Summary: Xi Jinping emphasized the importance of incorporating public feedback from online forums into the "15th Five-Year Plan" (2026-2030), calling the online consultation a vivid example of whole-process people's democracy. He urged relevant departments to carefully study and absorb the valuable suggestions offered by the public. The online solicitation of opinions for the plan, conducted from May 20 to June 20, garnered over 3.11 million suggestions. Xi stressed that Party committees and governments should prioritize the people, listen to their voices, and gather their wisdom to promote Chinese-style modernization. The report contains no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The city of Ningbo is accelerating its development as a global advanced manufacturing base, focusing on specialization and precision in niche industries. Ningbo is fostering the integration of technological innovation and industrial innovation, encouraging the application of advanced technologies in traditional industries. Ningbo is cultivating "single champion" enterprises in specialized areas and building collaborative industrial clusters to improve quality. The city is also promoting the deep integration of digital and green technologies to reshape development advantages, exemplified by factories utilizing green energy and implementing digital upgrades. According to Ningbo Party Secretary Peng Jiaxue, the city will continue to strengthen innovation and the real economy.
Summary: The article discusses policies aimed at improving access to high-quality cultural resources in China's grassroots communities, following directives from the Party's 20th Third Plenary Session and the Government Work Report. A key focus is on standardizing and equalizing urban and rural public cultural services through initiatives like county-level cultural center and library systems. Efforts are also being made to innovate and expand public cultural spaces in both urban and rural areas. Furthermore, the article highlights the increasing digitization of public cultural services to enhance accessibility through online platforms.
Summary: The article emphasizes the importance of building a unified national market in China, as directed by Xi Jinping and the CCP Central Committee. Key initiatives include establishing unified market rules and infrastructure, promoting fair competition by addressing disorderly practices and standardizing government behavior to eliminate regional barriers. The goal is to create a large, open market that stimulates domestic demand, encourages innovation, and integrates domestic and foreign trade. This unified market is intended to enhance China's economic resilience and contribute to global economic growth. There is no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: Haiyang Nuclear Power Units 3 and 4, key projects in China's 14th Five-Year Plan, are scheduled to be fully operational in 2027. On August 4th, the CB20 module of Haiyang Nuclear Power Unit 3 was successfully installed, marking the completion of all large module installations and the start of equipment installation and commissioning. No U.S. or U.S.-China relations were mentioned in the article.
Summary: The article focuses on the legacy of Yang Jingyu, an anti-Japanese war hero, and the ongoing efforts in Tonghua, Jilin to preserve and promote the "red spirit" of the Northeast Anti-Japanese United Army. It details visits to memorial sites, educational programs utilizing historical archives and AI technology to engage with Yang Jingyu's story, and the integration of "red culture" into tourism and economic development in the region. One example is the Longxingli tourist area, which is trying to promote red culture while at the same time boosting the local economy. The article highlights the use of historical materials, including battlefield messages carved into trees, to educate and inspire future generations. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The article emphasizes the importance of incorporating public opinion and grassroots feedback into the planning of China's 15th Five-Year Plan. It highlights the use of mechanisms like online platforms and democratic processes to gather suggestions from citizens. By soliciting diverse perspectives, the initiative aims to improve the quality of policy decisions and foster public engagement. The article underscores the commitment to addressing the people's needs and aspirations through the Five-Year Plan. No mention is made of the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: A China-Europe freight train departed from the Erenhot railway port in Inner Mongolia on August 3rd, marking the 20,000th train passage through the central corridor since 2013. Currently, 73 China-Europe train routes operate via the Erenhot port, reaching over 70 hub stations in more than 10 countries, including Germany and Poland. These routes connect to over 60 cities across 24 provinces and regions in China. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: This article focuses on expert discussions regarding the first volume of "Xi Jinping's Economic Anthology," specifically concerning economic globalization and the development of new productive forces. It also features observations on prioritizing courage and fostering vitality. The article appears in the ninth and eighteenth editions of the publication.
Summary: China's agricultural sector faces challenges from both floods in the north and droughts in the central regions, threatening the autumn grain harvest. The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs has initiated a Level III emergency response in five provinces (Henan, Anhui, Shandong, Jiangsu and Hubei) to combat drought, deploying teams to guide irrigation efforts. Local governments are implementing measures like improved irrigation techniques and disaster relief funding to mitigate losses, while insurance payouts are being expedited in flood-affected areas like Beijing. The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs has issued a 34-point plan. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: This article discusses China's economic vitality through the lens of consumer behavior, specifically focusing on the popularity of smartwatches with health monitoring features. A salesperson at a Huawei store in Changsha notes increased demand for smartwatches with health tracking capabilities, driven by consumer upgrades and government subsidies encouraging trade-ins. The article highlights how these policies and changing consumer preferences are impacting product development, with manufacturers focusing on enhanced health features and services. There is no discussion or allusion to the United States or U.S.-China relations in this article. The salesperson and local manager are the only people named.
Summary: China's "trade-in" (以旧换新) program for consumer goods has significantly expanded this year, with increased funding and broader product categories including electronics and appliances. Over 66 million consumers purchased over 109 million appliances and over 69 million consumers bought over 74 million digital products like smartphones, leading to a significant boost in retail sales of electronics, home appliances, and vehicles. The policy aims to promote the adoption of smart and green products, reflected in the increased ownership of new energy vehicles, and the use of AI equipped products. The program has been effective in channeling resources for recycling. A commerce ministry official indicated that more trade-in programs would be implemented for greater success.
Summary: The article reports on the wheat harvest in Qitai County, Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang, a key agricultural region in China. Farmers are utilizing favorable weather to expedite the harvest of 660,000 mu (approximately 109,000 acres) of wheat. Qitai County, recognized as one of the top 100 grain-producing counties in China, anticipates a total wheat yield of 330,000 tons this year. The report highlights the agricultural activity in the region, emphasizing the importance of the harvest. The article does not allude to the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: China's mechanical industry experienced robust growth in the first half of the year, with a 9% increase in the added value of enterprises above a designated size, outpacing overall industrial and manufacturing growth. Key sectors like automotive and electrical machinery saw substantial gains, driving the industry's expansion. The industry's strategic emerging industries also demonstrated strong performance, contributing significantly to revenue and profit growth. Foreign trade maintained a rapid growth, with exports increasing by 12.4%. Production and sales of major products within the mechanical industry showed steady improvement, signifying positive momentum.
Summary: During Xi Jinping's state visit to Hungary, he met with Őze Tamara (童满), who first met Xi as a child in 2009 when she presented him with flowers. Xi noted how much she had grown and praised her Chinese language skills. Őze expressed gratitude for Xi's support of the Hungarian-Chinese Bilingual School, which she attended. Xi also recalled the meeting fondly during talks with Hungarian President Tamás Sulyok, viewing it as a symbol of growing China-Hungary relations. Őze highlighted the increasing cultural exchange between the two countries.
Summary: This article argues that a global trust deficit, exacerbated by the actions of certain unnamed major powers, is undermining international cooperation and threatening global stability. It criticizes these powers for prioritizing self-interest and engaging in unilateral actions like "decoupling" and "weaponizing" supply chains. The article also points to the U.S., saying that it now understands only coercion and trusts military spending, not trust. It suggests rebuilding trust through mutual respect, shared development, strengthened multilateralism, and cultural exchange. China, through initiatives like the Belt and Road and visa facilitation, is presented as actively promoting international cooperation and trust-building, offering a "Chinese solution" to the global crisis.
Summary: Brazilian Chief of Staff Rui Costa stated Brazil highly values addressing climate change and seeks deeper strategic alignment with China through green cooperation during its 2025 BRICS presidency. He highlighted the increasing cooperation between Brazil and China in renewable energy, infrastructure, and technological innovation. Costa specifically mentioned Chinese investments in Brazil's power grid and new energy vehicle production as driving green development, creating jobs, and improving supply chains. He emphasized the importance of technological and educational cooperation between the two countries and praised China's proposal to build "green BRICS," as well as the role of BRICS in promoting global green transition.
Summary: A Chinese-South African vocational training program has been initiated to improve CNC machining skills of South African teachers. The program, involving institutions like Hangzhou Technology and Vocational College, provides hands-on training in CNC machine operation. South African officials, including Samuel Zungu, express admiration for China's vocational education achievements and anticipate significant improvements in South African teachers' skills. The initiative supports South Africa's goal of increasing vocational school enrollment and addresses talent gaps in digital economy and green energy sectors through collaboration with Chinese enterprises. Cooperation between China and South Africa in vocational training has become a highlight of practical cooperation between the two countries.
Summary: Shandong Port Qingdao Port has exceeded 230 container shipping routes, forming a network covering more than 180 countries and regions and more than 700 ports. The image depicts cargo ships loading and unloading foreign trade containers at Qingdao Port on August 4th. This expansion highlights China's continued focus on global trade connectivity.
Summary: The Second Latin American Sinologists Conference was held in Santiago, Chile, focusing on the theme of a China-Latin America community of shared future from a Global South perspective. Over 60 experts from countries including Chile, Argentina, and Brazil discussed topics like South-South cooperation, Chinese language education in Latin America, and China-Chile relations. Chinese Ambassador to Chile Niu Qingbao emphasized the importance of Sinology for understanding China and its path to modernization. Former Chilean President Eduardo Frei stated that Latin American countries see China as an important global player and partner in the 21st century, stressing the need to cultivate talent to bridge Latin American-Chinese relations. The conference did not appear to discuss the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The Chinese Embassy in Turkey and the Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism jointly hosted a Chinese painting and calligraphy exhibition in Cappadocia. Chinese Ambassador Jiang Xuebin, along with Turkish officials including Nevşehir Governor Fidan and Deputy Minister of Culture and Tourism Yazgı, attended and delivered speeches. Jiang Xuebin noted the steady development of China-Turkey relations and deepening cultural exchanges in recent years, expressing hope for continued collaboration. Turkish representatives stated that the event was rich and diverse, demonstrating China's profound historical and cultural heritage, and expressed their anticipation for further cooperation and mutual understanding. The event underscored the pursuit of peace, development, and cultural exchange between the two nations.
Summary: A China-Oman friendship forum was held in Salalah, Oman, focusing on the alignment of Chinese modernization with Oman's "Vision 2040" development plan. Omani Undersecretary of the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Investment Promotion, Salih, expressed hope for increased practical cooperation and welcomed Chinese companies to participate in Oman's economic development. Chinese Ambassador to Oman, Lü Jian, stated that Chinese modernization presents development opportunities for Oman, and urged acceleration of practical cooperation in various sectors. The forum, jointly hosted by the Chinese Embassy in Oman, the Oman-China Friendship Association, and *Al-Ru'ya* newspaper, highlighted the historical foundation of China-Oman friendship and the opportunities created by Chinese modernization for Oman's economic transformation.
Summary: This article reports on the ongoing campaign to deeply implement the spirit of the "Eight-Point Regulation" (中央八项规定) within the CCP, focusing on practical results. It details how local governments like Ganzhou in Jiangxi province are leveraging local revolutionary history for education, while Yantai in Shandong province is addressing practical issues like outstanding medical pre-payments. Guangzhou in Guangdong is focusing on industry-specific problems by supporting local lychee farmers, including reducing logistics costs and promoting sales. The campaign emphasizes learning, investigation, and rectification to improve Party conduct. There is no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations in this article.
Summary: The article discusses how China is finding innovative ways to maximize the value of resources and byproducts across various industries, such as agriculture and coal mining, to promote high-quality development. It uses the example of a 25-yuan roast duck made possible by modern farming and full utilization of the duck, and the transformation of rice husks and coal gangue into valuable products. The piece highlights that innovation is key to solving problems and driving development, urging a shift away from resource-intensive growth models. It emphasizes the importance of both efficiency improvements in existing industries and the development of new ones, asserting that both are crucial for China's economic advancement. The author also suggests that China should embrace emerging industries while simultaneously revitalizing traditional ones.
Summary: China successfully launched the Satellite Internet Low Orbit 07 Group satellites using the Long March-12 carrier rocket from the Hainan Commercial Space Launch Site. The satellites successfully entered their predetermined orbit, marking the 587th flight for the Long March series. The launch took place at 18:21 Beijing time on August 4th. The article makes no mention of the United States.
Summary: The National Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters raised the flood control emergency response to Level III for Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei, and Guangdong due to expected heavy rainfall in North and South China. The Ministry of Water Resources and the China Meteorological Administration jointly issued a red alert for mountain torrent disasters, initiating a Level IV flood defense emergency response for Guangdong and Guangxi. Work teams were dispatched to Guangdong and Guangxi to assist in flood defense, and a Level IV flood defense emergency response was initiated for Tianjin. The Ministry of Water Resources held a consultation to analyze the flood and drought situation and deploy flood and drought disaster prevention work. 13,000 emergency flood relief supplies were allocated to Inner Mongolia to aid in flood control efforts.
Summary: Following heavy rainfall in Xinglong County, Hebei Province, over 700 residents from 15 villages in Liudahe Township were relocated to a temporary resettlement at Liudahe Middle School. The resettlement provided basic necessities like food, shelter with 800 beds, and medical care including doctors from Liudahe Central Hospital and Xinglong County People's Hospital. Volunteers from the education department helped meet the needs of the resettled residents, including providing medicine and infant supplies. Efforts were made to stabilize the evacuees' emotional state with familiar local dialects and entertainment. There is no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations in the article.
Summary: Beijing issued a red alert for rainstorms and initiated a Level I flood control emergency response, advising citizens to avoid unnecessary outings and suspending offline activities. Hebei Province upgraded its emergency response to Level II due to expected heavy rainfall. Tianjin is proactively taking measures to ensure safety against both heavy rainfall and potential flooding in the Hai River basin. Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region activated a Level IV flood control emergency response, focusing on ensuring the safety of people and property.
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Summary: This article discusses the importance of building a unified national market in China to promote high-quality development. It highlights the integration of various elements within the tourism sector, such as regional cooperation, technological empowerment, and information integration, to unlock consumer potential. The piece emphasizes breaking down barriers to factor flow by integrating the "new" with the "old," the "virtual" with the "real," and "you" with "me." It mentions initiatives like data-backed financing and streamlined services for inbound tourists, including a Chinese banking app. The article concludes that deepening reform and removing obstacles to economic circulation will enhance the quality of economic development.
Summary: This article discusses the transformation of Chehe Village in Lingqiu County, Shanxi Province, from a poor, barren area to a thriving organic agricultural community. Led by Party Secretary Wang Chun, the village focused on ecological restoration and organic agriculture, which led to economic growth and tourism. The article emphasizes the importance of long-term, sustainable development strategies, technological innovation, and integration of rural and urban areas for rural revitalization. It also alludes to the historical significance of Lingqiu as a revolutionary base during the Anti-Japanese War, tying the current development to the spirit of perseverance. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: During recent heavy rainfall in Beijing, resident Yuan Zhenhua rescued a trapped driver, sacrificing his own car and money in the process. Other citizens also performed heroic acts, assisting in rescues and demonstrating courage in the face of danger. The article emphasizes the importance of supporting these acts of bravery through policy and legal mechanisms. It also connects these individual acts of heroism to the broader goal of building "resilient cities" focused on safety and the well-being of residents. The article does not mention the United States.
Summary: The General Office of the Central Committee and the General Office of the State Council recently issued a plan to provide a childcare subsidy of 3,600 yuan per child per year for infants and toddlers under the age of three, starting January 1, 2025, until they reach the age of three. Infants born before January 1, 2025, and under the age of three will receive a pro-rated subsidy based on the number of months they are eligible. The childcare subsidy is intended to provide both security and incentive for childbirth.
Summary: Here are summaries of the articles provided: **Article 1 Summary:** The article discusses the need for Liaoning province, a major agricultural region in Northeast China, to improve its agricultural processing capabilities, specifically focusing on "grain head" to "food tail" industries. It highlights the current lack of advanced processing which results in reliance on selling raw or minimally processed products, hindering economic growth. The article emphasizes the urgency for upgrading the grain industry by adopting new technologies and increasing product value. **Article 2 Summary:** Shaanxi province labor unions have been organizing summer childcare programs to relieve working parents. These programs also encourage volunteer participation from young people, especially college students, to provide services like tutoring and mentorship. These volunteer programs provide young people with an opportunity to grow and gain useful skills. The article concludes by calling for more resources and professional involvement in these childcare programs.
Summary: Several Chinese online platforms have recently announced campaigns to combat the proliferation of internet slang, including谐音梗 (homophonic puns),缩写梗 (abbreviations), and the misuse of common words. These platforms aim to foster a healthier and more standardized online linguistic environment, emphasizing that proper language use is crucial for clear communication and cultural preservation. The article argues that the overuse of slang can erode independent thinking and diminish the richness of the Chinese language. The piece further calls for promoting classic literature and embracing linguistic innovation while maintaining standards to cultivate cultural confidence.
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Summary: The article profiles Cheng Fangqin, a Shanxi University professor and expert in industrial solid waste treatment. Cheng emphasizes the importance of resource utilization and harmless disposal of industrial solid waste, advocating for a shift from viewing waste as an environmental burden to a valuable resource. She also highlighted the challenges of inconsistent waste composition and the need for cost-effective technologies, stressing the importance of understanding industry needs and collaboration between research and industry. Cheng stresses the importance of perseverance and focusing on nationally and industry-relevant issues for young researchers.
Summary: Cheng Fangqin emphasizes that scientific research should solve "real problems" that hinder development, originating from practical production and life. Her approach involves identifying the essence of problems, avoiding trends, and focusing on the balance of economic and ecological benefits in industrial solid waste treatment. She also develops technologies and equipment to transform industrial solid waste into resources. The article advocates for researchers to focus on practical issues, persist in their work, and transform scientific innovation into productivity.
Summary: Qi Hui, an employee of China Unicom's Tangshan branch and amateur photographer, has spent the last 11 years leading a volunteer photography project to document the stories of veterans from the Eighth Route Army in eastern Hebei. The 40-member team has traveled extensively across multiple provinces, taking portraits, recording stories, and providing aid to these veterans. Inspired by a veteran's display of his war medals, Qi felt compelled to preserve their legacies before it was too late. The team has photographed 215 veterans, amassing over 100,000 photos and 600,000 words of documentation, resulting in a published photo album and exhibitions in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region. Qi and his team also seek to improve the lives of the veterans by raising money and donating goods and medicine.
Summary: The article emphasizes China's commitment to building a unified national market to boost domestic circulation and high-quality development, amidst a complex external environment. It highlights efforts to establish unified market rules, infrastructure, and regulatory standards, as well as to correct market distortions and promote fair competition. The piece stresses preventing regional protectionism and promoting the integration of domestic and foreign trade, while also reaffirming China's commitment to expanding high-level opening-up to provide new opportunities for other countries. This initiative is seen as a way to strengthen China's economic foundation and contribute to global development. There is no mention of the United States.
Summary: Liaoning province has released a plan outlining 22 key tasks for constructing a digital government by 2027. The plan emphasizes building integrated infrastructure, opening and sharing data resources, and enhancing "one-stop service," "one-network collaboration," and "one-network management." It also focuses on establishing a dynamic defense system for integrated security. Key initiatives include promoting unified public data catalogs, strengthening data governance, and improving data sharing mechanisms. The plan also highlights establishing emergency warning and handling mechanisms for network security incidents, and building a full lifecycle security protection system for public data.
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Summary: To boost summer consumption, various regions in China have launched new cultural and tourism products and scenes, focusing on nighttime consumption, tourism, and dining. Chongqing's drone show along the riverfront has boosted surrounding dining and accommodation businesses. In Xuzhou, Jiangsu, the "Su Chao" football league has been linked to nighttime consumption, offering fans benefits and experiences. In Qinghai's Xining, streets transform into night markets with themed IPs and light shows. These initiatives aim to invigorate summer consumption and enrich people's lives through the integration of commerce, tourism, culture, and sports.
Summary: During the summer, multiple regions are innovating in their nighttime economy offerings, presenting opportunities to boost consumption. These offerings include drone shows, nighttime cruises, light shows, sports events, concerts, and night markets featuring both local flavor and cultural elements. The synergy between summer consumption and the nighttime economy is driving integrated development and growth across various sectors like shopping, dining, accommodation, culture, and tourism. Cultivating diverse and high-quality consumption scenarios, integrating nighttime economies with new trends and traditional culture, can better activate consumer potential and boost market confidence.
Summary: A 快手直播 initiative is using online traffic to boost offline consumption, doubling nighttime traffic and increasing revenue for merchants at the Tianyuan Valley scenic area in Qian'an, Hebei. Various provinces are actively supporting nighttime economy development to stimulate summer consumption, with initiatives like Jiangsu's night consumption clusters, Shaanxi's summer cultural tourism activities, and Sichuan's plans for a Sichuan-Chongqing night consumption demonstration zone. According to a researcher from the Ministry of Commerce, personalized consumption trends are increasing demand for niche nighttime activities and urging local governments to promote the differentiated and sustainable development of nighttime economies.
Summary: An article from Xinhua details the story of Norman Bethune, a Canadian communist, who traveled to China in 1938 to provide medical assistance to the Communist-led Eighth Route Army during the anti-Japanese war. Bethune established field hospitals close to the front lines and trained medical personnel, significantly improving battlefield medical care. He died in 1939 in Tangxian, Hebei province, from an infection contracted while operating on wounded soldiers. The article emphasizes efforts to preserve Bethune's legacy through museums, exhibitions, and educational programs, highlighting his internationalist spirit. There is no discussion of the United States or of U.S.-China relations in this article.
Summary: China has established national data factor comprehensive pilot zones in ten provinces (Beijing, Liaoning, Zhejiang, Anhui, Shandong, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Hainan, and Guizhou), according to the National Data Administration. These zones aim to experiment with cultivating market entities and expanding the data market. The pilot program seeks to accelerate the marketization and valuation of data, and fully release the integrated efficiency of the real economy and the digital economy. The National Data Administration will increase support, track progress, summarize experiences, and promote mutual learning among the zones.
Summary: The article focuses on the legacy of Yang Jingyu and the Northeast Anti-Japanese United Army (NAJUA) in Tonghua, Jilin province, highlighting efforts to preserve and promote their revolutionary spirit. Ma Jizhi, a descendant of Yang Jingyu, emphasized the importance of inheriting the red spirit. The article details exhibitions and memorial activities, including the use of AI to recreate historical figures and immersive experiences to educate the public. The revolutionary history is also being incorporated into tourism and cultural products, such as Songhua inkstones, to stimulate local economic development. A cadre at the Yang Jingyu Cadre Academy emphasized the importance of "red spirit bloodline" in the present day.
Summary: A recent report released by the Game Publishing Working Committee of the China Audio-Video and Digital Publishing Association at the China International Digital Entertainment Industry Conference in Shanghai indicates growth in China's gaming market. In the first half of the year, the domestic gaming market saw actual sales revenue of 168 billion yuan, a 14.08% year-on-year increase, with nearly 679 million users. Self-developed games generated 140.452 billion yuan in domestic sales, a 19.29% increase. Overseas sales of self-developed games reached $9.501 billion, representing an 11.07% increase.
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Summary: The article emphasizes three key areas for enhancing urban livability: optimizing urban spatial structure, steadily advancing the renovation of urban villages and dilapidated housing, and improving public services. These efforts aim to create more efficient production spaces, livable residential areas, and ecologically sound environments. The focus is on improving infrastructure, preserving historical elements, and providing balanced and high-quality public services. Ultimately, the goal is to ensure that the benefits of modernization are shared equitably among the people.
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Summary: This article argues that developing new quality productive forces (新质生产力) is crucial for China to enhance its global competitiveness amidst economic globalization. It emphasizes that technological innovation and international cooperation are essential for addressing global challenges and fostering economic transformation, echoing Xi Jinping's past statements. The piece highlights the challenges posed by rising protectionism and geopolitical tensions, advocating for deeper integration into the global innovation network and active participation in global economic governance. It calls for opposing unilateralism, promoting a fair international trade system, and expanding institutional opening-up (制度型开放) to attract global resources and create a favorable environment for developing new quality productive forces. The article mentions the importance of high-level opening to the outside world in the new era as an important prerequisite for gathering advanced and high-quality factors of production such as global technology, talents, and data.
Summary: In a congratulatory letter to the All-China Youth Federation and All-China Students' Federation, Xi Jinping emphasized that China's modernization offers significant opportunities for youth to contribute to national rejuvenation. The article highlights the importance of aligning personal aspirations with national development, urging the youth to embrace their historical mission with unwavering ideals and a strong sense of national identity. It acknowledges the challenges faced by young people amidst rapid technological advancements and global changes, stressing the need for guidance and support. The article concludes that the youth should actively embrace new technologies such as AI and contribute to innovation. It also reiterates the importance of understanding and addressing the needs of young people to enhance the Party's influence and ensure their contributions drive national progress.
Summary: The article emphasizes the importance of developing China's security and emergency response industry as a strategic priority, citing Xi Jinping's directives on national security and economic development. It highlights the need to reduce reliance on foreign imports for high-end rescue equipment and key components, advocating for accelerated domestic substitution. The article calls for strengthened technological innovation, increased investment, and improved talent cultivation within the sector. It stresses the application of new technologies like AI and big data to enhance risk monitoring, emergency response efficiency, and overall safety levels. It does not mention the United States.
Summary: The Politburo meeting on July 30th emphasized expanding high-level opening-up and stabilizing foreign trade and investment. A Guangzhou infant product company has seen a 20% increase in domestic sales after shifting focus from exports due to past impact from U.S. tariffs. An Yiwu-based sanitary ware company is leveraging AI tools for tasks ranging from translation and product design to market analysis, boosting exports and global expansion. A Henan motorcycle company is expanding into Southeast Asia, meeting new technical standards with customs support and benefiting from RCEP tariff reductions.
Summary: The article discusses the rapid growth of "AI + consumption" in China, driven by policy support, supply-side advancements, and consumer demand for innovative products. The government's emphasis on "AI+" and promoting high-growth consumption tracks has created a favorable environment. The proliferation of AI-enabled consumer products, such as smart home appliances and AI glasses, is highlighted as a new economic growth driver. However, the article notes that some AI products suffer from usability issues, emphasizing the need for development to be guided by real consumer needs. The potential of AI is significant, particularly with the development of large models, but current AI products must become more effective and user-friendly to realize the full extent of the consumer market.
Summary: Shaanxi Yanchang Petroleum (Group) Co. is focusing on technological innovation to improve resource utilization and efficiency, transforming from a traditional oil extraction company into a large-scale energy and chemical enterprise that comprehensively utilizes oil, gas, and coal. Yanchang Petroleum has developed technologies like controlled-rate water injection and CO2 injection for enhanced oil recovery and carbon emission reduction. Over the past decade, the company has invested over 60 billion yuan in technology, establishing multiple innovation platforms and achieving breakthroughs in areas like ultra-low permeability oil and gas field development. Yanchang Petroleum's oil and gas equivalent exceeded 20 million tons in 2024, with revenue reaching 390 billion yuan. According to Zhang Kaiyong, Party Secretary and Chairman of Yanchang Petroleum Group, the company anticipates further advancements in modern industrial system construction and the cultivation of new quality productive forces in the next 5-10 years with continued investment in research and development.
Summary: In the first half of 2025, China's service trade saw steady growth, with a total import and export value of 3.88726 trillion yuan, an increase of 8.0% year-on-year, according to the Ministry of Commerce. Specifically, service exports increased by 15.0%, while imports increased by 3.2%, resulting in a reduced trade deficit. Knowledge-intensive service trade also grew, with other commercial services and telecommunications, computer, and information services showing notable growth. Travel services experienced the fastest export growth, becoming the largest sector in service trade.
Summary: Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, is using technological innovation to drive industrial transformation by accelerating the coupling of innovation, talent, and industrial chains. The provided photograph, taken August 4th, depicts workers in the intelligent manufacturing workshop of Harbin Electric Corporation. No U.S. or U.S.-China relations were discussed in this article.
Summary: China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, along with seven other departments, has issued an implementation plan for the digital transformation of the machinery industry. The plan aims for widespread application of digital technologies across various aspects of the industry by 2027, with a target of 50% of enterprises reaching maturity level two or higher in intelligent manufacturing, increasing to 60% by 2030. The plan outlines twelve key tasks across four main areas, including innovation in smart equipment, widespread adoption of intelligent manufacturing, enhanced smart services, and strengthened foundational support. The initiative seeks to promote digital and intelligent upgrades in the machinery industry by focusing on typical scenarios like R&D, production, management, and supply chain management. The initiative addresses the machinery industry's crucial role in national economic development, defense, and people's livelihoods.
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Summary: Xun Ran, a village official in Anhui province with a background in food science and biotechnology, is promoting the farming of Australian blue lobsters to increase local income. Initially facing resistance due to villagers' concerns about profitability and sales, Xun and other village officials addressed these issues by offering buy-back agreements and technical support. This included partnerships with external companies, ensuring villagers that the village would buy the lobsters if the villagers were unable to sell them independently. This allowed the farmers to earn an average of 10,000 yuan per acre. Finally, the article notes that Ma'anshan city is implementing a "1+N" mentorship system to help young cadres adapt to working in rural areas and address their lack of practical experience.
Summary: The Supreme People's Court released twelve model cases to guide lower courts in protecting the rights of private enterprises and entrepreneurs. These cases emphasize equal protection under the law, encouraging innovation and overseas expansion while promoting compliant business practices. Specific cases highlighted the invalidity of "back-to-back" payment clauses disadvantaging SMEs and the legal responsibility of hospitals to pay private companies for goods. Additionally, the court addressed corruption in internet companies and the responsibility of online product reviewers to avoid false information that harms businesses. The Supreme People's Court emphasized its commitment to fair judicial practices and protecting the legitimate rights and interests of private enterprises and entrepreneurs.
Summary: An investigation by the Sichuan Discipline Inspection Commission and Supervisory Commission into high-standard farmland construction in Guang'an District, Sichuan Province, revealed corruption and quality issues. The investigation found that Ma, then the chief agronomist of the Guang'an District Agriculture and Rural Affairs Bureau, accepted bribes in exchange for helping contractors win bids, and also colluded with other officials to receive "benefits" from construction companies in exchange for assistance during project construction and acceptance. Ma was expelled from public office and sentenced to five years in prison, while 15 other party members and cadres from the Guang'an District Agriculture and Rural Affairs Bureau were also punished. The broader investigation in Sichuan Province has led to disciplinary actions against thousands of individuals for similar issues related to high-standard farmland construction, highlighting a focus on addressing corruption affecting agricultural development and food security.
Summary: The State Administration for Market Regulation issued a notice to strengthen safety supervision of mobile, large-scale amusement facilities and safeguard public safety. The notice calls for comprehensive inspections of such facilities, especially at temples and public gatherings, and requires local market regulation departments to proactively conduct on-site verification. The notice emphasizes classifying and managing the facilities and urging operators to fulfill their safety responsibilities, while also cracking down on illegal activities like false labeling and unregistered operations. A cross-regional information sharing and joint law enforcement mechanism will be established to trace and investigate problems from both the production and usage ends.
Summary: The article reports on Fengrun District, Tangshan City, Hebei Province, continuously improving elderly care service guarantees and promoting the construction of a basic elderly care service system. The initiative aims to increase the sense of gain and happiness for the elderly in the district. A photograph accompanying the report depicts nursing staff interacting with elderly residents at a local elderly care service center. The article does not mention U.S.-China relations.
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Summary: The 12th World Games will commence in Chengdu on August 7, 2025, featuring 34 major events and aiming to showcase international standards with Chinese characteristics. Chengdu is leveraging existing facilities from the 2023 Universiade, with no new venues constructed, and integrating cultural elements like the torch relay originating from the Sanxingdui Museum. The Games will include traditional Chinese sports like Wushu and Dragon Boat racing for the first time. The Chinese delegation will participate in the largest number of events in its history, including debuts in sports like soft hockey and frisbee. The event aims to blend sports with cultural tourism, offering immersive experiences for participants and spectators alike.
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Summary: The article reports on a lesson at Yongfeng High School centered around a letter written by Ouyang Xiu to his nephew, Ouyang Tongli, emphasizing the importance of integrity and avoiding corruption, even in small matters. Teacher Chen Yanmei uses the letter to discuss Ouyang Xiu's values and his family's emphasis on moral education. Chen Li, a discipline inspection cadre, shared her insights on the relevance of Ouyang Xiu's values to contemporary anti-corruption efforts. Yongfeng County has been promoting traditional culture and education of integrity in the community. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The Chinese Academy of Engineering has released a list of potential emerging AI technologies, providing a reference for future trends. The list encompasses 163 technologies related to strategic emerging AI industries, 122 technologies for industrial upgrades and interdisciplinary fields, and 12 technologies predicted to become AI hotspots. The technologies are categorized by technical level (basic, technical, application) and maturity (short, medium, long term). The study was conducted by the Chinese Academy of Engineering's Information and Electronic Engineering Division and the China Information and Electronic Engineering Science and Technology Development Strategy Research Center.
Summary: Shanxi Province implemented 20 measures to support the high-quality development of cultural heritage, effective August 1st. The measures focus on key areas such as archaeological research, heritage protection, museum construction, technological innovation, and talent cultivation. Shanxi will implement a plan to cultivate museums and memorials, supporting the creation of specialized museums with Shanxi characteristics and the construction of "Museum Cities" in Taiyuan, Datong, Jinzhong, Linfen, and Jincheng. A special fund of no less than 50 million yuan will be allocated annually to support digital protection and innovative demonstration projects of cultural relics, promoting the construction of large databases and digital museums. The measures aim to leverage financial policies and encourage social participation in heritage preservation.
Summary: On August 6th, Saturn and Neptune will align, creating a celestial event visible in China. According to astronomical expert Xiu Lipeng, the two planets will appear very close in the sky, a result of their synchronized movement in Pisces. This alignment is occurring again after a similar event on June 29th due to Saturn's retrograde motion. Observers can use a small telescope to easily locate Neptune using Saturn as a reference point. The report does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: Yanzijiang Pharmaceutical Group is supporting standardized Astragalus cultivation in Minle County, Gansu Province, through a 10,000 *mu* organic base in Nanfeng town. This initiative includes grain-herb rotation and organic methods to improve *huangqi* quality, increase farmer income, and expand local *zhongyao* cultivation; The company provides training, stable sales channels, and employment opportunities, generating approximately 10 million yuan for local cooperatives. Yanzijiang's efforts focus on quality control through a comprehensive traceability system and standardized management practices, ultimately aiming to align with national standards. The group now has 80 standardized *zhongyao* cultivation sites nationwide. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
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Summary: A recent report by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs and other departments indicates an overall positive trend in the recovery of aquatic life resources and habitats in the Yangtze River basin, with a continuous rise in the integrity index. The report highlights an increase in native fish species and improved water quality, particularly in the Chishui River, where conservation efforts have shown good results. However, the natural fish resources and biodiversity of the Yangtze River are still recovering slowly, with some species facing continued threats, and the recovery of rare and endangered flagship species such as the Chinese sturgeon and Yangtze sturgeon is slow. To further protect endangered species in the Yangtze River, it is necessary to optimize and upgrade the rescue action plan and increase the intensity of rescue actions. The report does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: Environmental volunteer Li Jianzhi has dedicated over 20 years to bird conservation in the Dongting Lake area, initially inspired by a local farmer's act of protecting an injured owl. Through photography and extensive study, Li has become an expert in identifying and understanding local bird species, publishing guides like "One Hundred Birds of Dongting" to promote awareness. He founded the Yuanjiang Environmental Protection Volunteer Association, recruiting former fishermen to assist in conservation efforts and establishing several local protection stations. Since retiring in 2022, Li has focused full-time on educating the public and training forestry staff in bird identification, aiming to foster greater appreciation and protection of birds. The article does not mention the United States.
Summary: A county in Yichang, Hubei Province is leveraging its high-altitude, cooler climate to attract tourists during the summer months. Popular activities include camping and evening events in locations such as the Zhilan Valley scenic area. These efforts are designed to capitalize on the natural environment to provide respite from the summer heat. The article makes no mention of U.S.-China relations or actions of specific officials.
Summary: A collaborative research project between Beijing Forestry University, the Beijing Zoo, and the Hengshui Lake National Nature Reserve has successfully established a stable breeding population of the critically endangered Baer's pochard. Nine adult Baer's pochards transferred from the Beijing Zoo in 2024 successfully bred in Hengshui Lake, leading to the birth of two generations of chicks. This project aims to provide a "Chinese solution" for global Baer's pochard conservation, potentially leading to a downgrade of the species' endangerment level. Ding Changqing, head of the East Asian-Australasian Flyway Partnership Baer's Pochard Expert Group, expressed the intent to continue exploring habitat management and human-bird coexistence. There is no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations in this article.
Summary: Changchun has been increasing its green spaces, constructing 365 "pocket parks" and increasing the green coverage rate in the city. The city has also built "greenways" with amenities along rivers and within parks. Director of Changchun's Green Management Center Hui Dadong stated the goal is for citizens to be able to walk 15 minutes to a green space. The city has also been planting trees and flowers and implementing a professional maintenance system. Changchun is leveraging these ecological resources to develop its cultural tourism industry and new ecological business models.
Summary: Da Chen Island in Zhejiang province is pioneering a "blue carbon" economy, focusing on carbon sequestration through mussel farming. A local company purchased 2,223 tons of carbon offset credits from Da Chen Island mussel farms for 100,500 RMB. The island has established a smart platform to monitor, assess, and trade carbon credits, enabling local aquaculture businesses to use their mussels as collateral for loans. The local government is developing standards and mechanisms to ensure that carbon credit revenue is reinvested into ecological protection. According to a local official, the next step involves developing financial and judicial options in addition to technological support and novel mechanisms.
Summary: Fujian province has released a plan to pilot the integrated development of its "four treasuries" of forestry resources. The plan aims for comprehensive development across all regions and industries related to forestry, with a focus on benefiting the people. By 2030, the province aims to achieve specific targets for forest stock volume, timber reserves, forest food production, carbon storage in vegetation, and the total output value of the forestry industry. The goal is to reach 35 billion cubic meters of forest stock volume and 850 million cubic meters of timber reserves. The total output value of the forestry industry is expected to reach 1 trillion yuan.
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Summary: The city of Fuyuan, located on the Sino-Russian border at the confluence of the Heilong and Ussuri Rivers, hosts cultural events like the "Roaring River Festival" that attract Russian tourists, fostering cross-border cultural exchange. Russians visit Fuyuan to experience unique fish dishes and the Dongji Fish Market, a major distribution center for freshwater fish. Joint environmental protection efforts between China and Russia, such as those in the Sanjiang National Nature Reserve, aim to protect migratory birds and biodiversity in the border region, with both sides collaborating on ecological restoration and educational programs. The city of Jiamusi is mentioned as an important city for Sino-Russian exchange, as it is the Chinese city that has the most open ports with Russia. The article highlights Jiamusi's role in facilitating trade and cooperation between China and Russia.
Summary: Fuyuan City, leveraging its proximity to Russia, is aggressively promoting cross-border tourism through streamlined procedures and optimized routes, attracting both Chinese and Russian tourists to witness the earliest sunrise in China. The city emphasizes its unique geographic advantage and promotes itself as "Huaxia Dongji (East Pole of China)" for tourism. Fuyuan hosted the Heilongjiang Province Tourism Industry Development Conference in July 2025, promoting international collaboration with countries in Northeast Asia, Southeast Asia, Europe, and the Middle East. The city's efforts aim to foster closer Sino-Russian cultural exchange and strengthen friendly relations. The article highlights the unique geostrategic importance of the area for Sino-Russian collaboration.
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Summary: The 2025 harvest season for the crucial "Hongyingzi" sorghum used in Maotai liquor production was celebrated in Maopo Village, Renhuai, Guizhou. Maotai has been cultivating high-quality sorghum varieties like Hongyingzi for nearly 40 years, focusing on seed quality to ensure the liquor's unique characteristics. The company has invested over 1.8 billion RMB in building organic sorghum bases across multiple counties, supporting farmers through a "company + cooperative + farmer" model. Maotai provides seeds, organic fertilizers, and insurance to farmers, ensuring stable income and promoting rural revitalization. This approach links industrial development with agricultural support, reinforcing Maotai's commitment to quality and social responsibility.
Summary: The director of Russia's Victory Museum, Alexander Shkolnik, emphasized the shared responsibility of upholding a correct view of WWII, noting the immense sacrifices made by both the Russian and Chinese people. He highlighted plans for reciprocal exhibitions between the Victory Museum and the Museum of the War of Chinese People's Resistance Against Japan. The Penang War Museum in Malaysia, in collaboration with the Museum of the War of Chinese People's Resistance Against Japan, held an exhibition of artworks from the anti-Japanese war. The museum's founder, Johari, emphasized the importance of future generations understanding the cruelty of war and protecting peace.
Summary: The International WWII Museum Association, founded in Beijing in 2015, promotes international cooperation and remembrance of WWII history. The association facilitates exchanges between museums, including exhibitions on the "Eastern Main Battlefield" and Chinese resistance against Japan, held in countries like Russia and South Korea. The association will organize international exhibitions in Russia and Belarus in September to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the victory against fascism and showcase China's contributions to the war effort. The association aims to promote peace and contribute to a shared future for humanity amidst global challenges. There is no mention of direct involvement, dialogue, or conflict with the United States or U.S.-China relations.
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Summary: The article highlights Jiangsu province's efforts to achieve high-quality development by focusing on innovation, regional integration, and improved business environment, with local officials emphasizing the importance of practical action and serving the people. Officials in the province are trying to promote the integration of the Yangtze River Delta region by working together with Shanghai and Zhejiang. Jiangsu is also working to improve its business environment by making policies more accessible and providing more support to businesses. The article emphasizes the importance of cadres taking responsibility and promoting the well-being of the people, and ensuring that the benefits of development are shared by all.
Summary: This article emphasizes the power of institutional mechanisms in strengthening Party conduct and combating undesirable work styles in China. It highlights the revised regulations on frugality and anti-waste, which have reduced burdens on local officials and curbed practices like lavish banquets. The piece also underscores the strengthening of supervision, including extending inspections to village-level organizations to combat corruption at the grassroots. By establishing clear boundaries for the use of public funds and power, these systems aim to cultivate integrity among Party members and promote a culture of thrift and integrity. The article concludes by stating that continuous improvement and sustained efforts are needed to solidify the gains made in improving Party conduct.
Summary: A village Party branch deputy secretary in Luxian County, Sichuan Province, surnamed Kang, received a severe warning from the Party for embezzling compensation funds meant for villagers whose land was damaged by construction. Kang colluded with the construction company to increase the compensation, then pocketed the difference, totaling 6418 yuan, by deceiving both parties and forging signatures on compensation forms. The county's inspection team discovered the discrepancies, leading to the disciplinary action and full reimbursement to the affected villagers. The incident highlights the need for stronger oversight of local officials and increased transparency in village affairs to prevent similar abuses of power. The article does not discuss the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The city of Zhaoyang is reforming its reporting requirements to reduce the burden on local officials. Zhaoyang has clarified responsibilities and reduced redundant reporting. Following the reform, the annual number of reports required from villages has been reduced from 341 to 41. Zhaoyang has also established a "Zao Shi Zao Ban" platform to share data between departments. Yang Jing, Secretary of the Zhaoyang Municipal Party Committee, stated that a mechanism has been established to approve new reporting items and monitor the effectiveness of the reduction.
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Summary: This article argues that the boom in Chinese science fiction reflects China's modernization and carries significant cultural weight. The surge in sci-fi is attributed to China's status as a leading innovator with a complete industrial system, creating both demand and possibilities for the genre. It highlights the genre's industrial value, its role in shaping worldviews, and its potential to promote technological development by alleviating anxieties. Furthermore, it emphasizes sci-fi's capacity to creatively transform and innovate traditional Chinese culture, citing *The Wandering Earth* as an example. The author concludes that sci-fi can contribute to building a culturally and technologically strong nation.
Summary: The article discusses a recent phenomenon in Chinese literature where, despite overall sales decline, certain works achieve explosive popularity through specific "selling points." These selling points, such as authors' personal stories or celebrity status, are leveraged by publishers for marketing. However, the article cautions against prioritizing superficial topicality and celebrity influence over the inherent literary value of a work, as this can lead to fleeting popularity and a focus on profit-driven writing. The author argues that while external marketing can attract attention, the long-term impact of literature relies on its internal qualities like profound insights and artistic merit. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: Zheng Xin's new novel, "The Other Side of the Mountain is Cloud," follows three women – Huang Xiaoxiao, Chen Luodi, and Suwa – as they navigate life and work in international settings, including Switzerland, France, Germany, and Ghana. The novel explores themes of personal growth, cultural exchange, and the characters' eventual return to Guizhou, China. The protagonists' journeys from China to the world and back reflect a deeper contemplation on finding spiritual fulfillment and contributing to rural revitalization efforts. The story highlights the challenges and opportunities for preserving and promoting Guizhou's cultural heritage on a global stage.
Summary: The historical drama "Yu Xue Rong Guang" commemorates the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War, focusing on the revolutionary period from the Nanchang Uprising in 1927 to the Zunyi Conference in 1935. The series emphasizes the importance of the Party's leadership over the army and the necessity of adhering to Mao Zedong's military line, highlighting moments such as the Sanwan Adaptation. It portrays revolutionary leaders and ordinary soldiers with relatable details, showcasing their strategic brilliance and heroic sacrifices. The drama aims to be innovative in its narrative perspective and aesthetic expression, emphasizing the Party's people-centered stance.
Summary: The animated film "Monster Run" expands on the short film "Little Piggy" from *Chinese Odd Tales*, using *Journey to the West* as its base. It depicts a journey of self-discovery for a group of minor demon characters who embark on a pilgrimage before Tang Sanzang and his disciples. The film redefines "pilgrimage" as an achievable path for ordinary people, highlighting their struggles and eventual embrace of the "leveling mountains to pave the road" spirit. The narrative explores themes of identity, challenging the notion that only the gifted can pursue enlightenment. The film has the protagonists encounter a fake West in a journey to find their true selves.
Summary: The Chinese drama "Justified Defense" distinguishes itself by exploring the complexities of "justified defense" and the evolution of judicial philosophy, rather than simply focusing on crime-solving. The drama employs a mirroring structure of three cases spanning 14 years to highlight advancements in legal concepts. A key element is the transformation of a prosecutor into a defendant, forcing a consideration of empathy within the legal system. The show argues that genuine judicial justice demands both professional rationality and empathy from law enforcement. The drama ultimately suggests this is necessary for maintaining public trust in the legal system.
Summary: This article provides contact information for the "Literary and Art Review" section of the *People's Daily* newspaper, specifically an email address for submissions and feedback. The layout design of the section is credited to Shen Yiling. There is no mention of any officials, their statements, or U.S.-China relations.
Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, August 4th. Xi Jinping (习近平), General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, President of the People's Republic of China, and Chairman of the Central Military Commission, recently made important instructions on studying and absorbing opinions and suggestions from internet users on the "15th Five-Year Plan" preparation work, emphasizing that the online solicitation of opinions for the "15th Five-Year Plan" preparation work had high participation and broad coverage, and is a vivid practice of whole-process people's democracy. The broad masses of the people actively offered suggestions, putting forward many valuable opinions and suggestions, and relevant departments should carefully study and absorb them. Party committees and governments at all levels must always adhere to the people-centered approach, extensively and deeply observe public sentiment, listen to public voices, and gather public wisdom, 凝聚起 (níng jù qǐ - "coagulate," to gather together) a strong joint force for promoting Chinese-style modernization, and continuously realize the people's yearning for a better life.
In order to implement General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important instructions on adhering to scientific, democratic, and law-based decision-making, and completing the "15th Five-Year Plan" preparation work with high quality, from May 20th to June 20th this year, the "15th Five-Year Plan" preparation work launched an online solicitation of opinions, opening special columns on the official websites and news clients of the People's Daily (人民日报), Xinhua News Agency (新华社), China Media Group (中央广播电视总台), and the "Xuexi Qiangguo" (学习强国) learning platform, to listen to opinions and suggestions from the whole society. The activity received a total of more than 3.113 million suggestions from internet users, providing a useful reference for the preparation of the "15th Five-Year Plan."
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 李中文 刘军国
One out of every three mobile phones worldwide using the Android system has its optical lens from Ningbo (宁波), Zhejiang (浙江); over 90% of the world's sewing machine manufacturers use rotary hooks produced in Ningbo (宁波); 40% of the cutting wire used globally in high-precision machine tool manufacturing of precision molds and parts comes from Ningbo (宁波)... Anchored in "specialization" and "refinement," a large number of enterprises in Ningbo (宁波) have gained a firm foothold in the global industrial chain.
In September 2023, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out during his inspection in Zhejiang (浙江): "Take the real economy as the foundation for building a modern industrial system, guide and support traditional industries to accelerate the application of advanced and applicable technologies, and promote the high-end, intelligent, and green development of manufacturing." The meeting of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee (中共中央政治局) held on July 30 this year emphasized: "Promote the deep integration and development of scientific and technological innovation and industrial innovation."
Thoroughly implementing the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important speech and the decision-making arrangements of the Party Central Committee (党中央), Ningbo (宁波) is accelerating the construction of a global advanced manufacturing base, and its industrial capacity is continuously improving.
Forging "single champion" enterprises and deeply cultivating segmented tracks.
"Orders have already been scheduled until 2027." Upon meeting, Zhu Mengxing (诸梦醒), co-founder of Ningbo Zhongke Xianglong Lightweight Technology Co., Ltd. (宁波中科祥龙轻量化科技有限公司), revealed the performance report: revenue in the first half of this year increased by 100% year-on-year, and it is expected to increase by 220% for the whole year.
From large-size aircraft engine parts to civil aerospace engine components, to reducing the weight of key aerospace structural parts by 42%... Zhongke Xianglong (中科祥龙) insists on innovation and deeply cultivates lightweight manufacturing for commercial aerospace. In 2024 alone, Zhongke Xianglong (中科祥龙) has undertaken 27 commercial aerospace projects, ranking among the top in the country in terms of market share.
Potential enterprises, key enterprises, specialized and sophisticated "little giant" enterprises, manufacturing single champion enterprises... Ningbo (宁波) has constructed a gradient cultivation system to promote the coordinated development of large, medium, and small enterprises, and to promote the comprehensive upgrading from technology to products to the industrial chain. At present, Ningbo (宁波) has 104 national-level manufacturing single champion enterprises.
In the first half of this year, Ningbo's (宁波) emerging industries developed well, with the added value of high-tech manufacturing, digital economy manufacturing, and equipment manufacturing increasing by 13.1%, 7.7%, and 6.5% year-on-year, respectively.
Chain-group collaboration improves quality, and industrial capacity leaps.
At Ningbo Zhoushan Port (宁波舟山港), new energy vehicles are ready to be shipped. According to Ningbo Customs (宁波海关) statistics, in the first half of this year, Ningbo (宁波) ports exported a total of 107,000 new energy vehicles, an increase of 275% year-on-year.
Behind the high-speed growth is the efficient collaboration of approximately 5,000 auto parts companies in Ningbo (宁波), building a supply chain with a radius of 50 kilometers. After BYD's (比亚迪) East China production base settled in Ningbo (宁波), the local matching rate increased from 35% to 68% within half a year, achieving "missing parts in the morning, delivery in the afternoon."
As of now, Ningbo (宁波) has more than 8,800 high-tech enterprises, and the added value of high-tech industries accounts for more than 60% of the added value of industrial enterprises above designated size. It has successfully created (co-built) multiple national advanced manufacturing clusters and national-level SME characteristic industrial clusters.
Deep integration of digital and green technologies reshapes development advantages.
On the intelligent production line, green energy drives the robotic arm to slowly stretch out, grab the intelligent control module, and accurately embed it into the shell. Injection molding, stamping, spraying... an air fryer is assembled in 30 seconds and ready to be packed and shipped overseas.
In Yuyao (余姚), Ningbo (宁波), the 5-megawatt distributed rooftop photovoltaic panels on the roof of the factory of Zhejiang Biyi Electric Appliance Co., Ltd. (浙江比依电器股份有限公司) shine in the sun. "Photovoltaic green electricity, plus the recently put into operation first-class energy efficiency compressed air station, can save more than 1.7 million yuan a year," introduced Pan Zaiming (潘再鸣), Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Biyi Electric (比依电器).
As an important advanced manufacturing base in China, Ningbo (宁波) is exploring a new path of transformation in the deep integration of digitalization and greening. A textile company has created a flexible digital workshop that can identify high-carbon and high-pollution links; a new material company is actively expanding the application of digital technology in green design... In 2024, Ningbo (宁波) implemented more than 2,700 digital transformation projects for industrial enterprises above designated size, achieving full coverage of digital transformation for industrial enterprises above designated size; and added 11 national-level 5G factories and 6 provincial-level future factory pilots.
"Bearing in mind General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) earnest entrustment, Ningbo (宁波) will unswervingly strengthen innovation leadership and strengthen the real economy, and accelerate the construction of a global advanced manufacturing base," said Peng Jiaxue (彭佳学), member of the Standing Committee of the Zhejiang Provincial Party Committee (浙江省委常委) and Secretary of the Ningbo Municipal Party Committee (宁波市委书记).
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I am a literary enthusiast living in a town and enjoy watching cultural performances. However, if I want to see some high-quality performances, I often have to go to the county seat or even a big city. I wonder if there are any policies to promote more high-quality performances and quality cultural resources to reach the grassroots level?
The "Decision" of the 20th CPC Central Committee's Third Plenary Session proposed "establishing a mechanism for quality cultural resources to directly reach the grassroots." This year's "Government Work Report" proposed: "Improve the public cultural service system and promote quality cultural resources to directly reach the grassroots."
"We want to bring a 好戏连台 (hǎo xì lián tái - "good shows one after another," a constant stream of good performances) to the grassroots and make the general public feel a strong sense of cultural fulfillment," said the person in charge of the Public Service Department of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism (文化和旅游部). "We will continue to promote the standardization and equalization of urban and rural public cultural services, so that urban and rural residents can better participate in cultural activities, cultivate artistic skills, enjoy cultural life, stimulate cultural enthusiasm, and enhance spiritual strength."
——Improve the grassroots public cultural service network.
"Going to night school, learning art, and making friends," "Without leaving the village, you can borrow books, watch operas, and enjoy the 'village gala'"... People everywhere are full of praise. Under the guidance of policies such as the "Guiding Opinions on Promoting the Construction of a County-level Cultural Center and Library General and Branch System," various localities are promoting the construction of a county-level cultural center and library general and branch system, so that scattered and independent resources form an organizational system, and quality performances, books, and other resources are continuously delivered to communities and villages. "Single supply" has been transformed into "multiple supply" and "interactive supply."
The person in charge of the Public Service Department of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism (文化和旅游部) said: "We will further strengthen the construction of county-level cultural centers and library general libraries, realize the interlibrary loan of general and branch library book resources, the sharing of digital services, the linkage of cultural activities, and the unified training of personnel; strengthen the function of civilized practice, promote the integrated development with the New Era Civilization Practice Center; further strengthen staggered opening hours, support extended opening hours, encourage the development of night services; and vigorously carry out mass cultural activities such as square dancing, 'Four Seasons Village Gala' and 'Four Seasons Village Songs'."
——Innovate and expand urban and rural public cultural spaces.
Walking into urban study rooms and rural bookstores to spend wonderful cultural time has become a habit for many people. The Ministry of Culture and Tourism (文化和旅游部), the National Development and Reform Commission (国家发展改革委), and the Ministry of Finance (财政部) jointly issued the "Opinions on Promoting the High-Quality Development of Public Cultural Services," deploying the construction of new public cultural spaces.
Public cultural spaces are flexibly embedded in various life scenarios. In urban streets, business districts, and cultural parks, new public cultural spaces integrate services such as book reading, art exhibitions, cultural salons, and light food and beverages; in the vast rural areas, theme function spaces such as cultural halls, cultural squares, and village opera stages are welcomed by villagers.
"As of now, more than 40,000 new public cultural spaces have been built nationwide," said the person in charge of the Public Service Department of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism (文化和旅游部). "In May of this year, the General Office of the CPC Central Committee (中办) and the General Office of the State Council (国办) issued the 'Opinions on Continuing to Promote Urban Renewal Actions,' proposing to scientifically layout new public cultural spaces. We support various localities in creating public cultural spaces with characteristics and taste, expanding the coverage of public cultural services, enhancing effectiveness, and continuously meeting the needs of urban and rural residents for high-quality cultural life."
——Accelerate the promotion of digital public cultural services.
In recent years, in line with the trend of informationization, "cloud" public cultural services have allowed urban and rural people to share public digital cultural products such as literary and artistic performances, special lectures, and art MOOCs, and enjoy convenient services. In Ningbo (宁波), Zhejiang (浙江), even if you are far away on an island, borrowing books is very convenient; in Changsha (长沙), Hunan (湖南), online cultural services such as square dance teaching have attracted countless fans; the National Public Culture Cloud (国家公共文化云) allows you to watch live broadcasts, enjoy activities, and learn talents with "one-click access."
The person in charge of the Public Service Department of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism (文化和旅游部) said: "In the next step, we will strengthen the construction of a smart library system, improve the networked and intelligent service level of digital cultural centers; explore the development of digital cultural popularization physical experience spaces, strengthen the application of new cultural formats such as digital art in public cultural venues, so that online and offline public cultural services are 'always open' and more exciting."
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 林丽鹂
Nearly 6,000 express packages entered the delivery channels, and over 1.43 million GB of data were transmitted in the cloud... This is the vigorous pulse of the Chinese market in one second.
More than 1.4 billion people, the world's largest middle-income group, over 191 million business entities, and a total retail sales of consumer goods expected to exceed 50 trillion yuan this year... This is the super-large scale of the Chinese market.
The market is the most scarce resource, and market resources are China's great advantage.
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "Building a unified national market is a requirement for constructing a new development pattern and promoting high-quality development. We must earnestly implement the decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee, strengthen coordination and cooperation, and form a joint force for advancement."
The meeting of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee (中共中央政治局) held on July 30 this year proposed: "Deepen the construction of a unified national market and promote the continuous optimization of market competition order."
Currently, the world is undergoing profound changes unseen in a century, and China's development faces profound and complex changes in the external environment. Counteracting the uncertainties of the international cycle with the inherent stability and long-term growth of the domestic cycle makes the importance of building a unified national market even more prominent.
Under the strong leadership of the Party Central Committee (党中央) with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) at its core, all localities and departments are working together to steadfastly manage their own affairs, unswervingly promote high-level opening up, deepen the construction of a unified national market, consolidate the foundational support for building a new development pattern, and firmly grasp the initiative for future development in our own hands.
Perfecting Top-Level Design—
"Establishing a unified national market system of rules"
Building a unified national market is a major decision made by the Party Central Committee (党中央) with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) at its core from an overall and strategic height. It is a requirement for building a new development pattern and promoting high-quality development, and it is also a requirement for winning strategic initiative in fierce international competition.
At the end of 2021, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized when chairing the 23rd meeting of the Central Committee for Comprehensively Deepening Reforms (中央全面深化改革委员会): "Building a new development pattern urgently requires accelerating the construction of an efficient, standardized, fair, competitive, and fully open unified national market, establishing a unified national market system of rules, and promoting the smooth flow of commodities and factor resources within a larger scope."
In 2022, the "Opinions of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council on Accelerating the Construction of a Unified National Market" (中共中央 国务院关于加快建设全国统一大市场的意见) were released, providing a top-level design for accelerating the construction of a unified national market.
The report to the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (党的二十大) proposed: "Build a unified national market, deepen the market-oriented reform of factors of production, and build a high-standard market system." The "Decision" (决定) of the Third Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee (党的二十届三中全会) made arrangements for "building a unified national market."
The sixth meeting of the Central Financial and Economic Affairs Commission (中央财经委员会) held on July 1 this year put forward the basic requirements of "five unifications and one opening" for deepening the construction of a unified national market, namely, unifying the basic market system, unifying market infrastructure, unifying the scale of government behavior, unifying market supervision and law enforcement, unifying the factor resource market, and continuously expanding domestic and foreign opening up.
Historical perspective and strategic thinking are all implemented into concrete actions.
Iteratively releasing five versions of the negative list for market access; centrally clearing 4,218 regulations and practices that hinder the unified national market and fair competition; carrying out consistency assessments of newly issued policies and macroeconomic policy orientations... The "four beams and eight pillars" of the unified national market have been basically established.
The basic market system continues to improve.
The "Guidelines for the Construction of a Unified National Market (Trial Implementation)" (全国统一大市场建设指引（试行）) were officially released, and the "Opinions on Improving the Social Credit System" (关于健全社会信用体系的意见) were issued... A series of regulatory requirements have become further clarified.
Revising the Anti-Monopoly Law, promulgating the "Regulations on Fair Competition Review" (公平竞争审查条例) and its implementation measures, and issuing the first basic law specifically on the development of the private economy... The guiding, regulating, and guaranteeing role of the rule of law has been fully exerted.
Market infrastructure is interconnected.
Shield machines roar, and transport vehicles shuttle back and forth. The construction of the Hebei section of Beijing Rail Transit Line 22 (北京轨道交通22号线河北段) is in full swing. After the opening of this first inter-provincial urban rail transit line between Beijing and Hebei, it will only take 9 minutes to travel from Yanjiao (燕郊) to the Beijing Municipal Administrative Center.
There are fewer "dead-end roads" on land, multimodal transport on water is accelerating, the railway entry rate of coastal ports and major ports on the Yangtze River (长江) exceeds 90%, the "mutual recognition of general inspection" of national ship inspection has been further deepened, and the "soft" and "hard" infrastructure are interconnected. In 2024, China's total social logistics cost as a percentage of GDP was 14.1%, a decrease of 0.3 percentage points compared with 2023, and the efficiency of market circulation has been effectively improved.
The factor resource market is accelerating integration.
Not long ago, the normalized power trading mechanism across power grids between the State Grid (国家电网) and the Southern Power Grid (南方电网) was officially established, the nationally coordinated "power supermarket" has arrived, and the construction of a unified national energy resource market is accelerating.
Completely removing household registration restrictions for participation in insurance in the place of employment, expanding the scope of direct settlement of medical insurance for cross-provincial medical treatment, and accelerating the mutual recognition of inspection and testing results of medical institutions promote the rational flow and effective allocation of talent resources.
With the "four beams and eight pillars" of the unified national market, the role of the super-large market in gathering resources, expanding domestic demand, and stimulating innovation can be better发挥 (fā huī - "bring into play," to give full play to), laying a solid foundation for smoothing the domestic cycle and promoting high-quality development.
Promoting Fair Competition—
"Focusing on correcting market failures and standardizing competition order"
Automobile production and sales both exceeded 15 million units for the first time, and many indicators achieved double-digit growth year-on-year... The China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (中国汽车工业协会) recently released its semi-annual report, showing that thanks to the effectiveness of the continuous rectification of disorderly competition in the new energy vehicle industry for a period of time, automobile companies' production rhythm is stable, inventory pressure has been improved, and industrial vitality continues to be released.
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "Focus on correcting market failures, standardizing competition order, and making the unified national market a grand stage for fair competition among various business entities."
In recent years, some industries have entered a stage of transformation between new and old kinetic energy and stock competition. Phenomena such as low price, low quality, and low-level competition have become increasingly widespread, and unfair competition and disorderly competition have occurred frequently, seriously distorting the market mechanism and damaging the order of fair market competition.
A fair competitive market environment is the key to stimulating innovation vitality and optimizing resource allocation, and it is also an inevitable requirement for building a unified national market.
The meeting of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee (中共中央政治局) held on July 30 required: "Govern disorderly competition among enterprises in accordance with laws and regulations. Promote the governance of production capacity in key industries."
From improving performance assessment to strengthening anti-monopoly law enforcement, from enhancing industry self-discipline to promoting the orderly exit of backward production capacity, governments in many places and multiple industries are working together to govern disorderly competition among enterprises—
On May 20, the Law on Promoting the Development of the Private Economy (民营经济促进法) was implemented to ensure fair participation in market competition for various economic organizations.
On June 27, the 16th meeting of the Standing Committee of the 14th National People's Congress (十四届全国人大常委会) voted to adopt the newly revised Anti-Unfair Competition Law (反不正当竞争法), adding provisions on the fair competition review system...
Strengthening product consistency spot checks, carrying out anti-unfair competition law enforcement; severely rectifying market chaos such as inferior quality and low prices, resolutely cracking down on infringement, counterfeiting, and selling fake goods; strengthening standard setting, pursuing value competition with more "technical content," and more measures focus on eliminating inefficiency and encouraging innovation through fair competition, so as to better achieve resource optimization and allocation and fully stimulate market vitality.
"The process of solving problems is also the process of development and progress." Governing disorderly competition among enterprises and truly implementing the concept of building a unified national market into the entire process of industry development, industrial cultivation, and market competition will change the industry development pattern and make the foundation for high-quality development more solid.
Standardizing Government Behavior—
"Preventing localities from engaging in self-small cycles and eliminating regional barriers"
If an enterprise moves out, wouldn't the investment be gone, the tax revenue be gone, and the performance be gone?
That's not really the case! On June 26, the Micro-LED display chip and module project of Saphlux Semiconductor Technology Co., Ltd. (赛富乐斯半导体科技有限公司) was officially put into production in the Liusong Modern Industrial Park (六松现代产业园) in Lu'an City (六安市), Anhui Province (安徽). This is the first industrial project in Lu'an City (六安市) to establish a cross-regional benefit-sharing mechanism of "fiscal and tax sharing, statistical sharing" with Songjiang District (松江区), Shanghai (上海). According to the mechanism agreement, the two local governments share and calculate the value-added tax and other fiscal and tax revenues, fixed asset investment and other statistical indicators proportionally.
The more standardized government behavior is, the more effective the market role will be.
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "Prevent localities from engaging in self-small cycles, eliminate regional barriers, and truly form a unified national market."
The factor market is the foundation of the entire market system. Deepening the market-oriented reform of factors of production is the key to deepening the construction of a unified national market.
Repealing preferential policies for investment promotion that do not meet the requirements; for non-compliant charges involving enterprises, they should be abolished as much as possible and adjusted as much as possible... By unifying the scale of government behavior, various localities break down administrative monopolies and regional barriers, promote a better combination of an effective market and a promising government, and strive to achieve complementary advantages and coordinated development.
At the end of April, two enterprises from Jiangsu (江苏) and Anhui (安徽) completed a surface water rights transaction through the online platform of the China Water Exchange (中国水权交易所). 70,000 cubic meters of water source was transferred by an Anhui (安徽) enterprise to a Jiangsu (江苏) enterprise for industrial water use at a price of 0.3 yuan per cubic meter.
Cross-provincial water rights transactions break the restrictions of provincial administrative divisions, providing new ideas and new models for water rights reform, ecological protection and economic development in the two places, and promoting the transformation of water resource management from administrative allocation to market-oriented allocation.
Since June, the Ministry of Finance (财政部), the Ministry of Public Security (公安部), and the State Administration for Market Regulation (国家市场监督管理总局) have jointly rectified problems such as purchasers favoring local enterprises in government procurement, agency agencies charging fees in violation of regulations, suppliers falsifying materials, and malicious collusion, focusing on inspecting agency agencies and establishing a multi-departmental coordinated supervision mechanism.
Standardizing market access and fair competition systems, building a more transparent government procurement environment, and opening up all links in production, distribution, circulation, and consumption can promote the orderly flow and efficient allocation of commodity factor resources within a larger scope, and build a strong and resilient national economic cycle system.
Promoting the Integration of Domestic and Foreign Trade—
"Making China's new development new opportunities for all countries"
At Dalian Dantate Biotechnology Co., Ltd. (大连丹特生物技术有限公司), a batch of xylitol candies has just come off the production line and is immediately packaged and shipped to Hamburg (汉堡), Germany (德国) and Shanghai (上海), China (中国), where domestic and foreign trade converge on the same production line. Zhao Yuguo (赵玉国), chairman of the company, said: "We promise 'same line, same standard, same quality', that is, domestic and export products share an intelligent production line, and whichever of the European and American standards and the national standards has higher requirements, we will implement that one. Authoritative institutions test that the quality of export and domestic products is the same."
In Xiangtan Comprehensive Bonded Zone (湘潭综合保税区), a "liquid crystal display super factory" is under construction at an accelerated pace. "The efficiency of handling affairs is higher than we imagined, and we are even a little unable to keep up with the pace of work here." Kwon Young-gil (权永吉), head of Hunan Jinzhi Optoelectronics Co., Ltd. (湖南锦智光电有限责任公司), a South Korean company, said that he was impressed by Hunan's first-class business environment. The project took only 4 months from negotiation to implementation, creating the company's "fastest speed of overseas investment."
Building a unified national market is a large market facing the world and fully open, and it is a large market that treats all business entities equally.
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized: "China will unswervingly expand high-level opening up, release the dividends of a super-large market, make China's new development new opportunities for all countries, and inject more certainty into world economic growth."
Today, the number of items on the negative list for market access has been reduced to 106, and restrictions on foreign investment access in the manufacturing industry have been completely lifted. Focusing on institutional opening up, China actively aligns with international high-standard economic and trade rules, orderly expands the opening up of China's commodity market, service market, capital market, and labor market, accelerates the improvement of a high-level opening up system and mechanism, and promotes better connection between the domestic and international markets.
Establishing and practicing a correct view of performance is related to the effectiveness of deepening the construction of a unified national market.
Hubei (湖北) has incorporated the optimization of the business environment into the performance assessment of party and government leading bodies at all levels, Shandong (山东) has incorporated "clearing market barriers to zero" into the assessment of cities and prefectures, and Shanxi (山西) has incorporated the business environment assessment into the province's annual target responsibility assessment system and implemented separate rewards and punishments... Continuously improving the high-quality development assessment system and the cadre performance assessment and evaluation system, using the assessment "baton" well, guiding cadres at all levels to break the "one-acre three-point land" mentality, establish a national "chess game" awareness, and accurately locate themselves in the overall national situation.
Letting the "big market" become a "strong market," deepening the construction of a unified national market, and accelerating the construction of a new development pattern will surely continuously consolidate the foundation of China's economic development, enhance the security and stability of development, and will surely inject more positive energy and certainty into global development.
Return to TopHaiyang Nuclear Power Units 3 and 4 of State Power Investment Corporation (国家电投) Shandong (山东) are key projects in the national "14th Five-Year Plan" and are scheduled to be fully operational in 2027. On August 4, the CB20 module of Haiyang (海阳) Nuclear Power Unit 3 was successfully hoisted into place, marking the completion of the hoisting of all large modules of the unit and the beginning of the equipment installation and commissioning phase.
The picture shows the CB20 module hoisting site.
Tang Ke (唐克) photographed (Xinhua News Agency (新华社) issued)
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"Every time I tell his story, I can feel the spiritual strength that transcends time and space." At the Yang Jingyu Martyrs' Cemetery (杨靖宇烈士陵园) in Tonghua (通化), Jilin (吉林) Province, Ma Jizhi (马继志), a descendant of the martyr Yang Jingyu (杨靖宇), recalled, "There is a piece of birch bark that has been in our family's collection for nearly 70 years. It was brought back from the place where martyr Yang Jingyu (杨靖宇) sacrificed himself, constantly reminding us to inherit the legacy of our predecessors and unswervingly carry forward the red spirit."
White mountains and black waters, loyal heart and red blood. Recently, the reporter walked into Tonghua (通化) City to seek out the deeds of heroes and relive the memories of the War of Resistance. On the vast black land, the spirit of the Northeast Anti-Japanese United Army (东北抗联) is permanently passed down, becoming a powerful spiritual driving force to inspire people to start businesses and make achievements.
A Spiritual Monument——
The Northeast Anti-Japanese United Army (东北抗联) Wrote an Immortal Legend
On the southern foot of Changbai Mountain (长白山) and the east bank of the Hun River (浑江), the Yang Jingyu Martyrs' Cemetery (杨靖宇烈士陵园) is full of vigorous pines and cypresses. The tall bronze statue of Yang Jingyu (杨靖宇) in military uniform stands upright, and the base of the statue is engraved with "Respectfully erected by the youth of Tonghua City (通化市青少年敬立)."
The cemetery is solemn and solemn, and many cadres and the masses come to pay their respects. "The martyrs fought bloody battles with the Japanese invaders back then, so we have the hard-won happy life we have today. We must always remember the heroes," said Mr. Zuo (左先生), 76 years old.
In the first exhibition room of the cemetery, a photo of Yang Jingyu (杨靖宇) as a student is particularly eye-catching. "This photo was taken in 1926, when Yang Jingyu (杨靖宇) was 21 years old. In 1928, Yang Jingyu (杨靖宇) went to other places to carry out revolutionary activities. Before leaving, he gave this photo to his wife, and he never came back." Yu Yang (于洋), a staff member of the Tonghua Revolutionary Martyrs' Cemetery Management Center (通化市革命烈士陵园管理中心), said.
"On the revolutionary road, martyr Yang Jingyu (杨靖宇) bravely moved forward and was not afraid of sacrifice. He practiced his oath of loyalty to the Party and the people with his life, and established a spiritual monument that will never fade," said Ma Jizhi (马继志).
Walking into the Northeast Anti-Japanese United Army Memorial Hall (东北抗日联军纪念馆), there are two special pieces of wood in the display cabinet. Upon closer inspection, the words engraved on the wood are faintly visible. "In those years, the soldiers of the Northeast Anti-Japanese United Army (东北抗联) used the trees that were everywhere and not easily noticed by the enemy, peeled off the bark, and engraved messages or posted contact slogans on the trunks to achieve information transmission," said Yu Yang (于洋).
In the arduous struggle, tens of thousands of soldiers of the Northeast Anti-Japanese United Army (东北抗日联军) shed their blood on the battlefield.
Mr. Guo (郭先生) and his family, who drove more than 100 kilometers from Huinan County (辉南县), Tonghua City (通化市), carefully browsed the memorial hall and stopped from time to time. "Reviewing that period of revolutionary history, we have a deeper understanding that heroes are the most shining coordinates of the nation. We must inherit the red gene and pass on the spirit of the Northeast Anti-Japanese United Army (东北抗联) from generation to generation," said Mr. Guo (郭先生).
"In the past two years, about 450,000 visitors have come here every year to remember the heroes. The spirit of the heroes who were not afraid of strong enemies and fought bloody battles has become a powerful force to encourage us to work hard and forge ahead," said Gao Jingyuan (高境远), director of the Tonghua Revolutionary Martyrs' Cemetery Management Center (通化市革命烈士陵园管理中心).
Echoes of History——
Hero Stories are the Most Vivid Teaching Materials
In the red archives theme classroom of the Jilin Yang Jingyu Cadre College (吉林杨靖宇干部学院), Yao Shuairu (姚帅如), a teacher at the college, is having a "time-traveling" dialogue with General Yang Jingyu (杨靖宇) generated using artificial intelligence imaging technology. Many students at the scene were moved to tears.
Archives restore history, dialogue with the future. "We developed this course based on the 100-day combat archives of General Yang Jingyu (杨靖宇) before his martyrdom. Through archive interpretation, scene reproduction and other forms, we lead students into the arduous struggle history of the Northeast Anti-Japanese United Army (东北抗联) and understand the spirit of the Northeast Anti-Japanese United Army (东北抗联)," said Yao Shuairu (姚帅如).
Accompanied by the melodious harmonica melody, the college teachers, dressed in the costumes of the soldiers of the Northeast Anti-Japanese United Army (东北抗联), sang the "March of the First Route Army of the Northeast Anti-Japanese United Army (东北抗日联军第一路军军歌)" written by Yang Jingyu (杨靖宇). The loud singing echoed in the classroom for a long time.
Among Yang Jingyu's (杨靖宇) belongings, there is a very special one - a harmonica. "In the arduous battle in the ice and snow, General Yang Jingyu (杨靖宇) would often take out his harmonica and play it for the soldiers of the Anti-Japanese United Army (抗联战士们)." Yao Shuairu (姚帅如) said, "The harmonica is a spiritual weapon for the soldiers to communicate their feelings, defeat the enemy, and overcome difficulties. He never let go of his gun, and he never let go of his harmonica. General Yang Jingyu (杨靖宇) called the harmonica the 'second gun' of the soldiers of the Anti-Japanese United Army (抗联将士们)."
One by one, the archives truly show the heroic image of the soldiers of the Northeast Anti-Japanese United Army (东北抗联). The class showed an archive from the enemy - the "Monthly Report on Ideological Countermeasures (December)" of the Tonghua Independent Gendarmerie Detachment (通化独立宪兵分队) in 1939, which mentioned that these Anti-Japanese United Army (抗联) troops skillfully dispersed or gathered, cleverly avoided the sharp edge of the Japanese and puppet military police suppression teams, and also carried out tenacious resistance, and their strength should not be underestimated.
"This archive shows that General Yang Jingyu's (杨靖宇) flexible guerrilla tactics caused great trouble to the enemy. With flexible and changeable guerrilla tactics and fighting wisdom, General Yang Jingyu (杨靖宇) led his troops to break through the encirclement and suppression many times, resolve dangers, and preserve his own strength while maximizing the attack on the enemy," said Jin Huabin (金华彬), a teacher at the college.
"The glorious deeds of the heroes moved me very much. Today's happy life was exchanged for by the heroes with their blood and lives. We must cherish it, forge ahead, and continue to struggle," said Wei Shansong (魏善松), a staff member of the Jilin Disabled Persons' Federation (吉林市残疾人联合会) who came to study.
"Through high-quality courses, situational classrooms and other forms, students can more deeply learn about the deeds of heroes, continue the red culture, and draw wisdom and strength for progress from the red spiritual bloodline," said Han Dong (韩冬), executive vice president of the Jilin Yang Jingyu Cadre College (吉林杨靖宇干部学院).
Footsteps of Struggle——
Red is the Brightest Background Color
The sound of gunfire rang out, and the Northeast Anti-Japanese United Army (东北抗联) soldiers played by actors fought to the death with the enemy... In the Tonghua Longxingli Tourist and Leisure Block (通化龙兴里旅游休闲街区), a large-scale red-themed situational drama is being staged.
"Based on the rich red resources of Tonghua City (通化市), we integrate red culture into the tourism experience, which not only opens up new tourism scenarios, but also allows tourists to more deeply understand the red spirit," said Xing Shufan (邢书凡), a staff member of Jilin Qinglv Cultural Tourism Industry Co., Ltd. (吉林青旅文化旅游实业有限公司).
Walking through the Longxingli Tourist and Leisure Block (龙兴里旅游休闲街区), there is a dazzling array of shops such as the Tianmu Food Street (天幕美食街) and the Specialty Agricultural Products Exhibition Hall (特色农产品展馆), as well as various intangible cultural heritage shops embedded in the block, where old crafts and new blocks coexist and thrive.
In the Shi Yun (石运) cultural and creative shop, rows of red-themed Songhua inkstone (松花砚) carvings are lined up. "This one is carved with the Wula shoes (靰鞡鞋) worn by the soldiers of the Northeast Anti-Japanese United Army (东北抗联)," said Ju Zhanpeng (鞠展鹏), a representative inheritor of the Tonghua Songhua inkstone (通化松花砚) carving technique, a non-heritage project in Jilin Province (吉林省非遗项目). "In recent years, my apprentices and I have begun to carve red-themed Songhua inkstone (松花砚) works, hoping to better promote the spirit of the Northeast Anti-Japanese United Army (东北抗联) in this way. Now more and more people like Songhua inkstone (松花砚), which gives us more confidence to inherit the intangible cultural heritage skills."
New formats activate new momentum. In an immersive board game experience hall in the block, more than a thousand sets of costumes such as Hanfu (汉服) and Mamianqun (马面裙) are neatly arranged, and the immersive game experience attracts many tourists to check in.
Wang Yihan (王艺含), 22 years old and just graduated from university, is the supervisor in the store. "There are more young people who come to the store to spend money. Every holiday, the passenger flow will surge," Wang Yihan (王艺含) said that Tonghua (通化) is her hometown, and she chose to come back to work after graduating from university. There are many development opportunities here, and young people have a broad stage.
"Last year, the Longxingli Tourist and Leisure Block (龙兴里旅游休闲街区) received 4.3 million tourists and the annual sales exceeded 74.3 million yuan. The simple and trendy elements collide here, attracting more and more tourists," said Xing Shufan (邢书凡).
A tourist and leisure block reflects the vigorous vitality of economic development. In the first half of this year, the added value of Tonghua's (通化市) industrial enterprises above designated size increased by 13.3%, and the output value of specialized, refined, and new high-tech enterprises increased by 5.7% and 7.9% respectively. The total retail sales of social consumer goods increased by 4.9%. A beautiful picture of high-quality development is slowly unfolding.
At night, the Longxingli Tourist and Leisure Block (龙兴里旅游休闲街区) is brightly lit, children are playing and laughing, the elderly are strolling leisurely, and young people are taking pictures and checking in. The bright smiles and colorful lights reflect each other, full of happiness...
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Planning the economic and social development for the "Fifteenth Five-Year Plan" period scientifically is crucial to the overall situation. To implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important instructions, we must more consciously adhere to a people-centered approach, and unite strengthening top-level design with seeking advice from the people.
In the voices and opinions of the people, there are ideas rooted in the soil and weighty expectations. From a netizen's suggestion of "mutual-aid elderly care" being written into the "Fourteenth Five-Year Plan," to the collection of over 8.5 million suggestions for the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, and then to over 3.113 million online suggestions flooding towards the "Fifteenth Five-Year Plan," by practicing whole-process people's democracy and following the Party's mass line in the new era, we can not only effectively improve the level of decision-making, but also fully stimulate the enthusiasm, initiative, and creativity of the masses.
The people are at the forefront of reform and development, and have the most genuine perception of policies. By adhering to understanding the people's conditions, listening to the people's voices, and gathering the people's wisdom, and by uniting the wisdom and strength hidden among the people, we can continuously create new historical achievements.
The original aspiration of creating happiness for the people remains unwavering. By accurately identifying the focus of work and the point of policy implementation from the people's expectations, and by successively implementing five-year plans to accomplish one practical task after another for the people's livelihood, both fighting tough battles and persevering for a long time, we will surely be able to continuously turn the people's yearning for a better life into reality.
Return to TopHohhot, August 4th (Reporter Zhang Cheng (张枨)) It was learned from China Railway Hohhot Bureau Group Co., Ltd. (中国铁路呼和浩特局集团有限公司) that on August 3rd, a China-Europe freight train loaded with 55 containers departed from the Erenhot (二连浩特) Railway Port in Inner Mongolia (内蒙古), marking that the middle corridor of the China-Europe freight train has seen a cumulative traffic volume of over 20,000 trains since the first China-Europe freight train passed through in 2013.
Currently, there are 73 China-Europe freight train routes operating through the Erenhot (二连浩特) Railway Port, reaching more than 70 hub stations in more than 10 countries including Germany (德国) and Poland (波兰), and radiating more than 60 cities in 24 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) across the country.
Return to TopTheory and Study: Experts Discuss Volume I of "Xi Jinping's Economic Anthology" (习近平经济文选)
Economic Globalization and Developing New Quality Productive Forces
Ninth Edition
Cutting-Edge Observation: Taking the Lead and Demonstrating Responsibility
Daring to be First, Vigorously Surging
Eighteenth Edition
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 郁静娴 常 钦 邓剑洋
"The 15th day of the seventh lunar month determines drought or flood, and the 15th day of the eighth lunar month determines the harvest." As the major part of the year's grain production, autumn grain is still two months away from large-scale harvest and is in a critical period of yield formation.
Since the beginning of the flood season, China's meteorological conditions have been generally unfavorable. East China and North China have been continuously hit by heavy rainfall, while the Huanghuai area has experienced continuous high-temperature drought, which has adversely affected agricultural production.
Industry experts say that there will be more extreme climate events in the second half of the year, with the threats of drought, floods, and typhoons coexisting. To achieve a bumper harvest of autumn grain, many more hurdles must be overcome, and efforts must be focused on strengthening agricultural disaster prevention and mitigation.
In response to adverse effects, local authorities and departments are focusing on disaster resistance to secure a bumper harvest, implementing various measures in detail, and making every effort to ensure the safety of autumn grain.
Rainfall Shows "More in the North and South, Less in the Middle," and Various Regions Respond to Risks Early
"The rainfall is heavy, but fortunately the water drains quickly, and the corn is basically unaffected." From 14:00 on July 24 to 11:00 on July 25, Dingbian County (定边县), Shaanxi Province (陕西省), experienced continuous heavy rainfall. The rainfall in Duiziliang Town (堆子梁镇) exceeded 100 mm, and more than 4,000 mu of low-lying farmland in Miaowan Village (庙湾村) were flooded. Wang Xiaoqin (王小琴), a grower in Miaowan Village, planted more than 100 mu of corn and peppers this year, all of which are lodging-resistant varieties. Before sowing, she raised the ridges according to the guidance of agricultural technicians.
As soon as the rain stopped, Zhao Baofeng (赵宝峰), the village Party secretary, led the villagers to the fields with shovels and water pumps to dig ditches, set up pipes, and pump water. He introduced that the village had suffered from floods in the past, so a flood control plan was formulated early this year. "At the beginning of the year, we organized villagers to clean up 3 kilometers of drainage ditches. Before this rainfall, we reinforced the river channel, strengthened patrols on the flood-prone points on both banks, and promptly blocked low-lying openings, protecting more than 70% of the village's farmland."
Focusing on flood control to protect grain, Dingbian County has adopted a joint "human defense + technical defense" model this year, built 18 sets of integrated mountain flood disaster warning water quantity and water level stations, allocated special funds for silt dam and reservoir flood control, and purchased flood control materials such as water pumps and generators in advance. At present, agricultural technicians in the county are guiding farmers to apply foliar fertilizer to crops to minimize losses.
During the critical flood season of "late July and early August," meteorological information shows that from mid-July to mid-August this year, rainfall in China's main flood season shows a "more in the north and south, less in the middle" distribution, with more extreme weather.
"Since May, the temperature in Heilongjiang Province (黑龙江省) has been slightly higher than in previous years, and the spatial and temporal distribution of precipitation in the province is uneven." Cao Liyong (曹立勇), director of the Northern Rice Research Center of the China National Rice Research Institute (中国水稻研究所北方水稻研究中心), said that at present, rice growth in Heilongjiang (黑龙江) has entered a critical mid-to-late stage, and the overall growth is good, but some areas with severe drought from June to July may experience sudden heavy rainfall, strong winds, and other extreme weather, which will cause varying degrees of flooding in paddy fields, especially in low-lying and flood-prone rice areas and rice areas along inland rivers, which face a great threat.
How to respond before and after floods? Cao Liyong introduced that drainage ditches should be dredged and drainage and irrigation equipment should be repaired before the rain; once waterlogging occurs after the rain, the flooded fields must be drained to expose the soil for 1 to 3 days to promote root recovery and prevent lodging or premature aging. In terms of water management, shallow water should be irrigated once, and after it naturally seeps dry, the next shallow water should be irrigated.
"Faced with a high-temperature and high-humidity field environment, it is also necessary to closely monitor the trends of major diseases and insect pests." Cao Liyong said that insecticides and foliar fertilizers should be sprayed in combination with rice growth and development to accelerate grain filling and help rice mature safely.
5 Provinces Activate Emergency Response, Water Conservancy Facilities Help Cope with Drought
"Water disasters affect a line, while drought disasters affect a large area." Experts pointed out that the more significant meteorological factor affecting autumn grain at present is the threat of continuous high-temperature drought.
Since July, large-scale high-temperature weather has occurred in the Huanghuai (黄淮), Jianghuai (江淮), and Jianghan (江汉) areas. At present, summer corn in these areas has entered the small trumpet mouth to tasseling and pollen shedding period, while spring corn is in the filling period. Continuous high-temperature drought has adversely affected autumn grain production.
"Affected by high-temperature drought, soil moisture is lost quickly, and corn leaves in some areas show curling and lagging growth. From the field investigation, the corn growth and development process varies greatly under different irrigation conditions." Li Congfeng (李从锋), a researcher at the Institute of Crop Sciences of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (中国农业科学院作物科学研究所) and a post expert of the National Maize Industry Technology System (国家玉米产业技术体系), introduced that corn plots in central and southern Henan (河南) that have been watered 2 to 4 times are in the tasseling and pollen shedding period, those watered 1 to 2 times are about to tassel, and those without irrigation conditions basically cannot grow normally.
At present, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (农业农村部) has launched a level-3 emergency response for agricultural prevention of high-temperature drought in Henan (河南), Anhui (安徽), Shandong (山东), Jiangsu (江苏), and Hubei (湖北) provinces, and sent working groups to key provinces such as Henan and Anhui to guide drought-resistant irrigation to ensure a bumper harvest of autumn grain.
In many grain-producing areas, farmland water conservancy facilities help effectively cope with drought.
"Water is coming—" On the afternoon of July 29, in Honglou Village (洪楼村), Jiangkou Town (蒋口镇), Yongcheng City (永城市), Henan Province, Feng Lei (冯雷), director of the Minle Planting Professional Cooperative (民乐种植专业合作社), opened the main valve, and the patch-type drip irrigation system spread across the farmland gradually swelled, with water droplets falling evenly, and the corn welcomed the thirst-quenching "sweet rain."
This year, the cooperative planted more than 6,000 mu of corn and deployed a water and fertilizer integrated drip irrigation device, which can accurately drip irrigate specific plots by opening the main valve. "During this period, we basically have to irrigate every week." Feng Lei introduced that integrated drip irrigation can thoroughly irrigate a plot of land in seven or eight hours, saving more than 30% of water and fertilizer compared with the traditional irrigation model.
Calculate the two accounts of "water use and water saving." Under the drought situation, Yongcheng City continues to organize agricultural technicians to enter villages and households to the fields, give full play to the regulating role of farmland water conservancy facilities such as agricultural canals, motor-pumped wells, pumping stations, and pits and ponds, and implement water-saving irrigation and key field management technologies by crop, region, and link to ensure the growth of 1.745 million mu of autumn grain crops in the city.
"Irrigating one mu early is one mu. Drought-stricken cornfields should combine local conditions, use all irrigation facilities and water sources, and irrigate as much as possible." Li Congfeng suggested that according to the corn growth, try to choose the morning and evening hours for sprinkler irrigation, drip irrigation, and other water-saving irrigation methods. Corn in drought-stricken plots should also be top-dressed with ear fertilizer in time to enhance plant stress resistance. Under high-temperature and drought conditions, it is also necessary to focus on preventing and controlling insect pests such as corn borer, fall armyworm, and aphids, as well as diseases such as southern rust, leaf spot, and stem rot.
For some corn plots that are severely affected by drought and basically have no yield, Li Congfeng suggested that farmers can take silage measures in time or plant short-season crops such as vegetables and small grains to reduce losses.
Agricultural Production in Disaster-stricken Areas is Accelerating Recovery, and Insurance Claims are Proceeding in an Orderly Manner
At present, agricultural production in the previously disaster-stricken areas is accelerating recovery, and related agricultural insurance claims are also proceeding in an orderly manner.
On July 26, heavy rainstorms occurred in some areas of Miyun (密云), Huairou (怀柔), Pinggu (平谷), and Yanqing (延庆) in Beijing (北京). The Beijing Municipal Bureau of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (北京市农业农村局) immediately organized rescue and disaster relief and urged policy-based agricultural insurance underwriting institutions to fully launch an emergency response mechanism. At noon on the 27th, the Beijing Branch of China United Property Insurance (中华财险北京分公司) conducted a detailed investigation and found that a farmer in Baoyuling Village (保峪岭村), Fengjiayu Town (冯家峪镇), Miyun District (密云区) suffered serious losses. They immediately contacted the farmer. At noon the next day, the company paid the farmer a pre-compensation of 200,000 yuan in accordance with the method of paying compensation first and then supplementing materials.
Hou Fuqiang (侯福强), a second-level inspector of the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, introduced that if farmers encounter property damage, they can take photos and keep evidence as soon as possible, and call the service hotline of the policy-based agricultural insurance underwriting institution to report the disaster as soon as possible, or report the case online through the public account of the underwriting institution. The relevant institutions improve the speed of compensation in accordance with the requirements of "fast investigation, fast loss assessment, and fast settlement of claims." As of August 4, Beijing's policy-based agricultural insurance has completed compensation payments of 4.032 million yuan. In addition, the city has reserved and allocated 112,500 kilograms of disaster relief and famine relief seeds and more than 50,000 pieces of animal disease prevention and control materials, coordinated 1,266 sets of farmland drainage equipment reserved by various districts, and organized multiple teams of agricultural experts to go to disaster-stricken areas to guide agricultural recovery and production.
Recently, the Ministry of Finance (财政部), together with the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, issued 197 million yuan of central financial agricultural production disaster prevention and relief funds to support disaster-stricken areas in 7 provinces, including Hubei (湖北), Hunan (湖南), Guangdong (广东), Guangxi (广西), Chongqing (重庆), Guizhou (贵州), and Yunnan (云南), to actively respond to the impact of floods, typhoons, and other disasters, and carry out agricultural production disaster relief-related work. The focus is on providing subsidies for disaster relief measures such as crop replanting, restoration of damaged agricultural facilities, and farmland drainage, reducing agricultural production losses, and helping to consolidate the foundation for a bumper harvest of autumn grain.
"In recent years, extreme climate events in China have been more frequent, and the occurrence of diseases and insect pests has shown an increasing trend. Disaster resistance to secure a bumper harvest has gradually become the norm in grain production." The relevant person in charge of the Planting Management Department of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs said that since the beginning of the flood season, various regions have made every effort to fight drought and irrigate, and rush to drain accumulated water, which has effectively reduced the impact of disasters. Next, we will continue to closely monitor disaster risks such as drought and high-temperature heat damage, intensify research and judgment, release disaster forecasts and early warnings as early as possible, improve the coverage and arrival rate of advanced and applicable technologies, and follow up on the management of crops in the field by region, crop, and disaster type.
Recently, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs issued the "Work Plan for Agricultural Disaster Prevention, Mitigation, and Relief to Ensure a Bumper Harvest of Autumn Grain," which formulated a total of 34 disaster prevention, mitigation, and relief measures.
"Looking at the long term, we will further enhance the capacity for agricultural disaster prevention, mitigation, and relief, steadily promote the construction of high-standard farmland, the repair and renovation of farmland ditches, and continuously enhance agricultural climate resilience." The relevant person in charge of the Farmland Construction Management Department of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs said.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 杨 迅
In the first half of the year, China's gross domestic product increased by 5.3% year-on-year, 0.3 percentage points higher than the same period last year. "China's economic foundation is solid, its advantages are numerous, its resilience is strong, and its potential is vast. The supporting conditions and basic trends for long-term improvement have not changed."
Such judgments can be based on the subtle aspects of economic operation: walking into a store, observing new changes in consumption from a smart watch; walking into a factory, observing the transformation and upgrading of the manufacturing industry from an industrial robot; walking into a foreign trade enterprise, observing how cross-border e-commerce expands channels and stabilizes orders... 管中窥豹 (guǎn zhōng kuī bào - "see leopard through a pipe," to get a glimpse of the whole through a small part), 见微知著 (jiàn wēi zhī zhù - "seeing the small and knowing the great," to know the whole by observing a part), starting today, this edition launches the "Mid-Year Economic Micro-Observation" series of reports, observing the dynamics and vitality of China's economy in the first half of the year through vivid individual cases.
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"The special feature of this watch is automatic warning when blood pressure is abnormal."
"When customers ask about the operation steps of the one-click micro-examination function of the watch, answer like this..."
"This watch can save 448 yuan after the national subsidy, be sure to tell the customer clearly."
At 9:00 a.m., in the Huawei Smart Life Pavilion (华为智能生活馆) in MixC (万象城), Changsha (长沙), Hunan (湖南), at the morning meeting, store salesperson Wu Qian (吴倩) was simulating the scenario of consumers purchasing with other store employees, repeatedly confirming the sports and health monitoring functions of several smart watches.
"Explaining the health functions and subsidy policies to customers is the focus of the assessment." Wu Qian (吴倩) opened the training manual, which was densely filled with "Introduction to Health Monitoring Functions," "Display of Sports Functions," "Subsidy Application Process," "Frequently Asked Questions and Answers"...
As soon as the morning meeting ended, Wu Qian (吴倩) received a call from the regional manager, "The inventory of several watches is running low, especially the models with blood pressure monitoring function, not enough to sell, need to stock up more." Facing the purchase order and inventory situation, Wu Qian (吴倩) submitted a stock-up application in the system, noting: "Demand is increasing, 70% of customers inquire about the blood pressure monitoring function."
The busy stocking is closely related to the trend of health consumption upgrading stimulated by the consumer goods trade-in policy.
"My sports bracelet has been used for several years, I want to change to a new one, I hope the battery life is longer and the functions are more."
A middle-aged couple came to the store, and the husband, Wang Yucheng (王宇程), picked up the bracelets and watches and tried them on one by one; his wife compared the different colors of the straps to see which one matched her dressing style better.
"You sometimes don't sleep well, this sleep monitoring function looks quite suitable." "When we exercise, wearing this watch can also record how long we exercise and the calories burned." The couple said while experiencing the functions on the watch.
"The health and sports functions of this watch are very good, how much is it after the national subsidy?" Wang Yucheng (王宇程) asked.
"The original price of the white plain leather strap model is 1688 yuan, your bracelet can be depreciated for about 200 yuan, the store subsidy is 400 yuan, and the national subsidy is 15% off, the final price is 924.8 yuan." The salesperson calculated with a calculator.
Wang Yucheng (王宇程) nodded and decided to buy a couple's model: "The store subsidy and the national subsidy are superimposed, which is very affordable."
Subsequently, the salesperson guided Wang Yucheng (王宇程) to open the "UnionPay" (云闪付) APP, receive coupons, and scan the code. "Depreciation price plus store subsidy, plus national subsidy, save 763.2 yuan," the system calculated the preferential price within 30 seconds. The convenient consumption process allows policy dividends to accurately reach - for smart watches and bracelets alone, the store sold more than 400 in June.
Not far away, customer Chen Xiao (陈晓) was trying on a new watch, "The online parameters are too abstract, you can only know if it is suitable by trying it on in person. The national subsidy plus the store subsidy can save hundreds of yuan, especially the functions of monitoring heart rate variability and blood oxygen saturation, which are especially suitable for fitness."
As soon as the salesperson finished receiving Chen Xiao (陈晓), customer Liu Ming (刘明) brought his father to the store: "My father has high blood pressure, can you recommend one for me?" The salesperson demonstrated the steps of measuring blood pressure with the watch, and showed the "family positioning" and call functions. When the wearer's blood pressure is abnormal, the smart watch will contact the emergency contact. Liu Ming (刘明) exclaimed: "This watch is a mobile 'health housekeeper'."
As the consumer goods trade-in policy takes effect, such scenes are frequently staged in major shopping malls across the country. Smart wearable devices of the size of a square inch are becoming another unique window for observing consumption upgrades. Policies continue to increase and expand, and this year, digital products such as mobile phones, tablets, and smart watches and bracelets have been included in the scope of subsidies, promoting the sales of related products - since the beginning of this year, more than 69 million consumers have purchased more than 74 million digital products.
"Consumers are paying more and more attention to health monitoring functions." Wu Qian (吴倩), who has been in the industry for many years, said, "In the past, customers cared about battery life and price, but now they also ask about blood pressure, blood oxygen monitoring and other functions. We have to study related knowledge and not let customers question our business ability." The mall requires sales staff to memorize the specific preferential terms and methods of receiving national subsidies to ensure that every customer understands the preferential policies they can enjoy. The store adds two special training sessions every week, and the content shifts from parameter memorization to health data interpretation.
Service upgrades, and products must also be upgraded. At present, smart wearable devices below 1,000 yuan can mostly meet basic sports needs, while higher-priced models focus on health management. Whether it is an entry-level model or a high-end model, it is equipped with sports and health monitoring functions. Some manufacturers cooperate with medical institutions to improve monitoring accuracy and help consumers quickly understand their health status.
"Two more reservations have been added." Before closing the store, new orders appeared in the system, and Wu Qian (吴倩) quickly applied to the headquarters to increase the stock-up volume.
Consumers' consumption concepts are changing, and manufacturers' products and services are constantly upgrading. Trade-in connects consumers on one end and industries on the other. The benefits of the policy and the new changes in consumption are all displayed on the "health ledger" between square inches.
This issue is coordinated by: Zhang Anyu (张安宇)
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 王 珂
Since the beginning of this year, the consumer goods trade-in policy has significantly increased its efforts and expanded its scope. The policy coverage has expanded from traditional home appliances and automobiles to new categories such as mobile phones, tablets, and dishwashers, and the scale of ultra-long-term special treasury bond funds arranged has increased from 150 billion yuan last year to 300 billion yuan.
The policy brings more benefits to more consumers. Since the beginning of this year, more than 66 million consumers have purchased more than 109 million units of 12 major categories of home appliances through trade-ins, more than 69 million consumers have purchased more than 74 million digital products such as mobile phones, and 82,000 sales stores across the country have launched electric bicycle trade-ins, with a cumulative replacement of more than 9.056 million new cars.
The policy dividends of the consumer market continue to be released. As of the first half of the year, trade-ins have driven sales of 2.9 trillion yuan, with approximately 400 million people enjoying subsidies. In the first half of the year, the retail sales of household appliances and audio-visual equipment, cultural and office supplies, communication equipment, and furniture commodities of units above the quota increased by 30.7%, 25.4%, 24.1%, and 22.9% year-on-year, respectively, and the retail sales of passenger cars increased by 10.8% year-on-year.
The deeper value of the policy lies in the optimization of the consumption structure. Trade-ins make smart products more popular. Artificial intelligence mobile phones and computers, sweeping robots, smart door locks and other products have entered thousands of households, making consumers' lives convenient and efficient. Wearable devices and other products are constantly iterating to meet the upgrading needs of people's health consumption. Since the "Notice on Further Improving the Work of Home Appliance Trade-ins" was issued in August last year, the retail sales of home appliance products of units above the quota have maintained double-digit growth for consecutive months.
Trade-ins also make consumption more green. The number of new energy vehicles in 2024 increased by 5.4 times compared with 2020, and the penetration rate of new energy passenger vehicles reached 50.2% in the first half of this year. Resource recycling is smoother. In the first quarter of this year, 1.955 million scrapped cars were recycled nationwide, an increase of 58.6%. Dismantling enterprises affiliated to the All China Federation of Supply and Marketing Cooperatives (供销总社) dismantled 4.825 million waste home appliances in a standardized manner, an increase of 58%.
The relevant person in charge of the Ministry of Commerce (商务部) stated that it will organize more trade-in promotion activities to promote greater results in consumer goods trade-ins.
Return to TopCurrently, Qitai County (奇台县), Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture (昌吉回族自治州), located at the northern foot of the Tianshan Mountains (天山), is entering a critical period for wheat harvesting. Local farmers are seizing the favorable weather and organizing machinery to speed up the harvest. As one of the top 100 grain-producing counties in the country, Qitai County (奇台县) has a wheat planting area of 660,000 mu this year, and the total output is expected to reach 330,000 tons. The picture shows a wheat field in Banjiegou Town (半截沟镇), Qitai County (奇台县).
People's Daily reporter He Yong (贺勇) and Li Yanan (李亚楠) photographed and reported.
Return to TopBeijing, August 4th (People's Daily reporter Li Xinping (李心萍)) -- The reporter learned from the China Machinery Industry Federation (中国机械工业联合会) that in the first half of the year, the added value of mechanical industry enterprises above designated size increased by 9% year-on-year, which was 2.6 and 2 percentage points higher than that of the national industry and manufacturing industry. The added value of the five major categories of national economic industries mainly involved in the mechanical industry all achieved year-on-year growth. Among them, the growth rates of the automobile and electrical machinery industries were 11.3% and 12.2% respectively, leading the growth of the mechanical industry.
Economic benefits have stabilized and improved. In the first half of the year, mechanical industry enterprises above designated size achieved operating income of 15.3 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 7.8%, and the growth rate was 5.3 percentage points higher than that of the national industry; the total profit achieved was 791.21 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 9.4%.
Emerging industries are booming. In the first half of the year, the total operating income and total profit growth rates of strategic emerging industries related to the mechanical industry were 1.3 and 5.4 percentage points higher than those of the entire mechanical industry, accounting for 82.8% and 82.6% of the mechanical industry, respectively, an increase of 1 and 3.9 percentage points compared with the same period last year.
Foreign trade exports maintained rapid growth. In the first half of the year, the mechanical industry completed a total import and export volume of goods trade of 597.60 billion US dollars, a year-on-year increase of 7.1%. Among them, the export volume increased by 12.4% year-on-year.
The production and sales of products are stable and improving. In the first half of the year, among the 122 major products monitored by the mechanical industry, the output of 84 products increased year-on-year, accounting for 68.9%, an increase of 7.4 percentage points compared with the same period last year. Among them, the output of generator sets and industrial robots increased by 60.5% and 35.6% year-on-year, respectively.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 禹丽敏
In Budapest (布达佩斯), the Hungarian capital on the banks of the Danube, on a sunny afternoon, the reporter met with Aura Tamara (欧拉·塔玛拉), a law student at Eötvös Loránd University, in a classroom.
"Hello! You can also call me Tong Man (童满), that's my Chinese name," Aura greeted the reporter in fluent Chinese.
Aura started learning Chinese at the age of 6 and still maintains the habit of studying Chinese. Her love for Chinese stems from a special encounter with a Chinese leader in her childhood.
In 2009, on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Hungary, Xi Jinping (习近平), then the Vice President of China, paid an official visit to Hungary. At the airport, Aura, who was only 6 years old at the time, presented flowers to Vice President Xi Jinping (习近平) as a child representative. "Although I was young at the time, I was also infected by the enthusiastic atmosphere on the scene," Aura said, this experience planted a seed of friendship in her heart and ignited her interest in learning Chinese.
The Hungarian-Chinese Bilingual School, established in September 2004, is the first public full-time school in Central and Eastern Europe to use Chinese and the language of the host country for teaching. During his visit, Vice President Xi Jinping (习近平) made a special trip to the Hungarian-Chinese Bilingual School to inspect it, using 十年树木，百年树人 (shí nián shù mù, bǎi nián shù rén - "ten years to grow a tree, a hundred years to cultivate a person," it takes a long time and sustained effort to nurture talent) to express his hopes for the school's development. Aura's parents sent her to the Hungarian-Chinese Bilingual School to systematically learn Chinese and understand Chinese history and culture. Aura spent 12 years of study there.
In 2023, President Xi Jinping (习近平) replied to students of the Hungarian-Chinese Bilingual School, encouraging Hungarian teenagers to learn more about China and be envoys for inheriting and developing the cause of China-Hungary friendship. As a graduate of the school, Aura felt very proud. "The experience of studying at the Hungarian-Chinese Bilingual School gave me more opportunities to explore China and understand China." She shared with the reporter the wonderful memories of her study tour to China: traveling by bamboo raft through the picturesque Guilin (桂林) landscape, hiking in the verdant Zhangjiajie (张家界), and climbing the towering Shanghai (上海) skyscrapers for a panoramic view... "The experience in China brought me a new experience," Aura said.
These years of study and experience in China have not only allowed Aura to understand China more deeply, but also allowed her to gain a lot of growth. To Aura's surprise, in 2024 she once again had the opportunity to share her growth story with President Xi Jinping (习近平). "That was a truly exciting moment," Aura said.
Local time, on the evening of May 8, 2024, President Xi Jinping (习近平) arrived in Budapest (布达佩斯) by special plane for a state visit to Hungary. Honor guards lined up on both sides of the red carpet to pay tribute, smiles filled the faces of the welcoming crowd, and the cheerful Csárdás music made the atmosphere at Budapest (布达佩斯) International Airport warm. Dressed in a white suit, Aura and other Hungarian students stood beside the red carpet with bouquets in their hands, excitedly waiting for President Xi Jinping's (习近平) special plane to slowly approach and stop.
The door of the special plane opened, and President Xi Jinping (习近平) and his wife stepped down the ramp. Two Hungarian children in national costumes presented bread and salt to President Xi Jinping (习近平) and his wife, welcoming the most distinguished guests with traditional etiquette. Then, Aura stepped forward, handed over the flowers in her hand, and said happily: "President Xi (习), welcome to Hungary!"
Taking the flowers from Aura and listening to the introduction from the staff, President Xi Jinping (习近平) said while gesturing with his hand to indicate height: "You've grown so tall? You were only this tall back then."
"President Xi (习) is a very kind leader of a major country, he asked me how long I had been learning Chinese and praised me for speaking Chinese very well," Aura told reporters, "The first time I met President Xi (习), I couldn't speak Chinese yet. This time, we were able to communicate directly in Chinese. I told President Xi (习) that I am grateful to him for personally promoting the development of the Hungarian-Chinese Bilingual School."
During his talks with Hungarian President Tamás Sulyok (舒尤克) the next day, President Xi Jinping (习近平) recalled this scene: "I was very touched at the time. She has grown from a little girl into a beautiful young woman, doesn't this symbolize the growth of China-Hungary friendship and amity?"
"I am very touched by President Xi's (习) concern, and I have always treasured the video of presenting flowers to President Xi (习)," Aura said.
On the occasion of his state visit to Hungary, President Xi Jinping (习近平) published a signed article in the Hungarian newspaper Magyar Nemzet entitled "Hand in Hand to Lead China-Hungary Relations into a 'Golden Voyage'". President Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out in the article that China and Hungary adhere to being good friends who learn from each other. Aura has deep feelings about this. "From my growth experience, I see that President Xi (习) attaches great importance to the friendly exchanges between the people of Hungary and China, and I have personally felt the vigorous development of China-Hungary relations and seen the increasingly frequent cultural exchanges between the two countries." Aura said that the Hungarian-Chinese Bilingual School has continued to grow and develop over the past 20 years, cultivating batches of bilingual talents dedicated to promoting China-Hungary friendship, and has become a witness to President Xi Jinping's (习近平) personal concern and promotion of people-to-people connectivity between the two countries.
There is a small tea room in Aura's home, where she and her family often spend their leisure time. Aura's father is currently engaged in work related to the friendship between the two countries, contributing to the development of relations between the two countries.
"The continuous expansion of cultural exchanges is the public opinion foundation of China-Hungary bilateral relations. My father often says that Chinese culture is one of the most representative cultures in the world. If I understand Chinese and learn Chinese culture, I can make my own contribution to the development of China-Hungary relations." Aura said that as cultural exchanges between the two countries become more frequent, Chinese Kung Fu, cuisine, tea art, etc. have attracted more and more Hungarian people, while Hungarian music, Tokaji wine, etc. have also gained many "fans" in China. "The friendly feelings between the people of Hungary and China have a long history, and traditional friendship is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. I look forward to further deepening cultural exchanges between the two countries in the future, and building a stronger foundation for people-to-people friendship," Aura said.
Return to TopThe trust deficit is tearing apart global consensus, shaking the foundation of peace and stability, severely damaging international cooperation, and pushing the world to the dangerous edge of division, confrontation, and even conflict. Rebuilding international trust leaves no one on the sidelines.
Trust is the cornerstone of cooperation between countries and requires the joint care of the international community. Looking back over the past few decades, thanks to mutual trust and cooperation among countries, economic globalization has developed rapidly, and the world economy has entered a period of prosperity and growth. However, at present, mutual trust among major countries is rapidly eroding, global trust is extremely fragile, and the world economy is struggling to recover. The trust deficit has become a "tumor" that erodes world peace and development, tearing apart global consensus, shaking the foundation of peace and stability, severely damaging international cooperation, and pushing the world to the dangerous edge of division, confrontation, and even conflict. The World Economic Forum's "Global Cooperation Barometer 2025" is flashing red: global cooperation has fallen into overall stagnation. The international community urgently needs to reflect on the root causes of the problem and jointly seek solutions. This is not only related to world prosperity and stability, but also to the future destiny of mankind.
The loss of trust among major countries erodes the foundation of global trust, creating all kinds of uncertainties, and the trust deficit continues to worsen. Some countries, in order to maintain their hegemony, have pushed populism, adventurism, and unilateralism to the extreme, attempting to reshape the international order through maximum pressure: arbitrarily "withdrawing from groups and destroying agreements," undermining the seriousness of the international rules system; abusing tariffs, unilateral sanctions, and long-arm jurisdiction, severing global trade; and promoting "decoupling and breaking chains" and "small yards and high walls," distorting the market and impacting the supply chain. The American magazine *Foreign Affairs* commented that the United States now only understands coercion and does not understand persuasion; it only believes in military spending and does not cherish trust. When hegemonic countries regard international commitments as bargaining chips and global markets as private territories, the world can only be forced to swallow the bitter fruit of disordered rules, market turmoil, and security anxiety.
The international landscape is undergoing profound adjustments, and the concept of security has been distorted by some countries into a weapon of geopolitical game, pursuing so-called "absolute security," to the point of being paranoid. "Those who hold a hammer see nails everywhere." These countries are anxious about losing their dominance over the global order, their threat perception is distorted, they label the interdependence between countries as "threats," and they infinitely extend the traditional security concept to low-politics and non-security fields such as economy, trade, science, technology, and humanities, making them subordinate to "national security" or political agendas. Allowing "pan-securitization" thinking to dominate foreign policy will inevitably trigger a vicious cycle of "security dilemma," leading to a sharp decline in strategic mutual trust, escalating competition, "weaponization" of supply chains, and a surge in military investment, ultimately destroying normal exchanges between countries, and no one can be a winner.
Some countries adhere to the theory of institutional superiority, are deeply mired in binary opposition thinking, classify countries with different cultural backgrounds and political systems as "others," and regard different development paths as systemic challenges. The world today is evolving from a hegemonic structure dominated by a single civilization and a single country to a multi-polar pattern. Some countries stubbornly apply the Cold War "script," amplify their hostility towards other countries, elevate normal development competition to institutional confrontation, and continuously fabricate various "threat theories" and "trap theories," creating opposition and estrangement. By forming exclusive small circles and "sanctions communities," they attempt to jointly suppress the development of other countries and maintain their declining alliance system. This practice of artificially creating so-called "civilizational superiority" and "clash of civilizations," and using ideology to divide the common values of mankind, not only exposes their fear in the face of historical trends, but also tears apart the foundation of trust on which human society depends.
President Xi Jinping (习近平) profoundly pointed out that trust is the best adhesive in international relations. The evolution of changes unseen in a century is accelerating, and the development of human society is standing at a critical crossroads of where to go. Mutual consultation and understanding to solve the trust deficit and rebuild international trust is imminent. The international community should work together in four dimensions:
Major countries should lead by example by being trustworthy. Major countries should take the lead in keeping their promises, adhering to principles, promoting righteousness and integrating interests, and prioritizing righteousness. Acknowledge and respect each other's core interests and major concerns, clarify bottom lines, avoid miscalculations, and ensure that competition does not get out of control and conflicts do not erupt.
Common development. Take the common interests of all mankind as the coordinate and completely abandon zero-sum thinking. Reshape the open world economy with high-level mutually beneficial cooperation, enlarge the "cake" of common interests, and let development achievements become the most solid increment of trust.
Empower multilateralism. Adhere to the purposes and principles of the United Nations Charter (联合国宪章), promote systemic reforms, and enhance representativeness, transparency, and action. Prioritize urgent issues such as climate change, public health, and artificial intelligence, come up with quantifiable and verifiable early harvests, and use practical actions to support multilateral credibility.
Mutual learning among civilizations. Vigorously broaden people-to-people exchanges and humanistic ties, promote interaction in the fields of education, science, technology, culture, and youth, transcend ideological barriers, and let people-to-people connectivity become the most resilient underlying support for strengthening global trust.
To enhance solidarity and mutual trust in the international community, China must act on its words and deliver on its actions. Guided by the concept of building a community with a shared future for mankind, China adheres to true multilateralism and creatively proposes the Global Development Initiative (全球发展倡议), the Global Security Initiative (全球安全倡议), and the Global Civilization Initiative (全球文明倡议), providing Chinese solutions to solve the trust deficit. Simultaneously promoting high-quality development and high-level opening up, advocating inclusive economic globalization, and promoting the construction of an open world economy. Through the green "Belt and Road" ("一带一路"), China has provided and mobilized more than 177 billion yuan in climate change-related funds to other developing countries; as of October 2024, it has signed 53 memorandums of understanding on South-South cooperation on climate change with 42 developing countries. The number of countries with unilateral visa-free or comprehensive mutual visa-free agreements has expanded to 75, and the number of countries with transit visa-free agreements has expanded to 55, which is expected to promote more than 10 million people-to-people exchanges each year. Facts show that China, with the world in mind, writes its commitments to the world in documents and implements them in globally shared achievements. "In a situation where unilateralism causes turmoil in the world situation and the multilateral trading system is impacted, China has played a leading role and provided valuable stability to the world." "China's responsibility as a responsible major country provides an important platform for countries in the Global South to catch the express train of China's development and achieve their own development." "The current international situation is undergoing profound changes, and China, as an important major country, plays an irreplaceable role in addressing global challenges"... The international community highly affirms China's role as a major country in consolidating international mutual trust and expects China to play a greater role in maintaining world peace and development.
Rebuilding international trust leaves no one on the sidelines. Governments, international organizations, civil society, and even individual citizens of all countries have an obligation to use reason to dispel prejudice and use trust to dissolve suspicion. Humanity will eventually illuminate the dark night with the wisdom of cooperation, adjust the course for the turbulent ship of the times, and jointly sail towards a peaceful, prosperous, and sustainable future.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 宋亦然
"Practical cooperation between Brazil and China in the field of clean energy has become an important force for the BRICS mechanism to promote global green transformation." Brazilian President's Chief of Staff Rui Costa (鲁伊·科斯塔) said in a recent interview with this reporter that Brazil attaches great importance to addressing climate change. As the rotating chair of the BRICS countries in 2025, Brazil is willing to use green cooperation as a link to deepen the strategic alignment between Brazil and China and inject stronger development momentum into "Greater BRICS cooperation."
In Costa's view, in recent years, the cooperation between Brazil and China in new energy, infrastructure, technological innovation and other fields has continued to deepen and become more practical, which not only fits the development strategies of the two countries, but also responds to the expectations of the Global South for sustainable development and green transformation. "We hope to promote the implementation of various agreements between the two countries with practical actions, attract more Chinese companies to invest and develop in Brazil, and at the same time encourage Brazilian companies to go global, explore the Chinese market, and promote the continuous deepening of two-way investment cooperation between Brazil and China," Costa said.
Costa mentioned that in recent years, the projects invested and cooperated by Chinese companies in Brazil are injecting strong impetus into Brazil's green development. "Not long ago, the Silvania Converter Station of the UHV DC transmission project in northeastern Brazil implemented by the State Grid Corporation of China (中国国家电网) officially started construction, and BYD's (比亚迪) first new energy vehicle produced in Brazil also officially rolled off the production line." He believes that Chinese companies' investment in power transmission networks, new energy vehicles, and other fields has created a large number of jobs in the local area and improved the overall level of the industrial chain and supply chain. "Through cooperation with Chinese partners, Brazil is accelerating its green transformation. These projects not only enhance the interconnection of Brazil's national power system, but also provide strong support for us to develop the new energy vehicle industry and green transportation," Costa said.
Costa believes that Brazil has advantages in clean energy and biofuels, and there are broad prospects for cooperation between Brazil and China. More and more Chinese companies are investing in factories in Brazil to expand local production, which not only brings equipment and capital, but also brings complete solutions and related technology systems, allowing Brazil to have stronger competitiveness in the new round of industrial revolution. Costa especially talked about the importance of scientific, technological and educational cooperation between the two countries: "The development of new technology industries requires a complete industrial chain and supply chain system, and talent is a key link in it." He said that Brazil is willing to strengthen cooperation with China in higher education, scientific research institutes and other fields to jointly cultivate talents to serve emerging industries.
Costa praised China's proposal to build "Green BRICS," believing that green cooperation is not only a strategic direction for Brazil's national development, but also an important tool for the BRICS mechanism to enhance its cohesion and influence. "After the expansion of the BRICS mechanism, the representativeness and action of the Global South have been significantly enhanced. Fruitful Brazil-China cooperation demonstrates the vitality of the BRICS mechanism and will continue to inject more certainty and new impetus into this mechanism, and make positive contributions to promoting the development of the international order in a more just and reasonable direction," Costa said.
(Reported on August 4th from Rio de Janeiro (里约热内卢) by this newspaper)
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 邹 松
"Look! 'Bing Dwen Dwen (冰墩墩)!' " Mukawashu, a young teacher from Mopani South East TVET College in South Africa, showed her work to the reporter, "Although it is not perfect, it was designed and made with the skills I learned in the CNC machine tool training course. It is unique." Recently, Mukawashu and more than a dozen other students spent a fulfilling week at the Indlela Trade Test Centre in South Africa. Under the guidance of Chinese teachers, they completed the entire process of learning and operating from 3D modeling to workpiece processing in the CNC machine tool training course.
The "Bing Dwen Dwen (冰墩墩)" made by Mukawashu is silver-white and lifelike, and feels heavy in the hand. She said that behind the work are a series of processes such as programming, modeling, data and mechanical calibration, and machine tool operation. "We especially need such a course that combines theory and practice. I want to bring the skills I have learned to my students," Mukawashu said.
The South African Vocational and Technical College Teacher CNC Machining Skills Training Program, in which Mukawashu participated, was launched in March 2024. It is jointly implemented by the South African Department of Higher Education and Training, the South Africa-China Culture and International Education Exchange Center, Hangzhou Vocational and Technical College (杭州科技职业技术学院), and Zhejiang Institute of Mechanical & Electrical Engineering (浙江工贸职业技术学院), attracting hundreds of teachers from 10 colleges in many parts of South Africa. The project helps South Africa improve its vocational education teaching level by introducing Chinese CNC machine tools and sending Chinese vocational teachers to South Africa for on-site teaching.
35-year-old Manhobo is from Majuba TVET College in Newcastle, South Africa. In the CNC machine tool training hall, he and several students followed the Chinese teacher to complete the inspection of the CNC machine tool. "We come here to study every other week for a total of 9 weeks," Manhobo told reporters. "The Chinese teacher's teaching plan is great, using vivid language to teach CNC technology knowledge. The curriculum is also very rich, including theoretical explanations and practical operations. Before the end of each class, we also organize students to discuss together. Our practical skills have improved very quickly."
Mokgotsang, Director of the Industry and Manufacturing Training Department of the South African Department of Higher Education and Training, said that CNC machine tool technology is the foundation of national industrial development, and China has rich experience and advanced technology in this field. "I believe that with the help of relevant Chinese colleges and institutions, the CNC skills of South African vocational college teachers will be significantly improved, and they will provide support for the cultivation of manufacturing talents in South Africa," Mokgotsang said.
The South African government attaches great importance to vocational education and has proposed a goal of reaching 2.5 million students in vocational and technical colleges by 2030. China and South Africa actively carry out vocational education cooperation on multiple platforms and in multiple fields. Li Jianing (李嘉宁) from Hangzhou Vocational and Technical College (杭州科技职业技术学院) has been to South Africa for two consecutive years as the chief lecturer of the CNC machine tool training program. He said that the students are very enthusiastic about learning and have strong learning abilities. In the view of Lu Zhilei (陆志雷), director of the South Africa-China Culture and International Education Exchange Center, Sino-South African vocational education cooperation has become a major highlight of pragmatic cooperation between the two countries.
The digital economy and green energy are the key directions for South Africa's future development, and talent cultivation in related fields has also become an important part of Sino-South African vocational education cooperation. In the past five years, Chinese companies have jointly carried out professional talent training in big data, e-commerce, artificial intelligence, and cloud computing with many colleges in South Africa, with a training scale of more than 1,500 people. Relying on the infrastructure projects such as wind power and photovoltaics constructed and operated by Chinese companies in South Africa, China and South Africa have established a school-enterprise cooperation mechanism in the field of vocational education. Many Chinese companies "pre-order" students from South African vocational colleges in advance, and continuously cultivate South African technical talents through project internships and sending them to China for further studies.
Samuel Zungu, Deputy Director-General of the South African Department of Higher Education and Training, has visited many places in China for inspection. He said that China's achievements in the development of vocational education are admirable, and South Africa and China have broad prospects for vocational education cooperation.
(Reported from Johannesburg by this newspaper)
Return to TopCurrently, Shandong Port Qingdao Port has exceeded 230 container shipping routes, building a network covering more than 180 countries and regions and more than 700 ports worldwide. The picture shows cargo ships loading and unloading foreign trade containers at Qingdao Port (青岛港) on August 4.
Yu Fangping (俞方平) photographed (Image China (影像中国)).
Return to TopRio de Janeiro, August 4th (People's Daily reporter Shi Yuanhao (时元皓)) Santiago news: The second Latin American Sinologists Conference was recently held in Santiago (圣地亚哥), the capital of Chile (智利). The conference, themed "China-Latin America Community of Common Destiny under the Perspective of the Global South," explored the significant role of Sinology and Chinese studies in promoting civilization exchange and coordinated development between the two sides in the current era.
More than 60 experts and scholars from Chile (智利), Argentina (阿根廷), Mexico (墨西哥), Brazil (巴西), and other countries attended the conference. The participants conducted exchanges and discussions around five themes: South-South cooperation and the new world order, Chinese language teaching in Latin America, cultural and civilizational dialogue between China and Latin America, the 55th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Chile (智利), and innovative experiences in China-Latin America coordinated development.
Niu Qingbao (牛清报), the Chinese Ambassador to Chile (智利), said in his opening speech that Sinology is rooted in history and faces the contemporary era. It is an indispensable window for understanding a real, three-dimensional, and diverse China and a dictionary for interpreting the Chinese-style path to modernization and its logic. China and Latin America both belong to the Global South and share similar historical experiences. The common dream of independence, autonomy, development, and revitalization closely unites the two sides. He expressed his hope that outstanding scholars in the field of Sinology and envoys of China-Latin America friendship would build a stable and wide bridge for mutual learning between Chinese and Latin American civilizations and contribute to promoting the construction of a China-Latin America community of common destiny.
Former Chilean President Eduardo Frei (爱德华多·弗雷) said that Latin American countries regard China as an important participant in global history and an indispensable partner in the 21st century. He added that they should accelerate the training of more professionals who can play a bridging role in Latin America-China relations.
Return to TopThis newspaper Ankara August 4th dispatch (Reporter Shen Jun (沈钧)) Recently, the Chinese Embassy in Turkey and the Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism jointly held a Chinese painting and calligraphy exhibition in Cappadocia, Turkey. Chinese Ambassador to Turkey Jiang Xuebin (姜学斌), Governor Fidan (费丹) of Nevşehir Province, Turkey, Deputy Minister Yazgı (亚兹格) of the Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism, and others attended and delivered speeches.
Jiang Xuebin (姜学斌) said that in recent years, China-Turkey relations have developed steadily, and cultural exchanges have continued to deepen. This event embodies the Chinese cultural values of "harmony between man and nature" and "harmony without uniformity," and expresses the common pursuit of peace, development, and mutual learning between the two peoples. He hopes that the two sides will continue to write new chapters of exchange and promote mutual understanding between the people.
The Turkish side stated that the event was rich and colorful, and the exhibits were unique, fully demonstrating China's profound historical and cultural heritage. The Turkish side looks forward to cooperating with China to carry out more activities and enhance mutual understanding.
Return to TopThis newspaper's Dubai August 4th dispatch (Reporter Guan Kejiang (管克江)) Muscat News: The China-Oman Friendship and Cooperation Forum, themed "Chinese-style Modernization and Oman 'Vision 2040' - Our Actions and Recommendations," was recently held in Salalah (塞拉莱), Oman's second-largest city. Representatives from the Chinese and Omani governments and business communities attended the forum.
Oman's Undersecretary of the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Investment Promotion, Saleh (萨利赫), stated that Oman's "Vision 2040" proposes the goal of economic diversification and transformation. Chinese-style modernization has achieved great success, and the joint construction of the "Belt and Road" initiative highly aligns with Oman's development strategy. He hopes that all sectors of Oman and China will strengthen practical cooperation and welcomes more Chinese companies to participate in Oman's economic development.
The Chinese Ambassador to Oman, Lü Jian (吕健), stated that China and Oman are like-minded and sincere partners. Chinese-style modernization has profound connotations and global significance and is an opportunity for Oman's development. He hopes that practical cooperation between China and Oman will accelerate, promoting cooperation in policy communication, innovation synergy, green finance, digital transformation, and further strengthening cultural and people-to-people exchanges to jointly create a better future for the China-Oman strategic partnership.
The Secretary-General of the China-Oman Friendship and Cooperation Forum and Editor-in-Chief of the Omani newspaper *Al-Raya*, Tai (塔伊), stated that friendly cooperation between Oman and China has a deep historical foundation. The Chinese path to modernization provides a useful reference for the modernization of various countries and creates new opportunities for Oman's economic transformation.
This forum was jointly organized by the Chinese Embassy in Oman, the Oman-China Friendship Association, and the newspaper *Al-Raya* (《观点报》).
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 周 欢 李 蕊 王云娜
Conducting in-depth study and education on implementing the spirit of the Eight-Point Regulation of the Central Committee is a key task of this year's Party building work. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized, "Ensure that learning is of high quality, investigation is thorough, and rectification is effective."
Focusing on the theme and emphasizing practical results, various regions are promoting learning, investigation, and rectification in an integrated manner to deepen and solidify the construction of work style. Recently, reporters visited Ganzhou (赣州) in Jiangxi (江西), Yantai (烟台) in Shandong (山东), Guangzhou (广州) in Guangdong (广东), and other places to see the effectiveness and changes brought about by study and education.
Jiangxi (江西) Ganzhou (赣州) explores red resources——
Learning is of high quality
Enhance appeal and effectiveness
"At that time, Chairman Mao (毛主席) went to Changsheng County (长胜县), Chantian District (铲田区), in the Jiangxi Soviet Area (江西苏区) to investigate and work, and insisted on paying food and accommodation expenses to the local finance department..." On the morning of August 2, entering the Memorial Hall of the Central Revolutionary Base Area in Ruijin (瑞金), Ganzhou (赣州) City, Jiangxi Province (江西省), visitors were seen gathered around a glass display case, listening to the explanation.
In the display case is a yellowed register, which reads: No. 18, Chairman Mao Zedong (毛泽东) stayed, paid back one yuan and forty-five cents in silver dollars; beside the display case, the narrator Yang Yaoyan (杨耀燕) spoke eloquently, and the young cadres of Ruijin (瑞金) City who came to carry out study and education stopped to listen.
Since the in-depth study and education on implementing the spirit of the Eight-Point Regulation of the Central Committee was launched, Ganzhou (赣州) City, Jiangxi Province (江西省) has made full use of its rich red resources to organize Party members and cadres to conduct on-site teaching at revolutionary sites and memorial halls.
At the Red Army Long March Trail in Jinsha Village (金沙村), Qilushan Town (祁禄山镇), Yudu County (于都县), Ganzhou (赣州), Hu Xiaoqiong (胡晓琼), a narrator from the Memorial Hall of the Central Red Army's Long March Departure, and more than 50 grassroots cadres relived the story of the Long March, "In October 1934, the Red Army crossed the Yudu River (于都河) under the starry night and embarked on this trail, beginning the Long March..." After walking for about half an hour, they arrived at Yekeng'ao (野坑坳). "When the Red Army fought here in the early days, many soldiers sacrificed their lives. The villagers were extremely saddened and risked their lives to secretly bury the sacrificed soldiers at the entrance of Yekeng'ao (野坑坳)," said Hu Xiaoqiong (胡晓琼). Not far away, the Siyuan Well (思源井) gurgled with clear spring water. Initially, this was just a small spring, but when the Red Army passed by, they dug a well on the spot to facilitate the people's access to water.
"Coming from the masses and going to the masses, the Red Army's 25,000-li Long March relied closely on the people all the way, establishing a flesh-and-blood relationship with the people, sharing weal and woe," said Sheng Jianfei (盛剑飞), Secretary of the Party Committee of Qilushan Town (祁禄山镇). "We must remember the revolutionary history and always think and work together with the people." The mountains and forests are lush, and the trails are winding. Everyone walked, listened, and thought. Since the launch of study and education, Yudu County (于都县) has relied on local revolutionary sites and former residences to hold more than 450 "red classrooms at the doorstep," educating and guiding Party members and cadres to take revolutionary martyrs as a mirror and adhere to and promote the values of Communists through on-site teaching, centralized discussions, and other methods.
At the same time, discussions on the theme of family style are in full swing in Xingguo County (兴国县), Ganzhou (赣州). "During the revolutionary war years, 93,000 people from Xingguo (兴国) joined the army. The family style stories left by the revolutionary predecessors have traveled through the years and touched people's hearts..." In a classroom of the Party School of Xingguo County (兴国县委党校), Chen Liping (陈丽萍), a narrator from the Xingguo County (兴国县) Red Resource Protection and Development Center, is tracing history, and more than 30 local young cadres are listening carefully. Family style construction is an important part of the work style construction of leading cadres. Since the launch of study and education, Xingguo County (兴国县) has used family style stories as vivid teaching materials for Party members and cadres to learn, and has carried out 166 family style study and discussions.
Pieces of precious cultural relics and materials, scenes of historical events, and family style stories... The vast number of Party members and cadres in Ganzhou (赣州) City are constantly drawing nourishment in rich and vivid learning scenarios, and using actions to inherit and promote the glorious traditions and fine work style of the Party.
Shandong (山东) Yantai (烟台) benchmarks and identifies problems——
Investigation is thorough
Go straight to the problem to eliminate the disease
Recently, a text message from Yuhuangding Hospital (毓璜顶医院) in Yantai (烟台) City, Shandong Province (山东省), surprised Wu Xinrong (吴新荣), a villager in Daoxi Village (道西村), Zhaoyuan (招远) City, Yantai (烟台).
"Hello, our hospital is now carrying out the refund of outpatient deposit. There is still a balance in your medical card. Please withdraw it to your bank card in time..." Wu Xinrong (吴新荣) then remembered that he had taken his relatives to this hospital for medical treatment in 2019 and had deposited a sum of money at that time. After the treatment, the money was forgotten.
"If the hospital hadn't taken the initiative to remind me, the money would have been lost." According to the prompt, Wu Xinrong (吴新荣) operated the "card balance withdrawal" through the mobile phone applet. Before long, the refund was credited to his bank card.
Since March 2025, all public medical institutions in the country have cancelled outpatient deposits and adopted new settlement channels such as WeChat and Alipay. The unused deposits in patients' hospital accounts have become historical legacy funds. A staff member of a hospital in Yantai (烟台) admitted: "Over time, the situation is diverse. Patients' contact information has changed, medical cards have been lost... It is not easy to accurately find the patients of that year to verify the refund one by one." Over time, this fund, which is related to the vital interests of the masses, has been idle in the accounts of various hospitals.
The turning point came from a concentrated rectification facing inward——
Since the in-depth study and education on implementing the spirit of the Eight-Point Regulation of the Central Committee was launched, Yantai (烟台) City has strictly benchmarked and used the 12345 government service convenience hotline, online platform messages, investigation and visits, and other methods to collect public opinions, and the problem of outpatient deposit refunds has emerged.
"The outpatient deposit paid many years ago has not been used up. Can this money be refunded? Who should I ask for a refund? How can I get a refund?" Once, when staff from the Yantai (烟台) Municipal Health Commission were conducting research, some people raised questions. In this regard, the Yantai (烟台) Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government have a firm attitude: investigate and rectify immediately, and change immediately when known!
The Yantai (烟台) Municipal Health Commission took the lead and jointly with the finance, medical insurance, public security, big data, trade union, disabled persons' federation and other departments, conducted an in-depth investigation of the historical stock of outpatient deposits of public medical institutions at all levels, identified the difficulties faced in refunds, and centrally deployed the implementation of the refund work.
The rectification plan was quickly implemented: public medical institutions in Yantai (烟台) City widely publicized the outpatient deposit refund policy and process through WeChat official accounts, telephone communications, and other channels, and sent text message reminders to patients who had reserved mobile phone numbers; opened special refund windows in the outpatient department to facilitate patients to handle on-site with their ID cards and medical cards; medical institutions with conditions developed and built an online self-service refund system, and worked with UnionPay, the Big Data Bureau, the Public Security Bureau and other departments and organizations to carry out information data comparison to achieve safe refunds without people going to the hospital.
"At present, public medical institutions in Yantai (烟台) City have taken the initiative to contact more than 2 million patients and their families through various means, and have refunded 107 million yuan of outpatient deposits," said Bi Jiantao (毕建涛), chief of the Finance and Audit Section of the Yantai (烟台) Municipal Health Commission.
The Yantai (烟台) Municipal Health Commission also jointly with relevant departments issued measures to refine the whole process of outpatient deposit refunds, special circumstances filing, and disposal measures for cases that cannot be refunded due to objective reasons.
"The interests of the masses are no small matter. As long as we open the door to listen to the voices of the people and dare to take tough measures against stubborn diseases, even the most difficult problems can be solved," said Shao Yuming (邵玉明), deputy minister of the Organization Department of the Yantai (烟台) Municipal Party Committee in charge of daily work.
Today, Yantai (烟台) City has identified nine major outstanding problems that the masses have strongly reflected, such as property management and consumer rights protection, and is concentrating its efforts to rectify and整治, so that the masses can truly feel the changes around them.
Guangdong (广东) Guangzhou (广州) focuses on industry pain points——
Rectification is effective
Ask the people for their needs and solve their worries
Guangzhou (广州) City is one of the main lychee producing areas in Guangdong (广东). Since the launch of study and education, Party members and cadres of agricultural and rural departments at all levels in Guangzhou (广州) City have gone deep into the fields of lychee planting to increase visits and research. Zhang Zhanhui (张湛辉), a senior agronomist at the Zengcheng (增城) District Agricultural Technology Extension Center, is one of them.
This spring, Zhang Zhanhui (张湛辉) came early to the Donglin Orchard (东林果园) at the head of Mache Village (麻车村), Shitan Town (石滩镇), Zengcheng (增城) District, "The climate in Guangzhou (广州) this spring is warm and there is little rainfall. The development process of the fruit borer may be faster than in previous years. We must help fruit farmers prevent and control pests in advance."
At that time, Liu Hanhui (刘汉辉), the person in charge of planting and production at Donglin Orchard (东林果园), did not realize that pest control should be carried out early this year. Zhang Zhanhui (张湛辉) led everyone to inspect more than 10 lychee trees in a row and found that almost every tree branch was hiding fruit borers, which were difficult to detect without careful observation. Zhang Zhanhui (张湛辉) reminded: "Lao Liu (老刘), the climate has changed this year, and pest control must be done early. Otherwise, it will be much more difficult to treat after the insects lay a large number of eggs in a few days."
Under professional guidance, Liu Hanhui (刘汉辉) controlled pests in a timely manner, and the orchard had a bumper harvest this year. Liu Hanhui (刘汉辉) said happily: "This year, the lychees are not only more abundant, but also look good. Tourists have a good picking experience, and there are many repeat customers. Sometimes the ticket revenue from tourists picking in a day is more than 10,000 yuan, thanks to the agricultural technicians who came to the door for guidance in advance."
For some time, high logistics costs have been troubling small and medium-sized fruit farmers. Yi Jinhai (易金海), chief of the Market Information and Science and Education Section of the Zengcheng (增城) District Agriculture and Rural Bureau, decided to set up convenience service points after communicating with express delivery companies many times. Individual fruit farmers can enjoy a 20% discount when they come to send packages. "This approach is equivalent to individual households sending packages in groups, using scale to exchange for discounted prices," said Yi Jinhai (易金海).
Picking lychees at five or six in the morning, sending them to the lychee marketing convenience service point in Shitan Town (石滩镇) in the morning, packing, adding ice, and packaging, more than 130 boxes of lychees were sent to all parts of the country on the same day... Zhang Zhendong (张振东), a fruit farmer in Sancun Village (三乡村), Shitan Town (石滩镇), showed a smile on his sweaty face: "There is a discount for sending lychees at the convenience service point, and the transportation cost is 20% lower than in previous years. It is estimated that I can save 15,000 yuan in freight for the whole season."
In a year of bumper harvest, how to deal with the challenges of lychee sales?
The Guangzhou (广州) Municipal Agriculture and Rural Bureau planned in advance, formulated ten measures to promote lychee marketing, established a sales team composed of relevant municipal departments, held production and sales matchmaking meetings, and produced a "Lychee Tasting Map." The "Lychee Tasting Map" integrates and presents the orchard conditions of the main lychee producing areas in an informationized and centralized manner, so that more good lychees can find a good market.
In addition, Guangzhou (广州) City created a "Guangzhou Lychee" cultural feast, and held lychee tasting, exhibition and sales, and live streaming activities in the Yongqingfang (永庆坊) "Lychee Bay" (荔枝湾) area, the Cantonese Opera Art Museum and other places, combining Cantonese Opera "Selling Lychees" (卖荔枝) and other shows to show the cultural charm of lychees. Guangzhou (广州) also released 20 high-quality lychee rural tourism routes to create a new cultural tourism experience with a "lychee flavor."
In all links such as lychee production, transportation, and sales, the vast number of Party members and cadres in Guangzhou (广州) City take solving practical problems as the test standard for work style construction, and effectively transform the effectiveness of study and education into policies for the people, measures for the benefit of the people, and effects for the benefit of the people, so that lychees are sweeter and the industrial road is wider.
This issue is coordinated by: Liu Jingwen (刘静文)
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Why does a roast duck sell for only 25 yuan? Not long ago, related topics trended on social media.
In Yinan (沂南), Shandong (山东), relying on modern breeding technology, a cherry valley duck only needs a little over 50 days from hatching to slaughter. The cost of a blank duck carcass for roast duck is less than 10 yuan. Don't think the duck carcass is cheap, raising ducks is by no means a losing business. Duck webs and duck necks are made into snack foods, duck feathers are purchased and transformed into down products, and duck blood and duck oil all have their uses. Behind the full utilization of a duck is the modern development of the breeding industry. Breeding and hatching, slaughtering and processing are all in one go, and feed processing and cooked food production are all in one state, forming a complete industrial closed loop, realizing the effective improvement of value, and achieving a 20 billion yuan industry.
The leap in technology and industry is refreshing people's perceptions. Some things that were once considered useless are transformed into high-quality resources. For example, in rice processing, easily rancid rice bran is used to squeeze rice bran oil and extract rice bran fat, turning "yellow pollution" into "golden profit"; in coal mining, the by-product coal gangue is used to make the building material mullite, turning "coal slag" into a "sweet pastry."
If "making the most of everything" focuses on 吃干榨净 (chī gān zhà jìng - "eat dry squeeze clean," to exploit to the fullest extent; to leave nothing to waste) and reducing waste, then "turning stone into gold" requires breaking limitations and switching tracks.
At present, industries characterized by individuality, cross-border integration, and fusion continue to develop, and products continue to innovate, exerting a "value multiplication" effect, and some have formed disruptive changes to inherent models.
A corn stalk, after "seventy-two transformations," produces polylactic acid, which then becomes an important material for biodegradable heart stents; a vegetable plot allows city dwellers to adopt and plant, helping farmers increase their income and become rich, which is inseparable from a keen grasp of consumer mentality. Whether it is technological innovation from scratch or model innovation of resource reorganization, the key to turning stone into gold lies in breaking path dependence, stimulating creative thinking, and excavating new value from the commonplace.
Entering a new stage of high-quality development, resource and environmental constraints are tightening, and the "big water and big fertilizer" development model is no longer applicable to various industries, including agriculture; and the "low-hanging fruit" has been picked, and there is an urgent need to stimulate more leaps that turn decay into magic. With green as the background color and innovation as the engine, making the most of everything and turning stone into gold provide new impetus for moving forward.
This contains the relationship between throttling and open source. It must be seen that reducing losses is also increasing production, and reducing consumption is increasing income. Especially for a super-large economy, the saving of one kilowatt-hour of electricity and the utilization of one square meter of land, multiplied by a huge economic coefficient, are not small matters. Using industrial innovation to efficiently utilize resources and improve total factor productivity is also a kind of open source.
This contains the methods of consolidating the foundation and opening up new ones. The vigorous development of new quality productive forces is revitalizing traditional industries. While overtaking on a curve, we must also resolutely abandon the arguments that "traditional industries have reached their ceiling" and "de-industrialization is the only way out," and walk on two legs.
A bundle of straw was once a governance problem. Now, from being used as fuel to being used as feed, from papermaking to transforming into high-quality graphene, the reuse of straw has deepened from shallow to deep, continuously opening up new horizons. Shared bicycles and e-commerce were once widely discussed news, but now they have been integrated into daily life without being noticed. This inspires us that the essence of innovation is to solve problems and promote development. Innovation never stops, and development never ends. The Chinese economy needs more "new power."
Detail optimization and system transformation, cost reduction and efficiency enhancement, and opening up new paths, innovation is not just one way, all deserve flowers and applause. Encouraging new ideas, caring for new seedlings, and invigorating new paths, the "moat" of China's development advantages will be wider.
Return to TopOur newspaper, Hainan Wenchang (海南文昌), August 4th (Reporters Dong Zeyang (董泽扬) and Sun Haitian (孙海天)) At 18:21 Beijing (北京) time on August 4th, China used the Long March 12 (长征十二号) carrier rocket at the Hainan Commercial Space Launch Center (海南商业航天发射场) to successfully launch the Satellite Internet Low-Orbit 07 Group satellites into space. The satellites successfully entered their predetermined orbit, and the launch mission was a complete success. This mission was the 587th flight of the Long March (长征) series of carrier rockets.
Return to TopThe Central Meteorological Observatory predicts that there will be heavy rainfall in North China and South China in the next 3 days. Parts of eastern Gansu (甘肃), central Shaanxi (陕西), central and southern Shanxi (山西), central and eastern Inner Mongolia (内蒙古), Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei (京津冀), northern Shandong (山东), Henan (河南), northern Anhui (安徽), southeastern Liaoning (辽宁), as well as parts of Guangdong (广东), Guangxi (广西), southeastern Fujian (福建), and Taiwan Island (台湾岛) will experience heavy to torrential rain. Parts of eastern Beijing (北京), eastern Hebei (河北), northern Shandong (山东), central and eastern Guangxi (广西), central and northern coastal Guangdong (广东), southeastern Fujian (福建), and Taiwan Island (台湾岛) will experience extremely heavy rain in some areas, accompanied by short-term heavy precipitation, thunderstorms, strong winds, or hail and other severe convective weather. The Central Meteorological Observatory continued to issue an orange alert for heavy rain and a blue alert for severe convective weather at 18:00 on August 4.
The State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters raised the level of flood control emergency response to Level III for Beijing (北京), Tianjin (天津), Hebei (河北), and Guangdong (广东) at 20:00 on August 4. The working groups dispatched by the State Flood Control Office earlier will continue to assist and guide flood control-related work in Beijing (北京), Hebei (河北), and Guangdong (广东) respectively.
On August 4, at the request of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Flood Control Headquarters, the State Flood Control Office, together with the National Food and Strategic Reserves Administration, allocated more than 13,000 pieces of central emergency rescue and disaster relief materials (flood control and drought relief category), including woven bags, flood control gabions, and rescue boats, to support Inner Mongolia (内蒙古) in its flood control and rescue efforts.
The Ministry of Water Resources learned that at 18:00 on August 4, the Ministry of Water Resources and the China Meteorological Administration jointly issued a red meteorological warning for mountain torrent disasters. The Ministry of Water Resources launched a Level IV emergency response for flood defense in Guangdong (广东) and Guangxi (广西) provinces (autonomous regions) at 15:00 on August 4. The Ministry of Water Resources dispatched two working groups to Guangdong (广东) and Guangxi (广西) to assist and guide the work of heavy rain and flood defense. The Ministry of Water Resources launched a Level IV emergency response for flood defense in Tianjin (天津) at 20:00 on August 4, requiring the Tianjin (天津) Municipal Water Affairs Bureau and the Haihe River Conservancy Commission of the Ministry of Water Resources to closely monitor changes in rainfall and water conditions in the basin, strengthen monitoring, forecasting, and early warning, conduct rolling consultations and judgments, and ensure the safety of people's lives and property. On August 4, the Ministry of Water Resources held a consultation meeting to analyze and judge the development trend of flood and drought conditions, and make rolling arrangements for the "August" flood season's key period of flood and drought disaster prevention work.
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At noon on August 4th, at the Liudaohe Middle School temporary resettlement site, a disaster relief resettlement point in Xinglong County (兴隆县), Chengde City (承德市), Hebei Province (河北省), the aroma of food wafted from the cafeteria, and villagers entered the cafeteria in an orderly manner.
Affected by heavy rainfall, some villages in Xinglong County (兴隆县) were affected by the disaster, and the local government urgently carried out the relocation and resettlement of affected villagers. Since its opening on August 2nd, the Liudaohe Middle School (六道河中学) temporary resettlement site has received more than 700 affected people, involving 15 villages in Liudaohe Town (六道河镇).
Chen Guochun (陈国春), a 76-year-old villager from Zhoujiazhuang Village (周家庄村), said while holding a dinner plate: "There are hot meals every day, which is reassuring. Yesterday there was stir-fried green peppers with pork and vermicelli with cabbage, and today at noon there is stir-fried cabbage with pork, braised eggplant, and stir-fried soybeans with pork."
Outside the cafeteria, pumpkins, radishes, and cabbages were piled up like small mountains. "The society donated 3,000 kilograms of vegetables, plus rice, flour, and oil, ensuring basic living needs," said Wang Xinyu (王新宇), the person in charge of the resettlement site.
Next to the cafeteria is the accommodation area. The resettlement site has opened two male and female dormitory buildings with more than 800 beds, equipped with sufficient basic living materials.
On the afternoon of the 3rd, the reporter met Wang Guili (王桂利) in the accommodation area, who was worried. He is from Xiaoguanmen Village (小关门村), and his son is only over one year old. Because the relocation was relatively rushed, the milk powder can was almost empty, and there were very few diapers left. After only one night, brand-new, unopened baby products were placed on the bedside. "As soon as I told the staff, they brought them from the county early in the morning," said Wang Guili (王桂利).
"Today's high pressure is 157, I have prescribed medicine for you, remember to take it on time." In the resettlement site's clinic, Sun Guihua (孙桂华), a doctor from Liudaohe Central Health Center (六道河中心卫生院), completed the diagnosis and treatment for Hua Wenqi (华文起), a 72-year-old villager, and prescribed pain relief plaster for Shi Xiujie (石秀杰), a villager suffering from knee synovitis.
At the resettlement site, many elderly villagers suffer from chronic diseases such as high blood pressure and diabetes and need to take medication regularly.
This small clinic received more than 30 villagers on the morning of the 4th alone. More than 10 doctors from Liudaohe Central Health Center (六道河中心卫生院) took turns guarding the site. Doctors from the emergency department, cardiology department, and neurology department of Xinglong County People's Hospital (兴隆县人民医院) also arrived in time to conduct at least two rounds of ward rounds every day.
"Thanks to the doctors here!" Zhao Cuilian (赵翠莲) from Zhoujiazhuang Village (周家庄村) relaxed her brows. Zhao Cuilian's (赵翠莲) 8-year-old granddaughter, Hu Xiyan (胡惜妍), suffered severe redness and swelling in both eyes due to infection. The clinic quickly dealt with it and arranged for an ambulance to take the child to the county hospital all the way.
At 1 p.m., the reporter saw Xiaoxiyan (小惜妍) again, and the redness and swelling in her eyes had subsided a lot. "The hanging heart can be regarded as settled." Zhao Cuilian (赵翠莲) breathed a sigh of relief.
The emergency relocation brought some anxiety to the villagers. In the clinic, the angels in white comforted everyone with simple local accents; the school's big screen also played movies to enrich the daily life of the resettled people.
"We try our best to help everyone stabilize their emotions in the way that the folks are most familiar with, and return to daily life step by step," said Wang Xinyu (王新宇).
The Xinglong County (兴隆县) education department organizes dozens of volunteers every day to take care of every detail needed by the masses. "Although it is a temporary home, it must be warm," said Wang Xinyu (王新宇). "We will continue to investigate and dispatch to meet the needs of the affected people as much as possible."
Return to TopThis newspaper's Beijing (北京) August 4th dispatch: At 13:00 on August 4th, Beijing (北京市) upgraded and issued a red alert for rainstorms, and the Beijing (北京市) Flood Control Headquarters activated a Level I emergency response for flood control throughout the city. Beijing (北京市) reminds citizens to avoid going out unless necessary. Enterprises and institutions, except for those ensuring urban operations and people's livelihood services, should not require employees to come to work unless necessary. Schools should suspend all offline teaching and outdoor teaching activities, training institutions should suspend all offline training activities, and appropriate arrangements should be made for the safe transfer of stranded personnel.
At 19:00 on August 4th, the Hebei (河北省) Meteorological Disaster Prevention Command upgraded the emergency response for major meteorological disasters (rainstorms) to Level II. Hebei (河北) requires all regions and units to strengthen research and judgment based on actual conditions, initiate and upgrade emergency responses to rainstorm disasters in a timely manner, and do a good job in prevention and response work in accordance with the requirements of the plan.
A reporter learned from the Tianjin (天津市) Water Affairs Bureau: According to forecasts from meteorological departments, it is expected that most of the Haihe River (海河流域) basin will experience moderate to heavy rain from the night of August 4th to the 5th, with some areas experiencing heavy rain and localized torrential rain. In order to prevent the impact of strong rainfall superimposed on flood discharge on Tianjin's (天津市) flood control safety, Tianjin (天津市) water affairs departments have made early deployments and actively responded, taking effective measures to ensure that Tianjin (天津市) safely and smoothly overcomes this strong rainfall and flood process.
A reporter learned from the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (广西壮族自治区) Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters: Guangxi (广西) launched a Level IV emergency response for flood control in the autonomous region at 18:00 on August 4th, requiring all regions and relevant departments to do their utmost to carry out all flood control and disaster relief work to ensure the safety of people's lives and property.
(This newspaper's reporters Wang Zhou (王洲), Shi Ziqiang (史自强), Jin Bo (靳博), Pang Geping (庞革平))
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Building a unified national market is a requirement for constructing a new development pattern and promoting high-quality development. The meeting of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee held on July 30 pointed out: "Promote the construction of a unified national market in depth and continuously optimize the market competition order." Starting today, this edition will launch a series of commentaries to observe new highlights and trends in the summer economy, and gather wisdom and strength for promoting the construction of a unified national market in depth.
——Editor
To build a unified large market, it is necessary to break the "small circles" of fighting on one's own, move from looking at each other across mountains and rivers to deep integration, and work together to "break the circle" in common development.
It's the summer vacation, and the family is preparing to travel. When making travel plans, buying tickets, booking hotels, and finding restaurants can be a "headache" at first. More attempts reveal a turning point. On some e-commerce platforms, ticket and hotel information are recommended simultaneously, nearby food is suggested when booking a hotel, and some even offer "scenic spot + hotel packages," providing "one-stop service" to avoid a lot of "choice dilemmas."
How do e-commerce platforms "understand me"? This is both a strategy for scenic spots, hotels, restaurants, and other business entities to develop together, and a result of the integration of tourism resource elements. "Integration" is a major highlight of the cultural and tourism industry's development this summer.
Two scenarios can also illustrate the issue.
First, look at the region. Thanks to the main line of the Jiu Mian Expressway (九绵高速) being connected, Pingwu (平武), Sichuan (四川), which has a "20℃ summer," has been integrated into the "Chengdu 3-hour Tourism Circle (成都3小时旅游圈)."
Then, look at technology. The inbound tourism one-stop smart service platform "Hi Tour (嗨游)" is online. Tourists only need to select information such as time, number of people, and preferences to obtain personalized itineraries, and can also enjoy extended services such as translation and taxi booking.
From domestic tourism to inbound tourism, from improving transportation to empowering technology, from regional linkage to information integration, the "capillaries" of various factor resources flowing are being opened up, further releasing the potential of cultural and tourism consumption.
Without the smooth flow of factors and the efficient allocation of resources, it is difficult to build a unified national market. For some time, ticket stubs have connected scattered catering, commercial, and other scenes, stimulating new urban consumption vitality; sports events have driven urban-rural interaction, opening up new spaces for cultural, sports, and tourism integration... Facts have proved that by understanding the "integration" key, increasing policy support, adding weight to resource integration, and removing all blockages that hinder the flow of factors, the cultural and tourism consumption market will not lack development increments.
Integrating the "new" and the "old" can revitalize "idle resources" and create "living assets." Liyuan Village (梨园村) in Qufu (曲阜), Shandong (山东), used to have difficult roads and dilapidated houses, and was a typical "hollow village." Development requires ingenuity, and old houses cannot be left idle. By introducing a professional team, more than 40 old houses and idle homesteads in the village have been systematically renovated. Old houses have been revitalized, craftsmen in cultural and creative workshops are focused on carving, children are reading softly in the farmhouse bookstore, the aroma of coffee wafts from the rural cafe, and villagers are eating "cultural tourism meals." Many other regions have also transformed "industrial rust belts" into "cultural tourism show belts" and abandoned mine pits into "cultural tourism parks" through revitalization and ecological restoration. Reassessing the value of resources, changing thinking, and innovating scenes to allow dormant factor resources to flow is conducive to creating new market opportunities.
Integrating the "virtual" and the "real" can break physical barriers with the help of digital technology and achieve more powerful factor guarantees. In order to solve the problem of difficult financing for light assets, Guizhou (贵州) is promoting the monetization of cultural and tourism data. Xingyi Wanfenglin Tourism Group (兴义万峰林旅游集团) has registered data intellectual property rights such as scenic spots and merchant marketing service products, allowing cultural and tourism data assets to be included in the balance sheet, and applied for a credit line of 10 million yuan from the Bank of Guizhou (贵州银行). For offshore tax refunds, the Bank of China (中国银行) has created the "Lai Hua Tong (来华通)" APP specifically for serving inbound tourists, promoting cross-regional interconnection of "instant purchase and instant refund." Reducing institutional costs and improving the efficiency of factor flow with innovative measures can cultivate the "fertile soil" for enterprise growth and market development.
Integrating "you" and "me" can build a good "integrated" ecosystem and achieve symbiosis and win-win results in value co-creation. In July, Shanghai LegoLand (上海乐高乐园) officially opened. As ticket and hotel bookings increased rapidly, many people asked: "Why are theme parks clustered in Shanghai (上海)?" The park is built in Shanghai, but it actually radiates outward and achieves coordinated win-win results. In the Yangtze River Delta (长三角), the deep integration of cultural and tourism resources has become the norm. The cooperation mechanism of "standard mutual recognition, data interconnection, and regulatory interaction" and innovative measures such as "high-speed rail tourism annual pass" and "one-ticket pass" make "accommodation in one city and tours in four cities" more convenient. Circulation is the "bloodline" of economic circulation, and collaboration can amplify advantages. To build a unified large market, it is necessary to break the "small circles" of fighting on one's own, move from looking at each other across mountains and rivers to deep integration, and work together to "break the circle."
"Beijing (北京) is beautiful, and there is a visa-free policy, why not come and see it?" A Dutch tourist expressed the sentiments of many people, and also confirmed the attractiveness of the visa-free policy, instant tax refunds, and mobile payment "three treasures for coming to China." Looking at the summer cultural and tourism boom, focusing on problems, removing barriers, deepening reforms, and dredging meridians to further smooth economic circulation and integrate various industries and local development will surely better enhance the gold content of economic development.
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History is always moving forward. This year marks the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized: "Pass on the great spirit of the War of Resistance from generation to generation." Starting today, this edition will launch a series of commentaries, revisiting the road of heroes, remembering history, cherishing the memory of the martyrs, and showcasing the vitality of the red land.
——Editor
"Uncle, we drove here from out of town to play. Where can we buy organic vegetables?"
"Follow me, welcome to Chehe (车河)!"
As he spoke, a dark-skinned villager greeted the visitors with a smile.
Wang Chun (王春) is the Party Branch Secretary and Director of the Village Committee of Xiachehe Village (下车河村), Hongshileng Township (红石塄乡), Lingqiu County (灵丘县), Shanxi Province (山西省). Speaking of the tremendous changes in the mountain village, he said with pride: "We made the right choice in developing organic agriculture!"
In the height of summer, entering the Chehe (车河) Organic Agricultural Community, one finds lush trees, flowing streams, and exquisite villages, resembling a modern version of the Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains painting. The "Clear Water Fish Village" is nestled against the mountains and rivers, like a paradise. "Dream Valley" cleverly sets up amusement facilities, attracting children to play to their heart's content. The Folk Museum is full of cultural flavor, and a photo wall inside captures the old appearance of the village.
From a poor mountain gully with barren hills to a well-known "golden nest," why is Chehe (车河) successful? To fight a tough battle, one must also fight a protracted war. This is the magic weapon for the victory of the War of Resistance, and also the secret to rural revitalization.
A tough battle clears obstacles and lays the foundation, while a protracted war provides a solid foundation. Lucid waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets, but the prerequisite is to do a good job in ecological governance and consolidate the green foundation. Since the 1990s, Wang Chun (王春) has led the villagers to plant and protect greenery, and manage barren mountains and slopes. Initially, some people questioned him, but he repeatedly persuaded them, "These wooden bumps will become golden bumps in the future." Imperceptibly, the villagers changed their minds, and the village gradually became green. Time waits for no one, and hard work does not fail people. Persistent efforts without slackening have resulted in a rich ecological foundation, laying the groundwork for later opportunities. From this, one can better understand the profound meaning of "People who do not fail the green mountains, the green mountains will certainly not fail them."
A tough battle identifies breakthroughs, and a protracted war can accumulate endogenous power. Lingqiu County (灵丘县) covers an area of 2,732 square kilometers, making it a large county in terms of land area, but because it is located in the Taihang Mountains (太行山区) at the junction of Shanxi (晋) and Hebei (冀) provinces, it has "nine parts mountains and water, and one part farmland." What is the way out for "agriculture, rural areas, and farmers"? Invite agricultural experts to diagnose the situation, identify the goal of organic agriculture, prepare and implement plans, and select two villages for pilot demonstrations... Over the past 12 years, the reform from point to area has been quite effective, and Lingqiu's (灵丘) organic agricultural products have accumulated 133 certified varieties. Practice has proven that based on one side of the water and soil, highlighting regional characteristics, and creating a "model room" in accordance with local conditions, and then allowing other villages with the same conditions to "copy homework," it is easier to open up a new situation in rural industrial revitalization.
A protracted war cannot rely on brute force; one must find a strategic fulcrum that can 四两拨千斤 (sì liǎng bō qiān jīn - "four ounces deflect a thousand pounds," to use minimal force to achieve maximum effect). To build a strong agricultural country, the key lies in science and technology. In Qingnijian Village (清泥涧村), Donghenan Town (东河南镇), with the help of a science and technology courtyard, Xie Yukai (谢玉凯), a vegetable greenhouse grower, used agricultural enzymes and organic fertilizers to grow cowpeas, increasing the yield by 3,740 jin per greenhouse and increasing income by more than 10,000 yuan, while significantly reducing production costs. Enzymes have dispelled farmers' blind faith in chemical fertilizers, and organic dryland farming has allowed farmers to taste the sweetness. In the process of continuous learning, farmers truly understand that "a rich mind can enrich the pocket," and agricultural technology and the vast countryside have truly achieved a two-way rush.
To win a protracted war, one must jump out of the battlefield to seek victory. To promote the comprehensive revitalization of the countryside, it is necessary to follow the general trend of urban-rural integration and development. During the summer vacation, the Shili Yanhe (十里沿河) Shiguang Town (拾光小镇) is parked with cars with license plates from Tianjin (天津), Hebei (河北), and other places, and it is difficult to find a room in a homestay. In Lingqiu (灵丘), "organic agriculture + beautiful countryside + ecological tourism" achieves "1+1+1>3", jointly brightening the red name card of the Pingxingguan Victory (平型关大捷) Scenic Area, the ancient name card of the Beiwei Jueshan Temple (北魏觉山寺), and the green name card of the Tanghe Grand Canyon (唐河大峡谷), attracting tourists and stimulating new vitality in the county's economy. Breaking down the institutional barriers that hinder the equal exchange and two-way flow of urban and rural elements, and promoting the flow of development elements and various services to the countryside, can inject more surging momentum into agricultural and rural development.
During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the 115th Division of the Eighth Route Army (八路军第115师) won the Pingxingguan Victory (平型关大捷), and Bethune (白求恩) established a special surgical hospital, leaving an immortal legend in Lingqiu (灵丘). Looking forward to the new journey, this red land is determined to play the "organic card" and eat the "green meal," which will surely stimulate a new atmosphere of high-quality development.
(The author is an editor of this newspaper's commentary department)
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【People】 Yuan Zhenhua (袁振华), Who Spends Money to Save People
【Story】The night rain poured down. In Liulimiao Town (琉璃庙镇), Huairou District (怀柔区), Beijing (北京), a beam of headlights attracted the attention of resident Yuan Zhenhua (袁振华). A white car was askew on the side of the road, and shouts came from it—the car owner was trapped in the flood and urgently needed rescue. In the knee-high floodwaters, Yuan Zhenhua (袁振华) didn't bother to take the 20,000 yuan in cash and documents for his father's medical treatment from his car, and struggled to rush to the white car. With his left hand disabled, he used his right arm to hold onto the car window tightly, gritted his teeth, and rescued the trapped person from the passenger window. After transferring to higher ground, he turned around and saw that both of their vehicles had been swept away by the muddy current, with no trace to be found. His heroic act moved many netizens with admiration.
【Commentary】
"The money is gone, and the car is gone, but I saved a person, I think it's worth it!" In Yuan Zhenhua's (袁振华) eyes, a living life is far more precious than personal wealth. In the rainy night, that slightly staggering but firm figure诠释了何为 **临危不惧** (lín wēi bù jù - "facing danger not afraid," to face danger without fear) and 择善而行.
During the continuous heavy rainfall in Beijing (北京) for several days, similar scenes were not uncommon. In Putao Yuan Village (葡萄园村), Taishitun Town (太师屯镇), Miyun District (密云区), Wang Tianyu (王天宇), Wang Chong (王冲), Duan Xiaocheng (段小城), Wang Lixin (王利新), and Wang Liguo (王利国) used forklifts and assault boats to build a "bridge of life," assisting fire and rescue personnel in rescuing a total of hundreds of trapped people; "Because this is our home," "We young children will go first," in Guanshang Village (关上村), Zhenluoying Town (镇罗营镇), Pinggu District (平谷区), 16-year-old Li Zihui (李梓辉) went against the evacuation flow to lead the way for rescuers... With a leap and a desperate effort, the extraordinary actions of many ordinary people built solid dikes in the rainstorm.
The spontaneous righteous and good deeds of the masses can form a joint force with professional rescue forces, further densifying the rescue network and better safeguarding the peace of one area.
Everyone can do it, everyone does it; everywhere can be done, everywhere is done. Since the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, more than 30,000 cases of acts of courage and righteousness and nearly 40,000 people involved in such acts have been confirmed nationwide in accordance with laws and regulations. Righteous and good deeds are like sparks, shining with the beauty of human nature and the light of civilization. It is precisely in the relay of emerging heroes and the continuation of the spirit that our society is constantly accumulating the intrinsic motivation of 明德惟馨 (míng dé wéi xīn - "illustrious virtue is fragrant," a noble character is fragrant) and 崇德向善 (chóng dé xiàng shàn - "venerate virtue and aspire to goodness," to admire virtue and strive for goodness).
Protecting the spirit of heroes should soothe the hearts of the people, and we must not let those who "waded through the water" "run into trouble." Acts of courage and righteousness sometimes inevitably require taking risks and may even suffer losses. With a sound policy mechanism to guarantee them, more people of benevolence and righteousness will step forward. In recent years, at the legal and policy level, acts of courage and righteousness have received more and more systematic protection. The bottom-line institutional mechanism is reducing concerns and doubts, and encouraging more people to applaud, pay tribute to, and emulate righteous and good deeds.
The virtue of people reflects the civilization of the city, and the resilience of the city should also support the happiness of the people. Unexpected situations in extreme weather are also a comprehensive test of urban governance.
The recent Central Urban Work Conference proposed the goal of "building innovative, livable, beautiful, resilient, civilized, and intelligent modern people's cities," and emphasized "focusing on building safe and reliable resilient cities." For a city to achieve connotative development, the "face" must be bright and the "inside" must be even brighter. With a correct view of political achievements and a high sense of responsibility, we must put in enough effort in potential achievements, eliminate all kinds of safety hazards in a timely manner, ensure that the "physical examination indicators" are in the "healthy range," and safeguard the lives and property of the people, so that the people's city can be more livable and habitable.
The city is people-oriented, and people take the city as their home. It is believed that in the two-way rush between people and the city, the height of urban civilization and the people's sense of happiness will reach a new level.
Return to TopThe General Office of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (中办) and the General Office of the State Council (国办) recently issued a plan clarifying that from January 1, 2025, a subsidy of 3,600 yuan per child per year will be issued to infants and young children under the age of 3 who are born in compliance with laws and regulations, until they reach the age of 3; for infants and young children born before January 1, 2025, who are under the age of 3, the subsidy will be calculated and issued based on the number of months they are entitled to receive it. Childcare subsidies have the role of guaranteeing childbirth and incentivizing births.
This is precisely:
Good policies and sweet rain nourish young seedlings,
Reducing burdens and spring breezes benefit all directions.
Today, subsidizing loving parents benefits the national economy,
In the future, proud children will become pillars of the nation.
Mu Xianwen (慕贤文)
Return to TopDoing a Good Job on "Grain Head" and "Food Tail"
Hu Hailin (胡海林)
A large food enterprise once settled in Liaoning (辽宁). However, it could not purchase two types of deeply processed raw materials, fish paste and refined rice flour, locally. It had to purchase them from other places, spending hundreds of thousands of yuan more on freight each year. The local freshwater fish resources are abundant, and it is also one of the granaries of Northeast China, but it cannot produce these two products, which puzzled them.
From an objective point of view, the overall technical level of deep processing in the area is relatively weak. From a subjective point of view, due to the abundance of resources, many enterprises can achieve 温饱 (wēn bǎo - "warm and full," have enough food and clothing; a basic standard of living) by selling products with the "original" and "initial" labels, lacking the motivation to engage in deep processing. The superposition of subjective and objective factors has led to many enterprises being in the low-to-mid end of the industrial chain, with low economic benefits and insufficient competitiveness.
Strengthening the deep processing of agricultural products and the fine processing of food, fully utilizing the "grain head and food tail," "livestock head and meat tail," and "agricultural head and industrial tail" aspects, and constructing a diversified food supply system are responsibilities that major agricultural provinces and major grain provinces must shoulder. Currently, developing the whole grain industry has become a new "trend" in grain deep processing. When planning upgrades in the grain industry, proactively connecting with new directions and accelerating the launch of high-tech, high-quality, and high-value-added products is now imperative.
(Excerpted from *Liaoning Daily* (《辽宁日报》), originally titled "Connecting 'Grain Head' and 'Food Tail' Well")
Running Summer Childcare Programs with Love
Niu Naixi (牛乃喜)
Since the summer vacation, trade unions at all levels in Shaanxi (陕西) have been using venues such as workers' cultural palaces to run summer childcare programs with love for children, providing childcare services in the form of free or low fees, effectively alleviating the worries of parents. At the same time, relevant local departments have also organized volunteer service activities, advocating that young volunteers enter these childcare programs to provide assistance to children in difficult situations, left-behind children, and others. The addition of young volunteers has enriched the activities of the childcare programs and conveyed social love and kindness.
From the perspective of young people, the volunteer service activities of the summer childcare programs also provide a stage for their growth, especially providing a practical platform for college students to step out of the ivory tower, contact society, and exercise their abilities. Young volunteers can improve their social activity skills and gain growth in volunteer services such as cultural popularization, emotional companionship, and psychological counseling.
Running summer childcare programs with love well, so that parents are at ease and children are satisfied, is not an easy task. Further mobilizing resources from all sectors of society and gathering professional forces will make more holiday public services like summer childcare programs more heartwarming.
(Excerpted from *Shaanxi Daily* (《陕西日报》), originally titled "'Summer' Has 'Care' to Solve People's Worries")
Return to TopBy: 卢 涛
"Zun Du Jia Du (尊嘟假嘟)" ("Is it real?"), "XSWL" (an initialism for "laughing to death") and other homophonic puns and abbreviation puns are everywhere. "Yuan (媛)" ("Miss" or "Lady") and "Lao Liu (老六)" ("Old Six," slang for someone who is sneaky or undermines others) and other normal words are being used with derogatory meanings. "Suo Ha (梭哈)" ("All In") and other gaming slang make people confused... Not long ago, in response to the proliferation of Internet "dark language rotten puns," some online platforms issued announcements to clearly rectify the non-standard language phenomenon on the platforms and create a healthy and civilized online language environment.
Non-standard expressions such as "dark language rotten puns" not only erode the clarity and beauty of the language itself, but also create communication barriers between different groups, and may even become carriers of unhealthy culture. When vulgar metaphors are packaged as "playing with puns," and when negative values are hidden in popular words, they will quietly erode the healthy cultural soil under the guise of relaxed and playful disguise. Therefore, using standardized language to "speak properly" is not only helpful to build a clear online space, but also essential for interpersonal communication, clear dissemination of information in various fields of society, and the healthy development of language and culture.
Language is the externalization of thinking, and in turn shapes the way of thinking. At a class meeting a few years ago, a primary school Chinese teacher talked about the difference between balloons and butterflies in the wind. Hollow balloons drift away with the wind, while living butterflies can dance with the wind. Simply applying popular words is bound to fall into the trap of expressing what others say. Over time, people will lose their inner concentration and creativity like balloons. From this point of view, guarding the standardization and depth of language is also guarding our ability to think independently and the richness of our spiritual world. The whole society is responsible for pulling the reins of civilization for language.
言之无文，行而不远 (yán zhī wú wén, xíng ér bù yuǎn - "If language has no refinement, it will not travel far," without literary talent, one cannot go far in life). Language carries culture, and vivid words can move people's hearts even more. Maintaining the "cultural flavor" of language and making it a carrier of aesthetic taste and cultural genes is the inherent meaning of standardizing the use of language. In recent years, in activities such as the "Chinese Poetry Conference (中国诗词大会)," "Chinese Classics Recitation and Writing Competition (中华经典诵写讲大赛)," and "Poetry Education to Nourish the Countryside (诗教润乡土)," poetry classics have bloomed with lasting charm in word-of-mouth recitation and pen-tip circulation. This also inspires us that the best way to remove weeds is to plant crops. Letting beautiful language enter school gates and homes, and go to the fields, and creating an atmosphere of closeness to classics in society can cultivate cultural heritage and inspire more emotionally rich and powerful expressions.
Between every word and sentence, there is also the accumulation of civilization's thickness. From classical Chinese to vernacular Chinese, from dialects to Mandarin, all record the spiritual echoes that travel through time and are inherited in the same vein, and tell the story of the myriad aspects of life that transcend regions and coexist in harmony. Today, China has built the world's largest standardized language and culture resource database. Promoting the standardization, standardization, and informatization of language and writing, so that more people can better understand Chinese, is not only conducive to inheriting and promoting outstanding Chinese language and culture, but also to cultivating and laying the foundation for more accurate and colorful contemporary language expression.
Standardized use of language requires both upholding the correct and innovating. As Mr. Lü Shuxiang (吕叔湘) said: "Everything in the world is always moving, changing, and developing, and so is language." In the top ten buzzwords of 2024 released by the "Yao Wen Jiao Zi (咬文嚼字)" ("Biting Words and Chewing Characters") editorial department, "Intelligent Benevolence (智能向善)" and "Relaxation (松弛感)" are on the list; words such as "Like (点赞)" and "Screen Swiping (刷屏)" have been included in the "Xinhua Dictionary (新华字典)," and "Internet Celebrity (网红)" and "Brain Hole (脑洞)" have been added to the new edition of the "Modern Chinese Standard Dictionary (现代汉语规范词典)." The accelerated iteration of technology and the widespread popularization of the Internet have brought a large number of new words, new meanings, and Internet language. After the passage of time, many words, phrases, and sentences with appropriate explanatory power and vigorous vitality will take root and grow, bringing fresh vitality to language expression.
Clear pronunciation conveys elegant charm, and horizontal and vertical strokes write magnificent chapters. By following the laws of language and writing development and creating a clean and refreshing language environment, everyone will be able to better express and listen, understand and give feedback, feel and think, and strengthen cultural self-confidence and feel the power of civilization in every word and sentence.
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Return to TopBy: 本报记者 郑洋洋
Biography
Cheng Fangqin (程芳琴), born in July 1964, is from Linyi (临猗), Shanxi (山西). She is a National Distinguished Engineer, the former Vice President of Shanxi University (山西大学), and the Director of the National Key Laboratory of Technology for Resource-based and Efficient Utilization of Coal Waste. She has long been committed to the research and engineering application of key technologies for the treatment and disposal of industrial solid waste. She has won two second prizes of the National Science and Technology Progress Award and has been awarded the National May 1st Women's Medal and the National March 8th Red Banner Pacesetter, among other honors. The integrated technology for harmless disposal of coal gangue dumps using "waste to treat waste" invented by her team has realized the large-scale consumption of industrial solid waste such as coal gangue.
In the process of industrial development, the amount of industrial solid waste produced is increasing day by day. Coal gangue, fly ash... In the eyes of Cheng Fangqin (程芳琴), a professor at Shanxi University (山西大学), these solid wastes are "treasures" placed in the wrong position, which can be recycled, or valuable elements can be extracted to make new materials. A series of breakthroughs in the efficient utilization of coal gangue, and the implementation of a number of comprehensive solid waste utilization demonstration projects... The achievement of these results is inseparable from Cheng Fangqin's (程芳琴) deep cultivation in the field of industrial solid waste utilization.
For nearly 30 years, Cheng Fangqin (程芳琴) has led her team to focus on the treatment and disposal of industrial solid waste generated in industries such as coal, electricity, and metallurgy, and is committed to the low-carbon, high-value utilization and harmless disposal of industrial solid waste. What are the opportunities and challenges facing industrial solid waste treatment in China today? How can we further improve the level of resource utilization of solid waste? With these questions in mind, the reporter visited Shanxi University (山西大学) and had an exchange with Cheng Fangqin (程芳琴).
"Let industrial solid waste gradually transform from an environmental burden into a usable resource"
Q: What are the ways to dispose of and utilize industrial solid waste? Can you popularize it for everyone?
A: Industrial solid waste management usually follows the principle of "equal emphasis on resource utilization and harmless disposal." In specific practice, it is necessary to distinguish between the two key links of "treatment" and "disposal." Treatment is for reuse, while disposal is for harmlessness.
For example, coal gangue, which we are familiar with, contains a certain amount of carbon. In industrial production, it is often separated by physical methods such as "crushing-screening," or more efficient photoelectric sorting technology is used to accurately identify and enrich high-calorific value components, so as to meet the requirements of power plant combustion utilization. For example, for substances such as sulfur or heavy metals in solid waste that affect the environment, we must carry out harmless disposal.
Through the technical chain of "pretreatment activation - resource utilization - harmless disposal," industrial solid waste is gradually transformed from an environmental burden into a usable resource, promoting the development of a circular economy.
Q: How much potential is there in what we often say "turning waste into treasure"? Where are the difficulties?
A: In fact, everyone now agrees with "turning waste into treasure," and a consensus has been reached on starting from small things. Industrial waste still contains some valuable elements, and we can utilize these elements in a cascade manner. Our team has built two sets of production equipment in Henan (河南) and Shanxi (山西) to extract lithium from electrolytic aluminum solid waste. For a period of time, the market price of lithium was relatively high. It can be said that our recycling work is an effective utilization of primary resources.
To "turn waste into treasure," two key issues must be resolved.
The first is to solve the problem of unclear understanding of the resource attributes of solid waste. The composition of waste is complex, and the waste discharged from each production line is different. If you have not figured out the front-end production process used by a factory, and have not thoroughly understood the composition and attributes of the solid waste, and you are in a hurry to put on technology and build a production line, it will lead to the failure to recover what should be recovered, or it will be treated together with impurities in the waste, and the investment cost will be far from the expected.
The second is to solve the problem of cost inversion in market competition. At present, the reason restricting the promotion of technology is mainly the high cost. For example, compared with the use of bauxite ore, the preparation of aluminum products from industrial solid waste such as coal gangue and fly ash has different links and process routes, and the cost is higher. Therefore, technology alone is not enough, and the regulation of policies and the market is also needed.
"Solving problems requires discovering real problems"
Q: In your scientific research career, which technical tackling story is unforgettable for you?
A: More than 20 years ago, China was in serious shortage of potassium sulfate, and its dependence on foreign countries was high. The chemical company where I worked at the time planned to introduce technology from a foreign company.
At that time, I and other researchers had already promoted relevant small-scale research, and some people boldly proposed whether we could adopt our own technical ideas to carry out follow-up technical research and pilot tests. Later, the company increased research security, we successfully completed the pilot test, and successfully reduced the production cost significantly. This had a very big impact on me. Later, we became more and more confident in doing technical design. This incident made me realize that the confidence of technicians is based on the results of tackling key problems one by one, and it is constantly improved with the development of scientific research capabilities.
Q: From enterprise R&D personnel to university scientific researchers, what do you think are the key points that need to be broken through in order to create a first-class scientific research environment in local universities?
A: I think collaborative innovation is an important model. Over the years, we have closely followed the pace of national industrial policies, actively connected with the industrial chain, integrated multiple majors of Shanxi University (山西大学) to form a discipline group, training students while serving industrial transformation. We use projects as a link to gather experts at home and abroad to jointly train talents; or cooperate with enterprises to build a collaborative innovation platform. The platform must also have the ability to discover real problems and solve real problems, so that industry, academia and research are closely integrated.
Q: You said that you must have the ability to discover real problems and solve real problems. In your opinion, what are the real problems?
A: The real problem is the problem that is indeed restricting the development of the industry. Previously, due to the poor insulation of domestic kaolin, the kaolin used by enterprises in the insulation industry once relied entirely on imports. Our team optimized the insulation performance of domestic kaolin through process control and improved market recognition. Therefore, solving problems requires discovering real problems. If you don't understand the problems that exist in the market, you can't make scientific research better serve production.
"Be willing to sit on the bench for ten years, and do what you think is right"
Q: The research field you were engaged in was relatively unpopular at the beginning. What made you make such a choice and stick to it?
A: When I was transferred from an enterprise to work in a university, I chose the direction of resource utilization of industrial solid waste. At that time, I was studying in the research group of Academician Jin Yong (金涌) of Tsinghua University (清华大学). Teacher Jin (金老师) compiled my scientific research results on using waste salt to produce potassium sulfate as a case into the textbook. Later, this achievement also won the second prize of the National Science and Technology Progress Award. I was just 38 years old that year, which greatly encouraged me.
When I further researched, I found that the direction of circular economy is very "hard." Using economic concepts to reverse the development of "hard" technology and support resource recycling, I think this is a very good direction.
As for persistence, many years ago, I took students to Taiyuan Iron and Steel Group (太原钢铁集团) for research, and heard about the deeds of Li Shuangliang (李双良), a national model worker who was known as the "Contemporary Yugong (当代愚公)" and devoted himself to the treatment of steel slag after retirement. I think scientific research should also have the spirit of "The Foolish Old Man Removes the Mountains (愚公移山 - yú gōng yí shān - "Foolish Old Man removes mountain," to persevere despite seemingly insurmountable obstacles)," giving each step in the work enough time, don't rush, and you will have greater gains.
Q: You have won the second prize of the National Science and Technology Progress Award twice before. Can you talk about how to solve practical problems through scientific research in combination with relevant achievements?
A: For example, one award was about the preparation of potassium sulfate by mirabilite method. At present, the production line using related technologies has been put into production in Qinghai (青海) and other places. Since the "Eleventh Five-Year Plan," our team has been carrying out research and engineering construction on the extraction of potassium chloride and lithium chloride from the waste resources of the Qaidam Salt Lake (察尔汗盐湖) and the Mahai Salt Lake (马海干盐湖) in Qinghai (青海).
As a scientific researcher, we must understand the most urgent needs of the production front line, and then carry out targeted scientific research, and return the research results to the production front line for inspection. Let's think about it, the national coal production capacity is mainly concentrated in the middle and upper reaches of the Yellow River Basin, especially for Shanxi (山西), coal-based solid waste is a problem for the entire province. If we don't do it, then what is our responsibility and responsibility? To achieve a balance between economic benefits and environmental benefits, all parties should work together to promote it.
Q: What advice do you have for young scientific researchers? What qualities do you hope they have?
A: I often say, be willing to sit on the bench for ten years, and do what you think is right. When scientific researchers feel anxious because they don't get results for a while, I will ask everyone, is what you are doing needed by the country and the industry? What problems have not been thought of? Which experiments that should be completed have not been completed? As long as you don't be lazy, don't be impatient, and continue to devote yourself to scientific research, success will come sooner or later.
Return to TopBy: 刘涓溪
In conversation with Cheng Fangqin (程芳琴), she mentioned many times that scientific research should solve "real problems."
In her view, "real problems" are practical problems that restrict development. Most of them come from the front lines of production and life, requiring researchers to have the vision to perceive problems and the perseverance to 十年磨一剑 (shí nián mó yī jiàn - "sharpen a sword for ten years," to spend a long time honing one's skills), and to accurately identify breakthroughs from specific problems.
How to solve "real problems"? "Practicality" is both an attitude and a method. Cheng Fangqin (程芳琴) has provided the answer with her own actions: she grasps the essence of the problem, does not blindly follow "hot topics," visits various places, carefully analyzes and judges, and focuses on tackling the balance between economic and ecological benefits in industrial solid waste treatment; she is not satisfied with the present, but asks one more question and does a little more, starting to develop technical equipment to turn industrial solid waste into treasure, and continuously breaking through technical bottlenecks with the responsibility and commitment of a researcher.
Technological innovation must ultimately be transformed into productivity. It is believed that as more researchers focus on the reality of production and life, discover "real problems," solve "real problems," take a long-term view, and persist in tackling key problems, they will surely be able to make the "new" driving force continue to surge.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 史自强
Gathering photos of 127 veterans of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, writing introductions to their stories, and carefully designing the layout... Currently, Qi Hui (戚辉) is planning a special photography exhibition for these veterans.
Qi Hui (戚辉), 55 years old, is an employee of China Unicom's Tangshan branch in Hebei (中国联通河北唐山分公司) and a photography enthusiast. He uses his spare time to seek out veterans of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and has launched a public welfare photography campaign to care for the veterans of the Jidong Eighth Route Army (冀东八路军). He has established a Tangshan (唐山) public welfare photography team composed of more than 40 people. Over the past 11 years, the team has taken portraits of the veterans, recorded their stories of resistance against Japan, and cared for their lives. Their footprints have spread across 27 counties and districts in provinces such as Beijing (北京), Tianjin (天津), Hebei (河北), and Liaoning (辽宁), with a total distance of over 70,000 kilometers.
Why take photos of the veterans? In 2014, by chance, Qi Hui (戚辉) took a photo of Wang Yonggui (王永贵), a villager in Yutian County (玉田县), Tangshan (唐山). "The old man suddenly took out many military medals from a kraft paper bag, and suddenly became radiant, and his turbid eyes became bright and shiny!" He was touched by this scene and pressed the shutter again and again.
Qi Hui (戚辉) often heard the elderly in his family tell local stories of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression when he was a child. After seeing Wang Yonggui (王永贵), he felt that he had a more vivid perception of history. He thought: "The veterans are getting old, we should take action to record their figures and stories."
Finding veterans is not as simple as pressing the shutter. Most of the clues about where the veterans live are obtained through the help of enthusiastic people. "The names of the veterans are uncertain, and some only know which village they may live in, and they need to go to the village to inquire from door to door." Qi Hui (戚辉) said that it is common to return without success.
Despite the difficulties, Qi Hui (戚辉) not only did not stop, but accelerated his pace. Once, the shooting was delayed by a week from the original schedule, and the veteran happened to be hospitalized due to illness; another time, he made an appointment to meet with the veteran the day before, but when he arrived the next afternoon, the old man had already passed away... Qi Hui (戚辉) realized: "Taking pictures for the veterans is a race against time."
Taking pictures leaves photos, but it's not just photos, Qi Hui (戚辉) said, it's also a spiritual baptism.
Once, Qi Hui (戚辉) went to visit a veteran who was in the late stage of cancer and usually sat in a wheelchair. After the shooting, when Qi Hui (戚辉) was about to leave, he inadvertently turned around and saw the old man being supported by his family, saluting the shooting team. This scene was deeply imprinted in Qi Hui's (戚辉) mind. He said: "In the process of searching, we have given a lot, but we have gained more. The spirit of the veterans has always infected us."
"When we eat, we use leaves as bowls and branches as chopsticks." "When we were fighting guerrillas, we had to wear out several pairs of shoes a year." "The Japanese whipped me with leather whips and poured chili water on me, but I just didn't say anything." In addition to shooting, the team also recorded the stories told by the veterans one by one.
In order to help improve the living conditions of the veterans, the team actively mobilized social forces to raise funds, supplies and medicines. Qi Hui's (戚辉) family also joined in. His wife, Guo Xiaoling (郭晓玲), usually cuts hair, cooks, and trims nails for the veterans, while his daughter, Qi Kaiyu (戚恺彧), shoots short videos for them.
As of now, Qi Hui's (戚辉) team has visited 215 veterans of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, taken more than 100,000 photos for them, recorded more than 600,000 words, published a special album "Never Fading Memory - The Demeanor of the Jidong Eighth Route Army Veterans" (《永不褪色的记忆——冀东八路军老战士风采录》), and held the "Never Fading Memory" photography exhibition in Beijing (北京), Tianjin (天津), Hebei (河北) and other places, with more than 300,000 visitors.
"Our search will not end, and there is no end to promoting the stories of the veterans." Qi Hui (戚辉) gently stroked the photos and said firmly.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 林丽鹂
Nearly 6,000 express packages entered the delivery channels, and over 1.43 million GB of data were transmitted in the cloud... This is the robust pulse of the Chinese market in one second.
Over 1.4 billion people, the world's largest middle-income group, more than 191 million business entities, and a total retail sales of consumer goods expected to exceed 50 trillion yuan this year... This is the immense scale of the Chinese market.
The market is the most scarce resource, and market resources are China's great advantage.
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "Building a unified national market is a requirement for constructing a new development pattern and promoting high-quality development. We must earnestly implement the decisions of the Party Central Committee, strengthen coordination and cooperation, and form a joint force for advancement."
The meeting of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee (中共中央政治局) held on July 30 this year proposed: "Deepen the construction of a unified national market and promote the continuous optimization of market competition order."
Currently, the world is undergoing profound changes unseen in a century, and China's development faces profound and complex changes in the external environment. Counteracting the uncertainties of the international cycle with the inherent stability and long-term growth of the domestic cycle, the importance of building a unified national market is even more prominent.
Under the strong leadership of the Party Central Committee (党中央) with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) at its core, all localities and departments are working together to steadfastly manage their own affairs, unswervingly promote high-level opening up, deepen the construction of a unified national market, consolidate the foundation for building a new development pattern, and firmly grasp the initiative for future development in their own hands.
Perfecting Top-Level Design –
"Establishing a unified national market system of rules"
Building a unified national market is a major decision made by the Party Central Committee (党中央) with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) at its core from an overall and strategic height. It is a requirement for constructing a new development pattern and promoting high-quality development, and it is also a requirement for winning strategic initiative in fierce international competition.
At the end of 2021, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized when chairing the 23rd meeting of the Central Committee for Comprehensively Deepening Reforms (中央全面深化改革委员会): "To construct a new development pattern, it is urgently necessary to accelerate the construction of an efficient, standardized, fair, competitive, and fully open unified national market, establish a unified national market system of rules, and promote the smooth flow of commodity and factor resources within a larger scope."
In 2022, the "Opinions of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council on Accelerating the Construction of a Unified National Market" (中共中央 国务院关于加快建设全国统一大市场的意见) was released, providing a top-level design for accelerating the construction of a unified national market.
The report to the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (党的二十大) proposed: "Construct a unified national market, deepen the market-oriented reform of factors of production, and build a high-standard market system." The "Decision" of the Third Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee (党的二十届三中全会《决定》) made arrangements for "constructing a unified national market."
The sixth meeting of the Central Financial and Economic Affairs Commission (中央财经委员会) held on July 1 this year put forward the basic requirements of "five unifications and one opening" for deepening the construction of a unified national market, namely, unifying the basic market system, unifying market infrastructure, unifying the scale of government behavior, unifying market supervision and law enforcement, unifying factor resource markets, and continuously expanding domestic and foreign opening up.
Historical perspective and strategic thinking are all implemented into concrete actions.
Iteratively releasing five versions of the negative list for market access; centrally clearing 4,218 regulations and practices that hinder the unified national market and fair competition; carrying out consistency assessments of newly issued policies with macroeconomic policy orientations... The "four beams and eight pillars" of the unified national market have been basically established.
The basic market system continues to improve.
The "Guidelines for the Construction of a Unified National Market (Trial Implementation)" (全国统一大市场建设指引（试行）) was officially released, and the "Opinions on Improving the Social Credit System" (关于健全社会信用体系的意见) was issued... A series of regulatory requirements have become further clarified.
Revising the Anti-Monopoly Law, promulgating the "Regulations on Fair Competition Review" (公平竞争审查条例) and its implementation measures, and issuing the first basic law specifically on the development of the private economy... The leading, regulating, and guaranteeing role of the rule of law has been fully exerted.
Market infrastructure is interconnected.
With shield machines roaring and transport vehicles shuttling, the construction of the Hebei section of Beijing Rail Transit Line 22 (北京轨道交通22号线河北段) is in full swing. After this first inter-provincial urban rail transit line between Beijing and Hebei opens, it will only take 9 minutes to travel from Yanjiao (燕郊) to the Beijing Municipal Administrative Center (北京城市副中心).
There are fewer "dead-end roads" on land, multimodal transport on water is accelerating, the railway access rate to coastal ports and major ports on the Yangtze River (长江) exceeds 90%, and the "mutual recognition of inspections" for national ship inspections has been further deepened, interconnecting both "soft" and "hard" infrastructure. In 2024, China's total social logistics costs as a percentage of GDP was 14.1%, a decrease of 0.3 percentage points compared to 2023, effectively improving the efficiency of market circulation.
The factor resource market is accelerating integration.
Not long ago, the establishment of a normalized power trading mechanism across the power grid operating areas of the State Grid (国家电网) and the Southern Power Grid (南方电网) was officially established, a nationally coordinated "power supermarket" has arrived, and the construction of a unified national energy resource market is accelerating.
Completely removing household registration restrictions for participating in insurance in the place of employment, expanding the scope of direct settlement of medical insurance for cross-provincial medical treatment, and accelerating the mutual recognition of inspection and testing results of medical institutions promote the rational flow and effective allocation of talent resources.
With the "four beams and eight pillars" of the unified national market in place, the role of the super-large market in gathering resources, expanding domestic demand, and encouraging innovation can be better发挥 (fā huī - "bring into play," to give full play to), laying a solid foundation for smoothing the domestic cycle and promoting high-quality development.
Promoting Fair Competition –
"Focusing on correcting market failures and regulating competition order"
Automobile production and sales both exceeded 15 million units for the first time, and multiple indicators achieved double-digit growth year-on-year... The China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (中国汽车工业协会) recently released its semi-annual report, showing that thanks to the effectiveness of the continuous rectification of disorderly competition in the new energy vehicle industry for a period of time, automobile companies' production rhythm has stabilized, inventory pressure has been improved, and industrial vitality has continued to be released.
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "Focus on correcting market failures, regulating competition order, and making the unified national market a grand stage for fair competition among various business entities."
In recent years, some industries have entered a stage of transformation between new and old driving forces and competition for existing resources. Phenomena such as low prices, low quality, and low-level competition have become increasingly prevalent, and unfair competition and disorderly competition occur frequently, seriously distorting market mechanisms and damaging the order of fair market competition.
A fair and competitive market environment is the key to stimulating innovation vitality and optimizing resource allocation, and it is also an inevitable requirement for building a unified national market.
The meeting of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee (中共中央政治局) held on July 30 required: "Govern disorderly competition among enterprises according to laws and regulations. Promote capacity governance in key industries."
From improving performance assessments to strengthening anti-monopoly law enforcement, from enhancing industry self-discipline to promoting the orderly exit of backward production capacity, local governments and multiple industries are working together to govern disorderly competition among enterprises –
The Law on Promoting the Development of the Private Economy (民营经济促进法) came into effect on May 20, guaranteeing fair participation in market competition for various economic organizations.
On June 27, the 16th meeting of the Standing Committee of the 14th National People's Congress (十四届全国人大常委会) voted to adopt the newly revised Anti-Unfair Competition Law, adding provisions on the fair competition review system...
Strengthening product consistency spot checks, carrying out anti-unfair competition law enforcement; severely rectifying market chaos such as inferior quality and low prices, resolutely cracking down on infringement and counterfeiting, and manufacturing and selling fake goods; strengthening standard setting, pursuing value competition with more "technical content," and more measures are focused on eliminating inefficiency and encouraging innovation through fair competition, better achieving resource optimization and allocation, and fully stimulating market vitality.
"The process of solving problems is also the process of development and progress." Governing disorderly competition among enterprises and truly implementing the concept of building a unified national market into the entire process of industry development, industrial cultivation, and market competition will change the industry development pattern and make the foundation for high-quality development more solid.
Regulating Government Behavior –
"Preventing localities from engaging in self-small cycles and eliminating regional barriers"
If an enterprise moves out, wouldn't the investment be gone, the tax revenue be gone, and the political achievements be gone?
That's not really the case! On June 26, the Micro-LED display chip and module project of SaiFulesi Semiconductor Technology Co., Ltd. (赛富乐斯半导体科技有限公司) was officially put into production in the Liusong Modern Industrial Park (六松现代产业园) in Lu'an City (六安市), Anhui Province (安徽). This is the first industrial project in Lu'an City (六安市) to establish a cross-regional benefit-sharing mechanism of "fiscal and tax sharing, statistical division and calculation" with Songjiang District (松江区), Shanghai (上海). According to the mechanism agreement, the two local governments share and divide the fiscal and tax revenue such as value-added tax and statistical indicators such as fixed asset investment in proportion.
The more standardized government behavior is, the more effective the market's role will be.
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "Prevent localities from engaging in self-small cycles, eliminate regional barriers, and truly form a unified national market."
The factor market is the foundation of the entire market system. Deepening the market-oriented reform of factors of production is the key to deepening the construction of a unified national market.
Abolishing preferential policies for investment promotion that do not meet the requirements; for non-compliant charges involving enterprises, abolishing all that should be abolished and adjusting all that should be adjusted... By unifying the scale of government behavior, localities break down administrative monopolies and regional barriers, promote a better combination of an effective market and a capable government, and strive to achieve complementary advantages and coordinated development.
At the end of April, two enterprises from Jiangsu (江苏) and Anhui (安徽) completed a surface water rights transaction through the online platform of the China Water Exchange (中国水权交易所). 70,000 cubic meters of water source, as industrial water, was transferred from an Anhui (安徽) enterprise to a Jiangsu (江苏) enterprise at a price of 0.3 yuan per cubic meter.
Cross-provincial water rights transactions break down provincial administrative division restrictions, providing new ideas and new models for water rights reform, ecological protection, and economic development in the two places, and promoting the transformation of water resource management from administrative allocation to market-oriented allocation.
Since June, the Ministry of Finance (财政部), the Ministry of Public Security (公安部), and the State Administration for Market Regulation (国家市场监督管理总局) have jointly rectified problems such as purchasers favoring local enterprises in government procurement, agency illegal charging fees, suppliers fabricating materials, and malicious collusion, focusing on inspecting agency and establishing a multi-departmental coordinated supervision mechanism.
Standardizing market access and fair competition systems, building a more transparent government procurement environment, and opening up all links of production, distribution, circulation, and consumption can promote the orderly flow and efficient allocation of commodity and factor resources within a larger scope, and build a strong and resilient national economic cycle system.
Promoting the Integration of Domestic and Foreign Trade –
"Making China's new development a new opportunity for all countries"
At Dalian Dante Biotechnology Co., Ltd. (大连丹特生物技术有限公司), a batch of xylitol candies has just come off the production line and is immediately packaged and sent to Hamburg (汉堡), Germany (德国) and Shanghai (上海), China (中国), where domestic and foreign trade converge on the same production line. Zhao Yuguo (赵玉国), chairman of the company, said: "We promise 'same line, same standard, same quality,' that is, domestic and export products share an intelligent production line, and whichever of the European and American standards and national standards has higher requirements, we implement that one. Authoritative institutions test that export and domestic products are of the same quality."
In Xiangtan Comprehensive Bonded Zone (湘潭综合保税区), a "liquid crystal display super factory" is under construction at an accelerated pace. "The efficiency of handling affairs is higher than we imagined, and we are even a little behind the pace of work here." Kwon Young-gil (权永吉), head of Hunan Jinzhi Optoelectronics Co., Ltd. (湖南锦智光电有限责任公司), a South Korean enterprise, said that he was impressed by Hunan's first-class business environment. The project took only 4 months from negotiation to implementation, creating the company's "fastest speed of overseas investment."
Building a unified national market is a large market that is open to the world and fully open, and it is a large market that treats all business entities equally and fairly.
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized: "China will unswervingly expand high-level opening up, release the dividends of its super-large market, make China's new development a new opportunity for all countries, and inject more certainty into world economic growth."
Today, the number of items on the negative list for market access has been reduced to 106, and restrictions on foreign investment access in the manufacturing industry have been completely lifted. Focusing on institutional opening up, China actively aligns with international high-standard economic and trade rules, orderly expands the opening up of China's commodity market, service market, capital market, and labor market, accelerates the improvement of a high-level opening up system and mechanism, and promotes better connection between the domestic and international markets.
Establishing and practicing a correct view of political achievements is related to the effectiveness of deepening the construction of a unified national market.
Hubei (湖北) has incorporated the optimization of the business environment into the performance assessment of party and government leading bodies at all levels, Shandong (山东) has incorporated "clearing market barriers to zero" into the assessment of cities, and Shanxi (山西) has incorporated the business environment assessment into the province's annual target responsibility assessment system and implemented separate rewards and punishments... Continuously improving the high-quality development assessment system and the cadre performance assessment and evaluation system, using the assessment "baton" well, guiding cadres at all levels to break the "one-mu three-point land" (一亩三分地 - yī mǔ sān fēn dì - "one mu three fen land," narrow-minded) thinking, establishing a national "one chessboard" (一盘棋 - yī pán qí - "one chessboard," viewing the whole situation) awareness, and accurately positioning themselves in the overall national situation.
Letting the "large market" become a "strong market," deepening the construction of a unified national market, and accelerating the construction of a new development pattern will surely continuously consolidate the foundation of China's economic development, enhance the security and stability of development, and will surely inject more positive energy and certainty into global development.
Return to TopThis newspaper's Shenyang (沈阳) August 4th dispatch (Reporter Hu Jingyi (胡婧怡)) The General Office of the People's Government of Liaoning Province (辽宁省人民政府) recently issued the "Implementation Plan for the Construction of Digital Government in Liaoning Province (2025-2027)" (《辽宁省数字政府建设实施方案（2025—2027年）》), deploying 22 key tasks, and clarifying that by 2027, the province will basically build a digital government operation system with highly efficient and intensive integrated infrastructure, open and shared integrated data resources, "one network for all services" ("一网通办"), "one network for collaborative work" ("一网协同"), "one network for unified management" ("一网统管") empowered by digital intelligence, and a dynamic defense of the integrated security protection system.
The implementation plan proposes to focus on promoting the construction of government affairs cloud and e-government networks, improve the digital government base system, and build an integrated basic large model service support capability; focus on implementing a unified catalog of public data, strengthen data source governance, improve management mechanisms, improve supply and demand mechanisms, promote efficient sharing of government affairs data, and promote the development and utilization of data resources; focus on improving the emergency early warning and disposal and collaborative linkage mechanism for cybersecurity incidents, and build a full life cycle security protection system for public data.
The implementation plan also clarifies five guarantee measures, including the overall coordination of work mechanisms, the overall coordination of standards and specifications, the overall coordination of effectiveness evaluation, the overall coordination of operation and maintenance, and the overall coordination of digital intelligence talent cultivation.
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As the 2025 National Summer Culture and Tourism Consumption Season unfolds, various regions are launching diverse new cultural and tourism products and scenarios centered around summer consumption hotspots such as nighttime consumption, tourism and vacations, and dining and leisure.
In Chongqing (重庆), drone performances on the riverbank adorn the night sky, boosting surrounding catering and accommodation; in Xuzhou (徐州), Jiangsu (江苏) province, "Su Chao" (苏超) elements are closely linked with nighttime consumption, providing fans with more benefits and a better experience; in Xining (西宁), Qinghai (青海) province, roads transform into markets at night, and distinctive blocks create unique nighttime tourism experiences with themed IPs and light shows... This summer, various regions are deeply promoting the integrated development of commerce, tourism, culture, and sports, stimulating summer consumption vitality and enriching people's lives through the nighttime economy.
Chongqing (重庆)
Drones Attract Visitors
"3, 2, 1..." As the countdown ends, 5,000 drones rise into the night sky above the Yangtze River (长江) in Chongqing's (重庆) Nan'an District (南岸区), sometimes forming the words "Chongqing" (重庆), and sometimes outlining patterns such as dandelions, lotus flowers, and light rails. The lights of "Two Rivers and Four Banks" (两江四岸) interplay with the drone light show in the night sky, adding romance to the mountain city's summer nights.
Since mid-April, the "New Rhyme Chongqing" (新韵重庆) drone light show has been held regularly every Saturday and on major holidays; since May 1st, the show has been further upgraded in scale, with the number of drones increasing from 2,000 to 5,000, creating a more stunning visual effect.
"The drone show has achieved 'breakthrough' dissemination on online platforms, driving the development of cultural tourism, catering, accommodation, and other industries," said Cao Liang (曹亮), a member of the Party Committee of the Chongqing (重庆) Institute of Comprehensive Economics and director of the Research Center for Promoting the Construction of the Chengdu-Chongqing (成渝) Twin-City Economic Circle.
At 9:30 p.m., the Yinghua Ferry (莺花渡) hot pot restaurant in Changjiahui (长嘉汇) is bustling with activity. "After watching the drone show, I found a hot pot restaurant here and came to try it," said David, a tourist from Denmark. Liang Ying (梁颖), the hot pot restaurant manager, said: "Normally, it's good if all eight private rooms are booked. But if there's a drone show, one private room can even accommodate three groups of guests."
The Sunset Bar (落日餐吧) Changjiahui (长嘉汇) store not far away is also crowded. "As soon as the drones fly, the number of customers jumps by 30%!" said Yang Zhengdong (杨正东), the store manager. "Originally, you only needed to book a seat for birthdays or parties. Now, you have to book seats in advance on Saturdays and holidays."
According to the relevant person in charge of Changjiahui Shopping Park (长嘉汇购物公园), since the drone show became regular, the mall's performance has increased by 20%, and the customer transaction volume has increased by 30% year-on-year. Sun Jiaqi (孙加琦), deputy detachment leader of the Public Security Management Detachment of the Nan'an District (南岸区) Branch of the Chongqing (重庆) Public Security Bureau, said that the drone show has significantly increased the flow of people in the area, and it is very common for citizens to come and visit with relatives and friends from other places.
Nanbin Road (南滨路) in Nan'an District (南岸区) is one of the best viewing areas for the drone show. The relevant person in charge of the Nan'an District (南岸区) Commerce Commission said: "We have launched exclusive consumption coupons for Nanbin Road (南滨路) and random discount activities, and also launched a smart tourism butler." Since the drone show became regular, the average occupancy rate of key catering enterprises along Nanbin Road (南滨路) during holidays has exceeded 70%, and the average occupancy rate of key hotels has exceeded 80%, both increasing by more than 10 percentage points year-on-year.
Xuzhou (徐州), Jiangsu (江苏)
Football Matches Drive Business
Under the night sky, the Xuzhou (徐州) Olympic Sports Center (奥体中心) in Jiangsu (江苏) is brightly lit and the atmosphere is high. The sixth round of the "Su Chao" (苏超) league, Xuzhou (徐州) team versus Nantong (南通) team, is being staged wonderfully.
A long shot that broke the goal made Mr. Ge (葛先生), a fan from Nantong (南通), jump up excitedly. He waved his team scarf and shouted "Goal!" As the game entered its final stages, the Nantong (南通) team's comeback victory made Mr. Ge's (葛先生) family even more excited.
"Watching the game is just the beginning of tonight." After the game, Mr. Ge (葛先生) took his family out of the stadium and strolled around the surrounding "Su Chao" (苏超) themed night market. "Su Chao" (苏超) cultural and creative products, intangible cultural heritage paper cuttings, Xuzhou (徐州) sachets, and other goods were dazzling, and the stall owners enthusiastically greeted the fans and tourists passing by.
Mr. Ge's (葛先生) family bought souvenirs at the night market, and then went to Pengcheng Square (彭城广场) business district. With their "Su Chao" (苏超) ticket stubs, they received consumption coupons at a barbecue restaurant. "Xuzhou (徐州) barbecue is very famous, and people in the fan group have recommended this restaurant for a long time!" said Mr. Ge (葛先生).
In the center of the square, there was a live band performance, and many young people danced happily to the rhythm. At the market, children competed to experience sports games, and the winners could win small prizes with "Su Chao" (苏超) themes.
"Last night, we felt the liveliness of Xuzhou (徐州)," said Mr. Ge (葛先生). It turned out that on the night of their arrival in Xuzhou (徐州), Mr. Ge's (葛先生) family caught up with the "Su Chao" (苏超) themed night event at Xuzhou (徐州) Paradise: hundreds of drones rose into the air, transforming into patterns such as footballs, and more than 10 large screens in the park also played "Su Chao" (苏超) video clips. "Xuzhou (徐州) has seized the popularity of 'Su Chao' (苏超) and understands us fans," said Mr. Ge (葛先生).
"Su Chao" (苏超) ignited sports passion and also injected vitality into consumption. Xuzhou (徐州) has linked dozens of scenic spots and nearly 150 enterprises throughout the city to launch preferential policies for tourists, especially fans. According to estimates, from the start of the "Su Chao" (苏超) on May 10 to the end of July, the city's UnionPay cultural tourism consumption exceeded 6.4 billion yuan, an increase of approximately 30% year-on-year.
The relevant person in charge of the Xuzhou (徐州) Municipal Bureau of Culture, Radio, Television and Tourism said that in the future, they will continue to deepen the integration of commerce, tourism, culture, and sports around the "Su Chao" (苏超) event, continuously innovate consumption scenarios, and create a more diverse and attractive urban nighttime economy ecosystem.
Xining (西宁), Qinghai (青海)
Old Night Market Rejuvenated
"Where is a good place to stroll around?" In the evening, tourists Zhang Ming (张明) and his friend exited the Xining (西宁) Railway Station in Qinghai (青海) and asked a taxi driver.
"At this time, you can go to the Old Town Night Market," suggested driver Liu (刘师傅), and they accepted, so he took them straight to the Daxin Street (大新街) Night Market in the Chengzhong District (城中区).
This Old Town Night Market opened in the 1990s and includes Daxin Street (大新街), Xiaoxin Street (小新街), Xinglong Lane (兴隆巷), and Yinma Street (饮马街). During the day, this area is a road for vehicles to pass; at night, it switches to "market mode," with down-to-earth stalls lined up along the street, attracting citizens and tourists. According to statistics from the Chengzhong District (城中区) Administration for Industry and Commerce, the Daxin Street (大新街) Night Market has a total of thousands of stalls, including hundreds of snack stalls and more than 800 general merchandise stalls.
With many stalls and dense tourists, supervision cannot be relaxed. Law enforcement officers from the Xining (西宁) Municipal Market Supervision Administration inspect the night market throughout the entire process to ensure that all stalls operate with licenses, food safety, and standardized operations. At the same time, they provide front-line services, handling business licenses and preventive health check-in registrations for new operators on-site.
Walking in the Daxin Street (大新街) Night Market, Zhang Ming (张明) felt overwhelmed. On the various stalls, in addition to daily necessities, fruits, and vegetables, there are also many "trendy" clothing and small commodities: shawls and cowboy hats essential for "photo ops," cultural and creative refrigerator magnets, ethnic-style hand-string earrings... After strolling for a while, Zhang Ming's (张明) hands were full of bags, with a lot of gains.
Exiting the Daxin Street (大新街) Night Market from Yinma Street (饮马街), just across an intersection, is the Mojia Street (莫家街) Night Market. Zhang Ming (张明) had already done his homework: go to eat the specialty snacks Liangpi (酿皮) and Sweet Fermented Oat (甜醅). The black vinegar from Huangyuan (湟源), the line pepper from Xunhua (循化), supplemented with garlic paste, mustard, and caoguo, highlight the mellow flavor of the Liangpi (酿皮). When it was spicy, Zhang Ming (张明) quickly drank a sip of Sweet Fermented Oat (甜醅) juice, and immediately felt fresh, sweet, and refreshing.
On the other side, Liu (刘师傅) sent new passengers to Leopard Street (豹街) on Xihai Road (西海路) in the Chengbei District (城北区). Unlike the old-fashioned night market blocks such as Daxin Street (大新街) Night Market, Leopard Street (豹街) is a trendy night market block that Xining (西宁) has focused on building in recent years. In the first half of this year, the Chengbei District (城北区) added 10 snow leopard traffic lights and 63 snow leopard element painted floor paintings around the "Snow Leopard" (雪豹) theme IP on Leopard Street (豹街), and also set up projections on 3 staircases to create an immersive light and shadow show. The relevant elements of the snowfield elves are integrated into the streets and alleys of Leopard Street (豹街). At the float parade, snow leopard puppets waved to tourists on the roadside, the sides of the floats were painted with panoramic views of the Qarhan Salt Lake (察尔汗盐湖), and there were also lively performances such as Mongolian "Brave Men's Three Skills" and modern dance "Xining North."
It is understood that in order to enrich the supply of the cultural tourism market and tap the potential of nighttime consumption, Xining (西宁) continues to develop nighttime cultural tourism products and scenarios that combine "cultural flavor" and "fireworks atmosphere," and now has 3 provincial-level demonstration pedestrian streets, 4 provincial-level characteristic pedestrian streets, and 33 nighttime consumption pedestrian streets. The Daxin Street (大新街) Night Market received approximately 1.1 million citizens and tourists in July, with an income of 55 million yuan; the Leopard Street (豹街) business district received a cumulative total of 3.25 million citizens and tourists from the opening of the street on May 1 to the end of July.
This issue's coordination: Shang Rongzheng (尚嵘峥)
Layout design: Wang Zhepeng (汪哲平)
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Summer, with its warm weather and pleasant scenery, is a great time to relax, travel, and shop. At night, with a bright moon and gentle breeze, and dazzling lights, it's perfect for people to enjoy leisure, consumption, and a joyful life.
The "hand-in-hand" linkage between summer and nighttime provides a good opportunity to boost consumption. This summer, many places have introduced new ways to experience the nighttime economy: some offer drone shows, nighttime boat tours, and light shows, presenting a sensory feast; some host soccer games, concerts, and music festivals; and others open up streets, squares, and other spaces to create trendy night markets that combine local flavor and cultural appeal. Summer consumption and the nighttime economy are working together in the same direction, driving the integrated development and synchronous growth of shopping, catering, accommodation, culture, tourism, and other business formats.
A safe and lively night is a clear indicator of a region's economic vitality and people's well-being. As various places accelerate the cultivation of diversified and high-quality consumption scenarios, combining the nighttime economy with trendy things and excellent traditional culture, and carefully serving the public and accurately meeting needs, they can better activate consumption potential, boost market confidence, and inject new impetus into economic and social development.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 齐志明
As night falls, the lights of the grand stage in Tianyuan Valley Scenic Area (天元谷景区), Qian'an City (迁安市), Hebei Province (河北省) light up, and wonderful performances attract many tourists to participate on the spot, with millions more viewers flocking to the Kuaishou (快手) live broadcast room to watch. According to reports, Kuaishou live broadcast has launched an exclusive 10 billion traffic initiative to create a "Live Broadcast Grand Stage Hundred City Plan" across the country, using online traffic to drive offline consumption. Thanks to this, the nighttime passenger flow of Tianyuan Valley Scenic Area (天元谷景区) has doubled compared to normal times, and the revenue of dozens of merchants in the scenic area has achieved overall growth.
During this summer season, various regions are actively supporting the development of the nighttime economy and promoting the release of consumption vitality during the summer vacation: Jiangsu (江苏) announced a list of 50 nighttime consumption gathering business districts (pedestrian streets), creating nighttime consumption gathering areas with rich business formats and strong radiating capacity; Shaanxi (陕西) launched 2,792 summer cultural and tourism activities, covering nighttime consumption scenarios such as night tours, night performances, and night markets; Sichuan (四川) proposed that Sichuan (四川) and Chongqing (重庆) will vigorously develop a nighttime economy with Bashu (巴蜀) characteristics and jointly build a nighttime consumption demonstration zone.
Night tours offer more diverse experiences and a wider audience, while night food brings enjoyment to the taste buds. Meituan (美团) data shows that since July, searches related to "night tours" have increased by about 100% month-on-month, and searches for the keyword "night snack group purchase package" have increased by 98% month-on-month. Hong Yong (洪勇), Deputy Researcher at the Academy of the Ministry of Commerce (商务部研究院), introduced that on the supply side, there are many innovations and highlights in nighttime cultural tourism, light shows, sports competitions, and specialty markets; on the demand side, personalized and diversified consumption trends such as "consumption for oneself" and "emotional consumption" are emerging, and consumers, especially young consumers, have stronger demand for segmented scenarios such as night tours, night food, and night entertainment. "All regions should continue to implement comprehensive policies and work together to promote the development of the nighttime economy in a differentiated and sustainable direction," said Hong Yong (洪勇).
Return to TopBy: 新华社记者 苏凯洋
In the height of summer, the Taihang Mountains are lush with vegetation and full of vitality. At the Bethune Battlefield Operating Room Exhibition Hall in Yinshankou Village (银山口村), Wang'an Town (王安镇), Laiyuan County (涞源县), Hebei Province (河北省), hundreds of primary and secondary school students are participating in study tours. By visiting the old site, cultural relics, and historical materials, they can directly experience how Bethune rescued the wounded on the front lines of the Anti-Japanese War.
"The children live in an era of peace and stability and should know that today's life did not come easily," said Liu Juntang (刘军堂), secretary of the Yinshankou Village (银山口村) Party branch. Some students, after training, have taken on the role of docents, completing the transformation from "listeners" to "communicators."
Next to the Bethune Battlefield Operating Room Exhibition Hall, a small temple of less than 10 square meters is well protected. This is one of the old sites of Bethune's battlefield operating room where he treated the wounded.
In 1938, the situation of the Anti-Japanese War in North China was very severe. The Jin-Cha-Ji Anti-Japanese Base Area (晋察冀抗日根据地) led by the Communist Party of China (中国共产党) was at the forefront of the war behind enemy lines, and battles were frequent. At that time, the Eighth Route Army (八路军) had backward weapons and equipment and lacked medical conditions, and many wounded soldiers could not receive timely treatment.
It was against this background that Bethune crossed mountains and seas to China to help resist Japan.
Bethune, whose full name is Henry Norman Bethune, was a Canadian Communist Party member and a famous thoracic surgeon. In January 1938, dispatched by the Communist Party of Canada and the Communist Party of the United States, he led the Canadian-American Aid-China Medical Team to Yan'an (延安) and proposed to go to the front line of the Anti-Japanese War. In June of the same year, Bethune arrived in the Jin-Cha-Ji Anti-Japanese Base Area (晋察冀抗日根据地) and served as a military region health consultant, creatively proposing to "set up the operating table closest to the front line."
Bethune's arrival was like 雪中送炭 (xuě zhōng sòng tàn - "sending charcoal in snow," providing help in someone's urgent need) for the soldiers and civilians in the Jin-Cha-Ji Anti-Japanese Base Area (晋察冀抗日根据地), which lacked medicine and medical supplies. In the rear hospital of the Jin-Cha-Ji Military Region (晋察冀军区), he performed surgery on 147 wounded soldiers in one month; in the ambush on the Guangling Highway, he worked continuously for 40 hours, performing surgery on 71 wounded soldiers; on the front line of the Anti-Japanese War in Central Hebei, he traveled more than 750 kilometers in 4 months, performing 315 battlefield surgeries... He also timely summarized the experience of treating war wounds and wrote medical monographs combined with the practice of the Anti-Japanese War, which quickly improved the battlefield rescue level of the Eighth Route Army (八路军) medical staff.
In October 1939, the Japanese army launched a winter "mopping-up campaign" against the North Yue District Anti-Japanese Base Area (北岳区抗日根据地). Bethune resolutely postponed his return trip to his home country and stayed on the front line to rescue the wounded.
This time, Bethune set up the operating table in a small temple in Sunjiazhuang (孙家庄) (now belonging to Yinshankou Village (银山口村)), Wang'an Town (王安镇), Laiyuan County (涞源县). "The reason for choosing this small temple at that time was that it was close to the front line, which was convenient for rescuing the wounded; and the small temple was outside the village instead of in the village, to avoid the villagers being retaliated against by the enemy," said Yao Jinshan (姚金山), editor-in-chief of the Party History Research Office of the Laiyuan County (涞源县) Party Committee.
The battle was fierce. The Japanese army from the Wang'an Town (王安镇) stronghold rushed to Sunjiazhuang (孙家庄). Amid the increasingly fierce gunfire, Bethune insisted on completing the operation for the last wounded soldier before withdrawing.
Unfortunately, in a state of high tension, his finger was accidentally scratched, and the wound became fatally infected in subsequent rescue work. On November 12, 1939, the great international communist fighter Bethune died in Huangshikou Village (黄石口村), Tang County (唐县), Hebei Province (河北省).
Upon hearing the news, the people of Tang County (唐县) were both shocked and saddened. Because at the end of June of that year, Bethune, who had completed a mobile medical mission from the front line of Central Hebei, led a medical team to Tang County (唐县). At that time, he was recuperating from a foot infection in Hejiazhuang (和家庄) (now Hejiazhuang Village (和家庄村)), Juncheng Town (军城镇), the residence of the Jin-Cha-Ji Military Region Headquarters (晋察冀军区司令部).
"This is where Bethune lived back then," said Li Jianke (李建科), secretary of the Hejiazhuang Village (和家庄村) Party branch, pointing to an old residence in the village. "Bethune was here back then, compiling medical textbooks, making medical equipment, and treating villagers."
Today, in the Bethune-Kotnis Memorial Hall (白求恩柯棣华纪念馆) in Tang County (唐县), precious photos and exhibits display that unforgettable history to visitors. In recent years, the memorial hall has held special exhibitions and study tours to allow more people to learn about Bethune's story and feel his great internationalist spirit.
"The person is gone, but the spirit lives on. We must let the Bethune spirit radiate a more powerful vitality and appeal in the new era, and continue to nourish generations of people," said Guo Baocang (郭宝仓), executive vice president of the Tang County Old Area Construction Promotion Association.
(Xinhua News Agency, Shijiazhuang, July 31)
Return to TopAccording to a recent report from the National Data Administration (国家数据局), China has deployed national data factor comprehensive pilot zones in 10 provinces: Beijing (北京), Liaoning (辽宁), Zhejiang (浙江), Anhui (安徽), Shandong (山东), Henan (河南), Hubei (湖北), Hunan (湖南), Hainan (海南), and Guizhou (贵州). This supports these regions in taking the lead in cultivating business entities and boosting the data market. Each region will promote the construction of the pilot zones based on local conditions, accelerate the exploration of data marketization and value realization paths, and fully release the integrated efficiency of the real economy and the digital economy.
In the next step, the National Data Administration (国家数据局) will also increase its support for the construction of the pilot zones, track and evaluate them in a timely manner, strengthen the summary of experiences, and promote mutual learning, striving to achieve 一地创新、全国复用 (yī dì chuàng xīn, quán guó fù yòng - "innovation in one place, replicated nationwide," to promote successful local innovations across the country).
Reported by Wang Yunshan (王云杉), Beijing (北京), August 4th.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 邓剑洋 孟海鹰
"Every time I tell his story, I can feel that spiritual power that transcends time and space." At the Yang Jingyu Martyrs' Cemetery (杨靖宇烈士陵园) in Tonghua City (通化市), Jilin Province (吉林省), Ma Jizhi (马继志), a descendant of the martyr Yang Jingyu (杨靖宇), recalled, "We have kept a piece of birch bark in our family collection for nearly 70 years. It was brought back from the place where martyr Yang Jingyu (杨靖宇) sacrificed his life, constantly reminding us to inherit the legacy of our predecessors and unswervingly carry forward the red spirit."
White mountains and black waters, loyal heart and red blood. Recently, reporters walked into Tonghua City (通化市) to seek out the deeds of heroes and relive the memories of the War of Resistance. On the vast black soil, the spirit of the Northeast Anti-Japanese United Army (东北抗联) is permanently inherited, becoming a powerful spiritual driving force to inspire people to start businesses and make achievements.
A Spiritual Monument—
The Northeast Anti-Japanese United Army (东北抗联) Wrote an Immortal Legend
On the southern foot of Changbai Mountain (长白山), on the east bank of the Hun River (浑江), pine and cypress trees in the Yang Jingyu Martyrs' Cemetery (杨靖宇烈士陵园) are vigorous. A tall bronze statue of Yang Jingyu (杨靖宇) in military uniform stands upright, with "Respectfully erected by the youth of Tonghua City (通化市)" engraved on the base of the statue.
The cemetery is solemn and solemn, and many cadres and people come to pay their respects. "The martyrs fought bloody battles with the Japanese invaders back then, which is why we have the hard-won happy life we have today. We must always remember the heroes," said Mr. Zuo (左先生), 76 years old.
In the first exhibition room of the cemetery, a photo of Yang Jingyu (杨靖宇) as a student is particularly eye-catching. "This photo was taken in 1926, when Yang Jingyu (杨靖宇) was 21 years old. In 1928, Yang Jingyu (杨靖宇) went to other places to carry out revolutionary activities. Before leaving, he gave this photo to his wife, and he never came back." said Yu Yang (于洋), a staff member of the Tonghua City Revolutionary Martyrs Cemetery Management Center (通化市革命烈士陵园管理中心).
"On the revolutionary road, martyr Yang Jingyu (杨靖宇) bravely moved forward and was not afraid of sacrifice. He practiced his oath of loyalty to the Party and the people with his life and established a spiritual monument that will never fade," said Ma Jizhi (马继志).
Walking into the Northeast Anti-Japanese United Army Memorial Hall (东北抗日联军纪念馆), there are two special pieces of wood in the display cabinet. Upon closer inspection, the words engraved on the wood are faintly visible. "In those years, the soldiers of the Northeast Anti-Japanese United Army (东北抗联) used the trees that were everywhere and not easily noticed by the enemy, peeled off the bark, and engraved messages or posted contact slogans on the trunks to achieve information transmission," said Yu Yang (于洋).
In the arduous struggle, tens of thousands of soldiers of the Northeast Anti-Japanese United Army (东北抗日联军) shed their blood on the battlefield.
Mr. Guo (郭先生) and his family, who drove more than 100 kilometers from Huinan County (辉南县), Tonghua City (通化市), carefully browsed the memorial hall and stopped from time to time. "Reviewing that period of revolutionary history, we have a deeper understanding that heroes are the brightest coordinates of the nation. We must inherit the red gene and pass on the spirit of the Northeast Anti-Japanese United Army (东北抗联) from generation to generation," said Mr. Guo (郭先生).
"In the past two years, about 450,000 visitors have come here every year to remember the martyrs. The spirit of the martyrs who were not afraid of strong enemies and fought bloody battles has become a powerful force to encourage us to work hard and forge ahead," said Gao Jingyuan (高境远), director of the Tonghua City Revolutionary Martyrs Cemetery Management Center (通化市革命烈士陵园管理中心).
Echoes of History—
Hero Stories are the Most Vivid Teaching Materials
In the Red Archives Theme Classroom of the Jilin Yang Jingyu Cadre College (吉林杨靖宇干部学院), Yao Shuai (姚帅如), a teacher at the college, is having a "time-traveling" dialogue with General Yang Jingyu (杨靖宇) generated using artificial intelligence imaging technology. Many students at the scene were moved to tears.
Archives restore history and dialogue with the future. "We developed this course based on the battle archives of General Yang Jingyu (杨靖宇) in the 100 days before his martyrdom. Through archive interpretation, scene reproduction and other forms, we lead students into the arduous struggle history of the Northeast Anti-Japanese United Army (东北抗联) and appreciate the spirit of the Northeast Anti-Japanese United Army (东北抗联)," said Yao Shuai (姚帅如).
Accompanied by the melodious harmonica melody, the college teachers, dressed in the costumes of the soldiers of the Northeast Anti-Japanese United Army (东北抗联), sang "The First Route Army Song of the Northeast Anti-Japanese United Army (东北抗日联军第一路军军歌)" written by Yang Jingyu (杨靖宇). The loud singing echoed in the classroom for a long time.
Among Yang Jingyu's (杨靖宇) belongings, there is a very special one - a harmonica. "In the arduous battle in the ice and snow, General Yang Jingyu (杨靖宇) would often take out his harmonica and play it for the Anti-Japanese soldiers," said Yao Shuai (姚帅如). "The harmonica is a spiritual weapon for the soldiers to communicate their feelings, defeat the enemy, and overcome difficulties. Yang Jingyu (杨靖宇) never left his gun or his harmonica, and General Yang Jingyu (杨靖宇) called the harmonica the 'second gun' of the Anti-Japanese soldiers."
One by one, the archives truly show the heroic image of the soldiers of the Northeast Anti-Japanese United Army (东北抗联). The class showed an archive from the enemy - the "Monthly Report on Ideological Countermeasures (December)" of the Tonghua Independent Gendarmerie Detachment (通化独立宪兵分队) in 1939, which mentioned that these Anti-Japanese United Army troops cleverly dispersed or gathered, cleverly avoided the sharp edge of the Japanese and puppet military police suppression teams, and also carried out tenacious resistance, and their strength should not be underestimated.
"This archive shows that General Yang Jingyu's (杨靖宇) flexible guerrilla tactics caused great trouble to the enemy. With flexible and changeable guerrilla tactics and struggle wisdom, General Yang Jingyu (杨靖宇) led his troops to break through encirclements and suppressions many times, resolve dangers, and preserve their own strength while maximizing the attack on the enemy," said Jin Huabin (金华彬), a teacher at the college.
"I am very moved by the glorious deeds of the heroes. Today's happy life was exchanged for by the heroes with their blood and lives. We must cherish it, forge ahead, and continue to struggle," said Wei Shansong (魏善松), a staff member of the Jilin City Disabled Persons Federation (吉林市残疾人联合会) who came to study.
"Through high-quality courses, situational classrooms and other forms, students can more deeply study the deeds of heroes, carry forward the red culture, and draw wisdom and strength from the red spiritual bloodline to move forward," said Han Dong (韩冬), executive vice president of the Jilin Yang Jingyu Cadre College (吉林杨靖宇干部学院).
Striving Footsteps—
Red is the Brightest Background Color
Gunfire rang out, and soldiers of the Northeast Anti-Japanese United Army (东北抗联) played by actors fought to the death with the enemy... In the Tonghua Longxingli Tourist and Leisure Block (通化龙兴里旅游休闲街区), a large-scale red-themed situational drama is being staged.
"Based on the rich red resources of Tonghua City (通化市), we integrate red culture into the tourism experience, which not only opens up new tourism scenarios, but also allows tourists to more deeply appreciate the red spirit," said Xing Shufan (邢书凡), a staff member of Jilin Qinglv Cultural Tourism Industry Co., Ltd. (吉林青旅文化旅游实业有限公司).
Walking through the Longxingli Tourist and Leisure Block (龙兴里旅游休闲街区), there is a dazzling array of shops such as the Tianmu Food Street (天幕美食街) and the Specialty Agricultural Products Exhibition Hall (特色农产品展馆), as well as various intangible cultural heritage shops embedded in the block, where old crafts and new blocks coexist and thrive.
In the Shi Yun (石运) Cultural and Creative Shop, red-themed Songhua inkstones (松花砚) are lined up. "This one is carved with the Wula shoes (靰鞡鞋) worn by the soldiers of the Northeast Anti-Japanese United Army (东北抗联)," said Ju Zhanpeng (鞠展鹏), a representative inheritor of the Tonghua Songhua Inkstone Carving Technique (通化松花砚雕刻技艺), a non-heritage project in Jilin Province (吉林省). "In recent years, my apprentices and I have begun to carve red-themed Songhua inkstone works, hoping to better promote the spirit of the Northeast Anti-Japanese United Army (东北抗联) in this way. Now more and more people like Songhua inkstones, which makes us more confident in inheriting intangible cultural heritage skills."
New business formats activate new momentum. In an immersive board game experience hall in the block, more than a thousand sets of costumes such as Hanfu (汉服) and horse-face skirts (马面裙) are neatly arranged. The immersive game experience attracts many tourists to check in.
Wang Yihan (王艺含), 22 years old, who just graduated from university, is the supervisor in the store. "There are more young people who come to the store to spend money. The flow of customers will surge during holidays," said Wang Yihan (王艺含). Tonghua (通化) is her hometown. After graduating from university, she chose to come back to work. There are many development opportunities here, and young people have a broad stage.
"Last year, the Longxingli Tourist and Leisure Block (龙兴里旅游休闲街区) received 4.3 million tourists and its annual sales exceeded 74.3 million yuan. The elements of simplicity and trend collide here, attracting more and more tourists," said Xing Shufan (邢书凡).
A tourist and leisure block reflects the vigorous vitality of economic development. In the first half of this year, the added value of industrial enterprises above designated size in Tonghua City (通化市) increased by 13.3%, and the output value of specialized, refined, and new high-tech enterprises increased by 5.7% and 7.9% respectively. The total retail sales of consumer goods increased by 4.9%. A beautiful picture of high-quality development is slowly unfolding.
At night, the Longxingli Tourist and Leisure Block (龙兴里旅游休闲街区) is brightly lit, children are playing and laughing, the elderly are strolling leisurely, and young people are taking pictures and checking in. The bright smiles and colorful lights reflect each other, full of happiness...
Return to TopThis newspaper Shanghai August 4th (Reporter Cao Lingjuan (曹玲娟)) The China International Digital Entertainment Industry Conference was recently held in Shanghai (上海). A report released by the Game Publishing Working Committee of the China Audio-Video and Digital Publishing Association (中国音像与数字出版协会游戏出版工作委员会) showed that in the first six months of this year, the actual sales revenue of the domestic game market was 168 billion yuan, an increase of 14.08% year-on-year; as of the end of June, the number of game users was nearly 679 million, an increase of 0.72% year-on-year.
In the first six months, the actual sales revenue of self-developed games in the domestic market was 140.452 billion yuan, an increase of 19.29% year-on-year; the actual sales revenue in the overseas market was 9.501 billion US dollars, an increase of 11.07% year-on-year.
Return to TopBy: 徐 阳
How can cities become more livable and people's lives more vibrant? Efforts are needed in three areas: optimizing the urban spatial structure, steadily promoting the renovation of urban villages and dilapidated houses, and improving the level of public services.
Optimizing the urban spatial structure makes functions more complete. To improve the livability of urban development, it is necessary to coordinate the three major layouts of production, life, and ecology. Beijing (北京) has optimized the layout of the central urban area by relieving non-capital functions; Xiajiang (峡江) in Jiangxi (江西) has built pocket parks to improve the quality of urban life... Many places are actively exploring ways to make production space intensive and efficient, living space livable and moderate, and ecological space green and beautiful.
Steadily promote the renovation of urban villages and dilapidated houses to make living safer. Housing is the foundation of livability. The renovation of urban villages and dilapidated houses is also a key focus of improving people's livelihoods. In the process of renovation, it is necessary to pay attention to improving infrastructure construction, such as renovating water, electricity, and gas, but also to take into account the preservation of historical memory and the excavation of community characteristics, to create public spaces with distinctive features, and to focus on enhancing the people's sense of gain.
Improve the level of public services to make life more convenient. From building "15-minute living circles" to setting up special benefit-the-farmers bus lines; from launching mobile convenience markets to promoting high-quality services to communities... Urban construction focuses on people-oriented principles, so that public services can be more balanced and of higher quality.
Looking to the future, we must adhere to the integrated planning of population, industry, towns, and transportation, accelerate the construction of a new model for real estate development, vigorously develop lifestyle service industries, and strive to build comfortable and convenient livable cities, so that the fruits of modernization can benefit the people more and more fairly.
Return to TopLayout Design: Zhang Fangman (张芳曼)
Return to TopBy: 张宇燕 苏 剑 邵宇佳
Economic globalization is an objective requirement of the development of social productive forces and an inevitable result of scientific and technological progress, which is in line with the long-term interests of mankind. At present, China is accelerating the development of new quality productive forces through scientific and technological innovation. In the context of the in-depth development of economic globalization, no country can solve all innovation problems by relying solely on its own strength, and strengthening scientific and technological innovation cannot be separated from building an open innovation ecosystem and promoting international scientific and technological innovation cooperation. Many works in the first volume of "Xi Jinping's Economic Anthology" (《习近平经济文选》) make profound discussions on building an open innovation ecosystem and promoting international scientific and technological innovation cooperation. For example, "Strengthening Scientific and Technological Supply to Serve the Main Battlefield of Economic and Social Development" points out: "We must enhance our ability to lead the global flow of commodities, capital, and information, promote the formation of a new pattern of opening up to the outside world, enhance our strength and ability to participate in the formulation of global economic, financial, and trade rules, and carry out international economic and scientific and technological innovation cooperation at a higher level"; "Deepening the Understanding of Major Issues in Medium- and Long-Term Economic and Social Development" points out: "We must adhere to open innovation and strengthen international scientific and technological exchanges and cooperation"; "Chinese-style Modernization Must Be Supported by Scientific and Technological Modernization" points out: "Scientific and technological progress is a global and era-related issue, and only openness and cooperation is the right path"; and so on. The important expositions of General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) point out the direction of advancement and provide fundamental guidelines for us to build an open innovation ecosystem with global competitiveness.
Currently, the world is undergoing profound changes unseen in a century, and economic globalization is facing many challenges and difficulties. The rise of trade protectionism, the generalization of the concept of national security, the intensification of geopolitical conflicts, and the increase in unilateralism and hegemonism have exacerbated the uncertainty of the global political and economic landscape, and have directly or indirectly suppressed the process of economic globalization. While strengthening bilateral and multilateral cooperation, countries are also actively seeking to maximize their own interests. To deeply study and implement the important expositions of General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平), we must strengthen international scientific and technological innovation cooperation, actively integrate into the global scientific and technological innovation network, and accelerate the development of new quality productive forces.
To develop new quality productive forces, we must grasp the general trend of in-depth development of economic globalization.
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out in "What is New Quality Productive Forces and How to Develop New Quality Productive Forces": "Scientific and technological innovation can spawn new industries, new models, and new momentum, and is the core element for developing new quality productive forces"; in "Accelerating the Construction of a New Development Pattern and Grasping the Initiative for Future Development" pointed out: "In today's world, science and technology are the primary productive force and the primary competitiveness." Economic globalization looks superficially like the widespread flow of commodities, capital, and information around the world, but the power that dominates this flow is essentially talent and scientific and technological innovation capabilities. At present, the globalization of scientific and technological innovation is becoming the main feature of economic globalization and a powerful driving force for in-depth development, and it is also a powerful weapon to deal with many global challenges.
From the perspective of scientific and technological development, major breakthroughs have been made in cutting-edge fields such as artificial intelligence, aerospace, robotics, quantum computing, biomedicine, new energy, and communication technology. While spawning new industries, new business forms, and new models, they have injected new vitality into global economic recovery and transformation. For example, with the rapid development and application of digital technologies such as the Internet and the Internet of Things, the speed of development, the breadth of radiation, and the depth of impact of the digital economy are unprecedented. It has become a key force in reorganizing global factor resources, reshaping the global economic structure, and changing the global competitive landscape, and further penetrates into all aspects of social production and life, promoting the transformation and upgrading of the global economy. Countries are vying to formulate relevant development strategies and introduce incentive policies to promote the development of the digital economy. For another example, green development has become an important trend in economic globalization. Most of the world's major countries have strengthened green scientific and technological innovation to improve resource utilization efficiency, reduce the resource and environmental costs of development, better respond to climate change, and promote green and low-carbon development transformation. A new round of scientific and technological revolution and industrial transformation is advancing by leaps and bounds, and scientific and technological and economic and social development are accelerating their penetration and integration. Innovation resources are accelerating their flow around the world, and the economic and technological ties between countries are becoming closer. Open innovation and collaborative innovation have become important directions for scientific and technological innovation. Only by fully integrating into the global innovation network with an open mind and actions can we better utilize global innovation resources and accelerate the development of new quality productive forces.
From the perspective of international competition, the world is undergoing profound changes unseen in a century, and the scientific and technological revolution and the game between major powers are intertwined. The field of high technology has become the forefront and main battlefield of international competition, profoundly reshaping the global order and development pattern. The world's major countries have successively introduced new innovation strategies, increased investment, and strengthened the competition for strategic innovation resources such as talent, patents, and standards. In recent years, emerging market countries and developing countries have risen and made significant progress in scientific and technological innovation, industrial upgrading, and system reform, which not only has an important impact on global economic development, but also poses challenges to the competitive landscape of traditional international markets. At the same time, the widespread application of digital technology has promoted the vigorous development of new trade methods such as e-commerce and digital trade. The scope and scale of international trade and investment activities have continued to expand, and competition among countries has become increasingly fierce. The source of international market competitiveness increasingly relies on various forms of innovation, including technological innovation, business format innovation, as well as management innovation and business model innovation. New quality productive forces, as the crystallization of technological progress, industrial upgrading, and business model innovation, are becoming a major source for a country to enhance its international competitiveness.
Accelerating the development of new quality productive forces can promote economic transformation and upgrading and structural optimization, achieve sustainable development, and then continuously enhance competitiveness in international competition. Specifically, by gathering global innovation elements and strengthening scientific and technological innovation, especially original and disruptive scientific and technological innovation, we can cultivate and develop new driving forces; by tapping into potential consumer demand, developing new products, and relying on technological innovation to reduce the costs of new products, new business forms, and new models, we can lead the rapid and healthy development of new products, new business forms, and new models; by applying scientific and technological innovation achievements to specific industries and industrial chains in a timely manner, we can transform and upgrade traditional industries, cultivate and strengthen emerging industries, and lay out and build future industries, and then drive the transformation and upgrading of the global industrial chain with our own in-depth industrial transformation and upgrading.
Management innovation and institutional innovation are important components of developing new quality productive forces. By providing better public services, continuously improving the business environment, and creating a good atmosphere that encourages innovation and entrepreneurship, the government can give full play to the decisive role of the market in resource allocation and make innovation a new engine driving development. In this process, enterprises can better adapt to changes in market demand, and through technological innovation and management innovation, they can integrate resources on a global scale, continuously improve production efficiency and the quality of products and services, reduce production costs, and then gain a higher position and greater voice in the global value chain.
To develop new quality productive forces, we must actively respond to the new challenges of economic globalization.
At present, while economic globalization is developing in depth, it is also facing new challenges, showing characteristics such as the rise of anti-globalization sentiment and the fragmentation of trade rules. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out in "Leading Development with New Development Concepts": "The landscape of international economic cooperation and competition is undergoing profound changes, and the global economic governance system and rules are facing major adjustments." From the perspective of historical materialism, the new challenges facing economic globalization stem from the incompatibility of the relations of production with the development of productive forces. The rapid development of productive forces on a global scale requires the relations of production to adapt to it. However, the rise of anti-globalization sentiment and the fragmentation of trade rules have led to the lagging of the transformation of the relations of production, hindering the free flow of technology, capital, and data, restricting the development of productive forces, and also posing challenges to China's development of new quality productive forces.
For a long time, some Western countries have occupied the high-end part of most industries in the international industrial chain in the process of economic globalization, and have obtained huge benefits from it. Such huge benefits have also prompted the economic development of these Western countries to rely more on high-end industries in the industrial chain, leading to problems such as hollowing out and structural imbalance in their domestic manufacturing industries. With the increasing downward pressure on the world economy in recent years, coupled with the inherent drawbacks of Western modernization, contradictions such as internal growth and distribution, capital and labor, and efficiency and fairness in some Western countries have become more prominent. Some Western politicians mistakenly attribute their domestic development problems and policy mistakes to economic globalization, resulting in the rise of trade protectionism and unilateralism, increased international trade barriers, and restricted scientific and technological exchanges, which has restricted the technological diffusion and market expansion required for the development of productive forces. At the same time, multilateralism has been hindered and challenged, leading to the differentiation of governance mechanisms and rules in related fields, and the institutional costs of factor flows have increased. The emergence of these phenomena has greatly reduced the efficiency of countries integrating into the global innovation network, and has brought new risks and challenges to the development of various countries. In China's economic development practice, these challenges are concentrated in the unfavorable changes in the external environment facing China's development. This fully shows that the lagging of the relations of production has hindered the global allocation of advanced factors of production. To actively respond to this challenge, we must use innovation to promote the adjustment and optimization of global relations of production and lead the construction of an open world economy.
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out in "What is New Quality Productive Forces and How to Develop New Quality Productive Forces": "The most significant feature of new quality productive forces is innovation"; in "Accelerating the Implementation of the Free Trade Zone Strategy and Building a New System of Open Economy" pointed out: "The multilateral trading system and regional trade arrangements have always been the two wheels driving economic globalization forward"; in "Continuously Exploring New Horizons in Contemporary Chinese Marxist Political Economy" pointed out: "Actively participate in global economic governance and promote the development of the international economic order in a direction that is equal, just, cooperative, and win-win." To implement the important expositions of General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平), we must clearly oppose unilateralism and protectionism, advocate a global economic governance concept of equality, openness, cooperation, and sharing, improve a free and open international trade system, make full use of trade platforms such as the World Trade Organization and various bilateral and multilateral trade agreements, promote the construction of a fair, reasonable, and transparent international economic and trade rule system, promote trade and investment liberalization and facilitation, maintain the stability and smooth flow of industrial and supply chains, and promote further opening up, exchange, and integration of the global economy. At the same time, we must coordinate and promote scientific and technological innovation and management innovation, strengthen industrial collaboration, and promote the continuous improvement of the relations of production on a global scale.
Specifically, in terms of scientific and technological innovation, we should focus on independent innovation in digital key core technologies, strengthen basic research and development capabilities in digital technology, and optimize global resource allocation through data-driven approaches and reduce market entry costs through digital platforms such as cross-border e-commerce; focusing on the green and low-carbon transformation of economic and social development, we should help reduce global carbon emissions by accelerating green scientific and technological innovation and the promotion and application of advanced green technologies, and developing green and low-carbon industries and supply chains, thereby breaking trade protectionism. In terms of management innovation, we should vigorously develop intelligent manufacturing, improve production efficiency with automation and big data, enhance the competitiveness of Chinese "going out" enterprises in the global value chain against the backdrop of trade rule fragmentation, and further promote the optimization and adjustment of the global value chain and supply chain. In terms of industrial collaboration, we should promote technological and infrastructure cooperation through high-quality joint construction of the "Belt and Road" (一带一路) to help co-construction countries break the low-end lock-in of traditional value chains, achieve industrial transformation and upgrading, further integrate into the global division of labor, and resolve the contradiction of uneven distribution of economic globalization dividends.
At the same time, it needs to be seen that as scientific and technological innovation becomes the main battlefield of global competition, the coordination of science and technology policies and industrial policies should be strengthened to better guide the allocation of global scientific and technological resources, avoid misallocation and waste, and even conflicts arising therefrom. At present, countries are at different stages of development, have different economic systems, and have different market environments. We should actively advocate strengthening communication between countries and creating a fair and just market environment; promote trade and investment liberalization and facilitation, reduce tariffs and non-tariff barriers, and promote the free flow of goods and services. At the same time, the development and growth of multinational corporations put forward higher requirements for the construction of the international rule of law environment. Optimizing the international rule of law environment through judicial cooperation, legal assistance, and other means is conducive to resolving legal disputes and problems in cross-border investment and corporate operations. In addition, we must strengthen intellectual property protection, improve relevant laws and regulations, regulate corporate behavior, and provide legal guarantees for technological innovation and industrial development.
These innovative measures can promote the reshaping of global production methods, improve the relations of production, provide guarantees for China's development of new quality productive forces, and inject cooperative momentum into global economic governance, promoting global economic governance towards a more inclusive and balanced direction.
Steadily expand institutional opening-up to help accelerate the development of new quality productive forces.
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out in "Accelerating the Construction of a New Development Pattern and Focusing on Promoting High-Quality Development": "Relying on China's super-large-scale market advantages, we will attract global resource elements with domestic circulation, enhance the linkage effect of domestic and international markets and two types of resources, and improve the quality and level of trade and investment cooperation. Steadily expand institutional opening-up in rules, regulations, management, standards, etc."; in "What is New Quality Productive Forces and How to Develop New Quality Productive Forces" pointed out: "We must expand high-level opening-up to the outside world and create a good international environment for the development of new quality productive forces." The important expositions of General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) provide scientific guidance for us to promote the development of new quality productive forces with open innovation.
The development of new quality productive forces requires both the government's forward-looking planning and guidance, scientific policy support, and the adjustment of market mechanisms and the continuous innovation of micro-entities such as enterprises. It is formed and driven by the joint cultivation of the government's "visible hand" and the market's "invisible hand." Therefore, we must further comprehensively deepen reforms and build a new type of relations of production that adapts to it. This can not only promote intelligent manufacturing with new technologies, and then reconstruct production methods, but also optimize resource allocation through the innovation of platform economy, sharing economy, etc., and also promote international production collaboration through global network cooperation. Therefore, we must expand high-level opening-up to the outside world, which not only creates a good international environment for the development of new quality productive forces, but also promotes the construction of a new type of relations of production.
Under the new era conditions, high-level opening-up to the outside world, as an important prerequisite for gathering advanced and high-quality factors of production such as global technology, talent, and data, plays an important role in accelerating the development of new quality productive forces. Promoting high-level collaborative opening-up, continuously expanding the breadth and depth of opening-up, and giving full play to the role of promoting reform and development through opening-up can actively respond to the needs of the times, improve the comprehensive effectiveness of opening-up, create new advantages in international cooperation and competition, and activate the momentum for developing new quality productive forces. At present, the promotion of high-level opening-up to the outside world is transforming from factor-flow-based opening-up of goods, services, capital, and talent to institutional opening-up of rules, regulations, management, and standards. Institutional opening-up aims to further create a first-class business environment that is market-oriented, law-based, and internationalized by improving relevant rules and systems, promote industrial upgrading and structural adjustment, and improve the efficiency and innovation capabilities of economic operation; at the same time, enhance the institutional discourse power in the international market and shape an international rule system that is more conducive to the country's economic development and promotes the prosperity of the world economy.
For the development of new quality productive forces, steadily expanding institutional opening-up can better adapt to innovation needs. For example, leveraging new production factors such as technology and data in promoting the development of new quality productive forces requires clarifying innovation benefits through property rights systems, incentivizing technological research and development through distribution systems, and promoting transnational collaboration through organizational forms. Steadily expanding institutional opening-up, through the internationalization of rules and the modernization of governance, promotes the comprehensive optimization of property rights protection mechanisms, market mechanisms, investment and financing systems, and can promote the efficient allocation of new production factors such as technology and data, thereby stimulating the innovation potential of new quality productive forces. Steadily expanding institutional opening-up can also better promote the free flow of technology, capital, and talent. For example, by lowering market access thresholds and increasing policy transparency, promoting the free flow and allocation of factors, and strengthening technological innovation incentives, a favorable environment can be created for transforming the development mode. By creating an external environment conducive to cooperation and mutual benefit, promoting the internationalization of financial services, and participating in and leading the formulation of digital trade rules, the development of new quality productive forces can attract and accumulate advanced global production factors. To this end, it is necessary to steadily expand institutional opening-up, proactively align with international high-standard economic and trade rules, and achieve connectivity in rules, regulations, management, and standards in areas such as property rights protection, industrial subsidies, environmental standards, labor protection, government procurement, e-commerce, and finance, creating a transparent, stable, and predictable institutional environment to promote the accelerated development of new quality productive forces.
(This article is a result of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (全国政协) research project "Theoretical Research on the Development of New Quality Productive Forces" (发展新质生产力学理研究).)
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The fate of youth is always in sync with the fate of the country. The brilliance of youth can only be more dazzling when it walks with the times. On July 2nd, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) sent a letter of congratulations on the opening of the 14th National Committee of the All-China Youth Federation (全国青联) and the 28th National Congress of the All-China Students' Federation (全国学联), emphasizing: "Comprehensively promoting the construction of a strong country and the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation with Chinese-style modernization offers great opportunities for youth. The vast number of young people should consciously listen to the call of the Party and the people, strengthen their ideals and beliefs, cultivate a deep love for the country, bravely shoulder historical missions, and strive to write a youthful chapter of courage and responsibility." This anchors the direction for the growth and success of young people in the new era and points out the path forward and provides fundamental guidance for improving the quality and efficiency of youth work in the new era.
In a broader development stage and a more vibrant innovation environment, young people in the new era are actively integrating their personal ideals into the overall development of the country with an open and inclusive mind, a spirit of enterprise, and the ambition to benefit the world, demonstrating the energetic style of the times. At the same time, at a critical juncture where opportunities and challenges coexist, young people in the new era face an important choice of "where to go": a new round of scientific and technological revolution and industrial transformation is developing in depth, providing unprecedented development opportunities for young people; at the same time, profound changes in the world pattern and accelerated social transformation inevitably cause young people to encounter growing pains in terms of career choices, value realization, and life pressure.
Life has only a few crucial steps. How should one grasp the "golden age" of one's life? How to anchor one's life coordinates and find the direction of struggle in the tide of the times? This is a growth proposition that every young person cannot avoid on the road of life. Facing the complex and volatile international and domestic situation, and facing the new expectations of the people, how to connect the progress of the country and the times with the trajectory of personal growth and development, and how to adhere to the spiritual direction in diverse values?
"Aspiration is the prerequisite for everything," and "Only when ideals and beliefs are upright can young people stand upright, walk steadily, and grow healthily." General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) earnest teachings reveal that firm ideals and beliefs are the key to solving problems and the foundation of one's life. Looking back at the long river of history, from the heroic struggle of "national salvation and survival" to the youthful oath of "making the country strong with me," from the arduous struggle of "Two Bombs, One Satellite" (两弹一星) to the mission of poverty alleviation, the fate of Chinese youth has always been closely linked to the country, and generations of outstanding youth have written brilliant lives under the guidance of ideals and beliefs. Even if the years change and the circumstances are different, national rejuvenation, social progress, and people's happiness have always been the unchanging themes of the youth chapter; casting the soul and establishing the root with ideals and beliefs, and consolidating the foundation and cultivating the vitality with national sentiments, have always been the spiritual cornerstone for young people in the new era to assume their mission.
"The beauty of youth lies in the heavy responsibilities and long road ahead." Youth is the freshest blood of a nation and the most vigorous force of a country. They not only carry the torch of civilization inheritance but also shoulder the mission of pioneering the future. On the road to growth, young people should not only have lofty ideals and ambitions for the country but also have a down-to-earth and hard-working spirit; they need to seize development opportunities in the tide of the times and temper their will and character in the face of real challenges.
Taking over the baton of history, the new era endows youth with new missions, and the new journey calls for new actions from youth. In the grand practice of promoting Chinese-style modernization, young people in the new era are taking on the heavy responsibilities of the times—at the forefront of scientific and technological innovation, youth are pioneering "trailblazers"; on the grand stage of comprehensive rural revitalization, youth are down-to-earth "farmers"; in the main battlefield of major projects, youth are "vanguard teams" overcoming difficulties. The vast number of young people, with the spiritual realm of "achieving success does not necessarily have to be me" and the historical responsibility of "achieving success must have me," bravely shoulder heavy burdens and charge ahead, tempering their will and character, stimulating youthful vigor, and enhancing practical abilities in bearing hardship, difficulty, heavy burdens, and risks, actively embracing cutting-edge technologies such as artificial intelligence, and courageously climbing to the peak at the forefront of scientific and technological innovation, interpreting the true meaning of "youth shines through tempering, and life is sublimated through struggle."
Looking to the future, how can we do a better job in youth work? This requires us to better perceive and understand what young people are thinking and wanting, their aspirations and demands, grasp the laws and characteristics of youth growth and success, focus on the key elements needed for youth development, and increase efforts to solve important problems affecting youth development. Formulate more targeted policies, better understand, serve, and guide young people, and continuously enhance the Party's cohesion and influence among young people. Let young people integrate their personal struggles into the torrent of national development, so that every step of their growth can be transformed into a strong driving force for national rejuvenation, and every breakthrough can create new possibilities for the progress of human civilization.
In the 5,000-year-long scroll of Chinese civilization, the Chinese nation has always shown the tradition and sentiment of "heroes have emerged from youth since ancient times" and "the Yangtze River's waves push the front waves," full of the belief and expectation that "when youth prospers, the nation prospers; when youth is strong, the country is strong." The vast number of young people will surely play a song of youth that lives up to the times, the people, and the beautiful years by inspiring their youth with a fighting spirit in the construction of Chinese-style modernization.
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Emergency safety concerns national security, social stability, and people's well-being. In November 2019, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized during the 19th collective study session of the 19th CPC Central Committee Political Bureau: "Emergency management is an important component of the national governance system and governance capacity. It undertakes the important responsibilities of preventing and resolving major safety risks, responding to and handling various disasters and accidents in a timely manner, and bears the important mission of protecting the safety of people's lives and property and maintaining social stability." In May 2023, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out at the symposium on further promoting the coordinated development of Beijing (北京), Tianjin (天津), and Hebei (河北): "It is necessary to consolidate and strengthen the foundation of the real economy, and prioritize the development of strategic emerging industries such as integrated circuits, cybersecurity, biomedicine, power equipment, and safety emergency equipment, and strive to build world-class advanced manufacturing clusters." To thoroughly study and implement the important expositions of General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平), we must prioritize the development of strategic emerging industries such as safety emergency equipment, and lay a solid industrial foundation for coordinating development and security, strengthening disaster prevention, mitigation, and relief capabilities, and enhancing the ability to respond to major risks and challenges.
The safety emergency industry is a fundamental supporting industry related to national sovereignty and security, and a livelihood industry related to the safety of people's lives and property. Accelerating the development of the safety emergency industry can provide the country and its people with the products and services needed to prevent and deal with emergencies in a timely manner, improve the level of disaster prevention and mitigation throughout society, and minimize national losses and losses of people's lives and property; it is conducive to effectively responding to events that damage the interests of our country and people, and enhancing the ability to safeguard our overseas interests. In recent years, with the increase in various risks around the world and the increasing difficulty in handling emergencies, the requirements of the people and enterprises for safety levels have continued to increase, and higher requirements have been put forward for the accuracy and timeliness of risk monitoring and early warning, and the effectiveness of emergency response. This requires stronger support from emergency products and services with higher technological content. At present, digital technologies represented by artificial intelligence, big data, etc., have been widely used in the development of the safety emergency industry, and the technological content of related safety emergency products has been continuously improved, which not only enhances the ability to prevent and resolve risks, but also improves the efficiency of handling emergencies, and also reduces casualties in the emergency management process. At the same time, as an emerging industry, the safety emergency industry faces problems such as insufficient investment in scientific and technological research and development and technical accumulation, weak technological innovation capabilities, and limited international competitiveness of products. In particular, the situation that many high-end rescue equipment and key components rely on foreign imports has not been completely changed, and the domestic substitution of products in the safety emergency field needs to be accelerated. To this end, we should focus on effectively preventing and resolving various risks and improving the ability to handle emergencies in accordance with the current security situation facing our country, and strive to drive the high-quality development of my country's safety emergency industry through innovation.
Improve the scientific and technological innovation system of the safety emergency industry, and build a scientific and technological innovation radiation mechanism for the safety emergency industry. Strengthen the main position of enterprises, and introduce policies to guide safety emergency enterprises to increase investment in scientific and technological innovation in terms of funds, talents, and equipment. Establish multi-type and multi-level scientific and technological innovation platforms for the safety emergency industry, actively develop new R&D institutions such as scientific and technological innovation centers for the safety emergency industry, and strive to improve the integration and allocation capabilities of scientific and technological innovation resources for the safety emergency industry. Accelerate the transformation and application of scientific and technological innovation achievements in the safety emergency industry, build a collaborative innovation system of "government, industry, academia, research, and enterprise," and build a technological innovation alliance for the safety emergency industry. As soon as possible, improve the scientific and technological innovation radiation mechanism, introduce multiple parties to participate together, promote regional enterprises to take the road of "park-based" development, and continuously improve the complementary capabilities of the whole society in the development of the safety emergency industry.
Promote the application of safety emergency industry technology, and realize the effective connection between technology and demand. Keep up with the new round of technological revolution, deepen the application of cutting-edge technologies such as big data, digital twins, and artificial intelligence in the field of safety emergency industry, and vigorously develop various safety emergency scenarios and application bases. At the same time, use demand guidance to drive the mass market, adapt to the general trend of digital society and digital city construction, promote the integration of a new generation of information technology and traditional safety emergency equipment and products, create new products, new models, and new services, and stimulate new demands for safety emergency products from governments and enterprises. Driven by the continuous growth of demand, the production efficiency of the safety emergency industry will continue to increase, and the market will become wider and wider, thereby promoting the formation of a virtuous circle of supply and demand.
Strengthen the input of safety emergency industry elements to help provide high-level safety emergency product services. Pay attention to the cultivation of safety emergency talents. While strengthening basic safety emergency education, gradually change the education concept, highlight interdisciplinary education in safety emergency disciplines, improve the innovation ability level of safety emergency talents, and cultivate high-level safety emergency talents. Increase capital investment. Improve the financial support system for the development of the emergency industry, encourage financial institutions such as banks and industrial investment funds to provide credit and financial support for safety emergency industry projects, and form a three-dimensional investment and financing system.
(The author is a specially appointed professor at the Emergency and National Security Legal Strategy Research Center of the University of Emergency Management (筹)).
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The Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee meeting held on July 30 emphasized the need to expand high-level opening up and stabilize the fundamentals of foreign trade and foreign investment. In the first half of this year, China's (我国) imports and exports of goods totaled 21.79 trillion yuan, a record high for the same period, an increase of 2.9% year-on-year. Among them, exports were 13 trillion yuan, an increase of 7.2%. China's (我国) foreign trade has maintained strong resilience, achieving total growth, quality improvement, and controllable variables.
Recently, reporters visited Guangdong (广东), Zhejiang (浙江), and Henan (河南) to observe the exploration and efforts of three companies in areas such as shifting from export to domestic sales, applying AI-assisted tools, and exploring new overseas markets, and to feel the strong resilience of foreign trade development.
Guangzhou (广州), Guangdong (广东) Infant and Child Products Company—
Shifting from Export to Domestic Sales, Breaking Through and Achieving Results
In the midsummer of Lingnan (岭南), in Renhe Town (人和镇), Baiyun District (白云区), Guangzhou City (广州市), Guangdong Province (广东省), the Guangzhou Babyle Infant & Baby Products Co., Ltd. (广州市宝贝乐婴童用品有限公司) factory is operating at full capacity with automated equipment. Workers are stepping up assembly, and mother and baby products such as water cups and baby bottles are coming off the production line, being packed and shipped to domestic and foreign markets.
"The latest one-piece flip-top children's water cup, make a set of samples immediately and send them to the Hangzhou (杭州) customer," said Li Yingbin (李应彬), the company's sales manager, from a phone call from Hangzhou City (杭州市), Zhejiang Province (浙江). The next day, this batch of different colored children's water cups departed from Guangzhou (广州) and were delivered to the new customer in one day.
"We got a letter of intent on the first day of the Shanghai-Hangzhou (沪杭) trip, which greatly boosted the team's confidence," Li Yingbin (李应彬) told reporters, adding that he led the sales team to Shanghai (上海) and Hangzhou (杭州) to visit new and old customers.
Babyle (宝贝乐) was founded in 1997 and is mainly engaged in the research and development, production and sales of mother and baby products such as baby bottles, children's tableware and children's water bottles. The company started with foreign trade and has established its own brands in China (国内) in recent years, but foreign trade business still accounts for 70% of the company's revenue.
"The company realized last year that overseas business might face risks and challenges, so it changed its thinking in advance," Li Yingbin (李应彬) said, "The goal is very clear: to stabilize the overseas market in every possible way and strive to expand the domestic market."
Li Yingbin (李应彬) is very confident in developing the domestic market, "We have strong R&D capabilities, a complete modern production workshop, and rely on the advantages of the Pearl River Delta (珠三角) supply chain, which can quickly respond to some large orders."
Using the customer resources accumulated from participating in the Canton Fair (广交会) every year, Li Yingbin (李应彬) and his team connected with each customer to find target customers. At the beginning of this year, the company reached a cooperation with a well-known domestic mother and baby store to produce more than 40,000 new baby bottles for them; in early April, a company in Zhongshan City (中山市), Guangdong (广东) ordered 50,000 sports water cups, and the goods were delivered 35 days later...
"Previously, the United States (美国) abused tariffs, and many of the company's orders were affected," Li Yingbin (李应彬) recalled.
At a critical moment, government departments introduced measures to help foreign trade companies shift from export to domestic sales. In April this year, the Guangzhou Municipal Bureau of Commerce (广州市商务局) launched the "Foreign Trade Quality Products in China (外贸优品中华行)" campaign in the city. In the second phase of the event, Babyle (宝贝乐) reached a cooperation with the 1688 platform, "moved" its three factories to the platform, and gained a wave of traffic through graphic factory and product introductions.
Winning more attention, the company also came into contact with more new customers. "Since May, we have intensively visited many new domestic customers, and through face-to-face exchanges and promotions, we have reached cooperation with some key target customers," Li Yingbin (李应彬) said.
The initial results of breaking through the situation are beginning to show. In the first half of the year, Babyle's (宝贝乐) sales in the domestic market increased by 20% year-on-year. "We will continue to work hard on product quality, continue to expand domestic sales channels, and seek more development opportunities," said the relevant person in charge of Babyle (宝贝乐).
Yiwu (义乌), Zhejiang (浙江) Sanitary Ware Company—
Using AI Tools, Customer Acquisition Channels are Smoother
In Zone 2 of Yiwu International Trade City (义乌国际商贸城), Zhejiang (浙江), a Middle Eastern businessman walked into the Yilinuo Sanitary Ware (伊凌诺卫浴) flagship store and immediately took a fancy to the smart shower heads and other products on the shelves, and immediately inquired about the price and stock in Arabic.
Although he doesn't know anything about Arabic, Ma Ao (马澳), a staff member, calmly picked up his mobile phone, opened the Chinagoods AI Intelligent Creation Service Platform (Chinagoods AI智创服务平台) (the official platform of the Yiwu (义乌) market), and selected the "AI Translator (AI翻译官)" function, and the Chinese real-time translation was immediately displayed on the screen. Through AI real-time translation, Ma Ao (马澳) and the customer discussed the product material, size and delivery cycle, and the customer finalized an order on the spot.
Lou Qinfeng (楼勤峰), technical director of Yiwu China Commodities City Big Data Co., Ltd. (义乌中国小商品城大数据有限公司), introduced that this is a function launched by the official platform of the Yiwu (义乌) market in March last year. It currently supports 116 languages and can realize AI simultaneous interpretation, voice translation, picture translation, text translation, document translation and other functions.
In Yiwu (义乌), from intelligently analyzing overseas market demand and accurately matching customer orders, to optimizing global supply chain efficiency and accelerating store site selection and operation decisions, AI has become an important engine driving merchant performance growth and brand going overseas.
In the field of product design, AI also plays an irreplaceable role.
Not long ago, Tao Juying (陶菊英), head of Yilinuo Sanitary Ware (伊凌诺卫浴), led a team to investigate the Kazakhstan (哈萨克斯坦) market and found that local kitchen sinks were prone to oil stains, which were more troublesome to clean. After returning to China (国内), the company's designers used AI tools to quickly design a faucet that integrates functions such as sprinklers, digital temperature display, and hot and cold water diversion for the local market, which is convenient for cleaning dead corners of the sink.
"It used to take a month or so from design to production of samples. Now, with the help of AI tools, we can design more than 10 products a day and enter the mass production stage within a week," said Deng Faxiang (邓法翔), head of the design department of Yilinuo Sanitary Ware (伊凌诺卫浴).
AI is also helpful in market research and product promotion.
"This is a market analysis of sanitary ware products in Kazakhstan (哈萨克斯坦) generated by DeepSeek (DeepSeek) for me, as well as an analysis of the market share of local brands, and the opinions and suggestions put forward," said Wu Shanan (吴善安), head of the company's marketing department. Using AI text-to-image, image-to-video and other functions, you can also easily create attractive promotional materials that can be quickly put on overseas e-commerce platforms.
"In the first half of the year, the company exported more than 20 container products and has now opened 68 brand stores around the world. AI has helped a lot behind this," Tao Juying (陶菊英) introduced, "As early as two years ago, the company paid attention to the huge potential of AI technology and launched a company-wide AI training program. Now AI technology has been deeply integrated into various business processes."
At present, nearly 30,000 foreign trade business entities in the Yiwu (义乌) market regularly use various AI tools. The cumulative usage of related AI applications independently developed by Yiwu (义乌) has exceeded 1 billion times, the number of users has exceeded 260,000, and the order growth of users who use it deeply has exceeded 20%.
Pingdingshan (平顶山), Henan (河南) Locomotive Production Company—
Connecting with New Standards and Exploring New Overseas Markets
Early in the morning, in Yexian County (叶县), Pingdingshan (平顶山), Henan (河南), the export workshop of Henan Longxin Motorcycle Co., Ltd. (河南隆鑫机车有限公司) was busy. The robotic arm lifted the tricycle frame, and the workers quickly completed the sorting of bulk goods, sealing and bundling, waiting for the arrival of container trucks.
"There are 540 of these electric tricycles, ready to be shipped to the Philippines (菲律宾). It has been less than a month from signing the contract to delivery," said Zou Lei (邹磊), the company's foreign trade manager. With convenient customs clearance in all links, they will be delivered to customers soon after leaving the port of Qingdao (青岛港), Shandong (山东).
Longxin Motorcycle (隆鑫机车) mainly produces and sells fuel and electric tricycles. Its overseas markets have long been concentrated in Africa (非洲), and most of them are fuel vehicle products. "We have been deeply involved in Africa (非洲) for 15 years. The old market is very stable, but we also need to explore new opportunities," Zou Lei (邹磊) said.
The company turned its attention to emerging markets such as Southeast Asia (东南亚) and found that the local demand for electric vehicles is increasing. At the 137th Canton Fair (广交会) held this spring, the company reached multiple electric tricycle cooperation intentions with merchants from the Philippines (菲律宾) and other countries.
New markets have new demands, but they also bring new challenges.
The technical standards for electric tricycles in new markets such as Southeast Asia (东南亚) are different from those in China (国内). Commodity inspection, product certification, standard docking, and cost control are all "pain points" faced by enterprises.
After learning about the situation, the customs department took the initiative to help enterprises overcome difficulties. "We have collected the technical standards and certification requirements of various Southeast Asian countries," said Guo Shuai (郭帅), chief of the Comprehensive Business Section of Pingdingshan Customs (平顶山海关). In response to the differences in speed, motor power, and load capacity of electric tricycles, the customs guided enterprises to adjust product design and optimize production processes.
After some efforts, the company successfully passed the certification of Indonesia (印度尼西亚), Vietnam (越南) and other countries. After obtaining the access "key" to the new market, we had to consider new problems - the lithium batteries carried by electric vehicles are dangerous goods, and maritime transport must comply with the International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code (《国际海运危险货物规则》). With the documents, Guo Shuai (郭帅) and his colleagues explained them to the company item by item, guiding them to take safety measures such as short-circuit protection of power batteries.
Laying out the Southeast Asian (东南亚) market has also allowed companies to taste the dividends released by the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) (《区域全面经济伙伴关系协定》). "This batch of 540 vehicles can enjoy a 2% tariff reduction in the Philippines (菲律宾) by applying for the RCEP preferential certificate of origin, saving an average of 100 yuan in customs clearance costs per vehicle," Zou Lei (邹磊) said.
In the first half of the year, the total value of Henan's (河南) foreign trade imports and exports reached 412.53 billion yuan, an increase of 26.2% year-on-year. The export value of Longxin Motorcycle (隆鑫机车) reached 370 million yuan, an increase of 101.6% year-on-year. "The development of new markets is not something that can be achieved overnight. But in the face of this blue ocean, we dare to surf." Pointing to the new batch of products on the production line, Zou Lei (邹磊) introduced, "This is an order reached with Indian (印度) customers in early July, and we have entered a new market."
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Taking consumers' actual needs as the guide, and developing AI products that truly serve users, the "Artificial Intelligence + Consumption" blue ocean can become increasingly broad.
Ministry of Commerce data shows that as of the first half of this year, trade-ins have driven sales of 2.9 trillion yuan, with approximately 400 million people enjoying subsidy benefits. The summer season is a peak sales season for home appliances, electronic digital products, and more. With the third batch of consumer goods trade-in funds being allocated, the "national subsidy" will further play a role in promoting consumption.
Many consumers find that the artificial intelligence (AI) attributes of goods are becoming increasingly prominent when "upgrading" home appliances, automobiles, and other items—smart home appliances equipped with AI voice interaction functions, AI glasses that can translate conversations in real-time, new energy vehicles that can automatically park... According to statistics from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (工业和信息化部), in the first half of the year, there were already over a hundred AI terminals such as mobile phones, computers, and glasses, becoming a new growth point for driving economic development. At the recently concluded 2025 World Artificial Intelligence Conference, new AI application scenarios were in full bloom.
How is "Artificial Intelligence + Consumption" growing so rapidly in China?
Looking at the policy end. The Party Central Committee and the State Council (国务院) attach great importance to the development of artificial intelligence, and have made a series of forward-looking deployments. This year's "Government Work Report" proposed to "continue to promote the 'Artificial Intelligence +' action"; the "Special Action Plan for Boosting Consumption" proposed to "promote 'Artificial Intelligence + Consumption'" and "open up new high-growth consumption tracks"... Scientific top-level design and improved policy guidance provide broad development space for "Artificial Intelligence + Consumption."
Looking at the supply side. China continues to strengthen basic research in artificial intelligence, while emphasizing application orientation, and new technologies are constantly penetrating into specific application scenarios. China has cultivated more than 400 national-level specialized and new "little giant" enterprises in the field of artificial intelligence, forming an artificial intelligence industry system covering the basic layer, framework layer, model layer, and application layer, allowing more AI terminals to move out of the laboratory and onto the production line.
Looking at the demand side. Chinese consumers are willing to pay for innovative products, creating a "hotbed" for the implementation of artificial intelligence technology. When technological innovation and market demand resonate at the same frequency, a two-way rush for new things is becoming a new driving force for activating consumption. In the future, with the popularization and application of large model technology, the potential of "Artificial Intelligence + Consumption" will be further explored, giving rise to more personalized needs.
However, some current AI products are divorced from actual user needs and have complex and redundant functions. For example, voice assistants cannot understand instructions, and image recognition makes mistakes, adding some unnecessary burdens to consumers. There is still a long way to go for related industries to allow consumers to go from "being able to use AI" to "using AI well." Taking consumers' actual needs as the guide, and developing AI products that truly serve users, the "Artificial Intelligence + Consumption" blue ocean can become increasingly broad.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 张丹华
Walking into the plant area of Shaanxi Yanchang Zhongmei Yulin Energy and Chemical Co., Ltd., one sees numerous towers and tanks, and a network of pipe racks. Here, chunks of black coal are "transformed" into industrial raw materials such as olefins and polyolefins.
In the company's exhibition hall, Fu Wenming, deputy manager of the Polyolefin Center, pointed to a small can of white crystals and told reporters: "This is our company's flagship product, ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer, which can be used to produce solar photovoltaic film, with an annual production capacity of 280,000 tons."
As a representative enterprise of the chemical sector of Shaanxi Yanchang Petroleum (Group) Co., Ltd. (陕西延长石油（集团）有限责任公司) (hereinafter referred to as "Yanchang Petroleum (延长石油)"), the company continues to increase its efforts in scientific and technological research, explore new paths for clean resource transformation, and improve resource utilization efficiency.
In Anse District (安塞区), Yan'an City (延安市), Shaanxi Province (陕西省), at the Haojiaping Project Area of the Xingzichuan Oil Production Plant of Yanchang Oilfield Co., Ltd. (延长油田股份有限公司杏子川采油厂), pipelines are continuously injecting water into the oil wells. "Water injection is to maintain oil reservoir pressure and improve the ultimate recovery of the oilfield," said Zhang Jinliang (张金良), chief geologist of the oil production plant.
In the past, oilfields had to drill new wells to maintain stable production. After years of research and practice, Yanchang Petroleum (延长石油) developed controlled-rate enhanced infiltration water injection technology. Relying on the construction of project areas, it conducts precise injection-production regulation and control to tap and release reservoir potential, allowing the oilfield to achieve "reverse growth." After three rounds of campaigns, the oilfield's recovery rate increased from 13.7% to 17.3%, laying a solid foundation for Yanchang Petroleum's (延长石油) continued stable production and increased production. It has also explored and formed replicable and scalable technology and management experience suitable for water injection development in China's low-permeability and ultra-low-permeability oilfields.
In addition to water injection, there is also "gas injection." At the Xingzichuan Oil Production Plant (杏子川采油厂), carbon dioxide generated during the production process of Yanchang Petroleum's (延长石油) upstream coal chemical enterprises is captured and injected into the oil reservoir, sealed underground, which not only reduces carbon emissions but can also be used for oil displacement and increased production. The carbon dioxide injection scale of the project can reach 360,000 tons per year.
From front-end mining to back-end processing, Yanchang Petroleum (延长石油) has gradually developed from a single oil exploitation enterprise into a large-scale energy and chemical enterprise with efficient development, comprehensive utilization, and deep transformation of multiple resources such as oil, gas, and coal.
Four scientific research institutions, 33 national and provincial-level innovation platforms, three pilot test bases, and more than 2,000 scientific research personnel... In the past 10 years, Yanchang Petroleum (延长石油) has invested more than 60 billion yuan in science and technology, mastering a number of forward-looking innovative technologies in the fields of exploration and development of ultra-low permeability oil and gas fields, comprehensive utilization of oil, gas, and coal resources, new chemical materials, energy conservation, and environmental protection. It has built and put into operation more than 10 sets of the world's first (set) devices for comprehensive utilization of coal, oil, and gas, and synthetic gas to ethanol, embarking on a differentiated and characteristic new path of comprehensive transformation of oil, gas, and coal, energy conservation, carbon reduction, and green circular development.
Behind this is the continuous improvement of various mechanisms. Several academicians and experts are hired to join the workstation; equity, dividends, and other incentives are used to support the development of medium and long-term research; for scientific and technological achievements transferred to external units, the first license and transfer can be rewarded according to a certain percentage of the contract amount... A series of new reform measures have ignited the scientific and technological innovation engine of Yanchang Petroleum (延长石油).
In 2024, Yanchang Petroleum's (延长石油) oil and gas equivalent exceeded the 20 million-ton mark, reaching 20.146 million tons; operating income reached 390.013 billion yuan, and total profit was 14.802 billion yuan. "With the continuous increase in investment in scientific and technological research and development, in the next 5-10 years, Yanchang Petroleum (延长石油) will achieve new breakthroughs in the construction of a modern industrial system and the cultivation and development of new quality productive forces," said Zhang Kaiyong (张恺颙), Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman of Yanchang Petroleum Group (延长石油集团).
Return to TopThe following is from Beijing on August 4th (Reported by Luo Shanshan (罗珊珊)): The reporter learned from the Ministry of Commerce (商务部) on the 4th that in the first half of 2025, China's service trade grew steadily. The total import and export value of services was 3887.26 billion yuan, an increase of 8.0% year-on-year. Among them, exports were 1688.3 billion yuan, an increase of 15.0%; imports were 2198.96 billion yuan, an increase of 3.2%. The service trade deficit was 510.66 billion yuan, a decrease of 152.21 billion yuan compared with the same period last year.
Knowledge-intensive service trade maintained growth. In the first half of the year, the import and export of knowledge-intensive services reached 1502.54 billion yuan, an increase of 6.0%. Among them, other commercial services, telecommunications, computer and information services had larger import and export scales, with amounts of 639.1 billion yuan and 529.38 billion yuan respectively, and growth rates of 3.1% and 12.7% respectively. Exports of knowledge-intensive services were 865.04 billion yuan, an increase of 7.8%; imports of knowledge-intensive services were 637.5 billion yuan, an increase of 3.6%; the surplus was 227.54 billion yuan, an increase of 40.92 billion yuan compared with the same period last year.
Travel service exports grew the fastest. In the first half of the year, travel services maintained rapid growth, with imports and exports reaching 1080.29 billion yuan, an increase of 12.3%, making it the largest field in service trade. Among them, exports increased by 68.7% and imports increased by 5.5%.
Return to TopIn recent years, Harbin (哈尔滨), Heilongjiang Province (黑龙江省) has taken technological innovation as the driving force for industrial leapfrogging, promoting the accelerated coupling of the innovation chain, talent chain, and industrial chain. The picture shows workers operating in the intelligent manufacturing workshop of Harbin Electric Corporation (哈尔滨电机厂有限责任公司) on August 4.
Photo by Liu Yang (刘洋) (Xinhua News Agency (新华社) )
Return to TopAccording to a report from our newspaper in Beijing on August 4th (Reporter Liu Wenxin (刘温馨)), the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (工业和信息化部) and eight other departments recently issued the "Implementation Plan for Digital Transformation of the Machinery Industry" (《机械工业数字化转型实施方案》), proposing that by 2027, digital and intelligent technologies will be widely used in product research and development design, production and manufacturing, operation and management, and operation and maintenance services. The proportion of enterprises with a maturity level of intelligent manufacturing capability of level 2 and above will reach 50%, and this number will reach 60% by 2030, and no less than 500 excellent intelligent factories will be built.
The machinery industry is a basic and strategic industry that provides technical equipment for national economic development, national defense and military construction, and people's livelihood undertakings. It has prominent characteristics such as a wide industrial coverage, many product types, complex product structures, long industrial chains, and the coexistence of mass production and small-batch customization. The plan proposes four aspects and 12 key tasks, including carrying out intelligent equipment innovation and development actions, intelligent manufacturing expansion and popularization actions, smart service expansion and improvement actions, and basic support strengthening and consolidation actions. It also focuses on typical scenarios such as R&D design, production and manufacturing, operation and management, operation and maintenance services, and supply chain management, to promote the industry's digital transformation and intelligent upgrading.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 田先进
Stepping **深一脚、浅一脚** (shēn yī jiǎo, qiǎn yī jiǎo - "one foot deep, one foot shallow," describing uneven ground or a difficult path), just after 8 a.m., Xun Ran was busy around the village's "Waterside Blue Dragon" (水乡蓝龙) hundred-mu standard seedling breeding base, her shoes covered in mud. In front of a breeding pond, she took out a test tube, scooped up some water, and carefully observed it. "Recently, the water in the pond has been a bit murky, but it's not a big problem and won't affect the growth of the blue crayfish," Xun Ran said. "These blue crayfish are the village's treasure for getting rich, so we can't relax at all."
Xun Ran is a village official in Tuanyue Village (团月村), Shiqiao Town (石桥镇), Dangtu County (当涂县), Ma'anshan City (马鞍山市), Anhui Province (安徽省). She obtained her bachelor's degree in Food Quality and Safety from the College of Food Science and Technology at Nanjing Agricultural University (南京农业大学), and her master's degree in Biology and Medicine from the School of Biotechnology at Jiangnan University (江南大学). After years of study, with her professional courses always related to biology and food, Xun Ran has always wanted to use her knowledge to make a difference in rural areas.
Finding a Position
"Having a relevant professional background can be of great help, whether it's developing breeding or promoting it to villagers."
In June 2023, Xun Ran was admitted as a selected graduate (选调生) in Anhui Province (安徽省) through an examination. In September of the same year, according to organizational arrangements, she served as the assistant to the Party General Branch Secretary of Tuanyue Village (团月村).
Xun Ran's arrival was perfectly timed—in order to develop the village's collective economy, Tuanyue Village (团月村) joined forces with Xiegong Village (谢公村) and Tuanlin Village (团林村) in 2023 to introduce Australian blue crayfish seedlings for breeding. The 10-mu pilot base had a bumper harvest that year. "In 2024, we cooperated with a professional company from another place to jointly build a breeding base covering an area of 100 mu, preparing to promote blue crayfish breeding to the surrounding villagers and lead everyone to increase their income and become rich," said Zhan Yang (占阳), Party General Branch Secretary of Tuanyue Village (团月村). "Xun Ran happens to have a relevant professional background, which can be of great help whether it's developing breeding or promoting it to villagers."
In order to better master the relevant technology of blue crayfish breeding, Xun Ran followed the company's technicians to the base time and time again. Xun Ran recorded the water quality control parameters, the ratio of feed amount, and the key nodes for pest and disease control mentioned by the technicians in her notebook, and pondered them carefully when she returned at night, and asked professionals for advice in time when she encountered something she didn't understand. "Xun Ran's progress is very fast. Not only has her knowledge level of breeding improved, but her heart has also become more and more meticulous," Zhan Yang (占阳) said with a smile.
With the technology understood and experience gained, Xun Ran began to promote blue crayfish breeding to the villagers with full confidence under the unified arrangement of the village.
Tuanyue Village (团月村) has always had a tradition of aquaculture, mostly crayfish and crabs. Xing Lu (邢路), a villager who had been working outside for many years, returned to the village a few years ago and transferred several mu of ponds to raise crabs. Due to market conditions and other factors, Xing Lu's (邢路) breeding income has not been very good in recent years.
After learning about this situation, Xun Ran prepared to find a breakthrough from Xing Lu (邢路).
Unexpectedly, she was met with a cold reception.
Encountering Bottlenecks
"I thought that solving the technical problem of 'whether it can be raised' would solve all the problems."
"Although my crab farming income is not very high, at least I have a number in my mind about how much I earn, but who knows if your blue crayfish can survive?" "Even if they survive, I'm just starting out, so who am I going to sell them to?"... As soon as Xun Ran finished introducing the situation, Xing Lu (邢路) raised a series of questions.
After being rebuffed, Xun Ran was a little discouraged, but still unwilling to give up. "The villagers' concerns are reasonable, but is such a good project really impossible to promote?" Xun Ran reported the situation to Zhan Yang (占阳) and found that this was not an isolated case, and other village officials had also encountered similar situations. Everyone decided to get together and analyze the reasons.
"The villagers are not young, and their families are not very wealthy, so it's understandable that they are unwilling to take risks." "What the villagers value is not whether they can survive, but 'not losing money if they are raised'." "It's difficult for them to listen to our introduction. We need to talk about practical content so that everyone can have a bottom line in their hearts."...
Everyone's words enlightened Xun Ran. "I was too taken for granted before. I thought that solving the technical problem of 'whether it can be raised' would solve all the problems." Xun Ran's voice gradually became firm, "Villagers are worried about sales channels, can we sign a recycling agreement? Everyone is afraid that their technology is not up to par, can we implement a 'base + farmer' trusteeship model?" Discussions with the village officials gradually clarified the direction for Xun Ran.
"Through this incident, I understood a truth. If you want the villagers to accept new things, you must first let them accept me and believe in the village officials," Xun Ran said.
Changing Ideas
"We also need to think more for everyone and look at it from a deeper perspective in order to gain the trust of the villagers."
When contacting Xing Lu (邢路) again, Xun Ran changed her approach and started calculating accounts with Xing Lu (邢路) by counting on her fingers: "The base's shrimp seedlings and feed can be advanced to you first. If you raise them well, one mu of shrimp pond can earn more than 10,000 yuan."
"You just take care of raising them, and we will be responsible for sales." Other village officials also helped to do the work, "If you can't sell them, the village will take them all, and the price will definitely satisfy you." In order to give the villagers a "reassurance pill," Xun Ran and the village officials had already taken action. They contacted professional companies from other places and signed a bottom-line recycling agreement, and also reached preliminary cooperation intentions with several large catering hotels and supermarkets.
Xing Lu (邢路) decided to give it a try. On the basis of the original pond, he transferred more than ten mu, and all 23 mu of ponds were used to raise blue crayfish, "Now the average income per mu can really reach 10,000 yuan," Xing Lu (邢路) said with a smile, "I really didn't choose the wrong one at the beginning."
Different from Xing Lu (邢路), Cheng Changxi (程昌喜), a villager in Xiegong Village (谢公村), has been raising crayfish for many years and was originally very optimistic about the market prospects of blue crayfish. "When it was promoted last year, he quickly accepted it and also agreed to order shrimp seedlings from the village base," Xun Ran introduced.
But unexpectedly, just a week before the village was preparing to deliver the seedlings, Cheng Changxi (程昌喜) said he didn't want them, which made Xun Ran a little worried. But with the previous experience, she quickly calmed down.
After inquiring from various sources, Xun Ran learned that Cheng Changxi (程昌喜) found many sales channels for blue crayfish shrimp seedlings online, and the price was cheaper than the village's, so he bought shrimp seedlings online and started doing it first. But in less than a month, all the shrimp seedlings died. It turned out that before raising blue crayfish, Cheng Changxi (程昌喜) did not thoroughly disinfect the pond. "When we arrived at the scene, we found that there were many crayfish that had died before in the pond, and there was also a lot of silt accumulated," Xun Ran said, "Under the guidance of the village, we cleared the silt, dried the pond, thoroughly disinfected it, and also transformed the pond into a long strip shape to facilitate later management." After that, Xun Ran compiled Cheng Changxi's (程昌喜) situation into a case study to prevent more farmers from making similar mistakes.
After the new shrimp seedlings were released, Xun Ran and the technicians provided technical support throughout the process. "How much feed needs to be fed, whether there are obvious changes in water quality, how to deal with high temperatures and pests and diseases... we will communicate with farmers in a timely manner," Xun Ran said.
In order to better benefit the people, the village base has reduced the price of shrimp seedlings again and again, from 1.7 yuan per shrimp to 1.5 yuan. Xun Ran said: "Now the villagers are more willing to get shrimp seedlings from the village base. This year, Cheng Changxi (程昌喜) bought more than 30,000 more, and is preparing to make a big splash."
Now, the villagers are full of praise for the village officials, and the promotion of blue crayfish breeding is becoming more and more smooth. As of the end of May this year, the base has signed supply, breeding and sales integration agreements with 30 surrounding farmers, covering a breeding area of more than 700 mu.
"There are no ready-made answers on the road to the comprehensive revitalization of the countryside," Xun Ran admitted. The tortuous road of breeding promotion has taught her a good lesson, "**学用不能两张皮**" (xué yòng bù néng liǎng zhāng pí - "learning and application cannot be two separate skins," theory and practice must be integrated). "Everyone understands this principle, but it is not easy to do. Combining learning and application is a compulsory course for young village officials. To truly apply what you have learned to practical work, you also need to think more for everyone and look at it from a deeper perspective in order to gain the trust of the villagers."
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In response to the "acclimatization" problems such as difficulty in adapting to the environment, difficulty in carrying out work, and difficulty in establishing a foothold in rural grassroots areas for some young cadres, Ma'anshan City (马鞍山市), Anhui Province (安徽省) has established a "1+N" mentor assistance system, with 95 county-level leading cadres paired to provide assistance, and members of the leading team of the township and the secretary of the village Party organization serving as "dual mentors" for the growth of young cadres, imparting ideas, helping in business, and leading in style.
In response to the problem of young cadres' panic due to lack of practical experience, Ma'anshan City (马鞍山市) opens "field classrooms" in the rural cadre training base every year, organizing 35 "excellent village branch secretaries" to impart experience face-to-face. The "Hundred People Follow-up" plan is implemented, and at least 100 outstanding village cadres are selected to go to the Yangtze River Delta (长三角) for follow-up study and practical experience every year. The city and county organize more than 20 "ring competitions" for village cadres and selected cadres every year to build a platform for young cadres to start businesses.
In order to retain young cadres, Ma'anshan City (马鞍山市) has unblocked promotion channels, recruiting township civil servants and recruiting township career establishment personnel for outstanding village cadres every year, and implementing the "township establishment village use" mechanism.
(Reported by Tian Xianjin (田先进), reporter of this newspaper)
Return to TopPeople's Daily Beijing, August 4th (Reporter Wei Zhezhe (魏哲哲)) The Supreme People's Court (最高人民法院) recently released 12 typical cases of people's courts protecting the legitimate rights and interests of private enterprises and entrepreneurs equally in accordance with the law, guiding people's courts at all levels to continuously optimize the legal environment for the healthy and high-quality development of the private economy.
The typical cases fully implement the principle of equal protection in accordance with the law, protect the innovation of scientific researchers, and encourage private enterprises to "go global"; guide private enterprises to operate in a standardized manner, achieve healthy development, and effectively protect the legitimate rights and interests of private enterprises and entrepreneurs.
In the "Dispute over a sales contract between a certain company and a certain hospital," the people's court held that the hospital's defense that the source of the payment was fiscal funds, that the payment was restricted by the fiscal approval process, and that it should not bear liability for breach of contract was untenable. The court ordered the hospital to pay a certain private company the payment for goods and overdue payment interest. In the "Dispute over a sales contract between a certain cable company and a certain construction company and Zhu Moulong (朱某龙)," it was determined that the "back-to-back" clause in the contract, which stipulated that large enterprises would pay small and medium-sized enterprises after receiving payments from third parties, was invalid, thereby legally protecting the legitimate rights and interests of small and medium-sized private enterprises.
In the "Liu Mou (刘某) Non-State Staff Bribery Case," the defendant Liu Mou, as a business development manager of an internet company, provided assistance to others in providing traffic support, etc., and accepted millions of yuan in bribes, demonstrating the characteristics of "small power, big corruption." The people's court determined in accordance with the law that Liu Mou constituted the crime of accepting bribes by non-state staff and sentenced him to punishment, fully reflecting the clear attitude of the judicial organs to severely punish and never tolerate crimes in emerging fields, and playing a good warning and deterrent role for employees of internet companies.
Currently, product evaluation is a market evaluation method under the internet economy. The statements made by evaluators should be based on their true evaluation results, and they should exercise reasonable care in reprinting information to avoid false evaluation information from misleading public opinion, infringing on the reputation rights of producers and operators, and disrupting the healthy market order. In the "Dispute over network infringement liability between a certain terminal company and Jiang Mou (江某) Network," it was determined that a network evaluator who publishes false evaluation information that infringes on the reputation rights of an enterprise should bear tort liability, which is of positive significance for regulating false network evaluation behavior and protecting the legitimate rights and interests of enterprises.
The Supreme People's Court (最高法) stated that the people's courts will continue to earnestly implement strict and impartial justice, give play to the functions of judicial trial, protect the legitimate rights and interests of private enterprises and entrepreneurs equally in accordance with the law, and promote the healthy development of the private economy.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 李凯旋
Currently, the contiguous rice paddies in Tangdian Village (唐店村), Huaqiao Town (花桥镇), Guang'an District (广安区), Guang'an City (广安市), Sichuan Province (四川省) are entering the harvest season.
Huaqiao Town (花桥镇) is located in the hilly area of eastern Sichuan Basin (四川盆地) and is a major grain-producing town in Sichuan (四川). Since 2019, Huaqiao Town (花桥镇) has launched the construction of high-standard farmland, covering 32 villages in the town and more than 62,700 mu of land, involving more than 30,000 households. Shortly after the completion of the project, some farmland experienced quality problems such as water storage leakage and collapse of field ridges. "The renovation of farmland was originally a good thing, but as a result, the water could not be contained. The fields with serious problems are no longer suitable for cultivation." The villagers are very concerned.
The construction of high-standard farmland is related to food security and the vital interests of the people. Since 2024, the Sichuan Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision (四川省纪委监委) has included outstanding problems in the field of high-standard farmland construction into the key projects for the centralized rectification of unhealthy tendencies and corruption problems around the masses, and conducted a comprehensive investigation of high-standard farmland construction projects since 2020, requiring discipline inspection and supervision organs at all levels to comprehensively use means such as listing for supervision and handling cases at a higher level to strictly investigate and deal with problems. At the same time, the Sichuan Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision (四川省纪委监委) regularly screens key clues, and since July 2024, it has listed the quality problem case of high-standard farmland in Huaqiao Town (花桥镇), Guang'an District (广安区) for supervision.
The investigation team of the Guang'an District Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision (广安区纪委监委) found that the winning bidders for multiple bid sections in Huaqiao Town (花桥镇) came from different companies, but the actual construction party was the same company. The actual completion of the project was far lower than the progress node agreed in the contract, but the project funds had been allocated. "This kind of operation that violates the fund allocation process may involve power-for-rent and interest transfer behind it," said Qi Qiang (齐强), a member of the investigation team. As the investigation continued to deepen, the serious illegal problems of Ma (马), the then chief agronomist of the Guang'an District Agriculture and Rural Affairs Bureau (广安区农业农村局), gradually became clear.
After investigation, since 2019, Ma (马) has used his position to help others win the bid for engineering projects by revealing bidding information for high-standard farmland construction projects in advance, and accepted benefits of 1.626 million yuan. Ma (马) also colluded with business personnel from stations and offices such as farmland construction and agricultural resources and energy of the District Agriculture and Rural Affairs Bureau (区农业农村局) to accept "benefits" of more than 1.5 million yuan from project contractors for a long time, and personally received more than 900,000 yuan, and provided assistance to the other party in project construction, acceptance and other links. Ma (马) was expelled from public office and sentenced to five years in prison in accordance with the law. Fifteen party member cadres from the Guang'an District Agriculture and Rural Affairs Bureau (广安区农业农村局) were also severely punished.
Up to now, in carrying out the special rectification of outstanding problems in the field of high-standard farmland construction, discipline inspection and supervision organs at all levels in Sichuan Province (四川省) have handled a total of 5,906 problem clues, filed 3,299 cases, given party discipline and government affairs punishments to 2,516 people, and promoted the solution of 2,910 urgent and difficult problems for the masses.
Return to TopThis newspaper's Beijing (北京) August 4th dispatch (Reporter Lin Lili (林丽鹂)) The State Administration for Market Regulation (市场监管总局) recently issued the "Notice on Carrying Out Hidden Danger Investigation and Management of Mobile Large-scale Amusement Facilities" (《关于开展移动式大型游乐设施隐患排查治理的通知》) (hereinafter referred to as the "Notice" (《通知》)), requiring further strengthening of safety supervision of mobile large-scale amusement facilities, and effectively ensuring the safety of people's lives and health.
The "Notice" (《通知》) requires carrying out a comprehensive investigation. Market supervision departments in various regions should take the initiative to conduct on-site verification, actively connect with activity approval departments and venue management departments for folk activities such as temple fairs held regularly in their regions, and understand the use of amusement facilities in the activity venues. For mass gathering activities organized spontaneously and irregularly in their regions, daily inspections should be strengthened to keep abreast of clues about the use of amusement facilities in corresponding venues.
The "Notice" (《通知》) clarifies the strengthening of classified management and control. For those confirmed to be large-scale amusement facilities, operating and using units should be urged to implement the main responsibility for safety, earnestly fulfill legal obligations such as installation notification, use registration, regular inspection, and maintenance, strictly implement safety management, and ensure the safe and stable operation of large-scale amusement facilities. For amusement facilities suspected of falsely marking parameters and evading supervision, coordinate relevant technical institutions to test the actual operating parameters, verify and collect evidence on a unit-by-unit basis, and investigate and deal with illegal acts such as failure to register for use, failure to conduct inspections, and unlicensed operation in accordance with the law.
The "Notice" (《通知》) emphasizes highlighting source governance. For large-scale amusement facilities found to be illegally produced and used or with falsely marked parameters at the site of use, a cross-regional information sharing and joint law enforcement mechanism should be established to trace problems and clues in both directions from the production end and the use end, conduct in-depth investigation and thorough rectification, and achieve both short-term and long-term solutions (标本兼治 (biāo běn jiān zhì - "treat both the symptoms and the root cause," to adopt measures that address both immediate problems and underlying issues)).
Return to TopTangshan City, Fengrun District (丰润区), Hebei Province, continues to improve its elderly care service guarantee capabilities, promote the construction of a basic elderly care service system, and increase the elderly's sense of gain and happiness. The picture shows a nursing staff interacting with an elderly person at an elderly care service center in Yanshan Road Subdistrict (燕山路街道), Fengrun District (丰润区) on August 4.
Photo by Zhu Dayong (朱大勇) (People's Vision)
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 郑 轶 李 硕 陶相安
When the torch "Bamboo Dream" is passed across the land of Bashu, when the mascots "Shubao" and "Jinzai" play in Kuanzhai Alley (宽窄巷子), when the "Sun Bird" soars over the "Tianfu Zhi Yan" (天府之檐)... the 12th World Games in 2025 will meet the millennium-old city of Rongcheng (蓉城) as scheduled, and the curtain will rise on August 7.
As the highest-level international comprehensive sports event for non-Olympic sports, what unique charm does the World Games have? Let us find the answer in Chengdu (成都), Sichuan (四川).
-- Editor
What kind of event is the World Games?
In the 1970s, opportunities to be approved as official Olympic events were extremely limited, and some international sports organizations conceived the idea of holding the World Games. In 1981, the first World Games was born in Santa Clara (圣克拉拉), California (加利福尼亚州), USA. This top-level event, organized by the International World Games Association, is held every 4 years, usually one year after the Olympics.
Attracting more attention to niche sports and promoting the development of global sports have become the consistent pursuits of the World Games. Over the past 44 years, the World Games has helped many non-Olympic sports overcome survival crises and enhance their influence.
Protecting traditional sports and embracing emerging trendy sports, the World Games, as an "Olympic test field," has yielded fruitful results. Beach volleyball, women's weightlifting, and rock climbing, among other sports, have all jumped into the Olympics after undergoing the test of the World Games.
Although once called the "Second Olympics," the World Games is very different from the Olympics in terms of competition events, participation forms, and event concepts. "The World Games focuses on showcasing oneself and performing to the fullest, like a shop window, where you can see the most exciting side of these sports," said José Perurena, President of the International World Games Association.
To date, the World Games has involved more than 100 participating countries and regions, with athletes of a wide age range and diverse backgrounds, including professional athletes, professional players, amateur enthusiasts, and athletes with disabilities, all completing their dream journey together.
Through this event, people can not only feel the diversity and inclusiveness of sports, but also touch the pulse of sports integrating into life. In José Perurena's view, allowing athletes, citizens, and all participants to experience more sports, this significance far exceeds holding a competition.
How exciting are the World Games events?
The Chengdu World Games has a total of 34 major events, 60 sub-events, and 256 minor events. How exciting are these events?
Watch aerial competition—drone racing athletes wear flight glasses and control drones through obstacles from a first-person perspective, staging "aerial F1."
Watch ground duels—boules players use 1 kg metal balls to hit targets, demonstrating strength and accuracy; foot orienteering tests the wisdom and speed of the athletes.
Watch water challenges—wakeboarders use powerboat traction to leap on the water; the power surfboard in the motorboat event makes its debut on the World Games stage, full of technology.
The diversified event settings of the World Games open a window for global sports fans to access emerging sports. Parkour, rock climbing, frisbee, roller skating, etc., cater to the preferences of contemporary young people, and many people actively participate in addition to watching the games.
Lacrosse, squash, and flag football have joined the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics, and you can get a sneak peek at the Chengdu World Games. Para jiu-jitsu, para freediving, and other events allow the light of sports to shine on more groups.
The World Games is not only on the field, but also comes to everyone's side. "Lu Tie" (撸铁) enthusiasts challenge powerlifting, teenagers practice cheerleading, and citizens form teams to launch a tug-of-war "war"... In Chengdu, various "World Games courses" attract public experience.
"I hope that through my efforts, more people will see how cool parkour is, and thus fall in love with this sport," said Shang Chunsong (商春松), a Chinese parkour athlete, full of expectations.
What is different about Chengdu hosting the Games?
Following the Universiade in 2023, Chengdu has once again become the host city. "This World Games will strive to present the world with a sports event that combines international standards, Chinese style, and Bashu (巴蜀) charm," the Chengdu World Games Organizing Committee has a clear goal.
The flame taken from the Sanxingdui Museum (三星堆博物馆) started the first torch relay in the history of the World Games, with 120 torchbearers connecting three cities and six locations; the opening and closing ceremonies chose outdoor spaces, which is in line with Chengdu's "park city" concept; Wushu and dragon boat events made their debut at the World Games, and Chinese traditional culture collided with modern sports to create new sparks... One exciting highlight is worth looking forward to.
Adhering to the event concept of "simple, safe, and wonderful," the local area made full use of the Universiade legacy. None of the 27 competition venues were newly built, including the renovation of 18 existing venues and the construction of 9 temporary venues relying on lake parks. 130 "World Games spaces" have been opened one after another, combining popular science with sports experience, allowing citizens and tourists to immerse themselves in the World Games atmosphere.
The unique charm of humanistic atmosphere and the diverse colors of the World Games jointly paint a colorful picture of the Chengdu World Games. In the Chengdu World Games Village, interactive experience activities of Chinese intangible cultural heritage techniques warmly welcome athletes from all over the world; the "World Games Theme Caravan" interacts with 21 cities (states) in Sichuan, with millions of participants; multiple high-quality cultural tourism routes allow people to travel with the games.
Participating in the World Games at home for the first time, the Chinese sports delegation has also taken a new height, not only with the largest participation scale and the largest number of participating events in previous sessions, but also with 12 major events such as soft hockey, cheerleading, and frisbee ushering in the World Games debut. "Competing at home can better feel the enthusiasm of the audience. I hope my results will be improved, and I can also walk around the streets of Chengdu after the game," said Liu Qingyi (刘清漪), a Chinese霹雳舞 (pī lì wǔ - breakdancing) athlete.
Just as the slogan of the Chengdu World Games is "Sports Unlimited, Boundless Vigor," this sports event is attracting the world's attention. "We are ready!" Chengdu opens its warm embrace, looking forward to playing the World Games movement of friendship and dreams.
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"Letters from home are worth a fortune after beacon fires have raged for three months," "Please, sir, do not shoot the southward-bound geese, for they may be carrying letters from home to loved ones far away"... A letter, filled with deep affection. The letters written by our predecessors contain earnest teachings, tender sentiments, and patriotic feelings. Between the lines, there is an inexhaustible breadth of mind and countless emotions. Although weathered by time, they remain as fresh as ever, deeply moving.
"The foundation of the world lies in the state; the foundation of the state lies in the home." From ancient times to the present, family letters have been not only a way for family members to communicate information and express emotions, but also a carrier for inheriting family traditions and undertaking the function of family education. Excellent family traditions and education are important components of building a culture of integrity in the new era. Starting today, this section launches a series of features, "Integrity Culture in Family Letters," to revisit the integrity of family traditions in the words of the sages and appreciate the traditional Chinese virtues.
-- Editor
"Since the South has been troubled, I have been worried about you day and night. I received your letter yesterday..." At 9:30 a.m., the sound of reading aloud echoed from Zhiyong Pavilion in the Ouyang Xiu Memorial Hall (欧阳修纪念馆) in Yongfeng County (永丰县), Jiangxi Province (江西省). This was an ideological and political class on the theme of integrity for Class 4 of the second year of high school at Yongfeng Middle School (永丰中学).
"Students, the classical Chinese text you just read is a family letter written by Ouyang Xiu (欧阳修) to his nephew, Ouyang Tongli (欧阳通理). Why is such a family letter still widely circulated today?" Teacher Chen Yanmei (陈艳梅) stood next to the display board and asked, "Look at the line in the original text of the family letter on the display board, which is highlighted in bold: 'I have not bought a single item in my official residence except for food and drink.' This sentence comes from the third paragraph of the family letter. Why is this sentence emphasized? Why did Ouyang Xiu (欧阳修) say this? How do you all understand it?"
"To highlight Ouyang Xiu's (欧阳修) simple and frugal life," "To teach by example, hoping that his nephew would be like him"... Everyone gave their answers.
"All of your answers are good! Let's first look at the context of the family letter: 'In yesterday's letter, you said you wanted to buy cinnabar, but I do not lack this item. You should uphold integrity in your official position. How can you buy things from the government?'" Chen Yanmei (陈艳梅) said, "In the Northern Song Dynasty (北宋), cinnabar was exclusively operated and sold by the government. Ouyang Tongli (欧阳通理) expressed his intention to buy cinnabar to give to Ouyang Xiu (欧阳修) in his letter. Ouyang Xiu (欧阳修) clearly stated that he did not lack this item and had not bought anything other than food and drink, and he warned his nephew to 'uphold integrity.'"
"Let's look at the following sentence—'You should take this as a warning!' Ouyang Xiu (欧阳修) solemnly requested that his nephew take this as a warning. First, do not buy things for him again; second, he hoped that his nephew would be as strict with himself as he was."
Through Chen Yanmei's (陈艳梅) explanation, the students had a clearer understanding of Ouyang Xiu's (欧阳修) integrity and his philosophy of strict family governance.
"These qualities of Ouyang Xiu (欧阳修) also stem from good family traditions and education. The 成语 (chéng yǔ - "idiom," a fixed expression, often of four characters, used to convey a specific meaning) '画荻教子' (huà dí jiào zǐ - "drawing reeds to teach the child," a story about a mother who used reeds as pens to teach her son to read and write due to poverty) tells the story of Ouyang Xiu's (欧阳修) mother educating him. When he was a child, his family was poor, so his mother would collect reeds from the pond and use the reed stalks as pens and the ground as paper to teach Ouyang Xiu (欧阳修) to read and understand principles. She also often told him about his father's integrity and dedication to public service," student Tang Xinru (唐欣如) responded.
"Very good, this is exactly what I am going to talk about next!" Chen Yanmei (陈艳梅) gave a thumbs up. "I don't know if you all remember that when we just passed the small square of Yongshu Park (永叔公园) outside the memorial hall, there was a statue on the left, which showed the scene of '画荻教子' (huà dí jiào zǐ) - the mother holding a book in her right hand, and the young Ouyang Xiu (欧阳修) holding a reed stalk in his hand, writing on the ground."
"Ouyang Xiu (欧阳修) also told his nephew why he should be honest and self-disciplined and diligently serve the public. Did any of you notice?" Chen Yanmei (陈艳梅) said.
After thinking for a moment, student Wu Ya (吴雅) raised her hand and answered, "Ouyang Xiu (欧阳修) believed that loyalty, dedication, integrity, and honesty are the duties of an official."
"That's right! Loyalty to the country requires abandoning selfish thoughts and focusing on serving the public wholeheartedly, not using power as a tool for personal gain," Chen Yanmei (陈艳梅) further explained.
"Let's continue to look at the following: 'In these troubled times, if there are assignments, do your best... Be careful not to think about avoiding things!' Integrity is not a 'shield' or 'safe haven' for inaction. Loyalty, integrity, and dedication are all indispensable." Chen Yanmei (陈艳梅) continued to ask, "What else do you all want to say about this family letter?"
"I also read Ouyang Xiu's (欧阳修) concern for his family," student Liu Zihui (刘子汇) said. "During the war in the South, Ouyang Xiu (欧阳修) was worried about his nephew's family. He was relieved to learn that they were safe and sound. In the end, he did not forget to tell his nephew to take care of himself in the cold weather, which was full of warmth."
"Family letters are not rigid preaching. This outpouring of true feelings further highlights the sincerity of Ouyang Xiu's (欧阳修) teachings to his nephew," Chen Yanmei (陈艳梅) concluded. "A family letter, with only a little over 200 words, discusses the country and the family, clarifies public and private matters, and expresses affection. It is full of the elders' concern for the younger generation, and it is thought-provoking to read."
Chen Li (陈丽), a cadre from the Yongfeng County (永丰县) Discipline Inspection Commission (纪委) and Supervision Commission (监委), was specially invited to audit this ideological and political class. She shared her feelings with the students: "As a discipline inspection and supervision cadre, I am very familiar with this family letter. Today, I studied it carefully again with the students and had many new experiences. Ouyang Xiu's (欧阳修) requirements for himself and his family were very strict and specific. He used simple words to convey simple but profound ideas of integrity."
"In recent years, Yongfeng (永丰) has strived to explore and refine the culture of integrity in the excellent traditional Chinese culture, compiling the family traditions and precepts and stories of diligence and integrity of ancient sages into books and plays, and creating a number of works of integrity culture such as 'Selected Stories of Ouyang Xiu's (欧阳修) Diligence and Integrity,' 'Stories of Yongfeng's (永丰) Family Traditions and Precepts,' and 'A Breeze of Integrity Runs Through the Past and Present.' These works are distributed as reading materials and broadcast in various forms to enter government agencies, enterprises, schools, and villages, so that people can be alerted, understand the bottom line, and know awe in a subtle way," Chen Li (陈丽) introduced.
At Yongfeng Middle School (永丰中学), a culture of diligence and integrity is taught at least once a month. The school also uses themed class meetings and Monday flag-raising ceremonies to carry out activities such as reciting family letters of integrity and giving micro-lectures on integrity.
"Students, I hope that today's ideological and political class can sow a seed of integrity in your hearts and help you take a good path of growth!" Chen Yanmei (陈艳梅) said.
Return to TopThis newspaper's Beijing (北京) August 4th dispatch (Reporter Gu Yekai (谷业凯)) The Information and Electronic Engineering Department of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (中国工程院信息与电子工程学部) and the China Information and Electronic Engineering Science and Technology Development Strategy Research Center (中国信息与电子工程科技发展战略研究中心) recently released the "New Generation Information Engineering Science and Technology - Artificial Intelligence Emerging Technology Candidate List," providing a reference for potential AI hot technologies.
163 technologies, including AI computing cluster technology, quantum sensing, spiking neural networks, and super general intelligent agents, were selected for the "Strategic Emerging Industries and Future Industry Technology Candidate List Related to AI"; 122 technologies, including brain-computer interfaces, bio-inspired algorithms, and nanorobots, were selected for the "Industrial Upgrading and Interdisciplinary Technology Candidate List Related to AI"; 12 technologies, including future smart terminals, were selected for the "AI Hot Technology Prediction Candidate List." The project team also classified the relevant technologies according to certain standards, such as dividing them into basic, technical, and application layers according to the technology level, and into near-term, mid-term, and long-term according to maturity.
Return to TopThis newspaper Taiyuan (太原) August 4th (Reporter Fu Mingli (付明丽)) "Several Measures of Shanxi Province (山西省) to Support the High-Quality Development of Cultural Relics Undertakings in the New Era" came into effect on August 1st, aiming to give play to the guiding role of fiscal policy and the guarantee of funds, mobilize social forces to participate, and comprehensively strengthen the protection, inheritance, and utilization of cultural relics. The measures consist of 20 articles, focusing on key areas and crucial links in the protection and utilization of cultural relics, including archaeological excavation and research, protection and utilization of cultural relics, museum construction, scientific and technological innovation, and talent cultivation.
Shanxi (山西) will implement a cultivation plan for museums and memorial halls, accelerate the construction of landmark thematic museums with Shanxi (山西) characteristics, and support Taiyuan (太原), Datong (大同), Jinzhong (晋中), Linfen (临汾), and Jincheng (晋城) in creating "Museum Cities." Support state-owned museums and memorial halls to regularly renovate exhibitions, and provide subsidies to 5 state-owned museums and memorial halls selected each year to implement comprehensive renovation and exhibition. Incorporate scientific and technological innovation in cultural relic protection into the scope of provincial science and technology plan projects, focusing on supporting scientific research and technological breakthroughs in cultural relic protection. Allocate no less than 50 million yuan of special funds each year to support digital protection and innovative demonstration projects for cultural relics, and promote the construction of large databases of cultural relic resources and digital museums.
Return to TopAccording to Xinhua News Agency Tianjin (天津) August 4th (Reporter Zhou Runjian (周润健)), on August 6th, Saturn will be in conjunction with Neptune, staging a "star attraction." If the weather is clear that day, interested members of the public in China (中国) can observe the southeastern sky that evening.
In a telescope, Saturn has a beautiful and very obvious ring; Neptune is the farthest known planet from the Sun in the solar system and also the dimmest-looking planet.
The so-called "conjunction" refers to the phenomenon in the solar system where two celestial bodies have the same ecliptic longitude on the celestial sphere. From Earth, the angular distance between the two celestial bodies will be very close. There was a Saturn-Neptune conjunction on June 29th this year. Why is there another Saturn-Neptune conjunction after only a short month?
Xiu Lipeng (修立鹏), a member of the Chinese Astronomical Society and an expert in popular science astronomy, explained that this is because Saturn and Neptune have been running almost synchronously in Pisces during this period. Saturn lingered and changed from direct motion to retrograde motion, turning back to meet Neptune again.
"This conjunction, using Saturn as a reference, makes it easy to find Neptune with a small telescope," said Xiu Lipeng (修立鹏).
Return to TopIn Minle County (民乐县), Zhangye City (张掖市), Gansu Province (甘肃省), on the northern slope of the Qilian Mountains (祁连山), the Astragalus standardized planting base of Yangzijiang Pharmaceutical Group (扬子江药业集团) is a hive of activity. With the help of Yangzijiang Pharmaceutical Group (扬子江药业集团), farmers in Nanfeng Town (南丰镇), where the base is located, are actively carrying out crop-medicine rotation and standardized planting, which not only improves the quality of traditional Chinese medicine, but also increases their economic income.
Organic Planting, Nourishing the Soil
During the site selection phase of the planting base, Yangzijiang Pharmaceutical Group (扬子江药业集团) conducted strict screening. Because Nanfeng Town (南丰镇) itself has suitable climatic conditions and there are no heavy industry or chemical industries in the surrounding area, the planting base was finally located here. The long sunshine hours and large temperature changes here, belonging to the continental desert grassland climate, are conducive to the accumulation of Astragalus polysaccharides in Astragalus.
At present, the 10,000 mu of organic Astragalus at the planting base will undergo a second organic conversion certification. The entire planting process only uses organic fertilizer and does not use chemical fertilizers and chemical pesticides, in order to maintain the good physical and chemical properties of the soil. A crop-medicine rotation model is adopted, which can not only increase the yield of food crops and protect the interests of farmers, but also meet the standardized requirements for organic Astragalus planting.
Cultivating Industry, Helping Farmers Increase Income
In the past, Minle County (民乐县) mainly planted traditional crops such as wheat, barley, and rapeseed. The planting structure was relatively simple, the economic benefits were low, and the income of farmers increased slowly. In response, Yangzijiang Pharmaceutical Group (扬子江药业集团) provides standardized training and guidance and stable sales channels for 143 members of local cooperatives, and provides employment opportunities for surrounding farmers to ensure farmers' income. Up to now, Yangzijiang Pharmaceutical Group (扬子江药业集团) has helped local cooperatives achieve an increase of approximately 10 million yuan.
Driven by the leading enterprise Yangzijiang Pharmaceutical Group (扬子江药业集团), Nanfeng Town (南丰镇) has built 12 thousand-mu traditional Chinese medicine planting bases. The standardization, scale, mechanization, and green organic level of traditional Chinese medicine planting have continued to improve, and the planting area of traditional Chinese medicine in the town has remained stable at around 50,000 mu for many years.
Standardized Management, Strictly Guarding Quality
In order to strictly control quality, Yangzijiang Pharmaceutical Group (扬子江药业集团) has established a whole-process traceability system for the production of traditional Chinese medicine. The entire process of the Astragalus standardized planting base in Minle County (民乐县), from site selection, seeds and seedlings, field management, harvesting, primary processing to the entry of medicinal materials into the factory, can be viewed on this platform, guarding the first gate to ensure the quality of traditional Chinese medicine products.
In order to further improve the standardized planting level of traditional Chinese medicine, Yangzijiang Pharmaceutical Group (扬子江药业集团) has formulated 81 management documents and 12 base-specific management documents, which clearly regulate the fertilization, pest and disease control, harvesting, processing and other links of Astragalus. The Astragalus standardized planting base in Minle County (民乐县) has fully connected to this standard system. This year, Yangzijiang Pharmaceutical Group (扬子江药业集团) will also apply for an extension inspection of drug production safety for the planting base to further meet national standards.
At present, Yangzijiang Pharmaceutical Group (扬子江药业集团) has established 80 standardized traditional Chinese medicine planting bases across the country, some of which are located in traditional authentic producing areas of Astragalus, such as Guyang County (固阳县) and Siziwang Banner (四子王旗) in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region (内蒙古自治区), and Minle County (民乐县) in Gansu Province (甘肃省). Yangzijiang Pharmaceutical Group (扬子江药业集团) continues to summarize and promote the standardized planting experience of various bases, turning the local specialties nurtured by the natural resources of various places into more and more good products.
Data source: Yangzijiang Pharmaceutical Group (扬子江药业集团)
Return to TopCartography: Cai Huawei (蔡华伟)
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 郁静娴
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The "Bulletin on Aquatic Biological Resources and Habitat Status in the Yangtze River Basin (2024)" recently released jointly by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (农业农村部), the Ministry of Water Resources (水利部), the Ministry of Ecology and Environment (生态环境部), and the Ministry of Transport (交通运输部) shows that the recovery trend of aquatic biological resources in the Yangtze River Basin is generally positive, and the integrity index continues to increase. It is necessary to continue strengthening the protection of rare and endangered species in the Yangtze River and increase the intensity of rescue actions.
The "Bulletin on Aquatic Biological Resources and Habitat Status in the Yangtze River Basin (2024)" shows that the recovery trend of aquatic biological resources in the Yangtze River is generally positive. In 2024, the unit resource quantity of the Yangtze River mainstream was 2.3 kilograms, an increase of 9.5% compared to 2023. The level of species diversity has steadily rebounded. From 2021 to 2024, a total of 344 native fish species were monitored in the Yangtze River Basin, an increase of 36 species compared to before the fishing ban (2017 to 2020). The habitat is generally stable. In 2024, the overall water quality evaluation of the Yangtze River mainstream and tributaries was excellent, with Class I-III water quality sections accounting for 98.6%, an increase of 0.1 percentage points compared to 2023. Relevant experts interpreted the effectiveness of aquatic biological resources and habitat restoration after the fishing ban in the Yangtze River.
The number of some key protected species in the Yangtze River has increased, and the aquatic biological protection work in the Chishui River (赤水河) has achieved good results.
In terms of key protected species, the distribution range of the Yangtze finless porpoise (长江江豚) shows a further expansion trend, the patch distribution status tends to ease, the number of some key protected species has increased, two new national second-level key protected species, *Gobiobotia longibarba* and *Leptobotia rubrilabris*, have been monitored, and natural reproduction of *Myxocyprinus asiaticus* has been monitored for the first time in nearly 30 years. In terms of economic fish, the egg and larvae resources of the four major Chinese carps (black carp, grass carp, silver carp, and bighead carp) at the Jianli (监利) section in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River are 6.2 times that of 2020 before the fishing ban. In addition, a certain scale of *Chanodichthys dabryi* spawning grounds was discovered for the first time in the Yichang (宜昌) and Jianli (监利) sections of the river, and *Anguilla japonica* was monitored in the Chishui City (赤水市) section of the Chishui River (赤水河).
The Chishui River (赤水河) is a key area of the National Nature Reserve for Rare and Endemic Fish in the Upper Reaches of the Yangtze River, which is of great significance for building an ecological security barrier in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River.
Since the implementation of a comprehensive fishing ban in 2017, the aquatic biodiversity in different sections of the Chishui River (赤水河) has continued to increase steadily, and the overall resource volume has increased significantly. A total of 117 native fish species have been monitored from 2021 to 2024. The number and resource volume of rare and endemic fish species have been maintained at a high level, and the aquatic biological integrity index has remained stable at the "good" level for three consecutive years.
In recent years, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (农业农村部) has guided Guizhou (贵州), Sichuan (四川), and Yunnan (云南) to establish breeding farms for native fish, and has made breakthroughs in artificial breeding technologies for *Schizothorax*, *Pseudobagrus vachellii*, *Cyprinus pellegrini*, and *Acrossocheilus yunnanensis*. During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, the three provinces in the Chishui River (赤水河) basin released a total of 6.63 million rare native fish, effectively supplementing the wild population resources of native fish. Natural reproduction experiments of *Acipenser dabryanus* were carried out in the main stream of the Chishui River (赤水河). Through habitat transformation in local waters, the spawning behavior of artificially released *Acipenser dabryanus* was successfully monitored and seedlings were hatched.
At the same time, the Chishui River (赤水河) basin implemented a project to connect and restore the main stream and tributaries. As of the end of December 2024, the natural connection of first-level tributaries such as the Tongche River (铜车河), Baisha River (白沙河), Gulin River (古蔺河), and Datong River (大同河) in the Chishui River (赤水河) basin has been basically restored. Rare fish such as *Spinibarbus sinensis* and *Onychostoma simum* have re-entered the tributaries to feed and reproduce, and the number and resource volume of fish species in different regions have increased significantly.
The fish resources and diversity of natural waters in the Yangtze River are still in a slow recovery stage.
Some media reported that a large number of fish gathered in some waters of the Yangtze River, which seemed to indicate that "there are more fish." After observation and research, the large gathering of fish is only a specific phenomenon in local waters and cannot represent the recovery of aquatic biodiversity in the Yangtze River Basin.
There are three main situations in which a large number of fish gather: First, in waters such as dams, river bends, and estuaries, some fish will experience stress-induced aggregation at specific times due to habits such as migration, foraging, reproduction, and hydrological conditions. Second, in a few closed lakes and reservoirs, the survival rate of the four major Chinese carps that were previously stocked or "escaped" from upstream water has increased, the number has increased, and the individual size has increased. Third, long-term feeding has triggered a "domestication effect." In an environment without the threat of fishing, people have long-term feeding in local waters to form a stable food source, and wild fish have reduced their vigilance against human activities and stay on the shore for a long time to forage, resulting in a large gathering of fish.
At present, the fish resources and diversity of natural waters in the Yangtze River are still in a slow recovery stage. The protection and restoration of rare and endangered flagship species such as *Acipenser sinensis* and *Acipenser dabryanus* is slow, and the key technologies for the protection of a considerable number of native fish have not yet been broken through. Although 36 new native fish species have been monitored since the fishing ban, 99 of the 443 fish species that were historically distributed have not been monitored.
From a biological mechanism perspective, after the elimination of fishing pressure in the waters, some low-trophic-level fish resources with short life cycles and rapid reproduction are the first to recover quickly and increase in individual size, providing food for higher-trophic-level fish and birds through the food chain. After that, the populations and community structure of fish at different trophic levels are continuously optimized through self-regulation, and finally reach a new equilibrium state with higher biodiversity levels and more stable community structure.
The fishing ban practice in Qinghai Lake (青海湖) also fully proves that the recovery of fish resources is a long-term process. Qinghai Lake (青海湖) has been under a comprehensive fishing ban since 2001, but the recovery of fish resources is still relatively slow, only reaching 1/3 of the historical level, and a comprehensive fishing ban is still needed.
To strengthen the protection of rare and endangered species in the Yangtze River, it is necessary to optimize and upgrade the rescue action plan for rare species and increase the intensity of rescue actions.
*Acipenser sinensis*, *Acipenser dabryanus*, and the Yangtze finless porpoise (长江江豚) are flagship species of the Yangtze River and important indicator species reflecting the health of the Yangtze River ecosystem.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (农业农村部) continues to implement the rescue action plan and has achieved certain results. This year, 970,000 *Acipenser sinensis* have been released. According to monitoring results, it is estimated that more than 60% of the 361 individuals with ultrasonic tags have reached the Yangtze River Estuary. The distribution of *Acipenser sinensis* has been monitored in many sea areas in Shanghai (上海), Zhejiang (浙江), Jiangsu (江苏) and other provinces and cities, and the effect of wild resource supplementation is significant. The population of the Yangtze finless porpoise (长江江豚) shows a continuous and stable trend. Natural spawning ground transformation and natural reproduction experiments of *Acipenser dabryanus* were carried out in the main stream of the Yangtze River and the main stream of the Chishui River (赤水河), and successful reproduction was monitored, marking a key step in the reconstruction of the wild population of *Acipenser dabryanus*.
However, affected by various factors, the population recovery of rare and endangered species is currently slow, and the survival crisis of species has not been resolved. Natural reproduction of *Acipenser sinensis* has not been monitored for 8 consecutive years, and the number of adult fish reaching Gezhouba (葛洲坝) in 2024 is only 10. The *Acipenser dabryanus* monitored in the wild are all artificially released individuals, and the protection situation of rare and endangered species in the Yangtze River is still severe.
In order to strengthen the protection of rare and endangered species in the Yangtze River, it is necessary to optimize and upgrade the rescue action plan for rare species and increase the intensity of rescue actions. For example, continue to expand the scale of artificial breeding and stocking of *Acipenser sinensis*, and carry out *Acipenser sinensis* "river-sea-river" simulated life history relay breeding; organize relevant provinces to promptly investigate and clean up potential threats such as underwater residual nets, fishing lines, and anchors; and deeply promote the restoration of *Acipenser dabryanus* spawning grounds and natural reproduction experiments to promote the restoration of population self-sustaining capabilities.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 孙 超
On the banks of South Dongting Lake (南洞庭湖), the water and sky merge into one color, a vast expanse of blue.
Nearby, a brown bird flashes through the reeds. "That sound is a Brown Shrike," said Li Jianzhi (李剑志), President of the Yuanjiang (沅江) Environmental Protection Volunteer Association of Hunan Province (湖南省), identifying the bird by its call.
In the distance, several egrets are foraging. "That one is a Chinese Pond Heron, and that one is a Black-crowned Night Heron." Li Jianzhi (李剑志), who has been birdwatching, photographing birds, and protecting birds for more than 20 years, knows many birds and can distinguish more than a hundred species by their calls.
His connection with birds came from a special experience. In August 1999, Huang Yuanfu (黄远富), a farmer in Yuanjiang (沅江), found an injured Barn Owl. He refused a merchant's high-priced offer and called the relevant departments to report it. "Because I knew photography, the relevant departments asked me to help take photos at the time." Li Jianzhi's (李剑志) photos were published in the local media. "I was deeply impressed by this farmer who protected birds, and I wanted to do something too." Li Jianzhi (李剑志) decided to use the camera in his hand to awaken more people's awareness of bird protection.
With his familiarity with the waters of Dongting Lake (洞庭湖) and the habits of birds, Li Jianzhi (李剑志) relied on a camera and a fixed-focus lens to capture many "exclusive" images. Since 1999, he has traveled nearly ten thousand miles and photographed a large number of precious bird photos.
"I want to understand bird populations by taking photos, and then popularize bird knowledge. Not only do I have to know how to press the shutter, but I also have to know how to recognize and analyze." To this end, Li Jianzhi (李剑志) purchased a large number of books and atlases and developed the habit of consulting experts.
Once, in Chebian Lake (车便湖), Li Jianzhi (李剑志) discovered traces of the Chinese Merganser's activity, providing an observation basis for relevant parties to increase attention and strengthen protection.
Li Jianzhi (李剑志) has successively compiled bird research books such as "One Hundred Birds of Dongting (洞庭百鸟图)", "Bird Atlas of Dongting Lake (洞庭湖鸟类图谱)", and "Bird Guide of Hunan (湖南鸟类图鉴)". "The book 'One Hundred Birds of Dongting (洞庭百鸟图)' has been reprinted many times. In order to strengthen bird protection, relevant departments have also printed additional copies and sent them to rural bookstores to promote bird protection to the public," said Li Jianzhi (李剑志).
For more than twenty years, Li Jianzhi's (李剑志) love for birds, bird protection, and popular science education has influenced many people.
In 2015, Li Jianzhi (李剑志) took the lead in establishing the Yuanjiang (沅江) Environmental Protection Volunteer Association, recruiting a group of fishermen who had come ashore to serve as environmental protection volunteers. Over the years, with the support of the local forestry department, the number of fisherman volunteers in the Environmental Protection Volunteer Association has grown from a few to dozens. With the joint efforts of all parties, seven folk protection stations have also been established around South Dongting Lake (南洞庭湖).
In 2022, Li Jianzhi (李剑志) retired, turning his bird photography and protection work from "amateur" to full-time. Assisting the forestry department in carrying out bird identification ability training for grassroots staff, organizing bird watching activities for the public... Li Jianzhi (李剑志) is busier than before, but he enjoys it.
"I want to let more people know birds, fall in love with birds, and protect birds," said Li Jianzhi (李剑志).
Return to TopIn summer, Zigui County (秭归县) of Yichang City (宜昌市), Hubei Province (湖北省), takes advantage of the cool climate in its higher altitude areas to offer cool-seeking activities such as camping and evening parties, attracting tourists.
The picture shows tourists relaxing and playing in the Zhilanggu Scenic Area (芝兰谷景区) of Luojia Village (罗家村), Maoping Town (茅坪镇), Zigui County (秭归县).
Photo by Zheng Kun (郑坤) (People's Vision (人民视觉))
Return to TopThis newspaper's Shijiazhuang (石家庄) August 4th dispatch (Reporter Shao Yuzi (邵玉姿)): The reporter learned from the Resource Protection Bureau of Hengshui Binhu New Area (衡水滨湖新区) in Hebei (河北) that the artificial breeding and wild release research project of Baer's Pochard conducted in cooperation by Beijing Forestry University (北京林业大学), Beijing Zoo (北京动物园), and Hengshui Lake National Nature Reserve (衡水湖国家级自然保护区) has achieved phased results—a stable natural breeding population of Baer's Pochard has been successfully established.
Hengshui Lake (衡水湖) is one of the most important breeding and overwintering grounds for Baer's Pochard, a national first-class protected wild animal and a globally critically endangered species. In 2017, 308 Baer's Pochards were monitored here. This discovery provided key support for China's Baer's Pochard protection work, making Hengshui Lake (衡水湖) an important research area for promoting the improvement of the species' endangered level.
According to reports, in 2022, Hengshui Lake National Nature Reserve (衡水湖国家级自然保护区) cooperated with Beijing Zoo (北京动物园) and Beijing Forestry University (北京林业大学) to carry out on-site protection research on Baer's Pochard. In April 2024, 9 adult birds, including 5 females and 4 males, were transferred from the artificial population of Baer's Pochard at Beijing Zoo (北京动物园) to establish a research base for artificial breeding and wild release of Baer's Pochard at Hengshui Lake (衡水湖), launching innovative practices in species protection. In the same year, the 9 adult birds naturally bred the first generation of 13 chicks. In June of this year, the second generation of chicks was successfully bred naturally. After two complete breeding seasons, a stable natural breeding population has now been successfully established.
"In the process of breeding, researchers have accumulated valuable data covering the breeding habits and habitat requirements of Baer's Pochard, which can provide a systematic 'China solution' for the global protection of Baer's Pochard and lay the foundation for promoting the downgrading of the endangered level of this critically endangered species." Ding Changqing (丁长青), Chairman of the Baer's Pochard Expert Group of the East Asian-Australasian Flyway Partnership and leader of the China Baer's Pochard Protection and Monitoring Working Group, said that he will continue to explore habitat management optimization and human-bird harmonious coexistence models in the future, to provide replicable and scalable practical experience for global wetland biodiversity protection.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 汪志球 刘以晴
In the early morning, many pocket parks in Changchun (长春), Jilin Province (吉林省) gradually become lively. In Qingge Park (清歌园) in Nanguan District (南关区), Changchun (长春), birch trees, purple-leaf plum trees, and other trees are scattered in a well-arranged manner. Citizen Wang Xin (王欣) is taking a walk, and not far away, a young couple is playing with their child. "In the past, this was a deserted open space, but now it has become a small park, and it only takes 5 minutes to walk downstairs to get here," Wang Xin (王欣) said.
In the past, Changchun's (长春) greening had the problem of "**分布不平衡、优质绿地不足**" (fēn bù bù píng héng, yōu zhì lǜ dì bù zú - "uneven distribution, insufficient high-quality green space," indicating an imbalance in the distribution of green spaces and a lack of quality green areas). In 2021, Changchun (长春) launched the construction of pocket parks, using abandoned spaces such as corners and unused land to add convenient recreational facilities such as boardwalks and fitness trails. In addition, the "Hundred Corridor Project" was implemented on the outskirts of the city, constructing a 90-kilometer-long and 100-meter to 500-meter-wide road landscape belt on both sides of the ring expressway.
"We are deeply exploring the city's existing greening resources, striving to allow citizens to walk about 15 minutes to reach a safe and comfortable green open space," said Hui Dadong (惠大东), director of the Changchun Greening Management Center (长春市绿化管理中心).
In the evening, along the Yitong River (伊通河) in Changchun (长春), many citizens are cycling and running on the greenway. Citizen Wei Yanyi (魏延易) said, "The environment here is good, and the supporting facilities along the river are gradually improving. I run along the river three times a week, and the feeling of being close to nature is very comfortable."
Looking around, the riverside sidewalk is painted red, with a bicycle lane next to it, and multiple smart check-in posts are arranged along the way. By scanning the QR code, you can view data such as exercise mileage and duration.
The level of urban greening continues to improve. In recent years, Changchun (长春) has carried out the construction of high-quality greenways, building greenways along many urban landscape avenues and inside parks such as Nanhu Park (南湖公园) and Shengli Park (胜利公园). The greenways are equipped with supporting facilities such as seats, street lights, and smart check-in posts. To expand the activity space for citizens, Changchun (长春) has also built landscape belts such as the Industrial Track Park (工业轨迹公园) and the Fishery and Navigation Culture Park (渔航文化公园) in the middle section of the Yitong River (伊通河). The parks along the line have different themes and distinct characteristics.
As of now, the green space rate in the built-up area of Changchun (长春) has reached 40.71%, and the green coverage rate has reached 43.71%, an increase of 11.5 and 5.3 percentage points respectively compared with 5 years ago, and 365 pocket parks have been built.
The increase in green coverage is due to the increase in flowers, plants, and trees. Since the beginning of this year, Changchun (长春) has newly planted and replanted 32,900 trees on the city's main and secondary roads. Perennial flowers, ornamental grasses, low shrubs, and other plants are planted on major streets, roads, and traffic islands.
To ensure the healthy growth of green trees, the Changchun Greening Management Center (长春市绿化管理中心) has implemented a professional maintenance mechanism. More than 100 business backbones are organized into 23 horticulturalist groups to implement contracted management of green spaces on key streets and roads throughout the city. Each group is responsible for a specific area, conducts regular inspections, records the growth status of trees in detail, and discovers and solves problems in a timely manner. At the same time, professional teams are organized to carry out refined pruning of street trees and shrubs, and to strengthen the monitoring and prevention of diseases and insect pests.
A good ecology brings good prospects. Relying on ecological resources, Changchun (长春) is developing a cultural tourism industry, building forest health and wellness bases, and forming new business formats such as rural ecological tourism, ecological sightseeing, and health and wellness.
"In the future, we will continue to promote urban greening construction and inject a continuous stream of green power into the sustainable development of the city," said Hui Dadong (惠大东).
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 刘军国
Departing by boat from Jiaojiang District (椒江区), Taizhou City (台州市), Zhejiang Province (浙江省), and sailing approximately 29 nautical miles, the outline of Dachen Island (大陈岛) gradually becomes clear.
The 34 white wind turbine blades rotate slowly on the ridge. All-electric buses shuttle along the island's ring road. Fish farms use electricity for oxygen production and ice making, and electric stoves in the kitchens of homestays are gradually replacing gas stoves. "The island's wind turbines generate an average of over 60 million kilowatt-hours of electricity annually, which can reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 45,000 tons, meeting the island's electricity needs with a surplus," said Jiang Weijian (蒋伟坚), director of the Dachen Power Supply Station of State Grid Zhejiang Electric Power (国网浙江电力).
Gao Alian (高阿莲), an 82-year-old veteran reclamation team member, has witnessed the transformation of Dachen Island (大陈岛) and tells tourists about the island's new developments. One of these is that at the end of October 2023, a company spent 100,500 yuan to buy 2,223 tons of carbon sink indicators from mussel farming on Dachen Island (大陈岛).
This is the first marine blue carbon (shellfish) transaction in Zhejiang Province (浙江省), realizing the replacement of third-party certification with "platform verification + public auction," solving the problem of "high carbon transaction accounting costs and inverted transaction and accounting costs," and further improving the blue carbon trading market system.
In 2022, Jiaojiang District (椒江区) explored the possibility of blue carbon ecological value transformation, hiring Academician Wu Fengchang (吴丰昌) of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (中国工程院) and researchers from Tsinghua University (清华大学), the Chinese Academy of Sciences (中国科学院), and other institutions to systematically assess carbon sink potential, fully demonstrate the carbon sink accounting system, and compile the "Dachen Island (大陈岛) Carbon Balance Accounting and Carbon Neutral Demonstration Zone Construction Plan."
The mussel farmers on Dachen Island (大陈岛) never expected that the mussels they farmed in the sea could really be exchanged for tangible benefits.
In 2023, the Dachen Island (大陈岛) Marine "Dual Carbon" Smart Platform was built, integrating six modules including carbon sink monitoring, carbon sink accounting and evaluation, and carbon sink trading. Through satellite remote sensing, flux towers, Internet of Things technology, etc., it realizes the all-time and all-space situation awareness of carbon sources and sinks on the island, and online accounting of Dachen Island (大陈岛) carbon sink data.
Banks are also involved. "I really didn't expect that mussels could be used as collateral for loans," said Xiang Aiqin (项爱琴), head of the Jiaojiang Aiqinhai Aquatic Products Professional Cooperative (台州市椒江爱琴海水产专业合作社), smiling. At the end of last year, Xiang Aiqin (项爱琴) used the cooperative's mussels as collateral to apply for a 150,000 yuan credit line from Jiaojiang Rural Commercial Bank (椒江农商银行), becoming the first carbon sink financial loan transaction to be implemented in Taizhou City (台州市).
In March of this year, Taizhou City (台州市) released the local standard "Carbon Balance Accounting Specification for Coastal Areas," establishing a closed-loop mechanism of "enterprise purchase - platform transaction - income feedback," formulating a carbon sink income distribution implementation plan, and returning more than 40% of the carbon sink income to island ecological protection.
"Dachen Island's (大陈岛) carbon sink resource advantages are gradually being transformed into tangible benefits for islanders. Next, we will continue to improve the 'technology empowerment + mechanism innovation' driven mechanism, calculate carbon sinks through the smart platform, explore the ecological economic value transformation path driven by 'carbon sink + finance' and 'carbon sink + justice,' build a standardized transaction distribution system, and form a replicable and scalable innovation model," said Wu Qing (吴庆), member of the Party Leadership Group and Deputy Director of the Jiaojiang Branch of the Taizhou Municipal Bureau of Ecology and Environment (台州市生态环境局椒江分局).
Return to TopFuzhou, August 4th (Reported by Zhong Ziwei (钟自炜)) Recently, the General Office of the People's Government of Fujian Province (福建省人民政府) issued the "Fujian Province Forest 'Four Reservoirs' Joint Pilot Zone Construction Plan" (《福建省开展森林“四库”联动试点区建设方案》), to carry out the construction of the forest "Four Reservoirs" joint pilot zone.
According to the plan, the construction of the pilot zone will adhere to the "five comprehensives" approach of full-function development, full-area layout, full-cycle management, full-industry development, and full-process benefit for the people, and strive to achieve the "five increases" goals. That is, by 2030, Fujian Province (福建省) will achieve a forest water storage capacity of 35 billion cubic meters, a forest stock volume of 850 million cubic meters, a forest food volume of 3.9 million tons, a vegetation carbon storage of 512 million tons, and a total forestry output value of 1 trillion yuan.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 王 远 刘梦丹 周 輖
The "small dot" at the easternmost tip of the rooster's comb on the map of China is Fuyuan City (抚远市) in Jiamusi (佳木斯), Heilongjiang (黑龙江) Province, known as the "Easternmost Pole of China" (华夏东极). It is located at the confluence of the Heilongjiang River (黑龙江) and the Ussuri River (乌苏里江), and is the place in China where the sunrise can be seen earliest every day from the vernal equinox to the autumnal equinox.
Fuyuan (抚远) faces Khabarovsk (哈巴罗夫斯克), the largest city in the Russian Far East, across the Heilongjiang River (黑龙江), with a waterway distance of only 65 kilometers. A boundary river, together with the cultural imprints and lifestyles it carries, closely connects the people of the two countries, painting a picture of cross-river cultural integration.
"Roaring River Festival" ("喊江节")
"The river is opening! The river is opening!..."
At 9 a.m. on April 12 this year, thousands of tourists stood on the bank of the Songhua River (松花江) in Jiamusi City (佳木斯市) and shouted in unison. Large and small pieces of broken ice, along with the cheers of the people, were swept into the rapids and rushed away.
Fifty Hezhe (赫哲族) performers, holding deer skin "sacred drums," used drumbeat rhythms taken from the sound waves of ice cracking on the Songhua River (松花江) to chant the river-opening prayer, awakening the river water that had been dormant for a long winter.
For nearly a thousand years, when the sound of ice cracking under the river surface became dense, the Hezhe (赫哲族) people, who have lived for generations on the banks of the Heilongjiang River (黑龙江), Songhua River (松花江), and Ussuri River (乌苏里江), blew the horn of spring.
"When the river opens, the fishermen sacrifice with pigs and wine, and then cast their nets." The *Ningguta Jilue* (《宁古塔纪略》) of the Qing Dynasty records. The ancestors of the Hezhe (赫哲族) people fished and lived here, believing that the "River God" (江神) dominated the weather and the abundance of fish schools throughout the year. Before casting the first net after the river opened, they held a grand sacrificial prayer ceremony to seek good luck and peace in the new year.
The custom of opening the river has been passed down to this day according to ancient examples, becoming the annual "Roaring River Festival" ("喊江节"). This festival is regarded as the beginning of spring, marking the thawing of rivers and the start of fishing for fishermen. Today, the "Roaring River Festival" ("喊江节") is not only a grand event integrating the unique fishing and hunting culture of ethnic minorities, but also a dialogue between man and nature, attracting a large number of Russian tourists to observe and participate. The 2024 "Roaring River Festival" ("喊江节") had more than 10,000 people singing "Roaring River" in unison, setting a Guinness World Record for "the most people participating in a radio live chorus."
Russian tourists Andrei (安德烈) and Yulia (尤莉娅) used their mobile phones to film this year's grand opening of the river. They came from Khabarovsk (哈巴罗夫斯克) specifically to watch the "Roaring River Festival" ("喊江节"). "The shouts are deafening, as if talking to the river, very shocking!" Andrei (安德烈) said, "After returning home, I will play the video for my relatives and friends to let them feel the unique culture here."
Russian painter Ivan Titov (伊万·季托夫) missed the "Roaring River Festival" ("喊江节"), but he painted bears and sturgeon on the walls of the "Dongji International Wall Painting Art Festival" ("东极国际墙绘艺术节") to express his love for Fuyuan (抚远). "Bears and sturgeon are the mascots of Fuyuan City (抚远市), symbolizing Heixiazi Island (黑瞎子岛) and fish culture, and bears are also very popular in Khabarovsk (哈巴罗夫斯克)," he said. "I am very happy to express the theme of Sino-Russian friendship with paintings."
On Yingbin Road (迎宾路) in Fuyuan City (抚远市), like Ivan (伊万), more than 30 Chinese and Russian art enthusiasts jointly created 42 walls, 4.5 meters wide and 2 meters high, creating a colorful art corridor presenting Sino-Russian friendship.
Tasting River Flavors
Fuyuan (抚远) was originally named "Yiliga" (伊力嘎), which means "golden fish beach" in the Hezhe (赫哲) language. The area is rich in more than 100 kinds of fish, summarized by the saying "three flowers, five luos, eighteen seeds, and seventy-two miscellaneous fish" ("三花五罗十八子七十二杂鱼"). The people of Fuyuan (抚远), who live by the river, have children "taking fish as snacks" and adults "not having a feast without fish," and their lives are closely intertwined with "fish."
Russian tourist Lena (莉娜) often comes by boat from Khabarovsk (哈巴罗夫斯克) and is a regular visitor to Fuyuan (抚远). Her Northeastern dialect comes out as soon as she opens her mouth: "It's 'gaga convenient' (嘎嘎方便) to come by boat, and you can stroll around and see the scenery on both sides of the Heilongjiang River (黑龙江)." After the opening of the passenger route between the two places during the clear water period, she travels back and forth several times a month, "just like visiting relatives." Like her, foreign tourists who come to Fuyuan (抚远) always taste some local specialty "fish": "Laputeke" (拉铺特克) - sashimi, "Tarak" (塔拉克) - mixed raw fish, "Taskhan" (塔斯罕) - fish floss, "Sulak" (苏拉克) - frozen fish slices... These fish dishes with Hezhe (赫哲族) imprints vividly interpret the fisherman's diet of "relying on water to eat water."
To deeply experience the fish culture of Fuyuan (抚远), one of the must-visit places for foreign tourists is the Dongji Fish Market (东极鱼市) with a century of history. Dongji Fish Market (东极鱼市) is one of the main distribution centers for freshwater fish products in China. On a short 200-meter road, there are more than 60 fish shops, selling as many as 105 kinds of freshwater fish, with more than 60,000 kilograms of fish shipped from here to various places every day.
Early in the morning, the market displays a dazzling array of fresh river fish caught from the Heilongjiang River (黑龙江) and Ussuri River (乌苏里江). From sturgeon weighing two or three hundred kilograms and raised in river water, to white fish as long as an adult's arm and bitterling as big as a palm, whether it is locals looking for ingredients for the day's table or tourists looking for novelty and knowledge, they can always be attracted by the lively and jumping various live fish.
At a fish stall that has been operating for 20 years, shop owner Li Chunyan (李春艳) is skillfully packing mandarin fish and carp for delivery. "We guarantee delivery to all parts of the country within 72 hours, and it will still be fresh when you open the box." According to her, the peak sales season is around the Dragon Boat Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival every year. Fresh river fish are caught from the Heilongjiang River (黑龙江) early in the morning and can be sold at the stall at 2 pm, with a maximum of 500 kilograms sold in a day. "During the peak tourist season, foreign tourists often take photos and check in. Their fish culture is not as rich as China's, and they are very interested in seeing so many varieties of fish."
Inside the Sanjiang Natural Ecological Museum (三江自然生态馆), two kilometers away from the fish market, the China Cold Water Fish Museum (中国冷水鱼博馆) also displays the city's fish culture in detail.
"This is the only fish museum in China that focuses on the theme display of aquatic organisms and ecological environment in the Heilongjiang River (黑龙江) and Ussuri River (乌苏里江) basins, receiving an average of tens of thousands of Russian tourists every year." Teng Peidong (腾培东), the person in charge of the Fish Museum, told reporters that during the peak tourist season, Russian travel agencies bring groups here to visit every day. "They often see so many freshwater fish displays for the first time, have a direct understanding of the fish in the Sino-Russian boundary river, and learn about the life and fishing and hunting customs of the Hezhe (赫哲族) people, and they always have a good time."
Protecting River Birds
On a summer morning, when the first ray of sunlight penetrates the mist over the Heilongjiang River (黑龙江), Chinese land territory welcomes a new day.
On the Heilongjiang River (黑龙江), a transnational "early flight" has already taken off in the morning glow - flocks of egrets flap their wings from their nests in Russia, skim over the boundary river, and come to the wetlands on the Chinese side to start a day of foraging.
On the Sino-Russian border, many birds forage and play on the Chinese side during the day and rest on the Russian side at night. The bird habitat, which knows no borders, is an ecological green space jointly protected by China and Russia.
"In the past, the number of birds here was not as large as it is now." Zhao Wanjing (赵琬婧), head of the scientific research section of the Management Bureau of the Zhaji Management Station (抓吉管理站) of the Heilongjiang Sanjiang National Nature Reserve (黑龙江三江国家级自然保护区), introduced that in 2001, the Sanjiang Natural Reserve (三江自然保护区) first signed a joint protection agreement with the Russian Bolshoi Khekhtsir State Nature Reserve (大赫黑契尔国家自然保护区), and in 2015, it signed a joint protection agreement with the Nature Reserve of the Khabarovsk Territory of the Russian Far East (俄罗斯远东哈巴罗夫斯克边疆区自然保护区) and the Joint Administration of Russian National Parks (俄罗斯国家公园联合管理局) to jointly carry out protection and research work in a wider range of areas and fields, continuously improve the ecological environment, and help species protection.
While speaking, Zhao Wanjing (赵琬婧) used the management station's telescope to observe the Oriental white stork chicks in the artificial bird nests and soon found several of them. "Now the number of bird species in the reserve has increased from 245 when the reserve was established to the current 285. We have built more than 250 artificial bird nests, with a utilization rate of 80%, and more and more Oriental white storks will settle in our bird nests."
Natural reserves in China and Russia have held academic exchange meetings many times to jointly carry out ecological environment restoration and artificial attraction of endangered waterbirds. On days such as "International Biodiversity Day" and "Love Bird Week," Sino-Russian natural reserves organize teenagers to carry out activities such as hanging love bird nests, wetland knowledge competitions, wild releases, and public ecological education classes for primary and secondary school students, and the biodiversity protection awareness of the people of the two countries is constantly improving.
In the evening, a dozen herons flew in formation to their habitat in the direction of Russia. After the last ray of sunset disappeared into the mountains and forests, the Sanjiang Natural Reserve (三江自然保护区) returned to tranquility. When the sun rises again, the "residents" on the riverbank will begin a new day of transnational life, continuing the harmonious story of man and nature.
Link: Jiamusi (佳木斯), Heilongjiang (黑龙江)
Jiamusi (佳木斯) is located at the easternmost end of the motherland, under the jurisdiction of 6 counties (cities), 4 districts and 1 science and technology park, including Fuyuan (抚远). Jiamusi (佳木斯) is the largest rice-producing city in China, and is known as the "Hometown of Northeast Rice in China" ("中国东北大米之乡") and the "Ecological Rice Capital" ("生态米都"). Here, the wetlands are vast and the rivers are crisscrossed, and it is a famous national garden city, a Chinese summer resort city, and China's most ecologically charming city.
Jiamusi (佳木斯) is adjacent to the Russian Far East Economic Zone and faces the Khabarovsk Territory (俄哈巴罗夫斯克边疆区) and the Jewish Autonomous Oblast (犹太自治州) across the river. The border line with Russia is 382 kilometers long, and it has 7 national first-class ports. It is an important frontier city for China's opening to Russia and the region with the most ports open to Russia. Jiamusi (佳木斯) conscientiously implements the important consensus of the two heads of state, takes the initiative to serve "buying from the whole country and selling to the whole of Russia, buying from the whole of Russia and selling to the whole country" ("买全国卖全俄、买全俄卖全国"), and provides important opportunities and broad space for strengthening Sino-Russian cooperation. The 7th Heilongjiang Provincial Tourism Industry Development Conference (第七届黑龙江省旅游产业发展大会), the 2024 Sino-Russian Agricultural Machinery Exhibition and Sales Fair (2024中俄农机展销会), and the Jiamusi Agricultural Machinery Industry Investment Promotion Conference (佳木斯农机产业招商推介会) all attracted delegations from Russia.
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The first ray of sunlight pierces the morning mist, and the white marble pillars of the Dongji Square in Fuyuan City (抚远市) are tinged with golden light. This is the earliest awakened land on the Chinese map. During the peak tourist season, thousands of Chinese and Russian tourists greet the sunrise together at the confluence of the Ussuri River (乌苏里江) and the Heilongjiang River (黑龙江).
Relying on its advantage of being adjacent to Russia, Fuyuan City (抚远市) vigorously develops cross-border tourism, introduces a number of preferential measures to encourage and support cross-border tourism, optimizes travel routes, simplifies customs clearance procedures, and improves service levels. Tourists can take a cruise on the Heilongjiang River (黑龙江) to enjoy the beautiful scenery on both sides. Fuyuan City (抚远市) has carefully launched the Dongji (东极) sightseeing tour route, and is fully committed to building the "China's Easternmost Pole" brand.
China and Russia are each other's largest neighbors, and the cooperative geographical advantages are unique. Just as the people on both sides of the boundary river are accustomed to sharing the first ray of morning light, Fuyuan City (抚远市) is creating more exchange opportunities in openness, sharing, and cooperation. In July 2025, the 7th Heilongjiang Province (黑龙江省) Tourism Industry Development Conference was held in Fuyuan (抚远), with the theme of "Creating New Momentum for Integrated Opening-up and Sharing New Opportunities for Characteristic Cultural Tourism." Nearly 20 countries and regions, government and business guests attended the grand event to deepen cultural and tourism opening-up and cooperation with Northeast Asia, Southeast Asia, Europe, the Middle East and other regions.
Upholding an open and inclusive mind, leveraging the geographical advantages of cooperation, and creating more local cooperation and tourism cooperation brands, Sino-Russian cultural exchanges will become increasingly close, and Sino-Russian friendship for generations will have more cultural ties.
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Return to TopAugust 4th, the Maotai Red Tassel Sorghum Harvest Season event for the Yisi Year was held in Maopo Village, Changgang Town, Renhuai City, Zunyi City, Guizhou Province, with a magnificent harvest scene unfolding along the Chishui River. In the Guizhou Maotai organic sorghum planting base, more than 600,000 mu of sorghum grains are full, reflecting the joyful faces of the farmers. In 2025, Maotai Red Tassel Sorghum will usher in another bumper harvest, providing a solid guarantee for Maotai liquor production.
Adherence: Prioritizing Superior Varieties to Safeguard the Source of Brewing
Seeds are the "chips" of agriculture. Maotai regards seed quality as the source code for ensuring the quality of Maotai liquor, actively laying out the field of brewing raw material seeds, and moving firmly towards the goal of self-reliance in seed industry technology and independent control of seed sources. It has spent nearly 40 years selecting and breeding high-quality sorghum varieties such as Red Tassel and Red Pearl. Among them, Red Tassel Sorghum has the characteristics of "eight highs, one low, and one moderate," such as thick skin and small grains, and a high amylopectin content of over 90%. After the strict process of "nine steamings and eight fermentations," it ultimately lays a solid foundation for the quality of Maotai liquor.
Creating good sauce-flavored liquor with good seeds, Maotai has never stopped exploring. Maotai has constructed a brewing raw material research system with superior variety selection as the focus, good farming practices as the means, and good field ecology as the foundation, adhering to purification and rejuvenation, systematic selection, and selection of the best from the best, and continuously optimizing sorghum varieties for liquor production. It has improved the technical system for selecting and breeding sorghum varieties for liquor production suitable for mountainous agriculture, completed the construction of a research center platform for germplasm resource innovation and cultivation engineering technology of sorghum for liquor production, and constructed a complete breeding, production, development, and utilization system, mastering key technologies for sorghum seed selection and breeding, and safeguarding the source of brewing. Guizhou Maotai Liquor Factory (Group) Hongyingzi Agricultural Technology Development Co., Ltd. (贵州茅台酒厂（集团）红缨子农业科技发展有限公司), as a seed enterprise integrating "breeding, propagation, promotion, and research" controlled by Maotai Group (茅台集团), continues to cultivate seed industry scientific research, relying on years of accumulated germplasm resource advantages and technical strength, focusing on the two major businesses of "seed + planting," and continuously carrying out sorghum seed research and development work, with a cumulative investment in scientific research exceeding 12 million yuan.
Exploration: Jointly Building Bases to Expand Agricultural Development Paths
"Maotai liquor cannot be brewed without leaving Maotai Town (茅台镇)." Around the 15.03 square kilometers of the core production area of Maotai liquor, Maotai innovatively promotes the "company + cooperative + farmer" model, and builds high-standard organic sorghum bases in Renhuai City (仁怀市), Xishui County (习水县), and other places, strictly implementing unified management.
As an important production area of Guizhou sauce-flavored liquor, Renhuai City (仁怀市) has continued to cultivate high-standard farmland construction in recent years, with sorghum planting as the leading industry, adhering to the concept of adapting to local conditions and empowering technology, and exploring a unique path for the development of modern mountainous efficient agriculture.
Today, Maotai has built 1 million mu of organic sorghum planting bases in 5 counties (cities, districts) including Renhuai City (仁怀市), Xishui County (习水县), and Jinsha County (金沙县), with a perennial planting area of more than 600,000 mu, and provides support in sorghum seeds, organic fertilizers, and other materials, as well as biological agents, green manure seeds, and agricultural policy insurance funds, with a cumulative investment of more than 1.8 billion yuan.
Commitment: Linking Farmers to Promote Comprehensive Rural Revitalization
Sorghum is not only an important raw material for brewing sauce-flavored liquor, but also an important carrier for developing rural industries to enrich the people. In Bijie City (毕节市), Zunyi City (遵义市), and other places in Guizhou Province, Maotai ensures the income from sorghum planting through order agriculture, driving the income of more than 200,000 farmers.
This is a vivid portrayal of Maotai's practical implementation of the corporate values of "obeying nature and respecting people, understanding principles and valuing morality" (顺天敬人 明理厚德) - Maotai provides high-quality seeds and organic fertilizers free of charge, continues to invest in the construction of high-standard farmland, and continuously returns the results of industrial development to agriculture, building a virtuous cycle of "good planting, stable harvest, and valuable sales," contributing to the sustainable development of the rural economy. At the same time, the close connection between enterprises and farmers strengthens strict field management, and also builds a solid foundation for the excellent quality of Maotai liquor.
The Red Tassel Sorghum is ripe, and the prelude to brewing will also begin. From seed research and development to field management, from ecological protection to linking farmers for common prosperity, Maotai interprets the responsibility and commitment of a national brand with practical actions.
Data source: Guizhou Maotai (贵州茅台)
Return to TopThis year marks the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War. The smoke of war has long dissipated, but historical memory will not fade. World War II museums and memorial halls in various countries are vivid history textbooks, using physical remains, scene restoration, and diverse narratives to help people understand the history of World War II, promote a correct view of World War II history, safeguard historical memory, gather the power of justice, and jointly maintain world peace.
Russian Victory Museum—
"Promoting a correct view of World War II history is our common responsibility"
By Xiao Xin'xin (肖新新), reporter of this newspaper
"Promoting a correct view of World War II history is our common responsibility." Alexander Shkolnik (亚历山大·什科利尼克), Director of the Russian Victory Museum, said that the people of Russia and China made huge sacrifices for the victory of the World Anti-Fascist War. Jointly commemorating the 80th anniversary of the victory of the World Anti-Fascist War is a tribute to the great historical contributions and heroic feats of the people of the two countries. "We must let future generations remember history and avoid the recurrence of similar historical tragedies."
The Russian Victory Museum, formerly known as the "Russian Great Patriotic War Museum," is located in Victory Square on Poklonnaya Hill (俯首山) in Moscow (莫斯科). It is Russia's largest military museum dedicated to commemorating the victory of the Soviet Great Patriotic War and the history of World War II. The Victory Museum was founded in 1985 and officially opened on May 9, 1995, the 50th anniversary of the victory of the Great Patriotic War. It currently holds more than 900 themed events of various types each year, with more than one million visitors.
The Victory Museum has an exhibition area of approximately 17,000 square meters and features main permanent exhibition areas such as "The Road to Victory" and "The People's Feats," as well as themed exhibition halls such as "Hall of Honor," "Hall of Historical Truth," "Hall of Victory Faces," "Hall of Memory and Sorrow," and "Hall of Commanders." It has hundreds of thousands of military, historical, and cultural collections. Most of the collections come from selfless donations from the Russian people and museums across the country.
In the "Hall of Victory Faces," the chains hanging from the top of the hall and the black and white portraits in the exhibition hall silently tell the story of the shared destiny of individuals, the country, and families in that tragic history. Today, every Russian can come here to record photos and information of relatives who participated in the Great Patriotic War. More than 1 million photos have been recorded so far.
"We have carried out a large number of patriotic and historical and cultural education work with the younger generation of colleagues, and massively adopted new technologies such as multimedia. Through methods that are easily accepted by young people, the exhibits and historical details can be vividly presented, so as to better display the historical truth." Shkolnik (什科利尼克) said that the Victory Museum, as an important cultural facility that tells the history of the Soviet Great Patriotic War and the World Anti-Fascist War, has now become a bridge connecting history and reality.
In the message area of the Victory Museum, you can often see individual and group visitors from China. They write their thoughts after the visit in Chinese in the guestbook, among which "history," "remember," "glory," and "commemoration" are high-frequency words. Shkolnik (什科利尼克) said that the people of Russia and China fought side by side and forged a deep friendship, and have a common historical memory of the World Anti-Fascist War. This precious memory and friendship is still the solid foundation of the relations and cooperation between the two countries.
"Since 1931, the Chinese people have stubbornly resisted the aggression of Japanese militarism for 14 years. The Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression contained and weakened the Japanese army, preventing it from transferring to other fronts such as the Soviet Union." Shkolnik (什科利尼克) said that the Chinese military and civilians fought tirelessly under extremely difficult conditions, demonstrating extraordinary resilience and courage, and supported the main eastern battlefield of the World Anti-Fascist War with huge national sacrifices, and finally defeated the Japanese aggressors. The Communist Party of China (中国共产党) has always advocated organizing a national war of resistance and led the Chinese people to establish the broadest anti-Japanese national united front. "This made it possible to unite and mobilize all forces to resist the invaders, strengthened the Chinese people's determination and confidence to win the War of Resistance, and played a vital role in the victory of the War of Resistance."
In September of this year, the Victory Museum plans to hold an exhibition at the Museum of the War of Chinese People's Resistance Against Japanese Aggression (中国人民抗日战争纪念馆), and the Museum of the War of Chinese People's Resistance Against Japanese Aggression will also hold a special exhibition at the Victory Museum. Shkolnik (什科利尼克) said that in the current context of turbulent international situation and challenges to the post-war international order, it is of great significance for Russia and China to firmly safeguard the achievements of World War II, defend historical truth, and practice multilateralism. "The international community should be vigilant against attempts to distort and tamper with the history of World War II and deny the historical contributions of Russia and China. I believe that Russia and China will continue to work hand in hand to make new contributions to the cause of world peace, security and prosperity."
Penang War Museum (槟城战争博物馆), Malaysia—
"I hope they see more than just the cruelty of war"
By Bai Yuanqi (白元琪), reporter of this newspaper
In Batu Maung (峇都茅山) in the southeast of Penang Island (槟城岛), Malaysia (马来西亚), winding up the mountain road through the tropical jungle, passing an old-fashioned bunker, the gold-lettered English letters of "War Museum" above the main entrance of the Penang War Museum are eye-catching. On the slogan board on the outer wall of the museum, it is written in Chinese and English: "Remember history, cherish peace, remember the martyrs, and create the future."
The Penang War Museum is the largest outdoor war museum in Southeast Asia, built on a military site of 80,000 square meters. It used to be a British coastal defense fortress. During World War II, it was occupied by the Japanese army and converted into a concentration camp for prisoners of war and civilians. Johari (佐哈里), the founder of the museum, had heard about the World War II stories that happened in this jungle when he was a child. In the 1990s, he visited war memorial facilities in many European and American countries and decided to build a museum to tell the history of the Southeast Asian people's resistance against Japan. "I think someone has to do this," Johari (佐哈里) said. He poured out his savings, raised funds everywhere, and organized more than 60 workers to spend seven years finally completing the cleaning and renovation of the site and the initial construction of the museum area.
In 2002, the Penang War Museum officially opened to the public. Subsequently, with the help of the Penang Veterans Association, many descendants of World War II victims and researchers contacted the museum and successively donated family heirlooms and related materials. Nearby residents also returned many original items. As the cleaning work progressed simultaneously, the scope of the exhibition area continued to expand. "During the holidays, many parents will bring their children to see the exhibition, and many schools will also organize students to visit," Johari (佐哈里) said. "Children represent the future. I hope they see more than just the cruelty of war, but also think about how to safeguard peace."
Entering the museum, you are greeted by a straight exhibition corridor. On the right are displayed textual and graphic materials such as the timeline of the Japanese army's occupation of Malaya (马来亚) (the predecessor of Malaysia), introductions of war criminals, and various weapons, military uniforms, and other physical exhibits. The solemn atmosphere highlights the heaviness of historical memory. In the middle of the corridor, there is a tunnel that can only accommodate one person to lean over and walk. At the end of the tunnel is an old armory with old photos of the Japanese army bombing Penang (槟城) in 1942 hanging on the wall. In the picture, the old city of George Town (乔治市), Penang State (槟城州), is in ruins, and people are running away in panic. "At that time, many citizens fled into the deep mountains to take refuge, and my ancestors were no exception. To prevent humiliation, the women in the family cut off their long hair," Johari (佐哈里) said in a low and slow voice.
"We thought the most dangerous thing was the poisonous snakes in the mountains, but what was even more frightening were those war marks." Amar (阿玛尔), a worker who participated in the construction of the museum, pointed to an interrogation room near the artillery launch pad and said that the walls of the interrogation room were covered with dense bullet holes left by the Japanese army when they executed the victims. "Many of us couldn't sleep all night after seeing it." Ikwan (伊克万), a tourist from Kedah State (吉打州), Malaysia (马来西亚), said: "There is not much introduction to this period of history in textbooks, but the photos and objects here make me truly realize the cruelty of war."
In order to allow these memories carrying blood and tears to warn more people and have a far-reaching impact on a larger scale, the Penang War Museum has actively participated in international cooperation in recent years, joined the International WWII Museum Association initiated and established by China, and exchanged and cooperated with relevant institutions in different countries to jointly promote the concept of peace and continue the historical heritage in richer forms. Muen (穆恩), the assistant curator, went to China for half a year to learn about exhibition experience. "The Museum of the War of Chinese People's Resistance Against Japanese Aggression has detailed historical materials. Combining with the actual situation of our museum, we have added more textual introductions such as survivor testimonies to further enrich the exhibition content," he said.
In November 2024, the Penang War Museum and the Museum of the War of Chinese People's Resistance Against Japanese Aggression jointly held the "Art Exhibition during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression." More than 230 Chinese paintings, prints, comics and other works exhibited have been on long-term display in important areas of the museum, becoming a vivid testimony to the two countries working together to remember history and build peace. Chen Shicheng (陈是呈), a scholar of modern Chinese history in Malaysia, once provided academic support for the exhibition. He said that China's protracted war of resistance effectively contained the main force of the Japanese army, awakened the national consciousness of the Nanyang Chinese, and promoted the widespread participation of Malayan society in supporting China's war of resistance and the anti-Japanese movement. "This period of history cannot be ignored. Countries should learn from history, promote friendship through history, deepen the study of the history of the War of Resistance, and jointly hold commemorative activities, which will effectively promote the concept of peace to take root in people's hearts."
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This year marks the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War. Fascism and militarism brought immense suffering to the people of the world during World War II. Today, as the number of survivors dwindles, it is imperative to ensure that future generations remember this brutal history and cherish the hard-won peace.
History is the best textbook and the best sobering agent. To further promote the research and dissemination of World War II history, strengthen the protection and utilization of World War II historical and cultural heritage, and promote the remembrance of history and cherishing of peace among people of all countries, the International WWII Museum Association was established in Beijing (北京) in September 2015. Over the past 10 years, the association has adhered to the principles of peace, cooperation, exchange, and sharing, promoted exchanges and cooperation among international World War II museums, promoted mutual learning, promoted a correct view of history, and disseminated the concept of peace. Currently, the association's members include 49 well-known World War II museums (memorial halls) from 14 countries.
We work together to defend historical truth. Member units of the association actively exchange exhibitions to tell the world the history of World War II and enhance the international community's understanding of World War II history. In recent years, exhibitions reflecting the history of China's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, such as "The Eastern Main Battlefield" and "Chinese Anti-Japanese War Comics Exhibition," have been held in Russia (俄罗斯), Belarus (白俄罗斯), Poland (波兰), South Korea (韩国), Malaysia (马来西亚), and other countries, showcasing the history of the Chinese nation's heroic resistance against Japanese invaders, as well as China's important position and historical contribution in the World Anti-Fascist War. At the same time, special anti-fascist exhibitions from various countries have been exhibited in Beijing (北京), Nanjing (南京), Shenyang (沈阳), and other places in China. Among them, the special exhibition "The Battle of Stalingrad (斯大林格勒) - A Symbol of Fearless Spirit and Heroic Courage" pioneered the online and offline, domestic and international dual venue model, opened a digital exhibition hall, and attracted more than 950,000 viewers online, which was highly recognized by all sectors of China and Russia. In August 2024, the "International WWII Museum Association Excellent Cultural and Creative Exhibition" was held at the Museum of the War of Chinese People's Resistance Against Japanese Aggression (中国人民抗日战争纪念馆), exhibiting more than 100 distinctive cultural and creative products from domestic and foreign member units, from which a large number of visitors learned about the protection and inheritance of World War II history.
We jointly spread the concept of peace. The association leverages its own advantages to jointly carry out exchange activities with domestic and foreign member units, such as the Commemoration of the 80th Anniversary of the Outbreak of the Chinese National War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the International WWII Museum Directors Forum, and the "World War II Anti-Japanese Battlefield" International Exhibition. It also organizes delegations to participate in activities such as the International Council of Museums General Conference, the UNESCO High-Level Forum of Museums, and the International Symposium on Human Rights and Cultural Heritage, jointly speaking out on international occasions and actively spreading the concept of peace. The association also compiled books such as "International WWII Museum Guide," which comprehensively introduces World War II memorial facilities and related activities around the world.
We exchange mutual learning to enhance friendship. In recent years, with the declassification and publication of archives and the development of science and technology, new methods and new achievements in World War II history research have emerged, and museum exhibition methods have also been changing with each passing day, making it significant to promote exchanges among international practitioners. The association has organized approximately 20 batches of domestic and foreign member units, including the Penang War Museum (槟城战争博物馆) in Malaysia (马来西亚), the National Museum of the Republic of Tatarstan (鞑靼斯坦共和国民族博物馆) in Russia (俄罗斯), the Belarusian State Museum of the History of the Great Patriotic War (白俄罗斯伟大卫国战争纪念馆), and the Independence Hall of Korea (韩国独立纪念馆), to conduct mutual visits and business exchanges, and to conduct in-depth exchanges on the collection and utilization of cultural relics, exhibition art, cultural and creative development, and the planning of major commemorative activities, building consensus, deepening friendship, and laying the foundation for joint research and interpretation of World War II history, information sharing, and other types of cooperation.
This year, China (中国) solemnly held commemorative activities to remember history and cherish the memory of the martyrs. On July 7, the theme exhibition "For National Liberation and World Peace" opened at the Museum of the War of Chinese People's Resistance Against Japanese Aggression (中国人民抗日战争纪念馆), presenting a panoramic view of the glorious course of the Chinese people's 14-year arduous War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression. In late September, under the organization of the association, the Museum of the War of Chinese People's Resistance Against Japanese Aggression (中国人民抗日战争纪念馆) will go to Russia (俄罗斯) and Belarus (白俄罗斯) to hold an international tour exhibition to tell the international community the story of China's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and showcase the great contributions made by the Chinese people to the victory of the World Anti-Fascist War. In addition, the association also plans to hold international exchange activities to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War, build a common commemorative exchange platform, help promote the cause of world peace education, make the concept of peace more deeply rooted in people's hearts, and safeguard humanity's common pursuit of peace and justice.
Currently, global challenges are emerging one after another, and the world is once again standing at a crossroads of history. Sharing a common destiny is the general trend of history, and cooperation and win-win are the right path in the world. As the only international World War II cultural and museum professional organization initiated and established by the Museum of the War of Chinese People's Resistance Against Japanese Aggression (中国人民抗日战争纪念馆), with its secretariat and legal person permanently located in China (中国), the International WWII Museum Association is willing to work with its member units and friendly people from all walks of life who love peace to firmly be the guardians of historical memory, gather the international forces of justice, and jointly make new contributions to promoting the building of a community with a shared future for mankind, promoting world peace and development, and advancing human civilization.
(The author is the Chairman of the International WWII Museum Association)
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Editor's Note: General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized: "To fully achieve the '14th Five-Year Plan' development goals, major economic provinces must **挑大梁** (tiāo dà liáng - "carry the main beam," to play a leading role)."
**挑大梁** (tiāo dà liáng - "carry the main beam," to play a leading role), see the responsibility. In the first half of this year, China's GDP increased by 5.3% year-on-year. This impressive achievement is inseparable from the dedication and responsibility of the vast number of party members and cadres.
Recently, reporters visited several provinces to explore the enthusiastic practices of party members and cadres in earnestly implementing their work and promoting high-quality development.
"Half of Wuxi's (无锡) history lies in Liangxi (梁溪)." Driving into this land with a profound heritage, what comes into view are liquid rocket research and development bases, space information industrial parks... Where did these new landmarks come from?
The answer lies in a "hardcore" transformation. Industrial dispersion, outdated facilities, and inefficient land use, the "growing pains" once plagued Liangxi (梁溪). "'Waiting' is not the solution, 'doing' is the only hope." Yin Pengwei (殷鹏伟), Director of the Liangxi District (梁溪区) Bureau of Industry and Information Technology, speaks with a spirit of daring. Despite being almost a "layman" when it comes to rockets and satellites, they resolutely anchored themselves in the aerospace industry, relying on Wuxi's (无锡) manufacturing "foundation."
In order to overcome the "competency panic," local party members and cadres plunged into the vast ocean of aerospace knowledge. How many "joints" does a satellite have? Where is the "lifeline" of the core components? Who are the top suppliers? Yin Pengwei (殷鹏伟) can rattle them off with ease.
Learning when they don't understand, daring to think and act, Liangxi District (梁溪区) knocked on the door of leading enterprises and attracted "golden phoenixes." The aerospace industry ecosystem is accelerating its rise in this hot land.
The old city bravely venturing into a new track is a microcosm of Jiangsu (江苏) cadres daring to act and being good at what they do, promoting the economic province to "**挑大梁**" (tiāo dà liáng - "carry the main beam," to play a leading role). In recent years, the Jiangsu Provincial Party Committee (江苏省委) issued the "Several Measures on Further Encouraging the Vast Number of Cadres to Take Responsibility and Act in Promoting High-Quality Development," using 20 solid measures to inject strong momentum into this courage and responsibility. Behind Jiangsu Province's (江苏省) economic growth rate of 5.7% in the first half of the year is this spirit of "daring" surging forward.
Anchoring Innovation and Development
"Doing difficult but correct things makes you feel good"
In summer, in the conference room of Huajin Semiconductor Company (华进半导体公司), key enterprise personnel and local working groups sat around and talked freely - talent search, project site selection, and technical breakthroughs, all talking "shop."
"Cadres can communicate in the language of semiconductors, and their words and deeds are to the point." Zhu Mingzhu (朱明珠), General Manager of the company, made a simple evaluation, revealing the key code to "**挑大梁**" (tiāo dà liáng - "carry the main beam," to play a leading role) - forging a cadre team that understands the industry and dares to take responsibility.
Innovation is the primary driving force for development. Jiangsu Province (江苏省), closely focusing on the primary task of high-quality development, is accelerating the integration of scientific and technological innovation with industrial innovation, and is taking real action in forging teams: cadres from the Provincial Department of Industry and Information Technology (省工信厅) are sinking into the front lines of park enterprises, and research notes are being transformed into industrial policies. The working group of the Provincial Department of Science and Technology (省科技厅) is plunging into key laboratories, acting as the "vanguard sentry" for serving innovation. Wuxi City (无锡市) is sending cadres to the front lines of enterprises to be "tempered," forging "insiders" who deeply understand industrial logic and pragmatists who move towards "new" in the roar of machines and the tide of the market.
Walking into Xiake Bay Science City (霞客湾科学城) in Jiangyin City (江阴市), R&D personnel from Jiangsu General Semiconductor (江苏通用半导体) are debugging new equipment, and the construction of the Tsinghua University (清华大学) Precision Optoelectronic System R&D Base is in full swing. Who would have thought that this used to be a gathering place for pesticide factories and chemical plants?
"It used to be glorious, but later it was confused." Feng Liang (冯亮), Secretary of the Qingyang Town (青阳镇) Party Committee in Jiangyin City (江阴市), admitted that 24 village-level industrial parks and more than 1,400 enterprises used to be squeezed here, with only 22 high-tech enterprises. The extensive development of "**村村点火，户户冒烟**" (cūn cūn diǎn huǒ, hù hù mào yān - "every village lights a fire, every household emits smoke," a description of inefficient and polluting industrial practices) consumed a lot, had low efficiency, and environmental indicators were at the bottom for many years.
"The stagnation of development stems from the backwardness of thinking." Party members and cadres learn from books and from other places, and calculate long-term accounts and people's livelihood accounts. Consensus is gradually gathered. In 2021, the "Industrial Park Upgrade and Transformation Plan" was unanimously approved at the town people's congress.
"Transformation, is it difficult?"
"Doing difficult but correct things makes you feel good." Feng Liang's (冯亮) answer was firm.
Party members and cadres knocked on villagers' doors and managed to vacate more than 3,300 mu of space. The investment promotion team's footsteps have traveled all over, just to attract high-quality projects. The Jiangyin Municipal Party Committee (江阴市委) simultaneously launched an incentive mechanism: cadres who do well are rewarded in a timely manner and given priority for promotion. The pragmatic orientation continues to ignite the enthusiasm for starting a business.
Today, from the shores of Taihu Lake (太湖) to the banks of the Yangtze River (扬子江), a wave of innovation and entrepreneurship is surging. Jiangsu (江苏) insists on both upgrading traditional industries and opening up new tracks, and is making every effort to build 16 advanced manufacturing clusters and 50 key industrial chains.
"Serving innovation and serving enterprises requires a 'long-termism' spirit, and must be professional and comprehensive support." Miao Sheng (缪晟), Director of the Electronic Information Industry Division of the Wuxi Municipal Bureau of Industry and Information Technology (无锡市工信局), said, "We must not only escort the tackling of 'bottleneck' technologies, but also make great efforts to transform the results into tangible productivity. This is the only way to live up to our mission."
Serving the Yangtze River Delta Integration
"No longer 'you' 'me', but 'us'"
Overlooking from the air, the boundary line between Shanghai (沪), Jiangsu (苏), and Zhejiang (浙) provinces and cities meets at a point on the Taipu River (太浦河). The landmark project of the Yangtze River Delta (长三角) Ecological Green Integrated Development Demonstration Zone - Fangting Water Courtyard (方厅水院), is located on it.
"In the past, projects had to be reviewed and approved separately in three places." Chen Jianzhong (陈建忠), member of the Standing Committee of the Wujiang District (吴江区) Committee of Suzhou City (苏州市), Secretary of the Party Committee and Director of the Management Committee of Fenhu High-tech Industrial Development Zone (汾湖高新技术产业开发区), said. Now it's different. Under the leadership of the Executive Committee of the Demonstration Zone, cadres from the three places have jointly explored a new method - integrated project establishment, review, bidding, approval, supervision, and acceptance. "Three documents with three seals" has become "one document with one seal," and project promotion is accelerating.
"**挑大梁**" (tiāo dà liáng - "carry the main beam," to play a leading role) requires not only the pragmatism to promote the development of a region, but also the consciousness to serve the overall situation. "At the beginning of the demonstration zone's planning, there were also disputes among cadres in the three places. But in the end, everyone was thinking not about cutting the cake from the 'big pie', but about how to give full play to their strengths and avoid weaknesses, and jointly support the national strategy," said Chen Jianzhong (陈建忠).
Jumping out of the "one-acre three-point land" welcomes a greater harvest. Fenhu High-tech Zone (汾湖高新区) enjoys the dividends of coordinated development.
Suzhou South Railway Station (苏州南站), the Shanghai-Suzhou-Huzhou high-speed railway train is speeding, with an average daily passenger flow of more than 10,000 passengers. Yao Wenming (姚文明), Director of the Wujiang District (吴江区) Transportation Bureau, participated in the entire process of project establishment, planning, and construction. What he saw was not just the rise of the station: "The urban pattern has been further opened up, and more people flow, logistics, capital flow, and information flow have gathered."
On the Yuandang Lake (鼋荡湖) at the junction of Shanghai (沪) and Jiangsu (苏), cadres from the two places jointly patrol the lake and jointly enforce the law, and the water quality has been stable and up to standard for many years. The entire ecological shoreline around the lake is connected, stringing together a series of characteristic pastoral villages. The boundary line is hidden deep in the scenery, and the villagers' lives are getting better day by day.
Integration is key to industrial synergy. Huawei's (华为) R&D center is in Qingpu District (青浦区), Shanghai (上海), but 5,500 employees have settled around Fenhu (汾湖); Kangli Elevator (康力电梯) is rooted in Fenhu High-tech Zone (汾湖高新区), but joins hands with universities and enterprises in Shanghai (上海) to form an innovative consortium and jointly tackle key technologies... The free flow of elements stimulates development momentum.
Seeing the part reveals the whole. Jiangsu Province (江苏省) is advancing step by step in regional market integration and comprehensive management of Taihu Lake (太湖), and has released two batches of 20 practical projects in the Yangtze River Delta (长三角) and two batches of 24 Yangtze River Delta (长三角) innovation consortia for two consecutive years... Integration has shifted from morphological development to functional shaping.
In June of this year, the 2025 Yangtze River Delta (长三角) Regional Major Leaders Symposium was held in Jiangsu (江苏). In the view of Yu Quansheng (虞泉晟), Deputy Director of the Yangtze River Delta (长三角) Regional Integration Development Division of the Jiangsu Provincial Development and Reform Commission (江苏省发改委), "Everyone sits together, no longer 'you' 'me', but 'us'. Cooperation leads to win-win, and integration leads to stronger - this is a common belief and an internal driving force to encourage cadres to take responsibility and act."
Stimulating Market Vitality
"Good work style of cadres is a gold lettered signboard"
Development is the hard truth, the environment is the soft power, and "**挑大梁**" (tiāo dà liáng - "carry the main beam," to play a leading role) is inseparable from the deep support of the business environment.
"There are many policies, but they can't be found, understood, or applied for in time." This used to be the voice of many companies. Now, Suqian's (宿迁) "Suqitong" platform has a "policy direct access" function - companies enter information, the system automatically matches, and support funds are "enjoyed without application." Zhang Jingfeng (张敬锋), head of Jiangsu Beidouxingtong Automotive Electronics Company (江苏北斗星通汽车电子公司), said: "After confirming a bank account, the subsidy funds will arrive in a few days, saving worry and effort."
The "value-added service" module of "Suqitong" is even more of a one-stop platform: upstream and downstream partners in the industrial chain, logistics information, legal support... at a glance. Many companies lamented, "In the past, it was like blind men摸象, now we can accurately connect with what we need, and efficiency has been greatly improved."
The reason for doing this, in the view of Wen Shicai (温士才), Director of the Suqian Municipal Data Bureau (宿迁市数据局), "Optimizing the business environment is not just about faster approval, that is a 'required action'. We must take the initiative to serve and promote the growth of enterprises."
"A good work style of cadres is a gold lettered signboard." Wen Shicai (温士才) further said that the Suqian Municipal Data Bureau (宿迁市数据局) organizes cadres to enter workshops to find out the truth, run departments to grasp coordination, and venture into the market to find resources. During this period, those who perform outstandingly are further arranged to key positions to experience growth.
This spirit is visible everywhere. Suqian City (宿迁市) grasps the employment orientation, timely rewards, and typical lead the way to encourage cadres to let go and do things. The real estate registration department innovatively registers by layers and buildings, revitalizes land elements, and helps solve the problem of corporate financing difficulties. On the judicial front, the innovative application of "enforcement to bankruptcy" not only breaks right and wrong, but also renews life.
The Suqian City Suyu District People's Court (宿迁市宿豫区人民法院) once accepted a case. The company's finances were in urgent need, and the account was frozen by multiple creditors. According to the usual practice, compulsory execution can be carried out. However, the judge found that the company still had more than 1.8 million yuan in deposits on its account; the main intelligent garbage classification and transportation service has both market potential and social value.
"Can you give it a hand?" The court transferred the case to bankruptcy review and set a "reorganization-style execution" plan. The judges traveled many times, persuading creditors to accept alternative guarantees and unfreeze the account; only "live sealing" was performed on key equipment, allowing the company to operate.
In the end, a 20 million yuan investment was successfully introduced, the rights and interests of creditors were protected, and the company also ushered in a new life.
When cadres have vitality, the market has vitality. All departments in Jiangsu (江苏) are taking tough actions and earnestly implementing their work: the Provincial Development and Reform Commission (省发改委) has set up a key industrial project library for private investment, the Provincial Market Supervision Bureau (省市场监管局) is promoting the "one thing" reform for the entire life cycle of enterprises, and the Provincial Department of Commerce (省商务厅) is conducting special research on the reinvestment of profits by foreign-funded enterprises... As of the end of June this year, the total number of business entities in the province was 14.609 million, of which the total number of enterprises was 4.753 million, an increase of 4.0% year-on-year, an increase of 2.3% compared with the end of last year.
Promoting Common Prosperity
"The hearts of the people are the most solid foundation for daring to think and act"
The effectiveness of "**挑大梁**" (tiāo dà liáng - "carry the main beam," to play a leading role) is ultimately reflected in the lights of thousands of homes. Many cadres mentioned that creating benefits for the people is the greatest political achievement, and strengthening the foundation and promoting common prosperity is a hard responsibility.
In the past, heavy village-level debts hindered the progress of many village collectives. Yangzhou City (扬州市) faced the pain points head-on, resolved the city's 920 million yuan of village-level debt with an offensive, and also focused on "promoting income increase," integrating 20 policies such as finance, taxation, and land to empower the grassroots. In 2024, the city's average operating income per village jumped to 2.362 million yuan.
A solid foundation supports a stable happiness. Walking into the Party and Mass Service Center of Wenchang Garden Community (文昌花园社区) in Guangling District (广陵区), Yangzhou City (扬州市), the noise of elderly care and childcare, the aroma of the community canteen, and diverse scenes are intertwined warmly. The city and district levels directly allocate 400,000 yuan of special funds for party organizations to serve the people to the grassroots every year for people's livelihood "micro-practical matters." Residents said, "It's warm here."
The hearts of the people are the greatest politics. Jiangsu (江苏) has invested real money and silver everywhere, and pro-people policies have emerged one after another: comprehensively promoting universal medical insurance participation, and full coverage of medical insurance public services in villages and communities; the human resources and social security department's "big data + iron feet" supports the precise supply of employment public services... Development results benefit the people, win the hearts of the people, and ignite the creative vitality of the masses. This injects a continuous driving force for development.
More than 10 years ago, in Yanhucun Village (沿湖村), Fangxiang Town (方巷镇), Hanjiang District (邗江区), Yangzhou City (扬州市), fishermen who had lived by the water for generations went ashore and were a little confused: "The livelihood of our ancestors is gone, what else can we do?"
The breakthrough stemmed from the responsibility of the village party organization and the pragmatism of cadres and the masses.
Resolve knots. Liu Debao (刘德宝), Secretary of the Village Party Organization, led the village cadres to sink down, both listening to the voices of the people and explaining the truth thoroughly. "Transformation and development is to respond to the call of the country and to seek sustainable development for future generations," when the thinking is clear, the hearts are aligned.
Open up a new path. Based on the fishing culture heritage and ecological advantages, develop rural tourism. Cadres took the lead: coordinating the transfer of tidal flats and depressions, and transforming ecological fish ponds; running around to obtain policy and financial support; attracting customers for farmhouses...
Sweat has irrigated fruitful results. In 2024, Yanhucun Village (沿湖村) received 300,000 tourists, the tourism output value exceeded 32 million yuan, and the per capita income of villagers reached 38,300 yuan.
After getting rich, don't forget your neighbors. Today, under the coordination of districts, counties, townships, Yanhucun Village (沿湖村) has radiated its successful experience to the surrounding 7 villages. Qiaogang Fishing Ground (乔港渔场) agricultural and tourism integration, Yuyang Time Supply and Marketing Cooperative (渔漾时光供销社) and other projects have taken root, driving employment for more than 300 people, and the road to common prosperity is becoming more and more solid.
"When people are of one mind, Mount Tai can be moved. The hearts of the people are the most solid foundation for daring to think and act, and the deepest driving force for driving high-quality development." The relevant person in charge of the Jiangsu Provincial Party Committee Organization Department (江苏省委组织部) said that it will continue to improve the incentive and protection mechanism for taking responsibility and acting, guide the vast number of cadres to take serving the people and creating benefits for the people as the most important political achievements, and answer the "people's heart examination paper" with excellent work style.
Return to TopBy: 何昭宇
Recently, what I’ve seen and heard in grassroots interviews has been quite moving: whenever I go to a place, we go straight to the point, with key people talking about key issues; all meals are buffets, with no alcohol in sight. This change in atmosphere demonstrates the power of the system. Grassroots cadres have praised the revised "Regulations on Practicing Thrift and Opposing Waste by Party and Government Organs" (《党政机关厉行节约反对浪费条例》): "The burden of interpersonal obligations is lighter, the pressure of reception is less, and we can concentrate more on doing things."
Party spirit is fundamental, Party conduct is its manifestation, and Party discipline is the guarantee. Managing all three together is an important method and path for improving conduct. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized the need to "effectively transform the rigid requirements for conduct into concrete measures and let the iron rules grow iron teeth."
The power of the system lies in promoting integrity and eliminating corruption. Rigid constraints directly target stubborn maladies and unhealthy tendencies. Why were electricity subsidies for impoverished people in a certain area delayed? A recent inspection of the village revealed the truth: cadres of the county's Civil Affairs Bureau (县民政局) had embezzled funds from "zombie accounts." The newly revised "Regulations on巡视工作条例 (Xúnshì Gōngzuò Tiáolì) of the Communist Party of China" explicitly includes village (community) Party organizations in the scope of county-level inspections for the first time, providing a powerful weapon for digging out "micro-corruption" around the masses. Looking back over the past 10 years, stubborn problems such as "waste on the tip of the tongue," "corruption on wheels," and "unhealthy trends in clubs" have all been effectively curbed under the sharp edge of the system's sword.
The power of the system lies in transforming customs. It not only constrains behavior but also guides deeper value changes. In the past, some people suffered from the pain of "obligations of human relations" and the "wind of comparison," and "I don't want to be extravagant, but I'm afraid my family will lose face" expressed their helplessness. Today, some places have strict regulations on the scale, dishes, and guests of wedding banquets. The system draws hard lines, effectively promoting the transformation of customs and habits. Extravagant celebrations and blind comparisons are gradually losing their market, and the advocacy of thrift and pragmatic integrity is deeply rooted in people's hearts.
The power of the system lies in consolidating the foundation and cultivating the source. The root of conduct problems often lies in impure Party spirit and the failure to distinguish between public and private interests. A few meals and a few bottles of wine are small matters, but behind them are big problems of using public power for private gain and embezzling public funds. In recent years, various localities and departments have intensively introduced institutional regulations, some of which directly regulate the content, methods, and procedures of Party member education and management; others strengthen the principle of "public funds are public funds, and not a penny can be spent indiscriminately; public power is for the people, and not a trace can be used for private purposes" at the institutional level by clearly defining the boundaries of the use of public funds and public power. This prompts the vast number of Party members and cadres to temper their Party spirit and solve the "master switch" problem under the constraints and guidance of the system.
Practice is the fertile ground for the vitality of the system. Since the launch of in-depth implementation of the spirit of the Central Eight-Point Regulation (中央八项规定) study and education, various localities and departments have promoted learning, inspection, and rectification in an integrated manner, focusing on drawing inferences from one instance and establishing systems. Establishing a "Yunbiao Tong" (云表通) platform for grassroots report access standards, curbing the "reports flying all over the sky" from the source; stipulating that village (community) cadres and their immediate family members must "publicize ten things" to enjoy preferential policies for the benefit of the people, resolutely preventing "preferential treatment for relatives and friends"... These rules and regulations originating from practice condense governance wisdom and consolidate the cornerstone of conduct construction.
The power of the system comes from its rigidity and is achieved through its long-term effectiveness. The Central Eight-Point Regulation (中央八项规定) is a long-term, effective iron rule and hard constraint, and a model of governing the Party with systems and ruling the Party according to regulations. Improving conduct is a never-ending journey. Only by adhering to the combination of "immediate rectification" and "long-term establishment," continuing to exert efforts, and working persistently can we effectively transform the rigid requirements for conduct construction into concrete measures that can be implemented and achieve results, so that every iron rule can truly grow iron teeth that are always deterrent, in order to continuously strengthen the dam of the spirit of the Central Eight-Point Regulation (中央八项规定), and make the clean and upright atmosphere more abundant and lasting.
Return to Top"The signature above isn't mine; my family has never received this much money!" said Liu (刘), a villager from a certain village in Yunjin Town (云锦镇), Luxian County (泸县), Luzhou City (泸州市), Sichuan Province (四川省), looking puzzled at the compensation receipt form.
A few years ago, due to engineering construction, the farmland and fish ponds of some villagers were damaged, and the construction party provided compensation to the villagers with reference to the land acquisition compensation standards. When the Third巡察组 of the Luxian County (泸县) Party Committee carried out巡察, they found that the signatures on the compensation receipt forms were similar.
"Could someone have signed on their behalf?" The staff visited each household to verify. The villagers all said that the names on the forms were not signed by themselves. As the investigation deepened, the focus turned to Kang (康), the person in charge of distributing the compensation - the deputy secretary of the village's Party General Branch.
"The villagers went out to work, so I signed on their behalf, but the compensation was not shortchanged at all," Kang (康) explained.
"Why is it that some villagers received different amounts of money than what's on the form?"
It turned out that the households of Liu (刘) and Zhang (张) suffered relatively minor damage, and the construction party initially compensated them at 70% of the land acquisition compensation standard, which both households agreed to. However, Kang (康) privately approached the construction party and demanded an increase in the compensation standard for the two households on the grounds of "villager dissatisfaction."
After the construction party added compensation, Kang (康) neither informed the villagers nor publicized the amount, and through deceiving both sides, he intercepted 6,418 yuan.
In July of this year, Kang (康) received a serious warning within the Party, and the illegally intercepted compensation has been fully returned to the villagers.
[Disciplinary Officer's Remarks] In this case, Kang (康) "deceived both sides" between the construction party and the villagers, intercepting compensation funds, which exposed the weak awareness of discipline and law among individual village cadres. Discipline inspection and supervision organs must closely monitor the "micro-power" at the grassroots level, crack down on acts of fraud and deception of the masses as soon as they appear, strengthen the openness of village affairs, allow power to operate in the sunlight, protect the interests of the masses, and not betray the trust of the masses.
(Wu Wei (吴威))
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Around 9 a.m., the Senior Citizen School in Shadian Community (沙店社区), Nancheng Subdistrict (南城街道), Zaoyang City (枣阳市), Xiangyang (襄阳), Hubei (湖北) was bustling with activity. The Shadian Community (沙店社区) had invited medical staff to provide free medical consultations and check-ups for the elderly. Hao Jinfeng (郝金凤), an 80-year-old, reached into her pocket and realized she had forgotten her ID card, making it impossible to register for the check-up. Zhao Yingying (赵莹莹), a Party member and grid worker, quickly took out her phone, opened the community's smart platform mini-program, retrieved Hao Jinfeng's (郝金凤) ID number, and entered it into the system. After successfully completing all the examinations, Hao Jinfeng (郝金凤) breathed a sigh of relief.
The Shadian Community (沙店社区) has 131 residential complexes and a permanent population of 56,000. "With so many people and so much to do, we used to have to work overtime to fill out forms whenever the higher-ups needed data," "When a resident passed away, we had to repeatedly report the information to multiple departments," "Not only did they want an electronic version, but we also had to print it out, stamp it with an official seal, and send it over"... Zhao Yingying (赵莹莹) vividly remembers the past work situation.
To solve the burden of excessive, repetitive, and multi-headed reporting at the grassroots level, Zaoyang City (枣阳市) conducted in-depth research and explored the promotion of the "one form" reform starting in June of last year. Kang Dan (康丹), member of the Standing Committee of the Zaoyang Municipal Party Committee and Minister of the Organization Department, introduced that the excessive and rampant filling out of forms stemmed from unclear responsibilities and undefined boundaries. To this end, Zaoyang City (枣阳市) formulated detailed lists of primary, assisting, and negative responsibilities at the village level, detailing 18 major categories of primary responsibilities into 37 specific work lists, 3 major categories of assisting responsibilities into 80 work lists, and directly listing 12 major categories of negative responsibilities as negative work lists. For example, the community correction work of the Justice Bureau is listed as an assisting matter for villages (communities). The grassroots only need to do a good job in assisting and no longer need to fill out relevant forms.
Based on clear powers and responsibilities, Zaoyang City (枣阳市) vigorously promoted the reduction, integration, and sharing of forms at the source: forms without clear requirements from superiors or those that were temporarily assigned were all canceled; forms repeatedly issued by the same department but with the same category were physically integrated; for forms with overlapping information, the greatest common divisor of the report information was taken, the leading department was identified, and the remaining departments shared information. After the reform, the number of annual reports for towns and villages was reduced from 341 to 41, of which the number for villages was reduced to 19.
Reducing forms is to increase efficiency. In August 2024, Zaoyang City (枣阳市) launched the "Zaoshi Zaoban" (枣事早办) comprehensive service platform, established a three-level data system for the city, towns, and villages, and distributed permission accounts to 68 municipal departments, 17 townships (subdistricts, districts), and 559 villages (communities). Guo Jianli (郭建丽), member of the Party Committee of the Central Community (中心社区) in Wudian Town (吴店镇), Zaoyang City (枣阳市), said: "Filling it out once allows it to be shared with various departments, eliminating the need for repeated multi-headed reporting." After the reporting burden was reduced, grassroots cadres were able to return to their service roles. Sun Kang (孙康), Secretary of the Party Committee of Shadian Community (沙店社区), said: "Now we let grid workers go to various residential complexes to work, carry out work such as caring for elderly people living alone and mediating disputes at the front line, and the relationship between cadres and the masses is constantly improving."
Yang Jing (杨晶), Secretary of the Zaoyang Municipal Party Committee, introduced that in order to consolidate the results of burden reduction, Zaoyang City (枣阳市) has established a report access mechanism, requiring functional departments to apply for form-filling matters to be reviewed and approved by the "Special Work Mechanism Office for Reducing Burdens at the Grassroots Level." At the same time, 31 village (community) monitoring points have been set up throughout the city to directly listen to grassroots opinions, promptly identify problems, and correct deviations.
Return to TopBy: 杨国梁
The flourishing of science fiction is a cultural reflection of China's modernization, with the visible value of science fiction lying in its industry and the greater intangible value in its spirit. Through the rapid advancement of Chinese science fiction over the past decade, we can glimpse the enormous energy of culture for a nation and a society.
In August 2015, Liu Cixin's (刘慈欣) novel "The Three-Body Problem" won the Hugo Award for Best Novel at the 73rd World Science Fiction Convention, achieving overnight fame. Over the past 10 years, the "Three-Body Universe" has become a common home for global "Three-Body Problem" readers and science fiction enthusiasts, and has also led a vigorous "science fiction craze" in China.
The number of Chinese science fiction creations and publications has repeatedly reached new highs. Science fiction films, games, and animation works continue to spark discussion, and achievements in cultural exports are remarkable. Award events have sprung up like bamboo shoots after a spring rain. In 2023, Chengdu (成都), Sichuan (四川) hosted the 81st World Science Fiction Convention. Science fiction has also received widespread attention from the education sector. Science fiction works have entered the People's Education Press (人教版) Chinese language textbooks and have been included in the Ministry of Education's (教育部) "Reading Guidance Catalog for Primary and Secondary School Students," and are regarded as an important means of cultivating scientific interest, cultivating literary sentiments, and enhancing imagination and creativity. The growth of creation, the breadth of dissemination, and the rise of industry have continuously cultivated a large number of science fiction fans and science enthusiasts of all ages.
Science fiction was born with modern science and the industrial revolution. Modern technological development is changing rapidly, and applications are being exhausted, bringing tremendous changes to people's lives, while also bringing people individual and group feelings that are completely different from the agricultural era. Science fiction transcends reality through imagination (or, more accurately, logical deduction), and satisfies people's current thirst for knowledge and spiritual pursuit by predicting the future of technology. Therefore, although science fiction has the word "fiction" in its name, its essence is still to describe, think about, and answer the real-world impact of technology. Although science fiction novels are not written about realistic themes, they are always realistic.
The root of the prosperity of Chinese science fiction lies in Chinese-style modernization. The flourishing of science fiction is a cultural reflection of China's modernization, and science fiction culture is a new cultural form produced in the process of Chinese-style modernization. Today, China is already one of the most active countries in technological innovation and the most widely and deeply penetrated by technology in life, and it is also the only country in the world with a complete industrial system. This provides an environment and conditions for the development of science fiction culture, breeds a huge demand for science fiction culture, and provides possibilities for the rich presentation of science fiction culture.
The current discussion of science fiction is already very heated, which is also an inevitable cultural phenomenon brought about by the deep integration of science and technology and social life. Through the rapid advancement of Chinese science fiction over the past decade, we can glimpse the enormous energy of culture for a nation and a society.
The visible value of science fiction lies in its industry, and the greater intangible value in its spirit. An important driving force behind the current science fiction craze is the huge industrial value contained in science fiction. According to statistics, science fiction and fantasy films account for nearly 2/3 of the top 50 films in global film history box office records. It should be noted that in such a market economy era, the industrial value of culture is not only reflected in economic benefits, but exists in life in the form of various physical or virtual digital products, deeply affecting people's spiritual world and behavioral logic. The larger the industrial scale of a culture, the stronger its influence. Science fiction culture is relying on its powerful "industrial power" and amazing "imagination" to become an immersive carrier for spreading worldviews, outlooks on life, and values through ubiquitous popular culture products and global markets, exercising the "right to define the future" through the telling of future stories, not only stimulating the cultural self-confidence and self-improvement of the nation, but also profoundly affecting people's understanding of the current world and the development of civilization in various countries.
Science fiction promotes social, scientific, and technological progress in multiple dimensions. The role of science fiction in enhancing young people's curiosity, imagination, and desire for exploration is self-evident. Many scientists and entrepreneurs are senior science fiction fans, and science fiction writers can also act as consultants in the development and application of cutting-edge technologies. However, the promotion of science fiction to technological development is not limited to this direct role. It also subtly eliminates people's technological anxiety. When the unknown becomes commonplace, the future includes both expectations for technological convenience and concerns about uncertainty. A counter-intuitive fact is that people do not always welcome technological development, but instead feel anxiety, fear, and resistance due to the social changes it causes. The first science fiction novel in the modern sense, "Frankenstein," responded to the fear of electricity. The "monster" in the book may also be nuclear energy, gene editing, or artificial intelligence as times change. Unlike "visible" disasters such as droughts, floods, earthquakes, and wars, the side effects that technology may bring are even more uncertain. Science fiction works use writing about the impact of technology time and time again to eliminate anxiety and provide a positive public opinion environment for technological development. This is especially important today when answering young people's many questions about the AI era and building confidence in the future. Conducting "thought experiments" on the future world under the influence of technology and providing solutions is precisely the mission that science fiction novels are trying to accomplish. It can be said that science fiction culture has achieved a "soft landing" for people in the future era by foreseeing and rehearsing various possibilities.
Science fiction is an important carrier of cultural inheritance and innovation. As a culture facing the future, science fiction novels seem to have little connection with cultural traditions, but this view is one-sided. The United States has always influenced the world with "three chips" (computer chips, potato chips, and blockbusters), and science fiction is one of the main types of "blockbusters." Chinese civilization has a long history. With the transformation from rural China to urban China, traditional agricultural culture will inevitably transform into urban culture. This requires creative transformation and innovative development of traditional culture, and live inheritance and dissemination through storytelling. Science fiction can precisely provide new interpretation backgrounds and new story carriers for traditional culture. The feelings of family and country and the awareness of homeland in the movie "The Wandering Earth" are vivid displays of excellent traditional Chinese culture.
The report to the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (党的二十大) proposed to "develop a socialist culture that is oriented towards modernization, the world, and the future, is national, scientific, and popular, stimulate the cultural innovation and creativity of the whole nation, and enhance the spiritual strength to realize the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation." As a crystallization of science and art, and as a world culture with great transcendence, science fiction culture has the responsibility and ability to shoulder a unique and important cultural mission, and contribute to building a strong cultural country and a strong science and technology country by inheriting and innovating traditional culture and telling Chinese future stories.
(The author is the editor-in-chief of Science Fiction World (科幻世界) magazine)
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A noteworthy phenomenon in the literary world recently is that, on the one hand, sales of literary books are declining; on the other hand, works repeatedly ignite the market, with multiple best-selling events occurring in just the past few months—Liu Chuxin's (刘楚昕) award-winning work "Mud Pit" (《泥潭》) sold over 400,000 copies, G.E.M.'s (邓紫棋) science fiction novel "Revelation Road" (《启示路》) sold 200,000 copies on its first day of pre-sale, and Han Hong's (韩红) poetry collection "Me and the Masked Poet" (《我与蒙面诗人》) had 5,000 signed copies snatched up in 3 seconds.
These best-selling literary works all possess certain "selling points," that is, core advantages or unique values that can attract consumers and facilitate purchases. For example, the widely circulated award acceptance speech of "Mud Pit" author Liu Chuxin (刘楚昕) pre-emptively secured readers' goodwill: as a person who loved literature since childhood, he persisted in creating with the companionship of his girlfriend, but when his literary dream finally came true, his girlfriend passed away due to illness, and the line "I crossed the hills but found no one waiting" moved countless netizens. Furthermore, singers and celebrities who cross over to write poetry and science fiction have an appealing identity that easily drives audience migration from fans to readers.
It is also understandable that publishers leverage these selling points to do sufficient marketing. In today's world of diverse entertainment forms, literary books need more attention and discussion to stand out. Moreover, people's ways of accepting literature are also changing, from relying on literary journals, literary reviews, literary awards, or film and television adaptations, to being more derived from online discussion popularity. "Who wrote it," "what is written," and "why it is written" all carry a certain topicality, which can quickly capture people's curiosity, stimulate reading interest, and also enable people to connect with the work, willing to satisfy social needs through purchasing and reading.
However, when people increasingly simplify literary selling points into topicality, and even blindly pursue topicality and traffic popularity, it will also bring a series of chain reactions. For example, the continuous tilting of publishing resources and market resources towards traffic stars and cross-over artists, the batch replication of similar works brought about by popular topics, the utilitarian writing of creators to cater to topics and create topics, and, as can be imagined, some works quickly become popular and quickly disappear, vanishing like fleeting clouds.
In fact, literary works not only have external selling points, but also have various highlights within them, such as the uniqueness of the subject matter, the exquisiteness of the language, the profundity of the thought, the novelty of the form, and the profound insight into the times. The difference between the two is that external selling points can quickly form a certain discussion atmosphere and promote consumption, but they are easily dissipated; internal highlights take a relatively long time to be accepted, but they are the unique value of a literary work, determining whether the vitality of literature can last. For example, Li Zishu's (黎紫书) novel "Lost in the Crowd" (《流俗地》) did not have any topical marketing when it was first launched in 2021, but gradually formed reader word-of-mouth in a slow and steady manner, and its influence continued to ferment. It has been reprinted continuously for 4 years, and 70,000 copies have been reprinted silently in the first half of this year alone, becoming a long-selling book with a solid foundation.
"I feel that my level is not worthy of such a large amount of traffic. So many readers come to me for autographs, not because my book is written so well, but because I myself have become a symbol." This is the soberness of young writer Liu Chuxin (刘楚昕) in the face of the hot sales of his work. In an era of information explosion, communication is given unprecedented importance, and literature is no exception, needing to build more diverse bridges between works and readers. Topics, events, traffic, and celebrities can make literature seen faster, but what needs to be cashed in after being seen is reading, and whether the quality is worthy of the traffic ultimately depends on the quality of the work. What makes a work move people's hearts and leave a deep impression in the long river of history is not those gorgeous marketing labels, but the value shining between the lines, and the profound impact on the world, people's hearts, and aesthetic trends.
(Author's affiliation: Institute of Literature, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (中国社会科学院文学研究所))
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After the novel "The River Flows Eastward" (百川东到海), writer Zheng Xin (郑欣) has launched a new novel, "Beyond the Mountain is Cloud" (山那边是云), after several years. The work is ingeniously conceived and unconventional, and particularly striking are the three female characters. Huang Xiaoxiao (黄小小) and Chen Luodi (陈洛迪), who work at the headquarters of an international cultural organization, and Su Wa (素瓦), a Dong ethnic woman from Guizhou (贵州) who stepped out of her hometown due to a transnational marriage, meet in Lausanne (洛桑), Switzerland (瑞士), and gradually unfold their respective tenacious, striving, and transformative lives. Living in foreign lands, their life ideals are not similar, but the characters are full of personality and three-dimensional images, leaving a deep impression on readers.
A distinct feature of the novel is that it crosses regions and cultures, bringing stories and characters into a brand new time and space in the process of "going to the world." Because of the characters' work, China (中国), Switzerland (瑞士), France (法国), Germany (德国), Ghana (加纳) and other places naturally enter the reader's field of vision. The internal operations of international organizations, the communication and exchanges between employees of different nationalities, and frequent air travel between China and Europe also provide fresh experiences for contemporary literature. In the collision of language and culture, the characters realize the communication of emotions and ideas. The author pays attention to psychological analysis, and many chapters have rich and delicate psychological descriptions. The interlacing, reversal, and variability of physical and psychological space-time demonstrate the author's ability and talent in handling such subjects.
Whether it is Huang Xiaoxiao's (黄小小) experience from a small clerk to being able to work independently in the organization, or Su Wa's (素瓦) transformation from selling dumplings to make a living to showing her skills in the international cultural tourism industry and helping the Dong ethnic Grand Song (侗族大歌) go abroad, the work depicts the living conditions of contemporary people in a solid growth narrative. The writing method of multiple clues progressing in parallel allows the characters' personalities and fates to reflect each other. As the plot progresses, they also gradually shift from the pursuit of the external world to the exploration of the inner self.
The novel's choice of Liping (黎平), Guizhou (贵州) and Lausanne (洛桑), Switzerland (瑞士) as the story's setting is obviously intentional. The mountainous landscapes of the two places have become an important source of the work's aesthetic characteristics. Although the two places are separated by distant mountains and seas, they have similarities in terms of natural geography, human living environment, and regional advantages, and the dialogue relationship they constitute forms a very meaningful contrast. The novel devotes a lot of ink to the natural landscapes and cultural heritage of Guizhou (贵州). Whether it is the green, natural ecological environment or the characteristic intangible cultural heritage represented by batik and the Dong ethnic Grand Song (侗族大歌), they are all facing the issue of protection, inheritance, and development, which is precisely where a generation of young people, including the protagonists, can give play to their talents.
Just as the novel's title implies, the mountain is reality and survival, the cloud is ideal and spirit, the mountain is the heavy tenacity rooted in the earth, and the cloud is the flying transcendence towards dreams. The images of mountain and cloud are more open because of their interlacing. The protagonist, who has ventured and prospered on the international stage, finally returned to Guizhou (贵州). This choice also implies the thought of returning to plainness and pursuing inner fulfillment in life. As the characters return to their homeland and look at it with new eyes, the sense of the times of poverty alleviation and comprehensive rural revitalization in the work is also ready to emerge.
The tone of "Beyond the Mountain is Cloud" (山那边是云) is lyrical and subtle. The writer not only tells a wonderful story of the intersection of Chinese and Western cultures, but also re-examines the self-growth of people from a cross-cultural height. Going from China (中国) to the world and from the world back to Guizhou (贵州) is not only a movement in geographical space, but also a spiritual question of poetic dwelling.
(The author is a professor at Guizhou Normal University (贵州师范大学))
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On the occasion of commemorating the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War, the major revolutionary historical drama "Bathing in Glory" is being broadcast on television. The work closely focuses on the revolutionary journey from the Nanchang Uprising in 1927 to the Zunyi Conference in 1935, demonstrating a vigorous, resolute, and heroic revolutionary romanticism in a grand vision and detailed narrative.
"Bathing in Glory" opens with a compact narrative, starting with the life-and-death farewell between Xu Teli (徐特立) and his son Xu Duben (徐笃本) at the Changsha Railway Station, restoring the White Terror after Chiang Kai-shek (蒋介石) launched the "April 12th" counter-revolutionary coup. It then introduces Comrade Mao Zedong's (毛泽东) denunciation of the Kuomintang reactionaries' crimes of murdering communists at the Wuchang Central Peasant Movement Institute... In a few strokes, it explains the urgency of armed resistance, and that compromise or even surrender can only be exchanged for ruthless slaughter. Immediately afterwards, the work details the process of Zhou Enlai (周恩来), He Long (贺龙), Ye Ting (叶挺), Zhu De (朱德), Liu Bocheng (刘伯承) and others commanding the Nanchang Uprising, sorting out the historical logic of why the communists had to resist.
"To know the great way, one must first know history." The Nanchang Uprising fired the first shot of armed resistance against the Kuomintang reactionaries. What happened after firing this first shot? This is the historical depth that "Bathing in Glory" focuses on. The work closely focuses on the history of army building and the army building line, one being explicit and the other implicit, complementing each other. The work does not simply list historical events, but highly refines them, balancing complexity and simplicity. For example, the "Sanwan Reorganization" led by Mao Zedong is explained in great detail, introducing the necessity of the important principle of the Party leading the army, and also making ordinary soldiers understand the fundamental question of why they are fighting and for whom they are fighting. At the same time, Kuomintang warlords such as Chiang Kai-shek, Bai Chongxi (白崇禧), and Tang Shengzhi (唐生智) were engaged in infighting and mutual crushing, making the contrast obvious. In the subsequent Jinggangshan meeting, the transfer to southern Jiangxi and western Fujian, and the five counter-"encirclement and suppression" campaigns, the people's army could always find a way out of desperation by realistically following the military line proposed by Mao Zedong, while unrealistic and blind actions were often extremely dangerous, and the importance of the military line was self-evident.
"Bathing in Glory" makes the images of revolutionary leaders and generals feel approachable through life-like and emotional narratives. For example, after He Tingying (何挺颖) sacrificed himself, Mao Zedong took off his cotton coat and put it on him in the snowy night, which moved all the soldiers and people present; another example is the scene where Zhu De and Chen Yi (陈毅) repeatedly pushed a pair of cloth shoes back and forth, both wanting to give them to each other, which is both touching and admirable. In the work, there is not only the growing talent and strategy of revolutionary leaders in the tempering of blood and fire, but also the heroic ode written with life by young revolutionaries such as Lu Deming (卢德铭), Wang Erzhuo (王尔琢), Chen Shuxiang (陈树湘), and the Lin (林) brothers. New historical discoveries and new details reproduction make the audience have the urge to follow the drama, and young netizens call this drama a "youth battle song."
The image style is an important part of the creation of revolutionary historical themes. In "Bathing in Glory," director Chen Li (陈力) continued her realistic, heavy, and melancholic image style, allowing the image to deeply participate in the narrative. For example, the iconic war scenes are still magnificent and majestic, whether it is the urban riots of the Nanchang Uprising, or the Sanheba Blockade Battle and the Jinggangshan jungle guerrilla warfare, the battle scenes are shocking; Mao Zedong forges weapons with the workers and peasants in the Hunan Arsenal, and the steel furnace in the background is radiant, full of the power and modeling sense of oil painting, which also implies that the people's army was born among the workers and peasants. On the other hand, the images about home are full of warmth. The scene where Yang Kaihui (杨开慧) and her three sons bid farewell to Mao Zedong at the entrance of the alley, and the scene where the tailor Lin Yucai (林育才) family sewed clothes and made sugar oil粑粑 together, all evoke the tenderness in people's hearts.
"The army is called the workers and peasants revolution, and the flag is the sickle and axe." Compared with previous similar works, "Bathing in Glory" has innovated in narrative perspective and aesthetic expression, not only reproducing the history of the people's army from scratch and from weak to strong, but also deeply exploring the people's position contained in the Party's army building line. It is a work that integrates ideology and artistry.
(Author's unit: Development Research Center of the State Administration of Radio and Television)
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The animated film "Monster of Langlang Mountain" is adapted from the animated short film "Little Piggy's Summer Vacation" of "Chinese Odd Tales" which sparked heated discussions in 2023. The film also uses "Journey to the West" as its source material, expanding the characters and plot of the short film, and tells a wonderful journey with allegorical significance against the backdrop of the pilgrimage to the West.
"Journey to the West" is a story well-known to Chinese audiences. The "Journey to the West universe" formed through adaptations in novels, film and television, animation, and games provides a huge space for imagination for contemporary literary and artistic creation. In recent years, the focus of adaptation has gradually shifted to the "pilgrimage journey" that reflects contemporary social experiences and working life. For example, in the novel "Taibai Jinxing is a Little Annoyed" and the TV series "Don't Panic, Your Majesty," the protagonists have changed from Tang Monk (唐僧) and his disciples to other characters, and the plot also reconstructs the original "eighty-one tribulations." "Monster of Langlang Mountain" is a prominent work in this trend. The film not only gives the main character position to supporting characters with very little "screen time," but also allows them to embark on the pilgrimage road before Tang Monk (唐僧) and his disciples.
The imitation pilgrimage team composed of Little Pig Demon (小猪妖) and others began their accidental journey after being forced to leave Langlang Mountain (浪浪山). Like Jiang Liuer (江流儿) in "Monkey King: Hero Is Back," they first heard about what Tang Monk (唐僧) and his disciples looked like from storytellers, and then imitated their image and actions. In the portraits drawn by the rooster painter, the audience can easily recognize the images of Tang Monk (唐僧) and his disciples in previous film and television and animation adaptations. This clever setting, on the one hand, awakens the audience's memory of the classics adapted from Journey to the West, and on the other hand, it intends to illustrate that the "pilgrims" are constantly changing with the times. The Little Pig Demons (小猪妖) chose the most peculiar abstract stick figure among the many portraits, implying that a brand new story has begun.
In order to tell the story of Journey to the West to the audience's hearts, the film arranges a very realistic life experience for the protagonists. They are unknown and have no superb skills, however, when this group of little people embark on the journey to the West, they understand the true meaning of the pilgrimage in a series of continuous events. From the monk giving them a cassock, to deceiving the Double Dog Cave King (双狗洞大王), to helping Beizhang Village (北张村) defeat the rat demon and obtain "demon subduing" certification, the four little monsters gradually approached the objects they were impersonating in terms of "life realm" in a series of actions that gradually became real.
The most thought-provoking part of the film is the Little Leiyin Temple (小雷音寺) section. The fake pilgrimage team encounters a fake Western Paradise. After the identity misplacement confrontation and mutual exposure, the little monsters have to face their true selves. When they can no longer borrow the name of Tang Monk (唐僧) and his disciples, they need to decide whether to continue the pilgrimage with their true faces. Facing the evil deeds of the Yellow Brow King (黄眉大王), the little monsters know that it is impossible to do, but they do it, and successfully rescue the kidnapped young boys and girls. It is in this battle with a huge disparity in strength that the little monsters no longer simply imitate the appearance of the Monkey King (齐天大圣), but interpret the spirit of "smoothing out the bumps and becoming a great road" with actions and choices.
Through this plot, the film redefines "pilgrimage." It is no longer a fatalistic task that only people with extraordinary talents can pursue, but a road that every ordinary person can embark on and a transformation that can be achieved. Just like the "destined person" identity that players receive in the game "Black Myth: Wukong," the "pilgrim" is no longer an exclusive title for Tang Monk (唐僧) and his disciples. The little monsters show such a possibility: no matter how difficult the situation is, they can "live the way I like." Their doubts, struggles, failures, and rebirths have become a new entry point for the story of Journey to the West, which can trigger empathy and resonance from the audience.
In this sense, "Monster of Langlang Mountain" is not a simple adaptation, but gives new life to the classic story.
(Author's affiliation: Faculty of Arts and Media, Beijing Normal University (北京师范大学))
Return to TopIn a domestic crime drama environment that generally pursues strong plots and fast pacing, the drama "Legitimate Defense" has chosen a different path. It is not content with merely presenting the handling of cases, but also attempts to use "legitimate defense" as a starting point to explore the progress of judicial concepts and the complexity of human nature.
The transformation of the character Duan Hongshan (段鸿山) from prosecutor to suspect in the play is very meaningful. He sits opposite the position he was once most familiar with, becoming a defendant, defending his own "legitimate defense," which is a portrayal of "treating it as my own case" – judicial officers put themselves in the situation of the parties involved, and can more deeply feel the relationship between law and emotion.
In terms of narrative art, the judgments of three cases separated by 14 years form a mirror structure, jointly reflecting the progress of judicial concepts. This approach maintains the suspense elements of a detective drama while cleverly integrating social issues such as the determination of legitimate defense and the fight against domestic violence. In particular, the contextualized reproduction of the "limits of defense" uses audio-visual language to allow the audience to intuitively feel how people will choose and act in critical moments when their lives are on the line.
The drama uses just 15 episodes to make a clear point: true judicial justice requires law enforcers to maintain both professional rationality and the empathy to understand others. This is the reason why the law wins public trust, and it is also a reflection of the continuous progress of judicial concepts and practices.
(Chen Hanbing (陈寒冰), Minhang District (闵行区), Shanghai (上海))
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