Summary: This article summarizes China's achievements during the 14th Five-Year Plan (2021-2025) under the leadership of the CPC Central Committee with Xi Jinping at its core. It highlights advancements in economic development, technological innovation (like the C919 and "Tiangong" space station), and improvements in people's livelihoods (such as increased employment and healthcare access). Xi Jinping's emphasis on high-quality development, innovation, and people-centric governance is a recurring theme. The article also touches upon the importance of balancing development with security, including food and energy security. It concludes by looking forward to the 15th Five-Year Plan, emphasizing continued progress towards socialist modernization and common prosperity.
Summary: The article highlights Dalian's efforts to develop its shipbuilding and marine engineering equipment industry, aligning with Xi Jinping's call for a strong maritime economy. Dalian is focusing on high-end products, a comprehensive industrial system, and the integration of technological and industrial innovation. The city's shipbuilding industry has seen significant growth in completed vessels, new orders, and current orders. Liaoning Provincial Party Committee Deputy Secretary and Dalian Municipal Party Committee Secretary Xiong Maoping stated Dalian aims to build a world-class high-tech shipbuilding and high-end marine engineering equipment manufacturing base, contributing to building a strong maritime power.
Summary: A symposium commemorating the 100th anniversary of Ren Jianxin's birth was held in Beijing, attended by Wang Huning, who also met with Ren's family beforehand. Chen Wenqing eulogized Ren's life and emphasized learning from his political loyalty and dedication to the legal and political system. Zhang Jun attended the symposium, which was presided over by Wang Dongfeng. The meeting focused on Ren's contributions to China's legal and political affairs, with calls to emulate his virtues in the pursuit of national rejuvenation. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The State Council has issued an opinion to gradually implement free preschool education, emphasizing the importance of universal access and high-quality development in line with Xi Jinping Thought. Starting in the fall of 2025, tuition fees for public kindergartens will be waived for the year preceding primary school, and similar reductions will be implemented for eligible children attending private kindergartens. The policy aims to reduce education costs and improve public education services. The opinion also encourages provincial-level regions to consolidate financial aid policies for vulnerable children. It focuses on strengthening the preschool education investment mechanism.
Summary: This article emphasizes the importance of regional coordination and strategic alignment for high-quality development in China's provinces during the 14th Five-Year Plan period. It highlights Anhui province as an example of leveraging strategic advantages, particularly in the new energy vehicle industry, through coordinated development within the Yangtze River Delta region. The article stresses the need for provinces to identify and capitalize on their unique strengths while avoiding "inward-style" competition, and to foster collaboration with other regions. It also mentions the importance of opening up and linking domestic and international markets through initiatives like the Belt and Road Initiative, transforming inland regions into frontiers of development. This approach is intended to integrate regional development more deeply into the overall national development strategy.
Summary: This article focuses on the theoretical implications and practical significance of Xi Jinping's thought on ecological civilization, as interpreted through the first volume of "Selected Works on Xi Jinping's Ecological Civilization." It emphasizes building beautiful, green, and low-carbon cities in the new era. The article is framed within the context of theoretical study and expert discussion. No U.S. or U.S.-China relations content is present.
Summary: At a press conference marking the 60th anniversary of the founding of the Tibet Autonomous Region, Party Secretary Wang Junzheng and Chairman Qizhala (Gama Zedeng) highlighted the region's economic and social achievements. Wang emphasized the region's stability, economic development, ethnic unity, and ecological well-being under the leadership of the CCP. Wang noted that Tibet's GDP has significantly increased, with expectations to exceed 300 billion yuan this year and highlighted advancements in infrastructure. Gama Zedeng emphasized the thriving cultural tourism industry, with a significant increase in both domestic and international tourists.
Summary: This article summarizes the achievements and direction set during China's 14th Five-Year Plan (2021-2025) under the leadership of the CPC Central Committee with Xi Jinping at its core. It highlights advancements in economic development, technological innovation (such as the C919 and space station), and improvements in people's livelihoods, including increased employment, education, and healthcare access. Xi Jinping emphasized high-quality development, technological self-reliance, and deepening reform and opening-up, stating that China should focus on its own development regardless of international changes. The article also touches upon the importance of balancing development with security and the commitment to common prosperity, showcasing Xi Jinping's focus on people-centric governance. The piece does not mention the United States.
Summary: China's State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) has drafted new regulations to strengthen food safety oversight in chain stores. The draft, open for public comment until September 4th, outlines a tiered management system assigning responsibilities to provincial, municipal, and county-level market regulators. It emphasizes risk management across the entire chain, from headquarters to individual stores. The regulations detail requirements for headquarters regarding personnel, procurement, and distribution, emphasizing a "daily control, weekly investigation, and monthly scheduling" system. The regulations do not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: A rural farmers' sports meet was held in Sangzhe Town, Pengshui Miao and Tujia Autonomous County, Chongqing on August 3rd. Villagers participated in events such as a carrying competition, contributing to a joyful atmosphere. The article focuses on the event itself and does not mention specific officials, U.S. relations, or any political implications.
Summary: The China-built Chancay port in Peru, a key Belt and Road Initiative project, officially opened in November 2024 and has significantly boosted trade between Peru and Asia, particularly China. In its first five months, the port's total import and export value exceeded $777 million, with increasing monthly business volumes. The port features advanced Chinese technologies, including an innovative piling platform and automated systems, and has also prioritized environmental protection. New shipping routes from Chancay to Shanghai have reduced transit times to 23 days, lowering logistics costs and increasing the export competitiveness of South American countries. The project has also provided significant job training and employment opportunities for local Peruvians.
Summary: A recent film, "Nanjing Photography Studio," highlights the story of a Chinese apprentice photographer who risked his life to preserve evidence of Japanese atrocities during the Nanjing Massacre. The author emphasizes the importance of remembering this history, arguing that it demonstrates the consequences of national weakness and serves as a crucial component of patriotic education. The author notes Xi Jinping's statement that the war's guilt lies with militarists, not the people, but the crimes should not be forgotten. The article underscores China's significant contribution to the Allied victory in World War II, referencing President Roosevelt's acknowledgement of China's role in hindering Japan's war efforts, diverting Japanese troops from other fronts.
Summary: 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, a Sino-Japanese peace and friendship exchange event was held in Nagoya, Japan, hosted by the Chinese Consulate General in Nagoya, with over 140 attendees. Participants, including Japanese political figures and scholars, emphasized the importance of remembering history and promoting the healthy development of Sino-Japanese relations. Japanese attendees, including a member of the House of Councillors and a youth who had visited sites of Japanese war crimes in China, spoke about the need for Japan to confront its past and contribute to world peace. Zhao Baogang, Minister of the Chinese Embassy in Japan, stated China's willingness to fight against those who distort history. Yang Xian, Chinese Consul General in Nagoya, emphasized China's contribution to the World Anti-Fascist War and its willingness to work with Japan to create a better future for Sino-Japanese relations.
Summary: A seminar for ASEAN parliamentarians concluded in Kunming on August 5th, focusing on strengthening legislative exchange to build a closer China-ASEAN community. Twenty-three parliamentarians and senior officials from Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam participated in the seminar, themed around strengthening legislative exchange to build a closer China-ASEAN community. Participants visited Beijing, Nanjing, and Kunming, examining projects related to rural revitalization, connectivity, high-tech, and digital economy initiatives. They also engaged in thematic seminars and discussions with Chinese officials and experts on economic, political, cultural, and ecological development.
Summary: Louis Dreyfus Company (LDC) CEO Michael Gelchie stated that the company will continue to deepen its roots in the Chinese market, collaborating with local partners in areas like food innovation, green development, and digitalization. Gelchie highlighted China's dynamic consumer market, economic resilience, and focus on innovation as reasons for LDC's confidence in expanding its Chinese operations. He noted LDC's participation in facilitating the entry of products like South African soybeans into the Chinese market, enabled by China's expanding market access and free trade agreements. Gelchie also praised China's leadership in carbon reduction and the country's achievements in sustainable development, aligning with LDC's own sustainability initiatives. He acknowledged China's leading role in digitalization, which supports LDC's digital transformation, incorporating Chinese technologies like visual recognition to enhance its systems.
Summary: Saudi Aramco CEO Amin Nasser stated that China is a crucial strategic market for the company, emphasizing the strong, long-term cooperative relationship between Saudi Aramco and its Chinese partners. Nasser highlighted Saudi Aramco's active participation in China's integrated refining and chemical projects, with plans for increased investment across various sectors in the future. He emphasized China's significance in the global chemical market, indicating its importance for Aramco in both crude oil supply and liquefied natural gas projects. No U.S. or U.S.-China relations were discussed.
Summary: In commemoration of the 98th anniversary of the PLA, the Publicity Department of the CPC Central Committee, along with other organizations, jointly announced the "Most Admirable Supporters of the Military." Eight individuals and one collective were recognized for their contributions, including promoting military traditions, aiding veterans, and supporting military development. This initiative aims to foster stronger civil-military relations and support the modernization of the national defense. A special program featuring the honorees will be broadcast on China Central Television. There is no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations in this article.
Summary: The article emphasizes the importance of faith, particularly Communist belief, for the Chinese people, drawing inspiration from figures who exemplified dedication and sacrifice. It highlights the Communist faith's ability to inspire dedication to national progress. The piece encourages young people to integrate their aspirations with the goals of the Party and the country. It discusses the strength and hope that faith brings to the nation. It makes no mention of the United States.
Summary: To celebrate the 98th anniversary of the PLA, the Publicity Department of the CPC Central Committee and other departments publicly honored individuals and one collective as "The Most Admirable Supporters of the Army." These honorees are recognized for their dedication to supporting military personnel, veterans, and their families, contributing to national defense and military readiness. Examples include Tibetan women who have been delivering supplies to border outposts for decades, and individuals who have created veteran-focused businesses. These actions aim to strengthen the bond between the military and the people, and to promote patriotism.
Summary: During the severe rainstorms of July 26th, a village in Hebei's Luanping County, specifically Xigou Village, became isolated due to destroyed infrastructure and communication outages. Village officials, including Baocun cadre Dong Jianguo, successfully evacuated residents from a geological hazard point, but subsequent landslides caused significant damage, burying entire villages and leaving people missing. A delayed distress message, sent via forwarded text, finally reached Deputy County Chief Sun Lixia after eight hours. Rescue efforts were hampered by damaged roads and communication blackouts, but emergency repairs to a local communications base station by Zhao Ning helped open channels, and rescue teams reached the village on July 28 to provide aid and evacuate the injured.
Summary: The Chinese government has allocated 1.015 billion yuan for disaster relief in regions affected by floods and droughts, including Beijing, Hebei, and Shandong. A red alert for potential flash floods was issued for parts of Guangdong and Guangxi. The Ministry of Water Resources has been managing water levels in Dongping Lake, a diversion point between the Yellow and Huai River basins. Heavy rainfall in Guangxi has caused some rivers to exceed warning levels, prompting a level IV emergency response. Extensive rainfall in Guangdong has disrupted rail services on the Beijing-Guangzhou line, requiring the emergency transfer of stranded passengers.
Summary: Due to heavy rainfall, multiple road sections in Zhaoqing City's Duanzhou District, Guangdong Province, were flooded, with some areas experiencing landslides. Emergency and fire departments were dispatched to the affected areas for rescue operations. Certain highway sections and scenic spots have been temporarily closed. No U.S. or U.S.-China relations implications were mentioned in the report.
Summary: China's National Health Commission issued a notice standardizing the naming of medical institutions' outpatient departments to better guide their focus and improve patient care. The notice stipulates names should align with the scope of practice, accurately reflect specialties (if applicable), and avoid terms that contradict socialist values or cause public anxiety. Medical institutions are required to review and rectify any irregularities in outpatient department names and improve patient services. The goal is to streamline processes and provide clear information to patients. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
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Summary: Recent media attention has focused on the upgrading of vocational colleges to vocational universities and instances of bachelor's degree holders pursuing vocational qualifications, indicating a shift towards integrating vocational and general education. This trend is driven by evolving societal attitudes towards vocational careers and increased policy support for vocational education. The development of modern vocational education is seen as crucial to addressing structural employment imbalances and shortages in skilled labor, particularly in sectors like manufacturing, agriculture, and childcare. Integrating teaching with industry practices, such as collaborative programs with companies like Gree Electric and FAW Mould Manufacturing, is emphasized to improve the quality and relevance of vocational training. Ultimately, fostering a well-trained and appropriately skilled workforce is viewed as essential for driving innovation and high-quality economic and social development.
Summary: The article discusses the historical significance of the Taohuashan area in Hunan province, formerly a base for the New Fourth Army, and its contemporary economic development. It emphasizes the importance of leveraging geographical advantages and unity to achieve both military victory and economic prosperity. The development of modern agriculture, logistics, and energy industries in Huarong county is highlighted as an example of this principle. The spirit of self-reliance and hard work, reminiscent of the revolutionary past, is presented as key to unlocking further development and achieving common prosperity. The article makes no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: In 2024, China's "San Xin" (三新) economy, encompassing new industries, new business formats, and new business models, grew by 6.7% year-on-year. This sector now accounts for 18.01% of China's GDP, an increase of 0.43 percentage points from the previous year. The growth of the "San Xin" economy since the initial release of statistical data in 2018 reflects ongoing optimization of China's economic structure. There is no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations in the text.
Summary: This article profiles Li Fugui, a young woman from Henan province who gained popularity online for her videos documenting her daily life selling tofu and other goods in rural villages. Li's videos, praised for their authenticity, showcase her optimistic attitude and the warm human connections she forges with the villagers. The article contrasts Li's genuine portrayal of rural life with other online content that exploits hardship for profit. It emphasizes the power of sincerity in resonating with audiences and highlights the contributions of ordinary people to China's modernization. There is no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The article discusses the increasing security risks associated with online video conferencing, including technical vulnerabilities, content management and intellectual property risks, and legal conflicts arising from cross-border data flows. It emphasizes the need for a comprehensive risk prevention and control system through legal interpretations, standardization of technical development and platform management, and enhanced platform security measures like encryption and authentication. The piece also highlights the importance of raising user awareness regarding privacy protection and safe online behavior. Furthermore, it recommends a collaborative governance model involving government regulation, industry self-regulation, and public participation. There is no discussion of United States or U.S.-China relations within the text.
Summary: The article discusses China's new "Housing Rental Regulations" set to take effect on September 15th, aimed at addressing issues within the rental market and promoting high-quality development. It highlights problems such as substandard housing conditions, contract disputes, and the need for clearer regulations to protect renters' rights. The regulations seek to clarify standards for living conditions, resolve disputes, and promote a "rental and purchase" housing system. It emphasizes the need to expand the supply of high-quality rental housing by cultivating market-oriented, professional housing rental enterprises. There is no explicit mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations in the article.
Summary: This article solicits submissions for various commentary sections of the People's Daily, including "Everyone's Talk," "Heartwarming News and Hot Reviews," "The Chinese Road and the Chinese Dream," and "Commentary." It emphasizes that multiple submissions of the same article are discouraged. The email address for submissions is provided. The article does not discuss any specific political events, officials, or U.S.-China relations.
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Summary: This article reports on a symposium commemorating the 100th anniversary of Ren Jianxin's birth, a former Secretary of the Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission and President of the Supreme People's Court. The meeting focused on Ren's contributions to China's legal system, including his work on intellectual property law and judicial reforms. Speakers at the event emphasized his loyalty to the Party, his dedication to the legal profession, his commitment to serving the people, and his integrity. The article calls on attendees to emulate Ren's qualities and to rally around the leadership of Xi Jinping to advance the modernization of China.
Summary: The Changtai Yangtze River Bridge, the world's largest cable-stayed bridge, is undergoing final testing and is expected to be completed in August, shortening travel time between Changzhou and Taizhou in Jiangsu Province. Construction innovations included intelligent soil extraction robots for the bridge's foundation, which increased efficiency and reduced the need for manual labor, and prefabricated rebar components assembled using automated production lines. The bridge deck paving utilized domestically produced materials, breaking dependence on imports and achieving precise control through a digital twin platform. The project overcame challenges posed by the bridge's large span, asymmetric load, and dual-layer design with innovations in materials and construction processes.
Summary: The article recounts the story of Wang Jiaben, a general from Yunnan province who fought against the Japanese during the Second Sino-Japanese War and was known as the "Tough Battle General." Wang participated in major battles and ultimately died in battle in Hunan province in 1944. His grave has been cared for by local villagers for generations, and his contributions are remembered in his hometown, where a museum displays his belongings and a main road is named after him. The article emphasizes Wang's support for education in his hometown, reflecting his concern for national rejuvenation. There is no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations in the article.
Summary: The Haoji Railway, China's longest coal transport artery connecting northern coal mines to the south, has surpassed 80,000 freight train trips since its opening in 2019. The railway has transported over 400 million tons of cargo during the 14th Five-Year Plan period, playing a significant role in regional economic development and energy supply. The Haoji Railway spans 1,813.5 kilometers across seven provinces and facilitates direct coal transport from the "Three Western Regions" to central China. This has reduced delivery times to 1-2 days.
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Summary: Chinese-made air conditioning products are experiencing strong sales in Europe, driven by high temperatures and innovative designs that address local challenges. Specifically, mobile split air conditioners from brands like Midea and TCL are gaining popularity due to their ease of installation and cost-effectiveness. Midea's European sales have increased by 35% in the first half of the year and TCL saw a 25% increase in sales, with factories ramping up production to meet demand. Beyond air conditioners, other Chinese-made cooling products, noted for their innovation and affordability, are finding favor with European consumers. Chinese companies are investing in R&D to adapt products to European standards and consumer needs.
Summary: Chinese cooling product companies are finding success in the European market through innovation and understanding consumer demand. This success stems from continuous investment in technology and a focus on addressing specific consumer pain points in Europe. Chinese brands are tailoring products to meet the needs of European consumers, moving beyond simply assembling components to creating innovative, comfortable products. The article emphasizes that Chinese companies should continue to improve technology and deeply understand market trends to succeed internationally. It does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: Over 630 media outlets in China, ranging from central to county-level, released their 2024 social responsibility reports, marking the 12th consecutive year of such reporting and an increase in participating media from the previous year. The reports, guided by Xi Jinping Thought, highlighted media efforts in promoting the spirit of the 20th Party Congress and other key events like the upcoming Third Plenum, focusing on political responsibility and serving the overall agenda. These reports cover aspects like political responsibility, service, cultural engagement, and ethical conduct. The All-China Journalists Association (ACJA) and provincial counterparts will review the reports.
Summary: China's logistics industry continued to expand in July, with the China Logistics Prosperity Index released by the China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing at 50.5%. The business volume index, new orders index, and inventory turnover index were all in the expansion range above 50%. The new orders index for logistics companies rose to 52.5%, while the business activity expectation index remained above 55%. The China Bulk Commodity Price Index was 111.4 points, up 0.5% month-on-month, indicating a continuous recovery and expansion in the bulk commodity market.
Summary: Shanghai has completed several urban renewal projects in older neighborhoods, improving the quality of housing and local amenities. These transformations aim to create a more comfortable and attractive environment for residents and businesses within the city. The projects involve both renovating existing structures and constructing new buildings within the old city areas. The renovations are improving Shanghai's overall urban landscape. This initiative shows efforts to modernize Shanghai.
Summary: Liaoning province has implemented online and inter-provincial credit repair services, along with cross-departmental mutual recognition to help businesses restore their credit ratings. The Liaoning Market Supervision Bureau has assisted over 28,000 businesses in completing online credit repairs within the market supervision system this year. Businesses also receive guidance on preparing credit repair materials and are informed about policies and procedures. A collaborative mechanism has been established with relevant departments to share credit repair results, which are then synchronized to national credit information platforms, enabling mutual recognition of credit repair outcomes. There is no mention of the U.S. or U.S.-China relations in this article.
Summary: Hainan Province has released new regulations to promote the development of the private sector within the Hainan Free Trade Port. The regulations focus on key challenges facing private enterprises, aiming to provide legal support for their role in the port's construction. The rules address issues such as market access barriers and anti-competitive practices, outlining mechanisms for fair market participation. They also support private sector involvement in key industries and R&D, ensuring equal access to preferential policies and encouraging international cooperation. By the end of June, private businesses accounted for 97.54% of all businesses.
Summary: A recently released guideline jointly issued by multiple Chinese government bodies, including the People's Bank of China, aims to provide high-quality financial services for advancing new industrialization and accelerating the development of new productive forces. The guidance focuses on deepening supply-side structural reforms in the financial sector to meet industrial demands. By 2027, the government hopes to have improved financial support for high-end, intelligent, and green manufacturing. The plan intends to optimize financial policy tools to support key technologies, strengthen financial services for key enterprises in the industrial chain, and promote the development of "data credit" and "thing credit" supply chain finance service models.
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Summary: The article discusses the concept of "beautiful cities" in China, emphasizing the importance of green and low-carbon development. It highlights the need for cities to move beyond mere cleanliness to build sustainable ecological systems through initiatives like wetland parks and ecological corridors. The article acknowledges that while progress has been made in reducing national energy consumption, challenges remain in resource utilization and energy intensity in some cities. It calls for further promotion of "zero-waste cities," green manufacturing, and green services to ensure sustainable urban development. The article frames this shift as a transition from expansion to quality and efficiency, aiming for shared urban beauty.
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Summary: This article discusses Xi Jinping's thought on ecological civilization, framing it as a crucial component of China's socialist modernization and a contribution to global ecological governance. It highlights Xi's concept of a "community of life for man and nature" and "green development" as key principles. The piece criticizes Western environmental theories and promotes China's approach to balancing environmental protection with economic development. It emphasizes the "Belt and Road" Initiative as an example of China's commitment to global green development. Ultimately, the article positions Xi's ecological thought as offering a new paradigm for sustainable development and global governance.
Summary: This article discusses the phenomenon of Chinese officials skirting regulations ("playing the edge ball," 擦边球), particularly regarding the Eight-Point Regulation. It argues that these seemingly minor infractions erode discipline and can lead to more significant corruption. The piece emphasizes the importance of strict adherence to rules and cultivating a strong sense of Party discipline among officials to avoid this erosion. It stresses both strengthening inner-party resolve and erecting robust external preventative and punitive measures, including new technology, to prevent officials from exploiting grey areas and loopholes. There is no explicit mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The article discusses the rising trend of criminals exploiting children for telecom fraud during summer vacation, using tactics like renting WeChat accounts, stealing phone cards from children's smartwatches, and luring minors into making fraudulent phone calls under the guise of "part-time jobs". Police have dismantled criminal groups involved in these activities, highlighting the vulnerabilities of children due to their limited social experience and eagerness to help. Authorities advise parents to educate their children about fraud prevention, secure their devices, and report any suspicious activity, including offers of high-paying but simple jobs.
Summary: During the summer, students are increasingly targeted by telecom fraud, which takes various forms including fake part-time jobs, airline ticket scams, concert ticket scams, online game account scams, and education refund scams. Scammers often impersonate customer service representatives, law enforcement, or legal professionals to deceive victims, especially minors. Police officer Li Kui advises students not to click on unknown links, trust unfamiliar calls, reveal personal information, or transfer money without verification. If defrauded, victims should immediately report to the police at 110, collect evidence, and go to the nearest police station to report the crime.
Summary: The article discusses the widening global digital divide, which now includes an "AI divide" (智能鸿沟), hindering equitable global development. It emphasizes the need to bridge this gap through inclusive AI development and governance, promoting shared benefits. China's contributions to global digital governance are highlighted, including Xi Jinping's call for bridging the digital divide and China's infrastructure support for countries in the "Belt and Road" Initiative. The article also calls for international cooperation to address challenges like data privacy, cross-border data flow, and algorithm transparency, noting that the United States, along with China, account for 40% of AI core technologies. The author is the Secretary General of the World Internet Conference.
Summary: A repurposed air raid shelter near the Hongtudi subway station in Chongqing has been transformed into a farmers market, operating every Saturday morning. The initiative, a collaboration between Yubei District's Shichuan Town and an air raid shelter management company, provides a rent-free space for local farmers to sell their produce. According to Wang Zilin from the management company, the space features amenities like "water air conditioning," free refreshments, and emergency supplies, attracting a large customer base and boosting business for nearby shops. The market has grown in popularity, with daily traffic increasing from an average of 500 people to 1,000 to 3,000. There is no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations.
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Summary: A group of young party members from the Ningxiang People's Court visited the former residence of Xie Juezai in Hunan province to attend a micro-Party lecture on family traditions and style based on Xie's letters. The lecture focused on Xie's emphasis on diligence, self-reliance, and incorruptibility within his family, as demonstrated through his letters advising his children to engage in manual labor and discouraging them from visiting him in Beijing due to financial constraints. Xie emphasized that officials should be diligent and not seek personal gain. Participants discussed the significance of Xie's principles for contemporary cadres, particularly regarding distinguishing between public and private interests and maintaining integrity. The Ningxiang City Discipline Inspection Commission incorporates the study of Xie Juezai's family letters into the education of party members and discipline inspection cadres.
Summary: This article emphasizes the importance of cultivating good family traditions (家风) and education (家教), particularly for leading cadres, as they impact not only their families but also the Party's conduct and social morality. It highlights the historical emphasis on family discipline within the CCP, citing examples of revolutionary leaders like Mao Zedong and Zhou Enlai who set strict principles for their families. The piece advocates for learning from these historical examples to cultivate a new era of communist family values. While the U.S. is not mentioned, the article stresses the need for cadres to manage their families and nurture proper conduct.
Summary: The article discusses the transformation of the publishing industry in China due to the rise of digital reading, with digital forms of reading at 80.6% of adults surveyed in 2024. It emphasizes that digital tools should expand the dimensions of reading, not diminish its depth, and that algorithms should provide accurate anchors for knowledge acquisition rather than limiting readers' horizons. The piece highlights the need for publishing houses to adapt by providing personalized learning experiences through digital resources and strengthening relationships with readers. It further advocates for publishing houses to focus on niche markets and develop core technologies to control the digital publishing chain. The article stresses the importance of maintaining the core value of reading – to enlighten the mind – regardless of the medium.
Summary: Guangdong Province has launched a "Night Art Class" program to provide accessible and diverse art education to the public, utilizing local cultural centers during evening hours. The program, initiated by the Guangdong Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism, offers a variety of courses such as dance, painting, and traditional arts. Citizens can register for courses through the "Cultural Guangdong" app. The classes are taught by professional artists, teachers, and cultural heritage inheritors, aiming to enhance public cultural literacy.
Summary: Beijing's Xicheng District established a museum alliance consisting of 33 institutions, aiming to enhance cultural service offerings through inter-museum and regional collaboration. The alliance seeks to transform museums into accessible cultural spaces for citizens. The district, promoting a "Museum City," also granted its first round of financial support to four museums: Beijing Liubiju Museum, Beijing Fuli Cloth Shoes Museum, Tianqiao Impression Museum, and Ancient Pottery Civilization Museum. These funds were allocated based on a support policy released in April 2024, aimed at encouraging private sector involvement in museum development. The initiative aims to boost the number of registered museums in the district.
Summary: The city of Jixi in Heilongjiang province has constructed numerous pocket parks and expanded green spaces as part of its effort to become a national garden city. Jixi has built 12 new city parks and 77 pocket parks since 2021, increasing green space and improving park accessibility for residents. These parks are designed with the needs of both children and the elderly in mind, offering spaces for recreation, socializing, and reading. The pocket parks are intended to enhance the quality of life and showcase the city's ecological environment. The article does not discuss the United States or U.S.-China relations.
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Summary: Freyrda Bio's skincare brand, AIER, has established a resource bank of over 2,000 skin microbial strains specific to Chinese skin after eight years of research analyzing tens of thousands of strains. The team identified *Staphylococcus epidermidis* CCSM0287 ("287 Barrier Bacteria") which is being used in AIER's "287 Barrier Technology," aiming to improve skin barrier repair. AIER has launched a 287 series product using this technology. AIER has obtained 53 national invention patents and published 21 academic papers, further solidifying its position as a domestic skincare brand focused on scientific research.
Summary: Zhao Shudong, the Party Secretary of Xiwang Village in Gansu Province, initially struggled in his role despite his familiarity with the village. Facing pressure to improve housing during a poverty alleviation period, Zhao successfully renovated homes after overcoming initial resistance from villagers by working closely with county and township officials. To address low vegetable prices, Zhao learned about preservation techniques during training programs organized by the local government and then attracted investment to build cold storage facilities. Inspired by other villages, Zhao is also working on developing red tourism centered around the village's historical connection to the Red Army.
Summary: This article emphasizes the importance of young cadres immersing themselves fully in rural life to overcome initial challenges. It urges them to engage directly with villagers, understand their needs, and learn effective methods for working with the populace. The piece advocates for young officials to apply their knowledge to solve local problems and improve livelihoods, moving beyond observation to practical action. It stresses the need for them to actively address complex issues and improve the lives of ordinary people.
Summary: The 7th Xinjiang International Ethnic Dance Festival concluded on August 5th, featuring 52 performances of 26 works from both domestic and international artists. The festival included performances in multiple venues and outreach events in public spaces. Artists from various countries, including Kazakhstan and Italy, expressed that the festival facilitated artistic exchange and provided inspiration. Over its 17-year history, the festival has hosted over 130 art groups and expanded its reach to local communities through tours and performances. The event showcased both international acts and works featuring Xinjiang themes, highlighting the region's cultural landscape.
Summary: A rural township in Zhejiang province, faced with a rapidly aging population and limited services, has launched a "Benefit-the-People Vehicle" initiative. This program brings services like haircuts, knife sharpening, health checks, and tech support for smartphones directly to elderly residents in remote villages. The initiative is organized by the local Party committee and government, mobilizing local residents, cadres, and volunteers to provide services. The mobile team has served over 1,200 residents to date, with haircuts being the most popular service. The goal of the program is to bring "the atmosphere of ordinary life" to mountain residents and enable the elderly to access essential services without leaving their villages.
Summary: Xi'an's Yanta District in Shaanxi Province recently held a museum exhibition titled "Yanta's Thousand-Year Rhyme in the Interweaving of Light and Shadow" at the M3 Movie Castle. The exhibition showcased cultural relics spanning from prehistoric times to the Tang Dynasty, along with geological wonders. The event was designed to bring museum artifacts closer to the local community. The provided image shows citizens viewing the exhibit.
Summary: A national youth women's soccer tournament, "Pomegranate Blossoms, Youth in Bloom," organized by the All-China Women's Federation, the State Ethnic Affairs Commission, and the General Administration of Sport, commenced in Kashgar, Xinjiang. The tournament features 21 teams and over 300 female student players aged 12-14, with the aim of promoting exchange and unity among ethnic groups through soccer and instilling a sense of community. Players will also participate in cultural activities, including a display on family values and visits to local museums, to deepen their understanding of national identity. The All-China Women's Federation has supported the development of youth women's soccer teams in Xinjiang, establishing 268 teams to date. There is no reporting on statements or actions of an official, nor discussion or allusion to the United States or U.S.-China relations, in the provided article.
Summary: The article discusses how financial institutions in Hubei province, such as China Construction Bank, ZB Bank, and Agricultural Bank of China, are supporting local businesses through loans and financial products tailored to specific industries. These initiatives are part of a broader effort to strengthen technology finance, green finance, inclusive finance, pension finance, and digital finance. Examples include supporting upgrades to silicon photonics engine production lines, financing R&D in industrial pump manufacturing, and providing loans to agricultural businesses and elder care facilities. An Agricultural Bank of China representative stated that they will strengthen financial services for major strategies, key areas, and weak links. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The 2025 National Youth Aerospace Innovation Competition opened in Wenchang, Hainan, with the theme "Looking up at the Stars, Achieving Dreams." The competition brings together 4,664 students from 31 provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities, and Hong Kong and Macau. It features three competition units: aerospace creativity, aerospace scientific exploration and innovative design, and space exploration competition. Over 40,000 primary and secondary school students participated in the preliminary rounds. The event is co-sponsored by the China Aerospace Science and Technology International Exchange Center, the Wenchang International Space City Administration, and the Wenchang Municipal People's Government.
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Summary: This article reports on the transformation of Qingshan Village in Zhejiang Province from a typical village to a "future village" through ecological restoration and green development. By establishing the "Good Water Fund," the village improved water quality in Longwu Reservoir by halting fertilizer use and initiated a sustainable development model that attracts artists, designers, and tourists. This model involves villagers benefiting economically from eco-friendly practices and reinvesting a portion of their earnings back into ecological protection. The success of Qingshan Village has led to the promotion of its "Good Water Fund" model in other regions of Zhejiang. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: A Chinese geological survey team completed a comprehensive suitability assessment of land resource utilization in the Northeast black soil region. The three-year project systematically investigated the black soil matrix resources across 83 counties in Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, and Inner Mongolia, covering approximately 38% of China's total black soil area. The survey established quantifiable boundaries for black soil and assessed its stability and quality, identifying areas at risk of degradation and proposing "matrix-first" governance strategies. This research provides scientific support for land planning, ecological restoration, resource utilization, and carbon sequestration, contributing to China's "dual carbon" goals. The project findings are being applied in various scenarios, including black soil stripping projects, reserve arable land selection, and arable land quality management.
Summary: This article profiles Wang Tingting, a young woman in Jilin City who took over her uncle's 20-year role as a bird protector on Changbai Island. Wang patrols the Songhua River wetland, observing bird habits and breeding, ensuring the wintering birds have enough food, and rescuing injured birds. With the help of government and caring people, the birds' food problem has been solved effectively in recent years. She has reportedly rescued nearly a hundred birds, including falcons and eagle owls. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: On August 5th, over ten thousand fishing boats set sail from ports in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and other coastal areas, marking the start of the fishing season in the East China Sea. The Maritime Safety Administration of the Ministry of Transport, in conjunction with fisheries departments, launched "Operation Escort Fishing 2025" to ensure safe operations. The MSA deployed 58 patrol vessels, a fixed-wing aircraft, 21 drones, and over 430 personnel from Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Fujian to patrol key areas. Over 100,000 marine fishing vessels will set sail in four batches during the "opening fishing season" from August 5th to September 16th in the East China Sea, the Yellow Sea, and the South China Sea. The Maritime Safety Administration also launched a two-month operation to strengthen aerial and sea patrols in key waters.
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Summary: The article highlights the increasing adoption of digital technologies in African agriculture, transforming farming practices and supply chains. These technologies, including drones, IoT sensors, and e-commerce platforms, are improving crop yields, optimizing resource use, and connecting farmers directly to markets. China-Africa cooperation in agricultural digitization is playing a significant role, with China providing technical support and establishing demonstration centers. A project to improve climate resilience in Tanzanian agriculture is being implemented by China's International Development Cooperation Agency and the UN International Fund for Agricultural Development. This project aims to enhance agricultural productivity and climate adaptation capabilities by utilizing satellite information and communication technology.
Summary: According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), global nuclear power generation is projected to reach a historic high by 2025, driven by reactor restarts in Japan, strong nuclear growth in the U.S. and France, and new projects in Asia. Global electricity demand is expected to remain strong through 2026, with renewables, natural gas, and nuclear energy collectively meeting the increased demand. Interest in nuclear energy is at its highest level since the 1970s oil crisis, with over 40 countries supporting its expansion amidst growing electricity demand and decarbonization efforts. Southeast Asia is seeing a rise in nuclear projects, while several European countries are re-evaluating nuclear policies. Technological innovations, particularly in small modular reactors (SMRs), are attracting increased investment, with potential for significant growth contingent on supportive policies.
Summary: Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo JiaKun stated that China appreciates and welcomes the Cambodia-Thailand Joint Boundary Commission meeting held in Malaysia. China has been actively communicating with Cambodia, Thailand, and Malaysia to consolidate the ceasefire and promote dialogue. China will continue to support ASEAN's efforts and play a constructive role in improving Cambodia-Thailand relations. The statement follows a trilateral meeting between China, Cambodia, and Thailand, and notes that the border situation has eased.
Summary: The 2025 Indonesian International Auto Show, organized by the Indonesian Automotive Industry Association, took place from July 24th to August 3rd in Tangerang, Banten, Indonesia. Over 50 automotive brands and 120 related industry exhibitors participated in the show, making it one of Indonesia's largest and most comprehensive auto shows. More than 10 Chinese automakers, including BYD, Wuling, and Chery, showcased their pure electric and hybrid vehicle models. The event attracted local Indonesian audiences to the Chinese auto companies' booths. There is no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations in the provided text.
Summary: Brazilian Vice President Geraldo Alckmin announced that the Foreign Trade Chamber (CAMEX) has agreed to initiate consultations with the United States at the World Trade Organization (WTO) regarding U.S. tariffs. This move represents the first step in the WTO's dispute resolution process. If consultations fail, Brazil may request a WTO arbitration panel. The specific timing and method of the WTO consultation are pending approval from President Lula.
Summary: Cambodia's Ministry of Environment has implemented a "plastic restriction order" targeting supermarkets and shopping malls in Phnom Penh, requiring them to stop providing free plastic bags and promote reusable mesh bags as alternatives, aiming to combat the over 10,000 tons of waste generated daily in the country. The Ministry is also promoting national campaigns like "Today I don't use plastic bags" and "Clean Cambodia, Khmer Can Do It" to enhance environmental awareness. Environment Minister Eang Sophalleth is calling on government, businesses, schools, and citizens to participate in cleaning activities and reduce plastic use at the source. While major supermarkets in Phnom Penh have reduced free plastic bag distribution, enforcement varies in other regions, and the Ministry is exploring solutions to balance environmental goals with practical interests. The Ministry is also exploring solar-assisted waste incineration and a "plastic bank" initiative to encourage recycling with financial incentives.
Summary: Monash University researchers have found that Heard Island, located in the sub-Antarctic region, has lost nearly a quarter of its glacial ice since 1947, indicating a significant impact from climate change. Analyzing topographical maps and satellite images from 1947, 1988, and 2019, they determined that approximately 64 square kilometers of glacial ice, representing 23.1% of the island's original glacier cover, has melted. The research was published in the European journal *The Cryosphere*. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
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Summary: Yunnan province is promoting itself as a summer destination, highlighting its cool climate, diverse ethnic culture showcased in the Torch Festival, and abundant wild mushroom cuisine. Various regions within Yunnan, including Kunming, Lijiang, and Dali, are featured for their unique attractions. The province has also implemented measures to improve the tourism market and ensure a positive experience for visitors. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The city of Pu'er in Yunnan province is leveraging its historical role as the origin of the Ancient Tea Horse Road to promote international exchange and cooperation through sports and cultural events. The article highlights the "Ancient Tea Horse Road" cross-country race, the China-Laos-Vietnam throwing-bag carnival, and youth soccer leagues facilitated by the China-Laos Railway as examples of how Pu'er is fostering friendship and understanding with neighboring countries, including Laos, Vietnam, and Thailand. Pu'er aims to promote people-to-people connectivity through these initiatives, building on the historical legacy of trade and exchange along the Tea Horse Road. These events are part of Pu'er's broader strategy to strengthen ties with Southeast Asian nations, utilizing its unique location and cultural resources, and building on the foundations of the ancient tea trade routes. The article alludes to Pu'er's efforts to become a hub connecting China with South and Southeast Asia.
Summary: The city of Pu'er is leveraging sports and tourism, drawing on the historical Tea Horse Road, to promote cultural exchange, exemplified by events like international marathons and traditional games. These sporting events are presented as bridging cultural divides, fostering mutual understanding, and highlighting shared values beyond competition. The article suggests that the camaraderie developed on the sports field can lay the groundwork for future international cooperation. Such exchanges are presented as fostering enduring friendships and laying the groundwork for future collaboration.
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Summary: The article emphasizes Xi Jinping's declaration that China is on the right path by independently developing its industries and manufacturing. It highlights the development of China's manufacturing sector, exemplified by companies like Harbin Electric Corporation (哈电集团), from the "First Five-Year Plan" to the "14th Five-Year Plan." The report focuses on Harbin Electric, detailing its advancements in hydropower technology, including the development of the world's first full-load operating megawatt hydropower unit and the world's largest capacity impulse turbine, and its efforts to modernize production lines and expand into clean energy. The article also mentions Harbin Electric's international projects, such as the Hassyan power plant in Dubai, and highlights its role in exporting "Chinese power" globally. There is no mention of the United States.
Summary: According to the article, in 1993 a foreign company offered a joint venture to Harbin Electric Corporation (哈电集团) but required them to abandon R&D, which Harbin Electric refused. The article highlights the importance of independent R&D and core technologies for Chinese companies to achieve global leadership and avoid getting stuck in a "red sea" of competition. It notes that China's R&D spending as a percentage of GDP is approaching OECD levels, and that Chinese companies have made significant progress in innovation. The piece emphasizes the need for continued efforts to overcome technological bottlenecks and strengthen indigenous innovation. There is no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: Tianjin Port has become a major hub for imported frozen and refrigerated goods, serving as a "large refrigerator" for the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region. The port handles hundreds of tons of imported meat, fruit, and seafood daily, with cold storage facilities ensuring freshness. The port's advantages include its location, extensive shipping routes, and efficient customs clearance, enabling rapid distribution to markets across China. Tianjin Port continues to upgrade its technology, expand its cold chain logistics services, and diversify its product offerings. The aim is to enhance its capabilities and solidify its position as a key entry point for global food products into China.
Summary: In the first half of 2024, China's "work-for-relief" programs employed 2.08 million low-income people, a 32% increase year-on-year, disbursing 22.3 billion yuan in wages. Separately, the China-Europe Railway Express (Zhengzhou) has operated a cumulative total of 9,953 trains over 12 years. In the first half of 2024, 979 trains departed from Zhengzhou, a 32.12% increase compared to the same period last year, reaching over 30 countries and 130 cities.
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Summary: Several Chinese cities are experimenting with "ticket stub economics" to stimulate consumption by linking event tickets to discounts and benefits across various sectors like tourism, dining, and retail. Cities like Shanghai, Nanjing, and Chongqing are implementing programs where event tickets act as vouchers for discounts at local businesses and attractions, aiming to create a more comprehensive consumption experience. This initiative involves collaboration between government, businesses, and various sectors to integrate resources and create a synergistic effect. The goal is to transform a single ticket into a catalyst for broader economic activity and enhance overall consumer experience. One example the article used was the Shanghai Museum "Pyramids at the top: Ancient Egyptian Civilization Exhibition", which they said brought in consumers who spent over 20 billion yuan.
Summary: A new initiative called "You Order, I Inspect" in China allows citizens to select food products they want authorities to inspect, increasing transparency and public engagement in food safety. The program involves online surveys and live-streamed inspections of restaurants and food products, such as hot pot ingredients, vegetables, and meat. By focusing on items of public concern, such as infant formula and food from popular restaurants, regulators aim to more effectively address food safety issues. The initiative also includes inviting consumer representatives, deputies to the people's congress, members of the CPPCC, and media reporters to participate in the sampling and inspection process, which enhances public oversight. The effort seeks to foster a society where everyone is concerned about and maintains food safety.
Summary: China's State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) is promoting a new "technical assistance" model following food safety inspections, aiming to improve food safety and quality. Local market regulators are implementing these measures, such as in Fujian where they helped the local red yeast rice industry, and in Hubei where they are assisting enterprises producing mahua and rice wine. The initiative seeks to transform issues identified in food inspections into actionable improvements for businesses. The China Organic Fertilizer Industry Development Conference was held in Xiahe County, Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Gansu Province, promoting green agriculture and ecological environment governance.
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Summary: Marking the 98th anniversary of the People's Liberation Army, a retired PLA veteran and screenwriter reflects on the PLA's history, particularly focusing on the Long March. He highlights the Xiangjiang River Battle, emphasizing its role in fostering the "four iron's" spirit (铁一般信仰、铁一般信念、铁一般纪律、铁一般担当) and the independent spirit of the CCP, as well as the strategic importance and sacrifice of the isolated column (川南游击纵队). He also recounts the story of over 100 soldiers of the Red Sixth Army Group who jumped off a cliff to avoid capture and harming civilians. The author expresses anticipation for the upcoming military parade in Tiananmen Square.
Summary: This article discusses the symbolism and virtues associated with bamboo in Chinese culture. The author highlights bamboo's resilience, integrity, and ability to inspire. It also talks about bamboo's rapid growth after a period of dormancy, representing ambition and perseverance. The author argues that people should learn from bamboo's qualities, such as humility, integrity, and resilience, to improve themselves. Bamboo is portrayed as a symbol of wisdom and a model for human conduct.
Summary: The article recounts observations from a visit to the MingShui border police station of the Jiuquan Border Management Detachment in Mazongshan Town, Gansu Province. The station is home to two stray animals, a dog nicknamed "Dahuang" who has learned to ring the doorbell, and a cat named "Aobai" who likes to sleep in the director's chair. The director of the station, Li Jianguo, showed the author a greenhouse where they grow vegetables, including unusually large, pesticide-free chili plants. The article highlights the dedication of the police in this remote border region, transforming it into a home for people, animals, and even plants. There is no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations in this article.
Summary: This article describes the author's observations of a tree-covered islet in Chengdu's Fengxiang Lake. The author notes the lake's creation and its subsequent attraction of egrets, which now populate the tree on the island. The author marvels at the sight of the egrets returning to the tree in the evening, describing it as a beautiful and poetic scene.
Summary: This article discusses Huang Binhong's landscape painting, *River Journey*, held in the National Art Museum of China. The article likely analyzes its artistic style, historical significance, or place within Huang Binhong's broader body of work. Details regarding the painting's composition, brushwork, or the artist's inspiration are likely key aspects discussed. The analysis would provide valuable insight into the development of modern Chinese ink painting. No explicit or implicit reference to the United States or US-China relations is included in this description.
Summary: This is a poem describing a summer scene. It depicts lotuses, dragonflies, clouds, and other elements of nature. The poem focuses on the beauty and vibrant energy of summer, where nature is alive with activity. The poem alludes to the transformation of flowers into fruit and love into wine. Ultimately, the poem suggests poetry itself is an eternal flower that expands one's world.
Summary: The article discusses the significance of Leizhou songs ("姑娘歌") and opera (雷剧) in the Leizhou Peninsula, highlighting their deep roots in rural life and cultural traditions. These folk songs, particularly "姑娘歌" which involves interactive singing between performers and audience members, express the joys and struggles of the Leizhou people. Leizhou opera evolved from these songs and is central to the annual "年例戏" festivals. The author was asked to write the couplets for the village's new cultural building, which will serve as a modern stage for these traditional performances. The new building provides a venue for Leizhou opera.
Summary: This article is a notice to readers of the "People's Daily" regarding submissions to the newspaper's "Dadi" (大地, meaning "Earth" or "Land") section. It solicits original, first-publication submissions from the public. The email address for submissions is provided. No information on Chinese politics, officials, or U.S.-China relations is mentioned.
By: 新华社记者
2021-2025 marks another 5-year period, and the 14th Five-Year Plan for National Economic and Social Development is about to conclude.
During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) at its core united and led the entire Party and the people of all ethnic groups across the country to work together with one heart and mind, striving forward. On the magnificent journey of comprehensively promoting the construction of a strong country and the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation with Chinese-style modernization, they have created new historical achievements with new great struggles.
In the past 5 years, from achieving the first centenary goal to embarking on a new journey towards the second centenary goal, and from building a moderately prosperous society in all respects to promoting common prosperity for all the people, China's economic and social development has made new groundbreaking progress, breakthrough changes, and historic achievements. China's answer sheet is world-renowned, China's road is wider, and China's strength is unstoppable.
Riding the Wind and Waves, Leading the Way Forward
-- "To make our generation's due contribution to promoting the construction of a strong country and the rejuvenation of the nation"
On July 19 this year, in Nyingchi (林芝), Tibet (西藏), the hydropower project in the lower reaches of the Yarlung Zangbo River (雅鲁藏布江), with a total investment of approximately 1.2 trillion yuan, kicked off construction.
At this time, the Sichuan-Tibet Railway (川藏铁路), the "steel artery" under construction on the roof of the world, is advancing towards Nyingchi (林芝) with a majestic momentum, crossing mountains and ridges.
In 2021, the opening year of the "14th Five-Year Plan," General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) came to the Nyingchi Railway Station (林芝火车站), an important hub of the Sichuan-Tibet Railway (川藏铁路), during his inspection in Tibet (西藏). He listened to the report on the progress of the construction of the Ya'an (雅安) to Nyingchi (林芝) section, pointing out that "this landmark project in the process of achieving the second centenary goal should be well constructed."
In the year of the conclusion of the "14th Five-Year Plan," looking across the Great Wall (长城) and both sides of the Yangtze River (长江), the land of China is full of golden splendor and vibrant vitality—
This is a glorious China bearing honor: solemnly celebrating the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China, the successful convening of the 20th National Congress of the Party, celebrating the 75th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, and soon solemnly commemorating the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War;
This is a thriving and striving China: 102 major projects are progressing smoothly, 8 indicators have exceeded expectations, the economic increment is expected to exceed 35 trillion yuan, and the average economic growth rate in the first 4 years reached 5.5%, contributing about 30% to world economic growth;
This is a vibrant and innovative China: the first domestically produced electromagnetic catapult aircraft carrier Fujian (福建舰) was launched, the first domestically produced large aircraft C919 (C919) developed according to international airworthiness standards achieved commercial flight, and the first Chinese space station "Tiangong" (天宫) was fully completed;
This is a happy China with people's livelihood as the top priority: more than 12 million new urban jobs are added every year, the average years of education for new labor force exceeds 14 years, the average life expectancy reaches 79 years, and direct settlement of cross-provincial medical expenses benefits 560 million people...
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out, "Accelerate the construction of Chinese-style modernization, unite and strive, forge ahead and innovate, make achievements worthy of the times, worthy of history, and worthy of the people on the new journey, and make our generation's due contribution to promoting the construction of a strong country and the rejuvenation of the nation."
In the past 5 years, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) at its core has taken overall control and led the direction, accurately analyzed the situation, maintained strategic focus, and adhered to drawing a blueprint to the end—
The "14th Five-Year Plan" period is the first five years for China to take advantage of the momentum to strive for the second centenary goal after building a moderately prosperous society in all respects. It is a crucial period for China to seize rare opportunities, withstand various challenges, and expand new development space.
On October 29, 2020, the Fifth Plenary Session of the 19th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China deliberated and approved the "Suggestions on Formulating the 14th Five-Year Plan." The full text takes a deep understanding of the new development stage, fully implementing the new development concept, and focusing on building a new development pattern as the logical main line, reflecting General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) profound thinking on China's future development.
In midsummer, on the waterfront boardwalk in the Wushan (五山) area of Nantong (南通), Jiangsu (江苏), the beautiful natural scenery attracts tourists to stop.
In November 2020, during his first local inspection after the Fifth Plenary Session of the 19th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) came here to inspect the ecology of the Yangtze River (长江) shoreline, and then went to Yangzhou (扬州) to see the environmental improvement along the Grand Canal (大运河), with the theme of "ecological priority, green development" running through it.
At the symposium on comprehensively promoting the development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt held after the inspection, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "We must maintain historical patience and strategic focus, draw a blueprint to the end, and work one after another to ensure that a river of clear water extends to future generations and benefits the people."
In the past 5 years, from presiding over symposiums on promoting the implementation of regional development strategies for many times, to talking about innovation at the National People's Congress for 5 consecutive years, and to unswervingly promoting the construction of a strong cultural country, a strong education country, a strong talent country, a strong sports country, and a healthy China, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) has repeatedly emphasized "long-term efforts, step-by-step deepening, and there will be achievements."
In the past 5 years, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) at its core has explored laws, mastered initiative, and proposed a series of new concepts, new ideas, and new strategies, leading practical innovation with theoretical innovation—
"Technological innovation and industrial innovation are the basic paths for developing new quality productive forces." At this year's National People's Congress, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) came to the Jiangsu (江苏) delegation of the Third Session of the 14th National People's Congress, where he was, to participate in deliberations and once again made new judgments on the development of new quality productive forces.
From being first proposed during local inspections to making systematic explanations, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) profoundly answered the major theoretical and practical questions of what is new quality productive forces, why develop new quality productive forces, and how to develop new quality productive forces, providing important guidelines for economic and social development.
Theoretically rich and developed, and practically changing with each passing day.
In October 2023, the National Conference on Publicity and Ideological Work was held, and the conference formally proposed Xi Jinping's (习近平) Thought on Culture.
During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, from proposing the "second combination" to attending the symposium on cultural inheritance and development and delivering an important speech, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) placed cultural construction in a prominent position in governing the country.
From proposing the major proposition of "humanistic economics" to emphasizing "empowering economic and social development with culture," General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) attached great importance to the integration and interaction between culture and economy.
Xi Jinping's (习近平) Thought on Culture awakens the most basic, deepest, and most lasting power of cultural confidence, the spiritual outlook of the whole society is revitalized, the ambition, backbone, and confidence of the Chinese people are unprecedentedly enhanced, and the innovative and creative vitality of the entire nation is fully flowing.
In the past 5 years, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) at its core has made overall plans, responded calmly to changes, grasped the timing and situation, and discerned crises and opportunities, making key decisions at critical moments—
The current and future period is a critical period for comprehensively promoting the construction of a strong country and the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation with Chinese-style modernization.
The road ahead is by no means smooth.
On September 26, 2024, in Zhongnanhai (中南海), Beijing (北京), General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) presided over a meeting of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee.
Since the second quarter of this year, especially entering the third quarter, the growth rate of China's main economic indicators has declined, the stock market and property market have been under pressure, market expectations have weakened, and worries at home and abroad have spread.
At a critical moment and important node, this meeting decisively deployed a package of incremental policies, which effectively boosted social confidence, significantly rebounded the economy, and smoothly completed the main goals and tasks of economic and social development throughout the year.
The more turbulent the situation, the more it demonstrates the firm and decisive leadership of the helmsman.
In November 2022, based on the situation and scientific decision-making, accurately grasping the changes in the COVID-19 epidemic, and studying and deploying twenty measures to further optimize prevention and control work;
In February 2025, aiming at problems and focusing on concerns, attending a symposium on private enterprises and delivering an important speech, profoundly reflecting the care and attention to private enterprises and the private economy;
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In the extraordinary development process of the "14th Five-Year Plan," General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平), with great political courage and wisdom, and fearless boldness and魄力, made key decisions time and time again, leading all the people to fight battle after battle and break through barrier after barrier, effectively responding to challenges and pointing out the direction forward.
Swimming in the middle of the stream, setting sail and rowing hard.
In these 5 years, the difficulties and problems encountered in China's economic and social development were more than expected, and the achievements and results were better than expected. Our institutional advantages are more consolidated, our innovation vitality is stronger, our material foundation is more solid, and our development foundation is more solid. It will surely leave an extraordinary page in the history of China's development.
Standing at the Forefront, Firm and Determined
-- "No matter how the international situation changes, we must unswervingly do our own thing"
Steadily ranking as the world's largest manufacturing country, with the output of more than 200 major industrial products ranking first in the world, building the largest number of 5G base stations in the world, and having the world's largest research and development personnel team...
During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, one "first," "most," and "largest" after another demonstrates the great transformation of China's economic and social development accelerating from quantitative change to qualitative change, from low-end to mid-to-high-end, and from follower to leader.
Development is the foundation and key to solving all problems in our country.
"High-quality development is the theme of China's economic and social development during the '14th Five-Year Plan' and even longer, and it is related to the overall situation of China's socialist modernization construction," "High-quality development is the primary task of building a socialist modern country in all respects," "We must adhere to high-quality development as the hard truth in the new era"...
From "theme" to "primary task" to "hard truth," high-quality development runs through the entire process of the "14th Five-Year Plan" period.
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized: "No matter how the international situation changes, we must unswervingly do our own thing, continuously strengthen the economic foundation, enhance technological innovation capabilities, and enhance comprehensive national strength."
Adhere to the core position of innovation in the overall situation of China's modernization construction, and take self-reliance and self-improvement in science and technology as the strategic support for national development—
On July 7 this year, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) came to Shanxi Yangquan Valve Co., Ltd. (山西阳泉阀门股份有限公司) to investigate and research.
In the production workshop, the General Secretary stopped to watch from time to time, and learned in detail about the production and sales of products. He pointed out: "The real economy cannot be lost, and the traditional industries in the real economy cannot be lost. We must achieve transformation and upgrading through technological innovation."
In the past 5 years, from laboratories and research institutes to manufacturing enterprises and industrial parks, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) has repeatedly gone deep into the most active places of technological innovation, made important instructions on developing new quality productive forces in accordance with local conditions, and further deployed the deepening of the reform of the science and technology system.
In the past 5 years, China has stood on one innovation high ground after another of "major country heavy equipment," and has its own independently developed high-performance chips and operating systems. The annual output of new energy vehicles has exceeded 10 million, making it the first country in the world with more than 4 million valid invention patents...
Put reform in a more prominent position, and promote Chinese-style modernization with further comprehensive deepening of reform—
On May 20, 2025, the Law on Promoting the Private Economy officially came into effect.
From the Third Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Party clearly proposing the formulation of the Law on Promoting the Private Economy to the promulgation and implementation of this basic law on the development of the private economy, it only took 10 months. Overseas media commented that it "has milestone significance."
Development raises questions, and reform provides answers. In the past 5 years, facing the new era situation and issues, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) at its core has aimed at key tasks, grasped key links, and planned and promoted a number of strategic, creative, and leading reforms.
Accelerate the construction of a high-level socialist market economic system, adhere to and implement the "two unswervingly," deepen the reform of state-owned assets and state-owned enterprises, and are committed to creating a good environment for the development of the non-public sector of the economy; the construction of a unified national market is advancing in depth, the reform of factor marketization is moving in depth, and the basic systems of market economy such as property rights protection, market access, fair competition, and social credit are gradually improved and perfected...
On July 18, 2024, the Party and the country ushered in another historic moment:
The Third Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Party deliberated and approved the "Decision of the CPC Central Committee on Further Comprehensively Deepening Reform and Promoting Chinese-style Modernization," and the clarion call for further comprehensively deepening reform in the new era and new journey resounded throughout the land of China.
Taking economic system reform as the traction, more than 300 reform measures deployed by the Third Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Party are gradually launched. In practice, understanding, re-practice, and re-understanding, further comprehensively deepening reform continues to advance in breadth and depth.
Promote reform and development with opening up, and unswervingly promote high-level opening up to the outside world—
Recently, the arrangements and policies for the full island customs closure of the Hainan Free Trade Port (海南自由贸易港) were released to the world: officially launched on December 18, 2025.
The deeper the reform, the higher the requirements for the level of opening up; the higher the level of opening up, the greater the promotion effect on reform.
In the past 5 years, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) has presided over or attended the first China-Central Asia Summit, the third "Belt and Road" International Cooperation Summit Forum, the Beijing Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation and other home diplomacy activities, conveying to the world China's firm voice in promoting high-level opening up to the outside world; China has held the CIIE, Canton Fair, CIFTIS, and Consumer Expo for many consecutive years, practicing the firm promise that "the door to opening up will be opened wider and wider."
"To walk with China is to walk with opportunities, to believe in China is to believe in tomorrow, and to invest in China is to invest in the future." In March this year, General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) sincere invitation when meeting with representatives of the international business community declared China's determination to unswervingly deepen reform and expand opening up, injecting strong confidence and strength into China's win-win cooperation with the world.
Coordinate development and security, and achieve a virtuous interaction between high-quality development and high-level security—
Facing strong winds and waves, and even storms, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平), with a deep sense of worry and a far-sighted strategic vision, has established bottom-line thinking in planning, acting, and adapting to the situation, maintained national dignity and core interests in the struggle, and firmly grasped the initiative of our country's development and security.
Food security is the top priority in governing the country.
In April 2022, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) inspected Hainan (海南), and the first stop was the Yazhou Bay Seed Laboratory (崖州湾种子实验室) in Sanya (三亚), pointing out that "the rice bowl of the Chinese people must be firmly held in their own hands, and the seeds must be firmly held in their own hands."
Taking energy security as a holistic and strategic issue related to economic and social development, emphasizing that "we must base ourselves on our country's energy resource endowment, adhere to establishing before abolishing, and make overall plans. The gradual withdrawal of traditional energy must be based on the safe and reliable replacement of new energy";
Adhering to self-reliance and self-improvement in science and technology, requiring "to firmly grasp the lifeline of science and technology in our own hands, make greater progress in self-reliance and self-improvement in science and technology, and continuously enhance our country's development independence, autonomy, and security";
Deeply implement the strategy of strengthening the army with talents and the strategy of strengthening the army with science and technology in the new era, firmly grasp the key to strengthening the army, which is to be able to fight and win battles, and continuously deepen the reform of national defense and the army;
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In the past 5 years, the security foundations of our country's food, energy, industry, national defense, etc. have been further consolidated. At present, more than 1 billion mu of high-standard farmland has been built; the world's largest power infrastructure system has been built, with power generation capacity accounting for 1/3 of the world; it has the world's largest, most complete, and most complete manufacturing system, and has more confidence to cope with various risks and challenges.
People First, Benefiting the People
-- "All the work of the Party and the government is for the people to live a happier life"
Creative streetscapes are cleverly integrated with nostalgic old-style buildings, and refreshing, artistic specialty shops complement well-equipped service facilities... The Democratic Village Community (民主村社区) in Xiejiawan Subdistrict (谢家湾街道), Jiulongpo District (九龙坡区), Chongqing (重庆) is full of life and happiness.
It used to be a well-known "old, dilapidated, and small" area, but after urban renewal, it has been transformed into a new home that blends tradition and modernity.
In April 2024, when General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) visited Chongqing (重庆), he said earnestly at the Democratic Village Community (民主村社区): "Chinese-style modernization prioritizes the people's livelihood. All the work of the Party and the government is to enable the people to live a happier life."
The people weigh more than a thousand pounds in the heart of General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平).
Over the past 5 years, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) at its core has adhered to taking the realization, safeguarding, and development of the fundamental interests of the broadest masses of the people as the starting point and end result of development, continuously enhancing the people's sense of gain, happiness, and security, and promoting the all-round development of people and the all-round progress of society.
Cities are important carriers of modernization, bearing the people's aspirations for a better life.
In July 2025, the Central Urban Work Conference was held, and General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) attended and delivered an important speech. This meeting clarified that building "modern people's cities" is the goal of urban work for the current and future period.
During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) at its core adhered to the people-centered development philosophy, focusing on the issues around the people and doing practical, detailed, and good work on each one.
Employment is the most basic livelihood.
On May 27, 2024, the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee conducted its 14th collective study on promoting high-quality and full employment. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized that Party committees and governments at all levels should treat employment as the top priority of people's livelihood, strengthen organizational leadership, improve institutional mechanisms, and enhance synergy in their work.
In September of the same year, the "Opinions of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council on Implementing the Employment-First Strategy to Promote High-Quality and Full Employment" was released, providing top-level design from the central level for promoting high-quality and full employment.
Since the "14th Five-Year Plan," the number of new urban jobs created each year has remained stable at over 12 million. Residents' income growth has been basically synchronized with economic growth, and the relative income gap between urban and rural areas has further narrowed.
Providing elderly care, childcare, and medical care are livelihood concerns that affect hundreds of millions of families.
Before the Spring Festival in 2023, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized during a video connection to visit and extend greetings to grassroots cadres and the masses that we should vigorously develop the elderly care industry and the elderly care industry, "especially to strengthen the bottom-line guarantee for the elderly in extreme poverty, those receiving minimum living allowances, the elderly with advanced age, and the disabled elderly."
Since the "14th Five-Year Plan," the achievements of economic development and technological progress have been truly transformed into the people's sense of gain and happiness. China has built the world's largest education system, social security system, and medical and health system, with compulsory education consolidation rates and basic old-age insurance and basic medical insurance participation rates all above 95%.
The comprehensive revitalization of the countryside is related to the overall situation of Chinese-style modernization. No one can be left behind on the road to happiness.
In the modern flower industry park in Lijiang (丽江), Yunnan (云南), at the foot of the Yulong Snow Mountain (玉龙雪山), various flowers are in full bloom.
In March 2025, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) came to the Yunnan Lijiang Modern Flower Industry Park (云南丽江现代花卉产业园) for inspection. From varieties and prices to workers' income... the General Secretary looked carefully and asked specifically.
"Your undertaking is very prosperous and in line with the direction of modern agricultural development. I wish you a life as beautiful as flowers!" The words of General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) gave everyone more confidence and motivation.
Traveling across mountains and rivers, visiting villages and households, over the past 5 years, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) has strategically planned and scientifically promoted the effective connection between consolidating and expanding the achievements of poverty alleviation and rural revitalization from a strategic height, and conducted in-depth research on how to achieve stronger agriculture, more beautiful rural areas, and richer farmers.
Over the past 5 years, China's annual grain output has remained stable at over 1.3 trillion jin (斤) (a Chinese unit of weight, approximately 0.5 kg) and reached a new level of 1.4 trillion jin (斤) for the first time in 2024.
The achievements in poverty alleviation have been continuously consolidated and expanded. The scale of employment for people lifted out of poverty has remained stable at over 30 million for 4 consecutive years, and the growth rate of per capita disposable income of rural residents in poverty-stricken counties has been faster than the income growth rate of rural residents nationwide for 4 consecutive years.
In Dingri County (定日县), Tibet (西藏), post-disaster reconstruction is accelerating, new houses are gradually taking shape, and children are running around happily. It is hard to imagine that this place suffered a strong earthquake just over half a year ago.
On January 7, 2025, a 6.8-magnitude earthquake occurred in Dingri County (定日县) at an altitude of more than 4,000 meters. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) made important instructions, emphasizing the need to make every effort to search for and rescue people, treat the injured, and minimize casualties.
People first, life first. Over the past 5 years, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) at its core has always put the people-centered approach throughout the entire process of governing the country, fighting floods, combating droughts, fighting the epidemic, firmly guarding the bottom line of people's livelihood, and insisting on guaranteeing and improving people's livelihood in development.
From cities to villages, integrated urban-rural development is an inevitable requirement of Chinese-style modernization, an inherent requirement for meeting the people's aspirations for a better life and promoting common prosperity.
"Having a home in the city" is the wish of many builders who come to the city.
After a busy day at work, Zhang Songwei (张颂蔚), who works as a security guard, returned to his small home—the New Era Urban Builders and Managers Home (新时代城市建设者管理者之家) in Minhang District (闵行区), Shanghai (上海). The four-person room he lives in is clean and tidy, with a kitchen, bathroom, and complete appliances.
In November 2023, during his inspection in Shanghai (上海), General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) made a special trip to Minhang District (闵行区), where the proportion of migrants is relatively high, and went to the New Era Urban Builders and Managers Home (新时代城市建设者管理者之家) to conduct research. When leaving, facing the community residents who gathered around, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized: "A city should not only have height, but also warmth. Our socialism is to take the road of common prosperity."
Focusing on integrated urban-rural development, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) has conducted in-depth grassroots research during his inspections and made important instructions many times.
The "Decision" of the Third Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee made arrangements for improving the system and mechanism for integrated urban-rural development, the five-year action plan for the new urbanization strategy was implemented, the county economy was strengthened, the basic public service system was improved, the achievements in poverty alleviation were consolidated and expanded, and resolute prevention of large-scale return to poverty was ensured.
Over the past 5 years, China has continuously improved the system and mechanism for promoting new urbanization: orderly promoting the urbanization of agricultural transfer populations and deepening the reform of the household registration system. At the end of 2024, the urbanization rate of the permanent resident population reached 67%, and the proportion of children of migrant workers in compulsory education who attend public schools or enjoy government-purchased places reached 97%.
"The way to govern a country is to start with enriching the people." Common prosperity is an essential requirement of socialism and the common expectation of the people.
The "14th Five-Year Plan" proposal put forward that "more obvious substantive progress should be made in common prosperity for all the people," emphasizing "solidly promoting common prosperity," and put forward a series of important requirements and major measures.
Steadily promoting common prosperity is not only the focus of the Party and the country's work during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, but also the starting point and end result of our Party's governance.
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized: "Promoting common prosperity for all the people is a long-term task and also a realistic task. It must be placed in a more important position, be down-to-earth, make persistent efforts, and make more active and promising efforts towards this goal."
Solemn commitment, unwavering determination. Always adhering to the people-centered approach, everything is for the people, everything relies on the people, and more than 1.4 billion Chinese people share the fruits of reform and development in common struggle.
With lofty aspirations, we cross mountains and passes as if flying.
This October, the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee will be held in Beijing (北京) to study the proposals for formulating the 15th Five-Year Plan for National Economic and Social Development.
Focusing on the great cause of building a strong country and national rejuvenation, closely centering on the goal of basically realizing socialist modernization, under the strong leadership of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) at its core, we will surely successfully complete the "14th Five-Year Plan" goals and tasks, scientifically plan the economic and social development during the "15th Five-Year Plan" period, promote high-quality development to a new level, and continuously write a new chapter in Chinese-style modernization.
(Xinhua News Agency, Beijing (北京), August 5, reporters Zhao Chao (赵超), An Bei (安蓓), Qi Zhongxi (齐中熙), Wei Yukun (魏玉坤))
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Two sets of data witness the rapid transformation of a factory area and provide insight into the industrial leap of a city:
Taking more than 100 days, the idle shipyard acquired by Hengli Heavy Industry Group Co., Ltd. (恒力重工集团有限公司) was put back into operation and production. More than 70 ships have been started, and orders are scheduled until 2029.
With a 64.1% increase in output value, the shipbuilding industry above designated size in Dalian (大连), Liaoning (辽宁) Province, maintained strong development momentum in the first half of the year, with ships being launched and delivered one after another.
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized: "We must adapt to the needs of building a maritime power, accelerate the cultivation of the strategic emerging industry of marine engineering manufacturing, continuously improve marine development capabilities, and make the marine economy a new growth point." "Promoting Chinese-style modernization must promote the high-quality development of the marine economy and embark on a path of strengthening the country through the sea with Chinese characteristics."
Thoroughly implementing the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important instructions, Dalian (大连) leverages its advantages and seizes the opportunity to build a shipbuilding and marine engineering equipment industry cluster. High-end products are emerging one after another, the industrial system is gradually complete, technological innovation and industrial innovation continue to be deeply integrated, and the cluster effect is accelerating.
Leading enterprises leverage their advantages and climb to "high" levels.
With towering cranes and ships shuttling back and forth, the wharves of Dalian COSCO Shipping Heavy Industry Co., Ltd. (大连中远海运重工有限公司) are a busy scene. "We repaired 244 ships and manufactured and delivered 12 ships last year, with an output value increase of about 23%," said Shao Xiaobin (邵小斌), Executive Deputy General Manager of the company. In May of this year, the company delivered the world's largest deadweight tonnage multi-purpose pulp ship.
Since last year, several large liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers built by Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Co., Ltd. (大连船舶重工集团有限公司) of China Shipbuilding Group have been launched. In April of this year, a 309,000-ton deadweight liquefied natural gas dual-fuel very large crude carrier (VLCC) built by Dalian COSCO KHI Ship Engineering Co., Ltd. (大连中远海运川崎船舶工程有限公司) was launched. In June, a 306,000-ton deadweight VLCC built by Hengli Heavy Industry (恒力重工) was delivered. In the first half of this year, Dalian (大连) ship enterprises saw year-on-year increases of 27.4%, 34.1%, and 72.6% in completed shipbuilding volume, new order volume, and holding order volume, respectively.
Supporting enterprises extend and strengthen the chain, moving towards "strength."
In the workshop of Dalian Huarui Ship Crankshaft Co., Ltd. (大连华锐船用曲轴有限公司), a vertical lathe is intelligently processing crankshaft parts weighing more than 7 tons, with an accuracy of hair-thinness. The crankshaft is a key component of marine engines. China's shipbuilding industry once faced a situation where "ships waited for engines, and engines waited for shafts." "Now, the crankshafts we produce can ensure a sufficient supply in Dalian (大连)," said Lang Xuegang (郎雪刚), Deputy General Manager of the company.
Container lashing parts account for about 30% of the global market share, and marine engineering cranes help the "Snow Dragon 2" ("雪龙2"号) polar expedition... Dalian Shidao Industrial Co., Ltd. (大连石岛工业有限公司) has created a number of best-selling products. "Nearly 70% of our raw materials are purchased in Dalian (大连), and our product deliveries in Dalian (大连) increased by 10% last year," said Lu Lin (鹿林), Chairman of the company.
At present, there are more than 100 shipbuilding and marine engineering supporting enterprises in Dalian (大连), covering marine engines, crankshafts, navigation, outfitting parts, and other fields. In February of this year, Dalian (大连) held a high-tech ship and marine engineering equipment supporting industry development conference, attracting many supporting enterprises, signing 34 projects with an investment of 5.05 billion yuan.
Scientific research strengthens support, breaking through to "new" levels.
During the summer vacation, teachers and students were still busy doing experiments next to the ship model towing tank of the School of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering of Dalian University of Technology (大连理工大学). In recent years, Dalian (大连) ship enterprises have developed LNG carriers, methanol dual-fuel ultra-large container ships, and ultra-large ammonia carriers, which are inseparable from the assistance of teachers and students of the college. "The college has 'bidding for leadership' projects almost every year, using technological innovation to promote innovation in the shipbuilding and marine engineering industry," said Zhang Guiyong (张桂勇), Dean.
The "New Hongzhuan" ("新红专"轮) vessel, jointly built by Dalian Maritime University (大连海事大学) and COSCO Shipping Heavy Industry (中远海运重工), is the world's first intelligent research and teaching training vessel. According to Yin Yong (尹勇), a professor at the School of Navigation of Dalian Maritime University (大连海事大学), it integrates functions such as autonomous navigation, remote control, and shore-based information support, accurately connecting with future shipping needs.
"Dalian (大连) was born by the sea and prospered by the sea. It has grown together with the national shipbuilding and marine engineering industry and created more than 90 'firsts' in the history of Chinese shipbuilding. We must keep in mind General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) instructions, and strive to build a world-class high-tech ship and high-end marine engineering equipment manufacturing base, and contribute to the construction of a maritime power," said Xiong Maoping (熊茂平), Deputy Secretary of the Liaoning (辽宁) Provincial Party Committee and Secretary of the Dalian (大连) Municipal Party Committee.
Return to TopXinhua News Agency, Beijing, August 5th. A symposium commemorating the 100th anniversary of the birth of Comrade Ren Jianxin (任建新) was held in Beijing (北京) on the 5th. Wang Huning (王沪宁), member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, attended the symposium and met with the relatives of Comrade Ren Jianxin (任建新) before the meeting.
Comrade Ren Jianxin (任建新) was an outstanding leader on China's political and legal front, a Secretary of the 14th CPC Central Committee Secretariat, former Secretary of the Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission (中央政法委), Vice Chairman of the 9th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, and former President of the Supreme People's Court (最高人民法院).
Chen Wenqing (陈文清), member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Secretary of the Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission (中央政法委), recalled Comrade Ren Jianxin's (任建新) glorious life at the symposium, emphasizing the need to learn from his political character of absolute loyalty to the Party, his persistent pursuit of the political and legal cause throughout his life, his deep feelings of serving the people through justice, his spirit of strict self-discipline, integrity, and honesty, and to 踔厉奋发 (chuō lì fèn fā - "exert efforts vigorously," to strive with determination) and forge ahead bravely, and to unite and struggle to comprehensively promote the construction of a strong country and the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation with Chinese-style modernization.
Zhang Jun (张军), President of the Supreme People's Court (最高人民法院), attended the symposium. Wang Dongfeng (王东峰), Vice Chairman and Secretary-General of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, presided over the symposium.
Return to TopXinhua News Agency, Beijing (北京), August 5th. Recently, the General Office of the State Council (国务院办公厅) issued the "Opinions on Gradually Promoting Free Preschool Education" (《关于逐步推行免费学前教育的意见》) (hereinafter referred to as the "Opinions"), to promote the universal, inclusive, safe, and high-quality development of preschool education.
The "Opinions" emphasized the need to adhere to Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era (习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想) as guidance, thoroughly implement the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China and the Second and Third Plenary Sessions of the 20th Central Committee, fully implement the Party's education policy, focus on the urgent needs and expectations of the people, and follow the principles of strengthening universal access, promoting steady and orderly progress, increasing government investment, and reasonably sharing expenses. The goal is to gradually eliminate preschool education nursery and education fees, effectively reduce education costs, improve the level of basic public education services, and run education that satisfies the people.
The "Opinions" clarified that starting from the autumn semester of 2025, nursery and education fees for children in public kindergartens will be waived for the year before they enter primary school. The standard for waiving nursery and education fees will be implemented in accordance with the charging standards for nursery and education fees in public kindergartens approved by local people's governments at or above the county level and their education and price authorities (excluding food expenses, accommodation fees, miscellaneous fees, etc.). For school-age children attending private kindergartens established with the approval of education departments, nursery and education fees will be reduced or exempted with reference to the level of exemption for similar public kindergartens in the local area. Private kindergartens may continue to charge families of children in the kindergarten for the portion of nursery and education fees that exceeds the exemption level, as stipulated. The financial departments will subsidize kindergartens for the portion of income reduced due to the exemption of nursery and education fees, taking into account the number of children in the kindergarten who are exempt from nursery and education fees and the actual average charging level of nursery and education fees in the area.
The "Opinions" proposed that, on the basis of the national unified policy of exempting nursery and education fees, provinces should be encouraged to combine their actual situations to further consolidate and implement assistance policies for groups such as children from families with financial difficulties, orphans, and children with disabilities, and to do a good job in providing basic guarantees. At the same time, it is necessary to conscientiously implement the "Law of the People's Republic of China on Preschool Education" (《中华人民共和国学前教育法》), adhere to guaranteeing the basics and ensuring universal access, and further improve the preschool education investment mechanism.
The "Opinions" required that provinces should give play to the overall planning role of the province, improve the working mechanism, clarify the division of responsibilities, formulate specific implementation plans, and coordinate with the preschool education assistance policies that have been implemented in the region. Local financial and education departments at all levels should strengthen daily monitoring, strengthen financial security and use management, allocate funds in a timely and sufficient manner, ensure the normal operation of kindergartens, and strictly prohibit arrears in teachers' salaries. Local education departments at all levels should strictly implement regulatory responsibilities, standardize kindergarten operations, and earnestly safeguard the physical and mental health of children in kindergartens.
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Development advantages are all generated under specific historical conditions and change with the changes in historical conditions.
In today's China, each region has strategic superposition. Leveraging the advantages of strategic superposition has become a highlight of high-quality development for various provinces during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period.
The Central Economic Work Conference proposed: "Give play to the superposition effect of regional coordinated development strategies, major regional strategies, and main functional area strategies, and actively cultivate new growth poles." How can the advantages of strategic superposition be transformed into development advantages? This is a topic for local practices to intensify during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period.
"In industrial development, provinces and cities along the Yangtze River should not only display their respective advantages, but also develop in a coordinated, differentiated, and linked manner." General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important argument reveals the dialectics of development.
Anhui, a central province once called "neither east nor west," has become a province with strategic superposition advantages in the new era. Its economic aggregate exceeded 5 trillion yuan last year, and it has crossed four trillion-yuan thresholds in the past 10 years. Its foreign trade scale and innovation capabilities have both advanced strongly. In the first half of this year, the output of automobiles and new energy vehicles both ranked first in the country. Last year, the revenue of enterprises in the automotive industry chain exceeded 1.5 trillion yuan, maintaining a growth rate of more than 20% for two consecutive years. One out of every four cars exported nationwide is "made in Anhui."
As the material and technological foundation of a modern country, a modern industrial system determines the rise and fall of great powers. How can the industrial system be modernized? Anhui's new energy vehicle industry is "shifting gears and accelerating," which profoundly shows that "we must place the development of new quality productive forces in accordance with local conditions in a more prominent strategic position."
Seizing Position and Differentiated Positioning
"To build a modern industrial system, we must not only have lofty aspirations and actively seize position for development, but also base ourselves on reality and be good at differentiated development."
To play a good game of chess nationwide, break the "involutionary" competition, and solve problems such as industrial isomorphism, the key is to accurately locate oneself in the overall national situation and make flexible use of the advantages of strategic superposition.
Comprehending the strategic intentions of the Party Central Committee and implementing the General Secretary's strategic blueprint of "three lands and one district," Anhui insists on moving towards "new" and achieving "quality" far, taking the new energy vehicle industry as an important engine for cultivating and developing new quality productive forces, which is precisely a unique ingenuity that focuses on the big picture and focuses on key points.
"Adapting to local conditions, each has its own merits."
"As an outsider looking at Anhui, the industrial foundation here is good; as an industry insider looking at Hefei (合肥), the industrial points and lines are connected into a surface; as an entrepreneur looking at development, there is no shortage of talent here." "Compared with other cities, the logistics cost of a complete vehicle shipped from Hefei to the whole country has dropped a lot." In the eyes of entrepreneurs, Anhui has many unique advantages.
Shanghai (上海) has a concentration of leading enterprises and strong innovation and R&D capabilities, Jiangsu (江苏) has a large scale of parts and components industry, and Zhejiang (浙江) has a developed private economy and active innovation ecosystem. How to avoid "homogenization"?
Based on the "4-hour industrial circle" of the Yangtze River Delta, with its central and eastern location advantages connecting the south and the north, Anhui has chosen to become the "super interface" of the Yangtze River Delta, rewriting the development map of the automotive industry.
Grasping the "four key points" of shouldering the heavy burden, Jiangsu is committed to building an industrial science and technology innovation center with global influence, demonstrating "greater responsibility" in implementing major national development strategies, and contributing to the overall national development.
Grasping the positioning of "national food security 'ballast stone'," Heilongjiang (黑龙江) has ranked first in the country in grain output for 15 consecutive years, equipping the "Chinese rice bowl" with more high-quality "Longjiang grain."
"Under the overall situation led by the Party Central Committee, each region should not follow others or simply imitate, but should look at where its advantages lie, how to learn from others' strengths and make up for one's weaknesses, and how to promote strengths and avoid weaknesses."
Acting under the overall situation, giving play to comparative advantages, and taking a differentiated development path, the aggregation of various regions can form a strong momentum for national development.
Coordinated Integration
From "coordinated development of Beijing (北京), Tianjin (天津), and Hebei (河北)" to "continuously improving the ecological protection and great synergy pattern in the Yellow River Basin," and then to promoting high-quality development of the marine economy "paying more attention to efficient synergy," the concept of coordinated development is the secret to regional coordinated development.
"Adhere to strengthening regional synergy and integration as the focus, provinces and cities along the Yangtze River should adhere to inter-provincial consultation, joint ecological governance, overall co-construction, and shared development, and enhance regional transportation interconnectivity, policy uniformity, rule consistency, and execution synergy." The General Secretary's important exposition contains the inherent requirements of coordinated integration.
Judging from the practice of the Yangtze River Delta, the key to doing a good job in synergy lies in the "mechanism."
At the regional level, focus on the two key points of integration and high quality.
In 2003, Xi Jinping (习近平), then Secretary of the Zhejiang Provincial Party Committee, proposed the establishment of a regular meeting mechanism for major leaders in the Yangtze River Delta region. Today, from high-level symposiums to economic coordination meetings, special cooperation meetings, and the establishment of the Yangtze River Delta Regional Cooperation Office, the mechanism regularly draws up lists and clarifies key points.
A leading cadre recalled: "Many years ago, when I first participated in the Yangtze River Delta policy docking meeting, after everyone spoke, the prepared speech draft was large and comprehensive, and I didn't dare to read it as it was." Relevant persons in charge of Shanghai, Jiangsu, and Zhejiang talked about specific projects and solved problems, all of which were substantive.
The provincial level has innovatively formed hundreds of institutional achievements. Shanghai, Jiangsu, and Zhejiang cities have paired up to help northern Anhui cities. Lu'an (六安) and Shanghai's Songjiang (松江) District jointly built an industrial park. Chuzhou's (滁州) Nanqiao (南谯) District and Nanjing's (南京) Pukou (浦口) District have integrated the layout of integrated circuits... Anhui is deeply integrated into the Yangtze River Delta.
At the provincial level, focus on the two key points of top-level design and overall coordination.
In July 2023, Anhui Province established the Provincial Automobile Office, without adding a single establishment, and operated in a substantive manner.
Issuing guiding opinions on the construction of new energy vehicle industry clusters, implementing the provincial regulations on the development of new energy vehicle industry clusters, optimizing the industrial division of labor and layout within the province, building a supply and demand docking platform for the automotive industry, avoiding disorderly competition, and enhancing the resilience of the production and supply chain.
Adhering to the comprehensive development of complete vehicles, parts and components, and after-sales market, gathering 7 complete vehicle enterprises, more than 3,000 parts and components enterprises above designated size, and more than 1,700 after-sales market enterprises to build a complete automotive industry chain.
The "Hefei (合肥)-Wuhu (芜湖)" dual-core drive undertakes the heavy responsibility of complete vehicle R&D and final assembly; Chuzhou (滁州), Ma'anshan (马鞍山), and Xuancheng (宣城) focus on parts and components supporting and power battery material industries... Fiscal, investment, consumption, and other policies work in the same direction, and the government's active role promotes market efficiency.
The mechanisms at both levels are precisely the methods of implementation.
"The process of solving problems is also the process of development and progress." Adhering to problem orientation and using "mechanisms" to solve collaborative problems forms a new pattern of integrated development.
Open Linkage
Break the mindset of one's own "one-acre three-point land," adhere to open development, and "be resourceful in major national development strategies."
"Expand domestic and foreign opening-up in all directions." The General Secretary's clear requirements for Anhui demonstrate a systematic thinking to solve the problem of internal and external linkage of development.
Profoundly interpret "holding together and working together towards the goals of top-level design"——
The new energy vehicle and integrated circuit industries are linked and developed, and cross-border integration with low-altitude economy, embodied intelligence, new display, and other industries; promote the construction of county-level automotive parts and components industry clusters to enhance the driving effect of industrial development.
With the help of Guangdong (广东)-Guizhou (贵州) East-West collaboration, Guizhou's prickly pear, through a series of chain integration of Guangdong's technology, talent, and sales, has now become a "10 billion fashion industry"...
Grasping urban-rural integration and regional linkage, high-quality development continues to have new increments.
Vividly practice the "sweet potato economy" theory——
Jointly build a river-sea direct transportation system and establish an overall supervision model of "linked loading and unloading, regarded as the same port" with Shanghai Port;
The Hefei (合肥) China-Europe Railway Express assembly center has been successfully established, and the Wuhu (芜湖) Taqiao (塔桥) multimodal transport base has been opened and operated... Relying on the "Belt and Road" to deepen the global industrial chain layout.
Opening-up empowers, and inland areas advance from the "rear" to the "forefront."
Xinjiang (新疆) uses the land-sea new channel to "link the east and go west" to accelerate the building of a golden channel in Asia and Europe and a bridgehead for opening to the west; Guangxi (广西) embraces the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area to the east and plays the "ASEAN" card to the south, writing a new chapter of prosperity towards the sea.
Enhancing the linkage effect and actively integrating into the comprehensive opening pattern of land-sea internal and external linkage and two-way mutual assistance between east and west expands new space for development.
On the new journey, various regions are deeply integrated into the new development pattern, transforming strategic advantages into development advantages, and the potential for comprehensively promoting Chinese-style modernization with high-quality development is unlimited.
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This year marks the 60th anniversary of the establishment of the Tibet Autonomous Region. On August 5th, at a press conference held by the State Council Information Office, Wang Junzheng (王君正), Secretary of the Tibet Autonomous Region Party Committee, and Qizhala (嘎玛泽登), Deputy Secretary of the Tibet Autonomous Region Party Committee and Chairman of the Autonomous Region, introduced the achievements in economic and social development of Tibet.
"Today's Tibet is characterized by social stability, economic development, ethnic unity, religious harmony, sound ecology, consolidated border defense, and people living and working in peace and contentment, presenting a thriving and vibrant scene." Wang Junzheng (王君正) said, "Practice has fully proved that only under the leadership of the Communist Party of China, unswervingly following the path of socialism with Chinese characteristics, adhering to and improving the system of regional ethnic autonomy, and adhering to the Party's strategy for governing Tibet in the new era, can Tibet have today's prosperity and progress, and will have a more brilliant and splendid tomorrow."
The scale of economic development continues to expand, and the quality and efficiency have significantly improved.
In 2024, the gross domestic product of Tibet reached 276.5 billion yuan, calculated at constant prices, which is 155 times that of 1965. "In the 60 years of development, it took 50 years for the region's gross domestic product to reach the first 100 billion yuan, while it took only 6 years to reach the second 100 billion yuan," Wang Junzheng (王君正) introduced.
"Since 2021, the scale of economic development in Tibet has continued to expand, the quality and efficiency of development have significantly improved, and modern industries such as clean energy, cultural tourism, and plateau light industry have flourished. A modern industrial system has been initially established, and the growth rate of major economic indicators has ranked among the top in the country for many consecutive years. This year, the region's gross domestic product is expected to exceed 300 billion yuan, reaching the third 100 billion yuan target," Wang Junzheng (王君正) said.
Infrastructure construction continues to improve. By the end of 2024, the total mileage of highways open to traffic and the operating mileage of railways in Tibet reached 124,900 kilometers and 1,359 kilometers respectively, and there were 183 international and domestic air routes. The Qinghai-Tibet (青藏), Sichuan-Tibet (川藏), Central Tibet (藏中), and Ali (阿里) four power grids have been built and put into operation, and the main power grid covers all counties (districts, and cities)... "The bottleneck problems restricting Tibet's economic and social development have been greatly improved, injecting strong vitality into Tibet's high-quality development," Wang Junzheng (王君正) said.
The cultural tourism industry is booming. "Tibet has a long history, splendid culture, unique natural scenery, and rich and colorful human resources. It is an important protection base for Chinese national characteristic culture and an important world tourism destination. Developing the cultural tourism industry has unique advantages," Qizhala (嘎玛泽登) said.
Qizhala (嘎玛泽登) introduced that in 2024, the output value of the region's cultural industry increased by 23.8%, and it received 63.89 million domestic and foreign tourists, an increase of 15.8%, of which inbound tourists increased by 188.2%. In the first half of this year, it received 32.1848 million domestic and foreign tourists, an increase of 11.7% year-on-year.
The sense of gain is more substantial, the sense of happiness is more sustainable, and the sense of security is more guaranteed.
In 2024, the per capita disposable income of urban residents in Tibet reached 55,444 yuan, which is 121 times that of 1965; the per capita disposable income of farmers and herdsmen reached 21,578 yuan, which is 199 times that of 1965. "People of all ethnic groups have housing, employment, elderly care, education, and medical care, sharing the fruits of reform and development. The sense of gain of all ethnic groups is more substantial, the sense of happiness is more sustainable, and the sense of security is more guaranteed," Wang Junzheng (王君正) said.
The living standards of the people have significantly improved. The battle against poverty has achieved a complete victory, and Tibet has completely shaken off the problem of absolute poverty. Education is given priority, and 15 years of free education from kindergarten to high school has been implemented first. Excellent traditional culture has been effectively inherited, protected and utilized, and the level of public cultural services has been continuously improved. The urban and rural public medical and health service system has been continuously improved, health checkups for farmers and herdsmen have achieved full coverage, and the average life expectancy has increased to 72.5 years. The construction of urbanization is accelerating, and modern and distinctive towns are standing on the snowy plateau. The social security system has been continuously improved, and the bottom line of people's livelihood has been further secured.
Since the establishment of the Tibet Autonomous Region 60 years ago, especially in the past 5 years, great efforts have been made to promote people's livelihood projects. "The lives of people of all ethnic groups have undergone tremendous changes from buckets to water pipes, oil lamps to electric lights, dirt roads to asphalt roads, and yurts to buildings," Qizhala (嘎玛泽登) said.
During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, the state and the autonomous region have jointly arranged 28 types of projects in the field of social undertakings, with a planned total investment of 24.65 billion yuan. As of now, an investment of 23.678 billion yuan has been implemented. The centralized heating and oxygen supply in high-altitude areas and the seasonal water shortage problems in agricultural and pastoral areas have been solved, the reliability of power supply has been improved, and the people's livelihood practical matters such as full coverage of fiber optic broadband and 4G networks have been implemented.
"People of all ethnic groups are enjoying a high-quality life brought about by high-quality development," Qizhala (嘎玛泽登) said.
It is one of the regions with the best ecological environment in the world.
The Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (青藏高原) is the roof of the world and the water tower of Asia, and Tibet is an important ecological security barrier for China. How to protect the ecological environment of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (青藏高原) and protect the living creatures, plants and trees, and thousands of rivers and mountains of Tibet?
Implement the strictest ecological protection system in accordance with the law. Adhere to the "two highs and one low" projects and enterprises with zero approval and zero introduction, resolutely do not allow projects with pollution properties to go to the plateau, actively promote the construction of national parks, and promote the greening project of the north and south mountains in depth. The area of ecological protection red line accounts for more than 50% of the region's land area, and the area of various types of nature reserves at all levels accounts for 37.95%. Tibet has become the first province in the country where all cities have created national ecological civilization demonstration zones.
Adhere to the concept of green development. In 2024, the total number of green food, organic agricultural products, geographical indications of agricultural products, and national famous, special, excellent and new agricultural products in the region reached 404. The green industry is accelerating its transformation. From 2021 to 2024, a total of 17 national-level green factories and 1 national-level green industrial park have been cultivated.
Deeply promote low-carbon development. In 2024, the proportion of clean energy power generation in Tibet exceeded 99%, making it the region with the highest proportion of clean energy power generation in the country. The proportion of non-fossil energy consumption exceeded 55%, ranking among the top in the country.
Promote ecological benefits for the people. The ecological compensation system in various fields has been continuously established, optimized and improved. From 2021 to 2024, a total of 13.68 billion yuan of grassland ecological subsidy and reward funds have been implemented, and 2.2622 million farmers and herdsmen have enjoyed the grassland ecological subsidy and reward policy; a total of 5.147 billion yuan of central government financial forest ecological benefit compensation funds have been implemented, and 103,000 people are engaged in public welfare forest management work on a full-time or part-time basis; the region provides an average of 440,000 ecological jobs per year.
Currently, Tibet is one of the regions with the best ecological environment in the world. "We will firmly establish the concept that 绿水青山就是金山银山 (lǜ shuǐ qīng shān jiù shì jīn shān yín shān - "green waters and green mountains are golden mountains and silver mountains," a concept emphasizing that environmental protection leads to economic benefits) and 冰天雪地也是金山银山 (bīng tiān xuě dì yě shì jīn shān yín shān - "ice and snow are also golden mountains and silver mountains," emphasizes that even harsh environments can be valuable), and consistently act as guardians to make the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (青藏高原) a common ecological wealth for all mankind, and make new and greater contributions to building a community of life on Earth," Wang Junzheng (王君正) said.
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2021-2025 marks the passage of another five years, and the 14th Five-Year Plan for National Economic and Social Development is about to conclude.
During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) at its core united and led the entire Party and the people of all ethnic groups across the country to work together with one heart and mind, striving forward. On the magnificent journey of comprehensively promoting the construction of a strong country and the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation with Chinese-style modernization, they have created new historical achievements with new great struggles.
In these 5 years, from achieving the first centenary goal to embarking on a new journey towards the second centenary goal, from building a moderately prosperous society in all respects to promoting common prosperity for all the people, China's economic and social development has achieved new groundbreaking progress, breakthrough changes, and historic achievements. China's answer sheet has attracted worldwide attention, the Chinese path has become broader, and the Chinese strength is unstoppable.
Riding the Wind and Waves, Leading the Way Forward
-- "To make our generation's due contribution to promoting the construction of a strong country and the rejuvenation of the nation"
On July 19 this year, in Nyingchi (林芝), Tibet (西藏), the construction of the hydropower project in the lower reaches of the Yarlung Tsangpo River (雅鲁藏布江), with a total investment of approximately 1.2 trillion yuan, kicked off.
At this time, the Sichuan-Tibet Railway (川藏铁路), the "steel artery" under construction on the roof of the world, is advancing towards Nyingchi (林芝) with a majestic momentum, crossing mountains and ridges.
In 2021, the opening year of the "14th Five-Year Plan," General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) came to the Nyingchi Railway Station (林芝火车站), an important hub of the Sichuan-Tibet Railway (川藏铁路), during his inspection in Tibet (西藏). He listened to a report on the progress of the construction of the Ya'an (雅安) to Nyingchi (林芝) section, and pointed out that "it is necessary to build this landmark project in the process of achieving the second centenary goal."
In the year of the conclusion of the "14th Five-Year Plan," looking across the Great Wall and the north and south of the Yangtze River, the land of China is full of golden colors and vitality:
This is a glorious China bearing honor: grandly celebrating the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China, the successful convening of the 20th National Congress of the Party, celebrating the 75th anniversary of the founding of New China, and soon grandly commemorating the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War;
This is a thriving and striving China: 102 major projects are progressing smoothly, 8 indicators have exceeded expectations, the economic increment is expected to exceed 35 trillion yuan, and the average economic growth rate in the first 4 years reached 5.5%, contributing about 30% to world economic growth;
This is a vibrant and innovative China: the first domestically-produced electromagnetic catapult aircraft carrier Fujian (福建舰) was launched, the first domestically-produced large aircraft C919 (C919) developed according to international common airworthiness standards achieved commercial flight, and the first Chinese space station "Tiangong" (天宫) was fully completed;
This is a happy China with people's livelihood as the top priority: more than 12 million new urban jobs are added every year, the average years of education for new labor force exceeds 14 years, the average life expectancy reaches 79 years, and direct settlement of cross-provincial medical treatment benefits 560 million people...
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out, "Accelerate the construction of Chinese-style modernization, unite and strive, forge ahead and innovate, make achievements worthy of the times, worthy of history, and worthy of the people on the new journey, and make our generation's due contribution to promoting the construction of a strong country and the rejuvenation of the nation."
In the past 5 years, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) at its core has taken overall control and led the direction, accurately analyzed the situation, maintained strategic focus, and adhered to drawing a blueprint to the end --
The "14th Five-Year Plan" period is the first five years for China to strive for the second centenary goal after building a moderately prosperous society in all respects, and it is a critical period for China to seize rare opportunities, withstand various challenges, and expand new development space.
On October 29, 2020, the Fifth Plenary Session of the 19th Central Committee of the Party deliberated and approved the "Suggestions on Formulating the 14th Five-Year Plan." The full text takes a deep understanding of the new development stage, comprehensively implementing the new development concept, and focusing on building a new development pattern as the logical main line, reflecting General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) profound thinking on China's future development.
In midsummer, on the waterfront plank road in the Wushan (五山) area of Nantong (南通), Jiangsu (江苏) Province, the beautiful natural scenery attracts tourists to stop.
In November 2020, during the first local inspection after the Fifth Plenary Session of the 19th Central Committee of the Party, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) came here to inspect the ecology of the Yangtze River (长江) shoreline, and then went to Yangzhou (扬州) to see the environmental improvement along the Grand Canal (大运河), with the theme of "ecological priority, green development" running through it.
At the symposium on comprehensively promoting the development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt held after the inspection, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "We must maintain historical patience and strategic focus, draw a blueprint to the end, and work one after another to ensure that a river of clear water extends to future generations and benefits the people."
In the past 5 years, from hosting multiple symposiums to promote the implementation of regional development strategies, to talking about innovation at the National People's Congress for 5 consecutive years, to unswervingly promoting the construction of a strong cultural country, a strong education country, a strong talent country, a strong sports country, and a healthy China, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) has repeatedly emphasized "long-term efforts, step-by-step deepening, will surely achieve something."
In the past 5 years, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) at its core has explored laws, mastered the initiative, and proposed a series of new concepts, new ideas, and new strategies, leading practical innovation with theoretical innovation --
"Technological innovation and industrial innovation are the basic paths to develop new quality productive forces." This year's National People's Congress, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) came to the Jiangsu (江苏) delegation of the Third Session of the 14th National People's Congress where he was, and once again made a new judgment on the development of new quality productive forces.
From the first proposal during local inspections to making systematic explanations, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) profoundly answered the major theoretical and practical questions of what is new quality productive forces, why develop new quality productive forces, and how to develop new quality productive forces, providing an important guideline for economic and social development.
Theoretically rich and developed, and practically changing with each passing day.
In October 2023, the National Conference on Propaganda and Ideological Work was held, and the meeting officially proposed Xi Jinping's (习近平) Thought on Culture.
During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, from proposing the "second combination" to attending the symposium on cultural inheritance and development and delivering an important speech, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) placed cultural construction in a prominent position in governing the country.
From proposing the major proposition of "humanistic economics" to emphasizing "empowering economic and social development with culture," General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) attached great importance to the integration and interaction between culture and economy.
Xi Jinping's (习近平) Thought on Culture awakens the most basic, deepest, and most lasting power of cultural confidence, the spiritual outlook of the whole society is revitalized, the ambition, backbone, and confidence of the Chinese people are unprecedentedly enhanced, and the innovation and creativity of the entire nation are fully flowing.
In the past 5 years, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) at its core has been planning strategies, responding calmly to changes, grasping the timing and situation, and discerning crises and opportunities, making key decisions at critical times --
The current and future period is a critical period for comprehensively promoting the construction of a strong country and the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation with Chinese-style modernization.
The road ahead is by no means smooth.
On September 26, 2024, in Zhongnanhai (中南海), Beijing (北京), General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) presided over a meeting of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee.
Since the second quarter of this year, especially entering the third quarter, the growth rate of China's main economic indicators has declined, the stock market and property market have been under pressure, market expectations have weakened, and worries at home and abroad have spread.
At a critical moment and important node, this meeting decisively deployed a package of incremental policies, which effectively boosted social confidence, significantly rebounded the economy, and smoothly completed the main goals and tasks of economic and social development throughout the year.
The more turbulent the situation, the more it demonstrates the firm and decisive leadership of the helmsman.
In November 2022, in accordance with the times and the situation, scientific decision-making, accurately grasping the changes in the COVID-19 epidemic, and studying and deploying twenty measures to further optimize prevention and control work;
In February 2025, aiming at problems and focusing on concerns, attending a symposium on private enterprises and delivering an important speech, profoundly reflecting the care and attention to private enterprises and the private economy;
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In the extraordinary development process of the "14th Five-Year Plan," General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平), with great political courage and wisdom, fearless courage and boldness, made key decisions time and time again, leading all the people to fight battle after battle, break through pass after pass, effectively respond to challenges, and point out the direction forward.
Sailing against the current, forging ahead.
In these 5 years, the difficulties and problems encountered in China's economic and social development were more than expected, and the achievements and results achieved were better than expected. Our institutional advantages have been further consolidated, our innovation vitality has been stronger, our material foundation has been more solid, and our development foundation has been more solid. It will surely leave an extraordinary page in China's development history.
Standing at the Forefront, Resolutely Acting
-- "No matter how the international situation changes, we must unswervingly do our own thing"
Steadily ranking as the world's largest manufacturing country, with the output of more than 200 major industrial products ranking first in the world, building the largest number of 5G base stations in the world, and possessing the world's largest research and development personnel team...
During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, one "first," "most," and "largest" after another demonstrates the great transformation of China's economic and social development accelerating from quantitative change to qualitative change, from low-end to mid-to-high-end, and from a follower to a leader.
Development is the foundation and key to solving all problems in our country.
"High-quality development is the theme of China's economic and social development during the '14th Five-Year Plan' and even longer periods, and it is related to the overall situation of China's socialist modernization construction," "High-quality development is the primary task of building a socialist modern country in all respects," "We must adhere to high-quality development as the hard truth in the new era"...
From "theme" to "primary task" to "hard truth," high-quality development runs through the entire process of the "14th Five-Year Plan" period.
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized: "No matter how the international situation changes, we must unswervingly do our own thing, continuously strengthen our economic foundation, enhance our technological innovation capabilities, and enhance our comprehensive national strength."
Adhere to innovation as the core position in the overall situation of China's modernization construction, and take technological self-reliance and self-improvement as the strategic support for national development --
On July 7 this year, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) came to Shanxi Yangquan Valve Co., Ltd. (山西阳泉阀门股份有限公司) for inspection and research.
In the production workshop, the General Secretary stopped from time to time to observe and learn in detail about the production and sales of products. He pointed out: "The real economy cannot be lost, and the traditional industries in the real economy cannot be lost. We must achieve transformation and upgrading through technological innovation."
In the past 5 years, from laboratories and research institutes to manufacturing enterprises and industrial parks, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) has repeatedly gone deep into the most active places of technological innovation, made important instructions on developing new quality productive forces in accordance with local conditions, and further deployed the deepening of scientific and technological system reform.
In the past 5 years, China has stood on one innovation high ground of "major country weapons" after another, and has its own independently developed high-performance chips and operating systems. The annual production of new energy vehicles has exceeded 10 million, making it the first country in the world to have more than 4 million valid invention patents...
Put reform in a more prominent position, and promote Chinese-style modernization with further comprehensive deepening of reform --
On May 20, 2025, the Law on Promoting the Private Economy officially came into effect.
From the Third Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Party clearly proposing the formulation of the Law on Promoting the Private Economy to the promulgation and implementation of this basic law on the development of the private economy, it only took 10 months. Overseas media commented that it was "a milestone."
Development poses questions, and reform provides answers. In the past 5 years, facing the new era situation and issues, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) at its core has aimed at key tasks, grasped key links, and planned and promoted a number of strategic, creative, and leading reforms.
Accelerate the construction of a high-level socialist market economic system, adhere to and implement the "two unswervingly," deepen the reform of state-owned assets and state-owned enterprises, and strive to create a good environment for the development of the non-public sector of the economy; the construction of a unified national market is advancing in depth, the reform of factor marketization is moving in depth, and the basic systems of market economy such as property rights protection, market access, fair competition, and social credit are gradually improved and perfected...
On July 18, 2024, the Party and the country ushered in another historic moment:
The Third Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Party deliberated and approved the "Decision of the CPC Central Committee on Further Comprehensively Deepening Reform and Promoting Chinese-style Modernization," and the clarion call for further comprehensively deepening reform in the new era and new journey resounded throughout the land of China.
Taking economic system reform as the traction, more than 300 reform measures deployed by the Third Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Party have been gradually launched. In practice, understanding, re-practice, and re-understanding, further comprehensively deepening reform continues to advance in breadth and depth.
Promote reform and development with opening up, and unswervingly promote high-level opening up to the outside world --
Recently, the arrangements and policies for the full island closure of the Hainan Free Trade Port (海南自由贸易港) were released to the world: officially launched on December 18, 2025.
The deeper the reform, the higher the requirements for the level of opening up; the higher the level of opening up, the greater the promotion effect on reform.
In the past 5 years, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) has presided over or attended the first China-Central Asia Summit, the third "Belt and Road" International Cooperation Summit Forum, the Beijing Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation and other home diplomacy activities, conveying to the world China's firm voice in promoting high-level opening up to the outside world; China has held the CIIE, Canton Fair, CIFTIS, and Consumer Expo for many consecutive years, practicing the firm promise that "China's door will open wider and wider."
"To go with China is to go with opportunities, to believe in China is to believe in tomorrow, and to invest in China is to invest in the future." In March this year, General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) sincere invitation when meeting with representatives of the international business community declared China's determination to unswervingly deepen reform and expand opening up, injecting strong confidence and strength into China's win-win cooperation with the world.
Coordinate development and security, and achieve a virtuous interaction between high-quality development and high-level security --
Faced with high winds and waves, and even storms, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平), with a deep sense of worry and a far-sighted strategic vision, has established a bottom-line thinking in planning, acting, and adapting to the situation, and maintained national dignity and core interests in the struggle, firmly grasping the initiative of our country's development and security.
Food security is the top priority in governing the country.
In April 2022, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) inspected Hainan (海南), and the first stop was the Yazhou Bay Seed Laboratory (崖州湾种子实验室) in Sanya (三亚), pointing out that "the rice bowl of the Chinese people must be firmly held in their own hands, and the seeds must be firmly held in their own hands."
Taking energy security as a global and strategic issue related to economic and social development, emphasizing that "we must base ourselves on our country's energy and resource endowments, adhere to establishing before abolishing, and make overall plans. The gradual withdrawal of traditional energy must be based on the safe and reliable replacement of new energy";
Adhering to self-reliance and self-improvement in science and technology, requiring "to firmly grasp the lifeline of science and technology in our own hands, make greater progress in self-reliance and self-improvement in science and technology, and continuously enhance our country's development independence, autonomy, and security";
Deeply implement the strategy of strengthening the army with talents and the strategy of strengthening the army with science and technology in the new era, firmly grasp the key to strengthening the army that it can fight and win battles, and continuously deepen the reform of national defense and the army;
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In the past 5 years, the security foundation of food, energy, industry, national defense, etc. in our country has been further consolidated. At present, more than 1 billion mu of high-standard farmland has been built; the world's largest power infrastructure system has been built, with power generation capacity accounting for 1/3 of the world; it has the world's largest, most complete, and most complete manufacturing system, and has more confidence to cope with various risks and challenges.
People First, Benefiting the People
-- "All the work of the Party and the government is to make the people live a happier life"
Creative streetscapes blend seamlessly with nostalgic old-style architecture, while refreshing and artistic specialty shops complement well-equipped service facilities... The Democratic Village Community (民主村社区) in Xiejiawan Subdistrict (谢家湾街道), Jiulongpo District (九龙坡区), Chongqing (重庆), is full of life and happiness.
It used to be a well-known "old, dilapidated, and small" area, but after urban renewal, it has transformed into a new home that blends tradition and modernity.
In April 2024, when General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) visited the Democratic Village Community (民主村社区) in Chongqing (重庆) for inspection, he said earnestly: "Chinese-style modernization puts the people's livelihood first. All the work of the Party and the government is to enable the people to live a happier life."
The people weigh more than a thousand pounds in the heart of General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平).
Over the past 5 years, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) at its core has adhered to taking the realization, safeguarding, and development of the fundamental interests of the broadest masses of the people as the starting point and foothold of development, continuously enhancing the people's sense of gain, happiness, and security, and promoting the all-round development of people and the all-round progress of society.
Cities are important carriers of modernization, bearing the people's yearning for a better life.
In July 2025, the Central Urban Work Conference was held, and General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) attended and delivered an important speech. The conference made it clear that building "modern people's cities" is the goal of urban work for the current and future periods.
During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) at its core adhered to the people-centered development philosophy, focusing on the things around the people and doing practical, meticulous, and good deeds one by one.
Employment is the most basic livelihood.
On May 27, 2024, the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee conducted its 14th collective study on promoting high-quality and full employment. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized that Party committees and governments at all levels should regard employment as the top priority of people's livelihood, strengthen organizational leadership, improve systems and mechanisms, and enhance work synergy.
In September of the same year, the "Opinions of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council on Implementing the Employment-First Strategy to Promote High-Quality and Full Employment" was released, providing a top-level design from the central level for promoting high-quality and full employment.
Since the "14th Five-Year Plan," the number of new urban jobs has remained stable at more than 12 million each year. Residents' income growth has been basically synchronized with economic growth, and the relative income gap between urban and rural areas has further narrowed.
Providing elderly care, childcare, and medical care are matters of people's livelihood that affect hundreds of millions of families.
Before the Spring Festival in 2023, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized during a video connection to visit and慰问基层干部群众 (wèi wèn jī céng gàn bù qún zhòng - visit and express sympathy to grassroots cadres and the masses) that it is necessary to vigorously develop the elderly care industry and the elderly care industry, "especially to strengthen the bottom-line guarantee for the elderly in extreme poverty, those receiving minimum living allowances, the elderly with advanced age, and the disabled elderly."
Since the "14th Five-Year Plan," the achievements of economic development and technological progress have been practically transformed into the people's sense of gain and happiness. China has built the world's largest education system, social security system, and medical and health system, with compulsory education consolidation rates and basic old-age insurance and basic medical insurance participation rates all above 95%.
The comprehensive revitalization of the countryside is related to the overall situation of Chinese-style modernization. No one can be left behind on the road to happiness.
In the modern flower industry park in Lijiang (丽江), Yunnan (云南), at the foot of the Yulong Snow Mountain (玉龙雪山), various flowers are in full bloom.
In March 2025, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) came to the Yunnan Lijiang Modern Flower Industry Park (云南丽江现代花卉产业园) for inspection. From varieties and prices to workers' income... the General Secretary looked carefully and asked specifically.
"Your cause is very prosperous and in line with the direction of modern agricultural development. I wish you a life as beautiful as flowers!" General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) words gave everyone more confidence and motivation.
Traveling across mountains and rivers, and visiting villages and households, over the past 5 years, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) has strategically planned and scientifically promoted the effective connection between consolidating and expanding the achievements of poverty alleviation and rural revitalization from a strategic height, and conducted in-depth research on how to achieve stronger agriculture, more beautiful rural areas, and richer farmers.
Over the past 5 years, China's annual grain output has remained stable at more than 1.3 trillion catties, and in 2024, it reached a new level of 1.4 trillion catties for the first time.
The achievements of poverty alleviation have been continuously consolidated and expanded. The scale of employment of the lifted-out-of-poverty population has remained stable at more than 30 million for four consecutive years, and the growth rate of per capita disposable income of rural residents in poverty-stricken counties has been faster than the income growth rate of rural residents nationwide for four consecutive years.
In Dingri County (定日县), Tibet (西藏), post-disaster reconstruction work is accelerating, new houses are gradually taking shape, and children are running around happily. It is hard to imagine that this place suffered a strong earthquake just over half a year ago.
On January 7, 2025, a magnitude 6.8 earthquake occurred in Dingri County (定日县) at an altitude of more than 4,000 meters. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) made important instructions, emphasizing the need to make every effort to carry out personnel search and rescue, make every effort to treat the injured, and minimize casualties.
People first, life first. Over the past 5 years, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) at its core has always adhered to putting the people at the center throughout the entire process of governing the country, fighting floods, fighting droughts, fighting the epidemic, firmly guarding the bottom line of people's livelihood, and insisting on guaranteeing and improving people's livelihood in development.
From cities to villages, integrated urban-rural development is an inevitable requirement of Chinese-style modernization, an inherent requirement for meeting the people's yearning for a better life and promoting common prosperity.
"Having a home in the city" is the wish of many builders who have come to the city.
After a busy day at work, Zhang Songwei (张颂蔚), who works as a security guard, returned to his small home—the New Era Urban Builders and Managers Home in Minhang District (闵行区), Shanghai (上海). The four-person room he lives in is clean and tidy, with a kitchen, bathroom, and complete appliances.
In November 2023, during his inspection in Shanghai (上海), General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) made a special trip to Minhang District (闵行区), which has a high proportion of migrants, and went to the New Era Urban Builders and Managers Home to conduct research. When leaving, facing the community residents who gathered around, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized: "A city should not only have height, but also warmth. Our socialism is to take the road of common prosperity."
Focusing on integrated urban-rural development, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) has repeatedly conducted in-depth grassroots research during inspections and made many important instructions.
The "Decision" of the Third Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee deployed the improvement of the system and mechanism for integrated urban-rural development, the five-year action plan for the new urbanization strategy was implemented, the county economy was strengthened, the basic public service system was improved, the achievements of poverty alleviation were consolidated and expanded, and resolute prevention of large-scale return to poverty was ensured.
Over the past 5 years, China has continuously improved the system and mechanism for promoting new urbanization: orderly promoting the urbanization of agricultural transfer populations and deepening the reform of the household registration system. At the end of 2024, the urbanization rate of permanent residents reached 67%, and the proportion of children of migrant workers in compulsory education who attend public schools or enjoy government-purchased places reached 97%.
"The way to govern a country begins with enriching the people." Common prosperity is an essential requirement of socialism and a common expectation of the people.
The "14th Five-Year Plan" proposal put forward that "more obvious and substantial progress should be made in common prosperity for all the people," emphasizing "solidly promoting common prosperity" and putting forward a series of important requirements and major measures.
Steadily promoting common prosperity is not only the focus of the Party and the country's work during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, but also the starting point and foothold of our Party's governance.
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized: "Promoting common prosperity for all the people is a long-term task and a realistic task. It must be placed in a more important position, be down-to-earth, make persistent efforts, and make more active and promising efforts towards this goal."
Solemn commitment, unwavering determination. Always adhering to the people-centered approach, everything for the people, everything relying on the people, more than 1.4 billion Chinese people share the fruits of reform and development in common struggle.
Cherishing lofty aspirations, crossing mountains and passes as if flying.
This October, the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee will be held in Beijing (北京) to study the proposals on formulating the 15th Five-Year Plan for National Economic and Social Development.
Focusing on the great cause of building a strong country and national rejuvenation, closely focusing on the goal of basically realizing socialist modernization, under the strong leadership of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) at its core, we will surely successfully complete the "14th Five-Year Plan" goals and tasks, scientifically plan the economic and social development during the "15th Five-Year Plan" period, promote high-quality development to a new level, and continuously write a new chapter in Chinese-style modernization.
(Xinhua News Agency, Beijing (北京), August 5 (赵超,安蓓,齐中熙,魏玉坤))
Return to TopThis newspaper's Beijing (北京) dispatch on August 5th (Reporter: Lin Lili (林丽鹂)) Recently, the State Administration for Market Regulation (市场监管总局) organized and drafted the "Supervision and Management Regulations on Food Sales Chain Enterprises Implementing the Main Responsibility for Food Safety (Draft for Solicitation of Comments)" (《食品销售连锁企业落实食品安全主体责任监督管理规定（征求意见稿）》), and solicited public opinions from August 5th to September 4th.
The draft for soliciting comments contains 34 articles, focusing on clarifying the management authority at all levels, risk prevention and control requirements, and legal responsibilities.
Implement hierarchical and classified management of food sales chain enterprises. The food safety supervision work of the headquarters, branches, and stores of food sales chain enterprises shall be respectively responsible by the provincial, municipal, and county-level market supervision departments.
Refine the implementation requirements of the "daily control, weekly investigation, and monthly dispatch" system of the headquarters of food sales chain enterprises, requiring the headquarters to strengthen the management of employees, procurement, distribution and other links, timely deal with the problems found, and improve the risk and hidden danger prevention and control mechanism.
Require food sales chain enterprises to implement food safety risk management and control covering the entire chain of headquarters, branches, warehousing and distribution centers, and stores.
Return to TopOn August 3rd, a rural farmers' sports meet was held in Sangzhe Town (桑柘镇), Pengshui Miao and Tujia Autonomous County (彭水苗族土家族自治县), Chongqing (重庆), with constant laughter and cheers on the scene. The picture shows villagers participating in a carrying competition at the sports meet.
Photo by Zhao Yong (赵勇) (China Photo)
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 宋亦然
At dawn, the waves of the Pacific Ocean continuously lap against the breakwater of the Chancay Port (钱凯港) in Peru. At the port's wharf, giant blue bridge cranes are busy loading containers full of goods onto ocean-going vessels from China. Alongside the berth, a 100,000-ton bulk carrier is slowly docking.
In November 2024, the Chancay Port (钱凯港) in Peru, a key project jointly built by China and Peru under the high-quality "Belt and Road" initiative, officially opened. It is the first smart port and green port in South America. Since its opening, Chancay Port (钱凯港) has delivered impressive results: in the first five months of this year, the total import and export value of Chancay Port (钱凯港) exceeded $777 million, with a container throughput of 94,400 TEUs and 626,900 tons of bulk and ro-ro cargo, with business volume increasing month by month. This deep-water port is powerfully consolidating Peru's gateway position connecting land and sea, and linking Asia and Latin America.
"Chinese technology has rewritten the history of port construction in Peru"
From the air, the approximately 2.6-kilometer-long breakwater in Chancay Bay (钱凯湾) embraces the wharf facilities like giant arms, blocking the erosion of the Pacific Ocean waves. In 2021, when Chinese builders started the Chancay Port (钱凯港) project, the waves became the first problem facing the project team.
The Chancay Port (钱凯港) construction sea area is located in a seismic zone, and is subject to the intertwined erosion of ultra-long period waves and strong surges all year round, with extreme wave heights reaching 4 meters. The huge waves impacted the unprotected coastline, and traditional piling ships struggled to operate accurately in the turbulence. "If we followed the conventional plan, the construction period would be delayed by at least two years," said Wu Hao (吴浩), the then chief engineer of the project.
After repeated demonstrations and experiments, the project team developed a highly intelligent ultra-large self-propelled piling platform. This platform not only achieved "zero pollution" construction, but also increased the pile driving efficiency to 7 piles in 3 days, 4.7 times faster than traditional methods, and the original 70-day construction window was extended to the whole year. When the first steel pipe pile was accurately driven into the seabed, Peruvian engineers exclaimed: "Chinese technology has rewritten the history of port construction in Peru!"
In order to solve the problem of steel pipe pile transportation, a self-developed remote-controlled rail pile transportation vehicle came into being. The automatic control system, like an invisible hand, steadily controlled the transportation trajectory in the wind and waves. From intelligent stone throwing ships to non-filling vibro-compaction technology, more than 10 original Chinese technologies have been implemented here. "We let the local people see the wisdom of Chinese construction," said Liu Xuanyuan (刘轩源), the then project manager.
The Chancay Wetland (钱凯湿地) adjacent to the project is an important bird habitat, and the surrounding sea area is home to marine animals such as seals and penguins. The project team protected the ecological environment with innovation: introducing new vibro-compaction technology to treat the foundation, reducing noise and dust pollution by 40%; promoting wastewater recycling, saving more than 25% of water. The project team also jointly built a monitoring network with Peruvian environmental experts, and the wetland bird population was not disturbed during the three years of construction.
When the sea breeze sweeps across the new wharf, flocks of birds fly freely above the blue waves. After more than a thousand days and nights of hard work, the Chinese team demonstrated its pursuit of balance between development and ecology while building a modern port. The mayor of Chancay (钱凯市), Álvarez (阿尔瓦雷斯), said with emotion: "Chancay Port (钱凯港) is both 'golden' and 'green'."
"Chinese masters taught us not only technology, but also the 'craftsman's spirit' that Chinese people talk about"
The first phase of the Chancay Port (钱凯港) project has 4 wharf berths, which can achieve a designed throughput capacity of 1 million TEUs per year in the near future and 1.5 million TEUs per year in the long term. The construction and operation of such a large port tests the trust and understanding between Chinese and Peruvian builders. The Chinese side actively provides technical training to Peruvian employees through methods such as "passing on experience and helping each other," effectively improving the skills of local employees. Chinese-Peruvian friendship and the bond between teachers and apprentices have thus taken root, sprouted, and blossomed.
In 2021, Leandro (莱安德罗), a young Peruvian man with engineering dreams, joined the Chancay Port (钱凯港) project. "How to calculate the pile foundation positioning? How to control the pile driving accuracy?" He was at a loss on the construction site after just graduating from university. The project department customized a growth plan for him, and a Chinese engineer became his mentor. In the past three years, from drawing analysis to construction organization, from on-site inspection to technical discussions, the Chinese master has imparted all his knowledge. As the project construction neared completion, Leandro (莱安德罗) was able to independently command a team of hundreds of people to deal with complex working conditions.
More than 150 local management personnel like Leandro (莱安德罗) have grown into professional talents under the leadership of Chinese masters. The project has also built training platforms such as the "Inca Lecture Hall" and the "Chancay Port Engineering College." In the classroom, Chinese engineers explain the construction plan in detail; on the construction site, Chinese and Peruvian employees debug the system side by side. "This knowledge is more vivid than university textbooks, and they are gifts from across the Pacific Ocean," said Leandro (莱安德罗).
During the construction period, the project has recruited more than 3,000 Peruvian employees, accounting for 75% of the total construction team. In 2024, the project team won the Special Contribution Award at the first Peruvian Labor Expo. Daniel Maurate (丹尼尔·毛拉特), the Peruvian Minister of Labor and Employment Promotion, said that Chancay Port (钱凯港) will help alleviate unemployment in Peru and help more Peruvians get rid of absolute poverty.
Coming to the remote control area of Chancay Port (钱凯港), Peruvian operator Cynthia Gaspar (辛西娅·贾斯帕) is using a computer control system to perform fully automated port loading and unloading operations, and is constantly communicating with the Chinese master next to her. Six monitoring screens show the wharf loading and unloading operations in real time. Cynthia (辛西娅) taps the control panel with her fingertips. When the container spreader successfully completes millimeter-level docking with the deck of the freighter, she and the Chinese master smile at each other.
After the meticulous guidance of many Chinese masters, many Peruvian employees like Cynthia (辛西娅) have the ability to operate independently. "Chinese masters taught us not only technology, but also the 'craftsman's spirit' that Chinese people talk about - that pursuit of doing everything to the extreme," said Cynthia (辛西娅).
"The new route will greatly reduce logistics costs and improve the export competitiveness of South American countries"
At present, the 6 routes that have been opened at Chancay Port (钱凯港) not only cover major ports in China, but also extend to countries such as Colombia, Ecuador, Chile, and Panama, forming a "two-way channel" facing the Asia-Pacific and Latin America. Peruvian President Dina Boluarte (迪娜·博鲁阿尔特) pointed out that the port's trade volume can contribute 1.8 percentage points to Peru's domestic production value each year and create thousands of jobs.
The opening and operation of Chancay Port (钱凯港) has significantly improved the level of trade between the two countries. Víctor Mejía (维克多·梅希亚), the director of the National Customs and Tax Administration of Peru, said that Chancay Port (钱凯港) has significantly promoted bilateral cooperation between Peru and China, especially in the fields of fresh product exports and automobile imports. The Peruvian government will vigorously support port logistics to promote economic growth.
Before the completion of Chancay Port (钱凯港), Peru did not have a port that could dock large container ships, and maritime freight relied on transshipment in countries such as Mexico and Panama. With the opening of the "Chancay-Shanghai" two-way direct航线 (hángxiàn - "shipping route"), the one-way sea transportation time between the two countries has been shortened to 23 days, saving more than 20% of logistics costs. The Central Reserve Bank of Peru stated that the opening of Chancay Port (钱凯港) has greatly improved trade facilitation.
From Chancay (钱凯) to Shanghai (上海), the "blueprint" has become a "thoroughfare." The opening of the new Asia-Latin America land-sea channel in the new era benefits the entire Latin American market.
On the 100th day of the opening of Chancay Port (钱凯港), a new route connecting Chancay Port (钱凯港), Guayaquil Port (瓜亚基尔港) in Ecuador, and Shanghai (上海) in China was officially opened, taking 27 days for the entire journey. Last year, the China-Ecuador Free Trade Agreement officially came into effect. With the help of the new route, Ecuador's high-quality products can reach the Chinese market at a faster speed.
Javier Lanza (哈维尔·兰萨), the head of the Guayaquil Port (瓜亚基尔港) management, said that before the opening of the new route, it took 35 to 55 days for goods to be transported from Ecuador to China by sea. "The reduction in transportation time helps seafood such as fish and shrimp, and fruits such as bananas, stay fresh," said Lanza (兰萨). "The opening of the new trade route is a major step in improving Ecuador's economic competitiveness."
Products from coastal countries in the region such as Colombia and Chile are also expected to catch the "tailwind" from Chancay Port (钱凯港). Gonzalo Ríos (贡萨洛·里奥斯), the deputy general manager of COSCO Shipping Ports Chancay Peru, said that the company has established feeder routes in Barranquilla (巴兰基亚), Colombia, and San Antonio (圣安东尼奥) and Antofagasta (安托法加斯塔), Chile, specifically to transport export goods to Chancay Port (钱凯港), and then transport them to China via the main route. "The new route will greatly reduce logistics costs and improve the export competitiveness of South American countries," said Ríos (里奥斯).
(Reported from Chancay (钱凯), Peru, August 5)
Return to TopBy: 朱成山
The true history will always stand undefeated. A correct view of the history of World War II is the cornerstone for building world peace today and in the future.
Recently, the film "Nanjing Photo Studio" was released nationwide, generating enthusiastic responses. This is another film based on the history of the Nanjing Massacre, boosting the popularity of domestic war-themed films during the summer season.
True history possesses a vitality, penetrating power, and influence that transcends time and space. During the Japanese army's occupation of Nanjing (南京), Luo Jin (罗瑾), a 15-year-old apprentice at the Nanjing Huadong Photo Studio (南京华东照相馆), discovered that the film rolls sent by Japanese officers contained images of the Japanese army killing, raping, and harming Chinese people. At the risk of his life, he made extra prints of dozens of photos and bound 16 of them into a book, preserving the evidence of the crimes. The album was eventually passed on to Wu Xuan (吴旋), a young man in Nanjing, who continued to guard it at the risk of his life, and it eventually became the "No. 1 Evidence" used in the trial of Hisao Tani (谷寿夫), the main culprit in the Nanjing Massacre case. True history will always stand undefeated, and no matter how hard Japanese right-wing forces or historical nihilists try to overturn the verdict, it will be in vain.
Does that tragic history still have profound significance in today's era? The answer is yes; patriotic education is an eternal theme. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out that the blame for the war lies with a few militarist elements and not with the people, but people should never forget the serious crimes committed by the invaders. The inhumane massacre created single-handedly by the invading Japanese army is a shocking crime against humanity and a very dark page in human history. The history of the Nanjing Massacre shows in blood and tears that if a country is poor and weak, the people's right to life cannot be guaranteed. The lessons of history must never be forgotten, and the tragedy of history must never be repeated.
History is the best textbook and the best sobering agent. The Nanjing Massacre is a tragic and unparalleled event in the history of the Chinese people's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression. This is a historical fact recognized by the international community. During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, more than 35 million Chinese soldiers and civilians were killed or injured; calculated at the ratio of 1937, China's direct economic losses amounted to more than 100 billion US dollars, and indirect economic losses amounted to more than 500 billion US dollars. 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, it must be fully recognized that the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression was the longest, largest, and most sacrificial national liberation struggle of the Chinese people against foreign invasion in modern times. This great victory was a victory for the Chinese people and a victory for the people of the world.
A correct view of the history of World War II is the cornerstone for building world peace today and in the future. China dragged the Japanese army into a strategic passive abyss with its protracted war of resistance, contained and delayed Japan's offensive pace, and shattered Japan's strategic attempt to join forces with German and Italian fascists to dominate the world. The Chinese army and civilians opened up the Eastern main battlefield of the World Anti-Fascist War, making an irreplaceable contribution to the victory of the World Anti-Fascist War and safeguarding the cause of human justice. As then-U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt said: "If there were no China, if China were defeated, how many divisions of Japanese soldiers could be transferred to other fronts to fight?"
In today's world, major changes unseen in a century are accelerating, hegemonism, power politics, and Cold War thinking are making a comeback, and the situation of economic bullying is severe. The Chinese people feel the importance of patriotism, unity, and self-reliance even more. We must be more confident in telling the great significance of the Chinese people's victory in the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and promote the decisive contribution of the Eastern main battlefield to the world. For the sake of lasting peace and tranquility in the world, we must sincerely and humbly learn from history, draw wisdom, and summarize lessons, so that the true history can illuminate the path for humanity's future progress.
(The author is a professor at Changzhou University (常州大学), former vice president of the Chinese Society for the Study of the War of Resistance Against Japan (中国抗日战争史学会), and former curator of the Memorial Hall of the Victims in the Nanjing Massacre by Japanese Invaders (侵华日军南京大屠杀遇难同胞纪念馆).)
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 朱玥颖
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, the "Remember History, Face the Future" China-Japan Peace and Friendship Exchange Meeting, hosted by the Consulate-General of the People's Republic of China in Nagoya (中国驻名古屋总领事馆), was recently held in Nagoya (名古屋市), Aichi Prefecture (爱知县), Japan. More than 140 people, including political figures, experts and scholars, non-governmental organizations, and youth representatives from China and Japan, attended. The participating guests jointly called for remembering history, using practical actions to safeguard the hard-won peace, and jointly promoting the healthy development of China-Japan relations.
"We must draw profound historical lessons from the war launched by Japan." Takashi Satomi (里见隆治), a member of the Japanese House of Councillors, said that working together to build world peace is an important issue that Japan and China, and even Asia and the entire world, must face. "How to enhance peaceful and friendly relations between Japan and China and contribute to world peace and stability is an important mission we shoulder."
Japanese youth Hayato Kato (加藤飒人) shared his experiences in China at the exchange meeting. "In Nanjing (南京), I saw the historical evidence of the Japanese army's massacre of Chinese civilians. In Harbin (哈尔滨), I visited the exhibition of the crimes of Unit 731 (七三一部队) of the Japanese army that invaded China. A large amount of detailed historical data and physical evidence made me realize that the brutality of the Japanese army was shocking, and this history of aggression cannot be denied."
"We always believe that Japan must face up to its past history of aggression and sincerely reflect on its own guilt. We must never tolerate any attempt to tamper with the history of World War II." Yasushi Okazaki (冈崎温), Vice President of the Japan-China Friendship Association (日中友好协会), said, "At present, the international situation is complex and severe, and the world is facing multiple challenges. We should learn from the lessons of war and widely spread the importance of peace. We also hope that the people of Japan and China will continue to increase exchanges and contribute to peace and development."
Noriyuki Kawamura (川村范行), Chairman of the Tokai Japan-China Relations Society (东海日中关系学会), said that remembering the history of war is the only way to avoid the recurrence of war. Japan should abide by the principles and spirit of the Japan-China Treaty of Peace and Friendship (日中和平友好条约) and the Japan-China Joint Statement (日中联合声明) to promote the stable development of bilateral relations.
At the exchange meeting, Jin Daito (大东仁), the abbot of Enkoji Temple (圆光寺) in Aichi Prefecture (爱知县), Japan, who has been committed to collecting historical materials related to the Japanese army's invasion of China for nearly 20 years, once again handed over a batch of photos and historical materials of the Japanese army's invasion of China to the Chinese side. He said that historical materials are important evidence for revealing the truth of history, and collecting historical materials is the first step in promoting peace. Although personal strength is limited, he will make unremitting efforts to persist in this cause.
Zhao Baogang (赵宝钢), Minister of the Chinese Embassy in Japan (中国驻日本大使馆), said that China is willing to work with the peace-loving Japanese people to resolutely fight against all erroneous words and deeds that distort, beautify, and deny the history of aggression, jointly safeguard the truth of history, defend human conscience and justice, and pass on the torch of peace from generation to generation. Yang Xian (杨娴), Consul General of the People's Republic of China in Nagoya (中国驻名古屋总领事), said that China has made significant contributions to the victory of the World Anti-Fascist War. China is willing to work with all sectors of Japan to remember history, 以史为鉴 (yǐ shǐ wéi jiàn - "take history as a mirror," learn from history), and jointly create a better future for China-Japan relations.
(Reported from Nagoya (名古屋), Japan by this newspaper)
Return to TopThis newspaper reported from Kunming (昆明) on August 5th (Reporter: Ye Chuanzeng (叶传增)): The second ASEAN National Assembly Members Seminar concluded in Kunming (昆明), Yunnan (云南), on August 5th.
The theme of this seminar was "Strengthening exchanges and cooperation between legislative bodies to promote the building of a closer China-ASEAN community of common destiny." A total of 23 parliamentarians and high-level officials from the parliaments (national assemblies) of five Southeast Asian countries—Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam—participated. The seminar members successively visited Beijing (北京), Nanjing (南京), and Kunming (昆明) in China, and inspected projects such as rural revitalization, interconnectivity, high-tech, the digital economy, cultural tourism, and grassroots legislative liaison points, comprehensively understanding the true picture of China's economic and social development. They participated in thematic seminars on the experiences and practices of economic, political, cultural, social, and ecological civilization construction, and conducted in-depth exchanges with relevant Chinese government department leaders and experts and scholars.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 曲 颂
"Since taking over as CEO five years ago, I have witnessed China's unremitting efforts in comprehensively deepening reform and opening up, continuously promoting innovation, and optimizing the business environment," said Michael Gelchie, Global CEO of Louis Dreyfus Company (hereinafter referred to as "Louis Dreyfus" (路易达孚)), adding that the company will continue to work with local partners, deepen its presence in the Chinese market, and strengthen cooperation in areas such as food innovation, green development, and digitalization to jointly build a more resilient future.
Founded in 1851, Louis Dreyfus is a globally renowned agricultural product trading and processing company, planting, processing, and transporting approximately 95 million tons of agricultural products worldwide each year. In 1973, Louis Dreyfus first participated in China's cotton trade. In 2005, Louis Dreyfus became one of the first wholly foreign-owned enterprises approved to engage in agricultural product trading in China. After years of development, revenue from the Chinese market currently accounts for approximately 1/4 of the company's total revenue.
Gelchie believes that China's consumer market is full of vitality, diverse demands, and huge potential, which has strengthened the confidence of multinational companies in developing in China. The strong resilience of the Chinese economy and China's emphasis on innovation also provide good opportunities for the transformation and upgrading of the agricultural food supply chain. He introduced that Louis Dreyfus plans to strengthen its core business in the Chinese market through strategic investments and cooperation; at the same time, it will further enhance its research and development capabilities, expand the downstream industrial chain, and promote product diversification and high-quality development to better meet the constantly upgrading needs of Chinese consumers.
In 2023, Louis Dreyfus established its second global R&D center in Shanghai (上海). In June of this year, the food technology industrial center project invested and constructed by Louis Dreyfus broke ground in Qingdao (青岛), Shandong (山东). The project will focus on developing oilseeds, feed protein, specialty feed, and food-grade phospholipid processing businesses. Gelchie said that thanks to the strong support of the local government, the project took only three months from signing to groundbreaking, which further enhanced Louis Dreyfus's confidence in increasing investment in the Chinese market.
In recent years, China has continuously expanded market access in the agricultural sector and signed free trade agreements with many countries and regions, injecting new impetus into global agricultural cooperation. "Benefiting from these measures, we participated in the first batch of South African soybeans entering the Chinese market in 2023," Gelchie introduced, adding that Louis Dreyfus is also actively promoting products such as Argentine sorghum, Brazilian corn, and Vietnamese freeze-dried coffee to enter the Chinese market.
Promoting the sustainable production of agriculture and food is one of the important issues facing the world today and an important driving force for global economic recovery. Gelchie highly praised China's global leadership in carbon reduction. "More new energy vehicles, greener vegetation, and bluer skies all show China's achievements in sustainable development." He said that Louis Dreyfus actively practices the concept of sustainable development, and its factories in Dongguan (东莞), Guangdong (广东), Tianjin (天津), and Zhangjiagang (张家港), Jiangsu (江苏) have achieved 100% use of green electricity and applied innovative measures such as heat recovery systems to continuously reduce carbon emissions and increase efficiency.
Gelchie said that China is at the forefront of the world in the field of digitalization, which provides support for Louis Dreyfus's digital transformation. "Our digital transformation in the Chinese market integrates international advanced technology with China's local advantages. For example, our existing Industry 4.0 system uses visual recognition technology provided by Chinese companies to improve the level of intelligence." He also specifically mentioned that the "Navigator" system developed by Louis Dreyfus in cooperation with local Chinese suppliers helps customers achieve paperless trade.
"New quality productive forces have the characteristics of high technology, high efficiency, and high quality." Gelchie believes that China is accelerating the cultivation and development of new quality productive forces, which is consistent with Louis Dreyfus's goal of promoting green, intelligent, and integrated agricultural development, "We will 全身心 (quán shēn xīn - "whole body whole heart," wholeheartedly) embrace new quality productive forces."
Return to TopAccording to Xinhua News Agency, Riyadh, August 5th (Reporter Luo Chen (罗晨)), Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Saudi Aramco (沙特阿美公司)) President and CEO Amin H. Nasser (阿明·纳赛尔) said on the 5th that China is an important strategic market for Saudi Aramco (沙特阿美公司), and the company will continue to promote investment in China, with broad prospects for cooperation between the two sides.
At the Saudi Aramco (沙特阿美公司) 2025 first-half financial report telephone press conference held on the 5th, Nasser (纳赛尔) said in response to a reporter's question: "We have maintained an excellent cooperative relationship with our Chinese partners for a long time, and China is an important strategic market for Aramco (阿美)."
He pointed out that in the chemical industry, China has many integrated refining and chemical projects, and Aramco (阿美) is actively participating in the investment and construction of these large-scale projects, and plans to continue to increase investment in multiple fields in the future.
He said that China occupies an important position in the global chemical market. "Whether in crude oil supply or investment and cooperation in liquefaction and other projects, China is a key market for Aramco (阿美)."
Return to TopXinhua News Agency, Beijing, August 5th. To thoroughly study and implement General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important expositions on supporting the military and giving preferential treatment to families of service members, vigorously promote the social ethos of loving our people and our army, on the occasion of the 98th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, the Central Propaganda Department (中宣部), the National Double Support Office (全国双拥办), the Ministry of Veterans Affairs (退役军人事务部), and the Political Work Department of the Central Military Commission (中央军委政治工作部) publicly released the "Most Beautiful People Supporting the Military" to the whole society.
Zhang Zhiguang (张志光), Yao Hualiang (姚华亮), Zhang Guotong (张国通), Liu Huaqiang (刘华强), Wang Youmin (王友民), Shi Jinhua (石进华), Xu Ling (许灵), Turdi Usman (吐尔地·吾斯曼), and other 8 comrades, as well as the "Loving the Military Old Ama" collective, were honorably selected. They care about national defense, love the army, and respect soldiers. Some have devoted themselves to promoting the construction of exhibition halls and opening classrooms to promote revolutionary traditions and fine work styles; some have mobilized social forces to serve the employment and entrepreneurship of veterans and military families; some have actively practiced cultural support for the military and scientific and technological support for the military; some are concerned about the cause of patriotic support for the military and encourage and guide young people to join the army; and some have wholeheartedly devoted themselves to volunteer services to support the military and give preferential treatment to families of service members. They are full of enthusiasm to solve problems for military personnel and their families, veterans, and other entitled groups, and vigorously support the construction and reform of the troops and their preparedness for war, writing a moving chapter of the deep affection between the military and the people in the new era, like fish and water.
The broad masses of cadres and the people expressed that the people's army loves the people, and the people love the people's army. We must take the "Most Beautiful People Supporting the Military" as an example, more consciously promote the glorious tradition of the army loving the people and the people supporting the army, respect the military profession, respect veterans, safeguard the rights and interests of entitled groups, and take the initiative to do practical things and solve problems for military personnel and their families, consolidate and develop the military-government and military-civilian unity that is as **坚如磐石** (jiān rú pán shí - "firm as a rock," extremely solid and unbreakable), and better serve the modernization of national defense and the military.
It is reported that the special program for the release ceremony of the "Most Beautiful People Supporting the Military" in 2025 will be broadcast on China Media Group (中央广播电视总台) in the near future.
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Recently, 92-year-old You Benchang (游本昌) joined the Party, and his statement, "What beats in my chest is still the heart of the young man who yearned for light," movingly demonstrates his persistent pursuit of faith.
Faith may seem like a somewhat "lofty" term to some young people today. Some feel it is "empty," believing that discussing it is just empty rhetoric; others say it is "distant," as if it belongs to the distant revolutionary war era, and thus they keep it at arm's length.
In fact, faith is neither "empty" nor "distant." Faith is like air to us, benefiting us daily without us realizing it. Imagine, when you are in the flood-stricken disaster area of Rongjiang (榕江), Guizhou (贵州), trapped in difficulties, who is it that shouts "I am a Party member, I will go first," and rushes to the front line of rescuing the masses without hesitation? When you are surrounded by the lights of thousands of homes, enjoying family harmony, who is it that writes "Pure love, only for China" on the front line of defending the country, resolutely dedicating their lives to protect their homeland?
In the most dangerous moments, there is always a group of people who unhesitatingly rush to the front. This selfless and fearless spirit stems from the fire of faith burning in their hearts.
What is faith? From a genetic perspective, faith originates from the weakness of human ancestors and the strength of the external environment. Facing hunger, cold, disease, and fierce beasts, people placed their aspirations for a better life on certain concrete or abstract things, and faith arose from this.
More than 100 years ago, communism—this beautiful vision of human society—became the faith of the Chinese Communists, precisely because in the impoverished and weak old China, people had aspirations for a better future for the country and the nation. When the country was fragmented, in the dark night, in confusion, and when all paths to saving the country were blocked, it was the communist faith that lit a lamp for the nation, illuminating the path forward.
"The city gates of Yan'an (延安) are open all day long, and young people from all directions come every day, carrying luggage, burning with hope, and entering these city gates." During the Anti-Japanese War, the poet He Qifang (何其芳) described Yan'an's magnetic attraction to young people in this way. In the first two years of the full-scale Anti-Japanese War, as many as 40,000 intellectuals went to Yan'an for the faith in their hearts.
**为有牺牲多壮志，敢教日月换新天** (wèi yǒu xī shēng duō zhuàng zhì, gǎn jiào rì yuè huàn xīn tiān - "Only with sacrifice can there be great ambitions, daring to teach the sun and moon to change to a new sky," a line from Mao Zedong's poem, signifying the great ambition and courage to transform the world through sacrifice).
Why does the communist faith generate such great power? Because it awakens people's inner yearning for fairness, justice, and beauty, inspires valuable qualities such as courage and dedication, and drives people to work tirelessly to achieve it; because it transcends personal desires, integrates individual lives into great undertakings, empowers people to face difficulties and obstacles, remains unmoved by the temptation of interests, and always adheres to the light in their hearts.
This is a powerful cohesive force. Because of lofty faith, everyone can transform into a hero of the times.
Our era is never lacking in people with lofty faith. Stationed on a water-scarce and power-deficient isolated island for 32 years, raising the national flag every morning, the righteous deeds of Wang Jicai (王继才) and Wang Shihua (王仕花), a couple who guarded the island and defended the country, touched countless Chinese people; for decades, using her weak body to hold up a lamp of life for girls in mountainous areas, "Torch-Lighting Principal" Zhang Guimei (张桂梅) used her painstaking efforts to interpret her adherence to her original aspiration; rooted in Dunhuang (敦煌) for more than sixty years, "Daughter of Dunhuang" Fan Jinshi (樊锦诗) exchanged her fading youth for the flourishing youth of the Mogao Grottoes (莫高窟)... Their lives tell us: only by connecting one's life with the endless distance and countless people can one seek a fuller meaning in life.
When the people have faith, the country has strength, and the nation has hope.
Go to Yan'an, go to the liberated areas, support the border areas, volunteer services, explore the moon, and build "chips" for the country... Under the banner of common faith, generations of young people have used the power of youth, the surge of youth, and the creation of youth to promote the Chinese nation to move forward bravely and stand tall among the nations of the world.
The youth of the new era are born in a great time. Only by integrating their personal ideals and pursuits into the cause of the Party and the country, and constantly enhancing their ambition, backbone, and confidence in being Chinese, can they live up to the times and live up to their youth, and continuously advance the Chinese-style modernization in continuous struggle.
I only wish that every young person, even as time passes, "what beats in their chest is still the heart of the young man who yearned for light."
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 李龙伊
On the occasion of the 98th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, the Central Propaganda Department (中宣部), the National Double Support Work Leading Group Office (全国双拥办), the Ministry of Veterans Affairs (退役军人事务部), and the Political Work Department of the Central Military Commission (中央军委政治工作部) publicly released the "Most Beautiful Supporters of the Army" to the whole society, and a total of 8 individuals and 1 collective won this honor.
Loving the army and supporting the army with affection and dedication. They are full of enthusiasm to solve problems for soldiers and their families, retired soldiers, and other entitled groups, and vigorously support the construction and reform of the troops and their preparedness for war. Touching stories of supporting the army have written a moving chapter of the deep friendship between the army and the people in the new era.
Building a solid national defense and contributing to the strength of supporting the army.
The Zhan Niangshe哨所 (Zhan Niangshe Outpost) of the Tibet Military Region is located on the top of a snow-capped mountain at an altitude of more than 4,000 meters and is known as the "Outpost in the Clouds." In Xiayadong Township (下亚东乡), Yadong County (亚东县), Tibet Autonomous Region (西藏自治区), there are three Tibetan Amas who care about the border guards and have persisted for many years in starting from Renqinggang Village (仁青岗村) to deliver vegetables to the Zhan Niangshe哨所 (Zhan Niangshe Outpost) free of charge.
They are Ciren Quzhen (次仁曲珍), Daji (达吉), and Pu Chi (普赤). Among them, the oldest is Ciren Quzhen (次仁曲珍), who is already over 70 years old this year.
In the early years, the conditions at the border哨所 (outpost) were difficult, and it was difficult for the soldiers to eat fresh vegetables. Since 1982, they have set off from Renqinggang Village (仁青岗村) every two weeks to cross the snow-capped mountains and deliver fresh vegetables and supplies to the officers and soldiers. Later, the infrastructure of the哨所 (outpost) was improved, and there was no need to deliver vegetables, but they still insisted on delivering letters and packages to the officers and soldiers. Over the past 40 years, they have delivered tens of tons of vegetables and more than 50,000 pieces of mail.
Every Mid-Autumn Festival, the soldiers at the哨所 (outpost) will definitely save the mooncakes until the day they deliver vegetables to the mountain and eat them with them; during festivals, they bring the best buttered tea to comfort the officers and soldiers, and every year when the soldiers retire and leave the army, the Amas always shed tears and offer white hadas. The friendship between the army and the people is like the Gesang flowers on the plateau, pure and beautiful.
In the northwest border of the motherland, loyalty and dedication have been passed down from generation to generation.
More than 30 years ago, less than 20-year-old Tuerdi Wusiman (吐尔地·吾斯曼) took over the important task of border protection from his father and became a border guard in Tugumaiti Township (吐古买提乡), Artux City (阿图什市), Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (新疆维吾尔自治区).
Tuerdi's (吐尔地) father had guarded the border for 55 years. When Tuerdi (吐尔地) was a child, he encountered a pack of wolves for the first time when he followed his father on a night patrol. The image of his father lighting his coat to drive away the wolves became the clearest picture in his memory.
Over the years, Tuerdi (吐尔地) has patrolled the border twice a week. The border line of tens of kilometers has to cross two rivers, 4 mountain passes, and 12 mountain ridges... In summer, mountain floods wash away roads, and in winter, snow covers the horse's belly. When it is cold, eating dry naan with snow is commonplace, and frozen fingers often have to be put in the arms to warm for a long time before they can hold the reins tightly.
Now, Tuerdi's (吐尔地) border protection team has grown. His wife, Tuolun Maimaitikadeer (托仑·买买提卡德尔), and son, Adibieke Tuerdi (阿迪别克·吐尔地), have all put on border guard uniforms. His youngest daughter, Ayimuremu Tuerdi (阿依美热木·吐尔地), has become a narrator at the family museum, telling visitors about the saddles and worn-out boots used by her ancestors.
Looking at the sea frontier of the motherland, the patriotic spirit of guarding the border is also shining brightly.
"Only by being able to endure loneliness and poverty, being in the哨所 (outpost) and having the 哨所 (outpost) in your heart, can you be a good militiaman!" Liu Huaqiang (刘华强), the哨长 (sentry chief) of the Wanwei Militia哨所 (Wanwei Militia Outpost) in Dongxing City (东兴市), Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (广西壮族自治区), looked at the sea, his eyes sparkling.
Liu Huaqiang (刘华强) joined the militia at the age of 29. Over the years, he has been rooted in the key哨所 (outpost) at the junction of the land and sea defense in southern Xinjiang of the motherland, cooperating with the troops to complete many joint patrol missions, investigating smuggling information, and intercepting illegal border crossings.
Under the encouragement of Liu Huaqiang (刘华强), his wife and daughter have successively become border militia, and his two sons have served in the navy and have been commended many times. Their family has inherited patriotic feelings with the most simple actions and contributed to building a solid national defense.
Supporting army building and providing good support services.
In an army support park in Nantong City (南通市), Jiangsu (江苏) Province, there are camouflage walls and rocket models everywhere, and the "Double Support Demonstration Store" signs posted in front of each store are full of military elements. Once, this was an abandoned old factory building. After Zhang Zhiguang (张志光), the director of the Nantong Patriotic Army Support Love Station (南通爱国拥军爱心驿站), invested in the construction, it has developed into a military-themed commercial block with more than 60 resident enterprises.
"I want to do something for retired soldiers and their families and provide them with more employment and entrepreneurial opportunities," said Zhang Zhiguang (张志光). As a retired soldier, he has insisted on closely combining army support services with social welfare for many years, attracting and driving the broad social forces to participate in army support services, and further creating a strong atmosphere of the army loving the people and the people supporting the army.
In the tide of economic and social development, there is also a sincere heart to serve national defense and care for military families. Doing a good job in supporting the army and supporting national defense construction is the common value pursuit of the "Most Beautiful Supporters of the Army."
Wang Youmin (王友民), chairman of Shaanxi Rongxia Group Co., Ltd. (陕西容厦集团有限责任公司), has always had a dream of joining the army, but he could not realize it due to physical reasons. "Soldiers have always been my role models. Although I have no chance to become one of them, I think it is also getting closer to my dream to be able to get close to them and do something for them," said Wang Youmin (王友民).
In the 1980s, Wang Youmin (王友民) built a multifunctional cultural room for a certain unit stationed in Weinan (渭南), organized a double support military band and a drum team to carry out special performances, enriching the spiritual and cultural life of officers and soldiers. The times are developing, and army support must also keep pace with the times. Nowadays, the material foundation conditions of the troops have been greatly improved, and Wang Youmin (王友民) will focus on serving the troops' preparedness for war, and work with many private enterprises to build an army support force that can be "pulled out, go up, and play a role."
Doing a good job in supporting the army requires dedication and affection. Many retired soldiers still choose to give back to the troops and serve their comrades in their own way after taking off their military uniforms.
"We provide free maternal and infant care training for active soldiers, retired soldiers, and family members of civilian personnel, and also provide re-employment opportunities," said Xu Ling (许灵), chairman of the Chongqing Shapingba District Retired Soldiers Employment and Entrepreneurship Promotion Association (重庆市沙坪坝区退役军人就业创业促进会).
As a retired soldier, Xu Ling (许灵) understands the difficulties that military families may face in raising children. Relying on her own maternal and infant housekeeping company, she built Chongqing's first "Military Baby Care Station" and carried out army support services such as maternal and infant care and popularization of parenting knowledge for military families.
"I am a cadre trained by the troops, and I want to do something to give back to the Party and the people." After choosing to find employment independently, Xu Ling (许灵) used her savings to open a military-founded vocational training school and an employment and entrepreneurship park, providing employment and entrepreneurship skills training for more than 1,300 retired soldiers, coordinating with many enterprises to provide more than 300 jobs, and forming an entrepreneurial mentor group to incubate and help more than 20 military entrepreneurship projects.
Cultivating patriotic feelings and sowing the seeds of supporting the army.
Yao Hualiang (姚华亮), a retired cadre from a company in Huangshan City (黄山市), Anhui (安徽) Province, was once a cadre in an engineering corps unit of the People's Liberation Army. After retiring, he was keen on continuing the red history of the Party and the army, collecting red historical materials and cultural relics, and visiting hundreds of veteran soldiers in the county.
Later, he took out his own two-story house in Chakou Village (汊口村), except for a 16-square-meter room for him and his wife to live in, and used all the remaining space to carefully build a red culture exhibition hall, which became a place for carrying out national defense education.
Today, Yao Hualiang (姚华亮), who is over 80 years old, often goes deep into communities, villages, and schools to conduct national defense education lectures. "The red cause will be passed down from generation to generation! It is my lifelong mission to let more people receive patriotic education," said Yao Hualiang (姚华亮). Over the years, through his efforts, he has sown the seeds of caring for national defense, loving national defense, building national defense, and defending national defense into the hearts of more people.
Looking at the future of national defense and army building, we should sow the seeds of patriotism and army support in the hearts of young people in the new era, so that the red gene can be passed down from generation to generation.
Dagger exercises, military sports boxing, grenade throwing... On the playground of Mingzhi Primary School (名智小学) in Panyu District (番禺区), Guangzhou City (广州市), Guangdong (广东) Province, the children wore camouflage uniforms and used high-spirited postures and standard movements to show the results of the school's national defense education. "Make our country strong and revitalize it!" The loud slogan resounded throughout the campus.
Zhang Guotong (张国通), chairman of Guangdong Mingzhi Education Investment Co., Ltd. (广东名智教育投资有限公司), took over two schools that were about to close more than 10 years ago and founded Tianxing School (天星学校) and Mingzhi Primary School (名智小学) in Panyu District (番禺区). He took national defense education as a characteristic brand of the school, invited "People's Hero" Mai Xiande (麦贤得) and other old role models to form a national defense education teacher team, and developed a series of characteristic courses on national defense education. Later, both schools were rated as national demonstration schools for national defense education in primary and secondary schools.
Remembering history and respecting heroes is the deepest emotional foundation for patriotism and army support.
The Martyrs' Cemetery in Tongdao Dong Autonomous County (通道侗族自治县), Huaihua City (怀化市), Hunan (湖南) Province, is located on the bank of Wolong Mountain (卧龙山). Under the shade of pine and cypress trees, dozens of martyrs who sacrificed their lives for national defense construction are sleeping here. Shi Jinhua (石进华), the cemetery guard, has been guarding here for decades.
"The martyrs sacrificed for national defense construction and are sleeping in our Tongdao Dong Township (通道侗乡). What I can do is to continue to be their guardian," Shi Jinhua (石进华) said calmly when talking about his future plans. Over the years, Shi Jinhua (石进华) has insisted on organizing local people of all ethnic groups to sweep and protect the martyrs' tombs and red historical relics, and has also widely publicized red stories such as the "Tongdao Turning Point."
"Although I am old, I will do my best to wipe the monuments and sweep the floor for the martyrs." Now, Shi Jinhua (石进华), who is over 70 years old, goes to the cemetery every day, and sometimes brings his granddaughter and granddaughter to sweep together.
The army loves the people, and the people support the army. The stories of the "Most Beautiful Supporters of the Army" warm the border哨卡 (outposts) and let deep warmth flow in the hearts of soldiers and their families. Their deeds will surely inspire and guide more people to devote themselves to the cause of supporting the army and gather strong synergy for promoting a strong country and a strong army.
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At 20:20 on July 27, Sun Lixia (孙立侠), Deputy County Chief of Luanping County (滦平县), Hebei (河北) Province, received a distress message forwarded from Nantai Xigou Village (南台子西沟村), Mayingzi Manchu Township (马营子满族乡): "Two houses in Haojia (郝家) (natural village) have completely disappeared, and 3 people are missing; eight houses in Erdaogoumen (二道沟门) (natural village) have completely disappeared, 6 people are missing, and 3 injured people need immediate treatment..."
Upon further inquiry, it was learned that in the desperate situation of road, electricity, and communication outages, this distress message from Xigou Village (西沟村) was received more than 8 hours late!
The timeline goes back to the evening of July 26, when a torrential downpour struck Xigou Village (西沟村). Dong Jianguo (董建国), the village-level cadre, and the village cadres tried their best to safely evacuate all villagers from the geological disaster site by 19:13, and reported to Zhao Ning (赵宁), the Party Secretary of the township, via WeChat. Zhao Ning (赵宁) instructed: "Be sure to take good care of the centralized resettlement personnel and pay attention to safety."
Subsequently, continuous torrential rain rapidly destroyed communication base stations and washed away roads and bridges. Records from the Chengde (承德) Meteorological Bureau show that the Xigou (西沟) monitoring point lost contact after 22:00 on the 26th due to a malfunction. The maximum recorded rainfall before that had reached 180 mm. At this time, the entire area of Mayingzi Manchu Township (马营子满族乡), especially Xigou Village (西沟村), the highest in altitude, became an "isolated island."
Self-rescue first! Dong Jianguo (董建国), along with village-level cadres Wang Zhenyu (王振宇) and Zhao Shuo (赵硕), organized village cadres to resettle 16 evacuees in empty rooms in the village committee, while they themselves rested in their cars. At 4:00 AM on the 27th, Dong Jianguo (董建国), who couldn't sleep soundly, took people to investigate the disaster situation separately.
The disaster was severe—Erdaogoumen (二道沟门) natural village, the worst-hit area, had been completely leveled by a landslide. Rescue was imminent—Dong Jianguo (董建国) and the others painstakingly carried the injured back to the Xigou Village (西沟村) committee on stretchers.
After investigating the situation, it was nearly noon. Dong Jianguo (董建国) quickly edited a distress text message and sent it to all his contacts. However, the phone signal remained blank, and even after clicking send, it was unknown when it would be received.
With waist-deep water and damaged roads, it was difficult to evacuate a large number of villagers. Everyone anxiously waited until 17:00, when villager Li Shouming (李守明) arrived—he risked climbing over the mountain to return to the village to get medicine for his wife. Dong Jianguo (董建国) seized a glimmer of hope, wrote a letter of request for help by hand, handed it to him, and instructed: "You have seen the situation in the village. You must take this letter out and deliver it to the secretary and the township head!" Li Shouming (李守明) turned around and braved the dangerous road again. Later, due to fog and muddy mountain roads, Li Shouming (李守明) traveled overnight, and the letter was not delivered until 11:00 on the 28th.
In the Mayingzi Manchu Township (马营子满族乡) government, Zhao Ning (赵宁) was also worried: communication within the township was also poor. After asking around, a firefighter who had previously worked for a telecommunications company suggested a solution: restore power to the nearby China Unicom base station, which might restore the signal.
By the evening of the 27th, the rain had weakened slightly. Zhao Ning (赵宁) quickly organized people to urgently repair the base station and powered it with a diesel generator. At 20:20, the people in the township finally received the distress message that had been delayed for 8 hours. The township quickly reported the relevant situation to the county.
Immediately afterward, the rescue engine was running at full speed. Multiple forces from the province, city, and county gathered around Mayingzi (马营子) overnight.
On the morning of July 28, the first rescue team advanced from the township government to Xigou Village (西沟村). They trekked through mountains and rivers and finally arrived at the disaster site in Xigou Village (西沟村) at 14:33.
Subsequently, rescue forces such as People's Liberation Army soldiers, fire and rescue personnel, medical personnel, party members, cadres, and volunteers continued to relay, walking into the village—delivering supplies and rescue materials, treating and carrying the injured down the mountain on stretchers, organizing the masses to evacuate down the mountain for resettlement, and repairing roads out of the village...
As of August 4, roads in the affected villages, including Xigou Village (西沟村), have been fully repaired, and power and communications have been gradually restored.
Return to TopThe Ministry of Finance (财政部) recently, together with the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (农业农村部) and the Ministry of Water Resources (水利部), allocated 1.015 billion yuan of central government agricultural disaster prevention, mitigation, and water conservancy disaster relief funds to support Beijing (北京), Hebei (河北), Inner Mongolia (内蒙古), Guangdong (广东), and other regions in their post-flood disaster relief efforts, and to support Shandong (山东), Henan (河南), Hubei (湖北), and other regions in their drought relief efforts.
The Ministry of Water Resources (水利部) has announced that the Ministry of Water Resources (水利部) and the China Meteorological Administration (中国气象局) jointly issued a red alert for mountain flood disasters at 18:00 on August 5th. It is expected that from 20:00 on the 5th to 20:00 on the 6th, there is a high possibility of mountain floods in some areas of central and western Guangdong (广东), southern Guangxi (广西), and other places, with a very high possibility of mountain floods in some local areas of central and western Guangdong (广东).
In late July, a flood occurred in the Dawen River (大汶河), a tributary of the Yellow River (黄河), and the water level of Dongping Lake (东平湖) downstream rose rapidly. The Yellow River Conservancy Commission (黄河水利委员会) of the Ministry of Water Resources (水利部), together with the Huai River Conservancy Commission (淮河水利委员会), dispatched Dongping Lake (东平湖) on July 23 to divert floodwaters to the Nansi Lake (南四湖) in the Huai River (淮河) basin for emergency flood diversion and to supplement drought relief water. On August 4, the water level of Dongping Lake (东平湖) dropped below the flood limit level.
The Central Meteorological Observatory (中央气象台) predicts that in the next 3 days, most of South China (华南), eastern Sichuan Basin (四川盆地), southwestern Yunnan (云南), as well as parts of North China (华北), Huanghuai (黄淮), the Hetao area of Inner Mongolia (内蒙古河套地区), and northern Ningxia (宁夏) will experience heavy to torrential rain. The Central Meteorological Observatory (中央气象台) continued to issue an orange alert for heavy rain and a blue alert for severe convective weather at 18:00 on August 5.
A reporter learned from the Guangxi (广西) hydrological department that from 15:00 on August 4 to 15:00 on August 5, moderate to heavy rain fell in some areas of Beihai (北海), Nanning (南宁), Qinzhou (钦州), and other cities in Guangxi (广西), with localized torrential rain to extremely heavy rain. The areas with larger cumulative rainfall include Zhaikou Town (闸口镇) in Hepu County (合浦县), Beihai City (北海市), and Binyang County (宾阳县) and Heji Town (和吉镇) in Nanning City (南宁市). At 11:00 on August 4, the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Hydrological Center (广西壮族自治区水文中心) activated a Level IV emergency response for Guangxi (广西) hydrological monitoring and reporting.
According to monitoring by the Guangxi (广西) hydrological department, heavy rainfall caused three hydrological stations on three rivers, including the Nankang River (南康江), the Xiaxiao River (下小河), a tributary of the Xun River (浔江), and the Wulai River (武赖河), a tributary of the Qian River (黔江), to experience floods exceeding the warning water level.
On August 5, affected by continuous rainfall in Guangdong Province (广东省), some ordinary-speed trains on the Beijing-Guangzhou Railway (京广铁路) were suspended or ran on a diverted route. In response to the suspension and diversion of many ordinary-speed passenger trains to Guangzhou (广州), Shenzhen (深圳), and other places, which caused some ordinary-speed train passengers to be stranded midway, the China Railway Guangzhou Group (国铁广州局) immediately activated an emergency mechanism and actively cooperated with local governments to transfer the affected passengers. As of now, the China Railway Guangzhou Group (国铁广州局) has cumulatively added 19 high-speed rail special trains and is expected to organize the transfer of more than 13,000 passengers.
(Reporters Qu Zhehan (曲哲涵), Deng Jianyang (邓剑洋), Dong Siyu (董丝雨), Pang Geping (庞革平), and Li Gang (李刚) of this newspaper)
Return to TopOn August 5th, rescuers opened manhole covers on a waterlogged road section in Duanzhou District, Zhaoqing City, Guangdong Province (广东省) to drain the accumulated water.
Affected by heavy rainfall, many road sections in urban areas such as Duanzhou District (端州区), Zhaoqing City (肇庆市) were flooded, and flash floods and landslides occurred in some areas.
After the disaster occurred, local emergency response and fire departments quickly rushed to the disaster-stricken areas to carry out rescue operations, and some highway sections and scenic spots were closed.
Xinhua News Agency reporter Xiao Ennan (肖恩楠) photographed.
Return to TopThis newspaper's Beijing (北京) August 5th dispatch (Reporter Shen Shaotie (申少铁)) To guide medical institutions to focus on their primary responsibilities and main business, standardize the management of medical institutions' outpatient department names, and facilitate patients' access to medical treatment, the National Health Commission (国家卫生健康委) recently issued the "Notice on Standardizing the Management of Outpatient Department Names of Medical Institutions" (《关于规范医疗机构门诊名称管理工作的通知》) (hereinafter referred to as the "Notice" (《通知》)).
The "Notice" (《通知》) requires that medical institutions should follow the principles of legality and compliance, scientific standardization, clarity and accuracy when naming outpatient departments, and in principle, the names should match the clinical subjects; the names of characteristic outpatient departments should truthfully, accurately, concisely, and clearly reflect the specialty characteristics and scope of diagnosis and treatment; the names of multidisciplinary joint outpatient departments should be suffixed with "Joint Outpatient Department" or "MDT Outpatient Department." The "Notice" (《通知》) clarifies that names that violate socialist core values, violate public order and good customs, are unconventional, and easily cause social anxiety and controversy shall not be used. Medical institutions should comprehensively review the establishment and naming of outpatient departments in their institutions, immediately rectify problems with non-standard outpatient department establishment and naming; adjust outpatient department signs and guidance signs, optimize outpatient department management processes, and provide guidance services for patients to improve the patient experience; and publish outpatient department information through official websites, public accounts, and other channels to facilitate patients' access to medical treatment.
Return to TopBy: 孟繁哲
Recently, two news items regarding "upgrading from vocational college to bachelor's degree" ("专升本") and "downgrading from bachelor's degree to vocational college" ("本升专") have attracted attention. "Upgrading from vocational college to bachelor's degree" refers to the Ministry of Education (教育部) agreeing to establish a batch of vocational undergraduate universities, all of which have been upgraded from higher vocational colleges. "Downgrading from bachelor's degree to vocational college" refers to the fact that Zhengzhou Railway Vocational and Technical College (郑州铁路职业技术学院) in Henan (河南) has been enrolling undergraduate graduates in some majors for many consecutive years, and the employment rate of its graduates has remained above 90% for three consecutive years.
Whether it is "upgrading from vocational college to bachelor's degree" or "downgrading from bachelor's degree to vocational college," it shows that the integration of vocational and general education is moving from consensus to action.
On the one hand, social attitudes are becoming more rational. Nowadays, more and more people are paying attention to individualized education based on individual aptitude. At the same time, as the salaries of many blue-collar workers surpass those of white-collar workers, and both "sitting in an office" and "entering a factory workshop" have clear career advancement channels, high-quality vocational education is increasingly welcomed, and stories of "high scores for vocational schools" in the college entrance examination continue to be staged.
On the other hand, policy support is stronger. From guiding primary and secondary schools to carry out labor education practice and vocational enlightenment education, to accelerating the establishment of a "vocational education college entrance examination" system, to building undergraduate-level vocational schools... vocational education and general education cooperate and integrate with each other, making the path for students to succeed smoother and their development potential greater. Behind this lies the key code for talent "selection, cultivation, use, and retention."
The significance of accelerating the development of modern vocational education is self-evident. It is not only conducive to solving structural employment contradictions, but also a strategic move to solve the shortage of highly skilled talents. The total number of skilled personnel in China exceeds 200 million, and the number of highly skilled personnel exceeds 60 million, but compared with development needs, the talent training gap is still large. For example, China's automotive industry has 4,000 embedded software development engineers, but the actual demand in the industry is as high as 40,000. Furthermore, it is estimated that there is a labor shortage of more than 20 million people in China's domestic service industry.
Today, the transformation and upgrading of manufacturing calls for skilled workers who understand intelligent manufacturing, the comprehensive revitalization of rural areas requires new types of farmers who understand modern agriculture, and the construction of a fertility-friendly society urgently needs professional early childhood education and childcare talents... The strong market demand and the relatively insufficient talent supply form a sharp contrast. Cultivating more high-quality technical and skilled personnel is not only an urgent need, but also a long-term plan.
Whether skilled personnel are well-trained depends on how deeply teaching activities are integrated with industry. Jiangxi Environmental Engineering Vocational College (江西环境工程职业学院) and Gree Electric (格力电器) have jointly established "order classes," where students' classroom learning and practical training are precisely aligned with the needs of the enterprise. The production line jointly built by Changchun Automobile Vocational and Technical University (长春汽车职业技术大学) in Jilin (吉林) and FAW Mould Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (一汽模具制造有限公司) is not only a teaching site, but also produces 100,000 Hongqi (红旗) automobile parts annually. For vocational colleges, only by firmly grasping the key of education quality and striving in the direction of specialization and marketization can they polish their distinctive brand. If the students who leave the school can not only realize their self-worth, but also meet the needs of development, the attractiveness of vocational education will be further enhanced.
Innovation-driven is essentially talent-driven. At present, a new round of scientific and technological revolution and industrial transformation is accelerating, and the importance of high-quality talents is becoming increasingly prominent. Through government guidance and market allocation, connecting a large-scale, structurally reasonable, and high-quality talent team to all links of the innovation chain and industrial chain can effectively solve problems such as the mismatch between talent supply and demand. From improving the level of labor rights protection for industrial workers, to carrying out special actions to reduce the burden on young scientific researchers, to building various docking platforms for high-level talents and innovative enterprises... A series of measures are intended to stimulate the potential of making the best use of everyone's talents, promote the optimal allocation of resources, and promote the formation of new quality productive forces. Looking to the future, unblocking bottlenecks, improving the talent management mechanism, and promoting the deep integration and mutual empowerment of the innovation chain, industrial chain, and talent chain will surely lay a solid talent foundation for modernization.
The report to the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (党的二十大) proposed, "Coordinate the collaborative innovation of vocational education, higher education, and continuing education, and promote the integration of vocational and general education, the integration of industry and education, and the integration of science and education." This not only emphasizes the importance of vocational education, but also puts forward higher requirements for smoothing the virtuous cycle of education, science and technology, and talent. When more and more outstanding talents show their abilities and do their best, innovative talents will fully emerge, and high-quality economic and social development will gather inexhaustible power.
Return to TopBy: 孙 超
The spirit of 同舟共济 (tóng zhōu gòng jì - "crossing a river in the same boat," to be in the same boat; to stick together in difficulties), 自力更生 (zì lì gēng shēng - "self-reliance regeneration," regeneration through one's own effort; self-reliance) and 艰苦奋斗 (jiān kǔ fèn dòu - "arduous struggle," to struggle hard; to work hard) is a valuable asset condensed by history, and even more so a red code to unlock the development pattern and achieve common prosperity.
Continuing the red lineage, making good use of the locational advantages endowed by nature, and seizing the development opportunities given by the times.
Taohuashan Mountain (桃花山), northeast of Huarong County (华容县), Hunan Province, spanning Hunan and Hubei provinces, is full of lush greenery. Chen Enyan (陈恩炎), an 87-year-old man, walked with a staggering gait towards the New Fourth Army Martyrs Memorial (新四军烈士纪念碑), sweeping away fallen leaves and wiping the monument. Memories of his childhood flooded back into his mind.
In early 1943, Shishou (石首) and Gong'an (公安) in Hubei Province, and Huarong (华容) in Hunan Province, fell to the enemy one after another. At the end of the year, the Jiangnan Advance Detachment of the New Fourth Army (新四军江南挺进支队) crossed the Yangtze River and opened up the Shigonghua Anti-Japanese Base Area (石公华抗日根据地) centered on Taohuashan Mountain (桃花山). The young Chen Enyan (陈恩炎) had been carried on his parents' backs to escape the invaders and had heard stories of the New Fourth Army's bravery from them.
More than 80 years have passed, and Chen Enyan (陈恩炎), who grew up in the flames of war, has cultivated and struggled all his life, and now his family is prosperous and his children and grandchildren are all around. In his eyes, Taohuashan Mountain (桃花山) is now very different from what it used to be - modern orchards are spread all over the mountains, nurturing green hope; busy ports and power plants, and lively agricultural, cultural, and tourism bases are linked to the pulse of development...
Why did we win, and why did we develop? Walking on Taohuashan Mountain (桃花山), the experience from history and reality is thought-provoking.
Making good use of geographical advantages is a common secret to defeating the enemy and achieving high-quality development.
Faced with powerful enemies all around, why did the Jiangnan Advance Detachment of the New Fourth Army (新四军江南挺进支队) choose to cross the river and enter the mountains? Yi Wen (易文), a local party history expert in Huarong County (华容县), revealed the key - the Shigonghua area (石公华地区) "is bordered by Dongting Lake (洞庭湖) to the east, the Hudu River (虎渡河) to the west, Nanxian County (南县) to the south, and Jiangling County (江陵县) to the north," with crisscrossing rivers and dense lakes, and the "winding mountains and dangerous terrain" of Taohuashan Mountain (桃花山). The unique landscape formed an excellent barrier for guerrilla warfare.
Today, geographical advantages have been redefined. The Huarong Coal Railway-Water Intermodal Storage and Distribution Base (华容煤炭铁水联运储配基地) wharf in Yueyang Port (岳阳港), which is being debugged, is located at the intersection of the Yangtze River's (长江) golden waterway and the Haoji Railway (浩吉铁路), a major artery for transporting coal from the north to the south. Coal from the northwest can be transported to enterprises in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River and around Dongting Lake (洞庭湖), reducing transportation costs and shortening transportation time. With smooth channels, projects are booming. With the landing of power storage and grain and oil storage and logistics projects in Huarong (华容), energy consumption and modern logistics industries are becoming new growth points for the local area.
From the soldiers writing "Crossing the Yangtze River to happily water the horses, Taohuashan Mountain (桃花山) looks towards Jinggangshan Mountain (井冈山). The waters of Dongting Lake (洞庭湖) are connected to the sky, and looking around Hunan, all faces are smiling," to now seizing the opportunities brought by the superposition of national strategies such as the development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt (长江经济带) and the rise of the central region, practice inspires us that by laying out the overall situation and making geographical advantages more advantageous, and by leveraging comparative advantages and releasing synergistic effects, we can form a momentum for development.
Gathering the power of people is the source of strength to overcome powerful enemies and revitalize development.
"The New Fourth Army (新四军) fights desperately against the Japanese, and the people celebrate the New Year in peace." A couplet in Taohuashan Mountain (桃花山) is a historical testimony to the close relationship between the army and the people in the base area, and their unity in overcoming difficulties. The old man recalled: "The people of Taohuashan Mountain (桃花山) were unambiguous about donating grain to the New Fourth Army (新四军), and they always sent the best rice." Historical records show that the sock factory established by the army and the people produced more than a thousand pairs of cotton socks per month, all of which were used to support the front lines. The "harmony" forged by trust in the flames of war supported the base area to stand firm and grow stronger.
When poverty became a new "enemy" of the local people, the power of unity burst out again. In order to solve the problems of low industrial development level and insufficient product added value, Xian'esi Village (仙鹅寺村), where Chen Enyan (陈恩炎) lives, built a modern orchard of more than 500 mu with the support of various parties and self-raised funds by the villagers. Looking at Huarong (华容), with government guidance, enterprise leadership, and public participation, industries such as mustard planting and fish and shrimp farming are accelerating their development, and wrinkled-skin tangerines and Chinese medicinal materials have gained a reputation. Industrial revitalization is in full swing. Today, Huarong's (华容) modern agriculture and green food processing industry output value exceeds 43 billion yuan, driving employment for more than 200,000 people.
"Not afraid of difficulties, 艰苦奋斗 (jiān kǔ fèn dòu - "arduous struggle," to struggle hard; to work hard). That's how we drove away the enemy 80 years ago, and that's how we have to achieve revitalization now." The simple words of the old man Chen Enyan (陈恩炎) make us understand even more that the spirit of 同舟共济 (tóng zhōu gòng jì - "crossing a river in the same boat," to be in the same boat; to stick together in difficulties), 自力更生 (zì lì gēng shēng - "self-reliance regeneration," regeneration through one's own effort; self-reliance) and 艰苦奋斗 (jiān kǔ fèn dòu - "arduous struggle," to struggle hard; to work hard) is a valuable asset condensed by history, and even more so a red code to unlock the development pattern and achieve common prosperity.
Standing on the top of Taohuashan Mountain (桃花山), overlooking the land of Huarong (华容), the river and lake networks where the New Fourth Army (新四军) used to come and go like the wind have become golden waterways for smooth flow of goods; the former base area, once ravaged by war, has become a hotbed of development with thousands of scenes. Such a vivid picture is telling us that by continuing the red lineage, making good use of the locational advantages endowed by nature, and seizing the development opportunities given by the times, we can create new glories in the new journey that are worthy of our predecessors and worthy of the times.
(The author is a reporter from the Hunan Branch of this newspaper)
Return to TopThe "Three New" economy is a collection of economic activities centered on new industries, new business formats, and new business models. According to calculations, in 2024, the added value of China's "Three New" economy increased by 6.7% compared to the previous year, accounting for 18.01% of GDP, an increase of 0.43 percentage points over the previous year. Since the first official release of statistics in 2018, the "Three New" economy has flourished, reflecting the continuous optimization of the economic structure.
This is precisely:
The economy is moving forward with vigorous steps,
The structure is optimized and the framework is strong.
**腾笼换鸟** (téng lóng huàn niǎo - "empty the cage and replace the bird," restructuring the economy by replacing outdated industries with emerging ones) is frequently exerting its strength,
Accumulating momentum to take advantage of the situation.
With Song Wen (歌文)
Return to TopBy: 张佳莹
[Person] "Tofu Girl" Li Fugui (李福贵)
[Story] "The tofu seller is here!" This summer, the clear rural voice of Li Fugui (李福贵), a girl from Weihui (卫辉), Henan (河南), became popular online. On a certain short video platform, her number of fans has exceeded 9 million, and she has received more than 58 million likes. She is a "salesman" who strives to shoulder family responsibilities, and also a "daughter of our own family" praised by the elderly in the village. She records her daily life of selling tofu and groceries from village to village, and the sincere interactions during the transactions are heartwarming. Netizens call her "Tofu Girl."
[Commentary]
Without exquisite scripts, eye-catching makeup, or cool transitions, in the short video information stream where **乱花渐欲迷人眼** (luàn huā jiàn yù mí rén yǎn - "the dazzling flowers are gradually becoming a feast for the eyes," a scene of vibrant and confusing beauty), Li Fugui's (李福贵) videos, at first glance, even seem a bit rough. What is it about her that touches people's hearts?
It is an optimistic attitude towards life.
Li Fugui's (李福贵) life script does not have a satisfactory beginning - her father has intellectual disabilities, her mother cannot take care of herself, and she has had to help her elderly grandfather shoulder the burden of the family since she was a child. Like a sunflower that takes root in barren land but still chases the sun, although fate has brought wind and frost, she has not succumbed to the difficulties, but has used her hands to decorate her life bit by bit, and recorded "the beautiful side, the changing side" with her camera. Life is rarely perfect, and everyone may encounter thorns, but the most precious thing is the courage to overcome obstacles and move forward firmly.
It is the simple and warm human touch that warms the heart.
Traveling from village to village, Li Fugui (李福贵) does more than just sell goods. She helps the elderly dry wheat, makes phone calls to the distant children of elderly people living alone, "unintentionally" packs a few more pieces of pastry for the elderly who are struggling financially, and takes photos for the elderly for free... Her small truck often plays the role of the village's "mobile service station."
Kindness is a two-way street. She also receives boiled eggs from the elderly, is invited to their homes to "eat a hot meal," and hears "don't round down, earn more" when giving change. "I don't actually lack anything, but I just want to buy something from you, because I just want to talk to you," waiting for Li Fugui's (李福贵) arrival is a habit for many elderly people in the village, and also a comfort. Away from the polite "do not disturb" of a society of strangers, immersed in the "free and intimate" based on familiarity in a rural society, the human touch in the screen is enough to touch the soft spots in many people's hearts.
In fact, whether it is an optimistic attitude or simple human feelings, in the final analysis, it is sincerity that moves people the most.
In recent years, riding on the east wind of the mobile Internet, various rural self-media creators have emerged one after another, recording rural life and showing rural customs, but also some worrying phenomena have appeared. For example, some people are exploiting their personas, fabricating suffering just to sell goods; some are fabricating plots, creating conflicts to attract attention. These practices may attract temporary traffic, but in the long run, they are actually overdrawing people's attention to the countryside and their trust in farmers.
But in Li Fugui's (李福贵) case, there is neither prejudice nor affectation. The countryside is what it originally looks like, with the fragrance of soil, warmheartedness, difficulties, and even more the power to overcome difficulties.
In the lens of "Rice-Scrounging Secretary" Dong Guilin (董桂林), eating food from hundreds of families and chatting about the affairs of hundreds of families, he cares about the daily necessities, joys, sorrows, and happiness of the left-behind elderly; in the story of "Construction Site Uncle" Liu Shili (刘诗利), the simple wish to "make yourself better" resonates with countless people who are chasing their dreams... Not only Li Fugui (李福贵), but also those protagonists who make people can't help but like and follow them always have a touch of purity that penetrates the screen. The more sincere, the more touching.
"On the new journey of Chinese-style modernization, everyone is the protagonist, every effort is precious, and every ray of light shines brightly." No matter where you are in the country, whether in the city or the countryside, there is always a group of enthusiastic people on this hot land who are chasing their dreams with their hearts. I believe that you and I, who are moved by the "Li Fuguis (李福贵们)," must also be cherishing the yearning for truth, goodness, and beauty, and turning our days into poems, brewing them into wine, and living out the light.
Return to TopBy: 裴 炜
Amidst the digital wave, online video conferencing is becoming increasingly indispensable in areas such as corporate operations, education and learning, and international exchanges, while security risks such as leaks are becoming increasingly prominent.
First, there are technical vulnerabilities and security threats. Technical issues such as weak authentication mechanisms and unencrypted connections in video conferences can directly lead to data breaches, privacy violations, and other problems. Second, there are content management and intellectual property risks. The use of screen sharing, file transfer, and simple screenshot and screen recording functions can easily allow the use and dissemination of content protected by intellectual property rights without permission, and infringing acts are more difficult to track. Third, there are cross-border data flows and conflicts in the application of laws. Since there are currently no unified data governance rules in the international community, if the rights and interests of Chinese (中国) users are infringed when using certain overseas platforms, the avenues for safeguarding their rights are relatively limited.
The relevant risks place higher demands on governance capabilities. Faced with complex application scenarios such as video conferencing, which involve high-frequency interaction, remote collaboration, and algorithm-driven processes, it is necessary to take multiple measures to form a more complete risk supervision and prevention system. On the one hand, it is necessary to promote the interpretation and application of the Data Security Law (数据安全法), the Cybersecurity Law (网络安全法), and other laws to relevant scenarios; on the other hand, it is necessary to promote the transformation of relevant rules into technical development, application, and platform management standards, so as to provide clear guidance for platform governance. In addition, platforms need to incorporate risk prevention into the entire life cycle of technology development and application, and do a good job in default encryption, strong identity authentication, and conference permission control to reduce systemic security risks.
It is also essential to raise users' security awareness. At present, some users have insufficient understanding of privacy protection, behavioral boundaries, and safe operation involved in video conferencing. It is necessary to carry out legal publicity and special training through multiple channels. Promoting the formation of a multi-faceted co-governance pattern in which government supervision, industry self-regulation, and public participation advance in coordination, and jointly tightening the "safety valve" of video conferencing, will allow video conferencing to give full play to its efficient and convenient advantages under the premise of security, and better serve economic and social development.
(Excerpted and edited from *Legal Daily* (*法治日报*), original title: "Tighten the 'Safety Door' of Video Conferencing")
Return to TopBy: 丁怡婷
The "Regulations" provide a legal weapon for governing the chaos in the housing rental market and also provide strong support for accelerating the establishment of a housing system that combines renting and buying.
"Where the heart is at peace, that is my hometown." In the city, people rent houses, but they settle their bodies and minds.
In recent years, China's housing rental market has continued to develop, with more than 200 million people renting in cities and towns. In large cities such as Beijing (北京), Shanghai (上海), Guangzhou (广州), and Shenzhen (深圳), the proportion of renters in the permanent resident population exceeds 40%. Regarding renting, many "Beijing drifters" and "Shanghai drifters" have shared unpleasant experiences: "renting a formaldehyde-filled house that has just been renovated," "the actual house does not match the description," "the landlord deliberately finds fault and deducts the deposit," and so on.
Stable renting and good living carry the beautiful expectations of many new citizens and young people. Not long ago, the "Housing Rental Regulations" (hereinafter referred to as as the "Regulations") were announced and will be implemented on September 15. As China's first administrative regulation specifically regulating housing rentals, the "Regulations" make provisions for living environment, rental relationships, capital security, and dispute resolution, aiming to promote the high-quality development of the housing rental market.
Living in a place to reside is a basic need, but it does not necessarily have to be achieved through buying a house. Nevertheless, China's housing market has always had a tendency to "emphasize purchase over rent" and "renting is not as good as buying." Among them, the influence of traditional concepts such as "those with permanent property have a constant heart" certainly exists, but the unregulated rental market, unstable rental relationships, insufficient rental quality, and difficulty in protecting legitimate rights and interests are undoubtedly important factors.
Aiming at the pain points and difficulties of renting, the "Regulations" provide a legal weapon for governing the chaos in the housing rental market and also provide strong support for accelerating the establishment of a housing system that combines renting and buying. Taking this as an opportunity, continuously improving the system and solving problems can effectively protect the rights and interests of tenants and improve the renting experience.
To solve problems, clarify the "red line." For example, in response to problems such as poor sanitary conditions and many safety hazards in some rental housing, clear requirements are made; in response to problems such as "partitioned rooms," it is stipulated that the upper limit of the number of tenants and the minimum per capita rental area should meet relevant standards. In practice, measures must be further refined to enhance the rigidity of the system, build a solid safety bottom line, compress the space for disguised violations, and ensure that tenants enjoy a relatively comfortable living environment.
To resolve disputes, dredging is better than blocking. Some lease contract terms are simple and the content is vague, which can easily cause disputes. Similar phenomena such as "landlords making unreasonable claims for maintenance fees," "deposits being deducted for no reason," and "second landlords running away with money" occur from time to time. In this regard, from clarifying that house images should be consistent with the actual house, to stipulating that lessors should allow reasonable time for lessees to vacate the leased housing, exposing and eliminating the risk points that may cause disputes, and forming a governance closed loop of "pre-admission - in-process supervision - post-event accountability" is more conducive to regulating market order and protecting the rights and interests of both parties.
Developing the housing rental market, strengthening governance is only "escorting," and optimizing supply can "cure the root cause." At present, China's housing rental market is mainly based on decentralized rental of individual housing. Research shows that the housing owned by individual owners is generally old, with more than 50% of the housing being more than 10 years old and more than 20% of the housing being more than 20 years old, which affects the living experience to a certain extent. Implementing policies according to the specific circumstances of each city and adapting to local conditions, and cultivating market-oriented and professional housing rental enterprises, will help expand the supply of high-quality rental housing and stimulate the vitality of the housing rental market with lower costs and more professional services.
"The people are full of expectations for realizing housing for all, and we must make greater determination and spend greater efforts to solve the various problems existing in housing development." Accelerating the establishment of a housing system that combines renting and buying, so that more people can rent good houses, and the dreams of "being able to come in, stay, live in peace, and be able to start a business" will come true.
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Comrades, friends:
Today, with deep respect, we gather here to hold this symposium commemorating the 100th anniversary of the birth of Comrade Ren Jianxin (任建新), deeply cherishing his glorious achievements and profoundly learning from his noble character of unremitting struggle for the cause of the Chinese revolution, construction, reform, and the political and legal work.
Just now, responsible comrades from the General Office of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (全国政协办公厅), the Supreme People's Court (最高人民法院), the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (中国贸促会), and the Shanxi Provincial Party Committee (山西省委) delivered speeches, recalling Comrade Ren Jianxin's glorious life and expressing their high respect and remembrance for him.
Comrade Ren Jianxin (任建新) was an outstanding member of the Communist Party of China (中国共产党), a long-tested and loyal communist fighter, and an outstanding leader on China's political and legal front. He served as a member of the Secretariat of the 14th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, Secretary of the Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission (中央政法委员会), Vice Chairman of the 9th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (中国人民政治协商会议), and President of the Supreme People's Court (最高人民法院). In his more than 70 years of revolutionary career, he 鞠躬尽瘁、忘我工作 (jū gōng jìn cuì, wàng wǒ gōng zuò - "bend body, exhaust heart, forget self work," to dedicate oneself wholeheartedly to the cause), dedicating all his energy to the Party and the people, and to the political and legal cause.
Comrade Ren Jianxin (任建新) was born in August 1925 in Xiangfen, Shanxi (山西襄汾). From 1946 to 1948, he studied in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the Engineering College of Peking University (北京大学). During his studies, he accepted progressive ideas, joined the Communist Party of China (中国共产党) in June 1948, and participated in revolutionary work. In August of the same year, he was wanted by the Kuomintang (国民党) authorities for engaging in student movements at Peking University (北京大学). Under the arrangement of the Party organization, he transferred to the liberated area and served as a secretary in the General Office of the North China People's Government (华北人民政府). From 1949 to 1959, he served successively as a secretary in the General Office of the Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission (中央政法委员会), a secretary in the Central Legal System Commission (中央法制委员会), and a secretary in the Legislative Affairs Bureau of the State Council (国务院法制局), responsible for drafting relevant conference documents and draft laws, conducting investigations and research on legal issues of concern to the central government, and participating in the drafting of the "Provisional Organizational Rules for People's Mediation Committees (Draft)" (《人民调解委员会暂行组织通则（草案）》), making positive contributions to the establishment and improvement of people's mediation organizations nationwide and the establishment of the legal status of people's mediation work.
From 1959 to 1966, Comrade Ren Jianxin (任建新) served successively as a section chief and division chief of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (中国国际贸易促进委员会) (hereinafter referred to as the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (中国贸促会)). From 1966 to 1971, he was impacted during the "Cultural Revolution" (文化大革命) and sent to the "May Seventh" Cadre School for labor. From 1971, he served successively as a division chief and director of the Legal Affairs Department of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (中国贸促会). In 1973, he proposed to the State Council (国务院) that China should establish a patent system and join the World Intellectual Property Organization (世界知识产权组织). After the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee of the Party (党的十一届三中全会), Comrade Ren Jianxin (任建新) did a great deal of effective work for the promulgation and implementation of China's Trademark Law, Patent Law, and Copyright Law. From 1981, he served as Vice Chairman and Deputy Secretary of the Party Leadership Group of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (中国贸促会). He conscientiously implemented the Party's line, principles, and policies, began to rectify and restore the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade's (中国贸促会) various foreign-related legal work, actively promoted foreign exchanges, and promoted China's foreign-related economic and trade laws and judicial practices, making important contributions to the development of China's foreign-related economic and trade arbitration.
In 1983, Comrade Ren Jianxin (任建新) served as Vice President of the Supreme People's Court (最高人民法院), and in 1985, he served as Deputy Secretary of the Party Leadership Group of the Supreme People's Court (最高人民法院). In April 1988 and March 1993, Comrade Ren Jianxin (任建新) was elected President of the Supreme People's Court (最高人民法院) twice and served as Secretary of the Party Leadership Group of the Supreme People's Court (最高人民法院). He clearly proposed that the court, as a state trial organ, should give full play to its three functions: punishing crimes, protecting the legitimate rights and interests of citizens, and regulating economic relations. He attached great importance to the comprehensive development of trial work and created a new situation in economic, administrative, maritime, and intellectual property trials, as well as court enforcement work. He promoted a series of reforms in trial system, trial methods, trial institutions, and cadre management, and did a lot of work to improve the socialist trial system with Chinese characteristics. He promoted the reform and improvement of China's judge system, presided over the drafting of the "Law of the People's Republic of China on Judges (Draft)" (《中华人民共和国法官法（草案）》), and led the establishment of the National Judges College (国家法官学院), making important contributions to improving the overall quality of China's judge contingent and ensuring that the people's courts independently and impartially exercise their adjudicative power according to law.
From 1988 to 1992, Comrade Ren Jianxin (任建新) served successively as a member and secretary-general of the Central Political and Legal Leading Group (中央政法领导小组), Deputy Secretary and Secretary-General of the Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission (中央政法委员会), and Deputy Director of the Central Committee for Comprehensive Management of Social Security (中央社会治安综合治理委员会). From 1992 to 1998, he served as a member of the Secretariat of the Central Committee (中央书记处), Secretary of the Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission (中央政法委员会), Director of the Central Committee for Comprehensive Management of Social Security (中央社会治安综合治理委员会), and Director of the Central Secrecy Commission (中央保密委员会). He adhered to the Party's absolute leadership over political and legal work and strived to promote the implementation of the Party's line, principles, and policies in the political and legal field. He attached great importance to maintaining social stability and always placed maintaining stability at the top of the political and legal work agenda. He emphasized the important role of strengthening the legal system in the development of the socialist market economy, systematically expounded the important significance and work goals of comprehensive management of social security, and promoted the comprehensive development of comprehensive management of social security work.
In 1997, Comrade Ren Jianxin (任建新) served as President of the China Law Society (中国法学会). According to the requirements of the central leading comrades for "prospering legal research and promoting the rule of law," he actively organized and carried out a major discussion on "Why should we rule the country according to law, and how can we build a socialist country ruled by law?" and deeply summarized the basic experience of China's socialist democracy and legal system construction. He actively promoted innovation in legal theory, advocated and supported the establishment of professional research associations such as the Dong Biwu Legal Thought Research Association (董必武法学思想研究会), the World Trade Organization Law Research Association (世界贸易组织法研究会), the Intellectual Property Law Research Association (知识产权法研究会), the Environmental and Resources Law Research Association (环境资源法学研究会), and the Information Law Research Association (信息法学研究会), making outstanding contributions to the prosperity of China's legal research.
From March 1998 to March 2003, Comrade Ren Jianxin (任建新) served as Vice Chairman of the 9th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (政协第九届全国委员会) and a member of the Party Leadership Group of the 9th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (中共政协第九届全国委员会). He conscientiously implemented the Party's united front theory, principles, and policies, made extensive friends and cooperated with non-Party members, promoted legal exchanges and cooperation across the Taiwan Strait, and strived to promote the great cause of national reunification. He actively promoted the implementation of the western development strategy, offered suggestions and suggestions on promoting economic structural adjustment, vigorously developing new energy industries, protecting the ecological environment, and achieving sustainable economic and social development. He attached importance to summarizing the valuable experience of the work of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (人民政协), actively promoted the institutionalization, standardization, and proceduralization of political consultation, democratic supervision, and participation in the administration and discussion of state affairs, and made positive contributions to upholding and improving the system of multi-party cooperation and political consultation under the leadership of the Communist Party of China (中国共产党).
Comrade Ren Jianxin (任建新) was a member of the 13th and 14th Central Committees of the Communist Party of China (中国共产党), and a representative of the 7th, 8th, and 9th National People's Congresses (全国人民代表大会). After retiring from his leading positions in the Party and the state, he still cared very much about the development of the Party and the state, resolutely supported the leadership of the Party Central Committee, paid attention to China's democratic and legal construction, conducted in-depth investigations and research, and made suggestions to the central government, reflecting his infinite loyalty to the Party and the people.
Comrades, friends! Comrade Ren Jianxin's (任建新) life was a revolutionary life, a glorious life, and a life of unremitting struggle for the communist ideal and the cause of the Party and the country. His glorious achievements are worth remembering, and his revolutionary spirit, noble character, and fine style will always be worth learning from.
Our commemoration of Comrade Ren Jianxin (任建新) is to learn from his political character of absolute loyalty to the Party. Comrade Ren Jianxin (任建新) pursued revolutionary truth in his youth and embarked on the revolutionary road under the leadership of the Party. In Comrade Ren Jianxin's (任建新) revolutionary career, whether in the years of revolutionary war or in the period of peaceful construction, whether in good times or bad, he was always infinitely loyal to the Party and the people and never cared about personal gains or losses. During the "Cultural Revolution" (文化大革命), he was impacted and sent to the "May Seventh" Cadre School for labor for several years, and his body and mind were persecuted. After returning to his post, he worked hard without complaint. He often said: "We are like a piece of cloth. Wherever the Party needs us to patch, we will patch there. Obeying the organizational arrangements is our only choice." He was 58 years old when he became Vice President of the Supreme People's Court (最高人民法院). For the next 20 years, he was loyal to his duties and worked diligently, weaving his life's cloth into the cause of the Party and the people. Today, our commemoration of Comrade Ren Jianxin (任建新) is to take him as an example, always adhere to the political character of absolute loyalty, and ensure that at any time and under any circumstances, we take the Party's banner as our banner, the Party's direction as our direction, and the Party's will as our will, and maintain a high degree of consistency with the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) at its core.
Our commemoration of Comrade Ren Jianxin (任建新) is to learn from his lifelong pursuit of the political and legal cause. Comrade Ren Jianxin (任建新) was associated with the law all his life and engaged in legal work for half a century. These 50 years were precisely the 50 years in which China's legal construction began to be established, encountered setbacks, recovered and developed, and ruled the country according to law. He respected the rule of law and strictly enforced the rule of law. He was a loyal practitioner of China's democratic and legal construction and the Party's management of political and legal work system. He emphasized "strengthening the legal system and serving the 'four modernizations'" and proposed that political and legal work should better serve reform and opening up and modernization construction and promote the liberation and development of productive forces. He emphasized strict adherence to the law and proposed such arguments as "acting in accordance with the law is the fundamental principle of political and legal work" and "adhering to strict law enforcement and safeguarding the authority and unity of the national legal system." He emphasized that legal research should proceed from the needs of national political, economic, and cultural development, closely link with the practice of legislation, law enforcement, justice, and popularization of law, and create a socialist legal theory with Chinese characteristics. Today, our commemoration of Comrade Ren Jianxin (任建新) is to take him as an example, conscientiously study and implement Xi Jinping's Thought on the Rule of Law (习近平法治思想), unswervingly follow the path of socialist rule of law with Chinese characteristics, closely focus on the overall work of the Party and the country, better play the role of the rule of law in consolidating the foundation, stabilizing expectations, and benefiting the long term, and comprehensively build a modern socialist country on the track of the rule of law.
Our commemoration of Comrade Ren Jianxin (任建新) is to learn from his deep feelings of serving the people through justice. In the process of Comrade Ren Jianxin's (任建新) growth, he witnessed the warlords' melee and foreign enemies' invasion, and the people's lives were miserable. He was full of hatred for those who rode on the people's heads and acted as bullies. He always cared about the people, faithfully practiced the Party's mass line, and maintained the true qualities of a public servant of the people. During his work at the Supreme People's Court (最高人民法院), he emphasized the need to inherit and carry forward the fine traditions of the people's judicial work, pointing out: "We are the people's court, the people's judges, and the people's servants. Our purpose is to serve the people wholeheartedly." He demanded to improve the style of trial, and for disputes involving the interests of the masses, it is necessary to speed up the trial, to strengthen the enforcement work, to solve the problem of "difficulty in enforcement" for the masses, to promote the open trial system, to enhance judicial transparency, and to establish a juvenile justice system to strengthen the education, influence, and salvation of young people who have gone astray. Today, our commemoration of Comrade Ren Jianxin (任建新) is to take him as an example, always adhere to the fundamental purpose of serving the people wholeheartedly, carry forward the thorough people's nature of judicial work, sit firmly on the side of the people, and strive to make the people feel fairness and justice in every judicial case.
Our commemoration of Comrade Ren Jianxin (任建新) is to learn from his spirit of strict self-discipline, integrity, and honesty. Comrade Ren Jianxin (任建新) strictly demanded himself according to the standards of a Communist Party member, strictly abided by the Party's discipline and rules, and consciously safeguarded the Party's unity and unification. He adhered to the principle of democratic centralism, was open-minded, had a democratic style, and was good at mobilizing and giving play to the enthusiasm of all parties. He was strict with himself, honest in his administration, simple in his life, and strict with his relatives and staff, and resolutely opposed corruption and unhealthy tendencies. He attached great importance to the education and training of political and legal cadres, vigorously strengthened the Party's construction on the political and legal front, and significantly improved the political quality and professional ability of political and legal cadres. Today, our commemoration of Comrade Ren Jianxin (任建新) is to take him as an example, always maintain the political character of a Communist Party member, adhere to self-revolution, promote the comprehensive and strict governance of the Party in depth, thoroughly implement the spirit of the Central Eight-Point Regulation (中央八项规定), achieve fair use of power, lawful use of power, use of power for the people, and clean use of power, and create new great achievements with a good style and good image.
Comrades, friends! Today, socialism with Chinese characteristics is full of vitality, and the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation shows a bright future. The beautiful ideals for which the revolutionary predecessors struggled are gradually becoming a reality. Let us unite more closely around the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) at its core, thoroughly study and implement Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era (习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想), strengthen our confidence, unite our hearts and minds, 踔厉奋发、勇毅前行 (chuō lì fèn fā, yǒng yì qián xíng - "leap bravely, strive forward, courageously resolutely advance," to strive forward with vigor and determination), and unite and struggle to comprehensively promote the construction of a strong country and the great rejuvenation of the nation with Chinese-style modernization!
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Recently, the world's largest cable-stayed bridge, the Changtai Yangtze River Bridge, is undergoing various tests before its completion and is expected to be basically completed in August. "At that time, the travel time between Changzhou (常州) and Taizhou (泰州) in Jiangsu (江苏) will be shortened from 1 hour and 20 minutes to about 20 minutes, further promoting the coordinated development of cross-river city clusters," said Li Zhen (李镇), the on-site commander of the Changtai Yangtze River Bridge Construction Headquarters of the Jiangsu Provincial Transportation Engineering Construction Bureau (江苏省交通工程建设局常泰长江大桥建设指挥部).
Since construction began in October 2019, the participating units of the bridge have continuously innovated and overcome difficulties. From the intelligent soil extraction of caissons at the bottom of the river to the steel bar "building blocks" of bridge towers in the cloud, and then to the seamless and refined bridge deck paving, the builders have continuously overcome world-class problems with a series of independent innovations.
Intelligent Soil Extraction Robot Allows the Bridge to "Gain a Firm Foothold"
The larger the main span, the more solid the bridge piers must be.
The 1208-meter main span makes the traditional drilling pile construction technology unable to meet the bearing capacity requirements. China Railway Bridge Bureau (中铁大桥局), which undertook the construction of the south main tower of the bridge, adopted the construction method of caissons. Li Jie (李杰), Minister of the Engineering Department of the Changtai Yangtze River Bridge Project of China Railway Bridge Bureau, introduced: "The caisson is the underwater foundation of the bridge tower pier. The steel caisson of Pier 6 of the bridge has a unique design, adopting a new type of 'smaller at the top and larger at the bottom' stepped structure that reduces self-weight and scour. The total weight of the caisson steel structure and concrete exceeds 220,000 tons."
It is not easy to put such a behemoth on the bottom of the river. Fang Lin (方林), the technical负责人 of the No. 6 pier caisson, introduced that during construction, the maximum soil entry depth of the caisson reached 48 meters, and it was necessary to pass through three layers of silty clay. "If traditional air suction mud machines are used for operation, soil extraction is not only time-consuming and labor-intensive, but also has blind spots for soil extraction."
How to solve the problem of soil extraction? The project team developed a set of intelligent soil extraction robots. Fang Lin sat in the command room of the project department and showed reporters how to operate the robot. He adjusted the position of the robot in real time and monitored the construction environment through the underwater video monitoring, forward-looking sonar, and collision avoidance sonar sensors carried by the robot. As the drill bit rotated, the soil under the water was immediately crushed and discharged outside the caisson through pipes. At the same time, the robot's working arm can rotate and extend 360 degrees, solving the problem of blind spots in soil extraction.
Li Jie introduced: "Originally, it took 6 people to operate one working surface, and they could only suck about 40 cubic meters of clay per hour. With this intelligent soil extraction robot, only one person is needed to operate it, and the soil extraction efficiency reaches 200 cubic meters per hour, allowing the soil extraction and sinking operation of the main tower caisson to be completed two months ahead of schedule."
Prefabricated Construction Allows the Main Tower to "Grow" 1.2 Meters Every Day
Traditional bridge tower steel bar construction generally requires workers to be in high altitude and tie the steel bars one by one. However, the middle tower column of the Changtai Yangtze River Bridge has a four-tower limb spatial diamond structure, and the spatial inclination angle reaches 8 degrees. The safety guarantee, construction efficiency, and precision control of traditional high-altitude operations are no longer suitable for construction needs.
The engineers of China Communications Second Harbor Engineering Bureau (中交二航局), a participating unit in the Changtai Yangtze River Bridge, combined their previous construction experience and innovated the process plan. They developed a new flexible manufacturing production line for steel bar sheets along the implementation path of "steel bar sheet—block—component" for the production of steel bar sheets and steel bar blocks.
Wang Hui (王辉), Executive Deputy Manager of the Changtai Yangtze River Bridge Project Department of China Communications Second Harbor Engineering Bureau, introduced: "The new production line integrates processes such as unmanned adaptive cloth distribution, machine vision point-finding welding, inclination angle synchronous adjustment, and robot spatial point-finding welding, realizing automated production of steel bar sheets and mechanized forming of blocks. The accuracy of the formed sheets can reach millimeter level, and the production efficiency of both sheets and blocks can reach 8 per hour, realizing the mechanized manufacturing of large-inclination variable-section steel bar blocks for the first time."
After the steel bar blocks are transported to the construction site, they are initially fixed on the assembly jig, and the synchronous jacking system then inserts the blocks, finely adjusts the inclination angle, installs the main reinforcement in the intersection area of the blocks, and completes the assembly of the steel bar component sections.
"The weight of a single section is nearly 60 tons. We use a 10,000-ton-meter tower crane to lift it as a whole onto the tower, use tapered sleeves to lock the steel bar joints, and then connect the component sections. The tower steel bars can be assembled and spliced like building blocks," said Tang Yeshuai (汤叶帅), Deputy Manager of the Changtai Yangtze River Bridge Project Department of China Communications Second Harbor Engineering Bureau. "Using this construction method, the 'growth' speed of the main tower is maintained at 1.2 meters per day, and more than 60% of high-altitude workers are reduced. Both construction efficiency and safety are better guaranteed."
Refined Control Allows Bridge Deck Paving to be Completed in One Go
"The factors such as ultra-large span, asymmetric load, and double-layer bridge deck with both highway and railway on the same level bring new challenges to the asphalt paving of the bridge." Wang Shanlai (王善来), Project Manager of Nantong Road & Bridge Engineering Co., Ltd. (南通路桥工程有限公司) Changtai Yangtze River Bridge Project, introduced that in order to ensure the smooth progress of the bridge deck paving work, the team adopted 8 kinds of paving structures and paving systems for different driving areas.
In this asphalt paving work, domestic materials such as high-temperature mixed epoxy resin were fully adopted, which not only broke the long-term dependence on imports of epoxy resin for steel bridge deck paving, but also marked a major breakthrough in the field of steel bridge deck paving for kilometer-level ultra-large span bridges with domestic materials.
"Paving needs to be completed in one go (一气呵成 (yī qì hē chéng - "one breath to complete," do something in one go))." Han Jingang (韩金刚), Chief Quality Officer of the Changtai Yangtze River Bridge Project of Nantong Road & Bridge Engineering Co., Ltd., told reporters that before construction, the team repeatedly tested the optimal transportation route with transport vehicles equipped with navigation systems. The farthest point needs to be reached within 40 minutes to ensure that the epoxy asphalt mixture is completed from mixing to paving within the specified time of 2.5 hours.
Han Jingang introduced that the team used a digital twin platform to implement all-weather refined management and control of the paving operation, realizing automatic spraying of epoxy zinc-rich paint on the steel bridge deck, automatic brushing of epoxy resin binder, and automatic weighing and dispensing of epoxy resin binder, which improved the paving efficiency and quality.
It is understood that the total area of asphalt pavement on the upper and lower steel bridge decks of the Changtai Yangtze River Bridge exceeds 250,000 square meters, which is equivalent to the area of more than 30 standard football fields. With the efforts of the construction personnel, the main steel bridge deck pavement was completed in only 24 effective working days.
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In Fuyuan County (富源县), Qujing City (曲靖市), Yunnan Province (云南省), the story of "Tough Battle General" Wang Jiaben (王甲本) is well-known. This iron-blooded general, who came from the Wumeng Mountains (乌蒙山区), dedicated his life to military service, growing from a passionate youth at the Yunnan Military Academy (云南陆军讲武堂) into a senior general, making remarkable achievements in resisting Japanese invaders.
Wang Jiaben (王甲本), courtesy name Liji (立基), was born in 1901 in Pingyi (平彝) (now Fuyuan County (富源县), Yunnan). In 1918, he was admitted to the artillery department of the Yunnan Military Academy (云南陆军讲武堂). He later served as a brigade commander and deputy division commander in the National Revolutionary Army (国民革命军) Army. He participated in the Battle of Shanghai (淞沪会战), the three Battles of Changsha (长沙会战), the Battle of West Hubei (鄂西会战), the Battle of Changde (常德战役), and the Battle of Hengyang (衡阳战役). Because he led by example, commanded effectively, and repeatedly made military achievements, he was known in the army as the "Tough Battle General." Later, he served as the commander of the 79th Army (第七十九军).
In 1944, in order to reverse their defeat, the Japanese army launched the Henan-Hunan-Guangxi Campaign (豫湘桂战役), aimed at opening up the transportation lines in mainland China. In September, the Japanese army invaded Guangxi (广西) in three routes with more than 100,000 troops. The 79th Army (第七十九军) was ordered to block the Japanese army on the Lingling (零陵) and Dong'an (东安) line in Hunan (湖南).
On September 7, Wang Jiaben (王甲本) led the troops directly under the military headquarters to a small village near Dong'an County (东安县), Hunan Province (湖南省). After learning of this news, thousands of Japanese soldiers disguised themselves and attacked the location of Wang Jiaben's (王甲本) military headquarters. Wang Jiaben (王甲本) personally led the headquarters' pistol platoon in a desperate counterattack. After running out of ammunition, he fought hand-to-hand with the enemy. In the fierce battle, Wang Jiaben (王甲本) was stabbed in the abdomen by the Japanese army and died heroically.
After Wang Jiaben's (王甲本) sacrifice, his subordinates simply coffined him and his adjutant Wu Zhenke (吴镇科) and buried them on the back mountain of Bajiao Village (芭蕉村), Jingtou圩 Town (井头圩镇), Dong'an County (东安县). Liu Ligu (刘理谷), a villager living at the foot of the mountain, decided to voluntarily guard the tomb, repairing and worshiping it regularly. He did this for more than 30 years.
Before his death, Liu Ligu (刘理谷) told his son Liu Benzhi (刘本智) to take good care of the general's tomb. Later, Liu Benzhi (刘本智) passed away and passed the important task of guarding the tomb to his son Liu Mengjiang (刘孟江).
The joint burial tomb has undergone two major renovations and is now a Yongzhou (永州) municipal-level cultural relic protection unit. Over the years, Liu Mengjiang (刘孟江) regularly comes to sweep the tomb, wipe the tombstone, and clear weeds; every year during the Spring Festival and Qingming Festival, people from the surrounding areas, students, and people from all walks of life spontaneously come to pay their respects.
In Wang Jiaben's (王甲本) hometown of Fuyuan County (富源县), the Fuyuan Shengjing Museum (富源胜境博物馆) displays an Eight Immortals table and several bowls and dishes, which are among the few items he left in his hometown.
Pan Tinghong (潘庭宏), curator of the museum, said: "We Fuyuan (富源) people have been familiar with the story of Wang Jiaben (王甲本) defending the country since we were young, and we are proud of this unyielding general." Since the museum was put into use in 2021, it has received an average of more than 300,000 visitors per year.
The "Tough Battle General" still cared about his hometown during the Anti-Japanese War. In order to support education in his hometown, Wang Jiaben (王甲本) generously donated funds to build Qingxi Middle School (清溪中学) and wrote "Zhenduo Shuren (振铎树人)" at the opening ceremony, meaning to cultivate talents to revitalize China. Decades have passed, and Qingxi Middle School (清溪中学) has been renamed Fuyuan County No. 1 Middle School (富源县第一中学), which has cultivated a large number of outstanding talents for society. Although the students have never seen General Wang Jiaben (王甲本) in person, the general's donation to build the school, like a spring breeze and rain, inspires the students.
In order to commemorate Wang Jiaben (王甲本), Fuyuan County (富源县) named a main road connecting the old and new urban areas "Liji Avenue (立基大道)". It is 40 meters wide and 3.3 kilometers long, becoming an important carrier for the people of Fuyuan (富源) to remember the general. Song Hongkun (宋红坤), a graduate of Fuyuan County No. 1 Middle School (富源县第一中学), said: "General Wang Jiaben's (王甲本) anti-Japanese deeds are a valuable asset to us Fuyuan (富源) people. We will carry forward the great spirit of the Anti-Japanese War and build our hometown more beautifully."
(According to Xinhua News Agency, Changsha (长沙), August 1)
Return to TopThis newspaper's Beijing (北京) dispatch on August 5th (Reporter Li Xinping (李心萍)) On August 5th, train No. 83277, fully loaded with 3,614 tons of coal, slowly departed from Jingbian East Station (靖边东站) in Shaanxi (陕西), heading south towards Xiangzhou North Station (襄州北站) in Hubei (湖北), marking a milestone of over 80,000 freight trains having been dispatched on the Haoji Railway (浩吉铁路) (Hao Lebaoji (浩勒报吉) in Inner Mongolia (内蒙古) to Ji'an (吉安) in Jiangxi (江西)).
As China's longest strategic coal transportation artery for "North Coal to South Transport," this heavy-haul railway, which was completed and opened to traffic in 2019, has transported over 400 million tons of freight during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, becoming an important force in serving regional economic development and improving the energy supply guarantee system.
The Haoji Railway passes through seven provinces: Inner Mongolia (内蒙古), Shaanxi (陕西), Shanxi (山西), Henan (河南), Hubei (湖北), Hunan (湖南), and Jiangxi (江西), with a total length of 1,813.5 kilometers. It is the world's longest heavy-haul railway built and put into operation at one time, and it is also an important channel for the national strategic layout of "North Coal to South Transport." The "Sanxi" (三西) region (Shanxi (山西), Shaanxi (陕西), and western Inner Mongolia (内蒙古西部)) is an important coal production and transportation base in China, with coal transfers accounting for more than 70% of the country's total. The Haoji Railway has built a new strategic channel for "point-to-point" direct coal transportation from the "Sanxi" region to central China, realizing direct delivery from "North Coal to South Transport" production and sales areas in 1-2 days.
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In the first half of this year, China's export scale reached 13 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 7.2%, demonstrating strong competitiveness. Mobile split air conditioners, service robots, pool cleaning appliances, foldable screen mobile phones, tea drinks, and other products from China have become new favorites for foreign consumers, and Chinese brands are winning the favor of more and more overseas consumers. Behind the popularity is the technological content and cultural heritage of Chinese products, as well as the hard work, progress, and pursuit of excellence of Chinese enterprises. From "Made in China" to "Chinese Brand" is an inevitable trend of high-quality development, and will also provide richer choices for global consumers.
-- Editor
This summer, many European countries have experienced continuous high temperatures, and air conditioning products manufactured in China are selling well in Europe. The traditional concept of "not spending the summer without air conditioning" is changing locally.
Data released by the General Administration of Customs (海关总署) shows that, based on a relatively high base last year, from January to June this year, China's export volume of air conditioners to EU countries increased by 43.2% year-on-year, with an export value of 3.76 billion US dollars, a record high for the same period.
In a branch of the German electrical appliance chain MediaMarkt (万得城) in Berlin, a wide variety of cooling products are dazzling, including air conditioners, electric fans, electric cooling blankets, and neck-mounted fans. A salesperson told reporters that among the hundreds of air conditioning products in the store, there are Chinese brands such as Haier (海尔), TCL, and Midea (美的).
Compared with other regions, air conditioners are not very popular in Europe. High rental rates, deeply rooted environmental protection concepts, and high installation and operating costs are the main reasons. According to a MediaMarkt (万得城) salesperson, many historical buildings in Europe do not allow drilling on the walls, and landlords generally do not allow the installation of outdoor air conditioning units; installation must be carried out by certified professionals, costing up to several hundred euros, and regular maintenance is also required.
In response to this situation, Midea (美的) air conditioners launched an innovative category of mobile split air conditioners in the European market, which are popular in Germany, France, Italy, the Netherlands, and other countries.
"Unlike traditional split air conditioners, mobile split air conditioners also have indoor and outdoor units, but the installation is very simple. Users can install them themselves, and they are also mobile and provide a good cooling experience," said Zhu Zhou (朱洲), General Manager of Midea (美的) Air Conditioning Europe. "In Northern Europe, the cost of purchasing and installing an air conditioner is about 3,000 euros, and it is slightly cheaper in Western and Southern Europe. The price of Midea's (美的) mobile split air conditioner is 1,199 euros, and users can save a lot of money by installing it themselves."
The surge in demand has boosted corporate production. In the Midea (美的) digital factory in Nansha District (南沙区), Guangzhou (广州) City, Guangdong Province (广东省), the production of mobile split air conditioners is proceeding in an orderly manner.
"Currently, more than 80,000 units of this air conditioner have been shipped, and we will continue to organize the production of 20,000 units," said Sun Qi (孙琦), head of production planning at Midea's (美的) Nansha (南沙) factory. "The peak monthly output of this product is 25,000 units, and the output in other months ranges from 5,000 to 10,000 units."
In order to ensure product quality and production efficiency, the company has arranged a dedicated production line, and the products are shipped to Europe by sea and China-Europe freight train: sea transportation involves loading ships from Guangzhou Nansha Port (广州南沙港), passing through the Strait of Malacca, bypassing South Africa, and then arriving at the Port of Rotterdam (鹿特丹港) in the Netherlands; China-Europe freight train containers are loaded onto trains in Guangzhou (广州), exported through Khorgos Customs (霍尔果斯海关), and then pass through Kazakhstan, Russia, Belarus, Poland, and other countries, finally arriving in Germany. In the first half of this year, Midea's (美的) air conditioner sales in the European market increased by 35%.
"We make full use of the company's R&D resources at home and abroad to ensure close collaboration between the local team and headquarters," said Dong Yunjun (董云俊), Director of the Midea (美的) Home Air Conditioning European Research Institute. "The reason for the hot sales of mobile split air conditioners is that the products are portable, flexible, quiet, and comfortable, and they are designed for European buildings and climate characteristics, solving the real pain points of European users."
"In the future, we will gradually establish a complete mobile split series product line and establish an innovative brand image in the minds of users," said Zhu Zhou (朱洲).
In addition to Midea (美的), TCL De Longhi (TCL德龙) mobile air conditioners are also performing well in the European market.
"Our sales growth rate in the European market this year is 25%," said Du Quanbin (杜铨滨), head of the market management department of TCL De Longhi Home Appliances (Zhongshan) Co., Ltd. (TCL德龙家用电器（中山）有限公司) in Nantou Town (南头镇), Zhongshan City (中山市), Guangdong Province (广东省).
Walking into the workshop, TCL De Longhi's (TCL德龙) production line is still operating at full capacity. Du Quanbin (杜铨滨) introduced that the products for the European market have been shipped, and the products currently in production will be shipped to markets such as Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, and Argentina to prepare for the summer in the Southern Hemisphere in advance.
In addition to air conditioners, many German families can find several cooling products made in China. Many German consumers told reporters that Chinese cooling products are not only affordable and complete in variety, but also often have unexpected innovations.
Stefan (斯特凡) is a plumber in Berlin (柏林), Germany, and his workplace does not have cooling equipment. Recently, he purchased a set of Chinese-brand cooling uniforms in a department store, which are not only breathable, but also resistant to high temperatures and UV rays. The cooling design of the uniform lies in the cooling fabric and the small ventilation device in the clothing compartment. The internal temperature can be 15 degrees Celsius lower than the external ambient temperature, which is very suitable for wearing on hot construction sites.
In March of this year, Viken Bear Brand Supply Chain Management (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. (维肯熊品牌供应链管理（深圳）有限公司) successively received orders from Europe and other places for semiconductor ice-compressing handheld electric fans. The monthly sales volume of this product is about 200,000 units, and the selling price per unit is more than 100 euros.
"Don't underestimate the small fan. We invested nearly 200,000 yuan in the early stage of developing a product before we even made a physical object," said Liu Lei (刘磊), deputy general manager of the company. "At the same time, we also have to consider registering patents and appearances in different countries or regions."
"This product was once popular in the Southeast Asian market." Yu Yuewu (余悦武), head of Yuecheng Plastic Products Factory (悦诚塑胶制品厂) in Longdu Town (隆都镇), Chenghai District (澄海区), Shantou City (汕头市), Guangdong Province (广东省), picked up a semiconductor handheld fan and explained in detail: energy-saving high-speed motor, strong wind power; with its own semiconductor refrigeration and power bank functions, it can continuously blow cool wind. In addition to semiconductor handheld fans, the factory also produces high-speed fans, neck-mounted fans, and foldable desktop fans.
The European market has high requirements for energy efficiency and environmental protection. "To have sustained market expansion capabilities, the entire industrial chain can carry out technological **破圈** (pò quān - "break the circle," to break through limitations or boundaries) in terms of high standards." Talking about future development, Yu Yuewu (余悦武) is very much looking forward to it.
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"Cooling products" are selling well in the European market. Behind this success lies both the efforts of Chinese companies to fully utilize innovation to master the "cold" skills, and the ability of Chinese brands to understand demand and break into the "hot" market.
Mastering the "cold" skills stems from continuous investment in technological innovation. From split-type designs that solve installation pain points, to enhanced silent functions that improve comfort, good products are not simply a combination of components, but require long-term accumulation of basic technology iteration and innovation. 人无我有、人有我优 (rén wú wǒ yǒu, rén yǒu wǒ yōu - "if others don't have it, I have it; if others have it, I have it better," to possess unique advantages and excel in areas where others are already proficient) is the deep-seated secret for Chinese manufacturing to win the love of global consumers.
Breaking into the "hot" market is based on an accurate sense of market demand. Focusing on consumer pain points and tailoring products for European consumers, the hot sales of "cooling products" cannot be separated from keen market insight. Serving consumers should not be like migratory "birds," but rather like deeply rooted "trees." Companies must thrive by deeply exploring the diverse needs of local consumers.
We look forward to more Chinese companies going global, both practicing good internal technology and accurately grasping the pulse of the market, using new products, excellent services, and good experiences to win overseas markets.
Return to TopXinhua News Agency, Beijing (北京) August 5th - The 2024 Media Social Responsibility Reports were recently released to the public. This marks the twelfth consecutive year of releasing such reports since the initiative began. This year, over 630 media outlets, ranging from central news organizations to county-level integrated media centers, released their reports, an increase of over 50 compared to last year. Several provinces, autonomous regions, and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps (新疆生产建设兵团) further expanded the scope of reporting, with 18 provinces including Jilin (吉林) and Sichuan (四川) achieving coverage across provincial, municipal, and county-level media.
In 2024, all media outlets adhered to Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era (习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想) as their guiding principle, comprehensively implementing the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (党的二十大) and the Second and Third Plenary Sessions of the 20th Central Committee (二十届二中、三中全会). They focused on the central tasks and served the overall situation in their publicity and reporting on important meetings, major themes, and significant events such as the Third Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee (党的二十届三中全会), the 75th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, the 25th anniversary of Macao's return to the motherland, and the Paris Olympics. With a high degree of political awareness and a strong sense of mission, they earnestly fulfilled their responsibilities. In promoting the systematic transformation of mainstream media, they upheld integrity and innovation, strived for progress, and continuously consolidated and strengthened the mainstream ideological and public opinion for advancing into a new era, earning widespread social praise.
All media outlets conscientiously implemented the requirements of the "Implementation Measures for the Media Social Responsibility Report System" issued by the Central Propaganda Department (中宣部) and the All-China Journalists Association (中国记协). They reported item by item on their performance of social responsibilities in 2024, covering aspects such as fulfilling political responsibilities, strengthening ideological front construction, providing services, demonstrating humanitarian care, upholding cultural responsibilities, ensuring safety, adhering to ethical standards, protecting rights and interests, and operating legally. In addition to publishing written reports, 425 media outlets simultaneously produced multimedia versions of the reports in the form of short videos and animations, and over 490 media outlets produced display posters. Some media outlets held report release conferences and symposiums. The News Ethics Committee of the All-China Journalists Association, the News Ethics Committee of industry newspapers, and the News Ethics Committees of various provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities will evaluate and score the reports released by the media.
The Media Social Responsibility Reports are centrally displayed on the website of the All-China Journalists Association (中国记协网). For the first time, national industry media and local media social responsibility reports are exploring the establishment of a unified display platform by the China Industry Newspaper Association (中国行业报协会) and the Journalists Associations of various provinces, autonomous regions, and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps (新疆生产建设兵团), to further enhance the reports' dissemination and influence.
Return to TopThis newspaper's Beijing (北京) dispatch on August 5th (Reporter Ouyang Jie (欧阳洁)) - The China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing (中国物流与采购联合会) released the China Logistics Industry Prosperity Index for July, which was 50.5%, indicating that logistics demand continues to maintain an expansionary trend. Among the sub-indices, the business volume index, new order index, and inventory turnover index are all in the expansionary range above 50%.
Specifically, the business volume index was 50.5%, maintaining operation in the expansionary range. By region, the business volume indices of the three major regions are all in the expansionary range above 50%. Among them, the business volume indices of the central and western regions are higher than the national level, at 50.9% and 52.3% respectively, and the business volume index of the eastern region is 50.3%. By industry, the business volume indices of railway transportation, road transportation, and air transportation industries remain in the expansionary range. Among them, the business volume index of the e-commerce express delivery industry is 69.3%, which is in a high prosperity range. Fresh food and seasonal fruits and vegetables have successively entered the mature season, driving the steady growth of air logistics business. The business volume index of the air transportation industry is 52.8%, an increase of 0.8 percentage points compared with the previous month.
The new order index rebounded. The new order index of logistics enterprises was 52.5%, an increase of 0.1 percentage points compared with the previous month. By region, the new order indices of the eastern and western regions were 51.2% and 52.8% respectively, both increasing by 0.2 percentage points compared with the previous month.
The market maintains stable expectations. The business activity expectation index remains above 55%. The business activity expectation indices in the fields of air transportation, postal express delivery, and multimodal transport are at high levels of 58.9%, 57.2%, and 52.3% respectively.
Another dispatch - The China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing (中国物流与采购联合会) released the China Bulk Commodity Price Index for July, which was 111.4 points, an increase of 0.5% compared with the previous month. Experts analyzed that, judging from the operation of the index, the index has rebounded for three consecutive months, indicating that enterprises' production and operation activities continue to pick up, the bulk commodity market continues to recover steadily, and the overall trend remains expansionary.
Return to TopRecently, sporadic renovations and upgrades of old neighborhoods in Shanghai's urban districts have been completed one after another. The new houses "growing" in the old city are improving Shanghai's urban landscape and creating a more comfortable living and working environment with continuously improving housing quality and gradually complete supporting facilities. The picture shows a distant view of the buildings under construction in the old city renovation project in Huangpu District (黄浦区) of Shanghai (上海) from a group of old houses awaiting renovation.
Xinhua News Agency (新华社) reporter Fang Zhe (方喆) photographed.
Return to TopAccording to a report from our newspaper on August 5th in Shenyang (沈阳) (Reporter Liu Hongchao (刘洪超)), the reporter learned on the 5th from the Liaoning Provincial Market Supervision Bureau (辽宁省市场监管局): Liaoning Province (辽宁省) has launched online, inter-provincial, and inter-departmental mutual recognition for credit repair. Since the beginning of this year, the market supervision system of the entire province has helped more than 28,000 business entities complete credit repair with the market supervision department through online applications, restoring good credit.
While delivering administrative penalty decision letters to enterprises, the Liaoning Provincial Market Supervision Department (辽宁省市场监管部门) also simultaneously delivers notification letters regarding credit repair for administrative penalty information and letters of advice on law-abiding and honest operation. They proactively inform the parties concerned about the duration of the administrative penalty information publicity and the policies and channels for applying for credit repair, and guide enterprises to prepare credit repair materials in advance. This ensures that credit repair is completed as soon as possible after the six-month penalty publicity period ends, preventing enterprises from falling into difficulties due to a lack of understanding of the credit repair process after being penalized. The Liaoning Provincial Market Supervision Department (辽宁省市场监管部门) has established a collaborative working mechanism for credit repair with relevant departments, sharing the credit repair results of administrative penalty publicity information from various departments, and synchronizing them to the National Enterprise Credit Information Publicity System (国家企业信用信息公示系统) and the "Credit China" website ("信用中国"网站), achieving mutual recognition of credit repair results.
Return to Top(People's Daily, Haikou, August 5th) (Reporter Sun Haitian (孙海天)) It was learned from the Hainan Provincial Development and Reform Commission (海南省发展和改革委员会) that Hainan Province (海南省) recently released the "Several Regulations on Promoting the Development of the Private Economy in the Hainan Free Trade Port (海南自由贸易港)," adopting a "small incision" legislative approach, focusing on key and difficult issues in the development of the private economy, highlighting institutional integration and innovation, and providing solid legal support for better leveraging the private economy's role as a vital force in the construction of the Hainan Free Trade Port (海南自由贸易港).
In recent years, Hainan (海南) has issued a series of documents to promote the development of the private economy. As of the end of June, there were 3,604,400 private business entities in the province, accounting for 97.54% of all business entities in the province. Private economic organizations contribute nearly 60% of the GDP and nearly 90% of the employment opportunities.
The regulations standardize the division of responsibilities of government departments and, in response to problems such as high market access thresholds and the exclusion or restriction of market competition that exist in the development of the private economy, detail the institutional mechanisms for fair participation of private economic organizations in market competition.
The regulations clarify that private economic organizations are supported in participating in key industries and project construction in accordance with the law, and are guaranteed to enjoy Hainan Free Trade Port (海南自由贸易港) policies such as income tax incentives equally in accordance with the law. Private economic organizations are encouraged to increase R&D investment focusing on key areas of scientific and technological innovation in the Free Trade Port. At the same time, the regulations improve the scientific research docking and resource sharing mechanism, support and guide private economic organizations to expand international exchanges and cooperation, and require relevant departments to strengthen service and regulatory collaboration.
Return to TopThe People's Bank of China (中国人民银行), the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (工业和信息化部), the National Development and Reform Commission (国家发展改革委), the Ministry of Finance (财政部), the National Administration of Financial Regulation (金融监管总局), the China Securities Regulatory Commission (中国证监会), and the State Administration of Foreign Exchange (国家外汇局) recently jointly issued the "Guiding Opinions on Financial Support for New Industrialization" (《关于金融支持新型工业化的指导意见》) (hereinafter referred to as the "Opinions").
The "Opinions" focus on major strategic tasks of new industrialization, deepen the structural reform of the financial supply side with demand as the driving force, strengthen the coordination of industrial policies and financial policies, provide high-quality financial services for promoting new industrialization and accelerating the development of new quality productive forces, adhere to classified policies, support and control, promote the industry to accelerate towards the mid-to-high end, and prevent "**内卷式**" (nèi juǎn shì - "involution," a situation where increased effort yields diminishing returns due to excessive competition). By 2027, the financial system supporting the high-end, intelligent, and green development of manufacturing will be basically mature, and service adaptability will be effectively enhanced.
In accordance with the key areas of new industrialization, the "Opinions" propose targeted support measures, optimize financial policy tools to support key technologies and products, introduce patient capital for the transformation of scientific and technological achievements through multiple channels, strengthen comprehensive financial services for key enterprises in the industrial chain, and enhance the industrial technology innovation capabilities and the resilience of the industrial chain and supply chain; develop five major articles on technology finance, green finance, and digital finance, deepen the industrial chain financial service model based on "data credit" and "material credit," support the transformation and upgrading of traditional industries and the cultivation and expansion of emerging industries; improve the credit management mechanism and financial product services related to the transfer of industries to the central and western regions, promote the concentration of financial resources to industrial clusters and specialized development, promote a series of cross-border financial service facilitation measures such as trade settlement, capital management, and investment and financing, support the rational layout of industries and expand development space, and promote the strengthening of the domestic cycle.
The relevant person in charge of the People's Bank of China (中国人民银行) introduced that the "Opinions" released this time adhere to deepening the structural reform of the financial supply side with industrial demand as the driving force, build a comprehensive, differentiated, and professional financial service system, and form a clear path for financial support for new industrialization. First, at the macro level, it is necessary to optimize the structure of capital supply and provide financing support such as loans, bonds, and equity for new industrialization. Second, improve the technology financial service system to support the tackling of core technologies, the cultivation and development of emerging industries, and the transformation and upgrading of traditional industries. Third, optimize supply chain finance and regional and foreign trade financial services to support the development of key industrial chains and advanced manufacturing clusters. Fourth, promote green finance and transition finance to support the new energy industry and the green and low-carbon transformation of traditional industries. Fifth, actively and orderly develop digital finance to support the digital and intelligent transformation of industry and the construction of digital infrastructure.
The "Opinions" strengthen the construction of financial service capabilities and long-term mechanisms, and promote the maintenance of a reasonable proportion of investment in manufacturing. Improve the internal mechanism arrangements for financial institutions to serve manufacturing, set up a separate manufacturing credit plan, and formulate differentiated credit policies for the characteristics of subdivided industries and the growth stages of enterprises. Cultivate a composite talent team of technology, industry, and finance in both directions, and encourage financial institutions to build composite financial management and service teams.
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What does a beautiful city look like? It has clean and orderly community streets, lush and verdant parks and greenways, and sparkling rivers and lakes... Recently, the Central Urban Work Conference proposed: "Focus on building green and low-carbon beautiful cities."
The underlying color of a high-value city should be green. It should not only have a clean appearance, but also build a sustainable ecological system at a deeper level. Currently, many cities have improved urban greening rates while protecting biodiversity and achieving harmonious coexistence between humans and nature by building wetland parks and establishing ecological corridors.
The sustainable development of a beautiful city is inseparable from low carbon. In 2024, the national energy consumption intensity decreased by 3.8% year-on-year. However, it should also be noted that some cities still have problems such as insufficient resource utilization and high energy consumption. In the future, we should further strengthen the construction of "waste-free cities," vigorously develop green manufacturing and green service industries, and consolidate the effectiveness of ecological environment governance.
Currently, China's urban development is shifting from a stage of large-scale incremental expansion to a stage dominated by stock quality improvement and efficiency enhancement. Focusing on green and low-carbon, promoting coordinated efficiency in pollution reduction, carbon reduction, and green expansion, so that the people can share the beauty of the city.
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Opening Remarks
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC), Xi Jinping's (习近平) thought on ecological civilization has guided the continuous opening of new horizons in the construction of a beautiful China. On July 18 and July 30, the People's Daily, in conjunction with Renmin University of China and the Central Party School (National Academy of Governance), jointly held a theoretical publicity symposium on "Studying the First Volume of 'Selected Works on Xi Jinping's Thought on Ecological Civilization'." Starting today, the theoretical edition of this newspaper will launch a column entitled "Experts Discuss Studying the First Volume of 'Selected Works on Xi Jinping's Thought on Ecological Civilization'," publishing a series of theoretical articles that deepen the systematic, academic, and rational interpretation of Xi Jinping's (习近平) thought on ecological civilization, and promote the continuous in-depth study and implementation of Xi Jinping's (习近平) thought on ecological civilization. We welcome all readers to actively exchange their experiences in studying and implementing this thought.
Ecological civilization construction is a **千年大计** (qiān nián dà jì - "millennial grand plan," a plan of vital and lasting importance) concerning the sustainable development of the Chinese nation. Since the 18th National Congress of the CPC, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) at its core has placed ecological civilization construction in a prominent position in the overall work, profoundly grasped the important position and strategic significance of ecological civilization construction in the cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era, vigorously promoted theoretical innovation, practical innovation, and institutional innovation in ecological civilization, continuously deepened the understanding of the laws of ecological civilization construction, and creatively proposed a series of new concepts, new ideas, and new strategies with Chinese characteristics, embodying the spirit of the times, and leading the progress of human civilization, forming Xi Jinping's (习近平) thought on ecological civilization. Xi Jinping's (习近平) thought on ecological civilization is an important component of Xi Jinping's (习近平) thought on socialism with Chinese characteristics for a new era, the latest achievement in the Sinicization and modernization of Marxism's view on the relationship between man and nature, comprehensively elucidating the major relationships between man and nature, protection and development, environment and people's livelihood, domestic and international affairs, and centrally answering the major theoretical and practical questions of why to build ecological civilization, what kind of ecological civilization to build, and how to build ecological civilization, providing fundamental guidance and a guide to action for ecological civilization construction in our country in the new era.
Recently, the first volume of "Selected Works on Xi Jinping's (习近平) Thought on Ecological Civilization" was published and distributed, providing the latest authoritative teaching material for the entire Party and the people of all ethnic groups across the country to deeply study and comprehend the core essence, spiritual substance, rich connotation, and practical requirements of Xi Jinping's (习近平) thought on ecological civilization. The first volume of "Selected Works on Xi Jinping's (习近平) Thought on Ecological Civilization" includes the most important and fundamental works of General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) on ecological civilization construction from December 2012 to April 2025, in which a series of original achievements and iconic concepts fully embody General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) profound insight, keen judgment, and theoretical creativity as a Marxist politician, thinker, and strategist, marking that our Party's understanding of the laws of socialist ecological civilization construction has reached a new height.
Xi Jinping's (习近平) Thought on Ecological Civilization is a Concentrated Embodiment of the Latest Theoretical Achievements of Marxism's Sinicization and Modernization in the Field of Ecological Civilization
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out in "To Achieve Sustainable Development, We Must Focus on Ecological Civilization Construction": "We must put ecological civilization construction in a prominent position and integrate it into all aspects and the entire process of economic construction, political construction, cultural construction, and social construction." Xi Jinping's (习近平) thought on ecological civilization inherits and develops Marxism's view of nature and history, enriches and deepens Marxism's ecological epistemology and ecological dialectics, and is a concentrated embodiment of the latest theoretical achievements of Marxism's Sinicization and modernization in the field of ecological civilization.
Xi Jinping's (习近平) thought on ecological civilization enriches and develops Marxist philosophy. Marxist philosophy believes that nature exists prior to man and human society, and it is an objective existence that does not depend on human consciousness. Man is a part of nature and a product of nature's development to a certain stage. Marx pointed out: "Man lives on nature." Engels pointed out: "Let us not flatter ourselves too much on account of our human victories over nature." These views illustrate that mankind is differentiated and independent from nature through labor practice, but mankind cannot be separated from nature for a moment after being differentiated and independent from nature. Xi Jinping's (习近平) thought on ecological civilization not only inherits the basic viewpoints of dialectical materialism, but also creatively proposes the important concept of "man and nature are a community of life" from the perspective of historical materialism, realizing the enrichment and development of Marxism's view of nature. Xi Jinping's (习近平) thought on ecological civilization transcends the cognitive limitations of regarding nature only as an object of practical transformation, expresses the ecological ontological thought of harmonious coexistence between man and nature, and realizes a philosophical paradigm revolution from the binary opposition of "subject-object" to the overall synergy of symbiosis and co-prosperity, and from the unidirectional extraction of "instrumental rationality" to the harmonious coexistence of "value rationality."
Xi Jinping's (习近平) thought on ecological civilization enriches and develops Marxist political economy. Marxist political economy believes that the development of productive forces is essentially a process of two-way interaction and coordinated development between man and nature, and is the unified movement of ecological economy. Marx pointed out that "the productivity of labor is determined by a variety of circumstances, including: the average skill of the workers, the level of development of science and its degree of application in technology, the social combination of the production process, the scale and effectiveness of the means of production, and natural conditions," providing guidance for liberating and developing social productive forces. It can be seen that productive forces include not only social productive forces, but also natural productive forces. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) proposed in "Lucid waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets" that "We want both lucid waters and lush mountains, and also golden mountains and silver mountains. We would rather have lucid waters and lush mountains than golden mountains and silver mountains, and lucid waters and lush mountains are golden mountains and silver mountains," breaking the metaphysical dilemma that environmental protection must sacrifice development, and eloquently demonstrating that ecological environmental protection and economic and social development are not mutually exclusive, but dialectically unified and complementary, powerfully promoting the comprehensive green transformation of economic and social development. At the same time, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) creatively proposed the brand-new category of "new quality productive forces" and made the scientific assertion in "New quality productive forces are themselves green productive forces" that "green development is the underlying color of high-quality development," which contains a profound understanding of the law of contradictory movement between productive forces and production relations, and is an enrichment and development of Marxist theory of productive forces, demonstrating that new quality productive forces are an advanced productive force form that conforms to the new development concept.
Xi Jinping's (习近平) thought on ecological civilization enriches and develops the theory of scientific socialism. Scientific socialism pursues the free and all-round development of people and the all-round progress of society. Marx regarded the harmonious coexistence between man and nature as an important feature of socialism and communism. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out in "Ecological Civilization Construction is an Important Feature of Socialism with Chinese Characteristics in the New Era": "Strengthening ecological civilization construction is an inevitable requirement for implementing the new development concept and promoting high-quality economic and social development, and it is also the consensus and call of the people for a high-quality life." Xi Jinping's (习近平) thought on ecological civilization clearly positions ecological civilization construction as a fundamental plan concerning the sustainable development of the Chinese nation and deeply integrates it into the "five-sphere integrated plan" of the cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics. This profoundly shows that a beautiful ecological environment and a harmonious relationship between man and nature are the inherent meaning of the essential attributes of socialism and an indispensable basic condition for realizing the free and all-round development of people. This clarifies from the perspective of scientific socialism that the superiority of socialism is not only reflected in liberating and developing productive forces and eliminating exploitation and oppression, but also in being able to systematically solve the contradiction between man and nature that capitalism cannot overcome, providing a new practical model for socialist countries to achieve modernization, and realizing the epochal enrichment and sublimation of the essential connotation of socialism.
Xi Jinping's (习近平) thought on ecological civilization profoundly discerns the laws of human historical development. Marx profoundly discerned the laws of social form evolution, pointing out that "capital, as soon as it appears, marks a new epoch in the social production process." Creating a new form of civilization is a creative social practice activity of mankind. After the Russian October Revolution, proletarian parties in various countries, under the guidance of Marxism, embarked on the journey of building a socialist civilization form. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "We adhere to and develop socialism with Chinese characteristics, promote the coordinated development of material civilization, political civilization, spiritual civilization, social civilization, and ecological civilization, create a new path of Chinese-style modernization, and create a new form of human civilization." Ecological civilization is an important component of the new form of human civilization. Xi Jinping's (习近平) thought on ecological civilization profoundly discerns the historical development law that "civilization prospers with ecological prosperity, and civilization declines with ecological decline," transcending the unsustainable model of traditional industrial civilization at the expense of conquering nature and plundering resources. This new form of civilization is not only a prominent symbol of socialism with Chinese characteristics, but also a profound grasp of the laws of human civilization development and a positive guide to the direction of human civilization progress, realizing a historical civilization transformation from passively responding to environmental crises to actively shaping a new type of civilization, and contributing Chinese wisdom and Chinese solutions that transcend social system differences for the sustainable development of mankind.
Xi Jinping's (习近平) Thought on Ecological Civilization Pays Attention to Drawing Ecological Wisdom from Excellent Traditional Chinese Culture and Has a Profound Historical and Cultural Foundation
Xi Jinping's (习近平) thought on ecological civilization is a major achievement of combining the basic principles of Marxism with the specific reality of China and with excellent traditional Chinese culture. It not only embodies the logical unity of combining the basic principles of Marxism with China's ecological civilization construction practice, but also contains the epochal essence of combining Marxism's thought on the relationship between man and nature with excellent traditional Chinese ecological culture.
The creative transformation and innovative development of excellent traditional Chinese ecological culture. Xi Jinping's (习近平) thought on ecological civilization penetrates historical fog with the light of Marxist truth, nourishes the theoretical roots with the fertile soil of excellent traditional Chinese culture, and successfully realizes the revolutionary forging and epochal sublimation of the holistic ecological wisdom in the worldview, ethics, and development view accumulated by the Chinese nation for thousands of years. This important thought creatively transforms the chaotic holistic view contained in "harmony between man and nature" into the "community of life between man and nature," a modern ecological philosophical ontology with strict scientific connotation and clear practical orientation, establishing a basic guideline for handling the relationship between man and nature. This important thought innovatively develops the simple moral sentiment of "benevolence to the people and love for things" into socialist ecological civilization ethical norms and value coordinates with the "joint construction of a beautiful China" national action as the carrier, constructing a new scale of ecological justice that transcends instrumental rationality. This important thought systematically refines the dialectical governance experience of "taking and using with moderation" and "**允执厥中**" (yǔn zhí jué zhōng - "hold the mean," to act according to the doctrine of the mean) into a systematic governance strategy for integrated protection and restoration of mountains, rivers, forests, fields, lakes, and grasslands, transforming the ancient wisdom of the Chinese nation into operable, assessable, and sustainable modern governance effectiveness. This series of major transformations profoundly proves that Xi Jinping's (习近平) thought on ecological civilization, through creative transformation and innovative development, realizes the historical leap of Chinese ecological wisdom from abstract concepts to scientific theories in the dialectical unity of "Tao" and "Qi."
The major theoretical achievement of "two combinations," especially the "second combination." General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out in "The Construction of Ecological Civilization in the New Era Has Achieved Remarkable Achievements": "We must adhere to combining the basic principles of Marxism with the specific reality of China and with excellent traditional Chinese culture, and vigorously promote theoretical innovation, practical innovation, and institutional innovation in ecological civilization." The "two combinations," especially the "second combination," melts a new whole, embodies the dialectical materialist view of universal connection, the law of unity of opposites, and the deep fit of the Chinese excellent traditional culture's worldview of "all things are one" and "life is endless," completely breaking through the epistemological dilemma of subject-object dichotomy. The "two combinations," especially the "second combination," shapes new values, creatively integrates the fundamental position of Marxism's "people first" and the goal of realizing the all-round development of people with the ethical spirit of the Chinese excellent traditional culture's "people are my compatriots and things are my partners" and "heaven and earth nurture," realizing the high unity of people-oriented, morality, and ecology. The "two combinations," especially the "second combination," creates new paths, organically combining the Marxist viewpoint of practice and the method of contradiction analysis with the Chinese excellent traditional culture's governance wisdom of "holding the two ends and using the middle" and "Tao follows nature," opening up a systematic path of green development that coordinates high-quality development and high-level protection, and synergistically promotes carbon reduction, pollution reduction, green expansion, and growth, demonstrating the organic unity of conformity to law and conformity to purpose. This eloquently proves that the "two combinations," especially the "second combination," is the inevitable path for the formation and development of Xi Jinping's (习近平) thought on ecological civilization. In this combination, Marxism and excellent traditional Chinese culture jointly write the magnificent epic of socialist ecological civilization in the 21st century in mutual achievement.
The historical and cultural foundation contained in Xi Jinping's (习近平) thought on ecological civilization is by no means an abstract symbol, but deeply participates in shaping the value orientation, governance logic, and lifestyle of Chinese-style modernization. The worldview of "harmony between man and nature" is sublimated into the modern value soul of "harmonious coexistence," fully absorbing the ancient wisdom of "**参赞化育**" (cān zàn huà yù - "assist in the transforming and nourishing processes of nature," to assist in the transforming and nourishing processes of nature) and "Tao follows nature," completely abandoning the industrial civilization myths of "growth first" and "conquering nature," making respect for nature, conforming to nature, and protecting nature internalized into the development ethics and civilization consensus of the entire society. The ethical view of "benevolence to the people and love for things" is concretized into the modern governance basis of "ecological benefit for the people," innovatively developing the deep feelings of "the people are the foundation of the country" and "the benevolent love others" into the fundamental position of "a good ecological environment is the most inclusive people's livelihood and well-being," clearly placing the improvement of environmental quality, the increase of ecological well-being, and the optimization of the living environment at the core of governing the country, profoundly interpreting the Chinese Communist Party's responsibility to "plan for future generations and seek long-term development." The lifestyle view of "taking and using with moderation" is internalized into the modern civilization style of "green and low-carbon," using the survival wisdom of "**俭以养德**" (jiǎn yǐ yǎng dé - "frugality cultivates virtue," frugality can cultivate virtue) and "strengthening the foundation and saving on expenses" to cultivate the whole society's awareness of conservation, environmental protection awareness, and ecological awareness, making green consumption, low-carbon travel, and garbage classification become the new lifestyle of the new era. This profoundly indicates that Xi Jinping's (习近平) thought on ecological civilization contains the immense power of transforming cultural confidence into development consciousness and illuminating the road to rejuvenation with historical wisdom.
Xi Jinping's (习近平) Thought on Ecological Civilization Demonstrates Powerful Practical Power and Guides the Drawing of the Ecological Background of Chinese-Style Modernization
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, China's ecological civilization construction has undergone historic, transformative, and overall changes, which is fundamentally due to the strong leadership of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) at its core, and to the scientific guidance of Xi Jinping's (习近平) thought on socialism with Chinese characteristics for a new era, especially Xi Jinping's (习近平) thought on ecological civilization. This important thought has been fully proven by practice, leading the construction of a beautiful China to take major steps, and creating ecological miracles and green development miracles that have attracted worldwide attention.
Green development is an important component of the new development concept. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out in "Leading Development with a New Development Concept": "Green, circular, and low-carbon development is the direction of the technological revolution and industrial transformation of today's era, and it is the most promising field of development." Looking back at the process of human modernization, some countries have been deeply trapped in the problem of "polluting first and then treating," sacrificing the ecological environment in exchange for temporary economic growth, and ultimately paying a high price. Its lessons profoundly warn us that the traditional extensive and resource-consuming development model is no longer sustainable, and the rigid constraints of resources and the environment are increasingly becoming a global problem. Green development focuses on solving the problem of harmonious coexistence between man and nature and is a necessary condition for sustainable development. Since the new era, China's ecological civilization construction and ecological environmental protection have achieved remarkable results. The green development concept demonstrated by Xi Jinping's (习近平) thought on ecological civilization complements and interacts with the development concepts of innovation, coordination, green, openness, and sharing, not only meeting the people's growing needs for a beautiful ecological environment, but also promoting the realization of higher quality, more efficient, fairer, more sustainable, and safer development. The green development concept has promoted China's development to undergo a historic and overall transformation, realizing a shift from the passive response of "polluting first and then treating" at the end to the active governance of the entire chain of "strict prevention at the source, strict management in the process, and severe punishment for the consequences," becoming the ecological secret to decoding the steady and far-reaching voyage of the Chinese economic giant, demonstrating the powerful practical power of Xi Jinping's (习近平) thought on ecological civilization in leading the profound transformation of the development paradigm and opening up a new realm of high-quality development.
Green development is an important component of the new development concept. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out in "Leading Development with New Development Concepts": "Green, circular, and low-carbon development is the direction of the current technological revolution and industrial transformation, and it is the most promising field of development." Looking back at the process of human modernization, some countries were once deeply mired in the dilemma of "**先污染后治理**" (xiān wū rǎn hòu zhì lǐ - "pollute first, then treat," addressing pollution only after it has occurred), exchanging temporary economic growth at the expense of the ecological environment, and ultimately paying a heavy price. Its lessons profoundly warn us that the traditional extensive and resource-consuming development model is no longer sustainable, and the rigid constraints of resources and the environment are increasingly becoming a global problem. Green development focuses on solving the problem of harmonious coexistence between humans and nature and is a necessary condition for sustainable development. Since the new era, China's ecological civilization construction and ecological environmental protection have achieved remarkable results. The green development concept embodied in Xi Jinping's (习近平) ecological civilization thought complements and interacts with the development concepts of innovation, coordination, green, openness, and sharing, not only meeting the people's growing needs for a beautiful ecological environment, but also promoting higher-quality, more efficient, fairer, more sustainable, and safer development. The green development concept has promoted China's development towards a historic and holistic transformation, realizing a shift from passive end-of-pipe response of "**先污染后治理**" (xiān wū rǎn hòu zhì lǐ - "pollute first, then treat," addressing pollution only after it has occurred) to proactive governance of the entire chain of "strict prevention at the source, strict management in the process, and severe punishment for consequences," becoming an ecological secret to decoding the steady and far-reaching progress of the Chinese economy, demonstrating the powerful practical force of Xi Jinping's (习近平) ecological civilization thought in leading profound changes in the development paradigm and opening up a new realm of high-quality development.
Promoting harmonious coexistence between humans and nature is an essential requirement of Chinese-style modernization. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out in "Accelerating the Reform of the Ecological Civilization System and Building a Beautiful China": "The modernization we want to build is a modernization of harmonious coexistence between humans and nature, which requires not only creating more material and spiritual wealth to meet the people's growing needs for a better life, but also providing more high-quality ecological products to meet the people's growing needs for a beautiful ecological environment." This important exposition profoundly reveals the transcendence of Chinese-style modernization over Western modernization. The "Decision" of the Third Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (中国共产党) proposed: "Focusing on building a beautiful China (中国), accelerate the comprehensive green transformation of economic and social development, improve the ecological environment governance system, promote ecological priority, conservation and intensive use, and green and low-carbon development, and promote harmonious coexistence between humans and nature." This summarizes a series of new concepts, new ideas, and new strategies of General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) on the ecological transformation of the modernization development path, greatly enriching and developing the theoretical system of Chinese-style modernization. Xi Jinping's (习近平) ecological civilization thought abandons the old path of "**先污染后治理**" (xiān wū rǎn hòu zhì lǐ - "pollute first, then treat," addressing pollution only after it has occurred), profoundly explaining that modernization construction must respect natural laws, comply with natural evolution, and protect natural value, ultimately achieving a win-win situation for human well-being and ecological health, solving the global problems of the "growth trap" and the "ecological deficit," fundamentally transforming and correcting the non-ecological and anti-ecological nature of Western modernization, and promoting the realization of a beautiful life state of harmonious coexistence between people, between people and society, and between people and nature.
Promote the organic unity of achieving high-quality development and high-level protection. How to balance ecological environmental protection and economic and social development is a universal and fundamental problem faced by all countries in the process of modernization. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out in "Promoting Ecological Civilization Construction Requires Handling Several Major Relationships Well": "High-quality development and high-level protection are mutually reinforcing and complementary. High-level protection is an important support for high-quality development, and ecological priority and green and low-carbon high-quality development can only be achieved with high-level protection." Xi Jinping's (习近平) ecological civilization thought regards promoting the green and low-carbon transformation of economic and social development as a key link in achieving high-quality development, and creatively proposes the concept that green mountains and clear waters are golden mountains and silver mountains. This important concept profoundly reveals that ecological environmental protection and economic and social development have an inherent unity, guiding us to deeply understand that green mountains and clear waters are not only natural wealth and ecological wealth, but also valuable assets containing huge economic and social value, scientifically clarifying that "protection" and "development" are not opposing options, but a unified body that can be transformed into each other and complement each other. The concept and practice of green mountains and clear waters being golden mountains and silver mountains demonstrates the most iconic and penetrating practical power of Xi Jinping's (习近平) ecological civilization thought. It opens up a realistic channel for the mutual transformation of "green" and "wealth," injecting a continuous stream of green momentum into Chinese-style modernization with its profound dialectics and outstanding practical wisdom, and also providing Chinese wisdom and Chinese solutions with great reference value for solving the global development and protection problems and achieving sustainable development.
Xi Jinping's (习近平) ecological civilization thought provides new ideas and directions for global ecological governance, demonstrating extraordinary world contributions.
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out in "Working Together to Build a Global Ecological Civilization and Striving to Build a Clean and Beautiful World": "Human beings have only one Earth, and protecting the ecological environment and promoting sustainable development are the common responsibilities of all countries." Xi Jinping's (习近平) ecological civilization thought, with the future of mankind in mind and the well-being of the people in mind, is a scientific answer to the Chinese question, the world question, the people's question, and the era question of ecological civilization construction under the historical conditions of complex and profound changes in the world situation, national conditions, and social conditions, making a huge contribution to promoting the construction of a fair, reasonable, and win-win global environmental governance system.
It has achieved a transcendence over Western environmental theory and the concept of sustainable development. For a long time, modern Western environmental theories that dominate global discourse have mostly overemphasized human interests in the relationship between humans and nature, believing that protecting nature only serves human needs, or are limited to the dichotomy of "anthropocentrism" and "ecocentrism," or are trapped in the instrumental rationalist myth of technological supremacy and market omnipotence, or succumb to the ecological resource plunder and global governance imbalance dominated by capital logic. The Western concept of sustainable development also focuses on solving basic problems such as poverty, hunger, and environmental sanitation, and fails to reflect higher-order goals such as pursuing high-quality development and high-level protection, making it difficult to provide truly fair, inclusive, and sustainable global solutions when solving the increasingly severe global ecological crisis. Xi Jinping's (习近平) ecological civilization thought abandons the divisive thinking in Western theories, on the one hand, it puts forward the important concept of "community of life on Earth," emphasizing that ecological civilization construction is related to the future of mankind and must strengthen cooperation, surpassing modern Western environmental theories from the dimension of global ecological civilization construction and ecological environment governance; on the other hand, it clearly surpasses the alienation of ecological governance by capital logic, takes solving prominent ecological environment problems as a priority area for people's livelihood, emphasizes adhering to ecological benefits for the people, ecological benefits for the people, and ecology for the people, reflecting the value position of people first, and injecting a strong moral force into building a more fair and reasonable new order of global ecological governance.
The green "Belt and Road" is an important practice of Xi Jinping's (习近平) ecological civilization thought on a global scale. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out in "Actively Building a 'Green Silk Road'": "Strive to build the 'Belt and Road' into a road of peace, a road of prosperity, a road of openness, a road of green, a road of innovation, and a road of civilization." Global sustainable development is often trapped in structural difficulties, and systemic ecological crises call for close and efficient global cooperation. However, the traditional development cooperation system has long separated development and environmental protection, forcing many developing countries to overdraw ecological capital under the pressure of growth, falling into a vicious circle of "**先污染后治理**" (xiān wū rǎn hòu zhì lǐ - "pollute first, then treat," addressing pollution only after it has occurred) or "growth without development," exacerbating global ecological injustice and becoming a huge obstacle to building a community of life on Earth. President Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out at the opening ceremony of the "Belt and Road" International Cooperation Summit Forum: "We must practice the new concept of green development, advocate green, low-carbon, circular, and sustainable production and lifestyle, strengthen ecological and environmental protection cooperation, build ecological civilization, and jointly achieve the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals." Green is the distinct background color and inherent attribute of the "Belt and Road." Jointly building a green "Belt and Road" is to explore a "green mountains and clear waters are golden mountains and silver mountains" "Belt and Road" and a road to green development and common prosperity. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) personally advocated and promoted the integration of the green development concept into the "Belt and Road" initiative in an all-round and in-depth manner. From top-level design to implementation, "green" has become the core factor running through infrastructure "hard connectivity," rules and standards "soft connectivity," and people-to-people "heart connectivity." Massively transferring advanced clean energy technologies such as photovoltaic and wind power to co-construction countries, establishing institutionalized platforms such as the "Belt and Road" Green Development International Alliance, and systematically sharing environmental governance experience... The green "Belt and Road" provides highly persuasive Chinese wisdom and Chinese solutions for solving global development difficulties and promoting common prosperity with tangible and touchable cooperation results.
Building a community of life on Earth is a major innovation in solving global development problems. The Earth is the common and only home of mankind. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out in "Jointly Building a Community of Life on Earth": "We must accelerate the formation of a green development mode, promote a win-win situation for economic development and environmental protection, and build an Earth home where economy and environment advance in coordination." General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) called on the international community to strengthen cooperation, think in one direction and work in one direction, and jointly build a community of life on Earth. Building a community of life on Earth is an original concept proposed by General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) from the height of promoting sustainable human development to solve the current difficulties faced by human development. At present, global ecological crises such as climate change and biodiversity loss are deeply intertwined, the fragmentation and inefficiency of traditional governance systems are prominent, and human development is facing unprecedented systemic risks, urgently requiring a new concept that transcends narrow national interests and has a holistic vision and inclusive values to lead the transformation. The major concept of building a community of life on Earth profoundly understands the historical iron law that ecological prosperity and decline determine the survival of civilization, calls on the international community to transcend zero-sum games, establish a community consciousness of sharing weal and woe and sharing responsibilities, and place the common well-being of all mankind at the core of global governance. Xi Jinping's (习近平) ecological civilization thought closely links China's own development with the overall development of the world, links the fate of mankind with the widespread life on Earth, guides us to actively participate in global ecological environment governance, strengthen South-South cooperation, and promote sustainable human development, fully demonstrating China's historical responsibility as a participant, contributor, and leader in global ecological civilization construction.
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A thousand-mile dike is destroyed by an ant hole. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "Many leading cadres start by playing 'edge balls,' violating the Eight-Point Regulation, and eventually develop into major problems." "Edge ball" originally refers to a special hitting phenomenon in table tennis where the ball touches the edge of the table. Later, it was extended to refer to behaviors that touch the boundaries of policies and regulations and exploit loopholes in policies and regulations. Its essence is to use a superficially legal appearance to cover up an incompletely legal truth. In reality, playing "edge ball" has become a gray trick for some leading cadres to circumvent disciplinary constraints. However, this seemingly light "brush" against the edge of the rules is actually like a hidden sharp blade, gradually eroding the party spirit foundation of leading cadres.
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) at its core has taken the formulation and implementation of the Central Eight-Point Regulation as a starting point to vigorously strengthen the construction of work style and has achieved remarkable results. However, judging from the cases reported by discipline inspection and supervision commissions across the country, some leading cadres still harbor侥幸 (jiǎo xìng - "luck," a fluke mentality), attempting to use the "edge ball" technique to engage in violations. When accepting local specialties and shopping cards, they euphemistically call it "reciprocity," seemingly a small act of interpersonal interaction, but in reality, it is the beginning of violating integrity discipline; using the name of the collective to pursue the interests of small groups, treating public power as a tool for seeking personal gain; and so on. Behind these "workarounds" are the erroneous ideas of "not being strict with small matters" and "法不责众" (fǎ bù zé zhòng - "the law does not punish the masses," the idea that a large group cannot be punished) and a fluke mentality at play. They think their methods are clever and their reasons are sufficient, but they do not know that every "edge ball" is a dangerous test of the disciplinary red line, and every "workaround" is eroding the authority of the rules.
Playing "edge ball" is by no means a harmless cleverness. Its essence is the erosion of the awareness of rules and regulations, and it is also a chronic undermining of the authority of discipline. Rules and regulations have rigidity; they are iron rules and hard constraints. This rigidity is the fundamental prerequisite for them to exert their value and function. If rules and regulations become elastic "rubber bands," it will lead to the "broken window effect" and eventually become a mere scrap of paper. Our Party formulated and implemented the Central Eight-Point Regulation without adding the words "for trial implementation" to show a firm attitude, indicating that this regulation is rigid. Regulations are regulations, and they must play a restrictive role and be implemented in accordance with strict standards. The boundaries must be clear and must not be "brushed" over.
Jiao Yulu (焦裕禄) did not allow his son to "watch plays for free"; Gu Wenchang (谷文昌) had been dealing with forestry for many years. To avoid misunderstandings from the outside world, he chose to buy bamboo stools, rattan chairs, and stone dining tables; Gao Derong (高德荣) made a request when his daughter got married, not allowing his colleagues and friends to be invited, and absolutely not allowing him to host banquets in his name... These excellent leading cadres of our Party have almost "harsh" and "unreasonable" requirements for small matters and details, profoundly interpreting what is a firm sense of party consciousness. Honesty and integrity must be guarded from small matters and details, and there is no room for flexibility in abiding by rules and regulations. Leading cadres must break the迷思 (mí sī - "delusion," a false belief) that "small things do not need to be taken into account, as long as no mistakes are made on major issues," and clearly recognize that if small holes are not patched, big holes will suffer. If they always play "edge ball," the awe of rules and regulations will be disintegrated, and eventually, there will be a change from quantitative to qualitative, from small mistakes to big mistakes, and they will fall into a situation where the bottom line is lost and the big picture cannot be guaranteed.
To eliminate playing "edge ball," we must rely on enhancing the consciousness of party spirit to build a strong ideological dam against wanting to violate regulations; we must also rely on strict and effective institutional constraints to tighten the institutional cage against not being able to violate regulations. On the one hand, party members and cadres must take theoretical learning as a good prescription for "strengthening the body," deeply study and understand the essence of the spirit of the Central Eight-Point Regulation and its implementation rules, and constantly replenish the "calcium" of the spirit. Taking self-revolution as a "sharp scalpel," with the blade facing inward, often using typical cases as a mirror, in serious and earnest criticism and self-criticism, let integrity and self-discipline become a conscious pursuit in the depths of the heart. On the other hand, relevant departments should closely monitor the new trends of hidden and mutated extravagance and enjoyment, and promptly incorporate new forms of violations of discipline and law such as express delivery of gifts into the scope of supervision, so as to discover, stop, and investigate them as early as possible. Strike at变通 (biàn tōng - "expedient," flexibility) operations as soon as they emerge, forming a strong deterrent. At the same time, it is necessary to weave a three-dimensional supervision network, unblock channels for mass supervision and public opinion supervision, and make good use of new platforms and new methods such as government service mini-programs to let the ubiquitous "searchlights" illuminate all aspects of power operation, and use rigid discipline to make "edge balls" nowhere to hide.
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During the summer vacation, primary and secondary school students have more free time, increasing the likelihood of using electronic products such as mobile phones and telephone watches when traveling, going out, or being alone at home. Some criminals are setting their sights on children who are inexperienced.
Renting student WeChat accounts, stealing children's phone cards, and inducing minors to make fraudulent calls under the guise of "part-time jobs"... Criminals are trying various ways to use children for telecommunications fraud. How should students and parents identify and prevent this? The reporter conducted an interview.
Renting student WeChat accounts to impersonate acquaintances and commit fraud
Renting student WeChat accounts for more than 100 yuan per day, with payment in advance, is it really such a good deal? Beware of the risks behind it!
Not long ago, Wang (王某), a middle school student in Beijing (北京), fell into this trap. He saw an advertisement in a WeChat group for "renting WeChat accounts," with the promise of "not affecting normal use and settling rent daily." Tempted, Wang (王某) rented out his WeChat account. A few days later, the account was frozen for suspected fraud, and the police found him to cooperate with the investigation. It turned out that criminals used his account to impersonate acquaintances and commit fraud, involving tens of thousands of yuan.
Wang's (王某) experience is not an isolated case.
Entering the summer vacation, public security agencies in many places have reported that some criminals, under the guise of "short-term rental" and "borrowing for voting," lure students to rent out their personal WeChat accounts, and then use these accounts to carry out illegal and criminal activities such as telecommunications fraud and money laundering. Some students not only have their accounts blocked, but may also face legal prosecution.
"Social accounts such as WeChat are managed under a real-name system, and renting or lending accounts is suspected of violating platform rules. The real-name registration information of the account points to the account holder. Even if the user is not the account holder, if it involves illegal or criminal activities, the account holder must also bear corresponding responsibilities," said Fan Yu (范钰), a senior lawyer at Beijing Qinglv Law Firm (北京清律律师事务所). Once the rented account is used to commit a crime, the account holder may be held criminally liable. "In practice, even if the account renter does not know that the other party is renting the account for illegal or criminal activities, if they fail to verify the other party's purpose or there is an obviously unreasonable high return, they still need to bear corresponding responsibilities," said Fan Yu (范钰).
Wang Jia (王佳), a police officer from the Chaoyang Branch of the Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau (北京市公安局朝阳分局), reminded: Do not easily believe "high-price account rental" advertisements, any request to provide an account and password may be fraud; do not help strangers unblock accounts to avoid being used for illegal activities; strengthen account security protection and change passwords regularly.
Stealing children's watch phone cards to send phishing text messages and make fraudulent calls
Recently, many primary school students' parents in a certain area received text messages stating that the supplementary phone cards for their children's telephone watches had been blocked for suspected fraud. Parents reported that their children had been asked by strangers outside the school to borrow their telephone watches to make calls because their mobile phones were out of power, and the returned telephone watches could no longer make or receive calls.
Inspection revealed that the phone cards in the telephone watches were missing. "We lost a phone card, and there were no other losses, so we didn't take it to heart." It was not until they received the blocking text message and the police came to investigate that the parents realized that the phone card had been used for fraud.
These stolen phone cards are becoming "accomplices" of overseas fraud groups.
According to the descriptions of many students, the police immediately launched a tracking investigation and cracked down on a criminal gang spanning Fujian (福建), Jiangxi (江西), and Hunan (湖南) provinces, specializing in stealing children's telephone watch phone cards to carry out telecommunications and online fraud. The suspects sold the stolen phone cards to fraud gangs through overseas chat software for 200 yuan per card. These cards were used to send phishing text messages and make fraudulent calls, with each card generating an average of more than 30 abnormal communication records per day.
"The phone card in the telephone watch has call and data usage functions," said Hou Yuxin (侯玉鑫), captain of the New Crime Investigation Team of the Criminal Investigation Brigade of the Lixia Branch of the Jinan Municipal Public Security Bureau (济南市公安局历下分局) in Shandong Province (山东省). Criminals have seized on the fact that children lack social experience and have weak discernment abilities, and are often willing to help others, so they have turned their attention to them.
Hou Yuxin (侯玉鑫) introduced that scammers usually lie about their mobile phones being out of power or lost, approach children and borrow their telephone watches, and take the opportunity to steal the phone card or replace it with a discarded card. Many scammers also lure children to "swipe orders" on designated platforms under the guise of "scanning codes to receive prizes," "game recharges," and "unblocking anti-addiction mode."
Hou Yuxin (侯玉鑫) reminded that parents must help their children establish anti-fraud awareness and tell them not to easily lend their telephone watches, mobile phones and other communication tools to strangers. Parents should also tell their children that adults usually seek help from adults, and basically do not seek help from minors.
Parents can set complex passwords or pattern locks for telephone watches to prevent others from using them without permission, and set function permissions according to the child's actual usage. Parents can also set important contacts as "whitelist" members of the telephone watch's call list, allowing them to only talk to trusted contacts, thereby reducing the risk of being defrauded.
"Once you find that the phone card of a child's watch has been stolen or lost, you should immediately contact the operator to report the loss of the account and cancel the stolen phone card to avoid being used by criminals," said Hou Yuxin (侯玉鑫). If you are unfortunately defrauded, you should report the case to the public security organs in a timely manner, provide relevant evidence, and assist the police in cracking down on crime.
Publishing false part-time job information to make minors become fraud "mouthpieces"
Xiao Zhang (小张), a 15-year-old junior high school student in Hangzhou (杭州), Zhejiang (浙江), loves e-sports games. Some time ago, a group message in an "order-taking WeChat group" saying "earning 120 yuan per hour for helping people play games" made him quite tempted.
Xiao Zhang (小张) then added the WeChat of "customer service." "The other party asked me to prepare two mobile phones and download a chat software I had never heard of." "Customer service" asked Xiao Zhang (小张) to open a video call on the chat software on one mobile phone, and use the other mobile phone to dial a designated phone number. Xiao Zhang (小张) did not need to speak throughout the process, just use the mobile phone with the video call to point at the mobile phone making the call. The content of the call was directly communicated by "customer service."
What were they saying on the phone? Xiao Zhang (小张) recalled afterwards that "customer service" would state the other party's name, saying that they had opened a certain live broadcast membership function half a year ago and now needed to renew it. If the other party needed to cancel, they would guide them to download the software. In this way, Xiao Zhang (小张) acted as a "human mobile phone interface" and made dozens of calls in two hours.
After completing the "task," Xiao Zhang (小张) asked the other party for 240 yuan in remuneration, but found that he had been blacklisted and his phone card had been frozen. Realizing that he had been deceived, Xiao Zhang (小张) told his parents about the matter, and his parents quickly took him to report the case to the police. The case is under further investigation.
"This is a typical case of enticing, luring, and recruiting minors to participate in the implementation of telecommunications and online fraud crimes," Luo Yongci (罗永此), captain of the Second Squadron of the Sixth Brigade of the Criminal Investigation Detachment of the Hangzhou Municipal Public Security Bureau (杭州市公安局刑侦支队) told reporters. Fraudsters use "easy + high salary" as bait to lure minors to lend out phone cards and act as "human mobile phone interfaces" to facilitate fraudsters in committing crimes.
"Involving paid behaviors such as 'sending text messages on behalf of others,' 'making phone calls on behalf of others,' and 'renting out phone cards and bank cards' may be suspected of illegal and criminal activities. If you encounter them, you should immediately refuse and report them to the public security department," said Luo Yongci (罗永此). For part-time job advertisements containing words such as "low threshold," "easy," and "high salary," you should be highly vigilant.
Luo Yongci (罗永此) suggested that when looking for a part-time job, you should check the relevant information of the company or verify the employer's information on the official recruitment platform. Do not easily believe recruitment information released only through private social accounts; any part-time job that requires paying a deposit first, downloading niche apps, or providing bank cards is suspected of fraud. If you encounter a similar situation, you should immediately report it to your parents, teachers, or ask the police for help, and you can call the anti-fraud hotline "96110".
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During the summer vacation, cases of telecommunications network fraud against students are on the rise. What forms does telecommunications network fraud take? How can it be effectively prevented? What should you do after encountering fraud?
Li Kui (李奎), a police officer from the Anti-Fraud Center of Hubei Province (湖北省), introduced that there are five main types of telecommunications network fraud encountered by students during the summer vacation:
Part-time job of fake transactions. Fraudsters release false part-time job information to attract students to participate in tasks such as fake transactions. "Fraudsters first issue small commissions to gain trust, and then further induce victims to download fraudulent applications, earning large commissions by doing 'big tasks,' causing victims to continuously increase their investment," said Li Kui (李奎).
Flight ticket refund and rescheduling. Fraudsters impersonate airline customer service, proactively offering refunds, compensation, or rescheduling services under the pretext of aircraft malfunction or flight delays, inducing victims to click on links and then committing fraud.
Purchasing performance tickets. Fraudsters release false ticket information on social platforms or second-hand trading platforms, demanding transfers and remittances under the pretext of "intermediary fees" and "security deposits" to commit fraud.
Buying and selling online game accounts and equipment. Fraudsters look for target buyers or sellers on game forums and trading platforms, guiding them to enter fake trading platforms or phishing websites, and finally inducing victims to transfer money to designated accounts under the pretext of frozen funds or operational failure to commit fraud.
Tuition refunds from educational institutions. Fraudsters forge official documents for institutional refunds, sending them to victims in the form of express letters, mass text messages, or private messages on social platforms, inducing victims to add fake customer service personnel, guiding them to operate refunds on fake platforms, or recharge and transfer money to designated accounts.
Luo Yongci (罗永此), the captain of the Second Squadron of the Sixth Brigade of the Criminal Investigation Detachment of the Hangzhou Public Security Bureau (杭州市公安局) in Zhejiang Province (浙江省), introduced that the number of cases of impersonating public security organs, procuratorates, and courts is increasing rapidly in telecommunications network fraud targeting minors. "Fraudsters use social and gaming platforms under the guise of 'star-chasing benefits' and 'free game skin props' to lure minors, and then disguise themselves as 'police officers' and 'lawyers' to contact minors," said Luo Yongci (罗永此). Fraudsters also force minors to obtain their family's mobile phones and induce them to transfer money.
Telecommunications network fraud is diverse and changes rapidly. How can it be effectively prevented? Li Kui (李奎) suggests: do not click on unknown links, do not easily trust strange calls, do not reveal personal information, and verify transfers and remittances multiple times.
What to do when encountering fraud? Li Kui (李奎) suggests: First, immediately dial 110 to report to the police, and ask the police to urgently stop payment on the relevant accounts in a timely manner to intercept the funds and prevent further losses; second, sort out and collect evidence, accurately and completely record the other party's chat account, account name, and the chat history between the two parties, and keep the remittance or transfer voucher; finally, go to the nearest police station to report the case as soon as possible.
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With the rise and evolution of a new round of technological revolution and industrial transformation, digital technologies represented by artificial intelligence (AI) are developing rapidly, profoundly affecting the evolution of the global political and economic landscape. The uneven distribution of global technological dividends has also become prominent, and the widening digital divide is becoming a key factor affecting global social equity and inclusive development. Currently, the digital divide is mainly manifested as "access divide," "usage divide," and "capability divide," and in the context of the development of AI technology, it has evolved into an "intelligence divide," exacerbating development imbalances and seriously restricting the potential for global economic growth. Faced with the historic opportunities and accompanying challenges brought about by AI technology, only by actively leveraging the constructive role of AI technology, breaking down technological barriers, promoting inclusive and universal internet development, and bridging the digital divide can we promote the shared benefits of global digital economic development.
Eliminating the digital divide has become a defining issue of our time for the international community.
Currently, the digital divide is manifested as an overlay of multi-dimensional divides in access, usage, and capabilities, becoming a prominent problem restricting the inclusive development of the global economy. First is the "access divide." According to data from the International Telecommunication Union, by the end of 2024, nearly 2.6 billion people worldwide still do not have internet access, accounting for 1/3 of the global population. In high-income countries, the number of people who can use the internet accounts for 93% of the total population, while in the least developed countries, the number of people using the internet accounts for only 35% of the total population, and in landlocked developing countries, only 39% of people are online. The problem of unbalanced digital development remains prominent. If the "access divide" is not bridged as soon as possible, the economic development of the global North and South will further diverge. Second is the "usage divide." In some countries and regions, due to imperfect digital infrastructure, insufficient skills training, and a lack of distinctive applications, people have different levels of mastery and breadth of use of digital technologies, and there are still significant gaps in the concepts and skills of using digital technologies. At the same time, groups such as the elderly and people with disabilities are excluded from the digital society, which also increases the usage divide to some extent. Third is the "capability divide." With the acceleration of global digitalization, digital technology is gradually becoming a general-purpose technology. The digital divide is more reflected in the differences in the ability of different groups to acquire, process, and generate digital resources. Different levels of mastery of digital resources exacerbate social differentiation, further widening the gap between different countries and regions, and exacerbating the imbalance in global development.
Eliminating the digital divide has become a defining issue of our time for the international community. Various international organizations are constantly improving coordination mechanisms and building synergy to address the increasingly prominent challenges of the digital divide. Major countries and regions have successively introduced digital strategies, increasing investment in infrastructure construction in remote areas and improving the digital literacy of vulnerable groups.
China has always adhered to the concept of consultation, joint construction, and shared benefits in participating in global digital governance. Chinese President Xi Jinping (习近平) mentioned in his video address to the opening ceremony of the 2023 World Internet Conference Wuzhen Summit (2023年世界互联网大会乌镇峰会) that "we should accelerate the popularization of information services, narrow the digital divide, safeguard and improve people's livelihoods in the development of the internet, and enable more countries and people to share the fruits of internet development." In recent years, China has helped co-building countries and regions carry out digital infrastructure construction under the "Belt and Road" initiative, greatly improving the network coverage and digital capabilities of co-building countries and regions through the interconnection of infrastructure such as cross-border optical cables, 5G base stations, and data centers, and deepening South-South cooperation. China has helped Africa build 150,000 kilometers of communication backbone networks, with network services covering nearly 700 million user terminals.
The World Internet Conference (世界互联网大会) focuses on the theme of "building a community with a shared future in cyberspace" (携手构建网络空间命运共同体), and widely gathers the international community's consensus on development, industry, security, and governance through multilateral platforms such as the Wuzhen Summit (乌镇峰会) and the Asia-Pacific Summit, and releases report results such as "Empowering Global Sustainable Development with Inclusive Artificial Intelligence Governance," proposing measures to bridge the digital divide, collecting domestic and foreign public welfare AI projects through the "AI for Good Action Plan," proposing the establishment of a global collaborative mechanism for AI public welfare, and advocating technology for good.
The development of AI technology brings new challenges and opportunities.
The development of AI technology has led to a shift from the digital divide to the intelligence divide. With the evolution of AI technology, bridging the digital divide and the intelligence divide faces multiple challenges such as technological barriers, application difficulties, and rule obstacles: First, high-quality datasets, advanced computing resources, and core algorithm patents are highly concentrated in technologically advanced countries and leading enterprises. Some developing countries suffer from a severe shortage of computing resources, while about 40% of the world's core AI technology research and development is concentrated in China and the United States. The threshold for using algorithm tools and the ability to obtain data resources constitute new barriers. Developing countries face severe challenges in their technological upgrading process due to a shortage of data and computing facilities, weak technological foundations, and limited access to resources. Second, developing countries have obvious shortcomings in AI application deployment and continuous operation and maintenance. Insufficient network bandwidth, high latency, and unstable power supply seriously restrict the effective deployment and application of AI technology. Insufficient core algorithm development, model optimization, and system integration capabilities make it difficult to transform technology into application solutions adapted to local conditions. A lack of local technical talent reserves, insufficient funding, and a lack of operation and maintenance services further limit the sustainable development of AI services. Third, countries have significant differences in laws and regulations regarding data privacy protection, cross-border data flow, and algorithm transparency, and there is a lack of unified standards. Globally, 118 countries have not yet been effectively included in the international AI governance system, and only about 30% of developing countries (excluding the least developed countries) have introduced AI strategies and policies. Developing countries generally face the problem of insufficient rule adaptability and excessively high compliance costs, which restricts the promotion, cooperation, and development of AI technology.
AI also injects new impetus into bridging the digital divide. First, technological innovation helps share inclusive results. With breakthroughs in lightweight models and edge computing technology, the application capabilities of AI in areas with limited computing resources have been improved. Taking DeepSeek (DeepSeek) developed in China as an example, through algorithm optimization and architecture simplification, it significantly reduces computing power dependence, enabling large models to operate efficiently in resource-constrained environments. For example, some lightweight large models can still stably support medical image analysis, agricultural production guidance, and educational auxiliary teaching scenarios in areas with weak infrastructure, bringing inclusive technological dividends to resource-scarce areas. Second, AI provides good conditions for improving digital literacy. Technologies such as large language models, intelligent translation, and speech recognition reduce language barriers for people in various countries. Content recommendation mechanisms based on machine learning deliver personalized information, helping knowledge education and skills training, and building a lifelong learning ecosystem for all. Intelligent voice interaction, image recognition, and other technologies help people with disabilities cross the digital divide. Third, resource openness promotes global cooperation and efficiently integrates elements. Open-source models and global data sharing mechanisms help reduce the technical application threshold for developing countries. Taking open-source platforms such as Hugging Face as an example, multiple high-quality basic models are open to global use. The open resource model promotes the sharing and integration of code, data, algorithms, and other element resources, and promotes the formation of efficient solutions in key areas such as government affairs, education, and healthcare.
Governments, enterprises, international organizations, and other entities form a joint force to jointly address the challenges brought about by technological change.
To bridge the digital divide and the intelligence divide, governments, enterprises, international organizations, and other entities need to form a joint force, focusing on the construction of AI technology and application ecology, the improvement of digital literacy and capacity building, multilateral cooperation and institutional coordination, and jointly respond to the challenges brought about by technological change with inclusive AI development and governance, and explore feasible paths for cooperation and win-win results.
First, create an inclusive and open technology and application ecosystem. In the era of AI and big data, open source should be expanded from a single source code opening to a "Open Resource" covering multiple elements, forming a public product for global technological innovation and knowledge production. We call on enterprises to actively assume social responsibility, promote resource openness, accelerate the open sharing of resources such as data, algorithms, and models, and build an open and collaborative AI ecosystem. Faced with the reality that AI systems are difficult to adapt to the low computing power, weak networks, and unstable power supply in developing countries, we call on enterprises to promote the research and development of technologies such as lightweight models and distributed computing, improve system deployment efficiency through architecture simplification and algorithm optimization, and develop intelligent technologies with strong adaptability and controllable costs, helping to build an inclusive AI ecosystem. We encourage enterprises to prioritize the deployment of intelligent products in people's livelihood fields such as education, healthcare, and public services, and effectively improve the accessibility and adaptability of intelligent services in remote and resource-scarce areas.
Second, improve public digital literacy and strengthen capacity building. The premise of technological inclusion is the popularization of capabilities. Governments of all countries should assist in cultivating local technical forces and build an education and training system covering the global South and the grassroots of various countries. We call on governments of all countries to promote AI education cooperation globally, encourage technologically advanced countries to open talent exchange channels to developing countries, strengthen North-South cooperation, carry out remote education, short-term training, and transnational joint training programs, enhance the capabilities of global South countries in technology acquisition, service application, operation and maintenance, and enhance their initiative and sustainability in technological upgrading.
Third, improve multilateral institutional arrangements and promote the formation of a global governance pattern of consultation, joint construction, and shared benefits. At present, there are significant North-South gaps, rule fragmentation, and imperfect governance mechanisms in global AI development. All parties should strengthen policy coordination and resource integration around key areas such as technological ethics, security supervision, capacity building, standard mutual recognition, and data governance, and promote the construction of an open, fair, and non-discriminatory technological development environment. Various international organizations should actively build cross-border collaboration platforms, coordinate resource allocation, and enhance the voice and institutional participation of developing countries in global AI governance. We call on all parties to use multilateral platforms to strengthen South-South cooperation, North-South cooperation, and tripartite cooperation, provide adaptive technical assistance and financial support, establish special capacity-building funds, and promote the balanced layout of digital infrastructure globally.
Bridging the digital divide is the inherent meaning of promoting global inclusive development, and it is also the common responsibility of maintaining fairness and justice in the digital age. Faced with the increasingly urgent development demands of global South countries, the development and governance of AI need to adhere to the value orientation of inclusive sharing and inclusive development, gather the largest common denominator of common prosperity in open cooperation, enable technological dividends to benefit the people of all countries, and promote the construction of a more just and reasonable new order of global digital governance.
(The author is the Secretary-General of the World Internet Conference (世界互联网大会秘书长)).
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At 7:48 AM, at the Hongtudi (红土地) subway station in Chongqing (重庆), the train pulled into the station and opened its doors. A group of farmers carrying bamboo baskets filed out and headed straight for the air-raid shelter basket-carrying farmer assistance space not far from the subway station.
To solve the problem of farmers selling vegetables in the city, Shichuan Town (石船镇) in Yubei District (渝北区) joined hands with the air-raid shelter management company last year to transform an idle air-raid shelter near the Hongtudi (红土地) subway station into a centralized sales point for agricultural products. Every Saturday from 8:00 AM to 11:00 AM, the air-raid shelter opens for "business" on time.
In order to regulate the order of the stalls, Shichuan Town (石船镇) issued stall tickets in advance, and the farmers entered the venue with their tickets. Before 8 o'clock, the farmers placed their bamboo baskets behind the yellow lines of more than 100 stalls, displayed their vegetables, and the sounds of hawking and laughter were endless.
"We don't charge stall fees. The vegetables brought by subway are fresh and cheap. Some citizens even come from other districts to buy them!" said Wang Zilin (王紫琳), a staff member of the air-raid shelter management company.
In order to improve the comfort of the stalls, the street where the air-raid shelter is located and the management company have added several "water air conditioners" in the cave to cool down, and also prepared free porridge, herbal tea, and emergency medicine kits. "The temperature inside the cave is 26 degrees Celsius," said Wang Zilin (王紫琳).
After 9 o'clock, some farmers had already sold out their vegetables. Grandpa Hu (胡大爷) from Huangling Village (黄岭村) sold out the vegetables he carried in just over an hour. "180 yuan in hand, back to the village!" As the farmers left one after another, the staff quickly entered the venue to clean up.
The passenger flow of the air-raid shelter basket-carrying farmer assistance space has increased from the initial daily average of 500 people to 1,000 to 3,000 people. "Several air-raid shelters here are connected to each other. Many citizens who have finished buying vegetables will stroll around in the air-raid shelter, which has boosted the business of hot pot restaurants, teahouses and other shops," Wang Zilin (王紫琳) introduced.
(Yu Cancan (余灿灿) participated in the writing)
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"My hometown is good, the house is small and deep in the mountains, the clear water in the river is good for washing feet, and the big tree in front of the door provides good shade..." In Lanfu Chong, Shatianshan Township, Ningxiang City, Hunan Province, this poem written by the older generation of proletarian revolutionaries, Xie Juezai (谢觉哉), has been set to music and sung.
A brick and wood structure house, facing farmland in the front and backing onto a hillside, is nestled among green hills and clear waters. This is the former residence of Xie Juezai (谢觉哉).
Recently, the former residence welcomed a group of special visitors - 12 young party members from the Ningxiang City People's Court (宁乡市人民法院). They came here to listen to a mobile micro-Party lesson entitled "Family Style is No Small Matter: Seeing the Original Intention in the Details - Family Education and Family Style in Xie Juezai's (谢觉哉) Family Letters."
"Today, we will have a dialogue across time and space with this fellow villager through Xie Juezai's (谢觉哉) family letters." At 3 p.m., Wu Yajun (吴亚军), a lecturer at the Ningxiang Municipal Party School (宁乡市委党校), began her lecture on time.
"On January 2, 1944, Xie (谢) wrote in a letter to his first wife, He Dunxiu (何敦秀): He wanted them to learn to work - farming, digging, chopping wood, picking up manure, feeding pigs, and sweeping the floor. If I come home one day, I don't want to see a group of refined children, but rather 'those who can pick up and put down' with rough hands and feet. Because this is a good atmosphere for the family, and also a good atmosphere for the place." Stepping over the threshold of the main hall, after everyone stood still, Wu Yajun (吴亚军) slowly recounted the contents of Xie Juezai's (谢觉哉) family letter.
Wu Yajun (吴亚军) also told the story of Xie Juezai's (谢觉哉) youngest son, Xie Yaxu (谢亚旭). Once, when Xie Yaxu (谢亚旭) was a child, he went to bed without finishing his homework because it was difficult. Xie Juezai (谢觉哉) came home after a meeting at night, walked to the bed and woke Xie Yaxu (谢亚旭) up, and stayed with him until he had solved the difficult problem before resting. Afterwards, Xie Juezai (谢觉哉) earnestly taught his son that he had to learn something, and that he could not do without a spirit of hard work. If the homework was difficult, it would not be difficult if he was determined to delve into it.
"Xie Juezai (谢觉哉) not only required his family to be thrifty, but also to be honest and upright." Passing through the stove room from the main hall, everyone came to the bedroom of Xie Lianbo (谢廉伯), Xie Juezai's (谢觉哉) eldest son. On the desk, in the most conspicuous position, was a family letter framed in wood. The content was as follows: "Zigu (子谷), Lianbo (廉伯): It is human nature for sons to want to see their father, and for fathers to want to see their sons. At the moment you are very poor, and the north is a year of famine, with people starving to death; it is not easy for you to raise travel expenses, and when you get here, I will have to find you a place to live and eat, which is also a troublesome matter... You will say that my official position is a 'Jiao Guan (焦官)'. Yes, if an 'official' is not 'Jiao (焦)', the world will be in chaos; if an 'official' is 'Jiao (焦)', he will turn 'chaos' into peace..."
That was in 1950, when Xie Juezai (谢觉哉) received a letter from his hometown, saying that his two sons were going to Beijing (北京) to see him. This was originally a good thing for father and son to reunite, but Xie Juezai (谢觉哉) poured cold water on his sons through a reply.
"The Ningxiang (宁乡) dialect 'Jiao Guan (焦官)' refers to an official who does not make money," said Liu Jia (刘佳), a young party member who participated in the study.
"There is also a poem by Xie Juezai (谢觉哉) that is widely circulated in Ningxiang (宁乡): You say I am a high official, my official is like Zhou Laoguan (周老倌); I get up early and sleep late, and I feel at ease when I can do more." said Li Hongbo (李红波), a staff member of the Ningxiang City People's Court (宁乡市人民法院).
After listening to everyone's words, Wu Yajun (吴亚军) nodded and continued: "The Zhou Laoguan (周老倌) mentioned here, whose surname is Zhou (周) and name is Qicai (奇才), is a diligent old hired farmer from the same village as Xie Juezai (谢觉哉). Xie Juezai (谢觉哉) used him to compare himself, to tell everyone that he was not an official, but a worker. He was also telling his children that the official he was doing was a 'quartermaster' of the new society."
"After listening to the lesson, I realized the significance of honesty and selflessness even more. Old Xie (谢) is very worthy of our study." said Lei Lin (雷琳), a student, as she leaned closer to the family letter, wanting to see it clearly.
"Old Xie (谢) also required his family to be self-reliant." Everyone came to Xie Juezai's (谢觉哉) room, and Wu Yajun (吴亚军) pointed to Xie Juezai's (谢觉哉) photo on the wall and said, "Old Xie (谢) did not allow his children to eat public meals or take public cars, and he did not 'open the back door' for his children."
"Xie Juezai's (谢觉哉) boundary between public and private is worth learning from," said Xiang Xuan (向璇), a student. "As a political worker in a grassroots court, I need to be fair and just at all times in my work, and I must not allow human relations to take advantage of loopholes."
At the end of the course, Wu Yajun (吴亚军) and everyone slowly walked out of the former residence. "Xie Juezai (谢觉哉) set an example by his own actions and paid attention to teaching his children by words and deeds. Without the family motto and style of '厚德载物、勤俭持家 (hòu dé zài wù, qín jiǎn chí jiā - "great virtue carries all things, diligence and thrift manage the family," a person with great virtue can manage great responsibilities and a family should be run with diligence and thrift),' there would be no Party style and political style of 'serving the masses and being honest and serving the people'," said Wu Yajun (吴亚军).
Qin Yuekun (秦岳坤), deputy secretary of the Ningxiang Municipal Discipline Inspection Commission (宁乡市纪委) and deputy director of the Supervisory Commission (监委), introduced that Ningxiang City (宁乡市) continues to promote the construction of a clean culture, actively uses the red culture around it, and incorporates micro-Party lessons such as "Family Style is No Small Matter: Seeing the Original Intention in the Details - Family Education and Family Style in Xie Juezai's (谢觉哉) Family Letters" into the integrity education of Party members and cadres, as an important part of the training of discipline inspection cadres, to help everyone build a family defense line against corruption and degeneration, so that everyone can learn something and let the course enter their minds and hearts.
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Don't allow children to eat at the public's expense or ride in public cars, and even more so, don't give children a "back door" (**走后门** zǒu hòu mén - "go through the back door," to gain favor through connections); require them to study diligently, work hard, and be thrifty and frugal... Opening up Xie Juezai's (谢觉哉) family letters, behind each sentence of admonition and exhortation to his family members, is the vivid inheritance of a good family tradition and education.
A good family cannot be separated from a good family tradition and education. For Party member leading cadres, family tradition is not only related to a family, but also to the Party's conduct, government conduct, and social customs. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized: "Party members, cadres, especially leading cadres, must be honest in their conduct, thrifty in managing their families, clean in their work, and honest in their political affairs, manage themselves and their families well, and cultivate the good family tradition of Communists in the new era."
Paying attention to family tradition and education has always been a fine tradition of our Party. Comrade Mao Zedong (毛泽东) once established the "three principles" of "loving relatives but not being partial to them for personal gain, remembering the old but not seeking benefits for them, and helping relatives but not supporting them"; Comrade Zhou Enlai (周恩来) formulated "ten family rules" and warned leading cadres to pass the ideological test, political test, social test, relatives test, and life test... Looking back at the history of the Party, the older generation of proletarian revolutionaries set an example by personally demonstrating and governing their families with self-discipline, setting an example for cultivating good family traditions and education. Countless Chinese Communists have taken the red family tradition as a "family heirloom" (**传家宝** chuán jiā bǎo - "family heirloom," a treasure passed down through generations), forging it into an invaluable spiritual wealth.
Today, let us revisit these warm letters, draw wisdom and strength from each family letter, deeply cultivate patriotic feelings, and cultivate good family traditions.
Return to TopBy: 王 芳
Digital tools should not diminish the depth of reading, but rather expand its dimensions; algorithms should not limit people's horizons, but rather provide precise anchors for the desire for knowledge.
Imagine such a scene: a reader holds a paper book, gently turns the pages, reads attentively, and an artificial intelligence assistant in the headphones answers questions at any time. Today, the development of media and technology is reshaping the way knowledge is acquired, reconstructing the relationship between content and readers, and bringing new possibilities to the publishing industry.
The 22nd National Reading Survey shows that in 2024, the book reading rate of adult citizens in China was 59.9%, and the contact rate of digital reading methods was 80.6%. In this transformation of knowledge dissemination methods, how many ways are there to open a book?
Taking foreign language textbooks as an example, from the initial paper books to multimedia textbooks with tapes and CDs, to digital resource systems integrating sound and video... books have broken through the limitations of carriers and connected to massive digital resources. The application of new technologies is not simply converting paper content into digital resources, but changing the way knowledge is presented. Many textbooks are designed from the beginning to focus on digital courses and supplement with paper books; some textbooks are also equipped with artificial intelligence software to provide an immersive learning environment.
Learning resources have become richer than ever before, but people's time and attention are diluted. How to help users find suitable content and establish real-time, close, and two-way connections with users has become an inevitable issue for publishing institutions.
Changes are taking place. Online, digital textbooks and smart learning aids, as "outposts" for information collection, can capture key information in teaching in real time, form user profiles through big data, judge users' learning levels, and then provide personalized learning plans; offline, publishing institutions gradually strengthen long-term relationships with readers through activities, competitions, training, and other methods.
On internet platforms, carriers such as short videos provide users with more convenient channels for knowledge acquisition due to their immediacy and interactivity. This prompts changes in market demand and brings pressure for transformation and upgrading to the publishing industry. Publishing institutions should deeply consider how to take digital transformation as a starting point, while adhering to the core of knowledge value, reconstruct content production methods, and continuously expand the influence of high-quality content; they should deeply consider how to clarify segmented fields, take a professional development path, and create differentiated advantages and core competitiveness; they should also deeply consider how to promote technological innovation, gradually cultivate independent research and development teams, master key technologies, and achieve control over the entire digital publishing chain.
From bamboo and wooden slips to paper books, to digital reading and integrated reading, what has changed is the carrier of knowledge, and what remains unchanged is the value of reading. Digital tools should not diminish the depth of reading, but rather expand its dimensions; algorithms should not limit people's horizons, but rather provide precise anchors for the desire for knowledge. The way to open a book may vary in thousands of ways, but the functional positioning of enlightening the mind should always be consistent.
(The author is the Party Secretary of Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press (外研社) under Beijing Foreign Studies University (北京外国语大学), compiled by Wu Yue (吴月), reporter of this newspaper)
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 洪秋婷
A gentle breeze rises on a summer night, and the artistic charm of Southern Guangdong is rich. After finishing work, Ms. Zheng, who lives in the Tianhe District (天河区) of Guangzhou (广州), Guangdong Province (广东省), did not go home, but came to the Guangdong Provincial Cultural Center (广东省文化馆) near her workplace. Pushing open the door of the art evening class classroom, she changed into her dance shoes, the music started, and under the guidance of a professional teacher, Ms. Zheng stretched her body and danced to her heart's content.
Ms. Zheng signed up for three dance classes in one go for this year's summer session of the art evening class. Why choose the art evening class? Ms. Zheng told reporters that the main reason was to find a convenient way to exercise after work, "Dancing and sweating makes me feel relaxed!"
In June of this year, in order to accelerate the construction of a national art popularization system and better meet the diversified needs of the people for cultural and artistic education, the Guangdong Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism (广东省文化和旅游厅) integrated the night training resources of public cultural venues throughout the province and launched the art evening class benefit project. The project focuses on the golden evening hours, with cultural centers at the provincial, municipal, and county levels as the main positions, using classrooms, theaters, and exhibition spaces of cultural centers at all levels to deliver high-quality cultural resources to the grassroots.
It is reported that the first batch of courses starts with the summer session, linking more than 60 cultural venues throughout the province, mobilizing broad participation from social forces, and setting up 201 high-quality courses to improve the cultural literacy of the masses with diverse art training courses.
By clicking on the "Cultural Guangdong (文化广东)" APP or mini-program, you can complete intelligent search, course booking, and online registration... In the art evening class service area of the "Cultural Guangdong (文化广东)" platform, users can see online displays of high-quality courses from cultural centers throughout Guangdong (广东).
Convenient geographical location and rich and diverse courses are the key to attracting everyone. Employees working in the Creative Building (创意大厦) in Huangpu District (黄埔区), Guangzhou (广州) can walk a few minutes to the nearby cultural center to learn oil painting, calligraphy, Chinese dance and other courses; in Xiashan District (霞山区), Zhanjiang (湛江), residents can take a walk after dinner to the public cultural service center to learn vocal music, piano... Staggered sharing not only effectively revitalizes public cultural venue resources, but also delivers art to the "doorstep" of the masses.
Layered customization, striving to bring the art evening class to everyone's heart. On the course schedule, diverse and distinctive courses are very attractive - families with children can choose "picture book co-reading" to share warm moments; urban office workers can choose yoga classes to relieve physical and mental stress; art lovers can deeply experience jade carving line drawing, woodblock New Year paintings, and intangible cultural heritage Hanfu sewing. "The teachers are very good, teaching professionally and enthusiastically, and I feel that I have gained a lot," said Ms. Zheng.
Guangdong Province (广东省) also encourages cities to explore opening special courses: Shenzhen (深圳市) has launched courses such as electric guitar pop song playing and digital painting generation; Chaozhou (潮州市) has launched courses such as Chaozhou (潮州) music string poetry, single bush tea tasting, and big gong and drum techniques; Jieyang (揭阳市) has launched courses with distinctive local characteristics such as dragon and lion routines, allegro Yingge, and Southern Branch Boxing combat.
"The art evening class is taught by artists from professional troupes, university teachers, and representative inheritors of intangible cultural heritage, and selects outstanding backbone teachers from social art institutions to participate, while absorbing cultural volunteers with special skills to assist in teaching, which strongly guarantees the professional quality of art courses," said the relevant person in charge of the Guangdong Provincial Cultural Center (广东省文化馆).
Return to TopThis newspaper's Beijing (北京) August 5th dispatch (Reporter Shi Fang (施芳)) The inaugural meeting of the Xicheng District (西城区) Museum Alliance of Beijing (北京市) was held on the 5th at the Tianqiao Impression Museum (天桥印象博物馆). The first batch of members includes 33 museums, covering state-owned museums under the Xicheng District (西城区), industry museums, non-state-owned museums, and memorial halls. Alliance members will innovate cultural service offerings through inter-museum and cross-regional collaboration, launching more interactive and highly engaging cultural activities, making museums the "cultural living room" and "second classroom" for citizens.
In recent years, Xicheng District (西城区) has comprehensively promoted the construction of a "City of Museums," with 36 registered museums, accounting for 14.9% of the registered museums in Beijing (北京市). On the same day, Beijing Liubiju Museum (北京六必居博物馆), Beijing Fuli Cloth Shoes Culture Museum (北京福履布鞋文化博物馆), Tianqiao Impression Museum (天桥印象博物馆), and Ancient Pottery Civilization Museum (古陶文明博物馆) received the first batch of Xicheng District (西城区) museum support funds, covering multiple projects such as establishment registration subsidies, fixed amount subsidies, and operational support funds. On April 8, 2024, Xicheng District (西城区) released the "Beijing (北京市) Xicheng District (西城区) Measures for the Management of Support Funds for Encouraging Social Forces to Establish Museums (Provisional)," guiding policies and financial support to stimulate the enthusiasm of social forces to participate in museum construction.
Return to TopIn recent years, Jixi City (鸡西市), Heilongjiang Province (黑龙江省), aiming to create a National Garden City, has deeply implemented the "Park+" initiative and continued to focus on "greening" efforts. By constructing a multi-level park system composed of urban parks, community parks, and pocket parks, the vision of "seeing green when opening windows and entering parks when stepping out" has become a reality. Among them, the pocket parks scattered throughout the streets and alleys, like scattered pearls, with their "small but beautiful" appearance, have become a vivid footnote to the city's warmth and civilized foundation.
Since the "14th Five-Year Plan," Jixi City's (鸡西市) landscaping construction has pressed the "acceleration key," newly building 12 urban parks such as Azalea Garden (阿塞利亚花园), Songlin Road Fitness Park (松林路健身公园), and Lian Zheng Park (廉政公园), creating 77 pocket parks and micro-green spaces, adding 250 hectares of green space, upgrading 100 hectares of park green space, and adding 42 kilometers of greenways. A set of eye-catching data has witnessed the city's "green transformation": the per capita park green space area has increased from 11.48 square meters in 2020 to 19.86 square meters in 2025, and the coverage rate of park green space service radius has increased from 62.94% to 88.36%. More and more citizens do not need to travel far to "bump into" greenery.
The construction of pocket parks is a vivid practice of Jixi City (鸡西市) implementing the people-centered development philosophy. Focusing on the goal of "seeing green within 300 meters and seeing a park within 500 meters" and reaching a park green space within a 10-minute walk, Jixi City (鸡西市) cleverly makes use of "corner articles," revitalizing the "fragmented spaces" in the city through methods such as planting greenery in gaps and renovating idle land. At the same time, adhering to the principle of "respecting nature," the city strictly protects the original topography and old trees, and gives priority to the selection of native tree species, allowing the parks to naturally blend with the urban texture.
In the design stage, Jixi City (鸡西市) specially invited a professional team to plan according to the Northeast climate and local characteristics, putting the needs of the people first. Focusing on the "elderly and young" groups, the functions of the parks are constantly enriched and expanded: the "Sanwei Study" (三味书屋) and "Baicao Garden" (百草园) public service stations in Azalea Garden (阿塞利亚花园) allow citizens to enjoy the fun of reading while resting; the children's play facilities and roller skating venues in Muling River Ecological Leisure Park (穆棱河生态休闲公园) and Songlin Road Fitness Park (松林路健身公园) have become happy places for children to play and run; the pavilions, corridors, and seats in Songwen Street Park (松文街游园) and Nanyuan Street Park (南园街游园) provide the elderly with a comfortable space to get close to nature and chat about their daily lives. These pocket parks are not only landscape nodes, but also carry multiple functions such as neighborhood social interaction, leisure and fitness, and science education.
Today, walking through the streets and alleys of Jixi (鸡西), pocket parks are dotted everywhere. The elderly practice Tai Chi in the shade of trees in the morning, children play and chase in the playground, and young parents stroll and enjoy the flowers while pushing strollers... Within a small space, a picture full of the atmosphere of daily life and happiness is outlined. Jixi's (鸡西) urban taste is constantly improving, and the citizens' sense of gain and happiness is continuously enhanced.
From "greening up" to "beautifying," and then to "revitalizing," Jixi City (鸡西市) uses pocket parks as a fulcrum to leverage the dual improvement of urban functions and people's well-being. These exquisite and compact "city cards" allow more people to understand Jixi's (鸡西) ecological beauty, civilized charm, and path to happiness while seeing green when opening windows and enjoying the scenery while moving.
Data source: Publicity Department of the CPC Jixi Municipal Committee (中共鸡西市委宣传部)
Return to TopMap by: Wang Zhepeng (汪哲平)
Return to TopAs the largest organ of the human body, the skin carries trillions of microbial communities. Recently, the research team of Aier Doctor, a brand under Shandong Freda Biotechnology Co., Ltd. ("Freda Biotechnology" (山东福瑞达生物股份有限公司)), after eight years of intensive research, collected and analyzed tens of thousands of skin bacterial strains, constructed a healthy skin bacterial strain resource library targeting Chinese skin types, and successfully isolated, identified, and preserved more than 2,000 skin bacterial strains. This breakthrough marks a significant advancement for Aier Doctor in the field of skin microecology research.
Forward-looking Layout
Conducting Systematic Research on Skin Microecology
Freda Biotechnology incubated the Aier Doctor (瑷尔博士) brand with a forward-looking vision, focusing on the Chinese skin microecology, proposing the concept of microecological scientific skin care, and conducting systematic research.
The research team of Aier Doctor has shown that the balance of microbial communities is closely related to skin health. Focusing on the research of Chinese skin microecology, the Aier Doctor research team crossed the north and south of China, collected and analyzed tens of thousands of skin bacterial strains, constructed a healthy skin bacterial strain resource library, and successfully isolated, identified, and preserved more than 2,000 skin bacterial strains.
The research team of Aier Doctor conducted a comparative study on the facial flora of ideal skin populations and barrier-damaged populations. Relying on intelligent high-quality screening, whole-genome analysis, and transcriptome analysis technologies, they screened out Staphylococcus epidermidis with strong skin repair effects, numbered CCSM0287 (also known as "287 Barrier Bacteria" (287屏障菌)), and preserved it in the National Center for Germplasm Resources, with the preservation number CCTCC NO: M 2022779.
Through multi-omics joint analysis, the Aier Doctor research team fully revealed the mechanism of action of "287 Barrier Bacteria," that is, when the number of barrier bacteria on the skin surface increases, it can inhibit the colonization of harmful bacteria, maintain the balance of the flora, and its metabolites have positive effects on the skin barrier.
Daring to Break Through
Promoting the Innovative Transformation of Laboratory Results
Aier Doctor actively explores the scientific value transformation path of "287 Barrier Bacteria" and innovatively developed 287 Barrier Technology with "Dual Post-biotic Complex" as the main carrier. This technology can target and promote the growth of "287 Barrier Bacteria," synchronously strengthen the physical barrier and chemical barrier, so as to achieve efficient and rapid "interactive" full-skin barrier repair.
Aier Doctor uses 287 Barrier Technology to innovatively launch the 287 series of products. The 287 mask is equipped with 287 Barrier Technology, which targets and regulates the growth of "287 Barrier Bacteria," combined with the quadruple Centella asiatica matrix and Centella asiatica superconductor, forming a four-dimensional barrier repair force. The 287 lotion and cream integrate the exclusive 287 Barrier Technology and repair peptides, and design differentiated formulas for different skin types to achieve dual repair of exogenous supplementation and endogenous activation.
Aier Doctor independently developed the "Microecological Targeted Regulation Technology." By accurately identifying the flora imbalance mechanism behind different skin problems, it develops exclusive product lines for targeted purposes, realizing scientific regulation of the skin microecological system. In the construction of the scientific research system, Aier Doctor has also constructed four modules: basic research system, applied research system, product development system, and efficacy evaluation system. This complete closed-loop scientific research system not only supports the brand to achieve a leap-forward growth in sales, but also helps Aier Doctor's technology research to further innovate.
Innovative Exploration
Continuously Enhancing the Technological Strength of Domestic Brands
Aier Doctor's research results on "287 Barrier Bacteria" have been included by the International Federation of Societies of Cosmetic Chemists (IFSCC) and have been granted 2 national invention patent authorizations. Up to now, Aier Doctor has accumulated 53 national invention patent authorizations, and its scientific research team members have published 21 academic papers in professional journals.
With its forward-looking layout and scientific research innovation in the field of microecological skin care, Aier Doctor has become a well-known domestic skin care brand, and its products are widely favored by users. Since 2020, Freda Biotechnology and Aier Doctor have held five consecutive Skin Microecology Conferences, attracting many domestic and foreign experts to participate. With the deep integration of Freda Biotechnology's synthetic biology platform and Aier Doctor's microecological strategy, Aier Doctor will continue to deeply cultivate the field of scientific skin care and write a chapter in the development of domestic skin care brands.
Data source: Shandong Freda Biotechnology Co., Ltd.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 宋朝军
Yume Plum, peony, camellia... In Xinchengzi Town (新城子镇), Yongchang County (永昌县), Jinchang City (金昌市), Gansu Province (甘肃省), Zhao Shudong (赵述栋), the Party Branch Secretary of Xiwang Village (西湾村), and the villagers are counting the newly purchased flowers. Stepping out of a villager's home, Zhao Shudong (赵述栋) walked along the village road to inspect it. Rows of painted walls, brand-new streetlights, and rustic fences are arranged in order, some of which are being maintained and updated.
Looking at the increasingly beautiful village, Zhao Shudong (赵述栋) is very pleased. However, when he first **走马上任** (zǒu mǎ shàng rèn - "assume office immediately," to take up an official post), five years ago, Zhao Shudong (赵述栋) encountered unexpected "acclimatization" issues.
Why did he still experience "acclimatization" despite being familiar with the village and its people?
Zhao Shudong (赵述栋) is a native of Xiwang Village (西湾村), and the villagers all praise him for being steadfast and diligent.
Since he was familiar with the village and its people, why did he still experience "acclimatization" after becoming a village cadre?
Xiwang Village (西湾村) is the largest and most populous village in Xinchengzi Town (新城子镇). At that time, it was in a critical period of poverty alleviation, and the villagers had even greater expectations for "acquaintances." The shift in identity combined with anxiety about his abilities made Zhao Shudong (赵述栋) very uncomfortable. The renovation of housing projects was a "major test" for him.
At that time, more than 130 households in the village lived in adobe or brick houses. Although they were not dangerous houses, the quality was poor, and the living conditions were not good. To this end, combined with the "Red Beautiful Village" project construction that the county Party committee's organization department strived for for Xiwang Village (西湾村), the village decided to renovate these houses first.
"Kid, can you really guarantee that if you tear down the house, you will build a new one?" When the demolition and renovation work was about to begin, Grandpa Sun (孙大爷), who had originally signed the consent form, became worried again. There were quite a few villagers with similar ideas, temporarily backing down, not cooperating, not understanding the policies... For a time, Zhao Shudong (赵述栋) was so anxious that he scratched his head.
"I grew up in front of you all. Uncle, do you believe me?" Zhao Shudong (赵述栋) patted his chest in front of several villagers.
"We believe you, but we've lived in the house for decades, and we're afraid you won't be able to take care of it, and the policy will change later." The villagers' concerns put Zhao Shudong (赵述栋) in a dilemma.
In order to promote the project construction as soon as possible, the local government organized a working group composed of county and township cadres to visit and comfort each household. The arrival of the working group gave Zhao Shudong (赵述栋) confidence. He followed the county and township cadres to visit households and learned many practical and useful grassroots work methods.
How to deal with the "strangeness" brought about by the change of identity?
"We always say that we must think about problems from the perspective of the villagers. This sentence is easy to say, but it is not easy to do at all." Zhao Shudong (赵述栋) said that he had lived in the village since he was a child and always felt that he knew the villagers well enough. As soon as he took office, he was eager to push forward the "major event" of renovating more than 100 houses, but he ignored the fact that the villagers had a gradual process of accepting the relevant policies.
"Being familiar with the village and its people is my advantage, but forming a path dependence will make me eager for quick success and move further and further away from the villagers." Zhao Shudong's (赵述栋) thinking gradually became clear. He broke down the policies and measures and repeatedly explained them to the villagers. When he encountered uncertain details, he would ask the organization department and relevant business department staff for advice. With the support of the villagers and the organization department, the renovation of old houses went smoothly.
In the next two months, Zhao Shudong (赵述栋) went to Grandpa Sun's (孙大爷) house more often than he went home, doing farm work, chatting about family affairs, and burning firewood to cook. "You have to consider whether it will be convenient for you to live in the future," "If your children and grandchildren come back to live in the future, it will be more comfortable for everyone if the environment is better," "After a household is converted, the renovation can subsidize 30,000 yuan, and you don't have to pay much yourself"... After Zhao Shudong's (赵述栋) persuasion with reason and emotion, Grandpa Sun (孙大爷) finally relented and became the first person in the village to tear down his old house.
Strike while the iron is hot. Under the guidance of the organization department, Zhao Shudong (赵述栋) organized villagers to hold multiple meetings to record everyone's doubts and concerns. He answered what he could on the spot, and quickly coordinated what he couldn't answer. The villagers successively took the initiative to participate in the renovation project. When there was not enough manpower, Zhao Shudong (赵述栋) also helped carry cement, scrape putty, and move furniture. Everyone said: "A capable kid has come out of our village, which is really good." In this way, by the end of 2022, more than 130 households had all moved into renovated and rebuilt brick-concrete houses.
These days, when Zhao Shudong (赵述栋) went to Grandpa Sun's (孙大爷) house for household visits, he found that Grandpa Sun (孙大爷) had also added several new hanging paintings and planted several pots of flowers. "Living in a new house, living habits have also changed, and the mood is getting better and better. Fortunately, I listened to you at the beginning," Grandpa Sun (孙大爷) said happily.
How to deal with the "anxiety" brought about by insufficient ability?
Xiwang Village (西湾村) is located on the northern slope of the Qilian Mountains (祁连山) at an altitude of more than 2,400 meters. The light and temperature are suitable, and the terrain is relatively flat. Nourished by natural ice and snow meltwater, it has always been a high-quality production area for alpine summer vegetables. However, for a long time, due to limited vegetable preservation technology, villagers had to harvest and sell on the spot, and the price of vegetables was always led by middlemen.
"Sometimes I haggled back and forth with vegetable vendors, and the final price of vegetables was not very high. After a year of hard work growing vegetables, I couldn't sell them at a good price. The villagers were anxious and worried, and I was also very distressed." Zhao Shudong (赵述栋) said that to solve the problem of selling vegetables, village cadres alone are not enough with feelings and enthusiasm, and they need to "jump out and find solutions."
In recent years, the Jinchang (金昌) organization department has focused on incumbent village Party organization secretaries and reserve forces, and guided young village cadres to integrate into the environment and adapt to their roles as soon as possible through special training, expert assistance, and other methods. "There are four or five special trainings every year on grassroots Party building, comprehensive rural revitalization, and grassroots governance, which enable village cadres to improve their abilities, see more of the world, no longer panic in their hearts, and do things more steadily." Zhao Shudong (赵述栋) has participated in special trainings organized by organization departments at the provincial, municipal, and county levels for many times and has been deeply touched.
During the observation and study in Yuzhong County (榆中县), Gansu (甘肃), he found that the local alpine summer vegetable industry was mature, and the vegetable preservation technology and sales model were very advanced. After learning from the experience, Zhao Shudong (赵述栋) repeatedly discussed with agricultural technology experts and looked for companies to negotiate. In 2023, through investment promotion, 13 cold storages were built in the village. "The cold storage covers an area of 34 acres, and each cold storage is 6 meters high. The vegetables collected by everyone can be temporarily stored here." Zhao Shudong (赵述栋) introduced that last year, the average income per mu of baby cabbage planted by small farmers was 3,200 yuan, while after cooperating with cold chain storage companies, each mu was sold for 3,800 yuan.
In addition to developing industries, Zhao Shudong (赵述栋) has also gained a lot from training in promoting spiritual civilization construction. When studying in Qingyang City (庆阳市), Gansu (甘肃), he found that some village cadres integrated red culture into rural cultural construction, which enhanced the cohesion of the whole village and also boosted the cultural tourism industry.
"The former site of the Dagu Political Department of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army's West Route Army (中国工农红军西路军) is in our village. The village still retains the West Route Army's propaganda slogans. How can these red resources be used well?" Zhao Shudong (赵述栋) fell into thinking. He visited many villages in Qingyang City (庆阳市) and went to Nanliang Cadre College (南梁干部学院) many times to learn about developing cultural tourism, especially the experience of developing cultural and creative products.
"After returning, we also started to develop red tourism resources. Now the former site of the Dagu Political Department receives more than 3,000 tourists every year." Zhao Shudong (赵述栋) said excitedly that cultural and creative products related to the red culture of the West Route Army are being developed and will be launched on the market soon.
Return to TopBy: 赵晓曦
The vast countryside offers great potential. For young, inexperienced cadres, the rural grassroots are both a training ground and a great classroom. How can they solve the "culture shock" problem caused by unclear situations, complicated affairs, and insufficient capabilities?
Young cadres need to adapt to and integrate into the grassroots, requiring both "physical immersion" and "emotional immersion." They should spend more time in the fields treading soil and planting seedlings, and also listen to the voices of the people and chat with them at village meetings; they should feel the thoughts and expectations of the villagers while visiting households, and also ponder methods of mass work in practical training classes.
In addition to going deep into the grassroots and caring about the grassroots, young cadres should also improve their skills and make contributions to the grassroots in order to better serve the people. They should use their knowledge and wisdom to effectively solve specific problems that plague local development and affect the lives of the people, and transform their physical and mental investment into the ability and effectiveness of solving practical problems.
Young cadres cannot be satisfied with being just "observers," but should strive to be good "doers." Facing the complex and diverse grassroots problems, they must dare to 啃硬骨头 (kěn yìng gǔ tou - "gnaw hard bones," to tackle tough issues), be brave in finding new paths, and be good at 下绣花功夫 (xià xiù huā gōng fu - "put in embroidery effort," to do meticulous work) in order to solve the urgent needs and anxieties of the people and make a difference on the stage of the countryside.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 李亚楠
On the evening of August 5th, the 7th China Xinjiang International Folk Dance Festival closed at the Xinjiang People's Hall (新疆人民会堂). This dance festival presented 26 programs and 52 performances from home and abroad, fully demonstrating the charm of cultural exchange and mutual learning.
"This stage allows dancers from all over the world to share their innovations in stage art and tell the wonderful stories of their respective countries." Because of participating in the dance festival, La Wu Re (拉吴热), an actor from the Kazakhstan Saltanat National Dance Troupe, has come to Xinjiang (新疆) three times. She said that through exchanges, she has felt the development of Chinese stage art, especially folk dance performances, which has given her a lot of inspiration.
On the evening of July 20, the Urumqi Tianshan International Airport (乌鲁木齐天山国际机场) suddenly resounded with the rhythm of hand drums. The dancers of the "Where is Alamuhan (阿拉木汗在哪里)" troupe arrived gracefully to the rhythm of the drums, inviting the actors of the ballet "Dream of the Red Chamber (红楼梦)" from the Central Ballet Troupe (中央芭蕾舞团) who had just arrived to join them. "Alamuhan" also "met" "Romeo" and "Juliet" from the Milan Ballet of Italy at the Xinjiang International Grand Bazaar (新疆国际大巴扎). "Dance is the common language of dancers around the world, allowing our hearts to connect," said Anastasia Zappa (安娜斯塔西娅·扎帕), a dancer from the Milan Ballet of Italy. She hopes to take this opportunity to learn Xinjiang ethnic dance.
Since the first dance festival, dance artists from more than 30 countries and regions have come to Xinjiang (新疆), and many countries and regions have sent delegations to participate more than once. "Over the past 17 years, the dance festival's 'circle of friends' has continued to expand, and more than 130 art groups have built a bridge of mutual learning among civilizations here," said Cai Xiaorong (蔡晓荣), Party Secretary of the Xinjiang Art Theater (新疆艺术剧院).
Different from the past, this year's dance festival set up 6 branch venues, and 8 participating groups from home and abroad presented wonderful performances at the branch venues. At the Karamay City Mass Art Museum (克拉玛依市群众艺术馆), 28 performers from the Royal Ballet of Cambodia brought "Royal Ballet of Cambodia" to the audience with their light and slow dance steps in coordination with the rhythm of traditional Cambodian musical instruments. At the Aral City Grand Theater (阿拉尔市大剧院), the song and dance evening "Rainbow of Friendship" brought by the Kyrgyzstan National White Deer Dance Troupe offered a high-quality song and dance feast to the audience.
Dancers from all over the world also walked out of the theater and into city landmarks, tourist attractions, and popular check-in spots to conduct mini-performances and set up interactive sessions. Professional dancers danced and sang with the masses, providing everyone with a rich cultural experience.
During the dance festival, the first Xinjiang Folk Art Season Excellent Program Xinjiang Tour was carried out simultaneously. Six tour teams went to 14 prefectures and cities and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps (新疆生产建设兵团) to conduct tours covering urban and rural areas. "High-quality cultural resources directly reach the grassroots level, which is a concrete practice to meet the spiritual and cultural life of people of all ethnic groups, enhance the spiritual strength of the people, and promote tangible, perceptible, and effective exchanges, interactions, and integration among all ethnic groups," said Cai Xiaorong (蔡晓荣).
Dance dramas such as "Silk Road Flower Rain (丝路花雨)" and "Cavalry (骑兵)," and operas such as "Erquan (二泉)," which have won important domestic literary and artistic awards, also came to the dance festival. "This dance festival brings together the best contemporary Chinese stage art works," said Miklay Ibrahim (米克拉依·依布拉音), Deputy Director of the Creation and Research Department and First-Class Director of the Xinjiang Art Theater (新疆艺术剧院). Since the opening of ticket sales for the dance festival, tickets for the Central Ballet's ballet "Dream of the Red Chamber (红楼梦)," the Guangzhou Song and Dance Theater's (广州歌舞剧院) national dance drama "Yingge (英歌)," the Shanxi Opera and Dance Theater's (山西省歌剧舞剧院) dance epic "Yellow River (黄河)," and the Beijing Opera and Dance Theater's (北京歌剧舞剧院) dance drama "Breaking the Ice (破冰)" have been selling like hotcakes.
This year's dance festival also featured many Xinjiang (新疆) elements. The opera "Mukam Love Song - Wan Tongshu (木卡姆恋歌——万桐书)," created and performed by the Mukam Art Troupe of the Xinjiang Art Theater (新疆艺术剧院木卡姆艺术团), was performed for two consecutive shows at the dance festival, and both shows were sold out. Before participating in the dance festival, this opera had just completed its first round of 4 performances, with a box office of over 280,000 yuan, setting the best premiere record for Xinjiang's (新疆) original opera in nearly 10 years.
In recent years, the overall creation and performance level of Xinjiang (新疆) dance dramas has significantly improved, and a series of excellent original stage dramas such as "Zhang Qian (张骞)," "Five Stars Rise in the East (五星出东方)," "Ban Chao (班超)," and "Manas (玛纳斯)" have been launched. The towering Tianshan Mountains (天山), the vast grasslands, and the customs and practices of Xinjiang (新疆) have been integrated into the creative details of the dramas. Yue Lu (岳露), a dancer from the Song and Dance Troupe of the Xinjiang Art Theater (新疆艺术剧院歌舞团), has been participating in performances since the first dance festival. "From dancing programs to performing large-scale dance dramas, I have grown in every performance and witnessed the prosperity of this international, diversified, and modern stage."
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 窦 皓
Just after 8:00 a.m., at the entrance of the Party and Mass Service Center in Huakeng Village, Taizhen Township, Qujiang District, Quzhou City, Zhejiang Province (浙江省衢州市衢江区太真乡华坑村党群服务中心), villagers were sitting together in small groups, chatting about daily life.
Accompanied by a whistle, a white van equipped with hairdressing tools and a medical kit drove in. Several "red vests" got out of the car, set up a hairdressing stall, and put on white aprons. Before long, a long queue formed in front of the stall. "There hasn't been a barbershop in the village for a long time. It's so troublesome to go to the township for a haircut. Now the township has invited the hairdresser to our doorstep, it's really a blessing," said 75-year-old Ruan Tujiao (阮土姣), the first villager to enjoy the free haircut service that day, with a smile that couldn't be wider.
Not far away, a knife and scissor sharpening stall was also set up, and villagers successively brought their knives and scissors. On the other side, some volunteers were taking blood pressure for the villagers, while others were patiently guiding the elderly on how to use smartphones.
Taizhen Township (太真乡) is a typical mountainous township in Zhejiang (浙江) - with a high degree of population aging. More than 1,200 people are over 65 years old, accounting for more than 70% of the permanent population, and the proportion of empty-nest, single-living, and disabled elderly people is increasing year by year. In response to the weak health management and lack of basic living services for empty-nest elderly people in rural areas, the Taizhen Township (太真乡) Party committee and government launched the "Striving for the Forefront to Benefit the People Vehicle" (争先惠民车) rural elderly assistance service. Since April of this year, it has organized professional service personnel, grassroots cadres, and volunteers to form an elderly assistance service team, which goes deep into various villages three times a month to deliver services such as hairdressing, knife sharpening, chronic disease management, and open-air movies to the doorsteps of the masses.
Bringing in the hairdresser who runs a shop near the township government, inviting the village's knife sharpening master, and absorbing citizens who are enthusiastic about public welfare... Party members and cadres in Taizhen Township (太真乡) widely mobilized the masses to equip the service team. On the service day, in addition to the township's village-based cadres, at least two cadres from the village are arranged to be on site as volunteers. Up to now, this "mobile elderly assistance team" has served more than 1,200 people, and the most popular is the hairdressing service, which has served more than 500 people.
"The 'Striving for the Forefront to Benefit the People Vehicle' (争先惠民车) contains not only tools, but also the hope of a vibrant life for the people in the mountains," said Yang Yiye (杨易业), the head of Taizhen Township (太真乡). The "Striving for the Forefront to Benefit the People Vehicle" (争先惠民车) has been incorporated into the township's Party building brand construction, realizing precise elderly assistance within a limited budget through the three-level linkage of "township-village-community-family." The township will also launch more service projects to allow more elderly people in mountainous areas to enjoy the convenience of "**小事不出村**" (xiǎo shì bù chū cūn - "small matters not leaving the village," meaning convenient access to services within one's local community).
Return to TopYanta District (雁塔区), Xi'an (西安), Shaanxi Province (陕西省) recently held the "Museum at Your Doorstep: The Intersection of Light and Shadow, the Millennium Charm of Yanta" (家门口的博物馆之光影交织处 雁塔千年韵) Museum Treasures Exhibition at the M3 Movie Castle (M3电影城堡) in the district. The exhibits cover civilization imprints and geological wonders from prehistoric times to the Tang Dynasty (唐代). The picture shows citizens viewing the exhibits on August 5th.
Photo by Zhang Cheng (张成) (People's Vision (人民视觉)).
Return to TopUrumqi, August 5th (Reported by Yang Hao (杨昊) from this newspaper) The "Pomegranate Flower Blossoms, Youth Shines" National Youth Women's Football Ethnic Unity Friendship Tournament, sponsored by the All-China Women's Federation (全国妇联), the State Ethnic Affairs Commission (国家民委), and the General Administration of Sport of China (国家体育总局), kicked off on the 5th at the Xinquan Campus Stadium of Kashgar University (喀什大学) in Xinjiang (新疆).
It is reported that this competition has attracted 21 representative teams to participate, and more than 300 players are all female students aged 12 to 14. During the 5-day competition period, they will sweat and strive for their dreams on the green field, allowing the youthful vigor and the sharpness of hard work to bloom in the arena.
"Taking football as a link to promote exchanges and integration among young people of all ethnic groups, so that the sense of community of the Chinese nation is deeply rooted in the hearts of young people of all ethnic groups." Liu Chong (刘翀), the head coach of the Shandong (山东) team, sincerely praised. Bi Qu Mori Niu (比曲么日牛), a 12-year-old Yi (彝族) player from the Sichuan (四川) team, said emotionally: "This competition allowed me to leave Liangshan (凉山) for the first time and play football with classmates who have football dreams. I am very happy."
It is understood that during the friendly match, the players will also watch the "Inheriting Good Family Traditions and Jointly Building the Dream of Home and Country" national common language and writing display activity in ethnic areas, and visit museums and science and technology museums in the Kashgar (喀什) area. Through exchanges and study, they will cultivate a deep sense of national identity and strengthen the sense of community of the Chinese nation.
In recent years, the All-China Women's Federation (全国妇联) has regarded sports as a bridge and link to promote exchanges and integration among women, children, and families of all ethnic groups, and has helped Xinjiang (新疆) to create the "Pomegranate Flower Chasing Dream Girl" youth women's football team. So far, 268 teams have been formed.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 杨彦帆
In the dust-free workshop of Hubei Wuhan Yilutong Technology Co., Ltd. (湖北武汉驿路通科技股份有限公司), technicians are testing silicon photonic chips. This silicon photonics engine production line, which went into operation in August last year, can process more than 100,000 silicon photonics engines per month.
Optical modules and silicon photonics engines are the cornerstones of optical communication, supporting the construction of various high-speed networks from data centers to communication base stations. "With the development of artificial intelligence and computing power, our production capacity is constantly expanding, and we need to invest in more high-precision equipment." Zhang Xiangbo (张祥波), general manager of the company, said, "The commissioning of this production line is due to the equipment renewal and transformation loan provided by China Construction Bank (建行) Wuhan (武汉) Optics Valley Free Trade Zone Branch (光谷自贸区分行), which allows the company to accelerate the intelligent upgrade of the production line."
Walking into the factory of Wuhan Special Industrial Pump Factory Co., Ltd. (武汉特种工业泵厂有限公司), intelligent equipment is processing the outer edge of mixed-flow pumps. "In recent years, we have introduced high-tech equipment such as five-axis linkage machining centers. When the company experienced difficulties in working capital turnover, ZB Bank (众邦银行) provided us with a 20 million yuan liquidity loan for technology research and development and transformation." Deng Shaolin (邓少林), general manager of the company, said that the newly developed hydraulic model has been applied to the Daye Lake Pumping Station (大冶湖泵站) and Xintankou Pumping Station (新滩口泵站) and other projects in Hubei Province (湖北省).
The two-way rush of science and technology and finance to form a joint force is a microcosm of Hubei Province's (湖北省) efforts to do a good job in the "five major articles" of finance. Technology finance not only effectively alleviates the problems of difficult and expensive financing for technology-based enterprises, but is also becoming a strong engine for promoting high-quality economic development.
The Hubei Provincial Branch (湖北省分行) of China Construction Bank (建设银行) concentrates resources to support green field projects. As of the end of June this year, the balance of green loans was 222.8 billion yuan, an increase of 38.9 billion yuan compared with the beginning of the year; Wuhan ZB Bank (武汉众邦银行) continues to increase its efforts in the development of technology finance, increase innovation assessments of enterprises' intellectual property rights, R&D investment, and core technologies, develop exclusive credit products for technology enterprises, and give preferential treatment to technology innovation enterprises in terms of access conditions, credit line, and pricing; The Hubei Provincial Branch (湖北省分行) of Agricultural Bank of China (农业银行) has created the "ABC Pension (农银养老)" service brand to serve the "medical, food, housing, and transportation" needs of the elderly, and continuously uses financial living water to help cultivate the silver economy market...
Jiayu County (嘉鱼县), Xianning (咸宁), Hubei (湖北) has a large-scale vegetable industry. "China Construction Bank (建行) Jiayu Branch (嘉鱼支行) found during the investigation that many villagers are facing difficulties in sowing, fertilizing, and expanding planting due to lack of funds." Yu Yue (喻跃), president of China Construction Bank (建行) Jiayu Branch (嘉鱼支行), said that China Construction Bank (建行) launched an exclusive "Shanying Loan (善营贷)" product, which uses big data and Internet technology to establish an online and offline interactive and integrated credit business model for agricultural small and micro enterprises, individual industrial and commercial households, and new agricultural business entities.
KangLe Nursing Home (康乐养老院) in Jingshan City (京山市), Jingmen (荆门), Hubei (湖北) is a private welfare nursing home that mainly provides nursing, rehabilitation,托管, and catering services for the elderly and disabled, and the beds are in short supply. The Hubei Jingmen Jingshan Branch (湖北荆门京山支行) of Agricultural Bank of China (农业银行) learned about the financing needs of KangLe Nursing Home (康乐养老院) during the "Large Visit to Inclusive Elderly Care Enterprises (普惠养老企业大走访)," and immediately formed a special service team to visit the nursing home to investigate the operating conditions and promptly issued a loan of 4 million yuan. "With this fund, we will expand the nursing home and strive to meet the growing demand for elderly care in the local area," said Wang Fei (王飞), head of KangLe Nursing Home (康乐养老院).
"Doing a good job in the five major articles of technology finance, green finance, inclusive finance, pension finance, and digital finance is an important focus for financial services to promote the high-quality development of the real economy. We will continue to strengthen financial services for major strategies, key areas, and weak links." Peng Ailing (彭爱玲), head of the Corporate Business Department of the Hubei Provincial Branch (湖北省分行) of Agricultural Bank of China (农行), said.
Return to TopThis newspaper Haikou (海口) August 5th (Reporter Sun Haitian (孙海天)) On the morning of the 5th, the 2025 National Youth Aerospace Innovation Competition Finals opened in Wenchang City (文昌市), Hainan Province (海南省). With the theme of "Looking up at the Stars, Achieving Dreams," this final brings together 4,664 participating students from 31 provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the Central Government, and Hong Kong and Macao regions, opening an innovative event to jointly draw a blueprint for the stars.
According to reports, this competition has three competition units: aerospace creativity, aerospace scientific inquiry and innovative design, and space exploration competition, with a total of 14 events. Since the launch of the competition, it has attracted more than 40,000 primary and secondary school students to participate in selection competitions at all levels, and the scale of participation has reached a new high. This final will last until August 7.
This event is jointly hosted by the China Aerospace Science and Technology International Communication Center (中国航天科技国际交流中心), Wenchang International Aerospace City Administration (文昌国际航天城管理局), and Wenchang Municipal People's Government (文昌市人民政府), and undertaken by Hainan Aerospace City Industrial Investment Holding Co., Ltd. (海南航天城产业投资控股有限公司).
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 刘军国
Editor's Note: This year marks the 20th anniversary of the concept that "lucid waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets." Over the years, various regions have strengthened ecological restoration, developed green industries, and explored ecological tourism, closely integrating the protection of lucid waters and lush mountains with broadening the path to prosperity for the people.
A series of practices have proven that lucid waters and lush mountains are not only beautiful scenery around us but can also be continuously transformed into "invaluable assets." Starting today, this edition launches a series of reports titled "Hometown's Mountains and Rivers Can Generate Wealth," telling the stories of various regions exploring ecological environment protection, promoting green development, and increasing the income of the masses.
A lake of emerald green, mountains filled with birdsong. In Qingshan Village (青山村), Huanghu Town (黄湖镇), Yuhang District (余杭区), Hangzhou (杭州), Zhejiang (浙江), Longwu Reservoir (龙坞水库) resembles a crescent moon, nestled among the verdant valleys and bamboo forests.
Walking from the village entrance to the reservoir, one passes the "international" Rong Design Library (融设计图书馆), the neighborhood visitor center, the Qingshan Nature School (青山自然学校) deep in the garden, and the vibrant village football field, with art spaces, homestays, and artisan workshops scattered throughout.
Ten years ago, Qingshan Village (青山村) was just an ordinary village. Today, from ecological environment protection to emerging industry development, Qingshan Village (青山村) has a new look as a "future village."
Restoring Ecology
"Whether calculating economic or ecological benefits, this deal is worthwhile"
Aquatic plants sway, egrets fly low. "Look at this water, so clear you can see your reflection," says Wang Likun (王利坤), a water protector, pointing to the shimmering water surface at the edge of Longwu Reservoir (龙坞水库).
The Longwu Reservoir (龙坞水库) did not always look like this. At that time, villagers used chemical fertilizers to pursue high yields of moso bamboo, which affected the water quality.
The turning point began in 2015. After testing, the levels of nitrogen, phosphorus, and other indicators in the reservoir were slightly above the standard. By establishing the "Good Water Fund" ("善水基金"), the local government transferred the management rights of villagers' land to centralized management, cutting off the source of pollution and restoring the ecology.
After the land transfer, the use of chemical fertilizers was stopped, and the water quality of Longwu Reservoir (龙坞水库) improved.
The management of Longwu Reservoir (龙坞水库) has also gradually changed the original production and lifestyle of Qingshan Village (青山村).
Wang Kangyun (王康云), a 75-year-old villager, gave the reporter an account: Before the implementation of the water source protection project, he farmed at home, earning about 3,000 yuan per year by cutting moso bamboo; during the promotion of water source protection, his 8 mu of moso bamboo forest was transferred, earning about 4,000 yuan per year. He also participates in the water source protection project, earning an additional 800 yuan per month in labor income.
Now, the ecological environment of Qingshan Village (青山村) is getting better and better, attracting more and more tourists. Wang Kangyun (王康云) said: "Whether calculating economic or ecological benefits, this deal is worthwhile!"
Rural Development
"Many 'new villagers' and tourists have come, and the village seems to have become 'young' all of a sudden"
With the ecological environment improved, more and more domestic and foreign designers and artists who "admire" the pastoral scenery have moved to Qingshan Village (青山村) to work and live.
A German designer renovated a village house himself, and his family settled here. His friend Zhang Lei (张雷) brought a team of designers and transformed the old Dongwu Auditorium (东坞礼堂) into the Rong Design Library (融设计图书馆) with distinct fashion elements. Now, Qingshan Village (青山村) has gathered more than 110 "new villagers" engaged in different industries and fields such as art, design, environmental protection, creativity, food, outdoor activities, and tourism, and has established nearly 60 institutions, with nearly 100,000 visitors per year.
Walking on the village roads of Qingshan Village (青山村), you may encounter an artist who has won international awards; if you meet an ordinary local villager, they may be a new art worker who has participated in design exhibitions under the guidance of a designer.
Xia Liping (夏丽萍), a villager, used to work outside. By chance, she became an "apprentice" to a foreign designer, and the works she participated in were exhibited in Shanghai (上海) and Milan (米兰), Italy (意大利). Now, she is not only responsible for the "Qingshan Craftsmen" team in the Rong Design Library (融设计图书馆), often selecting materials and making samples with designers, but also opened a weaving studio, hoping to promote the craft of weaving.
Inside the Rong Design Library (融设计图书馆), designers upgrade the local traditional hand-woven bamboo weaving techniques to metal weaving techniques and teach them to the villagers for free. Through market promotion, the villagers' income has greatly increased.
"Many 'new villagers' and tourists have come, and the village seems to have become 'young' all of a sudden." Zheng Xiaofen (郑晓芬), a villager, returned to her hometown to open a homestay after working outside for more than 30 years, earning at least 100,000 yuan per year. She also agreed with her fellow villagers not to actively provide disposable items and donate 10% of the income to the Qingshan Village (青山村) ecological protection project.
The agreement mentioned by Zheng Xiaofen (郑晓芬) is the "Natural Good Neighbor" program launched by Qingshan Village (青山村) - villagers carry out production and operation in a manner that meets ecological environment protection standards, and continuously increase income through selling ecological agricultural products, running homestays, etc., and then villagers return 5%-10% of their annual income to natural protection projects such as water source protection. As of now, more than 60 villagers have joined the "Natural Good Neighbor" program, and the feedback funds can reach 50,000 to 100,000 yuan per year.
The former abandoned primary school site has been converted into the Qingshan Nature School (青山自然学校). The local area has developed more than a dozen characteristic volunteer services and natural experience products here, driving an average of more than 40,000 visitors per year and contributing more than 300,000 yuan to the "Good Water Fund" ("善水基金") for natural protection funds.
Today, the "Good Water Fund" ("善水基金") has leveraged nearly 300 million yuan of social capital to invest in the rural development of Qingshan Village (青山村). A sustainable development and diversified ecological compensation mechanism of "lucid waters and lush mountains - ecological industry - strengthening the village and enriching the people - feeding back the ecology" has been formed.
Common Prosperity and Sharing
"The future of Qingshan Village (青山村) is to make the hometown more beautiful and life happier"
In 2023, five villages, including Qingshan Village (青山村), jointly formed the Huanghu Town Strong Village Company (黄湖镇强村公司), attracting overseas scholars, interdisciplinary talents, etc. to join, and carrying out rural construction with an international perspective and modern corporate governance model. The industry of Qingshan Village (青山村) extends to the entire Huanghu Town (黄湖镇) area, driving the entire area to protect the ecology and share common prosperity.
Zhejiang Province Future Village (浙江省未来乡村), Zhejiang Province Ecological Civilization Village (浙江省生态文明村), the first batch of Zhejiang Province Art Township Construction Characteristic Village (浙江省艺术乡建特色村)... Today, Qingshan Village (青山村) has gained fame and more experience. Last year, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment listed the "Good Water Fund" ("善水基金") model of Qingshan Village (青山村) as a typical national ecological compensation case. At present, the model has been promoted in Jiande (建德), Chun'an (淳安), and other places in Zhejiang (浙江).
"In 2024, the revenue of the Strong Village Company (强村公司) reached 7.8 million yuan, and the collective dividend of the five villages was 800,000 yuan. The collective economic income of Qingshan Village (青山村) has been growing for many years in a row," said Wang Kewei (王科威), the professional manager of Qingshan Village (青山村).
Life is getting better and better, and the appearance of the hometown is getting more and more beautiful. Liu Bowen (刘博文), who works at the Qingshan Village (青山村) Runner Station, has been a "new villager" for only a year, but she knows which mountain has wild fruits and which path leads to the bamboo forest. "This place feels like a second hometown, with the atmosphere of rural life," she said.
Zheng Xiaofen's (郑晓芬) homestay business is booming. "People from the city don't want to leave when they come, saying that this place has the taste of childhood." Zheng Xiaofen (郑晓芬) always sighs after returning to the village that the stream is still so clear, the bamboo on the back mountain is still so green, the aroma of rice floats in the alley in the evening, the children play and frolic, and the old people chat about the daily life inside and outside the village with a cup of tea and a handful of melon seeds.
The villagers know that only by jointly protecting this lucid waters and lush mountains can this "taste of childhood" permeate every corner of Qingshan Village (青山村).
Qingshan Village (青山村) continues to explore the path of sustainable development, and new and old villagers have become accustomed to participating in the future village council. Which wetland to restore, how to save water in farmland, how to set water prices... They will discuss all the big and small issues related to future development.
"The future of Qingshan Village (青山村) is to make the hometown more beautiful and life happier," said Lin Hong (林红), secretary of the Party Committee of Qingshan Village (青山村). In 2024, Qingshan Nature School (青山自然学校) organized artists, craftsmen, and educators to develop systematic local courses and opened classes in primary and secondary schools in Huanghu Town (黄湖镇) to teach children to recognize the plants, water systems, and landforms around them...
Not long ago, "Good Water Fund 2.0" ("善水基金2.0") was released, which will absorb more social welfare organizations, green financial institutions, village collective economic organizations, universities, and enterprises to join, and include arable land, streams, wetlands, and other full-area ecological spaces into the protection objects, so that the lucid waters and lush mountains of Huanghu Town (黄湖镇) are more beautiful and the fireworks are more intense.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 常 钦
In recent times, the surface matrix team of the Langfang Natural Resources Comprehensive Survey Center (廊坊自然资源综合调查中心) of the China Geological Survey (中国地质调查局), based on the integration of key data from the surface matrix survey, has innovatively constructed a full-chain evaluation model covering "background identification - functional analysis - potential grading," and completed the suitability evaluation for comprehensive utilization of land resources in the typical black soil area of Northeast China. This marks a crucial leap for the surface matrix survey from "clarifying the resources" to "activating the resources," providing precise scientific and technological support for national land spatial planning, ecological protection and restoration, and intensive resource utilization.
Not long ago, the surface matrix survey task covering 83 key black soil protection counties in Northeast China was completed, systematically clarifying the "resources" of surface matrix resources in the typical black soil area of Northeast China, establishing a theoretical system and a technical system, which can provide solid scientific support for black soil protection and utilization, improvement of cultivated land quality, expansion of reserve resources, and assessment of carbon storage capacity, creating a new model for cultivated land protection based on "surface matrix" as the foundation. The project lasted 3 years, covering 83 counties (cities, districts, banners) in Heilongjiang (黑龙江), Jilin (吉林), Liaoning (辽宁) provinces and Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region (内蒙古自治区), with a total area of 411,700 square kilometers, accounting for approximately 38% of the total black soil area in the country. The project obtained over 1.22 million sets of test data, comprehensively constructing a survey system mainly with a precision of 1:250,000 and supplemented by a precision of 1:50,000, realizing the first systematic survey and in-depth analysis of the surface matrix layer of black soil in Northeast China.
This survey for the first time delineated the "quantifiable boundary" of black soil, and based on the indicators of "black soil layer thickness ≥ 20 cm, organic matter content ≥ 15 g/kg," for the first time realized the "quantitative identification" of black soil resources, delineating a black soil distribution area of 387,500 square kilometers, accounting for approximately 94% of the surveyed area. The survey also found that within the depth range of 5 meters to 50 meters underground in the project area, there are multi-layered "black soil" with a thickness greater than 20 cm and an organic matter content of 15 g/kg to 77.5 g/kg. This discovery provides new scientific materials and perspectives for studying the formation and evolution of black soil.
Based on the configuration of the surface matrix layer and the structural characteristics of the black soil layer, the project team constructed a stability evaluation model including indicators such as the background of the surface matrix, the properties of the black soil layer, and erosion conditions, dividing it into stable areas, relatively stable areas, potentially unstable areas, and degraded areas; and constructed a comprehensive quality evaluation model with core indicators such as soil thickness, organic matter content, nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium nutrients, and bulk density. The survey results show that the area of stable and relatively stable areas of black soil in the project area accounts for 86.34%, and the area of medium and above quality black soil accounts for 88.66%.
Based on the survey findings, the project team found that in the black soil areas currently facing degradation risks, different types of degradation are highly coupled with the structure of the surface matrix layer, such as "soil + sand" configuration areas being prone to desertification, "clay + silt" configuration areas being prone to salinization, and "soil + gravel" configuration areas facing the "broken skin gravel" problem. According to the research results, the project team pointed out that black soil degradation prevention and control needs to return to geological genesis, proposing the governance logic of "matrix first," providing a basis for precise restoration. The relevant results can provide a scientific basis for carrying out black soil grading, establishing archives, and constructing high-standard farmland.
Based on nearly 30,000 sample data, the project calculated that the total carbon storage of the surface matrix layer within 2 meters is 3.401 billion tons, and the organic carbon storage reaches 2.117 billion tons, of which the surface carbon storage within 20 cm is 564 million tons. This data can provide support for achieving the "dual carbon" goals.
Currently, the project results have been applied and promoted in multiple scenarios such as black soil stripping projects, reserve cultivated land selection, and cultivated land quality management in Heilongjiang (黑龙江), Jilin (吉林), and Liaoning (辽宁) provinces, providing strong technical support for the national "Black Soil Granary" science and technology campaign and the "Black Soil Protection and Utilization" key special project.
It is understood that in the future, the surface matrix survey will further expand the survey coverage, to more comprehensively and accurately grasp the base number of black soil and construct a normalized monitoring network. While enhancing the dynamic perception and response capabilities of the evolution trend of cultivated land resources, it will focus on deep integration with national land spatial planning, agricultural industrial layout, ecological restoration, carbon sink assessment, etc., to promote the transformation and upgrading of the concept of cultivated land protection from "surface governance" to "matrix management."
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 郑智文
In summer, the banks of the Songhua River (松花江) are shaded by green trees, and birds chirp on Changbai Island (长白岛).
"New 'residents' have arrived on the island again." Wang Tingting (王婷婷), a post-90s bird protector from Jilin City (吉林市), Jilin Province (吉林省), said with a smile as she patrolled along the Songhua River (松花江) and saw a mallard followed by a group of fledglings by the river.
Changbai Island Wetland Park (长白岛湿地公园), located in Jilin City (吉林市), is an important wintering habitat for migratory birds in the Songhua River (松花江) basin. Wang Tingting (王婷婷) has to walk back and forth several times a day to observe the birds' living habits, breeding conditions, and so on.
Wang Tingting (王婷婷) has been protecting birds for almost two years. Speaking of her connection with birds, it is inseparable from one person - Wang Tingting's (王婷婷) uncle, Ren Jianguo (任建国), who has been protecting birds on Changbai Island (长白岛) for more than 20 years.
In the autumn of 2023, Ren Jianguo (任建国) was hospitalized due to illness, but he couldn't let go of the birds on Changbai Island (长白岛). "At that time, I took care of my uncle and occasionally went to Changbai Island (长白岛) to help him get a change of clothes and take care of the birds. Gradually, I developed feelings for the birds." Wang Tingting (王婷婷) recalled, "Seeing that winter was approaching, someone had to be stationed here!" She was determined to take over the baton.
Changbai Island (长白岛) is quite lively in winter, with ruddy shelducks, mallards, bean geese, and red-crested pochards overwintering here.
With tens of thousands of birds gathering, food is a problem. In recent years, with the help of the government and caring people, the birds' food problem has been effectively solved. In the past, every morning, Ren Jianguo (任建国) would drag hundreds of pounds of corn feed to the riverbank to feed them. After Wang Tingting (王婷婷) took over, the first important thing was to transport grain for the birds.
The car couldn't drive directly to the destination, so Wang Tingting (王婷婷) pushed a small cart back and forth. When winter came, the migratory birds arrived as scheduled, looking up at the tens of thousands of birds flying together, carefully listening to the melodious birdsong. "I feel that all the hard work is worth it," said Wang Tingting (王婷婷).
In order to protect these birds, Wang Tingting (王婷婷) studied picture books, looked for information, watched videos, and consulted experts, learning and doing at the same time.
"In the past year or so, I have also rescued nearly a hundred birds of various kinds, including falcons and eagle owls," said Wang Tingting (王婷婷). "It's so beautiful to see the birds living freely."
Return to TopBeijing, August 5th (Reporter Han Xin (韩鑫)) – This reporter learned from the Ministry of Transport (交通运输部) that on August 5th, ten thousand fishing boats in the East China Sea (东海) set sail for fishing. The Maritime Safety Administration (海事局) of the Ministry of Transport, together with the fisheries departments, launched the "2025 Escort Fishing Season Action."
On the same day, in fishing ports in Nantong (南通) and Lianyungang (连云港) in Jiangsu (江苏) Province, Zhoushan (舟山) and Ningbo (宁波) in Zhejiang (浙江) Province, and other places, more than ten thousand fishing boats, escorted and guided by maritime, fishery, and other patrol vessel formations, set sail together to carry out fishing operations. The Maritime Safety Administration (海事局) of the Ministry of Transport dispatched 58 maritime patrol vessels, 1 maritime fixed-wing aircraft, 21 drones, and more than 430 maritime law enforcement officers from the maritime and navigational security departments of Shanghai (上海), Jiangsu (江苏), Zhejiang (浙江), and Fujian (福建) to carry out joint sea-air formation escorts in key waters such as port entry and exit channels, public sea lanes, anchorages, fishing areas, and safe operation zones for wind power projects.
From August 5th to September 16th, the East China Sea (东海), Yellow Sea (黄渤海), and South China Sea (南海) waters of China will successively enter the "fishing season," with more than 100,000 marine fishing vessels setting sail in 4 batches to carry out fishing operations. The Maritime Safety Administration (海事局) of the Ministry of Transport simultaneously launched the two-month "2025 Escort Fishing Season Action," strengthening three-dimensional sea-air patrols in key waters in accordance with the "fishing season" schedule.
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Return to TopBy: 本报记者 黄培昭
In recent years, many African countries have continued to accelerate the pace of agricultural digital transformation, and digital technology is profoundly changing the agricultural ecology of this continent. From the production links in the fields to the circulation of agricultural products, the application of technologies such as satellite remote sensing, the Internet of Things, and e-commerce platforms not only brings more scientific planting methods and smoother sales channels to local farmers, but also injects strong impetus into sustainable agricultural development. China and Africa are continuously deepening cooperation in the field of agricultural digitalization, adding bricks and mortar to the modernization of African agriculture with pragmatic technical support and project implementation.
Promoting the Innovation and Upgrading of Agricultural Production Methods
In the coffee plantations of the Ethiopian highlands, a drone equipped with a multispectral lens is slowly passing by. Twice a week, it transmits data such as crop leaf color and soil moisture to the central decision-making platform, generating precise fertilization and irrigation plans. "In the past, we relied on experience to judge which land should be watered, but now the data speaks for itself." Abinet, the head of the plantation, said, pointing to the thermal map on the screen, that digital management has increased coffee yield per mu by nearly 20% and reduced the incidence of pests and diseases by 30%. Currently, Ethiopia is actively promoting the National Agricultural Transformation Plan, and has promoted technologies such as drone inspections and satellite remote sensing in advantageous industries such as coffee and sorghum, covering more than 1 million hectares of farmland.
In the Sahara Desert region of northern Niger, drought used to be the biggest threat to agricultural production. Today, the mobile application "Precision Irrigation" platform has brought a turning point to this land. Sensors buried in the field collect soil moisture in real time, and combined with meteorological satellite data and crop growth models, the system automatically pushes irrigation recommendations to farmers' mobile phones. "In the past, we basically relied on the weather. Now, we use data analysis for scientific irrigation, which reduces water consumption and increases yield." Farmer Toure showed reporters the irrigation plan on his mobile phone, which detailed the time and amount of water for each watering. This "water saving with data" model has been extended to more than 20 villages, benefiting more than 30,000 farmers.
The changes brought about by digital technology are emerging in all aspects of African agriculture. In Korhogo, northern Côte d'Ivoire, the start-up "African Taste" has created an integrated "agricultural product + processing + brand" platform, which enhances the added value of products through a full-process digital tracking system. Fatima Ba, the head of the company, said, "We are no longer just a cocoa exporting country, we want to be an African chocolate brand." The "Smart Farm" system promoted in Burkina Faso has also achieved initial results. The system integrates functions such as sowing plans, labor scheduling, and product sales. Farmers can manage the entire farming cycle through their mobile phones. In Morocco, the mobile application "Agricultural Technology Financing" develops a farmer credit rating system, allowing farmers to apply for agricultural loans online with fast funding and low interest rates. Tariq, the project leader, emphasized that "digital finance is an important support for agricultural modernization."
A study by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) shows that if Africa widely applies digital tools such as agricultural data platforms and remote sensing technology, grain production is expected to increase by more than 40% in the next 10 years, which will significantly alleviate food insecurity in Africa.
Unblocking the "Last Mile" of Agricultural Product Circulation
Outside Nairobi (内罗毕), Kenya (肯尼亚), early in the morning, 50-year-old farmer Linda tapped a few times on her mobile phone, and the order system of the Twiga Foods platform immediately showed that 26 urban retailers had pre-ordered the tomatoes she grew. "In the past, when the vegetables were ripe, we had to wait for middlemen to collect them, and the price was very low; now we directly connect with the market, and our income has increased by 30%." Linda said while packing vegetables. This digital platform, established in 2014, bridges the communication between thousands of farmers and urban retailers, realizing real-time demand matching and unified cold chain distribution.
In Africa, the smooth circulation of agricultural products has always been a major obstacle restricting agricultural development. World Bank data shows that Africa loses 30%-50% of its crops every year due to insufficient warehousing and inefficient transportation, which is equivalent to the consumption of tens of millions of farmers. The intervention of digital technology is breaking this dilemma. On Rwanda's e-Soko electronic trading platform, farmers can check the market prices of more than 80 kinds of agricultural products every day, and the platform matches supply and demand through intelligent algorithms. The chairman of the country's farmers association told reporters that since the platform was promoted, the average purchase price of local coffee beans has increased by 15%.
Nigeria's FarmCrowdy platform enables farmers, investors, and distributors to accurately connect through digital supply chain management. "At our corn planting base in Kano State (卡诺州), we lock in buyers in advance through the platform and sign price guarantee agreements before sowing." The platform负责人 (fù zé rén - "person in charge") introduced that this model has helped more than 50,000 farmers avoid market risks.
In Johannesburg (约翰内斯堡), South Africa (南非), IoT sensors on the transport vehicles of FarmFresh cold chain enterprises monitor temperature and humidity in real time, and the data is synchronized to the cloud management system. "In the past, we relied on the master to adjust the temperature by feeling. Now the system automatically gives early warnings, and the loss rate has dropped from 20% to 5%." Moises, the company manager, showed reporters the temperature control curve on his mobile phone.
From the field markets in East Africa to the cold chain warehouses in South Africa, digital technology is reshaping the African agricultural product circulation system with visible changes. Abebe Haile-Gabriel, Assistant Director-General and Regional Representative for Africa at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), said that these innovative technologies not only improve production and sales efficiency, but also establish a more fair and transparent platform between farmers and the market, injecting new impetus into sustainable agricultural development.
China-Africa Cooperation Results Benefit Local People
Walking into the cornfields of Mwanza Province (姆万扎省), Tanzania (坦桑尼亚), farmer Ndeshau is watering. "I heard in the news that in the future, data such as soil moisture and pest and disease early warnings can be directly pushed to farmers' mobile phones. In the past, we relied on the weather and our feelings to grow crops. In the future, we will rely on technology and data." Ndeshau's expectations may become a reality in the near future.
In May of this year, the China International Development Cooperation Agency (中国国家国际发展合作署) and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (联合国国际农业发展基金) signed an agreement to jointly implement the "Using Satellite Digital Solutions to Promote Climate-Adaptive Agriculture in Tanzania" project. The project is the first cooperation project between the two parties under the Global Development and South-South Cooperation Fund, and aims to improve Tanzania's agricultural productivity and climate adaptation capabilities through accessible, affordable, and operational satellite information and communication technologies. The project will directly benefit 5,000 small farmers and indirectly cover as many as 1 million farmers across Tanzania.
In recent years, China has helped Africa's agricultural digital transformation with pragmatic cooperation, and the results are all over the field. At the technical implementation level, Huawei (华为) has cooperated with many African countries to build a "Smart Agriculture Cloud Platform" and deployed IoT equipment in the cotton planting area of Zambia (赞比亚) to realize the whole process digital management from sowing to harvesting; in terms of capacity building, China has built smart agriculture demonstration centers in countries such as Mozambique (莫桑比克) and Senegal (塞内加尔), and trained more than 2,000 local agricultural technicians to help them master drone operation, data analysis and other skills.
Humphrey Moshi, director of the China Research Center at the University of Dar es Salaam (达累斯萨拉姆大学) in Tanzania, said in an interview with this reporter that China is actively helping Africa achieve agricultural digital transformation by building smart agriculture demonstration centers, promoting satellite remote sensing and digital meteorological services, promoting precision irrigation, pest and disease monitoring, and disaster early warning, helping African farmers increase yields and improve their ability to adapt to climate change. In Moshi's view, from cross-border e-commerce platforms driving more and more African products into the Chinese market to the "Digital Innovation Project" promoting the implementation of e-commerce cooperation between the two sides, China is constantly supporting African development with practical actions, allowing the fruits of cooperation to truly benefit the African people.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 尚凯元
The International Energy Agency (IEA) stated in its recently released "Electricity Market Report 2025 Mid-Year Update" that global nuclear power generation is expected to reach a historic high, driven by the restart of nuclear reactors in Japan (日本), strong nuclear power growth in the United States and France, and new nuclear power projects in Asia. By 2026, global electricity demand will continue to grow strongly, with renewable energy, natural gas, and nuclear energy jointly meeting the incremental electricity demand. The agency's recent report, "Pathways to a New Era of Nuclear Energy," also pointed out that countries' focus on nuclear energy has reached its highest level since the 1970s oil crisis, laying the foundation for nuclear energy development in the coming decades.
Currently, nuclear energy accounts for nearly 10% of global electricity generation, making it the second-largest low-carbon energy source after hydropower. There are currently nearly 420 nuclear reactors in operation worldwide, and their power generation is expected to reach a historic high in 2025. According to statistics, there are 63 nuclear reactors under construction worldwide, with a total installed capacity of over 70 gigawatts, the highest level since 1990. The International Energy Agency (IEA) analysis believes that the current rapid growth in global electricity demand not only covers traditional industries but also extends to emerging fields such as electric vehicles, data centers, and artificial intelligence. Over the past 10 years, the growth rate of global electricity consumption has been twice that of overall energy demand, and the growth rate will continue to increase. Against the backdrop of increasing electricity demand and decarbonization, more than 40 countries worldwide support the expansion of nuclear energy applications.
In Southeast Asia, nuclear power projects are being launched one after another. Vietnam (越南) plans to restart the construction of a 4,000-megawatt nuclear power plant; Indonesia (印度尼西亚) intends to build a 250-megawatt nuclear power plant around 2030 and more than 20 reactors by 2050; Thailand (泰国) plans to introduce two 300-megawatt small modular reactors by 2037; Malaysia (马来西亚) has launched the "2030 National Nuclear Technology Policy." In addition, Singapore (新加坡), Laos (老挝), Cambodia (柬埔寨), and Myanmar (缅甸) have also expressed interest in nuclear power. It is estimated that by 2040, the installed nuclear power capacity in Southeast Asia will exceed 7 gigawatts.
Many European countries are also re-examining their nuclear energy policies. In recent years, under the pressure of rising energy prices, Germany's (德国) opposition to nuclear power has begun to soften. The German Nuclear Energy Technology Association recently issued a statement stating that re-enabling German nuclear power plants could provide a safe, economical, and environmentally friendly alternative to current energy policies. Belgium (比利时), the United Kingdom (英国), Italy (意大利), and other countries have also changed their attitudes towards nuclear power in recent years, with some countries planning to restart or expand nuclear power plants. In December 2023, many countries signed the "Triple Nuclear Energy Declaration" at the 28th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (《联合国气候变化框架公约》第二十八次缔约方大会), with the goal of increasing global installed nuclear power capacity to three times that of 2020 by 2050 to help achieve net-zero emissions goals. This has been followed by a significant increase in nuclear energy investment, with global nuclear energy investment reaching approximately $65 billion in 2023, almost double that of 10 years ago.
Technological innovation is changing the nuclear energy technology landscape, and multiple small modular reactor designs are under development. The first commercial small modular reactor projects are expected to be put into operation around 2030, mainly for data center power supply. The International Energy Agency (IEA) believes that under the current policy environment, the global installed capacity of small modular reactors is expected to reach 40 gigawatts by 2050. However, with more targeted nuclear energy policy support and regulatory optimization, its growth potential is far more than that. If policies and industries work together, the global installed capacity of small modular reactors could reach 120 gigawatts, with more than 1,000 reactors. The International Energy Agency (IEA) pointed out that small modular reactors are smaller in scale and have shorter investment return cycles, which makes them more attractive to commercial investors, thereby opening the door for broader private sector participation in the nuclear energy industry.
Return to TopXinhua News Agency, Beijing, August 5th. Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Guo Jia Kun (郭嘉昆) stated on the 5th that China appreciates and welcomes the holding of the Cambodia-Thailand General Border Committee meeting by both sides. China will continue to support ASEAN's efforts to promote reconciliation, uphold a fair and just stance, and play a constructive role in improving Cambodia-Thailand relations in its own way.
A reporter asked: It is reported that the Cambodia-Thailand General Border Committee meeting will be held in Malaysia from August 4th to 7th, and China will be invited to participate in the special meeting of the General Border Committee to be held on the 7th. What is China's comment on this?
Guo Jia Kun (郭嘉昆) said that since the successful holding of the informal China-Cambodia-Thailand trilateral meeting on July 30, there have been no more exchanges of fire on the Cambodia-Thailand border, the situation on the ground has continued to ease, and the Cambodia-Thailand ceasefire consensus is being gradually implemented. Under the active coordination of Malaysia (马来西亚), the ASEAN rotating chair, Cambodia (柬埔寨) and Thailand (泰国) held a meeting of the General Border Committee to conduct multi-channel and multi-level communication on formulating a detailed plan for a ceasefire supervision mechanism, which is conducive to achieving an effective and sustainable ceasefire. China expresses its appreciation and welcome for this.
Guo Jia Kun (郭嘉昆) stated that, according to the wishes of both Cambodia and Thailand, China has actively maintained close communication with regional countries such as Cambodia, Thailand, and Malaysia to consolidate the ceasefire situation, promote communication and dialogue, and promote stability and de-escalation. China will continue to support ASEAN's efforts to promote reconciliation, uphold a fair and just stance, and play a constructive role in improving Cambodia-Thailand relations in its own way.
Return to TopFrom July 24th to August 3rd, the 2025 Indonesia International Auto Show was held at the Indonesia Convention Exhibition (ICE) in Tangerang (唐格朗), Banten Province (万丹省), Indonesia. Hosted by the Association of Indonesia Automotive Industries (印尼汽车工业协会), this year's auto show is one of the largest and most comprehensive in Indonesia, attracting more than 50 automotive brands and over 120 related industry exhibitors. More than 10 Chinese automakers, including BYD (比亚迪), Wuling (五菱), and Chery (奇瑞), showcased pure electric and hybrid models.
The picture shows local visitors at the booth of a Chinese automaker.
People's Daily reporter Cao Shiyun (曹师韵) photographed and reported.
Return to TopAccording to Xinhua News Agency, São Paulo, August 4th (Reporters Yang Jiahe (杨家和) and Wu Hao (吴昊)) Brazilian Vice President and Minister of Development, Industry and Trade Geraldo Alckmin said on the 4th that the Brazilian Foreign Trade Chamber agreed that Brazil intends to consult with the United States under the World Trade Organization (WTO) dispute settlement mechanism regarding the US tariff increase.
According to WTO rules, consultation is the first step in the WTO dispute settlement mechanism. If the two parties cannot reach an agreement through consultation, Brazil may request the WTO Dispute Settlement Body to establish an arbitration panel. Alckmin said that the specific time and method for submitting the WTO consultation are still subject to approval by Brazilian President Lula (卢拉).
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 张矜若
According to Cambodia's *Phnom Penh Post*, Cambodia produces over 10,000 tons of garbage daily, with 3,000 to 5,000 tons coming from the capital, Phnom Penh (金边), and plastic bags accounting for 20% of the total garbage. A large amount of plastic waste not only damages the ecological balance but also directly threatens public health and people's health. To effectively curb the spread of plastic pollution, the Cambodian Ministry of Environment recently introduced a "plastic restriction order," requiring shopping malls, supermarkets, and other places to stop providing free plastic shopping bags and promote the use of environmentally friendly mesh bags as alternatives. The policy was first implemented in supermarkets in the capital, Phnom Penh (金边), marking an important step in Cambodia's efforts to control plastic pollution.
Data released by the Cambodian Ministry of Environment shows that the country's per capita annual use of plastic bags exceeds 2,000. In March of this year, the Cambodian Ministry of Environment held a special meeting to study specific plans for promoting mesh bags in supermarket fruit and vegetable areas. The Cambodian Ministry of Environment believes that mesh bags are reusable and an ideal alternative to disposable plastic bags. Aeon Supermarket (永旺超市) in Phnom Penh (金边) has stopped providing free plastic bags since 2017, charging 400 to 1,000 Cambodian Riels (1 US dollar is approximately 4,006 Cambodian Riels) depending on the size of the plastic bag. According to 28-year-old cashier An Wei (安维), customers were not very accustomed to the policy at the beginning of its implementation; however, after continuous guidance, most people have now developed the habit of bringing their own shopping bags.
In addition to promoting environmentally friendly mesh bags and implementing plastic bag charges, the Cambodian Ministry of Environment also strengthens the "plastic reduction" effect and improves the urban sanitation environment by carrying out national environmental protection actions. In September 2023, Cambodia launched the "Today I Don't Use Plastic Bags" campaign. In May of last year, the Cambodian government further proposed the "Clean Cambodia, Khmer Can Do It" campaign, which aims to continuously strengthen public awareness of environmental protection. This year, the Cambodian Ministry of Environment implemented the "National Highway No Plastic Waste" plan, mobilizing national forces to participate in the cleanup of plastic waste on national highways. Cambodian Minister of Environment Eang Sophalleth (殷索莱) called on government departments, enterprises, schools, and the public to actively participate in cleaning activities, standardize garbage disposal procedures, and reduce plastic use from the source.
Currently, most large supermarkets and convenience stores in Phnom Penh (金边) have reduced the supply of free plastic bags, but there are still many differences in the degree of implementation in other regions. So Cheata (索切安塔), a staff member at a small supermarket in Poipet (波贝) town, Cambodia, said that the local area has not yet mandatorily implemented the "plastic restriction order." At present, the promotion of the "plastic restriction order" in some areas is still affected by the interests of businesses and consumers' consumption habits. The Cambodian Ministry of Environment is actively exploring solutions on how to achieve a balance between environmental protection goals and realistic interests. Eang Sophalleth (殷索莱) called for vigorously promoting the "plastic bank" recycling program, through which the public can exchange garbage for certain economic benefits, helping communities achieve sustainable development. In addition, the Cambodian Ministry of Environment is also studying the use of solar-assisted waste incineration technology to treat plastic waste, while clearly prohibiting the open burning of plastic products, requiring the public to dispose of waste in a scientific manner, and minimizing harm to the environment and human and animal health.
Return to TopAccording to Xinhua News Agency, Sydney, August 4th (Reporters Liang Youchang (梁有昶) and Zhang Jianhua (章建华)) - Monash University (莫纳什大学) in Australia issued a press release on the 4th, stating that researchers at the university have discovered that nearly a quarter of the glaciers on Heard Island, located in the sub-Antarctic region, have melted since 1947, indicating that the island is profoundly affected by climate change.
Researchers at Monash University (莫纳什大学) recently published a paper in the European academic journal "The Cryosphere" stating that they used topographic maps from 1947 and current satellite imagery data to analyze the outlines, areas, and other characteristics of 29 glaciers on Heard Island in 1947, 1988, and 2019. The results found that since 1947, approximately 64 square kilometers of glaciers on Heard Island have melted and disappeared, accounting for approximately 23.1% of the island's original total glacier volume.
Return to TopIt's the summer season, and Yunnan is experiencing cool weather and fragrant mushrooms. With its unique climate advantages and colorful tourism resources, Yunnan has become a popular summer retreat. This summer, many tourists are stepping into "A Yunnan Kind of Life (有一种叫云南的生活)" and embracing a wonderful "Cool Summer and Fragrant Mushrooms" journey.
Cool and Refreshing: "Natural Air Conditioning" with a Pleasant Climate
Yunnan is a well-known summer resort. Among the province's 129 counties (cities, districts), 95 have an average summer temperature between 19 and 24 degrees Celsius, making people feel comfortable. Among them, Kunming (昆明市), Lijiang (丽江市), Zhaotong (昭通市), Lincang (临沧市), and Wenshan Zhuang and Miao Autonomous Prefecture (文山壮族苗族自治州) are all popular summer destinations. During the summer vacation, step into "A Yunnan Kind of Life (有一种叫云南的生活)" and experience the "cool and good" environment of Yunnan.
Northwestern Yunnan: Enjoying the Breeze by the Snow Mountains and Erhai Lake
Lijiang, Dali (大理), Baoshan (保山), and other cities and prefectures in northwestern Yunnan are popular summer destinations. This area integrates snow-capped mountains, glaciers, hot spring health care, and more. For a summer vacation in northwestern Yunnan, you can savor the mystery of Dongba (东巴) characters and the melodious Naxi (纳西) ancient music in Lijiang Ancient City (丽江古城) under the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain (玉龙雪山), feel the romance of wind, flowers, snow, and moon between Cangshan Mountain (苍山) and Erhai Lake (洱海) in Dali Prefecture (大理州), and hike and bird watch in the dense forests of Gaoligong Mountain (高黎贡山). Recommended summer destinations include Pujicun Village (普济村) in Gucheng District (古城区), Lijiang City (丽江市), Animei Village (阿尼么村) in Yangbi Yi Autonomous County (漾濞彝族自治县), Dali Prefecture (大理州), and Nanhucun Village (赧浒村) in Lujiang Dam (潞江坝), Baoshan City (保山市).
Central Yunnan: Embracing the Scenery by the Plateau Lake
Kunming and Yuxi (玉溪市) are the main summer destinations in central Yunnan. Here, the Stone Forest (石林) scenic spot and the plateau lakes complement each other. Standing here, you can feel the joy of "five hundred miles of Dianchi Lake rushing into view (五百里滇池奔来眼底)" by the breeze-swept Dianchi Lake (滇池), and experience the pleasure of riding the waves on the blue Fuxian Lake (抚仙湖). Recommended summer destinations include Leju Village (乐居村) in Kunming and Feidatian Village (飞大田村) in Chengjiang City (澄江市), Yuxi City (玉溪市).
Eastern Yunnan: Enjoying the Coolness of Mountains, Rivers, and Meadows
Zhaotong, Qujing (曲靖市), and Wenshan Prefecture (文山州) in eastern Yunnan are well-known summer destinations. With its majestic mountains, alpine meadows, and acres of lotus ponds, a summer vacation in eastern Yunnan allows you to enjoy the cloud sea at the Yunnan Dashanbao Black-necked Crane National Nature Reserve (云南大山包黑颈鹤国家级自然保护区), feel the coolness of the water vapor at the Luoping Jiulong Waterfall Group Scenic Area (罗平九龙瀑布群景区) in Qujing City (曲靖市), and indulge in the acres of lotus ponds in the Puzhehei Tourist Scenic Area (普者黑旅游景区) in Wenshan Prefecture (文山州). Recommended summer destinations include Luyintang Village (绿荫塘村) in Zhaoyang District (昭阳区), Zhaotong City (昭通市), Tugua Chong Village (土瓜冲村) in Malong District (马龙区), Qujing City (曲靖市), and Liulangcheng Village (六郎城村) in Guangnan County (广南县), Wenshan Prefecture (文山州).
Fragrant Mushrooms on the Tip of the Tongue: Fresh Products from the "Wild Mushroom Kingdom" are on the Market
In addition to the cool journey among the mountains, rivers, trees, and plants, Yunnan's summer surprises also include fresh food on the table. Yunnan's wild edible mushroom resources account for 45% of the world's and 91% of China's. Both in terms of quantity and quality, it is the best in the world. Its products are sold to nearly 50 countries and regions, and it is known as the "Wild Mushroom Kingdom (野生菌王国)." Every year from July to August is the "golden tasting period" for wild mushrooms in Yunnan. The gift of nature makes the "mushroom feast on the tip of the tongue (舌尖菌宴)" a highlight of the Yunnan summer retreat. Tourists can embark on a flavor-seeking journey when they come to Yunnan to pick and eat mushrooms during the summer vacation.
Seeking Flavors in "Mushroom-Chic Kunming"
Kunming is the distribution center for wild edible mushrooms in the province. Here, tourists can step into time-honored restaurants to unlock the rich and authentic ways of making wild mushrooms; they can also check in at the Daguan Zhuanxin Farmers Market (大观篆新农贸市场) to learn about various wild edible mushrooms and feel the atmosphere of the city; they can also follow the golden coastline of Dianchi Lake (滇池) and seek out authentic wild mushroom delicacies in the surrounding villages of the 71-kilometer Dianchi Lake Greenway (滇池绿道) outer sea section.
Seeking Flavors in the "Hometown of Wild Mushrooms"
Chuxiong Prefecture (楚雄州) is known as the "Hometown of Wild Mushrooms (野生菌之乡)." It grows 1,021 kinds of wild mushrooms and is the region with the most concentrated wild mushroom resources and the most unique ecological value in China. Every year from June to July, after the rain soaks the earth, Chuxiong Prefecture (楚雄州) enters a season full of fragrant mushrooms. During the summer vacation, walking into the streets and alleys of various counties and districts, cooking, stewing, frying... all kinds of methods can make tourists feast. Among them, "Chuxiong Wild Mushroom Hot Pot (楚雄野生菌火锅)" is one of the 100 rural delicacies of the "Chinese Farmers' Harvest Festival (中国农民丰收节)" and should not be missed.
Seeking Flavors in the "Hometown of Matsutake"
Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (迪庆藏族自治州) Shangri-La City (香格里拉市) is a famous "Hometown of Matsutake (松茸之乡)." Its matsutake production accounts for more than 30% of the country's total, and its fresh matsutake exports account for more than 65% of the country's total. Starting a mushroom-seeking journey to Shangri-La (香格里拉) during the summer vacation allows you to hike outdoors and experience the ecological fun of digging matsutake in the misty forests. You can also fry matsutake with ghee in a Nishi black pottery pot to feel the unique freshness and fragrance. At the Matsutake Picking Festival, you can experience the enthusiasm of the Guozhuang Dance (锅庄舞) and the freshness and fragrance of the Matsutake Feast.
In addition to Kunming, Chuxiong, and Diqing, Lijiang, Dali, Pu'er (普洱), Baoshan, Wenshan, Qujing, Zhaotong, and other cities and prefectures are all good places to pick and eat mushrooms. During the summer vacation, tourists who love wild mushrooms should come to Yunnan to start a "fragrant mushroom" trip.
Here, we solemnly remind the majority of tourists to pay attention to food safety when picking and tasting wild mushrooms, and to protect the ecological environment at the same time.
Enthusiasm Ignites the Summer Night: The Torch Festival is a Grand Folk Culture Event
In the leisurely rhythm intertwined with coolness and mushroom fragrance, Yunnan has also launched a hotter chapter. Yunnan is the province with the most ethnic minority types. Many ethnic groups communicate and integrate on this land, forming an original, rich, and colorful ethnic culture. The ethnic traditional festivals with strong participation and interaction are a window to show the ethnic customs of Yunnan. The Yi Torch Festival (彝族火把节), as the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage, is the grandest traditional festival of the Yi people and a concentrated embodiment of Yi culture. Tourists can start a cultural journey and participate in a folk event when they come to Yunnan during the summer vacation.
Yunnan takes "fire" as the theme and "ignites" the entire summer with enthusiasm. This year's midsummer carnival destination activities are diverse and colorful: Chuxiong Prefecture (楚雄州) takes "China Fire City·Romantic Flower Capital (中国火城·浪漫花都)" as the theme to create a "A Yunnan Kind of Life - Chuxiong Scene (有一种叫云南的生活——楚雄场景)" characteristic festival culture brand and carry out a series of Torch Festival activities; Weishan Yi and Hui Autonomous County (巍山彝族回族自治县), Dali Prefecture (大理州), takes "Fire Shines Nanzhao·Passion Ignites Weishan (火耀南诏·情燃巍山)" as the theme and stages the Yi people's dance performance; Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture (红河哈尼族彝族自治州) takes "Living in Honghe·Village Chief Invites You (旅居红河·村长有请)" as its name and sends out an invitation of "The Torch Will Not Go Out, the Invitation Will Not Stop (火把不熄，邀约不停)." The 13 counties and cities in the prefecture are linked together, from the frontier fire charm of Jinping Miao, Yao, and Dai Autonomous County (金平苗族瑶族傣族自治县) to the terraced field carnival of Yuanyang County (元阳县) and Luchun County (绿春县), from the Axi Jumping Moon (阿细跳月) of Keyi Town (可邑小镇) in Mile City (弥勒市) to the Huayao Dragon Dance (花腰舞龙) of Shaochong (哨冲) in Shiping County (石屏县), using fire as a medium for tens of thousands of people to dance together; Shilin Scenic Area (石林风景区) in Kunming City (昆明市) takes "Passionate Torch·Intangible Cultural Heritage Shilin (激情火把·非遗石林)" as the theme to create a comprehensive activity integrating ethnic traditional festival display, cultural tourism brand building, and cultural inheritance; Ninglang Yi Autonomous County (宁蒗彝族自治县), Lijiang City (丽江市), takes "'Ning' Quiet Mountain City·'Lang' Romantic Yi Township ('宁'静山城·'蒗'漫彝乡)" as the theme to fully display the colorful ethnic culture.
Travel to Yunnan with Peace of Mind: An Honest Escort for a Beautiful Appointment
In order to allow every tourist to fully enjoy the beauty of Yunnan, this summer, Yunnan is making every effort to create a good environment for the tourism market and further improve the quality of tourism services in the province. On July 6, the "Ten Measures for Further Strengthening the Integrity Construction of the Tourism Market in Yunnan Province (云南省进一步加强旅游市场诚信建设10条措施)" was released and will be officially implemented on August 12. The measures focus on building a three-level supervision system with clear levels, providing incentives for trustworthy entities, strengthening constraints on untrustworthy behaviors, and implementing key supervision on serious untrustworthy situations. At the same time, the classification standards for dishonest business behaviors and the standards for inclusion in joint punishment are refined. At present, Yunnan is carrying out a series of activities of "I Take the Lead in Honest Tourism (诚信旅游我带头)" to encourage enterprises and employees to be practitioners of honest tourism; star-rated tour guide evaluation is being carried out among practicing tour guides in the province to promote the improvement of tour guide service quality.
Come to Yunnan for summer vacation, look up at the snow-capped mountains, look down at the mushroom baskets, bathe in the breeze during the day, and sleep with the starry river at night. The mountains, rivers, and food of Yunnan are waiting for guests to come.
Data source: Yunnan Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism (云南省文化和旅游厅)
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In 2015, the "Geographical Indication of the Origin of the Ancient Tea Horse Road" was officially inaugurated at the Chayuan Square in Ning'er Hani and Yi Autonomous County (宁洱哈尼族彝族自治县) of Pu'er City (普洱市), Yunnan (云南), marking the important position of this ancient city, which "shares a place name and a tea name," in the history of ethnic exchanges in Southwest China and even cultural integration between China and foreign countries.
The towering Hengduan Mountains (横断山脉) guide the southwest monsoon deep into the Lancang River (澜沧江) valley, forming a humid and rainy climate, which has nurtured the world-renowned Pu'er tea in the mountainous Pu'er. As the core origin and distribution center of Pu'er tea, Ning'er County (宁洱县), the seat of the Pu'er Prefecture (普洱府) government in history, is now the starting point of the Ancient Tea Horse Road. Starting from Ning'er County, the five main routes of the Ancient Tea Horse Road extend outward in a radial pattern, connecting Beijing (北京) and Tibet (西藏) to the north, and Myanmar (缅甸), Laos (老挝), and Vietnam (越南) to the south, becoming the main artery of the "Southern Silk Road," and further connecting to the Maritime Silk Road, reaching Europe across the sea.
"Thatched halls connect to stone paths, and the sound of Qing instruments can be heard in the sky; a path hangs like a thread, and the two peaks are as cold as clouds." The steep Ancient Tea Horse Road described by Shan Qianyuan (单乾元), the magistrate of Ning'er County in the Qing Dynasty, tempered the spirit of the caravans to be pioneering and enterprising, unafraid of hardships, and united and inclusive. This spiritual characteristic, together with the Ancient Tea Horse Road, has become an important part of Pu'er culture. In recent years, Pu'er City has actively leveraged its geographical advantages, inherited the spirit of pioneering and enterprising, unafraid of hardships, and united and inclusive, held a number of sports events, promoted the integration of sports and tourism, strengthened exchanges and cooperation with neighboring countries, and promoted people-to-people connectivity.
"Ancient Road" Cross-country Race -
Showcasing the Spirit of Caravan Perseverance
Mountain road, heavy rain. Rain mixed with sweat flowed into Ma Jianlei's (马建磊) eyes. Rain mixed with mud could not stop him from moving forward.
At the end of June, Ma Jianlei participated in the 58-kilometer trail running race of the Yunnan Tea Horse 1000 Li Cross-country Race Pu'er Station. The starting point of the race was in Simao Ancient Tea Horse City (思茅区茶马古城), and the route followed the Ancient Tea Horse Road, passing through forests, tea gardens, towns, villages, and other locations. Participants could experience the style of the Ancient Tea Horse Road at zero distance and feel the scenery of the green sea of Pu'er. The race categories were also very special, including the Horseshoe Print Group, the Ancient Road Chasing Wind Group, and the Tea Horse Pioneering Group.
"58 kilometers, climbed 6 mountains." Ma Jianlei, who participated in the "Ancient Road Chasing Wind Group" competition, said that although the cross-country race is different from the caravan journey, running on the Ancient Tea Horse Road can fully perceive the hardships of the caravans for thousands of years.
In 1867, the Frenchman Louis Delaporte recorded the figures of caravans on the Ancient Tea Horse Road with copperplate engravings. In the high mountains and ridges, there was no sign of human habitation, and a team of people and horses moved forward with difficulty under the leadership of the caravan leader. People carried goods in front, and packhorses followed behind. In the empty high mountain canyons, one could almost hear the sound of horse bells.
"The mountains are very quiet, and the more you run, the more lonely you feel." Ma Jianlei said that unlike city marathons, there are few spectators along the way when traveling in the depths of the mountains, and it is even more difficult to have cheers from cheerleaders. Starting from climbing the third mountain, it is necessary to cross dense forests, and the steep slopes are mostly thirty or forty degrees. Ma Jianlei encouraged himself again and again, stepping on the clear hoof prints on the ancient road and striving forward...
According to incomplete statistics, there are 177 kilometers of relatively well-preserved Ancient Tea Horse Road sites in Pu'er City, with more than 140 sections (sites) of main cultural relics. In recent years, Pu'er has combined the culture of the Ancient Tea Horse Road with sports events, held the Xiangshan International Pu'er Simao Marathon, the 2024 "Lancang-Mekong-Ancient Tea Horse Road Cup" Youth Football Invitational Tournament, and hosted the 2024 Colorful Yunnan Granfondo Cycling Festival Pu'er Simao Station, the Yunnan Border Happiness Village Sports Carnival, and other international sports events.
The 2025 Xiangshan International Pu'er Simao Marathon attracted more than 20,000 runners from 7 countries, and Raphael Harry Avram, a young man from the United Kingdom, was one of the many participants. The carefully designed race route gave him a deeper understanding of the Ancient Tea Horse Road and the spirit inherited from the ancient road: "The marathon requires a strong will, which is very consistent with the spirit of caravan perseverance."
After running through the finish line, Avram received a medal containing a Pu'er tea cake: "It's so special, it's the first time I've seen a medal that can be brewed and drunk!" Li Songqiang (李松强), the head of the Mass and Social Sports Section of the Pu'er City Education and Sports Bureau, introduced that putting Pu'er tea in the medal is precisely to hope that the athletes can taste Pu'er tea culture, understand the history of the Ancient Tea Horse Road, and inherit the spirit of the caravans through the competition.
"Ancient Ritual" Throwing Packet Festival -
Swinging out a Circle of Unity and Friendship
From Ning'er to the southeast is the "Jianglai Ancient Road" in the Pu'er Tea Horse Road. The ancient road passes through Jiangcheng Hani and Yi Autonomous County (江城哈尼族彝族自治县) in Pu'er City, goes down the Lixian River (李仙江), and arrives at Lai Chau Province in Vietnam. In the past, caravans carried salt and tea to the people of Laos, Vietnam, and other countries. Today, in Jiangcheng (江城), at the junction of China, Laos, and Vietnam, the unique sports event - the China-Laos-Vietnam Throwing Packet Carnival - has created new opportunities for exchanges between border residents.
Throwing packets is an ancient traditional folk activity in Jiangcheng. Initially, it was a way for young men and women of the Yi (彝族), Hani (哈尼族), and other ethnic groups in the border areas of China, Laos, and Vietnam to express their feelings. During the Spring Festival every year, larger villages hold throwing packet activities in wide open areas. Young men and women dress up and throw packets to each other to express their love.
The reporter came to a shop that makes and sells throwing packets, and saw colorful diamond-shaped throwing packets hanging all over the walls. Looking closely at the throwing packets in the shop, the top end is tied with a long rope, and the bottom end is decorated with tassels made of woolen yarn by hand. "Traditional throwing packets are usually sewn from colored fabrics and filled with tea or grains." The shop owner Zhang Xiuyan (张秀艳) introduced, "Girls like to use red and pink, while boys mostly use blue. The long rope hanging on the body also makes the throwing packet a highlight of ethnic costumes."
"Different from traditional throwing packets, the standard throwing packets used in the competition are filled with sand." Yang Zhengwei (杨正伟), the captain of the Jiangcheng County Throwing Packet Team, said. He participated in the 8th Throwing Packet Competition held in Laos in 2024. The specially made throwing packets for the competition have white ropes and are decorated with red, yellow, and blue cloth strips, "which represent China, Laos, and Vietnam." Yang Zhengwei held the throwing packet in one hand, first swung two circles, then squatted slightly, stepped on the ground, and threw it smoothly, accurately throwing the throwing packet into the throwing basket made with the border monument at the junction of the three countries as a prototype.
The China-Laos-Vietnam Throwing Packet Carnival began in 2009. It is jointly created by the three countries and held in rotation. It has been held for 8 sessions. The carnival includes many activities such as literary and artistic performances, folk song festivals, and border commodity fairs. The most applauded are still traditional sports events such as throwing packets.
Competing for accuracy, distance, and catching ability, athletes from the three countries chased each other on the field, and friendship gradually deepened in the competition. Tran Viet Hung from Lai Chau Province, Vietnam, participated in the 7th Throwing Packet Competition in Jiangcheng County in 2023. "Although it is a competition, the significance of establishing friendship and conducting exchanges with Chinese and Lao friends far exceeds the competition itself," he said.
Yang Zhengwei was deeply impressed by the welcoming party the day before the competition. Athletes from the three countries sat together to eat and toasted together. "Everyone is familiar with each other after many competitions. Although the language is not fluent, they greet each other with 'You're here to participate again.'" Yang Zhengwei said with a smile, "Now we all say that the circle swung out before throwing is the 'circle of friendship' of the unity of the people of the three countries."
"With the help of the Throwing Packet Carnival, our exchanges with neighboring countries are closer, and the understanding and sense of identity between the people are constantly deepening." Dou Lingling (窦玲玲), the director of the Jiangcheng County Culture and Tourism Bureau, said that in the past, people on the Ancient Tea Horse Road helped each other, and now everyone gathers together like relatives and friends, using sports events to build a bridge of friendship.
"Ancient Friendship" Inherited Today -
Continuing Friendship on the Green Field
"One, two, one, two..." On the green field of the Pu'er City Gymnasium, middle school student Pu Youyou (浦有有) is preparing for the Yunnan Provincial Games with his teammates. Since 2023, Pu'er's young football players have often taken the China-Laos Railway abroad to play in football leagues with teenagers from Laos and Thailand.
The China-Laos Railway is 1,035 kilometers long, connecting Kunming (昆明), Yunnan, and Vientiane (万象), the capital of Laos. It was fully opened to traffic in December 2021 and opened international passenger trains in April 2023. Starting from Pu'er Station, the trajectory of the China-Laos Railway overlaps with the Ancient Tea Horse Road in many places.
"The China-Laos Railway is very convenient. We depart in the morning and arrive in Vientiane in the afternoon." Pu Youyou said that in 2023, the speeding train took him to Laos for the first time. There were more than 300 young players competing together. "The Lao players smiled very warmly and took the initiative to high-five and shake hands with us."
Playing football abroad brings not only the joy of progress, but also the deepening of friendship. In February 2025, Pu Youyou and his teammates went to Khon Kaen Province (孔敬府), Thailand, to participate in the 3rd "Lancang-Mekong Cup" and Khon Kaen Province International Youth Football Invitational Tournament. In a match against a Thai club, the young players relied on their strong will to equalize the score. "After the game, the opposing players came over to hug us and praised our wonderful performance." Pu Youyou's teammate Yang Mingge (杨茗胳) said, "I am very happy to have gained this friendship."
Pu Youyou later met an old opponent in the game - a Lao teenager wearing the No. 7 jersey. "We like the same star, and he specially took a photo with me." Although the language was not fluent, they communicated through mobile phone translation software, not only signing autographs for each other, but also going to the market and drinking beverages together.
After returning to China, Pu Youyou and his teammates wrote about their experiences of playing football abroad in their essays, recording their growth and also recording a series of transnational friendships. These gains are exactly what Nie Hongzhong (聂红忠), the president of the Pu'er City Football Association, hopes to see: "Sports have no borders. We hope that football will shape children's positive values and also connect the friendship and dreams of young people from Lancang-Mekong countries."
From the pioneering and enterprising, unafraid of hardships, and united and inclusive spirit inherited from the Ancient Tea Horse Road to promoting transnational sports exchanges through the Ancient Tea Horse Road today and enhancing the friendship between the people of the surrounding areas, Pu'er has embarked on a distinctive path of cultural exchange and people-to-people connectivity.
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Pu'er City is located in the southwest of Yunnan Province. It is the largest prefecture (city) in Yunnan Province. It is connected to Vietnam, Laos, and Myanmar by mountains and rivers, with a border line of 486 kilometers. The China-Laos Railway passes through the territory, making Pu'er a node city for Yunnan Province to build a radiation center facing South Asia and Southeast Asia.
In recent years, Pu'er has given full play to its geographical advantages and ethnic cultural resources, and actively expanded the breadth and depth of foreign sports and cultural exchanges. By holding a series of activities such as the Xiangshan International Pu'er Simao Marathon, the China-Laos-Vietnam Throwing Packet Carnival, the China-Laos-Vietnam (Pu'er) Border Commodity Fair, and the Mojiang International Twins Festival, it has made good use of the exchange and cooperation mechanism with the eight northern provinces of Laos, as well as the exchange and cooperation mechanism with international friendly cities such as Phongsaly Province (丰沙里省), Laos, and Phitsanulok Province (彭世洛府), Thailand, to deepen exchanges and mutual learning with Southeast Asian countries.
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The horse bell sounds on the Ancient Tea Horse Road traverse a thousand years, converging with the whistle of the China-Laos Railway in Pu'er (普洱). This border city, "one city connecting three countries," is using sports events as its pen and the integration of sports and tourism as its ink to write a vivid chapter of cultural exchange.
Sports are not only a way to strengthen the body, but also a bridge for mutual learning between civilizations. As an important cultural label of Pu'er City (普洱市), the time-honored Ancient Tea Horse Road (茶马古道) endows sports events with a strong cultural atmosphere. Sports events also inherit the spirit of pioneering, 不畏艰险 (bù wèi jiān xiǎn - "not afraid of hardship and danger," to not fear difficulties and dangers), and unity and inclusiveness of the Ancient Tea Horse Road. "Drinkable" medals are distributed to runners in international marathon events, colorful cloth bags draw beautiful arcs in the beanbag throwing competition, and young football players on the green field cheer for goals and are moved by friendship... These are not only profound sports memories, but also vivid examples of civilizational dialogue. In the joy of moving, there is no geographical barrier, no cultural difference, only the constantly narrowing distance between hearts and the constantly increasing mutual understanding.
The sports field is not just a place for winning or losing, but also a stage for the resonance of values. When "friendship first, competition second" is deeply rooted in people's hearts, and when people from different countries cheer for a common love, deep friendship is constantly consolidated. An embrace on the field today may be a prelude to transnational cooperation tomorrow. This intergenerational exchange makes friendly exchanges have a longer vitality.
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General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized: "We have adhered to the path of independently developing industries and relied on our own strength to develop industry and manufacturing. This path is the right one!"
From the "First Five-Year Plan" to the "Fourteenth Five-Year Plan," China has consistently developed its manufacturing industry. It has completed the industrialization process that took developed countries hundreds of years in just a few decades, and its manufacturing scale has ranked first in the world for 15 consecutive years. Recently, reporters visited representative enterprises established during the "First Five-Year Plan" period, such as Harbin Electric Corporation (哈尔滨电气集团有限公司), China Baowu Baosteel Co., Ltd. Wuhan Iron and Steel Co., Ltd. (中国宝武宝钢股份武汉钢铁有限公司), and General Technology Group Shenyang Machine Tool Co., Ltd. (通用技术集团沈阳机床有限责任公司), to gain an in-depth understanding of the development history of these enterprises from small to large and from weak to strong, and to appreciate the power of Chinese manufacturing's ascent.
-- Editor
Two pieces of equipment, spanning 70 years, witness the extraordinary leap of China's energy equipment from catching up to leading.
One is the first hydro-turbine in New China. In December 1951, after arduous efforts, the Harbin Electric Machinery Factory (哈尔滨电机厂) successfully completed the rotor overspeed assembly test of the 800-kilowatt hydro-turbine generator set, rewriting the history that New China could not independently design and manufacture power generation equipment.
The other is the world's first million-kilowatt hydro-turbine unit to operate at full load for power generation. In June 2021, the first batch of units at the Baihetan Hydropower Station (白鹤滩水电站) on the Jinsha River (金沙江) were put into operation for power generation, with Unit 14 on the right bank taking the lead in achieving grid connection and commercial operation.
Both pieces of equipment come from Harbin Electric Corporation (哈尔滨电气集团有限公司) (referred to as "Harbin Electric"), which developed from six key construction projects during the "First Five-Year Plan" period. Recently, reporters visited this old factory from the "First Five-Year Plan" to experience the new changes in the old enterprise firsthand.
From a "World's First" to See the Road of Independent Innovation
Another "World's First"!
On July 2, the core component of the world's largest single-unit capacity (500 MW) and largest size (6.23 meters in diameter) impulse hydro-turbine—the runner shaped like a "sunflower"—was shipped from Harbin Electric Machinery Co. (哈电集团电机公司) and will soon be applied to the Zala Hydropower Station (扎拉水电站) in Tibet, a key project for "transferring electricity from Tibet."
The runner is known as the "heart" of the impulse hydro-turbine unit, responsible for the key role of converting water kinetic energy into mechanical energy. The successful completion of this runner means that China has become the first country in the world to master the entire chain of technology for 500 MW impulse hydro-turbines.
"This runner embodies the hard work of countless people. More than 10 professional and technical personnel worked together day and night to overcome the 'bottleneck' technology," said Yang Sijin (杨思晋), Deputy Manager of the Intelligent Manufacturing Process Department of the Electric Machinery Company, at the shipping ceremony, unable to hide his excitement.
Take welding as an example. The Zala Hydropower Station (扎拉水电站) is designed with a water head of 671 meters, and the runner must withstand high-frequency dynamic pressure at all times, so the welding manufacturing requirements are extremely strict.
A technical team was formed to conduct in-depth research on key technologies from materials, processes, deformation control, and quality assurance; a production team was formed to overcome difficulties such as high-temperature baking, difficult reverse welding, and high interlayer cleaning intensity to fully ensure welding quality; digital simulation technology was used to carry out forging technology research and select the best welding parameters... Paying "sweat + wisdom," after 107 days of unremitting efforts, the welding difficulties were finally overcome.
Innovation is day-to-day hard work, climbing the peak step by step. In the field of impulse hydro-turbine development, Harbin Electric Machinery Co. (哈电集团电机公司) has decades of technical accumulation and has participated in the development of 67 units in 30 power stations at home and abroad, accumulating rich experience in water conservancy development, model testing, structural design, processing and manufacturing, laying a solid foundation for the development of more "world's firsts."
From the "First Five-Year Plan" to the "Fourteenth Five-Year Plan," from introduction, digestion, absorption to re-innovation, over the past 70 years, Harbin Electric has produced the first hydro-turbine unit, the first 25,000-kilowatt thermal power unit, and the first ship's main power device in New China, creating more than 280 "firsts of the Republic."
Entering the "Fourteenth Five-Year Plan," innovation has been placed in a prominent position in the development of enterprises. From 2021 to 2024, Harbin Electric's annual R&D investment intensity has always been higher than 5%, and it has gradually built an innovation system of "one center and four platforms" based on national-level innovation platforms such as national key laboratories, national engineering research centers, and original technology source areas.
Developing the world's largest capacity and highest parameter 5 MW electric power supercritical carbon dioxide boiler, with a number of internationally pioneering technologies; creating the Hassyan Power Plant project in Dubai, UAE, creating a precedent for Chinese-funded companies to enter the Middle East power market with investment, financing, and general contracting models... At present, Harbin Electric has produced more than 550 million kilowatts of power generation equipment, with products covering more than 50 countries and regions and equipping more than 800 large and medium-sized power stations at home and abroad. The main equipment for nuclear power and heavy-duty gas turbines each account for about 1/3 of the total domestic installed capacity.
From a Production Line Transformation to See the Road of Industrial Upgrading
Intelligent robotic arms automatically identify orders, send raw materials to machine tools, machine tools process blades, and then place the products on trays in an orderly manner. Automated guided vehicles (AGVs) move flexibly... In the small and medium-sized blade digital production line of the Blade Branch of Harbin Electric Turbine Co. (哈电集团汽轮机公司), blades are transferred from raw materials to clamping and processing to inspection and warehousing, all automatically completed by equipment, realizing fully automated processing.
"After the intelligent transformation was completed in July last year, the number of employees on the 6 production lines was reduced from 45 to 18, and the product consistency and production efficiency were effectively improved," Li Xurui (李绪瑞), director of the Blade Branch, told reporters. Last year, the branch produced nearly 300,000 blades. Since the beginning of this year, orders have been full, and the production line has been running 24 hours a day. It is expected that the annual output can be increased by 20%.
"Large-scale power generation equipment is generally customized products, and the intelligent transformation of production lines is more difficult. However, digitalization and intelligence are important directions for developing new quality productive forces, and it is necessary to gradually promote them no matter how difficult it is," said Liu Xinxin (刘新新), General Manager of the Innovation and Digitalization Department of Harbin Electric.
Riding on the east wind of industrial digitalization, Harbin Electric is gradually promoting the "renewal" of production lines: in the punching and shearing workshop of the Electric Machinery Company, 45 robots are busy cutting silicon steel sheets into stator laminations with millimeter-level errors; in the Blade Branch of the Turbine Company, the large blade production line is undergoing intelligent transformation and is expected to be put into use by the end of the year...
Digitalization is reflected in the production and manufacturing process and has also been extended to the operation and maintenance process. For example, the industrial digital twin management system jointly developed by Harbin Electric Machinery Co. (哈电集团电机公司) and universities has been applied to projects such as the Three Gorges (三峡) and South-to-North Water Diversion (南水北调) pumping stations, which can synchronize the actual operating conditions of the equipment to the virtual world in real time, which is equivalent to establishing a "digital twin" for the equipment.
"In the past, judging whether equipment was faulty relied on old experts 'diagnosing by listening to the sound.' Now, the system can act as a 24-hour 'general practitioner,' which will issue an alarm within one minute of a fault and can also predict potential problems," said Sun Yongxin (孙永鑫), Deputy Chief Professional Engineer of the Electric Machinery Company. At present, this system has helped hundreds of large-scale equipment achieve intelligent operation and reduced operation and maintenance costs by 25%.
According to statistics, since October 2018, Harbin Electric has invested nearly 9 billion yuan in projects related to industrial base reconstruction and digitalization, with an average annual increase of 28% in investment. Eight digital workshops have been built, and the production efficiency of completed projects has increased by nearly 30%.
From an Innovative Technology to See the Road of Market Expansion
"Ultra-low load stable combustion project"—the reporter heard such a new term during an interview at the Boiler Company of Harbin Electric.
"To give an example, a coal-fired power unit can generate 1 million kilowatt-hours of electricity per hour when operating at full load, but now it is required to generate only 150,000 kilowatt-hours of electricity per hour. Just like the coal stoves used by every household in the past, they had to burn even when the fire was not strong, which is a test of the unit's flexibility," said Jia Geng (贾庚), a researcher at the Boiler Company of Harbin Electric.
Enabling coal-fired power units to burn stably under ultra-low loads is a new issue brought about by achieving the "dual carbon" goals and promoting energy transformation. For a long time, coal power has occupied the main power source position in China's power energy structure. In the future, with the accelerated development of the new energy industry, traditional coal power is transforming into a combination of basic security and system regulation power sources, giving way to new energy power generation during normal periods and continuing to peak during peak periods. At present, Harbin Electric is carrying out the research and development of the ultra-low load stable combustion project of Langfang Thermal Power (廊坊热电).
Wherever there is demand, research and development and products are aimed at it. Since the "Fourteenth Five-Year Plan," Harbin Electric has taken advantage of the situation, focused on demand, promoted coal-fired power units to adapt to "role changes," and continuously expanded market space.
Make equipment greener. In November 2024, the world's first 660 MW ultra-supercritical, ultra-low energy consumption circulating fluidized bed boiler developed by the Boiler Company of Harbin Electric was put into operation in the Shaanxi Binbei Demonstration Project (陕西彬长示范项目). This project can cleanly convert about 2 million tons of low-heating value coal and low-quality fuels such as coal slime and gangue every year, improving the level of clean and efficient utilization of coal.
Make equipment more "long-lived." In September 2024, the world's first cross-generation upgrade and transformation project, Unit 1 of the Tianjin Guoneng Panshan Project (天津国能盘山项目), was put into full-load trial operation. By applying a number of coal-fired power "three-transformation linkage" technologies for transformation, the unit's coal consumption was reduced by 14%, the heating capacity was increased by more than two times, and the service life was extended by 30 years.
At the same time, Harbin Electric is also accelerating the layout of the clean energy industry.
Compressed air energy storage, building a "super green charging treasure." In April 2024, the Hubei Yingcheng 300 MW compressed air energy storage power station demonstration project (湖北应城300兆瓦级压气储能电站示范工程) was successfully connected to the grid for the first time. Among them, the complete set of heat exchange equipment developed by the Turbine Company of Harbin Electric played an important role.
"In this set of equipment, the cross-flow finned tube heat exchange technology is innovatively adopted, which is like concentrating thousands of groups of radiators into a cylinder. Air flows through the cylinder, heating the water in the 'radiators,' and the heat is efficiently stored, realizing efficient heat exchange with large flow and low resistance," introduced Wang Duo (王铎), a design engineer at the Turbine Company.
In the field of pumped storage, it has participated in the development of 60 power stations and 231 pumped storage units; in the field of nuclear power, it has participated in projects such as the Shidaowan High-Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactor Demonstration Project (石岛湾高温气冷堆示范工程) and the Karachi Nuclear Power Plant in Pakistan, and has commercial operation performance of third-generation and fourth-generation nuclear power nuclear island main equipment; in the field of solar thermal power, it has participated in solar thermal power generation projects such as Guotou Ruoqiang (国投若羌) and CGN Delingha (中广核德令哈), with a leading market share in the industry... Adapting to the trend of energy transformation, Harbin Electric insists on deeply cultivating the "three systems" of new power systems, green and low-carbon drive systems, and clean and efficient industrial systems, and its development space is becoming wider and wider. In the first half of this year, the company's operating income, total profit, and formal contract signing amount increased by more than 25% year-on-year.
Casting major country weapons and exporting "China Power." With the efforts of Harbin Electric and other enterprises, China's energy equipment is striding forward and striding towards the center of the world stage.
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When R&D becomes strong and technology becomes excellent, enterprises can jump out of the "red ocean," advance into the "blue ocean," and reap greater development space.
During an interview at Harbin Electric Corporation (哈电集团), Chief Scientist Qin Daqing (覃大清) shared the following anecdote:
Around 1993, a foreign company expressed interest in a joint venture with Harbin Electric Corporation's (哈电集团) motor company. "Initially, everyone was very happy. However, when the other party proposed that the prerequisite for the joint venture was that Harbin Electric (哈电) would abandon the R&D环节 in the future and only be responsible for production contracting, we resolutely refused." In Qin Daqing's (覃大清) view, it was this firm choice that safeguarded the "lifeline" of the company's development.
Ultra-supercritical double reheat units, nuclear main pumps, and other technologies are at the forefront of the world. Advanced motors, high-end valves, coal chemical industry, digital twins, and other fields continue to achieve technological breakthroughs. Cherishing the "lifeline" has helped Harbin Electric Corporation (哈电集团) create more than 280 "firsts in the Republic" (共和国第一), of which more than 30 were born during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period. Imagine, without the determination of "we must engage in R&D no matter how difficult it is" back then, and without years of continuous innovation investment, this leading company in China's power equipment industry would not have reaped such fruitful innovation results and become a global industry leader. In contrast, some previously leading companies in the industry later fell behind in R&D, gradually fell into poor management, and eventually faded from people's sight.
In May 2019, during his inspection in Jiangxi (江西), General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized that "Technological innovation is the lifeblood of an enterprise. Only by possessing independent intellectual property rights and core technologies can we produce products with core competitiveness and stand invincible in the fierce competition." This is true for companies that are "followers," and even more so for companies that are already "leaders" in many fields. In recent years, Chinese companies have overcome many "bottleneck" technologies, but there are still many technological bottlenecks to be broken. The technological revolution is advancing rapidly, and market competition is becoming increasingly fierce, which increasingly requires companies to strive to master more unique skills and cutting-edge technologies. When R&D becomes strong and technology becomes excellent, enterprises can jump out of the "red ocean," advance into the "blue ocean," and reap greater development space.
We are pleased to see that seeking innovation and engaging in R&D have become the conscious choice and persistence of more and more Chinese companies. For example, in the field of industrial robots, China (中国) has maintained its position as the "world's largest" market for 12 consecutive years, which is inseparable from the "strong support" of effective patents accounting for about 2/3 of the global total. At present, China's (中国) R&D expenditure accounts for nearly 2.7% of GDP, which has exceeded the average level of the European Union (欧盟) and is close to the average level of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries. From January to May this year, the number of valid invention patent applications in China (中国) was close to 5 million, an increase of 12.8%. This benefits from the continuous improvement of the technological innovation policy system and demonstrates the increasing innovation capabilities of enterprises.
The intensity of R&D and the height of technology affect the breadth of enterprise development. We look forward to all regions and departments building platforms, improving mechanisms, and creating a higher level of innovation ecosystem. We also look forward to the majority of enterprises unswervingly following the path of independent innovation, vigorously strengthening technological breakthroughs, and firmly grasping the "lifeblood" in their own hands.
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Arriving in port in the morning, entering the warehouse in the afternoon, and on the shelves the next day... In the sweltering summer heat, hundreds of tons of refrigerated and frozen meat are shipped from Argentina and Chile to Tianjin Port (天津港) every day, and then distributed to major markets in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei (京津冀) region within 24 hours.
With high value and long transportation distances, the journey of delicacies from their source to the dining table requires dense shipping routes connecting production and sales areas, as well as extremely rapid "freshness locking" after crossing the ocean.
"The Tianjin Port (天津港) area has a cluster of cold storage parks, which are like a giant 'refrigerator,' providing an ideal storage environment for imported fruits, meats, and aquatic products," said a relevant person in charge of Tianjin Port Group (天津港集团). For example, during the peak season for South American cherries, about 30,000 tons of fresh fruit are transshipped here, ensuring that they remain red in color and crisp and sweet in taste when they "reach the table."
What does the "big refrigerator" look like?
From a high altitude, the white buildings, closed without windows and centrally distributed, are the port's cold storage facilities. In the Yuanhai Supply Chain Company (远海供应链公司) park of Tianjin Port (天津港), the cold storage capacity reaches 50,000 tons, storing about 48,000 tons of goods, with a capacity utilization rate of over 90%.
Taking a closer look, the "big refrigerator" is divided into refrigerated and frozen areas. The temperature in the refrigerated area is generally controlled at 0 to 1 degrees Celsius, while the frozen area is below minus 18 degrees Celsius, which can meet the storage needs of different fresh products. Moreover, the cold storage is also equipped with a smart management system. Through technologies such as the Internet of Things and big data, information such as the temperature, humidity, and cargo inventory in the warehouse is updated in real time. If any abnormality occurs, an early warning can be issued in time to ensure the quality of the goods.
What's inside the "big refrigerator"?
In the refrigerated area, there is a wide variety of fruits from all over the world, such as Chilean cherries, Thai durians, Philippine bananas, and New Zealand kiwis. In the frozen area, there is a dazzling array of Brazilian beef, Argentine lamb, Danish pork, as well as various aquatic products and dairy products.
"Meat products are a major feature here," said Zhao Xu (赵旭), deputy general manager of the park. According to statistics, there are currently over hundreds of categories of cold chain products at Tianjin Port (天津口岸), with an annual transshipment volume of millions of tons, accounting for about 30% of the total national meat imports all year round. "With the increasing demand of consumers for high-quality fresh food, the number and variety of cold chain products in the park are showing a rapid growth trend."
Why has Tianjin Port (天津港) become the "big refrigerator" for imported fresh food in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei (京津冀) region?
Looking at its geographical advantages, as the largest comprehensive port in northern China, Tianjin Port (天津港) has a convenient sea, land, and air transportation network, with 147 container routes connecting the world and 120 inland marketing centers covering 14 provinces.
Looking at industrial agglomeration, in addition to warehousing and logistics, the cold chain logistics industry chain is constantly being extended. Since the opening of the "Fruit Express Line," many companies such as Shouheng Group (首衡集团), Haima Biotechnology (海马生物), Wumart (物美), and Beijing Xinfadi (北京新发地) have successively laid out in the Dongjiang Port Area (东疆港区) to carry out fruit import business or establish service companies. A "fruit chain" is injecting new impetus into the integrated development of port, industry, and city.
Looking at operational efficiency, with the help of information sharing mechanisms among customs, ports, and logistics companies, goods can be picked up upon arrival and inspected quickly. At present, Tianjin Port (天津港) has reduced the terminal operation time for a single container of cherries to within 20 minutes, delivering them to major markets in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei (京津冀) region within 5 hours, and covering East China, South China, Northwest China, and Northeast China within 30 hours.
Currently, the "big refrigerator" is still accelerating its evolution—
Technological renewal: promoting the use of automated立体仓库 (lì tǐ cāng kù - "automated vertical warehouse," a warehouse that uses automated systems to store and retrieve goods), unmanned forklifts, intelligent sorting systems, etc., to improve the storage capacity and operational efficiency of cold storage facilities; Business innovation: exploring the development of cold chain logistics financial services to provide financing support for upstream and downstream enterprises and promote the accelerated growth of the cold chain industry; New product categories: increasing the introduction and cultivation of emerging cold chain products such as high-end dairy products and biomedicine to expand the broader market for cold chain logistics... "After years of development, Tianjin Port (天津港) has formed a relatively complete cold chain logistics industry chain and has strong cold chain product storage and distribution capabilities," said a relevant person in charge of Tianjin Port Group (天津港集团). We will strive to make the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei (京津冀) "big refrigerator" a "landing place" for world cuisine, so as to better meet people's aspirations for a better life.
Return to TopIn the first half of the year, work-for-relief programs created 2.08 million jobs.
According to the National Development and Reform Commission (国家发展改革委), through the implementation of special central government investment projects for work-for-relief programs and the vigorous promotion of work-for-relief in various key engineering projects and agricultural and rural infrastructure fields, a total of 2.08 million low-income people have been employed locally in the first half of this year, an increase of 32% compared with the same period last year; 22.3 billion yuan in labor remuneration has been distributed, an increase of 34% compared with the same period last year. In the next step, the National Development and Reform Commission (国家发展改革委) will work with relevant departments to accelerate the full commencement of construction of work-for-relief projects with allocated investments, continue to vigorously promote the work-for-relief method in various key engineering projects and agricultural and rural infrastructure fields, continuously expand employment absorption capacity and labor remuneration distribution scale, and further leverage the counter-cyclical adjustment role of work-for-relief in stabilizing employment and promoting income growth.
(Liu Zhiqiang (刘志强))
China-Europe Railway Express (Zhengzhou) (中欧班列（郑州）) has operated a total of 9,953 trains.
According to data from China Railway Zhengzhou Bureau Group Co., Ltd. (国铁郑州局), the China-Europe Railway Express (Zhengzhou) (中欧班列（郑州）) has operated a total of 9,953 trains in its 12th year of operation. Among them, the China-Europe Railway Express (Zhengzhou) (中欧班列（郑州）) operated 979 trains in the first half of this year, an increase of 238 trains year-on-year, an increase of 32.12%, maintaining a good trend of efficient operation and balanced round trips.
The China-Europe Railway Express (Zhengzhou) (中欧班列（郑州）) vigorously develops multimodal transport, evolving from "point-to-point" transportation to "hub-to-hub" transportation at assembly centers, and expanding its cargo collection range from 500 kilometers to 1,500 kilometers. Currently, there are 11 regularly operating China-Europe Railway Express (Zhengzhou) (中欧班列（郑州）) routes originating and terminating in Zhengzhou (郑州), with overseas cargo collection and distribution networks radiating to more than 30 countries and more than 130 cities, and more than 6,000 domestic and foreign partners, carrying more than 1,000 types of import and export goods.
(Li Xinping (李心萍))
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A seemingly ordinary ticket stub is becoming a "golden key" to activate consumption. From football stadiums in Jiangsu to basketball arenas in Zhejiang, from high-speed rail stations in Chongqing to commercial streets in Shanghai, the "ticket stub economy" connects diverse consumption scenarios such as eating, lodging, transportation, tourism, entertainment, and shopping, transforming single consumption behaviors into longer consumption chains and driving the formation of new highlights in consumption growth.
From Venues to Entire Cities
The "ticket stub economy" connects different consumption fields, bringing new opportunities for the development of the consumer market.
A ticket stub allows you to explore Nanjing Road (南京路), known as "China's No. 1 Commercial Street."
"I have a coupon in my phone, 5% off." On Nanjing Road Pedestrian Street (南京路步行街) in Shanghai (上海), in front of the cured meat counter of Taikang Food Company (泰康食品公司), a consumer presented the "Summer Pass" for consumption on Nanjing Road—an electronic coupon for the Nanjing Road business district—before checking out.
From June 28 to August 17, Nanjing Road launched the "Come to Nanjing Road, Enjoy Summer" ticket stub linkage activity. Users who used UnionPay (云闪付) channels to pay at relevant parks and scenic spots in Shanghai automatically received a coupon package for Nanjing Road ticket stub linkage, and could enjoy discounts such as 5% off the entire store at Taikang Food and Sanyang Nanhuo (三阳南货) when checking out.
In May of this year, Shanghai released the "Shanghai Special Action Plan to Boost Consumption" (《上海市提振消费专项行动方案》), and the "ticket stub economy" was included in the city's six special actions to expand consumption, aiming to promote the connection and mutual flow of various festivals, exhibitions, and competitions, and promote the deep integration of culture, tourism, commerce, sports, and exhibitions. Ticket stubs for theatrical performances, art exhibitions, sports events, and transportation can be linked with other consumption categories, effectively catalyzing urban consumption fission.
A ticket stub opens up a new experience of urban leisure and shopping.
On the evening of July 13, the Jiangshan Gymnasium (江山体育馆) in the Jiangshan (江山) competition area of Quzhou Ancient City (衢州古城), Zhejiang (浙江), was brightly lit, and thousands of fans came to watch the fierce battle between the Jiangshan team and the Qujiang District team (衢江区队). Li Wei (李伟), a spectator in the audience, held a jumping cheering stick in one hand and a bright "red coupon" in the other. This was a consumer coupon exclusively for the home team, Jiangshan City (江山市).
"With this coupon that gives you 50 off for every 500 spent, it's perfect for buying an air conditioner!" Li Wei said happily. After the game, the Jiangshan team won, and Li Wei, as a supporter of the home team, received two extra coupons. He took out his mobile phone to calculate: "It's a double happiness to enjoy the game and get benefits!"
In early July, 12 departments including the Department of Commerce of Zhejiang Province (浙江省商务厅) jointly issued the "Passionate Zhejiang Summer, Happy Consumption' 2025 Summer Promotion Action Plan" (《“激情浙夏 快乐消费”2025年暑期促消费行动方案》), launching seven key actions and more than 2,000 various consumption promotion activities. Among them, "ZheBA" was launched, sports consumption coupons were issued, and special "sports ticket stub" discounts were introduced. In July alone, more than 600 sports events were held in various parts of Zhejiang, releasing a strong spillover effect.
This summer, "ticket stub" has become a high-frequency word in the consumer market in many places. Hong Yong (洪勇), deputy researcher at the Academy of the Ministry of Commerce (商务部研究院), introduced that various places use ticket stubs for various performances, sports events, exhibitions, tourism and other activities as carriers, empower them with digital technology and extend the entire industry chain, and explore the development of a "ticket stub economy" covering ticket sales, derivative consumption, data services, cultural communication and other links. As an emerging economic model, the "ticket stub economy" connects different consumption fields and brings new opportunities for the development of the consumer market.
Since May of this year, the "Su Super" league has continued to be popular, with an average of more than 10,000 people pouring into the stadium per game. With the referee's whistle, the "Su Super" match between Changzhou (常州) and Xuzhou (徐州) ended on the evening of July 20, and the Xuzhou team won away. Wang Peng (王鹏), a Xuzhou fan, planned to play in Changzhou for two days after watching the game. "A ticket is not only for watching the game, but also for visiting scenic spots for free and enjoying discounts on dining and shopping. It's really great!"
With this ticket stub, Wang Peng and his family entered Changzhou Dinosaur Park (常州恐龙园) for free and experienced various amusement facilities in the park; they also enjoyed a 30% discount with the ticket stub and watched a local-characteristic literary and artistic performance. Eating breakfast at a famous local silver noodle restaurant, the ticket stub helped them save a lot of money. The entire trip saved nearly a thousand yuan.
In Nan'an District (南岸区), Chongqing (重庆), Tan Xin (谭鑫), a tourist from another place, started a new travel experience with a ticket from Chongqing East Railway Station (重庆东站). With this travel voucher, he can enjoy free admission to the Chongqing Anti-Japanese War Site Museum (重庆抗战遗址博物馆) within 7 days, as well as exclusive discounts at the Radisson Blu Plaza Hotel Chongqing (丽笙世嘉酒店) and a limited cool gift package at Xiaohao Old Street (下浩里老街).
After the opening of Chongqing East Railway Station, Nan'an District keenly seized the opportunity of "mobile" consumption and made travel tickets a pass to cultural tourism experiences. From July to August this year, 31 merchants in Nan'an District jointly launched the "Exchange Rail for Travel" plan. With a ticket to or from Chongqing East Railway Station within 7 days, tourists can enjoy free museum tours, 60% off tickets to Chongqing International Circus City (重庆国际马戏城), upgraded hotel accommodation rights, and many exclusive rights such as cool gifts at Xiaohao Li, an expanded block of Longmenhao Old Street (龙门浩老街).
From Single Discounts to Scenario Reconstruction
Breaking down consumption scenario barriers, a single ticket is transformed into a diverse experience.
The popularity of the "ticket stub economy" is due to the ingenious design of the supply side in various places—breaking down consumption scenario barriers and turning a single ticket into a "hub" for diverse experiences.
In terms of policy design, many places have launched "combined punches" to activate consumption potential. In Jiangsu (江苏), Nanjing (南京) launched the "1+3" continuous consumption discount model. After purchasing a ticket, fans can get triple benefits of salted duck discount coupons, shopping mall vouchers and hotel stay gift packages; Suzhou (苏州) launched an event for fans to experience traditional Pingtan performances for free with their tickets, and provided ticket discounts for garden scenic spots, promoting the integration of traditional culture and sports economy; Wuxi (无锡) launched the "Ticket Stub Exchange for Night Market Food Package" during the event, detonating the night economy.
Data from the Department of Commerce of Jiangsu Province (江苏省商务厅) shows that on July 5 alone, the day of the "Su Super" match between Nanjing and Suzhou, the number of spectators at the Nanjing Olympic Sports Center (南京奥体中心) exceeded 60,000, and the number of catering dine-in orders contributed by consumers from other places increased significantly, with宵夜consumption increasing by 40% year-on-year. After the game, the flow of people to attractions such as Tangshan Happy Water World (汤山欢乐水世界) and Confucius Temple-Qinhuai Scenic Belt (夫子庙秦淮风光带) surged, and the popularity of the event continued to spread to every corner of the city.
The "ticket stub economy" has further enlivened business districts and "second scenes." Nanjing, Wuxi, Nantong (南通) and other cities in Jiangsu have built outdoor large-screen live broadcasts to watch the games, and online and offline interactive consumption has been improved simultaneously. On July 5, the sales of 66 key business districts in Nanjing reached 340 million yuan, an increase of 16.5% year-on-year; Wuxi held 52 "football night markets", and Nantong set up 67 live broadcast viewing points, attracting a total of more than 300,000 people to participate. Xuzhou created a carnival event with football matches as the theme, combining local specialty barbecues, music performances and other activities to attract tourists to participate.
The innovation of Zhejiang lies in "global linkage." Shangyu District (上虞区) in Shaoxing (绍兴) accelerated the deep integration of local culture, commerce and tourism economy with a series of ingenious ideas and designs while holding the "ZheBA" event. During the competition, the local government extended the market economy of the competition venue to the summer consumption of the whole region. State-owned A-level scenic spots in the whole district implemented a free ticket policy, and various supermarkets, night markets, and sports venues all posted the "ZheBA" basketball logo. Various catering, homestays, scenic spots, amusement facilities, sports facilities, and "Shangyu Shangpin" (上虞尚品) specialty stores launched a series of promotional activities, aiming to turn the event into a national "carnival" and let every audience have a good time watching and having fun.
Outside the "ZheBA" Hangzhou East competition venue, the Linping Summer Night Market (临平夏夜集市) is uniquely wonderful. 102 star-studded booths are like a bright galaxy, where local customs, sports trendy products, special delicacies and creative cultural creations meet and collide. "Good-looking, delicious, and fun!" Huang Ping (黄平), who came from Binjiang District (滨江区), Hangzhou (杭州), praised this unexpected surprise with three "good" words, "I thought it was just an ordinary ball game, but I didn't expect to encounter such a city carnival. I must come early next time to savor it carefully!" Ticket stubs are like bonds, connecting scattered catering, commercial, and cultural tourism scenes into a line.
Nan'an District in Chongqing focuses on "cross-border integration" and deeply binds transportation tickets with cultural tourism resources. In the "Exchange Rail for Travel" plan, policies such as 60% off tickets to the International Circus City and upgraded rights and interests at the Sheraton Hotel (喜来登酒店) allow "travel" to seamlessly connect with "tourism" and "accommodation"; the free shuttle service of Dezhuang Hot Pot (德庄火锅) allows "food" and "travel" to be linked across borders.
From July 25 to 28, the 33rd National Book Fair (全国书博会) was held at the Chongqing International Expo Center (重庆国际博览中心), and Nan'an District set up a sub-venue. During the Book Fair, tourists holding electronic (paper) tickets for the Book Fair or holding a purchase voucher for the "Jiangnan Book Market" (江南书市) specially set up in Nan'an District can link to the Nabin Road Sightseeing Tower (南滨路观光塔) and Wanda Plaza (万达广场) for discounts, allowing "reading" to form a consumption chain with "playing" and "shopping", and building a closed loop of value for "eating, living, traveling, shopping, and entertainment." "We are working hard to weave a more resilient ticket stub network, systematically integrating cultural tourism resources such as hotels, scenic spots, transportation, and business districts through government platforms to bring new experiences to citizens and tourists," said the relevant person in charge of the Culture and Tourism Commission of Nan'an District.
Shanghai's measures are more "youthful" and "digital." The electronic coupon package launched by Nanjing Road Pedestrian Street realizes the "one-coupon pass" linkage between time-honored brands and new business formats. The cured meat of Taikang Food and the "Guzi" (anime, film and television drama and game peripherals) in the second-dimensional area on the fourth floor of New World City (新世界城) are wonderfully integrated due to the ticket stub discount. In the "Guzi" store, fans will carefully study the discount rules of the ticket stub linkage before "eating Guzi."
Ren Zhuyi (任竹逸), deputy general manager of Nanjing Road Pedestrian Street Investment and Development Co., Ltd. (南京路步行街投资发展有限公司), said that in the current situation where consumption trends are becoming increasingly diverse and multi-dimensionally upgraded, the "ticket stub economy" is an important driving force and also a soft power of commerce. More and more new business formats are "taking root and blossoming" on Nanjing Road. According to relevant data statistics, among the crowd portraits in the Nanjing Road business district, the proportion of people aged 25 to 34 is the highest, reaching 40.76%, which is higher than the average value of business districts in the city. More young people are coming to Nanjing Road.
From Single-Point Breakthrough to Systemic Symbiosis
Establish a cross-regional cooperation mechanism to accurately respond to consumption needs.
"The 'ticket stub economy' breaks the limitations of one-time consumption and builds a continuous and in-depth consumption ecology." Professor Liu Xiaoguang (刘晓光), vice president of the National Academy of Development and Strategy of Renmin University of China (中国人民大学国家发展与战略研究院), believes that the "ticket stub economy" is a new type of consumption model that accurately locks in groups with higher consumption tendencies, which can effectively reduce consumers' comprehensive costs and improve the overall experience. Through the cross-scenario integrated consumption of ticket stubs, the original single ticket can play a greater economic effect.
Shanghai's exploration of the "ticket stub economy" originated from the innovative practice during the "Top of the Pyramid: Ancient Egyptian Civilization Exhibition" at the Shanghai Museum (上海博物馆). Nanjing Road is linked with five exhibitions including this exhibition, providing exclusive discounts for department stores and time-honored stores. According to statistics, as of July 28, the "Top of the Pyramid: Ancient Egyptian Civilization Exhibition" at the Shanghai Museum, which is about to close, has received more than 2.7 million visitors, nearly 70% of whom are from other provinces and cities. The exhibition has driven urban consumption of more than 20 billion yuan.
Behind the surge in the "gold" content of ticket stub consumption is the breaking of conceptual barriers and the breaking of integration barriers by all parties. Competent departments, business entities, different regions, different industries, and different groups of people are connected to a city because of a ticket stub. "Behind Shanghai's ticket stub economy, the integration of culture, tourism, commerce, sports and exhibitions is more systematic and in-depth, the paths and methods are more diverse, the internal driving force is more sufficient, and new quality productivity in the cultural field is cultivated, fully demonstrating the development concept of people-centeredness," said Zheng Chongxuan (郑崇选), deputy director and researcher of the Institute of Literature of the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences (上海社会科学院文学研究所).
Chen Yong (陈湧), president of the Nanjing Road Pedestrian Street Enterprise Federation (南京路步行街企业联合会), introduced that the Nanjing Road business district showed strong passenger flow attraction in 2024, with more than 100 million tourists received throughout the year, an increase of 13% year-on-year, and the number of consumers exceeded 4.529 million.
"Ticket stubs" have also become a link for regional coordination to expand consumption. The Chongqing Federation of Trade Unions (重庆市总工会) has linked up with Sichuan (四川) to carry out the "Millions of Workers Traveling in Bashu" trade union cultural tourism activity, integrating scenic spots, performances and other resources in Sichuan and Chongqing to promote the linking of high-quality scenic spots into chains, and encouraging trade union organizations at all levels to purchase cultural tourism annual tickets worth 200 yuan for employees. Employees can save the cost of tickets to more than 90% of scenic spots and theaters in Chongqing with their tickets. At present, nearly 300,000 "Millions of Workers Traveling in Bashu" cultural tourism annual tickets have been issued, effectively promoting cultural tourism consumption in Sichuan and Chongqing.
In Jiaxing (嘉兴), Zhejiang, the trend of "ticket exchange fever" is continuing to spread. At the Wenchuan Painting Boat Wharf (闻川画舫码头), there are obviously more tourists with accents from all over the country. "There are a lot of tourists from other places these two days." The painting boat driver said with a smile, "A fan from Tongxiang (桐乡) told me that he originally just came to watch a ball game, but found that the ticket could also be exchanged for a joint ticket for scenic spots, so he stayed for another night."
"Through a ticket, the 'ticket stub economy' allows people to enjoy more benefits outside the stadium." Chen Diyu (陈迪宇), deputy director of the Culture, Radio, Television and Tourism Bureau of Xiuzhou District (秀洲区文化和旅游局) in Jiaxing City, said.
Of course, due to the dispersion of industry entities, the "ticket stub economy" also faces challenges, such as ticket stub activities driven by a single enterprise are easily limited, and the situation of temporarily attracting popularity only by subsidies is difficult to sustain. In this regard, industry experts suggest that to promote the continuous and healthy development of the "ticket stub economy", it is necessary to promote the deep cross-integration of culture, tourism, commerce, and sports. The government or industry associations can take the lead in establishing a cross-field cooperation mechanism to promote communication and collaboration between different industries and enterprises, so that the "ticket stub economy" can shift from "single-point breakthrough" to "systemic symbiosis", and then realize "small ticket stubs leveraging big consumption."
Hong Yong said that from the cheers in the stadium to the fireworks in the business district, from transportation tickets to cultural certificates, the essence of the "ticket stub economy" is the accurate response to consumption needs and the efficient integration of market resources. This small ticket stub is leveraging new possibilities in the consumer market with its unique connectivity and becoming a new engine for comprehensively expanding consumption.
(Reporters Wang Ke (王珂), Cao Lingjuan (曹玲娟), Liu Junguo (刘军国), Liu Xinwu (刘新吾), Bai Guangdi (白光迪))
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Mobilize the entire society to participate extensively, create a good social atmosphere where everyone cares about food safety and everyone safeguards food safety, and truly ensure that the people eat safely and with peace of mind.
When eating out, what food safety topics are you most concerned about? In Shanghai (上海), consumers can select popular internet-famous restaurant hot pot bases, vegetables, and meats for testing through the "You Order, I Inspect" ("你点我检") campaign. Law enforcement officers conduct rapid testing on prohibited substances in hot pot bases and pesticide residues in vegetables, provide on-site feedback on the test results, and entrust third-party testing institutions to conduct on-site supervision and spot checks on edible agricultural products. The regulatory authorities will announce the results of this spot check a few days later. The entire process is broadcast live online, with over 10,000 viewers.
This year, the national food safety "You Order, I Inspect, Serve the People's Livelihood" public opinion collection system was officially launched. The public can use this system 24 hours a day to select the food they are concerned about and want government departments to sample and inspect. Market regulatory departments can view consumers' selections in real-time, promptly grasp the public's sampling and inspection needs, and actively respond to the people's food safety concerns. Currently, regulatory departments have issued a total of 3,292 questionnaires, with over 4.159 million participants. This initiative has opened up new ideas for food safety supervision.
Increase interactivity to make food safety "visible." In the past, ordinary consumers felt that food safety sampling inspections were quite mysterious. What exactly is being inspected? How is it inspected? Traditional food safety sampling inspections usually involve market regulatory department sampling personnel randomly selecting samples for inspection at the business premises of operators to discover food safety hazards. Now, through the "You Order, I Inspect" campaign, food safety sampling inspections have lifted the veil of mystery. Consumers can choose what to inspect, and consumers can watch the rapid inspection process on-site. The public can see that pesticide residues in vegetables can be detected with test strips, and the whole process is like students doing experiments.
"You Order, I Inspect" is not only a channel for publicly gathering the needs of the people but also a process of popularizing science to the public, making food safety no longer an abstract concept but a tangible action.
Enhance effectiveness to make food safety "accurate." Food safety sampling inspection is an important means of supervision to ensure food safety. Through "You Order, I Inspect," regulatory departments actively solicit the public's sampling and inspection needs, focus on the issues that the public is most concerned about, and actively respond to social concerns. In the "You Order, I Inspect" activities in various regions, the people selected the vegetables and their products, fruits and their products, meat and meat products they need daily, as well as popular internet-famous restaurants, and infant formula milk powder and health food related to the "the elderly and the young." 如人饮水冷暖自知 (rú rén yǐn shuǐ lěng nuǎn zì zhī - "like a person drinking water, one knows whether it is cold or warm," only the person involved knows the true feelings or situation). The people are most concerned about the food safety issues around them. Voting to select these testing items is conducive to market regulatory departments finding problems more accurately, turning the "key issues" in the field of people's livelihood into "warm issues" in the hearts of the masses, and safeguarding the "safety on the tip of the tongue" of the people.
Emphasize the people-centered approach to make food safety "tightly controlled." Taking the people as the center, seeking advice from the people, understanding the needs of the people, and asking about the effectiveness of the people, "You Order, I Inspect" is a beneficial exploration of social co-governance to maintain food safety and a powerful tool for food safety supervision. The masses select what, and the government samples and inspects what. This gives the people a "sword of authority" to urge the majority of food production enterprises and restaurants to more strictly strengthen food safety self-inspection.
"You Order, I Inspect" also invites consumer representatives, deputies to the People's Congress, members of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) (政协委员), and media reporters to participate in the sampling and inspection process and accept public supervision. After the sampling inspection, the unqualified food sampling inspection results should also be promptly notified to all links of food production, operation, and sales, so that law enforcement officers can verify and deal with them, help food companies and sellers rectify and improve, and organically integrate daily supervision with sampling inspection and monitoring, complaint reporting, and credit supervision to ensure that everything is implemented and everything is responded to.
The people regard food as heaven, and food safety is the top priority. On the issue of food safety, while strengthening supervision and severely cracking down, it is necessary to mobilize the entire society to participate extensively. The "You Order, I Inspect" campaign allows the people who are most concerned about food safety issues to directly participate in the food safety supervision process, which helps to create a good social atmosphere in which everyone cares about food safety and everyone safeguards food safety, and truly ensures that the people eat safely and with peace of mind.
Return to TopMarket regulatory departments innovate food sampling inspection and verification and disposal measures.
This newspaper reported (本报电) that the State Administration for Market Regulation (市场监管总局) has deployed and launched technical assistance activities for food sampling inspection, verification, and disposal. Market regulatory departments in various regions have innovated technical assistance models to promote closed-loop management of food safety risks, and strive to transform the list of unqualified food sampling inspection issues into operation manuals for enterprises to improve quality and efficiency. The Fujian Provincial Market Supervision Bureau (福建省市场监管局) established science and technology stations to provide assistance, promoting the local red yeast rice industry to develop in a standardized, regulated, and intensive direction. The pass rate of red yeast rice products in sampling inspections has increased to 100%. Xiaogan (孝感), Hubei (湖北) carried out full coverage assistance to 36 sesame candy and rice wine production enterprises in the city, guiding enterprises to improve technology, improve risk prevention and control mechanisms, and promote the comprehensive output value of the industry to exceed 6 billion yuan. Next, the State Administration for Market Regulation (市场监管总局) will continue to deepen the integrated mechanism of "verification and disposal + technical assistance" to promote the quality and upgrading of the food industry.
(Lin Lili (林丽鹂))
The 5th China Organic Fertilizer Industry Development Conference in 2025 will be held.
This newspaper reported (本报电) that the 5th China Organic Fertilizer Industry Development Conference in 2025 was recently held in Xiahe County (夏河县), Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (甘南藏族自治州), Gansu Province (甘肃省). The conference was jointly hosted by the China Agricultural Means of Production Circulation Association (中国农业生产资料流通协会), the CPC Gannan Prefecture Committee (中共甘南州委), and the Gannan Prefecture People's Government (甘南州人民政府), aiming to build a collaborative platform for "government, production, academia, research, and application" and promote all parties to jointly open up a new path for the development of circular agriculture.
Long Wen (龙文), President of the China Agricultural Means of Production Circulation Association (中国农业生产资料流通协会), said that the organic fertilizer industry has played an important role in promoting green agriculture, cleaner production, and ecological environment governance. The entire industry must firmly establish the concept that "**绿水青山就是金山银山**" (lǜ shuǐ qīng shān jiù shì jīn shān yín shān - "green waters and green mountains are golden mountains and silver mountains," lucid waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets), adhere to innovation leadership, increase the creation and promotion of green agricultural products, and contribute wisdom to promoting the comprehensive revitalization of the countryside and the ecological value transformation of the Yellow River Basin.
(Qi Zhiming (齐志明))
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A few days ago was the 98th anniversary of the People's Army. As a retired soldier who wore a military uniform for 44 years, in the past 10 years, as a screenwriter of feature films and the chief writer of documentaries, I participated in the creation and production of the feature films on the theme of the Long March, "The Bloody Battle of Xiangjiang (血战湘江)," "The Isolated Army (孤军)," "The Bloody Battle of Kunniushan (浴血困牛山)," and the 9-episode documentary "From Victory to Victory (从胜利走向胜利)," fulfilling the responsibilities of a serving military literary and art worker. Now, I still can't suppress the excitement in my heart and have picked up my pen again, wanting to write a few words for this great army.
The "Four Irons" troops and "Four Haves" soldiers have been proposed for about 10 years. "Iron-like faith, iron-like conviction, iron-like discipline, iron-like commitment" and "having soul, having ability, having courage, having integrity" have become the unique genetic spectrum and spiritual banner of the People's Army. How was this forged? I read the history of the Long March of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army carefully and can probably find the answer in it. So, let's write something about the re-understanding of a few events during the Long March.
The first thing is the Xiangjiang Campaign conducted by the Central Red Army during the Long March. Some people think this campaign was a defeat because after experiencing this campaign, the total strength of the Central Red Army was sharply reduced from more than 86,000 when the Long March started to about 30,000. In fact, this campaign was a key battle in which the Central Red Army paid a huge price in exchange for combat experience. The reasons are as follows: First, through this campaign, the Central Red Army achieved its strategic intention of crossing the Xiangjiang River and breaking through the fourth line of blockade built by hundreds of thousands of enemy troops; second, because the Central Committee and the Central Red Army lost contact with the Communist International before and after the launch of the campaign, it promoted the awakening of the Chinese Communist Party's awareness of independently thinking about Chinese affairs; third, through this campaign, the Party and the Red Army realized the extreme importance of finding the correct core to lead them forward; fourth, after the fierce five days and five nights of fighting, the prototype of the People's Army, the "Four Irons" troops and "Four Haves" soldiers, was forged; fifth, because the Central Red Army suffered huge sacrifices in the Xiangjiang Campaign, it aroused the high-level reflection on the current military line, which led to a series of important meetings, and finally provided a solid practical foundation for the convening of the Zunyi Conference (遵义会议) and the realization of a great turning point.
Recalling the many interviews and visits I made to the site of the battle when I was writing "The Bloody Battle of Xiangjiang (血战湘江)," I am still very moved. More than 1.4 billion Chinese people are advancing towards the second centenary goal under the leadership of the Communist Party of China (中国共产党). In this great process, it is particularly necessary to carry forward the "Four Irons" spirit forged by the Xiangjiang Campaign.
The second thing is that after the Central Red Army crossed the Chishui River (赤水河) for the first time, the main force formed the Southern Sichuan Guerrilla Column to quickly get rid of the encirclement and suppression of more than 300,000 enemy troops, in order to cover the main Red Army's operations. After the Zunyi Conference (遵义会议), the Central Red Army, with about 30,000 people, was still surrounded by several layers of enemies with more than 10 times their strength. In order to confuse the enemy, it was very necessary to have a force feint to cooperate with the main force in combat. To achieve this goal, the Central Revolutionary Military Commission (中革军委) decided to transfer a part of the reorganized Central Red Army troops to stay in southern Sichuan (川南), northern Guizhou (贵北), and northeastern Yunnan (云南东北) to serve as a partial division. As soon as the order was issued, nearly 30 Central Red Army division and regimental-level officers, nearly 100 Central Red Army battalion and company-level officers, and a reorganized company were immediately transferred to become members of the Southern Sichuan Guerrilla Column. The Central Revolutionary Military Commission (中革军委) assigned three tasks to the Southern Sichuan Guerrilla Column: first, to cooperate with the Central Red Army's main force in combat; second, to settle more than 400 seriously wounded soldiers from the main forces; and third, to establish base areas at opportune moments. As a partial division of the main force, its duty was to protect the main force, and to achieve this goal, it could sacrifice itself at any time. The column had only more than 200 healthy people, and it was also a difficult task to have one person responsible for settling one and a half seriously wounded soldiers in the unfamiliar area of southern Sichuan. All of these more than 200 selected Red Army officers and soldiers obeyed orders and formed an isolated army.
Since its establishment, the Southern Sichuan Guerrilla Column, this isolated army, has been operating between Sichuan (川), Yunnan (滇), and Guizhou (黔). When the Central Red Army's main force prepared to move south, they had to pretend to be the main force and move north in advance. These more than 200 people could be swallowed up by the enemy if they were not careful. Not long after the Central Red Army's main force crossed the Chishui River (赤水河) for the third time, the radio station of the Southern Sichuan Guerrilla Column was destroyed. From then on, this isolated army could only decide its own actions independently. In the nearly two years that followed, this isolated army remained loyal to its faith and unswervingly carried out the orders of the Central Revolutionary Military Commission (中革军委), rising and falling several times, and persisted in areas such as southern Sichuan.
In nearly two years, the Southern Sichuan Guerrilla Column fought nearly a thousand battles with the enemy, annihilating thousands of enemies, once occupied several county towns, and also tried to establish base areas, but ultimately failed due to the overwhelming strength of the surrounding enemies. When I was creating the script for "The Isolated Army (孤军)," I went to the area where the Southern Sichuan Guerrilla Column operated several times to interview and pay tribute. I visited five tombs of the column commander alone, and one commander had two tombs. During these two years, of the more than 200 Red Army officers and soldiers who stayed in southern Sichuan at that time, only 5 survived until the Second Kuomintang-Communist Cooperation! During the Long March, the role played by an independent combat force and the magnitude of its sacrifice were probably comparable only to the 34th Division of the Red Fifth Army, which was responsible for covering the rear in the Xiangjiang Campaign, and the Southern Sichuan Guerrilla Column.
On the 98th anniversary of the People's Army, recalling the heroic and tragic history of the Southern Sichuan Guerrilla Column, this isolated army, my heart is deeply touched. The great spirit of sacrifice shown by this isolated army in those years, and the serious spirit of unswervingly and resolutely carrying out the orders of the superiors, are also the magic weapons for today's People's Army to overcome all difficulties and move from victory to new victories.
The third thing I want to talk about is the tragic story of more than 100 officers and soldiers of the 52nd Regiment of the 18th Division of the Red Sixth Army Corps, who, in order not to injure the people and not to be captured, blew the charge and collectively jumped off the cliff on Kunniu Mountain (困牛山) in Shiqian (石阡), Tongren (铜仁), Guizhou (贵州).
The Red Sixth Army Corps, as the vanguard force for the strategic transfer of the Central Red Army's main force, embarked on the long journey of the Western Expedition on August 7, 1934. Under the encirclement and suppression of the Kuomintang's Hunan Army (湘军) and Guangxi Army (桂军), the remaining 6,000-plus members of the Red Sixth Army Corps entered Shiqian County (石阡县), Guizhou (贵州), in early October. In less than two months of marching and fighting, the Red Sixth Army Corps had been reduced by one-third. Because the Central Revolutionary Military Commission (中革军委) was still under the influence of the ultra-left line at that time, the Red Sixth Army Corps did not have much autonomy in its actions and missed fleeting opportunities. The 6,000-plus members of the Red Sixth Army Corps were divided into three sections by more than 100,000 Hunan Army (湘军) and Guangxi Army (桂军) troops in the Ganxi area in southern Shiqian County (石阡县). After nearly a week of hard fighting, the Red Sixth Army Corps marched to a place called Zhujiaba in northwestern Shiqian (石阡), leaving less than 4,000 troops. At this time, 6 regiments of the Hunan Army (湘军) had already set up a blockade line north of Zhujiaba, and 3 of the 5 regiments of the Guizhou Army (黔军) in the west had crossed the Wujiang River (乌江). At this time, if the 4 regiments of the Guangxi Army (桂军) in the south advanced north rapidly, the Red Sixth Army Corps would face the danger of being completely annihilated. On October 15, Ren Bishi (任弼时), the central representative, and the leaders of the army corps held a meeting in Zhujiaba and decided to "the general is not bound by the orders of the sovereign when abroad," taking advantage of the fact that the Guangxi Army (桂军) had not yet moved north, turned south and tried to break out of the encirclement.
In order to cover the strategic intention of the army corps' main force to break through to the south, the 18th Division took on the task of blocking the Hunan Army (湘军) in the north and feigning an attack to lead the enemy to the west. The 52nd Regiment of the 18th Division, on October 16, 1934, fought and retreated, leading the main force of the Hunan Army (湘军) and a multi-security regiment of the Guizhou Army (黔军) to Kunniu Mountain (困牛山) in Shiqian County (石阡县). At this time, the 52nd Regiment had completed its task of playing the role of the army corps' main force, and only more than 100 people were left in the regiment.
Guizhou (贵州) is a mountainous province. In Shiqian (石阡), Guizhou (贵州), I have never seen a flat area even dozens of acres in size. Logically speaking, with mountains connecting to mountains, these more than 100 Red Army officers and soldiers should be able to cross Kunniu Mountain (困牛山) and break out of the encirclement. When I went to Kunniu Mountain (困牛山), I saw that a river called Heitan River (黑滩河) happened to surround Kunniu Mountain (困牛山) and made a right angle turn. In this way, the Red Army officers and soldiers who retreated to the top of Kunniu Mountain (困牛山) had no possibility of going west or south. The Heitan River (黑滩河) cut out two cliffs dozens of meters high on Kunniu Mountain (困牛山). At that time, the Guizhou Army's (黔军) reward was: capture a Red Army soldier alive and get ten silver dollars, kill a Red Army soldier and get only one silver dollar. So, the Guizhou Army (黔军), knowing the terrain of Kunniu Mountain (困牛山), wanted to capture these more than 100 Red Army soldiers alive. They captured more than 100 civilians who had provided assistance to the Red Sixth Army Corps, lined them up in several rows, and used guns to push them from behind, starting to approach the top of the mountain... If the Red Army fired, they would definitely injure the people; if they didn't fire, they would soon be captured. So, these more than 100 Red Army soldiers decided to jump off the cliff collectively.
For various reasons, the heroic feat of more than 100 Red Army officers and soldiers collectively jumping off the cliff on Kunniu Mountain (困牛山) in Shiqian (石阡), Guizhou (贵州), was not known to many people for a long time, and has only gradually become known in recent years. I am very fortunate to have served as the screenwriter for the first feature film to reproduce this heroic feat, "The Bloody Battle of Kunniushan (浴血困牛山)." On the 98th anniversary of the People's Army, I am telling the tragic story of the People's Army loving the people and serving the people that happened on Kunniu Mountain (困牛山) 91 years ago, with only one purpose: to let the Chinese people remember the more than 100 heroes of Kunniu Mountain (困牛山) just like they remember the Five Heroes of Langya Mountain (狼牙山五壮士).
In less than a month, a grand military parade will be held in Tiananmen Square (天安门广场). At that time, people all over the world will see the heroic posture of the People's Liberation Army (中国人民解放军), this army of the people, marching in formation through Tiananmen Gate Tower (天安门城楼) through various media, and feel the invincible power of this army of the people. As a retired soldier, I look forward to this great moment.
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Bamboo is a treasure from top to bottom. However, this article does not elaborate on its material contributions, but rather intends to discuss something else.
Plum, orchid, bamboo, and chrysanthemum are known as the "Four Gentlemen" of the plant kingdom. If arranged in seasonal order, there are orchids in spring, chrysanthemums in autumn, and plums in winter, so bamboo should refer to "summer bamboo," right? But it is more than just summer. Regardless of spring, summer, autumn, or winter, wind, frost, rain, or snow, bamboo always remains green, fresh, and lovely. Some say it is evergreen in all seasons, possessing the bones of a gentleman; flexible and difficult to break, possessing the measure of a gentleman; flourishing without withering, possessing the style of a gentleman. This is truly a vivid portrayal of bamboo.
Bamboo is one of the most beloved subjects for painters throughout history. Su Shi (苏轼) once relayed a passage from the painter Wen Yuke (文与可) in "Wen Yuke Painting Bamboo Records": "Therefore, to paint bamboo, one must first have a complete bamboo in the chest. Holding the brush and looking carefully, one sees what one wants to paint, and quickly rises to follow it, wielding the brush straight to pursue what one sees, like a rabbit rising and a falcon falling, a little slackness and it is gone." Zheng Banqiao (郑板桥) commented: "Wen Yuke paints bamboo with bamboo in his chest; Zheng Banqiao paints bamboo without bamboo in his chest. Thick and light, sparse and dense, short and long, fat and thin, he writes as he pleases, and it naturally forms a composition, with its spirit and principles fully present. I, a humble student, dare not presume to imitate the former sages, but having bamboo or not having bamboo is actually the same principle."
Bamboo is also a subject often described by poets throughout history. Yuan Jie (元结) of the Tang Dynasty has a poem: "Mountain bamboo surrounds the thatched cottage, there is a cold spring in the courtyard. The twin stone peaks to the west, gazing upon them is enough to forget the years." Yuan Mei (袁枚) in "Suiyuan Poetry Talks" wrote and quoted extensively from poems of past dynasties praising bamboo, such as: "The moon reflects bamboo into a thousand characters," "Ten thousand bamboos sweep the sky green, wanting rain," "New bamboo shoots become long in the daytime," "Old still planting bamboo for others to see," and so on, endlessly.
I do not deny that I love bamboo.
Bamboo has the ambition to pierce the sky. The growth pattern of Mao bamboo is that it seems to make no progress for the first 5 years, but in the sixth year, it begins to grow wildly at a rate of 30 centimeters per day, reaching a height of 15 meters in just 6 weeks. Zheng Banqiao has a poem "Bamboo Rock": "Biting the green hills and not relaxing, its roots are in the broken rocks. Enduring thousands of磨万击 (mó wàn jí - "thousands of磨 and ten thousands of strikes," enduring all kinds of hardships and setbacks), it withstands the east, west, north, and south winds." The word "bite," how vivid!
Bamboo has a noble integrity. There is a "Poem of Bamboo" from the Song-Jin period: "Living and dying, it stands upright, always holding its integrity; flourishing and withering are occasionally unintentional. Ashamed to associate with wormwood and goosefoot, its strong neck does not allow ice and snow to invade." This is undoubtedly an all-round eulogy to bamboo. Wei Yuan (魏源) of the Qing Dynasty also praised bamboo in his poem "Hard Road": "Bamboo arrows braving frost, plum blossoms defying snow, striving with heaven and earth to bring back spring." Using bamboo to symbolize people with lofty ideals who are not afraid of difficulties and hardships, and are willing to give their youth and blood to win back light for the world!
Bamboo is extraordinary and refined. Su Shi once sighed: "One can live without meat, but one cannot live without bamboo." Yet bamboo does not rely on its own purity, and the bamboo that pierces the sky has leaves that bow its head.
Bamboo is affectionate and righteous. "New bamboo is taller than old bamboo branches, relying entirely on the old stems for support." There is no infighting or calculation among bamboos. New and old bamboos rely on each other, stay together for life, and never abandon each other. Emperor Xuanzong (唐玄宗) of the Tang Dynasty once called it "righteous bamboo," for this reason.
Bamboo can be ranked among the "Four Gentlemen" of the plant kingdom, and can also be praised as one of the "Three Friends of Winter" along with pine and plum, which shows that people have long known that it has these noble qualities, making it an object of admiration for many. Don't you see that wherever human footprints reach, there is almost always its heroic posture, which is why it has always been on good terms with humans for thousands of years.
"People must have a little spirit." I believe that the "little spirit" that people should have should include the spirit of bamboo. Bamboo teaches mankind many worldly wisdoms. When bamboo shoots are in their "swaddling clothes," they know how to accumulate momentum, extending their roots into the ground, laying a good foundation for subsequent explosive growth; when a hurricane rages, they know how to persevere, the bamboo branches swaying with the wind but never falling. The hollow of the bamboo symbolizes the humility of 虚怀若谷 (xū huái ruò gǔ - "empty heart like a valley," being modest and open-minded); the clear branches of the bamboo correspond to the position of walking straight; the evergreen bamboo symbolizes the integrity of being poor but firm; the bamboo combines strength and softness, reflecting the flexibility of dealing with people. Although bamboo is silent, it establishes itself in the world with perseverance. Although bamboo is quiet, it speaks with integrity.
Today, people have basically bid farewell to material scarcity, but in terms of the greatness of ambition, the nobility of integrity, and the perfection of personality, I am afraid there is still much room for improvement. Therefore, we might as well take bamboo as our teacher, and we can learn many principles of being and doing things from the character of bamboo.
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Mazongshan Town is the only border management area in Gansu Province (甘肃省). The Mingshui Border Police Station (明水边境派出所) of the Jiuquan Border Management Detachment (酒泉边境管理支队), located in Mazongshan Town (马鬃山镇), has a small grove of trees outside its gate. A large, tan dog often runs around nearby. I asked the police officers if it was a police dog. They said no, they didn't know where it came from. There are several police dogs in the police station's kennel, all with names. I asked if this dog had a name, and the police officers said, "We call it 'Dahuang' (大黄)."
When the police dogs raised by the police station are not out working, they basically stay in the kennel, with little space to move around. When they see someone approaching, they bark and jump. "Dahuang" (大黄) is more free than the police dogs in the kennel, but it also treats the police station as its home. If it comes back late and can't get through the gate, it actually stands on its hind legs and uses its tongue to "press" the touch-sensitive doorbell. The police officer on duty hears the bell and opens the door for it. The police officer pointed to the dried water stains on the touch surface of the doorbell and said that's where "Dahuang" (大黄) licked it.
The police station also has a tabby cat named "Aobai" (鳌拜). This tabby cat has been at the police station for two years. Like "Dahuang" (大黄), its origin is a mystery. It has long, black-gray fur, looking like it's wearing a cloak that has endured many years. It freely enters and exits the office building, and the young and old police officers have become accustomed to its freedom. This cat's favorite place is the office chair of Director Li Jianguo (李建国). When Li Jianguo (李建国) is not in the office, the cushioned chair is exclusively its. When Li Jianguo (李建国) wants to sit in the chair, it consciously moves to under the chair and lies there lazily.
Compared to "Aobai's" (鳌拜) composure, "Dahuang" (大黄) is like a teenager who is curious about everything, full of energy, and has a wide range of interests. It likes to play and is constantly observing and understanding the world, expanding its cognitive range. I guess that maybe one day, "Dahuang" (大黄) will run very far, very far away.
Next to the police station's kennel is a small greenhouse. Li Jianguo (李建国) took us inside for a tour. Jiuquan (酒泉) has a dry climate and long winters, so greenhouses are very common in agricultural areas. The greenhouse is used to grow vegetables. There is no soil suitable for growing vegetables in the Gobi Desert, so the soil in the greenhouse is brought in from elsewhere. In addition to the common bok choy, there are actually several pepper plants taller than a person's head in the greenhouse, almost like a row of pepper trees. I was surprised at first, and then I quickly understood that these were pepper plants that had been growing for more than two years. Because the comrades took good care of them, they have been alive and continuously bearing peppers. From the growth of these pepper trees, you can tell how much care and attention they receive! Moreover, the plants in the greenhouse are growing healthily and vigorously. Li Jianguo (李建国) said with some pride: "These have not been sprayed with pesticides."
Although the Mazongshan (马鬃山) area is mostly Gobi Desert, it also has towering peaks, named for the overlapping mountain shadows that resemble a horse's mane. The area is sparsely populated, but because the police officers have taken root and are stationed here, "Dahuang" (大黄) and "Aobai" (鳌拜) have both made it their home, and even the peppers have grown into rare pepper trees.
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I live in Shuangliu (双流), Chengdu (成都). To the west of the city, there are scattered ponds and puddles, blocked by silt and overgrown with weeds. Several years ago, people cleaned up the garbage, dredged the silt, and dug away the earthen ridges between the ponds and puddles. The scattered ponds and puddles were connected into a large body of water, somewhat resembling the shape of a bird, and it was named Fengxiang Lake (凤翔湖), implying auspiciousness and happiness.
Living by the lake, it's a little over 100 meters walk, across a street, to the lakeside. A wooden boardwalk connects this side of a body of water to the other. Every time I stroll around Fengxiang Lake (凤翔湖), when I reach the middle of the boardwalk, I stop and lean on the wooden railing, gazing at that solitary little island. The vast expanse of water is made unique by this small island. The island is long and narrow, running north-south, about ten square meters in size. Compared to the large lake, it is indeed too small, almost negligible. During the rainy season, once the water level rises, the island disappears without a trace, and there is only a tree in the lake.
Perhaps decades ago, someone planted this tree, and it has been growing there ever since. A dense shade circles a patch of coolness. There are also a few households nearby, and people often gathered under the tree to 摆龙门阵 (bǎi lóng mén zhèn - "set up the Dragon Gate formation," to chat idly; to gossip). Later, a park was built here, and the people moved away, living next to the lake; the tree remained, and along with it, a palm tree that never grew tall, some shrubs, and a few clumps of grass. That tree is very thick, requiring two people to hug it. The crown is several meters high, with sparse branches spreading in all directions, and the dense leaves are shiny and vibrant.
The wooden boardwalk spans the water, separated from the island by more than 10 meters, exactly parallel to the island. The island is like a small boat, and the tree is a sail full of wind. As the blue waves gently sway, the island seems to be moving slowly forward.
Since the lake was filled with water, egrets have come, first a few, then a group, and later more and more gathered. One bird per branch, and often two or three on the stronger branches, the branches and twigs are full of egrets. The tree is leaning slightly to the south, and I foolishly worry that there are too many birds and that the tree might fall over. Later, I realized that I was worrying unnecessarily. Since being planted here, this tree has deeply rooted itself in the earth, and it grows more and more luxuriantly, supporting a sky for these egrets.
The most beautiful time is at dusk, when the egrets that have gone out to forage begin to fly back to Fengxiang Lake (凤翔湖). The egrets spread their pure white wings, circling and dancing in the blue sky, or gliding over the lake surface, enjoying the joy of flying. When they have had enough fun, they land gracefully on their favorite branches, light and elegant. Some are not so settled, flapping their wings and flying far away, almost swallowed by the orange-red clouds. At this time, on and under the tree, you "ga ga ga," I "gua gua gua," they seem like friends who haven't seen each other for many years, with endless feelings of parting.
As night falls, the egrets become much quieter, dotted among the green branches and leaves, snow-white. Du Mu (杜牧) said it was a tree of pear blossoms, Li Mengyang (李梦阳) said it was a piece of snow, and Guo Moruo (郭沫若) said it was "a prose poem with rhyme in its bones."
I think this metaphor is very vivid; the egrets are the poems on Fengxiang Lake (凤翔湖).
Return to TopThe Chinese painting "River Journey" (江行图), by the artist Huang Binhong (黄宾虹), is housed in the National Art Museum of China (中国美术馆).
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The lotus leaf shows off her newly bought green skirt.
The lotus flower holds a light pink cell phone,
Maintaining close contact with the dragonfly.
Beyond the sky lies a blue fairy tale.
White clouds quietly build a dreamlike castle.
Summer raises its baton,
Frogs and cicadas begin their chorus.
Bird nests hang lanterns on the treetops,
Guiding the way home.
Clouds wear beautiful clothes,
Receiving enthusiastic praise from the sunlight.
All the flowers
Strive to dream in the summer,
Dreaming of dreams holding up torches,
Burning red with excitement on their faces.
The journey of a flower is to become a fruit,
The care of love is to create wine.
And poetry is an eternal flower,
Wings soaring high,
Enlarging my world.
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My hometown is building a cultural center, and the villagers have asked me to write couplets. The cultural center is essentially a stage for performing "Nianli Opera" in the villages of the Leizhou Peninsula (雷州半岛). Since I was old enough to understand, the first songs I heard were Leizhou (雷州) songs, which Leizhou people call "Girl Songs," performed by rural amateur troupes on makeshift wooden stages. The stage was very simple, just a platform pieced together from tables. We children always liked to put our hands on the wooden boards in front of the stage, stand on tiptoe to look at the stage, and fall asleep while watching, only to be woken up by our parents when the show ended.
It was only when I grew up that I understood that Leizhou songs have two forms: solo and duet. "Girl Songs" are Leizhou songs sung as duets by men and women, with the girls taking the lead and the men assisting. During the duet, audience members can go on stage to sing with the girls, which is also called "Dou Ge" (斗歌) or "Naotai" (闹台). The content of "Naotai" is not predetermined; it's wide-ranging and allows for free singing and answering until one side is unable to respond. The audience members who participate in "Naotai" are often well-prepared, while the擂台主 (lèi tái zhǔ), the "Girl Song" performers, must answer questions and sing impromptu. Fortunately, most "Girl Song" performers are professional singers, well-informed, and have the ability to sing spontaneously. If the audience members and the "Girl Song" performers are evenly matched, it is not easy for either side to win. Whenever there is a "Dou Ge," the crowd is excited, and the applause and cheers are deafening.
Leizhou songs are fresh and simple folk songs, loved by the people of Leizhou. Whether it's an elderly man or a village girl herding cattle, everyone loves to sing and everyone knows how to sing. There are Leizhou songs in the fields where people work, under the old trees where people cool off at noon, in the trailers full of harvest, and in the farmhouses under the night sky. The songs express the joys, sorrows, and emotions of the Leizhou people. Everything can be sung, and there are songs everywhere.
In the old society, a farmer carrying a heavy burden walked with difficulty. The pressure of life, like the burden on his shoulders, made him breathless. But he firmly believed that there would be a day when he would get rid of poverty. He put down his burden and sang:
The sun rises in the east and sets in the west,
Who is rich and who is poor is not yet known,
The longan tree is big but bears small fruit,
The winter melon has thin vines but bears big fruit.
During the period of socialist construction, the farmers built the canal to the top of the ridge, completely changing the predicament of nine droughts in ten years. Holding the clear spring water in their hands, they felt sweet in their hearts and sang with passion:
Fish swim with the water to the top of the ridge,
Birds move closer to the fish and become friends,
The mountains and rivers seem unintentional but intentional,
The fish and birds seem heartless but affectionate.
Because the people of Leizhou love Leizhou songs so much, generations of professional singers have emerged. The masses call them "Girl Song Troupes" (姑娘歌班). Wherever the Girl Song Troupes go, they are deeply respected and loved. When I worked in the museum, I was transferred to participate in the collection and sorting of materials, and I met Li Lianzhu (李连珠), an old artist of the Girl Song Troupe who was famous in western Guangdong (粤西). She had never left Leizhou in her life, but she had traveled to every village in Leizhou to perform Girl Songs for the masses.
Leiju Opera (雷剧) developed from Leizhou songs. It has been a long journey from song to opera. Once Leizhou songs evolved into Leiju Opera, the custom of performing "Nianli Opera" (年例戏) every year was formed. "Nianli Opera" is a custom in Leizhou where people perform operas to thank the gods and celebrate together. Whenever a village performs "Nianli Opera," those who go out to do business or work return. Neighbors from all over come in droves on motorcycles and cars. The village is filled with the sound of firecrackers, as lively as the New Year. The local drama research team of the former Ministry of Culture once came to Leizhou to investigate and, seeing the grand performance of Leiju Opera in the urban and rural areas of Leizhou, could not help but say: "The scenery is especially good here!"
With the improvement of living standards, the temporary stages built of bamboo and wood in the past have become history. The elders in my hometown want me to write couplets for a building called a "Cultural Center," which has a stage in the front and accommodation for the actors in the back. They asked to incorporate the name of the village. My village is called Shijing Village (石井村). I did not dare to neglect and drafted the couplets that night. The first line: Stone solid foundation, spiritual atmosphere nurtures outstanding talents; the second line: Well contains blessed water, pearl light nourishes lasting virtue. I asked for the opinions of the elders, and they repeatedly expressed their approval. The stone that was weighing on my heart finally lifted. On the day the cultural center was completed, I went home to participate in the celebration. The magnificent cultural center has become a new landscape in my hometown, providing a brighter stage for Leizhou songs and Leiju Opera, which have left endless nostalgia for our generation.
Leizhou songs are the songs in the hearts of the Leizhou people. No matter where I go, whenever I hear the sound of Leizhou songs, a strong sense of homesickness surges into my heart.
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