly added power generation installed capacity was 293.32 million kilowatts. Among them, newly added solar power was 212.21 million kilowatts, newly added wind power was 51.39 million kilowatts, newly added thermal power was 25.78 million kilowatts, and newly added hydropower was 3.93 million kilowatts.
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To do a good job in economic work in the second half of the year, people's livelihood is an important foothold and key focus. To implement the deployment of the Central Political Bureau Meeting (中央政治局会议) on "doing a solid job in guaranteeing people's livelihood," we must not only focus on the concerns of the masses and take multiple measures, but also master the scientific method of overall planning and consideration.
Grasping people's livelihood is also grasping development. From "having or not having" to "good or not good," promoting the construction of good houses, good communities, good neighborhoods, and good urban areas contains huge investment space; from "old age being provided for" to "old age being happy," the silver economy is spawning a trillion-yuan-level consumer market. Expanding consumer demand in guaranteeing and improving people's livelihood can release development potential and consolidate the foundation for high-quality development.
To conform to the people's yearning for a better life, the key is to closely integrate "investing in things" with "investing in people." The recently introduced childcare subsidy system and the deployed measures to gradually promote free preschool education will help reduce the cost of raising children for families. Putting more funds and resources into "investing in people" and doing practical things for people's livelihood in a solid manner will inject impetus into sustained economic growth.
Grasp the dialectical relationship between development and people's livelihood, and achieve mutual promotion and virtuous interaction between high-quality development and high-quality life. The Chinese giant ship has strong momentum and a broad future.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 刘诗瑶
The Ministry of Natural Resources (自然资源部) recently released data showing that in the first half of the year, China's marine economy withstood the pressure and maintained a steady and positive trend, presenting a good situation of steady overall growth, continuous structural optimization, and accelerated transformation of driving forces. Preliminary estimates indicate that the gross ocean product in the first half of the year was 5.1 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 5.8%.
The three major indicators of the offshore engineering equipment construction market continue to rank first in the world.
The development of traditional marine industries is stable and positive. China's shipbuilding enterprises continue to improve production efficiency, with the completion of seagoing ships increasing by 4.7% year-on-year in the first half of the year. The international market share of the marine shipbuilding industry remains leading, with new orders, completion volume, and holding orders of seagoing ships accounting for 64.0%, 47.2%, and 57.6% of the global share, respectively, calculated by compensated gross tonnage. The pace of transformation and upgrading of the shipbuilding industry is accelerating, with intelligent technologies such as digital inspection and painting robots empowering shipbuilding and helping enterprises reduce costs and increase efficiency. The resilience of the marine transportation industry is prominent, with marine freight volume and cargo turnover increasing by 5.2% and 6.9% year-on-year, respectively.
Shi Suixiang (石绥祥), Director of the National Marine Information Center (国家海洋信息中心) of the Ministry of Natural Resources (自然资源部), introduced that policy benefits, supply optimization, and rising willingness to travel have helped the marine tourism market continue to heat up. China's marine tourism industry achieved an added value of 771.8 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 8.0%. Cruise tourism is gaining popularity, with the total number of passengers and cruise ships entering and leaving ports nationwide increasing by 40.1% and 33.7% year-on-year, respectively. On May 1, the Tianjin International Cruise Home Port (天津国际邮轮母港) processed more than 400 passengers with "240-hour transit visa-free" procedures, setting a new single-day high since the resumption of operations.
Emerging marine industries are gathering momentum. The offshore engineering equipment construction market has rebounded and recovered. Relevant data shows that in the first half of the year, the three major indicators of China's offshore engineering equipment construction market continued to rank first in the world, with the amount of new orders, delivered orders, and holding orders accounting for 64.6%, 43.3%, and 62.6% of the international market share, respectively. The competitiveness of marine drug and biological product enterprises has been further enhanced, and the "Starfish Large Model" (海星大模型), which can be used for marine drug research and development, has been released. The pace of technological innovation in the field of seawater desalination is constantly accelerating. The megawatt-level tidal current power generation unit "Fenjin Hao" (奋进号) has been continuously connected to the grid for more than 3 years.
Newly approved sea and island use projects involve investments exceeding 500 billion yuan.
The level of marine space resources and energy supply continues to increase. In the first half of the year, the country newly approved 167,000 hectares of sea and island use area, a year-on-year increase of 25.2%, with projects involving investments exceeding 500 billion yuan, effectively ensuring the demand for sea and island use for major projects. The construction of marine oil and gas resource development and utilization projects is progressing in an orderly manner. The first phase of the Kenli 10-2 (垦利10—2) oilfield cluster development project, a 100-million-ton-class oilfield, completed the float-over installation of the central processing platform, and the new jacket platform for the Wenchang 16-2 (文昌16—2) oilfield development project was installed, laying a solid foundation for the timely commissioning of oil and gas fields. The supply capacity of marine clean energy continues to increase, with offshore wind power generation and newly connected grid capacity increasing by 2.2% and 199.4% year-on-year, respectively.
The ability to guarantee marine food and water resources has been further consolidated. The construction of the "Blue Granary" (蓝色粮仓) has achieved remarkable results. In the first half of the year, the domestic marine aquatic product output increased by 4.8% year-on-year, of which the mariculture output increased by 5.6% year-on-year, and the role of stable production and supply of mariculture has been continuously发挥 (fā huī - "bring into play," to give full play to). The digital transformation of marine fisheries is accelerating. The large yellow croaker "acoustic wave netless marine ranch" (声波无网海洋牧场) is applied in the sea area of Wenzhou (温州), Zhejiang (浙江), and the intelligent deep-sea sea cucumber farming cage "Jincang No. 1" (金仓一号) was launched in Yantai (烟台), Shandong (山东). The construction of seawater resource utilization projects and the localization of core components continue to advance. The 100,000-ton/day seawater desalination project in Penglai (蓬莱), Shandong (山东) was completed and put into operation. China's independently developed nanofiber composite membrane seawater desalination membrane was officially applied to the country's first 100,000-ton-class seawater desalination plant, further ensuring the supply capacity of desalinated seawater.
Nearly 90% of marine-related enterprises expect the average number of employees to remain stable or increase in the second half of the year.
The production and operation expectations of marine-related enterprises are improving. Shi Suixiang (石绥祥) introduced that with the release of a series of policies to expand domestic demand and promote consumption, the proportion of enterprises that achieved year-on-year growth in operating income, profits, and R&D expenses in the first half of the year was higher than in the first quarter. 87.6% of enterprises hold an optimistic or neutral attitude towards the economic environment in the second half of the year, 73.8% of enterprises expect operating profits to remain stable or increase in the second half of the year, and 89.4% of enterprises expect the average number of employees to remain stable or increase in the second half of the year.
The construction of enterprises' technological innovation capabilities continues to advance. 57.5% and 58.4% of enterprises achieved year-on-year growth in R&D expenses and personnel numbers in the first half of the year, respectively. Marine-related enterprises continue to enhance their innovation capabilities by improving the construction and management level of scientific and technological talent teams, deepening industry-university-research cooperation and joint R&D between enterprises, digital transformation, and establishing incentive mechanisms.
New progress has been made in deep-sea exploration and resource development technology. The manta ray robot and the Jiaolong (蛟龙号) manned submersible carried out collaborative operations in the cold spring area of the South China Sea, realizing the transformation from "rigid mechanics" to "flexible intelligence" and expanding the application scenarios of deep-sea equipment. The second phase of the "Deep Sea No. 1" (深海一号) gas field project in the South China Sea was put into operation, marking the completion of China's largest offshore gas field. The project reduces costs and improves efficiency through the innovative development model of "combining deep and shallow water," and the annual gas production will be considerable after the project is fully completed, providing a new path for China's deep-sea oil and gas development.
Significant results have been achieved in the transformation of marine scientific and technological achievements and platform construction. The National Marine Comprehensive Test Site (Deep Sea) (国家海洋综合试验场（深海）) was launched in Hainan (海南), with a rich experimental environment area with a gradient change from hundreds of meters to more than 2,000 meters, serving the national deep-sea science and industry development, meeting the experimental and testing needs of instruments and equipment for deep-sea observation and investigation, and supporting China's basic research in deep-sea science and original innovation in deep-sea technology. The "Marine Science and Technology Online Grand Market" (海洋科技网上大市场) in Qingdao (青岛), Shandong (山东) was launched, using big data and artificial intelligence technology to build a digital platform, integrating a large number of achievements to be transformed and enterprise needs, and accelerating technology transactions and industrialization through the "online + offline" model.
23 automated container terminals and 29 automated dry bulk cargo terminals have been built.
Marine foreign trade has continued to grow despite pressure, demonstrating strong resilience. In the first half of the year, the total import and export value of sea freight increased by 1.1% year-on-year, 1.0 percentage points higher than in the first quarter, and sea freight trade is gradually improving. The competitive advantages of high-end, intelligent, and green marine-related products continue to emerge, becoming an important growth point for exports. In the first half of the year, the export of ships and wind turbine units and parts showed good growth, increasing by 20.0% and 13.7% year-on-year, respectively.
The construction of smart and green ports is accelerating. China has built 23 automated container terminals and 29 automated dry bulk cargo terminals, and intelligent technologies such as 5G unmanned driving trucks have achieved large-scale application. The "zero waiting time" operation technology for large arriving ships has achieved a phased breakthrough, and the "intelligent key technology of channel facilities in large coastal port clusters" has completed 200,000-ton and 300,000-ton real ship verification in the Tianjin Port (天津港) channel. The proportion of clean horizontal transportation equipment for containers in 11 international hub ports such as Ningbo Zhoushan Port (宁波舟山港) in Zhejiang (浙江) and Shanghai Port (上海港) has exceeded 60%, and the green and low-carbon transformation continues to deepen.
The layout of maritime foreign trade routes continues to expand. Tangshan Port (唐山港) in Hebei (河北) has added two direct routes to Southeast Asia, Fujian (福建) has opened the first direct container liner route to Ecuador (厄瓜多尔), Yancheng Port (盐城港) in Jiangsu (江苏) has opened a new direct route to Jordan (约旦) in the Middle East, and the first Mediterranean route of Jiaxing Port (嘉兴港) in Zhejiang (浙江) has been officially opened.
Return to TopThis newspaper's Beijing (北京) dispatch on August 2nd (Reporter: Lin Lili (林丽鹂)) The State Administration for Market Regulation (市场监管总局) released and implemented the "Compliance Guidelines for Charging Behavior of Online Trading Platforms" on July 31st, to further regulate the charging behavior of online trading platforms towards operators within the platform, including commissions, deductions, membership fees, technical service fees, information service fees, and marketing promotion fees.
The guidelines clarify the principles that platform charging should follow, advocate reducing the burden on operators within the platform, strengthen platform compliance and self-discipline, and standardize platform charging behavior. The guidelines require platforms to implement the main responsibility for compliance management, improve the compliance management organization, equip compliance management personnel, internalize regulatory systems into compliance systems in a timely manner, establish a risk identification and assessment mechanism for unreasonable charging behavior, strengthen the construction of a compliance pre-review mechanism to prevent unreasonable charging risks, strengthen compliance training, and create a compliance culture.
The guidelines clarify the obligation of platforms to publicize charging rules, requiring platforms to continuously publicize the content of platform charging service agreements and transaction rule information in a prominent position on the homepage. It clarifies that platforms must solicit public opinions in accordance with the law when modifying charging rules. It clarifies the retention time of historical versions of charging rules, and completely preserves all historical versions for the three years prior to the effective date of the modified version.
The guidelines stipulate that platforms shall not repeatedly charge operators within the platform, shall not only charge without providing services or providing few services, shall not transfer expenses that should be borne by the platform itself, shall not charge operators within the platform for providing their basic operating data, shall not force or **变相强制** (biàn xiàng qiáng zhì - "covertly force," to force in a disguised way) operators within the platform to purchase services or participate in promotion or marketing activities and charge fees, shall not use unreasonable security deposits or other forms to covertly charge fees or increase charging standards, and shall not implement price discrimination against operators within the platform with the same transaction conditions.
Return to TopAccording to the State Taxation Administration, this year in the first half, more than 3,500 securities institutions with tax-related businesses have cumulatively withheld and declared over 10 billion yuan in individual income tax, which has been deposited into the treasury in the locations of the listed companies, effectively preventing unreasonable cross-regional transfer of tax sources.
In the past, when individuals transferred restricted shares of listed companies, the place of tax payment was the location of the securities institution. However, shareholders of listed companies could change the place of tax payment by transferring securities accounts, enjoying rewards and subsidies illegally implemented by some local governments to "**争夺**" (zhēng duó - "contend," compete for) tax sources.
On December 27, 2024, the State Taxation Administration (国家税务总局), together with the Ministry of Finance (财政部) and the China Securities Regulatory Commission (中国证监会), issued an announcement stipulating that the place of tax payment is the location of the listed company, solidifying the place where tax payments are deposited. In the six months since the announcement was implemented, regions attracting investment have been unable to carry out improper competition through rewards and subsidies because there are "no taxes to return." The local share of individual income tax involved in the transfer of restricted shares has been converted from being returned to individuals to a truly disposable financial resource for the local government.
The relevant person in charge of the Income Tax Department of the State Taxation Administration (国家税务总局所得税司) stated that adjusting the place of tax payment for individual income tax on the transfer of restricted shares is of positive significance for ensuring local financial resources, promoting the healthy development of the capital market, and accelerating the construction of a unified national market.
Return to TopOn the Loess Plateau, scarred by gullies and ravines, a dark-skinned man carries a medicine kit and rides his bicycle along the winding mountain paths—this is the daily routine of Xin Ping (辛平), a village doctor in Longjiao Township (龙交乡), Sh楼 County (石楼县), Shanxi Province (山西省).
Xin Ping (辛平), 53 years old, has been traveling these mountain roads for 31 years, covering more than 300,000 kilometers. He keeps track of everything in his mind: which of the more than 3,000 permanent residents in the township has a chronic illness, whose medicine is running out, and which elderly person needs a follow-up visit.
"The villagers trust me and treat me like family, I can't let them down," said Xin Ping (辛平).
Return to TopThis newspaper Beijing (北京) August 2nd (Reporter Yu Jingxian (郁静娴)) Recently, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (农业农村部) and other departments released the "Bulletin on Aquatic Biological Resources and Habitat Status in the Yangtze River (Changjiang) Basin (2024)". The bulletin shows that the recovery trend of aquatic biological resources in the Yangtze River (Changjiang) Basin is generally positive. In 2024, the unit resource quantity of the Yangtze River (Changjiang) mainstream was 2.3 kg, an increase of 9.5% compared to 2023; the resource quantity of eggs and larvae of the four major Chinese carps (black carp, grass carp, silver carp, and bighead carp) (青鱼、草鱼、鲢鱼、鳙鱼) at the Jianli (监利) section in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River (Changjiang) was 8.32 billion (tails), which is 6.2 times that of 2020 before the fishing ban.
In 2024, the aquatic biological integrity index of the Yangtze River (Changjiang) Basin continued to improve. The evaluation level of the aquatic biological integrity index of the Chishui River (赤水河) has been "good" for three consecutive years; Dongting Lake (洞庭湖) rose one level compared to 2023; the Yangtze River (Changjiang) mainstream, Poyang Lake (鄱阳湖), Minjiang River (岷江), and other waters remained the same as in 2023.
The level of species diversity has steadily rebounded. From 2021 to 2024, a total of 344 species of native fish were monitored in the Yangtze River (Changjiang) Basin, an increase of 36 species compared to before the fishing ban (2017 to 2020), and naturally breeding Chinese suckers (胭脂鱼) fry were discovered in the Yangtze River (Changjiang) after more than 30 years.
The overall habitat is stable. In 2024, the overall water quality evaluation of the Yangtze River (Changjiang) mainstream and tributaries was excellent, with Class I-III water quality sections accounting for 98.6%, an increase of 0.1 percentage points compared to 2023.
Return to TopThis newspaper reported from Beijing (北京) on August 2nd (reporter Pan Junqiang (潘俊强)). A reporter learned from the press conference for the 2025 World Robot Conference on the 2nd that in 2024, China's industrial robot market sales reached 302,000 units, maintaining its position as the world's largest industrial robot market for 12 consecutive years.
Xu Xiaolan (徐晓兰), Chairman of the Chinese Institute of Electronics, introduced that since the first World Robot Conference was held in Beijing (北京) in 2015, China's robot industry has achieved a series of technological innovation breakthroughs. In 2024, China's robot patent applications accounted for 2/3 of the world's total robot patent applications.
In terms of industrial development, China is the world's largest robot producer. The output of industrial robots increased from 33,000 units in 2015 to 556,000 units in 2024, and the output of service robots was 10.519 million units, a year-on-year increase of 34.3%.
Beijing (北京) and Shanghai (上海) have respectively established the National Local Joint Engineering Research Center of Embodied Intelligence Robot and the National Local Joint Engineering Research Center of Humanoid Robot. Zhejiang (浙江), Anhui (安徽), Hubei (湖北), Guangdong (广东), Sichuan (四川) and other places have established provincial-level robot innovation centers, gathering regional industrial advantages to promote technology sharing and joint research. Robot manufacturers give full play to their leading role, driving the supporting development of upstream and downstream component enterprises in the industrial chain, forming a good ecosystem of collaboration between large, medium and small enterprises and upstream and downstream linkages.
In terms of application scenarios, industrial robots have been applied to 71 major categories and 236 medium categories of the national economy, and the density of robots in manufacturing has jumped to the third place in the world. The penetration rate of service robots in household services, warehousing and logistics, commercial services, elderly care and assistance for the disabled, and medical rehabilitation has increased significantly. According to data from International Data Corporation, in 2024, Chinese manufacturers dominated the global commercial service robot market, accounting for 84.7% of shipments, demonstrating a significant scale advantage.
"Humanoid robots are the product of the deep integration of artificial intelligence and robotics, and are the higher-order form of robots and a good carrier of embodied intelligence," said Xu Xiaolan (徐晓兰). Humanoid robots are expected to play a role in scenarios such as domestic services, production and manufacturing, warehousing and logistics, border and coastal defense, education and medical care, driving new consumption, spawning new industries, expanding new employment, and promoting the accelerated development of new quality productive forces.
The 2025 World Robot Conference will be held from August 8th to 12th at the Beijing Etrong International Exhibition & Convention Center (北京经济技术开发区北人亦创国际会展中心) in the Beijing Economic-Technological Development Area. During the conference, more than 1,500 exhibits from more than 200 outstanding domestic and foreign robot companies will be on display, an increase of 25% compared with last year. Among them, there will be more than 100 new product launches, nearly twice the number of last year.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 王 者
As night approaches, a test field in Linshu County (临沭县), Linyi (临沂), Shandong (山东) Province, echoes with a low rumble. A plant protection machine is crossing the field ridges, slowly entering the cornfield. This is a fully automatic plant protection machine being tested by Shandong Huasheng Zhongtian Machinery Group Co., Ltd. (山东华盛中天机械集团股份有限公司).
"Compared to older plant protection machines, this machine improves pesticide utilization by more than 30%. For the same pest and disease control effect, pesticide use can be reduced by 20%," said Liu Yuanjian (刘远见), an agricultural technician at the company. Achieving better results with less pesticide relies on technological innovation, "and the process of innovation is also a process of industrial collaboration."
How to "collaborate"? Leading enterprises drive the growth of enterprises along the chain. Taking the medicine box of this fully automatic plant protection machine as an example, this key component is supplied by Linyi Zhongtai Gardening Machinery Co., Ltd. (临沂企业中泰园林机械有限公司). Initially, the connection between the medicine box and the plant protection machine could not be precisely aligned, making it time-consuming and laborious for agricultural machinery operators.
"As a leading enterprise, we certainly cannot sit idly by in the face of the production difficulties of upstream suppliers within the cluster," said Liu Xiangfeng (刘向峰), a researcher at Huasheng Zhongtian. They formed a technical support team, with material experts, structural engineers, and process designers directly entering the Zhongtai Gardening production workshop to collaborate on tackling the problem.
After more than half a year of effort, a quick-install and quick-release structure was successfully launched. "The connection is firm and tight, and the time to change the medicine box has been reduced from 5 minutes to less than 1 minute," said Liu Xiangfeng (刘向峰).
The new medicine box has gained market recognition, and Zhongtai Gardening has received a flood of orders, with its production scale continuously expanding. Its production capacity has increased by 50%, and its annual sales revenue has grown from tens of millions of yuan before the cooperation to over 100 million yuan. Driven by the leading enterprise, Linyi (临沂) has gathered more than 100 complete machine and supporting enterprises for plant protection machinery and equipment, forming an industrial cluster.
Looking across the hinterland of the Shandong Peninsula (山东半岛), the Linyi (临沂) agricultural machinery equipment industry cluster is only part of the "Weilinri Intelligent Agricultural Machinery Equipment Cluster (潍临日智能农机装备集群)," an intelligent agricultural machinery equipment cluster with an output value of over 100 billion yuan.
From a topographical perspective, Weifang (潍坊), Linyi (临沂), and Rizhao (日照) have diverse geographical conditions such as mountains, hills, and coastal mudflats, providing rich application scenarios for the development of agricultural machinery equipment. The leading agricultural machinery enterprises in the three regions jointly invested in the establishment of Shandong Hechuang Agricultural Equipment Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd. (山东合创农装智能科技有限公司). After years of development, in November of last year, the "Weilinri Intelligent Agricultural Machinery Equipment Cluster (潍临日智能农机装备集群)" was selected into the list of national advanced manufacturing clusters. In 2024, the cluster's output value reached 126.4 billion yuan, accounting for 1/4 of the national agricultural machinery industry, and its industrial scale has ranked among the top in the country for many years.
How do the three regions jointly build an industrial cluster?
Adapting to local conditions and developing in a complementary manner. Weifang (潍坊), led by Weichai Lovol (潍柴雷沃), develops agricultural machinery equipment mainly for large fields; Linyi (临沂), led by Huasheng Zhongtian (华盛中天), develops plant protection machinery equipment; Rizhao (日照), with more hilly terrain, focuses on agricultural machinery facilities for hills and mountains, led by Shandong Wuzheng Group Co., Ltd. (山东五征集团有限公司).
Driven by leading enterprises, growing together. During the production of a Lovol Gushen (雷沃谷神) combine harvester, the concave plate used was increased from the traditional 6 pieces to 20 pieces, and the material was changed from cast iron to plastic. The production capacity of the upstream supplier could not meet the requirements for a while. Weichai Lovol (潍柴雷沃) sent a research team to the enterprise for guidance, and finally achieved the mass production of new concave plates, which also helped the enterprise achieve product innovation. Upstream and downstream enterprises in the industrial chain are constantly updating their products and enhancing their competitiveness.
The government builds the stage and opens up the market. Since the beginning of this year, the governments of the three regions have carried out more than 20 special actions such as "visiting enterprises extensively" and "finding orders for enterprises." Through various methods such as industrial chain roadshows and special negotiations, they have promoted supply and demand docking and collaborative matching among enterprises within the cluster. Leading enterprises have also led enterprises within the cluster to 抱团出海 (bào tuán chū hǎi - "group together go to sea," to go abroad as a group). Weichai Lovol's (潍柴雷沃) overseas business has expanded to approximately 120 countries and regions. In 2024, its tractor exports accounted for 33.8% of the market share. Currently, the agricultural machinery products of enterprises within the cluster are exported to approximately 130 countries and regions, and the export volume of products such as tractors and agricultural transport vehicles ranks among the top in the country.
"We will continue to increase our support for key projects, promote close collaboration among large, medium, and small enterprises, upstream and downstream enterprises, and industry-academia-research institutions within the cluster, and accelerate the move towards a world-class industrial cluster," said Wang Maoqing (王茂庆), Deputy Director of the Shandong Provincial Department of Industry and Information Technology (山东省工业和信息化厅).
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 李安琪
In August 2005, Xi Jinping (习近平), then Secretary of the Zhejiang Provincial Party Committee, visited Yucun (余村) in Tianhuangping Town (天荒坪镇), Anji County (安吉县), Huzhou City (湖州市), and first proposed the scientific thesis that "lucid waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets." Over the past 20 years, former mining pits have been transformed into fields of rapeseed flowers and lotus ponds. The villagers have transitioned from "selling stones" to "selling scenery," and then to "earning carbon credits," paving a new path of ecological beauty, industrial prosperity, and affluent people.
Recently, the China International Development Knowledge Center (中国国际发展知识中心) held a ministerial seminar for participants of the Sharing Development Experience to Promote the Global Development Initiative. The participants visited Huzhou City (湖州市), Zhejiang Province (浙江省), to experience firsthand the practical achievements of the concept that lucid waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets. Twenty-two participants from six countries and regions, including Egypt, Burkina Faso, Gambia, Grenada, Zanzibar of Tanzania, and Zambia, participated in the research and highly praised the concept that lucid waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets, as well as China's achievements in green development, believing that China's realization of green development has important reference significance.
"A Vivid Example of China's Ecological Civilization Construction"
The stream babbles, and the green bamboo fills the mountains. Amidst the large expanse of green, the residential buildings with their white walls and black tiles are scattered in a well-organized manner, resembling a landscape painting. "This is the most beautiful village I have ever seen." Walking on the country roads of Yucun (余村), Merina Jessamy, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Economic Development of Grenada, said while taking pictures.
Upon learning that Yucun (余村) was a scene of dust flying in the air and mud covering the river 20 years ago, Omar El-Aich, Advisor to the Minister of Social Solidarity of Egypt, was surprised by the great changes here and admired the Chinese government's determination and efforts in environmental governance. "Yucun (余村) is a vivid example of China's ecological civilization construction. For a country, a good ecological environment is not a 'luxury' but a 'necessity.' Protecting the ecological environment and promoting development are not contradictory."
Abandoned mining pits have been transformed into camping sites, garbage disposal stations have been converted into small taverns, and old residential buildings have become popular homestays... This is the beautiful transformation of Yucun's (余村) idle spaces. Green empowerment is transforming ecological value into a strong momentum for high-quality development. Hearing that Yucun (余村) has become the first choice for "weekend trips" for many citizens of Shanghai (上海) and Hangzhou (杭州), the "Yucun Impression" Youth Library attracts many young people to read, visit exhibitions, and appreciate domestic comics. Kennedy Chimpa, Regional Statistician of the Zambia Statistics Agency, praised: "High-quality ecological resources not only improve the quality of life of local residents but also create favorable conditions for rural tourism, which is a vivid interpretation of the concept that lucid waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets."
"The proposal of the concept that lucid waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets is a great initiative to integrate traditional Chinese ecological wisdom into the modernization process, which has far-reaching significance and reference value for the world," said Jessamy.
"China's Green Development Practice Has Important Reference Significance"
Anji (安吉) has always been known as the "Bamboo Township of China," with approximately 1 million mu of bamboo forests and nearly 1,000 bamboo industry enterprises. As bamboo becomes an ideal substitute for plastics, the Chinese government and the International Bamboo and Rattan Organisation jointly launched the "Bamboo for Plastic" initiative in 2022. Anji (安吉) seized the opportunity and actively explored new paths for realizing ecological value.
Arriving at the Anji (安吉) "Bamboo for Plastic" Exhibition Center, the slogan "Bamboo for Plastic, Low-Carbon Life" is particularly eye-catching. Walking into the exhibition hall, in addition to traditional bamboo chairs and bamboo tables, bamboo leaf flavonoid drinks, bamboo fiber tote bags, and bamboo pulp paper straws impressed Ilboudo Saydou, Advisor to the Minister of Industry and Trade of Burkina Faso. "The development of the bamboo industry in Burkina Faso has great potential, but the degree of innovation tailored to local conditions is far less than that of China. The research experience here has given me many new ideas," said Saydou.
More than 300 "village cafes" in Anji (安吉) provide bamboo pulp paper straws, and "bamboo six small items" for daily use and bamboo tableware are promoted to hotels and homestays, reducing the consumption of more than 5 million sets of disposable plastic products... While listening to the staff's introduction, Sombo Likola, Planning Officer of the Zambia Statistics Agency, carefully took notes and exchanged contact information with relevant负责人. "China's green development practice has important reference significance," Likola said, adding that she hopes to bring back China's concept of promoting ecological protection and economic development in a coordinated manner to help Zambia explore a new path of green development that suits its own national conditions.
"In the past, the income from cutting bamboo was less than 80 yuan per mu, but now the air in the bamboo forest can be sold for money!" This sentence in the introduction of Anji's (安吉) bamboo forest carbon sink reform left a deep impression on Omar Ceesay, a member of the National Assembly of Gambia. Anji (安吉) has transformed bamboo forest air into real money through the country's first county-level bamboo forest carbon sink storage and trading platform, writing a new chapter in the transformation of ecological value. "This development model is deeply connected with local resource endowments and development realities. Learning from China's successful experience in empowering the green economy with ecological restoration can help our country explore a virtuous interaction path between economic development and ecological protection," said Ceesay.
"Empowering Youth Development is to Create More Possibilities for the Future"
Arriving at the Dayucun (大余村) Youth Talent Community, a building with smooth lines and a modern design comes into view. "I heard that the design inspiration here comes from the mathematical infinity symbol '∞', which represents that young people have infinite possibilities." Jessamy picked up her mobile phone and took a selfie with the landmark of the Dayucun (大余村) Youth Talent Community.
In 2023, Yucun (余村) joined with surrounding villages to gather and integrate 37,000 square meters of idle resources such as land and buildings to create a youth-exclusive entrepreneurial space - "Qinglaiji" (青来集). Today, it has gathered more than 60 partners and new economic projects, and more than 50 new business forms and new scenarios have emerged, becoming the core starting area of the Dayucun (大余村) Youth Talent Community. Young entrepreneurial teams, rich emerging business forms, and an office environment integrated with nature... In this youth talent community, everyone saw another side of Yucun (余村).
"Why do young people come to the countryside?" "What can the countryside bring to young people?" "How can young people and the countryside run in both directions?"... During the visit, the seminar participants listened carefully to the development history of the Dayucun (大余村) Youth Talent Community and asked questions from time to time. In the Youth Talent Community, "shared" entrepreneurial office, "community-style" community life, and "one-stop" talent services create a sense of belonging and interactive entrepreneurial and living platform for young people, attracting a large number of "original villagers," "returning villagers," "new villagers," and "cloud villagers" to work and live here. Jessamy said: "Here, young people's creativity is seen, their needs are solved, and their value can be realized. This concept is worth learning and referring to in Grenada."
From the Yucun (余村) concert held under the stars to the Yucun (余村) night talks for face-to-face communication, in order to meet the "life-work-entertainment" needs of young people, Yucun (余村) has improved and perfected a series of supporting facilities for the "5-minute life service circle," and various colorful activities allow young people to have a career when they go to work and a life when they get off work. "Empowering youth development is to create more possibilities for the future." Chimpa said that Zambia faces problems such as the loss of young talents in the process of economic and social development. This visit brought him a lot of inspiration. "How to attract young people and retain young people, this youth empowerment mechanism has direct reference value for Zambia."
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As a founding member state of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (上海合作组织), China (中国) has always attached great importance to and actively supported people-to-people exchanges in various fields, including those involving women and youth.
Since its establishment in 2001, the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (上海合作组织) has continued to grow and has become the most extensive and populous comprehensive regional organisation in the world today, playing an increasingly important and constructive role in international affairs. Since assuming the rotating presidency of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (上海合作组织) in July last year, China (中国) has implemented more than 100 presidency activities covering various fields, promoting the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (上海合作组织) countries to enhance unity and mutual trust, strengthen mutual learning, and achieve mutual benefit and win-win results.
The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (上海合作组织) has always regarded women's development as an important direction for cooperation, and has taken a series of pragmatic measures to maintain gender equality, protect women's rights, and enhance women's empowerment, making important contributions to encouraging and supporting women's participation in national construction and social development. In June 2017, at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (上海合作组织) summit held in Astana (阿斯塔纳), Kazakhstan (哈萨克斯坦), President Xi Jinping (习近平) proposed that China (中国) would host the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (上海合作组织) Women's Forum. Since 2018, this forum has been successfully held for five sessions. In recent years, activities such as the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (上海合作组织) Women Leaders Forum and the "Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (上海合作组织) from a Female Perspective" International Academic Seminar have also been carried out successively. People-to-people exchanges among women within the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (上海合作组织) framework have continued to show new highlights, contributing more female strength to promoting the construction of a closer Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (上海合作组织) community with a shared future. More and more female experts and scholars are devoted to the research of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (上海合作组织), promoting the development of the organisation with a pragmatic attitude; under the increasingly uncertain international and regional situation, the women of the "SCO family" actively advocate cooperation and are committed to finding convergence points of interests for all parties; with the development and growth of the organisation, female scholars and workers have always adhered to the spirit of openness and inclusiveness, contributing wisdom and strength to the construction of the "SCO family".
People-to-people exchange and cooperation practices have consolidated the public opinion base and social foundation of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (上海合作组织), and continue to empower the construction of the "SCO family". As a founding member state of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (上海合作组织), China (中国) has always attached great importance to and actively supported people-to-people exchanges in various fields, including those involving women and youth. In recent years, China (中国) has successfully hosted activities such as the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (上海合作组织) Member States Art Festival, the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (上海合作组织) National Media Think Tank Forum, and the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (上海合作组织) National Vocational Skills Competition, and is committed to strengthening the people-to-people bonds of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (上海合作组织). As the rotating presidency of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (上海合作组织) this year, China (中国) will promote the "hard connectivity", "soft connectivity" and "**心联通**" (xīn lián tōng - "heart connectivity," refers to people-to-people bonds and mutual understanding) between the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (上海合作组织) countries with pragmatic and efficient actions, bringing tangible benefits to the people of the region and the world. Recently, the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (上海合作组织) Party Forum and the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (上海合作组织) National Media Cooperation Forum have been held successively, further gathering consensus for all parties to strengthen cooperation.
Looking to the future, the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (上海合作组织) needs to strengthen exchanges and mutual learning, promote people-to-people connectivity, deepen cooperation in cultural and people-to-people fields such as education, women, culture, think tanks, media, and tourism, and inject strong impetus into jointly building a closer Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (上海合作组织) community with a shared future and jointly creating a better future for the Eurasian continent.
(The author is a researcher at the Shanghai International Studies University (上海国际问题研究院) base of the Shanghai Research Center for Xi Jinping (习近平) Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era (上海市习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想研究中心).)
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The seminar on the theme of "BRICS 2025: Strategic Cooperation in a Multipolar World" was recently held in São Paulo (圣保罗), Brazil. More than 130 guests from various sectors of China and Brazil held discussions on three topics: "Southern Countries and Global Governance," "Economic and Financial Cooperation," and "Innovation and Sustainable Development." The participating guests generally believed that "Greater BRICS Cooperation" is conducive to uniting the strength of the Global South and playing a positive role in shaping a multipolar world. As the two major developing countries in the Eastern and Western Hemispheres and important members of the BRICS countries, China and Brazil can deepen cooperation in areas such as the digital economy and green energy, injecting more stability into the world.
"More countries joining the BRICS family demonstrates the strong appeal and influence of the BRICS cooperation mechanism. 'Greater BRICS Cooperation' is demonstrating unprecedented leadership," said José Roberto Rodrigues Afonso, former Minister of Industry, Foreign Trade and Services of Brazil (富兰). The BRICS countries should continue to promote the reform of the global governance system, maintain a diversified and stable international economic pattern, and allow all countries, especially developing countries, to share development opportunities.
Marcus Vinicius de Freitas (马库斯·弗雷塔斯), visiting professor at China Foreign Affairs University (中国外交学院), said: "The BRICS countries have always adhered to multilateralism, respected the sovereignty of all countries, advocated mutual benefit and win-win results, and achieved many substantial results in the fields of finance, trade, science and technology, and cultural exchanges, building an important platform for the Global South to strengthen unity and cooperation."
Angela Alonso (安吉拉), Secretary of International Relations of the Municipality of São Paulo (圣保罗市), Brazil, said that against the background of the current international rules and order being severely impacted, the global governance concept of joint consultation, joint construction, and sharing proposed by China highlights its contemporary value and practical significance.
Yu Peng (余鹏), Consul General of China in São Paulo (中国驻圣保罗总领事), said in his speech that as the first echelon of the Global South, the BRICS countries are increasingly becoming a pioneering force in promoting global governance reform, playing an increasingly important role in building consensus and gathering strength. China is willing to further strengthen strategic cooperation with Brazil within the BRICS framework to promote the steady and long-term development of "Greater BRICS Cooperation."
"China has become a key partner for Brazil in the BRICS cooperation mechanism, WTO reform, and the construction of a multipolar order," said Mauricio Juvenal (毛里西), Chief Secretary of the Legislative Assembly of the State of São Paulo (巴西圣保罗州议会). Brazil-China economic and trade exchanges are close, and the high-end equipment and technology introduced by Brazil from China are crucial to Brazil's re-industrialization process. "Brazil-China mutually beneficial cooperation has become a model of South-South cooperation and cooperation under the BRICS framework."
Chen Huaibiao (陈怀标), Chief Representative of the Agricultural Bank of China São Paulo Representative Office (中国农业银行圣保罗代表处), said that last year, China and Brazil signed a cooperation plan on jointly building the "Belt and Road" initiative and aligning it with Brazil's development strategy, promoting the further deepening and acceleration of mutually beneficial cooperation between the two sides. China-Brazil cooperation has developed from traditional trade to diversification, and the level of production and supply chain cooperation has been continuously improved.
The seminar was jointly organized by the Consulate General of China in São Paulo (中国驻圣保罗总领事馆) and the LIDE Brazil (巴西商业领袖组织). José Ricardo Luz Jr. (若泽·里卡多), Co-Chairman and CEO of LIDE China (巴西商业领袖组织中国区联席主席兼首席执行官), said that LIDE Brazil will continue to be committed to promoting the connection of Brazilian and Chinese enterprises, policy communication, and cultural exchanges, and contribute to deepening the BRICS cooperation mechanism.
(Reported by this newspaper from São Paulo (圣保罗))
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 颜 欢
Driving southwest from Madrid (马德里), the capital of Spain, the scenery outside the car window gradually transforms into rolling hills.
Entering the Extremadura (埃斯特雷马杜拉) region, one can immediately see the solar photovoltaic panels laid on the slopes near the A5 highway, extending into the distance with the undulating terrain. White flocks of sheep can be vaguely seen foraging leisurely among the photovoltaic panels, painting a beautiful picture of green and low-carbon development with "photovoltaics + nature."
This is the Belvis (贝尔维斯) Photovoltaic Power Station project (see photo) invested by China Three Gorges Corporation (中国长江三峡集团有限公司) and constructed by Spanish ACISA, a subsidiary of China Railway Construction International Investment Co., Ltd. (中铁建国际投资有限公司) (hereinafter referred to as "CRCC International Investment"). The project covers an area of approximately 1.81 million square meters, with a total installed capacity of 104 megawatts and an annual power generation of approximately 200 million kilowatt-hours. It officially achieved full-capacity commercial operation in March of this year.
At the first phase site of the Belvis (贝尔维斯) Photovoltaic Power Station project, flocks of sheep are resting near the photovoltaic box-type substations. They are the "old residents" here—local herders often grazed their sheep here long before the project was constructed. Zhou Quan (周全), business manager of the Corporate Culture Department of CRCC International Investment (铁建国投), told reporters that the project has paid great attention to protecting the local ecology from the beginning of site selection: avoiding ecologically sensitive areas and setting up wildlife passages; using low-vibration methods during construction to minimize disturbance to surface organisms; and even small rivers were protected on-site with fences during construction.
"Whatever was here before, must be here after completion." Guillermo Vidal (吉列尔莫·比达尔), project manager of ACISA, said that protecting the ecology is a concept that has always been adhered to in the construction of the project. Dry grass needs to be cleared in time to prevent fires, and sheep can serve as "weeding masters" while foraging. "By coexisting with animals, Belvis (贝尔维斯) has found a harmonious symbiosis point between agriculture and energy development," Vidal (比达尔) said.
The Belvis (贝尔维斯) Photovoltaic Power Station has become an important window for the local area to showcase advanced technologies and products in the photovoltaic field. In the power station's central control room, six monitors clearly display the power generation status and on-site conditions of the entire project. Miguel Marcos (米格尔·马科斯), Belvis (贝尔维斯) project manager of Three Gorges Europe (三峡欧洲公司), which is responsible for the clean energy investment, development, and operation of Three Gorges International Energy Investment Group Co., Ltd. (三峡国际能源投资集团有限公司) in Europe and North America, said that in addition to traditional precision sensors, the Belvis (贝尔维斯) Photovoltaic Power Station has also introduced an efficient drone inspection system. With the help of high-definition aerial photography and thermal imaging technology, it can quickly identify faults in photovoltaic modules, such as whether there are local temperature anomalies on the surface of the photovoltaic panels. "Different weather conditions may cause abnormalities in the operation of photovoltaic panels. Manual inspection is often very difficult. With drones, the response speed and judgment accuracy have been greatly improved," Marcos (马科斯) said. According to reports, relevant personnel will continue to explore the deployment of automated and intelligent operation and maintenance equipment during the operation of the power station, such as automatic cleaning equipment and mowers, which will further improve the efficiency of the power station.
"The Belvis (贝尔维斯) Photovoltaic Power Station is a vivid example of China and Spain exploring green cooperation." Lei Zhen (雷振), director of the Greenfield Development Department of Three Gorges Europe (三峡欧洲公司), said that the core facilities currently used in the project, such as photovoltaic modules, inverters, box-type substations, and main transformers, are all "Made in China (中国智造)," which not only demonstrates China's global competitiveness in the field of new energy manufacturing, but also has a positive impact on Spain's local equipment usage standards and industrial chain development. This also promotes the innovation of related industries in China: products must not only meet local standards, but also reasonably control costs. "For us, this is a challenge, but also an opportunity," Lei Zhen (雷振) said.
According to reports, in order to achieve the goal of renewable energy accounting for 81% of the power structure by the end of 2030, the Spanish government is accelerating the layout of new energy. Spain has mature experience in environmental protection, safety, and project management systems. Chinese companies have obvious advantages in technology integration and industrial chain integration, which can add new impetus to Spain's energy transition. Green energy has become one of the important areas of cooperation between the two countries. Carlos Viersa (卡洛斯·比埃尔萨), Secretary-General of the Spanish "Belt and Road" Research Center, said that Chinese companies are not only providers of funds, but also participants in technology and promoters of models, and the cooperation between the two companies forms a "truly meaningful complementation and co-construction."
(Reported from Madrid (马德里) on August 2nd by Yan Huan (颜欢) of this newspaper)
Return to TopXinhua News Agency, Kathmandu, August 1st (Reporter Yi Aijun (易爱军)) Nepalese Prime Minister K. P. Sharma Oli (奥利) said on the evening of August 1st that Nepal cherishes its "time-tested friendship" with China and looks forward to further developing bilateral relations.
Speaking at a reception held in Kathmandu to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Nepal that evening, Oli (奥利) said that over the past 70 years, Nepal-China relations have been based on mutual trust and guided by common values, and have therefore become increasingly strong. Nepal firmly adheres to the one-China principle, while China has consistently respected Nepal's sovereignty, territorial integrity, and political independence.
Oli (奥利) said: "We especially cherish this time-tested friendship with China. China is not only our close neighbor, but also our trustworthy development partner." He expressed his hope that on this solid foundation, bilateral relations will be further developed by expanding cooperation, deepening ties, and opening up new avenues for mutually beneficial cooperation.
In his speech, Oli (奥利) also emphasized that China's achievements in national rejuvenation are not only beneficial to China, but also conducive to regional stability and world progress.
Chinese Ambassador to Nepal Chen Song (陈松) said in his speech that over the past 70 years, China and Nepal have overcome various trials and challenges and established deep mutual trust. Facing a world full of changes and challenges, China is willing to strengthen high-level exchanges with Nepal, deepen political mutual trust, and firmly support each other's core interests on the international stage. China is willing to help Nepal cope with development challenges with Chinese solutions.
Nearly a thousand people from all walks of life in Nepal and diplomatic envoys from other countries to Nepal attended the reception. Artistic performances were performed at the reception.
Return to TopXinhua News Agency, Havana, August 1st (Reporter Jiang Biao (蒋彪)) The Cuban International Political Research Center's academic quarterly "Nuestra América" held a launch event in Havana (哈瓦那), the capital, on August 1st for a special issue on the theme of "A Community of Common Destiny for Mankind." This special issue brings together research articles from more than 20 Chinese and Cuban scholars and diplomats, covering topics such as China's diplomatic philosophy and its practice in international affairs, and the history and current situation of China-Cuba bilateral relations.
Cuban Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Josefina Vidal (何塞菲娜·比达尔) said in her speech at the launch event that the publication of the special issue is of great significance as Cuba and China are about to celebrate the 65th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations. She expressed the hope that the publication of the special issue will promote the building of a China-Cuba community of common destiny and even a community of common destiny for mankind, and called on the academic community to continue to strengthen exchanges and cooperation to jointly address global challenges.
Rubén Zardoya Loureda (鲁维斯莱·冈萨雷斯), a researcher at the Cuban International Political Research Center, said in an interview with Xinhua News Agency (新华社) that this special issue combines theory and practice and is the first time that "Nuestra América" has focused an entire issue on one country, reflecting the Cuban academic community's high attention to China's international influence.
Chinese Ambassador to Cuba Hua Xin (华昕) said at the launch event that the concept of a community of common destiny for mankind not only has theoretical guiding significance, but is also gradually taking root through cooperation between China and Cuba and other countries. As the first country in the Western Hemisphere to jointly build a bilateral community of common destiny with China, he believes that Cuba will promote China-Latin America cooperation and inject Latin American strength into building a community of common destiny for mankind.
The Cuban International Political Research Center, affiliated with the Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs (古巴外交部), is responsible for conducting research on international politics and international relations.
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On August 2nd, the "Bay Area United, National Games Together" – the 100-day countdown launch ceremony for the 15th National Games and the 12th National Games for the Disabled and the 9th Special Olympic Games was held in Shenzhen (深圳), officially releasing the etiquette attire, award ceremony music, medals for the Games for the Disabled and Special Olympics, as well as the torch for the 15th National Games and the Games for the Disabled and Special Olympics, extending a Bay Area invitation to the entire country.
That evening, multiple landmark buildings in Shenzhen (深圳) were linked by lights, and slogans promoting the 15th National Games and the Games for the Disabled and Special Olympics lit up the night sky, creating a strong atmosphere for the games.
This is a sporting event shared by all, the first National Games jointly hosted by Guangdong (广东), Hong Kong (香港), and Macao (澳门), and an innovative practice of "One Country, Two Systems" in the field of sports.
Venues are brand new, supporting facilities are being optimized in an orderly manner, and mass sports are in full swing... Adhering to the concept of "green, shared, open, and clean" games, the preparatory work for various events in Guangdong (广东), Hong Kong (香港), and Macao (澳门) has entered the sprint stage.
On November 9th, the flame of the 15th National Games will be lit at the torch tower of the Guangdong Olympic Sports Center (广东奥体中心).
Technology Empowers, Venue Renovation Brings a New Look
First-class venues are not only a guarantee for hosting successful events but also a window to showcase the vitality of urban development.
Wang Xi (王曦), Deputy Director of the Organizing Committee of the 15th National Games and Standing Committee Member of the Guangdong Provincial Party Committee, introduced that this National Games will practice thrift, adhere to strict budgets, avoid redundant construction, not build new large venues, and not build a new "National Games Village." Among the 75 competition venues in the Guangdong (广东) competition area, more than 90% are renovated and upgraded from existing venues. Currently, the renovation of competition venues has been fully completed.
The Tianhe Sports Center (天河体育中心), built in 1984, is an important sports landmark in Guangzhou (广州). This comprehensive sports center, which has hosted important events such as the 6th National Games, the 9th National Games, and the Asian Games, has revealed a new look after renovation – the rebuilt South Square gatehouse, "Tianhe Gate" (天体之门), continues the simple style of the original gatehouse with white columns and canopy, preserving historical memory while improving safety and functionality; the addition of a 941-meter professional running track and a 700-meter sheltered running track creates multiple "street corner parks" through fence removal and greening and functional integration.
"We have transformed the second-floor platform of the stadium and multiple vacant areas into all-weather fitness spaces for the public, creating a city 'unbounded sports park'." Guo Mingzhuo (郭明卓), an octogenarian national engineering survey and design master and consultant chief architect of Guangzhou Design Institute Group (广州市设计院集团), was the chief designer of the Tianhe Sports Center (天河体育中心) when it was first built. This time, he wrote again, injecting new vitality into the old venue.
The original venue facilities were old, how to quickly renovate to meet the high requirements of this event? The answer is technology empowerment.
"We used a series of new technologies and new materials in the renovation to allow the old venue to welcome the event with a new look." Guo Jia (郭嘉), the architectural design leader of the Guangdong Olympic Sports Center (广东奥体中心) renovation project, introduced that the project used UAV 3D laser scanning technology to restore the roof curve during construction, used complex structure self-balancing disassembly construction technology to solve the structural stability problem when demolishing the old escape stairs, and also achieved full utilization of solid waste.
As the opening ceremony venue and track and field venue, the Guangdong Olympic Sports Center (广东奥体中心) also introduced an intelligent navigation system, using AR technology and Bluetooth positioning to solve the "difficult to find seats" pain point, and can also obtain event information in real-time through voice recognition, gesture interaction, and other methods. In the Tianhe Sports Center (天河体育中心), the use of a whole set of new equipment such as a new air heat recovery system and an intelligent lighting system allows the renovated venue building to achieve an energy saving rate of 20% and a carbon reduction rate of 45%.
In the venue renovation of the Shenzhen (深圳) competition area, the "technology-driven games" feature is even more prominent. "Through intelligent transformation, it is possible to achieve venue monitoring, automatic adjustment of temperature and humidity, and other functions, providing athletes and spectators with a more comfortable environment." Zhang Zhushan (张柱山), the person in charge of the intelligent transformation project of the Shenzhen Sports Center (深圳市体育中心), introduced that a total of 1,707 wireless network access points have been deployed in the venue, "Here, you don't have to worry about not being able to send out the live videos you shoot."
Sharing Benefits the People, A New Vision of City Operation Through Sports
Guangzhou University Town Sports Center (广州大学城体育中心) skateboard park, 123 skateboard teenagers from all over the country are striving to be the first here;
At the Hong Kong (香港) 100-day countdown event, the "National Games 100 National Co-creation Million Kilometer Challenge" final 100-kilometer cycling and sports carnival event kicked off, and citizens actively participated;
Ruins of St. Paul's (大三巴牌坊), a world cultural heritage site in Macao (澳门), Chief Executive of the Macao Special Administrative Region (澳门特区行政长官) Ho Iat Seng (岑浩辉) and people from all walks of life jointly launched the "Welcoming 100 Days Healthy Walk" event, and dragon and lion dance performances added festive colors to the national sports;
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In recent days, Guangdong (广东), Hong Kong (香港), and Macao (澳门) have organized a variety of mass sports activities to create a strong atmosphere for the National Games.
This National Games has 34 major events and 419 minor events for competitive sports, with an estimated 15,000 athletes participating in the finals; mass sports events have 23 major events and 166 minor events, with an estimated 11,000 athletes participating in the finals. At present, mass sports events are in full swing, and hundreds of thousands of people have participated in the preliminaries and the "I Want to Go to the National Games" events.
In the venue renovation, the Guangdong (广东) competition area adheres to the principle of "taking into account the use during and after the games" to ensure the flexible conversion of venue function space after the games, so that the people can share the fruits of urban development. In Zhuhai (珠海), the Hengqin International Tennis Center (横琴国际网球中心) and other venues will be open to the public in a "free + low-cost" model after the games, allowing professional venues to become daily spaces for mass fitness.
Implementing the concept of "National Games for the People, National Games Benefiting the People," Guangdong (广东) combines the hosting of the games with city operation and has specially issued the "Action Plan for City-Side Services for the National Games," and various cities are welcoming guests from all directions with a new look of livability, business-friendliness, leisure, and tourism –
In Meizhou (梅州), the arcade buildings in Jiaying Ancient City (嘉应古城) have been renovated, and the carefully designed "watching games + tourism" boutique route connects the competition venues with the cultural and tourism resources of the "Eight Views of Meijiang (梅江八景)".
In Yunfu (云浮), taking advantage of the "east wind" of the hockey project's main venue for the 15th National Games, 9 hockey stone art sculpture landmark landscape areas have become new check-in points for the city.
"We insist on using the games to enhance the city, promote 1,160 urban quality improvement projects such as street renovation, greening and beautification, and lighting optimization, and dredge 623 competition-related road congestion points by widening lanes and removing fences." Wang Xi (王曦) said.
United in Mind and Action, The Bay Area Integration Draws a New Chapter
The opening ceremony is in Guangzhou (广州), the closing ceremony is in Shenzhen (深圳), and the events cover Guangdong (广东), Hong Kong (香港), and Macao (澳门);
The competition events are distributed in 19 cities, which is the National Games with the most host cities in history;
It is estimated that more than 6,000 people from the mainland will go to Hong Kong (香港) and Macao (澳门) to participate in the competition, and more than 3,000 people from Hong Kong (香港) and Macao (澳门) will come to the mainland to participate in the competition, which is the National Games with the largest number of participants from Hong Kong (香港) and Macao (澳门) to the mainland and from the mainland to Hong Kong (香港) and Macao (澳门).
How to ensure efficient and smooth cross-border participation and viewing?
Tong Lixin (佟立新), Deputy Director of the Organizing Committee of the 15th National Games and Deputy Director of the State General Administration of Sports (国家体育总局副局长), introduced that the new model of "one event across three borders" and "pre-inspection, closed operation, and seamless customs clearance" was first created in the previous cross-border test matches, and innovative measures of "one thing in three places, one policy in three places, and one rule in three places" were summarized and explored, successfully solving the problem of efficient and convenient flow of key elements such as personnel, materials, and information.
For participating delegations, the organizing committee has set up special channels at relevant ports, and delegations can "enter and exit as a group" and "leave as soon as they arrive"; for ticket-holding spectators, the organizing committee has opened green channels, and entry and exit documents can be "handled nationwide," and "urgent matters can be handled urgently" with event tickets. At the Hengqin Port (横琴口岸), there is also a "no need to show documents" channel, and spectators are expected to achieve "face-scanning" customs clearance.
Bay Area integration is an important theme of this sporting event: the emblem of the 15th National Games and the Games for the Disabled and Special Olympics is composed of overlapping petals of Guangdong (广东) kapok, Hong Kong (香港) bauhinia, and Macao (澳门) lotus, rotating into a concentric salute, the mascots "Xiyangyang (喜洋洋)" and "Lerongrong (乐融融)" have tricolor water columns on their heads, and the torch "Blooming (绽放)" takes "exchange and integration" and "common prosperity" as its design concepts...
Wang Xi (王曦) said that Guangdong (广东) will make full use of the convenient policies such as "Hong Kong Cars Northbound (港车北上)" and "Macao Cars Northbound (澳车北上)" and the 240-hour transit visa-free policy, and work with Hong Kong (香港) and Macao (澳门) to create "one trip with multiple stops" in-depth tourism products, encourage travel agencies in Guangdong (广东), Hong Kong (香港), and Macao (澳门) to jointly develop "National Games-themed tours" products, and promote the two-way empowerment of the games economy and cultural tourism consumption.
The Hong Kong (香港) competition area will host 8 competition events and 1 mass sports event of the 15th National Games, and will host 4 competition events and 1 mass event of the Games for the Disabled and Special Olympics. "Hong Kong (香港) will give full play to its internationalization and professional advantages, contribute Hong Kong (香港) strength to the construction of a strong national sports power with professional team collaboration, rigorous event organization, and humanized service details, and tell the story of Chinese sports to the world." Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (香港特区行政长官) Li Jiachao (李家超) said. In the past year, Hong Kong (香港) has successfully completed the test matches for 8 competition events and 2 cross-border events of the National Games, as well as the pre-match drills for 4 competition events of the Games for the Disabled and Special Olympics.
Ke Lan (柯岚), Deputy Director of the Organizing Committee of the 15th National Games and Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture of the Macao Special Administrative Region Government (澳门特别行政区政府社会文化司司长), said that Macao (澳门) will further deepen the convergence and development of cultural, sports, and tourism resources, promote the integrated model of "the stadium is a scenic spot, and watching the game is tourism," transform the wonderful events into a super medium for the deep integration of culture, sports, and tourism, reflect the core value of the National Games, and also highlight the urban characteristics of Macao (澳门) that blend history and modernity, East and West. On August 1st, the official licensed merchandise retail store in the Macao (澳门) competition area was put into operation, displaying and selling a variety of official licensed merchandise with the mascots "Xiyangyang (喜洋洋)" and "Lerongrong (乐融融)" as the theme.
United in mind and action, let's go to the National Games together. The Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (粤港澳大湾区) is becoming a window for China to show the world the achievements of building a strong sports power.
(Our reporters Cheng Yuanzhou (程远州), Hong Qiuting (洪秋婷), Fu Zimei (富子梅), and Li Xia (李霞))
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 李龙伊
In the summer, the Urat (乌拉特) grassland is full of life. A green off-road vehicle drove up, and Buhetumuer (布和图木尔), the battalion commander of a detachment of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region (内蒙古自治区) Corps of the People's Armed Police Force (武警部队), got out of the car. The primary school student Jialagemuji (佳拉格木吉) ran to his side.
"I am very happy every time Uncle Buhetumuer (布和图木尔) comes. He patiently teaches us to write and often brings learning supplies," said Jialagemuji (佳拉格木吉). "What's even happier is that we can show him the new dance we learned."
In many villages in Bayannur (巴彦淖尔), Inner Mongolia (内蒙古), farmers and herdsmen are familiar with Buhetumuer (布和图木尔). During this period, Buhetumuer (布和图木尔), as a representative of the 14th National People's Congress (全国人大代表), is conducting research on "stabilizing the border and enriching the people." Whenever he arrives, farmers and herdsmen always surround him and greet him warmly.
"I was born into a herdsman family, and I have been able to grow from a 'cowherd' step by step to become a major police officer, entirely thanks to the Party's good policies and the training of the army," said Buhetumuer (布和图木尔). "Now that the conditions are better, I want to do everything I can to help those who need help."
Buhetumuer (布和图木尔) is practicing his words with actions. In his 20 years of military service, he has been awarded the Second Class Merit once and the Third Class Merit five times. He was named an "Outstanding Individual with 'Four Haves'" by the People's Armed Police Force (武警部队) and was commended as a "National Model Individual for Unity and Progress of Nationalities" (全国民族团结进步模范个人)...
After joining the army in 2005, Buhetumuer (布和图木尔) trained hard. The patches on the elbows of his camouflage uniform witnessed his thousands of practices of lying down with a gun. During the graduation assessment, he wore the "Training pacesetter" sash with all excellent grades.
"Gratitude is the driving force for me to forge ahead in life." This is Buhetumuer's (布和图木尔) favorite and most often said sentence. This Mongolian man, who is rooted in the northern Xinjiang (北疆) military camp, repays the army's training with practical actions, tempers himself into steel through thousands of trials and tribulations, and becomes a veritable "steel warrior."
Once, during the "Peak Showdown" of special operations soldiers held by the corps, his old leg injury relapsed. He got an injection and gritted his teeth to complete the remaining subjects, and finally won the first place in the individual command group and the third place in the team.
While completing the various tasks of the army, Buhetumuer (布和图木尔) used his innocent heart to build a "bridge of hearts" for loving the people and helping the people, and wrote an era chapter of "the Chinese nation is one family, working together to build the Chinese dream" with practical actions.
In 2017, the Bayannur (巴彦淖尔) Detachment of the People's Armed Police Force (武警部队) decided to provide counterpart assistance to Hada Naoer Village (哈达淖尔村), and Buhetumuer (布和图木尔) volunteered to go to the front line.
In the village, Buhetumuer (布和图木尔) visited every household to ask about their difficulties and needs, and walked all over the village. Buhetumuer (布和图木尔) learned that some farmers and herdsmen's children in the area dropped out of school to work at the age when they should be in school. He secretly made up his mind: "We must let children learn cultural knowledge and keep up with the development and changes of the times."
The first thing Buhetumuer (布和图木尔) did in poverty alleviation was to sponsor poor students. At present, more than 10 children he has sponsored with his salary have been admitted to universities, and one is studying for a postgraduate degree. Buhetumuer's (布和图木尔) efforts have been recognized by the masses.
After investigation, Buhetumuer (布和图木尔) and the village cadres jointly "tailor-made" a poverty alleviation plan and assistance measures for the village: "desalination, road construction, photovoltaic power generation, and talent retention." With the joint efforts of officers and soldiers of the army and cadres and the masses, by the end of 2020, the per capita income of poor households in Hada Naoer Village (哈达淖尔村) had increased by more than 2,000 yuan, and the average household income had increased by more than 8,000 yuan, achieving the overall village's poverty alleviation.
Today's Hada Naoer Village (哈达淖尔村) has long been renewed - the "fishery, animal husbandry and photovoltaic integration" project empowers farmers and herdsmen to increase their income. Looking around, the white-walled and black-tiled houses are scattered in an orderly manner, the straight "military-civilian heart-linking road" extends in all directions, and the warm "love bookstore" is filled with the fragrance of books...
"Populus euphratica guards the border for thousands of years, and pomegranates gather hearts with thousands of seeds." Opening Buhetumuer's (布和图木尔) notebook, this line of text clearly expresses the sincere aspirations of a soldier of the people. "Doing more for the happy life of the people is my bounden duty," said Buhetumuer (布和图木尔).
(He Ronggang (何荣钢) participated in the writing)
Return to TopAccording to the Central Meteorological Observatory, over the next three days, parts of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, Northeast China, central Inner Mongolia, north-central Shanxi, eastern Qinghai, central Gansu, Ningxia, northern Shaanxi, as well as eastern and southern Guangdong and Guangxi, will experience heavy to torrential rain, with some areas experiencing extremely heavy rain, accompanied by short-term heavy rainfall, thunderstorms, strong winds, or hail and other severe convective weather. At 18:00 on August 2, the Central Meteorological Observatory continued to issue blue alerts for heavy rain and severe convective weather. The Ministry of Water Resources and the Ministry of Natural Resources, in conjunction with the China Meteorological Administration, jointly issued yellow meteorological warnings for mountain torrent disasters and geological disaster risk.
The national commercial system is closely monitoring the impact of rainfall and flood conditions, and is fully committed to ensuring the supply of essential consumer goods. Currently, the domestic market for essential consumer goods is operating smoothly with ample supply. The People's Bank of China (中国人民银行) has arranged for personnel in the national treasury fund allocation positions to be on duty 24 hours a day, ready to provide national treasury services for emergency disaster relief fund allocation. From July 23 to 31, national treasury provincial branches in Beijing (北京), Tianjin (天津), Hebei (河北), Inner Mongolia (内蒙古), Jilin (吉林), Shandong (山东), and other places processed a total of over 750 million yuan in emergency disaster relief fund allocations. The National Financial Regulatory Administration (金融监管总局) is actively mobilizing claims resources. According to preliminary statistics, insurance institutions in Beijing (北京), Hebei (河北), Shandong (山东), Jilin (吉林), Tianjin (天津), Guangdong (广东), Shaanxi (陕西), Shanxi (山西), and Inner Mongolia (内蒙古) have received a total of 65,000 reported cases, with an estimated loss of 1.88 billion yuan, and have paid (including advance payments) 520 million yuan in insurance claims, helping disaster-stricken enterprises and people to resume production and life as soon as possible.
According to the Hebei Provincial Department of Transportation (河北省交通运输厅), as of 16:00 on August 2, 1,229 sections of damaged highways in Hebei Province (河北省) have been restored to traffic.
(People's Daily reporters Li Hongmei (李红梅), Wang Ke (王珂), Wu Qiuyu (吴秋余), Qu Xinming (屈信明), and Shi Ziqiang (史自强))
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 潘俊强
"One, two, lift!" At 13:50 on July 31st, near Shaling Village (沙岭村), Dachengzi Town (大城子镇), Miyun District (密云区), Beijing (北京), four rescue workers from State Grid Beijing Miyun Power Supply Company (国网北京密云供电公司) lifted a generator onto a large white net pocket of about 16 square meters on the adjacent open space. Technicians from the Special Operations Center of State Grid Space Technology Company (国网空间技术公司特种作业中心), wearing orange work clothes, quickly secured the generator with ropes and completed the packaging.
At 14:10, with the roar of rotors, a red helicopter slowly descended from a height of 100 meters, hovering 2 meters above the open space. Staff quickly connected the net pocket containing the generator to the helicopter's belly via a 30-meter-long sling. Subsequently, the helicopter slowly ascended and headed to its destination, Beigou Village (北沟村) in Dachengzi Town (大城子镇).
Affected by the previous heavy rainfall, the northwestern area of Miyun District (密云区), Beijing (北京) suffered from mountain floods, mudslides, and landslides, causing severe damage to power facilities. Roads in some areas were severely damaged, and rescue vehicles could not enter some villages, which remained without power. Beigou Village (北沟村) in Dachengzi Town (大城子镇) was one of them, with more than 300 households looking forward to the early restoration of power.
"After receiving the helicopter transport mission, we allocated a 13-kilowatt emergency generator from the surrounding area. When fully fueled, it can operate continuously for about 10 hours, providing emergency power to key areas and meeting basic electricity needs such as disaster relief command and village communication," said Qi Shuai (齐帅), a transmission and maintenance specialist from the Operation and Maintenance Department of State Grid Beijing Miyun Power Supply Company (国网北京密云供电公司运检部).
The Airbus H125 light helicopter was used for this flight mission. "This type of light helicopter is more flexible to use and requires a smaller landing area, making it more suitable for rescue missions in mountainous areas. The generator being transported weighs about 200 kilograms and the transport distance is about 5 kilometers, which this helicopter can fully handle," said Wang Nan (王楠), a staff member from the Engineering and Emergency Repair Department of the Special Operations Center of State Grid Space Technology Company (国网空间技术公司特种作业中心工程抢修处).
At 14:18, the helicopter arrived over the material drop-off point in Beigou Village (北沟村) and dropped the generator at the designated location. Immediately, the power repair personnel transported the generator to the village committee to carry out power connection work.
The lights in the village committee were on, and the villagers were very happy: "Finally, we have electricity! We can charge our mobile phones and report our safety to our families."
In recent days, the State Grid Beijing Electric Power (国网北京电力) rescue team has been on the front line of flood control and disaster relief, racing against time to continuously accelerate the restoration of power facilities and emergency power supply, and to restore basic power supply to the disaster-stricken areas as soon as possible.
(Li Yanna (李艳娜) participated in the writing)
Return to TopAugust 1st, affected by Typhoon "Manila," some roads in the jurisdiction of Wuhu City (芜湖市), Anhui Province (安徽省), were severely flooded. The picture shows police officers from the Traffic Police Detachment of the Wuhu City (芜湖市) Public Security Bureau helping people push tricycles on flooded roads.
Photo by Chen Xiaobao (陈效宝) (Image China).
Return to TopThis newspaper reported from Beijing on August 2nd (Reporter Li Xiaoqing (李晓晴)) On July 30th, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs Human Resources Development Center held a seminar in Beijing (北京) on the cultivation of rural collective economic managers. The meeting pointed out that it is necessary to accelerate the development of occupational standards for rural collective economic managers, carry out training for rural collective economic managers in accordance with laws and regulations, promote the improvement of policies and mechanisms for cultivating rural collective economic manager teams, and provide strong talent support for the development of a new type of rural collective economy and the comprehensive promotion of rural revitalization.
Rural collective economic managers refer to personnel who are entrusted by rural collective economic organizations to engage in the operation and management of economic activities such as resource contracting, property leasing, intermediary services, and the operation of for-profit property in order to develop and strengthen the new type of rural collective economy. The main tasks include organizing the evaluation of the current status and available value of village collective property, preparing development and utilization reports for village collective property, and analyzing rural business formats, products, and customer groups.
Return to TopBy: 新华社记者 田中全
In the scorching summer heat, the reporter arrived in Anlu City (安陆市), Hubei Province (湖北省). When he met 59-year-old Zhou Wenjin (周文进), he was telling his 5-year-old grandson the story of Zhou Shuping's (周叔屏) heroic resistance against the Japanese. Speaking of his grandfather's heroic sacrifice, he suddenly straightened his back, his expression solemn, and his voice suddenly rose. The tragic scene of 84 years ago seemed to reappear.
On the morning of July 29, 1941, Anlu (安陆), Hubei (湖北), was shrouded in rain. Zhou Shuping (周叔屏), the commander of the An-Sui-Ying Guerrilla Detachment of the Fifth Division of the New Fourth Army (新四军第五师安随应游击支队支队长), who had been captured by the Japanese and puppet troops for covering the breakthrough of the New Fourth Army (新四军), was being escorted to Yandundian (烟墩店). Fresh blood flowed from the corner of his mouth, which had been cracked by the butt of a rifle, but there was no trace of pain on his face. Facing the cold bayonet, he suddenly burst out laughing: "It's easy to kill me! But can you kill the hundreds of millions of Chinese people resisting Japan?" Before the laughter faded, a flurry of knives pierced his chest...
"Zhou Shuping (周叔屏) is an anti-Japanese hero of the people of Anlu (安陆)," said Guo Shihong (郭世鸿), deputy curator of the Anlu City Archives (安陆市档案馆). In the three years before his sacrifice, Zhou Shuping (周叔屏) abandoned business to join the army, formed an anti-Japanese armed force, and repeatedly repelled enemy attacks, laying the foundation for the New Fourth Army (新四军) to open up an anti-Japanese base area in Anlu (安陆).
Anlu (安陆), located in the east-central part of Hubei (鄂中东部), was once the command center of the Fifth Division of the New Fourth Army (新四军第五师). In 1938, after the Battle of Wuhan (武汉会战), Anlu (安陆) fell. For a time, local bandits rose up and the Japanese and puppet troops ran rampant. The turbulent situation deeply touched Zhou Shuping (周叔屏), who was 37 years old at the time.
Zhou Shuping (周叔屏) came from a scholarly family and ran a grocery business in Yandundian (烟墩店). He was righteous and often helped poor villagers. He hated the Japanese invaders and had a high reputation in Anlu (安陆). Seeing the social unrest, he, who had long cherished the ambition to serve the country, stepped forward and formed an armed self-defense force with more than a hundred guns.
At that time, the Kuomintang (国民党) Anlu County Magistrate (安陆县长) tried his best to win over Zhou Shuping (周叔屏), but his passive resistance to Japan made Zhou Shuping (周叔屏) extremely resentful. After Anlu (安陆) fell, the Japanese and puppet "Maintenance Association" (维持会) also tried to buy off Zhou Shuping (周叔屏), which he found extremely despicable.
In early June 1939, the Japanese and puppet troops went to Chalukou (岔路口) area of Anlu (安陆) for a "sweep." After Zhou Shuping (周叔屏) received the information, he gathered his troops to set up an ambush. Chalukou (岔路口) is located between Baizhao Mountain (白兆山) and the Fu River (府河). When the Japanese and puppet troops arrived, Zhou Shuping (周叔屏) took the lead in firing the first shot. In an instant, gunfire rang out, and the Japanese and puppet troops were caught off guard and fled in embarrassment.
The news of Zhou Shuping's (周叔屏) repelling the enemy spread throughout central Hubei (鄂中). In late July, the Yu-E Independent Guerrilla Detachment of the New Fourth Army (新四军豫鄂独立游击支队) sent a liaison officer to Zhou Shuping's (周叔屏) station to formally invite him to join the New Fourth Army (新四军). Zhou Shuping (周叔屏) had long admired the Chinese Communist Party's (中国共产党) anti-Japanese stance, and without hesitation, he resolutely joined.
On July 24, Zhou Zhijian (周志坚), then political commissar of the First Regiment of the Yu-E Independent Guerrilla Detachment of the New Fourth Army (新四军豫鄂独立游击支队第一团队政治委员), incorporated Zhou Shuping's (周叔屏) armed forces into the Third Battalion of the First Regiment of the Yu-E Independent Guerrilla Detachment of the New Fourth Army (新四军豫鄂独立游击支队一团队三大队), and Zhou Shuping (周叔屏) served as the battalion commander.
In October of that year, the Xin Jie Battle (新街战斗), in which Zhou Shuping (周叔屏) led his team to attack the Japanese and puppet troops in Xin Jie (新街), northeast of Jingshan City (京山城), was the first major victory of the New Fourth Army (新四军) in the central Hubei (鄂中) area. After that, the detachment party committee approved his joining the Chinese Communist Party (中国共产党).
On July 28, 1941, after Zhou Shuping (周叔屏) escorted Zhou Zhijian (周志坚) across the Fu River (府河), he was ambushed by the enemy at the foot of Baizhao Mountain (白兆山). Unfortunately, during the breakout, Zhou Shuping (周叔屏) was shot in the calf and captured by the Japanese and puppet troops. He died heroically the next day. At the memorial service held for Zhou Shuping (周叔屏), Li Xiannian (李先念), then commander of the Fifth Division of the New Fourth Army (新四军第五师师长), wrote a eulogy: "Crossing the Fu River (府河) reminds us of your merits, looking at Bishan (碧山) strengthens our military's resolve."
Although the hero has passed away, his spirit lives on forever. Over the years, Anlu City (安陆市) has compiled the deeds of Zhou Shuping (周叔屏) and other martyrs into books, renovated revolutionary sites, built martyrs' cemeteries, inherited the red spirit, and promoted red culture.
Zhou Wenjin (周文进) grew up listening to adults telling the story of his grandfather Zhou Shuping's (周叔屏) resistance against Japan. Today, as a resident cadre in Tangseng Village (唐僧村), Wangyizhen Town (王义贞镇), he actively creates a rural red cultural tourism brand and tells the anti-Japanese history of Anlu (安陆) to more people. "My grandfather's heroic story has always inspired me. No matter how far we go, we remember where we came from and what we are fighting for," he said.
In Anlu (安陆), the red spirit is passed down from generation to generation. Ye Xiaowu (叶小伍), born in the 1970s in Zhaopeng Town (赵棚镇), was influenced by red culture since childhood. He joined the army in his early years and received many commendations. In 2010, he resolutely returned to his hometown to start a business, devoted himself to the blueberry industry, and led the villagers to become rich and increase their income; he participated in the integration of agriculture, culture, and tourism in Anlu (安陆) to create an important node for red tourism. Ye Xiaowu (叶小伍) said: "Anlu (安陆) is a red fertile land. In those days, the anti-Japanese martyrs raised their guns to defend their hometown; today, we inherit the great spirit of the War of Resistance with concrete actions."
(Xinhua News Agency, Wuhan (新华社武汉), July 29)
Return to TopCulture is the soul of a country and a nation. To inherit the Chinese cultural legacy and strengthen cultural confidence, it requires generations of young people to run relay races.
In recent years, many post-00s have actively devoted themselves to the cause of inheriting and promoting outstanding traditional Chinese culture. With their innovative understanding of traditional culture, keen perception of emerging technologies, confident and open minds, and serious and studious attitudes, they have rejuvenated outstanding traditional Chinese culture, making it enduring and ever new.
-- Editor
Using Ingenuity to "Restore Time"
By Yang Yanfei (杨颜菲), reporter of this newspaper
In the bronze ware restoration room of the Jiangxi Nanchang Han Dynasty Haihunhou State Site Museum (江西南昌汉代海昏侯国遗址博物馆), Zhao Minghui (赵明辉), a post-00s cultural relic restorer from the Jiangxi Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology (江西省文物考古研究院), is hunched over, steadily holding a file, carefully polishing the bronze ware in front of him.
"This is a bronze lei, used for holding wine," Zhao Minghui said in a low voice. "Because the artifact is very large, it is impossible to reach it while sitting, so we can only stand and restore it."
The Haihunhou State Site (Zijincheng City Site and Tiehe Ancient Tomb Cluster) (海昏侯国遗址（紫金城城址与铁河古墓群）) is currently the largest, best-preserved, most complete in layout, and richest in connotation typical Han Dynasty marquis capital settlement site discovered in China. Zhao Minghui, 23, has been working here for three years, restoring bronze and lacquerware.
On the workbench next to him, there are also many broken fragments. "When I first took over a year and a half ago, it had collapsed on one side, and the bottom was flattened," Zhao Minghui said, stroking a newly added piece of copper.
Shaping is the first hurdle on the road to restoration.
Just "straightening" the body of the vessel took Zhao Minghui three months. "Sometimes, the curvature that has just been corrected will quietly return to its original state with a slight relaxation, so we can only try back and forth between millimeters."
Since there are many fragments of the bronze lei, it is necessary to classify, compare, and splice the fragments one by one during the restoration process, which brings a lot of trouble to the restoration work.
"Each fragment needs to be repeatedly adjusted many times, which is an out-and-out 'fine work'," Zhao Minghui said. "Cultural relic restoration requires not only honing skills but also patience."
After restoring the shape of the vessel and polishing it smoothly, the restoration enters a more delicate process - coloring. "The antiquing of bronze ware is a highly technical task, which directly affects the restoration effect of the artifact," Zhao Minghui revealed the secret. "From a distance, the artifact needs to be integrated, but from a close look, the traces of restoration should be identifiable."
How to match the colors to restore the original appearance of the bronze ware? How can the missing parts be perfectly integrated? These are not small challenges for cultural relic restorers. "Under the guidance of my predecessors, I deliberately left some dark restoration mud marks on the inner wall of the artifact, and the coloring of the outer wall is as close as possible to the cyan-green color after the oxidation of the bronze, but I never deliberately conceal the boundary of the repair," Zhao Minghui said.
"'Restoring the old as old, but not counterfeiting'," Zhao Minghui said. "If the mouth of a bronze pot is completely missing, we would rather leave it temporarily vacant than fabricate it out of thin air. Unless a reliable reference of the same type and period is found, the restoration can be based on evidence."
After graduating from junior high school, Zhao Minghui saw the documentary "Masters in the Forbidden City" on TV. He was deeply attracted by the work of the cultural relic restorers in the film. He was deeply touched and resolutely chose the major of cultural relic protection and restoration, which his family said was "too unpopular." Zhao Minghui stroked the coiled dragon pattern on the abdomen of the bronze lei, lost in thought: "I often think that the ancient craftsmen were really amazing. They could make such great works with such simple tools. And I am fortunate to restore them, and I also have a consistent ingenuity."
In the Golden Haihun Exhibition Hall of the Nanchang Han Dynasty Haihunhou State Site Museum, Zhao Minghui pointed out the first complete artifact he restored - the dragon-head bronze box unearthed from the main coffin chamber of Liu He's tomb (刘贺墓).
Seeing tourists taking pictures around the dragon-head bronze box and marveling at the exquisite craftsmanship of the artifact, an unprecedented sense of pride rose in Zhao Minghui's heart: "I feel particularly accomplished that the cultural relics I restored can be exhibited and seen by everyone."
In recent years, while improving his restoration skills, Zhao Minghui has also increased his historical knowledge. "Restoring cultural relics is also a process of continuous learning. Only by truly understanding the historical information carried by the cultural relics can we achieve 'letting the cultural relics speak'," Zhao Minghui said.
Let Traditional Costumes Burst with New Vitality
By Wang Pei (王沛), reporter of this newspaper
Zhang Zichen (张子晨), a post-00s fashion designer, never thought that her encounter with Hanfu (汉服) in college would make her inseparable from this industry ever since.
During the summer vacation of 2023, Zhang Zichen, who was majoring in fashion design at university, returned to her hometown of Caoxian County (曹县), Heze (菏泽), Shandong (山东). Hearing that the Youai Co-creation Base (有爱共创基地) in the county was holding a Hanfu experience activity for college students, Zhang Zichen and her friends went there excitedly. Unexpectedly, it was crowded with people and very popular among citizens and tourists. "I didn't expect so many young people to like Hanfu," Zhang Zichen said.
Wearing a short jacket, a Mamianqun (马面裙) skirt around her waist, and adorned with headdresses, Zhang Zichen seemed to have traveled back to ancient times. At that time, the park was about to close, but she was still reluctant to leave, and therefore met Cai Xiufang (蔡秀芳), the initiator of this Hanfu experience - the representative inheritor of Caoxian wood carving (曹县木雕), a national intangible cultural heritage. With the rise of Guochao (国潮, "national trend"), Cai Xiufang also extended her understanding of traditional culture to the Hanfu industry. After a conversation, the seeds of traditional culture also took root in Zhang Zichen's heart.
At that time, the Hanfu industry in the Youai Co-creation Base was just starting, and it was in a period of resource integration, urgently in need of designers. After some understanding, three months later, she was determined to come here for internship and employment.
Hanfu design is different from fashion design, and Zhang Zichen is also slowly exploring and learning. Therefore, she became obsessed with visiting museums, studying ancient costume patterns, traditional colors, and Chinese pattern history in her spare time, striving to innovate on the basis of tradition.
Among them, a scented "Prosperous Peony" Mamianqun skirt she successfully designed was loved by consumers as soon as it was launched. This was the design inspiration she found in the Caozhou Peony Garden (曹州牡丹园). "That night, seeing the light penetrate the veins of the peony petals was like injecting vitality into the traditional patterns," Zhang Zichen recalled her original intention of creation when she showed the reporter the design manuscript.
In the cold spring of March, this stubborn young man squatted in the peony garden for several days in a row. The security guard initially thought he had met a flower thief until he saw the delicate pattern sketches on her red hands - she wanted to draw the "night makeup" of the peony. The light beam of the mobile phone flashlight penetrated the petals, and the meridians that could not be seen during the day were projected out.
Zhang Zichen combined peony with lantern elements and fan elements. The peony petals are full and the veins are smooth. Even the intricate flower branches are very artistic, magpies fly among them, lively, beautiful and full of changes, with clear primary and secondary.
This Mamianqun skirt also adopts innovative technology. When producing the fabric, plant fragrance locking technology is used, so it has a plant fragrance. "Combining with market demand, we require the manufacturers producing the fabric to develop and produce peony, rose, and green tea fragrances, and we will also use more types of raw materials to try to make it in the future," Zhang Zichen said.
"Traditional patterns are not specimens in museums." This post-00s designer grew up from the Caoxian Hanfu industrial belt, but always wanted to break the routine. This scented Mamianqun skirt also has a European and American version, which is more in line with the body shape of international friends, so that they can also wear Hanfu and understand Chinese traditional culture. In September last year, at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Women's Forum, this scented Mamianqun skirt was deeply loved and welcomed by foreign friends.
Currently, in the Youai Co-creation Base, Zhang Zichen and her colleagues' works frequently appear in the lenses of online anchors. The gorgeous clothes are dazzling, and the Hanfu and Mamianqun skirts are elegant, flowing and colorful. On the lapels and skirts, auspicious patterns such as phoenixes flying in pairs, lotus roots and dark lotus, and fish leaping over the dragon gate are vividly displayed.
"Now, we have a total of 15 designers, 5 of whom are post-00s," Zhang Zichen said. "I hope that through innovation, traditional Chinese costumes can burst with new vitality in the new era and move towards a broad international stage."
Doing My Part to Inherit the Northern Lion Dance Skills
By Zheng Yangyang (郑洋洋), reporter of this newspaper
One summer morning, on the north square of the Taosi Site Museum (陶寺遗址博物馆) in Xiangfen County (襄汾县), Shanxi (山西), a burst of opening drums attracted the attention of many tourists.
I saw a total of 13 benches stacked alternately horizontally and vertically. Two benches per layer, with one bench at the top, building a 7-layer "pagoda".
The drumbeats were like thunder, and the red silk flew. Chai Boyu (柴博宇), a 21-year-old lion dance boy, was agile, somersaulting and climbing in the tower, teasing two "big lions" and four "little lions" to climb up.
This is the folk activity "Tian Ta Lion Dance" (天塔狮舞) originating from Taosi Village (陶寺村) in the local area, and it is also one of the representatives of the Northern Lion Dance skills.
Different from the agile Southern Lion in Guangdong (广东) and other regions, the Northern Lion is known for its majestic and bold style. "Tian Ta Lion Dance" originated in the Sui and Tang Dynasties. After thousands of years, it integrates art and martial arts. The core features are "surprise, danger, wonder, uniqueness, and beauty". The highest tower body can be composed of 29 benches in 15 layers, reaching 9 meters high, like a "heavenly pagoda".
Chai Boyu is the seventh-generation inheritor of "Tian Ta Lion Dance". At the age of 14, he accidentally watched a lion dance performance during a Shehuo (社火) activity and was greatly shocked. He immediately fell in love with this performance.
"At that time, I was determined to find Mr. Li Dengshan (李登山), a representative inheritor of national intangible cultural heritage, to learn from him," Chai Boyu recalled. "At that time, my family thought it was dangerous and didn't want me to learn, but in the end, they couldn't resist me."
In fact, this stunt was almost known to everyone in Taosi Village in the last century, but later, because the movements were dangerous, the performance was hard, and the income was not high, fewer and fewer people learned it. In addition, under the impact of the tide of the times, traditional Shehuo activities declined, and this Northern Lion Dance skill was once neglected. "As a young man, I also want to do my part to inherit the Northern Lion Dance skills," Chai Boyu said.
Chai Boyu introduced that there are many thrilling and exciting movements in the lion dance. For example, on the eleventh floor, the little lion generally has to do a "Peng spreading its wings" movement - hooking the bench with its feet and making a supine posture outward. From below, this shape is like spreading its wings. "When I perform on the tower, I am not afraid, because I am integrated into the role."
**台上一分钟，台下十年功** (tái shàng yī fēn zhōng, tái xià shí nián gōng - "one minute on stage, ten years of practice off stage," great achievements require painstaking effort). After years of diligent study and hard practice, from the lively and agile little lion to the bold and unrestrained big lion, Chai Boyu's role weight has continued to increase, and he has finally been able to handle it with ease.
On the basis of tradition, the program must also be innovative. Chai Boyu introduced that the movements of the lion dance used to be relatively simple, mainly jumping from one end of the heavenly pagoda to the other, shaking his head, and spitting out banners of auspicious blessings. But in recent years, Mr. Li Dengshan has led them to continuously innovate and enrich the connotation.
Later, Chai Boyu participated in the design of the new movement "Leaping for Food Across the Mountain". The two lions face back to back, separated by a horizontal bench, with the bench as the "mountain", jumping left and right to grab the embroidered ball. In 2024, the new movement premiered and was fully praised by experts, who believed that it was "closely related to the plot, wonderful and perfect."
What makes Chai Boyu feel proud is also the recognition from foreign audiences. He remembers that after several performances, foreign friends were deeply shocked after watching it. Out of curiosity, they would visit the structure of the tower nearby and communicate with them about the performance details. Finally, they gave them a thumbs up, believing that this Chinese performance was "unique and thrilling."
In recent years, with the help of video software, the reputation of Tian Ta Lion Dance has begun to grow again. The number of post-00s learners like Chai Boyu has begun to increase. In addition to daily performances, Chai Boyu also participates in rural charity performances and brings his apprentices. "I have more than 30 apprentices now," Chai Boyu said proudly, adding that more and more people are now interested in traditional skills.
After each performance, Chai Boyu, wearing a "lion skin" and doing a set of big movements, is basically soaked in sweat all over his body. "Do you feel tired?" Faced with the reporter's question, Chai Boyu answered calmly and firmly: "If you really like it, you won't care about the hard work."
(Related videos can be found in the "Experience" column of People's Daily Online)
Return to TopBy: 刘博通
Recently, a doctoral dissertation acknowledgment from a 2025 graduate of Beijing University of Technology (北京工业大学) moved many netizens. In the text, the author described how he was admitted to a vocational college after two national college entrance examinations, then upgraded his diploma to a bachelor's degree, passed the postgraduate entrance examination, and finally obtained the opportunity to pursue a doctorate after applying twice. During winter and summer vacations, his hard work left its mark in electronics factories, construction sites, asphalt paving sites on highways, and coal mine operating areas. He transformed himself through unyielding hard work and struggle, and was hailed by netizens as the "most formidable man."
From a "coal mining boy" to a doctoral graduate, this "most formidable man" from a small mountain village is indeed a model of unwavering ambition and continuous struggle.
If one's ambition is not established, nothing in the world can be accomplished. As the saying goes, "As long as one has aspirations, the world will make way." Behind the reversed life is the determination of "one person's ambition cannot be taken away by ten thousand people" and the persistence of trekking through mountains and rivers without stopping. Ambition is the core of a person's spirit and the lifeline of their soul. The ancients compared ambition to the root of a tree: "If ambition is not established, it is like not planting its roots but only engaging in cultivation and irrigation, resulting in fruitless labor." Youth is a critical period for adding bricks to the edifice of life. Establishing ambitions early, and establishing far-reaching ambitions, will prevent one from drifting like rootless duckweed.
"Ambition is the commander of energy." When an ambitious person focuses on a career for a long time, immersive involvement will always make people enjoy it, and every step forward is enough to make people happy. Casting life's ambition into an engine for advancement, replacing passive maneuvering with active dedication, will naturally lead to more ways to break the situation.
功崇惟志，业广惟勤 (gōng chóng wéi zhì, yè guǎng wéi qín - "Great achievements depend on ambition, and great undertakings depend on diligence," Success depends on ambition and hard work). The loftiness of ambition determines the pattern of life, but realizing ambition is often a long and arduous process, inseparable from continuous and unremitting struggle. Setting lofty ambitions and being down-to-earth, constantly strengthening one's will, strengthening one's muscles and bones, and growing one's talents in the process of tempering, can continuously advance towards one's dreams.
Faced with difficulties and setbacks, should one still persist in their inner dreams? This may be a trouble that every young person in struggle encounters. The surging river originates from small streams, and behind the achievement of dreams is the persistent effort of accumulating small steps. Someone once asked Deng Qingming (邓清明), an astronaut of Shenzhou XV (神舟十五号), whether he regretted dedicating the most precious years of his life to a long wait. Deng Qingming replied: "Whether it is the primary or backup crew, it is the duty of an astronaut!" After more than 20 years of training and preparation, Deng Qingming finally fulfilled his dream of flying into space in the distant voyage of questioning the sky. Only by anchoring unwavering beliefs and making persistent efforts can one transform quantitative change into qualitative change, and take a leap when opportunity comes, reaching the other shore of dreams.
On the long journey of pursuing dreams, one will see both gentle breezes and drizzles, and encounter strong winds and heavy rains. Overcoming the challenges of work and life often requires perseverance and the "dullness" of standing still like a rock, mastering the initiative of life in the experience of wind and rain. In the women's aerials final of the freestyle skiing at the Beijing Winter Olympics (北京冬奥会), Xu Mengtao (徐梦桃) won the gold medal with a stunning performance. In her fourth Winter Olympics, she had missed her dream three times before. Faced with injuries and various setbacks, Xu Mengtao did not give up: starting again and again, challenging the limits again and again, and finally realizing her Winter Olympics dream with her strength. Strong winds and heavy rains will eventually dissipate, but the courage to run towards it will condense into an unquenchable fire in the heart. Firmly believe in doing the right thing, and time will give the answer of "the light boat has passed ten thousand mountains."
Young people bear great ambitions, and there is always a time for vigorous struggle. The new era of young people has a broad stage for realizing dreams, more ways to improve their skills and abilities, set lofty ambitions, be strivers, take dreams as horses, live up to their youth, and will eventually light up the galaxy of dreams. Even if there are mountains and rivers ahead, the journey is fulfilling and the future is promising.
Return to TopBy: 袁 辉
Some time ago, Tian Yanqing (田艳青), a "glass doll" who scored 621 in the National College Entrance Examination (高考), was admitted to Wuhan University (武汉大学), which has attracted much attention. Tian Yanqing (田艳青) is a student I taught. When she told me the news as soon as she could, I was sincerely proud of her, and even more regretless for my choice back then.
In 2012, after graduating from the Department of History at Nanjing University (南京大学), I stood at a crossroads in my life and made a decision that many people didn't approve of: to teach in a remote mountain village.
I learned from the news about Tan Dingcai (谭定才), a teacher in Badong (巴东), Hubei (湖北), who, despite his disabled legs, persisted in teaching children in the mountains. So, with a sleeping bag, more than 20 books, and a few sets of clothes, I arrived at my first stop for teaching—the Jiangjiawan (姜家湾) teaching point in Qingtaiping Town (清太坪镇), Badong County (巴东县), Enshi (恩施), Hubei (湖北), deep in the mountains of western Hubei (鄂西).
Seeing my enthusiasm, Teacher Tan (谭老师) was a little puzzled and advised me to reconsider and go back to find a good job. But the lush greenery, the fresh mountain air of Qingtaiping (清太坪), and the pure and clear eyes of the children made me even more convinced that this was the starting point of my dream.
"Poetry and the distance" are not as beautiful as imagined: At that time, Badong County (巴东县) was a national-level deeply impoverished county. The Jiangjiawan (姜家湾) teaching point was located halfway up the mountain, with harsh living conditions, no television, no internet, and no running water. In the classroom, the children were more restrained than the last; after class, some children were naughty. I visited their homes, door to door, and learned that some were left-behind children and some came from single-parent families. In order to open the children's hearts, I worked hard to innovate the form of classroom teaching. For example, when teaching Jia Dao's (贾岛) "Swordsman," I found sunglasses and toy swords as props and performed with the students to see who had more swordsman style.
During the teaching process, I met a special child, Tian Yanqing (田艳青). She suffered from a rare "osteogenesis imperfecta" from an early age, commonly known as "glass doll," and was extremely prone to fractures due to minor trauma, repeatedly forced to interrupt her studies. Learning about this situation, I delivered lessons to her home three times a week, walking for an hour each time, and persisted for six years.
Tian Yanqing (田艳青) didn't talk much, but she was good at thinking. Both her reading speed and thinking ability exceeded the average level of children of the same age. In addition to teaching her Chinese, mathematics, English, and other subjects, I also encouraged her to develop her hobbies. She explored on her own, learned to weave small baskets from sugarcane peels, made small figures from straw, and could also make lifelike and uniquely shaped clay figurines. Gradually, Tian Yanqing (田艳青) found confidence. The growth of children lies not only in the accumulation of knowledge, but also in the reconstruction of confidence in life.
If I came to Enshi (恩施) to teach at the age of 23 with a burst of enthusiasm, determined to exchange a period of hard work in my youth for unforgettable memories in my life; then today, having passed 35, I am still here because in the mountains, I can help more mountain children go out and see the world. I will keep going as long as the children need me.
(The author is a teacher at Wangping Junior High School (望坪初中) in Jianshi County (建始县), Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture (恩施土家族苗族自治州), Hubei Province (湖北省). Reporter Fan Haotian (范昊天) of this newspaper compiled and organized the interview.)
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In the height of summer, a bayonet awarding ceremony was held in front of the barracks of a certain battalion of the 75th Group Army of the Army, the "Bayonet Fighting Hero Company" (白刃格斗英雄连).
At the moment of the bayonet awarding, squad leader Tian Bate (田巴特) solemnly handed the bayonet to the new comrade-in-arms.
Tian Bate (田巴特) solemnly asked: "When the battle comes down to the last person, will you, like your predecessors, dare to show your bayonet to the enemy?"
The answer of Sergeant Lu Weiyuan (陆伟园) was resounding: "As the 5717th soldier of the 'Bayonet Fighting Hero Company' (白刃格斗英雄连), I dare! I would rather die moving forward one step than live retreating half a step!"
Time rewinds. In August 1940, the flames of the Hundred Regiments Offensive (百团大战) were ignited. In Dalupo Village (大落坡村), Shouyang County (寿阳县), the 8th Company of the 25th Regiment of the 1st Column of the Shanxi Youth Anti-Japanese Dare-to-Die Corps (山西青年抗敌决死队第一纵队二十五团八连) engaged in bayonet combat with the invading Japanese troops, eventually killing more than 40 Japanese soldiers and achieving victory.
This battle thwarted the Japanese army's conspiracy to launch a surprise attack and ensured the successful completion of our army's combat plan. After the war, the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army (八路军) awarded the company the honorary title of "Bayonet Fighting Hero Company" (白刃格斗英雄连).
In the new era, the "Bayonet Fighting Hero Company" (白刃格斗英雄连) has transformed from traditional infantry into special operations forces. The officers and soldiers carry the battle flag stained red with the blood of their predecessors, take over the bayonets with which their predecessors fought bloody battles, and continue to charge forward on the journey of strengthening the army.
The spirit is passed down in the blood of generations of officers and soldiers.
In the exhibition cabinet of the company history museum, there is a rusty bayonet. Sergeant Shi Yihang (适伊航) said that this is the bayonet used by the company's predecessors in the Dalupo (大落坡) anti-sneak attack battle.
"Every time I walk into the company history museum and see this bayonet, and think of the deeds of my predecessors, my belief becomes even firmer - I must be like them, draw my sword when encountering the enemy, face all difficulties head-on, and be a revolutionary soldier with courage," Shi Yihang (适伊航) said with emotion.
Courage is engraved in the company's genes.
Walking into the company history museum, the company history narrator, Second Class Sergeant Chen Meng (陈孟), told reporters the thrilling battle details of the Dalupo (大落坡) anti-sneak attack battle -
Facing the Japanese soldiers holding bayonets, Zhang Wanqing (张万清), the then political instructor of the company, shouted loudly: "Comrades, charge with me!" The officers and soldiers bravely charged up and engaged in fierce bayonet combat with the enemy.
For a time, the sounds of charging and killing intertwined with the sounds of bayonets clashing. When the officers and soldiers' bayonets were bent, they used their rifle butts to smash them. When the rifle butts were smashed, they used small shovels to chop. One soldier was stabbed in the abdomen but insisted on fighting, holding an enemy tightly, biting through his throat with his teeth, and finally dying together with the enemy...
This earth-shattering feat fought out the unyielding bloody glory of the Chinese nation and condensed into the company's immortal soul: "Be wholeheartedly with the Party, dare to fight tough battles, and vow to kill the enemy."
"Kill!" On the training ground, the bayonet exercises were deafening and morale was high. To become a qualified successor of the "Bayonet Fighting Hero Company" (白刃格斗英雄连), bayonet fighting has become a compulsory course.
Company instructor Xu Youxiu (徐尤秀) said that some young soldiers once asked whether it was still necessary to train in bayonet exercises, given that the current form of warfare has changed and close-range combat situations are becoming less and less frequent.
Xu Youxiu (徐尤秀) told the young soldiers a story from the company's history. Li Haisheng (李亥生), the ninth company commander of the company, was a veteran soldier who had participated in the War of Resistance Against Japan (抗日战争) and the War of Liberation (解放战争). After his son, Li Jinan (李晋南), grew up, he enlisted in the army like his father and joined the "Bayonet Fighting Hero Company" (白刃格斗英雄连).
On the day of farewell, Li Haisheng (李亥生) told his son: "You must strengthen your skills and take my place in fulfilling my responsibility to the country!" After enlisting in the army, Li Jinan (李晋南) showed his bayonet and took the lead in various tasks. In a border operation, Li Jinan (李晋南) volunteered to fight bravely against the enemy and unfortunately died heroically.
"War is not only a contest of materials, but also a contest of spirit. When we train with bayonets, we are not only training our fighting ability, but also inheriting the military courage to draw our swords when encountering the enemy and the fighting spirit of being invincible," Xu Youxiu (徐尤秀) said. The story of the predecessors dispelled the young soldier's doubts. He trained even harder, and his fighting spirit was even stronger when practicing bayonet exercises.
Inheritance is seen in action.
Second Class Sergeant Cai Xuehua (蔡雪华) will always remember the scene when the company participated in its first parachute training after transforming into a special operations company.
Parachuting is an essential skill for special operations soldiers. Although everyone has undergone solid simulation training, 三肿三消 (sān zhǒng sān xiāo - "three swellings three disappearances," enduring hardship during training) before going up into the sky, it is still inevitable to be nervous when standing in the cabin at an altitude of thousands of meters. On the plane, everyone was silent and there were no smiles.
"At that time, the company commander felt the officers and soldiers' nervousness and told everyone, 'I'll jump first, follow me.' After reaching the designated point, he took the lead and jumped down," Cai Xuehua (蔡雪华) said. Seeing the company commander jump down first, the officers and soldiers were all encouraged. Although it was their first time parachuting, and some soldiers were severely afraid of heights, everyone resolutely jumped out of the plane and no one retreated.
"I thought that in the Dalupo (大落坡) anti-sneak attack battle, the company commander and instructor also took the lead in charging. This is the inheritance of the spirit," Cai Xuehua (蔡雪华) said. "朵朵伞花 (duǒ duǒ sǎn huā - "朵朵" is a measure word, "朵" means flower, "伞花" means parachute flower), blossomed in the high sky. At that moment, we overcame fear and gained courage."
Glory is continued in major tasks.
In front of the company's barracks, six battle flags are lined up in a row, fluttering in the wind. "Heroic and Tenacious" (英勇顽强), "Bayonet Fighting Hero Company" (白刃格斗英雄连), "Invincible in Attack, Invincible in Defense" (攻无不克 守无不胜), "Iron Fortress" (钢铁堡垒), "Laoshan Hero Company" (老山英雄连), "Earthquake Relief Hero Company" (抗震救灾英雄连)... The company has been awarded honorary titles by higher authorities six times, filled with glory.
Among them, the "Bayonet Fighting Hero Company" (白刃格斗英雄连) battle flag has been reviewed twice in military parades. This red battle flag, which came from the flames of the Taihang Mountains (太行), has been tempered by war and has long been forged into a spiritual blade, deeply rooted in the blood of officers and soldiers.
Where the battle flag is, there is honor.
In 2019, when the battle flag formation for the 70th anniversary of the National Day parade selected reviewed officers and soldiers, Yang Shilong (杨时龙), a soldier from the company, was honorably selected.
"When I learned that I had the opportunity to hold the 'Bayonet Fighting Hero Company' (白刃格斗英雄连) battle flag to participate in the parade, I was so excited that I couldn't sleep all night. At 4 a.m. the next day, I packed my bags and set off to report to the higher-level unit," Yang Shilong (杨时龙) recalled vividly.
The training process was very hard. When he was tired, Yang Shilong (杨时龙) stared at the hundreds of battle flags on the roof, and the "Bayonet Fighting Hero Company" (白刃格斗英雄连) battle flag was in a very conspicuous position among them. "Whenever I wanted to give up and felt tired, it encouraged me and gave me inexhaustible motivation," he said.
In one military posture training session, he had to stand upright for several hours continuously. Under the scorching sun, Yang Shilong's (杨时龙) clothes were already soaked. After half the time, soldiers around him successively couldn't hold on and reported to withdraw.
At that time, Yang Shilong (杨时龙) had only one belief - "Never give up." Time passed minute by minute, and he insisted on the most standard movements until the end of the training, earning the affirmation of the formation instructors.
In the end, Yang Shilong (杨时龙) passed all the tests and held the "Bayonet Fighting Hero Company" (白刃格斗英雄连) battle flag high as he passed through Tiananmen Square (天安门广场) to accept the review of the Party and the people. After the parade, he shed tears of excitement: "I have not disgraced the glory of the 'Bayonet Fighting Hero Company' (白刃格斗英雄连)!"
Where there is faith, there is direction.
In 2021, Tian Bate (田巴特), as a member of the Chinese delegation, participated in the "Reconnaissance Platoon" competition in the International Army Games. Tian Bate (田巴特) made a "military order" for himself: "As a soldier of the 'Bayonet Fighting Hero Company' (白刃格斗英雄连), representing the Chinese army in the competition, I must win glory for the country!"
In the forced march event, facing the sky full of wind and sand, Tian Bate (田巴特) and his teammates marched fully armed. As the fourth team to start, they caught up with a foreign military team that had started an hour earlier halfway through the race.
However, the road ahead narrowed and was blocked. To overtake the first place, they had no choice. "If there is no road, then open one up!" Facing the bushes full of barbs, Tian Bate (田巴特) and his teammates resolutely plunged into them, forging ahead through thorns and thistles.
When they were 1 kilometer away from the finish line, they could see the five-star red flag fluttering in the wind. Tian Bate (田巴特) shouted: "China will win!" Everyone was very excited and charged towards the finish line side by side. In the end, the Chinese delegation won first place in the event.
Glory is thus continued in major tasks.
"The officers and soldiers cherish honor and are proud to be members of the 'Bayonet Fighting Hero Company' (白刃格斗英雄连). No matter what task they face, everyone has a firm belief - to win glory for the company and add color to the battle flag," Xu Youxiu (徐尤秀) said with emotion.
Limits are broken after each all-out effort.
"The company's illustrious reputation was earned through fighting. In more than eighty years of glorious years, it has experienced more than 200 major and minor battles. The heroic successors of the new era know that only by being proficient in military skills and strengthening capabilities can they live up to the glory," said Company Commander Jin Jianjie (金建杰).
Jin Jianjie (金建杰) often asks the officers and soldiers three questions: On the training ground, can you grit your teeth and break through your physical limits? In the face of tasks, can you step forward without hesitation? If war comes, can you maximize the effectiveness of the weapons in your hands?
The officers and soldiers answer with action.
Last year, the Army held a special operations squad training competition, in which outstanding special operations soldiers from the entire Army competed together. The competition lasted a long time and was highly intensive, posing a severe test to the physical fitness and capabilities of the participants. After more than four months of intensive training, Sergeant Xiang Jiafei (向佳飞) was selected to represent the brigade in the competition.
As a heavy weapons handler, Xiang Jiafei (向佳飞) had to carry the heaviest equipment in the entire squad, with a total load of nearly 50 kilograms. In the last event, a 35-kilometer orienteering course, his old waist injury from previous intensive training relapsed. Every step forward felt like excruciating pain, and beads of sweat the size of beans dripped down.
"'The soldiers of the 'Bayonet Fighting Hero Company' (白刃格斗英雄连) must be blades that never dull, and must crawl to the finish line!" He chose to tighten his waist support and continue forward, victoriously crossing the finish line. After the competition, Xiang Jiafei (向佳飞) was awarded the title of "Golden Medal Warrior."
Where does the motivation to dare to challenge the limits come from?
"In the war years, the company's predecessors were fearless of strong enemies and defeated vicious enemies with self-made broadswords and grenades. In the new era, we have advanced weapons in our hands, and only by doing our best can we live up to the efforts of our predecessors," Xiang Jiafei (向佳飞) said.
"When I am tired from training, I often go to the company history museum to walk around and look around to draw strength. Gently stroking the photos of my predecessors, I seem to be able to touch the temperature of history," Sergeant Zhang Zhaotao (张兆涛) said with emotion. "In this fighting collective, we must constantly improve our military skills and make the 'bayonet' sharper and sharper."
Preparing for war and fighting, their training footprints are getting farther and farther.
That year, the company received the task of going to the plateau to carry out a training mission. The officers and soldiers volunteered and wrote letters of request, pressing their red fingerprints. During the training mission, they conducted armed reconnaissance patrols for thousands of kilometers, collected more than a hundred operational data items, and planted the battle flag on the towering snowy plateau.
Daring to break into new fields, their pace towards war has never stopped.
Second Class Sergeant Xie Shipeng (谢世鹏) was assigned the task of researching unmanned combat for the company and used his vacation time to develop and assemble a drone bomb dropper. For more than a year, Xie Shipeng (谢世鹏) continuously modified and debugged the device, and finally developed an integrated, detachable, and stable bomb dropping module, and applied it to actual combat training.
一朝入‘白刃’，终生不卷刃 (yī zhāo rù 'bái rèn', zhōng shēng bù juǎn rèn - "Once you join the 'Bayonet', you will never be dull," once a member of the company, always a member, and always sharp and ready for action)! On a soldier's notebook, the reporter saw such a sentence. The officers and soldiers said that this is a creed engraved in their bones.
In the evening, the sunset shines on the training ground, covering the earth with a layer of gold.
"Our flag is in front, the 'Bayonet Fighting Hero Company' (白刃格斗英雄连), grew and strengthened in the flames of the War of Resistance Against Japan (抗日战争), loyal to the people and loyal to the Party..." After the training, next to the battle flag fluttering in the wind, the officers and soldiers lined up neatly and sang the company song loudly. The melody was sonorous and echoed in the camp for a long time.
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A lofty cause requires the guidance of role models.
Among the 12 "Most Beautiful Revolutionary Soldiers of the New Era" jointly released by the Central Propaganda Department (中宣部) and the Political Work Department of the Central Military Commission (中央军委政治工作部), there are pioneers in winning battles who dare to fight and are good at fighting, continuing the bloodline; research experts who independently innovate in scientific research for combat; skilled craftsmen who are not afraid of difficulties and tackle key problems; and border guards who are stationed in their positions, guarding the border and consolidating defense... They are stationed in different positions, jointly painting a colorful picture of revolutionary soldiers of the new era dedicating themselves to the practice of strengthening the military.
What is "most beautiful"? Why is it "most beautiful"? Opening the thick resumes of the "Most Beautiful Revolutionary Soldiers of the New Era," one can strongly feel a common quality in them—persistence.
This persistence is a love for ordinary positions. "There is no talent, only day-to-day effort." Ma Shaoli (马少利), the main gun area captain and first-class sergeant major of the Ziyang Ship of a frigate detachment of the Eastern Theater Navy (东部战区海军某护卫舰支队资阳舰), has been fighting for war for twenty-seven years, just to make the ship's guns fire faster and more accurately.
This persistence is a pursuit of ultimate craftsmanship. "It is my responsibility to specialize, refine, and implement every task." Cui Daohu (崔道虎), an engineering installation technician of a missile brigade of the Rocket Force (火箭军某旅), has been deeply involved in national defense engineering for three decades, traveling all over the country, "nesting" missiles.
This persistence is the practice of the original aspiration and mission. "Use warm treatment to guard the line of defense for the life and health of officers, soldiers, and the masses." Li Huiling (李慧灵), director of the Department of Tropical Medicine of the Hainan Hospital of the People's Liberation Army General Hospital (解放军总医院海南医院), has long been committed to the prevention and control research of tropical infectious diseases, tropical vector-borne diseases, etc., to protect the health of the military and civilians stationed on the island.
Each touching story, each simple word, interprets the weight of persistence and portrays the appearance of "most beautiful." In fact, most of their positions are ordinary, without earth-shattering feats. The commendable thing is that they do every ordinary thing well in a down-to-earth manner, and write the oath of strengthening the military and revitalizing the army into every specific and small thing.
Good role models are the best persuasion. These role models from around us can better guide the majority of officers and soldiers, especially young soldiers, to take the road of military service well.
Not long ago, another group of new recruits went to the company, stepping into the barracks full of longing. Putting on military uniforms and taking over steel guns, their straight figures and full enthusiasm injected new vitality into the barracks. How can their immature shoulders better shoulder the heavy responsibility of guarding the motherland and the people? As the freshness of entering the military camp gradually fades, how can they forge themselves into a "good steel" in the "melting pot" of the military camp? Perhaps inspiration can be found in the growth of the "Most Beautiful Revolutionary Soldiers of the New Era."
High intensity and strict requirements are the norm of military life, and hardship and fatigue, difficulty and danger are the inevitable tests for soldiers. "A strong country has me, a strong army has me" is by no means just a slogan. It not only requires a passion for defending the country and serving the country, but also requires persistent and striving persistence.
Which advanced model and pioneer in strengthening the army has not been tempered and trained in thousands of trials? In the camp area of the National Guard Escort Squadron of the Beijing Headquarters of the Armed Police Force (武警北京总队国宾护卫中队), there is a "glove wall" full of officers and soldiers' cycling gloves: the gloves are frayed, holed, and discolored by sweat. In order to pass through Tiananmen (天安门) with skilled technology and tacit cooperation, the national guard escort team members must undergo more than 50 subjects of hard training, including driving preparation, basic driving, stunt driving, tactical foundation, tactical application, and formation drills. On average, each person wears out more than 10 pairs of gloves each year.
Behind the honor, the wonderful moment, condenses the accumulated silent cultivation, and condenses the firm practice of the original aspiration and mission.
Role models are visible philosophy. We should learn from the virtuous, devote ourselves, calm down, stimulate potential in setbacks, understand persistence in challenges, learn from the "most beautiful" and strive to be the "most beautiful," and strive to advance the cause of strengthening the army.
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In the deep of night, the sea was as dark as ink. With a "splash," two figures emerged from the water, the naval ensign on the sailors' arms appearing exceptionally bright red under the moonlight.
"1, 2, 3..." Chen Xiang (陈翔), a first-class sergeant and diver of a naval detachment, silently counted in his mind. He wanted to see how long it would take for the new diver in front of him to calm down.
"Squad leader, I'm still a bit nervous..." After more than half a minute of silence, Private Xu Zequan (许泽权) confided. It was his first time participating in night diving training, and the young man was inevitably a little tense.
"Deep breaths." The veteran squad leader, with 27 years of military service, did not rush to answer his questions. Instead, he spoke while helping his apprentice take off the heavy gear.
The quiet harbor remained busy, with other groups still carrying out training in an orderly manner. Chen Xiang (陈翔) sat on the other side, watching his comrades dive deep. "Squad leader, aren't you afraid of being in the pitch-black darkness?" Xu Zequan (许泽权) had not fully recovered. He only remembered the inky blackness and his own rapid heartbeat when he dived.
"In the sea, breathing is the 'switch' for your sustained combat. It can help you adjust your mindset and your state," Chen Xiang (陈翔) explained the secret. "Breathing too fast easily consumes physical strength, while breathing too slowly is not conducive to operations. The more anxious you are, the easier it is to 自乱阵脚 (zì luàn zhèn jiǎo - "mess up one's own formation," to throw oneself into confusion; to lose one's composure)."
"It sounds simple, but only by pushing yourself at critical moments can you truly unleash your potential." Under the moonlight, Chen Xiang (陈翔) began to tell a story from his past. In the eyes of his comrades, this veteran from Hunan (湖南) was bold enough, but his heart was as steady as a lead weight. In fact, diving into the sea also made him feel anxious and hesitant due to human nature, until an emergency rescue at the military port pier broke his limits.
That year, the construction site at the pier unexpectedly collapsed, and a worker accidentally fell into the sea, his life or death unknown. Upon hearing the news, Chen Xiang (陈翔), who happened to be training nearby, immediately rushed to the scene. At this time, the tide had already begun to rise, and undercurrents could sweep people away at any moment!
"Take the safety rope, I'm going down!" Disregarding the complex underwater environment, Chen Xiang (陈翔) quickly put on his diving gear and jumped into the water without hesitation. Descending, descending further... The seawater kept churning, seemingly trying to sweep everything away.
Inhale, exhale... At the critical moment, Chen Xiang (陈翔) repeatedly told himself. Relying on his perception of the water, he searched for the target in the darkness with difficulty. Fortunately, the worker had not been swept away by the undercurrents, but was firmly pinned down by the collapsed wall. In a moment of life and death, Chen Xiang (陈翔) took a deep breath and put his breathing regulator into the worker's mouth. 10 seconds, 20 seconds... Chen Xiang (陈翔) silently counted his breath-holding limit, racing against time to clear the rubble. After a short while, the ruins loosened, and Chen Xiang (陈翔) tied the safety rope around the worker, pushing down with all his strength with his feet, and the two successfully surfaced!
After reaching the shore, Chen Xiang (陈翔) collapsed on the ground, gasping for breath. When he heard that the drowned worker had regained his vital signs, the huge weight in Chen Xiang's (陈翔) heart also fell.
"There are many beautiful melodies, but for divers, deep breathing is the most reassuring rhythm." For more than two decades, Chen Xiang (陈翔) has sometimes competed with darkness, sometimes fought against dangers, and sometimes battled wind and waves in the icy seawater. With over a thousand underwater training sessions and nearly ten thousand hours of diving time, Chen Xiang (陈翔) has used one deep dive after another to tell the story of the courage and responsibility to "dare to go down and exchange one's life for another."
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"Another batch of achievements has filled historical gaps!" In the sweltering summer heat, the researchers at the Research and Conservation Center for Unearthed Documents of Tsinghua University (清华大学出土文献研究与保护中心) were both exhausted and excited after just finishing the Tsinghua Bamboo Slips reading conference.
In July 2008, Tsinghua University (清华大学) acquired a batch of bamboo slips from the Warring States period, which the academic community calls "Tsinghua Bamboo Slips" (清华简). The Tsinghua Bamboo Slips contain more than 70 documents, of which more than 60 are previously unseen lost works that have been missing for more than 2,000 years. For more than ten years, the research team has been deciphering the millennial code day after day. Fourteen collections of reports with significant academic value have been published, and the latest collection of reports is about to be published. Currently, the work of organizing the Tsinghua Bamboo Slips is coming to an end.
What are the difficulties and challenges in the research of the Tsinghua Bamboo Slips? What are the experiences and joys of the researchers? How can we prevent unpopular subjects from becoming truly unpopular and ensure that "unique learning" does not die out? We step into Tsinghua Garden (清华园).
The content of the classics is a magnificent sight—
Unveiling the "unknown" of civilization and filling historical gaps
The long-lost historical book *Annals* (《系年》), many poems not included in the *Book of Songs* (《诗经》)... Flipping through the Tsinghua Bamboo Slips reports, on each bamboo slip, the Chu (楚) characters from the Warring States period exude a strong sense of antiquity, and the historical content gathers thousands of years of civilization. Observers cannot help but marvel at the rich diversity and profoundness of pre-Qin civilization.
In 2008, the Research and Conservation Center for Unearthed Documents of Tsinghua University (清华大学出土文献研究与保护中心) was established, specifically responsible for the organization and research of the Tsinghua Bamboo Slips. Li Xueqin (李学勤), the director of the center at the time, and his team deciphered and studied the slips word by word, explored methods and experiences, and published a collection of Tsinghua Bamboo Slips reports every year. In 2018, Huang Dekuan (黄德宽) took over from Li Xueqin (李学勤) to preside over the organization and research of the Tsinghua Bamboo Slips.
Unlike the Juyan Han Slips (居延汉简) and other bamboo slips, the Tsinghua Bamboo Slips do not contain documents; they are all genuine books. The content covers the thoughts of various philosophers, history and culture, astronomy and calendar, laws and numerology, medicine and techniques, etc., which are rare in the world.
Opening the report, an "ancient computing artifact"—a multiplication table *Suan Biao* (《算表》) composed of 20 horizontal and 21 vertical lines—attracted everyone's attention.
"The *Suan Biao* (《算表》) is the earliest Chinese mathematical document seen so far. It has a calculation function and can easily perform multiplication, division, exponentiation, and root extraction. It is certified by Guinness World Records as the 'world's earliest decimal calculator'," said Liu Guozhong (刘国忠), professor at the Research and Conservation Center for Unearthed Documents of Tsinghua University (清华大学出土文献研究与保护中心).
The musical documents *Five Tones Diagram* (《五音图》) and *Music Style* (《乐风》) are another major discovery in pre-Qin music history after the Marquis Yi of Zeng's Bells (曾侯乙编钟), and are considered to be the earliest musical documents copied so far. "The shortest *Music Style* (《乐风》) is less than 10 centimeters long, making it the shortest Warring States bamboo book seen so far. It can be called a 'pocket-sized' bamboo book, enriching the academic community's understanding of ancient book formats, the circulation and use of ancient books, and other aspects," said Jia Lianxiang (贾连翔), professor at the Research and Conservation Center for Unearthed Documents of Tsinghua University (清华大学出土文献研究与保护中心). The small size makes it easy to carry and hold, and it has a certain practical function, possibly similar to today's "autograph book" or "hand card."
The Tsinghua Bamboo Slips also discovered the latest information about Xia Qi (夏启) as the "King of the World" in *Liang Zhong* (《两中》). "The Tsinghua Bamboo Slips chapters related to the Xia Dynasty, such as *Liang Zhong* (《两中》), can provide solid support for verifying China's 5,000-year civilization history and responding to some scholars' doubts about the Xia Dynasty through in-depth interpretation by the academic community," said Cheng Hao (程浩), associate professor at the Research and Conservation Center for Unearthed Documents of Tsinghua University (清华大学出土文献研究与保护中心).
"The Tsinghua Bamboo Slips have revealed many 'unknowns' of Chinese civilization to us, filling gaps in archeology, linguistics, intellectual history, and music history, and have extremely high academic value," said Huang Dekuan (黄德宽).
Now, the fifteenth collection of Tsinghua Bamboo Slips research reports is about to be published. "It mainly concerns early Chinese ancient horse judging, horse healing, and horse taming. This content can be traced back to the Warring States period more than 2,000 years ago, which is earlier than the currently known historical records," said Huang Dekuan (黄德宽). "As an important productive force in ancient times, horses were closely related to people's lives, social governance, and national prosperity. In the Tsinghua Bamboo Slips, the ancients associated 'horse driving' with 'governing the country' and discussed how to govern society well. These documents are quite valuable for understanding the governance thoughts of ancient society."
Advocating virtue and benevolence, proposing concepts such as respecting talent, non-aggression, and frugality, emphasizing the impartiality and fairness of the law, and emphasizing people-orientedness, the unity of heaven and man, and the harmonious coexistence of man and nature... These bamboo slips, mostly about 0.6 centimeters wide, record the ancients' summaries of historical rise and fall and lessons learned, which have important enlightenment and reference value for contemporary cultural construction and social governance practices.
For example, *Hou Fu* (《厚父》) proposes that "the people's hearts are the root, and their actions are the leaves." Looking at "people-oriented" and "people first" from this perspective has a broader and more profound historical depth.
"*Wei Tian Zhi, Yong Shen Zu* (畏天智，用身足)." *Wei Tian Yong Shen* (《畏天用身》) begins like this. *Wei Tian* (畏天) means to revere Heaven; *Yong Shen* (用身) means to give full play to one's own role. During the pre-Qin period, the ancients emphasized both respecting objective laws and giving play to individual subjective initiative, thereby exploring the relationship between heaven and man.
"The content of the Tsinghua Bamboo Slips is a magnificent sight, providing us with important historical materials and ideological resources for understanding ancient China," said Huang Dekuan (黄德宽). "Literature carries the Tao. We contemporary people must draw on the essence of ancient thought and combine the basic principles of Marxism with China's specific reality and the excellent traditional Chinese culture to promote the revitalization of Chinese civilization."
Work is meaningful and interesting—
Let the bamboo slips "speak" and draw on the essence of traditional culture
Faced with thousands of fragile bamboo slips with ink marks that are sometimes clear and sometimes blurred, and characters that are ancient and difficult to identify, how can we let them "speak"?
The "brain-burning" degree of this basic research is extraordinary. The difficulty of compilation is the first problem faced. Most of the more than 2,000 bamboo slips are scattered and chaotic, without slip sequence numbers or chapter titles, and many are incomplete chapters and broken slips. The team must first classify the slips belonging to the same document, and then join the scattered fragments together to restore their original appearance as much as possible.
Then there is the difficulty of "recognizing characters." The Tsinghua Bamboo Slips were written by the people of Chu (楚) during the Warring States period. Some of the characters have not been passed down, and some characters appear for the first time. Even if some characters are identified, it takes effort to study the meaning of the characters. Only a very few can be compared with handed-down documents for reference.
"We work almost as soon as we open our eyes. Except for eating, sleeping, and attending classes, we are doing research. We are wholeheartedly devoted to the bamboo slips," said Jia Lianxiang (贾连翔). "The rigorous scholarship and tireless efforts of the older generation of scholars have set an example for us. Mr. Li Xueqin (李学勤) was still dictating academic thoughts on his sickbed until the last moment of his life."
It is not enough to just have the attitude of sitting on the cold bench and working hard. It also requires knowledge of paleography, linguistics, philology, history, as well as art and technology and other professional disciplines.
When interpreting *Five Disciplines* (《五纪》), experts encountered another problem. "Some of the text content is not easy to understand, but it has obvious characteristics of being transformed from images into text," Jia Lianxiang (贾连翔) said. Jia Lianxiang (贾连翔) has a certain painting foundation and inferred two diagrams based on the text. "The diagrams can be mutually confirmed with the Chu Silk Manuscript (楚帛书), and the content can be explained."
Jia Lianxiang (贾连翔) said: "We emphasize speaking based on the available materials, and scholarship must be rigorous and meticulous. At the same time, we must also have a broad vision. After all, the ancient knowledge we can access is limited, and research must also have clever speculation and rigorous reasoning."
The 21 slips are written with numbers according to certain rules, and there are round holes at the top of each slip. What exactly is this expressing? Feng Lisheng (冯立昇), an expert in the history of mathematics, came to support and worked closely with researcher Li Junming (李均明) to figure out that it was about decimal calculations, and the *Suan Biao* (《算表》) was interpreted.
In order to better coordinate and cooperate with multiple disciplines, the organization work is divided into responsibilities, and there are also three collective reading sessions. Word by word, pondering and deliberating. During the reading process, because there is almost no reference content, and experts with different professional backgrounds have different observation angles, there are sometimes multiple understandings of a single character.
What if the differences are difficult to unify? Huang Dekuan (黄德宽) frankly said: "In this case, we will consider retaining different opinions, first write the majority's view in the report, and then attach other possible opinions at the end for the academic community to refer to. After the materials are published, the academic community will also repeatedly discuss them, so as to better organize and study the Tsinghua Bamboo Slips."
Although studying the Tsinghua Bamboo Slips is difficult, it is also meaningful and interesting. "That is a 'deep dialogue' with the ancients time after time. When the ancients and modern people resonate with each other, there is that feeling of 'suddenly looking back, but the person is in the dim light'," said Huang Dekuan (黄德宽).
Opening the thirteenth collection of Tsinghua Bamboo Slips reports, pointing to the 17 bamboo slips of *Wei Tian Yong Shen* (《畏天用身》), Huang Dekuan (黄德宽) said: "Everyone knows that the punctuation marks we use only appeared with the modernization of language, but the Tsinghua Bamboo Slips tell us that articles in the Warring States period already used punctuation marks. These 17 bamboo slips are full of punctuation marks, and these symbols are clearly used to mark and separate the meaning of sentences."
"Imagine that when the author was writing the bamboo slips, he not only expressed his own thoughts, but also stood in the reader's perspective to imagine whether others would have ambiguity or be able to understand correctly when reading? So he wrote many auxiliary symbols to provide convenience for later generations to understand. Behind the bamboo slips in front of us are vivid people from more than 2,000 years ago. Communicating with them is full of fun," said Huang Dekuan (黄德宽). Some paragraphs on the bamboo slips have smooth and coherent handwriting, and it is not difficult to imagine the writer's happy mood at the time. "The bamboo slips seem to be lifeless, but the lines are filled with the writer's heartbeat and temperature."
Do a good job in popularizing and disseminating—
Transform academic achievements into popular language and let the bamboo slips "live"
"We not only do a good job in protection and research, but also strive to make efforts in popularization, so that 'unpopular unique learning' can be known to more people, especially young people, in a more popular and accessible form," said Huang Dekuan (黄德宽).
At the end of the episode of the cultural program *Bamboo Slips Explore China* (《简牍探中华》) that entered the "Tsinghua Bamboo Slips," there is a drama of a Chu (楚) official copying bamboo slips—"*Poetry*, copying completed" "*Book*, copying completed" "*Suan Biao*, copying completed"... As a guiding expert, Huang Dekuan (黄德宽) said: "This scene vividly presents our imagination of 'where the Tsinghua Bamboo Slips came from', and also shows how knowledge and culture flowed and inherited more than 2,000 years ago, and how Chinese civilization travels through time and space and passes on the torch."
In the view of the Tsinghua Bamboo Slips research team, it is not easy to do a good job in the publicity and popularization of unpopular subjects. Participating in planning TV programs, editing and publishing popular books and foreign language versions, opening public elective courses, and doing exhibitions... In recent years, the Research and Conservation Center for Unearthed Documents of Tsinghua University (清华大学出土文献研究与保护中心) has tried to make many explorations.
"Where do we come from and where are we going? We can find clues in the bamboo slips" "The bamboo slips have the genes and blood of the Chinese nation"... Huang Dekuan (黄德宽) said that he was very pleased to see the messages from the audience and readers, and the Tsinghua Bamboo Slips, this profound cultural heritage, has entered the vision of more people.
"We re-edited and translated the reports into vernacular versions, transforming complex ancient texts into popular versions," Jia Lianxiang (贾连翔) said, pointing to the neatly arranged *Annotations and Interpretations of Warring States Bamboo Slips Collected by Tsinghua University* (《清华大学藏战国竹简校释》) in a corner of the bookcase. "These popular readings are very popular. The content is concise and easy to understand, which can stimulate people's interest in reading; the accuracy of knowledge is guaranteed, so that the majority of readers, especially young readers, can be exposed to professional and correct content from the beginning."
In Tsinghua University (清华大学) classrooms, many public elective courses such as Tsinghua Bamboo Slips and Ancient Chinese Civilization are very popular. Many students have been "fans" of ancient characters and Tsinghua Bamboo Slips.
"When I was an undergraduate, I took courses such as the Discovery and Research of Oracle Bone Inscriptions and Tsinghua Bamboo Slips and Ancient Chinese Civilization, and I was attracted by bamboo slips, ancient characters, and unearthed documents," said Luo Huan (骆欢), a 2024 doctoral student in mathematics at Tsinghua University (清华大学). "I am exploring the use of relevant professional knowledge of calculation and applied mathematics to carry out digital protection research on unearthed documents."
Today, the Tsinghua Bamboo Slips research team has nearly 20 people, including Jia Lianxiang (贾连翔) and Cheng Hao (程浩), and those born in the 1980s account for nearly 50%. More and more students are coming to the field of ancient character research from other majors, and a new generation of scholars is also growing up. There are people doing and inheriting unpopular majors.
In the Tsinghua University Art Museum (清华大学艺术博物馆), the exhibition "Classics on Bamboo Slips" tells the story of bamboo slips in popular language and is popular among students.
On the message board, a sentence "I also want to decipher the bamboo slip code" was carefully circled. Huang Dekuan (黄德宽) said that this encourages us to further improve and implement the research and popularization work. "The comprehensive, thematic, and more in-depth connotation revelation and research work has no end. We hope that through the relay race of generations of researchers and disseminators, the bamboo slips will shine and nourish the nation's spiritual outlook."
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This May, the newly renovated Xi'an Beilin Museum (西安碑林博物馆) officially opened to the public, with precious stone carvings such as the Kaicheng Stone Classics (《开成石经》) and the Stele of the Popular Religion of Daqin in China (《大秦景教流行中国碑》) standing quietly. Many visitors came admiringly, but with both joy and worry. The joy was that they could admire the original stone carvings up close, and the worry was that some of the original stone carvings were displayed without protection. If visitors were to touch them out of excitement, it could damage the cultural relics. How should we choose between the safety of cultural relics and the visitor experience?
Cultural relics are non-renewable and irreplaceable. Once damaged, they are difficult to restore, and even if they are restored, they rarely have the charm of the past. Protecting cultural relics is protecting our historical memory and cultural foundation. This is the primary task and cannot tolerate any negligence. As the collecting unit of cultural relics, the museum must put the safety of cultural relics first. Only when safety is fully guaranteed can cultural relics play a long-term role in spreading historical culture.
Some careful visitors have noticed that most of the stone carvings in Xi'an Beilin (西安碑林) are not covered with glass, while some paper cultural relics such as rubbings are carefully protected with glass covers. According to relevant负责人 (fù zé rén - person in charge) of the Xi'an Beilin Museum (西安碑林博物馆), this is a display method that has been discussed by experts and is a scientific consideration based on the material and preservation needs of the cultural relics. Paper cultural relics are very "delicate" and extremely sensitive to light, temperature, humidity, and microbial environment. The glass cover can create a relatively stable microenvironment and provide suitable storage conditions for paper cultural relics. Some stone cultural relics have been exposed to the natural environment for a long time and are less sensitive. In addition, the museum itself is equipped with vibration isolation devices and a constant temperature and humidity system, and the environment in the museum meets the preservation conditions for cultural relics.
In recent years, the "museum craze" has continued to heat up, and more and more people have come to museums from afar with a love for history and culture, just to see the true face of cultural relics. As a public cultural service institution, museums have a responsibility to allow more people to enjoy the right to access and understand cultural relics. Allowing visitors to appreciate cultural relics up close and feel their unique charm is an important way to meet the public's cultural needs. However, allowing visitors to get close to cultural relics does not mean that they can touch them at will. Visitors who come to the museum with enthusiasm should have a sense of awe for cultural relics. Every improper touch of a cultural relic is a disrespect for history and a damage to culture. We should understand that appreciating cultural relics requires maintaining an appropriate distance, observing with our eyes, feeling with our hearts, and not touching with our hands. Only with more awe can we truly appreciate the beauty of cultural relics and allow the value of cultural relics to be passed on for a long time.
The contradiction between the safety of cultural relics and the visitor experience is a common problem in the current cultural and museum field. In the past, the Great Wall also encountered similar difficulties. Inscriptions of "visited here" were everywhere on the city walls, and Great Wall bricks were taken away by villagers as building materials. However, with the development of society and the improvement of people's quality, coupled with the standardization of laws and the improvement of protection measures, this situation is now rare. Today, tourists know to use photos instead of inscriptions to commemorate, and know to cherish every brick and tile of the Great Wall. It can be seen that taking effective measures to guide the public to establish awareness of cultural relic protection can, to a certain extent, find a balance between protection and utilization.
In this era where cultural relic protection and tourism development are intertwined, what we need is not an either-or choice, but the wisdom to build a dynamic balance. For example, museums can allow visitors to consciously abide by protection regulations while appreciating cultural relics through reasonable tour route planning and guidance; they can also use intelligent monitoring technology to protect cultural relics in real time without affecting visitors' viewing; and many museums use digital technology to digitally display cultural relics, allowing visitors to get close to cultural relics in a virtual space, which satisfies the experience needs and reduces damage to physical objects.
Cultural relic protection is a long-term and arduous task that requires the joint efforts of the entire society. Visitors should be in awe and consciously protect cultural relics; cultural relic preservation units should continue to innovate protection methods and balance the relationship between protection and visits. Only in this way can cultural relics shine forever, and our descendants can also appreciate the precious wealth left by our ancestors.
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On the bank of the Xiang River, in Qiyang City (祁阳市), Yongzhou (永州), Hunan (湖南) Province, the Wu River (浯溪) flows gently. In 766 AD, Yuan Jie (元结), a Tang Dynasty (唐代) writer, passed by Qiyang (祁阳). He later named a small stream flowing through the area "Wu River (浯溪)" and wrote three beautiful articles, including "Wu River Inscription (浯溪铭)," along with his earlier work "Ode to the Restoration of the Tang Dynasty (大唐中兴颂)," which he asked calligrapher Yan Zhenqing (颜真卿) and others to write and engrave on the stone wall. Yuan Jie's (元结) writing, Yan Zhenqing's (颜真卿) calligraphy, and the stones of Wu River (浯溪) created the "Three Perfections of Cliffside Inscriptions (摩崖三绝)." For more than 1200 years since then, literati and scholars have "followed up with comments and evaluations" here, making it a "calligraphy museum."
Today, there are 505 existing stone inscriptions in Wu River (浯溪), with regular, running, cursive, official, and seal scripts, making it the largest existing open-air cliffside stone inscription group in southern China.
Opened in the Tang Dynasty (唐代), flourished in the Song Dynasty (宋代), admired in the Ming Dynasty (明代), and studied in the Qing Dynasty (清代)... Although the articles and calligraphy of the Wu River (浯溪) cliffside stone inscriptions complement each other, after hundreds of years of wind and sun, the surface of the stone inscriptions has shown varying degrees of weathering. The inscriptions on some steles in low-lying areas are difficult to recognize due to the scouring of river water, and the scratches left by wind and sand are equally shocking.
Yin Yanli (尹艳丽), deputy director of the Wu River Forest of Steles Scenic Area Management Office (浯溪碑林风景名胜区管理处), introduced that the local area began delineating a protection area for the cliffside stone inscriptions in the 1980s and took measures such as "adding eaves and caps" to the stone inscriptions and reinforcing the cliff face. However, problems such as surface peeling and water seepage in cracks still exist, and the inscriptions from the Song (宋) and Yuan (元) dynasties have faded due to acid rain erosion.
"Traditional rubbing may exacerbate the embrittlement of the rock, and physical protection is difficult to restore the original historical appearance." Liu Yong (刘勇), Party Secretary and Director of the Wu River Forest of Steles Scenic Area Management Office (浯溪碑林风景名胜区管理处), frankly stated that digital protection has become the key to solving the problem.
In front of the riverside rock wall, a "digital surgery" is underway in an orderly manner: using photometric stereo acquisition technology and photogrammetry technology to collect the inscription surface of "Ode to the Restoration of the Tang Dynasty (大唐中兴颂)," capturing the etchings invisible to the naked eye; combining a three-dimensional laser scanner to construct a three-dimensional model with an accuracy of 0.01 mm, the pauses and undulations of Yan Zhenqing's (颜真卿) brushstrokes are vividly displayed...
"The digital protection and restoration of the Wu River (浯溪) cliffside stone inscriptions is a combination and innovation of various mature technologies." He Yuqi (何宇琪), the technical director of Zhile Youth Culture Co., Ltd. (知了青年文化有限公司) who participated in the stone tablet text restoration, introduced that it takes about 24 hours to calculate and process a medium-sized stone tablet to present it clearly.
"We have digitally collected 505 stone inscriptions, using the principle that different light etchings produce different shadows, and comprehensively photographed the inscriptions from multiple angles. Then, through complex and precise computer image calculations and rendering, the blurred stone inscriptions are restored to clarity." Li Wuwang (李武望), Chairman of the Malanshan Cultural Digitalization Innovation Center (马栏山文化数字化创新中心) and founder of Zhile Youth (知了青年), said that on the basis of digitalization, the team has jointly carried out cultural interpretation with experts, established a full information model for each inscription, and expanded new paths for the activation and utilization of stone inscriptions.
It is understood that the team has completed the digital restoration of more than 200 endangered stone inscriptions, recovering many lost characters.
Through AI technology, they are transformed into digital poets and travel through paintings, taking photos with ancient people across time and space; truly feeling the charm of cliffside stone inscriptions in writing and rubbing; walking to a program called "Stone Stele Restoration Master" and swiping fingers across the screen from left to right to see the effect of digital restoration of the incomplete characters of ancient stone steles... In December 2024, the Cliffside Stone Inscription Digital Museum was completed and opened in the Wu River Forest of Steles (浯溪碑林), with the three exhibition areas of "How Many Millions of Years (何千万年)," "Stone Cliff Heaven Qi (石崖天齐)," and "Can Be Ground and Engraved (可磨可镌)" connecting the millennium cultural context. Tourist Chen Di (陈迪) said: "The museum's exhibition perfectly combines traditional culture and technology, as if traveling in the same landscape with the ancients."
"The museum has established a Chinese Cliffside Stone Inscription Database." Zhang Zhun (张准), General Manager of Zhile Youth (知了青年) and project leader, said that digitalization has transformed cultural heritage from "viewable from a distance" to "participatory," and hopes that the cliffside stone inscription culture in various places can achieve exchange and mutual learning through digital integration.
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"Historical painters should be poets who 'sing' history." Professor Quan Shanshi (全山石) of the China Academy of Art (中国美术学院), who created a series of classic historical paintings such as "Heroic and Unyielding," "Jinggang Mountains (井冈山上)," and "Loushan Pass (娄山关)," said this. With the ambition to "sing" history, in 2009, Mr. Quan Shanshi, then 79 years old, and his 55-year-old student Weng Danxian (翁诞宪), spent two years working together to create the oil painting "Flesh and Blood Great Wall – March of the Volunteers" (《血肉长城——义勇军进行曲》) (see picture). With unique artistic language, the work solidified the magnificent and stirring "March of the Volunteers" (《义勇军进行曲》) into an eternal visual epic.
The creation of historical paintings has its uniqueness. It must not only reproduce the truth of history with concise and generalized artistic language, but also integrate the creator's cognition and emotions, and achieve artistic truth through a high degree of artistic refinement. Determining the theme is the focus of creation. To this end, the two painters collected a large amount of material, conducted detailed investigations, and deeply explored the theme. They realized that the work should transcend historical appearances and should not start from a specific historical event, but should seek internal strength from the proposition of "Why has the 'March of the Volunteers' been sung for so long?". Since its birth, the "March of the Volunteers" has always inspired the Chinese people to move forward bravely and united, and what it contains is the tenacious and unyielding spirit of the Chinese nation. Therefore, the two creators abandoned the traditional idea of expressing the theme with historical figures such as Tian Han (田汉) and Nie Er (聂耳), but started with the national spirit demonstrated by the "March of the Volunteers" and achieved a breakthrough with symbolic techniques.
The lyrics "flesh and blood," "Great Wall," "arise," and "advance" not only sounded the strong voice of the times, but also provided creative inspiration for the painters. Through continuous understanding and perception of the lyrical imagery, their conception gradually became clear: to use the "flesh and blood Great Wall" as the main imagery to govern the picture. The Great Wall embodies the Chinese nation's spirit of self-improvement and the patriotic feelings of unity and unyieldingness. Patriotic people who defend the country with their lives build a flesh and blood Great Wall with their iron will. The two painters combined images such as group portraits of figures, the majestic Great Wall, and smoke-filled skies, giving the overall picture a sense of spiritual strength and symbolic height.
As Mr. Quan Shanshi said, "The creation of this work cannot be separated from history." The "Volunteers" in the "March of the Volunteers" were not a formal army, but an anti-Japanese armed force spontaneously organized by the people during the Anti-Japanese War. How to better portray the group portrait of the Volunteers and demonstrate their spiritual power? The two creators analyzed a large number of classic works in art history and believed that "agglomeration" was the most effective way to deal with complex pictures. Therefore, they borrowed the wisdom of their predecessors and combined patriotic people from different classes such as workers, peasants, soldiers, students, and merchants into one group after another, making the composition of the picture more flexible and the space more abundant. In the foreground, the images of the Eighth Route Army (八路军) soldiers, militiamen, and the masses are scattered, with everyone's eyes firm and their postures brave, like an indestructible iron wall, echoing the Great Wall in the distance, forming a strong visual tension. In the middle ground, the mighty team makes the still picture present a sense of instant movement. The solid figure modeling and ingenious layout not only solved the problem of the super-temporal expression of "the Volunteers in the Northeast in front and the people of the whole country behind," but also powerfully demonstrated the visual theme of "building our new Great Wall," enhancing the appeal of the painting.
The artistic use of light and shadow is also an effective means of dealing with complex pictures. It can hide the details, make the layers clear, and highlight the subject. This work uses a large number of light and shadow techniques, which greatly enhances the flexibility of the contour modeling changes of the agglomeration and presents a dramatic effect. The color processing of the picture is also full of symbolism. A large piece of black in the sky is divided by a red line. This red is the morning glow, the beacon fire, the hot blood, and the belief. Red has appeared many times in Quan Shanshi's historical theme art creations, and its symbolic meaning is self-evident. Overall, the color tone of the picture is rich and the contrast is strong, which not only strengthens the atmosphere of the war, but also conveys the firm belief of the characters in not being intimidated by violence.
The interweaving and resonance of music and painting make the stirring melody of the "March of the Volunteers" reverberate for a long time. The two painters "sang" history with oil paint, and realized the visual creation of lyrical imagery with superb realistic techniques and symbolic expression techniques, achieving the unity of historical truth and artistic truth, and inheriting and deepening the national spirit with patriotism as the core. Today, re-appreciating the classic oil painting "Flesh and Blood Great Wall – March of the Volunteers," one can still feel the spiritual power it contains, which continues to illuminate the path of struggle for the sons and daughters of China with artistic brilliance that transcends time and space.
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Here, there are towering snow-capped mountains, extracting the essence of heaven and earth, melting and converging into roaring rivers; here, there are bright Danxia landforms, gathering the wind and dew of the plateau, tempering and precipitating into the colorful and profound splendor of the earth... The picturesque borderland is unfolded in exhibitions such as the "Harmonious Border, National Unity - Xinjiang and Tibet Art Exhibition," leading the audience closer to the vibrant poetry and distant places in the artists' hearts.
The vast and magnificent natural landscapes, the rich and diverse ethnic cultures, and the profound historical heritage provide abundant nourishment for artistic creation, attracting generations of artists to venture to the borderlands and embark on new artistic explorations. Since the 1940s, a group of artists, including Zhao Wangyun (赵望云), Ye Qianyu (叶浅予), Dong Xiwen (董希文), Ai Zhongxin (艾中信), Huang Zhou (黄胄), Fang Zengxian (方增先), Jin Shangyi (靳尚谊), Zhu Naizheng (朱乃正), and Han Shuli (韩书力), have continuously embarked on the journey to the west, even settling down in the west, using their ardent feelings to deeply explore and multi-dimensionally depict the borderlands, creating many classic works that greatly enriched the content of Chinese art, expanded the artistic language, and injected new vitality into the creation of art with ethnic themes.
The vast wilderness, the steep mountains, and the boundless Gobi Desert of the borderlands expand the artists' spatial perception and aesthetic expression. They use unique perspectives and painting languages to express the majestic spirit and cultural connotations of the vast land. Zhao Wangyun's (赵望云) Chinese painting "High Tianshan Mountains (高跂天山)" is one of his representative works depicting the natural mountains and rivers of Northwest China. The author uses freehand brushwork to depict the majestic mountains and dense forests of Xinjiang (新疆), while the figures of herdsmen grazing add vitality to the Tianshan Mountains (天山).
It is not only the natural scenery, but also the profound historical heritage and colorful human customs of the borderlands that art workers are keen to express, and they exude different charms under the pens of different creators. As an important practitioner on the road of Chinese realist oil painting, Pan Shixun (潘世勋) has always used his works to reflect the times, express life, and praise the people. Since 1960, he has gone deep into the Tibetan areas more than 10 times, affectionately depicting the cultural landscape of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (青藏高原). "We Are Walking on the Road (我们走在大路上)" is a classic work completed after he ended nearly 10 months of life in Tibet. The work is named after the patriotic song of the same name that was widely sung at that time. By showing a group of Tibetan youth road construction workers walking and singing on their way off work, it vividly demonstrates the high-spirited spirit of the builders of the new Tibet. Wu Zuoren's (吴作人) Chinese painting "Walking in the Gobi (戈壁行)" depicts another scene - a camel caravan traveling in the desolate Gobi, highlighting the spirit of perseverance... Under the aesthetic observation of the artists, the borderlands no longer have the desolation of 西出阳关无故人 (xī chū yáng guān wú gù rén - "once you leave Yang Pass, you will find no acquaintances," feeling of loneliness when departing to a remote place), but shine with humanistic charm, development vitality, and are engraved with the power of national unity and striving.
Art paints the borderlands, and the music never stops. In the new era, with the in-depth promotion of the action of enriching the border areas and benefiting the people, the development of the border areas has been renewed, providing a constant stream of inspiration for art creation. A group of art workers have successively gone deep into the border areas, carefully feeling the hot production in the border areas, the beautiful life of the border people, etc., and painting the epic chapters of the great changes in the border areas. In the large-scale Chinese painting "Prosperous Xinjiang (盛世新疆)," newly created by the art workers organized by the Painting and Calligraphy Office of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (全国政协书画室) and the National Art Museum of China (中国美术馆), the athletes of various ethnic groups gather together and gallop on the grassland with green grass, which is so joyful; in another large-scale Chinese painting "Great Beauty of Tibet (大美西藏)" organized and created by them, the Tibetan people sing and dance, and are happy. The two works are a vivid interpretation and affectionate praise of the new era of "all ethnic groups are as close as one family."
The borderlands in the art works take the harmony of all things and the common progress of the nation as the background, and use vivid artistic language to show the magnificence and abundance, the profoundness and simplicity of the borderlands, and convey the vigorous vitality of "Harmonious Border, National Unity."
(The author is the Vice Dean of the School of Art of Northwest University (西北大学)).
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Inside the Art Museum of the Central Academy of Fine Arts, 244 pieces (sets) of works by 133 artists from five continents are initiating an artistic dialogue that transcends mountains and seas. "Flowing Artistic Domains: International Art Exchange Research Exhibition from the Collection of the Art Museum of the Central Academy of Fine Arts (中央美术学院美术馆)" uses art history as its basic thread, attempting to outline the development of modern world art through its own collection.
In the Chinese art museum world, international art collections have always been a small category, and the academic community has also lacked confidence in the artistic level of the international works in the collection. However, it cannot be ignored that in contemporary society, collecting and displaying world art classics and promoting mutual learning among civilizations are important symbols of a museum's international influence and a reflection of the country's cultural soft power. Therefore, the Art Museum of the Central Academy of Fine Arts (中央美术学院美术馆) is determined to plan a special exhibition based on the thousands of international art collections accumulated over the decades, and to think about the path of art development from a global perspective.
The composition of the exhibition's works reflects a uniqueness—the convergence of art works from many countries hides clues to modern China's understanding of the world, reflecting a historical perspective of seeing the world from China. This perspective was first directed towards Europe. The exhibition features a group of European oil paintings represented by "Women's Head" painted by the French realist painter Courbet, which was initially collected by the Peiping Research Institute (北平研究院) in the 1930s, reflecting the artistic tendencies of the first public research institutions in modern China. In the 1950s, our attention turned to the art of the Soviet Union and friendly countries in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. After the reform and opening up, more attention was paid to various schools of modernism. Since the 21st century, fresh and diverse art forms such as photography, installation art, and video art have been valued. The presentation of such a clue at the exhibition site reflects the internal connection between the history of art collection and China's century-old history of world culture acceptance. Many international art schools and artists appearing in the exhibition were once objects of study and reference for domestic artists, and have had a profound impact on the development of Chinese art. From this, it can also be seen that China's international art exchanges over the past 100 years have been continuously expanding through 兼收并蓄 (jiān shōu bìng xù - "accept all and tolerate everything," to accept different things).
Modern China has also received the attention of the world. The works created by international artists while traveling in China reflect the world's perspective on China and have become a highlight of this exhibition. Agnès Varda and Marc Riboud of France were photographers who came to China after the founding of the People's Republic of China. They focused their lenses on ordinary scenes in people's lives, paying attention to the collision and dialogue between ancient and modern China, and entrusting their deep feelings for China in their creations. Through their works, we can understand China's image in the eyes of the world.
The artistic characteristics of different regions are extremely different, but the laws of beauty are interconnected. Throughout the history of world art, Chinese porcelain art and French Rococo art, Japanese Ukiyo-e and European Post-Impressionism, and African primitive art and European Cubism art all have shallow origins, illustrating the importance of international art exchanges. Perspectives from foreign lands can bring new discoveries, and openness, mutual learning, and integration are precisely the factors that revitalize art.
The road of international art collection in art museums is still long, and the "Flowing Artistic Domains" exhibition is only a preliminary exploration. It is expected that in the future, Chinese audiences will be able to appreciate more complete world art classics from their own collections at their doorsteps.
(The author is the Director of the Collection Department of the Art Museum of the Central Academy of Fine Arts (中央美术学院美术馆))
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My maternal grandfather, Zhang Wanchun (张万春), was an ordinary old farmer in the countryside of central Shandong. In the late stage of the Anti-Japanese War, the young and strong man was one of the millions of civilian laborers supporting the front lines in the Qilu (齐鲁) region. Many years later, as I gradually began to engage with the creation of red-themed art in Shandong from the perspective of researching regional art history and planning art exhibitions, and saw touching works depicting red sisters-in-law saving the wounded, the mass production movement, and "mothers calling their sons to fight the Eastern barbarians, and wives sending their husbands to the battlefield," recalling the wrinkles on my grandfather's calf left during the process of supporting the front lines, I realized more truly and specifically how common and profound the five characters of "the deep affection between the army and the people" were written among the older generation of Shandong people. This also prompted me to plan the "Mengshan High Yishui Long (蒙山高 沂水长) - Commemorating the 80th Anniversary of the Victory of the Anti-Japanese War and the 'Inheritance and Promotion of the Yimeng Spirit' Theme Art Exhibition."
During the Anti-Japanese War, the Shandong army and people were as close as a family, with the Yimeng (沂蒙) area being the most typical. Artists naturally turned their brushes to Yimeng. In the creations of various periods, although the artists' expressions were each beautiful in their own way, the emotional projection was highly consistent, conveying the deep affection between the army and the people with profound thematic content and distinct artistic personality.
The "Yimeng Red Sisters-in-law" who saved the wounded with breast milk, the "Yimeng Mothers" who risked their lives to protect and nurture the descendants of the revolution... Yimeng women made irreplaceable contributions to the victory of the Chinese revolution and were also an important subject for artists to depict. Shan Yinggui's (单应桂) Chinese painting "Yishui Hange (沂水欢歌)" (see picture) and other works use realistic techniques to show the gentleness, confidence, and simplicity of women, cleverly highlighting the theme of loving the Party and loving the army through details such as "washing military uniforms."
Comrade Chen Yi (陈毅) once said: "The victory of the Huaihai Campaign (淮海战役) was pushed out by the people with small carts." Artists had different ideas about expressing the Yimeng people's support for the front lines. Chen Guoli (陈国力) and Lü Jianjun (吕建军) created the oil painting "Fengbei (丰碑)," which placed the mottled and vicissitudinous handcart, symbolizing the people's enthusiastic support for the front lines, on the top of the mountains, overlooking all the mountains, giving the epic of supporting the front lines a strong symbolic and grand image.
With the development of the times, artists continue to deeply cultivate the Yimeng spirit. In the huge Chinese painting "Construction of the Shandong Anti-Japanese Base Area (Yimeng Fengbei) (山东抗日根据地建设（沂蒙丰碑）)," Li Xueming (李学明) uses freehand painting language to unfold a panoramic depiction of the scenes of more than 300 soldiers and civilians learning, producing, training, and transporting, allowing the passionate years to be artistically reproduced on the paper.
Each piece of work, whether beautiful or majestic, whether expressing feelings directly or leading to a secluded path, is the result of repeated tempering by artists who have traveled all over the mountains and rivers of Yimeng, delved into historical sites, and deeply studied historical facts. Today, these works have become samples to be observed and studied, writing a vivid footnote to the Yimeng spirit.
An era has the stories of an era, and an era has the art of an era. Although the smoke of war has long gone, the Yimeng spirit of "the Party and the masses being of one heart, the army and the people having deep affection, being as inseparable as fish and water, and sharing life and death" is inherited and promoted by generations of artists.
(Author's unit: Shandong Art Museum (山东美术馆))
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The grasses and trees are lush, all things flourish, and the cicadas' chirping plays the music of nature. Changes in the natural world inspire the Chinese people's cultural understanding, which is more evident in painting, with cicadas as a subject being one example.
Initially, the cultural image of cicadas in traditional paintings was roughly twofold: one was Yu Shinan (虞世南) of the Tang Dynasty's "Perched high, its voice travels far, not relying on the autumn wind" (居高声自远，非是藉秋风), where the cicada's voice is long and loud, conveying a sense of confidence; the other was Li Shangyin (李商隐) of the Tang Dynasty's "Originally difficult to be full when high, vainly hating the wasted sound" (本以高难饱，徒劳恨费声), where the cicada's voice is lonely and clear, expressing a sense of desolation. Later, cicadas gained more of a "Zen" flavor, blending with the varied brushstrokes, making them thought-provoking.
For painters, painting cicadas should not be limited to realism, but should also understand the cultural spirit contained within them in order to open up new realms of painting. For example, in Shen Zhou (沈周) of the Ming Dynasty's "Album of Lying-down Travels" (《卧游图》) there is "Autumn Willow and Chirping Cicada" (《秋柳鸣蝉》), which depicts an ink cicada perched on a willow branch. Although this cicada is not as lifelike as the one depicted in Huang Quan (黄筌) of the Five Dynasties' "Sketch of Rare Birds" (《写生珍禽图》), its spiritual resemblance is not diminished in the slightest. Shen Zhou inscribed a poem on the painting, saying: "Autumn has reached the first month, the remaining sound surrounds the slender branches. Following the sound to trace your form, solemnly not forgetting the poem." (秋已及一月，残声绕细枝。因声追尔质，郑重未忘诗。) This means that although it is already autumn, the chirping cicadas hidden in the green trees are not anxious, and continue their singing, as if the poet, already in old age, still cannot forget the meaning of poetry. Thus, the brush and ink transcend reality and become a continuation of the cultural spirit.
By incorporating the same cultural spirit into their creations, painters from different eras have the possibility of dialogue across time and space. In Li Shan (李鱓) of the Qing Dynasty's "Twelve Flowers and Birds" (《花鸟十二开》), "Cicada" (《蝉》), it is also willow trees and cicadas, but Li Shan painted them more freely and refreshingly. Although the painter copied Li Shangyin's "Willow" (《柳》) on the painting, he ignored the sadness conveyed by the original poem, and inscribed: "The sixth month of summer, the humid heat steams people, occasionally sketching a tall willow and chirping cicada, feeling a cool air." (夏六月，溽暑蒸人，偶写高柳鸣蝉，觉有清凉之气。) What he painted was obviously his current state of mind, and a calm mind and cool body are the natural meaning.
Since modern times, there have been many famous painters of cicadas, such as Qi Baishi (齐白石), Wang Xuetao (王雪涛), and Tang Yun (唐云). The old man Baishi once said: "After studying painting for fifty years, I only caught live insects to sketch when I was forty years old, and got seven insects in total" (学画五十年，惟四十岁时戏捉活虫写照，共得七虫), which shows that the meticulous grass and insects under his brush originated from real-world observation. Baishi's cicadas are often paired with freehand flowers, presenting the interest of combining meticulous and freehand styles. However, more painters either pursue realism, focusing solely on sketching from life; or pursue imagery, focusing solely on freehand, and few people can transcend the present, sublimate their spirit, and look at flower and bird painting creation with a broader vision. This reminds today's art workers that they should not only pursue the improvement of skills, but forget the original intention of painting - the expression of emotions, the perception of life, and the inheritance and promotion of the traditional cultural spirit.
Listening to the cicadas chirping quietly relies not only on the ears, but also on a sincere heart, and then in the creation, the realism and freehand are combined into one, realizing the transcendence of the tradition of flower and bird painting, so that the cicada's voice can penetrate the picture, either loud and far-reaching, or lofty and cool.
(Author's affiliation: Chinese National Academy of Arts (中国艺术研究院))
Return to TopLocated on the bank of Dishui Lake (滴水湖) in Lingang (临港), the main building of the Shanghai Astronomy Museum (上海天文馆) uses a beautiful spiral shape to mimic the orbital motion of celestial bodies, allowing visitors to experience the wonders of the universe before entering the museum.
Inside the museum, the circular skylight, the inverted dome, and the planetarium become the three highlights of the architecture. The flow of light under the circular skylight and the waxing and waning of the halo around the planetarium lead people to explore the mysteries of time. To create an immersive experience like being in the universe, the concrete and steel structure of the entire planetarium are almost all in irregular shapes, and the smooth curves are like the trajectory of stars. Through the ingenious design of building scale, form, and light and shadow, the design team has opened a new window for people to experience the starry sky, understand the universe, and think about the future.
Photo by Cai Ruwa (蔡如娃).
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