Summary: This article emphasizes Xi Jinping's focus on the coordinated development of material and spiritual civilization in achieving the Chinese Dream and building a strong nation. It highlights Xi's remarks during inspections of cultural sites like Suzhou, Tianjin's Ancient Culture Street, and the Longmen Grottoes in Luoyang, stressing the importance of inheriting and promoting outstanding traditional culture. He stated that China's unique socialist path is inseparable from its 5,000-year civilization. The article also mentions Xi's call to foster socialist core values and promote positive energy to enhance national spirit, values, and strength. It concludes by stating that China has shifted from viewing the world through an upward gaze to viewing it as an equal.
Summary: The article discusses the Chinese Communist Party's ongoing efforts to reduce burdens on local officials and combat formalism, as exemplified by the *Several Provisions on Rectifying Formalism to Reduce Burdens for the基层*. It highlights Xi Jinping's emphasis on preventing higher levels from pushing difficult tasks onto lower levels, demanding practical and effective governance. The piece details specific measures taken across various regions to streamline bureaucracy, simplify evaluations, and integrate government services. Ultimately, these efforts aim to free up local officials to focus on serving the people and fostering development. There is no mention of the United States.
Summary: The article focuses on China's efforts to consolidate poverty alleviation achievements and promote rural revitalization as the 5-year transition period comes to a close, highlighting increased rural incomes and strengthened social safety nets. It emphasizes the importance of preventing large-scale relapse into poverty through monitoring and assistance mechanisms, as well as addressing shortcomings in basic living standards. The development of local industries and employment opportunities in previously impoverished areas, such as handicraft workshops in Lankao, are also key to ensuring sustainable income growth. Officials from the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs stated that future efforts will focus on improving the effectiveness of monitoring and assistance, securing industrial and employment support, improving the effectiveness of collaborative assistance, and optimizing and improving support policies. These policies are intended to ensure a successful conclusion to the transition period.
Summary: The 2024 Government Work Report calls for an overall assessment of the transition from poverty alleviation to rural revitalization, the final year of a five-year transitional period, and the refinement of support policies. These support policies will not cease abruptly, but will be refined based on assessments to ensure a minimum standard of living for those lifted out of poverty. The goal is to promote common prosperity in rural areas, ensuring no one is left behind. The article emphasizes a continuous effort to improve people's lives through rural revitalization.
Summary: The article highlights Xi Jinping's emphasis on the importance of revolutionary history, specifically the spirit of the "Hundred Regiments Offensive" during the anti-Japanese war. It discusses Shanxi province's efforts to leverage its revolutionary history and transform old revolutionary bases into tourist attractions and promote economic development through various initiatives, including red tourism, organic agriculture, and integration into the "East Data, West Computing" project. The article also mentions the development of new industries, like big data, and upgrades to traditional sectors such as aluminum production to drive economic growth. The piece underscores the confidence and determination of the region to embrace innovation and achieve high-quality development.
Summary: The article emphasizes the importance of faithfully implementing the Politburo's economic plans for the second half of the year to drive high-quality development. It stresses the need for proactive and creative approaches, tailoring policies to local conditions, exemplified by examples in Zhejiang, Jiangsu, and Guangdong. It calls for leveraging the lessons learned from studying the "Eight-Point Regulation" to focus on domestic issues and secure control over China's development. There is no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: China successfully completed its first extraterrestrial landing and takeoff test for manned spacecraft on August 6th in Huailai County, Hebei. The test validated the lander-ascent vehicle designed for China's manned lunar exploration program. This "Lanyue" lunar lander is designed to transport two astronauts between lunar orbit and the lunar surface, and can carry a lunar rover and scientific payloads. The test represents a crucial step in the development of China's manned lunar exploration project, featuring complex conditions and a long test cycle.
Summary: The State Council recently issued the "Interim Measures for Natural Disaster Investigation and Assessment" to standardize disaster evaluation procedures and improve China's disaster prevention, mitigation, and relief capabilities. The measures outline the responsibilities for conducting investigations based on the severity of the disaster, with the State Council taking the lead on "especially serious" incidents. The measures also allow for investigations to be upgraded by the State Council in certain cases. The National Disaster Reduction Committee will oversee the investigation and assessment work of provincial governments. The measures emphasize the implementation of corrective actions based on investigation findings.
Summary: A State Council press conference on August 7th addressed the newly issued "Opinions on Gradually Promoting Free Preschool Education." Vice Minister of Finance Guo Tingting stated that starting this fall, tuition will be waived for children in the final year of preschool, benefiting an estimated 12 million children. The central government will subsidize local governments to offset the revenue reduction for kindergartens due to the waived fees, with varying percentages based on the region's economic status. Director of the Ministry of Education Liu Yuguang said that the Ministry of Education will work with the Ministry of Finance and other relevant departments to further promote local governments to standardize school management behavior and improve the quality of school management. No mentions were made of the United States.
Summary: Chinese industrial robot manufacturer Efort Intelligent Equipment Co. is experiencing rapid growth, with sales expected to more than triple in four years, driven by domestic demand from sectors like new energy vehicles and home appliances spurred by consumer upgrade policies. Efort's arc welding product director, Shang Xuran, noted that first-half sales this year nearly matched all of last year's sales. The company's vice general manager, Zhang Wei, attributed this growth to domestic consumer upgrade policies and the increasing demand for intelligent manufacturing solutions. Efort has also seen success in import substitution, collaborating with domestic suppliers to overcome technological bottlenecks and achieving significant export growth, reaching the second largest global market share in 2023. Furthermore, Efort's acquisition of Italian CMA Robotics has enabled it to develop advanced painting robots that are gaining traction both domestically and internationally, including with European companies like Maserati and Alfa Romeo.
Summary: China's equipment manufacturing industry saw a 10.2% year-on-year increase in added value in the first half of the year, with smart manufacturing equipment performing particularly well. The market size of China's smart manufacturing equipment industry is expected to exceed 5 trillion yuan this year, driven by the deepening intelligent transformation of manufacturing. China remains the world's largest industrial robot market for the 12th consecutive year, accounting for over half of the global increase in industrial robot installations in the past three years, and exports of Chinese industrial robots increased by 61.5% during the first half of the year. The rapid growth of the new energy vehicle industry has also injected strong momentum into the sensor market.
Summary: The third phase expansion of Xining Caojiabao International Airport, a key project in Qinghai's 14th Five-Year Plan, was completed and put into operation on August 7th, with the new T3 terminal officially opened. The project, costing 10.712 billion yuan, significantly increases the airport's capacity, raising the number of aircraft stands from 34 to 75 and enabling it to handle 21 million passengers and 120,000 tons of cargo annually. The T3 terminal's design incorporates elements reflecting Qinghai's culture and landscape, such as the "Three Rivers Convergence" concept. The project applied many new technologies to overcome challenges such as dealing with collapsible loess foundations. The new terminal is integrated with a comprehensive transportation center for diverse travel needs.
Summary: China's warehouse storage index remained above 50% for the ninth consecutive month in July, indicating continued expansion, although it experienced a slight decrease of 0.9 percentage points from the previous month. New orders slowed due to weather-related factors impacting consumption and construction, leading to increased inventory. However, demand for bulk commodity warehousing, particularly nonferrous metals and chemical products, increased due to policies aimed at eliminating "involution" competition. Experts predict that weather may continue to affect the sector in August. They forecast a positive outlook for the warehousing industry supported by policies promoting consumption and optimizing the business environment.
Summary: The Yaojiaping Hydraulic Hub project, a key component of the Qingjiang River basin and one of China's 150 major water conservancy projects, is under construction in Enshi City, Hubei Province. With a total investment of 6.6 billion yuan, the project aims to control floods, reduce flood peaks, and enhance local flood prevention capabilities upon completion. The project is located in Mazhe Village, Tunbao Township, at an altitude of 1579 meters.
Summary: In 2024, Sichuan province saw 906 newly established foreign-invested enterprises. Thai Tian Si Group's China region enterprise communication manager, Zhang Qingxiu, stated that policy support, location advantages, the business environment, and improving infrastructure provide huge opportunities for foreign-funded enterprises, including Thai Tian Si Group. Albemarle's China government affairs manager, Tang Lifang, stated that the local government provided full support to Albemarle's Meishan project in the early preparation, licensing and approval, and element matching, ensuring that it was carried out in accordance with the construction plan. According to the report, Chengdu is home to more than 4,000 foreign-funded enterprises and more than 100,000 foreigners investing, starting businesses and developing in Chengdu. Chengdu promoted the expansion and upgrading of the US Intel packaging and testing base.
Summary: Uzbekistan is actively drawing from China's experiences in rural poverty reduction, employment, and income growth to promote sustainable development. Facing challenges such as climate change and water scarcity, Uzbekistan is adopting strategies like mobilizing nationwide participation, as exemplified by China's "Wan Qi Bang Wan Cun" initiative, where private enterprises support villages. Uzbekistan is also looking to China's application of technology to agriculture, such as drones and drip irrigation. Furthermore, research institutions from both countries are collaborating on projects like high-yield, stress-resistant cotton and wheat varieties. These collaborations include training programs for Uzbek scientists in China on crop breeding and seed production, fostering bilateral ties and mutual development.
Summary: National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference Vice Chairman Wang Yong led a delegation to Turkmenistan from August 4-6, meeting with President Berdymukhamedov and National Assembly Chairwoman Gulmanova. Wang conveyed Xi Jinping's greetings to Berdymukhamedov, stating that China-Turkmenistan relations have been upgraded to a comprehensive strategic partnership under the guidance of the two heads of state. Wang expressed China's willingness to work with Turkmenistan to deepen cooperation in various fields and promote the building of a China-Turkmenistan community with a shared future. Berdymukhamedov reciprocated Xi's greetings and emphasized Turkmenistan's desire to elevate bilateral relations.
Summary: French citizen Marcus Drettas donated 618 historical photographs documenting the Sino-Japanese War to the Shanghai Songhu War of Resistance Memorial Hall. At a ceremony at the Chinese Embassy in France, Drettas received a donation certificate from Minister Chen Dong. The photographs, taken by Drettas' grandfather, depict both pre-war life in Shanghai and the atrocities committed by Japanese forces. Drettas stated his hope that the donation would help more Westerners, especially young people, understand this history. Drettas also visited multiple war memorial sites with friends in China.
Summary: Diaa Helmy, founder of the Egyptian-Chinese Chamber of Commerce, expressed confidence in China's economic prospects, particularly in technological innovation and green development. He highlighted China's advancements in high-tech manufacturing, specifically mentioning electric vehicles and electronics, which have gained recognition in Arab countries like Egypt. Helmy emphasized China's focus on developing new productive forces through technological innovation and the positive impact of policies supporting private enterprises. He believes China's economic stability provides crucial support for the global economy amidst increasing uncertainty. Helmy anticipates greater breakthroughs in Egyptian-Chinese bilateral trade, benefiting various sectors and impacting broader Arab-Chinese and African-Chinese relations.
Summary: A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson addressed questions regarding Cambodia and Thailand reaching a ceasefire enforcement and supervision agreement at a special meeting of the Cambodia-Thailand General Border Committee (GBC) in Malaysia on August 7th, where China was invited to attend. The spokesperson stated that the agreement, based on the consensus reached at the Cambodia-Thailand leaders' meeting in Kuala Lumpur on July 28th, lays the foundation for an effective ceasefire and lasting peace. China welcomes the agreement, noting the de-escalation of tensions and advocating for dialogue and consultation as the correct approach to resolving disputes. China supports both parties in strengthening communication and appropriately handling differences, and supports promoting political solutions using the "ASEAN way."
Summary: A painting exhibition celebrating the 70th anniversary of China-Nepal diplomatic relations opened in Kathmandu, Nepal, co-organized by the Silk Road Cities Alliance, the Nepal Academy of Fine Arts, and the Chinese Cultural Center in Nepal. Chinese Ambassador to Nepal Chen Song, former Nepalese Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sujata Koirala, and the head of the Nepal Academy of Fine Arts, Naradmani Hartamchali, attended the opening ceremony with approximately 200 representatives from both countries. The exhibition, themed "New Silk Road Charm, Artistic Hearts Together," showcases over 100 works by nearly 60 artists from both China and Nepal.
Summary: In Harare, China and Zimbabwe signed an economic and technical cooperation agreement, along with an exchange of letters for a new round of Chinese food aid to Zimbabwe, witnessed by Zimbabwean President Mnangagwa. Chinese Ambassador Zhou Ding stated that the comprehensive strategic partnership between China and Zimbabwe has deepened, yielding benefits for both nations and setting an example for South-South cooperation. Zhou affirmed China's support for Zimbabwe's "2030 Vision" and its socio-economic transformation. Zimbabwean Finance Minister Ncube expressed gratitude for China's long-term support in various sectors, emphasizing the agreement's role in bolstering key areas of Zimbabwe's economy.
Summary: Chinese Ambassador to Myanmar Ma Jia and Myanmar's Deputy Foreign Minister U Ko Ko Shein signed agreements in Naypyidaw for 14 Lancang-Mekong Cooperation (LMC) Special Fund projects for 2025. Ma Jia stated that these projects will support Myanmar's development in agriculture, environmental protection, technology, culture, education, and disaster prevention. She expressed China's willingness to strengthen cooperation with Myanmar to utilize the fund effectively and promote the construction of a China-Myanmar community with a shared future.
Summary: State Councilor谌贻琴 attended and announced the opening of the 12th World Games in Chengdu, Sichuan Province on August 7, 2025. The opening ceremony included addresses from International Olympic Committee President Coventry, Chengdu World Games Organizing Committee Chairman and State General Administration of Sport Director Gao Zhidan, and International World Games Association President Perurena. The ceremony featured cultural and artistic performances incorporating Chinese culture and Sichuan elements. The World Games, organized by the International World Games Association, is a quadrennial international multi-sport event featuring non-Olympic sports.
Summary: To commemorate the 120th anniversary of Chinese cinema, a State Council Information Office press conference featured five film industry representatives discussing the high-quality development of Chinese films. Director Shen Ao emphasized the unique technical and narrative advantages of film over short video formats, while others highlighted the importance of immersive experiences, social attributes, and integrating AI as a tool for filmmakers. Shanghai Film Group Chairman Wang Jun noted the international appeal of classic Chinese animation IPs and the need for international collaboration, echoing Shen Ao's call for Chinese films to move beyond superficial "Chinese symbols" and showcase the core of Chinese culture and spirit to the world. There was no mention of the United States or US-China relations.
Summary: The article emphasizes the importance of upholding the Chinese spirit, drawing on historical examples of revolutionary figures who faced death with unwavering resolve. It highlights the spirit of sacrifice, determination, and innovation that has propelled China's progress. Contemporary examples of entrepreneurs, rural leaders, and young innovators demonstrate the continuation of this spirit in the face of challenges. The author argues that this enduring spirit is crucial for China's continued development and its pursuit of its national dream. The article implicitly references external pressures and challenges, suggesting a need for resilience in the face of adversity.
Summary: China is experiencing widespread flooding and heavy rainfall, prompting government responses. The central government has allocated 430 million yuan in disaster relief funds to provinces including Beijing, Hebei, Inner Mongolia, Guangdong, and Guangxi. The National Disaster Reduction Committee has initiated a Level IV emergency response for Inner Mongolia, dispatching a working group and relief supplies. Additionally, the National Development and Reform Commission has allocated 80 million yuan in central budgetary investment to support Inner Mongolia's post-disaster emergency recovery, which is prioritizing damaged infrastructure.
Summary: Heavy rainfall in Guangdong province, including Fogang County, led to flooding and mudslides. Emergency personnel are conducting rescue and relief operations in affected areas, including the removal of debris and mud. The article focuses on the emergency response, with a photographer from Xinhua News Agency documenting the efforts. There is no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The article discusses the CPC's efforts, spearheaded by Xi Jinping, to reduce burdens on local governments by combating formalism and bureaucracy. It highlights the implementation of the "Several Provisions" to streamline processes, reduce unnecessary meetings and paperwork, and improve efficiency. The article emphasizes that cadres should be more focused on serving the people, and that the reforms should be focused on practical solutions rather than "face-saving projects." The article provides examples of provinces making progress, such as Guangdong, Gansu, and Shanghai.
Summary: Qian Yongnian, former director of the State Council Foreign Affairs Office and former Chinese ambassador to Indonesia, passed away on July 26, 2025, at the age of 91. Central leaders expressed condolences to Qian's family after his death. Qian's diplomatic career included postings in Pakistan, Poland, Ethiopia, and Zambia before leading the African Affairs Department in the Foreign Ministry. He also served as a minister-counselor in both the Permanent Mission to the United Nations and the Chinese Embassy in the United States. From 1988 to 1994, he served as Director of the State Council Foreign Affairs Office and Ambassador to Indonesia.
Summary: Wang Tiankai, former Chairman of the Board of Supervisors of Key State-Owned Enterprises, passed away in Shanghai on July 28, 2025, at the age of 79. Central leaders expressed their condolences to Wang's family after his death. Wang's career included positions in the textile industry and government in Shaanxi Province, as well as leadership roles in organizations such as China National Textile Group and the International Textile Manufacturers Federation. He also served as a member of the 11th CPPCC National Committee. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
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Summary: The article discusses the economic benefits of industrial cooperation between coastal and inland regions of China, using the example of the collaboration between Chongqing's automotive industry and Huawei. It argues that such cooperation benefits both parties by leveraging comparative advantages, leading to increased profits, industrial upgrading, and talent acquisition for inland regions like Chongqing. The author emphasizes the importance of long-term strategic thinking, avoiding dependence on coastal regions while fostering innovation and developing unique strengths. The piece also highlights the role of national-level coordination in preventing redundant construction and promoting balanced development across regions. There is no mention of the United States or of U.S.-China relations in this piece.
Summary: The article emphasizes the importance of cross-regional and cross-industry collaboration to boost innovation and achieve win-win development, highlighting the "concert economy" and the increasing trend of cross-city tourism as examples of economic vitality. It notes the role of technological advancements, such as unified transportation cards and QR codes, in facilitating seamless travel and consumption. The piece also discusses the benefits of open collaboration, exemplified by initiatives like Anhui's "Gao Products into Shanghai" program, and the need for precise measures to optimize the business and consumer environment. Finally, the article mentions the rise in inbound tourism, suggesting that China's large market is becoming more attractive through cooperation.
Summary: The Cyberspace Administration of China's "National Informatization Development Report (2024)" indicates advancements in next-generation communication technology research. By the end of 2024, 5G-A network deployment had steadily progressed, covering over 300 cities. 5G-A has demonstrated significant effectiveness in dozens of scenarios, including smart factories and vehicle-road collaboration, driving quality and efficiency improvements.
Summary: The article discusses the development of specialized insurance products in China designed to support technological innovation and mitigate risks associated with research and development. It highlights the "laboratory all-risk insurance" in Tianjin and the introduction of insurance for first-of-its-kind equipment and AI-generated content liability. The piece emphasizes the need for tailored insurance solutions to address the unique risks faced by tech companies at different stages of development. It also promotes the use of co-insurance bodies to enhance risk-sharing and encourage broader participation from insurance institutions in supporting emerging industries. Ultimately, the article suggests that these financial products will empower innovation and contribute to the growth of new industries in China.
Summary: A recent job fair in Taizhou, Jiangsu Province, focused on university graduates with disabilities, with 59 companies offering 123 positions in fields like video editing and foreign trade. The article emphasizes that employing disabled graduates reduces family burdens, increases self-worth, and promotes social harmony. It argues for fair employment practices, including adapting workplaces with assistive technologies and tailoring job requirements to match abilities. The piece highlights the mutual benefits of employing disabled individuals, shifting from charity to value creation for both companies and society. The article calls for comprehensive support systems, including targeted training and social security, to foster a supportive employment environment.
Summary: A recent surge in online issues affecting minors, such as cyberbullying and exploitation, is prompting concerns about existing regulations. These problems are often obscured and utilize emerging technologies, making them difficult to monitor and address. In response, the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) has initiated a special campaign, "Qinglang 2025 Summer Special Action on the Online Environment for Minors," to tackle these emerging issues. The campaign will focus on new challenges and manifestations of the problems, aiming for a shift towards proactive defense and collaborative governance.
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Summary: According to an interview, Gao Wen, Director of Pengcheng Laboratory, is overseeing the development of "Pengcheng Cloud Brain III," slated for completion next year, and the construction of China's first computing power network (算力网) dedicated line from Shenzhen to Guiyang, expected to commence this November. Gao explained that the "Pengcheng Cloud Brain" provides computing power for large model training, and the project is critical for the development of the computing power network. He also touched upon the development of the fourth-generation Audio Video coding Standard (AVS). Gao emphasized the importance of encouraging the younger generation to participate in national projects.
Summary: Gao Wen argues that innovation requires foresight ("taking the first step") and perseverance ("taking more steps"). He emphasizes the importance of accurately assessing technological trends to gain an early advantage and addressing national development needs through sustained effort. The article calls for researchers to proactively identify promising directions and commit to long-term goals to contribute to China's technological strength and self-reliance. There is no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations in the article.
Summary: The article recounts the story of Lu Zhanmeng, a Kuomintang (KMT) general who died defending Guilin against the Japanese during the 1944 Battle of Guilin-Hengyang. Lu Zhanmeng distinguished himself in previous battles, and volunteered to defend Guilin, vowing to fight to the death alongside the city. Despite fierce resistance, the city fell to the Japanese after suffering heavy losses, with Lu eventually killed in action. His grandson, Lu Mingzhi, continues to commemorate his sacrifice at the Three Generals Tomb in Guilin. The site serves as a base for patriotic education. The article does not discuss the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The "Eastern Corridor" of the China-Europe Railway Express, comprised of the Manzhouli, Suifenhe, and Tongjiang railway ports, has facilitated over 3,000 train trips this year, transporting over 300,000 TEUs. This corridor, the largest China-Europe Railway Express port cluster in China, accounts for 26.6% of the total national volume, with return trips accounting for 33.1% of the national total. The corridor now encompasses 27 lines connecting to 14 countries including Poland, Germany and Netherlands, and over 60 Chinese cities. The corridor transports 12 major categories of goods.
Summary: During the summer, the meter-gauge tourist train in Kaiyuan City, Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, attracted many tourists. The Kaiyuan meter-gauge tourist train runs from Kaiyuan Station to Data Station at a speed of 25 kilometers per hour. The tourist train runs on the Sino-Vietnamese Railway. The original article makes no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: In the first half of 2025, Chinese consumer complaints increased by 27.23% year-on-year to 995,971, with only 509,655 resolved, resulting in 452 million yuan in recovered economic losses for consumers. After-sales service remained the most prominent complaint, accounting for 26.47% of the total. Compared to the first half of 2024, complaints regarding counterfeiting, safety, and false advertising increased, while those regarding after-sales service, quality, and measurement decreased. The top five categories for product complaints were household electronics, clothing and shoes, daily use products, food, and transportation, and the top five for service complaints were internet services, lifestyle and social services, education and training, sales, and cultural/entertainment/sports services.
Summary: The China Banking Association's 2024 report indicates improved performance in banking customer service centers, with a 94.18% average connection rate for human operators and 99.46% customer satisfaction. Service coverage spans multiple channels, including mobile apps, phone, WeChat, and SMS. The integration of smart technologies in these centers rose to 93%, with 31% exploring the use of large language models. The report emphasizes digital technologies as a key driver for enhanced consumer service and high-quality development of the banking industry. The article makes no explicit mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations.
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Summary: The Chinese Communist Party's Politburo emphasized boosting consumption, especially service consumption, at a meeting on July 30. Several regions are integrating dining with tourism and sports to stimulate spending during the summer. For example, Luoyang combines food with cultural streets, Mianyang with rural experiences, and Qingdao with sporting events like the Qingdao Fashion Sports Festival, which drew 8,000 athletes and boosted local restaurants and accommodations. Qingdao also organized local businesses to showcase products at sporting events.
Summary: Shanghai is enhancing its cultural offerings by renovating and upgrading historic theaters and cinemas. The Lanxin Grand Theater, built in 1931, underwent renovations to restore its original appearance and improve acoustics. The Da Guangming Cinema, originally built in 1928, has diversified its offerings by opening a movie-themed restaurant with rooftop screenings. The Majestic Theatre upgraded its stage technology to accommodate complex international productions, such as the British musical "Six."
Summary: This article discusses Shanxi province's revolutionary history and current development, highlighting its historical significance during the Anti-Japanese War, referencing the "Hundred Regiments Offensive" and Xi Jinping's call to continue telling the stories of the war. It emphasizes the importance of remembering the past while focusing on green and sustainable development, including integrating agriculture, industry, culture, and tourism. The article also discusses specific examples of economic development in Shanxi, such as organic farming, red tourism, and data centers. The article does not discuss the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The Nadam Fair for farmers and herders opened on August 7th in Zalaite Banner, Hinggan League, Inner Mongolia. The opening ceremony featured a horse racing performance for tourists. The event was captured in a photograph by Xinhua News Agency reporter Ma Jinrui. No information regarding official statements, accompanying officials, or U.S.-China relations is provided.
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Summary: The article emphasizes the interconnectedness of cities and civilization, advocating for the construction of civilized cities with high moral standards as essential for Chinese-style urban modernization. It highlights the need to protect and inherit the unique historical and cultural heritage of various Chinese cities, citing examples like Xi'an, Suzhou and Xiamen. The article stresses strengthening cultural soft power through initiatives ranging from expanding cultural services to improving civic morality. Ultimately, the article suggests that this cultivation of civilization within cities will lead to increased happiness and well-being for the people. There is no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations.
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Summary: This article emphasizes the importance of realizing the value of ecological products as a key component of Xi Jinping's ecological civilization thought, and a crucial path to harmonizing human and nature. It argues that realizing ecological product value involves converting "green mountains" into "gold mountains" through innovative mechanisms, promoting coordinated evolution between economic and ecological systems. The article further positions this concept as a vital tool for implementing new development philosophies and fostering new productive forces, ultimately contributing to common prosperity. It emphasizes that a scientific and rational value accounting system should be constructed, as well as promoting ecological industrialization and industrial ecology. The author does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: This article discusses Xi Jinping's emphasis on translating strict requirements for conduct into concrete measures to strengthen Party discipline. It highlights the importance of establishing clear rules and enforcing them rigorously to combat undesirable work styles and corruption. The article references the "Eight-Point Regulation" as an example of successful implementation, emphasizing the need for consistent and unwavering efforts to maintain a positive work style. Xi Jinping is mentioned in reference to visiting an exhibit on the "Eight-Point Regulation" in June 2021. The text does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
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Summary: Longshan County in Hunan Province is leveraging its mountainous terrain to cultivate Chinese medicinal herbs like *huangbai* and lilies, promoting ecological restoration and increasing local incomes. Technological advancements are extending the medicinal herb industrial chain, transforming it into a "green bank" for the area. Through cooperation with research institutions, Longshan County has improved breeding, cultivation techniques, and processing methods, leading to increased yields and higher prices for herbs like lilies. Companies are also investing in standardized processing facilities to further extend the industrial chain and increase profits locally. The local government has established a special working group to strengthen the industry, build brands, and provide support for making the area more prosperous.
Summary: The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs and the Ministry of Ecology and Environment jointly released the "China Fishery Ecological Environment Status Bulletin (2024)," reporting that China's fishery ecological environment remained generally stable in 2024, showing a steady improvement over the past five years. Monitoring covered 159 important fishery water areas, revealing that lead, cadmium, and arsenic levels met standards across all monitored waters. Compared to 2020, inorganic nitrogen and reactive phosphate levels in marine areas, and total nitrogen and phosphorus levels in rivers have decreased, though the risk of exceeding nitrogen and phosphorus standards remains. The report marks the 25th consecutive year of such publications, aiming to support high-quality fisheries development through ecological monitoring and protection.
Summary: Boyuan Environmental Protection, a subsidiary of China Resources Recycling Group, has launched a smart plastic crushing and cleaning line after breakthroughs in key processes. The line aims to improve the recycling of waste plastics, especially those from discarded appliances. Developed in conjunction with university research teams, the line converts appliance casings into high-value recycled materials. The line has an annual processing capacity of 10,000 tons, and is expected to reduce carbon emissions.
Summary: China Mobile is enhancing its network security capabilities through a new model centered on "centralized intelligent security operations." The company has built an intelligent SOC with AI-powered risk assessment models and a self-developed network security large model. They are also working on building "man-made + technical defense" systems to increase security risk prevention and improve core technology breakthroughs in network attack and defense. China Mobile extends its security capabilities to various industries, including finance, energy, and government, undertaking national-level projects and major event security. The company aims to contribute to national network security and social stability by sharing its network security capabilities.
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Summary: On the 17th National Fitness Day, it was reported that the proportion of people regularly participating in sports in China has risen from 28.2% to 37.2%. This increase is attributed to more accessible public services, including upgraded sports venues and scientific guidance, as well as the growing popularity of mass sports events like village basketball and dragon boat races, which also stimulate local economies. There has been a merging of fitness and healthcare, which has helped to increase the average life expectancy to 79 years. The health management focus is changing from treatment to prevention, and includes personalized sports prescriptions. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: China's national fitness program has seen robust development over the past five years, culminating in 4.84 million sports venues nationwide by the end of 2024. In 2024, the inaugural National Fitness Games hosted over 6,000 events with over two million participants, while online sports games drew over 20 million. By the end of 2024, the number of certified social sports instructors reached approximately 3.71 million. According to Ding Dong, director of the National Sports Administration's Mass Sports Department, these advancements are meeting the growing needs of the people and integrating further into the overall economic and social development. Further promotion of high-quality development of national fitness will continue in the coming years.
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Summary: The article discusses China's efforts to construct a unified national market by removing barriers to fair competition and promoting regional cooperation. Examples are given of local protectionism being dismantled through fair competition reviews, such as the elimination of restricted lists for research travel companies in Guangxi. The piece also highlights the implementation of remote, cross-regional bidding processes for government procurement projects to increase fairness and reduce costs for participating companies. Finally, the article discusses regional cooperation initiatives like the Shenzhen-汕尾 Special Cooperation Zone and "reverse enclaves" that allow less developed regions to leverage resources in more developed areas like Shenzhen.
Summary: The article discusses the detrimental effects of local protectionism in China, including market segmentation, unfair competition, and reduced consumer choice. It argues that such practices, while providing short-term benefits to local enterprises, ultimately hinder the development of a unified national market. The piece highlights the "Shanghai Airport-Suzhou Pre-positioning Cargo Station" as a positive example of breaking down regional barriers and improving administrative efficiency. Furthermore, the article cites increasing inter-provincial sales and the elimination of hukou restrictions on insurance as evidence of progress toward a more unified market.
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Summary: China's National Healthcare Security Administration (NHSA) is initiating the eleventh round of centralized drug procurement (集采), with medical institutions submitting demand volumes between August 6th and 25th. The procurement involves 55 drug varieties, averaging 15 companies per drug, and allows medical institutions to report demand by brand or generic name. The NHSA emphasizes accurate reporting, generally requiring at least 80% of the 2023-2024 average usage, while also allowing for adjustments based on clinical needs. The NHSA has also clarified that while prioritized, the use of selected drugs in the 集采 is not mandatory, and that medical institutions can choose to purchase non-selected drugs.
Summary: With a record 12.22 million college graduates expected in 2025 amid slowing white-collar job growth, some young people are pragmatically turning to skilled blue-collar work. The article highlights the increasing demand for skilled workers in manufacturing and service industries due to technological advancements and consumption upgrades. The piece argues that "blue-collar" jobs are evolving and increasingly require advanced skills and knowledge, with policy support growing in response. It emphasizes the importance of aligning individual career choices with national needs, diminishing the divide between "white-collar" and "blue-collar" professions. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The article discusses the prevalence of fraudulent schemes in China that exploit traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) for profit, often targeting elderly individuals with false claims of miracle cures. It highlights specific cases of individuals falsely claiming expertise and using "ancestral remedies" to sell ineffective or harmful products. The article emphasizes the harm these schemes inflict on public health, legitimate TCM practices, and traditional culture itself. It calls for increased public awareness, platform accountability in policing misleading content, and stricter regulatory oversight to combat these deceptive practices and protect consumers. The piece does not mention the United States.
Summary: On August 7th, farmers in Qinglian Village, Lujiang County, Hefei City, Anhui Province, were engaged in weeding work in Gorgon fruit fields. The activity coincided with the start of autumn, and local farmers were actively involved in harvesting, planting, and field management. The photograph accompanying the report underscores the focus on agricultural activities. The article makes no reference to Chinese officials, the United States, or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: Jinan traffic police officers Mi Qingyu and Li Haoyue escorted an elderly woman with a ruptured eyeball from a highway toll booth to a hospital in Jinan, Shandong province, significantly reducing travel time. The police detail responded to an emergency call from the woman's family, who were transporting her from Heze. The officers' actions ensured the woman received timely medical attention, saving her eyesight. The family later expressed their gratitude to the police for their assistance. Zhao Hui, the captain of the third squadron of the directly subordinate brigade, stated that quickly responding to emergencies is the value of this "light cavalry".
Summary: Shanghai has introduced 18 measures across five areas to promote the high-quality development of commercial health insurance and support the innovative biomedical industry. The measures aim to improve access and affordability of innovative drugs and medical devices, including innovative payment mechanisms and streamlining hospital access. Shanghai will enhance the "Shanghai Insurance Code" to optimize the simultaneous settlement of medical insurance and commercial insurance and improve data connectivity. The initiative seeks to make commercial health insurance a key pillar of the public health security system, providing more comprehensive and convenient health coverage. There is no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations in the provided text.
Summary: Yunnan province is implementing ten new measures to strengthen integrity in its tourism market, starting August 12th. These measures aim to improve the tourism environment and address issues like forced shopping and unreasonably low-priced tours. The province has already established a complaint center and a "red and black list" to reward trustworthy businesses and penalize those who violate regulations. According to an official from the Yunnan Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism, these measures aim to foster a "trustworthy tourism" environment in Yunnan. The province reported a decrease in tourism complaints in the first half of the year, alongside an increase in tourists and revenue.
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Summary: Shuozhou city in Shanxi province is leveraging its cultural and ecological resources to boost tourism, with key scenic spots seeing a 37.99% increase in visitors and a 57.49% rise in ticket revenue in the second quarter of 2025. The city is focused on preserving historical sites, including the Chongfu Temple and Yingxian Wooden Pagoda, through both traditional methods and digital technologies, while also developing cultural tourism routes centered on themes like the Great Wall and local heritage. Shuozhou is also developing the Great Wall National Cultural Park.
Summary: This letter from a father named Li Yuanyuan to his daughter, Fei'er, reflects on his ten years as a delivery driver for Ele.me. He recounts bringing her along on deliveries as a baby and toddler, and expresses pride in his work despite its challenges. Li emphasizes the value and dignity he finds in his profession, highlighting how it has provided for his family and contributed to the community. He hopes his daughter will embrace optimism, diligence, and a belief in hard work as she begins school. The letter is part of a promotional campaign by Taobao Flash Sale, "Salute to every ordinary, hardworking, and striving person."
Summary: The city of Yichun in Heilongjiang province, known as "Forest Capital of China," is promoting its ecological resources and cross-border cultural exchanges, particularly with Russia. Yichun is fostering international relationships through events like the China-Russia International Collective Wedding, which has led to a growing number of Russians considering the area their "second home." The city is also leveraging its paleontological discoveries and biodiversity to attract international scientists and researchers. Yichun is developing its "ice and snow" tourism, hosting international curling events and aiming to become a center for ice sports. The city's promotion of "international spring" as a tourist destination has led to increased visitors from Russia and other countries.
Summary: The article discusses the transformation of the U-Dai Highway in Yichun, Heilongjiang province, from a route primarily used for timber transport to a scenic road attracting both domestic and international tourists. This 110-kilometer road now connects ecological reserves and highlights Yichun's shift from logging to ecological preservation and tourism. The highway symbolizes how the region's natural resources are becoming a bridge for global connection and exchange. To further enhance the tourist experience, the U-Dai Highway is undergoing renovation to elevate its quality. Yichun is focused on developing its "ecological brand" and broadening its "international road" to increase opening up.
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Summary: The article discusses Tolstoy's *War and Peace* and its enduring relevance, particularly in the context of commemorating the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japan and the World Anti-Fascist War. The author emphasizes the novel's anti-war message, highlighting the suffering of the people and the importance of love and understanding in overcoming conflict. Referencing both the Napoleonic Wars and World War II, the author underscores the role of the people in achieving peace and resisting aggression. The article suggests that *War and Peace* offers valuable insights into navigating the anxieties and challenges of the modern, fragmented world.
Summary: The article describes Salvador, Brazil, as a city built on the sounds and colors of its African heritage, a legacy stemming from its history as a major port for the transatlantic slave trade. Despite the suffering endured by enslaved Africans, their culture persevered and integrated into the city's identity through music, food, and religion. Today, Salvador is recognized as a vibrant center of Afro-Brazilian culture, where African traditions are celebrated and contribute to the city's unique character. The city's history serves as a reminder of the resilience and creativity of those who were enslaved. Salvador stands as a symbol of freedom earned through resistance and the ongoing integration of diverse backgrounds.
Summary: The article describes a visit to the Giza pyramids and the Khafre Valley Temple in Egypt, marveling at the ancient Egyptians' ability to construct such massive and precise structures without modern tools. It highlights the use of the Nile for transporting stones and the possible ramp system for construction. The author reflects on the enduring nature of the pyramids and the dedication to perfection exhibited in their construction, exemplified by the precise fit of stones in the Khafre Valley Temple. The author admires the pyramids as not just a conquest of time, but a collaboration with it.
Summary: The Almagro International Classical Theatre Festival, founded in 1978 in Spain, is a globally influential event focused on reviving Spanish Golden Age literature and theatre. This year, the festival featured classic Spanish plays alongside contemporary works from international troupes, including an innovative Chinese "ecological opera" adaptation of "The Trickster of Seville" (唐璜). The Chinese production blended Mozart's melodies with traditional Chinese instruments, using minimalist stage design to highlight performance and singing.
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Summary: This article highlights Jiangsu Province's efforts to promote widespread fitness activities, including city football leagues, marathons, and senior games. The province has been developing sports facilities in urban and rural areas, achieving high coverage rates for "10-minute" and "15-minute" fitness circles. Jiangsu offers integrated sports health services through medical and sports institutions. Various sporting events, like the "Village Boundary Cup" farmer football tournament, were held during the Spring Festival.
Summary: The article discusses the significance of the *Zuo Zhuan* (左传) as a crucial text for understanding Chinese civilization, highlighting its role in interpreting and expanding upon the *Spring and Autumn Annals* (*Chunqiu* 春秋). It emphasizes the *Zuo Zhuan's* detailed historical accounts, its exploration of morality and justice, and its influence on figures like Guan Yu and Du Yu, the latter of whom authored an important commentary on the text. The *Zuo Zhuan*, together with the *Spring and Autumn Annals*, establishes a foundational belief that society should strive for higher values beyond mere survival and self-interest. The author recommends 沈玉成's and 杨伯峻's annotated translations of the *Zuo Zhuan* as essential reading materials.
Summary: The article discusses the emergence of "six little dragons," referring to Hangzhou-based tech companies specializing in fields like AI and robotics, and how they represent a shift from e-commerce to hard technology. It attributes this phenomenon to the city's thriving private sector, market-oriented reforms, and the government's supportive role in fostering a favorable innovation ecosystem. The government helps them to solve their problems as soon as they have demand. The article highlights how Hangzhou's entrepreneurs seized opportunities presented by China's entry into the WTO and the information technology revolution. It positions Hangzhou's experience as a model for China's high-quality economic development.
Summary: According to the author, a Spanish sinologist, translation is crucial for cooperation, human progress, and cultural exchange. The author highlights historical examples such as Xuanzang's translation of Buddhist scriptures and early interactions between China and Spain facilitated by missionaries like Diego de Pantoja. Despite progress in recent decades, the author argues that the volume of Chinese literature translated into Spanish remains insufficient given China's cultural and global influence. They emphasize the need for increased attention, promotion, and training in translation to bridge cultural gaps. Ultimately, the author sees translation as a means to overcome differences and foster global understanding in the face of global challenges.
Summary: A neurosurgeon and a cartoonist collaborated to create a popular science comic book, "A Tour of the Brain: The Wonderful World of Comic Neuroscience," aiming to improve doctor-patient communication by making complex information more accessible. The book, structured as a tour of the brain with elements of Chinese mythology, covers clinical neuroscience and explores cutting-edge advancements like brain-computer interfaces. The authors hope the book simplifies interpretations of neurosurgical diseases and inspires scientific exploration.
Summary: This article reviews Hu Xuewen's novel "Longfeng Song," which explores the intertwined lives of twins and their family against the backdrop of China's recent history. The novel shifts the author's focus from basic survival to the search for meaning and spiritual fulfillment in a rapidly changing society. The story emphasizes the importance of inner life and spiritual pursuits amidst material abundance and urbanization. It uses a modern artistic structure to portray characters rooted in rural traditions yet yearning for the future, addressing the anxieties of a materialistic age. The author believes good fiction should delve into both worldly life and the realm of the soul.
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Summary: This article, from the People's Daily, provides contact information for submissions to its "Reading" section. It gives an email address (dushu@peopledaily.cn) for readers to send their contributions. The layout design credit is given to Shen Yiling. The article does not contain any information about Chinese politics, official statements, or U.S.-China relations. The article provides an email address (dushu@peopledaily.cn) for readers to send their contributions.
By: 本报记者 李昌禹 李卓尔
National strength and rejuvenation require the accumulation of material civilization, but even more so the sublimation of spiritual civilization.
"When skyscrapers stand tall all over our land, the edifice of the spirit of the Chinese nation should also stand majestically."
"Realizing the Chinese Dream is a development process in which material and spiritual civilizations develop in parallel."
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) has repeatedly expounded on the relationship between material and spiritual civilization in the process of modernization.
In the report to the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "Chinese-style modernization is a modernization that coordinates material and spiritual civilization. Material affluence and spiritual enrichment are the fundamental requirements of socialist modernization. Material poverty is not socialism, nor is spiritual poverty."
Anchoring the strategic goal of building a strong cultural country, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized that it is necessary to "continuously enhance the spiritual strength of the people and consolidate the cultural foundation for building a strong country and realizing national rejuvenation."
In July 2023, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) inspected Suzhou (苏州), Jiangsu (江苏) Province. The new era of Suzhou (苏州) has embroidered a "double-sided embroidery" of cultural and economic integration, with economic prosperity on one side and cultural prosperity on the other. The General Secretary praised: "Here, there is not only the inheritance of historical culture, but also high-tech innovation and high-quality development, representing the direction of future development."
How can thousands of years of cultural heritage and the modern economy coexist harmoniously? The answer is obvious: "Chinese-style modernization endows Chinese civilization with modern strength, and Chinese civilization endows Chinese-style modernization with a profound foundation."
In February 2024, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) visited the Tianjin (天津) Ancient Culture Street (古文化街). Many time-honored brands such as Clay Figure Zhang (泥人张) are located here, and the long cultural heritage permeates the city. The General Secretary pointed out here: "Chinese-style modernization cannot be separated from the inheritance and promotion of outstanding traditional culture." In May of this year, at the Longmen Grottoes (龙门石窟) in Luoyang (洛阳), Henan (河南) Province, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized: "We must protect, inherit, and disseminate these treasures of Chinese culture."
With the mutual promotion of economy and culture, China's development has a more solid material foundation and a more active spiritual force.
Culture is the soul of a country and a nation, and it is an important support for national prosperity and national rejuvenation.
In June 2023, at the symposium on cultural inheritance and development, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "The best inheritance of history is to create new history, and the greatest respect for human civilization is to create a new form of human civilization."
Bearing the cultural mission of the new era, it is imperative to open up and develop socialism with Chinese characteristics on the basis of the profound foundation of more than 5,000 years of Chinese civilization, and to combine the basic principles of Marxism with the specific reality of China and with outstanding traditional Chinese culture.
At Zhu Xi Park (朱熹园) in Wuyishan (武夷山), Fujian (福建) Province, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) said with emotion: "Without 5,000 years of Chinese civilization, where would there be Chinese characteristics? If it were not for Chinese characteristics, where would we have today's so successful road of socialism with Chinese characteristics?"
Rooted in historical confidence and cultural confidence, the profound thinking is condensed in Xi Jinping's (习近平) cultural thought, providing a powerful ideological weapon and scientific action guide for undertaking the cultural mission of the new era.
Under the leadership of General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平), Chinese culture is more Chinese in character, style, and spirit because it is integrated into the great spirit of the times.
Great undertakings breed great spirits, and great spirits lead great undertakings.
At present, as the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation has entered an irreversible historical process, it is even more necessary to enhance the strength of the people and invigorate the national spirit.
The spiritual pedigree of Chinese Communists, originating from the great spirit of party building, supports the spine of the Chinese national spirit.
A noble cause requires the guidance of role models. At the presentation ceremony of national medals and national honorary titles at the end of September 2024, on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) called on: "The whole party and people of all ethnic groups across the country should take heroic models as examples, unite and forge ahead, and gather the majestic strength to jointly undertake the great cause of building a strong country."
The spirit of the times needs to be inherited by young people. On the Peking University (北大) campus, the General Secretary encouraged young people: "We propose to advocate prosperity, democracy, civilization, and harmony, to advocate freedom, equality, justice, and the rule of law, and to advocate patriotism, dedication, integrity, and friendship, and actively cultivate and practice socialist core values."
"Role models of the times" and "Good People of China" shine like stars, and Chinese sons and daughters admire virtue and goodness; civilized rural customs and good family traditions are cultivated and promoted, and the level of social civilization is constantly improving; giving good "major ideological and political lessons," promoting positive energy on the Internet, and a clean and upright atmosphere continue to wash away corruption. The Chinese spirit, Chinese values, and Chinese strength are even more prominent.
From looking up at the world to looking at the world on an equal footing, we are constantly enhancing our ambition, backbone, and confidence in being Chinese. Today's Chinese people are more confident, self-reliant, and self-improving, and are radiating unprecedented historical initiative and historical creative spirit.
In May of this year, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) made important instructions on the work of promoting ethical and cultural progress, emphasizing that by promoting the high-quality development of promoting ethical and cultural progress, we can provide strong spiritual strength for building a strong country and realizing national rejuvenation.
"We will continue to improve the material and spiritual living standards of the people, so that every family has sufficient food and clothing, and everyone knows etiquette and understands honor and disgrace." This is the beautiful life that the people yearn for, and it is also the solemn commitment of the Chinese Communists in the new era.
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Reducing the burden on grassroots levels concerns people's well-being and the work style of cadres, as well as the effectiveness and level of implementation.
The Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) at its core has always attached great importance to rectifying formalism and reducing the burden on grassroots levels. In August 2024, the General Office of the Central Committee and the General Office of the State Council issued the "Several Provisions on Rectifying Formalism to Reduce the Burden on Grassroots Levels" (hereinafter referred to as the "Several Provisions"). This is the first time that a system norm for reducing the burden on grassroots levels has been formulated and promulgated in the form of Party regulations.
Over the past year, all regions and departments have vigorously implemented the "Several Provisions," and the long-term mechanism for reducing the burden on grassroots levels has been increasingly improved. The refreshing breeze of burden reduction is blowing strongly, and the vitality of practical work is surging, continuously enhancing the sense of gain and happiness of the vast number of grassroots cadres and the masses.
Planning for the long term and seeking fundamental solutions, wielding the sword against the malpractices of work style.
Henan (河南) has a large total population, population density, and population mobility, with complex and diverse social problems. How can efficient governance be achieved?
In May of this year, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) came to Henan (河南) for inspection. Looking at one area and planning for the overall situation, he was concerned about the grand article of modernizing the governance system and governance capabilities. The General Secretary accurately diagnosed the problem, prescribed a good remedy, and clearly pointed out: "We must earnestly rectify formalism to reduce the burden on grassroots levels, and we cannot take on good things and things that plant flowers, while pushing difficult things and things that offend people to the grassroots levels."
This is a profound warning and a call to action.
If the grassroots are strong, the country is strong; if the grassroots are stable, the world is stable. The grassroots are the "nerve endings" of national governance, the forefront of serving the masses, and the "last mile" for implementing the decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee.
Under the new situation, the more arduous the tasks and the more severe the challenges, the more necessary it is to escort with an excellent work style, and the more necessary it is to continuously rectify formalism with the spirit of nailing nails, maintain the authority of the Party Central Committee, and ensure that the decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee take root at the grassroots level.
In November 2018, at the tenth collective study of the Political Bureau of the 19th Central Committee, General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) remarks were sonorous and powerful: "In the past, it was often said that 'thousands of threads are above, and one needle is below.' Now, grassroots cadres say that 'thousands of hammers are above, and one nail is below,' and 'thousands of knives are above, and one head is below.' This situation must be changed!"
Planning with profound systematic thinking and grasping deeply and practically with unremitting perseverance.
In recent years, from determining the "Year of Reducing Burdens at the Grassroots Level" and establishing a special work mechanism at the central level to rectify formalism and reduce burdens at the grassroots level, to issuing notices requiring the continuous resolution of formalism problems that plague the grassroots, one step at a time, one footprint at a time.
However, work style problems are stubborn and recurrent. Burdens such as excessive paperwork and meetings, and excessive emphasis on leaving traces have not been eradicated. New variants of formalism have emerged, and some deep-seated institutional and mechanism obstacles urgently need to be removed.
The "Several Provisions" directly address old problems and new variants. While strengthening existing systems, it proposes a series of new practical and hard measures to promote the deepening of the work of reducing burdens at the grassroots level towards addressing the root causes, releasing a firm determination to achieve long-term success and carry things through to the end.
Over the past year, the special work mechanism at the central level for rectifying formalism and reducing burdens at the grassroots level has made multiple deployments and requirements. The central level has repeatedly publicly reported typical problems, demonstrating and driving special work mechanisms at all levels to strengthen overall coordination, formulate pragmatic measures, and grasp the implementation of responsibilities, rectification and remediation, and education and guidance.
Those who are good at eliminating harm examine its root, and those who are good at managing disease cut off its source.
This year, in-depth study and education on implementing the spirit of the Central Eight-Point Regulation was carried out throughout the Party. All regions and departments have promoted learning, investigation, and rectification in an integrated manner, systematically investigating and identifying prominent problems such as deviations in the view of achievements, engaging in "face-saving projects," implementing policies with a "**一刀切**" (yī dāo qiē - "one knife cut," applying a single standard to all situations, regardless of individual circumstances) approach, and adding layers of requirements, as well as gaps in rectifying formalism to reduce burdens at the grassroots level. The vast number of Party members and cadres have a deeper understanding and higher vigilance about the harm of formalism and bureaucracy, and more consciously consider whether it will increase the burden on the grassroots when thinking about problems and handling affairs. The atmosphere of improving work style and improving efficiency is becoming increasingly strong.
Planning for the long term and seeking fundamental solutions, wielding the sword against the malpractices of work style, creating better conditions for the grassroots to start businesses and make achievements.
Huang Ling (黄玲), a member of the Party Committee of Siyi Village (四邑村), Panjiawan Town (潘家湾镇), Jiayu County (嘉鱼县), Xianning City (咸宁市), Hubei Province (湖北省), still clearly remembers that warm scene in November 2024.
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) came to the village's Party and Mass Service Center, and the "List of Matters for Serving the Masses" posted on the wall caught the General Secretary's attention.
"In the past, it was more about asking the masses to do things, but now it is more about Party members and cadres doing things and providing services to the masses. This is a fundamental change," said General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平). "We must continue to reduce the burden on the grassroots so that grassroots cadres can use more time and energy to serve the masses."
Simple words express the purpose of value—promoting the return of grassroots governance to the essence of serving the masses, allowing the Party's policies to better reach the hearts of the people, and firmly rooting the foundation of governance modernization at the grassroots level.
Taking real action and tackling tough issues, targeting treatment, and iron rules growing iron teeth.
"Assessments should be simplified and not engage in 'thousand-point systems'";
"In principle, higher-level organs and units shall not borrow cadres from counties and below";
"Localities and departments shall conduct consistency assessments with reducing burdens at the grassroots level when issuing documents";
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21 specific provisions in 7 aspects, focusing on "small cuts" to set "hard constraints." The "Several Provisions" aroused widespread praise as soon as they were issued. The person in charge of the General Office of the Central Committee said in response to reporters' questions: "We pay attention to being pragmatic and useful, and we do not engage in lengthy discussions on establishing systems. We propose measures and requirements for outstanding problems, which are concise, clear, specific, and easy to understand and implement."
The value of a system lies in its "reality," and its effectiveness lies in its "strictness." Over the past year, all regions and departments have vigorously grasped the implementation of the system, taking the "pain points" of the grassroots as the "targets" of rectification, and iron rules have grown iron teeth, promoting the deepening of the work of reducing burdens at the grassroots level towards addressing the root causes.
Streamlining documents and meetings, breaking the inertial thinking of "implementing meetings with meetings and implementing documents with documents"—
At noon, the sun was scorching, and Huang Qingfeng (黄庆峰), deputy director of the Sushe Street Office (素社街道办事处) in Haizhu District (海珠区), Guangzhou City (广州市), Guangdong Province (广东省), rode his bicycle through the streets and alleys, heading straight to the construction site of the Guodun Community Neighborhood Center (郭墩社区邻里中心). "I run at least two trips a month." He wiped his sweat and said in a practical tone, "By squatting down to listen to public opinion and solving problems on the spot, the progress of the project can be stabilized."
Where does the time come from? Streamlining documents and meetings has made a great contribution. Guangzhou (广州) has focused on strictly controlling the number of documents, improving the quality of documents, and strengthening evaluation and review, supervising and disciplining coordination, two-way monitoring, and upgrading control to "squeeze out moisture" in multiple ways. The effect was immediate: the number of documents issued and meetings held by the city, districts, and towns/streets decreased by more than 15% year-on-year.
Simplifying assessments and not engaging in "complicated philosophy"—
In the early morning, in the potato fields of Fengxiang Town (凤翔镇), Anding District (安定区), Dingxi City (定西市), Gansu Province (甘肃省), Gao Zhenxin (高振鑫), a cadre from the Agricultural and Rural Comprehensive Service Center, squatted on the ridge of the field, pinching the yellowed potato leaves of villager Yang Hua's (杨华) family, his brow furrowed: "This is an early symptom of late blight, and you have to spray medicine quickly."
In the past few days, Gao Zhenxin (高振鑫) has taken agricultural technicians to villages all over the town. When problems were found in Fenghuo Village (丰禾村), a "bench meeting" was held on the spot, and methods were taught on the spot. "In the past, in order to cope with assessments, a lot of time was spent on preparing reports and writing summaries. Where would there be so much energy to enter the village?" Gao Zhenxin (高振鑫) said frankly.
The change stems from the "slimming down" of assessments. In Anding District (安定区), the frequency of assessments has been reduced, the indicators have been greatly streamlined, similar items have been merged, and multiple departments have "grouped" to supervise and assess, reducing the number of supervision and assessment items by more than 20%.
"In the past, assessments looked at whether the forms were complete, but now they look at whether the services are practical." Qi Yusen (祁钰森), secretary of the Party Committee of Fengxiang Town (凤翔镇), hit the nail on the head, "Preventing diseases and pests was 'preventing on the reports' in the past, but now it is 'preventing in the fields.' Assessments that focus on practical results are the best command stick!"
Cleaning up and integrating government service applications to reduce the burden on "fingertips"—
In recent years, Shanghai (上海) has carried out the "four reductions" action of reducing certificates, reducing systems, reducing assessments, and reducing signboards, taking the correction of "formalism on the fingertips" as a breakthrough point, and clearly proposed that, except for special circumstances, a municipal department should retain at most 1 system for use by residential communities, and each district should have at most 1 system for use by residential communities. At the same time, a unified digital platform for grassroots governance in the city was built, and all retained information systems were connected to it, allowing all residential communities to use the system on one platform.
"In the past, applying for funds for community activities required preparing materials a month in advance and cross-departmental approval, which was exhausting and laborious." Zhu Pingping (朱萍萍), secretary of the Party General Branch of the Da Shanghai City Garden Residential Community (大上海城市花园居民区) in Changshou Road Street (长寿路街道), Putuo District (普陀区), Shanghai (上海), recalled vividly.
Last August, Putuo District (普陀区) broke the problem: the District Party Committee Office took the lead in forming a "Digital Neighborhood Committee" to pilot online transfer and one-network collaboration for social workers' approval; the "Baishi Neng AI Social Worker" was launched, and artificial intelligence helped improve efficiency.
Technology empowerment makes cumbersome processes invisible. "Now, applications on the 'Community Cloud' are automatically transferred and approved in half an hour!" Zhu Pingping (朱萍萍) showed her mobile phone, smiling.
Clarifying the boundaries of powers and responsibilities, and promoting consistency between responsibilities and powers and consistency between responsibilities and capabilities—
Over the past year, the "three lists" of basic job responsibilities, cooperative job responsibilities, and matters recovered by higher-level departments have become standard configurations in various places. The system for the admission of matters outside the list has been increasingly improved, and the working mechanism, signboards, and certification matters have been further standardized. Yuzhong District (渝中区), Chongqing (重庆), unveiled a list of job responsibilities for streets, accurately sorting out 67 common matters and 15 individual matters with "one street, one policy," which were "recovered" by district-level departments. At the same time, a "source control + dynamic monitoring" mechanism was established to strictly prevent the rebound of burdens.
"Streets lack professional talents and have no law enforcement power. In the past, it was really 'difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice' when carrying out some inspections!" said Guo Yi (郭易), director of the Economic Development Office of Shangqingsi Street (上清寺街道), Yuzhong District (渝中区). "Now that we have a list of job responsibilities, we know exactly what to do, what we can do, and what we cannot do, and we don't have to 'argue' back and forth."
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Over the past year, from the standardized management of cadre borrowing to the streamlined integration of demonstration activities, from solving "formalism on the fingertips" to rectifying "**政绩工程**" (zhèng jì gōng chéng - "achievements project," projects designed to create a good impression rather than serve a practical purpose), "**形象工程**" (xíng xiàng gōng chéng - "image project," projects designed to improve the image of a leader or organization) and "**面子工程**" (miàn zi gōng chéng - "face project," projects done for appearances), a series of pragmatic measures are like precise surgical knives, directly targeting the "pain points" and "blockages" of the grassroots. The pragmatic and useful system fences are becoming tighter and tighter, the living space for formalism is being continuously compressed, and the dilemma of "small horses pulling big carts" is being quietly resolved, enabling grassroots cadres to be freed from unnecessary affairs.
Lightly armed and ready to go, grassroots vitality continues to burst forth.
Walking into the Party and Mass Service Center of Meixi Village (枚溪村), Meijiang Town (枚江镇), Suichuan County (遂川县), Jiangxi Province (江西省), one can see the elderly watching TV and chatting, while several children are seriously practicing calligraphy under the guidance of volunteers...
"In the past, villagers would not come if they had nothing to do, and they would leave as soon as they were done. Now it's very different." Luo Jianhui (罗建辉), secretary of the Party Branch and director of the Village Committee of Meixi Village (枚溪村), pointed to the clean and tidy wall of the Village Committee and introduced that the various signs that used to be hanging all over the wall were gone. Instead, existing space resources have been integrated, and functional areas such as elderly care and childcare, cultural and sports entertainment, and consultation and discussion have been added. "This is called removing the signs of formalism and taking on the responsibility of serving the people. The people are naturally happy."
Reducing burdens does not reduce responsibility, and loosening bonds adds more energy.
In the process of in-depth implementation of the "Several Provisions," all regions and departments have adhered to the simultaneous efforts of reducing burdens and empowering, and promoted people to go to the grassroots, money to be invested in the grassroots, and policies to be tilted towards the grassroots. The vast number of grassroots cadres are lightly armed and ready to go, putting more energy into solving practical problems and serving the people.
——Government services are better!
In July of this year, the General Office of the State Council issued the "Opinions on Improving the Regular Promotion Mechanism for Key Matters of 'Handling One Matter Efficiently'," making arrangements for further optimizing government services, improving administrative efficiency, and improving the regular promotion mechanism.
Walking into the Government Service Center of Nanzhang County (南漳县), Hubei Province (湖北省), the "One Matter for the Entire Life Cycle of Enterprises" special window is refreshing. As long as 4 items of information such as the enterprise name and business scope are entered into the system, the relevant information will be pushed to 5 departments including public security, taxation, and human resources and social security for joint processing through the "one-key three-link" system. In just 20 minutes, an application for enterprise registration was completed.
"The 7 forms involved in the entire life cycle of an enterprise have been reduced to 1, and the processing time has been reduced by 30%," said Xiong Xiaoyu (熊晓雨), a staff member.
——Development vitality is stronger!
"How should we apply for provincial and municipal gazelle enterprises?" Some time ago, inquiries from enterprises in the jurisdiction attracted the attention of Sun Xiao (孙晓), a member of the Party Group and fourth-level chief staff member of the Jianhu County (建湖县) Science and Technology Bureau (科技局), Jiangsu Province (江苏省). She contacted the enterprise to send materials and guided the application as soon as possible, followed up on the application progress in real time, and coordinated and solved problems in a timely manner.
In recent years, Jianhu County (建湖县), Jiangsu Province (江苏省), has created a "Ke Xiaoer" professional service team. The County Science and Technology Bureau (科技局) organized机关干部 to go out of the机关, go down to the front line, streamline procedures, and work on site, accurately sending strength and resources to the places where enterprises need them most. Sun Xiao (孙晓) said with deep feeling: "Now, we spend at least half of our time on the front line of enterprises every week, understanding the real situation and solving problems. Our work is more focused and our services are more direct. Enterprises have less running around, our efficiency is higher, and the results are visible and tangible."
——Governance effectiveness has been improved!
Jianxing Street Community (建兴街社区) in Shijingshan District (石景山区), Beijing (北京市), used to suffer from the problem of disorderly parking of electric bicycles. "The sidewalks were occupied, the building doors were blocked, there were constant bumps, and the neighbors were upset," recalled resident Ms. Li (李女士). Li Song (李松), secretary of the community Party General Branch, found out that there were 160 electric bicycles in the community, but how could the shed, which only accommodates 60 bicycles, bear it? He convened the "Small Courtyard Deliberation Corner," and the property management, residents, and owners' committee jointly discussed solutions.
"We can divert the bicycles in the shed to the underground bicycle parking area," "Divert a part to the parking area with white lines drawn on the sidewalk outside the gate of the community," "Residents volunteer to guide"... With the joint efforts of everyone, the plan was "released." Electric bicycles "left the courtyard + entered the shed," and the chaos was brought under control.
From rural areas to cities, the vast number of Party members and cadres actively practice the fine tradition of "**四下基层**" (sì xià jī céng - "four visits to the grassroots," a working method emphasizing going to the grassroots to investigate, solve problems, and serve the people), going deep into the front line to listen to the voices of the people, observe the real situation, and do practical things. The "shackles" of formalism and bureaucracy have been broken, and what has been exchanged is the acceleration of serving the masses, the significant leap in the effectiveness of grassroots governance, and the increasingly close flesh-and-blood ties between cadres and the masses.
The great way is simple, and practical work is essential. Chinese-style modernization is achieved through hard work.
Under the strong leadership of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) at its core, continuing to grasp deeply and practically the work of rectifying formalism to reduce burdens at the grassroots level, solving the existing problems, and effectively promoting the "Several Provisions" to take root, blossom, and bear fruit will surely promote the vast number of grassroots cadres to continuously rejuvenate new vitality and show new achievements on the front line of reform and development, providing a strong guarantee for promoting Chinese-style modernization with an excellent work style.
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As the morning light breaks, in Xuchang Village (徐场村), Guyang Town (堌阳镇), Lankao County (兰考县), Henan Province (河南省), wood shavings fly and melodies resonate. Instruments such as the Qin and Pipa, made from paulownia wood, are sold at home and abroad. This poverty-alleviated village of over a hundred households has seen its national musical instrument processing industry's annual output value exceed 150 million yuan, with over 90% of the villagers increasing their income and becoming prosperous through this industry.
The tall and verdant paulownia trees have grown into prosperity trees supporting a local industry, which is a vivid microcosm of China's continuous consolidation and expansion of poverty alleviation achievements during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period.
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized: "Building a modern country cannot be separated from the modernization of agriculture and rural areas. We must continue to consolidate the achievements of poverty alleviation, steadily promote rural revitalization, improve the lives of the masses, and make greater strides in promoting the modernization of agriculture and rural areas." The Politburo meeting pointed out: "Consolidate and expand the achievements of poverty alleviation to ensure that there is no large-scale return to poverty."
After winning the battle against poverty, the Party Central Committee established a 5-year transition period to fully consolidate and expand the achievements of poverty alleviation and connect with the comprehensive promotion of rural revitalization. Various regions and departments have continued to increase their efforts, strengthen policy support, and firmly guard the bottom line of preventing large-scale return to poverty.
The per capita disposable income of rural residents in poverty-stricken counties increased from 12,588 yuan in 2020 to 17,522 yuan in 2024.
Observe the quality and effectiveness of monitoring and assistance—weave a tight "safety net" and safeguard the bottom line of people's livelihoods.
In Zhaotong (昭通), Yunnan (云南), the prefecture-level city with the largest number of lifted-out-of-poverty population in the country, Yang Qingfu (杨清福), a poverty-alleviated household in Wenping Street (文屏街道), Ludian County (鲁甸县), faced the risk of returning to poverty when his wife needed surgery for a serious illness in 2021.
After the grid member's visit, the monitoring and assistance program was activated immediately, arranging a public welfare position and introducing a new job for Yang Qingfu, and many medical expenses were also reduced. "It's really a timely rain!" Yang Qingfu said.
Since entering the transition period, various regions have continued to improve the dynamic monitoring and assistance mechanism to prevent return to poverty, and the quality and effectiveness have been continuously improved from the discovery of risks to the implementation of assistance measures.
Observe the level of people's livelihood security—make up for shortcomings in people's livelihood and support a steady happiness.
"The village has a shared canteen and kindergarten, and the mineral water project is accelerating construction, and everyone's life is getting better..." Speaking of the changes brought to the village by the Ministry of Natural Resources' targeted assistance, Xie Ruishan (谢瑞山), secretary of the Party branch of Xiatan Village (夏潭村), Ganxian District (赣县区), Ganzhou City (赣州市), Jiangxi Province (江西省), has endless things to say.
In 2022, the village plan of Xiatan Village was approved. Wang Ping (王萍), the first secretary stationed in the village, promoted the innovative combination of mineral water mining rights and collective operational construction land use rights in 2024, and successfully traded 4.201 million yuan.
During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, the "three guarantees" and drinking water safety guarantee levels have been continuously consolidated and improved, and the living standards of the poverty-alleviated people have been significantly improved. The number of students dropping out of compulsory education in poverty-alleviated families and monitoring object families to prevent return to poverty has remained dynamically zero, and the basic medical insurance participation rate of the poverty-alleviated population and monitoring objects to prevent return to poverty has remained stable at over 99%.
Look at the ability of self-development—expand new ways for industry and employment to ensure continuous income increase and prosperity.
In Lankao, the story of a common prosperity workshop in Nanzhang Town (南彰镇) is widely praised. "In the past, we used to weave baskets for our own use, but now it has become a way to increase income." Li Qin (李钦), a poverty-alleviated household in the common prosperity workshop in his 70s, said.
Revitalizing idle courtyards and building workshops at the doorstep, this team with an average age of over 60 weaves more than 80,000 exquisite rattan baskets a year and exports them overseas.
Today, Lankao has built 304 common prosperity workshops, driving employment for 23,900 people, including 3,366 poverty-alleviated people and monitoring objects.
During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, the characteristic and advantageous industries in poverty-alleviated areas have continued to develop and grow, and each poverty-alleviated county has cultivated and formed 2 to 3 leading industries with prominent advantages and strong driving capabilities, with a total output value of more than 1.7 trillion yuan. The employment ability and quality of the poverty-alleviated population have been significantly improved, and the scale of employment has remained stable at more than 30 million people for four consecutive years.
This year is the last year of the 5-year transition period for consolidating and expanding the achievements of poverty alleviation and effectively connecting with rural revitalization. Relevant officials from the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs stated that the consolidation and expansion of poverty alleviation achievements cannot be relaxed for a moment. In the next step, they will promote various regions and relevant departments to focus on improving the quality and effectiveness of monitoring and assistance, grasping industrial employment assistance, improving the effectiveness of collaborative assistance, and optimizing and improving assistance policies, to ensure a successful conclusion to the transition period.
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This year marks the final year of the 5-year transition period. The Government Work Report (《政府工作报告》) proposes: "Conduct a comprehensive assessment of the effective connection between consolidating and expanding the achievements in poverty alleviation and rural revitalization, and improve the support policy system after the transition period."
After the transition period ends, support policies will not come to a sudden halt (**急刹车** (jí shā chē - "emergency brake," to stop abruptly)), but will continue to be classified and improved based on the assessment, to secure the bottom line of people's livelihoods and help the people who have been lifted out of poverty to "move forward on the road of rural revitalization and common prosperity."
Promoting common prosperity for farmers and rural areas through comprehensive rural revitalization is a major and urgent strategic task. From a moderately prosperous society in all respects where "no one is left behind" (**一个都不能少** (yí gè dōu bù néng shǎo - "not even one can be missing," leaving no one behind)) to common prosperity where "no one is left behind" (**一个都不能掉队** (yí gè dōu bù néng diào duì - "not even one can fall behind," ensuring no one is left behind)), we must meet the challenges head-on, advance step by step, and overcome one mountain after another with a nail-nailing spirit, so as to "continuously realize the people's yearning for a better life."
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 李浩燃 刘鑫焱 郑洋洋
"With a finger pointing to the Taihang Mountains on the left, and another pointing to the Lüliang Mountains on the right," Shanxi (山西), "a place with a glorious revolutionary tradition."
During the Anti-Japanese War, the Eighth Route Army crossed the Yellow River to the east, achieved the victory of the Battle of Pingxingguan (平型关大捷), established anti-Japanese base areas behind enemy lines here, and launched campaigns such as the Hundred Regiments Offensive, forging the Taihang Spirit and the Lüliang Spirit.
In July of this year, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized during his inspection in Shanxi (山西): "The historic feat of the Hundred Regiments Offensive fully demonstrated the role of our Party as the mainstay in the national resistance against Japan, and fully demonstrated the powerful strength of the people's war led by the Party. We must tell the story of the War of Resistance Against Japan well and pass on the great spirit of the War of Resistance from generation to generation."
Recently, reporters went deep into the land of Sanjin (三晋大地), visited historical imprints, felt the tremendous changes of the past and present, and witnessed the new atmosphere rising in this red hot land.
Unwavering Original Aspiration: Red Memories Never Fade
In Baiyaitai Village (白崖台村), Baiyaitai Township (白崖台乡), Lingqiu County (灵丘县), Datong (大同), a statue of "The Guide" shines brightly in the "Victory Light" cave dwelling square.
The hands of time turn back to 1937, when the 115th Division of the Eighth Route Army assembled in Ranzhuang (冉庄). Local people acted as guides, delivered military food, and made military shoes, contributing to the victory of the Battle of Pingxingguan (平型关大捷).
"Don't be afraid, folks, we are the Eighth Route Army. Can you guide us?" Zeng Fusheng (曾富生), the grandson of villager Zeng Huai (曾怀), recalled that Zeng Huai took rations from his home and was preparing to deliver them to his family who were taking refuge in the mountains when a young soldier stopped him.
Zeng Fusheng (曾富生) said: "My grandfather took a 'chief' riding a horse to Dashitou Gully (大石头沟), where you could see Qiaogou (乔沟)."
Four kilometers from the village, next to the Changcheng No. 1 Tourist Highway (长城一号旅游公路), Qiaogou (乔沟), the main battlefield of the Battle of Pingxingguan (平型关大捷), is hidden in lush vegetation. In those days, the Eighth Route Army skillfully used this natural ambush site to annihilate more than 1,000 Japanese soldiers, destroy more than 100 Japanese vehicles, and seize a batch of supplies, achieving the first major victory of the Chinese army against Japan after the outbreak of the national resistance against Japan, breaking the myth of the Japanese army's "invincibility."
"The first battle was at Pingxingguan (平型关), and its fame spread throughout the world." The lyrics of "The Eighth Route Army March" reflect the impact of this battle. After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, Zeng Huai (曾怀) became a "volunteer narrator," telling the story of the Qiaogou (乔沟) ambush battle over and over again, continuing the red memory.
Inspired by the deeds of his great-grandfather Zeng Huai (曾怀), Zeng Kefeng (曾科峰) chose to join the army. After retiring, he returned to his hometown to start a business, set up a poverty alleviation bag factory in Baiyaitai Village (白崖台村), and became a leader in getting rich. More than 10 households lifted out of poverty in the village have achieved stable employment at their doorsteps.
Taking advantage of the fame of Qiaogou (乔沟), Baiyaitai Village (白崖台村) "restored the old as old" to the cave dwellings where the soldiers of the 115th Division of the Eighth Route Army lived, rebuilt the scene of the Eighth Route Army's Confidential Office, and built the red cultural theme commercial street "Pingxingguan Post Station (平型关驿站)" at the site of the battle for the Laoyemiao Highland (老爷庙高地), actively developing red tourism. Relying on red resources, the village introduced a professional company to build a red immersive education base, which received more than 40 red study tour groups and more than 6,000 people in 2024.
Never forget the original intention, and you will always get it. Under the leadership of party members and cadres, the villagers run restaurants, open homestays, and sell special agricultural products, jointly building the former poor village with less than "3 mu of hillside and 1 head of cattle" per capita into the first batch of red and beautiful villages in the country.
Liu Huicong (刘慧聪), Secretary of the Party Committee of Baiyaitai Township (白崖台乡), said: "Red resources have become a real cultural tourism industry, and the villagers have tasted the sweetness."
Constant Perseverance Like Iron: Green Development Achieved Over Time
In Xing County (兴县), Lüliang (吕梁), inside the former site of the Jinsui Border Region Government (晋绥边区政府) and Military Region Command, a yellowed copy of "On Protracted War" attracts attention.
The Jinsui Border Region (晋绥边区) was barren and had few products. In addition, due to the enemy's blockade and "mopping up," the soldiers of the 120th Division could only be divided into 7 liang of black beans per person per day at the most difficult time. The base area overcame difficulties and set up an anti-Japanese war college in the cave dwellings of the Loess Plateau, allowing the light of truth of "On Protracted War" to illuminate the road ahead.
"Some things require tough battles, and some things require long-term efforts." From winning the final victory of the Anti-Japanese War to promoting the comprehensive revitalization of the countryside, this is the case.
Relying on red resources, write articles integrating agriculture, industry, culture and tourism.
In Caijiaya Village (蔡家崖村), Caijiaya Township (蔡家崖乡), Xing County (兴县), generations have farmed the land in the past, and transportation is relatively backward. How can we get rich? Transportation comes first, and the industrial structure is adjusted.
The railway department opened the "Caijiaya (蔡家崖) train," ending the history of Xing County (兴县) without passenger trains. The village developed red scenic spots, built commercial streets, and encouraged villagers to contract orchards, run coarse grain processing plants, and run agritainment. The agritainment "Jinsui Courtyard (晋绥大院)," which only opened for trial operation in early June this year, has driven nearly 20 villagers to find employment.
With the enrichment of industries, the channels for increasing income have also widened. Wen Yongli (温永利), secretary of the Party Branch of Caijiaya Village (蔡家崖村), calculated an account: in 10 years, the per capita annual income of villagers has increased from more than 4,000 yuan to more than 12,000 yuan.
Thicken the green foundation and turn ecological advantages into development momentum.
Lingqiu (灵丘) has "nine parts mountains and water and one part field." How can we get rid of resource constraints and open up new tracks? Scientific planning and focus on organic agriculture.
Walking into the Chehe Organic Community (车河有机社区) in Lingqiu (灵丘), the beautiful scenery of mountains, rivers and fields is in full view, forming a sharp contrast with the old photos of "barren mountains, barren slopes and broken houses." Wang Chun (王春), secretary of the Party Branch and director of the Village Committee of Xiachehe Village (下车河村), who was the "first to eat crabs," said with emotion: "Science and technology revitalize agriculture, turning 'hollow villages' into health and wellness destinations."
Ecological management, soil improvement, organic certification, quality traceability... Chehe's (车河) "experimental field" has been replicated and promoted, and Lingqiu's (灵丘) organic agriculture "high-yield field" has gradually grown. Today, the county has cumulatively certified 133 varieties of organic agricultural products, with a certified area of more than 30,000 mu and more than 30 production and operation entities.
"Technology makes farmers taste the sweetness, and farmers will keep technology in mind." Wang Xiaofen (王小芬), a professor at China Agricultural University (中国农业大学), introduced that the school currently conducts scientific experiments and technology promotion in Lingqiu (灵丘) all year round. "The papers are written in the fields, the results are produced in the fields, and higher education and comprehensive rural revitalization go hand in hand."
Confidence Like a Torch: Golden Harvest Illuminates the Future
Walking into Yangzhuang Village (杨庄村), Xiaguan Township (下关乡), Lingqiu County (灵丘县), the scene play "Commemorating Bethune" is being staged in the village square.
Geng Yufeng (耿玉凤), an 80-year-old villager, played the story of the old woman who used her own old hen to cook chicken soup to save the wounded. She is always in high spirits during rehearsals, and she also took out the old bellows she kept at home as a prop: "We have known since we were young that we should do more for others and more for the collective."
In early October 1938, because the "Model Ward" he created was burned down, Bethune followed the large troops around Jinji (晋冀) and arrived in Lingqiu (灵丘) in November. He carried out mobile medical treatment here, established a special surgery hospital, and pioneered the precedent of mass participation in hospital management.
Liu Jun (刘军), a cadre of the Lingqiu County (灵丘县) Bureau of Culture and Tourism, once served as the captain and first secretary of the poverty alleviation work team in Yangzhuang Village (杨庄村). "The conditions were so difficult at that time, but Bethune insisted on performing surgery to rescue the wounded! Today, we must have more confidence in development," Liu Jun (刘军) said.
Confidence is more valuable than gold. Firm beliefs, full of energy, and the appearance of development will be very different.
Confidence comes from adapting to local conditions. Accelerate the transformation and upgrading, and the potential of traditional industries is great.
In the production workshop of Shanxi Zhonglv Huarun Co., Ltd. (山西中铝华润有限公司) in the Xing County Economic and Technological Development Zone (兴县经济技术开发区), after the 960-degree electrolytic aluminum water is produced, it is directly transferred to the furnace of the aluminum industry production workshop in the park through a lifting bag truck to achieve seamless coordinated production. Cheng Zhiqiang (程志强), deputy general manager of the electrolytic aluminum production department of the company, said that the aluminum liquid can be directly supplied to industrial park enterprises without being made into aluminum ingots, which saves energy and reduces consumption, and also reduces costs and increases efficiency. Turning resource advantages into industrial advantages, Xing County (兴县) is steadily moving towards the goal of building a million-ton and 100-billion-yuan aluminum-magnesium industry cluster.
Confidence comes from seizing opportunities. Actively integrate into the new development pattern, and emerging industries are full of vitality.
Adjacent to the national computing power hub node of "Eastern Data and Western Computing (东数西算)," Lingqiu (灵丘) is based on its advantages and plans to build a big data park covering an area of more than 10,000 mu, attracting more than 20 enterprises such as Qinhuai (秦淮), Jingdong (京东), and Qinyun (秦云) to settle down, and has embarked on the fast track of the "new energy + computing power" industry, with the total number of servers accounting for 1/3 of the province. In the Qinhuai Data Center (秦淮数据中心), more than 300,000 servers process massive amounts of information, and a 20-millisecond low-latency optical cable directly connects to Beijing (北京). Song Shanren (宋善仁), the base operation and maintenance manager, said: "From the early water cooling to the current plate liquid cooling, new technologies continue to consolidate competitiveness."
Confidence is both in the present and in the future.
Focusing on building a national comprehensive supporting reform pilot zone for the transformation of resource-based economy, and promoting the Taihang Spirit and Lüliang Spirit, this yellow land is accumulating the power of change and innovation, and is striving to be the first on the high-quality development track.
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To do a good job in the economic work for the second half of the year and transform the decisions and deployments of the Politburo meeting of the Central Committee into a powerful driving force for high-quality development, the key lies in implementing them without compromise.
The value lies in being proactive, daring to act and being good at it. From Zhejiang's continuous optimization of the business environment, helping a large number of private enterprises such as Unitree Robotics (宇树科技) to grow rapidly, to Jiangsu using sports as a stage and cultural tourism as a platform, using the "Su Super" (苏超) craze to activate the consumer engine, and then to Guangdong formulating policies and building platforms to promote the acceleration and increase of foreign trade enterprises' exports to domestic sales... Fully mobilizing the enthusiasm of all parties and uniting the efforts of the government and the market can enhance the resilience and vitality of economic development.
Enhance creativity in combination with reality. For example, to develop new quality productive forces, the conditions vary from place to place, so we must adapt to local conditions and highlight characteristics. For another example, to carry out high-quality urban renewal, various localities should explore and innovate in light of their own realities, and establish and improve a sustainable urban renewal mechanism.
Making good use of the learning and education results of thoroughly implementing the spirit of the Central Eight-Point Regulation (中央八项规定), and concentrating our efforts on doing our own things well, we will surely be able to create a new situation in high-quality development with a good work style and firmly grasp the initiative of development in our own hands.
Return to TopThis newspaper Beijing (北京), August 7th (Reporter Liu Shiyao (刘诗瑶)) According to the China Manned Space Engineering Office (中国载人航天工程办公室): On August 6th, the Lanyue lunar lander landing and take-off comprehensive verification test was successfully completed at the extraterrestrial celestial body landing test site located in Huailai County (怀来县), Hebei Province (河北省). This test is China's first landing and take-off test of manned spacecraft on extraterrestrial celestial bodies. The test has many working conditions, a long test cycle, and high technical difficulty. It is a key node in the development of China's manned lunar exploration project.
The Lanyue lunar lander is a new type of manned descent and ascent spacecraft for extraterrestrial celestial bodies developed by China for its first manned lunar exploration mission. It is mainly used for astronaut transportation between lunar orbit and the lunar surface. It can carry two astronauts to and from the moon, and can also carry lunar rovers and scientific payloads.
Return to TopXinhua News Agency, Beijing, August 7th (Reporter) The General Office of the State Council recently issued the "Interim Measures for Investigation and Assessment of Natural Disasters" (hereinafter referred to as the "Measures"), to standardize the investigation and assessment of natural disasters, enhance the ability to prevent, mitigate, and relieve disasters, and effectively safeguard the safety of people's lives and property and social stability.
The "Measures" stipulate the implementing entities for the investigation and assessment of natural disasters, as well as working mechanisms for escalated investigations, supervised handling, and rectification assessment. In principle, the investigation and assessment of particularly major natural disasters shall be carried out by an investigation and assessment team dispatched by the State Council, or organized and implemented by the Ministry of Emergency Management (应急管理部) of the State Council or other relevant departments as authorized in accordance with relevant regulations; the investigation and assessment of major natural disasters shall be organized and implemented by the provincial people's governments; and the investigation and assessment of relatively large and general natural disasters shall be organized and implemented by the relevant local people's governments as appropriate.
The "Measures" clarify that for major natural disasters that are serious in nature, cause significant social impact, are subject to public questioning of the causes of the disaster or the number of casualties, may involve significant quality problems in related projects or infrastructure, or involve suspected dereliction of duty by relevant personnel in disaster prevention, control, and emergency response, the Ministry of Emergency Management (应急管理部) of the State Council or other relevant departments shall lead the escalated investigation and assessment after approval by the State Council.
The "Measures" require that the National Disaster Reduction Committee (国家防灾减灾救灾委员会) supervise the investigation and assessment of relevant typical natural disasters organized and carried out by the provincial people's governments, and dispatch working groups to supervise and guide the work as appropriate. The Office of the National Disaster Reduction Committee (国家防灾减灾救灾委员会办公室) undertakes the specific work of supervised handling.
The "Measures" emphasize that relevant localities and departments should actively implement rectification measures in response to the problems and shortcomings identified in the investigation and assessment, promptly assess the rectification situation, ensure that rectification and prevention measures are implemented effectively, and promote the genuine implementation of responsibilities for disaster prevention and response.
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Properly running preschool education is related to the healthy growth of hundreds of millions of children and the vital interests of countless families. Recently, the General Office of the State Council issued the "Opinions on Gradually Promoting Free Preschool Education" (《关于逐步推行免费学前教育的意见》).
How will preschool education fees be waived? Where will the subsidy funds come from? How can the quality of kindergartens be guaranteed? On August 7, at a State Council Information Office press conference held by the State Council, relevant officials from the Ministry of Education (教育部) and the Ministry of Finance (财政部) provided interpretations on issues of public concern.
How will preschool education fees be waived?
According to the "Opinions," starting from the autumn semester of this year, childcare and education fees for children in the year before primary school in public kindergartens will be waived. Guo Tingting (郭婷婷), Vice Minister of Finance, stated that the nationally unified policy of waiving childcare and education fees covers all senior kindergarten children, and is expected to benefit approximately 12 million children in the autumn semester of this year. Childcare and education fees account for a relatively high proportion of total family preschool education expenditure, and family education expenditure will be effectively reduced after the fees are waived. In the autumn semester of this year alone, the national treasury will increase expenditure by approximately 20 billion yuan, and family expenditure will be reduced by approximately 20 billion yuan accordingly.
The policy covers all eligible senior kindergarten children in all kindergartens, including public and private kindergartens, and urban and rural kindergartens. The free standard will be implemented in accordance with the childcare and education fee charging standards for public kindergartens formulated by relevant local departments. The full amount of childcare and education fees originally charged by public kindergartens will now be waived. For eligible children attending private kindergartens established with the approval of the education department, childcare and education fees will be reduced or waived with reference to the level of exemption for similar public kindergartens in the same location as the private kindergarten. For example, if the childcare and education fee charging standard for a private kindergarten is 800 yuan per person per month, and the charging standard for a similar public kindergarten in the same location is 500 yuan, after the policy is implemented, the 500 yuan will be fully waived for senior kindergarten children attending public kindergartens. For senior kindergarten children attending private kindergartens, a corresponding 500 yuan will be waived according to the standard, and only the difference of 300 yuan will be paid.
For areas that have already explored and implemented policies to waive childcare and education fees, the scope of the implemented policies that exceeds the year before primary school can continue to be implemented. The "Opinions" encourages all regions to combine with their actual situations, consolidate and implement assistance policies for groups such as children from families with financial difficulties, ensure that the beneficiary groups are not reduced, the pro-people policies are not discounted, and the level of protection is not reduced.
"We will comprehensively consider factors such as changes in the preschool education school-age population and financial conditions, and work with the Ministry of Education (教育部) to study and improve the free policy in a timely manner so that more children can benefit," said Guo Tingting (郭婷婷).
Where will the subsidy funds come from?
Gradually promoting free preschool education requires crucial financial investment guarantees.
The "Opinions" clarifies that the financial authorities will subsidize kindergartens for the portion of income reduced due to the waiver of childcare and education fees, and the required funds will be jointly borne by the central and local governments. Among them, the central government will share 80%, 60%, and 50% of the costs for the western, central, and eastern regions, respectively.
Xu Liuqing (许留庆), Director-General of the Department of Science, Education and Culture of the Ministry of Finance, introduced that regarding the issue of financial subsidy standards, this year, comprehensive consideration was given to factors such as the average actual charging level of childcare and education fees in public kindergartens in each province, and it was verified province by province. In subsequent years, the implementation of the policy will be regularly evaluated, and the average financial subsidy standard for waiving childcare and education fees in each province will be adjusted based on the results to ensure the normal operation of kindergartens.
With less than a month before the start of the autumn semester, how can we ensure that the policy is implemented? Xu Liuqing (许留庆) stated that the Ministry of Finance (财政部) has fully arranged the central government's share of the subsidy funds needed to waive childcare and education fees and will allocate them in the near future; it also guides local governments to combine with their actual situations, classify and refine the financial subsidy standards for waiving childcare and education fees within the province, formulate implementation plans as soon as possible, and urge local governments to implement subsidy funds. At the same time, it will strengthen the supervision and management of funds to ensure that the use of funds is standardized, safe, and effective.
Liu Yuguang (刘玉光), Director-General of the Department of Finance of the Ministry of Education (教育部), stated that the Ministry of Education (教育部) will strengthen deployment and implementation, reverse the schedule to promote the implementation of the policy, and guide local governments to conduct business training for kindergarten principals and assistance staff. All regions will complete preparations by the end of August so that senior kindergarten children can enjoy the policy dividend when the autumn semester starts this year.
"We will rely on the preschool education management information system to strengthen the management of student status information of children in kindergartens, accurately verify relevant data, strengthen data docking and sharing and cross-checking with relevant departments, so as to be true and accurate, without duplication or omission, and provide solid data support for policy implementation and fund allocation," said Liu Yuguang (刘玉光).
Will the quality of kindergartens be affected?
Parents are concerned about whether the gradual promotion of free preschool education will affect the quality of kindergartens.
On June 1 this year, the Preschool Education Law (学前教育法) was officially promulgated and implemented, providing a strong legal guarantee for eligible children to fairly enjoy the right to education. Liu Yuguang (刘玉光) stated that the Ministry of Education (教育部), together with the Ministry of Finance (财政部) and other relevant departments, will further promote local governments to standardize kindergarten operations and improve the quality of kindergartens in many aspects in accordance with the Preschool Education Law (学前教育法) and the "Outline for Building a Strong Education Nation (2024-2035)" (《教育强国建设规划纲要（2024—2035年）》).
Improve the coordination mechanism. Clarify the division of responsibilities among departments, combine with local realities to improve the working mechanism, and form a joint force to support the sustained and healthy development of local preschool education.
Standardize kindergarten operations. The state has regulations on the qualifications and staffing of kindergarten teachers and staff, funding input, and fee charging behavior. Promote all kindergartens to refine institutional measures in light of their actual conditions, strictly control the qualifications of kindergarten teachers, and guard the "entrance"; strictly standardize daily kindergarten operations, and guard the "safety gate."
Improve the quality of childcare and education. Respect the laws of children's physical and mental development, scientifically implement childcare and education activities, deepen the reform of kindergarten education and teaching research, implement a game-based education environment, stimulate children's intrinsic motivation to explore and learn, and allow children to grow happily in games and life.
Consolidate regulatory responsibilities. Strengthen the regulatory responsibilities of local governments and relevant departments, strictly control source supervision, strictly grasp the conditions for establishing kindergartens, and strengthen the review of school-running qualifications; strengthen process supervision, and maintain the bottom line of standardized school-running and the red line of teacher and student safety through dynamic supervision, information filing, and public publicity.
Strengthen supervision and evaluation. Promote the national-level supervision, evaluation, and recognition of the popularization and benefit of preschool education, optimize the supervision and evaluation procedures, increase the intensity of supervision, and promote preschool education from "having a place to learn" to "having a good place to learn."
It is reported that from 2013 to 2024, the central government has cumulatively arranged 220.9 billion yuan in transfer payment funds for preschool education, driving all parties to continuously increase investment. At present, preschool education resources continue to increase, the level of popularization has been greatly improved, and the problem of "difficulty in entering kindergartens" has been effectively alleviated. In 2024, the national gross enrollment rate for preschool education for three years reached 92%, an increase of more than 20 percentage points compared with 2012. "In the next step, the Ministry of Finance (财政部) will work with the Ministry of Education (教育部) to further improve policies and measures, support and guide local governments to increase investment, optimize expenditure structures, and promote the popularization, benefit, safety, and high-quality development of preschool education," said Xu Liuqing (许留庆).
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 李俊杰
Rotating, stretching, waving arms... Stepping into the manufacturing and delivery center of EFORT Intelligent Equipment Co., Ltd. in Jiujiang District, Wuhu (芜湖) , Anhui (安徽) Province, one is greeted by a batch of industrial robots undergoing final testing before "taking their posts." On a nearby production line, workers cooperate seamlessly in moving, matching, and assembling, with an average of one robot rolling off the line every hour.
China is the world's largest producer of robots. In the first half of this year, the output of industrial robots increased by 35.6% year-on-year.
"We now have to complete a production task of about 2,000 units per month," said Zhang Fei (张飞), head of production management at EFORT. "Five years ago, the company's annual sales were only this much."
"Last year, robot sales were 16,000 units. In the first half of this year, sales reached about 10,000 units, and it is expected to exceed 20,000 units for the whole year," said Shang Xuran (尚旭冉), director of arc welding products at EFORT.
With sales quadrupling in four years and still expected to maintain a high growth rate of over 25% this year, how was this achieved?
"Previously, our products were mostly sold to photovoltaic companies. In recent years, according to market needs, we have also developed and produced robot products suitable for automobile, home appliance and other manufacturing," said Zhang Wei (张帷), Deputy General Manager of EFORT. In his opinion, the consumer goods trade-in policy has led to a significant increase in sales of new energy vehicles, electronic products, and home appliances, which has promoted the expansion of production scale and improvement of production efficiency of related enterprises, bringing new development opportunities to EFORT. At the same time, the country continues to promote the intelligent transformation of the manufacturing industry, and downstream enterprises have a strong demand for industrial robots, giving the company a larger market.
Tang Liansheng (汤连生), head of the equipment department of Qianchao Zhizao (Wuhu) Co., Ltd. (钱潮智造（芜湖）有限公司), has deep feelings about this.
Qianchao Zhizao (钱潮智造) mainly produces constant velocity driveshaft parts for automobiles. Inside the workshop, transport robots shuttle between the production line and the material warehouse, carrying out transport tasks in an orderly manner. "Of these 63 transport robots, 58 are produced by EFORT," said Tang Liansheng (汤连生). The company previously purchased imported transport robots, which were expensive. In order to seek alternatives, they came to EFORT, 16 kilometers away, and bought a domestic robot for comparison.
"The test results show that the stability and reliability of domestic robots are not inferior to those of imported robots, but the price is more than 40% cheaper. The two companies are also close to each other, and any problems can be solved quickly," said Tang Liansheng (汤连生). When building a new workshop, Qianchao Zhizao (钱潮智造) decisively purchased a batch of robots from EFORT. "Now, not only our Wuhu (芜湖) factory, but also the group's factories in other cities have also used domestic industrial robots."
"Improving product performance and realizing domestic substitution cannot be achieved without the joint efforts of the upstream and downstream of the industrial chain," said Zhang Lin (章林), director of platform products at EFORT. The robot joint design of gear train transmission structure used to be a major technical bottleneck faced by domestic production of high-performance industrial robots. EFORT and an upstream key component company jointly developed and solved this problem in 14 months. Today, robots using this technology have been put into large-scale production lines of domestic new energy vehicle companies such as BYD (比亚迪) and SERES (赛力斯).
Last year, China's industrial robot export market share jumped to second place in the world, and exports increased by 61.5% in the first half of this year. EFORT's absorption, transformation, and outward development also play a role in this.
On the production line in the workshop, 6 spraying robots cooperate with 2 door-opening robots to simulate spraying inside and outside the car body.
"This is the automotive coating test and verification line we built last year," said Zhang Wei (张帷). "We acquired CMA Robotics (CMA机器人公司), an Italian company with more than 30 years of experience in the research and development of spraying robots, and spent more than two years completing technology digestion. These spraying robots are developed by us on this basis." This robot is not only used in batches in domestic rail transit, passenger cars, auto parts and other industries, but also goes abroad and is favored by foreign companies such as Maserati (玛莎拉蒂) and Alfa Romeo (阿尔法·罗密欧).
"In June alone, we delivered more than 100 spraying robots to customers," said Zhang Wei (张帷). 30 kilometers away, a robot super factory with an annual production capacity of 100,000 units is under construction, and the new factory will explore the model of intelligent robots assembling robots, so that "robots making robots" will gradually become a reality.
This issue is coordinated by: Han Wenrong (韩文榕)
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 李心萍
According to data from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (工业和信息化部), in the first half of this year, the added value of China's equipment manufacturing industry increased by 10.2% year-on-year, driving the growth of all industrial enterprises above designated size by 3.4 percentage points, fully playing the role of a "stabilizer" for industrial development. Among them, intelligent manufacturing equipment performed brilliantly. Intelligent manufacturing equipment mainly includes high-end CNC machine tools and industrial robots, additive manufacturing, intelligent sensing and control, intelligent testing and assembly, intelligent logistics and warehousing, and other key technology equipment. Data from the China Machinery Industry Federation (中国机械工业联合会) shows that in the first half of this year, the output of industrial robots increased by 35.6% year-on-year, the market size of intelligent sensors exceeded 160 billion yuan, and the sales of intelligent handling robots increased by 11.2% year-on-year.
"The intelligent transformation of the manufacturing industry continues to deepen, driving the vigorous development of the intelligent manufacturing equipment industry." Liu Qianjun (刘前军), Secretary-General of the Intelligent Manufacturing Branch of the China Machinery Industry Federation (中国机械工业联合会), introduced that the scale of China's intelligent manufacturing equipment industry is expected to exceed 5 trillion yuan this year.
First, let's look at industrial robots. The robot market maintains a rapid growth momentum, and China has remained the world's largest industrial robot market for 12 consecutive years. In the past three years, China has accounted for more than half of the world's new industrial robot installations. While the market size continues to grow, the industry's innovation capabilities have steadily improved. China's robot industry has formed a relatively complete full industrial chain system, and significant technological progress has been made in key technologies and components such as precision reducers, high-performance servo drive systems, intelligent controllers, and intelligent integrated joints.
In the first half of this year, China's industrial robot export value increased by 61.5% year-on-year. Currently, China has more than 190,000 valid robot-related patents, accounting for about 2/3 of the global total.
"As the world's largest manufacturing country, China has a complete range of industrial categories and a multi-layered level of enterprise development, providing huge market opportunities for domestic robot companies." Liu Qianjun (刘前军) introduced that this year, China's industrial robot market size is expected to exceed 90 billion yuan, and its stock will account for more than 43% of the global market.
Next, let's look at sensors. As the "sensory nerves" of modern manufacturing, sensors play a vital role in the machinery industry. In the first half of this year, China's sensor market size exceeded 200 billion yuan, with the industrial automation field accounting for the largest share, reaching more than 35%.
In the field of industrial sensors, temperature sensors, pressure sensors, and flow sensors have become the main drivers of market growth. In the first half of this year, the market size of robot vision sensors reached 4.756 billion yuan. As the industrial robot market gradually matures, the new driving force for the growth of the vision sensor market mainly comes from the field of humanoid robots.
"At the same time, the rapid development of the new energy vehicle industry has injected strong momentum into the sensor market." Liu Qianjun (刘前军) said that in the first half of this year, the production and sales of new energy vehicles increased by 41.4% and 40.3% year-on-year, respectively, driving the demand for current sensors, angle sensors, pressure sensors, and other products.
According to the "14th Five-Year Plan for Intelligent Manufacturing Development" ("十四五”智能制造发展规划), by the end of this year, 70% of industrial enterprises above designated size will basically achieve digital networking, and more than 500 intelligent manufacturing demonstration factories leading the development of the industry will be built. Intelligent manufacturing equipment still has broad prospects.
Return to TopXining, August 7th (Reported by Qiao Dong (乔栋) and Jia Fengfeng (贾丰丰) from this newspaper) On the 7th, the third-phase expansion project of Xining Caojiabao International Airport (西宁曹家堡国际机场) was completed and put into operation, and the T3 terminal was officially put into use. The third-phase expansion project of Xining Airport (西宁机场) is a key airport project planned and constructed in Qinghai Province (青海省) during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, and it is also the largest project in the history of Qinghai civil aviation development in terms of investment and construction scale.
The project adheres to innovation-driven and technology-enabled approaches, promoting the application of 31 new technologies in 10 categories, and successfully overcoming world-class problems such as the treatment of collapsible loess foundations.
The T3 terminal, which was put into use this time, resembles a black-necked crane about to spread its wings and fly. The hyperbolic departure hall roof undulates, and the three finger corridors with the implication of "three rivers converging" and the main landscape of the terminal "China Water Tower" composed of three winding ribbons, showcase Qinghai's unique cultural heritage and magnificent scenery.
The third-phase expansion project started construction on August 24, 2020, with a total investment of 10.712 billion yuan, of which 9.983 billion yuan was for the airport project.
After the T3 terminal is put into operation, the number of aircraft stands will increase from 34 to 75, which can meet the guarantee demand of 21 million passengers per year, and the cargo and mail guarantee capacity will increase from 40,000 tons to 120,000 tons. The T3 terminal is connected to the comprehensive transportation center, integrating aviation, highway and other comprehensive transportation, effectively meeting the diversified travel needs of passengers, and will significantly improve the collection and distribution capacity and comprehensive service efficiency of Xining Airport (西宁机场).
Return to TopBeijing, August 7th (Reporter Ouyang Jie (欧阳洁)) - The reporter learned from the China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing (中国物流与采购联合会) that the China Warehousing Index for July was 50.1%, remaining above 50% and staying in the expansion range for nine consecutive months. It decreased by 0.9 percentage points compared to the previous month, indicating that the warehousing industry as a whole still maintains a good operating trend.
The new orders index was 50%, a decrease of 1.6 percentage points compared to the previous month. Affected by high temperatures and rainy weather suppressing consumer demand and interfering with outdoor construction, inventory levels rose, and the growth rate of new orders in the warehousing industry slowed down. From the perspective of different varieties, driven by policies such as breaking the "**内卷式**" (nèijuǎnshì - "involution," a pattern of increasingly intense competition with diminishing returns) competition, the demand for bulk commodity warehousing business has rebounded. In particular, the new orders index for varieties such as non-ferrous metals and chemical products has increased significantly, higher than 50%.
Experts from the China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing (中国物流与采购联合会) stated that in the short term, weather factors in August may still affect the industry's operation. As the rainy season ends, supported by policies such as continuously boosting consumption and optimizing the business environment, the warehousing industry is expected to continue to maintain a positive operating trend.
Return to TopOn August 6th, in Mazhe Village (马者村), Tunbao Township (屯堡乡), Enshi City (恩施市), Hubei Province (湖北省), the Yaojiaping Water Conservancy Project (姚家平水利枢纽工程) is under construction at full speed below Chaodong Rock (朝东岩), which is 1579 meters above sea level. The Yaojiaping Water Conservancy Project (姚家平水利枢纽工程), with a total investment of 6.6 billion yuan, is one of the 150 major national water conservancy projects and a controlling and key project on the Qingjiang River (清江) basin. After completion, the project can effectively control floods, reduce flood peaks, and enhance local flood control capabilities.
Zhang Yuanming (张远明) Photo (People's Vision (人民视觉))
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 宋豪新
In 2024, Sichuan Province established 906 new foreign-invested enterprises. A number of foreign-funded enterprises have increased their investment and R&D efforts, and the scale of foreign direct investment has continued to rank first in the central and western regions... Under the strategic promotion of building a strategic highland for opening to the west and participating in international competition, Sichuan is moving from an inland hinterland to the forefront of opening up. Recently, reporters from this newspaper visited several multinational companies in Sichuan to hear their stories of deep cultivation and development here.
Thai TCP Group—
More than 1,600 questions raised during the 7-month inspection, exchange, negotiation, and evaluation process were answered in a timely manner.
Neijiang Economic and Technological Development Zone (内江经济技术开发区), Thai TCP Group (泰国天丝集团) Red Bull Beverage (Sichuan) Production Base (红牛饮料（四川）生产基地). Inside the clean and bright factory building, bottles of Red Bull beverages are "queuing" on the assembly line to enter the boxes. Zhang Qingxiu (张青秀), Corporate Communications Manager of Thai TCP Group (泰国天丝集团) China, introduced to reporters: "The project has a total of 5 production lines. The first two lines were put into operation in December 2023. Two new production lines will be added this year. It is estimated that the annual output will reach 1.44 billion cans after full production." It is understood that the base is the largest foreign direct investment project attracted by Neijiang (内江) in recent years, with a total investment of 2 billion yuan and a planned total land area of approximately 400 mu, with an annual output value of 5 billion yuan.
In 2020, Thai TCP Group (泰国天丝集团) announced that it would make a series of investments in China. Neijiang (内江) seized this information and actively connected with Thai TCP Group (泰国天丝集团) during the 2021 Sichuan (四川) event for well-known Chinese and foreign companies.
Because of the large investment amount, the decision-making process of Thai TCP Group (泰国天丝集团) was very cautious, and it learned in detail about the local water quality, the number and quality of talents cultivated by universities, and other information. From the first contact to the final decision to locate the project in Neijiang (内江) on December 23 of the same year, Neijiang (内江) answered more than 1,600 questions raised by the company during the company's 7-month inspection, exchange, negotiation, and evaluation process. "These questions are very professional, covering various fields such as employment, policy implementation, and financial support. We responded to the company's concerns in a timely manner and did not let the problems go overnight," said the relevant person in charge of the Neijiang Economic and Technological Development Zone (内江经济技术开发区) Management Committee.
Neijiang City (内江市) also established a "Chief Service Officer" system, specially selecting two "Chief Service Officers" to provide full service for project construction and help companies coordinate and solve guarantee issues such as employment, environmental protection, and land.
"The project took only 52 days from land acquisition to commencement of construction, and the production time was nearly half shorter than the estimated construction period. The handling of various procedures was very smooth and efficient," said Zhang Qingxiu (张青秀). "The Neijiang Economic and Technological Development Zone (内江经济技术开发区) regularly invites us to participate in consultation meetings, and the problems and support needed on the spot can be resolved quickly." Zhang Qingxiu (张青秀) cited an example: After learning that the project lacked some technically mature workers, the local government immediately arranged talent recruitment fairs and other activities to actively screen and recommend employees for them, effectively solving the problem of employment difficulties before production.
Neijiang (内江) is within the half-hour "high-speed rail circle" of Chengdu (成都) and Chongqing (重庆), and its products can effectively cover the western China market—this is also an important consideration for Thai TCP Group (泰国天丝集团) to finally choose Neijiang (内江). "With the implementation of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (RCEP) and the promotion of the construction of the Chengdu-Chongqing Twin-City Economic Circle (成渝双城经济圈), Sichuan's (四川) surging development potential is constantly emerging. Policy support, location advantages, business environment, and continuously improving infrastructure provide huge opportunities for foreign-funded enterprises, including the Thai TCP Group (泰国天丝集团)," said Xu Xinxiong (许馨雄), CEO of Thai TCP Group (泰国天丝集团).
Australian Cochlear—
The import and export trade process is completed directly in the bonded logistics center, and the logistics cost is reduced by 90%.
Beside Xinglong Lake (兴隆湖) in Chengdu (成都), workers in the sterile production workshop of Cochlear Medical Device (Chengdu) Co., Ltd. (澳科利耳医疗器械（成都）有限公司) started to get busy early in the morning. Some workers wearing special work clothes carefully assembled cochlear implant parts through microscopes.
"Don't underestimate this implant, the production process includes hundreds of steps, and the production cycle lasts for several weeks," the main person in charge of Cochlear Medical Device (Chengdu) Co., Ltd. (澳科利耳医疗器械（成都）有限公司) introduced to reporters that the company is the first manufacturing base of Australian Cochlear (澳大利亚科利耳公司), a leading company in the global cochlear implant industry, in China. The production base will achieve mass production in March 2025, doubling Cochlear's global implant product output.
On the other side of the workshop, goods are being packed and prepared to be sent to the bonded logistics center in the Chengdu Area of Sichuan Tianfu New Area (四川天府新区成都片区). "In the past, products had to be shipped abroad first and then sold back to China. Since August 2023, we have completed the import and export trade process directly in the bonded logistics center, reducing logistics costs by 90% and shortening the time from half a month to one day," said the person in charge.
In 2024, Chengdu (成都) issued several measures to further optimize the foreign investment environment and increase the attraction of foreign investment, focusing on the concerns of foreign-funded enterprises, and proposed pragmatic measures from six aspects: improving the quality of foreign capital utilization, ensuring national treatment for foreign-funded enterprises, strengthening foreign investment protection, improving the level of investment and operation facilitation, increasing financial and tax support, and improving foreign investment promotion methods. Chengdu (成都) also issued interim measures to encourage the establishment and development of foreign-funded R&D centers, providing support for key links such as the establishment, investment, and R&D of foreign-funded R&D centers.
In 2024, Chengdu (成都) promoted the successive implementation of landmark projects such as the expansion and upgrading of the Intel (英特尔) packaging and testing base in the United States, and the city's utilization of foreign capital reached 1.671 billion US dollars. Today, Chengdu (成都) has gathered more than 4,000 foreign-funded enterprises, and more than 100,000 foreigners invest, start businesses, and develop in Chengdu (成都). According to the latest data from the Chengdu Investment Promotion Bureau (成都市投资促进局), from January to April this year, Chengdu's (成都) foreign direct investment was 656 million US dollars, an increase of 59.89% year-on-year, and the growth rate has maintained double-digit growth for four consecutive months.
American Albemarle Corporation—
It used to take at least 10 working days to pass the preliminary review, but now it only takes 2 days to complete the approval process.
In 2024, the 50,000-ton lithium hydroxide lithium battery material project built by Albemarle Corporation (美国雅保公司), a leading global specialty chemical company, in Pengshan District (彭山区), Meishan City (眉山市), was officially put into production. The project has a total investment of 900 million US dollars and is Albemarle's (雅保) largest fixed asset investment project in China. Eric Norris (埃里克·诺里斯), Albemarle's (雅保) Global Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer, said that the completion and commissioning of the project further expanded Albemarle's (雅保) operating network in China and better met the needs of regional customers.
"The project was completed at the end of 2023 and put into production smoothly in the first half of 2024, which is inseparable from the meticulous service of the local government," said Liu Pingjiang (刘平江), general manager of Albemarle Sichuan New Materials Co., Ltd. (雅保四川新材料有限公司). What attracts Albemarle (雅保) the most is not only the mature chemical park supporting facilities, but also the high-quality and efficient services of government departments.
"It used to take at least 10 working days to pass the preliminary review, but now it only takes 2 days to complete the approval process," said Tang Lifang (唐丽芳), government affairs manager of Albemarle China (雅保中国区). The local government provided full support to Albemarle's (雅保) Meishan (眉山) project in terms of early preparation, license approval, and factor allocation to ensure that it was carried out according to the construction plan.
"At the beginning of operation, our power factor (a parameter to measure the efficiency of power utilization) continued to be low. Staff from the State Grid Meishan Pengshan Power Supply Company (国网眉山市彭山供电公司) took the initiative to come to our door to help us solve the problem. Now our power factor has increased to more than 0.95, and the highest is 0.995. We can reduce electricity costs by up to 40,000 yuan per month," Wang Hong (王洪), project manager of Albemarle Sichuan New Materials Co., Ltd. (雅保四川新材料有限公司), told reporters.
According to reports, the company increased its registered capital from the original 170 million US dollars to 300 million US dollars at the end of 2023. Xu Yang (徐旸), a relevant person in charge of Albemarle Corporation (雅保公司), said that the additional investment is not only optimistic about the policy advantages of western China, but also optimistic about Sichuan's (四川) investment environment, talent guarantee, and industrial environment.
A relevant person in charge of the Sichuan Provincial Bureau of Economic Cooperation (四川省经济合作局) stated that Sichuan (四川) will continue to optimize the business environment, implement the "2025 Action Plan for Stabilizing Foreign Investment" in accordance with national requirements, continue to introduce policies and measures to attract foreign investment, hold foreign-funded enterprise roundtables in a systematic manner, attract more landmark projects to settle in Sichuan (四川), and serve the province's high-quality development with high-quality investment promotion.
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Uzbekistan is actively learning from China's successful experiences in reducing rural poverty and increasing employment and income to promote sustainable development and social progress.
Agriculture accounts for a high proportion of Uzbekistan's GDP, and agricultural development directly affects Uzbekistan's economy and people's livelihoods. Most of Uzbekistan's poor population lives in rural areas, so poverty alleviation is inextricably linked to agricultural development reform. Facing challenges such as climate change, water scarcity, and soil salinization, Uzbekistan is actively learning from China's successful experiences in reducing rural poverty and increasing employment and income to promote sustainable development and social progress.
Chinese-style modernization is people-centered. China has historically solved the problem of absolute poverty and actively helps more developing countries achieve independent development and explore poverty reduction paths that suit their own national conditions. This is of great significance to the global poverty reduction cause. One of the important factors for the success of China's poverty reduction cause is mobilizing the enthusiasm of the whole country. Government departments, social organizations, private institutions, and the general public have widely participated in this work. For example, China's "Ten Thousand Enterprises Helping Ten Thousand Villages" action guides private enterprises to actively fulfill their social responsibilities, which is of great significance for Uzbekistan to learn from.
China has also greatly improved agricultural production efficiency with the help of technology. Currently, Uzbekistan and other Central Asian countries are actively learning from China's application of technologies such as drones and drip irrigation systems in the agricultural field. Research institutions in Uzbekistan and China have carried out fruitful cooperation, and various training and exchanges have continued to increase. For example, Samarkand State University (撒马尔罕国立大学) and Xinjiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences (新疆农业科学院) are cooperating on high-yield, stress-resistant cotton and wheat varieties. The project plans to conduct experiments on Chinese high-yield, disease-resistant, insect-resistant, and soil salinity-tolerant cotton and wheat varieties on 20 hectares of land in the Samarkand (撒马尔罕) region, based on agricultural technologies from Uzbekistan and China. At the same time, 15 young scientists and researchers from Samarkand State University will have the opportunity to receive training in cotton and wheat breeding and seed production at the Xinjiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences.
Uzbekistan-China poverty reduction cooperation is conducive to establishing close ties between the two sides at the government and non-governmental levels and enhancing friendly relations. The two countries continue to deepen poverty reduction training cooperation, which has become an important link to enhance people-to-people connectivity. In recent years, China has helped Uzbekistan train a large number of professionals, making positive contributions to Uzbekistan's reform and development. In the past 5 years, thousands of Uzbek civil servants have traveled to China to participate in various senior training courses, covering poverty reduction, agriculture, public administration, entrepreneurship, economic finance, energy, and other fields. Chinese training programs not only help Uzbekistan advance its poverty reduction cause, but also help improve Uzbekistan's agricultural modernization level. With the help of Chinese experts, 18 targeted poverty reduction projects have been formulated in 14 regions of Uzbekistan. Chinese experts actively share their experience in implementing targeted poverty alleviation in Uzbekistan, which helps Uzbekistan take corresponding measures based on its own reality to promote reforms in the economic and social fields.
Uzbekistan-China cooperation in the field of poverty reduction not only strengthens bilateral relations, but also promotes sustainable development and improves people's well-being. It is believed that future cooperation between the two countries in the field of poverty reduction will continue to strengthen and achieve more positive results, and the prospects for cooperation are very exciting.
(The author is the director of the Uzbekistan Development Strategy Center (乌兹别克斯坦发展战略中心)).
Return to TopXinhua News Agency, Turkmenbashi, Turkmenistan, August 6 (Reporter Bao Nuomin (包诺敏)) From August 4 to 6, 2025, Wang Yong (王勇), Vice Chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, led a delegation to visit Turkmenistan, met with Turkmen President Berdymukhamedov (别尔德穆哈梅多夫) and National Assembly Chairman Gulmanova (古尔马诺娃), attended the Third United Nations Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries and delivered a speech at the plenary session.
Wang Yong (王勇) conveyed the cordial greetings and best wishes of President Xi Jinping (习近平) to Berdymukhamedov (别尔德穆哈梅多夫), and stated that under the strategic guidance of the two heads of state, China-Turkmenistan relations have been upgraded in quality and reached a high level of comprehensive strategic partnership. The successful meeting between the two heads of state in June this year laid the foundation and pointed the direction for the next stage of development of China-Turkmenistan relations. China is willing to work with Turkmenistan to implement the important consensus reached by both sides, take practical measures to promote the deepening and consolidation of the China-Turkmenistan comprehensive strategic partnership, jointly deepen exchanges and cooperation in various fields, make the prospect of building a China-Turkmenistan community with a shared future more promising, and allow the fruitful results of mutual benefit and win-win cooperation to better benefit the people of both countries.
Berdymukhamedov (别尔德穆哈梅多夫) asked Wang Yong (王勇) to convey his sincere greetings to President Xi Jinping (习近平) and emphasized that the friendly relations between Turkmenistan and China are developing steadily, and the two sides are closely cooperating at the bilateral and multilateral levels. Turkmenistan is willing to promote the continuous advancement of bilateral relations to a new level.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 崔 寅 尚凯元
On the afternoon of August 4, local time, the Chinese Embassy in France held a handover ceremony for the donation of historical photos of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression by French friend Marcus Dretzes to China. Marcus received the donation certificate, letter of thanks and other documents from the Shanghai Songhu War of Resistance Memorial Hall from Chen Dong (陈栋), Minister of the Chinese Embassy in France. The letter of thanks stated: "These photos truthfully record the cruel scenes of Chinese people suffering from the devastation of Japanese invaders in the 1930s and 1940s, and reveal the historical truth of the Japanese war of aggression against China."
"This is not only our family's experience, but also a testimony to a heavy history, a history that should not be forgotten," Marcus said at the donation ceremony.
In February of this year, Marcus donated 618 historical photos treasured by his maternal grandfather, Roger Pierre Laurence, to the Shanghai Songhu War of Resistance Memorial Hall free of charge. Laurence was born in Toulouse (图卢兹), France, in 1914 and came to Shanghai (上海) in the 1930s, where he worked in the French Concession. In 2021, Marcus accidentally discovered these photos. After identification, these old photos were all gelatin silver black and white photos, printed in the 1930s to 1950s. The content of the photos includes both the life scenes of Shanghai people before the Battle of Songhu (淞沪会战), as well as the tragic scenes after the outbreak of the war and the atrocities of the Japanese army.
Initially, when a friend suggested donating these photos to China, Marcus felt complicated. "These are my grandfather's relics, carrying the memories of the entire family." Marcus frankly said that the cruel years recorded in the photos also brought pain to his family. In the end, Marcus and his family made the decision to bring these precious historical photos to China and hand them over to the Chinese people. Marcus said: "Donating these photos to China can allow more people to understand the true history. My grandfather experienced so much suffering in Shanghai that year, and went to great lengths to bring the photos back to France and preserve them intact. He did not want this history to be sealed and unknown to the world."
Marcus's mother, Sylvie (西尔维), also said: "The killings and injuries should not be ignored, and this history should not be forgotten. We donate the photos to China in the hope that more people will see the truth."
Since the beginning of this year, Marcus and his friends have visited many memorial halls of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression in Beijing (北京), Shanghai (上海), Shandong (山东) and other places, and have gained a further understanding of the history of China's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression. "These visits allow us to understand this history more systematically. Telling this history is to remember it better." Marcus said that he hopes to promote more Westerners, especially young people, to understand this history by donating these photos.
(Reported from Shanghai (上海) and Paris (巴黎) on August 7)
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 沈小晓
To promote business and trade exchanges between Chinese and Egyptian entrepreneurs, Diaa Helmy (迪亚·赫尔米) founded the non-profit Egyptian-Chinese Chamber of Commerce in 2012. He frequently writes articles in Egyptian media introducing China's development experience and economic achievements. In an exclusive interview with this reporter, Helmy (赫尔米) said that China's economy is operating steadily and progressively, especially in the fields of technological innovation and green development, and that "I am full of confidence in China's economic development prospects."
"For many years, I have been following China's development with great enthusiasm." Helmy (赫尔米) highly praised China's technological innovation strength, "China's high-tech manufacturing industry continues to grow, showing high-quality development vitality everywhere. We have witnessed the amazing progress of Chinese products in technology, especially the manufacturing and 'intelligent manufacturing' of electric vehicles, electronic equipment and other products." Helmy (赫尔米) said that Chinese car brands have won the recognition of consumers in Arab countries, including Egypt, with their high quality.
Helmy (赫尔米) said that China focuses on developing new quality productive forces and promotes the high-end, intelligent, and green transformation of traditional industries through technological innovation. In his view, new quality productive forces are an important force for accelerating the promotion of new industrialization. "More and more smart factories, low-altitude economy with huge potential, and accelerating development of artificial intelligence... China is constantly using technological innovation to spawn new industries and new business forms. New growth points continue to emerge, promoting economic transformation and achieving sustainable development," Helmy (赫尔米) said.
Helmy (赫尔米) said that various departments in China have successively introduced a series of policies and measures to help promote the high-quality development of the private economy. He believes that private enterprises have played an important role in promoting technological progress, developing new quality productive forces, and promoting Chinese-style modernization. The development of private enterprises will further boost the economy, increase employment, stimulate potential, and enhance confidence.
"China is committed to promoting global governance in a more just and reasonable direction and providing more opportunities for world development." Helmy (赫尔米) said that against the background of increasing global uncertainty, China, as the world's second largest economy, maintains a steady and forward-looking economic trend, providing stable support for world economic development. Helmy (赫尔米) believes that bilateral trade between Egypt and China will achieve greater breakthroughs in the future, and the two countries will benefit from cooperation in various fields such as manufacturing, agriculture, trade, tourism, and culture, which will also have an important impact on the development of bilateral relations between Egypt and China, as well as Arab-China and Africa-China relations.
Return to TopXinhua News Agency, Beijing, August 7th. A Foreign Ministry Spokesperson answered reporters' questions on the ceasefire implementation and supervision arrangements reached between Cambodia and Thailand on the 7th.
A reporter asked: According to reports, on the afternoon of August 7th, a special meeting of the Cambodia-Thailand General Border Committee (GBC) was held in Malaysia. Cambodia and Thailand reached a consensus on the ceasefire supervision mechanism and follow-up arrangements. China was invited to participate in the meeting. What is your comment on this?
The spokesperson said that according to the consensus reached by Cambodian and Thai leaders at their meeting in Kuala Lumpur on July 28th, Cambodia and Thailand held a special meeting of the General Border Committee to reach a consensus on ceasefire implementation arrangements, supervision mechanisms, and follow-up matters, laying the foundation for both sides to achieve an effective ceasefire and consolidate lasting peace. China welcomes this.
The spokesperson said that the current situation on the Cambodia-Thailand border continues to ease, which fully proves that dialogue and consultation are the right way to resolve disputes. China adheres to a fair and just position, supports Cambodia and Thailand in strengthening communication and properly handling differences, supports promoting a political solution in the "ASEAN way," and is willing to continue to play a constructive role in the peaceful resolution of the border dispute between Cambodia and Thailand.
Return to TopBangkok, August 7th (Reporter Zhang Niansheng (章念生)) Kathmandu News: A painting exhibition celebrating the 70th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Nepal, jointly hosted by the Silk Road Cities Alliance, the Nepal Academy of Fine Arts, and the Chinese Cultural Center in Nepal, recently opened in Kathmandu (加德满都), the capital of Nepal. Chen Song (陈松), the Chinese Ambassador to Nepal, Sujata Koirala (苏嘉塔·柯伊拉腊), former Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Nepal, Naradmani Hartamchali (纳拉德马尼·哈塔姆查利), President of the Nepal Academy of Fine Arts, and about 200 representatives from all walks of life in the two countries attended the opening ceremony.
The painting exhibition, themed "New Silk Road Rhythm, Artistic Hearts United," will last for two weeks and showcase more than 100 works by nearly 60 artists from China and Nepal, covering various forms of paintings such as Chinese ink paintings, freehand brushwork, Nepali Thangka, and Mithila.
Return to TopAccording to Xinhua News Agency, Harare, August 6th (Reporter Xu Zheng (许正)) – Under the witness of Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa (姆南加古瓦), China and Zimbabwe signed an economic and technical cooperation agreement in Harare (哈拉雷), the capital of Zimbabwe, on the 6th, and signed an exchange of letters on China providing a new batch of food aid to Zimbabwe.
Chinese Ambassador to Zimbabwe Zhou Ding (周鼎) said that the current comprehensive strategic partnership between China and Zimbabwe is constantly deepening and has 开花结果 (kāi huā jié guǒ - "flower blossom bear fruit," to yield positive results; to come to fruition) in various fields, bringing tangible benefits to the people of both countries and setting a good example for South-South cooperation. China will firmly support Zimbabwe in achieving its "Vision 2030" and help Zimbabwe promote social and economic transformation and development.
Zimbabwean Minister of Finance Mthuli Ncube (穆苏利·恩库贝) thanked China for its long-term support to Zimbabwe in transportation, energy, health and other fields. He said that the economic and technical cooperation agreement signed this time will promote the development of key areas of Zimbabwe's national economy, once again proving that China is an 全天候 (quán tiān hòu - "all-weather," reliable in all circumstances) friend of Zimbabwe.
Return to TopThis newspaper reports from Naypyidaw on August 7th (Reporter: Xie Jiajun (谢佳君)) The signing ceremony for the 2025 Lancang-Mekong Cooperation Special Fund projects cooperation agreement was held on the 5th in Naypyidaw (内比都), the capital of Myanmar. The Chinese Ambassador to Myanmar, Ma Jia (马珈), and the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Myanmar, U Kyaw Gaw (戈戈觉), signed the agreement.
Ma Jia (马珈) stated in her speech at the signing ceremony that the 14 projects signed this time will continue to support Myanmar's development in various fields such as agriculture, environmental protection, science and technology, culture, education, and disaster prevention. China is willing to strengthen cooperation with Myanmar, make good use of the fund, and promote the building of a China-Myanmar community with a shared future to bring more benefits to the people of both countries.
Return to TopXinhua News Agency, Chengdu, August 7th (Reporter) - The 12th World Games in 2025 opened in Chengdu (成都市), Sichuan Province (四川省) on August 7th. State Councilor Chen Yiqin (谌贻琴) attended the opening ceremony and announced the opening.
Under the night sky, the Chengdu Tianfu International Conference Center (成都天府国际会议中心) was brightly lit and resplendent with color. At 8:00 PM, the opening ceremony of the World Games began. Accompanied by cheerful melodies, participants from 116 countries/regions entered the venue in sequence. International Olympic Committee President Coventry delivered a video speech. Gao Zhidan (高志丹), Chairman of the Chengdu World Games Organizing Committee and Director of the State General Administration of Sport (国家体育总局), and Perurena, President of the International World Games Association, delivered speeches. At 9:20 PM, Chen Yiqin (谌贻琴) announced: The 12th World Games Chengdu 2025 is open! The audience burst into warm applause.
Subsequently, under the "Eaves of Tianfu," the cultural and sports performance "Splendor of Brocade" and the theme song performance "Voice of Friendship" were staged in succession, organically combining sports with Chinese culture and Bashu (巴蜀) elements, demonstrating the theme of "Unlimited Sports, Boundless Vigor." Amidst great anticipation, the World Games flame was lit in the lake, conveying the light of dreams to the world with the technological and innovative aesthetics of water and fire complementing each other.
The World Games, organized by the International World Games Association, is the largest and highest-level international multi-sport event for non-Olympic sports, held every four years. This year's World Games includes 34 major events, 60 sub-events, and 256 minor events, with nearly 4,000 athletes registered to participate. The Chinese sports delegation will have 321 athletes participating in 152 minor events across 28 major events and 50 sub-events.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 刘 阳
This year marks the 120th anniversary of the birth of Chinese cinema. For more than a century, Chinese cinema has witnessed the development and changes of the times with its unique charm and strong vitality, carrying the common cultural memory and spiritual pursuit of the Chinese nation. On August 7, the State Council Information Office (国务院新闻办) held a meeting between Chinese and foreign journalists on "Strivers on the New Journey," inviting five representatives from the film industry to exchange ideas on "Promoting the High-Quality Development of Films and Enriching People's Spiritual Life."
In the history of world cinema, films have continued to develop and grow in competition with television, DVDs, the Internet, and more. Now, facing competition from short videos and mini-dramas, how films can continue to maintain their characteristics and leverage their advantages has become a social concern.
In response, film director Shen Ao (申奥), who has directed films such as "No More Bets" (孤注一掷) and "Nanjing Photo Studio" (南京照相馆), said that after multiple rounds of impact, films still possess unique technical and narrative advantages. "Because films have a longer length, they can construct a relatively complete story, have rich and complex characters, and have profound themes." Shen Ao believes that while films are being impacted by new forces, they should also leverage their unique advantages, "For example, they have the immersive and enveloping feeling of the big screen, the impact of strong visual effects and audiovisual experiences, and irreplaceable social attributes." He called on filmmakers to work hard to broaden the audience base of films in terms of circles, age, and region, attract more viewers to cinemas, and inspire viewers to think deeply and have a more nuanced understanding of the characters.
Wang Jun (王隽), Chairman of Shanghai Film (Group) Co., Ltd. (上海电影（集团）有限公司), believes that as long as filmmakers adhere to craftsmanship, work hard on content creation, explore new themes, strive to expand creative space and forms of expression, reflect the changes of the times and social transformations more deeply, promote truth, goodness, and beauty, shape vivid images, tell moving stories, and make good films, the audience will continue to love films.
As a cinema operator, Chen Kaifang (陈开放), Chairman and General Manager of Guiyang Yuejie Cinema (贵阳越界影城), believes that, first, the immersive viewing experience is the core competitiveness of films, and the sound and picture advantages of the big screen should be strengthened through continuous technological upgrades; second, the social attributes of cinemas should be strengthened, and audiences can be attracted to cinemas through rich activity content and the creation of a cinema atmosphere; third, the ticket stub economy should be done well, with film + culture and tourism, film + food, film + sports, etc., to meet the diversified experience needs of audiences and promote the integrated development of films and various industries.
In recent years, with the rapid development of high and new technologies, the application of AI in film work has become more and more widespread. Animated films and AI have a natural fit. Song Yiyi (宋依依), producer and animator at Light Chaser Animation Studios (追光动画文化传播（北京）有限公司), believes that the value of AI in film creation lies in improving efficiency, reducing costs, and expanding more possibilities. "The charm of films lies in emotional resonance, artistic expression, and humanistic thinking, all of which still depend on the judgment of human creators. AI cannot replace human thinking." She believes that AI is more likely to become a collaborator, working with creators to promote films from standardized production to personalized creation, combining art and technology to provide audiences with a better audiovisual experience.
When planning the filming of "The Wandering Earth 2" (流浪地球2) in 2022, Mojing Tihe Wuxi Digital Image Technology Co., Ltd. (墨境天合无锡数字图像科技有限公司) already had some contact with AI. Wei Ming (魏明), co-founder and visual effects director of the company, said that AI is a rapidly developing new technology and also a means, but it must always be controlled by people. In the process of control, people input emotions, aesthetics, and their own direct experiences. "AI has indeed played an empowering role in film production and is gradually becoming a powerful assistant for film and television industry practitioners. In the future, we will continue to conduct more in-depth exploration and excavation of AI to better serve creators," said Wei Ming.
In recent years, more and more Chinese films have tried to go overseas. Wang Jun believes that the international communication power and influence of films are important indicators for measuring the construction of a film power. Shanghai Animation Film Studio (上海美术电影制片厂) founded the Chinese animation school, which enjoys a worldwide reputation in the film industry. The older generation of animators created many classic IPs with their hard work, wisdom, and sweat. These IPs have gone to the world and are loved by many international and domestic audiences. Wang Jun believes that it is very important for film practitioners to join international cooperation and exchanges with a more open mind.
"Our generation of filmmakers bears the mission of pushing Chinese films to the world." Shen Ao believes that Chinese films must quickly complete the upgrade from "Chinese symbols" to "Chinese spirit," avoid the accumulation of Chinese elements, and strive to showcase the core of Chinese culture and the Chinese spirit.
Return to TopBy: 周珊珊
In the Archives of He County (和县) in Ma'anshan City (马鞍山市), Anhui Province (安徽省), there is a treasured photograph: the subject of the photo is the anti-Japanese female soldier Cheng Benhua (成本华) before her execution. Despite suffering torture, she still crosses her arms in front of her chest, stands tall and fearless, with a contemptuous smile on the corner of her lips towards the enemy.
This smile is soul-stirring.
At the last moment of his life, Chen Yannian (陈延年), facing the executioner's order to "kneel down," responded loudly: "Revolutionaries are 光明磊落 (guāng míng lěi luò - "bright and upright," honorable and straightforward) and regard death as going home. We will only die standing, never kneeling." On the way to the execution ground, Qu Qiubai (瞿秋白) sang the Internationale and the Red Army Song. Arriving at Luohan Ridge (罗汉岭), he chose a grassy slope to sit down, smiled and nodded to the executioner: "This place is very good!"
Each word is forceful and stirs the heart.
"Truly brave and martial, ultimately strong and unyielding." At the juncture of life and death, relying on flesh and blood, the predecessors went forward with great courage, leaving people with lingering emotions, imbued with a spirit of "invincible fortitude."
The magnificent heroic spirit fills the space between heaven and earth. "Throughout history, every accomplished nation is known for its unique spirit." Looking at the vast and long river of Chinese civilization, from Confucius' (孔子) emphasis on benevolence to Mencius' (孟子) emphasis on righteousness, from the generosity of "not fearing being smashed to pieces" to the cry of "the rise and fall of the world, everyone is responsible"... A very important reason why the ancient Chinese nation has been able to endure hardships without decline and endure hardships without yielding is the long-lasting integrity and the magnificent spirit of righteousness.
Once the seeds of the spirit take root, they can produce a continuous stream of nourishment and inspire endless power.
Either condensing the heroic spirit of "sacrificing much for lofty aspirations," with countless bullets, countless successive efforts, and countless heroic emotions; or containing the ambition of "daring to teach the sun and moon to change to a new sky," from cars to machine tools, and then to missiles and satellites, "what foreigners can do, can't Chinese people do?"; or bursting out with the courage of "opening roads through mountains and building bridges over rivers," from the "kingdom of bicycles" to "the world's high-speed rail looks at China," from buying with tickets to "buying globally and selling globally," without a spirit of energy, how can there be "epic progress"?
Regarding the difficult road as the road home and turning setbacks into motivation, the river of spirit sets off surging waves in the new era.
"Don't think about the difficulties, just do it, and move forward step by step." This is the mentality of private entrepreneurs who "do not bend their waists under the pressure of Mount Tai" when they are unreasonably suppressed by foreign countries. "If we carve one foot wider when we chisel a mountain, and build one foot longer when we repair a road, even if our generation is poor for ten years and suffers for ten years, we must let the next generation live a good life." This is the oath of the village party secretary who led the villagers to carve out a thoroughfare on the cliff in the battlefield of poverty alleviation. "Persist in doing difficult and correct things, and the times will not fail long-termists." This is the courage and determination of young entrepreneurs who stand at the forefront of the technological wave.
Regardless of whether it is in good times or adversity, hundreds of millions of people have unchanged ideals, unchanged aspirations, and undiminished enthusiasm, and continue the national spirit and cultivate a spirit of integrity on the journey of moving forward.
All the way, from the national integrity of "sacrificing oneself for righteousness" to the revolutionary will of "living towards death" to the contemporary responsibility of "moving towards the new," the Chinese nation has always transcended itself and continuously sublimated itself in the inheritance of the spirit. Holding high the torch of the spirit and straightening the spine of the spirit, we have the starry sky of civilization above our heads and a long journey full of glory and dreams under our feet.
Return to TopThe Central Meteorological Observatory expects that from the night of August 7 to the 9th, there will be a strong precipitation weather process from west to east in the Northwest China, Inner Mongolia (内蒙古), North China (华北), Huanghuai (黄淮), Jianghan (江汉), and Jianghuai (江淮) areas. The Central Meteorological Observatory continued to issue a blue rainstorm warning at 18:00 on August 7.
On August 7, the Ministry of Finance (财政部) and the Ministry of Emergency Management (应急管理部) once again urgently pre-allocated 430 million yuan of central natural disaster relief funds to support relevant provinces in doing a good job in emergency rescue and disaster relief work, and effectively protect the safety of people's lives and property. First, on the basis of the previous pre-allocation of disaster relief funds, further support Beijing (北京) and Hebei (河北) in focusing on the transfer and resettlement of affected people, transitional living assistance, and the restoration and reconstruction of damaged houses, and promote the early restoration of normal production and living order in the disaster areas; second, support Inner Mongolia (内蒙古), Guangdong (广东), Guangxi (广西) and other provinces (regions) that have suffered from rainstorms, floods, and geological disasters to focus on emergency disposal such as eliminating dangers and conducting hidden danger investigation and emergency rectification of secondary disasters, so as to minimize disaster losses and casualties.
On August 7, the National Disaster Reduction Committee (国家防灾减灾救灾委员会) launched a national level-IV disaster relief emergency response to the recent severe flood disaster in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region (内蒙古自治区), and dispatched a working group to the disaster area to conduct on-site inspections of the disaster situation, and guide and assist the local government in doing a good job in disaster relief work such as ensuring the basic living conditions of the affected people. In response to the flood disaster in Hohhot (呼和浩特) and other places in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region (内蒙古自治区), the Office of the National Disaster Reduction Committee (国家防灾减灾救灾委员会办公室) and the Ministry of Emergency Management (应急管理部), together with the National Food and Strategic Reserves Administration (国家粮食和物资储备局), allocated 47,400 pieces of central disaster relief materials such as disaster relief tents, folding beds, blankets, and cotton-padded clothes and quilts to support the local government in further doing a good job in the emergency transfer and resettlement of affected people and disaster relief work.
According to the "National Natural Disaster Relief Emergency Plan" and the disaster loss situation in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region (内蒙古自治区), the National Development and Reform Commission (国家发展改革委) urgently arranged 80 million yuan of investment within the central budget to support Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region (内蒙古自治区) in doing a good job in post-disaster emergency recovery from flood disasters, focusing on post-disaster emergency recovery and construction of damaged water conservancy, transportation, schools and other infrastructure and public service facilities in the disaster area, and promoting the early restoration of normal production and living order.
From August 2 to 6, the mid-eastern part of the Pearl River Basin (珠江流域) experienced the strongest rainfall process since the flood season this year. Affected by heavy rainfall, significant water level rises occurred in the main streams and tributaries of the Beijiang River (北江) and Dongjiang River (东江), and 37 rivers such as the Danshui River (淡水河), a tributary of the Xijiang River (西枝江), and the Tonghu River (潼湖水), a tributary of the Dongjiang River (东江), experienced floodwaters exceeding warning levels. The Pearl River Water Resources Commission (珠江水利委员会) held continuous flood prevention consultations, conducted rolling research and judgment on the flood prevention situation in the basin, and deployed flood and rainstorm defense work. From 8:00 on August 6 to 8:00 on August 7, moderate to heavy rain fell in some areas of Fangchenggang (防城港), Beihai (北海), Guilin (桂林), Qinzhou (钦州), Hezhou (贺州), Wuzhou (梧州), and Liuzhou (柳州) in Guangxi (广西), with localized heavy rain to torrential rain. The heavy rainfall caused the Luocheng River (洛清江) and its tributary the Xihe River (西河), the Guijiang River (桂江) and its tributary the Gongcheng River (恭城河), and the Hejiang River (贺江) and its tributary the Daning River (大宁河) to experience water level rises of 2-4 meters.
A reporter learned from State Grid Beijing Electric Power Company (国网北京电力公司) that at more than 23:00 on August 6, with the full restoration of power supply to the last damaged 10 kV Yangjiabao Road (杨家堡路) in Beizhuang Town (北庄镇), Miyun District (密云区), Beijing (北京市), all administrative villages and inhabited natural villages in the disaster-stricken areas of Beijing (北京) have had their municipal power supply restored.
(Reporters Liu Zhiqiang (刘志强), Qu Zhehan (曲哲涵), Liu Wenxin (刘温馨), Deng Jianyang (邓剑洋), Dong Siyu (董丝雨), Pan Junqiang (潘俊强), Pang Geping (庞革平))
Return to TopOn August 6th, in Huanghua Village (黄花村), Shijiao Town (石角镇), Fogang County (佛冈县), Guangdong (广东), workers used excavators to transfer and uniformly clear the silt and debris removed by villagers. From August 5th to 6th, strong precipitation continued in many parts of Guangdong (广东), and emergency forces in various places carried out rescue and disaster relief, risk investigation, and orderly disaster relief work.
Xinhua News Agency reporter Xiao Ennan (肖恩楠) photographed.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 张 洋 李林蔚
Reducing the burden on grassroots levels concerns people's well-being and the work style of cadres, as well as the effectiveness and level of implementation.
The Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) at its core has always attached great importance to rectifying formalism and reducing the burden on grassroots levels. In August 2024, the General Office of the Central Committee and the General Office of the State Council issued the "Several Provisions on Rectifying Formalism to Reduce the Burden on Grassroots Levels" (hereinafter referred to as the "Several Provisions"). This is the first time that a system norm for reducing the burden on grassroots levels has been formulated and promulgated in the form of Party regulations.
Over the past year, all regions and departments have worked hard to implement the "Several Provisions," and the long-term mechanism for reducing the burden on grassroots levels has been increasingly improved. The clean breeze of burden reduction is blowing strongly, and the vitality of practical work is surging, continuously enhancing the sense of gain and happiness of the vast number of grassroots cadres and the masses.
Planning for the long term and seeking fundamental solutions, drawing the sword against the malpractices of work style.
Henan (河南) has a relatively large total population, population density, and population mobility, and social problems are complex and diverse. How can efficient governance be achieved?
In May of this year, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) came to Henan (河南) for inspection. Looking at one region and planning for the overall situation, he was concerned about the big issue of modernizing the governance system and governance capabilities. The General Secretary accurately diagnosed the problem, prescribed a good solution, and clearly pointed out: "We must earnestly rectify formalism to reduce the burden on grassroots levels, and we must not take on good things and things that plant flowers, while pushing difficult things and things that offend people to the grassroots levels."
This is a profound warning and a call to action.
If the grassroots are strong, the country is strong; if the grassroots are stable, the world is stable. The grassroots are the "nerve endings" of national governance, the forefront of serving the masses, and the "last mile" for implementing the decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee.
Under the new situation, the more arduous the tasks and the more severe the challenges, the more necessary it is to escort with an excellent work style, and the more necessary it is to continuously rectify formalism with the spirit of nailing nails, maintain the authority of the Party Central Committee, and ensure that the decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee take root at the grassroots level.
In November 2018, at the tenth collective study of the Political Bureau of the 19th Central Committee, General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) words resonated powerfully: "In the past, it was often said that 'thousands of threads are above, and one needle is below.' Now, grassroots cadres say that 'thousands of hammers are above, and one nail is below,' and 'thousands of knives are above, and one head is below.' This situation must be changed!"
Planning with profound systematic thinking and grasping deeply and practically with unremitting perseverance.
In recent years, from determining the "Year of Reducing the Burden on Grassroots Levels" and establishing a special work mechanism for rectifying formalism to reduce the burden on grassroots levels at the central level, to issuing notices requiring continuous resolution of formalism problems that plague the grassroots, one step at a time, one footprint at a time.
However, work style problems are stubborn and repetitive. Burdens such as excessive paperwork and meetings, and excessive retention of traces have not been eradicated. New variations of formalism have emerged, and some deep-seated institutional and mechanism obstacles urgently need to be eliminated.
The "Several Provisions" directly address old problems and new variations. While strengthening existing systems, it proposes a series of new practical and hard measures to promote the deepening of the work of reducing the burden on grassroots levels, releasing a firm determination to achieve long-term success and carry it through to the end.
Over the past year, the special work mechanism for rectifying formalism to reduce the burden on grassroots levels at the central level has made multiple deployments and requirements. The central level has publicly reported typical problems many times, demonstrating and driving special work mechanisms at all levels to strengthen overall coordination, formulate pragmatic measures, and grasp responsibility implementation, rectification and remediation, and education and guidance.
Those who are good at eliminating harm observe its root, and those who are good at managing disease cut off its source.
This year, in-depth study and education on implementing the spirit of the Central Eight-Point Regulation was carried out throughout the Party. All regions and departments have promoted learning, investigation, and rectification in an integrated manner, systematically investigating and identifying prominent problems such as deviations in the view of performance, engaging in "face-saving projects," implementing policies with a "**一刀切**" (yī dāo qiē - "one knife cut," applying a single standard to all situations, regardless of individual circumstances) approach, adding layers of requirements, and gaps in rectifying formalism to reduce the burden on grassroots levels. The vast number of Party members and cadres have a deeper understanding and higher vigilance of the harm of formalism and bureaucracy, and they more consciously consider whether it will increase the burden on grassroots levels when thinking about problems and handling affairs. The atmosphere of improving work style and improving efficiency is becoming increasingly strong.
Planning for the long term and seeking fundamental solutions, drawing the sword against the malpractices of work style, and creating better conditions for grassroots cadres to start businesses.
Huang Ling (黄玲), a member of the Party Committee of Siyi Village (四邑村), Panjiawan Town (潘家湾镇), Jiayu County (嘉鱼县), Xianning City (咸宁市), Hubei Province (湖北省), still clearly remembers that warm scene in November 2024.
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) came to the village's Party and Mass Service Center, and the "List of Matters for Serving the Masses" posted on the wall caught the General Secretary's attention.
"In the past, more was required of the masses to do things, but now more Party members and cadres are doing things and providing services for the masses. This is a fundamental change," said General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平). "We must continue to reduce the burden on grassroots levels so that grassroots cadres can use more time and energy to serve the masses."
Simple words reveal the essence of value - promoting grassroots governance to return to the essence of serving the masses, allowing the Party's policies to better reach the hearts of the people, and allowing the foundation of governance modernization to be deeply rooted at the grassroots level.
Taking real action and targeting treatment, iron rules grow iron teeth.
"Assessments should be simplified and not engage in 'thousand-point systems'";
"In principle, higher-level organs and units shall not borrow cadres from counties and below";
"Localities and departments shall conduct consistency assessments with reducing the burden on grassroots levels when issuing documents";
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21 specific provisions in 7 aspects, focusing on "small cuts" to set "hard constraints." The "Several Provisions" aroused widespread praise as soon as they were issued. The person in charge of the General Office of the Central Committee said in response to reporters' questions: "Pay attention to being pragmatic and useful, and do not engage in lengthy discussions on establishing systems. Propose measures and requirements for outstanding problems, which are concise, clear, specific, and easy to understand and implement."
The value of a system lies in its "reality," and its effectiveness lies in its "strictness." Over the past year, all regions and departments have worked hard to implement the system, taking the "pain points" of the grassroots as the "targets" of rectification. Iron rules have grown iron teeth, promoting the deepening of the work of reducing the burden on grassroots levels.
Streamlining documents and meetings, breaking the inertia of thinking of "implementing meetings with meetings and implementing documents with documents" -
At noon, the scorching sun beat down. Huang Qingfeng (黄庆峰), Deputy Director of Sushe Street Office (素社街道办事处), Haizhu District (海珠区), Guangzhou City (广州市), Guangdong Province (广东省), rode his bicycle through the streets and alleys, heading straight for the construction site of the Guodun Community Neighborhood Center (郭墩社区邻里中心). "I run at least two trips a month." He wiped his sweat and said earnestly, "By squatting down to listen to public opinion and solving problems on the spot, the progress of the project can be stabilized."
Where does the time come from? Streamlining documents and meetings has made a great contribution. Guangzhou (广州) has focused on strictly controlling the number of documents, improving the quality of documents, and strengthening assessment and review. It has taken multiple measures to "squeeze out water" through discipline supervision coordination, two-way monitoring, and upgraded management and control. The effect was immediate: the number of documents issued and meetings held by cities, districts, and towns decreased by more than 15% year-on-year.
Simplifying assessments and not engaging in "complicated philosophy" -
In the early morning, in the potato fields of Fengxiang Town (凤翔镇), Anding District (安定区), Dingxi City (定西市), Gansu Province (甘肃省), Gao Zhenxin (高振鑫), a cadre of the Agricultural and Rural Comprehensive Service Center, squatted on the ridge of the field, pinching the yellowed potato leaves of villager Yang Hua's (杨华) family, his brow furrowed: "This is an early symptom of late blight, and you have to spray medicine quickly."
In the past few days, Gao Zhenxin (高振鑫) has taken agricultural technicians to villages all over the town. When problems were discovered in Fenghuo Village (丰禾村), a "bench meeting" was held on the spot, and methods were taught on the spot. "In the past, in order to cope with assessments, a lot of time was spent on preparing reports and writing summaries. How could there be so much energy to enter the village?" Gao Zhenxin (高振鑫) said frankly.
The change stems from the "slimming and strengthening" of assessments. In Anding District (安定区), the frequency of assessments has been reduced, the indicators have been greatly streamlined, similar items have been merged, and multiple departments have "grouped" to supervise and assess, reducing the number of supervision and assessment items by more than 20%.
"In the past, assessments looked at whether the forms were complete, but now they look at whether the services are practical," said Qi Yusen (祁钰森), Secretary of the Party Committee of Fengxiang Town (凤翔镇), hitting the nail on the head. "Preventing diseases and pests used to be 'preventing on the report,' but now it is 'preventing in the field.' Assessing the actual effect is the best command stick!"
Cleaning up and integrating government service applications to reduce the burden on "fingertips" -
In recent years, Shanghai (上海) has carried out the "four reductions" action of reducing certificates, reducing systems, reducing assessments, and reducing signboards, taking the correction of "formalism on the fingertips" as a breakthrough point. It has clearly proposed that, except in special circumstances, a maximum of 1 system should be retained for use by residential communities and villages by a municipal department, and a maximum of only 1 system should be retained for use by residential communities and villages by each district. At the same time, a unified digital platform for grassroots governance in the city has been built, and all retained information systems have been connected to it, so that all residential communities and villages can use the system on one platform.
"In the past, applying for funds for community activities required preparing materials a month in advance and cross-departmental approval, which was exhausting," Zhu Pingping (朱萍萍), Secretary of the Party General Branch of the Great Shanghai City Garden Residential Quarter (大上海城市花园居民区), Changshou Road Street (长寿路街道), Putuo District (普陀区), Shanghai (上海), recalled vividly.
Last August, Putuo District (普陀区) broke the problem: the District Party Committee Office took the lead in forming a "Digital Neighborhood Committee" to pilot online transfer and one-network collaboration for social workers' approval; the "Baishi Neng AI Social Worker" was launched, and artificial intelligence helped improve efficiency.
Technological empowerment has made cumbersome processes invisible. "Now, applications on the 'Community Cloud' are automatically transferred and approved in half an hour!" Zhu Pingping (朱萍萍) showed her mobile phone, smiling.
Clarifying the boundaries of powers and responsibilities, and promoting consistency between responsibilities and powers and consistency between responsibilities and capabilities -
Over the past year, the "three lists" of basic job responsibilities, cooperative job responsibilities, and items recovered by higher-level departments have become standard equipment in various places. The system for admitting items outside the list has been increasingly improved, and the working mechanism, signboards, and certification items have been further standardized. Yuzhong District (渝中区), Chongqing (重庆), unveiled a list of job responsibilities for streets, and 67 common items and 15 individual items were "recovered" by district-level departments through "one street, one policy" precise sorting. At the same time, a "source control + dynamic monitoring" mechanism was established to strictly prevent the rebound and return of burdens.
"Streets lack professional talents and have no law enforcement power. In the past, it was really 'difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice' to carry out some inspections!" said Guo Yi (郭易), Director of the Economic Development Office of Shangqingsi Street (上清寺街道), Yuzhong District (渝中区). "Now that we have a list of job responsibilities, we know exactly what to do, what we can do, and what we cannot do, and we don't have to 'argue' back and forth."
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Over the past year, from the standardized management of cadre borrowing to the streamlined integration of demonstration activities, from solving "formalism on the fingertips" to rectifying "performance projects," "image projects," and "face-saving projects," a series of pragmatic measures, like precise surgical knives, have directly targeted the "pain points" and "blockages" of the grassroots. The pragmatic and useful institutional fences have become tighter and tighter, the living space for formalism has been continuously compressed, and the dilemma of "small horses pulling big carts" is being quietly resolved, enabling grassroots cadres to be freed from unnecessary affairs.
Lightly armed and ready to work, the vitality of the grassroots continues to burst forth.
Walking into the Party and Mass Service Center of Meixi Village (枚溪村), Meijiang Town (枚江镇), Suichuan County (遂川县), Jiangxi Province (江西省), you can see the elderly watching TV and chatting, and several children practicing calligraphy seriously under the guidance of volunteers...
"In the past, villagers would not come if they had nothing to do, and they would leave after they were done, but now it's very different." Luo Jianhui (罗建辉), Secretary of the Party Branch and Director of the Village Committee of Meixi Village (枚溪村), pointed to the clean and tidy wall of the Village Committee and introduced that the various signs that used to be hung on the wall were gone. Instead, existing space resources have been integrated, and functional areas such as elderly care, childcare, cultural and sports entertainment, and consultative deliberation have been added. "This is called removing the signs of formalism and taking on the responsibility of serving the people. The people are naturally happy."
Reducing the burden does not reduce the responsibility, and loosening the bonds adds more energy.
In the process of in-depth implementation of the "Several Provisions," all regions and departments have adhered to the simultaneous efforts of reducing the burden and empowering, and promoted people to go to the grassroots, money to be invested in the grassroots, and policies to be tilted towards the grassroots. The vast number of grassroots cadres are lightly armed and ready to work, putting more energy into solving practical problems and serving the people.
——Government services are better!
In July of this year, the General Office of the State Council issued the "Opinions on Improving the Normal Promotion Mechanism for Key Matters of 'Handling One Matter Efficiently'," making arrangements for further optimizing government services, improving administrative efficiency, and improving the normal promotion mechanism.
Walking into the Government Service Center of Nanzhang County (南漳县), Hubei Province (湖北省), the "One Matter in the Whole Life Cycle of Enterprises" special window is refreshing. As long as 4 items of information such as the enterprise name and business scope are entered into the system, the relevant information will be pushed to 5 departments including public security, taxation, and human resources for joint processing through the "one-key three-link" system. In just 20 minutes, an application for enterprise registration was completed.
"The 7 forms involved in the entire enterprise cycle have been reduced to 1, and the processing time has been reduced by 30%," said Xiong Xiaoyu (熊晓雨), a staff member.
——Development vitality is stronger!
"How should we apply for provincial and municipal gazelle enterprises?" Some time ago, inquiries from enterprises in the jurisdiction attracted the attention of Sun Xiao (孙晓), a member of the Party Group and fourth-level chief staff member of the Jianhu County Science and Technology Bureau (建湖县科技局), Jiangsu Province (江苏省). She contacted the enterprise to send materials and guide the application as soon as possible, followed up on the application progress in real time, and coordinated and solved problems in a timely manner.
In recent years, Jianhu County (建湖县), Jiangsu Province (江苏省), has created a "Ke Xiaoer" professional service team. The County Science and Technology Bureau organizes agency cadres to go out of the agency and go down to the front line, streamline processes, and work on-site, and accurately send power resources to the places where enterprises need them most. Sun Xiao (孙晓) said with deep feeling: "Now, we spend at least half of our time on the front line of enterprises every week, understanding the real situation and solving problems. Our work is more focused and our services are more direct. Enterprises have less running around, our efficiency is higher, and the results are visible and tangible."
——Governance efficiency has been improved!
Jianxing Street Community (建兴街社区), Shijingshan District (石景山区), Beijing (北京市), used to suffer from the chaos of electric bicycles parked indiscriminately. "The sidewalks were occupied, the building doors were blocked, there were constant bumps, and the neighbors were upset," recalled resident Ms. Li (李女士). Li Song (李松), Secretary of the Community Party General Branch, found out that there were 160 electric bicycles in the community, but how could the shed that only accommodated 60 bicycles bear it? He convened the "Small Courtyard Deliberation Corner," and the property management, residents, and owners' committee jointly discussed solutions.
"We can divert the bicycles in the shed to the underground bicycle parking area," "Divert a part to the parking area with white lines drawn on the sidewalk outside the gate of the community," "Residents volunteer to guide"... With the concerted efforts of everyone, the plan was "released." Electric bicycles were "discharged from the hospital + entered the shed," and the chaos was brought under control.
From rural areas to cities, the vast number of Party members and cadres actively practice the fine tradition of "**四下基层**" (sì xià jīcéng - "four go to the grassroots," a work method emphasizing going to the grassroots to investigate, solve problems, and serve the people), going deep into the front line to listen to the voices of the people, observe the real situation, and do practical things. The "shackles" of formalism and bureaucracy have been broken, and what has been exchanged is the acceleration of serving the masses, the significant leap in the effectiveness of grassroots governance, and the increasingly close flesh-and-blood ties between cadres and the masses.
The great way is simple, and practical work is essential. Chinese-style modernization is achieved through hard work.
Under the strong leadership of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) at its core, continuing to grasp deeply and practically the work of rectifying formalism to reduce the burden on grassroots levels, solving the existing problems, and effectively promoting the "Several Provisions" to take root, blossom, and bear fruit will surely promote the vast number of grassroots cadres to continuously rejuvenate new vitality and show new achievements on the front line of reform and development, and provide a strong guarantee for promoting Chinese-style modernization with an excellent work style.
Return to TopXinhua News Agency, Beijing, August 4th. Comrade Qian Yongnian (钱永年), former Director of the State Council Foreign Affairs Office and former Chinese Ambassador to Indonesia, passed away in Beijing (北京) on July 26, 2025, due to illness, at the age of 91.
After the death of Comrade Qian Yongnian (钱永年), relevant central leading comrades expressed their condolences in various ways and expressed their condolences to his relatives.
Qian Yongnian (钱永年) was born in August 1933 in Suzhou (苏州), Jiangsu (江苏) Province. He started working in December 1950 and joined the Communist Party of China (中国共产党) in October 1956. From November 1952, he served successively as a staff member of the Embassy in Pakistan (巴基斯坦), a clerk in the First Asian Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (外交部), and an attaché and third secretary in the Embassy in Poland (波兰). From October 1970 to July 1973, he worked at the Jiangxi Cadre School of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (外交部江西干校). From July 1973, he served successively as a third secretary in the Embassy in Ethiopia (埃塞俄比亚), and a third secretary and second secretary in the Embassy in Zambia (赞比亚). From July 1980, he served successively as a division chief and deputy director-general of the African Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (外交部非洲司). From February 1985, he served successively as a counselor with the rank of minister in the Permanent Mission to the United Nations (联合国), and a counselor with the rank of minister and minister in the Embassy in the United States (美国). From August 1988 to December 1994, he served successively as Director of the State Council Foreign Affairs Office (国务院外事办公室) and Ambassador to Indonesia (印度尼西亚).
Return to TopXinhua News Agency, Shanghai, August 4th (Reporter) Comrade Wang Tiankai (王天凯), former Chairman of the Board of Supervisors of Key State-Owned Large Enterprises, passed away in Shanghai on July 28, 2025, due to illness, at the age of 79.
After the death of Comrade Wang Tiankai (王天凯), relevant central leading comrades expressed their condolences in various ways and expressed their condolences to his family.
Wang Tiankai (王天凯) was born in May 1946 in Hangzhou (杭州), Zhejiang (浙江) Province. He started working in July 1969 and joined the Communist Party of China (中国共产党) in December 1979. From July 1969 to February 1972, he worked on a military farm. From February 1972 to November 1991, he served successively as Deputy Manager and member of the Standing Committee of the Party Committee of Shaanxi (陕西) Provincial Textile Industry Corporation, Deputy Director and member of the Party Group of Shaanxi (陕西) Provincial Economic Commission, etc. From November 1991, he served successively as Director of the Science and Technology Development Department of the Ministry of Textile Industry, Director of the Planning and Development Department of the China National Textile Council, and Deputy Director and member of the Party Group of the State Textile Industry Bureau. From November 2000, he served as Chairman of the Board of Supervisors of Key State-Owned Large Enterprises. From December 2002 to July 2008, he served successively as General Manager, Chairman, and Secretary of the Party Committee of China Hi-Tech Group Corporation (中国恒天集团公司). He served as President of the China National Textile Industry Association (中国纺织工业协会), President of the China National Textile and Apparel Council (中国纺织工业联合会), and President of the International Textile Manufacturers Federation.
Wang Tiankai (王天凯) was a member of the 11th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (政协第十一届全国委员会委员).
Return to TopBy: 刘新吾
Regional coordinated development means "promoting relative balance in development." "Balance" means narrowing the gap; "relative" means respecting the laws and proceeding in an orderly manner.
Chongqing (重庆), a mountain city, at the Seres (赛力斯) intelligent factory, robotic arms whirl on the production line, and electric vehicles roll off in an endless stream. The robust production and sales of Seres (赛力斯) automobiles are the fruitful result of the collaboration between Seres (赛力斯) and Huawei (华为), and also a microcosm of industrial cooperation between Chongqing (重庆), an inland hinterland, and Guangdong (广东), a major coastal province.
Some also question: the gradient transfer of industries is mainly driven by cost pressures, with high-end links such as design and research still dependent on coastal areas. Inland areas merely earn a hard-earned income, and the benefits of cooperation between the two are not balanced. Faced with these questions, we might as well do the math.
Looking at the benefits, one side has abundant talent and strong technology, while the other has vast land and rich resources. The two leverage their comparative advantages, allowing coastal enterprises to reduce costs and increase efficiency, and inland areas to develop their industries, achieving mutual benefit. In recent years, Seres (赛力斯) has turned losses into profits, with a net profit attributable to the parent company of 5.946 billion yuan last year, making it a major taxpayer. Last year, the automobile industry contributed 66.7% to the growth rate of the added value of Chongqing's (重庆) industrial enterprises above designated size, making it an economic pillar. Coastal intelligent industries join hands with inland automobile industries, and Huawei (华为), Seres (赛力斯), and Chongqing (重庆) are all winners.
Looking at the industry, from "auto parts supplier" and "fuel-powered minivan factory" to "new car-making force," "Chongqing-made" automobiles are now moving to the mid-to-high-end level, with 19 complete vehicle enterprises and more than 1,200 auto parts enterprises above designated size. East-West cooperation not only helps enterprises strengthen their internal capabilities and build their brands, but also helps industries extend and strengthen their chains and move towards innovation. Innovation is the key to the long-term development of enterprises and the upgrading of industrial capabilities.
Cooperation should consider not only economic benefits, but also social and livelihood benefits. Looking at the two companies, Huawei (华为) has organized training for thousands of employees of Changan Auto (长安汽车); looking at East-West cooperation, with the new energy vehicle industry, Chongqing (重庆) has a golden signboard for attracting talent, and more graduates from top universities are turning their attention to the mountain city. It can be said that attracting and cultivating talent is the inevitable result of industrial rise. Attracting and cultivating talent well will consolidate the foundation for high-quality development; running and strengthening industries well will create conditions for boosting employment.
Looking at industrial cooperation should not be limited to a specific time or place. Vertically, we should distinguish between the present and the long term, and pay more attention to whether it can enhance industrial capabilities, gather innovation resources, cultivate high-quality talent, and break through path dependence. The Chongqing (重庆) automobile industry's transition from the "winter" of fuel vehicles to the rise of new energy and the shift of talent from "flying southeast" to "settling in the mountain city" is the result of adhering to long-termism. Horizontally, we should coordinate a region and the overall situation, and not only consider "small accounts." Just as Chongqing (重庆) makes up for its shortcomings in East-West cooperation, and then plays a radiating role in the Chengdu-Chongqing (成渝) "Twin Cities" and highlights its pivotal role in the high-quality development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt, inland provinces can only deliver satisfactory comprehensive answers by fully utilizing national strategies and integrating into the overall national situation.
Regional coordinated development means "promoting relative balance in development." "Balance" means narrowing the gap; "relative" means respecting the laws and proceeding in an orderly manner. Inland areas should not blindly develop high-end industries that they are not good at; nor should they become dependent on coastal areas, becoming "low-end locked" in the value chain. How to avoid these two situations? Hefei (合肥), Xi'an (西安), and other cities have seized the new energy track, breaking the old pattern of the automobile industry; Sichuan (四川) is building a low-altitude economic highland based on research and development and manufacturing... Just as a person knows what they are good at and what they should give up, they can eventually create brilliant opportunities, inland areas can find their advantages, develop in a differentiated manner, and achieve from "borrowing strength" to "self-reliance."
Benefits are priced, but affection is priceless. Behind the assistance and cooperation is the market logic of mutual benefit and win-win, and even more the unreserved responsibility. In Chongqing (重庆), place names such as Taishan Avenue (泰山大道), Shandong Road (山东路), and Haier Road (海尔路) are unforgettable, inseparable from the consumer assistance of "Chongqing goods entering Shandong" (渝货进鲁), the labor cooperation of transferring employment, and the direct allocation of financial assistance under the Lu-Yu (鲁渝) cooperation. Eastern provinces regard counterpart support as a political task, paying with sincerity and investing real money, opening up assistance models such as Min-Ning (闽宁) cooperation and Hu-Dian (沪滇) cooperation, reflecting the institutional advantages of the country as a whole. It is also under the unified coordination of the Party Central Committee that industrial transfer optimizes resource allocation, transfer payments regulate regional differences, and expanding precise investment and planning industrial layout promote coordinated development, effectively preventing phenomena such as duplicate construction and industrial dependence.
The Changan (长安) New Energy bus and parts project has landed in Changqing (长清), Jinan (济南), and the Chongqing Liangjiang (重庆两江) New Area Industrial Park has established a Shenzhen (深圳) branch... Recently, Chongqing's (重庆) "reverse investment" actions have been frequent, demonstrating that industrial development has reached a new height and opening up new space for East-West cooperation. Facts have proved that "Eastern enterprises + Western resources" and "coastal R&D + inland manufacturing" are not the only models of cooperation. Continuously expanding multi-level, multi-form, and all-round cooperation will surely better achieve coordinated development, synergistic development, and common development for both parties.
(The author is a reporter from this newspaper's Chongqing (重庆) branch.)
Return to TopBy: 邹 翔
Maintaining an open stance and providing coordinated services across regions and industries is conducive to activating the impetus for innovative development and gathering the synergy for win-win development.
By being ingenious and skillful in coordination, and by exerting precise efforts and implementing meticulous policies, we can unleash the multiplying effect of "1+1>2" more and better, and help promote high-quality economic development.
Worried about not being able to buy return tickets after going to a concert in another city on the weekend? This summer, the railway department focused on the new consumption format of the "concert economy" and innovatively launched "fan special trains." For example, recently, China Railway Xi'an Bureau Group Co., Ltd. (中国铁路西安局集团有限公司) added three night "fan special trains" to precisely match the return needs of fans from major passenger source areas such as Beijing (北京), Shanghai (上海), and Chengdu (成都).
The popularity of concerts reflects the strong economic vitality. The "Analysis of Trends and Characteristics of the Large-scale Commercial Performance Market in 2024" report shows that cross-city viewing accounts for 64.2% of large-scale concerts, and this proportion is 62.2% for large-scale music festivals. Traveling to a city for a performance has become a lifestyle for many people. Sometimes, after watching one show, they rush to the next destination by high-speed rail or plane. The joy of cross-city concert-going is inseparable from the increasingly perfect national comprehensive three-dimensional transportation network and the accelerating construction of a unified national market.
The "Opinions of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council on Accelerating the Construction of a Unified National Market" proposes to "promote high-standard connectivity of market facilities" and "promote high-level unification of commodity and service markets." If building an interconnected transportation network is hardware construction, then unified market basic systems and efficient and coordinated services are important components of "soft connectivity." Coordinating "hardware" and "software" to make facility connections more efficient and cross-border services smoother can continuously upgrade the consumer experience and continue to stimulate consumption vitality.
Technological empowerment provides a powerful tool for breaking down physical barriers. For example, many cross-city tourists have found that the transportation cards they obtained in their city of residence still work in other places. As of May this year, 336 prefecture-level and above cities and 1,760 county-level administrative regions across the country have achieved interconnection and interoperability of transportation cards, covering various modes of transportation such as buses, subways, and ferries. More convenient, green, and efficient travel services are benefiting from the construction of a national transportation card data exchange and settlement platform.
Openness broadens the space for enlarging the market pie. In addition to "one card," there is also "one code." The "Happy Tour Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei One Code Pass" has listed nearly 3,000 cultural and tourism enterprises such as scenic spots, hotels, B&Bs, and travel agencies in the three regions, with over 4 million registered users, making "visiting the Forbidden City (故宫) for an exhibition in the morning, taking a cruise on the Haihe River (海河) in the afternoon, and enjoying a night tour of the Great Wall (长城) in the evening" a reality. Maintaining an open stance and providing coordinated services across regions and industries is conducive to activating the impetus for innovative development and gathering the synergy for win-win development.
Establishing a sense of the overall situation can strengthen the momentum of coordination. The flow of factors between different regions not only has a siphon effect but also a radiation effect. Working together can lead to a higher level of development. Since 2023, Lu'an (六安), Anhui (安徽) has held the "Gao Products Entering Shanghai (皋品入沪)" event in Shanghai (上海) for three consecutive years, making the "Taste of Dabie Mountains (大别山的味道)" popular among Shanghai residents and promoting the implementation of more cooperative projects. "Dabie Mountains Hand in Hand with Huangpu River (大别山牵手黄浦江)" has become a vivid footnote to the integrated development of the Yangtze River Delta (长三角). Stepping out of one's own small world and integrating into the overall pattern of development will expand the market "resource pool" and broaden the road to development.
To continue to amplify the effect of coordination, the key lies in precision. The more the construction of a unified national market advances in depth, the more important it is to do a meticulous job, starting from the dynamic needs of enterprises and consumers to break through bottlenecks and solve problems, and focus on optimizing the business environment and improving the consumption environment. In Yako Village (崖口村), Zhongshan (中山), Guangdong (广东), the number of tourists in the first half of 2025 exceeded 3 million, and parking revenue alone exceeded 2 million yuan, which shows the spillover effect of the Shenzhen-Zhongshan Bridge (深中通道). Recently, Zhongshan also launched consumer coupons for tourists. Every Friday and Saturday, those who drive to Zhongshan via the Shenzhen-Zhongshan Bridge can receive a consumer coupon package. By being ingenious and skillful in coordination, and by exerting precise efforts and implementing meticulous policies, we can unleash the multiplying effect of "1+1>2" more and better, and help promote high-quality economic development.
Recently, it is not only "cross-city check-ins" that are popular, but also "cross-border check-ins" that have ushered in the "summer season," and inbound tourism has maintained a high level of popularity. In open collaboration, a super-large market that is not blocked by high mountains and seas or divided by administrative divisions is reaping surging vitality and inexhaustible power, and will surely show greater charm and form a stronger magnetic field in win-win cooperation.
Return to TopThe "National Informatization Development Report (2024)" released recently by the State Internet Information Office (国家互联网信息办公室) shows that new achievements have been made in the research and development of the new generation of communication technology. As of the end of 2024, China's 5G-A network deployment has been steadily advancing, with more than 300 cities achieving 5G-A network coverage. In dozens of scenarios such as smart factories and vehicle-road coordination, 5G-A has released powerful effectiveness, promoting quality and efficiency improvement.
This is precisely:
Cluster scheduling self-arrangement,
Millimeter positioning iron arm comes.
Welding sparks splash like a meteor shower,
Thousands of excellent products are like heavenly tailoring.
Xu Zhiwen (徐之文)
Return to TopBy: 屈信明
In the face of opportunities and challenges, we must diligently hone our "internal skills" and pioneer innovation to better explore market demands and continuously improve the quality and efficiency of industry development.
Laboratories are important cradles of scientific and technological innovation, but they contain many dangerous and expensive pieces of equipment that may pose a threat to the personal and property safety of researchers. How can we weave a dense safety net?
Not long ago, some laboratories at the School of Chemical Engineering of Tianjin University (天津大学) renewed their "Laboratory All Risks Insurance." This innovative insurance product, launched a year ago, not only provides protection against personal injury and property damage, but also covers emergency response expenses and pollution removal costs. To reduce risks, the insurer also actively uses technical means to help laboratories reduce safety hazards.
Traditional insurance products have low relevance and adaptability to laboratory scenarios, with vague responsibilities and limited coverage. The new insurance covers the entire chain from "entering the laboratory" to "after the accident" more comprehensively, which is a beneficial exploration to help laboratories strengthen risk management. According to data from the Tianjin Financial Regulatory Bureau (天津金融监管局), as of April, the "Laboratory All Risks Insurance" has provided a cumulative risk guarantee of 114 million yuan for 46 local laboratories (times).
Tailoring exclusive protection for laboratories demonstrates the important role of science and technology insurance as a backing for innovation. In recent years, according to social development and market demand, and combined with the pain points of scientific research entities, the insurance industry has prescribed many new "prescriptions." Some expensive new equipment is difficult to find "the first crab eater." How can we help research and development results be both "popular and profitable"? The launch of the first (set) insurance gives users a "reassurance." The artificial intelligence track continues to be hot. How to deal with potential copyright dispute risks? Recently, generative artificial intelligence-generated content infringement liability insurance has been launched in Qingdao (青岛), Shandong (山东), Beijing (北京), and other places. By continuously innovating science and technology insurance products and strengthening risk management throughout the life cycle of scientific research activities, the insurance industry will inject stronger impetus into scientific and technological innovation.
It should also be noted that scientific research activities have long cycles, complex situations, and many uncertain factors. Science and technology companies in different fields and at different stages of development face different risks. To promote more insurance funds into the field of scientific and technological innovation, we must do a good and detailed job in this big article on science and technology finance.
We must be good at breaking through from product shortcomings and gaps. Scientific and technological innovation is an important driving force for cultivating new industries and new business forms, but entering unknown fields poses higher requirements for risk control. Actively developing new products and new services, and accurately adapting to the financial needs of science and technology enterprises at different stages of development, is where the value of science and technology insurance lies, and it is also where it can be used. Exploring ways to resolve risk points also means finding industry growth points.
We must also plan to improve service models. Not long ago, the country's first insurance co-insurance body focusing on the pilot stage of drug research and development was established in Wuhan East Lake High-tech Zone (武汉东湖高新区). R&D companies can obtain joint protection from multiple companies by connecting with the co-insurance body for one-time insurance. The co-insurance body model disperses the business risks of underwriting companies, which is conducive to guiding more insurance institutions to participate, enhancing the ability and willingness to serve emerging industries and future industries, and improving the level of insurance protection supply. In recent years, insurance institutions have formed co-insurance bodies to enhance insurance protection for cutting-edge fields such as integrated circuits and commercial aerospace. In the future, we must further give play to the role of co-insurance bodies and other service models.
The continuous improvement of scientific and technological innovation capabilities and the continuous emergence of new industries and new business forms provide a broad stage for the development of financial products such as science and technology insurance. In the face of opportunities and challenges, we must diligently hone our "internal skills" and pioneer innovation to better explore market demands and continuously improve the quality and efficiency of industry development. Science and technology finance will greatly enhance the confidence of various innovation entities in exploring the unknown world and inject more financial vitality into developing new quality productive forces in accordance with local conditions.
Return to TopBy: 孟亚生
A special job fair for disabled college students was recently held in Taizhou (泰州), Jiangsu (江苏) Province. 59 companies provided 123 high-quality positions on-site, covering many fields such as video editing, electrical engineering, and foreign trade, which were welcomed by disabled college students and praised by society.
Enabling disabled college students to achieve employment can not only reduce the burden on their families but also enhance their sense of self-worth and social identity, and promote social harmony and stability. Letting them shine in their work with what they have learned can also inspire more people to overcome difficulties, be positive, and continuously cultivate good social customs.
Focusing on the employment of people with disabilities is also focusing on employment equity. In recent years, some employers have equipped visually impaired employees with screen reading software and established sign language translation support systems for hearing-impaired teams, which has earned employee recognition. When employers no longer add physical condition requirements unrelated to the job, and when job settings better take into account the ability characteristics of disabled students, employment work can better find the optimal solution of "person-job matching" and allow more workers to gain a foothold in society based on their own abilities.
From Internet companies developing barrier-free products to manufacturing companies setting up exclusive workstations for people with disabilities, more and more companies realize that supporting the "employment dream" of people with disabilities is not only fulfilling social responsibility but also a wise move to tap the potential of human resources. The diversified perspectives brought by disabled employees can promote products and services to be closer to user needs. Inclusion can also bring benefits, promoting disability employment assistance from "charitable assistance" to "value co-creation," and the whole society can benefit from it.
To truly enable disabled students to achieve stable employment and decent work, a more complete support system is needed. Vocational skills training should accurately connect with market demand, social security should better address the worries of "unemployment due to disability," and more people should abandon the mistaken perception that "people with disabilities are a burden." By building synergy from policy support, corporate participation, and the social environment, a good employment ecology can be formed to pave the way for the career development of people with disabilities.
(Excerpted and compiled from *Xinhua Daily (新华日报)*, originally titled "Give More 'Warmth' to the Employment of Disabled Students")
Return to TopBy: 金 歆
As "digital natives," minors have long considered internet access an integral part of their lives. In recent years, relevant departments have continuously intensified their efforts to address various online issues involving minors. The minor mode has been popularized, and problems such as the dissemination of harmful information targeting minors and addiction to games and short videos have been effectively addressed.
However, recently, some new chaotic phenomena and problems related to minors' internet access and usage have gradually attracted attention: due to fan "flaming," middle school students have been tragically subjected to online "doxing" and, consequently, cyberbullying; a short video blogger staged a "sibling fight" plot to profit from minors... These behaviors seriously infringe upon the physical and mental health of minors and often easily evade supervision, even becoming blind spots for regulation.
During the summer vacation, minors' online time increases, further raising parental concerns. New types of harmful content are disguised, making it easier to break through minors' mental defenses, and traditional governance methods face the challenge of 道高一尺，魔高一丈 (dào gāo yī chǐ, mó gāo yī zhàng - "the Tao is one foot high, the devil is ten feet high," the forces of good and evil are in constant struggle, with evil always finding new ways to overcome good). In response, regulatory authorities have responded quickly. Recently, the Cyberspace Administration of China (中央网信办) has deployed a special action nationwide called "Qinglang·2025 Summer Minors' Online Environment Rectification" (清朗·2025年暑期未成年人网络环境整治) , proposing to focus on various new situations and new manifestations and do a good job in problem rectification.
The reason why new types of chaos are more difficult to govern is that they are good at hiding and are closely integrated with emerging technologies. Many pieces of harmful information are no longer blatant but are transformed into "soft pornography" and "soft violence" in the form of "edge balls"; some are combined with the online popular culture that minors love, using cards, animation, etc. as carriers, and are packaged and beautified. On the other hand, new carriers and new technologies are used by criminals. Perpetrators are well versed in the interests of minors and use short video algorithms to accurately push harmful subcultures. The "whisper" and "burn after reading" functions of some social applications are used to spread harmful information and carry out online harassment, setting obstacles for regulatory accountability.
To create a clear online environment for minors, governance methods need to "evolve" along with the problems, and strive to deal with new situations and solve new problems. Breaking out of the "vicious cycle" of "rectifying when problems arise, and new problems arise after rectification," and realizing the transformation from passive response to active defense, and from each subject fighting on its own to the joint governance of the whole society, can establish a long-term and effective solution mechanism.
Faced with the test of the double-edged sword of technology, we need a more refined protection network. We must promote platforms to use their technological advantages to actively defend, improve their ability to identify and intercept new types of harmful content, and optimize the functions of the minor mode so that it can truly play its role. Since April this year, under the guidance of the State Cyberspace Administration (国家网信办), the mobile internet youth mode has been officially upgraded to the minor mode, initially realizing the three-party linkage of mobile terminals, applications, and application stores. The content pool introduces authoritative agency resources and establishes a hierarchical system. Relevant experience needs to be continuously summarized and optimized to promote the continuous iteration and upgrading of technical protection.
To eradicate chaos, it is necessary to activate a diversified co-governance ecosystem. Last year, a certain platform was punished for failing to implement the youth mode in place, which also warned enterprises that only by internalizing protection requirements into technical rules and review standards can they avoid the passive situation of "firefighting after the event." For those new problems that arise with the development of the times, it is necessary to accelerate the supply of systems, continuously refine rules, minimize regulatory blind spots, and avoid allowing some illegal entities to take advantage of opportunities. Parents should effectively improve their awareness and ability of online education. Relevant departments also need to unblock reporting channels.
The special action is not only a precise measure to address current problems, but also a beneficial attempt to build a long-term mechanism. Only by organically combining technological innovation, system improvement, and social co-governance can we build a solid "growth defense line" for minors in the digital wave and truly make the cyberspace a "spiritual oasis."
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Return to TopBy: 本报记者 姜晓丹
Gao Wen (高文), born in April 1956 in Dalian (大连), Liaoning (辽宁) Province, is an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (中国工程院) and Director of Pengcheng Laboratory (鹏城实验室). He is mainly engaged in research on artificial intelligence applications, multimedia technology, computer vision, pattern recognition, and image processing. He has won the National Technology Invention Award and the National Science and Technology Progress Award multiple times and was awarded the National May 1st Labor Medal.
In the field of high-efficiency video coding, he led his team to develop and formulate the Audio Video Coding Standard (AVS), promoting China's digital video industry to achieve a leap from a core technology gap to international leadership. In the field of artificial intelligence, he led his team to build China's first fully independent and controllable E-level (hundred billion calculations per second) intelligent computing power platform, "Pengcheng Cloud Brain II (鹏城云脑Ⅱ)," which can provide strong computing power support for society.
The construction of China's first computing power network special line is about to begin, the construction of "Pengcheng Cloud Brain III (鹏城云脑Ⅲ)" is being accelerated, the Audio Video Coding Standard has been developed to the fourth generation, and the construction and operation of a new national scientific research institution... Behind these achievements are the efforts of Gao Wen (高文) (pictured right, photo courtesy of Pengcheng Laboratory (鹏城实验室)), an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (中国工程院) and Director of Pengcheng Laboratory.
What is the current state of computing power development in China? How can more scientific research results benefit society? The reporter visited Pengcheng Laboratory (鹏城实验室) in Shenzhen (深圳), Guangdong (广东) Province, and had a dialogue with Gao Wen.
"Building a 'Highway' for Computing Power"
Q: What are the latest work progress of Pengcheng Laboratory (鹏城实验室)?
A: Currently, Pengcheng Laboratory (鹏城实验室) is promoting the construction of "Pengcheng Cloud Brain III (鹏城云脑Ⅲ)," which is expected to be completed next year. The laboratory is participating in the construction of the "China Computing Power Network (中国算力网)," and plans to start construction of the first computing power network special line from Shenzhen (深圳), Guangdong (广东) to Guiyang (贵阳), Guizhou (贵州) in November this year, which is expected to be completed next year. In terms of audio and video, the fourth generation of Audio Video Coding Standard is under research and promotion.
Q: AVS research has been going on for 20 years. What is it mainly used to solve?
A: AVS is the abbreviation of Audio Video Coding Standard, which is a common basic standard for the digital audio and video industry. To give an example, if you see a fish tank with fish in a store and you want to take it home, one way is to take the fish tank directly with the water and fish, but the cost is high and the risk is great. Another way is to leave the least amount of water, transport the fish tank home, and then fill it with water. If you compare network transmission to the process of "pumping water," the terminal display is the process of "refilling water." AVS can make audio and video smaller in capacity after encoding, thereby reducing transmission and storage costs. Currently, AVS has been widely used in China's high-definition, 4K ultra-high-definition, and 8K ultra-high-definition videos.
Q: What is "Pengcheng Cloud Brain (鹏城云脑)"?
A: "Pengcheng Cloud Brain (鹏城云脑)" is a platform that provides computing power for large model training. Among them, "Pengcheng Cloud Brain II (鹏城云脑Ⅱ)" is China's first independent and controllable E-level intelligent computing power platform. Its birth has increased the intelligent computing power of Pengcheng Laboratory (鹏城实验室) from 100P (one hundred billion calculations per second) to 1000P, which is equivalent to training 10 billion images or 10 million hours of speech or 10,000 days of autonomous driving data in 24 hours. The computing power of "Pengcheng Cloud Brain III (鹏城云脑Ⅲ)" will reach 16000P, which is 16 times that of "Pengcheng Cloud Brain II (鹏城云脑Ⅱ)." "Pengcheng Cloud Brain (鹏城云脑)" is the key to promoting the construction of the "China Computing Power Network (中国算力网)."
Q: Why build the "China Computing Power Network (中国算力网)"?
A: With the rapid development of artificial intelligence, the demand for computing power in society is increasing, but the development is still unbalanced. We hope to improve resource utilization efficiency through the computing power network, which is similar to the development process of the "power grid." At first, electricity was produced and sold by factories themselves. Later, in order to meet the electricity needs of residents and society, specialized power plants were established. If the power generation capacity and power demand in a certain place are unbalanced, the power plant sells the excess electricity through the network. The computing power network is a similar idea, which is to build a "highway" for computing power.
However, computing power is still different from electricity, and the transmission technology and transmission methods are very different. The construction of the computing power network needs to overcome four difficulties: first, to achieve independent computing power supply; second, to break through the transmission capacity limit of single-core optical fibers; third, to develop a collaborative scheduling system to unify computing power usage standards; and fourth, to build a safe and reliable computing environment. Its future vision is to make the use of computing power as convenient as electricity. When computing power is needed, you only need to plug in the plug, without worrying about where the computing power comes from, and without having to compare prices yourself. The system will automatically match the most cost-effective computing power center. This model can not only improve resource utilization efficiency, but also avoid the waste caused by repeated construction in various places.
"In the Face of the Unknown, It Is More Important to Try More and Not Be Bound by Experience"
Q: How did you embark on the road of scientific research?
A: I dreamed of becoming an engineer since I was a child, and I started to learn about radio and play with radios in junior high school. Later, I worked as an apprentice in a factory. The masters in the factory had a general understanding of computers because they were studying wire cutting machine tools. When I filled out my university application, the masters suggested that I apply for a computer major. At the age of 23, I was admitted to the computer major of Harbin University of Science and Technology (哈尔滨科技大学) (now Harbin University of Science and Technology (哈尔滨理工大学)). After graduating with a bachelor's degree, I was admitted to a master's degree, and later studied for a doctorate in computer application at Harbin Institute of Technology (哈尔滨工业大学) and a doctorate in electronics at the University of Tokyo (东京大学), and I have been walking this path ever since.
Q: What is the biggest challenge you have encountered on the road of scientific research?
A: It should be in the early stage of researching AVS. In 2002, the DVD patent incident occurred. Due to the monopoly of foreign patent technology, the research and development and use of domestic DVDs were affected at that time, which had a greater impact on the subsequent development of China's audio and video industry. The industry authorities approached my team to provide solutions for domestic manufacturers and to make China's own coding standards. At the beginning, the relevant international standard system had been established for more than 10 years and was widely used. Re-establishing an independent standard was completely without reference, and we had to overcome it bit by bit. At that time, the scientific research conditions were also limited, and a lot of effort was spent.
What is more challenging is that the demands of different entities are inconsistent: some hope to apply the technology to the industry as soon as possible to solve enterprise problems; some require good service to users and need to provide stable, low-latency signals. Therefore, we must visit everywhere and communicate with all parties. This experience has also made me pay attention to listening to the actual needs of industrial development in later scientific research and incorporating them into research, shortening the distance from the laboratory to industrial applications.
Q: How do you think we should face the unknown in scientific research?
A: Scientific research is originally an exploration of the unknown. To engage in scientific research, you must be able to sit on the **冷板凳** (lěng bǎn dèng - "cold bench," to endure loneliness and hardship in research), and you must take the first step and then take a few more steps in what you are sure of. For example, when I first started leading students to study artificial intelligence, the students did not dare to say that they were studying this technical field when they went out, for fear of not finding a job, but now talents in the field of artificial intelligence are very popular. Along the way, I think it is very important to find a research field that you like and devote yourself to solving problems. This is the source of motivation for people to persevere in the face of the unknown.
But in the face of the unknown, it is more important to try more and not be bound by experience. On some completely open questions, sometimes young people can achieve better results, also because they dare to make bold assumptions and are not bound by frameworks, which is very important. At the same time, each attempt needs to be done with reflection and summary, instead of simple repetition, and experience should be drawn from the attempt to optimize the research.
"Young People Are Full of Enthusiasm and Dare to Think and Fight, and Should Be Tempered in Major National Tasks"
Q: What do you think of the development of artificial intelligence?
A: The development of artificial intelligence is very rapid, which is inseparable from the technical accumulation of the past few decades. In terms of computer processing speed, storage capacity, and communication speed, there has been a million-fold increase. But with the current technology, I think there is still a long way to go from true "general artificial intelligence," and there is still a long way to go in research.
There are some voices that worry that artificial intelligence will replace some professions. In fact, many creative and humanities and social science jobs are difficult for artificial intelligence to replace. In the future, people can have more opportunities to do things that give play to their imagination and creativity. The competition in artificial intelligence research is global, and we must seize opportunities and face difficulties. In the process of technological evolution, we must constantly explore and improve legal and ethical norms to make the relationship between artificial intelligence and people more harmonious.
Q: What is the current construction and development of Pengcheng Laboratory (鹏城实验室)?
A: The positioning of Pengcheng Laboratory (鹏城实验室) is: to be the "leading goose" in the national strategic scientific and technological force. Our scientific research should not only focus on the present, but also look to the long term and aim at the most cutting-edge issues to carry out research.
We shoulder an important scientific research mission, and time is very tight. In terms of resource integration, we do not seek to own talents and teams, but to use them, and provide scientific research talents with a relaxed scientific research environment. In terms of cooperation with other units, we also adopt a flexible exchange mechanism.
In terms of talent training, the laboratory enrolled the first batch of jointly trained doctoral students in 2021. Some people raised questions, saying that the laboratory can do research well, why train students? In fact, looking back at China's successful major scientific programs, such as the "Two Bombs, One Satellite (两弹一星)" and the aerospace industry, young scientific researchers have played an important role in them. Young people are full of enthusiasm and dare to think and fight, and should be tempered in major national tasks. In the future, we will continue to adhere to this joint training model and cultivate more talents who can make positive contributions to the country.
Q: What are your expectations for young scientific researchers?
A: Scientific researchers in various fields first need to have solid basic knowledge, and at the same time, they must have resilience. I hope that young scientific researchers are full of curiosity about unknown problems, dare to shoulder the **星火燎原** (xīng huǒ liáo yuán - "a single spark can start a prairie fire," a small beginning can lead to great things) mission of the times, and dare to be the first "spark." In discovering problems, solving problems, and thinking across boundaries, they should hone their ability to integrate and continuously improve their scientific research capabilities.
Return to TopBy: 曾亦辰
"When you see something promising, take the first step and then take a few more steps." As Academician Gao Wen (高文) said, innovation often stems from the foresight of "taking the first step" and the perseverance of "taking a few more steps" in the scientific research journey.
Being able to "take the first step" is inseparable from the long-term vision of "seeing accurately." To engage in innovation, it is necessary to take new paths and difficult paths, and grasping the direction is crucial. The vigorous development of artificial intelligence technology today is inseparable from the technological accumulation of the past few decades. Only by seeing accurately and starting early can we seize the opportunity at critical moments in the future.
To "take a few more steps," we also need the long-term perseverance of "settling down." Behind the goal of "making the use of computing power as convenient as electricity," the team has always been rooted in the needs of national development, continuously paying attention to the actual needs of industrial development, and using technological innovation to lay a solid foundation for high-quality development.
"Taking the first step" is a forward-looking judgment on the trend of technological development, and "taking a few more steps" is a close response to the strategic needs of the country. We look forward to more scientific researchers accurately identifying the direction of "taking the first step" and firmly establishing the determination to "take a few more steps," so as to make more contributions to building a strong country in science and technology and promoting high-level self-reliance and self-improvement in science and technology.
Return to TopBy: 新华社记者 杨 驰
On Bowangping of Putuo Mountain in Guilin (桂林) City, Guangxi (广西), the Memorial Tower of the Three Generals and the Tomb of Eight Hundred Warriors stand silently, telling the heroic story of the Battle of Guilin (桂林保卫战). Every year during the Qingming Festival, Lü Mingzhi (吕明志) brings his family to pay respects to his maternal grandfather, Lü Zhanmeng (吕旃蒙), the Chief of Staff of the 31st Army of the National Revolutionary Army, who is buried in the Tomb of the Three Generals, and to review that tragic anti-Japanese memory with his descendants.
Born in Hunan (湖南), Lü Zhanmeng (吕旃蒙) resolutely chose to abandon his pen and join the army after graduating from middle school, seeing the situation of warlord melee at that time. He was admitted to the Whampoa Military Academy with excellent grades.
After the full outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, Lü Zhanmeng (吕旃蒙) was transferred to serve as the Chief of Staff of the Second Reserve Division of the Kuomintang Army. In order to cut off China's international thoroughfare to overseas, the Guiyue Highway, the Japanese army launched a large-scale invasion of southern Guangxi (广西) at all costs. From 1939, Lü Zhanmeng (吕旃蒙) led his troops to participate in the Battle of Kunlun Pass in Binyang (宾阳), Guangxi (广西), and other places, making outstanding military achievements. With the close cooperation of all parties, our army severely damaged the invading Japanese army, killed Major General Masao Nakamura (中村正雄), the commander of the 21st Brigade of the Japanese army, and won the victory of the Battle of Kunlun Pass (昆仑关战役).
In 1944, the Japanese army attempted to open up the mainland transportation line in China and brazenly launched the Battle of Henan-Hunan-Guangxi (豫湘桂战役). After the Japanese army captured Hengyang (衡阳), Hunan (湖南), they sent more than 110,000 people to launch offensives from different directions to the hinterland of Guangxi (广西).
Lü Zhanmeng (吕旃蒙), the Major General Chief of Staff of the 31st Army, took the initiative to request orders, and together with the 31st Army, the 46th Army, and other special forces, undertook the strategic task of holding Guilin (桂林) for three months. Originally, Zhang Fakui (张发奎), commander of the Fourth War Zone, was preparing to transfer Lü Zhanmeng (吕旃蒙) to the rear to take on defense tasks, but Lü Zhanmeng (吕旃蒙) said: "Garrison Guilin (桂林) and fight the enemy to the death!" "At this time of national crisis, we will 与城共存亡 (yǔ chéng gòng cún wáng - "exist or perish with the city," to be determined to defend a city to the death)."
Before leading his troops to depart, Lü Zhanmeng (吕旃蒙) arranged for his wife and children to evacuate only after he had done a good job of evacuating the villagers. In order not to worry his family, he lied that he was only going to Guilin (桂林) to deliver ammunition and would come back to reunite after it was over. "This farewell turned out to be a final farewell," said Lü Mingzhi (吕明志).
Faced with the aggressive offensive of more than 100,000 Japanese troops, the Chinese army, with only tens of thousands of defenders, had to choose to hold on and wait for reinforcements. Lü Zhanmeng (吕旃蒙) went deep into the positions to carry out pre-war mobilization, configured military strength as reasonably as possible, and strengthened tactical deployments.
The Battle of Guilin (桂林保卫战) officially began. Lü Zhanmeng (吕旃蒙) led his troops to use fortifications and natural shelters such as caves to resist bravely, fighting fiercely for several days, causing heavy losses to the Japanese army. However, due to the isolated operation without foreign aid, coupled with the excessive length of the front line and the weakness of the defending forces, most of the Guilin (桂林) defense line was lost one after another under the powerful offensive of the Japanese army. The brutal Japanese army even used poison gas bombs, incendiary bombs, and flamethrowers against the defenders who retreated to the Qixingyan (七星岩) pass, and about 800 officers and soldiers and wounded of the 391st Regiment of the 131st Division, who were forced to retreat into the cave, heroically sacrificed themselves in the cave.
Ignoring the firm opposition of generals such as Lü Zhanmeng (吕旃蒙), Wei Yunsong (韦云淞), the commander of the city defense, decided to abandon the city on November 9, and the defending troops had to break through on their own. Lü Zhanmeng (吕旃蒙) then led his troops to continue to block the Japanese army and launched many melee battles. After fighting hard with the Japanese army for three days and nights, Lü Zhanmeng (吕旃蒙) was surrounded near Dezhi Middle School (德智中学), and was shot and killed heroically while breaking through in the dark, sacrificing himself for the country.
After Lü Zhanmeng (吕旃蒙) sacrificed himself, the local people silently buried his remains with those of Chen Jihuan (陈济桓) and Kan Weiyong (阚维雍), two other generals who died in the anti-Japanese war, in Bowangping (博望坪), and named it the Tomb of the Three Generals.
Today, the Tomb of the Three Generals and the Tomb of Eight Hundred Warriors, which have been listed as patriotic education bases in Guilin (桂林) City, welcome countless people who come to pay their respects every year. "I will tell more people the stories of my grandfather and the martyrs, and their stories will never be forgotten," said Lü Mingzhi (吕明志).
(According to Xinhua News Agency, Nanning (南宁), August 3)
Return to TopThis newspaper's Beijing (北京) August 7th dispatch (Reporter Li Xinping (李心萍)): The reporter learned from China Railway Harbin Bureau (国铁哈尔滨局) that since the beginning of this year, the number of China-Europe freight trains passing through the "Eastern Corridor" has exceeded 3,000, transporting more than 300,000 TEUs of various goods. Among them, the number of return trips accounts for 33.1% of the national total, with an average monthly return trip of 275 trains, transporting 27,647 TEUs of goods.
The China-Europe freight train "Eastern Corridor" is composed of the Manzhouli (满洲里), Suifenhe (绥芬河), and Tongjiang (同江) railway ports. It is China's largest China-Europe freight train port cluster, with a traffic volume accounting for 26.6% of the national total. At present, the number of transit routes has increased to 27, covering 14 countries including Poland, Germany, and the Netherlands, and connecting more than 60 cities in China such as Changsha (长沙), Zhengzhou (郑州), Chengdu (成都), and Suzhou (苏州). The transported goods cover 12 major categories, including electronic products, aviation parts, light textile and general merchandise, and grain and bean oil.
Return to TopDuring the summer vacation, the meter-gauge sightseeing train in Kaiyuan City (开远市), Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture (红河哈尼族彝族自治州), Yunnan Province (云南省), attracted many tourists to ride. The Kaiyuan (开远) meter-gauge sightseeing train departs from Kaiyuan Station (开远站) and terminates at Data Station (大塔站), traveling at a speed of 25 kilometers per hour. The picture shows the sightseeing train running on the Yunnan-Vietnam Railway (滇越铁路).
Photo by Xue Yingying (薛莹莹) (Image China).
Return to TopAccording to statistics on complaints accepted by consumer associations nationwide: In the first half of 2025, consumer associations nationwide accepted a total of 995,971 consumer complaints, an increase of 27.23% year-on-year, resolving 509,655 cases and recovering economic losses of 452 million yuan for consumers. They received 330,000 consumer visits and consultations.
(People's Daily (本报) Beijing (北京), August 7th, by reporter Qi Zhiming (齐志明))
According to the classification of complaint nature, after-sales service problems are relatively prominent, accounting for 26.47% of the total number of complaints. Compared with the first half of 2024, the proportion of complaints about counterfeiting, safety, and false advertising increased, while the proportion of complaints about after-sales service, quality, and measurement decreased.
Among all complaints, commodity complaints were 541,215 cases, accounting for 54.34% of the total number of complaints, an increase of 8.79 percentage points compared with the first half of 2024; service complaints were 406,747 cases, accounting for 40.84% of the total number of complaints, a decrease of 1.56 percentage points; other types of complaints were 48,009 cases, accounting for 4.82% of the total number of complaints.
According to the complaint data of major commodity categories in the first half of 2025, household electronic appliances, clothing, shoes and hats, daily-use commodities, food, and transportation tools ranked among the top five in terms of complaint volume. Compared with the first half of 2024, the proportion of complaints about clothing, shoes and hats, and daily-use commodities increased.
According to the complaint data of major service categories in the first half of 2025, Internet services, life and social services, education and training services, sales services, and cultural, entertainment, and sports services ranked among the top five. Compared with the first half of 2024, the proportion of complaints about financial services, education and training services, and sales services increased, while the proportion of complaints about life and social services and telecommunications services decreased.
Return to TopAccording to the "China Banking Customer Service Center and Remote Banking Development Report (2024)" released by the China Banking Association (中国银行业协会) on August 7th, Beijing (北京), reporter Zhao Zhanhui (赵展慧) reports: In 2024, the average connection rate of manual telephone services in bank customer service centers and remote banks reached 94.18%, an increase of 1.3 percentage points compared to 2023. Customer satisfaction with manual telephone services reached 99.46%, remaining above 99% for four consecutive years. The service scope now covers all channels, including mobile apps, telephone, WeChat (微信), SMS, video, email, Weibo (微博), and others.
The report shows that in 2024, the comprehensive utilization rate of intelligent technology in customer service centers and remote banks increased to 93%, a 1 percentage point increase compared to 2023. 31% of customer service centers and remote banks have begun exploring the application of large model technology. Digital intelligence technology has become an important driving force for the banking industry to better serve consumers and achieve its own high-quality development.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 朱佩娴 游 仪 李 蕊
The Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee meeting held on July 30 emphasized: "Deepen the implementation of special actions to boost consumption, and cultivate new growth points for service consumption while expanding commodity consumption."
Food is paramount for the people, and catering consumption is an important aspect of service consumption. During the summer vacation, facing the trend of personalized and diversified demands, many places are focusing on improving the quality of catering services, exploring "food + culture, tourism, and sports," strengthening business integration and scenario innovation, and adding momentum to summer consumption.
Luoyang (洛阳), Henan (河南)
Food + Block: Savoring Cultural Flavor
During the summer vacation, the Shizi Street (十字街) night market in Luoyang City (洛阳市), Henan Province (河南省), is bustling with activity. Blue stone roads and traditional door frames exude ancient charm, strings of big red lanterns hang high, and the hawking of snack stalls rises and falls.
"Gluten pancakes, stir-fried jelly, thick noodle soup... I want to try all kinds of snacks." Song Ge (宋歌), a tourist from Zhongshan City (中山市), Guangdong (广东), dressed in Hanfu (汉服), is preparing to take a commemorative photo with the food.
Shizi Street (十字街) is located at the intersection of West Street (西大街), East Street (东大街), South Street (南大街), and Xinghua Street (兴华街) in the old city of Luoyang (洛阳). It is a bustling and prosperous area and one of the important commercial districts of Luoyang (洛阳), attracting a large number of tourists to stroll and shop. Here, historical charm and the aroma of food are intertwined. More than 200 kinds of special snacks drive the average daily passenger flow to more than 10,000 people, and more than 30,000 people during holidays.
"The cultural atmosphere here is very strong, and it feels more flavorful to eat. After eating all the way, I like Luoyang Water Banquet (洛阳水席) the most," said Song Ge (宋歌). Luoyang Water Banquet (洛阳水席), a non-heritage food, is said to have originated in the Tang Dynasty (唐朝). It is a special banquet with 24 dishes. The hot dishes all have soup, and one dish is served after another, constantly updated like flowing water. Among them, the Peony Swallow Vegetable (牡丹燕菜) cuts radish into shreds and arranges them on a plate, like a blooming peony flower, with both appearance and taste.
"Luoyang people love to drink soup. Many people are used to drinking beef soup in the morning and not-turn-over soup (不翻汤) in the evening," said Guo Rui (郭锐), general manager of Shizi Street (十字街) Night Market. Mutton soup, tofu soup, and small bowl soup are also worth trying.
"There are many soup restaurants around Shizi Street (十字街). Be sure to try Luoyang's (洛阳) traditional famous snack, not-turn-over soup (不翻汤), with not-turn-over pancakes (不翻饼), which is sour, spicy, and refreshing." In Liu Ji (刘记) Not-Turn-Over Soup (不翻汤) store, operator Liu Feng (刘峰) is busy greeting diners.
Enjoying the food is important, but eating with peace of mind is even more important. Shizi Street (十字街) Night Market continues to be renovated and upgraded. All stalls are uniformly customized with sealable mobile kitchen carts, equipped with sinks, refrigerators, ultraviolet lamps, oil fume purification equipment, fire-fighting equipment, etc. At the beginning of this year, the street stalls said goodbye to gas and used electricity. In addition, the block regularly replaces lamp posts, flower boxes, and other facilities to create a beautiful, comfortable, and safe catering consumption environment for consumers.
Mianyang (绵阳), Sichuan (四川)
Food + Pastoral: Experiencing Farmhouse Fun
In the Guijiawan (桂家湾) Rural Impression Agricultural Tourism Base in Qingsong Village (青松村), Mianyang City (绵阳市), Sichuan Province (四川), the vegetable garden is full of greenery. Shiny eggplants, fresh and tender peppers, and emerald green cucumbers, all kinds of seasonal vegetables are dazzling.
Zhang Hua (张华), from Mianyang (绵阳), goes to the mountains with her family whenever she wants to eat farmhouse dishes. In the vegetable garden, she carries a basket in one hand and picks eggplants in the other. "I saw the dish of roasted pepper eggplant on the menu, so I came to pick it fresh. It must taste fresh!"
The previous few times, Zhang Hua (张华) also experienced picking before eating. "Almost all seasonal vegetables are available in the vegetable garden. If you want to eat native chicken, you can also go up the mountain to catch it." As she spoke, Zhang Hua (张华) walked to the peppers again and picked them by parting the leaves.
Opening the restaurant menu of the agricultural tourism base, farmhouse dishes such as chili fried eggs, hand-torn spicy chicken, and boiled fish fillets come into view. "The ingredients are basically from the vegetable garden," said Gui Xiaohua (桂小华), the head of the base. "We have a chicken farm on the mountain with 180 chickens, and 39 acres of fish ponds, which allow tourists to fish by themselves and taste fresh on the spot."
Gui Xiaohua (桂小华) transferred 660 acres of land in the village to build this agricultural tourism base. "Digging fish ponds, raising native chickens, and growing vegetables are not only about doing agriculture and catering, but also about letting everyone experience farmhouse life, which is combined with cultural tourism," Gui Xiaohua (桂小华) introduced. The "food + pastoral" model is very popular. Last year, the agricultural tourism base received 200,000 tourists and had a turnover of about 8 million yuan.
In order to enrich the guest experience, the base also offers baking, tie-dyeing, and other projects. In the bakery, the aroma is pervasive, and the production tools are arranged in order. Zhang Hua's (张华) daughter, Lele (乐乐), and other children are kneading dough and adding fillings under the guidance of the teacher. As the oven "dings," hot apple bread is baked, and the children taste their own labor results.
"Taking children to pick and bake allows them to get close to nature and work with their hands. This is more interesting and valuable than eating in an ordinary restaurant," said Zhang Hua (张华).
In recent years, Mianyang City (绵阳市) has integrated and made good use of agricultural, cultural, and tourism resources, actively developed rural picking, leisure agriculture, and other business formats, and strived to innovate tourism and catering consumption scenarios. At the same time, through creating special food blocks and launching Mianyang's (绵阳) must-eat list, the scale and quality of catering services have been improved. In the first half of this year, Mianyang City (绵阳市) achieved catering revenue of 15.62 billion yuan, an increase of 6.2% year-on-year.
Qingdao (青岛), Shandong (山东)
Food + Sports Events: Driving Consumption Boom
The Qingdao (青岛) Fashion Sports Festival is in full swing in the Golden Beach Beer City (金沙滩啤酒城) in the West Coast New Area (西海岸新区) of Qingdao (青岛), Shandong Province (山东省).
As the whistle sounded, a three-person basketball game came to an end. Gao Yan (高彦), an athlete with sweat still on his face, and his teammates walked to a nearby restaurant. Before long, steaming kebabs and glistening seafood were brought to the table, and the celebration banquet officially began. After the meal, the waiter handed over the bill: "You are a participating athlete, and you can enjoy an 88% discount with your participation certificate." Gao Yan (高彦) and his partners were very surprised.
"This year's Qingdao (青岛) Fashion Sports Festival has 8,000 athletes registered, setting a new high," said Sun Chaoqun (孙超群), general manager of Qingdao Huangfa Commercial Management Co., Ltd. (青岛黄发商业管理有限公司). "The Qingdao (青岛) Fashion Sports Festival and the Qingdao International Beer Festival (青岛国际啤酒节), two major IPs, have joined forces to promote the integration of resources and industries in the West Coast New Area (西海岸新区), and have also boosted consumption in catering, accommodation, and other aspects."
At Golden Beach (金沙滩), the first West Coast New Area (西海岸新区) Beach Volleyball Invitational Tournament was held at the same time. More than 300 athletes competed on the beach with strength and skill, the competition was fierce, and cheers continued.
In recent years, the West Coast New Area (西海岸新区) has transformed the Qingdao (青岛) Fashion Sports Festival, half marathon, and other event IPs into development momentum, creating diversified business formats such as "food + sports events," and continuing to release the spillover effect of sports events. The New Area not only linked restaurants to provide meal discounts for athletes, but also coordinated business, agriculture, and other departments and related towns and streets during the event to organize exhibition and sales activities of special products such as Baoshan (宝山) blueberries and Haiqing (海青) tea, allowing citizens and tourists to bring delicious food home.
"The event is popular, and blueberries are also 'out of the circle'!" Sun Jisheng (孙继胜), head of the Propaganda, Education, Culture, and Health Center of Baoshan Town (宝山镇), Huangdao District (黄岛区), Qingdao City (青岛市), introduced that the event's popularity has brought a large number of tourists, making Baoshan (宝山) blueberries a "popular souvenir." Picking blueberries and eating farmhouse banquets have also become new choices for citizens and tourists in addition to watching the games. "Since this year, there have been many tourists, consumption has been very active, and fruit farmers' pockets have become fuller."
This summer, the West Coast New Area (西海岸新区) also launched a number of tourist routes, connecting coastal scenery, internet-famous landmarks, and sports venues, attracting spectators to tread the waves, listen to the sea, and taste food, making the event trip an immersive experience. Since this year, the West Coast New Area (西海岸新区) has held 62 various sports events, attracting 240,000 participants and driving consumption of about 200 million yuan in catering and other industries.
This issue is coordinated by: Guo Yue (郭玥)
Layout design: Wang Zheping (汪哲平)
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 尚嵘峥 曹玲娟
358 cinemas and 2,217 screens, ranking first among global cities in terms of scale—this set of new data released during the 27th Shanghai International Film Festival (上海国际电影节) adds a footnote to Shanghai's (上海) cultural temperament.
In Shanghai (上海), time-honored cinemas and theaters such as the Lyceum Theatre (兰心大戏院), Grand Cinema (大光明电影院), and Majestic Theatre (美琪大戏院) are being updated and iterated. Through renovation and preservation, revitalization and utilization, and technological upgrades, they are meeting the diverse needs of audiences and achieving a two-way journey between stage and audience, history and modernity, and inheritance and innovation.
Comparing with Image Data, Striving to Restore the Old as Before
The Lyceum Theatre's (兰心大戏院) office is packed with performance schedules, starting with stand-up comedy, followed by original comedies by youth theater groups, and a brass concert by the Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra (上海爱乐乐团).
The theater was built in 1931 and is now an excellent historical building in Shanghai (上海). Wang Xiaoyi (王晓轶), the business director, introduced that although the theater has been renovated several times, problems such as water leakage, peeling walls, and cracks in the facade still occur over time.
In July 2020, the overall renovation and protection project of the Lyceum Theatre (兰心大戏院) was launched, adhering to the principle of "**修旧如旧**" (xiū jiù rú jiù - "repair the old as old," to restore something to its original condition). For complex decorations and components, the renovation team compared them with image data and modeled and customized them according to the original shape. Facing various complex situations, there are refined solutions. For example, in terms of cleaning methods, Taishan bricks use professional paint strippers, while granite uses mud application and sand washing. In addition, sound-absorbing panels were installed on the dome and walls of the auditorium to optimize the auditory experience.
The renovated Lyceum Theatre (兰心大戏院) has been praised by Mr. Liu (刘先生), a citizen: "The current appearance is highly restored compared with the old photos. Watching dramas and movies has a special sense of ritual."
Currently, the Lyceum Theatre (兰心大戏院) has become the main venue of the Shanghai International Comedy Festival (上海国际喜剧节), and the annual passenger flow and operating income are expected to increase by more than 20% compared with before the renovation.
Venue Revitalization and Utilization, Business Integration and Innovation
On the first day of the Shanghai International Film Festival (上海国际电影节) screenings, the evening breeze after the rain was refreshing. At the Grand Cinema (大光明电影院) on Nanjing West Road (南京西路), two spaces were wonderful in their own way: downstairs in the cinema, the audience enjoyed a high-definition restored version of a classic movie; upstairs in the restaurant, a youth inspirational film was shown on the terrace, with the screen and the city skyline "in the same frame," bringing a unique dining and viewing experience.
"I heard that this newly opened theme restaurant is very distinctive, so I came to try it out," said Ms. Zhou (周女士), a customer.
The Grand Cinema (大光明电影院), a cultural relic protection unit in Shanghai (上海), was built in 1928. In line with the trend of Shanghai (上海) deepening the integration of culture, tourism, commerce, sports, and exhibitions, the cinema transformed the ordinary dining area into a film culture-themed restaurant, which reopened in August last year.
"This upgrade, while retaining the original structure of the building, revitalized the rooftop terrace space and developed diverse experience scenarios," said Yang Yong (杨勇), the marketing director of the restaurant operator. "We have arranged open-air screenings, song and dance performances, and other activities during weekends, holidays, and film festivals. During the film festival, the restaurant's passenger flow increased by 50% compared to usual."
The restaurant's environment and food are also related to movies. For example, one of the private rooms attempts to draw on classic elements of martial arts movies, projecting scenes of bamboo forests and martial arts, allowing customers to taste delicacies such as baby green dragon bamboo shoots while experiencing the beauty of light and shadow. "After the technical debugging is mature, it will soon be open to customers," said Yang Yong (杨勇).
Stage Fully Upgraded, Undertaking Top-Notch Productions
In May of this year, the British musical "Six the Musical" was wonderfully staged at the Majestic Theatre (美琪大戏院). After about 10 months of technical upgrades, the current theater has high-standard stage technology and is full of expressiveness.
The theater, which was completed in 1941, underwent a large-scale renovation for 5 years in 2011. At that time, the renovation mainly focused on the maintenance of the building and failed to take into account the stage.
Shanghai (上海), which is building an "Asian Performing Arts Capital," continues to open its arms to international theater groups, and the requirements for stage technology have become higher. "In order to make the theater capable of undertaking performances, it is necessary to enhance the stage function," said the relevant person in charge of the Majestic Theatre (美琪大戏院). Since July last year, the theater has suspended business due to technical upgrades.
The person in charge of the theater's technical upgrade project introduced that, taking a well-known musical as an example, its performance equipment requires more than 20 container trucks for transportation, and there are more than 20 scene changes in each performance. "Referring to high standards, the theater has set up 8 steel columns within the stage range and built a new 445-square-meter independent steel frame system. After the upgrade, the load-bearing capacity of the floor and grid roof has increased to 1.5 to 2 times the original, and the stage machinery's accuracy, stability, and running speed have also been significantly improved, which can meet the needs of complex productions," said the person in charge.
As light and shadow flow, old cinemas and theaters are keeping pace with the times, exuding a lasting vitality and charm.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 李浩燃 刘鑫焱 郑洋洋
"With the Taihang Mountains (太行山) on the left and the Lüliang Mountains (吕梁山) on the right," Shanxi (山西), "is a place with a glorious revolutionary tradition."
During the Anti-Japanese War, the Eighth Route Army (八路军) crossed the Yellow River (黄河) to the east, achieved the victory of the Battle of Pingxingguan (平型关大捷), established anti-Japanese base areas behind enemy lines here, and launched campaigns such as the Hundred Regiments Offensive (百团大战), forging the Taihang Spirit (太行精神) and the Lüliang Spirit (吕梁精神).
In July of this year, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized during his inspection in Shanxi (山西): "The historical feat of the Hundred Regiments Offensive (百团大战) fully demonstrated our Party's role as the mainstay in the national resistance against Japan, and fully demonstrated the immense power of the people's war led by the Party. We must tell the story of the Anti-Japanese War well and pass on the great spirit of the Anti-Japanese War from generation to generation."
Recently, reporters went deep into the land of Sanjin (三晋大地), visited historical imprints, felt the tremendous changes of the past and present, and witnessed the new atmosphere rising in this red hot land.
Unwavering Original Intention: Red Memories That Will Never Fade
In Baiyaitai Village (白崖台村), Baiyaitai Township (白崖台乡), Lingqiu County (灵丘县), Datong (大同), a statue of "The Guide" shines brightly on the "Victory Light" cave dwelling square.
The hands of time turn back to 1937, when the 115th Division of the Eighth Route Army (八路军115师) gathered in Ranzhuang (冉庄). Local people acted as guides, delivered military rations, and made military shoes, contributing to the victory of the Battle of Pingxingguan (平型关大捷).
"Don't be afraid, folks, we are the Eighth Route Army (八路军). Can you guide us?" Zeng Fusheng (曾富生), the grandson of villager Zeng Huai (曾怀), recalled that Zeng Huai (曾怀) took rations from his home and was preparing to deliver them to his family who were taking refuge in the mountains when a young soldier stopped him.
Zeng Fusheng (曾富生) said: "My grandfather took a 'chief' on horseback to Dashitou Gou (大石头沟), where Qiaogou (乔沟) could be seen."
Four kilometers from the village, next to the Changcheng No. 1 Tourist Highway (长城一号旅游公路), Qiaogou (乔沟), the main battlefield of the Battle of Pingxingguan (平型关大捷), is hidden in lush vegetation. In that year, the Eighth Route Army (八路军) skillfully used this natural ambush site to annihilate more than 1,000 Japanese soldiers, destroy more than 100 Japanese military vehicles, and seize a batch of supplies, achieving the first major victory of the Chinese army against the Japanese army after the outbreak of the national resistance against Japan, breaking the myth of the Japanese army's "invincibility."
"The first battle was at Pingxingguan (平型关), and its fame spread throughout the world." This line from "The Eighth Route Army March (八路军军歌)" reflects the impact of this battle. After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, Zeng Huai (曾怀) became a "volunteer narrator," telling the story of the Qiaogou Ambush (乔沟伏击战) over and over again, continuing the red memory.
Inspired by the deeds of his great-grandfather Zeng Huai (曾怀), Zeng Kefeng (曾科峰) chose to join the army. After retiring, he returned to his hometown to start a business, set up a poverty alleviation bag factory in Baiyaitai Village (白崖台村), and became a leader in getting rich. More than 10 households lifted out of poverty in the village have achieved stable employment at their doorsteps.
Taking advantage of the fame of Qiaogou (乔沟), Baiyaitai Village (白崖台村) "restored the old as before" the cave dwellings where the soldiers of the 115th Division of the Eighth Route Army (八路军115师) lived, rebuilt the scene of the Eighth Route Army Secret Service, and built the red cultural theme commercial street "Pingxingguan Post Station (平型关驿站)" at the site of the battle for the Laoyemiao Highland (老爷庙高地), actively developing red tourism. Relying on red resources, the village introduced a professional company to create a red immersive education base, which received more than 40 red study groups and more than 6,000 people in 2024.
Never forget the original intention, and you will always get what you want. Under the leadership of party members and cadres, the villagers run restaurants, open homestays, and sell special agricultural products, jointly building the former poor village with less than "3 mu of sloping land and 1 head of cattle" per capita into the first batch of red and beautiful villages in the country.
Liu Huicong (刘慧聪), Secretary of the Party Committee of Baiyaitai Township (白崖台乡), said: "Red resources have become a real cultural tourism industry, and the villagers have tasted the sweetness."
Perseverance Like Iron: Green Development Achieved Through Long-Term Effort
In Xing County (兴县), Lüliang (吕梁), inside the former site of the Jin-Sui Border Region Government (晋绥边区政府) and Military Region Headquarters, a yellowed copy of "On Protracted War (论持久战)" attracts attention.
The Jin-Sui Border Region (晋绥边区) was barren and had few products. In addition, due to the enemy's blockade and "mopping up," the soldiers of the 120th Division could only be allocated 7 taels of black beans per person per day at the most difficult time. The base area overcame difficulties and established an anti-Japanese war college in the cave dwellings of the Loess Plateau, allowing the light of truth from "On Protracted War (论持久战)" to illuminate the road ahead.
"Some things require tough battles, and some things require long-term effort." This is true from winning the final victory of the Anti-Japanese War to promoting the comprehensive revitalization of the countryside.
Relying on red resources, write articles integrating agriculture, industry, culture, and tourism.
In Caijiayai Village (蔡家崖村), Caijiayai Township (蔡家崖乡), Xing County (兴县), generations have farmed the land, and transportation is relatively backward. How can we get rich? Transportation comes first, and the industrial structure is adjusted.
The railway department opened the "Caijiayai (蔡家崖) " train, ending the history of Xing County (兴县) without passenger trains. The village developed red scenic spots, built commercial streets, and encouraged villagers to contract orchards, run miscellaneous grain processing plants, and run agritainment businesses. The agritainment business "Jin-Sui Courtyard (晋绥大院)," which only started trial operation in early June this year, has driven nearly 20 villagers to find employment.
With the enrichment of industries, the channels for increasing income have also widened. Wen Yongli (温永利), Secretary of the Party Branch of Caijiayai Village (蔡家崖村), calculated an account: In 10 years, the per capita annual income of villagers has increased from more than 4,000 yuan to more than 12,000 yuan.
Deepen the green foundation and transform ecological advantages into development momentum.
Lingqiu (灵丘) has "nine parts mountains and water and one part farmland." How can we get rid of resource constraints and open up new tracks? Scientific planning and focus on organic agriculture.
Walking into the Chehe Organic Community (车河有机社区) in Lingqiu (灵丘), the beautiful scenery of mountains, rivers, fields, and gardens is fully visible, forming a sharp contrast with the old photos of "barren mountains, barren slopes, and broken houses." Wang Chun (王春), Secretary of the Party Branch and Director of the Village Committee of Xiachehe Village (下车河村), who was the "first to eat crabs," said with emotion: "Science and technology revitalize agriculture, turning 'hollow villages' into health and wellness destinations."
Ecological management, soil improvement, organic certification, quality traceability... Chehe's (车河) "experimental field" has been replicated and promoted, and Lingqiu's (灵丘) organic agriculture "high-yield field" has gradually grown. Today, the county has cumulatively certified 133 varieties of organic agricultural products, with a certified area of more than 30,000 mu and more than 30 production and operation entities.
"Technology allows farmers to taste the sweetness, and farmers will keep technology in mind." Wang Xiaofen (王小芬), a professor at China Agricultural University (中国农业大学), introduced that the school currently conducts scientific experiments and technology promotion in Lingqiu (灵丘) all year round. "The papers are written in the fields, the results are produced in the fields, and higher education and comprehensive rural revitalization are moving in both directions."
Confidence Like a Torch: Golden Harvest Illuminates the Future
Walking into Yangzhuang Village (杨庄村), Xiaguan Township (下关乡), Lingqiu County (灵丘县), the situational drama "Commemorating Bethune (纪念白求恩)" is being staged in the village square.
Geng Yufeng (耿玉凤), an 80-year-old villager, played the story of an old woman who used her own old hen to cook chicken soup to save the wounded. She is always energetic in every rehearsal and takes out the old bellows she has preserved at home as a prop: "We have known since we were young that we should do more for others and for the collective."
In early October 1938, because the "model ward" he created was burned down, Bethune followed the large troops around Jin-Ji (晋冀) and arrived in Lingqiu (灵丘) in November. He carried out mobile medical treatment here, established a special surgery hospital, and pioneered the participation of the masses in hospital management.
Liu Jun (刘军), a cadre of the Lingqiu County Bureau of Culture and Tourism (灵丘县文旅局), once served as the captain and first secretary of the poverty alleviation work team in Yangzhuang Village (杨庄村). "The conditions were so difficult at that time, but Bethune insisted on performing surgery to rescue the wounded! Today, we must have more confidence in development," said Liu Jun (刘军).
Confidence is more valuable than gold. Firm beliefs, full of energy, and the appearance of development is very different.
Confidence comes from adapting to local conditions. Accelerating transformation and upgrading, the potential of traditional industries is great.
In the production workshop of Shanxi Zhonglv Huarun Co., Ltd. (山西中铝华润有限公司) in the Xing County Economic and Technological Development Zone (兴县经济技术开发区), after the 960-degree Celsius electrolytic aluminum water is produced, it is directly transferred to the furnace of the aluminum industry production workshop in the park through a ladle truck to achieve seamless collaborative production. Cheng Zhiqiang (程志强), deputy general manager of the electrolytic aluminum production department of the company, said that the aluminum liquid can be directly supplied to industrial park enterprises without being made into aluminum ingots, which saves energy and reduces consumption, and also reduces costs and increases efficiency. Turning resource advantages into industrial advantages, Xing County (兴县) is steadily moving towards the goal of building a million-ton, 100-billion-yuan-level aluminum-magnesium industry cluster.
Confidence comes from seizing opportunities. Actively integrating into the new development pattern, emerging industries are full of vitality.
Adjacent to the national computing power hub node of "Eastern Data and Western Computing (东数西算)," Lingqiu (灵丘) is based on its advantages and plans to build a big data park covering an area of more than 10,000 mu, attracting more than 20 enterprises such as Chindata, JD.com, and Qinyun to settle down, and has caught the fast train of the "new energy + computing power" industry. In the Chindata Data Center, more than 300,000 servers process massive amounts of information, and a 20-millisecond low-latency optical cable directly connects to Beijing (北京). Song Shanren (宋善仁), the base operation and maintenance manager, said: "From the early water cooling to the current plate liquid cooling, new technologies are constantly consolidating competitiveness."
Confidence is both in the present and in the future.
Focusing on building a national comprehensive supporting reform pilot zone for the transformation of resource-based economies, and promoting the Taihang Spirit (太行精神) and the Lüliang Spirit (吕梁精神), this yellow land is accumulating the power of change and innovation, and is striving to be the first on the high-quality development track.
Return to TopOn August 7th, the Zalaite Banner (扎赉特旗) Farmers and Herdsmen's Nadam Fair in Hinggan League (兴安盟), Inner Mongolia (内蒙古) opened, and tourists watched horse racing performances at the venue.
Xinhua News Agency reporter Ma Jinrui (马金瑞) photographed.
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Cities are carriers of civilization, condensing modern and historical, material and spiritual achievements; civilization is the soul of a city, endowing it with a unique spiritual temperament.
Cities and civilization are interdependent and inseparable. Looking to the future, focusing on building civilized cities that value morality and kindness is an inherent requirement of Chinese-style urban modernization.
Consolidate the "tangible" foundation of urban civilization, and inherit and protect the unique urban landscapes. Xi'an (西安), the ancient capital of thirteen dynasties in Shaanxi (陕西) Province, continues to promote the protection and inheritance of historical sites, cultural relics, and cultures, extending thousands of years of historical context; Suzhou (苏州) in Jiangsu (江苏) Province, a Jiangnan (江南) water town, has the bright scenery of "green willows and white egrets enjoying themselves," and the cultural heritage of pavilions, towers, poems, and songs, demonstrating the beauty of the integration of human geography; Xiamen (厦门) in Fujian (福建) Province, a bright pearl on the coast, has Gulangyu (鼓浪屿) with its swaying shadows of trees, and Yundang Lake (筼筜湖) with its beautiful scenery, boasting a natural landscape where the city is in the sea and the sea is in the city... Chinese cities have different endowments and diverse styles. It is necessary to further improve the historical and cultural protection and inheritance system, improve the urban landscape management system, and protect the city's unique historical context, human geography, and natural landscape.
Promote the "intangible" soul of urban civilization and strengthen the construction of cultural soft power. From providing "cultural menus" and creating "10-minute cultural circles" to exploring cultural tourism resources and shaping city name cards; from establishing a "Party building + volunteer service" model and building service stations for workers in new employment forms, to building "caring canteens" and "most beautiful school routes," and implementing actions to improve the civilization literacy of citizens... In recent years, various places have adhered to cultivating people with culture, benefiting people with culture, enriching the city with culture, and revitalizing industries with culture, and continuously cultivating and nourishing urban civilization.
Cities are more civilized, and people are happier. Through intensive cultivation and sustained efforts, we will surely allow the "tangible" and "intangible," material civilization and spiritual civilization to complement each other in city after city.
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The realization of the value of ecological products is an important component of Volume I of *Xi Jinping's Excerpts on Ecological Civilization* (*习近平生态文明文选*), an important embodiment of the concept that "lucid waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets," and a crucial path to promoting harmonious coexistence between humanity and nature. In Volume I of *Xi Jinping's Excerpts on Ecological Civilization*, "Systematically Carrying Out Ecological Environmental Protection and Restoration, and Building a Green Development Demonstration Zone" elaborates on this in depth, pointing out that "we must accelerate the establishment of a mechanism for realizing the value of ecological products, so that protecting and restoring the ecological environment receives reasonable returns, and destroying the ecological environment incurs corresponding costs"; "Promoting Green Development and Promoting Harmonious Coexistence between Man and Nature" points out that "establishing a mechanism for realizing the value of ecological products and improving the ecological protection compensation system." These important discussions provide fundamental guidance for ecological civilization construction in the new era and have become a major innovation reflecting the mutual brilliance of Xi Jinping's Thought on Ecological Civilization and Xi Jinping's Economic Thought. On the 20th anniversary of the proposal of the concept that "lucid waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets," a deep understanding of the theoretical contributions and practical paths of realizing the value of ecological products will help accelerate the comprehensive green transformation of economic and social development and the construction of a beautiful China, injecting green momentum into Chinese-style modernization.
The Realization of the Value of Ecological Products is a Major Theoretical Innovation of Xi Jinping's Thought on Ecological Civilization
The realization of the value of ecological products means activating the wealth-creating power of nature through institutional design, and reaping invaluable assets while protecting lucid waters and lush mountains, which has significant theoretical innovation significance.
Innovative development of the Marxist ecological view, pointing out the scientific path for the transformation of "lucid waters and lush mountains" into "invaluable assets."
Classical Marxist writers emphasized the dialectical relationship between "natural productivity" and "material exchange between man and nature" in ecological views, but failed to systematically solve the problem of how ecological value can be transformed into economic value.
General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out in "Establishing a Strong Awareness that 'Lucid Waters and Lush Mountains are Invaluable Assets'": "Establish a strong awareness that 'lucid waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets' and strive towards a new era of socialist ecological civilization"; in "Protecting the Ecological Environment is Protecting Productivity, and Improving the Ecological Environment is Developing Productivity" he pointed out: "Lucid waters and lush mountains and invaluable assets are by no means opposed, the key lies in people, the key lies in ideas."
These important discussions innovatively construct the transformation path for realizing the value of ecological products, incorporating natural capital (such as forest carbon sinks and water source conservation) into the scope of productivity, making ecological protection an endogenous driving force for economic growth, and expanding the connotation of natural productivity. By introducing the economic category of "products," the realization of the value of ecological products transforms abstract ecological functions into value carriers with clear property rights boundaries and tradable attributes, providing a realistic path for the transformation of "lucid waters and lush mountains" into "invaluable assets."
Promoting the coordinated evolution of economic and ecological systems vividly demonstrates the concept of harmonious coexistence between man and nature.
The proposal of realizing the value of ecological products marks a cognitive leap in ecological system governance from "resource management" to "value management," which meets the needs of the grand strategic proposition of transforming the ecological environment into ecological products that can be exchanged and consumed, and solving external diseconomies by developing the economy.
General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized "promoting green development and promoting harmonious coexistence between man and nature," pointing out the direction for ecological civilization construction in the new era. For a long time, economic and ecological systems have been regarded as separate and independent systems, and this dualistic epistemology has led to the dilemma of ecological environmental protection and economic development being mutually opposed in practice. The core of realizing the value of ecological products is the two-way transformation of "economizing the ecological system" and "ecologizing the economic system." The former transforms the non-market value of ecological products into economic benefits through pricing, trading, and compensation, while the latter promotes ecological protection through benefits, forming a positive cycle.
The realization of the value of ecological products breaks through the limitations of the traditional development paradigm, and constructs a theoretical framework for the coordinated evolution of economic and ecological systems by introducing scarcity pricing, standardized measurement, and full life cycle eco-friendliness production.
Scarcity reconstructs the market foundation and achieves a balance between ecological constraints and economic incentives. From the supply side, the natural supply of ecological products such as clean air and fresh water has an absolute upper limit. The realization of the value of ecological products transforms this scarcity into market price signals through property rights definition, ecological compensation, and other methods. Changes on the demand side highlight the dynamic characteristics of scarcity. With the improvement of living standards, social demand for high-quality ecological products is growing rapidly, reflecting people's yearning for a better life. The realization of the value of ecological products satisfies differentiated consumption needs through tiered pricing, ecological labels, and other methods, and also inhibits excessive consumption through price levers, achieving a virtuous cycle of "demand growth - resource protection - value enhancement." This "quantity-based pricing" adjustment method enables the economic system to spontaneously adapt to ecological constraints and achieves a dynamic balance between the two.
Standardization promotes the scientific transformation of ecological value into market value.
Natural laws are the fundamental basis for standard setting. The calculation of forest carbon sink capacity is based on the photosynthetic efficiency of tree species, and the allocation of water area sewage discharge rights considers the self-purification capacity of water bodies. Social consensus is an important guarantee for the implementation of standards, and differences in the perception of ecological value among different entities need to be bridged through consultative democracy mechanisms.
Modern valuation techniques capture the public's true willingness to pay by simulating market scenarios, providing a public opinion basis for value standards. Technological empowerment is a key support for standard implementation. The ecological product trading platform integrates technologies such as remote sensing monitoring and blockchain to achieve real-time collection of ecological data and automatic execution of smart contracts. This "technology + system" coupling design transforms abstract ecological value into precise market targets, greatly reducing transaction costs.
Full life cycle eco-friendly production realizes the deep integration of ecological protection and industrial development, requiring that every link from resource acquisition to final disposal follows ecological laws. This concept reshapes the traditional production model through the two-way path of "ecological industrialization" and "industrial ecology," reflecting the unity of economic development and ecological security.
Promoting the modernization of the ecological environment governance system contributes Chinese wisdom and Chinese solutions to global ecological environment governance.
General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out in "Speech at the Symposium on Deeply Promoting the Development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt" (*在深入推动长江经济带发展座谈会上的讲话*): "Explore a sustainable path for realizing the value of ecological products that is government-led, with the participation of enterprises and all sectors of society, market-oriented operation." Guided by Xi Jinping's Thought on Ecological Civilization, the realization of the value of ecological products builds a modern governance system of multi-party co-governance through the collaborative efforts of "an enabling government" and "an effective market," providing a new path for global environmental governance with Chinese wisdom.
The essence of realizing the value of ecological products is the innovation of the governance structure. On the one hand, the government provides institutional supply through property rights definition, ecological compensation, standard setting, and other systems, delineating ecological red lines for market operation, reflecting the rule of law requirement of "protecting the ecological environment with the strictest system and the most stringent rule of law," and also echoing the ecological view that "mountains, rivers, forests, fields, lakes, and grasslands are a community of life"; on the other hand, the market mechanism guides the effective allocation of resources based on price signals, and internalizes the external benefits of ecological protection through market-oriented means such as carbon emission rights trading and water rights trading. This collaborative model of "government setting rules and the market promoting efficiency" breaks the single thinking of "government monopoly" or "market omnipotence" and forms a co-governance pattern with the participation of multiple entities such as the government, enterprises, communities, and the public.
The Realization of the Value of Ecological Products is an Important Grasp for Practicing Xi Jinping's Thought on Ecological Civilization
The realization of the value of ecological products profoundly reflects the organic unity of implementing the new development concept, developing new quality productive forces, and achieving the goal of common prosperity for all the people, and is an important grasp for practicing Xi Jinping's Thought on Ecological Civilization.
The realization of the value of ecological products is an important way to implement the new development concept in the ecological field.
General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out in "Leading Development with a New Development Concept" (*以新的发展理念引领发展*): "Adhering to innovative development, coordinated development, green development, open development, and shared development is a profound transformation related to the overall situation of our country's development." The realization of the value of ecological products responds to the theoretical demands of innovative development and green development.
Starting from demand theory, the realization of the value of ecological products breaks through the limitations of the traditional public goods theory, redefines ecological system services as economic units with clear utility boundaries and market responses, and transforms the originally indivisible natural welfare into perceptible and selectable consumption objects through property rights definition and standardized measurement, solving the problem of missing preference display in traditional environmental economics.
Starting from supply theory, the traditional concept of ecological system services regards nature as a passive resource supplier, while the concept of ecological products emphasizes ecological subjectivity and focuses on the internal mechanisms of ecological system self-repair and self-regulation.
From the perspective of production factor input, the production of ecological products relies on natural systems, that is, the proportion of labor factors and capital factors input is at a lower level compared to natural resource input, which is reflected in the ecological subjectivity factor input combination; from the perspective of output, the traditional production process only produces the product itself, while the output of ecological products includes non-market services (such as biodiversity), which has positive ecological and environmental externalities.
The supply theory of ecological products is not only different from the traditional labor theory of value, but also transcends the simple factor remuneration theory, but constructs a composite production function of "human labor - ecological response." This not only reflects the breakthrough of innovative development in the traditional resource pricing mechanism, but also confirms the endogenous process of ecological scarcity value under the concept of green development.
The realization of the value of ecological products constructs a new paradigm for regional coordinated development. For example, the inter-provincial ecological compensation mechanism in river basins can innovatively combine fiscal transfer payments and market-based transactions to feed back the economic development dividends of downstream areas to the ecological protection costs of upstream areas. This institutional arrangement transcends the simple resource exchange relationship and forms an incentive compatible mechanism of "protectors being compensated, destroyers being compensated, and users paying," enabling regions in the same basin at different stages of development to achieve interest coordination under the goal of ecological protection, breaking the development paradox of "the dual opposition between ecological protection and economic growth," and providing an operable institutional tool for implementing the new development concept of innovation, coordination, green, openness, and sharing.
The realization of the value of ecological products is a green engine for cultivating new quality productive forces.
General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out: "Green development is the underlying color of high-quality development, and new quality productive forces are themselves green productive forces," emphasizing: "Deepening supply-side structural reform, the core is to promote industrial innovation with technological innovation, especially to use disruptive technologies and cutting-edge technologies to spawn new industries, new models, and new kinetic energy, and develop new quality productive forces."
The realization of the value of ecological products in the digital and intelligent era is an ecological and environmental governance paradigm revolution driven by technological revolution, exploring the transformation from the "Coase-Pigou" paradigm to the "algorithm-data" paradigm, and promoting the economic development mode to leap towards a green, low-carbon, and circular direction by reconstructing the combination of production factors, innovating the relationship of production functions, and reshaping the driving mechanism of economic growth.
The digital reconstruction of ecological elements is the starting point of the paradigm change of digital and intelligent ecological environment governance. The ecological resource property rights that were difficult to define in classical economics have been realized through the tamper-proof characteristics of blockchain technology. The originally static natural capital is transformed into continuously generated and traceable data assets under the dynamic monitoring of the Internet of Things and remote sensing technology, showing typical network effects and regenerative characteristics, giving ecological elements new economic attributes.
Digital and intelligent technologies are reshaping the supply curve of ecological products. At the level of factor allocation, the stock and flow of ecological elements such as forest carbon sinks and water resources can be quantified in real time by deploying sensor networks and satellite remote sensing systems, solving the problem that the value of ecological products is difficult to measure.
At the level of the production process, the deep application of artificial intelligence further expands the possibility boundary of ecological product production. Whether it is the dynamic optimization of drone seeding programs in desert management or the use of neural network algorithms to solve the problem in mangrove restoration, it shows the significant improvement of algorithms on ecological supply efficiency. This transformation makes the ecological production function evolve towards a deep learning architecture.
At the level of value realization, digital and intelligent technologies realize the intelligent matching of supply and demand behaviors of ecological products. The demand identification problem that has long plagued the development of ecological products is being broken through by the deep mining of social media data through natural language processing technology. The network effects created by digital platforms are changing the essential attributes of ecological demand. The demand-side economies of scale formed by massive users on digital platforms, and the visualization of ecological product experience realized by augmented reality (AR) technology, all indicate that the ecological product demand function needs to be modified by introducing network externalities. The algorithm-driven price discovery mechanism can effectively solve the clearing problem of the ecological market.
These innovations are forming the basic logic of digital and intelligent ecological economics: in a complete ecological data market, algorithms can achieve Pareto optimal allocation; through digital aggregation of social preferences, any desired ecological allocation can be achieved through initial data property rights confirmation.
The scientific guidance of this change ultimately lies in the innovative breakthroughs of Xi Jinping's Thought on Ecological Civilization and Xi Jinping's Economic Thought on the theory of productivity, which makes the technology-driven ecological environment governance move from the passive mode of "government correcting market failures" to the active paradigm of "algorithm empowering market equilibrium," providing a new practical path for global sustainable development.
The realization of the value of ecological products helps to consolidate the ecological foundation of common prosperity.
"The way to govern a country begins with enriching the people." General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized: "Chinese-style modernization is the modernization of common prosperity for all the people. Common prosperity is an essential requirement of socialism with Chinese characteristics." General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out in "Promoting China's Ecological Civilization Construction to a New Level" (*推动我国生态文明建设迈上新台阶*): "A good ecological environment is the most inclusive people's livelihood and well-being."
By activating the economic potential of ecological resources, the realization of the value of ecological products reconstructs the distribution pattern of development rights in both time and space dimensions, which not only reflects the principle of intergenerational equity in sustainable development theory, but also fits the concept of spatial justice in regional economics, forming a new type of distribution mechanism that takes into account both efficiency and fairness.
The core of realizing the value of ecological products lies in transforming the service functions of natural ecosystems into tradable and value-added economic assets, thereby establishing a more reasonable wealth distribution mechanism between contemporary and future generations, so as to achieve intergenerational equity and sustainable well-being. The traditional development model often overdraws ecological resources, leading to the intergenerational transfer of "ecological deficits," while the realization of the value of ecological products ensures that the long-term benefits of ecological protection are internalized into the economic incentives of contemporary people through institutional arrangements such as the property rights system of natural resource assets and market-oriented mechanisms such as inter-temporal transactions of ecological rights and interests, while retaining development capital for future generations.
In the spatial dimension, the realization of the value of ecological products breaks the "ecological paradox" in traditional regional development: ecological function areas are often trapped in the dilemma of "living a poor life while guarding lucid waters and lush mountains" due to protection restrictions, resulting in unequal rights and responsibilities in spatial development. Through mechanisms such as horizontal ecological compensation and cross-regional property rights transactions, ecologically advantageous areas can transform ecological capital into economic benefits. This model of "upstream protection - downstream payment" is essentially correcting the mismatch of rights and responsibilities between the providers and beneficiaries of ecological system services through the spatial redistribution of fiscal transfer payments, realizing the coupling of ecological justice and distributive justice.
Continuously Broaden the Effective Path to Realize the Value of Ecological Products
Xi Jinping's (习近平) ecological civilization thought requires us to adhere to protection in development and development in protection, and to open up the institutional channel for the transformation of "green waters and green mountains" into "golden mountains and silver mountains" by establishing and improving the mechanism for realizing the value of ecological products. Xi Jinping's (习近平) economic thought on high-quality development points out the market-oriented and sustainable development direction for the realization of the value of ecological products.
Constructing a scientific and reasonable value accounting system. This requires us to thoroughly implement the new development concept, systematically clarify the internal logic and boundaries of related concepts such as ecological resources, ecological assets, and ecological products; and optimize and adjust the ecological product concept system that meets the requirements of ecological civilization construction.
Based on the modernization construction goal of harmonious coexistence between man and nature, further improve the catalog of ecological products and the guiding catalog of ecological industries, establish and improve unified and standardized value accounting standards, continuously optimize the technical specifications for calculating the total value of ecological products, and promote the scientific and reasonable inclusion of ecological product value into the national economic accounting system. Establish a dynamic and intelligent ecological product value assessment and monitoring mechanism to realize real-time monitoring and accurate assessment of changes in ecological assets, and provide solid data support and institutional guarantees for the realization of ecological product value.
Innovate market-oriented pricing mechanisms. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) proposed in "Promoting the Achievement of Carbon Peak and Carbon Neutrality Goals in a Scientific and Orderly Manner" to "promote a better combination of an active government and an effective market," which points out the direction for the innovation of market-oriented pricing mechanisms for ecological products.
The construction of a market-oriented pricing mechanism must be based on the characteristics of ecological products. Public ecological products have the characteristics of non-competition and non-exclusivity, and the market mechanism cannot spontaneously achieve optimal resource allocation. Therefore, we must implement policies according to different categories and scientifically design pricing mechanisms: for public ecological products, the government can make up for market failures through ecological compensation, fiscal transfer payments, etc.; for operational ecological products, the market should fully play a decisive role in resource allocation, and use marginal utility theory, consumer preference analysis, and market competition mechanisms to build a flexible and dynamic pricing system.
Establish a diversified ecological protection compensation mechanism. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "Improve the ecological protection compensation system and the mechanism for realizing the value of ecological products, so that protectors and contributors can truly benefit." This requires improving the ecological compensation mechanism that combines vertical and horizontal aspects: the central government should increase transfer payments to key ecological function areas; and horizontal ecological compensation agreements should be established between the upper and lower reaches of river basins.
Practice shows that clarifying compensation standards and establishing a consultation mechanism can effectively mobilize the enthusiasm of all parties to participate in ecological protection. At the same time, we must explore the establishment of an ecological product damage compensation system to severely punish acts that damage the ecological environment.
Promote the industrialization of ecology and the ecologization of industry. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out in his "Instructions on the First National Ecology Day": "Continue to promote the green and low-carbon transformation of production and lifestyle, accelerate the modernization of harmonious coexistence between man and nature, and comprehensively promote the construction of a beautiful China (美丽中国)." On the one hand, this requires transforming ecological capital into development advantages through ecological industrialization, developing green industries such as ecological agriculture, ecological tourism, and health and leisure in accordance with local conditions, and building a characteristic ecological economic system. On the other hand, it requires comprehensively promoting the ecological transformation of industry and promoting the green transformation of traditional industries. Through technological innovation and process upgrades, reduce resource and energy consumption, reduce environmental pollution emissions, and achieve coordinated progress in industrial development and ecological protection.
Improve the institutional guarantee system for realizing the value of ecological products. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized: "Establish a target system, assessment methods, and reward and punishment mechanisms that reflect the requirements of ecological civilization." This requires us to accelerate the improvement of the institutional system for realizing the value of ecological products: improve the laws and regulations for realizing the value of ecological products; improve the property rights system for natural resource assets, delineate ecological protection red lines, and implement a system of paid use of resources; establish an ecological product value assessment and evaluation mechanism, and incorporate ecological product value into government performance assessment; strengthen scientific and technological support, and develop key technologies in ecological product value accounting, monitoring, etc. At the same time, establish a risk prevention and control mechanism for realizing the value of ecological products to ensure the steady progress of reforms.
Under the scientific guidance of Xi Jinping's (习近平) ecological civilization thought, constructing a path for realizing the value of ecological products with clear property rights, scientific accounting, active markets, reasonable compensation, industrial integration, and improved systems is conducive to realizing the organic unity of economic, social, and ecological benefits.
In the new era and on the new journey, we must thoroughly study and implement Xi Jinping's (习近平) ecological civilization thought, promote the formation of a value realization method for ecological products with Chinese characteristics, and provide strong support for building a beautiful China (美丽中国) and achieving high-quality development.
(Author's affiliation: School of Environment and Natural Resources, Renmin University of China (中国人民大学))
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In May of this year, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out during his inspection in Henan (河南): "Earnestly transform strict requirements on work style into concrete measures and let iron rules grow iron teeth." This profoundly elucidates the relationship between strict requirements and concrete measures in work style construction. Without strict requirements, concrete measures will be reduced to a "scarecrow," standing there to intimidate—good-looking but useless; without concrete measures, strict requirements will become a "castle in the air," floating in the clouds—beautiful but unattainable.
Transforming strict requirements into concrete measures embodies the organic unity of purpose and means. Strict requirements come first, marking the boundary of "should or shouldn't," and delineating the red line of "what cannot be done"; concrete measures come later, clarifying the limit of "can or cannot," and determining the baseline of "dare not to do," using red lines to warn and baselines to electrify, so that those who step on the line are disciplined and those who cross the line are punished. Strict requirements and concrete measures complement each other, jointly forming a complete chain of work style construction. Strict requirements provide direction and value orientation for concrete measures, ensuring the correct direction of concrete measures; concrete measures provide implementation paths and guarantee mechanisms for strict requirements, ensuring that strict requirements are implemented. This dialectical unity reflects the high degree of agreement between purpose and means, and is the key to achieving practical results in work style construction.
Worldly affairs are made in detail, implemented in reality, and achieved in strictness. Transforming strict requirements into concrete measures requires continuous effort in the process of "transformation" and sustained effort in the result of "achievement," truly achieving thorough "transformation" and stable "achievement," and truly creating a strict atmosphere and establishing a correct work style. Without rules, there can be no circles or squares. Transforming strict requirements into concrete measures requires, as a prerequisite, establishing the discipline and rules of work style construction, and weaving the cage of the system tightly.
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平同志) at its core has started by formulating and implementing the Central Eight-Point Regulation, adhering to establishing iron rules and strengthening hard constraints, and unremittingly strengthening the Party's work style construction. The Central Eight-Point Regulation focuses on key areas such as investigation and research, meetings and activities, and documents and briefings, and makes a series of clear and detailed regulations on work style construction, directly hitting the pain points of work style, curbing some unhealthy trends that had not been curbed for a long time, and correcting some stubborn maladies that had not been eliminated for many years. Practice has proven that the number of institutional rules is not important, but rather that they are clear, rigorous, systematically matched, pragmatic, and effective. If the institutional rules are vague and unclear, and the existing iron cage is not closed or locked; or the fence is too wide, or the fence is made of hemp stalks, that will not work either. If that is the case, the institutional rules will become "rubber bands" that can be tightened or loosened, and "paper tigers" that are tangible but ineffective, making it difficult to become iron rules and hard standards.
Letting strict requirements become concrete measures and letting iron rules grow iron teeth contains a practical orientation of true strictness and hardness, and it is necessary to truly and practically take tough measures, without showing favoritism or leaving dead ends in rectifying work style and enforcing discipline. If the wording of the institutional regulations is strict and intimidating to read, but in reality, it floats in the air and is difficult to implement, it will be difficult to truly become hard and strict, and it will be difficult to exert its effectiveness.
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, our Party has adhered to strict discipline enforcement and investigation of all violations of discipline, insisting on grasping Party spirit, Party conduct, and Party discipline together, and connecting the rectification of work style and discipline with anti-corruption. Many unhealthy trends that were previously considered impossible to curb have been curbed, some stubborn maladies that were difficult to eliminate for many years have been eliminated, many prominent problems that the masses strongly reflected have been resolved, the Party's work style and government conduct have been renewed, and social conduct and public customs have continued to improve. Practice has proven that the "ought to be" strict requirements must be transformed into the "inevitable" concrete measures, and ultimately must be implemented on the "actual" hard results. Only by using practical actions to make discipline and rules truly become "high-voltage lines with electricity," and by not avoiding or condoning behaviors that step on the "red line," cross the "bottom line," or break into the "restricted area," and by not leaving "secret doors" or opening "skylights," can iron rules exert their power and prohibitions generate awe.
In June 2021, at the newly opened Museum of the History of the Communist Party of China (中国共产党历史展览馆), General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平总书记) stopped and carefully examined the exhibition board of the Central Eight-Point Regulation: "Now these eight items here, streamlining meetings and activities, improving security work, improving news reports, and practicing diligence and thrift, are all done well, and we still need to talk about them repeatedly and grasp them repeatedly..." Work style problems have stubbornness and repetitiveness. Grasping work style construction is a process of climbing slopes and crossing ridges, and sailing against the current. Slight relaxation or stagnation will lead to regression, decline, or even the abandonment of previous efforts.
Only by grasping the ordinary, the detailed, and the long-term with the perseverance of "always on the road" and the tenacity of 抓铁有痕 (zhuā tiě yǒu hén - "grasp iron leave mark," to make persistent efforts and achieve tangible results), both closely watching the rebound and resurgence of old problems, and keenly capturing new manifestations and new trends; both focusing on punishment and deterrence, and strengthening education and guidance, and constantly promoting the extension of work style construction to the grassroots and its development in depth, can we effectively transform strict requirements into thunderous concrete measures, and truly let iron rules grow iron teeth that are as sharp as blades.
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Located in the mountains of Longshan County (龙山县), Hunan (湖南) Province, the cultivation of Chinese medicinal herbs such as Amur Corktree and lilies is restoring the ecological environment and boosting income for the local people. With the help of science and technology, the Chinese medicinal herb industry chain continues to extend, becoming a "green bank" for enriching the people and revitalizing the local economy.
Deep in the Wuling Mountains (武陵山区), clouds and mist linger. In Da'an Township (大安乡), Longshan County (龙山县), Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture (湘西土家族苗族自治州), Hunan (湖南) Province, greenery spills over the mountain ridges and fills the eyes.
Among the mountains, agricultural vehicles from more than 300 Chinese medicinal herb planting cooperatives occasionally pass each other, leaving a faint medicinal fragrance. In the industrial park at the foot of the mountains, more than a dozen enterprises process Amur Corktree, lilies, honeysuckle, and other Chinese medicinal herbs into over 60 products, including prepared Chinese medicine slices, health products, and cosmetics, with an annual output value exceeding 1 billion yuan.
In the past, this vast mountainous area of western Hunan (湘西) had limited land and resources, making it difficult for the people to become prosperous. Today, the Chinese medicinal herb industry deep in the mountains has become a "green bank" for enriching the people and revitalizing the local economy.
"Amur Corktrees form forests on the mountaintops, Amur Corktrees stretch across the mountainsides, and the fragrance of lilies wafts from the foot of the mountains."
What were the days like before?
Following the direction pointed by Ge Zhiwen (葛志文), the Party Branch Secretary of Dawan Village (大湾村), Da'an Township (大安乡), there is barely three feet of flat land, and crops such as corn grow in the cracks of the rocks.
"The village has more than 10,000 mu of mountain forest, but only a little over 2,000 mu of arable land," said Ge Zhiwen (葛志文). In the past, people destroyed forests to open up mountains, seeking grain from the cracks in the rocks, resulting in damage to the ecological environment and even desertification.
Today, Zhong Changqi (钟昌其), a 55-year-old villager from Dawan Village (大湾村), points to a lush forest and says that it is filled with Amur Corktrees—underneath the greenish bark is the bright yellow medicinal part. An Amur Corktree the thickness of a wrist can bring in three to five hundred yuan.
"If planting corn is the villagers' 'current deposit,' then planting Amur Corktree is a 'fixed deposit,' putting good ecology into the 'green bank,'" said Yang Tianyu (杨天宇), the head of Da'an Township (大安乡). In recent years, the village has relied on Amur Corktree to develop its ecological industry, and Amur Corktree is also essential for combating desertification.
Around 2016, guided by industrial policies and driven by village collective demonstrations, Zhong Changqi (钟昌其) planted 50 mu of Amur Corktree. Over the years, Zhong Changqi's "fixed deposit" has become increasingly "thick." "The thicker the tree grows, the more expensive it becomes!" said Zhong Changqi (钟昌其).
Benefiting from the "green bank," Dawan Village (大湾村) has returned farmland to forest in recent years, with Amur Corktree planting reaching four to five thousand mu. Looking across Longshan County (龙山县), 100,000 mu of wild Chinese medicinal herbs and 200,000 mu of artificially planted Chinese medicinal herb bases create a landscape where "Amur Corktrees form forests on the mountaintops, Amur Corktrees stretch across the mountainsides, and the fragrance of lilies wafts from the foot of the mountains."
"The land needs to rest, and we must rely on green technology."
Traveling down the winding mountain road, the wind carries a hint of sweetness, and we arrive at the lily planting and processing base in Shipai Town (石牌镇), Longshan County (龙山县).
"Longshan Lily (龙山百合)" is one of the "Xiang Nine Flavors (湘九味)," Hunan's (湖南) authentic medicinal materials. The county's lily planting area has remained stable at 100,000 mu for many years, with an annual output of 100,000 tons.
Longshan County (龙山县) has been famous for its lilies for many years, but it has also experienced a "crisis."
"In the early years, we used whatever fertilizer worked quickly to achieve high yields," said Zhang Guangdian (张光电), a major grower. "As a result, the soil became stiff, the seedlings withered, and the roots rotted. Fresh lilies fell to two or three yuan per jin, and no one dared to plant them anymore."
Relying on the lily breeding base established with funding from the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Longshan County (龙山县) cooperated with the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (中国农业科学院), the Hunan Academy of Agricultural Sciences (湖南省农业科学院), and others to prescribe remedies for the "diseases" of lilies.
Selecting disease-resistant varieties bred using molecular breeding, rotating crops with gramineous plants, and increasing the application of organic fertilizers... Zhang Guangdian (张光电) was one of the first to practice these ecological planting methods.
"The land needs to rest, and we must rely on green technology," said Zhang Guangdian (张光电). "The land has recovered, and the yield per mu has increased by 30%. In recent years, fresh Longshan lilies have been sold for 20 yuan per jin, and dried slices for about 50 yuan per jin. Local medicinal materials have become a golden rice bowl."
From "key technologies for deep processing of lilies" to "extraction of active ingredients from Amur Corktree," Longshan County (龙山县) has cooperated with more than 20 scientific research institutes in recent years. "Currently, the county has established 3 expert workstations and 5 industry-university-research demonstration bases. The contribution rate of science and technology to the output value of Chinese medicinal herbs exceeds 50%," said Fu Feilong (傅飞龙), a technical expert at the Longshan County Science and Technology and Industrial Information Bureau.
"Making the gold and silver mountains even more valuable, and improving the lives of the people in our hometown."
The reporter followed a truck transporting Amur Corktree into the Longshan Industrial Development Zone (龙山产业开发区). Inside the park, modern dryers have replaced the old "sun-drying and earth-baking" methods, sorting machines pick out uniform slices, and constant-temperature warehouses and cold storage ensure the safety of medicinal material storage.
"The days of carrying a sack and a scale, crossing mountains and ridges to collect medicinal materials are over," said Deng Shaoguo (邓绍国), chairman of Hunan Henglong Chinese Herbal Medicine Co., Ltd. (湖南省恒龙中药材股份有限公司), who has been in the medicinal material business since the early 1980s. He couldn't help but sigh, "Development should not only rely on expanding scale, but also on improving the benefit linkage mechanism and comprehensively upgrading the industry."
Today, the benefit linkage mechanism between enterprises, cooperatives, and farmers is even closer. In recent years, Longshan (龙山) has created 3 townships with 10,000 mu of Chinese medicinal herb planting areas, 15 demonstration areas of 1,000 mu, and 50 demonstration points of 100 mu, and has established more than 300 planting cooperatives.
Another enterprise, Hunan Shuangmu Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (湖南双沐药业有限责任公司), has successively sent batches of its technical personnel to Changsha (长沙), Hunan (湖南) Province, Suzhou (苏州), Jiangsu (江苏) Province, and other places to study and "learn from experience."
"This is to lay the foundation for better further processing," said Zhou Xiaodan (周晓丹), the person in charge of the enterprise. In the past, the fine processing环节 was mainly completed by downstream manufacturers. "If we can put these环节 in Longshan (龙山) locally, the profits can be greatly increased."
Currently, the enterprise is preparing to build a new standardized processing plant, extending the industrial chain and enhancing the value chain. Relevant departments are also implementing precise policies to protect the industrial ecology.
In recent years, Longshan County (龙山县) has formulated technical regulations for the production and processing of various authentic Chinese medicinal herbs, and has built a full industrial chain standard system. At present, Longshan County (龙山县) has 10 high-tech enterprises for Chinese medicinal herbs, 7 provincial-level specialized and new small and medium-sized enterprises, and 6 provincial-level agricultural (forestry) industrialization leading enterprises. "The Longshan County (龙山县) Party Committee and County Government have established a working group for the Chinese medicinal herb industry chain, implementing precise policies from strengthening the industry, building brands, and emphasizing support, to make the gold and silver mountains even more valuable, and improve the lives of the people in our hometown," said Xiang Yiwen (向怿文), Secretary of the Party Working Committee of the Longshan Industrial Development Zone (龙山产业开发区).
Return to TopThis newspaper reported from Beijing on August 7th (Reporter Yu Jingxian (郁静娴)) The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (农业农村部) and the Ministry of Ecology and Environment (生态环境部) recently jointly released the "China Fishery Ecological Environment Status Bulletin (2024)" 《中国渔业生态环境状况公报（2024）》, announcing the ecological environment monitoring results of 18 indicators including water quality, sediment, and plankton in China's fishery waters in 2024. The bulletin shows that in 2024, the overall status of China's fishery ecological environment remained stable, showing a steady improvement trend in the past five years, but the risk of exceeding the standards for nitrogen and phosphorus indicators still exists.
In 2024, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (农业农村部) organized 42 monitoring stations belonging to the National Fishery Ecological Environment Monitoring Network (全国渔业生态环境监测网络) to conduct routine monitoring of the environmental status of 159 important fishery waters with a total area of 10.16 million hectares. Compared with 2023, the number of monitoring stations increased by 1, the number of important fishery waters increased by 6, and the area increased by 150,000 hectares; the monitoring concentrations of lead, cadmium, and arsenic indicators in all monitored waters were better than the evaluation standards; the proportion of area exceeding the standard for chemical oxygen demand indicators in marine important fishery waters decreased by 25%; the proportion of area exceeding the standard for non-ionic ammonia and permanganate index indicators in inland important fishery waters decreased by 25% and 32% respectively.
The bulletin for the first time analyzed the status and change trends of China's fishery water ecological environment in the past five years. Compared with 2020, monitoring results show that the main factors exceeding the standards in China's marine natural important fishery waters are inorganic nitrogen and reactive phosphate, and the proportion of area exceeding the standard for these indicators decreased by 16% and 50% respectively; the main factors exceeding the standards in rivers' important fishery waters are total nitrogen and total phosphorus, and the proportion of area exceeding the standard for total phosphorus decreased by 41%; the risk of exceeding the standards for nitrogen and phosphorus indicators in fishery waters still exists.
Since 2000, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (农业农村部) and the Ministry of Ecology and Environment (生态环境部) have jointly released the "China Fishery Ecological Environment Status Bulletin" 《中国渔业生态环境状况公报》 for 25 consecutive years, providing authoritative data on the ecological environment of important fishery waters to the public. Next, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (农业农村部) will further improve the evaluation methods for the ecological environment quality of fishery waters, expand the scope of monitored waters, continue to organize and carry out the monitoring of the ecological environment of fishery waters, strengthen ecological environment protection measures, and provide basic support for promoting the high-quality development of fisheries.
Return to TopThis newspaper Tianjin (天津) August 7th (Reporter Jin Bo (靳博)) - Recently, Boyuan Environmental Protection Company (博源环保公司), a subsidiary of China Resources Recycling Group Co., Ltd. (中国资源循环集团有限公司), has achieved breakthroughs in key processes of its intelligent plastic crushing and cleaning processing line and officially put it into production. This further empowers the recycling of waste plastic resources and helps promote the high-end, intelligent, and green development of the industry.
In response to the low utilization efficiency of waste plastic resources generated during the dismantling of waste household appliances, Boyuan Environmental Protection Company (博源环保公司) has jointly conducted research and development with relevant university teams, achieving breakthroughs in processes and technologies such as micro-plastic treatment, and upgrading and transforming the intelligent plastic crushing and cleaning line. This production line transforms the shell plastic of waste household appliances into high value-added recycled raw materials, which can be widely used in textiles, automobiles, electronic packaging and other fields. The production line has an annual processing capacity of 10,000 tons of waste plastic, which is equivalent to reducing approximately 40,000 tons of carbon dioxide emissions.
Return to TopChina Mobile comprehensively implements the spirit of the National Conference on Cybersecurity and Informatization, deeply practices the people-centered development philosophy, bases itself on the advantages of basic telecommunications networks, safeguards the new development pattern with a new security landscape, and innovatively constructs a "new model, new system, and new defense line" for the security of basic telecommunications networks. It strives to provide 7x24-hour network security protection for 1 billion users and 300 million families, and to build a solid network security barrier for national security, social stability, and people's well-being.
Innovating Network Threat Protection
Creating a Centralized Intelligent Security Operation New Model
In recent years, China Mobile, as the main force in the construction of new information infrastructure, has continued to make breakthroughs in the field of network security, and has innovatively formed a centralized intelligent security operation system. Since 2020, China Mobile has innovatively built a group headquarters-level all-round and all-weather security situation awareness capability, creating a centralized security monitoring and disposal system for the entire network with "first-level monitoring, multi-level disposal, horizontal to the edge, and vertical to the end." In 2021, it further enhanced its ability to provide timely warnings and rapid responses, managed more than one million assets across the network, monitored PB-level log data daily, and processed more than 200 million alerts in real time. In 2024, it promoted the transformation of the Security Operations Center (SOC) to an Intelligent Security Operations Center (ISOC), independently constructed more than 300 intelligent risk assessment models, and its self-developed network security large model passed the testing of the Telecommunication Technology Labs (泰尔实验室). It also won the first prize in the advanced technology special competition of the "Cyber Security Competition" National Network Security Challenge (强网杯). It promoted the strengthening of AI-enabled security operations, and constructed a new model of intelligent centralized security operations for the entire chain of risk identification, security defense, security detection, and security response, realizing autonomous vulnerability scanning of more than one million IPs, minute-level perception and automated analysis of massive alerts, and hour-level handling of important security incidents.
China Mobile innovatively created a centralized intelligent network threat protection model of "one-point access, whole-network use," providing protection for e-commerce users' large-scale promotional activities, providing peak-hour traffic scheduling protection for cloud service providers, and resisting network attacks for users in the financial industry and other industries, reducing the network security risks and potential losses suffered by users. Related security operation results were selected into the "Jointly Build a Community of Common Destiny in Cyberspace Practice Case Collection" in 2023 and 2024.
Strengthening Independent Capability Improvement
Building a Flexible and Intelligent Network Security Protection New System
As a national network security strategic science and technology force, China Mobile continues to lead in network attack and defense confrontation and core technology breakthroughs. It carefully weaves two networks of "human defense + technical defense," continuously improves its ability to prevent and control security risks, and builds a full-chain flexible protection system covering attack identification, defense, and traceability.
In terms of "human defense," it actively builds a high-level team of experts in actual combat confrontation, forms a network security "Taishan Team" (泰山队) with excellent comprehensive qualities and nearly 300 people, independently discovers multiple 0-day vulnerabilities (undiscovered or unpublicized vulnerabilities), and wins the first prize in the offline competition of the "Cyber Security Competition" National Network Security Challenge and other excellent results. Many people have won the National May Day Labor Medal or the National Technical Expert title.
In terms of "technical defense," based on its own unique capabilities in threat identification, attack detection, response and disposal, and source tracing and positioning, it focuses on the six links of identification, protection, defense, recovery, adjustment, and traceability, tackles core network security technologies, breaks through the limitations of traditional security frameworks, and innovatively creates a new system of industry-leading flexible and intelligent network security protection capabilities. In the identification link, the advanced attack organization portrait tracking capability covers more than 200 key organizations around the world, and it tackles the automated threat information capture model combining network data and AI technology, independently producing more than 200 million high-value network threat intelligence; in the protection and defense links, the traffic cleaning and suppression capability reaches 7.2Tbps, and it creatively combines key management plug-ins and password calculation endogenous technology, fighting for nearly 400 data interface transformations, more than 500 live network tests, and more than 150 system cutovers, successfully creating a 5G key infrastructure commercial password application; in the recovery link, it strengthens the stable operation of key networks in extreme scenarios; in the adjustment link, it builds an automated and effective verification mechanism for network security defense capabilities facing multiple security scenarios and multiple device types, with more than 10,000 verification use cases; in the traceability link, it realizes hour-level attack backtracking for key events.
While building a solid digital base, China Mobile extends its security capabilities to the forefront of technology. It strengthens standard leadership, leads the release of the Network Intrinsic Security White Paper, and its research results in cutting-edge fields such as the metaverse have been absorbed by the international organization ITU (International Telecommunication Union), becoming a reference standard for the international communications industry, providing important experience support for the global metaverse technology development.
Empowering Industry Security Development
Consolidating the New Defense Line of Key Information Infrastructure Industry
Facing the important proposition of key information infrastructure protection, China Mobile creatively constructs a network defense line of "capability output + ecological co-construction" model, from finance and energy to education and government affairs, safeguarding the safe and stable development of all walks of life, undertaking 15 national-level major projects, building a solid network barrier in various fields, and cumulatively undertaking more than 30 major event guarantees such as the World Internet Conference Wuzhen Summit (世界互联网大会乌镇峰会), the "Belt and Road" International Cooperation高峰论坛, and the China-Africa Cooperation Forum Summit (中非合作论坛峰会), fully guaranteeing the safe and stable development of key infrastructure industries and key fields.
China Mobile shoulders its mission and is striving to create a security service paradigm for the digital economy era. As of now, China Mobile has achieved significant results in network services, defending against more than 100,000 large-traffic network attacks, and assisting the industry in avoiding a total of tens of billions of yuan in economic losses. Facing today's increasingly complex international network security situation, China Mobile focuses on key infrastructure industries and shares high-quality network security capabilities with all walks of life, helping to safeguard national security and social stability.
Looking to the future, China Mobile will continue to strengthen key technology innovation, improve the level of network security protection capabilities, uphold its fine traditions, ensure the happy and beautiful life of the people, provide escort for the high-quality development of the economy and society, and make new and greater contributions to building a solid national network security barrier.
Data source: China Mobile Communications Group Co., Ltd. (中国移动通信集团有限公司)
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August 8th marks the 17th National Fitness Day as scheduled.
Before the establishment of National Fitness Day, the proportion of people in China who regularly participated in physical exercise was 28.2%; now, this number has climbed to 37.2%. Over a decade, the increase of 9 percentage points has witnessed the growing fitness population and also reflects the thriving prosperity of China's national fitness cause.
The increase of 9 percentage points is due to the increasingly rich mass sports events and activities.
60,396 people! A "Su Chao" (苏超) match broke the attendance record for amateur football matches in China.
Why is the event so popular? It gathers popularity and is down-to-earth, with both regional characteristics and emotional ties.
Why is the event so touching? It has passion and drive. As long as you have a love for it, ordinary people can also become the protagonists.
On the fertile ground of national fitness, mass sports events are blooming everywhere: from "Village Volleyball" in Hainan (海南) to "Zhejiang Basketball Association (浙BA)," from dragon boat races to the Naadam (那达慕) fair in the grasslands... The sports enthusiasm surging across the country has gathered into a lasting driving force for the development of the national fitness cause.
The hot mass sports events are also injecting new momentum into industrial upgrading and regional economic development—Foshan (佛山), Guangdong (广东), uses dragon boat races as a link to drive the continuous extension of the dragon boat manufacturing, water performance, and other industrial chains; Rongjiang (榕江), Guizhou (贵州), whose "Village Super League" (村超) was once interrupted by floods, welcomed a surge of enthusiasm upon its restart, demonstrating the dynamic of integrated development of culture, sports, tourism, and commerce.
The increase of 9 percentage points reflects the continuous upgrading of the public service system.
The opening of venues has been improved in quality and efficiency. The state actively promotes the free or low-cost opening of public sports venues, subsidizing 3,050 venues in 2024 alone. Public services with warmth are driving the continuous reduction of the fitness threshold.
Venue facilities are convenient and considerate. In addition to large-scale fitness venues, basketball courts have also been built under overpasses, pocket parks have been built in street corners, and "15-minute fitness circles" are dotted everywhere. In 2024, the per capita sports venue area in China reached 3.0 square meters, and more and more people can exercise just by stepping out of their homes.
Scientific guidance is widely covered. More than 13,000 various national fitness volunteer service activities have been carried out, and a total of about 3.71 million social sports instructors are active on the front lines. Mass fitness is safer and more efficient, and the pace of building a strong sports nation is more steady.
The increase of 9 percentage points has witnessed the deep integration of national fitness and national health.
"Exercise is good medicine" has become a social consensus. In the sixth National Physical Fitness Monitoring, new health-related indicators have been added, and many people have also received personalized exercise prescriptions. There is a new starting point for improving national physical fitness.
The accelerated integration of sports and medicine promotes the forward shift of the health gate. "Weight management" and "sports rehabilitation" have become popular terms. In 2024, China's per capita life expectancy is 79 years old, and the health literacy level of residents reached 31.87%, and the focus of health management has shifted from "treating diseases" to "preventing diseases."
Taking into account key groups, no one should be left behind on the road to health. Strengthening school sports work, promoting barrier-free and age-appropriate renovation of sports facilities, carrying out inclusive sports events for people with and without disabilities... These measures not only protect the fitness rights of different groups, but also allow the warmth of age-friendliness to reach everyone's heart.
"From a strong sports nation to a healthy China (中国), people's health, people's physique, and people's happiness are all in the same vein. This is the meaning of building a moderately prosperous society in all respects and comprehensive modernization." I exercise, I am happy, I am wonderful. China, which is "moving," is full of vitality and excitement!
Return to TopThe year 2025 marks the conclusion of the "National Fitness Program (2021-2025)." Over the past five years, China's public service system for national fitness has become more complete, it has become more convenient for the people to participate in physical exercise, their enthusiasm for fitness has further increased, and the national fitness cause has flourished.
As of the end of 2024, there were 4.8417 million sports venues nationwide, with a total area of 4.23 billion square meters, and a per capita sports venue area of 3.0 square meters.
A wide variety of national fitness events and activities have been extensively carried out. In 2024, the first National Fitness Games held more than 6,000 events and activities, with direct participation exceeding 2 million people. The National Fitness Online Games cumulatively launched more than 80 events and activities, with direct participation exceeding 20 million people.
The scientific fitness service system is increasingly improving. As of the end of 2024, routine national physical fitness monitoring has covered 31 provinces, and the country has a cumulative total of approximately 3.71 million social sports instructors, with approximately 2.63 social sports instructors per thousand people.
Ding Dong (丁东), Director of the Mass Sports Department of the General Administration of Sport of China (国家体育总局), stated that the national fitness cause is continuously developing and progressing, constantly meeting the people's growing needs for a better life, and further integrating into the overall economic and social development. The next step is to continue to promote the high-quality development of the national fitness cause.
(People's Daily reporter Ji Fang (季芳))
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Editor's Note
The market is the most scarce resource in the world today. China has a population of over 1.4 billion, a middle-income group of over 400 million people, and nearly 190 million business entities. In 2024, its gross domestic product reached 134.9 trillion yuan. Having a super-large market with huge growth potential is a great advantage for China's development.
Building a unified national market is a requirement for building a new development pattern and promoting high-quality development.
During this year's National People's Congress (全国两会), General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平), while participating in the deliberation of the Jiangsu (江苏) delegation, emphasized the need to deepen the market-oriented allocation reform of factors of production, and proactively eliminate local protectionism, market segmentation, and "involutionary" competition. On July 30, the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee (中共中央政治局) pointed out: "We should promote the construction of a unified national market in depth and continuously optimize the order of market competition."
Promoting the construction of a unified national market is a systematic reform. How to eliminate local protectionism? How to break market segmentation? How to manage "involutionary" competition?
Starting today, the reporter investigation section will launch a series of reports on "Observing the In-Depth Promotion of the Construction of a Unified National Market," so stay tuned.
"Without the tight rein, I feel particularly comfortable!" Li Yan (李岩), who runs a study tour company in Zhanjiang (湛江) City, Guangdong (广东) Province, has recently been expanding his business in Baise (百色) City, Guangxi (广西). However, Li Yan's company was previously blocked from bidding for projects from relevant departments in Baise City by the "directory database."
"Directory database," "franchise rights," "exclusive agreements"... Behind these items are invisible barriers set up by local protectionism.
How to "break down barriers and clear obstacles" for various business entities to participate in market competition fairly? Recently, reporters visited Guangdong, Jiangxi (江西), Guangxi and other places.
Fair Competition Review
From "Threshold Restrictions" to "Smooth Access," Formulating More Equal Market Entry Standards
"Access 'has thresholds,' and replies 'have no doors.' That 'directory database' made me angry for half a year," said Li Yan.
Two years ago, when relevant departments in Baise City were bidding for primary and secondary school study tour organizers, Li Yan's company applied but was told that it did not meet the requirements.
According to a document issued by relevant departments in Baise City in September 2023, only organizers listed in the recommended directory after selection were eligible to undertake study tour activities for primary and secondary schools in Baise City. Li Yan's company was not in the recommended directory.
Why couldn't they get into the directory?
"The relevant department replied, 'You don't have a branch in Baise City. Companies without branches are not included in this selection review,'" Li Yan recalled.
In Shicheng (石城) County, Ganzhou (赣州), Jiangxi Province, Chen Fei (陈飞), who is in charge of a new energy vehicle charging pile production and operation company, was blocked from the market by "franchise rights."
In 2019, Shicheng County required that charging pile construction projects in its jurisdiction must seek the opinions of relevant departments before filing; at the same time, in the form of franchise rights, the construction and operation rights of charging piles in the county were handed over to Shicheng County Urban Construction Investment and Operation Group Co., Ltd. (石城县城镇建设投资经营集团有限公司).
"Our company wanted to build charging piles and sought the opinions of relevant departments, but failed to pass after a year, so we could only worry." Speaking of the situation at the time, Chen Fei couldn't help but frown.
"Break down barriers and clear obstacles" for various business entities! In August 2024, the "Fair Competition Review Regulations" (《公平竞争审查条例》) came into effect. Faced with the barriers hindering the construction of a unified national market, all localities have a firm attitude: Cancel!
In Guangxi, the autonomous region government integrated and established an Anti-Monopoly and Anti-Unfair Competition Committee (反垄断反不正当竞争委员会), and the committee's office is located in the Market Supervision Administration. Li Xuan (李暄), deputy director of the bureau, introduced: "We implement the State Administration for Market Regulation's anti-monopoly 'three letters and one letter' (反垄断‘三书一函’) (namely, the 'Reminder and Urging Letter' (《提醒敦促函》), the 'Interview Notice' (《约谈通知书》), the 'Case Investigation Notice' (《立案调查通知书》), and the 'Administrative Penalty Decision/Administrative Recommendation Letter' (《行政处罚决定书/行政建议书》)) system, and formulate the Guangxi Market Supervision Fair Competition Review Complaint Handling Work Guidelines to prevent and resolve market monopoly and administrative monopoly risks."
In Jiangxi, fair competition review has been included in the assessment indicators for the construction of a government under the rule of law, and a "fair competition review assessment" mechanism has been created. "This mechanism helps to form a pattern of concerted efforts by government departments to clean up, third-party professional assessment, business entity evaluation, and public supervision," said Zhang Zhengxin (张正新), deputy director of the Jiangxi Provincial Market Supervision Administration. Since 2024, Jiangxi has reviewed 4,459 incremental policy measures, modified and adjusted 615, and cleaned up 842 existing policy measures, forming a complete governance closed loop of "prevention-review-supervision-accountability."
Li Yan and Chen Fei have both waited for fair treatment.
In June 2024, the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (广西壮族自治区) Market Supervision Administration received a report and verified clues, and conducted investigations and administrative law enforcement interviews with relevant departments and responsible persons in Baise City. The following month, relevant departments in Baise City abolished the document on the selection qualifications of primary and secondary school study tour organizers.
"'Directory database' affects fair market competition and belongs to the abuse of administrative power to exclude and restrict competition. According to relevant regulations, it should be abolished," said Li Xuan. In the second half of 2024, Li Yan's company successfully carried out study tour activities in Baise City with the participation of thousands of students.
In November 2024, Shicheng County abolished the franchise rights and canceled the link of seeking departmental opinions before filing for charging pile construction. "When we heard the news, we immediately applied to the County Administrative Examination and Approval Bureau for filing and obtained the permit on the same day. At present, more than 100 various charging equipment have been installed," Chen Fei's frown relaxed.
Under the fair competition mechanism, many charging pile companies in Shicheng County have improved their services, and consumers have benefited.
Lai Xianfeng (赖先锋), a resident of Shicheng County, drove his car into the charging station, plugged in the charging gun, and walked into the convenience store inside the station. "In the past, there was no place to rest when charging, so I could only sit in the car and wait. Now there is a convenience store, where I can rest and shop, and the experience is much better," Lai Xianfeng felt obviously. "The station has also 'launched' fast charging piles, which can be fully charged in half an hour."
What about the company that used to have franchise rights?
In 2017, Shicheng County tendered nationwide for the construction of charging piles. At that time, the county's new energy vehicle ownership was less than 100, and no company was willing to participate in the construction. In order to promote the popularization of new energy vehicles, the County Investment Company obtained franchise rights and has invested more than 30 million yuan in building charging piles since 2019, covering all townships in the county, and achieved a slight profit in 2023.
"Without franchise rights, the company directly faces market competition, and there is definitely pressure," Wen Chunhong (温春红), chairman of the County Investment Company, admitted frankly.
Pressure forces companies to improve their competitiveness. In November 2024, the County Investment Company held three meetings successively to re-evaluate the charging pile market and decided to increase revenue and reduce expenditure: in terms of increasing revenue, in response to the inconvenience of charging new energy heavy trucks, 320-kilowatt high-power heavy truck charging piles were installed at highway intersections, increasing revenue by more than 20,000 yuan per month; in terms of reducing expenditure, the existing charging piles were technically transformed to reduce power loss, reducing costs by about 7,000 yuan per month.
"Fair market competition has helped us improve our management level and expand our customer base, and it has also strengthened our confidence," said Wen Chunhong.
Remote Off-Site Bidding
From "Regional Segmentation" to "National Interconnection," Creating a More Fair Competition Platform
"It's too good!" Logging on to the Guangxi Government Procurement Network and seeing that the company scored 94.73, ranking first, and successfully won the student dormitory furniture project of Beihai (北海) Vocational College, Tan Chengyi (谭成毅), a bidder from Chengdu Yongheng Technology Group Co., Ltd. (成都永亨科技集团有限公司) in Sichuan (四川), jumped out of his hometown dialect happily.
"The bidding companies come from all over the country, including local companies in Guangxi, and the competition is fierce. But this time, the use of remote off-site bidding gave us a 'reassurance'," said Tan Chengyi.
What is remote off-site bidding?
"It is to use the online bidding system, and review experts from different places score across cities at their local remote bidding sites; the bidding site video interacts in real time, relevant departments supervise in real time, and the whole process leaves traces," explained Tang Wenping (唐文平), deputy director of the Beihai Municipal Government Procurement Center.
Why promote remote off-site bidding?
Traditional "local bidding" has three types of problems to varying degrees—
In terms of bidding fairness, experts and bidding companies have been in the same area for a long time and are easily "hunted"; experts form "small circles" and easily greet each other; local governments may "exclude" and imply that experts "open the green light" for local companies.
In terms of bidding professionalism, the expert professional types in some places are unbalanced, and the reserves in specific fields are insufficient, so they have to "a few experts evaluate many bids."
In terms of bidding economy, offline bidding often requires bidding companies to provide paper bids and samples, building a "cost barrier," which makes some foreign companies, especially small and medium-sized enterprises, have to withdraw.
To remove the chronic disease, we must use "innovative drugs."
At the remote bidding site in Ganxian (赣县) District, Ganzhou, the technical team demonstrated the key steps of remote off-site bidding to reporters: the system "blindly matches" off-site venues, and bidders, bidding companies, etc. cannot know in advance which experts are participating in the bidding; the system "blindly draws" bidding experts in the location of the "blindly matched" venue, automatically shields personal information, and only displays professional fields, and bidders, bidding companies, etc. cannot know which experts are bidding.
"Experts cannot know the content of the bid in advance, and the electronic bid hides the company's information to prevent bid rigging, collusion, and other behaviors," introduced Liu Aijian (刘爱建), director of the Ganxian District Branch of the Ganzhou Public Resources Trading Center. Companies do not need to participate on-site, and can bid and open bids online.
Ming Jinghua (明经华), director of the Ganzhou Public Resources Trading Center, introduced that since 2023, Ganzhou has carried out cross-provincial remote off-site bidding cooperation with Hangzhou (杭州), Zhejiang (浙江), Xiamen (厦门), Quanzhou (泉州), Longyan (龙岩), Fujian (福建), Shenzhen (深圳), Foshan (佛山), Guangdong and other places, breaking the traditional regional restrictions on bidding and promoting public resource transactions from "regional segmentation" to "national interconnection."
How to prevent experts in the same bidding site from "greeting" each other? Walking into the bidding area located in the Beihai Municipal Government Procurement Center, you can see 5 independent bidding rooms, where experts bid separately, and the monitoring screen is transmitted to the electronic monitoring room in real time.
Yang Bozhong (杨柏钟) from Yuyao (余姚) City, Ningbo (宁波), Zhejiang, as an expert in the field of engineering construction, has participated in Beihai off-site bidding, "Competing on the same stage, I dare not lose face, forcing us to improve our professional ability."
The online platform shares high-quality expert resources. Beihai City has gradually reformed and taken small steps from initially selecting mature projects for small-scale promotion to issuing the "Notice on Further Promoting Remote Off-Site Bidding for Government Procurement Projects" (《关于进一步推进政府采购项目远程异地评标的通知》) in 2023, implementing standardized management, and then to becoming "one main venue + one auxiliary venue" for multi-site review last year.
Remote off-site bidding has a strong sense of gain for enterprises. Tan Chengyi calculated an account for the student dormitory furniture project of Beihai Vocational College that the company won: in the past, the production of iron frame bed samples cost 2,000 yuan, packaging and transportation costs 2,000 yuan, printing 5 copies of 300-page bids cost 1,500 yuan, and travel expenses cost 3,000 yuan. "Now, we can complete the entire bidding process while sitting in the office. 'Carrying bids' has become 'clicking the mouse,' which can save nearly 10,000 yuan."
Since the promotion of remote off-site bidding, the proportion of foreign companies participating in bidding in Beihai City has increased from 58% to 83%; the winning rate of foreign companies has jumped from 15% to 70%; and a total of 60 million yuan has been saved for enterprises. Xiao Tiejian (肖铁健), head of the Government Procurement Supervision and Management Section of the Beihai Municipal Finance Bureau, introduced that Beihai's remote off-site bidding "circle of friends" not only covers all prefecture-level cities in Guangxi, but also has established a "cross-provincial review" cooperation mechanism with 28 cities including Dalian (大连), Liaoning (辽宁), Ningbo, Zhejiang, and Yining (伊宁), Xinjiang (新疆).
In 2024, 5,455 government procurement projects in Guangxi adopted remote off-site bidding methods for review, accounting for more than 1/4 of the total number of government procurement projects in the region.
"In the past two years, the number of bids submitted by the company in Beihai has increased by two times, and the amount of winning bids has increased by more than 150%," Tan Chengyi said with emotion, "If the water is level, bidding companies will compete on strength instead of relationships, and they will definitely be able to better meet the quality requirements of bidders."
Regional Collaboration and Win-Win
From "Fighting Separately" to "Developing Together," Forming a More Open Cooperation Pattern
"Settling in the Shenzhen-Shanwei Special Cooperation Zone (深汕特别合作区) is my most correct choice!" Zhao Kaqian (赵凯潜), chairman of Shenzhen Haoxiongdi Electronics Co., Ltd. (深圳市好兄弟电子有限公司), said firmly. The cooperation zone he was talking about is located in Shanwei (汕尾) City, Guangdong, and Haoxiongdi Company is one of the first companies to move in.
In 2001, Zhao Kaqian founded Haoxiongdi Company in Shenzhen (深圳). The company has been researching and innovating in audio technology, and its products have gradually become in short supply, and it urgently needs to build new factories and expand production capacity. However, Shenzhen's land space is limited, and it is difficult to find suitable land, so relocation is the only way out.
Where to move? "Relocation should not only pay attention to the prices of land, energy, etc., but also consider the soft environment such as policies," Zhao Kaqian was a little tangled. Since the company was founded, it has been rooted in Shenzhen, and it knows very little about the industrial policies and business environment of other cities.
It was not until after contacting the Shenzhen-Shanwei Special Cooperation Zone that Zhao Kaqian was pleasantly surprised to find that the industrial policies here are deeply integrated with Shenzhen, and the business environment is "the same city, the same quality, and the same effect" as Shenzhen, which can provide enterprises with high-quality contiguous land, "move-in" customized factories, and sufficient industrial development space. "There is also a very important point, that is, we can continue to pay Shenzhen social security for our employees, which eliminates their worries and stabilizes the team," said Zhao Kaqian.
The construction of the cooperation zone stems from the continuous breaking of barriers in the management system and mechanism and finding the optimal solution for coordinated development—
In February 2011, the Guangdong Provincial Party Committee and the Provincial Government approved the establishment of the Shenzhen-Shanwei Special Cooperation Zone in the four towns of Ebu (鹅埠), Xiaomo (小漠), Chishi (赤石), and Humen (鲘门) in Haifeng (海丰) County, Shanwei, entrusting Shenzhen and Shanwei to jointly manage it. In September 2017, the Provincial Party Committee and the Provincial Government adjusted the cooperation zone's system and mechanism, clarifying that Shenzhen should fully lead the cooperation zone's economic and social affairs; in December 2018, the Party Working Committee and Management Committee of the Shenzhen-Shanwei Special Cooperation Zone were officially unveiled, and the country's first cooperation zone fully led by the "flying-out place" for construction and management was born.
In the past, some cities competed blindly and competed secretly. Some had local protectionism in investment promotion and market access, restricting the free flow of goods and factors of production. Now, through reform, what is broken is the institutional obstacles, and what is changed is the development concept: from parochialism and fighting separately to regional collaboration and developing together.
The administrative barriers were broken, and Haoxiongdi Company successfully settled in the cooperation zone and developed rapidly. In 2021, the company moved to the cooperation zone as a whole, and continued to work hard on new product research and development. The number of automated production lines for various products has increased from 12 in the past to more than 50. The company's annual sales increased from 120 million yuan in 2017 to 240 million yuan in 2024.
"Sufficient development space, good industrial development policies, and more complete infrastructure support, the cooperation zone is a 'small Shenzhen'. We are optimistic about the future here," said Zhao Kaqian.
Transplanting more "Shenzhen genes" to Shanwei. In November 2023, the "Regulations of Guangdong Province on the Shenzhen-Shanwei Special Cooperation Zone" (《广东省深汕特别合作区条例》) came into effect, clarifying that the cooperation zone will be developed, constructed, and managed in accordance with the standards of Shenzhen's economic functional zones.
In the first quarter of this year, the Shenzhen-Shanwei Special Cooperation Zone's regional GDP increased by 40% year-on-year, and the added value of industrial enterprises above designated size increased by 77.3% year-on-year.
To promote coordinated regional development, Shenzhen is not only a "flying-out place," but also a "flying-in place."
In March 2023, the Guangdong Provincial Party Committee and the Provincial Government issued several measures on promoting the orderly transfer of industries and promoting coordinated regional development, supporting cities in eastern, western, and northern Guangdong to establish "reverse enclave" in the Pearl River Delta region by setting up industrial parks within parks and building incubators. As of now, all 12 prefecture-level cities in eastern, western, and northern Guangdong have established "reverse enclaves" in the Pearl River Delta region, leveraging the abundant talent and scientific research resources of the Pearl River Delta region to cultivate innovative development momentum for late-developing regions.
The "reverse enclave" is described as "building nests in places where phoenixes reside." The nest builders are not only targeting Guangdong (广东), but also the entire country.
Dispensing and assembling, the production workshop of Guangxi Zhongke Huarui Microelectronics Co., Ltd. in Nanning (南宁) is bustling with activity. Smart rings, massage watches, single-lead ECG monitors... a batch of smart wearable devices are packaged here and shipped to the ASEAN market.
This Guangxi (广西) specialized and sophisticated small and medium-sized enterprise was incubated in 2021 from the Nanning (南宁) "reverse enclave" located in Shenzhen (深圳) - Nanning City-Zhongguancun Shenzhen Collaborative Innovation Center (南宁市—中关村深圳协同创新中心). Shan Wenhao (单文豪), a senior executive of the company, also serves as the chairman of Shenzhen Manride Technology Co., Ltd. (深圳曼瑞德科技有限公司). "Two-way engagement and joint development, the 'reverse enclave' has created new opportunities for us," he said.
Today, the Nanning City-Zhongguancun Shenzhen Collaborative Innovation Center has been upgraded to the Nanning (Shenzhen) ASEAN Industrial Cooperation Innovation Center (南宁（深圳）东盟产业合作创新中心), with supporting construction of a technology enterprise office area, to better build a "corridor" for the flow of innovation resources between Guangdong (粤) and Guangxi (桂).
Liang Yan (梁雁), head of the Innovation Center, told reporters that Shenzhen Manride (深圳曼瑞德) can enjoy Nanning's (南宁) innovation support policies in the Innovation Center, thereby incubating and establishing Guangxi Zhongke Huarui (广西中科华瑞) in Nanning (南宁), forming a "Shenzhen R&D + Nanning Manufacturing + ASEAN Market" cross-border industrial cooperation model.
Guangxi Zhongke Huarui (广西中科华瑞) focuses on manufacturing, with sales increasing from 27 million yuan in 2022 to 79 million yuan in 2024; Shenzhen Manride (深圳曼瑞德) focuses on R&D, with cumulative R&D patents exceeding 200.
To date, Nanning's (南宁) "reverse enclave" located in Shenzhen (深圳) has incubated more than 100 companies, served 85 technology companies in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (粤港澳大湾区) to land in Nanning (南宁), and promoted 21 Nanning (南宁) companies to link with Shenzhen (深圳) resources. Liang Yan (梁雁) is full of confidence: "Breaking the 'small circle,' the stage for development will become larger and larger."
(Li Yan (李岩) and Chen Fei (陈飞) in the text are pseudonyms)
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When interviewing to understand the causes of local protectionism in various regions, one often hears this explanation: Due to the small market space in the early stages, many regions could not attract high-quality enterprises through investment promotion, and could only use forms such as "directory libraries" to indirectly provide a green light for some enterprises to monopolize.
However, no matter how shrewd the calculations, they only solve temporary difficulties. Using administrative means to interfere with the normal operation of the market requires a clear understanding of the advantages and disadvantages.
From a market perspective, local protectionism creates market segmentation, making it difficult for various factors to flow freely, increasing transaction costs, reducing resource allocation efficiency, and hindering the construction of a unified national market.
From the perspective of enterprises, local protectionism undermines the principle of fair competition. Local enterprises gain advantages in an unfair competitive environment, harming the interests of foreign enterprises, and also weakening market vitality and innovation.
From the consumer's perspective, consumers lose the opportunity to choose better quality and lower-priced goods and services, their own rights and interests are damaged, and their enthusiasm for consumption is also affected.
To eliminate local protectionism, it is necessary to base oneself on the present and look to the long term, abandoning short-sightedness and calculating the overall picture.
Not long ago, the country's first cross-provincial and cross-customs zone aviation pre-position cargo station, "Shanghai Airport (上海机场) - Suzhou (苏州) Pre-position Cargo Station," was put into operation in Suzhou (苏州), Jiangsu (江苏). Cumbersome procedures such as cargo security inspection, collection and transportation, and customs inspection can all be completed within the enterprise park. Suzhou (苏州) enterprises can now conveniently enjoy Shanghai's (上海) rich international route resources "at their doorstep," reducing ground logistics costs by up to nearly 30%; for Shanghai (上海), the pre-position cargo station extends the service scope of Shanghai Airport (上海机场) to Suzhou (苏州) and even the Yangtze River Delta (长三角) region, powerfully promoting the construction of an aviation logistics network of "Shanghai (上海) hub + regional nodes," and also diverting the pressure of airport ground inspection, allowing Shanghai Customs (上海海关) to invest more resources in the supervision of high-risk goods.
Undoubtedly, this is a win-win move that breaks regional restrictions and improves administrative efficiency.
Similar positive changes continue to bring warmth to the market. Data from the State Taxation Administration (国家税务总局) shows that in the first half of this year, the proportion of national inter-provincial sales in national enterprise sales revenue was 40.7%, an increase of 0.6 percentage points compared with the same period last year, confirming the gradual elimination of regional barriers; in the factor market, the cross-provincial flow of labor is smoother due to the comprehensive cancellation of household registration restrictions for participating in insurance in the place of employment; at the regulatory level, multiple departments jointly rectified the "inferior quality and low price" chaos, forcing enterprises to shift from "price wars" to innovative competition...
As the construction of a unified national market advances in depth, the order of market competition will inevitably continue to be optimized.
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Return to TopAccording to a report from Beijing on August 7th (Reporter Sun Xiuyan (孙秀艳)), the National Organization for Drug Centralized Procurement Office (国家组织药品联合采购办公室) recently issued the "Notice on Organizing Medical Institutions to Report the Demand for the Eleventh Batch of National Organization Drug Centralized Procurement Varieties," clarifying that the work of filling in the demand for the eleventh batch of centralized drug procurement by medical institutions will be carried out from August 6th to 25th. From July 16th to 31st, the Drug Joint Procurement Office (药品联采办) organized and carried out the information filling work for related drugs. According to statistics, a total of 480 companies submitted information on related drugs, and these companies will be used as the selection range for medical institutions to fill in the demand. Among the 55 varieties to be procured, there are an average of 15 companies for each variety, and there are more than 40 companies for 3 varieties, with the largest number of companies reaching 45. The current volume reporting work for centralized procurement has the following characteristics:
First, medical institutions can report volume by brand. This centralized procurement optimizes the volume reporting rules. Medical institutions can fill in the demand for each variety by generic name without distinguishing between brands, or they can refine it to specific brands, guiding companies with high recognition from medical institutions to actively participate.
Second, medical institutions are required to report volume truthfully and accurately. In principle, this centralized procurement requires that the annual demand of each medical institution for each variety should not be less than 80% of the average usage in 2023-2024. At the same time, for those with a significant reduction in clinical demand, business adjustments, and other factors that lead to a significant reduction in expected usage, medical institutions can report volume according to actual demand after providing a written explanation.
Third, maintain consistency with policies such as essential drugs and pediatric drugs. For essential drug specifications, special labeling is made in the volume reporting system. If the specification has not passed the consistency evaluation of quality and efficacy, medical institutions can determine the conversion ratio by themselves and provide an explanation when reporting the volume. For pediatric-appropriate specifications, if they have not passed the consistency evaluation, and medical institutions believe that they are difficult to replace and the volume cannot be converted, they can report the volume according to actual needs and provide an explanation.
The National Healthcare Security Administration (国家医保局) also released the "Q&A on the Volume Reporting Policy for Medical Institutions for the Eleventh Batch of Drug Centralized Procurement." During the implementation of the centralized procurement selection results, some regions once required the use of all centralized procurement drugs. In response to this issue of public concern, the policy Q&A gave a clear response: According to the centralized procurement policy, medical institutions should give priority to the use of selected drugs. At the same time, "priority use" does not equal "only use." The centralized procurement agreement volume is generally 60%-80% of the volume reported by medical institutions, and the remaining volume is independently selected by medical institutions to purchase selected or non-selected drugs. Judging from the implementation of the previous batches of centralized procurement, the proportion of medical institutions using selected products is relatively high, generally exceeding 80%. Many medical institutions still use selected drugs after completing the agreement volume, which also shows that the centralized procurement selected drugs are recognized by the majority of medical institutions. For some special circumstances, centralized procurement also has optimization measures to avoid **一刀切** (yī dāo qiē - "one knife cut," a one-size-fits-all approach). For example, for national or provincial key monitoring drugs, drugs with significant changes in demand due to public health events or changes in the drug recommendation level in clinical guidelines, if the agreement volume is not completed, the proportion of selected drugs used can reach the requirements of the region, respecting the actual clinical drug use.
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In 2025, the number of national general college graduates will reach 12.22 million, a record high; at the same time, some industries are under operating pressure, and the growth in the number of "white-collar" positions has slowed down or even shrunk. Adjusting career paths and engaging in skilled "blue-collar" work has become a pragmatic move for some young people to cope with reality.
In recent years, from the central to local levels, policies to stabilize employment have been intensively implemented: holding recruitment activities, strengthening employment guidance, expanding grassroots positions, and supporting innovation and entrepreneurship. In the first half of the year, 6.95 million new jobs were created in urban areas nationwide, completing 58% of the annual target. It is believed that as the economy steadily improves, the supply of jobs will gradually improve.
Looking at the long term, economic cycles cannot be completely synchronized with any generation. As long as you don't give up or 躺平 (tǎng píng - "lie flat," to do the bare minimum to get by), you can always usher in a turnaround.
Not being a "white-collar" worker is by no means a "downgrade." Today's "blue-collar" occupations have long broken stereotypes and demonstrated new charms.
The new industrialization wave calls for top craftsmen who integrate "intelligence" and "skills." China is accelerating its transformation from a manufacturing giant to a manufacturing powerhouse. The industrialization and application of new technologies in fields such as information communication and artificial intelligence are accelerating, and companies' demand for highly skilled talents has increased significantly. The continuous addition of highly educated talents injects strong impetus into the transformation and upgrading of traditional industries. Zhan Zhaojun (詹兆君), a college student, joined the Lenovo (联想) Hefei (合肥) production base, starting as a frontline operator and gradually growing into a technical backbone, with a salary exceeding that of many "white-collar" workers of the same age. Looking across the country, more and more "Zhan Zhaojuns" are contributing to consolidating the quality foundation of China's industrial system with their exquisite skills and innovative wisdom.
Consumption upgrades also require knowledge-based service talents. The service industry is leaping towards high-quality, personalized, and experiential directions. Practitioners must not only have professional skills, but also have cultural knowledge, aesthetic literacy, and communication wisdom. Students majoring in housekeeping at Zhengzhou Normal University (郑州师范学院) learn tea art and flower arrangement, and graduates are recruited early. A high-end elderly care institution in Shanghai (上海) introduced undergraduate graduates with backgrounds in psychology and nutrition to serve as "health managers," significantly improving service satisfaction. Currently, emerging fields such as high-end housekeeping and customized tourism are driving the conceptual innovation and business model upgrades of the service industry, becoming a new stage for highly skilled talents to display their talents.
"White-collar" or "blue-collar" are just external labels. For the country and society, whether it is a scientist who overcomes chip problems or a caregiver who provides warm companionship, meeting the real needs of society is a contribution to development. For individuals, a reasonable income guarantees the dignity of life, and a career experience that brings growth and satisfaction nourishes life, which is the most practical gain.
According to the latest data, the total number of highly skilled talents in China has exceeded 60 million, but it still faces problems of insufficient total amount and structural imbalance.
The country is increasing its efforts to pave the way for the growth of skilled talents: the Vocational Education Law (职业教育法) opens up vocational education pathways for further education; the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security (人力资源社会保障部) and other departments are vigorously promoting the "Skills Light Up the Future" training campaign; many places are implementing the "New Eight-Level Worker" system to expand career development paths; the coverage of social security is continuously expanding, and the policy of points-based household registration is being optimized and adjusted in many places. Policies are being implemented in multiple dimensions to continuously improve the welfare security, growth potential, and professional dignity of skilled positions.
In the future, making "blue-collar" jobs more attractive requires the concerted efforts of all parties: relevant departments should do a good job in forward-looking planning, strengthen human resource analysis and forecasting, and increase investment in vocational education and skills training; colleges and universities should deepen the integration of industry and education, and cooperation between schools and enterprises; individual planning should be combined with interests, abilities, and market demand, without blindly following the trend; and enterprises should improve their internal training systems and establish scientific evaluation and promotion mechanisms for skilled talents. When national training and individual investment can be accurately transformed into what society needs and what individuals are good at, the concerns about talent waste can be dispelled. Whether "white-collar" or "blue-collar," they can shine in the right position.
The value of a career does not lie in the "color of the collar," but in integrating the "small self" into the "big self" and integrating personal development into the needs of the country and the times. Every position and every job is meaningful and will shine brightly.
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Only when the public keeps their eyes open, platforms fulfill their responsibilities, and regulators continue to exert efforts can "miracle doctors" have nowhere to hide, rumors have no cracks to exploit, and traditional Chinese medicine culture truly benefit the people.
The National Health Commission (国家卫生健康委) recently warned the public at a press conference to be wary of the phenomenon of "traditional culture kidnapping," tearing off the cloak of "miracle doctor" scams: collectively "violating ancestral precepts" and announcing "ancestral secret recipes," the routine behind it is a unified script, and the purpose is to sell medicine for profit.
Similar scams are common: dozens of "experts" form a "miracle doctor universe" to advertise "miracle medicine secret recipes." Zhang Wenrong (张文荣), the former honorary president of Beijing Henian Hall Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital (北京鹤年堂中医医院), used the line "cure one, get one good" to fool the people. Huang Yajun (黄亚军), who claimed to be the "seventh-generation descendant of Qing Dynasty imperial physicians" and the "number one person in accelerating Chinese medicine," fabricated expert qualifications and sold medicinal wine with exaggerated propaganda such as "detoxifying and dissolving thrombi," forming a marketing industrial chain under the guise of "traditional Chinese medicine health preservation"... These scams mainly target the elderly, using their anxiety about chronic diseases and information gaps about regular medical care, concocting rhetoric such as "no surgery needed" and "easily treat diseases at home," weaving illusory hopes for health.
The harm of the scams has exceeded economic losses. Abandoning regular treatment and credulously believing in "ancestral secret recipes" delays the condition, and taking excessive medicinal wine leads to complications, seriously endangering the health of users. "Ancestral secret recipes" and "families of traditional Chinese medicine" have been reduced to scam labels, which is also a blasphemy against traditional culture. The image of regular traditional Chinese medicine in the public's eyes is damaged, and the space for development is squeezed.
"Curing all diseases" violates medical common sense. Remembering this makes it easy to see through scams. If you find health rumors or encounter health information that you cannot distinguish between true and false, you can report and search on the "Rumor Refutation Platform" on the official website of the National Health Commission (国家卫生健康委). Children may wish to pay more attention to their parents' consumption trends, help them update their health knowledge, popularize the common sense that "chronic diseases need standardized treatment," and teach them how to use the "Rumor Refutation Platform."
Platforms should act as good "gatekeepers." Short video platforms and e-commerce platforms can automatically intercept rhetoric such as "cure" and "miracle doctor" through sensitive word and qualification screening, forcibly publicize drug approval numbers, remove relevant content that exaggerates product efficacy, and make up for audit shortcomings.
Regulatory authorities should maintain a high-pressure stance, establish a cross-departmental linkage mechanism, severely punish false propaganda and other behaviors in accordance with the law, and comprehensively crack down on the industrial chain behind it. The dissemination norms of traditional Chinese medicine information also need to be improved. How can traditional culture become the packaging for commercial fraud?
Only when the public keeps their eyes open, platforms fulfill their responsibilities, and regulators continue to exert efforts can "miracle doctors" have nowhere to hide, rumors have no cracks to exploit, and traditional Chinese medicine culture truly benefit the people.
Return to TopAugust 7th, Qinglian Village (青帘村), Baihu Town (白湖镇), Lujiang County (庐江县), Hefei City (合肥市), Anhui Province (安徽省), farmers are weeding in the Gorgon fruit fields. The day marked the Start of Autumn, and the local area actively carried out agricultural activities such as rushing to harvest and plant, and field management of crops.
Photo by Zuo Xuechang (左学长) (Image China)
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 侯琳良
"Police officers, please save my mother! The elderly woman's eyeball has ruptured and needs to be urgently transferred to Jinan (济南)!" Recently, a call for help rang in the duty room of the Directly Subordinate Brigade of the Jinan (济南) Traffic Management Detachment of the Public Security Bureau of Shandong Province (山东省). An elderly woman suffered a ruptured eyeball due to external trauma and needed to be urgently transferred from Heze (菏泽) to Jinan (济南) by private car, but the traffic in the urban area of Jinan (济南) was congested.
"Just step on the gas, leave the rest to us!" After receiving the call, Mi Qingyu (米庆宇) and Li Haoyue (李昊岳), members of the Jinan (济南) traffic police iron cavalry, calmed the family's emotions, planned the route, and made arrangements for duty before setting off immediately, waiting at a highway toll station in Jinan (济南) one hour in advance.
Overtaking on the highway, gesturing to guide the vehicle while driving... They drove their traffic police motorcycles to clear the way for the vehicle carrying the elderly woman, with only one thought in their minds: to escort the elderly woman safely and quickly to the hospital.
Because of timely medical treatment, the elderly woman's eyeball was saved. A few days later, after the elderly woman's condition stabilized, her children came to the Directly Subordinate Brigade, with tears in their eyes, and presented a silk banner to express their gratitude: "Your kindness is as heavy as a mountain (恩重如山 (ēn zhòng rú shān - "kindness heavy as mountain," immense kindness or favor)), our whole family will always remember it!"
At that moment, the two iron cavalry members were truly relieved. "This is our duty," Mi Qingyu (米庆宇) and Li Haoyue (李昊岳) said in unison.
"Rapidly responding to emergencies is one of the values of our 'light cavalry'," said Zhao Hui (赵辉), captain of the Third Squadron of the Directly Subordinate Brigade.
(Liu Yining (刘依宁) participated in the writing)
Return to TopThis newspaper's Shanghai (上海) August 7th dispatch (Reporter Wang Yinxin (王崟欣)) Recently, Shanghai (上海) issued the "Several Measures on Promoting the High-Quality Development of Commercial Health Insurance to Help the Innovation of the Biomedical Industry," comprising 18 articles in 5 aspects. It aims to enhance the ability of insurance to serve people's livelihood security, promote the common development of commercial insurance and medical insurance, improve the accessibility and affordability of innovative drugs and devices, and meet the multi-level health security needs of citizens.
The measures propose deepening the innovation of payment mechanisms for innovative drugs and devices, and unblocking the "entry into hospitals," "entry into catalogs," and "entry into prescriptions" of innovative drugs and devices. Application cases of innovative drugs within the scope of relevant commercial health insurance coverage may not be included in the scope of payment by disease type. Insurance companies are encouraged to provide disease and indication ranges suitable for innovative drugs and devices, as well as clinical trial data, as pricing references.
It is worth noting that, according to the measures, Shanghai (上海) will improve the function of the "Shanghai Insurance Code," further optimize the synchronous settlement model of medical insurance and commercial insurance, improve the direct claim service process, build a proactive claim system for medical insurance and commercial insurance, deepen the interconnection of medical, medical insurance, and commercial insurance data, and achieve 一码通赔 (yī mǎ tōng péi - "one code for all claims," a system where a single code facilitates all insurance claims).
The introduction of these measures will further promote commercial health insurance to become an important pillar of the people's health security system, providing the public with more comprehensive, diverse, and convenient health security.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 李茂颖
The "Ten Measures to Further Strengthen the Integrity Construction of the Tourism Market in Yunnan Province" were recently released and will be implemented on August 12, safeguarding the poetic beauty of the landscape with a new integrity policy.
Since the beginning of this year, Yunnan (云南) has accelerated the high-quality development of the tourism industry, placing integrity construction in a prominent position in market order governance, and carrying out a hundred-day action to improve the quality of tourism services and rectify the tourism market order. The tourism market environment continues to improve, attracting more tourists to experience the charm of colorful Yunnan (七彩云南).
In various tourist attractions in Tengchong City (腾冲市), the "30-day unconditional return" sign is visible everywhere. "All our products must be clearly marked with prices, and the sales voucher must have the after-sales phone number and the return and exchange supervision center phone number. There is a consumer rights protection service station in the shopping mall," said Liu Xianbo (刘贤波), director of the Tengchong City Tourism Quality Service Center (腾冲市旅游质量服务中心).
Yunnan Province (云南省) has built a 12345 tourism-related complaint sub-center to accurately accept and handle tourist complaints, ensuring a response within 5 minutes and handling them on time in accordance with laws and regulations. "We also organize return visits to tourist complaints to achieve closed-loop management and strive to ensure that every complaint 'has a response and is implemented'," said Lü Kaijia (吕开家), head of the Comprehensive Law Enforcement Supervision Bureau of the Yunnan Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism (云南省文化和旅游厅综合执法监督局).
The Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture (大理白族自治州) released a cultural and tourism "red and black list," listing enterprises and individuals with honest operations and high-quality services on the "red list" for vigorous commendation, and those who violate regulations and lose credibility on the "black list" for severe punishment. Through clear reward and punishment guidance, it guides tourism business entities to operate with integrity. Ms. Tang (唐女士), who runs a B&B in Shuanglang Ancient Town (双廊古镇), is a beneficiary of the "red list." With high-quality service and environment, her B&B was listed on the "red list" in May this year, which brought her a steady stream of new customers.
As night falls, the Xingguang Night Market (星光夜市) in Jinghong City (景洪市), Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture (西双版纳傣族自治州), gradually becomes lively. Huihui (慧慧), a tourist from Gansu (甘肃), shuttles between stalls full of characteristic costumes, carefully selecting travel photography equipment. "I chose the merchants based on the 'red and black list,' and there were no hidden costs throughout the process," she said. Xishuangbanna (西双版纳) and other departments jointly carried out special rectification of market order, strengthened the standardization of key industries such as travel photography, and strived to ensure the transparency and comfort of the entire process of tourist consumption.
In the first half of this year, Yunnan Province (云南省) received a total of 371 million tourists, an increase of 10.8% year-on-year; the total tourism expenditure was 658.431 billion yuan, an increase of 10.5% year-on-year. 17,755 tourism-related complaints were handled, a year-on-year decrease of 35.52%, and the tourism market environment has improved significantly.
"Integrity can bring more repeat customers, this is our real experience," said Qiu Xiaogang (邱晓刚), business负责人 of a travel agency in Shangri-La City (香格里拉市), Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (迪庆藏族自治州). "We resolutely do not offer low-price tours, strictly fulfill contracts, do not engage in forced shopping, and do not organize or undertake 'unreasonable low-price tours'." Qiu Xiaogang (邱晓刚) introduced that the travel agency regularly organizes learning and training for tour guides, and the content includes not only service skills, but also emphasizes integrity.
"If a travel agency is found to be a seriously dishonest entity because its business license has been revoked, its main person in charge shall not serve as the owner of a similar enterprise within 5 years, and relevant management personnel shall be prohibited from entering the industry within 3 years; if a tour guide is punished by revoking the tour guide certificate, he/she shall not apply for the certificate again." The 10 measures once again strengthen the rectification of illegal and irregular behaviors such as "unreasonable low-price tours," "one-on-one" malicious stalking, "box-style" promotion of goods, defrauding customers, and forced shopping.
"Integrity is the lifeline of tourism and the cornerstone of high-quality development of the tourism industry. We will continue to weave a tight integrity supervision network to make 'integrity tourism' a distinctive symbol of Yunnan (云南). Let tourists come with peace of mind, have fun, and want to come again, so that the golden signboard of tourism can be polished brighter and brighter," said the relevant person in charge of the Yunnan Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism (云南省文化和旅游厅).
Return to TopAncient charm and modern flair showcase the splendid civilization of Shuozhou (朔州) land; cultural tourism integration stimulates the surging development tide of the "Sai Shang Oasis."
In recent years, Shuozhou City (朔州市), Shanxi Province (山西省), has adhered to promoting tourism through culture and highlighting culture through tourism, tapping into the "three major advantages" of profound Great Wall culture, abundant ecological resources, and unique summer resort environment, and constructing a "cultural tourism +" industrial integration system. In the second quarter of 2025, key monitored scenic spots in Shuozhou City (朔州市) received a total of 1,022,200 tourists, an increase of 37.99% year-on-year; realizing ticket revenue of 20,838,400 yuan, an increase of 57.49% year-on-year.
Millennial Cultural Heritage Deepens Cultural Foundation
Shuozhou (朔州) has a long cultural history and is full of relics. According to statistics, Shuozhou City (朔州市) currently has 2,487 cultural relics protection units of various levels and types, including 1,282 ancient sites, 686 ancient buildings, 297 ancient tombs, 23 grotto temples and stone carvings, 197 modern and contemporary important historical sites and representative buildings, and 2 others; there are 8 national key cultural relics protection units, 24 provincial key cultural relics protection units, 58 municipal cultural relics protection units, and 21,351 sets of 251,716 pieces of movable cultural relics in state-owned collections. These cultural treasures deeply rooted in the historical soil are vivid annotations to Shuozhou's (朔州) millennial cultural heritage.
Chongfu Temple (崇福寺) in Shuocheng District (朔城区) has "five unique features": plaques, murals, statue backlights, carved window lattices, and glazed ridge ornaments, all of which are original Jin Dynasty (金代) artifacts, and are a "living fossil" for studying Liao (辽) and Jin (金) architectural art and culture; the Sakyamuni Pagoda of Fogong Temple (佛宫寺释迦塔) in Ying County (应县), built in the Liao Dynasty (辽代), also known as the Ying County Wooden Pagoda (应县木塔), is 67.31 meters high and is the tallest and oldest existing pure wooden pavilion-style building in the world. The 54 kinds of Dougong (斗拱) (brackets) bloom like lotus flowers and are known as the "Dougong Museum." In 2024, it became one of the top five popular attractions in Shanxi Province (山西省). Guangwu (广武) area in Shanyin County (山阴县) relies on the natural barrier of Yanmen Pass (雁门关) and has been a strategic location for military strategists since ancient times. Its cultural relics cluster is composed of the Great Wall and its affiliated military facilities, such as the Qiaolou (谯楼), beacon towers, Xin Guangwu City (新广武城), Jiu Guangwu City (旧广武城), and the Han Dynasty (汉代) tomb complex. Being in it, the echoes of thousands of years of war and the sound of drums and horns are still in your ears.
Shuozhou's (朔州) long cultural heritage is also reflected in the intangible cultural heritage skills passed down from generation to generation. According to statistics, Shuozhou City (朔州市) has 6 national intangible cultural heritage representative projects, 28 provincial intangible cultural heritage representative projects, and 267 municipal intangible cultural heritage representative projects. From the passionate gongs and drums to the exquisite paper-cutting, from the melodious Bayin music to the vivid operas, these living cultural heritages are indispensable treasures of Shuozhou (朔州) cultural tourism.
Upholding Integrity and Innovation Protecting Historical Treasures
In recent years, Shuozhou City (朔州市) has implemented the new era's cultural relics work policy of "protection first, strengthening management, exploring value, effective utilization, and making cultural relics come alive," and issued the "Implementation Opinions on Promoting the High-Quality Development of Shuozhou's (朔州) Cultural Relics Undertaking in the New Era," coordinating and promoting rescue protection and preventive protection, comprehensively carrying out daily maintenance of immovable cultural relics, and implementing major special projects for the protection of national treasure-level cultural relics, comprehensive rescue projects for early wooden structures from the Yuan Dynasty (元代) and earlier, special projects for the protection of painted sculptures and murals, special projects for the protection of low-level cultural relics supported by government general bonds, and special projects for the digital protection of cultural relics. It has successively completed renovation projects of national key cultural relics protection units such as the fire and security project of Chongfu Temple (崇福寺), the deformation monitoring project of the Ying County Wooden Pagoda (应县木塔), the roof maintenance project of the Ying County Wooden Pagoda (应县木塔), and the protection and renovation project of Baoning Temple (宝宁寺) in Youyu (右玉). Accelerate the advancement of security projects such as the Ying County Wooden Pagoda (应县木塔) security project and the Jingtusi (净土寺) security project to effectively protect the precious heritage left by predecessors. Simultaneously promote the protection and renovation of the Three Great Kings Temple (三大王庙) in Shuocheng District (朔城区), the renovation project of Xinyun Stone Fort (新云石堡) in Youyu (右玉), the protective facilities and environmental improvement of Tian Hui's Tomb (田蕙墓), the security project of Huazhai Guandi Temple (花寨关帝庙), and the reinforcement and restoration of the barbican of the North Gate of Xianbao (西安堡) in Huairen City (怀仁市), and other provincial-level cultural relics protection and renovation projects. In 2024, 4 provincial-level cultural relics protection units completed daily maintenance projects. In recent years, the city has implemented a total of 11 national protection unit projects and 16 provincial protection unit projects. The preservation status of national and provincial key cultural relics protection units is good, and potential safety hazards have been basically eliminated, truly achieving "restoring the old as before."
Apply digital technology to innovate the way cultural relics are protected. Shuozhou City (朔州市) actively promotes the establishment of a cultural relics database, makes good use of 3D technology to restore immovable cultural relics such as the Ying County Wooden Pagoda (应县木塔), Chongfu Temple (崇福寺), and Jingtusi (净土寺), does precise image collection of murals, texts, and other content, and does preventive digital protection of movable cultural relics such as objects. At present, the digital protection project of cultural relics collected in the Mayi Museum (马邑博物馆) is being implemented; the digital protection project of precious cultural relics collected by the Huairen City (怀仁市) Cultural Relics Protection and Utilization Service Center is included in the 2026 cultural relics digital protection project plan.
Promote the construction of national cultural parks to lay the foundation for cultural relics protection. Shuozhou City (朔州市) attaches great importance to the construction of the Great Wall National Cultural Park and has formulated the "Shuozhou City (朔州市) Great Wall National Cultural Park Construction Promotion Plan." The Shuozhou City (朔州市) Shanyin County (山阴县) Guangwu Great Wall National Cultural Park Protection and Construction Project has become one of the national cultural park construction projects. At present, the Guangwu Great Wall (广武长城) site infrastructure construction project has completed the construction of management rooms, environmental improvement and greening, tourist management service center, garbage collection and transfer facilities, tourist toilets, and ecological parking lots. The Guangwu Han Tomb Complex (广武汉墓群) and Guangwu City (广武城) Protection and Utilization Facility New Construction Project has a total investment of 332 million yuan and is a "specialized, refined, and new" engineering project for cultural inheritance and development in the city. At present, the construction of battery car lanes, walkways, and environmental improvement is underway.
Integrated Coexistence Stimulates Cultural Tourism Vitality
In 2025, the popularity of Shuozhou's (朔州) cultural tourism market continued to rise. From January to June, key monitored scenic spots in Shuozhou City (朔州市) received 1,493,200 tourists, an increase of 40.04% year-on-year; ticket and operating income reached 42,089,300 yuan, an increase of 51.91% year-on-year.
Cultivate new consumption scenarios and release the vitality of cultural tourism consumption. In 2024, Guangwu Ski Tourism Resort (广武滑雪旅游度假地) in Shanyin County (山阴县) was selected into the third batch of national-level ski tourism resorts by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism and the State General Administration of Sports. The number of passengers in the 2024-2025 snow season reached 66,000. The construction of cultural tourism and health clusters and cultural tourism and health demonstration zones in the city is accelerating. Youyu County (右玉县) and Jinshatan (金沙滩) in Huairen City (怀仁市) and other cultural tourism and health demonstration zones continue to be created. In 2024, the "Black Myth: Wukong" Shuozhou (朔州) cultural tourism marketing activities were carried out throughout the year, and 42 cultural tourism consumption promotion activities were also launched. The Shuocheng District (朔城区) Mayi Cultural Tourism Season, the Huairen City (怀仁市) Jinshatan (金沙滩) National Kite Month, the Yulong International Horse Racing Open, the "Youyu Style (右玉风) · Xikou Sentiment (西口情)" Ecological Cultural Tourism Season, and the first summer carnival in Xiyi Village (西易村) in Pinglu District (平鲁区) were all wonderful and continued to stimulate consumption potential.
Give play to the advantages of cultural tourism resources and create diversified tourism routes. In recent years, Shuozhou (朔州) has carefully created tourism brands such as the Inner and Outer Great Wall, the Ying County Wooden Pagoda (应县木塔), and the Xikou Ancient Road (西口古道), and launched more than 10 "Tour Shuozhou (游朔州) · Read History (读历史)" themed tourism routes such as ancient building tours, border culture tours, Xikou (西口) style tours, and research study tours; it has released Shuozhou (朔州) three-day regular tourism routes, Qingming Festival (清明节) Great Wall No. 1 Tourism Highway self-driving crossing routes, April flower viewing routes, "Follow Wukong to Tour Shanxi (跟着悟空游山西)" ancient building tour routes, and launched nearly a hundred themed tours such as the "Rural Four Seasons Good Scenery" border style tour and the Tracing the Great Wall tour rural tourism, allowing tourists to appreciate history and nourish their body and mind during the tour.
From the exquisite beauty of Chongfu Temple (崇福寺) to the millennial standing of the Ying County Wooden Pagoda (应县木塔), from the magnificent vastness of the Guangwu Great Wall (广武长城) to the living inheritance of intangible cultural heritage skills, Shuozhou (朔州) is promoting the integrated development of the cultural tourism industry in a wider range, deeper level, and higher level with its profound historical heritage and vigorous innovative vitality, so that the city cultural name card of "Shuofeng Ancient Charm (朔风古韵) · Sai Shang Oasis (塞上绿洲)" can radiate a more charming charm.
Data source: Propaganda Department of the CPC Shuozhou Municipal Committee (中共朔州市委宣传部)
Return to TopFei'er (霏儿), my darling:
When Dad is writing this letter to you, you are diligently looking at the books for the transition from kindergarten to primary school, reciting "a, o, e" under your breath.
Some time ago, Dad took you to see the "Super League," the match between Changzhou (常州) and Xuzhou (徐州). Many people recognized you: "Is that the 'takeout baby'? She's grown so big."
Yes, you're almost 7 years old and about to start primary school.
The first time I took you to deliver takeout was in the spring of 2019. You were only 6 months old then, weighing just over 10 pounds, not even as heavy as Dad's single takeout order. Every morning when I went out, I would fold the pink blanket at home into four thick layers and put it at the bottom of the takeout box. You fit perfectly inside.
When you turned two, Dad carried you on his back with the embroidered carrier made by Grandma. You became Dad's "safety supervisor." Every time we encountered a red light, you would remind me in your sweet voice: "Dad, stop quickly! Red lights mean we can't go, let's rest for a bit before going!" Later, we became Changzhou's (常州) "One Helmet, One Belt" safety and civilized travel ambassadors, promoting the travel concept of "One Helmet, One Belt, Safety Always."
At that time, Dad was always afraid Fei'er (霏儿) would ask: "Why are other children playing with toys and eating delicious food at home, but I have to follow you through wind and rain?"
Yes, we had a difficult time back then. You and Mom were sick one after another, and the family owed some debts. I also felt very guilty that I didn't have enough ability to give you a stable childhood at that time. But no matter what, Mom and I always agreed: our family must always be together, this is the most precious happiness to protect.
Fei'er (霏儿), after you start school, you will be exposed to a bigger world and learn about more and more professions. You may also have new curiosity and ideas about Dad's profession.
Dad has been delivering takeout for Ele.me (饿了么) for exactly 10 years this August. The road under the wheels may be enough to circle the earth several times. You might ask: "Dad, you've been delivering takeout for 10 years, aren't you tired of it? Haven't you thought about doing something else?" To be honest, I have.
I started working at the age of 16, went to many cities, and did more than 20 jobs. I carried bricks on construction sites, tightened screws in workshops, washed dishes in restaurants... but I didn't stay in any of them for long. At that time, I always felt lost, empty, and confused. Until I came to Changzhou (常州), Dad became a "knight" shuttling through the city streets.
In Dad's opinion, being a takeout "knight" is very similar to the "knight" in fairy tales. Although it is hard work, being exposed to wind, sun, and rain is commonplace, and sometimes you will suffer some grievances, it is not only a solid guarantee to support our small family, but also has great value to others and to our city.
Perhaps in the eyes of many people, this job is not so glamorous; many people regard this job as a helpless choice during the transition period; and many people think that it is a low-level profession...
But what I want to tell you is that Dad is very proud of his profession and of being able to do this profession better and better.
In these 10 years, because of this profession, Dad was not only named one of the "Top Ten Outstanding Youths" in Tianning District (天宁区), Changzhou (常州), but also found the reason for love and persistence in his work, and found the happiness of solid labor.
In these 10 years, riding a two-wheeled electric vehicle through the streets of Changzhou (常州) every day, watching every brick and tile, every street and alley here getting better and better, I sometimes feel that the fullness and happiness of every household in the streets and alleys are also related to me.
In these 10 years, relying on delivering orders one by one every day and climbing stairs layer by layer, we not only paid off our debts, but also moved from an 8-square-meter rental house to our own small house. Watching you grow up happily day by day, Dad feels particularly at ease and motivated.
Fei'er (霏儿), my dear daughter, after this summer vacation, you will carry your schoolbag and officially become a primary school student.
Dad may not have more wisdom to pass on to you, but I hope that no matter what happens in the future, you can always remain optimistic, sunny, and down-to-earth. You must firmly believe that 天道酬勤 (tiān dào chóu qín - "heaven rewards diligence," hard work pays off), and that after suffering comes sweetness, and you will have the ability to make yourself and others better and better. This is all of Dad's "life magic" in the past 10 years.
Grow up bravely, Fei'er (霏儿).
Forever loving Dad, Li Yuanyuan (李园园)
August 8, 2025
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Return to TopBy: 本报记者 祝大伟
There are two theories regarding the name of Yichun City (伊春市), Heilongjiang Province: one suggests it originates from the Mongolian culture's reverence for the number "nine," implying "the arrival of spring and abundant produce," which aptly echoes the "spring" in the current translated name; the other proposes it comes from the Manchu language, meaning "a place abundant in fur and clothing materials," reflecting its location in the heart of the Lesser Khingan Mountains, characterized by lush forests and abundant animal fur.
Overlooking Yichun from above, the vast sea of forests surges, with varying shades of green stretching to the horizon. The forest coverage here reaches as high as 83.8%, more than three times the national average; it also boasts the world's most complete primeval Korean pine forest community. This green and red of Yichun not only earns it the title of "China's Forest Capital" but also the name "Hometown of Korean Pine." The northern part of Yichun faces the Amur Oblast (Амурская область) and Jewish Autonomous Oblast (Еврейская автономная область) of Russia across the Heilongjiang River (黑龙江). This border city, born and thriving because of the forest, uses its ecological endowment as its foundation and cultural exchange as its bridge, tightening the bonds of mutual understanding and cooperation with its neighbors, and presenting a colorful calling card to the world.
From Cross-Border "Internet Celebrity Weddings" to "Second Hometown" –
There's an "Elena Alley" in Huashulinzi Village (桦树林子村)
Jiayin County (嘉荫县) is located at the northernmost tip of Yichun, precisely on the back of the "swan" on the map of Heilongjiang Province, which resembles a swan spreading its wings.
"This is my second hometown." Yulia (尤利娅), from Russia, with short blonde hair, speaks fluent Northeastern Chinese. Yulia, who dances Russian folk dances, met a young man from Jiayin studying vocal music during a performance, and they happily tied the knot at the first China-Russia International Group Wedding held in Jiayin in 2012. Since then, Yulia has been working and living in Jiayin. To date, Jiayin County's China-Russia International Group Wedding has been held for 10 sessions, becoming a local "Internet celebrity" brand, with a cumulative total of 436 pairs of Chinese and Russian young people committing to each other for life.
The Heilongjiang River flows ceaselessly, and cross-border love stories are written on this land. If traced back along the river of time, Jiayin's tradition of cross-border marriage has a history of over a century. Many locals go to Russia for work, bringing their Russian spouses back to China, leading to continuous intermarriage and interaction. In the northwest end of Jiayin County, Changsheng Township (常胜乡) has three Russian ethnic villages, Changjia Village (常家村), Qinlian Village (勤俭村), and Huashulinzi Village (桦树林子村), distributed along the Heilongjiang River.
"I was delivered by Elena." Cong Chengwu (丛成武), 69 years old from Huashulinzi Village, is very enthusiastic when talking about the village's history. Elena was one of the first Russian girls to marry into the village. She understood medicine, and most of the children in the village were delivered by her. 40% of the villagers have Russian ancestry. To commemorate her, the village named a small road "Elena Alley."
"Do I look like my grandmother Donia (都尼亚)?" Cong Chengwu held up his family album, comparing himself with the Russian elder in the photo. Cong Chengwu has a high nose bridge, slightly thin lips, and a rugged face, with a foreign style written all over his face.
Not only does he look like his grandmother who married from Russia, but Cong Chengwu also inherited the craft of making Russian cuisine. The dry cucumbers in the field are full of vines. Cong Chengwu picks them home, washes them, and then spreads a layer of cucumbers sprinkled with salt, followed by a layer of dill with seeds, and finally covers them with leaves and presses them firmly. "The pickled sour cucumbers are sliced thinly and dipped in honey for a sour, crisp, sweet, and fragrant taste." At Cong Chengwu's fingertips, the Russian taste memory has been passed down.
Transcending borders, love is destined for "Forest Capital." The China-Russia International Group Wedding has allowed many young people from the surrounding areas to find their "second hometown" here. Today, Yulia is the mother of two children, and Russian and authentic Northeastern Chinese flow smoothly in her speech. The China-Russia International Group Wedding continues to be held, telling beautiful stories of "the key to sound relations between states lies in the affinity between their people."
From "China's First Dragon" to "Biodiversity Gene Bank" –
The "Home in the Forest" is Becoming More International
At the first China-Russia International Group Wedding, the organizers presented each newlywed couple with a Jiayin specialty – "petrified wood," symbolizing eternal love. Yulia has treasured this "petrified wood" to this day. "More and more foreigners are becoming connected with this land, attracted by the history of Yichun," Yulia said with deep feeling.
In the hilly area west of Jiayin County, Longgu Mountain (龙骨山) is named for its rich deposits of dinosaur fossils and ancient biological fossils. In 1902, the first batch of dinosaur fossils was excavated on Longgu Mountain, which was the first dinosaur fossil unearthed in China, known as "China's First Dragon" (神州第一龙). Jiayin is the earliest place in China to discover dinosaur fossils and the place where Chinese dinosaurs became extinct the latest, and it has the reputation of "China's First Dragon Township." "This 'earliest and latest' has become one of the reasons attracting scientists to connect with Jiayin." Shen Fengbin (沈凤斌), a fossil restorer at the Jiayin Dinosaur National Geological Park (嘉荫恐龙国家地质公园) who has been working with foreign experts for many years, is quite proud of Jiayin's reputation among experts.
"The Jiayin dinosaurs are a treasure of the world's scientific treasury." Russian scholar Yuri Pauloski (Юрий Паулосский) is a friend of Shen Fengbin. He opened a dinosaur fossil museum in his hometown across the river and comes to Jiayin every year to exchange ideas with Chinese research teams. Around the giant dinosaur model in Jiayin Dinosaur National Geological Park, the bronze statues of 24 Chinese and foreign scientists are lifelike. "This is to commemorate their contributions to the geological cause of the Lesser Khingan Mountains," Shen Fengbin said. In the past 20 years, Jiayin has attracted hundreds of scientists from nearly 20 countries to come for exchanges and cooperation.
May 22 this year was International Day for Biological Diversity, and the main event in China was held in Yichun. Representatives from many countries' embassies in China and international organizations witnessed Yichun's efforts to protect the "Biodiversity Gene Bank." "The beautiful Lesser Khingan Mountains belong to Yichun, and also to the world," said Dong Wenqin (董文琴), Secretary of the Yichun Municipal Party Committee. Yichun's ecological background gives the city the confidence to open up and develop.
In the Wumahe Forestry Farm (乌马河林场) of the Yichun Forestry Industry Wumahe Forestry Bureau Company (伊春森工乌马河林业局公司), sunlight shines through the dense canopy onto the ground. A sable leaps from the bushes onto the slippery moss, and quickly climbs up the tall Korean pine, chasing and playing. Dang Xiangmin (党向民), 58 years old, has been guarding the forest watchtower for more than 20 years. "From swinging an axe to cut down trees to guarding and protecting the forest, my identity has changed, and the mountains and forests have also come alive – you see these increasing numbers of sables, which is the best proof that the Lesser Khingan Mountains have regained their vitality." He spoke of his experience accompanying reporter Vadim Grinikh (Вадим Гриних) to explore the changes in the forest farm, his eyes full of gratification.
Yichun has a rich variety of ecosystems. At present, the city has 23 nature reserves, including the Chinese merganser and the white-naped crane, covering 670,000 hectares of forest area. "The biodiversity data here can provide high-value reference standards for global temperate ecological research." Dang Xiangmin receives more and more international friends who come to the Yichun forest area. "The 'Home in the Forest' is becoming more international."
From "Forest Oxygen Bar" to "Curling Hometown" –
Forest and Snow Tourism Become "Top Traffic"
"Yichun's snow world is more beautiful than in fairy tales"... Tourists from Russia, the United States, and Southeast Asian countries take the "Yichun" (伊春号) and "Forest Capital" (林都号) tourist trains, traveling through the forest and snowfields of the Lesser Khingan Mountains, marveling endlessly.
"Forest Capital" does not treat guests with wine, but the greenness it offers is intoxicating. "The average content of negative oxygen ions in the air in summer can reach more than 8,000 per cubic centimeter, making it a well-deserved 'natural oxygen bar'." Yulia is deeply intoxicated by the pine resin fragrance that permeates the Korean pine forest.
"The scenery here is beautiful." In recent years, Yichun has called on citizens to actively recommend their hometown. Yulia, an "Internet celebrity" with nearly 300,000 fans, shared a short video of her son promoting Yichun's ice and snow in Russian on Russian websites. As the term "International Spring" became popular online, Yichun seized the opportunity to further open up international tourism routes, open up international communication channels, and attract friends from all countries with its forest and snow calling cards.
"Yichun is great, the forests are lush, and the air is fresh. I will definitely introduce my friends to experience it." Giana (Джианна), a member of the Russian curling club, fell in love with Yichun at first sight, thanks to ice and snow sports. On June 28 this year, the 2025 China-Shanghai Cooperation Organization Ice and Snow Sports Demonstration Zone International Curling Invitational Tournament opened in the Yichun Korean Pine Gymnasium (伊春红松体育馆), with athletes from Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, and other countries participating. After the exhilarating competition, Giana, like Yulia, became a "promotional ambassador" for Yichun. More and more international friends come to Yichun, using their unique perspectives to open the door to understanding Yichun.
Digging deep into ice and snow resources, Yichun is striving to make the "Curling Hometown" brand known, accelerating the construction of the Yichun Auxiliary Zone of the China-Shanghai Cooperation Organization Ice and Snow Sports Demonstration Zone, taking curling as a breakthrough point, and taking international exchange and development as the goal, to create an ice and snow sports cooperation center. "At present, the city has received more than 3,000 domestic and foreign curling research teams." Yin Hang (尹航), Deputy Director of the Yichun Municipal Sports Bureau, said that during various curling events this year, the city's daily average number of tourists reached 118,000, an increase of 10.5% compared with the daily average.
Today, "International Spring" has successfully become a "top traffic" destination for forest and snow tourism. Last snow season, the city received 382% more overseas tourists year-on-year, and in 2024, the number of tourists and tourism revenue increased by 53% and 76.2% respectively year-on-year, the highest in history.
In the center of Yichun City, a monument stands on Birobidzhan Square (比罗比詹广场), with a sphere with a Korean pine relief pattern on top. In Yichun Square in Birobidzhan City (Биробиджан), Russia, a peace dove holds up a similar sphere. The two cities use monuments that integrate Chinese and Russian elements to transform the deep friendship between the people of Yichun and Birobidzhan into landmarks. With the expansion of cultural exchanges between Jiayin County, Daqingshan County (大箐山县), Fenglin County (丰林县) and other places and Russian local cultures, the city has opened a multi-level, wide-ranging pattern of foreign exchanges.
From the open imprints deep in history to the "World Appointment" echoing in the forest and snowfields today, Yichun is opening up a distinctive path to promote affinity and understanding between people.
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Yichun City is located in the northeast of Heilongjiang Province. It is the earliest key state-owned forest area and a national key ecological function area in China. The Lesser Khingan Mountains run through the entire territory, and the border line is 246 kilometers long.
In recent years, Yichun has aimed at the "International Spring" positioning, and has continuously strengthened exchanges and mutual visits with the friendly city of Birobidzhan, Russia, and held regular cultural exchange activities such as literary and artistic performances; it has established a regular contact mechanism with the Jewish Autonomous Oblast of Russia to accelerate the construction of the Jiayin border people's mutual trade zone.
Yichun continues to deepen the "Forest +" international brand, continue to strengthen the core ecological resource brands such as forest health, forest ice and snow, and forest food, and create an ecological tourism destination with global appeal. Taking cross-border group weddings and curling international sports events as important carriers, Yichun continues to build an international cultural exchange platform, playing an increasingly important role in tightening the emotional ties between the people of the surrounding areas.
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In the southern forest of Yichun (伊春), the Wudai Highway (乌带公路), approximately 110 kilometers long, tells the story of the forest area's development. Fifty years ago, the Wudai Highway (乌带公路) was built to improve the efficiency of timber transportation. Today, this highway runs through the Wuma River Sable National Nature Reserve (乌马河紫貂国家级自然保护区) and other key ecological protection and research bases, attracting many Chinese and foreign tourists with its beautiful scenery in all seasons.
From tree felling to protection, from selling good timber to selling good ecology, from attracting domestic tourists to expanding its global "circle of friends," the Wudai Highway (乌带公路) has witnessed the vivid practice of Yichun (伊春) forest area's transformation and development: lush mountains and clear waters, and ice and snow, are not only gold and silver mountains, but also bridges connecting the world and promoting exchanges.
Walking along the Wudai Highway (乌带公路), people can truly see that an ordinary highway connects the beautiful scenery of the Lesser Khingan Mountains (小兴安岭), continues the pioneering spirit of forestry workers who are not afraid of dangers and work diligently, witnesses the ecological strength given by the vast forest of Yichun (伊春), and cultivates a unique open quality.
This year, in order to enhance the tourist experience, the Wudai Highway (乌带公路), which has been in operation for many years and is aging, has started a quality improvement and renovation project. Yichun (伊春) continues to expand its opening-up level and wholeheartedly "pamper" its guests. It is making full use of "forest articles," playing the "ecological card" well, and expanding the "international road." This small border city in Northeast China (中国东北) has achieved a bright future for Yichun (伊春), a situation where 柳暗花明 (liǔ àn huā míng - "the willow is dark, the flowers are bright," a sudden turn for the better after a period of difficulty).
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Within my reading experience, no literary work can match the height, breadth, and depth of the Russian writer Tolstoy's "War and Peace." It is truly a work of "reckoning," encompassing history, politics, economics, military affairs, philosophy, religion, astronomy, and geography. From domestic to international, from city to countryside, from emperors to paupers, from generals to soldiers, he spreads out with an overwhelming and complex structure, like a vast net, and then uses the broad outlines of war and peace, history and reality, nation and people, whole and individual, to gradually gather up the loves and hates, births and deaths, glories and decays of the vast human world.
"War and Peace" sometimes allows us to see the vast indifference of the universe on a grand scale, and sometimes allows us to capture the spasms of life's pain and the warm physical sensation of overflowing benevolence in the trivialities of human life. I strongly suspect that in the increasingly detailed division of labor, will humanity still have such grand and solemn works appear? But when we quietly read this great book, we feel that it is the best cure for the spiritual anxiety and "messiness" of life in the fragmented era.
Oppose war, call for peace
"War and Peace" tells a story that is more than 200 years old. The novel takes the Napoleonic Wars as its background, opening up a broad vision of Europe and Russia. The story encompasses many historically real battlefields and real people, from fictional life scenes to virtual character groups, comprehensively unfolding an encyclopedic human epic: more than 500 characters, Tsar Alexander I (亚历山大一世), French Emperor Napoleon (拿破仑), and the "last emperor" of the Holy Roman Empire, Franz II (弗朗茨二世), appear repeatedly, closely cutting open the vigorous life spirit blood vessels of the four major families, intricately entwining from the front line to the rear, and then from the peaceful rear, blood flowing like a torrent, deeply rooted in the war front, so that some seemingly unrelated historical life scenes quickly become related.
In the decades after Tolstoy wrote this great work, from the early to mid-20th century, mankind experienced two world wars. China was first humiliated and bullied, and then rose up to resist, paying a huge and painful price. During World War I, we sent 140,000 laborers to the European battlefield, sacrificing more than 20,000 people, doing the hardest and most tiring work of building bridges and roads, digging trenches, delivering ammunition, and transporting the wounded. In World War II, China was one of the main battlefields, with tens of millions of casualties; more than 60 countries were involved in World War II, and hundreds of millions of people lost their precious lives due to direct war or the effects of war. Therefore, it is particularly meaningful to reread "War and Peace" on the occasion of commemorating the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War.
The fundamental orientation of "War and Peace" is to oppose war and call for peace. The Russo-French War more than 200 years ago was, in Tolstoy's writing, a "patriotic war." Due to Napoleon's invasion, many cities and villages in Tsarist Russia were reduced to scorched earth. In particular, Moscow (莫斯科), which is where the novel extensively unfolds the enjoyment of food, love, art, and joy in a peaceful environment, the overall image of a nation is reshaped in the ashes of Moscow swallowed by fire.
Tolstoy profoundly pointed out that this was a people's war, and even more so, a people's suffering. Eighty years ago, in the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War, it was precisely the people who formed a dragnet and an impregnable wall of bronze and iron that led to the final victory. Without the overall effort of the people, relying solely on the army would lead to defeat. Napoleon, believing himself to be invincible, ultimately retreated in defeat in the "vast ocean" of the Russian people's power. "War and Peace" reveals the essence of war instigators, and also reveals the essence of peace being hard-won: it is the people who weave the warp and weft of victory. In the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War, it was precisely because the people could not endure the suffering of war, expected peace, and participated in creating peace that there was a desperate resistance of "**全民皆兵**" (quán mín jiē bīng - "all the people are soldiers," the entire population mobilized for war). Victory belongs to the people. This is Tolstoy's fundamental judgment on the ultimate path of all wars towards peace, and it is also the fundamental reason why this novel can transcend historical time and space, and see through and illuminate the present and the future.
Love and understanding, transcending disputes
Another major theme revealed in "War and Peace" is the issue of love and understanding. All human estrangement and conflict actually have the possibility of dissolving like ice, and what is needed is to truly abandon prejudice and seek common ground while reserving differences. "War and Peace" does not lack negotiations, but almost all negotiations are an unmodifiable "prefabricated board," sometimes a delaying tactic, especially when individual heroism prevails, seemingly taking every step carefully, but in reality, it is completely trapped in a quagmire from which it is difficult to extricate oneself. Tolstoy uses a large amount of space to write about the war background and the war as a whole and in parts, from the macro level of hundreds of thousands of people to the micro level of individual soldiers' hand-to-hand combat and severed limbs, as well as the life-and-death farewells and painful wails over corpses of parents, wives and children, lovers, and brothers. He presents the cruelty and irreversibility of war in an all-round, three-dimensional, and intersecting manner, the fundamental purpose of which is to call for peace, and to call for the master switch of all human relationships: love!
Benevolent people love others. This is the answer that Confucius (孔子) gave to social evolution more than two thousand years ago. Affection, telling, giving, respect, and tolerance are the essential connotations of love. If society is only left with the arrogance, extortion, blackmail, and profit of the law of the jungle, then deepening hatred and exacerbating the deterioration of contradictions is an inevitable result. "War and Peace," against the backdrop of a cruel war, opens up a more in-depth and lasting description and discussion of love than war, whether it is the protagonist Pierre (皮埃尔), Andrei (安德烈), or Natasha (娜塔莎), the "embodiment of beauty" of the Russian nation, they have all experienced a baptism of love like rebirth from the ashes. In the multiple dimensions of war and peace, their emotions have been repeatedly subverted and reversed, and their lives have been disillusioned, but in the end, in the refining of love, they have found the value and meaning of life continuing in the "scorched earth"-like reality of the living environment.
The only path that Tolstoy points out to mankind is love. In addition to the vivid novel plots and details, the book also contains a large number of profound and broad explorations of the philosophy and religion of love, including even deep compassion and sympathy for the enemy, allowing a nation's "patriotic war" to rise to an epic that penetrates and guides the fate of mankind.
We commemorate the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War because it is difficult to forget, but even more so for the sake of mirroring and vigilance. Tolstoy has a famous saying in "War and Peace": "Life is a continuous change, and resistance to change is the source of pain." This sentence has a profoundness that transcends time and space, and responds to many of our anxieties in reality. In times of peace, some distortions and tears are even greater than in times of war, and many inherent values, consensus, and order are facing challenges. Facing the constantly changing world, and the pain, torment, and helplessness in resistance that it brings, only by facing the truth can we chisel out light. Humanity needs an epic of shared destiny, especially in the fragmented era, we need to read the grander, so as to achieve the overall transcendence of spiritual life.
(The author is the Vice Chairman of the Chinese Writers Association (中国作家协会))
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The morning sun shines through the thin mist, illuminating Pelourinho, the old town of Salvador (萨尔瓦多), a coastal city in northeastern Brazil. At this time, the streets are not yet filled with tourists, and the cobblestone pavement gleams with a rounded luster. The houses on both sides of the road are draped in bright colors—lemon yellow, lake blue, coral red—like a casual stroke on a child's palette. Graffiti and murals adorn the walls, with beautiful and slender silhouettes, as well as Yoruba words of "blessing" written in different fonts.
As the capital of Bahia (巴伊亚州), Salvador (萨尔瓦多) is a city built with sound and color. Here, the drumbeats and church bells harmonize during the day, and the sound of the waves and the symphony of the crowd at night. The colorful houses, the bustling figures on the streets, the lively shouts and songs are sun-dried by the tropical sun into a unique vitality. Standing high in the old city, you can see the silver light of the sea not far away, and ships can be seen at the harbor. Opening the dusty pages of history, these prosperous ports were once the starting point for the landing of black slaves.
Salvador (萨尔瓦多) was the first capital of Brazil (巴西) and one of the earliest distribution centers for the Atlantic slave trade in Latin America. From the 16th century onwards, Africans were deprived of their names and freedom, and brought to this coast in chains. According to statistics, in the nearly four centuries of the slave trade, about 5 million Africans were trafficked to Brazil (巴西), accounting for more than 40% of the black slave population in the Americas, a large part of whom landed in Salvador (萨尔瓦多).
Many black slaves died in the hold during the long journey, and those survivors who arrived at the port of Salvador (萨尔瓦多) could not escape their miserable fate—they were taken to the market to be sold in batches, some worked day and night in the depths of the mines carrying heavy iron picks, and some became silent shadows in the master's mansion. Even the religion they believed in was forced to change its appearance—hiding African deities under Catholic icons, becoming the source of today's syncretic religion "Candomblé."
In the midst of suffering, the seeds of culture were quietly planted. Palm oil chili sauce cooked by black women in the kitchen, tunes hummed softly at night, Capoeira (卡波耶拉), a Brazilian martial art derived from black slave self-defense techniques... These fragments that originally comforted the soul eventually merged into the bones and blood of the city. It was those who were deprived of everything who gave Salvador (萨尔瓦多) a unique soul with perseverance and creativity.
On July 2, 1823, the people of Salvador (萨尔瓦多) drove away the Portuguese colonial army and declared true independence. This day is now known as "Bahia Independence Day," meaning that a large number of black and mixed-race people won dignity and freedom with their own hands.
Today's Salvador (萨尔瓦多), with 2/3 of its population of African descent, is the city with the most distinct African culture in Brazil (巴西). Walking into the market in the city center, vendors in traditional costumes sell fried bean fritters called "Acarajé" while enthusiastically introducing its African origin; in the square in front of the church, some young people are drumming, accompanying the dancers next to them who are performing Capoeira (卡波耶拉) with flowing movements; in a community cultural center, a group of tourists from all over the world are learning African traditional musical instruments under the guidance of African women. They are of different skin colors, but they are equally focused on hitting the rhythm and equally excited about the echo of the music.
Here, blacks are no longer forgotten figures, but the protagonists of the streets, the craftsmen who weave national memories, and the unique notes that jump on the musical score of contemporary Brazilian culture.
As night falls, the old town is still lively. The drums and songs at the street corners are still there, and the lights stretch the dancing figures and project them onto the walls. I sit high on the stone steps, watching a group of children chasing a soccer ball and playing. On the church steps not far away, a young couple smiles at each other. Their skin color, language, and background may not be the same, but in this city, they live side by side, respect each other, and bless each other.
History is never just a story of the past; it exists in a look, a greeting, and a moment of turning around. This is Salvador (萨尔瓦多): a city born in pain, grown in resistance, and moving forward with its head held high in integration. Today, its sea breeze no longer brings chains, but the breath of freedom; its streets no longer record the echoes of shackles, but the running and laughter of children. True freedom is never a gift bestowed by anyone, but the courage and perseverance of a nation to rise from the ruins time and time again, and to sing in the darkness.
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Stopping in Cairo (开罗), the pyramids are a must-see. This is not only an admiration for architectural wonders but also a tribute to world heritage.
The "Memphis and its Necropolis – the Pyramid Fields" to which the pyramids belong was inscribed on the "World Heritage List" in 1979. The three most representative pyramids are located on the Giza Plateau (吉萨高原), about 8 kilometers southwest of Cairo (开罗), hence they are also called the Giza Pyramids (吉萨金字塔). They belong to the three pharaohs of the Fourth Dynasty: Khufu (胡夫), Khafre (哈夫拉), and Menkaure (门卡乌拉). Among them, the Pyramid of Khufu (胡夫金字塔) is the tallest, and it still stands majestically after more than 4,000 years of vicissitudes.
The Giza Pyramids (吉萨金字塔) are known as one of the Seven Wonders of the World. Although I had appreciated its splendor in pictures, I was deeply shocked by its rough appearance when I was actually under the pyramid! Looking up at the top of the tower illuminated by the scorching sun, my cervical spine felt the soreness of looking up higher and higher. A gust of hot wind blew, carrying fine sand across the stone crevices, making a slight buzzing sound, as if I heard the "dong dong" sound of stone hammers hitting more than 4,000 years ago, and my throat couldn't help but choke!
Thousands of years ago, how did the ancient Egyptians, with their extraordinary wisdom and power, transport those huge stones, weighing several tons or even tens of tons, from distant quarries to this place? The guide said that they used the huge buoyancy of the Nile (尼罗河) water rising and falling, and used water transportation to reduce the hardship of transportation. So, how did the people at that time stack these huge stones layer by layer? According to scientific measurements, the Pyramid of Khufu (胡夫金字塔) used about 2.3 million stones with an average weight of 2.5 tons. Scientists speculate that the ancient Egyptians mastered the construction technology of a single gentle slope, and relied on countless manpower to gradually climb up the slope and slowly build this magnificent miracle. Surprisingly, the meridian of the Pyramid of Khufu (胡夫金字塔) is aligned with the North Star, and its subtle fit with astronomical phenomena seems to be the coordinates left by the dialogue with the stars.
"People revere time, and time reveres the pyramids." This is a concise and powerful interpretation of ancient history by the Egyptians. Why can the pyramids be preserved intact? I tried to dig my fingers into the stone crevices, but I could hardly go deep. It is hard to imagine how the craftsmen at that time could polish and stack the stones to the accuracy of millimeters without metal tools? This spirit of pursuing the ultimate is as immortal as the pyramids.
I witnessed this ultimate pursuit again at the Khafre Valley Temple (海夫拉河谷神庙).
The Khafre Valley Temple (海夫拉河谷神庙) is located on the bank of the Nile (尼罗河), and it is smaller in scale and often overlooked by travelers. It was built earlier than the pyramids. Although it is partially collapsed now, the layout is rigorous and the construction is extremely meticulous. Huge stone strips are naturally superimposed without any adhesive, and they are tightly seamed. The principle is similar to overlapping two pieces of glass to compress the gap air. The craftsmanship is exquisite. The temple and the pyramid are a perfect combination of roughness and refinement, hiding the persistent pursuit of perfection in the gaps.
Between roughness and refinement, I saw the light of ancient Egyptian civilization - in the desert covered with yellow sand, the ancient Egyptians used primitive tools to depict coordinates close to eternity. I suddenly realized that the real miracle is not conquering time, but keeping pace with it. Mankind's yearning for eternity, pursuit of the ultimate, and exploration of the unknown shine brightly in the long river of time.
Return to TopEvery July, the ancient town of Almagro in central Spain shines with drama. Founded in 1978, the Almagro International Classical Theatre Festival was originally intended to revive the literary and theatrical traditions of Spain's 16th and 17th century "Golden Age." Today, it is one of the most influential classical theatre festivals in the world. One of the festival's performance venues is the Corral de Comedias, an open-air theatre built in 1628 that is the best-preserved and still-functioning Spanish Baroque theatre in the world. Audiences are immersed in the performance among the cloisters and wooden balconies, experiencing the theatrical atmosphere of hundreds of years ago.
In addition to classic Spanish plays, the festival also features new works from overseas theatre groups. These works combine dance, experimental theatre, modern installations, and other elements to present traditional plays in an avant-garde way, promoting the youthful vitality of classical drama. This year, the festival welcomes its first Chinese work, the "ecological opera" *Don Juan*. The play is adapted from the Spanish "Golden Age" drama *The Trickster of Seville*, blending Mozart's classic melodies with the timbres of traditional Chinese musical instruments. Through the concept of "ecological opera," it uses a simplified stage design and narrative approach to highlight the actors' performances and singing.
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Return to TopFigure 1: June 14, the fourth round of the 2025 Jiangsu Provincial City Football League, Huai'an (淮安) team vs. Nanjing (南京) team at home, players competing on the field.
Figure 2: June 15, the fourth round of the 2025 Jiangsu Provincial City Football League, Lianyungang (连云港) team vs. Suzhou (苏州) team at home, players in the game.
Figure 3: The 2025 Wuxi (无锡) Marathon was held on March 23, with 35,000 runners starting from the intersection of Taihu Avenue (太湖大道) and Yinxiu Road (隐秀路).
Figure 4: Jiangsu Province (江苏省) relies on medical institutions, sports venues, elderly care institutions and other carriers at all levels to provide the public with a one-stop sports and health service of "testing-assessment-guidance-exercise." The picture shows the "Fat Burning GO! Summer Camp" event site.
Figure 5: July 20, the seventh round of the 2025 Jiangsu Provincial City Football League, Changzhou (常州) team vs. Xuzhou (徐州) team at home, Changzhou (常州) team fan group cheering for the players.
Figure 6: Jiangsu Province (江苏省) uses the city's "golden corners and silver edges" to build fitness venues around the masses. Since August 2024, 845 embedded courts of various types have been newly built in parks and green spaces. The picture shows the Jiangbei New Area Xincheng Sports Park (江北新区新城体育公园) in Nanjing (南京).
Figure 7: During the 2025 Spring Festival, "Travel with the Games" - the 2025 National Fitness New Year Peixian "Village Boundary Cup" (沛县“村界杯”) Farmers Football Invitational Tournament site.
Figure 8: Jiangsu Province (江苏省) extensively carries out赛事 activities covering urban and rural areas, with diverse forms, and oriented to various groups of people. The picture shows the opening ceremony of the 2025 Jiangsu Provincial Senior Citizen Sports Series.
Figure 9: Jiangsu Province (江苏省) actively builds a high-level public service system for national fitness. The per capita sports venue area in the province reaches 4.46 square meters, and the coverage rate of the "10-minute sports fitness circle" in urban communities and the "15-minute sports fitness circle" in rural townships both exceed 97%. The picture shows the Jiangxinzhou E³PARK Sports Park (江心洲 E³PARK 体育公园) in Nanjing (南京).
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"The Zuo Zhuan" and "The Spring and Autumn Annals" complement each other, seeking and answering the crucial question for both individuals and the community: What is right and what is justice? This is the great meaning of "The Spring and Autumn Annals": We refuse to become a natural society of the survival of the fittest and the pursuit of profit, and we firmly believe that individuals and society have higher and more worthy fundamental values to pursue and sacrifice for.
Emperor Wu of Jin (晋武帝) Sima Yan (司马炎) asked Du Yu (杜预): "You are a person who is sharp-tongued. Wang Ji (王济) loves horses, and you say he has a 'horse obsession.' He Qiao (和峤) is greedy for money, and you scold him for having a 'money obsession.' May I ask, what obsession do you have?" Du Yu replied: "I have a 'Zuo Zhuan obsession.'"
During the Jin Dynasty (晋朝), the politics were dark, but Du Yu stood out with his literary and military achievements. He served as the Director of the Treasury for a long time, managing finances. Later, he was stationed in Jingzhou (荆州), where he developed water conservancy, facilitated canal transportation, and cared for the people's livelihood. In the war to destroy Wu (吴), he took charge and was unstoppable. In his spare time, he was always reading. People at the time called him "Du Wuku (杜武库)," referring not to his collection of weapons, but to his versatility and all-round knowledge. Such a person loved "The Zuo Zhuan" and wrote "Collected Explanations of the Spring and Autumn Annals of Zuo," which is an unavoidable peak in the history of Chinese classics.
"The Zuo Zhuan" (左传), fully named "The Zuo Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals" (春秋左氏传). In the Zhou Dynasty (周代), each vassal state had its own official history of chronicles, usually named "Spring and Autumn Annals" (春秋). Only the "Spring and Autumn Annals" of Lu (鲁国) still exists today, recording the history of 242 years from 722 BC to 481 BC. Later, historians used this to define the Spring and Autumn Period from 770 BC, when the Zhou Dynasty moved east, to 403 BC, when the "Three Families Divided Jin (三家分晋)." Confucius (孔子)'s relationship with "The Spring and Autumn Annals" is quite controversial academically, but "The Spring and Autumn Annals" must have been a basic textbook of the Confucian school, and it was likely revised and edited by Confucius, reflecting the early Confucian view of history and ethics. Later, it was included in the "Five Classics" and became a basic classic of Chinese culture.
The text of "The Spring and Autumn Annals" is brief, recording 242 years of events in only over 16,000 words. It is actually a record of major events, with vague details. During the Warring States Period (战国时期), various schools wrote commentaries, and "commentary" meant explanation and supplementation. The existing ones are "Zuo's Commentary" (左氏传), "Gongyang Commentary" (公羊传), and "Guliang Commentary" (穀梁传). "Gongyang Commentary" and "Guliang Commentary" mainly explain the meaning and elaborate on the subtle but profound principles of "The Spring and Autumn Annals." They were always passed down orally until they were formally written in the early Han Dynasty (汉朝). "The Zuo Zhuan," on the other hand, was already written in the Warring States Period. The entire book is nearly 200,000 words long and provides a large-scale supplement and retelling of the historical facts of "The Spring and Autumn Annals." Huan Tan (桓谭) of the Han Dynasty once said that "The Zuo Zhuan" and "The Spring and Autumn Annals" are "like the front and back of a garment, complementing each other. Without the commentary, even a sage would not be able to understand it after thinking about it for ten years." If there were only "The Spring and Autumn Annals," it would be a misty cloud. Fortunately, with "The Zuo Zhuan," we can truly see this period of history.
The author of "The Zuo Zhuan," Zuo Qiuming (左丘明), was from Lu (鲁国). Beyond that, we know very little. What is widely known is the sentence in Sima Qian (司马迁)'s "Reply to Ren An's Letter" (报任安书): "Zuoqiu lost his sight, hence there was 'Guoyu' (国语)." The Grand Historian's outpouring of grief and anger, written with a sweeping brush, may not be accurate. The existing "Guoyu" is basically a compilation of historical materials and is definitely not a personal work, while "The Zuo Zhuan," its style and atmosphere, can be seen at a glance to be from the hand of one person. This great historian was actually blind. We can only look up to this mythical miracle with awe. In this miracle, Zuo Qiuming left us with the magnificent memories of our civilization's early vigor.
In the Spring and Autumn Period, the so-called collapse of ritual and music (礼崩乐坏) caused Confucius great pain. But Confucius came from the Spring and Autumn Period, which itself eloquently proves the surging vitality of this era. China was in its youth, and endless wilderness unfolded before it. The people of the Spring and Autumn Period were like giants. They were wise and brave, with great joy and great sorrow. They acted, thought, destroyed, and created. They were extremely energetic, and their heroic deeds took place among the mountains, rivers, sun, and moon.
This was precisely the "Axial Age" that later determined the pattern and appearance of human civilization. At the eastern end of the Eurasian continent, everything that happened on the land of China at that time fundamentally shaped us later. Chinese civilization gained a clear self-awareness in the Spring and Autumn Period. From Lao Tzu (老子) to Confucius, the knowledge and insights we formed in the long development of civilization crystallized into a systematic discourse at this time. Why China, why the Chinese people? The answer in this era, like a river from the plateau, had its direction determined by the Spring and Autumn Period, rushing forward without turning back.
"The Zuo Zhuan" is not only the most detailed and authoritative historical book of this era, but also its epic. "Records of the Grand Historian" (史记) is "the unsurpassed song of historians, a 'Li Sao' without rhyme," and "The Zuo Zhuan" inspired "Records of the Grand Historian." Zuo Qiuming, this blind man, opened another eye in his heart. In the vast space and distant time, the origins and development of large-scale human activities, the difficult choices people face between ritual and righteousness, the vivid richness of human experience and emotion, the limitations of human beings and the mental strength and courage they pay to leap out of these limitations, all of this was vividly seen by Zuo Qiuming. Sima Qian was full of ups and downs, while Zuo Qiuming had a vastness and grandeur of heaven and earth in silence. He was a great narrator, refining scattered and chaotic human affairs into powerful stories. In the historical and literary sense, he was the first "storyteller" of our nation. In his stories, he forged an understanding of people, the community we depend on for survival, and the way of heaven and earth. Thus, "The Zuo Zhuan" not only preserves the historical memory of the Spring and Autumn Period, but also leaves a series of basic paradigms and basic vocabulary of political, military, and human ethical behavior and thought for this civilization and this nation. "The Spring and Autumn Annals" is the "warp," the so-called "warp" is the vertical line when weaving cloth, the constant and unmoving benchmark, while "The Zuo Zhuan" is like the weft, the warp and weft intertwined, creating a spiritually lasting and new picture for our nation.
According to Pei Songzhi (裴松之)'s commentary in "Records of the Three Kingdoms" (三国志), "Guan Yu (关羽) loved Zuo's Commentary, and he could recite almost all of it fluently," which shows that Guan Gong (关公) also had a "Zuo Zhuan obsession." "The Zuo Zhuan" was established as an official study in the late Western Han Dynasty (西汉), and by the late Eastern Han Dynasty (东汉), it had deeply penetrated people's hearts. From Guan Yu to Du Yu, the politicians and military strategists of the Three Kingdoms and Wei and Jin periods had a persistent love for "The Zuo Zhuan," not only because "The Zuo Zhuan"'s deep depiction of political and military activities was highly practical and could be used as a reference, but more importantly, "The Zuo Zhuan" and "The Spring and Autumn Annals" complemented each other, seeking and answering the crucial question in every specific situation for both individuals and the community: What is right and what is justice? This is the great meaning of "The Spring and Autumn Annals": We refuse to become a natural society of the **弱肉强食** (ruò ròu qiáng shí - "weak flesh strong eat," survival of the fittest) and the **唯利是图** (wéi lì shì tú - "only profit is planned," to be solely interested in profit) , and we firmly believe that individuals and society have higher and more worthy fundamental values to pursue and sacrifice for. For this reason, generations of Chinese people have struggled to seek and pursue it. Guan Yu reading "The Spring and Autumn Annals" at night later became a lasting image in Chinese folklore, because this person and this book together generated our fundamental belief: "The Spring and Autumn Annals" has great meaning, the world has great meaning, and a person must have great meaning in their heart.
In ancient China, there were Temples of Literature and Temples of Martial Arts. Du Yu was the only person before the Ming Dynasty (明代) to be enshrined in both Temples of Literature and Temples of Martial Arts. By the way, Du Yu's descendants produced two poets in the Tang Dynasty (唐朝), one named Du Fu (杜甫) and the other named Du Mu (杜牧).
(The author is the Vice Chairman of the Chinese Writers Association (中国作家协会).)
Recommended Book Remarks
Shen Yucheng (沈玉成)'s "Translation of Zuo Zhuan" and Yang Bojun (杨伯峻)'s "Annotations to Chunqiu Zuo Zhuan" can be used as basic readings for "The Zuo Zhuan." The former is an introduction, and the latter is broad and profound, enough for careful consideration. The two books can also be read simultaneously.
--Li Jingze (李敬泽)
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In 2024, Deep Robotics (深度求索), Unitree Robotics (宇树科技), YunShenchu Technology (云深处科技), Coohom (群核科技), BrainCo (强脑科技), and Game Science (游戏科学)—dubbed the "Six Little Dragons"—burst onto the scene, seemingly transforming Hangzhou overnight from an "e-commerce capital" into a hard technology hub. These companies, emerging in cutting-edge fields such as artificial intelligence, robotics, and brain-computer interfaces, represent the rise of new quality productive forces and have prompted the world to re-examine Hangzhou's innovative potential.
Is it an accidental spark or a long-term accumulation? The answer lies in the vitality of the private economy and the genes of market-oriented reform. Since the reform and opening up, Zhejiang (浙江) has vigorously developed its private economy, transforming from a relatively monolithic public ownership economy into a pattern of co-growth between public and non-public ownership. This historical context nourishes the growth of the "Hangzhou Six Little Dragons" like a root system.
The "Hangzhou Six Little Dragons" phenomenon is by no means an isolated spark but rather the fruit of a fertile innovation ecosystem. The formation of this ecosystem stems from the virtuous interaction between an effective market and an active government, and from the precise transformation of urban space and industrial policies.
In July 2003, Zhejiang implemented the "Double Eight Strategy" (“八八战略”), and many strong counties were abolished as counties (or cities) and reorganized as districts, becoming organic components of large cities. This expanded Hangzhou's main urban area, stretched the urban framework, improved infrastructure, enriched urban functions, and greatly enhanced the ability to gather various new factors of production. The government and enterprises jointly promoted new urbanization and new industrialization, providing a better development environment for the private economy and creating excellent conditions for enterprise transformation and upgrading. Once this process unfolded, Hangzhou gradually transformed into a city of "Internet + industry." The vigorous development of companies such as Alibaba (阿里巴巴) and Hikvision (海康威视) further laid the foundation for Hangzhou's development of new industries and the integration of technology and industry. Talent continues to gather in Hangzhou, and venture capital and private equity funds continue to converge on Hangzhou, forming a positive feedback strengthening effect. Naturally, on this hotbed of entrepreneurship and innovation, today's "Hangzhou Six Little Dragons" have emerged.
The Hangzhou Municipal Government (杭州市) plays a crucial role, helping private enterprises solve problems as soon as they arise. It is this "non-interference unless needed, always responsive when asked" service-oriented government philosophy that allows Hangzhou's innovation ecosystem to thrive. Hangzhou chose to trust the market and empower enterprises; the market, in turn, uses its invisible hand to select the most promising technologies and teams.
Hangzhou's innovation is inseparable from the relay and transformation of generations of Zhejiang merchants (浙商). From small vendors who "were bosses by day and slept on the floor at night" to artificial intelligence pioneers, acumen and courage have always been the soul of Hangzhou's private entrepreneurs. Since the reform and opening up, astute Zhejiang merchants have made two choices: first, to seize the opportunity of China's accession to the World Trade Organization in 2001, upgrade and transform traditional industries, go abroad on a large scale, and explore international markets; and second, to seize the historical opportunity of the information technology revolution, enter the cutting-edge Internet industry, and drive Zhejiang's economy into a new stage of development. These companies also explore the industrial and market boundaries between the state-owned economy and the private economy, enabling the private economy to undertake major national strategies.
In today's era, where artificial intelligence and new quality productive forces have become hot topics, Hangzhou's experience provides a vivid example for China's high-quality economic development. Hangzhou's innovation code belongs not only to this city but also to every Chinese person with a dream. With reform as the sail and confidence as the oar, the Chinese economy will surely sail towards a broader sea of stars.
(The author is a professor at Zhejiang University (浙江大学) and Dean of the Academy of Financial Research. This article is the preface to the book "Science and Technology Innovation and China: Why Hangzhou, How to Be More Than Just Hangzhou" ("科创与中国：为什么是杭州，如何不仅是杭州"), which has been abridged in this edition, and the title has been added by the editor.)
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Engaging in translation work for 20 years, I have gained a little of my own understanding of the significance of translation.
Translation is the foundation of cooperation, and therefore the key to human progress. Without translation, there would be no exchange of ideas, no trade, no diplomacy, and no world literature. Confucius (孔子), Lu Xun (鲁迅), Cervantes, and Lorca might not have been able to transcend the time and space in which they lived. Without translation, only those proficient in English would have the opportunity to read *Hamlet* and *Pride and Prejudice*. Of course, these works, now regarded as "global," might not have been born without early translations—if there had been no translation of Sophocles, would there have been a Shakespeare?
Translation makes a huge contribution to many activities that embody human nature. Its importance is so profound that we cannot imagine a world without translation. We need translation to understand the world and to let the world understand us. Translation allows us to tell our own stories and values, to show how we see the world, and also reminds us that, beyond our common humanity, different cultures and societies have their own unique narratives. This is one of the most valuable revelations of translation: finding communication from differences.
Translation plays an extremely important role in the formation of various cultures and languages, because culture and language themselves are gradually formed through continuous communication and absorption. China is certainly no exception. In many stages of Chinese history, translation has been an important task, and it has profoundly shaped the Chinese culture we know today.
One of the most amazing epics in the history of Chinese cultural exchange and translation is the journey of the eminent monk Xuanzang (玄奘) to Tianzhu (天竺) in the 7th century AD. There, he studied Sanskrit and Buddhist scriptures for many years, becoming an outstanding translator of Sanskrit literature, and also the first Chinese translator to translate Chinese works into foreign languages. He returned to Chang'an (长安) with hundreds of Buddhist scriptures, 200 years earlier than the Greek-Arab translation movement in Baghdad, and established a special translation institution in the Great Ci'en Temple (大慈恩寺) in Chang'an. This institution translated more than 1,300 volumes of Buddhist scriptures, which had a profound impact on Chinese culture, society, and especially literature.
The earliest exchanges between China and Spain were also inseparable from translation. In the Ming Dynasty (明代), the connection between translation and thought became closer. The first European missionaries set foot on Chinese soil, one of whom was Matteo Ricci (利玛窦), a Spanish missionary who came to Nanjing (南京) with Matteo Ricci. Their respect for Chinese culture promoted true understanding and exchange, bringing about common progress in culture, art, science, and technology, in which translation played a key role. Speaking of pioneers, we cannot fail to mention another Spaniard, Juan Cobo (高母羡), who translated *Mirror for the Young* (*明心宝鉴*) into Spanish, which was also the first Chinese classic to be fully translated into a European language.
Unfortunately, from the beginning of Spanish Sinology in the 16th century to the mid-20th century, very few Chinese works were translated into Spanish. Translator and writer Huang Masai (黄玛赛) was a rare exception. She translated Tang Dynasty (唐代) poetry and stories with delicate language and rich emotions, reflecting her keen grasp of the subtle differences between the source and target languages.
Today, the silent years between Chinese and Spanish have passed. A research report from the Autonomous University of Barcelona shows that in the past 20 years, the number of literary works translated from original Chinese into Spanish has increased significantly. Although Chinese works still occupy a small share of the Spanish publishing market, the prospect of Spanish translation of Chinese literature is optimistic. The number of works continues to grow, the themes are becoming more diverse, and there are more and more translation talents who can undertake the task of bridging Chinese and Western cultures.
If we consider China's huge population, thousands of years of cultural output, and its economic and political influence in today's world, the current state of translation is still insufficient. On the other hand, Spanish is a language shared by 600 million people worldwide, covering more than 20 countries. We have to reflect: why have the two major cultures ignored each other for so long? Obviously, we still have a lot of work to do.
In the face of increasingly severe global challenges, we can only find a path to the future by acknowledging differences and strengthening communication. And this communication and understanding is at the heart of translation. Translation means crossing the differences in languages, writing systems, cultural values, and ways of thinking to find common ground. Translation can promote exchange and development, and it deserves more attention, promotion, and systematic training. More importantly, translation is not only a job, it is also an idea, a way to pursue true understanding and dialogue.
(The author is a Spanish Sinologist)
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Doctors and cartoonists joined forces to create this popular science comic book, "A Brain Travelogue: The Wonderful World of Comic Neuroscience." After the book was published, the number of readers gradually increased, and many young parents inquired for their children: When can we see the sequel? Being recognized and liked by readers is undoubtedly the greatest compliment to popular science authors.
The creation originated from a "pain point" in my work as a doctor. Because of information asymmetry, communication between neurosurgeons and patients and their families often lacks persuasiveness. If supplemented by "teaching aids" such as pictures and molds, it is often more effective. I wondered if I could start from my own profession and do some targeted popular science articles, picture albums, etc., to help doctors and patients? As soon as the idea arose, a friend's "assistance" followed: brain science popular science works from the perspective of neurosurgeons are very scarce, and everyone is also very curious about what mysterious unknowns and cutting-edge explorations there are about the brain. Wouldn't it be wonderful to be able to display it! Happily, I decided to write a book.
Through a friend's introduction, I became acquainted with the cartoonist "Three-Fold Life" (三折人生). Many times, we had disagreements on how to transform medical content into comics, and we repeatedly adjusted the balance between professionalism and fun, accuracy and simplicity, science and art, and constantly optimized. "Each time a draft is made, the pen is often folded three times" (每作一波，常三过折笔 - méi zuò yī bō, cháng sān guò zhé bǐ - "each draft, often folded three times," describes the meticulous and iterative process of creation), it took three years to present a work that we were both satisfied with.
This brain travel journey has 11 "stations." The content focuses on clinical popular science from the perspective of neurosurgeons, and also discusses cutting-edge progress such as coma awakening, brain-computer interfaces, neural networks, neuron chips, and deep brain stimulation, which are interconnected. The expression style strives to be humorous, lively, and interesting, supplemented by thinking and prospects. The "usage method" of this book can be to answer questions and solve doubts, can be leisurely reading, or can be a scientific exploration and happy station between parents and children.
The main storyline is that a doctor father takes his son on a tour of the brain, receiving rich neuroscience knowledge as if visiting a theme park. They take a flying machine to land inside the brain and enter a submarine to swim in the cerebral blood vessels... These interesting "transportation tools" explore the depths of the brain, opening up a familiar and unfamiliar "brain world" for readers. The traveling companions include classic figures such as Nüwa (女娲), Dayu (大禹), and Sun Wukong (孙悟空), who are the "narrators" who string together the development history of neuroscience.
Careful readers will find that many Chinese myths are incorporated into the book. Whether it is Nüwa mending the sky or Dayu controlling the floods, the compassionate feelings of saving the people from fire and water and the spirit of not bowing to fate in Chinese culture are in line with the medical pursuit of helping the world. In summary, we want to use seemingly simple comics to show everyone the warm humanistic care behind the cold neurosurgical scalpel in a way that is "three times the pen" (三过其笔 - sān guò qí bǐ - "three times the pen," to carefully consider and revise repeatedly).
Now it seems that the several small goals at the beginning of the creation have been achieved, including bringing you some interpretations of neurosurgical diseases and their treatment processes, planting a seed of scientific exploration for children, and providing a new idea for the creation of popular science books, and so on. We are very pleased.
(The author is the director of neurosurgery at Renji Hospital (仁济医院) affiliated with Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine (上海交通大学医学院))
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When I first heard the name "The Dragon and Phoenix Song," I thought its meaning was merely a blessing of "dragon and phoenix bringing prosperity" (龙凤呈祥), but after reading it, I discovered that "dragon and phoenix" refers to the fate of a pair of twins. The life stories of Zhu Deng, Zhu Hong (朱红), and several generations of their family are intertwined with China's turbulent historical process of recent decades. The writer Hu Xuewen (胡学文) has melted rich life experiences into it, giving the story a real power, while also transcending the appearance of reality, launching profound reflections on individual destiny and the changes of the times, showing the novelist's ability to understand the world and reach the essence.
The author's previous novel, "You Sheng," explored the theme of resilience in survival, using the tortuous and legendary life of Grandmother to symbolize the tenacious vitality rooted in the earth. After reading "You Sheng," I did wonder: how should the author's subsequent creation inherit and surpass it? For anyone, writing a heavy work is a huge consumption of life experience. Years later, the publication of "The Dragon and Phoenix Song" showed me the author's extraordinary ambition.
It may be said that, from "You Sheng" to "The Dragon and Phoenix Song," the theme explored by the author has shifted from the physical level of "how to live" to the spiritual level of "how to live meaningfully." I don't know if the author intentionally did this, but it is indeed related to the life history of Chinese people from material pursuit to spiritual settlement. With the progress of the economy and society, people have entered an era of material abundance and information overload, and finding spiritual sustenance and a sense of meaning for life has become important. From the spiritual quest experienced by the protagonist, we may well see our own shadows.
Some say that stories are the foundation of the continuation of human civilization, because stories accumulate culture, precipitate meaning, and condense identity. In "The Dragon and Phoenix Song," each character is telling their own story. Zhu Deng and Zhu Hong's mother, Ma Qiuyue (马秋月), is a person who loves to listen to stories and is keen on telling stories. This rural woman, who seems a little humble, has more in her life than just the labor of giving birth and raising children; her love for paper-cutting art and her desire for stories all show the breadth and transcendence of her inner world.
As a main line of Chinese literature in the 20th century, rural literature, after entering the 21st century, faces profound changes and challenges with the acceleration of rural transformation and urbanization. "The Dragon and Phoenix Song" writes about rural stories, but uses a modern artistic structure. The characters in the novel grow up in the northern countryside, experiencing the tremendous changes in urban and rural society. Their lives and emotions are both imprinted with the influence of tradition and burst out with a thirst for reality and the future. The work's deep excavation of the value of life, as well as its emphasis on the importance of the spiritual world, is undoubtedly a response to the impetuous mentality. It clearly tells us that a person living cannot be completely controlled by the external material world, but must have their own spiritual pursuits.
In the author's view, there are two poles in the novel, one pole downwards, which is secular life; the other pole upwards, which is the soul and spirit. To be deeply rooted and rise high is the good novel in his heart. "The Dragon and Phoenix Song" is a powerful practice of his literary concept.
(The author is an associate professor in the Chinese Department of Sun Yat-sen University (中山大学))
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