Summary: The article focuses on Xi Jinping's emphasis on "common prosperity" (共同富裕) as a key goal of the CCP and Chinese modernization, revisiting his past statements and initiatives on the topic. It highlights his focus on reducing disparities between urban and rural areas, regions, and income levels as crucial steps towards achieving this goal. The piece emphasizes the importance of rural revitalization and development in less developed regions to ensure that all citizens benefit from China's progress. The article also mentions efforts to improve social welfare, healthcare, and housing to enhance people's sense of fulfillment and security. It stresses that achieving common prosperity is not only an economic issue but also a political imperative for the Party's legitimacy.
Summary: The article discusses the increasing integration of culture and tourism in China, citing Xi Jinping's call to develop the sector into a pillar industry. It highlights examples from Guizhou and Shaanxi, where local ethnic culture and historical sites are being leveraged to attract tourists and boost economic growth. The piece emphasizes innovation in tourism offerings, such as immersive experiences and the promotion of traditional culture through tourism, to meet evolving consumer demands. A cultural and tourism ministry official stated that the ministry would work to improve traveler experiences. There is no discussion of the United States or U.S.-China relations in the article.
Summary: The article argues that the high-quality development of China's cultural tourism industry is shifting from competition based on scenic landscapes to a focus on storytelling. It emphasizes the importance of highlighting unique cultural elements and prioritizing emotional resonance with the public in these narratives, moving away from generic tourism experiences. The author states that successful cultural tourism should present China's image to the world and promote mutual understanding between civilizations. In essence, telling good cultural tourism stories is telling good Chinese stories.
Summary: Entrusted by Xi Jinping, Cai Qi visited experts on summer vacation in Beidaihe, conveying greetings from the Party Central Committee and the State Council. Cai emphasized the importance of experts to the Party and the nation, highlighting Xi Jinping's focus on talent and innovation. He urged experts to study Xi Jinping Thought and contribute to building a strong nation. Shi Taifeng and Chen Yiqin accompanied Cai during the visit.
Summary: The article emphasizes the importance of studying and implementing Xi Jinping Thought to strengthen Party spirit and improve governance. It highlights the need to deeply understand the Party's innovative theories, exemplified by the "Eight-Point Regulation," to address practical challenges and transform both the subjective and objective worlds. It stresses using the Party's innovation theory and integrating it with practice, learning from historical experiences like the "sweet potato economy" to guide development. The article promotes clean and bold action, emphasizing the rule of law and preventing corruption. It also mentions China balancing economic growth with ecological protection.
Summary: This article appears to be part of a series examining Xi Jinping's cultural concepts and practices during his time working in Zhejiang province. The ninth installment focuses on news and public opinion ("*xinwen yulun*"). The article also commemorates the 20th anniversary of the "Two Mountains" theory, framing it as a contribution of Chinese wisdom to global ecological civilization.
Summary: The article discusses how three agricultural universities—China Agricultural University, Anhui Agricultural University, and Hunan Agricultural University—are inspiring students to contribute to agricultural development through innovative programs tied to their admissions processes. China Agricultural University includes seeds of pest-resistant corn varieties like "Nongda 778" with its acceptance letters, while Anhui Agricultural University sends creative gifts featuring wheat and other seeds, and Hunan Agricultural University highlights Yuan Longping's hybrid rice legacy. Farmers are working with Hunan Agricultural University to plant and grow "regeneration rice," and increase their yield by working with the university's scholars. The article emphasizes the importance of agricultural technology in improving crop yields and resilience.
Summary: The Ministry of Finance announced it is publicly exposing six cases of local governments incurring illegal hidden debt. The cases involve officials in Liaoning, Fujian, Shandong, Hubei, Chongqing, and Sichuan provinces who were held accountable for adding to hidden debt through various means, such as using state-owned enterprises for financing projects. For example, then-Xiamen Vice Mayor Huang was held accountable for adding 68.396 billion yuan in hidden debt. The Ministry of Finance stressed the need to strictly implement accountability mechanisms and resolutely curb the increase of hidden debt.
Summary: Chinese domestic production of air suspension systems is rapidly increasing, driven by demand from the electric vehicle sector. Experts note that domestic firms like Konghui Technology have achieved technological breakthroughs and can offer customized solutions at lower costs and with faster turnaround times than foreign competitors. Konghui Technology reports significant sales growth and partnerships with domestic EV manufacturers, enabling them to offer air suspension even in relatively inexpensive models. Experts emphasize that domestic companies have broken the foreign monopoly on the product, and that international brands are now considering using Chinese air suspension systems. The rise of domestic EV production has provided opportunities for domestic suppliers of systems like air suspension.
Summary: China has expanded its unilateral visa-free and transit visa-free policies to 47 and 55 countries, respectively, while simplifying visa application procedures and improving services for inbound tourists. Foreign tourists have reported increased convenience and efficiency in customs clearance, payment options, and overall travel experiences, with examples given in Beijing, Zhangjiajie, and other cities. Nicolas Figueroa, a Chilean travel blogger, noted that these visa-free policies showcase China's openness. Kasper Westerman, Vice President of the Netherlands China Economic and Trade Promotion Association, has benefitted from the visa free policy, noting the ease with which he can experience Chinese culture. These policies are seen as promoting cultural exchange and encouraging foreigners to understand China, with Swiss national Zuerifu noting the benefits for the China-Switzerland Chamber of Commerce.
Summary: China's economy is demonstrating innovation and resilience with strong growth, prompting international institutions to revise their forecasts upward. The growth is fueled by innovation, cooperation, and youth culture, particularly in new industries and technologies. The "three new" economic activities now account for 18.01% of GDP, with high-tech manufacturing and foreign investment in high-tech industries increasing. A delegation from the US-China Business Council, including representatives from prominent American companies, recently visited China and acknowledged China's commitment to opening up, which is crucial for foreign investment, including from the U.S. China's continued opening and development aim to provide opportunities for global growth amid global economic challenges.
Summary: Siemens executive Cedrik Neike stated that China holds strategic importance for Siemens and that the company will continue to increase investment in the Chinese market for mutual benefit with its partners. Neike emphasized the necessity of competing in the Chinese market to enhance global competitiveness and noted China's advantages in technologies like batteries and motors. He highlighted Siemens' digital factory in Nanjing as a model for "industrial metaverse" and praised China's innovation in AI. Siemens has increased R&D investment and launched locally developed products tailored for the Chinese market. Neike expressed confidence in China's long-term economic prospects and Siemens' commitment to supporting high-quality development through industrial automation.
Summary: Chinese agricultural experts have significantly increased rice yields in Burundi through the Sino-Burundi Senior Agricultural Expert Technical Cooperation Project, initiated in 2009. The project involves dispatching agricultural experts to promote high-quality rice varieties and advanced farming techniques. These experts have established demonstration villages and cultivated suitable rice strains, leading to substantial increases in rice production and farmer incomes. Prosper Dodiko, Burundi's Minister of Agriculture and Livestock, stated that the Chinese experts have injected new momentum into Burundi's agricultural development and cultivated agricultural technicians. The project has been integrated into Burundi's national agricultural development plan.
Summary: Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) is strengthening its talent cultivation through collaborations with companies like Huawei, exemplified by joint labs, student participation in HarmonyOS development, and industry mentorships, aiming to solve critical technological challenges. SJTU is also focusing on ideological and political education, utilizing resources like the Qian Xuesen Library to instill patriotism and dedication to national service in students. The university is innovating teaching methods by integrating industry practices into curriculum, promoting interdisciplinary studies, and establishing long-term mechanisms for talent development aligned with national strategic needs. SJTU emphasizes the importance of faculty engagement in teaching, integrating research into the classroom and promoting a culture of teaching excellence. The curriculum highlighted the need to address U.S. challenges in technological innovation.
Summary: An article in the People's Daily discusses the importance of Communist Party members prioritizing the interests of the people and the Party above personal relationships and gains. It uses historical examples like Zhao Yiman and Mao Zedong to illustrate upholding principles while still valuing relationships. The piece emphasizes distinguishing between public and private interests, rejecting special requests, and maintaining integrity. It promotes strictness and love in dealing with colleagues, subordinates, friends, and relatives, and highlights serving the people wholeheartedly. It did not mention the United States.
Summary: Driven by relocation and industrial development, villagers in Nan沱 Town, Fuling District, Chongqing have successfully cultivated lychees since the beginning of the 21st century, reviving the local scenic spot, "Lipu Spring Breeze." Improved infrastructure, including roads reaching farms and efficient logistics, allows the fresh lychees to be delivered quickly to distant consumers via the Yangtze River. The provided photograph illustrates the integrated road transportation network at the Fuling Yangtze River Bridge. The article does not discuss United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: In the first half of 2025, Guangxi's cross-border e-commerce import and export volume exceeded 25 billion RMB, a year-on-year increase of over 140%, with nearly 70% of that trade being with ASEAN countries. The State Council approved the establishment of new cross-border e-commerce comprehensive pilot zones in Wuzhou, Beihai, and Fangchenggang, bringing the total in Guangxi to seven. Guangxi has implemented measures to accelerate the development of the cross-border e-commerce industry, including overseas warehouse construction and talent training. Guangxi has established over 30 overseas warehouses in ASEAN, Europe and the US, helping over 600 cross-border e-commerce companies sell goods to over 160 countries.
Summary: Heavy rainfall is expected in Southern and Northwestern China from August 3rd to 5th, prompting the State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters to initiate a Level IV emergency response for Guangdong, Gansu, and Ningxia, dispatching a work team to Guangdong. The Ministry of Water Resources elevated the flood defense emergency response for Gansu and Qinghai to Level III due to high risk of mountain洪灾, focusing on localized heavy rainfall and vulnerable areas. Red alerts for mountain flood disasters have been issued in parts of Gansu and Qinghai. The Ministry of Water Resources has instructed local water authorities to closely monitor rainfall, adjust warning thresholds, and ensure timely dissemination of warning information. There is no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: During Typhoon "Zhu Jiecao," a transformer failure caused a power outage in Nantong City, Jiangsu Province. Two young Communist Party members from the Chongchuan District Power Supply Service Center led the repair efforts in heavy rain and wind, quickly identifying and fixing the broken transformer lead. To do so, they decided to cut power to 12 transformers, notified local residents, and swiftly repaired the equipment. Power was restored in under 30 minutes, earning praise from the community. The article makes no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations.
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Summary: The article discusses China's shift towards high-quality urban development, emphasizing a move from rapid expansion to internal improvement. It highlights the importance of historical perspective, adapting strategies to local conditions, and balanced, coordinated development in urban planning and governance. It quotes Xi Jinping's remarks on avoiding homogenized development and focusing on unique regional strengths. The piece underscores the need for holistic approaches, considering both urban and rural areas, and integrating industry with livability to achieve sustainable and people-centric urban growth. The United States is not mentioned.
Summary: At the recent China International Supply Chain Expo (CISCE), exhibitors showcased collaborative partnerships along supply chains, highlighting a shift from individual product promotion to showcasing entire ecosystems. Companies like GE Healthcare, BOE, and McDonald's China emphasized cooperation with upstream and downstream partners, presenting integrated solutions and supply chain collaborations. This cooperative approach, moving beyond competition, enables companies to jointly expand the market and enhance product quality to meet consumer demands. The article also suggests that current global supply chains already span across national borders, and that China is committed to international cooperation as a means to achieve mutual benefits and shared development.
Summary: The 2025 World Artificial Intelligence Conference and the High-Level Meeting on Global AI Governance were recently held in Shanghai, bringing together over 1,500 representatives from over 70 countries and regions. The event featured over 800 exhibiting companies, a substantial portion being innovative enterprises, and showcased over 3,000 cutting-edge technologies. More than 100 "global debut" or "China premiere" products were exhibited. The conference emphasized human-machine collaboration as key to unlocking the future of AI.
Summary: The first article discusses the recent implementation of a national childcare subsidy program in China, providing 3600 RMB per child annually. The author argues that this subsidy demonstrates a commitment to "investing in people," fostering a more supportive environment for families and encouraging higher birth rates. However, the author notes the need for comprehensive measures beyond subsidies, including childcare support, housing assistance, and reduced education costs. The second article highlights the importance of frugality in government, advocating for measures such as avoiding bottled water at meetings and tracking office supply use to eliminate waste. The author argues that addressing these small details is essential for cultivating a culture of thrift and responsible resource management within party and government organizations.
Summary: A recent survey in Shanghai revealed that migrant children (流动儿童) face challenges related to limited recreational resources, unstable social circles, and parental neglect due to work demands. Experts emphasize the importance of quality recreation for cognitive development and social integration, noting that migrant children are more prone to emotional and psychological issues due to restricted access to facilities and excessive screen time. China is implementing measures to provide basic public services to permanent residents, but the article suggests a need for more child-friendly urban planning and psychological support. The article advocates for cities to adopt inclusive policies and prioritize the well-being of migrant children, ensuring they feel welcomed and supported.
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Summary: According to Zhao Hongwei, an academician at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, heavy ion research has contributed to national strategic projects like the "Two Bombs, One Satellite" program and has been crucial in advancing aerospace, agriculture, medicine, and new materials. Zhao emphasized the importance of heavy ion accelerators as tools to observe the microscopic world, stressing the need for breakthroughs in energy, ion beam intensity, and quality. He also highlighted the application of heavy ion accelerators in crop breeding, material modification, and cancer treatment, specifically mentioning the domestically produced heavy-ion cancer treatment system. Zhao underscored the significance of long-term commitment to basic research, technological innovation, and stable investment to achieve scientific and technological strength. He also encouraged young researchers to integrate into teams, synergize with each other, and improve capabilities to solve problems.
Summary: The article highlights the importance of "long-termism" (长期主义) as a key mindset for researchers in basic sciences in China, quoting Zhao Hongwei. It emphasizes that basic research, which aims to explore the unknown and potentially disrupt existing frameworks, requires patience and dedication over decades. Researchers are encouraged to focus on scientifically valuable areas, avoid expecting immediate returns, and actively seek certainty within uncertainty, accumulating progress towards long-term goals. The article advocates for more researchers to commit to long-term objectives and make steady progress in basic research.
Summary: The article reports on the legacy of General Chen Anbao, a hero of the Second Sino-Japanese War, focusing on the school named in his honor in Taizhou, Zhejiang. Chen Anbao donated his life savings to rebuild the school during the war. He died in the Nanchang battle in 1939 after fighting in the Songhu battle and killing a key figure in the Japanese occupation of Manchuria. His heroic actions are now taught in local schools, and memorial sites have been established in his honor. The article emphasizes that Chen Anbao's spirit and sacrifice continue to inspire patriotism.
Summary: China's Ministry of Transport announced the full implementation of electronic licenses for seafarers starting August 1st, encompassing 22 types of certifications including competency certificates and health documents. These digital licenses hold the same legal weight as their paper counterparts and can be accessed via the Maritime Affairs APP or online platform, eliminating the need for physical application or delivery. During a transition period lasting until the end of 2025, both electronic and paper licenses will be issued concurrently. After the transition period, paper licenses will still be available upon request. The adoption of electronic licenses aims to standardize maritime affairs services, improve convenience for seafarers, and mitigate the risk of document forgery.
Summary: Retiree Chen Xinghai and his brother Chen Xinghe have spent the last eight years of their retirement restoring a 15-kilometer section of the ancient Bijing road in Chongqing, a former part of the Sichuan-Guizhou official road from the Northern Song Dynasty. Despite initial skepticism from villagers and family, the brothers persisted, using their retirement funds and manual labor to clear overgrown vegetation, repair stone slabs, and uncover local scenic spots documented in historical records. The restored path, including the rediscovered "Stone Spring Grease" (石泉凝脂), has now attracted tourists, bringing renewed vitality to the area. The brothers plan to continue their work, hoping to attract more tourists to see the beauty of Bishan.
Summary: Liaoning province has expanded its mediation system to address emerging industries and public needs, establishing over 1,200 specialized mediation organizations covering more than 20 fields, including intellectual property, environmental protection, and finance. These organizations have resolved over 20,000 disputes this year. The Liaoning Provincial Department of Justice, in conjunction with other departments, has issued guidance and regulations to strengthen industry-specific and professional people's mediation work. This included establishing diversified mechanisms for resolving conflicts under new circumstances.
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Summary: The article discusses the rapid growth of shared electric bicycles (e-bikes) in China and the convenience they offer, while also addressing associated problems like disorderly parking, safety concerns, and fire hazards. Readers and experts note the potential for e-bikes to solve the "last mile" problem and contribute to green transportation, but also emphasize the need for stricter regulations. Some argue that shared e-bikes are easier to manage than private ones due to centralized charging and professional maintenance. Cities are exploring ways to integrate shared e-bikes with public transportation, such as allowing e-bike parking at bus stops. The article suggests that with proper management, shared e-bikes can complement the urban green transportation system.
Summary: A shuttered quarry in Jinfeng Town, Zhangjiagang City, Jiangsu Province, is now being used as an illegal dumping ground for cement mixer wastewater, according to a report submitted to the People's Daily "Exposure Platform." The quarry, formerly a source of noise and dust pollution, has remained idle without remediation and is now posing a new environmental threat to nearby rivers and farmland. A concerned citizen has reported this to the press, urging relevant departments to address the issue. The report does not explicitly mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: This article addresses three separate issues within China. First, it discusses the need for regulation of "exploring stores" (探店) videos with shopping links that fail to clearly label themselves as advertisements. The author, Song Bo, calls for increased supervision, stricter penalties, and platform accountability. Secondly, Liu Zihan suggests improvements to bus stop lighting, advocating for installation in unlit areas, upgrades to LED or solar lighting, and regular maintenance. Thirdly, Liu Zhangye reports on fake ticket booths outside concert venues that deceive consumers into paying for unnecessary printed tickets, recommending increased patrols, accessible reporting channels, and fraud prevention measures from ticket platforms.
Summary: Following a report in the *People's Daily* regarding the dumping of coal gangue on farmland in Xin'an County, Henan Province, a joint investigation team was formed by Luoyang and Xin'an governments. The investigation found that Xin'yi Mining Co. had contracted with several companies to dispose of coal gangue, resulting in the occupation of over 340 mu of land, including cultivated land. Soil and groundwater testing indicated that they met the relevant requirements, and restoration efforts, including covering the affected areas with soil, were conducted. Disciplinary actions were taken against 19 individuals for dereliction of duty, and the county government pledged to strengthen oversight and address environmental violations.
Summary: The People's Daily "Letters from Readers" section and the People's Daily Online "Leaders' Message Board" are jointly soliciting information and suggestions from the public regarding urgent issues and concerns related to insurance sales practices. Readers are invited to submit clues and recommendations via email or mobile app platforms. The initiative aims to address issues of public concern through these channels. There is no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations in the article.
Summary: The Central Urban Work Conference was recently held in Beijing, where Xi Jinping delivered an important speech. The speech summarized China's urban development achievements in the new era, analyzed the situation facing urban work, and clarified the overall requirements, important principles, and key tasks for doing urban work well. The conference proposed building innovative, livable, beautiful, resilient, civilized, and intelligent modern people's cities. This signals a renewed focus on holistic and people-centric urban development strategies. The article introduces a series of visual reports highlighting the new progress and achievements of urban construction in the new era.
Summary: This article emphasizes that innovation is the "key variable" and "biggest increment" for future success, particularly in the context of cities. It highlights innovation as the primary driver for high-quality urban development, citing examples like Xiong'an New Area's innovation ecosystem and Wuhan's AI industry growth. The piece advocates for deepening reform and opening up as well as high-quality urban renewal to enhance urban dynamism. Furthermore, it stresses the importance of tailoring policies to specific cities to stimulate innovation and entrepreneurship, thereby propelling high-quality development through new quality productive forces.
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Summary: This article discusses Xi Jinping's directives on news and public opinion during his time working in Zhejiang province. It emphasizes the importance of the media adhering to the Party's line, maintaining ideological control, and promoting positive narratives that unite and inspire the public. Xi stressed the need to integrate the Party's agenda with the people's concerns, while also prioritizing innovation in media practices and cultivating a dedicated and politically reliable media workforce. He also highlighted the importance of managing the internet to ensure it serves as a positive force for propaganda and ideological work. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: Xi Jinping's remarks emphasize the dialectical relationship between "acting promptly" (立说立行) and "achieving success through sustained effort" (久久为功), advocating for both speed and strategic patience in governance. The article argues that "acting promptly" is essential for seizing opportunities in a rapidly changing world, while "sustained effort" is crucial for long-term goals like technological innovation and ecological conservation, requiring a balance to avoid short-sightedness or missed opportunities. It stresses the importance of a correct view on performance, avoiding focus on either quick results or inaction. The article references international competition and long-term goals for development.
Summary: China's express delivery sector is experiencing new opportunities thanks to policies promoting the replacement of old consumer goods, with the 100 billionth delivery of the year being an old appliance being replaced. Delivery companies are upgrading their services to include integrated delivery and installation, and expanding into non-standard express services, leading to increased business volume. Companies like SF Express and JD Logistics are leveraging technology like AI image detection to streamline verification processes for subsidized goods and optimize reverse logistics. The expansion of domestic demand is driving express companies to improve service networks and technology applications.
Summary: The article discusses efforts to regulate disorderly, low-price competition among major Chinese food delivery platforms like Meituan, Taobao, and Ele.me, who have pledged to adhere to regulations and reject unfair competition. These platforms had previously engaged in promotional activities such as "0-yuan purchases" to capture market share and user habits in the local services sector. Regulatory bodies like the State Administration for Market Regulation have intervened, urging compliance with laws like the E-commerce Law and the Anti-Unfair Competition Law. The aim is to move away from price wars and towards value creation through innovation and improved services, fostering a healthier and more sustainable competitive environment.
Summary: A report from the Banking and Wealth Management Registration and Custody Center indicates that as of June, China's bank wealth management market reached 30.67 trillion yuan, with 1.63 million new products issued in the first half of the year, raising 36.72 trillion yuan. Wealth management products are increasingly supporting the real economy, with over 21 trillion yuan invested in bonds and other assets. Investment is increasingly going to green bonds, "Belt and Road" projects, and small and medium-sized enterprises. Wealth management firms are also focusing on elderly care financial products, with over 1.43 million investors in personal pension wealth management products as of June. No mention of the United States was found in this article.
Summary: A domestically developed 2-ton electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft (eVTOL), named "Kairiou," successfully completed its first global maritime petroleum platform material transport flight. The eVTOL carried supplies from Shenzhen to the Huizhou 19-3 platform, located 150 kilometers offshore, in 58 minutes. This achievement represents a significant advancement in China's sea-land low-altitude logistics capabilities. The technology has the potential to revolutionize offshore platform operations through personnel transport, emergency medical assistance, and rapid delivery of essential supplies.
Summary: Yongkang city and Zhejiang University have jointly established the Modern Hardware Industry Talent Academy to address the shortage of skilled professionals in industrial internet platform development. The academy facilitates student internships and training in companies like Zhejiang Xinkaidi Digital Technology, where they work on projects such as designing intelligent factory platforms for local hardware manufacturers. This initiative aims to bridge the gap between talent supply and the growing demand for digital upgrades in Yongkang's over 50,000 hardware manufacturing enterprises. The academy combines theoretical guidance from university professors with practical experience from company mentors. Yongkang city has cultivated over 1,000 hardware industry talents and trained over 5,000 people through industry-university cooperation.
Summary: A Chongqing hospital is partnering with Sunshine Life Insurance to expand long-term care insurance (LTCI) benefits to moderately disabled individuals, with Sunshine Life personnel assessing applicants and facilitating monthly subsidies. Since 2022, Sunshine Life Chongqing has served 135,700 disabled individuals and paid out 140 million yuan. Sunshine Insurance is also supporting small and micro enterprises (SMEs) by offering insurance products that replace large security deposits, freeing up cash flow for business operations; in 2024, it served 12,000 SMEs with such products. Sunshine Insurance is deepening its presence in inclusive finance by expanding its network to the county level, and directing its service and product designs to better serve the masses. The company aims to enable equal access to insurance for families and enterprises.
Summary: Kenli District in Dongying, Shandong province, has begun construction of a zero-carbon industrial park powered entirely by direct-connect green electricity (wind and solar). The park will feature a 40 GWh lithium battery green intelligent manufacturing base and other projects across the lithium battery industrial chain. The park aims to achieve self-sufficiency in clean energy through wind-solar coupling and grid-forming technologies, meeting enterprise energy needs for over 8,000 hours annually. Dongying aims to reduce energy consumption and increase efficiency throughout the high-carbon industry chain. It will be a model for the green and low-carbon transformation of heavy industry cities.
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Summary: China's Supreme People's Court issued new judicial interpretations on labor dispute cases, effective September 2025, addressing issues like social insurance, non-compete agreements, and subcontracting in the construction industry. The interpretations clarify that agreements waiving mandatory social insurance contributions are invalid, allowing employees to terminate contracts and receive compensation, and that employers cannot avoid paying double wages if an employee deliberately avoids signing a labor contract. Non-compete obligations should align with the employee's knowledge of confidential information, with excessive restrictions deemed invalid. In subcontracting scenarios, the contractor is responsible for work-related injury insurance, ensuring workers receive timely compensation.
Summary: An official from the Henglong Judicial Office in Anyuan District, Pingxiang City, Jiangxi Province, discusses the importance of balancing law, reason, and emotion in mediating disputes at the grassroots level. The official emphasizes the need for clear communication and understanding of local customs to effectively resolve conflicts, and advocates for utilizing "legal experts" and local leaders in mediation to improve the effectiveness of dispute resolution and prevent escalation. The official also highlights the importance of legal education that resonates with the local population, advocating for case-based explanations and accessible legal services in villages. The goal is to integrate the rule of law into the daily lives of citizens. There is no mention of the United States.
Summary: A recent Ministry of Justice symposium revealed that China has 285 arbitration institutions and over 60,000 arbitrators, including over 3,400 from abroad. In 2024, these institutions handled 4,373 foreign-related arbitration cases with a total value of 197.8 billion yuan. The Ministry of Justice is focusing on building international commercial arbitration centers to serve major national strategies. Beijing, Shanghai, and Shenzhen now rank among the top ten most popular arbitration locations globally. The Ministry seeks to improve China's international influence and competitiveness in arbitration.
Summary: Batong County in Hubei Province is focusing on developing specialized agriculture through a "company + base + farmer" model. The county is collaborating with research institutes to develop unique products and promote the integration of agriculture, culture, and tourism. The aim is to create new pathways to prosperity for farmers in the mountainous regions. The provided picture depicts tourists harvesting pears in a pear orchard base in Xiling Town.
Summary: On August 3rd, a ceremony was held in Ngari Prefecture, Tibet, to rebury the remains of eight martyrs who died during the region's revolution and construction. Over 440 representatives, including relatives, soldiers, cadres, workers, and students, attended the event at the Shiquanhe Martyrs Cemetery. The remains of the eight martyrs, identified through DNA testing, were moved to their final resting place, with attendees paying their respects. Model worker Angzhu and the nephew of martyr Zhang Xirong were reported as attending the ceremony. The ceremony commemorated the sacrifices made by these individuals for the development of Ngari.
Summary: The city of Yizheng has launched a program led by the local Party organization to improve employment opportunities for people with disabilities. This initiative, spearheaded by the Yizheng Municipal Party Committee Organization Department, involves skills training, resource allocation, and collaboration with businesses and educational institutions. Through targeted training programs and the establishment of employment demonstration bases, the program has increased the employment rate of people with disabilities by 23%. Digital platforms and a "Red Aid-the-Disabled Alliance" have also been established to further expand employment channels. Xie Changyou, a person with disabilities who is now a technical backbone, is mentioned as a direct benefactor of this Party led initiative.
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Summary: Midea Group has launched an industry-first Level 1 energy efficiency condensing gas water heater, addressing the technical challenge of treating condensate produced by high-efficiency combustion. Their "Research on the Application of Flue Gas Deep Cooling, High-Efficiency, Low-Emission Collaborative Condensate Purification, Recycling, and Reuse Technology in Hot Water Equipment" project has been recognized as "internationally leading" by the China National Light Industry Council. The new product features "ion capture purification technology" to ensure water quality meets national drinking water standards, and boasts high sales figures. The company aims to promote energy saving and emission reduction. The company says the products align with national strategy and consumer demand.
Summary: Ningxia University Professor Deng Wentao utilizes information technology and virtual reality to teach students about the history and language of the Western Xia Dynasty. Deng researches Xia documents and creates databases of Xia texts and artifacts, including a recent discovery of a Xia epitaph in Hebei Province. He uses virtual reality to allow students to experience Xia historical sites and simulate Xia printing practices. Deng also teaches a public course, "Interpreting Xia," to promote understanding of the Xia embrace of Chinese culture and to foster cultural confidence and ethnic unity. The course is available online and has been recognized as a model course by the Ministry of Education.
Summary: The article discusses how modern technology is revitalizing the study of the Xixia script and culture, formerly considered an obscure field. Digital databases, virtual reality, and online courses are making research more in-depth and accessible. These technologies are bridging the gap between specialists and the public, allowing for broader understanding and appreciation of Xixia history. The Shanghai History Museum is using motion capture for immersive exhibits. The article frames technology as a "golden key" for the continued growth of niche academic areas.
Summary: A Chinese Academy of Sciences-led international research team discovered the world's deepest and largest chemosynthetic ecosystem in the Kuril-Kamchatka and Aleutian Trenches in the Northwest Pacific. Utilizing the "Striver" submersible, the team found thriving chemosynthetic communities at a depth of 9,533 meters, revealing the deepest known chemosynthetic life and a vast methane reservoir. This discovery challenges existing understandings of life at extreme depths and provides new insights into deep-sea carbon cycling, suggesting a more significant role for chemosynthetic life in deep-sea ecosystems than previously thought. The study also suggests the potential for a globally distributed "chemosynthetic life corridor" along tectonically active trenches, rich in organic matter. This research is a key component of the Chinese Academy of Sciences-initiated "Global Hadal Trench Exploration Program."
Summary: The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) has been advancing its "License Display" project to regulate online information dissemination and improve the identification of internet news information services. As of July 25th, 13,516 public accounts have been marked with a red "V" to indicate their licensed status, and 4,401 websites and platforms have displayed their licensing information. The CAC plans to introduce traffic support policies to boost the influence of these "V" accounts. The CAC will also crack down on issues such as false news, imitation of news media, and illegal transfer of licenses.
Summary: During summer vacation, children across China have been engaging in various activities to enrich their lives, including museum visits, reading at bookstores, and interacting with AI installations. The article includes a photo of children visiting a science and technology museum in Zaozhuang, Shandong Province on August 2nd. The activities provide opportunities for learning and exploration. The article does not mention the United States.
Summary: The first original children's musical in Tibet, "The Spirits of the Plateau," premiered at the Tibet Autonomous Region Tibetan Opera Art Center. Focusing on ecological civilization on the plateau, the play stars animals like yaks, wild donkeys, Tibetan antelopes and black-necked cranes. It vividly portrays the achievements and changes in Tibet's ecological environment protection in the new era and presents a beautiful picture of harmonious coexistence between humans and nature. The production took nearly three years and involved members of the Tibet Autonomous Region Drama Troupe and artists from inside and outside the region.
Summary: A joint research team confirmed the first discovery of theropod dinosaur footprints in Guangxi, extending the distribution record of Chinese dinosaur footprints southward to the Beibu Gulf coast. The footprints, discovered in Dongxing City in 2021, include two types, one resembling typical theropods and another potentially belonging to large theropods like Allosaurus or Megalosaurus. The find fills a gap in Guangxi's Jurassic dinosaur footprint fossils and provides key evidence for understanding the diversity and geographical distribution of Mesozoic dinosaur fauna in South China. Comparing regional records, the team found that the dinosaur fauna of southern Guangxi in the Middle and Late Jurassic is very similar to the Sichuan Basin, suggesting a close paleogeographic connection between the two places in the Mesozoic.
Summary: Zhuo Qiuping, head of the Zhuji City Opera Association and cultural special commissioner of Shiliping Village in Donghe Township, is teaching Xilu Luantan to local children, a traditional opera facing decline. The Xilu Luantan classes started in Donghe Township Elementary School in September 2024. Villagers in Shiliping Village have also formed an opera troupe who are taught by Zhuo and perform locally and in other cities. Shiliping Village also has a Xilu Luantan-themed museum and performance center, which attract tourists to learn and experience the opera.
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Summary: A village in Fujian province, Minqing County, Meixi town, Qiaodong Village, is home to a protected ancient tree grove comprised of over 140 trees, some of which are over 150 years old. Villagers emphasize the importance of protecting the trees, recalling how they organized to prevent illegal logging in the past. The local forestry bureau has created detailed records for each tree and conducts regular inspections. The village has also built trails to encourage tourism and educate visitors about the grove and the local history.
Summary: The China Geological Survey under the Ministry of Natural Resources has released a new generation of the "Regional Geological Records of China," a comprehensive geological record covering the entire country. This set of records, comprising 33 volumes and approximately 120 million words, provides a systematic summary of basic geological surveys and includes updated national and provincial stratigraphic frameworks. The records propose a new division scheme for China's tectonic units and clarify the mineralization backgrounds of key areas. It incorporates urban development-related content to support regional coordinated development strategies.
Summary: The China-Central Asia Desertification Prevention and Control Cooperation Center was recently established in Ningxia, a key outcome of the second China-Central Asia Summit. The center will focus on practical cooperation with Central Asian countries in desertification control, including establishing six demonstration bases for sand industry and soil erosion control. Ningxia aims to leverage its technical advantages and domestic resources to enhance regional desertification prevention capabilities through technology development, project cooperation, and training programs. Ningxia has already implemented 24 international forestry and grassland cooperation projects and held five international training courses on desertification control. There is no reporting on the statements or actions of an official, nor any mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: Guangdong and Guangxi provinces have signed a fourth agreement to jointly fund ecological compensation for the Jiuzhou River basin. The two provinces will contribute equally to an ecological protection fund, furthering cross-provincial environmental governance of the river. The agreement emphasizes collaborative efforts in ecological protection, water source conservation, pollution prevention, and information sharing within the Jiuzhou River basin. The aim is to protect and improve water quality and promote high-level ecological protection and high-quality development in the region. The Jiuzhou river flows into the Beibu Gulf.
Summary: A press conference held by the National Forestry and Grassland Administration (NFGA) announced that China's national park construction has shifted to a phase of comprehensive advancement, with its pilot program achieving historical breakthroughs. According to Sun Hongyan, Deputy Director of the NFGA's Nature Reserve Management Department, flagship species in the first five national parks are experiencing population recovery, and ecosystem diversity is steadily improving. Significant progress includes the restoration of the Sanjiangyuan (Three Rivers Source) ecosystem, the connection of giant panda habitats in the Giant Panda National Park, growth in tiger and leopard populations in the Northeast China Tiger and Leopard National Park, and the recovery of Hainan gibbon populations in Hainan Tropical Rainforest National Park. The third National Park Forum, co-hosted by the NFGA and the Sichuan Provincial Government, will be held in Chengdu in mid-August to showcase these achievements. Sun Hongyan emphasized the complex and systemic nature of national park construction, involving institutional innovation and diverse stakeholder participation.
Summary: The village of Jidi in Shangri-La City, Yunnan, a major matsutake mushroom producing region, is experiencing its harvest season. Village deputy director Chunpi, born in 1990, a pioneer in e-commerce promotion of matsutake, is leading efforts in conservation and propagation, including a "harvest and rest" cycle. A matsutake conservation demonstration base saw a 20% increase in natural growth, boosting local incomes. In 2024, Jidi village constructed a matsutake trading market with online sales capabilities, expanding distribution through internet sales.
Summary: Recent monitoring data indicates that the wild population of Chinese alligators in the Anhui Yangtze Alligator National Nature Reserve has exceeded 1,920, reaching a new historical high. The Anhui Yangtze Alligator National Nature Reserve Administration organized joint patrol teams comprised of officials from multiple departments. These teams collected illegal tools and conducted community outreach programs, raising awareness of alligator protection and relevant laws and regulations. This was reported by Tian Xianjin of People's Daily, from Anhui.
Summary: The Oriental 13-3 gas field development project in the Yingge Sea, south of Hainan Island, has officially commenced production. This project, undertaken by China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC), signifies advancements in developing complex offshore oil and gas resources with high temperature, high pressure, and low permeability. The project utilizes advanced drilling techniques and a new unmanned wellhead platform with digital technologies. This development enhances the reliability of the submarine energy transmission network around Hainan Island and is strategically important to China's national energy security.
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Summary: Chengdu is hosting the World Games in August, following its successful hosting of the University Games. The opening torch relay was held on July 26th, passing through cultural landmarks. Around 4000 athletes from over 100 countries will participate in the games across 27 venues. Sichuan Province Vice Governor Yang Xingping noted the Games are an opportunity to boost the economy and benefit the people. Chengdu is collaborating with Chongqing to promote tourism and consumption during the event.
Summary: A ceremony marking the 100-day countdown to the 15th National Games and the 12th National Games for Persons with Disabilities was held in Shenzhen. Officials including Gao Zhidan, Cheng Kai, Wang Weizhong, John Lee, and Ho Hau-wah highlighted the event's significance in showcasing national unity and the unique characteristics of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. The Games' torch design was unveiled, emphasizing the integration and shared prosperity of the region under the "one country, two systems" framework. The design of the awards for the disabled athletes was intended to evoke warmth and comradery. The event underscores China's commitment to regional development and national strength.
Summary: The 2025 National Athletics Championships in Quzhou, Zhejiang saw Zhejiang's 17-year-old Yan Ziyi win the women's javelin with a throw of 65.89 meters, breaking her own U20 world record. This is the second U20 world record broken at the competition, following Zhang Jiale's record in the women's hammer throw. Additionally, Shandong's Liu Kai broke the national record in the 400m semifinal, and Guangxi's Deng Xinrui won the men's 100m final with a time of 10.06 seconds.
Summary: The 2025 Jiangxi Provincial City Football Super League ("Gan Chao"), following the "Su Chao," is a noteworthy mass sports event in China. This year's "Gan Chao" features teams representing 11 prefecture-level cities in Jiangxi province. Players are required to have local residency or have lived and worked in the area for at least one year.
Summary: The 2025 "Run, Youth" National Youth Sunshine Sports Conference opened in Changchun, Jilin Province, with over 2,000 young athletes from 34 delegations participating. The event emphasizes participation and fun over competition, de-emphasizing rankings and medals. The conference features innovative events, including new collective gymnastics and Wushu programs. Some events will be held in public spaces like malls and parks to promote wider engagement with sports.
Summary: The 2025 Singapore World Aquatics Championships featured men competing in artistic swimming, a sport previously considered female-only. Mixed-gender events were introduced in 2015, and men's artistic swimming debuted at the 2024 Paris Olympics. Male athletes bring unique strength and lifts to the sport, enhancing its dynamism. At this year's competition, 17-year-old Chinese athlete Guo Muye won a silver medal in the men's solo free program, marking a breakthrough for China in the event. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The Chinese women's 4x100m medley relay team, consisting of Peng Xuwei, Tang Qianting, Zhang Yufei, and Cheng Yujie, won the bronze medal at the Singapore World Championships. Zhang Yufei overtook Canada in the third leg, while Cheng Yujie secured the third position. The United States won gold and broke the world record in the event, while Australia won silver. The Chinese team finished the World Championships with 2 gold, 6 silver and 6 bronze in swimming events, behind the United States and Australia in gold medal count. China topped the overall medal table of the tournament with 15 gold.
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Summary: A ceremony was held in Lanzhou, Gansu, celebrating the "My Story with China" essay contest and a sharing event focused on China-foreign people-to-people friendship. Representatives from 11 countries shared stories of friendship and discussed future prospects. One story highlighted the efforts of the U.S. Flying Tigers Historical Committee to preserve the legacy of U.S.-China cooperation during WWII, with a call to not forget the friendship forged in blood. Attendees expressed a desire to build bridges between China and the world through people-to-people exchanges, particularly given current global challenges.
Summary: The 15th Conference of the Contracting Parties to the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands convened in Zimbabwe, focusing on wetland conservation, restoration, and international cooperation. The conference resulted in the "Victoria Falls Declaration," urging strengthened collaboration for long-term wetland protection. Nine Chinese cities received "International Wetland City" certification, bringing China's total to 22, the highest globally. China's delegation head Yan Zhen stated that China's wetland protection has undergone historic changes, highlighting the country's increasing wetland area and the establishment of the International Mangrove Center. The conference also adopted two resolutions proposed by China and other countries, focusing on migratory bird habitats and integrating technology with traditional knowledge for wetland protection.
Summary: Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan attended the opening ceremony of the China-invested East Africa Trade and Logistics Center in Dar es Salaam, praising its significance for boosting the local economy and regional connectivity. Hassan emphasized the project's role in sustainable development, industrial upgrading, and strengthening market connections with COMESA member states. Chinese Ambassador to Tanzania Chen Mingjian noted the project as a fruitful outcome of deepening China-Tanzania pragmatic cooperation across various sectors, with China remaining Tanzania's largest trading partner and source of foreign investment. The $170 million project aims to be a comprehensive trade platform encompassing wholesale, retail, logistics, e-commerce, and tourism. The development shows China's commitment to infrastructure and development in East Africa.
Summary: A youth water polo team from Los Angeles visited Guangzhou for a friendly competition between July 28th and August 1st. The delegation toured Yuexiu Park, visited the Five Rams statue, and exchanged gifts with local Guangzhou youth. The Chinese and American youth jointly planted a friendship tree in the Guangzhou-Los Angeles Friendship Garden. The Guangzhou-Los Angeles relationship, established in 1981, is cited as a highlight of U.S.-China local cooperation.
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Summary: The article discusses the 20th anniversary of the "Two Mountains" theory ("绿水青山就是金山银山"), which posits that lucid waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets, and its impact on China's development and global green transition. Experts from various countries, including the United States, comment on how the theory promotes harmony between economic development and environmental protection, offering an alternative to traditional Western models. They emphasize China's practical achievements in areas like pollution control, renewable energy, and international cooperation through initiatives like the Belt and Road Initiative. They noted the importance of the theory for developing nations seeking sustainable development paths and highlighted collaborative projects like the South Africa Red Stone power plant and the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor.
Summary: A Yale professor of forestry and environmental studies reflects on China's "Two Mountains" (绿水青山就是金山银山) concept, highlighting its innovative approach to balancing ecological protection and economic growth. The author notes that the concept, which emphasizes that a healthy environment is the foundation of economic development, resonates in the West and provides a bridge for dialogue on global development. He points to China's integration of the concept into education and its achievements in renewable energy and environmental protection as examples of its practical application. The author also emphasizes the concept's roots in traditional Chinese culture and its potential to contribute to global sustainable development by offering a unique path that balances material and spiritual progress.
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Summary: During the summer, Chinese financial institutions are promoting consumption through various means. Banks are optimizing services and offering discounts through mobile apps, while payment platforms are expanding usage scenarios and providing benefits like discounts on travel, dining, and entertainment. Financial institutions are also providing support to businesses in the tourism sector, including upgrading facilities and offering preferential loan rates. Furthermore, efforts are underway to enhance payment convenience for both domestic and international tourists, and to expand the range of insurance products for travelers. Financial literacy programs are also being implemented to educate children about finance and responsible wealth management. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The article discusses the "ticket stub economy" in China, where event tickets unlock discounts and promotions at various businesses, aiming to stimulate consumption. Banks, with their user base and data capabilities, are encouraged to play a key role by improving the initial ticket purchase experience, integrating electronic ticket information across platforms, and creating user profiles for personalized recommendations. The author, a vice general manager at ICBC, suggests banks should deepen consumer incentives, break down data barriers and expand service chains to effectively integrate ticket resources. The development of this "ticket stub economy" can drive the development of China's domestic consumer market.
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Summary: The article discusses the application of technology to urban renewal and safety in Shanghai, Lhasa, and Hefei. In Shanghai, the "walking machine feet" technology was used to move historical buildings to allow for space development while preserving the historical area. Lhasa utilizes 3D scanning and drone photography to aid in the preservation and restoration of ancient architecture in the old city of Barkhor. In Hefei, combustible gas alarm devices are being installed in businesses, and a comprehensive platform monitors bottled liquefied gas to prevent accidents.
Summary: At the 2025 World Artificial Intelligence Conference, China signaled its commitment to global AI governance by releasing the "Global AI Governance Action Plan" and proposing the establishment of a global AI cooperation organization. China aims to offer "more Chinese solutions" and contribute "more Chinese wisdom" to global AI governance. The article highlights the need for international cooperation to address the risks associated with AI development, including data security, algorithm bias, and privacy protection. China is actively promoting AI development in developing countries through initiatives such as the China-ASEAN AI Innovation Cooperation Center and the "Belt and Road" Science and Technology Innovation Action Plan. China emphasizes the importance of balancing development and security in AI governance through global cooperation and dialogue.
Summary: At a recent technology conference, China FAW showcased its innovative achievements over the past five years, including the Hongqi Tianlian flying car. The company highlighted its focus on mastering key technologies, building a national car brand, and becoming a world-class enterprise. FAW has achieved breakthroughs in 1,559 key technologies and obtained 12,728 patents, emphasizing innovation as a key driver. They also highlighted advancements in domestic production of core components for new energy vehicles, reducing costs and breaking foreign monopolies. The company is aiming for green, intelligent, and high-end development, with a focus on new energy vehicles and overcoming challenges like battery performance in cold climates.
Summary: The China Association for Science and Technology (CAST) held a review event in Beijing for the 2025 "Building Dreams for the Motherland Together" program, which brought over 100 youths from Xinjiang and Tibet to various sites, including the Hebei Museum and Xiong'an New Area. The youths interacted with experts in fields such as artificial intelligence to enhance their scientific literacy. This initiative is reportedly part of CAST's implementation of the Party's strategies for governing Xinjiang and Tibet. CAST aims to further direct science popularization resources to border regions to foster the next generation of scientific talent.
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Summary: This article introduces a trend of writing by ordinary workers from various professions in China, highlighting their growing contribution to a new form of popular literature. These writers, including laborers, farmers, and service workers, capture the essence of everyday life and express a pure love for art. The article suggests this trend signifies a vibrant connection between life and literature, fostering creativity and promising a bright future. It also mentions that a group of writers from Dongguan recently completed a training program at the Lu Xun Academy of Literature. The editor presents their works to share the voices from the depths of mass life with readers.
Summary: A former delivery driver is attending a writing program at the Lu Xun Academy of Literature in Beijing, a place he used to only dream of visiting. He attributes his success to years of reading and writing, as well as the kindness of strangers he encountered during his time as a delivery driver in Beijing and Dongguan. He specifically mentions the encouragement he received from editors at local newspapers and the support of a police officer who encouraged his writing. This trip to the academy is seen as both a learning opportunity and a way to honor those who supported him. There is no mention of the United States in this article.
Summary: This article recounts the author's experiences entering the stone industry in Dongguan in 1998 after being laid off from a chemical factory. The author describes the initial training, the sales manager's tactics, and the challenges faced by new sales staff sent to different cities like Zhengzhou and Qingdao. The author also details learning computer skills to overcome difficulties as a clerk. The article touches on the struggles of selling stone, the departure of colleagues, and the author's reflections on the nature of stone and people.
Summary: The article identifies Liao Dingbiao as the artist of the watercolor painting "Returning from Pasture." Liao's background includes work as a farmer, teacher, and current employee of a cultural institution in a certain town. The article focuses on Liao's artistic background and current occupation. There is no discussion of Chinese politics, U.S.-China relations, or statements/actions of political officials.
Summary: A Hunanese woman runs a small wonton stand outside a factory in Dongguan to support her family and be available for her child. The author, a factory worker, tried the wontons after hearing coworkers praise them and was reminded of home. The wonton seller uses ingredients from her hometown and seems content with earning a modest profit while prioritizing her family. The article highlights her kindness and the struggles of migrant workers, illustrating how she provides warmth and connection within the community through her simple food stall.
Summary: This article is a personal reflection on the author's experience cultivating orchids, contrasting the sterile, commercialized soil of the city with the fertile earth of their rural hometown. After the author's orchids die after being left alone for ten days, the only orchid to survive is the one planted with soil from their mother's garden back home. The mother, having returned to an apartment in the city after her house was demolished for an industrial park, grows vegetables on the roof, and emphasizes the importance of not forgetting one's roots. The story underscores the connection to family, tradition, and the land, contrasting them with the alienation of urban life. The U.S. is not mentioned.
Summary: This poem depicts the life of gas company workers who carry heavy gas tanks throughout the city. The poem highlights their hard work, navigating complex urban environments to install and maintain gas services. It emphasizes their dedication and the essential role they play in providing fuel for daily life. The author, a gas company employee, reflects on the poetic symbolism of gas and flames within their everyday reality. There is no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations in this poem.
Summary: This personal essay recounts the author's regret over not spending enough time with their aging parents, particularly as their health declined. The author details several instances where work obligations prevented them from being with their parents, including a missed Qingming visit and anxieties around other holidays. The father's eventual passing is described as a profound regret, highlighting the theme of filial piety and the pain of "子欲养而亲不待" ("the son wishes to care for his parents, but they are no longer there"). The essay focuses on familial relationships and personal reflection, with no mention of U.S.-China relations or political affairs.
Summary: This article is a call for submissions from readers to the "Dadi" (大地) section of the People's Daily. It specifies that submissions should be original and not simultaneously submitted elsewhere. The contact email address for submissions is provided. There is no discussion of Chinese politics, officials, or U.S.-China relations within this short announcement.
By: 本报记者 蒋雪婕
Dongshan County (东山县), Fujian, Aojiao Village (澳角村) is surrounded by the sea on three sides. In 2001, Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) visited here. After 23 years, seeing the great changes that have taken place in the village, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) was very pleased and encouraged everyone to "move forward 一往无前 (yī wǎng wú qián - "advance bravely," to advance dauntlessly) on the road of rural revitalization and common prosperity."
The report to the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) proposed that "Chinese-style modernization is the modernization of common prosperity for all the people."
Looking back along the timeline, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) has always kept common prosperity in mind.
When working in local areas, he mentioned "the rich helping the poor" and "narrowing the gap";
When the members of the Standing Committee of the 18th CPC Central Committee Political Bureau met with Chinese and foreign journalists, he emphasized "unswervingly following the road of common prosperity";
In the report to the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC), he pointed out that "we will continue to make progress towards realizing common prosperity for all the people";
In the report to the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC), he emphasized "focusing on promoting common prosperity for all the people";
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"Common prosperity for all the people," why is every word so important? The General Secretary hit the nail on the head: "The whole Party must bear in mind that the question of for whom is the touchstone for testing the nature of a political party and a regime. Leading the people to create a better life is the unswerving goal of our Party."
Realizing common prosperity for all the people is the unswerving value pursuit of the Communist Party of China (中国共产党), the essential requirement of socialism with Chinese characteristics, and the inevitable choice for the 1.4 billion Chinese people to move towards modernization.
"Common prosperity for all the people," how to achieve it? The General Secretary's words are clear: "We must take narrowing the gap between urban and rural areas, the gap between regions, and the gap in income as the main direction."
Promoting common prosperity, the most difficult and arduous task is still in rural areas. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) is deeply concerned about the modernization of the vast rural areas and has made strategic deployments: "To promote Chinese-style modernization, we must comprehensively promote rural revitalization and solve the problem of unbalanced urban-rural and regional development," "accelerate the modernization of agriculture and rural areas," and "promote the integrated development of industry prosperity, county strengthening, and people's affluence"...
To narrow the gap between urban and rural areas, the key lies in integrated development. The "Decision" of the Third Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee proposed: "Integrated urban-rural development is an inevitable requirement of Chinese-style modernization."
Promote the construction of new urbanization with county towns as important carriers, and pay close attention to monitoring to prevent returning to poverty... The Party Central Committee continues to promote increased agricultural benefits, increased farmers' income, and increased rural vitality.
Narrowing the regional gap and achieving coordinated regional development is the only way to common prosperity. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC), under the strong leadership of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) as the core, a series of regional coordinated development strategies and major regional strategies have been implemented successively, and various regions have been more closely linked together economically and integrated into one.
In December 2024, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized when presiding over the 18th collective study of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee: "To promote Chinese-style modernization, no ethnic minority area can be left behind."
"The most arduous task in promoting common prosperity for all the people lies in some ethnic minority areas on the border," "Ensuring that the people in old revolutionary areas share the fruits of reform and development and live a happy life is the bottom-line task for promoting common prosperity for all the people"... The General Secretary always cares about the areas that need the most help.
In 1997, when he came to Xihai Gu (西海固) in Ningxia (宁夏), which was known as the "most impoverished place in the world" (苦瘠甲天下 (kǔ jí jiǎ tiān xià - "poverty and barrenness rank first in the world," extremely poor and barren)), Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) was determined to promote counterpart assistance, and the Minning Collaboration (闽宁协作) blossomed and bore fruit. "Carrying out east-west cooperation and targeted assistance is a major decision made by the Party Central Committee with a view to promoting coordinated regional development and promoting common prosperity." General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) has profound considerations.
Narrowing the income gap and improving people's well-being is a must-answer question for realizing the all-round development of people and common prosperity for all the people. "We must implement the requirements of the Party Central Committee on gradually realizing common prosperity for all the people, lead the masses to work hard and get rich through hard work, and continuously achieve tangible results in income, employment, education, social security, medical insurance, healthcare, housing, and other aspects." The General Secretary earnestly urged.
The meeting of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee held on July 30 emphasized: "We must earnestly do a good job in ensuring people's livelihood," "promote the employment of key groups such as college graduates, veterans, and migrant workers," "improve the hierarchical and classified social assistance system," and "ensure that there is no large-scale return to poverty"...
One by one, things around us, heartwarming things, and specific things are integrated into the top-level design of national development and become the people's sense of gain, happiness, and security: In 2024, direct settlement of cross-provincial medical expenses benefited 238 million people; 1.8 million sets (rooms) of affordable housing for sale, guaranteed rental housing, and public rental housing were started and raised, and the housing problems of a large number of new citizens, young people, and migrant workers were solved...
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized: "Realizing common prosperity is not only an economic issue, but also a major political issue related to the Party's ruling foundation. We must take into account both needs and possibilities, follow the laws of economic and social development in a gradual and orderly manner, and consciously and actively solve problems such as regional disparities, urban-rural disparities, and income disparities."
Being down-to-earth, making persistent efforts, and doing a good job in one thing after another in a solid manner. As long as we unswervingly follow the path of socialism with Chinese characteristics, we will surely be able to continuously realize the people's aspirations for a better life and continuously promote common prosperity for all the people.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 王 珂 黄 娴
The Dong people's Grand Chorus is melodious and graceful, and the wooden drum towers stand tall. Guizhou's Dong villages integrate ethnic minority culture with modern tourism experiences, presenting a grand cultural and tourism show for tourists. The kilometer-long street is brightly lit, and the AR ancient pagoda scrolls flow with light and shadow. Xi'an (西安) in Shaanxi (陕西) Province uses its profound historical and cultural heritage to show tourists the unique charm of ancient and modern integration... In the process of shaping tourism with culture and highlighting culture with tourism, the integration of culture and tourism releases new vitality.
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "The integration of culture and tourism has broad prospects. We must promote the high-quality development of the cultural and tourism industry and truly build it into a pillar industry, a people's livelihood industry, and a happiness industry."
In recent years, various regions and departments have accelerated the supply-side structural reform of the tourism industry, creating richer and higher-quality supplies, and the deep integration and development of culture and tourism has shown vigorous vitality. In the first half of the year, the number of domestic tourist trips reached 3.285 billion, a year-on-year increase of 20.6%; tourism spending reached 3.15 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 15.2%. The rapidly changing cultural and tourism market has converged into a magnificent picture of the development, growth, transformation, and upgrading of China's cultural and tourism industry.
The market is thriving, injecting momentum into economic development—
"Before entering the village, I felt a strong cultural atmosphere." Gu Qiuyue (古秋悦), a tourist from Liaoning (辽宁) Province who was watching a performance in front of the Zhaoxing Dong Village (肇兴侗寨) in Liping County (黎平县), Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture (黔东南苗族侗族自治州), Guizhou (贵州) Province, praised it repeatedly.
Lusheng players lined up in a row, and to the pleasant music, girls in ethnic costumes danced gracefully, their silver necklaces jingling. As the lingering sound of the lusheng gradually faded, the Dong people's Grand Chorus flowed out again.
"The 'touchable' history in the village allows everyone to eat the 'tourism meal'." Standing next to a folk house, Lu Weimin (陆卫敏), secretary of the Zhaoxing Village (肇兴村) Party Committee, said. The integrated development of culture and tourism not only revitalizes traditional skills but also becomes a "cultural magnet" that attracts tourists. In the first half of this year, Zhaoxing Scenic Area (肇兴景区) received 373,200 tourists, a year-on-year increase of 24.48%; tourism revenue was 382 million yuan, a year-on-year increase of 25.36%.
Tourism is a comprehensive industry and an important driving force for economic development. Various regions and departments pay attention to giving play to the comprehensive functions of the tourism industry, continuously improve the modern tourism industry system, and promote the continuous expansion of the tourism industry's scale, the continuous improvement of quality, and the increasing enhancement of comprehensive benefits.
Continuous innovation in supply has enhanced people's sense of gain, happiness, and security in traveling—
Reciting poetry with "ancient people" in the Tang Paradise (大唐不夜城), watching acrobatics in the Tang Paradise (大唐芙蓉园), and enjoying wonderful performances in the City Wall Scenic Area (城墙景区)... A series of immersive digital experiences, immersive performances, and immersive scenes in Xi'an (西安) bring citizens and tourists a new visual, auditory, and even tactile experience, effectively promoting cultural and tourism consumption.
"Walking into the block, it feels like traveling back to ancient times. This feeling is so magical." Li Jia (李佳), a tourist from Changsha (长沙), Hunan (湖南) Province, said in the "Chang'an Twelve Hours" (长安十二时辰) theme block. Here, tourists can experience the fun of role-playing, "shuttle" through different historical time and space, deeply participate in street activities, and feel the charm of outstanding Chinese traditional culture in interaction.
High-quality supply is the key to stimulating people's enthusiasm for travel. Various regions and departments closely follow the new trends in cultural and tourism consumption demand, continuously upgrade traditional formats, cultivate new formats and new scenes, and promote the accelerated integration of tourism with culture, sports, commerce, agriculture, and other fields, launching high-quality, diversified, and personalized products.
With the integrated development of culture and tourism, tourism has become an important carrier for inheriting and promoting outstanding Chinese traditional culture—
More than a dozen long tables are arranged in a row, filled with rice dumplings, small flower tea, paper-cutting, palm weaving... From food to handicrafts, there is a dazzling array of goods. At the intangible cultural heritage market in the Six-Foot Lane Scenic Area (六尺巷景区) in Tongcheng City (桐城市), Anqing (安庆), Anhui (安徽) Province, representative inheritors of intangible cultural heritage stand in front of their stalls, enthusiastically promoting to tourists.
As night falls, a burst of gongs and drums sounds, and the "Wumuyuan" (五亩园) performance in Six-Foot Lane (六尺巷) is constantly exciting, with Huangmei Opera (黄梅戏), stand-up comedy, and Tongcheng songs taking turns. Artists perform non-stop on the stage, and the audience interacts and sings along. "It feels very meaningful to experience intangible cultural heritage during the journey," said Guo Wei (郭威), a tourist from Hangzhou (杭州), Zhejiang (浙江) Province.
The cultural industry and the tourism industry are inseparable. Various regions and departments adhere to using outstanding Chinese traditional culture, revolutionary culture, and advanced socialist culture to cultivate the soul, accelerate the deep integration and development of culture and tourism, and carefully create more distinctive cultural and tourism products that reflect cultural connotation and humanistic spirit, allowing people to appreciate the beauty of culture and enhance cultural confidence in the process of tourism.
A relevant person in charge of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism (文化和旅游部) stated that the cultural and tourism industry is playing an increasingly important role in promoting economic transformation and upgrading, guiding the expansion of consumption, and satisfying people's yearning for a better life. "We must thoroughly implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important speech, strive to create a warm, comfortable, and reassuring consumption environment, and continuously promote the iterative upgrading of cultural and tourism products and formats, provide people with higher-quality tourism experiences, and promote the high-quality development of the cultural and tourism industry."
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From the nationwide participation in "Super Jiangsu and Zhejiang" to "Following Textbooks to Tour Historical Sites," the internal logic of high-quality development in the cultural tourism industry is shifting from a "landscape competition" to "telling good stories."
To tell good stories that resonate with people, it is necessary to both extract individuality, decode the "unique" cultural genes, and 到什么山唱什么歌 (dào shén me shān chàng shén me gē - "sing the song of whatever mountain you're on," adapt to the local environment), rejecting the monotony of "beautiful mountains and rivers, but utterly boring"; and to grasp commonality, always placing the masses in the "center position," establishing bonds through emotional resonance, allowing people to appreciate the beauty of nature while experiencing the beauty of culture and cultivating the beauty of the soul.
Telling good cultural tourism stories is also telling good Chinese stories. As "China Tourism" continues to heat up, and as each encounter becomes a window for the world to understand China, the significance of cultural tourism integration in "showcasing China's image and enhancing mutual understanding between civilizations" becomes even more prominent.
Return to TopXinhua News Agency, Beidaihe, August 3rd. Entrusted by General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平), Cai Qi (蔡奇), a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Secretary of the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee, visited experts on summer vacation in Beidaihe (北戴河) on the 3rd, extending sincere greetings on behalf of the Party Central Committee and the State Council to the vast number of experts and talents on all fronts and in all fields across the country.
Cai Qi (蔡奇) pointed out that experts and talents are the valuable assets of the Party and the country. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) at its core has placed talent work in an important position in governing the country, comprehensively strengthened the Party's leadership over talent work, thoroughly implemented the strategy of strengthening the country through talent, and promoted the integrated development of education, science and technology, and talent undertakings, forming a vivid situation where talents emerge in large numbers, everyone gives full play to their talents, and talents are put to good use. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) has always cared about and been concerned about experts and talents, encouraging the vast number of experts and talents to be innovative and scale new heights. On the new journey, comprehensively promoting the construction of a strong country and the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation with Chinese-style modernization provides a broad stage for the vast number of experts and talents to start businesses and make achievements. It is hoped that experts and talents will thoroughly study and implement Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, comprehensively implement the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China and the Second and Third Plenary Sessions of the 20th Central Committee, deeply understand the decisive significance of the "Two Establishments," strengthen the "Four Consciousnesses," strengthen the "Four Confidences," and achieve the "Two Safeguards," vigorously promote the spirit of scientists, take the initiative to shoulder the responsibilities of the times, forge ahead and work hard, and make new and greater contributions to building a strong country in education, a strong country in science and technology, and a strong country in talent, and promoting the development of the Party and the country.
The Party Central Committee and the State Council's invitation of outstanding expert representatives to take a vacation in Beidaihe (北戴河) is an important institutional arrangement for the Party and the country's talent work. The theme of this year's vacation activity is "Making Contributions to the New Era." Participants in the vacation activity include experts in the field of high technology, experts in the field of philosophy and social sciences, and young talents in the field of basic research.
Shi Taifeng (石泰峰), a member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Minister of the Organization Department of the CPC Central Committee, and State Councilor Shen Yiqin (谌贻琴) participated in the visit.
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"Transforming the 'nourishment' of the subjective world and the 'key' to transforming the objective world"—many party members and cadres have come to understand the power of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era (习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想) by thoroughly implementing the spirit of the Eight-Point Regulation of the Central Committee.
On the new journey, party members and cadres must be brave enough to shoulder the heaviest burdens, be able to gnaw the hardest bones, and be good at taking on the most difficult tasks. To do this, they must forge a strong work style with a strong Party spirit.
Forging a work style and improving skills are crucial for drawing nourishment for Party spirit from the Party's innovative theories, deepening, internalizing, and transforming them into the "nourishment" for transforming the subjective world and the "key" to transforming the objective world.
Studying deeply, understanding meticulously, and practicing earnestly; integrating learning, thinking, and application; unifying knowledge, belief, and action—these are requirements, methods, and also summaries of practice and regular understanding.
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Study deeply to strengthen beliefs and confidence.
"The fundamental reason why the Communist Party of China (中国共产党) is capable and why socialism with Chinese characteristics is good is that Marxism works, and that Marxism adapted to the Chinese context and the needs of our times works. This is the conclusion of history."
Since the new era, from the Party's mass line education and practice activities to the theme education of studying and implementing Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, and then to this in-depth study and education on implementing the spirit of the Eight-Point Regulation of the Central Committee (中央八项规定), the vast number of party members and cadres have further deepened their understanding of the Party's innovative theories as spiritual nourishment for transforming the subjective world.
How to more deeply understand the development context of the Party's innovative theories and grasp their essence? The first volume of *Xi Jinping's Economic Anthology* (习近平经济文选), published this year, provides the answer. Basing ourselves on the new development stage, implementing the new development concept, building a new development pattern, and promoting high-quality development are important contents that run through Xi Jinping's economic thought.
When the problems of unbalanced, uncoordinated, and unsustainable development are prominent, how should we grasp the stage characteristics of economic development in the new era?
It is pointed out that this characteristic is "China's economy has shifted from a stage of high-speed growth to a stage of high-quality development." Promoting high-quality development has become a "hard truth of the new era" in practice.
When we have built a moderately prosperous society in all respects on schedule and won the battle against poverty, how should we correctly understand the historical position and development stage of our cause?
It is pointed out that China has entered a new stage of development, which is the stage of comprehensively building a modern socialist country and marching towards the second centenary goal. We are striving to complete the "historical grand vision."
When China's economy is "large but not strong, bloated and weak," how should we accurately identify the development ideas, development directions, and development focus?
In-depth exposition of the new development concepts of innovation, coordination, green, openness, and sharing. The new development concept has become China's development "baton and traffic light."
When global production and supply chains are partially broken under the impact of the epidemic, how should we enhance "survival, competitiveness, development, and sustainability"?
Keenly aware that "we must put forward new ideas to lead development according to the new situation," the new development pattern of "dual circulation" was proposed.
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The Party's innovative theories have become the ideological essence of the times, fundamentally because they adhere to the "two combinations" and scientifically answer the major questions raised by the times and practice.
Doing today's work, grasping it with a sense of historical depth is an important method.
In August 2004, Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平同志) scientifically expounded the theory of "sweet potato economy," guiding the continuous growth of "Zhejiang Province (浙江)" in the province, "Zhejiang (浙江)" in China, and "Zhejiang (浙江)" in the world, and further sublimating it into an important content of the new development concept in the practice of the new era.
From the development practice of the private economy to the "sweet potato economy" theory, from the policy guidance of the private economy to the implementation of the Private Economy Promotion Law, the private economy has become a vital force in promoting Chinese-style modernization.
"Adhering to Marxism as a guide is to use its scientific worldview and methodology to solve China's problems, rather than to recite and repeat its specific conclusions and words, let alone regard Marxism as an immutable dogma."
Promoting the Marxist style of study and adhering to the use of practice to realize truth and test truth is the real way to build the soul with the Party's innovative theories.
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Understand meticulously to improve abilities and skills.
"The depth of learning and mastering theory directly affects and even determines a leading cadre's degree of political sensitivity, breadth of thinking, and height of ideological realm."
Not long ago, the first volume of *Xi Jinping's Anthology on Ecological Civilization* (习近平生态文明文选) was published and distributed. The concept of "lucid waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets" (绿水青山就是金山银山) proposed by Comrade Xi Jinping 20 years ago is now deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. Combining it with the practice of building a beautiful China, we can more deeply understand the methodological wisdom of Xi Jinping's thought on ecological civilization.
If the ideological method is correct, we can stand higher in understanding problems, see deeper in analyzing problems, and be more accurate in carrying out work.
"Jointly grasp major protection and refrain from large-scale development"—
"The discussion this time is not about development, but about protection" was deafening to the provinces along the Yangtze River; "Focus on protection and focus on governance" set the tone for governing the Yellow River; major protection was placed at the top of the western development...
In the upsurge of great development, the General Secretary established a clear positioning of ecological priority and green development for the country's "river strategy." "Let the Mother River benefit future generations forever," "China's Water Tower," "the ancestral vein of the Chinese nation"... what we are focusing on is the sustainable development of the Chinese nation.
Thousands of chemical companies along the Yangtze River were closed, transformed, relocated, and transferred, the "ten-year fishing ban" was implemented, and the first basin law, the Yangtze River Protection Law, was introduced...
Taking green and low-carbon development as a fundamental solution, the first batch of large-scale wind power and photovoltaic base projects in Qinghai (青海) have been completed and put into operation, and Chongqing (重庆) has cumulatively built 170 national-level green factories...
Supporting high-quality development with high-level protection reflects the dialectical relationship between development and protection.
"Some things require tackling tough problems, and some things require long-term efforts"—
The problem of air pollution once led some foreigners to believe that "it is impossible to change things without spending 30 to 50 years."
Last year, the national average concentration of PM2.5 was 29.3 micrograms per cubic meter, a year-on-year decrease of 2.7%; Beijing's (北京) air quality reached 290 days of excellent and good air quality, the most in history.
"The 'APEC Blue' that I announced to the world at the Beijing APEC meeting has not broken its promise and has been realized." Communists always adhere to serving the people, and promises must be fulfilled, and what is said must be done.
Regarding the Mother River, the General Secretary emphasized "maintaining historical patience and strategic determination" and "not being impatient or rushing into action." Building a beautiful China is a tough battle and a protracted war. By promoting the spirit of nailing nails, we can accumulate the benefits of thousands of years with the achievements of inches.
"Adhere to the combination of overall promotion and key breakthroughs"—
Uliangsu Lake (乌梁素海) initially did not work for a long time by "treating water with water." By coordinating the systematic management of mountains, rivers, forests, fields, lakes, and grasslands, the "bright pearl outside the Great Wall" reappeared; the "closure" of the Taklamakan Desert (塔克拉玛干沙漠) depends on the integration of technology and ecology...
Adhering to the concept of system, synergistically promoting carbon reduction, pollution reduction, green expansion, and growth, and driving the improvement of overall work with key breakthroughs, leaving a beautiful ecological space for future generations.
"China must not only boost its economy, but also protect its ecology. Both of these things are related to the happiness of the people." Understanding laws, clarifying directions, learning methods, and increasing wisdom can help us master the housekeeping skills of Marxism.
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Practice earnestly, be clean and bold in doing things.
From "working hard and being at the forefront" to "basically achieving modernization depends on hard work, and realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation depends on hard work," and then to "revitalizing the country through industry and revitalizing the country through hard work," being clean and bold in doing things is the most simple methodology advocated by General Secretary Xi Jinping.
**"当官发财两条道"** (dāng guān fā cái liǎng tiáo dào - "being an official and getting rich are two different paths," one cannot be both an official and get rich simultaneously; officials should not seek personal gain). By studying and implementing Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, especially Xi Jinping Thought on the Rule of Law, the vast number of party members and cadres have more deeply realized that the Party's discipline and the internal unity of starting a business are unified.
Adhere to the principle that statutory duties must be fulfilled and that no authorization is allowed by law.
"Carrying out special actions to regulate law enforcement involving enterprises" not only effectively protects the legitimate rights and interests of various enterprises and entrepreneurs equally in accordance with the law, but also strictly handles various illegal and irregular behaviors of enterprises in accordance with the law. The rule of law is the best business environment.
The root cause of problems such as "distant sea fishing" style illegal law enforcement and eating, taking, and asking for bribes in the name of law enforcement lies in deviating from the track of the rule of law. If the rule of law is not respected, unspoken rules will prevail, and bad social practices and even corruption problems will breed.
Using the rule of law to draw boundaries for power and set rules to solve the problems of arbitrary actions, inaction, daring not to act, and not being good at acting can give play to the fundamental, stable, and long-term guarantee role of the rule of law, and further strengthen confidence and win people's hearts.
Adhere to using legal thinking and legal methods to solve contradictions and problems.
Behind the individual case of heavy fines for "slapping cucumbers" reflects the regulatory difficulties. The revision of the *Administrative Measures for Food Business Licensing and Filing* simplifies the licensing for simple food production and sales such as "slapping cucumbers" and making tea.
The revision of the *Regulations on Practicing Economy and Opposing Waste in Party and Government Organs* includes small portions of meals, scanning codes for meals, and facial recognition for meals... Implementing the requirements of taking the lead in living a thrifty life, curbing the unhealthy trend of extravagance and waste, and good systems cultivate good work styles.
From "solving a problem" to "solving a class of problems," using legal thinking and legal methods to solve problems reflects the ability and level of modern governance.
Adhere to the organic unity of top-level design and **摸着石头过河** (mō zhe shí tou guò hé - "crossing the river by feeling the stones," to proceed with caution, learning from experience as one goes).
Encouraging bold exploration in cutting-edge practices and unknown fields, while acting within effective rules, is the true spirit of the rule of law.
On December 18 this year, the Hainan Free Trade Port (海南自贸港) will start full island customs closure operations. The legal diagnosis and resolution mechanism for difficult and complex business environment issues, and innovative import and use paths for special overseas foods... With the release of the *Overall Plan for the Construction of Hainan Free Trade Port* (海南自由贸易港建设总体方案), 20 batches of 166 innovative cases have been cultivated and formed, and more than 40 have been promoted nationwide.
If you are optimistic about it, systematically plan and act after deliberation; if you are anchored, try boldly and bravely break through. In knowledge and action, breaking and establishing, and in one area and the overall situation, we will continue to form new experiences, deepen new understandings, and contribute new solutions.
Reality gives the answer time and time again: To temper Party spirit, the most fundamental thing is to consciously be a firm believer and faithful practitioner of the Party's innovative theories, and to be a firm actionist and pragmatist in the construction of Chinese-style modernization.
"Live and learn, and cultivate yourself until you are old." This is a lifelong topic for party members and cadres.
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--Cultural Concepts and Practices of General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) During His Work in Zhejiang Province: News and Public Opinion
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Return to TopSummer is the busy season, and also the season when the dreams of prospective university students come true. As young students from agricultural universities across the country successively receive their 2025 admission notices, our reporter went to the fields and experimental sites to explore the stories behind three of these admission notices. What high-tech and new achievements are hidden in a small "piece of paper"? How can we encourage young students to step into a broader world and contribute their youthful strength to the construction of a strong agricultural country?
——Editor
China Agricultural University (中国农业大学)——
The Corn Here Has Strong Resistance
By Huang Chao (黄超), reporter of this newspaper
[Highlights]
The 2025 undergraduate admission notice from China Agricultural University (中国农业大学) comes with wheat, corn, and rice seeds cultivated by the school's research team. Among them, the corn seed "Nongda 778 (农大778)", approved in 2020, has good resistance to major diseases in the Huang-Huai-Hai (黄淮海) and Northeast China regions, and is widely used in Hebei (河北), Shanxi (山西), Liaoning (辽宁), Anhui (安徽), Shandong (山东), Henan (河南) and other places, with a cumulative promotion area of about 12 million mu.
During the promotion period, the research team continuously tackled problems such as yield reduction caused by corn rust, enhancing the disease resistance of the varieties. Over the years, the team has been deeply involved in the field of corn genetic breeding and biotechnology, and has successfully bred 19 new varieties with high yield, high quality, and strong stress resistance, with a cumulative increase in production of more than 8 billion kilograms.
[On-site]
The sun poured down, and a layer of mist rose from the ground. The corn stood tall, green and neatly arranged, full of energy.
In Qianmin Village (迁民村), Qi County (淇县), Hebi (鹤壁), Henan (河南), drip irrigation hoses were attached to the ground, "feeding" liquid fertilizer to the roots of each corn plant. Ji Mingli (纪明立), the head of the cooperative, crouched down, staring intently to carefully check whether the water outlets were clear.
"You're finally here!" Seeing Guo Jun (郭军), an agricultural technician from the seed company, walking over with a toolbox, Ji Mingli (纪明立) stood up and wiped the sweat from his face.
Guo Jun (郭军) walked up and immediately focused on the corn in front of him: "Is the first topdressing okay?"
"The water is trickling evenly. It's just this leaf..." Ji Mingli (纪明立) pulled apart a few plants, revealing the leaves near the roots, "Is it a little yellow? And there are small spots, I'm worried about rust."
In recent years, extreme weather has been frequent in the Huang-Huai-Hai (黄淮海) region, and rust has occurred frequently. Some summer corn plants wear "mini-skirts," with leaves that don't cover the tips of the corn, and some corn kernels are not full or even empty, which makes the growers very headache.
"'Nongda 778 (农大778)' has very good resistance to rust." Guo Jun (郭军) leaned closer to examine the leaves, "Your land has enough base fertilizer and good soil moisture, and it looks very vigorous now. It may be that the leaves have been damaged by the continuous high temperature recently, but it's not a big problem at present."
Ji Mingli's (纪明立) brow relaxed a little: "I feel much more at ease after you say that. The cooperative is counting on these thousands of mu of corn."
"Good seeds yield more grain," "A thousand calculations are not as good as good seeds"... Farmers understand the relationship between seeds and grain best.
In 2022, not long after "Nongda 778 (农大778)" was promoted, Ji Mingli (纪明立) and the villagers noticed that the new variety had a good reputation and tried planting about 500 mu, "The plant height is suitable, it is resistant to rust, and the ears are large and the yield is high." Then, 1100 mu in 2023 and 1400 mu in 2024, with a stable yield of about 1600 jin per mu. Now, more than 2000 mu of corn land transferred and managed by the cooperative uses new seeds.
"Don't worry, we have experience in promoting it here." Guo Jun (郭军) pointed to the "green square formation" that was still full of energy under the scorching sun, "The stalks are very strong, and the leaves are very vibrant!" He goes to the field to guide the technology during the key stages of corn growth.
"Remember: keep up with fertilizer and water, and the corn will be strong, and its resistance will naturally be strong. Also, if only a few plants have spots and the range does not expand, you don't need to worry about it. If you find signs of spreading, apply some medicine, there is still time." Guo Jun (郭军) wrote down the precautions in his notebook while giving instructions.
"Let's drink huhu together after the corn is harvested in the fall." Ji Mingli (纪明立) grinned, looking at the thriving crops in front of him.
"That would be great!" Guo Jun (郭军) also smiled and strode away, "I'll go ahead and take a look."
A gust of wind blew, and the green ocean rippled. Ji Mingli (纪明立) bent down again and continued to check the drip irrigation tape. The sound of cicadas and the rustling of corn leaves intertwined and echoed in this vibrant field.
Anhui Agricultural University (安徽农业大学)——
The Wheat Breeding Laboratory is Even Busier During the Summer Vacation
By Xu Jing (徐靖), reporter of this newspaper
[Highlights]
Along with the 2025 undergraduate admission notice from Anhui Agricultural University (安徽农业大学), there are also cultural and creative gifts designed with representative seeds such as wheat, tea, crabapple, ginkgo, and magnolia, symbolizing the "seed's 'core' wish," hoping that young students will grow up like seeds breaking through the soil and become "pioneers in strengthening agriculture and social talents." Among them, the wheat seed element is inspired by the series of wheat varieties represented by "Anong 98 (安农98)" bred by the school.
[On-site]
These days during the summer vacation, the Key Laboratory of Wheat Biology and Genetic Breeding in the Huang-Huai Southern Region of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, located in Anhui Agricultural University (安徽农业大学), is busier than usual for teachers and students.
"We mainly conduct trait investigation and data collection on the wheat selected in the field this year." Lu Jie (卢杰), deputy dean of the College of Agriculture of Anhui Agricultural University (安徽农业大学), explained, picking up a sample, "Such as the height of the plant, the characteristics of the leaves, the length of the ears, the fullness of the grains, etc., to screen out superior and inferior lines and prepare for the next year's breeding plan."
"Generally speaking, after the National Day holiday, wheat in northern Anhui will be sown one after another, and time is tight." Lu Jie (卢杰) added.
"Teacher Lu (卢老师), please come and take a look." During the conversation, a student majoring in crop genetics and breeding invited Lu Jie (卢杰) to the breeding generation room. As soon as you enter the room, the temperature drops sharply, and the shelves are full of potted wheat. "Here, the temperature and light are controlled, which can accelerate the growth of wheat, shortening the cycle by about half compared to natural growth." Lu Jie (卢杰) said, "The generation room is an important facility for crop breeding, which can realize the directional improvement of breeding traits, shorten the breeding years, improve breeding efficiency, and obtain various growth data."
Arriving at the molecular breeding laboratory, the experimental instruments are dazzling. "Molecular breeding and biological breeding are the trends, complementing conventional breeding." Lu Jie (卢杰) introduced, "Taking scab as an example, conventional breeding has a certain degree of blindness, but through gene technology, disease-resistant genes can be mined from germplasm resources with better disease resistance, and a specific trait can be improved in a concentrated manner, making the direction clearer and the efficiency higher."
In the laboratory achievement display area, Lu Jie (卢杰) pointed to a wheat variety and said: "This is 'Anong 98 (安农98)' which took more than 10 years to breed. It passed the national-level approval this year. It has high yield, strong disease resistance, and excellent lodging resistance and high temperature resistance. And after verification, the steamed buns and noodles made from this variety are also of good quality. It is a variety that will be promoted in the future." Lu Jie (卢杰) showed a gratified expression when talking about the achievements.
In the past 5 years, Anhui Agricultural University (安徽农业大学) has selected and passed the national approval of 8 new wheat varieties. "Seeds are the 'chips' of agriculture, and every step must be done for a long time." Lu Jie (卢杰) said, "It takes at least 10 years for a new variety to be born, which is the result of accumulation."
Hunan Agricultural University (湖南农业大学)——
Rice Experimental Fields are Built Next to Farmers
By Shen Zhilin (申智林), reporter of this newspaper
[Highlights]
On the inner page of the 2025 undergraduate admission notice from Hunan Agricultural University (湖南农业大学), the 16 characters "Centennial University, Cultivating Morality and Nurturing People, Pursuing Dreams in Xiangnong, Inspiring Youth (百年学府 立德树人 逐梦湘农 激扬青春)" are the earnest expectations of Yuan Longping (袁隆平), the "father of hybrid rice" and honorary president of Hunan Agricultural University (湖南农业大学), for the students. Next to the inscription, a rice ear full of grains is a vivid expression of generations of teachers and students, represented by Academician Yuan Longping (袁隆平), who have been engaged in agriculture for the sake of "wishing that everyone in the world has enough to eat."
For a long time, the backbone varieties and invented and promoted technologies cultivated by the school's hybrid rice team have made outstanding contributions to the large-scale cost reduction and efficiency increase of hybrid rice.
[On-site]
"It was anxious to catch up with the high temperature during the heading and filling period!" Gently stroking the rice ears, Wang Jiangang (王建刚), a large grain grower, finally turned from worry to joy until he confirmed that the grains were full.
In Hongshuo Ecological Agriculture Machinery Cooperative (宏硕生态农业农机合作社), Datong Lake District (大通湖区), Yiyang (益阳), Hunan (湖南), Wang Jiangang (王建刚) stayed by the paddy field, sweat dripping from his face, splashing water on the rice stalks.
"Brother Wang (王大哥), it will be harvested the day after tomorrow, take advantage of the sunny day to dry the field quickly, so that the harvester can come down." Looking up, Liang Yi (梁毅), a postdoctoral fellow in biological genetics from Hunan Agricultural University (湖南农业大学), rushed over after finishing his work in the experimental field. When they got closer, the two "farmers" started talking.
"Don't worry! I have already drained the water following the experimental field." Wang Jiangang (王建刚) stepped on the hardened mud, "Teacher Liang (梁老师), do you think the yield per mu in the first season will be 1500 jin?"
One rice ear has 200 to 300 rice grains, the glume degeneration is not serious, and the seed setting rate is about 80%... Liang Yi (梁毅) weighed the weight of the ears and compared the experimental data, "Looking at the situation, it's about the same."
One sentence gave Wang Jiangang (王建刚) confidence, "To grow ratoon rice, you still have to follow your experts!"
Last year, after taking over more than 200 mu of transferred land from the cooperative, it was the first time that Wang Jiangang (王建刚), who had been growing rice for decades, tried to grow ratoon rice. Different from double-cropping rice, ratoon rice is to use scientific field management after the first season is mature and harvested to promote the germination of axillary buds of rice stubble into ears, realizing "one planting and two harvests," saving many processes such as plowing, raising seedlings, and transplanting required for late rice, and saving about 500 yuan per mu.
However, what varieties to use? How to cultivate it? At first, Wang Jiangang (王建刚) was completely unsure.
To this end, the cooperative connected with Hunan Agricultural University (湖南农业大学). The school opened up experimental fields in Datong Lake District (大通湖区) to carry out innovative experiments on ratoon rice variety identification, mechanized planting, precise fertilization, and drone plant protection. Under the guidance of supervisors such as Wu Jun (吴俊), Yang Hua (杨华), and Tang Qiyuan (唐启源), Liang Yi (梁毅) and his younger brothers and sisters conducted scientific research while promoting the superior ratoon rice varieties and supporting cultivation techniques that had been tested in practice to experienced farmers.
This 60-mu experimental field is divided neatly, including small-area experiments, large-field experiments, and other types. Some varieties are early-maturing, and some are late-maturing; some were sown in early March, and some were germinated in mid-May... A new variety cultivated by Liang Yi (梁毅) under the guidance of Wu Jun (吴俊) is also among them, which has better rice blast resistance and excellent regeneration ability.
"We screen at least 40 varieties every year and conduct ratoon rice variety adaptability tests under artificial planting mode." Liang Yi (梁毅) introduced that from these varieties, several with excellent performance are selected to enter the next round of mechanized planting and harvesting tests, and finally only the two or three varieties with the most outstanding comprehensive performance can enter the large-field experiment and promotion stage.
It is precisely through such strict selection that large grain growers such as Wang Jiangang (王建刚) dare to follow up with confidence.
"Last year, I planted 4 varieties, and they all performed very well. This year, I mainly focus on two of them." Wang Jiangang (王建刚) said confidently, "If there are better ones next year, I will follow the experts to change to new varieties."
One sentence is the trust of the old farmer in agricultural technology.
Peeling off the outer layer of the rice stalk, regenerative buds have grown on the stem. Liang Yi (梁毅) compared it and found it a little short, "Brother Wang (王大哥), have you applied the bud-promoting fertilizer?"
"Unlike the experimental field, which can use manual labor, large fields have to use airplanes to apply fertilizer. This year, the first season of rice ears grew too well. I was worried about lodging when applying fertilizer. Can I apply fertilizer again after harvesting?" Wang Jiangang (王建刚) raised the question.
The new problem that was not encountered in the experiment made Liang Yi (梁毅) surprised. This is the significance of building the experimental field next to the farmers. "From hybrid rice breeding to ratoon rice selection, we have always been engaged in farming in the fields," Liang Yi (梁毅) often thinks of Academician Yuan Longping (袁隆平).
Under the promotion of Hunan Agricultural University (湖南农业大学) and other universities and research institutes, the annual promotion area of ratoon rice planting in Hunan (湖南) has exceeded 4 million mu, and more and more large grain growers are benefiting from it.
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Return to TopThis newspaper's Beijing (北京) August 3rd dispatch (Reporter Qu Zhehan (曲哲涵)) In recent years, the Ministry of Finance (财政部) has promoted the implementation of a package of debt resolution plans, increased support for resolving local debt risks, and continuously strengthened the management of local government debt. However, illegal and non-compliant behaviors such as some regions adding new hidden debt, underreporting or omitting hidden debt, and falsifying debt resolution still occur from time to time. In order to resolutely curb illegal and non-compliant behaviors such as new hidden debt, the Ministry of Finance (财政部) recently selected six typical cases of hidden debt that have been investigated and held accountable for public exposure.
First, Liaoning Province (辽宁省) Shenyang City (沈阳市) Liaozhong District (辽中区) implemented a high-standard farmland renovation and upgrading project through state-owned enterprise borrowing and financing, adding 520 million yuan of hidden debt. Cheng (程) (former executive deputy district chief of Liaozhong District (辽中区)), Hao (郝) (deputy district chief), and other relevant responsible persons were held accountable. Second, Xiamen City (厦门市), Fujian Province (福建省), implemented land primary development projects and resettlement housing projects through state-owned enterprise capital垫资, adding 68.396 billion yuan of hidden debt. Huang (黄) (former member of the Standing Committee of the Xiamen Municipal Party Committee (厦门市委), deputy mayor), Huang (黄) (Party Secretary and Director of the Xiamen Municipal Finance Bureau (市财政局)), and other relevant responsible persons were held accountable. Third, Lingcheng District (陵城区), Dezhou City (德州市), Shandong Province (山东省), implemented a high-standard farmland construction project through state-owned enterprise borrowing and financing, adding 145 million yuan of hidden debt. Shi (时) (former deputy secretary of the Lingcheng District (陵城区) Party Committee and district chief), Ren (任) (deputy district chief), and other relevant responsible persons were held accountable. Fourth, Wuhan East Lake High-tech Development Zone (武汉东湖新技术开发区), Hubei Province (湖北省), constructed public welfare projects such as construction projects and infrastructure construction that should be borne by the government through state-owned enterprise capital垫资, adding 10.385 billion yuan of hidden debt. Wang (汪) (former secretary of the Party Working Committee of Wuhan East Lake High-tech Development Zone (武汉东湖新技术开发区)), Liu (刘) (director of the Management Committee), and other relevant responsible persons were held accountable. Fifth, Wulong District (武隆区), Chongqing City (重庆市), added 160 million yuan of hidden debt by borrowing from state-owned enterprises for infrastructure construction. Liu (刘) (former deputy district chief of Wulong District (武隆区), Party Secretary and Director of the Management Committee of the Fairy Mountain (Baima Mountain) Tourist Resort (仙女山（白马山）旅游度假区) in the original Wulong District (武隆区) (now the Management Committee of the Fairy Mountain Tourist Resort (仙女山旅游度假区) in Wulong District (武隆区))), Zhang (张) (former member of the Party Working Committee of the Fairy Mountain (Baima Mountain) Tourist Resort (仙女山（白马山）旅游度假区) in the original Wulong District (武隆区) (now the Management Committee of the Fairy Mountain Tourist Resort (仙女山旅游度假区) in Wulong District (武隆区)), Party Secretary and Chairman of Chongqing Wulong Tourism Industry (Group) Co., Ltd. (重庆武隆旅游产业（集团）有限公司)), and other relevant responsible persons were held accountable. Sixth, Chengdu City (成都市), Sichuan Province (四川省), implemented urban organic renewal projects, constructed municipal roads and other public welfare projects through state-owned enterprise capital垫资, and paid special funds for rail transit construction and development on behalf of the government, adding 61.408 billion yuan of hidden debt. Liu (刘) (former deputy mayor of Chengdu City (成都市)), and other relevant responsible persons were held accountable.
The Ministry of Finance (财政部) stated that all localities and units must strictly implement the accountability mechanism for local governments' illegal borrowing, take effective measures, resolutely curb the increase in hidden debt, and properly dispose of and resolve the stock of hidden debt.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 窦瀚洋
Recently, Sun Peng (孙鹏), a citizen of Hangzhou (杭州), Zhejiang (浙江), planned to replace his car with a domestic new energy vehicle. After browsing around, he discovered that air suspensions, which were previously only available in high-end imported cars, have now become standard equipment on many domestic models. "This car costs around 200,000 yuan, how can it 'afford' an air suspension? Is it reliable?" Sun Peng's (孙鹏) question reflects the concerns of many consumers. What is an air suspension? Why are new energy vehicles increasingly equipped with them? The reporter interviewed experts and companies in related fields on this matter.
The improvement of car comfort is inseparable from air suspensions, which lower the body's forward "momentum" during emergency braking and reduce the "swing" of the body tilting outward during high-speed turns. "An air suspension is an advanced car suspension system that uses air springs instead of traditional metal springs, and has many advantages such as controllable stiffness, adjustable body height, and low noise." Ke Jun (柯俊), associate professor at the School of Mechanical Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology (浙江理工大学机械工程学院), introduced that air suspensions can improve the comfort and passability of the entire vehicle, while also achieving weight reduction, and have always been favored by high-end models.
Compared with fuel vehicles, new energy vehicles are heavier. Traditional metal springs will further increase the weight of the car, while air suspensions can meet the needs of weight reduction and reduce power consumption.
Currently, car chassis are developing towards intelligence. Adding an electronic control system to the air suspension replaces traditional mechanical connections with electronic signals. "This achieves precise control of functions such as braking, steering, and driving, as well as intelligent control of the chassis in the vertical direction, making driving more comfortable." Ke Jun (柯俊) said.
The penetration rate of air suspensions in the domestic new energy vehicle market is gradually increasing, and the supporting prices are rapidly decreasing. How is this achieved?
Walking into Zhejiang Konghui Automotive Technology Co., Ltd. (浙江孔辉汽车科技股份有限公司), located in the South Taihu New Area (南太湖新区) of Huzhou (湖州), Zhejiang (浙江), automated production lines are operating at full capacity, and products are constantly being assembled and rolled off the line.
"We adhere to independent research and development, overcome many technical problems in system structure, control principles, and other aspects, and develop innovative products such as hydraulic active suspensions and active lateral stabilizer bars, forming a complete air suspension product and service system involving all key components of the car suspension system. The independent intellectual property rate of air suspensions and electronically controlled suspensions reaches 90%." Xu Yidong (许亦东), vice president and board secretary of Konghui Technology (孔辉科技), introduced that in the first half of this year, the company's sales exceeded 800 million yuan, completing the supply of approximately 200,000 sets.
"In 2021, we passed the blind evaluation of a domestic new energy vehicle model and won the order in competition with well-known foreign air suspension suppliers." Liu Hao (刘浩), head of the air spring business unit of Konghui Technology (孔辉科技), believes that being able to provide customized air suspension solutions for different models of different car companies, under the premise of excellent quality, is the advantage of domestic air suspensions. In addition, Liu Hao (刘浩) introduced: "The cost of air suspensions with the same performance from well-known foreign brands is about 10,000 yuan, while our products are about 4,000 to 6,000 yuan; for the research and development cycle of new models, foreign suppliers need at least 18 to 20 months, while we only need about 13 months. Moreover, our factory is in China, the freight is lower, and the transportation time is greatly shortened."
"The research and development strength of domestic related companies has greatly improved, and the key technologies of air suspensions have basically achieved independent control, breaking the foreign monopoly." In Ke Jun's (柯俊) view, the popularization of new energy vehicles has created opportunities for the promotion and application of air suspensions; and as the domestic new energy vehicle market gradually matures and competition becomes more intense, having a research and development team that can quickly respond to market demands and a stable supply chain system are the advantages of domestic suppliers.
"This is a process of mutual achievement. Domestic car brands are willing to give us 'tickets', allowing us to verify years of technical accumulation; our innovative products and efficient services also help domestic cars reduce costs, improve product performance, and better participate in market competition." Liu Hao (刘浩) said that through in-depth cooperation, both parties have achieved common growth.
The collaborative innovation between domestic parts companies and vehicle companies allows consumers to benefit. "Judging from the cooperation projects that have been determined and are under negotiation, models around 150,000 yuan are also considering installing air suspensions, and we are making more customized solutions." Liu Hao (刘浩) said, "International leading car brands are also actively seeking cooperation. In the future, foreign cars will be equipped with Chinese-made air suspensions." Liu Hao (刘浩) is full of expectations.
Return to TopCurrently, China has unilaterally expanded visa-free access and transit visa-free policies to 47 and 55 countries, respectively. China continues to simplify visa application procedures, implement "one-stop" entry services, and offer "buy and get refund immediately" departure tax refunds. Various regions and departments closely cater to the needs of inbound tourists, continuously improving the convenience of inbound tourism services such as payment, visas, customs clearance, accommodation, and transportation, allowing more inbound tourists to "come and enjoy."
"As long as you book a ticket, you can 'just go'"
With the arrival of the summer vacation, the terminals of Beijing Capital International Airport (北京首都国际机场) are bustling with people, and many foreign faces are among the arriving passengers. As of July 30, the number of foreigners entering and exiting Beijing (北京) ports this year was 3.285 million, accounting for 27.3% of the total number of inbound and outbound personnel, an increase of 37.7% year-on-year.
Customs at the Capital Airport simplified the entry registration process, established a fast processing area, and completed the issuance of temporary entry permits and entry procedures in a "one-stop" manner. "Now, the transit visa-free stay in China has been extended to 240 hours, and we are also allowed to travel across provinces within specific areas. The customs clearance speed at the airport is also very fast, which gives us more time to explore China," said Marina, a passenger from Russia.
Many foreign passengers have self-driving needs when entering Beijing (北京). Not long ago, a Southeast Asian tour group arrived in Beijing (北京) late at night and wanted to apply for a temporary driving permit for foreigners. The Beijing Daxing International Airport Branch (北京大兴国际机场分局) of the Capital Airport Public Security Bureau completed the relevant procedures for six foreign friends within 30 minutes. "They were particularly happy and didn't expect us to be so efficient. One tourist said, 'Thank you, driving in Beijing (北京) will be a novel and unique experience,'" said police officer Zhang Yang (张杨).
More convenient entry and more considerate service are the personal experiences of many foreign tourists.
Zhou Fandao (周帆道) from Vietnam just finished a week-long trip to Zhangjiajie (张家界): "This is the third time I have led a team to Zhangjiajie (张家界), and I can feel new changes every time. This year, the customs clearance speed at Zhangjiajie Hehua International Airport (张家界荷花国际机场) has significantly improved, and the whole process is very smooth."
It is understood that in January this year, Zhangjiajie Customs (张家界海关) implemented "advance machine inspection" of inbound checked baggage, shortening the average customs clearance time for passengers from 30 minutes to less than 20 minutes. "The stunning natural scenery, efficient customs clearance experience, perfect service facilities, and warm and friendly people, Zhangjiajie (张家界) is creating a world-class tourism experience. I want to recommend Zhangjiajie (张家界) to more Vietnamese friends," said Zhou Fandao (周帆道).
Nicolas Figueroa, a young man from Chile, once studied in China and prefers others to call him by his Chinese name "Wang Zhili (王智利)." As a travel blogger, Wang Zhili (王智利) often shares his life in China on overseas social platforms, gaining the attention of hundreds of thousands of fans. "China has taken many considerate measures to facilitate the entry of foreigners, especially the visa-free policy, which makes our travel more convenient. This demonstrates China's open and confident image," he said.
Kasper Wöstman is the vice president of the Netherlands-China Economic and Trade Promotion Association and a postgraduate student majoring in cello at the Cologne University of Music in Germany, active in the forefront of Sino-European economic, trade, and cultural exchanges. Thanks to the visa-free policy, he has visited China three times this year. "Now the process of coming to China has been greatly simplified. As long as you book a ticket, you can 'just go' and personally feel the charm of Chinese culture," said Wöstman. "China's various visa-free policies provide unprecedented convenience for foreigners to enter China and understand China, and also make the trip to China more rich, vivid, and warm."
"Everything is within reach, life is convenient and efficient"
The Emperor Qinshihuang's Mausoleum Site Museum (秦始皇帝陵博物院) in Shaanxi (陕西) is crowded with tourists. In order to solve the pain point of overseas tourists booking tickets, the Emperor Qinshihuang's Mausoleum Site Museum (秦始皇帝陵博物院) launched the "Overseas Integrated Service Platform," which supports real-time settlement in multiple currencies. After booking tickets, tourists can enter by scanning the code with their original passports. The process is efficient and convenient. Lenner, a tourist from Austria, said: "The Terracotta Army of Emperor Qinshihuang (秦始皇陵兵马俑) is one of the most discussed topics about China in our family. After China's visa-free policy for Austria, we immediately took action and booked tickets online in advance."
Mobile phones controlled by gestures, self-driving cars, food delivery robots... Wang Zhili (王智利) showed many Chinese technological achievements and the convenience they bring on his social account. "With just a mobile phone, you can complete payments, rent shared bicycles, and handle various other affairs. Everything is within reach, and life is convenient and efficient."
From booking tickets online to simplifying accommodation registration and providing multilingual services, comprehensive services allow foreign tourists to have a better travel experience.
"What is the difference between Shengjian bao (生煎包) and Xiaolong bao (小笼包)? What is the difference between honey peach oolong flavor and millet osmanthus flavor snacks?" At the Nanxun Service Area (南浔服务区) on the Shenjiahu Expressway (申嘉湖高速公路), a group of Italian youths traveling from Shanghai (上海) to Anji (安吉) in Zhejiang (浙江) skillfully took out their mobile phones to buy coffee and snacks. A girl named Giovanni told reporters that in China, scan-code payment is convenient to use. She and her companions have installed Alipay (支付宝), WeChat (微信) and other software, and have a deeper experience of the achievements of China's digital economy development.
"Be sure to bring an empty suitcase to China!" This practical tip sparked heated discussions on overseas social platforms. In April this year, the State Taxation Administration of China (中国国家税务总局) issued an announcement to promote the "buy and get refund immediately" departure tax refund from pilot projects in many places to the whole country, bringing a more convenient and efficient shopping experience for overseas tourists. From "China Tour" to "China Shopping," coming to China to "buy, buy, buy" has become a new trend in inbound tourism.
In Hangzhou Xintiandi Shopping Center (杭州新天地购物中心), Jacques from France bought many Chinese characteristic handicrafts and completed the tax refund on the spot under the guidance of the staff. "This 'buy and get refund immediately' method is too convenient!" Jacques said that he has been to China many times, and the procedures for handling tax refunds used to be relatively complicated, and it also took a while to receive the tax refund. Now, you can handle it directly after buying it in the store. "This is a very considerate service, and you can see China's welcome to international tourists," said Jacques.
"Promote people-to-people exchanges and promote mutual learning among civilizations"
How to make it convenient for foreign friends to come, have fun, and live comfortably? Various places are working hard to clear the obstacles encountered by foreigners in China for work, life, and tourism, and do a good job in the "second half" of the implementation of policies to facilitate entry.
Setting up a 12345 hotline "Foreigners Service Hotline," establishing the Shishi Foreigners Service Center (石狮市外国人服务中心), launching the English service function of the "One Mobile Phone Tour Quanzhou" mini-program, and the latest release of the "Service Manual for Foreigners in Quanzhou"... Quanzhou City (泉州市) continues to optimize and upgrade services, allowing overseas tourists to fully feel the city's charm and warmth. "The latest released service manual not only lists the specific handling procedures for foreigners in medical, transportation, financial and other scenarios in detail, but also lists practical information such as the general table of foreign currency exchange points and intangible cultural heritage experience routes for tourists. For us, this is simply an 'entry worry-free package'," said Mei Shunde (梅顺德), a Malaysian teacher at Quanzhou Light Industry Vocational College (泉州轻工职业学院).
"Scan" your passport to take the high-speed rail, take the driver's license test in English... Zuirifu (祖睿甫) from Switzerland introduced the convenience of his life in China to reporters. He is currently the Director of International Strategic Development Department of China-Switzerland (Chongqing Liangjiang) Industrial Park (中瑞（重庆两江）产业园), and also the National Vice President and Southwest China Chairman of the Swiss Chamber of Commerce in China. "Not long ago, we just received a delegation from the Director of the Asia-Pacific Department of the Swiss Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In addition to business exchanges, everyone walked into the mountains and rivers of Bashan and Yushui to feel the natural and cultural charm of Chongqing (重庆)," Zuirifu (祖睿甫) told reporters that the visa-free policy has brought great convenience to the member companies of the Swiss Chamber of Commerce in China. Whether it is business investment or sightseeing, you can come to China with just a click of the mouse and a booked ticket. International services such as foreign currency payment, bilingual guides, and 24-hour service hotlines also make more international tourists willing to come to China and come to China many times.
Not long ago, Wöstman came to China to participate in the award ceremony of the 3rd Global Youth Bilingual Host and Anchor Competition hosted by the Communication University of China (中国传媒大学). "The visa-free and other facilitation policies implemented by China are an important step in promoting two-way cultural exchanges, providing assistance for promoting people-to-people exchanges and promoting mutual learning among civilizations. It not only makes it easier for us cultural communicators to enter China, but also encourages more Westerners to actively understand China and perceive China."
(Our reporters Gong Ming (龚鸣), Yang Xun (杨迅), Wang Zhou (王洲), Shi Yuanhao (时元皓), Niu Ruifei (牛瑞飞), Zhang Danhua (张丹华), Cui Yin (崔寅), Liu Junguo (刘军国), Liu Xiaoyu (刘晓宇), Chang Biluo (常碧罗))
Return to TopA China moving towards high-quality development will bring broader market opportunities, investment opportunities, and growth opportunities to the world, working together with all countries to develop and achieve each other.
The popularity of "Super Soccer" ("苏超" Sū Chāo) and "Village Super League" ("村超" Cūn Chāo) has sparked new vitality in the integrated development of cultural, commercial, tourism, and sports industries. The global popularity of Labubu shows the creativity of Chinese trendy toys across cultures. The continuous release of dividends from visa-free policies has led to a sustained increase in the popularity of "China Tours" ("中国游" Zhōngguó yóu) and "China Shopping" ("中国购" Zhōngguó gòu). China's economic innovation vitality is accelerating, high-quality development is full of highlights, and the steady growth trend is continuously strengthening.
Since the beginning of this year, China's economy has been operating steadily, with major economic indicators performing well, new quality productive forces actively developing, and reform and opening up continuously deepening, demonstrating strong vitality and resilience. Recently, international financial institutions and investment banks such as the International Monetary Fund, Morgan Stanley, and Goldman Sachs have successively raised their forecasts for China's economic growth this year. "In this round of global economic adjustment, China is one of the few major economies that has achieved a significant upward revision of its growth forecast," the United Nations website reported, stating that against the backdrop of a complex global environment, China, as a major economy, its performance and strategy are being placed in a more prominent role.
"'Cool elements' drive more balanced economic growth in China," foreign media recently observed when examining the Chinese economy, believing that an appeal rooted in innovation, cooperation, and youth culture is driving China's next growth cycle, and that "innovation and open cooperation may reshape China's global identity." This "coolness" stems from the "newness" of the Chinese economy. China adheres to using scientific and technological innovation to lead the development of new quality productive forces, accelerates the cultivation of emerging pillar industries with international competitiveness, and promotes the deep integration of scientific and technological innovation and industrial innovation, injecting strong impetus into economic development. The latest data released by the National Bureau of Statistics of China (中国国家统计局) recently showed that in 2024, the added value of China's "three new" economy, with new industries, new business formats, and new business models as its core content, accounted for 18.01% of the gross domestic product, an increase of 0.43 percentage points over the previous year. China has the world's largest research and development personnel team, ranks first in the world in the number of global top 100 science and technology innovation clusters, and has more than 460,000 high-tech enterprises. Open-source models for artificial intelligence, innovative drugs, and other innovative achievements are constantly emerging, and emerging industries such as intelligent unmanned aerial vehicle manufacturing and intelligent vehicle-mounted equipment manufacturing are thriving. In the first half of this year, the added value of China's high-tech manufacturing industry increased by 9.5%; the proportion of foreign investment attracted by China's high-tech industries increased, and the actual use of foreign investment in e-commerce services, chemical pharmaceutical manufacturing, and aerospace vehicle and equipment manufacturing all achieved substantial growth.
Recently, a delegation from the board of directors of the US-China Business Council, including executives from several well-known American companies, visited China. They stated that China has sent a clear signal of further expanding high-level opening up to the outside world, which is crucial for foreign companies, including American companies, to invest and develop in China. At present, unilateralism and protectionism continue to rise, exacerbating global economic uncertainty, and the policy stability and long-term planning of China's promotion of high-level opening up are even more valuable. From the "24 Measures for Foreign Investment" to the "20 Measures for Stabilizing Foreign Investment," from the "Negative List" to "Zero Tariff Treatment," China continues to create a first-class business environment that is market-oriented, rule-of-law based, and internationalized. Expanding pilot programs for opening up in fields such as telecommunications, healthcare, and education, promoting the orderly opening up of the biopharmaceutical field, encouraging foreign investment to carry out equity investment in China, and continuously building the "Invest in China" brand... China's door to opening up is opening wider and wider. At a time when the world economy is facing many challenges, China is injecting more certainty into the global economy with its own stable development and creating new opportunities for all countries with its continuous expansion of opening up.
The "14th Five-Year Plan" (十四五) is coming to a close, and the "15th Five-Year Plan" (十五五) is being planned and prepared. China will use strong and effective policies to respond to the uncertainties of the external environment, make good use of development opportunities, potential, and advantages, consolidate and expand the momentum of economic recovery, and promote the courageous advancement of the Chinese economic ship. A China moving towards high-quality development will bring broader market opportunities, investment opportunities, and growth opportunities to the world, working together with all countries to develop and achieve each other.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 刘仲华
"If you want to see the world's smartest factories, I would choose to go to China." Cedrik Neike, member of the Managing Board of Siemens AG and CEO of Siemens Digital Industries, said in a recent interview with this reporter that the Chinese market is of great strategic importance to Siemens. Siemens will continue to increase its investment in the Chinese market and achieve mutual benefit and win-win results with Chinese partners.
Neike, who has visited China many times, has a deep understanding of the Chinese market and opportunities: "China has a huge market size and economic volume. China has always been a very important part of Siemens' global strategy." Neike commented on the importance of the Chinese market, "Taking an athlete as an example, you can compete with people who are weaker than you, or you can compete with the strongest opponents. If you want to win in global competition, you must compete in the Chinese market. We must compete with stronger competitors and work with the best customers to achieve win-win results, so as to comprehensively improve ourselves." Neike said that China has significant advantages in technologies such as batteries, motors, and electronic controls. "We will not ignore or withdraw from the Chinese market. We know that to improve our competitiveness, we must cultivate the Chinese market deeply."
From March 31 to April 4 this year, at the Hannover Messe 2025 with the theme of "Empowering Sustainable Industry," Siemens showcased its technological applications in digitalization and artificial intelligence. Neike said that artificial intelligence will change the future of manufacturing, and those companies that actively embrace artificial intelligence will succeed. China's innovation in the field of artificial intelligence continues to bring surprises to the world, such as Chinese companies' in-depth exploration and launch of open-source models that are both open, efficient, and easy to use. Neike introduced that Siemens Numerical Control (Nanjing) Co., Ltd. (西门子数控（南京）有限公司) is Siemens' first native digital factory in the world and a model for building the "industrial metaverse." The comprehensive application of digital technology has increased the factory's production capacity by nearly 2 times, improved production efficiency by 20%, and shortened the time to market for products by nearly 20%. Neike said: "Siemens expects that the industrial automation business in the Chinese market will increase significantly in the future. The Chinese economy is paying more and more attention to high-quality development, and industrial automation will play an important role."
In March of this year, Siemens held a smart manufacturing innovation product launch event in Shanghai (上海) with the theme of "China Acceleration 2.0," releasing 18 new products for the Chinese market, covering a number of industrial automation and digital products and services, of which 16 new products achieved comprehensive local research and development. Neike introduced that in October 2024, Siemens established the China Innovation Product Division and increased R&D investment by 67% to create the newly released innovative products mentioned above. "These locally developed products can not only help Chinese manufacturers reduce costs and increase efficiency and achieve high-value transformation, but also further deepen Siemens' value chain layout in the Chinese market. In the future, Siemens China Innovation Product Division will launch new products and solutions on a quarterly basis."
"The long-term positive trend of the Chinese market has not changed." Neike is full of confidence in the prospects of the Chinese market. He said that in the future, Siemens will continue to base itself on the needs of the Chinese market, integrate digital capabilities and global wisdom, accelerate local innovation at China speed, and help customers improve their competitiveness and achieve high-value growth.
(Reported by our Berlin (柏林) correspondent)
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 黄培昭 薛 丹
The morning light is faint, the breeze is gentle, and the rice ears droop and sway. The arrival of the harvest season brings endless joy to the villagers of the hybrid rice poverty reduction demonstration village in the Rukarama reclamation area of Bujumbura Rural Province (布琼布拉农村省) in Burundi.
"Look at these heavy ears of rice, they will be harvested soon." When he met 30-year-old Fostin Ndayishimiye (福斯坦·恩达耶辛加), he was checking the growth of rice in his own rice field. Ndayishimiye (恩达耶辛加) told reporters: "This year, I planted 2 hectares of hybrid rice, and conservatively estimate that each hectare can produce 10 tons of rice, which was unimaginable before the Chinese experts came." Three years ago, Ndayishimiye (恩达耶辛加) began to grow hybrid rice. Now he has not only built a new house, but also raised a lot of livestock. "With the help of Chinese experts, more and more farmers are becoming planting experts," said Ndayishimiye (恩达耶辛加).
The harvest picture of Burundi's villages is inseparable from the unremitting efforts of Chinese experts. Since August 2009, China has implemented the China-Burundi Senior Agricultural Expert Technical Cooperation Project. As of now, six groups of agricultural experts have been sent to promote high-quality rice varieties in the fields of Burundi, teach advanced agricultural techniques and scientific planting concepts, and help improve the quality and increase the production of local grain.
Yang Huade (杨华德), the leader of the Chinese agricultural expert group to Burundi, told reporters that the expert group has established 76 demonstration villages in 15 major rice-producing areas, successfully selected 7 rice varieties suitable for the local area, planted 3,800 hectares of hybrid rice, and achieved an average annual increase of 28,500 tons and an increase of 14.25 million US dollars. "With the relay assistance of batches of Chinese expert groups, Burundi's rice production has achieved a historic breakthrough, and the lives of many farmers have been significantly improved as a result."
Along the winding road, the reporter came to the rice planting cooperative in Bujiga Village (布吉加村), Rutana Province (鲁塔纳省). Anaclet (阿那克莱特), the person in charge, took out a map and introduced the hybrid rice demonstration field here to the reporter.
"At present, 75 hectares of demonstration fields have been successfully tested, and the villagers have tasted the sweetness. Good varieties plus advanced technology, rice can achieve higher yields. The villagers have also built new houses and sent their children to better schools." Anaclet (阿那克莱特) drew a circle on the map with a red pen while saying, "The cooperative has a plantable area of 280 hectares, and next year we will let the golden rice waves cover this land."
According to reports, in 2023, the expert group tested a total of 145 hectares of hybrid rice in Rutana Province (鲁塔纳省), and the yield per hectare increased from less than 3 tons to more than 9 tons. At present, the planting area of hybrid rice in Rutana Province (鲁塔纳省) has expanded to 900 hectares, and the yield per hectare of rice fields has exceeded 12 tons at most. Rutana Province (鲁塔纳省) has become another granary in Burundi.
Gordien (戈迪安), a villager in Bujiga Village (布吉加村), told reporters that before the Chinese experts came, the yield per hectare of rice fields in his family was only 2.5 tons to 3 tons; after planting hybrid rice, the yield per hectare reached more than 10 tons. "Our income has increased greatly, and Chinese experts have changed the lives of our family."
According to reports, since 2020, the Chinese expert group has innovatively adopted the model of promoting hybrid rice planting with the "Productive Input Fund" in Lingge Fourth Village (林格四村), Bubanza Province (布班扎省) in Burundi. The fund can assist farmers in preparing the seeds, fertilizers, pesticides, etc. needed for the next season's production in a timely manner. This production model has driven all 134 households with 1,072 people in the village out of poverty, and then it has been successfully promoted in 56 poverty reduction demonstration villages in Burundi. The Burundi government has included "relying on the high-yield rice technology of the agricultural assistance group to Burundi to help Burundi reduce poverty" in the national agricultural development plan.
"The arrival of Chinese experts has injected new impetus into the development of Burundi's agriculture." Prosper Dodiko (普罗斯珀·多迪科), Minister of Agriculture and Animal Husbandry of Burundi, said that the China-Burundi Senior Agricultural Expert Technical Cooperation Project has not only significantly improved Burundi's rice production, but also cultivated a group of agricultural technical backbones and enhanced Burundi's ability to independently develop agriculture.
(Reported from Bujumbura (布琼布拉))
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Outside the window, summer trees are lush; inside, thoughts are surging. In the Huang Danian Tea House (黄大年茶思屋) at Shanghai Zizhu Science-based Industrial Park (上海紫竹科技园), a production-education integration symposium between Shanghai Jiao Tong University (上海交通大学) and Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (华为技术有限公司) is in full swing.
A graduate student from the operating system joint training experimental class raised his hand: "I want to participate in solving the pain points of heterogeneous hardware adaptation." Before he could finish, a classmate in the back row interjected: "But there is still a gap between classroom cases and actual scenarios." An enterprise mentor from Huawei (华为) smiled and showed the project arrangement on the courseware: "That's why you need to come to our laboratory and study the code line by line with engineers."
Building joint laboratories, having graduate students participate in the HarmonyOS (鸿蒙) ecosystem construction, and equipping more than 30 high-level enterprise mentors... In recent years, Shanghai Jiao Tong University (上海交通大学) has cooperated with Huawei (华为) to start classes, providing strength to solve the country's and industry's "chokehold" technical problems, becoming a vivid microcosm of the school's efforts to enhance independent talent cultivation.
Cultivating people for the Party and talents for the country. Shanghai Jiao Tong University (上海交通大学) implements the fundamental task of establishing morality and cultivating people, innovates talent cultivation models, and ensures that good teachers teach good students, constantly exploring ways to cultivate more new people of the era who can shoulder the great task of national rejuvenation.
Ideological and political courses in venues deeply cultivate students' patriotic sentiments.
This year marks the 70th anniversary of the return of the people's scientist Qian Xuesen (钱学森) to China. At the Xuhui Campus (徐汇校区) of Shanghai Jiao Tong University (上海交通大学), the upgraded Qian Xuesen Library (钱学森图书馆) (hereinafter referred to as "Qian Library (钱馆)") is bustling with visitors.
"This group photo is from 1955, showing Qian (钱) and his family on a cruise ship when he returned to China." Su Linge (苏林格), a member of the school history lecture group, said in a clear voice, "Look at the set of suitcases next to it, which still bear the marks of being detained by relevant departments in the United States at that time."
From Qian Xuesen's (钱学森) exam papers when he studied here, to the manuscript of "Engineering Cybernetics," to the story of "Two Bombs, One Satellite (两弹一星)," Su Linge (苏林格) narrated in detail. "Many viewers want to understand the stories behind the cultural relics, and my classmates and I often polish the explanations until late at night." She said that when personal ideals are integrated into the cause of the country and the nation, youth will bloom with brilliant brilliance. "This year, I finally became a glorious probationary member of the Communist Party of China (中共预备党员)."
In the Qian Library (钱馆) auditorium, an aerospace-themed study tour for primary and secondary school students has just ended. Xu Ziheng (徐梓恒), a student from the Qian Xuesen (钱学森) Engineering Science Pilot Class, participated in the explanation.
"I used to come here as a visitor to listen to ideological and political teachers, but this time I am the one giving the lecture. Qian's (钱) deeds of serving the country through science and technology flashed before my eyes like scenes." This summer vacation, Xu Ziheng (徐梓恒) actively participated in social practice and stayed at school to do experiments. "These days, I have been conducting research with the team and deeply felt that the spirit of scientists is not just a slogan, but a day-to-day commitment in the laboratory."
What kind of people to cultivate, how to cultivate them, and for whom to cultivate them are the fundamental questions of education. Contemporary college students have the confidence to look at the world equally and pay more attention to diversified spiritual needs. How to improve the effectiveness of cultivating morality and nurturing people? Shanghai Jiao Tong University (上海交通大学) continues to leverage its disciplinary and resource advantages to strengthen ideological and political guidance for young students—
High-quality construction of the "Overview of Xi Jinping (习近平) Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era" course cluster, exploring the opening of a series of special courses on strengthening the country, such as "Science and Technology Powerhouse (科技强国)," "Manufacturing Powerhouse (制造强国)," and "Cyber Powerhouse (网络强国)," inviting experts and scholars in relevant fields inside and outside the school, as well as master craftsmen, to lecture on the theory and practice of building a strong country;
The School of Marxism (马克思主义学院), the Institute of Engineering Practice and Innovation (卓越工程师学院), and the Qian Library (钱馆) jointly offer distinctive courses such as "Qian Xuesen (钱学森) and China's Science and Technology Undertaking" and "Introduction to Qian Xuesen's (钱学森) Systems Engineering Thought," developing diverse practical teaching activities such as "Qian Library (钱馆) First Class" and "Retracing Xuesen's (学森) Path," vigorously promoting the spirit of scientists;
Linking and coordinating key industries, jointly building "Great Ideological and Political Course (大思政课)" teaching bases with Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China, Ltd. (中国商飞), the Eighth Academy of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (航天八院), Jiangnan Shipyard (Group) Co., Ltd. (江南造船), etc., moving the classroom to the launch site of the core module of the China Space Station (中国空间站) and the "Xuelong (雪龙)" icebreaker, guiding students to draw strength from struggle and inspire enthusiasm for serving the country through science and technology...
"'Drink water and think of the source, love the country and honor the school (饮水思源，爱国荣校).' Talent cultivation should always start from the strategic height of ensuring that the socialist cause has successors, and adhere to using the Party's innovative theories to build the soul and cultivate people." Yang Zhenbin (杨振斌), Secretary of the Party Committee of Shanghai Jiao Tong University (上海交通大学党委书记), said that the school will further leverage the ideological and political education function of successful cases of great changes in the new era, deeply cultivate patriotic sentiments through ideological and political courses in venues and mobile ideological and political courses, and guide students to perceive the mission of the times and realize the value of life in overcoming technical problems and promoting social progress.
Engineering practice training ground, cultivating innovative awareness and ability.
Currently, a new round of scientific and technological revolution and industrial transformation is developing in depth. Comprehensively improving the quality of education and cultivating students' innovative awareness and innovative ability are of great significance for the great cause of building a strong country and national rejuvenation.
All-day open venues, hardware environments equipped with 3D printing and other equipment, rich cutting-edge lectures, and exciting science and technology innovation competitions... Today, the Shanghai Jiao Tong University (上海交通大学) Student Innovation Center is very popular, like an engineering practice training ground on campus.
Arriving at the shared space on the second floor, an elderly assistance robot is repeating the action of helping someone up. In front of the console, Lu Lixin (陆李昕), a student from the School of Mechanical Engineering (机械与动力工程学院), is adjusting the trajectory parameters of the robotic arm. "It may be that the inverse kinematics solution accuracy is not enough." He turned to look at Chu Pengzhi (楚朋志), a senior experimentalist in charge of guidance.
"Try modifying the weight matrix of the pre-processing, observe the output of the error compensation, and then check the logic code of the two actions," Chu Pengzhi (楚朋志) suggested. As the instructions were issued, the robot first smoothly lifted the simulated dummy, then grabbed a medicine bottle from the table and handed it out, improving the execution efficiency of the entire set of actions by 20%. These days, this robot won an award at a Sino-foreign youth maker competition held in Beijing (北京).
"Collaborative Robot Application Case Analysis and Practice," "Artificial Intelligence Interaction Technology"... Different from general professional courses, the courses at the Student Innovation Center highlight the integration of production and education and the cultivation of innovation capabilities. "We launch 40 school-enterprise co-construction courses in an academic year, and update 15% of the courses every year according to technological development and students' scientific and technological innovation needs." Chu Pengzhi (楚朋志) said that the classroom iterates with the industry, the project precipitates into teaching, and more innovative practical talents with both disciplinary depth and industrial vision are cultivated.
Traditional classrooms have problems such as high disciplinary barriers and narrow coverage. How to solve them? How can innovation education be transformed from a short-term sprint to lifelong empowerment? Shanghai Jiao Tong University (上海交通大学) takes the needs of scientific and technological innovation as a traction to promote the innovation of education and teaching concepts, methods, and technologies, and broaden students' diversified development paths.
——A plan. Launching the "Zhiyuan Honors Program (致远荣誉计划)" for top students, aiming to cultivate innovative leading talents, building four focused platforms for energy materials, quantum communication and computing, biomolecular detection, and data science and technology, guiding students to devote themselves to basic research and use interdisciplinary methods to solve key scientific and technological problems;
——A program. "The new round of talent cultivation program has been improved for more than a year and will be implemented for the 2025 undergraduate students." Zhang Junliang (章俊良), Director of the Academic Affairs Office of the school, said, "We streamline credits, consolidate the foundation, encourage cross-disciplinary studies, and promote AI to deeply empower majors, experiments, and practice, deepen the integration of science, education, and industry, and promote students to transform from learning knowledge to strengthening abilities, while leaving enough space for students to learn independently;"
——A system. From undergraduate to graduate students, explore a long-term mechanism for talent cultivation that serves national strategies, form a closed-loop system of enrollment, cultivation, employment, and other educational links, and build a closed-loop system of "strategic needs - precise talent selection - value-added cultivation - lifelong growth" to cultivate outstanding talents with innovative spirit, practical ability, and both moral integrity and talent.
"Only by developing education and providing a continuous stream of intellectual support for Chinese-style modernization can we win strategic initiative in international competition." Ding Kuiling (丁奎岭), Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (中国科学院院士) and President of Shanghai Jiao Tong University (上海交通大学校长), said that the school adheres to the principle of cultivating people, constantly adjusts and optimizes the disciplinary layout, and cultivates high-end talents urgently needed by the country. At the same time, it follows the laws of teaching and educating people, teaches students in accordance with their aptitude, so that every student can receive suitable education and realize the continuous leap of educational value-added.
Good teachers teach good students, turning the advantages of teachers into educational advantages.
"Excellent Case of Industry-University-Research Collaborative Education Project of the Ministry of Education (教育部产学研协同育人项目优秀案例)," "Shanghai Jiao Tong University (上海交通大学) 2024 Teaching Achievement Award," "Zhiyuan (致远) Honorary Teacher"... Walking into the office of Professor Zhang Weinan (张伟楠) of the School of Computer Science (计算机学院), teaching awards are placed in prominent positions. "Scientific research is very important for teachers, but it is more important to integrate their academic achievements and research experience into teaching and bring them into the classroom," he said.
While talking, a graduate student who had made an appointment in advance knocked on the door, holding a paper on the development prospects of global large model intelligent agents. "The technical route here needs a clearer logical chain, and this framework may inspire you." Zhang Weinan (张伟楠) read the paper, wrote annotations, and took out a monograph from the bookshelf and handed it to the student.
In one hour, through questions and answers, the teacher and student exchanged opinions on the revision of the paper. Immediately afterwards, Zhang Weinan (张伟楠) took his computer and rushed to another conference room, where several graduate students from the embodied intelligence team were waiting for him to hold a weekly meeting...
Teachers are the foundation of establishing education and the source of revitalizing education. Giving full play to the advantages of teachers and enabling excellent people to cultivate more excellent people is the essential answer to taking the road of independent talent cultivation. This has also become an important consideration for Shanghai Jiao Tong University (上海交通大学) in recent years in doing a good job in talent introduction and strengthening teacher support.
Hu Hao (胡昊), Assistant to the President and Director of the Human Resources Department, said that on the one hand, a talent work team led by the President and participated by experts is formed to build a direct train for talent introduction and cultivation; on the other hand, long-term stable funding is provided for top talents in basic research, a relaxed evaluation is implemented, the classified development of the teaching staff is promoted, and the advantages of teachers are transformed into educational advantages.
According to reports, the school incorporates undergraduate teaching indicators into personnel evaluation and appointment requirements, and strengthens undergraduate education and teaching requirements in talent introduction and title evaluation.
For example, after graduating with a doctorate, Zhang Weinan (张伟楠) was introduced to the Johns Hopkins University - Shanghai Jiao Tong University (上海交通大学) Joint Institute of Engineering (约翰·霍普克罗夫特计算机科学中心). The center attaches importance to undergraduate teaching and requires young teachers not to assess the amount of scientific research funding, publish a high-quality paper every year, and teach two professional courses well.
"This allows us to focus more on scientific research and teaching, and everyone's teaching enthusiasm is higher." Zhang Weinan (张伟楠) introduced that many teachers in the center have student evaluations reaching A grade, and many have won various teaching achievement awards.
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This summer vacation, the students of the Qian Xuesen (钱学森) Engineering Science Pilot Class followed in the footsteps of their senior Qian Xuesen (钱学森) and carried out a "Great Ideological and Political Course (大思政课)" spanning time and space. Just 20 years ago, Qian (钱) placed his hopes on Chinese education and issued "Qian Xuesen's Question (钱学森之问)."
From the Institute of Mechanics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (中国科学院力学研究所) to the Dongfeng Aerospace History Exhibition Hall (东风航天历史展览馆), and then to the "Two Bombs City (两弹城)" Museum, the journey of thousands of kilometers gradually converged in the land of China and the historical corridor.
Looking back on that difficult and passionate era, the sincerity of "**干惊天动地事、做隐姓埋名人** (gàn jīng tiān dòng dì shì, zuò yǐn xìng mái míng rén - "do earth-shattering things, be an anonymous hero," to dedicate oneself selflessly to a great cause)," and the responsibility of "science has no borders, but scientists have a motherland (科学无国界，科学家有祖国)," have taken root and sprouted in the hearts of Jiao Tong University (交大) students, inspiring them to answer "Qian Xuesen's Question (钱学森之问)" with practical actions.
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"It is truly regrettable that your mother was unable to fulfill her educational responsibilities to you... Your mother will not educate you with thousands of words, but will educate you through practice. After you grow up, I hope you will not forget that your mother sacrificed herself for the country!"
Walking into the Museum of the War of Chinese People's Resistance Against Japan (中国人民抗日战争纪念馆) and visiting the theme exhibition "For National Liberation and World Peace" (《为了民族解放与世界和平》), many people's eyes are wet after reading Zhao Yiman's (赵一曼) last letter to her son before her sacrifice. This political commissar, known as the "Double-Gun White Horse" (双枪白马) who terrified the Japanese and puppet troops, possessed both the heroic fearlessness of "willing to shed hot blood to nourish China" (甘将热血沃中华) and the tender affection of a mother concerned about her child. The deep affection and great righteousness of the Communists are vividly reflected in Zhao Yiman (赵一曼).
As the stars shift, what remains unchanged is the genuine affection of putting the people first and working for their well-being, what remains unwavering is the loyalty to faith and the dedication to serving the Party and the country, and what remains unaltered is the prioritization of national righteousness over personal feelings. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) profoundly pointed out: "Our Party has no special interests of its own, and the Party always puts the interests of the masses first. This is the most significant symbol that distinguishes our Party as a Marxist party from other political parties." Upholding the people's sentiments, safeguarding the people's interests, preventing personal interests from being placed above the interests of the Party and the people, and abandoning the idea of seeking personal gain through favoritism and abandoning righteousness for profit, all Party members and cadres should have this awareness.
Perhaps some may say that no one lives in a vacuum. Indeed, people are not plants or trees; how can they be without feelings? Affection for relatives, friendship, love, gratitude, teacher-student relationships, classmate relationships, and camaraderie – it is inevitable to have various requests for help. Finding a job, attending a wedding banquet, celebrating the New Year, visiting relatives and friends, congratulating promotions – it is inevitable to have various interest relationships involved. To untangle the web of human relationships, the key is to grasp the relationship between human feelings and principles, between kinship and integrity.
After the founding of New China, Comrade Mao Zedong (毛泽东) repeatedly wrote letters to politely decline requests from relatives and friends for jobs and official positions, while also sending money and goods to help them alleviate their living difficulties. His cousin, Mao Zelian (毛泽连), was from a poor family, and Comrade Mao Zedong (毛泽东) used his own royalties to help him. He emphasized both principles and kinship, embedding principles within kinship, so that kinship could be realized in a selfless and open manner.
Once, Liao Junbo (廖俊波) chased after a businessman from another place all the way to the elevator entrance in order to return a gift, saying, "If you come to me, we are friends; if you come with gifts, we are no longer friends, but have a relationship of interest, which belittles friendship." Refusing gifts is not the same as being heartless; with "integrity" as the premise, "kinship" brings joy to both.
Affection for relatives and friends and national righteousness, interpersonal interactions and compliance with rules and regulations, can actually be reconciled; the key lies in establishing a good view of affection and righteousness, and passing the test of affection and righteousness.
Public and private matters must be clearly distinguished. Public power belongs to the public, and the use of power is for the people; not a single bit can be used for private purposes. Knowing that "once the wine glass is raised, principles are relaxed," one must not hesitate to pull a long face and block the drinking party. Knowing that human feelings and face are not greater than the substance of law and discipline, one must not hesitate to refuse intercession and eliminate networks of relationships. Wang Lianshan (王连山), a discipline inspection and supervision cadre in Tianjin (天津), has a famous saying: "No relationship is closer than discipline; no human feeling is greater than the law." Faced with irregular operations and inappropriate requests under the guise of affection and righteousness, Party members and cadres must be "iron-faced."
Strictness and love must coexist. Whether dealing with colleagues and subordinates, or with relatives and friends, "strictness is love, leniency is harm" is the only principle. Care must have warmth, doing things must have standards, supervision must have strength, one must "not be soft-hearted" when strictness is required, and one must not be unfeeling in situations where affection is appropriate, striving to love relatives without favoritism, to remember the old without seeking benefits for them, and to help relatives without supporting them, so as to maintain the noble character and integrity of Communists.
The greatest affection and love is nothing more than putting the people first. Zhang Guimei (张桂梅) is very simple in her food, clothing, and use, but she donates her salary and bonuses to teaching and students. Zhou Yongkai (周永开) treats the masses as relatives, and after retirement, he donates money to help students, alleviate poverty, and help and lead the people in old revolutionary areas to get rid of poverty and become rich. The strong love for the people, the sincere heart for the people, and the sincere actions to benefit the people are a vivid portrayal of the Communists' patriotic feelings and personal strength.
Return to TopEntering the 21st century, with the help of the Three Gorges migration and resettlement and the needs of industrial development, the villagers of Muhe Village (睦和村), Nantuo Town (南沱镇), Fuling District (涪陵区), Chongqing (重庆) introduced the cultivation of lychees, and the "Lychee Orchard Spring Breeze (荔浦春风)," one of the old Eight Scenic Spots of Fuling (涪陵八景), was able to reappear. Today, the water and land transportation network along the Yangtze River (长江) extends in all directions, rural roads reach directly to the fields, and an efficient modern logistics system allows fresh lychees from the banks of the Yangtze River (长江) to be delivered to diners thousands of miles away on the same day.
The picture shows the highway three-dimensional transportation at the bridgehead of the Fuling Yangtze River Bridge (涪陵长江大桥) in Fuling District (涪陵区) on July 30.
Xinhua News Agency (新华社) reporter Liu Chan (刘潺) photographed.
Return to TopAccording to the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (广西壮族自治区) Department of Commerce, Guangxi's (广西) cross-border e-commerce import and export volume exceeded 25 billion yuan in the first half of 2025, an increase of over 140% year-on-year. Among them, Guangxi's (广西) cross-border e-commerce import and export volume to ASEAN countries accounted for nearly 70%.
Since the beginning of this year, the State Council has approved the establishment of comprehensive cross-border e-commerce pilot zones in Wuzhou (梧州市), Beihai (北海市), and Fangchenggang (防城港市), bringing the number of comprehensive cross-border e-commerce pilot zones approved in Guangxi (广西) to seven. Among them, the Nanning (南宁市) Comprehensive Cross-border E-commerce Pilot Zone is promoting the expansion and upgrading of the regulatory center, carrying out non-sense customs clearance reform, innovating artificial intelligence applications, and introducing new cross-border e-commerce business forms. The Wuzhou (梧州市) Comprehensive Cross-border E-commerce Pilot Zone has completed the first phase of the customs clearance center project, building a "platform + supply chain" cross-border e-commerce ecosystem. The Fangchenggang (防城港市) Comprehensive Cross-border E-commerce Pilot Zone is improving infrastructure and building a China-Vietnam cross-border e-commerce artificial intelligence innovation cooperation zone.
At the same time, Guangxi (广西) has successively introduced a number of measures, starting from overseas warehouse construction and talent training, to accelerate the development of the cross-border e-commerce industry. Guangxi (广西) has also held a number of cross-border live broadcast talent competitions for ASEAN, helping e-commerce talent grow. Relevant comprehensive cross-border e-commerce pilot zones have formed cross-border e-commerce industry clusters and cross-border e-commerce talent training bases facing ASEAN. At present, Guangxi (广西) has deployed more than 30 overseas warehouses in ASEAN, Europe and the United States, and other places, helping more than 600 cross-border e-commerce companies sell their products to more than 160 countries and regions.
Return to TopThis newspaper Beijing (北京), August 3rd (Reporters Liu Wenxin (刘温馨) and Deng Jianyang (邓剑洋)) From August 3rd to 5th, there will be heavy rainfall in South China, Northwest China and other regions, including heavy rain or torrential rain in some areas of Guangdong (广东), Gansu (甘肃), and Ningxia (宁夏), and extremely heavy torrential rain in some local areas.
The State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters (国家防汛抗旱总指挥部) decided to launch a Level IV flood control emergency response for Guangdong (广东), Gansu (甘肃), and Ningxia (宁夏) on August 3rd, and dispatched a working group to Guangdong (广东) to assist and guide flood control work on the front line.
The reporter learned from the Ministry of Water Resources (水利部): According to the meteorological risk warning analysis results of mountain torrent disasters in the next 24 hours by the Ministry of Water Resources (水利部) and the China Meteorological Administration (中国气象局), from 20:00 on August 3rd to 20:00 on August 4th, 25 counties (cities, districts) in Dingxi (定西), Gannan (甘南), Lanzhou (兰州), Linxia (临夏) and other cities (prefectures) in Gansu (甘肃) Province, and 6 counties (cities, districts) in Haidong (海东), Hainan (海南), Huangnan (黄南) and other cities (prefectures) in Qinghai (青海) Province have reached the red warning level.
The Ministry of Water Resources (水利部) upgraded the Level IV emergency response for flood defense in Gansu (甘肃) and Qinghai (青海) provinces to Level III at 20:00 on August 3rd, requiring the water resources departments of the two provinces to further consolidate defense responsibilities, closely monitor local heavy rainfall processes, and focus on mountain torrent risk points and areas such as gully settlements, construction work areas, valley scenic spots, and upstream and downstream of bridges. Timely adjust the warning threshold, give full play to the role of the monitoring and early warning system, and accurately transmit early warning information to front-line personnel at the grassroots level as soon as possible.
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"At noon on August 3rd, Liu Haiyan, a resident of Xinqiao Xincun (新桥新村) in Nantong (南通) City, Jiangsu (江苏) Province, turned on the air conditioner, and a cool breeze blew. "Because the typhoon caused a transformer failure, everyone thought there might be a power outage for a few days, but I didn't expect it to be repaired so quickly. It feels so good to have someone guarding us," said Liu Haiyan (刘海燕)."
"On July 30th, Typhoon 'Tokage' moved inland with wind and rain. At 21:18, a burst of urgent telephone ringing sounded in the Nantong (南通) City power supply emergency repair duty room. A sudden power outage occurred in a residential building in Xinqiao Xincun (新桥新村), Building 1. The 'Power Grid One Map' power outage perception system quickly locked the fault: a transformer on the 10 kV Qiaobei (桥北) 122 line had 罢工 (bà gōng - "strike," to stop working)."
"When the reporter arrived at the scene, Huang Dongdong (黄冬冬) and Wang Mengxi (王孟希), two young Party members from the Distribution Operation and Maintenance Team 1 of the Chongchuan (崇川) District Power Supply Service Center in Nantong (南通) City, were working hard to move the heavy equipment off the truck. Other repair personnel used the light of flashlights to investigate in the accumulated water, stepping deep and shallow."
"At 21:35, the fault point was identified: one phase lead of the transformer was blown off by the strong wind. However, how to safely and efficiently repair it became a thorny problem."
"The emergency power generation vehicle could not arrive due to heavy rain and traffic control, and it was also not feasible to allow the equipment to 'operate with illness'. Inside the repair vehicle, Huang Dongdong (黄冬冬) used a flashlight, his fingers constantly tapping on the drawings, and time passed minute by minute."
"'We can't wait any longer!' At 22:15, Huang Dongdong (黄冬冬) decided to carry out a power outage repair. Because the power outage repair involved 12 transformers, the nearby area needed to have a power outage at the same time."
"Once the order was issued, the staff acted quickly. Huang Dongdong (黄冬冬) led people to set up safety fences, and Wang Mengxi (王孟希) was responsible for checking the user list. Colleagues in the rear were racing against time to explain the reason for the power outage to residents in another 25 buildings through text messages and community groups."
"At 23:05, the power outage repair officially began. The strong wind caused the nearby trees to sway non-stop, but the hands of the repair personnel were steady and fast: power off, test for electricity, ground, remove the faulty lead, and replace it with a new lead. At this time, the strong wind wrapped in heavy rain turned the raincoat into a trumpet shape. Huang Dongdong (黄冬冬) simply tore off the raincoat: 'Take it off! It's in the way! Everyone, work harder and move faster.'"
"In less than half an hour, with a crisp closing sound, the lights in each building gradually lit up. Huang Dongdong's (黄冬冬) phone vibrated, and a photo taken by a resident popped up in the community group: the repair team was packing up their tools in the rain, and behind them was a continuous stretch of warm lights."
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City, an important carrier of modernization, reflects the progress of a major country and demonstrates the wisdom of governance.
The Central Urban Work Conference (中央城市工作会议) held in 2015 clarified "one respect, five coordinations," guiding the historical achievements of urban development in the new era.
The Central Urban Work Conference (中央城市工作会议) held again in 2025, for the first time, proposed the goal of building a modernized people's city, and clarified the positioning of innovation, livability, beauty, resilience, civilization, and intelligence.
Today, China's cities are in a new historical position of "two shifts": "China's urbanization is shifting from a period of rapid growth to a period of stable development, and urban development is shifting from a stage of large-scale incremental expansion to a stage dominated by stock quality improvement and efficiency enhancement."
Clarifying the theme of promoting high-quality urban development, adhering to the main line of urban connotative development, proposing "five transformations," and deploying the key tasks of "one optimization, six constructions"... reflects the further deepening of our Party's understanding of the laws of urban development.
"Blazing a new path of urban modernization with Chinese characteristics." Xi Jinping's (习近平) important exposition on urban work scientifically answers many major theoretical and practical questions, provides epistemology and methodology for doing a good job in urban work in the new era and new journey, and contains the development path for the giant ship of China to move forward steadily under the century of changes.
(II)
To understand the laws of development, grasp strategic trends, and make scientific decisions, historical thinking is an important cornerstone.
"Without a sense of historical depth to grasp what we are doing now and formulate our goals, we cannot do today's work well." Xi Jinping's (习近平) important exposition demonstrates the ideological method, leadership method, and working method of adhering to historical thinking.
Adhering to historical thinking enhances the determination to promote the connotative development of cities.
China has experienced the largest and fastest urbanization process in world history. However, in the process of rapid development, many prominent contradictions and problems have also accumulated: some houses and infrastructure in cities are aging, the construction above and below ground is unbalanced, and "big city diseases" are prominent...
Exploring an optimized development model for densely populated areas, Xiong'an New Area (雄安新区) came into being. After the establishment of the new area, almost no bricks or tiles were moved for a long time, and the concept of "planning every inch of land clearly before starting construction" was deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.
Looking at the new area today, above ground, the interweaving of blue and green outlines the urban picture; underground, the comprehensive pipe gallery guarantees urban operation; in the cloud, powerful computing power serves urban governance. The synchronous planning and construction of "three cities" has a concrete projection of the "millennium plan."
Understanding the present from history, following the inherent laws of urbanization, and grasping the new historical position of "two shifts" can we find the way to solve problems, and can we deeply understand the strategic orientation and contemporary significance of adhering to the connotative development of cities.
Adhering to historical thinking consolidates the foundation for retaining the historical and cultural context of cities.
Fuzhou's Sanfang Qixiang (福州三坊七巷), known as the museum of Ming and Qing architecture, has exceeded 10 million visitors for many consecutive years, becoming a "city living room" in the new era.
In the 1990s, this "living fossil of the Lane system" was almost demolished and rebuilt on a large scale. Xi Jinping (习近平), then Secretary of the Fuzhou Municipal Party Committee (福州市委书记), convened an on-site office meeting and clearly stated that "we must do a good job in the protection, restoration, and utilization of cultural relics in the city in our hands, not only must we not allow them to be damaged, but also make them more brilliant and pass them on to future generations."
Culture is the soul of a city. What to support and what to oppose, Xi Jinping's (习近平) attitude is clear: "Things like large-scale migration and felling of trees, indiscriminate construction of cultural landmarks, and arbitrary changes of old place names must never be done again."
Stepping out of the immediate needs and maintaining a sense of awe in the long river of history, retaining historical and cultural heritage also retains the roots and soul of the city.
Those who do not plan for the long term are not enough to plan for the present. Enhancing historical thinking is beneficial to urban work, and also to the development of other fields.
Deeply cultivating "seemingly useless science," Huawei (华为) insists on investing about 60 billion yuan every year to support basic theoretical research, nurturing the vigorous growth of key technologies such as Kunpeng (鲲鹏), Ascend (昇腾), and HarmonyOS (鸿蒙);
Adhering to the determination of "achieving success does not necessarily require me, but achieving success definitely requires me," Youyu County (右玉县), Shanxi (山西) has carried out "green relay" for more than 70 years, and the former "barren land" has now become an "oasis on the border"...
"Some things require a tough battle, and some things require long-term efforts." Establishing a historical perspective, adhering to historical patience, and not engaging in quick success and instant benefits can we open up a new situation in the changing situation and win strategic initiative.
(III)
Turning resources into advantages and turning gaps into potential energy, adapting to local conditions is the key to success.
This year's popular "Jiangsu Super League" provides a perspective for observing cities.
The 13 prefecture-level cities in Jiangsu (江苏) are "competing with each other" on the field and "catching up with each other" off the field. From Nanjing's (南京) digital economy to Suzhou's (苏州) intelligent manufacturing, from Wuxi's (无锡) integrated circuits to Changzhou's (常州) vehicle production... Cultivating "unique skills," each showing its strengths, and can also hold fingers into fists.
"When it comes to projects, everyone talks about a few things: artificial intelligence, computing power, and new energy vehicles. Do all provinces in the country have to develop industries in these directions?" Xi Jinping's (习近平) words are thought-provoking.
"Relying on piling up and spreading the pie will not produce modern urban agglomerations." Shifting from a stage of large-scale incremental expansion to a stage dominated by stock quality improvement and efficiency enhancement urgently requires changing the extensive and extensive urban development model, breaking the problems of blind expansion, and adhering to the path of connotative development.
The situation in various parts of China varies greatly, and cities differ in terms of resource endowment, geographical environment, development level, and basic conditions. How to avoid the emergence of "thousands of cities with one face" and industrial homogenization?
The key is to proceed from reality, pay more attention to characteristic development, create core competitiveness, and achieve differentiated development and differentiated competition.
With ice and snow as the medium, "Harbin fever" refreshes the "ice city" name card, and the cold region vehicle testing industry in Heihe (黑河) has grown from scratch, and "cold resources" light up the city's style.
With culture as the appointment, Shanghai's (上海) cultural and creative industries, Tianjin's (天津) Quyi and folk culture, and Guangzhou's (广州) Lingnan (岭南) characteristic architecture, the "cultural flavor" permeates the city's connotation.
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"One key opens one lock," adapting to local conditions is not only an inherent requirement for doing a good job in urban work, but also a scientific method for promoting high-quality development.
Developing new quality productive forces cannot be done in a **大呼隆** (dà hū lōng - "a big roar," meaning doing things in a chaotic and disorganized manner). From science and technology highlands, industrial bases to logistics hubs, energy towns, playing the "characteristic card," using more "local methods," and taking the "differentiated road," planting suitable seeds in suitable soil can grow into towering trees.
Promoting regional integration is not homogenization. Seizing the opportunity of artificial intelligence, Zhejiang (浙江) refused to "engage in internal friction" and played the "characteristic card": Hangzhou (杭州) proposed the "artificial intelligence +" action, Ningbo (宁波) focused on the manufacturing field, and Wenzhou (温州) seized the digital security track... Differentiated and clustered development can achieve complementary advantages and string beads into chains.
"We must consider what we are doing and why we are doing it from the overall situation and from lofty ideals."
Stepping out of one's own small area and finding the strategic position in the overall situation can better clarify "what is the most important mission of a place" and embark on a high-quality development path suitable for oneself.
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Optimizing urban functions, improving governance efficiency, and coordinating overall planning are basic methods.
"In the past, GDP was used to judge heroes, and everything else was ignored, and one good thing covered up a hundred bad things. Now, many things are covered up by one bad thing, and if one thing is done badly, the credibility, image, and reputation will immediately go down." Xi Jinping (习近平) said thoroughly, "The people's feelings are strongest in which aspects, everyone must not ignore it. 'Even small officials like us in the state and county care about every branch and leaf.'"
Under the new situation, the requirements for urban work are higher, involving a wide range of areas, multiple subjects, and heavy tasks. Grasping the problems that the masses strongly reflect, putting enough "embroidered effort" into urban governance, and coordinating the optimization of urban structure, energy conversion, quality improvement, green transformation, cultural context continuation, and governance efficiency enhancement can make cities better benefit the people.
Balancing "inside" and "outside," grasping both the face and the lining. Chongqing (重庆) creates sponge cities through rainwater gardens and other "sponge cells," consuming 70% of rainfall on the spot, and there is no water accumulation on the newly built Sen Avenue after the rain, and the green belt is more lush. Using real effort to improve safety and resilience, and carefully watering the "invisible roots" can support the "visible scenery."
Coordinating "city" and "countryside," and integrating development with "dual wheels." Guangdong (广东) implements the "Hundred, Thousand, Ten Thousand Project" to bridge the urban-rural gap through counterpart assistance; Heilongjiang (黑龙江) takes the county economy as the entry point and radiates rural development by strengthening characteristic industries... Reciting the "integration" formula and activating the "whole game" can make the fields connect with the times, let the cities remember the nostalgia, and promote coordinated development in both directions.
Coordinating "production" and "city," and ensuring both livability and employability. Yichang City (宜昌市), Hubei (湖北) Province, chemical enterprises along the river "close, transform, move, and transfer," traditional industries are upgraded, and the living environment is improved; Xicheng District (西城区), Beijing (北京), the "wholesale market" is relocated, hidden champion enterprises are settled, traffic congestion is alleviated, and tax revenue is promoted... Penetrating the concept of high-quality development into all aspects of the city will surely play a symphony of urban symbiosis and win-win.
Watching chess, have a global view; playing chess, accurately place pieces. Looking at it from the city, reform cannot "advance alone," development cannot "fight alone," and regulation cannot be "piecemeal"... Standing at the crossroads of history, the more arduous and heavy the tasks of reform and development are, the more we must learn to "play the piano with ten fingers" and enhance the ability to coordinate overall planning.
"Achieving greatness while being meticulous" is the method of urban governance and the way to develop a strong country.
(Written by: Sheng Yulei (盛玉雷), Chang Jin (常晋), Li Tielin (李铁林))
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Not long ago, at the 3rd China International Supply Chain Expo (CISCE), the author observed an interesting phenomenon: exhibitors not only promoted their own products and technologies but also enjoyed "building their own stage for others to perform," focusing on showcasing and promoting upstream and downstream enterprises in the supply chain.
For example, GE Healthcare and BOE jointly showcased three high-end monitoring product display modules, and the booth also displayed 120 rpm CT rotating bearings supplied by Luoyang Bearing Group Co., Ltd. (洛阳轴承集团股份有限公司); another example is McDonald's China's booth, which not only had hamburgers and fries but also featured 11 upstream and downstream supplier partners in the fields of meat, dairy products, sauces, and logistics.
Changing from displaying single products to displaying chains, ecosystems, and scenarios, and changing from "fighting alone" to "group attack," exhibitors are not "opponents" but "teammates," not "grabbing cake" from each other but "making cake" together. This concept and action of win-win cooperation bring enlightenment that is not limited to the exhibition itself.
For enterprises, cooperation contains new development space and growth points. Equipped with Dongchao Technology's "interactive aerial imaging" technology, the operating experience of a gas stove becomes interesting and trendy, and users can easily control the folding and unfolding of the stove by clicking the aerial buttons. The successful application of this technology in household appliances such as refrigerators, washing machines, and range hoods not only expands the application scenarios of advanced technology but also provides technological impetus for the transformation and upgrading of the traditional household appliance industry.
Cooperation can only lead to win-win results. Mutually "adding value," forming a fist to move towards the high end of the industrial chain value chain, better meeting the needs and expectations of consumers with better products and higher quality, ultimately achieving the common evolution of enterprises on the chain.
For the industry, win-win cooperation does not mean no competition, but rather to eliminate vicious competition and "involutionary" competition. Seres Group (赛力斯集团) innovatively launched the "factory-in-factory" model, embedding the production lines of several core supply chain enterprises inside the Seres Super Factory to achieve localized synchronous production and supply; global mining giant Rio Tinto (力拓) joined hands with China Baowu (中国宝武) to showcase the industrial chain synergy from raw materials such as iron and aluminum to white body... In the intelligent vehicle chain exhibition area of the CISCE, endless new stories and new achievements depict the picture of collaborative progress in the automotive industry.
Leading chain enterprises can empower small and medium-sized enterprises on the chain through technology sharing, joint research and development, etc., and small and medium-sized enterprises on the chain should also cultivate subdivided fields and dare to innovate and break through. By joining hands to break the "**内卷**" (nèi juǎn - "involution," internal competition leading to stagnation), and create innovation highlands, brand highlands, and value highlands, the industry can truly become bigger and stronger, move steadily and far, and win the future.
From a broader perspective, today's industrial chain has already broken through national borders. Promoting the "industrial chain" to become a "win-win chain" is not only a matter for enterprises but also a common responsibility for different economies.
President Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized: "Solidarity can lead to win-win results, and working together can lead to common progress." The China International Import Expo (CIIE), the CISCE, and the China-Europe Railway Express (中欧班列) and other international public goods are creating benchmarks for open cooperation; granting 100% tariff-free treatment to products from the least developed countries that have diplomatic relations with China is widely praised by Southern countries... China's actions as an "empowering major country" are consistent.
Against the backdrop of global economic turbulence and rising protectionism, China is enriching and expanding the connotation of win-win cooperation with its own practice: it is not a zero-sum game, but rather creating a "win-win chain"; it is not only about harmonious coexistence but also about interdependence, mutual development, and harmonious coexistence.
Avocados from Peru are transported to China, thousands of miles away, with high quality; technological breakthroughs in Chinese laboratories are truly improving the lives of farmers in Mozambique... One chain after another strings together "繁花" (fán huā - "blooming flowers," a multitude of beautiful things), "linking" the present and the future, and promoting the connection of people's hearts. No matter how the wind blows and the waves beat, the general trend of deep economic integration among countries around the world will not change, and China's door to opening up will not be closed. These visible and invisible chains, woven into a movement, will become more and more moving.
Return to TopNot long ago, the 2025 World Artificial Intelligence Conference (世界人工智能大会) and the High-Level Meeting on Global Governance of Artificial Intelligence were held in Shanghai (上海). The conference brought together more than 1,500 representatives from over 70 countries and regions, attracting more than 800 exhibiting companies, of which innovative enterprises accounted for 50%; it showcased more than 3,000 cutting-edge technologies, including more than 100 "global debut" and "China debut" products.
This is precisely:
Intelligence opens a new era with myriad possibilities,
Wisdom integrates thousands of domains, linking the sea of stars.
If you ask who holds the key to the singularity,
Human-machine collaboration opens the future.
Wang Jingwen (王静文)
Return to TopChildcare Subsidies Highlight "Investing in People"
By Zhu Zheping (朱浙萍)
The national childcare subsidy system implementation plan was recently announced, with broad coverage and significant support, demonstrating inclusiveness and fairness. It is estimated that more than 20 million infants and young children nationwide can receive cash subsidies each year, which will be particularly effective in reducing the burden on wage earners and low- to middle-income families.
Nationwide, 3,600 yuan per child per year is not a small amount. Especially at a time when the fiscal balance pressure on governments at all levels in China is increasing, the real money support demonstrates the value orientation of "people's livelihood is paramount" and "investing in people." The pro-natal value orientation conveyed will help create a pro-natal social atmosphere and increase the willingness to have children.
Of course, the issue of childbirth is complex, and no single policy is a "**万能钥匙**" (wàn néng yào shi - "universal key," a panacea). Childcare, housing security, and education costs are all key concerns for families raising children. In addition to implementing childcare subsidies well, efforts should also be made in childcare support, tax relief, housing support, and workplace environment to promote the formation of an effective fertility incentive mechanism.
Building a child-friendly society is a long-term project. We must target pain points, implement comprehensive policies, and make precise efforts to respond to diverse concerns with more warm measures, so as to truly reduce the burden of childbirth and add points to happiness.
(Excerpted from *Zhejiang Daily* (浙江日报), original title: "Childcare Subsidies Highlight the Sincerity of 'Investing in People'")
Details Shape Good Conduct
By Zhou Yueping (周跃平)
"Hold short meetings without providing mineral water, and take away any unfinished mineral water from the meeting venue"; "Establish a registration system for office pens"... Recently, many local party and government agencies have introduced regulations to address waste in details. Its significance lies not only in reducing resource consumption, but also in shaping good conduct through details.
Drinking half a bottle of mineral water and throwing away the other half, replacing a pen after using it once... These scattered consumptions may seem insignificant, but they accumulate into astonishing figures. What is even more alarming is the ideological problem lurking behind them: treating public resources as ownerless and feeling that small waste is insignificant. Once this mentality spreads, it will slowly erode the foundation of a thrifty and frugal work style. Party and government agencies must not turn a blind eye to this and must be determined to address it.
Governance must not only build a strong ideological defense line, but also improve institutional constraints. We must break the misconception that "**小节无碍**" (xiǎo jié wú ài - "minor details are harmless," small things don't matter), and make public officials understand that every thread and needle of the public connects to the public interest, and every penny is related to the image of work style. Through education and guidance, thrift and frugality should permeate work details and become an internal consciousness. Institutionally, a sound full-chain management and control mechanism should be established, office supplies should be allocated on demand, a recycling system should be established, and binding measures for wasteful behavior should be clarified to reduce the possibility of waste from the source.
Party and government agencies taking the lead in being serious about details can create a strong demonstration effect and drive thrift and frugality to become a common practice.
(Excerpted from *Yunnan Daily* (云南日报), original title: "We Must Be Serious About 'Micro-Waste'")
Return to TopBy: 李昌禹
What impact does the mobile era have on children's lives?
A recent survey of migrant children in Shanghai (上海) showed that they face common problems: many children do not "play" well in their spare time, lack recreational resources, lack stable playmates, and their parents are too busy with work to spend time with them.
High-quality play is important for children. The laughter of children playing in the streets is an indispensable element of a colorful life. Moreover, play helps children's cognitive development. In play, children try new things in a relaxed and natural way, learn to get along with others, and enrich their inner world.
Due to living in different places for a long time or traveling back and forth between two places, some migrant children face problems such as lack of companionship and difficulty integrating. In addition, their residences are often far from the core urban areas, and public facilities such as museums and gymnasiums are less accessible. Many children's entertainment methods are limited to "playing with mobile phones" and "watching short videos." This makes them more prone to emotional disorders and mental health problems. Some experts point out that for migrant children, participating in rich recreational activities is also a process of psychological intervention and social adaptation.
In this sense, creating a more suitable growth environment for migrant children and making their lives full of fun is not only a necessary part of caring for the healthy development of minors, but also a positive measure to cope with the profound changes in the period of social transformation.
Today, China is fully promoting the provision of basic public services by the place of permanent residence. In the fields of education, medical care, and affordable housing, the immigrant population enjoys more and more institutional guarantees. To further create a more friendly growth environment, urban development should also have more of a child's perspective.
In August last year, 21 departments including the Ministry of Civil Affairs (民政部) jointly issued the "Action Plan for Strengthening the Care and Protection of Migrant Children," which requires strengthening the care services for migrant children, such as improving the level of family education guidance, providing psychological health care services, strengthening spiritual and cultural life services, and carrying out urban integration services. From guaranteeing basic rights such as schooling and medical care to better meeting the spiritual needs of migrant children, this is the synchronous resonance of social development and conceptual progress.
"A city should not only have height, but also warmth." Fully considering children's growth patterns and rights in various tasks, and prioritizing children as the object of protection and service, is an important aspect of reflecting urban humanistic care. In this regard, there is still considerable room for improvement. For example, creating child-friendly spaces to make the learning and entertainment life of migrant children more colorful; regularly organizing care activities to provide them with psychological counseling; and running public welfare lectures to help parents establish good communication and emotional connections with their children. When every child is treated with tenderness, the city will become a warm home that carries dreams.
The previous generation of migrant workers often left their children in their place of household registration. Today, thanks to the improvement of the development environment, more people are bringing their children with them. This is a kind of social progress, but we must also see and actively respond to the new challenges brought about by this change.
As a mega-immigrant city, Shenzhen (深圳) has an impressive slogan: "Coming here means you are a Shenzhener." In the current situation where the scale of the mobile population is still huge, this inclusive and open attitude warms many strangers. I sincerely hope that every city will open its arms to ensure that immigrants can come, stay, live in peace, and succeed in their careers, that everyone who carries a bag is not afraid to leave their hometown, and that every childhood journey to a distant place can be comforted.
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Return to TopBy: 本报记者 宋朝军
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized that the nation thrives on scientific and technological advancement, and the country prospers with strong science and technology. The vast number of science and technology workers are focusing on the "four orientations," delving into new theories, opening up new fields, exploring new paths, and constantly advancing into the breadth and depth of science and technology, making great contributions to building a strong country in science and technology and promoting high-level self-reliance and self-strengthening in science and technology.
What is the use of a heavy ion accelerator? How can industrial solid waste be "turned into treasure"? What difficulties need to be overcome in scientific expeditions to the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau? Starting from today, this edition launches the "Promoting the Spirit of Scientists: Dialogue" column, inviting scientists from various fields to tell their innovation stories and interpret their research breakthroughs, allowing us to spark ideas in dialogue, inspire enthusiasm for struggle, and vigorously promote the spirit of scientists.
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Personal Profile
Zhao Hongwei (赵红卫), born in January 1966, is from Qingyang (庆阳), Gansu (甘肃). He is an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (中国科学院) and a researcher at the Institute of Modern Physics (近代物理研究所) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. He is mainly engaged in the research of accelerator physics and technology, and has made important achievements in high-current high-charge-state electron cyclotron resonance (ECR) ion sources, heavy ion cyclotron accelerators, electron cooling, and high-current proton superconducting linear accelerators. These research results have been applied to large-scale ion accelerator scientific facilities, frontier basic research in nuclear physics, heavy ion tumor therapy, nuclear waste transmutation research, and medical isotope production.
In the world invisible to the naked eye, tiny particles such as atoms, molecules, protons, and electrons contain infinite potential. For many people, "heavy ions" are relatively unfamiliar, but they are an important part of the "microscopic" world. How to "dissect" their physical mysteries? Why make them accelerate? In the "invisible" world, how do scientists overcome difficulties day after day for decades to research cutting-edge technologies that promote the construction of a strong country in science and technology and benefit people's lives?
Recently, a reporter from this newspaper visited the Institute of Modern Physics (近代物理研究所) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (hereinafter referred to as "Institute of Modern Physics"), located in Lanzhou (兰州), Gansu (甘肃), and had a face-to-face exchange with Zhao Hongwei (赵红卫) (pictured, provided by the interviewee), an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and an expert in ion accelerator physics and technology.
"A heavy ion accelerator is a 'microscope' for us to observe the microscopic world"
Q: What are heavy ions? Why are they important?
A: An atom consists of a nucleus and electrons orbiting it. When an atom gains or loses electrons, it forms an ion. The "heavy ions" usually referred to are ions formed when the nucleus of an atom with a mass number greater than 4, i.e., heavier than helium, loses electrons. In the range of all ions, except for hydrogen ions, i.e., protons, and helium ions, the rest can be called heavy ions.
Ions carry positive or negative charges, and this charge provides a great space for further exploration and application of laws. Heavy ion research is an important part of the field of nuclear physics research. Historically, it has contributed to major national strategies such as the "Two Bombs, One Satellite" ("两弹一星"). In recent years, heavy ion research has also made new breakthroughs and highlights in promoting the development of aerospace, agriculture, medicine, and new materials.
Q: Why accelerate heavy ions? Where is the role of heavy ion accelerators reflected?
A: From molecules, atoms to ions, and then to smaller electrons, protons, neutrons, nuclei, quarks... we cannot see them with the naked eye or ordinary microscopes. To carry out microscopic research, we must first "see" these tiny nuclei or elementary particles. Generally, particles or ions must be collided or bombarded, and other particles are produced through nuclear reactions for measurement and research.
Just as we can use telescopes to observe celestial bodies in the vast space, a heavy ion accelerator is a "microscope" for us to observe the microscopic world. We can understand the role of heavy ion accelerators from three aspects: energy, quantity, and quality.
The first is energy. Accelerators can greatly accelerate heavy ions. As the speed continues to increase, their mass and energy will also increase.
The second is quantity, that is, the ion beam intensity. By accelerating a certain number of ions through an accelerator, the more ions that are bombarded or collided, the higher the particle yield.
The last is quality. In an accelerator, a massive number of ions should move on the same orbit with the same energy, but these ions will often "deviate." By optimizing and controlling the accelerator, these "deviating" ions can be returned to the planned energy and orbit, so as to obtain higher quality ion beams.
Q: What is the construction and operation status of the Lanzhou Heavy Ion Accelerator?
A: In the 1980s, the Lanzhou Heavy Ion Accelerator (兰州重离子加速器) undertaken by the Institute of Modern Physics (近代物理研究所) was completed and produced beams. This is China's first large-scale heavy ion accelerator. In the following decades, the quality of the Lanzhou Heavy Ion Accelerator has continued to improve, becoming China's largest large-scale heavy ion research facility, and it is also one of the large-scale heavy ion accelerators with superior performance in the world. The Lanzhou Heavy Ion Accelerator can increase the speed of heavy ions to 0.8 times the speed of light and accelerate trillions of high-quality ions per second, operating for more than 7,500 hours per year.
"To do first-class scientific research, we must be based on solving important scientific and technological problems and meeting the needs of the country and the people"
Q: In daily life, what achievements have heavy ion accelerators brought?
A: Many people like to eat Northeast rice, and some of it is related to heavy ion accelerators. In the past 5 years, in the three northeastern provinces and Hunan (湖南), the heavy ion beam cultivation provided by the Lanzhou Heavy Ion Accelerator has helped cultivate four or five new varieties of rice.
Cultivating new varieties and new lines of crops is the same as sending seeds into space. We cooperate with agricultural scientific research institutions in many places to select seeds with superior performance through high-energy heavy ion beam irradiation mutagenesis breeding, and verify and cultivate them to stabilize them and form new varieties.
In addition, the use of heavy ion beam irradiation technology can improve the performance of many metal materials, polymer materials, and superconducting materials, including stainless steel, microporous membranes, cables and wires, and car tires for specific purposes. In the past few decades, the Institute of Modern Physics (近代物理研究所) has participated in related research. At present, some technologies have matured, and some performance data have even become industry standards.
For example, using heavy ion accelerators to treat tumors. Simply put, it is to first determine the location of the tumor, then calculate the distance between the tumor and the ion beam entrance, and finally allow the heavy ion beam to burst the maximum energy at the tumor location to kill cancer cells. In March 2020, China's first heavy ion cancer treatment system with completely independent intellectual property rights developed by the Institute of Modern Physics (近代物理研究所) was put into use in Wuwei (武威), Gansu (甘肃). As of now, this system has been installed in 10 cities including Wuwei, Lanzhou (兰州), Hangzhou (杭州), Jinan (济南), and Wuhan (武汉), benefiting more than 2,000 domestic and foreign patients.
Q: How have you broken through technical barriers and achieved international leadership in the past 30 years?
A: To do first-class scientific research, we must be based on solving important scientific and technological problems and meeting the needs of the country and the people. In this process, doing original innovation is very important. Even if many experts in the world have not succeeded, as long as we devote ourselves to research, it is possible to break through.
Take the ion source as an example. It is an important part of the heavy ion accelerator. It is the source of the accelerator and is used to generate ion beams, just like the flame on a torch. With it, the entire torch can be lit. In 2001, after comparing the existing technological achievements and international levels, I found that if I followed the existing technological route at that time, I could only reach the level of similar international structural ion sources at most. For this reason, we proposed a new technical route—the idea of a "new type of superconducting high-charge-state electron cyclotron resonance (ECR) ion source."
After more than 5 years of efforts, the team finally successfully tested the original structure superconducting magnet and its ion source. In 2006, the team successfully developed a completely new structure superconducting ion source device. In the following 10 years, we continued to improve and improve, and built 3 third-generation new high-current high-charge-state superconducting ECR ion source devices, and achieved complete localization, producing almost all world records of heavy ion beam intensity of similar devices, making China achieve leadership in this field and forming a unique ECR ion source system internationally.
"Adhering to long-termism is our 'compulsory course'"
Q: In the process of carrying out scientific research, what common understandings should scientists and society condense?
A: Building a strong country in science and technology is not only a matter for scientists, but also requires the joint support of the entire society. Adhering to long-termism is our "compulsory course." Specifically, three aspects are very important:
The first is to conduct long-term basic research and original research. When some new knowledge and new discoveries first come out, they may be "**毫无用处**" (háo wú yòng chù - "utterly useless," completely without use). However, from the basic laws of science, we often need decades to develop a lot of basic knowledge to the level of practical application.
The second is to adhere to technological innovation research for a long time. From the proposal of new scientific and technological ideas to verification, technical research, prototype development, and finally the formation of real machines or products... the innovation and research and development of core technologies need to be repeatedly revised and iterated. We cannot be eager for quick success and instant benefits. We must do real research from scratch, "from 0 to 1," and put new technology research and development in an important position.
The third is to adhere to stable investment for a long time. From the country to all walks of life, innovation subjects, enterprises, etc., there must not only be investment in funds and materials, investment in talents, but also investment and support in various policies, systems, and other soft environments. All parties work together to jointly promote the sound development of the cause of scientific and technological innovation.
Q: How do you think young researchers can grow better?
A: Since the establishment of the Institute of Modern Physics (近代物理研究所), generations of scientific researchers have bravely shouldered heavy responsibilities and continued to struggle, making many cutting-edge achievements. The root cause is that everyone has transformed the characteristics of patriotism, innovation, truth-seeking, dedication, collaboration, and education in the spirit of scientists into practical actions.
All along, the Institute of Modern Physics (近代物理研究所) has gradually formed a style of educating people that trusts young people, supports young people, and cultivates young people. Take myself as an example. In 1991, after obtaining a master's degree from the Institute of Modern Physics (近代物理研究所), I stayed at the institute to work. Later, whether as a joint training doctoral student or as a scientific researcher in the institute, my predecessors gave me great care.
Now, the Institute of Modern Physics (近代物理研究所) has more than 1,000 members and more than 700 master's and doctoral students. Helping newly graduated doctors to go abroad for exchanges, encouraging and supporting young researchers to participate in major projects, setting up reasonable and effective incentives... In recent years, we have formed a set of mechanisms to help young talents grow, so that young talents can work with confidence and strive hard.
Q: What advice do you have for young researchers?
A: Building major scientific and technological infrastructure involves complex problems and complex situations. We generally break down a large problem into multiple small problems, and then different small teams do them separately. So everyone must pay attention to teamwork.
Young researchers should find their goals and positioning according to their own strengths, actively integrate into the team, and improve their skills, solve problems, and achieve goals in continuous collaboration. In this process, everyone is responsible for their own responsibilities, but the ultimate goal is the same. In collaborative cooperation, we have more opportunities to optimize scientific research methods and achieve a win-win situation for individuals and teams.
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"Long-termism" is a frequently used term in Zhao Hongwei's (赵红卫) vocabulary and a "secret to success" for many basic science researchers.
The goal of basic research is to explore the unknown world, and original innovation may even subvert existing theoretical or technological frameworks. Therefore, from raising a question to theoretical verification and the implementation of results, it often takes decades of dedicated effort, like 数十年磨一剑 (shù shí nián mó yī jiàn - "sharpen a sword for ten years," to spend a long time polishing something).
Many basic science researchers, including Zhao Hongwei (赵红卫), are using the "stability" and "quietness" of long-termism to resolve the "slowness" and "difficulty" of basic research. They choose research directions that are truly scientifically valuable and can inspire long-term enthusiasm, do not expect immediate returns, and regard each step of exploration as an accumulation towards the core goal. Their efforts are not passively "enduring time," but actively seeking certainty in uncertainty, and accumulating current achievements to build long-term momentum with a mindset of enduring loneliness and enjoying the process.
Scientific exploration is endless, and innovation requires daring to be the first. It is hoped that more researchers will anchor long-term goals, deeply cultivate "real problems," and make steady progress on the long road of basic research to achieve more good results.
Return to TopBy: 新华社记者 唐 弢
In Luqiao District (路桥区), Taizhou City (台州市), Zhejiang Province (浙江省), lies Anbao School (安宝学校), an elementary school named after a general. This is the alma mater of the famous anti-Japanese general Chen Anbao (陈安宝). During the Anti-Japanese War, the school faced closure due to dilapidated buildings. Upon hearing this, General Chen Anbao donated his life savings to rebuild it.
Today, revisiting Anbao School (安宝学校), this school, sculpted by the vicissitudes of time, has completed a new round of renovation and become a modern elementary school with complete teaching facilities. What remains unchanged is the patriotic sentiment flowing in its motto, "Striving for Perfection" (臻于至善). "Usually, the school not only regularly holds ideological and political education classes on General Chen Anbao's (陈安宝) deeds, but also organizes us to express our remembrance of the martyrs and inherit the general's spirit of serving the country with utmost loyalty through making plastic blown relief prints," said Chen Xinyu (陈鑫宇), a student at Anbao School (安宝学校).
Chen Anbao (陈安宝), courtesy name Shanfu (善夫), was born in 1891 in Mayuan Village (马院村), Hengjie Township (横街乡), Huangyan (黄岩) (now Hengjie Town (横街镇), Luqiao District (路桥区), Taizhou City (台州市), Zhejiang Province (浙江省)). On October 10, 1911, the Xinhai Revolution broke out. Like thousands of passionate young people, Chen Anbao (陈安宝), then 20 years old, decided to pack his bags and 投笔从戎 (tóu bǐ cóng róng - "throw pen join army," to give up civilian life for a military career).
When he left his hometown, Ye Yanping (叶延平), the principal of the elementary school, gave this beloved student the words: "Serve the country with utmost loyalty, and care for the people." These eight characters inspired Chen Anbao's (陈安宝) entire life.
After graduating from Baoding Military Academy (保定陆军军官学校), Chen Anbao (陈安宝) participated in the Northern Expedition (北伐战争). With outstanding military achievements, he was promoted step by step from battalion commander to become the commander of the 33rd Regiment (第33团团长), the 17th Brigade (第17旅旅长), the deputy commander of the 79th Division (第79师副师长), and the commander of the division (师长).
After the outbreak of the National Anti-Japanese War (全国抗日战争), Chen Anbao (陈安宝) led his troops to participate in the Battle of Shanghai (淞沪会战). In the Pinghu (平湖) resistance, Chen Anbao's (陈安宝) troops killed Higashinomiya Tetsuo (东宫铁男), one of the masterminds of the Huanggutun Incident (皇姑屯事件) and known as the "Father of the Manchurian Development Group" (满洲开拓团之父). This was a symbolic figure of Japanese armed colonial ideology, which greatly undermined the morale of the Japanese invaders.
Chen Anbao (陈安宝) was later promoted to the commander of the 29th Army (第29军军长) and concurrently the commander of the 79th Division (第79师师长) of the National Revolutionary Army (国民革命军陆军). The 29th Army (29军) had produced many famous anti-Japanese generals such as Song Zheyuan (宋哲元), Zhang Zizhong (张自忠), Zhao Dengyu (赵登禹), and Tong Linge (佟麟阁). Its "Big Sword Team" (大刀队) was famous in the history of the Anti-Japanese War, and this designation fell on Chen Anbao's (陈安宝) shoulders.
In March 1939, Chen Anbao (陈安宝) led his troops to participate in the Battle of Nanchang (南昌战役). After dawn on May 6, the Japanese army launched an attack on Chen Anbao's (陈安宝) troops, and the casualties were very heavy. At 17:00 on the 6th, the Japanese army broke through the Chinese army's left-wing Longlizhang (龙里张) position, and the two sides engaged in a bayonet charge. General Chen Anbao (陈安宝), with only a few guards by his side, braved the enemy's artillery fire and rushed to the front line to supervise the battle. On the way, he was attacked by Japanese aircraft, shot in the abdomen, and died heroically.
“捐躯赴国难，**视死忽如归**” (shì sǐ hū rú guī - "regard death as returning home," to face death unflinchingly for one's country). Chen Anbao's (陈安宝) sacrifice inspired countless Chinese people. When his coffin was transported back to his hometown and buried on Phoenix Mountain (凤凰山) in Taizhou (台州), Zhejiang (浙江), tens of thousands of people spontaneously set up sacrifices along the way. Wang Zhichang (王治平), Chen Anbao's (陈安宝) grandson, often heard his parents mention this scene and could not forget it for a long time.
Today, Chen Anbao's (陈安宝) heroic deeds have been compiled into local teaching materials and entered the classrooms of primary and secondary schools in Luqiao District (路桥区), Taizhou City (台州市) as the "first lesson of the school year." In order to commemorate General Chen Anbao (陈安宝), Taizhou (台州) has built and renovated Anbao Square (安宝广场), Anbao School (安宝学校), Chen Anbao Martyrs' Cemetery (陈安宝烈士陵园), and Chen Anbao Memorial Hall (陈安宝纪念馆).
Walking into the Chen Anbao Memorial Hall (陈安宝纪念馆), a bronze statue of the general riding a horse and waving his whip, galloping across the battlefield, catches the eye. The historical materials in the hall detail General Chen Anbao's (陈安宝) life of serving the country. Today, it has become a famous local patriotic education base, welcoming batches of visitors.
"In the memorial hall, what we are guarding is not only a period of history, but also an immortal spirit, which also makes us feel at all times that in times of national crisis, our predecessors built a steel Great Wall to defend our country with their flesh and blood," said Li Jiawei (李佳蔚), curator of the Chen Anbao Memorial Hall (陈安宝纪念馆).
(According to Xinhua News Agency, Hangzhou (新华社杭州), July 30)
Return to TopBeijing, August 3rd (Reported by Han Xin (韩鑫)) - This reporter learned from the Ministry of Transport (交通运输部) that, in order to further improve the standardization, normalization, and facilitation of maritime administrative services and better serve seafarers, China has fully implemented electronic certificates and licenses for seafarers starting from August 1st.
The electronic certificates and licenses for seafarers include 22 types such as seafarer competency certificates, training certificates, health certificates, and institution licenses, which have the same legal effect as paper certificates and licenses. Seafarers can inquire and obtain electronic certificates and licenses through the Maritime Affairs APP or the "Maritime One Network Service" platform, without the need for on-site certificate processing or waiting for certificate mailing. After the application of electronic certificates and licenses, maritime on-site inspections and other procedures no longer require seafarers to present paper certificates. Relevant units can also scan the QR code attached to the electronic certificate and license through the scanning function of the Maritime Affairs APP, WeChat, Alipay, etc., or log in to the official website of the Maritime Safety Administration (海事局) of the Ministry of Transport (交通运输部) for verification, avoiding the risks brought by certificate forgery.
According to reports, the period from August 1, 2025, to December 31, 2025, is a transition period, during which the issuing agencies will issue both electronic and paper certificates and licenses for seafarers. After the transition period, coastal seafarers, inland river seafarers, and related institutions who really need paper certificates and licenses can still apply to the issuing agency in accordance with regulations.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 王欣悦
At 9 a.m., in Baiguo Village, Jianlong Town, Bishan District, Chongqing (重庆市璧山区健龙镇白果村), 68-year-old retired coal miner Chen Xinghai (陈兴海), wearing a megaphone, pointed to a huge rock in front of him shaped like a horseshoe print and introduced to the tourists: "This is the 'Divine Horse Hoof Print.' Look at the round pit on the left; isn't that a horseshoe print!"
To Chen Xinghai's (陈兴海) right is a seemingly endless bluestone road. This winding Bijin Ancient Road (璧津古道) in the Huagai Mountains (华盖山) was once part of the official Sichuan-Guizhou road during the Northern Song Dynasty and was previously overgrown with weeds. Now, the bluestone road has reappeared, and the sound of tourists' footsteps echoes in the mountains again.
"At that time, the thatch was taller than a person, and the tree roots had overturned all the stone slabs." Chen Xinghai (陈兴海) spread out his calloused hands. The first joint of his left index finger has a noticeable swelling—this is a mark from 2019 when he was clearing shrubs, and a rebounding branch caused the knife to cut into the bone.
Every time they went up the mountain to repair the road, Chen Xinghai (陈兴海) and his younger brother Chen Xinghe (陈兴合) would bring shovels, picks, hoes, and axes. "The stones are very hard; when I swing a pickaxe, my hand hurts from the shock!" The brothers have spent eight years like this. About 2/3 of the ancient road, which is about 15 kilometers long, has been repaired. "We will continue to repair it further down," said Chen Xinghai (陈兴海).
"We had the idea of repairing the road in 2016 and started working on it in 2017. First, we removed the weeds, then we turned over the broken old stone slabs and laid new ones." Chen Xinghai (陈兴海) narrated the days of repairing the road while climbing the slope, "Buying stone slabs, herbicides, and hiring workers, my retirement money has all been spent on repairing the road."
Economic difficulties were minor; the biggest problem the brothers faced was the incomprehension of those around them.
"There are already big roads, why repair this?"... Faced with the villagers' incomprehension, the brothers bowed their heads in silence; their family members also kept persuading them with reasons such as "too old" and "better to grow vegetables."
The turning point came when the first section of the repaired ancient road was presented to everyone. Local people's congress representatives came to investigate and "encouraged us to continue." Chen Xinghai's (陈兴海) eyes reddened, "The villagers and family members saw that the road was getting better and better and joined us one after another."
Repairing the ancient road is so difficult, why **自讨苦吃** (zì tǎo kǔ chī - "ask for trouble," to bring trouble on oneself; to look for hardship)?
Chen Xinghe (陈兴合) lowered his head shyly: "When I was a child, there were no highways or main roads in the village, and I often walked this road. Now I don't want it to be abandoned." As he spoke, Chen Xinghe (陈兴合) opened his mobile phone and showed the Bijin Ancient Road (璧津古道) tourist map designed by the brothers, "More importantly, we want more tourists to come and see the beautiful scenery of our Bishan (璧山)!"
The 21 original ecological scenic spots marked on the map were discovered and restored bit by bit by the brothers by consulting the *Bishan County Chronicles* (*璧山县志*), visiting elderly people in the village, and collecting local legends. Among them, "Stone Spring Congealed Fat" ("石泉凝脂") is one of the eight ancient scenic spots of Bishan (璧山). As the ancient road was restored, "Stone Spring Congealed Fat" ("石泉凝脂") also revealed its true appearance: "Bright Stone Beach" ("亮石滩") has a natural landscape where water and stone blend together, with spring water flowing out of the rock crevices, appearing to congeal into fat under the sunlight.
The road is open, the scenery is revealed, and the tourists are coming.
Ms. Wang (王) from a hiking group and several friends took photos next to the Congealed Fat Well. "I didn't expect there to be an ancient road in a small village," Ms. Wang (王) wiped her sweat with a wet wipe, "It's tiring to climb all the way, but the scenery is also good!"
"We must continue to maintain this place and re-gather popularity for the ancient road," Chen Xinghe (陈兴合) looked at Huagai Mountain (华盖山), where the end of the ancient road is full of green.
Return to TopAccording to a report from our newspaper on August 3rd in Shenyang (沈阳) (Reporter Liu Hongchao (刘洪超)), since the beginning of this year, Liaoning Province (辽宁省) has closely followed the development of emerging industries and the needs of the people, continuously improving the mediation system and promoting the transformation of people's mediation work towards specialization and refinement. Up to now, more than 1,200 industry-specific and professional people's mediation organizations have been established in the province, covering more than 20 fields such as intellectual property, ecological environment protection, and finance, and have resolved more than 20,000 disputes since the beginning of this year.
Liaoning (辽宁) is actively exploring new paths for resolving conflicts and disputes under the new situation, and establishing a diversified working mechanism for conflict mediation. In recent years, the Liaoning Provincial Department of Justice (辽宁省司法厅) has jointly issued opinions on strengthening industry-specific and professional people's mediation work with the Provincial High People's Court (省法院), the Provincial Department of Civil Affairs (省民政厅) and other departments, and has successively issued institutional documents on medical dispute prevention and handling, labor and personnel dispute mediation and arbitration, private enterprise commercial dispute mediation, and marriage and family crisis intervention with relevant industry authorities, providing solid institutional support for mediation work.
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In recent years, with the rapid development of electric bicycles (hereinafter referred to as "e-bikes"), many cities have seen shared e-bikes, also known as internet rental e-bikes. On the one hand, shared e-bikes provide convenience for people's travel; on the other hand, they also bring some problems to cities. Readers and netizens have reported that some shared e-bikes are parked randomly, some riders do not wear helmets or are overloaded, and some people are worried about the fire safety of centralized storage points for shared e-bikes. How should we view the opening and development of shared e-bikes? How can these problems be solved? The reporter interviewed readers, netizens, experts, scholars, and relevant individuals on this matter.
While shared e-bikes facilitate travel, they also have problems such as random parking, fire safety, and riding safety.
"Reasonable deployment of shared e-bikes can solve the problem of short-distance travel for the masses and open up the 'last mile' that buses cannot reach." Mr. Li, a netizen from Handan (邯郸) City, Hebei (河北) Province, recently left a message on the "Leaders' Message Board" of People's Daily Online, saying that shared e-bikes are green and environmentally friendly, which is in line with Handan's urban image of green development transformation. Shijiazhuang (石家庄), Cangzhou (沧州), Xingtai (邢台), Zhangjiakou (张家口) and other places have already deployed shared e-bikes, and Wu'an (武安), Wei County (魏县), Daming (大名) and other cities and counties have also deployed them. He wondered why the main urban area of Handan has not been deployed yet.
Coincidentally, "Shared e-bikes are especially suitable for our students to travel," "Roads with large uphill or downhill slopes are more suitable for riding shared e-bikes"... Netizens in Harbin (哈尔滨) City, Heilongjiang (黑龙江) Province, Liuzhou (柳州) City, Guangxi (广西) Province, Huainan (淮南) City, Anhui (安徽) Province, and other places have also issued similar appeals.
At the same time, many people hope to strictly manage shared e-bikes. Mr. Dong, a reader from Hefei (合肥) City, Anhui Province, said that shared e-bikes are parked disorderly at the entrance of his community every day, disrupting traffic order. "The original two-lane road is occupied by half by shared e-bikes." A netizen in Beihai (北海) City, Guangxi Province, reflected that "There are more and more vehicles, occupying sidewalks and motor vehicle lanes, and parking randomly at the entrance of the community, which poses a major traffic hazard."
In addition to the problem of random parking, some people are also worried about the safety of shared e-bikes. A netizen in Jingdezhen (景德镇) City, Jiangxi (江西) Province, reflected on the "Leaders' Message Board" of People's Daily Online that he recently discovered thousands of shared e-bikes stored near Changfei South Road (昌飞南路) in Zhushan District (珠山区). "Such a large number of e-bikes are exposed to the sun, which poses a fire safety hazard." After receiving the message, the local Urban Management Bureau, together with the Municipal Public Security Bureau, the Market Supervision Bureau, and the Fire and Rescue Detachment, organized professional technicians to conduct a comprehensive rectification of the area.
"The nearby area is a residential area, and I am very worried that the use of batteries in the warehouse is unreasonable, which threatens the personal safety of our nearby residents." Ms. Zhang from Shantou (汕头) City, Guangdong (广东) Province, reflected that a shared e-bike company built a warehouse in Longhu District (龙湖区) for storing batteries and charging them. She hoped that relevant departments would help check whether the setting of this warehouse is compliant, whether the battery vehicles are qualified, and whether fire prevention measures are in place.
In addition, some people have pointed out that irregular riding of shared e-bikes affects traffic safety. Mr. Guo, a reader from Xixian New Area (西咸新区), Shaanxi (陕西) Province, said that he has repeatedly found two or even three people riding shared e-bikes that are only allowed for single riders, which poses a traffic safety hazard. Wang Yunshou (汪云寿), a reader from Lu'an (六安) City, Anhui Province, said that when he went out, he saw young people riding e-bikes without helmets, and even holding umbrellas in one hand and handlebars in the other, which was very unsafe.
In fact, these negative evaluations of shared e-bikes are precisely the concerns of some cities about opening and developing shared e-bikes. For example, the Liuzhou (柳州) City Transportation Bureau of Guangxi Province stated in its reply to a netizen's message on the "Leaders' Message Board" of People's Daily Online that the promotion of shared e-bikes will bring challenges to the city's appearance, traffic order, and traffic safety, and requires overall research and demonstration.
Some problems are not unique to shared e-bikes. Scholars believe that shared e-bikes are easier to manage than private e-bikes.
"Shared e-bikes belong to slow traffic and are part of the green travel system." In June 2021, the Ministry of Transport clarified the public transportation product attributes of shared e-bikes in its reply to Proposal No. 2436 of the Fourth Session of the 13th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.
As one of the green travel methods, Liu Ju, vice chairman and secretary-general of the China Urban Public Transport Association, pointed out in his speech at the "First Urban Shared E-bike Governance and Development Forum" held recently that shared e-bikes play an irreplaceable positive role in solving the "last mile" problem of citizens' travel, enriching urban travel choices, and improving short-distance travel efficiency, and their contribution to promoting green and low-carbon transportation development is obvious to all. He also said that the rapid development of shared e-bikes has also brought some challenges and problems.
Huang Wei, director of the Transportation Research Center of Tsinghua Tongheng Planning and Design Institute, believes that "Shared e-bikes make travel more convenient and realize 'door-to-door' travel services." Moreover, shared e-bikes have a higher turnover rate and occupy fewer resources. "It is estimated that the average daily usage intensity of a shared e-bike is 4 to 7 times that of a private e-bike." Huang Wei further pointed out that the problems of random parking, fire safety, and riding safety of shared e-bikes, which are currently reflected more frequently, are actually common problems of all e-bikes, including private e-bikes.
China is a major country in the production and consumption of e-bikes. At present, the social ownership of e-bikes is about 380 million. Sun Yijun, a first-level commander of the Fire Supervision Department of the National Fire and Rescue Bureau, introduced at a regular press conference held recently that in the first half of this year, 7,048 e-bike fires occurred nationwide, a year-on-year decrease of 44.7%. However, judging from the current situation, some fundamental problems have not been completely resolved.
Sun Yijun introduced that one is that there is still a gap in the construction of parking and charging facilities. At present, more than 39 million charging ports have been built and put into use in residential communities across the country, and the overall allocation ratio of residential communities is about 20%, which is still a certain gap from the target value of about 30% determined by various places. The second is that the elimination of old e-bikes and batteries requires a long cycle. In the first half of this year, 8.465 million old vehicles have been replaced, but it is impossible to replace all of them with new vehicles that meet the new national standard and have a higher level of safety in the short term - the mandatory national standard "Electric Bicycle Safety Technical Specification" (hereinafter referred to as the "New National Standard") organized and revised by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and other 5 departments will be implemented on September 1, 2025, and the fire hazards caused by old vehicles and batteries will exist for a long time. The third is that illegal parking behaviors are repeatedly prohibited. The fourth is that there are still a large number of illegal modifications.
In this regard, Huang Wei proposed that shared e-bikes are uniformly purchased by professional companies and operated legally and compliantly under government supervision. Compared with private e-bikes, they have significant advantages in terms of vehicle compliance, compliance with riding regulations, and charging safety. "If shared e-bikes can be recognized by the people in terms of usage cost, network coverage, riding safety and comfort, it may partially replace private e-bikes." He believes.
"In terms of the new national standard, all shared e-bikes that are currently put into use meet the new national standard. If they do not meet the standard, they will be removed from the market." Cheng Shidong, director of the Urban Transportation Center of the National Development and Reform Commission's Comprehensive Transportation Research Institute, said that shared e-bikes are centrally charged, and fire safety will be better. "Overall, the parking order depends on the quality of users. If users park randomly, it is the same whether it is private or shared. And shared e-bike companies also have offline operation and maintenance personnel, and the parking order will be better." Cheng Shidong believes that shared e-bikes are relatively easier to manage.
Strengthen standardization and adapt to local conditions to make shared e-bikes a useful supplement to urban public transportation.
"If you don't wear a helmet, you can't start the shared e-bike." A staff member of a shared e-bike company told reporters that the company uses similar designs to encourage riders to wear helmets. Some companies are also studying high-precision electronic fence technology to standardize parking and solve the problem of random parking of shared e-bikes.
In addition to corporate technology improvements, users are also gradually growing in use. In August last year, Cheng Junhuang (程俊煌), a reader from Wuhan (武汉) City, Hubei (湖北) Province, wrote to this newspaper, saying that a certain brand had launched a batch of shared e-bikes in some remote urban areas of Wuhan City. However, some riders do not wear helmets, are overloaded, and do not strictly abide by traffic rules, causing traffic safety hazards. A year has passed, and he told reporters that the situation has improved a lot. "On the one hand, the traffic management department has strengthened management; on the other hand, riders' safety awareness has improved." Cheng Junhuang said.
Chen Yanyan (陈艳艳), a professor at the School of Urban Transportation of Beijing University of Technology (北京工业大学), introduced that "In the early stage of the development of shared e-bikes, many cities adopted a restrictive or cautious development attitude. With the development of shared e-bikes, many cities are currently actively exploring the shared e-bike industry and showing an open and inclusive attitude."
On the one hand, many people who have used shared e-bikes have had the experience of "being powered off when exceeding the area." The technical characteristics of shared e-bikes provide convenience for regional management, and different policies can be adopted in the same city depending on local conditions. Taking Guiyang (贵阳) City, Guizhou (贵州) Province, as an example, shared e-bikes have been deployed in some areas of the city, but shared e-bikes have not been opened in the old city areas where road conditions are relatively poor and traffic flow is large and do not have the conditions to set up dedicated non-motor vehicle lanes. The Tongzhou District (通州区) Transportation Commission of Beijing (北京市) also issued an announcement that it will expand the pilot scope of shared e-bikes in the urban sub-center area from June 30, and plans to deploy 6,000 shared e-bikes in batches in the 127-square-kilometer pilot area. Previously, Beijing Economic-Technological Development Area (北京市经开区) and Changping District (昌平区) have opened shared e-bike pilots.
On the other hand, it is undeniable that some of the passenger flow of shared e-bikes comes from traditional public transportation, but scholars believe that through refined management and design, urban public transportation can be integrated with the development of shared e-bikes. "As of the end of 2024, the number of shared e-bikes deployed nationwide is about 7.13 million, covering 31 provinces. According to a survey, the average distance per ride is 2.2 kilometers per person, and the average riding time is 11.6 minutes per person." Chen Yanyan said that the survey found that riding around rail transit stations is gradually increasing, reaching 23.7%, close to 1/4. That is to say, shared e-bikes are a good supplement as a "last mile" transportation tool for public transportation.
Chen Yanyan proposed that shared e-bikes, as a connection tool for public transportation, can extend the service radius of public transportation and attract potential passengers from afar to use public transportation trunk lines. On branch or terminal lines with low passenger flow, shared e-bikes can undertake low-density transportation tasks, and public transportation resources can be concentrated on the main lines, making the overall transportation capacity allocation more efficient. She introduced that in recent years, some cities have actively explored the integrated development of public transportation and shared e-bikes. For example, the Taizhou (台州) City Bus Group (公交集团) in Zhejiang (浙江) Province integrated existing urban bus and shared e-bike resources in July last year, including the transformation of platforms. At bus platforms with suitable conditions, passengers can ride shared e-bikes onto the platform to achieve zero-distance transfer.
Huang Wei also believes that under the premise of efficient management, gradually opening and steadily promoting shared e-bike riding in first- and second-tier cities can not only effectively alleviate the pressure of the continuous growth of private e-bikes, but also drive the development of urban green transportation systems, including urban public transportation, and become a useful supplement to urban public transportation.
Return to TopIn Jin Feng Town (锦丰镇), Zhangjiagang City (张家港市), Jiangsu Province (江苏省), Transportation Village (交通村) once had a gravel pit built on farmland. Due to villagers' complaints about noise and dust pollution, the gravel pit was closed. For many years, this site has been idle, without reclamation or greening. Recently, we have discovered that cement mixer trucks frequently come to dump sewage (see picture), and the dumping site is next to a small river and farmland. We hope that relevant departments will pay attention to and address this issue.
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Return to Top"Advertisements" Should Be Marked on Store Visit Videos
Failure to mark "advertisement" should be investigated and dealt with.
With the vigorous development of the digital economy, some "store visit experts" provide shopping references for consumers and bring traffic and business opportunities to merchants by publishing introductory videos online through personal experience and vivid sharing. However, when this "grass planting" craze gradually evolves into commercial promotion, the advertising attributes it exhibits need to be taken seriously.
In order to obtain higher click-through rates, number of fans, and commercial cooperation opportunities, "store visit experts" often tend to blur the boundary between interest sharing and commercial advertising in order to attract more consumer attention. Although the "Internet Advertising Management Measures" clearly stipulates that advertisers who promote goods or services through knowledge introduction, experience sharing, consumer evaluation, and other forms, and attach shopping links and other purchase methods, should clearly mark "advertisement." However, in reality, some bloggers still attach shopping links when publishing promotional videos, but do not mark the word "advertisement."
In this regard, relevant departments should strengthen supervision and inspection, clarify the advertising attributes of store visit videos, and strengthen the standardization of store visits and other behaviors. Technical means can be used to improve regulatory efficiency, and severe penalties should be imposed on violations to form an effective deterrent. In addition, short video platforms and social platforms should also assume corresponding social responsibilities, strengthen the guidance and management of institutions and internet celebrities, and promote them to carry out marketing activities legally and compliantly. It is also necessary to establish and improve consumer rights protection channels to ensure that consumers can easily complain and protect their rights when encountering false propaganda, fraud, and other behaviors.
Song Bo (宋波), Shenyang City, Liaoning Province (辽宁省沈阳市)
Optimize Night Lighting at Bus Stops
The author found that some bus stops in some cities do not have lighting facilities. Insufficient night lighting at bus stops not only makes it difficult for passengers to clearly identify bus route information, vehicle arrival status, and the surrounding environment at night, but may also increase safety hazards. Some bus stops in some cities have lighting facilities, but the lights are dim.
In this regard, it is recommended that relevant departments optimize and update the lighting facilities at bus stops. For some bus stops that do not have lighting facilities, they should be installed as much as possible to bring more warmth to people waiting for buses in the dark. For bus stops with lighting facilities but poor effects, high-efficiency and energy-saving LED lamps can be added or replaced. For bus stops where power supply is inconvenient, solar lighting systems can also be installed. At the same time, urban management departments should establish a regular inspection and maintenance mechanism to carry out regular maintenance of lighting facilities and replace damaged or aging lamps in a timely manner.
Liu Zihan (刘姿含), Chaoyang District, Beijing (北京朝阳区)
Fake Ticketing Platforms: Managing the Exchange of Paper Tickets
With the arrival of the summer vacation, concerts are being held intensively. However, around some concert venues, there are private stalls that impersonate official ticketing platforms to defraud consumers. These stalls often hang banners with slogans such as "Paper Ticket Exchange" and "Official Souvenir Ticket Customization," and are printed with the trademarks of ticketing platforms. Staff members wear imitation work clothes of ticketing platforms or red vests printed with the word "volunteer," and repeatedly play "official exchange" information through amplification equipment to create a false official image. Many viewers who are watching for the first time mistakenly believe that printing paper tickets is a necessary option for entering the venue, and are told to pay a high price of dozens of yuan after completing the printing. In fact, viewers can directly swipe their ID cards to enter the venue, and on-site staff also provide paper ticket stubs free of charge as proof.
It is recommended that relevant departments rectify this problem, for example, by strengthening patrols around venues during concerts and focusing on rectifying counterfeit trademarks and false propaganda. At the same time, publicize supervision and reporting telephone numbers, quickly respond to on-site complaints, and investigate and deal with violations. Ticketing platforms should also remind consumers to avoid being deceived by pushing anti-fraud tips through the APP, and can also send warning letters to infringing merchants or file trademark infringement lawsuits.
Liu Zhangye (刘张烨), Zhangjiakou City, Hebei Province (河北张家口市)
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On May 12, the "Reader's Letters" section of this newspaper published "Coal Slag Dumped on Farmland, Difficult to Restore for Many Years," reporting on the problem of a company in Xin'an County (新安县), Luoyang City (洛阳市), Henan Province (河南) arbitrarily dumping coal gangue on farmland for many years without addressing it.
After the report was published, the Luoyang Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government (洛阳市委市政府) and the Xin'an County Party Committee and County Government (新安县委县政府) acted quickly, organizing relevant departments to form a joint working group to investigate.
The investigation revealed that the company involved was Yimei Group Xin'yi Mining Co., Ltd. (义煤集团新义矿业有限公司), (hereinafter referred to as "Xin'yi Mining" (新义矿业)). Starting in 2011, Xin'yi Mining signed coal gangue disposal agreements with three companies: Henan Saiqi Road Transportation Co., Ltd. (河南赛祺道路运输有限公司), Xin'an County Gangnan Trading Co., Ltd. (新安县岗南商贸有限公司), and Henan Yixin Logistics Technology Co., Ltd. (河南义新物流科技有限公司). After the three companies negotiated compensation standards with villagers, they selected surrounding village gullies and low-lying areas to dispose of the coal gangue. The coal gangue occupied a total of 12 plots, covering 341.51 mu, involving Baqiang Village (白墙村), Shangpo Village (上坡村), Xibai Village (西白村), Shiwan Village (十万村), and Taiping Village (太平村) in Zhengcun Town (正村镇), Xin'an County (新安县). At the time of occupation, the land use types were 142.12 mu of cultivated land, 77.65 mu of forest land, and 121.74 mu of other unused land.
Regarding the environmental pollution caused by coal gangue, in terms of soil environment, Luoyang Jiaqing Testing Technology Co., Ltd. (洛阳嘉清检测技术有限公司) sampled and monitored the soil of the occupied plots, comprehensively investigated and analyzed the soil conditions of the plots involved, and the report showed that the monitoring results were all within the normal range.
Regarding the groundwater environment, 30 groundwater monitoring wells were drilled. From May 29 to June 5, three batches of 42 samples were taken for monitoring, and the test results showed that they met the requirements for agricultural water use.
Regarding the reclamation of cultivated land, since May 12, the Zhengcun Town Government (正村镇政府) has been responsible for督促 (dū cù - "urge," to supervise and push forward) enterprises to fulfill their main responsibility for land reclamation. In response to the problems reported by the masses, such as the low quality of reclamation, the thin soil layer after reclamation of some plots, and the inconvenience of cultivation, on-site inspections were carried out plot by plot, opinions from the masses were fully solicited, and soil covering operations were carried out on the plots involved according to the standard of a soil covering thickness of not less than 60 centimeters. As of May 25, all soil covering had been completed. From May 26 to 27, relevant leaders from the city and county conducted on-site investigations and organized symposiums with representatives of the masses involved, expressing their recognition of the current rectification results, and the representatives of the masses expressed their satisfaction with the soil covering.
Regarding the four cases of illegal land occupation and construction, the Xin'an County Party Committee and County Government (新安县委县政府) ordered the Zhengcun Town Government (正村镇政府) and the County Natural Resources Bureau (县自然资源局) to immediately initiate investigation and punishment procedures and impose penalties in accordance with laws and regulations. Among them, two cases of individual violations have been filed by the Zhengcun Town Government (正村镇政府), one has been completed and the fine has been paid, and one involving suspected criminal clues has been transferred to the public security department according to procedures; two cases of violations by village collectives have been filed by the County Natural Resources Bureau (县自然资源局), ordering them to return the illegally occupied land and demolish and restore cultivation within a time limit, and demolition and restoration of cultivation have now been completed. In response to Xin'yi Mining's (新义矿业) illegal disposal of coal gangue by entrusting unqualified third-party companies from 2011 to 2018, the Xin'an Branch of the Luoyang Municipal Bureau of Ecology and Environment (洛阳市生态环境局新安分局) filed a case against it for punishment in accordance with the Law on the Prevention and Control of Environmental Pollution by Solid Waste, with a total fine of 317,500 yuan.
In addition, the Xin'an County Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision (新安县纪委监委) established an investigation team to investigate and verify the dereliction of duty of relevant functional departments and relevant personnel. After research and decision by the Standing Committee of the County Commission for Discipline Inspection, 13 people were given Party disciplinary and administrative sanctions, and 5 people were given organizational handling. According to the organizational relationship of Party members, the Lushi County Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision (卢氏县纪委监委) of Sanmenxia City (三门峡市) gave Party disciplinary and administrative sanctions to 1 person.
The person in charge of the Xin'an County Party Committee and County Government (新安县委县政府) stated that they will 举一反三 (jǔ yī fǎn sān - "infer the rest from one case," draw inferences about other cases from one instance), strengthen warning education throughout the county, earnestly promote reform and governance through cases, and solidly carry out the "Hundred-Day Campaign" for special actions to address illegal and irregular occupation of cultivated land and forest land and the "Hundred-Day Campaign" for special actions to address key ecological and environmental protection work, discover problems and implement rectification measures and time limits for rectification one by one, and effectively turn the hard requirements of work style into hard measures to ensure that problems are rectified in place.
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Return to TopEditor's Note: The Central Urban Work Conference was recently held in Beijing (北京), where General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) delivered an important speech. He summarized the achievements of China's urban development in the new era, analyzed the situation facing urban work, and clarified the overall requirements, important principles, and key tasks for doing urban work well.
The conference proposed building modern people's cities that are innovative, livable, beautiful, resilient, civilized, and intelligent. Starting today, this newspaper will launch a series of visual editions to showcase the new progress and new achievements in urban construction in the new era.
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Innovation is the "key variable" and "biggest increment" for winning the future. The Central Urban Work Conference proposed six aspects of building a modern people's city, with innovation ranking first, and made specific arrangements for "focusing on building vibrant and innovative cities."
As the center of economic development, cities are the main battleground for technological innovation and industrial development. Xiong'an New Area (雄安新区) in Hebei Province is building an innovation ecosystem, connecting with universities and research institutes such as Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications (北京邮电大学) and the Beidou Academic Exchange Center (北斗学术交流中心) to enhance innovation capabilities in the Beidou field. Wuhan (武汉) in Hubei Province is tapping into innovation resources, with the East Lake High-tech Zone (东湖高新区) as a representative, and the artificial intelligence industry is developing rapidly. Practice tells us that to promote high-quality urban development, we must regard innovation as the primary driving force. Carefully cultivate an innovation ecosystem, so that factors such as talent, technology, and capital can fully play their role, thereby helping new quality productive forces to a new level.
Rely on reform and opening up to enhance urban momentum, carry out high-quality urban renewal, and give full play to the city's pivotal role in the domestic and international dual circulation. Urban renewal is not a simple "demolition and reconstruction," but a high-level practice of upgrading urban development methods, which helps to boost domestic demand. When carrying out urban work, we must coordinate the upgrading of traditional industries, the cultivation and expansion of emerging industries, and the layout and construction of future industries.
To focus on building vibrant and innovative cities, it is necessary to achieve it in development, adhere to adapting measures to local conditions, stimulate innovation and entrepreneurship vitality, and form a strong driving force for high-quality development with new quality productive forces.
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Return to TopBy: 浙江省习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想研究中心
Paying attention to news and public opinion work is a fine tradition of our Party and an important magic weapon for uniting people's hearts and gathering strength. During his work in Zhejiang, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) attached great importance to news and public opinion work, placing it in an important position in the overall work. He made rich expositions and practical deployments on major issues such as its political attributes, strategic position, team building, people-oriented approach, network position, grassroots vitality, innovative awareness, and truth-seeking style, and put forward the requirements of "serving the Party and the people, promoting integrity and eliminating corruption, and valuing hearing and seeing." "Serving the Party and the people" emphasizes "not only publicizing the Party's theories, guidelines, policies, and principles, but also reflecting the interests, wishes, and voices of the people, and unifying the publicity of the Party's propositions with the reflection of the people's aspirations"; "promoting integrity and eliminating corruption" emphasizes "adhering to the Party's leadership over ideological work, adhering to the correct orientation of news reports, guiding the masses to clearly advocate what, allow what, resist what, and oppose what, and conveying scientific values and moral sentiments to society"; "valuing hearing and seeing" emphasizes "adhering to the ideological line of seeking truth from facts, and achieving ear-to-ear, eye-to-eye, hand-to-hand, and heart-to-heart in investigating news." Comprehensively tracing and systematically grasping General Secretary Xi Jinping's important expositions and explorations on news and public opinion work during his work in Zhejiang is of great significance for better grasping the changes in the pattern, discourse, offense, and defense faced by news and public opinion work.
1. Focusing on accurately grasping the political direction, clearly put forward "adhering to the Party spirit principle of news"
News and public opinion work concerns the banner and the road. It is an important part of the Party's work and a powerful tool for the Party to organize the masses, publicize the masses, guide the masses, and serve the masses. On December 24, 2002, Comrade Xi Jinping pointed out profoundly in his speech at the symposium with heads of news organizations in Zhejiang Province: "Newspapers, television, and other media are important positions and means for the Party and the government to implement leadership." "Once public opinion tools are not in the hands of true Marxists, and public opinion guidance is not carried out in accordance with the will and interests of the Party and the people, it will bring serious harm and huge losses." The Party spirit principle is the fundamental principle of the Party's news and public opinion work. On July 18, 2003, Comrade Xi Jinping further pointed out at the symposium on cultural system reform and the construction of a cultural province in Zhejiang Province: "It is necessary to ensure that the nature of the Party and the people's mouthpiece cannot be changed, the Party's management of the media cannot be changed, the Party's management of cadres cannot be changed, and the correct public opinion guidance cannot be changed." The Party spirit principle was concretized into "three consciousnesses" and "three strengthenings" in Comrade Xi Jinping's deployment of news and public opinion work in Zhejiang. Specifically, on August 4, 2004, Comrade Xi Jinping proposed at the symposium on news and publicity work of the Zhejiang Provincial Party Committee that news and public opinion work needs to further enhance political awareness, overall awareness, and responsibility awareness, strengthen and improve the Party's leadership over news and publicity, strengthen news management and supervision and inspection, and strengthen the management and supervision and inspection of news work by the Party Committee's propaganda department, "to ensure that the leadership of the Party's news agencies at all levels is firmly in the hands of those who are loyal to Marxism and loyal to the Party and the people." In practice, Comrade Xi Jinping pointed out: "It is necessary to further improve the working system and operating mechanism, continuously improve the methods and methods of news management, and learn to comprehensively use laws, administration, economy, industry self-discipline, ideological and political work, and other means to manage news and publicity, so as to achieve scientific management and standardized management." At the same time, it is necessary to enhance the awareness of the overall situation, "especially the main news media in the province, to actively cooperate with the central work of the Provincial Party Committee and do a good job in the publicity and reporting of important themes." These important expositions link the essence of news and public opinion with the professional requirements of news and public opinion workers, fully reflecting the organic unity and high integration of political and professional qualities.
2. Focusing on guarding the ideological front, clearly put forward "news and publicity work is a particularly important work in the ideological field"
With the expansion of the overall scale of modern news undertakings and the enrichment of communication channels, news and public opinion are deeply embedded in social life, increasingly directly and widely affecting people's ideological awareness, and have distinct ideological attributes. On January 6, 2004, Comrade Xi Jinping proposed at the Zhejiang Provincial Propaganda and Ideological Work Conference: "The news and publicity front is located at the forefront of the ideological field, and news and publicity work is a particularly important work in the ideological field." If news and public opinion are grasped and guided well, they can unify thinking, gather strength, inspire morale, and boost spirits; if they are not grasped and guided well, they may demoralize people, intensify contradictions, interfere with the overall situation, and affect stability. In the context of rapid social development, various trends of thought ebb and flow, and some noises that run counter to the mainstream ideology inevitably appear in the main theme of unity and progress. In this regard, Comrade Xi Jinping emphasized that "we should use a unified guiding ideology to guide diversified social trends of thought, to guide diversified social life with diversified value orientations, and the main theme should be sung loudly and confidently." Faced with a complex and ever-changing public opinion and ideological environment, news media should use the Marxist view of journalism to observe society and analyze problems, distinguish between the mainstream and tributaries in the changing social reality, advocate civilization, and criticize malpractices. In particular, news and public opinion workers must grasp the initiative in their work and clearly demonstrate the correct political stance and values in the process of selecting, reporting, and evaluating objective facts. On July 21, 2006, Comrade Xi Jinping further pointed out in his speech at the meeting of all personnel of the central news organizations stationed in Zhejiang that "politics is not only reflected in loyalty to the Party and the people, but also in considering issues from a political perspective. There is politics in all kinds of problems, not just a simple phenomenon. All parties need to handle those complex and sensitive issues very carefully, otherwise it may intensify contradictions, expand negative impacts, and make it more difficult to solve problems." These important expositions reveal the ideological attributes of news and public opinion, fully reflecting a deep grasp of the essential characteristics and basic laws of news and public opinion work.
3. Focusing on adhering to "unity, stability, encouragement, and positive publicity as the main focus," clearly put forward the mainstream orientation of "effectively uniting the strength of the whole society"
Adhering to "unity, stability, encouragement, and positive publicity as the main focus" is the policy that General Secretary Xi Jinping required news and public opinion work to always adhere to during his work in Zhejiang. News and public opinion work not only provides solid support for national development, but also provides important guarantees for social harmony and stability. Giving full play to the positive role of news and public opinion work in creating a good public opinion environment, strengthening the influence of mainstream media and mainstream public opinion, and realizing the correct guidance of the people's thinking are the core tasks and central work of the news media. On January 26, 2006, Comrade Xi Jinping put forward the "policy of adhering to unity, stability, encouragement, and positive publicity as the main focus" to news organizations and news workers when he visited the editors and reporters of the People's Daily (人民日报社) and Xinhua News Agency (新华社) stationed in Zhejiang. Comrade Xi Jinping emphasized that it is necessary to not only publicize the Party's theories, guidelines, policies, and principles, but also reflect the interests, wishes, and voices of the people, and unify the publicity of the Party's propositions with the reflection of the people's aspirations; it is necessary to not only adhere to the correct political direction, but also stand firmly on the people's position. Specifically, it is not possible to mechanically copy and replicate social public opinion, but to "navigate" public opinion from the standpoint of the Party's policies, so as to realize the correct and effective guidance of news and public opinion. To do a good job in news and public opinion work, we must be good at using it to concentrate on reflecting the healthy and upward essence of society and objectively display the overall picture of development and progress, so as to enhance its attractiveness and appeal. Faced with the complexity of news and public opinion work, Comrade Xi Jinping emphasized: "The most important thing for news and publicity work to take into account the overall situation is to grasp the mainstream of the development of things, so as to determine the focus of publicity and solve the 'boundary' problem." Specifically, "we should do more work that is conducive to resolving contradictions, solving problems, and maintaining stability, rather than things that undermine social harmony; do more work that is conducive to providing consultation, reflecting demands, relieving worries, and solving problems, rather than adding chaos and helping topple things; do more work that is conducive to uniting people's hearts, boosting morale, and encouraging hard work, rather than frustrating enthusiasm; do more work that is conducive to guiding the situation, dispelling doubts, resolving confusion, and straightening out emotions, rather than confusing the public." In this way, we can effectively unite the strength of the whole society and realize the mainstream orientation of news and public opinion work that inspires and motivates people. These important expositions fully demonstrate the leading role of positive publicity in building social consensus and powerfully guide all media to provide an "anchor" of public opinion for Zhejiang's long-term stable development.
4. Focusing on standing firmly on the people's position, clearly put forward "unifying the publicity of the Party's propositions with the reflection of the people's aspirations"
Only by being rooted in the real life of the people, thinking about what the people think, and worrying about what the people worry about, can we effectively enhance the people's goodwill and trust in news and public opinion work. Therefore, news and public opinion work should focus on the grassroots, leave space for the masses, aim the camera at the people, and increase the proportion of reports about the people as much as possible, and truly regard the people as the protagonists of news communication. On August 4, 2004, Comrade Xi Jinping mentioned at the symposium on news and publicity work of the Provincial Party Committee that news and publicity "should report the truth, tell the truth, encourage practical efforts, and seek practical results, aim the perspective of news and publicity work at real life, say what the masses want to say, speak what the masses can understand, and create more content and forms that the masses like to see and hear, and provide more news and information that the masses like to see and hear." On July 21, 2006, Comrade Xi Jinping emphasized in his speech at the meeting of all personnel of the central news organizations stationed in Zhejiang that "news reports should care about people's livelihood and public opinion, pay attention to the hot and difficult issues that the people strongly reflect and urgently need to be resolved, and reflect the opinions and voices of the masses in a timely manner. In this process, the most important point is to unify serving the Party and serving the people." During his work in Zhejiang, Comrade Xi Jinping repeatedly put forward detailed and specific requirements for news and public opinion work to stand firmly on the people's position. For example, he required the Zhejiang Daily (浙江日报) to reflect more fresh news and advanced models from the grassroots, and proposed to "timely convey the Party's voice to the broad masses of the people and fully reflect the content of our Party's close ties with the masses and concern for the people's hardships." These important expositions regard news and public opinion work as a tool and channel for serving the people, and provide powerful guidance for news and public opinion work to closely contact the masses and rely closely on the masses.
5. Focusing on strengthening the news and public opinion position, clearly put forward "building the network into a new position, new channel, and new carrier for propaganda and ideological work"
With the continuous improvement of social informatization, the Internet has become the forefront of ideological and cultural exchanges, and news and public opinion work is also facing unprecedented opportunities and challenges. As early as January 2004, Comrade Xi Jinping emphasized that it is necessary to seize the historic opportunity brought by the information society, "adhere to the combination of development and management, guide the situation, promote advantages and avoid disadvantages, sing the main theme on the Internet, fight the initiative battle on the Internet, grasp the initiative on the Internet, and build the network into a new position, new channel, and new carrier for propaganda and ideological work," and pointed out the direction for how news and public opinion work can firmly occupy the commanding heights of communication in cyberspace. The rapid development of high and new technologies, especially information network technology, brings not only challenges, but also opportunities. Comrade Xi Jinping pointed out that news and publicity work should "firmly grasp the initiative in news and information dissemination," and "news and public opinion should sing the main theme of unity, stability, and encouragement, disseminate the Party's voice in a timely and accurate manner, and actively and effectively do a good job in dispelling doubts and resolving confusion, so as to form a good atmosphere that is conducive to promoting social harmony and stability." Comrade Xi Jinping emphasized: "It is not possible to solve the problem of wrong and negative ideological public opinion by simply blocking it. The important thing is to sing the main theme." These important expositions profoundly reflect the development law of news and public opinion work resonating with the times, proactively respond to the reshaping of the communication pattern brought about by technological changes, and demonstrate a profound insight and scientific guidance on the general trend of the development of the times.
6. Focusing on grasping the initiative in public opinion, clearly put forward that the vast number of news workers should have "the courage to innovate, the boldness to innovate, and the wisdom to innovate"
Innovation is an important way for news and public opinion work to keep pace with the times. During his work in Zhejiang, General Secretary Xi Jinping repeatedly emphasized the importance of innovation in news and public opinion work on different occasions, and required the vast number of news workers to have "the courage to innovate, the boldness to innovate, and the wisdom to innovate." Regarding the content of news publicity, he pointed out that "clichés and sticking to the old ways cannot attract readers or move the audience, which requires our news publicity work to constantly innovate and expand from content to form." Regarding the form of news publicity, he pointed out that "we should adopt more forms that the masses like to see and hear, constantly enhance the vividness and readability of news publicity, and strive to improve the quality and level of news publicity." Regarding the arrangement of news publicity forces, he emphasized that the main news media in the province should actively cooperate with the central work of the Provincial Party Committee; all regions and departments should actively support and guarantee the coverage of the Provincial TV programs, and proposed that "social benefits and overall interests cannot be affected simply for the sake of economic benefits and local interests." Comrade Xi Jinping also profoundly revealed the importance of innovation for news publicity: "Whether news publicity is good at innovation and whether it can be constantly new is the key to its development and growth and maintaining strong vitality." This kind of innovation "cannot only stay at the general level of shouting slogans, but should be reflected in the writing and modification of specific manuscripts and the publicity and reporting of specific events, and should be reflected in how to broaden working ideas, update the concept of running a newspaper, enrich the means of running a newspaper, highlight the characteristics of running a newspaper, enhance the vitality of development, and improve the attractiveness, appeal, and combat effectiveness of news publicity." These important expositions reflect Comrade Xi Jinping's profound understanding of the laws of news and public opinion work, and also express his expectations for mainstream media to continuously innovate the forms of content expression and improve the effect of content dissemination.
7. Focusing on following the mass line of news work, clearly put forward "devoting oneself to the fresh life of the grassroots"
The grassroots orientation of "plunging into the grassroots and calming down" is the keynote that General Secretary Xi Jinping established for news and public opinion workers during his work in Zhejiang. All along, Comrade Xi Jinping has attached great importance to investigation and research. In the preface to his book "Working in a Down-to-Earth Manner and Forging Ahead - Thoughts and Practices on Promoting New Development in Zhejiang," he mentioned that he spends at least one-third of his time every year going deep into the grassroots and departments for investigation and research. In January 2006, when Comrade Xi Jinping visited the editors and reporters of the People's Daily (人民日报社) and Xinhua News Agency (新华社) stationed in Zhejiang, he used "news-rich mine" to describe Zhejiang, believing that news workers are "treasure collectors," and required news workers to "**扑下身子，静下心思**" (pū xià shēn zi, jìng xià xīn si - "throw down body, calm down mind," to immerse oneself and contemplate deeply), find their own position, recognize the direction of their efforts, and devote themselves to Zhejiang's hot economic construction, to the front line of reform and development, and to the fresh life of the grassroots. In July of the same year, in his speech at the meeting of all personnel of the central news organizations stationed in Zhejiang, Comrade Xi Jinping once again emphasized that Zhejiang "the capacity of this treasure house is changing and increasing every day," and "friends from the news media also need to conduct in-depth research, excavation, and exploration." When encouraging news and public opinion departments to do a good job in public opinion supervision, he required comrades from news and public opinion departments to "abide by news discipline, reflect the situation objectively and truthfully, and encourage and help without adding chaos. Special attention should be paid to not reporting false news and not hyping up so-called hot news that may trigger various events." These important expositions inherit and carry forward the fine tradition of "from the masses, to the masses" and profoundly explain the ways and methods for news work to practice the mass line.
8. Focusing on improving the ability of news work, clearly put forward "cultivating and building a news team that is politically strong, professionally proficient, strictly disciplined, and has a correct style"
Strengthening the political literacy of journalists and continuously improving their professional skills and reporting abilities is the foundation of news and public opinion work. In order to better leverage the supportive role of high-quality talent in news and public opinion work, Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "We must place the construction of the news team in a prominent position, strengthen the education and management of the news team, improve the political and professional quality of the news team, and cultivate and create a news team that is politically strong, professionally proficient, disciplined, and upright in style, so that they can better shoulder the new tasks of the new century and new stage." Building a high-quality news team is a systematic project that requires sustained effort. Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized: "We must adhere to the principle of the Party managing cadres and talents in accordance with the requirements of running newspapers and radio stations by politicians, and earnestly strengthen the construction of the leading bodies of news organizations" "Create a good atmosphere in the news industry where talents gather, are abundant, and their enthusiasm and creativity are fully utilized." In January 2006, when visiting the editors and reporters of the People's Daily (人民日报社) and Xinhua News Agency (新华社) stationed in Zhejiang (浙江), Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) put forward specific practical requirements for news and public opinion workers: "At any time and under any circumstances, ensure that they do not hesitate, are not ambiguous, and do not waver in their ideals and beliefs, and can withstand the test of various storms. We must strengthen learning and constantly improve the level of news theory and practical ability. We must strengthen Party spirit cultivation, pay attention to moral character, abide by work discipline, establish a righteous style, and be self-respecting, self-examining, self-alerting, and self-encouraging." These important expositions powerfully answered the theoretical and practical questions of what kind of news team to cultivate and how to cultivate a news team, and deepened the understanding of the laws governing the development of news talent.
Xi Jinping's (习近平) important expositions on news and public opinion work during his work in Zhejiang (浙江) are far-sighted and rich in content, providing important guidance for Zhejiang (浙江) to promote the development and reform of the Party's news and public opinion work. In the long run, these expositions and their vivid practice in Zhejiang (浙江) not only profoundly grasp the inherent laws of information dissemination and value transmission, but also accumulate experience with important reference significance for the systematic transformation of mainstream media in the new era in the vivid and specific practice of news and public opinion work, profoundly enlightening us: News and public opinion work must take standing firm on the political position as the fundamental principle, adhere to the unity of Party spirit and people's nature, adhere to unity, stability, encouragement, and positive propaganda as the main focus, and constantly enhance the communication power, guidance power, influence, and credibility of news and public opinion; We must take leading the development trend of media as a breakthrough, plan according to the situation, act according to the situation, and take advantage of the situation, continuously promote content innovation, communication innovation, and institutional mechanism innovation, transform innovation advantages into communication advantages and development advantages, and firmly grasp the initiative and dominance of news and public opinion work; We must take investigation and research and linking with reality as the basic means, regard the masses as the best teachers, and constantly improve the quality of news propaganda in rooting in social reality and reflecting social reality, and give full play to the role of guiding people, serving people, and uniting people; We must take accelerating the establishment of a full-media communication system as the direction of development, constantly adapt to the new situation of rapid iterative development of information technology, promote the systematic transformation of mainstream media, and create a new type of mainstream media adapted to the Internet era; We must take "the fundamental lies in people" as the internal support, and take cultivating talents and building a strong team as a long-term plan to improve work effectiveness and shape competitive advantages; We must take building a large propaganda pattern as an important goal, take good management, good treatment, and good use of news media as an important content to improve governance capabilities, adhere to the whole Party working together, and gather a strong public opinion synergy.
(Written by: Zhao Yu (赵瑜), Chen Peihao (陈培浩))
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"For what is of immediate urgency, we must act promptly and efficiently, seizing the moment and acting quickly, without being slow or procrastinating. For long-term tasks, we must maintain strategic focus and patience, adhering to a single blueprint to the end, 滴水穿石 (dī shuǐ chuān shí - "dripping water pierces stone," perseverance can accomplish anything) and achieving success through sustained effort." This important exposition by General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) profoundly reveals the dialectical relationship between "acting promptly" and "achieving success through sustained effort," providing a fundamental guideline for us to start undertakings and promote the development of our cause.
"Acting promptly" emphasizes speed and efficiency, acting quickly when necessary, seizing the time, and focusing on the present, embodying the spirit of historical initiative. In today's world, a century of changes is accelerating, a new round of technological revolution and industrial transformation is developing in depth, and the opportunities and challenges facing human development are unprecedented. If we are slow to react, we will miss opportunities; if we wait and see, we may be eliminated by the times. Since the new era, from ensuring that "no one is left behind" in building a moderately prosperous society in all respects, to striving for breakthroughs in scientific and technological innovation "against the clock," to the "imminent and urgent" need for green development, it is this sense of urgency to race against time that has driven China to create one development miracle after another. Today, as reform enters a critical period and development faces a period of transformation, there is an even greater need to meet and overcome every challenge with a sense of urgency that allows no delay, a sense of crisis that allows no slowness, and a sense of mission that allows no waiting.
"Achieving success through sustained effort" emphasizes endurance and perseverance, acting slowly when necessary, planning deeply and considering the long term, and persisting unremittingly, demonstrating a kind of strategic patience. The spirit of not seeking immediate gains or temporary fame is particularly valuable in the present. In reality, some places, in order to pursue "quick achievements," disregard the actual situation and engage in large-scale, rapid development, resulting in a waste of resources and manpower; some party members and cadres are eager for quick success and engage in "campaign-style" implementation, ultimately leaving behind many "unfinished projects"... This profoundly warns us that "speed" without strategic focus often leads to the opposite of what is desired. From the ecological miracle of the Saihanba (塞罕坝) people building a green Great Wall with over sixty years of relay efforts, to the 26-year journey of the BeiDou (北斗) Satellite Navigation System to achieve something from nothing... These achievements tell us that true breakthroughs often require the perseverance of "sitting on a cold bench for ten years." In areas such as tackling key scientific and technological problems, industrial upgrading, and ecological protection, this境界 (jìng jiè - "realm," state of mind) of "achieving success without necessarily being the one to see it" and the responsibility of "achieving success with my contribution" are particularly needed.
"Acting promptly" and "achieving success through sustained effort," one fast and one slow, are interconnected, mutually influential, and complementary, representing the dialectical unity of historical initiative and historical patience. The action of "acting promptly" provides a good start for the persistence of "achieving success through sustained effort"; the accumulation of "achieving success through sustained effort" lays a solid foundation for seizing the opportunities of "acting promptly." If we only talk about "acting promptly" and neglect "achieving success through sustained effort," we are prone to being eager for quick success, which often leads to the opposite of what is desired; if we only talk about "achieving success through sustained effort" and neglect "acting promptly," we are prone to missing opportunities, leading to development lagging behind. At present, the international situation is complex and severe, and the tasks of domestic reform, development, and stability are arduous and heavy. For party members and cadres, grasping this dialectical thinking, having both the executive power to seize the moment and act quickly, and the perseverance to persist unremittingly, is of great significance for further comprehensively deepening reform and promoting Chinese-style modernization.
The key to grasping the dialectical relationship between "acting promptly" and "achieving success through sustained effort" is to establish a correct view of performance. "Acting promptly" emphasizes the sense of urgency that opportunities are fleeting, while "achieving success through sustained effort" emphasizes the strategic focus of persisting unremittingly. The two seem contradictory, but they are actually unified in the practical logic of high-quality development. At present, some party members and cadres either have the short-sighted behavior of "new officials ignoring old accounts" or are keen on "quick-fix" image projects. These are essentially manifestations of a misplaced view of performance. To establish a correct view of performance, we must both seize opportunities with the vigor of "acting promptly" and consolidate the foundation for development with the tenacity of "achieving success through sustained effort." Jiao Yulu's (焦裕禄) vow of "born in the sand dunes, die in the sand dunes" is as moving as the "three days a floor" speed of Shenzhen (深圳), profoundly interpreting the governing philosophy of communists who must not only run the 100-meter sprint well, but also win the historical relay race.
The key to grasping the dialectical relationship between "acting promptly" and "achieving success through sustained effort" lies in coordinating the strategic layout of the present and the long term. Development is like playing chess, requiring both precise moves to seize the initiative and overall planning to lay out the long term. At present, international competition is becoming increasingly fierce, and a slow step in key areas such as technological innovation and industrial upgrading may lead to being controlled by others, so we must accelerate breakthroughs with a sense of urgency that allows no delay; systematic projects such as ecological civilization and talent cultivation must be steadily promoted with a focus that allows no haste. Party members and cadres in the new era must not only closely monitor the implementation progress of the five-year plan, but also anchor the second centenary goal, making today's efforts the cornerstone of the future, and transforming long-term blueprints into the coordinates of current action, truly taking the path of high-quality development.
"Ten thousand years is too long, seize the day and night." Comrade Mao Zedong's (毛泽东) bold verses express the Chinese Communists' striving posture of "acting promptly." General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) earnest teachings interpret the broad-minded境界 (jìng jiè - "realm," state of mind) of "achieving success without necessarily being the one to see it, but achieving success with my contribution." Standing at a new historical starting point, we must grasp the dialectical unity of "fast" and "slow," run the relay race of history well, and strive to write a new chapter in Chinese-style modernization.
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With the "Two News" policy intensifying and expanding, the express delivery industry is not only serving the trade-in of consumer goods but also ushering in new development opportunities. From one-way delivery to integrated delivery and installation, service models are constantly being upgraded; the expansion of non-standard express delivery services is leading to a continuous increase in business volume; and the smooth flow of the entire "delivery of new and retrieval of old" chain is strengthening supply chain service capabilities. As the strategy of expanding domestic demand is implemented in depth, express delivery companies will continue to optimize service networks and technological applications.
On July 9th, an old-for-new household air conditioner sent from Zhongshan (中山), Guangdong (广东) to Changzhou (常州), Jiangsu (江苏) became China's 100 billionth express delivery in 2025, achieving this goal 35 days earlier than last year.
The express delivery industry is the "capillary" connecting production and consumption. The 100 billionth express delivery being related to the trade-in of consumer goods not only serves as a strong testament to the policy's role in expanding the consumer market but also provides a new perspective for observing the rapid development of the express delivery industry.
With the expansion of subsidized categories, how can the express delivery industry better serve the trade-in of consumer goods? What new opportunities will the increased policies to expand domestic demand bring to the development of the express delivery industry? The reporter conducted interviews.
From One-Way Delivery to Two-Way Fulfillment
New models for large-item logistics, new technologies for small-item delivery
"The weather is hot and humid, the old air conditioner is not working well, the trade-in subsidy plus the residual value deduction directly reduces the price by 400 yuan, and there is also free installation and removal of the old one, so I decisively replaced it with a new machine." Recently, Mr. Chen, a citizen of Zhengzhou (郑州), Henan (河南), placed an order for a new air conditioner on an e-commerce platform. At the agreed time, the installer delivered the goods to his door on time, completed the installation, and took away the old air conditioner, all in less than two hours.
From one-way delivery to "delivery of new and retrieval of old" two-way fulfillment, the underlying factor is a new model of integrated delivery and installation express service. "The old-for-new process for different categories is complex, involving system docking, service dispatch, safe handling, and other links, requiring terminal service personnel to have multiple skills such as delivery, removal of old items, and installation." According to the relevant person in charge of JD Logistics (京东物流), by continuously strengthening the reserve of professional delivery and retrieval engineers, the old-for-new logistics service is sinking deeper.
New models for large-item logistics, new technologies for small-item delivery. Since the beginning of this year, the intensification and expansion of old-for-new initiatives have posed new challenges to the timeliness and service models of logistics and distribution.
"Waiting for the courier to come to the door, I can inspect the machine at home, it's so convenient!" On the first day of the "618" e-commerce promotion this year, Ms. Fu, a citizen of Dongguan (东莞), Guangdong (广东), received a new mobile phone she had ordered in the morning at 8 pm. Delivery, disassembly, code verification, uploading... She completed the signing in less than 20 minutes. "Unlike ordinary express delivery, 'national subsidy' express delivery requires on-site unpacking and collection of product information." Zhou Yundan (周运丹), senior manager of communication high-tech solutions at SF Group (顺丰集团), told reporters that in order to better undertake related orders, the company has specially built a management plan based on logistics vouchers. After consumers place orders on the online platform, the courier can complete the verification simultaneously when delivering the package, realizing a closed loop of the entire process of "order placement—delivery—transportation—dispatch—verification—signing."
It seems that only one "verification" link has been added, but it is crucial to the implementation of the policy.
"If the product verification fails in the logistics and transportation link, the merchant may bear the loss because they cannot get the subsidy, which will affect their enthusiasm to participate in the old-for-new program." Zhou Yundan explained that by combining AI image detection, data verification, and other technical means, couriers have achieved standardized operations in the execution link, which not only ensures the real and effective distribution of subsidies but also improves the consumer's signing experience and reduces the return rate.
"Through the synergy of technology, facilities, and networks, in the first half of this year, the express delivery industry has effectively served the trade-in of consumer goods, supporting an 8.5% year-on-year increase in online retail sales." Liu Jiang (刘江), director of the Strategic Planning Research Department of the Development Research Center of the State Post Bureau (国家邮政局), suggested that first, optimize the integrated warehousing and distribution model, guide manufacturing enterprises to arrange production and intelligent warehousing through consumer data, and improve the response speed of the entire chain; second, innovate the circular economy model, embed the express delivery network into the resource recycling chain, and promote the green and low-carbon transformation of "delivery of new and retrieval of old."
From Supporting Business Growth to Helping Accelerate Transformation
Expand non-standard express delivery services and promote multi-link collaboration
Since the beginning of this year, China has continued to intensify policies to expand domestic demand and promote consumption, expanding the categories of consumer goods trade-in policies, driving the continuous rise of express delivery business.
"Under the stimulus of policies, the demand for home appliances, consumer electronics, and other consumer goods has increased, driving the continuous growth of postal business volume." According to the relevant person in charge of SF Express (顺丰速运), the company's cargo volume scale increased by more than 20% year-on-year last year. Since the launch of the "national subsidy" service on January 20 this year, it has covered most brands on e-commerce platforms and has been widely used in mobile phones, tablets, smart wearables, learning machines, computers, and other categories, adding more than 10 million new orders. Data from JD Logistics also shows that in the first half of this year, old-for-new orders for large household appliances accounted for more than 30% of large-item orders, an increase of 150% year-on-year.
Between "delivery of new and retrieval of old," the express delivery industry is accelerating its transformation and upgrading.
"Traditional postal services have low added value and fierce market competition. 'Delivery of new and retrieval of old' tests technical level and terminal service capabilities more, and is a 'booster' for enterprises to shift from price competition to value competition." Zhou Yundan said that in 2019, SF began to expand the personalized services of non-standard express delivery business. In recent years, the annual average growth of new businesses such as consumer goods store inspections and electronic receipt signing has reached 64%.
Behind the new business and new model is the efficient collaboration of upstream and downstream.
Taking JD Logistics as an example, upstream, it undertakes the new delivery needs of retail and efficiently implements the trade-in service to end users; downstream, it establishes a stable delivery chain with recyclers and opens up the "last mile" of old machines from users' homes to environmentally friendly disposal. "Service network, professional fulfillment team, and standardized disassembly and collection processes support the large-scale growth of old-for-new." According to the relevant person in charge of JD Logistics.
In the view of Zhao Guojun (赵国君), director of the Postal Development Research Center of Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications (北京邮电大学), through the release of demand on the consumer side and the upgrading of services on the supply side, incremental policies have promoted the transformation of the express delivery industry from scale expansion to high value-added services. She suggested that in the future, it is necessary to strengthen government-enterprise collaboration and support more express delivery companies to upgrade old-for-new services.
From Smoothing Upstream and Downstream to Developing Reverse Logistics
Provide one-stop service, "delivery of new and retrieval of old" seamlessly connected
"Getting rid of the old" is more convenient, in order to make room for "replacement". In the interview, the reporter found that with the in-depth promotion of the consumer goods trade-in policy, consumers' replacement needs continue to be released, and many express delivery companies have keenly grasped this trend and taken multiple measures to smooth the entire chain of "delivery of new and retrieval of old."
Some express delivery companies innovate the reverse logistics model, allowing market tentacles to extend further.
Open the "SF Recycling" (顺回收) platform, and a recycling inspection task pops up. The courier inspects the old machine on-site, takes photos of the appearance, submits the review order... and gives the recycling price in a few minutes. "A few days ago, I placed an order for a 'national subsidy' new mobile phone, and today the new machine was delivered and I transferred the old mobile phone on the spot without leaving home." Said Mr. Shi, a citizen of Chaoyang District (朝阳区), Beijing (北京).
Behind the smooth experience is a new attempt by express delivery companies in the field of reverse logistics. "In the traditional 'separated' old-for-new model, consumers have to mail the old machine first to complete the recycling, and then wait for the new machine to be delivered, which takes about 5 days back and forth." Liu Xiao (刘晓), head of SF Recycling business, said that with the help of the express delivery service network, the platform launched a "delivery of new and retrieval of old" one-stop model. After consumers place an order, the courier simultaneously completes the delivery of the new machine and the recycling of the old machine. "In the first half of this year, revenue increased by about 150% year-on-year, and the user's first choice rate for one-stop old-for-new exceeded 80%."
Some express delivery companies strengthen supply chain service capabilities, making "delivery of new and retrieval of old" seamlessly connected.
In 2024, JD Retail (京东零售) built 6 central disposal warehouses, integrating recycling, sorting, dismantling, and disposal. Through refined disposal, more waste small household appliances can be processed.
"Before the delivery of the new, we are responsible for the recycling standard training and performance quality control of the delivery personnel, so that the old machine can be successfully recycled from the user's home; after the recycling, we follow up the receipt, quality inspection, and warehousing of the old machine after it returns to the warehouse to ensure the orderly delivery of the old machine at the end." According to the relevant person in charge of JD Logistics, this year, JD will successively build urban disposal warehouses in many places to further shorten the distance from old products to the warehouse and better open up all links in the upstream and downstream of the recycling industry chain.
"With the in-depth implementation of the strategy of expanding domestic demand, express delivery companies need to further optimize service networks and technological applications." The relevant person in charge of the State Post Bureau said that the next step will be to strengthen the construction of the same-city network and expand the field of express delivery services relying on old-for-new. At the same time, accelerate the application of recyclable packaging in reverse logistics, study and promote reverse logistics industry standards, and help the industry achieve high-quality development.
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Comprehensive rectification of low-price and disorderly competition helps to correct market failures, standardize competitive order, and make the unified national market a stage for fair competition among various business entities.
On August 1st, three major food delivery platforms spoke out, jointly calling for the standardization of industry competition order. Meituan (美团) stated that it will strictly abide by relevant laws and regulations and eliminate unfair competition. Taobao Flash Sale (淘宝闪购) and Ele.me (饿了么) also jointly issued a statement, clearly expressing their opposition to vicious competition. JD.com (京东) stated that it will resolutely eliminate unfair competition and resist malicious subsidies.
Comprehensive rectification of low-price and disorderly competition helps to correct market failures, standardize competitive order, and make the unified national market a stage for fair competition among various business entities.
Not long ago, food delivery platforms launched promotional activities such as "0-yuan purchase" and "1-fen grab." Why are food delivery platforms promoting at low prices? What platforms are vying for is not just the business of a meal, but the traffic conversion from food delivery to instant retail. What they are grabbing is the user's instant consumption habits, in order to occupy the high ground of the "last kilometer" of local life services.
Regarding low-price and disorderly competition, the State Administration for Market Regulation (市场监管总局) has repeatedly interviewed Ele.me (饿了么), Meituan (美团), and JD.com (京东), requiring relevant platform enterprises to strictly abide by the E-commerce Law, the Anti-Unfair Competition Law, the Food Safety Law and other laws and regulations, strictly implement the main responsibility, further standardize promotional activities, and participate in competition rationally.
Disorderly competition is not only detrimental to the healthy development of the industry, but also to the platform itself. Food delivery platforms connect a large number of offline merchants, consumers, and rider groups. The development of the food delivery industry is related to promoting consumption, stabilizing employment, and benefiting people's livelihoods. Low-price and disorderly competition in the food delivery industry may distort the market consumption structure and impact the normal operation of merchants. Although consumers seem to have earned discounts, they spend more time and energy, affecting the consumption experience. A surge in orders may also bring more safety hazards to riders. Food delivery is a high-frequency, rigid-demand industry. If there is disorderly competition, the interests of all parties will be damaged, and the platform will be "**杀敌一千，自损八百**" (shā dí yī qiān, zì sǔn bā bǎi - "kill one thousand enemies, lose eight hundred of your own," inflict heavy losses on the enemy at great cost to oneself), which will ultimately be detrimental to its own development.
Returning to rational competition can create greater value. Irrational competition leads to a lose-lose outcome, while rational competition helps to improve total factor productivity, both benefiting consumers and ensuring that companies obtain sufficient profits to continue innovating. Relevant departments regulate the order of competition in a timely manner, not to call a halt to competition, but to guide platform enterprises to abandon price wars and instead focus on improving their "**内功**" (nèi gōng - "internal strength," basic skills), open up their thinking, shift from competing for existing stock to creating incremental value, from "capital consumption" to "value creation," and return to the right path of standardized operation and benign competition through technological innovation, service upgrades, differentiated development, and the exploration of incremental scenarios, creating greater value for consumers and merchants.
The newly revised Anti-Unfair Competition Law will be implemented on October 15, explicitly stipulating that platform operators shall not force or indirectly force operators within the platform to sell goods at prices below cost according to their pricing rules, disrupting market competition order. It is a strategic choice with a long-term perspective for platforms to consciously implement their corporate responsibilities, carry out rational competition, and prevent risks from spilling over.
China has a population of more than 1.4 billion, and the market is large enough to accommodate fair competition among multiple platforms. We hope that each platform will leverage its own advantages, expand the pie through openness and sharing, and jointly build a good ecosystem with consumers, merchants, riders, etc., to create a better life together.
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The "China Banking Wealth Management Market Half-Year Report (First Half of 2025)" released by the Banking Wealth Management Registration and Custody Center shows that as of June this year, the outstanding scale of the banking wealth management market was 30.67 trillion yuan, and a total of 16,300 new wealth management products were issued in the first half of the year, raising 36.72 trillion yuan.
Wealth management products strongly support the development of the real economy. As of June, the total assets invested in wealth management products amounted to 32.97 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 7.31%. Among them, approximately 21 trillion yuan supported the real economy through investments in bonds, non-standardized debt, unlisted equity, and other assets.
The structure of the wealth management market continues to optimize. From the perspective of investment structure, the scale of investment in green bonds exceeded 320 billion yuan, and the scale of investment in special bonds such as the "Belt and Road" (一带一路), regional development, and poverty alleviation exceeded 100 billion yuan, providing more than 5 trillion yuan in financial support for the development of small and micro enterprises.
"Bank wealth management funds have become an important source of funds to support the development of the real economy," said Dong Ximiao (董希淼), chief researcher at Zhaolian. With the decline in deposit rates and improved resident expectations, the excess return advantage of wealth management products compared to fixed deposits has become more prominent. The outstanding scale of wealth management products will continue to expand in the second half of the year, which will help wealth management funds increase investment and boost the momentum of economic recovery.
Wealth management companies are also actively developing pension finance. In the first half of the year, three wealth management companies newly issued five personal pension wealth management products. Since the launch of the personal pension business, six wealth management companies have cumulatively launched 35 personal pension wealth management products. The Banking Wealth Management Registration and Custody Center supports market institutions in accessing the industry information platform for personal pension wealth management products and comprehensively carrying out personal pension wealth management business. "Personal pension wealth management products have performed well and are welcomed by investors," said Dong Ximiao (董希淼). We should further support wealth management companies in innovating new products and exclusive products suitable for pension wealth management investment, and accelerate the construction of a product system with different forms, terms, and risk characteristics to better meet the diversified needs of investors.
Personal pension wealth management products support the real economy by allocating long-term assets, while also allowing investors to share the dividends of market development. As of June this year, the number of investors who opened accounts on the industry information platform for personal pension wealth management products exceeded 1.439 million, an increase of 46.2% compared to the beginning of the year; the average annualized rate of return for personal pension wealth management products exceeded 3.4%.
The number of wealth management investors maintained a growth trend. As of June this year, the number of investors holding wealth management products reached 136 million, an increase of 8.37% compared to the beginning of the year. Among them, the number of individual investors increased by 10.29 million compared to the beginning of the year, and the number of institutional investors increased by 190,000 compared to the beginning of the year.
Return to TopAccording to China National Offshore Oil Corporation (中国海油) on August 3rd, Beijing (北京) (reporter Ding Yiting (丁怡婷)), the "Carefree Gull (凯瑞鸥)," a 2-ton large-scale eVTOL (electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft) independently developed in China, recently achieved its first global maritime oil platform material transportation flight.
This eVTOL, loaded with fresh fruit and emergency medicines, took off from Shenzhen (深圳), Guangdong (广东) province, and after a 58-minute transoceanic flight, landed on the Huizhou (惠州) 19-3 platform, 150 kilometers from the Shenzhen coastline, successfully completing the transportation mission. This breakthrough not only innovates the offshore supply model but also signifies an important step for China in the application of sea-land low-altitude logistics scenarios. With the development of the low-altitude economy, the maturing eVTOL technology is expected to become a new solution for offshore platform personnel shifts, emergency medical rescue, and rapid on-demand transportation of high-value components and materials.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 刘军国
At Zhejiang Xinkai Di Digital Technology Co., Ltd. (浙江新凯迪数字科技股份有限公司), graduate student Huang Yang (黄杨), under the guidance of Professor Jian Chengfeng (简琤峰) of Zhejiang University of Technology (浙江工业大学), is participating in a project: designing an intelligent factory platform architecture for a hardware manufacturing enterprise in Yongkang City (永康市), Jinhua (金华), Zhejiang (浙江), and carrying out the transformation and upgrading of modules such as order management visualization and real-time work reporting management.
Yongkang City (永康市) has more than 50,000 hardware manufacturing enterprises, forming a complete industrial chain from raw material processing to finished product manufacturing. The transformation and upgrading of traditional manufacturing is accelerating, and the demand for digital upgrading of enterprises is constantly growing. "However, professional talents proficient in the development of industrial Internet platforms cannot 跟不上趟 (gēn bù shàng tàng - "cannot keep up with the pace," unable to keep up with the speed of development), and the difficulty in recruiting and the long adaptation period have become bottlenecks," said Li Xindi (李心迪), general manager of Xinkai Di (新凯迪) Company.
In order to clear the blockage between talent supply and industrial demand, in 2024, Yongkang City (永康市) and Zhejiang University of Technology (浙江工业大学) jointly established the Modern Hardware Industry Talent Academy, building a talent training path integrating teaching, scientific research, and training by supporting students to conduct in-depth practical training and internships in enterprises. Taking the cooperative partner Xinkai Di (新凯迪) Company as an example, in the past year, the Modern Hardware Industry Talent Academy has jointly cultivated 26 industrial talents with the company, supporting more than 100 local hardware enterprises to successfully customize digital transformation solutions. "University tutors are responsible for sorting out the theoretical frontier and system architecture, and enterprise tutors impart experience in project implementation," introduced Cheng Jianmin (程建敏), head of the Modern Hardware Industry Talent Academy.
In recent years, Yongkang City (永康市) has been based on industrial transformation and integration of industry and talent, and has cumulatively cultivated more than 1,000 hardware industry talents and trained more than 5,000 people, providing technical innovation services for more than 200 enterprises above designated size, generating direct economic benefits of nearly 120 million yuan.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 屈信明
"What did you eat today?" "What season is it now?" In a hospital in Fuling District (涪陵区), Chongqing (重庆), two professional assessors patiently inquired about Grandpa Fu's (付爷爷) daily life details. Grandpa Fu, 79, suffers from multiple diseases and has been bedridden for a long time. Staff from Sunshine Life Insurance (阳光人寿) recorded the entire process on-site and uploaded the assessment results. After experts reviewed and determined that he met the disability criteria, the elderly man became eligible for a monthly care subsidy of 1,077 yuan, alleviating the family's care burden.
This is a typical workday for the Chongqing (重庆) medical insurance department and Sunshine Life Insurance's (阳光人寿) "joint office" model. It is understood that since March 2024, the scope of long-term care insurance benefits in Chongqing (重庆) has been expanded, and moderately disabled individuals have also been included in the benefit coverage. The Fuling (涪陵) joint office of Sunshine Life Insurance's (阳光人寿) Chongqing Branch (重庆分公司) fully utilizes the comprehensive handling window and 27 township and street service outlets to increase policy promotion and service guidance, so that more disabled families are aware of, accept, and enjoy long-term care insurance. "From application acceptance and disability assessment to benefit payment, we are constantly improving the convenience of the entire service process, so that policy dividends can accurately reach families in need," introduced Jia Qiong (贾穷), head of Sunshine Life Insurance's (阳光人寿) Chongqing Branch (重庆分公司).
The insurance industry plays the role of an economic shock absorber and social stabilizer, and plays an important role in promoting stable economic growth and ensuring social people's livelihood. Sunshine Insurance (阳光保险) actively responds to policy calls and deeply participates in long-term care insurance pilot programs in various regions. Data shows that since undertaking the long-term care insurance project in four districts and counties of Chongqing (重庆) in 2022, Sunshine Life Insurance's (阳光人寿) Chongqing Branch (重庆分公司) has cumulatively served 135,700 disabled people and paid various expenses totaling 140 million yuan, building a warm "sunshine defense line" for the elderly.
While providing insurance services for social people's livelihood, enterprises are also increasing their efforts to serve the real economy and help small and micro enterprises enhance their development vitality. In Taizhou (台州), Zhejiang (浙江), Mr. Chen (陈先生), who is engaged in the building materials business, recently breathed a sigh of relief. Through Sunshine Credit Guarantee's (阳光信保) bid bond insurance, he used a 1,000 yuan premium to replace a 200,000 yuan bid bond. "In the past, participating in large project bidding always meant bearing a large amount of deposit pressure. Now the released funds can be used to purchase two more truckloads of goods, making turnover much more flexible." In response to the cash flow pain points of small and medium-sized enterprises, the company innovatively developed an insurance substitute deposit product system, with insurance products covering bidding, contract performance, and other aspects. In 2024, the company's various deposit substitute products served a total of 12,000 small and medium-sized enterprises, underwriting 34,000 cases, with a risk protection amount of 7.8 billion yuan.
To condense the protection function into several insurance policies requires insurance companies to continuously accumulate professional risk management experience and enhance product innovation capabilities. Since its establishment 20 years ago, Sunshine Insurance (阳光保险) has always deeply cultivated inclusive finance, from serving the risk protection needs of the masses throughout their life cycle to helping enterprises strengthen risk management. The service concept of "customer thinking" is constantly deepening. In terms of service models, Sunshine Insurance (阳光保险) continues to promote the downward movement of institutions and outlets to counties, the downward movement of service forces to the grassroots, and the downward movement of product design to inclusiveness, so that inclusive products are implemented and benefit the lives of the masses. In the future, the company will continue to adhere to its main business, operate steadily, allow insurance to return to its original protection function, and allow families and enterprises to enjoy equal protection opportunities.
Return to TopAccording to a report in the People's Daily on August 3rd from Jinan, written by reporter Hou Linliang (侯琳良), Kenli District (垦利区), Dongying City (东营市), Shandong Province (山东省) recently began construction of a zero-carbon industrial park with 100% green electricity direct connection. Once completed, the industrial park will achieve self-sufficiency in clean energy.
Green electricity direct connection means that wind power and photovoltaic power generation do not enter the public power grid, but are directly transmitted to factories through dedicated lines in a "point-to-point" manner. Power generation, grid deployment, energy use, and energy storage are all resolved within the park. The industrial park includes a 40 GWh lithium battery green intelligent manufacturing base project, with an investment of 8 billion yuan, as well as other projects on the entire lithium battery industry chain, such as lithium battery materials, manufacturing, energy storage, and applications. Through wind-solar coupling and grid-forming technology, the industrial park intelligently regulates and stores wind and solar power, which can meet the energy needs of enterprises for more than 8,000 hours per year. Dongying City (东营市) will promote the full-chain energy consumption reduction and efficiency increase of high-carbon industries, and create a demonstration benchmark in promoting the green and low-carbon transformation of heavy industrial cities.
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Is an agreement between an employer and an employee not to pay social insurance premiums valid? If a construction project is subcontracted to an individual, should the contractor bear responsibility for work-related injury insurance, etc.?
In the past two years, labor dispute cases involving welfare benefits, non-competition restrictions, and social insurance disputes have been on the rise. On August 1, the Supreme People's Court (最高人民法院) issued the "Interpretation (II) of the Supreme People's Court on Several Issues Concerning the Application of Law in the Trial of Labor Dispute Cases" (《关于审理劳动争议案件适用法律问题的解释（二）》, hereinafter referred to as "Interpretation II"), focusing on hot issues of widespread social concern, strengthening trial guidance, and unifying the application of law.
"Interpretation II" will take effect on September 1, 2025.
An agreement not to pay social insurance is invalid, and employees can terminate the contract and receive compensation accordingly.
[Case] Is it possible to sign an agreement to "voluntarily waive social insurance" in exchange for an extra subsidy each month instead of paying social insurance? Zhu (朱) encountered this issue when he joined a security company. On his second day of employment, Zhu (朱) signed a statement with the security company, agreeing to voluntarily not pay social insurance in Beijing (北京), and the company would directly distribute the relevant expenses to Zhu (朱) in the form of a subsidy.
More than a month after joining the company, Zhu (朱) proposed to terminate the labor contract with the security company, one of the reasons being that the company did not pay social insurance. Zhu (朱) argued that the agreement regarding non-payment of social insurance premiums was a standard clause pre-printed by the security company, infringing on his legal rights and having no legal effect. The security company, however, believed that it had proposed to pay social insurance for Zhu (朱) on the day he joined the company, but Zhu (朱) had actively applied not to pay in order to receive more money.
The Beijing Second Intermediate People's Court (北京第二中级人民法院) held that paying social insurance premiums is a statutory obligation of employers and employees, and is not exempt due to an agreement between the two parties, except for reasons stipulated by law. The agreement between the two parties regarding non-payment of social insurance premiums is invalid.
The company's failure to pay social insurance premiums for Zhu (朱) in accordance with the law met the statutory circumstances under which the employer should pay economic compensation. Ultimately, the court ruled that the security company should pay Zhu (朱) economic compensation for terminating the labor contract.
[Explanation] "Interpretation II" clarifies the legal consequences of an employer and an employee agreeing or promising not to pay social insurance premiums. If an employer and an employee agree or an employee promises the employer not to pay social insurance premiums, the agreement or promise is invalid. If an employee terminates the labor contract on the grounds that the employer has not paid social insurance premiums in accordance with the law, and requests the employer to pay economic compensation, the people's court shall support it in accordance with the law. After the employer makes supplementary payments as required by the administrative agency, it may request a refund of the social insurance premium compensation it paid as agreed.
The judge pointed out that some employees voluntarily give up social insurance in exchange for immediate subsidies. While this may increase income in the short term, it carries significant risks and harms their long-term interests. For example, when employees become ill and seek medical treatment, they cannot reimburse medical expenses through medical insurance. For employers, failing to pay social insurance premiums for employees will result in losing the opportunity to disperse risks and costs through social insurance. This practice is not advisable and is also invalid.
If an employee intentionally refuses to sign a written labor contract, the employer is not liable for paying double wages.
[Case] Ran (冉) once served as the head of the finance department of a certain Kanglv Company (康旅公司). After the labor contract expired, Kanglv Company (康旅公司) repeatedly notified Ran (冉) to renew the labor contract through oral and WeChat methods. Ran (冉) refused to renew on the grounds that "the company is going to dissolve, and not signing a contract can get double wages."
In April of last year, Ran (冉) and Kanglv Company (康旅公司) entered into an agreement to terminate the labor contract. Subsequently, Kanglv Company (康旅公司) was deregistered, and its rights and obligations were inherited by a certain hotel. Ran (冉) proposed that a certain Nonglv Company (农旅公司), the shareholder of the hotel and Kanglv Company (康旅公司), should pay double wages for not signing a written labor contract.
The court held that in the case where Ran (冉) intentionally did not sign a written labor contract, Kanglv Company (康旅公司) was not required to bear the responsibility of paying double wages, and the hotel that inherited its rights and obligations and its shareholder Nonglv Company (农旅公司) were also not liable. The court ruled to reject Ran's (冉) litigation claims regarding the payment of double wages, etc.
[Explanation] The Labor Contract Law stipulates: "If an employer fails to conclude a written labor contract with an employee for more than one month but less than one year from the date of employment, it shall pay the employee twice the monthly wage. If an employer violates the provisions of this law by failing to conclude a labor contract with no fixed term, it shall pay the employee twice the monthly wage from the date on which the labor contract with no fixed term should have been concluded."
The Supreme People's Court (最高法) stated that the rule of paying double wages for an employer's failure to conclude a written labor contract is a provision made by law to protect the legitimate rights and interests of employees and to urge employers to fulfill their statutory obligations, and should not allow dishonest individuals to unduly profit. Since a labor contract is a bilateral contract, the conclusion of a labor contract requires the cooperation of the employee. "Interpretation II" stipulates that when there is a situation where the employee intentionally or through gross negligence fails to conclude a written labor contract, the employer is not liable for paying double wages.
In addition, according to the Labor Contract Law, when a fixed-term labor contract has been concluded twice consecutively, and there are no circumstances such as the employer unilaterally terminating the labor contract, the employer shall not refuse the employee's request to conclude a labor contract with no fixed term. "Interpretation II" clarifies the specific circumstances that should be recognized as "consecutively concluding a fixed-term labor contract twice," to avoid employers circumventing the obligation to conclude a labor contract with no fixed term: extending the term of the labor contract through negotiation for a cumulative period of more than one year, and the extended term has expired; the term of the labor contract has expired and the term has been automatically extended; the subject of the labor contract is merely changed for reasons not attributable to the employee, etc.
The obligation of non-competition restriction should be commensurate with the scope of the employee's knowledge, and the excess part is invalid.
[Case] During Zheng's (郑) employment at Pharmaceutical Company A (甲医药公司), he had access to confidential information such as the production and control details of chemical components of two drugs of affiliated Pharmaceutical Company B (乙医药公司). When he resigned, Zheng (郑) signed a "Non-Competition Restriction Agreement" (《竞业限制协议》).
Afterwards, Zheng (郑) joined a certain biological company, serving as senior vice president, and informed Pharmaceutical Company A (甲医药公司). Pharmaceutical Company A (甲医药公司) believed that the biological company and the company were both biopharmaceutical companies, and the two companies had a competitive relationship. Zheng (郑) violated the non-competition restriction agreement and should pay liquidated damages, compensate for losses, and return the economic compensation that had been paid.
The court held that the scope of an employee's non-competition restriction should be limited to the necessary scope of the matters protected by the non-competition restriction system, and should be commensurate with the scope of the trade secrets of the affiliated parties known to the employee and the confidential matters related to intellectual property rights. The non-competing entities agreed upon by Pharmaceutical Company A (甲医药公司) and Zheng (郑) included affiliated Pharmaceutical Company B (乙医药公司). Zheng (郑) only had access to the confidential information of two drugs of Pharmaceutical Company B (乙医药公司), and his non-competing obligation should be limited to the above two drugs.
Comparing the products of the biological company Zheng (郑) joined with the products of Pharmaceutical Company A (甲医药公司) and the above two drugs of Pharmaceutical Company B (乙医药公司), although they all included cancer treatment products, they were not substitutable in terms of indications and medication regimens. The trial court found that the company Zheng (郑) joined did not belong to other employers that operated similar products or engaged in similar businesses that were in competition with Pharmaceutical Company A (甲医药公司) or its affiliates, and ruled to reject all of Pharmaceutical Company A's (甲医药公司) claims.
[Explanation] The Labor Contract Law stipulates the non-competition restriction system, mainly to protect the employer's trade secrets and confidential matters related to intellectual property rights, prevent unfair competition, and does not restrict the orderly flow of talent.
"Interpretation II" stipulates that in the case where an employee does not know or have access to the employer's trade secrets and confidential matters related to intellectual property rights, even if the employer and the employee have agreed on non-competition restriction clauses, the non-competition restriction clauses will not take effect and will not be binding on the employee. In the case where an employee falls within the scope of non-competition restriction personnel, the scope, region, and duration of the non-competition restriction clauses should be commensurate with the trade secrets and confidential matters related to intellectual property rights known and accessed by the employee, and the excess part is invalid.
The Supreme People's Court (最高法) requires that people's courts, in the process of hearing non-competition restriction dispute cases, should balance the relationship between employees' independent choice of employment and fair market competition, and promote the orderly flow and rational allocation of talent.
If a construction project is subcontracted to others, the contractor is responsible for paying work-related injury insurance benefits.
[Case] A certain construction company subcontracted the contracted project to Liu (刘), and Liu (刘) then hired Zhang (张) to work at the construction site. During the operation, Zhang (张) fell from a height and was injured. The relevant department determined that the accident injury suffered by Zhang (张) was a work-related injury, and the construction company was responsible for work-related injury insurance for the accident injury suffered by Zhang (张). Zhang (张) requested the construction company to pay work-related injury insurance benefits, but the construction company did not recognize it.
The court held that, according to the "Provisions of the Supreme People's Court on Several Issues Concerning the Trial of Administrative Cases on Work-Related Injury Insurance" (《最高人民法院关于审理工伤保险行政案件若干问题的规定》), the assumption of work-related injury insurance liability is not necessarily conditional on the existence of a labor relationship. In the case where a construction project is subcontracted to an individual, once a work-related injury accident occurs, the contractor with the qualifications of an employment entity should bear the responsibility for work-related injury insurance. In this case, although there is no labor relationship between the construction company and Zhang (张), the construction company, as the contractor, still needs to bear the responsibility for work-related injury insurance.
[Explanation] In response to the widespread phenomena of subcontracting, sub-contracting, attachment, commingled employment, and non-payment of social insurance premiums in practice, "Interpretation II" clarifies that if a contractor or an attached person subcontracts or subcontracts the contracted business to a unit or individual that does not have legal business qualifications, or allows it to be attached, the contractor or attached person shall bear the employment entity responsibilities such as paying labor remuneration and work-related injury insurance benefits after the work-related injury is determined.
The Supreme People's Court (最高法) stated that in this case, the contractor's assumption of employment entity responsibilities such as paying work-related injury insurance benefits not only reflects the negative evaluation of subcontracting and sub-contracting behaviors, but also enables workers to receive timely relief after a work-related injury occurs, which is conducive to improving and standardizing the construction market order and fully protecting the legitimate rights and interests of workers.
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Explaining the law thoroughly, clarifying the reasoning, and utilizing emotions fully are the only ways to truly enter the hearts of the people, untie their knots, and resolve conflicts at the nascent stage and at the grassroots level.
"I won't give up until I get an explanation!" Not long ago, a villager clutching a few crumpled pay slips, stormed into the Henglong Judicial Office (横龙司法所). I quickly handed him a cup of hot tea: "Take a sip of water, fellow villager, and tell me slowly." It turned out that he had worked in a factory for half a year and then chose to resign for various reasons, but the factory manager not only deducted half a month's salary from him but also asked him to pay for "damage to work clothes."
Through these years of practice, I deeply understand that mediation is by no means **和稀泥** (hé xī ní - "mixing mud," to compromise without principle), and a balance must be found between law, reason, and emotion. Some disputes may be small, but they are directly related to the dignity of the people and the effectiveness of grassroots governance, and must be resolved quickly in accordance with the law. From checking laws and contracts to running to factories and mediating, when I first communicated with the factory manager, his attitude was tough. I patiently persuaded him: "It is necessary to pay the full amount of wages, and there must be a basis for deducting money. It is not worth hurting the harmony..." After clarifying the pros and cons, the person in charge agreed to reissue the salary and waive the deduction.
I didn't have this understanding when I first started. Once, two villagers had a dispute over the boundary of their homesteads. During mediation, I recited the legal provisions, and they shouted: "Don't talk about things we don't understand!" After being rebuffed, I realized that when communicating with the masses, it is not enough to read from the book; you have to "give an explanation" in a way that they can understand and trust. Under the guidance of experienced mediators, I invited the old Party branch secretary and old Party members to participate in the on-site measurement, and delineated the boundaries in combination with village rules, folk conventions and habits. Finally, the two residents agreed to mediate. This incident made me understand that to do a good job in mediation, it is necessary to deeply root oneself in the local area on the basis of laws and regulations, be good at using emotions and reason to communicate skillfully. Villagers trust the words of people around them more. By distinguishing the nature of the problem and implementing precise policies, many conflicts and disputes can actually be successfully resolved.
If we want the concept of the rule of law to truly take root in people's hearts and minds, we must adhere to the principle of "popularizing the law in mediation and benefiting the people in service." In recent years, Anyuan District (安源区) has explored the cultivation of "legal明白人" (fǎ lǜ míng bái rén - "people who understand the law"), established full-time people's mediators, and organized capable people in the village who are prestigious, reasonable, and enthusiastic to participate in mediation, which is the key to improving the effectiveness of grassroots governance and achieving "minor issues not leaving the village."
The methods of popularizing the law must also change. It is not enough to just set up stalls and distribute leaflets; it is better to set up public legal service studios in the villages, where lawyers regularly sit and answer questions for the masses. Empty talk about legal provisions does not work well. Using stories from around them to "explain the law through cases" makes it easier for the masses to accept and thus improve their awareness of consciously abiding by the law.
In the process of mediation, explaining the law thoroughly, clarifying the reasoning, and utilizing emotions fully are the only ways to truly enter the hearts of the people, untie their knots, and resolve conflicts at the nascent stage and at the grassroots level.
(The author is a cadre of the Henglong Judicial Office (横龙司法所) in Anyuan District (安源区), Pingxiang City (萍乡市), Jiangxi Province (江西省).)
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Return to TopThis newspaper reported from Beijing on August 3rd (Reporter Zhang Cong (张璁)): The reporter learned from the foreign-related arbitration work symposium recently held in Beijing by the Ministry of Justice (司法部) that: As of now, there are 285 arbitration institutions in China, with more than 60,000 arbitrators, including more than 3,400 foreign arbitrators. In 2024, 4,373 foreign-related arbitration cases were handled, with a foreign-related amount of 197.8 billion yuan. It is reported that the Ministry of Justice (司法部) has selected 22 arbitration institutions as the first batch of cultivation targets to implement a cultivation project for international first-class arbitration institutions with Chinese characteristics.
It is understood that since 2022, the Central Leading Group for Comprehensively Governing the Country according to Law (中央依法治国委) has carried out pilot projects for the construction of international commercial arbitration centers in Beijing (北京), Shanghai (上海), Guangzhou (广州), Shenzhen (深圳), and Hainan (海南). Judging from the pilot situation, various work tasks have been basically completed. According to the 2025 survey report of an international arbitration authority assessment agency, Beijing (北京), Shanghai (上海), and Shenzhen (深圳) simultaneously rank among the top ten most popular arbitration locations in the world. The China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (中国国际经济贸易仲裁委员会), the Shenzhen Court of International Arbitration (深圳国际仲裁院), and the Beijing Arbitration Commission (北京仲裁委员会) have an average annual amount exceeding 100 billion yuan. China has gradually become a new destination for international commercial arbitration.
The Ministry of Justice (司法部) will focus on serving major national strategies such as the coordinated development of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, the integrated development of the Yangtze River Delta, the construction of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, and the construction of the Hainan Free Trade Port to deepen the construction of international commercial arbitration centers, continuously improve the arbitration system and rules with Chinese characteristics that are compatible with international common rules, and enhance the international influence and competitiveness of China's arbitration.
Return to TopIn recent years, Badong County (巴东县) in Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture (恩施土家族苗族自治州), Hubei Province (湖北省), has focused on the development of distinctive agriculture, promoted the "company + base + farmer" model, collaborated with scientific research institutes to develop distinctive products, and promoted the deep integration of agriculture, culture, and tourism, paving a new path to prosperity for farmers in mountainous areas. The picture shows tourists picking pears in the pear orchard base in Tudianzi Village (土店子村), Xinling Town (信陵镇), Badong County (巴东县) on August 2.
Jiao Guobin (焦国斌) photo (People's Vision)
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 鲜 敢
On the morning of August 3rd, the burial ceremony for martyrs in Ngari Prefecture (阿里地区), Tibet (西藏) was held at the Shiquanhe Martyrs Cemetery (狮泉河烈士陵园). The remains of eight martyrs who sacrificed themselves in the revolution and construction of Ngari Prefecture (阿里地区) returned to the homeland they once guarded with their youthful blood.
More than 440 representatives from all walks of life, including relatives of the martyrs, local officers and soldiers, cadres, workers, and students, stood solemnly. At about 11:00 a.m., a melodious "Elegy" was played on the scene. The honor guard escorted the coffins containing the remains of the martyrs and slowly entered the center of the square. The audience sang the national anthem of the People's Republic of China.
The honor guards lifted the martyrs' coffins and slowly walked towards the burial site. All the people present stared at the martyrs' coffins and silently lined up to pay their respects, offering flowers to the martyrs to express their respect.
Nearly a hundred revolutionary martyrs who sacrificed themselves in Ngari's (阿里) revolution, construction, and reform in various historical periods are buried in the Shiquanhe Martyrs Cemetery (狮泉河烈士陵园). More than 70 years have passed, and people still miss them.
Angzhu (昂卓), a national model worker from Luma Village (鲁玛村), Zhaxigang Township (扎西岗乡), Gar County (噶尔县), drove 60 kilometers to arrive early at the Shiquanhe Martyrs Cemetery (狮泉河烈士陵园). She gently stroked the tombstone and said with a choked voice: "Ngari (阿里) has undergone **翻天覆地的变化** (fān tiān fù dì de biàn huà - "earth-shaking changes," a tremendous change), and the vast number of farmers and herdsmen live happily. We will not forget the sacrifices and contributions of the martyrs."
"Uncle, I'm late," said Zhang Chengjuan (张承军), the nephew of martyr Zhang Xirong (张希荣), who came from Wuwei (武威), Gansu (甘肃). Zhang Chengjuan (张承军) said that his family has always kept his uncle's "Certificate of Glorious Sacrifice." Inheriting the legacy of revolutionary martyrs, Zhang Chengjuan (张承军) sent his son to serve in the Xinjiang (新疆) troops.
In 2023, the Ministry of Veterans Affairs (退役军人事务部) organized a team of experts to go to Ngari Prefecture (阿里地区) to excavate and identify suspected unnamed martyrs' tombs. The identities of the eight martyrs who were relocated and buried this time were reviewed and determined by the National Martyrs' Remains DNA Identification Laboratory (国家烈士遗骸DNA鉴定实验室), and were finally confirmed as Zhang Xirong (张希荣), Wei Jianhua (魏建华), Chen Fuxiang (陈富祥), Chen Shenglin (陈生林), Li Shengcai (李生财), Guo Juhu (郭具虎), Liu Yanbin (刘彦斌), and Xue Gending (薛根定).
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 白光迪
In the Big Data Industrial Park of Yizheng City (仪征市), Jiangsu Province, 28-year-old Xie Changyou (谢昌友) is focused on performing data annotation quality inspection work. Several years ago, he was once lost due to an accident that caused his disability, but now he has become a technical backbone. His transformation stems from the strong support of the "Zheng Pioneer · Helping the Disabled Build Dreams" Action Party Branch (征先锋·助残筑梦行动党支部) in Yizheng City (仪征市).
In recent years, led by the Organization Department of the Yizheng Municipal Party Committee (仪征市委组织部), in conjunction with the Disabled Persons' Federation (残联), the Human Resources and Social Security Bureau (人社), and other parties, the effort to solve the employment problem of disabled people has been taken as a key focus of "Party Building +". An innovative "Party Building Leadership + Three Empowerment (Skill Support, Intellectual Support, Financial Support)" working mechanism has been constructed, and "one person, one policy" precise assistance has been implemented.
Party organizations link resources, establish vocational training bases, and jointly build practical training platforms with universities, focusing on new skills training.
Actively connect with enterprises and deeply explore suitable positions. In 2024, 260 positions in data annotation, hand weaving, and other fields have been trained, and 7 demonstration bases for the employment of disabled people have been successfully cultivated.
In order to continuously expand employment channels, Yizheng City (仪征市) established the "Red Aid-the-Disabled Alliance" (红色助残联盟) and developed digital platforms such as the "Public Welfare Post Library," increasing the employment rate of disabled people by 23% and truly supporting the employment dreams of disabled people.
Return to TopThis March, the "Special Action Plan for Boosting Consumption" was issued, explicitly proposing to "increase support for trade-ins of consumer goods" and "promote the green and intelligent upgrading of durable consumer goods such as automobiles, home appliances, and home decoration." With the further expansion of the scope of national subsidies, more upgraded home appliance products are entering households.
Midea Group (美的集团) actively responded to the national call and launched the industry's first Class 1 energy-efficient non-condensing gas water heater. Its "Application Research of Flue Gas Deep Cooling, High-Efficiency, Low-Emission Collaborative Condensate Purification, Recycling and Reuse Technology in Hot Water Equipment" project technology was identified as an "Internationally Leading" scientific and technological achievement by the China National Light Industry Council (中国轻工业联合会). The new product is favored by consumers. As of July 25, the cumulative sales on the entire network have exceeded 100,000 units, and the market share in the segmented market has remained at the top. This is not only a full reflection of Midea's technological innovation strength, but also a breakthrough in the popularization and promotion of Class 1 energy-efficient gas water heaters.
Determined to break through: Continuously tackling the technical problems of condensate treatment.
Green home appliances are favored by consumers, and energy saving is one of the key factors. In the segmented field of gas water heaters, the market penetration rate of Class 1 energy-efficient gas water heaters has remained at a low level for a long time. The main reason is the technical problem of condensate treatment caused by efficient combustion.
In response, Midea (美的) formed a scientific research team to carry out technical research, crossing three key "water treatment" barriers, and finally successfully overcame the technical problem of condensate treatment.
Although the first generation of Class 1 energy-efficient gas water heaters can achieve ultra-high thermal efficiency of more than 98%, they need to be equipped with complex external condensate pipes, which take up a lot of space, affect the beauty of the home, and also have the risk of dripping. Moreover, the high installation threshold limits the installation applicability and popularization of the product in families to a certain extent.
In 2013, the Midea (美的) scientific research team successfully developed the second-generation technology solution - atomization external discharge related technology (invention patent name: Gas Water Heater and Control Method Thereof, patent number: ZL 2014 1 0735405.X), which solved the installation and dripping problems, allowing Class 1 energy-efficient gas water heaters to say goodbye to external condensate pipes. Before the technical application products, Midea (美的) conducted internal testing for as long as 2 years and found that the white acidic mist (pH2.4) discharged from the flue would affect users' respiratory health, environmental safety, and long-term reliability indicators of the product.
Midea (美的) always regards the safety commitment to users and environmental protection responsibilities as an insurmountable bottom line. In 2015, the Midea (美的) scientific research team officially launched the third-generation technology research, investing more than 2 billion yuan, forming a first-class research and development team led by 54 doctors and more than 100 people, and built an industry-leading CNAS-accredited laboratory and research and development center. Midea (美的) continuously iterates technology, achieving breakthroughs in multiple dimensions such as thermal efficiency, quietness, constant temperature, and durability, and finally proposed the third-generation technology solution - condensate purification.
Product upgrade: Application of new technology to launch Class 1 energy-efficient products.
Based on Midea's (美的) 26 years of technical accumulation in the field of water purification, the R&D team has overcome key technical problems such as condensate purification and circulation under ultra-high thermal efficiency conditions through systematic experimental verification, and successfully developed and applied "ion capture purification technology" to achieve efficient purification of condensate. Midea (美的) achieves the national health standards for domestic drinking water for the water quality of the whole machine through "one-level fine filtration + double-layer magnetic purification + three-item full-dimensional antibacterial" all-round purification, and has been identified as an internationally leading scientific and technological achievement.
The new gas water heater equipped with "ion capture purification technology" has obtained the national Class 1 energy efficiency certification. Compared with Midea's (美的) Class 2 energy-efficient gas water heater, each Class 1 energy-efficient gas water heater reduces carbon emissions equivalent to planting 11 adult trees in one year of use. In the context of China's annual gas water heater shipment volume of approximately 13 million units, accelerating the iteration, upgrading, popularization and promotion of high-energy-efficiency products will generate considerable energy-saving and carbon-reducing benefits, and at the same time, it is in line with consumers' pursuit of convenient, efficient, economical and energy-saving lifestyles, which will help promote green consumption upgrades.
Customer First: Promoting technological innovation around consumer needs.
Since the launch of Midea's (美的) Class 1 energy-efficient non-condensing gas water heater, sales have continued to rise due to its excellent performance and quality. Midea's (美的) outstanding performance in the field of gas water heaters stems from its accurate grasp of industry development trends and its deep insight into user needs.
On the one hand, Midea (美的) always takes the national development strategy as a guide and strives to practice the "dual carbon" goal. Improving the penetration rate of Class 1 energy-efficient gas water heater products is related to energy conservation, emission reduction and sustainable development, and is Midea's (美的) unshirkable responsibility and mission.
On the other hand, the concept of user-centricity is the solid cornerstone of Midea's (美的) high-quality development. Energy saving and carbon reduction, safety and health, aesthetics and convenience, every technological innovation of Midea (美的) focuses on user pain points and directly addresses user concerns. The launch of the Class 1 energy-efficient non-condensing gas water heater is a positive response to Midea's (美的) deep understanding and satisfaction of users' expectations of "both convenience and energy saving," reflecting Midea's (美的) business philosophy of "customer first."
Overcoming the technical problem of condensate treatment can not only bring consumers a safe, healthy, convenient and economical Class 1 energy-efficient product experience, but also provide technical support for improving the market penetration rate of Class 1 energy-efficient gas water heaters. In the future, Midea (美的) will continue to uphold the concept of innovation, forge ahead on the journey of scientific and technological innovation, and contribute more to industry development and the construction of a beautiful China.
Data source: Kitchen and Hot Water Business Unit of Midea Group (美的集团厨房和热水事业部)
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Lightly tap the screen and shake the handle, and the Western Xia Mausoleums (西夏陵) slowly appear in front of the students in a three-dimensional animation. Deng Wentao (邓文韬) continued to click on the screen, and the mausoleums quickly changed their appearance. The three-dimensional picture was constantly enriched: tall mausoleum buildings, fully armed tomb-guarding soldiers, and obscure Western Xia characters, which dazzled everyone.
"This is the Western Xia Mausoleums (西夏陵) eight or nine hundred years ago. At that time, many buildings in the mausoleum area were engraved with Western Xia characters." Seeing the students immersed in it, Deng Wentao (邓文韬) seized the opportunity to talk about the construction principles of Western Xia characters. Deng Wentao (邓文韬) is an associate professor at the Western Xia Research Institute (西夏学研究院) of Ningxia University (宁夏大学), who is good at using information technology to stimulate students' desire for knowledge. Western Xia characters, this mysterious script hidden deep in history, became vivid, interesting, and fascinating under his explanation.
A rubbing of a stele
Deeply shocked at first sight
Deng Wentao (邓文韬) is 37 years old this year. He became associated with Western Xia studies by chance in his early years: in 2011, when he was about to graduate with a bachelor's degree, he came to the Western Xia Research Institute (西夏学研究院) of Ningxia University (宁夏大学) for a visit. The dozens of rows of bookshelves in the institute's data room, filled with literature and materials, made him love it. In exchanges with Western Xia experts at Ningxia University (宁夏大学), he benefited a lot from the scholars' extensive knowledge and unique insights.
At that time, he decided to come to Ningxia University (宁夏大学) to pursue a master's degree in Western Xia studies. Since then, he has devoted himself to this discipline, which seems quite mysterious to the outside world, and successively pursued master's and doctoral degrees, and stayed on to teach at the university after graduation.
As a historian, one of Deng Wentao's (邓文韬) greatest interests is studying various Western Xia documents, and he often travels long distances to browse them on the spot. If he can obtain rubbings from the local cultural relics bureau, he is even more delighted. "Documents are an important basis for historical research. We can often interpret interesting historical details from the mysterious Western Xia characters," said Deng Wentao (邓文韬).
"I found a treasure!" Deng Wentao (邓文韬), who had just returned from a business trip in Hebei (河北), carried a bulging canvas bag and rushed to the data room of the Western Xia Research Institute (西夏学研究院). He took out a mobile hard drive from his backpack, copied a scanned image of a Western Xia rubbing, and uploaded it to the database.
"This is a kind of Western Xia inscription unearthed in Baoding (保定), Hebei (河北). I went there these two days and was deeply shocked at first sight." Deng Wentao (邓文韬) opened the scanned image of the rubbing, and a high-definition Western Xia inscription appeared in front of him. Although the characters were complex and difficult to understand, they were neatly engraved and the strokes were strong.
"This is an epitaph written in Western Xia characters by the family of a Dangxiang (党项) descendant of the Ming Dynasty (明朝) when he passed away." Deng Wentao (邓文韬) began to interpret, "You see, it mentions the life experiences of the owner of the tomb, such as the details of traveling and studying in various places and becoming a staff member of local officials. We scan the stele rubbings into high-definition images and upload them to the database, so that students can download and study them."
Western Xia (西夏) was based on the Dangxiang (党项) language and created about 6,000 Western Xia characters by imitating the character-making methods of Chinese characters. In 2020, the Western Xia Research Institute (西夏学研究院) of Ningxia University (宁夏大学), on the basis of collecting archaeological literature at home and abroad, built a Western Xia literature database with retrieval, download and other functions, including about 6,000 pictures and about 350,000 words of text.
"Western Xia (西夏) compiled classics such as the *Analects of Confucius* (*论语*) and *Mencius* (*孟子*), and also compiled the Western Xia-Chinese bilingual and double-sound dictionary *Pearl in the Palm* (*番汉合时掌中珠*), which greatly reduced the difficulty of later generations in studying Western Xia characters." Deng Wentao (邓文韬) said that most of the Western Xia characters are commonly used characters, and Chinese scholars have determined the basic meanings and usages of these commonly used characters through dictionaries and document translations. In recent years, these ancient characters have become the focus of Western Xia studies.
A simulation deduction
Let the text "live" in a virtual scene
Picking characters, brushing ink, rubbing paper... Tang Fenglin (唐丰林) carefully operated the "Western Xia Movable Type Printing" simulation software. He is a master student at the Western Xia Research Institute (西夏学研究院), and is currently playing the role of a printing craftsman in the Western Xia period, trying to complete the printing of the Western Xia version of *Mencius* (*孟子*).
Western Xia characters are obscure and difficult to understand, which is a major difficulty in course teaching. In order to help students understand Western Xia characters intuitively, Deng Wentao (邓文韬) introduced a technical team and built a virtual scene classroom with audio-visual functions through virtual reality panorama, three-dimensional modeling and other digital technologies. In this classroom, the virtual three-dimensional environment of Western Xia relics such as the Western Xia Mausoleums (西夏陵), Weizhou Ancient City (韦州古城), and Chengtian Temple Pagoda (承天寺塔) created by various interactive devices allows students to feel as if they are on the scene; they can even "learn" and apply Western Xia characters in "real scenes" through role-playing and historical event reproduction.
"Letting the text 'live' in a virtual scene can deepen students' understanding of Western Xia culture." Deng Wentao (邓文韬) introduced that in addition to virtual three-dimensional scenes, software teaching can also improve students' learning efficiency. For example, when students use the "Western Xia Movable Type Printing" simulation software, the software will give corresponding scores according to the degree of standardization of the student's operation of the printing process.
"After a few operations, students gradually understand the character construction rules of Western Xia characters and the operating steps of movable type printing." Tang Fenglin (唐丰林) said that in this way, everyone has an intuitive understanding of the printing method of Western Xia versions of classics, so as to better understand Western Xia's historical contribution to the spread of civilization.
"The Western Xia government agencies set up a character engraving department in charge of engraving and printing. They not only learned clay movable type printing from the Central Plains (中原) at that time, but also pioneered wood movable type printing." Deng Wentao (邓文韬) introduced that Western Xia (西夏) accepted Central Plains (中原) culture and learned science and technology from the Central Plains (中原) region. In order to make Western Xia characters popular in a wider range, Western Xia (西夏) inherited the block printing of the Central Plains (中原) region and vigorously developed printing technology, pioneering the printing of ethnic minority characters in the history of Chinese printing.
A public course
Looking at the cohesion of Chinese culture from obscure and unpopular disciplines
"According to the records of these Western Xia documents, the Dangxiang people (党项人) who established Western Xia (西夏) always regarded themselves as descendants of the Yellow Emperor (黄帝), and they always identified themselves as descendants of Yan and Huang (炎黄子孙)."
"This is the description of Confucius (孔子) in the Western Xia classics. Classics such as the *Analects of Confucius* (*论语*) and *Mencius* (*孟子*) were essential enlightenment reading materials in Western Xia schools."
"These Western Xia words are the names of bureaucratic institutions at that time. Western Xia (西夏) imitated the Song Dynasty (宋制) and established the Zhongshu (中书), the Privy Council (枢密), and the Three Divisions (三司), and also learned the imperial examination system of the Central Plains (中原) dynasty to appoint officials. Even the name of the south gate of the capital of Western Xia (西夏) - Yinchuan Ancient City (银川古城) - is the same as the south gate of Kaifeng (开封) in the Northern Song Dynasty (北宋), also called Nanxun Gate (南薰门)."
On the podium, Deng Wentao (邓文韬) spoke eloquently. Under the podium, the students listened carefully. They came from various departments of Ningxia University (宁夏大学) - this is the "Interpreting Western Xia" public course opened by Deng Wentao (邓文韬), positioned as a general education course, for all students to take as an elective.
"I always thought that Western Xia (西夏) had nothing to do with the Central Plains (中原) dynasty in the same period in terms of culture, but now I know that Western Xia (西夏) highly recognized Central Plains (中原) culture." Xiang Lei (向雷), an undergraduate student majoring in English, said that this elective course has given him more understanding of the inclusiveness of Chinese culture.
Deng Wentao (邓文韬) teaches students more than 140 class hours every year - in addition to teaching undergraduate, master's and doctoral students in his major, he also invests a lot of energy in the elective course "Interpreting Western Xia". At Ningxia University (宁夏大学), some students who take "Interpreting Western Xia" as an elective become very interested in Western Xia studies and actively audit other Western Xia courses and lectures, and even apply for postgraduate studies in the direction of Western Xia studies.
In 2018, the "Interpreting Western Xia" course had an "online version" - the course was made into nearly 500 minutes of teaching videos, which were provided for college students across the country to learn through the "Xuetang Online (学堂在线)" platform. In 2020, the "Interpreting Western Xia" course was selected as the first batch of national first-class undergraduate courses (online courses), and in 2021, it was selected into the daily MOOC column of the Central Propaganda Department's (中宣部) "Study Times (学习强国)" platform and the Ministry of Education's ideological and political demonstration courses, and Deng Wentao (邓文韬) was also selected as a teaching master of the Ministry of Education's ideological and political demonstration courses.
"I hope that by explaining Western Xia characters, everyone can understand Western Xia's enthusiasm for embracing Chinese culture, so as to understand the high cohesion of Chinese culture and generate heartfelt pride in the cultural confidence and national unity of the Chinese nation," said Deng Wentao (邓文韬).
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In the early 20th century, the "Precious Pearl in the Palm of the Hand for Combined Chinese-Tangut Characters" (《番汉合时掌中珠》), a bilingual dictionary of Tangut and Chinese, was unearthed and hailed as the "golden key to unlocking the door to Tangut writing." With the help of modern information technology, more and more researchers like Deng Wentao (邓文韬) have more "golden keys," making it possible for Tangut studies to be both "deep" in research and "broad" in popularization.
The increment of technology allows research to go deeper. The rapidly developing modern technology provides new tools for academic research. Building a Tangut literature database, designing virtual scene classrooms through virtual reality panorama, 3D modeling and other digital technologies... From books to the cloud, from static to activation, continuously upgrading and iterating technologies help research and interpretation become more specialized and refined, and Tangut studies are ushering in a series of development opportunities.
The increment of technology brings the distance closer. For the public, the "coldness" of niche subjects lies in the high professional threshold and few channels of contact. To narrow the distance between Tangut studies and the public, it is essential to carefully "translate" and widely popularize it. The "Interpreting Xixia" course has been made into nearly 500 minutes of teaching videos for college students across the country to study. The Shanghai History Museum (上海市历史博物馆) has launched the "Mysterious Western Xia Mausoleums" immersive experience project using human motion capture and other technologies. In the digital age, the originally "aloof" knowledge has become more approachable and relatable.
By making good use of technology as a "golden key," we look forward to more niche disciplines thriving and constantly surging with vigorous youthful vitality in cultural inheritance and innovation.
Return to TopA research team led by the Institute of Deep-sea Science and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences (中国科学院深海科学与工程研究所), discovered the world's deepest and largest chemosynthetic ecosystem in the Kuril-Kamchatka Trench and the Aleutian Trench in the Northwest Pacific. At the abyssal seabed with a depth of 9533 meters, there exists the deepest known chemosynthetic life community and a huge methane reservoir. The related research results were published in the international academic journal "Nature" on July 30.
The research team used the "Fendouzhe" (奋斗者) manned submersible to reveal the continuous and thriving chemosynthetic communities in the abyss. These life forms do not rely on sunlight for energy, but instead use chemical reactions in geological fluids to obtain the energy necessary for metabolism. This discovery not only challenges the understanding of the ability of life to survive at extreme depths, but also provides a new perspective for understanding the complex mechanisms of deep-sea carbon cycling.
The abyss refers to the trench area with a depth between 6000 meters and nearly 11000 meters. For a long time, the scientific community has speculated that chemosynthetic communities may be widely distributed in the abyssal region, but the previously discovered cases are few and far between. This study is the first to observe the world's deepest and largest chemosynthetic life communities at a depth of 9533 meters and across the bottom of a vast trench spanning 2500 kilometers. These communities are mainly composed of deep-sea tubeworms and bivalve mollusks, which rely on fluids rich in hydrogen sulfide and methane to sustain life.
This research has far-reaching significance for understanding the deep carbon cycle of the Earth. Through geochemical analysis, the study found that methane in these environments is produced by microbial activity deep within the sedimentary layers. This indicates that there is an unknown, vast, and active deep biosphere beneath the abyssal seabed, which continuously converts carbon dioxide decomposed from sinking organic matter into methane. This process may sequester a large amount of organic carbon sinking from the upper ocean and form huge methane reservoirs in the abyssal seabed in the form of natural gas hydrates, challenging the traditional deep-sea carbon cycle model.
This discovery also directly challenges the traditional view that "abyssal ecosystems mainly rely on organic particles and animal remains sinking from the ocean surface to maintain themselves." The research proves that chemosynthetic life may play a more important role in abyssal ecosystems than previously thought, and profoundly affects the structure and function of abyssal ecosystems. Based on this discovery, researchers speculate that the distribution of chemosynthetic ecosystems in the abyss may be far more extensive than currently discovered, and is expected to form a "chemosynthetic life corridor" distributed along the bottom of trenches that are tectonically active and rich in organic matter on a global scale.
This research is an important part of the "Global Abyssal Exploration Program." The program was initiated and led by the Chinese Academy of Sciences (中国科学院) and approved by the Executive Committee of the United Nations "Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development," aiming to use advanced deep-sea technology to uncover the mysteries of the uninhabited areas of the Earth's abyss. The research team will further explore the global distribution pattern of chemosynthetic ecosystems, the abyssal carbon cycle model, and its impact on the global carbon cycle.
(Reported by Dong Zeyang (董泽扬), Sanya (三亚), August 3)
Return to TopThis newspaper's Beijing (北京) dispatch on August 3rd (Reporter Jin Xin (金歆)): A reporter recently learned from the Cyberspace Administration of China (国家网信办) that in order to further standardize the order of online communication and enhance the recognition of Internet news information services, this year, the Cyberspace Administration of China (国家网信办) has been deeply promoting the "License Display" project for Internet news information services, deploying and guiding local cyberspace administrations to improve the quality and efficiency of approvals, and urging 15 websites and platforms approved to provide Internet news information dissemination platform services to optimize and improve system functions, strengthen service qualification verification, and uniformly add a red "V" logo to public accounts approved to provide Internet news information services, basically achieving full coverage of content scenarios such as graphics, audio, live broadcasts, and short videos. As of July 25, a total of 13,516 public accounts have been marked with a red "V" logo and clearly indicate the name of the service provider, license number, and service category, and 4,401 websites, platforms, and other service forms have clearly indicated license information.
In the next step, the Cyberspace Administration of China (国家网信办) will promote the "License Display" of Internet news information services in a systematic, procedural, and dynamic manner. At the same time, it will study and introduce traffic support policies to help enhance the influence and dissemination power of red "V" accounts. In addition, it will vigorously rectify problems such as compiling and publishing false and untrue news information, impersonating news media, and renting, lending, or transferring Internet news information service license qualifications, and severely crack down on acts of seeking illegal benefits and disrupting the online business environment in the name of public opinion supervision, and strive to create a clear and bright cyberspace.
Return to TopDuring the summer vacation, children from various regions visited museums, read in bookstores, and experienced artificial intelligence devices, enriching their holiday lives through a variety of colorful activities.
The picture shows children visiting and experiencing the Shandong Zaozhuang Science and Technology Museum (山东省枣庄市科技馆) on August 2.
Photo by Liu Mingxiang (刘明祥) (Xinhua News Agency (新华社) issued)
Return to Top(People's Daily, Lhasa, August 3rd) (Reporter Xu Yuyao (徐驭尧)) Recently, Tibet's first original children's musical, "Spirits on the Plateau" (高原上的精灵), was staged at the Tibetan Opera Art Center (西藏自治区藏戏艺术中心) in the Tibet Autonomous Region (西藏自治区). The play focuses on the ecological civilization of the plateau, featuring animals such as yaks, Tibetan wild donkeys, Tibetan antelopes, and black-necked cranes as the main characters, vividly demonstrating the protection achievements and changes in the ecological environment of Tibet (西藏) in the new era, and presenting a beautiful picture of harmonious coexistence between humans and nature.
It is reported that the work took nearly three years from preparation to performance, and the participating actors are all members of the Tibet Autonomous Region Drama Troupe (西藏自治区话剧团). The drama troupe also invited artists from inside and outside the region to participate in the creation of directing, choreography, music and other aspects.
Return to TopThe reporter Pang Geping (庞革平) learned from the Department of Culture and Tourism of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (广西壮族自治区文化和旅游厅) that a research team composed of China University of Geosciences (Beijing) (中国地质大学（北京）), Guangxi Museum of Natural History (广西自然博物馆), and other institutions conducted joint research on the dinosaur footprints discovered in Nanmu Mountain Village (楠木山村), Dongxing City (东兴市), Fangchenggang City (防城港市), Guangxi (广西). They confirmed for the first time the existence of theropod dinosaur footprints in Guangxi (广西) and extended the distribution record of Chinese dinosaur footprints southward to the Beibu Gulf (北部湾) coast. This discovery not only fills the gap in Jurassic dinosaur footprint fossils in Guangxi (广西), but also provides key evidence for revealing the diversity and geographical distribution of Mesozoic dinosaur fauna in South China. The research results were recently published online in the international journal "Historical Biology".
The Nanmu Mountain Village (楠木山村) dinosaur footprint site was discovered in 2021. A rock block of about 4 square meters preserved 7 theropod footprints. After on-site investigation and research, the team discovered two types of dinosaur footprints at the footprint site: Type A footprints are relatively well-preserved, showing typical theropod dinosaur characteristics; Type B footprints are not well-preserved, but are significantly larger in size. It is speculated that the trackmaker was more than 6 meters long and may belong to large theropod dinosaurs such as Allosaurus or Megalosauridae.
The research team also systematically sorted out the tetrapod fossil records in the Jurassic-Cretaceous strata of Guangxi (广西), and identified a total of 14 important fossil sites. Regional comparison shows that the dinosaur fauna of the Middle and Late Jurassic in southern Guangxi (广西) is very similar to that of the Sichuan Basin (四川盆地), suggesting that there may have been close paleogeographic connections between the two places during the Mesozoic era.
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"Happily carrying a bamboo basket, children go to the fields, children go to the fields to pick strawberries..." During the summer vacation, Zhou Jinxuan (周瑾萱), a fifth-grade student living in Donghe Township (东和乡), Zhuji City (诸暨市), Zhejiang Province (浙江省), routinely practiced Xilu Luantan (西路乱弹) and sent videos to her teacher, Zhuo Qiuping (卓秋萍), awaiting guidance.
Zhou Jinxuan (周瑾萱) has been studying Xilu Luantan (西路乱弹) for nearly a year. Compared to practicing at home, she prefers the time on Friday afternoons at school—this is the time for the Xilu Luantan (西路乱弹) inheritance characteristic class at Donghe Township Elementary School (东和乡小学), which started in September 2024. Wearing a handsome helmet, with flags on her back, and dressed in a Wudan (武旦) bright red robe... After changing into her costume, Zhou Jinxuan (周瑾萱) and her classmates would dance and sing along with Zhuo Qiuping (卓秋萍).
Zhuji Xilu Luantan (诸暨西路乱弹) originated in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, using the Zhuji (诸暨) dialect as its singing language, with a strong local flavor. It is one of the representatives of Jiangnan (江南) local opera and a national intangible cultural heritage. "The inheritance of traditional art depends on the next generation. The key is to first get the children interested," said Zhuo Qiuping (卓秋萍), cultural commissioner of Shiliping Village (十里坪村) in Donghe Township (东和乡) and chairman of the Zhuji City Opera Association (诸暨市戏曲协会). She comes from an opera family and grew up in Shiliping Village (十里坪村). In her childhood memories, most villagers could sing Xilu Luantan (西路乱弹). Now, she hopes more children will love and inherit this art.
"The eyes must be bright, the hands must be open, the shoulders must not collapse, and you must convey inner feelings through expressions and movements in the performance." When teaching, Zhuo Qiuping (卓秋萍) always guides students hand-in-hand. Children like Zhou Jinxuan (周瑾萱), who originally had no foundation, have been performing quite well from the beginning of the class until now.
Since she was old enough to remember, Zhou Jinxuan's (周瑾萱) grandmother would take her to see Xilu Luantan (西路乱弹) performances every few days, and she herself would occasionally hum a few tunes. In this way, Xilu Luantan (西路乱弹) planted a seed in Zhou Jinxuan's (周瑾萱) heart. After the school offered relevant courses, she signed up without hesitation.
Seeing the children's performance, Wang Meihua (王美华), a villager in Shiliping Village (十里坪村), was very pleased. She is a member of the village's Xilu Luantan (西路乱弹) art troupe and often goes to Donghe Township Elementary School (东和乡小学) to teach the children. Last summer, the art troupe also used the cultural hall to open a Xilu Luantan (西路乱弹) summer training class for the children in the village.
"In the past, almost everyone in the village could sing opera. Nowadays, fewer and fewer of the younger generation can sing opera, and inheritance faces a crisis," said Wang Meihua (王美华). A few years ago, Shiliping Village (十里坪村) reorganized the Xilu Luantan (西路乱弹) art troupe. The villagers farm during the day and rehearse at night, performing irregularly in the village's cultural hall. Zhuo Qiuping (卓秋萍) is also their teacher.
"Teacher Zhuo (卓老师) comes to the village every month to train the art troupe, rehearsing more than 3 programs every year," said Wang Meihua (王美华). Zhuo Qiuping (卓秋萍) has also created more than 10 new Xilu Luantan (西路乱弹) programs, innovatively interpreting traditional opera. Now, the art troupe is not only active in Zhuji (诸暨) but also goes outside the city, performing nearly 80 shows every year.
In Shiliping Village (十里坪村), the rural museum with the theme of Xilu Luantan (西路乱弹) displays many costumes. On weekends, many tourists from other places visit the museum and then go to the nearby Xilu Luantan (西路乱弹) Performing Arts Center to watch performances, make facial masks, and learn to sing tunes, experiencing the charm of opera art up close.
"Wearing a golden crown with a red dot, wearing a five-color purple silk jacket..." On the stage, Wang Meihua (王美华) sang an excerpt from "Five Tigers Pacifying the West" (《五虎平西》), drawing applause. Under the stage, Zhou Jinxuan (周瑾萱) watched intently. She is already looking forward to the Xilu Luantan (西路乱弹) inheritance characteristic class next semester: "I will continue to work hard and practice well, and perform on stage like my teacher in the future."
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 施 钰
The ancient post road underfoot is mottled with green moss. Crossing the gurgling stream, you enter the ancient tree cluster of Qiaodong Village (桥东村), Meixi Town (梅溪镇), Minqing County (闽清县), Fuzhou City (福州市), Fujian Province (福建省). Camphor trees, maple trees, Chinese firs, Masson pines... The tall trees stand in a scattered and upright manner according to the terrain, some straight and some gnarled.
This ancient tree cluster covers an area of about 34 mu and has more than 140 trees, of which 21 are identified as ancient trees, including maple trees, Chinese firs, camphor trees, osmanthus trees, Masson pines and other species, with an average age of 150 years. The ancient trees have different shapes and grow in groups, and were selected as "Fujian's Most Beautiful Ancient Tree Cluster" in 2022.
"When we were young, we used to play in this forest. Some trees had vines as thick as bowls hanging between them, and we used them as swings." Walking through the ancient tree cluster, Xie Zhaoheng (谢兆恒), a 65-year-old villager of Qiaodong Village (桥东村), pointed to the ancient trees, knowing them like the back of his hand: "In autumn, the osmanthus trees will be fragrant, it's so beautiful!"
Qiaodong Village (桥东村), which is accompanied by the ancient tree cluster, is a traditional Chinese village, retaining contiguous ancient houses from the Qing Dynasty, and the ancient tree cluster grows in front of and behind these ancient houses. Xie Qizhao (谢其钊), the Party branch secretary of Qiaodong Village (桥东村), introduced that there is an ancient house called Baoshutang (宝树堂) in front of the ancient tree cluster, so the villagers call this ancient tree cluster "Baoshulin" (宝树林). "We believe that this forest is full of 'treasure trees' and can bring happiness to the people who live here," said Xie Qizhao (谢其钊).
In the 1980s, cultural relics expert Wang Shixiang (王世襄) came to Qiaodong Village (桥东村) and left an inscription of the character "适" (shì - suitable). Both the ancient trees and the ancient houses are adapted to this land. "The ancient trees grow by the mountains, and the ancient houses are also built by the mountains," introduced Zeng Jiang (曾江), a member of the Chinese Cultural Relics Society. The ancient houses in Qiaodong Village (桥东村) are adapted to local conditions, sitting southeast and facing northwest, with multiple courtyards connected on a central axis. One side has a gentle slope, with large terraces for cultivation, and the morning sun can directly shine on the village; the other side has steep mountains and lush trees. In addition, the ancient houses are backed by forests, and there are natural streams on both sides, with overlapping green hills around the streams.
Adapt to nature and live in peace and work happily. "The ancient trees and ancient houses are closely linked, and no one can live without the other," said Xie Qizhao (谢其钊). The elders have always taught the younger generations that no matter how the village develops, they must first consider this ancient tree cluster. "We must protect this forest" has become the consensus of the villagers.
Xie Qizhao (谢其钊) also remembers that around 2013, someone came to the village and found different villagers, offering high prices to buy the osmanthus trees in the ancient tree cluster, but everyone refused. One night, the elderly in the village discovered that many cars from outside were parked next to the osmanthus trees. "They are probably going to steal them," upon hearing this news, the villagers spontaneously gathered together and took turns guarding the village entrance for two or three months. "I also guarded for two or three nights. It is the wish of all our villagers to protect this forest," said Xie Qizhao (谢其钊).
Now, the ancient tree cluster also has more comprehensive protection. Wu Qisong (吴齐凇), the chief of the Afforestation Section of the Minqing County (闽清县) Forestry Bureau, introduced that the Minqing County (闽清县) Forestry Bureau has established files for each ancient tree, recording in detail the location coordinates, crown width, diameter at breast height, tree species, tree age and other information of the ancient trees, and pushing them to the forest rangers responsible for patrolling. When the forest rangers regularly patrol the ancient tree cluster, in addition to checking the ancient trees for pests and diseases and whether there are safety hazards in the surrounding environment, they can also compare the growth of the ancient trees according to the file information and discover problems in time. "Once a problem is found, the forest rangers will quickly report it, and we will diagnose the ancient trees in time and take rejuvenation measures if necessary," said Wu Qisong (吴齐凇).
In addition, solar street lights and monitoring equipment have also been installed on the village roads leading to the ancient tree forest to facilitate management and protection.
"Making good use of the unique natural and cultural landscape is also a protection for the ancient trees," said Xie Qizhao (谢其钊). Qiaodong Village (桥东村) has built a 3.3-kilometer mountain climbing trail, and one or two hundred people come to hike or participate in natural study activities every weekend. "We will work harder to gather popularity and tell tourists the stories of the ancient tree cluster and the ancient village," said Xie Qizhao (谢其钊).
Return to TopThis newspaper reported from Beijing on August 3rd (Chang Qin (常钦), Wang Jiayi (王佳一)) The new generation of "Regional Geology of China," organized and implemented by the China Geological Survey (中国地质调查局) of the Ministry of Natural Resources (自然资源部) and implemented by the Institute of Geology (地质研究所) of the Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences (中国地质科学院), was officially released recently. This gazetteer is the first geological gazetteer compiled in China covering all provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities, integrating surface and deep, marine and land areas. It is a systematic summary and highly condensed version of China's current basic geological survey work, providing basic geological data for national economic and social development and national science popularization.
According to reports, the newly released generation of "Regional Geology of China" includes 32 provincial geological gazetteers, 1 geological gazetteer of important tectonic units, 1:1,000,000 and 1:2,500,000 geological maps of China, and databases, totaling 33 gazetteers with approximately 120 million words and more than 300 geological maps. As a "encyclopedia" of Chinese geology, this set of gazetteers further enhances the level of geological research in the country and various provinces (autonomous regions, and municipalities), leads the national geological map standard and digital construction, and will play a positive role in supporting geological survey work and geological science and technology innovation.
The new generation of gazetteers is based on the theory of Earth system science, updating the national and provincial stratigraphic and key magmatic rock chronology frameworks, and innovatively proposes a division scheme of China's tectonic units including 3 cratons, 6 docking zones, and 11 orogenic systems; it initially defines 62 subduction accretion complex belts in China's land area, deepens the understanding of metallogenic backgrounds in 7 typical regions, and provides a reference for a new round of strategic action for mineral exploration breakthroughs; it adds content related to urban construction, layout, and development, and strongly supports the coordinated regional development strategy.
Return to TopThe China-Central Asia Desertification Prevention and Control Cooperation Center was recently inaugurated at the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region (宁夏回族自治区) Forestry and Grassland Bureau, in Yinchuan (银川), reported on August 3rd by Jiao Siyu (焦思雨), a reporter of this newspaper. This is an important measure to implement the outcome list of the Second China-Central Asia Summit.
The China-Central Asia Desertification Prevention and Control Cooperation Center will build six practical demonstration bases featuring characteristic sand industries, breeding of psammophytes, and soil and water loss control, and carry out a series of pragmatic cooperation with Central Asian countries in related fields of desertification prevention and control. By leveraging Ningxia's (宁夏) technical advantages, integrating domestic resources, and building a cooperative network, the center will promote in-depth cooperation in technology research and development, achievement transformation, project cooperation, training and exchange, and think tank construction, so as to jointly enhance the regional desertification prevention and control capabilities.
Ningxia (宁夏) has actively promoted international cooperation in desertification prevention and control, implemented 24 international cooperation projects in forestry and grassland, and has successively held five international workshops on desertification prevention and control technology and practice.
Return to TopAccording to our Nanning August 3rd report (by reporter Zhang Yunhe (张云河)), Guangdong and Guangxi recently signed the fourth round of horizontal ecological compensation agreement for the Jiuzhou River basin, with both regions contributing funds at a 1:1 ratio to continue jointly establishing ecological protection compensation funds. This further deepens cross-provincial basin environmental collaborative governance, jointly protecting the clear water of the Jiuzhou River flowing eastward.
The Jiuzhou River originates in Lucuan County (陆川县), Yulin (玉林), Guangxi (广西), and flows through Lianjiang City (廉江市), Guangdong (广东), into the Beibu Gulf. The Hedi Reservoir (鹤地水库), located in the middle reaches of the Jiuzhou River, is an important drinking water source for Zhanjiang City (湛江市), Guangdong (广东). Since 2015, Guangdong and Guangxi have successively signed and implemented three rounds of the "Jiuzhou River Basin Upstream and Downstream Horizontal Ecological Compensation Agreement," establishing a mechanism of "focusing on safety, cost-sharing, benefit-sharing, collaborative governance, and two-way compensation," implementing joint prevention and control and basin co-governance.
The agreement stipulates that the two regions will continue to strengthen collaborative governance of ecological environmental protection in the Jiuzhou River basin through measures such as ecological environmental protection, water source conservation, pollution prevention and control, unified monitoring, strengthened supervision, and information sharing. They will jointly carry out the protection and construction of beautiful rivers and lakes in the Jiuzhou River, protect and improve the water environment quality of the Jiuzhou River basin, and promote high-level ecological protection and high-quality development of the Jiuzhou River basin.
Return to TopBeijing, August 3rd (Reported by Dong Siyu (董丝雨) of this newspaper) - A reporter learned from a press conference held by the National Forestry and Grassland Administration (国家林草局): China's national park construction has achieved a historic transformation from pilot exploration and breakthrough to systematic coordination and comprehensive advancement. The wild populations of flagship species in the first batch of five established national parks have continued to recover, and the diversity, stability, and sustainability of ecosystems have steadily improved.
Sun Hongyan (孙鸿雁), Deputy Director of the Nature Reserve Management Department of the National Forestry and Grassland Administration (国家林草局自然保护地管理司), introduced that in recent years, the National Forestry and Grassland Administration (国家林草局), together with relevant provinces and departments, has taken a series of measures to promote the construction of national parks and achieved significant results.
The Sanjiangyuan National Park (三江源国家公园) provides overall protection for the headwater ecosystems of the Yangtze River (长江), Yellow River (黄河), and Lancang River (澜沧江). Compared with before the pilot project, the headwaters have reappeared with "thousands of beautiful lakes," and the number of wild animals such as Tibetan antelope, Tibetan gazelle, and Tibetan wild donkey has increased significantly. After the establishment of the park, grassland vegetation coverage has increased by 8.6%.
The Giant Panda National Park (大熊猫国家公园) has connected the habitats of 13 local giant panda populations and built 6 ecological corridors. The total number of wild giant pandas in China has recovered from 1,100 in the 1980s to approximately 1,900.
The Northeast Tiger and Leopard National Park (东北虎豹国家公园) has smoothed the migration channels for wild animals and built a modern and intelligent integrated monitoring system covering the sky and the ground, realizing all-weather and full-area dynamic monitoring of Northeast tigers and Northeast leopards. The number of Northeast tigers and Northeast leopards has increased from 27 and 42 at the beginning of the pilot project to about 70 and 80, respectively.
The Hainan Tropical Rainforest National Park (海南热带雨林国家公园) has artificially promoted the restoration of damaged natural forests, and the rainforest ecosystem is gradually recovering. The Hainan gibbon (海南长臂猿), one of the world's most endangered primates, has seen its wild population increase from 5 groups of 35 at the beginning of the establishment to 7 groups of 42, making it the only continuously growing population among the world's 20 gibbon species.
In the Wuyishan National Park (武夷山国家公园), Fujian (福建) and Jiangxi (江西) provinces have carried out ecosystem protection and restoration in an integrated manner, discovered several new species such as the Yushanjiao toad, and maintained the number of belly horned pheasants at around 1,000.
"In addition, we have also approved and implemented the overall plans and monitoring system construction plans for each national park, and guided and supported each national park in carrying out distinctive innovative explorations in the construction of wildlife hazard prevention and control systems and harmful insurance compensation, nature education and ecological experience, and publicity and promotion," said Sun Hongyan (孙鸿雁).
Overall, China's nature reserve system, with national parks as the main body, nature reserves as the foundation, and nature parks as a supplement, has entered a new stage of systematic integration and comprehensive advancement. Sun Hongyan (孙鸿雁) said that they will further strengthen systematic governance, implement the integration and optimization plan for nature reserves and the spatial layout plan for national parks, and establish new national parks prudently according to the principle of establishing one when it is mature.
It is reported that the 3rd National Park Forum will be co-hosted by the National Forestry and Grassland Administration (国家林草局) and the People's Government of Sichuan Province (四川省人民政府) in Chengdu (成都) from August 18th to 19th. This forum will release the latest achievements in national park construction and present a panoramic view of the achievements in national park ecological protection, scientific research and monitoring, nature education, and community development.
"National park construction is a complex systemic project, which involves not only restructuring the management system and mechanism of nature reserves, but also institutional innovations such as natural resource asset management, land space use control, ecological protection compensation, and community livelihood development. It involves many points and a wide range," said Sun Hongyan (孙鸿雁). She hopes that through the National Park Forum, an exchange platform, the participation of governments, academic institutions, international organizations and other parties can be promoted, wisdom can be sparked in in-depth exchanges, and consensus can be gathered in collective wisdom, laying a solid foundation for future national park construction work.
Return to TopShangri-La City (香格里拉市), Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (迪庆藏族自治州), Yunnan Province (云南省), is one of the regions with the highest matsutake mushroom production in the world. Recently, Jidi Village (吉迪村), located in Jiantang Town (建塘镇), Shangri-La City (香格里拉市), has ushered in the mushroom picking season. With the popularity of mobile media such as mobile phones, more and more young people are using short videos, live broadcasts and other methods to present the process of picking mushrooms to more people.
Chunpi (春批), born in 1990, followed his elders to the mountains to pick matsutake mushrooms since he was a child. After growing up, he became one of the first young people in the village to promote matsutake mushrooms through e-commerce, and was elected deputy director of the Jidi Village (吉迪村) Village Committee a few years ago. Chunpi (春批) took the lead in exploring matsutake mushroom conservation and propagation, and strictly implemented measures such as the combination of "picking and resting." After the establishment of the matsutake mushroom conservation and propagation demonstration base, the natural growth of matsutake mushrooms in the base exceeded 20%, driving the income increase of local people.
In 2024, with the promotion of Chunpi (春批), Jidi Village (吉迪村) built a village-level matsutake mushroom trading market integrating offline transactions, online live broadcasts, and cold storage and preservation functions. Thanks to the Internet's "cloud" sales, the sales channels of Jidi Village (吉迪村) matsutake mushrooms are becoming wider and wider.
(Xinhua News Agency reporter Wang Xiansi (王贤思))
Return to TopAccording to recent monitoring data from the Anhui Provincial Forestry Bureau (安徽省林业局), the wild Yangtze alligator population in the Anhui Yangtze Alligator National Nature Reserve (安徽扬子鳄国家级自然保护区) has exceeded 1920, a new historical high. This was reported on August 3rd from Hefei (合肥) by this newspaper's reporter, Tian Xianjin (田先进).
It is understood that the Anhui Yangtze Alligator National Nature Reserve Administration (安徽扬子鳄国家级自然保护区管理局) organized the establishment of a joint patrol team consisting of "departments + townships + nature reserve." Since the Yangtze alligator breeding season, they have carried out joint patrols and confiscated illegal tools such as ground cage nets. They have also organized publicity activities such as Yangtze alligator protection campaigns that "enter communities and enter schools" to popularize Yangtze alligator protection knowledge and related laws and regulations.
Return to TopAccording to news from China National Offshore Oil Corporation (中国海洋石油集团有限公司), the offshore high-temperature, high-pressure, and low-permeability natural gas development project—the Dongfang 1-1 Gas Field 13-3 Block Development Project (东方1—1气田13—3区开发项目) (hereinafter referred to as the "Dongfang 13-3 Block Project (东方13—3区项目)")—was officially put into operation recently. This marks an important progress in the field of offshore complex oil and gas resource development in China, and is of strategic significance for enhancing the country's energy security guarantee capabilities and promoting the development of new quality productivity in marine energy.
The Dongfang 13-3 Block Project (东方13—3区项目) is located in the Yinggehai (莺歌海) waters south of Hainan Island (海南岛). The natural gas reservoir in this area is characterized by high temperature, high pressure, and low permeability, making economic development difficult.
The CNOOC (中国海油) project team, through detailed geological research, deployed six high-efficiency development wells and applied advanced wellbore structure designs such as long horizontal wells and multi-branch wells to increase single-well production capacity. In drilling operations, the team used managed pressure drilling technology to achieve efficient drilling. The project innovatively adopted the "onshore vertical construction + offshore lifting and launching" model, forming a standardized technology system and reducing construction costs. The newly built unmanned wellhead platform integrates digital technologies such as intelligent lighting, intelligent inspection, and remote control to achieve fully remote-controlled production.
In addition, the project built two new subsea pipelines and one cable, realizing the interconnection of the pipeline networks of the main gas fields in the Hainan (海南) waters, which is conducive to improving the reliability of the subsea energy transmission network around Hainan Island (海南岛).
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Return to TopBy: 本报记者 季 芳 游 仪
On July 26th, the first torch relay in the history of the World Games was held in Chengdu (成都), Deyang (德阳), and Meishan (眉山), Sichuan (四川). At the Sanxingdui Museum (三星堆博物馆), Huang Zhangjiayang (黄张嘉洋), the first torchbearer of the 12th World Games in 2025, steadily carried the torch "Bamboo Dream" forward. 120 torchbearers and 6 relay points connected landmarks of Ba-Shu culture such as Sanxingdui (三星堆), Jinsha Site (金沙遗址), the Giant Panda Breeding Research Base (大熊猫繁育研究基地), and the Wuhou Shrine (武侯祠).
On August 3rd, the Chengdu World Games Athletes' Village opened, officially starting "Chengdu Time" for the World Games.
The Chengdu World Games will be held from August 7th to 17th, bringing together more than 4,000 athletes from over 100 countries and regions in Rongcheng (蓉城, another name for Chengdu). Currently, all 27 competition venues have been delivered.
This is another large-scale international comprehensive event held in western China after the Chengdu Universiade. Outside the venues, the World Games fever has swept the city, driving its vigorous development.
Nearly 10,000 Games volunteers recruited, over 500 service stations set up.
At 9:00 AM on July 28th, on the shore of Xinglong Lake (兴隆湖) in Chengdu, paddles turned, and water splashed. On the track, the 200-meter race for the open group of 8-person dragon boats kicked off with a whistle. Six dragon boats cut through the sparkling waves like arrows, and the referee relayed the race situation in real time via radio.
"This test event covers 12 business areas including competition organization, protocol reception, and medical support. We tested the complete process from check-in and launching to the award ceremony, focusing on the rotation efficiency of the starting docks for the 200-meter and 500-meter dragon boat races." The venue负责人 (fù zé rén - "person in charge") introduced that after testing, the rotation time was controlled within 5 minutes, reaching the expected standard.
The emergency response capability of the venue is one of the key tasks of the test event. In the "dragon boat capsizing and people falling into the water" drill, the rescue boat arrived at the scene in 30 seconds, and the medical team immediately completed the simulated first aid and transfer at the dock, with the entire process controlled within the golden time for water rescue.
The Sichuan Tianfu New Area (四川天府新区)赛区 (sài qū - "competition zone") of the Chengdu World Games has three venues: Xinglong Lake Lakeside Venue (兴隆湖湖滨赛场), Xinglong Lake Beach Venue Center (兴隆湖沙滩场馆中心), and Tianfu Park (天府公园), involving 8 competition events such as dragon boat, canoe marathon, and beach handball. Unlike other competition zones, the Tianfu New Area competition zone venues rely on outdoor parks and open waters for renovation and temporary construction, and competitions are held on natural sites such as grasslands and beaches. The organic combination of "park city" and "sports events" fully demonstrates the charm of the World Games outdoor projects.
At the same time, at the Jianyang (简阳) Cultural and Sports Center Swimming Pool, 60 kilometers away from Xinglong Lake (兴隆湖), a pool cleaning robot is working.
Professional competitions have high requirements for water quality, and maintaining a competition-level swimming pool is far more complicated than daily cleaning. "The pool wall and waterline area are blind spots for traditional cleaning methods, and the water flow circulation in the deep water area is relatively weak, the accumulation speed of dirt is faster, and it will also accelerate the aging of equipment." The venue operations and maintenance personnel introduced that the introduction of pool cleaning robots, by setting a timed cleaning program at night, the robot can independently complete the comprehensive cleaning of the pool bottom, pool wall and waterline area.
As the World Games approaches, various "black technologies" to help the event have appeared one after another. The "Xiao Zha" (小吒) robot is stepping on wind-fire wheels as a guide, robots that can dance well serve as cheerleaders, and intelligent sweepers shuttle flexibly... More than 20 "Sichuan-made" technology products have been stationed in the World Games Village.
"We will welcome guests from all over the world with a full spirit." Hu Ke (胡可), a volunteer for the Chengdu World Games, is stepping up rehearsals to prepare for the opening ceremony. At present, the Chengdu World Games has recruited nearly 10,000 Games volunteers and set up more than 500 urban volunteer service stations. "I hope that through our efforts, more people can appreciate the charm of Chengdu," said Hu Ke (胡可).
Chengdu has newly built and renovated 77 sports parks, built 407 community sports corners, and 830 Tianfu Greenway new spaces.
In the hot summer, with the sound of cicadas, walking in the Jinjiang Fu (锦江赋) small park on Baihualin Road (白桦林路) in Jinjiang District (锦江区) of Chengdu, there are warm scenes everywhere. Previously, this was a wasteland.
"The environment is better, the sports atmosphere is stronger, and we now come here for a walk every day." Speaking of the changes at her doorstep, citizen Aunt Han (韩阿姨) has a smile on her face.
In the process of preparing for the World Games, the concept of "building the city through the Games" continues to deepen, and special projects such as urban greening improvement are being promoted simultaneously with the preparation work for the World Games.
On the left bank of the Jinjiang Greenway (锦江绿道) in Huayang Street (华阳街道), two open spaces have been transformed into leisure sports venues for citizens. The curved pergola is lush with vegetation, and table tennis tables are neatly arranged, with many table tennis enthusiasts playing. In the adjacent children's play area, slides, climbing frames and other facilities are popular with children.
Relevant负责人 (fù zé rén - "person in charge") said that this transformation has deliberately integrated sports elements to meet the fitness and leisure needs of citizens.
"Taking the World Games as an opportunity, Sichuan (四川) has increased its efforts to make up for the shortcomings in fitness venues and facilities, and create 'sports spaces at the doorstep'." Yang Xingping (杨兴平), Vice Chairman of the Chengdu World Games Organizing Committee and Vice Governor of Sichuan Province (四川省副省长), introduced that in 2024, the per capita sports venue area in Sichuan Province (四川省) increased by 27% compared with 2022.
Roller skating clubs under overpasses, fitness greenways in parks, badminton courts on pocket green spaces... Many new sports venues have been added to the city. It is understood that Chengdu (成都) has newly built and renovated 77 sports parks, built 407 community sports corners, and 830 Tianfu Greenway (天府绿道) new spaces.
The atmosphere of the World Games is strong in the streets and alleys. Since the beginning of this year, promotion activities such as the World Games project entering schools and communities have been carried out enthusiastically, covering more than one million people. Activities such as the "Fun Welcome to the World Games" National Games and "Travel with the Games" have been held one after another, setting off a sports craze. Through hosting the Games, Chengdu (成都) is building the city, promoting industry, and benefiting the people, striving to achieve the same frequency resonance between sports events and urban development, and allowing the masses to share the results of hosting the Games.
In the first half of this year, Chengdu (成都) has held 38 international and national events, and the total scale of sports consumption is expected to reach 41 billion yuan.
"Before, I came to Chengdu (成都) mainly to eat hot pot and see pandas. Now it's different. I also plan one or two trips a year to watch football games." Lao Chen (老陈), a tourist from Shanghai (上海), is a football fan. During the "May Day" holiday this year, he and his friends watched the Chinese Super League match between Chengdu Rongcheng (成都蓉城) and Shanghai Shenhua (上海申花) at the Phoenix Mountain Sports Park (凤凰山体育公园), "which was very enjoyable."
The Phoenix Mountain Sports Park (凤凰山体育公园) was once one of the main venues of the Chengdu Universiade and has now become an important check-in place for Chengdu (成都) citizens' leisure life. Many events and performances are held here, forming a new consumption format. According to statistics, in 2024 alone, more than 200 events of various types were held here, with more than 1.4 million people watching the games and performances, driving rapid growth in related consumption.
One event leverages a city. From the Universiade to the World Games, the vigorous vitality of the sports industry is integrated into the development context of Chengdu (成都). In 2024, Chengdu (成都) held more than 80 large-scale sports events such as the Badminton Thomas & Uber Cup, the ITTF Mixed Team World Cup, and the World Breaking Championships; in the first half of 2025, 38 international and national events have been held. Accelerate the branding of "World Famous City for Events". In the first half of this year, the total scale of sports consumption in Chengdu (成都) is expected to reach 41 billion yuan, an increase of 9% year-on-year; the total scale of the sports industry is 74 billion yuan, an increase of 8% year-on-year.
"In 2023, the Chengdu (成都) Universiade drove tourism consumption of 12.6 billion yuan, playing an important role in expanding consumption and promoting development. This World Games also attracts a large number of spectators, as well as more than 4,000 athletes from all over the world, which is also an important opportunity for us to 'build the city, promote industry, and benefit the people'," said Yang Xingping (杨兴平).
Around the World Games, Chengdu (成都) is constantly creating new "event +" scenarios. This summer, Chengdu (成都) launched 100 high-quality new consumption scenarios, covering rural micro-vacations, ancient town trendy play and other fields, "new ways to play in old Chengdu (成都)", and promoting the continuous transformation of event traffic into economic increment.
Taking the World Games as an opportunity, the linkage between Sichuan (四川) and Chongqing (重庆) is closer.
The two places started with culture and tourism, opening a new chapter of cooperation. Sichuan (四川) and Chongqing (重庆) will jointly launch the "Urban Night Economy Carnival" for the first time, explore the development of ticket stub economy, focus on amplifying the inbound consumption effect of the Chengdu (成都) World Games, and create "international style and Bashu charm". Promoting the Chengdu-Chongqing one-hour economic circle to become a one-hour consumption circle, the World Games will bring important opportunities.
"We hope that more consumption scenarios with the characteristics of Chengdu (成都) and Chongqing (重庆) will achieve complementary advantages, overall promotion, and overall momentum, radiate and drive larger surrounding areas, and allow development results to benefit more people," said the relevant负责人 (fù zé rén - "person in charge") of the Chengdu (成都) Bureau of Commerce.
Sports are infinite, and the weather is ever-changing. The happy Chengdu (成都) in the fireworks is showing a spirit of striving forward. This two-way rush with the World Games will surely play a moving movement of friendship and dreams.
Return to TopOn August 3rd, this newspaper reported from Shenzhen (深圳) (Reporters Cheng Yuanzhou (程远州) and Hong Qiuting (洪秋婷)) The launch ceremony for the 100-day countdown to the 15th National Games of China and the 12th National Games for the Disabled and the 9th Special Olympics of China, themed "Bay Area United, National Games Together," was held in Shenzhen (深圳), Guangdong (广东) on August 2nd. The event officially unveiled the etiquette attire, award ceremony music, medals for the National Games for the Disabled and Special Olympics, as well as the torches for the 15th National Games and the National Games for the Disabled and Special Olympics. Representatives of athletes, volunteers, and staff also took a 100-day sprint oath.
Gao Zhidan (高志丹), Director of the 15th National Games Organizing Committee and Director of the General Administration of Sport of China, stated that the 15th National Games and the National Games for the Disabled and Special Olympics have officially entered the sprint stage of preparation. With a high sense of political responsibility and historical mission, we must do a good job in all aspects with a decisive attitude, presenting a sports event that demonstrates institutional advantages, unites strength, showcases the characteristics of the Greater Bay Area, and embodies the Lingnan style, so that the diverse functions of sports can inject strong impetus into the more brilliant future of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.
Cheng Kai (程凯), Director of the National Games for the Disabled and Special Olympics Organizing Committee and Chairman of the China Disabled Persons' Federation, expressed his belief that through the sincere cooperation and continuous efforts of Guangdong (广东), Hong Kong (香港), and Macao (澳门), and with the joint efforts of all delegations, this National Games for the Disabled and Special Olympics will definitely be held wonderfully, successfully, and completely.
Wang Weizhong (王伟中), Executive Director of the 15th National Games and the National Games for the Disabled and Special Olympics Organizing Committee, Deputy Secretary of the Guangdong (广东) Provincial Party Committee, and Governor of Guangdong Province, introduced that the renovation and upgrading of venues in the Guangdong competition area have been fully completed, barrier-free construction has all met standards, 30,000 "Little Dolphin" volunteers have assembled and are ready to go, and 1,160 urban quality improvement projects are being promoted in full swing.
John Lee Ka-chiu (李家超), Executive Director of the 15th National Games and the National Games for the Disabled and Special Olympics Organizing Committee and Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (香港特别行政区), stated that this grand event, jointly hosted by Guangdong (广东), Hong Kong (香港), and Macao (澳门), demonstrates the power of unity and highlights the country's firm confidence in the coordinated development of the Greater Bay Area.
Ho Iat Seng (岑浩輝), Executive Director of the 15th National Games and the National Games for the Disabled and Special Olympics Organizing Committee and Chief Executive of the Macao Special Administrative Region (澳门特别行政区), stated that Macao (澳门), together with Guangdong (广东) and Hong Kong (香港) in solidarity and cooperation, will definitely present a wonderful sports event to the people of the whole country, and contribute to the construction of a strong sports country and the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.
The Organizing Committee of the 15th National Games and the National Games for the Disabled and Special Olympics released the torch "Blooming" (绽放), the flame lamp "Spark Building Dreams" (星火筑梦), and the flame cauldron "Prosperous Unity" (鼎盛同心) for this National Games. According to reports, the design concept of the torch "Blooming" is "Integration" and "Glory." On the one hand, it is "exchange and integration," reflecting the Lingnan characteristic culture of "three places as one family" and "the same root and the same origin" in Guangdong (广东), Hong Kong (香港), and Macao (澳门); on the other hand, it is "common prosperity," highlighting the development path of unity and cooperation in Guangdong (广东), Hong Kong (香港), and Macao (澳门) under the "One Country, Two Systems" institutional advantages.
The design concepts and details of the emblem, mascot, medals, and etiquette attire were also displayed and introduced on site. Among them, the medal for the National Games for the Disabled and Special Olympics is named "Warm Hearts Together" (同心暖), conveying the social care for people with disabilities and highlighting the atmosphere of friendship, mutual assistance, and warmth; the etiquette attire combines traditional cultural elements with Western modern patterns, and adopts the Sanlan embroidery technique, symbolizing the harmony, prosperity, openness, and inclusiveness of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.
Return to TopThis newspaper reports from Quzhou, Zhejiang (浙江衢州), August 3rd (Reporter Liu Shuoyang (刘硕阳)) - The 2025 National Athletics Championships continued on the 3rd in Quzhou, Zhejiang (浙江衢州). In the women's javelin final, 17-year-old Zhejiang (浙江) team athlete Yan Ziyi (严子怡) won the championship with a score of 65.89 meters, breaking her own world youth (U20) record in the event. This is the second world youth record produced in this competition, following Shandong (山东) team athlete Zhang Jiale's (张家乐) breaking of the women's hammer throw world youth (U20) record on the evening of August 2nd.
In March of this year, Yan Ziyi (严子怡) threw 64.83 meters in the Chengdu (成都) station competition of the National Athletics Throwing Event Series, breaking the women's javelin world youth record. At this National Athletics Championships, she improved her own record by more than 1 meter.
In the men's 400-meter semi-final held on the 3rd, 19-year-old Shandong (山东) team athlete Liu Kai (刘凯) ran a score of 45.06 seconds, qualifying for the final in first place and breaking the national record of 45.14 seconds set by Guo Zhongze (郭钟泽) in 2017. In the men's 100-meter final, Guangxi (广西) team athlete Deng Xinrui (邓信锐) won the championship with a score of 10.06 seconds, becoming the seventh Chinese Athletics Team male 100-meter athlete to run within 10.10 seconds.
Return to TopThe 2025 Jiangxi Provincial City Football Super League, also known as the "Gan Super League," is another noteworthy mass sports event this year, following the "Su Super League." This year's "Gan Super League" features representative teams from 11 prefecture-level cities in Jiangxi Province (江西省), with players who are either registered residents of the locality or have worked and lived locally for at least one year.
Return to TopThe "Run, Youth" National Youth Sunshine Sports Conference 2025 opened recently in Changchun (长春市), Jilin Province (吉林省), according to this newspaper's Changchun (长春) report on August 3rd (Wang Liang (王亮), Wei Wei (魏玮)). More than 2,000 young athletes from 34 delegations participated.
The conference takes "de-emphasizing rankings and medals, and highlighting fun" as its guiding principle, innovating the setting of experience programs. For example, it has added group gymnastics and martial arts programs, increased the proportion of track and field programs, and guided schools and clubs to strengthen their emphasis on basic sports.
In addition, the conference will also give full play to the comprehensive effect of "sports +". Some experience programs will be arranged in shopping malls, scenic spots, sports parks and other places with large traffic flow, so that people can feel the strong sports atmosphere at close range.
Return to TopThe artistic swimming competition at the 2025 Singapore World Aquatics Championships recently concluded, and some viewers couldn't help but wonder: "Why are there male athletes competing?"
Artistic swimming, a sport once considered exclusively for women, has opened its doors to male athletes. As early as the 2015 World Aquatics Championships in Kazan, Russia (俄罗斯喀山), mixed-gender events were added. At the 2024 Paris Olympics (巴黎奥运会), male artistic swimmers made their debut on the Olympic stage, opening a new chapter in history.
Men's artistic swimming has a unique style and highlights. Male athletes not only have powerful movements but can also complete various difficult lifting actions in the water, making the program more expressive and giving the sport a more diverse and inclusive charm.
In the men's solo free program at this World Championships, 17-year-old Guo Muye (郭牧也), a young athlete from China (中国), won the silver medal with a score of 220.1926, achieving a breakthrough for the Chinese team in this event.
(Reported by Gao Ji (高佶), this newspaper)
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 陈晨曦
On August 3rd, the Singapore Swimming World Championships ushered in the final battle – the women's 4×100m medley relay final pushed the atmosphere of the day's competition to a climax. The Chinese team sent a relay team composed of Peng Xuwei (彭旭玮), Tang Qianting (唐钱婷), Zhang Yufei (张雨霏), and Cheng Yujie (程玉洁).
Not long before this competition, Tang Qianting (唐钱婷) won a silver medal in the women's 50m breaststroke final, and Cheng Yujie (程玉洁) refreshed her personal best in the women's 50m freestyle final and won a bronze medal. Although the Chinese team won a bronze medal in the women's 4×100m medley relay at the Paris Olympics last year, the last time they stood on the World Championships podium for this event was back in the 2015 World Swimming Championships in Kazan, Russia. After a long absence from the World Championships medal, the four female athletes were all **憋着一股劲** (biē zhe yī gǔ jìn - "holding a breath of energy," to be determined and motivated).
In the women's 4×100m medley relay final, Zhang Yufei (张雨霏) was very focused. She surpassed Canadian star Summer McIntosh in the third leg butterfly, bringing the Chinese team to third place. Cheng Yujie (程玉洁) consolidated her position in the fourth leg, touching the wall with a time of 3:54.77. The four Chinese girls used a bronze medal to conclude the Chinese swimming team's journey in this World Championships. The American team won the gold medal with a time of 3:49.34, breaking the world record; the Australian team won the silver medal.
After the game, Peng Xuwei (彭旭玮) in the first leg felt a little self-blame. She ranked fourth in the backstroke and felt that her performance was "not very good." Tang Qianting (唐钱婷) next to her patted her on the shoulder, "It's the last game, let's all be bold and let go, we have a great understanding." Several players unanimously mentioned the problems and the direction of efforts: Peng Xuwei (彭旭玮) felt that her physical strength was a little unable to keep up after days of competition; Tang Qianting (唐钱婷) said that she wanted to improve her later ability; Zhang Yufei (张雨霏) felt that it was a bit difficult to support the 8-day schedule with her current state; Cheng Yujie (程玉洁) said that she still needs to speed up in the 50-meter and 100-meter events. This relay combination with an average age of only 22 is worth looking forward to in the future.
Like the Chinese women's 4×100m medley relay, Chinese swimming also needs to take the Singapore World Championships as a starting point to start the next acceleration. In this World Championships, the Chinese swimming team won a total of 2 gold, 6 silver and 6 bronze medals, which is not much different from the Olympic Games' 2 gold, 3 silver and 7 bronze medals, ranking sixth in the gold medal list in swimming events. However, compared with the American team with 9 gold medals and the Australian team with 8 gold medals, the gap is obvious. In the end, with the addition of 4 gold medals in the artistic swimming event and 9 gold medals in the diving event, the Chinese team ranked first in the gold medal list of this World Aquatics Championships with 15 gold, 12 silver and 10 bronze medals. The Australian team and the American team ranked second and third in the gold medal list with 13 gold and 10 gold respectively.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 白 阳 杜一菲 王锦涛
In the height of summer, all things flourish. The enthusiasm for friendly exchanges between Chinese and foreign people is like the surging Yellow River.
On July 30th, the award ceremony for the "My Story with China" essay competition and the "Silk Road People-to-People Friendship" China-Foreign Folk Friendship Story Sharing Conference, co-sponsored by the People's Daily and the Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries (中国人民对外友好协会), and co-organized by the Gansu Provincial People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries (甘肃省人民对外友好协会), was held in Lanzhou (兰州), Gansu (甘肃) Province. Representatives of essay authors from 11 countries, together with representatives from friendly organizations, Chinese enterprises, universities, and research institutions, gathered to share touching stories of exchange and discuss the beautiful vision of people-to-people friendship.
In February of last year, the People's Daily and the Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries jointly launched the "My Story with China" essay competition, which received high attention and enthusiastic support from people around the world who know and are friendly to China. As of the end of 2024, the event had received more than 1,300 submissions from more than 80 countries and regions, and the final 35 outstanding representative works were published in the People's Daily. Each submission is full of sincere feelings, and the sincere and moving stories are like trickling streams, converging into a surging force of friendship between Chinese and foreign people.
Witnessing the Chinese Fate Passed Down Through Generations
History continues uninterrupted, and the spirit is passed down through generations. On the long scroll of time, friendly feelings spanning time, region, and country are painted.
"I'm sorry, my speech went overtime," the "apology" of Ma Kuanchi (马宽池), Vice President of the American Flying Tigers Historical Committee, brought the thoughts of the engrossed guests back to the venue from the historical time and space. Ma Kuanchi forgot the time, telling the story of how they found the last C-47 transport plane in the world that was still in a flyable state, and on August 15, 2016, re-flew the "Hump Route" from Australia. Five elderly people with an average age of 71.8 years old flew an old plane, took 97 days, flew over 6 countries, experienced dangerous forced landings and loss of contact with the plane, and flew to Guilin Liangjiang International Airport (桂林两江国际机场), and left the plane in China forever, paying tribute and recording the friendship and legend jointly written by the people of the United States and China in this way.
From preparing for the establishment of the American Flying Tigers Historical Committee, to organizing visits to China by Flying Tigers veterans, to assisting in the construction of the American Flying Tigers Guilin Relics Park (美国飞虎队桂林遗址公园), and overcoming numerous difficulties to re-fly the "Hump Route"... Ma Kuanchi shared a series of historical moments he had experienced. "Our persistent efforts are to hope that the people of the United States and China, especially the younger generation, will not forget this precious history and will inherit the spirit of the Flying Tigers." He said affectionately, "This year is the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War. In this special year, we need to remember the friendship forged with blood by the people of the United States and China."
During the arduous years of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, many international friends gave selfless help to the Chinese people, including Rewi Alley (路易·艾黎) of New Zealand. "During his 60 years in China, Alley shared weal and woe with the Chinese people and actively devoted himself to China's liberation and construction. The Lanzhou Peili Petroleum School (兰州培黎石油学校) he founded is also one of the predecessors of Lanzhou City University (兰州城市学院)." Liu Xiaoxia (刘晓霞), Director of the International Exchange Office of Lanzhou City University, told about Alley's relationship with the school. For more than half a century, Lanzhou City University has maintained close contacts with New Zealand universities and social institutions, and frequent cultural and educational exchanges and mutual visits have contributed to promoting Sino-New Zealand friendship while inheriting and promoting the spirit of Alley.
During the exchange, the organizers also talked about George Hogg (乔治·何克), an important comrade-in-arms of Rewi Alley and a Western war correspondent who had interviewed in Yan'an (延安). Not long ago, Mark Elwin Thomas, the nephew of George Hogg, submitted an article to the "My Story with China" column, telling the story of George Hogg's dedication to the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the founding of the Shandan Peili School (山丹培黎学校) (now Gansu Zhangye Peili Vocational College (甘肃省张掖市培黎职业学院)), showing his shared destiny with the Chinese people. Mark is determined to use the rest of his life to inherit the spirit of his ancestors and build a bridge of understanding and friendship between the British and Chinese people.
From the flames of war to the period of rebuilding, from reform and opening up to the new era and new journey, the inheritance of Chinese-foreign friendship has never been interrupted. Bae Hye-eun (裴慧恩), a Korean girl who is studying for a doctorate at Peking University (北京大学), is a "second-generation international student." More than 30 years ago, her parents studied at Peking University and Beijing Foreign Studies University (北京外国语大学) as research students, and with the assistance of teachers from Beijing Foreign Studies University, they jointly published the Korean textbook "Introduction to Korean" written for Chinese students. "Studying and living in China not only became a new starting point for their studies and growth, but also witnessed their acquaintance and acquaintance." Under the influence of her family, Bae Hye-eun developed a strong interest in China and followed in her parents' footsteps to China. She recorded her thoughts and feelings about studying and traveling in China and introduced China's rapid development and diverse charm to more people in a column in the Korean media. "This fate is still continuing, and I hope to pass this emotion on to more people in the future," said Bae Hye-eun.
Perceiving the Integration of Civilizations Across Mountains and Seas
Civilizations are colorful because of exchanges and rich because of mutual learning. From the ancient Silk Road connecting Eastern and Western civilizations to the broad and profound Chinese medical culture, exchanges and mutual learning between civilizations have also become the most discussed topic among the guests.
Vina Kamalota, who has admired Italian traveler Marco Polo since she was a child, is fascinated by the ancient Silk Road. On April 26, 2022, this retired Italian tour guide set off from Venice with "The Travels of Marco Polo" on her back to start a journey of retracing the ancient Silk Road on foot. In 3 years, Vina walked through 15 countries in Europe and Asia, covering a distance of 22,000 kilometers. "Every step I take is to pursue the origin and resonance of civilization. I have witnessed with my own eyes that although China and Italy are separated by thousands of miles, they are closely connected by culture," said Vina. Zhu Yuhua (朱裕华), chairman of the Italian-Chinese Exchange Association, who helped Vina complete the trip, said that the Italian people have a natural friendly feeling towards China. This friendship stems from the exchange and collision of civilizations between the two countries in the long river of history, and from the respect and appreciation of each other's cultures. "I believe that as long as you have a yearning for friendship and a desire for cultural exchange in your heart, you can cross thousands of mountains and rivers and connect your hearts." Zhu Yuhua said.
Dunhuang (敦煌), known as the "Pearl of the Silk Road," has witnessed the long-term exchange and integration of various civilizations. Song Yanpeng (宋焰朋), Director of the Dunhuang Studies Information Center of the Dunhuang Research Academy (敦煌研究院), introduced that in recent years, the academy has widely invited scholars and friends from all over the world to talk about Dunhuang through "bringing in" to convey Chinese culture to the world in international language; at the same time, it actively "goes out" to spread Dunhuang stories to all over the world through academic exchanges, exhibitions, online lectures, and digital sharing. "This year, the Dunhuang Research Academy released the 'Digital Sutra Cave,' which will further promote the global sharing of Dunhuang cultural and artistic resources."
Among the representatives of essay authors, there are many international students who love traditional Chinese culture. Li Hongchang (李鸿昌), a Burmese student studying traditional Chinese medicine at Henan University of Traditional Chinese Medicine (河南中医药大学), is one of them. At the sharing meeting, Li Hongchang took out a silver needle from his pocket and raised it high, smiling and said: "This is a sharp 'pen' in China. I use it to 'write' pain relief, 'write' sleep, and also 'write' my own understanding and growth on patients." He said that traditional Chinese medicine interprets another way of looking at life: regarding people as a whole that coexists harmoniously with nature. In the process of participating in diagnosis and treatment, he witnessed the uniqueness of traditional Chinese medicine, and even more felt the greatness of the inheritance of traditional Chinese medicine teachers and apprentices in the meticulous teaching of strict teachers. "I think what I want to learn is not only prescriptions and acupuncture techniques, but also the wisdom of 'harmony between man and nature' in Chinese culture, as well as gentleness and awe towards life."
Not long ago, Tanzanian girl Fatia Said graduated from the Medical School of Jiangsu University (江苏大学). For her, Chinese culture has a deeper meaning. "When I say I appreciate Chinese culture, I don't just mean the elegant calligraphy, delicious dumplings or red lanterns, although I love all of these, but what touches me most is the spirit behind the culture, the kindness, dedication, humility and tolerance." In her hometown, the selfless love and dedication of the Chinese medical team to Tanzania are widely praised, and they also inspire Fatia: "The members of the Chinese medical team to Tanzania are all heroes in my mind. I feel sincerely proud to be able to follow in their footsteps and strive to become a doctor."
Building a Bridge of Friendship of Mutual Understanding and Affinity
Many essay authors mentioned that in the current world situation, people need to work together in the spirit of "sharing the same planet" more than ever before, and cultural exchange activities that enhance understanding and promote friendship are of greater significance in this era. "Bridge" is a high-frequency word in this sharing meeting. Everyone said that they are willing to be "bridge builders" of people-to-people connectivity and contribute to promoting the connection, integration, and gathering of Chinese and foreign people.
Mei Ailan (梅爱兰), a 77-year-old retired teacher from Portugal with a full head of silver hair, is the oldest author representative at this sharing meeting. Her enthusiasm for learning Chinese once prompted her to travel back and forth 8 hours every weekend, rain or shine, just for 2 hours of Chinese class. At the sharing meeting, she insisted on speaking in Chinese throughout the whole process, telling her learning experience, and won a long-lasting applause from the audience. She said: "I hope I can become a small bridge to make a contribution to promoting the exchange and friendship between Portugal and China." Mei Ailan's grandson Pedro Mesquita, who had just turned 18, also accompanied his grandmother. On his first visit to China, he was deeply impressed by the beautiful urban landscape and friendly people. "I like it here very much!" Pedro felt fresh and interesting about everything - a seed of youth promoting friendly exchanges is quietly planted.
Chinese enterprises are active promoters of global development and practitioners of the "Belt and Road" initiative, and are also important participants in people-to-people exchanges between China and foreign countries. Sudan's Merowe Dam, Kazakhstan's Turgusun Hydropower Station... China Water Resources and Hydropower Engineering Co., Ltd. (中国水利电力对外有限公司) has implemented more than 800 high-quality projects in more than 80 countries and regions, covering energy and power, water conservancy and irrigation, bridges and roads, etc., so that Chinese technology, Chinese standards, and Chinese solutions benefit local people. "These major landmark projects and 'small but beautiful' livelihood projects are all committed to becoming bridges and ties that 'connect hearts' with the people of the host country," said Wang Lunhui (王伦辉), Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of China Water Resources and Hydropower Engineering Co., Ltd. "Every one of our projects is a carrier for promoting people-to-people friendship, and every builder is the protagonist in inheriting people-to-people friendship."
"Everyone says I am a 'living history' of CSCEC Egypt," Hanan Osman (哈南·奥斯曼), who joined the Egyptian branch of China Construction Corporation (中国建筑股份有限公司) (CSCEC Egypt) in 1988, is the company's earliest Egyptian employee. Today, the company has nearly 7,000 local employees. Over the past 37 years, Hanan has witnessed the company's continuous growth and has also made many close friends. "I hope that my friendship with Chinese friends can become a bridge connecting the Egyptian and Chinese people." In Egypt, the Central Business District project of the new administrative capital undertaken by CSCEC Egypt is about to be completed. Mentioning this project, Hanan's face was full of pride: "This is a symbol of friendly cooperation between Egypt and China. I hope that the friendship between Egypt and China can flow like the water of the Nile River for generations to come."
Katya (卡佳), a Russian teacher at China University of Petroleum (East China) (中国石油大学（华东）) who has lived and worked in China for nearly 20 years, has an even more special "blood connection" with China. During a chance blood donation, Katya learned that she was Rh-negative blood, which is a rare "panda blood" in China, and immediately decided to become a "permanent" blood donor in China. Since then, she has insisted on donating blood about every six months, and has donated more than 4,800 milliliters of blood in China. In order to maintain a better physical condition to meet the blood donation requirements, Katya has also developed the habit of "running marathons," and has more than a dozen half-marathon medals. "I will continue to do this! Because China is already my home. I love China, and I am willing to share all the kindness, beauty and emotion with the people here."
People-to-people connectivity is the most basic, solid, and lasting interconnection. In two hours, the enthusiastic speeches and the constant applause witnessed the "two-way rush" between the storytellers and listeners of Chinese-foreign friendship, and also demonstrated the endless vitality of the cause of Chinese-foreign people-to-people friendly exchanges.
(Reporters Qiang Wei (强薇), Cui Qi (崔琦), and Zhang Kaifeng (章凯风) of this newspaper participated in the writing)
Layout design: Cai Huawei (蔡华伟)
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 戴楷然
From July 24th to 31st, the 15th Conference of the Contracting Parties to the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands was held in Victoria Falls City, Zimbabwe. The theme of this conference was "Wetland Restoration for People and Planet," and representatives from the Convention's contracting parties, international organizations, and non-governmental organizations discussed topics such as wetland ecosystem restoration, wetland city construction, and international cooperation in wetland conservation. The Ministerial High-Level Segment held during the conference also adopted the "Victoria Falls Declaration," calling on countries, international organizations, the private sector, and others to strengthen cooperation to jointly ensure the long-term protection of wetland ecosystems and leave a sustainable ecological legacy for future generations.
Wetlands, known as the "kidneys of the Earth," play an important role in regulating water sources, enhancing climate resilience, maintaining biodiversity, and ensuring food security, and are an indispensable part of the global ecosystem. According to the "Global Wetland Outlook 2025" released in July this year, global wetlands are being lost at an average rate of 0.52% per year due to factors such as changes in land use and rising temperatures and frequent extreme hydrological events caused by climate change. The ecological risks brought about by the continuation of this trend are already very obvious.
Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa emphasized the important role of wetlands in ensuring ecological health, providing livelihoods, and supporting the operation of global ecosystems in his opening speech, and called on countries to make enhancing climate resilience a priority. Ramsar Convention Secretary General Musonda Mumba said that wetlands are essential for achieving global sustainable development, and the international community should strengthen collaboration and increase investment in wetland restoration and protection, while also calling on youth groups and others to participate in wetland conservation. Elizabeth Mrema, Deputy Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme, said that strengthening wetland protection will help achieve the United Nations 2030 Sustainable Development Goals, and the agency is committed to strengthening international cooperation in the field of wetland protection and finding better solutions for global wetland protection.
During the conference, representatives from 31 cities in 16 countries were awarded "Wetland City Accreditation." Ramsar Convention Deputy Secretary General Jay Aldous said that unplanned urban expansion has led to wetland degradation, biodiversity loss, and ecological imbalance. To address these challenges, the Ramsar Convention launched the "Wetland City Accreditation" mechanism to encourage cities to protect wetlands and integrate them into sustainable development planning. Among the 31 "Wetland Cities" accredited this time, 9 are from China, namely Shanghai Chongming (上海崇明), Yunnan Dali (云南大理), Fujian Fuzhou (福建福州), Zhejiang Hangzhou (浙江杭州), Jiangxi Jiujiang (江西九江), Tibet Lhasa (西藏拉萨), Jiangsu Suzhou (江苏苏州), Zhejiang Wenzhou (浙江温州), and Hunan Yueyang (湖南岳阳). To date, the total number of "Wetland Cities" in China has reached 22, continuing to rank first in the world.
China hosted the 14th Conference of the Contracting Parties to the Ramsar Convention in 2022. Yan Zhen (闫振), head of the Chinese delegation and Deputy Director of the National Forestry and Grassland Administration (国家林业和草原局), said that China's wetland conservation efforts have undergone historic, transformative, and comprehensive changes, presenting a good situation of harmonious coexistence between humans and nature. In recent years, China has promoted important progress in wetland conservation through establishing and improving wetland protection policies and systems, comprehensively protecting wetland ecosystems, and continuously carrying out international cooperation. China's wetland area has stabilized at more than 56.35 million hectares, and the mangrove area has increased by a net 0.83 million hectares, making it one of the few countries in the world with a net increase in mangrove area. At the same time, China has established the International Mangrove Center, sharing experiences and seeking cooperation with other countries through holding special international training courses, contributing Chinese wisdom to the global wetland conservation cause.
According to the Chinese delegation, two draft resolutions proposed by China in conjunction with many countries were adopted at this conference, involving calls on countries to strengthen national actions and international cooperation to protect and restore migratory bird flyways and their key wetland habitats, and advocating the integration of new technologies and traditional knowledge into wetland protection, restoration, management and rational utilization. The Chinese delegation also held a side event on the theme of "China's Plan for High-Quality Wetland Development: Building a Community of Life for Man and Nature." Mumba said at the meeting that China has achieved remarkable results in the field of wetland protection, forming unique protection measures, and looks forward to China sharing more experiences and practices in wetland protection and governance with the international community.
Return to TopDar es Salaam News: Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan (萨米娅·苏卢胡·哈桑) attended the opening ceremony of the East Africa Business and Logistics Center in Dar es Salaam (达累斯萨拉姆) on August 1st, praising this key project invested and constructed by a Chinese company as having significant importance for driving the local economy.
In her speech at the ceremony, President Hassan (哈桑) stated that the East Africa Business and Logistics Center is not only a commercial center but also encompasses overseas warehouses, cross-border e-commerce, and bonded processing, making it a comprehensive business platform. The project promotes the sustainable development of local society and economy, as well as industrial upgrading. It will effectively enhance Tanzania's (坦桑尼亚) market connectivity with member states of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (东南非共同市场), and is a landmark project for promoting regional trade interconnection and deepening Sino-Tanzanian economic and trade cooperation, demonstrating the significant achievements of Sino-Tanzanian cooperation.
Chinese Ambassador to Tanzania (坦桑尼亚) Chen Mingjian (陈明健) stated in her speech that in recent years, pragmatic cooperation between China and Tanzania (坦桑尼亚) has covered many fields such as industry, agriculture, infrastructure, and healthcare. China has remained Tanzania's (坦桑尼亚) largest trading partner for nine consecutive years and has also been the largest source of foreign investment for Tanzania (坦桑尼亚) for many years. This project is a fruitful result of the continuous deepening of pragmatic cooperation between China and Tanzania (坦桑尼亚).
The project is invested and constructed by Weihai Huatan Supply Chain Management Co., Ltd. (威海华坦供应链管理有限公司). According to the company's chairman, Wang Xiangyun (王香云), the total investment of the project is 170 million US dollars. It is a new urban landmark building led by modern comprehensive commercial and logistics industries, integrating functions such as wholesale, retail, logistics, warehousing, exhibitions, culture, cross-border e-commerce, and tourism trade. It is also one of the most potential large-scale trade and logistics centers in East Africa.
Return to TopThis newspaper's Guangzhou (广州) dispatch on August 3rd (Reporter: Luo Aihua (罗艾桦)) From July 28th to August 1st, the Southern California Chinese Youth Water Polo League delegation from the Los Angeles area of the United States was invited to Guangzhou (广州) for exchanges and to participate in the China-U.S. (Guangzhou-Los Angeles) Youth Water Polo Friendship Match. The delegation also visited Yuexiu Park (越秀公园) in Guangzhou (广州), toured the Five Rams Statue (五羊石像), and exchanged small gifts with Guangzhou (广州) youth to forge friendships.
Chinese and American youths jointly planted friendship trees in the "Guangzhou-Los Angeles Friendship Garden" within Yuexiu Park (越秀公园). Small gifts such as Five Rams Statue (五羊石像) models, Guangzhou Tower (广州塔) models, and postcards conveyed the children's affection. At the end of the event, the Chinese and American youths also exchanged contact information, hoping to have more exchanges in the future.
On December 8, 1981, Los Angeles (洛杉矶) and Guangzhou (广州) officially established friendly relations, becoming Guangzhou's (广州) second international sister city. After 44 years of friendly exchanges, the Guangzhou-Los Angeles (广州—洛杉矶) sister city relationship has become a highlight of China-U.S. local cooperation, playing an important role in enhancing mutual understanding and friendship between the people of the two cities, and deepening exchanges and cooperation in various fields.
Return to TopThis year marks the 20th anniversary of the "Lucid waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets" concept (hereinafter referred to as the "Two Mountains" concept). This concept scientifically expounds on the relationship between economic development and ecological environmental protection, profoundly reveals the principle that protecting the ecological environment is protecting productivity and improving the ecological environment is developing productivity, and points out a new path for achieving coordinated and symbiotic development and protection. This concept not only profoundly affects China's (中国) development practice, but also contributes Chinese solutions to the global green transition, and has important and far-reaching global significance.
Dong Yu (董煜) (Executive Vice President of the Institute for Contemporary China Studies, Tsinghua University)
Shakil Ramay (巴基尔·拉迈) (Chief Executive Officer of the Pakistan Institute for Development and Research on Asia Ecology and Civilization)
Lucas Gutierrez Rodriguez (卢卡斯·古铁雷斯·罗德里格斯) (Spanish ecological expert and professor at the School of Life Science and Agronomy, Southwest University of Science and Technology)
Philip Clayton (菲利普·克莱顿) (President of the Institute for Ecological Civilization, USA)
Berthold Kuhn (贝特霍尔德·库恩) (Scholar at the Free University of Berlin, Germany, and environmental consultant to the European Commission)
Wesley Douglas (韦斯利·道格拉斯) (Director of the African Carbon Exchange)
Theoretical Innovation—
Innovating the Economic Development Model
The "Two Mountains" concept unifies economic development and ecological protection, reflecting distinct theoretical innovation.
Lucas Gutierrez Rodriguez: People and nature, biodiversity conservation, and socio-economic development are closely related. President Xi Jinping (习近平) proposed the "Two Mountains" concept, pointing out that "we must never sacrifice the ecological environment in exchange for temporary economic development." This concept guides China (中国) to protect nature in development and promote high-quality development in protecting nature, releasing new quality productive forces and making innovative contributions to the development of productive forces.
The "Two Mountains" concept is an update and expansion of the dialectical materialist view of development between man and nature. It breaks through the Western traditional development paradigm and dualistic thinking that economic growth and ecological protection are contradictory, and realizes the dialectical unity of ecological protection and economic development. From the perspective of the evolution of global development theory, the "Two Mountains" concept is an innovation of traditional growth theory. It emphasizes the interdependence of man and nature, that economic development cannot be separated from the support of the ecological environment, and clarifies the connection between the ecological environment and the people's well-being. The practice of Chinese-style modernization has also proved that the path of coordinated social-economic-ecological development is feasible.
Dong Yu: The "Two Mountains" concept breaks through the limitations of understanding the functions of lucid waters and lush mountains only from an ecological perspective, proposes the concept of "ecological products," associates natural ecological functions with economic value transformation, clarifies the contribution of ecological protection to economic development, and recognizes that protecting nature is the appreciation of natural value, which is to protect and develop productivity. The "Two Mountains" concept takes "adapting to local conditions" as an important consideration for economic development, highly integrates ecological elements into industrial structure upgrading, and explores a high-quality development path with ecological protection as an important component. At the same time, it guides the production side to reduce resource dependence and reduce environmental pollution, emphasizes the coordinated development of ecological protection and economic growth, and corrects the drawbacks of "ecological damage accompanying economic growth" in traditional growth theory.
Philip Clayton: Before the "Two Mountains" concept was proposed, it was a common practice to separate ecological environmental protection from economic development. Some Western environmentalists believe that commercial and economic activities are essentially contrary to the concept of ecological protection, and that nature cannot be used for economic purposes. The successful practice of the "Two Mountains" concept in China (中国) shows that environmental protection and meeting the economic needs of the people can be coordinated, so the concept has been widely recognized by the international community.
Shakil Ramay: For a long time, the modernization model of Western countries has been characterized by resource plunder-style growth, transferring pollution outward through industrial transfer, and exacerbating global development inequality and ecological crisis. The "Two Mountains" concept points out that protecting the environment is protecting productivity, breaking the inherent thinking that development and environmental protection are opposed. This concept has evolved from local exploration to national practice, and then to a national strategy, forming a complete system of concepts. It demonstrates the Eastern wisdom of "**天人合一**" (tiān rén hé yī - "unity of man and nature," the belief that humans should live in harmony with nature), realizes the paradigm shift from opposition to unity between development and environmental protection, contributes Chinese wisdom to global development theory, and is an important theoretical innovation of China (中国) to the progress of human civilization.
Practical Innovation—
Improving the Ecological Governance System
Through top-level design, mechanism innovation, and pragmatic actions, the "Two Mountains" concept provides practical guidance for building a modern society where man and nature coexist in harmony.
Lucas Gutierrez Rodriguez: Since the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment held in Stockholm, Sweden in 1972 and the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 1992, China (中国) has formulated a series of policies and regulations aimed at protecting the environment, biodiversity, and ecosystems, actively fulfilling international commitments, and elevating ecological civilization construction to the theoretical level. The 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (中国共产党) incorporated ecological civilization into the "Five-Sphere Integrated Plan," and ecological civilization construction became a national development strategy. This is a major decision that has profoundly affected China's (中国) social development practice. Over the past 10 years, China (中国) has made remarkable achievements in pollution prevention and control, biodiversity and ecosystem protection, and climate change mitigation. In terms of pollution prevention and control, China's (中国) air quality, water quality, and soil safety have been significantly improved by eliminating outdated facilities, promoting clean energy, and electric vehicles. In the field of climate change mitigation, China (中国) is a global leader in the development of new energy, electric vehicles, and high-speed rail technology. It has also actively promoted energy transition, promoted the conclusion and first signature of the *Paris Agreement*, promoted the reform of the global energy governance system, and injected strong impetus into the global energy transition.
Wesley Douglas: Reviewing the historic achievements made in the construction of Chinese-style modernization, the "Two Mountains" concept provides an important practical guideline and action guide for China's (中国) green transition. At present, the concept of green development has been deeply integrated into all fields of China's (中国) economic and social development. Governments at all levels attach great importance to ecological environmental protection and implement strict supervision over enterprises in their jurisdictions. I have visited many cities and villages in China (中国), and the development practice of Yucun (余村), Anji (安吉), Zhejiang (浙江) is particularly impressive. Under the guidance of the "Two Mountains" concept, Yucun (余村) has explored a sustainable development path that protects the ecological environment and improves the quality of life of the people, and has been successfully selected as one of the "Best Tourism Villages" by the United Nations World Tourism Organization. China's (中国) ecological civilization construction is a set of effective practical models, contributing Chinese wisdom and Chinese solutions to global ecological civilization construction.
Dong Yu: China (中国) has incorporated ecological civilization construction into the national governance system, coordinated the promotion of economic and ecological reforms, and used economic means and market mechanisms to solve ecological problems, realizing the integrated development of economy and ecology. China's (中国) entry into the ecological field from an economic perspective and deepening of the reform of the ecological civilization system is pioneering internationally. The Sanjiangyuan National Park (三江源国家公园), as the "Water Tower of the World," promotes the construction of a natural protected area system with national parks as the main body, which is of great significance for regulating the climate of East Asia. The governance of the Kubuqi Desert (库布其沙漠) and the Mu Us Sandy Land (毛乌素沙地) has realized the transformation of "desert into oasis," and related technologies have been promoted in the Middle East, providing desertification control experience. China (中国) actively assumes international responsibilities and obligations to address global environmental challenges, and helps many countries improve their environment by sharing experience and technology.
Shakil Ramay: Many developing countries have vast rural areas and large populations, and the modernization transformation of traditional planting and breeding industries faces problems. The "Two Mountains" concept directly addresses this challenge by organically combining modern technology with rural planting and breeding industries, giving rise to characteristic industries. The "Two Mountains" concept, together with policies such as ecological poverty alleviation, desertification control, and national park construction, promotes the comprehensive green transformation of economic and social development, demonstrating the foresight of China's (中国) top-level design and the refinement of grassroots governance, and providing referential practical experience for global green development.
Global Contribution—
Leading Green International Cooperation
China (中国) continues to carry out green international cooperation, empowering the world's modernization with a modernization in which man and nature coexist in harmony.
Wesley Douglas: The "Two Mountains" concept advocates independent development and inclusive development, and promotes global green governance from ideological consensus to joint action. This is of great significance to Southern countries such as South Africa that hope to avoid repeating the old path of Western industrialization. In recent years, cooperation between South Africa and China (中国) in the field of clean energy has continued to deepen and become more practical, continuously strengthening technology sharing and policy coordination, and building important projects such as the South Africa Redstone Concentrated Solar Power Plant. At the same time, the "Two Mountains" concept also provides a basic theoretical framework and practical reference for the green transition of the vast number of developing countries. At present, South Africa is drawing on China's (中国) experience in building "ecological cultural villages," adapting to local conditions in the Northern Cape Province to transform natural resources such as mountains, forests, rivers, and farmland into cultural and tourism resources, actively developing ecological agriculture and cultural and tourism industries with South African characteristics, creating more green jobs for local people, increasing people's well-being, and maximizing ecological and economic benefits.
Berthold Kuhn: The "Two Mountains" concept provides Chinese solutions for global ecological governance and the realization of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, which meet the needs of multiple dimensions such as ecological protection, climate action, and sustainable growth, provide guidance for breaking through traditional development thinking, and provide referential paths for other countries, especially developing countries, through international cooperation platforms. This is an important contribution made by China (中国) in promoting global green transition. In recent years, Germany and other EU countries have carried out a lot of cooperation with China (中国) in the fields of climate change and green transition, and have jointly promoted low-carbon sustainable development through high-level dialogues and projects such as energy transition and green hydrogen energy.
Lucas Gutierrez Rodriguez: The "Two Mountains" concept profoundly reflects the law of respecting nature, conforming to nature, and protecting nature, and advocates promoting green and low-carbon development through scientific and technological progress within the scope of ecological carrying capacity, so as to realize the unity of protecting ecology and developing productivity. This is in line with the United Nations 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda and provides a referential development model for the world. China's (中国) promotion of green cooperation under the "Belt and Road" initiative, and the promotion of building a community of life for man and nature through international cooperation, demonstrates the responsibility of a large country with a population of more than 1.4 billion in global ecological civilization construction, and provides important inspiration for solving global environmental governance problems.
Shakil Ramay: Through green financial support from international organizations such as the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (亚投行) and the New Development Bank (金砖国家新开发银行) of the BRICS countries, and green technology sharing in the "Belt and Road" projects, the "Two Mountains" concept is affecting more countries and regions. Pakistan (巴基斯坦) and China (中国) have jointly carried out a series of green cooperation projects in recent years: the Karot Hydropower Station (卡洛特水电站), the first hydropower investment project of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (中巴经济走廊), not only provides clean energy for the local area, but also attaches importance to protecting lucid waters and lush mountains; Chinese photovoltaic products, new energy vehicles, etc. have entered the Pakistani market, helping green transition. The "Two Mountains" concept provides a new path for developing and protecting win-win for Southern countries, creates a successful practice of ecological civilization construction, and will promote mankind to a better future.
(Reported and compiled by Han Shuo (韩硕), Yan Huan (颜欢), Liu Wenzhang (刘文璋), Li Zhiwei (李志伟), Liu Zhonghua (刘仲华), Cheng Shijie (程是颉), and Zheng Xiang (郑翔), reporters of this newspaper)
Return to TopBy: 玛丽·伊芙琳·塔克
In June 1992, the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development held in Rio de Janeiro (里约热内卢), Brazil (巴西) reached "Agenda 21," outlining a path towards sustainable development. Since then, the international community has regarded the combination of ecological protection and economic growth as a common vision.
Against this backdrop, China (中国) proposed the concept of "lucid waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets," providing innovative ideas and practical paths for balancing ecological protection and economic development. It reveals that environmental protection and economic benefits can coexist and complement each other, emphasizing that a green and healthy environment is the foundation of economic development, that "lucid waters and lush mountains" can nurture "invaluable assets," and that human well-being and the fate of the Earth are closely intertwined. This innovative concept has resonated in the Western environmental field, building a bridge for dialogue and helping to construct a global development framework for the coexistence of all things.
The "Two Mountains" concept points out the correct direction for development. It is not only reflected in specific projects in various fields such as economic behavior, ecological governance, and agricultural production, but also integrated into the education system—Chinese universities and academic institutions offer related courses to train and cultivate talents who practice the "Two Mountains" concept, helping to build ecological civilization. At the practical level of the "Two Mountains" concept, China (中国) has always promoted the coordinated progress of economic development, industrial upgrading, and environmental improvement. China's (中国) global leadership in industries such as solar energy and electric vehicles, as well as its development achievements in areas such as high-speed rail network construction, air governance, afforestation, and food security, are vivid examples.
Since my first visit to China (中国) in 1985, I have witnessed China's (中国) rapid development, especially the many achievements in ecological civilization construction and environmental protection. Generally speaking, along with the rapid advancement of modernization, pollution problems such as air, water, and soil also arise. To address environmental issues, China (中国) has gradually deepened and systematically promoted ecological civilization construction. In 2018, China (中国) wrote the implementation of the new development concept and ecological civilization construction into its constitution.
The uniqueness of the "Two Mountains" concept lies in its continuous inheritance, integration, and innovation, especially drawing wisdom from outstanding traditional Chinese culture and giving new connotations to traditional ecological protection concepts. The profound understanding of the relationship between humans and nature in Confucianism, Taoism, and other traditional Chinese cultures provides a cultural foundation for China's (中国) sustainable development, which is of great significance both historically and realistically. Countries can also explore and inherit their respective traditional ecological views, which will help promote global sustainable development.
The "Two Mountains" concept provides a strong impetus for China's (中国) development and has great potential in the development of human society, because the just and prosperous future we want to build is inseparable from international cooperation. In the exploration of sustainable development paths in various countries, China's (中国) approach is unique, taking into account the simultaneous development of material and spiritual civilization. The "Two Mountains" concept is not only an inspiring vision, but also can play an effective role in guiding practice, promoting China's (中国) ecological civilization construction, and providing inspiration and reference for developing countries to cope with development challenges.
(Author is a professor at the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies (耶鲁大学林业与环境研究学院) in the United States (美国).)
Return to TopLayout Design: Cai Huawei (蔡华伟)
Return to TopBoosting consumption is the undeniable responsibility of the financial sector. In the face of the summer consumption boom, the financial industry is activating market potential with innovative power. Banks are closely focusing on demand and optimizing services, payment institutions are offering benefits and expanding scenarios, travel insurance is upgrading protection and safeguarding journeys, and financial education is focusing on popularizing financial literacy. These measures are precise, pragmatic, and close to the hearts of the people, demonstrating the warmth and depth of financial services. How to institutionalize and normalize these successful experiences, and allow financial resources to more effectively irrigate the fertile ground of consumption, is worthy of our in-depth consideration.
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Focusing on Both Supply and Demand, Summer Consumption Heats Up
People's Daily Reporter Zhao Zhanhui (赵展慧)
This summer, the "Su Chao" (苏超) (short for Jiangsu Super League) has become a popular sensation. "The goalscoring battle was so exciting!" On July 20, after watching the seventh round of the "Su Chao" match between the Yangzhou (扬州) team and the Nanjing (南京) team, Mr. Zhang (张先生), a resident of Nanjing, said with lingering excitement, "To celebrate the Nanjing team's victory, let's go for a barbecue supper."
Mr. Zhang's trip to Yangzhou originated from a lucky ticket. Not long ago, Mr. Zhang won a lottery through the Jiangsu Bank (江苏银行) APP and won a ticket to the seventh round of the Jiangsu Provincial City Football League held in Yangzhou. Subsequently, he also won a voucher for room fees at the Yangzhou Jinling Hotel (扬州金陵大饭店) and a fuel discount coupon in the bank's "Follow Su Chao to Carnival" (跟着苏超去狂欢) zone.
"With tickets, accommodation, and travel discounts, what are we waiting for?" On the day of the match, Mr. Zhang drove to Yangzhou. After calculating the trip, Mr. Zhang spent more than 700 yuan and saved a total of 315 yuan. The good experience of this trip inspired Mr. Zhang to continue following "Su Chao" to explore various cities in Jiangsu (江苏).
The "ticket stub economy" is thriving, and "traveling with performances and sports events" is popular all over the country. In the new wave of summer consumption, various regions are exploring unique highlights, and financial services are adding to the effort, better connecting consumers with colorful consumption activities.
Bank APPs launch holiday consumption rights lottery, and credit cards offer discounts for booking travel services, connecting with government consumption festivals such as "Su Xin Consumption" (苏新消费) and "Water Charm Jiangsu" (水韵江苏)... Jiangsu Financial Regulatory Bureau (江苏金融监管局) guides financial institutions to launch a series of "finance+" characteristic services during the summer, increasing support in offline catering retail, cultural and sports exhibitions, transportation and travel, and other fields, so that "government subsidies + financial concessions + merchant discounts" multiple discounts work together to activate summer consumption.
Financial institutions in various regions are actively promoting summer consumption, not only starting from the demand side, allowing consumers to enjoy convenience and discounts, but also starting from the supply side, supporting the upgrading of cultural and tourism projects and merchants to improve service quality.
"The surge in tourists during the summer, if not renovated and upgraded, will not be able to accommodate the peak of travel." Wang Wei (王伟), the relevant person in charge of Chongqing Guanda Century Cruise Co., Ltd. (重庆冠达世纪游轮有限公司), introduced that the company's main business is cruise tourism, and this year it plans to renovate cruise ships and increase the number of voyages.
After learning about the company's capital needs during a visit by staff from the Minsheng Bank Chongqing Branch (民生银行重庆分行), they actively connected with the company, granting the company a credit line of 150 million yuan, and completed the loan funds of 45 million yuan and the signing of supply chain products for the company before the arrival of the summer peak season. "With the support of finance, we completed the renovation and upgrade before July, and it is estimated that the tourist flow will increase by 50,000 people and drive consumption up by 10% throughout the summer." Wang Wei said.
The financial support for enterprises has also been effectively transmitted to consumers. With the renovation funds in place, and no worries about daily turnover and working capital, Guanda Cruises further launched a "two adults free one child" promotion to enrich students' summer life.
"Small and micro business entities in the consumption field have a stronger demand for financing during the summer, and are our key support objects." The relevant person in charge of Chongqing Financial Regulatory Bureau (重庆金融监管局) introduced that through the "Thousands of Enterprises and Households Visit" (千企万户大走访) activity, financial resources are precisely dripped into catering and accommodation, wholesale and retail, cultural tourism and sports, and other fields.
"Village cafes" are fragrant, village operas are staged one after another... This summer, more and more tourists are coming to the countryside for summer vacations. Financial institutions have identified the combination of rural revitalization and summer consumption, broadened financial service scenarios, and supported the development of new rural industries and new business formats such as leisure agriculture and courtyard economy.
In Zhejiang (浙江), financial institutions provide exclusive loan discounts for young people returning to their hometowns to start businesses, helping agricultural entrepreneurs develop new business formats such as rural tourism and e-commerce live broadcasting; in Yunnan (云南), "homestay loans" and "inn loans" have increased their support for local homestay cluster cultural experiences and vacation health care... Finance promotes the integration of agriculture, culture, tourism, and constantly expands the new space for consumption.
Upgrading the Consumption Experience and Improving Payment Convenience
People's Daily Reporter Wu Qiuyu (吴秋余)
"This trip, the payment link alone directly saved one or two hundred yuan. The summer discounts on the online platform are quite powerful," summing up the expenses of the just-concluded five-day tour of Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Shanghai, Ms. Cheng (程女士), a Bank of China (中国银行) credit card user, excitedly showed her mobile phone bill: a 66 yuan discount on a 500 yuan ticket, a 20 yuan discount on a 200 yuan hotel, and a 5 yuan discount on a 30 yuan ticket...
Taking advantage of her children's vacation, Ms. Cheng embarked on a long-awaited trip, enjoying the fun of traveling with her family, and the convenience and benefits of payment brought her another surprise.
In order to better release the potential of the summer economy, since June this year, Meituan (美团) has joined hands with a number of financial institutions to accurately focus on various summer consumption scenarios, and launched a variety of promotional activities such as full reduction, points redemption, and theme consumption days, transforming the national policies and measures to promote consumption into welfare activities that users can "see and touch," and fueling summer consumption passion.
Not only travel, but now consumers can enjoy payment convenience and benefits in consumption such as catering, culture, and shopping. For example, Meituan Payment launched activities such as full reduction of catering group purchase payments and points redemption, integrating financial services with local food experiences to enhance the fun and sense of gain of summer consumption, and also jointly built a digital RMB movie viewing special with China Construction Bank (建设银行). Users who have opened a CCB digital currency wallet can receive a 10 yuan movie digital currency payment coupon package on Meituan.
Substantial preferential measures directly improve users' willingness to consume. The relevant person in charge of Meituan Payment told reporters that since the launch of the event, the transaction amount and number of credit card transactions on the Meituan platform have increased significantly. Especially since entering July, the number of credit card transactions in multiple key summer consumption scenarios such as hotels, tickets, and specialty foods has increased by 10%-15%.
In Zhejiang (浙江), a province with developed digital finance, the Zhejiang Branch of the People's Bank of China (中国人民银行浙江省分行) has deeply implemented the payment facilitation project and the construction of "Digital Payment Province," guiding Alipay (支付宝) to fully promote the "touch" payment method, with a cumulative investment of more than 44 million yuan in special consumption promotion funds, benefiting more than 24 million local consumers.
The summer is the peak season for cross-border travel, and related payment institutions have increased the interconnection of payment services, so that both domestic and foreign tourists can enjoy convenient payment services.
On July 5, at the Overseas Guest Payment Center of Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport (深圳宝安国际机场), several Spanish tourists who had just arrived in China were surrounding the WeChat Pay (微信支付) service window to inquire about problems.
"Some coffee machines in the airport only support binding online payment. It is recommended that you use your mobile terminal to download and use WeChat Pay, which will be more convenient." Staff member Yu Yilin (余依林) demonstrated the registration process of WeChat Pay on the spot. With only 4 steps of online operation, you can use WeChat Pay to enjoy convenient services in China without complicated exchange procedures.
Yu Yilin then took the Spanish tourists to the China Mobile (中国移动) counter and completed the mobile phone card recharge business with WeChat Pay. "It's so convenient! In Spain, we are used to using cash or credit cards. I didn't expect that in China, a mobile phone can handle all consumption." One Spanish tourist said in surprise after trying it.
In order to welcome foreign tourists coming to China during the summer, WeChat Pay provides one-stop comprehensive services for foreign personnel at stations where inbound tourists are concentrated, such as Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport. Data shows that in June and July this year, the number and amount of payments made by foreigners binding international bank cards through WeChat Pay in China were nearly 3 times that of the same period last year.
In addition, in response to the taxi payment troubles that domestic tourists often encounter abroad, WeChat has strengthened its cooperation with relevant overseas companies this year. At present, the reservation and payment systems of Uber, Japan's Go Taxi, Europe's FlixBus bus, Eurail Pass, Italy's Italo high-speed rail, and France's Seine River cruise are being launched on WeChat Mini Programs one after another, further facilitating Chinese tourists' outbound travel and realizing a convenient payment experience of "going abroad is like being at home."
Enriching Insurance Products and Adding Protection to Travel
People's Daily Reporter Qu Xinming (屈信明)
In mid-July, taking advantage of his children's summer vacation, Hou Liang (侯亮), a resident of Zhengzhou (郑州), Henan (河南), traveled to Europe with his family. Before traveling, he purchased overseas travel insurance through an internet insurance platform, which included personal and property protection as well as rescue services.
"In previous years, I accidentally scratched my leg while traveling abroad. Although it was just a simple treatment of the wound, it cost a lot of money. Fortunately, I had travel insurance that included accidental injury medical expenses insurance liability at that time, and the insurance company compensated for the medical expenses." Hou Liang said that this experience greatly improved his insurance awareness, and since then, he will purchase suitable insurance products according to his itinerary when traveling.
"When purchasing travel insurance, in terms of personal protection, I value medical expense compensation more. Injuries or gastrointestinal infections, flu and fever can be compensated for medical expenses according to the contract. Especially when traveling to some countries with high medical expenses, this protection is very important." Hou Liang said that this trip to Europe, he plans to participate in activities such as skydiving, so he specially purchased travel insurance products that include accidental medical expense compensation and disability insurance for high-risk sports.
In recent years, the cultural and tourism market has continued to heat up, driving the increasing supply of tourism-related insurance products. Li Bowen (李博文), product manager of Ping An Property & Casualty Insurance Beijing Branch (平安产险北京分公司), introduced that travel insurance often provides comprehensive, one-stop protection, and consumers can be compensated according to the contract when they encounter situations such as theft of property, traffic accidents, and accidental injuries. When purchasing insurance, consumers should carefully read the contract terms, especially the relevant content of liability exemptions. Consumers can also purchase products such as water sports accident insurance, driving accident insurance, and flight delay insurance in a targeted manner according to their itinerary.
At present, many travel insurance products are accelerating the expansion of functions such as emergency rescue and risk reminders. Taking a domestic travel insurance product recently launched by a large insurance company as an example, the product focuses on strengthening the functions of "prevention," "rescue," and "use" on the basis of "post-compensation."
"We cooperate with more than 40 rescue teams and 78 helicopter-related companies to establish a rapid rescue mechanism. When customers encounter dangers in environments such as high mountains, snow, and water, the insurance company will jointly provide on-site rescue services quickly with professional field search and rescue teams and helicopter rescue service resources. In addition, the insurance can also provide green channels for outpatient clinics, escort for medical treatment in other places, and medical expense advance payment and other service guarantees." The relevant person in charge of the company said.
Wang Xiangnan (王向楠), deputy director of the Insurance and Economic Development Research Center of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (中国社科院保险与经济发展研究中心), said that if consumers encounter relevant risks during the trip, they can contact the insurance company as soon as possible when needed to inquire whether it can provide emergency rescue or medical services. If you encounter theft or robbery abroad, you should report the case to the local police and obtain materials such as a loss report issued by the police, indicating the brand, model, and other details of the lost items, so as to apply for insurance claims later.
Some consumers are also concerned about whether they still need to purchase travel insurance and accident insurance if the travel agency claims to have purchased insurance when participating in a tour group. Industry insiders suggest that consumers should understand clearly what insurance the travel agency has specifically purchased. If there is only travel agency liability insurance, other products can be purchased according to their own needs.
Luo Xin (罗欣), a college student from Chengdu (成都), Sichuan (四川), talked about her experience: "I signed up for a tour group last year. I originally thought that the travel agency had purchased insurance, so I didn't need to buy accident insurance. Later, I was injured during the trip. When I asked about insurance claims, I learned that the travel agency had purchased travel agency liability insurance, which mainly compensates for personal injury caused by the travel agency's negligence. If tourists are injured during free activities during the trip, they may not be compensated."
"This year, whether I travel freely or with a group, I will carefully choose a suitable insurance." Luo Xin said.
Popularizing Financial Knowledge and Establishing a Correct View of Wealth
Ge Mengchao (葛孟超) Sun Wenjie (孙文婕)
"We all take money to buy things in our daily lives, and we also receive change back. When we receive money, how do we judge whether it is counterfeit?" On July 22, Beijing Bank Urban Sub-Center Branch (北京银行城市副中心分行) carried out a financial basic knowledge education activity. Liu Fei (刘飞), a customer manager of the branch's retail banking department who served as a lecturer, used simple and lively language to popularize financial knowledge for more than 30 children.
"The original intention of our activities is to help children understand how to use money more rationally, establish a preliminary cognitive framework of financial knowledge, and establish a correct view of wealth." Liu Yichen (刘一辰), a product manager of the retail banking department of Beijing Bank Urban Sub-Center Branch and a member of the activity design team, said.
In this activity, Liu Fei explained the origin, functions, and RMB anti-counterfeiting knowledge of currency in a simple way. "What is wealth?" At the end of the activity, Liu Fei raised this somewhat profound question. Unlike the previous enthusiastic answers to questions such as "What are the disadvantages of using shells to buy things?", the children began to think quietly. Liu Fei explained: "Wealth not only refers to money, but also includes material wealth and spiritual wealth. We must establish a correct view of wealth."
Liu Fei has taught children's financial activities many times. According to her observation, children have a certain degree of understanding of financial knowledge. When preparing lessons, she will formulate course content based on children's cognitive level. "Children's curiosity and thirst for knowledge are particularly contagious. It gives me a great sense of accomplishment to explain financial knowledge in a way they can understand."
"Financial knowledge education needs to be transformed into fun, scenario-based, and life-oriented. We are constantly enriching the content and form of activities, and paying more attention to the linkage with parents, hoping to form a good atmosphere of home-school-community collaboration to enhance children's financial literacy." Liu Fei said.
Two days after the end of this children's financial activity at Beijing Bank, a children's financial knowledge popularization activity was held at the Qingdao Zhongshan Road Branch of Bank of Communications (交通银行青岛中山路支行). According to reports, the Qingdao Branch of Bank of Communications (交通银行青岛分行) has carried out more than 80 such activities in recent years.
"I used to think that the bank was just a place to deposit and withdraw money. I didn't expect that there were also hidden 'black technologies'." As soon as he entered the branch hall, Zhang Shengze (张升泽), a student from Class 6, Grade 2023 of Qingdao Ning'an Road Primary School (青岛宁安路小学) who participated in the activity, was attracted by the branch's intelligent robot "Jiao Baobao" (姣宝宝). When the staff invited the students to interact with the robot, everyone scrambled to ask questions.
The summer is an important window period for popularizing financial knowledge to teenagers. Financial institutions in various regions have launched various activities with rich content and diverse forms. From the content point of view, the financial knowledge explained is closer to the actual financial development. For example, the Yingye Department Changchun Street Branch of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Beijing Branch (工商银行北京分行营业部长椿街支行) held a "Financial Career Experience Class" for middle school students in early July, and opened a digital RMB theme course, introducing the issuance mechanism, technical characteristics, and application scenarios of digital RMB. From the form point of view, the activities are more in line with the needs of teenagers, including carrying out on-site visits, on-site experience, scenario drills, simulated investment, animation publicity, and so on. For example, CITIC Securities (Shandong) (中信证券（山东）) launched an audiobook column on its WeChat official account, and also developed animation, comics, and other products to enrich the form of financial knowledge education.
"Correct financial management concepts and good financial literacy have an important impact on individuals making rational financial decisions and the stable development of financial markets." Dong Ximiao (董希淼), chief researcher at China United Finance, said that financial institutions such as banks have abundant financial resources and professional financial talents, and should take on the responsibility of popularizing financial knowledge to children, starting from multiple perspectives such as currency, anti-fraud, credit, financial management, and financial technology, so that children can learn financial knowledge in a relaxed and pleasant atmosphere, establish correct concepts about money from an early age, and help improve the level of financial literacy in the whole society.
By: 石海龙
In Beijing (北京), a Beijing International Film Festival (北京国际电影节) ticket stub can unlock discounts in over 30 business districts and at more than 1,100 merchants. In Henan (河南), Luoyang (洛阳) has launched an initiative offering half-price admission to scenic spots for those holding train tickets arriving in Luoyang (洛阳). Since the beginning of this year, a combination of policies to expand domestic demand and promote consumption has continued to exert its effects, and new forms, models, and hotspots in the consumer market have emerged in rapid succession. Movie tickets, train tickets, concert tickets, and scenic spot tickets, which were once regarded as the "final stop" of a consumer journey, are now becoming a "new starting point" for leveraging more economic value, driven by the dual forces of consumption upgrades and the digital wave.
The so-called "ticket stub economy" refers to the economic model where consumers use tickets from various performances, sports events, exhibitions, tourism, and other scenarios as discount vouchers in subsequent consumption scenarios, transitioning from "single purchase" to "chain experience" with "multiple uses for one ticket," thereby constructing an economic model that extends consumption. In this model, ticket stubs become special "tokens" that consumers can use to obtain discounts and points, reducing payment costs. China's (中国) ticket market is vast, and the "ticket stub economy" connects originally isolated products or services through cross-border collaboration, turning a single consumption into a chain of consumption, leading to a considerable scale of consumption.
The "ticket stub economy" constructs a sustainable conversion path of "traffic—retention—increment," injecting surging momentum into the development of the consumer market. However, the current development of the "ticket stub economy" faces challenges in areas such as business integration and data security, and the potential of converting massive ticket stubs into effective consumption has not yet been fully released. Banks have a large user base, a mature payment and settlement system, rich consumption scenarios, and strong data analysis capabilities, and are naturally equipped with the genes to promote the integrated development of cultural, commercial, tourism, and sports industries. They should actively participate in the development of the "ticket stub economy" to stimulate broader consumption potential with financial power.
Cultivate ticket payment to stimulate "first-time purchase" enthusiasm. The foundation of the "ticket stub economy" lies in "first-time purchase." Only with a good "first-time" consumption experience will consumers be more likely to consider subsequent consumption. Ticket payment is an important part of bank payment and settlement services. Banks have in-depth cooperation with many scenic spots and merchants in ticket payment, and have strong resource integration capabilities. Since the beginning of this year, the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (工商银行) has focused on cultural tourism, entertainment, travel, and other scenarios, and has partnered with travel service platforms and theme parks to provide exclusive ticket discounts, full reduction offers, and early entry privileges for credit card users. Financial institutions should take multiple measures to improve consumers' willingness to participate in subsequent consumption with a good "first-time purchase" consumption experience.
Integrate ticket purchase information to improve the convenience of "multiple consumption." The key to the "ticket stub economy" is not the "ticket stub," but the linkage. Existing paper ticket stubs are prone to forgery, and the ticket stub redemption process in some scenarios is cumbersome. Electronification of ticket stubs is the key to improving customer experience. Promoting electronic ticket stubs requires opening up multiple platform interfaces. Banks can cooperate with other departments and institutions to connect to ticket platform data and integrate consumer ticket purchase information with user authorization, and set up a dedicated section in the bank APP to collect electronic ticket vouchers. Building an electronic ticketing system not only provides convenience for consumers to participate in multiple consumption discount verifications, but also enables banks to intelligently recommend exclusive consumption rights and issue preferential subsidies to consumers based on ticket data.
Build a user profile to create a "circular consumption" closed loop. Credit cards naturally accumulate massive amounts of real consumption data, laying a solid foundation for accurately understanding user preferences and building multi-dimensional portraits. Currently, some ticket stub-linked consumption only stays at simple discounts, lacking in-depth customization based on consumer needs. Through digital technology, banks can intelligently associate and analyze ticket consumption data with catering, accommodation, shopping, transportation, and other data within the financial system to provide consumers with accurate, personalized, and differentiated consumption solutions, forming a long-term consumption incentive mechanism and creating a closed loop of consumption ecology.
The key to financial empowerment of the "ticket stub economy" lies in cultivating consumption incentives, breaking down data barriers, extending scenario chains, and upgrading service experiences, effectively integrating scattered ticket stub resources, and promoting the integrated development of diversified consumption formats such as "eating, living, traveling, shopping, and entertainment." This is not only an innovative practice of financial services for the real economy and promoting consumption upgrades, but also a powerful measure to benefit people's livelihoods and warm people's hearts. To ensure the sustainable development of the "ticket stub economy," in addition to consumption incentives, we must not ignore the service quality and rights protection after the consumption chain is "strung together." We look forward to the "ticket stub economy" improving in quality and upgrading, becoming a strong engine for promoting the development and growth of the domestic consumer market.
(The author is the Deputy General Manager of the Bank Card Business Department of the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (中国工商银行))
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How can urban renewal both unearth valuable space needed for urban development and improve the functional environment of old buildings? How can cultural continuity both protect the traditional style of ancient urban buildings and revitalize them? How should we cope with and resolve safety issues in the process of urban development, while adhering to the bottom line of urban safety? In Shanghai (上海), Hefei (合肥), Lhasa (拉萨) and other places, the innovative application of technology is exploring ways to provide more convenient and efficient solutions.
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Synchronously Realizing the Protection of Historical Buildings and the Development and Utilization of Space——
Thousands of Tons of Shikumen Buildings are Moved and Returned to Their Original Position Undamaged
After the rain, the Shikumen (石库门) buildings in Zhangyuan (张园), Shanghai (上海) are elegant and refined. The old residents found that the "90-year-old" Huayan Lane (华严里) building complex, which was "moved away" a year ago, had been returned to its original position undamaged.
Why move houses?
"Moving houses under the premise of protecting buildings can unearth valuable space needed for urban development and improve the functional environment of old buildings." Lu Wensheng (卢文胜), the main inventor of the step-by-step self-propelled building displacement device and deputy director of the Building Displacement Technology Research Center of Tongji University (同济大学), said that, for example, the Shanghai Concert Hall (上海音乐厅) is adjacent to the city's main traffic line, and the noise and vibration of people and vehicles seriously affect its sound quality. Through translation, jacking, increasing the basement and functional space, the "80-year-old" old concert hall has been revitalized.
How difficult is it to move old buildings?
"It's like picking up a piece of old tofu and walking away with it on a piece of plastic." Lu Wensheng (卢文胜) cited the Huayan Lane (华严里) building complex, the largest in Zhangyuan (张园), as an example. It is more than 70 meters long, with a total construction area of about 4,000 square meters and weighs 7,500 tons, but the materials are aging, the structure is damaged, the mottled exterior walls are covered with cracks, and the two overhanging buildings are only connected by the second-floor walls, which cannot withstand the traditional displacement methods such as jacking and pushing. A little carelessness may cause it to fall apart.
Lu Wensheng (卢文胜) introduced that traditional displacement operations usually require support and replacement treatment and the laying of a sliding track, and the building can only be pushed and moved along the fixed sliding track direction. However, the Shikumen (石库门) lane buildings are densely packed and the lanes are narrow, making it difficult to free up enough construction space. After the operation is completed, the support and replacement beams and the sliding track must be removed, which is not only complicated and costly, but also causes large vibrations during the construction process and generates a lot of solid waste, which is not conducive to the refined protection of historical buildings and is contrary to the green and low-carbon concept advocated by the current urban renewal.
To solve the problem with innovation, the Displacement Technology Research Center has gradually upgraded the "step-by-step self-propelled" invention to a complete set of "walking-style displacement" technology. After adopting this technology, the safety margin of the displacement project is higher, the construction efficiency is greatly improved, and the cost is also significantly reduced.
The walking-style displacement "machine feet" showed their skills in the displacement of Shikumen (石库门) building complexes such as Huayan Lane (华严里). It can be seen that 432 small walking-style displacement "machine feet" "drill" under the building, two by two, like "left and right feet," supporting one group and advancing one group under the control of the digital system, steadily carrying Huayan Lane (华严里) 10 meters a day, first leaving the original site and moving to the middle site for temporary retention, and then returning to the original site for repair after the underground space is developed. It can be seen on the scene that under the precise scheduling of the general control room, the "machine feet" under the building can not only realize flexible advance and retreat and rotation, but also the servo system can locate, sense, and control in real time. Even if the road surface is uneven, it can ensure the stable displacement of the building.
In the development of the eastern district of Zhangyuan (张园), there are 18 buildings like Huayan Lane (华严里) that use the overall mobile technology. The building groups "step on" the walking-style displacement "machine feet," "queue up" in an orderly manner, and cleverly move, staging a lane version of the "Huarong Road" game in an extremely cramped space. This block, which carries a century of memories of Shanghai's (上海) urban development, is undergoing an urban renewal supported by technology - through the complete set of walking-style displacement "machine feet" technology, thousands of tons of Shikumen (石库门) building complexes are moved and space is freed up, synchronously realizing the clever integration and coordinated development of the protection and repair of historical building style areas and the development and utilization of urban underground space.
The re-positioned Shikumen (石库门) building complex not only clearly reflects the historical style of Shanghai's (上海) century of changes, but also reflects a city's development concept of using technology to care for historical buildings and creating a better future with wisdom. Lu Wensheng (卢文胜) said: "Technology is the key guarantee to 'activate' historical blocks."
Adhering to the Ancient City Protection Concept of "Minimum Intervention and Integration of Ancient and Modern"——
Cleverly Using Technologies Such as Three-Dimensional Scanning and Drone Aerial Photography to Provide Accurate Data for the Renovation of Ancient Buildings
The Bakor Ancient City (八廓古城) in the old city of Lhasa (拉萨) is the first stop for many tourists visiting Tibet (西藏). In recent years, with the in-depth application of technological means, the Bakor Ancient City (八廓古城) has been revitalized while retaining its traditional style, becoming a new model for the protection and development of Tibetan ancient buildings.
"Traveling in the ancient city and being close to and integrated with history and beauty is unforgettable." At the entrance of the Jiayangda Re Courtyard (加央达热大院), Ms. Ma (马小姐), a tourist from Beijing (北京), was very happy to check in at the Bakor Ancient City (八廓古城).
At the entrance of the courtyard, a copper plaque with a QR code is hung. When scanned, a voice broadcast can be heard: "The Jiayangda Re Courtyard (加央达热大院) has a history of 600 years. It is in Tibetan style and is inhabited by residents of Tibetan, Han (汉), and Hui (回) ethnic groups. It was rebuilt with government investment and optimized on the basis of maintaining the original architectural appearance..."
Deng Jianfeng (邓剑锋), director of the Bakor Ancient City Management Committee (八廓古城管委会), introduced that within the 1.33 square kilometers of the core area of the Bakor Ancient City (八廓古城), there are more than 1,300 (buildings/structures) of various types, including 56 ancient building courtyards and 381 residential courtyards, and it is also the common home of 62,400 residents of all ethnic groups. "The authenticity of history, the integrity of style, and the continuity of life, these three principles run through the protection work in the core area of the Bakor Ancient City (八廓古城)."
Adhering to the concept of "minimum intervention and integration of ancient and modern" and the principle of "protection first, repairing the old as before," in the process of protecting the Bakor Ancient City (八廓古城), Lhasa (拉萨) cleverly uses technologies such as three-dimensional scanning and drone aerial photography to provide accurate data support for the renovation of ancient buildings, ensuring that the renovation work is carried out scientifically and accurately. In the face of foundation settlement and partial damage, new building materials such as quick-setting cement and flame-retardant materials are also widely used, which are not only practical and beautiful, but also have fire protection functions.
Above ground, there are pedestrian flow warning monitoring and intelligent street light management; underground, there are intelligent water affairs systems and gas induction prompts. The digital ancient city system built by integrating various information platforms makes the ancient block smarter, safer, and more convenient.
Basang (巴桑), a resident in his seventies, has lived in the Larang Ningba Da Re Courtyard (拉让宁巴达热大院) for his entire life. When talking about the changes in his life, he revealed a full sense of happiness in his words: "The conditions in the courtyard were simple before the renovation. After the renovation, the environment here has become better, and our quality of life has also become higher and higher."
Today, the Bakor Ancient City (八廓古城) is trying to integrate traditional and modern elements and actively introduce facilities such as cafes, bookstores, and homestays. The Larang Ningba Da Re Courtyard (拉让宁巴达热大院) has become an "internet-famous courtyard," with more than 15 travel photography studios settling in, making it a veritable "photography paradise."
Deng Jianfeng (邓剑锋) said: "Protecting the ancient city is not about rigidly retaining ancient buildings, but also about retaining traditional living methods and cultural atmosphere. Technology empowers the ancient city to become a living history book, exuding the atmosphere of human life."
Building a Safety Project for the Lifeline of Urban Infrastructure——
Combustible Gas Alarm Devices Can Directly Close the Liquefied Gas Valve and Automatically Make Phone Calls to Report the Alarm
Fire, burning oil, a "squeak" sound, the ingredients are put into the pot. After a while, several small dishes are freshly baked, steaming hot, with good color, aroma, and taste. At noon, seeing the constantly patronizing diners, Li Xudong (李旭东) kept his hands and feet moving and smiled.
Three years ago, Li Xudong (李旭东) started a husband-and-wife shop in the Jindadi Emerald Mansion (金大地翡翠公馆) community in Changfeng County (长丰县), Hefei (合肥), Anhui (安徽), mainly selling boxed lunches and fast food.
Doing catering in residential areas, safety is an unavoidable problem. "Our store is small, and the biggest risk is liquefied gas. However, now I don't have to worry at all, because the alarm will 'call' me." Li Xudong (李旭东) lifted the curtain of the kitchen, came to the gas tank and squatted down, pointing to a palm-sized circular device in the corner of the wall and said, "This is a liquefied gas leak alarm, which is connected to the bottled gas. Once it detects a liquefied gas leak, it will directly close the valve and dial my mobile phone number."
Yao Desong (姚德松), chief of the Public Utilities Section of the Changfeng County Housing and Construction Bureau (长丰县住建局公用事业科), introduced that from the second half of 2024, Changfeng County (长丰县) has successively installed combustible gas alarm devices for industrial and commercial households, and about 4,000 households have been installed so far, mainly involving catering, elderly care institutions, educational institutions, and enterprise and institution canteens.
On the large screen of the Safety Monitoring Center of the Tsinghua University (清华大学) Hefei (合肥) Public Safety Research Institute, data on gas, drainage, water supply, bridges, etc. are rolling in real time, and dozens of staff members are monitoring the real-time data, including the information from Li Xudong's (李旭东) store.
"At present, Anhui Province (安徽省) has uniformly built a comprehensive supervision platform for the entire process of bottled liquefied gas. Here, the entire process of bottled liquefied gas from storage and distribution to recycling can be supervised. Once a safety risk occurs, it can be reflected as soon as possible, and relevant units can be coordinated as soon as possible to quickly handle it." Li Xuan (李旋), deputy director of the Safety Monitoring Center of the Tsinghua University (清华大学) Hefei (合肥) Public Safety Research Institute, said.
Building a safe and reliable resilient city is inseparable from the support of the safety project for the lifeline of infrastructure. Using technological means to solve safety problems in the process of urban development and enhance the resilience of urban development has always been the goal of the construction of the safety project for the lifeline of urban infrastructure in Hefei (合肥).
"Different cities face different safety needs, and these needs are closely related to natural conditions and development stages." Yuan Hongyong (袁宏永), dean of the Tsinghua University (清华大学) Hefei (合肥) Public Safety Research Institute, said that Hefei (合肥) is located on the Jianghuai watershed and has urban safety problems that exist in both the north and the south. In recent years, Hefei (合肥) has developed rapidly, the population has increased rapidly, buildings have been built with high density, and facilities have been operated with high intensity, which will produce many safety hazards. The safety project for the lifeline of urban infrastructure is particularly important.
Since 2015, relying on the Tsinghua University (清华大学) Hefei (合肥) Public Safety Research Institute, Hefei (合肥) City has launched the construction of a safety project for the lifeline of urban infrastructure. As of now, Hefei (合肥) has gradually established a monitoring network for the safety project of urban infrastructure lifeline covering key areas throughout the province. Promote the construction of a three-level monitoring and operation system at the provincial, municipal, and county levels, and establish a linkage response mechanism for monitoring and early warning of urban lifeline safety projects. A number of important experimental platforms have been built, forming a relatively complete scientific research platform system for the mega-disaster science center, and promoting the leap from theory to technology in urban safety.
"Next, the team will also promote the construction of an extreme disaster prediction and early warning project, and make full use of new technologies and new means such as artificial intelligence to further enhance the technical guarantee role of the safety project for the lifeline of urban infrastructure." Yuan Hongyong (袁宏永) said.
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To Provide More Chinese Solutions and Contribute More Chinese Wisdom to Global AI Governance
The "Global AI Governance Action Plan" was released, the Global AI Innovation Governance Center was established, and the establishment of the World Artificial Intelligence Cooperation Organization was proposed... Recently, at the 2025 World Artificial Intelligence Conference and the High-Level Meeting on Global AI Governance, China responded to global expectations for AI governance with a series of pragmatic measures, gaining recognition from all parties involved.
As an important driving force for a new round of technological revolution and industrial revolution, artificial intelligence technology has accelerated its iteration and ushered in explosive development in recent years. Large models that can quickly generate 360-degree panoramic roaming images, quadruped robots that can walk stably on complex terrains, and auxiliary diagnostic systems that can quickly analyze patient medical records... Through the 2025 World Artificial Intelligence Conference, we can see the innovative vitality of artificial intelligence, and the rapidly changing development momentum in fields such as language large models, multi-modal large models, and embodied intelligence. From intelligent assistants for tourism and travel, to the "strongest brain" for factory training, to strong support for equipment upgrades, artificial intelligence is playing an increasingly important role in production and life. In the future, with further deep integration with the real economy, more efficient and smarter artificial intelligence will become a basic tool for mankind to move towards the intelligent era.
Artificial intelligence brings unprecedented development opportunities, but also unprecedented risks and challenges. From the perspective of technology itself, artificial intelligence has opacity, inexplicability, and unpredictability. Ensuring that artificial intelligence always conforms to human will and avoiding possible risks of loss of control are major issues that must be faced at present. From the perspective of technology development and application, artificial intelligence may also bring impacts to human life, social governance, and ethics. For example, large language models may involve personal privacy when processing and generating data; related technologies may be maliciously used to create false information, fraud, etc. To promote advantages and eliminate disadvantages, it is necessary to strengthen forward-looking research and judgment on technology and seek a balance between development and security.
The risks and challenges brought about by the development and application of artificial intelligence often transcend national borders. Strengthening communication and cooperation among countries is essential to fully leverage the potential of artificial intelligence while ensuring its safety, reliability, controllability, and fairness. To make artificial intelligence an international public good that benefits mankind, we should first pay more attention to popularization and inclusiveness, and make full use of the existing achievements of artificial intelligence development. We must adhere to openness and sharing, and intelligent equality, so that more countries and groups can benefit from it. Secondly, we should pay more attention to innovation and cooperation, and strive for more breakthrough achievements in artificial intelligence technology. We must deepen cooperation in basic science and technology research and development, strengthen exchanges between enterprises and talents, and continuously inject new impetus into the development of artificial intelligence. At the same time, we should pay more attention to common governance to ensure that artificial intelligence ultimately achieves positive results in benefiting mankind. We must adhere to the overall planning of development and security, strengthen coordination and coordination among countries, and promote the early formation of a global artificial intelligence governance framework and rules with broad consensus.
China is an advocate and active practitioner in promoting the benevolent and inclusive development of artificial intelligence. In response to data security, algorithm discrimination, privacy protection, intellectual property and other issues brought about by the application of artificial intelligence, China has gradually established and improved relevant laws, regulations and institutional systems, and has accumulated certain governance experience and governance strategies. In October 2023, China put forward the "Global Artificial Intelligence Governance Initiative," singing the Chinese concept and proposition of leading the healthy development of global artificial intelligence, demonstrating the courage and responsibility of a responsible major country.
In the intelligent era, we share the same boat. We provide more Chinese solutions and contribute more Chinese wisdom to global AI governance. We share development experience and technological products with the international community. By establishing the China-ASEAN Artificial Intelligence Innovation Cooperation Center, carrying out artificial intelligence field training, and implementing the "Belt and Road" Science and Technology Innovation Action Plan, we help countries around the world, especially the "Global South" countries, strengthen capacity building and bridge the digital and intelligent divide. We deepen cooperation in basic science and technology research and development, and continuously inject new impetus into the development of artificial intelligence. For example, in the field of large models, China promotes the development of artificial intelligence to a higher level together with the international science and technology community and industry through open source and openness.
Open cooperation is an important way for the international community to cope with common challenges. From a larger time span, every change in production tools impacts people's inherent experiences and mindsets, and every time humans respond to challenges in communication and interaction and move towards new stages. It is believed that by strengthening global cooperation and dialogue, and coordinating development and security, we will surely promote artificial intelligence to be utilized and controlled by mankind, and develop in a direction that is benevolent and inclusive.
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The Hongqi Tianqi (红旗天辇) flying car is radiant and full of futuristic appeal, with "wings" that give it an air of soaring, making people can't help but look at it again and again.
A few days ago, China FAW's (中国一汽) 2025 Science and Technology Conference was held in Changchun (长春), and the innovative achievements report exhibition was held simultaneously. The Hongqi Tianqi (红旗天辇) flying car and other achievements collectively showcased China FAW's (中国一汽) innovative achievements over the past five years—"Mastering key core technologies," "Establishing a national automobile brand," and "Building a world-class enterprise"...
To promote the high-quality development of China's automobile manufacturing industry, it is necessary to strengthen the independent research and development of key core technologies and key components, achieve technological self-reliance and self-improvement, and strengthen and expand national brands.
China FAW (中国一汽) is the "cradle" of China's automobile industry and a national brand carrying hope and dreams. In the past five years, China FAW (中国一汽) has stimulated upward and new forces through innovation, continuously improved its core competitiveness, and cumulatively broken through 1,559 key core technologies, obtaining 12,728 patent authorizations. It can be said that "innovation" is the real wing of Hongqi Tianqi (红旗天辇), helping the company take off.
In the glass display case of the China FAW Hongqi (中国一汽红旗) Culture Exhibition Hall, there is a small hammer, which leads people to review the glory and dreams of the past: In 1958, in Changchun (长春), Jilin (吉林), the workers of the First Automobile Manufacturing Plant worked day and night for 33 days, manually hammering out the first high-end car "Hongqi (红旗)" in New China.
Time flies, and continuous struggle makes dreams come true.
On the advanced manufacturing production line of the Hongqi (红旗) Manufacturing Center's Prosperity Factory Area, cars rise and fall along the conveying system, completing the assembly of a complete vehicle in as little as 54 seconds.
The factory area has five major workshops: stamping, welding, painting, final assembly, and battery electric drive. The automation rate of the entire stamping production line is 71.4%, and the 739 robots on the welding production line can achieve a welding automation rate of 100%. Sedans, SUVs, fuel vehicles, electric vehicles, hybrid vehicles... Various models of different levels and different power types are produced on the same production line. Since the factory area was completed and put into operation in 2021, an average of about 1,000 cars have rolled out of here every day.
In the welding workshop, more than 680 welding robots are covered with more than 3,000 data collection points. The digital intelligent system can judge whether the welding temperature and other conditions have reached the optimal state in real time by collecting and analyzing the welding data of the robots.
From manual hammering to digital intelligence and high-end, what remains unchanged is FAW's (一汽) spirit of not being afraid of difficulties, meeting challenges head-on, and writing the glory of national brands.
In recent years, China FAW (中国一汽) has vigorously carried out technological research in the "high, precise, cutting-edge, and special" frontier technology fields of the automotive industry, and has broken through a number of key core technologies with strategic, overall, and forward-looking significance.
About five years ago, the cost of using foreign suppliers' air springs for one car was about 15,000 yuan. After about two years of technical research, China FAW's (中国一汽) R&D team successfully developed domestic air springs, breaking the foreign monopoly and reducing the cost of single-vehicle air springs to about 2,000 yuan.
"At present, the core systems and components such as electric drive systems, air springs, shock absorbers, and wire-controlled steering gears on China FAW's (中国一汽) new energy models have basically achieved 100% localization," said a relevant person in charge of China FAW (中国一汽). The company has also developed a fully active intelligent chassis with completely independent intellectual property rights, achieving zero lateral tilt when turning, zero pitch when braking, and zero bumps when impacted. The "Yunmei Zhihui (云妹智绘)" platform, which is managed and launched by the Styling Design Institute of China FAW's (中国一汽) Research and Development Institute, can quickly generate multiple design schemes according to needs and complete sketch rendering tasks with one click. The platform has generated nearly 300,000 car design drawings.
Aiming at new energy vehicles, China FAW (中国一汽) has taken on the **硬骨头** (yìng gǔ tou - "hard bone," a tough problem) - developing low-temperature battery cells for automobiles.
"FAW (一汽) is located in Northeast China, where winters are cold. For new energy vehicle research and development, overcoming the problem of power attenuation under cold climate conditions is a technical problem. Hongqi (红旗) new energy vehicles must solve this pain point," said Zhou Qi (周琪), director of the Battery System Design Department of the New Energy Development Institute of China FAW's (中国一汽) Research and Development Institute. "Our team goes to Mohe (漠河) every winter to conduct extreme weather driving tests, recording the precise parameters of the battery, so as to carry out material verification, complete package testing and strategy iteration."
At present, the low-temperature battery cells developed by the team can ensure power maintenance and power maintenance at low temperatures, so that the power of the entire vehicle basically does not decrease when the vehicle is driven at low temperatures. This technology has been put into use in the "Hongqi Tiangong (红旗·天工)" series of products.
Green, intelligent, and high-end are the only way for national automobile brands to move upward. China FAW (中国一汽) always regards innovation as the primary driving force, focuses on tackling key core technologies, and promotes the high-quality development of enterprises to move upward and new. Data show that in the first half of this year, China FAW's (中国一汽) vehicle sales were approximately 1.57 million units, an increase of 6.2% year-on-year. Among them, sales of independent brands exceeded 450,000 units, an increase of 8.5% year-on-year; sales of independent new energy vehicles exceeded 145,000 units, an increase of 95.5% year-on-year, with a significant growth rate; and sales of joint venture brands were 1.12 million units, an increase of 5.4% year-on-year.
Return to TopAccording to our newspaper, the 2025 "Building Dreams Together for the Motherland" (同心筑梦祖国行) summary and exchange event, hosted by the China Association for Science and Technology (中国科协), was recently held in Beijing (北京). Before the exchange activities, more than 100 young people from Xinjiang (新疆) and Tibet (西藏) visited the Hebei Museum (河北博物院), the Xiongan Future City Scenario Exhibition Center (雄安未来之城场景汇), the National Science and Technology Communication Center (国家科技传播中心), and other places. They also had face-to-face exchanges with experts in fields such as artificial intelligence to experience the charm of scientific and technological innovation and improve their scientific literacy. It is understood that this "Building Dreams Together for the Motherland" event is one of the practices of the China Association for Science and Technology (中国科协) in implementing the Party's strategies for governing Xinjiang (治疆方略) and Tibet (治藏方略) in the new era. Next, the China Association for Science and Technology (中国科协) will continue to promote the tilting of popular science resources towards border areas, help more young people plant the seeds of science, and help cultivate reserve talents for scientific and technological innovation.
(Liu Jiaru (刘珈如))
Return to TopA type of writing, penned by practitioners from all walks of life. They are writing a remarkable annotation for the new popular literature.
They are the workers, farmers, security guards, service personnel, and deliverymen who brush past you every day, and also passionate writers. They are not from professional backgrounds and have not received professional training. Their words exude the scent of sweat and steel, soil and sunshine, and are also filled with the freshest breath of life and the purest love for literature and art.
Such writing is becoming a trend. The new writers nurtured by the new era use words to salvage meaning from ordinary life, recording new lives, new you and me. Their works make us clearly feel that in the umbilical cord connecting life and literature, there is endless creativity and a promising future surging.
Recently, a group of writers from all walks of life in Dongguan (东莞) just finished their studies at the Lu Xun Academy of Literature (鲁迅文学院). Here, we select and publish their works, to listen together with readers to the voices from the depths of public life and life itself.
——Editor
Return to TopBy: 杨华之
The bullet train sped along, heading towards Beijing (北京). It was once the place where I delivered packages for seven years. During my days delivering packages in Fangshan District (房山区), Beijing (北京), I often came to the city center on my days off. When passing the tree-lined road in front of the Lu Xun Academy of Literature (鲁迅文学院), I would always slow down and stare at those big characters for a while. Just staring for a while. As a deliveryman, I didn't have the opportunity to enter this sacred place to study. But this time, I will be studying and furthering my education at the Lu Xun Academy of Literature (鲁迅文学院) for half a month with several amateur writers from Dongguan (东莞).
My transformation from a deliveryman to a so-called writer is inseparable from my silent journey of reading and writing in Beijing (北京) and Dongguan (东莞) over the years, and even more inseparable from the encouragement and help I have received from others. When I was in Beijing (北京), the delivery company I worked for was located in Liangxiang Town (良乡镇), Fangshan District (房山区), and the area I served was Yanshan Petrochemical (燕山石化), 20 kilometers away. Every morning, I would set off with a full car of packages, and return to the company with a full car of collected packages when the lights came on. Although life was busy, I never stopped reading. I always carried "People's Literature" (《人民文学》), "Beijing Literature" (《北京文学》), or "Poetry Journal" (《诗刊》) on my motorcycle. Noon was my short reading time. The pavilion in the park was my first choice, and I would go to the lobbies of some companies to蹭暖气 or空调 (cèng nuǎn qì huò kōng tiáo - "sponge warmth or air conditioning," to freeload heat or air conditioning) during the severe cold and heat. I am always grateful to the receptionist of the Shuangyi Hotel (双益宾馆) back then. Her attitude towards me changed from initial indifference to later enthusiasm because she knew I was a deliveryman who loved to read. The sofa in the lobby was always available for me to rest and read freely.
Meeting people full of kindness is undoubtedly my luck. On every rare day off, I would go to internet cafes to write. "Fangshan Daily" (《房山报》) and "Yanshan Petrochemical News" (《燕山油化报》) became my bases for publishing articles. I remember when I first delivered a package to Chao Xuan (晁璇), the editor of "Yanshan Petrochemical News" (《燕山油化报》), I plucked up the courage to ask her: "Can I submit articles to you?" She nodded with a smile. Later, when I delivered a package to her again, she actually asked me for articles and suggested how I should write. This rare motivation gave my delivery life a different flavor. What I didn't expect was that Dong Hua (董华), a writer from Beijing (北京), called me one day at noon. He used to be an editor at "Fangshan Daily" (《房山报》). He told me that he had written a review of one of my essays and published it in the newspaper. At this time, I was on my way to Zhoukoudian (周口店) to deliver a package. I quickly parked my motorcycle on the side of the road and listened carefully to his call. He said that through the words, he could see that I was an honest and kind person, and encouraged me to write well, and invited me to visit his office at any time. I was stunned on the side of the road for more than 10 minutes. The hands extended by these strangers felt especially warm to a deliveryman who was just learning to write.
Another time, when delivering a package to a young man named Du Xuedong (杜雪冬), he took out a scrapbook of my articles, which contained dozens of articles I had published in newspapers and magazines. He said he hoped I would make this scrapbook thicker. At that time, I couldn't say more than a sincere nod. Unfortunately, after leaving Beijing (北京), I handed in the company's mobile phone, and those familiar mobile phone numbers were copied by me on a piece of paper, which I later lost somehow. Otherwise, I would definitely contact them now and personally send them the collection of my published articles to show my gratitude.
On the first night of entering the Lu Xun Academy (鲁院), I found it hard to fall asleep. I went downstairs and strolled by the pond. I thought of Manager Li Zhiqiang (李志强). This person, who told me not to call him Manager but Brother Li (李哥), repeatedly tricked me into saying he wanted to send a package on Sundays. When I went to his house, there was always a table of sumptuous food waiting for me - in fact, his package could be sent on weekdays. He repeatedly said to me: "Tell me if you have any difficulties, I can't help the poor, but I have no problem helping in an emergency." How heartwarming those words were, so sincere that they made people want to cry. After he learned that I was writing in an internet cafe, he bought me a computer without even asking me. Later in Dongguan (东莞), this computer accompanied me in my writing for many years.
Thinking of the people of the past, how can I not mention Li Fanghong (李方洪)? This director of the Xiangyang Road Police Station (向阳路派出所) near Yanshan Petrochemical (燕山石化) became acquainted with me because I often went to the police station to deliver packages. We also often met when eating lunch at the small restaurant on Xiangyang Road (向阳路). He said that he often saw my articles in "Yanshan Petrochemical News" (《燕山油化报》) and repeatedly warned me to wear a helmet when riding a motorcycle. Every time we met at lunch, he always insisted on paying for me. However, such a good person sacrificed his life to save the masses. When I learned of this news, I couldn't sleep in the distant south and wrote an "Ode to Li Fanghong" (《忆李方洪》) overnight to express my condolences.
From Beijing (北京) to Dongguan (东莞), and from Dongguan (东莞) back to Beijing (北京), after 13 years of returning, I am here to study and to report. I want to tell you, who are closer than relatives, that in Dongguan (东莞) I am still doing the most simple work, but reading and writing has always been my greatest hobby, and this hobby has yielded what I consider to be fruitful results. During the days of working as a packer in the factory, I was so tired that I stopped writing for a while. Half a year later, I accidentally sprained my wrist while lifting a bag of yarn weighing more than 100 kilograms onto the truck, so I became a security guard. This job was a little easier, and my life and creation returned to normal, and good news kept coming... These people and things constitute my state of life and stimulate the generation of my words.
It is also because of these people and things that I can stroll in the garden of the Lu Xun Academy of Literature (鲁迅文学院). Only at this moment can I stand quietly in front of Mr. Lu Xun's (鲁迅) statue, watching the moonlight like water, like Mr. Lu Xun's (鲁迅) gaze, and listening to the breeze through the trees, like Mr. Lu Xun's (鲁迅) warning.
(The author is a freelancer)
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Standing in the dazzling stone exhibition hall, each stone is a mirror to me. I find myself just an ordinary stone, even a bit ugly.
Manager Zhang (张经理), who leads our training, holds a new mobile phone with an antenna. He uses the antenna to point at the stone slabs, introducing us to the names, origins, characteristics, and prices of the stones. The company has more than 200 types of stone, and we are required to recognize 20 of them a day. He tells us that there is no distinction between good and bad natural stone; the key is how you use it. I understand what he means: even cheap stone can be sold at a good price.
That was September 1998. I was laid off from a chemical factory in Jiangxi (江西) and came to the Shenzhen (深圳) Talent Market, applying for a job at a stone factory in Dongguan (东莞). The six people who joined the sales department in the same batch called themselves students of the "Whampoa Military Academy" of the stone industry, addressing each other as classmates.
We followed behind Manager Zhang (张经理), looking up at him and his phone. He said we were doing big business. As soon as he finished speaking, his phone rang. He flipped it open, saw it was a call from a client, and immediately trotted to the front desk, grabbed the landline, and dialed back—phone calls were expensive back then. In short, he left us, leaving us lost in the stone forest once again.
When I first saw natural marble, I fell in love with it. Almost every piece of stone is a natural painting, with a myriad of appearances and endless changes. Even from the same original stone, the slabs that are cut out have mysterious variations. This also increases the difficulty of recognizing natural stone. Looking closely, the polished surface of the slabs is as warm and smooth as skin, with a texture that refreshes the heart. I secretly wrote a few lines of poetry in my work diary: "Each piece of marble is a scenic line / I can only borrow a poem, to get close to her, to pay tribute to her / I cherish the sample of human romance."
After a month of training, four classmates were sent to different places: Zhao Sheng (赵生) to Zhengzhou (郑州), Zhang Sheng (张生) to Qingdao (青岛), Xie Sheng (谢生) to Lanzhou (兰州), and Miss Xie (谢小姐) to Shenzhen (深圳). Li Sheng (李生) stayed at headquarters to sell scraps. Selling stones became their job from then on. And I, relying on my writing skills, stayed in the marketing office as a clerk.
Later, we learned that Xie Sheng (谢生), who was assigned to Lanzhou (兰州), did not go to Lanzhou (兰州). He took the 2,000 yuan travel expenses he had borrowed and returned to the Shenzhen (深圳) Bao'an North Road (宝安北路) Talent Market, and was never heard from again. We regarded him as a traitor.
At that time, the company was not large, and it became overwhelmed when there were too many orders. The old sales staff were busy taking large orders, and orders under 2 million yuan were given to the new sales staff to follow up. But the resident sales staff were much more difficult. Manager Zhang (张经理) was busy all day long. He was most afraid of customers urging the construction period. At that time, the communication signal in office buildings was poor. When customers called his mobile phone, he would walk around with his phone looking for a signal, like a sapper sweeping mines on the ground. If he encountered someone urging the construction period, he would keep saying "hello, hello," even though we could hear clearly next to him, he would still keep shouting, "Bad signal, bad signal." Then he would run to the factory to ask the factory director to move his order forward. I wrote Manager Zhang's (张经理) eccentricities into a skit and published it in the *Southern Metropolis Daily* (《南方都市报》).
Being a clerk was not a good job either. There was only one computer in the marketing office, and a female clerk occupied it. At that time, I had just arrived in Dongguan (东莞) not long ago. The chemical factory where I worked before was still using a lead-type typewriter, and I had not used a computer much. The documents I drafted had to be printed by the female clerk. But her computer desk was often piled with a stack of quotation contracts and other documents to be processed, and she was so busy and irritable. One day, I put a document in front of her, and without even looking up, she said she was busy, and with a swipe of her hand, the document fell to the ground. My tears almost fell. I decided to teach myself computers and asked a fellow villager for help. He was the finance manager. At that time, the company's computer management was very strict, especially the finance computers, and outsiders were not allowed to approach them. But the fellow villager still agreed to teach me after work. I spent a month learning Wubi typing and file processing, and my typing speed reached 50 words per minute. People are like stones, 不磨不成器 (bù mó bù chéng qì - "unpolished, can't become useful," one can only become useful through tempering and training).
After 3 months, the resident sales staff returned to report on their work. The classmates in Shenzhen (深圳) and Zhengzhou (郑州) had obtained some project information, but Qingdao (青岛) had received nothing. Stones were not so easy to sell, and it had a lot to do with local consumption habits. We had dinner at a small restaurant downstairs in the dormitory building, drank some wine, and felt a bit dejected and like heroes at the end of their road: we hadn't made any money, but instead owed the company money.
Bearing the pressure, they set off again on the green-skinned train.
More than 20 years have passed. Most of the partners from that year have left the stone factory, only classmate Zhao (赵同学) is still there, and has risen to a high level. When Miss Xie (谢小姐) left, I gave her a poem as a testament to our friendship: "If one day, time allows us to meet / You must remember, we were once a group / of stones who lived together day and night, unkempt and dirty."
I also have a deeper understanding of stone. Yes, there is no distinction between good and bad natural stone, just as there is no distinction between noble and lowly people. Those splendid stone inlays are inlaid with various different stones.
(The author is an employee of a stone company)
Return to TopWatercolor Painting "Returning from Pasture". The artist, Liao Dingbiao (廖定标), was once a farmer and teacher, and is now an employee of a cultural organization in a certain town.
Return to TopBy: 周 其
The wontons at the small stall near the factory gate are praised daily by my colleagues. After hearing about them so much, I became tempted. Although I usually dislike roadside stalls, this morning I made a special effort to get up early and follow the aroma.
The morning light was faint, and the small cart beside the parking lot was clean and bright. On the cart, oil noodles, water noodles, cold noodles, and wontons were neatly arranged. The stall owner was a young and beautiful woman, wearing a white apron and a beaming smile. She greeted me warmly, "What would you like to eat?" I ordered a portion of wontons.
Several customers were already quietly waiting at the two small tables beside the stall. Soon, a bowl of steaming wontons was placed on the table. Red oil floated on the soup, with a pungent spicy aroma, and a few fried peas were sprinkled on top. This taste suddenly awakened a memory—the red oil from my hometown, my mother's craftsmanship, and the sizzling sound of hot oil being poured into a porcelain bowl.
Taking advantage of the time before work, I chatted with the owner.
"The taste of your snacks is truly full of Hunan flavor. It tastes like home," I praised sincerely. The owner nodded with a smile, and fine lines appeared at the corners of her eyes. "Are you from Shaoyang (邵阳)?" She said she was from Longhui (隆回). "Is business good?" I asked. She smiled and said, "I can earn about a hundred yuan a day." This number is not high these days, so why is she willing to do it? While I was still thinking about this question, she seemed to see what I was thinking and said in a relaxed tone that the main reason was to take care of her child more easily. She also told me that the chili peppers, ginger, garlic, rapeseed oil, and other ingredients were brought from her old home in Longhui (隆回). Every morning, she rides a tricycle to the bus stop to pick up the goods, sets up the stall in the early morning, picks up her child in the afternoon, and tutors them in the evening.
"Children need more company, and money can be earned slowly."
Listening to her words, I couldn't help but feel respect in my heart. A woman who runs a small stall to make a living while taking care of her family, managing her life in an orderly manner. Her skillful hands not only wrap delicate and translucent wontons, but also support a warm home.
A sudden shout broke the silence. "Boss, a bowl of wontons!" I saw a burly man sitting down in a flurry, putting the bag in his hand by his feet, and pouring tea to drink. His sweaty vest, muscular arms, and old jeans with yellow mud and rust stains on the cuffs showed that he was a hardworking laborer.
He didn't seem to notice the eyes of others. As soon as the owner brought the wontons, he devoured them, finishing them in a few mouthfuls. Finally, he raised the bowl and "glugged" down the soup as if he hadn't eaten for days. He wiped his mouth and looked refreshed. Smiling at me, he unreservedly took out the money. What kind of money was that? A handful of small bills, wrinkled and crumpled, which are rarely used for payment these days. He wiped his mouth again and asked the owner, "How much?" The owner said, "A bowl of wontons is 8 yuan." The big man spread out the messy bills one by one, only managing to scrape together 5 yuan. He said to the owner in a slightly embarrassed tone that he worked on a construction site and his wages had been delayed recently, and he still owed 3 yuan. Could he pay it next time? She smiled and said, "Brother, 3 yuan is nothing, it doesn't matter, you don't need to pay it." The big man smiled at us naively, picked up his bag and left. The owner said softly to me that this kind of thing often happens, and it's not easy for them either. Her words were simple, but they warmed my heart. In this city, some people support their families with sweat, and some treat others with kindness. Her wonton stall is not only a livelihood, but also a window for conveying warmth.
In the distance, the bougainvillea next to the parking lot was in full bloom, with clusters of flowers crowded together, competing for beauty, and reddening her cheeks. We have such flowers in our hometown too. Maybe they were transplanted from there.
Just like her and me, from Hunan (湖南) to Dongguan (东莞), after many years of wandering.
The wontons in the pot were still tumbling, and her hands fluttered like butterflies, wrapping the filling, putting them in the pot, cooking them, and serving them in bowls, like dancing a dance of life.
Looking at her, I suddenly understood that happiness does not lie in how much you have, but in living each day with your heart. With a pair of hands, a pot, and a bowl of wontons, she contributes to the vibrancy of this city.
(The author is an employee of a certain enterprise)
Return to TopBy: 周 一
Daughter picked up a few pots of withered orchids from beside the downstairs trash can. The pots were already broken, and a few wrinkled petals drooped on the slender branches, like deflated balloons. Only a few thick leaves still had a hint of green.
I picked up my daughter's toy shovel, and as I was about to loosen the soil in the pot, my mother's figure appeared before my eyes. She bent over and moved back and forth in those few vegetable plots, the tip of the iron hoe in her hand flashing with dazzling sunlight. Turning the soil, making furrows, sowing seeds, watering, fertilizing... my mother repeated these processes, which had been repeated by generations of ancestors, unhurriedly. Imperceptibly, I learned how to plant a small seed into a large Chinese cabbage, a radish, or a sprig of coriander.
The soil in the pot was not enough, so I had to find some more. Only then did I realize that in this city built of steel and concrete, thousands of miles away from home, it was not easy to find a handful of soil that could be used to grow flowers. After wandering through several streets, I finally brought some back from a construction site. When I spread the soil in the pot and watered it, it collapsed instantly like snow being poured with boiling water. When I touched it with my hand, it was full of sand and gravel. This was not what the soil in my memory looked like. The soil in my mother's vegetable garden was so soft and moist. My daughter said, "Search online, everything is available." I tried searching and found that there were many merchants selling nutrient soil.
I used the nutrient soil I bought to revive those orchids. After they bloomed, I was able to distinguish them: there were Dendrobium orchids, Butterfly orchids, Angel orchids... The orchids have a particularly long flowering period, blooming slowly and withering slowly, not in a hurry at all. The fragrance moves with the wind, quietly overflowing from the balcony and filling the entire room.
During the Spring Festival, I returned to my hometown and entered the newly built resettlement building—the old house where generations had lived had long been replaced by large industrial parks. At the dinner table, my mother kept putting green vegetables into the children's bowls, saying as she did so, "Eat more, this is grown on the rooftop." After dinner, I followed my mother to the roof, where I saw that she had transformed the rooftop into "vegetable plots": wooden boxes planted with various vegetables were neatly arranged along the walls.
Before we left, my mother dug a bag of soil from the vegetable box on the roof, wrapped it in plastic bags again and again, like wrapping a newborn baby, and put it in the trunk of the car, saying, "I don't know if this soil will still be here next time I come back. Take it with you, this is the root, don't forget it."
After I brought the bag of soil back to my home in the south, I treasured it as if it were a treasure, and immediately put it in the flower pot. The light yellow color of the soil from my hometown was somewhat out of place with the black color of the nutrient soil in the other pots. When I watered the plants every day, I couldn't help but take a second look.
This year, I went back to my hometown again for the Spring Festival. The neighbors next door had also returned, and the buildings were empty. I couldn't find anyone who could help me water the plants. I could only water each pot thoroughly and then leave with trepidation.
When I returned home after the holiday, it was already more than ten days later.
As soon as I opened the door, I went straight to the balcony. As far as I could see, the flowers that had been blooming before I left were withered on the branches, almost becoming dried flowers. And the leaves had long since withered. These fragile lives were withering before my eyes. I stood there, unable to say a word for a long time.
At this moment, my daughter exclaimed:
"Dad! Dad! Look! There's still one pot alive!"
My daughter pulled me to the pot of flowers in the corner. Sure enough, the petals of the jade orchid, with its delicate stamens, were stubbornly stretching out.
My daughter said excitedly: "That's the soil from Grandma's house!"
Return to TopBy: 唐春元
Two Lumps of Iron
Are busy shadows
Shuttling through streets and alleys
Winding through corridors, dense forests, and rubble
Shoulders carrying mountains
Footsteps must be steady
Each time arriving at a narrow pass
Helping to install, debug, and eliminate hidden dangers
A little more humility and sincerity
And the cooking smoke rises with poetic charm
The sun sets
The night does not abandon them, the corners of the city
The reasons for living are
Gas canisters, ringing out again and again
I cultivate myself in words
Gas and flame are always a kind of rhetoric
Sentences in the dust
I smell the fragrance of flowers
(The author is an employee of a gas company)
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My mother suddenly aged, aging in a way that caught us completely off guard. If she hadn't wandered off without warning last year, none of us would have known that she had long since forgotten the way home, and couldn't even remember her children's names.
My father is even older, often soiling himself, which makes him sigh with frustration. This man who once braved any danger and carried the whole family on his shoulders finds it hard to accept living like this.
Watching my parents age, I often weep in secret. Guilt, pain, and fear weigh down on me like a mountain, afraid that the sky will fall at any moment.
In 1992, I went south with my dreams, never thinking when I turned around that my parents were already over sixty years old, and how much worry my departing figure carried away with it. It wasn't until later, when I sent my daughter to college, that I understood my parents' feelings of "a mother worries about her child traveling thousands of miles."
In the years since I left home, my parents have gone from sixty to eighty years old. Although they occasionally come to the south for a short stay, and I try to go home as early as possible for the Spring Festival, we ultimately live apart more than we are together.
During the Qingming Festival holiday, I originally planned to sweep the tombs of my grandparents and then spend time with my parents, but I received a temporary assignment and had to return overnight. I gently woke my father to say goodbye, but he couldn't understand the work of modern people and said with a dark face, "Don't come back even if I die." I didn't expect this sentence to become a self-fulfilling prophecy.
My mother's memory is even worse. She forgets what she just said as soon as she turns around. Seeing me packing my bag to leave home, she only repeats like Xianglin Sao: "Why are you leaving again? Where are you going?" I held back my tears and gave her a tight hug, unable to believe that this was the woman who used to be in charge of the large family. My younger brother looked up and secretly swallowed his tears, and comforted me softly on the way to the airport: "I'm here at home."
The "May Day" holiday was equally uneasy. Hearing that there was a task, I stood by until the last day of April without any instructions, and then decided that I had to go home no matter what. The train tickets were sold out, and I tried every means to get a standing ticket. Even if I had to stand, I had to go home! On the high-speed train, I read an article about a writer's story of his mother with memory loss: 24 hours before he left, he had to start psychological counseling for his mother. The writer said, "Mom, I'm leaving tomorrow." She immediately asked in a panic, "Leaving? Why are you leaving?" This dialogue was exactly the same as when I said goodbye to my mother. I, who have always been strong, could no longer resist the flood of emotions, rushed into the bathroom, hid inside, and burst into tears.
That night, when my father heard that I was coming home, he ate a little more rice, and my mother happily waited for me. The next day when she saw me, she asked in surprise, "Oh? Why are you here? When did you come? Aren't you working?"
After a long period of rain, the sun finally came out. My second brother-in-law helped my father put on a diaper and pushed him in a small wheelchair. I held my mother's hand and we took a walk by the lake. My father's mood improved, and I asked passersby for cigarettes for him. A kind person saw that it was an old man who wanted them, so he gave him an extra one.
To make my father happy for a longer time, I remembered his often mentioned hometown—that long string of place names from the province to the county to the brigade. In the afternoon, we took our parents to Zhang Village (章村) in Taiji Temple (太极观) in the suburbs. My father had been away from his hometown for more than 70 years. Learning that several of his childhood playmates had passed away, he sat quietly in his wheelchair, gazing at the pond, motionless.
The days of reunion always pass quickly. Before leaving, my father's mood became low again. He cares a lot about my and my brother's company, so no matter how busy my brother is or how important things are, he must go home at night, even if my father is asleep, he must go to his bedside to take a look. My father is old, and sometimes he is unreasonable, and my brother has suffered a lot of grievances.
On New Year's Eve this year, my father soiled himself at noon, and he stood by the bed blaming himself. My daughter called out in panic, and I rushed upstairs barefoot to help him clean up. The daughter and two nieces, who had initially covered their noses, actually worked together to clean Grandpa's room spotlessly. Seeing this scene, I closed the door and suddenly burst into tears.
That day, I was busy in the kitchen all day, making the reunion dinner especially fragrant.
Five months after the Qingming Festival, my father passed away. My brother said that my father had been waiting for me, but my steps were ultimately one step too slow. The regret of "a child wants to support his parents, but they are no longer there" is like an invisible mark, imprinted on the hearts of the children. It silently reminds us that the cruelty of life lies in its irreversibility, and the greatness of family love lies precisely in the fact that knowing this cruelty, we still choose to love, accompany, and bear the pain of the inevitable parting in the limited time we have. This intertwining of love and pain is the deepest emotional bond of mankind.
(The author is a cadre of a sports management service organization)
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